19 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/4956d58deb2ca031620600a0c9067a44.PDF 16f8f2e50e8bf57365f0ad86649a5478 PDF Text Text 1? SEAFARERS .. r LOG Nov. 27 1953 f « OFFrCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT , AFL • 4l i DEBUNKS 'MUTINY 7 P •^1 -Story On Page 3 Union Pressing Contract Talks -Story On Page 3 ^1 ll I •J \ifdc0tnc Above, shqreside officials in Pusan, Korea make preparations for an elaborate welcoming ceremony for thfe SlU-manned New Rochelle Victory, which carried the first cargo of Korean Emer­ gency Relief. It was a big event. (Story on Page 3.) .•>-.i.<'* At left, crewmembers of the Florida (P&O) stand outside the cruise ship's berth; The Seafarers refused to cross MM&P and MEBA picketlines (two pickets walking at far left) and the vessel didn't sail. Deck and engine officers walked off in dispute over higher wages and OT. (Story on Page 4.) s£rif/ivS?' �•,-> f»g* Tw» SEAWARERS ?V. W<wettbei> LOG Vote 18 Atlantic Tankers, r ; WInd-Up Set For December 1} yr^'~^i.'-. --v>;',u-^^i?,-,?r-'-T 195} SIU Meets Tank^Brs By Land, Sea, Air ^Despite a last-ditch rash of firings of SIU supporters, even the officials of the AMEU—the company .union—showed that they knew the vote in the Atlantic Rei^ng Company's fleet Is going SIU by substantial" Arthur, where a handful of shore majority. Atlantic tankers arriving in relief men voted. During this trip Philadelphia were met in fine to "rally" the few men voting style by the SIU—by both sea and there, including only four men in air. Launches have been used to the shore gang, Alcott ignored the meet the ships and in one instance voting of four ships in Philadel­ phia—admitting that It was no use even a seaplane was employed. Meanwhile, Atlantic tankermen to even try te rally some AMEU on vacation, in hospitals, in serv­ votes on these ships. Instead, he ice and men who wdre fired con­ sent his assistant to handle the tinued to pour in from all parts voting on these four ships. of the country to cast their votes Air-Sea Greeting in the election, and the crews have already started to talk about their The E. J. Henry got a fine greet­ plans once Atlantic signs the SIU ing from the SIU, as a special contract. Six Men Fired As the Atlantic Importer ^ar­ rived in Providence, six crewmem­ bers were fired for, as the com­ pany claims, "using obscene lan­ guage." These men voted anyway, however, despite the fact that Stanley Alcott, chairman of the AMEU, challenged their'votes— breaking a pre-election agreement thht men fired the same day as the, A group of 23 crewmembers aboard the Atlantic Coast get together to show that they're solid SIU. vote would be allowed to vote un­ Some more crewmembers, who were on watch when the shot was taken, were unable to get into challenged. • the picture. The Coast's crewmembers, who wili be voting nextx week, predict, a great SIU victory. Showered With Paper With 18 of 23 ships voted and three more voting this week, the all-important National The men on the Importer had heard of the firings shortly before Labor Relations Board election in Atlantic Refining is drawing to a successful close. All anival, and when Alcott began to signs point to a convincing SIU vote victory with pre-election estimates of the outcome climb aboard, he was showered apparently being upheld or with pieces of AMEU literature even surpassed by the actual ai.d 200 votes are still to be cast Despite these firings, however, that had been ripped up by the with a number of additional shore- net a single AMEU supporter crew. He was unable to find a voting. To date, approximately 700 bal­ side ballots pending as well as could be found on the vessel who single man on the ship who would lots have been cast on the 18 ships, those of the five remaining ships. would' act as an observer for the serve as an observer for the and at the company's shoreside in­ Judging from all impartial ac­ AMEU, indicating that the, crew AMEU, and even Alcott estimated stallations in Philadelphia and counts, the outcome of the elec­ was unanimous" in its pro-SIU that the ship voted SIU 100 per­ Port Arthur, Texas. Between 160 tion can no longer be changed by feelings. cent. Alcott was so nervous aboard Bill Harrcy, one of the inen the remaining ships. On tl:e con­ As soon as the election results the ship, that he failed to drink a fired on Nie Importer, leaves trary, SIU strength is very high a'-e announced the SIU expects to cup of coffee given him by a crewthe ship with his gear., these vessels all df whom are enter into immediaite contract ne­ inember. ~ ]¥ew NMimhers cr counted on to deliver a heavy ma­ gotiations for the company in or­ "Previously, Alcott had disap­ plane met the ship as she came in. der to obtain an SIU contract with peared during the voting of four .Circling the ship, the , plane For Hq, Phones jority for the SIU. SIU style working rules and take- other ships. Admitting defeat and dropped SIU literature to the itaen SIU Leads In Strongholds The telephone numbers of home pay for the Atlantic tanker- the hopelessness of the AMEU aboard. Later, a 40-foot cabin The tipoff on the way the elec­ men. all New York headquarters r'causc," Alcott took a trip to Port (Continued on page 17) tion is going was the atmosphere phones were changed this week by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling -headquarters are asked to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters tele­ phone number is HYacinth 8-6600. SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 27. 1953 Vol. XV. No. 24 As I See It Page 4 Committees At Work.... .Page 6 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 .i-^-v r Inquiring Seafarer . Page 12 "^In The Wake Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime ...Page 16 Meet The Seafarer. . Page 12 On The Job .Page 16 Personals .Page 25 Quiz '. Page"19 Seafarers ,In Action Page 16 Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 m Sports Line Page 20 Ten. Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Union Talk ....Page 9 Wash. News Letter... Page 6 Welfare Benefits ... Pages 26, 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your, Constitution ... Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 • I>u0lf«hc0 OiWMkly •» HI* hcadquarfort of Hia Saafararc Intarnaflonal Union, Affantic « Cuff Diafrlcf. AFL, «7S Fourfb Avanua. •roaklyn 31, NY. Tal. STarling •-4<71. Enfarao at taeend data matfar af flia Fatf Offlca In Bro^lyn, N,Y>, •indar fbo Act of Auguaf 34, 1*13, at the company's shoreside An­ chorage in Philadelphia and its in­ stallation at Atreco, Texas. Here it wcs expected that the companydominated Atlantic Maritime Em­ ployees Union would make its strongest showing what with shore relief, leadermen and other com­ pany supporters voting. However, it was apparent, from the way the men grouped and expressed them­ selves, that even here the SIU commanded the support of a ma­ jority of the men. ~ Voting this week were the At­ lantic * Producer, Atlantic Cbast and the R. C. Tuttle. The two re­ maining ships, which are out for­ eign, will be voted during the r.ionth of December. Present scheduling calls for the Atlantic Exporter to vote on December 12 in Philadelphia and for the Dealer (c be the final ship polled' on De­ cember 12. Final Vote When all the ships have compltled their tally, a final vote will be held at NLRB regional oMce December 15, covering all tankermen who missed the previous voting for a variety of reasons. Once this is done, the Labor Board will open the ballots and count the results. Final totals should be available sometime be­ fore Christmas. Thus far the vote has run pretty smoothly with the exception of the one incident on the Importer where six SIU backers were fired a . few hours before voting took pjsce on the grounds of using "ob­ scene language" to the, ship's offi­ cers. These votes were subsequent-- iycfralteiieRf -brttre- AMEU:* - Army Shore Leave Bans Under' New SIU Fjre, Legal Aspect Studied • m The SIU is planning a full-scale dampaign against the Army's practice of arbitrarily restricting Seafarers to their ships at the various foreign installations. For some time, the Union has attempted to get some action on this Score.' However, this resulted in no satisfaction aa-^"—the Defense Department kept in areas where the local govern­ Georges Bay, the vessels dock passing the buck te local area ment is willihg to allow the men about 18 miles away from the base. commander's without any satisfac­ ashore. .The local government has said It tory ^swer to the problem faced In all cases', the Army's restric­ is perfectly willing to have the by Seafarers. tions on seamen have been arbi­ seamen go ashore. Yet, the Army Now the SIU is studying the trary, and have not even been restricts the seamen to their ships. legal aspects of the case prior to consistent from one base to an­ Th^ Union views this as a setaking the matter up with the Ad­ other. In- Korea, for example, the rious"^problem, particularly in view ministration. As far as is known, restrictions have been. kept in of the increasing number of over­ the Union will try to determine force even though the fighting seas bases that the Army is estab­ whether or not the Army has any stopped several months ago. Mar­ lishing. This practice is setting a legal right to restrict seamen. tial law also stopped several precedent whereby the • Army Basically, the Union has stated, months ago in Korea, and the Ko­ .could possibly refuse seamen any the-question is whether or not the rean government has said it would shore leave during peacetime In Army has the right to restrict like to have American merchant almost any fprelgn port, and thus civilian merchant seamen in peace­ seamen go ashore. Yet the Army, deprive the seamen of their tra­ time and tO'deprive merchant sea­ arbitrarily, will not allow seamen ditional rights. men of their traditional rights to to go ashore—and even Imposes ^'Thls situetion of having the shore leave. In/aill of these'cases, different restrictions from one Army arbitrarily force its will on the restrictions are placed on the Korean port to another. Anmrican merchant seamen during seamen by the Army, while the In other parts of the world, peace-time/' said an SIU headqilaplocal governments in these various where the bases'were supposed to ters spokesman, "cannot be * al­ overseas installations are perfectly be In the "Top Secret" classifica­ lowed to continue, Since we can't willing to have American merchant tion,. American merchant seameii get any from the Airmy seamen go ashore. Were' aUovved ^shore and \rtre shout thipanswer situation, the Unioh Is allowed complete freedom of mpve- undertddng a campaign, through Overtime Question ^ There is also a leg^ question ment ether channels, to fight this poweiv 18 Miles J^om Base concerning overtime for restriction , , grab by the Anny. Seamen have to ship under such circumstances, Yet, in some of the other bases, traditionally been allowed shore and the Union , is studying this as­ such as St. Georges Bay and Goose leave in/oreign ports during peace­ pect of the case, too. It is doubtful Bay, Labrador, American,merchant time, . and thf Army cannot be whether the Arnjy h^s. the. right seanjen . are restricted to ship by allowed to Interfere witl) that tra­ 6ft restrict sieamen to their ships the Army. In the case of St. dition^ right'' �November 29, 1953 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Three Men Debunk 'Mutiny' Cry On SlU Ship Korean President Syngman Rhee addresses a group of Koreans and Army personnel In Pusan on the occasion of honoring the first American ship to reach the country with a load of relief cargo. Korea Hails First Reiief Cargo The first load of American relief for Korea arrived in Pusan Harbor aboard the SIUmanned New Rochelle Victory early this month. It was greeted by brass bands, flags, and appropriate ceriemonies including a welcoming speech by South Korea's President Syngman Rhee. • The New Rochelle Victory is an aftermath of similar cere­ the Government ruling providing which took place when the a 50-50 ratio for emergency relief carried 8,000 tons of rice as the monies vessel sailed from Oakland, Cali­ shipping to Korea in American A dispute aboard an SlU-manned Liberty ship, the Seacliff, that was heralded in the West Coast press with "mutiny" headlines has boiled down to a food beef be­ tween a crew and the skip two of the unlicensed crew. One per of the ship. As. a re­ man was put on probation and an­ suspended for two months. sult, the skipper has been other Meanwhile the Seacliff has gone removed from the vessel, but out again with a new set of offi­ at the same time, the Coast cers and ail is quiet and peaceful Guard has entered the fray at last report. by filing "misconduct" charges against five unlicensed crewmembers. The Coast Guard also hit several of the officers, including the second mate, radio operator, and first and second assistants with similar, "misconduct" accusa­ tions. The whole "mutiny" story re­ calls the famous non-existent mu­ tiny aboard the freighter William Carson in July, 1948. On that oc­ casion, the newspapers had war­ ships rushing to "Quell Mutiny." It was later discovered that the mutiny report came from an ob­ viously demented radio operator who jumped overboard following the call. No Rulings Yet Up until now, the Coast Guard lias not issued its decision on the Seacliff "mutiny" except against first emergency relief cargo for fornia. bottoms. the war-torn and famine-threatened On another food relief front the The vessel is the first of many country. Her cargo was part of a relief cargo ships destined for SlU-manned Strathbay reached $200 million appropriation voted Korean ports from America, sched­ Karachi, Pakistan, with 9,800 tons by the last session of Congress for uled to reach the Far Eastern ally cf wheat. Its arrival represented in the next months. The emer­ the half-way mark in the movement the relief and rehabilitation of gency relief cargo. is expected to of 700,000 tons of wheat to Pakis­ Korea. This appropriation also in bolster the faltering native crop tan to avert possible famine in - eludes provision for industrial harvesting and give added protec­ that country. Over 80,000 tons equipment, building materials and tion to the danger of Communism shipped thus far have been dis­ spreading over South Korea. tributed free of charge to needy railroad rolling stock. The first shipment came under Pakistanis. However, the most pressing need at the moment is food, with un­ told millions of Koreans living on extremely short rations. Pier-Side Ceremony When the ship arrived at Pusan, Korea, it was met at the pier by Army and Navy contingents in­ cluding an Army brass band. The SIU contract negotiations with the shipowners are moving into high gear as a series of ship, draped with US and Korean regular meetings is taking up various clarifications and improvements in the contract for flags, served as a backdrop for a the coming year. pier-side ceremony attended by Aside from money matters, high ranking civilian and military covered by provisions on foreign ports which have been a to $500, improvements in the pen­ olTicials as well as several hun­ wages, overtime and vacation sore spot. Up until now, many alty cargo clause, port overtime dred Korean guests. pay, the negotiations involve the captains and shipowners have been for stewards department in ali US The vessel is a Government- strengthening of some contract evading this particular clause by ports after 5 PM and before 8 AM. owned ship that is under charter provisions that have given trouble claiming that they were unable improvement in carpenters and for the South Atlantic Steamship in the past year since the stand­ to obtain American currency in bosuns overtime provisions, a Company. The Korean reception ard agreement has been in opera­ many ports and could not carry strengthened transportation clause tion. They also include additions sufficient cash on board to satisfy and other changes. to the general rules and working draw needs. rules not now provided for in the To overcome these objections agreement. the Union has proposed that draws In order to assure uninten-upted be issued either in American cur­ negotiations, the Union and ship­ rency or travelers' checks, with a owner representatives have agreed $1 daily penalty for failure to is­ to another 24-day extension of the sue such draws. agreement to December 24. In The question of family allot­ any case, all money provisions are ments is another contract provi­ The Orion Star, the second of four super-tankers ordered retroactive to October 1, 1953, the sion that will come up for discus­ by Orion, has taken her Seafarer-crew, and after completing A comprehensive .chart-»showing date that the old agreement ex­ sion. It has been the practice up sea trials, has begun operations under an MSTS contract. all the money improvements in pired. until now for the company to cut The 30,000-deadweight-ton Bonus Questions SIU contracts frotti 1944 to the off family allotments whfen a man super-tanker is a sister ship Both of them will also operate present day is now in preparation One section of the agreement is taken off a ship because of ill­ under charter to the Government, by headquarters. When completed, that has already been decided on ness or injury. The Union is asking to the Orion Comet, which and they, too, will be crewed by copies of the chart will show at a is the question of war area bonuses. that these allotments continue took an SIU crew last month and Seafarers. glance every wage change for The, European Mediterranean and until all wage payments due the is also operating under an MSTS The Orion Star took her crew every rating in the last ten years. Pacific area bonus of $2.50 a day Seafarer imder maritime law are contract. Two additional sister ships are still under construction, out of Baltimore, after she was will be discontinued as well as the exhausted. The chart will ~also show the and will be completed next year. completed at the Sparrows Point, Another point is the question year by year changes in overtime Korean area bonus as of Novem­ Md., shipyard. In her sea tests, she ber 30. However, the 100 percent of restriction of seamen to the rates, maintenance and cure pay­ earily made 18 knots, which is a ments, working hours, vacation and bonus and $100 attack bonus will ship in certain foreign ports. Here full knot more than the 17 knots welfare benefitsi It will be a cap­ continue in areas I, II, III, and the Union intends to enlist the required under the terms of the sule picture of all the SIU's nego­ IV along the China Coast, as well support of the shipowners in ^com­ MSTS contract. as the $5.00 a day bonus in Area bating restrictions imposed in tiating gains during that period. Regular membership meet­ The 647-foot tanker carries 255,Figures for the years 1939 to yil, which is the general vicinity Korea and other areas. ings in SIU headquarters and 000 barrels of oil, and can dis­ Standard Stores 1944 are available in part but are of Saigon, Ihdo China. War risk in­ at all branches are held every charge her entire cargo within 12 surance of $i0,000 will continue not included in the charts because second Wednesday night at The practice of some companies hours through the use of special iyage scales were not standardized in all these areas as well as Hbng of storing ships with lower grade 7 PM. The schedule for the pumps that she carries. The ships from one company to the next dur­ Kong. War risk Insurance of $5,- meats or buying inferior produce next few meetings is as follows: are powered by steam turbine en­ 000 will continue in Pacific, Medi­ ing that early periodi December 2, December 16, overseas would be overcome by a gines that develop 16,000 horse­ December 30. Copies will be made available In terranean and European areas, in­ Union proposal for a standard power. They each carry a sixcluding Korea. All Seafarers registered on headquarters and will be distrib­ stores list and storing of frozen bladed propeller of special design. Money Draws the shipping list are required uted to the oujtports as well for foods for overseas voyages. All vessels are, or will be equipped Included among issues under inspection by Seafarers in every to attend the meetings. Other proposals include increased with the latest navigational equip­ SIU hall. discussion are the money draws in clothing loss allowances from $300 ment. More Contract Gains In Offing As Negotiators Speed Meetings SlU's Gains To Be Shown On Pay Chart n I'3 Testimony from the crew of the ship, from steward S. F. Cullison, the center of the controversy, and from the SIU Seattle hall, puts a different complexion on the story. When the ship left Seattle, it was improperly stored for a long trip. The SIU patrolman went aboard and had the captain sign an agree­ ment that he would buy additional stores in the Far East. This was done so that the ship would not be delayed in sailing. Hard-Timed Crew After the ship got to sea, the c.?ptain instructed the third mate to get the statement he signed back from the steward. When the steward refused to surrender it, the captain started his regime of hard timing the crew with the aid of the third and second mates and Ihfc radio operator. By the time the ship got to Ja­ pan, the captain was for locking up the entire unlicensed crew be­ cause they had asked him to paint the . foc'sles and other contract provisions. He went to the US Coast Guard in Yokohama and fiied blanket charges against everybody, which were dismissed by the Coast Guard commandant there with the recommendation that the proceedings be forwarded to Washington. When that happened the Cap­ tain "flipped his agace" as the crew put it. On the second shuttle trip to Yokohama, the crew called the steamboat inspector down to the ship to check on holes in the life (Continued on page 17) SIU Crew Boards Second Of 4 New Super-Tankers Meeting Itiight Everg 2 Weeks • -n I �Kite Tear SEAFARERS tOG Board Ruling ilmits Aid To Bloomfield «^BAer 27^1953 As 1 See It •. • The new Federal Maritime Board has reversed the old one and voted to deny the SlU-contracted Bloomfield Steamship Company a sub­ sidiary on the Gulf to Mediter­ ranean run. The Board, however, ruled that Bloomfield is still eligi­ ble for aid on the run from the Gulf to Northern Europe and Scandinavian ports. Previously the old Federal Mari­ time Board, that had been ap­ pointed under the Truman admin­ istration, had approved Bloomfield's petition for subsidies on both routes, declaring that on neither route were US flag car­ riers handling 50 percent of the commerce. Reopened Case However, both Lykes Brothers and Waterman interceded in the matter with Lykes Brothers lead­ Picketing the Florida's pier in Miami are members of officers ing the fight, and asked that the unions on strike against the company. Shown above are, left to case be reopened before the new right, Walter Johnson, MEBA, and Charles Eaton, MMP. Federal Maritime Board. The Board, after hearing arguments, has decided that existing American lines are carrying 50 percent of commerce on the Mediterranean route. Lykes Brothers is the other subsidized carrier. It was reported in Washington The cruise ship Florida remained tied up tightly in her that members of Congress had been berth in Miami this week, as the Seafarer-crew of the vessel asked to intercede by both sides with the result that a great deal of refused to cross picketlines put up by the mates, enginers and pressure was placed on the board. captain of the vessel. The skipper, four deck of- AFL, representing the deck offi­ The outcome of the Bloomfield case is expected to have an im­ cers and the five engineers cers, and the Marine Engineers portant bearing on future subsidy walked off the vessel last Friday Benevolent Association, CIO, repre­ legislation since there has been a after prolonged negotiations with senting the engineers, put up movement afobt to spread subsidies the company failed to produce any picketlines. among more companies than the agreement on their demands for Recruiting Scabs original 13 receiving aid under the higher pay and higher overtime. The company immediately an­ 1936 Merchant Marine Act. The Masters, Mates and Pilots, nounced that it was going to re­ cruit non-union deck and engine officers to take over the jobs of the striking officers, and said the ship would sail this past Monday. However, the company's attempts to get non-union officers have not worked out, and the entire crew has refused to cross the MM&P and the MEBA picketlines to go Heading .u]j the meeting officers Georgia is his home state, as he aboard the ship. «t the. last'Seattle membership was born there the day after New The company offered to transfer meeting was Brother Robert, Air, Year's in 1910. He too sails on the tickets of some 200 passengers one of the many Seafarers who deck. to airline reservations, when the has received his me'mbership book ship was tied up and unable to sail t t t through.- an organizihg drive. Air Chairing the Norfolk member­ on schedule. Most of the passengers became Sin SlU member in New ship meeting was Seafarer Robert took the offer and traveled by air, York on June 29, 1950, after sail­ Renfrew of that city, while Luby and the airlines had to put on extra ing aboard the Bradford Island Wheeler, also of Norfolk, handled flights to accommodate the extra and the Government Camp, two the recording secretary's chores. rush of travellers. Cities Service Both of these men sail with the tankers. He black gang. served ten Renfrew has been an SIU mem­ months as an or­ ber for a little over a year, getting ganizer aboard his book in New York on August these two ships. 7, 1952. He's a native Virginian, Right now Air 37 years of age. is enjoying a lit­ Wheeler comes tle rest after from North Car­ taking a two and olina originally Additional preservation to Mari­ a half month's but he and his Air trip to the Far wife now make time Administration National De­ Norfolk their fense Reserve Fleet vessels by East on the City of Alma. He's home. The 28- means of passing electric current looking for another Far East run year-old Seafar­ through the plate of the hulls was tor the next trip. er joined the announced by Louis S. Rothschild, The 27 year old Seafarer is a SIU in Balti­ Maritime Admintstrator. The ves­ native of Floral Park, New York. Wheeler more on March sels to be treated are in the Bruns­ He's single at the moment and wick River reserve fleet at Wil­ says he isn't anticipating matri­ 27. 1944. mington, NC. mony in the near future. ^ X Estimates indicate ' the employ­ The West Coast seems to be full 4 ^ ment of cathodic protection will A couple of veteran Seafarers of transplanted easterners and $3,000,000 a year ovdr tradi­ ran the last Savannah membership middle-westerners, and the San save methods of underwater pro­ meeting in solid style. Handling Francisco port meeting was no ex­ tional tection of ships on the 2,100 ves­ the chair was Seafarer Jesse ception. A Florida native, Jesse sels now in the eight Reserve Fleet Floyd, while Durward D. Story Collins, was recording secretary, sites. One hundred and seventy served as recording secretary for while W. L. York, originally from ships at the Wilmington site will the meeting. Floyd is a ten year Missouri, was reading clerk. Both be given the added protection, man in the SIU, joining the union of 'there men have now settled bringing fhe total to 650 at the in New York on July 26,1943. He's down in California. Hudson River, James River and an Alabaman by birth and still Collins, who is 29, joined the Wilmington berths. Maritime Ad­ makes his home in Phoenix City SIU in Baltimore on December 24, ministration vessels based at Siiiin that state. He's 29 years old 1944. He calls San Jose, Cali­ sun Bay, Cal.'; Astoria, Oregon; and sails in the deck department. fornia, his home town now. York Olympia, Washington; Beaumont, Story is one of the original un­ got his Union book in New York Texas, and Mobile, Alabama, are ion members, getting his bobk in on July 22, 1948 and low sails out being considered-for similar pro­ Baltimore on October 28, 1938. of Vista, California. tection against rusting and pitting. SS Florida Officers Strike Over Pay, OT 'R0iAiRmi. Gov't Ships Get Cathode Treatment THE SIU CREW OF THE ATLANTIC WATER, A LIBERTY SHIP that is under charter to the Government, deserves a lot of credit for the way they -stuck by their ship after it ran aground recently. All accounts received by your Union agree that the ship was pretty badly damaged with many of her bottom plates ripped off. Yet when the Navy wanted to take over the job of bringing the ship into port, the Seafarers aboard her refused to get off. They felt, and rightly so, that anything the Navy could sail could be sailed by the skilled pro­ fessional seamen in the SIU. As a result, they took the ship into port themseives in an unsbaworthy condition. Pride In Jobs Some people might say that this was a pretty foolhardy thing for the Seafarers to do, that working on the ship was just a job, and if the ship was in trouble the men should have piled off and let the salvagers take over. What they overlook is the fact that seamen in the SIU have a great deal of pride in the way a job is to be done, in "SIU style" as the men of the Atlantic Water put it. It was their ship and they were given the responsibility of sailing her. From all reports they discharged that responsibility to the fullest degree. XXX WE'RE MAKING PRETTY GOOD HEADWAY NOW, IN OUR SIU contract negotiations and it appears as if we will have a pretty nicelooking package to bring back to the membership when our negotiations are wound up. Our standard agreement of last year, ip which your Union's ne­ gotiators re-wrote the general rules and working rules of the contract, has held up very well in practice with the exception of a few clauses which are now in the process of being strengthened and clarified. These items and the proposals we have put forward are reported elsewhere in this issue of the LOG. We do not anticipate any difficulty in writing im­ provements ihto the agreement on thCse and other issues. And when the contract is signed and delivered, we are con­ fident that the Seafarers will lead all the rest in take-home pay and conditions as your Union has consistently done down through the years. ' • XXX OUR NEW HALL IN BALTIMORE IS SHAPING UP NICELY according £o all reports with progress being made in rebuilding in­ side and out. The target date for opening the hall has been delayed somewhat because some changes were made in the original design to allow more space for the membership and for the needs of the Union's offices and subsidiaries. As a result it was decided it would be best to build an additional wing so as to avoid overcrowding that might result if the original plans were followed. In any case we feel it is best to make haste slowly in this matter so as to assure our membership shipping out of Baltimore that the hall they do get will be the kind of place that will meet all their needs. In that respect your Union has pi-ofited greatly by its experi­ ence in operating its New York headquarters, which has given a good picture of the kind of space we need for an efficient operation. Finest Of Its Kind Your Union is quite certain that when the new Baltimore hall is completed, it will rate as the finest Union hall of its kind, barring none, thanks to the improvements that have been included in its design as a result of our experiences in New York. It will be another landmark in the SIU's program to provide modem, comfortable and efficiently-operating Union halls in all major SIU ports. X X Xi BY NOW ALL SEAFARERS ARE FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE problem that the US Public Health Service Hospitals are facing and the attempts being made by some people to take the seamen's hospitals away from them. Recently your Union, through the columns of this newspaper, asked the niembership to write to their representa­ tives in Washington and tell them how they felt about the hospitals. Your Union has long been accustomed to the membership taking a direct and active role in the problems which faced it and seamen in general. Still the tremendous response that this appeal has roused up was beyond expectations. A very large number of ship's crews have gone on record as writing their Senators and Congressmen on this issue, either as a group or as individuals. They have reported a great deal of this kind of activity to headquarters in their ship's minutes. Families Interested Too . Further, we have received an equally strong response from the wives, parents and relatives of Seafarers, many of whom are faithful readers of the SEAFARERS LOG. A great many of them have added their impact to. the protests on this issue, because they realize their stake in maintaining the health and well-being of the Seafarer. This kmd of response is one indication of why the SIU has been able to make the kind of progress it has through the years. With an alert and active membership of this kind the .Union has been able to win many serious beefs in the past. We are hope^ that this beef on the hospitals ydll go the same way. . . ~ -.x . -'X' WE'VE LONG HAD A MOTTO IN THE SIU THAT SEAFARERS will remember, namely "An SIU ship is a xlean ship." Our.contention has always been, and still Is, that Seafarers, as.sound professionaLsea­ men, take Shod care^pf the ship they sailed on, provided they got the necCssary cooperation from the shipowners and the officers. ' Just recently the SIU gang en the' Binghamton Victory got quite a bit of priiise from fte Maritime Administration and the Coast Guard inspectors for'the excellent manner in which they maintained the vessel. . - . ; , . _ , ,; This; is the kind of experienced and efficient seamanship that, the SIU is proud of.- Congratulations to the brothers of the Binghamton Victory are'certainly-In-order.'- • . - - - .. ... . . ' ' ; r>f 1 Vf-li- �-NoTember 27, M5S SEAFARERS LOG Page F1T« -' Motion On Shipping Voted Down By Ports A motion passed by the Philadelphia membership meeting of November 4 on shipping crewmembers to new ships, out of one port has been voted down by the headquarters mem­ bership and membership meet­ ings in other ports. It provided to place a small number of key men that all ships should be crewed aboard, who might or might not come from the port the ship is crewing out^ of. This practice is authorized under Article 'XXII, Section 2 of the SIU constitution which reads as follows: "A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel for organiza­ tional purposes, whether covered by a contract or not." Signing New Outfits This practice has helped consid­ erably in signing up new com­ panies. It has also been followed on the new Mariner ships, for ex­ Every seat is filled and it's "standing room only" in Manhattan Center, as an overflow crowd of ample, where much of the equip­ longshoremen listens to AFL-ILA speakers outline the new union's program. Over 6,500 long­ ment is new and unfamiliar, and shoremen attended the rally, and many more had to be turned away for lack of enough room. it was necessary to break men in on the operations of the ship. In such instances, the objective was to supply a good crew for the new ship to assure trouble-free opera­ tion the first trip out. In many instances, it has been Three applicants who qualified for the Seafarers Scholarship Plan necessary for some of the men, are talcing the next College En­ particularly electricians,, to go trance Board Examination test on aboard in the shipyard for a A wildly-cheering, jam-packed meeting of 6,500 New York longshoremen hailed the inevit­ December 5. Several other appli­ break-in" period before they ac­ able victory of the new AFL-ILA at the first city-wide longshore rally of the new organiza­ cants failed to meet the neces­ tually took the ship out on a tion. The meeting, which took place in the huge assembly hall of Manhattan Center, cheered sary requirements which include regular run. and applauded as AFL-ILA three years sea time on their own Once the ship was crewed in or their fathers' discharges, and such .a manner, it could be crewed arganizers and other speakers when the meeting began it was strength of the AFL on both the graduation in the upper third of on later trips through the normal •eported on the progress of the standing room only. Police had to national and local level, would be turn large numbers of disappointed committed to the new union until their high school class. rotary shipping procedure. Such organizing drive to date. latecomers away on the grounds the fight was won. An early indication of the feel­ ships would have enough hold-over The next examination will take • Acting president Larry Long place on January 9. Subsequent crewmembers aboard'' to keep ings of longshoremen was seen in that any more people would over­ of the AFL-ILA emphasized the crowd the hall dangerously. the fact that they would soon vote tests will come up at regular inter­ things running smoothly until new Among the highlights of the fact that both he and Buster vals through the year. men in the second crew got used on accepting or rejecting of the Slaughter, the acting seffetary, employers' last contract offer of meeting were the following: Applicants who are currently in to the operation. ten cents an hour. Overwhelming • AFL President George Meany, were purely temporary officers. their senior year at high school can In voting down the resolution, in a special message to the gather­ Once a constitution hss been apply for the scholarships. Of it was the prevailing opinion that rejection of the offer would be l6oked on as evidence that long­ ing, told the men that they had drafted, he said, the longshoremen course, their performance in the this practice assured the SIU a done more to clean up the port would elect their own permanent remainder of their high school crack at many new ships and new shoremen are dissatisfied with the way contracts are being negotiated in six weeks than any other group officers by secret ballot. studies will be taken into account companies who would otherwise be • Organizer Jim Egan revealed in the past 30 years. He gave posi­ by the old ILA. in making the awards. hesitant to take a crew right off The huge voluntary turnout of tive assurances that the full (Continued on page 17) After all the examination re­ the board the first time out. A longshoremen and their enthusias­ turns are in next summer, a board number of SIU-c6ntracted com­ tic response was considered by of college administrators will se­ panies took on additional charters observers as cohclusive evidence lect four winners who will receive of Government-owned ships on this that the yvall of fear and intimida­ $1,500 annually for their college basis. tion so long imposed by the old studies. In all other Instances, rotary ILA had crumbled. AFL-ILA lead­ Seafarers, or children of Sea­ shipping is being followed strictly ers and organizers were jubilant farers, up to the age of 35 are by crewing all Jobs off the board at the turnout, which as one as they com?. eligible for the scholarships. speaker put it, "drove a few more nails into the coffin lid" of the Skippers of two Ore Lines ships, in response to the growing old ILA. number of complaints from the crewmembers, have taken Ryan Pensioned Off SIU. M«N.:. ANE : OUAfiAtMreEb BY; • Meanwhile in Philadelphia, the aboard slop chests from the SIU Sea Chest. The skippers YOUR CdtMSTJiuneW; T«iS: m- : ^ old ILA went through the motions of thq other vessels in the>n>PE tS Di SlOMK) YO- 4COUA3MT of reshuffling its leadership when company have not yet taken YOtj; W)W THESE RJOWS Aflb : The skippers of the line's ships PRWItEOB: : • it arranged for its president, Joe heed of the complaints about replied that they would buy slop Ryan, to resign on a $10,000 a year the higher-priced, lower-quality chest supplies where they pleased, pension. Ryan was replaced by slop chests. regardless of price or quality. Captain William Bradley, a nonHowever, both the Cubore and This was in sharp contrast to longshoreman who is head of the the Baltore already have, taken virtually every other SIU con­ LA Marine Division, representing aboard their first supply of SIU tracted offshore operator, since From Article XIII, Section 3 tugboat and bargemen. Ryan had Sea Chest gear, and it is expected almost all these Ships had taken on "Balloting shall take place In per­ just been indicted the day before that other vessels in the fleet will Sea Chest merchandise for the sim­ son, at port officei and shall be on charges of stealing $45,000 in follow suit. ple reason, that it was priced lower secret. No signature of any voter, union funds. Despite a wave of slop chest and the quality was higher. On the legal front, the AFL-ILA beefs from their crews, the skip­ or other distinguishing mark shall Letter Ignored pressed ahead in its drive for a pers of Ore Line vessels had re­ Finally, after the company was appear on the ballot, except that National Labor Relations Board fused to take aboard Sea Chest approached again on the problem, any member may write in the election to decide who shall repre­ merchandise, even though it was it distributed a letter to the skip­ name or names of any member sent longshoremen in the port of offered on a competitive basis. In­ pers telling them to buy from the or members as appropriate, for New York. At the same time, the stead, they preferred to buy higher- Sea Chest whenever the Sea Chest new union filed suit in the New priced gear, with lower quality offered competitive prices. The any office, or the {ob of port York State Supreme Court asking from a dealer in Baltimore. skippers ignored this letter. agent or patrolman." that the old ILA be dissolved and The captains of the Baltore and "The last time that the Cubore its records handed over on the the Cubore took notice of the com­ was in port, however, the skipper grounds that it had long ceased to plaints of their crewmembers, and made the first move for the ships function as a trade union. ordered Sea Chest merchandise of the company, and oi-dered slop With the New York-New Jersey during the last week, when they chest supplies frona the Sea Chest. Waterfront Commission scheduled were in port. The Sea Chest, which The Baltore, which arrived in port to take control of hiring in the has facilities in all major East shortly after followed suit. Secrecy Is guaranteed every SIU port on December 1, longshoremen Coast and Gulf Ports, promptly A previous survey by the Sea member In voting. There Is abso­ at the meeting were given positive filled the order with high quality Chest showed that the Ore Lines lutely no woy for anyone to deassurance that~the new AFL-ILA brand name merchandise at lower ships were charging far more for tei;mine how he ^asfs his ballot. would fight for repeal of the state, prices. ; standard items than ships with Sea law, once the new union had recog­ Passed Buck j Chest slop chests. Further, it was He can. In voting, write in the nition and a contract. When the company was first ap­ shown that prices varied from ship name or names of men he wishes A.1though the meeting had been proached by the Sea Chest With' an to ship for the same item, -and it fo Mrve.ds ofTiclals. sche4uled .for 8 P^, longshoremen, offer to. supply merchandise on a. was also learned that the dealers by.the thousands crowded into the competitive basis, • the • company were charging, different^ ships dif­ hall,, long beitore tlrtt hour^ and passed the buck' on to, the masters., ferent prices for the same items. •ncompletely out of the port from which the ship signs on. The motion read as follows: "In the future, all jobs on ships crewing up, new or otherwise, that the entire crCw be called from the board in the port where the ship is crewing up. A headquarters spokesman ex­ plained that in the past it has been the practice in crewing new ships, or ships of newly-signed companies. Three Qualify For December College Exam Certain AFL-ILA Victory Hailed By 6,500 Dockers Two Ore Line Vessels Take SIU Slopchests YOU and ihe MU C0N8TIYUTI0N U. /iMNvbriHe r-4: M d • C'i .1 Ni-, • i; ji'. m �Pace Six SEAFARERS Gov't May Shut Down Kings Point British Rsplace Jacobs Ladder • The first of a series of meetings between representatives of state maritime academies and Louis S Eothschild, head of the United Slates Maritime Administration, have taken place in Washington DC, to discuss the fate of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Puinl, NY. The announcement of the meet­ ing came at the same time as the Maritime'Administrator announced the closing of the US Maritime Service Training Station at Ala­ meda, Calif. Shipping circles look upon this shutdown as the first step in a progi-am aimed at elimi­ nating vocational training for the merchant marine under Federal The danger of climbing Jacobs ladders and gangways has been auspices. eliminated on 51 newly-constructed British ships. The new ships, No Decision Yet part of the Shell Petroleum fleet, will be equipped with the auto­ The Maritime Administration matic elevator pictured above. The elevator is capable of carrying has not decided to close the na­ six men. tional cadet academy at Kings Point at this time, according to an Administration spokesman, but closing is a possibility as an econ­ omy measure. Rothschild, in the past, asked steamship companies and maritime unions to help sup­ port the training program, with The Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's, the warning that the program Oilers', Watertenders' and Wipers' Union last week announced might be forced to shut down if help was not forthcoming from identical but separate vacation plans won from the Pacific these sources. Vlaritime Association mem­ Aids State Schools bers through collective bar­ MFOW Vacation Fund. They are to As well as fully supporting the gaining agreements. The plan be used for administering and academy as a national institution, involves payment by shipowners operating the Sailors' and Fire­ the Government annually grants into a central fund, from which the men's Vacation Plans. substantial aid to the four state unions will pay the members on Effective October 1 maritime academies in New York, the basis of their sea time. Seamen of both unions are eligi­ Maine, Massachusetts and Califor­ Both plans were won through ble for vacation benefits under the nia. Economy moves on the part collective bargaining after the new plan for work periods cover­ of the Government have brought MFOW joined the Seafarers Inter­ ing work performed on and after under consideration the possible national Union of North America October 1, 1953, after which date withdrawal of the state aid funds, late last month. The two new plans contributing employers are con­ and this has brought pressure on begin payment on January 1, 1954. tracted to make payments directly the Government to close the na­ Separate funds are to be set up to the separate plans rather than tional academy instead, leaving the by the two unions to be known as to seamen on an individual basis. state academies open. the SUP Vacation Fund and the The number of days of vacation pay for which seamen are eligible varies from three days for 90 days of covered employmenlf^o 14 days for .a full year of work. The agreement calls for con­ tributing employers, both of PMA and the Shipowners* Association of T— I the Pacific, to contribute 55 cents I a day for every seaman during the I-. period from October 1, 1953 to March 31, 1954, inclusive. The con­ An attempt to violate the ship­ mer shipmate with the result that tributions drop down to 50 cents a ping rules came a cropper in New he was brought up on charges. The day after the March 31 cutoff date York recently and resulted in the committee found him guilty of with that rate of payment con­ man in question being brought to violating the shipping rules and tinuing throughout the life of the plans. trial before a rank and file trial imposed a fine. The initial administrator of the committee. In Baltimore recently, a rank The committee, consisting of Ed and file committee consisting of plan, named by all parties con­ Robinson, A. H. Anderson, S. F. W. H. Maxon, Clyde F. Carlson, cerned, is Omar F. Hoskins, with Schuyler, A. Go^ales and H. Her- John D. Cammens, C. Thompson the PMA naming two trustees, the kenheins, heard that the man had and Burkey Shuler, heard charges SUP and MFOW one each, and a quit the ship after being aboard against a Seafarer who had been neutral trustee named by the other five days. The ship was scheduled gassed up so thoroughly on a ship parties to help administer the to lay up temporarily two days that he missed his watch four days plans. Trustees are J. Paul St. Sure and Thomas E. Cuffe, for PMA; later. Under the SIU rules, the in a row. Harry Lundeberg, SUP; Vincent J. old crew has the right to go back Then when the ship came in for Malone, MFOW; and Jerd F. Sulli­ on a laid-up ship provided it calls a payoff, he compounded the acvan, Jr., as neutral trustee. for a crew within ten days. tion by skipping Hoskins recently conducted a Got Card Baek the vessel with- study of welfare and vacation plans The accused Seafarer got his out sticking in US trade unions, including shipping card back on the grounds around for the those of the A&G district. The he had been laid patrolman to SUP Vacation Plan was drafted on off the ship with come aboard. the basis of His observations. the rest of the Charges were Operators of the'plan left the way crew, and then filed against him open for additional employers not when she called under two sec­ now covered by the agreement to for a new crew, tions of Article participate in the vacation plans he decided he XVI, and the upon the joint approval of the Carlson would go back man notified of three parties involved. on board her. the proceedings against him by Vacation benefits are prorated But since this registered mail. This was neces­ for the periods worked up to 360 man had quit sary since he was not present at days, but seamen may apply for Sholer the ship, he the membership meeting at which benefits at any time. Benefits must would normally have had to re­ the charges were read. be claimed within one year of the register on the shipping list and The committee heard all the termination date of the period would have no claim to his old job. evidence, and then ' found him worked, either aboard ship or in He was spotted, in the act of guilty on both counts, levying a other .forms of covered empley•hipping: to his old jpb bp a iot^ ffiie eweach count of the charges. menL SUP.MFOWWinNew Vacation Systems SlU COMMITTEES AT WORK •.JV Koramber 27, USS LOG v.. i'p. -itrrt A :a3«rrtttT;)'¥ ; *. SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON t Former US Democratic Senator O'Connor, Maryland, who was ap­ pointed to the job as head of the shipping lobby in the Capitol, will find if hard to maintain his job these days. The reason is that the subsidized lines put him in-the lobby spot, but other steamship lines, not subsidized, feel that he is not the best man for their cause in Congress. t t i Under Coast Guard rules adopted to implement the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 1948, vessels over 500 gross tons on international voyages must carry a lifeboat portable radio equipment unless one life­ boat tin each side of the vessel is fitted with a non-portable radio in­ stallation. This equipment is supposed to be installed not later than •November 19, 1953. However, the catch is that radio manufacturers have been unable to meet this delivery deadline as to some orders, so that the US Coast Guard was asked for a policy with respect to vessels for which the equipment has not yet been obtained. District Inspectors of the Coast Guard, under authority from head­ quarters, will grant an extension of time where it has not been possible for shipowners to obtain the portable radio equipment. ^ The Jap merchant fleet, which proved to be the toughest foe for US carriers trans-Pacific before World War II, has rehabilitated itself much more quickly than anyone would have guessed. Starting from scratch after the war, with the help of this country, the Japs, particu­ larly since 1951, are beginning to smother the berth once again. For example, during the whole year of 1952 American lines, sailing out of the Gulf to the Orient, made a total of 137. sailings, while Jap lines made 86. For the period January-August of this year the Japanese lines already have made 81 sailings, or about 10 a month, all of them liner sailings, as against only 86 for the US companies. The Japs have seven companies in the Gulf-trans-Pacific trade and are attempting an all-out campaign to capture the traffic and regain supremacy in the trans-Pacific shipping business. t t i t Many American steamship lines are becoming more alahned over the operation of Mariner ships by the Military Sea Transportation Service. They can't help but feel that much of this MSTS movement could be handled by private lines on berth space. The reason for their feeling is that under orders from the Defense Department, the private lines cannot find just what types and quantity of cargo the MSTS-controlled Mariners are canying. Some time ago, the Department of Defense called the operators in and laid down the law that they must never reveal the contents of mili­ tary cargo carried on Mariners for account of MSTS, whether this bo soybeans, phosphate or instruments of war. Therefore, it is hard for one line to learn from another just what this movement amounts to and, indeed, whether it is a type of movement that could be handled by private companies. Just recently, some of the US Gulf lines got wind of a plan on the part of MSTS to send two Mariners out of the Gulf with full carloads of bulk commodities. The private lines immediately proceeded to make a formal protest but when MSTS heard of the protest that was coming in, cancelled their plans to use the Mariners, thereby reserving the bulk movement for private lines. t People abroad seem to have a better appreciation..of the need for .an adequate merchant marine than US citizens do. This is unfortunate, but it seems to be a true statement. The people of this country simply do not realize yet the importance of a merchant marine and of a capacity for producing ships in an emergency. If this country is to reach and maintain the national objective of carrying at least 50 percent of its foreign commerce, more cooperation on the part of American shippers must be forthcoming. The 50 per­ cent goal is one that US lines have seldom reached in the past and one which we are far short of at the present time. It is true that ,ther importance of the American merchant marine in a national emergency has been proved in two world wars. However, it is a sad fact that the importance of the same fleet in peacetime is much less appreciated. t 4" 4" Atom power for merchant ships is a subject on which much has been written, but little understood. Within less than two years, much more will be known on the subject, because the Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation has been given the great light by the Atomic Energy Com­ mission to make a study of nuclear power to propel ships. The private shipyard will bear all the costs and make a complete report in about a year. Dr. John R. Dunning, dean of the School of Engineering, Columbia University, says that the future peacetime uses of atomic energy are very promising. He goes much further and declares that every major ship, 10 years from now, will be built for atomic propulsion. However, some ship designers and builders feel that present methods of ship propulsion are far from obsolete and will continue to stress improvements in them. The power plants of the new Mariners are a good example of that. And British marine architects and designers are doing a great deal of work with gas turbine propulsion systems which have, shown very promising possibilities on at least' one' tanker on which the system has been installed. t Some quarters in Britain, are feeling the pinch of Panamanian com­ petition as well as US shipowners. There is a move afoot among mem­ bers of the Conservative Party to restrict transfers of British ships to Panamanian flag operations oh the grounds that these vessels are providing unfair competition to British-flag opci.:ttions. However, the Churchill government has shown little sympathy for the move and for the time being it appears that considerable transfers of British shipping will continue without hindrance from the British authorities. �, N«veaber tl, 1U» SEAFARERS LOG Tat* Serem rwg"ixc5^ DOLLAR'S WORTH KANSAS CITY KIDNAPERS GET DEATH SENTENCE—Carl Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie Heady, who ware convicted of the kidnap-murder of Bobby Greenlease, six-year-old son of a wealthy automobile dealer, have been sentenced to die in the gas chamber. It will be the first time in Missouri's history that a woman will have been executed. Chances are considered very slight for any appeal, or commutation of the death penalty. ik> t> ANOTHER ROYAL TOUR BEGINS—Queen Elizabeth II of Eng­ land and her husband have started a six month royal tour that will cover more than 50,000 miles to the far corners of the British empire. simply small, well-made boxes with a sponge-rubber By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS It's planned that the royal couple will attend 50 state balls and din­ cushion for the seat. These have the advantage of ners, open six parliaments and visit colonies ^nd dominions as far It's a fact that much of the merchandise on the providing storage space and extra play uses. They off as Australia in the course of the trip. First stops will be made at market for Christmas is of poor quality and little can be bought or made up yourself. For toy stor» Bermuda and Jamaica. usefulness despite its novelty appeal and high price, age, child specialists consider low shelves and cup­ 4" t 4" and is a waste of a Seafarer's money. Everybody boards more convenient than toy chests. ANCIENT SKULL A MERE YOUNGSTER—Red faced scientists Hand Looms: Simple frame looms on the mar­ are trying to explain to the public how they were taken in by the is in a buying mood at Christmas and merchants skull of the so-called Piltdown Man, that was supposed to be 500,000 find this a grand opportunity to get rid of goods ket can weave square rugs, mats, etc. These cost as years old. The skull had been advertised for 40 years as the oldest that don't otherwise sell. A large New York toy­ little as $1. Make sure any loom you buy is sturdy, fossil of living man ever discovered. New tests with fluorine proved shop manager once told me frankly that he and and get complete in.struction material with it. that the skull was about 50,000 years old not 500,000 and had been other merchants find Christmas gives them a chance Ed-U-Cards: The.se are card games that teach. doctored with chemicals to give it an appearance of age. Each set tells a story in action pictures. Sets are to unload the buying mistakes of the rest of the 4 4 year. Another distributor, who sells a gadget for TRUMAN FEUDS WITH BROWNELL—Former President Trumaii adults, confided, quite proudly, that it didn't woik. last week accused Attorney-General Herbert Brownell of lying in re­ well but he got no returns because the people who sponse to claims by Brownell that the former President had "knowingly promoted a Russian spy." Earlier, the former president had refused were given it generally got bored with it before they to answer a subpoena issued by Chairman Velde of the House Un- learned it didn't last long. American Activities Committee, the first time in history a former presi­ dent has been subpoenaed by a Congressional committee. At the root You'll find here tips on gifts of enduring value for of the controversy was Harry Dexter White, former assistant Secretary adults, too. But especially for kids, buy basic play­ of the Treasury and Director of the International Monetary Fund. Brownell charged that White was a Russian spy and that Mr. Truman things they'll use all year rather than mechanical This five-foot casting rod that telescopes Into a novelties. Often toys adults find clever are too com­ was aware of this when he promoted White to the latter post. handle to a length of just 11 Inches Is a good plicated for a child to understand. If a kid can't 4 4 4 gift for a Seafarer since its weighs only six "^PROGRESS IN KOREA—Hopes for an end to the present truce dead­ understand a toy and it has no play value for him, ounces and can fit into a suitcase. Costs about lock in Korea brightened this week, when American representative he'll absolutely ignore it. * $13.50. Arthur Dean reported that the Communists had backed down on their Among bread-and-butter playthings kids will use demand that India and other Asian neutrals be seated at the forthcom­ graded according to children's ages, with a special ing peace conference. The UN was apparently willing to meet the new all year, are painting materials, building blocks, alphabet set for pre-school children. Sold by some Communist stipulation that these nations sit in as observers, rather than transportation toys, construction toys, simple musical five-and-tens and chain drug stores for 29-39 cents a - participants. Meanwhile, the POW situation became more twisted than instruments like tom-toms and wrist-bells, handi­ set. ever. The Communists, now realizing that they blundered in insisting on the "explanations," seem to be attempting to wreck these sessions craft and simple science tools, housekeeping toys Construction Sets: Most metal construction toys that are fairly large and sturdy, dolls with plenty are too difficult for children younger than eight, in a face-saving effort. of costumes made with easy-to-handle fasteners. even though merchants often try to sell them for 4 4 4 younger kids. But the newer junior plastic con­ FOUR BILLION DEFICIT SEEN—The Administration estimates that Here are some specific playthings recommended struction sets are easier to handle, because the plas­ Uncle Sam will go into the red another $4 billion next year even though by experts: tic tubes of different lengths fit together over knobs, it expects to cut spending by $6 billion. This means that the national rather than with nuts and bolts. These cost about $4. debt limit ceiling, now at $275 billion will have to be raised by act of Construction Blocks: These are a basic plaything, Congress. Interlocking Bricks: Another good new set. for but expensive in wood. You can now buy big blocks 4 4 • 4 children six and up, has small scale-model hollow made of corrugated paper that will take a lot of bricks made of plastic that interlock so the child HOLLYWOOD STARS SHOCK MAYOR, PLEASE ROYALTY—The abuse, at $6 for a set of 12. can build walls. The set has gates, doorways, win­ biggest furcve over Hollywood in recent years arose over the show put Handicraft Materials: Good handicraft items suit­ dows, and other equipment, and the bricks them­ on by top Hollywood stars for the visiting King Paul and Queen Fredselves are scaled in size from real concrete blocks. erika of Greece. Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson described the able as gifts, or for yourself, include: Sets are $2.95 for one of 152 pieces; $4.95 for a 306 show as "filthy, disgusting and obscene." The Los Angeles press took Natural moist clay, piece set. up the cudgels and called the show "smutty" and an "affront to all which becomes dry Gifts for Adults decent-minded persons." Hollywood actor-director Dick Powell, who so it can be modeled emceed the show, quickly came to his own defense. He called the show into different shapes For adults, too, simple, usable gifts have most "sophisticated" and "good, clean-fun." Reached in Texas for comment. and articles without value. Here are tips, particularly on the newer ma­ King Paul called the show "immensely entertaining." Queen Frederika firing, and then can terials: said of the songs of Eartha Kitt, chief target of the critics, "I have be decorated with seldom been more amused." In socks, mercerized lisle gives better wear than poster paints and fancy rayons. In nylon socks, pick those with cotton 4 4 4 shellacked. feet because the new synthetic materials don't ab­ ROBIN HOOD A RED?—A member of the Indiana State Board of Flo-Paque colors, sorb perspiration. If you don't know the size, there Education recommended that all references to Robin Hood, legendary which can be used to are now expansible socks in one size made to stretch. English adventurer and bandit, be stricken from books used in Indiana decorate fabrics, public schools. The board member contended that Robin Hood's ex­ In shirts, solid colors are generally better qualitv china, glass, pottery, ploits were "Communist-inspired" and that his philosophy of "rob the for the same money than fancy patterns. Of the metals, wood, tile, rich and give to the poor" was designed to promote the Communist etc. These colors "synthetic" shirts, dacron most effectively eliminates party line. Reached in England, the present Sheriff of Nottingham cover more area ironing (but costs mosti, orlon still needs some, and asserted that Robin Hood "was no Communist." The board member than paint, dry with­ nylon seems to be least satisfactory. But you can also wished to delete all references to the Quaker (Friends)) religion on in five minutes and still buy two or three good cotton shirts for the the grounds that the faith promoted the interests of Communism price of one orlon or dacron. are waterproof. through its traditional pacifism. Indiana Republican Governor Craig took the matter "under advisement." In sweaters, orlon is stronger than nylon and costs Kelon liquid plas­ tic kits. The liquid less than dacron. while providing much the 4 4 4 This compass combined plastic can be poured same durability and shape-retention as dacron. But with a protractor for UN CENSURES ISRAEL—The United States joined the United King­ into, a mold for the mapmaking as well as dom, France and other UN members in condemning the recent Israeli desired shape and a blend of wool and orlon is often an even better direction finding, is a attack on the Jordan border town of Kibya in which 53 Arabs were allowed to jell; when choice than all-orlon, because the wool in the blend good gift for a youngster. killed. The UN placed blame for the massacre at the door of the cool, it retains its helps eliminate the tendency of synthetics like orlon It costs about $2 at Boy Israeli government and charged that Israel troops, rather than civilians, shape permanently. Scout trading posts. to form little fiber balls and also has more "give." carried out the raid. In nylon sweaters, permanently crimp-set opes are 4 4 4 Flexcraft and RUSSIA AGREES TO TALKS WITH WEST—The Soviet Government Flex-Span kits feature a form of liquid plastic strongest and have softer texture. In wool sweaters, has reversed itself and suddenly agreed to meet with US, British and especially suitable for making costume jewelry. You worsteds give most wear. Avoid cashmere and an­ French representatives to discuss the long-pending problem of a peace form leaves or other outlines with wire, apply gora. They are costly but perishable. treaty for Austria and a settlement of Germany's difficulties. No con­ the liquid plastic, and it bridges over the area formed In women's blouses, orlon or dacron makes a good ditions were placed in the Russian notification, but nobody foresaw by wire with a film which becomes hard. the proposed meeting as promising an easy solution to the whole gift for a working gal because it washes easily and Plastic rainbow beads can be cut with scissors, ^ question. pierced, squashed fiat, pasted, strung without a loom, needs little or no ironing, but has less usefulness » 4 4 4 and used in other ways to make jewelry and other for a housewife who might find a rayon blouse as BOSS, SECRETARY FOUND AFTER 22 YEARS—A Tennessee in­ handicraft items. They're not only more versatile satisfactory. surance man who disappeared 22 years ago and his secretary have than traditional beads, but cost less: 75c. a package, been located in Texas where they set up home and have six children. or $1.25 for a kit of 600 beads. 12 clasps, direction In pipes, an outdoor man like a Seafarer will pre­ The man, Thomas C. Buntin of Nashville, has been living under an booklet and twine. If you can't find these in local fer a small one he can easily pocket, but make sure assumed name in Orange, Texas. He had long been declared legally stores, you can order them from Arts Cooperative the tyalls of the bowl are at least a quarter inch -dead and his first wife has long since remarried and collected on a Service, 340 Amsterdam Ave., New York 24, NY. thick for a cool smoke. Also, the straighter the $50,000 insurance policy. The insurance company is now trying to get Funilture: A good type of children's furniture is grain, the cooler the smoke. mppex Iwck., M.S,,.: I v. t'v-" SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips For Christmas Shopping �PaffcEiffht SEAFARERS SlU Man Reaches Home After Solo Ocean Trip Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski, who crossed the North Atlantic single-handed in a 30-foot schooner, has arrived safely at his parents' home in Kemi, Finland, according to word received from bis friends here. Kivi-'*'" koski got home at the end of been home since he had left Fin­ October, 4'/2 months after he land in 1940. weighed anchor at City Island, Kew York and set out across the ocean in his two-masted ship, the Turquoise. His first landfall was Den Held«r, Holland, where he arrived on Olavi Kivikoski I August 22, 67 days after he left Kew York. After that he traveled fcy slow stages through the Kiel Canal, up past Copenhagen to Goteberg, Sweden. From there, according to his routing, he took the inland route across Sweden on the lakes and canals, so as to keep out of the lower Baltic Sea which is Sovietcontrolled. Once on the Swedish east coast he headed north in the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland to the Kemi River at the head of the Gulf. Fortunately, although it was already midautumn, the area was not yet frozen over and Kivikoski was able to make it home. Kivikoski's arrival touched off quite a local celebration in the small Finnish town. He had hot Fight Seen On MSTS Use For Refugee Lift Coast Guard patrols have been set up to meet and identify all vessels arriving at New York, Charleston, Norfolk, New Orleans and Galveston, as a part of a gen­ eral tightening up of security regu­ lations along the Eastern Seaboard. The Coast Guard in New York has also been pressing the oper­ ators of the various harbor craft to get their Coast Guard port se­ curity checks, and to carry a port security card. This would mean that every operator or crewman of junkboats, barges, water taxis and other harbor craft would have to go through the same sort of se­ curity check that seamen get for validated papers. So far, the Coast Guard has been spot checking harbor craft in New York, and has merely been giving out warnings to those who had no port security cards. The Coast Guard, it explains, is still giving these people time to get the cards, before it cracks down and begins to impose penalties. Meanwhile, this week, the 24hour security patrols were set up outside the five ports. The patrol vessels will approach every vessel coming into port and identify the ship by name, type and registry. In New York, for example, patrol craft have been stationed at Am­ brose Lightship and at City Island —the two entry points for deep sea shipping. In additiqii to identifying the vessel, the Coast Guard patrol crews will also board all vessels that have touched any port in a Communist-controlled country. A complete check of these ships will be made, the Coast Guard said, with Geiger counters. These Geiger counters are indicators which will immediately show the presence of any radio-active material—the ma­ terial that would be present in an atom bomb. A hot fight over a State Depart­ ment proposal to use MSTS vessels for transpoi-ting European refugees to the US is expected to develop, with the US shippmg companies leading the fight against this pro­ posal to further expand Military Sea Transportation Service activi­ ties. The State Department proposal comes right on the heels of a number of proposals by Congress to cut down MSTS activities, and Under the Union constitu­ to stop MSTS competition with tion every member attending privately-owned US-flag tonnage. a Union meeting is entitled to The 1953 Refugee Relief Act calls nominate himself for the for tlrfe transportation of about elected , posts to be filled at 299,000 aliens to the US during the meeting—chairman, read­ the "period ending December 31, ing clerk and recording secre­ 1956. tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meetr The Intergovernmental Commit­ ings by taking these posts of tee for European Migration will service. handle the movement, bub the US will pay most or part of the cost And of course, all members and the act provides that when have the right to take the floor the US pays part of the cost, the and express their opinions on transportation must be by US-flag any officer's report or issue vessels or by US-flag planes "when under discussion. Seafarers available." are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their The State Department has sug­ shipmates know what's on gested that MSTS vessels could be used in addition. i^Q.,priyatel};-Q,wt;ip(L . their mind. US-flag ships, to satisfy the law.' Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetinqs • • • -•c-'SsOSSfSA NoTcnbcr t1, HSi SEA¥CASH BENEFITS Originally, Kivikoski had planned to fly back to New York and ship out again this winter with the SIU. Then next spring he hoped to return to Finland and attempt a single-handed westbound crossing of the North Atlantic. CG Checking All Ships In Key US Ports LOC SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATIOM PLANS REPORT OH BENEFITS PAID FfoHi To No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period I Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period CLSL ^3 i££ WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefit. Maternitv Benefits Vacation Benefits oa oo UVo Total WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total /og OO oo £7 3o * Date Benefits Began WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare s-f Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS IL'UL AS: oo oo Y>/ // ?7? COilMENTl The next examination of the various applicants for acholarahip benefits will take place on Dec*5» 1953* There will be two examination dates in 195^^ for that years scholarship benefitsy which will be JanB9th and March 15th* As of this date, only four people have applied for the scholarships to be given out for 195A* deadline for applications for the 195A scholarship is Feb* 20, 1954-* Those eligible under the plan who have hospital benefits due them on leaving a hospital, must apply for same within 14 days of the date of his discharge* from the hospital* If such application is not^^e,^n hi forfeits the benefits due him. /Vc /S^J Submitted . A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator • • •• and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part -7- Collecting SIU bene­ fits is^e^sy, ^yhether^r^^fpr W disability,of service immediately through your Union's representatives. �•"rfti -;.3 November 27, JLgi^a ,, SEAFARERS IPG Paee Nine UNION TALK Crew Sticks To Stricken Ship By KEITH TERPE - We weare c^fident of an easy SIU victory in the " Atlantic election for many weeks—even before the vgting got iutderway^but the clearest indication on how we stand has come from the other side, frv..ii the frantic actions of the company and the company union. No­ body gets that desperate when he has a winner on the fire. Thus, with all voting due to end December 15, and no apparent reason why the tally of the ballots can't be made right after that, it appears extremely likely that the official notice of our victory in Atlantic will see the light of day by Christmas, as fitting a time as any for such a happy event.- Promptly after that, we intend to go in and get the best contract our people in Atlantic have ever seen. I Desperation Shows Up In Many Ways The desperation of the company and the Atlantic Maritime Em­ ployees Union has shown in many ways, as both are obviously aware that the balloting for the SIU is exceeding their worst expectations. Their empty boasts of 4-1 and even 5-1 victory are crashing down on their heads and they're getting sicker every moment. This is indicated, for example, by their plea for a quick end to tlie balloting, so that many eligible voters unable to make it in time will be denied a' chance to cast their ballots. We had hoped they would not stand in the way and would allow as many men as pos­ sible to vote, but it seems they see defeat all around them and are principally interested now in .holding down the SIU margin. Thus, after all ships had voted we had expected thgre would be a period of several days when eligible men would be able to cast their ballots at the NLRB. office in Philadelphia, so that the maximum turn-out could be achieved, i; Vote Ends December 15 The AMEU felt different about it, however, and whined loud and long imtil this final "catchall, wrap-up" vote was cut down to a few hours on December 15. Yet, unfortunate as this is from the point of view of denying the chance to vote to several dozen Atlantic men, we interpret it as a good sign of opposition weakness. They do not see ariy chance of winning it themselves, so now they are merely concerned with keeping our vote down as much as possible. In addition, there was the case where the AMEU cast a shadow on the integrity of the NLRB itself to throw out one vote, which they recognized as one which would surely go to the SIU. The man in question got down to a ship too late to vote, and when he met the NLRB agent coming out of the gate after polling the ship he pro­ duced identification and asked if he could do it then. The Labor Board man said he saw no reason why he couldn't, gave him a ballot and the tankerman retired to a distance several yards away where he could mark it in secret Afterwards, he returned the folded ballot to the agent, who put it in- an envelope and assured him his ballot would be put in the ballot box when the next ship was voted. . However, since they are unable to trust themselves, AMEU officials saw no reason why they should trust the impartial NLRB agent. They demanded the ballot be thrown out because "no AMEU observer was present." Nothing was lost by this maneuver since the Atlantic man will vote again anyway on another ship, but just how silly can they get? AMEU Tribute For SIU Organizers Perhaps the best tribute our organizing team has gotten in this drive came from the AMEU itself this week, when it moved to have the voting of two ships now running foreign held on arrival hack in the US. Both the Atlantic Exporter and Atlantic Dealer were due to return to Texas, then to vote up north about a week later. We have more than enough solid strength on both ships now to win them easily, but might have picked up several more just by one more shoreside contract by the organizers in the Texas area. •AMEU, howevesr, wouldn't risk it; they must estimate as we do that we've got enough' to beat them right now and they don't want us to pick up anything extra. So they petitioned to have the ships vote down south instead, which will mean the men will vote cold, without any shoreside contact at all. Deciding that, "if the Navy thinks they can sail our ship, then we know that we can do it— and better," the Seafarer-crew of the Atlantic Water. (Metro) voted. 100 percent to stick with their damaged vessel and to "bring her back in true SIU style." .• . K. Puchalski reports that the vessel; which ran agroiind and suggested pumping air into the authorities promptly declared that The air was pumped in, and she was unseaworthy. That's when on the Labrador coast, had her ship. this time the tugs were able to bottom ripped open from her how to her midships house. The crew was told that, if they wanted, they ^ould leave the damaged ship and the Navy would sail her back to Halifax, where she would be thor­ oughly examined. Ship's Meeting Held A special ship's meeting was held, and the crew discussed the offer. The result was that the crew decided, "if the Navy thinks they can sail our ship, then we know we can do it—and better," and the crew voted to stay aboard. How­ ever, they had the captain give them a written statement that the ship would go no further than Halifax until after she was ex­ amined and was seaworthy. The Atlantic Water hit had weather on the way to Goose Bay. Her compass went out. Then the weather cleared, and the captain, who had been on the bridge for two days and nights without sleep, ordered the ship to head for Goose Bay. Instead, she ran on a reef, and radioed for help. An ice-breaker and Army tugs were sent to help her. They tried to pull her off, hut each time they pulled, they just succeeded in rip­ ping open more of her plates. A salvage ship and a Navy salvage expert arrived, and joined in the work. All the salvage ships joined together on the lines, and ripped open some more of the Atlantic Water's bottom—but couldn't get her off the reef. While all this was going on, the weather was getting worse, and 16 inches of snow fell during the later parts of the rescue operation. Freighters Alongside Two freighters were sent alongside the Atlantic Water, and Army longshoremen took off part of her cargo, in an effort to lighten her. While the longshoremen unloaded 800 tons of cargo, the temperature ranged around seven degrees, and the Atlantic Water was covered with over three inches of solid ice. With her cargo lightened, the tugs tried pulling her again—ajid just ripped open more bottom plates. Then an insurance company adjuster arrived, Puchalski reports, Cartoon History OS The SIU With the new contracts, which Isthmian also signed, the A&G District had doubled seamen's wages in the period 1944-1948. All the gains had been made through the militancy and solidarity of the member^ ' »Wp,^ilfe Othdr tudMii sdirtamed ''rtd, tdo."*^ •4 I .-b.' f i ••i pull the ship off the reef. However the time spent on the reef and the early rescue efforts did great damage to the ship. The Atlantic Water then limped into Goose Bay, where the port 'Save USPHS' Drive Gaining Momentum Aboard SIU Ships The Honorable U.S. Senate Chambers Washington, D.C. Dear Congressman: There is now before the House of Representatives a bill, the passage of which would close the Merchant Marine Hospitals. I earnestly solicit your support in defeating this bill which would so adversely affect our great Merchant Marine. In times of stress and particularly, in times of war, the United,States has been served valiantly by our Merchant Marine. It would indeed seem shabby treatment to reduce the care which these mariners need in times of sickness. Yours respectfully. Sample of letter which erewmembers of the Steel Rover and Steel Seafarer had printed and distributed to several SIU ship's crews. The SIU crews of the Steel Rover and Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian) swung into the fight to save the USPHS hospitals anc medical service for seamen, as the two crews mailed about 101 letters of protest to Washing­ 4. ton. in sending an avalanche of protesl* Aboard each of the vessels, to Washington, while the Unior the ci-ews got together on a printed form letter protesting the proposed closing of the USPHS facilities. Each of the men signed copies of the letter and then sent it to the Senators from his home state, and to the Congressmen from his home district. In this way, each of the men was able to register his protest and to add his name to the many thousands of protests pouring in from all over the world. Other Seafarers aboard different ships and on all coasts also joined SiU Leads All The Rest Although the SIU won an election in Cities Service, the company had nine ships it bought after the vote started, exempted. It set up a phony company union. The anti-labor apparatus was in full swing, but the company victory;.' . moved to nullify r , the i g-At)./alT 'tyov I'jjiJnUlc? ubr' VMVpi ' ii the Navy made its kind offer to sail the damaged vessel, and the crew voted to remain aboard. The Army congratulated all the vessels involved, and the crews of all the ships for "a cold and trying task well done." also continued its all-out fight ti save USPHS hospitals and medic.: service for seamen. The Government, in folio win its "economy" program has pre posed stopping all free medicr service for seamen,, and closing th USPHS hospitals which seame. use. The SIU has pledged itse". to fight this move in an all-oo fight, and the membership has bee asked to write to their SenatOi and Congressmen, and to also ha* all their families and friends writ, in protest. Si SIU volunteer organizers were welcomed aboard the nine new Cities Service ships by the underpaid crews. SIU literature was read eagerly by the men. the new ^ps also voted. The NLRB vote went SIU by 89 percent, despite,efforts by the company. i «^'aaUj.". t't il li ivA-c-O 11 �Pace Ten SEAFARERS LOG J5S November 27, 19_ PtPORTS. .QRT'JRf opening day got their limit, wh:» is four ducks and five geese a d Around the hall right now brother Kenny Lewis, who usua^ sails out of tl port as a bosi Lewis has be, , Shipping in this port is still good Boston: . Shipping has been very gooc® W'ord for shipMighty fine i®" r.,J fork all rates and should be preltynah, and we don't ping in Savan"^ despite some layups. We don't since 1938 a fair during the next two week.s. ing preparation. We mean the pudding know quite what to look for with makes his hoi Ships paying off were the Yiontinue along those in Mobile. Hi>"ng expect it will ce's the holidays coming up, but it is America and Kyska (Waterntime to come. The married and lines for some he usually fine around this time of with both vessels signing on aj. father of six ch»®j"* the year. weather is fine Shipping is fair in the Port of In-transit vessels were the Sei^" dren. 'vicspeckled trout Ships paying off were the Arick- Boston. We expect it to hold its tor (Bournemouth); Bienville, 'J®'"® "^ting. Brother LcvTopa Lewis Topa, Schuyler Otis Bland, Ciine of- Drytrans, is an ardeitrus The Catheri, j aree (US Petroleum); North Platte own over the coming period. Ships paying off during the past Packer and Gateway City (W^ger and the John hunter himself and was probab'torColonial's Seatijj, Victory, twice (Mississippi); Eu­ Paul Jones of,:n genie (Ore); Seamonitor (Excel­ two weeks were the W. E. Downing man); Western Rancher (Wes American Water- out after the quack quacks whttorn (State Fuel); Ma­ Navigation); Marymar and Seaiuring the last pe- the season opened. His last shimaf ways paid off rina (Bull); Gov­ (Calmar); Alcoa Pegasus (Ale" were the North- was the Alcoa Clipper where Doa); riod. Signing o,g sior); Purplestar (Traders) and ernment Camp Amerocean (Blackchester); S (Victory Carriers) was bosun for about two yeapteel western Victory^ Madaket (Waterman). Ships sigh­ (Cities Service); Vendor (Isthmian); Magnolia pr. In transit ships He also worked awhile on the Afarand the SeatigtjJ ing on were the Madaket and City of Alma (Waterman). In transit Queenstdn iner (Mississippi); Badger Marcr Mariner (South coa shore gang. At the preseiiner were the Badgi^ (S e a- (South Atlantic); Paoli (C^ Advocate (Isth- time he is ready to ship out agaJties Heights Atlantic): Steely was Waterman's Fairport. trade), and Mon- Service), and Santa VenDoncaster (Seas); as those six bambinos keep hijetia Overtime Dispute mian); Robin t e b e 110 Hills (Elam). and Savannah on the move. Seatrains New T The chief mate of the Madaket, (Western Tank­ Clean Payoffs I the Queenston (Seatrain), and Percy E. Troup, is almost due for Although most of his childrs ers). All four Heights (Seatrac" a vacation. This character okayed Our payoffs, just as were are grown and were born befor the '6 ships signed on DemasI preceding ones, were nice right now in- the SIU Maternity Plan went intend Men on the b all the overtime on the crew's over­ again. clean. The delegates on both t', W. D. Crawford, effect, Lewis thinks that it is on the elude A. H. Smit time sheets, but when he typed Ships in transit were the Steel A. Ellis, of the greatest advantages mad'ska J. W. Floyd, H. Cg up the company overtime sheets Architect (Isthmian); Azalea City, Young America and the KY®tphin, W. J. Thompson^ for the payroll each member of the were on the ball. They did ' "?• Spivey. available to Seafarers by the Uniorone Antinous, Fairland, Chickasaw and The boys in th<' deck department was short from Afoundria (Waterman), Robin thing which other delegates she hospital now are Cal Tanner Joe Farrow, Jo 5-35 hours. It took four hours to bear in mind. Turn your re/h" VT l Mobile Port Agent Wentley (Seas) and the Michael teral, C. Kent, square this away. Some of the (Carras). lists in to the department Gardner, L. Lov( boys think he needs a vacation. as the trip goes along and w^v®^™ , The Montcbello Hills was laid Denmark, S Kil] Galveston: tart ^ 'J/-, The Seamonitor laid up in Se up in Japan and the crew fiew to you hit your last port and F. y. Byckner, lain attle and the day of payoff was a Boston to be paid off. They came for home, give them the list ag*^" H. C. Kent. on so that they can start working said affair. The majority of the Jeff ] ship's personnel had been together in two groups, one paying off on it before you hit the States. Morrison Savan for more than 18 months running Saturday and the other on Sunday. Some of -the crew aiid sev<'"®^ Agent sral Lobster Contest from the West Coast to the Far rica officers aboard the Young AineiiShipping has picked up quite jnts All the New England states are were fined by the Customs Ag« East. There was hardly ever any Mobffe; 's trouble on this ship and it always having a lobster contest to see bit in the past two weeks and wfesshere for possi expect it to maintain those lineired was a pleasure to go aboard. The which state has the largest, tenfor awhile. jyg. Seamonitor has a reputation of derest and most contented lobster. having been the cleanest ship They say a person can tell a Massa­ Paying off were the Margaretiere Brown, Genevieve Peterkin anc on afioat. with the least beefs, in the chusetts lobster is contented by the the law and e port for the last Neva West of Bloomfield and SoutlibeShipping in tin Far East for 18 months. We want smile he wears on his face. to thank the crew for a fine job. J. • McPhee, the fellow who lieve in applj^as all right, with Atlantic's Southwind. The South-'ing couple of weeks " wind signed on again. Ships inare Around the hall right now and rescued F. O'Connor on the Trinity it. " So if you approximately 1^ trying out the Seattle air is Robert is still waiting to sail. A. Trotman, going to pay !0 men shipped to transit were the Sweetwater off in this port, johs and about 60 (Metro Petro); Seatrains Georgia, be regular offshore Air, if you'll par­ F. Demasi and his side kick, J. don the pun. He sure to list various relief jobs Louisiana and Texas (Seatrain); all Thomas, are also on the beach. men shipped to ; Del Alba and Del Campo (Missis-iirs joined the SIU your souvene harbor, In Hospital in and around tl sippi); Golden City, Wacosta, Maid-lue in 1950 at the or you may be cussing a b,ff i^elude the AlMen in the marine hospital who Ships paying ( height of the Pointer, Clip- en Creek and Azalea City (Water­ are wating to hear from some of streak the next day. coa Patriot, Pola' Cities Service Among the oldtimers enjoy(AIcoa); Claiborne, man); Lone Jack, Bents Fort anding their shipmates include R. Rogers, per and Roamer ' campaign. He the sunshine and smog out honarch of the Seas Cantigny (Cities Service); Edithgre Warhawk and was ship's organ­ J. E. Crowley, F. Mackey and T. are Clyde C. Brown, Edwi Mary Adams of (Bull), and Steel Executive (Isth-ard Mastaler. (Waterman), and mian). izer on the Brad­ One of the word's largest food "Red" Lane, Joe Penner and Bloomffeld. ford Island and distributing centers, the South H. Howland. Guy Whitehurstre the /Jcoa ships Men on the beach now include Is Signing on wei the Government A. Auers, George Bales, J. Relllyndon the beach with them prete^^ (,£ ^he Cavalier with the excepti( Camp, serving Boston Terminal Market, sponsored ing he is trying to ship, which ^,50 signing on T. Wallace, T. Lyons, E. Degan, F.reby the New Haven Railroad, was and the Clipper, for ten months in those posts. the ships Pence, E. Crowell, B. Lafoon and to formally dedicated last week in the minds me of something he said^i^ was the Warhav Air jiist got off the City of presence of more than 1,000 guests. me the other day. He feels articles, except John Byrd. Some of the boys iithe are on continuoi Alma from a two-and-one-half the marine hospital would like to to for the Mary j month trip to the Far East. He's The 190-acre, $50 million develop­ policy of membership control as^dams. In-transit hear from the men on the beachiu numbers as practised in the Schickasaw and De ment will make possible a total ships were the ( now waiting to ship back in that jjdith and Bing- and ships. Those in the hospitatnd Soto (Waterman) direction. He is 27 years old and annual saving of about $4 million has paid off several times over is still paying off. Even thou and isthmian's include A. Beauchamp, H. Forbesjgh in the cost of handling food, ac­ hamton (Bull), L. Brunson, H. Liles, C. Lynsky, H. a single, and says he is not antici­ cording to a' US Department of our treasury could have stood Steel Architect. pating matrimony in the near Trahan, C. Barboza, O. Morgan, J.:ay boost In years past, and one v, ,... A few of the future. That is, unless the love Commerce estimate. It is located was to admit more members, t Dupre, W. Getty, R. Puekett, W.he in downtown Boston and will re­ beach here now i bug gets him. Bargone, G. Gonzales, C. Young,IdUnion did the right thing by lieve traffic congestion near the F. Palmer, L. : J. Markopolo and J. E. Strymo. of A couple of brothers in the hos­ hall. J. Henderson, J. Keith Alsop pital who would appreciate hear­ James Sheehan A. Nelson, B. \ Galveston Port Agent ing from some of their shipmates, Boston Port Agent K. Lewis, L. Rus •we In the local medical drydock Steers and W. D. C. Palmer, C. P have Isaac Hancock who, aft Johns. g seven months on the Korean shi . „ Vote G( tie, fell or slipped on the do""® All hands an I here while loading ships stoi® aniazed at the speed and glad | and broke his4eg rather badly ^be progress of in the Atlantic Re Jeff Gillette. Agent Also readmittb"'"S vote which SIU, A&G District ®d EUiott 4334 FORT WILLIAM.... 118>A Syndicate Ave. several places. 180S-1811 N. Franklin St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 to ..the hospital and receivi' Ptaoe for some BALTIMORE has been takini TAMPA 14 North Gay St."S Itiiy White, Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. time now. At t WiLRMINGTON, CaUf - • SOS Marine Ave. Ontario Phone: 5591 benefits is Edward Pritchard. ]bis writing about B?,^^TON .... John Arabasz. Agent Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. is on the special disability list ai bave been polled James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-014(ind half of the men^ UEADQUARTEBS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. EMpire 4-5719 aos'/z 23rd St^a and the unofficL SECRETARY-TREASUBEB VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. although he has not been to s®t reports show a GALVESTON Phone 2-8448.„ Paul Hall Empire 4531 since 1951 he receives all Si"ty for the SIU. Keith Alsop. Agent substantial majd LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan StlU ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. if,roy,Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 Robert Matthews ' Joe Algina benefits. ' these ships are However, some \ Pacific 7824 MIAML Dolphin Hotel Joe Volpian SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. T, . , J . , , and it will be running foreign Claude Simmons Miami 9-4791idPhone 0340 William Hall Everybody around town inclu. . j ^ MOBILE .... 1 South Lawrence St, BAGOTVILLE. Quebee 20 Elgin St. sometime befon Pl'one 2-175408 ing the mayor is complainif Phone: 545 SUP vote. THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. about the smog. All that is jii Eerw&-Agent « 'Bt CAnal 7-3202 16 Merchant St. The duck seas HONOLULU 113 Cote De La Montague talk to the boys who came <iovO" opened in Mo- NEW YORK Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC 675 iVh^Tvy.'. &T" Phone: 2-7078 bile last week an PORTLAND....... 522 N. W. Everett St. SAINTQuebec '"oports JOHN 177 Prince William St. from Seattle where it rains enour Beacon 4336 NORFOLK 127yi1w"B® nV®Stfll NB Phone; 2-5232 to raise rice but is so cold it w®®""® ^ ® '"ornwe have been h' RICHMOND. CALIF.. 2.57 Sth St. Phone 2509 ing, everybody w SAN FRANCISCO:.. freeze it in the beds. They'll t(bo was able to lift 33,^feeV''ltil 450 Harrison St. Great Lakes District . Douglas 2-8363 a gun was out i you they don't care what tl'^^®'" them yester- PORT AS^Hur.'. 4Mth;'®s't'^® 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Don HUton, Rep. Phone MMPe day. When the SEATTLE Phone: 1238W mayor thinks about the air her ttme caine for SAN Main 6090 FRA.NCISCO 450 Harris^ist Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY; 180 Main St. They think air in itself is wonde^®®"' which \ya8 V. Banning, opening the se. WILMINGTON ..........509 Agent. Douglas 2-5475^- Thone: Cleveland 7391 Terminal 4-3181 Breithoff. West Coast Representativciir exactly at nooii, NEW YORK..... 679 4th CLEVELAND..:...734 Lakeside Ave.. NE ful. They tall irie that, you gro sounded like Marty PUWTA de TIEBBA. PR..Pelayo 51-L. . : : . . : 1 Phone; Main 1-0147 a miniature wiar in the bays DETROIT... 1038 3rd St. 'wfeb-feet It you stay up there b . .Canadian District , . Headquarters Phone: Waodward'^ 1-6657 long." there are an and bayous. Un] St. awful lot of liai JfONTRBAL...... .6*4 St. James. ^abasi PLateau s9mB cmcAco..iJ. mL" ' I# A.., tba y'i;'«iiab^ft''%' Savannah: Ich Seattle: ay. is iiy SjMckled Grew Bids Tearful Shipping t Geedby Te Seamoiiiter are C. E. Owens and L. Dwyer. Wilmington: Drop them a line if you get a chance. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Heads Up Dele^ioiTroal And Make For No DdofsFino In Ga. Long Distance Payoff For Monlobollo Hills » t s. S Boost In Shipping For Galveslon Hali '£L Duck Seasf Top Items t '"LiT "" d»n, Voting Alabama J Wre,i Mi Ms MMMJK JSi V Jl %0JK' M raaii �•;'•> . Pasre Eleveii . SEAFARERS,LOG November 27, 1953 m m m-m -m .., PORT REPORTS which had paid off and signed on (Waterman); Margaret - Brown Philadelphia: in other ports. They merely carne (Bloomfield); Southern States and in to fop off cargo and so stayed a Southern Cities (Southern); and short time in port, making it im­ Bull's Binghamton Victory. possible to get repairs done. These Lindsey Williams things should be reported to trffiNew Orleans Port Agent $• We have dug'ourselves out from cials in the payoff port and every Although shipping took a tempo­ under our first snowfall and are effort should be made to get them rary drop here since the last pe­ Son Francisco: taken care of before signing arti­ back to business as usual. riod, we have to report that it is cles for another voyage. still good as there are as many Paying off were the Cantigny Crews Fly In perrnitmen shipping as bookmen. (Cities Service); Steel Vendor Bookmen are still hanging around (Isthmian); Albion (Drytrans); We have had several tanker for the holidays and perrnitmen Western Trader (West.Nav.); Dor­ crews flown in from foreign ports Shipping for the past two weeks othy (Bull); and Portmar (Calmar). for payoff in recent weeks, the are having it pretty good in com­ peting for the jobs. Quite a few of has been pretty steady and the We shipped a full crew aboard the iatest being the Camas Meadows the brothers, are also talking up men are shipping at a fairly even Badger Mariner (South Atlantic). (US Petroleum). In some instances the opening of the fair grounds pace. Future shipping looks to be This is the second new Mariner to the company has tried to force the race track Thanksgiving Day and about the same as it is at the crew In this port. crew to pay off in these foreign the SIU membership should be present time, with everyone stay­ In-transit ships were the Bien­ countries without anyone to repre­ well represented there during the ing happy. ville, Chickasaw, Yaka, Afoundria, sent them in any manner; Do not meet. Paying off were the Longview Lafayette and DeSoto (Waterman); do this under any circumstances. Last meeting had a record ciwwd Victory (Victory Carriers); Sea- Robin Locksley and Robin Ketter­ You can demand to be brought of bookmen in the hall as the crew cliff ( Go r a 1); ing (Seas); Ines and Elizabeth back to the area in which the ves­ was laid off the Frederic Collins Compass (Com­ (Bull) and Cantigny (Cities Serv­ sel signed articles before being (Drytrans) and the Del Mar (Mis­ paid off, and you are entitled to pass), and Holy- ice). sissippi), and they are awaiting the full pay until they get you back. star (Interconti­ The voting of the Atlantic fleet re-shipping of these crews. Both nental). Signing is progressing rapidly and we are Claude Simmons ships should be crewed up before on were the Coe hopeful of a quick victory. The Asst. Sec.-Treas. the end of the week and the out­ Victory and men are marching right up to the J. t 4> . look of the coming two weeks is Longview Victory ballot box and voting SIU—^all the good with at least seven scheduled (Victory Carri­ way. Lake Charles: pajroffs due in here that will go ers); Citrus Pack­ Steve Cardullo out again, er (Waterman); Philadelphia Port Agent King and the Sea Cliff. Paul Boudreaux, John Doyle, t In-transit vessels were the Coeur Cyril Henning and Ralph Piehet of the Mississippi Shipping Co. Line D'Alene Victory and Coe Victory New York: —SIU shore gang (Victory Carriers); General Patton Things are running along exhibited their (National Waterways); Massmar smoothly here in our beautiful lit­ spirit of Union and Marymar (Calmar); and Bien­ tle city, although shipping has interest by volun­ ville (Waterman). been a bit on the slow side these tarily appearing Talks On Union past two weeks. We have had some Shipping is still below normal in the hospital to The Hospital patrolman has had although there has been a steady jobs, but we are overloaded with contribute blood a lot of thanks sent through him overturn on the ships that have men in some ratings and do not to our blood to the SIU for the movie shown been advise anyone to come down this arriving. bank. They were in the USPHS hospital here, not way. Paying off were the Beatrice and accompanied by only from the seamen, but from Rosario (Bull); Chiwawa, Bents Calling in this area during the Chester Coumas, other patients as well. M. PapaBoudreaux past two weeks were the Salem Fort, Salem Maritime, Winter Hill of the Del Alba Maritime (twice), Logans Fort, (Mississippi), who also contributed. dakis spoke briefly on the history and Logans Fort (Cities Service); Winter Hill, Abiqua, Government Northwestern Victory (Victory of the Union and its various beefs, Lawrence Mays and Andrew Camp, Bradford Island and Fort Gindel lately of the Catahoula while Tom Banning spoke on mem­ Carriers); Steel Architect and Steel Hoskins (Cities Service). The ValVoyager (Isthmian); Azalea City bership cooperation offered the (Natl. Navigation), are some of the Chem of Valentine came in over in new members in the hospital here officials in their new setup on the (Waterman); Trinity (Carras); Val Orange, Texas, and the Del Alba Chem (Valentine Oil); Robin Sher­ coast. in New Orleans. They were in­ Around on the beach at this time wood and Robin Wentley (Seas), (Mississippi) arrived in Port Ar­ volved in an automobile accident thur. All the vessels had some jobs and both are making satisfactory, is George King, who joined the and Catahoula (National Naviga­ for the boys, keeping everybody tion). Union in 1943. He participated in progress. Bill Swilley is undergoing Signing on were the Robin Don- happy. treatment for a back ailment and all the strikes and was chairman caster and Robin Kettering (Seas); For some time now we have had is joined by Junior Pullen in say­ of the Isthmian Strike Committee, also a strike committee member Lafayette (Waterman); Northwestr. the pleasure of playing host to John ing hello to friends. em Victory (Victory Carriers); "Blackie" Bliz­ in"1946 in New Orleans. Organize Ontfit Trinity (Carras); Steel Age and zard, who was one The, first ship King sailed for . Bill Butts, SIU member and now Hoosier Mariner (Isthmian). of -the boys to the SIU was the Lafayette to apecial representative on the or­ switch to the SIU . In-Transiis North Africa. His most recent ship ganizational staff of the NO Build­ in the successful In-transit ships were the Alcoa ing and Construction Trades Coim- was the Seanan, which he got off Cities Service in Japan fo be hospitalized. He's Ranger (Alcoa); Frances, Beatrice cil, reported that the Teamsters, drive in 1950. married and lives in New Orleans. and Kathryn (Bull); Iberville, Fairwith the aid . of the Council, "Blackie" sails in On the beach now are oldtimers land and Antinous (Waterman); knocked off a very non-union out­ the deck depart­ J. R. Wing, A. C. Lutey, J. H. Lone Jack and Abiqua (Cities Serv­ fit last week. The company is in ment, although the mixed concrete and building Childs and A. F. Smith. Men in ice); Seatrains Savannah, Georgia, he can ship as an the marine hospital include A. J. Texas, Louisiana and New York Bllxzard material business and was a thorn FWT when he in the side of the Teamsters when EUingsen,^. A. Burns, A; E. Allan, (Seatrain); Steel Flyer, Steel Re­ wants to. He says he prefers the Ho Yee Choe, O. Gustavsen, Peter corder, Steel Apprentice and Steel they recently struck the other com­ Smith, W. Timmerman, R. R. Voyager (Isthmian); Pennmar and deck because it is cooler there and panies for a better contract. White, W. T. Center and I. J. Per- Yorkmar (Calmar); Robin Ketter­ he can always find some guys to This outfit, Montague Materials jaw with while working. ? ing and Robin Kirk (Seas). reira. Company, located on the airline Leroy Clarke We have had several ships come Tom Banning highway, one of the two main high­ Lake Charles Port Agent in with repair and stores beefs San Francisco Port Agent ways entea'ing New Orleans, was so non-union that it advertised itself with a lai'ge sign on the top of the building that read, "Montague Was Never Un-Faif But Now NonUnion." This sign has been on top of the building for over two years for all to see when entering New Shipping Figures November 4 To November 18 Orleans. But when the chips were SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. TOTAL SHIP. REG. REG. down it changed its tune and after DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK a two-day tie-up signed a full PORT / 20 6 8 6 75 18 26 union contract with the Teamsters Boston 31 and otb or trades involved. 249 65 84 100 428 136 133 New York 159 Ships.Paying Off 81 23 23 35 73 11 22 40 Philadelphia . Ships paying off were the Del 54 197 67 76 334 118 68 128 Baltimore ... Viento and Del Mar (Mississippi); 11 4 5 2 23 . 6 .10 7 Norfolk De Soto (Waterman), and the Fred­ 85 15 32 38 65 16 eric C. Collins 'of Drytrans. Thd 15 84 Savannah .... Del Alba of Mississippi and Bloom. 11 2 5 4 45 16 11 18 Tampa ..... field's Margaret Brown- signed on. 118 37 34 47 111 39 30 42 Mobile Ships in transit were the Alcoas 181 60 64 57 326 112 91,^ 123 >•••••••( New • Orleans Corsair, Pioneer, Patriot, Cavalier 117 36 29 52 106 . 37 47 22 and Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Age, Galveston,'... Steel Executive and Steel Advo^ 26 89 41 22 . 118 37 33 48 S.aattle cate (Isthmian); Del Alba (Missis­ 15852 55 51 . 166 45 67 ..54San lYaiiciSco sippi); -Seatrains New York and 64 . 22 :C 23 19 30 33 Savannah (Seatrain); Monarch of >' .Wilmington the, Seas, GatewaF»€aty,4iSigibome, : Mai^m^saAlK-NVi^ ~ New Orleans: Snowfall, Alianlic Vote Top Phiily Hews BookniMt^n Beach . For Holidays Period Hospital Fallenis Like Union Movies Shipping On Slow Bell In Louisiana Port Payoffs, Repairs Gkief Topics Of OlscussioB > • • •. t a • t a * • I t I • * • • • I V-'r"*' \*^.li.4/t'-y.. • • a-.n ""sii-.. Baltimore: Ore, Oalmar Vessels Keep Port Hopping Shipping in the. past two weeks , has been a little on the slow bell, but we expect it to pick up, with the Orion Star (Oil Carriers) tak­ ing on a full crew soon. We also have Ore ships booked for every day of the coming week, plus a few Calmar ships in for payoff. With the holidays coming up, the turn­ over is expected to be good as it is around all holida.ys, and prospects look good for bookmen. Ships paying off in the past pe­ riod included the Trojan Seaman (Troy); Steelore, Baltore, Oremar, Marore and Cubore (Orel; Robin Kettering (Seas);. John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Alston Evelyn, Mae and Hilton (Bull); and the Steel Re­ corder (Isthmian). 15 Ships Sign On Sign-ons were conducted on the Cantigny (Cities Service); Steelore, Baltore, Oremar, and Cubore (Ore); Evelyn and Mae (Bull); Petrolite (Tanker Sag), and the Trojan Seaman, John B. Waterman and Steel Recorder. Ships in transit were the Ines, Arlyn and Elizabeth (Bull); De Soto, Iberville and Azalea City (Waterman); Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Bradford Island (City- Service); . Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Architect and Steel Flyer (Isthmian), and the Robin Kettering (Seas). We ai'e glad to report at this time that the Ore Line is begin­ ning to take the Sea Chest aboard . its ships. If the men who make these scows keep insisting on Sea Chest gear, we are sure that be­ fore very long all the Ore vessels will carry Sea Chest stores. As far as the election in Atlan­ tic IS concerned, things seem to be in great shape for the SIU. It sure • looks like another win for a Union which has never lost. We're half­ way through with polling the ships, and, from unofficial reports, it seems and looks as if the SIU is sweeping to victory. The port is in fine shape at this time and the "gashounds" seem to have left our port for parts un­ known. They know thajt they're not wanted around here. In Hospital There are many brothers in the marine hospital who would like to get a few lines from their ship­ mates oh the outside. In the Bal­ timore hospital are Frank Pasquali, Thaddeus Laboda, Lloyd J. Thomas, Carl S. Fleming, Milton Habrat, Frank Conforto, Earl T. Erickson, Earl McKendree, Robert Lambert, James Penswick, Percy L. Harrelson, William Mays, Alex ]presnill, Jessie A. Clarke, William Gallaway, William Mcllveen and Jeff Davis. Some of the oldtimers we have around on the beach now are Mike Dembrowski, Leo Garadedian, Fred Pittman, Roy Alston, Roy Poston, "Streamline" .Tomlinson and Andy Reasko. Speaking of Alston, he's one of the best chief cooks and bakers in the SIU. He's been a member since 1947 and has always done a wonderful job aboard every ship " he's jailed. He thinks the SIU is tops in the labor field and the most, progressive Union in existence. He wouldn't trade his book for anything in the wgrld. , Eerl Shepnard • �.^..t, ;> ;.*-r. .. -.^ir V«f« Twcir* • 5gJF jHB«^ 'irifVAi^W X7;^M8t IN THE WAKE PETER PATRICK, Steward practically unknown In Europe un­ til quite recently and which any Peter Patrick is one steward aboard a dredge in Delaware. He European sailor in foreign waters who can really boast about the worked for a few months, and then would be unable to Identify. Question: What kind of facilities food that he puts out aboard ship, took a trip im a WSA ship. "While ^ would you like to sec on the ship and he's got the entire crew and I was on that ship," he says, "I officers of his last ship to back heard some of the guys in the crew of the future? The most powerful blow which him up on any boasting that he talking about the SlU, so when the • can be delivered by any living trip was over, I looked into the cares to do. Joseph Negron, MM: I would thing, is the flip of a whale's tail Union. I was ifortunate enough to Although Pete is a comparatively ... A snail can walk on one foot like to see every ship, coastwise or be able to make a trip right away quiet man, who Isn't given to not, have tele­ without lifting it from the ground, » " .Iboasting, the crew of the Camas on an SIU ship, and J've been sail­ and a. snail is ^ble to crawl over vision, if possible, Meadows (US Petroleum) has ing SIU ever since then." in the future. the edge of a sharp razor blade Union Activity shown its appreciation of his food Also, air condi­ without cutting itself . , , Contrary in the solid form of a silver service. But Pete hasn't been sailing and to all circumstantial evidence, a tioning is a must Pete, who started sailing back enjoying SIU conditions without fish has almost no odor. What we for the future; in 1945 with the SIU, took the doing anything to help his Union. smell is the oil secreted in the fish's It's no picnic Camas Meadows 13 months ago, as Pete was active on the picket lines scales, to help it glide more easily now in the Per­ the first tanker that he had ever during the Isthmian strike, and has sian Gulf and through the water. sailed. Taking her as chief steward, also been active in several other ' The smallest of all known fish other places, and Pete made the 13-month trip on beefs that the Union has had in it sure doesn't is the pandaka pygmea, found near ther Persian Gulf-Mediterranean the New York area. Since he the Philippine Islands, which meas­ figure to get any cooler there, makes his home in Orange, New run. ures 7/16 of an inch and has if if Jersey, he ships out of New York Liked Chow 13 Months transparent body . .. The gurnard Adolph De Marco, OS: It would almost all the time. The Persian Gulf can get awfully is a fish with hands, feet, wings be nice If every ship bad a base­ Before making this last trip on hot, and a 13-month shuttle can and skids, but the lanceiet fish ball team with doesn't even have a brain . . . De­ complete outfits, get pretty monotonous. In most the Camas Meadows, Pete was al­ spite all the interesting facts dis-. movies for the cases, after the first few months, ways a freighter man. "I used to covered about the denizens of the crew and a swim­ the food all starts to taste the same sail Robin Lines and Waterman deep, no living man has yet been ming pool. It —no matter how well it's cooked. ships most of the time," he says, able to find out whether or not also would be But not on the Camas Meadows. "because-1 liked the ships, and I fish ever die of old age, and if welcome to have In fact, whra the ship paid off liked the crews on those ships. I i. t, they sleep. a water-cooling after 13 long months, the crew and also liked freighters, but figured system for the officers got together and presented I'd take a chance and take a tanker The seductive mermaid, found In 4 4 showers In hot Pete with a complete silver serv­ this last time out." romantic stories and in the vivid Next time you order baked oys­ In addition to the food that he regions, as well ice for 12 In appreciation of -the Imaginations of lonely seamen long ters in a restaurant, don't waste ago, crops up again and again in tall time looking for a pearl. Not only as a cold drink vending machine food and the menus they enjoyed served on the. Camas Meadow, P.ete all during the trip. also enjoyed a great deal of popu­ tales—and this probably was because any possible pearls have for the tropics. larity with the crew. When the Pete's comment about all of this started by sailors to amaze and been spoiled by the heat of cook­ » ^ * amuise their friends after return­ ing, but because no valuable pearl Angel Reyes, BR Utllityi First of was Just, "Well, my chief co'ok was ship's delegate got off the ship in ing home from long voyages. How­ is ever found in an edible oyster. all I'd like to see an atomic-pow­ H. Rogan, and he was tops. With­ the Mediterranean, the crew asked ^ out him, the food wouldn't have Pete to serve as acting ship's dele- * ever, even Henry Hudson, as late Pearls produced by clams, by oys­ ered ship, then been nearly as good as it was. He gate on the trip back to the States, as 1608, reported that two of his ters and other mollusks, usually re­ runs would be is a great cook, and was ready to in spite of the fact that he was a sailors, on a voyage from Spitz- semble the shells on which they shortened c o ndepartment head. cooperate whenever he could." bergen to Nova Zembla, spied a are growing and where they are siderably. The When the Camas Meadows aiv Pete is 24 and single — but he mermaid, which swam up to the found, and the oysters which We best thing to rived back in the States, she ar­ doesn't expect to remain a bach­ vessel and started at the men in­ eat are found in shells which lack have aboard a rived with only 25 hours disputed elor for long. "I've got a wonder­ ship is a tele­ tently before she swam away. glowing, rainbow-like shells. overtime — after a 13-month trip. ful girl," he says, "and I hope to The captain of yet another ves­ Consequently, any pearl grow­ vision set. With There were no other beefs on, the get married around the beginning sel—an Englishman this time, ing in an edible oyster would prob­ the TV there is ship, and it was a really clean pay­ of this coming year." no need for a claims to have seen a mermaid in ably be dull, lustreless and com­ After that, well Pete, says, "I off. Pete's only comment was, "we St. John's harbor, Newfoundland. pletely lacking in value, even movie camera figure that I'll keep sailing for a had one or two performers on the . Unflattering as it seems, poor eye­ though they are geniune pearls, and it is the best thing lor spare few more years, and then I'll have ship when we left the States, but sight and hasty, observation may which have developed in exactly moments. enough money saved so that I'll be they got off the ship within a <t it .t ' have resulted in calling a mermaid the same manner as a fabulously able to go into business for myself. couple of months. After that, we Frank Pugllsi, AB: Top priority what was, actually a walrus, a valuable pearl. "As all the guys on the Camas had a top crew, and we had a great dugong or a seacow. When seeu at The freshwater mollusk, how­ should be given to air conditioning Meadow used to say, 'we've got one trip. When we got back to the pay­ the ships. It is fine Union,' and with the payoffs off, after 13 months, I still had my a distance, these creatures have a ever, which produces, beqptiful, of great necessity that we're getting under the' SIU entire original stewards depart­ human shape. valuable pearls, is edible, but only In hot weather. contracts, I'll be able to save up ment, except for one man who had * ^his seems particularly likely in as a last resort, since they are However, I don't enough money in a few years." to get off in France because he the case of the seal, another hu­ tough and don't taste particularly think American Pete started out by working was sick." man-appearing animal, which was good. ships heed much Improvement be­ cause" the living conditions aboard them are the the tops in mari­ Pres. Jackson's 29. High: Abhr. DOWN ACROSS The United States Senate, by .a US for the "air war," and declared nickname 32. Single The Seven—, 1. Over the— time. All we need is air condi­ vote of 85 to 5, voted for the estab- that, "Germany will lay down its 34. Del— Equipment 16. club in Glaa- 2. Britain's for­ tioning. (Mississippi) lisjiment of an International organ­ firms only five minutes after vic­ cow eign secretary 20. Father 35. Short hit s. A great union 3. AU: German tf if i^ ization that "might become a new tory" . . . Churchill told the House 21. Oidtime 36. Dam In Canal warship Zone 8. It's north of C. p. "Slim" Thompson, AB: I'd League of Nations," and also voted of Commons that British liaison 4. Look at 22. Pert below 38. Breakfast food Jamaica 5. Buy from for postwar collaboration for peace. officers were operating with guer­ like to see the Seafarer get every­ Sydney 39. Price 12. On the beach union ones 40. On 23. Weep Senators Wheeler, Langer, Rey­ rillas in Albania ... The SIU thing in the way 13. A long time 24. Good place to 41. SaUed 6. SmaU bit nolds, Johnston ind Shipstead fought for demands that torpedoed of facilities in anchor N. African 42. Wise man 14. 7. One: French 25. Chew up 43. Heap port ships of the fu­ voted against the resolution . . . seamen continue to get'wages and 8. It's in Canal 26. Pronoun 44. Gulf near Zone 15. TcU your subsistence until they were re­ At Rabaul, the Japanese lost three ture. Most of all 27. Pipe joint Socotra 9. Russian moun­ troubles to 46. Writing tablet 28. Elevated patriated and paid off . . . The destroyers, eight merchant ships tains think every him raUways 47. Distress caU 19. Clear heat of Nazis flooded coastal areas on the ;50;000 tons) and three coastal vesship should have 17. Placed water (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) 18. Compass aels. Two cruisers, five other mer­ Gulf of Gaeta Jn Italy to stall the one foc'sle for 10 II 1 2 39 bearing chant ships and two tankers were advance of the US Fifth Army .' each watch and 19. Europe relief also'damaged in the air raids . . . An unidentified plane flew dvcr each watch agency lis 12 The SIU's rank-and-file credentials the "Vatican and dropped four 20. SmaU truck should have its 81. Cheer committee made its report on the bombs. The Allies immediately de­ 16 15 own shower. Men 22. Crew member candidates for Union office In the nied a German claim that it was Good way to 23. off watch are awakened too often wake up 18 regular Union-wide elections . . . an Allied plane. " because of overcrowding. 27. Ceylon export Moscow announced the capture of Gouge out if if'i^ 30. if if if I2l 31. The Sim Fastov, a rail Junction southwest Despite floods, heavy rain and Michael Dillon, AB: I believe 32. Unpleasant place 26 27 26 29 23 24 25 that in the ship'of the future each of .Kiev . . . Heavy fighting took extremely muddy terrain, the US S3. StIU member will jplace at New Guinea, and severe Eighth Army crossed the River 34. Stockiest |3L 1^ 36. Zernial, of have his own losses were reported 1^ both sides Sangro in Italy, knd established basebaU , In Yu^lavla, Mikhailovitch bridgeheads on both sides . , * foc'slo with his 87. Three strikes 134 33 35 forces cut the Eclgrade-Skoplje- Japanese planes met an Allied war 38. Street In . own shower. I'd Bridgeton. Salonika railroad. fleet off Bougainville Island, and like to see it any­ Barbados 136 41. Ship's weapon Tokyo announced that its planes if if if • way. I believe 42. Mineral spring 141 had sunk three carriers, three 42 43 44 President RooseveU ordered that TV KB impractical Have 45. cruisers and one large unidenti­ 46. Port east of the US take immiedlate possession for all ships, but Alexandria |46 we do need big­ of the coal mines as a result of a fied ship^. . . Chinese forces 48. Aleul'iin island 49. Cape in Mass. ger and better strike. by 530,000 bituminous and charged that the Japanese troops 149 80. Flirt. recreation and anthracite mjne workers ... Hitler in the Hunan-Hupeh border region 81. Kind of sign . 62. River in . |S2 laimdry laundry rooms ro for. the unlicensed In a speech on the anniversary 'of tf China were using poison j{as ,England i:;K. viU t'U " the beer hall (he- "6i' 83. Observed Ever since a seafaring man named Noah enlisted the aid of a dove to help determine weather conditions, the birds which travel the waters of the world have been considered omens of storms to come. The swan, associated with many strange stories, is believed to fly toward the wind when a hur­ ricane is brewing, and when a swan builds its nest high, this is because the bird knows that high waters are coming. If the iiest is low, no unusually . heavy rainfalls are to be feared. Many ships, as a matter of fact, have been built to resemble this graceful, white bird—such, as the gondola, and the ships sailed by the Vikings. A seagull perched on the water is considered a good sign, but the sea gull- is associated vvith a stranger legend. Men who sailed the seas in ages past looked upon the gull with superstitious dread, believing that these birds were the souls of their dead, drowned ship­ mates; although the gulls were feared, none would dare to shoot them. r r r rr r- TEN Mr-' �•-, W., MlW SEAFARERS ; • " Vagf,^bi^ It Doesn't Say We Stop Fighting These Vol. XV. No. 24 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic >& Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. TeL STerling 8-4670. ' '. - i-.--.i>^V : • • hOG SEAFARERS^ LOG HaVwhfeer 27. 1fS3 . .-,. PAUL HALL, SecretarymTreasurer ffdifor. Hmnliltv BBAND: Managing Editor, RAT DCNISON; Art KditofB BERNAM BCAMAN; P^iojtq Editor. DAM^ NI^VA; Stag VVritarf. HEBATAE ARTHUR. iBwm SnvACS. ART pFBFAf:t.. JsBsv BETttss. Az« MASAIH. NO EL PAnMiniEL, LESTER KUSBHEB* Gutf Area Reporter* Bnx MOOBT. ' • -i •^1 Peealiar Weleome There was an ironic twist to the arrival of the New Rochelle Victory in- Korea with several thousand tons of emergency food car^d; Military and diplomatic big-wigs were present in carload lots along with brass bands, speeches and plenty of bunting. And there is no question but that the cargo was a welcome addition to South Korea's scanty and inadequate fopd supplies. Yet when all the welcoming speeches and ceremonies were over, the Seafarers on the New Rochelle Victory, like SIU men on other ships, were denied the right to shore leave by the military authorities. The cargo might be welcome but the crew that got it there was given the cold shoulder. The longer these shore leave bans continue, the more mysterious they become. The South Korean authorities have repeatedly stated that the seamen would be welcome. The martial law, that Was the original excuse for restricting seamen, has long since lifted. The fighting in Korea has been over for many months now. Nor is Korea the only place where these senseless bans are in effect. Army bases in Labrador and Newfoundland are equally verboten, even though in one instance the ships are 18 miles from the base: But at other locations, equally supersecret, seamen are allowed ashore. All these men on SIU ships have been cleared by the Coast Guard. It has been their right, and the right of other seamen before them of a long sea voyage. The SIU questions the sense of the Army regulations, and it seriously doubts their legality. It intends to explore every possible avenue to see to it that these bans are lifted. i t i. That 'Alntiny' Story . >I'« •- ..; The so-called "mutiny" on the Seacliff would seem comic if it weren't for the near-tragic implications of the case. West Coast newspapers accepting at face value the wild accusations of an obviously irresponsible skipper, have practically hung and keel-hauled the SIU crew in print. But sober examina­ tion puts a different light on the whole matter. The fact remains that the Coast Guard in Yokohama disr missed the whole business as without foundation in the first instance, and even here, the worst the Coast Guard did was .to charge a few crewmembers (half of them ship's officers) with misconduct. " ^Here wa's a case of a captain, who by all crew accounts, was eccentric to say the least. A former master of Panamanian ;jships, he attempted to ride herd on the SIU men in the fashion to which he-was accustomed. When they objected, he went hog wild. ' • One upshot of the whole thing is that the qaptain is no longer with us. That was his first (and no doubt his last) SIU ship. And all indications are that the penalties, if any, will be minor ones. 4" •4' 4" • -r The POW QnestioU There have been a number of different views expressed concerning the few American POWs who said they wanted to stay in Communist hands. However, many people seem to agfee that there'll always be a few unstable personalities out of thousands who will make a Choice of that kind. "The IlatwOrker," official organ of the United Hat, Cap and Milli­ nery Workers, AFLi, sums up'this feeling, pretty well in its editorial: "Aside from members of the immediate'families concerned we see no one in the United States busting a gut to wrest the scant two dozen American crackpots in Korea who prefer to stay with the Comniunists rather tham return home. We. haven't asked the Indian repatriation supervisors to: beat hell put of the screwballs in order to make them see reason. The general.feeling is that it's just too bad. We hav6 psychos and And just plain bums in our own country. There are perverts, dope fiends, winos and lackwits in infinite variety. If soihe of them land on Skid Row and refuse to return to their families, it's too bad for the families, but we don't punish the respectable members of the doinmunity for their sins. We don't force'the entire ,pbmrhun% jto moye' to Skid Row 6s the Comrau^^^ySctft -im Thanks SifJ For Aid To Aliens To the Editor: This ts a note to thank the Union and all the officials of the SIU for the wonderful work they are doing for the members, especially the alien membership. This letter is on behalf of the alien members aboard the Fairland (Waterman), as well as for myself. Just to show what kind of a Union the SIU is, let me relate a ' ' 4 Jwhich happened to me some time back. Tm sure it has happened before and the Union pitched in then as well, but it is good to know that the SIU is always on the Joseph job. Being a member of the Union paid off for The 35,000-member Local 1031 gubernatoriar and Presidential me twice within a short period, en­ of the International Brotiierhoq^ election days was provided for in abling me to get two jobs, swell of Electrical Workers is sponsor­ an-agreement signed with the Mil­ payoffs and keep the wrtf from the ing the "I Was a Communist for ler Brewing Co. by Office Employ­ porthole, so to speak. the FBI" radio program in Chi­ ees Local 9. Milwaukee. Wis. Union Ship Out Again cago with Dana Andrews as the members working on those day I paid off the Coe Victory (Vic­ star. In addition it is paying for will receive two and one-half times tory Carriers) last summer in Long spot commercials plugging employ­ the regular rate of pay. The pact Beach, California, and after hang­ ment opportunities at four Chicago also calls for shift differentials, ing around for awhile in the good firms contracted to the local. One check-off o£ union dues and initia­ old western sunshine, I decided to of the commercials boasts that not tion fees and a broad health and ship out again. The Union shipped one of the local's members has welfare program. me to the Fairland, but the com­ ever lost a day's pay participating '444 pany claimed that the alien quota in a strike called by the local. Agents of the Quaker City Life -was filled and so they turned me 4> 4* 4' Insurance Co. in Washington, DC, down for the voyage. I am an A recent survey of the national gained a general increase of $4 a alien from India and have been an SIU member for a long time, ship­ wage pattern has shown that wage week in an agreement reached ping in the stewards department. increases are becoming tougher to with the company by the Insurance That didn't end the story by a get. While the increase generally Agents' International Union. In long shot, however, with the in the second quarter of 1953 was addition to the increase, the agents Union stepping in and throwing its 10 cents, it was only five cents in will receive a lump-sum payment weight around in order to protect the third quarter. Of 3,546 agree­ retroactive to Jan. 1. me. The Union found out that ments surveyed in the third quar­ 4 4 4 Waterman was full of seawater and ter, six percent showed no increase, A successful drive for the local that there was a vacancy still open eight percent showed the top in­ community chest was run by mem­ crease of 15 cents and 30 percent, lit the alien quota. Back I went to bers of Meetcutters Local 94 in the ship and got the job right the highest figure, showed ^ 4-6 Scqttsbluff, Nebraska, when the cent increase, quick. The company knew it was town's community chest discontin­ • 4 4" 41 on the spot when the Union threat­ ued. Members of the union, in- co­ Raising the federal minimum operation with Swift & Company ened it wouldn't crew the ship un­ less I was allowed to take the job. wage to $1 would be bad for the raised $3,500 for 14 local organiza­ You never saw a company turn tail worker, the US Chamber of Com­ tions. merce said in its November Labor that fast. 4 4 _4 Relations Letter. Such a minimum Refused Job Again New York City bus drivers, mem­ may damage many an employer's After a payoff five weeks latw in San Francisco, the company re- ability to make suitable adjust­ bers of the CIO Transport Work­ crewed the ship in October but ments in event of an economic re­ ers Union, have won a 40^hour refused to hire any aliens at all, cession," said the Letter, and thus week and an increase in wages on private bus lines as the result of claiming the ship was going on an he^d have to fire workers. an arbitrator's award. The award it it intercoastal run. The Union found was an outgrowth of a strike of About 11,150 machinists, for­ out that the itinerary called for the several week's duration last win­ mer railroaders, were receiving ship to go foreign after the inter­ ter. The bus companies, in tmn, coastal run and oh those grounds eitiployee annuities under the Rail­ announced that they would seek road Retirement Act at the begin­ made the company ship me" as well permission to increase their fares as eight other aliensi There's no ning of 1953, according to the up to 15 and 17 cents. Machinists Journal. About onefooling with the SIU when it's in third of these retired employees 4 4 4 the right. New-Jersey Utility Workers, em­ I want to thank the Union again, had wives who were eligible for for. myself and the eight other annuities in addition to those pay­ ployed- by the Public Service Gas and -Electric Company have been aliens aboard the Fairland. for the able to the husbands. on strike for the past week in a 4 4" 4 splendid work it did in setting the The motion picture industry has dispute over wage increases and company, strai^t and seeing that we werg not discriminated against. sunk to "an all-time low" in the other contract improvements. The All of us are extremely grateful to number of films being produced men are members of the Utilitjr the SIU and proud to be in the in this country, meaning less jobs Construction and Gas Appliance for union actors, the AFL Screen Workers, Union, Local 247. Up best union in maritime. Just as we were certain In the Actors Guild Teported. Foreign lintil now service has been main­ past, we are just as sure of the competition • was blamed for the tained bj% company supervisors, Union's intentions for the future condition, but television appear­ while State authorities have been regarding, the alieh members, as ances by some of tl>e 8,000 mbmr attempting to mediate the dispute. well as all the men.' We know the bers filled in the slack in the em­ Approximately 1,800 maintenSIU takes, care, of its own. Wejre ployment picture. ance and distribution wc.r5-iers em­ glad to be aboard. ployed by tbe company are in^ 4,. f H6Ud|y 'ojved: in jthe^ current^ walkout. ^ ..'.J..':: •• �Pace FooHc^ W.^ y 0-: ,j.: MSS-f^viSi i? r« A row of tired-looking old houses lean on each other on the Rue Descartes. "Franciws Villon knew these" Smith writes. f.OG*stoff, lie decided to try. his luck The drawirfigs on this page ore the ' strip "Seofare" which at one time ran , .in Paris.' ^ ^ product of the taientecl pen of Seafarer regularly in the LOG. Here are some of his impressions of Eddy Smith, now studying art in Paris. Smith went to work on the. Union on the Seine that'hasj < Smith wi|i be remembered by many^ newspaper in 1948 right off an SlU ship. >;; / "the faW Seofarers as the creator of the popular After-approximately. years on the ,f J served. CIS. a magnet;.for/'troyo[iws.|-";-,.{;.v;--r'*f^:;4^^^ Thi ^ loa . dit: ��PU* saxtees. ' SEAFARERS The Food and Affricultnral Administration of the United Natiotas b sponserinff an international exchange of ideas on the building of fish­ ing boats. The annual world commercial catch of fbh b estimated at about 25,000,000 tons. Two navai architects, Jon Olaf Traung, of Sweden, and Cominaiider A. C. Hardy, of England, declared that proper design of commercial fishing vessels could help double the present figure and ease the food problem for people everywhere. The idea is reputed to havo originated in a magazine article by the Swedbh naval expert. The UN food group organized the first international congress on design and eauipmept with the first session was held in Parb, France. The second session is being held in Mbml, Flofida, in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. W:-. '-<\ : Use Of Pipies In engine Room Anybody who has ever been in the engine room of a ship must haVe been impressied with the tremendous amount and variety of'piping visible on all sides. Actually oh i "merchant, ship there are several miles of piping and tubing in a bewildering collection of sizes, shapes Sometimes a ship's delegate be­ and materials. The maintenance and upkeep of all these pipes and comes so popular that he can^t quit fitting is a necessary and important function of a well-run engine the job even if he gets tired of room. the headaches that are involved. Piping used aboard ships has to conform to Coast Guard regulations That's apparently what happened as to size, materials used and others specifications. The use of the with Mike Sikorsky, ship's dele­ right piping in the right place is the responsibility of, the en^eers gate on the Strathbay (Strathmore 3^ 4" who have to. keep abreast of the changing regulations on this score. • Jules Ramorony, French under-Secretary for Merchant Marine, told Shipping). Piping is generally made of cast iron, wrought iron, steel, copper, Apparently the crew had been brass lead, monel the French National Assembly that plans are underway for the con­ and a variety of alloys that are constantly cbming struction of a new, super trans-Atlantic liner for service between Le having trouble for some time get­ on the market. For all-purpose piping seamless steel is permissible, ting the captain Havre apd New York. The project b presently under study. Two to paint the crews and is required by regulation in fuel oil service lines between pumps, types of ships are under consideration. One would have a top speed or in all steam lines with a temperature of 450 degrees fahrenheit quarters and the and/or of 31 knots and the other,^ of lesser tonnage would have a speed of 350 pounds per square inch of pressurefT shoreside patrol­ 27 knots. Passenger accommodations on each would be about the same. Special Use Pipes man had to enter M. Ramorony made his announcement in reply to demands that France the picture to See should have a new ship on the way to replac6 the He de France and Other piping has special uses. Wrought iron can be used for hot and to it that the cold water lines where ^temperature is not over 35fi degrees fahren­ the Liberte, which are scheduled^o be taken from service in 1958 and captain carried heit. Galvanized pipe is useable for lojv pressure water lines. Seamless 1959, respectively. The French Line has suggested a vessel of between out the necessary drawn copper is suitable for uses, where temperature is not over 406 50,000 and 60,000 tons with a speed of 31 knots. The estimated cost job. As ship's degrees. It wouldn't be much i^e with superheated steamy or in any of such a ship would be $85,000:000. delegate, Sikor­ instance where it would come in contact with fuel oil, except in the Sikorsky 3> 4. 4 sky followed the case of flexible copper connections used for oil burners. - The same Japan's Mibui Line, how operating both east and westbound 'round- matter up on shipboard with the the-world cargo services b making a strong bid for return of ib pre­ result that the captain finally gave would be true of brass piping. Brass or copper piping is best used war status as one of the major freighter operators. Four of the Mibui way and broke out the paint cans. 'for salt water as they will not corrode as readily as steel. Lead pipe can also be used for saltwater and for bilge lines outside Line ships are presently unloading in New York. Among cargoes Couldn't Resign of machinery spaces. But lead, being soft, is easily damaged and is the company's first shipment of rubber from the Singapore area With that job well underway, Si­ has to be protected. to New York since the war. The Asakasan Maru discharged the rub­ korsky asked'his shipmates if he Damage to pipe lines in a different manner usually takes place when ber at Pier 1, Staten Island, preparatory to sailing for Japan loaded could resign the ship's delegate's a'pipe is first put in operation after being out of use than it does when with gei^ral goods. job. But the men played a nasty the line is in service, or is completely unused. For example, when a 4 4 4 trick on him and after accepting cold pipe is opened to handle hot water, steam-er other heated material, H. Robert Holly, engineer for Bethlehem Steel Company, and James his - resignation with a vote of A. Pennypacker, superintendent of Bethlehem's shipbuilding division, thanks, reelected him unanimously. some parts of the metal may expand more , rapidly than others, due to different thicknesses of the piping involved. Also if there is any warned naval architecte that merchant ships must be designed with re­ veteran Seafarer was bom condensed moisture in a steam line it can form what is known as a duced building and operating costs in mind if the American merchant in The Island on April 4, 1907, "water hammer." The water is pushed along ahead of the steam marine is to remain in business against low-cost, foreign competition. andRhode joined the Union in Baltimore with great force and may do a great deal of damage to bends in the The warning was sounded at the 61st annual meeting of the Society where he and his wife mow live. line and to valves. of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The Bethlehem repre­ Admit steam Slowly To Line sentatives at the meeting told the audience, meeting at New York's He sails in the deck department. Waldorf-Astoria hotel, that the designer must produce a saleable finished 4 4 4 It's advisable when opening a pipe for use to drain all spaces where product, which must be of sound engineering design and convince Seafarers on the Cubore were water may have accumulated and admit steam slowly to the line. By­ the prospective ovmer of its ability to pay. Other topics of discussion the first in the Ore Line fleet to pass valves should be used to warm up the line and equalize pressure at the meeting were Hydrodynamic Aspects of Appendage Design, get an SIU slopchest aboar^, before large valves are opened. Where there are no bypasses, the line Experiments on Single Screw Merchant Ships and Marine Engineering thanks to the efforts of several can be warmed by cracUng the connecting valve just enough to let on Small Vessels. crewmembers, including Charles a small amount of steam in. The trap bypasses should also be opened 4 4 4 Hostetter and George Mattair. to allow free drainage and then closed once the pipe is free of water. Annual awards for notable accomplishments in the maritime industry Crews on Ore and Calmar ships A line that is in regular operation can suffer damage through cor­ were presented at a recent ceremony in New York. Recipients of the have been complaining for some rosion or deposits of solids on the pipe walls. In some instances, if various awards were: John Burkhart, technical manager of Bethlehem time that the slopch^sts aboard electrical .currents get at the, line they will in effect plate the walls of Steel's Quincy shipbuilding division, who was presented with the David were high priced the pige with metal from the joints. Vibration because of pressure L. Taylor award for achievement in marine engineering; H. Gerrbh and the masters can also cause damage. Smith, chairman of the beard of Shipbuilders Council of America, would not buy Where corrosion is a continuing problem, the only thing that can received the Land Medal for oubtanding accomplishmenb in the from the Sea be done is replace the line with one made of a different metal that is marine field; William B. Jupp, manager of Socony-Vacuum's transpor­ Chest on a com­ corrosive-resistant. Electrical trouble can be checked by stopping tation department, J. Y. Malcolmson, assistant general maitager of the petitive basis. current leakage are making that the pipe joints and fittings are Texas Company's marine department, and A. B. Kurz, vice-president But as a result of good conductors and will allow the current to pass through without of the Keystone Shipping Company jointly received the Captain Joseph Hostetter and traveling through the liquid. Vibration troubles simply require firmer Linnard prize. The President's Award for the year went jointly to Mattair's efforts support of the pipe. R. P. Giblon, chief engineer for .George C. Sharp, William Elmer, of the Cubore now Dry Out Idle Piping the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, and J. F. Nace, of General has a Union slopMattair Electric Company. When a pipe is idle, and is partly filled with water, or has moisture chest aboard, 4 4 4 and it's expected that other Ore clinging to the sides, it will rust far more rapidly than when com­ Eight more Liberty ships were recently chartered by the Military and Calmar Line vessels will fol­ pletely filled, or dry. ' Cold pipes ^re more subject to vibration b^ cause they contract anJ will fit loosely. Therefore, pipes should he Sea Transporation Service. The vessels were turned over on time­ low suit in short order. charter for four months, beginning in December, with an option for Hostetter has. been sailing wilth thoroughly dried out: when shut off and mountings and supports made an additional four months. The chartered ships are the Liberty Bell the SIU for four years, joining the as tight as possible. and Liberty Flag (Tramp Cargo Carriers); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans­ Union in the port of Tampa on Several other general precautions should be followed in dealing with portation Co.); Liberty F (Dover Steamships); Seampniter (Excelsior); September 9, 1949. He was born piping. Piping shoulf^ never be used to hang on or stand on, or hang Sealegend (Insular); Seamerit (Seven Seas); and NPrthsky (North­ in Longdate, Virginia, on January chain from, or put heavy weight on in any way. Copper and brass easter). 28,' 1925, and sails in the deck piping should be kept free from contact with bilges. When cleaning strainers, no more than the maximum pressure allowable should be 4 4 4 department. The Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company is scheduled to take over Mattair is a Georgia native who placed on sea chests. Before adjusting reducing valves, they should be drained and warmed for the government operation of the Golden Mariner on December 28. got into ther SIU via the'port of Two other Mariner type ships to be transferred over to private indus­ Savannah on December 20, 1952. up. The inlet valve to the reducing valve should be fully opened. try are the Diamond Mariner, which will be taken over by the Pruden- He's 42 years old and now has his Traps and bypasses should be "examined whenever the feed tanks show • tia)i Steamship Company, and the Show Me Mariner, which A. H. Bull home in Jacksonville. He sails in an abnormal temperature rise. A Exposed auxiliary machinery should be drained and drSins broken to prevent freezing in cold weather.^ and Company is scheduled to operate. the deck department. ACTION From Soup To Nutsy m By Bernard Seaman �/• - • «' • ; • X. . it ITMii^ >t9; iffM SEAFARERS tOCv For AFL-ILA vpi:,. .CLXxn No. iM EUREKA, Far* s«v«itccm THURSDAY, NOVEBIBER 8, U53 Duly. 10 CenU 28 PAGES Ship's Officer Says Lives Threatened! •.'Si Typical of the Inflamniatory headlines on the Sea cliff case was this one from the Humboldt Times, a West Coast newspaper. 'Mutiny' Turns Up As Food Beet A rimip of longshoremen read leaflets announcing the AFL-ILA mass meeting. Leaflets were distributed on all docks via a caval­ cade of automobiles. new junion I t received pledge (Continued from page 5) that In the supposedly invulnerable cards from 71 percent of the men. ILA stronghold. Local 824, which • John Dwyer, in charge of the Is controlled by Harold Bowers, the 'Manhattan organizing drive, told the longshoremen that organizers were operating on all Manhattan piers every day of the week de­ spite the threats of old line ILA toughs, and that the old ILA has not dared to molest the men in any way. • SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall told the longshoremen that An interesting development that after the election had been won, promises to have effects on ship­ the first order of business would ping is the receding ice age. While be to negotiate a decent contract. scientists disagree on cause and He charged the stevedoring firms effect, there is general agreement" with pleading poverty while they that temperatures are consistently siphoned hundreds of thousands of higher, during the cold months, all dollars in bribes and kickbackis into over the globe. As a result of this the pockets of the old ILA leader­ factor, the polar ice caps are melt­ ship. • Tony Mike DiVincenzo, a Hoing faster and causing generally boken leader, told how longshore­ higher sea levels. For example, the additional men in that part helped inflict a fluid water, resulting from the crushing political defeat on a melting of glaciers, has raised the mayor and police commissioner level of the ocean along New Jer­ who had been operating in cahoots sey's coast by approximately nine with ILA leaders there. Other speakers at the meeting Inches. It is believed that this added water in the ocean may di­ included Sigmund "Whitey" Brolute much of the state's under­ varski, Cleophas Jacobs, "Vince ground fresh water supply. In view Erato, and Pete Johnson, counsel of this, some authorities oppose for the new union. In New York the NLRB began for the time being, the Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to dredge making preparations for a vo^e of an additional 15 feet of the Dela­ East Coast longshoremen betweenware River bottom, which they be­ Deceniber 5 and 19 on the last lieve would increase the threat of offer made J;o them by the employ­ salt water intrusion on a vital ers before they struck. The long­ shoremen are now under a Taftsource of fresh water. Further evidence of these unusu­ Hartley injunction which ends at ally high ocean levels is found in midnight, December 24, and are the recent storms and floods all working. , Vote on Last Offer throughout the country. On some of these occasions, full moons and However, the law provides that high tides combined to flood areas before the Injunction expires, the which had rarely experienced men must vote on the last offer floods before. made by the employers. The New With an a<lditional nine Inches York Shipping Association's last of water, however, many channels offer was a 10-cent an hour pack­ are able to accommodate ships age, of which 8?^ cents would be a with greater ease than before. wage increase, while the rest would go toward fringe benefits. Representatives of the Shipping Association, the old ILA and the new AFL-ILiv met with the NLRB to discuss this coming vote. The Seafarers sending telegrams new AFL-ILA, although it never i ; or letters to the New York struck, was included imdcr the ] headquarters dispatcher asking Taft-Hartley injimction because of ; to be excused from attending its tremendous strength and fol­ .headquarters membership lowing among the longshoremen. paeetibgs must include the regThisf vote will only be concerning . istratlon number of their the employers' last offer. It will ; : jhf^^ card in the message. be in addition to the representation Prom now on, if the number election that the AFL-ILA has pe­ 1^' ris pot Included, the excuse can-^, titioned for. The NLRB has been • 1)0 accepte^^^ by. the disholding hearings pn tbis PPtitiqR. (Continued from page 3) boats, defective electrical equip­ ment and defective engine . room eqiupment. The steamboat in­ spector read the riot act to" the chief engineer and saw to It that the repairs were made. Odd Behavior In addition, the crew said, the captain was given, to a variety of eccentric behavior especially when drunk. This included throwing dishes and silverware overboard. Oil one. occasion he sawed the lock off the galley storeroom to get some coffee up into his cabin. He was also quoted by the crew as saying that he would "get three or four men before the trip is fin­ ished," including Cullison. As a matter of fact, the captain went so far as to have the steward SIU Meets Athntlc Ships By Land, Launch And Plane Melting Ice BringsOcean Level Rise Put Number On Meeting Excuses P8#*w4elbv - John Qoinn (left) and GI Joe Reuss stand alongside Atlantic Trader before casting their votes. Quinn had just gotten out of the hospital the day before, but he voted. aboard wore long faces. The SIU (Continued from page 2) cruiser, bearing SIU banners met supporters were smiling and jok­ the ship, and tossed more SIU lit­ ing and already talking of how erature aboard. The launch has things will be under an SIU conmet all of the Atlantic -ships ar­ tiact. riving in the area, supplying the crews with the latest SIU litera­ ture and news of the voting. The SIU plane went out to meet the Trader, but was unable to break through the fog and greet the ship. Seafarers with beefs regard­ Travel From Afar ing slow payment of monies Meanwhile, Atlantic men contin­ due from various operators in ued travel from all over the coun­ back wages and disputed over­ try to cast their SIU votes. One time should first check wheth­ man left the hospital with his er they have a proper mailing whole back and chest in a cast so address on file with the com­ he could vote. Men flew from the pany. SIU headquarters offi­ West Coast to cast their ballots. cials point out that reports Another came to vote • in a cast. received from several opera­ When he had been in the hospital, tors show checks have been he was told to report back for an­ mailed to one address while other ship as soon as he was "fit a beef on the same score is for duty, * but when he showed up sent from another, thus creat- * to vote, he was told that "other ing much difficulty in keeping company records" show that he's accounts straight. Seafarers due to be fired. are urged to use one perma­ On all of the ships voting, how­ nent address for mail 'so that ever, the feeling was the same. claims can be checked speedi­ There was a cheerful atmosphere ly and payment made right of jubilation at what the crewaway. . ^ • pneipbers knew was •i«RbVy/-^nly.<.'tH>* Use Only One Mail Address shipped to ^e Army hospital in Pusan in handcuffs for psychiatric examination, claiming -that Culli- ' son was "dangerous." Army p§ychiatrists found nothing wrong and released him. The upshot of tthe whole thing was that when the ship got back to the States, charges started fly­ ing hot and heavy, and newspaper headlines of "mutiny" did the same. Although the hearings were recessed two weeks ago, no deci­ sions other than the two have been arnounced by the Coast Guard. Storm Causes Heavy Damage To NY Port New York port interests are still trying to recover from the damage done by the short-lived storm that hit the city on November 6 and 7, and it is expected that the losses will run into millions of dollars. However, insurance men will not even estimate the extent of the damage, and the finsrf total of the claims and the losses sustained from the storm will not definitely be -known for many months. The wind-rain-wind storm that hit the city brought most of thedamage with it in the form of extra high tide that played havoc with the port. Tons of wind-lashed water crashed over the shore line, invading the basements of homes near the shore, wrecking shoreside installations, ripping up pilings, and ruining shipments waiting on the piers. Piers Flooded Some of the piers in Brooklyn and Staten Island were flooded with several inches of water, while piers on both sides of the Hudson were also flooded. Cargoes, both import and export, were contami­ nated and waterlogged. The NY City Department of Health, the US Food and Drug Administration and insurance companies all sent squads of men onto the piers to inspect the damage to the various cargoes. The investigation is hampered by the fact that the material damaged by the water is the bottom layers of the stacked cargo on the piers. Officials have said that damaged cargo includes just about every type of material that is shipped in or out of the country, including foodstuffs, machinery* paper, bat­ teries, rubber, metal parts, filters, and other materials. Insurance companies and the city are also making a survey of all the piers to determine the ex­ tent of damage to the piers them­ selves. The city said that at least 50 of the city-owned piers sus­ tained minor damages, and said further diimage. was avoided only because the winds did not quiti i: •A'm •'n - t| / �?rFR^T| VsLge ISIghiiStm ^ SEAFARERS LOG November 357+' l»5f!' Shipboard Life Not Always A Bed Of RoseSf Says Seafarer Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of your ningham, but, what's far worse, he says, is when Eastern run over a period of months. Cunningham was aboard • the Albion (Drytrans) along with other expectant Seafar­ That the recent shbpoena of former President Truman by the foc'sle, according to Seafarer W". O. Cun­ chairman of the House Un-Ameri­ the "bad day" extends for an entire Far can Activities Committee was the first time a former president had ever been served a subpoena? Mr. Truman, refusing to answer the subpoena, cited a long list oLprecedents. Thomas Jefferson, while president, was served a subpoena by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall to testify in the trial of Aaron Burr, who killed Alex­ ander Hamilton in a duel. Jeffer­ son refused. 3^ it That Newport News was named by Daniel Gookin of Newcetown, County Cork, Ireland? Captain John Smith originally called the site Point Hope. Gookin, landing iii 1621 with a cargo of cattle and supplies, renamed It New Fort Newce, after his home town. The present spelling appears to be a corruption of the name Gookin bestowed upon the port. A com­ mon assumption is that the city was named after Captain Chris­ topher Newport, who took the first colonists to Jamestown and made several more voyages to Virginia. Stowaway Season On Ship Closes For Five Runaways applicants.-Ail Seafarers an"a chil* dren of Seafarers are eligible for these scholarships. This feature of the Union's social services enables Seafarers or their children to se­ cure , a college education where they could not otherwise do so. Successful applicants are awarded the money annually and can choose any acci*edited college or univer­ sity. ers when the sad tale began. They were expecting adventure and ex­ citement on the inter-hemispheric run, but they got not quite what i 3^ if they expected. There followed a series of mishaps unequalled under . That a British Admiral was once an SIU contract. Seafarers thought executed for an error in judgment? they were sailing in the old days Admiral John Byng was executed of sail when some of the things in 1757. The circumstances that popped up. led to the sentence and execution occurred at the Battle of Fort . St. To begin with, the ship signed Philip in Minorca. The French on in Baltimore with a cargo of were threatening toe British gar­ grain for Pakistan and promises of rison and the Admiral was ordered repairs to be made in toe Gulf of to the Mediterranean Sea to re­ Mexico. Once in Port Arthur, lieve the garrison being threatened Texas, Captain Hassel gave an adby the French fleet under de la van(!b and a promise of more Galissoniere. After his leading money if the ship stayed in port ships were all destroyed by the for another day. The crew received French fleet, Byng refused to at­ neither their pronvsed repairs nor tack the French, realizing that their money, until two days later such a move would mean the com­ when the currency was forthcom­ plete destruction of his force and, ing. probably, the loss of the fort, as Reefer On Blink well. He remained in the vicinity The next port-of-call was Port 3^ 3^ Xfor four days and returned to Everglades,'Fla., where the refrig­ That candidates for the SIU Gibraltar. To his amazement. Ad­ eration system went on the blink. college scholarships can still send miral Byng was arrested and taken, Two shoreside men worked half in applications for future qualify­ a prisoner, to England. He was the night through trying to bring ing examinations? There are four tried and convicted and was ex­ The five stowaways shown above seem to be enjoying tbe situation it back to life, but proclaimed their scholarships, worth $1,500 each, ecuted on March 14, 1757, on board as they smile at toe thought of being returned to. toe Philippines operation was only a temporary which will go to the successful the Monarch off Spithead. after free rides aboard toe Steel Seafarer and Steel-Maker. Picture success and that the patient would was snapped by Eddie Odum aboard the Steel Maker. need a complete overhauling. By that time the crew knew what kind With the summer tourist season coming to an end as the of a trip it was going to be and first frosts of fall settle upon the earth, writes Seafarer O. B. battened down the hatches for a Reports coming from the Steel Director (Isthmian) seem Smith, tourists of another class and stripe take the play away storm of beefs. to indicate that there is a difference of opinion aboard con­ Calling at Cuta, Spanish Moroc­ from those who pay the> co, Cunningham relates, the crew freight. Stowaways seem to be overcast skies, the switch was cerning some disposition of the ship's funds. Two camps have had four hours to see the sights in season at the moment, as made and the five runaways were sprung up, according to Sea-v and feminine visions of the town they always are. on their way back to their home­ farers, and the battle lines are' Marshalled on one side of the before they went off through the A communique from Seafarer land, closing one part of the open drawn between baseball and dispute are those who favor ex-"^ Suez Canal to Aden, Ariba. There Smith tells of the mid-ocean trans­ season on stowaways. bebop., tending the national pastime to em­ it was an eight hour bunker stop fer of^ve such "blind passengers," brace a team aboard the Steel Di-• with no money to spend as pati­ ranging in age from 17-23, who rector. In a word, they want to buy ence and time ran out for the sea­ had hoped to ieave the misty land equipment for a proposed ball LOG-A-RHYTHM: menof the Philippines behind and em­ team. Opposing this faction is a Not« Drop to Drink bark on a new course in the fairy­ dissident group of long and short Once in Karachi the men found land island of Hawaii. A sharp eye hairs of the musical world who that their draw wouldn't go very by a lookout on watch, however, want to add a record player to the far with prices soaring into black foiled this noble plan and sent the recreation room facilities, as well By Roy Fleischer market stratospheres. Beer and adventurers back from whence as some records. They contend that other drinks were priced so high they came. the time for bat and ball is past, Men first dreamed that Some dreams come true. that the Seafarers couldn't find a now that the World Scries is a Ships Rendezvous Its blue bay Some do not. native who showed his oats. Every­ thing of memory. • They would The ' Steel Maker, on the first Would reach the But each gives magic one was stone cold sober. rather listen to musical refrains Riches of Cathay To the spot. The captain even misplaced a leg of an around-the-world voyage than baseball. man. An OS on the 12-4 watch be­ between San Francisco and Man­ And, quickly learned. And each rare gem StUi At Odds So it seems, came ill and was placed in a shore- ila, received word by radio for a Casts a gleam "The argument waxed hot and side hospital, but the next day the rendezvous with the Steel Seafar­ This island was To glorify the heavy over the me'ssroom tables, captain didn't know which one er. Setting engines full speed The Port of Dreams. Soul that dreams. but no definite conclusions were when the crew inquired. Two days ahead, the Maker arrived at the reached, according to last reports. later the crew found his location designated spot on a sunny Satur­ They built towers This port, this home It is still a battle of andante, in the log, but the captain was still day morn, a little before noon aiid To the skies. »Of endless dreams. cantabile versus the drag bunt, about three hours before crossing As though to trade unable to find the man. Throbs like the heart with voices raised championing With a sigh, Cunningham finish­ the International Date Line. The With Paradise, Of solar beams causes with equal vigor. ed his report by relating that the clock was soon to turn on the five And soon the world. And nightly glistens The opponents are still at log­ only things left to do in Karachi, stowaways as welL By sea and air Like the stars. gerheads, but one wag proposed anyway, were write, read, sleep With moderately rolling and Came to share Richer than Cathay, the solution of the infield doub­ and work. pitching seas beneath a blanket of The hope born there. ' By far. ling as a. quartet. Baseball Vs. Bebop On Ship New York—Port Of Dreams i: I-®''. Seafarer Rags-There's No Sense Wasting Time ByE. Rtyss �Novenibcr 27. 195S SEAFARERS By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Thef 35 mm camera has undergone remarkable changes since its inception. At the beginning it was little more than a small box, a shutter and a fast lens. In 25 years larger aperture lenses in bulky mounts, combination range and viewfinders, double exposure preven­ tion mechanisms and other mechanical innovations -have added size and weight. Some 35 mm cameras outweigh and are larger than con­ temporary 2l4x3V4 cameras. One of the few exceptions is the Retina 11a. Although most of the desirable modern improvements—fast lens and shutter, combination rahge and yiewfinder—have been added, the Rbtina 11a of today is about the same shape and weight as the first Retina introduced in 1934. It will fit into a good sized pocket, can be brought into play quickly and is exceptionally silent in operation. Versatile Camera . Although the Retina f-2 Schneider Xenon lens is not interchange­ able, a list of accessories extends the camera's versatility considerably in the field of closeups. The Retina 11a should not be confused with earlier Retina models, especially the Retina lib which, oddly enough, preceded the Regina 11a. You can always spot the Retina 11a; it is the only model that has both lever and rangefinder. The Retina 11a retains most of the advantages of top modern minia­ tures as well as a compactness that few have. It uses a bellows and collapsible strut lens mount which allows the entire lens assembly to fold • directly into the camera body. The camera bed serves as a protective cover for the lens when the camera is folded. Optical bench tests on the lens indicated that performance should be quite good as f-2 and better when stopped down to £3.5 or f4. Definition at the smallest aperture f-16 was quite good for a lens of this type. The performance in actual picture tests were considered amazing, considering that the complete Retina 11a costs less than just the 50 mm f-2 lenses on some other miniatures. Loading the camera is simple and can bt done quite rapidly. A pull on the lever at-the right side of the camera body causes the back to swing open. The take-up spool is fixed permanently in the camera and can be threaded easily. With most 35 mm cameras you wind and release the film advance two or three times and then set the frame counter to one. The Retina 11a counter, however, can be set immedi­ ately to one of the diamond markings on the frame counter. You then advance the film with the rapid wind lever, each time depressing the film wind release button until the frame counter indicates the 20 or 36 exposure marking. You're now ready to take the first picture. Thereafter the frame counter will show you the number of pictures' remaining to be taken, instead of the number already made. Shutter Speed Changes Changes in shutter speeds can be made easily. A small red dot on the knurled letting ring is placed opposite whatever speed you wish. Speeds can be pre-selected before or after the shutter is cocked with the exception of tlie 1/500 setting which must be set before cocking. Lens apertures are set by moving a lever around the bottom of the lens mount. The lever has click stops and will stay fixed at the opening set. The camera has a German push-on type flash tip instead of the ASA bayonet tip common on many American 35 mm miniatures. A Kodak flashpost adapter to convert the German tip to ASA is supplied with the camera. The Retina 11a fulfills all the requirements for which it has been designed, plus more. It incorporates a fast lens and shutter in a small, reliable body, which can be worked rapidly and silently. It is not surprising that Sir" Edmund Hillary chose this light, pocketable and reliable camera for his final dash to the top of Mount Everest. The camera lists at $164.10. It can be had at your Sea Chest for much less Pace Ninefeca LOG ^Miracle Man' Seafarer Keeps Fighting Back After Mishaps '':\4 •t 1 Seafarers believe in the philosophy of life wherein it is necessary to take the good with the bad, but, according to Seafarer Clyde Clark aboard the Fairport (Waterman), some seamen get too much of one and not enough of the other. " However, he's not refer­ ring to liimself, but has a tale whacked him viciously above the to relate concerning the unfor­ eye. He thought he was hit by a tunate antics and mishaps of piece of rust as he worried his way shipmate Clarence Brockett. Brockett, it seems, has been courting disaster for many a moon now,, and has earned the nickname of "miracle man" from his many shipmates who know of his acci­ dents, on and off the ships. Before the latest mishap occurred, Brockett was victim of enough acci­ dents to render him hors de com­ bat many times over, but he al­ ways came back fighting. At the moment, he's living with the fol­ lowing items missing from the standard operating equipment: one lung, three ribs, one toe from the right foot and one chunk of head over the left eye. Banged Up The latest piece of missing equipment was the piece of l)is pate which was banged in and up aboard ship while he was painting on a winch. It happened this way: Clark was standing on the table Clarence "Miracle Man" Brockett, right, poses aboard the Fairport with sympathetic friend. top of the foremast passing tools to a Seafarer in the bosun's chair when a marlin spike missed con­ nections and fell below to the heaving decks. On its way down the spike hit a boom and bounced to the inboard side. At that pre­ cise moment Brockett raised up a bit at the shout from above and was felled by the spike as it around the winches. Blood was spurting from his head, nearly blinding him, but by that time Clark was by his side and walked him aft to the midship house. Spike Undamaged The flow of blood was stemmed by a bath towel soaked in cold water. Both the first mate and the captain pitched In to help. The bosun ran screaming down the deck saying Brockett had a spike in his head. It was hardly funny at the moment, but once the dan­ ger was past Brockett wanted to know if he did any damage to the Marlin spike. Brockett ended the exchange with a swollen eye, a cut head and another battle scar on his weary body. He's pretty sure now that there is nothing else that can hap­ pen to him. If it does, however, he won't be surprised, and he's sure to come out on top. Wines And Dines Actress Canine Leads Crew's Life, On Vacation As it must to all men, espe­ cially if they are Seafarers, vacation time came to "Butch," Down in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Seafarer Forrest King and Brazilian actress Guiomar Goncalves forego the traditional coffee bean for a toast in champagne at a local seafood eatery. After a while, it seems. Seafarers get to meet almost every­ body. Now, it turns out. Seafarer Forrest King is hobnobbing with a Brazilian star of stage, screen, radio and television. Seafarer Milburne (Red) Darley, now retired and studying While in the port of Sao> labor relations at Mexico City College, has his own method Paulo, Brazil, King, night cook of fighting for Seafarers' rights. Instead of taking his battle and baker on the Del Norte several pictures to her credit in her native land and hopes to come out on the docks and aboard > (Mississippi), wined and dined to the US to continue her career the ships, in his quest for about the problems of all organized Guiomar Goncalves, a Brazilian in Hollywood. better conditions for seamen labor. actress of note. Miss Goncalves has Hollywood, according to King, is Class Speech Defends Labor and labor, he battles with words in the classroom. Highly important in the demo­ cratic scheme of things, Darley's parley methods of improvement for labor work hand-in-hand with direct action in and around the waterfront and on- the vessels of American-flag ships. However, his fight goes" beyond the ships and seamen, to embrace all of organized labor. Favorably Received Making his stand on the TaftHartley Act known to his classroom colleagues as well as professors, . Darley delivered a speech recently before an assemblage of college students denouncing the Act and offering a plan aimed at bettering the working and living conditions of all members of organized labor. The 1,300-word speech met" with miich favorable comment,"south of the border, in classroom and out. Darley- reports that Mexican/labor, leaders and students arb >* much interested in the labor, problems-of- 1:-Senlarejr Horkce-GaiUUr bosun, tunei up his amplified'gul^f ih Electric Guitar Gets Tuneup *bip m gpia I^ter- »Phpt«:^hp4aM only one of the three places Miss Goncalves wants to visit while in the states. The other two places are Augusta, Arkansas, King's home town, and SlU headquarters in Brooklyn. She doesn't care what order they come in, just so long as she gets a chance to do it all. canine mascot aboard the Evelyn (Bull), according to Seafarer W. W. Etty. After running up and down the coast with the Evelyn for the past nine months, the ship's dog fell a little under the weather and it was decided that he needed a little va­ cation on the beach. Put off the vessel at Boca Grande, Florida, the pooch was placed in the hands of a veterinarian for rest, relaxation and recovery. Expenses for the rest cure were drawn from the ship's fund, with all hands agree­ ing that a vacation was a pretty good idea, even for a dog. Dogs Have Life, 'Too It is understood that the men aboard the ship chose Boca Grande as a stopping off place for their mascot with an eye to the canine population of the town. There, it was felt, he would be in good com­ pany, even though he roamed the streets. The only instructions he re­ ceived from the crew as he went off down the gangplank was to keep out of the gin mills. In this case, they felt, it would be better for him if he led a dog's life. 1. Which United States Navy aircraft carrier was recently damaged by explosions? 2. Which two heads of state in the Middle East are being replaced? 3. Which famous movie actress of the 1930's can now be seen on television? 4. Which AFL and CIO vice-presidents died recently? 5. Who was the American League manager who was fired and hired by two clubs within a couple of weeks? 6. What is the Darul Islam movement? 7. Who was the famous Welsh writer who died in New York re­ cently? 8.: Which former Iranian prime minister is on trial for his life? 9.:. Who is thfe American ambassador to Itaiy, who recommended that American-troops be pullod'out of Trieste? - ^1 �r-..•i;'7;:i'-rrv'.' Pwe Twenly SEAFAREl^S Bj/ Spike Marlin The other week the US Supreme In other jvords, Marty was honest Court said that baseball, wasn't Sbout the whole thing and prob­ really violating the anti-trust laws ably said the Orioles, as they were, when it made a player sign up for didn't have a chance of getting.out life with one ball club until they of the second division. Such talk saw fit to sell him. We'll pass to wouldn't sit well with the Mayor the judges on that one, but sotue- and all thosff other people who body can hang a few baseball own­ brought .the Orioles to B.aliimore. ers for violating the common-sense An optimist had to be hired for the job. Jimmie Dykes, who is well laws. The newly-fledged Baltimore known for his ability to put a high Orioles, for example, will struggle gloss on an inferior product, was through the next season with no the man. Besen e Strength less than three managers. It all started back in 1952 when the So for 1954, the Orioles will be Orioles (whom we all know are paying three managers. Dykes, really the Browns), hired Rogers Hornsby and Marion. Hornsby for a three year contract. The Orioles aren't the only ones Hornsby couldn't stand the team guilty of strange behavior. Take and vice-versa. After a brief fling Cleveland for example. All these he was fired. In place of the rough, years they've been trading for tough Rajah they hired the gentle pitchers to add to their gilt-edge Marty Marion on the supposition pitching Staff and ignoring their that soft words would make ball­ infield weaknesses. Now they've players out of the Browns faster suddenly discovered they need a than hard ones. So Hornsby had to shortstop. In order to get one (and get paid for 1953 and 1954 for not maybe an outfielder to boot) they managing the Browns. are willing to give away one of Just Two Years their top starters. Lemon, Wynn or When Marion was hired, owner Garcia. There's hardly anybody in Veeck played it cautious. He only the league who would be worth gave him a two-year contract. To one of those. But there's no point in picking nobody's surprise, Marion led the Browns to a solid cellar finish— on individuals. All of the owners something more or less, that could should be spanked for voting to be expected of any manager in the put. the sacrifice fly rule back. It's nothing more than a piece ofsame circumstances. Once the 1953 season Tvas over, fakery designed to inflate feeble the Browns became the Orldles, a batting averages. If a fly . ball that brand new name to hide a tattered scores a man is a sacrifice, then so ball club. Marion was called into is an infield grounder, or for that an interview and fired, as it was matteif a missed third strike that put, because he was too "defeatist." gets atvay from the catcher. From Kokomo, Indiana, to ' Bombay, India. That's the traveloyue of Seafarer Eugene Stanton who snapped these pics an a recent trip to the Far East •board the Steel Surveyor. Stanton knows his way around the Indian city as shown by these various views of the port. He has a little bit- of everything, a smattering of all the Indian flavor in these pictures, from municipal buildings to embassy baseball games. He even made his way back to dockside after his wanderings in the city and shot some laborers at work. Then there's the candid view of the local animal trainer with one of his simian charges. It's a Seafarer eye-view of Bombay, one of the chief port cities of the Orient. Vessels Keep Letters Coming Coffeetime And Picture Taking SIU crewmembers are com­ ing through like the catcher in the rye when it comes to re­ sponding to the marine hospital drive and the Union efforts to keep them open. ' ''J. Latest of a long line of letters written to Senators and Represen­ tatives are three letters to nation­ al legislators from SlU-contracted ships. Men aboard the Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), the Topa Topa (Waterman) and the Steel Ranger (Isthmian) have jumped into the fray with quills flying, adding their voices to the hue and cry raised A couple of the boys aboard the Christos M take time out lii Bom­ by those who want the installations bay for snapshot and coffeetime. At left is Ben Grice, steward, en­ kept open. Thirty-one members of joying some of his brew, with Gillespie, bosun, posing w^h windlass. the Alcoa Roamer, the.entire crew of the Topa Topa and 21 crewmem­ .. >< ' bers of the Steel Ranger have written the LOG to say that they've gotten their letters off. . Every ship in the vast SIU fleet The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, is responding to the call, and these three join In to ask the bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known others to keep those letters com­ cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Ivan Rosing. void's recipe for seafood chowder. Father Meets Son ftp A GUOB Yoofz SHIP WHILE IH VOKT, HAYB THE •VELB&ATE HOTIFY rHB HALL AT ONce so A pepiAcemHT CAY BE eg/^fT VOWAI . OPTEH COMPANIES Fl/r OFF OPVEPING MEN IMMEDim-Y, THUS LBAViHe THFSHIP SHOPTHAYDSD AND A-JOB UNFILLED. Seafarer Chris Moonan, right, and his ton Bay, a sergeant In the Air Force, look through life ring on the William Car- rmrir November ,S7r il9^ LOG I -trivyjl Seafarer Ivan Rosvold comes up with an Americanized ver­ sion of an old Scandinavian favorite, seafood chowder. This dish, which is quite common in Rosvold's native Norway, has " its geographical variations, Cook the codfish in about three"' depending upon the types of seafood prevalent in the area. gallons of water and put the stock Any combination of fish and shell­ aside. Make a roux and mix the codfish stock with the roux and fish can be used In it. allow to cook. Add codfish, clams, A good seafood chowder made from the basic ingredients below lobster tails and shrimp. Brown the onions and garlic together and will feed a crew add. Dice and steam carrots and of 40 men. Take add. Beat the egg yolks and mix four pounds of with the evaporated milk. Add; fresh codfish these with salt, pepper and thyme. two large cans of The entire cooking time should not' clams (fresh exceed 45 minutes. The egg and clams are more milk mixture should not be added desirable, if avail­ until last, when the chowder is able); three lob­ boiling. ster tails, two Other variations on this are dozen large Rosvold French bouillabaisse and gumbo. shrimp or prawns« one-half pound of carrots, six me­ In the Gulf area pompano, red dium-sized onions, two cloves of snapper, Spanish mackerl, rat red. garlic, three egg yolks, two cans of sheepshead, lemon fish or speckled Cfn each be substituted for; evaporated milk, :a,.4a|h ojE.,t|}ype cod;.witb much hetter retfulti. ' I ni I 5! i.'t 30 .K I-} 1 ''b U/ �N*Tembcr 27. 1953 SEAFARERS LOG Four BrotherR Sailed With SIV To the Editor: ' I am enclosing a change of ad­ dress for my LOG subscription. I have lieen reading the LOG since it was first published, since I have four brothers who were, at one time or another, members of your fine, progressive, militant Union. The first of them to become a member was Salvatore T. Nevola, • who later went on to become a chief mate. Then there were Hudolph, a cook, Vespasiano and Al­ fred, AB and wiper, respectively. All were members in good stand­ ing when they retired their books. The great strides "your Union has made in the labor movement should be a guiding beacon for all labor to strive to duplicate. May you continue this splendid work in the labor ranks and continue to be the standard-bearer of clean, hon­ est and militant unionism. A. S. Nevola (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) t t t Life In Philly Loohs Good Now To the Editor: Things are going fine in the good old City of Brotherly Love, where good fellows meet, as I see it, since I have been here. This sure is a port for the brothers to be proud to be from. You also have a fine coopera­ tive organization of representatives here, working for the future of the Union in general. These men are cooperative in all ways. I had the opportunity to pay off several ships here, and the representa­ tion was what all Gibba Union men can be proud of. Organizers Progressing Well Also, the organizers are doing a good job on Atlantic as I see it. The AFL is making very good progress here. In general, the port is 100 per­ cent better off than it has been for a long time. There are some jobs at present, with things looking bet­ ter for the future. So long for now. Carl E. (Red) Gibbs ^ Cuhore Captain Geie Sea Cf^eet To the Editor: The crewmembers of the Cubore (Ore.) would like to thank Captain Mason for being the first captain to secure a Sea Chest in the Ore Line fleet. He is one of the most understanding captains this crew has ever sailed with. He is prompt in taking care of a sick man and never bothers his officers or crew in their work. As a result, this is the best-run and cleanest ship in the Ore Line fleet. Captain Mason is now the commodore skipper, due to the death of Captain Moody, whose aslies were spread on the water this trip, around Salvadore Island. Crew of Culiore 4. LETTERS have been just another dreary an­ niversary, today, November 4, 1953, a festive occasion." James Plakias, Master To the Editor: Cecil N. Bean I would like to write about the t 3^ excellent feeding on board the Arizpa. I have been on here for the last two trips and have had the pleasure of sailing with as To the Editor: good, a steward and chief cook as Two of the brothers of the Chris­ ever rode an SIU ship.' tos M have had to be hospitalized The steward is Don Collins, one thus far, one in Aden and the other of the boys from the romance run in Karachi. Brother Kocanovski, out of New Or­ who was hospitalized in Karachi leans, and we with an appendectomy, has re­ have Millidge joined us here in Bombay, we are Lee, as chief glad to report. He is doing his re­ cook, from up in cuperating en board, in preference the bean town to being repatriated from Karachi. part of the coun­ Brother Albert W. Claude, AB, try. Of course was sent to the RAF Hospital in we have com­ Aden on October 23 with a pos­ pletely convinced sible brain concussion; we have him that the Fly­ Ryan wired to Aden to find out about ing W stands for his condition and expect to receive the rice and grits to be cooked an answer before we leave Bom­ every day. As baker we have an bay. We assure you that every­ oldtimer, Eddie Hoe, who makes thing possible was done for his it a pleasure to eat a meal with comfort and welfare, and we hope his baked goods. They are as good he makes a speedy recovery. as we could get at home, even in the rebel country. These brothers No Beefs At All All three departments report are more than cooperative to the that everything is running smooth­ other departments. They go out ly—in fact, more than smoothly, of their way to please the crew at with no beefs of any nature, and all times. Captain Swell no disputed overtime. We have no As far as Captain Jim Scheps performers—period. We are all having a wonderful time here in is concerned, there is no one to Bombay, and any of you brothers be found going to sea today who who have been here know how easy can top him as a gentleman, one who has the crewmembers' wel­ it is to enjoy yourself here. Another thing that has made fare in mind at all times. The this such a pleasant trip is the mate, who is an oldtime SIU man, wonderful food and splendid coop­ is also tops with the whole crew. Of course, the engine depart­ eration that we have received from the steward department. "Ole ment is the same as any other Ben," the steward, boasts that he Water]r«n ship, and I guess most doesn't ride a hungry ship. We no­ of the fellows understand that tice that he has no hesitancy about part of it. If any of the brothers around pitching in and helping, whether it is washing a pot or cooking, to the East Coast want to fatten up, see that the chow comes out right. this is the ship to do it on. This is one that you hear lots about but Master Is The Best We would be negligent in our very seldom run into for an allduty if we did not include a word around ship. She is really a of praise for the ship's master. In feeder. Pat Ryan our book, he is not just one of the t) if best, but the biest. We have seen a good many fine skippers, but can state unequivocally that Captain Joseph V. Cook tops them all. He has cooperated 100 percent with To the Editor: the entire crew and, although selfWe the crewmembers of the praise is considered to be halfscandal, we feel that he is proud Steel Rover (Isthmian) want to of us, for we assure you that every take this opportunity to extend last one of us has tried to do his our hearty congratulations to Cap­ job in the SIU way, which, of tain Richard J. Leighton, who has been promoted to the position of course, is the right way. We are due in Baltimore for Marine superintendent of the final discharge and payoff on or Port of Baltimore for the Isthmian about the 30th of December and Steamship Company. We wish him even now are anticipating a pleas­ every success in his new position. Captain Richard J. Leighton was ant payoff for all concerned. Best wishes from the entire crew with us in a relief role on this voyage, but we were not long in to the headquarters personnel. Edward Kocanovski Arizpa Good For Skinny Member Everything Tops On Christos M Rover^s Skipper Gets Promotion recognizing his 100 percent effi­ ciency and the fact that he ex­ pected all hands to live up to the Union agreement. By the same token he followed through on the company's contract. In addition, he demonstrated a very great intereiit in everybody's welfare. Crew Sends Flowers Just as night follows day, the result was a happy and coopera­ tive ship."On arrival in Honolulu, Captain Leighton was advised that hi<: wife was ill in the hospital, and as soon as possible the crew of the Steel Rover had flowers wired, wishing hbr a very speedy recovery. Crew of Steel Rover Sailed With SIU Many Years Ago To the Editor: Received my last SEAFARERS LOG and I see on the front page that the SIU is supposed to be 15 years old. I've got an SIU book since 1928 and while the strike was on that same year I sailed on the Muskoogee, an oil tanker out of New York. I was steward. We had quite a time, I remember, try­ ing to get the slopchest away from the captain. I hope you continue sending me the LOG to my .home address as my wife brings it out to me in the hospital when she visits me. I am confined to my. bunk on doctor's orders. I think I am on my last cruise but the doc says I got a chance. Tuberculosis is one tough battle, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for everything. Tom Young (Ed. note: Sorry, the SIU was founded in 1938.) 4" 4" Member Drafted^ Follows News To the Editor: I am dropping you a few lines from this (Jod-forsaken Army, to notify you of my change of ad­ dress: I have been receiving the LOG regularly and still enjoy it very much. I want to congratulate the SIU on its victory over Atlantic Refin­ ing. Although the voting is only half-done, ,1 know it will be a tre­ mendous victory for the SIU. I was sailing with the SIU from March, 1948, until the time I was drafted, November, 1953, and I can say it was the finest Union afloat. Would it be asking too much if you could send me your book, "Seafarers In World War II?" I sure would like some Of these ser­ geants to read it and know what they're talking about when they knock the merchant marine Thanks a lot. Fyt. Anthony Poremski (Ed note: Your change of addrdss has been noted. The book you ask for is on its way.) 4- 4" 4- Alps Well On Robin Lochsley t Master Thanf&s Steward^s Men To the Editor: yhe following letter was written by. the captain of the Cecil N. Bean to the steward, A1 Kessen, in ap­ preciation of the fine meals put out so far this trip. Mike Kramer *T would like to go on record as thanking the steward department for all the nice things they have done duting this voyage for all almardi and. parfkularly foir the nice gesture iif rnaTkihrg^hkt '' * * Tagt Twenty-oil* Some of the happy Seafarers aboard the Christos M are shown above facing the comera and are, left to eiaaw the oaav music. «a*Moav« They nuvf *V right, Aaftaaiip Franciss Gulllo^, Rait FontehQl, Clem Fontenot, T. Duglh, |lobert Forman, «, V. S^i^ro^'Sitf-LC'iAi^Ag^bert. , ' I'o the Editor: The Robin Locksley is now well cn her way down, after all the confusion we had at the sign-on. Peace and quiet have fallen on us, and all departments settled into a comfortable groove, with at least a four-month trip ahead. All the crew seem to be in good shape ex­ cept for one engine department oiler, who fell sick on the way down. However, he is improving. The boys are all agog over what they are going to do when they arrive in South Africa, espe­ cially the newcomers. Let's all hope that all will go well and we will ha|?€e a pleasant trip. Son^s Life Saved By 3iany Friends To the Editor: Repeated assurances have been received of the fast recovery of our son, James B. McGhee. The last one was from J. Y. Fares, M.D., Medical Director and chief surgeon of St. Lukes Hospital, Manila. We are assured and know that nothing was left undone to save his life. In my small way I wish to extend to everyone our deepest thanks for all that was done. No one, regardless of who he was, could have received more help, and McGhee his life today is due to the efforts of many who assisted. To date we have not learned of the address of Dr. and Mrs. Bissel, and should you have it, I would like very much to have it so that I may also thank them. Received A Letter We received one letter froni James, written for him by a,Philip­ pine friend. Dr. Fares thinks that within two or three weeks he will be able to return home. Natural­ ly, as soon as he comes back, we want him to stay home until he is well enough to go back to work. As soon as we learned of his in­ jury I wrote the SIU. I have been reading every issue of the LOG and find it the best of all labor newspapers. I am impressed with the vigorous efforts your Union makes in behalf of its members. For this reason I was confident that, by addressing your Union, he would receive the best of care. These have been long and anx­ ious days, since James' injury, and for a while it seemed we would never hear. The results have now been even better than we could expect under the circumstances. A fine job was done all the way. Please extend our thanks to all the Seafarers of the Steel Fabricator who assisted so nobly, the chief officers and to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union. Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McGhee 4> 41 4 Calmar Cooking Gets 3iore Raves To the Editor: I am writing this letter at the request of the crew of the Calmar. As you know, one of the main re­ quirements in maintaining a crew's good morale is good food and the preparation of that food. Charles Stevens, our chief stewr ard, has made it his job to see that the crew has plenty of fresh milk, fruit, and other items which are often neglected on other ships. Ed Seeley, our chief cook, also takes special care in the preparation of the-food. Jimmy Oliver, our sec­ ond cook and baker, is really tops, and turns out some of the best food we've ever eaten. And there's no neglecting our third cook, who helps in all food* preparations and also keeps the crew supplied with a good amount of night lunch. The entire crew, as well as myself, wish to thank the steward department for a real­ ly swell combination Armistice Day-Thanksgiving Day dinner. Again, thanks to the best stew­ ard department in the SIU. Rocky Evans 4 4.4 Enjoys Reading Of Shipmates To the Editor: I would. like to thank you for sending me the SEAFARERS LOG regularly. jLt sure is good to be able to read* about all my brothers, and what they are doing. •Jaffiir~FrWifr~i K-EWM • ,i| 'SS �• •';-;Vr.--i^'" SEAFARERS Paje Twenty-tw» Tiny Performers 'Always Punished SpTtmh^T tl, 19SS LOO LETTERS Wisest Course To the Editor: To the Editor: During April of this year our It is a shame to say that once missed the get-together and bull steward, who hails from San Fran­ in a while we come across a few session that followed at the Union cisco and is a real heads-up stew­ New Orleans hall shipped a num« performers who add nothing to the hall. However, I did manage to get ard. He is the great kind of stew­ ber of men to assist in manning good reputation that our Union my smiling face into some, of the To the Editor: ard who is willing to take a little several MFOW ships. I was one enjoys in supplying the companies pictures Bob took on board the I would like to send my best time to make sure that the meals of these. Upon arrival aboard ship, with good, competent men. It ship. wishes for a Merry Christmas and served are of the best quality and I found the engine department in sometimes takes only a few min­ a happy New Year to all, from the best cooking, and he also makes a state of excitement over the As most Seafarers know, the hall utes to destroy much of the good is located over the USS Club in Cafe Tria, In Copenhagen. sure that the menus are varied. The prospect of becoming affiliated will we have been building through Puerto La Cruz. What they don't entire steward department, of with the SIU. The MFOW, as E. Hojtved Pedersen all kinds of effort, after years of know, is that a telephone call will course, is working right along with most of us know, is an old and ^ t hard work, organizing, educating, bring a station wagon to the ship him, and all of them are doing a very proud seaman's union, the spending money and time. Al­ for your party, either in Puerto La great job. Nick Hatgimisiok,' membership of which is popular though these characters are in the Cruz or in Guanta and a return known as Pete the Greek, is night for hitting the bricks and fight­ ing every inch of the way for its minority, with their actions they sevice to your ship when you are cook and baker. To the Editor: rights. do harm to the Union. Officers Good Too ready to go—^this in a port where It was not easy for them to aban­ We had this kind of a situation cab service is undependable and I was inducted into the Army on In addition to being a greet November 3rd. The life in the feeder, this ship has a good skipper don total independence to join on my last trip, during our stay in the police hostile. forces under an­ Army is so much and mates which makes it seem as Iceland. A lot of Watch Your Tongue other banner, but different than if we'll be enjoying a fine trip all talking was done, One word of caution before I they were wise going to sea that the way. The ship's delegate, too, but when the close. Most of the Guardia Naenough to know I have had a hard Eugene E. Ray, is doing a fine job time came to tionale, or Federal police, speak, that in unity take action, no time getting ad­ for his shipmates, making the there is the justed to it. The whole picture rosy and happy. one knew any­ or at least understand, somo Eng­ strength that sea­ hours of labor thing about it. lish, so a few ill-chosen words Fred Israel men have needed here are anytime The results: no spoken about them not only can get you in a jackpot, but also t t t 60 badly in the they need you. It action taken past and shall reminds me of against anyone. makes it tougher on Bob and Bill, and adds just that much more to certainly need being on an un­ Lack of proof Reid Burke Ramirez again some day. organized ship, does not mean the difficulties they must over­ The MFOW chose to affiliate that sympathy and encouragement come to give you the kind of rep­ which r never experienced before. To the Editor: resentation they are trying to give Here we are on the Robin Hood, with what they considered the is theirs. I am proud to have belonged to It is very important to fight for you. a fine Union like the SIU since the on the South African run. It's sup­ most progressive seamen's union Anderson J. Johnes better living conditions aboard the first day of my seafaring career, posed to be spring here but we in the USA. Who told MFOW t t i ships, better wages, etc., but it is and I am looking -forward to the are having lots of rain and cold members about the SIU? We did. We, the membership, in our per­ just as important—and the major­ day when I can set foot on board weather. We have a beef that I believe sonal contacts with these men, told ity will agree with me—to bring an SIU ship again. about an improvement in the ac­ Please forward the SEAFARERS will concern all Robin ships' crews, them true facts about the charac­ as well as others. We were nine ter of our Union and convinced To the Editor: tions of all our own members. LOG to me. days on coast­ them that what we have is some­ This is to advise you that I am Officers' Word Good Pvt. George Burke thing worth joining. Incidentally, most of these per­ in the Army as of Odtober, 1953. (Ed. note: The SEAFARERS wise articles from formers are tall men, who are sel­ I am now in my second week of LOG will be sent to you regularly, Baltimore to New Proud of Leaders York. At the dom molested, but when it comes basic training and have six more as you requested.) I would like to urge every mem­ sign-on, foreign to a man of my size doing some­ weeks to go. Brother, is it rough. S. t. ber to Continue this practice of tell­ articles were thing wrong, a next time is out of Lots of overtime, no sleep and no ing others about our Union, espe­ back-dated for order, because action is promptly pay. There are three other broth­ cially people in maritime. By do­ the coastwise and efficiently taken. I believe it ers of the SIU here with me. We ing so, we, as a mighty team will time. But this is is time to eliminate from our are going to have our picture taken lay the groundwork for what will To the Editor: where the catch Union those who are a discredit, at a later date and send it to you. become the most powerful mari­ I am writing to say how much I is: This draw is I sailed as chief steward in the whether they are five feet, six feet, Haga time labor organization. The offi­ like the LOG. I like the poems a counted against permitment or bookmen. Because SIU from 1945 until I was recent­ cials of our Union have demon* it is difficult to find someone will­ ly drafted into the Army. My last lot, especially the ones by M. us here. On this ship you can only strated an uncanny alertness in Dwyer. draw half your base pay after ing to prefer charges or speak ship was the Atlantic Water (Me­ Someone told me that M. Dwyer taxes, allotments and draws are seizing every opportunity to organ-' against men who are above aver­ tro). I intend to return to sea as ize new groups and affiliate with age in size, I believe officers' com­ soon as these 23 months are up. is a woman. Can you tell me if taken out. Therefore, half the others. They certainly deserve the this is true? If it is I want to say crew, at least, cannot draw any confidence that the SIU member­ plaints should be taken as grounds Send LOG for accusation in order to bring a I'd like you to send the LOG to that she must be very nice to know money for six or eight ports. ship places in them. Short Changes man up on charges when some dis­ me here at Camp Gordon. Also, as she sure sounds like she likes Frank Reid In addition, the allotments did creditable action happens. I'd like to have the last three is­ to make us seamen happy by writ­ t. i K, ing a lot of poems. not start back when the articles sues. too, as I don't like to miss Luis A. Ramirez Joe Rucher were back-dated but when we anything that's going on in the (Ed. note: M. Dwyer is a woman. signed on foreign articles. We also SIU. Only thing I regret is that I am not on an jSIU ship now. This Her interest in the sea has led her cannot draw any money against our To the Editor: overtime. Army chow is not up to Union to write many poems about it.) I saw those pictures in the New Several of us would like to sug­ standards. And the pay is a joke. To the Editor: gest that something be done about York hall, hanging outside the There's no rest for a poor GI. Just a short note from South this problem, like requiring the LOG office, and I can't get over America to remind the crew that They say old soldiers never die. company to make a port payoff for it. They are so perfect that I However, I'm not a soldier. For the "International" in our title is coastwise and part time complete­ wanted to say congratulations to no empty boast. We on the Alcoa the present, yes, but two years To the Editor: If anybody wants a good feeder ly. Therefore, no~ back-dating ar­ whoever took them. They don't Partner were brought up to date from now I'll be a Seafarer again. have photographs that good, even I'd like to get the LOG sent to these days, all he has to do is come ticles. on this point today when Bob Mat­ in exhibitions that are raved over. me at my new address from now I think this would save a lot of aboard the Beauregard, a'Waterthews and his able colleague, BiU I am somewhat of a shutter bug, Oppenhorst, SIU organizer, paid on. Can't wait to sail again in man ship. This is one of the best trouble and beefs. The fellows like but I guess the lenses I use and 1955. to go ashore for a beer or a movie feeders afloat that I have ever us a visit here in Puerto La Cruz, and have a good time. But if-the the way I use them—aw, what's the been on. Fred R. Hicks, Jr. Venezuela. {Ed. note: The LOG will be sent Most of the credit for the great rest of the ships are in the same use. Your photographer is really I had been sick with a stomach a photographer. Go ahead and tell to you at your new address as meals we are enjoying on this ship position, they can not. disorder for a couple of days, and him that I said he's extraordinary. Garland H. Haga goes to Frank P. Votto, the chief had run into the usual red tape published.) William Calefato " that company agents are so good (Ed. note: We told him.) at placing in a a. K, i,seaman's w.a y when he is out of reach of repre­ sentation (they think). No re­ To the Editor: fusal of medical I am writing. to thank all the attention, but Seafarers for the gift our new wait for this, daughter received. The bond and stall for that, the check for $200 will go a long until you say, way in helping her get a good Johnes "To hell with start in life. it." I'm proud that my husband be­ "Well, this time it didn't work longs to such a fine union as the out that way at all. The local SIU, which gives such wonderful brass suddenly woke up to the benefits to its members' families. fact that they were being blitzed Also ,I would like to say hbw by the same tip-top representation much I enjoy' reading the SEA­ that they thought could be met by FARERS LOG. I would appreci­ them only in the States, and, siesta ate it if you would send me a copy time or not, I had a hospital slip regularly. and was telling my tale of woe To Again thank you, all the brothers a whole staff of medics in a mat­ of the Seafarers International ter of minutes after it hit. Union, for this wonderful gift. Missed the Party Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire The only sad note to this story, (Ed. note: Your nanie has been Seafarer off the Robin Mowbray, left, rests for a minute -board a r?ckshaw in Antalahu, Madagascar. for me, is that they 'found out I added to our mailing list to receive the SEAFARERS LOG every two At right, natives row out to the ship in the hope of selling vanilla beans to the Seafarem still on board was really sick and sent me back u J. i. weeks, ju .published.) I to. the ship to sack in. so that I the vessel in j^ame port .--ii, m i . •, " -r - ,i 4 Greetinys From Copenhagen Bar US Army Needs Organized iMbor Bobin Hood Crew Has Money Beet Finds Army Is Not WAhe Union Ashs Question On Marine Poet SiU Helps Men in LM Cruz Too Says LOG Fotog is Bealiy Tops ^ a. Beauregard Cooh Tahe Tlte Cake Rickshaw And Rowboat Activity in Madagascar TJhanhs SIU For Maternity Gift li^.. Ir*;-. I^.; -: - r -4^"' y �KoT«4tber 1953 S£^F^Jt£RS LOG Suez Canal Had A Torerunner' In 60 BC The Big Ditch—the Suez Canal—which has become one of the more sensative trouble •' spots in the world during recent months, is not the first canal that has cut through the isthmus between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Canals through this piece of land were dug and used hundreds of' tain the depth required. It has years before the birth of been widened and deepened to ac­ Christ. commodate the larger vessels as The first known canal dug in ships became bigger and bigger. what Napoleon described as the At first, small sidings were cut into "sixth desert of Egypt" was the the canal bank to widen short Canal of Darius, which resulted in stretches so that ships could pass the filling of the Bitter Lakes. This each other at these points. These was followed by an ambitious plan sidings were later enlarged, but that resulted in a canal running still were not satisfactory. Finally, from the Nile to the Red Sea. by-pass canals were dug. The first This canai, known as the Canal of these by-pass canals is in oper­ of the Prince of the Faithful, went ation at El Ballah, and is nearly Into operation in 60 BC. It was seven miles long. navigable only during the flood season of the Nile, but did provide Earth Moved a waterway to the Red Sea, ending Dredging alone, just to keep the at a small town only a short dis­ required depth, has meant remov­ tance from Suez. However, the ing 208 million cubic yards of canal was l>rimarily used for irri­ earth between 1874 and 1951. Well gation. over another 100 million cubic ' The plan was then to cut a canal yards of earth have been excavated all the way across the isthmus, but or dredged during the various im­ Darius, the King of Persia, put a provement programs along the stop to the canal because he canal. Although it was only 17 feet claimed the Red Sea was higher deep when first opened, dredging than the level of most of Egypt, operations now never permit the and if a canal was cut through, it canal to have less than a 38-foot would flood the country. depth at its lowest point. To allow Things then stayed quiet until a safety margin, no vesi^el with a the Romans arrived, and they cut a draft of more than 34 feet is al­ small canal, which later became lowed in the canal. known as the River of Trajan. This Traffic through the ditch has in­ later silted up and became un­ creased tremendously. From an usable once the Romans left. average of slightly more than one Filled In ship a day when.it started, it has Meanwhile, the Canal of the grown to a point now where an Prince of the Faithful had- filled average of .33 vessels per day in, but this was opened up again transit the canal. During the early around the third century, and re­ days of the canal, three out of The map shows the canal as every four ships traveling through mained in operation for about 150 It travels from Port Said to the ditch flew the BriUsh flag. years. At this time, one of the Sues (both circled). towns near the Nile revolted, and Now, about one third of the traffic is British although it is still tHe the canal was filled in to prevent the revolting town from getting their share of stock, the Viceroy largest single user of the canal. of Egypt bought this stock as well, Following World War II, Americansupplies. From that time on, Egypt was giving him close to a controlling flag traffic dominated the canal, without a canal in that area. After interest. As the years went by, but in recent years, this traffic has the Canal of the Prince of. the however, the British kept lending fallen off considerably, until now Faithful was filled in, it was lost. money to the Viceroy, and then, in American-flag ships account for For centuries afterward, one pro­ 1875, the Viceroy was forced into less than 10 percent of the traffic. posal followed another about cut­ turning all his stock over to the During recent years, tanker traffic ting a canal between the two seas, British since he couldn't pay back has become an ever-growing factor the loans. in the canal's operations. but nothing was done. The canal itself was a large It wasn't until 1854 that the During the last war, the. canal canal plans became a reality as undertaking. From the Port Said saw its heaviest use, and was also Ferdinand deLesseps got permis­ Lighthouse, to the entrance chan­ subjected to a number of air raids. sion from the Egyptian government nel at Suez Roads is just 100 miles. In the earlier part of the war, the to build ia canal. deLesseps also Fresh water had to be brought'in favorite trick of the German planes had the good fortune of having from the Nile. Some 97 million was to fly over at night in the iso­ been a close friend of the Egyptian cObic yards of dirt were excavated lated sections of the canai, and ruler Mohammed Said—who gave to make the canal, most of it by drop mines into the canal. This, dredging, before the canal opened they hoped, would sink some ves­ deLesseps the permission. on November 17, 1869, with a sels as they passed, and block the^ Stock Sold Stock for the company was par­ great, three-day ceremony. canal. This tactic was answered by Since, that time, the canal has celled out to various countries. When some countries didn't buy been constantly dredged to main­ minesweepers, which kept the The canal stretches out to the horizon, with arid desert land run­ ning along both sides. In this view of the canal from the stern of a vessel traveling through it. canal clear. For a while, nets were used as an experiment. The nets were stretched across the top of the canal, to catch any mines dropped, or at least to indi­ cate exactly where they were dropped by showing rips where the mines dropped through. However, the nets were found to be imprac­ tical and were soon discontinued. The monument is seen by most passing vessels at Therofik. The monument serves as a landmark for most seamen, and was erected as a memorial for World War I. a Seafarer I 4< I -•i THE KXJD AMJ> VCZACESPSOUP- OvlPi CAFBTS/^IA 'M Mil. ARB SSAflBP FOP, 5&iFAF£=PS THEMEMBBfiS CBOIPP. UmOli.VPfV itiimmysr TIME YookBMiHBiiAu. -i , 'ii J- A iag polls the lie de Fnuieo past tlie only brides orosslng the oansL This bridge wrf ereeted for mlll,.4 tary purposes'during . WoriA War U. At this tisM, the He de France was being used a tcoopah^ Staelesipae or her ttree staeks when reconverted, after ttie war. .••m: y - ^ jiu'f 03: rj •' 01 ••3.riis;; :ii �Pa^ ^tfnty-four S EAFA^ERS November 27, 195S LPG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. KATHRYN (Bull), October 35—Chair­ ation room wHl be kept clean and not man, Bob Beach; Secretary, Mel Harris. looking like a pig pen. Repair list was made up to be turned over to the patrolman. Blil Vaughan was elected ship's delegate. ' Everyone will cooperate in keeping the messroom and washing machine clean. Ship's delegate will take care of the library in port. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 28—Chairman, A. Anderson; Secre­ tary, Jim Harrison. Letter will be sent to Congress on USPHS hospital signed by crewmembers. Library and laundry should be kept clean. Steward will get In touch with the delegates and make sure the ship is properly stored. Spoiled crackers will be thrown over the si^e and the vessel will be fumigated. Coke bottles will be stored in oilskin locker. Message was sent to the Union abQut the brother who died as the result of a fall. . f > No date—Chairman, Carrol; Secretary, Mackenzie. Mate will be contacted about dogs or portholes in messman's room. Steward will see about getting milk in Japan. October IS—Chairman, J. BIssonneU Secretary, James Eichenberg. One man missed ship in Yokoliama: two miss.ad the shift of the ship. Repair list will he made out and given to the steward wiin will make three copies of it and give one to the captain. All linen is to be turned in. There is to be no performing at the payoff. EDITH (Bull), October 18—Chairman, John Carrol; Secretary, Louis S. Rizzo. Repairs are to be turned over to the delegates. Securing the ship requires all hands, and certain men have been failing to show up on time. William Vogel was elected ship's delegate byacclamation. Men should not pl;ty poker in the lounge. Crew member should be a little cleaner about his work. Vote of conRdcnce and thanks went to Daniel Brown for the ambitious and conscien­ tious performance of his duties. Gratings for showers are needed. • Get New Books Through Agents Seafarers who applied for new membership books in New York but are now sailing from outports don t have to come to this city to get their new books. If the men involved will write to headquarters and teil the Union which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book in care of the port agent. Under no circumstances however, will the books be sent through the mails to any private addresses. more all members of the crew would stand behind the steward in his demands for more stores for this ship. Vote of thanks went to the steward and the entire steward department for the good work done this trip with the shortage of stores and supplies that occurred. Galley range is giving continuous trouble, and steward says that if it is not work­ ing s-itisfaetorlly by the time of arrival, a shore gang shouid be gotten to repair it. November. 7—Chairman, Charlie Kel­ logg; Secretary, F, S. Paylor. Repair list was turned over to the chief mate and chief engineer with the notation that it would be extended at a later date. Mo­ tion was passed to get each watch a separate foc'sle. Motion includes black gang. Patrolman will be told of this on arrival. Men are not to pay off until repairs are taken care of. Each delegate will make up a repair list and turn it in to the ship's delegate. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), November 3—Chairman, P. Wusk; Secretary, D. M. Hand. Chief engineer's attention should be called to the shortage of hot water, .Ship's delegate wiil see about this. Re­ pair list will be made up and turned in so the work can be taken care of before the crew signs on. Everything is going along smoothly with a good crew, good steward department, good eats and a very capable bosun. All is fine. OCEANSTAR (Dolphin), September 13 —Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secretary, Albert De Forest. Many items on the repair list-were taken care of. An at­ tempt has been made to repair the wash­ ing machine, but the agitator stiii needs fixing. First assistant will be asked about this. It is believed that there are not enough cots, though there were said to be enough at sailing time by the cap­ tain. The cots were sealed with the sea stores and could not be checked. Shoreside personnel should be kept out of messrooms and passageways, and ways and means were discussed. Water hose should be run through the pahtry port to provide water outside. There are not enough foc'sle keys There was some dissatisfaction with slopchest prices, par­ ticularly cigarettes. SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND (Waterman), October 30—Chairman, Charley Johnson; STRATHPORT (Strathmore), Septem­ Secretary, L. E. Wilson. Jack Mays w.is elected ship's delegate by acclamation. ber 20—Chairman, Herbert R. Kreutz; Secretary, John H. Larson. Nothing has Steward informed the crew that new been done about painting and cleaning books would be placed in the library up crew's quarters, gailey and ship in and asked that only a few be taken by general as per agreement with the last one man at a time. They shouid be re­ captain. New stainless steel sinks should turned when they have been finished. Two washing machines should be kept be installed in crew's pantry and galley. CHILORE (Ore), October 25—Chairman, working: one for work clothes only. Steward was asked for more variety in food and better grade of meat to be Le R:;y Bewig; Secretary, L. J. Gaodwin. to be a problem on all Robin Line scows First assistant. will be contacted on this. ' . _ bought. Steward and delegates should Not much progress has been made on of this type. October 9—Chairman, Frank Crider; check all meat and stores when they repairs. Washing machine and percolator OMEGA (Omega), October 10—Chair­ come aboard for the next voyage. Vote need repairing. First engineer was con­ Secretary, J. Busalecki. Herman Whis- man, Michael F. Oellano; Secretary, John nant was elected s'nip's delegate. Dis­ L. Ohannaslan. Repair list was taken of thanks was given by the entire crew tacted on sougeeing and painting out to the night cook and baker, W. Mcliveen, black gang foc'sles but there were no cussion was held on the cleanliness of care of. First assistant is doing car­ BALTORE (Ore), September 17—Chair­ for the fine baked goods he turned out results. Members gave full support to the pantry and the preparation of food. penter's work. Ship's delegate will see man, Secretary, George and for many special items he has given the USPHS hospital beef and to the Sea Soup is too watery and the hamburgers the captain about sougeeing and paint Prote. C.C.D.D. Anderson; Anderson was elected ship's too dry. Meat should be cooked to 'the crew. Performer will be turned Chest. Captain warned men on drinkln.g. ing messroom and foc'sles. US currency Crewmembers were asked to Repair list will be mailed from Cristobnl order, ship's delegate will contact the draws should be given in foreign ports. delegate. over to the patrolman for action. put knives, forks and spoons back in the to Baltimore. Crewmembers should )'.irn boarding patrolman about the water Captain will be contacted about getting pantry when through. Crew backing up in the laundry and heads checkers a separate room. Screen doors would welcome they're WACOSTA (Waterman), October it- in cots with linen when getting off. Care an SIU slopchest aboard every time the ship lists. Chairman, Augie Lazzaro; Secretary, K. should be taken with kitchen utensils. need repairs. Chief engineer will he this ship and intends to petition the cap­ contacted about water change. Thomas. Dirty glass and silver situation to that effect before this voyage is LONCVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), October 31—Chairman, Michael F. Del- tain beef should be corrected. Chief mate terminated. Captain refused. insists ship's delegate should caution the November 1—Chairman, O'Rourkc; Sec­ riers), September 27—Chairman, George lano; Secretary, William M. Ward. Paint Beeching was elected Frank; Secretary, Roland Dean. George ing will be done after leaving Yokohama crew about taking greater care in the retary, Clough. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), October drills and learning proper duties. Cap­ ship's delegate by acclamation. Vote of Frank was elected ship's delegate. Ship s sougeeing has been done. One man paid 30—Chairman, A. G. Alexander; Secre­ delegate Will see the captain about get­ off sick in Pedro. There should be less tain and chief mate inspected the ship thanks went to the ship's delegate. tary, M. Thompson. There is $58.14 ting US money draws in the Far East. and found quarters very dirty. Crew noise in alleyways. Steward was asked in theR.ship's fund. Wringer and pump November 1—Chairman H. Beeker; to get ice aboard in Yokohama. was asked to cooperate in cleaning up of the washing machine are not work­ Secretary, D. J. O'Donnell. Men who foc'sles. <NlP*C ing. Motion was passed to have the went from Seattle to Olympia will have ship's delegate buy a small radio. transportation paid for. There are no SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), disputes or beefs or disputed OT on October 28—Chairman, I, J. Constantine; PAIRLAND (Waterman), October 31— board. All is well. Library books will Secretary, A. Goncalves. Mate claims the Chairman, Frank Kustura; Secretary, be collected and exchanged before ar­ bosun set off firecrackers and wants to Kenneth Collins. Victor D'lndia was rival: aU soiled linen will be turned in. fire him. The patrolman will be con­ elected ship's delegate. Motion was EVELYN (Bull), October 12—Chairman, One man failed to join the ship in San tacted about, this in New York. Beef passed .to contact the patrolman on ar­ about the second assistant engineer giv­ Roy J. Kelly; Secretary, W. W. Etty. Francisco; his gear has been packed up LOGANS PORT (Cities Service), Octo­ rival in New York, as there is some dis­ ing the men a hard time will be told Old repair list was not taken care cf and itemized. ber 30—Chairmen, not listed; Secretary, puted overtime. Crewmembers wiil turn to the patrolman. R. Ayers was reelected completely but will be finished in Balti­ ship's delegate by acclamation. Sugges­ more. Crewmembers should turn over WESTERN RANCHER (Western Navi­ William M. Hand. Heating system should in dirty linen. One washing machine tion was made to keep the TV set off all extra linen to him. Repair lists mu.st gation), October 25—Chairman, Al Oro- be fixed so that it can be adjusted in will be used for work clothes, the other during meals. CUDS should be returned be made up and turned in before, ar­ maner; Secretary, Van Vlaenderen. Old each foc'sle. Patrolman will be told for whites. Cots are to be kept out of and washing machines kept clean and in rival. Steward department got a vote and questionable stores will be disposed about reimbursing for transportation the the passageway. Everyone is to return of thanks for what the crew thought was of. Captain said there will be no draw man who reported to the ship while at dirty dishes to the pantry after coffeeorder. good food and service. in Pedro. Crew will keep souvenirs in anchor. Each- department will take turns time and in the evenings. HOOSIER MARINER (Isthmian), Octo­ foc'sles. Steward is to contact the ship's cleaning the laundry and recreation STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), August BALTORE (Ore), no data—Chairman, delegate when difficulties about requisi­ room. More cigarettes should be stocked ber II—Chairman, N. Wuchlna; Secre­ T—Chairmen, Ray Wright; Secretary, C. tary, W. Janlsh. Laundry wringers will Mack Singleton; Secretary, George Prota. tions crop up. Fumigation is needed, in the slopchest. A. Kress. The S18 in the ship's fund be checked; the purser will handle "the Chief mate persists in doing the crew's due to the many weevils in the stores. Ship's delegate will Captain has promised to have this done, ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), November will be taken care of by the ship's dele­ mail. N. Wuchina was reelected ship's work on deck. gate. Steward will put out more night delegate. Mail situation was discussed. speak to the patrolman on this. Crew­ but has neglected to do this so far. 1—Chairman, O. W. Trawick; Secretary. lunch. Cups are to be returned to the Radios and phonographs will be played members will please try to keep quiet Steward failed to order steak and poul­ Robert D. Schwarz. Chief cook will get pantry. on the passageways at night. Steward try before leaving Yokohama for Pedre. the parts needed for the ship's phono­ lower. September 13 — Chairmen, F. Red is to put out diffejent night lunch. Cups Other shortages were due to procure­ graph. There is a balance of $10.18 in Baron; Secretary, A. Vargas. Henry October 28—Chairman, Steve Cam should be washed out after use. Some­ ment problems. Matter will be- taken the ship's fund. Shepeta was elected ship's delegate by one in the crew is to paint "Keep It Secretary, V/iiliam Janisch, Men who uo with the patroiman on arrival. Charge MAE (Bull), November 8—Chairman, acclamation. Crew is to keep the messmissed ship wiU be turned over to the Clean" on a sign to be posted in the that the galley is favoring the saloon room cleaner. W. Morris; Secretary, E, Carlson. There Union. Repair list wiU be made out. laundry. AU departments need mop was denied by the chief cook.November 1—Chairman, H. Shepeta; is a $32 balance in the ship's fund. S26 Draw money not spent will be returned. buckets. More juices should be put out and the HOLYSTAR (Intercontinental), August 23 was spent for fiowerg, $7.15 for cards. Secretary, L. C. Hanhon. Some repairs ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), October 25 —Chairman, Steward W. Woung; Secre­ SI for a stapling machine. - There is S3 were made. Men'were advised not to be crew's ice box repaired in New York. —Chairman, Bob Masserall; Secretary, tary, John Smith. Menues should be varied more. John Smith was left. Coffee jirn -will be put in the erew's running to the hall on arrival but to L,' P. Hagmann. Patrolman wiU be con­ eiected ship's delegate. Crew pantryman pantry. Hot air vent in the 8-12 deck let the ship's delegate act in the capacity REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), September 28— tacted on draws in Dunkirk and Antwerp, will make coffee at 9:30 AM. Steward department foc'sle needs repairing. A for which he was elected, to avoid con­ Chairman, Peppett; Secretary, C, A. the beef on the chief engineer refusing department agreed to clean the recrea­ new washing machine will be orde/ed. fusion. Second electrician will list the Collins. Michael J. Pugaczewski was to fix the crew's refrigerator. Repair tion room; deck and engine departments C. Stansbury expressed thanks for' the parts needed for the washing machine elected ship's delegate by acclamation. list was turned in. A better brand of wiU keep the laundry clean. Men are to flowers sent to his grandmother. Each and purchase these in the States. Ship's Repair list will be made up: aU door coffee shouid be supplied. Captain will be properly dressed, in the messroom. member was asked to donate SI to the delegate will see the patrolman about the slopchest and make' arrangements locks to crew's quarters will be repaired be asked by the patrolman why no milk Ship's delegate will give the captain a ship's fund. for a room for drying clothes, as wo and keys made. Ship needs fumigation. was purchased in Bordeaux, but was list of articles needed or wanted for Patrolman will be a.sked about getting bought in Le Havre. Patroiman wiil see the slopchest in the Panama Canal. CALMAR. (Celmsr), Novombor a — are not allowed to bang clothes in the more milk and buttermilk aboard, as the captain about getting a better variety November 1—Chairman, John - Smith; Chairman, E. Seoley; Secretary; Jack fidley. of goods in the slopchest and pasting a Secretary, W. Young, there is not enough. Ship's delegate Evans. One man missed ship in Long price list. saw the captain about painting the stew­ Beach and caught it in 'Frisco. The ard department rooms. Laundry has not crew gives credit to the steward depart­ ROYAL OAK (Citloi Strvlce), Octobar been kept clean; those assigned to clean ment, including .chief steward Charles 25—Chairman, Frank Parsons; Sacratary, it shouid do a better 'job. Dispute be­ Stevens,- for excellent feeding and sani­ Ed Ducay. Men getting off before thfe tween two members wUl be settled by tary conditions. The department has ship goes foreign should notify their the patrolman. ' done its best to see that the crew has delegates so they can get replacements. sufficient .amounts of milk and fresh Ed Daeey was elected new ship's dele­ YAKA (Waterman),' November 8 — fruits. More night. lunch is needed. ROBIN WENTLEV (Seas Shipping), Nogate. Coffee urn should be fixed or re­ Chairman, D. K, Fisher; Secretery, Ver­ Engine and deck departments wiil al­ velnber 18—Chairman, W. J. Walsh; Sec­ placed. Washing machine should be non C. Harris. Norwood Barboiur was ternate cleaning the laundry. There are ALBION (Trans-Fuel), Octsber 25 — fixed. - Slopchest should be okay before elected ship's delegate by acclamation; complaints about the crew not bringing retary, Jof Busalecki. Everything has been going along OK since the last meet­ Chairman, H. Witt; Secretary, James sailing. Steward should have more vari­ Bill Chandler was elected ship's treas­ coffee cups back to the messhali and ing; minor beefs after a four-month trip Archie. Boarding patrolman will check ety in the menus. urer. There is $11 in the ship's fund. not keeping the messhali and pantry are at a minimum. News of the death safety- guard rails on fantaii main deck, Discussion was held on spending the clean, during night watches. Steward is foremast crosstrees, after mast crossORION COMET (Orion), Octobar 27— ship's fund for a Christmas party for putting in for new mattresses and bed- of our shipmate and chief cook was ra­ dioed to Union headquarters immediate­ trees, and repairs needed on refriger­ Chairman, W. Raldy; Sacratary, R. Laa. the crew. Each member should make a springs will be repaired and checked, ly, in Capetown. Repair lists will be ators. Plenty of milk, ice cream and A three-man committee will be appointed donation to the fund at the first draw. made up by* department delegates and other food went bad. Bakery got a vote to take notes on the needs and the dif­ Laundry should be kept clean at all TOPA TOPA (Waterman), November 7 given to the ship's delegate for action. of thanks for buying the library. Dis­ ferent problems that arise on a super­ times. —Chairman, Tom' FInnerty; Secretary, - ' cussion was held on the mate working tanker of this type and forward same Sam Carlisle, Engineer said he wofild fix ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), men in unsafe conditions and calling it to headquarters so the negotiating com­ the light on deck as soon as possible. August 24—Chairman, R. B. Carey; Sec­ necessary. Captain. wants to put out a mittee can have this data to work on. Claptain was contacted on the slopchest, retary, Thomas Williams. There are 22 flat draw per man. but we want what Ship's delegate thanked the crew for the which is adequate. Ship's delegate will shillings in the ship's fund. Donald we put in for. There is lack of cooper­ splendid way they did their jobs. A have the record player fixed from .the Rickey was elected ship's delegate by ation from the master and mate on most ship's iron, ironing board and games ship's- fund. San Pedro agent will speak acclamation. Members want more pota­ of the items' the deck delegate discussed. were purchased. Vote of thanks went to to the captain about getting US eurrency toes at meals. Only crewmembers are Report w:l go to the Philadelphia pa­ the steward department. Books will be draws in Japan. Men should take better to use the washing machine. Clothes trolman. returned to the recreation room, , . care of the washing machine. Deck and should be put away as soon as they are STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novem­ engine sanitary men should keep the dry. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), no dateVAL CHEM (Valtntiha), October 23-^ ber 7—Chairman, William Walker; Sec­ laundry clean. Ship's delegate will ask September 28—Chairman, Broom Kead; Chairman, -R. F, Ransome; Secretary, O. Chairman, John Karl; Secretary, Edwin retary, Fidel G. Lukban, One man was the first assistant to fix the washing ma­ Secretary, Thomas William. One man A. PokosofF. J. A. Reckke was elected Rushton, Suggestion was made to col­ logged for missing watch; this will be chine sleeve, , ]>aid off to go to the hospital. Butter. ship's delegate. Delegates will ask about lect $.30 from each man at the payoff referred to the pktrolman. There was am and milk should be put in proper getting draws in - US currency. Messhali toward the flowers sent to the chief the usual OT for cleaning gailey screens. MAGNOLIA MARINER (Mississippi), .places as,the ship is going to hot cli­ should be kept clean at all times. Dirty cook's wife. Each crewmember should Washing machine is broken. Men shouid November 7—Chairman; C. L. Strlngfellinen should be turned in. Cigarette donate $2 to the ship's fund at the pa;'- be a little more careful; Machine low; Secretary, H. G. Harris. Robert mates. All suggestions for food should be made to-the steward. All members butts should not be thrown out of port­ off. Patrolman should check with the should be adjusted to run for 20 minutes Johnson was elected ship's delegate by holes. Laundry should be kept clean. steward about sour milk placed aboard only. Only crewmembers are to use it. acclamation. Steward reported that no should 'make - donations to the ship's Ping pong tables will be discussed at ship at Port Arthur and find out what Don't place knives Or glasses in the sink, tablecloths were ' available. ' Discussion fund. the next meeting. There will be a $.50 action is being taken. There is a bal­ as someone could cut; himself. Screen was held :oii shore leave- in th4 Canal ''October 75—ChalrmRn, R. B. Carey; Secretary;' T^ommy Williams. Ship's fund deposit for keys. ance of S118.91 in the ship's fund. John doors should be closed at all times. Zone. Each department will rotate the has pound, 5 shillings, 1 dollar, 28 October 18—Chairman, R. Raniome; Healy will be ship's treasurer. '. Screen doors in the saloon are not prop­ cleaning of th)i service locker and laun­ cents.1. Repair list ViU he turned over to Secretary, C. A. Pokosoff. One man dry weekly.; - Discussion was held oh erly adjusted. the delegates: OT will beTflven missed ship in San Francisco; one came fresh milk and the use of the . washing to the ship's disputed ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Au­ delegate. One brother aboard in Yokohama. Motion was passed gust 8—Chairman, Herman Whlsnant; machine. - Noise in the passageway should DEL ALBA (Mlstlstlppl), November ship .'at CapefoWn. Onei sick to give the ping pong table to the Chil­ Secretary, Walter J. Walsh. There is —Chairmen, Frank.-Williams; -Wllllami Secretary, be kept down during the day so watch missed brother paid off. , dren's Hospital in San Francisco. Mess- $27 in the ship's fund. Delegates were George W. Duncan. Steward read sec­ below can sleep. room and pantry should be kept clean. elected. They are: Joseph Busalacki, tions of clarifications to the agreement SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), Crewmembers should clean foc'sles be­ ship's delegate; Leo GiUlkin, deck dele­ and will type up four copies of the com­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oc­ fore leaving and-turn in all excess linen. gate; George Hand, engine delegate; plete clarifications for the delegate. tober 31—Chairman, John W. Altstatt; October - 29—Chairman, J. Parker; Sec­ retary, ,S. Berger. Sir was collected for A vote of thanks went to the steward William Kenny, steward delegate. Men Ship's delegate will continue In office Secretary, Garland Fontant,- Repairs have; department' for a job well done. Dona­ in all departments were requested to do until all beefg are settled after the been started; chief engineer will be con-' the .khip's fund. Ship's library should tions will be made to the ship's fund. the family wash between the hoiu-s of coastwise'trip. Disctusion was held on. tapted about other minor repairs. Let­ be; Obtained, Steward wlH be asked to a .ahlp's Iroii. Menua are -ldiiey, 7:30 AM and 8:30 PM, so as not to dls- routine sanitary. Messman-thanked the ter will be - sent to headquarters about lovemmir 11-r-Cheirman, J, D, Shirber; AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), turb men sleeping in adjoining foc'sles. brothers for their cooperation. getting shelvea for the lockers, i ; SecralairV, Robert D.. Phlter, " there is i •eptember 20—Chairman, James Eichen­ Machine should be left clean after use. Octobar - 11—Chairman, John W. - Alberg; ftecretary, Mackenzie. Joe Bissonet Deck' .engine and steward departmeids OREMAR (Ore), Neyember .l->,«h»lr, gtailt; Sseretsry, Garland Pentont. There S17 in the. ship's fund, All delegates was elected deck delegate. Written re­ WiU alternate cleaztlng. Cots .should be man; M., Remiey;. Secretary/ R; S. Reylor, l8:a $10 balance ih the ship'a fund;- Jobii will make ,out a repair llSR Faha should be' installod. ThCre tare many- beefs port will be made on the man who Uken' care of before the bucket reaches Some.-muerters ,hege-- got >een, ppinted., abSut the food: - Cird' pMyers - ere to miaaed ship. Door of the. chill box needs Capetown, There was a lengthy discus, Some OT is dispht^, Motlpni was. luumlto be Bsedi Bell works' okar. Recre- sion about the laundry drain; thie seems ntouely jessed that-upon arrival in Balttr- XC(mtinuM o!i"pRgii![.2S') A it r-^ V *" �SEAFARBIIS ^'('N^lttllin'XV19S3 Tage Tfrenty-five LOG DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... requested • Hat of the Congressmen from all states, so that they can write clean up after they have finished play- letters protesting the closing of the in(. Menus are no good and there is USPHS hospitaU. no cooperation. (Contiaued from page 24) CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum), June St—Chelrmen, Paul Arthofer; Sec­ retary, Peter Patrick. Steward asked that night lunch be built up a little. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for good food and service. August .10—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, Peter Patrick. Two men missed ship in Naples. Permit of one of these men should be lifted. Agent is not handling mail efficiently In Naples. Someone who speaks Italian well should check with banks in Naples to see where the captain can get us US money for draws. Three men were warned to straighten out, or they will be reported to the patrolman. Novembor 2—Chairman, Charles Boyd; Secretary, Peter Patrick. Ship's dele­ gate tried to get a new washing machine In New York, but could not. Steward reported that he received good stores for the voyage. Frank Brodzik was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Crew should keep the pantry and messhall clean at night. Steward department was praised by the erew for fine coop­ eration. November i—Chairman, Peter Patrick; ' Secretary, John FItzsimmons. Money do­ nated by non-Uniuii members is being held by the captain. Repair lists should be made out and turned in to depart­ ment heads. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), October 11—Chairman, Frank Vandusen; Secretary, C. E. Shaw. Ship's delegate will see the captain about launch service in Japan and about get­ ting a second pump in Japan. Repair list was turned in to the chief engineer. CATHERINE (Drytrans), November 1Chairman, Paul Johnson; Secretary, Frank Nakllcki. Captain was asked to paint messhalls and passageways. All foe'sles wU be painted next trip and cleaned on arrival. Repair list was read. A $30 draw will be put out before ar­ rival. and another if this is not enough. No date—Chairman, D. Caussen; Sec­ retary, Frosn Mobllehml^ Paul C. John­ son was elected ship's delegate. 20 fel­ lows agreed to donate $3 each for a juke box. SANTORC (Ore), November 1—Chair­ man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, E. F. Petts. Radio which was bought for recreation room does not work, and will be ex­ changed on arrival in Baltimore. Cap­ tain was asked about a draw and fresh fruit and refused. He claimed he had only one draw to give. One man missed ship. E. A. Boyd was elected ship's ' delegate by acclamation. Crew In the pantry should be properly dressed. Ship's delegate* will see the captain about the Sea Chest. A new library should be bought. STEEL KING (Isthmian), November 7 —Chairman, Vito D'Angelo; Secretary, Fred Steppe. Doctor aboard ship was asked about the rash: he thinks It is the result of jute dust coming in contact with the skin, but did not give a written 'Statement. Union headquarters will be contacted about the rash, which was 'contracted by the crew after cargo was loaded aboard in Chalna, Pakistan. Crew ^uix AnawerH • . 1. The Leyte, with a loss of over 30 lives. 2. Ibn Saud of Arabia, who died of a heart ailment, and David Ben Gurion of Israel, who is retiringEmir Saud, son of the Arabian king, will replace his father. BenGarion's successor has not yet been announced. 3. Rochelle Hudson. ' 4..William Hutcheson of the AFL and'Allen Haywood of tlie BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Naviga­ tion), November 7—Chairman, Maurice P. McCoskey; Secretary, J. Melvyn Lundy. Captain says that he does not carry large sums of American money, so no American draws will be Issued In any port. Steward should issue cots after we have passed the canal. Everyone should keep his room and porthole locked In port. Books and magazines should be put away after use. Washing machine should be kept clean. Bosun will issue port screens as long as they last. CAPTAIN NATHANIEL B. PALMER (American Waterways), October 18 — Chairman, Al Hoag; Secretary, A. Kauel. All repairs except springs were taken care of. Motion was passed to transfer the crew mcssman to saloon mess for proper running of crew messhall. Beef on excessive slopchest prices will be taken up with the patrolman. € ABIQUA (Cities Service), November 8— Chairman, Frank Flanagan; Secretary, Joseph H. Kane. 'Frank Flanagan was elected ship's delegate. Repair list will be given to the patrolman at Lake Charles: a letter wiU be sent with this. Ship's delegate will see about getting steward, engine department foe'sles and the messhall painted. Electrical repaids and proper lighting should be taken care of. Ship needs fumigation. New library should be brought aboard in Phila­ delphia. ^Caii'Shakers* Have No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. exceptionally good job. The crew voted i him—Mike Sikorsky—a vote of thanks and reelected him 'unanimously. Wash­ ing machine has been left dirty and run­ ning. Notice WiU be placed in the saloon informing the licensed personnel to also keep the laundry clean. Only five of the 15 wind scoops requested by the crew are in the crew's quarters; the rest arc in the officers' rooms., Crew was asked not to put drinks 'In the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, as this would cause It to defrost. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), no date — Chairman, Donald Chestnut; Secretary, William Ortiz. Beef about the chief mate will be brought up before the Mobile patrolman. Men who missed ship wUI be turned over to the patrolman. Chief mate refused to give a crewmember penicillin on request. Ship's deiegate will contact the chief engineer about fans for the toilets. Brother Johnson was elected temporary ship's delegate. BEAUREGARD (Waterman), Gctober 25 —Chairman, Frank P. Votto; Secretary, Frank Kon. Eugene Ray was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. A vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for fine food and service rendered to the crew. Steward asked the crew to turn in all excess linen. Discussion was held on repairs not made in port. MARYMAR (Calmar), October 25 — Crew will cooperate in keeping the me.ss- Chairman, Charles H. Starling; Secre­ haU and pantry clean. tary, H. A. Galick. Robert Layko was elected ship's delegate. Brothers on AZALEA CITY (Watarman), November from the last trip spoke of the beef of 11—Chairman, J. Wcndt; Secretary, David the lockers. They arc very small and B. Saches. Angel Luis Romero was have no shelves. New larger ones are elected ship's delegate by acclamation. needed. Motion was passed to have the washing machine replaced or repaired in New CAROLYN (Bull), September 27—Chair­ York. GeronimO Gascab was elected man, W. C. Murphy; Secretary, A. Araship's treasurer. There is a balance of gones. Ship's delegate obtained permis­ $102.39. sion for the crew to go ashore -while the ship was at anchor in New York. STEEL ACE (Isthmian), November 11 He also received transportation. Mail —Chairman, Joe Selby; Secretary, Ed should be sent to the ship more often. Zebrowskl. Meal allowance was obtained All books and magazines should be re­ due to fumigation of vessel. This will turned to the messhall after use. Crew be included in the coastwise payoff. was asked not to make so much noise There is $21.12 In the ship's fund. Vote in the passageways early in the morning of thanks went to Joe Selby for a job due to watch sleeping. well done in holding down the ship's October 11—Chairman, M. Relchlelson; delegate position for the previous trip. Sccretary, A. Aragones. Attitude of the Joe Kusmiersky was elected ship's dele­ deck engineer to the crew will be re­ gate by acclamation and the repair list ferred to the patrolman. He put in OT was turned over to him. Anyone using from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM for relieving the washing machine should clean it the fireman for supper. for the next user. Washing machine re­ pairs were included on the repair list. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), September 26—Chairman, L. Joyner; Secretary, L. STRATHPORT (Strathmore), November B. Moore. Change of coffee and washing 8—Chairman, Donald S. White; Secre­ machiiie should be made. Hall will be tary,. William E. King. Captain is keep­ contacted for slopchest forms. General ing his promise to the New York patrol­ repair lists wil be turned in by each man; thus far he has painted the black department. Crew ft leaving coffee cups gang foe'sles and most of the steward on the deck. department's. Ship's delegate, ^ho had promised the patrolman to keep his DEL ORO (Mississippi), November 15— office tmtil the captain kept his promise, Chairman, Henry R. Gorman; Secretary, asked, to be allowed to resign. He was George Kaleel. Delegates reported all asked by the crew to keep his position, weU. Shoreside personnel wUl be kept as everyone felt that he was doing an out of sleeping quarters and the mess­ hall. Scuppers on washing machine will be fixed. New sinks will be installed in the wash room. Cups and glasses should not be left on deck. NOTICES DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), November 1—Chairman, Bill Kavitt; Secretary, Duke Hall. Ice beef at the beginning of the trip was squared away. Chief elec­ trician will report to the crow about the air conditioning when we got it. Ship's Pedro Peralto Please get in touch with the LOG office immediately about your entry in the last Seafarer's art contest, which is still in this of-fice waiting for you to pick it up. Will you please send us the two Joseph L. Springer entries by Lloyd Bertrahd—one oil Get in touch with your mother. painting and one sketch—which were sent to you in error at the She is sick and waiits to hear from you. . • hospital. , ^ ^ t t Richard F. Ransome . John F. Czech Please contact Mrs. J. C. PelYour personal papers were left on your ship when she laid up in ham, 270m 49th Street North, St. Kirkland, Washington. They are Petersburg, Fla. It is very urgent. now at headquarters. Pick them Her telephone number is 3-4398. up at the LOG office. 3ii ^ Ruzxlm Annwmr Jerry McCarthy if t 3^ Get in touch with your brother October 31 BORUB Crewmembers of the Seamonitor Tim' or your sister Eileen. Your who paid off and were not paid the father died on November 14. $2.50 bonus may get same by writ­ J* Sidney L. Wilson ing to Orion. Steamship' Company, BBS] Your mother has bad kidneys. care of Mr. Dan WinkowslW, 80 aH@BE|g|E 0|B Broad Street, NY. Send allotments to Tucson, Ari­ 0@B!3 zona, care of General Delivery. .. 3> $1 . it . Can't find your father. . Thomas Shea John J. MiUer 1*. • 4" , , 4" Leo Rose Your money in the amount of Get In touch with Lloyd Forrest, $64.31 for work aboard the Boul­ der Victojy can be collected from SS Michael,'c/o-Carras SS , Com­ Seas Shipping agent -Dichman, pany, 21 West Street, New York City. . .. . Wright and Pugh in Baltimore. c^p, 5. Jimmle Dykes, who was fired by the Philadelphia Athletics and hired by the Baltimore (formerly St. Louis) Browns. . 6^ A rebellion by Moslem nationalists against the government of Indonesia. 7. Dylan Thomas, regarded as V one of the great poets in the English language. 8. Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh. 9. Clare Booth Luce, former ac­ tress and playwright. 10. Henry Luce, publisher of '{ . Time and Life magazines. SaBE! EDffl SfflSB nHHS ass] HSBca all isB ssffliiEi soisaaaaaH aaasB sfflsi isg jBBGDH sasoegnH (aeaGS raas aaats delegate wiU ask the patrolman if we can get electric drinking fountains In­ stalled instead of the scuttlebutt system now in use. Patrolman will be asked about getting different meat aboard. Cleaning gear for heads should be or­ dered. Soap powder brand should be changed. Two performers will be brought up on charges if they don't reform. There is a balance of $3 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sealrain), November IS—Chairman, S. Johnson; Sacrctary, E. Scaray. Men should not disturb men sleeping. Letters will be sent to Congress on the closing of the marine hospitals. Discussion was held on anti-Union remarks and on placing trash in trash barrels. Bunks will be fixed in New York. Brothers were asked to make donations to buy decorations for Christmas. ABIQUA (Cities Service), October 18— Chairman, William Logan; Secretary, Vincent L. Ratcllff. Captain promised to paint steward department foc'slc.s, but this has not been done. Union will be contacted' about getting action on such repairs as fans, hooks for doors and lockers, scuttlebutts. New repair list will be handed to the patrolman at the payoff. There is a $3.91 balance in the ship's fund. November 15 — Chairman, James C. Baudcin; Sccretsr'/, Joseph. H. Kane. Letter was sent to the patrolman about repairs and action to' be taken. Chief engineer was contacted on this. Messman was asked to have ice water in the ice box at aU times because the drink­ ing fountain is out of order. Men agreed to donate $..50 apiece at the pay­ off. Steward should put out a better variety of jams and jellies. New supply of books should be acquired. asked about getting the washing machine repaired or replaced. New wind scoops should be installed. Painting of the ship's galley was discussed. Repair list will be made up and given to the pa­ trolman. New mattresses were ordered and shoiUd be put aboard this trip. Pa­ trolman will be asked about Innerspring mattresses. Man wiU take orders for Sea Chest Items and deduct the cost from the members* pay. CUBORE (Ore), November 15—Chair­ man, Chuck Hostetfer; Secretary, Paul Emerson. The brother hospitalized in Panama Canal was returned to the States. One brother who left the ship on sailing day was reported to the hall. Motion was passed to have all members write to Congress on the marine hospital issue. Motion was passed to buy $20 worth of shrimp and Christmas trim­ mings for the messroom. There is a balance of $132. All brothers will do­ nate to the SIU brother who is return­ ing from the Canal on this ship on his way to the hospital. Big vote of thanks went to Mr. Mason for getting a slop­ chest from the Sea Chest, as well as thanks to Chuck Hostetter, steward Davis and George Mattair. LAFAYETTE (Wattrman), August 6— Chairman, H. R. Dombrowski; Secretary, C. Wllkey. H. R. Dombrowski was elected ship's delegate by acclamation; he will check the slopchest. Discussion was held on the old repair list and the items not fixed. Delegates wUl check this and see department heads. CHRISTINE (TinI), Novomber 15 - onSeptember 24—Chairman, S. Cay; SecChairman, Comas Knight; Secretary, R. re:ary, T. McCarthy. Everything is in Dawson. All quarters should be left order. New repair lists will be made clean, and additional repairs should be out and each man will bring items given to the delegates. Vote of thanks needing repair to the attention of the went to the skipper. Steward asked that delegates. Discussion was held on the any extra linen be returned. Chief engi­ OT that the captain and chief engineer neer will recommend that a liew wa.sh- ' did. One man from each department ing machine be bought. g should help keep the gear locker clean. Men using the gear locker or the laun­ ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), November ! dry should leave it clean after using it. S—Chairman, John Jaeobson; Secratary, I October 18—Chairman, C. Hall; Sec­ James F. Byrne. Chief cook said tb.it retary, H. R. Dombrowski. Repair lists there would not be enough steak aboard I will be made out. Two new wipers were to finish a round trip if it was served picked up in San Francisco. OT for the twice a week instead of once, as asked. chief and captain, was wiped on OT Dogs on the portholes need oiling. Men sheets and will be turned over at the were reminded about the hours for using payoff. Ship's delegate will see the the washing machine. engineer about having ice pulled twice a day, as the amount now is not enough in hot weather. Men getting off at the payoff should leave their rooms clean and turn in old linen. Ship's delegate should see the patrolman about having the chief keep the meat boxes below 22 degrees, as over 509 pounds of meat went bad last trip. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), November HILTON (Bull), September 20—Chair­ 15 — Chairman, J. Falasco; Secretary, J. M. Baxter. Crew's conduct in the Ha­ man, Kirby Wright; Secretary, Marion Frank Albore was elected waiian Islands was e.vcellent. A hundred Kaminski. letters were sent to Congress from Hono­ ship's delegate. The SI33 balance in the lulu at a cost of S10.30. There is S14.24 •ship's fund will be turned over to the on hand. Majority of requested repairs ! hall if the ship is laid up and be rewill be completed bafore arrival. Eich • turned when crewing up again. Money man should give a $1 donation to the will be used to buy a television set. .ship's fund. Members should leave the Washing machine will be repaired. October 24—Chairman, Earl Mansfield; messhall after eating, as there is not enough room during the evening meal. Secretary, R. N. Mahone. Ship's fund It was agreed that crewmembers would of $1.53 was given to the patrolman when write a laudatory letter on the captain the ship was returned. It was returned There is not to the LOG and would also send flowers to the chief steward. to his ailing wife. Discussion was held c.nough for a TV set. so donations will on individual men's requests for menu be gladly accepted. changes and the failure to please the majority. Meats should be rotated, and DEL MAR (Mississippi), October 2f— the application of garlic .to each meat Chairman, George McFall; Secretary, C. should be a matter of personal choire. A. Bradley. Performers' naqies will be The standard of night lunch should be turned over to the New Orleans hall as raised. Fresh shrimp should be requisi­ I a warning. There is a $10.71 balance in tioned in Gulf ports. Steward deparl- ' the ship's fund. Steward has $17 for ment thanked the 4-8 deck watch for the movie fund. Department delegates daily cleanliness ef the messroom. were asked to collect from the men in their departments. People without passes STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), No­ should be kept off the ship. This is the vember 8—Chairman, Anthony Zaid; Sec­ job of the gangway watch. Repair lists retary, Jose Doletini. Engine depart­ will be turned in. Delegates will find ment toilet scats have not been repaired out about throwing a party. Those who yet. Delegate will see the chief engineer wish to attend will pay S2 apiece. There about it. George Baugh was elected is - a lack of gratings and scuppers in ship's delegate by acclamation. Doors the laundry room. A filter should be should be closed and locked in port to put on the water line in the crew's avoid loitering in the passageways. Com­ laundry, like the laundry for the pas­ plaints should be referred to department sengers. Cups and glasses should be re­ delegates, and no man should go around turned to the pantry. .All mattresses telling everyone about his troubles. should be checked before arrival in New There are no .beefs at this time. Orleans so they can. be replaced while the ship is laid up. Ship should be thor­ MARCRE (Ore), November 11—Chair­ oughly fumigated. Crew should keep man, no name; Secretary, K. C. McCul- out of the pantry while the pantryman leugh. One man missed ship in Balti­ is getting the food in the steam press, more on sailing day. Patrolman will be just before the meals. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME SYREEY ^\I3^^RESS CITY .ZONE STATE Signed a*-.... TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubscrlbar and havt a chango of address, |>laasa give your former address below: ADDRESS CITY ... •saaaaasaaaaassisaaaeseaaaaasesaavaas ia«ae«8a«MB«a«BMMMBM«$aaa88a»«»a«*aab 4**ats»«tiaaa»*.««. {•••••••aaaeeaaaata •8*B*»«aeaaa»a**aa*»aaaaaa«aaa8aaaG ZONE e»a*atBaa«»Vs«»- STATE .3. �Page Vwenty-slz SEAFARERS IfOTembeir 27. 195S LOG Hospital Stay Is Paid Vacation Bedsifle payment of-vacation benefits to men in the hospitals is currently one of the most popular services offered by the SIU Welfare Services office. They are made possible through the distribution of vacation pay applications by the hospital representative, who later de­ livers the benefits in person.-^ The vacation payments, on checks the application against the fered to bed-ridden Seafarers. The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who top of the regular hospital man's discharges. Then on his re­ These include shopping services, are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. in the HOSPITALS benefit and any other money due the Seaarer in the form of earn­ ed or unearned wages, ia delivered to the patient right at the hospi­ tal It certainly eases the men's financial worries particularly for those men who have families to support and have to look forward to a stay in the hospital with no money coming in otherwise. Filled Out In Hospital The way the system works is simplicity itself. The hospital rep­ resentative gives the patient his vacation application and helps him fill it out if necessary. He then turn to the office he takes the dis­ charges with him along with the application to be processed at the headquarters vacation office. There the man's application is checked a second time, and if all is correct, a check is made out for the amount due. On his next week­ ly trip to the hospital, the Welfare Services representative delivers the check, and cashes it on the spot if the patient wants the cash instead. The handling of vacation pay­ ments in the hospitals is just one of a variety of personal services of­ such as the purchase of personal necessities, tobacco, stationary, clothes and the like, and: handling of all problems that the Seafarer might face when he is hospi{:alized. In addition to vacation payments in the hospitals. Welfare Services also handles vacation payments by mail.. Seafarers in cities distant from an SIU hall, or in foreign ports, can write in to Welfare Serv­ ices for vacation .applications, which when filled out and returned with discharges, are followed by mailing of a check to the man in question. October 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and lie G. Guillory, 929 Ninth Street, Mrs. E. B. McAuley, 115 Wright Port Arthur, Tex. Street, Stapleton, Staten Island, 4 4 4 NY. Lawrence Christopher Wolf, born October 9, 1953. Parents, t t 4 Paul Gabriel Lanzano. born No­ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Wolf, vember 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 37-06 65th Street, Woodside, NY. Mrs. Gabriel Lanzano, 2021 West 4 4 4 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY. Bonny-Sue McCormick, born Ala. 4 4 4 July 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. i Mary Madeline Fennelly, born and Mrs. Edward A. McCormick, Samuel Melvin Davis, bom July October 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 19, 1953. Parents, Mn and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph Gerard Fennelly, 653 12 Ladang Trail, Denville, NJ. 4 4 4 Arthur J. Davis, General Delivery, East 14th Street, New York, NY. Margaret Ann Guiiiano, born Cleveland, Tex. 4 4 4 $• it t. Jana Roena Tulp, born October November 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. Beverly Alice Hodden, born Sep­ 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Anthony F." Guiiiano, tember 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and John Tulp, 19-E Island City Homes, 707 Fourth Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ. Mrs. Martin V. Bodden, 830 NW Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4 34th Avenue, Miami, Fla. Susie Van, born September 11, 4 4 4 4" .it , t Richard Callahan, bom August 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ching Carl Anthony Saxon, bom Oc­ 8, 1953. Parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Z. Van, 134 Suffolk Street New tober 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Charles Callahan, 246 Mills Street, York, NY. Mrs. Dewey M. Saxon, 411 South Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 Franklin Street, Mobile 21, Ala. Enrique Soto, Jr., born October 4 4 4 Randolph Michael Nunes, born 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Frank, bom October 24, October 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Enrique S. Alvarez (Soto), 86 South 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ Mrs. Alvin G. Nunes, 2542 Booth 10th Street, Brooklyn, NY. liam Frank, Sr., 115 Cannon Street, Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. 4 4 4 New York, NY. Arlene Frances Spencer, born 4 4 4 i t John Francis Doyle, born Oc­ September 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. Frank Michael Wolinski, Jr., tober 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Robert Spencer, 713 born October 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James J. Doyle, 3103-B Moun­ Canal Street, Mobile, Ala. and Mrs, Frank Wolinski, 6042 tain Drive, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 Annunciation Street, New Orleans Deborah LaVerne Wiggins, bom 4 4 4 18, La. Hector Rodrigues, born Novem­ October 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Cecil B. Wiggins, 312 North ^ it t Thomas Lynn Hatcher, born Au­ Juan Rodrigues, DH 7th Avenue, Union Avenue, Crichton Station, gust 29, 19S3. Parents, Mr. and San Femando, Puerto Nuevo, San Mobile, Ala. Mrs. William R. Hatcher, Chin­ Juan, Puerto Rico. 4 4 4 quapin, NC. David Bonefont, born October 4 4 4 Robert Henry Edenlield, bom 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. i- t. S. William Franklin Cooley, bom October 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Gabriel Bonefont, 14 Rutgers October 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry O. Edenfield, 220 East Place, New York, NY. Mrs. Benjamin F. Cooley, Route 1, Bolton Street, Savannah, Ga. -4 4 4 Box 88-A, Citronelle, Ala. Connie Elois Johnson, born Oc­ 4 4 4 ^ 4> Dannell Glenn Guillory, bom tober 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Janet Elizabeth McAuley, bofn September 28, 1953. Parents, Wil- Mrs. James W. Johnson, Route 4, Box 800 Chrichton Station, Mobile, Ala. Happy Seafarers' Family All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Edward Douglas Powell, Jr., born October 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Powell, 812 Summerville Street, Mobile, 4 4 While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAr, BOSTON, MASS. Irwin W. Bassett Frank Mackey Edwin T. Callahan Theodore Mastaler Joseph E. Crowley Robert A. Rogers USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Barboza Howard E. Liles WUliam Bargone Charles O. Lipsky A. .r. Beauchamp John E. Markopolo L. Brunson O. J. Morgan Jean V. Dupre Robert Puekett Howard W. Forbes J. F. Strymoe W. S. Getty H. Trahan G. R. Gonzales Jr. Charles Young USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Joseph Antoniak Wayne Hartman Ahtonios M. Bays Robert Lambert John P. Brooks T. J. Lobado Jessie A. Clarke W. R. Mcllvecn Frank J. Conforto Earl McKendree Jeff Davis William H. Mays Earl T. Erlckson Frank Pasquall Carl S. Fleming James H. Fenswlck W. J. Callaway Alexander Presnell Milton C. Habrat Lloyd J. Thomas Percy X. Harrelson John Zohil USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. G. R. Anthony Thomas F. KeUer A. R. Baker B. G. Knapp Cecil Bennett Leo H. Lang Herman H. Casas John Leys Clarence W. Cobb Thomas Lind G. T. Coleman Henry J. Maas S. Cope L. L. Mays W. C. Copping C. R. Nicholson Adion Cox W. E. Reynold* Rogelio Cruz J. A. Ricks Sr. Thomas J, Dawson John J. SchaUer Joseph L. Dionne Luther C. Seldla M. W. Gardiner Richard R. Suttle E. C. GUbert T. R. Terrington Jack H. Gleason L. Thibodeaux Louis J. Guarlno Marion C. Vester . John Hane R. Wentworth John L. Hlnton Norman West J, H. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Robert Bennett Fred Railenbuel Joseph M. Cash Henry Watson Frank HaU USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Leo Dwyer C. E. Owens SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL DEmorr, MICH. Joseph L. Sheahan USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. A. E. Allan Olav Gustavsen D. H. Boyce Joe perreira C. O. Burnette Peter Smith F. A. Burns D. K. T. Sorensen Wayne T. Center W. Timmerman Ho Yee Choe S. L. Vandal A. J. Eilingscn Robert R. White USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Fred U. Buckner Claud Kent R. A. Denmark S. V. Kilpatrlck John E. Duffy Joseph M. Litteral Joe B. Farrow Jlmmie Littleton Nathan L. Gardner L. J. Love Roger E. Huggins John U. Tlllis Samuel Jonas George W. Wilson Herman C. Kemp USPHS HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC, SAN JUAN, PR Angel Rosa USPHS HOSPITAL .STATEN ISLAND, NY NeU D. Abernathy C. Mc'Brien James H. Adams John Maclnnea Melvin Bass John B. Molini John Beckmann Jack D. Morrison Earl A. Bink AUred MueUer Robert Borland Raymond C. Myers Marcle Boyles • Jerry J. Palmer John E. Brady Richard PaneraU William H. Brady John Quinn Bomar • R. Cheeley C. H. Robinson C. A. Cumming VirgU Sandberg C. L. DeChenna Ira A. Sandt Thomas Doherty W. Schoenborn John Dovak Robert- Sizemors Eddie Driggers John Slaman John Flynn Robert Smith Estell Godfrey Warren Smith Felix Gregerowicz C. Sofounios August Jockel Jose Sousa Paul Jokubesak T. Stevenson Walter Karlak Milton Trotman Michael Katrausky Harry S. Tuttle V. Koskinen Frank Walaska R. LaBombard Pete Williams Luciano Labrador Tadashi Yatogo Stanley Lesko USPllS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Percy D. Allred Frederick Landry Clauds F. Blanks James J. Lawlor JuUan Cuthrell James R. Lewis C. M. Davison Francis F. Lynch EmiUo Delgadd Harry F. McDonald Antonio M. Diaz A. McGuigan John J. Driscoll David Mcllreath Jose G. Espinoza Vic Milazzo Robert E. Gilbert Lloyd Miller Bart Guranlck Eugene T. Nelson Thomas Isaksen Montford Owens John W. Keenan E. R. SmaUwood L. Kristiansen Renato A. Villata New York, New Orleans Babies 4 Michael Jake Liuzza, born Octo­ ber 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Giacomo Liuzza, 1531 Iber­ ville Street. New Orleans, La. f-' C] . I Ir. -• How to Apply For Birth Pay • ' "^'• ; S' •• '. • Seafarer Enrique S. Alvarez is well pleased with the new addition to the family as vvell as by the $200 maternity benefit check and $25 bond delivered by the SIU Welfare Services Department. Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was born. Processing of all applica­ tions can be speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applications should be made to Union Wel­ fare I'rustees, c/o SIU beadquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32; NY. Seafarer Isidore Margavi (above) is shown with wife Annette and newest baby Neil in New Orleans home. Other children are Lise, Billie and Keith. Below ir Seafarer Ching Z, Vad with his family and new arrival Susie. �^SfWi' SEiFARERS •fm Pf E lE^* THE S»SAE4RERS LOG Par* TveHly-Mtitn Tit For Duty' He Colle€ts $$ m.i With WALTER SIEKMANN {News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Wel­ fare Benefits tVill be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in Tiis post as Director of Welfare Services.) We've had quite a few happy Seafarers around New York recently as a number of them became well enough tg get discharged from the USPHS hospitals at Manhattan Beach and at Staten Island. Most of these men said that they're looking forward to getting away from the hospital routine, and are anxious to get back to shipping out again. Peter Gvozdich was one of the men discharged from Manhattan Beach, after spending a long time in there fighting to regain his health. He says he's feeling fine now, and is just going to take it easy and get used to being outside again. G. E. Schumaker is another of the Seafarers who got discharged from Manhattan Beach after a long stay there, and he's just as haplpy as the others about being well enough so that he doesn't have to stay in the hospital. Of coimse, we've also had a number of Seafarers who were admitted to the hospital. Jack Olsen is one of the new arrivals at Staten Island, and so is Warren Smith, whose last ship was the Seatrain Texas. Bruce Cole, who got off the Steel Navigator recently, is also in the hospital right now, and so is Oscar Raynor, who got off the Trojan Trader. ' Frank Blandino, who had to get off the Anniston Smith Victory, was also admitted to the Staten Island, and so was Gilbert Essberg. Gilbert, while he was on the Antinous, got an injured back when a foc-sle door slammed on him. The doctors are still malung examinations to see just how badly his back is injured. Esteil Godfrey is one of the Seafarers who has been in the hospital for a while now. He was originally hospitalized in Yugoslavia with a broken-hip. He was then brought back to Staten Island after the Union took steps to get him repatriated. He's got high hopes now about the healing of that hip, particularly since he's getting good treatment and care. And then, of course, now he's in with some of his old friends and with other seamen, so at least he's got people to talk to while he's getting well. Ludwig Krisiiansen, who's been in Staten Island for a while now, says that he'd enjoy hearing from some of his old friends that he sailed with in the past. That goes for just about every Seafarer in the hospi­ tal. Since these men have so much time on their hands, and very little to do while they're trying to regain their health, a letter or even a postcard from an old friend can sure brighten up the day for them, Godfrey and if you're in port and know some of the men it sure would make them happy if you'd take a couple hours and go up .< to visit them. ^ Robert Sizemore is over at Staten Island hospital again, waiting to undergo some more surgery. He's been laid up for quite some time, and we're sure he'd really appreciate hearing from some of his old friends. iRonaid F. Wolf is really looking forward to his next payoff, which should be around the middle of December. His wife just cojlected •the $200 Maternity Benefit and the $25 Bond for their fine new son, but Ron is still out at sea finishing up a four-month' trip, and hasn't seen his new son yet. That's the reason he's anxious to get to this payoff, so he can get home and spe.nd some time with his new son. . '^1 Brother Isaac Seger receives check for $1,411 in maintenance and cure from Walter Siekmann, di­ rector of Welfare Services. Looking on is the Union's attorney, Seymour W. Miller. A good example of how the SIU Welfare Services will go to bat for a member is provided in the case of Brother Isaac Seger. This Seafarer was recently award $1,411 in mainte­ nance and cure in a case where the company at first refused to pay anything. Seger was a crewmember-^ ^^^ ' of the Liberty Bell when he Plenty Of Seamen Here first took ill. He turned in at a hospital and was told that he had a tumorous growth and that an operation would be necessary. Upon his return to the States, Seger turned in at the nearest USPHS hospital. The USPHS normally has the final say in re­ gard to a Seafarer's fitness for duty. In the case of Brother Seger, the doctor at the Marine hospital said that after a two week rest, he would be fit for duty once more. Went To Specialist Unwilling to accept the doctor's diagnosis, Seger went to a special­ ist. The specialist advised an oper­ ation immediately and the Seafarer took this advice and was operated upon successfully. When Seger applied at the com­ pany office for maintenance, he was told that he would not be re­ Seafarer Gabriel Bonefont is shown with one of his six sea-going imbursed because the USPHS doc­ brothers, Edward, and two of his eight children. Bonefont just tor had listed him as "fit for duty." received an SIU maternity ben^iit for his newest son and potential At this point the SIU Welfare Serv­ Seafarer, David. ices stepped into the pictme. The SIU turned the matter over to the Union attorneys. Shortly after this, SIU counsel Seymour Miller succeeded in getting the company to award the full amount of $1/411 to Brother Seger. After Brother Tire deaths of the following leaves his wife, Ada Frances Seger called the matter to the at­ Kyser, 200 Charleston Street, tention of Welfare, the Union at­ Seafarers have been reported to Mobile, Ala. the Seafarers Welfare Plan and torneys took it from there. Soger's 4> 4i 4^ claim was quickly validated and $2,500 death benefits are being paid. All of this was done without paid to benejiciariee. Floyd M. Hansen, 32: A messman cost to Brother Seger. Miller rep­ in the steward department since resents the Union in all legal mat­ Otto Stefansson: On July 24, 1951, Brother Hansen joined the ters as well as assisting the mem­ 1952, Brother Stefansson was lost SIU in Mobile. On November 3, bership in cases, like these! 1953, he died of a cerebral hemor­ This is Just another service that at sea aboard the Seatiger. A mem­ rhage at the USPHS hospital. Welfare is happy to perform for ber of the deck department, he had Savannah, Ga. He leaves his moth­ been sailing with the SIU out of er, Mrs. Maude Hansen, Box 345, members. New York since 1946. Brother Ruskin, Fla. Stefansson leaves his father, Stefan it it Johannsson, Storholt 33, Reykja­ Anthony Albert Klavins, 52: A vik, Iceland. fatal stomach ailment was suffered by Brother Klavins on October 3, J" t 4" • Through an error, the last ' Harold W. Sherwin, 52: Brother 1953, in Baltimore, Md. A member issue of the SEAFARERS Sherwin died of a brain hemor­ of the engine department. Brother LOG carried December 23, rhage on March 11, 1953, and was Klavins had sailed SIU for the 1953, as the cutoff date for the taken to the US Army hospital at past thirteen years. He was buried five years of sea-time that an Yokohama, Japan. He had sailed at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Bal­ alien could use to qualify for in the engine room since 1941, timore, Md. His estate is admin­ citizenship* from New York. Burial took place istered by Victoria C. Ludgrove, Actually there are two cut­ at Yokohama International Ceme­ 714 South Brodaway, Baltimore, off dates. The first one, Sep­ tery No. 7. The estate is admin­ Md. tember 30, 1950, is the latest it it it istered by Mrs. Gertie Gibbs. 205 date on Recharges that the Thomas L. Flood, 46: Since 1951 alien can use for his five years' 4th Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Brother Flood had been a messsea time. The second one, De- < 4/ t . J" man in the stewai-d department; cember 23, 1953, is the latest Percy M. Kyser, 60: On Septem­ his home port was Mobile. On Sep­ date an alien can apply for ber M, 1953, Brother Kyser suf­ tember 14, 1953. he died of a liver citizenship uhder this five year fered a fatal hepTrt ailment at sea, ailment at City HospitaJ, Mobile, provision. and was later buried at US Na- Ala., and was burred in that city. Other ways of obtaining citi­ tional Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. He He leaves a brother. Howard F. zenship, of course, will remain sailed from Ne>y York in the stew­ Flood, 14814 Cliftoni iSouIevard, on the books. ard department since 1951. He Lakewood, O. i FINAL DiSPAXCH •"fer 1 •'S' 1ii 1 E. Alien Cutoff is Sept. 30,1950 l-s;--*:I'" 'WlUliBfi SEinCES BEMlimilT y J Y0tm PR08UM IS pmw^^ ::-:M ! *-Ei- �• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION,* ATLANTIC A N D G U L F DIS T R IC T • AFL • "• ' • • '^3.. .•fe'vJ;-" an?-# - T' -• M ..sr •'• • r'i4 • -iPi": •• -v:' -H •• -ifi. Ir .y-vri '.'' •'• . mv-Jtr- '-y • J U ' Seafarers fnterested in improving their earn­ ing powers by securing higher ratings can ^et assistance from their Union in the form of up­ grading booklets available in headquarters and in every SIU hall. These booklets provide basic information ort^ the type of material featured in Coast Guard upgrading examinations and thus serve as di valuable study guide, acquainting the Seafarer • ^ ^ with the subject matter he has to bone up on. Aside from the higher wages these ratings offer over unrated jobs, the possession of oddf* tionol ratings automatically assures the Sed*. :^rer a wider selection of Job openings ond adds to his job security accordingly. •t Seafarers who do not no>V hold a rating, ^ those who seek additional ratings besfdet iKtl plies they now hold, will find it advisable fp. toRf advantage of tho opportunity these bcM>ktel^ offer, -v'- I^s ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 27, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 24 Description An account of the resource Headline: VOTE 18 ATLANTIC TANKERS, WIND-UP SET FOR DECEMBER 15 ARMY SHORE LEAVE BANS UNDER NEW SIU FIRE, LEGAL ASPECT STUDIED MEN DEBUNK 'MUTINY' CRY ON SIU SHIP KOREA HAILS FIRST RELIEF CARGO MORE CONTRACT GAINS IN OFFING AS NEGOTIATORS SPEED MEETINGS SIU CREW BOARDS SECOND OF 4 NEW SUPER-TANKERS BOARD RULING LIMITS AID TO BLOOMFIELD SS FLORIDA OFFICERS STRIKE OVER PAY, OT GOV'T SHIPS GET CATHODE TREATMENT MOTION ON SHIPPING VOTED DOWN BY PORTS THREE QUALIFY FOR DECEMBER COLLEGE EXAM CERTAIN AFL-ILA VICTORY HAILED BY 6,500 DOCKERS TWO ORE LINE VESSELS TAKE SIU SLOPCHESTS GOV'T MAY SHUT DOWN KINGS POINT SUP, MFOW WIN NEW VACATION SYSTEMS TIPS FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SIU MAN REACHES HOME AFTER SOLO OCEAN TRIP CG CHECKING ALL SHIPS IN KEY US PORTS FIGHT SEEN ON MSTS USE FOR REFUGEE LIFT CREW STICKS TO STRICKEN SHIP 'SAVE USPHS' DRIVE GAINING MOMENTUM ABOARD SIU SHIPS PECULIAR WELCOME THAT 'MUTINY' STORY THE POW QUESTION A SEAFARER IN PARIS LONGSHORE RALLY SEES VICTORY AFL-ILA MELTING ICE BRINGS OCEAN LEVEL RISE STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE TO NY PORT SHIPBOARD LIFE NOT ALWAYS A BED OF ROSES, SAYS SEAFARER BASEBALL VS. BEBOP ON SHIP 'MIRACLE MAN' SEAFARER KEEPS FIGHTING BACK AFTER MISHAPS WINES AND DINES ACTRESS CANINE LEADS CREW'S LIFE ON VACATION CLASS SPEECH DEFENDS LABOR BOMBAY BAEDEKER VESSELS KEEP LETTERS COMING SUEZ CANAL HAD A FORERUNNER IN 60 BC HOSPITAL STAY IS PAID VACATION 'FIT FOR DUTY' HE COLLECTS $$ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/23/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/94e206c6c960a2f714964933598a107c.PDF 99c4d94fb5d27e3861a57eb6fb99f3eb PDF Text Text I ::.4 ; • , . Vol. XV No. 25 - • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THf LOG SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL lAFL SHIP UNIONS •,? rl ii-'V"' -Story On Page 3 •• at Count Aflanfic Votes Dec. 15 -Story On Page 3 , V ••feli : >1 l| • wMi • >.V • • VV - ... %A, :. 1 I. .' -i- }'V' ; s; ' ' fljta. AH MFOW Hian and white-capped SUP member (foreground) protest to plainclothes police official (left) as blood I ^ rwOfwSf' Vf tflrPin^S# stains SUP man's cap and runs down the side of his head after he was clul^bed by police. SUP, MFOW and MCS" AFL men, plus members of other SIU affiliates including the A&G District staged mass demonstration at San Francisco pier after Bryson-Bridges roughed up AFL crewmen off Aleutian, an AFL-cOntracted ship.' ^ <Story on Page 3, other photos in centerfold.) �Pare Twd SEAFARERS LOC J^yiBbcr ll. V)53 .. . Unian/Co's To Meet With Army About Shore Leave r. Continuing its fight against the Army's arbitrary action m restricting seamen to ship in various "parts of the world, the SIU took steps to set up a joint conference with top Defense Department, officials and shipowners representatives. Shipowner representatives were told that failure to settle this .beef would lead to a Union demand Defense Department representa­ agents and other Army personnel, tives to discuss this matter, "The cannot be tolerated/' for overtime payments to right of the merchant seaman to In addition to the meeting, the Union has also started research to see what legal steps can b^ taken to stop this attempt by the Army to assert control of merchant sea­ men. Meanwhile, Seafarer John W. G. Iglebekk. FWT, told of the raw deal handed him and a shipmate by the Army in Pusan. Iglebekk re­ ported that the Army—after hand­ ing out a long list of regulations and restrictions—"allowed" the crewmen of the William H. Carruth Rand-aad-filo longshoremen flock to AFL-ILA headquarten In to go ashore. Brooklyn to sign up with the newly-organised nnton^ Above are Iglebekk says that he and a ship­ shown some of the thousands of longshoremen who have joined mate stopped in a hotel in Pusan. the new outflt. "We were quiet and not disturbing anybod.y," he says, "when all of a sudden a squad of Army MPs crashed through the door and grabbed both of us. It was about lO PM. The MPs dragged us out of New progress was jre^rted in contract negotiations with the hotel and took us to jail. Never Use Warrants shipowners this week as agreement was reached on an im­ "On the way to jail," he says, proved family allotment clause among several rules changes "the MPs told us that they were under discussion or agreed ^ The great strides made by the new AFL-ILA were evident on. Shipowner representatives The sudden cutting off of allot­ just conducting a normal search of this past week, when a work stoppage inspired by the old the hotel and that they did it all have agreed, that family allot- ments has been'a sore" point with the time. They laughed at the idea ILA as a protest against the Bi-State Waterfront Commis­ Seafarers and in some instances inents should continue where a sion's new hiring halls failed Seafarer has been removed from the Union has been able to make of search warrants, and told us completely. spread support of the new. AFLthat if we had gond to a different a ship because of illness or acci­ arrangements with a shipping com­ ILA by longshoremen all bVer.,ith# hotel down the block, 'you wouldn't The AFL-ILA has an­ dent, for as long as the Seafarer pany to continue them. However, Port of New York. , i i-j' have had gny trouble, because that nounced its opposition to the new the new clause should put an end in question had wage payments . Meanwhile, the AFL-ILA began place never gets raided.' Then they bi-state waterfront laws which to this difficulty and provide a coining to him. a series of weekly membership tossed us into a dirty jail. It was a went into effect December 1, but In the past it had been the prac­ large measure of peace of mind to little cell, with no windows and no that such protests were not meetings in each area of the. pivt, tice of the companies to cut off men and their families affected light and just one filthy wooden said the solution. Pointing out that the with membership meetings; edch by jt. family allotments immediately as bench for us to sleep on. old ILA is responsible for the new week in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Money Draws ~ soon as a man was taken off the "They kept us locked up, with laws, the AFL-ILA declared that Manhattan and New Jersey. The Headway has also been made on ship. This meant that the wives nothing to eat, until 1 o'clock the the best opposition to the new men responded enthusiastically to solving the problem of money and children of Seafarers suffered draws in foreign ports. The SIU next afternoon. Then the guards laws is the creation of the 'new, this opportunity to attend mem­ a double blow. has that arrangements be took us into a colonel's office. He decent union which will eliminate bership meetings! and have a voice They found that the family madeproposed in their union—something which either to carry sufficient looked up and acted like it was a the need for bi-state controls. breadwinner was sick or injured, American never happened under the old ILA big joke. He told us that we were currency oh board to One Day Stoppage sometimes in a foreign port thou­ meet draw needs, ot the equivalent guilty-of being out after curfew. mob—and filled each of the meet­ sands of miles from home, and There wasn't any trial or anything. The work stoppage managed to ings to overflowing. their income was cut off at the in travelers' checks so that men He just told us we were guilty. close a few piers in the harbor New Newspaper would not have, to accept draws for one day. It was immediately same time. Then he said that he could fine us The new union also began pub-' often at a lower rate of exchange Since the Seafarer in question in $200 each if he wanted to but he evident that the bankrupt ILA lication of a four-page weekly depreciated foreign currency. would have unpaid wages due, plus Before the negotiations are com­ said he figured that we seamen could not muster enough support newspaper, "The Tally" for check­ to spread the walkout to the other any unearned wages that might be pleted, arrangements will be probably couldn't read anyway, so piers, and the pickets didn't even ers, clerks and timekeepers in the due under maritime law until he he'd give us a break and only fine harbor. Thiis is in addition to the was repatriated, Union negotiators worked out to assure Seafarers us $40 each. Then they took us show up on the second day. publication of a 12-page weekly their full dollars' value in draws in saw no reason why payments to The failure of this maneuver by back to the ship under guard, like newspaper, "The New York AFL the family could not be continued all foreign ports. some convicts and collected our the collapsing ILA was seen as a Longshoreman" which contains Some small changes in the re­ as long as wage payments were fines from the captain." definite indication of the wide­ (Continued on page 17) still forthcoming to the Seafarer in patriation clause, which has worked so well since it was introduced last question. year, are being pushed by the Union negotiators. Included among them are a provjsion for transpor­ tation on regularly scheduled air­ Dec. 11. 1953 Vol. XV. No. 25 lines, where airplane passage is As I See It Page 4 used, instead of some of the nonCommittees At Work Page 6 scheduled aircraft that have been Crossword Puzzle Page 12 used for this purpose in the past. " Editorial Page 13 In many instances, the non-sched­ Foc'sle Fotographer.......Page 19' uled craft have been distinctly in­ in accommodation and serv­ Galley Gleanings Page 20 ferior ice to scheduled airlines. Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 Concentrated negotiation on In The Wake Page 12 money and welfare and Labor Round-Up Page 13 vacationmatters items will get underway Letters .Pages 21, 22 as as these changes in vi^orkMaritime Page 16 ingsoon rules have been disposed of. Meet The Seafarer Page 12 With the contract extension run­ On The Job Page 16 ning out on December 24 the joint Personals Page 25 negotiating committee is making Quiz .: Page 19 extra efforts"to wrap the new Seafarers In Action...... Page 16 agreement up by that date. Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Union Talk Page 9 Seafarers overseas who want Wash. News Letter Page 6 to get in touch with headquar­ Welfare Benefits .. Pages 26, 27 ters in a hurry can do so by. Welfare Report Page 8 cabling the Union at its cable Your Constitution Page 5 address, SEAFARERS NEW "Your Dollar's Wortb-.. ...Page 7 YORK, Use of this address will as­ Published oiwMKiy ef the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At* RepreMntativesr of the ItaUah Confederation of Trade Unions are. showtr during a visit to SIU head­ sure speedy transmission on tantlc a Gulf District. AFL, «7S Fourth quarters. The group of ten men. Including two men from the Italian Union of Wbrkers, toured tbe Avettue, erooklyn 33, NV. Tel. STerllng all messages and. faster serv­ ,•.-4^71. Enter^ at second class jnatter Eastern part of the countiY studying ecimomic stiftistica for collective'bargalrilng under the Bureau';' ice for the men involved. W the Post ^ce In Brooklyn, NY, •of-Labor-Statistlcig. . ;V M.-.. vf.j> sj .. .... Onder the of Avaust 34, tflL;, • ' ••.Yoauiaif eif-sebrtii Mir*'9i« eoiS • UiU j.uo vwvt Mfli. .clfcjiqzon BilJ fli oatn biiJ loi cfiiixe j; ii crewmembers restricted to ship by militai-y autliorities. While the SIU pushed its fight, two more Seafarers—crewmembers of the William H. Carruth—told their story of the arbitrary restric­ tions, arrests, searches and fines imposed upon seamen by the Army - in Korea, despite the fact that the fighting has stopped there. The Union announced that it is taking steps to set up a joint con­ ference with Union, shipowner and shore leave is traditional," a head­ quarters spokesman said, "and the Army cannot be permitted to grab this arbitrary power over civilians. The Army's power grab in restrict­ ing seamen to their ships—even though the local Governments in these coimtries say that the sea­ men are welcome—^in imposing Army regulations and discipline on seamen, in making seamen subject to Army orders and subject to ar­ rest or search by Army MPs, CID Pact Talks Progress OnAllotments,Draws ILA-inspired Walkout Fails; Men Back AFL Italian Group Studies IIS Labor Methods SEAFARER^ LOG Union Gets Cable Address •K'SHi;.: �SeeemlMr 11, IISS SEAFARERS ' rage Three LOG Sea Unions Halt Bridges Raid Clear Way To Ship For AFL Crewmen SAN FRANCISCO—An attempt by a Harry Bridges-controlled mob to keep the AFL crewmembers from boarding an AFL-contracted passenger ship was beaten down last week as determined SUP men, witli A line of police, with billies and clubs ready, stands waiting as a long line of SUP, MFOW and JMCSAFL demonstrators march down the street toward Pier 39 in San Francisco. - Demonstrators were headed toward Bryson-Bridges squads at the pier who had roughed up Aleutian crewmembers. Cops used their clubs to stop demonstrators and to protect Bryson-Bridges squads. All Tankers Polled In Election; NLRB To Start Atlantic Vote Count With the balloting of the Atlantic Dealer in Atreco, Texas, yesterday morning, voting of the 23-ship Atlantic Refining fleet has been completed. The long-awaited results of the election will be made known when the National Labor Relations Board office in Philadelphia starts counting tt\e ballots voting would have been finished in and would have to ^e voted in a next Tuesday afternoon, De­ foreign port. four weeks. cember 15. The smooth manner in which the There were some tentative pro­ While all ships have now been voting ran off is in marked con­ posals that the ship be voted by an voted, the NLRB is holding one trast to the Cities Service election American Consul somewhere over­ last wrap-up vote in its offices on where a whole series of company seas. At this point the company Tuesday morning, from 9 AM to legal maneuvers delayed balloting came up with the bright idea that T PM. Any eligible voters who for months on end, and where the the captain and chief engineer might have missed out on earlier company even denied NLRB access should run the election. vote opportunities will have a to some of its ships. This idea was promptly vetoed chance to get in under the wire on However, the Atlantic election by the SIU for a-variety of obvi­ that day. did not go off entirely without a ous reasons. The strongest of At the stroke of 2 PM, the couple of company-inspired hitches, them was that both officers were NLRB will open the ballots and mainly dealing with the voting of members of the Atlantic Maritime start counting. Results should be the ships out foreign. At one stage Officers Association, a sister outfit known within the hour of the out­ it was feared that the Dealer would of the Atlantic Maritime Employcome of -the 15-month old organiz­ not be back until mid-February, fContinued on page 17) ing campaign in the fleet. As scheduled, the Atlantic Pro­ ducer, Atlantic Coast and the R. C. Tuttle voted last week. The Tuttle vote provided an amusing sidelight to the election much to the dismay of an ardent company union sup­ porter on the ship. A Piper Cub plahe used by the Union to drop leaflets was circling the Tuttle when a crewmember wearing an AMEU T-shirt got up on the boat deck and started shouting and waving. He was evidently under the impression that somebody he knew was flying, the plane. Just then, the organizer opened the plane door and dumped a bundle of the "Atlantic Fleet News" onto the ship". ^ ' Right On Targbt The bundle caught the AMEU supporter squarely on the noggin knocking him off his feet and stun­ ning him momentarily. SIU supr porters aboard, however,. were doubtful that the -incident had made any imj^resston on the man involved, - • The wind-up Of the voting on December 15 means that the elec­ l^orter proiudly dbplays ber SIU, colon gs ahe airtion took just pion^s to coipriveg in iPoirt AiiUiiir ^ cast heir . A few el ;&e, crewmemben plete. Were It not for the two line ae 'rali under Vke SIU baiueri ships that were oiit ^foreignj the the assistance of Marine Fire-^ men and AFL Marine Cooks found squads of San Francisco po­ lice waiting for them with billies, forced Bridges to yield right tear gas and riot guns. They had of way to the ship. Bridges' placed themselves in front ef the defeat at the pierhead came pier shielding Bridges' squads. As after a massed march of sev­ the first ranks of marchers came eral hundred angry sailors, fire­ up to the lines, police worked men and cooks indicated their de­ them over with clubs while the termination to go through to the angry AFL men raged at the po­ ship unless Bridges pulled his lice lines. But AFL leaders pres­ massed strength off the pier. ent calmed the men, pending a Members of the SIU A&G Dis­ three-way conference with Police trict, and other SIU affiliates par­ Chief Michael Gaffey and the ticipated in the demonstration. Bridges representatives, with the The issue came to a boil as a police acting as mediators. result of the long-simmering feud The result was that Bridges waa between the Communist - domi­ permitted to back out of the situa­ nated National Union of Marine tion as his men readily agreed, Cooks and Stewards and the in the face of obvious AFL deter­ Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL, mination, to permit the crew te who are organizing West Coast board and leave the vessel at wiU. stewards departments with the Following the incident, AFL wholehearted backing of the SUP leaders charged that police had and Marine Firemen. protected Bridges men but had re­ Bridges Sends Squads Down fused to protect individual AFL When the passenger ship Aleu­ men earlier in the day. And tian (which had been signed by while police worked over AFL the AFL maritime unions in all demonstrators they did not harass three departments) arrived in (Continued on page 17) San Francisco, Bridges' at­ tempted to pull the Commudist-led NUMC&S coals out of the fire. Several squads of Bridges 'men, reinforced by foliowers of Bridges in the NUMC&S massed at the pier and roughed up crewmem­ bers and other individuals who tried to go to and from the ship.These included MCS-AFL attor­ ney John B. Hansen, who was Seafarers in the hospitals this kicked, beaten and apparently Christmas week can look forward knifed. While this was going on, once more to the annual $25 Christ­ SUP spokesmen charged that po­ mas bonus from the SIU Welfare lice made no attempt to restrain or Plan. The trustees of the Plan at a interfere, or grab the Bridges men meeting last week voted to approve responsible for the dumpings. the bonus which is payable to any When word got back to the un­ patient in the hospital for more ion halls about the treatment of than one day during the week of AFL crewmembers and repre­ December 20-26 inclusive. sentatives by the Bridges mob, a As usual the Christmas bonus large crowd of several hundred angry SUP men massed on the payment will be in addition to the Embarcadero, along with large regular $15 weekly benefit paid to numbers of Marine Firemen who all Seafarers who are eligible for participated wholeheartedly in as long as they are hospitalized. An estimated 200 Seafarers are the beef as their first joint action with the SUP since joining the eligible for the Union-proposed Seafarers International Union of hospital gift, which will amount to North America. They marched approximately $5,000 in additional grimly down the street toward the benefits for Seafarers. The bonus money will be dis­ pier determined to get Bridges' mob off the pierhead. The demon­ tributed to hospitalized members strators included Seafarers in in all ports in cash by Welfare their ranks as well as other mem­ Services representatives on their regular weekly visit to the hos­ bers of SIU affiliates. On their arrival at the pier they pitals. Should any Seafarers be in the hospital during the bonus period and be missed by the SIU repre­ sentative on his visit, they can col­ lect the bonus by contacting the SIU Welfare Service Department The Sea Chest store in New at headquarters. However, they York has enounced that it should notify Welfare Services will stay open every evening right away in order to collect. until 9 PM from now until The trustees are empowered the Christmas holidays to pro­ under the Welfare Plan to alter vide for holiday shopping hospital benefits from time to time needs. to meet current needs. A trustee The store also has avail­ meeting can be called on appro­ able a catalog of jewelry, elec­ priate notice for this purpose. trical appliances and other A Christmas bonus payment for gifts which Seafarers can pur­ hospitalized Seafarers has become chase through the Sea Chest traditional since the start of the at a discount. Welfare Plan on the grounds that Sea Chest representatives extra money would be most wel­ visiting the ships will take come around the holiday seascui Christmas orders from crew­ for gifts and cards and for personal members. extras for the men in the hospitals. $25 Bonus Voted For III Seamen Sea Chest Open in Evenings I �"v-'i:-"^.''^--,- '"V*" 'Page -Fwr - iM.> SEAFARERS ' •«, '• V>« Beeember llv 195S LOG Veteran.Vessel Goes To Graveyard Of Ships AsISeelt ••• -dldtUi The beginning of the end gets underway for the Holland-American liner Veendam as wreckers re­ move one of the rakish funnels which gave the transatlantic vessel her distinctive appearance. JThe vessel is expected to be completely scrapped in a period of 60 days at a shipyard in Baltimore. Son, Dad At Odds Over Excello With son pitted against father, NLRB hearings on the unfair labor practice charges brought by the SIU against the Excello Corporation and its company "union" — the "Independent Union of the Motor Vessel Excello" — are continuing. There is every prospect that the corporation will be ordered to+ end its support of the lUMVE natory firings in an effort to get men aboard and to "get rid" of chem. and bargain in good faith with SIU men off the ship. These in turn led to the filing of After several months of seeing the SIU for an agreement. The charges against the corpora­ charges by the SIU, and NLRB men fired for very trivial reasons, tion were brought by the SIU when hearings began in New Haven, the or of being virtually forced to quit, the lUMVE was set up after SIU corporation's headquarters, early young Stanley testified, he reached organizeis, in a lightning cam­ in November. ihe point where he could no longer paign of a few weeks, earlier this The last hearing, in New Haven, tolerate the situation. He therefore year, had signed up the entire Crew was highlighted by the testimony left the ship and has since been of the Excello, a converted LST of former lUMVE treasurer George sailing SIU aboard the Cities Serv­ and the first of a fleet of ships R. Stanley, former Excello bosun ice tanker Winter Hill. which the corporation expects to and son of George H. Stanley, the Others Fired put into operation to haul cargoes Excello's skipper. Also sailing SIU now are a num­ of formaldeliyde. Citing the hardtiming tactics ber of other men fired from the Discriminatory Firings used on SIU supporters on the ship, including second cook Nelson Despite the overwhelming sign­ ship, young Stanley, who is now E. Norwood, oiler Raymond Morey up, the corporation refused to bar­ sailing SIU, testified that on sev­ and wiper Michael Francis Foley, gain after an SIU demand for rec­ eral occasions, when the ship was who just completed a 5V^-month ognition as bargaining agent, and in Jacksonville and in New Haven, trip aboard tiie Carolyn (Bull). instead embarked on a policy of he was asked by the port engineer Morey, as well as Frank Richard­ intimidation, threats and discrimi­ to report on the number of SIU son and Joe Turner, other former Excello crewmen, offered testi­ mony to support that given by young Stanley. Further hearings, originally scheduled for yesterday, have been 'postponed until December 17 to oincide with a change in the Excello's schedule. The lUMVE was formed g few Three rank and file -Sea­ sky gets to see him on the Japanese weeks after the SIU started its or­ farers took charge of the Decem­ stopovers. ganizing campaign among Excello' ber 2 member­ A third New York native oper­ employees last January. . ship meeting in ated as reading clerk. He was Sea­ the port of Se­ farer Anthony S. Ferrara, who also attle and by all came into the SIU through an or­ accounts did a ganizing drive. Ferrare did his or­ heads up job of ganizing on four Cities Service running the ships and became a Union member meeting. Chair­ in 1949. Ferrara, who sails in the man of the gath­ deck department, now makes his ering was Sea­ home in Beverly Hills, California. farer John Mc­ Ferrara believes that if all men McKarek Karek, a New had the experience of riding Cities A Federal Court has^ ruled that Yorker who has decided to sail out Service ships before they were the West Coast regularly now. SIU, like he did, they would have the National Labor Relations Board McKarek joined the SIU In a full appreciation of what the has no authority to deny its serv­ ices to Communist-led unions. June, 1943, in Baltimore. He has Union means to Seafarers. Specifically the Couit said that sailed all his time in the deck de­ partment and has a bosun's stamp A-Seafarer with a famous name the NLRB could not refuse to serv­ in his book. McKarek has been served as recording secretary for ice a union where one of Its offi­ cers was under indictment for sailing out of the West Coast for a the Galveston perjuring a non-Communist affi­ year and a half now, and says he SIU port meet­ davit. prefers the Far East over Euro­ ing. It was John The Labor Board intends to ap­ pean ports for shore leave. He's Whitcomb Rielly, peal the court ruling which pre­ 37 years old, single, and expects to named after the vents it from carrying out the stay "unhitched." well-known na­ policy. The Court issued an injunc­ The meeting's recording secretary tive American tion against the NLRB on the was Hyman Pitkofsky, another New poet. The poet request of the Internaticmal Fur Yorker out of Brooklyn. He start­ however, spelled and Leather Workers Union, whose ed sailing with the SIU in .1945 on his last name a. president, Ben Gold, was indicted the Bull line, land got his Union little differently. Rielly in August on the charge of falsify­ membership through organizing on Rielly sails in Isthmian for eight months. the .steward department on SIU ing his non-Communist affidavit. It is expected that the issue will Brother In Japan ships, and has held membership in Pitkofsky is 26 years old and the Union oyer ten years, joining t>e carried to the Supreme Court single. He has been shipping out up in New York on April 2, 1943. for final decision. iDf the West Coast because his He celebrated his 31st birthday last All union officials have to fill younger brother is stationed in mohth. He and his wife Christine, out such aff^avits in order, to Japan with the US'Army. Pitkof­ make their home in Galveston. make use of the Labor Board. NLRB Appeals Court Ruling On Red Unions IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, EVER since your Union set up a Welfare Plan, to pay a bonus to Seafarers in the hospitals over the Christmas holidays. And this year again the trustees of the Plan have voted to continue this practice, which x^'ili mean an extra $25 for a hospitalized Seafarer over and above the $15 a week in benefits he receives for as long as he is laid up. This hospital bonus is typical of the kind of thing that has been made possible through Union-employer administration of the Welfare Plan. Some people might have been a little concerned a few years back when we first set up the Plan and decided we weren't going to shell out any of the dough collected from the shipowners to an insurance company. They said that we would find it tough to run the thing our­ selves. Well the experience we have had with the Welfare Plan disproves all this, and the fact of the matter is that other unions are adopting the idea as a means of saving quite a chunk of dough that would ordinarily go by the board for commis­ sions, expenses and insuiance company profits. We've shown in this instance that the trustees could go out and hire the experts, the office staff and the neces­ sary equipment without having to pay through the nose for such services through an insurance com\ '• * What's more, the administration of the Welfare Plan directly by the Union, together with the em­ ployer trustees, has made it considerably more fiexible. Our trustees can get together and vote this kind of a bonus, such as we have done for Christmas, without having to cut a lot of red tape. And it's pretty generally agreed that the services given by the Welfare Plan the way it stands are speedy and efficient in meeting the welfare needs of our membership. Besides, the savings we have made in operation have made it possible for the Plan to offer a wide variety of benefits, while at the same time building up a solid cash reserve. It should be remembered that the Seafarers Welfare Plan was the first plan anywhere to offer unlimited payment of hospital benefits for as long as a man-is hospitalized. That's something that was made possible only through direct administration of the Plan, without insurance companies. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE OUR MEN GET A LITTLE JOLT FROM the shipowners which serves as a reminder that the operator has never given up the idea of going back to the way things were before the Union. What's more it is our belief that some operators will never give up the idea, come what may, and it's only because of the strength of the SIU that we are able to enforce our contract conditions. Typical of the kind of shipowner-thinking that we still have to con­ tend with is the case of the steward on the Sea Cloud, Brother Fred Sullins. The brother got a little telegram in the Union hall when he got back from a trip inviting him to come up to 'see ihe company agent if he wanted to stay with the company. In other words, the company had the idea that maybe if they could lure the brother up to their agent's office, well then they could make him their boy on the ships. /• It's to Brother Sullins' credit that he exposed this little scheme, for as a steward, he like other stewards, is always under more pressure than other crewmembers to keep in the company's good graces. Whfit this kind of . proposal means in so many words is that the op­ erator in this instance, (and no doubt some of the others) would like to by-pass our Union hiring hall whenever and wherever they can. If they could succeed in doing this kind of things you can wager that, it would be felt very shortly afterward In the form of poor conditipns on .the ships. In Jin Industry like ours where men go from ship to ship and com­ pany to company once you let. the company get control over who gets a job and who doesn't, you pave the way for taking away all the gains that seamen's unions have fought for through the years. j S . Fortunately, We have plenty of good SIU men like Brother Sullins around who can knock any ideas of this kind into a cocked hat in short order. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT SEAMAN ARE AMONG THE MOST generous kind of people you will find anywhere. We are continual­ ly getting reports in headquarters about ship's crews taking a. muster on their own for a variety of causes. Out in the Far East particularly, a large number of ship's crews ^ ; L " have contributed heavily to funds for the relief of Korean children. As any man who has been out on that run )cnows, there are many thousands of them being cared for in one fashion or another by the South Korean government and our Armed Forces in that area. The latest word on this comes from the crew of the Cecil N. Bean who chipped in to buy radios for a group of blinded Korean orphans. And on another front crewmembers of the Ragnar Naess have dug in to help the victims of the receht Greek earthquakes where severil thousand; families were left homeless. '« This kind of response by the Seafarer is typical- of the way seamen feel, because in thp past before the days of -strong Unions they have known very well what it is like to be in bad shape financially. The kind of conditions and earnings Seafarers have under the Union cbntract make It possible for them, in turn, to help others vho are in a tough spot • .'i I-J itiV4 rt-' �Deoember 11, 19S3 Kings Point Fate Still Not Decided SEAFARERS LOG Pare Fire What Future For Mariuers? Editor's Note: The following article represents a round-up of opinion on the commercial possibilities of the new Mariner' class ships. It raises the question whether the Mariners will he of use for regular private freight services under the American flag. The fate of the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy is still Early in 1955, the last of 35 Mariner-class ships will slide down the ways, completing a $350 million con­ in doubt as supporters of the Government training institution struction program of new high-speed cargo vessels, bigger and faster than any freighters on the seas. But opened a fight to keep the school already about 15 months before the completion of the construction program, a pretty knotty problem has going in the face of a Maritime arisen with regard to the fate of the ships. Administration economy drive. There is some doubt at' Previously, Maritime Adminis present as to whether a large trator Louis S. Rothschild had in­ dicated that he might close the number of Mariners will be school and allow four state acade­ sold to private operators for mies to absorb the students. The commercial use, unless the Govern­ state academies already stated ment can lower the selling price that they would be able to take up well below its figure of $4?^ mil­ lion. And even then, some ship­ the slack. ping operators believe the vessel Would End State Schools is unsuited to commercial opera­ In a counter-blast, Kings Point tion, despite its obvious advan­ supporters, led by the school's alumni association, have claimed tages in some directions. Should the Government fail to that they could absorb all the men in the state academies, which are sell any of the vessels, aside from partially Federal-supported to the three already contracted for. Marltune of $1,000,000 a year. All told, time Administrator Louis S. Roth­ the four state academies and Kings schild has stated that they would Point have a total enrollment of have to go into lay-up. The idea of approximately 1,500, which the brand new ships costing approxi­ Kings Point advocates claim can mately $10 million each going into lay-up is certainly not going to sit be handled in their institution. In its economy drive, the Marl- well in Congress when the mari­ time Administration has already time industry's plea for aid comes closed the Alameda, California, up for review. A basic complaint state training center, and has in­ of the InduiStry has been the need dicated that Sheepshead Bay may for new ships to keep the merchant be next to go. Several correspond­ fieet from becoming obsolete. Con­ Shown above at her berth is the Hoosier Mariner, one of 35 Mariner-type vessels built or now under ence courses offered by Sheeps­ gressmen will wonder out loud why construction by the Government in a building program whose fate is in doubt. The Government is head Bay have already been cur­ the industry can't take the Mari­ ners if as it says, its present ships now attempting to sell the ships to private companies. tailed. are showing their age. Kings Point supporters have en­ Seafarers' Stake ing need for fast ships to transport tors. They point to the difficulty developed ports with shallow chan­ listed several Congressmen and large quantities of materials over of ever getting a full load of cargo nels and shifting sand bars which Seafarers who are manning sev­ some New York State officials In great distances. The Mariners for a ship of that size. Since it is are obstacles to navigation. In their behalf, claiming that they eral of the Mariner ships now m were the answer to that need. normal for freighters to go from some Far Eastern ports C-3's have service, and who will be affected can save the State's money by place to place to fill up on cargo, a great deal of difficulty getting by any Government decision on "All are agreed that in the event closing the state academies. new ships for the industry, have of any national emergency the the Mariner would have to make in and out. In modern ports of an important stake in the fate of Mariners would be invaluable. many more shifts than a C-2 or course, this would prove no partic­ the Mariner ship program. It's a While their speed potential is con­ C-3 to pick up a reasonably full ular obstacle. problem that has to be solved be­ sidered a secret, it is no secret load. As one operator put it, "it Another objection raised is that fore the industry can expect to that they are fast enough to run would take us weeks to fill her there is too much compartmentamake much headway on a new and away from submarines. Speeds of cargo holds, which would destroy tion in the ship's cargo holds. As Regular membership meet­ revised long-range program for 21 knots can be obtained without whatever time advantage that we a result the ship is suitable for ings in SIU headquarters and maritime. half-trying. Tht-y also can carry could gain by the ship's speed." package cargo only. Bulk cargo at all branches are held every Being a bigger ship, it is more far more cargo In seven cargo or bulky objects like pipe or rails The basic difficulty with the second Wednesday night at costly to operate in terms of addi­ holds than any other freighter could not be handled. In any case, Vlariners seems to be that they 7 PM. The schedule for the tional crewembers, fuel, supplies, afioat, and with their electricallyoperators would want to know how were designed with defense needs next few meetings is as follows: December 16, December 30, in mind. At the time the ships controlled hatches and heavy cargo etc. Just think of the additional much latitude they would have in were authorized, December 7, 1950, handling equipment could load hundreds of gallons of paint need­ changing interior design before January 13. the US was deeply involved in the and unload in rapid-fire fashion. ed to cover the hide of a ship of ordering the ships. All Seafarers registered on Korean fighting and there were Provision was even made so that that size, running around 13,000 Some shipping men claim that the shipping list are required fears of a general outbreak of war a helicopter landing deck and gun deadweight tonnage. for the cost of one Mariner the •to attend the meetings. In the Far East. There was a cry- mountings could be placed on the The draft of the Mariner is just Government could build two ves­ ship if necessary. The ship's con­ about a foot more than the C-3's, sels of the size of the C-3, which struction throughout is considered largest of the C-types. As such it with certain improvements, par­ excellent. creates a problem on certain runs ticularly in structure, would be : sio- MfN BY;:.; YPU and iho SIU Further the ship's engine room where ships have to go into poorly(Continued on page 17) is a very efficient one with the '; ruRg; .:ydy CONSYITUriON result that the ships offer far more horsepower per gallon of fuel than C-types. In an absolute sense of course, the Mariners will use more fuel than a C-3. Despite the ship's size, speed, From Article X, Section 7 An agreement has been reached between the Federal Mari­ cargo capacity and cargo handling "Upon completion of negotiations, equipment, it has several draw­ time Board and the Bloomfield Steamship Company for sub­ backs which in the view of some sidizing 16 to 21 voyages annually between the Gulf and ports the Committee sKoll submit a re­ operators, makes it ill-adapted to in Northern Europe and the-»port and recommendations to the commercial use. The high cost of East Coast of Great Britain. three and until 1956 for the Marie membership of the Union at a the vessel is enough to scare off The agreement increased the Hamill. regular or special meeting." most operators. While the Gov­ number of American flag subsi­ Up until now the company has ernment's current selling pi-lce is dized operators to 16 and could been operating on an unsubsidized about 45 percent of the cost, it is lead to the purchase of additional basis with six Victorys and two still too high for most companies ships by the company. Liberty ships, with their scheduled to consider. There Is some ques­ The Bloomfield subsidy applica­ operations running to Medi­ tion as to just how low the Gov­ tion on the Gulf to North Europe terranean ports from the Gulf. ernment would have to go to lure run .was approved on the grounds Since the company is taking on the buyers." that present American fiag service new run to North Europe, it may Defense Features on that run was inadequate. How­ be necessary for the company to A good deal of the extra cost ever, the Board turned down a add tonnage to maintain its pres­ consists of the defense features Bloomfield proposal for a subsidy ent services in the Gulf. However, built in at Navy request. For ex­ on a Gulf to Mediterranean run. no decision has yet been made on Four Victorys Approved ample while the Mariners have this score by the company. Negotiations between the Union been souped up to do well over For the time being, the Federal Approval of the Bloomfield sub- . and the companies are complete 21 knots, it would be pretty ex­ Maritime Board has approved the sidy came after a bitter battle be­ only when the elected committee pensive in terms of fuel to run use of four of the company's 'Vic- fore the FMB in which Lykes' makes Its report to the member­ them faster than that. The addi­ toi-y type ships, on the subsidized Brothers and Waterman intervened tional speed is considered a de­ run. These ships are the Gene­ to block .Bloomfield's bid. Origi­ -Ji ship and receives approval. Only fense feature of no commercial vieve Peterkin, Margarett Brown, nally the Board approved subsidies upon approval does the commit­ • 'i value. Neva West and Marie Hamill. on both North European and Gulf tee's action become union policy. The size of the ships and their They can be used on the run until runs, but reversed its decision af­ tremendous cargo capacity is con­ they are 12 years old, which means ter protests by the two other ship­ sidered a drawback by the opera- until 1957 in the case of the first ping companies. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Bloomtield Gets Subsidy For N. Europe^ England ivUba IV lu 1.-. Jc-v J* - �SEAFARERS %OG Florida Strikebreak Move Fails SIU NEWSLETTER The Florida, a P & O passenger-crulsa ves^ operating out of Miami, remained tied tightly in idle status this week at the end of the third week of unsuccessful negotiations be­ tween company officials and striking deck and engine officers. The skipper, four deck officers and five engineers walked off the ship three weeks ago oVer demands, for higher pay and overtime wages from the company to members of the striking oflFicers' onions. The company, rather than negotiate with the unions in ques­ tion, the Masters, Mate and Pilots, AFL, representing the deck of­ ficers, and the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association, CIO, rep­ resenting the engineers, chose to use diversionary tactics to break the strike. Both attempts failed, with the SIU turning down the last of these measures offered to them by company officials. CapL R. F. Lord, Marine SupL, Try Scab Labor Municipal Pier No. 2, Miami At first, the company sought to get scab deck and engine officers Phone 3-5440 or 3-3619 to man the ship by advertising for officer personnel through the newspapers, but this ruse failed Above Is unsnccessful newspaper advertising gTmmick employed completely. Then, in a last-ditch by the company to hire non-union officer personnel in an attempt effort, company officials ap­ to break the three-week old strike. The Florida is still tied up by proached the SIU to sign a hurrythe MM&P and the MEBA officer unions. up contract with the Union in or­ der to browbeat and cajole the other unions into signing up after MM&P and MEBA picketlines. The nation, at company expense, with the SIU led the way. The SIU vessel. Instead of sailing as sched- airlines having to put on extra flights to accommodate the in­ turned the deal down cold, teilin.g uled, went into idle status. Most of the passengers sched­ creased number of passengers. The P & O officials they would be glad to deal with them in the course uled for that nm took up the com­ company has scheduled no more of regular negotiations after the pany offer of fiying to their desti- sailings for the present time. strike with the officers' unions comes to an end. The captain, as well as the deck and engine officers of the Florida, went on strike after prolonged ne­ gotiations with the company failed to produce agreement on the of­ ficers' demands for higher pay and higher overtime rates in the new A Coast Guard hearing has completely exonerated a crewcontract. member of the SlU-manned Sea Wind on charges that he PkketUne Intact Following this, the company im­ had left his post as lookout, leading to the death of six men mediately attempted to recruit non­ in a crash. On the contrary, union deck and engine officers to calling a man from below for one sail the ship on a scheduled cruise the testimony showed that he hour's overtime. f.ie following week. However, the had been ordered to do so by As a result of the hearing, the move met with complete failure as the chief mate to perform other Coast Guard indicated that it was the entire crew refused to jiross the work, so that the mate could avoid still investigating the case to de­ termine the officers' responsibility in the .matter, for as the Coast Guard hearing officer put it, there was a question as to whether the order issued to the lookout was lawful. No Seacljff Verdiet Meanwhile, there were no fur­ ther developments in the trial of several crewmembers of the Seacliff, who were accused of miscon­ A novel kind of a case involving Naturally it didn't make for duct in the course of a stormy voy­ a Seafarer who did his work fine pleasant mealtimes when the mess­ age to the Far East and back. Al­ while at sea, but wasn't much good man wasn't available to serve the though the hearings in that case for anything when it was in port crew, or if he was available, he have long since been ended, no came before a trial committee in wasn't in shape to do much of a verdict has yet been relidered by the Coast Guard. job. the port of Baltimore recently. The charges In question were An elected membership commit­ , The Sea Wind incident took place filed against a messman for viola­ tee in Baltimore, consisting of on November 6, 1953, while the tion of Sections 2-g and 3-d of the James A. Long, T. J. Darian, W. ship was coming out of BremerSIU constitution, involving neglect Rogowski, Luciano Ramos and R. haven. The cliief mate of the vessel of duty and failF. D'Ferrafiat heard the testimony had been making a practice of tak­ ure to carry out against the accused messman. They ing the lookout off his post and ord-ers. The agreed that it was the responsi­ putting him on other work in order charges cited a bility of the crewmember to live up to avoid paying overtime to men great many in­ to his obligations while the ship who were off watch and would nor­ stances in which was in port as well as when it mally have to be called up on deck the messman had was out to sea. The accused man for this purpose. On this occasion offered no de­ failed to show up he ordered Ordinary Seaman Bruce serve meals, or fense when asked J. Thielin off his lookout post to had served meals if he wished to' rig a pilot's ladder. As a result, examine wit­ Thielin was not on lookout from while drunk, Rogowski failed to set up nesses or make a 8:50 to 9:40 PM, for meals on time and in other statement in his At 9:40 the Sea Wind ran into ways caused arguments and dis­ behalf. another vessel with the result that The recommen­ sension on board ship by the per­ six men on the Other ship were dations of the formance of his work. killed and much damage was done committee were to both ships. When the Sea Wind No Good In Port that he be sus­ got back to New York general in­ Long The odd part of the matter was pended for si* quiry was convened. As a result of that the crew agreed the man was inonths on the first charge and the inquiry, including testimony by a good worker—but ogiy as long as fined for the second charge. Rec­ the skipper and the chief mato, the ship was out at sea. Once the ommendations were unanimous. the OS was hauled up on the car­ ship got in port the accused, they They will be acted On by the mem­ pet and charged with leaving His charged, would get gassed up and bership in all ports at tiie next post without relief. then he wasn't of much use to him­ regularly-scheduled membership It looked pretty bad" for Thielta self or anybody else on board. meeting of December Ifi. i (Continued on page i?) WANTED LICENSED AMERICAK STEAMSHIP OFFICERS FOR DECK AND ENGINE DEPARTMENTSOF S/S FLORIDA Apply Immediately to CG Hearing Bd. Clears Sea Wind Crewmember SIU COMMinEES AT WORK The Department of Commerce soon will pat tli« Wntelilng touch on the biggest maritime study since 1935. Its legislative views will be sent to Congress around February 1, based on recommendations sub­ mitted by the various segments of the American merchant marine. However, the chances are that no major maritime legislation will be passed next year, and that the Commerce recommendations will go over for a few years before Congress takes final action thereon. The reason for this is that (1) the balance in both Houses of Con­ gress is so small and next year is an election year with Congress want­ ing to quit early, and (2) there are already enough bills of a political nature that Congress can kick around until time to adjourn, such as the St. Lawrence Seaway measure, Hawaiian statehood, appropriation bills, taxes, immigration, etc. Several industry panel reports were submitted to the Coriimerce Department by the subsidized, nonsubsidized, and tanker companies. Although not made public yet, it has been confirmed that the sub­ sidized lines are urging that the existing law be kept intact, without any major change, on the theory that it has worked out well; ,the tanker companies have recommended a major change in the 1936 Mer­ chant Marine Act to make them eligible to receive operating subsidy from the Government; while the nonsubsidized foreign trading lines still are holding that the existing subsidy principle should be thrown overboard in favor of an outright wage subsidy for all American lines In the foreign trade. T« a separate panel report to the Commerce Departnient, some of the domestic carriers, notably Luckenbaeh and Bull have recommended that the construction subsidy be applied in con­ nection with contiguous trading with Puerto Rico, Alaska, etc. i, i, ii The future of the Senate Maritime Subsidy Subcommittee, headed by Senator Potter, Michigan, is in doubt. The appropriation to run this (Congressional unit will expire next Janiury 31 and the big ques­ tion mark is Senator Bricker, Ohio, Chairman of full Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bricker's views on the subject of a merchant marine are not so well known, and, at this time, it is not known whether he will authorize the continuation of the piavltipie subsidy subcommittee.^,, . .. However, most people agree that the subcommittee has made a good start in laying the foundation for legislation, and believe that Bricks will not hinder the progress of the Congressional maritime unit ^ US-flag ships carried 29 percent of the total export cargoes to MSA countries in 1952 as against 41 percent in 1951, 35 percent in 1950, 38 percent in 1949, 43 percent in 1948, and 54 percent in 1947. This de­ crease of 12 percent in the relative amounts carried by US vessel^ in 1952 as against 1951 re-sulted primarily from the decrease in US panticipation in the export trade to MSA countries by dry cargo vesSelsi which declined from 43 percent in 1951 to 31 percent in 1952. US tanker participation in the shipments to MSA nations dropped from 11 percent in 1951 to only 8 percent In 1952. The decrease in tonnage of exports to MSA countries in 1952 over 1951 resulted primarily from decreases in exports of coal and wheat to Europe. 4. 4 ^ In recognition of the stride made in torpedoes and other weapons of war, the speed of merchant ships had been substantially increased In the past 13 years. Top scientists, working oil-a contract from the Office of Naval Research of the Navy Department to review the security of seas shipping, feel that the absolute minimum speed of US merchant ships should be raised to at least 20 knots. These scientists are among the ablest, men who worked on the atomic bomb, on the rocket de­ velopment and the proximity fuses. As a general rule among the allies during World War II, ships that made better than 16 knots did not get an escort . . . t a, t Top officials in the US Government are sold on the idea that the best merchant ships under our flag should be kept in active operation, with the overflow of less suitable vessels retained in the reserve fleets. Similarly, they feel that ships adequate for commercial use or for national defense purposes must not be scrapped or sold foreign, par­ ticularly tankers, until the reserve fleet is at the required strength and composition as recommended by the Department of Defense. As fully anticipated on this side of the Atlantic, strong pressure lis being brought from European quarters, during recent meetings In Paris of the Randall Commission on Foreign Economic Policy, for lessening the amount of US government aid to our own shipping and for the elimination of the 50/50 Shipping provision in US aid laws. . Europeans, through the Organization for European Economic Coop­ eration, are claiming that the field of merchant shipping is one of the few fields in which they can easily compete with this country, and that, therefore, the US should restrict its aid to American shipping to make that competition still easier for the European bloc. The Randall Commission will release its recommendations in about two months, in a report to be submitted to the President and to the Congress. t t % Recent reports indicate that the US Coast Guard has stepped up iti ship security check around the New York Harbor. Actually, hovvever, the Coast Guard has been hard at work for the past two years check­ ing on foreign ships, not only around New York, but also, particularly, around the New Orleans area. For the most part, foreign ships are checked if (1) they have touched a Communist port on a particular voyage or (2) if . the Coast Guard has information to put the foreign ship in a suspect category. If the Coast Guard really becomes alarmed, it goes over the ship with a Gelger counter to determine the presence of any atom bomb. �I. DMember 11» 198S SEAFARERS LOG P*g«.<Scii!eii Seamen Help Distribute Clothing To Needy Gifildren EISENHOWER ASKS NEW ATOM PLAN—President Eisenhower made a strong appeai before the United Nations Generai Assembly asking for a new plan to solve the problem of atomic energy on an international plane. He warned that present atom stockpiles were more powerful than all bombs, shells, and other explosives fired by all armed forces during the entire scope of World War II and appealed for an international commission that would gradually take control of uranium and other fissionable material. The commission would also develop peaceful means of using atom energy. The first response of the Moscow radio was to call the plan "war-like," indicating Russian rejection of the proposal. ^ i. X SENATORS JOUST WITH CANADA—^An international incident threatened to develop last week between the Government of Canada and some US Senators as an outgrowth of the Harry Dexter White case. The Senate Internal Security Committee wanted to question Igor Gouzenko, the former code clerk at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, about spy rings in the US. Canada objected because some information it had given the US had been leaked to newspapers by the committee. After much hassling back and forth Gouzenko finally arranged to testify under Canadian terms. FAMILY ARRESTED FOR $081,700 ROBBERY—Police have arrested George D. O'Brien, his wife and his son, 19, charging them with the armored car robbery of $681,700 in Danvers, Massachusetts, on March 25, 1952. The cash disappeared from the locked armored car while the guards were in a lunchroom having coffee. Three other men are being sought in connection with the robbery, one of the largest on record. Seamen off the Mission San Rafael, an SUP ship, helped the United Seamen's Service Club distrib­ ute clothing to needy Okinawa children. The clothing was part of a 1,000-pound shipment of Ameri­ can clothes sent to Mrs. Dodderell, a US Army sergeant's wife in charge of the center. Shown above, left to right, with the children are Mrs. Dodderell, Herbert Briscoe, radio operator; Seafarer M. E. Carley, oiler; and Sgt. Dodderell. t FIRE DESTROYS MUCH OF PUSAN—A $20 million fire destroyed 6,000 homes, a railroad station and part of the US Army headquarters in Pusan, Korea. The fire raced through hundreds of shacks crowded together in the city after a Korean housewife neglected her charcoal oven while she talked with the neighbors. t it 4" Hail SlU Christmas Gift Service The fastest way to get your Christmas shopping done these days, with the least possible pain to your pocketbook and your aching feet, is through the 5ea Chest. Many Seafarers have long been aware of this fact, but now they are bolstered in this thought by outsiders, the most outspoken of whom I" is Mike McEvoy, columnist' cable, wire, phone or even carrier tions all along the East Coast. for the Mobile Press-Register pigeon, if available, and the opera­ The Mobile reporter marvels at ' PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE PROPOSED—The United States delegate to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge, has announced that the US is wiiling to give Puerto Rico its independence if the people of the island request it. However, spokesmen for the Puerto Rican gov­ ernment indicated that they would prefer to remain in close associa­ tion with the US, to retain US citizenship and the other advantages of in Mobile, Alabama. a US territory. Members of the opposition Independence Party dis­ While sailing over the bounding agreed with this view. main, says McEvoy, it is possible for the Seafarer to order his t 44PILOTLESS BOMBERS IN SERVICE—The Air Force announced it Christmas list consisting of every­ would send radio-controlled pilotless bomber planes overseas in the thing from a four-wheeled jeep to near future for assignment to Air Force bases. These are guided mis­ a set of electric trains. That in­ sies which are put on their targets by radio beams, and can be detonated cludes all items that come in be­ tween the two methods of trans­ on contact with the target or at any point in the air above it. portation, too. McEvoy found out 4" 4 4" these startling things <to him and FRENCH WARY ON INDO-CHINA BID—The Communist-led rebels his readers) when the Mobile in Indo China have proposed to the French government that truce talks branch of the Sea Chest went into be started with a view toward ending the Indo-China war. The French the Christmas-shopping-rush oper­ arc hesitating about the proposal, being anxious to end the fighting ation recently. which has not given either side any great advantage. At the same time, Korea Selections Risky ^ they are skeptical about the offer which may be a propaganda designed "Buying a corset in Korea," to tie up French armies in Indo China indenitely while truce talks writes McEvoy in the Press-Reg­ drag on. ^ ister, "is a risky business and Ran­ 4 4 4 goon's selection of television sets US SUBMITS ATROCITY EVIDENCE—-The United States has pre­ doesn't offer too much selection." sented evidence to the UN General Assembly that more than 35,000 Therefore, he is pleased to note, military and civilian personnel in Korea were siaughtered or tortured the SIU in Mobile has broadened to death by North Korean and Chinese Communist forces. Some 10,000 the operations of the Sea Chest to American soldiers, and airmen were included in the figure. The US take care of this problem of selec­ charged that the Soviet Union shared primary responsibility for the tion for the seaman. Orders can be placed by mail. treatment of the men. tors of the Sea Chest will see that they get their man. Get their man what he wants, that is. Of course, McEvoy is talking about the oper­ ations in Mobile, but the same holds true for Sea Chest opera­ Begin Canada Welfare Plan Plans for paying welfare benefits to Canadian seamen, members of the SIU Canadian District, are now being com­ pleted with funds coming in under the new contract. A board of trustees is being set up representative and an imparitial which' will draft a system of chairman. benefits and methods ,of pay­ It is expected that the benefits ment to union members. The Canadian District's welfare fund covers all men working on the Great Lakes. Employers^ pay 20 cents daily into the trust fund which will be administered by a three man board consisting of one union representative, one company YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING The Truth About Coid Cures When you get a cold, there's no use throwing away your dough oh expensive preparations sold as cpld cures. Doctors know little about how to cure a.cold. But they do know that the estimated $1 billion a year the public spends on alleged cold cures is of little or no value. The "cures" range from aspirin tablets to expensive glycol vaporizers. They include the now thoroughly-de­ bunked anti-histamines, and many patent medicines sold for this purpose. Here is how authorities like the American Medical As­ sociation, Federal Trade Commission and the Cooperative Health Federation regard many of the most widely-sold • cold cures: Nose drops, tnbalante: Give temporary relief but dpn't cure. They relieve congestion by shrinking the mem­ branes, but use over an extended period could cause permanent damage. Gargle preparations: Never actually reach the throat area; gargling Itself prevents that. Stieam inhalations: Genuinely helpful in the early stages by .applying juoisture^to upper respiratbry passages. , Aspirin; Relieves headgche, fever and muscle pain but what the service in ports other than Mobile has obtained for Seafai'ers in the past, ranging from birds of several types to monkeys, boats, TV sets, guns, false teeth and automobiles. system will get underway within a month or so, once the machineiy has been established for handling payments. In addition, the Canadian Dis­ trict has opened a union-operated slop chest in its Montreal head­ quarters to provide work gear and other necessities to members at cost. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying has no influence on the infection. For this purpose, the colds. A vaccine which would protect against one type lowest-priced aspirin will be just as effective as the ex­ wouldn't protect against the others. Mentholated cigarettes: No beneficial effect at all. pensive brands. Nor do you need any of the more ex­ pensive pain-killers. Imdrin and Dolcin, for example, have Rest in bed: One of the most effective measures, espe­ been found to be little more than aspirin with a few cially if fever is present. Rest limits a cold's severity, limits its spread to others, and reduces the frequency of added ingredients. Alcohol: The old remedy of a drink of whiskey is of complications. According to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Foun­ some help in re-establishing circulation. dation, also useless as a cold cure is quinine. He says that Cathartics and laxatives: No particular value; may even one medication that has proved effective is one-fourth make you sicker by dehydrating you. grain each of codeine and papverine. The only trouble Vitamin pills: Provide no more protection from colds is that codeine requires a doctor's prescription. than an adequate diet of real food. If you don't eat prop­ As noted above, steam inhalation are of some help in erly, synthetic vitamins may help you build resistance. the early stages of a cold, and many families buy vapor­ But they're expensive to buy. If you do want to take ad­ izers for this purpose. When the need is urgent, you can ditional B vitamins to "build yourself up," dried brewer's provide quiek relief by steaming up a room (by turning yeast and wheat germ supply them at comparatively little on hot-water faucets or placing wet towels on a hot radi­ cost. . ator). If you do buy a vaporizer, make sure it's approved Anti-histamlne tablets: The Government no longer lets by Underwriters' Laboratories (the appliance itself should manufacturers of these products advertise that theSe kill bear the UL seal," not just the cord). Also make sure the colds in hours. Anti-histamines may relieve cold symp­ vaporizer is the kind that automatically shuts itself off toms (the side effects) and clear away complications, but when all the water has steamed away. Avoid buying the do not cure the cold itself. Be careful about taking them inexpensive little ones that have only enough water ca­ .without medical super\'ision. Some people are subject pacity to operate for two or three hours. to side effects from them, such as dizziness or drowsiness. At least one form of .relief you can look forward to: as /'Cold yacclnes: Many different types of, virus cause people get'older they have fewer colds. - -~l • 'D W: �VueSlKiit SEAFARERS LOG DMeaber 11. U5S Down To Tfie Bottom Dff Tho Ship 'IF - ' ' SEAfCASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT OM BENEFITS PAID A Navy diver goes down for a look at the bottom of the Atlantic Water which ran aground off Goose Bay, Labrador. Floating ice hampered diver's lines during inspection tour of ship's bottom. Co. Hiring Bid Fails, Stwd's A Union Man Some operators never give up hope, it seems. Although the Union rotary hiring system has been in effect for many years, they always have fond dreams of returning to the good old days—^hiring through the East trip. The telegram, sent by company office. As a matter Df -fact, one the company's New York office, shipping company recently tried to lure an SIU steward to ship via the company agent instead vf through the Union hall. And to add to the oddity of the situation, they even sent him their suggestion in a tele­ gram addressed care of the Union hall. Steward Fred Sullins, the man in question, was on board the Sea Cloud which was returning to Astoria, Washington, after a Far Nicolson New Chairman Of Waterman Co. said "If you are interested in re­ joining Seatraders would appre­ ciate your contacting paymaster Arthur Hentschel care Page Broth­ ers, Board of Trade Building, Port­ land." In due time Sullins came into the Seattle hall and picked, up his mail. When he opened and read the wire his reaction was a strong one, to put it mildly. After several remarks which are best left imprinted, Sullins de­ clared: "I am a Union steward--I am a Union man. I will ship as cook or baker before I'll be a companysteward. I ship off the shipping board. It is embarrassing to get such a wire. When I am steward I feed good and keep a clean ship, and the men in my department make the average or more in over­ time. Of course I don't waste food or give out an enormous amount of overtime—I just do a good job." It Is not known whether any other men have been approached by the operators in this fashion, but seeing that the shipowners never give up, it would not be sur­ prising. Changes took place last week in the top echelon of the Waterman Steamship Corporation when £. A. Roberts, chairman of the corpora­ tion, announced his retirement as head of the shipping firm, effective December 31. Roberts will be succeeded as chief executive of Waterman by Capt. Norman Nicol­ son, president of the corporation, but the vacancy in the office of chairman will not be filled. Roberts will continue as a direc­ tor, mostly in an advisory capacity, The settlement of repair while devoting most of his ener­ lists means a lot to the men gies to the operations of the South­ who stay aboard a ship, and to ern Industries Corporation, which the new crew that comes deals in sand, gravel, hotel, res­ aboard, just as the repair list taurant, seafood and oyster shell made out by the previous industries. The retiring chairman started with Waterman 34 years . crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot ago as a cargo checker on the Mo­ to your comfort and living bile docks. He became president conditions aboard ship, they of the corporation in 1936 at the should be handled in the age of 38. In 1944 he moved up to proper fashion. the job he is now vacating. Each department delegate Capt. Nicolson first became as­ must make out three copies of sociated with Waterman in 1919 his repair list. as master of the Afoundria. He was The ship's delegate should named president of the corpora­ gave one copy to the head of tion in 1944, and as such, will be­ the department concerned, one come chief executive of the ship­ copy to the company represen* ping outfit upon the retirement of tative, and one copy .to the Roberts. Union patrolman. Waterman has a fleet of forty In this way, everyone has a 10,000-ton passenger - freight vescopy of the repair list and sirel* and engages in stevedoring, there is a check to make sure terminal and other ^ppinfr-relatthe work is done. •d activities fiBSSBSS5S5=aSBS=SSBBSS^^S Proper Repair lAata Help Ml I • ====== I I I == II I isaatmesxa No. Seafarers ReceiYinp Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 1 Hospital Benefits Death Benefits DisnhUitv Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total e>o 1 1 oo >75 Laoo aa m'ojLI r f07,Sf^ ^4 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * [ Vof Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952* JiC^OfS Maternity Benefits Paid Siace April 1. 1952 * B y V.c«i0D Btnelks P.id Since Feb. II. 19}2 • / 7/ Tnt.1 * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 1. . .. . Vacation *-asn on nana Welfare || 553 V/5 OA] Estimated Accounts Receiyable Vacation US Goyernment Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS fUM/ tso^n- e>ci AS: J/90Li 97§ 1 ' 1 Recently, many of the member *8 beneficiary cards reoelTped by the Welfare Office haye been cereleaely written, as well as incomplete as to date and other detaile* It is im^ottant that each card be carefully checlted before signing, be sure that all the lines are filled in correctly* All eligibles under the plan should have beneficiary cards on file. Remaining two dates for examinations on scholarship benefits are. January 9? 1954- and Warcb 15, 1954* Suhmitttd *••••••••••*•*•••••• A1 Kerr, Assfsfswi AdmMstrator" . • • and, remember this. • • All these are yours without cohtributing a sln^e nickel on your part—Collecting SIU bcneiK ^ts is easy, whether it's'for hoqpital, birth, disability Or death—TOIL rate pacaeait: sovice imwediatdty through your.Union-s xqpanesnitativesc-v , ,, ; 'I '"f" hne ;rf70» �l>M«Uber 11. IWt SEAF 4RERS Pafe Nin* LOG UNION TALK Crew Aids Blinded Children By KEITH TERPB This coming Tuesday, December 15, at 2 PM, the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia will begin the tally of the ballots cast in the Atlantic election. By nightfall, probably, we will have at least •ome sort of an "official" score on the voting. We're confident right now of a heavy majority; there's been no question of SIU victory by a substantial margin for many months. But now that it's all over, all over except for the counting and the shouting anyway, we intend to make good on our promises. We've pledged Atlantio seamen a bona fide Union contract with ali the trim­ mings, and that's the next order of business. Await Certification Order The company has already given indications that it's weary of being called dirty names by everybody in sight, and will bargain with the certified bargaining representative of its employees as soon as the KLRB hands down its official certification order. Thus, there's every likelihood that contract talks will get underway before the first of the year, and that a contract in Atlantic will be an actuality before long, barring any unexpected hitches. Our estimates of the vote prior to the actual balloting in each case appear to have been confirmed right down the line after each ship or shore installation voted. Undoubtedly a few foul-balls gummed up the calculations somewhere—we've been faced with that before. Howover, the overall picture looks good and oiur strength in the fleet is still growing. New men are signed up almost as fast as they enter the company, and that's as good a sign as any of the way the wind is blowing. iThe end of the 16-month-old Atlantic campaign comes at an auspici­ ous time in the history of the Union, with the SIU busy on many other fronts even as the campaign progressed. The physical properties of the Union have been growing, with the building of a modem Seafarers hall, in Baltimore, the opening of three new halls (Port Arthur, Miami ahd far-off .Puerta la Cruz), and redecorating and ^refurnishing of Others. ' Public Recognition of the SIU Public recognition of the Seafarers Union, its eminent place in the industry and the first-class status of its membership has reached a peak, sparked most recently by the SIU's continuing major role in the AFL dock clean-up. Our contracts, conditions and benefits, already recognised as the best in maritime, were improved further in our 1052 negotiations and will yield additional gains for the membership as a result of the general negotiations going on right now.We are today operating under a new Union constitution that is barely more than a year old and proving its worth every day of the year in the way it upholds the rights of the membership and paves the way for new programs to make the Seafarer's way of life better than ever, the fact that we are going places is indicated further by the affiliation of the MEOW with the Seafarers International Union. Nobody rides the local when he .can take the express and get to where he's going faster, and in finer style. And.as these and other historic events were happening, the Atlantic campaign went on, steadily moving forward to the conclusion we ex­ pect Tuesday's tally will make official. Atlantic like seamen in over 50 other unorganized companies before them, were instantly aware that this was their chance to become an integral part of a great, grow­ ing organization. The fundamental law that in unity there is strength did not slip by them. That is why the great majority of them went SIU and by every indication voted SIU as well. But we can put away the crystal ball now. The NLRB will make it official Tuesday. •? iTI • > '-4 s -1 Another instance of Seafarers aiding less fortunate people than themselves came to light this week in a letter from a Korean Army chaplain to the Transfuel Corporation, op­ erators of the Cecil N. Bean. The letter revealed that crewmemhers of the ship had donat^ funds for blind Korean or- ^ phans and refugee children who are being cared for by US and Korean authorities. The company forwarded to the LOG a photostatic copy of a letter it received from Thomas I. Lig­ gett, port Chaplain, commending Seafarers of the Cecil N. Bean for sharing their worldly goods with the needy children in Korea. The chaplain's letter said, in part: "We would like to express our deep appreciation of the members of the crew of the Cecil N. Bean. Seeing the need in this area, they very graciously gave a donation of $158.42. The money was deposited in the Chaplains fund and is ex­ pended for the welfare of Orphans and Refugee children in this area. We have over one thousand or­ phans and thousands of refugees. To try to express in practical ways the compassion of the American people is a tremendous task with our limited resources. "This gift has enabled us to set aside money for the purchase of a radio for the only blind school in this province. It would be difficult to express the appreciation of these youngsters, whose amuse­ Photostat of a letter from Chaplain Thomas I. Liggett, commend­ ments are so limited. The music, the news, the stories they will hear ing Seafarers of the Cecil N. Bean for their aid to Korean orphans. will be like a light shining in their darkened world." Liner Has Fancy Crew Quarters The crew of a new Swedish pas­ senger liner, the Kungsholm, will revel in unaccustomed luxury when the ship goes into service this win­ ter. All members of the 340-man crew will have outside cabins with portholes and air-conditioning. Off duty seamen will~ have the use of a large recreation room with a soda fountain, library and movie pro­ jector. In addition, the crew will have exclusive use of their own swim­ ming pool and many crewmemhers will have their own cabins. The Kungsholm is the newest ship to arrive in the Port of New York. It is considered one of the finest ships afloat today. The Kungsholm, together with the Olympia, are the newest luxury liners to make the Atlantic nin. Tramp Go's Defend 50-50 American tramp shipowners have sprung to the defense of the long-disputed 50-50 clause with a strong statement to the Randall Commission defending carriage of 50 percent of government cargoes on US-^ the tramp shipping section of the ships. industry if the objectives of the The Randall Commission on Merchant Marine Act are to Foreign Economic Policy has been 1936 be realized. holding hearings in the US and abroad on the question of US trade relations. In the course of the Quitting Ship? hearings, the Commission has been told by Europe shipowners and by Notify Union some American spokesmen that the A reminder from SIU 50-50 law should be revised down­ headquarters cautions all ward or eliminated. Seafarers leaving their ships The tramp shipowners, speaking to contact the hall in ample through their association, declared time to allow the Union to that foreign ships are already dispatch a replacement. Fail­ handling a very large percentage ure to give notice before of US foreign trade. Even where paying off may cause a de­ subsidized lines are operating, the layed sailing, force the ship statement says that foreign ships to sail short of the manning are carrying more than 50 percent requirements and needlessly of all commerce. make their work tougher for At the same time, the tramp •your shipmates. shippers got in a request for aid to -i '.-.-i I a .w 1| "SI Cartoon History Of The SIU ci 'Who Blew The WhUtle?' The gangsters, some from "Murder, Inc." had In September, 1948, Seafarers' hit tKb picketlines busted ILGWU picketlines before, when old men In answer to a plea from the International Ladies and women were on them, but now it was different. Garment Workers Unfon, AFL, which was conduct­ They yelled for mercy, and the NY city adminis­ ing a drive to clean out the gangsters who were tration came to their aid with lots of cops, who muscling in on the NY dress industry. Soon, .the peaceful -.SlU pickets. \ ^ £e«fqirers swere fheitarg^<fQr,gunmen ta^icL g9QP>> y «>; It f. I«11 No. 52 A promised Grand Jury investigation was never held. The heat was put on the SIU. The garment industry was left open for non-union shops with gangster protection. This police action, following ' ^lice beating of SIU pickets in the UFE beef, .taisqd. ^, �SEAFARERS Pace Ten LOG DdMmlUr ii, 1953 PORT MtEPOKTS tices charges against Atlantic Re­ Baltimore: to keep the meat from spoiling be­ New Orleans: fining and cast his ballot on the fore he could get to them. States. He paid tribute to the Ships paying off were the Fran­ USPHS hospital for the skilled and ces, Kathryn, Suzanne and Beatrice considerate treatment he received (Bull); Chiwawa and Salem Mari­ and commended the Union and the time (Cities Service); Seatrains membership for the united position Shipping has picked up consider­ For the past two weeks shipping New Jersey, Savannah, Texas, Shipping in the Port of Balti­ it has taken against the Govern­ more has picked up in the past ably since the last report and looks has been pretty good and it looks Georgia, New York and Louisiana as if it will remain about the same. (Seatrain); Afoundi-ia, Wacosta and as though it will level off and con­ ment hospital closing program. two weeks and it looks as if it will Maternity benefits are being Jackson (Waterman); tinue at a steady pace. Several processed for Ed Jaunet, Joe Cata­ continue to be good over the holi­ Paying off were the Shinnccock Andrew Bay (Veritas), the Marven (Inter­ Greece Victory (South Atlantic); ships are here in port on temporary lanotto, Warren Reed, Valentine days. As you know, the boys who national Navigation) and the John Steel Seafarer, Steel King and idle status and when they crew Thomas and Charlie Revolta. Our have been out are going to be (Isthmian); The up it will probably clear the beach congratulations to each. Bernard home with the family for the holi­ C. (Atlantic Carriers). Signing on Steel Rover were the Compass (Compass); Holy- Cabins (Cabins); Robin Tuxford of all that want to ship prior to the Buras called at the hall attired in days, so if any of the rated book­ men want to get out in a hurry star (Intercontinental), and Shin- (Seas); Michael (Carras); Atlantic holidays. More and more bookmen his Army uniform. just mosey on down to Baltimore. Waters (Mar Trade); W. E. Down­ are attending the meetings as they necock Bay (Veritas). Ship Payoffs all are getting the holiday spirit We expect to be crewing the Show ing (State Fuel), and Sea Wind In-transit ships were the MoShips paying off were the Del Me Mariner (Bull) by the end and hitting the beach for the bilian, Fairport, Kyska, Yaka, Bien­ (Seatraders). Christmas and New Year season. Valle, Del Norte and Del Rio (Mis­ Ships signing on were the Steel This is not an indication of slow sissippi); Iberville and Antinous of the month. We also have several ville and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man); Steel Vendor and Steel Ap­ Executive and Steel Voyager shipping, but an indication of men (Waterman), and the George A. other ships around here in idle prentice (Isthmian); Pennmar (Cal- (Isthmian); Greece Victory of South who have been on regular runs all Lawson (Pan Oceanic). Sign-oiis status which the companies expect mar) and Western Trader (Western Atlantic and Robin Sherwood of year coming home to take it easy. were on the Del Mar, Del Campo to crew up around the first of the year. Navigation). Seas. and Del Viento (Mississippi), and We have one overtime beef that Brightening the outlook for ship­ Bloomfield's Genevieve Peterkin In-transit ships were the Chick­ ping in New Orleans for the future It has come to amounts to 166 hours for a messasaw, De Soto, Citrus Packer and was the dedication of the addition and Neva West. my attention late­ man who was feeding sparks in his Ships intransit were Alcoa's room because the radio operator Iberville (Waterman); Robin Gray to the grain elevator here in New ly through re­ (Seas); Edith and Ines (Bull); Steel Orleans. Construction began on the Clipper, Pennant, Corsair and Pil­ had a broken leg and could not be ports of various Surveyor, Steel Flyer and Steel addition in March 1952 and cost grim; Steel Architect and Steel moved. This was on the Robin ships, that the Recorder (Isthmian); Alamar (Cal- $7,000,000. This doubled the ca­ Advocate (Isthmian); Del Campo Gray (Seas) and we expect to settle men who normal­ ly perform the mar) and the, Alcoa Pointer and pacity of the elevator and will and Del Viento (Mississippi); Sea- it favorably in the near future. trains New York and Savannah Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa). duties of a gangPayoffs were on the Bethcoaster, mean that an additional 30 ships (New York); Warhawk, Claiborne, w a y watchman Calmar, Yorkmar, and Alamar per month can be handled. Beefs Squared Away Fairland, Monarch of the Seas (Calmar); Santore, Oremar, Veare becoming Two Marine Legs All of these ships were paid off (Waterman); Genevieve Peterkin nore, Bethore, Steelore, Chilore very lax, espe­ Foster and signed on with only minor The new facilities include 81 and Neva West (Bloomfield); and cially in the for­ Feltore (Ore); Hastings eign ports where they should be beefs which were squared away by large storage bins each 20 feet in Michael (Carras); South Atlantic's (Waterman); Ines and Dorothy on the ball. As you know, this is the boarding patrolman. The main diameter and 85 feet high, eight South Wind and Bull's Edith. (Bull), Robin Gray and Robin Kirk Lindsey J. Williams an important job for the men who issue on ships signing on has been new 150,000-pound hopper scales, (Seas). New Orleans Port Agent are on it—to protect their own on repairs. We have discussed eight 30,000 bushels per hour legs Ships signing on were the same, personal property and the prop­ this issue with the operators' nego­ and two transfer belts to carry with the Antinous, Afoundria and i 4 4" erty of the rest of the crew. Fail- tiating committee and they have grain between the new elevator and Seattle: Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel promised to give us more coopera­ the old one. Facilities for the un­ yre to perform these duties in the Flyer, Steel Seafarer, Steel King proper SIU manner, may allow tion on getting repairs and re­ loading of grain include two marine and Steel Voyager (Isthmian); someone to go aboard the ship and placements taken care of in the legs or automatic large unloaders, Robin Sherwood (Seas); Govern­ future. each with rated capacity of, 15,000 clean it out. So fellows, in the ment Camp (Cities Service) and The operators' complaint on this bushels per hour. Rail facilities future when it is your turn to be Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) in transit. on gangway, please get on the ball matter is that at times they never include two new automatic box At this time we believe that all Shipping looks very good as six and take care of all the property receive a repair list or else do not car dumps, which lift the entire necessary changes have been Libertys which laid up within the which comes under your jurisdic­ receive it in time to get the work car and dump it in approximately made on the last month recently got MSTS done before sailing, therefore we seven minutes. tion. plans and that charters and expect to call for full Charlie Bradley, until recently One of the boys around the hall are instructing all ships' delegates the construction these days is Robert Schoolcraft. to get their repair list made up and second steward on the Mississippi crews within the next 15 or 20 of the new build­ days. This chief cook first sailed with see that the captain and the chief passenger ship Del Mar, is under­ ing will go on Ships paying off included the the SIU in 1947 on an SUP tanker Engineer each gets a copy of it at going hospitaliza­ without any fur­ N. B. Palmer (American Water­ shuttle between the US and least 48 hours before the ship ar­ tion. His fellow ther delays. The ways); Ocean Lotte and Sea South America. He became a book- rives in port. This is in order to stewards in this exterior of the Legend (Ocean Trans.); Liberty member in 1949 and his first ship give them ample time to order port will prob­ building is pretty Bell (Dover); North Platte Victoi-y after that was the Steel Rover. needed parts and materials. ably add that he near completed, (Mississippi); Christine (Tini); He's on the beach now having paid We lost one of our good ships is getting a wellexcept for the Greenstar (Traders) Omega (Omega Lord off the Bucyrus Victory in Port­ this past week when the William needed rest from facingS) so that Waterways); Ragnar Naess (Sealand, and he lives in the Bay area E. Downing of State Fuel was sold the rigors of the transport), Ames Victory (Victory the workers can really go to town when not shipping. to another company. We also had job. He is doing now on the interior. We can't see Carriers). Oldtimers on the beach include the Atlantic Water (Mar-Trade) well. Ted Stout any reason why we can't be in Signing on were the Ragnar J. H. Childs, George Peteusky, T. laid up for repairs In Halifax after has been dis­ there by early spring. Bradley Naess, Ames Victory and Omega. E. Foster, S. Gehale and R. Mont­ running on the rocks and the crew charged and will The following men are in the calm. In the hospital are Pete was brought back to New York and soon be turning his interest to the Ships in transit were the Massmar marine hospital: Bill Schwab, Milt and Marymar (Calmar); Compass Smith, Wayne Center," E. R. Snede- paid off. The Bull Line put the deck jobs on the shipping. board. Habrat, Earl Erickson, Samuel ker, F. T. Costello, C. B. Coburn, Marina in for temporary layup and Claude Gilliam is now getting (Compass), and the Bienville and Drury, Frank Conforto, Earl McYaka (Waterman). Ho Yee Choe, O. Gustavsen and W. took the Rosario out of layup and around under his^.'own power and Men in the marine hospital in­ Kendree, Howgrd Sherrill, Mark Timmerman. crewed her for the Puerto Rican looking forward to his return to clude R. Barbee, L. Dwyer, S. Harrelson, James Penswick, Bob Tom Banning run. With ship wrecks, sales of activity. Johannessen and J. Wells, while Lambert, Julian, Blanco, Jessie San Francisco Fort Agent ships and layups, our batting aver­ Lauds Hospitals some of the boys on the heach in­ Clarke, James. Smith, James Hayes, age was not so good for the past •Jim I,ane was hospitalized fol­ clude O. Kaelep, S. Cullison, A. Horace Sherrill, Bill Mcllveen, it t> two weeks. Larry Webb, Mike Pugaczewskl, lowing an illness contracted while Michelet and H. Skaalagaard. New York; Jeff Davis and Fred Coccia. Claude Simmons on an Isthmian scow. He is among Jeff Gillette Charles Lord, who dr6pped Asst. Secretary-Treasurer those who filed unfair labor prac­ Seattle Port Agent around this week, has been a mem­ ber of the SIU since 1944 and he sails in the black gang. He has held a delegate's job in the past at Shipping in the Port of New various times and has always up­ York has picked up considerably held Union tradition. He thinks in the past two weeks with a good the Union is the tops in the mari­ JcS GiUette. Agent ElUott 4334 FORT WILL1AM....118V4 Syndicate Ave. turnover in all departments and SIU, A&G District TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 time industry with the best paid the outlook for the coming period gALTlMORE M North Gay St. Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNK 103 Durham St. and protected seamen, including Ontario Phone; 5591 Agent Mulberry 4540 WILMINGTON Calif 505 Marine Ave. is also good. BOSTON ^ . 276 State St. John Arabaaz. Agent 272 King St. E. welfare benefits. Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario With winter time and the holi­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARa"ERS....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. EMpire 4-5719 Earl Sheppard VICTORIA. BC 61714 Cormorant St. SECRETARY-TREASURER 308>/^ 23rd St. days coming on a lot of the boys GALVESTON Empire 4531 Paul HaU Keith Alsop, Agent Baltimore Port Agent Phone 2-8448 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. are piling off for a little vacation LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Robert Matthews Joe Algina • Paciflc 7824 Clarke. Agent . . Phone 6-5744 Claude ashore. Some of them are taking Leroy Sinunons Joe Volplan SYDNEY. NS .304 Charlotte St. MIAMI .Dolphin Hotel Phone 6346 WUliam HaU to the woods to try their hand at Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 9-4791 BAGOTVILLE. Quehee 20 Elgin St. 1 South Lawrence St, game hunting. I hope they do MOBILE Phone: 545 Agent Phone 2-1754 SUP THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. ORLEANS 523 BienviUa St. better than Walter Siekmann and NEW 'CAnal 7-3202 Lindsey Williams. Agent HONOLULU 16 Merchant, St. 113 Cote De La Montague bis boys in the Welfare Depart­ Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC Magnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 The telephone numbers of 523 N. W. Everett St. 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PORTLAND ment. Walter and the boys take to NEW YORK.... 177 Prince WiUlam St. Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN ,. HYacinth 9-6600 all New York headquarters NB Phone: 2-5232 257 5th St. 127-129 Bank St. RICHMOND. CALir the woods eVery weekend, but so NORFOLK Phone 2509 Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 phones were (ihanged recently far they have only come back with PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ' Great Lakes District by the telephone company. All • Douglas 3-8363 Market 7-1635 aching backs and the distinction of PORT ARTHUR 133 W. Ffetcher 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA. 411 Austin St." SEATTLE Seafarers calling headquarters having climbed all of the moun­ Don Hilton, Rep. Phone: 1338W Phone 4-2341 Main 0290 are asked to use the new num­ WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY 180 Main SL SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. tains in New York State. It must r. Banning, Agent Phone: Cleveland 739r Terminal 4^131 Douglas 2-5475 bers to get faster service. CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn West Coast Representative be that the deer come up too close Phone: Main 1-0147 STerUng 8-4671 The new headquarters tele­ TIEHRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 to them-as one of these boys tells Sal Colls, de DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Agent Phone 2-5996 phone number is HYacinth Canadian District Headuuarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 LA CRUZ Calle Bollva? 25 us that down home in Louisiana he CPUERTA 531 W. Michigan St. 684 St. James St. West DULUTH iV ''®P' Phone pending MONTREAL G-8600. Phonet JWrja*®. 3 Abercorn St. used to shoot them sp far away SAVANNAH , PLateau fl61 SOUTH CHICAGO »8rK 82nd % n.' • HAUFAK, NAi ':188^ HoUlg^St. that he had to pursalt'in his shells SEATTLE Phone: XiMX 8-9419 8700 Ist Av#, Fbonei 9-8811 San Francisco: Dedlcale New Addllipn To NO Grain Elevalor Asks Crewmen To Be On Ball On Gangway Watch Ballo To Grew New Shew Me Mariner Seen Shipping To Pick Up Under MSTS Boost Game Hunling Time Is Here As Holidays Hear 'SOmMALL DIRECTOR Y New Numbers For Hq* Phones 1. �Spvf- ^ '; ••. •? j •'-W^S'9;^ SEAFARERS December 11, 185S Pare Elevea LOG ......... PORT REPORTS ' Holiday Shipping To Be Shpl In Arm To Grows Shipping in the port for the last couple of weeks was fairly steady, with 90 men shipped to regular jobs and approximately 100 shipped to various tugboat, shoregang and vacuum hold cleaning gangs around the harbor for the last 15 days. Paying off were the Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); also the Claiborne and the Monarch of the Seas (Waterman). Signing on were the Pennant, Pilgrim, Partner and Ranger of Alcoa, with the rest of the ships on continuous articles. In-transit vessels were the Evelyn (Bull); Iberville and Antinous of Waterman; Del Vionto (Missis­ sippi), and the Genevieve Peterkin of Bloomfield. Expect Turnover Shipping is going to be fairly good for the next couple of weeks. With a lot of men due to get off just before Christmas, we expect that anybody on the beach will be able to get out what wants out. We have about 12 ships due to hit • this port during the coming period and with the usual heavy Christ­ mas turnover we expect quite a few jobs on each. A few of tlie oldtimers currently on the beach now in Mobile in­ clude A. Decosta, j. Curtis, J. Meeka,. P. Sandagger, Durwood Dees, Bernard Turk, R. E. McNalt, R. H. Wil­ son, Mike Hynes, L. Jackson, Frank Palmer, J. Hen­ derson, A. Langiven, E. Perry and J. Ryan. Only brother in the hospital from this area is Willie Reynolds. The Mobile USPHS out­ patient clinic is still operating on a shoestring basis after its appropria­ tion was cut. Victory Lays Up There has been only one victory ship laid up in Mobile in the past three weeks and that was an SUP Victory which brought a few planes In from the West Coast. She laid up after unloading her cargo at the Brookley Air Force Docks. Since the start of the lay-up of the Victorys in Mobile River, the SIU has only had one, the Maiden Vic­ tory, go into layup. We were able to put a few re­ placements aboard the Catherine (Dry Trans) which crewed up in Savannah as that port was short a few rated men and we shipped them from here. This ship is one of the first vessels carrying relief grain to Pakistan to leave from this area, and is the first fruit of the Union's fight to have half of those grain shipments carried in American bottoms. The Catherine went from Savannah to New Or­ leans where she.was to get her grain fitting and load. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent if ' it Boston: BradforiTisland Grew Has Maiiress Beef -Shipping has been on the slow bell in the Port of Boston, but we expect it to pick up soon. Ships paying off were the Brad­ ford Island (Cities Service) and the Queenston Heights (Seatrade).' Both ships signed on again, while in-transit vessels were the SteeJ, ^ Seafarer and .Steel Rover (Isth­ mian); Robin Tuxford and Robin Goodfellow (Seas); Wacosta, De Soto, Azalea City and Iberville (Waterman). We've got a mattress beef on the Bradford Island which has been going on for some time. We expect to get it settled shortly. The crew has been promised mattresses in almost every port and we think it is hightime they got them. Ihstead of holding up the ship, the crew is waiting patiently for something to be done about the situation. Oldtimers on the beach "include F. Bums, A. Forgue, J. Hanson, J. DiSanto and D. Hines, while in the hospital are R. Rogers, E. Andrade, J. Crowley, J. Farrand, T. Mastaler and F. Mackey. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent i i Wilmington: i Shipping Duo For Big Upswing Noxl Poriod Shipping during the past two week was very slow, yet more than half the jobs filled were taken by permit men. The next two weeks will definitely be on the upswing and anyone. registered who is in­ terested in shipping should have no difficulty getting out in this period. Ships in-transit during the fort­ night were the Yaka, Fairport, Mobilian and Golden City (Water­ man); French Creek, Bents Fort and Council Grove (Cities Service); Sweetwater (Metro Petro); Massmar, Pennmar, Portmar and Marymar (Calmar); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Western Trader (West. Nav.), and Northwestern Victory Carriers). The only member confined to the hospital at the present time is Isaac Hancock off ' the Western Rancher (West. Nav.). He probably will be on the unavailable list un­ til April as he has several breaks in his legs. Among the oldtimers kibitzing here about shipping, the weather, wOmen and baseball are A1 Burris, Bob Barbot and Guy Whitehurst along with young old timers Her­ man Peterson, Bob Statham and Jimmy McKenzie. Glad to see that the election is over in Atlantic Refining on the East Coast and we are just about certain of a sweeping victory. We on the West Coast, as do all the members of the SIU everywhere, feel the importance and the im­ pact of the victory in Atlantic to our pocketbooks, our payoffs and our future in the merchant marine. John Arabasz Wilmington Port Agent PORT Boston New York .. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk. .... Savannah.... Mobile New Orleans ^Galveston ... Seattle ...... Wilmington Savannah: Shipping Expaeied To Hold Steady in Fttture We expect the shipping to hold steady in the future as it has held in the past. Ship paying off was the South­ land of South Atlantic. It signed right on agafn. In-transit vessells were the Maiden Creek and Azalea City (Waterman): Seatrains Savannah and New York, twice each (Seatrairi); Southern States (Southern); and the Robin Sherwood of Seas. Shipping for the next two weeks looks good as we have the follow­ ing due in for payoff; Southstar and Southport of South Atlantic. Also the John Paul Jones is in idle status and may call for a crew at anytime. One of the boys around the beach now is Harry Galphin. He joined in Decemb e r, 1938, i n Savannah, Ga., after going to sea since 1927. Be­ fore that he had served two years in the Navy. At the beginning of his career he was making $62.50 a Galphin month and he had coffee time only if he brought his own. He knows he's got those days beat with the SIU. Oldtimers on the beach include S. M. Pearson, F. T. Burley, L. A. Dewitt and E. M. Jones. In the hospital just waiting for their ship­ mates to drop around or a note are W. L. Butler, G. W. Wilson, W. T. Sheirling, J. Littleton, J. B. Far­ row, H. C. Kemp, R. Huggins, R, A. Denmark, F. H. Buckner, P. Daugherty, M. L. Gardner, John Duffy and L. Love. - Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent Mayor's Trek Reveals Gaivesien's Troubles ,.,m^ WtfCi -mm has two ships layed up, the Lucile Bloomfield and the Mary Adams, and they don't expect- to bring them out until the first of the year. The Bull Run (Petrol Tankers) and the Neva West (Bloomfield) were brought out of lay-up and crewed last week, so along with the other ships in transit and the payoffs we had a pretty good week. Ship Activities The Catherine and Gulf Water signed on and in-transit vessels were the Seatrains Georgia (twice) and Louisirana (Seatrains); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Neva West (Bloomfield); Bull Run; Abiqua (Cities Service); Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Steel Advocate (Isthmian); Afoundria (Waterman); Alexandria (Carras). Last week the Mayor of Galves­ ton went to Washington to see what could be done about the em­ bargo placed against the Port of Galveston by the US Department of Agriculture, due to litigation initi­ ated by the Government against the Galveston grain elevators. While there, the Mayor learned the ban was not due to the litigation but to objections as to who was at the head of the wharves. In.today's paper, there's an article by the wharves manager that he will re­ tire as vice chairman and general manager, effective March 1, 1954. Maybe this will ease the pressure in the port and start some of the grain ships coming in here for car­ go and payoffs. The Carrabulle (Natl. Navig.) is due in from Houston for payoff, af­ ter being out for five months. The entire crew of the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain) brought forth a resolution which might profit the membership to look into and vote upon. The crew believes that as things stand now, its hospitalization coverage is adequate, but they wonder what is going to happen when the USPHS goes out of busi­ ness, if and when. What's more, in order to protect the families of the crewmembers, the men want to see if the Union can put all the Seafarers under a - joint hospital plan sueh'as Blue Cross. We think they've got a good thing here, apd we leave it up to the membership to take the next step. The men aboard the Seatrain Louisiana ask to place the resolu­ tion before the membership so that the membership will be able to vote themselves for what these crewmembers believe to be a good deal. They don't want their broth­ ers to miss out on anything which <vill benefit them and their posi­ tion. Keith Alsop Galveston Fort Agent Lake Charles: Shipping is Booming in Louisiana Port Things have really been hum­ ming in the past two weeks and are expected to stay along those lines for the upcoming period. Coming into this port were the Logan's Fort, Winter Hill, Chiwawa. Government Camp, Bradford Island, Lone Jack, French Creek and Salem Maritime of Cities Serv­ ice. Also the Bull Run of Petrol Tankers and the Petrolite of Tanker Sag were in. Since the French Creek and Lone Jack paid off from overseas trips and the boys wanted to be home for Christmas, this caused a flurry of shipping. We had to resort to shipping a few white card men as most of the rated men were gone from here at the time. We still don't advise a headlong rush to this port since it may be filled up by the time this goes to print. Holiday Dinner We had a dinner on Thanksgiv­ ing Day for the boys at the hall. Thanks to the efforts of several of the brothers who promoted a tur­ key and fixings, Mrs. Cline, a woman who runs a cafe near the hall, cooked the meal with the as­ sistance of Bill Langford. The chief promoter of this dinner was Ross Lyle. All hands pitched in on the job and the meal was enjoyed by about 25 men who put away the groceries in stjde. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent i it it Philadelphia: Election And ILA Beef Geming Along Fipe Shipping has been going along on an even keel and we expect it to keep along these same lines for the coming period. i i i On the AFL-ILA beef there Is Galveston: not too much to report except that there seems to be very good progi-ess being made toward the com­ pletion of the drive wdth the AFL holding a very good edge. We ex­ pect some good news on this score Business and shipping for the shortly and we all are wishing past two weeks has picked up a lot, them success in unifying the front and it looks like shipping will re­ once more. Great strides have been main fair for some time. successfully taken I understand, and by the time the injunction e.xIn the last two weeks we paid pires on Christmas Eve, we may off four ships. They were the Steel have achieved success in this drive. Advocate (Isthmian); Catherine (Dry Trans); Ma'-ie Hamil (BloomTwo to Go field) and the Gulf Water (Metro There remain only two vessels Petro). The Marie Hamil is in the still to be voted in Atlantic at this shipyard having some repairs made time and from the reports of the and will take her crew back again organizers it is safe to assume that in about 10 days. Bloomfield still they will go SIU, too. After the ballots are counted, comes con­ tract time with the company. Everyone knows what we are ask­ ing for and if we have to strike these scows to get them we are not going to lessen our demands. Ships paying off were the Abiqua Shipping Figures Novembier 18 to December 2 and Chiwawa (Cities Seiwice), the REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Sea Cloud of Dolphin and Carras' DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Trinity. All but the Sea Cloud signed on again, as well as Bull's 37 17 17 71 4 7 3 14 Angelina. 172 473 131 114 356 143 158 111 In-transit vessels included the 35 22 42 17 35 94 51 . 108 Robin Kirk, Robin Wently (twice) and Robin Gray (Seas); Fair-land, 89 136 107 170 127 82 325 Andrew Jackson, Afoundi-ia, Has­ 7 14 13 6 33 5 14 2 tings (twice), Chickasaw, Wacosta 12 6 14 4 22 26: 15 55 and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel 12 40 4 4 10 16 2 Voyager, Steel Flyer, Steel King, 31 37 91 38 28 101 23 35 Steel Architect and Steel Seafarer 111 84 124 125 315, (Isthmian); Sea Cloud (Dolphin); 111 349 114 Government Camp and Winter 47 50 37 33 56 112 134 23 Hill (Cities Service); Southern 61 26 28 28 ' 106 115 44 36 States (Southern Traders); Val 62 43 141 49 162 44 ; 51 Chem (Valentine); Ines and Eliza­ beth (Bull). 6, 32 29 ^2 73 0 3 9 iSteve Cardullo A 506; 1,661 Phfladelphi^a Port, Agent 2,048 ; i.^654,.:,:,. 506 ; J. f.j i. ••ui •V; MA j.v-'.. .. . CO Mobile: . J-v ft J't ""v*- 1Sl �Wtme Twelve SEAFARERS DeMmlwr 11,.19SS' LOG MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE JOHN CHELTON, Oiler For a man who's had a taste of But sailing non-union on the the sea, the life of a barber can be Lakes, he said, meant all that sail­ 4> ^ 4> Question: Did you do any Christ­ a pretty dull way to make a living, ing with one company means any­ Many of the tall tales spun by mas shopping overseas? and that's the main reason that where. Ypu didn't have much in John Chelton is now sailing SIU. the way of job security with that seafaring men involve the fierce and terrifying storms which they John, who Is 27 years old, sayS kind of set-up, besides which the Tommy Scoper, engine dept.: I've he hasn't been sailing SI^ ships earnings have survived in the world's wa­ and conditions couldn't the Med­ very long—actually for less than compare with those he receives ters. Although the height of the bought some presents iterranean and a year—but after sailing some un­ with the SIU. There just wasn't waves which break over the ves­ Persian Gulf this organized ships on the Lakes, and any kind of protection for the men sel's deck reach stupendous pro year. I bought a spending four years in the Navy, against having to do all kinds of portions in these stories, actual Turkish water he says, "there's just no compari­ overtime work without added pay. records prove less ferocious. At pipe in Bombay, son. The SIU is great." the Hydrographic Office of the And, he added, you couldn't turn India, where J Saw Lots of Action it down either. United States Navy Department, did most of my John started sailing some 10 So, after sailing on the Lakes records reveal no wave higher 4. 4. ^ shopping. Also years ago, when he went into the for a while, John wanted to get. *Way back in 1819 the Savannah than an 'estimated 80 feet. This some silver- Navy. He ended up as a water- back on deep-sea ships again, so set out on her maiden voyage—the giant wave was encountered by braided purses tender aboard the light cruiser he went to Galveston and was able first steamship to cross the ocean. the British ship Majestic back on and hammered USS Miami, where he spent three to ship out on the Seatrain Texas. The venture proved to be a finan­ December 22, 1922 in the North cial failure, however, and sailing Atlantic waters. In general, it is silver items, which are typical of years, seeing quite a bit of action Since that time, he's sailed on the in the Pacific—"I got two bars and Logans Fort and the Antlnous. ships were not to be supplanted by difficult to estimate the height of the country. nine stars," he says. Now he's ashore and waiting until steam until 15 years later. ^ 4^ ^ waves during violent storms, but The nine stars are for the nine he can get a foreign freight run James Parker, cfa. pumpman: I In 1834 two British steamers, the most of the whoppers measured by Sirius and the Great Western, the Navy reached 50 feet in haven't been overseas for a year, major engagements that the Miami that he likes. took part in during the campaign, "After sailing on SIU ships." he started service to New York, where height. but I've had my including all the invasions from says, "I'd never go back to sailing their fast trips placed them ahead fill of Christmas 4> 4> 4> the Marshall Islands, right up to with any other outfit. I figure that of all their rivals of the day, and According to a German zoolo­ shopping. I spent the end of the war, including I'm going to be sailing for a long put the British ahead of the United gist who counted them, the West a frustrating Guam, Saipan, Okinawa and others. time yet, and I want to do all my States as far as Atlantic naval Shield shrimp has 1,802,604 leg hour getting lost The Miami also was part of Task isaiUng with the SIU. power was concerned. joints . . . Although marine crea­ in Macy's in New Force 38, which made the first On Own Time Alarmed over their loss of lead­ ture are unusually sensitive to York recently, carrier air strike on Tokyo, follow­ "Back on the Lakes, the engi­ ership, United States shipping lines changes in temperature, a snail and I had to in­ ing Doolittle's raid. It was the neers used to have us chipi<ug and built the Atlantic, the Pacific, the has been known to survive in tem­ quire my way to Miami which sank the last Jap­ painting and doing all sort of work Arctic and the Baltic, luxury liners peratures of 140 degrees below the street. I was 'ft . anese heavy cruiser to the bottom like that. Every man in the enginewhich cost a staggering $3 million zero Farhenheit . . . The swift looking for a room had a particular station, or apiece to build. The United States sailfish can swim~70 miles an hour pocketbook for my mother, but af^r a surtace engagement. "We were real lucky," John says, section of the engineroom that he once more had the queen of the . . . The common goldfish can couldn't find one. "because we only got hit once, and was responsible for, and the man seas when the Baltic crossed the grow to reach a length of 16 ^ 4^ 4> ocean in an unprecedented nine inches ... A snail's pace has been Oscar Raynor, cook: Haven't that was by a Jap torpedo that had to keep that section clean and. chipped and painted. Most of that days, 13 hours. generally estimated at one mile done any Christmas shopping yet never did go off. It was a dud." After John got out of the Navy, work was done on your own time, this year, but I in 14 days. 4i i 4; One of the unsung heroes of the hope to get to he decided that he'd settle down, too. 4' t t "When I got my first SIU ship, I American Revolution was John One of the sea's most Impressive Japan to do it. and so he went to a barber school. Glover, a Massachusetts-bom pa­ giants is the blue whale, a mam­ "While over there "I thought I'd learn to be a barber, could hardly believe the way things triot, who is at least partially mal which at birth is larger than in other year^ I and then settle down, but I found worked. The conditions were terri­ credited with helping to bring an adult elephant . . . Another got dishes and out that I didn't like it. I wanted fic, and thd payoffs were terrific, and travelling." too. about the creation of the US Navy. unusual water mammal is the sea statuettes for the to keep moving, Sailed on Lakes "Now that I've sailed with the Not only was he instrumental in otter. In order to eat a mollusk, folks back home, So, after barber school, John SIU for .a while, and know what helping to outfit the four ships this eccentric creature floats on in Colombo, ended up sailing on the Great the deal is, I figure that I'll be which became the nucleus of Gen­ its back in the water and then, lay­ India, I bought Lakes. He spent three years on the ready to help out in the next or­ eral Washington's naval strength, ing a rock on its stomach, it some ebony wood but he helped the Continental smashes the mollusk shell against elephants and they went over big Lakes, most of it sailing for the ganizing drive that the Union Cleveland Cliff Iron Company, a starts. After seeing , how great Army to escape from New Jersey the rock . . . The frog fish, which with the family. non-union outfit. things really are on an SIU ship, after a crushing defeat. is found in and around the waters 4" 4 4" Even at best, John said, sailing the way everything works for He had organized an amphibious of the Asiatic islands bccasionally Daniel Gemeiner, MM: In the on the Lakes is a rough way to and the benefit of the members, I fig­ force called the 14th Regiment, leaves the water, and hops around past few years I've got perfume make a living because it's a sea­ ure that I'll be glad to help or­ Continental Line, in Marblehead, on the shore very much like a frog in France, glass­ sonal business and once the Lake ganize some of the non-Union out­ composed mainly of fishermen in . . . The stickleback is another fish ware in England area freezes over'there isn't much fits. I'll really know what I'm talk­ the area, and this force carried which imitates a different species and woodcarvings a seaman can do but shift for him­ ing about when I tell the unorgan- . "Washington's men across the Dela­ —it builds a nest for its young, in Germany, get­ self in the winter-time and try to ized seamen about how wonderful ware and to their celebrated sur- like a bird. ting the best each pick up some other odd Job. the SIU is." country had to offer. My wife r • asked me to get * B * l-J » 1 •rj * f IT * T a woodcarving in Germany, and so ACROSS DOWN 19. Bay, SE 34. Imitate I bought one of a 1. Place for a 1. Hastened After a four-day land and sea discuss the war against Japan ... Honshu 35 The: German mariner 2. At this point 22. Make fun of clock for our home. 37. CaUed battle, German forces captured the The Seafarer-crew of the Lawton Where 3. 23. 38. Portions of New York There are quite a few nice British naval base on the Island B. Evans was cited as a "credit Abadan is with lines medicine , Barbados 4. Throb like ' 24. Sharpen items you can't get here, 40. Mail, as a of Leros, and Berlin announced to the merchant marine" for their 8. Firm the heart 25. Unravel letter 4 4 4" S2. S. American 5. Thrashes that the entire Island was in Nazi efficiency and courage during an 26. Wicked 41. Aspect country 6. Blaik's team Jose Lopez, oiler; I haven't done hands . .. Allied plants from North invasion and a trip through sub28. Ibsen char­ 42. Member of acter chorus 13. Period of time 7. Girl's name any Christmas shopping overseas, Africa bombed the Toulon Air infested waters ... Ad "hour-long 8. West Indian 29. Man's nick­ 43. Liquors 14. To sheltered island ever, but I hope Base in occupied France ... In parade" of 775 British bombers name 44. Fasten side 9. Tsland near 31. Spanish noble- 45. Commune in to get some done Washington, Stabilization Director raided Berlin. Of an -age Frisco 15. man HoUand 10. Not fake 32. Ore ship this year. I have Fred "Vinson announced a $100 mil­ 46. Moran ship 16. Bar in Am­ 11. Refute . sterdam 4 4 4 always been in lion subsidy or more on flour to 17. Orange skin (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) 18. Stupidity the United States prevent bread price increases . . . President Roosevelt arrived In Naples. •0. Genoa, around the end of The SIU fought a proposal for stiff Malta, for a conference after at- . etc. the year , so I medical exams that would bar tending another conference in of •1. Beast burden never had the op- many oldtimers from sailing . . . Cairo with Prime Minister Chur­ Z2. Unite firmly portuttity, al­ Activity continued on New Guinea chill and Turkish President Ismet 23. Slide though I shop as Australian troops pressed a Inonu to "reaffirni" the "identity " Offer a price 26. regularljr in San fresh offensive against the Japa­ of interests and traditional rela­ 27. Made a voyage Juan, P. R., near my home. tions of friendships" with Turkey nese. Star State 80. . . . Eduard fienes, president of 4 4 4 81. Pop 4 4 4 First, second Thomas Ramirez, MM: I've Czechoslovakia government-inIn Yugoslavia, German forces the or third bougiit fishing gear and dishes in exile, signed a 20-year treaty of >3. Word ending landed on the island of Veglia, and friendship Yokosuka and 34. Grand Banksand mutual assistance on the mainland, drove the parti­ catch Yokohama, with Russia . The SEAFARERS 85. Stupified sans put of three small towns . . . LOG ran a. .comparison Japan, where you 86. Gun con­ The SIU began ah educational pro­ tracts covering stewards of 88. Man's nick­ can get some fine depart­ name gram to make good Union men out ment personnel. The comparison pieces of work­ 89. ^joie. of of the RMO trainees ... Earth­ included, SIU, NMU and NUMCS oasebaU manship. I've 40. Calmar ship quakes in Turkey destroyed 29 vil­ contracts and showed that Seafar- . . bought dresses in 44. Boulogne oaeds lages and were .estimated to have ers were far ahead of other stew­ 47. Like some the Philippines harbor water killed more than 4,000 persons. ards department men jn wages, On the beach and rugs in In­ 48. 49. Put to work working conditions, pvertimp and r dia and Egypt. 4 .4 4 80. Network President Roosevelt, FrlmW Min­ all. other cpnsiderations . . . The Also, I got my lit81. Require 82. Greats: Abbr. tile girl a kimono in Japan last ister Cburchi"! and Generalissimo US Fifth Army announced the ca^ ' ' 83. Slaughter of ' Chiang Kai-shek met at Cairo to ture of Mt. Caniino in Iteiy. ^ .time I was there, . the Cards The Winter Hill, as her crewmembers will be interested to know, was named after a, prison camp for British soldiers, during the Revolutionary War. When General Burgoyne's army, neared Cambridge, Mass., as prisoners of war, some of the officers pushed over on the ferry into Boston. However, their hopes of comfort­ able quarters and good living were quickly dispelled, and they were speedily returned to nearby Win­ ter Hill, where far-from-luxurious barracks were awaiting them. prise victory at Trenton — a deed which raised Glover to the rank of general. .-Jsigt.i. -AM' • I �KrH'''-M»7rT!^H 1. -'•• • .•• f .IV; December 11, -ISSS" , S^EAFARERS |i'':'. SEAFARERS •So THAT'S Unity!' LOG Vol. XV. December 11, 1953 Paee TBIrteea LOG Uo. 25 I.',: . .fi'' Published biweekly by the Seafarers Inlematiohal Union, Atlantic .& Guli District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer editor. HERRRM BRAND: Mnnagvng Editor, HAV DENISON; Art editor. BESRARD SEAMAN; Piioto Editor, DANIEL NIIVA; StaS Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR IBWTN SPTVACK ART PERrAT.L, JERRY REEMER. AL MASKIN. NOEL PARMENTEL; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff GAYLOHD LYMAN. MILTON HOROWITZ. Bridges Agalir We've pointed out before that Communist strength in West Coast maritime is still a force to be reckoned with. Seafarers Are Despite all the attacks on Harry Bridges and his allies in In Own Drydoek past years, it has been the SIU of North America and its To the Editor: affiliates: the SUP, the SIU and now the Marine Firemen's Greetings from Ward 6 of the Union and the Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL; who have Army Hospital in Yokohama carried the major burden of the fight against Communist that's the broken bones depart­ influence in maritime. ment. I'm here with a broken leg It's no surprise that Bridges and his underlings in the that I got when I tried to assist one of the worthy brothers getting West Coast longshore union and in the National Union of on board the MV Sword Knot at Marine Cooks and Stewards,' should attempt to weaken and Inchon, Korea. undermine AFL West Coast unions. His latest raid on the Directly across from me Aleutian, a ship which is under contract to AFL unions in Brother Bill Scarlett. He got all three departments, is-of a piece with many past actions. messed up here in Yokohama and When Bridges massed his manpower on the pier in front like mysel of the Aleutian, his purpose was obviously to intimidate APT. he's due for an V crewmembers aboard the ship. But while he could have a extended stay. few individuals roughed up, the mass march of AFL seamen Down at t h to the pier gave him an unwelcome answer. It's important to other end of the note too, the way the Marine.Firemen's Union, recently affiliward is Brother ateji, With the SIU, participated wholeheartedly in this bee: George Black alongside the other unions. who got busted Whatever the outcome of this particular incident, the figh up on the Mar­ Llpkin vin. He's been of AFL yiaritime unions against Communist influence in -West Coast maritime will continue until that influence is here a couple of months but ex­ pects to go back to the States in a eradicated. few weeks. t 4 ' 4 LABOR ROUND-tlP Philadelphia downtown traffic is moving more normaUy now with workers at 63 garages and parking lots returning to work with a new two year contract. Approximately 200 members of the Transport Workers Union, Local 700 (CIO) were out for a week on the picket lines. The new agreement provides an immediate ten-cent hourly in­ crease with another two cents an hour six months from now. when it was picketed by Hotel and Restaurant Union members. The union was protesting the hir­ ing of a non-union catering firm for the occasion. Several guests including the state commander and political leaders as well as 200 Legion members refused to cross the line. The picketing-was called off whien the union was as­ sured that union caterers would be hired in the future. The hospital is fine and the chow, though not up to shipboard standards. Is adequate. The social The'opesators of the strike bound SS Florida had a rude services here are worthy of special awakening this past week. The company had ideas of signing mention. The Red Cross is really a quick new contract with the SIU, and then using this new on the job for a change and really contract to force deck and engine officers back to work. They puts out with the coifee, cake-and 4^ 4> 4^ material. One outfit, the even advertised in a' Miami newspaper for licensed officers reading 4" 4" 4" Gray Ladies, a volunteer set-up, The CIO Brewery Workers to replace the striking men. A half-vote decided a National Union have celebrated December really is on the job." They're most­ The Union rejected the company proposal. The operators ly Army wives, daughters and Labor .Relations Board election in 5 as the 20th anniversary of the were told that they would sign a new contract only after relatives of the civilian personnel favor of the AFL Sheet Metal repeal of the I8th amendment or regular negotiations, the same as all other SlU-contracted in Japan. They receive no com­ Workers Union ^t the Wright Man­ prohibition amendment as it was. ufacturing Company of Phoenix, popularly known. The Brewery companies—and then only after the membership had ap­ pensation and are here in the hos­ Arizona. The original vote was 68 V.'^orkers point out that legal liquor pital every day and evening dis­ proved the new contract in the regular fashion. tributing toilet articles, cigarettes for 'the AFL union, 62 for the in the past 20 years has made At present the Florida is still tied up and crewmembers and organizing recreational activi­ CIO and six no union votes. Six­ more than a million jobs available have refused to cross the picketlines. The incident does prove ties. They also conduct a shopping teen other votes had been chal­ and brought in $43 billions in tax that the operators always have hopes of breaking strikes and service for patients who are un­ lenged by the CIO. revenue. able to leave the wafd. They're* The Labor Board upheld 15 of maritime unions. if if if the challenges and counted the really swell people. t 3, t AFL and CIO unity committees 16th ballot. It was an AFL vote SUP Agent Is Tops giving the Sheet Metal Workers will meet in Washington on De­ Dick Kim, agent for the SUP in 69 votes out of 137, or half a vote cember 16 to undertake further dis­ on the subject of organic Coast Guard charges filed against an OS on the Sea Wind Yokohama, came over to see me as more than the total cast. The de­ cussions unity in the labor movement. It cisive vote was cast by a worker soon as he was notified that I was shows how some officers are quick to blame a crewman for in the hospital. 'He's really on the no longer employed at the plant. will be the first meeting of the anything that goes wrong. In this case, the OS, who had been ball. committees since the agreement We had a long talk and he if if •going to sea for only a short time, was charged with leaving assured me that anything we guys Independent telephone workers of last June on a no-raiding pact his post as lookout after which six men were killed in a ship here wanted he would get us. in New York have voted 1,988 which is to go into effect on Janu-1 collision. feel very happy to know that there to 1,718 to affiliate with the CIO ary 1 for ail unions signing the However the man was cleared at a Coast Guard hearing is a representative close at hand Communications Workers union. It -pact. i t t when testimony showed he had been ordered by the-mate to to protect our interests. Any time was the first foothold that the help rig a pilot's ladder. The mate used the lookout so he these company agents try to give telephone union has won among Striking photoengravers have wouldn't have to call up another man and pay OT for the job. us a fast shuffle, we've got Brother 60,000 employees of the Bell Tele­ returned to work at six New York When the Coast Guard raised a beef about not having a Kim here to straighten them out. phone system in the city. The in­ City newspapers after an 11-day There have been countless beefs dependent union involved held walkout. The engravers won a lookout on duty, the blame was quickly put on the OS. It was here, on SIU ships that he has bargaining rights for 4,800 of the $3.75 weekly settlement plus a only after hearings that the Coast Guard decided the man was taken care of. He's the busiest guy 60,000 employees. fact-finding board investigation to simply following the mate's orders. in town but never too busy to talk see if any further gains should be J4 if 41 I In this instance the OS was fortunate enough to have assist­ with and confide to. Any time Milk truck drivers in New York forthcoming. ance from his Union in preparing his cas§. Otherwise he could there's a beef he can be contacted State, The strike tied up ail six news­ who handle the big milk have lost his right to sail because of an incident for which he at 35 Honcho, Chome, Nakaku, tank rigs that deliver- daily- to pas- papers when members of other Yokohama. That's behind and tuerizing plants have agreed to newspaper unions refused to cross had no responsibility. above the Port Hole Bar, meeting arbitrate a contract dispute with the picket lines. A seventh paper, 4" and greeting place for all Ameri­ the employers. Arbitration was re­ the New York Herald Tribune, can seamen. quested by AFL Teamsters presi­ does not employ its own photoen­ So long for now. Bill Scarlett dent Dave Beck who pointed out gravers, but it suspended publica­ This issue of the LOG contains a survey of shipping men's wonders if the Welfare Director, that New "York City had just re­ tion also in the course of the opinion as to the value of the Mariner-type ships. At present, Walter Siekmann gets out this way. cently undergone a strike of local strike. some are dubious about the ship, citing size, operating costs This would be a pleasant surprise, deliverymen and plant employees ^ 4* 4> and that's for sure. Regards all which cut off ail fluid milk supply. and purchase price as drawbacks. / ^ Private Sanitation Drivers, who Should the Government be unable to dispose of these around. We don't wish you were Leaders of 12 locals with a total collect garbage and waste from here, but if your ship is, come see membership of 1,000 drivers restaurants, factories and busi­ vessels for commercial use, it would be a grave blow to the us. ' agreed-to the request. nesses have gone 'un strike in New industry's efforts to obtain coristructipn aid for new vessels. One more thing before I close. The contract has been under dis­ York City over a wage issue. The With the Maritiets available. Congress would not be likely If you're out around this way, drop pute for four months with the drivers are members of the AFL to authorize any other kind of program. in, but if you can't, drop us a line. upions asking hourly' increases of Teamsters Union. New York City's It's to be hoped then, that some arrangement can he worked Try to get around to all the boys, 55 cents and other improvements. Sanitation Department started out between ^the Maritime Administration and the private too, because they all need a little filling the slack in waste coUec- ' if V' operators wheie ne^ssary adaptations, can be made to assurje cheering up. An American legion banquet in ti^Ds, giving health reasons as the usefulness of the ships. . Max UpUn Boston Was delaj^d for two hours cause for Its Ih'lerV'ention. Hiide Awakening • • • - Qaick To Blame Tim Mariner Ships • - . �Pure Fourteen • %.- . ^ . , . SEAFARERS Dciocmbcr 11,.195S « t .. .?-• • rv; mI f4•:•:!• Billy and club-wielding cops and detectives meet a parade of SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL members (center) as well as members of other SIU affiliates to stop the men from reaching NUMCS and ILWU squads (group standing at pier entrance, upper left). NUMCS and Bridges men had previously beaten' Aleutian (ship at pier) crewmembers going to and from the ship. - IS"-:'-: vS- hi»-s3 :••; Three detectives (note billy sticking out of pocket, center) hold a An AFL man, with blood streaming down hlsiace after being clubbed demonstrator as a cop snaps handcuffs on him. Demonstrators halted, i by police, and another demonstratpr sit in ^poliipe paddy wagon guarded • on pleas of leaders rather than attempt a breakthrough. Bryson and ' by San Francisco cop., Qub-wiplding cops injured a: number.,of thf : if/ J Bridges,'backed ^iown and stoj^d molesting Aleutian meBi^ 77^^?fe7-^den^stratora vwbile^pi^ctijag^^^ squadscv^s^^jif^^ws^ie^ '• • • • ^ �Decieinber SEATAHEKS LOG Page Fifteea '•^1 Lasf week, squads from Hugh Bryson's CommunisNdominoted NUMCS and Harry Bridges' CommunisNdomlnated ILWU tried to stop AFL seamen In San Francisco from boarding or leav­ ing their own ship. The combined strength of all SIU affiliates forced Bridges and Bryson to back down and allow crewmembers free access to the vessel. The passenger ship Aleutian was the center of the beef. Sold by one company to another, she was contracted to the MCS-AFL, and other AFL unions. Arriving in Frisco, the ship was met by squads from Bryson's and Bridges' out­ fits. As crewmembers left the ship, the waiting squads roughed them up. SIU affiliates members, angered at the at­ tacks on Aleutian crewmen, marched on the pier in protest. SUP, SlU-A&G District, MCS-AFL, MFOW and other SIU affiliates all participated. MFOW members took wholehearted part in their first beef since thei MFOW affiliated with •H - 1: . f :• -4'. ; • the SIU. The demonstrators were met down the street from the pier by Frisco police—^with billies and clubs ready for use. The cops formed a line to protect the Bryson-Bridges squads from the dem­ onstrators. The same cops who took no action against Bryson-Bridges squads, wdded into the demonstrators with clubs and billies swinging. Demonstration leaders halted the men. Subsequently Bridges and Bryson, in the face of the determined' demonstrators, agreed that all Aleutian crewmen would have free ac­ cess to the ship at all times. -• '.'ik i Police and demonstrators mill aroimd as action gets hot and heavy, SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL demonstrators were joined by Seafarers and other SIU of NA affiliates in winning guarantee that crewmembers of the Aleutian would not be interfered with. .'; -'v'vd •; • J ->•< .'Ji I ••'Si •tv , V:J: .•i �Page Sixtieen SEAFARERS MAR ITIM E LOG DMember 11, 1958 SEAFARERS Japanese shipping interests have cancelled plans for construction of two 15,000-ton passenger liners for US on the San Francisco to Yokohama run. The liners, as planned, would have had a passenger capacity of 1,000 and a speed of 21 knots. Each of the ships would have cost under $14 millions but funds were not available for their construction . . . The Matson Company and Isthmian are opening a joint Hawaiian department in New York City to handle their brisk Hawaiian trade.. The office will be ready around January 1. Good Galley: Cooperation, Imagination In between storing the ship with a wide variety of good quality food stores and providing tasty meals for the crew stand those all-important people, the members of the stewards department. If the stores are poor and insufficient in quantity and variety, a good galley crew can Comes the holiday season and do more to Improve on them than you might think possible. And, the SIU galley crews on the ships go other way around, the way good food can be put to shame by bad all out producing Thanksgiving cookery is simply astonishing. Witness what they do with first quality 4. new British shipyard, the first one in 26 years, has been opened Day and Christmas dinners. The at Newport, South Wales, with appropriate ceremonies. The yard shrimp, turkey, baked ham. roast beef and other food at some military posts. Even where a ship has a good cook or a good baker aboard, their will permit lar^re ships to be built in drydock, with one drydock al­ beef, steak, stuffings, fancy pies ready in oneratirn handling jobs up to 8,000 tons. Another drydock. and desserts, and other fixings for efforts will be very largely nullified if the whole galley force doesn't to be construc'ed subsequently, will take ships uie to 45,000 t-^ns. The a special holiday meal are usually operate as a harmonious unit. After ail, when it comes to dishing out British lock c n the new yard as a way of meeting European competi­ very much in evidence. Many a credit, or blame, tiie crew doesn't take time out to consider which man tion which h'.s taken a number tf co. siruciion orders away from the ship sends in menus as proof that made the biscuits, boiled the potatoes, fried the eggs, peeled the onions islands . . . Chrnere seamen on t';e Eritifh freighter Greystoke Castle it had the best holiday dinner any­ or made the coffee. If there is any thought on the subject it would be whether the full meal left a pleasant or unpleasant impression. Con- • have besn tck.n in custody by Imin*gra-"cn authorities in S"n Fran­ where in the SIU, sequently the failure of any one member of the galley crew to do cisco after'th-y bolted tl:e vessel. Ihe 37 men involved were angry Among crews that were enthusi­ his job properly can void the efforts of all the others. over denial of shore leave when t>c ship reached port. astic about the performance of That goes to the serving of the meals, too, where a poor messman t. t. iheir steward department were can foul up a good meal. Obviously, a good meal on a ship has to be The Sun Oil Company tanker Louisiana had to be taken in tow Nocthwestem Vie- a cooperative effort. about 200 miles northwest of Puerto Rico after she lost her propeller. tory fVictory Carriers) rnrriorci and nnH the th«. Petty Bickering A Hindrance A salvage tug brought her into port for repairs . . . The 3.400 ton Elizabeth (Bull). The crew noted Dominican frcl.ghter Nuevo Domorico capsized and sank at a Ciih.-.n that chief steward Christopher That's why petty bickering among the galley force, such as who anchorage after having been towed into port. The freighter had pre­ Dacey of the Northwestern Vic­ will bring up the flour, clean the sauce pans and bakers' sheets, and viously run aground and done a considerabie amount of damage to tory "did a wonderful job in mak­ similar minor items, will create an atmosphere in which it is difficult her bottom. ing the holidays the most pleasant to turn out consistently good meals. That in turn will spoil the repu­ i i i tation of any good galley force, because the crew is going to place the possible." Forty washing machines destined for Czech housewives have been blame on all, no matter who might be individuaUy responsible for the Joined In NY stowed abcard the freighter American Shipper for del'very to Czecho­ Dacey has been an SIU member trouble on board. slovakia. The maeh'nes were donated by a Wisconsin manufaclurer for about One way to get a good start on the problem, is to provide an orderly years now, joining who heard a radio broadcast that their husbands were arrested for and weU-equipped galley for the men to do their work in. If the galley the Union in making machines for them. The men were accused of economic New York on is not properly arranged, if the men are constantly short on the basic sabotage because they had taken maier'als from the town workshop March 24, 1951. tools of the trade, it's going to make everything twice as hard to do, for that 'purpose. In the likely event that the machines cannot be _JIe's a Massachu­ and irritations will pop up constantly. Unfortunately, this is some­ delivered they will be. turned over to Czech refugees in Germany . . . setts native,'hav­ thing which. isn't always under the steward's controL once the ship The Cunard liner Parthia carried some unusual cargo on her last ing been born leaves port. The same is true of getting sufficient stores on board trip back when six horses and their gr-'oms went along. The horses there December for the voyage. These are things that have to be taken care of before had been shown by Irish equestrians at Madison Square Garden in 21, 1903, ju.st the ship sails. New York during the National Horse show. Avoid Monotony In Food four days shy of t t 4" • Christmas. Bel­ Assuming the galley is a good place to work in and all hands are Great Lakes ore carriers, who have taken good advantage of mild mont, Massachu­ pulling together in an orderly and efficient fashion, one more in­ Dacey spring and fall weather, have passed the 95 million ton mark in iron setts, is his home gredient is important to turning out good meals—imagination. When ore shipments to steel mills in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and New York town. the steward and his assHitants get together, to talk over preparation state. The previous high record of 92 million tons was set in 1942. A ^ 4" 4 of the day's menu, there's nothing so dreary as a cook who has no longer ice-free season, plus construction of additional ore can-iers, On the Elizabeth, chief steward ideas beyond suggesting baked custard or rice pudding for dessert made the new record possible. Ernest Bryant and the ship's cooks Granted that the custard or pudding is tasty, the crew that has seen i were cited bY their shipmates for the same thing several times in the course of a trip are liable to rebel The American 5Ierchant Marine Institnte recently announced the doing a fine job on tlie Tiianksgiv- at the monotony. appointment of two representatives, Herbert A. O'Conor, former sena- ing holiday. Bryant has been an It doesn't take much to provide something new and something dif­ from Maryland, and Francis T, Greene, former general coiii sel of SIU merpber for over ten years, ferent, because there are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of nie Federal Maritime Board, who will speak for a majority of the joining the Union in Savannah on different dishes that can be concocted even out of the limited variety American Merchant Marine in Washington following the dissolution May 10, 1943. He and his wife of stores that are put aboard a ship. Most of the mealtime variety of the National Federation of American Shipping . , , On October 1 make their home in that Georgia can come In the dessert and baked goods category. It's here that imagi­ the Military Sea Transportation Service observed its fourth year of port city. He's 34 years old. nation can shine. By providing a little different twist to the desserts, transporting American military passengers and cargoes around the 4 4 4 the crew will have something new to look forward to every day of the world, it has lifted more than 93 million tons of cargo, nearly 8 mil­ Robert L. Ferguson, ship's dele­ trip. Main courses too, can be varied considerably from one day to lion passengers and more than 53 million long tons of petroleum prod­ gate of the Ragnar Naess must, the next. A standard dish like pot roast can be made in a dozen dif­ ucts in the four years of its existence, ferent ways by the same cook if he puts his mind to it. have done quite it -Jt a job in that All it means in most instances is using a little different kind of A penetrating study of the domestic shipping business is being made post, judging sauce, or preparing it with different vegetables and condiments. There's for the Department of Commerce by Dr. Marvin Fair, professor of from the crew enough variety in these to give new flavor to every standard meat dish Economics and Transportation at Tulane University, in an attempt to report. He was the second and third time.around. find out "what sunk the coastwise trade" . . . Export controls of the commended "for Everybody Has Pet Food Peeves Office of International Trade were extended to include vessels of US his extreme sin­ registry intending for scrapping abroad because of the continued short­ cerity and dili­ Even after all this is done, the stewards, department has to resign age of iron and steel scrap required for domestic steel production. The gence while serv­ itself to the fact that there will always be some objections to certain new regulation applies ,to American-flag vessels in foreign waters ing as ship's del­ foods. A few books could be written about the likes and dislikes of which are to be scrapped as well as to such vessels located in the US. egate." The crew people when it comes to eating. Besides which the world is full of Ferguson people who have very strong ideas of their own about what constitutes it $> added that he The Ministry of Marine of the West German government at Bonn, kept beefs down to a bare mini­ a good daily diet, each one different from the other. The bid bw Germany, announced that the government intends to participate in mum, with the result that it was about one man's meat being another man's poison holds true with transatlantic passenger trade, in direct competition with present gov­ a smooth trip ail around and there a vengeance. It would be expecting the impossible to hope for -complete sitisfacernments and firms operating along those lines. Negotiations are go­ were no headaches to speak of at ing on for the Gripsholm and LTtalia, intending to lure them away the payoff. tion for eveiy crewmember at every meal. The best any galley crew from their present o^ers as a base for beginning the across-the-ocean Ferguson, who sails in the en­ can do is take aim at the target and come as close as they can. And if passenger service . . . Grain is flowing down the Mississippi River for gine department, has been with most of the crew decides they just don't like something, the stewards export out of the Port of New Orleans at the rate of 60-70 barges a the SIU a little under three years, department just has to bow to their choice—even if they know that mcnth. Each barge carries a cargo of from 40,000 to 100,000 bushels, joining in New Orleans on /Janu­ the dish in question is really a good one. Just cross it off the menu with deliveries to New Orleans possing the thirteen million bushel ary 29, 1051. He's 34 and .a native and forget about it until the next trip, when maybe you will hit a mark early this year. crew that wiw gobble up the same dish and ask for more. of Clarendon, Arkansas. Burly I> Unreal Xightmare , . • C- • ,v•- .• • v-,. • 7^-.. . BM Bernard Seaman �December 11, 195S: SEAFARERS Pafe Sevenicea LOG How Useful Are Mariners? (Contiixu.ed from page 5) suitable in today's highly competi­ tive ocean trade. One proposed adaptation of the Mariners that seems to be usable is a conversion to combined cargopassenger operations. The ships are big enough and fast enough to run with the best of the passenger vessels. They have enough room to allow for carriage of several hundred passengers, plus a con­ siderable amount of cargo. * •For a while Moore-McCormack lines, which operates to South America out of New York, was considering just that. However, they have abandoned plans to con­ vert Mariners and now plan to con­ struct two new passenger-cargo ships that can be built to their ex­ act specifications. Up until now, the only company to buy the Mariners has been Pacific Far East Lines. They have ordered three of the ships which are to be constructed with cargo spaces revised for their purpose, including more reefer space and deep tahk space. On the long run from the West Coast to the Far East the Mariners speed will save many days of travel. For example, they estimate the Mariners' will cut transit time from San Fran­ cisco to Manila about four days, or eight days on a round trip. The increasing concern in Con­ gress and other Government cir­ cles about the Mariners was refiected in Congressional hearings held in August on a proposal to convert two of them to Navy re­ frigerator ships. The hearing, conducted by the Public Accounts All Atlantic Tankers Vote, Count To Begin (Continued from page 3) ess Union. Both the AMOA and the AMEU have the same business manager, attorney Emanuel Fried­ man, who also serves as general AFL Unions Halt Bridges 'Frisco Raid (Continued from page 3) Bridges squads at any point in the proceedings. The dispute arose when the Hawaiian-Pacific Line took over Aleutian from Alaska Steamship Company and signed with MCSAFL for the stewards department. The ship was scheduled for service between San Francisco and Hono­ lulu. Hawaiian-Pacific was not bound by the Pacific Maritime Association and consequently was " free to sign with MCS-AFL. Skeleton Crew When the ship took on a skele­ ton crew in Seattle, Bridges and the NUMC&S halfheartedly at­ tempted to intervene, but a mass escort of SUP men for the crew quickly settled the issue. However •when the ship arrived in San Francisco it was greeted at the pier by the Bridges squads. The first incidents took place shortly afterward when the squads pummelled one firemen and the chief cook, as well as Hanson and two other MCS-AFL representa­ tives. It was then that the mass march to the pier followed. Upon learning of the situation, SIU A&G Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall dispatched wires to SUP representatives in all West Coast ports and Honolulu assuring them of the fullest possible support from the A&G District. "The entire membership," the wire read, "of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, and its officers are on record to support the SUP 100 percent, physically, financially and morally in your beef with fink HariY Bridges and his Con^munist henchmen." SIU West Coast rep­ resentatives were instructed to co­ operate fully'in the matter. Meanwhile, the ship's first sail­ ing has been cancelled as Bridges ordered JongshbiKmen not to Joadthe carjo. Another iag^;^h^S' been s6tIfor December 20. "i counsel for the two company out­ fits. That kind of a tie-in obvious­ ly disqualified the captain and chief from the role of impartial observer in the voting. Subsequently, the company de­ cided that the ship could come back to the States after all, so the voting was scheduled for Port Ar­ thur on December 10. SIU organizers seeking to build up the pro-SIU majority in the fieet have been plugging to the very last minute. All ships vot­ ing, including those out foreign have been met with launch or plane so that the men aboard were sure to get the latest copies of the "Atlantic Fleet News." Other­ wise they might have no way of knowing what has been happening in the last couple of months. Atlantic seamen ashore who have not yet voted have also been contacted by the organizers right through to the end of the voting period. As soon as the election results are announced, , SIU negotiators are prepared to present demands for a Union contract for the men on the Atlantic ships. The com­ pany has already indicated that it will bargain with whoever is certied by the National Labor Belations Board as the official bargain­ ing representative of Atlantic tankermen. • Subcommittee of the House, heard Navy witnesses say that it would be too expensive and impractical to convert the Mariners for Navy purposes. A Navy witness, Vice Admiral Roscoe F. Good, also pointed out that the Mariners would be a bigger target than pro­ posed Navy refrigerator ships and would be a poorer gun platform. Further, the Mariner ships would cost more to convert than it would cost to construct new reefers. Question Rothschild Subsequently the Congressmen questioned Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild, other officials and shipping representatives on the prospects of selling the Mari­ ners. The shipping men testified that the Government's asking price of $4^ million was far too high for a commercial investment. The Committee concluded that "the only reasonable method of handling this problem is to find some way to put these ships into active service in the hands of American shipowners . . ." But, it went on to say, "We would be very unhappy to find ourselves con­ fronted with a request by the Mari­ time Administration that a new law be passed allowing the sale of these ships at a new low figure." Meanwhile the ships are contin­ uing to operate in haphazard fash­ ion under MSTS charter. And it looks more and more as if the un­ happy Conressmen will be con­ fronted with a request to sell the ships for considerably less than $41^ million before the operators will nibble. It's either that, or the boneyard. living Cost Hits New Record High i •••': f'i A longshoreman takes the mike to speak his piece at the Brooklyn membership meeting of the AFL-ILA: With the AFL-DLA rankand-file longshoremen have their first chance to get op at a meet­ ing and say what they want. Bi-Sfafe Agency Takes Control Of NY Dockers (Continued from page 2) nine pages In English and three pages in Italian. In addition to New York, the new union made big strides for­ ward in the Great Lakes area— where all 99 locals of the Great Lakes District have now swung to the new union, making the Lakes 100 ^percent AFL-ILA—and in the Philadelphia area. As these events took place, the 80-day Taft-Hartley injunction ap­ proached Its end^—it ends at mid­ night, December 24—and the men got ready to vote down the ship­ pers "last offer" of 6V6 cents per hour. The vote is required under the law. The AFL-ILA announced that it will not settle for anything less than the contract demands it has already made, with member­ ship approval. These AFL-ILA demands include a 20-cent hourly pay increase, full gangs, $100 per The cost of living has climbed to new highs for the eighth straight month according to official reports submitted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures for mid-October, the latest available show that con­ sumer prices are 15.4 percent highr er than 1947-1949 price levels. Ev^ry item except food prices was included in the increase with rents taking the biggest jump. However, the rate of increase in living costs has been slow from month to month. The total increase since September was two-tenths of one percent. (Continued from page 6) Food prices have shown a slight at this point, since he had been decline but not enough to make up away from his post when the acci­ for other rises. dent happened. He took his case up with the SIU's Welfare Services Department. After checking the facts of the case, he was referred to the Union's general counsel, Seymour W. Miller, who handled his defense. AB Testified A key witness in Thielin's behalf was a shipmate, Robert J. Edwards, who was AB on the same watch. Although the ship was going to the West Coast where Edwards lives, he got off voluntarily to testify for Thielin. It was Edwards who pointed out to the hearing officer that Thielin had left the lookout post on orders from the mate, and that this had been a common prac­ tice aboard the ship on other occa­ sions when there was work to be done that would be overtime for men off watch. The defense also pointed out that Thielin had been working as a seaman for just nine months and was in no position to judge or dis­ pute the orders of the chief mate; As a consequVnce, Thielin has been exonerated of any wrong doing with the Coast Guard hearing officer declaring that at worst he was guilty of poor judgment in le^v^ Us post ,eveii thouglr the CG Ixonerates Seafarer Of Neglect Charge month pensions and Increased wel­ fare benefits, safety regulations, improved hiring practices and bet­ ter working conditions. The New York-New Jersey waterfront laws and the Bi-State Waterfront Commission began operation on December 1. At that time, state "employment informa­ tion centers" went into operation under the commission. These cen­ ters, according to the men, move the shape-up indoors. All long­ shoremen are required to have a state registration card before they are permitted to work on the docks. The AFL-ILA has stated that the only way to fight the new laws —which are a result of the cor­ ruption in the mob-controlled ILA —is to build a decent, member­ ship-run union that will eliminate any need for the laws. In Philadelphia, the AFL-ILA has announced that it, and the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, AFL, have made progress with tugboatmen as well as longshore­ men. The tugboatmen are part of tha bankrupt ILA's United Marine Division 333-A, which is the do­ main of Bill Bradley, the new president of the ILA. The AFLILA announced that it has already filed for a National Labor Rela­ tions Board representation elec­ tion for the unlicensed marine em­ ployees of the Warner Sand anu Gravel Co. in Philadelphia. The BME has been active in organizing the licensed engineers in the War­ ner Sand and Gravel Co. as well as the Curtis Bay Towing Co. Piek Up Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on lor another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again wlien they •;; i? want to sigdvOh for ymyage.^;• •^1 ^.fi •'M ;l '4m �^ SJ Eiffhteca SEAFARERS Deeemltor II, 195S LOG Shipboard And Shoreside Sidelights That the capacity of flie ancient Colosseum in Rome Is estimated to have been between 45,000 and 50,000, It is also estimated that there was, in addition, standing room for about 20,000 persons. It appears that the ancient Roman writers who described the arena as being able to seat upwards of 100,000 spectators were guilty of exaggera­ tion. About a third of the original structure remains and the ruins are ample evidence that the amphi­ theatre was the most magnificent architectural achievement of the Romans, It was begun in 72 AD by Vespasian and completed about eight years later. Much of the labor was performed by Jews taken prisoner at the fall of Jerusalem. rlS 4 Seafarers William Joe, left, and Robert Vander Sluis in a skylarking set-to for the cameraman, dispute squatters' rights over turkey bones. Bob Vander Sluis; wiper, is shown with ship's mascot. Crew hopes to get it in US, mm Seaman's Club in Pusan, Korea, is pictured by Seafarer's camera on visit to town. Seaimen, soldiers and civilians can be seen in front. There's plenty of action aboard ship for Seafarers these days, what with Army cargo, delectable chow, mas­ cots and burst fire pumps, as witness these scenes aboard the Western Rancher. Shots are by Seafarer William Joe,, catching the ship and Its crew slightly off guard In some candid moments. Three mishaps occured while the crew was loading Army trucks aboard in Pusan, Korea. Here, too, are bits of by-play and a shot of a seaman's shoreside paradise, the Sea­ man's Club in Pusan. This Army truck took part of the bulwark with it when the boom on No. 1 hatch broke, hurtling the vehicle down to the open deck. 4" Vander Sluis displays a parched back sustained when the fire pump valve burst. US Army truck near completion of lift before the sling broke and it put a hole in the deep tank. Crewmembers look on. Seafarer Rags-Maternity Is The Mother Of invention ( YinofE ViBLFAffE ABOUT MM MAkC A 0FPAVU ON MY FmsT /r/p-A/io 0. AAOM/FBP TO 6eT AnAWRieD Rl€Nr A^AY?/^. ;• t That Sir Walter Raleigh was executed by James I on .a technical charge of treason? Actually his crime was shedding Spanish blood and encroaching upon Spanish ter­ ritory after pledging not to do so. Raleigh wished war with Spain; while the king favored a policy of peace. This led Raleigh to severe­ ly criticize the king, for which the latter never forgave him. Before his execution, he remained a pris­ oner in the Tower of London for thirteen years, spending this time in chemical experimentation and writing his "History of the World." His head was embalmed and kept in a leather bag by his widow, 4" 4" That provisions of the SlU con­ stitution dealing with trials and charges provide careful protection of tlie rights of an accused mem­ ber? Charges must be. in writing, signed by the accuser^and turned over to the port agent for presenta'* tion at meeting. The accused must either be present at charges or re­ ceive a copy of same by registered mail. All accusers are present and subject to cross-examination. Any decision of the trial committee is automatically subject to review by the next membership meeting. » 4^ » That the term "hoi polll," some­ times used by snobs to indicate those they consider their social and economic inferiors, is a Greek phrase? The term was originally used by some Roman writers and meant, roughly translated, "the common herd," The phrase was , written in its present Latin, rather than Greek and was use'd in its most deprecatory sense. Modern usage of the expression is credited to John Dryden, the English poet and scholar, who used it In re­ ferring to the laboring class of London. 4 4> 4> That Welfare Plan holdings in US Government Bonds now total almost $2 million? These funds were invested in this matter by the Plan's board of trustees con­ sisting of Union and employer rep­ resentatives. This is further evi­ dence of the excellent financial standing of the Plan. There have been two increases in weekly hos­ pital benefits and three in death benefits since the Plan's inaugura­ tion in 1950, This bond invest­ ment provides additional income for operating expenses. Calmar Food Beefs Pay Off, Men Praise Top-Notch Menus There's nothing more praiseworthy than perseverance, in or out of the SIU, and Seafarers have found out that it has paid off with Calmar, too. Where it has paid off more"*^ than in any other instance, Evans thought highly enough of the cooks and food aboard the according to reports from men ship to write to the LOG. Evans aboard the Calmar, is in the food was full of laudatory praise for department. Calmar, the company, Charles Stevens, chief steward; Ed Seeley, chief cook; James used to be no­ Oliver, cook and baker, and other torious about the members of the stewards depart­ poor quality of ment, Davis thought so well of its food until the the feeding department that he SIU began crack­ sent along samples of some ship­ ing down. Now, board menus and a combination aboard the Cal­ Armistice Day-Thanksgiving Day mar and probab­ menu In particular. ly aboard other Prominently displayed on thb ships of the line combination dinner was the staple as well, there is Stevens roast turkey (Maryland) with nary a beef whis-_ pered about the chow. The crew dressing, as well as other luscious thinks it's great and culinary choices for a main dish. happiness reigns supreme aboard The meal was complete from turkey to traditional pumpkin pie, the vessel. Seafarers Jim Davis and Rocky and a good time was had by all. By E. R«yM �Deeember 11, 195S By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor SEAFARERS LOG Pate Nineteen Breeding Rare Dogs Occupies Seaman's Leisure Time Off Ship A rare breed of Seafarer, Raymond W. Frye goes in for raising a rare breed of dog in his The road to good photographs is paved with errors. Success in tak­ ing pictures and the ability to correct mistakes as they appear are spare time. Of course, he doesn't do it all alone. He's helped by his wife and, of 4, directly correlated. Whether your camera is a simple box, non-ad­ course, the dogs. justable folding type or an expensive model, the possibility for errors 'Formerly from Maryland, is the same. Cameras do not make pictures, the person behind the the Seafarer now lives in box does. A moment of thought and planning before you click the Stockton, Cal., where he raises shutter can mean the difference between a good and bad picture. his strange brood of canines be­ tween trips on SIU ships. Right Here are nine of the most common mistakes that usually are found now he's on the Keystone Mariner among the photographs that Seafarers send in to the LOG: (Waterman) and plans to keep 1. Some of the exposed film sent in and processed normally in our right on sailing even though he's darkroom is found to be thin. This is due to under-exposure. The use dabbling in dogs. The Fryes have rare examples of of slow film in simple cameras with slow lenses is often the cause. the Chinese crested breed, which The remedy is to use a larger lens opening or a slower shutter speed they specialize in, in their own to permit more light to hit the film. With simple cameras, shoot in home. As house pets they have good light or use a faster film. "standard crested" and "toy crest­ 2. Dense negatives are caused by over-exposure or over-develop­ ed" pooches, with the former far ment. Too fast a film in a simple camera may be the cause. Many rarer in dogdom. "Foo Foo," the box cameras have a shutter speed of about 1/30 of a second and a standard crested, is as sleek as an lens opening of f-l6. Using a high speed film with these fixed set­ oil slick, baring more hide than tings will give about four times normal exposure in good light. The hair to the world. Her cocoa-col­ remedy here is to use a smaller lens opening or choose a lighter shut­ ored body is smooth as silk except for face whisker.s, tail and top ter speed. For simple box cameras pick a slow film. pompoms and wisps of hair on the 3. Fuzzy subjects on sharp backgrounds indicate faulty focusing or lower legs, all of which is snowstanding too close to your subject with a simple camera. The remedy white. here is obvious. Focus for the main subject and do not change your Toy Variety, Too position before shooting. With box cameras that are fixed focus do The toy crested dog, answering not take photos closer than about eight feet. to the name of "Tingaling," is sim­ 4. Sometimes the subject that you are photographing is in motion ilar in body appearance except for a'd comes out blurred. You are probably using too slow a shutter size and coloration. The smaller speed. Using a higher shutter speed and larger apertures will over­ dog is spotted, weighs between come this. With cameras having only a slow shutter speed, try and eight and 10 pounds, is eight shoot the motion coming toward you or going away from you. Avoid inches high from top of back to motion crossing directly across the film plane. floor and is 17 inches long. "Foo 5. If both the subject and background are blurred throughout the Foo's" sturdy frame comprises picture it means that the camera was moved. To overcome this prob­ about 20 pounds on the hoof, meas­ lem hold the camera as.steadily as possible during exposure. A higher uring 18 inches top to bottom and shutter speed will overcome slight camera movement. Setting the 22 inches from head to tail. camera on a firm support or tripod will end camera movement. Avoid "Foo Foo," the Fryes' Chinese crested, stands obediently on the American breeders count only 50 shots from moving vehicles at slow shutter speeds. end of a leash for Seafarer Raymond Frye on the front porch of Chinese cresteds in the US, most 6. When your subject is cut off at the sides, top or bottom, it means of these being the "toy" variety. his home in Stockton, Cal. Dog is one of rare breed in US. that the ground glass, optical or wire finder is being used incorrectly. For this reason, the Fryes value To put an end to decapitation, frame your subject in the center of the larger dog more highly, plac­ on the smaller. They expect to sell neighborhood. Market value is en­ the viewfinder or groundglass and allow edge space. When using any ing a market value of $1,000 on the puppies in the neighborhood of hanced, say the Fryes, because the finder place your eye or groundglass and allow edge space. When four-legged rarity and one of $250 $500 apiece, which is a pretty posh crested requires no special care, the -hide is thick like that of a sow using any finder place your eye close to the finder. and it is easy on the house. The 7. Tilting the camera will cause weird slanting horizons. Hold your dog sheds dirt but not hair, mean­ camera level and to be absolutely sure, use a button level. ing less baths and less tantrums by 8. Double exposures are caused by exposing twice on the same the head of the household, has no piece of film. Forgetting to advance the film will give you more ex­ body odor and is easy to train. posures per roll but no pictures. Advance film habitually after each Wins Blue Ribbons exposure. On simple cameras check the film number. A seaman may be rough and ready, but his heart is lined In recent dog shows in Califor­ 9. You may be one who often finds light streaks across his best negatives. These may be caused by a loosely wound film roll, leaks in with pure gold, the old saying goes. That gold was turned nia, "Foo Foo" received blue rib­ the camera or loading or unloading the camera in direct sunlight. into liquid assets recently aboard the Ragnar Naess (Sea- bons. The dog also finished first in an obedience course in the transport) when the Seafarer ^ The remedies here are self-explanatory. Fryes' home town of Stockton. and men of this vessel are contri­ crew opened its heart and its If you can avoid the errors enumerated above, you should have no payoff pocketbook to earth­ buting the amount of $245.00 to­ Mrs. Frye, who takes an active difficulty in turning out roll after roll of perfect photos. quake victims of the Ionian Isles.. ward the aid of the stricken vic­ interest in the business because of her husband's seafaring, had raised Digging down into their jeans tims. "I am enclosing a list showing dogs for many years before stum­ for those less fortunate than themselves, the Seafarers lent a the contributions made by the bling on the rare find of tlie helping hand once again to vic­ various persons on board. They crested. The breed originated in tims of misfortune. The entire all have signed in the Official Log China about 3,000 years ago, when crew, from master to ordinaries, Book for the amounts set forth, as the country was hardly a pup. The dogs were used as "healers" by pitched in with financial help, a Cash Advance. Seafarers have many interests while sailing the seven seas, with the captain writing the com­ "In line with the above, you are Orientals who endowed them with ^ , pany to forward funds immediate­ hereby authorized to pay into the great powers. and some of these versatile maritime men turn to them ly. His lettc' on behalf of the fund of Goulandris Charities, Inc., The Fryes aren't quite sure about permanently after a stbetch m the foc'sles. the sum of Two Hundred Forty- the occult powers of the breed, but erew, said in part: Five ($245) dollars, and then debit they think they've got a find for Such a seafaring man was Entire Crew Contributes my account for said amount.— dog fanciers who want rafity in dry land. He's now a forester in Walter B. Cadman, who sailed California, but the switch to shore- "In reference to your letter of Peter H. V. Bamberg, Master." their pooches. with the SIU through the war side employment is not condemna­ September 17, 1953, regarding contributions for earthquake vic­ years, putting in four years with tion of the sea. tims of Ionian Islands, the officers the Union during the hostilities. Cadman sailed with the SIU Ex-Seafarer Cadman is now as far from 1943-47, at which time he de­ from the sea as he can get on cided to go to college and study another love, forestry. During the 1. Who is the British actress who has made one American movie summer months he shipped out and is now the most talked about actress in Hollywood? as an AB on SIU ships to keep The LOG is interested in col­ him going through school. He . 2. Which southern governor, whose brother is one of-President Eisen­ lecting and printing photo­ hower's closest advisors, is booming Adlai Stevenson for president? sailed through the books with graphs showing what seagoing ease and at the end of four years 3. Which crooner, recently fired by Arthur Godfrey, is now reputedly was like in the old days. All was a full-fledged fledging for­ making as much as $40,000 per week in personal appearances? you oldtimers who have any ester. old mementos, photographs of 4. Which college football team ranked first, nationally, this year? Recently discharged from the shipboard life, pictures of 5. Which All-American backfield selections were repeats from last Army, which he entered upon ships or anything that would year? graduation from the Pennsylvania show how seamen lived, ate 6. Which famous United States Army General was awarded the State College, Cadman has accep­ and worked in the days gone Nobel Peace Prize this year? ted a forestry position with the by,'send them in to the LOG. Southeni Pacific Railroad. The 7. Which are the main streets of the following cities: New Orleans, Whether they be steani or sail, railroad has almost three-quarters San Francisco, Boston, Washington? " around the turn of the cen­ of a million acres of tree farms, tury, during the . first world 8. Which famous American playwright who died recently was « divided into'three areas, each un­ war and as late as 1938, the former merchant seaman? Sekfarers Jack Cobb, left, and der supervision of a forester and LOG is interested in them all. 9. Which two queens are currently on world tours? Bill Kaiser shown during stopr* assistant. Cadman will be located We'll take care of them and 10. Where are the three western heads of state meeting this week? over in St. Thomas, Virgin in the rugged Trinity Mountain returp. your,-souvenirs to you Isles; ••--••v.'--" section near, Mt. Shasta", .......25.)"^ Ragnar Naess Crewmembers Aid Greek Earthquake Victims Ex-Seafarer Turns From Seven Seas To Forestry Short Isle Stop Olde Photos Wanted by LOG Quiz Corner i .' 1' M "li �SEAFARERS Pace Tweefr Water (Salt) Everywhere, But Not One Drop For Ship's Boilers One of the worst feelings a seaman can undergo Is being left at the mercy of winds, waves and tides in the middle of the ocean. Seafarers aboard the Fairisle (Waterman) found themselves in just such a condition, according to Seafarer CJeorge Dunn, when the engines conked out about 500 miles off the Japanese coastal sausage, frankfurters, pigs feet and lapse of power. That was in the salads had a field day in the-cul­ mess hall during mealtimes. Other­ shelf. wise, the Fairisle was a dark, wal­ Enroute to the Far East over a inary department. One solitary bulb was turned on lowing ship for too long to please calm sea, all seemed balmy for the Seafarers aboard the Fairisle. Most the ship throughout the two-day most of the crew. of them were aware of the danger of the ship being left to drift help­ lessly, if the engines stopped run­ ning, but hardly any knew how close that situation was. Water ra­ tioning had begun a few days earlier. Several days prior to the stop­ ping of the engines, water ration­ ing went Into ef­ fect for the en­ tire crew, affect­ ing showers and drinking. Show­ er and drinking times were cur­ tailed. For a couple of days after that, there was only salt Dunn water available for showering and shaving pur­ poses. Seafarers report that it was like trying to shave with chalk. Soap lathers were unheard of with the salt water and so the crew went about the everyday job of cleanliness with some misgivings. Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to shave. Stop For Two Days The engines stopped percolating A hug for Tony D'Angelo is given him by the bride while husband shortly after breakfast on Nov. 15, and wedding guests look on after the ceremony. and remained idle for almost two t On the last day of October, days. The ship was floating out 1953, Seafarer Manuel "Tiny" of control until about 3 AM on the Wallace signed on another morning of the 17th, when 200 crewmember aboard his good ship i.tons of fresh water were pumped ("Single State," and with the sayaboard by the Jean Lahtte (Water­ jing of "I do's," changed the name man) which came to the rescue of to "Marital Ties." In a word, the stricken vessel. The transfer took place in calm seas and the "Tiny" got hitched. Fairi"Ie was soon on its way again Shipping lo these many years as to the Orient. a single crewmen out of several During the ordeal of helpless­ ports, Wallace joined the ranks of ness which the men and the ship the benedicts in New York City. went through, there was trouble in On October 31, Wallace, 25, and the galley, too. Cold meals were his pretty bride, Anita, 22, a the order of the day and night, Galveston, Texas, lass, exchanged from Sunday eve to Tuesday morn. nuptial vows before a guest list There was some power generated including many friends and fel­ Seafarer Manuel "Tiny" Wal­ low-Seafarers of the lucky groom. for top-of-the-range meals. Scram­ lace and bride Anita relax. bled eggs, bacon, fried ham, fried The wedding reception was held in Mom's Restaurant and Bar, 42nd Street and Second Avenue, Brooklyn, near SIU Headquarters, after a borough ceremony. After the two signed the log book as shipmates forever, the party re­ paired to the restaurant for some relaxation and refreshment. Friends, relatives and shipmates had a fine time at the ceremony and reception following a hectic day of preparation L-.d anticipa­ tion. Quicker than you could say deck engineer, however, it was all ^cn \Vho payoff a ship over and the Wallaces were an old married couple, reveling in their fn a-foreign porfdutTno friends warmest congratulations. an extended s/oyat^ ° Seafarer And Texas Bride Sign On Near HeadqTers SeaSarer Sam Says horf" themselves and +he LInlon. li - The ipb vacated is lost +"0 the SiU -for •fhe Kemainder of^the+pip. "fhe loss vVorkS a hardship on ihe Pest oPthe cPeiv^ December 11. l»St LOG DqnH Wait^ Get Vaeation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in order to collect his full vacation benefits. If he presents any discharge whose payoff date is more than a year before the date of his va­ cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges; Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. By Spike Martin There's nothing like owning a couple of oil wells to make you outspoken. That's what 15 other major league managers probably think after Casey Stengel put the blast on the clubowners and front offices of the major league clubs last week. Talking back to a front office just isn't done. The oniy worse sin in a manager's book would be to pre­ dict an eighth-place finish and tell all the fans not to bother coming out to see the club. Stengel of course can afford to talk. He's got the oil wells, plus the distinction of having won five straight championships. And what's more, what he had to say pinched the baseball executives in the right places. Shortage of Brains In brief, Casey said he was fed up with all the groaning about the Yankee stranglehold. If the other front offices had any brains oper­ ating out of them, Casey said, they would get to work getting some good ballplayers instead of beef­ ing. The rest of the managers probably added a silent "Amen" to that statement. Of course the Yankees have one advantage. Just like all good foot­ ball players will go to Notre Dame if they have the chance, all good baseball players jump at the oppor­ tunity to play with New York. But while success breeds success. the Yankees front office manage­ ment has more on the ball than that. Somehow the Yankee scouts seem to be able to turn up the Mantles, Martins, McDougalds, Fords and the like while other clubs go broke paying huge bonuses to publicized high school stars, most of whom never amount to anything. Secondly, there is the uncanny Yankee faculty of picking up fad­ ing stars from other clubs and getting a few good seasons out of them. Here's where the Yankees have the drop on all other clubs. They are willing to invest in some high-salaried ball players, men like Mize, Blackwell, Hopp and Sain where other clubs shy off. And where they have to pay high for an established minor league star like Woodling, they will come through. The Yankee front office figures its better to pay a high salary to get a seasoned ball player, even a part time one, than to shell out thous­ ands in bonuses to 17-year-olds. All of the other clubs had the same opportunity as the Yankees to get these men. They simply didn't want to touch them. Certainly it's not a healthy sit­ uation when one club completely: blankets the league year after year. Perhaps the solution for the competitors is to steal away some of the Yankees' front office brain trust. Maybe then they can come up with the secret of success. Boysan And Girlsan Meet In Japan Seafarers from the Burden pose for camera in the land of the rising sun. Shown, surrounded by girls, are, top, left to right, Roberts, Mease, Wilaszak. Center: Aton, Shaw, Mann. Bottom: Ebberts. 0ALl;£ir GtEAKINGS The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little' known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Harry Franklin's recipe for baked stuff pork chop. - ' Harry L. Franklin, chief stew­ ard in the SIU for 11 years, has been around ships and seafarers for a long time He knows what he's talking about when he says he's got "a tasty dish to please the whole crew." Born in Cleve­ land, Ohio, ond now living in New York City and shipping out of the same port. Franklin has been sailing for more than a decade and knows -wit at pleases the pal-. Franklin ates of the men In the forecastles. This one, he says, comes by way of a cook he once sailed with, and out of Con•stanza, Romania. The ingredients used in this concoction include several stalks of celery, slices of dill pickle and apples, 42 pork chops to serve that many men, a slice of Swiss ohecse and an^eight ounce jar prepared mustard. In place of some of the seasonings, mushroonls, pepper and bread and but­ ter pickles are excellent substi­ tutes. Cut To Bbne Now, cut the pork chop by tak­ ing a knife and slitting the meat across to the bone. Stuff the con­ diments into the pocket in the chop thus obtained and brush' on Uv liberally with prepared mus­ tard. Secure the filling and chop with toothpicks and place the chop in a baking pan. Next, place the chop in an oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 45 minutes over a low flame. It is essential to good taste that the dish is timed to be served piping hot from the oven,, so the men get the full benefit of the tangy aroma and taste set be­ fore them like so many kings. Don't, says Franklin, serve the dish twice the same way on nny one. voyage. Mix it up a bit for '^thetadded'enjoyment of the crew:: �SEAFARERS DMcmber 11.. 1953 Trinity Men Are Stiil Smarting T0 the Editor: During its present voyage, the Trinity (Carras) passed through Colombia, and stopped at the port of Covenas. As a result, many of the crewiriembers arp now feeling kind of sore when they sit down. You see, the only means of trans­ portation on this lovely tropical Isle is donkeys or mules. However, in spite of this, a fairly good time was had by all the cowboys of the Trinity. SI. Niederberger if if if Alert Steward Protects Crew To-the Editor: While the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) was taking stores on in the port of Seattle, the port steward tried to shove off on us over 4,000 pounds of beef that had been taken off two of the com­ pany's vessels that are under seizure. As chief steward, I didn't like the looks of the meats and called a Government in­ spector down to the ship. The ins p e c 10 r con­ demned the en­ tire lot of meats as unfit for hum a n consump­ tion. This com­ pany then put entlrely fresh Meyers meats aboard for the voyage. A lot of the dry stores that were transferred from the other vessels were also con­ demned. If it had not been for my alert­ ness, we would have had all this junk shoved off on us. Let this be a lesson to other stewards to in­ spect their stores and know what they are getting, instead of taking a port steward's word for it, as they will shove anything off on you if they think that they can get away with it. And always remem­ ber, by having a well-fed crew you will always find harmony aboard. Louis E. Meyers l" 4" 4" F«t» TwMity-«B« LETTER S ' canned goods, fruit and fruit juices and canned vegetables. The quan­ tities of fresh vegetables obtain­ able vary according to season and the various ports. The meats we have had have been of inferior quality and of about two-thirds of the quality necessary to a well-fed Union ship. The policy has been to cut the steward's requisitions down to standards set by a form compiled by the now defunct WSA, which was always regarded as well below Union standards. As a result, the steward has been ordered to pur­ sue a policy that borders closely upon rationing and has been un­ able to maintain Union standards. Steward Hard-Timed There has been continuous pres­ sure brought to bear on the stew­ ard to circumvent the contract by having many things that are cus­ tomarily overtime performed as routine duties. The steward has made a con­ tinued and diligent attempt to maintain the Union standards, but because he does not readily submit to the policy of sub-standard gen­ eral conditions (in brief, he is not a "yes" man), he has been given and is still being given a very hard time. Seven Steward Dept. Men it Agents On West Coast Are Tops To the Editor: The rest of the guys and I would sure like to thank David Irvine for the swell job he's done as patrol­ man in Seattle, Wash. He settled several heefs that we had here on the Compass and the captain said that for the stores we got we could thank David; he thanked the fellows on here, too, for being such good. Unionminded men. We have heen on the West Coast for the past nine months, and would sure like to compliment Marty Breithoff, Tom Banning, Les Ames and John Arabasz for the jobs they are doing. Chet Gawrych Stores Are Poor On Potrero Hills Thanhs SIU For To the Editor: The steward and the entire Disability Dough steward department aboard the Potrero Hills (Phila. Marine) are confronted with a difficult and try­ ing situation. This ship was stored in Baltimore with what was and still is, Supposed to he eight months' supplies of "dry stores"— coffee, sugar, floury canned goods, etc. In, actual fact; there was a six-month supply of coffee, sugar, flour, pastes and a few other arti­ cles and four-months' worth of LOG To the Editor: This is to say thanks to the leaders and the entire Searfarers International Union who made it possible for me to obtain the dis­ ability benefit. You can Imagine how grateful I am to know that in the evening of life, when I can no longer -answer the call, that I am not forgotten. Thank you again. Benjamin Bailey Seafarers Saigon Symphony Tahes Drothers To The Cleaners To the Editor: Recently the Steel Chemist pulled into Houston, Tex., and the crew was well satisfied with the work of La Velle cleaners. This firm is owned by one of our Union brothers, L. A. Bolton, book B-591. It would be fitting and proper if the crews of all SIU ships pulling into Houston would let La Velle cleaners do their laundry and dry cleaning. By the way, Lenny Bolton is now married and has two children, and is expecting another addition Tancey to his family. Let's lend a hand to help a brother start a reliable business, and I'm sure he'll maintain a high grade of cleaning. Edward A. Yancey i 4. t New Experience For EST Crew To the Editor: It is a new experience for a num­ ber of the crew, riding a busy LST Southern Cities. Once aboard you notice the confining quarters, also the dirt of a lengthy shipyard stay. So report to work at 8:00 AM, sign on at 9:00 AM and sail at 10.00 AM. With little gear of yoim own there isn't time to think. At sea there is so much clean­ ing, no dinner,' then finally a supper meal before sougeeing your foc'sle, etc. The ports are quickly arrived at and the crew sleeps a good deal while off watch. Meetings are held once a month. They are EUiott routine, as all runs smooth between crew and management. A Virginian crew looks forward to the LOGs and a new library due at Jacksonville, our next port. No Slopchest Cigarettes are the slopchest. Buying gear, books and toiletries add up the draws. Of course, the rapid shore leaves can help. - The first good leave is due as cargo comes off and on. Three days, then off to the summer ports of San Juan, Surinam, etc. You think kindly of the boys at head­ quarters and imagine fur-lined boots and Christmas tinsel. Most of the crew probably will see the holidays go by at sea. Good comments being seldom heard, the Union strength and security are appreciated by our boys. Now, of course, there are a few chowhounds complaining, but Southern sends the requested stores. A good contract plus Union comfort. James B. Elliott 4^ Jean Lafitte. I really want to ex­ tend my heartiest thanks to Broth­ ers Dick Ransom, bosun; Bill Chadbm-n, BR; Bob Sullivan, AB, and Garth E. Henry, chief elec­ trician. We had a real old gettogether and I was lucky to get two copies of the LOG which, if possible, I would like you to for­ ward to me. SIU Respected The Army has a very high re­ gard for men with cook's experi­ ence in the SIU, and it's no won­ der, as we have the best feeding ships on the seas. Incidentally, I would like to pass word to all Sea­ farers who visit Kobe to stop in at the Club Rose where the treat­ ment is wonderful in every re­ spect. It is the only place in Japan that buys a drink back and that is going some over here. Warren Leruth - (Ed. note: We have added your name to the list of SEAFARERS LOG subscribers.) i i Julesbnrg Crew Has Hard Time To the Editor: I am now aboard the Julesburg and have been for the last seven months. We have had some trouble with our ice boxes so the meat spoiled; we were without linen for four weeks and had no shore leave here in Bahrein..Because the king of Saudi Arabia died recently we cannot get our mail, which is only 20 miles away in Ras Tanura. We have not had any LOGs aboard since August 6th. We have seven or eight pictures which were taken aboard ship of the funeral services for Harry T. Dunlop. Would you advise me on whether you would care to have them for the LOG. Requests LOG Will you please send the LOG to my new home address. My wife is a very faithful reader of the LOG and is sort of giving me heck to write you so she can get the LOG again and keep up with the SIU news. The SEAFARERS LOG is just about the best all-around paper I have ever read, and though it is limited to maritime and labor news it does cover a lot of terri­ tory. I don't suppose I have ever missed a paper as much as I do the LOG. Joe Nigro (Ed. note: Wc have noted your change of address on our mailing list. Please send the pictures you took in to the LOG.) Yorhwnar is A Good Feeder To the Editor: The Yorkman, left Baltimore on the Ifith of November on what looks to be a very good trip, for a change. The last trip wasn't such a good one, as the rest of the men are also in top shape. I will send you our Thanksgiving Day menu so you can see for your­ self how we are eating on this trip. We have a tip-top steward depart­ ment, and the other departments are also in top shape. Two men missed the ship before the payoff to go to the hospital. Their gear was itemized and will be put ashore in Long Beach, so that when they ask the agent to, he can forward their stuff to them. I had the dis­ tinction of being Toler elected an engine delegate last trip, and am still doing my best at both jobs. On my last trip on the Western Trader, I missed the ship in Phila­ delphia, before I had returned the money which I borrowed from three or four friends aboard. I would like them to get in touch with me as soon as possible, so that I will know where to send their money. Richard Toler 4i i 4. Baltimore Puts Out. Holiday Feed To the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to express my opinion of the Thanksgiving Dinner served in the port of Baltimore. It was ont of the best prepared and served din­ ners that I ever had the oppor­ tunity to eat. Everjbody had plenty to eat and drink. It sure was a plea.sure to see a lot of the old- ''^ timers I had not seen for a long time. The representatives of the SIU in Baltimore are doing a fine job that will be beneficial for the future of the port. Since my acci­ dent on the Yorkmar, I have had an opportunity to get around and meet a lot of the membership I have not seen in a long time. On the Yorkmar, I had the pleasure of seeing some of the boys from the Gulf - and from North Carolina— a group of nice fellows and good seamen who are setting a good ex­ ample for all seamen. The new hall is shaping up very nicely and will be a place to be proud of when finally completed. Carl "Red" Gibbs Hoosier Mariners And Koreans 4^ Ex'Seatarer is Generals^ Cook Juan Reyes, left, and Connie Grozea make tuneful melodies aboard tiie Seafarer in Saigon, Burmat The Seafarers produce the tunes OB th^ own TersionB of plcotb and bass fiddle 4uring Insure time. ••••. To the Editor: Before being drafted in the Army I was sailing for two years in the SIU. I shipped mostly from New Orleans and was chief baker on the Del Sud and usually shipped as night cook and baker or chief on tankers. At present I am chief cook in a commanding general's mess in. Korea. I cook for three generals, one lieutenant general and two brigadier generals in X Corps Headquarters. Recently I had the pleasure of going on R&R In Kobe, JBpan. Here I awt fmir SealanRrs off the Seafarers Jo* Doui^*rty, second from left, and H. H. Dldderbock. right, stand alongside of some South Korean lade who make their hmae near the sea. The SMtat was.ebeard the Hoesier Marteer; ! ( �SEAFARERS Pace Twealy-lw#- Crewmemhers Aid Korean Orphans To the Editor: At a recent shipboard meeting aboard the George A! Lawson (Pan Oceanic), all the brothers collected $43, which was handed over to the Army officer in charge of Opera­ tion Santa Claus. This money will be spent to the orphaned Korean children in the Inchon area. The whole operation was sponsored by the US Army, 21st Med. Port Battallion, Inchon, Korea. M. E. Sanchez LOG December. ll,r - 196S X E T T E R S Vendor Supports Longshore Fight To the Editor: The Steel Vendor (Isthmian) has a fine crew aboard,ship] and we are proud to take part in the great undertaking of cleaning up 'the New York waterfront. Loading the Steei Vendor in Anastasia's stronghold was one of the straws that broke the camel's back of con-uption in the racketridden old ILA. The SIU has shown the long­ shoremen that we are behind them 100 percent in setting up a bona fide rank-and-file union for ,^the membership by the membership, under the newly chartered AFLILA, with voting and full seniority privileges that will insure real pro­ tection for them and their families.. William Femance and watched the chain. Finally he his unenviable reputation. He turned to me and with a very puz­ would liquor up the ship's bully zled loffk on his face said, "Bosun, and talk him into picking a. fight has it got a strain on it yet?" When with whomever K^g happened to To the Editor: dislike at the time. One such in" . In the years that I have been he told me that we were going to stigated fight ended up .in knife- going to sea I have heard many a paint all the passageways in the play. King also started malicious tale of how a chief mate had fouled midship house, I turned all my rumors about crewmembers he up a good deck gang, but up until five-gallon cans of white paint up­ didn't like. two months ago I never had the side down. He saw this and asked I write this note because I heard misfortune to sail with a mate who, me, "Bosun, why do you stow your some of King's drinking buddies because of inexperience and down­ paint upside down?" I told him drafted a note to the LOG denying right stupidity fouled up a deck that I wanted to see the trade mark the charges "made by the Bridger gang that any bosun could truth­ on the bottom. In Safi, French Morocco, he men. fully say that he wanted the stack painted so we got This should set the record was damned glad the bosun chairs rigged up and straight: King is everything the to sail with. There everything else ready the day be­ Bridger men said he was. I hope are no perform­ To the Editor: fore. When he saw this he asked this will warn other seamen who ers or gashounds me if the heat on the outside of Once again I would like to send may have the misfortune to sail or foulups in this the stack wouldn't burn those stack deck gang. They a word of thanks to the welfare with him. 4 4" 4 ropes hanging down on the out­ Joseph Avila are all a fine ' department and to the brother side of the stack if left there over­ Seafarers who donated blood for bunch of hardi i t night. my wife during her recent illness. working men, More To Come willing to do any Thanks to the policy of the Mazur Please bear with me, brothers, To the Ediion job they are Union such emergencies are taken We want to acknowledge receipt asked to do no matter what it may there's more to come. Because the care of by the Welfare Services To the Editor: Department on the double. Recently I was a passenger on be. In short, a deck gang which is gauntlet was being used on the of the donation of $245 from the stack he called it a stack rope. I captain and members of the crew Thank you again. . the Andrew Jackson (Waterman), a credit to the SIU. Everything was going along fine suppose if I had it rigged up on a of the Ragnar Naess for relief of Edward W. Ketschko and have the highest praise for the A. i officers and crew. I really was on the Mankato Victory until this king post he'd call it a king post earthquake victims of the Ionian amazed to find such a fine lot of schoolboy—John P. McKean-r-de- rope. Maybe I'm cracking up. We Islands, This amount will be transmitted men on a cargo ship; they were all cided that he must let the boys got two new topping lift wires for know he is the mate on this ship the booms on No. 5. He asked me promptly to the stricken area. gentlemen and very courteous. and it is part of his job to get out how the heck I was going to get We wish to express our sincere To the Editor: Starting from Wilmington, Cal., on deck and show everyone how those wires through the topping thanks to all who so generously For the present, I have settled we were 12 passengers, all jolly- much he knows. Actually he made lift blocks when there's a socket out here at the US Veterans Hos- nice people, and time passed so a big fool of himself by his re­ on each end of them? After ex­ contributed to this cause. This wonderful contribution will be of Ipitai n Tucson, Ariz., in order to quickly I couldn't realize it when peated blunders in deck seaman­ plaining this mystery to . him, he tremendous help. breathe fresh air and dust. When we reached Yokohama, Japan. I ship, but to this day he hasn't asked me how much of a job it B. P. Goulandrls I'm ready to go to sea again, I'll was the only passenger left on realized it. would be to pull the goosenecks, Orion Shipping & Trading Co., Inc. probably go to California, but un­ board, as I was journeying on to check them and how it would be Inexperienced OS New York (the others staying in til then, the best of everything. done. As yet it hasn't downed on his Iliff Yokohama and* by-stations). Brilliant Statements t 4- t I would like to make a few re­ brilliant mind that the boys have Now for some of his brilliant long since found him out as being marks about the stewards: First, statements; When referring to the Tiny Phillips was ever-attentive in nothing more than an inexperi­ jack-stay up forward he called it To the Editor: I have been transferred to a remarking any special dish I enced OS with a chief mate's li­ that thing. I asked, "What thing?" cense. They're all fed up with his new battalion here at Fort Sili, wanted. Everything served was to He said, "That long piece of wire Okla., and would like to continue To the Editor: my liking, and for anyrthing extra, supervision and are at the I-don'tEnclosed is a copy of a letter Jimmy Allen, our waiter was all- give-a-damn stage, myself included, that stretches from the mast to the receiving the LOG. I really look which I have sent to Senator attentive, courteous and a gentle­ as I too have had more than my flagpole" (meaning, of course, the forward to reading each issue and Richard B.. Russell. He hasn't let men. My room steward, Michael share of his continual nagging and flagstaff) that the anchor ball would appreciate it if you would hangs from." When we started to make this change of address for me down on other things of a simi- Stoth, was all-attentive, neat and silly suggestions. strip No. 3 lifeboat to clean and The deck and ship's delegates *' lar nature. me. clean. I could go on and on men­ and myself went to the old man paint it out he said that it was a A few years ago postal carriers Brantley Young, Jr. tioning names and courteous at­ about this; We've even called the good thing we wouldn't have to were seeking a raise in pay at Co­ tention given me, but do not want (Ed. note: We have noted your lumbus, Ga., and in other cities to take up time and space. I know hall in Mobile while the ship was take the air tanks out because change of address on our mailing throughout the country. Each in­ the boys will understand my ap­ there and had the patrolman speak they're welded to the boat. I asked list.) to the old man about it. I have him why the straps were around dividual mailman asked his friends preciation. 4 4 4 told him myself several times not them, then. He told me to tell the to write a letter to their Con­ The SIU can Justly be proud to to interfere, but in spite of every­ "fellows" chipping No. 9 and No. gressmen and Senators. They re­ have such a fine group of gentle­ thing that we have done he is at 10 winches not to chip down to the ceived their raise in pay. men belonging to the organization. all times determined to give the bare metal. I guess he just wanted David M. King To the Editor: Our Captain J. Rhodes comes In boys a hard time. His latest brain­ the paint chipped off. Why chip "Senator Richard B. Russell I was ordered into the Navy for for a large share of praise, being a storm is to have acquired the serv­ good thick rust; it makes the metal two years' service^ but had to ex­ United States Senate look thicker. very pleasant and kindly master ices of the second mate (another 'Washington, D, C. This should be proof enough that tend my enlistment for two more for whom all the crew has the high­ phony) to spy on us and report his Dear Sir: Mr. McKeen should have learned years. This place is nothing, like findings to him. At present I am a member of est praise and respect. his deck seamanship in the foc'sle the. good old SIU, but you hava to In closing, I would love to be on the Seafarers International Union Quiz Kid, Too and not out of a book in school or make the best of it. I would ap­ of North America, Atlantic & your mailing list, as I enjoyed read­ In order to tell you about this from the bridge of the seven Vic­ preciate it if you would kindly Gulf District, which is affiliated ing the SEAFARERS LOG while clown I must repeat some ofHhe send me all back issues of the LOG aboard ship. with the AFL. stupid questions and statements tory ships that he claims to have from October up until the present been on. However, I hear that he Elizabeth Bilsbrough This Union has 20,000 members which this King's Point genius and current issue. (Ed note: We have added your asked me. In Seattle, when we is an excellent typist; does lots of who rely on medical attention of Tell , the boys I send all of my it. Perhaps he should stick to that. the Marine hospitals—like the one name to the LOG'S mailing list.) dropped anchor, we stood there regards, and wish the membership Grease the Gangway! closed at Mobile, Ala., and other For my grand finale I have saved a Merry Christmas and a Happy seaport cities. what I believe is the last big splash. New Year. It is my wish that you might Gerald De Meo Standing by to anchor one night consider giving us your support (Ed. note: The hack issues df the we heard the splashing of por­ on this issue that they might be LOG that you requested are on poises on the bow. Says Mr. Mc­ their way to you; your new address ^, kept open and reopen those which Keen: "Gee, I wonder how them we, the Merc'hant Marines, need. has been added to our mailing list make such a loud splash. What do so that you will get each issue of V. e have a Union paper pub­ they do? Jump up out of the water the LOG promptly from now on.) lished bi-monthly—the SEAFAR­ and hit themselves on the side of ERS LOG. At your ^convenience, the sbip?" - if you feel our hospitals are That did it. 9ive me my money worthy of your support, ifiease and my discharge, and tomeone write to our secretary-treasurer, put plenty of grease on tliat gang­ To the Editor: Paul Hall, 675 Fourth Avenue, way. In about three weeks we I made my last trip for the next Brooklyn, NY, as I would like to should be in New York and this two years on the Steel Worker. read your pledge of support in our nightmare will be over. If any of When I came back, I had greetings Union paper. you brothers want to hear more, from President Eisenhower. "Im­ With cordial personal regards you'll find me in the Port O'Call, mediate Induction." I did not keep and best wishes." trying td drown a bad dream. See my local draft board informed, i, ^ you there. about my last trip so they decided Charlie Muiir to take me. That ought to teach "X t 4" • some of the other brothers with 1-A classifications a lesson. Keep, To the Editor: in touch with your local board. . Just a note in defense of the If it is possible, I'd like to have \ To the Eflltor:. crewmembers of the Fort Bridger the LOG sent to me so I don't lose I would like to advise all mem­ contact with the Union. who denounced Louis King as a bers who .don't want to be gypped, It's always fair weather when Seafarers get together anywhere in « poor seaman and a troublemaker, , Pvt. oye HuMn ; to stay away from Firtt Cabin Bar' the world. Above are shown some Seafarers, who got together in - After being run off the Bridger, (Ed. note: Your copy of the SEA­ and Restaurant, Ayalon Boiflevard, FARERS LOG will be mailed to " ' King joined us on the- Camas Mead­ Japan after the Wm. Burden and the Stony Creek reached the Far Wilmington,°r. Cal. ' ' v you regularly every two weeks, at ows on the I^rsian Gulf run, where Eastern isle. Top is Pinkey, bottom Is , J. Mann, with Tiny Mease, . C, Kennedy you requested.) he immediately began .to live up .ts> . left, and H, Wila^zak completing the seafaring groups . A King^s Point Genius is Mate Thanks SlfU For Blood S^onors Thanks SIU Crew For $ Bonation Andrew Jackson CreMt Bated High Seafarer Bests In Hosmtai LOG Follows Him To Fort Sill Writes Letter To Congressman Asks For LOG To Read In Service Fair Weather For Friends In Japan Write Your Draft Board Regularlg Foul Ball Lands On Another Ship Warns Members Of Restaurant �11, IMS SBAfAREttS LOG P«c« Twcn^-ttree Goney Island Sands Cot $ From Mutiny Consider a small brig carrying a valuable cargo of $50,000 in silver and gold, add a couple of pirates to her crew, then toss in a bucko skipper and mate, and you've got all the basic ingredients for a story of The Vineyard sailed In 1830 mutiny, robbery and blood­ with her skipper, the mate, a crew shed. of seven, and the $50,000 aboard. However, when the brig Vine­ She was bound for Philadelphia. yard sailed from New Orleans, The first part of the voyage was there were only two persons In the quiet, and imeventful, although world who had any inkling that the the captain and the mate proved trip of the small brig would write themselves to be In the true bucko a notable chapter In maritime tradition as they cracked down on crime history. the men. While there was little In Although he had no idea at the the way of floggings or such pun­ time, the Vineyard's skipper, Cap­ ishment, the work was hard, the tain Thornber, made his first mis­ hours long, and the treatment take—a mistake which was later harsh. Even the food was poor. to prove a fatal one. Two of his Under such treatment, the entire crew had apparently jumped ship crew had become mutinous and when the vessel arrived in New bitter. Orleans and so Captain Ihomber Propose Mutiny started to look for new crew mem So, when Gibbs and Wansley hers and found two men on the proposed, a mutiny and a division wharf—J. Wansley and Charles of the money the Vineyard car­ Gibbs—who were eager to sign on ried, the other five crew members • the brig. were quick to agree with them, The records agree that Gibbs was and to take part in the plan. the leader of the pair. Hhe had The mutineers laid their plans started sailing during the War of carefiilly. They waited until the 1812, and had spent most of the war serving his country aboard Vineyard had just passed Cape After the four men lost about $21,008 of the loot when their longboat capsized in the surf, they scram­ various privateers—^which in many Hatteras. Then, on the night of bled ashore at Coney Island. There they buried most of the rest of the loot, planning to return and cases were little better than legal­ November 23, 1830, they were get it at a later date, when they could carry it more easily. ized pirate ships. When the war ready to strike. The captain was up ended, Gibbs found himself without on deck when they approached and land. This was a trip of about turn for it later. They scooped away lice were called to hreak up the the excitement and fast money him, suddenly swarmed over him 20 miles. the sand with their hands, and tak­ fight. that he craved and so he went to and tossed him over thie side. Then, The chest was loaded into the ing less than $1,000 of the money When the cops arrived, they be­ Gibbs and two others quietly went Cuba and joined a group of Span­ with them, buried the rest on the came suspicious about the large long boat, and the men climbed below and entered the mate's ish and American pirates, who amount of coin they found in the cabin. He was fast asleep when over the side. Gibbs, who was the beach. were operating in that area. Then they decided that they room. They took all four men into they pounced on him and dragged last man to leave the ship, set fire Made Frief da him out of his bunk and up on to her and quickly climbed into the couldn't trust each other. So they custody. Gibbs and Wansley re­ While sailing with the pirates in deck. Then, as the mate screamed long boat. Then, the two boats said they would stay together until fused to say anything to the po­ they were able to return and get lice, but the other two crew mem­ the Caribbean, Gibbs made fast for mercy, they tossed him over started to pull for Jones Inlet. Within a matter of minutes, how­ the money. After waiting for their bers unleashed all the details of friends with Wansley, who was his the side. The next five minutes shipmate aboard one of the pirate were hard oh the mutineers, as the ever, the two boats were caught in clothes to dry, they travelled to the mutiny and the robbery. vessels, and the two of them be­ mate swam alongside the slow-mov­ the undertow of the surf on Coney Flatbush, where they stopped at a The police checked the details came almost inseparable. They ing vessel, screaming for his life, Island, and were pulled in toward small rooming house. with the shipping company and the shipped on a number of the pirate until he finally sank beneath the the beach. The yawl, with three Start Fight four men were brought to triaL men in it, hit the surf first. It cap­ craft in the area, but found the surface, exhausted. Immediately, they bought a large The trial was a fast one, as the life was still too slow and the With Gihbs in command, the sized, drowning all three men stock of liquor and retired to the two other men testified as state's prizes far too small to suit their Vineyard continued to sail north. aboard. rooming house to discuss their new witnesses, telling their part in the The long boat was next. With wealth. Gibbs and Wansley sug­ mutiny and putting almost all the tastes, so they drifted back to the When they were about three miles States. off Coney Island, they decided to four men aboard, it hit the heavy gested that they should get a larger blame on Gibbs and Wansley. The Arriving in New Orleans, they scuttle the small ship and make surf and ploughed through. Just as share of the loot than the others, buried money was recovered and apparently overheard some stories for shore. The plan was to put the it reached the beach, the long boat since they had planned the entire used as evidence in the trial. about the $90,000 in coin that the chest of money Into the long boat, also capsized. The chest was caper. The other two didn't agree The result was that Gibbs and Vineyard wai carrying and it was while some of the others would dumped out, along with the four and the' discussion became more Wansley were hanged. The other a very- short time after that when take the yawl. Then, they planned men. It broke open, dumping the and more heated. Within a matter two men, who had turned state's they were signed aboard the Vine­ to ro^jv through Jones Inlet, and coins out in the sand. of hours, the discussion about the evidence, got off with fairly short yard as crew members. make their way to Jamaica Bay . The four men scrambled through loot became a free-for-all. The po­ prison terms. the sand and were able to recover about $29,000 of the coins. The. other $21,000. was quickly washed Farallon Island Lighthouse into the sand by the surf, and was never recovered. Bury Money Scrambling up onto the beach with the chest, the four men de­ cided that they would bury most of the money on the beach and re- MJBG Welcomes Sioriess Pies Four; of the mutineers left the Yiiieyard ott Coney Island, after iaettlnt fire to the ship. They carried the ehest with $58,000 In coins along with them in > the longboat" - -' ~ With the LOG now contain­ ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ tions, there is plenty of room for stories, photos and letters sent in by the Seafarers. Several pages of each issue are devoted to the expei-iences of Seafarers and the ships they sail as they describe them themselves If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or Just want to let your friends know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG. Don't worry too much about Uteraty style. We'll patch it up if it needs patching. And of course, photos Illustrating the incidents you describe make them more Interesting for the readers; Send your stuff to the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ thing-returned after we use it. we'll do that too.- . . <• The Farallon Island Lighthouse, 25 miles offshore of the Golden Gate, marks San Francisco Harbor's entrance. Built in 1855, follow­ ing the California gold rush, the rocks for the tower were quarried bn the Island and carried to the top of the ledge by hand. The gathering of birds' eggs, 'and'seal huhting that was done on the island have hew beeii stopped by the Governments " • �ra Pare Twenty-four SEAFARERS LOG Deoetnber 11, 19SS . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS MAGNOLIA MARINER (Misfissippi), October 25—Chairman, Charles L. Stringfellow; Secretary, C. A. Crabtree. Mate Is not giving satisfaction on overtime. Fans should be installed in all crew foc'sles as promised. Personal grievances should be settled on board ship. Alarm system should be Installed in refriger ator boxes. One man paid off in Yo­ kohama. be taken care of by all hands. Canned milk brand should be changed: steward will take care of this. I like it. Repairs should be turned over | the sign-on. Vote of thanks went to the to the delegates so a repair list can be steward department for the excellently made out. Extra washing machine and food they pht out. Great appreciation grating should be taken out of the laun- was given to the day cooks far cooperatSTEEL ACE (Isthmian), September 2t f ""ttreMes put aboard In ing with the 4-8 watch by letting them —Chairman, V. MIynek; Secretary, S. Philadelphia are no good. Union should eat early. R. L, Ferguson, the ship's Anderson. Repair lists will be made up ask the company to put innerspring mat- delegate, was commended for his exand turned in. There is $31 in the ship's Seafarers who applied for tresses aboard with the proviso that treme sincerity and dilUgence He has fund. Letter was sent to headquarters crewmembers damaging them pay for exerslsed his ability and kept non-essennew membership books in about draws in Singapore. Two men them. There is a balance of $42.26 in tial beefs to a minimum. The departshould not be allowed to sail SlU any New York but are now sailing the ship s fund. | ment delegates performed their duties ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), September more. They will be turned over to the well also. Vote of thanks went te' Capfrom outports don't have to 1S_Chalrman, S. Manclna; Secretary, L. patrolman for their lack of cooperation PURPLESTAR (Traders), October 25— P- Bamberg for his generous concome to this city to get their I Chslrman, P. Hagmann. No ship's funds will be in Singapore. This motion was passed. C, Murree; Secretary, R. Mcsideration and enthusiastic cooperation carried. Books for the library were pur­ Washing machine should be kept clean: new books. Nell. Man who missed ship in Mojl, crewmembers. It has chased with ship's funds left by the old machine will be disposed of. But­ Japan will be turned over to the patrol- been a pleasure to sail with Captain If the men involved will previous crew. Ship's delegate's mail tered bread should not be placed in the man. All department delegates wlU pick Bamberg and Chief engineer Osin, should not be opened by anyone else. toaster. write to headquarters and tell up repair list. Due to the over-use of October 10—Chairman, E. Russian; New man missed ship in Newark. Pa­ 8EATRAIN GEORGIA (Saatrain), No­ coffee, what remains will have to be the Union which port they are I rationed. trolman will be asked about repairing Secretary, W. Shaw. There is $21.12 in Steward said that there were vember 22—Chairman, Lee Lateva; Sec­ the port passageway main; if this can­ the ship'S-fund. Beefs to be turned retary, Raymond L. Perry. Men using sailing out of, the Union will 230 pounds on board after leaving Yo­ not be attended to the chief mate should over to the patrolman were listed and kohama, which ordinarily is more than the washing machine should sign the forward the book in care of get the necessary material and have the read. One man should be lined instead list posted near the machine, so ' that enough for a trip to the West Coast. deck department make repairs. Notice of suspended from the Union. Beef be­ those who wish to use it next will know the port agent. tween two members will be referred to will be posted on the officers' bulletin JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory pvhose clothes are in the machine. SamUnder no circumstances the patrolman." Ten new fans, new wash­ board stating that the washing machine I Carriers), October $ — Chairman, Carl Ple of tbe steak meat should be shewn is to be cleanea after use: this means ing machine and a new toaster will be ScoH; Secretary, John J. Bednar. Old to the patrolman to see if a better grado however, will the books be the engineers especially. Linen locker asked for. There is a beef on salty and repair list will be given to the ship's ®"b be obtained. Each member sheuld sent through the mails to any uneatable ham and bacon. Brand will be door should be repaired so it can be delegate who will see what repairs from contribute $1 to the ship's fund, closed without banging and waking up checked .by the steward. There should private addresses. the previous voyage were not completed. the whole ship. Door leading from the be better meals on ' Sundays. Foc'sles Walter L. Busch was elected ship's deleSTEEL KING (Isthmian), Novombar 19 recreation room to the passageway and lockers should be left clean. Vote gate. Crew s scuttebutt has been on the —Chairman, Vlto O'Angelo; Socratary, should be kept closed because of noise. of thanks went to the ship's delegate^ Discussion was held on the ship's fund repair list since 1950; the main thing is prad Stappa. Mate will make up ipdividAll deck department members should be Joe Selby. for a good job well done. I that the cooler is only a two-quart con- ual draw and slop totals, so each man and cleaning up after the movie. ready to turn to when securing for sea. tainer which the crew figures entirely can verify his own. Quarters should be STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), October 1* Department delegates should present a STEELORE (Ore), November 1—Chair­ to smaH. steward department will clean left clean for the next crew. Ice malist of repairs (o department heads, so —Chairman, E. O. Odum; Secretary man, C. Hauger; Secretary, Guy Nealls. the recreation room: the laundry will be chine overfows and should be fixed. Stewart Hanks. Discussion was held withrepairs can be taken care of at sea. elean by the engine and deck dC' Fresh water tanks should be cleaned and the captain on sanitary conditions in the One crewmember missed ship in Balti­ kept partments. All hands will keep the the linen and flour inspected by the more. There is $17.52 in the ship's fund. black gang; captain cooperated in clear WILLIAM A. CARRUTH (Trans-Fuel), washing machine clean and clean up patrolman. Captain expressed his appre­ October 25—Chairman, Hans Skaalegaard; ing up the situation. Stewart Hanks was Discussion was held on the Sea Chest. the machine sinks after using them. ciation to the crew for their performance Ship's delegate will take orders. Money elected ship's delegate. Deck gang has Seerstary, W. Pedersen. One man of duties and good cunduct, which helped the ship's fund will be used to missed ship in Yokohama and a replace­ complained about cockroaches in foc'sles, from MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank­ make the trip a pleasant one. He In­ ment was hired in the same port. All and the neglect of last voyage's repair write the letter to the Senate protesting ers), Octeber 11—Chairman, Harold F. vited all crewmembers to make another hands will clean foc'sles and turn in list. Foc'sles are filthy. A list of these the closing of the marine hospitals. Jaynes; Secretary, James Beresford. Un­ trip. Ship's delegate got a vote of confidence. ion will be informed of the chief engi­ linen and cots. Crewmembers will do­ conditions will be made up and pre Ship's delegate will see the captain nate money to send a wire to Washing­ sented to the captain. Men should be neer, who fails to recognize the SIU cleaner in the messhall. Steward will about the shower heads and bulletin contract, ton. places the ship and the crew's board. change the messman. lives- in jeopardy, took a fan out of the galley to put in the hospital although NORTH PLATTE VICTORY (Missis­ STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Novem­ the first assistant has three in his room. sippi), August 28—Chairman, J. W. Rellly ber 14—Chairman, H. Clemens; Secre­ Food the ship in Portland, Mc., Secretary, W. L. O'Donnell. There are tary, C. Hartman. Suggestion was made is farsupplied below SIU standards. Steward 1,400 yen, in the ship's fund. Draws will to see the patrolman about extending asked that there more variety in the be in US currency on the day before the drinking water line beyond the menus. Delegatesbewill make up repair FRANCIS (Bull), October 25—Chair­ arrival in port. Tarpaulin muster will house for the longshoremen in foreign lists for their departments. man, John O'Rourke; Secretary, Fred T. be taken to augment the ship's fund and ports who request drinking water. Sug­ Miller. John O'Rourke was elected ship's IRENESTAR (Maine), June 16—Chair­ buy additional baseball equipment. Crew gestion was made to show the patrolman MAE (Bull), November IS—Chairman, man, R. Goodwin; Secretary, no name. agreed to a SI assessment per man the rust and sediment in the potable Ed Carlson; Secretary, O. Garrlgnes. delegate. Steward was asked about gelting more milk aboard and a better vari­ Steward agreed to furnish typewritten Pat Fox was. elected ship's delegate by tanks before the next crew signs on. There is $29.50 in the ship's fund: two acclamation. Repair list was taken care menus for the tables instead of using Gangway cable should be inspected, as pools will be run this trip to increase ety of night lunch. Messroom should be kept while the ship is in port. of; company said innerspring mattresses the blackboard. one broke. There is $68.73 in the ship's it as much as possible. Steward will or­ Noise locked in the passageways should be cut would be sent along with the new wash­ fund. der new ash trays for the next trip. down. Laundry cleaning list will be ing machine. Steward received most of September 27—Chairman, E. B. Lewis; Ship's delegate will write to the Union posted in the messroom, the stores he asiied for; the rest will Secretary, J. Rellly. A repair list will to see about getting a coffee urn in­ arrive at the next port. be made out before leaving Hakphong stalled and if a new washing machine AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), November 16 June 28—Chairman, R. M. Goodwin; so that repairs made b.v the crew can can be obtained to replace the one on —Chairman, Derwood Y. Mann; Secre­ Secretary, T. Sullivan. Most of the re, be taken care of. Member who missed here, as it is beyond repair. tary, Robert Benjamin. Chief engineer pairs from the last trip were taken care the ship in Kobe and re.ioined in Sasebo has been discriminating against the of; the rest are being worked on. In­ should be dealt with lightly and not MASSMAR (Calmer), October 25—Chair­ ship's delegate for -performance of nor­ nerspring mattresses and new washing fined if avoidable. man, Thomas R. Glenn; Secretary, Philip mal Union activities. This is the only machine were received. All whistling November 1—Chairman, W. L. O'Don­ B. Livingston. John T. Wulzen was friction aboard ship. Patrolman will be and unnecessary noise is to cease in the nell; Secretary, E. V. Saul. Matter of ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Octo­ ship's delegate by acclamation. contacted at the payoff. Electrician has passageways as men off watch are trying difficulty in obtaining hospital slips and ber 26—Chairman, Kaare G. Sllvetscn; elected All repairs on the list should be checked, to sleep. Men are to come into the other instances pf poor cooperation from Secretary, Lee Bruce, Ship's delegate to see what can be' done with the parts been shown the agreement relative the washing machine. messroom properly dressed at mealtimes. the purser will be referred to the pa will get the names and addresses of on hand before the trip Is over. Steward Steward will post instructions on how to trolman. Ship needs fumigation and Congressmen from the SUP hall in Hono­ department should clean the recreation make coffee. All beefs should be brought more stores for the next trip. Repair lulu. Then letters will be forwarded. room and the deck and engine depart­ GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), up at ship's meetings, where everyone list will be posted so that additions may Telegram will be sent to the hall stat­ ments take care of the laundry. Foc'sle October 17—Chairman, Allen J. Friend; is to take part. Ship's delegate asked be made. All rooms will be checked by ing that we are behind them. Screens decks should be painted. Secretary, Robert F. Black. Captain Hub­ crewmembers to report any repairs on the delegates at the payoff to be sure should be kept on the portholes by the called up the Union hall the night November 1—Chairman, Thomas Glenn; bard fans or lights, as well as other repairs. that they are left clean for the next cooks when men on deck are chipping. Secretary, before sailing and made the false accusa­ Philip B. LIvlngsten. Repair tion August 9—Chairman, J. Salde; Secre­ crew. Unanimous vote of thanks and Steward was asked for more variety of list was turned that the deck gang would not secure IR. Some are being for sea. Captain tary, P. Fox. Performing is to cease, or confidence went to Brother J. D. Otto salads and night lunch. The men al.so taken care of. Two failed to post slopchest men on the West else back to the farm. We have a good for a fine job done as ship's delegate spoke of poor stoeking of the slopchest. Coast are paying off. Garbage should price list for the crew's reference, and ship and a good skipper; let's keep them this trip. Delegates will make up peti November $—Chairman, K. Sllvertsen; not be disposed of near the foc'sle aft rations the crew to three cartons of that way. Checkers are to use the stew­ tions for white card men eligible for Socretary, Leo Bruce. There is $73.90 every two weeks. He put out our own protection. Glasses should cigarettes ard department toilet while in port; permits, to be signed by bookmembers in the ship's fund. One man missed ship for two draws in New York after 5:00 PM. not be left in the sink at night. Vote Milk steward department will use other de­ who agree that these men would be a in Honol^u. An inventory of his gear of is rationed. Chief steward puts it thanks went to the steward departpartment heads. •• credit to the SIU. 8^ 1 the chief mate and ment for the good food being prepared out only in the morning while at sea: buttermilk will be put out for dinner October 25—Chairman, J. P. Sadie; ship s delegate. Steward and ship s dele- and for good service by the messman. Secretary, R. M. Godwin. Men who and supper. Manuel Caldas was elected STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Novem­ gate will see the chief mate about paint ' ship's delegate by acclamation. missed watch or took time off without ber SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Sestrain). 3—Chairman, M. Keefar; Secretary, ing the messroom. All men in the deck permission will be turned in to the pa­ November IS—Chairman, Gens Flow­ department were asked to have their November 15—Chslrman, Gay; Secretary, J. Hartman. Washing machine and wincl trolman. Quarters are to be left clean rooms sougeed before getting in. BR Sir Charles.. There is $49.02 on hand. ers; Secretary, Robert F. Black. Repair and beds stripped of line. Repair list chutes were received as well as a new asked that all surplus linen be turned Suffveatlon made up: up; pairoiman patrolman will warn mada to hiiv crab nata I list was mauo win be oo conwas turned in and most of the repairs library. $27 has been collected to date. over to the steward. Pantry should be tscted on deck department beef, where All garbage in port will be taken back ,were taken care of already. Additional kept Kept a little cleaner at night. One man sir Charles was reelected ship's delegate. the bosun Ua^Vs^d „y ruJIn^^^ suggestions from the crew will be added. aft and dumped. Washing machine should lost ^s papers in Yokohama. Crew voted There should be more variety of vegc-Ph.ii Wash room Skipper was contacted about putting a be left clean after use. thanks to the steward department for tables. Chief eneinear will ha a.krd department. There is a slopchest aboard, and he said he would should be cleaned, as well as toilets and work well "S" t I ibou" cle«tai and'p"a'lSlnr?ooms oVthe I ^®''y thr'lfa"lSs*"to''rat!oS wait and see where the ship was going showers. There should be scouring pow­ f I «h 1 SSc'hStlm'i 0^012^7^^^^^ next trip before ordering this. Patrol­ der in the wash rooms. Steward will Strip their bunks and turn In linen « '-8^ departm^^^^^^ put a garbage can there. Radio and man will be asked about getting a new I them Renalr ?l«t« wni be tiirm^l side knew the agent's address In France. library. Messman's room is very hot and phonograph should be played low. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers), to departmSlft delegli^s.^U 'cre'w ®would'l^S should be changed. mlUtary security. Crew would like ARICKAREE (US Petreleum), October November 15—Chairman, Leo Movall; have been given out. Radiators have Secretary, Vic Harding. Spares for fans been cleaned and painted CWef eM® addresses and destinations of 26—Chairman, Olav Reversen; Secretary, CAMP NAMANU (US Petroleum), Octo­ Noberlml. Previous steward was short 1.& AW-HIMA.! ..M.I tviU braco the fountain In the alley I sparks unarlcfl and And had had to tn ha renanrad hv tha ber 25—Chairman, Alex Janes; Secre­ be censored by tho be obtained and installed before ,• the I tary, R. Bascombe. Four men who missed on ship's stores. Patrolman will be no­ next trip. Crew as a whole is working way. captain. Crew should have innerspring tified of inferior meats put aboard. ship in Yokohama will be turned over mattresses, like other ships. Mate claims well and there are no beefs. Ship needs to the agent at the port of arrival. Two to be out of penicillin. At least six fans fumigation. A list will be posted for men were picked up as replacements in should be ordered as spares for the com­ all members to sign if they need new Yokohama. Letter will be written pro­ ing trip. Repair lists will be handed mattresses. Copy of the repair list will testing the closing of the USPHS hospi­ over to the ship's delegate. be posted. Book rack will be installed In tals. Foc'sles are to be left clean at the the crew recreation room. payoff; all cots are to be returned to BTEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Novom­ the midship house. Repair lists will be bar •—Chairman, Roland Lanqus; Secre­ BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), made out in triplicate. Clothing allow­ Beef on launch SEATIGER (Colonial), October II — tary, Bill Bestallovo. November 17—Chairman, Emil Grotsky; ance will be asked for as tanks were in Djarkarta will be taken up MADAKET (W.?erman), September 27 Secretary, J. Longfellow. Murphy was Chairman, W. W. Delaney; Secretary, R. service filthy for seven months and complaints —Chairman, by the patrolman. There $16 in tho A. M. BranconI; Secretary, elected ship's delegate. Motion was W, Youtzy. Mate agreed to paint decks ship's fund. $12 was paid is were made continually. Schedule of un­ E. Goddard. There for literature _ the work- in the messhall and foc'sles. Draws will paseed to make suggestions on is $49.32 in the ship's satisfactory launch service in Yokohama fund. Repairs are being done very slow­ ing of this type of ship to Union officials be put out in foreign money. There was to be sent to Washington on the hospi­ will be turned over to the patrolman. ly. Washing machine motor was sent so a proper agreement can be drawn a discussion on cleaning the laundry, tal beef, together with the crew of tho Toilets have been unsanitary; patrolman ashore, otherwise everything is in very up. List of assignments for cleaning the It was agreed that the wiper and OS • Steel Rover. Que man missed ship in will be told of this. !Lii S good shape with a very clean payoff. laundry wUl be made up. Each man will would clean the laundry on alternate contribute $1 to the ship's fund. Sug- weeks. Ship's delegate will see the chief fL" SUZANNE (Bull), October 27—Chair­ P. Adkins was elected ship's delegate gestion was made to buy an iron. Chips engineer about rusty water In sanitary ilT man, Red Campbell; Secretary, Sam by acclamation. Ship's delegate will see was elected treasurer. Repair list was ta.-_k and about hot water. Crew refrig''® *®P* .5?™: captain about changing course when Tellch. Gorch was elected deck dele­ the ' erator should be repaired. All linen turned in. gate. The next meeting will be held at blowing tubes, and will ask the captain should be turned in. Steward suggested i®®®"®'" "lli coffeetime, to enable all brothers to be if we can use the other washing machine aU department delegates be present ; i, ^"V®" ours is being repaired. Bingo set WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ that present. Discussion was held on the while when stores are brought on board. J?®"'? 'fS®'^ ®'®®' the-fresh paint on closing of the USPHS hospital. Lock is will be bought from the ship's fund. tion), November 15 — Chairman, Fred November •-Chslrman, R. Youtzy, Soap powder Anyone who has any particular phono­ Vykruta; Secretary, Stave Bergarla. One Secretary, T. Jackson. needed on the steward department toilet, Chief engineer I should be changed, records in mind should inform man missed ship in Fhlladelphia; his and a door key for the electrician's graph the membership. name will be reported. Joe Kumor was said nothing could be done about water foc'sle. SUZANNE (Bull), November 24—ChairNovember 8—Chairman, C. Newton; elected ship's delegate, by acclamation, ""J®® "j®, ^ man, Camf 9.11; Secretary, L B. Gooch. Secretary, I. King. There is $49.32 in delegate. Port CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum), no the ship s fund. Deck engineer thanked Old mattresses should be replaced by y®/®' ^ools wm b^^urnished^^ wUl^ chlckSd "t®"'®''® ^iU be contacted about stainless date—Chairman, Peter Patrick; Secre­ the crew for the willing help the crew innerspring mattresses. So far only 10 ®'®°' "f' * ®"^^ have come aboard. Lock on fldley door {?® ®" °®^^ f™®"® steel in the gaUey. New tablecloths are tary, John FItzslmmons. Money donated gave him while he was sick. Ship's dele­ for the messhaU, Keys are by non-Union members is being held by gate will see the patrolman about not should be repaired. Porthole fans should ^® f®y*™*j|^®y ®'® °J«'j ®/®,®» clLned before leaving the P®®*'®"* ®'«®tr'®'«n'» the -captain. All non-Unlon men who signing on until all heads are repaired. bo repaired if possible. Whoever uses "een repaired, have made donations to the LOG should Steward department was thanked for the washing macliine should clean it up. | Sip Steward deptrtrnem got a vSte of «®"8 t®"®' »»®» be issued a card to help them get a their go()d work. Discussion was held ALAMAR (Calmer), November $ — thanks for their preparation of foOd. , ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), No­ berth on another SIU ship, should re­ on a Christmas fund for dressing UD the Chairman, John A. Sullivan; Secretary, Ice box will be checked and repaired if | vember 21—Chairman, Kaare SIvertseni placements be needed. Repair lists will messroom for the holidays. necessary. Thurston Lewis. A letter was sent to Secretary, no name. There is $35 in tho be made out and turned over to depart­ Philadelphia about the man who - missed ship's fund. Linen is to be turned in. ment heads. All citizens were urged to eu'f'' iMIssliilppi), November 8— ship In Panama, and his gear was sent RACNAR NAESS (Seatransport), Newrite to Congress protesting the closing T« Secretary, there, A man missed ship in San Fran- vember 22—Chairman, N, King; SecreROBIN TUXFORD (Seas ShlpptngU of USPHS hospitals. if- , A1 Brindley was elected cisco, but this was due to an advance tary, J. Kackur. It has been a pleasant 4—Chairman, R. T. WhItloyf ship s delegate; Caruso was elected sports in sailln/ time and was not his fault. over-all voyage, with general morale and September Secretary, Russell B, Lund. Every tnan STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Octo­ conduct of tho crew excellent, despite '••0'" 9-'30 Entire dock gang is getting off. Motion will clean the laundry after use. Chips ber 17—Chairman, William C. BIskas; »to 6:30 PM. Discussion was held on the _ •- out In Korea for about «,!_ four 2-"P ''®Pd ringer for dungarees. 'Secretary, John B. Swiderskl. Ship's re­ picnic fund and the Seafarers' beach­ was passed that wa get Sea Chest put being aboard all Ore and Calmar line ships, months, without shore leave. Winches I Cots cots "will will be issued Insued oF nn reniiect reaiiest pairs have not been taken oare of; some comber baseball team in New Orleans. There have- been beefs about the fdod. should have proper breaks; over-all reNovember $ Chairman, E Garza; See. repairs still remain to be done. Slop- n.» n® be cleaned after each We do not get first-class meats on the pairs and adjustments should be made, rotary, R. T. Whitley. Everyone is to chest sizes should be changed and use of it. Discussion was held on buying ship. There is no variety of sea food. Deck engineer will speak to the agent turn repairs Pver to denartment dri«. checked. Donald N. Dickson was elected system. , Chief electri­ A lot or corned beef Is put on the ship at the port of arrival. Steward depart" . "eP"™®"' o®'"ship's delegate. Washing machine should cian 2"i. volunteered to fix the extractor, 6^ 1"®"* stores should come aboard before ' (Continued On page 25) Get New Books Through Agents it fh"-"' I- STATS••etipegeeepesde fetfiuieifSru.-;* -'A':'- • I, -lio M.'Ju. �:''-A SEAFARERStOd IMeenber 11, 1#SS Pare Twenty-five ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS... F. P. Raid. Men leaving ship should give proper notice. Motion was passed to make careful inspection for the repair list suggestions, with special reference to bunks. Mops for sanitary work should be cleaned after use. Covers should be replaced on Jars in the pantiy; books and magazines should be put back where MICHAEL (Carras), October IS—Chair­ they belong apd aU cots should be taken man, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, Ezeb off the deck after use. Manual, All repairs were made. Motion was unanimously passed to have each TROJAN TRADER (Tre|an), October crewmember donate tl to the LOG. Fred 24—Chairman, E. D. Sims; Secretary Alderho was elected ship's treasurer and Pete Platclk. One man missed ship at collected the fuU amount. Washing ma­ San Pedro: fuU particulars wiU be turned chine should be cleaned after each use. over to the patrolman. Crew contributed Enough water should be kept in it. Cups $125 toward the. purchase of a phono­ should be brought back to the sink. graph end records. The S6 left wiU be used to buy more records. Washing ma­ SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), chine should be cleaned after use. One November 25—Chairman, W. Beyeler; brother requested cold Juice. Steward Secretary, J. FIsnnery. ' Motion was explained that he would put out Juice if passed to give the crew and officers free the weather turned hot again. cokes during the Christmas holiday. Sug­ gestion was made to write to Congress HASTINGS (Waterman), November 12 on the closing of the USPHS hospitals. —Chairman, A. NIckle; Secretary, R. T. Wllloughby. One man missed -ship in ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), November San Francisco. Suggestion was made to 15—Chairman, D. R. Parker; Secretary, make out a repair list and turn it in to the ship's delegate. (Continued from page 24) aaUf. Motion wai pasted to start ship's fund at Boston. Water cooler in the engine room must be replaced. All ex. cess linen and co*ji should be turned in. Fund stands at $\7.9.- PERSONiii Frank Falrchild Your daughter has had two seri­ ous heart attacks .and is still very ill. She asks you to get in touch with her by writing Eting Mae Fairchild, 2320 Avenue G, Galves­ ton, Texas. William R. Ham Please contact Aileene Watson, operator of E and S cafe in Texas City, Texas, "at her home address: 107 E. Hopkins St., Mexia, Texas, t it ' i Walter B. HaUett Your mother is worried about you. Please contact your sister, Mrs. Mildred Burns, at 129 Forest Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts. it t> Leo Hannon Get In touch with Prospect Photo, 104 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn. h't't' Edison R. Brown Your sister, Eva Webb, needs some money for Christmas. She re­ ceived only one allotment check and then they stopped. You can reach her at Box 1215, Bristol, Con­ necticut. 3^ Ji t Paul R. Daytoi^ Get in touch with Leo about your tax. You have money waiting for you. Call him at Circle 6-0171 in New York City. 4> 4 Raybon Threatt Please contact your brother Mil­ lard by phone at Beaumont, Texas, 54212, or write tb him at 1843 Hazel Street, concerning papers to be. signed.' t 4. 4- SeekE Apartment Seafarer wants apartment, prefer­ ably in Brooklyn, with living room, kitchen, bedroom and bath, fur­ nished. Spanish or Portuguesespeaking people. Will consider all offers. Write to Ernest C. de Bautte, 110-01 Liverpool Street, Jamaica, LI, NY. 3^ .4i 4 Bicycle Wanted Seafarer wants old bicycle, in any shape at all, for donating to a youngster, 14, who ean use It in order to get jobs after school and help bis mother pay the rent and other expenses. If anyone has a bike, regardless of the condition, contact William Calefato at' 206, Walcott Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4" 4 4 J. L. Keller, Jr. Hease get in touch with Mrs. Ruth Lieberman or Mrs. Sylvia Green at 1714 E. 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Sidney L. Wilson Your^mother wishes you to con­ tact her in Shreveport, La., in care of general deliyerjr. She is well and wishes to hear from you. 4 4 4 Eddy Smith . Frank ^alaska wishes to hear ,frbm you,!. He, can be reached nt the USPHS Hospital on ,Staten Is­ land, NV^ in room 622. VAL CHEM (Valentine), November 22 —Chairman, Frank Thorpe; Secretary Edwin Rushton. If the washing machine cannot be fixed by the chief engineer patrolman will be asked what to do. Chief engineer will be asked about get­ ting cleaner water for washing purposes: it is rusty. Delegates should act as a committee to purchase the radio and record piayer from the ship's fund. There is a balance of $167.91 In the fund. € ^Can'Shakers^ Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through, normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. soon as possible. A total of $22.50 was coUected for the ship's fund. S13.50 was spent to repair the phonograph. There is now a balance of S9. G. Reier was elected ship's delegate. Discussion was held on coUeutiug money for the ship's fund to buy more records and to have money for emergencies. GEORGE A. LAWSON, (Psn-Oeeanic), November S—Chairman, A. J. Brown; listed. Door on the cook's door needs Secrstary, A. R. Smith. Captain agreed repairing. A ladder will be made for to purchase a new washing machine in San Pedro. One man' missed ship in the 12-4. engine department foc'sle. San Pedro. There is a balance of $17.03 in the ship's fund. New stainless steel sinks and drainboards are needed in the crew's pantry, galley, saloon mess. Stew­ ard has ordered them. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the service rendered to aU. and pantry. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a good Job and to the steward for taking care of a number of items. November 2t—Chairman, J. Lsvin; Sec­ retary, J. Rotl. J. Levin was elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks from the entire crew went to the elected lead­ ership of the SIU. There is $14 balance in the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. MARYMAR (Calmar), November i— Chairman, Charles Starling; Secretary, Henry Galickl. Captain will look at 12-4 lockers, and was asked to paint the steward and deck department foc'sles. Painting has. started in the steward de­ partment. Patrolman wiU be asked about getting the washing machine drain fixed. Men should be properly dressed in Brooklyn. Fan in the recreation room will be brought to the attention of the third engineer. LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), No­ vember it — Chairman, A. C. Crcvier; Sacretary, L. Larkln. There is $18.86 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate has cigarettes from the Sea Chest at $2 a carton; profits wiU go to the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will see the chief mate about making keys for the rooms: eacli man will give a $.50 deposit for a key. Patrolman will be asked about watch system on deck. A different brand of washing powder should be used. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for a good Thanksgiving dinner. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Nevember 15—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), September 17—Chairman, E. H. Soary; Sccratary, J. Kusmlarskl. Vote of thanks went to T. R, Hyde, resigning ship's delegate, for a job well done. e. Cantwell was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. The beef about the over­ loaded cabs at Belle Chasse will be re­ ferred to the boarding patrolman. Deck department recommended more cleanli­ ness in crew's quarters. Cups are not being returned to the messhall: all broth­ ers were asked to cooperate on this. Fantail should be washed down more often. Messhall needs painting. LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf Cargo), October It—Chairman, B. Niger; Secretary, J. Demitreadls. One member will be thor­ oughly Investigated by the patrolman, He was already warned. October 22—Chairman, G. Skcndefas; Sacretary, Robart M. Drakcr. Ship's dele­ gate was Informed by the captain that the ship wasn't seaworthy unless deck cargo was taken off, w;^er tanks pumped dry and bunkers taken on. Crew agreed to back captain not to sail the ship un­ less proven seaworthy by the Army. TRINITY (Carras), Novtmber 22 — Chsirmsn, W. Hall; Sscratary, S. Niedsr- bsrgar. One man missed ship in New York. P. Jomides was elected engine delegate by acclamation; A. Gardner was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion was passed to see about getting new wind chutes. Vote of thanks went to F. X. O'Reilly, the radio operator, for keeping us up td date "with the impor­ tant news events of the day. Everyone should contribute at least $1 to the ship's fund at the payoff. Ship's dele­ gate will check with headquarters about contributing to the children's welfare fund for Christmas. SEAMAR (Calmar), November It —• Chairman, Barnett; Sacretary, J. Straka. Ekich department delegate will make out a repair list to turn over to the ship's delegate. A change in the menu was suggested. Meat should be checked when it is brought aboard. Inquiries will be made about bunker cargo. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Nevembar 23—Chairman, L. S. Brilhart; Sec­ retary, J. H. Ediund. Few items not taken care of on the repair list will be investigated. Chips wUl fix door locks as Qnix Anawern 1. Audrey Hepburn, who ap­ peared in Roman holiday. 2. Gordon Persons, governor of Alabama, whose brother is Wilton Persons, White House advisor. 3. Julius LaRosa, now appearing at La'Vie en Rose in New York. 4. Maryland. 5. John Lattner of Notre Dame and Paul Giel of Minnesota. ^6 General George C. Marshall, for the sponsorship of the Marshall Plan, 7. Canal Street, Market Street, Commonwealth Ave., Pennsylvania Avenue. 8. Eugene O'Neill. 9. Queen Frederika of Greece, who has been-visiting the United States, and Queen Elizabeth of England, who is touring the British Empire; 10. Bermuda, where President E i s e n h o w« r, Prime Minister Churchill antl French Preiser Laniel have met. BULL RUN (Bull), Nevarabtr 24 — Chairman, C. Lee; Secretary, E. Duxbury. M. F. Libby was elected ship's delegate. Chip's delegate wUI see the captain about transportation from Gal­ veston to Todds drydock in Houston. Washrooms wiU be cleaned by each de­ partment for a week. Each delegate will make up a repair list to give to the captain. ABIQUA (CIHts Service), September t —Chairman, M. H. Maynard; Sacrstary, Vincent ly Ratcllff, Discussion was held on the ban on shore leave at Ras Tanura, Arabia. All hands should get smallpox and cholera vaccinations in Japan, since this is why the crew could not go ashore in Arabia. This wUl be taken up with the captain and by the ship's delegate. Captain will also be asked abbut sougeeing and painting engine and steward department quarters. EDITH (Bull), Novembar •—Chairman, J. Rose; Sccratary, S. A. Holden. Sanderlln was elected ship's delegate. After BR has been reimbursed for the $28 he spent for recreational gear, any money collected will be kept as a ship's fund. Members should report needed repairs to department delegates. Mate should keep hot water Jacket in urn filled. Men on standby in the early morning are requested .to straighten out the messhall NOTICEi Hugh Mansfield The LOG office at Headquarters has your work permit and a list of things left aboard by you when you left the Yorkmar. Please pick up your papers at the earliest oppor­ tunity, 4 4 4 Harvey Mashvurne Lewis M. Olson Get in touch with the Welfare Services Department at Headquar­ ters immediately. 4 4 4 Baggage to Be Claimed The following men are to claim their baggage at the US Customs Seizure, Room 311, Appraisers Stores, 201 Varick Street, New York, NY, before January 20, 1954, or it will be put up for sale: Willard P. Parks, Edward Atkins, Vigga W. Sorenson and Luther R. Milton. Puzste Answer SODS COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), No­ vember <—Chairman, John Thompson; Secretary,, Louis E. Mayors. F. England was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Repair lists will be made up and turned in so that repairs can be made. PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), Nevombcr 21 — Chairman, McFarland; Secretary, Buckner. Ship just crewed up in Baltiuore after a one-month lay-up. First assistant said heads will be painted as soon as there is time. William Briggs was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund at the Irst payoff, with the steward acting as treasurer. Bosun spoke to the chief mate about locks, and keys to all rooms. Steward wm fix the night lunch to suit the crew. Ship's delegate will investigate the price of cigarettes which are $1.50 per carton for sea stores. Novomber 27—Chairman, Henry Buck­ ner; Secretary, William T. Rose. Repairs should be done before the ship leaves the States. Door on wiper's foc'sle needs fixing. Bosun says that stores are com­ ing and all hands are to turn to. Ship's delegate wUl contact the Union hall about an SIU sea chest. Awning is needed over the poop deck. A tube is needed for the radio as well as a library for the ship. Crew gave tluinks to the steward department for the dinner. POTRERO HILLS (Philadelphia Marine), September 15—Chairman, J. Van Dyk; Secretary, J. D. Warmack. Crewmembers who missed sliip were referred to head­ quarters. One man rejoined ship in Yo­ kohama. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. Company will be contacted to see if replacements can be obtained in Japan, instead of waiting till Bahrein. Crewmembers should not use the messhall deck as a trash receptacle.' There are not enough cups in the messhaU. Crew should keep away from the captain except on official business. Small fiind of money for stamps for Union business wUl be kept. Octobsr 16—Chairman, Edward Sherzer; Secretary, J. D. Warmack. Names of members who missed ship in Japan wiii be sent to headquarters. New replace­ ment came aboard in Bahrein, Persian Gulf. Bosun read a letter to Congress to be sent by the crew. Members should write individual letters to their own Congressmen. Bosun furnished a list of members of Congress. FAIRISLE (Waterman), November • Chairman, R. B. Vickerman; Secretary, George B. Dunn. Beefs were settled by Seattle patrolman and necessary repairs were made. Louis E. Barch was unani­ mously elected ship's delegate. Johnnie Simon wUl take care of the ship's fund, to which each member wiU contribute half a buck. Discussion was held on writing to Congress on the marine hos­ pital. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), October 25— Chairman, George Duncan; Secretary, James Tucker. There is $53.48 in the ship's fund. The father of a crewmem­ ber died whUe the ship was in Buenos Aires and the purser wired New Orleans to have flowers sent to the funeral. Vole of thanks was given to the purser, as you cannot send money out of the Argen­ tine by wireless. Beef about the mate searching one man's locker, and dis­ puted overtime, will he turned over to the patrolman. Repairs will be turned over to the delegate. Steward has been after the mcssman all trip about the dirtyness of the messrooms and utensils. AU meat is marked commercial grade and bUled as such. Steward is not ali lowed to order any stores except milk, j bread and some fresh vegetables and 10 j days' stores to make the Coast on. This has come up for the last two trips, and we have all off-brand stuff and inade­ quate supplies, and no standard brands. Some of the canned mUk has gone bad —not for the first time. The brand name is PAGE'S. We should use a union dairy in New Orleans, instead of the non-union one. Brother Janosko gave the crew a vote of thanks for sending flowers to his father's funeral. Hospital mattresses should be changed. Purser and steward checked them and the purser ordered some. The cattle tender who made th« full trip lliauked tlie crew fur treating him so nicely and for aU the favors done for him. Patrolman should settia the beef about the recreation room be­ ing used by other than crewmembers. '^i\ STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Novambtr 17—Chairman, Chris Kelleher; Sacretary, Dee Kimball. The old man is still dis­ obeying the SIU agent's aiid the patrol­ man's orders about rationing cigarettes. Motion was passed that the captain stop kicking on crewmembers' doors and hol­ lering and screaming in the passageways. Bulletin board should be used. Captain should stop threatening men: if any man is injured or kiUed in DJarkata, tire SIU should investigate. Motion was passed to have the captain stop the mate from waking crewmembers up to take pills, sign sheets, declarations, etc. ''I ' I ', - I NATHANIEL 8. PALMER (American Waterways), November 20 — Chairman, Mike Greti; Secretary, J. J. Mahoncy. Repair list was made up and turned in. Most repairs were done before hitting port. Inquiries will be made as to wliy the captain held the ship's library for three weeks before turning it over to the crew, and why the crew was limited to a $30 draw in Japan. Chief engineer seems to be intimidating a member bei cause he is an alien permlimaa by giv­ ing him anti-Union talks. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for fine work. Crewmembers are going to write to Congress on the marine hospitals. . ELIZABETH (Bull), Jtovember 11 — Chairman, E. M. Bryant; Secretary, W. Lachancc. One man missed ship in Baltlmore: two missed ship in San Juan. There are complaints on one man not being on the ball. Steward tried to straighten him out but he refuses to co­ operate. Eh-erythlng is squared away to the crew's satisfaction at this time. Elec­ trician stated that he has fixed the hot plate for the crew and put it in the pantry. November 29—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Nobody has any beefs and everything is fine to date. Gear of men who missed ship was turned over to the hall. Arrangements will bemade to put shelves in the laundry and get a new set of books from the Baltlmore hall. Crew gave a vote of thanks to the new steward and cooks and the steward department as a whole on the Thanksgiving dinner and for the way the chow has improved since they came aboard last trip. CHILCRE (Ore), November 9—Chair­ man, Bill Hendershet; Secretary, Ralph Tyree. Beck was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Steward said he would get new mattresses this trip. Discussion was held on leaving the recreation ball and the night pantry. New members were reminded of the free taxi service fi'om the hall to Sparrows Point if there are over six men. ' J. • •--t Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please pot my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) OQSB NAME ssom soQ Qass soQji QosonaBo SaOSDDQ OQESBQ •r|A STREET ADDRESS QSS QOUQ aOODS SDQ OQO CITY .ZONE ......STATE . 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Anding, Box 579, Bay Drive, Babylon, NY. t KirbyviUe, Tex. Linda Jean Langston, born Ocr ^ tober 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Maureen Paula Fleming, bora Mrs. John A. Langston, Box 283, October 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Burgettstown, Pa. 4> K:-- wWi. I*-T MEEryoOffUOSH\P' MATES ATlHESKJtm 'fX. I ^ - r W- If'-C'li • ATTHEUMlOJJiALL 47H4VE4NP20WSr. y/^BOookm/.svVAP YARAIS/AMD1V/CID4 TNBPI^HTSQ/^TV. HEW LOW PRICES AMP yoJieeALWAvS WELCOME MERE AT YOU/ZOV/W PLACE. OWNEPAfOOPER/m BfTM£&EAt^R& imvMiON'AS/S'AFL t t ' Joseph Youning Chen, born June 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chen K. Zai, 100 Stanton Street, New York, NY. t it 4> Gail Curran, bora November 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Curran, 3 Eutaw Place, East Bos­ ton, Mass. 4" 4" t Margaret Kosmas, born August 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kosmas, 133 Lindy's Lane, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Edward A. Jaunet, 2109 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4^ 4> 4^ Sharon Anne Matson, born De­ cember 3, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, 309 West Bay Street, Sylacauga, Ala. 4 4 4^ Frank Miller, Jr., born October 26,, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, 4209 Gray Street, Tampa, Fla. 4, 4" t Karen Christine Manchester, born November 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Manchester, 938 North Calvert Street, Balti­ more 2, Md. 4^ 4?" ^ in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits'from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, alt of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. HD. Julian A. Blanco C. E. Johnson Jessie A. Clarke Robert Lambert Fred J. Coccla Ben Lawson Frank J. Conforto W. R. Mcllveen ' Francis L. Davis Earl McKendree Jeff Davis WUllam H. Maya Samuel, Drury James H. Penswlck Earl T. Erickson M. Pugaczewskl R. S. Creenway Horace C. SherrlU MUton C. Habrat Howard W. SherrUI Mark B. Hairelson James T. Smith P. L. Harrelson Harry C. Sullivan James H. Hayes Larry A. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FLA. WUllam O. Schwab USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Robert Bennett Henry L. Prultt James W. Davis Fred Rafflenbuel H. D. MiUiner Henry Watson John M. Powers USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Robert R. Barber C. E. Owens Leo Dwyer Joseph E. Wells ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON, MD. Leonard Franks USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Waima T. Center Gilbert L. Perry Peter Smith Ho Yee Choe E. R. Snedeker C. B. Cobum Don A. Thoreson F. T. Costello W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen Robert R. White Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Fred U. Buckner Roger E. Huggins Herman C. Kemp W. L. Butler Jimmie Littleton p. G. Daugherty L. J. Love R. A. Denmark W. T. Shelrling John E. Duffy George W. WUson Joe B. Farrow Nathan L. Gardner LONG BEACH VETERANS HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAL. E. L. Pritchard SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, CAL. Isaac P. Hancock USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke ' Joseph L. Sbeahan Harry J." Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton Jack F. Thornburg USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Thomas J. Dawson T. P. Barbour Joseph L. Dlonne CecU Bennett Fred Blankenberg M. W. Gardiner Andrew J. Gindel K. M. Bymaster Herman H. Casas Jack H. Gleason Clarence W. Cobb John Hane George T. Coleman John L. Hlnten S. Cope A. Isyak Adlon Co* J. H. Jones RogeUo Crux E. G. Knapp James R. Lane Leo H.' Lang Thomas Lind Jesse Lyles J. M. Mason Sr. L. L. Mays Mitchell Mobley C. R. Nicholson Harry E. O'Brien John W. Quimby W. E. Reynolds Louis Roa Luther C. Seidle WUllam E. SwUley Richard R. SutUe T. R. Terrlngton Lonnie R. Tickle Joseph Traxler E. .Velazquei C. V. Weibom RusseU Went worth J. C. Whatley USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Edmund Andrade' Charles A. Luftdn Samuel E. Bayne Frank Mack^ W. W. Boehner Theodore MAtaler Joseph E. Crowley Robert A. Rogers John Farrand CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Joseph P. Barraco USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY James H. Adams R. LaBombard R. V. Anderson Luciano Labrador Melvin Bass Stanley Lesko John Beckmann Thomas. V. Logan Biarl A. Bink WUllam Logan Frank Blandino C. Mc'Brien John E. Brady John Maclnnes WiUiam H. Brady Sau Mok Jessie C. Bryant Jack D. Morrison Ivan E. Buckley Alfred MueUer Bomar • R. Cheeley Jack K. Olsen J. Bruce Cole Oscar Raynor Ian G. Cumming G. H. Robinson C. L. DeChenne VirgU Sandberg John Dovak Ira A. Sandt Eddie Driggers Robert Sizemore John J. DriscoU John Slaman GUbert Essburg Robert Smith John Flynn Warren Smith David S. Furman C. Sofounios Estell Godfrey Jose Sousa Felix Gregerowicz Henrick Sterling Edwin F. Growe Harry S. Tuttle Paul Jokubesak A. P. Violanto Walter Kariak Frank Walaska Michael Katrausky Peter WilUams L. Kristiansen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN. NT Percy D. Alhed James J. Lawlor Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Julian CuthreU Francis F. Lynch C. M. Davison H. F. McDonald EmUio Delgado A. McGuigan Antonio M. Diaz David Mcllreath Jose G. Espinoza Vic Milazzo Robert E. GUbert Lloyd Miller Bart E. Guranlck Eugene T. Nelson Peter Gvokdich Montford Owens John B. Haas E. R. Smallwood Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Renato A. VUlata Frederick Landry VirgU E. WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. Sidney Pickett C. Barboza Stanley Polsso T. A. Cousins Robert Puckett Howard E. LUes Charles O. Lynsky H. Trahan John E. Markopolo Charles Tyler Vernon West O. J. Morgan Carl R. Wright JuUus Parks Charles Young D. B. Patterson t Adras John Guidry, bora No­ vember 13, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Guidry, General Delivery, Basile, La. 4i 4> 4> Joseph- Francis Pallando, born November 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis Pallando, 2742 South FairhiU Street. Phila­ delphia, Pa. 4^ .-. .I -r-i#-*: k# •» -"V- Tracking Down Gear Is Everyday Job One of the more difficult jobs performed by the SIU Welfare Services Department is the task of running down seamen's gear left behind on the ship. This is a painstaking job that involves a lot of time and energy in tracing the movements of a suitcase or a seabag. But thanks to the Union's"*" efficient inter-port communi­ cation system, the rate of recovery of personal gear is very high. In any given week Welfare Services will have the job of trac­ ing down ten or fifteen pieces of personal gear from ships scattered half way round the globe. • Once the stuff is located it is usually forwarded to headquarters or to the appropriate o u t p o r t and checked into the baggage room where it will be safe until the Sea­ farer can pick it up. Winds Up On Pier What usually happens with the gear in the first place is that the Seafarer in question is taken off a ship because of illness or Injury In some port that the ship touches. His gear is supposed to follow him, but half the time it doesn't. In­ stead it will usually wind up on some open pier where it will get soggy, moldy and dirty by the time the Seafarer runs it down and picks it up. Meanwhile the Seafarer had to do without his clothes, and half Welfare Services Representative A! Thompson checks In a sea the time he could never locate bag in the headquarters baggage room nntil the Seafarer can them at all. come down and pick it up. That's why Welfare Services comes in very handy in locating some out of the way location."And farer is assured that his clothes gear before it gets sidetracked to once it is in a Union hall, the Sea­ will be kept In good condition. ir f -Beember 11» 185S IPG Reading The Good News ^ Maurice Mervin Wiiiiams, born November 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. 4- 4* 4 and Mrs. Maurice M. Williams, 51 Priscilla Susan Reed, born Oc­ Berwick Street, Beaver Meadows, tober 1,0, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Pa. Mrs. Warren A. Reed, Mandeville 4^ 4> 4> Road, Covington, La. Patrick Edward Scott, born June ^ 5, 1953. Parents, Mr- and Mrs. David Eugene Smith, Jr., born Mason R. Scott, 2112 East Ellicott September 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. Street, Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. David E. Smith, Box 48, 4^ t 4> Chesterfield, SC. Helen Feeley, born January 7, i> 4^ 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lillian Beth Catalanotto, bora J. Feeley, 56-A Crescent Avenue, October 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Joseph Catalanotto, PC Box 4> • 4 * 190, Raceland, La. Ton! Rae Henderson, born No-^ 4> t t * vember 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Sharon Ann Parker, bom Oc­ Mrs. Wayne D. Henderson, 1021 tober -21, 1953. • Parents, Mr. and Avenue I, Galveston, Tex. . Mrs. Samuel D. Parker, Tuckap 4^ ' ie "''' seigee, NC. David George Linker, born Oc­ ^ 4^ 4^ tober 22, 1953. Parents, Mir. and Ernesi Rm Jannet, born No- Mrs. William G. Linker, 1312 Sbiith vembeif 4. 1953. Parents, Mr. and 26th Street. PhUadelpbii Pa. Lawrence Christopher Wolf takes an interestec^ look at letter from Union "informfiig his pari^rits df niaterbity. benefits His mother, Mrs. Honald Fl Wolf, also looks on at their. Woods^ la^ bome. •• • ' • ~ �December 11,. 1S5S •m "K Pace Twen<y-sev« SEAF ARERSltOG SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Seafarer Quits, Sailed 49 Yrs. After going to sea since 1902 Seafarer Benjamin Bailey is properly entitled to a rest. Recently placed on the SIU disability benefi ts list, on the eve of his 73rd birthday, Bailey can now look forward to the assurance of a $25 check every week from the Welfare Plan. The money from the Welfare Plan, plus $68.90 a month he applied for the disability bene­ tain gave you whatever money was which he receives from the fit, submitting discharges covering coming to you and that was that" Government in the form of Social 30 years of sea time. Bailey can't get around too well Security benefits, is enough for "I had more voyages than that" now, but he intends to come up {News about men In the hospitals and Scofarers receivtng SW Wei- Bailey and his wife to get by on he said. "But many times in those to SIU headquarters from time to . fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Certainly its a far cry from the days there was no shipping com­ time and pass the day with some Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makeit $10 a month that Bailey started missioner at the payoff. The cap­ of his old shipmates. his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) working for when he first went For all hospitalized Seafarers Avho are interested, the Welfare Serv­ to sea. ices Department will take up the Christmas shopping burden for them. -Bailey's baptism at sea came on No need of getting out of your comfortable hospital bed to get crushed the El Monte of the old Morgan Line. For his $10 a month he by the holiday crowds. We will save you the trip and the trouble of worked, as he put it, "from a quar­ The deaths of the followinri Bolton, of 116 Herndon Avenue, Christmas shopping by doing it all for you. Just let us know your ter of four in the morning until needs and what you want to buy. We'll get them for you and send ...meaning until work was Seafarers have been reported to Mobile, Ala. them on their way. Hurry though, only 11 shopping days until Christ­ done. 4< 4> 4> the Seafarers Welfare Plan and mas, _ Went Up To $1 A Day Zephaniah C. Wright, 57: Broth­ $2,500 death benefits are being Out in the Staten Island Marine Hospital we find many of the boys, er Wright died of a fractured skull Later on. Bailey's wages grad some in fine sjiape Just waiting to get out. One of these is Richard ually improved. He went up to paid to beneficiaries. in New York, NY on September 6, Anderson, a messman off the Luciie Bloomfield (Bioomfield) who has $15 a month, Sergio Decaceon, 53;' On Octo­ 1953, and was cremated at Freshbeen in drydock since the end of last month. The New Market, NJ, and then in 1906, ber 7th of this year Brother Deca­ pond Crematory, Queens, NY. He boy is not seriously ill, though, and will probably be up and around four years after ceon died of a stroke at Jefferson had been a member of the stew­ the hall in a short time. he started sail­ Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., and ards department for 12 years, hav­ David Furman, chief steward off the Seavigil (Orion) has been in ing, he was get­ was buried at US National Ceme­ ing joined the SIU in New York. the hospital since November 18 for a checkup. He's ting a dollar a tery, Beverley, NJ. 4 out of Irvington, NJ, day, $30 a month i 4, t Braxton S. Conway, 47: A cir­ Ian Cummings is no longer listed among the ill as second cook Thomas Nicholas, 62: A FOW in culatory disease proved fatal to at the Same hospital. He was discharged last week on a passenger the black gang, Brother Nicholas Brother Conway on November 10, after entering early in October because of a gen­ ship. died of acute pulmonary conges­ 1953. He died at the USPHS Hos­ erally rundown condition. Another Jersey boy, his By this time Bailey tion on Noveihber 24, 1953, at the pital, in Boston, Mass.* and was last ship was the Robin Locksley (Seas) which he Bailey got a lit­ sailed on as a messman. He looks fine now and tle disgusted with the hard work USPHS Hospital, Baltimore, Md. buried at Mt. Auburn, Baltimore, and low wages offered at sea and He had joined the SIU this year in Md. Brother Conway joined the feels right chipper. decided to try his luck shoreside, Baltimore, and was buried in that SIU in Boston back in 1938 and Robert Anderson, no relation to Richard of the sailed in the steward department. The old IRT west side subway had city. same name, is recuperating in the Staten Island Furman He leaves his wife, Gladys L. Con­ just opened up running from institution after coming down sick aboard the Key­ 4- t 4< way. 46 St. James Street, Boston, South Ferry way uptown to 96th stone Mariner (Waterman) which he shipped on as engine main­ Albert Turkovich, 31: Brother , Mass. tenance. This. Bronx, NY, Seafarer is still a bit under the weather, but Street and Broadway. Bailey got Turkovich died on April 14, 1953, 4 4 4 hopes to get out sometime soon with the holidays approaching rapidly. a job on the subway which paid in Saigon, Vietnam, He had been $9 a week for a 12 hour day. But Justus Lafayette Whidden, 33: Turning up sick on the Bethcoaster (Calmar), Jessie C. Rryant, MM, a member of the Union for almost drydocked himself In the hospital until he gets to feeling a mite better. after six weeks he decided that two years, having sailed as a wiper Brother Whidden was fatally in­ This Granite Falls, NC,.boy has been in since last November 21, but he'd had his fill. "At least on a in the engine department from the jured in an automobile accident in he's looking to pull out of his medical tailspin any day now and come ship you could eat,'' he said, "even port of New York. He leaves his Mendolino, Cal. on August 18, if you didn't make any money. 1953, and was taken to Tampa, Fla. around to the shipping hail. So back to sea he went, and father, Anton Turkovich, 801 for burial. He had joined the SIU Resting up after a siege of pneumonia is Heinrlch Sterling off the stayed aboard ships through two North Broadway, Joliet, 111. in Tampa in 1941 and sailed in the Coeur D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers). The FWT world wars, until a shipboard ac­ 4» 4< 4» deck department. ^ is coming along fine and expects to be discharged cident put him out of commission Einar K. Olsen, 49: Brother Oland get over to his New York City home in the 4 4 4 in 195i. In the last war he sailed sen fell from the ladder, of the near future. continually on the George Wash­ Steel Architect to the deck on Oc­ Anthony Arenella, 45: A mem­ Laid up out in Staten Island with a twisted ankle ington, a troop transport, for five tober 28, 1953, and suffered a fatal ber of the engine department is Bothwell Blanchard, AB, off the Steel King years without a break. brain injury. At the time, the ves­ since 1939, Brother Arenella (Isthmian). This Seafarer is from Ridgeland, SC, Switched To SIU sel was at sea, and Brother Olsen joined the SIU in New York and and he's hoping to get to see the Southland again Bailey was-a member of the old was buried at sea. He joined the was buried in St. Johns Cemetery, right soon, as soon as the doc checks him out of International Seamen's Union, SIU in New York in 1944 and Queens, NY. He died of a heart diy'dock.on the island. whose membership card he still sailed as a member of the steward ailment in Brooklyn on September John Dovak is rounding into shape these days. Sterling holds. Like many ISU men, he department. Surviving is his sis­ 14, 1953. He expects to be out on a discharge from the hos­ switched to the SIU when it was ter, Mrs. Grace Brozio, 192 East pital very soon. His last ship was the San Mateo Victory (Eastern), chartered in 1938. 337th Street, Willoughry, O. which he sailed on as a fireman-watertender. He's been in the hos­ Two years ago at the age of 70, i' t> it pital since the beginning of November and is on the road to recovery he was sailing on the Anson Mills after suffering an injured back. John Lindsay Cobb, 64: A mem­ when he suffered an accident in a fall. Complications followed in­ ber of the SIU since 1938, Brother cluding a stroke and Bailey has Cobb died of a cerebral hemor­ been unable to work since. A long rhage on October 25, 1953, at the spell in the hospital followed the British Hospital in Buenos Aires, accident and even now Bailey is Argentina. He sailed as a member still receiving out-patient treat­ of the deck department from Bal­ timore and is survived by Edith ment. For quite some time Bailey was Marie Cobb, PO Box 362, of that receiving maintenance and cure, city. but when that was discontinued. 4> j. 4* ~/or SIU MEMBERS! let Know. re in tronble ^ roan PR08UM is OUR BUSINESS mm'i m M m mrut stmts Hrumn Gets His Pay In SIU Hall Getting paid off in the Union hall was the unusual experience of Seafarer Gilbert Essberg, ex-crewmember of the Antinous (Water­ man). Essberg got paid off in the Welfare Services office at head­ quarters after having to leave the ship because of illness. When Essberg went to the hos­ pital he notified the Union hospital representative that he had money coming to him from the company. Accordingly Welfare Services made arrangements with the company to get him paid off. Vouchers were secured from Waterman's New York office and brought to the hospital where Ess­ berg signed him. However, the next day he was discharged from the hospital, so . that the cash pay­ ment was made to him yight iii the Welfare JServices pffice. Benjamin A. Hubbard, 73: Broth­ er Hubbard suffered a fatal heart attack aboard the Liberty Flag and died on April 22, 1953, while the ship was enroute to Yokohama. He had been a member of the steward department since he joined the SIU in New York in 1947; surviving is his sister, Mrs, Pascoe Hubbard Colburn, Box 590, Bastrop, La. 4" 4 4" John G. MeStravick, 32: Brother McStravick died in New York City of multiple fi-actures, shock and hemorrhage and was buried at Calvai-y Cemetery, Rockford, 111. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. M. S. Grumbacher, McLellan Heights, York, Pa. / 4 4 4 Vernon Bolton, 46: Brother Bol­ ton, an oiler in the engine depart­ ment, suffered a fatal hemorrhage on November 11, 1953, in Mobile, Ala., and was buried .in the Pine Crest Clemetery of that cjity. He le.ayes hi!|, jdayghtgr,^. Mary..(Vqn £Vf(?iW/NS^ A/e£DINSEA<^R ANPSrtORFWeAK- TOASOUilESTEl^ /tLLATSREOAl, se4c/(Kr PRICES your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR S SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675- 4th AVE • BROOKLYN J:'. 'i: •Iff-:: "S m •.'I i J �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 11, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: UNION, CO'S TO MEET WITH ARMY ABOUT SHORE LEAVE PACT TALKS PROGRESS ON ALLOTMENTS, DRAWS ILA-INSPIRED WALKOUT FAILS; MEN BACK AFL SEA UNIONS HALT BRIDGES ALL TANKERS POLLED IN ELECTION; NLRB TO START ATLANTIC VOTE COUNT $25 BONUS VOTED FOR ILL SEAMEN SON, DAD AT ODDS OVER EXCELLO NLRB APPEALS COURT RULING ON RED UNIONS KINGS POINT FATE STILL NOT DECIDED WHAT FUTURE FOR MARINERS? BLOOMFIELD GETS SUBSIDY FOR N. EUROPE, ENGLAND FLORIDA STRIKEBREAK MOVE FAILS CG HEARING BD. CLEARS SEA WIND CREWMEMBER HAIL SIU CHRISTMAS GIFT SERVICE BEGIN CANADA WELFARE PLAN CO. HIRING BID FAILS, STWD'S A UNION MAN NICOLSON NEW CHAIRMAN OF WATERMAN CO. CREW AIDS BLINDED CHILDREN TRAMP CO'S DEFEND 50-50 LINER HAS FANCY CREW QUARTERS BRIDGES BACK AGAIN RUDE AWAKENING QUICK TO BLAME AFL WEST COAST SEAMEN'S UNIONS MEET BRIDGES' CHALLENGE HEAD ON LIVING COST HITS NEW RECORD HIGH CALMAR FOOD BEEFS PAY OFF, MEN PRAISE TOP-NOTCH MENUS BREEDING RARE DOGS OCCUPIES SEAMAN'S LEISURE TIME OFF SHIP RAGNAR NAESS CREWMEMBERS AID GREEK EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS EX-SEAFARER TURNS FROM SEVEN SEAS TO FORESTRY WATER (SALT) EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT ONE DROP FOR SHIP'S BOILERS SEAFARER AND TEXAS BRIDE SIGN ON NEAR HEADQ'TERS CONEY ISLAND SANDS GOT $ FROM MUTINY TRACKING DOWN GEAR IS EVERYDAY JOB SEAFARER QUITS, SAILED 49 YRS GETS HIS PAY IN SIU HALL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/11/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d1a7e4d8c853279f3ad83578e8ba7095.PDF d6952fc394ed729f3b717db2e1002dce PDF Text Text XV No. U li'- SEAFARERS LOG i -i i • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THl SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL * K. I ; .-At'. • GOV'T YIELDS ON SHORE LEAVE BANS • I ? -Story On Page 3 .•V:> Story On Page 2 - ? ' 'H 1 celebrities iProud papa Robert Long has; a full house as he counts off the new additions to his family on his fingers. Seafarer's chiWren arrived last'week at the Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, causing a sensation among tbe hospital staff. Little left to right, Doretta Colleen, Doreen Colette and David Merlin Long. (Story on Page 5.) �SEAFARERS Paf«Tim LOG SlU, Owners Agree On More Pact Gains Clearing the way for a final wrap-up on monetary Issues, Union and company negotiators nave made considerable progress on a variety of fringe issues in the standard Union contract. Included among-^ changes already agreed on or are entitled to $8 a day worth of virtually assured are the use upkeep or the cash equivalent of of American Express travelers' same. And where the crew has to checks for draws where American be repatriated by air, the com­ currency Is not available, contin­ panies will have to use regularly uation of family allotments when scheduled air flights. Where such a man leaves the ship (as reported flights are not available, the in the last issue of the LOG), addi­ equivalent type of plane is to be tional overtime for carpenters and chartered or crewmembers are to oilers, improvements in transpor­ receive the difference in cash. tation rules and other provisions. Through this clause the Union will Company negotiators have agreed do away with the "bucket of bolts" that the issuance of travelers' type of chartered plane that crew­ checks will solve the knotty prob­ members are sometimes subjected lem of draws in foreign ports to. Longshoremen line up to show their credentials before voting In Manhattan at $80 Hudson Street. where no American currency is Other Improvements There was a heavy turnout of voiera all day long. available. These checks can be con­ Other improvements already set­ verted freely by crewmembers tled on are the replacement of aU themselves into local currency. old mattreses with innersprings Use of the travelers' checks will when mattress replacements are do away with the need to carry made; agreement to pay oilers one large amotmts of currency on hour penalty for each watch when board or to secure hard-to-get they are required to take the tem­ American currency from local com­ perature of cargo reefer boxes, pay­ pany agents. ment of overtime to carpenters when preparing for painting, an gS.OO Gear Allowance The shipowners have already agreement to keep garbage away Although it was sandbagged by a "quickie" election decision issued by the National Labor agreed in principle on a $500 al­ from crew quarters and to provide Relations Board at the request of the shipowners, the 12-week old AFL International Long­ lowance for loss of gear and per­ proper dumping facilities for han­ shoremen's Association made a tremendously strong showing in the New York port election, sonal possessions due to marine dling same, extra compensation to casualty but are attempting to limit be worked out tor carpenters, taWng over 7,500 votes or 45.5^ its scope to certain areas. The bosuns, electricians and stewards percent of the total counted. was seen as sealing the eventual pected when the NLRB issued its Union's position is that it makes oh mariner type ships, and elimina­ As a result, the outcome of the doom of the old ILA, no matter ruling caUing for the election be­ no difference where a wreck takes tion of the present 30-day deadline dock election to determine a bar­ which way the voting went. It was fore Christmas so that the ship­ place as far as loss of gear is con­ on claiming wages due for travel gaining agent for longshoremen a blow to the shipowners' hopes owners would not have to face the cerned and is holding out for the and subsistence while on trans­ is in doubt, depending on what is for a quick and easy solution that prospect of a strike on Christmas $500 figure. The present allowance portation back to the port of en­ done with 4,400 challenged ballots. would have put them back in busi­ Eve. While the new AFL-ILA; gagement. ness with their old partners, the aided by Seafarers and others, had is $300. Under discussion are Union de­ Actual vote figures issued thus racketeers in the ILA. made tremendous progress In the Also on the subject of marine far showed 7.568 for the AFL-ILA, casualties, the companies have mands for a ban on inside work by 9,060 for the old ILA, 4,405 chal­ If the ILA maintains its present three months since it was char­ agreed that men awaiting repatria­ foreign labor, a limit on work done lenges and 116 void votes. It will narrow margin, AFL-ILA attor­ tered, all observers agreed that it tion as the result of a shipwreck over the side in very hot or very be some time next week before neys are considering a legal chal­ simplb' hadn't had the time to cold weather, a standard stores to the election on the make the necessary inroads against list, overtime for stewards In all the challenges are cleared up and lenge groimds of obvious intimidation of 40 years of mob rule on the docks. a decision announced. US ports after S PM and before Not only did the shipowners win' The AFL's unexpectedly strong the men, by the old ILA, including their plea for a quick election, but 8 AM, and half hour call-in time electioneering right at the polls. plus a guarantee of two hours when showing in the face of predictions the board also ruled in their favor of a three to one defeat or Worse A certain AFL defeat was ex- by setting up a voting unit con­ off watch. Regular membership meet­ sisting of all crafts in the port. ings in SIU headquarters and The AFL-ILA had originally peti­ at all branches are held every tioned only for general longshore workers In the New York harbor second Wednesday night at area. 7 PM. The schedule for the Considerable Indignation was ex­ Seafarer-fathers who have received the maternity benefit passed the 1,000 mark last pressed next few meetings is as follows: many quarters at the week when Seafarer Dominick Chirichella became eligible for the $200 maternity benefit NLRB's in December 30, January 13, decision in favor of the plus $25 bond from the Union. Chirichelle became the 1,000th man on the Hst since the shipowners and the old ILA. As January 27. benefits were first issued as of- • the "New York Times" put it edi­ All Seafarers registered on torially, "In our opinion the NaAprU 1, 1952. the shipping list are required tipnal Labor Relations Board has That means that in the 21 made a fatal error and a shocking to attend the meetings. months since the benefits began an decision ... The present atmos­ average of approximately 48 Sea­ ' phere of intimidation and coercion farers per month have received on the waterfront precludes hold­ the record-breaking $200 mater­ ing an unhampered election- by nity benefit. D*c. 25, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 2A that time.. .the board should have Chirichella, who was at his East been the first to recognize (that) As I See' It Page 4 New York home when the benefit the election should have been de­ Committees At Work Page 6 was delivered, was pleased to ferred... Crossword Puzzle Page 12 learn that his first-born son, Jo­ "We urge... the board... to re­ Editorial Page 13 seph, had the distinction of being consider Its decision before it is Foc'sle Fotographer ..Page 19 the 1,000th SIU maternity baby. too late, because if the decision is Galley Gleanings Page 20 "It's a privilege to be the 1,000th allowed to stand, the board will Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 Seafarer on the maternity benefit have flayed, unwittingly, but none In The Wake Page 12 list," he said. "It was quite a (Continued on Page 17) Labor • Round-Up Page 13 pleasant surprise. Letters Pages 21, 22 Covers Expenses Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarei' Page 12 "We haven't figured out exactly On The Job Page 16 what we will do with the money, Personals Page 25 but we intend to use it for ex­ Quiz Page 19 penses'a-'-ound the house, for baby Seafarers In Action Page 16 clothes and other things that we SIU members ashore fob the holi­ Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 need." days and their families have been^ SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Chirichella, who is currently invited to a festive Christmas din­ Sports Line Page 20 working ashore temporarily until ner which Is being served today in Dominick OMebtUa. left, points to letter from the SIU con­ the baby gets a little older, has Ten Years Ago .Page 12 the headquarters cafeteria and in gratulating him and his wife, Jean, holding son Joseph, on h«ing Top Of The News Page 7 been sailing as a Seafarer since the outports. the prond parents of the one thousandth baby to receive benefits Union Talk Page 9 1947. Like many another Seafarer The dinner iollows an SIU prac­ under the SIU Welfare Plan. Welfare Representative Toby Flynn, Wash. News Letter.......Page 6 before him Chirichella got his tice of several years' standing of right, tells the CUrlchellas of bond and maternity benefit but Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 membership by serving as a ship­ serving holiday meals on Christmas Joe doem't seem Interested. Welfare Report Page 8 board organizer. He broke in and Thanksgiving Day to Seafarerg Your Constitution Page 5 aboard ships of the Kearney in the house. Then he intends to who are in the ports. been active in all major Union Your Dollar's Worth Page '7 Steamship Company. Previous to In accordance with this custom' that he had sailed on Army trans­ beefs, down to the most recent one go back to sea again. rubltfli^ bIwMkly at th* haadquartan When the SIU maternity benefit turkey dinners were served Sea­ *f tha Saafarari Intarnatlonal Union. At­ ports, following a three-year hitch on the Val Chem. Right now he is was first instituted in April, 1952, farers in SIU ports this past lantic A Culf Dlitrict AFL, «75 Fourth in the marine corps. working as a concrete laborer un­ Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. .STarllng Since then .the 28-year-old Sea­ til the baby is a few months old, there was some criticism on. the Thanksgiving; They were heartily Entarad aa aacond claaa mattar at tha Post Offlea In Brooklyn, NY., farer, a native of Brooklyn, has and matters are straightened out enjoyed by the men on the beachri (Continued on Page 17) Dock Winner In Doubt As AFL Gets Big Vote Meeting 'Sight Every 2 Weeks 1,000th SIU Maternity Baby Born SEAFARERS LOG Union Serving X-mas Dinners under tha Act af Avsuaf 24, 1fl2> �;-^l SEAFARERS Dmember 25, 19SS Pa*e Thre* LOG SIU Wins Accord On Revision Of Shore Leave Bans WASHINGTON — Faced with a legal challenge, plus the possibility of a good-sized bill to MSTS for overtime for restriction to ship, high military au­ thorities have agreed to the SIU's demand for revision of shore leave regulations in Korea and elsewhere. At a^ Pentagon meeting held under ment officials also could be seen Labrador and Newfoundland, the military argued that the seamen the auspices of Assistant Sec­ about with spending money. would buy up all the PX supplies retary of Defense John Fan­ Weak Legal Grounds if ning, and attended by a joint The military spokesmen con­ left ashore. The Union quickly by telling the military Union - shipowner delegation ceded that they had no right to re­ countered to declare the PX off limits to mer­ as well as military representatives," strict foreign seamen to their chant seamen if that were the case Whil« an NLRB clerk opens the ballots, at right, SIU, AMEU and the Government spokesmen con­ ships, whereupon the Union rep­ but to let the men ashore to find company obsenrers eagerly await the outcome of the vote in the ceded the need for changing the resentatives questioned their legal their own recreation. representation election in the Atlantic fleet. Seated at tahle are, present unjust regulations. right to restrict American citizens As the SIU spokesmen put it, left to right, E. B. McAuley, SIU observer; a company official, As a result, the meeting broke on US ships. No satisfactory an­ and Stanley Alcott, AMEU chairman. Seymour Miller, SIU at< up on amicable terms with a swer could be given by the Gov­ "Our men don't want to stay torney, rear left, and Frank Bose, SIU organizer, look on from rea'r. cordial atmosphere prevailing ernment men, who evidently felt around your Army base. Just let throughout the sesBion. Chances they were standing on weak legal them ashore and make some kind of transportation available. They are bright that the Department of ground. will find their own amusement Defense will follow through on its Shipowner negotiators who at­ without coming near your PX's promi^ to change matters. Pend­ tended the meeting pointed out to ing the changes, however, the Un­ the military that unless they and your barracks." The Union also pointed out that ion i)lans to go right ahead with agreed to ease off these restrictions its study of the legal aspects of the Union intended to write a at Thule, Greenland, Seafarers are the shore leave restrictions. It also clause into the contract demanding permitted to go ashore without any hindrance. Military authorities intends to negotiate with the ship­ With A full vote of confidence from the membership, SIU owners for payment of the over­ overtime pay for each day that the could not explain why the men crew is restricted to the vessel. tanker organizers in Atlantic Refining have gone back on time for restriction to ship until Since could land at one base and not at these vessels are on another. They could only fall back th;e job following the results of the National Labor Relations such time as the Seafarers are al­ charteralltoofMSTS when going to on the excuse that it was on the or­ lowed to go ashore. Board election in the 23-ship • Army bases, it meant that the Gov­ ders of local authorities. Local Policy. tanker fleet. The company and that the Union was prepared ernment would be faced with a The final outcome was that a to stick to the Atlantic drive until and its puppet union, the Oddly enough, none of the mili­ whopping bill for the luxury of ty­ three-man meeting has been Atlantic Maritime Employees victory was won. As Terpe put it, tary brass present could offer evi­ ing seamen to their ships. Union, won the first round when ' We've lost the first round, but dence as to who was responsible As far as other military bases scheduled among officials reprethe tankermen voted 505 for the there are more coming up." (Continued on page 17> are concerned, such .as those in for the restriction orders which company, rig to 376 for represen­ Membership meetings in all have spread from Korea to other tation by the SIU, Three men ports the following evening were installations such as those in Lab­ voted for no union, and one ballot unanimous in endorsing the or­ rador and Newfoundland. The was void. ganizing department's determina­ impression left was that these or­ The election results snapped an tion to go back in and renew the' ders had been issued solely by unbroken string of SIU organizing fight. While disappointed with the loc^ commanders and did not re­ victories dating back to 1945 when outcome, the membership ex­ flect official Government policy in the post-war organizing program pressed its determination to keep the slightest. Representatives of all non-Connnunist maritime unionsr When challenged by the Union was established. It was this pro­ plugging away at the Atlantic fleet and company representatives to will meet in "Washington, DC, next month, to consider a gram that was responsible for the until an SIU victory is won. offer a convincing reason for the variety of problems facing the maritime industry. SIU spokes­ growth of the SIU from the 12 Philadelphia Meeting shore leave bans, military authori­ men will be present at the"*" original steamship companies un­ The Philadelphia port meeting, ties present fell back on the ex­ der contract before World War II. meeting along with " delega­ Secretary-treasurer Harry Lundewhere the company maintains its cuse that it was "bad for the As soon .as the results were tions from the National Mari­ berg. Lundeberg, who is also presi­ known, the tanker organizing com­ shoreside installations was partic­ morale" of the soldiers when sea­ time Union (CI9), the Sailors dent of the SIU of North America, mittee sent messages to all the ularly enthusiastic for renewal of men came ashore with spending Union of the Pacific, Marine Fire­ suggested that the conference Union representatives men, Oilers and Watertenders, could touch on a variety of prob­ ships pledging to stick by the 376 the organizing campaign and ap­ money. men who had voted for the Union plauded the announcement that the quickly pointed out that a variety Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL lems including the campaign in and held Union membership. SIU Union would renew the drive. of other civilians with spending and other maritime groups includ­ some Government quarters to close Director of Organization Keith Many members in other ports money, including foreign seamen, ing AFL and CIO officers' unions. the US Public Health Service hos­ Terpe pointed out that it had taken pointed out that the Cities Service newspaper correspondents, of­ pitals, investments by American The conference was an out­ shipowners in foreign flag vessels, five years to successfully complete drive took five years to complete, ficials of various kinds and local Korean businessmen and Govern­ growth of a proposal made by SUP the growth of Panamanian and (Continued on page 17) the organizing of Cities Service, Liberian-flag registry, attacks on the 50-50 law by foreign shipping interests, and the general outlook for the merchant marine. 'Timely Suggestion* At the time Lundeberg issued his original invitation in October it was described by SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall as "a timely suggestion in the best interests of all seamen." The SIU A&G strong­ Thieves, who apparently knew ly endorsed the proposal as pav­ what they were looking for, broke ing the way for concerted action into the Galveston hall last week on problems common to ail mari­ and made off with about 70 official time unions. SIU receipts. One patrolman's car One outgrowth of the conference was also missing. is expected to be a set of legisla­ In addition, the thieves'made off tive recommendations represent­ v/ith a rubber stamp used for ing the unions' ideas of what stamping the receipts, and several should be done to deal with the pieces of mail, some Of which may problems of the industry. Closer have had checks or money orders action on waterfront beefs, such as in them. the recent Aleutian beef on the A list of the receipt numbers has West Coast, will also be discussed been sent to all ports in the hope at the Washington gathering. they will aid< in tracing down the The meeting will be notable as men responsible for the robbery. the first time that AFL and CIO This is the second time that the maritime unions have gotten to­ Galveston hall has been broken gether in the post-war period to into. Last year, the baggage room deal with problems of mutual in­ was the target'of marauders, who terest. It is hoped that this first Seafarers aboard the Strathbay smile happily as they arrive in Karachi, Pakistan, with a load of made quite a mess of matters one meeting will pave the way for wheat which marks the passing of the halfway mark in the 700,000-ton US emergency wheat gift to night, before they made off with a closer cooperation of all non-Com­ Pakistan. Left to right they are J. C. Lewallen, R. L. Grant, J. D. Bodiford, R. E. Hogan, Robert few pieces of luggage and other munist maritime unions. Beale and J. Vandenberg. personal effects. - Supervisory Ballot Tips Arco Vote; Renew Drive Non-Red Sea Unions To Meet In Capital Thieves Nab Receipts In Galveston Bringing Wheat To Hungry Pakistan 'I �.>r Ric« Four SEAPARtinS tOG Freighter's Cargo Bums At Brooklyn "Pier As I See It • • • pi Smoke rises from cargo of burning wax and newsprint in a hold of the freighter Solviken, tied up at a Brooklyn pier. Firemen had to work in relays because of smoke and fumes from the burning cargo in order to put out the blaze. The Are broke out as the ship wais being loaded for a South American run. No one was hurt. New Scholarship Exams Jan. 9 Another set of college entrance examinations for SIU scholarship applicants is coming up on January 9. January 2 is the deadline for registration for the new examinations, al­ though late registration v/ill be acceptable upon payment of a fee. After the January examina-"" tion, the next college entrance mer, they are not given in as large candidates qualifying for the col­ board tests will be given on a number of cities and towns as lege entrance board examinations March 13. Candidates for the these winter examinations. Conse­ March tests have a February 20 quently, those considering scholar­ ship applications are advised to qualifying date to meet. get their qualifications in as soon Take Tests Now as possible so that they can take Although more college entrance either the January or the March exams are given after that at vari­ examination. ous times in the spring or sum­ Up until now, the number of m ft As a result of the Union's policy of encouraging rank and Ale Sea­ farers to step forward week after week and run for meeting office a great many Union members have gotten up on parliamentary proce­ dure and the art of conducting a Union meeting. This experience will prove invaluable in the future in the operation of the Union's af­ fairs. At thee membership meetings, the chairmen can learn quitee a bit about how thee Union's ap­ paratus functions as well as getting experience in the conduct of the Union's affairs. Recent Selections A run down through several ports shows that many of them were newcomers to meeting posts. Of course all of them have prob­ ably had considerable experience serving as officers of shipboard meetings which prepared them for service at the Union's regular shoreside meetings in the ports. Others have served as shoreside meeting officers once or twice be­ fore. Among meeting officers recently was Malcolm Launey, who was chairman of the Lake Charles port meeting. Launey comes from the now famed town of Mamou, Louisi­ ana, which has been celebrated in the popular song "Big Launey Mamou." He's a native of the Bayou State, and will be 42 years old in Januaryt - " Launey became an SIU member on September 5, 1952, when he took his oath of obligation in New York. He sails in the engine de­ partment. 4. t 4. Also elected at the Lake Charles meeting was Seafarer Joseph Phil­ lips, who comes from Camden, New Jersey. Phillips also sails in the engine department and is an oldtimer in the Union, joiningln New York way back on November 18, 1938. He's 61 years old and married. i ^ Wilmington, California is a long way from The Bronx, but that's where Wallace Lonergan was elected to serve as chairman of the Union meeting. Lonergan has been with the SIU for six years, getting his membership on Decem­ ber 6, 1947. He's^a native New' Yorker all the way, having been born here on June 4,1910, 43 years ago. He too sails in the engine department when not taking time out to visit his East Coast home. Working along­ side him was Seafarer Herman Pederson, a Nebraska native who now calls Oakland, Califor­ nia, his home. Pederson has been an SIU member for nine Pederson .years, getting his book on December 9, 1944. He's 27 years of age. Pederson, like many others, has gone West to settle. has been small. Consequently there is plenty of opportunity for addi­ tional candidates to take a crack at the four-year $6,000 college scholarship program. Three Years' Sea Time Under the terms of the SIU Scholarship Plan, all candidates must have three years' sea time on their own discharges, or on their father's discharges. Candidates must be in the upper third of their high school graduating class and submit three letters of reference plus a transcript of their school record. Those candidates who are still attending high school can apply for the scholarship under the terms of the Plan. Further details about the procedure can be obtained by writing the Seafarers Welfare Plan at 11 Broadway, New York City. US Enforcing 25% Limit On Aiien Seamen With trained merchant seamen once again available in sufficient numbers, the Coast Guard has written off the waiver of alien quotas on non-subsidized merchant ships. As a result, from now on, the Coast Guard will strictly enforce the rule that no more than 25 per­ cent of the unlicensed crew of a merchant ship can be alien sea­ men. Restrictions Still Hold YOUR UNION WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO WASHINGton next month for a meeting with otlier unions in our industry which could prove to be a very slgnlAcant one for Seafarers and all other seamen. At that meeting, representatives of all SIU of North America affiliates will sit down at the table with delegates of other marine unions including the CIO to talk over several matters that affect the maritime industry as a whole. Of course your Union doesn't know if this conference will come up with the answers to the problems facing the maritime industry, but we of the SIU have some of our own ideas on the subject which we will present to the group for them to kick around. And certainly on some issues, such as the Public Health Service hospitals and the 50-50 law there's no question that everybody present at the conference will be of one mind. • Anyway you look at it though, this conference is something new for our industry. Quite a feW' years back the waterfront section of the Communist Party tried to get all the maritime unions together under its banner, as a key part of their plan to capture the US waterfront. That was the soKralled Committee on Maritime Unity, which came apart when they were taken on by the SUP and the SIU ih several beefs on the West Coast and here in New York. Now it is the non-Communist unions that are getting together, at the invitation of the president of the SJU of North America, to map out a common program with which to meet the problems that face the maritime unions and the industry. There are quite a few matters in which these unions could pull to­ gether to their common advantage. Many of the unions, including the SIU have been working on the same issues separately but with a com­ mon goal in mind. It would be helpful to combine their strength. On other issues there are differences of opinion which a conference like this coming one can do much to resolve. Whatever the outcome of this conference—and we are hopeful that it will come up with some positive steps—Seafarers can rest assured that the SIU will continue all of its own efforts to protect the interests of the membership on the Washington scene and elsewhere. ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY A GROUP OF SHIPOWNERS TO CRACK a union has gone by the boards down in Miami, where tj^e P&O line has given up its campaign against the officers' unions . and signed a contract with them. As a result the ship is now back in its regular service. In the course of the strike the P&O company went so far as to try to hire scabs through newspaper ad­ vertisements to man their licensed positions. But despite their advertising only three men showed up to take these jobs and two of these have since signed up with the unions involved. Naturally, the ship could not sail with a three man gang, and in any case, SIU members of the unlicensed crew refused to cross the picketlines placed around the ship by the licensed officers* unions. Consequently the company had to pull in its horns and forget about breaking the unions. Now that the officers have obtained their contract, P&O is negotiating with us for a new agreement for the unlicensed men. It appears that as a result of their experience, the company will be more reasonable in the future. In any case, the P&O strike serves as a useful reminder of the fact that the shipowner never has given up and never will give up the idea of getting by without a union. That's why incidents like this P&O strike serve a useful purpose in reminding your Union that it must always keep its guard up and stay in shape for whatever emergency situations that might arise. 4 4" 4 THE LAST ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOG CARRIED AN article about the Mariner ships in which it was found that the ship­ owners are not too ahxious to take on this kind of vessel for commer­ cial service. They have stated several objections to their use with the result that the Governmei^'may have to place these new ships in the boneyard in the long nm. Now the word from Waishington is that the Maritime Administrator, Mr. Louis Rothschild, says that from now on the Government is not going to build ships on. a mass production basis, but that it will con­ sider the needs of the individual shipowner before going, ahead with any kind of building program for any shipping... As far as your Union is concerned, we have al­ ways gone along with the idea that the industry needs new and better ships from time to time. We've , also maintained foir. .some .tlme.dhat it is ..up to; the , shipowners to get together with each other and work out a. program to meet their needs which they can then present to the Government. That way the Gov­ ernment will know what is wanted and what is use­ ful to keep our merchant marine in strong condition. /It's urgent that we get some action on this program early because it would be a good idea to have things ready for the next.Copgress when it resumes its bpsiness shortly. Existing restrictions calling for the use of American citizens as ships officers, and for American citizens on subsidized vessels, will continue. Up until now, the Coast Guard would waive the 25 percent limit for certain key ratings be­ cause of the difficulty of getting trained seamen during the height of the Korean shipping boom. With AT TRIiS TIME WE WibULD LIKE TO WISH THE MEMBERSHIP the boom tapering off, there are to sufficient trained men available to a plicasant holiday season: and a happy New Ye^.; We Jpok^^i^^^ put the 25 percent limit in effect more progress on behalf of the Seafarers in the next 12 month period, just As we have made'quite a te\v gains ih tfie past. " " again. . �T.-i^isfei-fl December iS, 195S SEAFARERS Pare Fhre LOG llothschild Plans New Policy On Shipbuilding Admitting that the Mariner ship program was not working out the way it should, Maritime Administrator Louis S. Roths­ child told a Kansas City luncheon meeting that in the future the Government , will stay' particular trade requirements away from shipbuilding pro­ meet by the ship operators themselves." grams on a "take it or leave Asking $4i/i Million it" basis. Rothschild did not indicate any Instead, Rothschild said, the change in the Government's pro­ Government will urge ship opera­ gram nor disposal of the Mariner tors to submit their own plans for ships. At present the Government their own needs, after which the is asking million for each of Maritime Administration would go the vessels with no takers other to Congress for the necessary than Pacific Far East Lines. Moorefunds to build merchant vessels. McCormack, which had been con­ Rothschild's announcement came sidering buying two of the Mari­ a few days after the SEAFARERS for conversion to passengerLOG, in a feature article, pointed ners cargo ships has changed its mind. out that at present, most of the Other shipowners are reported Mariner ships, built at a cost of to be mildly interested if the price $10 million each, will be headed Seafarer Robert Long looks fondly at his brand new triplets in a New Orleans hospital. The triplets, is right, but there are some who for the reserve lay-up fleet be­ declare that they wouldn't want the two girls, and a hoy, are the first triple award in the history of the Union's Welfare Services. The cause private operators felt they Long family will collect $600 from the Union, plus three $25 defense bonds. They have a fourth child, vessels under any circumstances as could not use them in commercial they are not practical for their a girl, 15 months old, whose birth also netted them full maternity benefits. operations. operations. Too Expensive The Maritime Administrator fur­ The article cited as operators' ther stated that the objectives of objections to the Mariners their his administration were to expand high cost, even at a cut-rate Gov­ private ownership and encourage NEW ORLEANS—Seafarer Bob Long astonished himself, his shipmates and this city ernment selling price, their huge private initiative in the develop­ size, which would make it difficult ment of shipping and the solving of December 14, when his wife, Nancy, gave birth to triplets, two girls and a boy, at New to get a full load of cargo, expense our maritime problems. He de­ C^leans' famed Touro Infirmary. It was the first time in ten years that triplets had ever of operation and maintenance, clared that "I am hopeful next year been born at the New Orleans-^ over-compartmentation of cargo you will see a substantial number hospital. fits from the SIU Welfare Plan, the girls were identical twins, but' holds, and greater draft than ex­ of new ships ordered" on the basis As a result, Long is in line plus three $25 bonds for each of that the boy doesn't look like his isting cargo ships. All shipping of private financing. to collect $600 in maternity bene- the three children. It's the first two sisters. men were agreed that the vessels set of triplets to be covered by the The proud father of the triplets were invaluable for the purpose for Welfare benefit since it began in has been a member of the Union which . they were designed, as April, 1952. for the past nine years, and sails speedy cargo carriers for military Oldest 15 Months regularly in the stewards depart­ needs in the event of war. But The three children, Doretta Col­ ment on Alcoa passenger ships. opljy one , shipping company has leen, Doreen Colette and David Both he and his wife, Nancy, come thus far bid for the ships. That is Merlin, are the second, third and originally from North Carolina, but Pacific Par East Lines, which has fourth in the Long family. His they settled down in New Orleans taken three of them. Thirty-two SAN FRANCISCO—The attempt by the Communist- oldest daughter is just 15 months after their marriage in May, 1950. other Mariners remain to be dis­ dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards to old. She, too, was an "SIU bene­ Long, who is 34 years old, had posed of. raid the passenger-cargo ship Aleutian with the help of Harry fit baby." worked as a shipyard worker in In his statement to the luncheon, Bridges came to a dead end-f As a result. Long becomes the Newport News, Virginia, before Rothschild recognized these criti- as the owners announced they Bridges entered the picture champion maternity benefit getter, becoming a Seafarer. He decided pisms'by declaring: were taking the ship out of when Hawaiian-Pacific, which is a becoming the first in the SIU to to become a seaman after hearing "The Mariners are mighty fine service. ship's crews talk of sailing, and new company, signed a contract collect as many as four benefits. , ships,i' and in peacetime use they The owners, the Hawaiian-Pa­ for all three shipboard depart­ Another unusual feature of the selected the SIU on the basis of are primarily suited for the long cific company, stated that they ments with SIU of NA affiliatesmultiple birth, which in itself is a his observations of conditions on ocean trades. They therefore don't would not attempt to put the ves­ the Sailors Union of the Pacific, 10,000 to 1 shot, is the size of the the ships. It's a decision that he's . fit the needs, or the pocketbooks, sel on the San Francisco-Honolulu the Marine Firemen, Oilers and children. The boy weighs five been quite pleased with since. of some of our shipping companies. run, when it became obvious that Watertenders and the Marine pounds 12V2 ounces and the girls His wife, Nancy, was the last of In the future we intend to steer Bridges had ordered his longshore­ Cooks and Stewards, AFL. Ha­ four pounds llVz ounces each. four sisters to be married, but clear of Government shipbuilding men not to work cargo. As a result, waiian-Pacific took the ship over Most triplets are usually incubator with this bonanza has surpassed programs on a take-it-or-leave-it 'they are taking the ship back to from the Alaska Steamship Com­ babies because of their small size. all her family in the number of basis. Instead, we will encourage Seattle, with its final disposition pany which -formerly operated her A doctor at the hospital said that offspring. * the development of new- ships to uncertain. in the Alaskan coastwise service. Members of the NUMC&S had pre­ viously worked in the ship's stewards department. ::•sSiU :ME;m.s®. When the ship was in Seattle, Bridges and NUMC&S men unsuc­ cessfully attempted to block its sailing, but a skeleton crew took her out on a move to San Fran­ cisco. However, when the ship got to From Article XX San Francisco, squads of Bridges Section 2 and NUMC&S men were on hand. They roughed up several crewmembers, particularly MCS-AFL men, including the union's attor­ ney and other representatives. When word of the action got back to headquarters of the unions involved, a massed group of sev­ eral hundred men from the three Onion receipt.. • AFL unions plus members of other Here Hie contfitution providei affiliates including the SIU A&G a double check on the individual District marched down to the ship Swap yarns or watch the fights member't imone/. The Union re­ determined to put an end to mis­ on television with your old ship­ ceipt is proof positive that the treatment of the crewmembers by mates at the Port O' Call—YOUR Bridges' squads. member has paid his dues and However, before they got to the assessments. At the same time, it union-owned and union-operated pier well-armed San Francisco po­ makes the Union representative bar. Bring your friends — where lice intervened with tear gas and fully responsible to the Union and AT SIU HEADQUARHRS you're always welcome. And the riot weapons in reserve. After a the membership for the money he 4tli Ave. A 20Hi St. • Irooklyn few brief scuffles, agreement was tab won't fracture that payoff. has collectMl. reached that the marchers would disperse provided Bridges' men OWNED AND OPERATED allowed the crew free passage to by lb* and froiT; the ship. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION Subsequently, the company de­ • ATIANTK: AND GULF DISTRICT AF.L cided to take tho ship but of serv­ ice altogether, as there was no indication that the longshoremen would work cargo for the vessel. SlU Man Draws 3 Of Kind Bridges Raid Fails; Aleutian In Lay-up YOV end Menu COllSTIVUTION •v«5. .- '--J- ^ . -v.. .Z.- -.J..,..a 1 •'•I - �-•r—- SEAFARERS LOG Fac* sttc He Sailed Bosun At 83 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON You would have to hunt around pretty hard to find a man who was capable of handling a bosun's job when he was past 80. Even harder to find would be a man of that age who would be willing to risk shells and torpedoes to man a ship. Such a man was Matt Little, In the absence of .an emergency, the American merchant marine now a retired Seafarer. should not expect a helping hand from Uncle Sam under the Eisen­ Little called 'a halt to his hower administration excepting for the Government's subsidy obligar tions. The reason is that the Republican regime decided early in sailing days, in an involuntary the game to encourage ship operators to stand on their own feet, fashion during World War II. financially speaking—^to wean them from'too much reliance on the After his second torpedoing the Government. This means that the Government wants private money War Shipping Administration invested in the US fleet. thought maybe shipping was a lit­ tle rough for a man of his age, To accomplish the above policy the Congress enacted a law in 1953 especially under wartime condi­ to encourage private lending institutions to pour money into the mer­ tions. So hfe regretfully went chant marine. It's too early yet to look for concrete results. The test ashore into retirement. Now at should come within the next year or two. 83, the veteran Seafarer and char­ 4 i ter member of the SIU A & G Dis­ From time to time in the past, employees of the Maritime Adminis­ trict is taking life easy at Sailor's tration-Federal Maritime Board have received gifts from, their friends Snug Harbor. in the maritime industry. However, this is strictly taboo from here on Little's sailing experiences cover in. Louis S. Rothschild, head of the Government maritime agencies, the whole history of maritime un­ recently issued a directive to his staff not to accept any such gifts. ions from the very beginning down His order even goes so far as to instruct his employees to return any to the present day. He was prac­ gifts received, with a note of thanks. The idea behind the Rothschild tically a charter member of the order is to protect the agencies from public criticism. Sailors Union of the Pacific, join­ The order will not be without some difficulties. For example, in the ing the SUP in 1886, just a year past some of the Government employees have been used to receiving after it was founded. sacks of fruit for Christmas. Imagine how difficult it would be for some Started In 1879 poor soul to attempt to return a bag of oranges half way across the By the time Little joined the country. SUP, he had been sailing for 4 seven years. His seatime dates From time to time, some of our spirited-minded citizens, after sur­ back to June 6, 1879 when he veying the scene, come up with recommendations for overhauling the Retired Bosun Matt Little, 93, reads SEAFARERS LOG in the signed on as apprentice aboard a US Government agency set-up. The most recent study was one financed SIU hall. Little sailed for 65 years before retiring after being sailing ship for a four-year hitch. by the Temple University, and one of their views was that all trans­ torpedoed during the Second World War. He Joined the SUP in He was just 19 at the time. Sixtyportation, railroad, steamship and air, should be placed under the 1886, and was a charter member of SIU. five years and countless voyages jurisdiction of one agency, a Federal Transportation Service. This is later, he called it a halt after his Little had undergone a torpedoing ship to torpedoes and came not a new recommendation—it has been considered many times in the ship, the Christopher Newport when the SS Hardaway was sunk. through unhurt. But after the past by Congress, and each time has been defeated by the various (Calmar), caught an aerial torpedo When World War II broke out, he Christopher Newport got it in transportation lobbyists in the Capitol. It's not likely to receive^avor-; In its belly and went to the bot­ was already 81. Nevertheless, he 1944 Little was asked to stay able treatment in the near future. !• . tom. continued sailing. He lost one ashore. Another recommendation of the Temple group was the transfer of Of course, as any man who the Coast Guard from Treasury to the Commerce Department. This sailed way back then in the '70's move would be opposed by ship operators because they stiR are sore and '80's, Brother Little had his over being put under the regulation and policy guidance of the, Com­ share of low pay, long hours and merce Department after the former Maritime Commission was dis-. the salt pork and hard tack diet. solved. The common workday was sunrise The Temple survey team took the view that the relationship of the. to sunset, plus standing regular Coast Guard to revenue coRection has been very slight, and that, the The Waterman Steamship Company has applied for a main task of Coast Guard was to promote safe navigation and sea watches. permanent certificate to run two-way intercoastal services transportation. They therefore felt Coast Guard belonged in Commerce Switched To East Coast Little survived the early days, between California and ports on the North Atlantic coast, along with the other sea transportation activities. The various recommendations are being reviewed by the White and sailed for many years off the including New York and Bos-f West Coast while the SUP grew ton. al service, but no decision is ex­ House now and could be the subject of Congressional debate soon. The company has been pected on the permanent applica­ and prospered. Afterwards he 4 operating on a temporary permit tion for several months. switched to the Atlantic coast. The US merchant marine is becoming more alarmed each day over During the first World War, since last August in the intercoastWaterman does hold a certifi­ the growing ratio between foreign ships and American vessels- in the cate to load in California for ports major ports of this country. Whereas the US lines seek to carry 50 south of New York on the East percent of our own foreign trade, this is a goal that has been rarely Coast. It* could also load in New reached in the past, and one which we are far short of at the present York and Boston for California time. Foreign-flag vessels are carrying about 70 percent of the US foreign but not the other way around. trade commerce. Only about three times in the past thirty years has . The result was that when Water­ the US merchant marine carried such a small percentage of the foreign man tried to run cargo in one di­ trade as it is carrying today. rection from the Northeast to Cal­ 1 a; t 4; ifornia ports it proved a losing t-. Speculation continues to exist that Bloomfleld Steamship Company, proposition. It gave up the run and confined itself to working car­ which recently won, after a bitter battle, subsidy rights jon the GulfThe high degree of member­ themselves serve a major purpose. go from the West Coast to South North Europe route, will reapply for an operating subsidy in the trade between US Gulf ports and Spain, the MedUerranean, and the Black Usually, a typical weekly report Atlantic ports and back. ship participation in the operations Sea. The Company'was turned down on this route by the Federal In the summer, however, the of the SIU is reflected in the large from an outport will deal with such Maritime Board but is expected to make a new bid on the basis of new company obtained a temporary number of members who are items as purchase of stamps, gas information available since the prior proceeding. elected at one time or another to and oil, cleaning supplies, trash permit for full intercoastal serv­ In any event, Bloomfleld probably will show its hand in the matter ice, which it has been operating the various memwithin the next few days. removal, janitorial services and ever si.nce. ship committees t, ^ in the Union. transportation costs when a patrol­ Since the end of World War II, Appointment of William E. Minshall, Jr., a native of Ohio, to the Even when there man or agent has to go to another few companies have been operat­ are no trials, port to pay off or sign on a ship. ing in the intercoastal service post of general counsel of the Maritime Administration Federal Mari­ quarterly finan­ Minor repairs and other mainte­ which at one time was a major time Board, may go a long way in appeasing two of the most powerful cial reports, elec­ nance work would also be covered part of US shipping operations. maritime figures in Congress. On the House side, there is Representa­ tions or other in such reports. Waterman is one of the companies tive Weichel, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee, a matters on which Whenever a major expenditure that has been attempting to revive critic of the administration of maritime laws. Both Mr. Weichel, and,. Senator Bricker, Chairman of the Senate Interstate & Foreign Com­ committees nor­ is contemplated, the matter is the intercoastal trade. merce Committee, which handles maritime affairs on the Senate side mally pass, all taken up at the membership meet­ Craven Port Newark Terminal of the Capitol, are from the state of Ohio. It is understood that Minshall ports go through ing and is acted on according to Meanwhile work is going ahead is a Bricker man. the regular procedure of electing the regular mem­ the weekly auditing committee bership meeting on the Port Newark terminal de­ consisting of one man froQi each velopment where Waterman will The Government soon will find itself in quite a situation, respecting procedure. ship's department. Recent commit­ make use of three cargo piers. The its back subsidy bills for the merchant marine. It owes a substantial These committees, whose fimctee members development is a $12 million im­ amount of money to American subsidized lines, subsidy accruals, but tion is well known to Seafarers, elected at special provement project which will pro­ the Government maritime agencies do not have enough left in their are a routine but membersh i p vide five cargo terminals, rebuilt current fund to meet this bill. The net result is that in addition to its important feature meetings in the wharves, additional trackage, road­ regular appropriation request for the fiscal year 1955, which will go to of Union opera­ various ports in­ ways and storage space. The com­ Congress soon, the Maritime Administration will find it necessary to tions because clude: J. Craven, pany will use the Newark piers to send up to Capitol Hill a large supplemental appropriation request to they could quick­ S. Butler and G. provide more rapid handling of take care of its subsidy obligations for prior years. Jakelski This is sure to touch off quite a scene in Congress. Once again, aft^ ly spot at. the Gapac in Savan- cargo going to or coming from the looking at the size of this subsidy bill, there will be outspoken Con­ source any exces­ nah; O. W. Orr, John Manen and area west of the Hudson. sive or unjusti­ S. N. Hurst in Galveston; J. G. The new piers v.iU permit load­ gressional eriticism of the merchant marine in general, as well as ques^ fied expenditure Flynn, J. M. Jakelski and J. Michael ing directly from railroad freight tions being raised as to whether maritime subsidies are necessary'at alt at the local port in Baltimore; 'Julian R. Wilson, cars onto ships. Plenty of space leveL As such Clarence Cornelius and Joseph is being provided for trucks per­ Orr these weekly spot Tonick In Norfolk; W. Canty, J. mitting free and easy en^ aad checks; whilejdiaple enotij^ in. Thomiis and N. Paine In Boston. exit of large trailer rigs. Waterman Asks Regular Infercoastal Cerfifitafe SIU COMMinEES ATirOilK •lU.-' ?5-; • M, 195S .i lUifr �SEAFARERS Deeember 25. 105S Pare Serea LOG Govt, Closes Sheepshead Bay NIXON RETURNS FROM ASIA TOUR—Vice-President Richard Nixon has returned from a tour of the Far East that took him through practically every non-Communist country in that area. The Vice-Presi­ dent stopped at Indo-China, Philippines, Burma, India, Pakistan, Japan, Iran and several other nations on a good will mission from the presi­ dent. He reported on his return that he considered Communist in­ fluence on the wane in these areas, but that there was still danger of internal Communist revolution. 4." MISS LIBERTY A CITIZEN OF JERSEY? The concessionaire at the Statue of Liberty has sued New York City for several thousand dollars in back taxes, claiming that the Statue is really in New Jersey waters. Her attorney says that the boundary between New York and New Jersey is the midline of the Hudson River channel which passes between the statue on Bedloe's Island and Governor's Island to the East. New York disputes the claim, saying that Bedloe's was specifically deeded to New York State in the state's original charter. 4> 4> 4> BERIA EXECUTED AFTER TRIAL—After a trial in which he was not allowed to be present, Lavrenti Beria, dreaded former ruler of the Soviet secret police, has been executed along with sev­ eral of his associates. He was charged with being a traitor and a spy. Most observers agreed that Beria probably had refused to con­ fess and consequently was put to death without an open trial where he would have been expected to plead guilty in approved Soviet fashion. t Shot of Statue of Liberty shows Brooklyn and tip of Governor's Island in the back. i FRENCH BATTLE OVER PRESIDENTIAL VOTE—The French par­ liament had to go through many days of balloting before they could come up with a presidential candidate who would suit enough Parlia­ ment members to get a majority. The winner, Rene Coty, took the seven-year term on the 13th ballot. Meanwhile the French were still sizzling over Secretary of State Dulles' warning that they had better gfet into the European Army or face loss of considerable American aid. t 4" 4" CYANIDE COCKTAILS KILL DOCTOR—The son of a wealthy New York physician, Harlow Fraden, was arrested and charged with the murder of his parents by pouring cyanide into their drinks. Evidence disclosed that the accused had shown signs of mental illness in the past and he was committed for observation with the possibility of perma­ nent commitme nt to a state institution. X AMERICAN POW's REFUSE TO GO HOME—The 22 American prisoners of war in Korea who have thrown their lot in with the Com­ munists, refused up until the repatriation deadline to allow themselves to be interviewed by American representatives. As a result, they have been classified as AWOL. Unless they change their minds within the next 30 days, they will be charged with desertion by the Army. Continuing with its program of cutting back on maritime training facilities, the Mari­ time Administration has ordered the closing of the Sheepshead Bay Training Station in Brooklyn, New York. Closing of Sheepshead Bay follows upon the shutdown of the Alameda Naval Training Station in^. California. It puts an end to all on-the-spot maritime train­ ing facilities for unlicensed sea­ men. Meanwhile, indications are that supporters of the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy were winning their fight to "keep that institution going. The Sheepshead Bay station was opened in September 1, 1942, dur­ ing the war as a means of provid­ ing trained merchant seamen for the emergency. It was bitterly op­ posed by the SIU and other mari­ time unions at the time who viewed the Government trainees as a threat to maritime unionism. In the post-war period, Sheeps­ head Bay and Alameda were main­ tained on a reduced scale, serving both licensed and unlicensed sea­ men. In recent months the number of trainees has been small, with not more than a couple of hundred pupils at the station. The only remaining maritime training program consists of the correspondence courses of the Maritime Service Institute. This will be handled through the Kings Point Merch^t Marine Academy which serves as a four-year train­ ing center for licensed deck and engine department officers. Kings Point Alive The transfer of the training program to Kings Point is taken as evidence that the institution's supporters were winning their fight to keep it open for at least another year. Kings Point backers had rallied some powerful politi­ cal influences to their side since Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild announced he was con­ sidering closing down the officer training center and spreading its students around the four state maritime academies — New York, Maine, Massachusetts and Cali­ fornia. $385,000 Saved Closing of Sheepshead Bay was seen as providing a $385,000 an­ nual saving for the Government. The closing announcement stated that it was "in keeping with the Administration's policy to discon- This is a typical class being held at the Sheepshead Bay Training Center. This class, and others like it, have been ended by the Government move to close down the Sheepshead Bay center as an economy measure. tinue the vocation training phases of the Federal Maritime Board as soon as possible." Commenting on the proposed closing, an SIU headquarters spokesman declared; "The SIU's position has always been that Gov­ ernment training centers are not needed, either for licensed or un­ licensed men, and that the Union can, as it has done in the past, train men to meet shipping needs in unlicensed ratings. . Out of Foc'sle "As far as licensed ratings are concerned it's always been our position that officers should come up out of the foc'sle instead of being trained at a maritime acad­ emy, then coming in and giving orders to professional seamen. "However, this economy drive against the training centers has been linked with a general drive on the part of some elements to cut down Government aid to the maritime industry. The SIU will fight every attack on necessary aid to the industry as it has fought the proposal to close the USPHS hos­ pitals." YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Save On Property Insurance A Seafarer who has a home can save dough each year by checking up on how much his family pays for insur­ ance on household furnishings and the property itself. As this department pointed out in respect to life insur­ ance, you can cut costs substantially by buying from co­ operative or mutual companies. There are also savings avaUaJjle for other types of property insurance, such as " a floater a man might buy to protect himself from loss of a valuable camera or other costly property he may take with him. The least expensive fire insurance you can buy to pro­ tect household furnishings is that sold by The Workmen's Mutual Fire Instirance Society. This cooperative was started the year after the Chicago Fire of 1871 by New York v/orkingmen seeking low-cost household protection from similar disaster. Today many union men belong to it. You join Workmen's Mutual merely by depositing $9 for each $1,000 of insurance. This remains your money and is returned when you cancel your insurance. Cost of the insurance itself is $1 a year, compared with a country­ wide average of $2 per $1,000 of insurance ($5 per $1,000 for three years). The society sells a maximum of $3,000 Insurance to each member, covering furniture, clothing and other usual personal belongings. It has branches in Cali­ fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michi­ gan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode, fdland, .JVashington, Wisconsin. You can get addsesses^of tocar"agents by writing to Workmen's Mutual at 227 E. 84th St., New York City. , . People in other states,,.or who ne.ed insurance on house as well as furniture and belongings, should com­ pare net costs (standard rates less dividends) of other mu­ tual companies. One of the lowest charges for fire in­ surance on dwellings and their contents is offered by Merchants and Businessmen's Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Harrisbu'rg, Pa. This firm has paid dividends of 40 per cent every year since 1895. Another company that can save you money is Hardware Mutual, of Stevens Point, Wise., which generally rebates 30 per cent dividends on residential fire insurance, and is licensed in all states. Property insurance is available at reasonable prices froni several co-ops: Farmers Union Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Denver, Colo.; Mutual Service Casualty Co., St. Paul, Minn., and Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio. • The Factory Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Provi­ dence, RI, offers outstanding values in other policies for homeowners such as residence burglary and theft insur­ ance, residence liability, personal liability, etc. This longestablished company has never paid dividends of less than 35 per cent. Other large mutuals who generally have reasonable net costs are Atlantic Mutual, Liberty Mutual, Lumbermen's Mutual and Quincy Mutual (Quincy, Mass.). You can find the-names of their "local represantative in your phone book. Eastern residents can also consult Clusa Services, Inc., a co-op owned insurance brokerage firm at 116 John St., New York, NY. Other ways you can save money on property insurance are as follows: Pay in advance. A five-year policy paid for in advance co^ts only four time,s as much as a one-year policy. If Metal Trades Ask For New Ship Program The AFL Metal Trades Depart­ ment, which represents a large number of shipyard workers, has asked the Government to recom­ mend a program for the revival of the American merchant marine. In a letter to President Eisenhower, signed by George Meany, AFL President, the group pointed out that such small nations as Panama, Holland and Sweden are building more tonnage than US yards. Such major maritime powers as Great Britain have ten times the US tonnage on the ways, while France has three times as much. The letter pointed to the steady decline in shipbuilding and ship repair in US yards, with the result that trained manpower is leaving the industry. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying that's too much dough to lay out at one time, a threeyear policy paid in advance costs only two and a half times as much as a one-year. Extension privileges on fire or loss insurance costs less than buying separate policies for each risk. For example: all-risk insurance on a valuable possession costs little more than the combined price for fire and theft insurance only. You can make similar savings on residential insurance by combining several forms of insurance in one policy. Some companies also give a reduction, generally 15 Tpercent, to what are called "preferred risks," that is, houses that are well maintained to minimize fire risk. While this rebate is not as much as the saving of up to 50 percent offered by some of the mutuals listed above, you can at least ask your broker if you can qualify for that redaction. In respect to fire insurance on a house, .two other points are important to observe to give yourself adequate pro­ tection. When property values increase, as they have in recent years because of inflation, or you improve the property, it's wise to increase your fire insurance accordingly. Most insurance policies written today are the so-called "80 per­ cent coinsurance" type. That means if you carry less than 80 percent of the cost of repairing or replacing the prop­ erty you will not receive dollar for dollar in payment of damage. Always keep a full inventory of your possessions. In case of fire you may remember the big items of furnish­ ings, hut not perhaps smaller things like how many shirts or phonograph records you had. A written inventory is also helpful in proving your loss to the insurance company. �PafcEicht SEAFARERS Gen. Fatten Leans Over As storm Shifts Cargo December its,' 195S LOG • .?''-srw i- SEAfCASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From h No. Seafarers Receivin|^ Benefits this Period] Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 73^jp JiL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS FAID THIS PERIOD Deck hands walk carefully on deck cargo of lumber aboard the Genera! Patton as ship lists in her berth in Boston Harbor. Shift­ ing cargoes, caused by Atlantic storms, gave ship sharp list to port. The SlU-manned General Patton has been shifted over to even keel and has gone on to Philadelphia tb discharge cargo after coming in to Boston harbor with a heavy list following a North Atlantic storm. 4 The Patton was off Nan­ 000 feet of lumber, in addition to tucket, carrying a heavy load canned goods and other package of deck cargo amounting to 4,894,- cargo in her holds. She hit rough weather in the course of which both the deck and hold cargo .shift­ ed, giving the ship a pronounced list to port. However, the Patton made it to Castle Island, Boston harbor, with­ out undue difficulty where her The Chicago Great Western cargo was set right again. After Bailroad is going to stay away that she took off for Philadelphia. from the courts for a while—when it comes to trying to reduce in­ jury awards to their employees. The company appealed a $95,000 suit award against them and wound SIU headquarters urges all up with an even more expensive draft-eligible seamen to be judgment for $125,000. sure they keep their local Se­ The case in question developed lective Service boards posted over an injury to James E. Briggs, on all changes of address s former railroad employee. He through the use of the • post was lying beneath a locomotive cards furnished at all SIU trying to release a jammed sandhalls and aboard ships. pipe when the brakes slipped and Failure to keep jour draft he injured his head. board informed of your where­ Briggs sued the company "and a abouts can cause you to be jury awarded him a $95,000 judg­ ' listed as a delinquent and be ment. The company appealed the drafted into the services with­ case to the Minnesota Supreme out a hearing. The Union in Court and won a new trial. such cases can do nothing to On the second trial Briggs won aid Seafarers who fail to com­ again, this time getting a $125,000 ply. award. Company Appeal Backfires Hard Keep Draft Board Posted 1 Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total 1 11 eyase>o /A oo fo WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY .i- { '*/ I Hosbitai Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tul'v 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952* Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total oc * Date Benefits Beenn WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Estimated Accounts Receivable y?; Vacation — US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 2iAcisi. v^fyy J/9ot>o "^¥8.0/5 COMMBNTSt The maternity benefit has been the benefit pass^i .ng the most milestones in the past two weeks* For the first time since the benefit came into existence a set oJf triplets were bom* The parents were Robert & Nancy Long of New Orleans* The triplets were two girls and one boy, which havp leen named Doretta Colleen, Doreen Colette and David Uer^in^ This was the first time in ten years that triplets had been born at the Touro Infirmary in New Orleans* Mr* & Ifrs* Dominick Chirichella of East New Torkwere the parents of the.1000th SIU maternity baby, which has been named Joseph* This means that in the 21 months the benefit iias been in existence, more than; A7 averaged monthly* /)^ Submitted ..Ji.2.r!2X'r53. • • e cr A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator • and, remember this. • • All thesis are yours without contributing a single riickel on your part— Gollecting SIU bene- tr« fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death —.You get first-rate personal-i servic^i^jn:j^^cJy„Jlp:ojyigh,yc8iff/U«ijJ»'SHrepresentatives. .ss n niri.i<rti5 . -*• �SEAP ARE.RS DeceinW-.iS5, IMS UNION lAtK By KEITH TERPE Today, 16 months after the official start of the Atlantic tanker drive, we are pretty much back where we started in August, 1952, except for a few notable differences. The 505-376 setback for the SIU in the election, made official by the tally of the votes on Decem­ ber 15 in Philadelphia, took us by surprise, to say the least. It means that there's still a job to be done in Atlantic, and we hope to make it wind up right this time. A brand-new drive in this fleet is already underway right now. No More Predictions The election results accomplished several' things, however. They left us a little wiser, a little less prone to predicting the outcome of elections and with a lot less faith in human nature. The fact that 505 men in a group of 880-odd seamen could cast a vote for the com­ pany in a free election is a little hard to take in this day and age. But well over a hundred of them did just that while supposedly sup' porting the SIU right down the line and with SIU membership books in their pockets. Nevertheless, the fact remains that 376 strong SIU supporters gave us a big piece of Atlantic in this election. Counting the three votes cast for neither union, actually only 67 votes stood between us and a majority of the valid ballots. These 376 seamen, some of them al­ ready sailing SlU-contracted ships, chose the right way of life for themselves. They recognized that with the SIU they can have and enjoy the security and benefits that only a bona fide trade union can assure them. These men realized that many of the conditions they have in Atlantic today are not due to any company benevolence, nor to the efforts of the company union. These were conditions forced on Atlantic by the success of the SIU and other real maritime unions who fought their battles and the battles of all seamen on the picketline and at the bargaining table. They wanted to be a part of a real Union, not "free riders" living off the efforts of others. This was their chance, and they took it. The real losers in this election were the men who backtracked on us after pledging their honor to support us at the polls the same way as th^ backed us right through the campaigning before the election. We thj^ught we could count on them, but we're much wiser now. Now, although they may think they have scored a su'bstantial victory, we wonder where they Avill go when Atlantic eases them out of the pic­ ture—^as it most certainly will. They've done their job for the com­ pany; their usefulness to Atlantic is over. As a matter of record, the compslpy is already starting to do a job on them, and they've still got no one to fight back for them. They are no better off today than they were two months, or 16 months, or five years ago. The form which the company's "gratitude" Is taking is something they hadn't reckoned with at all. But the light is starting to dawn on them. Wasn't Anybody Special Anymore Three days after the election tally was completed, one man who had even served as an observer for the company union during the ballot^g on one ship was out on his ear, realizing for the first time perhaps; that he wasn't any special brand of people to Atlantic any­ more and was just a guy who wanted a favor they didn't have to give him now. With a new baby coming, he'd asked for a few extra days off beyond the few days he already had coming, because he was needed at home.« Company representatives, after listening to his tale of woe, said he certainly could take extra time off, but if he did, he wouldn't have a job when he came back. This was his "big payoff," he told one of our organizers who met the ship when it came into Philadelphia last week. He'd learned a lesson, it seemed, except that it was a little too late, and he didn't know who to turn to anymore. Thus, things are back where they were before, and round two of the Atlantic campaign goes on. Auditing Committee Members DonH Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers have again been warned not to send their bag­ gage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not heed prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can send it to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping charges. Two of the three members of the weekly Headquarters auditing committee check the Union's books. They are Neil Lambert (left) and Steve Senak, both ex-Atlantic tankermen. Officers Win In Florida Strike The four-week old strike of deck and engine room officers of the Florida, P&O passenger ship, has come to an end with a new contract for the officers' unions. As a result, the ship is now back in service" on the Miami to Havana run. All officers won increases• ^ close to demands of the Masters ranging from $24 a month for for shifting ship. 3rd mates and 3rd assistants Now that the officers' strike has Mates and pilots (AFL) and the up to a top of $68 a month. In ad­ dition, the officers obtained a 20 cent increase in overtime ratings and $18 per man per month con­ tribution to the welfare and pen­ sion funds. Other improvements won by the officers include seniority, free uni­ forms and three hours overtime been ended, the company has en­ tered into negotiations with the SIU on a new contract for un­ licensed crewmembers. Placed Ads In Papers The strike began when the skip­ per, four deck officers and five en­ gineers walked off the ship over failure of the company to come Insurance Co's Under Fire Health and accident insurance sales to the general public are coming under Federal Trade Commission investigation as a result of many complaints of false and misleading adver­ tising by companies involved. These companies, about 800 of conditions under which bene­ in all, do a business of about fits cannot be paid. Many pur­ $2 billion a year in the form of insurance for hospital expense, medical and surgical expense. The investigations will deal with false and misleading claims as to the benefits paid under the insurance. Many Beefs In the past Better Business Bu­ reaus and Government agencies have received a large number of beefs about the "small print" in the contract, which sets a variety Cartoon History Of The SIU In August, 1948, shipping started slowing up so tho membership modified the tran8por.tation clause. Men entitled to transportation to port of original engage­ ment now had to accept the money and pay off. This increased: crew turnovers hut still didn^t resolve the problem to everyone's patisfactlon. a r/u Pagre MB* LOG chasers have found they have been unable to collect benefits as a re­ sult of accident or illness, because of these limiting conditions. However, in newspaper and radio advertising some of the companies make no mention of conditions which limit collection of benefits. The FTC is concerned with the content of advertising matter and not the conditions under which the business in question operates. Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­ ciation (CIO). Subsequently the company placed ads in the Miami newspapers attempting to hire scabs to take the place of the striking deck and engine officers. The attempt was a failure as un­ licensed crewmembers refused to cross the officers' picketlines. When this attempt failed, com­ pany officials came up to New York trying to get a quick contract with the SIU. Headquarters offi­ cials turned the company proposal down, telling them to negotiate a settlement with the officers' unions first. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable' address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. \o. 53 Transportation Reterendnm Some members suggested that men who refused trans­ portation be allowed to make another trip while those who collected should pay off. The issue; was aired ii. the SEAFARERS LOG with many letters pro and, con, as well as at shipiward and shoteside me "A feWet'Vhth''bn''toe' The matter was decided in true democratic fashion with both points of view appearing on the ballot. When results were tallied after two months of voting. It was found the members wanted the right to stay SafflngietW^ _ jose who, �, SEAFARE its LOG Pace Ten December 25, li95S PORT REPORTS New York-. Shipping Boom Caused By Hoiiday Tnrnovor to give the Union and the organ­ izers a vote of confidence for the past efforts they put into the re­ cent organizing drive. The men are behind the organizing staff in any future endeavors they may deem necessary to continue and finally win Atlantic. Oldtimers on the beach include S. Ghale, S. Anderson, G. Wanka, J. Otto and M. Magal. Men in the marine hospital are C. Hildreth, E. Moss, E. Ainsworth, E. Seserko, F. Haigney, W. Timmerman, P. Zuzon, N. Korsak, O. Gustavsen and W. Deal. Tom Banning San Francisco Fort Agent It looks like winter is now with us up in this part of the country, so anyone heading for New York to ship had better bring along their long handles and overcoat. All of these southern boys who have been laying around enjoying the sights in the big city are now grabbing ships headed for warmer climates. Shipping has been very good for the past two weeks with plenty of jobs for all ratings in­ 3^ 4" cluding bosun's, electricians and stewards. Boston: Payoffs , Ships paying off were the Wild Ranger, Afoundria and Mobilian (Waterman); Suzanne, Hilton and Beatrice (Bull); Steel Seafarer, Shipping seems to be picking up Steel Architect, Steel Artisan, Steel Admiral, Steel Rover and Hoosier in the Port of Boston, and future Mariner (Isthmian); Del Aires and shipping looks promising. Ships paying off were the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); The Cabins (Cabins); Government French" Creek (Cities Service) and Camp and Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ the Queenston Heights (Seatrade). ice); Val Chem (Valentine); Robin The same ships, the French Creek (Cities Service) Goodfellow (Seas); Nicholas CH and the Queens(Trident). ton Heights (Sea­ Ships signing on were the An­ trade) signed on. drew Jackson (Waterman); Steel In-transit ships Seafarer, Steel Architect, Steel were the Citrus Advocate and Hoosier Mariner Packer (Water­ (Isthmian); Robin Wentley, Robin man), General Gray and Robin Tuxford (Seas); Patton (National) Nicholas CH (Trident); Tagalam Water ways), (Seatrade); Ann Marie (Bull); and Bradford Island Del Aires and Lawrence Victory. HInes (Cities Service), In-transit vessels were the Iber­ ville, Antinous and Chickasaw Antinous, Afoundria,' Mobilian, (Waterman); Arlyn, Frances and Wacosta and Chickasaw (Water­ Kathryn (Bull); Seatrains Louisi­ man). A 40-foot whale was washed up ana, New Jersey, Savannah, Texas, Georgia and New York (Seatrain); on the beach in Plymouth, Mass. Alexandra and Michael (Carras); The Coast Guard, the city, and the Seamar and Massmar (Calmar), Board of Health are still arguing about who is responsible for dis­ and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). posing of it. They seem to agree No Beefs There were no major beefs on that the owner of the property on any of these ships and all prob­ which the whale is beached should lems were taken care of at the get rid of it, but he's in Florida, and someone else will have to haul point of production. it away. There were two reasons for the On Beach boom in shipping in this port. One On the beach and waiting to ship Is the fact that a lot of the men who have been sailing steady all out are oldtimers J. Hanson, T. year are now getting off to spend Fleming, D. Hines and T. Tuohy. The General Patton (National the holidays ashore, thus creating a big turnover and we also had Waterways) arrived in Boston with three ships pulled oUt of layup a 20 degree port list caused by a that took full crews. The ships storm the ship ran into off Cape that were taken out of lay up were Cod. The company engineers tried the Ann Marie and the Carolyn to straighten her up by pumping of Bull Line and a tanker, the the oil around, but they weren't Tagalam of Seatrade crewed up too successful. She turned over to and is going on the shuttle run a starboard list at about the same between the Persian Gulf and angle. The crew of the General Patton called the Union hall and Japan. We expect to have continued asked the port agent to take pic­ good shipping for the coming pe­ tures of the ship, which he did. James Sheehan riod as there are a number of Boston Port Agent ships due in for payoff from long runs between now and Christmas. Claude Simmons ^ Asst. Secretary-Treasurer Whale, Lisling Vessel Make NewsIn Boston 4« J" Son Francisco: 4" Membership is Behind Union's Atlantic Drive J. 'V Shipping in the Port of San Francisco has been good and it is expected to continue along those lines for the future. (Ships paying off were the Amersea (Blackchester); Arizpa, FairIsle, Alawai and Beauregard (Waterman), and the Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo). In-transit vessels were the Portmar and Yorkmar of Calmar; Waternman's Yaka, J. B. Waterman and Jean Lalitte; and Isthmian's Steel . Flyer and Steel Surveyor. Sign-ons were almard' . the . Ragnar. Naess : (Seatransport),' and Watevman'a Arizpa, ; Alatval .and Fairielej:,,^. - ,.i,,j,.-. ; • . crew of the Western Rancher for Miami: a true SIU-BME style ship. Undergo Surgery Bob Schwartz, until recently on the Alcoa Patriot, was among our members visited in the hospital. He Shipping has been on the slow Since the last report business is scheduled to undergo surgery, and shipping has been good with but we are glad to state it involves bell for the past period, and it is the outlook for the coming two only the removal of a cyst. Cosby not expected to pick up very much weeks good. Bookmen can still Linson is occupying an adjoining during the coming two weeks. The Florida of P&O paid off and get out without too much trouble bunk, also scheduled for minor sur­ as about one-third of the jobs are gery. Johnny Long is making sat- signed on again after the strike still being filled by permitmen. i.sfactory progress and reports that was settled, while in-transit ves­ sels included the Ponce (PR The crewing up of the Western he is feeling fine. We regret to report that Rogelio Marine); Wyoming (Quaker>; Rancher scheduled for the last part of the week and the George Law- Cruz, hospitalized since July, 1950, Chickasaw, Antinous and Fairport son scheduled for the first part of passed away this week. Burial ar­ (Waterman). In the Florida dispute the port the following week should give rangements at the time of this shipping a good boost as neither one writing had not been completed. captain was saying he could get three complete of these have any crew on them and Due to the broad scope of our Wel­ fare Plan, Brother Cruz, although crews of finks, will be taking full crews. hospitalized since July, 1950, Is but all he finally Due to the subsidy granted eligible for the death benefit and got was. three Bioomfield to operate on the North­ same will be paid to his designated men and - we ern European run beneficiary. signed up two of originating out of Ships Paying Off them in the the Gulf they will Ships paying off were the Del Union. The third open an office Monte and Del Mundo (Mississip­ man stayed on here in New pi); Chickasaw, De Soto and Iber­ board and when Orleans very ville (Waterman); Tainaron (Actithe strike was Humal shortly. Under um); and Western Rancher (West­ settled he had to the terms of ern Navigation). Signing on were get off the ship. The company their agreement Mississippi's Del Norte, Del "Valle, hung a handle on him and made Bioomfield will Del Rio and Del Mundo, as well as him an assistant marine superin­ Wilisch provide a mini­ Tanker Sag's Petrolite. tendent. For a company which is mum of 16 and a In-transit vessels were the Alcoa always crying they're losing money, maximum of 21 sailings a year on Clipper, Cavalier, Patriot and Po- they sure keep a full office staff. the route which originates at US alris (Alcoa); Steel King (Isthmi­ I wonder what they will do when Gulf Ports west of Gulfport, Mis­ an); Del "Valle and Del Rio (Missis­ we negotiate. I know they will cry sissippi, to ports on the East Coast sippi); Seatrains New York and to high heaven that they cannot of the United Kingdom, continen­ Savannah (Seatrain); Claiborne, An­ afford an increase in wages. tal Europe north of and including drew Jackson, La Salle and Weather Freezing Bordeaux, and ports in Scandi­ Monarch of the Seas (Waterman); The weather is freezing down navia and on the Baltic. They will Southern Districts (Southern Ship­ have the privilege of calling at ping), and the Gulf Water (Metro). this way, with temperatuf0fif;^n the 30's and the homes Without heat. Tampa, Port Tampa, Boca Grande Bill Scarlett's wife would like to and ports in the West Indies and thank the crew of the Anne But­ The boys don't know what to do; Mexico. The NO office will be un­ ler (which is still in the Far East) it is too cold to go swimming or der the management of G. E. for the collection they took and fishing and the bleachers at the Wieckhoff, presently district man­ sent to her here inJVO. He is in track are not steam heated. Oldtimers on the beach include ager of the Bioomfield Steamship the hospital in Japan with a broken Company in Dallas, Texas. He is leg and the crew mailed her over Robert Pierce, T. Humal and L. widely known in shipping circles 100 dollars from the Far East and McCollough. In the hospital are in the middle West and Gulf areas she would like to thank them as she J. C. Vilar and G. Planes. With the holidays just around of the country. is proud her husband is a Seafarer the comer, the action here has and has such swell shipmates. Oldtimer on Beach been kind of slow. However, the LIndsey Williams One of the SIU oldtimers in here boys are happy that the Florida New Orleans Port Agent recently asked us to mention his is back on the Rum and Coca Cola run, but the company is complain­ being on the beach and that he sends greetings to all of his Broth­ ing they don't get enough passen­ gers., ers and shipmates in the SIU. Brother Eddie Wilisch is one of All the boys down here wish the membership and the officials the older members in the Union Seafarers who lose baggage a very/ Merry Christmas and may and is proud of being an SIU mem­ checks for gear checked at any Santa drop a few jobs out of his ber with nothing but praise'for the SIU baggage room should bag when he comes by here. achievments attained by the SIU notify that particular hall in its short years as a maritime Eddie Parr right away so that ho one can union. Miami Fort Agent improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters The Western Rancher paid off 4. 5. 3. officials advise you to do this in this port and it was a pleasure Galveston: immediately to avoid loss of for the patrolmen who made the ship. Expecting the usual run of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make beefs on going down, they found sure you notify the hall where the ship had been- out T/i months the baggage was checked as and outside of a restriction to ship beef there was not a beef on the soon as you find out you've Shipping has slowed up some in lost the check ship. Hats off to the SIU-BME the past two weeks, wjth the Carrabulle (Nat. Nav.) paying off. Signing on was The Cabins (Cab­ ins). Ships in transit were the Michael (Carras); Seatrains New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia (Seatrain); Del Valle and Jeff Gillette, Agent Elliott 4334 FORT WILLIAM. ...118% Syndicate Ave. Del Rio (Mississippi); Orion Star TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. (Oil Carriers) and La Salle (Water­ WILMINGTON, Calil 505 Marine Ave. Ontario Phone: S591 man). John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Men in the marine hospital in­ EMpire 4-5719 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER VICTORIA, BC 617% Cormorant St. clude R. S, Scales, C. Hill, H. Liles, Paul Hall Empire 4531 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. C, Barboza, M. Fontent, H. Reyn­ Robert Matthews Joe Algina PaelBc 7824 Claude Simmons Joe Volplan SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. olds, J. Markopolo, M. Birrane, A. Phone 6346 Weaver, C, Young, E. Idell and J. Wllllatn HaU BAGOTVILLE. Quehee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 Parks. SUP THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. Bill Mitchell and O, Fielding CAnal 7-3202 HONOLULU 18 Merchant St. 113 Cote De La Montague have been in the woods a few days Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC Quebec Phone: 2-7078 PORTLAND 523 N. W. Everett St. 177 Prince William St. hunting deer without luck. .Mitch­ Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 ell saw one large buck, but got ItlCUMOND, CALIF .257 5th St. Phone 2599 excited and fell out of the tree: SAN FRANCISCO ^.480 Harrison St. Great Lakes District Douglas 2-8363 No- harm was reported to either .......133 W. Fletcher SEATTLE......... 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA' Phone: 1238W Biil or the deer. The weather has Main 0290 WOJVUNGTON SOS Marine Ave. BUFFAIAI. NY....,...:. ,.,180 Main St. been fine^ the fishing'good. It hit Phone; Cleveland 7391 " • ^Terminal 4-3131 CLEVELAND:.',...734 AHafceBlde Avtji MB been too warm for ducks but the NEW YORK.-..,.73^ Phone: Main -14147 DETROIT... -... ..:.1038 3r6"^ jieese hiive >een getting a feW ; CdhD^ifih i>fffri(^ , madswarteils Phone;J Wnodward 1-gaW lumps. • .-x": '• DULin®..,.031 Wv WehlCwJtt. New Orleans: Miami Freezing Oven Shipping, Weather lead Bioomfield To Open New NO Office Seen Report host Baagage Cheek Hunlliig, Fishing Is Fine In Texas Port mmv MMMsJb MmMJKM%0,M.%pJK JT-: SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. .James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON .. .308% 23rd St. Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-844B LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 MIAMI Dolphin Hotel Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 8-4781 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn HVacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .837 Market St. «. Cardullo Agent Market 7-1635 PORT ARTHUR 411 Austin St. Den Hilton. Rep. Phone 4-2341 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent..... Douglas 2^47S Ugrty Vrcithoff, West Coast Representative PUSRTA de TIERRA, PR. .Felayo $1—La S :... x-nfew UALITAXi NE........... 1~ • •..-..phoaei' "MelMSa' -JlSfLJS-." " .IK^II^C^APO, 'M ..j. if �SEAFARERS ^'-' becember 25,: IMS :k fiaitiimore: New Building Coming Along Fine In Balto LOG Tagt Eleven ... PORT MtEPORTS Alcoa Patriot, Clipper, Polaris, Puritan and Corsair (Alcoa); Clai­ borne, La Salle, Citrus Packer, Monarch of the Sea and Hurricane (Waterman). Signing on again were the Alcoa Patriot, Polaris, Puritan and Corsair (Alcoa); and the LaSalle, Citrus Packer and the Hurricane (Waterman). In-transit ships were the Chicka­ saw and De Soto (Waterman); Gulfwater (Metro), and the Greece Victory (South Atlantic). Arriving in the next period are the Iber­ ville, Claiborne, Antinous and Monarch of the Sea (Waterman); and the Aloca ships—Runner, Cavalier, Pennant, Pilgrim, Ream­ er, Clipper and Patriot. The main topic around the port now is what .Christmas and the New Year will bring. The weather is getting cold and everyone is hoping that it will stay that way for the next couple of weeks. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Wilmington: Crew Gels 352 Hrs. OT For Ship Reslrictlen bringing on his pet knives, but rather against such rates as an electrician or carpenter, or even deck engineer, where a consider­ able amount of tools is required. The meeting also went on record to express full confidence in the organizing staff as we are aware of the terrific amount of time, energy and effort which they put into the Atlantic Fl^et, despite the out­ come. They arc encouraged to con­ tinue their work and educate the men in that fleet who voted against us, as to what they voted them­ selves out of when they chose to vote as they did. We are happy to say that no SIU men are in the hospitals lo­ cally. On the beach, among others we have-Pete Prevas, Oakie Jones, Dave Barry, Jake Longfellow, Jim­ my Simmons, Red Braunstein and R. J. Moyland. This being the approach to the holiday season, we are a bit rushed so will not take up more of your time other than to wish you have enjoyed a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy and Prosperous New Year. John Arabasz Wilmington Port Agent Philadelphia: Organizing In Atlanllo Is JnsIBeginning Shipping for the past two weeks We spoke on the unfortunatii Shipping in the port of Balti­ loss in the organizing drive in the has been good for all the rated more is really on the slow bell. As Atlantic Refining Company at the men who have been sailing out of the regulars who use Baltimore membership meeting. First, we this port. A bunch of the men payfor a home port know, we gener­ stated how the National Labor Re­ " \ ; ing off in Seattle ally have three weeks of goofl lations Board allowed men to vote have been coming shipping and one slow week. We in that election who were shoredown here for the hope this holds up because if it side workers including the presi­ warmer weather does we can expect very good dent of the opposing company so we have more shipping from now on through the union who had not been to sea in men registered holidays. We always have plenty five years. Our organizers did a here than is nor­ of jobs for rated men on the Ore terrific job, all hours of the night, mal but still no :Llne ships, so there is really no with the company not hiring any hardship in get­ . necessity for any bookman to have man who even so much as looked ting out. •, to caory the banner in this port. like an SIU man. It's strange Barry . The following are the ships paythat with more However, there is no need for ^ ^ ing off in this port: Elizabeth and men here then ever a steward can us to be ashamed. We carried 376 Evelyn (Bull); Oremar (Calmar), walk in, register and walk out in votes. It has not all been in vain. Baltore, Cubore, Steelore, Santore an hour with a job. A couple of We intend to keep right on organ­ and Chilore (Ore); Santa Venetia bosu's jobs went a few hours be­ izing in Atlantic Refining. We have (Elam), arid Azalea City (Waterfore we talked a member into tak­ 376 solid backers and many of the . man). Signing on were the same t 4) ing them. I'm not inviting every­ men have pledged to stay on those ships without the Steelore and one here to ship because just as ships until we again have a chance Santa Venetia, and in addition, the Seattle: easily, those men registered could to petition for another election. Steel Rover of Isthmian and Calstart throwing in for everything We therefore urge all our men to mar's Calmar. that goes up on the board. We continue getting into Atlantic Re­ In-Transits can't explain the intricacies of our fining. Ships in-transit were the Robin thinking. You never know when Men Sold Out 4" - 4« 4* Tuxford and Robin Goodfellow Shipping in the Port of Seattle someone is going to throw for a The SIU will never give up. It \ (Seas); De Soto, Citrus Packer and has been good, with three ships job. Savannah: took us five years to organize Cities ^Iberville (Waterman); Steel Rover that were laid up taking full crews. We had two payoffs, two signService and we have only been 14 " ' and Steel Admiral (Isthmian); Ines These vessels were the Ragnar ons and 13 ships in transit to take months organizing in Atlantic Re­ (Bull); Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Naess (Seatransport); Seamonitor care of. fining. the Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), (Excelsior), and the Ocean Lotte On the Coeur D'Alene Victory, Paying off this week in the Port I went down to take a look at (Ocean Trans). Future shipping the Captain was advised by Cus­ the nfew building the other day. looks good as the Ocean Betty of toms here that he would have to During the last two weeks ship­ of Philadelphia were the Arlyn They have de­ Ocean Trans will call for a full clear Frisco Customs before the ping in this port has been fine, (Bull); Seamar (Calmar), and th« molished all of crew in a few days. crew got ashore there on arrival. and prospects for the immediate Winter Hill of Cities Service. Ships signing on were the Southern the properties Paying off were the following What they didn't tell him was that future look fair. on either side of vessels: J. B. Kulukundis (Martis); on overtime hours (for Customs) Two ships paid off. They were States of Southern and the Seamar the main build­ Cecil N. Bean (Dry Trans) and the this did not apply. As a result he the Southstar (South Atlantic) and of Calmar. ing and are lev­ Trojan Trader (Trojan). Ships restricted the crew to the ship and the San Mateo Victory (Eastern). In-transit vessels were the Ds eling off the signing on were the N. B. Palmer unfortunately had to pay 352 hours Sigriing on were the Southstar Soto, Citrus Packer and Iberville ground so that (Dolphin), Ocean Betty and the OT to the crew for detaining them. iSouth Atlantic) and the San Mateo of Waterman; Isthmian's Steel Sea­ farer, Steel Rover, Steel Admiral now you can cir­ Seamonitor. Unfortunately that is for the com­ Victory (Eastern). and Steel Artisan; Robin Goodfel­ cle the building In-transit vessels were the John pany. He also did not post a shift­ We had eight ships in transit. with a car which C. (Atlantic Carriers); Compass ing board in Japan, claiming he They were the Robin Sherwood low and Robin Tuxford of Seas; Gill will make lots of (Compass); Shinnecock Bay (Veri­ didn't know when he was going to (Seas), the Monroe (Bull), the Wa- Bull's Ines, Hilton and Elizabeth, room for parking and easy access tas); Pennmar (Calmar) and the shift, with the result that he wound costa (Waterman), the Southport and the Republic of Trafalgar. to rind from the main building. J. B. Waterman (Waterman). A. S. Cardullo up paying the gang a call-back of (South Atlantic), the Seatrain Sa­ Also, they are nearing completion Philadelphia Port Agent Oldtimers on the beach include four hours each since it was a holi­ vannah and the Seatrain New on the facing of the main build­ Red Connell, Frank Cullison, Jack day. To keep the record straight, York (Seatrain). The Seatrain Sa­ 4 4 4. ing. It seems as though the majoi^ Stough, Fred Sullins and S. Zygar- however, Capt. Nichols is not a vannah and the Seatrain New York Lake Charles: part of the' exterior is very near owski. Men in the marine hospital bad guy, although he sure wasn't each stopped in port twice during completion and that they should are R. Barbee, C. E. Dudley, E. A. a, happy guy about it either. the period covered by this report. be able to go right ahead with the Hancock, L. Hodges, S. JohannesThe membership here went on One of the boys who's been work on the interior regardless of sen, L. E. Twite and J. Wells. record to levy a fine against any around the hall recently is H. the weather. Hope my next report Jeff Gillette man who brings his tools aboard Bryant. He's been giving special will be more favorable as to the Seattle Fort Agent Things'are going along smoothly ship to use on the job when he is praise to the SIU Welfare Service. completion of the task. here in this city with shipping not being compensated for same. Oldtimers on the beach include really booming during the past two Oldtimers On Beach If the men keep bringing and us­ Walter Brightwell and A. A. Ellis. weeks. We expect it to level off We have a few oldtimers around ing their ovi^n tools the companies Among the brothers who are in now as we only expect to have If a crewmember quits while on the beach and they are Harry will stop calling for the men with the Marine Hospitals and receiv­ about three ships here between a ship is in port, delegates Muches, John Taurin, Snuffy tools. Another bad point about are asked to contact the hall Smith, Joseph Vorke, Charlie Gill that is the officers hold it against a ing the SIU welfare benefits are now and the first of the year. immediately for a replace­ and a score of others we would guy for not using his tools when Joe Farrow, J. Littleton, W. T. Causing this rush were the Win­ ment. Fast action on their part like to mention but can't remem­ the guy on the trip before did Shierling, E. Debardelaben, J. H. ter Hill, Royal Oak, Government will keep all jobs aboard ship ber their names right now. supply his own tools "gratis". It Smith, G. W. Wilson, R. A, Den­ Camp, Cantigny, and Winter Hill filled at all times and elimi­ In the marine hospital a* this was pointed out that this was :iot mark, F, U. Buckner, P. Daughtery. again (Cities Service). Then we Jeff Morrison meant to apply to a bos'n bringing nate the chance of the ship time we have Frank Conforto, Paul had the Alexandra of Carras. All Savannah Port Agent sailing shorthanded. Strickland, Alfred Johnson, W. H. on his own marlin spike or a cook these ships took a lot of men, caus­ Kirby, Robert L. Brain, Mark Haring us to ship everybody we could relson. Garland Stennett, Jack D. get. Guess the boys are getting off Morrison, Robert Lambert, Julian for Clu'istmas. The Cantigny paid C. Blanco, Paul W. Dew, Harry T. off from France and the Bents Fort Cullen, Francis Bonner, Cloise from the West Coast. Both ships Coats, James W. Hayes, Howard had nice clean payoffs. The French Sherrill, Horace Sherrill, Jessie Creek came into Port Arthur and Shipping Figures December 2 To December 16 signed for Japan. The Council A. Clarke, William Mcllveen, Michael Pugaczewski and -Jeff SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Grove had a nice clean payoff in REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. Davis. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED from the West Coast. DECK DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. PORT As a wind-up, we would like to Short Rated Men 17 10 40. 13 19 12 52 21 Boston wish the officials and the mem­ 189 166 147 502 168 519 We registered 66 men in the 195 156 bership a very Merry Christmas period and shipped 137, which is 57 25 16 16 23 131 59 49 Philadelphia and a Very Happy New Year. not bad for a small port. We don't Earl Sheppard 67 282 127 88 365 r32 112 91 have too many rated men left.. Baltimore Port Agent 8 10 29 16 66 11 29 21 Norfolk . Among the few that we have on 4) • 3) 4> 28 18 20 66 IS 60 22 20 Savannah tile beach are J. Phillips, C. Istre, Mobile: 15 43 90 12 16 34 28 28 R. Jensen, J. Sanders, H. Peeler and F. E. Nelson. 35 53 132 159 44 44 63 52 Mobile ..... The Electrical Union (AFL) Is 148 117 387 290 122 61 102 107 New Orleans eeeeeesei engaged in a beef with the con­ 26 25 i7 68 17 34 20 Galveston .. teeeeeeeeaeeae tractors here who are trying to cut 58 51 69 178 99 SB- - 26. ' 3?; the OT. but the electricians are ' j Port of Mobile shipping for the , Seattle .,... •••eeeeeseai 54 45 156 '57. 36' 105 holding firm and all Iboks well San FraM^o past oouplii^' of'^weeks was" good, * for them. • ' 23 67 - 28 ' -81. • - 22 ' "' • 22 with the same expectations hbldlng. •'^iimingtOB •;. » #'••• 3? ..':5 § Leroy Clarke , ^ .,1 " iar ihe futiire. ' , . .Wi'jL-.'.' •noiil' iiwa i iw.i v. Aiint r »K|t649....-' «a»ar«87 W2,101 Out Of Lay-Up, Three Ships Add To Jobs Seafraln Lines Give Heavy Play Te Port Shipping Is Booming For Tankor Crewmen Fill That Bisrth A&G SeaPPJOfG RECORD imly: Holidays, iey-WMilnr :Are Ohlef for) Topics » IT e ••. �raff* Twei)^; ; 'ZI' • . SEAFARSRStOa reduce to powder an island made of lava. • In 1530 an island off the coast of Holland disappeared, and when the homecoming fishermen reached what they thought-was Jiome, they saw an unbroken stretch of water . . . The Pacific island of Tunaki met a similar fate 300 years later, disappearing with 13,0'00 people . . . The island of Krakatoa, also in the South Pacific, was built on top "of a volcano; in 1883 the vol­ cano came violently to life with a roar heard 3,000 miles away and in this disaster, 30,000 people were killed. . 4 t 4 PETER REYES, AB Question: What do you intend to do if and when you stop going to sea? • Charles White, AB: I don't think I will ever stop. Once you go to sea you like it, it gets under your skin and it is hard to get away from it. You must like going to sea or not like it; there is no in between. It Is like no other work in the world and you must live with it always. Working ground the waterfront Antwen), Belgium, dodging enemy in his native San Juan, PR, gave bombs. For that length of time Seafarer Peter Reyes, AB, the de-- the Germans jv®re "buzz-bombing" his vessel and scaring the scuppers sire to go to sea with the SIU. out of the crew. It was no fun That was ten years ago, and be aWake or asleep on tons of kero­ hasn't been sorry since that he sene, oil and explosives for the hung up his quill and ledger for Air Force striking arm, with the Germans coming over every so a career on the sea. often dropping calling cards. No Reyes, born in San Juan in 1920, one, he said, no one got much sleep lived near the waterfront all his in that period. life. After' leaving Castro Insti­ 'Brother A Seaman tute in the capital of the nation Reyes is married and lives in where, he studied accounting, stenography, typing, shorthand and Brooklyn with Emily, his bride of bookkeeping, -Reyes went to work six years. He came to Brooklyn for*a stevedoring firm on the and the US 13 years ago, leaving waterfront where he put his college San Juan when he was.20. Tiring knowledge to good use in the front of the work in the longshore office. However, he was there a office, Reyes wfint to sea in 1943 little more than one year when aboard the Samuel Johnson, the war broke out and he decided headed ' for Italy, following the footsteps of an older brother who to go to sea foe his livelihood. had been sailing for some time. Only Sailed SIU The fact that his brother was al­ Sailing with the SIU for ten ready a seaman Helped the younger years, the 33-year-old Seafarer Reyes to make up his mind about claims the Union as his only ex­ his livelihood and his war career. perience on the sea. He's never The "buzz-bombing" was not the sailed with any other union and .extent of Reyes' brush with com­ he's never going to, since he's bat during the war. Earlier, in tlie really sold on the SIU and its winter of 1943, he was on a ship' benefits to the membership. amid 100 others in a convoy when "When I started with the SIU the convoy was attacked by Ger­ ten years ago," Reyes .said, "yie man bombers and submarines as didn't have anything near what we it headed for Casablanca and Oran. have today in the way of working Reyes and his ship were untouched, conditions and benefits. They're get­ but ' several vessels went down ting better all the time, thanks nearby giving everyone aboard to the negotiating committee and somp restive moments. the alert and militant membership. Reyes, whose last ship was Bull's Nothing could top benefits such Marina to Puerto Rico (he likes t« as disability," maternity, 'hospital, go back, every once in a while), scholarship and other welfare bene­ says he prefers the intercoastal fits. .When it comes to working runs because it gives him more conditions, OT and pay, there is of a chance to get home and the only one SIU." payoffs are better. In ten years, Sailing with the SIU through­ he estimates he's sailed with ten out the war, Reyes hit many a SlU-contracted companies and on beachhead and sailed in many a about 50 ships. war zone. Some of the areas he Right now Reyes is on the beach hit carrying military cargo or around the New York hall, just troops included Greenland, the waiting for the right ship and his Mediterranean and Europe. It was favorite run to come along. Then, on one of his trips to Europe that he said, he's going to throw in his he had his most harrowing experi­ book for the job .he wants, just as ence. he always does with rotary ship­ In October, 1944, as the Allies ping in the SIU. He said that's the were plunging ahead to victory, best and fairest way he knows of Reyes spent 52 consecutive days getting a job anywhere in the aboard his ship in the harbor of maritime world. The only bridge to span the waters of the Atlantic is Claghan Bridge, build in Argylishire, Scot­ land, to link Seil Island with the i 4 mainland . . . The crookedest riVdr 4 4 4 Below the shining surface of the in all of the British Isles is also Paul Constan, pumpman: I don't earth's waters, lives a world in Scotland., This"is the River stranger and more varied than that Forth, which travels 66 miles .but intend to s'top shipping at any time. I have on land, for the sea is the ancestral covers a distance of only 10 miles been going to home of all the earth's creatures, . . . The Kenniah tribe, which in­ sea for 30 years and for every living thing which habits Borneo, is noted for its pnd I like it very crawled out of the water and canoes, called crocodile boats. The much. I'll keep adapted itself to life on land, there prows of these are equipped with sailing as long as are innumerable sea creatures hinged jaws, which contain jagged I can stand and which man has never seen, and metal teeth. as long as the some of whose existence he is un­ 4 4 4 SIU exists to aware. Heavy betting money in Thai­ make sailing a Among the strange and primitive land doesn't go on horses or pleasure rather Inhabitants of the ocean is the wrestlers but fish. The bad-tem­ than the chore it used to be in African catfish, a fish which swims pered betta splendens, a two-inchthe old days. upside down . . . The female Mexi­ long fighter, will fight for hours 4 4 4 can swordtail "fish changes sex with an opponent, and seems to Marcelino Santiago, bosun: As after having bom young . . . The observe Its own set of fighting red fire fish can fly, and also makes rules. Its battles, sometimes last­ far as my present plans are con­ noises like a crow . . . The common ing for hours at a time, are watch­ cerned I'll be snail has 125 rows of 105 teeth ed with interest, and excitement shipping- for each—a total of 13,125 choppers by the Siamese. In this part of the quite some time. . . . The barbel, another curious Orient, breeding and raising the When that time species, is the only fish known to bettas is big business, and watch­ arrives that I feel I might like be equipped with chin whiskers, ing the fights, either in public to retire, then i t 4" arenas or private homes, is the na­ I'm going to Throughout the ages, men have tional sport. eome back on told tales of disappearing islands, As soon as they are dumped into bells ringing from the mysterious the same tank, two bettas, color­ the beach, own depths of the sea, and whole popu­ ing brilliantly with rage, ruffling my own home lations which vanished below the their fins, take up boxing positions and a little business of my own. 4 4-4 surface of the water. Many of and stab at each other. Because James Helgoth, FWT: I'm not these tales are true. Some islands they must breathe air, the fish, are formed by the hardened lava by mutual consent, cease hostili­ going to quit the sea I love for a long time. If and erupted by a volcano, and should ties every now and then and rise when I do, I will the volcano come to life once more, to the surface. The battle can last seek an electri­ a burst of molten lava can shatter for as long as 12 hours, and is only cian's endorse­ the hardened surface and demolish honorably concluded when one of ment and set up the island. The incessant pound­ the pugilists tiirns his back on his my own shop ing of the surf will gradually opponent end swims away. shoreside. 1 also hope to own my own ' home and become a land­ lubber, but, as I ACROSS Port in N. Pacific island first cable ship said, that won't be for some time In Europe, the Allies continued Sticic that Africa SE of Ducie 34. fRegion on to come. smells when 3. Called out to move forward. In Italy, they 23. Part of a race Africa's west burned 4. Slow mover 4 4 4 coast 24. Possessive B. Man's name took San Pietro, Mignano, Mount 5. Province of Jesus Fernandez, chief cook: I pronoun 38. "island NE of 9. Toward the Canada Fijis rear 6. Track men 25. Small anchors have no other plans than to sail Spinuccio, "VezZanl, San "Vittore, 12. Island off 7. Gen. Bradley with 5 flukes 39. Small sheep and Ortona. American Canadian, with the SIU Donegal 8. Indian tribe 28. Consumed 40. Always 9. "The Rock" 13. City in Peru 29. Away from 41. Ballteam and stay in the and British planes bombed Rome, 14. Durocher 10. Cape on Smith wind 42. Kind of cover Union. The con­ Island 15. Novel by Zola 31. Arctic or 43. Sight on SicUy Innsbruck, Augsburg, Kiel, Mann­ 11. Carry 16. Bar in B.A. Pacific 44. Calls, in poker ditions are -so 18. Member of the 17. German: G.I. 32. Great heim, • Ludwigshafen, Bremen, . 46. Job for Moran good that any Slang crew Frankfort, Sofia, Eleusis, Pes-de19. Crab's claw 20. Unusual (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) man would be 21. Railroad in Calais, and Berlin. 1,000 tons of foolish to con­ N.V.: Abbr. 8 10 fl 3 1 2 bombs were dropped on the naval 22. Chow sider giving up 23. It makes good and shipbuilding base at Kiel. all this for a reading • 12 26. Pints: Abbr. In the Pacific, American forces shoreside job. 27. Of the ear invaded New Britain. American 17 15 Manyofmy 30. Former Ger­ man liner brothers may disagree with me, planes continued to bomb Japan­ 32. Property 20 IS but that is hoiv I feel about sail­ ese bases ih the Islands, hitting shipping 33. A line Cape Glouster, Kwajalein Atoll, ing. 84. Channel be­ New Britain, and New Guinea. tween cliffs 4 4, 4 85. Dutch sea President Roosevelt appointed Carlo Manzares, OS: I Intend to 86. Through General Dwight D, Eisenhower as 87. Employs make a career of sailing if I cad. 89. Long river In There is nothing Supreme Commander of the An­ Siberia 41. Exports from ' else that I have glo-American invasion forces... ChUe in mind because On December 26, 1943, the British 45. One of Rome's 7 hiUs I love the sea Admiralty announced that the 47. Ship's officer and I «xpect to German battleship Scharnhorst 48. Broadcaster 42 43' 44 39 40 AUen spend the rest of was sunk that evening 60 miles 49. Hot-shot my life on it. northeast of North Cape, Norway 80. River in 47 45 France Othei's may turn ... German U-boat activity contta81. Brothers: away from the ued, and in the last few days they 50 Abbr. 48 •3. Lure away ,.-. sea, liut I feel sank five ships, nine destroyers, 83. Wallabas apd escort ships in convoyis. S3 52 Si bbiVai''" ' |i ) 1 • ). 1 >•> ^ HI' » that 'M The eoal carrier, Suffolk, from t A gUrl , I I I1 ,'SI. <r'' i.;> f ! MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE .West of. Montdidier, In north­ eastern France, is a small village after which Cities Service named one of their ships—the Cantigny. This -was the scene of the first United States offensive during the first Worfd, War, when Cantigny was the nucleus of the German line, which extended west of Mont­ didier. The First Division of the America Expeditionary Forces had relieved two French Divisions in the Picardy section of the Allied front; on May 28th, 1918, after an hour's preparation the US In­ fantry advanced and, within an hour, overcame the German de­ fenses, taking 250 prisoners. Though they made counterattacks for the next three days, the Ger­ mans failed to retake the position, and the US troops kept Cantigny. .1 Norfolk, Va., for Boston vanished off Montauk Point, NY after it had signaled for help. Aboard were 37 of the crew and naval gun crew sailors... The SIU recently won several tanker companies, includ­ ing Standard . Oil of California, signed by the SUP, over both com­ pany unions and the NMU.. .A. F. Whitney,"on behalf of the Brother­ hood of Railroad Trainmen, and Alvanley Johnson, on behalf of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi­ neers, rescinded their strike orders and agreed to the arbitration of their pending disputes by the Pres­ ident. The President signed an ex­ ecutive order directing the Secre­ tary of War to take over the rail­ roads to avoid interruption of transportation by threatened strikes. Ihe SIU library of over 300 books — covering mysteries, ro­ mances, adventure, biography, eco* nomics, the trade union movement, and technical subjects — was opened in the baggage room on the fourth floor of the old Sea­ farers International Union hall in lower Manhattan.- The bookshelves wejre filled by courtesg of jthe New York Pghljc.^ I4brar/ 40,000 sioel workers vvept cn strik*. I'y. �t! DeeetnlMr 9S, 198S g K I ...I • ., ••: SKAFAttERS LOG SEAFARERS^ LOG bM«iiyi*ir2s;its3 Vol. XV. No. 2« Lesson One • • P^Tfshed biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 673 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacihth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEBBEBI BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DXNIJON; Art Editor, B^ARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILTA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN, NOEL PARMENTEL; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff' Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. Ahore Leave Bans Captain Praises maritime Crew^s Beroism Once again the SIU has led the way for all workers. By going down to Washington and putting the chips on the line, the Union has won a promise from Defense De­ partment authorities to change the shore leave regulations at Korea and at other Army bases. Aside from the inconvenience involved in these restrictions, the SIU action may have successfully called a halt to Army inroads into the rights of all civilians overseas. When chal­ lenged as to their legal right to restrict seamen to their ships. Defense authorities hastily backtracked, well aware that their orders stand on very flimsy legal grounds. Now however, it appears that some action will be taken to remove the unnecessary and unpleasant restrictions on seiamen. But in any case, the Union will not rest on its oars. It intends to write a clause into the contract providing overtime p^ment for restriction to ship by military authorities. In t^t way, Seafarers will be fully protected in the event the new regulations are not satisfactory ones. To the Editor: On September 17, at 1400 hours, George R. Black, a wiper aboard our vessel, ,tho Marven, was accidently and seriously injured. He sustained a se­ vere fracture of the upper right arm, lacerations of the upper right arm and the right thigh and, as a result, was in a condition of shock. Black W"h the very able assistance ofJohn W. Singer, a member of the steward department, I sutured the lacerations, applied a splint to the broken arm and treated the patient for shock. AFL President George Meany the State, but the Commission wasMedical advice was requested • I X X X. has resigned from the Public Ad­ unable to find any evidence. CIO immediately by radio through the Oil Workers representatives, who Commander Western Sea Frontier. visory Board of the Foreign Oper­ represent refinery workers in the I was soon advised that a rendez­ ations Administration charging town, denounced the charges and rrv' >!i vous had been arranged with the iilt's only a coincidence, but it's an interesting one, that pay­ General A. E. Anderson, a large that the Government's labor pro­ offered to guarantee that no Com­ munist-dominated group would ment of the 1,000th maternity benefit to Seafarer Dominick Naval transport, for the following gram abroad had been dismantled. ever become influential among morning at 0900 hours and a trans­ The advisory board had no meet­ workers on the Gulf Coast. Chirfchella was followed in a few days by the birth of triplets fer of the patient would then be ings from March until December. to the wife of Seafarer Robert Long of New Orleans, Louisiana. affected. The General Anderson is Meany accused the FOA of dis­ XXX Both occurrences point up the great value of the SIU mater­ equipped with medical personnel charging labor officers and doing An election victory at General and hospital facilities. away with the program of labor Electric plants in Lynn, Massa­ nity benefit to Seafarers and their families. participation in defense of Europe chusetts, and nearby towns was No Line Transfer "The fact that since April, 1952, over 1,000 Seafarers have The Anderson arrived on sched­ and Asia against Communism. won by the CIO International Un­ collected the benefit, some of them twice, clearly shows the ule, but her captain thought it illion of Electrical Workers over the XXX great need that the Seafarers Welfare Plan is filling with its advised to launch his ship's motor- Medical care tor union members Communist - dominated United boat to pick up our patient due to will be a major demand of the Electrical Workers (independent). maternity benefit program. It's become quite apparent by heavy winds and high seas and The vote was 5,546 for lEU to Workers of Amer­ 4,806 now, that the SIU membership, consists in very large part suggested that the transfer be Communications for UE. It was the third elec­ ica (CIO) when they meet with of men with families, contrary to the traditional picture of made by means of a line between affiliates of American Telephone tion in four years for representa­ the two ships. Fearing further in- and Telegraph in the near future. tion of the 12,000 workers involv­ the seaman as a lone hand without a home to turn to. Jury to the patient and aggrava­ The Union notified the company ed. This, in turn, is obviously the result of the great gains made tion of his already weak condition that it will ask for hospitalization XXX by the Union through the years which have made it possible if a line transfer were used, I re­ for members as well as surgical The perfect no-accident record for Seafarers to lead a norriial life in the community. That quested that Axel Schmidt, chief benefits in the coming contract of the L. Carlton Mertz Company, means family obligations, which the Welfare Plan is helping mate, make the necessary arrange­ talks. a Chicago chemical firm, paid off ments to use one of the ship's life­ to meet. X X X to members of the AFL Paint, Var­ boats to TOW Black to the Ander­ Long's case, which of course is an exceptional one, never­ son. The mate selected eight capa­ A strike vote among 2,000 engi­ nish, Lacquer and Allied Products, theless, is another example of the importance of the plan. ble men from among the many neers of the Chicago, Burlington Local 950. The company recently The Longs have one other child, 15 months old, plus the vofuriteers. and Quincy Railroad has been received an extra insurance divi­ triplets. The birth of each, child was occasion for payment of At the end of an hour's time, scheduled by the Brotherhood of dend which it promptly distributed a $200 benefit, or $800 in all, plus a $25 US defense bond in" despite 20-foot waves and cross­ Locomotive Engineers (Indepen­ among employees. Further, the each instance. It's easy to understand how valuable such currents, we saw, through binocu­ dent). The union complains that it company stated that the union has helped considerably in promoting assistance has been to Brother Long in taking care of his lars, that our men had arrived has 500 unsettled grievances on the the company's safety program. alongside the Anderson and that books. In addition it is going out family. the patient was being hauled nationally for a 30 percent increase XXX XXX aboard the big ship. Almost imme­ for railroad engineers. Winner of a trip to Washington, diately, a radio message was re­ XXX mechanic Earl G. Livingston of ceived from the Anderson stating Lumber handling companies in Douglas Aircraft at Torrance, Cali­ that ' the patient had arrived British Columbia quickly backed fornia, is back home after a week's The results of the voting in Atlantic Refining, while not aboard in good condition. down when striking CIO Wood­ visit. Livingston, a member of the what had been hoped for, have been met with one heartening Returns Safely workers accepted their invitation International Association of Ma­ Then we watched again for an response from the membership in all ports from coast to coast to examine the companies finan­ chinists, (AFL) won the trip by or more while our men bat­ cial records. The companies* claim­ signing up 476 new members dur­ —a vote of confidence in the organizers with instructions to hour tled the winds and waves with ed that were losing over $10 ing a six month's campaign by "go back in and finish the job.'* The election loss does not their oars to return to us. They ar­ for each they 1,000 board feet of lumber lAM's District 720. In all, the Dis­ mean the end of the campaign as the company and its puppet rived back safely, quite exhausted. marketed and invited interested trict signed up 2,184 new mem­ Due to heavy seas breaking at the parties to examine the bers. union had hoped. On the contrary, the Union intends to stand ship's side, recovering our lifeboat books. When the union negotiating by its loyal supporters in the Atlantic fleet and with their was an impossibility without, per­ committee XXX took up the invitation, haps, serious injury to the boat they were informed that it had A new transit crisis is in the help swing a solid majority of the tankermen to the SIU. and so it was abandoned. been revoked. Six thousand men offing for New York City's subway This is not the first time the SIU has been in a tough or­ crew, There are few, if any, medals are on strike for a $1.49 hourly riders around New Year's Eve. The ganizing battle. It took five years of back-breaking work to awarded in the merchant service, Transport Workers Union (CIO) win Cities Service, and in the course of thdse five years there to my knowledge, but surely the minimum. and the City Transit Authority have were many setbacks, all of which proved to be temporary. men who were involved in this , , X X X been unable to get together on the "The same determination that carried through against appar­ heroic effort deserve an honorable Charges that a strike of 450 CIO terms of a new agreement covering ently overwhelming odds in Cities Service will be applied to mention. T|iey are, Edward G. workers against department stofes, approximately 30,000 workers on Erne, third mate; Harvard Lem, cafes and hotels in Port Arthur city subways and buses. Thcre'v Atlantic. first assistant engineer; Alexander was "Communist-dominated" fell been some talk of a subway strike, Like the. Yankees and Notre Dame, the SIU may not win Stankiewicz, DM; William Lamb; flat after the Texas Industrial with the Transit Authority 'em all (as a matter of fact this was the first break in a long AB; Phillip Lukens, AB; John Har­ Commission conducted three days threatening to take injunction string of or^nizing'victories dating back eight years). But well, AB; Joseph Kozlowski, .OS, of hearings into the qpestion. The action if a strike comes off. Howwhen it*s aU. over, Atlantic ahd its pupbet union will know and W. Singer, steward. charges; had been.||AMde |by .the, evo^ip ^ve&Riattqrs tyre, still in the tal|^g ' Maternity Benefits Baek In Harness wfitf'the'.champiohii^arOi^' UUi* ei ittrf! itiAmv (ttriA ' 'H -'i Xwi—i "K A Ji 'i -'J �'•V-'i Pafffr P(»|nr<<!«» DMcttter >9^ I95t < DcecMbw IS; im ^ Pace Flftcc* A modern filing lystem, with the use of fast ond special machines means fast, accurate service for the members of the SlU when it comes to handling vacation and welfare benefits. At the New York headquarters, the records of each member are handled by special IBM machines that do just about everything except cook. The machines put the required infor­ mation on the record cards, automati­ cally sort the cards, file them in proper order, pick out the cards wanted, auto­ matically "read" the information on the cards and print the information on an­ other sheet of paper, "read" the infor­ mation on the cards and add, subtract, record totals and check errors. In all, it means less "red tape" for Seafarers, accurate records and quick service. I •1 • ?v i^:\•• r.i' • A headquarters employee watches a collating machine, which automatically sorts and files the cards in proper order. The machine can also pick out any particular card from a file in a matter of a few seconds. Operator at left works a tabulating machine. As the file cards run through the mechanism, -it automatically prints the desired information on the sheet of paper in proper order. it#' Sv t'.'^T-.' -. AS }, •*®, yv ^ - .-r- 1 �Fac* Slzieea SEAFARERS LOG •u-^.r-TT SEAFARERS r£ li r' IFW-snMinaed vesseb lii the Caribbean area rave the salratre firm of Merrit. Chapman and Seott a bnsyltme last week. The latest ship td to aground was the 3,^09 ton Columbian motor vemel, the Cludad There are at least eight major valve t^es and numerdua variations de 3osfota. Meanwlille a Merrlt>Chapman tur had hanled the small of each dlesiga ao that knowledge of their operation becomea an im­ Brltisli freighter Armtnda into Kingston. The lumber carrier had been portant part of engine room maintenance. The basic fiinction of all stuck on a reef for six days. The same tng went out after the Cludad valvea of course, la to control the flow of substance through a pipe, but de Bogota which was stuck on the Qulta Sueno Bank, 140 miles off the varying design of Individual valves depends on the typo of mate­ A couple of crewmembers of the rial flpwdng through the valve, its hxuition, its iniportattc{e in the pipe Nicaragua. Another shlpt the tanker Poplarbranch went aground near John B. Kulukundis got a world of system, the kind of warping it gives when not working Barranquilla, Columbia, whUe the Norwegian freighter Varg, loaded ao on. praise from their shipmates for the with a cargo of sugar, was In low water on the north coast of Cuba. One basle valve type, called the globe valve, angle valve, needle point way they conducted matters on or one of similar construction, closes off the opening through pressing A near-record tum-around was claimed by the Home Lines for its board the Liberty ship, according something directly down on it. The gate valve type operates in the passenger ship Atlantic, which spent only nine hours in the port of to the latest report received in the manner of the sliding door. New York. The speedy turnaround was made necessary by storm de­ ship's minutes. Both men got a In the globe valve both outlets run in a straight line bnd conse­ lays en-route to the US. A total of 549 passengers got off the ship vote of thanks from the crew for quently it is used as a means of regulating the flow of gas or liquid. and 452 passengers boarded it in that period. In addition, the ship their services in running the ship Because of the construction of the valve, however, the liquid flowing took on fuel and provisions ... The British tug Turmoil, which will SlU style. through a globe valve has to change direction going in and coming out High words of praise were writ­ of the valve, which sometimes drops liquid pressure. be remembered as the ship that nearly rescued the Flying Enterprise escorted the Norwegian American liner Stavangerfjord into port after ten about Lawson in these terms: For Turning Comers she lost her rudder. The 13.334-ton passenger ship had 1,000 persons "If we had more men like Lawson The angle valve is designed for installation where pipe lines go aboard but was in no apparent difficulty. The ship had been making aboard, our ships would not have around a corner or change direction. The opening turns a comer in­ to worry about fouled up ships. We slow progress, steering with two propellers. don't see how he did it as he had stead of going straight through in and out of the valve. Both the globe ^ i. i. and angle valves will be installed so as to close against the direction to operate on a shoestring." The post-war drop In Pacific Coast coastwise shipping has been of flow and the pressure. This'allows for repacking of the valve when Call a Meeting blamed partly on Interstate Commerce Commission rate policies In a it is shut off and provides for no pressure on the packing when it is Further, the Crew said, Lawson study by the San Francisco Bay Ports Commission. RaUroads and truck closed. If for. any reason the disc were to separate from the valve lines have captured much of the business formerly carried by ships, had found the solution to petty stem, the valve couldn't be opened while there was pressure above beefs,, grievances and the report declared that the ICC had permitted railroads to reduce the valve, which provides a definite safety advantage. and arguments coastwise rates while Increasing Inland rates, thus putting ships out of Both angle and globe valves can be used for throttling as they cian that might spring business. The. report also cited Government take-over of specialised function well while partly open. The gate valve on the other hand, is up from time to coastwise ships during World War II, which owners have never been seldom used for this purpose, since the material flowing through the time aboard the able to replace because of the jump In building costs. pipe will nibble away at the edge of the gate. The advantage of the vessel. When­ t 4. 4 gate valve is that with the gate sliding across the opening Instead of ever anything Norwegian deck officers were out on strike for one week seeking being pushed on or into the opening, the flow of liquid through the like that popped wage increases but have been ordered back to work by the Labor pipe does not have to change direction and there is no pressure drop. up, or somebody Ministry. About 200 of the countrj^'s 1,000 ocean-going vessels were These valves are best used when either fully opened or closed com­ got a little out of pletely. affected by the walkout . . . The Customs Bureau has announced it will line, Lawson charge fees for services formerly rendered free of charge. These in­ Lawson The needlepoint valve comes into play where very fine control would call a clude registering a house flag, recording a trade mark, establishing of a small amount of gas or liquid is required. It is used as a throttling meeting to have the trouble talked a bonded warehouse, and other services. Fees will run from $25 to valve with the degree of throttling control being very fine as the $100 with the lower figure prevailing in most instances . . . The over. Usually whatever the beef tapered needle is inserted or withdrawn from the valve seat. skipper and owner of the Polish liner Batory were found . guilty in was it would get straightened out The plug valve consists of a plug with ports in it. It can be rotated Federal Court of misconduct when the ship picked up a small plane right on the spot instead of fester­ so that the ports are in line with the ports of the valve seat permitting at sea and then sold it in England for salvage. The company has been ing and possibly causing hard feel the liquid to flow through. A "Y" valve, as the name Indicates, fits ings among the crew for the re­ ordered to pay the owner of the aircraft for the plane. into the pipe at an angle. It is similar in construction to the globe" mainder of the voyage. ill ' ii 3ii valve, except that the angled mounting offers less resistance to the ' Lawson, who is a native of An Information booklet en freight rate procedures, called "The flow through the pipe. Steamship Conference System" is being dbtribiite'd by a shipowner Australia, became a member of .the Respwids To Pressure committee . . . The 113-year-old New York and Cuba Steamship Com­ SlU on April 4, 1943, in the port A lift check valve is so constructed as to provide for a free-floating pany has been sold to new owners for $9 million. The company oper­ of New York. He is 48 years old disk which moves up and down with Increase or decrease of pressure ates six C-type ships to Cuba and Mexico. New owners are T. J. and comes from the Australian behind it. A swing check valve hinges the disc to an arm and allows Stevenson & Co.. which has annonnced It will try to operate without metropolis, Melhourne. it to swing open and closed in accordance with the pressure in the pipe. the Government subsidy that the line has been receiving . . . The t t 4. Relief valves are installed as safety devices on pipe lines and pumps. Also on hoard the Kulukundis, new Swedish liner Kungsholm has returned home after a successful The disc is held against the seat of the valve by spring pressure which maiden voyage to New York. The 22.000 ton liner was bnDt at a cost ship's delegate W. C. Scott came in can be adjusted to suit. If the pressure in the pipe exceeds safety of $10 million and contains 802 passenger berths, 628 in the tourist for his share of pats on the back limits, the relief valve disc will give way, allowing for pressure reduc­ class . . . The US Government may take steps to limit foreign flag for the solid job he has done as tion before th# j^lpe will burst. shipping on the Chreat Lakes if the St. Lawrence Seaway Is built. delegate. The way the crew put it, Many foreign flag ships come to the Lakes and stay there permanently "he is a credit to our organization." Scott, who is a Virginian, joined by shuf^lng between the US and Canada. the Union in the Port of Norfolk 4 4" 4" Isbrandtsen Steamship Company has won approval to establish a July 1, 1943. He's 31 years old new intercoastal service. The new service will go into effect on De­ and a native of Benton, Va. He cember 28 and will include both passenger and cargo services . . . Six sails on deck. crewmembers of a Canadian tug, the C. P. Yorke, were lost when the 4 t We mentioned in the last issue vessel hit a reef at Welcome Pass, 50 miles northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia . . . Customs collections in the Port of New York for that there are quite a few ships at IIFT CHECK SWINC CHCCK fLUG COCK November totaled over $29 million, which was an increase of $1,800,000 this time of the year who have very over the previous year ... A new tanker built expressly for transporta­ kind things to say about their tion of liquid chemicals has been launched at the Bethlehem Steel stewards departments, particularly shipyard in Quincy, Mass. The tanker Marine Dow-Chem looks like a for the fine holiday dinners that standard petroleum carrier but has different internal arrangements. they turn out. Space would hardly Her tanks have special linings and pumps, vents, pipings and tanks permit the listing of all the men and ships involved, but judging have been rearranged. from the sample menus that have 44' 4> A total of 2,198 troops including 1,198 veterans of the Korean fight­ flooded the LOG office there was ing arrived last Tuesday at the Staten Island Port of Embarkation some very good eating. aboard the troopship General Leroy Eltinge. The troopship left Pusan It wasn't just a matter of the on November 7 and picked up another thousand men in Leidiom, Italy turkey, although that was in evi­ ... The Arnold Bernstein Company announced four additional cruises dence everywhere, but the variety between Miami and Nassau on its cruise ship the Siiverstar. The cruises of other items that went into the have all been scheduled for early in January ... The quantity of dinners, in some instances making ANGLE RELIEF GLOBE traffic carried by an Inland waterway like the Ohio River is indicated them pretty much a la carte meals. by the fact that Evansville, Indiana, handled 1,400,000 tons of cargo A collective vote of thanks goes to Outline dravdng shows several different valve types. Arrows in­ in 1952, yet it only ranked seventh among all Ohio River ports. dicate the direction of flow in the material. the men who were" responsible. AcflON [W f- w •>iv.. Burly I ValvM Ami Their Use BM Bernmrd Semman Or£er» la Orders iy I M;v! "•ni'V w Hif Uttdt ,ooi ^ ' .AIC bio dfiw laas I ns/'a 1' bruov. ijnm �~-'^--'is"fP-'ai ^.J.'li; IMS Faf ftrcafMB SEAFAREkS iiOC RealPiruts' Capfund By British Navy It used to be that a seaman was safe in his own bunk at night, but you can't tell about anything on the high seas these days. So it would seem according to a story released by the British Ad­ miralty concerning piracy on the high seas, midnight boarding parties, pirates armed to the teeth with cutlasses, and dates. Arabian dates, that is. The pirates were not so identified. The Admiralty told the tale of dhow lost and dhow regained this way: A party of Indian seamen stag­ An AFL-ILA membier appears on a television program to appeal gered into the Arabian town of for votes just before election day for the longshore workers. Muscat and frenziedly reported that their dhow, the Naram Passa, had been boarded by 20 pirates, armed" to the* scuppers, and the Seafarer Ppminick Chirichclla and his wife smile proudly over crew was put ashore while a prize their first horn, Joseph, the 1,000 SlU maternity benefit. crew manned the floating loot—a cargo of dates, it seems the pirates came from a smaller boat, luring the dhow.yvithin boarding distance the chance, they quickly clamped before breaking out the hardware (Continued From Page 2) dpwn. Longshoremen of various and getting their dates. Captured, the less surely, -into the hands of locals who had been scheduled to the dhow was last seen heading those evil elements which have re- take secret ballots on the affilia­ southward before the British Ad. duced this port to Its present sorry tion question found when they ar­ jniralty came upon the* scene with rived at meetings that the mob gun mounts oiled and ready. (Continued from page 2) penses of. deUvery and hospitaliza­ state." was in full control. A series of Her Majesty's frigate. Flamingo, grounds that only a limited num­ tion. For many Seafarers it has The Shipowners had hoped to "Ja" votes stopped the defection was ordered to search for the ship ber of the membership would re­ made the difference between hav­ follow up the election results by of the local unions. while enroute from Aden, to ceive, such benefits. However, ex­ ing to ship out to meet the medical rapid signing of an agreement Nevertheless, as the days passed Arabia, to the Persian Gulf. The perience has shown that* a very expense, or ' staying home with with the old IJiA. It's expected it became apparent that the AFL- captain was tipped off that the large number of the membership their family when the- new arrival now though that signing of the ILA was gaining strength steadily. pirates had a hideout in the village could use this benefit to great ad­ came. SIU maternity benefits, like all agreement may be delayed for A series of meetings was sched­ of Jadhib. Under cover of dark­ vantage, since a great many men some time and a strike on the uled regularly in all areas each ness, a boarding party from the are at the age when they are be­ other SIU welfare payments, come week. Longshoremen found that frigate went aboard the dhow at ginning to raise families. from the SIU Welfare Plan which docks is a possibility anyway. they could" hit the deck for the midnight in the Arabian Sea and is unique for its direct operation Easy Quaiiflcation Continue Drive first time and voice their griev­ captured the pirate gang. From through a board of Union-employ­ The SIU benefit is unique both er trustees, instead of through an Prior to the election, however, ances. More and more men started there it was a short trip to the the trustees of the AFL-ILA, coming in to the new union when brig and. leg irons for the usurpers. in the size of the benefits given insurance company. The conse­ The admiralty statement winds and the liberal qualification pro­ quent savings enaible the Plan to George Meany, AFL president; they became convinced that they visions. Most maternity benefits exceed benefits paid by most other up the story this way: Dave Beck, head of the Interna­ could do so without harm. "Village and dhow were ap­ require that the family be covered group insurance systems. tional Brotherhood of Teamsters; Lack Of Time proached during that night and for at least a year before they can A1 Hayes, Machinists Union; W. C. However, in the few weeks that some of the crew surprised in their become eligible for payment. Un­ Doherty, Letter Carriers; and Paul der the SIU benefit, one day on an Hall, SIU A&G District, met in the new union had begun function­ bunks. "Later next day the whole crew SIU ship prior to "the birth of the Washington and agreed to con­ ing it had not been able to contact baby is sufficient to qualify a Sea­ tinue the campaign to free the many longshoremen in various was apprehended. "HMS Flamingo now has the farer. longshoremen from racket control. sections of the harbor, due to the The average maternity benefit They have at their disposal a solid lack of time -and manpower to Naram Passa in tow and is pro­ nucleus of 130 locals in the Great reach 22,000 men and the curtain ceeding to Aden with her pirate paid by group insurance plans runs from $80 to $90. By contrast, Lakes, Puerto Rico, the West of fear surrounding dockworkers. crew." Some nighfs it isn't safe in your the SIU $200 benefit is sufficient Coast, Alaska and on the rivers on While steady progress was being to cover most if not all the. exwhich to build the new organiza­ made by the organizers, reinforced own bed. by the efforts of dozens of SIU tion. (Continued from page 3) a volunteers, it seemed that many sentihg various Government de­ Intimidation On Docks more weeks of work were neces­ partments to draft a new set of Under the circumstances, water­ sary before the new union could regulations that will apply to all front observers agreed that the command the allegiance of a solid ports everywhere. The new regu­ AFL-ILA did extremely well to roll majority of dock workers. lations will permit seamen to land up the sizable vote it did in the In this situation, the shipowners with a reasonable degree of free­ face of the iron curtain of fear stepped into the breach to save the AMEU had been thoroughly (Continued from page 3) and intim.datioh surrounding the the old ILA. The old ILA's con­ but that the Union saw it through discredited as a company puppet dom. Attending the meeting as mem­ dockworkerk This atmosphere pre­ tract had run out in October and to eventual victory. and that the men had voted for the vented the AFL organizers from a strike had been called, but an In analyzing the outcome of the employer, not the company union. bers of the joint Union-shipowner contacting many thousands of 80-day Taft-Hartley injunction had election, organizers pointed to two The company's participation in the committee were Algina; Ray Mur­ them in the few short weeks pre- temporarily suspended strike ac­ key factors—a scare campaign in campaign in behalf of the AMEU doch, Washington counsel; Max ceeding the election. tion. The Injunction ran out on the closing weeks in which the was taken as further evidence of Harrison, Waterman SS Company; Milton Williams, Bull SS Company. When the new union was first December 25 and the shipowners company itself intervened heavily this fact by the tankermen. An example of the company's Government representatives pres­ chartered at the AFi, convention were fearful that the strike would to bolster its sagging puppet union, and the betrayal of the SIU oath complete disregard of the com­ ent included Assistant .Secretary of last September 22, it existed only be renewed. of obligation by Atlantic tanker- pany-sponsored union was its ac­ Defense Fanning, Samuel Silver of on paper.' There was a need for Immediate Election men who had received SIU mem­ tion in denying emergency leave the Defense office. General F. A. trained organizers to get the whole Consequently, they prevailed on bership books, 'These men had re­ to a tankerman whose wife was Heileman, Director of Transpor­ organization started from scratch, and the AFL turned to the SIU as the National Labor Relations ceived their membership upon seriously ill. The tankerman in tation and Communications in the the union closest to the situation, Board to order an immediate elec­ wholeheartedly pledging their sup­ question had been one of the com­ Department of Defense, plus a va­ to help get the AFL-ILA on its tion, knowing full well that such port to the SIU in the fleet and pany union's staunchest support­ riety of other men from MSTS, the an election would favor the old showing every evidence of support­ ers and had even acted as an ob­ National Shipping Authority, thefeet. ILA. The knowledge, that the AFL ing the SIU drive. They had taken server during the voting for the Maritime Administration and vari­ Within days, the machiritery of ous military departments. was demanding a 20-cent hourly the oath to support the Union, but company union. organizing wa3 set into motion. increase, an eight hour day guar­ played turncoat in the voting As a result, he has been forced Organizing offices and temporary to quit the company. He now headquarters were established in antee and other gains, was consid­ booth. The company's heavy participa­ agrees that his biggest mistake was Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Is­ ered no small factor in the shipland and New Jersey. Thousands owne/s' anxiety for an early elec­ tion came when it became appar­ in believing the company's prom­ ent that the AMEU was sagging ises of job security and the of longshoremen submitted signed tion. The NLRB decision to hold a badly in. the face of the SIU or­ AMEU's claim of protection for the Headquarters again wishes . .pledge cards. Several locals in the to remind all Seafarers that area held secret ballot elections quick election was subject to much ganizing drive. Under the cloak tankermen. payments of funds, for what­ SIU organizers are confident that and swung over to the new union, official and unofficial criticism in of a "Voluntary contribution" drive by the AMEU, resumption of the'organizing drive ever Union purpose, be made giving it a nucleus to-begin opera­ Government quarters and else­ in the fleet only to authorized A&G repre­ tions. A steady flow of leaflets and where. It was pointed out that the Atlantic apparently pumped large would bring eventual victory. As sentatives and that an official a, regular newspaper, the "New shipowners could have averted a' sums into the empty company one organizer put it, "We started Union receipt be gotten at that York Longshoreman" aided the strike by putting into effect .the union treasury. The AMEU was 15 months ago from scrateh with AFL-ILA's demands without the then able to hire a staff of experts just a handful of men in the fleet. time. If no receipt is offered, drive. formality of signing a contract. who embarked upon a scare cam­ Now we have 376 solid SIU bookbe .sure to protect yourself by . Nevertheless they preferred tq paign to frighten tankermen Into members in there to serve as a inunediately bringing the matiOnce' ft 'bfelaih^Siaiibarent ifoi An electionyin the hopq,.^. the co^^^iy.^jj^ point. We inteii).4 tg gq l4t}firs..q- Ibn Bight tCi i lo; • i: AFL Rolls Up Big Tally In Dock Vote Welfare Plan Pays Out l,000tli Baby Benefit US Yields On Shore Leave Ban SIU Resumes AtlanticDnve As Vote Favors Company Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts �Efrhteen SEAFARERS Steel inventor Seafarers Brew Cup Of Tea With Fishy Flavor |:M Ds^ber 25, isss LOG That the two polnti farthest apart in the United States are Cape Flattery, Washington, and a point on the Florida coast south of Miami? These two points lie about 2,835 miles apart. The dis­ tance between West Quoddy, Maine, and Cape Alva, Washington, Is 2,607 miles. Contrary to popu­ lar conception, neither Washing­ ton nor Maine is farthest north of the 48 states. Minnesota is. ture. Tho pilings that tho tower rested upon began to sink in tho subsoil of sand and clay; As a re­ sult of this, construction of tho remainder of the tower was 'de­ layed for about 60 years. Over tho years, the tower has continued to sink and lean. Engineers estimate that if this condition is not cor­ rected, the tower will not last an­ other 300 years. J, -J, Ji That there are more than twice as many people living in New York today than in all of the 13 colonies at the time of the American revo­ lution? The population of the origi­ nal 13 colonies was a little over three million compared to the nearly eight million people now living in New York City. Immi­ gration from Europe was the major reason for the city's and - the na­ tion's growth from earliest times. Pleasure is where you find it according to the Seafarer's code, and when things die down aboard ship or in town, it is up to the crew to brew their own dish of tea. That's what six crewmembers aboard the Steel Inventor (Isthmian) did last month when their ship pulled into Karachi,^ Pakistan, on a Far Eastern period which seemed as if all the aboard, as well as tacking and run. fish in the Indian Ocean had gone rowing the vessel intermittently, It wasn't exactly their own cup out to lunch elsewhere, Hazen they made it back to the break­ of tea that they brewed, but due landed two fish of fair size and water about midnight. Then the promptly decided he had done natives waded ashore and towed to the high cost enough. Feeling his part in the the vessel into the dock. of another liquid ^ i" J" expedition was fulfilled, Hazen resembling tea Upon disposing of the fish by dozed off into slumberland at 9:30 That Robinson Crusoe was actu­ only in its fluid­ giving them to the natives for PM and left the rest of the fishing their OT, the men headed back to ally taken from a story of a ship­ ity, the men set to his colleagues. The men quickly the vessel and logged aboard at wrecked seafarer? Daniel Defoe, out on ' another filled the breach. I 2 AM. Next morning the rest of author of the classic adventure task. It was a Breeze Sprung Leak .sort of busman's the crew demanded evidence of tale, got the idea for the story holiday. In short, After increasing the catch in a the caught fish, but the boys were after reading of the adventures of the men decided few more hours, the boys decided caught with their scales down, the sailor and adventurer, Alexan­ to get up a flshthey had had enough and thought having disposed of. their catch. der Selkirk. Selkirk, a Scotsman, Bedell ing party and it the better part of valor to head Everyone claimed to have made joined a buccaneering expedition a half dozen hearty Isaac Waltons back for the ship rather than face the haul of the season, including under William Dampier. Selkirk 4" 4" made up the crew. the darkness in an open sailboat Bedell and the radio operator, quarreled with the captain and at That the SIU has always made Renting one of the Indian sail­ any longer. But lo, the breeze who, in fact, had only fed the lit­ his own request was put ashore on boats frequenting the harbor and which suddenly had sprung up tle fishes from their barbed hooks. an island off the cqast of Chile, it a policy to settle beefs at the lying around the anchored vessel, upon leaving the harbor, had just The chief cook. Incidentally, was with a few necessities of life. This point of production? The key to the party set out at 7 PM, getting as suddenly sprung down. Calling still sleeping when the boys seems to have been a case of talk­ the Union's representation of Sea­ ing first and thinking second. farers has been on-the-spot settle­ underway with the aid of a spank­ upon all the native seamanship hauled him aboard. After realizing his predicament, ment of disputes wherever possible ing breeze which had sprung up. Selkirk begged to be taken back so that Seafarers do not have to Shipping along on this piscatory aboard, but the captain refused. wait weeks or months for th£ir cruise was Brose, the steward; He lived alone on the island for disputed overtime. Hazen, chief cook; Willie and Fow­ 4 - t i four years before being rescued. ler, oilers; the radio operator and That one Issuq of a leading Sun­ CJiarles Bedell, all of whom were i t day newspaper consumes news­ set for a night of fishing outside That the Leaning Tower of Pisa print from only 100 acres of trees? the confines of the harbor. In an example of heroism aboard the tanker Seathunder was planned in the 12th Century Much newsprint is imported from Sails full in the wind, the ves­ (Colonial), Seafarer Oscar Larson, AB, displayed courage sel reached the spot within a com­ above and beyond the call of duty when another seaman made and that actual construction began Canada; the rest from Scandinavia, in 1174? The tower was originally particularly from* the forests of paratively short time as the air planned as a perpendicular struc­ Finland. was full of festive roistering. With an almost fatal mistake. turned up the cause and the cul­ It all happened in the early anchor dropped and baited hooks, the men waited patiently until the hours of August 1, 1953, with prit. It seems one of the men Has Cake And Eats It, Too first fish was landed by Fowler. the tanker moored to her berth was under the weather and, com­ Casting tradition before pride, in Carteret, NJ, at the General pounding the crime by smoking in stout-hearted Fowler tossed it American tank storage terminal. bed, was careless enough to allow the mattress to catch fire. An old back into the briny deep for good At 3 AM on said freighter hand, the seaman decided luck—besides it was only three morning, Larson, it would be best to jettison the inches long. a school teacher flaming mattress rather than have There followed another waiting in the winter it around at that searing time. months, and AB There could have been no graver on the 4-8, no­ mistake with all that high octane ticed a burning gas around, but Larson, though mattress danger­ burned in the process, came to the ously near the Under the rules of the SIU, rescue at just the right time. high octane any member can nominate valves of the ship. Larson himself for meeting chairman, Taking the sit­ reading clerk or any other uation in in a glance, Larson told post that may be up for elec­ Jack Morgan, OS on the 4-8, to get tion before the membership, some water on deck. Immediately Seafarers sending telegrams including committees, such as thereafter Larson swung into action, or letters to the New York the tallying committees, finan­ diving underneath the dock and cial committees, auditing com­ headquarters dispatcher asking smothering the blaze with his body. mittees and other groups to be excused from attending He was, all the while, all too aware named by the membership. of the proximity of the high octane headquarters membership Since SIU membership meet­ valves, but he decided the best meetings must include the reg­ ing officers are elected at the course of action w9s a swift one in start of each meeting, those istration number of their order to save himself, the ship, the who wish to run for those shipping card in the message. surrounding town and all the meeting offices can do so. From now on, if the number people in it. It all could have gone The Union also welcomes up the flue if the flames hit the Seafarer Luis Ramirez, left, receives a cake in celebration of his is not included, the excuse can- ^ discussions, suggestions and high octane gas. birthday from Voss, chief baker, aboard th# Northwestern Victory. not be accepted by the dis­ motions on the business before It went around to ^1 hands, who showed their appreciation of the A little detective work, called for the meeting. patcher. cook's ability by polishing the platter. after the excitement died down. Daring Seaman Saves Lives, Ships, By Putting Out Blaze Throw In For A Meeiihg Joh r! i' Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarer Rags — The Case Of The Unredeemed Camera By.E. R*y*s ffebeen yAiryj £^M£f?A NOWj I#. If; M'' . '.f af _ .bsstHft T bid i asm hfby'v udm' adr iWii: ' ll �December S5, 19SS By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor The telephoto lens, or long lens as it is known, has been used by photographers with great success for quite some time now in certain specialized types of photo work. A lens that is longer than normal size is preferred in doing portrait work since it gives the appearance of more "normal" perspective in the finished print than a lens of standard length. And of course, many people, both amateur and pro­ fessional, use the telephoto when photographing distant scenery and objects. Good For Scenery One of the obvious purposes an average camera user can put the telephoto to work on is on mountain scenery or, if you happen to be on a ship, for photographing a passing vessel or other equally distant objects. Tn order to get a distant object to look anywhere near what It looks like to the eye, the telephoto lens must be employed. Sport­ ing events, photos of cities from great distances and other "long" shots are regularly taken by telephoto. Some really dramatic and interesting shots have been taken with the use of this lens. All Seafarers at one time or another have seen photos of baby birds in their nests, wild animals in their native habitat and the like, all of which have been taken at long range. Obviously, the telephoto is not just another gadget for specialized use. With it the photographer not only can use his camera to greater advantage than the average camera user, but he can also get quite a few kicks out of using the lens. Real Candid Works For example, at a meeting a long lens will give you an opportunity to get facial expressions without getting up close to the speaker where he will be conscious of the camera pointing at him. That way the telephoto lens can be used for real candid camera work of the kind that other camera users often strive for but don't always achieve. The same thing can be done on a ship when taking a photo of a shipmate who is some distance away. For a 35mm camera, the telephoto lens will be 100mm, or just about twice the size of the normal lens. Consequently, the 100mm lens will give an image twice the size of the 50mm lens when taken at the same distance. Or you can shoot from twice the distance and get the same sized object as with a camera half again as close to the shot. ou can use a telephoto lens on any camera where the regular lens can be removed. The important thing to remember of course, is that the telephoto lens for one camera is not a telephoto for another. What makes a lens a telephoto is its size in relation to the size of the film you are using, since the average camera lens is equal to the diagonal of the film. Be Careful to Avoid Blurs The one thing to be careful with in using a telephoto lens is to avoid blurring because movement becomes more apparent with the increase in the focal length of the lens. Therefore, the exposure should be as short as possible. Another thing to take note of is that telephoto lens are very ex­ pensive. So before you go out to buy one, borrow or rent one and see if the results you get justify the added expense of investing in one of the long jobs which serves as a second lens for your camera. But if you do know how to use it, the lens can give quite a lot of variety to your picture taking. SEAFARERS Kenya Government Progresses With Mau-Mau; Looks For Unity With all the hubbub going on about the Mau Mau situation in Kenya, writes Seafarer Harry Kronmel, no one is giving enough credit to the Kenya government for all the good it is doing in the crisis. When the trouble started parts of the Kenya Colony. A school in Kenya's history. The color line has been abolished and some two years ago, the Afri­ "starve them requirements for admission will can correspondent notes, the out" campaign Europeans and loyal native popu­ lation were unable to cope with the terrorist group. However, the Malayan campaign has taught many Englishmen how to fight modern jungle warfare. Moreover, other methods have come into use whereby the terrorists are being brought under control. As a result of the new tactics employed by the government, hope is i-ampant in certain circles that peace will finally come to Kenya some day and that the European population will be welcome. Martial law exists today in most started a few months ago and it has achieved satisfactory re­ sults. The Afri­ can laundryman, he says, the Asian merchant and the Indian Kronmel curio dealer agree that Kenya must be com­ pletely independent someday," when the people are ready for separate control. A radical step in this direction has been taken with the opening of the first inter-racial LOG-A-RHYTHM: Santa Visits A Ship By M. Dwyer 'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the ship We were all squared away For a nice pleasant trip. Our seabags were hung In the messhall with care In the hopes that Saint Nick Soon would b'e there. The skipper was snoring And set in his sack. Dreaming of a crap game And the dough he'd won back. When all of a sudden There arose such a clatter We sprang from our bunks To see what was the matter, We ran to the bulkhead. t i t The porthole threw open. (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will he glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions And tvere all so amazed to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, Not one word was spoken. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-fihishing techniques, plus informa­ For riding o'er the waves tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, There came old Santa Glaus etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to In a dory pulled on by see him.) Recalcitrant Refrigerators Keep Meafs From Being A Table Staple Some ships and Seafarers have problems all their own, which no one else would care to have, but none so poignant as the meat situation aboard the Sunion (Kea) were it was "on again-off again" with the would-be filet mignons and the refrigerators, according to to Seafarer Stephen Emersdn.-^ It all started about two' called for a staff of expert techni­ were to be inspected by the same months ago after the Sunion cians, so the ship was sent to a Australian food surveyor, another left New Orleans bound for Pusan, Hiroshima shipyard for reefer re­ food crisis reared its combustible Korea, and Far Eastern points. suscitation. AH the meats had head. The inspector did not show The Ice ^ boxes turned soft once more in the in­ up for his tour of rump duty, so acted up like terim, and had been removed for a Japanese veterinarian stepped in to fill the beef breach. It was skittish colts all placement in cold storage. soon evident that the veterinarian the way across Out, Out, Brief Reefer the Pacific, with Eight days later, repairs com­ was out of his element. Extended the meats re­ pleted, the ship got underway once to the limit, the steward decided moved from the more after a change of meats un­ to do the job himself and get it boxes and al­ der the calculating eye of a food over with for whatever length of lowed to thaw 'inspector for the Australian Navy. time the ice boxes would hold out. The men took the whole affair out at various Back to Kure for additional bunk­ periods. This ers went the ship, when, lo and with calm assurance that all would Emerson caused a large behold, the boxes went on the turn but right in the end. The quantity of meats to bo lost, and blink once more. "This called for a only time their tempers were when the ship was restocked in return to Hiroshima - for another- ruffled was when the company Xfusan, the steward had to use his two weeks with the metits getting -suggested the steward use dry ice own judgment because no meat moved to cold storage for ^the and canned meats for the duration graders tvere available. third time. The steward, to add of the voyage. At last report, the • -tt -v . - ' . After repair* to the trejkze boxes insult to injury,1 daily wa* forc^- ice bqxes , were ; working and the ' Were made by reefer cilgih^ to cbidhiutie 15 miles-iter- ship's -mest. situation was well in' hjand. . ;T':' ' ."r -• • ithc ;ship aailM t^^ Kure, Japan, stores,' , However.',evsryptie held his breath, », , • s • ' i?. ' •-"-where,' upon errival/'the'b.'« brtx®« • • the meafs; ;',,,Wepe #!nelly end aroifadft 'ilSick aiM' : •• Page Nineteen LOG Eight tiny seahorses. "No reindeer," we wondered, "What's wrong with him?" But then we remembered That reindeer can't swim. Then he sprang from the dory. Caught hold of the mast. Slid down to the deck And made himself fast. Down the companiomcay Sneaked we, quiet as mice. And watched with surprise And the feeling was nice. He proceeded at once To fill each seaman's sack With the load of good things That were strapped to his back. It was great he remembered, Though so far from home. He had not forgotten, Though rough seas we roam. vary according to the student's previous schooling. The training of Africans is past the blue-print stage; the actual work has begun. New schools are being built in Mombasa, Nairobi, Kilindini and in surrounding areas. The government is looking for funds to start an East African University, hoping to make it the leading school on the continent. Not much is heard of Mau Mau in Mombasa, Kronmel notes, al­ though having seen a sign in a shop window which showed a vi­ cious-looking African with lung­ ing hands. The caption read, "The Mau Mau wants your gun. Don't give it to them!" It seems, says the Seafarer, that his shipmates on board the Robin Locksley are the only ones who talk about them. Well-Run Town In the estimate of most Ameri­ can Seafarers, he continues, Mom­ basa is a very well-run town. The African runs his own police force, and the dock area is in good se­ curity hands. The post office also has come into its own, with mail taking only five days to and from the states, and they have their own fire department. Mombasa is another melting pot of the world, with Mohammedans, Christians, Hindus, Jews and others living in the town in peace and harmony. There were some unkind words said in the past be­ tween all factions, but there seems to have been a closing of ranks and a closer relationship among these people, including the everpresent Europeans. With the Christmas spirit in the air, the people seem to be getting along much better, which is at it should be. Working On Deck We may yearn for mistletoe. Or a tinseled tree. Or to hold a loved one. Her sweet face to see. But that visit he paid us Sure helped our morale. As we thought of our homes And each of his gal. He finished his work And sprang up the mast. Wishing us a safe voyage On a wind that was fast. I'll never forget The look on the crew To think that Saint Nick Should visit them, too. Seafarer J. Suarcz, OS, top, and A. Wojcicki, DM, work on deck on the Del Norte on re­ cent run. Qiiiit CorniK 1. Which former Stanford football star and Olympic champion is now in the United States Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia? 2. Who was the Republican Senator who demanded the resignation of Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson? 3. Which of the 48 is the Pinetree State? 4. Name the recently deposed prime r inister of British Guiana? 5. Which Senator is married to a former member of Congress? 6. What professional boxers had the following nicknames: The Toy Bulldog; The Fargo Express; Perpetual Motion? 7. WhQ. was the late Ernst Reuter? There are two Maliks who are delegates to the United Nations. - : ; Whoaretheyt 9. What former American Secretary of State is an American dele|»te to'the UN?" , • 'TO. "Wh^rs Is Mont Blanc? •^ • •J. 'I I �raffe Twenty SEAFARERS LOG Deeen^r j25, 19SS. '• • Christmas Gift Shopping/Space Plans On Campbeirs Schedule By Spike Marlin Winter is usually the time when gone down-hill faster than a free­ the fight business gets active be­ wheeling trailer truck without cause customers can be lured into brakes. smoke-laden arenas only when the The light heavyweight picture is. As 1953 draws nearer to its end, so, too, does Red Campbell's stay aboard the Suzanne weather's cool. But examining the equally dreary. Champion Archie (Bull), according to his latest communique from the mirth front. Here is what he has to boxing picture from top to bottom Moore has been sitting on his title say, in his own indescribable style: it looks like a bleak season ahead since beating Maxim. Now the for the sport. word is that the two of them will As usual, the • past five months on the Island run have odor. In some cases this will be a grand opening, because the last In the heavyweight division meet in a re-match. It should prove time I grabbed for the check I Rocky Marciano has run out of a perfect cure for insomnia. Moore been filled with rhythm, rum, noticeable improvement. won. competition after finishing off Ro­ is staying far, far away from romance and a tinge of space As for myself, I'm interested in land LaStarza. He's now on a world Harold Johnson who is skilled mania. Several crewmembers are the latest innovations from the film Christmas Sundry tour hoping to keep in porkchops enough to box with him and young planning an outer-space trip under capitol. Cinemascope and 3D. Cine­ There's another reason as well; and in shape by picking up a few enough to run old Archie into the the able supervision of Tony Skill- mascope is the new medium you man. No one could be more adept see without glasses. I'd like to see I need my money for Christmas bucks in exhibitions. For a while ground.^ Some Life Here to the task than it without paying. As you know, gifts. I know what to buy Pete there was talk about matching him The middleweight picture is the Brother Skillman. 3D brings the screen image right to Larsen, but how do you wrap up a with Dan Bucceroni, an overgrown He's been out of your seat. As a forewarning, may saloon? Our own Sea Chest has a light-heavyweight with a thin only one with any kind of promise this world ever I suggest that if you're watching a wide selection of gifts and I'll prob­ waistline whom LaStarza dumped in it, which is usually the case. since I've known sea epic and there is a ship head­ ably give them a run for my half a dozen times when they last Rocky Castcllani, who could be a him. For several ing your way, head out of the the­ money. I hope I win, place and met. If Bucceroni lasted more than really good middleweight if he months now he's ater. That 3D ship might to be the show. Lou Busch, Sea Chest bosun, two heats it would be a miracle. showed some more steam and ag­ been dickering "John B." While we're on the^£ub- sold me two very fine shirts and Then somebody dreamed one up gressiveness, is finally making a with Mingo, the ject of Waterman, have you heard told me, "these will laugh at laun­ about Marciano fighting Danny real bid. Kid Gavilan, the flashy Mad Martian, the about the mate they hired a while dries." He was right; yesterday Nardico. The Tubber is nothing and highly-skilled welterweight used rocket ship back? This guy hadn't been to sea they came back with their sides more than a fatted-up middle­ champion is moving up into the Campbell dealer. In another for five years. I don't know where split. As for shoes, he's got every­ weight who has been campaigning middleweight ranks. Both of them scientific field, the chlorophyll- he came from, hut everytime he thing from cowhide to formalde­ as a light-heavy with singular lack can offer plenty of competition to lanolin phobia has taken a foothold fired the lyle gun he wiped off his hyde. I'm thinking of getting Frank of success. Offhand, we would say Bobo Olson. Moran an electric blanket. That's Nardico, a wild-armed swinger, In the rest of the division there's on board. In time we'll be looking fingerprints. about the only way he'll ever get would stay on his feet about 45 absolutely nothin' doin'. Although like Green Hornets with a woolly Bulb Missing a "hot horse." If anyone is inter­ seconds if such a mismatch were Gavilan may vacate his title, no­ body's making a mad scramble for Meanwhile, .things around the Is­ ested, in a cheap-diamond, call to be made. it. The lightweights have been the lands are of a happier nature. We Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, and ask Eaard Back Again dreariest around .since Jimmie were supposed to play a night ball for Mr. Rickey. As a concluding The only other heavy talking Carter became head man, while game last trip, but somebody took suggestion for some of the brothers the bulb. However, there were ade­ in the market for a toupee, I've about meeting Marciano (through Sandy Saddler has the feather­ With the LOG now contain­ quate nocturnal substitutes. There just come up with a terrific gadget. his manager of course) is Ezzard weight crown in deep freeze until ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ aren't many changes down here in This hair-do will never blow off. Charles now making another in a he gets out of the Army. tions, there is plenty of room series of "comebacks." Two years San Juan, but the Bayview is mov­ It's a large, hairy thumbtack. All in all, if you want to see a for stories, photos and letters I hate to cut this short and run ago, we thought Charles would good scrap, our advice is to catch ing to a new location. I suggested sent in by the Seafarers. the Sahara, but opposite Pier 7 was along, but there's a big monster have had a very good chance of a hockey game. Not so scientific Several pages of each issue decided upon by higher authorities. sale in San Juan today and I've al­ boxing Marciano dizzy. But since maybe, but the boys are better are devoted to the experiences his surprise loss to Walcott he's matched. I'm sorry I won't be around for the | ways wanted one. of Seafarers and the ships they saii as they describe them themselves. If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or just want to let your friends Seafarers around Headquarters will stick close by their ships as their chief means of transportation, and possibly their know how you're getting along, only reliable one, if a report from an anonymous Seafarer holds any water. His letter to the LOG told of the sad saga of drop a few lines to the LOG. two reluctant automobiles, and how Seafarer ingenuity stood aside for patience. Don't worry too much about literary style. We'll patch it Blame it on the freezing -" up if it needs patching. And When he stepped out of the the seaman, eager to complete play and so backed his car into po­ New York weather, he began of course, photos illustrating in his letter, for that started house in the morning, and turned matters and get underway. He sition, the better to push the re­ the incidents you describe the whole morning of misactivity. the key in the ignition of his car, reckoned without the motor and luctant auto. With the maneuver make them more interesting The Seafarer in question started all the trouble started, but the mo­ the weather, for now the second almost completed, he gave the en­ for the readers. gine one more chance and lo and out for the* hall in tinje for the 9 tor didn't. After ten exasperating engine would not turn over. Send your stuff to the LOG Summons Strength take hold, it did. AM job call, bright and shiny as a minutes of trying to coax a wheez­ at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ With both engines working at Summoning up his waning minted dollar, ready to ship out ing motor to turn over, the Sea­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ at a moment's notice. How" he farer gave up in disgust and strength, the indomitable Seafarer full capacity, the Seafarer parked thing returned after we use it, chose to get there, though, was the sought other means of transporta­ attempted to push the stalled car the borrowed vehicle and drove off we'll do that too. against the curb. About half-way to the hall in his own, wondering fiy in the ointment, or the clog in tion. Not learning a lesson he had to the appointed spot he decided all tlie while whether or not he the fuel line, as the case may be. just been taught in the freezing to bring more horsepower into would make the 11 AM job calL north, he reentered the house and exited a few minutes later with keys to another car, his brother's. He thought he'd give Henry Ford's gadget another try, little realizing The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, that the fates were aligned against him. Getting this car started was bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleno problem, but keeping it run­ known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Richard Ceiling's ning safely was. After driving a recipe for French doughnuts (crullers). block, the Seafarer knew that he A welcome change of pace from the conventional kind of had better give up the ghost and the automobile idea at the same baked stuff that is usually put out at coffee time or for break­ time. fast are the French crullers, or French doughnuts as they With the motor whining like a are known, as made by Sea--^ banshee, as if the fan belt pro­ farer Richard Ceiling. • contents until they are well blend­ peller was playing a rasping ed and then pour into a mixing Ceiling, who Just got off the bowl. rhapsody against the radiator, the Seafarer got out to see what went, French Creek (Cities Service) after Add the eggs gradually while or didn't, with this latest excuse a three months' trip, has been the batter is being mixed, and af­ working as a bak­ ter it is thoroughly stirred up, pour for a car. Examination disclosed WSUr /NIKKM®, EVEgV er both on ship into a pastry bag with a Number that the car was down to its last and ashore for 25 star-tube fitting. Tube the bat­ gasp, as far as water was con­ ISSUFOFWEIOS \SAlR-MAJl£P past 12 years. He ter out on a well-greased piece of cerned. The radiator was bone dry. finds this recipe heavy paper. Back to the house went the a successful one. Invert the paper with the crul­ weary Seafarer, bent on an auto­ It is also adapt­ lers on the underside into very motive version of Gunga Din's able for making holj grease in a deep fat fryer. Let w/irHTH£CPMPAI^ water-carrying art. Five quarts of the dough for them rest for a minute in the water satisfied the thirsty radiator, eclairs or' cream grease and pull the paper off. but the Seafarer hiad not yet given puffs. Tb turn Gelling up hope on his own vehicle., A Fry them on one side until the out about 16 doz­ backs begin to split, then turn and mixture of patience,' kjsy-maneuvering and reawakened spark-plug en crullers (more oy less, depend­ fry on the other side until they activity sent the first njotor roar­ ing on.,.the size) you heed the fol­ are of uniform color. Remove from ing, in « sputtering sort of way. lowing ingredients: IVk quarts of the frier, drain well and Ice with Taking no Chances, the Seafarer water, IVS pounds of. lard, two a very Ihin icing while the crul­ pulled the throttle out to Its full pounds of floiir, 1^ quarts' whole lers are still warm. ,. length and pulled the car piit . of eggs, one ounce o| salt. I^rve them with coffee at coffee-.'^ its parking space to make rqiom . Put the lard in the water and time or at breakfast instead of, the,' bring the mixture tq a boil, then .standard breakfast ,. for the second reluci^nt vehicle. doughnuts, , , , .. as 'bs;!,' Back to the borrowed car went adding.jthei «a}^tiigd djffmrefd^ >f<Wv the \ • liOG Welcomes Stories^ Pics Balky Aufos Set Up Road Block For Seafarer WATCH nOR 'LOGS' IN VORBISHfOmlI 1? feAU.SHIPS WHBRB/ee. •XUef MAY (AilHE VJCRlS)^ A60IT iiJ YoUlf^T li �I SEAFARERS Deceimber tS, 195S Set To Saili He Ties The Knot To the Editor: Just a line to let you know sure appreciated getting the LOG all during training. It sure is a wonderful paper and it makes you feel good to read about your for­ me r shipmates and ships. Please discontinue send­ ing me the LOG at this address till I get settled again. I am be­ Anderson ing sent to Korea and will send my address from there. I would also like to inform my former shipmates that I finally tied the knot of matrimony on No­ vember 20th. I wish to thank them for all their letters and would ap­ preciate it. if they would keep on writing when I send my new ad­ dress. So far I haven't run into any exSIU men in khaki, but I am still looking. I'm looking forward to running into some over in the land of "on no nay." Pvt. Jack D. Anderson (Ed. note: We have stopped sending the LOG to you at your present address, as you requested.) 4- 4" 4« Steel King Crew Suffering Rash To the Editor: We would like to call to your at­ tention a rash Which the crewmembers of the Steel King are suffer­ ing from. It resembles a severe • heat rash, and covers the entire body, affecting the eyes as well. This rash first broke out in Chalna, Pakistan, and a doctor, who is a passenger aboard, said he be­ lieved it was caused by jute, which was loaded aboard in Pakistan, en­ tering the pores of the skin. He said this rash, when it was con­ tracted in hot weather, could last for as long as six months, which Is the length of time that it takes the dust to work its way out of the pores. So far, most of us have scratched ourselves raw and have had many sleepless nights because of this. Should Be Repaid We were not provided with any medical attention. We feel there is remuneration due each of us for the suffering we have been enduring since first loading the jute three weeks ago. We also sincerely wish that some­ thing could be done to protect all SIU crews that may encounter this same problem. Crew of Steel King t 4. Peace Reigns On Julesburg Now To the Editor: Our shipmate, Harry Dunlop, was killed in Kure, Japan. At the request of his mother he was cremated and his ashes spread at sea. Captain Rachal read a very dignified fu­ neral service which was attended reverently by all the crew. Peace has broken out on board the Julesburg and beefs were at a minimum as the ship pulled into Japan after another shuttle to the Persian Gulf. But the peace and harmony now reigning on board are a sharp contrast to the hostili­ ties which prevailed during our initial voyage to Japan. , Opinions vary as to the causes of the vari­ ous hatreds and hostilities which, marred our voyage over from the States. But the more level heads admit that there has been too much drinking and performing. However, since the Julesburg called in Sasebo last trip, a better spirit has prevailed on board. We found Sasebo to -be a fine place In every respect, and a good time was had by all. All hands ndw have a fine coJleatittii of biWOWJlto, Pate Twenty-one LOG LET IE R S ' Ing rods, gaudy sport shirts, and ship's models. Joe Nigro, the BR, went shopping in Sasebo and came back with a fine photo enlarger and promises to send some pictures to the LOG. All hands seem happy. Apparently, calling at a good port gave the ship a terrific lift in morale, affd our present voyage seems likely to have a happy end­ ing for most of the crew, with a good payoff and a minimum num­ ber of beefs. Crewmembers are looking for­ ward to an SIU library on their next voyage. The library here con­ sists of old, donated out-of-date books. Morris Horton t 4" 4" Union Assists Member To Marrg advancements during the past nine months. I would like to wish all landlub­ bers a smooth voyage. To the Editor: Monty Moser Everything s shipshape and run­ (Ed note: The LOG will be sent ning smooth aboard the Alcoa Run­ to you regularly, as you requested.) ner. We are here in Porto Cabello, Venezuela, where we are trying to beat the heat, though I suppose al­ most everyone is trying to beat the cold back in the States. A few of the gang on here are To the Editor: Jack Kennedy, ship's delegate; Roy Please add my name to the LOG'S mailing list. My husband Guile, steward, sails in the steward department on and yours truly, SIU ships and thinks it's a grand deck delegate. Union. We all enjoy the LOG very There is also notmuch. My brother-in-law also sails to-be - forgotten in the steward department of your Yak-ity-yak Tom­ ships. my Wlikins, DM. I am enclosing a .snapshot of my I would like husband, J. D. Dambrino and our to put in a two daughters, Patricia Dale, age 3 few good words years and Margaret Elizabeth, age for our steward, 2 years. I hope to see it printed in Frank De Gado, who always runs good menus. Our your grand paper, the LOG before Thanksgiving Day menu was one long. Mrs. J. D. Dambrino of the things we had to be thank­ (Ed. note: We have added your ful for, and this is just one of the many reasons why I will always name to our mailing list.) 4" 4" 4" belong to and be proud of the SIU. I would like to wish the entire membership a Merry Christmas. Eddie Yates To the Editor: 4' 4' 4" The crewmembers of the Calmar would like to say that we have never had better food on any other ship or with any other company. I'o the Editor: We have one of the best chief stew­ I have recently had the privilege ards, of the SIU aboard, as well as of reading your timely and inter­ a very good chief cook and baker. esting paper for the first time. The chief steward is Charles L. It was with much interest that Stevens, the chief cook is Edward I read about the progress that your Seeley and James Oliver is the great Union is making. I am sure baker. We want these names that it is an indisputable fact that printed in the LOG to show who is you have one of the greatest or­ turning out the best food in the ganizations in the world. SIU for Calmar. If possible I should like to re­ Crew of the Calmar ceive the SEAFARERS LOG. All Serene On Alcoa Runner SiU Familg Sails in Stwd. Dept, To the Editor: L. T. "Scribby" Everett and his wife, Florence, want to thank the boys down • Norfolk for the cour­ tesy they extended us. Wc came down from Baltimore to get mamed, and ran into every difficulty in Virginia. I finally went to the hall and explained things to Jimmy Bullock and Tiny "Bosun" Sawyer. It seems as though everybody tried to help me. Joe, the dispatcher, did what he could, Ben Rees gave me what legal advice I needed. But Jimmy Bullock and Tiny Sawyer said, "Come on, we're go­ ing to get you married if we have to take you to North Carolina." And, believe me, they had us mar­ ried in an hour. I don't know who is in charge of the welfare office, but I take my cap off to the whole gang. Everybody tried to do his part, which is the SIU way. Things like this make a man proud to be SIU. Scribby Everett Again, I would like to say that as 4i 4> 4' an outsider of your industry I am proud of the progress and the gains that you have made in the past and wish you success and good wishes for the future. To the Editor: Charles M. Nelson For some time now the Rand (Ed note: We have added your Hotel, at 820 822 Walnut Street, in Philadelphia, Pa., has catered to name to our mailing list; from now merchant sean\en. The owners on you will receive a copy of the and operators—Morris Simpson LOG regularly every two weeks.) ii i> and Raymond Steinhart—gave a swell Thanksgiving Day dinner for the boys, more than half of whom were SlU. The picture which we are enclosing of the group will To the Editor: speak for itself of our happy Here goes for few lines from the Thanksgiving spent away from icebox in Korea. I would like to home. .say hello to the guys I sailed with Unfortunately, there is no pic­ in the black gang from 1951 until ture of Raymond Steinhart, but all the Army sent me greetings in of us think he is a wonderful per­ 1953. I sailed as oiler, and after son to all Seafarers. nine months carrj'ing a rifle I Would you please send a copy faf would like to be back sailing one the LOG to the Rand Hotel. Thank of those good SIU ships. The Army you. seems to like me, but it doesn't Harry Bishop . agree with me like the salty air (Ed note: We have added the does. I would like to receive the LOG, Rand Hotel to our mailing list; a copy of the LOG twill be sent there as I have lost track of the SIU every two weeks as published.) Calmar Claims Rest Cooking Feels Pride in Union^s Progress Hotel Plags Host On Turkeg Dag icebound Member To Receive LOG Wants Son To Join Union Too To the Editor: I am on the Steel Advocate, which just got back from India and the Far East. I would deeply ap­ preciate it if you would send my son the LOG, so he can keep in touch with the SIU. I haven't seen him for four years, since he was 13 years old, but expect to see him soon, and when I do I hope to get him to join the Union and sail merchant ships. He is now work­ ing on a small fishing boat. This is all I have to say, and I hope you can take care.-of this for me. Thomas H. Byers (Ed. note: We have added your son's name to our mailing list.) 4" 4' 4" Helped Rrother Left Homeless To the Editor: I wish to express my most sin­ cere and humble thinks to the members of the New Orleans hall, who took up a collection for me at a meeting, when they learned that my house had burned down. I will remember this for the rest of my life. Again, I offer my thanks for this generous gift and I want to say that it has been a privileg'e and an honor to work and associate with such gentlemen. Eunis J. Barrios 4' 4' 4- Thanks 3 More Rlood Donors Seafarers In Piiiladeiphia join in a toast with Morris Simpson one lof the owners of the Rand llotel, who threw the turkey -partj^Wf'fhe'ilrthhh'thle^hdaie^^ To the Editor: In the last letter I sent to the LOG, I wrote you that four blood donors saved my life. I would like to correct this. There were seven donors whom I want to thank. I would like to hear from all crewmembers of the Schuyler Otis Bland, who sailed on the vessel's last trip. .. . " '"IJVriief (!tflackle) Boyce" "" SiU Tops List Of Rlessings To the Editor: We, the crewmembers and the officers of the Royal Oak surely have something to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. First, we have our SIU and all it stands for, and the many benefits we have gained in the last 10 years. We have the finest crew aboard the Royal Oak that .1 have ever sailed with. Special thanks go to the steward department, from the steward down. They were tops, not only in food but in service. Spe­ cial credit goes to the steward, Clyde E. Mills, chief cook Earl Harrison and the baker, Cedric Francis, for a wonderful dinner. Ed Dacey 4 4> 4> Seafarer Goes Rack To School To the Editor: I have been sailing on SlU-contracted vessels for a year and a half. My last trip was on the Portmar (Calmar), terminating Novem­ ber 5th. I've started back to school now and plan to keep my dues paid up. Could you please send me the SEA­ FARERS LOG regularly, because I'm very proud of the Union's ac­ tivities. Thank you. Jack A. Morgan (Ed. note: We will send the LOG to you regularly, from now on, as you requested.) 4 4 4 Topa Topa Crew Attends Rallg To the Editor: We the crew of the Topa Topa were askecj^ if we could attend an AFL longshoremen's rally. All of us were broke and as our ship was at the port of Newark, we voted to charter a bus. We used $50 out of our ship's fund, which fortunately totaled $62.77 at the time. With every member attending, we were ready to assist in any duties as­ signed us, and believe us, we would not have missed it for dozens or more ship's funds. We are now rebuilding our ship's fund for such emergencies, and any others that may turn up in the AFL. Crew of Topa Topa 4 4 4 Thanks Members For Their Help To the Editor: You are never alone when you belong to the SIU. For your kind and full-heai'ted response to my plea, many, many thanks. My father died on November 5th in spite of all the blood he received and I want to thank you for im­ parting this news to my husband. I shall always be grateful to the wonderful crew of the City of Alma for their kind sympathy. Mrs. Robert F. Grant 4 4 4 injured Member Landed Safelg To the Editor: We wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to Captain Olsen of the Council Grove for the concern he showed to our shipmate. George C. Murphey, OS-DM, who was injured aboard this vessel while at sea. Due to weather conditions, we consider landing this brother ashore at Miami, Fla., the night of September 24, 1953, was a job well done. Crew of Council Grove 4 4 4 Rrothers Sent Floral Tribute To the Editor: I wish to thank the crew of the Seamar for their kindness, and for the flbwers they sent sii.lbe death of my father. Lewis j. Williams V �ps-s;:-rv Par* TweBt74w* In The Army And Under The Fence To the Editor: Will you please take my name off the LOG mailing list, as 1 am being shipped to the Fifth Ar­ mored Division, Camp Chaffee, Ark. I have just completed eight ,'."':;'!'':'>''-V"W''-"':V!^- SEAFARERS Deeember t5, 195S LOG LETTERS' chi, Pakistan, we had the good for­ tune to meet some shipmates from Baton Bonge Bar the Steel Inventor. They came on Will Get LOGS board to visit with their shipmates To the Editor: and shoot the breeze. The master I would like to ask you to send sent below for me and the deck the LOG regularly to the Marine delegate. When I got up to his Bar at 3908 Scenic Highway, Baton cabin he told me that no visitors Rouge, La. This bar is just out­ were allowed on board. I went side of the main gate of the Stand­ below and informed the men from ard Oil Company, and many of the the Steel Inventor about this and SIU crewmembers stop in there they left. Later," on November 14, asking for the LOG. The proprie15 and 16, the mates and engineers ter would be more than glad to had female visitors on board and pass the LOG on to them. had drinking parties in their R. K. Brieden cabins. I then went to see the (Ed. Note: The Marine Bar has chief mate to ask him what the been added to our mailing list as score was. He told me that. he you requested.) would take care of topside and that 4> 4 4> I should take care of below. In other words, he was telling me that Mementos Sent it was none of my business what the officers did. To Memher^s Kin On November 19, on leaving To the Editor: Karachi for Bombay, India, at 2 I want to thank you from the AM, all the master did was to lift bottom of my heart for sending the gangway and take off. At this the flag that was used and the weeks of basic training at Camp time we also swung in the booms, photographs that were taken at but away we went with a ship that the funeral service held for my Gordon, Ga. I am enclosing a picture of my­ wasn't secured and with all the uncle, Lester E. Mack. self after crawling under barbed hatches wide open.. By this I mean It was thoughtful of you to do wire fences. My friend, Pvt. Pri- there wasn't a hatch board put in this and I really do appreciate it. place or a tarp put over the holes. Again, thanks to you, Mr. Shepvett, is on the right. This went on for tw6-and-one-half pard and all of the crewmembers Here's wishing the membership a Merry Christmas and a Happy days, after which I went up to see for their kindness. the captain about the dangerous New Year. Mrs. Eva Martin situation. He said that he was the Pvt. Macon Welch 4 4 4 master of this ship and that he'd (Ed. note: We have taken your run it as he saw fit—that if he name off our mailing list, as you wanted to secure for sea that was Send Flowers requested.) his business and that if he didn't For Funeral that also was his business. To the Editor: t 4" 4 Shortly after a ship's meeting Usurp Bosun's Duties Bucko Shipper Me aboard the Seatrain Texas was ad­ Two days later, after arrival in journed, Mike Kicko received news Foe Of SIU Crew Bombay, the chief and second To the Editor: mates went to the bosun's locker of his father's death. "When the I am the ship's delegate on the and broke out crowbars, shovels, crew learned of Mike's misfortune, Strathport and therefore I feel it brooms and cluster lights for the they instructed Charles Cothran, is my duty to write this letter re­ workers, even though the bosun the ship's delegate, to send a garding the master who is very was aboard the ship. It is the wreath in token of their deep sym­ anti-Union in his dealings with the bosun's duty to issue these tools pathy. Mike is well liked aboard ship, crew. I'm writing this so he will to the longshoreman and no one and the crew wishes to take this be exposed to the membership for else's. Then* they proceeded to go opportunity to express its respect what he is. down into the holds with the shoreAfter leaving Portland, Me., I gang and work with them sweeping to him and his family. Crew of Seatrain Texas had an OT beef to straighten out and cleaning the holds. This same 4 4 4 with the master, so I took the bo­ thing happens in the engineroom. sun along. In the course of the On December 1, in Bombay, the Sick Seafarer argument, the master turned to me second mate got himself a wire and said, "your contract with this brush and scraper while he was Gets Quick Aid company has expired." I took it on watch at 9:30 PM, went up to To the Editor: to mean that he had no intention the bridge, and chipped and When the Queenston Heights ar­ of living up to the agreement, scraped the blinker lights. Next rived at Puerto La Cruz, Bob which he hasn't. He also made the day he painted the same lights and Matthews, assistant secretary-treas­ remark that the SIU needed the other things in the wheelhouse, urer, hearing that Brother J. HalGreek outfits to keep it going. As from 3-7 AM. These two mates pin was very ill, made all efforts to a matter of fact, he has made have been doing this all during the see that he was hospitalized as statements of this character on trip, mostly at night while the crew quickly as possible. numerous occasions during the was ashore, but there have been After contacting the captain, he voyage. overcame some of the handicaps eyes to see them. When this ship was ready to de­ in a fast and diplomatic way. These Avoids Agreement part from Portland, the crew was difficulties often happen in ports turned to to Batten down. When we This master doesn't seem to want where there is no Union represen­ got to the hatches we found that to observe the agreement. He tation, and the crew of this vessel a considerable number of hatch- seems to think that once he gets appreciates the service he ren­ boards were missing; then we had away from the dock, that's the end dered. Crew of Queenston Heights to take dunnage to fill up the gaps of the agreement and then he can in the hatch. After this was done make his own working rules. In 4 4 4 we started to cover the hatches Bombay, on November 23, the »• with the covers. We found these wiper asked for a slip to go to the Another Crew to be too short and full of holes, dentist for an abscessed tooth, but Claims Top Ship with the exception of one. "When, he was informed by the master that To the Editor: we knocked off, the old man sent he would have to pay for it out of We on the Ragnar Naess were for the bosun to come up to his his own pocket. The wiper then out 112 days—49 days in a bonus cabin. He told the bosun that the came to me and asked what the crew sure screwed around batten­ score was on this. I told him he ing down, and since they did tliat, didn't have to pay for any medical he wanted him, the bosun, to work attention. I then went to the master them bell to bell. If he didn't he and asked about this situation. The would log him. This was said even master said that he told the wiper though the crew had at all times he would have to pay for the ex­ traction and that was the way it been working bell to bell. While in transit in the Suez was going to be. This old man would turn the Canal on October 30, the watch below and the watch on deck was mates and engineers to wash this turned to to tie up the ship to the filthy rust bucket down if he shore bits so that a convoy passing thought he could get away with it. in the opposite direction could This ship has unloaded wheat and pass. At 5:20 PM the deck depart­ loaded ore, and as yet has to be ment was knocked off, with lines washed down. The last time it was turned on the winches. At 7 PM done Vas two-and-one-half months the pilot notified the old man that ago. I reaUze that an SIU ship the ship was ready to move. The should be a clean ship and that all old man then told the pilot that the of us would like to live on a clean ship wasn't moving until 7:30 as it ship, but on this one we feel area. We work all the overtime involved 14 hours pf overtime, ,... ashamed. Mike Sikorsky wc can stand, and lost no cargo On November 14, while to Kara« time due to winch trouble. This ship will pay off with no beefs and a very clean ship, as we had a fine captain and chief engineer and the best steward going to sea. In the picture—which was taken by chief engineer Osin—is a home­ made throttle valve made by the deck engineer. The chief says :t is stronger and better than the fac­ tory-made job. We had a few men get lost in Japan for a day, but they worked sr. well to get the ship in shape the captain half forgave them. Robert L. Ferguson Ydle Greeting^ TdAUSaiMen To the Editor: To our genial and very dynamic secretary-treasurer. Brother Paul Hall, to all the officials, our very able editor and his staff, our good negotiating committee, and last if not least, to the membership in general, I extend greetings and salutations for the Yuletide and a bigger, better and more powerful SIU for the coming new year. We have been through many beefs and have come through them all in fine style. We'll do the same in 1954. George H. Seeberger D SUITS • SFt>RrC0AT5 • SMCKS Q "TDPCOATS Q D(%6S6HOeS • W0RKG»40ES • a a a • a a a VOf^GAPSES KHAKI PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS SHIRTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORV SHIRTS cpo. SHIRTS WHrtE t>RESS SHIRTS a SPOIRT SHIRTS a DRESS BELTS a D a P KHAKI VSIEB BELTS TIBS SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS a SHORTS P P P a p • a a a BRIEV=S SWEATERS WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS WRITTNS FORIBOLIO eou'WESTERS RAIN SEAR ALLVDUR HEEPS CAN BE FILLED - VROM A SOU'WESTER -pO AM tveCTWC RAZOR. WHATEVER >bUBUY' fWM-lHE SEACHESr/ >({90 CAM BE SUREIEV^E fiETTINS TOP QUAUTY SEAR AT SUBSTAHTiAt^yiNes. UAilOH-OWNSDAND ON»ON-OPERATED •• • 4%>RTHE BENem oPTHB AAEMSERENIP* j; �25, ItSS SEAFARERS LOG ij Pa«e Twentr-threc Hard Luck Whaler At Sea 3 Years When a seafarer these days has been out four or five months it seems like a pretty long trip, even with several ports of call during the voyage. But back in 1868 when the whaling bark Minnesota sailed from New Bedford for the whaling grounds a voyage was-* really a "vy'ge," as the old but no whales on the 29th of June, More whales were seen and chased he made this sad entry in the log: soon after this, but the Minnesota Yankees called it. "Saw grampus ... no sign of whale Skippers said goodbye to their families well knowing that they probably wouldn't see them again for a year at least—more likely two. And crews gathered for a last rum at some waterfront bar with no illusions about the long, hard and lonely trip that lay ahead. They sailed with hearts almost as heavy as those of the wives and sweethearts left behind. A typical voyage of these fargone days is dramatically told in the log of the Minnesota, one of many whaling ship records pre­ served at the New Bedford whal­ ing museum. Capt. Clothier Pierce, Jr., of New Bedford, was master of this bark when she let go her lines on June 25. 1868, and beat out of the bay agais^st a southwest wind. Her destination was the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, although destinations in those days were pretty general and a skipper de­ cided on the grounds to work as the trip progressed and as he "spoke" other whalers to see if they had found fish. The Minnesota's master was a pessimist if there ever was one and when they sighted blackfish New Numbers For H.q. Phones The telephone numbers of all New York headquarters phones were changed recently by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling headquarters are asked to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters tele­ phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. . . . wind dead ahead and blowing hard against this unfortunate ship." His dire pessimism so eany in the voyage was a foreboding of things to come, for on the fourth of Juiy, he lamented in the log the perversity of the winds. "This," said Capt. Peirce, "is a day of re­ joicing with people at home. But a sad day it is for us. No whales in the ocean that we can find. And a head wind ... no chdnce to do anything." A week later there were still no whales and while discouragement should not have set in so eariy on a long voyage, the Captain was bound to see the worst of things and recounted in the log: "The ocean is barren. Oh, there are no whales!" The Minnesota's men stood look­ out high on the mainmast but nary a whale did jhey see for a long time. On August 23rd they "spoke" the bark Elizabeth Swift "to wind­ ward after whales," but still no mammals of the deep blew spume for the Minnesota. November came on with strong gales—and still no whales. They stove in the gangway, carried away some sail and, when they finally did spot a fluke, the boats were lowered and the harpooner struck his lance in blubber only to have the wounded giant get free away. On February 1, 1869, Captain Peirce had reason for his pessi­ mism, for the Minnesota had still not taken a single barrel of oil. For this day he recorded in the log: "Lowered for sperm but could not strike. Such is our hard luck!" By March of 1869 they were in the South Pacific, where several men took the opportunity to desert when the bark anchored to fill its water casks at a tropical island. still found no luck. When, on June 26th, they had been away from New Bedford all of a year, the skipper entered in his log this lamentable comment: "One year out and we have nothing." The crew got mean when no luck developed and an unexplained inci­ dent on deck one day ended in the skipper being hit over the head with a fid or belaying pin and be­ ing confined for some days to his bunk. But nothing came of the affair, for a whaling master had to use discretion as well as a strong arm. After a few more months of rolling and idling upon the empty seas, the "poor old Minnesota" came upon a few whales—just enough to provide some ballast but not enough for a good trip. On June 3, 1871, the Minnesota sailed up Buzzards Bay, took on a pilot, and dropped her rusted hook near Palmers Island. In her hold was 1,000 barrels of sperm. Cap­ tain Peirce had reason to lament, for a fair trip could be expected to return 1,000 barrels a year. The Minnesota was gone for slightly less than three years! Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letter or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. Unsigned, anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request, but if you want it printed in the LOG, put your name on it. Famous San Francisco Landmark I'h*- Mile Roeks ti^thoufie ttah& ohe-liiif mile- off Landsend, in the Golden Gate, and within view San Francisco. It was completed in 1906, after considerable difficulty caused hy the heavy- seas and strong currents otKiurring; at thir pdhd. ''%he rock upon which the lighthouse stands ineasures " -- - - water; /tely 40 by 30 feet at hlfh , Although the vessel had been out for a full year, a constant watch had failed to reveal a single whale. Captain Sailed Schooner 17 Days Single-handed The mutiny aboard the Schooner Eliza is the story of how a courageous American shipmaster, by strength, alertness and almost superhuman endurance, overcame the mutineers, and saved his command. 4 If you turn away from the agree to keep the ship on course causes for a moment — harsh and take it to a Spanish Main port. captains, crude officers and bad ships, on the one hand, or greed for loot, on the other—all mutinies are pretty much alike. They take one of two courses. Either the muti­ neers butcher the captain and the officers, terrorize the rest of the crew, and seize the ship, or the of­ ficers and other crewmen fight off the mutineers, killing them in a bloody battle, or putting them in irons and taking them back to land where they are tried and hanged. In the case of the Schooner Eliza the mutiny followed the sec­ ond course, except that the Cap­ tain himself captured the muti­ neers and sailed the ship alone to port. Here's how it all came about. The Schooner Eliza, under the command of Captain William Wheland, sailed from Philadelphia en route to St. Thomas. On Septem­ ber 12, 1799, when the ship was 14 days out of the Delaware Capes, three men mutinied. That night they stole up on the mate as he slept quietly on deck, and crushed his head with an ax. Then they^ tossed his hacked^ and bloody corpse over the sideT That deed done, they went be­ low to kill the captain. One of the mutineers .stabbed him as he slept in his bunk, but the wound wasn't fatal and the captain drove them off with his pistols. Retreating up the ladder, the mutineers came across the super­ cargo and killed him. They also murdered the only American sailor aboard. At this point, apparently, the mutineers remembered they couldn't navigate and offered to apart 4he Captain's life if he would -tSS^ • A t - • • I. « ' •' . , • . . • • Captain Wheland agreed. Nine days later, the Captain saw two of the three mutineers go into the hold for food. Turning on the third man, who by this time had become somewhat careless about guarding him. Captain Wheland knocked him down with a belaying pin, and battened down the hold. Returning to the man he had knocked down, Wheland tied him to the ringbolt on the deck. Then he sailed the ship alone for 17 days to St. Bartholomews, where he hailed the Brig Eagle, and turned over his prisoners. They were brought to trial. One of the mutineers carried papers describing him as the Captain of a French privateei% and at the trial, he said that the mutiny was an "act of war." The judges thought other­ wise, and ordered the mutineers hanged. Olde Photos Wanted by LOG The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you bldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury. during the first world war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in them all. We'll tak«- care of them and return ycmr souvodrs to yas,_ 1; • -t �SEAF ARERS Pace Twen^rfour December, 25, 1952 LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... COLDEN CITY (Waterman), no dateChairman, Andy Cee:i; Secretary, Fran cis R. Napoll. Steward wiU leave cleanser In the laundry so that each member can clean it. There should be a little less noise while crewmembers oil watch arc sleeping. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done and for the good Thanksgiving Day dinner. ^ S hi-: i • •; ^ ' ': ill"' f- clean. A vote of thanks went to the steward department. BEATRICE (Bull), November 2S—Chair­ man, Tom J. Tlpaldos; Secretary, A. Melendez. A few beefs will be settled in port. Repair list will be checked to see what has been done. A. Melendez was elected ship's delegate. Several matters were discussed and settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. 0iet New Books Through Agents Seafarers who applied for new membership books In New York but are now sailing from outports don't have to come to this city to get their new books. If the men Involved will write to headquarters and tell the Union which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book in care of the port agent. Under no circumstances however, wiH the books be sent through the mails to any private addresses. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), No­ GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), vember 6—Chairman, John Thompson; Secretory, Louis E. Meyers. F. England December 3—Chairman, A. Macdonald; was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ Secretary, T. Clough. Motion was passed not to pay off until suitable quarters are tion. provided. A discussion was held on the Practically all members took GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan-OceanIc), master. the floor and gave their opinions which November 30 —Chairman, William C. were very poor. He seems to be the Sink; Secretary, Al R. Smith. Ship should be fumigated. Vote of thanks cause of all the discussion. went to the chief steward and his'de­ AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), partment for a very well done job. A vote of thanks and appreciation went to November 1—Chairman, James Eichenberg; Secretary, Ted Wright. Steve the ship's delegate for conscientiously having done a good job in the interest Karovick was elected ship's delegate by acclamation; Dan O'Rourke was elected of the crew. deck delegate: H." Garcia, engine dele­ gate: Mike Michalik. steward delegate. QUEENSTON KEiGHTS (Mar-Trade), S'liip's delegate will see the first assistant November 29—Chairman, Jerry O'Byrne; about fixing the leak In the washing Searetary, Charles A. Moss. There is machine. Crewmembers should remove $23.50 in the ship's fund. Action will be dry clothes from the lower passageway Tables and chairs are to be kept clean. taken cn any future performers. Chairs as soon as possible. Recreation is Messroom and recreation room need in the crew's messroom need repairing. not as clean at it should be: room steward painting. Delegates v/ill make out separate repair will post cleaning list. Recreation room lists to turn over to the patrolman. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), no dat«— be locked in port. Clocks should be reset daily by the deck should November 8—Chairman, L. Currey; Chairman, L. Handley; Secretary, John officer in charge. Secretary, Ted Wright. Every crewmem- S. Burke. Patrolman will be contacted ber should attend all meetings and be on arrival about beef between the chief NORTHWBSTERN VICTORY (Victory on time. Those who fail will be re­ male and carpenter. Left-over cold Carriers), November 22—Chairman, Frank ported to the patrolman. If the washing drinks should be placed in the ice box machine breaks down this should be after supper and not thrown out. This reported to the first assistant. Most of goes for cooked meat too. All hands the crew agreed that the meat and agreed to help keep the pantry clean vegetables were good but that the bak­ and wash all used glasses. Hot water ing could be improved. Steward will see tank should be added to the repair list. the captain about the milk since some Chief engineer has said it is not large of the crew think we should have a enough for the whole ,^hip. Cooks must doctor's slip saying that it is pasturizcd. wait from one to three hours after work­ Gearia; Secretary, Ronald A. Swayne. Beefs should be taken up first with de­ ing for hot water. Patrolman will be contacted on straightening out the mail Linen will be taken care of. Continued partment delegates. November 22—Chairman, M. Machel; situation. In 58 days we hit four differ­ cooperation from all departments was ent countries—France, Holland, Denmark, Secretary, Ted Wright. Captain said he asked by the ship's delegate: up to this time, conditions have been excellent. would not log the performer if he paid Norway—and didn't get any mail. Water cooler negds repairs, and the the men who did his work. Two mem­ HASTINGS (Waterman), December 6— chief engineer has said he will do all in bers missed ship in Yokohama. Repair his power to replace or repair it. The list will be made out by each depart­ Chairman, John E. Wells; Secretary, S. steward has done a wonderful job in ment delegate tomorrow and turned over C, Alu. William Lowe was elected ship's trying to make the holidays the most to the ship's delegate. Those that can delegate b.v acclamation. Pantry will be be done at sea will be taken care of as locked up and key left with the gangway pleasant possible. soon as possible: the rest will be at­ watch in port. Repair list will be turned STRATH3AY (Strathmore), November tended to in port. Bosun asked the crew over to the San Francisco patrolman. S:—Chairman, G. O. Reagan; Secretary, to help keep the deck clean outside the Messhall and recreation room clocks J. D. Farr. J. C. Lewailen was elected messroom by not throwing orange and will be repaired. ship's delegate b.y acclamation. All re­ apple peelings on the deck. EDITH (Bull), December 6—Chairman, pairs are being made as quickly as pos­ sible. Ship's delegate will write to the LIBERTY BELL (Tramp Cargo), No­ Jake Levin; Secretary, Louis Rizzo. Reagent in Galveston as to why the stew­ vember 29—Chairman, O. K. Jones; Sec­ ard missed ship at Port Everglades. Fla. retary, Dick Palmer. $30 was spent from Entire crew was asked to cooperate by the ship's fund to cable the hall about placing their dirly dishes and cups >n bonus pay. One man missed ship in the sink after snacking in the recreation Sasebo. Ship needs fumigation, as rats room. Pantryman should be given a have been found, (four-legged ones). hand in keeping the pantry clean. Bedsprings will be fixed. The captain was asked about sougeeing deck depart­ CHILORE (Ore), November 22—Chair­ ment foc'sles and nothing was done. Cur­ man, Ralph Tyree; Secretary, Bill Hen- few time in Pusan and travel pay was pair list wUl be made up. Discussion dershot. Discussion Was held on wind discussed. Captain has been very coop­ was held on purchasing a television set. scoops, patrolman will be asked to try erative with the crew. Draws were Ship's fund wiU be used. List of pledges and get new ones. Vote of thanks went given whenever anyone wanted money. was made for the set. There is a $17 balance in the ship's fund. to the steward department, and espe­ cially to the chief cook, for the food OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Trans.), Sep­ STEELORE (Ore), December 4—Chair­ this trip. tember 13—Chairman, Robert McCulloch; Secretary, Vincent D'Amato. Woodrow man, Kas Hansen; Secretary, Guy Nealls. Three men missed ship in Baltimore. A SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), No­ Pozen was elected ship's delegate; ship's vember 25—Chairman, W. R. Brlghtwell; fund of 11,000 yen was turned over to new library came aboard. There is a Secretary, A. Goncalves. The man who him. W. L. Robinson was elected deck balance of $15.66 in the ship's fund. missed ship was reported to the Savan­ delegate; A. Rocha, engine delegate; Steward promised to give out the linen nah agent. Several beefs on the chief Robert McCulloch, steward delegate. Last as before. Ship's delegate wUl sec the will be turned over to the patrolman st^dby on each watch will wash all chief engineer about the shower heads. after arrival in New York. Richard Mc­ coffee cups and clean messroom tables. Discussion wqs l\eld on keeping the Wiper's Carthy was elected ship's delegate by Ship's delegate will prepare a laundry messhall and pantry clean. acclamation. Members were asked to and recreation room cleaning schedule. foc'sle has been kept locked at sea. Del­ return the iron to the messhall. Mem­ Ship's delegate will see about bavin f egates wil see the boarding patrolman bers were asked not to throw cigarette fresh water tanks cleaned. There Is no about this. Captain wiU be contacted Steward was butts on the laundry room deck. cooperation from the chief engineer. about painting foc'sles. Delegates will make out a repair list asked to put out more fruit at night. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), November 26 Proper clothing is to be worn in the Steward claims that he Is putting out —Chairman, G. Braaux; Secretary, L. O. messroom during meal hours. Discus­ all that he has aboard. Biilek. Question about who brings the sion will be held on raising a ship's siopchest aboard will be taken up with fund and buying new recreation gear. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Novem­ the New Orleans patrolman. Brother Ships delegate has an electric iron ber 22—Chairman, Thomas F. Hill; Sec­ Ramsey was elected ship's delegate by which the crew may use at any time. retary, Alexander D. Brodie. Members acclamation. Steward said that we are September 26 — Chairman, L. Leidig; were asked to come into the messhall getting fresh milk three times daily to Secretary, Vincent D'Amato. Captain properly attired. Night lunch should be avoid spoilage, but he will serve fruit put back ..In the ice box after using. juice if it is wanted. Laundry is being Glasses and cups should be returned to kept very clean and neat. the messhall, not left on deck. Men should not hold bull sessions in the BINGHAMTON VICTORY (Bull), No­ passageway while men are sleeping. vember 29—Chairman, L. A. Williams; Delegates should check with their de­ Secretary, T. Zielinskl. Repairs from the partments for any repairs. Messhall last voyage were not completed. Wash­ should be left clean at night. Butts ing machines and drains need fixing. should not be thrown on deck. Laundry and recreation room should be agreed to all Items except a fan for the kept clean. There is not enough canned dry stores. First assistant engineer gave MAE (Bull), December S—Chairman, fruit at suppertime. Steward was warned the ships delegate a hard time about Ed Tesko; Secretary, J. A. Shea. There cleaning the. fresh water tanks. This to put out better chow and night lunch. is $39.10 in the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ Messman should keep the tables*, bulk­ character comes up from watch every gate will find out if cargo Is penalty heads and garbage cans cleaned. Stew­ morning to do jobs outside the engine cargo. Steward should order a new cof­ ard said he would see that the messroom room. •The weevUs are getting into the fee urn and washing machine, since the Is sougeed. A vote of thanks went to the ship s stores. Motion was passed to in­ old one is unrepairable. There is no urn purser for the good work he has done. crease the ship's fund by 500 yen or $2 on board. Steward suggests that the per man. Discussion was held on buying dog. Red. be given rabies and distemper , DEL RIO (Mississippi), November 29— "111' gear. Separate switch shots at the first port where this can Chairman, C. Frey; Secretary, A. Dumas. MJ^II '"Stalled for the washing ma- be done. Money will be taken from the There is a $40 balance in the ship's ctiine. Engine department first-aid kits ship's fund. fund. A beef about switching men on will be refilled. Steward department got Jobs will be turned over to the boarding a vote o£ thanks for good chow and FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), De­ patrolman. Repair list was read and service. cember 2—Chairman, Patrick J. Clearyi added to. The need for a bigger and • Octobar 20—Chairman, W. L. Robin­ Secretary, Dan Beard. All souvenirs will better siopchest was discussed: medical son; Seyotary, Vincent D'Amato. One be locked up midShip. Captain is woricsupplies should be checked. There have AH went to the hospital. His gear was ing on thq repair list. New shot cards been complaints about the purser, -espe­ packed as he If to be flown home. Mas­ will be ready in Lake Charles. The cially the way he has dispensed medical ter refused to allow the steward depart- boards should be removed from the jient to clean the vegetable box on OT aid. One oiler was refused medical at­ messhall and individual chairs Installed before taking on new stores. Steward as in the salon. Washing machine is out tention. department will clean the box and let of order. Discussion was held on Its WILD RANGER (Waterman), Novem­ mm dispute it for the crew's welfare proper use. Several questions will be ber 8—Chairman, Joe Bracht; Secretary, ut' t^ refused treatment by the settled by the boarding patrolman. 3,90p McAleer. Chief says repairs were not pounds of: ice were brought aboard, but "" completed because we were not In port next d'ay there waa none left on the last day. long enough. Money return will be December 7—Chelrman, Mont McNabb, INES (Bull), Novambar 21—Chairman, Jr.; Secretary« Dan Beard. The beef on checked by the patrolman. Carlos was elected ship's delegate. A new delegate the lack of fresh milk and bread at San will be elected at the sign-on and will " '""d- One man Is Pedro was sent to headquarters. Wash­ he rotated to a different department ing machine ..was not fixed at Lake Isfied with the food and sanitary condl- Charles. Mont McNabb, Jr, was elected each trip. November 29—Chairman, J. Bracht; tlons. Delegatea, steward and port atew- ship's delegate by acclamation. Toaster Secretary, McAlaer.. Two new crewmem- ard wjU get together with the patrolman needs repairing. Drinking fountains are beri came aboard In Germany. New on tnis, and no commercial meat la to stiU out of order. THmre was not enough washing machine ahould be obtained, he ascepled. Vote of. thanks went to milk .In Lake Charier, -Watertight doors Motion waa passed to buy a Christmas clUps Md the electrician for doing good are sprung, Patrolman ahould chtkik the tree and lights. There Is no variety in *'»• heW on the stew- repair lis^ And the idopchest; the night lunch; Steward asked for sug­ •ajrds attitude to conditions. There were gestions. The ship ahould be left clean; many beefs ^on condition of the pantry. - WINTm MILL (Cihet Jfrvlce), Oecem•tesshall and - pantry aho^^ be - kept No milk and coffee is left out at night, bar- 4^halniua/ B. W. ffieeiy-^SecrB* tary, J. O'Connor. There is a balance of S5B.14 In the ship's fund. After purchase of the radio the balance was $14, which will be turned over to the new ship's delegate. Chief pumpman was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Chief engineer will be contacted by the engine delegate about fixing the washing ma chine. Ship needs fumigation. Crew gave a vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for the Thanksgiving dinner and the excellent service of tlie depart­ ment. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), November 15—Chairman, Jim Davis; Sec­ retary, Ray White. Suggestion was made to empty all garbage cans in port. Each department should clean the laundry for a week. Crew should cooperate in keep­ ing . the messroom clean. Cups and dishes should be put under running water in the sink. All hands should re­ frain from slamming doors and keep everyone but ship's personnel out of the passageways. ALAWAI (Waterman), November 29— Chairman, Thomas Jackson; Secretary, W. Cassldy. Two men missed ship in Houston, Texas and Kobe. Japan. Motion was passed to get innerspring mattresses, next trip and have the crew's quarters fumigated. Water fountain should be put in the passageway so the crew won't have to dress up to go to the messroom at night for a drink of water. Old fans in the crew's quarters should be re­ placed by new ones. MOBILIAN (Watorman), December Chairman, R. Murray; Secretary, R. Pierce. Small OT beef will be taken up with the patrolman at the payoff. Ship's delegate will see the captain about a one-da.v discharge and also Ind out when he is going to pay the men off. No one will pay off without the OK of the ship's delegate. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done, even though the baker did put chocolate on the cornbread. first thing next trip, according' to tha captain. Injured OS was replaced at Pedro in emergency. New crew mess refrigerator was recommended. OT was put in for washing laundry by hand, pending patrolman's decision. Repair list will be compiled and submitted. Outgo­ ing members were asked to leave quar­ ters clean for replacements. ORION STAR (Orion), Dacembar 3— Chairman, O. Hadlay; Sacratary, J. G. Lakwyk. John D. McLemorc was elected ship's delegate. Men were asked to donate to the ship's library. Sanitary man will straighten out laundry and recreation room. Steward department was thanked for good food. ANNE BUTLER (Bloomflald), November 28—Chairman, E. Lamb; Secretary, T. Lay. Third cok was hospitalized in Yoko­ hama. Suggestion to make a donation to the wife of William Scarlett, hospitalized third cook, was passed. Ship's delegate will also send a letter to Lindscy Wil-. liams in New Orleans, asking him to' cash money orders for Mrs. Scarlett. The men pledged 100 percent to this cause in real SlU fashion. Personal travelers' checks will be sent, as wo are unable to send money from Korea. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Novam­ bar 23—Chairman, R. F. Grant; Sacratary. E. Kuudlssllm. All repairs were not done. Homer 1. Nichols was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation, Qiiettinn was raised on having too much stew and not enough. steak. Steward promised to fix the situa­ tion at once. Engine delegate handed the $36.50 in the ship's fund to the new ship's delegate. Two members of the deck department did not receive suffi­ cient funds from the company agent in Seattle for transportation to the ship in Vancouver, Washington. Receipts will be presented to the patrolman at the payoff. ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), De­ cember 13—Chairman, H. L. Meacheam; Sacratary, E. Apel. Draw will be given at sea. before arriving in Boston. Linen issue is still disputed as well as a small amount of OT. Ship's delegate wUl take a general vote of thanks to the master, for his coperation and attitude this voy­ age. Crew should have a general meet­ ing when the patrolman comes aboard to straighten out several issues. Discussion was held on whether one member was SANTORE (Ore), December 6—Chair­ doing his work properly or not. man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, H. J. Fogariy. Ship's delegate will get the radio fixed and will be reimbursed by the crew next trip. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for their fine service. Stew­ ard reported that 24 mattresses were or­ dered for the next trip. Cre\v would like to have the blower system checked throughout the ship or additional fans installed. JEFFERSON CiTf VICTORY (Victory Carriers), December 13—Chairman, W. L. Busch; Secretary, B. Toner. Repair list was turned in and additions noted. Crackers should be disposed of, as they have weevils in them. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done. Books in the recreation room should be replaced in the lockers after they have been read. " WACOSTA (Waterman), December 3 Chairman, J. Mitchell; Secretary, P. Sollazzi. One man got off ship in Baltimore at the last minute. The matter of paint­ ing the black gang foc'sles will be turned over to the patrolman in New York. Washing machine should be repaired; toilets and heads painted. Ship's delegate should see about getting fresh milk be­ tween New York and JMuuston, and make sure there Is milk waiting on the docks of New York. There was a general beef on the milk situation. Cleaning of the washing machine and laundry should be rotated each week to a different depart­ ment. Washing machine should be re­ placed and drinking fountain repaired. WESTERN RANCHER (Western Naviga­ tion), November 29—Chairman, Van Vlaenderan; Sevretary, Red Brady. New washing machine will replace the wornout relic now aboard. Messhall, recreation room, pantry and saloon will be painted CALMAR (Calmar), December 12 — Chairman, Stanley G. Cooper; Secretary, Peter Cakanlc. One man missed ship in Baltimore: delegate will make a full re­ port to the boarding patrolman. Charlea O. Lee was elected ship's delegate. Sched­ ule was posted for cleaning of the rec­ reation room and the laundry. Small repair items will be taken care of by the carpenter and deck engineer instead of waiting till the end of the voyage. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Decem­ ber 13—Chairman, James A. Phillips; Secratary, Jamas O'Connor. The delogates talked to the patrolman about hav­ ing the ship fumigated. One man missed ship in Philadelphia. There is a $14 bal­ ance in the ship's fund. James B. Lane was elected ship's delegate. Cooks were complimented on their good work. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Dacember 13 —Clialrman, Ralph Secklnger; Sacretary. David A. Mitchell. All departments are cooperating together. This isn't too much of a problem as we have a good, clean and good .feeding ship. Crew would like to have the Union investigate the possi­ bility of getting better quarters for some of the daymeii—with better- ven­ tilation and more room. There is unnec­ essary noise aft in the crew's quarters. Crew gave a vote of thanks for a swell Thanksgiving dinner. Motion was passed (Continued on page 25) THE fOOD AMO VftSCES /sXaXiO\N/* iHc AifMBSfis vmai.vm iKi'sr - •-••••Tj . �:\ -' : • •' • •' •' • " • •" • 5 IK M53 • Kge' TiSre«f6r-flT« SEAtAREKStOG .. #IIK»EST ot SHIPS' MEETINGS... (Continued from page 24) to buy a radio out of the .leaving a balance of t43.70. •will be turned over to the gate before ths end of the ahip'a fund Repair list ahlp's dele voyage. HURRICANE (Waterman)/ December f —Chairman. John R. PrescoH; Secretary R. J. Callahan. Each delegate wiU make out a repair list. One brother missed ship in New Orleans, another In Antwerp. Vote of thanks went to the ship's dele­ gate. Patrolman wiU be asked to check medical supplies in the ship's hospital. Ship will be fumigated for roaches. Brothers who have borrowed library books were asked to return them, so that the library can be exchanged In >IobIle. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Decem ber 10—Chairman, H. M. Connell; Secre­ tary, P. Dalgle. Captain will be contacted about fumigation, lockers, condi. tions. Fireman's foc'sle will be painted In a few weeks. € ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), October 4—Chairman, Cliff Wclmer; Secretary, Charles P. Makarlwcz. All members are 100 percent behind the drive to keep the marine hospitals open, and will write to the Union. We have a poor quality of slopchest and will be glad to get the Sea Chest next trip, with better goods and more sizes. Members should stop banging doors when brothers are sleep­ ing. Washing machine should be cleaned after use. Better grade of pepper will be bought. First assistant wiU be asked to stop using our washing machine and hanging around with crewmembers. RA6NAR NAESS (Orion), December 5 Chairman, J. Scott; Secretary, C. J. Qulnnt. Brother Qulnnt was elected ship's delegate. Repairs were discussed. Discussion was held on the proper stor­ ing of the ship before she leaves the States. Steward reported that he was vei-y short of stores last trip and did not want a recurrence this trip. Sug­ gestion was made to take up a collec­ tion to buy an iron and an automatic switch for the washing machine. New mixing machine is needed for the gaUey very badly. ing. Captain said this would be done next trip. Vote of thanks went to the Steward, Fred Sulllns, and his depart­ ment for a nice Thanksgiving dinner. Vote of thanks went to Sparks for giv­ ing radio news. Motion was passed to carry sufficient medical equipment— especially pnlclllin. We would like to thank Staff Sargeant Jimmy James, former SIU bookman, for keeping us well supplied with LOCs and shipping news in PUsan, Korea. Vote of thanks went to Scott, for the god jobs he did as ship's and deck delegate. CECIL N. BEAN (Drytrans), June f— Chairman, T. E. Foster; Secretary, P. Eldemire. Ship's delegate promised to contact the mate kbout new gaskets for the portholes. Sanitary men In each de­ partment will rotate -the cleaning of the recreation and lanudry rooms. October -4—Chairman, A. Kessen; Sec­ retary, M. Kramer. William Bunker was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Each department will make up a repair list and turn a copy over to the ship's delegate and the captain. October 25—Chairman, William Bunk­ er; Secretary, M. F. Kramer. Washing machine and sinks should be kept clean. Deck engineer cleaned the sink drains. Captain will be contacted by the ship's delegate about putting out a draw in US money before we hit port. Chief engineer should run a fresh water .tap outside to keep shoreslde personnel out of passageways. Library books will be put In a box and kept in one of the foc'sls while the ship Is In port. November 2—Chairman, Wlllam Bunk­ er; Secretary, M. P. Kramer. One man missed ship in Kure, Japan. Beef with the chief mate will be brought up with the patrolman. Repair list will be made up and rat traps will be put out. Men on watch should keep the messmall and galley sink clean. . December 4—Chairman, William Bunk­ er; Secretary, M. F. Kramer. Linen al­ lowance was checked and repair list handed in. Some repairs have already been made. Vote of thanks went to the Union for the library service. Lockers and rooms are ot be left clean and keys turned in. Suggestions were made on Improving library service. BENTS PORT (Cities Service), No­ vember 17—Chairman, H. McConncll; Secretary, H. McVay. Porthole repairs requested at the last meeting have still not been made. One brother missed ship in Baytown. Tex. A Malone was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Letter will be written to the Wilmington patrol­ man about one member, about whom there has been much controversy. Ship's fund will be started, not to exceed $50. ALICE BROWN (Bloomfleld), December LIBERTY PLAO (Dover), December 12 13—Chairman, L. Antoina; Secretary, —Chairman, B. Hagar; Secretary, Joseph LIndsy. Company took care of the mat­ W. Thomley. The man who missed ship tresses, so a telegram was sent about the pipe lines and drinking fountain. 'Ship's delegate will talk this over with the patrolman. Washing machine roller Was broken, due to someone's careless­ ness. Bosun asked for cooperation in the painting of the passageways, so that they wouldn't get tracked up. Complaint was made that the captain opens the slopchest for a few minutes and at dif­ ferent times, sometimes during meal hours. Patrolman will discuss this with the captain. It should be open for a reasonable amount of time and the time should be posted. Patrolman should see the chief engineer for more pressure on the hot water In the laundry, which was not fixed last trip. Men getting oft •should strip their bunks and clean out foc'sles. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. JOHN, B. KULUKUNDI8 (Martls), Octo­ ber 4—Chairman, Carl Lawton; Secre­ tary, Fred Sulllns. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Anyone who wants to may store baggage in the store room. Steward will clean the recreation room: deck and engine departments will clean the laundry. Motion was passed to keep the messhall clean and put cups and dirty dishes In the sink. November 29—Chairman, Carl Lawien; Secretary, Fred Sulllns. Master refused to' discuss overtime. Foc'sles need paint­ Quiz Anzwcera 1. Bob Mathias. 2. Senator Milton Young of North Dakota. 3. Maine. 4. Dr. Cheddi Jagan. 5. Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois, married to former Congresswoman Emily Taft Douglas. 6. Mickey Walker; Billy Petrolle; Henry Armstrong. 7. Socialist Mayor of West Berlin. 8. Charles Malik is the Leban­ ese delegate, while Jacob Malik represents the Soviet Union. 9. Governor James Byrnes of South Carolina. 10. In the French Alps. ^Can-Shahers^ Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in behaif of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot in Kure will be referred to tlie patrol­ man. Repair list was turned over to the captain. Some were taken care of. Crew passageway will be painted next trip. Baker hash own lack of interest in his duties. Enough mayonnaise and some coffee mugs wil be ordered. Ship is clean and in good shape and athe ship's dele­ gates asked the crew's cooperation inkeeping it so. Vote of thanks went to the deck department for cleaning the ship. Chief mate will have to order moulding to complete repairs. Crew gave the steward department a vote of thanks. ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), December 12—Chairman, Clifford Weimer; Secre­ tary, Charles P. Makarlwcz. Repair lists were made out and handed to the de­ partment heads. Disputed OT wiU be straightened out by the patrolman at the payoff port. Repair list was made out and given to the ship's delegate. Crew was reminded to write to Congress about the closing of the USPHS hospitals. Ship's delegate was shown the store list for Halifax and was glad to see that NOTICiSS Joseph F. Bilotti, Jr. Please contact Welfare Services immediately. Joseph Czech Pick up your papers at LOG office. i 4. 4 Samuel Curtis Please pick up your Coast Guard discharge certificate in the LOG office. 4 4 4 Nils Limdquist Please contact the Welfare Serv­ ices. 4 4 4 James W. Bell Contact the Union Welfare Serv­ ices. 4 4 4 L. Tilley T-114 Contact the Shepard Steamship Company, 31 Milk Street, Boston. There is some money due you. 4 4 ALAMAR (Calmar), October 4—Chair­ man, Thurston Lewis; Secretary, John A. Sullivan. Taylor was voted sliip's dele­ gate by acclamation. All men are to be jroperly dressed in the messroom at aU times. November t—Chairman, John A. Sulli­ van; Secretary, Thurston Lewis. One man missed ship at Panama; a letter and his gear were sent to Philadelphia. The man who missed ship in San Francisco was not to blame; sailing time was ad­ vanced. Motion was passed to get a Sea Chest put aboard ail Ore and Calmar ships. Chow is bad and meats are not first quality. There is a beef on one man being fired, and the delegate having to tell him. We had one member in that job who was worse, but he was allowed to ride to 'Frisco. There was no replace­ ment available. New mattresses put aboard in Philadelphia are no good Union should have the company put in­ ner spring mattresses aboard, with the proviso that anyone damaging it should pay. Coffee cups should be returned to the sink after use. Night lunch shelf should be kept clean at all times. There was S42.26 in the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ gate will tell the captain about the men who will get off in New York after we leave the Panama Canal. November 21—Chairman, John A. Sulli­ van; Secretary, Thurston Lewis. Capt.ain is paying off men who want to get off in New York. Taylor was elected deck dele­ gate; Downs, engine delegate. BR's grand­ mother died; collection of S28 was do­ nated for a funeral spray. Food aboard should be improved, and grade B meat should be forbidden. New crew should not sign on untU the food beef is straightened out. Dectmber 13—Chairman, Samuel Doyle; Secretary, Robert P. Black. Mobile pa­ trolman wiU be consulted on the pos­ sibility of ordering fans here or in San Pedro. No smoking signs and notices should be posted in the officers' saloon and crew messhaU. Cots should be checked and, if needed, ordered before the hot weather. Recreation room and messhall should be locked up in port. The department delegates should accom­ pany the ship's delegate when he visits the captain on ship's business, so that there are witnesses. Mobile agent wiU be consulted on what can be done about the captain's Captain Bligh attitude in dealing with crewmembers. Mobile agent will be asked about fans and parts prom­ ised by the captain in New York. There will be hot weather ahead. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), Novem­ ber 8—Chairman, Charles Rice; Secre­ tary, J. B. Christy. Loyd D. Richardson was elected ship's delegate. Steward ex­ plained how linen would be passed out. Steward instructed his men to carry their own garbage aft and dump it into the cans placed there, and not to give it to the stevedores to dump on the decks. December 4—Chairman, C. M. Rice; Secretary, J. B. Christy. Crew asked for new mattresses and that the washing ma­ chine be kept cleaner. Shoreside work­ ers should be kept out of the recrea­ tion romo. Door will be put in the main deck passageway just forward of the door to the ship's office. Repair list will be turned over to the chief engineer and chief mate. LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf Cargo), October 2—Chairman, G. Skendclas; Secretary. BALTORE (Ore), November 28—Chair­ man, Alva Cano; Secretary, E. McClung. There has been improvement in. the steward department. Membership was ad­ vised to boycott the captain's slopchest If possible. Vote of thanks went to the Baltimore officials for a job well done in settling beefs. Membership should try to keep the pantry more shipshape. Mate and first assistant engineer should be contacted about keys for all rooms. Stew­ ard department got a vote of thanks for general improvement. Heads and fans need repairs. CUBORE (Ore), December 11—Chair­ man, Chuck Hostetter; Secretary, George Mattalr. There is $146.80 in the ship's fund. Steward was authorized to buy 50 pounds of shrimp. Recreation room should be kept locked up in port. Stew­ ard and his department got a vote of thanks. Steward uid he would issue more than five cartons next trin as he was low on cigarettes due to the new slopchest deal. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), Robert M. Draker. Ship's delegate was informed by the captain that the ship wasn't seaworthy unless deck cargo was taken off. Water tanks were pumped dry and bunkers taken on. Crew agreed to back the captain not to sail the ship unless proven seaworthy by the Army. MRiliiiii: Harold Cortwright Eduardo Santaromana Claim your gear immediately at Collectors' Storage and Sales Sec­ tion, 311 Appraisers Stores, 201 Varick Street, New York. If your gear is not claimed by January 21, it will be put up for sale. 4 i . Crew Members, Ragner Naess All crew members who were laid off the Ragner Naess in Seattle on November 30 are entitled to three days pay and subsistence. Contact the Orion Steamship Company im­ mediately. 4. aU neceszary itema were ordered. Cap­ tain will be contacted about the few logs and the inadequate slopchest. Stew­ ard department and gaUey staff were thanked for the excellent Thanksgiving dinner. Speak Your Mind At SifJ Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And of course, ail members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. 4 4 Warren Frj-e Please contact your family im­ mediately or call Sheriff F. M. Cahoon, Dare County, Manteo, North Carolina, collect. 4 4 4 Robert Beale Please get in touch with Doug Mackie, 485 Dupleix Avenue, To­ ronto, Ontario. 4 4 4 Audley Foster Please contact your wife im­ mediately about some important correspondence. 4 4 4 Joseph Laugblin Please get in touch with your mother at 171 Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Penna. 4 4 4 Michael Zelack Get in touch with Paolo Pringi, Box 2430, 25 South Street, New York. 4 Hugh Mansfield Pick up your papers at the LOG office. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 4 4 4 675 Fourth Ave., Mllledge Lee Brooklyn 32, NY Get in touch with the Welfare Services. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) Puzzle AuHiver QSSS •[&]&]§ BSD DincaB mia [SBOB [EiiiQaisaQa SOSSniSllIiQ SBQS HaQB SBQ BSS QQS QOQQBIl SfflQSQB USaBEiti BQiiisoiiisii jjimum [ZlilB SUSSQ SJOBOIl NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber, and have a changt of address, please qive your former address below: ADDRESS CITY ...f.ZONI STATE ;• aeeeaeeeaeagM •' �Faccp T«reiity-«ix SEAFARERS Dcwember 25, 193S LOG Savanhah Offers Maternity Benefit Trio in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Three wives of Seafarers who live in Savannah are shown in the Savannah SIU hall with their offspring and benefits. Left to right they are: Mrs. W. R. Morgan and Rose Mary; Mr5. Jack Craven and Susan Maude; and Mrs. Carl E. Hargfoves and Carl E. Hargroves, Jr. Mrs, Morgan and Mrs. Craven were in the same hospital and their babies were born three minhtes apart. All of the following SIU families and Mrs. Valentine Thomas, Route will collect the $200 maternity 5. Box 109-A, Springhill, Ala. 4 4 4 benefit plus a $25 bond from the Marc King Parker, born Novem­ Union in the baby's name. ber 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Rose Mary Morgan, born No­ Mrs. Bobby S. Parker, 2057 "C" vember 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and South Woodlawn Drive, Mobile, Mrs. William R. Morgan, 414 East Ala. Charlton Street, Savannah, Ga. 4 \ 4: 4" 4> hi'"'"'' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" 4" 4 4 4 4 4 Michael Kulakowski, born No­ vember 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Kulakowski, Route 1, Box 276-A, Theodora, Ala. 4 4 4 Donna Lou Donovan, born De­ cember 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Donovan, 90-10 Rockaway Boulevard, Ozone Park NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Michael Steven Parr, born Au­ Antonio DeJesus, Jr., born De­ gust 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and cember 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Parr, 2031 AnUnci- Mrs. Antonio DeJesus. 1055 Roseation Street, New Orleans, La. dale Avenue, Bronx, NY. 4 , -fS-;.',, 4 Tommy Lawrence Mouton, bom September 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Mouton, 346 Sev­ enth Street, Bridge City, La. Elizabeth Catherine Stansbury, t t Peter Joseph Revolta, bom No­ born September 1, 1953. Parents, James Preston Walker, born No­ vember 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Stansbury, vember 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Revolta, 5130 Dau- 101 Jeffory Street, Baltimore 25, Mrs. Harold V. Walker, Knoxville, phine Street, New Orleans, La. Md. Tenn. 4 4 4 4 4 4 t 3. 4. Suellen Ann Stepp, born Novem­ Sonya Jean Boutwell, born Sep­ Stephen Paul Koval, bom Octo­ tember 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 20, 1953. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. ber 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boutwell, 507 Dauphin Ralph C. Stepp, 1313 Springhill Mrs. John T. Koval. 724 Prospect Street, Mobile, Ala. Avenue, Mobile, Ala. Place, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Susan Renee Shirah, born De­ Nancy Lorenzo, born November i» 4" t Georgina Felix Martinez, born 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. cember 9. 1953. Parents, Mr. apd October 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mateo H. Lorenzo, 244 49th Street, Mrs. Charles L. Shirah, 62 Item Avenue, Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Ernesto Felix Martinez, PO Brooklyn, NT. 4 4 4 Box 5173, Pta. Tierra, San Juan, 4 4 4 Dennis Wayne Fillingim, born Laura Rita Ortiz, bom November Puerto Rico. 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. December 8,1953. Parents, Mr. and 1, i, Francisco Ortiz, 1062 Colgate Ave­ Mrs. Ollice D. Fillingim, 719 Sixth Susan Maude Craven, bom No­ nue, Bronx, NY. Avenue, Chicksaw, Ala. vember 8, 1953. Parents. Mr. and 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mrs. Jack W. Craven, 1320 East John David Holley, born Novem­ Michael Ray Honeycut, born 55th Street, Savannah, Ga. December 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4t 4i Mrs. Wayne Honeycut, 226 lona John S. Holley, Route 8, Box 36, Whistler, Ala. Eusebie Gherman, Jr., born Oc­ Street, Erwin, Tenn. tober 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 4 4 4 Jennifer Lynn Blevlns, born Oc­ Mrs. Eusebie Gherman, 1013 HowWilliam Ruiz, born September land Square, Arbutus, Md. 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tober 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Teodoro Ruiz, Fajardo Post Office, Mrs. Lewis Blevins, c/o General 4" 4" 4' Delivery, Baltimore, Md. Majardo, Puerto Rico. Kenneth Frank Walter, born No­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 vember 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Edwina Jo Ketschke, bom No­ James Daniel King, bom Novem­ Mrs. Frank E. Walter, 25-A Bulger ber 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. vember 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, New Milford, NJ. ' Kevin H. King, 28 Florence Street, Mrs, Edward W. Ketschke, 421 4, $1 4 East 76th Street, New York, N. Y. Somerville 45, Mass. Stephen David Milton, born No­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 vember 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and John Edward Bialkowsky, born Paul Schwinn, born November Mrs. John D. Milton, 1421 Carsile 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. November 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. Avenue SE, Roanoke, Va. Joseph B. Schwinn, 690 Eastern and Mrs. Edmond Bialkowsky, 96 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn 37, N.Y. Parkway, Brooklyn 13, NY. 4« 4" 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kevin Hedemann Jensen, bom Irene Tiniakos, born November Joseph Chirichclla, born Novem­ November 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Flemming Jensen, 639 ber 17,1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Chirichella, 526 Penn­ Nick Tiniakos, 891 Albany Avenue, 51st Street, Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn, N.Y. sylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Bertha Denise Farr, born Octo­ ber 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Farr, 219 Village Street, Hartford, Conn. 41 4" 4" Gilbert Alan Savior, born Octo­ ber 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Savior, 715 North 16th Street, Philadelphia 30, Pa. 'y-!- '• 4 Mr. and Mrs. William Rushworth, 524 Ray Street, Camden, NJ. 4:4- Tamara Lynn Thomas, bom Michael Anthony Rushworth, November 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. born December 4, 1953, Parents, USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. T. p. Barbour D. Korolia William Bargon* Leo H. Lang Cecil Bennett Theo E. Lee C. A. Bradley Thomas Lind K. M. Bymaster Jesse Lyles Otto. M. Callahan J. M. Mason Sr. Herman H. Casas L. L. Mays C. C. Chamberi H. W. Minkler Clarence W. Cobb Mitchell Mobley George T. Coleman Jack Moore S. Cope Stewart Packer Adion . Coit W. A. Padgett Rogelio Cruz Elyah Piatt Thomas J. Dawson John W. Quimby Herman Fruge W. E. Reynolds James E. Gardiner Louis Roa M. W. Gardiner I. C. Roble Claude H. Gilliam Luther C. Seidla Andrew J. Glndel Alfred E. Stout Jack H. Gleason WUliam Tank 111 Louis J. Guarino Tedd R. Terrington John Hane Lonnie R. Tickle Walter H. Harris -Joseph Traxler John L. Hinton S. C. Tuberville A. Isyak E. Velazquez J. H. Jones C. V. Welborn Thomas F. Keller Russell Wentworth E. G. Knapp B. B. Huggins VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. L. Bourdonnay USPHS HOSHIT.AL SEATTLE. WASH. Robert R. Barber Linus E. Twite C. E. Dudley James W. Weddl* Leo Dwyer Joseph E. Wells USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. E. A. Ainsworth George Hildreth Ho Yee Choe Nicholas M. Korsak C. B. Coburn E. Moss F. T. Coslello Edward Scserk Wilson A. Deal E. R. Snedeker S. Demoleas W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon F. J. Halgney R. R. Richards USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. David H. Berger John M. Powers James W. Davis Fred Refflenbuel William H. Little VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. George C. Murphy J. C. Vilar USPHS HOSPITAL BETHESDA. MD. James H. Harker USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Fred U. Buckner Jimmie Littleton P. G. Daugherty L. P; McDaniel E. J. Debardelaben W. Y. Sheirling R. A. Denmark James V. Smith Joe B. Farrow George W. Wilson Roger E. Huggins USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Percy D. AUred Robert E. Gilbert Claude F, Blanks Bart E. Guranlck Bomar R. Cheeley John B. Haas Julian CuthreU Thomas Isaksen C. M. Davison John W. Keenan Emilio Delgado Ludwig Kristiansen John J. Diascoll Frederick Landry John T. Edwards James J. Lawlor Jose G, Explnoza James B, Lewis Francis F. Lynch Eugene T. Nelson H. F. McDonald Montford Owens A. McGulgan E. R. Smallwood David Mcllreath Henry E. Smith J. T. McNulty Renato A. Villata Vic Mllazzo Virgil E. Wilmoth Lloyd Miller Antonio M. Diaz LI COLLEGE HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NV Isabelo Garcia USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Richard Anderson Mohamed Halem R. V. Anderson Michael Katruasky Anton Back Joseph J. Keating Melvin Bass Chang Choo Lai John Beckmann C. Mc'Brlen Earl A. Bink John Maclnnes B. Blanchard Sau Mok Frank Blandino Alfred Mueller John E. Brady Donald Peterson Jessie C. Bryant Antoni Plaza William J. Carey Elwood Read LuU Cruz waUsiT. A. Ryan Ian G. Cumming VirgU Sandberg C. L. DeChenne Robert Sizemore John Dovak John Slaman R. Edmondson Warren Smith Gilbert Essburg Henrlch Sterling John Fontries Harry St TutUe Eric Foreman Frank Walaska David S. Furman Francis WaU T. C. Galouris Peter WilUams Estell Godfrey Luciano Labrador Anthony Gulliano USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Clarence Shively USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Woody H. Kirby Julian A. Blanco Francis J. Boner Robert Lambert WiUie J. Lewis Jessie A. Clarke W. R. Mcllveen C. Coats Jack D. Morrison F. J. Conforto James H. Penswick Harrey Cullen M. Pugaczewskl Jeff Davis Horace C. SherriU James R. Dodson H. W. SherriU Samuel Drury Ekirl T. Erickson James T. Smith C. Foster G. K. Stennett L. C. Glanville Larry A. Webb Mark B. Hairclson Charles E. . Barneg James H. Hayes James N. Bryant Alfred Johnson Leonard Conners' Staraatios Kazakos USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Joseph E. Crowley Frank Mackey John Farrand Theodore Mastaler Ernest J. Gerace Robert A. Rogers Roy L. McCannon S. J. Sbriglio USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Adolph Pochuckl PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL MOBILE. ALA. Cyril Lowrey USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barboza Julius Parks M. Fontenot Stanley Poisso John Hayues Harry Reynolds Edward C. Hill R. W. Scales Edward R. IdeU Jack E. Slocum R. L. Jones H. Trahan Howard E. Liles Albert T. Weaver J. E. Markopolo N. L. Gardiner i^t€NA1iPMs 1&P '-'mKStWEg. fiXWERr WRUES A KH3UMR. COUJMI^ IM BAM WHAT it? BUY, wen t> BtY, AS \fieu. AS VVHATAOr-TO Buy, REAP How To Get Disabled Pay Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed .for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he .is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU-Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. [1:5 Mafia iH-meiaa.AnY (SjtJBTSaVS f 7HBM IN: �iNecmbcr X5; MSt WEEnV THE SEAiFARERS SEAF ARERS lOG Pare TwentyHMTeB' Seafarers Answer Blood Calls /ith WALTER SIEKMANN {Newt about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIV Wel­ fare Beneflts will be carried in this column. It (s written by Seafarer I;; Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Christmas time is as good a time as any to look back at the work your Welfare Services Department has been doing over the months as far as the men in the hospitals are concerned. When your Union representatives get down to the hospitals at this time of the year, they don't find things too cheerful, but they do the best they can. The $25 hospital bonus sure does make the men a little happier and take the - edge off having to spend the holidays in the drydock. •« Usually, in your marine hospitals at any given time, you will find about 200 Seafarers scattered over the country in various ports. These men are getting their regular visits front the SIU representa­ tive who brings around the $15 weekly benefit, plus taking care of a little shopping, stamps, gear, and js few other items. Write Letters Looking back at it now, there was one Seafarer who had his arm In a cast and wanted someone to tvrite a few letters home from him. Seafarers pile Into a Sea Chest truck outside Eeadquafters before heading for the hospital in an­ Your Welfaire Services representative was able to take care of that problem in fine style. Or a more common type of thing we run into swer to a call for blood donors. Under the direction of a Welfare Services Representative, the men who answered the latest blood call eagerly await the start of their errand of mercy to the hospltaL is getting an injured man's gear off of the ship. That kind of thing is promptly attended to as v/ell. Or maybe it's just a matter of get­ One thing Seafai'ers and their families can be assured of when hospitalized is ample sup­ ting in touch with family or friends and letting them know how things are going. plies of blood for medical emergencies. A common sight at headquarters is that of ten, 15 or ,.The doctors tell us its mighty important for a man to have peace o^ mind when "he's recovering from illness, so your Union through 20 Seafarers being taken to any one of the hospitals in the New York area by a Welfare Serv­ this Welfare Services set-up, is tiying its best to give the doctors a ices Representative. The samehelping hand. And they certainly appreciate it in the hospitals, be­ is true of any of the outports. these hospitals seldom have ample calling SIU Welfare Services in cause it means that they, the hospital staff, find it that much easier It's a standing gag at Wel­ supplies of blood on hand and hesi­ New York or any SIU outport hall. to get the man back on his feet again. fare Services that when a hospital tate to operate in emergencies The SIU has never failed to re­ Unorganized Out Of Luck calls for blood the question asked when blood is required. In such in­ spond with sufficient blood to meet You can tell how important that is when you run across men from in return is "How many gallons do stances donations are needed in a medical needs of the patients in­ unorganized outfits in the hospitals. Half of the time tmless they you need?" Actually, on more than hurry and the SIU is in a position volved. happen to have friends and relatives in the port where they are laid one occasion, blood donations by to supply them when needed. Helps Recovery up, nobody even comes to see them. The best that they can hope for Seafarers have run into the gallon In the past, SIU blood donations As far as the Staten Island Is a little mail from someone they happen to know. The Seafarers, figures. USPHS is concerned, the hospital have helped immeasureably in the ^ who can look forward to a visit every week and a little information As a result of the SIU's fast re­ usually has enough blood on hand battle for life waged by some of Ppon how things are on the outside, consider themselves to be pretty sponse on blood needs, hospitals in since many of the patients them­ the Union's members and their 1^" fortunate fellows. donate to the hospital's families. No figures of this sort are Talking about the hospitals is as good a .time as any to remind the the New York area do not hesitate selves blood bank before they are dis­ available, but just the fact that to give Seafarers or members of , brothers that the US Public Health Service doctor has the final say their family immediate donations charged. Here too, though, the members know the SIU stands be­ on whether a brother is fit for duty or not. Sometimes the men get has replaced every pint of hind them and is ready to help out of the hospital and ship out, but when they hit one of the com- in emergency needs. They have as­ SIU surance that the blood will be re­ blood that has been used for Sea­ them out if they need it has bol­ 'vpany doctors the man is liable to get turned down. stered many a hospital patient. farers. Your SIU contract says specifically on this issue, that the fit for placed. Hospital personnel acknowledge Speedy Senice Blood In A Hurry duty slip from the USPHS is the last word. So just make sure that that this fact makes their job you have your slip in your pocket when you ship out, because you The SIU blood doflations are es­ Members of the Seafarers' im­ easier, too. Otherwise despairing can save yourself quite a package of grief if it's not around when you pecially valuable where city hos­ mediate family, as well as Sea­ patieflts have taken new turns for need it. And if you get into any difficulty over it, just get in touch pitals are involved. Because of farers themselves can get the the better with the SIU on the job with yoiur Union on the problem. their great number of patients. speedy SIU blood donor service by to help out in every way possible. Brother Joseph Pilutls, who has been In St. Vincent's hospital in This has often effected quick re­ -vNew York City since October, has to undergo several more operations. coveries. , He's had six and is still not ready to ship out again with his old shipNot only does the Union and its mates. He would appreciate it very much If some Of his old crewmates members respond to calls for aid would write to him, or drop up to see him if they have a chance. from members and their families, but Seafarers have gone out of their way to answer blood donor requests from hospitals badly in need of blood. Often, the Seafarer Crewm^^mbers of the French Creek, who have approx­ is unaware of the recipient of his imately $9,000 in salvage benefits coming to them, are getting life-giving blood, and just as often Seafarers donate it anonymously assistance from the Welfare Services Department to assure' uith^VbenefiT'of fanfare, speedy collection of their sal--^ vage claims. Welfare Services is tracing down members of the crew so that enough of them -n.. can be found to sign the settlement of the claim, making possible pay­ ment of the salvage benefits. The deaths of the foUowi/ig York, NY, on March 11, 1953 and The French Creek crew's sal­ Seafarers have been reported to was buried at Cardialle Cemetery, vage claim arose .from a tow that the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Tallassee, Ala. He leaves his chil­ the vessel gave a disabled German dren, James L. and Mary C. freighter. The German ship had $2,500 death benefits are being Ashurst, Box 439, Troy, Ala. lost her propeller in heavy seas paid to beneficiaries. and was out of control when the Maurice Charles Brodey, 25: On French "Creek came along. The Cities Service tanker put a line September 27th of this year. aboard the German ship and towed Brother Brodey was being taken Applications for the mater­ it in without dickering as to the from the Stony Creek by a USAF nity benefit must be supported air sea rescue plane for medical price of the tow. by the following documents: treatment; the plane ci-ashed, and • Your marriage certificate. Consequently, it came under the his body was lost at sea, some heading of a salvage service and whej'e in the Gulf of Oman. • Baby's- birth certificate dat­ had to be settled between the two Brother Brody had been a member ing birth after April 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last parties and ratified by an admiral­ of the SIU for eight years, join­ ty court. The final settlement is ing in the port of New York. He ship you sailed on before the baby was born. approximately $35,000 of which is survived by Sara Brodey, 240 Processing of all applica­ unlicensed crewmembers will get South Frazier Street, Philadelphia, tions can be speeded up by at around $9,000 after company and Pa. least three days if photostatic officers' shares are deducted. • J. t copies of the three documeuts » All crewmembers wmo partici­ are sent in. Applications pated in the salvage operation are James Ashurst, 38: Since 1942, should be made to Union Wel­ asked to get in touch with Welfare when he joined the SIU in Mobile, fare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ Service as soon as possible so as Brother Ashurst had sailed as fire­ to speed up the processing of. the man in the engine department. He quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. claims. died "Ht Bellevue Hospital, New Crewmembers Of French Creek Divide $9,000 Sa]vage Money Let OS Kiow.. FINAL DISPATCH How to Apply For Birth Pay •v.: YOUR PRQ8L£M IS PIHt BUSINESS • /' �SEAFARERS # LOG .•"j. • OPFICIAl ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I : li: DM. 2S 1951. NTERNATIONAt UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT • AFl • SfU Ponoto fi/ms To Hosp^Vacafipn Pgy /.g M////011 fs/ ygg. New Mariner To Ci"ISIU Soon, Sixtk For MiiV.. - ¥] '.r: Ups Disabled Pav Ta S im - "fJZ' ftOOO-Rember Union Jon^ < li ffeafarjrs As 45tli Affiliab Strike Wins Quick Okay ^Ictorys New Tankship Co, Seafarer Crosses Ocean Alone Defies SIU; Tamed 5^Co's Signing By Solid Tie-Up ^ Next Week; Union Children Of four ' Hails Wide Gains .farf/oia" F whea he • S.U-conlr,cted .toanul gliare ifi the lateol xeaiih'j w'e»»in« • bloc of Vj •o ship from the rescrj V assignment to the Mi f Transportation Service] lines, operating as gi who will run the vc._ • „ _ . , dSTS, are the wateA)^ The Seafarers International L nion. AU Corporation, Al' H. |p Compaiiyi Sei any. South Atlaj ^nipany, Alcoa ' and Eastern ^y. Each ageni essel for tne , i. :A Bfr.7: SIU tankermen wU! move fai^ a new tankerr contract^ contract r. ?)v"• ^'n- CS Bows T® -€ *""8® 'bipoP® nntfits as the result of^tetoexpected to l*»r MSTS from thWar OUiniS » •••re— ^ Seafarers Awarded SIU Scholarships xover the next few ln( to • Notional S|'" pity announcement. E the vessels are bel^c* I the Hudson the James Hiver ^ hhorages, with adJf^ mning fw VEAl jr will be heading for college this fall, each Helps Amputee Seafarer n,Co's fIteMnl Inspiring, eet Oi To Save SavannahU^s^®^^^^feW!fe Draw Hospita w tvs Over tpcDests To Soon i-.- * froitt"« ,ot the SIU sea Ches^ tMaCSjO Ir'^ lUnionToPuf SIU Library On All ^l^lfi? 'v... T . il � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 25, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 26 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU, OWNERS AGREE ON MORE PACT GAINS DOCK WINNER IN DOUBT AS AFL GETS BIG VOTE 1,000TH SIU MATERNITY BABY BORN UNION SERVING X-MAS DINNERS SIU WINS ACCORD ON REVISION OF SHORE LEAVE BANS SUPERVISORY BALLOT TIPS ARCO VOTE; RENEW DRIVE NON-RED SEA UNIONS TO MEET IN CAPITAL NEW SCHOLARSHIP EXAMS JAN. 9 US ENFORCING 25% LIMIT ON ALIEN SEAMEN ROTHSCHILD PLANS NEW POLICY ON SHIPBUILDING SIU MAN DRAWS 3 OF KIND BRIDGES RAID FAILS; ALEUTIAN IN LAY-UP WATERMAN ASKS REGULAR INTERCOASTAL CERTIFICATE GOVT. CLOSES SHEEPSHEAD BAY METAL TRADES ASK FOR NEW SHIP PROGRAM GEN PATTON LEANS OVER AS STORM SHIFTS CARGO COMPANY APPEAL BACKFIRES HARD OFFICERS WIN IN FLORIDA STRIKE INSURANCE CO'S UNDER FIRE SHORE LEAVE BANS MATERNITY BENEFITS BACK IN HARNESS FOR FAST ACCURATE SERVICE REAL 'PIRUTS' CAPTURED BY BRITISH NAVY STEEL INVENTOR SEAFARERS BREW CUP OF TEA WITH FISHY FLAVOR DARING SEAMAN SAVES LIVES, SHIPS, BY PUTTING OUT BLAZE KENYA GOVERNMENT PROGRESSES WITH MAU-MAU; LOOKS FOR UNITY RECALCITRANT REFRIGERATORS KEEP MEATS FROM BEING A TABLE STAPLE CHRISTMAS GIFT SHOPPING, SPACE PLANS ON CAMPBELL'S SCHEDULE BALKY AUTOS SET UP ROAD BLOCK FOR SEAFARER HARD LUCK WHALER AT SEA 3 YEARS CAPTAIN SAILED SCHOONER 17 DAYS SINGLE-HANDED SEAFARERS ANSWER BLOOD CALLS CREWMEMBERS OF FRENCH CREEK DIVIDE $9,00 SALVAGE MONEY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/25/1953 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2d11c3a6133211d46df1752e8f9f3746.PDF 43d896fdb4572434def589d7bc083e48 PDF Text Text "•••"' ' -'' " r '* SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • !::{ A r> ? I• X r i" ^: TOP MTIME BILLS FACING CONGRESS .Story On Page 3 % 9 Lost As Atlantic Tankers Crash .Story On Page 3 h •( 7 y. '•'' No More Room. % Orleans SIU hall, W. Bargone, longtime SIU member and veteran of 34 years of Seafaring relaxes com­ fortably. (Story On Page 7, Photos Page 16.) ^ Il* • Broken bow of the tanker Atlantic Dealer attests to the VOfffSfOfl W fCrffll* force with which she rammed another Atlantic tanker in the Delaware River last week. Two SIU men were among the nine men lost after they jumped over the side of the Dealer, following the lead of the chief engineer and the third mate, who survived. Coast Guard hearings on the disaster continued without any decision this week. (Story On Page 3.) -•.w/. �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Jftnuftry 8, 1954 Korea Orphans Treateil SlU-Style ftboard Ship National Labor Relations Board employees are shown as they counted the dock haUots in the Board's reyional offices, 2 Park Avenue, New York City. Outcome of election remains undecided; because of chailenged ballots and apparent irregularities. AFL'ILA Asks Labor Bd. To Void NY Dock Election J¥' • ifa:' ItV-• I I '••' In the wake of accumulated evidence of irregularities and intimidation in the National Labor,Relations Board longshore election in Greater New York, the AFL-Intemational Long­ shoremen's Association has moved that the election be set aside. The AFL claims were+ strengthened by the fact that ihg settle longshoremen's griev­ servers, including NLRB men, AFL-ILA men and ILA poils a New York State-sponsored ances on the waterfront. watchers wore the same identify­ luvestigation of the voting issued Intimidation at Polls ing button so that voters did not a report upholding the AFL Several major points were in­ know who was standing at their charges of wholesale intimidation, cluded in the AFL-ILA's argument threats, knifings and other acts cal­ calling for the voiding of the eiec- elbow when they came in to vote. culated to influence the longshore­ tion. The new union submitted Trucks backing in and out of the men to vote for the old ILA. considerable evidence that long­ polling place while the voting was As a result of the AFL's action, shoremen were intimidated right at going on, plus hundreds of men r.o further steps have been taken to the polls by the presence of known waiting in line added to the gen­ * . count the challenged ballots in the ILA strong arm men. These men eral air of confusion. "Unfair" Charges election. Approximately 4,400 chal­ were permitted to electioneer A key point in the AFL-ILA's lenged ballots held the balance as around the polling places. Long­ a margin of less than 1,500 votes shoremen were dragooned to the brief was the fact that, the Labor separated the old ILA and the new polls in buses by the old ILA and Board itself, in its haste to get told that "you know what you have an election over with, had failed AFL-ILA in the official count. to do" before they went in to vote. to act on a large number of imAffidavits Submitted Men like Danny St. John, Albert fair labor practice charges. It h^ Washington headquarters of the Ackalitis, John Applegate and Tony been standard Labor Board pro­ National Labor Relations Board is "Spanish" Calvo were much in cedure from the very start that now studying the AFL's brief and evidence, although they have been "unfair" charges are dispoised of supporting evidence, which includes denied waterfront work cards by in some manner before any elec­ photographs and dozens of affi­ the Bi-State commission. tion is held. davits from eyewitnesses and New York State's intervention In addition, ILA strong arm men individual longshoremen. The indulged in knifings and other acts came when Governor Thomas E. NLRB's own conduct of the elec­ of violence in the vicinity of the Dewey ordered an investigation of tion, as well as the behavior of the polls. At one time in Brooklyn the the elections by the State Media­ old ILA came in for severe criti­ old union gathered several hundred tion Board. The investigation, after cism from the the AFL-ILA. men outside the polling place- in­ hearing testimony, concluded that Meanwhile, the new union, tent on roughing up AFL-ILA or­ there was ample evidence of irreg-r strengthened by the big turnout in ganizers. ularities and intimidation. The re­ its favor at the pre-Christmas elec­ port has been turned over to the Vote Irregularities tion, December 23 and 24, has NLRB for its consideration: The AFL-ILA also held that the stepped up its organizing activities. Attempts of the old ILA to take Regular meetings are continuing conduct of the election was con­ vengance On AFL backers on the ill various sections of the port, and siderably faulty. For one thing, the piers have been nipped in two AFL-ILA representatives are help- Labor Board permitted 1,000 men places. Firings of AFL supporters employed by the United . Fruit have been met with prompt action Company to vote, even though the with the result that the men have company is not part of the New been put back to work in short York Shipping Association, whose order. JoHMiry 8, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. I employees were the only ones As I See It Page 4 eligible. The Labor Board also Crossword Puzzle Page 10 changed its procedure in mid­ Editorial Page 11 stream. While at first men had to Galley Gleaiungs Page 13 show a Coast Guard pass. Social Inquiring. Seafarer Page-10 Security card anti Waterfront Com­ Under the Union constitu­ In The Wake Page 10 mission Card, as the election wore tion every member attending Labor Round-Up Page 11 on the Board permitted any man a Union meeting is entitled to Letters ."Pages 19, 20 with a waterfront card to vote. nominate himself for the Meet The Seafarer Page 10 On.Temporary Cards elected posts to be filled at Personals Page 21 The result was a very large num­ the meeting—chairman, read­ Quiz Page 17 ber of men voted on temporary ing clerk and recording secre­ Ship's Minutes i.Page 21 cards without clearances. These tary. Your Union urges you SIU History Cartoon Page 9 were the men who followed the to take an active part in meet­ Sports Line. Page 18 advice of the old ILA in not reg­ ings by taking these posts of Ten Years Ago..., Page 10 istering for waterfront employ­ service. Top Qf The News.. Page 7 ment until the last minute. The And of course, all members Union Talk. Page 9 Bi-State Commission did not have have the right to take the fioor Wash. News Letters...... Page 6 time to. clear them with the re­ and express their opinions on Welfare Benefits. Pages 22, 23 sult that they voted on temporary any officer's report or issue Your Dollar's Worth..... Page 7 permits. A. number of them have under discussion. Seafarers been denied cards at subsequent are urged to hit the deck at Puhlithcd biweekly at the headquarteri •f the Seafarers Intarnetlenal Union. At- hearings. these meetings and let their lanUc A 6ulf Olstrict AFL, tTfl Fourth The conduct of the election .in shipmates know what's on Avenue, Brooklyn 3Z, HV. Tot. STerllna $•4*71. Entered a» second cfass maHer ihe Manhattan polling place was their ! mind; ; af the Post Office in Broeklyn, NV.. questioned, . AU- iStlection , ob­ under the Act of. Ausu*t.44,^1f1L < * SEAFARERS LOG Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings m 1 I'' i<' ['s Two dozen Korean orphans who have known little moife than hunger and privation in the past three years, were treated royally to a full-scale Christmas dinner and party complete with Santa Glaus, by t —. •-— the crew of the Schuyler ham steaks, candied yams, mashed Otis Bland (Waterman). Sea­ potatoes, giblet gravy, creamed farers and officers aboard the ship corn, mushroom soup and. quite a took a tarpaulin muster and then few other delectable items. As Seafarer Jimmie James put the crew threw in the ship's fund it, "the stewards department went for good measure so that there was all out, more in SIU fashion than enough for presents, candy and any other-ship in the SIU." When fruit for each of the children as it was time to feed, the crew split up and some of them sat down with well as the dinner. an on each side whiie in^ To top it off, the crew asked, the orphan saloon the skipper and officers^ and the skipper agreed, to donate also entertained several of the bags of cement for the orphanage so that a start could be made on childrem Dancing Afterwards building a decent place for the orphans, at present living in make­ After the party and dinner, shift, ramshackle dwellings. The James wrote, the children enter­ crew took the step after the dele­ tained by singing and dancing; in gates went out to the orphanage the saloon. Then it came time to and reported back that something go back, with regretful leave-ta)t> should be done to get them a place ig on all sides. to live, s The crew delegates, who did Crew Approved Move much to make the affair a success, The idea for the Christmas were: Stanley J. Barras, ship's party began when Captain H. R. delegate; John. Fedesovich, engine Anderson of the Bland was asked delegate; Robert Bosworth, deck if something could be done to en­ department; and Louis Harris, tertain a group of orphans for stewards. In addition, James said. Christmas. The skipper asked the Captain Anderson, chief engineer crew delegates to take it up with Forrest Price, chief mate John J. the men who unanimously ap­ Pucci and William Seltzer, the proved and raised money for the chief steward, all deserve com­ mendation for their efforts to make affair. An Army transportation unit it a Merry Christmas in Korea. saw to it that the orphans got down to the ship and an Army master sergeant furnished a Santa Claus suit, replete with whiskers which was promptly strapped on to the chief engineer. Decked out in his finery, Santa went out to the orphanage to escort the children back to the ship. While he was on his way, members of the crew were hard at work putting up Christmas decorations in the messhall, and WASHINGTON—Five US ship­ saloon. Some crew members who ping companies under contract to are handy with a skillet, helped out in the galley, as the stewards de­ the SIU have been Indicted by a partment had its work cut out pre­ FederM. Grand Jury on charges of paring the big dinner. conspiracy to defraud the US The dinner menu was enough to Government. The companies are make a well-fed American's mouth accused of purchasing US war water, let alone a hungry Korean. It consisted of turkey, roast beef. surplus vessels for foreign owner­ ship whlio falsely representing themselves as American-controlled corporations. Actually, the indictment charges, the companies involved are Greekcontrolled by the shipping group identified vidth the Kulukundis family, well-known large-scalo operators; of merchant vessels under the Greek and Panamanian flags. Manual E. Kulukundis, who is generally considered the head of A Federal court in Kansas City the Kulukundis shipping interests, has ordered US battery manufac­ is included In the indictment Specifically, the corporations In­ turers to stop a conspiracy that kept up the price of auto batteries. dicted are: Elam Shipping Corpora­ Seatraders Of New YOrk, The companies, members of the tion, Seatraders of Delaware, ( Veritas Association of American Battery Steamship Company, and the Mar Manufacturers, pleaded "no de­ Trade Corporation. fense" to charges that they kept Sweetwater Seized used batteries oiit of the hands of In another Government action, companies that would rebuild the US sebed the tanker Sweet­ them for resale. water. operated by the Metro Under the arrangement, the Petroleum Shipping Company, on companies compelled retailers to the grounds that it had passed Into sell used batteries only to certain alien hands Illegally. In this case scrap-metal firms. These outfits as in similar ones, it is expected would destroy the batteries and that the tanker will continue in fm sell the salvaged lead back to the operation pending a court decision companies for building new bat­ on its ownership. teries. In previous months, the Govern­ By keeping re-built batteries off ment had seized several other the market, the companies were freighters and tankers operating able to keep prices high on new under the American' flag on the ones. Companies involved included grounds that they are controlled Sears, Goodyear, B. F. Goodrich, by alien Interests. The Govern­ Firestone, Auto 'Lite and others. ment's action is part of a campaign Other companies' facing charges against false registry of warare Montgomery Ward and Wil- surplus vessels disposed of under thei Ship Sales Act. . . lard. Indict 5 Ship Go's On Charge Of Conspiracy Auto Battery Deal Halted By US Court �lannarr 8. 19B4 SEAFARERS LOG Ffge Three Fate Of USPHS Hospitals, Other Maritime Problems Facing Congress Action A '1 'VJ •'i The second session of the 83rd Congress opened in Washington, DC, this past Wednesday with a whole slew of important maritime issues to be dealt with* at the coming session. The ''open for business'* sign was hung up at a time when ¥ the maritime industry is fac-*^' ing several large question- struction; the future of maritime time industry is not so clear-cut. marks as to its future devel­ training and, of course, possible On the one hand, the administra­ amendments to the Taft-Hartley tion policy seems to be that the in­ opment. law that would affect the future of dustry should be encouraged to Among the major items maritime stand on its own feet. Consequent­ unions. that Congress will act upon in ly, there is a move afoot to bar Hospitals Economy Target the next few months are the fate future construction of ships by the On the Public Health Service Government of the US Public Health Service for private companies Hospitals, now threatened with ex­ hospitals, the issue is clear. The but rather to write legislation that tinction; the fate of the foreign administration, in the person of would encourage private companies aid shipments program and the Oveta Gulp Hobby, Secretary of to build for themselves. The Gov­ An unidentified survivor of the Atlantic Dealer is given first aid 50-50 law; our foreign trade and the Department of Health Educa­ ernment's unhappy experience with bv rescuers. Only the chief engineer and the 3rd mate lived after tariff policy; the amount of aid, if tion and Welfare, and Joseph the Mariner ships has reinforced any to be given for new ship con- Dodge, Director of the Budget, has this feeling. going overboard, followed by nine others. crossed the USPHS hospitals off Potter Proposals the list as part of a self-styled "economy" drive. The entire mari­ For example. Senator Charles time industry from end to end is Potter of Michigan, who is con­ united in its efforts to resist this sidered a staunch supporter of a proposal, and Seafarers have been strong merchant marine, has pro­ bombarding their Senators and posed that the Government guaran­ Representatives with messages urg­ tee 100 percent of loans made to ing that the hospitals be kept open. The SIU, and other maritime in­ PHILADELPHIA.—A Coast Guard investigation into the tragic collision of two Atlantic terest, have argued that closing of tankers in the Delaware River December 30 was continuing with no decision yet. Two SIU the hospitals will be a serious blow to medical care for seamen men were among the nine dead. who have to use the facilities of With Congress back in ses­ The mishap, which occurred ' the nearest port when they are sion, Seafarers are urged to a few miles south of the Dela­ though the Engineer apparently others, at least two of whom were stricken. Many ports do not have keep on writing their Senators ware Memorial Bridge in a suffered the worst effects from the first-trippers, to go over the side adequate local medical facilities and Representatives in favor soupy pre-dawn fog, came as the fire, her skipper was able to radio seconds later. to take care of their own popula­ of retaining the US Public Atlantic Dealer nosed its way up a few minutes after the crash that The good fortune of the engineer tions, let alone visiting seamen, Health Service hospitals. The "if we don't explode, we'll live." river looking for an anchorage and in coming out alive did not follow and to throw the added burden of flow of mail has been heavy rahimed into the after port side of This proved true enough, as the for any of those who jumped the several thousand USPHS patients up to now, but from now on in the Atlantic Engineer, which was Dealer suffered all the fatalities. ship right afterwards, however. on already overloaded local com­ is the time that it really already anchored waiting for the The heavy loss of life on the The only other man to jump and munity hospitals is sure to bring counts. fog to lift. Both ships, fully loaded, Dealer was, according to eyewit­ come out alive was the third mate, new pleas for Federal aid. had left Texas Christmas Day and nesses, almost wholly due to the who was seen fighting with stew­ Trained Physicians were due to go into Philadelphia. sudden rush to go over the side ard M. A. Manuel for a life-jacket In addition, the Union has point­ finance the construction of new Reports of the collision indicat­ by the chief engineer and the third just before he himself went over ed out that the Public Health Serv­ ships in an effort to get private ed a maze of confusion aboard the mate, who were later picked up the side. Manuel was one of the ice hospitals have been of invalu­ companies to build their own ves­ Dealer as both ships caught fire unharmed. Gene Lennon, AB, who nine men who died. Only five able use to the community through sels. immediately and flames reported­ was on deck alongside the chief bodies have been recovered so far. the training of thousands of physi­ However, there are strong forces ly towered five stories high. The engineer when the engineer took After the fire was put out, M. T. cians and specialists, and through pulling in the other direction. With masters of both vessels reported off his shoes and Jumped over the Sweeney, OS, related, a lifeboat their research accomplishments in foreign trade becoming increas­ the fires were put out within ten side, said that the chief's panicky from the Dealer attempted to pick a variety of medical problems in­ ingly competitive, and US ship­ ping carrying less and less of for­ minutes after they got started. Al- action undoubtedly led several up the men but cluding cancer and tuberculosis. succeeded only in The hospital fight presents the eign commerce, some sections of finding the engi­ unusual picture of the administra­ Congress feel that the maritime neer and the tion asking Congress to shut down industry, like other US industries mate. Hampered one of the Government's own fa­ needs more, not less protection. in rescue efforts cilities with many Congressmen It's pretty generally agreed that by the fog and pressing to • keep them open. The those in Congress who favor higher smoke, the five- situation is usually the other way tariffs and more protection are growing in strength. These same man boat crew around. and the two offi­ The problem of aid to the mari­ (Continued on page 16) A motion''thanking the SIU A&G District for the aid its cers were event­ WaUer members gave in the recent Aleutian beef in San Francisco ually picked up has been passed unanimously by the Sailors Union of the by a Chilean freighter. Hours later. Padific headquarters member-' Army rescue boats recovered the ship meeting. enger-cargo ship, had been trans­ bodies of five of the men. The next day, both ships came Members of the SIU who ferred from the Alaska Steamship ship out of San Francisco were ac­ Company to Hawaiian-Pacific, a into Atlantic's Philadelphia term­ tive in the beef which arose when new outfit, which signed a contract inals under their own power, and the Gommunist-dominated National with AFL unions in all three de­ sailed on New Year's Day for dryynion of Marine Cooks and Stew­ partments. Bridges' longshoremen dock in Baltimore. The Coast ards, in cooperation with Harry and the NUMC&S blockaded the Guard hearings on the disaster Bridges' longshoremen's union at­ ship in an attempt to force the opened five days ago and un­ tempted to keep AFL stewards and company to hire NUMC&S mem­ licensed crewmembers are yet to be called to give their testimony. other AFL crewmembers from bers in the stewards department. Both crews came in for high praise bearding or leaving the AFL-confor staying on the ships and suc­ tracted ship. A massed march of cessfully fighting the fire. AFL seamen to the Aleutian pier Chairman Stanley Alcott of the .brought the /end of the Bridges' Atlantic Maritime Employees Un­ blockade of the vessel. ion, which nosed out the SIU in In a letter notifying the SIU of Regular membership meet­ the action of the SUP membership, ings in SIU headquarters and, the collective bargaining election in the fleet showed little interest SUP Secretary-Treasurer Harry at all branches are held every in anything that happened during Lundeberg declared: second Wednesday' night • at ^ or after the accident, except to . "We appreciate this support in 7 PM. The schedule for tho serve as an intermediary for the our fight, and I might further state company in its rush to head off that your membership and your next few meetings is as follows! possible claims by survivors. officials in the port of San Fran­ January 13, January 27, Feb­ He reportedly, advised SIU mem­ cisco made a very good account of ruary 10. Four major figures in Republican-controlled Congress leave White ber Richard Moore, a cousin of themselves in this beef. All Seafarers registered on House after conferring with President Eisenhower. Left to right: Frank Pomeroy, another SIU mem­ "The Sailors Union is at all times Rep. Leslie Arends, (Hi.); House Speaker Joe Martin (Mass.); Rep< ber and one of those vtdto died, to ready to back up your organization the shipping list are required tell Pomeroy's mother tO' accept Leo Alien (Hi,), Rules Committee chairman: Rep. Daniel Reed' in any beef that you may have." to.' attend the meetings. (NY): chairman. House Ways and Means Committee.^ " • The Aleutian, a combined pass­ . .i- .fCoutinued bh page 16) Atlantic Tankers Collide; Two SIU Men Among Dead Keep Those Letters Coming SUP Membership Thanks SIU For Aiding in Aleutian Beef Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks • Vie I �'9i^ Tour SEAFARERS January S, 1954 LOG Heavyweijght Contender Visits Port O' Gail As I See It • • • I•?••;. Clarence Henry, center, heavyweight contender, dines at the SIU Port O' Call with his manager, whUe Ed Mooney, left, manager of the nightclub, asks him about the fight game. Henry won his last test against Bob Baker. Maritime UnionsTa Meet/an,18 Problems raised by the New York dock clean-up and the probable policy of the Gov­ ernment regarding the maritime industry in the current session of Congress are expected to keynote the first full-scale' strategy meeting of all non-Communist sea unions scheduled for January 18, in Washington, censed unions, delegates from the tion's seagoing unions. DC. The proposal, first unveiled last A full SIU-A&G delegation various officers' unions have also October, was hailed at the time by Is due to attend the sessions along been invited to attend. The meeting developed out of a SIU Seeretarj'-Treasurer Paul Hall with spokesmen for all of the coun­ suggestion by SUP Secretary-Treas­ as "a timely suggestion in the best try's non-Communist unions, em­ bracing AFL and CIO unlicensed urer Harry Lundeberg, who is also Interests of all seamen," and one and licensed personnel. Following president of the SIU of North which could pave the way for the unanimous acceptance of the America, that the time was ripe for united action on a variety of mu­ idea by spokesmen for the unli­ such a get-together between the na- tual problems affecting the indus­ try as whole. Hospital Issue Interest at the meeting will un­ doubtedly center on the economy drive in some Government quarters -which hits at all segments of the industry such as the move to shut down all US Public Health Service hospitals and the fate of the pro­ posed build-up of the US mer­ One of the Union's "bigger" Mitchell was bom on the Texas chant fleet. The fact that the lone coast in the City of Galveston, 25 men. Seafarer Allan Burke, chaired new Government shipbuilding pro­ the last member­ years ago. He jollied the Union in gram, involving 35 Mariner-type ship meeting in that port on October 24, 1947. freighters, has hit the skids and the port of Nor­ Moore comes from "way down that five of these have already gone folk. Bimke, who East," Massachusetts to be exact. into lay-up after being out only a sails in the en­ He's 26 and signed up with the year or less, will also draw special gine department, SIU in the port of Boston on April consideration during the discus­ is an old timer 27, 1946. He sails in the deck sions. in the SIU, join­ department, while Mitchell's with Other subjects likely to be on ing the Union the black gang. the agenda include the growing back in Novem­ ^ ^ J, shift of US investments to foreignber, 1939, in the Burke flag shipping, the campaign against Another SIU oldtimer, Fred port of Jacksonthe 50-50 law by foreign shipping England, took on the job of re­ According to the ville, Fla. lobbies and a variety of other prob­ -^Union's records, he tips the scale cording secretary at the Seattle lems dealing with maritime legisla­ at a mere 300, give or take a few membership session. England took tion past and present. Possible as­ out his Union book on December pounds. sistance in the AFL pier clean-up 5, 1938, in the port of New York, Burke is a native of Virginia, by other sea unions in the Port of which is pretty ' coming from the town of Grafton New York may also result from the close to being in that state. He will celebrate sessions. one of the his 54th birthday this coming Unions expected to send repre­ Union^s charter March. sentatives to the meetings include, members. A na­ 4" 4» 4 besides the SIU, the Sailors Union A Seafarer who is well known tive of Missouri, he has followed of the Pacific, Marine Firemen, on the coastwise Waterman run, Oilers and Watertenders, Marine Felipe Reyes, was elected to chair so many other Cooks and Stewards-AFL, National the last Mobile port meeting. Seafarers, and Maritime Union (CIO), Brother­ Reyes, who sails as steward, has others as well, by settling down on hood of Marine Engineers, Masters, England been with the SIU since May, 1945, the West Coast Mates and Pilots, Marine Engi­ joining in the port of Mobile. He is a native of the Philippine in the port of Seattle. He sails neers Beneficial Association (CIO), Radio Officers Union (AFL) and Islands, but now makes his home in the engine department. American Radio Association (CIO). it iSi> it with his wife Shirley and family in Prichard, Alabama. When not Seafarer John Thompson, who busy with his steward's duties, chaired the Wilmington meeting, Fill That Berth Reyes is quite, a hand at making has been around the country too. banners and other decorations out He started out from Utah, where . If a crewmember quits while of ornamental square knots. he was born 44 years ago,, joined a ship is in port, delegates the Union in New York three years t t are asked to contact the hall Down in the Gulf, in Lake ago and now makes his home in immediately for a replace­ Charles, Louisiana, a couple of Los Angeles. He paired with Her­ ment. Fast action on their part Texas residents conducted matters bert Braurtstein, a native New will keep all jobs aboard ship at the meeting there as chairman Ydrker who has gone west and filled ft all times and elimi­ and recording secretary. They settled in South Alameda, Califor­ nate the chance of the ship were John Mitchell of Houstoh and nia'. Braunsteiii, who will be 31 sailing shorthanded. * Tom Moore of Port Arthur. this month, joined the SIU in 1943. imm YOUR UNION WAS PLEASED TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE headquarters membership of the Sailors Union of the Pacific had gone on record thanking our brothers out on the West Coast for the help given in the recent Aleutian beef. In reporting the action of the Sailors' membership. President Lundeberg of the SIU of North America wrote as follows: "We appreciate this support in our fight and I might further state that your membership and yoiir officials in the port of San Francisco made a very good account of themselves in this beef." Brother Lundeberg added that, "The Sailors Union is at all times ready to back up your organization in any beef that you may have." Many Seafarers can remember the various occasions in which the Sailors and Seafarers worked together on various waterfront beefs, among them the one back in 1946 against Harry Bridges and his Communist pals. At that time your Union, in conjunction with the SUP, took positive action against Bridges when it appeared that the Communist Party waterfront section was threaten­ ing to take over the entire waterfront. One of the keys to the success of your Union, and of other affiliates of the SIU of North America, is the fact that each District has been left free to op­ erate in an autonomous manner on its own prob­ lems. Yet whenever any one District had a big beef on its hands, the others are always quick to pitch in when needed. Your Union certainly looks forward to working closely with the SUP, the MFOW and other SIU of NA affiliates on all matters that affect the well-being of seamen and allied waterfront workers. 4i 4) ^ IT'S QUITE A FEW YE.UtS SINCE A GERMAN U-BOAT SHELLFD the Robin Moor to the bottom after forcing the crew and passengers to take to Ufeboats. It was back in 1941 that this SlU-manned ship became the first US victim of U-boat warfare in the Atlantic, Those brothers who were aroui(& then will remember that the Robin Moor sinking caused quite a sensation at that time. A good deal of indignation was expressed in maritime circles, in the Government and by the public, about the action of the German undersea raider. Cer­ tainly, the sinking of the Robin Moor was responsible for steps being taken to protect our merchant shipping. Crewmen Forgotten However, in all the hue and cry over the sinking, the men who manned that ship and who drifted helplessly in the ocean for 13 to 19 days, were forgotten. While the Government took some action later on to compensate the victims of U-boats and planes, the men of the Robin Moor were somehow overlooked in all the , subsequent legislation. Now quite a few of the survivors, including Seafarers and ex-Sea­ farers, have gotten together to see if they can persuade Congress to do something about it. They have been trying for some time now to get consideration out of Congress for the hardships they suffered as a result of the sinking, without success. This year, though, they are hopeful of favorable ac­ tion on the issue, and are pressing hard fdr such action. It's been 12 years now since the Robin Moor went down. Favorable action on this score by Congress would certainly appear to be long overdue justice-to the crew of the Robin Moor. 4i t 3) THE UNION'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES IN THE VARIOUS SIU halls around the country turned out to be quite successful, judg­ ing from all reports. Large numbers of the brothers .turned up at the halls and a great many of them brought their wives, children and friends with them, making it a real family affair. Your Union also served as host to quite a few of the brothers from ether SIU affiliates who happened to be in the vicinity at the time and joined with the Seafarers in celebrating the holidays in appro­ priate style. A« in the past, they reported they were pleased with the idea of having someplace to go on the Christmas holiday where they could enjoy a good meal in the company of other Seafaring meii, many of whom they have shipped with at one time or another. • When your Union started running these holiday affairs, it was with the idea in.mind that many Seafarers who might be ashore during the holiday season would he far from home and family and would welcome art opportunity to have a Christ­ mas dinner in the company of their-shipmates. How­ ever, these affairs have grown to Include all Sea­ farers, many of whom prefer to bring their families with them down to the hall and make a real party out of it along with other Union brothers. The fact that they do so pi'oves that it is a worthwhile effort. $ t $ THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS PARTY OF ANother kind aboard the Schuyler Otis Bland out in Korea on Christmas Day. According to reports, all the brothers on the ship really pitched in to give a group of Korean orphans the kind of holiday that they were badly in need of. Many Crews Chip lii Many of the brothers who have been out in that unfortunate , coun­ try hayd" written your "Union about the jconcUtiohs under which the people are living there, and it Is a common thing for headquarters to receive news from the ships that the erew has dug in to contribute money for the hundreds of thousands of Korean children who were orphaned during the tlu'ee years of fighting.The brothers on the Bland contributed generously of their money and energy to make the Christmas holiday something to be remem­ bered by the orphans involved. Certainly; congratulations are- in order for their action. �mn Janumrj 19S4 SEATARERS Page Fire LOG Hat Congress Fight Seen On Labor Law Changes WASHINGTON.—Although the Eisenhow er Administration will not unveil its full 1954 labor program until this Monday, when a spe cial message from the President on labor legis­ lation is expected to reach Congress, unions around the country are expecting a hot Con­ gressional battle on TaftHartley Act revisions ar e.stablished, court-approved prin­ by one or warning them that the ciples which had protected or­ company will move if a union other new measures. K-: - : • v: '-' • •.! '. I?- •: : }i > Survivors of the torpedoed freighter Robin Moor, the first Ameri­ can ship to go down in World War II, are shown above aboard the rescue ship Ozorio as they were rescued after more than-18 days in a lifeboat. They are, left to right, Donald Schablein, William Cary, John Banigan, Philip Eccles, Richard Carlisle, Hugh Murphy, Peter Buss, Ho)lie Rice and Earl Nilson. The President's "State of the Union" message to Congress yes­ terday did not detail any specific labor proposals in advance of the special message Monday, but a bitter, behind-the-scenes fight was already shaping up a week earlier when the National Association of Manufacturers started piugging for Congress to put more teeth in the controversial labor act, or else let it remain as is. A still greater problem for the labor «movement loomed from the actions of Eisenhower appointees to the National Relation Board who, in the absence so far of Con­ gressional action to amend the Taft-Hartley Law, were amending the law themselves, without .the formality of authorization from Congress. Recently the Board upset long- Robiu 3foor Victims Seek ITS Aid With Congress reconvening this week, ten Seafarers, survivors of the first US ship sunk by a U-boat in World War II, are spearheading a renewed drive to win recognition of their 12-year-old claims for compensation. The men, all founding mem--*^ bers of "The Robin Moor As­ Basing its hopes on reports from Rep. B. W. Gearhart of California in sociation," an , organization Washington that new war claims 1946. The bill never got anywhere, comprising most of the former SIU crew of the ill-fated Robin Moor (Seas Shippiijg), which was un­ ceremoniously sent to the bottom by a submarine on May 21, 1941, banded together in 1950 after get­ ting nowhere individually. Although there was no loss of life due to the sinking, the inci­ dent, which occurred six months before the US actually entered the war, helped spur the Government to a policy of arming merchant ships when many similar disasters followed in its wake. The ship was unarmed and supposedly in "safe" waters when she met up with the U-boat about 700 miles from land enroute to Capetown from New Yotk. All 38 crewmembei's and eight passengers got off in lifeboats, one of wbich drifted for 19 days until it was picked up. YOU and the SIU CONSTITUriON legislation may be forthcoming in the current session of Congress, the Association is seeking official recognition of tlie fact that the Robin Moor survivors have never been included in any of the meas­ ures granting compensation to submarine victims and others. Prior to forming of the Associa­ tion, the men were each embarked on their own campaign of writ­ ing to Congress men and other Government of­ ficials in the hopes of arousing support for their claims. The clos­ est they have yet come to success Boyce was in the form of a bill introduced in the House by 5 •:;• tot),-iWilti;-, Tteg; however, as Gearhart was defeated for reelection that year and nobody took up the fight in his place. Now, other legislators are showing interest in the matter and may re­ vive the isue. One of the Robin Moor survivors, none of whom have been sailing for some time, is Seafarer Daniel "Blackie" Boyce, an Association trustee, who is now recovering from a recent operation in the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which a piece of his lung had to be removed. In a letter to the LOG three months ago, Boyce credited the volunteer services of seven blood donors from the SIU hall in San Francisco with saving his life. Several others among the sur­ vivors have been hospitalized off and on in the past dozen years as a result of their experience and the ordeal of 13-19 days adrift in the South Atlantic on meager rations and in open boats. Women, Children Aboard As related by bosun William Carey and others who described the events upon their return to the US, those on the ship were first given just 20 minutes to leave the ship, but after a plea that there were women and children among the, eight passengers carried, this was extended to 30 minutes. After all aboard had gotten into the four lifeboats, the U-boat fired 33 shots from her deck gun. The ship went down in 18 minutes. The boats then moved off in the general direction of Brazil and, after five days, one of them took off on its own in the hope of ef­ fecting a speedy rescue for all con­ cerned, It wound up drifting for 19 days until it was picked up by the Brazilian freighter Ozorio and the 11 survivors landed at Pernambuco (Recife), Brazil, A few days later, it was revealed from Capetown that the remaining survivors, after drifting 13 days, had been rescued by a British freighter and landed safely there. Eventually, all the survivors were repatriated safely back to the US, where their accounts of the sinking received wide pubiicity. However, they point out, that was the, only recognition 'they ever got. ganized labor when employers comes in, and several rulings which pulled captive-audience, anti-union uphold firings of workers who re­ speeches on them in the plant dur­ fuse to cross-picket-lines. ing working hours. Until Decem­ Earlier, Mr. Eisenhower pledged ber 17, when the NLRB threw the to leaders of both the AFL and the old rule out the window, unions ClO that his proposals regarding had been entitled to similar time the Taft-Hartley Law will be on company property to get their keyed to making the act "absolute­ message across to the employees. ly fair" to workers, employers and The precedent-shattering de­ the public. Tacitly admitting that cision came on an appeal by the the law really wasn't as "impar­ CIO Amalgamated Clothing Work­ tial" as it was cracked up to Jbe, ers against the Livingston Shirt I Secretary of Labor James P. Corp. of Livingston, Tenn., which Mitchell went a step further. had before two elections in 1952 Why Durkin Quit refused to grant the union similar Mitchell supplemented the Pres­ opportunity, after the company ident's assurances to labor leaders president had deiivered captivewith a pledge that the Administra­ audience speeches against the tion's labor program would seek to union. Instead, the Board now bans such speeches only for 24 hours kill off T-H provisions that are before a representation election, "really dangerous to labor, really and even then even if the rule is loaded, really unfair." But despite the Administration's violated by the employer it is not apparent willingness to recognize an unfair labor practice. some faults in the labor law, the Other rulings by the new Admin­ history of its performance last istration's NLRB panel which have year indicated otherwise. had the affect of making the T-H i There was still Act even harsher the matter of the of than before in­ resignation Secretary volved a decision including the rel-1 M i t c h e 1 1 ' s in. atives of an em­ predecessor, ployer in a bar­ September, 1953, gaining unit, even when former to allowing the Secretary Martin husband of a cor­ P. Durkin quit Durkin poration v i c e - the Cabinet ac­ Mitchell president to vote in a representa­ cusing the White tion election; another legalizing House of backing down on a once-forbidden tactics as caliing specific list of 19 amendments employees into the boss' office one (Continued on page 16) Five Of Mariner Ships Headed For Boneyard The failure of the Government to complete the sale of any number of Mariner ships has led to five being ordered into lay-up. Each of the $10 million vessels currently operating under the Military Sea Transportation Service will be Company. A large number of new withdrawn within the next Marine," are scheduled to be two months and placed in Govern­ ment-owned boneyard fleets around the country. Meanwhile, three more Mariners which are operating for MSTS are being bareboat-chartered to Pacific Far East line for temporary use on their Far Eastern runs until the three Mariners they have bought from the Government come out of the shipyards. Pacific Far East i the only company to purchase Mariner ships thus far, with 32 others remaining to be disposed of. One other company. States Marine Lines, has indicated an in­ terest in the Mariners, but only if the Government grants its re­ quest for an operating subsidy on several trade routes. Mariners laying up will be the Lone Star Mariner at Olympia, Washington: the Old Dominion Mariner and Tar Heel Mariner on the Hudson River; the Buckeye Mariner and Keystone Mariner at Suisun Bay, California. Just one of these, the Keystone, is operated by an SlU-contracted company. The loss of the Keystone Mari­ ner is offset by the fact that the newly-launched Pelican Mariner will be assigned to another SIU operator, ^le Bloomfield Steamship launched in the coming months. Just a few weeks ago :n the De­ cember 1. 1953, issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG, the future of the Mariner ship program was ques­ tioned in a feature article repre­ senting a round-up of shipping men's opinions. At that time, the operatoi-s raised several objections to the Mariners, such as their size, expense of operation, greater draft, cargo hold arrangements and last but not least, their high initial cost. The Government's asking price of $4,500,000, while well below actual cost, is considered too high by most operators. The fact that five of the Mariners are now going into laj -up indicates that the Government has given up hope for the time being, of selling any of the ships. Mari­ time Administrator Louis Roths­ child had previously statsd the Government's intention t« lay up the Mariners if tiiey could not be sold. MSTS lay-up of the Mariners also is part of an announced Gov­ ernment policy to retire Govern­ ment-owned ships from service, whenever possible, and make use of privately-owned tonnage lor MSTS cargo movemen,t,s. . , '.•A I •-^^1 �gage Six , ^ SEAFARERS JamoMn t, 195i LOG - !.l SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON Seatrain Passes 2Sth Year The last session of the 83rd Congress convened at the Capitol on January 6—a session that will be filled with many explosive issues and uncertainties. It should prove to be a short session because of election year—therefore chances of any constructive maritime legislation are practically nil. The big issues will be taxes, foreign aid, defense meas­ ures, Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska, the St. Lawrence Seaway, TaftHartley law amendments, extension of unemployment insurance, and other major proposals, each filled with dynamite. Many, members of Congress, friendly to the American merchant ma­ rine, are ready to drop legislation in the hopper. But these maritime proposals are not expected to get beyond the hearing stage. Certainly they will not reach the White House this j'ear for final Pi*esidential blessing. t 4. t 4.. t> • % 4' 4" 4" 4> 4i 4. 4> 4« '" 4; 4" 4^ t Merchant seamen who feel that they are entitled to a decoration or award as a result of heroic action beyond the call of duty during the last war should .apply therefor immediately. The Government has decided to revoke all of its orders authorizing award of such medals. These orders related to issuance of seamen's service decorations and awards; computation of seiwice for certificates of substantially continuous service; ship plaques and crew citations; certificates of eligibility for Philippine defense ribbons. The above orders were issued under statutes and Executive Orders The old SS Seatrain (now Seatrain New Orleans) shonn loading at Belle Chasse,' Louisiana, for her which have been repealed or which no longer have any force so far as maiden voyage on January 12, 1929. She ran to Havana, Cuba. accrual of rights thereunder are concerned. In order that there may Twenty-five years ago, on January 12, 1929, the SS Seatrain (now the Seatrain New be a uniform cut-off date on issuance of these awards and certificates, the Government will allow seamen the right to file applications for Orleans) took on its first load of railroad cars at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, for a maiden awards only up through next June 30. voyage to Havana. It was the start of a uniquely successful vived and prospered in the ' competition, the Seatrains coastwise trade where conven­ railroad have been able to find plenty of tional Shipping companies cargo. Obviously, the operation I uv I' fe: m fV.- i: »• i• 11 it have foundered. Today Seatrain operates six freight car carriers on coastwise runs between Texas, Georgia and New York, with terminals in Texas City, Savannah, Edgewater, New Jersey, and the original terminal in Louisiana equipped for Seatrain type operations. One of the first shipping companies to come under contract to the SIU, Seatrain is known as a choice run for Sea­ farers with its jobs eagerly snapped off the board. Built in England The- idea for the Seatrain opera­ tion originated as a kind of carferry service between the US and Havana, Cuba. The company was founded in 1928 by Graham Brush and Joseph Hodgson; both former­ ly connected with the Ward Line. They couldn't raise enough cash here, so the first Seatrain was built in England. Today, as the Seatrain New Orleans it is in idle status because service to Havana is not now being maintained and the ship is unsuited for coastwise operations. The success of the first Seatrain as a freight car carrier led the company to enter coastwise service with additional ships. The Seatrains New York and Havana were com­ pleted in 1932, the Texas and New Jersey in 1940 and the newest ships, the Georgia and Louisiana, in 1951. The older ships carry 95 fully-loaded freight cars while the new ones can carry 100 cars. The idea of picking fully-loaded freight cars off shoreside trackage and depositing them on a tracked deck which makes the ships look like a modified flat-top has been a successful venture from the start. Particularly in the postwar period, when coastwise service withered •on the vine in the face of low-cost Quitting Ship? lYotify Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact tho hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make their work'tougher for your shipmates/' greatly simplifies loading and un­ loading, and avoids handling of uneconomical, less-than - carload packages. Battle With Railroads The toughest competition Sea­ train has faced through the years has been the legal fight of railroad interests against its operations. It has been a running battle with the railroads objecting violently to Seatrains' carriage of railroad freight cars on its ships. Right now the fight is centered on Seatrain's newest service to Savannah, which began in 1951. During the war the Seatrains played a vital role in shipment of military supplies overseas because their unique construction enabled operation which has since sur­ them to carry large numbers of tanks, heavy artillery vehicles, trucks, locomotives, aircraft and the like. Particularly noteworthy was the histoi-ic trip of the Sea­ train Texas to Suez in the summer of 1942, Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps was just 60 miles from Alex­ andria at the time and the whole Suez Canal area was threatened. An emergency load of 180 Sher­ man tanks was taken aboard the Texas and she was ordered to rush to Egypt without convoy, round­ about Cape Horn. The ship was met at dockside by English tank drivers and the Sherman's were driven right off to the battle line. Shortly afterwards these Sherman tanks aided in the rout of Rommel at El Alemain, saving Egypt and the Suez for the Allies. StI COMMIHEES TI I L.. •1 I I I I AT WORK A galleyman who caused con­ order that the meals could be pre­ siderable trouble aboard a ship pared. Failed To Report ^ running intercoastal because It was agreed by the skipper, the he was continu­ crew and the boarding patrolman ally fouling up that the mah' should pay off by whenever the mutual consent, which he did. His ship hit port ran book was picked up and he was into the inevita­ told to report to the Union office ble in the port of which he failed to do. Wilmington re­ Subsequently hie was properly cently, when he notified that he was on charges. A was brought up rank and file Shaw on charges be­ committee con­ fore a Wilmington trial committee. sisting of T. J. The result was that the accused Shaw, A. M. Lesseaman was fined and suspended t^, H. D. Braunfor two months after having paid stein, R. J. Moyoff his ship by mutual consent of lan, D. Barry and all parties concerned. J. Ward was According to the testimony pre­ elected to hear sented by witnesses, the trouble the case. The started while the ship was still in man in question Braunsteln the Gulf and hitting Gulf pdrts. failed to show up The accused seaman, witnesses for his trial, which had to be car­ said, would become neglectful of ried on in his absence. After hear­ his work when he was in sight of ing all the evidence, the commit­ land. When the ship tied up at tee found him iguilty as charged Wilmington after the transit and recommended a fine and two through the canal, he got badly months' suspension. gassed up and made a nuisance of In addition, in examining the himself to all concerned, including man's book it was found that he the boarding patrolman. In addi­ was in arrears in dues for two tion, he refused to turn to in port quarters, although he had paid off on the orders of the steward, with after a trip of more than a ihonth. the result that other men in the He was put on/hotice to bring his department had to,,take oh double hook up to date beford, shipping i, jyork of cleaning'tip thfe |:iklle)^ in •again;'•/; The White House is studying the possibility of making grants of food from our surplus stocks to Latin American countries. If this course is ordered, it will prove a substantial boon to those American berth, lihes, and tramps, serving Latin America. If these food grants are made, the White House may require the recipient nations, as in the case of European EGA nations, to set aside counterpart funds for use in expanding their domestic production. The ending of the year 1953 found the Amerlean merchant marine carrying far less than the national objective—50 percent of our for­ eign commerce. As a matter of fact, the US fleet, at the turn of the year, was carrying only about 28 percent of shipments to and from this country. Lucrative cargoes have been allowed to drift to foreign flag ships only because the American merchant marine continues to be treated as a step-child of Government planning. t 4i The only major maritime law initiated and passed last year by the Eisenhower Administration was the act to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, under which the US Government agreed to guarantee up to 90 percent of loans obtained by shipowners from pri­ vate industry for the construction or reconstruction of vessels. Ever since, the Administration has emphasized its desire to "wean" the maritime industi'y away from Government support, and has continual­ ly boasted in triumph at the passage of its private financing bill for ship construction. However, it is now clear that this bill simply won't work. One of the drawbacks is that it contains a proviso that the insurance author­ ized by the law may not be issued unless the Commerce Department finds that the interest rate of the. loan to be insured is "substantially less" than the going rate. An effort will be made soon to amend this law, to modify the in­ terest rate provision, and to require the Government to insure, not 90 percent but ICQ percent of the loan. . Tour reporter has learned from Congressional sources .'hat certain foreign nations have on their drafting boards plans for the coni^ruction of ships especially designed to capture the ore trade on the US Great Lakes. The plan of these foreign countries is to push forward particularly when, and if, the St. Lawrence'Seaway Project is com­ pleted. In order to thwart these plans, legislation will be introduced soon in the US Senate to restrict the operation of foreign-flag ships on the Great Lakes, so that US-Canadian trade on the Lakes will be handled only by ships of this country and Canada. - Although 1954 may not equal 1953 as a record boom, the outlook is fairly bright for a good level of jobs and business activity and for an abundance of newer and better produets at attractive prices. The gross national product for 1953, measuring the market value of all goods and services produced, totaled $367 billion—^the highest on record. This was the response of business management, labor, farm­ ers, and investors to the unprecedented demands stemming from our high standard of living, from the external threat to the Nation's se­ curity and from our responsibilities abroad. The new year 1954 found US shipyards in a deplorable condition. The temporary resurgence of activity, began in 1948 as a result of the tanker shortage and the Goverpment-financed Mariner program of 35 fast cargo vessels, is now at an end. Over nine months have passed without a single contract having been, p^ced in an American ship­ yard for any new ocean-going vessel. 4' it 4" ' Although Congress repeatedly had made it clear that it favors a 50/50 shipping policy in connection with goods shipped under pro­ grams financed by this Government,. foreign nations, aided by some in this country, continue to. clamor for an elimination of this policy. In order to combat this, force, legislation will be introduced soon to provide permanently that US-flag sliips will carry at least 50 per­ cent of all foreign aid cargoes. • «. I ^ 1 n r :>k' �January 9, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Sevra Top of the News IKE RECALLS TWO US DIVISIONS—In a completely unexpected move, the Administration and the Pentagon announced that two Amer­ ican Army divisions will be pulled out of Korea. This announcement came as a surprise, inasmuch as this represents about a fourth of American strength on the Korean peninsula. American troops were jubilant over the announcement, each division hoping it would be one of the lucky pair. The South Korean government, on the other hand, was bitter over the announcement. Reactions throughout the world differed. Several American Congressmen were sharply critical of the announcement, on the ground that this sort of thing had precipitated the Korean action in the first place. t 4> i ARiWY NIXES TERRY'S COSTUME—Actress Terry Moore took her now-famous ermine-Bikini bathing suit to Korea in vain. The Army turned thumbs down on the cos­ tume, after Terry had worn it only once, on the-grounds that it was "too revealing." The ruling brought whoops of protests from the troops in Korea, whose com­ plaint was that the suit was not revealing enough. The Army had previously forbidden showings of the movie "The Moon Is Blue." One gallant soldier, during Terry's one night stand m the ermineBikini, thoughtfully offered the actress his coat. 4. 1. t IKE ASKS DEMOCRATS' HELP —Heeding the advice of some of his closest advisors. President Eisenhower has called leading con­ gressional . Democrats to a parlay to discuss his 1954 legislative pro­ gram. Presidential advisors figure that the president will need as Actress Terry Moore shows much help as he can' get from nothing more than her teeth Democrats, as right-wing Demo­ after Army clamped down. crats, as right-wing Republicans are primed to scuttle the Elsenhower foreign policy. There is con­ siderable difference of opinion in the Democratic camp on whether they shouid give the President support. •U A comer of the Savannah hall is filled with happy party-goers at the Georgia port's Christmas Day dinner. The scene was repeated in SIU ports from coast to coast. Ports Dispense Holiday Cheer Seafarers ashore for the holiday season made it a Merry Christmas for their families, friends and themselves as they took part in the traditional SIU Christmas Party in large numbers in the various ports. While some Seafarers pre-' the Union ^ invitation by turning fry, wives and girl-friends added ferred to spend the day at out for the dinner in the halls. a lively note to the cheerful after­ home, the majority answered The presence of numerous small noon. Seamen's Laundry Service Set Up By Indian Seafarers calling at the port of Bombay, India, are being urged to take advantage of a co-operative laundry service sponsored by the Maritime Union of India to end the vic­ timizing of native and foreign | and to avoid the danger of loss of t 4. t seamen by local traders. clothing. WEST, RUSSIANS TO MEET IN BERLIN—The first serious move The co-op service, operated to settle East-West difficulties is scheduled for January 25 in the for­ mer German capital city. Foreign ministers from all four major na­ tions, US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union—will meet there to take up major international problems such as control over the atom and unification of Germany. Western diplomats were not too confi­ dent that the conference would prove fruitful, but are willing to give it a try. t i RED-LED TROOPS SPLIT INDO-CHINA—In what appears to be their most serious threat in the seven years of war in Indo-China, Communist-led troops of Ho Chi Minh's rebel government attacked French and Vietnamese troops, 'put them to rout, and cut the penin­ sula in haif. The victorious Viet Minh forces were poised to sweep across Laos and attack Thailand. This was perhaps tlie last straw to the French, among whom the war is bitterly unpopular. Members of the French Assembly, representing most French parties, called for a truce. Some French politicians demanded additional United States fi­ nancial aid and American troops as their price for continuing the fight. There is no indication of what position the administration will take in regard to these developments. as the Merchant Navy Co-Operative Stores Ltd., was formed in 1950 in answer to beefs from men aboard Indian merchant ships .that they were being milked for work done by private laundry outfits. Since then, Indian seamen have been making full use of the co-op laundry, which claims lower prices and better service than is offered by any of the local traders. Both J. D. Randeri, president, and C. S. Raje, secretary, of the co-op urge SIU men to utilize the union-sponsored laundry as a means of cutting down on the heavy charges paid for this work Collect and Deliver They point out that representa­ tives of the co-op visit ships to collect and then deliver the fin­ ished .product. ".\s ex-seafarers ourselves, we are in a position to undei-stand the hardships which can be caused to SIU members by unscrupulous traders," they added. In addition to the laundry depart­ ment, the Merchant Navy CoOperative Stores boasts a tailoring department and a photographic department as well. Seafarers who are interested in using the service can contact the organization at the Seamen's Canteen Building (oppo­ site the Red Gate), at Fort St., in Bombay. The telephone is 25532. YOUR DOLLAR SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beating 19S4's High Costs tr." .. fi« Living costs this year are turning out to be just as 'rough as in 1953. Seafarers with families especially need to plan just how they can cope with these steep prices to protect their living standard. We nominate as two of the best teqjiniQU^s for beating high expenses this year, the art of being selective in what you buy, and timing your buying for the best buying op­ portunity. The way things are shaping tip this year, we can ex­ pect higher rents (on the average), and food costs at least as high as now and possibly higher. On the other hand, prices are coming down a little on clothing, furniture and , rugs, some household equipment, some building materials, and auto operating needs. Food Biggest Problem Besides the creeping inflation in rent, food is currently the most dominant problem for a moderate-income family. I'jfowadays food takes approximately oneithird the income of a typical wage-earning fainily. Some families spend as ' much as 40 per cent of their income. This is where the art of selective buying can be a real lifesaver to you this year. There are conflicting trends in food prices at this time. Some edibles are cheaper while some are unusually costly. This is no time to stand on personal prejudices and special tastes. Wholesale food prices have been going up each week for the past six w6eks ah^ soon you niay see, even higher priqes at the . food markets than now. ' Specifically, avoid buying pork and pork products at present prices. Pork is usually considered the poor man's meat. But this year the supply is low and pork is a lux­ ury product. Beef will continue to be comparatively rea­ sonably priced this year and much the better buy, with the lower grades especially offering good value. Use bacon only very moderately this year. At 80-85 cents a pound it costs 13 per cent more than last year and will be even mox'e expensive later in the year. In many modei-ateincome families, spending for bacon is the biggest item in the family meat bill. However, bacon isn't even con­ sidered a meat. Nutritional experts consider it a fat. Cheese and eggs will be more reasonable this year, and should be used abundantly and in place of meat where possible to give your family high-quality protein at lit­ tle cost. Timing Your Buying Clothing and some household equipment prices came down last year and will be even a little lower this year. Here the money-saving technique is to time your buying to take advantage of the best buying opportunities. You can do this with the help of the sales calendar printed below. Each year stores have clearances and sales in the same month. For example, January—this month—is one of the best buying months. You can find reduced prices on shoes, coats and suits, sheets and towels and many other goods. If you know your heeds in advance and wait; for these buying opportunities you can save an estimated 20 per cent on the regular prices. On shoes, for example, you can count on finding reduced prices every. January and July on all the well-known brands and standard styles. If you time your shoe buying for these sales, you The New York headquarters cafeteria sei-ved as the focal point for holiday merrymaking with over 400 meals being served to ap­ preciative diners. Other ports, such as Baltimore and New Or­ leans, had sizeable turnouts, with guests being served in hiring halls converted into banquet rooms for the occasion. Smaller Ports Too Smaller ports also had their parties which made up in intimacy what they lacked in numbers. Aside from Seafarers, parties in all ports entertained members of affiliated unions who uere ashore in the vicinity at the time. Mem­ bers of the SUP. the Canadian District and other SIU affiliates took part in the festivities and the holiday merry-making. All parties featured a full course turkey dinner and refreshments, carrying on an SIU practice that has been in existence for several years. Seafarers in the various ports, such as New Orleans, turned to in the galley to prepare and serve the holiday fare SlU-style to their families and shipmates. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margoiius, Leading Expert on Buying will save 15-20 percent on standard prices. This is not always possible with children's shoes, since they can't delay their foot growth to take advantage of the sales. Or you might.buy new tires in August and find that the same store or service station has cut prices in its an­ nual Labor Day sale, as they always do. Similarly with clothing. You can buy a coat in Decem­ ber and walk past the same store a few weeks later in January and find the price, has been reduced 20 per cent in the annual winter clothing clearance. Here is a list of annual sales which you can clip out to help you time your buying in this year of high living costs: Item Sales Month Women's coats January, August Dresses January, April, June, No­ vember Men's Suits, Coats January, April, August Men's Shirts. Furnishings January, July January, July Women's Hosiery Boys' Clothing January, April, December Children's Wear December-Januarj% July-Au­ gust February, August Furniture White Sales (Linens, Januaiy, May Towels) Floor Coverings January, August Housewares January% September January, July Household Appliances May-June . , Television Sets January Blankets Tires, Auto Accessories May, Septeatber-' �FaceEiclit Photo shows non-existent "bus stop" outside SIU headquarters. Cars parked there risk tickets for traffic violations. Await Wayward Bus At SIU Headquarters It could only happen in Brooklyn, they say, but right out­ side the SIU headquarters is a bus stop sign—where no bus ever stops. And to top it off, hard­ the parking lot, have been victim­ hearted Brooklyn traffic pa­ ized accordingly. trol cops have been tagging All available evidence indicates parked cars standing in the "bus stop." It's been reported that some Seafarers who parked out in the street, not bothering to jockey into • Keep Draft Board Posted SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the posi cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. that there are no buses on 20th Street, next to the headquarters, but one neighborhood resident defled the facts and Insisted he once saw a bus passing by. However, a check with the authorities con­ firmed that the 20th Street bus never was and probably never will be. The nearest bus line is one block away on 19th Street. Official Invite These facts are small comfort to those who have parked in the area and come down to find that friend­ ly little tan card hooked pn to their wind-shield wiper—an offi­ cial Invitation to visit the Brook­ lyn Traffic Court and take a look around on the guided tour, for $4 and up. In any case. Seafarers would be advised to make sure to get Into the parking lot with their cars. You never can tell, maybe that bus will show up there some day. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD TlJe Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefit. Vacation Benefits Total ZC WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tuiv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19S2 * Total ¥jlSSj!S\aa .22W m oo i L * Date Benefits Beann WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Estimated Accounts Receivable Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS s AU'I /if BO. J3SL MM m ICOMMENTSt IDuring the year 1953, the Union's Welfare Plan has paid to Imembers or their beneficiaries a total of 8489 benefits as I compared to 8801 for 1952* All benefits increased vith the exception of the hospital benefits vdiich decreased by 689* IA bxreakdovn of the various benefits in compaidson are as 1 follows J Deaths I60 during 1953 as compared to 127 for 1952. iHospital benefits 7415 for 1953 as compared to 8104 for the year 1952. Maternity benefits started April 1, 1952 with 230 Ibenefits being paid In 1952 as compared to 681 for the idiole ly 1, 1952 ••••••••••• A1 Ken, Assistant Administrator •.. and, remember this • • • All thesse are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part—• Collecting SIU bene-^^ fits is e^, whether it's &r hospital, birth, dissbifity or di^ath^You get first-rate personal service iimbediateljf, thrbbgli your IJhtbn'g representatives. •Mii • -. •JT.' •\JI �M :-:' <-imaMeT *. MM SEAPAREHS Pare Nine LOG T*- She's Got A 'Rich Uncie^ UNION TALK Issue Report On Wetbacks By KEITH TERPE The unexpected disaster which overtook two At­ lantic tankers last week with a loss of nine lives on one ship has left its mark on many people, in addition to the surviving famiiies of the crewmen whose lives were lost. The events again served to sharpen our recogni­ tion of the fact that we are members of a dangerous profession, forever prone to accidents of all types. As seamen, we can only be thankful for the fact that our Union is geared to step in and help fill the void left by the loss of a breadwinner, because its concern with our welfare does not end at the final payoif. There is an object lesson in this for Atlantic seamen, those who voted with us in the bargaining election concluded last month and the ma­ jority which turned us down in . favor of the company. The Atlantic Bcfining Company and the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union has reacted typically in the face of this disaster. Two Officers Jumped Ship The company, for its part, has shown concern so far only in trying to minimize the effects caused by the panicky flight of two responsible ship's officers, the chief engineer and the third mate, to abandon the ship. By some twist of fate, they were the sole survivors of an 11-man exodus over the side of the Atlantic Dealer led by themselves. The consensus of opinion, among crewmembers on the vessel and others informed of the sequence of events, is that had they not decided to go over the side, the nine others who followed them might still be alive today. Considering the fact that two of the men were first-trippers at sea, it is not difficult to assume that they all reckoned instantly that if the chief engineer was quitting the ship, it must indeed be doomed. There was no loss of life on the ship itself, despite the fires. All nine met death after leaving the .ship. None of this is pretty business, of course, and Atlantic is well aware of it. At Coast Guard hearings on the accident this week, the company seemed inclined to whitewash the whole affair. No report has been issued yet, so we don't know if the hearing board thought differently. But the company's instant concern was the fact that there would un­ doubtedly be suits and claims by the survivors. Split Allegiance It even brought the chairman of the company union, the AMEU, Into the act. Because of his peculiar split allegiance—he's a "union" official at one and the same time as he is a paid company leaderman in the Philadelphia Anchorage—he was put to work as a sort of claims agent. Thus, AMEU chairman Alcott confided to one tankerman, a cousin of one of the men lost, that he should advise the man's mother to accept whatever the company would offer as "it was a good com­ pany and would treat her right." He, in his Jekyll and Hyde role, wasn't acting as any kind of a "union" official here. He was a company employee, a supervisor at that, and he was just "passing the word" along as any front-office flunky would in course of his job. Where this incident took place is unimportant; the fact that it did is the rotten part of it. We don't take any pride in reporting this; things like this have hap­ pened before and yet we were licked in the election in spite of them. Yet, Atlantic men are waking up to the facts, realizing perhaps for the first time that this is the sort of representation that is selling them down the river. Seamen, or any group of workers, can't hope to get a fair shake in any bout with their employer when their "union representatives" are so closely tied to the company that they run around trying to settle claims against the company even before they're made, and do so with the apparent blessing of the company itself. Idea Doesn't Pay Off The paternalistic idea that "the company will treat us right" has proven to be costly to everyone but the ones who peddle it. In the end, contracts do not turn out to be quite as good as their advance ballyhoo and conditions stay pretty much unchanged. Maybe it sounds trite, but perhaps the example set on this occasion and the loss of these nine lives may shake up the tankermen, and help them realize the haro facts of life. AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Federation of Labor has pub­ lished a book called, "What Price Wetbacks," showing the tremen­ dous increase in disease and other social costs as the result of under­ paid, illegal farm workers in Texas. The book is based on an investi­ gation of the wetback problem. It reports that the illegal immigrants from Mexico receive 25 to 30 cents an hour and are housed in ram­ shackle camps with open privies. The result is that in the lower Rio Grande valley.,, the tubercu­ losis rate is 2V2 times that in the rest of the state, while the dysen­ tery rate is three times as high. Other diseases also increased. Little Justine McCarthy seems quite pleased about the fact that Seafarer Frank Shaudl has just collected his vacation pay. Jus­ tine's mother and Frank's sister, Mrs. Joan McCarthy, stands by. AlbionT arget Of E gypfion Shells The SlU-manned Albion, plowing its way peacefully through the Red Sea recently with a load of wheat for the Kingdom of Jordan, became the center of an international incident when trigger-happy Egyptian gunners fired nine cannon shells across the ship's 4 bow. As a result, the Government they are technically still at war) ernment cargo under the Famine of Jordan is considerably the gunners on Sinai Peninsula put Relief Act. Consequently, those peeved at its fellow Arab League slate of Egypt. The Jordanians are concerned because they think ship­ owners will be discouraged from making use of the port of Aquaba which they have spent a consider­ able amount of cash to develop. Since a sizeable amount of for­ eign dough, plus some United Na­ tions officials, are involved in the incident, the peaceful old Albion stirred up a hornet's nest when she placidly steamed into the Gulf ot Aquaba at the head of the Red Sea. Rival Ports For those not familiar with the geography of the area, the Gulf of Aquaba is a long narrow finger of water separating the Sinai Penin­ sula (Egyptian territory) on the West from Saudi Arabia on the East. At the head of the Gulf both Jordan and the neighboring state of Israel have a tiny piece of coast­ line and both countries are fever­ ishly developing ports there. Aquaba in Jordan and Elath in Is­ rael. Apparently, when the Egyptian authorities saw the Albion enter­ ing the Gulf, they assumed that she was headed for Elath. Since the Egyptians are out to stop ships from going to Israel (with whom Cartoon History Of The SIU The Communist plan of waterfront control, having been set back in the NMU, was turned over to the Canadian Seamens Union leadership. This outfit had once been part of the SIU of North America but ita charter was lifted in 1944 on proof that it fol­ lowed Communist policy. I - J), a shot across the Albion's bow. According to the account of the ship's captain, the channel at that point was too narrow for the Al­ bion to turn around in. Accord­ ingly, he had to bring the ship to a dead jstop and then back out a bit before he could turn around. While this was going on the ship ran out a large American flag and started sending blinker signals ashore. The only response was that eight more shells were fired. How­ ever, thanks to the Egyptian gun­ ners' inaccuracy, none of them hit tlie ship. Gel Clearance Pending new developments, the Albion got out of the Gulf and dropped anchor. The next morn­ ing it got clearance after messages went back and forth between Jor­ dan, Egypt and a few other places. The ship entered the Gulf and de­ livered its cargo without further incident. Jordanian officials were particu­ larly annoyed because Aquaba is the country's only outlet to the sea. The Jordanians are anxious to prove that shipments direct to Aquaba are more economical than overland deliveries via Lebanon. Another complicating factor was that the ship was carrying US Gov­ nine shots at the Albion ai-e expect­ ed to keep the diplomats of several nations busy for some time to come. Don't Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers have again been warned not to send their bag­ gage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can send it to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping charges. Canada Goes SiV Early in 1949, CSU leaders called a phony strike after misrepresenting terms of a wage award and bar­ ring a strike vote. The CSIFa own representative on the conciliation board had approved the award. Many non-Communist Canadian seamen were tricked into striking. ... Xo. 34 The SIU Canadian District had been chartered after the ouster of CSU and made good progress, defeating CSU on the Great Lakes in 1948. Volunteer organi­ zers carried Uie message to deep sea crews and now non-Communist CSU members asked the Canadian pistt-ict to helpj^entout. •wHI ^1 �SEAFARERS Pace Ten IN THE WAKE The packets were the liners of the sailing ship days, which carried passengers, mail and express freight on a regular schedule. First packet service across the Atlantic was the liistorie Black Ball Line, which got started 136 years ago when the Amity sailed from NY to Liverpool and a similar ship set out from Liverpool for NY. The line's nickname came from the dis­ tinctive black disc carried upon a fore-topsail and the house flag. Its promoters pledged regular sailings "full or not full" and regardless of weather, opening a new era in maritime history. k' V^r-. with the human form in the "figureheads" of European ships, but the art reached its peak in the US around 1800. January 8> 1954 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER PATRICK J. MULHOLLAND, OS Learning about the SIU drive in Sailing for slightly over two years now, brand-new Seafarer Pat Atlantic and the fact that the com­ Question: Would you like to sail Mulholland has reached what he pany was still hiring, Mulholland 4" 4" l" as a ship's officer some day? considers the peak of his seagoing then went to Philadelphia, where The Black Beach, at Torre del career and on the eve of his twen­ he found his time with Tidewater • Greco, just outside of Naples, Italy, Newton Paine, AB: No, I do not tieth birthday to boot. Aboard the made it easy to get in. Thus, Mul­ boasts jet black sand which actu­ officer you are Del Aires (Mississippi) on his way holland went into the Anchorage, ally is pulverized lava erupted in think so. As a ship's not your own boss. to the Far East, Mulholland the company hiring pool, and 1794 by Mount Vesuvius, the only You are subject shipped out of the New York hall eventually would up on the Atlantic active volcano on the European to the company's a few days after he was fired out 'Voyager. mainland, located near the eastern Conditions Not Much Better ' whim^ and regu of the Atlantic tanker fleet be­ shore of the Bay of Naples. The lations. You can' cause his SIU sympathies got un­ "Conditions were slightly better frequent eruptions, of which the get off when you der the skin of the company. than in Tidewater, but they were first occurred in the year 79 (AD), A native Brooklynite, the lanky still nothing to write home about," want to, and if have proven a mixed blessing to you take off you six-footer first began sailing about he declared. "I'd heard about the the area. Lava has made the land do so at your own two years ago on the Great Lakes SIU though, and I figured here extremely fertile, although it has risk. If you are when he and a friend rode up there was my chance to get hooked up kiiled thousands and buried many hired back it is to have a whirl at it and wound up with a real Union that could do 4" 4i i" The Chinese junk is usually cities in its wake. often at a lower rating. That's no putting in a full season on tugs a job for guys in Atlantic like my­ called the largest type of boat and that hauled oil barges between the self." Soon after, he began sup­ 4. 4i 4. life for me. is sometimes even classified as a various Lake ports. Then, when porting the SIU openly, encourag­ One of America's most famous 4i^ t ship. It and the sampan (a sort clipper ships, the Flying Cloud was Norman Mabie, electrician: No the ice locked up the shipping ing others to follow suit. of skiff that usually has a mat- hailed in 1851 for a record pas­ Pulled off the Voyager to go • for several very good reasons. My season there, he heard about job covered ca"bin with living quarters) sage between New York and San openings at Tidewater Oil and back into the Anchorage again, primary reason is share the trade in all the river Francisco in 89 days. Over one came down to Bayonne, NJ, to Mulholland was put to work loidand coastal waters of the Far East. four-day stretch, she averaged bet­ that I don't like try his luck. ing stores on tankers that came in A dragon boat is a special, highly ter than 131^ knots, considerably to nor want to Wasn't So Lucky After All stand watches. and out of there. A few days later, ornamental sampan used for cere­ faster than today's Liberty ships, He made a berth, it turned out, after he and k gang of men had Also, I don't in­ monial purposes. which only made between ten and tend to go to sea but after a few weeks of sailing just finished loading three ships in $ 4. 11 knots in their best days. The all my life. How­ for Tidewater he figured he hadn't one day, he got a tap on the Two more New York newspaper fact that the Flying Cloud made ever, that's jiist been so lucky after all. The antics shoulder and wound up on the unions have reached settlements the voyage in less than three the way I feel of the Tidewater Tankermen's As­ Exporter, one of the ships he had with the publishers on the same months was a cause for much re­ now, and if I sociation were more than a guy just helped finish loading. basis as photoengravers who wiere joicing on the West Coast, as it should change could take unless he was one of "Then and there I figured there on strike recently. Mailers Local made the San Franciscans fee} a my mind, I would want to be an the boys "on the inside." Feeding must be a better way of doing ti and Paper Handlers Local I, both lot closer to their old homes in the officer. was pretty poor in the fleet and things and really began realizing AFL, accepted a $3.75 weekly wage East. Isbrandtsen Lines has per­ iif if 4that's one thing nobody likes to the truth of what SIU organizers increase plus any further gains petuated the name in a modernJoseph Kriz, OS: It. would be have to contend with. In addition, in the fleet had been saying all that may be awarded by a three- day Flying Cloud, a C-2. nice to be a ship's officer, but I Mulholland pointed out, his job along," he pointed out. man fact-finding board. t 4. 4 , think I am too rested on pretty thin ice. Shifted From Ship To Ship 4. 4. 4 In 1900 only two percent of the old to start now, When the company discovered it Following the Exporter, UlulholA person holding an important merchant marine consisted of If I had wanted didn't have an immediate spot for land put in a stint on the Trans­ to be a mate one of the favorite sons there , who position but possessing little power tankers. Today, better than one porter and then was shifted to the when I started had just gotten a license as a third is usually referred to as a "figure­ out of every three US merchant W. C. Yeager, his last Atlantic sailing at 42 it mate, and the mate showed he was head." The allusion is to a carved vessels is a tanker and, according would have been so in love with Tidewater that he ship. His firing, which came before figure which was usually found on to industry figures, it costs less to fine. I think I am signed on as an ordinary, Mulhol­ the election was over when the the bow of sailing ships. It too transport two gallons of gasoline past that age land found he was "bumped" and company began trying to run ac­ was out in front but served no use­ from the Gulf to the Atlantic sea­ now and since I that the mate was taking his place tive SIU men out of the fleet in ful purpose.. The practice of hav­ board than to send a 2c. postcard am 51 I feel it is in the deck gang. The "union" set­ wholesale lots, left him high and . The Cities Service tanker ing carved decorations on the bows of ships dates back to ancient Logan's Fort got its name from the out of the question. If I were up paralleled what he found in dry—but only for a moment. "I had my SIU book and that times, when the galleys carried famous Kentucky defense post younger, I'd try it. Atlantic later on, however. made all the difference," he em­ beaks on the bow with which to founded by Benjamin Logan in ^ i 4^ He got nowhere when he beefed phasized. "Three days later. I ram enemy vessels. These beaks 1775 near the town of Stanford. .;William Benson, wiper: Yes, I to a "delegate" about getting threw in for a job on the Del Aires were often topped by "figure­ On May 20,1777, Logan's Fort was certainly do want to be an officer, bounced oft the ship; the delegate and made it, and I knew I was on heads" i-epresenting national em­ the scene of an Indian attack dur­ either on deck or just listened and laughed. "He my way to enjoy the best there is blems, and as time passed by large ing which Logan, by his courage in the engine de­ worked at the Tidewater refinery," in the maritime industry, SIUheads of the Roman gods cast in and surprising athletic ability be­ partment. I can't Mulholland noted. "He couldn't be style shipping and top-notch SIU bronze. Eventually, in the 14th came the mainstay in his fort's de­ see staying as a bothered with seamen's problems." conditions." century, dragons and lions vied fense. wiper in the en­ gine department without trying to advance myself. In improving my­ self I intend to us forces took the heights at oi war in Japan . . . The SIU ACROSS• DOWN 20. Part of a 33. About 3 miles, go from unli­ at sea church La Falconconara, Italy, after a hailed the production of a new 1. — Sack 1. Baltic or 34. Cologne: Ger­ China 3. Self 21. Wild pig censed to licensed personnel. 1 fierce two-mile advance in the face life raft, which included special man Things to 3. Part of this 22. River in want to advance. 36. Christmas of extremely heavy enemy resis­ equipment for. aiding injured men avoid district France songs tance . . . The Nazi garrison on as well as signalling facilities, and Riverbaiik: 4. Farms build­ 8. Poles 23. Main topic 37. t t 4^ ings 25. Things to cut Scot. the Island of Santorin (Thira) sur­ equipment for heating food. 12. Agent: Abbr. Dan Donovan, oiler: I don't with 38. Edge of deck 5. Adjoin 13. He had en rendered to Allied troops . , . The 26. Shipline 39. Hotels think so. I don't sail often enough e. Edge t> it . Irish Rose owner 40: Where bricks • 7. Meetings US Marines and US Army troops to want to be­ SIU served notice .that it. was con­ 14. Cleveland's 27. Average are baked 8. Enjoy lake 28. Oar of Sicily's 43. Dodgers' come even a third tinuing its fight to prevent the landed on the islands of Makin 9. Spoken sights' "Preacher" 15. Windless spots 10. Prank inate. I only sail WSA from barring bldtimers from and Tarawa. Marines landing on 30. Industrial re- 44. Exist in ocean 11. Prophet gion in Europe 45: Went ahead ; Things f {ibout oHCe d jreHP $ailing, through the use of fspecial "Tarawa were met with extreniely 16. to be 17- Load paid (Puzsle Answer . on Page 211 I: and; I definitely "physical . examinations for! sea­ fierce opposition from strongly 18. Mother's sister. I dp not intend to men" •. . . Fighting ^continued . at entrenehed defenders on the 19. SIU member ! 2 't!l. Dice i; make it a Cai-eer.; ijvvatbiy, iii southeastern KWantung beaphes: Later, losses at Tarawa ;3. Bits of info 1 I have other, Prbvidehch, dhina', is US planes were announced as 1,026 killed and 12 24. Worthless plans which will sunk a Japanese destroyer and 2,557 wounded. A'. ...akin, losses scraps 15 keep me shore- freighter ... The Chinese high were announced at ?5 killed and 23. Noted waterr fall in Snake side, otherwise it command announced that it had 121 wounded. River might be a very good idea. It's a routed two Japanese divisions of 4i> 4i 4' .*9. Cuckoo 30,000 men in a three-day battle better life. ; O. View Soviet troops advanced across near Changteh. i 4^ t ..1. Galley utensil the 1939 Polish frontier . . . Allied • 2. Gets back Wayne Agle, AB: I wouldn't 4" 4* 4' planes, estimated at 2,700, dropped ;i4. Composer of necessarily want to be a mate, President Roosevelt, British 3,000 tons of bombs on northern "Show Boat" from chief down :: , Prime Minister Churchill and So­ France and Germany, including .iS. Comfort to third. That viet. Premier Stalin, jointly an­ Berlin and Kiel. The Allies lost i;6. Opera by way I would be BeUini nounced that in a conference at only 29 planes . . . Southern Cali­ 37. Prickly bushes subjected to all Teheran, Iran, they had "shaped fornia beat Washington 29-0 in the 40. Peninsula near the company regand confirmed out common pelicy" Rose Bowl, Louisiana State took Leningrad. u 1 a t i 0 n s and for the destruction of the Nazi Texas A&M 19-14 in the Orange 41. Sounded a bell wouldn't be a free fOTces and for a peace "which Bowl, and Georgia Tech edged out 42. Man from the Far Bast man. I want to will banish the scourge and terror Tulsa 20-18 in the Sugar Bowl on 46. Jap tribesman be able to get off of war for many generations" . . . New Year's Day . . , The NMU an­ 47,. Wad of bills and take a vaca­ The diplomatic exchange ship nounced its new contract demands. <>8.. Lake cargo . tion when I feel Gripsholm arrived in New York They showed that conditions of the -9. Other like it. Also, I don't want to spend with 1,222 Americans and 217 Ca. 0.' Jap coins CIO union were miles behind what tL^ Communist eight hours a day on the bridge. 'nadians who had been prisoners the SIU" already had. . • rC' -liiii/.r•; F i TEH �'SSM january t, 1»S4 SEAF ARERS LOG SEAFARERS^LOG Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth AvenuCj^ Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LEHER PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVI. No. 1 jMirary t. 1954 Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER, AL MiVSKiN, NOEL RAHMENIEX; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, DYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. The Coining Congress Every session of Congress is important as far as maritime is concerned because Government policies always have a bearing on the well-being of the merchant marine. But the current session of Congress promises to be an extremely important one. Coming to a head all at once are the future of the Public Health Service hospitals, the fate of the foreign aid program, the problem of the Mariner ships, the continuing decline of US-flag participation in this country's foreign commerce, and the whole question of US trade policies involving such matters as tariffs and quotas which affect the flow of com­ merce to and from our shores. In addition. Congress will take up proposals dealing with the Taft-Hartley law, in the course of which action may be taken that could affect maritime hiring halls. The SIU's position on matters of this kind is well-known. The Union has always fought vigorously to maintain arid irriprove the Public Health Service hospitals. And the Union has always, regarded the maritime hiring hall as the corner­ stone of its existence. The SIU will fight any infringement on the hiring hall with all the strength at its command. As far as shipping legislation is concerned, the SIU believes that the US needs and deserves a strong merchant marine and an ever-growing foreign trade. On an issue ot this kind, both the Union and the shipowner ride the same ship to­ gether. 4. 4. i- Pace Eleven Indefinite Lay-Up WEEK Steel Traveler Claims Top Chow To the Editor: The Steel Traveler is now on the last lap of what will turn out to be a four-and-a-half-month trip. We are due back in New York just a day or so before Christmas, and you can bet your vacation money we shall sure be pleased to see that pld Manhattan skyline. We are now here in Port Said, Egypt, and I am writing on behalf . of the entire crew to bring out this point; In sev­ eral of the'LOGs that have reached us, we notice that many crews get to boasting about their chow and their steward depaifments. Well, Shrimpton we here on the Traveler want to get into the act, and we will back our bellyrobber and his gang for good cash against all comers. For this entire voyage we have lived on the fat of the land, and we want that fact to go on record. SIU Ships^Top this! Our steward is Aussie (Evange­ line) Shrimpton, and as proof of our boast let me mention our The peculiar experience of the SlU-manned Albion in the Thanksgiving Day dinner. If there Gulf-of Aquaba recently, when it was shelled by Egyptian is another SIU ship that served shore batteries, ought to give pause to those who insist there's each man with a quart of ice cold on Thanksgiving Day, then no military danger to . merchant ships these days. In the light beer you will have to prove it. of what happened, the incident assumes a cpmic opera touch, The only chow beef we have had but we are sure it wasn't funny at the time it was going on. all this trip comes from .the second In that pairt of the world, as well, as elsewhere, rival na­ mate who, incidentally,; is a right tions have their fingers on the trigger. To judge from the good Joe. He complains bitterly it has taken..him eight years, Albion incident, it .doesn't take much to get those trigger- that to get out of the foc'^sle so that he fingers moving either. could get a good feed in the saloon, In the current world situation ships are valuable power only to find that all the choice pawns that can tip the balance one way or another. As such chow on this clipper is right back Seafarers are always in a potential front line when they in the crew messhall. Aussie knows about this letter, visit one of the; world's trouble spots, and he wants me to say that he it, couldn't have done half, the things that he has for us without the co­ operation of a first-class .galley gang. This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG carries the full text Only Poker Is Poor , of the SIU constitution, plus an explanation of all the articles Our chief cook is Ling Shin and it contains. It is being reprinted as per the decisions of the we call him Ting-a-Ling, the Chi­ port agents' confererice of last summer, as approved by the nese Wonder. He chases us out of niembership. At, that time, the agents recommended that it the galley with a fneat cleaver, but be reprinted at six-month intervals so that Seafarers could his fresh fried shrimp with pun­ sauce is right out of this have the fullest opportunity to acquaint themselves with gent world. We also want to pass a vote its provisions. of thanks to Johnnie Green, our Accordingly, the constitution was printed in July, and is messman. He is always on the ball being reprinted nOw in this issue. In the period of 15 months and if he could only play p'oker as that this, new constitution has been in effect if has proved its well as he waits on'table he would wohh as a solidly-based document for a. democratic Union. be the richest guy on the ship. However, you can't have evfery4> 4. ^ ^thing, and as matters hiow stand, John may have to make another trip to break even. He is So used to hearing all hands bawling, "Gimme This bdng the ^5th anniversary of Seatrain Lines, the a full house, John" that it has af­ Union takes the opportunity to congratulate the company fected his poker playing. on the success of its unusual shipping venture. The ingenuity If any of you shore-bound sailors of the Seatrain operations has won a good deal of merited are looking for a home-away-frompraise from the industry, in that it has enabled the company home you h^ better wait for this to go, on the board—she to prosper in the coastwise trade, a trade that has all but hooker, ain't. jnuch oh overtime, fellows, vanished under the pressure of competition from railroads. but she sure Is a feeder.. Generally speaking, the SIU has enjoyed harmonious rela­ Speaking of feeding, our chief tions with the company for many years. And on those occa­ feeder, Shrimpton, is well known sions with where issues have arisen between the Union and in the SIU for his writing as well the company, matters have been settled amicably across the as for his culinary mastery. Not long sgo, he wrote a story for the conference table. LOG about a seaman-lover. It was We're sure Seafarers will join in wishing Seatrain Lines a well-received- by the boys in the hfij^y birthday apd many more years of prosperous (^^a- foc'sle; CurtlrThempwn tion. The Albion Incident ConstUation Reprint Seatrain's Birthday ... --HiHi- LABOR ROUND-UP Private sanitation drivers in New York city won a $7 package in­ crease which included $5 in cash and $2 in contributions to pension and welfare. The 1,500 drivers in­ volved, members of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, reamed to work after a 15-day walkout. In the course of the strike. New York City Sanitation workers were put to work picking up the industrial refuse, but the strike came to a quick end when an­ other Teamster's local in the Sani­ tation Department voted to end all overtime work during which they had been collecting the industrial garbage and refuse. operations in three states. The 2,000 members of the AFL Motor. Coach Employees Union accepted an eight cent raise retroactive to last May 1, plus four cents addi­ tional on May 1, 1954 and 1955. 4- 4" 4" The Mayor of Norwalk, Conn., has appealed for a settlement of the strike of United Hatters Union members against the Hat Corpora­ tion of America.. The strike has been on for three months now with no settlement in sight. Union members went out on the picketlines after the corporation took steps to move its operations to Tennessee. The Union is seeking 4> 4^ ^ job security guarantees for its A Christmas turkey was included niembership. in a strike settlement at the Food 4 .4 4 Machinery and Chemical Corpora­ tion of Carteret, New Jersey. The A six-week old gas strike of 260 members of the AFL Chemical 1,800 maintenance workers at the Workers Union, who were involved New Jersey Public Service Gas in the six-week tie-up, also won an Company came to an ^end with an eight-cents-an-hour increase - as agreement to submit all issues to well as a pension plan. The com­ arbitration. Members of Local pany announced that it ^-ould con­ 274, Public Utility Workers, AFL, tinue its prartice of handing out approved the settlement by a nine turkeys, strike or no, but the strike to one majority. It's expected that ended before Christmas anyway. the ai'bitration award will provide a five percent increase at the mini­ i 4. t mum. Canadian gold miners, members 4 4 4 of the CIO Steelworkers, were de­ An emergency fact finding board nied jobless benefits by the Canadi­ an government even though both has been set up under the terms of the company and the union agreed the Railway Labor Act to head off that the men had been laid off be­ a possible strike of more than a cause of business losses. The mine million railroad employees in the operate^; by the Paymaster Mining 15 non-operating railroad unions, Company, had been laying off men including clerks; track workers, for weeks before it closed down shop .workers and others. The apcompletely. However, the Govern­ poiritment of the board by Presi­ ment decreed that the 350 men dent Eisenhower has the effect of were not entitled to compensation freezing present conditions for 60 days. Meanwhile, the railroads because of a "lockout." have settled with the Brotherhood 4" 4 4of Railroad Trainmen, one of the Three locals of the Communist- operating unions for a five-cent dominated Mine, Mill and Smelter hourly increase and an improved Workers Union, which was ex­ vacation plan. pelled from the CIO in 1950, have 4 4 4 taken steps to join the CIO SteelUnionized insurance agentsi in workers Union. The locals have a membership of 7,000 and are lo­ both the. AFL and CIO have met cated in Butte and Anaconda, Mon­ to plan Joint;, lotion against the tana. The CIO has appealed to giant insurance companies. Rep­ other loScals in Mine, Mill and resentation of the AFL insurance Smelter to come back to the CIO. Agents International Union and the CIO Insurance Worker* of 4 4 4 America have set up a program of Pennsylvania Greyhound bus mutual support in negotiations, us drivers have voted to accept a well as separate organizing activity' three-year contract averting a so as not to conflict with each strike that would- have halted bus other. �January 9i 1951 Janaary t, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG AFL-ILA COMES INTO Pace Tbiriceu OWN A Labor Board representative checks a longshoreman's credentials as other men wait. Midway in the election the Board changed requirements with the result that many men voted on a temporary Waterfront Commission card. Two of old ILA's lieutenants confer under watchful eye of an AFL-ILA supporter. Presence of many strong-arm men was cited as reason for voiding the vote. ' I lit -yy' .i;;:. •• The nation's press, keenly interested in the outcome, was out in force. Here a battery of cameramen gets set to fire away at longshoremen in the New York City polling place on Hudson Street in downtown Manhattan. 4 Ss^V ;r i' Polling place in New York was busy spot with longshoremen filing in and out of voting booths all day lopg. Confusion was (Considerable in the course of the voting. Is' iSK: - When 7,500 New York area longshore workers trooped to the polls just before Christ­ mas and cast their votes for the AFL-ILA, they started a chain reaction which is still not end­ ed. The struggle on the docks has not yet been decided but all indications are that the long­ shoremen, through their votes, have set the course for an AFL-ILA victory. ifc^: An NLRB agent busy with paper­ work in the course of the election. Prior to the election, the smart money and the experts had it that the AFL-ILA was doomed to q crushing defeat. The new union, they figured, simply hadn't had the time to break through the wall of fear surrounding the dock workers. And during the election when the old ILA used its usual tactics of intimidation, it appeared that the experts' predictions would be fulfilled. t -S It was quite a surprise, and no doubt a shock to the old ILA, when 7,500 longshoremen had the courage to defy them and vote their convictions. The election clearly established that the AFL-ILA was a force to be reckoned with on the docks. Since then, the tide has definitely turned toward the AFL. Longshoremen, who had held back from having anything to do with the new union,-are supporting it in increasing numbers. And at the present time, the NLRB is carefully considering on AFL move to set aside the elec­ tion based on ample evidence of intimidation and other irregularities in the voting. i U<- . < r-;-.*?-. . ... fuA ' • -/ ; • ? > i i A grim-faced Tony ; Anastasia tawa^.glowers- at. the,..--, ' V- f. :; i ^ cameramen as he gives .the le .victory"-signal tO-.',;,y ;:;r the polls ..y.-y , . ...y, - '.V; •;;i-r-. -y . • V-'' When it was all over, Labor Board employees counted the results at NLRB offices. • NLRB Regional Director Charles Douds reads off the results show­ ing a heavy pro-AFL vote. • �Suaurr 9> liM SEAFARERS LOG * Piure Fttwiecii PORT IlEPORTS.... Baltimore: i»-... i: i;:; i • '.: 1' W.' vi'j. : i f '0< B- I" |}#^ i Kn i- . ;1 -: «V I" fr • Show Me Mariner To Grow Up Noxl Weok Shipping In the Port of Balti­ made the usual routine check of New Orleans: the hospital and as of this date they have given the usual $25.00 Christmas Gift to approximately 30 of our men which was greatly re­ ceived by them and all hands seem Business and shipping is good to be in fine spirits. Of course, as you Iwothers know, a card or a line down here in the Crescent City. of any kind is always appreciated The outlook for the coming two and if you Icnow any of these weeks of the New Year is good brothers, take time out and drop and the Sugar Bowl fans from them a card or a line as they have West Virginia and Georgia are plenty of leisure lime on their whooping it up. To start with, we must wish each and every mem­ hands. Men in the marine hospital this ber a very prosperous New Year week are: Harry Thrash, Henry T. and with the cooperation of the Miller. Gus Sanchez. George Melt- membership in the coming year as zer. Earl T. Erickson, Roy M. it has been in the past, 1954 Havves, Jack Morrison, Julianus should be another good year for Blanco. Clyde Leggett. Robert L. the SIU which should continue to Lambert, Melvin Mason, Francisco be tops in maritime. Mayor, Cloise Coats, Jessie A. The crew of the Afoundria Clarke, Leslie Aaron, Samuel C. (Waterman) got an extended, stay Hudgins, Michael Pugaszewski, Jeff in New Orleans Davis and Walter H. Sibley. and were able to We had the usual Christmas Din­ spend Christmas ner here as we have had in the here when it past several years and we must looked like they have put out 600 or more dinners. were headed for I am certain the membership and the high seas on their friends were very well Christmas Eve. pleased as it brought a lot of the The ship sailed families together and made for bet­ about 4 PM on ter relationships for all concerned. December 24 and Sylvera I am taking this opportunity to was headed for wish all a very happy and pro."- the Far East when she tried to perous New Year and hoping that pass the Colombian freighter '54 brings more. Ciudad de Bogota which also was Earl Sheppard proceeding downstream. From the Baltimore Port Agent crew's report, the Colombian freighter angled in on the Afoun­ t> t> dria causing her to drop anchor Tampa: and go full astern.' During this maneuver the bow struck the Todd Johnson's dry dock, causing and estimated damage of $150,000 to the dry dock and an estimated Shipping was pretty good for the damage of $20;000 to the ship. The past two weeks and it looks like it crew was able to be here six days will be fair for the coming period longer and is now on its way to as there has been quite a turnover the Far East. on the coastwise ships. Last Voyage Ships in transit were the Edith We are sorry to report on the of Bull; Waterman's Antinous, last voyage of one of our Brother Chickasaw • and Iberville; Pan members, Abdon "Al" Sylvera, who Ocean's George Lawson and South- passed away here in New Orleans em's Southern Cities. after an extended illness. Burial Brother Kelly discussed the At­ took place 'here in New Orleans lantic Drive thoroughly. He told with the following brothers acting the membership how, in the future, as pall bearers: Jim Corlis, Louis we could help in the drive, urging Wetzell, Ed Shiedler, Flnas Strick­ all members to seek employment land, Dick Anderson and Theodore with this company if possible. He James. Al was well known here in gave the membership an up-to-date New Orleans as he made it his report on the longshore beef, im­ home port and shipped regularly pressing upon the membership the from here for many years. Prior importance of the outcome of this to his death one of his last wishes situation to the well-being of all. was that he be burled with his This may not be the busiest port SIU pin on his lapel. Al was a in the world, but we sure do have good shipmate and well liked. plenty of fine weather down this The Christmas bonus provided way. Nothing beats Florida when to our hospitalized members by the it comes to winter. Ask any tourist Welfare Plan was met with unani­ who comes down here for the-sun­ mous appreciation and acclaim. shine. Oldtimer Sani Cope summed it up Ray White with this expression, "Any one who Tampa Port' Agent blasts this Union just isn't a man." more is a little better now than it has been in the past several weeks but only due to the fact that we had several ships paying off that had been out on long trips. We don't think that this is an indica­ tion that shipping will continue this way. V.'e e.xpect it to slow up in the next couple of weeks as many of our ships are being put on the idle status, but we are still sure that the bookmen will not have any trouble shipping, partic­ ularly the rated men. We are crewing up the "Show Me Mariner" the first of next week which will relieve some of the pressure on the port, and probably one of the Robin ships which is in the shipyard here. Outside of that, it will just be the usual coastwise inter-coastal and Ore Line ships that we can depend on at the pres­ ent tinie. The following ships paid off in the port in the past two weeks: Elizabeth, twice; Edith, Ines, Rosario, and Evelyn (Bull); Fairport and Mobilian (Waterman); B^ thore. Mar ore, Vehore, Cubore, Feltore, Santore, B a 11 0 r e and Steelore (Ore); Steel Artisan, and Anniston Davis City (Isthmian); Beth-Coaster and Massmar (Calmar); Bents Fort and Council Grove (Cities Service); Santa Venetia (Elam) and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans). ' Ships signing on were the same with the exception of the BethCoaster, Mobilian, Santa Venetia, Anniston City, Ocean Nimet and Edith. In-transit vessels were the Seamar (Calmar); Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Antinous and Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel Traveler (Isthmian) and Chiwawa (Cities Service). New Building . Along with a few of the mem­ bers and myself we went down and took a look at the new hall and the work is going ahead now in fine shape. They are putting the re­ taining walls up and leveling off the parking spaces. Most of the rough facing on the building has been completed and there is not too much more work to be done on the exterior of the build­ ing. They have put quite a few more men to work on the interior which has made lae outlook very bright and we are hoping that we will be able to take over within the next few m(»iths. We are certain, at this time, that there will be no necessity to change, the plans and that when we. are finally estab­ lished there, there will be no al­ terations. necessary. On the political scene we know that Curly Byrd, Mr. Mahoney and probably Mayor .D'Alesandro are going to pitch for the Governor­ ship., The first two named are known candidates. The mayor is a doubtful starter due to the fact that in the last primary election Mr. Mahoney won the popular vote, although he didn't win the major­ ity of the electoral votes to run against. Governor McKeldin. We are sure that, at the present time, he is the strongest Democratis candidate. In conclusion, we are certain that Mr. Mahoney would make a very capable Governor due to his execu­ tive ability and his concern for the maritime .industry. Xmaa Money Afoondria Grew Gets An Extended Holiday Atlantic, Longshore News Tampa Topics SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl- Sheppard. Agent Mnlberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON SOSVi 23rd St. Keith Aisop, Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MIAMI Dolphin Hotel Eddie Parr. Agent Miami 9-4791 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 623 BienvUle St. Llndsey WilUams. Agent Magnolia 6112-8113 NEW YORK 676 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St, ,i»Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduIIo. Agent - Market 7-1635 PORT ARTHUR. 411 Austin St. Don HUton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning, /igent Douglas 2-6475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUEBTA de TIERRA. PR .Pelayo 51—La 5 Jeff Gillette. Agent , Elliott 4334 TAMPA.-. 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 505. Marine Av^ John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874. HEADQUARTERS .. 673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRXnTARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Slmn-vns Joe Volpian William Hall SUP HONOLULU...., 18 Merchant St, Phone 5-8777 >22 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 438B RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St.. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 3700 1st Ave. Main 0380 WILMINGTON SOS Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK «75 4th Ava.. Brotfklra STerUng She'll PORTLAND Tom Bernsee, who ships mainly out of Mobile, Alabama, is in the local hospital for observation to determine whether or not he must undergo surgery. Bo Anderson, John Blair and John Culeton are among the hospitalized newcomers. Ships Paying Off Ships paying off were the Del Sud and Del Sol of Mississippi; Antinous of Waterman; Bloomfield's Alice Brown; Sunion of Kea, and the Southport of South At­ lantic. Signing on were the Del Sud and Del Monte of Mississippi and the George A. Lawson of Pan Oceanic. In-transit vessels were the fol­ lowing: Alcoa Corsair, Pennant, Cavalier and Pilgrim (Alcoa); Del Monte and Del Sol (Mississippi); Seatrains Savannah and New York (Seatrain); Hurricane, Afoundria, Claiborne and Monarch of the Sea (Waterman); Southern Cities (Southern); Western Rancher (Western Navigation) and the Cat­ ahoula of National Navigation, Llndsey Williams New Orleans Port Agent Seattle: Shipping Expeeied To Hold Up In Soatllo Mobile Shippliig Fine Around The Holidays Shipping in the Port of Mobile for the last couple of weeks was fairly good with approximately il6 men shipped to regular jobs and about an equal amount of standby and various relief jobs in and around the harbor. This was a pretty good two-week period con­ sidering about half the time vas weekends and holidays. Ships paying off included Alcoa's Pennant, Pointer, Runner, Cavalier, Pilgrim, Clipper and R o a m e r; Mankato Victory of Victory Car­ riers; and Water­ man's Monarch of the Sea- and . V Claiborne. AM " signed on again Bemsee except the Water­ man scows. In-transit vessels were the Iber­ ville and Antinous of Waterman, and Mississippi's Del Sol and Dei Monte. Shipping also- continues to look good with quite a few ships due to hit the port during the coming two weeks and quite a few of them coming in off the offshore run. At the present time the only two Mobile members who are in the hospital HOW are brothers Tom Bemsee, drydocked with a kidney ailment and Willie Reynolds. Don't forget to stop by and see these boys if and when you're in and around New Orleans. A few of the oldtimers currently sweating out the beach in Mobile now include Charley Spencer, Cliff Doggett, Jimmie Carter, Reese Lumpkins, C. Long, Joe Crawford, Harold Long, George Weldy, Fred Ward and George Chandler. Speaking of George Chandler, the boys call him "Jughead." He's single and has been shipping out of this .pott for years. He usually sails in the rating of deck mainte­ nance OT bdsUib and his last ship was Isthmian's Steel Navigator. He's delighted with the progress of the Union through the years, but he's crazy about the Vacation Plan. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent In the Port of Seattle shipping has been good for the past two weeks and looks to be fairly good for the coming period. Ships paying off were the Sea-victor (Bournemouth); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa); and the Seagarden (Victory Carriers). In - transit vessels Included the Hastings, Choctaw and Arizpa (Waterman); N. B. Palmer (Eagle Ocean); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans); Alamar (Cal­ mar); Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers); and Salem Maritime (Cities Service). One of the oldtimers around the hall is Frank Cullison, who joined the SIU in 1940 in the port of Baltimore. Frank has- shipped in the steward's de­ partment ever since . and now Callison has a steward's rating. He has been on the West Coast for three years. He got married on the West Coast and i> now makes Seattle his home. Savannah: Some of the other boys on the beach include R. D. Stough, G. W. Ford and J. Walker. Waiting to hear from you in the marine hospital are.N. R. 'Brown, L. Hodges, K. R. Kitfelson, J. Well, Shipping has been fair in. the J. Bi. Garrison and W. K. Gulley. Port of Savannah in the past Jeff Gillette period and the outlook for the im­ Seattle Port Agent mediate future looks about the same. In-transit vessels since the last meeting were the Seatrain New York and Seatrain Savannah (Sea­ train); Ponce (Puerto Rico); Robfii. Goodfellow (Seas); Fairport FORT WILLIAM.,.. 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario _ Phone: 3-3221 (Waterman); and the Southstar PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. and Southport of South Atlantic. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. The Christmas party was a .real EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC #1714 Cormorant St. nice one here in this town and all Empire 4531 VANCOtrVEB. BC 565 Hamilton St. hands had a good time. Paci6c 7824 Jeff Morrison S'YDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Savannah Port Agent Phone 6346 Ghrlslmas Parly Makes For Happy Holiday BAGOTVILLE. Queheo 20 Elgin St. THOROLD. Ontario QUEBEC Quebec SAINT JOHN NB 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 113 Cote De La Montague Phone: 2-7078 177 Prince William St. Phone: 2-5232 Great Lakes District 133 W. Fletcher Phone; 1238W 180 Main St. Phone: aeveland 7301 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0U7 DSmtOIT .^..1038 3rd St. Canociion District fSSt il'S-UZ C-'feW. Headauartera Phone: Woodward 1^6857 ni W. MicUgaa St. MONTREAL., 04 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone: Malr^ 3-4110 Jog Mmvtmm. Agent Phone 3-1138 OAUFAK SOUTB CBlCAaO...:....SMrW^d 8L jOgATRnUB.e.......870() 1st Ave. nmui Eases 6-3410 Fhoaei SS8U SS-fliEffi'"!': »"'• ."XBJSTi!! Mobile: ALPENA BUFFALO. NY _ CLEVELAND How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 19S2. • The discharge from the last •hip -you sailed on before the baby was bom. �ma SEAFARERS January 8, 195| un Fare Fifteen LOG PORT JOEPORTS Louisiana, Texas and New Jersey, lay-up, but we expect her to crew Lake Charles: twice (Seatrain); and Bull's Mae. up and sail next week. It would Bloomfield was due to crew its first be impossible to forecast what the ship under its new subsidy on or shipping will be like in the next abo^jt January 6. The vessel is the two weeks due to the uncertainty Marie Hamil. The company also of the waterfront situation here. Things are running along is getting a new Mariner ship, the Shipping has not been up, to par Claude Simmons smoothly as we approach the end Pelican Mariner, which is being in Boston, but we have hopes that Ass't. Sec.-Treas. of the year and the start of a new built at Pasagula, Mississippi, and the outlook will brighten in the t> ^ t> one. All in all, this port has had will be ready sometime it Febru­ future. San Francisco: a very good year both in shipping ary. It will crew up out of Mobile. Ships paying off. included the Keith Alsop Republic (Trafalgar); Can-abulle and otherwise. Galveston Port Agent (Natl. Navigation); Ann Marie During the past two weeks, the (Bull); Queenston Heights (Seai. 4. i following ships hit this port: Canti'ade) and Government Camp tigny. Winter Hill, thiwawa. Gov­ Norfolk: (Citieg Service). The same ships Shipping has been good the past ernment Camp, Bents Fort, Brad­ signed right on again. , two weeks and it is expected to ford Island, Council Grove and the Ships in transit included the keep an even keel for the upcom­ Winter Hill again, all of Cities Steel Traveler and Ste,el Scientist ing period. Service; Tagalam (Seatrade) and (Istbmian); Robin Trent (Seas); De Ships paying off were the Coe Del Mundo of Mississippi. The Soto, Raphael Semmes and Iber­ Victory (Victory Carriers); Key­ Tagalam signed on for what is Shipping has been very slow for ville (Waterman). the past couple of weeks with only rumored to be a trip around the stone Mariner twice, once on a port Quite a few men were waiting payoff (Waterman), and Seacomet world. All of the tubs took some 13 men shipped and 57 men regis­ around the hall figuring that they II (Gulf Traders). Signing on were men making everyone happy at the tered for the same period. We have could replace the Coe Victory and the Beaure­ year end. several ships due in transit, but no men on ships gard (Waterman). Last night we held our last payoffs are scheduled. Also, we during the holi­ in-transit ships were the Steel meeting of the year and it marked expect to crew the Southern Dis­ days. It seems Recorder of Isthmian; Waterman's the first .year anniversary of the tricts today. that only one or Hastings, Choctaw, J, B. Waterman Ships paying off were the Can«• 1; first meeting ever held in Lake two men are and Young America; Lewis Emery, Charles. Present at both historic tigny of Cities Service and the leaving each ship jr. (Victory Carriers); Badger occasions were brothers J. Phillips, Southern Districts of Southern. to come home. Mariner of South Atlantic and Al­ A. (j. Alexander, Johnny Mitchell Ship signing on was the Cantigny, They must be oh coa's Pegasus. as chairman and T. J. Moore as while the Alcoa Planter was invery good ships transit. There was quite a bit of di.scus- recording secretary. or they don't sion about our cramped quarters Members in the marine hospital Farrand We have one member in the hos­ want to fight the and the members who collected the Christmas bonus pital here as a result of an auto cold weather in Boston during the had quite a few accident. Since the last meeting in addition to their weekly bene­ winter. comments why one of our members, William D. fits were high in their praises of A few of the members waiting we did not have Paul, an oiler on the Government the Union for its progressiveness around to ship out include L. enough room to Camp, was killed in an auto acci­ in maritime. Those in the hospi­ Melanson, J. Farrand, M. Hitch­ dispatch from dent near this city. His body was tal included Charlie Burke, A. cock, P. Karas and G. Smith. .Men and also a place shipped to his sister in Omaha, Presnell, W. A. Rose, Lonnie Hall, in the marine hospital are T. Mas- to sit down. When Nebraska. All arrangements for John M. Power, Charlie Phelps and taler, F. Mackey, J. Duffy, R. a job is called the shipment were handled by the Herbert Milliner. Churchill, R. Rogers and R. Mc- the men block Ben Rees Welfare Servitjes in this poi*t, Cannon. the hallway and Norfolk Fort Agent which did a bang-up job once Childs The people of Manomet, Mass., this causes a fire again. 4. i i are worrying about another whale hazard and none can use the corri­ Leroy Clarke Philadelphia: which has been seen in nearby dors. Members of the SUP are Lake Charles Port Agent waters. This whale is believed to complaining that they can't even i t. t. be looking for her boy friend which move around in their own building. was washed ashore a few weeks It was explained to the member­ Galveston: ago. ship that when there are 100 men James Sheehan on the beach and we make a call, Shipping has been fair for the Boston Port Agent that we'll have to allow the depart­ past few weeks and we expect it 4- t 4> ments to come in one at a time in to stay in that same category for Ntw York: order to get the jobs shipped with Business and shipping in the the coming period. a little elbow room. We agree that Port of Galveston has fallen off Ships paying off for the period the cramped quarters are working and things have been verj' slow include the General Patton (Na­ a hardship on the members, but with nothing much in sight for the tional AVaterways); Angelina (Bull) that the SIU doesn't want to move next two weeks. and the Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ at this time. ice). In-transit ships were the The grain elevators are still Shipping figures for the past On the Beach Azalea City, Mobilian, Raphael fouled up and we don't expect period in the Port of New York Semmes, Bienville, Fairport, twice, them to be straightened out until Oldtimers on the beach include have dropped considerably below and Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel G. Wanka, K. F. Hansen, J. E. after March 1. the norm due to the fact that a Collins, E. Ainsworth. B. Jensen, During the past two weeks we King and Steel Traveler (Isthmian); number of ships which were sched­ C. Nien, L. Bi Knickerbocker, R. J. had the Binghamton Victory of Carolyn, Angelina, Evelyn, Ines, uled to pay off here have been Moisant. Bull pay off after a coastwise trip Dorothy and Elizabeth (Bull). Re­ diverted to other ports on account Men in the marine hospital in­ and then head into idle status. public, thrice, (Trafalgar); Alex­ of the expiration of the no-strike clude J. W. Singer, L. Carmine, C. Sign-ons were aboard the Alice andra (Carras); Southern Districts injunction against the longshore­ Sinniti, L. Glazowski, W. Loss, E. Brown of Bloomfield and the (Southern), and Robin Kirk (Seas). men. The injunction expired at Seserko, H. Dell'Orfano, C. Lund, Southport of South Atlantic. The General Patton and the An­ midnight on December 24 and most F. Haigney, W. Timmerman, J. In-transit vessels were the gelina, after paying off in fine of the operators were, fearful of a Childs, W. Singleton, P. Yuzon, H. Michael and Alexandra of Carras; shape with nary a beef, went into tie-up in the port at that time. Choe, O. Gustavsen and J. Wanger. Mississippi's Del Monte; Royal lay-up. We paid off a total of 18 ships Steve Cardullo Oak .of Caritigny of Cities Service; Tom Banning in the past two weeks, signed three Philadelphia Port Agent Afoundria (Waterman); Seatrains San Francisco Port Agent on foreign articles and serviced 10. in-transit ships. Following are the ships paying off: Catahoula (National Navigation); Frances, Binghamton Victory, K^thryn, Suzanne, Dorothy and Beatrice (Bull); Wacosta (Water­ Shipping Figures December 16 To December 30 man); Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Georgia, New York and New SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. TOTAL SHIP. REG. REG. Jersey (Seatrain); Bradford Island PORT DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. (Cities Service); Alexandra and 18 4 48 8 6 . 22 T3 13 Boston ......: Trinity (Carras); Steel Traveler 186 65 ^ 66 55 377 133 119 125 New York (Isthmian); and Val Chem (Valen­ 21 " 63 20 22 V 133 49 47 37 Philadelphia tine). 76 53 196 67 Signing On 333 78 113 142 Baltimore The Steel Admiral and Steel 13 4 3 6 57 22 11 24 Norfolk King of Istbniian and Seas' Robin 11 4 7 0 54 22 12 20 Savannah Goodfellow signed on, while in6 17 20 60 4 7 21 19 Tampa transits were the Alcoa Partner, 116 39 41 36 47 145 51 47 Mobile Plater and Runner (Alcoa); 216 77 64 217 76 63 73 80 Waterman's Chickasaw, Raphael New Orleans Semmes, La Salle', Iberville and 40 13 20 7 99 32 43 24 Galveston De Soto; Robin Trent (Seas) and 67 22 20 25 31 30 95 34 Seattle Michael of Carras. 125 38 37 45 50 122 41 36 Snn Francisco ^ The payoffs were all smooth with 66 25 31 '( :28.»r •90 21 20 . .31 no major beefs on any of. the ships Vyilmington?.,. ....i arriving here. We had .one ship, 352 412 1,830: the Wacosta, go -into :temporary Boston: Tagalam Signed On For Trip Around Tbo World Seafarers Slay Abeard Te iNiss Boslen Winler Cramped Quarters Are Tepic Per Discussien Shipping Drops Below Expeolalions In Porl Dioomfield Gels New Ship: Pelican Mariner Two Ships In Lay-Up, Bui Shipping Is Fair Dock Probiem Affecis New York Skipping Jm • - JBWK-T'I••• mmMMM^nunv itSVPi. S-1 Z< Wilmington: Deck Dept. Gels OT As Chief Mete Lays Tile We had good shipping in the past two weeks with three payoffs, four sign-ons and 19 in-transit ves­ sels taking quite a few men off the beach. Ships paying off were the Choc­ taw and Young America (Water­ man) and the Longview Victoi-y of Victory Carriers. Sign-ons were aboard the same ships plus the Seamonitor of Excelsior. Ships in transit were the Logans Fort and Salem Maritime of-Cities Service; Fairland, Fairisle, Andrew Jackson, City of Alma and John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Jefferson , City Victory (Victory •Carriers); Seawind (Seatraders); Ala mar, Brown Portmar, Pennmar, Calmar and Yorkmar (Calmar); Petrolite (Tanker Sag); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Del Aires (Mississippi); Greece Victory of South Atlantic and the San Mateo Victory of Eastern. We would like to take our hats off to "Scotty" Eden, ship's dele­ gate on the Choctaw arid to "Woody" Woodruff, delegate on the Young America, for the fine jobs they did in bringing in these ships with no disputed OT and the repairs whipped into shape as soon as the ships left their foreign port. They make paying off their ships a pleasure. The Longview Victory was another easy payoff with the company paying 25 hours OT for the chief mate laying tile in the captain's quarters without trying to get the bosun or deck department to turn to. We see lots of old friends on the beach including Jack Thomp­ son, who did a fine job as chair­ man at our meeting last night, Grady Brown and Red Braunstein. We are happy to start out the new year with no men in the marine hospital from this area. The weather for this time of year is a liljle warmer than usual with a big fire raging up in the canyons around Santa Anita. Everyone is worried that it might damage the TV transmitters. AVe also saw the great Tournament of Roses with those gorgeous gals so those men hanging around right now had good reason to stick to the beach. John Arabacz Wilmington Port Agent Rroper Repair Lists Help All The settlement of repair lists means s lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the repair list , made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in the proper fashion. Each -department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure the work is done. �% SEAFARERS rag* Sixteen Samurr 8, Itfi LOG Holiday Cheer For New Orleans Vital Maritime Issues Seafarers At SlU Xmas Party Await Congress Action Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hus­ ton and children Dickie, Rusty and Penny were having a fine time at the traditional Christmas Day dinner at the New Orieans SIU hall. Huston, a cook on the Alcoa Cavalier, lives in Mobile, but with the ship in New Orleans, the family joined him there for the holidays. (Continued from page 3) forces will be concerned over the fact that US ships are now carry­ ing a" scant 30 p.ercent of the country's foreign commerce. This is the lowest figure our merchant marine has fallen to in Nine Lost In Ship Crash Near Philly (Continued from page 3) whatever the company would offer her as it "was a good company and would treat her right." Atlantic even failed to notify -the next of kia promptly so that one man's family found out that their boy was missing, from a neighbor who read about it in the newspapers and Pomeroy's mother was notified by SIU organizers two days before the company got around to it. The father of an­ other, hadn't been notified by the company as much as six days later, and also found out about the loss of his son from newspaper ac­ counts. SIU Welfare Service Department representatives this week paid out the fuli SIU $2,500 death benefit to Pome­ roy's mother, Mrs. Mildred Lu­ cas. Pomeroy, an AB, received book membership during the Atlan­ tic drive. He had never sailed SIU Pomeroy ships previously, but qualified for the benefit on the basis of a membership resolu­ tion last August to enroll all SIU bookmembers in Atlantic under the Welfare Plan. The death benefit also went out to the family of John I. Waller who got into the fleet less than three weeks before the accident. Waller, who was sailing as a wiper with Atlantic, was on the SlU-contracted Seanan (Stratford), until he paid off on October 22 in Portland, Ore. Waller, a married man, had six dependents. The only action taken by Atlan­ tic was to send a representative to visit some of the surviving fami­ lies to see if they needed anything. The family of James Laughlin, who had been going to sea only eight days before the disaster took place, was advanced $100 by the com­ pany after Laughlin's mother was informed of the accident and col­ lapsed. s At left. Seafarer Johnny Doyle and his children, John, Jr., Herbert and Beverly. There were plenty of young cowpokes at the festivities. At right (1-r), Dianne and Dorothy Ann Signorino, daughters of Seafarer Paul Signorino, and Geraldine Nichols, George Nichols, Rose Motto and Mrs. Vic Miorana. enjoy the holiday festivities. At left, Seafarers J. Skladanik, Henry Emry, Bob Ramsey and R. Ramsberger share a few laughs and a few beers at the New Orleans Christmas party. At right. Seafarer Chauncey J. Muldoon (right), from Boston, spins a tale for attentive listener John McCullough of the SIU Great Lakes District. Many members of other SIU of North America affiliates attended the affair and enjoyed the dinner along with Seafarers. Burly Battle Royal Seen OnT-H Amendments (Continued from page 5) which he said Mr. Eisenhower had previously promised to support. Later, the AFL convention in St. Louis voted unanimous support to Durkin when he claimed he had been made the "whipping boy" for the Administration and that the President had given in to pressure from big business and industry to abandon the disputed program. As far as maritime is concerned, the SIU is keeping a close watch on the situation as it relates to maritime hiring halls. Any at­ tempt to curtail the Union hiring hall, the conerstone of maritime unionism, will be fought bitterly by the SIU. By Bernard Seaman Vp In The Air Y'KNOW.NUTSY-YOU 60TTA GETAWAY FBCM IHB SNIP ONCE IN A WHILE[ MS lijfs** ndriimaiKxista^': years. Only three times in the last 30 years have US flag ships carried so small a share of com­ merce. It is far below the an­ nounced goal of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, which set 50 percent as the target for American ship­ ping to shoot at. One step that seems reasonably certain to come out of the next Congress is a move to restrict for­ eign shipping on the Great Lakes. Many foreign ships have come into the Lakes and remained there ty carrying cargo between Canadian and American ports. In addition, Senator Potter has suggested that the Military .Sea Transportation Service will be con­ siderably restricted in its compe­ tition with private shipping in­ terests. Senator Potter has indicated that to his way of thinking part of the cost of a merchant marine program could possibly be assumed by the Defense Department. This would apply particularly to defense fea­ tures built into merchant ships. The Senator has stated that he will resume hearings on the question of the merchant marine program. Maritime interests have an im­ mediate concern over the fact that Congress will make sharp reduc­ tions in foreign economic aid. Aid reductions of this kind are a blow to US merchant shipping since, un­ der the law, US ships carry 50 per­ cent of Government cargo in the form of economic aid. Foreign aid shipments in recent months, as well as other Govern­ ment owned-cargoes, have been an increasingly larger part of US mer­ chant commerce as foreign-flag ships carry off the bulk of pri­ vately-owned cargoes. .•J-"'?.'. �January S. 1954 By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor S^EAFARERS LOC Pace SeTenteeu Stony Creek Crew Burial Service Held Despite Officers' Tactics The Franke and Heidicke people, whose astute merchandising of " Wheh crewmembers of the Stony Creek (Amer-Tramp) attempted to honor the memory the Rolleiflex and Rollelcord camera put twin lens reflex photography of a shiprnate lost in a plane crash at sea, writes Elmer Black, bosvm aboard the vessel, in a letter \signed by 29 other Seafarer crewmembers, some topside personnel tried to throw on the map in the late 1930's, have incorporated a number of features a monkey wrench into the^in their new Rolleicord, Model IV, which goes a long way toward re­ proceedings, but to no avail. defining the purposes served by their two cameras. Several new fea­ The incident Black refers to tures of the Rolleciord IV are identical to those of the Rolleiflex 2.8c. was reported in the October 30 Among them are the grooved tripod base for easy attachment and re­ issue of the . SEAFARERS LOG, Seafarer Maurice Brody moval of the camera with F & G's new tripod adapter; full (M-X) flash when went down in',the Gulf of Oman synchronization at all shutter speeds; baffled interior to avoid flare aboard an. Army rescue plane with ultra-high-speed films, and the adjustable film-pressure plate which had conie to fly the polio permitting either 120 rolls or 35mm film to be used with equal ease. case to where the seaman could A major improvement in basic Rolleicord design is the interlocking get emergency treatment. Three of the camera's semi-automatic film-transport mechanism with the others perished v^ith him. shutter operation. After the first frame of the film has been brought Arriving in Japan, the crew into position by turning the winding knob until "1" shows in the ex­ purchased a floral wreath com­ posure counter window, the transport system works automatically. plete with the deceased's name, The shutter can't be cocked for each succeeding exposure until the film tied in an appropriate ribbon. The has been advanced, the film can't be advanced until the shutter has crew planned a short memorial been released. However, when a flashbulb misses or a m.utiple ex­ service, with the wVeath to be posure is intended, the shutter can be cocked for another exposure tossed over the side in^the vicinity after a special release knob on the face of the camera has been de­ of the fatal crash. Cotoiplications, pressed. however, set in. In other words it's impossible to get a double exposure unless you Topside Disturbed are really looking for one, an innovation which should please the When the wreath and the finicky photo bug who is looking for special effects via the double- planned ceremony came t6 the at­ exposure route. tention of the captain, E. M. Mokarzel, whom the crew called "the Eye Level Sports Finder Arab," the master and some of Like the most recent Rolleicord 111 cameras delivered in this coun­ the other topside personnel were try, the model IV has an eye-level sports finder in its hood. There is much put out about the fact that also a new clamp device to hold either a Rolleikin 35mm masking tney were left out of the memorial frame in place of the new Rolleigrid—a plastic field lens with a clear proceedings. One of the officers, center which is dropped, grooved face down on top of the ground glass a first assistant engineer, went to screened to increase corner-to-corner illumination of the screen image. particular pains to show his dis­ The fact that the price of the Rolleicord IV remains the same as pleasure by tearing the ribbon off that of the Rolleicord III which it replaces—$149.50—is significant the wreath and donning it in a as the various improvements in the new model, inasmuch as it clarifies drunken hula dance on the cat­ the manufacturer's purpose in marketing their similar, yet different, walk. The chief mate, however, cameras, the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord. The Rolleiflex, which costs up­ saw that the damage was undone, ward of $100 more than the Rolleicord, (depending upon the lens or as much that could be repaired equipment of the former) is specifically designed for the busy pro­ to the violated wreath. There was fessional worker. Though similar to the Rolleicord in appearance, talk that the engineer did it in structure and many of its features, the Rolleiflex, with its fully auto­ Older to return to the good graces Pictures above show the beginning and end of memorial ceremony matic film transport and shutter-cocking mechanism, represents the of the captain, whom he had alien­ in honor of Seafarer Maurice Brody and three others who perished ated on another one of his sodden last word in fast, effortless operation. in the Gulf of Oman. At top, flag is lowered to half mast before For those who want to save some money and are satisfied to get an sorties, but the allegation was burial prayer. Bottom shows wreath before being tossed over­ older model, the Rolleicord Model III should prove to be an excellent never proved. board. Refuses To Stop buy. Because of the introduction of the Rolleicord IV, it is possible On November 12, when the ship day that the ship would pass over left the captain to his lonely solace to buy brand-new Rolleicord Ill's at a far lower price than previously. and crying in his own beer about While the III does not have all the refinements of the newer model was nearing the scene of the acci­ the spot. it is a very satisfactory camera, particularly for amateur use, and dent after putting out to sea again, Promises notwithstanding, mem­ being left out of the memorial should satisfy those who are looking for a good quality, low-cost reflex the ship's delegate asked the cap­ bers of the crev/ took it upon ceremonies. camera for unspecialized photo work. tain if the latter would inform the themselves to chart their own crew of the approximate day and course. The ceremony was held on Top Feeders (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will be glad to hour the ship would pass the last November 15 at 3 PM after some assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions resting place of their former ship­ off-the-cuff plotting by a pair o: to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. mate. Upon learning the reason ABs in the chartroom. Later, th? This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, for the request, the captain was men were informed that they had advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ reported as having said that he passed the positicn two hours tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, could not see the reason for stop­ earlier, but their memorial serv­ etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to ping or even slowing down since ice was not marred one bit by see him.) . Brody and the. others had been the belated knowledge. The cap­ dead for seven weeks. However, tain never did tell them their po­ he promised to notify the delegate sition at the proper time. Floor Show At Seaman's Club as to the approximate time and Read Burial Service LOG-A-RHYTHM: Retired Sailor By Ray Wennberg In the twilight of the evening I can hear the ocean's roar, Though it is a thousand miles To the nearest ocean's shore can feel the rolling rhythm Of a vessel far at sea. And I long to be aboard her Though I know it cannot be. 1^ ; ^ 1 Highlights of the floor show at the Seaihan's Club in Yokohama, Japan, take the plajr away from the band. At top, Juggler is in the spcrfUidJt, while dancing duo catches the eye at conclusion of dance number in bottom picture. Both shots hy Harold Restucb^r. The second assistant engineer, Eddie Grinnan, read the burial services, which were attended by the entire crew and several of the sympathetic officers on board the ship. All in ail, the crew felt it was a- successful undertaking. The last the crew heard from the captain was when he tried to sell them American beer at $6 a case which he had taken aboard when the ship left Baltimore. The crew il i 'i Some of the members of the steward department are shown with deck members aboard the Steel Traveler, Left to right they are Aussie Shrimpton, Elbert Elmer, Ling Shin and Curtis Thompson. When at night I look to heaven 1. Who was nafned manager of the new Baltimore Orioles? At the stars so pale and cold, recall the tropic islands 2. Who did the French Assembly finally flame as President, after With the seas so'warm and bold. days of bitter-wrangling? Where the Southern Cross so bril­ 3. Which group of islands was recently returned to Japan by the liant. United States, over the protests of both Communist and Nationalist Guides the sailor o'er the sea. China? And the foreign waters beckon. 4. What other islands did Japan ask to have returned? But 1 know it cannot be. 5. Who were the professional football champions of 1953? 6. Who is the new Secretary of Labor? When the red-ringed sun is setting can hear the sirens sing 7. Where are the following Bowl Games held: Sugar, Rose, Orange. And the whistle of thfi rigging Cotton? Is a living, lovely thing. 8. Which famous figure of the American stage died recently? Yes, my heart is sailing westward. 9. Who is the mayor of New York City? With a cherished memory. 10. 'Who wrote The Night Before Christmas? A Christmas Carol? And my body longs to Join it. But I knout it eannot bei. iQudss Answem On Paso filJ r]l �SEAFARERS Page Eightem January 8, 1954 LOG Seafarer Shipmates Leap To The Rescue Of Pair Of Drowning Men ••m By Spike Marlin Those who were fortunate Those who hadn't seen th^ pros enough to switch their tv sets on in action before got a good glimpse Seafarers have long been-known for their acts of valor and displays of courage above the Sunday before last were of the major differences between and beyond the call of shipboard duty. Just last week two members of the SlU, in similar treated to a real "rock 'em-sock pro and college ball. For one thing, but isolated instances, proved once again that the "brotherhood of the sea" is no idle claim em" football game from Detroit, there are vei-y few colege clubs where the Lions shaded the Cleve­ that can display the kind of punting in a pair of successful rescues land Browns, 17-10, for the pro and place-kicking skill that was unconscious in the cold water, both made their way to the Aleu­ at sea. was at the mercy of the football championship. While the shown in this contest. The punts In the first case, Seafarer tian Mail, another vessel, which 'Blomgren swift cui'rents and the shark-in­ game was marred by many slips were long and high, and the ends William Watson's quick and self­ was lying at. anchor. The crew was fested waters surrounding him. and fumbles on the muddy field, got downfield so fast that the safety less thinking saved the life of ship­ eager to help them aboard. Such was the situation when Tony it was in many respects pro foot­ men never had a chance to get off Not waiting for thanks from the mate Edward Yeager in a mishap ball at its best. a good runback. There were three outside San Pedro harbor. Yeager, shocked and suffering-from-ex- Acosta, a 5 foot, 2 inch dynamo For all their acknowledged skills, field goals kicked in the contest, of action stepped into the picture. a member of the crew of the Fair- posure Yeager, Watson hailed a the pros too often let their game two of which were of medium land (Waterman!, became ill one vwater taxi and sped to rejoin the From a height of 28 feet above the degenerate into a pitch and catch length. But one boot was a solid level of the water, the pantryman .Fairland which .welcomed him night shortly be­ dived full clothed into the sea and affair. That kind of a contest pro­ 43-yarder. aboard like a conquering hero. fore Christmas Bigger And Better swam furiously to catch up to the vides a lot of synthetic thrills via An even more spectacular rescue after boarding high scores. But it certainly eases drifting Blomgren. Then there was the size and and display of courage took place the vessel. The Catching him by the nape of his the wear and tear on the player, speed of the ballplayers. Most col­ aboard, or rather, alongside, the seaman collapsed who, after all, must stay in one lege , clubs would be fortunate to Suzanne, a Bull Line ship, as it 6 foot, three inch neck, along with piece to earn a living. and fainted on have one or two 220 pounders up lay at anchor in Port Sanchez, the rest of his inert form, Acosta the deck near the Defensive Play cross-carried him to a small boat front. But on these teams the Dominican Republic. gangway, but re­ This game was different. It beef was hefty and fast to boot with which was making its way to the Over the Side vived enough to Blomgren, the carpenter aboard half-submerged pair. The rescue was a superb exhibition of defen­ Detroit defensive backer-up Les make his way to the vessel, had just returned from was affected in a matter of min­ sive play throughout. The cameras; Bingamon tipping the scales at an his cabin. Once Acosta a few hours of revelry in town, utes and before he realized it, didn't show it too well, but Cleve­ announced weight of 280 and in the cabin . he feeling no pain, when, upon start­ Acosta was back in the pantry land ace Otto Graham's pass re­ Cleveland boasting a 300-pounder discovered his watch was missing ing up the gangway, he slipped handing out salad dishes to a proud ceivers were covered so thoroughiy in its ranks. The front lines, end and went back on deck in search that he seidom had a clear shot at to end, were no place for a nor­ and feil into the drink. Floating' and loudly-praising crew. of it. Meanwhile, the Fairland a receiver. And the line play up mal-sized heavyweight. weighed anchor and was steaming front was really fierce. Ball car­ The most noticeable difference out of the harbor on a journey to riers simpiy could not break away. in the pro game, which makes for Seattle, Washington. They were hit hard, and when they most of the excitement is the soAs Yeager moved along the deck, tried to get up and go again the called "slow whistle." Unlike col­ crouching, searching for the watch defensive Unemen piled on with a lege, where the ball-carrier is dead here and there and paying no mind^ vim. when his knee touches the ground, to the dips and rolls of the vessel, As a result, there wasn't much the pros can wriggle, crawl, or get the ship turned and lurched, toss­ Taking a leaf from an off-beat chapter of the book of the fancy broken-held running because up and run until they are securely ing him over the side with an un­ Spanisli Main, inhabitants of Trinidad, according to Seafarer the backs seldom had chances to sat on. And with .$2,500 in prize ceremonious splash into the brine. away In the secondary. It money at stake for each player, Peter Jomides, have their own little acts of piracy which put break Fortunately for Yeager, Watson proved that a good defense still there were plenty of backs trying was close by and without a mo­ the old swashbuckling type of* ^ packs a wallop in football,. high to bounce up—and plenty of line­ ment's hesitation leaped from the pirate to shame. care how they go about it, even scores to the contrary. men knocking them down again. churning ship into the dark waters No more sw^tly-running if it means a holdup on the high­ below. Watson swam along-side frigates, no- jolly roger men way, which is what happened to the partially dazed Yeager as they o' war, no slashing cutlasses and two wipers on their trip through end-of-the-plank routines for mod­ the trackless financial wastes of Prices exceed pro­ ern Trinidadians. They've got bet­ the island. ter methods of gaining the loot of priety and go beyond even that unwary travelers, says the Sea­ which a self-respecting mounte­ bank would charge in other places. farer and the Seafarers who lose baggage They are exorbitant for American crew of the checks for gear checked at any seamen and prices have been Trinity (Carras). SIU baggage room should known to change precipitously In his mind there notify that particular hall when a Yankee sailor comes upon is no doubt that right away so that no one can the scene. The tale is told of the the latter day improperly claim the baggage price of a fifth of scotch which version of the with that check. Headquarters jumped threefold from the time pirate, though officials advise you to do this an American seaman opened the land locked, has immediately to avoid loss of door to a liquor shop to the time the Spanish Main your gear and/or trouble A . he closed it behind him upon en­ characters beat Jomides claiming it later on. Make tering. The Trinity men won't go eight ways from sure you notify the hall where that far, but they're not sure why the sharp edge of the sword. the baggage was checked as after some of the treatment they've All the people down that way, soon as you find out you've he says, are out for the Yankee received. Living the life of Reilly is Bill Scanbett, cook, off the Anne But­ lost the check dollar. They don't even seem to Taxis Are Hazards ler getting lots of attention in Yokohama, Japan, from nurses Ann There is still another hazard to Crimmens, center, and Beulah Rogers. Leg in cast doesn't seem be wary of in Trinidad, say the to bother him one bit. Seafarers. This is a more common one and found in many a foreign as well as an American port. The nemesis is native or local taxidrivers, who seem to think that the average tankerman is a watery The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, Croesus, if their cab fares are any bakers and otheTrs who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known criterion. These cab drivers, say cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, the crew of the Trinity, will do anything to get hold of your suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Joe Thomas' money, and usually do. You've recipe for "beef and kidney pie." ' got to be right on your toes to see One of those old-fashioned dishes that when well-prepared that they don't try to outsmart you at every turn, say the men. always makes a hit because it adds something just a little Many of the crewmembers be­ bit different to the daily menu is an old-time "beef and lieve that it Is pretty rough to get your dollar's worth in Trinidad, kidney pie." It may be a little"*; but they are consoled with the more trouble to make than the crews on the ships he's tried it on usual dishes, but the reception have always asked for more, an^ thought that it is only money. it gets is worth it, according to Joe that's as good an indication as any of how well it goes over. Thomas. "Beef and kidney pie" dates To make one or two large pies to back several centuries in the his­ feed a full crew, if enough indi­ tory of cookery. vidual casseroles aren't available, Old English kings you would need 10 pounds of beef Seafarers sending telegrams VACATION PLAN devoured it just and five pounds of kidney, plus or letters to the New. York as eagerly as sufficient fiour for thickening. headquarters dispatcher asfking folks do in mod­ Then, chop up parsley, onions and THAT A SEAFARER MUST to be excused from attending em times be­ celery, add garlic and season. , headquarters m e m b e r s'b i p APPLY FOR HIS MONEY cause it was good, Dice and stew the beef and kidr . meetings must Include the reg­ substantial fare ney until soft, and add chopped WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE istration number of tfiefr wrapped up in carrots, peas and diced boiled po­ PAYOFF DATE OF HIS OLDEST shipping card in the message. tatoes. Combine everything and one wholesome DISCHARGE. APPLY PROMPTLYFrotn now on, if the number package. season to taste in caserole, add Thomas is not included, the excuse can­ gravy and cover the whole with a Thomas, an SIU not'be accepted by tee ,dlschief cook who's been .catering to thin pie dough. Bake in a medium patcber:' the appetites of hungry Seafarers oven until the pie crust iS; Jlbisbtly • foT' at least a dozen years^ says the browned., Mo(dern-Day Pirates Work In Trinida<d, Says Crew l\i Convalescing Cook All Smiles Report Lost Raggage Check I# m 1 k^'. pife • Put Number On Meeting Excuses SPECIFIES COUBCT THAT DOUGHt !'• d �"rCT'iTji'iTW Junury t, 1954 SEAFARERS Seaeorai Gets its SIV Library To the Editor: A few days ago in Pusan, thanks to Brother Louis Meyer, chief steward, and the brothers on the Coe Victory, we had an SIU li­ brary on board our ship for the first time. Brother Meyer had a duplicate library on board and since our ship, the Seaeorai, has been out nine months, we had never seen the SIU library. We all think it's great, and are certainly enjoying the wide selection of books offered. We have quite a few oldtlmers on board, like Jojo Tonart, who is doing a bang-up job as ship's dele­ gate; McBride, the bosun; Mar­ shall Cooper, Johnnie Reichback, Simms, Jimmy Slade, Blackie Mar­ shall, Jinimy Knight, Sass Sasserville. Pappy Parrity, Alex Girsbie and others. Long Trip None of us expected the Seacoral to be out so long, as we have been on many shuttle trips be­ tween Japanese and Korean ports. We are hoping to get back soon, as there are only three months to go on the articles. We certainly enjoy the LOG, and , all of us feel that all the SIU offi­ cials are doing a wonderful job in keeping the SIU the top seamen's union. Whitey Johnson l" . 4- I ' To the Editor: Although I am now a "Seafarer in the Army," as you will see by the enclosed picture, I can't help feeling that I am a Seafarer still. I am sure of one thing—as soon as I get . mjr dis­ charge, in Octo­ ber 1955, I will be sailing SIU again. This man's Army is not for Hicks me. I am now in my sixth week of basic training, and my company goes on bivouac next week. I'll probably graduate on January 2, 1954. As far as I can learn, I am being sent to the Transportation Corps after I leave here for further training to be a harbor craft crewman. I'll be as­ signed then to some small harbor boat. It's not a ship, but perhaps I'll be able to see somei of my old SIU buddies once in a while. I used to think time on a ship passed slowly, but these six weeks I've been in the Army have been twice as long as any trip I ever niade at sea. Vetoes Cook School The Army offered to send me to cook's school but I declined, be­ cause I sailed as chief steward and chief cook for practically all the time that I was going to sea, and I didn't want to lose what knowl­ edge I do have by practicing in the Army. We get food that a seaman would never think of eating, and If I ever put a menu out like they do here in the Army, I'd be voted oft the ship by the crew and the patrolman.. The chow IS lousy, the pay is worse, marching I dislike and double time Is worse than that. There's not a job'in the Army I'd trade for my good job aboard an SIU ship. Not even the offer of a five-star general's Job would change my job. I'm looking^ forward to the day when I can give this Army uni­ form a good, deep, six drop over the side of a good Union ship. ' GI Reducing Course -Basic training is something a seaman can never forget. I've lost 25 pounds in the Army, and my feet are so tough even bdmbs 'coifldn't hurt them. Sleep is'tmr be^td of ih the Army; We'seldom get tb bed before midnight and we J" J, • ' Page Nineteen L E TIER S • get up at 0400. The Army is for the guy who likes to see blood. Me, I'm a different kind. The only thing I like to smell is the roast in an oven aboard ship. Please send the last issue of the LOG to me; I missed it. Fred R. Hicks. Jr. (Ed. note: The last issue of the LOG is on its way to you.) t At Sea^ He Gets Query Answered To the Editor: One summer day, while off watch, I was leaning on the rail looking at the vast, smooth Gulf as the old C-2 whined along. As I contrasted the largeness of the sea and the smallness of man I pondered the question: What does the good Lord want us to do with our lives, and why do we, at times, have such a hard time? Like a clap of mental thunder came the answer I had sought for years in many surroundings and amid many environments. The dif­ ficulties we have along life's way are but initiations to prepare us for eternal degree, and amid our daily toils, duties and companion­ ships we should quietly strive for mind development and soul salva­ tion. Lee Bfannen t Army^s Cookiny Stays Steward LOG 4. t Fine Welcome Oft Hoosier Mariner To the Editor: I'm sending you my change of address so I don't miss any copy of the LOG, which keeps me in close touch with the SIU. I've just arrived here in Bremerhaven, Germany, in charge of the harbor craft in this port, and know that I will be in contact with evei-y ship that comes to port. Yesterday I met a real SIU vessel, the Hoosier Mariner, with a fine crew. We soldiers had a meal like we never had in the Army at Christ­ mas. My buddies join me in thank­ ing the steward and his depart­ ment for it. Things weren't the same as on the Robin Gray. No sooner were we on board than one of the fire­ men wanted to tell us to stay on deck, but the delegate sure told him off—another proof of a wellorganized team. I'll be here for a year or so and if anybody wants to know some­ thing about the situation here I'll be glad to help him. Pvt. Robert J. Raty (Ed. note: We have noted your change of address on our mailing list.) 4i 4. Has House For Sale In Florida To the Editor: I would surely appreciate it if this advertisement were to run in the next issue of the LOG: Ormond Beach, Florida. One block from the Inland' Waterway, one-half mile from the ocean and five miles north of Daytona Beach. I have a five-room house for sale, nicely furnished. It's comprised of two bedrooms, a kitchen, dining room, living room, bath and a large, screened-in back porch. It is situated on a paved street, two blocks from a shopping center and two from a school. It is newly painted inside and outside on a lot approximately 46 feet by 136 feet. Taxes are only $2.50 a year. It is in a quiet neighborhood and it is a steal at ^8^500. For inquiries and additional,: information write to Edward B. Bis, 88 Lincoln Ave­ nue, Ormond Beach, Fla. The place is too small , for me and my expanding family so I must let it go at a tacYifice. ^ i V ' •• • •, Edward-Bla:i Another Brother Hetends Kiny To the Editor: In the last issue of the LOG I came across a letter written by Joseph Avila denouncing Louis King. In answer to this I would like to state that, in the first place, when a letter to the LOG defend­ ing King was drafted, after being proposed at a ship's meeting, it was posted on the board for all to see. This Avila character is not a union man, and doesn't ^are to be one. While on board the Camas Meadows, he openly de­ nounced unions. His claim was that these ships should be run by the Coast Guard or the Navy, and that Patrick Union men have too much to say and are not prop­ erly disciplined by the officers aboard. Refused LOG Donation All non - SIU seamen who boarded the Camas Meadows in Europe made LOG donations and were happy to do so because of the wonderful Union contract we have. They were happy to enjoy the same privilages—but not this guy. He was aboard about five months when he was asked to give a LOG donation, but he couldn't see it. If Louis King is the foul ball that this character writes about, give me a ship with a whole ci'cw like him, and the former crewmcmbers of the Camas Meadows will back up that statement. My only regret is that Louis King is in the NMU. We could use a man like him in the SIU. Peter Patrick until it actually did on Christmas Eve. We were leaving Yokohama, Japan, when we had it and this time it was out of this world, with a Christmas tree, hors d'oeuvres, real-McCoy egg nogs and last but not least a Christmas present for each of the crew from the captain and his lovely wife, Mary. The captain's wife, by the way, has helped to make the voyage a very pleasant one. Now that the holiday is over all of us will remember in the years to come the wonderful Christmas at sea which we had due to the thoughtfulness of Cap­ tain and Mrs. Goezinne. John Bucci 4 4 4 Can DM Stand Weekend Watch? Offers Chanyes in Steward Rules To the Editor: In the steward department rules, I still see that the messmen have most of their beefs. I think the rules we have at present .should be amended. On ships that don't carry saloon pantrymen, the saloon nieSmen should make their own salads and help make the cold drinks. . Also, since the saloon messman has only from nine to eleven men to serve, when the saloon pantry­ man is not carried, I believe this should stop most of the beef.s that exist in the steward department aboard ships. Chet Gawrych 4 4 4 ThanhfMtl For Xmas Recovery To the Editor: Howdy, brothers. I want to wish each and every Seafarer a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year throughout the world and upon all oceans and seas. This is one Christmas that I am thankful for, as I am sitting up and getting around somewhat after being in bed, mostly on my back, for 33 days. First, I was operated on for a busted appendix, and five days later I was op­ erated on for a ruptured ulcer. I want to thank the brothers at the New Orleans hall for the blood donations. I also want to thank all the SIU brothers Korolia ^ pi-ayer for me when I was in a grave condition for two To the Editor: I am now a dayman on the Hastings (Waterman) sailing as a DM. Coming into the port of Los Angeles, we chose for weekend watch on gangway. The ship's dele­ gate asked the deck department if it was okay if I chose, too. No one said anything, so when I went on gangway watch Sunday morning, December 20, everyone said that the dayman can't stand the week­ end watch, according to what the patrolman told them at the hall. I would like to know if the day­ man as well as the watch have the right to this overtime. Please send me this information, so I w ill know for the future. Salvatore C. Alu (Ed. note: Yes, daymen can stand weekend watches with the rest of the deck department.) weeks. 4 4 4 There are two more oldtimers who give thanks for being up and around on Christmas, after being on the critical list for about the * same length of time as I was. I To the Editor: Good chow and smooth sailing am referring to Brother Red Cobb, aboard the Seavictor (Bourne­ who will be discharged some time 4 4 4 mouth). We were just on a recent early in 1954, and Brother Ted trip from New York to Yokohama Terrington. However, I am sorry and back to Seattle, with every­ to say that it will be quite some thing going swell. The stewards time before Brother Terrington To the Editor: department was tops, from the will be discharged, due to the fact steward on down to the messmen. that he has to have another opera­ It isn't very often that we have praise for our captains aboard our Thanksgiving dinner was espe­ tion. As to myself, I should be leaving SlU-contracted vessels, but in all cially good and we expect Christ­ fairness we have to take our hats mas dinner to come up'to the same the hospital early in February, but off to Captain Goezinne, the mas­ high qualities of culinary success. I won't be able to ship for quite Enclosed is a snapshot of some of some time, till I get my strength ter aboard this ship. the men who made it all possible. back. In all my years of sailing I have Spider Korolia It looks as if we'll spend Christmas never come across a skipper who at sea also, but will be lucky has put himself out like our cap­ tain. When Thanksgiving rolled enough to- get New Year's in | around he threw a cocktail party Seattle. We just got word that we lost I for the crew just before we had our dinner and the stewai-d and the election in Atlantic. We are To the Editor: his crew had all the fixings to go sorry to hear that, but as the say­ ^ On Christmas Day we were head­ along with the party. Of course, ing goes, there are better days ing for San Pedro, Calif., to load we all appreciated his fine ahead. Maybe we will get them in bunkers before we shoved off for Japan. It was a beautiful day out thoughtfulness and never ex­ the near future. and we had partaken of a wonder­ Crew of the Seavictor pected to have it happen again ful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. In the afternoon some of the boys were in the messhall playing pinochle, rummy and cribbage, among other things, when, about 3 PM, the fuse blew. Since I was ship's delegate, I asked the steward to inform the chief engineer so that he could turn the electrician to fix it. The engineer told the steward to "let them use candles." The second electrician fixed the fuse anyway and when I went to the captain that evening to com­ plain, in company with the other delegates, he told me to have the man put an hour's overtime on his sheet. How miserable can a man be on Christmas Day? There is lots of dissension on board. Any­ one who has sailed with "Mother Hubbard" can understand why. Speaking for the crew I hope that everyone had a Merry Christ­ pishing; out that fine chow aboard the Seavictor on its last trip were, mas and a Happy Ne\|; year at year's end. ' ^ .t - v .' left to right, J. B. Harris, third ohok; A5'Isaac, chief steward; and Allen J. Friend James A. Johnson, chief cook, j j .. ^ „ Hiyh Praise For Crew And Food Master Throws Cochtail Party Beefs About OT On Xmas Bay �^:-' • fe;;, ft- 'SE'A f J Jf^ R sr t o G Pase Twenty January 1951 • 'yy- :*:"4- P'V^ \ [Y-J,-': ' t4. •- r • M-''- • 15.; • VK"''' .' U:'^i. •'• 4 t .. 5$/' if:; A Bomhaft Bog Sometimes Bit^s L E TT EES HoapHal Statt PraUM Htghty To the Editor: To the Editor: I have been laid up here down tended a few of them I'll know This is John (Dutch) Merkel on (beef) before it is kicked around in Baltimore, Md., for the |)ast things I never was taught in 12 the Steel Scientist .(Isthmian), and becomes a mountain. I believe three weeks with a slight case of years of saiUng. Very few stewards that is one of the main keys to a pinch-hitting for ship's delegate, pneumonia. As I write this, how­ have life boat tickets anyway. E. P. Bailey, and writing in a few good voyage. To the Editor: I would like to give a pretty ever, I am getting along fine and Also, a great amount of credit lines to tell you all about our trip expect to be out shortly. The French Creek (Cities Serv­ to India. To date everything is go­ should be given to Stephen Emer­ ice) stopped in Port Arthur, out­ good guy a boost on his first com­ I would like to go on record, and ing smoothly all around, no beefs son who has been ship's delegate ward bound for Japan. We have a mand, after having been chief mate would like to see this letter in the —Captain Truhan of the Ann that amount to anything. Harmony for about one year. He has stepped swell mate, bosun and crew and no LOG in. praise of Marie. Never have I seen a crew right in and taken charge of the reigns supreme. this swell hospital, trouble to speak of. so attentive, appreciative or re­ We are due in Alexandria in a beefs when they have come up in the USPHS hos­ As we knew we wouldn't be in spectful as this one was. In the the past. He has been very stern few days. That will be our last port pital in Baltimore. when in the right, but never severe port for Christmas, we three day­ past ten years I have attended this side until we men—Mont (Fingers) McNabb, Jr., many boat drills, but never did I I do not think or causing any hard feelings with hit Halifax and Eddie Frye and Rodger Chastain— that a finer staff the master or any department decided to make this a home away see anything like this. the good old of doctors, nurses Harry L. Franklin heads. His main object, in fact, USA. We will or orderlies can from home. We bought a tree with seems to be to create harmony all the ^rimmings, some bells, candy most probably i. i. if be found any­ among all the men on board. miss Christmas where in the Best wishes to all for the holi­ and New Year's countiy, for love Meltzer days. at home, so we'll or money, even if W. R. Geis wish _f»ll hands one \^s to pay for this service. To the Editor;. shoi'eside a Merry t t That would be an impossibility. Would you please send me a Christmas and a These folks sure go all out to copy of "Seafarers In World War help you and to make you feel at Happy New Year. A word of caution and warning to 11" if possible. home. The food is pretty good, too, all dog lovers on their trips out I went to sea from 1929 to 1936; and you are given a choice of menu To the Editor: this way: I had the sad experience then I went back as third mate a day ahead of time so you always We would like to tell all brothers to trying to pet a dog out here in in 1942, ending up as chief mate know what you are going to get to Bombay, while coming back to the about New Year's Day aboard the and then quit in 1946 to go back eat. They liad quite a meal here ship one night. I was bitten and Portmar, a typical Calmar ship. to my old job. You really have Christmas Day, but they played me After rising in the morning had to be taken off the' ship to good union and no one knows dirty by yanking all of my teeth. receive anti-rabies injections—14 from our so-called mattresses, we how bad conditions were aboard I guess they know what they are shots, unpleasantly injected received our linen. Due to the fact ships except the men who were doing. through the abdominal wall. The that the Calmar SS Corp. doesn't sailing in the early thirties. I wish to thank Walter Siekmann shots aren't so bad, it's the after believe in properly supplying its I always receive the LOG from and the Welfare Services Depart­ effects of the serum, and the feel­ ships, we only received one pillow another seaman when he is fin­ ment, the Union and all the mem­ ing isn't so nice. All told, I spent case (the contract calls for two) ished with it, and I can say that bers, for the swell gesture of giving 21 days on the beach between and the usual dirty-looking linen. I enjoy reading it as much as any us the $25 bonus for Christmas. It Breakfast, as usual, was what stockings, Christmas candy (in labor paper—or any other paper— sure came in handy, and I guess Bombay and Calcutta. Boy, was I glad to get back to the ship. So re­ no one but Calmar calls good. front of the coffee pot on the en­ that I have read. I was mate for all the SIU boys in the hospital member, brothers, don't pet dogs Being agreeable we told ourselves closed picture). The coffee pot is two and a half years during the appreciated it as much as I did. that since this was New Year's Day another homey touch; it belongs last war, and can truthfully say while out in India. A very happy New Year to every­ we would have a good dinner any­ to the daymen. The crew is begin­ that there was not one hour of dis­ one. Let's make a New Year's reso­ A Good Crew ning to call us the three mus­ puted OT during that time. On lution to keep up the fight to keep On board, all members of the way. Dinner time arrived, and this is keteers. deck gang have had a very nice one five-month trip we had 10.000 these hospitals open. The reason for the spirits in the hours of overtime on deck. Now trip, with John Joseph Lefco as the menu for the New Year's din­ George Meltzer bosun—a fine fellow to sail with ner that we read: potato soup, picture is our fruit cake, that was I live seven miles from Savannah if if if and to work under. The steward salty ham, veal, beans, spinach, spnt from home. and keep up with shipping as if I Mont McNabb, Jr. department is doing a pretty fail- turnips, potatoes, bread pudding, were going to sea. job of its work. Naturally, you rolls, water. After reading this, we if 4" 4* August Lewis always have some gripes, but that's began to wonder just how long (Ed. note: We are sending you a To the Editor: to* be expected. The black gang has Brother Toler had been on the copy of "Seafarers in World War A top Christmas dinner was pre­ a pretty fine bunch of fellows, all beach before going aboard the •U," and have added your name to pared and served to the crewmem­ Yorkmar (see the LOG, December good shipmates who I would like to the LOG'S mailing list, so that bers of the Christos M (Marine 11th, page 21, column 5) and say­ To the Editor: sail with again. The Sea Chest's slopchest aboard from now on you loill receive a Shipping!, on the 99th day of the I'll close by wishing a Merry ing that the chow was good. We copy of the LOG regularly, every vo.vage after storing for 90 days. Christmas and a Happy New Year will agree with him that on the Cubore (Ore) is doing well and tivo iceeks, as published.) Thanksgiving Day and Christmas getting bigger all the time. All the We are enclosing the menu to il­ to all SIU brothers. 4" 4< 4* lustrate this, We would like to of­ Day we had good food, but there brothers agree that it is a big hit, John (Dutch) Merkel are 363 more days in the year. with the better gear and lower fer a word of praise for the port ^ i i prices that we are getting. What then? captain in Houston, who cheer­ The la.st of the captain's inferior Robert N. Walton fully gave us everything that we requisitioned. (Ed. note: The SIU is noih ne­ slopchest will be put off in Febru­ To the Editor: Also, the master of the Christos gotiating with all companies for a ary in the shipyard. We hope other Mr. Edwin J. Fogarty, junior en­ To the Editor: standard stores list to eliminate Ore ships' crews follow up and gineer aboard the Southport, M gave us free rein as far as for­ keep pressing their captains for a passed on to the promised land eign purchases were concemed. I would like to write to say hello such conditions.) Sea Chest slopchest. If the pres­ about 9 AM on November 19, 1953. Speaking for myself,, they don't to all my shipmates around Nor­ 4» i 4> sure is applied at the right time Mr. Fogarty was well known to come an.'^ better than Captain folk and Baltimore and ask to have it shouldn't tako long. the LOG sent to me here in Koi-ea. most of the men who make Savan­ -;Io.seph. V. Cook, master of the Chuck Hostetier I sure do miss sailing and hope to Ben Grice nah their home port, and was well Christos M. return to the SIU when I get out if if P.S. This vessel paid off in Bal­ liked by one and ail of his former To the Editor: of the Army. shipmates. A wreath will be sent timore, Md., on December 31, 1953, This is the first opportunity I've I would like you to print my by the crewmembers to the serv­ with no disputed OT and not a sinname and address in the LOG, so had to write since being drafted a ble beef. All transportation was ices for his body. . maybe some of my old shipmates month ago. I am fortunate, how­ To the Editor: Mr. Fogarty's body is still aboard paid to the port of engagement. We ever, in being home for Christmas, will write me a few lines. It was a life boat drill aboard the ship under refrigeration, and want to thank the steward and all Lots of luck to the SIU and all and wish to extend to all of you the Ann Marie (Buil). Young Cap­ everyone is reasonably sure that the delegates for a job well done. wishes for a Happy New Year. the Seafarers. tain Truhan, 31 years oid, was the remains will be taken back to The master and all the officers It'll be some time before I'll be Pvt. Gleason G. Weaver were tops and a good crew all sailing again on SIU ships, but in making his first trip as master. Up Savannah, but whether aboard our around. US 52307315 ship or not, no one knows. Mr. on the wheel deck he was address­ order to keep informed during the 501st. Trans. H. C. Dicke.v and Masterson coming months I would appreci­ ing his crew around Boat 1, one Fogarty was 57 years old, and MM Co. boarding patrolmen death was apparently due to a ate your sending the LOG to me deck below. You could have heard APO 50, c/o Postmaster if if if heart attack. a pin drop as he said: at my present address. San Francisco, Cal. J. H. Chassereau "These boats are motor boats. Pvt. Richard W. Schultz (Ed. note: We have added your If their motors are running, forget if if if name to the LOG's regular mailing US55435824 4i these instructions entirely; never list, an you asked.) B Btry 61st AAA RW BN RES To the Editor: do anything to jam those -propel4" t . 4" COMD (2nd Plat) We would like to send our thanks Iprs, but if they are not, that's an­ 6 th Armd Div and our appreciation to the crew other thing. When your boat is Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. To the Editor: of the Mae (Bull Lines) for the manned, the first man in the bow (Ed note: We have added your We, the patients of the USPHS flowers which they, were kind name to the LOG's regular mailing grab this painter and pull like hell, To the Editor: tuberculosis hospital in Detroit, enough to send to our grand­ then bend your head and pass the list, as you asked.) I am writing in regard to th3 painter to the next man, who in Mich., would like to thank all the mother. 4" 4- 4» Charles and Wayne Stansbury crew and delegates aboard this turn should pull like hell. Boys steamship companies, lawyers and 4if i> ship, the Sunion (Kea). I have (this is a knot motor ship), by the friends who sent donations to the been on board now for three years time you reach midship your boat Committee for TB patients Christ­ and can say that we have had very will leave the ship all by herself. mas fund in this hospital. good crews at all times. The last To the Editor: The patients wish to thank them The momentum you have set up two trips have been to the Far For many months my mother will carry you out of danger. Get again and again and to wish them To the Editor: East and we have come in with no has been after me to get her name those oars in the locks and go a Happy and a Prosperous New Just a few lines to let you know beefs, disputed overtime or any on the mailing list for the LOG, so somewhere. Year. A good time waS had by how much I appreciate having the other troubles. I think that is I'm finally getting around to it. "During an emergency, follow all and we all enjoyed the bounti­ SEAFARERS LOG sent to me, and very good. the instructions of one man only ful gifts of money, cigarettes and thank you for doing such a swell I am enclosing a filled-in appli­ Each voyage the delegates have cation. Please add her to the list and you've got it right." job. lighters. handled their jobs 100 percent before she disowns me. Thanks. I would also like to take this op­ Harry Cronin More Drills Ahead SlU-style, which means tops. One portunity to wish: all brothers a J. H. Williamson That was all he had to say, but Jack Strahan J. Deyenney of the main things I have noticed happy and prosperous New Year. (Ed. note: Your mother's name there will be another and another B. Lawson , Is that,.tlje:s( will catch, a.mole hill is now on our mailing list.) . Hubert. Q, Thompspii drill, and by the time I faay.? at­ 7 Home Away From Home To Baymen Shoreside Sow^ He Fnjoys LOG Toast New Year With Plain Water Brothers Hail SIU Slopchest Everything Okay Bn Christos M . ^ Fnyineer Dies Aboard Southport Hails Shipmates From Army Post Home For Yimas^ He Greets SIU Sew Captain Has Crew^s Bespect Patients Thank $ Contribntors Fine Creir, Top Ship Belegates Seafarer Sends LOGs To Mom c: ; J'' .'• Thank Members For Flowers Sends Greetings To AIM Hands �SEAFARERS <" January t> 1954 •1. •V Page Twentyrone LOG .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... SOUTHWINO (South Atlantic), Oeeember. t—Chairman, Whitay Lawis; Sacratary, L. E. ttarrli. All stores were put aboard and all mattresses asked for. Ship's delegate said the slcpchest must be checked more carefully when It comes aboard at the beginning of the voyage. Delegates report everything running smooth and no disputed OT. Crew messman asked to place the silverware at the proper places, if It Is not too rough, instead of putting it on the tables in containers. If the brand of coffee re­ ceived for voyage 39 is not used, it should be taken off at the end of the voyage. Night lunch should be taken care of in port. Dishes should be put in the sink while at sea. to cut down on breakage.- Everyone should come into the messhall properly dressed, and keep feet off the chairs. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), December 30—Chairman, Ray Queen; Secretary, Don Wagner. Brother Johnson was elected ship's delegate. All linen is to be turned In on linen changing day. Recreation room should be cleaned, and quiet should be maintained at all times. Chief mate will be contacted about sougecing deck department rooms. All decks need to be painted. Ship's fund will be used to purchase an iron and Ironing board. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), December IJ—Chairman, C. Bush; Secretary, F. McCarry. William E. Kennedy was re­ elected ship's delegate. More variety of salads was requested. Crew pantryman asked the brothers to be more careful about leaving trash in the pantry. Old washing machine should be used for washing oily clothes. There is *39.86 in the ship's fund. Dne dollar will be col­ lected from each brother in Honolulu to to boost the fund. BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), December 1—Chairman, Emil Gretsky; Secretary, Arlee D. Hill. Captain and mate have not ordered the carpenter to build a device - to hold the crew coffee pot and sugar box secure. This will be requested again. 0^)0 Rood was elected deck delegate; G. W. Falrcloth was elected steward delegate by acclama­ tion. There are not enough bed spreads, as some were used for table cloths dur- PERSONALS Olie Omears Contact Mohammed Abdul at 114 McKibbon Street, Brooklyn, NY. Joseph F. Lauyhlin All is well at home. Please write toon. We wish you a Merry Xmas. Carlo Carlson Write Harry T. Hayman at the Baltimore Hall. Important. 1> t John Mercer Frank Martinez Mac Macintosh Please get in touch with Stanley Johns concerning the car you bought in Baltimore. His address is 1648Vi Andrews Place, Williamsport, Pa. a> i 4 Pedro Hermandez Please contact the New York ' City Department of Welfare at 44 Stanton Street, New York City. $1 James Powell .Please contact Mrs. Haskell Powell at Route 5 Spartaiisburg, SC. It is urgent. t Staumore'Bell Piease contact the St. Nicholas Welfare Center at 149 West 124th Street, New York City. 4" l" 4" Wally Suska Get in touch with Raymond Carl­ son at Shore Yacht Basin, Patchogue Shores, Long Island. t> $ Joseph W. Faircloth The SIU cleat Lakes District has checks for you at 1038 3rd Street, Detroit 26, Michigan. Puzzle Answer Q!30 umM ssns anas ssDs sdssiascns •csn saBsm SSQ • GDSHCaa SSClia SSnSIBQEJH cnsiffl aaaa ass Ing rolling weather to save glasses and china. We have plenty of all other linen, but If there were enough cloths this would not have happened. Crew elected by majority to put in for linen allowance. There was quite a debate about the engine room door 'tweendecks near the crew mcssroom. One group wants it open, the other closed. Noth­ ing was accepted as a Anal solution, and after quite a heated argument and the chairman resigning, the meeting ad­ journed. pense of printing form letters to Con­ gress will be taken care of by the ship's fund. Feet should be kept off chairs and messhall kept clean. Watch coffee should be left alone. place. A few of the crew have already been burned. For the safety of the crew the hot water line should be re­ placed. Vote of thanks went to the steward and the cooks for their coopera­ tion and the good cooking that came out of the galley. Master, since the begin­ ning of the voyage, has disregarded the rules pertaining to the safety of the ship and its crew. Fire fighting equipment is b)-oken arid inadequate. Medicine chest should be checked since it seems to con­ tain nothing but aspirins and bandage. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern Steamship), December 7—Chairmen, O. Manning; Secretary, G. T. Williams. Mo­ tion was p.-issed to have the ship thor­ oughly fumigated in the shipyard. Mo­ tion was passed to try to get more and better stores for^he next trip and a new refrigerator for the crew's mess, as this SEAMAR (Calmar), October 11—Chair­ CANTIGNY (Cities Service), no dafe— one is dcfcclivc and unsanitary. Dis­ Chalrmap, D. Newsome; Secretary, Daniel cussion was held on one member's per­ man, J. Barnett; Secretary, J. Siraka. formance of his duties. i>'ost of the repairs are being taken care Ksminskl. Peter Spencer was elected of. Bill Lee was elected ship's delegate. ship's delegate. Engine room needs souPlug should be taken out when the wash­ gecing. Black gang complained about ing machine is not being used. Linen three different watches sleeping in one should be turned over to the steward. room. Letter will be given to the pa­ Steward's showers need painting. There trolman at the payoff about this. Chief is no pressure on the water line in the cook will make h list of fresh stores s'lower. The skipper refuses to get the needed in France and give it to the Union slopchest aboard. The mate .says steward. Messhall is not kept clean af­ he will cut the prices down on the slopter each watch. Ship needs fumigation. DE SOTO (Waterman), October 13— cliest, but we still want an SIU slopchest. Steward should inspect the messhall once Chairman, Caroll Martin; Secretary, J. F. in a whUe. Ship's fund stands at *16.87. Land. Members wiU g;ontact their Con­ Trash cans are needed. November It—Chairman, Barnett; Sec­ Dacsmber 13—Chairman, T. J. Moore; gressmen to protest the closing of the Secretary, Daniel Kamlnskl. Ship's fund marine hospitals. Discussion was hold retary, J. Straka. Repair list will be sent to the company and to New York from of *16.87 was turned over to the new on the deck engineer getting new springs treasurer, Daniel Kaminski. Steward for bunks. Ice box should be cleaned, the Canal. There should be more va­ should be consulted about some change due to the odor and area.of garbage dis­ riety of the menus; meat should be in the menus. Cooks should improve in posal on the fantaU shoiUd be cleaned. checked when it is taken aboard. Bunker cargo should be gotten square. their cooking. Repair list blank will he November 11—Chairman, Floyd Starky; posted for all departments to fill in Secretsry, C. E. Martin. All cots should ARLYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, where necessary. Vote of thanks was be returned to the steward. Vote of given to the captain and third mate for thanks went to the steward for good W.dtcr Kohut; Socrotary, C. P. Johnson. the excellent medical care they gave the food. John Cisucke was elected ship's delcgalc. erewmembers while in sick bay and also December i—Chairman, A. Danne; Sec­ Deck department doors need the'r loclcs for the personal interest they took in retary, J. M. Murphy. Suggestion was repaired. Mate will be contacted about them. made to put in for a new washing ma­ getting keys for all rooms. Chief engi­ chine. It seems that the mac'hine- has neer will be contacted about washing ma­ ANGELINA (Bull), December 1«— seen all the service left in it. Chief chine repairs. Chairman, J. Lanahan; Secretary, F. F. steward wiU make out a supplementary December «—Chairman, William Mul­ Sortello. Whoever uses the washing ma­ requisition and maU it from Tampa. len; Secretary, C. R. Johnson. One man chine should clean it before leaving. Beef was made on the sanitary valves jumped ship In San Juan, Puerto Rico. Steward department was tbanked for aft which do not have enough pressure. Motion was passed to ask headquarters good service to everybody. We hope we Chief steward thanked the crew for their to clarify the reason why replacements are alwaj-s to have as food sailing as this cooperation with his department, and can't be hired on Bull ships. Repairs voyage's. asked aU hands to turn in excess linen. will be taken care of when the ship ar­ rives at the first port in the States. COMPASS (Compass), ' October 20— Chairman, Guy Whitahorse; Secretary, J. F. Cattronover. Deck department OT sheets were not returned. Repair list will be made out before arrival in the states. One brother believes the meats and eggs are not adequate. Steward thinks the captain could have secured more eggs and greens, ice cream and milk and frsh fish in Kure, Japan. One brother wants to have a particular brand of dried fruit, and tvants to know why they are sen-ed for breakfast. Baker and 'chief eook got a vote of thanks for their wonderful effort. Coal is of bad quality and very dusty. SEAVICTOR (Bournemouth), December 2S—Chairman, Ed Rydon; Secretary, C. Johnson. Old washing macliine should be repaired and kept as a spare for the new crew. Some repairs have been com­ pleted, the rest wiU be turned over to the patrolman. Replacement was ob­ tained for the man who missed ship. Steward department got a vote of thanks for good chow and excellent Union per­ formance. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatraln), De­ cember It—Chairman, John Monteverde; Secretary, C. W. LIbbey. The Christmas donations of *19 will be spent for deco­ rations. . Steward and the entire depart­ ment were commended for their efforts on the Thanksgiving dinner. Brothers all stated that this was the best-prepared dinner, with a variety unequalled by any SIU ship. The setup of the tables and the service was excellent. Crew agreed to wait until the gangway is launched before going ashore. Stevedore work ladder was used in the past before the ship's gangway could be launched. This is considered unsafe. < ARIZPA (Waterman), Docember 30— Chairman, Richard H. Norgran; Secre­ tary, Donnle W. Collins. Disputed OT in Inchon will be taken up with the board­ ing patrolman. Repair list will be turned over to the boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks went to the stew§rd department for a job well done. JOHN C (Atlantic Carriers), November 2i—Chairman, B. Smith; Secretary. G. Grimes. One' man missed ship in Yoko­ hama: one man was hospitalized in Pusan. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for excellent service and menus throughout the trip. Washing ma­ chine should be added to the repair list. Vote of thanks went to the delegates for carrying out their duties so well. Board­ ing patrolman will be asked to see about getting the rooms painted. Two elec­ tricians WiU be asked for of the pa­ trolman. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatradc), Decembor 13—Chairman, E. Hatklns; Secre­ tary, S. Cletlak. Repairs are being made rapidly. All complaints about members should be made at meetings only. Ex- Quiz Answers STRATHPORT (Strathmore), December 13—Chairman, Mike Sikorsky; Secretary, William King. Deck delegate saw the master about painting deck department quarters. He was told that It would be done during bad weather, as the master wantecL to get the decks fish-oiled during the good weather. Night cook and bakc-r asked for a room for himself, as nis sleep is disturbed. This will be brought to the atfention of the patrolman at the payoff. Washing machine wringer is out of order and should be repaired or re­ placed. Steam pipe in the laundry, if turned on with any pressure, will turn up and spew live steam all ever the NOTICES Checked Baggsige The following men should get in touch with Welfare Services in New York about baggage left in Erie Basin and checked into the headquarters baggage room: Joseph Rasch, J. Cuellen, Wil­ liam Hernandez, Ed Mclnis, Felix Newman, Sherwood Ryals, John Rubinskas, R. Schulte, C. Thomp­ son, James Thomas, M. Thorsen, Joseph Torriss, Louis Brown, Erwin Andra, Alex Porerski, A. Rid­ ings, C. K. Jewel. 4" Transportation Checks Transportation checks for the following seamen off the Fort Hoskins can be obtained by contacting Russell H. Brandon, Director of Industrial Relations, Cities Service Oil Company, 70 Pine Street, New York City: V. J. Crosby, H. Hampton, Wes­ ley P. Leonard. 4> 4 41 4 4 41 CHIWAWA (Cities Service), December 13—Chairman, Herbert Berner; Secretary, L. P. Hagmenn. Cleaning of the laundry will be alternated by all departments. Schedule will be posted on the bulletin board. Men leaving the ship should clean their rooms and strip the bunks. Chief cook missed ship in PhUadclphia. Carl Hagstrom was elected ship's delegate. Complaint was made about the cooking of the meat. The cook's remark to the steward, "They are nothing but a buncli of hungry hounds in there," was oV jectcd to. Repair list was turned in but nothing was done about it. so the patlrolinan will be asked to speak to the captain. Hall will be asked for a new library. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), December 4—Chairman, V. Porter; Sec­ retary, R. C. Morrisette. Motion was passed to repair the washing machine. Each man should leave the laundry clean after using it. Patrolman will be asked to check the medicine chest on arrival in New York. Meat will be cliccked, as well as all ice boxes. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), December <—Chairman, Derwood Y. Mann; Secre­ tary, Robert Benlamin. Each depariment head will make up a repair iist ard turn it over to the ship's delegate before ar­ rival in New York. Steward department was commended for an outst.mding Thanksigiving dinner. Ship's delegate should contact the patrolman alrout the painting of the crew inessroom and foc'sles. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), December S —Chairman, Dora N.; Secretary, John W. Picou. Motion Was passed to ask the Board of Health to' inspect sick bay about medicine carried. Patrolman will be asked about having the purser re­ moved from the ship for not being co­ operative. He doesn't try to give the boys what they want from the slopchest: he doesn't give the bo.vs the amount of money they want for draws and refuses to give penicillin or the right kind of medicine. Patrolman will be asked about getting US currency for draws. Rooms should be clean before paying off. HILTON (Bull), December 4—E. Mans­ field; Secretery, J. Taboede. Big discus­ Checked Gear sion was held pro and con a television and one or two others will Gear for the following men is set. Steward on prices of a set wider than 17 being held in the New Orleans check Inches. Disputed OT will be turned over office of Seatrain Lines, and it is to the patrolman before the payoff. AI) requested that they pick up their the steward department got a vote of belongings before February 1: Cliarles E. Boyd, Thomas M. Editor, Combs, Leo L. Crawford, Donald SEAFARERS LOG. H. Horn, Charles E. Ray, Clark C. 675 Fourth Ave., Wood, jr.. Franklin Reed. Brooklyn 32, NY thanks for the Thanksgiving dinner and the food the entire trip. SUZANNE (Bull), no date—Chairman, Red Campbell; Secretary, S. P. Tclcch. Repairs that should have been done were rechecked. Brother Domingo was elected engine delegate by acclamation. Book shelf should be removed to a less accessable place. THE CABINS (Mathiasen), December ( —Chairman, V. Harding; Secretary, A. Schroter. Part of the last voyage's re­ pair list has been done. Disputed OT from the last trip will be straightened out. the captain said, if possible. Vote of thanks went,to the steward depart­ ment for their service and cooperation, especially the baker. .So far, not much has been done on the repair list, because of the work that has to be done in the tanks. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), No­ vember 22-^halrman, Frank J. Paylor; Secretary, J. R. Hassal, Jr. A. W. Per­ kins was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. A. 'W. Perkins, the steward delegate, has the S37 balance of the ship's fund. Drain in the aft foc-sle drinking foiintain has a plugged drain. Delegate will see the first assistant engineer about ha\ ing it fixed. Dry stores should be fumigated. Repair list should be given to the Baltimore patrolman. Better cleaning of the crew's mess and pantry was suggested. Steward delegate asked the crew to help keep the messhall clean by not throwing butts on the deck, etc., and nl.so to help the mcssman by keep­ ing the mes.shall clear during meal set-up times. Crew pledged cooperation. Cof­ fee urn should be cleaned after each meal and all cups should be returned to the pantry. POTRERO HILLS (Phila. Marine), No­ vember 23—Chairman, F. W. Harris; Sec­ retary, L. Stranga. Captain is attempting to prearrange the time for work. Dis­ cussion was held on the food supply, .•rince we are de.stined to Europe and there is a Dossibility that we will run short on rorlain items. Vote of thanks went to the messman. Discussion was held on going to the captain with beefs instead of the delegates. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 27—Chairman, Thomas Snow; Secre­ tary, S. Thayer. Wa.shing machine should not be overloaded. People that tlie crewmembers bring aboard will not be fed from now on. EVELYN (Bull), November 3—Chair­ man, Harry Reynolds; Secrotsry, W. Wes­ ley Etty. There is $48;03 in the .ship's fund. Steward should find out about getgnli fresh milk in Boca Grande. Sugges­ tion v. 05 made to add to the ship's fund until there is enough to buy a television set. .^11 books and magazines should he resumed to the recreation room. December 2—Chairman, W. Wesley Eity; Secretary, W. K. Laffoon. There is a S33.03 balance in the ship's fund. W. K. Laffoon was elected ship's delegate. One man. who missed the ship in Ocho Kios. Jamaica, will be reported to the pafroliivan. There are no beefs, so every­ one must be happy. BEAUREGARD (Wtaerman), December 5—Chairman, Ramon Ferriera; Secretary, Frank P. Votto. All bunks from the last trip should be repaired. Repair lists were made out by each department and tiu-ned in. AU keys should be turned over to department heads, so the crew will have them. AU Paen sliould be turned in and rooms cleaned before leavin.g. Ship's Ubrary should be returned to the recreation room, so the books can be boxed and traded for a new set. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the fine chow that was served tills trip. COMPASS (Compass), December 20— Chairman, Paul J. Franco; Secretary, Chet Cawrych. Chief engineer and bosun were thanked for the sweU job done on all repairs. Only eight more items re­ main to be taken care of. There is some disputed OT, mostly for the captain doing carpenter's work and restriction to ship in Bangor, Wasli. Washing machine is not in the right place. It should be moved, or not used at certain hours, so no one is awakened by it. Requisition list for stores will be turned over to the captain before entering the Panama Canal. Mcssroom recreation room will be-cleaned after each - watch and with the help of card players. AU on board are living in SIU style, and doing a swell job of it. Peter B. Luketic 1. Jimmie Dykes. Rex Dickey, Baltimore Patrol­ 1 would lik€t.to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please 2. Rene Coty. man, is holding $15 at the Balti­ put my name on your mailing |ist. (Print.lnformation) 3. The Amami Islands. more Hall for you. This money 4. The Ryukyu group (includ­ was turned over to him by Finn ing Okinawa) and the Renins (in­ Ostergaai'd, oiler, from the Annis- NAME cluding Iwo Jima). ton City. 5. The Detroit Lions, who de­ 4 4 4 STREET ADDRESS feated the Cleveland Browns. Customs Refund 6. James P. Mitchell. The following men get refunds 7. New Orleans, La.; Pasaidena, from the US Customs for being CITY ZONE ......STATE Calif.; Miami, Fla.; Dallas, Tex. charged duty where no money 8. Lee Shubert, one of the should have been collected: famed Shubert Brothers, who prac­ Frank Judah, Jr., lUchard An­ Signed tically controlled the American derson, Robert Pierce, Thomas TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you «r* «n old tubicribor and h«v* • ehanq* stage for Inany years, Frazier, Harry Sears, Michael Rep- of «ddr*ts, plots* giv* your former «ddr*» below: 9. Robert P. Wagner, Jr., son kewicz, Stanley G. Koenog, Russel fDDPJSS of the late Senator Wagner. G. King. 10. Clbmeht ^ -Moore; Charles Coiitact the Baltimore Hall for . ZONE STATE . refunds. Dickens. CITY ' �»:5T^ lii T k' SEAFARERS Para Twenty-two Janufery 8, 19S4 LOG Seafarer's First^'Born In New Orleans in the HOSPI1ALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's ng.me on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL , STATEN ISLAND, NY John Abraham Joseph J. Keating John Beekmann K. R. Kuchinski Earl A. Bink Chang Choo Lai BothweU Blanehard C. Mc'Brien Marcie Boyles Sau Mok WiUiam J. Carey Donald Peterson R. Edmondson WiUiam A. Ryan John Fontries Virgil Sandberg Eric Foreman Robert Slzemore . David S. Furman S. Swienckoski EsteU Godfrey Harry S. Tuttla Hans R. Hanssen Frank Walaska Michaei Katrausky Seafarer Frank Wolinskl, who has been with the SIU for nine years, looks proudly on his son Frank Wolinski, Jr., held by his wife Anna. Frank sails regularly in engine department ratings out of the Louisiana port. W-r F''' • f T vr. 1-^ ir ii Ir n~ All of the following SIU families Mrs. Harry C. Kilmon, 63 High­ toill collect the $200 maternity land Court, Clifton Park, Wilming­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the ton, Del. 4" 4" 4" Union in the baby's name. James Patrick McNeely, Jr., Jean Elizabeth Mary Furst, bom born December 14, 1953. Parents, December 8,1953. Parents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. James McNeely, 1516 Mrs. Eugene J. Furst, 3913 Hall Broadway, Brooklyn, NY. Avenue, Marinette, Wis. 4" i 4- iErnest Nien, born November 30, Anthony Micket Ayala ftamos, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chen born June 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Ken Nien, 1075 Pacific Avenue, Mrs. Jose A. Ramos, 35 Brookdale, San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. t. t. t. 4" 4" 4" Raymond J. Napolis, Jr., born November .27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Napolis, 290 Olivel Street, Daly City, Cal. Jonathan Richard Young, born October 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan N. Young, 509 East 10th Street, Long Beach 13, Cal. $> ti ti Ann Cooper Kilmon, born De­ cember 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 4" James W. Ayler, 7 Street, Prichard, Ala. 4 4 Chasitine 4 John Thomas Eddins, Jr., born September 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Eddins, Route 2, Norwood, NO. 4 4 4 4 4 4 William Frazier Boiling, born November 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Boiling, Ter­ race Trailer Park, 6011 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, La. Rosa Maria Ne'son, born Novem­ Marsha Lynn Mathews, born De­ ber 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and cember 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Nelson, 2128 Bar­ Mrs. James R. Mathews, 2120 Ave­ tholomew Street, New Orleans, La. nue P, Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4' Mary Frances Hunt, born De­ t 4^ 4> Charlene Demers, born Decem­ cember 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Horace C. Hunt, 813 Sylvan Charles Demers, 16 Aquidneck Lane, Wichita, Kans. 4 4 4 Avenue, Middleton, RI. James Alan Ray, born November 4" 4" 4' 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Diane Marie Ayler, born October Calvin H. Ray, 4917 Laurel Street, 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. New Orleans, La. William Michael O'Donnell, Jr., born November 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. O'Don­ An attempt by the Waterman Steamship company to compel nell, PO Box 37, Lehigh, Kans. D-2 Aliens Get $$ Back aliens to post bond out of their wages has been halted by the 4 4 4 John Dwight Bamett, Jr., born intervention of the Welfare Services Department. As a result November 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. the company has refunded all-^" money held back out of the with the company with the result and Mrs. John D. Bamett, Box 640, aliens' payoff. that the practice of holding wages Gulfport, Miss. Several aliens employed on Waterman ships complained to Jhe Union that they had $1,000 held out of their wages as a bond on them. All of these men were in the D-2 classification which meant they were entitled to unrestricted shore leave and opportunity to pay off and change from one ship to an­ other. Welfare Services got in touch • back as a bond was discontinued. All aliens who had money held back on them have now received their full wages due. In the case of other steamship companies, the Union is experienc­ ing no difficulty in getting them to give the alien membership of the SIU equal treatment within the limits of regulations affecting alien seamen. • $ t •$ BAYONNE HOSPITAL BAYONNE. NJ G. H. Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. E. A. Ainsworth WiUiam J. Loss L. Carmine Clarence J. Lund Henry J. ChUds 1. McCormick Ho Yee Choe C. Sanuiti C. B. Coburn Edward Seserko H. DeU'Orfano W. Singleton E. Glazowski John W. Singer Olav Gustavsen W. Timmerman F. J. Haigney Jack Wenger~ George HUdreth . M. B. WUson Alexander Kerr P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Percy D. Alired James J. Lawlor Bomar R. Cheeley James R. Lewis .'uiian CuthreU Francis F. Lynch C. M. Davison H. F. McDonald Emiiio Deigado A. McGuigan Antonio M. Diaz David Mclireath John J. Driscoil Vic Miiazzo Jose G. Espinoza Lloyd Miller Robert E. Gilbert Alfred Mueller Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Hass Montford Owens Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan. Henry E. Smith L. Kristiansen ^ Rcnato A. Viliata Frederick Landry VirgU E. Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON. MD. Leonard Franks SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton C. D. Shiveiy USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Virgil Aiford Walter H. Harris S. T. Arales John L. Hinton T. P. Barbour George F. Immel F. Barlizo W. J. Johnson Cecil Bennett B. R. Huggins John W. Bigwood J. H. Jones John J. Biair Thomas F. Keller C. A. Bradley - E. G. Knapp Charles E. Brady D. KoroUa WUUam R. Burch J. F. Land K. M. Bymaster Leo H. Lang Herman H. Casas Piere LeBlanc C. C. Chambers Theo E. Lee Clarence W. Cobb Leonard A. Libby S. Cope Thomas Lind John Culeton John C. Long Thomas J. Dawson Adam McDiarmid Leo Fontenot C. C. McDoweU B. D. Foster G. C. McCeliand F. FuUbright L. J. Magazzi J.' E. Gardiner W. R. Massey N. L. Gardner John W. Malcolm E. Gaylor H. W. Minkler Andrew J. G^del MitcheU Mobley Jack H. Gleason Jack Moore Louis J. Guarino George C. Murphy K. Gunderson Stewart A. Packer John Hane Kenyon Parks John W. Quimby Lonnie R. Tickla T. C. Reynolds S. C. TuberviUo W. E. Reynolds Edgar Walker Robert D. Schwarz J. E. Ward Luther C. Seidle C. V. Welborn William Tank III J. Ziegler Tedd Terrington USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Joseph Kramer Fred U. Buckner Jimmie Littleton P. G. Daugherty L. T. McGowan E. J. Debardeiaben W. T. Sheirling R. A. Denmark Samuel Small L. A. DeWitt James H. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. R. M. Churchill Theodore Mastler John A. Duffy Robert A. Rogers Roy L. McConnon A. P. Vloianto Frank Mackey USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS N. Baker J. E. Markopolo C. Barboza D. B. Patterson M. J. Birrane Julius Parks M. Fontenot Harry Reynolds C. Fowler Robert W. Scales Edward C. HiU Joseph L. SoUeau Edward R. IdeU Albert T. Weaver E. Lachappeiie Charles Young Howard E. Liles USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. LesUe R. Aaron Robert Lambert Julian A. Blanco Clyde R. Leggett Francis J. Boner W. R. Mcllveen Robert L. Brain MUvin Mason Jessie A. Clarke Francisco Mayo Clolse Coats George Meitzer Frank J. Conforto Henry T. MUler Harry CuUen Jack D. Morrison Jeff Davis Joe Perez Paul H. Dew M. Pugaczewskl James R. Dodson Horace C. SherrlU Earl T. Erickson Howard W. SherrUl L. C. Glanville Waiter H. Sibley M. B. Hairelson G. K. Stennett Roy M. Hawes Paul Strickland James H. Hayes Claud Stroud Thomas J. Hoar Harry Thrash Alfred Johnson Albert Wilhelm Woody H. Kirby N. Zaragoaa ^ USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WA"?*'. Robert R. Barbee K. R. Klttelson C. E. Dudley Ralph M. McDarieS J. B. Garrison Linus E. Twite Leonard E. Hodges Joseph E. «WeUs S. Johannessen USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Charles W. Burke John M. Powers Lonnie Hall ' Alexander PresneU Herbert D. MUllner W. A. Rowe Jr. CharUe W. Phelps . Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want, to get in touch with heudquarters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. . Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. Ortiz Family Photo Carol Lynn Woniger, bom De­ cember 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus J. Woniger, 1500 Ridge Lake Drive, New Orleans 20, La. 4 4 4 ' Jana Lynn Johnson, born De­ cember 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Johnson, 214 East Tenth Avenue Extension, Lexing­ ton, NC. ' I'; 54': 11' Haw To Get Disabled Pay ^ The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. this year. Burial took place at St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.' Brother Wyzenske leaves his mother, Susan Rose Wyzenske, 142 10th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. Anthony Joseph Wyzenske, 32: On November 9, 1953, Brother Wyzenske died of a brain tumor at Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn. He had been , sailing as an AB in the deck department from Boyse Holmes, 51: Since 1938, Brother Holmes sailed as steward from the Portvof New York. A victim of uremia, he died on No­ vember 26, 1953 in Waycrpss, Ga., and was buried at Hazzard Hill Cfijnete]^, in that city. ,, , Baltimore Si9ce, ,toq, beg>nnjn^^ 4> 4 4> Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the U n i c n Welfare Trustees, c/o S'lO Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. :=£& •• :n/- Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Ortiz and their new daughter, Laura, form a happy family group in this photograph taken in their Broni(, New York, home. �lainUiifT S> 1084 SEAFkktlkS 'tOG Pige Twenty-three SEEDT THE SEAFARERS (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SlU Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) It seems as if the pattern of traffic and other accidents over the New Year's Holiday, as compiled by the National Safety Council, means a good year ahead for the hospitals. Accidents and fatalities were well below expectations, and we hope that this drop in figures extends to Seafarers in hospitals. What we mean is that we hope less men need facilities of the hospitals, but we'll be fighting to keep the hospitals open throughout 1954 and beyond as we have in the past. Leading off the list of hospitalized Seafarers is Joseph Keating, the chief electrician of the Kathryn (Bull). This Brooklyn Seafarer was injured aboard the vessel in San Juan and flown back to New York for an eye operation at the Staten Island hospital. He's improving tremendous­ ly since he entered on the first day of December. He expec^ to be discharged this week as an out­ patient and is feeling right chipper about it. William Carey, a messman' off the Wild Ranger (Waterman), entered the hospital on the Island on December 4 because of a stomach disorder. He was taken off the ship in New York, where he lives. Right now, the doctors are still examining him to Keatine find out what the trouble is. In for a general checkup about the middle of December was Wil­ liam Brady. Brady came off the Citrus Packer (Waterman), his last ship, and was in pretty good shape, overall, so he was out in jig time after a physical. Ready To Ship Again Walter Karlak, another Brooklyn Seafarer, came oflLthe Steel De­ signer (Isthmian) last October 30 for a general checkup. The fireman was discharged recently front the hospital and Is fit and ready to ship out once again. You can't keep a good Seafarer down when there's a job oh the board and an urge to go to sea once again. Another fireman, John Flynn, came off the Mississippi vessel Maiden Victory last October 26 for a visit to the hospital. He was discharged about a month ago with a fit for duty slip and ready to go to sea. Lai Chang, a utility messman off the Steel King of Isthmian, was ad­ mitted to the hospital on December 5. This New Yorker checked in to see the doctors with a littie stomach trouble on his mind and abdomen. Another Seafarer in the Staten Island hospital for a.look-see is Frances Wall of New York City. This fireman off the Liberty Bell of Tramp Cargo entered the hos­ pital on December 2 and he's doing all right. In the same general checkup category is Randolph Edmondson, galley utility, off Bull's Binghamton Victory. He entered two days ahead of Wall, on the last day of November. Constantine Sofomilos, a fireman off the Steel Voyager, wa; discharged recently, while Walter Smith, Seapender's cook and baker, is improving rapidly. He was injured and went to the hospital Edmondson on December 12, but he's coming along nicely how. He can't wait to get out and get home to Columbus, Ga., home cooking. A comer of the Welfare Services Department is shown on a typical busy morning. The office re- celves hundreds of inquiries In person or through the mails every week, dealing with a wide variety of personal problems, welfare Services Rounds Out Busy Year Of Aid To Members The year 1953 proved to be a pretty active one for Welfare Services not only in number of cases handled but in the interesting variety of problems that Seafarers brought in to be taken care of. Some statistically-minded headquarters employee estimated that Wel­ fare Services handled one case4 ^ every seven minutes of the In this case Welfare Services; overseas also got their share of working day. Whether that got the proof of the injury and ' assistance. One crewmember who figure is accurate or not, the fact remains that a few hundred Sea­ farers each week get in touch with Welfare Services for assistance, or just plain- information. Among the more interesting matters handled by the headquar­ ters office was the case of the Sea­ farer who suffered a severe brain injury but couldn't convince the skipper he was really sick. The man in question. Seafarer Philip Frank, had been hit on the head by a falling skylight fi.xture. After one day's rest he was made to turn to, and kept at work despite severe dizzy spells and vomiting. Even when an Italian doctor had him hospitalized the skipper called him a- phony, and the company refused to pay him maintenance claiming he was a fake. French Creek Crew Should See Lawyer Members of the crew of the French Creek, who are entitled to cut up a $9,000 salvage melon, have been asked to get in touch with the Union attorney, Seymour W. Miller, at 26 Court Street, Brook­ lyn. The men have to supply af­ fidavits and authorizations to the attorneys so that their money can be collected for them. The salvage claim arises out of a tow that the Cities Service tanker gave to a disabled German freighter, after the latter ship lost her propeller in heavy seas. Crewmembers who are entitled to salvage shares are the follow­ ing: Ove H. Jorgensen, bosun; Rich­ ard H. Hemington, AB; John B. Tierney, AB; Marion C. Butcher, AB; Leo F. Gwalthney, OS; Robert Eschrich, OS; Charles R. Goodwin, DM; Joseph Dodge, AB. Also Fred G. Bjorkman, machin­ ist; Erling H. Anderson, pumpman; Edmond L. Eriksen, oiler; John C. Rounds, oiler; Joseph Lucas, FWT; Eduardo Martinez, FWT; Ueonard J. Feind, wiper; Kenneth Gelehiser, wiper. Also Johnny Roberts, 2nd cook; James R. Logan, galleyman; . Ernest P. Legoza, MM; William B. Blankinship,. MM; .John F.~Kozar, JilM. got into a fight wdth a Saudi Ara­ won Frank's maintenance claim. bian longshoreman and was jugged Romance Difficulties Then there was the Seafarer by local authorities was sprung whose new bride lived in South from the lock-up through Union Africa. He wanted a visa for her, efforts. Since this happened in so the Union got after it and gave mid-summer, the Union's action him the necessary affidavits. In an- undoubtedly saved the man from other instance, Welfare Services j serious illness, had to contend with a stubborn ! A Union member who had lost Brooklyn landlady who refused to both his legs in a shipboard accilet a Seafarer pick up his gear ^ dent got deluxe service. Arrangeeven though he had money to pay ' ments were made to transport him for his back rent bill. | back and forth to the hospital for Another Seafarer who -was hav- outpatient treatment until he ing trouble with some bills got could get artificial legs fitted and equally speedy seiwice. His vife a place found for him to stay was in the hospital after giving nearby. birth and the hospital wanted to 'Fit For Duty' see the color of his money before One of the most unusual cases they would discharge her. Welfare Services took care of that by sup- i that of Brother Isaac Seger plying him with his $200 maternity I " ho collected maintenance even benefit just four minutes after he though found "fit for duty" by a applied for it. 1USPHS doctor. Ordinarily this A notable case that was success- , would have been the last word, fully resolved was the one on be- ! but a subsequent visit to a private half of Seafarer Theofilus Steven- specialist revealed that Seger was son. In his case, he signed a medi- : suffering from a tumor and needed cal report form at the payoff, only I immediate surgeo'. Seger collected to find when he went to the hos­ his maintenance in spite of the pital the next day for a checkup "fit for duty" notation, through that he was ill and needed medical the efforts of Welfare Services and the Union's attorneys. treatment. However, the company tried to These are only a few of the very deny him maintenance because he large number of oases handled suc­ signed the report form. Welfare cessfully by the Welfare Services Services succeeded in getting Ste­ office, in addition to the routine venson his due because there was payment of hospital benefits, han­ no question he had been ill, even dling of vacation claims, arrange­ though he might have signed the ments for funerals and numerous report form. other matters that occupy the de­ Seafarers in far distant points partment. Seafarer Theophilus Stevenson, who collected his maintenanea even though he signed a company medical report form discusses his case witii Walter Siekmann, director of Welfare Services. �^1- : Vol. XVI No. 1 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT > AFL • Seafarers Int' - �rrSTriiHinrw .it!- SEAFABERS^UMS 1] ;- V''- ^• ^-''''f-'",.. ' >-. ,..l'h:' . Vol. XVI, No. 1 January S, 1954 Canst. Supp. ' -I i i;. - The strength of any organization lies in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. In the 15 months since the membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply fulfilled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in the SEA­ FARERS LOG and distributed to a I Sea­ farers, ashore and on ship. Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution every six months, so all Seafarers will have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thor­ ough y with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was carried in the July 10, 1953, issue, and now, six months later, is printed again here. I:i<•-•", ..- '-T^' K'. ^,'.-•.•'.".•y': \ .i- •'y _ . •; I Lfr' ' i'-. • P' f\v CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL ft'I I'-f' V nr -T l:/'. ••• k'li!- r; • • k ilSr. WSx'r 5*' ? The new SIU constituHon has evoked considerable comment in and outside maritime and reactions to the document from members of Congress. mittee to hear charges against members, and Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.: "I wish guaranteeing the traditional American rights to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ to representation, cross-examination, and con­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to constitution. I believe that the more explic­ note that your new constitution is drawn in itly rules, regulations, customs and privileges the spirit of democratic trade unionism." can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and Representative Herbert B. Warburton, Del.: sailed with the merchant marine during the "You are to be congratulated upon the fine war" * attempt to increase individual i^hts of the union members in the new constitution." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY: "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible Representative Charles R. Howell,. NJ> "1 unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ think you have fol'owei the right approach tempts to further rights of their members, in stressing the need for protection of the both within the unions and as part of the civil liberties of the Seafarers, and in setting total national economy. 1 find particularly forth in detail the rights of each member to praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and participate in the activities of the union. A the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ union which stresses rank and file participa­ ginning of your constitution." tion in the day by day business of the organ­ ization is operating on solid ground." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: .. I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ and just. I was particularly interested in the lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ fact that it was adopted in such a democratic mendously impressive. J was particularly manner by the full membership of your or­ struck by the Declaration of Rights .. . Also ganization." of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. 1 would hope that this kind of action will be generally Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am followed throughout the trade union move­ porticu'arly impressed by the provisions of ment..." the constitution providing for a trial com­ Icbor circles. Here are a few of the many Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems-to me to be an extremely democratic one and I am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratificqtion by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative Robert H. MoMohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." . Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your shaiing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." | I �-: • IS ' •-..-•rj^-'-.:-.w- SEAFARERS Vare 8—Two January 8, 1984 LOG I: • i' EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. 'fw • u^- The right^to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. > The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with'conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IT-i W 1 VA- fraction of the membership, that the absent members, PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea« from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH who are present may act for and in the interest of all, AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North we have adopted this constitution. America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS the following principles: In order to form a more perfect union, we members Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ men to receive their employment through their own fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: Government. In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. duties and obligations as members of the community, Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to of communism and any other enemies of freedom and rest. the democratic principles to which we seafaring men Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ dedicate ourselves in this Union. ful manner by those in command. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional alike, irrespective "of nationality or creed. voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations are conscious of corresponding duUes to those in com­ to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the tainment -of a free and happy society, without distinction duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ based oi^race, creed or color. ance t9 our employers in caring for their gear and To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind property. that most of our members are migratory, that their duties Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: .carry them all over the world, that their rights must and To use our influence individually and collectively for the shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ members of the Union to be inalienable: ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the i United States, so as to render it more equitable and to No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of of a.Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. the Union. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments II of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. maintain the knov'ledge of and interest in maritime No one shall deprive him of that right. affairs. III To assist seamfen of other countries in the work of Every member shall have the right to nominate himself organization and federation, to the end of establishing for, and to hold, office In this Union. the Brotherhood of the Sea. IV To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ possible in the attainment of their just demands. out due process of the law of this Union. No member To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable trial of any proceeding In which he may be charged with and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ and Job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise rights of every member In accordance with the principles mebt-lo-'acf,'that meetings GSQ be attended by only a set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of his brother Uniqn members. VI No member shall be dfenied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of .the Union. VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Internatiotfal Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perfprm. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION ' This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of Labor. Ajl other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE HI ^ MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted'to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2, Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles^and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION *1 pledge my honor aa a i^'ah.' ti^V l will be fgiblul to �lannary 8, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Three this Union, and that 1 wlU work for its Interest and will Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed - (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his look upon every member as my brother; that 1 will not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for -the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that 1 will obey all ARTICLE VII policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. 1 promise that I wUl never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by d majority vote of -he membership. Within the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be govemedt in tion, and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretary- not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate pended, and shall forfeit all benefits and ail other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties dismissed if. they are more than two quarters in arrears urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions set forth in this Constitution. (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time^ shall not run: Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ (a) While's member Is actually participating in a strike Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall capacity. This designation may be changed from time to or lockout. (b> While a member Is an In-patient In a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaH'-Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance nvith custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by at the time of entry into the Armed f"orces, and further This definition may be modified by a majority vote of provided he applies for -reinstatement within UO days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to* pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mer­ a replacement, or postponement cf a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS. PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority yote of the membership shall be Section 1, The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in tliis Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne or more. ali measures, and employ such means, which he deems to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary.or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership-shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ which dues and assessments may be remitted where a tion: ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been imabie to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegate.*! the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, ali members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Ct^mmittee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and ail That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, (d) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The ne:{t in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the next highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9, Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent,, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the letter's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE IV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, 4 REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Port Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administration of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ,.r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership wUhout having paid an Initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretai-y-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accoimting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. RETIREMENT ^ROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting asrd shall deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ subject to approval by a majovity vote of the membership. of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities majority vote of the- members present at the said Port plishes these payments and request. Meeting. of all Ports. Section 2. Ali the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. ship. the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event riod of retirement, except that a retired member shall (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, ment to act as such during the period of Incapacity. dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of At the first regular meeting in August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under which his right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. <h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored- to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all r.ssessments accruing. and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement. If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in tliis Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Section 4. Port Patrolmen ' ments shall consist of ali dues accruing during the said Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, including those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shuU quarter, and ail assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment^ the person in of the membership. (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, Including retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port In which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under Section 4, A 'member in retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of the rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a membership after a two-year period of retirement only Agents' Conference and may cast one yote. majority vote qf the membership andL if npn«„ j isaisia I ^' m n �Page S—Four • S; K:- f ,:, Mr W W.:- such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. <b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event of a tie. • (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America, <bi Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shail then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) Trial Committee The Trial Committee shall co-duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution, it shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly "thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shail r.eport on their findings, and make rec­ ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. 3 All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the seiection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. id) Appeals Committee . 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop*;d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said heaj'ing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. le) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a reguiar or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for Itsell provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained, in such event, the Fort Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Fort Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Fort Negotiating and .Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same manner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Fort thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approvai of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship ~ 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority, as evidenced by a majority . vote of the membership, is SEAFARERS LOG granted therefor. In all other cases; a majority vote of the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ ing on all members and other persons affiiated with this Union. However, a majority, vote of the membership may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or all of a strike plan. ARTICLE XI WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS. UNION EMPLOYEES. AlW OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall be held for a term of two years: Secretary-Treasurer Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Fort Agent Patrolman Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the f^nion, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shal' be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the membership. Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, all other classifications of employees ox the Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ sary in the best interests of the Union. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS, PATROLMEN. AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman, provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of. the Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his nomination, and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of. other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord*ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hr ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity with regard to such office or joT. ARTICLE XUI ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS AND PATROLMEN Section 1. Nominations Any member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the^ Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ lowing: (a) The name of the candidate (b) His home address and mailing address (c) His book number (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman (e) Proof of citizenship (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election year. • Section 2. Credentials Conunittet. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, at the Fort where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of s:x members in attendance at the meeting, with two members from each of the Deck, Eiigit.e and Stewards De­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at Headquarters Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately January 8, 1954 go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Bulletin Board in each port. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal In any event, without prejudice* to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before It and still reach the Forts in time for the first regular meeting after its' election. (d) A majority vote of the membership sh'all, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event, the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. le) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Port Agent or Fort Fatrolman, has met all the require­ ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or Forts. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Fort on that coast, then west­ erly along the Gulf, of Mexico and so on, until the list of Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot chall be so-prepared as to have thq number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Fort. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall Inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shaU immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ ancies shall be corrected a.«! soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall \ at all times be available to any member asking for in­ spection of the same at Headquarters. ' ®®^oting -ihall take place in person, at Port Offices, and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Fort Agent or Fatrolman. (d) Wo inember may vote, without displaying his Union Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to the member who shall thereupon sign his name on* a separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot jiumher is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site. <e> Eaclj Pert Agent shall be. responsible forvthe estab- �January 8, 1984 lishment of a booth or other voting site where each memher may vole in privacy. (f) Upon compietion of voting the member shaii fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shaii then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shaii be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shaii commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (at Each Port shaii elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each votfhg day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. <b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an Investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as Indicated In Article I. (c» The Polls Committee shall also insure mac the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been Illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. le) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed In tbe envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced In the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded Until turned over to the Polls Committee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the untised ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, tlvp ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shaii keep the rosters, unused ballots ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key untii duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall Insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes- while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (t> Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. Section 5. Ballot Collection. Tallying Prccedare, Protests, and Special Votes. SEAT A RERS LOG (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to ittend, provided he observes decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots therein contained, and count the number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein In a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and that all of those ballots are enclosed In the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certificat'on, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don® in person, forwarding shaii be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the Head(iuarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot' be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign^ the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vot^If it finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, oh the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and , the designation as to the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and.must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shall complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies' to comply with the following require­ ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, arid the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee, which ap­ Page S—Five peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, lu which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protestmg mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal pMor to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals with tbe terms of such special vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn special votes. Immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shaii be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE Xn' OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make the required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to decide at which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em-' .i 1 "•i' 1^ I .•r ... 'e\ ^;• . i' I m ••M.1 p m i; �• •rr;;:'. • / ' m • {•- "t'u f;\: fl' I: •ii'-' i?K,'' W-"' Page S—Six SEAFARERS LOG January 8, 1934 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee, The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantUI evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate Mmself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Coramittee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any member to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members-, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section '15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the_ evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis­ . number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and.^or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the Accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shail forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Fort Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. In Section 17. .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwi'-®, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness: shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shail containli fair summary bers of the Union. of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry cut the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19, Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a ''ostponement, the Trial date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of -America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow- • generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem- ' These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Fort in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter ineeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rales shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force: (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shail be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any qrganlzational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify tIfS" recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been uone with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where HeadSection 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quart^j^s located and, upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member f9r the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse'' and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accus'er shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc.. for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Fori Agent, the Fort Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions: jhpse charges to. be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Fort, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice' that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof,or or altering reports or Communica­ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which unauthorizedly fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Fort Agent shall im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration dressed to his last known mailing address on file with of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ tion of the duties of any office or job; the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book and may request the accused or accusers to (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journmefats present arguments, whenever necessa^ for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Fort, the Trial shall take place in the Fort where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice'thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (al No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the reque.st of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts ot law but may receive all' relevant mended. (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac­ (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official beneatjr a qi^tprum. it shall adjourn until a .quorum does cused was not adequately informed of the details of the Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute cbari|e(i|| qi^ense. which resulted in bis npt,having been by conduct not provided for elsewhere (p this. Article: J,; 'U exist. .St J .. �Jannary 8, 1954 (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any'time. Section 4. Upon proof of- the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (hi Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ tives at pay-off; . (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; ; <g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by^o more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the.,duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVn PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVm BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2.' No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. «b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accnial of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other, than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligatioris incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or-non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation (equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a fnember. ARTICLE XXU FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship­ ping rules' governing the details of the assignments of SEAFARERS LOG jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXin QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shall be six members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port •shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quoaym for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the following night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall postijone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents* Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and place of each such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership £hail determine when such emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided such recommendation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ tion. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include- failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as h whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a meeting or mretings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution (b> Union policy, and (ci Custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action" rhall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Seotioh 8. Where the title of any office or job, or the Page S—Seven holder thereof, is set forth in. this Constitution, all refer­ ences thereto and the provisiohs concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. ^ Section 8. The terms, "this Consfttution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939. as amended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by' a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head-! quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department, and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes . or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too . lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in ' accordance with the provisions hereof. Sectioif 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be' permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article .XHI, only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shaJ take effect the first election year. • --A -hi l'!j •n I < T/ii I;| 1^1 �• »w : 41; •.-'.S-'-T'^i i' ( i ' .;v- • . .,•• ; -:. T,.- ^ SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC VOL. XVI No. 1 AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • CONSTITUTION SUMMARY of w • -M ARTICLE.XlV-Ofher Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: ^.t/s'the election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A r\'ri^-i r 11 A fM« A* Provides for affiliation of the AtARTICLc 11—AllllianOn; lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE Xy-Trlals and Appeals: SlhVo/"™' member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires'that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to'representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership foF acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—^Provides procedure for appeals. A nTi/-i r III AA -L:^ Sets forth that new members ARTICLE Jll AACmbCrShlp: may be admitted under rules set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: ARTICLE IV-Reinstatement: SgrtofeSeftoCn! fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. Statement of dismissed members. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: existing dues schedule. Initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. A OTITIC V\/ili Provides for bonding of officers AKIILLC AVIII DOnOS: and employes ol-the Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE VII—System of Organization: ihe'depan- ARTICLE XIX—Expenditures: ship shall determine poli­ cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. rnents of the Union and provides for administrative authorit5^ Defines the Union's sources of in­ come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any ' payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE Vlll-officers: ARTICLE XX—Income: tive ^cers: the Secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:r„7cha?rmen'^ gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. f. [§•• \m- it. w ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: duS^'Sr ADTir'l C VYI D^rmife Retains the existing requirement AKI I^LC AAI rermilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. . the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file we^ly financial reportsEstablishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules:^ Guarantees^ as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. A DTin n VVill Provides that the quorum for AKI IL.Lt AAIII L^UOrumS: a special meeting of any port shall be six members and the quorum fot a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem­ bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-Agenf's Conference: Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. K*;,- I W'~ I:; ItT' i fr ' '-' Ut .^t' • f: . !i;' ••" •iP"-' K'lL^r X" A DTir*l C Yin Describes procedure for nominaMK I IV«LC Alii CiecriOnS: tlon to office—Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate.results-rSets forth the manner for installation of officers. ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. •:{ ARTICLE XXVII-Amendmenfs: stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIII-Transition Clause:f„',S,|'ai.1,?&JS practices and procedures to regulation by proposed Constitution. •li- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 8, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: KOREA ORPHANS TREATED SIU-STYLE ABOARD SHIP AFL-ILA ASKS LABOR BD. TO VOID NY DOCK ELECTION INDICT 5 SHIP CO'S ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AUTO BATTERY DEAL HALTED BY US COURT FATE OF USPHS HOSPITALS, OTHER MARITIME PROBLEMS FACING CONGRESS ACTION ATLANTIC TANKERS COLLIDE; TWO SIU MEN AMONG DEAD SUP MEMBERSHIP THANKS SIU FOR AIDING IN ALEUTIAN BEEF MARITIME UNIONS TO MEET JAN. 18 HOT CONGRESS FIGHT SEEN ON LABOR LAW CHANGES ROBIN MOOR VICTIMS SEEK US AID FIVE OF MARINER SHIPS HEADED FOR BONEYARD SEATRAIN PASSES 25TH YEAR PORTS DISPENSE HOLIDAY CHEER SEAMEN'S LAUNDRY SERVICE SET UP BY INDIAN UNION AWAIT WAYWARD BUS AT SIU HEADQUARTERS ISSUE REPORT ON WETBACKS ALBION TARGET OF EGYPTIAN SHELLS THE COMING CONGRESS THE ALBION INCIDENT CONSTITUTION REPRINT SEATRAIN'S BIRTHDAY AFL-ILA COMES INTO PLAY HOLIDAY CHEER FOR NEW ORLEANS SEAFARERS AT SIU XMAS PARTY STONY CREEK CREW BURIAL SERVICE HELD DESPITE OFFICERS' TACTICS SEAFARER SHIPMATES LEAP TO THE RESCUE OF PAIR OF DROWNING MEN MODERN-DAY PIRATES WORK IN TRINIDAD, SAYS CREW D-2 ALIENS GET $$ BACK WELFARE SERVICES ROUNDS OUT BUSY YEAR OF AID TO MEMBERS FRENCH CREEK CREW SHOULD SEE LAWYER SIU CONSTITUTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/08/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8ebe0fdd4e61ba5ea6c401fb01c74a83.PDF c1d88d8999198664fdd36cbba7411282 PDF Text Text [jr '{•; SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • SHIP UNKIIIS AGREE ON JOINT PROGRAM 'i i''" ii •' ¥ ti -fJ .Story On Page 3 Vacation Pay Tops $3 Million .Story On Page 3 ^Aniirc RrfffCAC' Arrows in top photo point to two gashes ripped in "f 11 . S9rut9V9» the bow of the Bethcoaster, Calmar coastwise LST, wllowmg a collision in NY harbor with a small tanker which sank afterwards. Only slight injuries were reported, all on the tanker. (Story on Page 3.) Bock. In Harness Once-bllnded Seafarer Phil Pron (rear, left) -'K • .c ^ v .. ^ V/J-•• , * smiles happily at crew get-together on the Strathport; lus first' ship since he resumed sailing. Others shown'(front, l-r) /are: FJ Rocafort, M. Sikorsky; (rear), Pron, S. Frank and .W. King., Pron was ashore for three years. (Story on Page 8:) �Paee-Tw#, m'' ,W- SEAFARERS LOG January 22, 1954 MCS'AFL^ Bryson Union Set For Stewards Vote SAN FRANCISCO.—A collective bargaining election to settle the dispute over stewards department representation-on West Coast ships has been set for February 10. The elec­ tion has been ordered by the National Labor Relations Board as an outgrowtli of a twoyear fight by the Marine Cooks ^ "and Stewards-AFL, an SIU the National Labor Relations proceedings on the ground that they were not official parties to affiliate, to oust the Commu­ Board. Should Bryson be convicted, it the dispute. nist-dominated National Union of All stewards who are working as Marine Cooks and Stewards (in­ would disqualify NUMC&S from dependent). The NUMC&S is the using the facilities of the Labor of February 10 wiU be permitted to last shipboard stronghold of the Board. Howevef, it is not expected participate in the voting. The max­ once powerful Communist water­ that Bryson will go to trial before imum number who would be eli­ the start of the election in Feb­ gible is 6,000 but the total is ex­ front section in US maritime. pected to fall short of that figure ruary. A third party to the dispute is All of this raises the question of because there will be men on the Harry Bridges' International Long­ shoremen's and Warehousemen's what would happen if Bryson were beach at the time the voting starts. The men will vote both by mail Union which has chartered a convicted of perjury after the ballot and on the spot. The large "stewards department" in its un­ election was over. passenger vessel^ will be voted by ion. The-ILWU group is consid­ Joint Hiring Hall the NLRB when they hit port, but ered as nothing more than a sub­ At present, because of the dis­ other ships will have to send in John Arabasz left, new SIU Welfare Services Department repre­ stitute for NUMCiScS. In case the pute, all stewards departments on sentative In Baltimore, gets briefed on matters by Sy Miller, right, latter group should lose out, West Coast ships that are part of their ballots through the mails. Bridges would then be in a posi­ the Pacific Maritime Association This arrangement-was ordered by Unfon attorney, AI Kerr, Welfare Plan trustee, standing, and Wal­ tion to snipe at MCS-AFL through are being manned through a joint the local NLRB representative. ter Slekmann, SIU Director of Welfare Services. his "steward department." hiring hall which registers mem­ bers of both unions. Bryson Indictment Up until now, the NLRB has not Complicating the election pic­ ture is the fact that Hugh Bryson, recognized the Bridges stand-by president of the NUMC&S, iS un­ "stewards department" in its ar­ The SIU Welfare Service Department expanded its services this week with the opening der indictment on perjury charges. rangements for the election. The charges deal with Bryson's Bridges, however, has declared of a full-time office in the Port of Baltimore, even before the new hall for Seafarers ship­ non-Communist affidavit filed with that his union would petition for ping through that port is opened. In the interim, separate office space is befng maintained a place on the ballot along with NUMC&S and the MCS-AFL. He at the old hall, at 14 North^ the headquarters office would have quarters employee estimated that has stated further lhat if his stew­ Gay Street. the department handled one case ^ ards division is defeated in the Creation of a regular Wel­ to branch out. every seven minutes of every work­ vote, he would withdraw from the fare Services Department exactly Office Already Open field. 18 months ago followed within Thus, the new Baltimore office ing day since it was established In July, 1952. This embraced both ad­ The decision to hold an election weeks the extension of coverage is already operating and wili swing vice and investigation of questions was made after a meeting of MCS- under the SIU Welfare Plan to in­ over to the new hall when it is and claims Immigration, AFL and NUMC&S officials with clude first-time m,atemity and dis­ completed and open for business. draft and regarding personai family the Labor Board, in San Francisco, ability benefits. Since then, the It will work in conjunction with lems, legal assistance, and prob­ espe­ along with PMA representatives. services provided by the depart­ Welfare Services in New York, The Readers Digest feature arti­ cially the day-to-day problems of Bridges' men showed up for the ment have faced so heavy a de­ cle about "The Amazing Seafarers meeting but were barred from the mand that it became obvious that while at the same time' providing Seafarers in the hospitals or those efficient, on-the-spot service on a making claims for various benefits. Union" has been inserted into the full-time basis for men shipping Congressional Record by Brooklyn On-Tbe-Spot Service out of Baltimoijn. Congressman Abraham J. Multer. Appointed as a full-time SIU Considering the variety of prob­ The January 6 edition of the Rec­ Welfare Services representative lems handled in New York, a great ord carries the fuU text of the Di­ for the port is Jolmny Arabasz, deal of them emanating from other gest story, which appeared orig­ who wili be returning to Balti­ ports in the District, it is expected inally in the September, 1953, more after a stint as port agent that the new Baltimore office will Issue. A proposal that the disabled Cornhusker Mariner be, cut for the Port of Wilmington. Ara­ be able to provide on-the-spot serv­ The article describes the operar. and sold for scrap is being fought vigorously by Senators basz, a. one-time SIU organizer in ice on many matters that would lions of the SIU and its internal Dennis: Chavez (Dem., New Mexico) and Allen Ellender the Isthmian drive, had been a otherwise be channeled to head­ patrolman in Baltimore previously. quarters first. Arabasz will also structure. It emphasizes the shore- (Dem., La;). The two Senators-^ "Side facilities maintained or undQr The new office will handle the make regular hospital visits' and salvage operations thus far. construction in the various ports, have introduced a resolution Pointing out that the ship orig­ same wide range of problems and personally deliver benefits to Sea­ as well as the operations of the that would stop the Federal inally cost $9Vi million. Senator detail work which the Welfare farers in the a^ea. Union hiring hall and the demo­ Maritime Board from offering the Chavez said that an Investment of Services Department iias been Seafarers shipping out of the vessel for sale. cratic procedures of the SIU. . dealing with for the 'last year and The ill-fated ship was on its $2Vi million could restore the ves­ a half, with Walter Siekmann at Baltimore hall are urged to take Copies of the article are avail­ third voyage under the Robin Line sel to seaworthiness. To sell it for advantage of the new service, able in reprint form in headquar-. when it was blown onto rocks dur­ scrap, he said, means an estimated the helm as Welfare Services Di­ which 'Will be expanded on a fullters and the Union's outports. time basis to other ports as the ing a severe storm in Pusan, Ko­ loss to the Government of better rector. than $7^4 million. One statistically-minded head­ need develops. rea, harbor, last July. All crewr members were rescued from the ship which than had to be cut in German Students Visit Headquarters January 22. 1954 Vol. XVi. No. 2 half as tugs were tmable to pull off. The difficulty arose from As I See It Page 4 her the fact that the saw-toothed rocks Crossword Puzzle . .Page 12 had penetrated deeply into the Editorial Page 13 bottom. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Stem Hauled Away Galley Gleanings .Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 The stern of the vessel was In The Wake Page 12 hauled into Sasebo, Japan, where Labor Round-Up Page 13 it was last reported that a false Letters Pages 21, 22 bow would be fitted to the vessel. Maritime .. Page 16 Now the FMB has apparently given Meet The Seafarer Page 12 up the idea of repairing it, al­ On The Job Page 16 though, the two Senators charge Personals ...Page 2.5 that $600,000 has been spent in Quiz ..Page 19 Seafarers In Action Page 16 Ships' Minutes .Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Seafarers overseas who want Union Talk Page 9 to get in touch with headquar­ Wash. News Letter Page 6 ters in a hurry can do so by Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 cabling the Union at its cable Welfare Report ... . .Page 8 address, SEAFARERS NEW Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's Wo-th Page 7 YORK. Use of this address will as­ Publl$h«d bIwMkly at Hit hMdquartar* •f th« Saafarars IntarnaHenal Union. At­ sure speedy transmission on lantic A Cult District AFL, *7S Fourth Left to right, Alfred Boeckmann, Helmut Amsburg and Ruedlger Koch, all of Germany, inspect Wei- • all messages and faster serv­ Avonuo, Srooklyn 91, NY. Tal. HYaclnth fare Services poster while on recent visit to SIU heajquarters. Three are among 85 European stu-^ y-MOe.. Entarod as aacond. class mattar ice for the. men involved. dents studying labor-management relations at Manhattan College under auspices of federal Foreign ' at tha Post Offlca In Brooklyn, NY., Operations Administration. '< • .. . under »ha Act of 'AUSu^'34, Wli ' Open Balto SIU Welfare Office Mag Article On SIU Gets In 'Record' Senate Bill Demands US Save Cornhusker From Scrap Heap SEAFARERS iOG VnU^n HUR Cable Address wl^' lis-;: •v:t �JaaUanr SS, 1951 SEAFARERS LOG Par* TIIK* Sea Unions Draft Maritime Plans Joint Action Set By AFL, CIO In Capital WASHINGTON^A comprehensive program de­ signed to revive and strengthen the US merchant marine has been adopted by a conference of all nonCommunist shipboard un-"* ' ' to the American flag, an end to ions in the maritime indus­ competition from MSTS, maritime try. Meeting in-the nation's representation on the Interstate Seafarer Robert Sipsey, rigrht, and Headquartera employee Bill Mitchell, hold sigm between Uiem acknowledginr the seaman's receipt of an SIU Vacation Plan benefit check which boosted the benefit fund total over the 53 million mark. Sipsey has collected three times under the SIU Vacation Plan set-up, which will mark Its second birthday shortly. Pioneer SIU Vacation Set-Up Hits $3 Million In Payments capital on January 18 and 19, the 50 delegates present agreed to push the program by setting up a permanent legisla­ tive committee to meet regularly on legislative problems facing maritime. Its first, meeting is set for January 27. Further arrangements were made on this score when delegates elec­ ted a committee of two consisting of Harry Lundeberg, president of the SIU of North America, and Joe Curran, president of the Na­ tional Maritime Union, to meet with President Eisenhower in the near future and take up maritime problems with the nation's Chief Executive. , O „ VSpoke for All Seamen The broad scope of the confer­ ence, dealing as it did with a wide variety of subjects, was in itself overshadowed by the very fact of the meeting. It was the first time that all the non-Communist sea­ going maritime unions in the in­ dustry had ever gotten together to draft a common program of action. And since the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards is the only sea-going union left still un­ der the thumb of the Communist waterfront apparatus, it meant that for all intents and purposes the conference spoke with one voice for all the nation's union seamen. AU told, 14 separate unions rep­ resenting approximately 130,000 seamen participated in the confer­ ence. Their recommendations in­ cluded a demand for Government aid to coastwise and intercoastal shipping, a 100 percent rule on carriage of Government cargoes, return of American-owned ships The distinction of receiving an SIU Vacation Plan benefit check which boosted the total money paid out of the fund to $3 million, fell to Seafarer Robert -A. Sipsey last week. The 27-year-old AB, a'native of Flushing, NY, was paid the benefit in the New York hall after he paid off his last ship, the+' Lewis Emery, Jr., (Victory ers kick in 65 cents per day for in a lump sum. One of the newer features of each man under the last contract Carriers) in San Francisco. the Vacation Plan, added in the Winding up nearly two years of signed. SIU Vacation Plan benefits, the Sipsey is typical of the many last year, makes it possible for Plan hit the third million mile­ Seafarers who have collected more Seafarers to file their applications stone with the payoff to Sipsey on than once under the Plan. In the by mail. In that way, men can get his third such vacation benefit nearly two yeatx of operation, it their checks faster, almost as soon claim. Sipsey has been sailing for has been nearly impossible to esti­ as they hit the beach after paying 13 years, ever since he was a young mate the number of men to be paid off. The Plan is supervised by a boy on Swedish ships. He has been by the Union, because many of six-man board of trustees, three sailing with the Union since 1942, them have been paid two, three appointed by the Union and three shipping with the SIU all through and even more times. Seafarers are representing the participating ship­ the war and to all points of the quick to take the opportunity of owners. globe carrying supplies for the cashing in on their vacation bene­ All records of the plan are care­ military. fits at the end of 90 days instead fully maintained by a battery of of waiting around for many months IBM machines which are foolproof Second Anniversary Approaching its second anniver­ longer and collecting their money in operation. sary, the Plan is preparing to start shelling out to the members of the Union the fourth million in payment under the welcome bei..ifit plan. It all started on February 11, 1952, and the nearly-two-year-old baby is mighty healthy and flexing its dollar benefits. When the Plan began, SIU offi­ cials estimated that the rate of WASHINGTON.—^The US Public Health Service came in for high praise from President benefit payments in any one year Eisenhower in a special health message to Congress this week, but although the Chief would approach the $2 million Executive singled out virtually every other phase of the USPHS program for special mark. After paying off $1.8 million at the close of the first year, the mention, he failed to say a> money payments are closing in on word about the vital hospital did say about other phases of some of the notable achievements the same mark for the second^ con­ program, which seems fated to USPHS operations, left the ques­ of the Service, including its suc­ tion of the fate of the hospitals cessful fight of many years for die at this session of Congress. secutive time. • still further up in the air. The oc­ standard milk sanitation and Since last summer, the USPHS First-Time Vacation Pay hospital program, which has pro­ casion of the President's health restaurant sanitation ordinances The revolutionary Vacation Plan, vided free medical care for seamen message was expected to bring throughout the country. "These a first in maritime, provided vaca­ since 1798, has been the target of some White House comment on the and similar field projects of the tion pay for many Seafarers for Administration money-slashers who furor stirred up among maritime Public Health Service," he said, the first time. Prior to the Union have been driving for "economy" unions and throughout the ship­ "such as technical assistance to the plan, it was necessary for the men since new Administration took ping industry over the proposal to states and industrial hygiene work, to stick with one company for over Inthe end the 155-year-old program of have great public value and should 1953. many months In order to qualify free medical care for seamen. In­ be maintained. In addition, the As a result, at the prodding of 'for payments of any kind, in the stead, it gave no hint of what the Public Health Service should be vacation field. All that was changed Budget Director Joseph M. Dodge, Administration proposed to do on strengthened in its research ac­ when shipowners began kicking Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary the issue. tivities," the President added. into a central kitty administered of the newly-created US Depart­ Referring to the "health and re­ Nowhere, however, was there ment of Health, Education and by the SIU. That way a Seafarercould work any length of time for Welfare, has Indicated that all but lated programs" of the Department mention of • the USPHS hospital a number of companies and stiU three; of the USPHS hospitals, of Health,. Education and Welfare, program, of what was to happen to col]iect vacation benefits every 90 which treat specialized diseases the President declared: "These it or to the thousands of patients days rather than waiting six only, will be closed this year. The programs should be continued be­ for which it provides essential months or a year as in thd bast. " President's message gave no sign cause of their past successes and care. Government figures show Present maximum payment un­ that he. opposed the move, despite their present and future useful­ that an average of 2,366 merchant der the Vacation Plan is limited to his laudatory . comments on the ness. The Public Health Service, seamen are receiving medical care for example, has had a conspicu­ at these hospitals on any average $140 a year, but that ceiling can USPHS program. The omission of any reference to ous share in the prievention of day In the year, while local aube raised at any time in the future , , tliorities in the communities afon the basis of operator, payments the future of the USPHS hospitals, disease..^ , Into the Plan. Currenflyr shipownr in the light of what Mr. Eisenhower Mr. EisenhWer then recited '(Continued ea i7) President Hails USPHS Services, Siient On Future Of Hospitais Commerce Commission, easier citi­ zenship terms for alien seamen, the closing of Government-supported officer training facilities such as Kings Point, and several others. The delegates also agreed that the group should meet again six months from now to determine how their proposals have been working out and take any further action necessary to deal with maritime problems. US Ships Target In its official report, the meetmg pointed out that at the end of every major international crisis, the American merchant marine has been a target of both foreign ship­ owner interests and domestic ene(Continued on page 17) NY River Crash Gashes Bow Of Calmar Vessel A small harbor tanker was sunk and two gashes ripped in the bow of the SlU-manned Bethcoaster when the vessels collided in New York's East River. Six of the sev­ en crewmembers of the tanker F. A. Verdon were slightly injured but nobody was hurt on the Bethcoaster, an LST. Collected More Than Once The 3,343-ton Bethcoaster, which is operated by the Calmar Steam­ ship Company, was on its way down-river from New Haven, Con­ necticut, to Baltimore when the accident occurred. The Verdon, a 768-ton ship, was headed up-river to West Haven. As the two ves­ sels were passing each other near the Williamsburgh Bridge, they collided. The Verdon started to go down rapidly but a passing tug nosed it toward shore where it was secured just before it went to the bottom. The injured crewmembers were taken off the Ver­ don and transferred to Gouvemeur Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile the Bethcoaster was taking water through a good sized gash in her port bow. However, she managed to proceed under her own steam to anchorage off Staten Island, and then limped into Beth­ lehem's Shipyard at 56th Street, Brooklyn, for a repair job. A Coast Guard investigation is underway to determine th# cause of the collision, but no report has been issued as yet. Meeting ^ight Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: January 27, February 10, Feb­ ruary 24. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend .the meetings..'. �#•-. Fovr S S«afiM«r ^hows VisH^ Aslltee It Seafarer C. A. Carlson, right, looks nver the Union constitution with visiting friends from his home town of Himrod, NY. Shown with him are Nelson E. Hanson, Mayor of Himrod and Democratic State Committeeman from Yates County, second from left, his son, Norman R. Hanson, and H. J. Eastley, the Mayor's confidential advisor. Carlson, a deck engineer, entertained them in the New York hall. Kings Pt. Gets Year's Grace \v-hiV liS' finUaiir'iiZ, 1951 IOC IT'S BECOME THE COMMON THING IN THE SIU NOW, TO PASS a new milestone marking one or another of your Union's achievements over the past several years. The latest one of these is the fact that the SIU Vacation Plan has shot past tlie $3 million mark in cash benefits paid to Seafhrers. By now Seafarers have become used to the idea of collecting vaca­ tion money in speedy fashion through their Union's offices. Actually though, the SIU Vacation Plan, which was the pade-setter for the en­ tire maritime industry, hasn't even been operating for two years. The second anniversary is coming up next month. Before your Union came up with its Vacation Plan idea, it was the belief of people in'the maritime industry that seamen would never collect'vacation pay because they moved from ship to ship in the course of the year. Many old-time Seafarers can recall sailing for many years without collecting a nickel in vacation pay. The SIU, by having all the vacation pay thrown into a common pool on the basis of a daily payment for each mkn by the shipowner, made it possible for Seafarers to collect for each day that they spend aboard a ship. Your Union has also received favorable reports from the membership on the speed with which they get their dough. All reports have it that the system worked out by your Union for handling these pay­ ments has worked smoothly at all times, ao that there would be the -least possible delay for Seafarers. The important thing about the Vacation Plan though, is that -the ,$3 million paid out directly to Seafarers would have stayed in the shipowners' hands were it not for the Union's action in negotiating this plan. And through the next few years many more millions will be added to the sum already paid out through this vacation system. A one-year breathing spell for th# King# Point Merchant Marine Academy is being ONE OF YOUR UNION'S PATROLMEN VISITING A SHIP IN THE requested by the Maritime Administration, as an aftermath of the fierce opposition aroused course of his regular duties came across an unusual beef, one that had when it was planned to close the school. The budget for the next fiscal year includes a an odd twist to it. This beef came from the skipper who was complain­ request, to maintain Kings ing about the food that the stewards department tunied out. kept open for the time being. Point until June 30,1955. Next for an annual aaving of $170,000. Apparently the skipper was pretty insistent about it too, because Originally, when the Shccpshead Previously the Maritime Ad­ year the Department of Com­ he gave the patrolman quite an earful of what was wrong with the Bay center was closed, the Mari­ merce promises to cut back Gov- ministration had closed the Sheepsemment-sponsorea maritime train­ head Bay and Alameda, California, time Administration announced food according to him, and had the Union representative wondering if training centers, and had proposed that the correspondence courses, there wasn't something serious to the beef after-all. ing for officers. Your Union's representative quickly -checked with the crew delegates While maintaining Kings Point for the closing of Kings Point. The which had about B,000 enrollees, another year at an estimated cost latter move drew an inunedlate would be maintained and-operated to find out what, if anything, was wrong with the chow. He found that of about $2,500,000, the Govern­ storm of protest from the school's through Kings Point. Subsequent­ the Seafarers aboard the ship were quite satisfied with the way she ment has further cut back training influential alumni association and ly, there was a change in plans and was feeding. for unlicensed seamen when it dis­ Congressmen from the area, with the correspondence courses went Upon investigating the matter further, the patrolman learned that continued correspondence courses the result that the school is being ouli the window along witb the rest the skipper's real beef was that he couldn't return to the old two-pot of the unlicensed training program. system. In other words he wanted special treatment on the chow, while Some disagreement was reported the galley crew was giving him the same selection within the Maritime Administra­ as the rest of the crew aboard. tion as to this decision. Those who This is a pretty good Indication of the kind of favored continuation of the coi*change that the Union has brought about in the respondence courses claimed that maritime industry. It wasn't so many years ago that they could have been made virtual­ the two-pot system was the common thing aboard ly self-supporting by increasing the merchant ships, with all that it meant in the way old $5 fee to the seamen. The ,of inferior food for the unlicensed crew. In this courses had been operating on the Back in the States from Mexico, He just reached voting age last ' particular instance, it would seem that the shoe was • basis of « $5 annual charge to the Seafarer Milbume Darley took October 9. on the other foot. student with $11 per student being charge as chairman of the last Toner has been sailing with the borne by the Government 4) i Galveston port membership meet­ SIU in the deck department for In contrast, Maritime Adminis­ SEAFARERS ABOARD THE STONY CREEK tanker have reported to headquarters that they • are ing. Darley has been studying at about 5Vi years now. He's 25 trator Louis Rothschfld has told Mexico City, College and living in years old. Stankiewicz has been Congress that Kings Point students planning lb buy. plaqUes to commemorate the death of. an Air Force the Mexican capital for the last with the Union for quite some time, cost the Government $3,000 a year crew. The Air Force plane was sent out in the Indian ocean to pick joining back in the early days on which means that nearly 200 un­ up a crewmember who was seriously 111 of polio on board the vessel. couple of years. June 15, 1942, in New York. He licensed seamen could be serviced However, in attempting to take off afterwards, the Air Force plane In his seafaring days, Darley also sails in the deck department each year for the cost of. putting crashed with the loss of four lives. sailed with the deck department. and will celebrate his 31st birth­ one man through one year at the He's a native of the Florida penin­ It was the feeling-of the Seafarers aboard that some tribute should sula, being born there 28 years ago, day this coming February 23, one Maritime Academy. Kings Point be paid the memory of these fliers who risked their, lives on behalf of and got into the SIU in the port day after George Washington's an­ students take a four year- course of the Seafarer. Accordingly, they are making arrangements to send niversary. study. Rothschild also reported plaques to the families of these men, and to the Air Force group to of Mobile on December 19, 1946. t 4. that only 17^000 marine officers which they were assigned. Another deckhand, Antonio ColSavannah's port meeting fea­ are -presently -qmployed in the in­ lella, took care of the recording The Stony Creek crew also took the trouble to commemorate the secretary's job at the same meet­ tured two men from Georgia and a dustry out of 110,500 active li­ memory of their dead shipmate when they passed through the same Yankee from way up in Maine in censees. Even if a national emer­ ing. Collella is out of Boston, be­ •area on a return trip. Crewmembers chipped in to -buy a wreath which ing bom in Massachusetts Decem­ the meeting officer spots. The gency should break out and every was cast on the waters with appropriate ceremony, as a means of con­ chairman was Jesse T. Spivey of vessel in the reserve fleet be reac­ veying their feelings about the deceased. ber 12, 1916, and joining the Union in the Beantown. He's been with Mystic, Georgia. A steward de­ tivated, only 40,000 officers would Certainly, the crewmembers of the Stony Creek are to be com­ the SIU for about 6V4 years now. partment member, he's with the be needed. mended for the thoughtfulness they are displaying. SIU since November 22 ,1947, join­ Kings Point, Rothschild said, was The port of Philadelphia had ing in the port of New Orleans. the most expensive officers' school three rank and file members fill­ He's 46 years of operating, figuring costs per stu­ ing its meeting YOUR UNION IS CERTAINLY HAPPY TO WELCOME BACK TO nge. Ray Nash dent. The New York State Acade­ positions last of Gomer, Geor­ my, for example, operates at a cost its active ranks brother Philip Pron, who is now shipping again -after week, John M. gia, was the re­ of $1,900 a year per student com­ an absence of more than three years. Brother Pron, it will be re­ Clarke as chair­ membered, was the Seafarer who lost the sight of both eyes, only to cording secretary. pared to $3,000 for Kings Point. man, Bernard regain it thanks to the donation of a cornea from the He's 30 years old Commenting on the latest ac­ Toner as record­ and came into tion, an SIU headquarters spokes­ eye of a fellow Seafarer, Eric Josejph. Now, after a ing secretary and the SIU via the man declared: "The SIU has long long period of treatment and recuperation, he is fully Vincent L. Stanport of Baltimore been on record as opposed to Gov­ fit for duty and able to resume work. kiewicz as read­ It might be pointed but that Brother Pron's re­ on March 1, 1946. ernment training programs for sea­ ing clerk. All covery of sight was made possible by the skillful The northerner men. The Union has always be­ LaPointe three are home­ Stankiewicz in the Savannah lieved it could train men to up­ treatment he received from the doctors at the US town boys, na­ trio, Joseph N. LaPointe, comes themselves when the need Public Health Service hospital over in Staten Island, tives of the Keystone State who originally from Lewiston, Maine, grade New York. This hospital, like the other Public arose, as it has done in the past: live in and sail out of Philadelphia. which Is about as far "Down East" . "However, it does appear a little Health Service hoi^tals around the oorts, would be Clarke, who is with the galley (or up north) as you are likely to ridiculous to shut down the cor­ shut down .if some people down, in Washington have force, has been with the SIU for get. LaPointe, who sails with the respondence courses in the name their way. a little leM than a year now, get­ galley gang, has been a Union of economy, while at the same time It might I)e asked just how much chance Brother Pron would have ting" his membership la the port member since April, 1949, He's 25 keeping up the expensive Kings had for full recovery were it not for the fact that the services of the of New York oh February 10,1953. years bf age. Point 'operatibnT'" -" - marTne''KosjE«i31s we're .m^ailV tb^ •J'&iS.. �W- • January'22. 1954 II!. SEAFARERS LOG Pace Fir* Proposed T-H Change Would Aid Mailtime I- ir.:' V- '• i Proposals for amendment of the Taft-Hartley law, as sub­ mitted by President Eisenhower, drew a mixed reception both inside and outside of Congress. While organized labor was unanimous in condemning a-^ proposal for Government- can have standing agreements with shipowners before a single crewconducted strike votes, and member is hired. This is consider­ other recommendations came un­ der fire, the President's proposals for the maritime ifidusfry were seen as strengthening the status jo[ the Union hiring hall. The Presidenit recommended that maritime unions, as well as unions in the construction trades, be permitted to enter into a "prehire contract" with (employers. This recommendation was based on employment problems peculiar to these industries. Can Have Standing Pacts In other words, the President recognized the fact that the unions ed tacit recognition of the Union -hiring hall system. Other major proposals in the President's message call for some softening of bans on the so-called secondary boycott and prohibiting an employer petition for a Labor Board election in the course of an economic strike for four months. The latter proposal is welcomed by labor in that it would eliminate what unions consider one. of the most vicious features of the TaftHartley Act. Longshoremen on the 29th Street. Brooklyn, .pier proudly display strike benefit payments received At present, if a union goes out from the AFL-ILA. It was the first time that longshoremen on strike in the port had ever received on an economic strike, the employ­ such benefits. er can hiire strikebreakers and then petition for an election in which only the strikebreakers would be allowed to vote. Such a procedure would be ruled out under the President's proposals. Strike Votes These proposals, and others, have taken second fiddle to the contro­ Another body blow was delivered to the crumbling old-ILA when the New York office Seamen will agree that a sea versial recommendations that the of the National Labor Relations Board found that the AFL-ILA had presented convincing anchor is a useful thing to have Federal Government run secret evidence of intimidation and other irregularities in the dock vote held last Christmas Eve. ballot strike votes. The President around when you are in a small did not make it clear whether such As a result, the NLRB re-^ boat, but a couple of shorebound a strike vote should be taken be­ gional office has not issued against AFL-ILA supporters and numerous assaults,' knifings and inlanders found a new use for one fore or during a strike, but a bill any decision in the pre-Christ- working longshoremen to get them other violence was committed in —rescuing puppies from wells. introduced H. Alex­ mas balloting. Instead it has rec­ to vote for the old ILA, as well as the area. "There is . . . evidence," • This unusual function of a sea ander Smithbyof Senator New Jersey ommended to its Washington office irregularities in the balloting pro­ the Board said, "that Ackalitis led anchor was applied in Carlsbad, for such votes while a strike iscalls go­ a group of men, all of whom wore that an open hearing be held to cedure. New Mexico, of all places, a con­ The. Labor Board investigated ILA buttons, past the Brooklyn further determine whether the siderable distance from salt water. ing on. The move was immediately AFL's charges justify the voiding the charges, and in its report de­ polling place in full view of the The puppy in question had fallen clared that there was an atmos­ waiting voters, the purpose of down a dry well, 38 feet deep and branded by labor as a strikebreak­ of the election. nine iimhes wide. All rescue at­ ing attempt involving direct Gov­ The AFL-ILA scored an import­ phere of organized fear, violence which was to assault the AFL rep­ tempts had failed until Wayne ernment interference in a -Union's ant gain on another sector of the and intimidation.. It found that resentatives who were standing Gregory, a scoutmaster, recalled strike action. It was also condemn­ waterfront struggle when it se­ many of the old ILA's professional some hundred feet away." The NLRB reporj also charged his scout troop had a number of ed by Congressional circles includ­ cured the reinstatement of an AFL hoods, including Danny St. John, sea anchors on hand as part of a ing ' Republican Senator Irving shop steward at a Brooklyn pier "Machine Gun" Campbell, Albert the old ILA with illegal election­ Ives of New York, a key Republi­ after a two-week strike. The AFL Ackalitis, Harold "Sudden Death" eering at the polling places and in­ lot. of Navy surplus supplies. The anchor was - baited with can member of the Senate Labor charged the steward had been Ward, Buster Bell, Tony "Spanish" side the polls in some instances. bread and milk and lowered into Committee. fired for his activity on behalf of Calvo and others stationed them­ When some of the above-named Ives declared that such a pro­ the new union. Reinstatement of selves at the entrances to the polls men were found in the polling the well shaft. The puppy climbed Into the anchor, and waj; hauled to cedure would be unworkable and the steward was considered by so that longshoremen had to pass places many of them refused to prohibitive in cost. His position waterfront observers as significant them. There they threatened the leave although they weren't on the the surface and rescued. The* only thing not explained by was taken to mean that the Senate proof of the new union's ability to voters with physical harm and voting lists and had no business economic reprisals if they didn't there. the Carlsbad communique -was Labor committee would vote protect its membership. Another major charge cited by vhat the Boy Scouts do with a sea against such a provision in any In addition, the Brooklyn strike vote for the ILA. In addition, the Board reported. (Continued on page 17) anchor several hundred miles from amendment of the Taft-Hartley was the occasion for another law. the ocean. "first" for the longshoremen, when the AFL-ILA paid strike benefits to the men on the pier. It was the : SJ<3HTi5: AN& • - AS • first time that longshoremen in (jfU. MSN: OUAMNteED BYi; YOU aiftf file tlU New Tfork had ever received strike YOUR coNsnruTKiNi' mis m benefits. : tysf : AcouAteir; CONSTITUTION voy WrtH: tfiESg: Affl> : The AFL-ILA had rolled up •f^iviiEoes. • 7,568 votes in the portwide elec­ The Sailors Union of the Pacific this month began paying tion in Greater New York, to 9,060 out monthly pension checks under its brand-new pension for the old ILA, with 4,405 chal­ lenges. However, immediately fol­ agreement with the Pacific Maritime Association, which went • lowing the election, the AFL-ILA into effect January 1, 1954. Payment of the first pension From Article Xllf, Section 6 The new benefit applies only to asked the NLRB to throw it out, benefits, scaled from $65 up to retirement after October 1, 1953, "Before assuming office, every charging intimidation and violence $100 a month, plus social security, but is broadened to include retire­ oificer, port agent, and patrol­ took place at the San Franci^o ment as far back as Januai-y 1, man shall take the following oath: headquarters meeting and other 1950, when the SUP Welfare Plan Use Only One 'I do solemnly swear that I will SUP branch meetings around the went into effect. In such cases, re­ country. Seventy SUP members tired members will receive the dif­ faithfully execute the duties of Mali Address have already qualified under the ference between what they are get­ of the SlU, and I Seafarers with beefs regard­ provisions of the pension agree­ ting under social security or Fed­ ing slow payment of monies will, to the best of my ability, ment signed by the union and the eral old-age benefits and $100. This due from various operators in protect and preserve the Consti­ shipowners group three months would amount to about $30-40 back wages and disputed over­ tution of this Union and the wel­ ago. Following the SUP-PMA sign­ more for these men. time should first check wheth­ ing, the SlU-affiliated Marine Fire­ An additional feature of the pen­ fare of the membership'." er they have a proper mailing men, Oilers and Watertenders ne­ sion contract is a disability clause address on file with the com­ gotiated a similar agreement. under which $50 a month will be pany. SIU headquarters offi­ paid out at any age to disabled Have $800,000 Reserve cials point out that reports men with 15 years in the industry received from several opera­ Provisions of the "pension pro­ tors show checks have been gram, which is being financed ini­ within a span of 20 years, plus an mailed to one address while tially out of a special $800,000 re­ added $10 for each child. Every elected official upon assujn-. Voluntary Program a beef on the same score is serve fund from the SUP Welfare ing office must take this oath, sent from another, thus creat­ Plan, enable SUP oldtimers to re­ However, the pension program is which he is recfuired to obe/com­ ing much difficulty in keeping tire at age 60 with $65 a month on fully voluntary. There is no com­ accounts straight. Seafarers proof of having worked 20 years pulsion to retire at 65 if a man pletely. Any violation of the oath are urged to use one perma­ in the industry within a span of 25 does not want to. Once he accepts would lead to immediate disci­ nent address for mail .so that years. Two hundred days sailing the pension, however, he cannot plinary action under the terms of claims can be checked speedi­ time in a calendar year is counted again ship on jobs under SUP jur­ the Union Constitution. ly and payment made right as one year towards this figure. isdiction. It is expected that some away. Payments ?ire -c-^led upwards to 200 SUP men in "all can qualify $100 for retirement at 65. for pensions at present." , Sea Anchor Serves To Rescue Pup NLRB Backs AFL Claim Of Dock Vote Intimidation SUP Starts Paying Pension Benefits To Old-Timers •1 •- �tg^rmints tofi ^'r-:-\- -r ?"-^-- r-,r ~ Hamirf SSir lfltil SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON REVIEW of TRIALS and APPEALS a^!: CONDUCTED JULY• DECEMBER 1083 f Six monthf after Its precedeDt-settinf re^rt OB membership trials and appeals, the Union lo publishing here a second review of the operations of Its trials procedure under the SIU constitution. The. first report, believed to be the first time a union ever published a full record of internal di»* cipiihary measures, was carried in the July 10, 1953, issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. It consisted Of an accounting of all trials and appeals since the Union's new constitution went into effect nine months; be­ fore. The report was received with favorable icbmmehl by several daily newspapers wtiich canied full accounts of the precedent-setting action. The purpose of the first report was to show how the trials machinery was working out,, since this very important section of the constitution directly affects the rights of the membership. This second report brings matters up to date and will be followed from time to time by similar reports in the future. Careful Procedures _ Under the SIU constitution, carefully-designed procedures are provided to assure fair trials of ac­ cused members. These procedures have won con­ siderable praise from several members of Congress who were pleased with the manner in which the SIU constitution provided safeguards for its membership. The core of the trials system is the fact that all trial committees consist of rank and file members elected for each trial at special membership meet­ ings: No official is permitted to serve on such a committee. Trial procedures are hedged around with several safeguards. The charges first have to be read to membership meetings and accepted by the member­ ship. The accused must receive proper notification. He has the right to cross-examine, to confront ac­ cusers and to call witnesses. He can get assistance from any Union member in preparing his defense, provided, of course, that the member is willing to do so. File Specific Charges Charges themselves must be filed under headings specified in the constitution. Maximum penalties are also specified to assur^ that the punishment fits the crime. The right of appeal to a rank and file appeals committee carries the safeguards one step further. In the six months covered by the report there have been just nine trials and three appeals, in­ dicating that the trials procedure has been uSed sparingly and with great care. In the thfee appeals cases, sentence was upheld in one, reduced in the second and reversed in the third on the grounds that the accused was unable to be present at his trial because of physical disability. .. August 13, 1953 Accused: M-743: Accuser: Bennie Gonzalez G-4. Charges: Misconduct aboard ship. Drunk and failed to turn to to cook until 4:30 PM on sailing day. Brought Union into dis­ repute through drunkenness and constant vilification of, ship­ mates, causing hard feelings among crew. Refused to co­ operate with Union representative in discharging official duties, disrupting patrolman's attempts to square away beefs and conduct other business. Trial Committee: W. J. Reidy R-4, C. P. Benway B-299, Ed­ ward Robeson R-258, C. Palmer P-13. Findinos: Expulsion on first count, six months suspension on second count, $50 fine on third count. (SEE APPEALS). October 22, 1953 Accused: F-32; Accuser: Ernest B. Tilley T-2. Charges: Shipped September 23, 1953 and quit ship Septem­ ber 28. Two days later crew was laid oft. Accused came to hail claiming to have been laid off, and a.sked for his ship­ ping eard back. Shipped subsequently on 3rd cook's job, but was recognized by former shipmates who asked why he got bis card back. It was then that dispatcher learned the man had-quit the ship and had not been laid off with the rest • of the crew, consequently accused wa* charged with making false report with intent to deceive to get shipping card back In violation of shipping rules. Trial Committee: Edward Robinson R-258, S. F. Schuyler S-1S8, A. H. Anderson A-11, A. Gonzales G-119. Findings: Guilty. Fined $50 to be paid,'plus back dues, before shipping again. October 22, 1953 Accused: M-118: Accusers: Jim Colder G-73, Alan Hacdonald M-6. Charges; Accused left ship without permission, was fired by steward and a new baker ordered. Accused subsequently returned to ship but was informed by patrolman that a re­ placement had already been sent. -When replacement arrived Be was told there was no job. He contacted Union and head­ quarters, in turn. Instructed steward to sign on new man and have accused sign off. Accused had been off ship approx­ imately 2V> hours on sailing day without notifying department bead. Trial Committee: Edward Robinson R-258, 8. P. Schuyler S-168, A. H. Anderson A-11, A. Gonzales G-119, U. Berkenbeins H-83. , . Findings: Charges dismissed because accusers were not present to press same as required under constitution. fit. f. r. Schuylw S-IM. A. Gonial*! G-119. H. Hcrkenheina PIRJIUS*: Committe* found accused had opportunity to ship flU b&t bad shippad NMU Instead aven thousb shipping was at peak during period covered. Found guilty and expuislon raconunendcd. December 31. 1S93 Accusad: P-193: Accuser: George Ruf R-1. Chargas! Accused requested time off until noon on sailing day. Chief electrician granted same. Accused did not return unta 3 PM. When chief eiectricUn requested that they get together on taking time off. accused declared he would take time off whenever he pleased. Accused further made himself a nuisance to crew during trip by attempting to throw weight around and threatening to bring three men in engine depart­ ment on charges. When accused's behavior was reported to patrolman* and he was confronted, he threatened to "get" the chief electrician. Trial Committee: A. Mosher M-95. R. Barnes B-93S. R. Albanesc A-267. R. Griffith G-22S. H. Llbby I.-403. Findings: Guilty. $90 fine, suspension for three months. Suspension firom sailing Isthmian ships for 13 months. December 31. 1093 Accused: A-212: Accuser: Paul Sanford S-S. . Charges: Deliberate failure and refusal to join ship.-Accused left vessel In Baltimore for non-emergency personal business when he could have paid off properly ten- hours later in Philadelphia: Ship sailed shorthanded as.a result. Trial Committee: A. Mosher M-95. R. Hrmes B-938. R. Albanese A-267, R. Griffith G-225, H. Libby L-402. Findings: Guilty. Fine of $50 to be paid after first trip. July 16, 1953 ' Accusad: P-270; Accuser: Steve Cardullo C-1. Charges: Blasted Union representative while latter was executing his duties. Made derogatory remarks about repre­ sentative's ability to settle disputes. Destroyed Union litera­ ture placed aboard ship for crew. Trial Committee: G. Johnston J-10. A. Beardon B-204. C. Clark C-139, C. Baggs B-120. E. Gonyea G-191. ^ Findings: Recommend expulsion on first count. Two year's suspension and $50 fine on second count. (SEE APPEALS). November 19, 1953 Accused: L-433: Accusers; Patrick J. McCann M-12, Leon N. Johnson J-2. Charges: Signed aboard SS Edith, September 17, 1953. Served supper drunk. September 28, Pasadena, Texas. Failed to turn to following morning and served supper drunk in same evening. Served supper drunk October 10 at Warners, NJ. Failed to turn to for breakfast and part of dinner next day. On October 17, while In Boca Grande turned to for dinner in drunken condition. October 18, turned to drunk for supper, caused dissension and arguments, failed to set up in time for supper. Trial Committee: James A. Long L-382. Pt J. Dorrian D-256, W. Rogowski R-24, Luciano Ramos R-150, R. F. D'Ferrafiat D-24. Findings: Guilty. Suspension for six months, $50 fine. October 22, 1953 Accused: K-40: Accusers: -Rex-E. Dickey D-8, F. A. Stansbuj-y S-^. Charges: Drunk and failed to stand watches while at sea. missing work four days in a row. Quit ship in New York and did not return' for payoff. Trial Committee: W. H. Haxon M-775, Clyde F. Carlson C-136, John D. Cummins C-417. C. Thompon T-189. D. Shuler 8-488. Findings:. Fined total of $200. Guilty on two counts. August 37, 1953 Accused: B-522: Accusers: Martin Kouns K-3, Paul Warren w-a Charges: Drinking and raising roof at payoff. Interfering with payoff. Taking punch at patrolman while latter was cairying out his duties. Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives. Trial Committee: George McFall M-819, Samuel BaUey B-468, Fred Shala S-604, Louis Suslovitz S-34, P. N. O'Connor,, P-St Findings; Guilty on three eounts. Fined 3150 and two years' suspension. December 17, 1953 Accused: C-480: Accuser! Charles Allen A-9. Charges: Neglected duties aboard ship In each. port. Brought Union' into disrepute through drunkenness, drunken antics and interference with patrolman. Refused to turn to although steward requested he do so. Refused to report to hall after payoff, as per instructions from patrolman. Trial Committee: R. J. Moylan M-814, A. M. Lester 31322, - D. Barry B-400, H. D. Braunstein B-481, J. Ward W-374. Findings: Guilty on three counts. Back dues to be paid, and $150 fine due after first trip. APPEALS TO HEADQUARTERS APPE COMMITTEE Qctober 21, 1953 Appealer: M-743, Nature of conviction: Expulsion, 950 fine and suspension' for six months on three counts for misconduct aboard ship, drunkenness and failure to turn to,'vilification of shipmates, disruption of patrolman's ' attempts to square . away beefs, refusal to cooperate with Union representative in discharge of duties. Appeals Committee: F. Braun B-200, B. Williams W-55, H. Bilde It'371, 1. Rosvoid R-438, J. Crews C-142, J. F, Thomson T-204, A. Gowder G-352. • Findings: Trial committee's verdict upheld. September jO, 1953 Appealer: P-270. Nature of conviction: Expulsion from Union, two years^ sus­ pension and $50 fine. Blasted Philadelphia port agent , while latter was executing his duties. Made derogatory remarks about agent's ability to settle disputes. Destroyed Union literature placed aboard. Appeals. Committe*: A. T. Arnold A-147. J. A. Anderson A-253, Alexander Dudde D-83, John JeUetU J-99i William Vaughan V-92. Findings: Penalty of expulsion rescinded. Two years! suspeiuion rescinded. Fined $100 to be paid after first trip. August 13, 1993 • Appealsr: H-133. Nature of conviction: Suspended for one year, fined '980 on , Accused; ,No. 25908; Accuser: Paul Sanford $-9. Charge ci deliberate failure to join ship. . . . Charges: Accused shipped on Magnpiia State, a National Appeals Committee: R. Hernandez H-8a, W. Cutter* €'^559, Siaritime Union 'ship, Deceihber 1, 1052, from San Franctsco. A. Dudde D-83, F. Radzuila B-jiSl. J. L. Gomes G.-196; J. .Hp made three trips on the above-named ship, paying Off May Anderson A-233. -. , «, 1953. Accusep .in violation of constitutional clause provid­ ' . Findings: It Wa$ learned that the accused was in the hos­ ing'fo^ denial of mmilbership'to'those who advocate or give pital and was unable to-'answer , charges against-bins- Decision '•id: to prinilpals and policies ol NastUe or dual organlsatlen.; bf trial committee rescinded and accused restored,to good Trial Commtttee: Edwardf.BobiRSOH; ttl298, ,Ai B,^^ Andersow < - standing:'^* «.;S. . -t• October 22, 1993 .. ' ' ' ' === ' • -I Americaa diipowiicni still are fur apart QB a Bumber of Impoi'tant principles and arc divided into many caipps, each with individual offices in the Capital City, as the second aession of the 83rd Congresa begins to get down to business. Perhaps the biggest of these groups, from the standpoint of finan­ cial backing and in pure numbers, is the American Merchant Marine Institute (formerly National Federation of American Shipping), com­ posing both subsidized and' non-subsidized members. One of the major objectives of this group will continue to be, an effort to keep intact the present operating subsidy scheme imder the 1835 Merchant Marine Act. Another shipowner group, the Association of American Ship Owners, made up of non-subsidized lines only^ is preparing once again a major effort to tear dowif the subsidy parity principle in an effort to set up a straight wage subsidy that would be made available to all US lines in the foreign trade, and based on the difference between Amer­ ican and competing foreign maritime wage levels. < A newcomer to the Washington field is the Pacific Steamship As­ sociation, which, only recently opened up its own office here, after refusing to go along in the AMMI set-up. PSA is made up of . those lines operating out of US West Coast ports. Still another group, the American tramp shipowners, also is rep­ resented in the Capital City. Although the tramps also are very much subsidy-minded, they will not make any real bid in the'near future to amendment of the law to become qualified for,^ subsidy. Although the subsidy matter is foremost in the minds of most large American steamship lines, it is not likely that Congress, either this • year or>ven next, will make any major changes in that feature of the law. • itt • ^ Definitely net pleased with,the progress made to date in selling the Mariner-type ships to private American lines, Louis S. Rpthschild, Maritime Administrator, has started his own campaign to get rid of them. He is resorting to speeches, and in his latest one, delivered re­ cently," insists that operating results of the Mariners have revealed some rather impressive figures. Rothschiid says that on the economy side, some of his figures show that fuel consumption, as compared to Victory ships, has been 9 percent lower; that the operating cost of Mariners has been somfe 20 percent less, per measurement ton mile than the cost on- other Government-owned ships under -charter; and that one of the Mariners, in an Atlantic crossing, averaged better than 21 knots, making the crossing in six days, four hours and 40 minutes. 4 t 4 One of the real dangers facing the American merchant marinew pointed up so many times before, is the fact, that more than 80 per­ cent of the ships now in use will become obsolete during a short peViod beginning in 1962. * A sound long-range program to insure a strong merchant fleet, is as essential to the national welfare as a strong army, navy or air force, but a big issue is—the shipowners want the Government to partic­ ipate in such a program, to encourage it, possibly even beyjond the construction subsidy stage. On the other hand, the Government, un­ der present policy, is attempting to wean the industry away from Governmemt support, and is in no mood to take the lead in what it believOs to be the primary obligation of .^hc industry itself. 'if i • if Government maritime agencies, notably the Maritime Administra­ tion and US Coast Guard, are making an extensive hunt to find out just what has happened to inactive merchant marine officers. There are supposed to be, currently, some 158,000 licensed inactive merchant marine officers, in addition to 110,000 licensed active officers, but the big: question is—ndialr happened to them. The (^vemment would like to know thie extent to which licensed officers are getting jobs ashore— where they are.located—in case they are needed in a future emergency. ]!i^any of them get shore jobs; but continue to hang on to their licenses. i i^ if The Commerce Department plans to Install several different types of improved propulsion equipment on some old Liberty ship? and to make limited structural changes which it believes will result in a 50 percent increase in sea efficiency of those vessels. If the Congress ap­ proves the project, Commerce will have production models and other data to facilitate a prompt, efficient full mobilization conversion pro­ gram. The whole projected program is expected, to go a long way in over­ coming one of our major defense weaknesses and is certainly a proper area of Government activity. In addition, the plan is to experiment on .these same ships with new cargo handling devices. If the tests work out as the Government expects, the defense poten­ tial of our mothball fleets may be improved by some 50 percent. if if if 'The period of validity Of port security cards has been extended by the US Coast Guard from two to six years from the date of issuance. The practice I9 the past has been to limit the validity of these security cards to two years. The Coast Guard feels that it is not deemed propriate or necessary toTcquire the ifescreening of holders of Coast Guard Port Security Cards and the reissuance of cards at this time. if i i. In order to ^arry 'out recommendations made last year, legislation was introduced edrly in the current Congressional session to liberalize social security, which, among other things, would provide such benefits for American citizens employed on vessels of foreign registry by Ameri­ can employers. Since 1954 is an election, yeat*, the measure is hound to have strong support from both major parties. The President's social security provides that about 10,000,000 persons would be added to the 70,000,000 now covered. �Jwiiaiqr 1|64 $EAF4REHSr Lftg Top the Niiii TREASURY SOLVES $160,000 THEFT—The theft of $160,000 in $20 bills from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving was solved when a Bureau employee, and several others were arrested with the stolen money in theijp possession. The theft was discovered because of the lightness of paper that was substituted for the real bills in the pack­ ages. The real money apparently went out the front door in a bulky coat with large pockets. The Bureau has long examined all packages leaving the building but now it seems likely that a daily search of each employee will be conducted. i t i BLIZZARD BLANKETS EAST COAST—A heavy snowstorm hit the East Coast from Maine to Virginia paralyzing much road and rail traffic throughout the area. It was the first major sijowstorm of the winter season and came at a time when all of Europe was equally hit by falls which have snowed in thousands of small villages and isolated homes, particularly in Scandinavia and the Alps Mountains. NAVY OFFICERS ORDERED TO CARRY SWORDS- -The Navy has ordered its officers to carry swords once again with their dress uni­ forms restoring a practice that was discontinued at the outbreak of World War II. The Navy, in its an­ nouncement, said that the order was made to restore "preirtige" in the service, but others thought it would make Navy officers the butt of many pointed jokes. In order to give swordmakers a chance to catch up with the demand, the or­ der will apply only to the rank of captain and up for the time being. COMMUNISTS ASK NEW TALKS IN KOREA—North Ko­ rean and Chinese Communists have asked the US to resume peace talks that*"were broken off in December. The talks had dead­ locked over the question of wheth­ er the Soviet Union should par­ ticipate as a neutral nation-. It is • not known when they will get underway again, npw that nearly 22,000 anti-Communist UN prisoners have been returned to UN custody. 4. 4. 5> JET AIRLINER CRASHES—A British Comet jet airliner crashed in the Medlteranean near the island of Elba, killing 35 passengers and crew. As a resdlt, the British have withdrawn all the jets from service to investigate the cause of the mysterious crash which took place in clear flying weather. The Comets hav.e been used on South African and Middle East runs and can do better than 500 miles an hour. ^ $1 STORM BOILS OVER FARM PROGRAM—A certain Congress fight is seen over President Eisenhower's proposal that parity supports for various farm products be made flexible instead of rigid as at present. The present law calls for price supports at 90 percent of the parity level and is strongly backed by Congressmen fronl farm areas. It has led to piling up of huge surpluses, as farmers, unable to sell in the open market at better than the 90 percent price, have turned produc­ tion over to the Government. At present the Government owns $2Vi billions in farm products. PagC' SarcB Seitfaref'sr^ii^^ Seafarer Herbeirt ^-Red" Braunstifein 'has time how those, niekelf attd dimes contributed to'the March of Dimes in the anti-polio campaign can'add up. 'Braunstein, whose wife has been confined since Christmas, 1952, for treatment of infan­ tile paralysis, had been donat-t ing for years to the annual March of Dimes appeal on the ship, but now he knows at first hand how important the drive is. For him, at any event, the fact that the anti-polio campaign is the only fund officially endorsed by the SIU membership, has real meaning today, and he's one of its strongest boosters. The 31-year-6ld Seaferer, who has been sailing SIU ships for al­ most ten years, has good cause for his enthusiastic support of the drive against polio. His wife Marguerite has been a patient at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Los Angeles since her third week as a polio victim, and even with the heavy medical and hospital fees, which ran $728.19 per month for the Mrs. Marguerite Braunstein, wife of Seafarer Herbert "Red" past year, he's Braunstein, sits in chair and breathes with aid of iron-lung device Braunstein been able to keep called a "Monahan" in Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Los Angeles. his head above water, financially. With polio victim is daughter Jan, on lap, and sister Ethel Francis. Foundation Helps bills because it is devoted to that an effort to pay his way as much Braunstein points out that the purpose. As a result, he periodical­ as he can. Infantile Paralysis - Foundation ly pays what he feels he can safe­ Can Move Head steps in to bear the bulk of all ly carry, and the Foundation cov­ Mrs. Braunstein, hospitalized ers the rest of the bill. If not for since mid-December of 1952, is that, considering the hospital rates completely paralyzed except that and the amount of care needed, she can move her head slightly. he'd have been wiped out long ago. Taking advantage of this, she's One of the major activities of learned to pass her time by paint­ The LOG is interested in col­ the National Foundation involves ing neckties, napkins and similar lecting and printing photo­ financial aid to the families of polio articles by holding a paintbrush in patients in meeting the heavy ex­ her mouth. Through the aid of a graphs showing what seagoing pense of treatment, and much of special, battery-run iron lung call­ was like in the old days. All the funds contributed to the March ed a "Monahan," she's been taught you oldtimers who have any of Dimes Drive each year goes for to breath by herself and is already old mementos, photographs of able to do so for up to 28 minutes that purpose. Other funds, of course, go into at a time. A hose from the machine shipboard life, pictures of research and developnient of new leads to a sort of plastic bubble set ships or anything that would equipment for the treatment of on her chest, which helps her to show how seamen lived, ate breath. polio victims. and worked in the days gone Needed Wheelchair The couple have one child, a by, send them in to the LOG. Thus, Braunstein, who sails AB daughter, Jan, two and a half years Whether they be steam or sail, and bosun, stated that when he old, who visits her mother fre­ around the turn of the cen­ was caught short and his wife quently, but can't quite understand tury. during the first world needed a special-built wheelchair why her mother can't move about war and as late as 1938, the that ran about $285, the Foundation like other kids' parents. Thanks to LOG is interested in them all. picked up the tab. In his turn, he the efforts of the Foundation, We'U take care of them and declared, he's been putting aside Braunstein hopes she'll be doing return your souvenirs to you. whatever he can every payoff in that before Jan gets much older. Olde Photos Wanted by LOG >• YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Keep Up to Date On Insurance Seafarers who are war veterans and have kept their GI insurance in force should review these valuable policies to make sure they are getting all possible benefits, the choice of beneficiary is up to date, an alternative benefi­ ciary is named, and the method of payment of proceeds from insurance is the most isuitable. This question of how insurance is to be paid to the beneficiary is one that non-vets who have private insur­ ance policies should also think about. One point for ex-GI's is that there is a bargain in dis­ ability insurance available to them. At a small extra cost, any vet who still has his service insurance in force can have a rider attached to his policy assuring him payments in case he becomes totally disabled. Not many men seem to know about this provision because only one out of every 140 who hold Government policies has taken advantage ©fit. Any vet whose GI insurance is still in force can have the total-disability income provision added. It will pay $5 a month for each $1,000 of GI insurance you carry, if you become totally disabled. A man who has the full $10,000 GI policy could get enough of the total-disability coverage to pay him $50 a month if he'became totally disabled. ' The GI disability-income provision is especially valuable for Seafarers since many commercial companies selling disability insurance accept only white-collar workers, es. . peciaUy those firms Mdiich: have 4he lowest .prices for this •ftype of ins;pr{mcc. M^ny other companies charge Sea­ farers and other industrial workers much more for dis­ ability insurance than they do white-collar people like bookkeepers. The cost of the GI disability rider is low. A man with a GI term insurance policy at age 35 would pay $1.42 a year for each $1,000 of insurance he carries. On a $10,000 policy which would pay $50 a month for total disabilitj', the cost would be $14.20 a year in addition to the premium for the life insurance itself. ' ,• One of the best features of the GI disability insurance is *that it is a genuinely non-cancellable lifetime policy. Such lifetime disability riders on Insurance policies are rare these days. In fact, the tendency of commercial cas­ ualty companies to cancel insurance when a man has suf­ fered even one or two illnesses has become notorious. • Some, companies claim to issue "non-cancellable" dis­ ability policies. But these have a hidden joker too. They can be cancelled by the company when the policy comes up for renewal if you no longer look like, a good risk. Payments Start After Six Months The GI disability payments start after an insured per­ son has been totally disabled for six consecutive months. There is no payment for shorter illnesses, as some of the cojstlier commercial policies provide. However, it's more vital to protect yourself from total disability, which is the real disaster to a wage-earner, than short illnesses. ' All a GI policy-holder needs do to add the disability provision is to make written application at the nearest VA. office, and furnish satisfactory proof of good health. The 4. 'VA will provide the necessary physical exam. In any insurance policy, whether GI or not, you $eu- Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying erally have a choice of optional payments of the proceeds of the insurance to your beneficiaries if you pass away. In GI insurance, for example, there are four optional methods of payment: as a lump sum; in monthly install­ ments for a period of three to twenty years as designated beforehand; monthly installments for life with 120 month­ ly payments guaranteed, or monthly installments for life with payments equal to the face amount of the policy guaranteed. The insured person generally has the right to decide or change the form of paj'ment without the beneficiar>''s ' knowledge or consent. However, it is desirable to discuss this with the beneficiary, especially if it's a wife with children. To some extent the answer depends qn the wife's busi­ ness experience. Money left wUh an insurance company to be paid out monthly usually earns three per cent in­ terest. A business-wise woman might be able to earn more by Investing it herself. One solution is to plan that the money should be paid out during the years when the children are young and the wife needs help most. For example, you could elect to have the money paid to your wife over a period of ten years. 'With GI insurance, she would thus get $9.61 a month for each $1,000 of insurance for ten years. Or if your children are older and you'd like your wife to have an income for her own use oVer a longer period, you might elect to have the money paid out over the pe­ riod pntil she became eligible for Social Security old-age benefits. For example, if you chose to hav6 the money paid but oyer 20 years, your beneficiary would get $5.51 a month for each $1,000 of insurance. �ElcU SEAFARERS LOC Juinarr *2, 1M4 Sallor^Oies Back To Sea CASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFLTS PAID From Back In New York, Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski (left) registers at headquarters after' returning by plane from Finland, where he landed in October after completing a successful four-and-a-half month crossing of the North Atlantic single-handed in a 30-foot schooner. He made the trip across the ocean in his own two-masted ship, the Turquoise. Dispatcher £. B. Tilley is at right. Once-Blinded 51U Man Sailing Again . ^V: |- 1- I «>-• ' No. Scafafers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION^BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total i7, After more than three years out of action because of blindnesSj Seafarer Phil Pron has just completed his first trip since he went back to sea. His three month-ten day voyage on the Strathport, was, as he> put it, "wonderful." aged as a result of scar tissue, he Many Seafarers will recall volunteered to sacrifice the sight WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY the story of Pron's recovery of of that eye so that Pron might see sight, made possible through the again. A corneal transplant proved donation of a cornea by a fellow- a success, and after many long Seafarer, Eric Joseph. Pron and months of treatment, Pron was Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Joseph were in the Staten Island certified as fit for duty again. Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * USPHS hospital together when Quite a Few Changes Joseph learned of Pron's plight. Getting back in harness, Pron Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * 9/s e> Since he had limited vision in one said, was a great feeling, although of his own eyes, which was dam- in the last three years he found Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * quite a few changes. All of the Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * crewmembers, with the exception of one oiler, were strangers to him, Total but they had all heard of him through the pages of the SEA­ * Date Benefits Bcnsn FARERS LOG. He noticed too, that there have been quite a few im­ provements in working rules and WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS other conditions since his last trip in May, 1950. Not the least of these was the novel experience of col­ Vacation ** Reversing his stand of last Octo­ lecting vacation pay. Cash on Hand ^^Ifare .23 "We had a real good gang ber, Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administrator, last week approved aboard," Pron said, "and a good Vacation the sale of the Puerto Rico, pas­ steward's department headed up Estimated Accounts Receiyable OO senger ship formerly owned by the by Tony Schiavone. It was a fine Bull Line, to a Swiss citizen. The trip with stops in Karachi, Bombay DS Government Bonds (Welfare^ vessel will be transferred to Pana­ the Persian Gulf and Algiers be­ Real Estate (Welfare) manian Registry. fore heading for home. The 441-foot ship was purchased "Christmas and New Year's was Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) lf90U last year by Nicolo Rizzi, a citizen spent aboard, with all hands en­ of Switzerland, for the purchase joying a pleasant party." // TOTAL ASSETS price of $500,000, but final ap­ Pron, who began sailing with the proval of the sale was withheld SIU back in 1946, after two years GMMBNTSi until recently by the Maritime at sea, says he certainly regrets Administration. The sale-transfer the three years that he lost, but is had been rejected by the maritime out to make up for lost time now. agency at the time of the trans­ "I'm hoping," he said, "to catch a action, but was approved upon re­ ship some day with Eric Joseph and make a trip together. That would examination. Announced plans for the vessel be like old times all over again." call for it to be operated in the immigrant passenger business, tun­ ning between Bremerhaven, Le Havre, London and Quebec. It will join another vessel of the company engaged in thp same trade, the Under the rules of the Va­ Arosa Kulm. According to infor­ cation Plan as set forth by the mation, the ship is expected to be remodeled from a hrst-class pas­ trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the senger berth load of 200 to carry payoff date of his oldest dis­ between 600-700 passengers. charge in order to collect his The Puerto Rico, 7,115-gross full vacation benefits. If he tons and 23 years old, formerly presents any discharge whose operated between New York and SuhmUUd Al Kerr, Assistimt Adminisirator payoff date is more than a the Caribbean ports of St. Thomas, year before the date of his va­ VI, and Sah Juan, PR. It had been cation application, he will lose la idle status for almost one year, out on- the sea time covered going into lay-up last March. At­ by that particular discharge. tempts to sell the vessel last year resulted In imly one bid front a- Don't sit on those discharges. Bring, them- in and collect the All these are youn without contFibuting a smgle hickd on yptir f>aEt-r CoUecting Sin beneK stael coaqtany whkh intended to money that ie^lue 6e ypu. fits is cssy, winder it's for hospital, birth, disability; or death—Yeu get finst-rete: peescm^ : aecBp it; before the Swiss buyer eeme alenii; 'servicw-iaimedietely-'-your.Unions.j?e|u*eseiiliitivest.: .- 2££aii:a US Okays Sale Of Puerto Rico To Swiss Co. li- I 91 , ik>^\ *'- ©. •f Doti^t Wail, Get Vacation Pay llaii7 men when being released from the hospital are bailing to file for their hospital benefits within the Tour teen day period required by the Plan. Any hospital benefits not received in the hospital should be applied for in writing within fourteen (H) days of discharge from the ospitaly to the Administrator directly. During the month of January so far, the Flan has paid out forty-fbur (44) maternity benefits. The breakdown of the above was twenty (20) boys and twenty-four (24) girls. •/K #• •-• fe' '" •' . •. and, iremember this. • • ;.vv„ ••• • ' -.•-••I ; * �laavary St. 1984 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Nine UNION TALK By KEITH TERPB The signing of another "sweetheart pact" between the Atlantic Refining Company and the Atlantic Maritime Employees Union this month, as "union and management again abandoned all pretense of actually negotiating, effectively bars, for the time being, any all-out organizing efforts in the fleet. But although we are temporarily shut out, we are far from being wiped out. Our campaign has already en­ tered a new phase; Atlantic will find out that we are by no means fin­ ished in the fleet. Our own men are still getting hired, despite company efforts to screen them out of prospective employees, and added to the majority among those who voted for us in the election and who still remain in the fleet, they comprise a sizable number. Yet although we are solid­ ifying our strength and enjoy a much better position today than we did when the Atlantic drive actually began, there is still a great deal Esse barge lies partially submerged in aftermath of collision with tanker Atlantic States in the Sabineto be done before we can make our move in the fleet. Neches canal. No men were injured in the second recent collision involving an Atlantie tanker. Seafarers Urged To Seek Atlantic Jobs There is still a necessity now, more than ever before, for Seafarers to.take a.crack at getting into the company. Having sailed SlU-contriicted ships, they are acknowledged the best salesmen of our way of life, our contracts, our conditions and the benefits available through PHILADELPHIA.—Hearings by a Coast Guard panel investigating the tragic collisioh proper trade union representation. They can perform a valuable serv­ ice on these ships because they have all the answers at their fingertips of two Atlantic tankers ended last Friday without any decision announced as yet. Two SIU for the numerous questions about the SIU that come up in the course men were among the nine dead. of the day to day activities aboard ship. Meanwhile, it was revealed It is true that many of the men who were openly for the SIU and from Port Arthur that a third nine men were lost after they crash. Coast Guard officers in the stayed that way in the first drive are being hardtimed. But those who Atlantic tanker, the Atlantic went over the side of the ship. area are investigating the incident. have remained in Atlantic have a big stake in our future success and States, was involved in another Both ships were heading out at The. SIU men lost on the Dealer they are willing to take a little guff now and bide their j;ime until the mishap on January 6, when it col­ the time; the States for Newark, were Frank Pomeroy, AB, who re­ shoe is on the other foot. Some of them sailed our ships during vaca­ lided head-on with an Esso barge NJ, and the barge under tow for ceived book membership during tions and time off from the company and got first-hand knowledge of in the Sabine-Neches Canal. No New Orleans. Afterwards, the the Atlantic drive, and John I. the things that were worth fighting for, not only in terms of dollars injuries were reported in the States returned to Atlantic's At- Waller, FWT, who entered the and cents, but also in terms of real security and that mighty intangible, reco terminal where it was un­ fleet less than three weeks before the feeling of personal dignity which can be enjoyed only by free loaded, and than went into the the accident. Waller's last SIU seamen. The story in the last issue shipyard in Mobile for repairs to ship was the Seanan (Stratford). of the LOG dealing with the Having seen all that and enjoyed a small portion of it for a few the bow. The barge was refloated The full $2,500 death benefit was collision involving the Atlan­ days or weeks, they came back to Atlantic with a renwed belief in the and towed to the Gulfport ship­ paid out to the beneficiaries of tic Dealer and Atlantic Engi­ SIU way of life. The pity of it ail is that more of their shipmates yards. No fires resulted from the both men. neer referred to actions of the didn't avail themselves of the same opportunity. They might then have third mate following the col­ felt a little differently in the final analysis. lision. References to the third Future Policy Being Formulated mate were inadvertently re­ For the immediate future then, while we assess what's to be done ported as fact, whereas they and the best days of doing it, we are suspending any concerted efforts .should A former member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and have been reported as at shoreside contacts of our people on the dock and at the gate where onetime editor of the SIU Canadian District's "Canadian allegations which were based the ships come in. Despite their importance, it is the Union's feeling Sailor" has announced plans for a new monthly publication on reports from alleged eye­ at this time that these contacts can only serve to expose SIU men to for merchant seamen to be pub­ witnesses immediately after the company and the AMEU, and thereby needlessly expose them to lished on the West Coast. the collision, when great ex­ further hardtiming tactics on the ships and in the anchorage. Don D. Brown, editor and pub­ paper (the same as the SEAFAR­ citement and confusion pre­ In the interim, we are urging our people in the fleet to,, keep in lisher of the new enterprise, says ERS LOG) dedicated to those who vailed. touch with headquarters and the Philadelphia organizing office by mail the first issue of follow the sea for a living. and telephone contact Vhen they come off the ship. For our part, we At one time a frequent contribu­ the "Eight Bells" will periodically publish a special newsletter to keep the men abreast Texas crash although the barge tor of prose and poetry to the will be out some of what's happening on the other ships around them and of Union was partially sunk. time this month LOG, Brown began sailing in 1942 policy as it is formulated. In this way, when the time is ripe for it, and will be dis­ when he joined the SUP. Shipping The tankers, Atlantic Dealer we'll be able to spring a lot of surprises and will have SIU people and the Atlantic Engineer, in­ tributed in the as AB and bosun for several years, throughout the fleet set to go to work on a quick campaign out in volved in the first acciaent, col­ Los Angeles-Long including World War II, he later the open. Beach area left the sea for a writing career. lided in the. early morning fog in Again we urge every Seafarer who has the opportunity to birddog the Delaware River when the aboard all in­ He was, for a short time, editor the Atlantic employment offices In Philadelphia and try and get into Dealer was attempting to find its coming merchant of the "Canadian Sailor," and later the fle^. That will enable things to work out a lot differently by the way to an anchorage and rammed ships and at var- for a small town California daily. Brown end of the campaign. Until then, this is the last column from this de­ the after port side of the Engineer, i o u s maritime Publication offices for "Eight partment. As usual, the membership will be kept informed of de­ which was already anchored wait­ union halls in the area. The new Bells" are at 836^^ Marine Avenue, velopments as they happen at regular membership meetings and ing for the fog to lift. The fatal­ publication will be presented in Wilmington, not far from the SIU through the SEAFARERS LOG.. ities were all off the Dealer. All the form of a tabloid-size news- hall there. Atlantic Tanker In Hew Crash I' II New Seaman's Paper Appears Cartoon History Of The SIU Canada SttJ Whipg Mteds The SIU Canadian District, with assists from the Getting nowhere in their attempt to rally support A&G District, took up the fight of-non-Communist on the phoney contract issue, Communist agitators in •seamOn abused by the jCommunist-led Canadian Sea­ the CSU stirred up trouble on the ships, threatened men's Union and began organizing in earnest. It acyounger seamen and finally resorted to open violence. , .. cepted the contract over which th^.,,GS5I,,]hi|dcCRUed , .'i;errqElsm,|^t..so .extr(pae.tkat< police, in some, towns . . ; • • (? ) f( ^ I'Vi.s "•<( f .p wew afraid'tO' buck'the party-lhiers.-: ' IS i j'.t•') 1 *h dts'PihDn.eyjstrifce. i\ Om SS By the end of April, 1949, the SIU had consolidated itself throughout Canada and the Communists were in full rout. Contracts were being honored and Cana­ dian seamen hailed the end of the phoney strike. Happy about their new gains, more than CSH Atth!Bdni''jtda«d -the-SlU.- • �V /i-1 =»Fare Tea . l.w»».. January t2. *1954 SEAfARERS tOC fSi'r JPORT JtEPORIV......... Baltimore: _, Shipping Weather Is Ceid In Bailimore w ®• "• •f' service in the country even with the high rate of fare, and this out­ fit has the gall to ask for an In­ crease in the rate. Yet, when it comes to giving their employees an increase in salary, they always complain they are not making any dough. It seems as though the stockholders in this outfit want the city to take over the operations which they don't want any part of. It seems as though the only solu­ tion to this problem is for private enterprise to petition the Public Service Commission here to run private lines. We are hoping that this will be accomplished as I am sure this would be beneficial to all Baltimoreans. The men in the Marine Hospital for the last week are Michael L; Ruta, Jay M. Deeds, Garland Stennett, Roy B. Gorson, Donald J. Hewson, Earl T. Erickson. Henry T. Miller, Robert D. Musselwhite, Roy M. Hawes, Charles M. Summerell, Benedict Klakowicz, Wil­ liam Middendorf, Lloyd J. Linthicum, Melvin Mason, Julian A. Blanco, Robert L. Lambert, Philip Costa, Leggett Clyde, Cloise Coats, Lawrence Czworkowsld, Francisco Mayo, Jessie A. Clarke, Jeff Davis, Raymond C. Myers, Michael J. Pugaczewski, Thomas Cox and Walter Sibley. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent Shipping in tlie port of Balti­ more is at ebb tide at the present time and the future doesn't look very bright. We have several ships laying around that we expect to crew up in the near future, but there is nothing definite and I wouldn't advise any of the meihbers to come to Baltimore expect­ ing to ship out in a hurry. We do have one ship crewIng up here today that has been around here for several months, the Robin Mowbray (Seas), and we know that the men who take these Jobs will have been around here for . some time. Ships paying off here in the past two weeks were the Raphael Semmes, Bien­ ville and Yaka (Waterman): Eliz­ abeth, Mae and E V e 1 y;n (Bull); Marore, Bethore, Cubore, Santore, Chilore and Baltore (Ore), Marymar and Oremar of Calmar; ChrisDeeds tos-lil of Marine Shipping; Steel Designer of Isth­ mian and the Strathport of Strath4^ t more. Signing on were the Eliza­ Wilmington: beth and Evelyn; Marore, Bethore, Cubore, Santore, Chilore and Baltore; Oremar, Marymar and Bethcoaster of Calmar; and the Yaka. In-transit ships were Alcoa While we saw a slight slow down Pointer and Roaraer (Alcoa); Steel in shipping, it was nothing to be Scientist (Isthmian); Iberville of alarmed about. Waterman; Robin Trent of Seas In-transit ships in the past period and Bull's Ines. The work on the new building is were the Sweetwater of Metro going along now af a steady pace Petro; Waterman's Azalea City, and I am sure that there will be no Topa Topa, Hastings, Fairport end further changes in the plans as Afoundria; French Creek of Cities checked. The contractor, has em­ Service; Bloomfield's Anne Butler; ployed quite a few more men and Alcoa's Pegasus and Planter; Calunless something unforeseen hap­ mar's Seanaar and Massmar; Isth­ pens there is no reason why we mian's Steel Artisan, and the should not be in there no later Northwestern Victory of Victory Carriers. than the first of May. On the local scene, the Demo­ The SIU moved in its usual fine cratic candidates in the primary style to take care of its men when election are stepping up the tempo we visited the families of the two of their campaign and it looks like SIU men killed in the crash of the it will be quite a battle to see who Atlantic Dealer and Atlantic En­ will be the candidate in the gen­ gineer.' We squared away their eral election for the Governorship. immediate needs arid headquarters I must say at this time, that all was notified as to their future re­ these candidates appear capable of quirements. Both families were grateful to the SIU. doing a good job. During the recent bad weather We have quite a few oldtimers up and down the East Coast, Balti­ on the beach, including Jack more received Its share. We had Thompson, Jo Jo White, "Red" about seven inches of snow here Braum^in, Pete Privas and Dave which really tied up the traffic. As Barry. any of you fellows know^who have Sam Cohen had to use the Baltimore Transit Wilmington Port Agent Company's service here, there just wasn't any. I think that we- have about the poorest transportation SIU Hel|» Families Of Dead Aliaatic Seamen . ifi , t'-. t. PKt-' •- M' ii-t: s Throw fii For A Meetingsoh Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start. of each meeting, those who wish to run for those - meeting offices can do so^ The Union also welcomes discussions, suggestions and motions on the business before the meeting. gaged in beating the boys at pin­ ochle, or vice versa. He says that if it wasn't for the SIU he would still be working for peanuts and having to take all kinds of abuse from ships' officers. Now, how­ Things are running along ever, thanks to an alert Union, he as a man should be. smoothly here as far as the SIU is respected Leroy Clarke is concerned, but not so good with Lake Charles Port Agent tlie other AFL unions in town. Shipping has been good here for New york: the past two weeks as we have shipped out 70 men in all rates and departments. Causing this rush were the Cities Service scows of Abiqua, Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Shipping for the past two weeks Government Camp, Lone Jack, has slowed down considerably. We Fort Hoskins and Winter Hill; Re­ paid off 13 ships, signed seven on public's Trafalgar and Petrol foreign articles and had 14 in Tanker's Bull Run. transit. We have plenty of men in all For the past period we had one ratings here. Sometimes, however, ship, the Dorothy of Bull, lay up. on the weekend we have to scurry However, in the next week or few around to get men as the boys are days we expect to crew the Wacosbashful or hiding with some of ta of Waterman and the Marina of the beautiful gals around here. We Bull. This will take a little slack have to resort to shipping a few out of the slow shipping. new men every now and then, but Ships paying off were the Steel as a general rule we always find Scientist, Hoosier Mariner and a man who has sailed with us. We Steel Traveler of Isthmian; Seadon't recommend that any one train's Louisiana; Republic (Tra­ come here unless he can carry falgar); Frances and Suzanne of himself for a few weeks. Bull; Council Grove and Chiwawa Building Strike of Cities Service; Robin Hood and On the Labor Front, the AFL Robin Gray of Seas; Michael of Building Trades and Construction Carras and Val Chem of Valentine. Council has all the contractors Signing On who are members of the Asso­ Signing on were the Hoosier ciated General Contractors shut down over a wage and working Mariner, Steel Traveler and Robin rules dispute, with the men hold­ Gray, in addition to Waterman's ing firm and determined to get Bienville, Raphael Semmes and their just demands. We are stand­ City of Alma; and the Robin Kirk ing by in case we are needed, and of Seas. ready to back up the boys as al­ Ships in transit were the Seaways. trains Savannah, Georgia, Texas, New York and New Jersey; Bull's We held a meeting here last week which was attended by 14 book- Beatrice, Suzanne and Ann Marie; members. Chair­ Waterman's Fairisle and Antinous; man was brother Isthmian's Steel Designer; Winter M. Launey, while Hill and Government Camp of Cit­ E. T. O'Mara ies Seiwice,' and the Republic of was recording Trafalgar.' . secretary. Lau­ Thanks Members ney hails from I would like to thank the mem­ that famous bership for their help on the water­ town ''Big front beef. It seems as though all Mamou." of our hard work was not in vain, We have one as It looks as though the NLRB O'Mara member laid up may call for a new election. If this from an auto accident, but he is happens all of us are going to able to be up and around having have to do a lot more volunteer only a busted jaw. Guess it's soup work to insure victory for our for him for awhile. brothers, the AFL-ILA. .So, when Among the boys here we have we ask for help, please pitch in and M. Beeching, "Whitey" Pritchett, give us a hand so that we can settle J. A. Coyne, J. P. Stanford, C. H. this beef and help get shipping Tullia, R. Thompson, F. Latimer, back to normal. The companies A. Hebert, B. C. Slaid, F. J. De- have been diverting their ships to' masi. Sr., I. W. Thompson, "Big other 'ports to avoid having them Otto" Pederson and others. tied up in case of a longshore O'Mara, by the way, comes from strike. Claude Simmons Missouri and sails in the black Asst. Secretary-Treasurer gang. At the moment he is en- Lake Charles: Mobile: Labor Front Aetivo; Shipping Good In La. Shipping Is Great; Uud AFL-ILA Drive Expect To Grew Two Vessels Next Week Sm HALJL OiMMCTOMr SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE .. .14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4340 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheenan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 308'A 23rd St. Keith Alsop. Agent Fhone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES. La.. 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-S744 MIAMI ; Dolphin Hotel Eddie Parr. Agent Miami 9-4791 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey- Williami, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ren Reea, Agent Phone 4-1083 PmLAPELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 PORT ARTHUR 411 Austin St. Don HUton, Repi Phone 4-2341 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent .. .Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal'Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 PUERTA LA CRUZ Calle Miranda 16 BiU Oppenhorst. Rep. Phone pending SAVANNAH ..... 2 Abercorn Jeft ' MoirUon. 1Agent > Phone 3-17W 'SEATTLE »700 let Ave, Jeff GiUette. Agent EUlott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin SL Hay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. CaUt 505 Marino Ave. John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 416874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklytt. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews. Joe Algina . Claude Simmons ' Joe Volplan William Hah SUP FORT WILLIAM....IIB'A Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 6591 TORONTO. OnUrio...*..272 King St. E. EMplre 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC tXVA Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 565 HamUton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS. .304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 845 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 CoU De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUUam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 HONOLULU..............16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4338 RICHMOND. CALIF ..257 St|l St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO. 450 Harrison St. Great Lakes District Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. Retcher Main 0290 Phone: 1238W WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY............ .180 «. Terminal 4-3131 Phone: Cleveland 7301 NEW YORK 673 4tb Ave,, Brooklyn CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerllng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT ...1038.3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. BUchigan St. MONTREAL.......624 St. James St. West Phonal HeIrea^2A110 'SOUTH CHICAGO SSfilTBTMdd St. HALIFAX.' NH.. .i i'X..,. 12^i^oUls" Phone: Essex 5-2419 Phone: 3-8911 Shipping in the Port of Mobile for the past couple of weeks was very good with approximately 197 men shipped on regular jobs and about another 100 shipped to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. We had a total of 16 ships paying off, 10 signing on and three in transit. All payoffs and sign-ons were smooth with only a few minor beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews. Ships paying off included the Beauregard, Claiborne, Warrior, Mobilian, Maiden Creek, Monarch of the Sea and Warhawk of Wa­ terman; Alcoa's Patriot, Pioneer, Corsair, Partner, Polaris, Cavalier and Ranger; and the Carrabulle of National Navi­ gation. Signing on Mosley were the Alcoa Pioneer, Patriot, Partner, Polaris and Ranger; Maiden Creek, War­ rior, Warhawk and Carrabulle, and the Jefferson City Victory of Vic­ tory Carriers. Ships in transit were Waterman's De Soto, Chicka­ saw and Raphael Semmes. Hanging around the hall in what amounts to a farewell appearance for awhile is brother Ernest Mos­ ley, who Is in imminent danger of receiving induction orders. Mosley usually sails DM and AB and makes his home in Mobile. We have a couple of ships Is port that are currently awaiting cargo, the Beauregard and Mobil­ ian, both of Waterman. Present plans call for crewing up the Beau­ regard about January 20 and the Mobilian later on. While shippfiig prospects for the coming two weeks don't look as good as the previous two, they promise to be fair with about a dozen ships due to hit port either in transit or for a payoff. Dock Election The main topic of conversation around the port now is the re­ markable show of strength made by the AFL-ILA in the recent NY dock election after a campaign of only eight weeks. Despite the short time the new union was in the field it managed to poll a heavy vote and the actual results of the election are still in doubt pending the outcome on the chal­ lenged ballot issue. Thd splendid results of the drive indicate the eagerness of the honest rank and file longshoremen for affiliation with an honest, militant trade un­ ion which has the interest of the workers at heart. The SIU will continue to give the new outfit all the support and help needed to gain the objective. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Quitting Ship? Notitg Union A reminder, froifi SIU. headquarters cautions all Seafarbrs leaving their ships; to contact the hall in ampletime to allow the tTnion to dispatch a replacement. Fail. ure to give notice ..^efore . paying off may pause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly . make tlieir work tougher for • (--.1 vysJ �.PORT ttEPOBXS Boston: Ten Men Give Bfeod For Seafarer's (Shiid Shipping is still very slow in Boston and we are not quite sure what the next period will bring in the way of jobs. Ships paying off were the Abiqua of Cities "Service; Queenston Heights of Seatrade and Bull's Hilton, The same ships signed on again. In-transit vessels were the Antinous and Chickasaw of Water­ man; Bradford Island of Cities Service and the Robin Hood of Seas. We had a rush call for blood for Beverly Cummings, the daughter of Tom Cum­ mings who is sailing . on the Bradford Island as cook. The girl was badly burned when her cloth­ ing caught fire as she was put­ ting a pan into the oven at Gordy home. The mem­ bership was highly cooperative, with ten of the boys leaving the hall in the middle of a snowstorm to go over to the hospital to do­ nate their blood. These men were Robert Lang, John SuUivan, Gaeton Lightbody, Lawrence Melanson, Glenson Brooks, Frank Robbins, Earl Harrison, Vernon War­ ren, Lindley MaeDonald and Trumafn Patriquin. Men in the USPHS hospital are T. Mastaler, J. Duffy, F, Mackey, R. Churchill and R. Rogers. D. Hodge and T. Fleming just shipped out after a long spell on the beaeh here. F. Simione and Chris Karas were working ashore making ends meet until they could ship on their old home, the. Ann Marie of Bull. Some pf the fel­ lows on the beach want to know where the hot ports for shipping are. Men on the beach include B. Gordy, W. Prince, J. MpLaughlin, J. Fawcett and J. Beresford. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent i, New Orleans: Page Elerea SEAFA^JtERS IPG January Zi, WH Z- Election Hot Issue in Port Of How Orleans Since the last report shipping has been okay in the port but we must for onee say the outlook for the coming two weeks lis bad, un­ less we get the chance to crew up some of the idle ships that aire here in the port. We have' the Sunion (Kea), Frederic C. Collins (Drytrans), and the Tainaroh (Actium), awaiting orders. With the expansion of the grain facilities here in New Orleans we were in hopes of hearing about the load­ ing of these ships and mdvements in the grain trade. From reports,, there is not a single keel to be laid in 1954 for an oceanrgoing passenger or cargo vessel in the United States. De­ cline in shipping for American seamen can be laid .to the decline in our merchant fleet, as figures will bear it out. Directly after World War II, American ships car­ ried 65 per cent of the country's foreign trade, today they carry 28 percent. During World War II General Eisenhower cited the importance of our merphant Vessels: "When the final victory Is btirs, there is no organization that will share its credit more deservedly than the merchant marine." Figures backed up his statementi World War - II merchant marine casualities were 6,000 seamen and 600 ships lost in action. Could he, after being elect­ ed president, forget his words and praise for the merchant marine? Duska "Spider" Korolia, who nearly cashed in his chips recently, seems to be doing fine as he was out on a pass yes­ terday. C. "Red" Cobb who has been a convales­ cent for the past few months is looking forward to seeing the bet­ ter side of life as he has hopes of joining his many Gross friends on the beach outside the drydock and hoping to be shipping before long. Back in the hospital since being discharged last March is brother Ernest E. Gross. Brother Gross has been in the hospital over two full years off and on since 1950. A speedy recovery is hoped for by brother Gross's shipmates. Tuesday, January 26, is election day in New Orleans and the tele­ vision time is about taken up with politicians. If it was left to the kids who miss out on the programs to vote, it would really be a hot election as they really are burnt up here in NO with only two chan­ nels and one of them is on part time. There are plenty of people run­ ning for plenty of jobs, but it will probably be after the first primary before they really get down to business with the elimination of the majority of the candidates. There is quite a lack of labor can­ didates with one only coming out strongly for labor and in turn be­ ing backed strongly by the various labor groups in his district. He is Fred Cassibry who is running for Councilman from District D com­ prising the 5th', 6th and 7th wards of the city. An attorney for the building trades, he is without a doubt a friend of labor. He is also an attorney for the , Electricians Union and various other AFL and CIO groups. Ships paying off were Mississip­ pi's Del Oro, Del i^antos, Del Mar and Magnolia Maripei;; and Water­ man's Chickasaw, De Soto and Ibelwille. Signing on were the Del Mar and Dei Sol. Ships in-transit were the Algoa Patriot, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Polaris; Isthmian's Steel Scientist; Mississippi's Del Mundo;. Seatrains New , York and Savannah , (Seatrain); Waterman's (plaiborne and Monarch of the Sea; South Atlan­ tic's Southpoi-t; Bloomfield's Marie Hamil and the Southern States of Southern. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent San Francisco: Three TValeraian Ships Te Pay Ofl Hexl Week Shipping has been holding its Own and in the next two weeks it is expected, to be the same. The way the picture looks now there should be at least three Waterman ships paying off before-" next meet­ ing night. Ships paying off were the Madaket. Gateway City and Kyska of Waterman; Blackchester's Amerocean and the Lewis Emery Jr., of Victory Carriers. Signing on were the Topa Topa and Kyska of Waterman. In-transit vessels were the Steel Seafarer of isthmian; Alcoa Pega­ sus; Calmar and Seamar ,of Calmar; Waterman's Young America, Hastings and Azalea City, and the Longview Victory of Victory Car­ riers. Oldtimers on the beach include C. Nien, R. Moisant, J. Arellanes, D. Pierce, V. Collins, C. Newton, H. Dell'Orfano and E. Glazowski. Men in the marine hospital are H. Choe, W. Timmerman, F. Haigney, W. Singleton, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, P. Suzon, J. Singer, W. Keller, B. Davis, W. Loss, M. Wil­ son and B. Bobbins. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent ^ if if if Savannah: Union Sollies Beefs On Two SlU Vessels Fine is the word for shipping in tliis Georgia port, and we ex­ pect it to keep along the same even keel for the next period. The City of Alma (Waterman), paid off and signed on again, while in-transit vessels were the Council Grove pf Cities Service; Steel, Di­ rector, Hoosier Mariner and Steel Scientist. of Isthmian; Robin Gray and Robin Kirk of Seas; Seatrains New York, Savannah, twice each (Seatrain); and Bienville of Water­ man. We had beefs on the Seati-ain New York and the Steel Director, but we are straightening out both matters and will see to it that there is no trouble in the future. On the Steel Director, the skip­ per has been giving the boys some headaches. It seems that he can't be talked to by any delegates and tries to run the entire ship by him­ self. On the Seatrain ship the trouble is with the mate who has used up about a dozen bosuns in the past year. They don't want to sail with him because of his petti­ ness and we are going to see that we get a little cooperation or a new mate. ' Governor Herman Talmadge signed into law legislation prohib­ iting policemen from joining an officers' union in the future. Tal­ madge issued a statement in sign­ ing the measure, which labor had urged him to veto, in which he re­ affirmed his belief that "no legal stumbling blocks should be placed in the path of labor's imquestioned right in this free countrj' to or­ ganize,' bargain collectively and strike when reason demands it. This belief, however, does not ex­ tend to peace officers who are sworn and have the strongest moral duty to enforce the laws and protect the peace impartially, with­ out fears, favor or derilection of duty." -We haven't had any snow here, but we sure have been cold for the past couple of days. That Yan­ kee weather ain't to our liking. Oldtimers on the beach at the moment are R. Nash, C. E. Lee, L. A. Dewitt, J. Dewitt W. Craven, W. Moore, E. Jordan, and C. W. Jor­ dan. Dewitt is a boy who just got married down this way. Some old boys in the USPHS hospital are P. Daugherty. F. U. Buckner, J. Littleton, E. Debardelaben, J. Kramer, J. Smith, S. Small, A. Cohen, P. Bland, J. Siney, B. Rickard, W. C. Lee and J. M. Power. Jeff aiorrison Savannah Port Agent . if if i> Miami: Shipping has been fair for the past period and w ill- continue along the same lines, at least. • The Florida of P &f O paid off oii continuous articles,, while in-transit vessels were the Yaka, De Soto and Iberville of Waterman and the Ponce of PR Marine. The tourist season is slow down here and everyone is complaining from the Chamber of Commerce on down. CC is still advertising temperatures in the 70's while they are down in the 30's and 40"s. Also, the boys are complaining that the horses and dogs are not treating them right. Maybe they'll have bet­ ter luck now that HialeaB has opened. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent A PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore ^Norfolk . 'Bavannah Tampa ..................... Mobile New Orleans ..... ... .... .. ^ Galvesto^i ' Seattle San' Fratici^ . V............ Wilmington .....;......,. iT'a'rlSgt'?*r/:. J.u.i ....59?..n, SHIP. DECK 10 33 17 82 9 18 10 77 87 17 7 51 is SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 20 6 4 108 41 34 18 17 52 198 60 56 18 4 5 42 14 10 . 27 9 8 62 194 55 67 217 63 42 16 » 16 5 4 137 41/ 45. 443i-f sfinJiPT m o.»rt, Slew Sbqipiflg For Perl Of faille I Shipping in the past period was a little slow. In fact, it was the worst Seattle has had in several years and likely the last extremely slow period we will have for some time. Just one of those things that ' happen. We attribute the slow shipping of the past two weeks to a postholiday letdown. Contrary to our expectations, not as many boys got off for the .year-end doings. Guess they like where they are and want to homestead awhile. It should only be a temporary condition. The next period begins with 'a . bang—a full crew was shipped to ' the Liberty Bell (Ti'amp Cargo).' This is the fifth Liberty to conie out of temporary lay-up in the past' two months and we don't expect: this to be the last. Ships paying off were the Holystar of Intercontinental and the Seacoral of Coral. Signing on were the Ocean Lotte and Ocean Betty of Ocean Trans. Intransit vessels were Waterman's Azalea City, Dolphin's Capt. Palmer; Seacomet n of Ocean Carriers; and the Alamar and Calmar of Calmar. Oldtimers on the beach include J. Walker. F. England and J. Risbeck, while men in the marine hospitals included Lee Broussard, Jack Stough, C. E. Dudley. W. K. Gulley. J. B. Garrison. L. Hodges, C. E. Johnson. J. L, Milner and J. Wells. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent if if if Galveston: •: Shipping has been very slow for the past two weeks and it is not ex­ pected to impi-ove much in the coming period. We can only hope for the best. Ships paying off were the Gene­ vieve Peterkin and Margaret Brown of Bloomfield. Bloomfield's Marie Hamil signed on again. In-transit ships included the-Val Chem of Valentine Tankers; Mi­ chael of Carras; Del Oro of Mis­ sissippi and the Seatrains New Jersey, Louisiana and Texas. On the beach now are J. Riley, O. Orr. B. Mitchell. J. McRae. B. Lynn and E. L. Render. Men in the hospital include J. Parks. A. Sistrunk. H. Ledbetter. R. Stetson, C. Hill. C. Adkins. C. Rasmussen, F. Idell. M. Fontenot. H. Reynolds, E. Lachappelle. C. Kogler. H. Liles, J. Mai'kopolo and D. Patterson. Keith AIsop Galveston Port Agent Speak Your 3iind At SiHI Meetings Shipping Figures December 30 to January 13 REG. REG.:, REG. TOTAL DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. 44 15 17 12" 308 112 115 81 90 26 39 " 25 . 293 133 89 71 39' 14 17 8 46 18 17 11 78 '" 26 28 24 186 75 . 54 57 261 92 76 93 68 35 18 16 74 32 ' 27 15 188 59 . 67 62 78 26 24 ^ 28 . Seattle: Shipjiiiig Is Cold In Lone Slar SIsle Tonrlsl Season And Skipping Are Slow '.-Ll 12 33 iiij}34 ,r.o>'?<>U)4}-9', .. . a. 1A33 Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at, the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you. to take an active part in nieetings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all membei-s have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on. any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarei;s are urg.ed to hit the deck at these meetings and let their , shipmates know what's on their mind. �p I 0'-'- Fact Twdrtf • SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE f: J " .1 I •If r -I j'i.-. a fe • ft P-' One of the first clipper ships huilt outside New York, the Sur­ prise was designed by Samuel Pock, then only 23, and was built at East Boston. She was only 1,006 ~tons register, but solidly built and fairly sharp in the bow's. Her bowsprit was 30 inches in dia­ meter and extended'35 feet from the beam, nearly a fifth of her own length The Surprise carried about 1,800 tons of cargo, and a crew consisting of four mates, , two bosuns, carpenter, sailmaker, stew­ ard, two cooks, 30 ABs, six ordi­ naries and four boys. In one round trip, from NY to San Francisco and from Honk Kong to London with tea, she earned a net profit of $50,000 over and above her ex­ penses and her own cost to build. Next month Is the 150th anni­ versary of a naval incident in which the son of a US naval com­ mander put the torch to his own faither's former flagship. It was February 16, 1904, when Stephen Decatur, then a Navy lieutenant along with a small group of volun teers aboard a small craft got through the harbor defenses at Tripoli, seized the USS Philadel phia and burned her. The Phiia delphia had been the flagship of the elder Decatur when he com­ manded a squadron of 13 ships. When the father's old flagship went aground in Tripoli while chasing a Barbary pirate vessel the Philadelphia was captured, re floated and" prepared for use against US shipping, the son drew the assignment of balking the plan Jannary 22, 1954 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER CHARLES MACDONALD, Wiper Though only 26 years old. Sea­ bat zone in Korea where he spent farer Charles MacDonald has been more than a year, dug in on the Question: What was the worst going to sea for more than 12 side of hills. Saw Plenty of Action storm at sea you ever ran into? years, ever since he first began high school. Not that his studies Attached to the First Marine Di­ • John Jederlinich, MM: It was suffered, but the young Seafarer vision, MacDonald spent more than abo^t midway in- the Atlantic often .would ship out between a year in and around the "Punch terms, during summers and at ir­ Bowl," "Heartbreak Ridge" and Ocean, on the , regular intervals when the mood "White Horse Mountain" areas. way from Bremmoved him. Part of his Marine service with the erhaven to New MacDonald was born, raised in Fifth Marine Regiment was spent York. It was in the winter of and first shipped out of Halifax, in foxholes north of the 38th Par­ 1946-47 and the Canada. His high school days were allel protecting Seoul, the capital waves were 75 spent in the Joseph Howe High of Korea. On his return from the feet high. The School, named after a famous battleground, Mac was stationed ship listed about Canadian journalist and statesman. stateside in Camp Lejeune, NC, 45 degrees and After graduation from high school, for two months and in averaged only 95 however, MacDonald really began Va., for about three months prior miles in 24 hours. Although the to ship out steadily, making the to his release from active duty. passengers were sick, they kept on world his port of call. He was in civilian clothes for The liver of the cod, a deep-sea eating just the same. t ii> 4 about one week, he says, when he In US Marines fish, contains vitamins absorbed ^ ^ The first steamship to cross shipped out on his first SIU ship from the sun, but the cod never the Atlantic was the Rising Sun Back in 1941, MacDonald, who since becoming a citizen, the William Bergquist, pumpman: It sees the sun . . . Goldfish earrings in 1818. Built in Britain by Lord was way back in 1916' in the Bay earned his US citizenship through Southport of South Atlantic. It -T-blown glass bowls In which live Cochrane, she made the trip to of Biscay, be­ service with the US Marine Corps, was on a three-month Persian Gulf goldfish swam—were worn by dar­ South America ... It took the tween Spain and shipped on his first vessel, an Eng­ run and carried wheat arid general ing Parisiennes In the days of Pacific, in May, 1851, to bring the France. We were lish freighter, the Empire Knight. cargo to Pakistan and environs. Napoleon III . . . The silverfish is Atlantic crossing record to less in the storm four He says he'll never forget that Getting off the Southport in time not only a fish; it is also a wing­ than ten days. She did it in nine days and the seas trip because it was the first time for the holidays, Mac decided to less insect which does extensive days, 19 hours and 25 minutes, al­ hit us broadside, he learned to drink coffee and he head back home to Halifax and see damage to books and wallpaper most 15 hours off the best time tearing away the hasn't stopped since. Black coffee his family before the year ran out , . . "Marble-head turkeys" are not made by the famous Great West­ pilothouse and it was, says he, with no milk and on him. He saw his mother and turkeys nor are their heads made ern . . . The trials of sailing ships pouring down the less sugar, and belay the man who one sister, while two other sisters of marble. They are codfish . smokestacks. She tried to spike that cow punch with and three brothers, married and at the mercy of the winds is typi­ Fresh water fish live 250 feet be­ fied by the case of the Golden didn't blow, but a little sweetness. It was odd, too, low sea level in Death Valley, Cali­ Fleece, which was on the brink o: we drifted helplessly for 36 hours. he felt, that he should be intro­ scattered around Canada, could not make it back to their birthplace; fornia, which- is both the lowest a record after a 121^-day trip from duced to the ways of the bean All his sisters, incidentally, mar­ t 4" and the hottest place in North the Equator to within 200 miles ol Vincent Retcliff, OS: I was a upon an English ship, long noted ried Canadian servicemen. America. San Francisco. But it took her an­ passenger on the Warrior on March for lime juices and tea leaves. t 4> Thinks US, SIU Tops other week to make those 200 27, 1951, when The year 1945 was an eventful Although Columbus had an miles. MacDonald, a new citizen of the we ran smack one for MacDonald. After gradu­ astrolable, the first known scien­ United States and a member of into a hurricane. ating from high school in that year, 4" 4" tific instrument for navigation by the SIU since 1949, wouldn't trade The waves were he shipped in a convoy to Europe The popular belief that big sea celestial observation, on his fam­ and had a ship torpedoed and sunk his right to either for all the hills ous voyages, many authorities say turtles live for hundreds of years mountainous and the two-day beat­ under him off Northern Scotland. in Korea. He knows a good deal he never used it. They say that appears to be taking a licking, if ing tore the deck Later, another vessel he was on when he sees one and in this Case the experiments conducted by ma­ Columbus was experienced enough cargo of steel hit a mine in the North Sea and he says he sees two good deals. as a navigator to know that the rine life scientists in Florida hold loose from its Macdonald earned his US citizen­ it went down, subjecting MacDon­ astrolabe was not a very accurate up. The feeling is that actually moorings. The ald to his second trip in a lifeboat ship through his hitch with the instrument. It is believed, how­ no one knows just how long the shift the on the open sea. Marines, getting his final papers ever, that Columbus was the first huge turtles live, and that it's ship tocaused list 35 degrees at sea. We Mac joined the US Marine while in service. The Marines navigator at sea to record compass probably no longer than the aver­ were still 11 degrees ofiE when we Corps in August, 1951, as the lesser aren't through with him yet, how­ variation by comparison with the age human life span even though of two evils once the Army notified ever, as he still has six years to direction of the North Star some are known to have reached hit port. 4^ ^ him of his induction. After three serve in the Corps as a reserve. (Polaris). He is also said to have at least 150. The idea that large V. Kelpss, bosun: Carrying coal months of boot camp at Paris Once a Marine, he says, always size indicates long life is also be­ used dead reckoning, the method of finding the approximate posi­ ing contested, due to the fact from England to Italy, we hit a Island, SC, he was shipped off to a Marine. storm in the Bay Camp Pendleton, Cal., for three He is single and plans to stay tion as determined by latitude and that a green turtle involved in the of Biscay in the more months of Infantry training. that way a long time, according to longitude that came into use soon experiments reached a length of winter of 1932. Reaching a peak of fighting per­ present plans. Says he doesn't have after the adoption of the compass almost four feet in ten years and We covered the fection, Mac was shipped overseas ulcers and doesn't want them for navigation around the 13th a loggerhead turtle weighed 80 hold ventilators and headed directly for the com­ along with a wife. pounds in only four and a half. century. to keep the water out and the coal gas exploded in the holds. The ship sank be­ neath us and Mexico City was shaken by three 4. Spajp, France, 21. Calls for ACROSS 37. Salt of oleic and Independent Poland," then we were out in a lifeboat earthquakes in one day. ... A "strong silence etcr ^ acid Away from provided Polish government 5. Large tooth 22. Samoan port 39. Hot drink wind in the open water. We lost two joint statement by Prime Minister abandonedthe 6. Actor 23. Ai^ralian port 40. Point of low One of the its eastern frontier de­ men to the sea. Ladd 25. Gudd in neck land "Queens" Churchill and President Roosevelt mands. . . . German counterattacks 7. Cordage sys­ 27. Indian's "yes" 41. Solitary 9. Ask alms 4^ 4" t tem of a ship 28. Mend socks 43. Odd feUow: reported that merchant ship losses 12. Where Callao Is Joseph Saez, oiler: It was on the by U-boats in 1943 were 60 per­ were beaten back as Allied troops 8. Pronoun 29. Pocket battle­ Slang 13. Mixture a third of the way through the ship sunk in 9. The United 45. Limb Grande, 14. way to Russia in the winter of cent less than in 1942. . . . British, cut Kingdom 47. Underwater 1939 Brazil enemy's defenses ringing Cassino, 1942. We hit a ,, 10. Where Cobh ls32. Spanish watchhazard Always 15. American and Greek troops estab­ Italy. ... In boxing, Jake LaMotta tower 48. SI bill 16. Port 1,848 ms. 11. Navy mascot storm in mid-At­ 17. On the briny 35. Fruit decay Diego 49. lished a beachhead 32 miles south beat Fritzie Zivic in ten rounds at from NY lantic and. the 19. Use a grapnel 18. Large ape of Rome. ... Two days after the Detroit. ... The SIU and other (Puzzle Answers On Page 25) again 20. Let it stand deck cargo of Russians opened new offensives on maritime unions were hailed for 21. Feed with rich trucks and mill-| 10 II food 3 2 1 the Leningrad and Novgorod their part in assuring the flow of 24. Genus of ary equipment i fronts, the Germans evacuated goods to the. fighting fronts during shrubs 114 |I3 broke lodse, cans- I 12 26. Ship's pace Novgorod and the Russians took a the end-year holiday period. There 27. Lets go ing a list. We town 36 miles southwest of Lenin­ was no delay in the sailing of any 30. Sesame SIS 15 were in it ten 31. In tatters grad. US ojr allied ship on the Atlantic 33. Short sleep ays and the lis (9 120 34. First day of coast because of a crew shortage. 4i * 4^ waves were so week Convicted ° of ' treason. Count 36. Watered silk ft ft ft high they were breaking over the 124 25 22 23 38. Girl's name Galeazzo Ciano-, sori-in-law of Ben­ U.1S. Marbles, continuing their boat deck. Football's 39. ito Mussolini, nnd four^ others were assault of Cape Gloucester on New Green Wave 26 29 26 4* 4" 4" 40. Sling around Luis Salarar, bosun: I was on a killed by a firing squad in Verona. Britain Island, courited more thari 42. Slipped 30 133 mooring schooner owned by my uncle in .. . The SiU-manned George Wash­ 3,000 Japanese dead since the 44. 114 ms. up the 1922 running ington; a pioneer SIU passenger landing on December 26. . . . The Columbia l36 35 34 46. Old Testament from Puerto Rico ship- chartered by Alcoa from East­ Communist party organ, Pravda, prophet to Curacao when ern, . came in ior- high praise as a reported a supposed meeting be^ 50. Hotel 51. Examined a storni hit us iii "real, workhorse of, the sea" for tween two British leaders and 9 52. Wedgeport the Caribbeap her outstanding war record. . . . high German official "to clarify 43 40 41 catch Sea. All the sails British arid German guns hurlrid the conditions of a separate peace 53. Pipe Joint 54. Steel city in were smashed on more than 100' shells '"ricross the with Germany." The British heat­ 146 47'- 46 49 45 44 Indiana the schooner and Strait of Dover In one of the most edly denied-the truth of the story 6S. First garden SI 1^2 50 Qiid prodded Tass, the official So^ we went for three serious. exchanges of the war. jDowN; , 4, X ft • Viet news agency, •which finally days without any Animal found Iss 64 on Gibraltar 53 Moscow unnoiuiccd; that Russia broadcast an efficial denial the power. The waves 9. Bulgarian coin weret,tieq»4l)igh. i was prepared to guarantee| Beforo nE �' January BiAFAnEttS 'Shh! He'll Never Know' SEAFARERS^LOG Jaaaary 22. 19S4 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 678 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LEUER PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVI. rat«-Tbfrteen LOG No. 2 Editor, HERBERT BRAMO, Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWTN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN, NOEL PARMENTEL; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. tao Unity In Maritime Representatives of 14-non-Communist sea unions in the United States and Canada, including the SIU A&G District made history when they got together for the first time under one roof to hammer out a program for the ailing shipping industry. For this common purpose, they turned their backs on past differences and, in this spirit, went to work. Of lasting importance is a decision not to let the unity established this week fall to pieces, A full-time, permanent legislative committee has already been named and will meet 'regularly every week. This was maritime labor's opening gun in its fight to stop the vital shipping industry from dying by default, in the face of an apparent Government unwilling­ ness to act, and the shipowners' inability to get together on a similar basis, ^mong other decisions emerging from the conference was an urgent plea for a full-scale program to revitalize the wan­ ing coastwise and intercoastal shipping trade, which has been alowed to decline nearly 90 percent in a dozen years. This, along with many other serious-minded proposals, was part of the unions' realistic approach to a broad variety of prob­ lems facing the industry. The unified action of the sea unions, however, does not mean an end to the specialized representation Seafarers have enjoyed in Washington in past years. But, together now, for the first time, all maritime unions will now-be on the capitol firing-line, where the pressing issues of the times affecting the maritime industry must be resolved. 444* WeU-Deserved Praise Few higher words of praise have been lavished on the US Public Health Services than those given by General Eisen­ hower in his message to Congress on the nation's health. The President, rightly so, emphasized the valuable services the Public Health Service has rendered to the entire nation through its various medical programs and its research proj­ ects, Yet, at the same time, the President had not a word to say about the Public Health Service hospitals themselves, which are the heart and core of the PHS research and medical program.If, as the President says, the USPHS has been a key to better national health, it should follow that the hospitals operated by this agency are deserving of considerable praise and assistance for carrying out this program. It obviously has benefited the entire public as well as the seamen, veterans and others who are patients in these hospitals. While the President praised the USPHS, the Administra­ tion is going ahead with proposals to close the hospitals. If so, the president's message amounts to a beautiful (if slightly premature) funeral oration. Congress, whichi has the final say in these matters, may think somewhat differently about it if Seafarers keep notifying their Representatives how they feel about the Administration's intention. 4 4 4 The Trials Report In line with the policy of keeping the membership fully informed on the workings of the Union's trials and appeals procedure, the SEAFARERS LOG is publishing in this issue its second review of trials and appeals under the SIU consti­ tution. The first review, publish^ six months ago, was, as far as is known, the first time that a Union had published a full report of internal disciplinary measures. It drew con­ siderable praise for the manner in which the Union was handling this problem. It's immediately obvious in the report that the trial machin­ ery is being jised very sparingly within the Union, in itself a good sign. The small number of trials is indication of the fact that the constitutional safeguards for the^ membership are working and that charges are being'filed in most instances only when actually necessary. . In the future^ the LOG will carry further reports on this procedure sa that Seafarers can keep up with the operations of their Union consti*tttioM.rA ^ • WEEK Thanhs SW For Needed Help To the Editor: My wife and I would both like to express our very grateful thanks to the Welfare Services Depart­ ment of the Union for the help they gave us recently when we had some serious trouble. Most people, when they get into some kind of a jam have to ask friends and relatives to give them help. But lots of times the people you know have their own troubles and anyway they can't do very much for you. That's why it's very nice for a seaman to know that he can go to his Union and get the help he needs when trouble starts piling up. Wife Got Sick It started when my wife had to go to the hospital to have a baby. She had a bad in­ fection and for a time was very ill, so I had quite a problem on my hands. The first thing I knew the expenses began to pile up on us and I was finding it hard to meet Lorenzo the bills. When I spoke to the Welfare Services Department about it, they saw to it that I got the $200 bene­ fit for. the baby right away, which was a big help in meeting the bills which I was getting from the hos­ pital and the doctors for the treat­ ment that my wife was receiving. At the same time I started to have some trouble with a store where we had bought some furni­ ture because of the fact that I was late in paying the installments on the furniture. They wanted to come to the house and take the furniture away if I did not pay, but I was unable to with all the hospital and doctor's bills that I had to meet with my wife. Spoke To Company Welfare Services took care of this difficulty also. They spoke to the furniture people and got them to agree not to take the furniture away until 1 could get straighten­ ed out and take care of things my­ self, The furniture stayed in the house, which was a welcome relief to all of us. As a result, my family is getting straightened out now and now that the emergency is over I won't need help. But we don't know what we would have done if it wasn't for the fact that the Union has a de­ partment like the Welfare Serv­ ices to help Seafarers like myself when trouble of this kind comes up. This isn't the first time that Wel­ fare Services has helped me out because I received a welfare bene­ fit of $200 once before for the birth of another child. So you see I have a lot to be thankful to the Union for and I'm sure that many of the other brothers in the Union who have been in some kind of a fix feel the same way as I do about the fine work, the Union is doing to . help the seaman. ukjfetep tiOreniBa ^ An industry-wide policy to avoid sudden Ifiyoffs when sales slack off has been demanded by the CIO United Rubber Workers. The Union pointed out that the companies had over-produced in' the early part of 1953 and then laid off 20,000 workers and put others on short work weeks when inventories backed up. The Union asked that production be scheduled so that it stretches out evenly over the full year, pointing out that near-record profits were made in 1953 despite the production cuts. 4 4 4 Charges that a striking AFL sugar cane worker was gunwhipped by a deputy sheriff in Thiboadaux, La., have been sub­ mitted to the US Department of Justice as a civil rights case. The victim, Welton Lestrick, a member of the AFL Agricultural Workers Union, was attacked by the deputy outside the Lafourche Parish court­ house, No action has yet been taken by the Justice Department on the case, which is an outgrowth of the recent strike of sugar cane workers. as to spread the work around among as many men as possible. 4 4 4 A hat on every giri's head is the object of an industry-union cam­ paign in the millinery industry. The AFL Hatters Union in New York declared that the growing vogue of hatle'ssness among women cost millinery workers about $1 million in wages in 1953. A good deal of the campaign will be aimed at high school and college girla who. it appears, are responsible for the hatless habit. 4 4 4 New Jersey labor has called on the state legislature to repeal the public utility anti-strike law. The State Federation of Labor asked the governor to recommend repeal on the grounds that since the law was passed it has provoked a large number of strikes because employ­ ers refuse to bargain, depending on the legislative weapon to get what they want. 4 4 4 A seven week strike of over 2,000 chemical workers at New Jer­ sey and Pennsylvania plants of Merck & Co. was settled on the basis of a six cent hourly increase and job reclassification. PTembers of the United Cas, Coke and Chem­ 4 4 4 A 12-year-old fight back ical Workers (CIO> were involved wages has been won for 369 em­ in the walkout at the company ployees of the Eastern Uniform which mantifactures drugs and Corporation by the CIO Amalga­ pharmaceutical products. mated Clothing Workers. The total 4 4 4 amounts to $32,362. The case arose The much-troubled Long Island when the company closed its plant Railroad, long the target of com in November, 1941, claiming bank­ muters' wrath, is now facing a ruptcy, and workers received 15 strike by the Brotherhood of Rail­ percent of wages due out of the road Trainmen (Independent). The firm's remaining assets. Since the Trainmen have been pressing for a company was under Government shorter work week and other ben­ contract the Union sued under the efits. The Long Island has long had Walsh-Healey Act, which requires financial difficulties and is asking all Government contractors to for fare increases at the moment, meet certain wage minimums. 4 4 4 After eight years a Federal court An important test of union shop ordered a bonding firm to pay tlie contracts is taking place in Dis­ back' wages. Another four years trict Court at Amarillo, Texas, was required to determine who would get the six percent interest where the Santa Fe Railroad is that accumulated on the wages due, suing several AFL unions to keep them from demanding a union 4 4 4 shop in their contracts with the Workers in the oil industry are railroad. The union shop on rail­ considering a shorter work week roads was made legal by a Federal in the event that the petroleum law in 1951, but the Santa Fe is industry decides to start laying off resisting union demands on this men. The CIO (Ml Workers Inter­ icore. It is expected that the test national Union said that if layoffs case will eventuaUy wind, up In become general the Union intends. the US Supreme (^Qurt for final t»«Bk4ecA» 4dmtec —...ppy Ti|ififiii"im i • lut �Paffe Fonrtcen SEAFARERS LOG ' January 22, 1954 January 22. 1954 Fa«:e Fifteen iiii A »!(«" . "iSPI . k IX' fe ' ; • A ' •••SI ::'k 1 • I• \ »: I I r- ' r AilliliiAiv: .J A-' :iiiiilPi-i i j L J I Crew works the capstan to the. accordion's tune. A bearded seaman keeps a watchful eye as he steers. •«# I !(?^ f J.. V- \:i ki •!^ % a •X::::.";':'X':XXX:XAA':"i! rmm J MmMi. »« '7* ,he » t"c "iro" x t®lliir"^ I ' ' A Tho a t'g ° nu& ttv seleeteJ <«>" Sealarer P'^Ajie on BrilHli .nbieCs V ;::1 c liSx^A:Sl®iJ I , • ^1. ^ Oilskins are in order as rough weather hits. n Ship's bottom gets coat of paint in drydock. ^ >1 g*-; I k-Aimki '-;.-.',i - ^ W:V The deck gang heaves away, in unison to haul a boom inboard. r- .'.^1 t: 1:1 kM"'} ••:':v;X:X;:r:':X:^:-:v-SXXX\-^:X:;.';;>;sfx-rv:;:;::;::;;:Xi::::.;<.XX;:i:^^ — i n ill •••';X:'--''''::>>-^::;X:-;'-x '.'. ' • Needlework is in order on the ship's sails. Fresh meat was really fresh—dh the hoof. ;»l , I !I 11 'tV 'a, ' \B-' 'M '> •• 3 •, ; A 7 h-. • ;:'S-0 1 High above the deck on a cross-tree, the crew unfurls a sail :Vu/-'V^ -.• ' .. • I Calm sea and lots of sail "Bathtub" was a pail ef weten The whole gang parks on boom for cameramam •ill riu • •[! tVVv¥^'.A:iL f.' •''^"' i*" '• .»• • " V -I KAiltlisi bucket and washboard was crew's laundry. �•;t-/'c:!«''-\ t ri^Sisiein S E A F/R Elts LOG iuiui7 tt, 1964 SEAFARERS Midway through a routine overhaul and general check-up. the new Ambrose Channel lightship went in last tnonth after a year of marking ' the way Into New York harbor. A red-hulled relief ship is taking her place until she returns in February.. .Originally built for German Crown Prince Frederik Wilhelm in 1905, the yacht Contender burned and sank 15 miles SE of San Diego with no loss of life. Escaping In a motor launch with two men in the crew, the yacht's owner had to plug a leak in the launch wUh his own body until they reached shore ...The small, 1,730-ton Swedish tanker Gustaf Renter exploded and sank in Goteborg harbor with a loss of three persons. A nearby re­ finery escaped damage, ' it 4" J" The Federal Maritime Board has extended through Jan. 31 a waiver of maritime laws permitting American Export Lines to serve M general agents iii' NY for the Italian Line. The subsidized American line requires special authority to serve as an agent for the foreign carrier. Isbrandtsen had challenged the extension.. Japan has pledged 36,500,000 as war reparations to Indonesia for salvaging 60 ships mostly former Japanese vessels, sunk around ttie island republic... Operation of four Cuban-flag freighters in weekly service between NY and Havana has been taken over by Naviera Yacuba, a private com­ pany, from a Government-controlled concern. 4 4^ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 The Transport Ministry in Tokyo estimated that Japanese shipyards ' built about 626,000 tons of shipping in 1953, making Japan second only to Britain in ship construction for the year.. Munitions experts credited "a miracle" for the fact that the gasoline-loaded Danish tanker Esso Koebehhavn didn't blow sky-high after- she hit a mine in Danish waters recently. She was only partially crippled... A Canadian , court has assessed damages of $205,821.80 against the owners of the Swiss motorship Basilea in connection with a sinking 15 months ago near Quebec City. Swedish American Line's motorship Ryholm went down in the collision, with no loss of life, but was raised from the St. Lawrence river bottom several weeks later. • .-t i I; A huge new whaling factory ship for Netherlands-flag operation has been ordered for the 1955-'56 season. The Willem Barendz 2d will cost about $10 million and will be able to carry oil cargoes between whal­ ing seasons. She is one of the few whaling factory ships ever con­ structed for that purpose, as most of these vessels are converted tank­ ers ... A Belgian shipbuilding concern will soon sign a contract to build ten 3,000-ton cargo ships for the Soviet Union... Damage was negligi­ ble in two fires which broke out within a half hour of each other on two liners berthed in Southhampton (England) docks. New maritime regulations which apply to the prevention of collision became part of all future examinations for Merchant Marine officers on January 1 of this year. The new rules are based on recommenda­ tions of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea in London in 1948...More than 60 Belgian sea pilots ended a six-weekstrike in protest against a government appointment of a temporary chief pilot after receiving official assurances that future appointments would be made in strict accordance with seniority rules. The strikers charged the new chief pilot did not have the required seniority . . . The once-famous Caribbean cruise liner Lady Rodney will put into NY in late February as the Gumhuryat Misr, sailing under the Egyp­ tian flag. The former Canadian vessel will go on the NY-Mediterranean run.. A shipyard in Sunderland, England, held a launching for hall of a ship this month, and will launch the remaining part—^the stem— next summer. An 18,250-ton Norwegian tanker is being buUt in two parts because the yard is too small to build the entire ship at one time. A record-sized 45,400 deadweight ton tanker, latest claimant to the title of the largest world's largest tanker, will be launched Feb. 9 from Bethlehem's Quincy, Mass., yards. Constructed for S.S. hRarchoa, operator of one of the world's largest Independent tanker fleets, the giant ship will be exceeded in size by only five other merchant ves­ sels—^the liners United States, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Liberie and He de France.. .Warnings have gone out from the US Navy Hydrographic Office that the halves of the Swedish freighter Oklahoma, which split on Dec. 27, may still be afloat and a menace to navigation. The ship met disaster, without loss of life, several hundred miles from Newfoundland. A major build-up in Indonesia's infant merchant fleet, whose pre­ war maritime industry was Dutch-dominated, is expected as a result of an additional order for 15 small ships, totalling 36,000 tons, from Japan. The Indonesian government is also contracting for shipbuild­ ers in the Netherlands to supply 19 more vessels. A new passenger service between the west coast and Australia got underway this week with the sailing of Orient Line's luxury ship Oronsay from Vancouver, bound for San Francisco, Honolulu, Sydney and Auckland, NZ. Orient is planning three sailings in the service this year by the Oronsay and the Orion. Both post-war liners are the only ones in trans-Pacific service to Australia. f. V>': •.'?•••.: Burly ji 1. The Back Pressure Respiration Method Through the years, a variety of methods have been used to induce breathing in victims of shock, submersion and other accidents where breathing has stopped. For a long time, the Schafer method, where There's nothing like the antici­ the operator sits pation of a party to brighten ship­ astride the Victim's board morale and koep men cheer­ back, was standard. But now a different ful, or so they say. Anyway when method has been somebody broached the subject of adopted that has a Christmas Party on the Hoosier proved to be far su­ Mariner (Isth­ perior to the Schafer mian) all hands technique. It's called were for it. the back pressure-arm However, fix­ lift method. ing up for a The basic superiority party takes a cer­ of the back pressure tain amount of system, whether arm work. In this lift, hip Uft or hip roll, case three of is that the entire the crewmem-* breathing cycle is con­ hers Brothers trolled by the operator. Nicholson James L. Nichol­ As a result, the back pressure method Has now been adopted as the son, John J. De Poo,- and Brother official respiration method by the Red Carlos were delegated to make all Cross and other agencies. the arrangenments. Apparently Kneels On Knee the three Seafarers did the Job To use the back-pressure arm lift method, well because the crew had some the patient ^ placed face down with elbows kind words to say about the work bent and hands placed one on the other. they did. The face is turned to one side, with the All hands had a fine time enjoy­ cheek on the hands. ing a holiday affair that they aro The operator kneels on either his right sure to remember. or left knee at the head of the subject, facing the patient, with the knee at the Nicholson, who has been sailing side of the subject's head close to the fore­ with the SIU for nearly eight years arm. The opposite foot Is placed near the now, is a Tennessean who joined elbow of the other arm. For those who find the Union in New York. He's 31 years old and sails in the deck de­ this position uncomfortable, it's alright to kneel on both knees, one partment. De Poo, who holds en­ on either side of the subject's head. The hands are placed on the gine room ratings, is a Massachu­ subject's back so that the heels of the hands setts native who came into the SIU lie Just below an imaginary line running in the port of Norfolk on October between the armpits. The tips of the thumbs should just touch, and the fingers 22, 1947. He'll be 30 next April. should be spread downward and outward. 4-4 4 Then the operator kneels forward imtil The crew of the Elizabeth (Bull his arms are nearly vertical with the weight Line) really thought highly of the of his body making a steady, even, down­ work of Brother George Kerr, who ward pressure on the hands. This forces was messman aboard the vessel. air out of the lungs. It's important to keep They got together and tipped him the elbows straight and maintain the pres­ for what they called "splendid sure directly downward. service" and for The second step is the positioning for the expansion pnase. The keeping the hands are lifted off, and the operator rocks backward on his heels placing his hands on the victim's arms Just messhall spark­ ling clean at aU above the elbows. The third step is to draw the arms up times. Kerr, who is a and toward the operator, keeping the native of the elbows straight. Enough lift should be ap­ British West In­ plied so that the operator feels the re­ dies, Joined the sistance at the subject's shoulders. The Union in Boston arms are then dropped to the ground com­ back on Novem­ pleting the cycle. ber 19, 1938, It is this arm lift which expands the shortly after the SIU was founded. victim's, chest, by pulling on the chest He still makes his home in the muscles and arching the back, thus making Hub, living in Roxbury, Massachu­ sure that air enters the lungs. Both the setts. The veteran Seafarer is 57 compression and expansion phases should years old. occupy equal time in a 12 times-a-minute cycle "with release time being a minimum Interval. 4 4 4 As is normal with all respiration tech­ Another Seafarer who Was men­ tioned for doing a solid job was niques, it's important to see to it that the Joe Falasca, ship's delegate on the subject's chin does not sag, and that the Steel Rover (Isthmian). Falasca, a tongue and foreign objects are not ob­ New Yorker by birth, joined the structing the passages. This should be Union in Norfolk in 1949. He now checked in between cycles so as not to de­ makes his home in Yonkers, New lay immediate application of artificial res­ York, just north of the big town. piration. The standard first aid procedures for He's 26 years old and sails on deck. Joe has served as delegate on treatment for shock and immersion follow several ships and usually gets a in due course. mention from the crew for good piration. As in any system, regularity of respiration is of great Importafice. representation. AcfiON Pretty Big "Seheener^ Bg Bernard Seaman �Jana«r7 tZ. 1954 SEAFARERS Gov't Will Convert US-Owned Libertys us Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild says the Government will go ahead with experiments to boost the efficiency of war-built Liberty ships by 50 percent if Con­ gress gives the green light to-*the cost of a planned conver­ of the Propeller Club of the Uni­ ted States, suggested conversion sion program. Rothschild revealed that the Federal Maritime Board was plan­ ning "laboratory tests" on several of the 11-knot Libertys with dif­ ferent types of propulsion machin­ ery, which, with some structural and hull changes would enable them to do 17 knots. If the pro­ gram is successful, it would put the Libertys, of which the Govern­ ment owns about 1,500 vessels, in good company with the new Mar­ iner-type ships, which do better than 20 knots. While it is not known whether the Government program has been under consideration for any spec­ ial length of time, a recommenda­ tion along these lines was first made public just three months ago when Hugh Gallagher, president Pick Up 'Shot^ Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held BO that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their Inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. of the Libertys at hearings before a Senate sub-committee last Octo­ ber. Gallagher offered plans for a program which would enable the Libertys to do as much as 18 knots by re-engining the ships, stream­ lining the front hulls with a longer and sharper bow and increasing their length to 450 feet. At the time, the cost was estimated at $2.2-miIlion for each vessel. His suggestion drew instant at­ tack from many quarters of the shipping industry which called it "short-sighted" and an "expediency that failed to recognize the future needs of the country and merchant marine." Among the objections raised were that the cost of the conversions could be better ap­ plied to developing wholely new designs and tonnage. Several in­ dustry leaders also commented that in a period of heavy defense needs, it was not sound to invest huge sums in doing over ships which would have only ten years left out of a normal 20-year span of peak production. Aid for Shipyards The Maritime Administrator de­ clared, however, that the conver­ sion job was something that should have been studied long ago and that it still represented a highly useful undertaking. He noted too that it would help revitalize the country's faltering shipbuilding and ship repair industry, and would at the same time provide a much more efficient merchant fleet reserve force in case of any emergency. Opponents of the idea reaffirm­ ed their earlier view that the basic need of the industry today is still new designs and new ships adapted to present-day operations. NLRB Backs AFL-ILA Charges Of Intimidation In Dock Vote (Continued from page 5) the Labor Board was the fact that ''^dock foremen and hiring bosses threatened men with the loss of -Jobs unless the ILA won the elec­ tion. Buses were chartered by the old ILA to go from pier to pier picking up voters, who were told by the hiring boss, "You know •what to do, vote ILA." To make sure,-the Labor Board i^aid, the supervisors rode in the buses with the men, taking them right to the polls. A popular slogan of the hir­ ing bosses was, "If you want to work tomorrow, vote ILA." Also under fire was the fact .that United Fruit employees were per­ mitted to vote, although this com­ pany is not a part of the New York Shipping Association. The Labor Board report conceded that this objection on the part of the AFL had validity and should be taken up further in Washington. • Hit hard by the action of the Labor Board, the old ILA has soft: pedaled strike talkj which was ' very much in evidence In the past few weeks. The old ILA has now announced that it would withhold ahy strike action until the NLRB reaches final decision on the out-, come of the election, a decision ^ that isn't, expected before March ' or April. ' •; .A three-day secret conference of past weekend produced an an­ nounced decision to "clean up" the organization. Details of the clean-up plan were not announced other than to state that certain locals would be consolidated in the future. Page Seventeen LOG Maritime Unions Meet, Draft Plans For Industry's Future (Continued from page 3) mies such as' the railroads and others 'who aimed to cut down the scope of merchant shipping. This condition has persisted, the group said, even though three ma­ jor wars have shown the basic need for a strong merchant marine and the inability of foreign flag ship­ ping to fill the gap in an emer­ gency. "History has proven," they stated, "that we must maintain an adequate merchant marine in peacetime if we are to have one in time of war. Also in peacetime our merchant marine is needed to develop our foreign market. No one can expect foreign shipowners to develop our markets for us." The industry, they added, is an important provider of employ­ ment to thousands of shoreside workers and a large segment of shoreside industry is occupied in supplying ships with food, supplies, paint, equipment and similar items. Coastwise Revival The conference agreed that one way in which the merchant fleet could be strengthened would be through a planned revival of coast­ wise and intercoastal trade, once a major factor in American ship­ ping, but now reduced to. 50 ships from a maximum of 400. The con­ ference recommended the follow­ ing: • Construction differential sub­ sidies in the domestic trades. • Charter of US-owned ships to private operators at favorable rates related to profits. • Development of special ships and cargo handling facilities through Government aid. • Sale of Government-owned idle tonnage to coastwise operators at reduced prices. • Maritime representation on the ICC which sets rates for rail­ roads and domestic steamship lines. An investigation of the I'CCs ac­ tion in setting lower rates for rail­ roads where they compete directly with steamship lines. • Reduced tolls for intercoastal ships in the Panama Canal. Offshore Problems On the problems ol offshore shipping, the group made the fol­ lowing proposals: • Government action to return American-owned foreign flag oper­ ations to the American flag. • No transfers of American ships to foreign flags unless such transfer is in the interests of the US merchant marine. A maritime union representative to be present neers; William Steinberg, CIO Ra­ at all hearings on such transfers. dio Operators; Albert Parente, • All US military cargoes to be Marine Officers Union (United transported on US-flag ships. No Mine Workers). Panamanian, Liberian or Honduran Matthews, Haddock, Dushane and ship to obtain any US military car­ Daggett will serve on the legisla­ go. Permanent legislation provid­ tive committee along with Captain ing that 100 percent of all US- Bishop, MMP; T. M. Meyer, owned economic cargoes or Gov­ WFOW; Andrew Macdonald, AFL ernment-financed cargoes to be Radio Officers; and A. D. Lewis carried on American ships. No aid of the Mine Workers. It was agreed of any kind to be given to run­ that this comhiittee would meet at away operators. No foreign seamen least once a week with a frequent should be employed on US ships rotation of the chairmanship. Ex­ on the Korean shuttle run. penses will be shared on a pro • MSTS competition with pri­ rata basis. Lundeberg Thanked vate operators should cease. On other subjects, the following SIU of NA president Harry action was taken: Lundeberg, who initiated the call for the conference, was given a Marine Hospitals • The conference urged that the vote of thanks for his action as was present status of the marine hos­ Vincent J. Malone of the Marine pitals be maintained. It further rec­ Firemen, for his services as chair­ ommended that loggings of sea­ man. men go to a USPHS hospital fund Unions attending the meeting inrather than to the shipowners as at eluded: The SIU A&G District, the SUP,'the Great Lakes District, the present. • The Coast Guard screening Canadian District, the Marine program was endorsed as fairly- Cooks, Stewards, the Brotherhood conducted, and it was recommend­ of Marine Engineers, Marine Fire­ ed that the program be tightened. men, Oilers and Watertenders, and Restriction on the issuance of new the Inland Boatmen's Union, all SIU of NA affiliates; the National seamen's papers was requested. • Alien seamen of good char­ Maritime Union; The American acter, the conference said, should Radio Association (CIO); the Mar­ be able to get citizenship after ine Engineers Beneficial Associa­ three years' service aboard US flag® tion (CIO); The Radio Officers vessels, and should be permitted Union (AFL), the Brotherhood of longer shore leaves in periods of Marine Officers (UMW); and the Masters, Mates and Pilots (AFL). poor shipping. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul • The conference called for the Hall, attended the conference along closing of Kings Point and all offi­ with Lindsey Williams, New Or­ cer training facilities due to the leans port agent, and Matthews. surplus of merchant marine offi­ cers. It asked that such training be limited to upgrading and re­ fresher courses. Rotary Hiring On labor legislation the confer­ ence called for specific legalizing of rotary shipping through amend­ ment of the Taft-Hartley act, de­ nial of bargaining rights to Com­ munist-controlled unions, and sev­ eral additional grounds for expul­ sion from union membership be­ (Continued from page 3) sides non-payment of dues, those fected have already indicated they grounds being narcotic sales or do not even have enough hospital addiction and membership in totali­ beds available in their areas to tarian organizations. accommodate the seamen hospital­ The report, which was approved ized in their communities. by the conference, was drai.ed by There are now only 16 USPHS a nine-man committee consisting hospitals open in the US, three of of Bob Matthews, assistant secre­ which treat just specialized dis­ tary-treasurer SIU A&G District; eases. Ten others have been V. J. Malone, Marine Firemen; closed in recent years. Matthew Dushane, SUP; C. F. May, In the absence of Presidential Masters, Mates and Pilots; Hoyt comment on the issue, it is now Haddock, NMU; Ben Man, NMU; expected that Mr. Eisenhower's H. L. Dagget, CIO Marine Engi­ coming budget requests to Con­ gress will quietly end appropria­ tions to 13 of the hospitals and thereby force them to close down. Meanwhile, SIU representatives in Washington, representatives of other sea unions and industry of­ ficials continue pressing Congress to vote to keep the program intact by providing funds to keep the USPHS hospitals going. Seafarers are urged to continue writing their Senators and Representatives in fa­ vor of keeping the hospitals open. -S • I -1 n PHS Program Wins Praise Of Eisenhower Put IVumber On Meeting Excuses . l^ng^bremen picketing on 29th Street pier, Breokl;^, take a eoffee-break. AFL-ILA won rein^ M Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on, if the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. ' ' •T- '•Ji a �ji SEAFAnERS lii |1:- ffc X- East African Natives Moving Up In Social Scale With Gov't Aid Despite the ever-increasing progressive action of the Kenya authorities, the Mau Mau continues to pillage and destroy in the Mombasa-Nairobi area, writes African reporter Harry Kronmel. . A final "give 'em hell" cam­ tion to which pressure from Lour asked by the workers, giving them paign has been started by the don has produced quick results in $1.05 for the day's pay, but it is this land. A school system that, only in the talking stage. A strike government against the ter­ never catered to the non-European threatens ^Mga and Dar-Es-Sa h:". •' if- '•• I .t^J i:,l?-i Jtmury 22, 1W4 IPG That there aire no "nationar' holidays in thjiUnited States?; Each State decides which holiday^ it will observe. They are designated either by law or by executive proclamation. The only instance where Congress seemed to declare a "National holiday throughout the United States" was the act of March 2, 1889, which used the ex­ pression with reference to April 30, 1889, the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Wash­ ington. The President and Con­ gress designate legal holidays only for the District of Columbia and Federal workers throughout the nation. rorist bands. Deploying more, than 1,000 troops, the security guard has is now welcoming Kyukyu, Indian laam if the deadlock, going on for been smashing into the Mau Mau and Asian elements into the uni­ ,17 days now, is not broken soon. strongholds ih the Kipipiri forest versities. A sum of five million The employers aren't giving in with great success. It is estimated pounds or $14 million has been without a struggle. that this area holds more than ten granted by London for the im­ Bargaining Agent minor divisions of Mau Mau fight­ provement of Kenya. Plans' for One of the important facts to re­ ers. The situation is worth noting technical schools.are being drawn member is that for the first time up and the dream of an East for ali visiting Seafarers. African University is becoming a in East African history, the Afri­ When an African swears to up­ near can has a legal bargaining agent. reality. hold Mau Mau law, reports Sea­ In Kenya, however, because of se­ 4" 4" 4" Modernize Cities farer ~ Kronmel, curity measures, strikes are pro­ gutta percha comes from he becomes a Mombasa, Tanga and Dar-Es- hibited by law. But Kenya, too, is theThat solidified juice of vari­ very dangerous Salaam are being modernized. opening its eyes with the cry of ous Malayan milky evergreen trees? It enemy. He be­ Construction is In the boom period "equal pay for equal work." The does not dissolve in water, but longs to a small, and there is no lack of work for drive. is on throughout East and under water of high temperature tightly - knit European and non-European alike. Central Africa for a better under­ becomes plastic and easy to manip­ group that fights The Mombasa docks work around standing among races. The big cop­ ulate. In trade it is handled in the only at night and the clock and modem machinery per industries of" Tanganyika and form of reddish or gray bricks. It works in the Eu­ is seen for the first time all over Rhodesia are trying to break the is used for insulation (particularly ropean shops the port area. Prices on consumer color line and the success has been for submarine cabies), golf balls, during the day. goods are high at present and the good. Kronmel telephone receivers, adhesivcs, Often, he is African stevedore and laborer who The next step under considera­ called, "boy," and when: his em­ never before had the right to tion by the copper people is the waterproofing materials, and other ployer is dissatisfied, he is called strike, today has unions to fight difficuit task of easing South purposes. i much worse. He has little clothing, for him. Africa's "apartheid" or complete mostly leftovers, and his pay each Arbitration is going on right segregation policy. They expect That an estimated 200 hospital­ month only would buy a decent now between the. stevedore unions much pressure from the Boers, but ized Seafarers received the annual dinner for two in New York City and their employers. For a com­ the drive has already begun with li25 Christmas bonus from the SIU any afternoon. plete shift of approximately eight some luck. The era of African Welfare Plan? The trustees of the The Kenya government has been hours, the worker receives the prosperity is looming. It can take Plan at a meeting early in Decem­ shocked into a more liberal posi­ equivalent of $.63. Recently, a fuil fruition he says, with little ber voted to- approve the bonus tion regarding the natives, in addi- raise of almost 100 per cent was common sense on all sides. i which is payable to any patient in Seafarer Blues ^ Before The SIU Contract the hospital for more than one day during the week of December 2026 inclusive. As,usual the Christ­ mas bonus was paid in addition to the regular $15 weekly benefit paid to all eligible Seafarers for as long as they are hospitalized. t 4 4 That shell money is the .most widely distributed form of primi­ tive money? Cowrie shells have been the most common and prob­ ably the oldest type of shells used as money. Wampum, used" by the American Indians, was usually fashioned from thick-shelled clams. That plans for paying welfare benefits to Canadian seamen, mem­ bers of the SIU Canadian District,, are now being, completed with funds Coming in under, the newi contract? A board of trustees is being set up which will draft a sys­ tem of benefits and methods of payment to union members. ^ 4 4 4 That when James J. Jeffries abandoned the heavyweight box.-. ing crown in 1905,. he named two fighters as the iogical contenders for the title and refereed the bout? Five years later, when .Jef-: fries tried for a comeback, he was defeated by Jack Johnson, who had beaten the man, who in ,turn had defeated the fighter whoni Jeffries had declared the winner in the bout he refereed. By B. McCoullough and A. Whitmer ' • 'Si M, ; •• mlii mm �January St. 1954 SEAFARERS Pare MiDeteett LOG Fairisle Is Distincfive Ship Say Crewmen, Really Gets A(g)round • V: --1 •.M By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Through the recorded annals of maritime history there courses all manner of ships (Editors Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will be glad to known to man, some more or less so. Also, lurking in out-of-the-way wastes and lanes of florist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions the trackless seas, lie tales of ghost, jinx and haunted ships, from Viking origin to modernto the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. ^ ^day vessels. What the SeaThis includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras^ farers aboard the Fairisie Drink Cheers To Holiday Season advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ have to report about their tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, ship is not exactly the phantom etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to class, but they feel' it does smack see him.) of the odd and the singular for a With days on the short side and the tempefatui-e quite low, photogra­ ship to be involved in so many phy moves indoors. In moving indoors for his shooting, the amateur tantalizing if not exasperating sit­ finds that the problem of g;etting good pictures has some complications. uations. , One Seafarer that we know had been getting execellent results with The Fairisle, a Waterman scow, his color shooting until he tried color with artificial light. Color shoot­ no matter where its wanderings ing under artificial light is not simple. Minor errors committed out­ take it throughout the rest of the doors seem to be compounded when the camera loaded with color film year, writes the crew, will have the is used with artificial light. After spending some time examining a distinction of being the first ship few rolls of his color film, we found that there are six basic errors to have passed through the Panama that should be avoided in order to end up with excellent color trans­ Canal, from the Pacific to the At­ parencies. lantic Ocean, in 1954. On New Year's Day of this year the Fair­ Excessive contrast—A single light source on either side of the subisle was the first ship of any nation , Ject results in inky blacks on the shadow side. To avoid excessive con­ to use the "big ditch" in its intertrast, add a second light on the other side of the subject. Until you be­ ocean journey. come expert, keep the light ratio no greater than 2:1. This simply Other Distinctions means that you should keep the lights on both sides of your subject That is not, by far, the only dis­ pretty' even and rarely have twice as much light on one side as on the tinction accruing to the vessel, say other. There may be times when this extra contrast is wanted; then the Seafarers. Late in 1953 the unbalance your lights. Fairisle, on a trip to Korea, had Unwanted reflections—Brilliant hued surface bounce undesii-able the distinctidn of running aground colors onto your subject. If you crave the bizarre, here's a field for Christmas Eve aboard the Steel Flyer was a gala affair as the men and looking much like a duck out you. If not, better subdue the color or move it farther away from toasted in the holiday with beer and cokes. Shown above are, left of water for an uncomfortable your subject. to right, rear, F. Delapenha, W. Gonzalez, M. Figueroa and G. time. Later in the year, on its last Unequal lighting—Light falls off fast as distance from source to sub­ trip to the Far East for 1953, the Bonefont. Seated are W. Kennedy and C.'Hcppding. ject increases. This is also true with black and white photography, but ship ran out of fresh water for 'ts since color exposure is more critical than black and white, it's a bigger boilers and wallowed around, pow­ problem. The solution is to try and keep subjects in approximately the erless. for several days until help LOG-A-RHYTHM: same plane. came from a sister ship which Under-exposure—This is easily recognized. Your transparencies will pumped fresh water into the steel be dark, colors will take on a thick, smoky look. The answer is longer hull so that she could feed her exposure, wider aperture or more light. Use a meter or flash guide to thirsty boilers once again. , get the exposure "on the button" for true color and sparkling brilliance. Even that was not the end of it By Davit Winch Over-exposure—This is the reverse of under-exposure and the trans­ with the Fairisle, for the ship was parencies will have an anemic color; the transparency will be thin. in on other world-shdking events The remedy is to cut the intensity of light, use a faster shutter speed in 1953. Once, on a trip to Korea, "I ought to have a large reward or smaller opening. As mentioned before, exposure tolerance for color the ship landed just in time for its I've never qvmed a union card film is less than one opening of your lens. men to be a witness to the riots I've never grumbled, never struck. Wrong flashbulb—Color film must be exposed by the light for which in the prison camps. Another time Never mingled with union truck. it is balanced. Two types of film are made to take care of indoor and it. arrived there on the day the ar­ outdoor shooting. Since you may be stuck • sometimes with daylight mistice was signed. "But I must be going on my way to win. film in your camera and want to take a shot indoors, use blue tinted In toto, the Fairisle spent a very So open up, St. Peter, and let me in." bulbs. Since the light quality of these blue blubs is similar to sun­ interesting year, and it would be St. Peter sat and stroked his staff light, your results will be good. If you use clear flashbulbs indoors odd and peculiar in itself if its Despite his high office he had to laugh. with daylight film, the result will be a sickly orange cast over the crew did not spend one along with transparency. The reverse is true, if your camera is loaded with in­ it. Said he with a fiery gleam in his eye, door film and you use it outdoors the result will be weird as far as "Who is tending this gate, you or I?" color is concerned. Use the proper conversion filter and you'll, be all Thereupon he rose in stature tall and straight. Pressed a button on the wall and Of all the above errors the exposure one seems to be most serious. Said to the angel who answered the bell, One way to overcome the problem is to keep a record of the expdsures "Escort this scabby down to Hell.' Headquarters again wishes made. When your film is processed and returned to you, check the Tell Satan to give him a seat all alone to remind ail Seafarers that good and bad .transparencies with the exposures given them. In this On a red-hot griddle up near the throne. •payments of funds, for what­ manner you will be able to correct for the errors made in exposure. ever Union purpose, be made "But say, tixiit a minute, let this thought jell. only to authorized A&G repre­ Not even the Devil could stand the smell sentatives and that an official Of a simmering scab on a griddle in Hell. Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, "It would cause a revolt, a strike I know. be sure to protect yourself by If I sent you down to the Imps below. immediately bringing the mat­ So go back to your master on Earth and to him tell ter to the attention of the sec­ Seafarers aboard the Tagalam (Seatrade) find it hard to They wouldn't even have a scabby in Hell!" retary-treasurer's office. believe that they live in the age of speed, jet propulsion, and where the sheriff no longer breathes on the suspect's neck after the deed but has him"^ locked in durance vile before they say, nothing sails like' the Crazy, Man, Crazy the crime is committed. What Tagalam. In support of this thesis, says caused them to lose faith in all theise evideifces of the modern, the crew, is the last trip of the split-second ^orld in which they Tagalam. The old vessel, writes 1. What European country has enjoyed sel|-rule for 676 years al­ live is the ship itself. Nothing, the lads, took all of ten days to go though it has a population of less than 6,000? from New York to Fort Arthur, 2. The amount of money spent by the Government to subsidize potato Texas, on a recent run, and not prices until potato price supports were discontinued was (a) $14 mil­ without incident. Along the way lion (b) $419 million (c) $76 million (d) $238 million. the vessel ran into trouble twice, 3. Can you name the approximate tonnage of the following ocean breaking down each time and fray­ liners? (aT Queen Elizabeth, (b) He De France, (c) America. ing the nerves of the men a little SIU headquarters urges all more on each instance. What's 4. Which of the following ports has the greatest difference between draft-eligible seamen to be high and low water? (a) Galveston (b) New York (c) Savannah (d) Bos­ more, adds the crew, to add cal­ sure they keep their local Se­ umny to catastrophe, the old girl ton (e) Seattle. lective Service boards posted on all changes' of address only made a maximum of nine 5. What political party has been in existence for 85 years but has knots along the way. Rumor had through the use of the poA never won a national or state election? it that several fish passed it as if cards furnished at all SIU 6. The first actual automobile was built in (1801), (1887), (1904), it were heading up-river. halls and aboard ships. (1769). Don't, says the crew, don't get ' Failure to keep ^our draft 7. Can you name four women in Congress? on the Tagalam if you're interest­ board infomed of your where­ Jack Horton engine: delegate 8. Which of the following is the correct length for a nautical mile? abouts can cause you to be ed in fast living. The only thing aboard the Seavictor, sports fast about the old tub, they say, is a) 6,080 feet b) 6,07*6.097 feet c) 6,080.2 feet d) 6,081.3 feet. listed as-a delinquent and be a new, crazy hat he bought re­ the rust on the decks. However, drafted into the services with­ 9) What world-famed movie star created a sensation with a trans­ cently on the beach. The they do recommend it as a cure out a hearing. The Union in parent dress at a Las Vegas night-club recently? photog didn't say whether or such cases can do nothing to for hervei for any Seafarers who 10. What kind of pipe is never used by a plumber at work but might not Horton got the fancy want to take life easy for a while. aid Seafarers tvho fail to comIf it's the Tagalam^says the crew, .chapeau from the:SIU:shore-;: piyi-(Quiz Answers on Page 25) side sea chest. it's sure to be a' long while. :'h I •V I The Sad Saga Of A Scab Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts I Tagalam Turns Tide of Time, Ship Faces Knotty Problem Quiz Corner Keep Draft Board Posted ssm.^ feMX At P.Jayl.... m - s si ''rl I m �i SEAFARERS LOG Par* H'wentr JmuttMry ». l»Si Seaman Learns Sad Sun Oil Truth " Li- • >41 M'J • n •ji'V.g :<!r j Look before you leap to sign up with Sun Oil Company, is seaman G. A. Halbert's motto Bp Spike Martin for the future, because of what happened to him recently when he had occasion to do busi­ So far Molinas has only been ac­ It's long been deemed proper, ness with the outfit. His dealings with the Socony and Atlantic, which he compares favor­ though perhaps foolish, to wage cused of. betting on himself, but ably only to each other and to> a buck or two on the horses. But the amount of money Involved, nothing else, have convinced call. He got more gall from the behind. Upon reporting to the few realize the amount of dough about $400, Is so ridiculously him that there is nothing like company than call, but that came ship, he said, he found it to be an that changes hands at other sport­ small for a player cro\Yding th* later in his story. After much old motor vessel and the only thing ing events. Baseball,' for example, $10,000-a-year bracket that it the SIU. Halbert, so his story goes, signed waiting, Halbert got a call to man new about it was the crew. The is one sport that pretends betting seems hardly likely he would up with Sun Oil in otder to be able a ship in Houston, Texas; so he old rust pot was called the S. £. doesn't exist. . But right in the bother to put through long dis­ to ship out when he received the packed his gear and left Beaumont Graham, but the boys redubbed it shadow of the "No Betting" sign tance telephone calls to New York the S. E. Groan for obvious the sporting gentry will wager you for that purpose. It's being asked reasons. on whether the next pitch will be if Molinas was involved in his Christmas Presents For AH On Ship a The scow made six knots with­ strike or a ball, whether the bat­ college days and was still under out straining its jet motors to ter will get a hit, how many inn­ the thumb of a big money bettor. Tampa, Fia., and after it crawled ings the pitcher will last, how Simple To Fix in to port, Halber^ writes, the own­ many runs, if any, will be scored that inning, and so on. Basketball's big troubles are tha er came aboard and said the ship Not Worth the Risk ease with which the game can be was going north to Chester, Pa., Despite the heavy sugar wagered fixed and the fact that it's a big for a run to Boston, Mass. It sounded all right, so after straight­ on baseball games the sport has time sport operating , with college ening out some wage differences, been remarkably free of attempted the crew signed on for the north- fixes, over the years. Now and students who are thrown a few dol­ em run and settled down to what then you hear about somebody in lars' expense money as their ^nly seemed to be a regular job. That the minor leagues putting a few compensation. • One man can work only confirmed what he had been chips on his own ball ciub. When a fix all by his lonesome if he is a key to the attack, and with bet­ told, Halbert said, because he the culprits are discovered they ting being done on the point dif­ are automatically banished from the asked the company if the work was between teams, it's a sim­ steady before he would sign on the game and tnat's that. And of ference ple thing to do. course,^it's pretty tough to fix a i^'essei. Theoretically, the money boys baseball game single-handed. Be­ Gets Taken sides, the rewards to good players got out of the basketball betting To make a long story less tire­ are large Aenough so that a few game when the original scandals some, Halbert got the short end of himdred or a few thousand dollars broke a couple of seasons back. the deal with the company, because that could be gained by attempting That's hard to believe if you take his steady job lasted just as long as a fix simply aren't worth the risk. a look at the money passing hands it took the ship to reach Chester The big culprit in the fix racket outside New - York's Madison where it went Into drydock. He the last few years has been basket­ Square Garden after a game. The was had and he knew it, but no ball. The sport had just about crowd on the sidewalk is so thick amount of- crying or arguing could cleaned its skirts of * betting and so busy you can't fight your remedy the situation. When he troubles a couple of seasons back way through. And with so many headed back for Beaumont with when a new scandal blossomed hundreds of teams operating cross­ transportation pay in his kick, over the betting activities of Jack country, it wouldn't be surprising which he had to fight to get, he was Molinas, a professional with the if more fix incidents continue to a sadder but wiser seaman. Fort Wayne Pistons. pop up for some time to come. Young Seafarer Suffers Fatal Auto injuries, Signs On For Final Voyage «r - ij '»• •» •jj.t k ou Crew opens Christmas presents during party thrown by Captain Goezinne. Each member got a present from captain and his wife on the Northwestern Victory. At top, some of the crew open pres­ ents, while, below, the captain, his wife, and his. dog,' Corky, pose with John Buccl, ship delegate, left, for the cameraman. HBR SHtPSHAK/ SIU HAS A IPOTA-noM MAIMTAIMING 'CLEAM SHIPS. AT THE PAYOFF 6E SURE THE _ R4SSA6£W!AyS,MESSazw, fiOCislSA»JD DECKS ABE O-EAH. 6E A" CSEW THE SIU CAM BE PRouD OF ! SVlii The late Donald Richey, a Seafarer of 10 years standing with the Union, passed on to a greater reward early last month, according to a letter to the LOG from his mother, Mrs. R. R. Richey. His death came as a result of fatal injuries received in an automobile accident in Bellaire, Ohio. — merchant marine, .^Richey sailed time for Thanksgiving dinner with "Donald M. Richey," his mother writes, "was born in for two more years,"getting off his his family. It was soon after that Feesburg, Ohio, July 17, 1925, and last ship, .the Robin Sherwood, in that he went on his final voyage. departed this world In Bellaixe City Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio, at 8:30 P.M. Saturday, December 5, 1953, as a result of fatal-injuries received in a tragic automobile ac­ cident on Wednesday, December 2, The LOG opens this column, as on exchange for stewards, cooks, on State Route 7 near Bellaire." bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-knoum Thus ended the short life story of cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, a happy, companionable, well-like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Victor Tubo's recipe Seafarer, whose passing will be for "chicken adobo with rice." mourned by all his shipmates, The wealth of menu possibilities offered by experimenting friends and relatives. with foreign cookery is something Seafarers are well aware Richey, his mother said, gradu­ ated from Hamersville High School of. The many nationalities often represented on SIU ships with the class of 1943 and entered provide ample opportunity to> the merchant ma­ get the inside track on popular kept asking for more, and it be­ rine at the age foreign dishes and menu items came a regular Sunday feature. of 17 when the that can be prepared in a partic­ Actually, "adobo" is the Philippine hot war was boil­ ular national style. equivalent for goulash. ing over. His first Such is the case with "chicken To prepare it for a "full crew, voyage was on a adobo," which is really a sort of you would need ten chickens ship in the midst goulash, except (about 40 pounds), 2-3 garlic cloves, of a 100-ship con­ with bigger cuts 3 soupspoons of vinegar, and papvoy to Europe in of chicken. The rika and pepper to season. Divide the days before dish, according to the chicken into eighths, chop the the backs of the Richey c h i frf steward garlic very fine and mix all the in­ German undersea gredients together for about an raiders were broken. Changing Victor Tubo is a hour. scenes and oceans,, Richey's next special favorite trip took him to the South Pacific in the Philippine* Thus, although the dish is sim­ for a 13-month run, shuttling mili­ Islands,. w h-e r * ple to make, the most time is taken tary supplies'between New Guinea he hails from, with the mixing, which allows the and Australia for* the Army, Navy originally, and in chicken to get the proper coating, Tube his more than 30 and Marines. inside and out, of the spices and During the course of his tea- years of sailing all over the world vinegar. TLen, cook the combina­ year maritime career, he visited he's found it suits every type of tion in the same large pan you . 98 countries and sailed every one taste. would use for a goulash, for 3-4 Tubo, who's 6een sailing in the hours in a low oven. Too much' of the seven seas. However, Ohio law did not exempt him from, the- SIU since 1947, said he found a heat will cause the chicken to draft while he was in the typical reaction to the dish on shrink altdisether. Serve with boil- . merchant marine. In February,; Robin Line ships, whep passengers ed rice. The same preparation, in1951, he went to war with the 231st on the African run found it on the cldentiilly, can be followed with Engineering Combat Battalion and menu. Since they had never heard big chunks of pork or beef, except received an honorable discharge, in of it before, they considered it that in the case of. pork, it should SeptembCT .9f jthat. . - j vvitb eflhie .jiii^pieion, ,but after it hot be in. the oven much more thah Returning to his first love, the was trotted out laikl «ervedi iUiey an hour^' u'; >.'• -a v �SEAFARERS JuMry n. It54 (GM To Get LOG lit Germany To the Editor: : aon Norman was in the mer-chant marine before going into the Air Force. He had been receiving the SEAFARERS LOG right along, and I have been sending it to him in Germany. Would you kindly send it to his new address so he will get it sooner. He enjoys read­ ing it and intends to go back to sea when his time is up in the Air Force. Thank you. Mrs. N. E. Snyder (Ed. note—We have noted your change of address on our mailing list.) t t Good Chow Marks Christmas Oay PUS Hospitals Help'Test Drugs LETTERS praise from the brass in Japan, but that didn't get us ashore in Korea. The only time we got ashore was in a little place just 12 miles from the front lines. Red underground fighters were raising all kinds of ruckus every night killing some of the boys on the outposts. The CO up there said it was okay with him if the Reds got us, it was our neck and our sad story. But all this is past now and I am on the m,arried Seafarers best deal, the Ponce. We're on a steady run from PR to PE and back again. I'm home in Miami for three days and two nights and then gone for eight days, regularly. You can't beat that, and with an SIU contract, too. There is only one thing we need on the Ponce and that's an SIU slop chest price list so we can or­ der gear by mail. We must have a price list so we know how mUch money to send for each of eur pur­ chases. Tom Collins Tlmnks Crew For Sending Flowers To the Editor: The following thank you letter was sent to the crewmembers of the Northwestern Victory by Mrs. M. Betty Goezinne, the captain's wife. We all like the note and would like you to publish it in the LOG. Crewmembers of Northwestern Victory To the Crew of the Northwestern Victory: Thanks a lot, fellows, for the lovely flowers. We surely do ap­ preciate them. Last year I happened to see, in a copy of the LOG, a cartoon concemlhg the "old man's" wife. You To the Editor: We, the crew of the Elizabeth, do here and now wish to give our praise and thanks to the steward department, and especially the chief steward, for the fine Christ­ inas dinner which we received on Christmas Day. Although the day was passed at sea it was made an enjoyable one because we had such a fine dinner. The menu was one that we be­ Enjoyed Reading lieve surpasses kny that has been LOG Overseas put out on any To the Editor: ship, bar none, I have been receiving the SEA­ even including FARERS LOG since I have been first-class passen­ in Korea with the Marine Corps ger vessels. We and have enjoyed and appreciated are enclosing a it very much. I am now due to copy-of the return to the States, and will be menu, in the released shortly after, so I am en­ hope that you closing my change of address. I may publish it. wish to thank you for yoiir con­ People often ask Cantwell sideration in sending me the SEA­ us why we go to Eddie Dacey, chief steward, sea. Our response is, that as long FARERS LOG. I intend to return stands between Captain and to sea as soon as I get out. "as there are menus like this, and Mrs. Goezinne at the crew's Robert W. Mytton good stewards to go witfi them, we Christmas party. (Ed. note: We have changed will continue to sail. If you go, go your mailing address, as you wiir probably remember it, too. It first class. asked.) showed a couple of fellows looking Praise Service t t up to the deck above and wonder­ We also wish to praise the serv­ Many Food Beefs ing who the classy dame was. By ice rece'ived during the meal. It was truly unsurpassed, and it was Aboard Compass the following day they knew the awful truth, and when a new guy quite impossible for any man to the Editor: asked them they said, "Oh, that ask for better, as there was some ToThe crewmembers of the Com­ old bag—that's the captain's wife." one standing by each table ready pass (Compass), have been given It gave me a big laugh. I'm glad and more than willing to comply false promises about getting stores to know I've passed the test and with your every wish. Some of the and were given a runaround about haven't gotten in your way too "waiters" were the chief steward, Jhe steward's stores. We are thankthe third cook, the pantryman and mi that we now have a steward on much. You've been a good gang to sail with. our own efficient waiter. It was board who has fought hard to get really a very Merry Christmas, as the Again, my sincerest thanks for few things we now have on far as good food and excellent board. the flowers, ^ service were concerned, and we Betty Goezinne We were promised food supplies are most appreciative. i4" 4> To give you all a good tip, the for 90- days by the company agent, the captain, who is now aboard, Crew Grieves chief steward's name is Charley and the SIU agent in Seattle, be­ Cantwell, a name that means good fore we sailed. We received only a Lost Brother chow and good service. ^ few requisitioned items before we To the Editor: Crew of Elizabeth We, the crew of the Seatrain (Ed. note: Unfortunately, space sailed. The crew claims that the will not permit us to publish. all last steward quit in disgust, due to Texas, lost our chief cook in the the excellent menus sent in by Sea­ the same beefs. These included untimely passing of -Cecil C. shortages of food, and a scarcity McDilda while on shore leave in farers.) of such items as table spoons, tea Galveston, Texas, on January 11. i. t. t, Cecil was stricken with a heart at­ spoons, knives and forks. Complains Of No tack and was attended by a physi­ Signed by 23 crewmembers of the Compass cian who advised him to' remain Leave in Korea To the Editor: This is just a note to let the Un­ ion know upon reading in the LOG that the SIU is finally getting the Army straightened out about shore leave in Korea was good news to all of us on the Ponce (PR Marine). This doesn't mean too much to us now, as we are running from Ponce, PR, to Port Everglades, Fla., but who knows what ship or where we go next. I was on the Korea shuttle and I know what no shore leave means. We capxe from New York to Pearl Harbor with­ out shore leave and then, contin­ ued on to Japan. In all, we had 47 days aboard ship and ' no time ashore. We ran into this for the six months we were over there. In Japan we could-go ashore, but in Korea we -got ashore only by sneaking ashore' and taking a chance of getting shot climbing the fence in and out. v We carried" a lot of cargo for the military but the Amqr shore people never gave us a minute athqrv for it;. W« got all kinds of Pare Twenty-one LOG Shipping Through Panama Canai Some of the crewmembers idioard the Hastings relax a bit as the vess^ inches along ^through the Panama CanaL They arei left to rlghi^ Melil» Guerrero, Hart and lEcci. Photo by Doe Watson. - prone for awhile. Game, and per­ haps foolish, to the last, he rose and shortly afterward suffered a second attack from which he died enroute to the hospital. Brother McDilda came aboard on December 22, 1953, having been a crewmember only three weeks before he was taken ill. Soon after his shipboard duties began, com­ plimentary remarks were ex­ changed between licensed and un­ licensed personnel about his cul­ inary skill. Highly Cooperative * As a member of the steward de­ partment it was a* pleasure to be associated with him While on duty. Never before have !worked in the galley with anyone who was more cooperative and compatible than McDilda. As ship's delegate I am sure that I voice the wholehearted senti­ ments of the erew when I say he was well-liked and respected, both as a crewmember and as a profi­ cient chief cook. In the passing of brother McDilda, the SIU has lost a loyal bo'okmember. We, the crew of the Seatrain Texas, wish to convey our deepest sympathy and condolences to his bereaved loved ones and to his many friends throughout the mem­ bership. Charles W. Cothron Ship's Delegate , i i J. . Israel Seaman Mag Published To the Editor: I am sending you two copies of the latest issue of "The Israel Seaman." Unfortunately, I cannot offer you an English translation of this magazine because our financial outlay does not permit a venture of this kind at present. However, it is my hope that our budget-for the coming year may afford us sufficient funds to be able tc trans­ late and print at least a summary of "The Israel Seaman" in Eng­ lish. The Hebrew edition I have sent you would, meanwhile, be well worth your perusal provided some­ one within your organization is qualified to translate it. The arti­ cles contained therein cover just about every aspect of the life of the seaman, ranging from prob­ lems of current topical interest, to sea lore, fiction and art. I weald like to take this oppor­ tunity to express my thanks for the regular issues of your official organ, the SEAFARERS LOG. Ifind it of great interest, both as a fine medium of information and also as an aid in developing inter­ esting ideas for my own publica­ tion. Jacob Hardoff, editor To the Editor: We the crew of the Sunion wish to add our voice of protest to the closing of the USPHS hospitals. We feel that the Government is practicing false economy, due to the fact that said hospitals have been one of the main factors in checking various diseases contacted by people who sail or visit foreign ports in all parts of the world. Also, it has been a proving ground for a great number of miracle drugs. We also think that practices set up 150 years ago, with a thought for the future health of those who have to travel to aU parts of the world, is being lost. We also feel it is the duty of those who have the health of the public in mind, namely our Senators and Repre­ sentatives, to be notified by each seaman and also our committees set up for this purpose. Our union should not spare any expense in fighting this move. Signed by 28 crewmembers of the Sunion t 4 4 • Topside Gripes To Patrolman To the Editor: A new era has started in the SIU and I think the membership should be informed. Today brother Marty Breithoff came down to settle a few mi­ nor beefs, and lo and behold, top­ side put in a beef about the food and the way it was prepared! • The captain was informed Lee that we had had a meeting the day before, and that the unlicensed personnel gave the steward department a vote of con­ fidence, since all hands were well pleased with the food. Topside's beef boils down to the fact that the steward won't give them spe­ cial favors, as far as I can figure out^ That is bothering them, this being kind of out of the line of most of the topside policy. I thought it might be a good idea to let our membership know just how far some phonies will go to put over their point. We sailed from Baltimore on January 12th, and so far have had a nice trip. The first assistant en­ gineer on here has kept a little dissension going from the first, but being a real phoney he can do no harm, as we all know how to han­ dle his kind. We will pay off in Baltimore about the 10th of Feb­ ruary. Other than the beef about the steward department, we have no beefs. Charles O. Lee 4 4 4 Hard Core Still Wants Mail From Loyal To Union the Editor: Mother ML Crew ToWell, fellows, it looks like "old 4" 4' To the Editor: Just a few lines to say thanks for your regular dispatch of the LOG, which I have been receiving down at Invercaugill, New Zeal­ and. However, I have moved, and hope you can send the LOG to me at my new address. I would very much like to hear from some old pals aboard the Mother ML, which left Liverpool on February 8, 1952—such men as Eric Joseph, Messman; Cosmo Cunvitch, AB; j),ngelo Onnello, DM; a guy called Shaky and one by the name of Max The Banker. Will you please print my address, so they can write to me. Thank you and success to your Union. Tommy Home 197 Wairakei Road Bryndwr, cairistchurch New Zealand (Ed. note: We have changed your making address; as you re|uested.> _ tired feet" has just got himself a reprieve. He rung in everyone to vote but the cigar store Indian. We were surprised he didn't try to get Turner and Captain Billy into the polling place, too. The hard core of the SIU men are still on the Atlantic Ranger to stay. The crews of the ships are still mostly SIU. We have just got our second wind now and we know who the real stooges are. From here on in to victory, it is going to be all SIU. If "old tired feet" thinks he is going to be able to shift his bulk from those tired feet, back on the padded part, he has another surprise in store. He hasn't "seen anything but the be­ ginning yet. Th6 SIU is like water-in a boiler. When it looks low, watch out. Thaft the time when things start to pop. Biu HammwA �S E A F A'kER S L O Q Gets letter. From Congress fe'' L E T T EES JUH1M7 2!S, 1954 Stony Creek is Not Up To Pdr To the Edltort (Ed. note: The following letter was sent to Brother Edtimrd P. This voyage began June 11,1953 he made his home atop it until he More- of the same happened to Ships to NO For Scherzer, bosun on the Potrero Harry in Baltimore under the commahd of shipped out. Kauffman when his shoes Hills, in response to the letter Enough for now, brothers, but E. M. Mokarzel. We behold a beau­ which he sent to his representative were hit with the syrup. Also, we Healthy Likes it SIU men aboard have been threat­ New Orleans cannot be beat in any tiful sight dm that day, chses upon To the Editor: in Congress, the Hon. Edward A. Garmatz of the 3rd District, Mary­ ened on the messroom hulletin It was agreed by the medical way. At least that's my Impression. cases of beer, roughly 800 of them, land.) boards and'oh .the blackboards be- profession that a change of climate In addition to meeting nearly ev­ were being loaded into the hold. lew. We were warned that we Had •would be beneficial to my health. erybody, I met the crooner. Moon The farm was never like this—fo'r Dear Mr. Scherzer: a few hours. Thank you very much for your better get off or the trip north Without any further notice I made Kouns. Leaving the drydock that eve­ letter of the sixteenth, informing would'be rough. Such threats only preparations for my departure from Paddy Farrell ning there were sounds of dissen­ me of your interest in maintaining strengthen our determination to New York for good old New Or­ t 3^ 3^ sion in the en­ the USPHS hospitals for the bene­ stay. Not a single SIU man" aboard leans where I had ^hipped from gine room. The fit of merchant seamen, US Coast has wavered in the face of siich and also resided on and off for Bridgeport Cafe old goat of a Guard employees and other Fed­ threats, and I hope no one does the past 33 years. chief engineer, eral employees, who are now being give in to them. There is something about New Welcomes Seamen never having seen served by these hospitals. , The revokers seem to be leading Orleans that is beyond expressing, To the Editor: any of his crew the troublenyikers, but only one At this time I am the black gang especially the friendship and cour­ When my attention was first before, suddenly delegate aboard the Council Grove, called to the recommendation made ipan has had courage enough to tesy expressed by its people. came to the con­ sign his name to anything. I go a Cities Service tanker contracted On my arrival I made a survey to the Secretary clusion that the of some of my old haunts and be­ to the SIU. We are discharging of the Depart­ now, but I shall return. SIU was nothing Herman Duran lieve me I was cargo at Bridgeport, Conn. ment of Health, Black but a bunch of astounded to see ^ 4 3) Education and In this city there is a most ex­ banded to­ the many changes quisite place where a seafaring gether to form bums Welfare that a more perfect funds for the op­ Atlantic Drive in the city in man can , enjoy himself. The union and that he would rather go eration of USPHS the past five qwner is a perfect host and the back to the penitentiary than sail individual One hospitals "be elim­ years. The build­ help consists of a waitress by the with them again. Well, the 6IU inated from the To the Editor: ing projects that name of Terry who is a very ef­ aims to please. Here's hoping they An after-supper bull session was budget to be sub­ have been com­ ficient and cooperative person. I give him a cozy cell. in progress here on the Alcoa mitted to Con­ pleted through­ would whole-heartedly recommend Scherzer A couple of days underway the gress in January Puritan (Alcoa) last night. Many out the city and that every Seafarer who comes to captain, out of the goodness of his this port visit Tilton's Restaurant, for the coming fiscal year, I im­ subjects were kicked around in Farrell suburbs area heart and pocket, let it be known mediately wrol^e to the President, typical sailor fashion, when sud­ credit ..to the pre­ 1127 Stratford" Avenue, Bridgeport, urging that the Administration re­ denly, a brother who had been vailing administration. I saw" that Conn. The part-owner is an ex- that anyone could buy all the beer consider this recommendation and silent throughout, asked a question more progress had been made in seafaring man himself, and would they wanted — at $6 a case! The withdraw its request. This was on which stumped all the' brilliant the past five years than had been like the LOG to be sent to the captain wanted to get rich in one trip while it took Mayor Hague 20 September 2nd, and while I re­ minds aboard the vessel. accomplished in the previous 28 restaurant, as a lot of Seafarers years. "What happened to our Atlantic ceived an acknowledgment, I have years 1 had known and lived in come in asking for the LOG. Bunkers, No Beer no further word from the Presi- tanker drive?" he asked. "Why New Orleans. These beautiful Cecil N. Lewis From Chesapeake Lightship to didn't we win the vote?" , dent to date. buildings are a sight to behold and Gibralter, Port Said, Bahrein .:and (Ed. note: We have added TilThe answer came from a softOpposes USPHS Shut-Down I believe that New Orleans shall spoken brother whose words be one of the most beautiful cities ton's Restaurant to our mailing Singapore we had plenty of bunk­ In view of the fact that these brought a crimson tint to many a list, as you asked.) ers aboard the Stony Creek but hospitals are a vital necessity to face and led to a hasty adjourn­ in the 48 states in the near future not muclubeer. By the time we hit 3) 3> t • at the current rate of progress. merchant seamen and other gov­ ment. Here it is, paraphrased; Japan, his beer ran out as did his I visited the Catholic Maritime SHI Agent is ernment employees, and also the source-of additional revenue. This Look Unto Yourself Club, 711 Camp Street, and was fact that the facilities have been must have given him distemper be­ Welcome Sight designated as vital to Civil Defense, "Stand before your mirrors and cordially greeted by Rev. Mccause it was then that he first I shall certainly oppose every ef­ ask the man.-you see there if he Donough; I was so enthused that I To the Editor: began to act strangely with fort to eliminate funds for the con­ can honestly and sincerely credit decided to stop at the place. I I am now . starting my fourth thoughts of grandeur dancing in tinuation of these hospitals from himself with even one Atlantic found a number of SIU men who year as a member of the SIU his head. the budget for fiscal 1955. seaman's vote. If he answers in had the highest praise for Father family, and once again I am very The captain and the mate came Sincerely the affirmative, congratulate the McDonough for his interest in the happy to belong. I had to pay. off up with the idea that- only one Edward A. Garmatz, MC brother for a job well done. If he Seafarers on the beach. I might the Fairland in Seattle because of sailor would be required on watch answers negatively classify him say that free meals and entertain­ illness, and I am now in the and that the other two would have t t with the non-producing members ment galore are given as well as marine hospital in San Francisco. to get rich some other way. Any­ LOti Needed On It sure is a reassuring feeling to way, the deck department voted of this Union upon whose shoulders friendship and encouragement. know that you are not alone in the to follow the agreement — three rest full blame for the failure of Free Meal An NMU YesseJL world. When you see your repre­ men on watch. the organizing drive." To the Editor: I sauntered in the other night sentative come to see you—a fine This struck me as being an ade­ and It doesn't pay to get sick aboard Would you please send me a lo and behold there were four and happy fellow like Marty Breitcopy of the LOG every two weeks. quate reply to the question. If, how­ lady hostesses in working gear hoff or Tom Banning—^not only^o this scow.,The captain just doesn't 1 am now on an NMU ship, run­ ever, this unhappy experience has dishing out free dinners to all and give you your money but to see believe you. Mail on here is a ning to the Persian Gulf from awakened the membership to our sundry. Of course. Father McDon­ if you are OK in all other ways, sometimes thing. We send letters and they are sent to us, but we Japan. The ship is expected to individual responsibilities in these ough was in the midst shooting the it sure makes you feel good. then something important breeze with the various seam,eff. never receive any. Guess nobody stay out here for nine months drives, 1 want to thank Steve Cardullo writes to us, so they would have more. I left the Trojan Trader was accomplished after all. All Seafarers are welcome in this of Philadelphia sincerely, for the Frank Held (Trojan) in Yokohama to go to the little haven of rest until their ship way he spoke to my wife when she us believe. 3^ 3^ In the Book hospital. When I- shipped out comes in. All the prices are rea­ called him. Once again, thanks to sonable. again, through the SUP, in Yoko­ Safety regulations are observed everyone, from Paul Hall down, hama, Mr. Kim got me a job on Frances^ Food I remember way back in 1917 for a fine Union. aboard by going to the officers' this ship. Out here I am out of Gets Booby Prizes when our old ISU hall was located and leafing through Coast Frank B. McCollian cabins touch with my own union, so I To the Editor: on Julia and Magazine street. The Guard pamphlets. There certainly 3" t 4 would certainly appreciate - the is no evidence of them anywhere In the food department, it looks front office and all official busi­ LOG. else on this rust bucket. like Bull Lines is taking up where ness was conducted in that section. Two Tings Top William F. Le Veen There is a rumor going the Calmar left off—at least as far as In'the rear there was a large room (Ed. note: We have added your the Frances is concerned. Since with seats around and in the mid­ Crewmember List rounds that the "Filthy Creek" is name to the mailing list, as you this ship crewed up in Philadel­ dle of the room there was a trap To the Editor: headed for Monkey Wrench Cor­ asked.) ner. Let us pray. The name was phia on October 18th, this topic door that led down to the saloon Here on the good old Neva West i, 4. has been a stereotyped beef at the underneath. When a Seafarer came this trip, we have Jose Garcia Gon­ hung on the ship by the Navy , in but the situation has re­ in to pay his dues some of the zales as serang. Tiny Wallace, the Yokosuka. However they assured Offensive Starts meetings, brothers, realizing he was e "live famous Henry Lopez, the mayor of us they meant no reflection on the mained unchanged. On Board Henry This is one of the worst feeding one" would accost him Md lure Post Office Street, and as belly good gang aboard, but only on the To the Editor: ships most of us have ever been him to the waiting room. While robber, Two-Ton Tiny Kennedy. ship itself. Just about the .only bit of light The offensive has started. Today, on. If we can't improve the con­ introducing him to the brothers We are now visiting the old city when I came off watch, I discov­ dition for our unfortunate selves, they would pass around the "Grow­ of Casablanca, then to the city of aboard this vessel is the steward ered that one of the childish At­ we can at least warn anyone who ler" which held about one gallon romance, Hamburg. So far we a^re department. She's been a first lantic brothers had poured some has designs on sailing her in the of beer. It was customary to throw having a good trip with everybody class feeder since the day we left. a fin or more into the "Grciwler." happy. We wish all brothers a be- That's all we can say about her. oi the company's third-rate imita­ future. It was then taken to the trap door 4ated Merry Christmas and very Twenty-nine other crewmembers tion maple syrup on my bunk. Fred T. MUler concur. and lowered-to the counter for the prosperous New Year. How childish can you get? I won­ X ^ necessary sandwiches and peti­ Elmer Black der how they'd act if they lost? R. A. Burdick tions. (Ed. note: Headquarters has I have not mentioned the iffci- Thanks Men For 4, J, if •' written you on ifrur complaints Box Car Bed dent to anyone, because this ju­ and 'plans to talce appropriate ac­ Xmas Present At night, many of the brothers Likes To D^dd venile delinquent undoubtedly told tion.) " would not have the price of a flop, all his buddies about it and they To the Editor: 3> 3i 3" are just waiting for me to start I take this means of thanking so the railroad was adjacent and About Shipping crying. This should spoil some of every seaman who was in the plenty of box cars were at their To the Editor: the fun for them. I expect more USPHS hospital here in Galveston, disposal. A good many seamen who I would like to thank you for of the same, though why I was Texas, for Christmas, for the nice were schooner-rigged would climb sending me the LOG regularly.' .1 Woitis LMti especially selected I do hot know. Christmas gift that was presented up . the ladder on the side of the have enjoyed reading about \the To .the Editor: It is for sure that if much more of to me. May God bless each and box car and spread out their news­ SIU ever'since 1947, as well as all Now that I have a permanent this takes place, and I discover the every one in the New Year and papers to t^ke a snooze. Many of about the th'ings that are happen­ home in Baltimore, where I' am culprit, there will be a summary smooth sailing. them Would wake up In the Ely- ing all around .the ports. It'sure shippiiig, I would like to have the ,I will be on the. job this year sian ifields, or Galveston, which makes me feel like shipping out LOG sent-to me regularly. Thank execution. My patience long . ago was the same as in all the others in are two points apart. The cairs just one more, time, even tlibugh you. . stretched to the. breaking point and the past. 1 am known to seamen would move everywhere. However» I am, way over herp in. Kenosha^ Orlando L.., Gueuero « J may not be able to,hol4 pn mucb as "Mom.';' . ;the old timer knew which one Wisconsin; (Ed. No.te; The LOG wHl he,3ent: Mrs. Alice Knowltoa might, be «roiind,lof j| wjhUe. Mid Enile Raacttcei . to yo^ a$ i/ou,requested, j, . .longer.: •.. settled StV Man! i. V. • m �Th e Pai* Ttnfa^-tkraift gVAFAnBRS^tjOC hmmmr M. l*H cings—Pirates Best known of the earliest seafarers are the Vikings, thealmost legendary Northmen who sailed the Baltic Sea, and the Western Ocean. It is difficult to separate fact froni legend when dealing with the Vikings. Tales of their prowess were traditionally told at family and court events and wandering minstrels sang of their deeds' Vikings were the most feared raid­ over most of Europe. They ers in memory. They were superb were finally recorded in the physical specimens, each standing 12th century. These written well over six feet talL They -were trained for physical combat from records are the Norse (Ice­ early childhood, and were invari­ landic) sagas. It is probable that over the years, many of their sup­ posed deeds were exaggerated all out of proportion. In spite of this, their documented exploits estab­ lish them as a remarkable group «f seamen. The word Viking goes back to early Norse, when it meant a searover or pirate. Since the Vikings operated in the 8th, 10th and 11th centuries, the word pirate was no particular insult. However, in the light of their activities, later acts of piracy seem mere child's play. The Vikings, for the most part, were made up of wealthy young men from the leading families of the Scandinavian peninsula and Iceland, although there was no particular discrimination against (Others. Their wanderings and forays were, looked upon con; descendingly by the elders as a sort of sowing of wild oats. The expeditions usually proved profit­ able and enriched the family cof­ fers. According to what facts there are, casualties among the Vikings were not heavy, although they inflicted fearful losses upon Goths, Picts, Jutes, Saxons, Franks and others whose settlements they attacked. Today, however, the Vikings' fame is based on their daring sea­ manship in venturing out into the stormy waters of the North Atlan­ tic and settling the hitherto un­ discovered islands of Iceland and Greenland, as well as a reputed settlement made on the shores of Labrador and Nova Scotia. While most Europeans did not dare to brave the open ocean at the time, the Vikings bested the North At­ lantic in their oversize rowing vesaelfr aided by a sail or two. To their potential victims, the ably better-armed than their ad­ versaries. After winning a victory ashore, the usual procedure was for the Vikings to go through the settlements with torches, burn everything not carried off, kill the male inhabitants who were not taken off to slavery and help them­ selves to the women. After a "vic­ tory" celebration, which was a par­ ticularly grisly affair, the Vikings sailed for home and the plaudits of friends and families. Established Colonies The Vikings were barbarians and their favorite victims were the Christian inhabitants of what are now France, England, . Scotland and Ireland, although they were known to have gone farther afield. The Vikings also made a practice of establishing far flung colonies to serve as supply and manpower bases. There are records of Viking settlements as far as Novgorod and Kiev in Russia and the great colony at Iceland, which came to rival and, eventually, surpass the Scan­ dinavian fatherland. Since our accounts of the Viking Age come principally from Christian chron­ iclers, our details are few. There is a good deal of prejudice on .the part of the Christian historians. This is not surprising, in view of the outrages perpetuated against the Christian religion. Churches and altars were desecrated in a particularly revolting manner and Christians were forced to take part in strange and horrible rites con­ ducted in their church edifices. Blood-curdling sacrificial rites were conducted, with reluctantChristians the victims. The Vikings remained bar­ barians until Leif Ericspn was con­ verted to Christianity. The son of Eric the Red, after embracing the Rock-Bound Oregon Lighthouse One of the most picturesque, and most dangerous, lighttiouse loca­ tions is Tillamook Rock,: a mile Off ffie coast of Oregon. It's not unusual for lighthouse keepers to be InanKmed on Tillamook for wieeks-at a thhe daring stormy weaiher. The light, whhsh has been In'operation since 1881, is T33 feet above tho sea, but its panieS ' have been broken by waves and llyiiig todka. -Old drawing shows clothing worn by Viking warriors and elaborately carved figureheads of their ships, propelled by both oars and sail. Primitive ships like these braved the North Atlantic in years when other navigators dared not venture into open ocean. Christian religion, dent all out in stamping out every remnant of his former paganisni wherever he enco.untered it. In doing so he be­ came involved in a death struggle with his father, Eric thp Red, who regarded the strange Christian rites as sacriligious. Leif Ericson was victorious in the struggle and the first Christian settlements in the New World were established in Iceland, Greenland and, accord­ ing to some chroniclers, on the coast of Vinland, which was Labrador or Nova Scotia. Most historians agree that the Vikings were easily the first to set foot on the continent of North America and antedated Columbus by as much as 450 years. Among evidence of this are the fox grapes, native to the east coast of Canada and the northeastern part of the United States, which,were success­ fully transplanted to Iceland and the Scandinavian penisula and grow there still. Those who claim there was no Viking landing on the North American mainland say that the absence of a permanent settlement in Labrador or Nova Scotia is evi­ dence of their claim. The Vikings, they believe, would have sensed the enormous economic and strate­ gic importance of their discovery and set up a supply and exploi'atory base here, as they did elsewhere. However there have been quite a few relics found which indicate thta the Vikings had some sort of foothold on the continent. The usual course of action to the noryiem adventurers remained the same, wherever they attacked. They began the campaign by oc­ casional attacks, during which they seized some strategic island neai^ the coast. The island was outfitted as an arsenal and supi>ly bhse and later used as a springboard for the main attack. The raids were usU- *ny made duflhg the sdrniner'.*''Af­ ter a concerted campaign, where I shipbuilding nations. Their ship the Vikings superior numbers and designs indicate an influence dat­ weapons inevitably wore down the ing back to the seagoing Baltic resistance of the defenders. They tribes in Roman days. This indi­ then moved in for mop-up opera­ cates that tlie art of shipbuilding tions. After this they were free was better preserved in this re­ gion than in the Mediterranean. to plunder at will. Although there were a number of When the orgy of pilla#, de­ struction, plunder, rape and mur­ commercial vessels plying the seas der was over, some of the attack­ at the time, particularly between ers usually showed a tendency to England and France, there are in­ settle do\vn and rule the region as dications that no ruler of the time, conquerers. The victors parcelled including Charlemagne, possessed out the land among themselves and an adequate navy. 12,000-M£n Fleet began to assimilate, more or less, with the natives. Their history at By the time of Eric the Red and that point fended to merge with Leif Ericson, there are records of the history of the region, but with craft with 20 to 30 rowers' benches, definite evidence of the Viking which meant <0 to 60 oars, since conquest. Areas where there is each bench held two rowers. The strong evidence of this include the vessels operated on rowing shifts, section of Ireland around Dublin, so each ship carried half again the Gemian Rhineland, and the re­ as many men .as it had rowers. One gion around the mouth of the Loire fleet that put out carried 12,000 River in France. men in 200 ships. This must have Even during the barbarian age, been as formidable a fleet as w as the Vikings were superior to the ever seen in thr.t time. The round, painted shields of Christian nations in material pos­ warriors (each oarsman sessions, particularly those relat­ tire ing to naval adventure. They doubled as a warrior, a sort of were the most advanced of the early marine) hung outside, along the bulwarks. The vessel was steered by an oar on the starboard side, as later whalers were. The prow and stern both rose high and the former was often caiwed into the likeness of a snake or dragon head. The Vikings carried mailFor obvious reasons the LOG shirts, the renowned Danish axes, cannot print any letter or spears or javelins, bow and arrow other communications sent in and sword. While the Vikings showed super­ by Seafarers unless the author human courage, they were, unfor­ signs his name. Unsigned, tunately, also distinguished by anonymous letters will only cruelty and faithlessness. They wind up In the waste-basket. showed, however, great capacity If circumstances justify, the for government and the best-ruled parts of iEurope at the time were LOG will withhold a signature Normandy and East Anglia, both on request, but if you want it of which were under Viking ad­ printe,d in the. LOG, put your ministration. Despite their short­ name on it, ' comings, these hardy people left their Imprint on time. « " Sign Name On LOG Letters �Pas* TweBty-faar SEAFARERS LOG >ai7 2X. 1»54 . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS V|MORK (Ore), DactmlMr 10—Chalr- fraln from using grease pver and over 'f.'Z- Get New Hoohs Through Agents cross t>assages by sanitary men. heads are to be dieaned properly. beck passed to have the steward try and make a change in the menus. Motion was passed to buy cigarettes from the Sea SOUTH PORT (South Atlantic), Novem STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Novem Chest and gdd the profits to the ship's bar 21—Chairman, R. E. Plarco; Soerober 4—Chairman, W. H. Moody; Secre­ fund. There is 814 in the ship's fund tary, J. H. Chatsoreau. Motion was tary, A. Anapol. Captain will continue at present. Repair lists wlU be made Seafarers who applied for passed to contact the agent in Savannah opening the slopchest every week Instead up and sent to. headquarters. about having the ship fumigated after new membership books in df issuing cigarettes in a lump sum this trip. Donations for the ship's fund Third cook Is to improve his cooking of FRENCH CREEK (Cities Bervice), De­ New York but are now sailing SEANAN (Orion), November 1 — Chair­ will be accepted at the first draw in vegetables. Shoreside personnel should cember 13—Chairman, Harry Jaynes; Beeman, A. D. Williams; Secretary, John the States. Name of man who missed from outports don't have to be kept out of midstiip house. AU are retary. Woody Whitford. Crew wiU sign Fisher. There Is a balance of 850 in the ship will be turned In to the Savannah to cooperate on this. articles, dated back to Boston, in Lake come to this city to get their ship's fund: 815 was used to buy a radio agent. Rapair list will be made up and November 26—Chairman, F. Tampal; Charles. Repair list wUl be posted and speaker. Robert Wagner was elected mailed in from Alexandria, Egypt. New new books. Secretary, C. Hughart. Captain and chief the mate wlU paint aU foc'sles this trip. ship's delegate. Discussion was held on washing machine will be asked for as engineer refuse to puU Ice on week Motion was passed to start a ship's fund. If the men involved will making repairs before painting, but af­ present one is worn out. ends, even though there js none for BR WiU be responsible for this and wiU ter weighing the matter we thought it i\Tlte to headquarters and tell meals. Deck department was cautioned buy games in the next port. W.itertlght BALTORE (Ore), December 20—Chair­ might be best to paint now, while the to keep a close eye on the gangway in doors need repairing. Cold water foun­ .the Union which port they are captain is in the mood. Messhall should man, E. Morgan; Secretary, Charles HenCalcutta. Delegates will get up a repair tain needs fixing. Harry Jaynes was schkew. Men were asked to be more be left clean; last stan(r)y should put sailing out of, the Union will ist and turn it over to the ship's dele elected deck delegate. the finishing touches to the messhall fully clothed in the future when enter­ (ate. so It can be turned In before leav­ December 24—Chairman, J. Tutwilen forward the book in care of tables. Wipers and OS will clean the ing ship's pantry. Steward department ing Colombo. Ship's delegate explained Secretary, R. Kipnast. There is 814 in laundry and the steward department will needs extra plates of various sizes. the port agent. that due to the ice situation, making of the ship's fund. Delegates were asked be responsible for the recreation room. Menus of this ship will be given to the ice cream would be cut down. Cook was to turn repair list over to the ship's dele­ Under no circumstances November 14—Chairman, E. F. Benson; patrolman to be compared with other asked to cAok vegetables a little more gate. Chief cook paid off in San Juan. Secretary, A. D. Williams. Repair list ships of this company, to see if the however, will the books be Chief cook's payoff will be reported to was given to the captain. Water sample food aboard this ship is Inferior. In­ TACALAM (Seatrade), December 13 — the patrolman. After coffeetime. cups sent through the mails to any will be sent to New York as soon as pos­ structions were given to the membership Chairman, A. Coidsmit; Secretary, J. San­ should be returned to the pantry. Evapo­ sible Letter was read by the steward that in future they were not to discredit private addresses. chez. F. Caspar was elected ship's dele rated milk lately received is full of delegate on the chief cook changing jobs the steward department of this ship but gate. Each department should try to lumps. Ship's chandler should dispose because of health. Bosun promised the direct their grievances against those who straighten out Its own beefs before bring­ of this milk to other suckers. ship's delegate that the chains and oil are responsible. In the future, when ing them to the ship's delegate. Each barrels blocking the No. 5 hold will be serving iced tea or other beverages con­ the LOG. Messman was given a tip from department will make out a repair list STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Novem­ removed. There should be a regular taining ice. it would be appreciated if the AU repairs not done before reaching ber 29—Chairman, Aussie Shrlmpton; crew for his splendid service and for time for the slopchest to be open. Cap­ the pieces of ice were small enough to keeping the messhaU in such clean con­ port wiU be brought to the attention of Secretary, William Devlin. Slopchest was Crackers tain will be asked about having the elec­ enter each individual glass. the patrolman. Patrolman will be asked poorly stocked with foul weather and at all times. tric fans cleaned and painted. If the are to be included in future night dition November 11—Chairman, E. -M. Bry­ to investigate delayed saUlng from winter gear. Captain was notified. Vote stove goes on the hum again the steward lunches. Toaster needs repairing. There ant; of thanks went to the steward depart­ Secretary, W. Lachance. One man New York. department will have to arrange to take is not enough soap to clean the laundry missed ment for a job well done. Report on in Baltimore, two in San care of it. Men working on OT should tanks. Repair list for minor Items will Juan. ship MICHAEL (Carres), November 24 — the Incident involving a performer has have been complaints make their own coffee and not take the be given to the deck engineer so that about the There crew messman not being on the Chairman, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, E. been made out and wlU be handed to watches'. Captain will be asked about they can be taken care of before arrival ball. Steward tried to straighten him out Manuel. 831 was coUected for the ship's the patrolman for disposal. Arrival pool in Baltimore. seindiug air mail from Guam. but the man refused to cooperate. Every- fund; 81.50 was spent for stamps and will, be run by the steward, with half SOUTHPORT (South Atlantic), Noveml9 .""^'s satls- 86.70 for other items, leaving a balance the proceeds going to the winner and BUNION (lea), December 20—Chairman, taction at this time. Electrician fixed the of 821.80 which was turned over to the the other half to the ship's fund. Re­ Antonio Sirgrano; Secretary, Waiter R. ber 22—Chairman,. R. E. Fierce; Secre­ hot plate for the crew and put It in treasurer, E. Manuel. Duke Livingston pair list must be ready for boarding Motion was Gfis. All refrigerated stores should be tary, J. H. Chassereaii. was elected ship's delegate. . Linen must patrolman. Arrangements wlU be made removed before the next voyage. Ship's passed to contact the Savannah agent the pantry. be turned in on linen day when receiv­ to pick up new books and magazUies dur­ delegate should collect fifty cents per about having the ship fumigated after ing the coastwise run, if possible. MASSMAR (Calmer), December t — ing fresh linen. man by payoff time to pay for the tele­ completlbn of this trip. Donations for the December 20—Chairman, Fred Brug­ December IS-^-Chelrman, Aussio' gram sent to headquarters. Ship's dele­ ship's fund will be accepted at the first Chairman, John T. Wulxen; Secretary, gner; Secretary, E. Manuel. Deck de­ Shrlmpton; Secretary, William Devlin, Jr. gates should contact the chief mate and draw in the States. Names of the men Phillip B. Livingston. Washing machine partment and steward department sailed Brothers were reminded to leave the chief engineer to have all quarters who missed ship .will be turned in to will be repaired in port. Repair list was one man short. Brand of washing ship in shipshape order for the incom­ souged before arrival. Repair list wUl the Savannah agent. Department heads turned in. Screen doors for the passage­ powder is inferior. Linen will be issued ing crew. AU extra Unen will be turned will be contacted about painting out way will be requested t>n arrival. Dis bo turned in. cussion was held on the old crew's wash­ piece by piece, due to the crew not over to the steward In time for the final rooms. turning in all linen. Messhall must be Inventory. Repair list has been made ing machine, which needs repair. Sug­ FELTORE (Or#), December 23—Chair­ out and given to the department heads, gestion was made to ask for crew dona­ kept clean at aU times. man, Arthur E. Sanders; Secretary, Jack and copies will be given to the patrol­ tions at the payoff to repair this. Sug­ Todd. Arthur E. Sanders was elected man. Some repairs .will be taken care of gestion was made that the crew stop _a_ ship's delegate by acclamation. Discus­ by the ship's crew. SmaU DT beef will patronizing the Atlantic Laundry, as this sion was held on the water condition. be straightened out in New York. Patrol­ company does not render satisfactory Steward was asked for more variety in man will be asked to Investigate reason service. the night lunch. Repair list will be pre­ why the slopchest for this voyage was so pared by department delegates. Clean­ poorly stocked. Ship left Stateside in ing of the laundry and recreation room INES (Bull), no date—Chairman, Ray warm weather and returned In the mid­ will be rotated. CATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Novem­ Brown; Secretary, R. Donaldson. Ship's dle of winter. Men had no opportunity ber 30—Chairman, C. E. Annii; Secretary, fund has a balance of 842.38. Ship's to buy proper clothing. . Arrival pool OMEGA (Omega), December 24—Chair­ DEL AIRES (Mississippi), December J. Woodcock. Ship's fund has a balance delegate will try again to get some ac­ wlU be run in New York, with the win­ 20—Chairman, David W. Clark; Secre­ of 812.35. Ship's delegate saw the cap­ tion -on the repair list. John H. Emerick man, L. Moore; Secretary, W. Ward. S. ner paying 830 into the ship's fund. tary, John W. Picou. Many items on the tain about windbreaker for flying bridge was elected ship's delegate; ship's fund Homka was elected ship's delegate by Everyone is satisfied as to the conditions 12-4 deck watch com­ repair list were not taken care of before when men have to stand look out. Cap­ was turned over to him. Soap and food acclamation. sailing. R. (Dutch) Vellinga was elected tain would not have windbreaker put up. situation okay. Vote of thanks went to plained of too much noise in the morn­ and manner of running the pool. ship's delegate by acclamation. All menus Chief engineer will be asked to paint the steward department. Patrolman will ing. Steward department was thanked BEATRICE (Bull), December 21—Chair­ should be written on a blackboard and out the engine department head, showers be contacted on the repair list. In Bal­ for a wonderful Christmas dinner. Repair man, J. Foti; Secretary, E. O'Rourke. A. placed on tables. Fruit juice should be and rooms. Crew will vote before the timore. Crew mOssroom needs painting. lists wiU be made out. Longuet was elected ship's delegate by placed on all four tables. Something be­ heat is turned on in the aft quarters. acclamation. Pantry door should be kept CATAHOULA (Nat. Navagatlon), Decem­ sides grapefruit should be served at Department and ship's delegates will get BETHORE (Ore) December 13—Chair­ in port to keep out undesirable breakfast every morning. There should together and make up a repair list to be man, L. A. Underwood; Secretary, J. H. ber 2*—Chairman, D. VIsser; Secretary, locked One fireman missed ship in >eople. Gangway watch will hold the be more variety in the night lunch. turned in to the captain. Steward asked Keneally. Handle on the washing',ma­ C. Case. key. Linen should be turned in by 4 PM Menus should be changed more often. each man to change his own linen, re­ chine should be fixed as well as the New Orleans. Disputed OT will be taken on Saturday so that it can be bagged on up with the patrolman on arrival in Brother Thomas Field was given a vote turn coffee cups to the galley and drain hose. Steward will make out a arrival.' Deck gang wishes to know from port. There is a .balance of 814 in the of thanks for the fine baking he has been keep the messroom clean after card requisition and hand it over to the cap­ the patrolman if the gangway watch is doing so far this trip. Engine depart­ and checker playing. Each man should tain. Three new mattresses for the ship's fund. D. VIsser was elected ship's responsible for each unauthorized person ment should check coffee, sugar and clean up the washing machine after us­ black gang will be placed on the requi­ delegate. Missing man's gear will be who may come aboard while he is busy cream during the daytime and not wait ing it. Deck and engine department sition, and a coffee percolator for the checked and taken back to the Gulf on lines or elsewhere. until 10 PM to do so. Steward put in a sanitary men will take turns cleaning up saloon mess. There Is no guard for the port. requisition for frozen food and ice cream the aft recreation room; each department electric fan in the oiler's foc'sle;- several KATHRYN (Bull), December 20—ChelrSUNION (Kea), December 20—Chair­ man, In San Pedro, Cal. Ship's delegate will will clean the laundry for a week at a foc'sles have no wind scoops. Bosun Antonio Gonzalez; Secretary, Mike see the purser about giving the gang the time. was taken off the ship in Puerto de man, Antonie Sirgrano; Secretary, Wal­ Zelgnka. Patrolman will be asked about clopchest items that they want, and also Hierro. Venezuela, on account of illness, ter R. Gels. Letter was drawn up on chipping when men are sleeping. proper medical attention. Ship's dele­ the crew's opinion on the marine hos­ BOBIN CRAY (Robin), December U— and the AB was advanced to bosun. gate should check the medical supplies CUirman, Mcinis; Secretary, Edward pital situation. All refrigerated stores for the ship, including the engine de­ Tresnick. It Is impossible for the deck CUBORE (Ore), December 20—Chair­ should be removed before the next voy­ partment first-aid kit, prior to the ship's department to get back without disputed man, Chuck Hostetter; Secretary, Van age. Ship's delegate will collect S.50 arrival in San Pedro, Cal. Eueretts. There is a balance of 892.30 in from each man before or at the payoff overtime, for everything we secure the Man on the last to pay for the telegram sent to head­ mate calls it for the safety of the ship. the ship's fund. quarters from Hiroshima. Ship's dele­ Patrolman will be asked to straighten standby should clean up the pantry after gate WiU contact the chief mate and the night lunch; all brothers are to help the mate out at the port of payoff. Old engineer about having all quar­ washing machine will be repaired. if keeping this spot clean. A brase for chief sougeed before arrival. Repair lists SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), De­ possible. Ship's delegate will see the the coffee pot will be made by the ters WiU be turned in by tomorrow. machinist so it doesn't ge damaged in cember 20—Chairman, Raymond L. Perry; chief mate about giving the carpenter rough weather. Steward said he would Secretary, A. Hansen. Joseph Peragallo time to build shelves for the ship's ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), Decem­ was elected silip's delegate by acclama­ make a big Christmas dinner, regardless library in the PO messroom. of ' ow many men would be aboard to ber 27—Chairman, R. Lee; Secretary, J. tion. -Cook asked about the preparation TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), December TRINITY (Pacific Waterways), Decem­ cat. Crew wants wind chutes for port­ Rubery. Several members' personal gear of soups and was informed that his work 13—Chairman, Roy Pierce; Secretary, C. ber 23—Chairman, H. Weshali; Secretary, holes and the deck of the night lunch was damaged by leaking port collars. It was satisfactory. Steward asked for Cage. Company had agreed to much of Stanley Niederberger. There is 824 in pantry painted. Steward will get a new was reported to the captain but they are more shore bread to be requisitioned, still leaking like sieves. Sick men will coffee pot and more silverware for the the repair work needed, and said they the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went as the ship was running low. Messhall be checked by the doctor on arrival. should be painted before holidays. There would put extra fans aboard for foc-sles. to the steward department for improve­ coffee room. Bosun's OT is lower than the rest of the is 831.50 in the ship's fund. but nothing was done except fixing the ment. Motion was passed to get chests gang; mate will bring it up to standard screen doors and on the main deck and of draws for deck and engine depart­ later on. Union wiU be contacted on putting a few pillows aboard. Ed Krell ment foc'sles: at present men are liv­ BINCHAMPTOH VICTORY (Bull), No­ radio silence, and see if men can send vember 29—Chairman, L. A. Williams; was elected steward delegate; H. Acosta ing out of suitcases. Ship's delegate a message to their folks, as we are not Secretary, T. Zieiinskl. Repairs from the was elected new ship's delegate. Ship's and captain worked out a schedule for at war now. There was discussion on last voyage not completed include re­ delegate told the crew he would take any four launches a day in Trinidad after the slamming of doors while the gang is pairs of washing machine wringers, flushaction they decide on In regards to the bad service the trip before. Captain will trying to sleep. AU hands should be ometers. Laundry and recreation room company's negligence over the repair list. reimburse men who had to pay on the more careful of gear on deck, such as should be kept clean. There are some launch the trip before. Ali delegates cots, cups, linen, chairs. Vote of thanks beefs about the chow. Including the ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), De­ HOOSIER MARINER (Isthlman), Decem­ will make up a new repair list for ar­ went, to the steward department for the shortage of canned fruit at suppertima. ber 12—Chairman, E. Sarns; Secretary, rival in New Haven. Shoreside person­ cember V—Chairman, Kaare C. Siiver- fine grub and the way it is served. Steward was warned to put out better Wliiiam Janisch. Laundry will be locked nel should be kept from going down be­ sten; Secretary, Leo Bruce. Ship's dele­ chow and night lunch. Messman should in port. Position of ship's delegate will low. Wind chutes should be ordered; gate said that everything on last trip's STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Decem­ repair list was checked off; porthole keep the tables, bulkheads and garbage be rotated to a different department each steward said they have been ordered re­ screens were ordered by the steward and ber 19—Chairman, Rex H. Coote; Secre­ can cleaned. Steward said ha will see trip. E. Starns was elected for this peatedly but never were delivered. will be ready in New Orleans. Motion tary, Tony Gaspar. Suggestion was made that the messroom is sougeed. Vot of trip. Quality of the slopchest and the not to use coffee mugs as ashtrays. All thanks went to the purser for the good BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), was passed to buy six do^en clothes pins. hands allotment of cigarettes was discused. Sea should cooperate with the mess­ Chest catalog brought aboard in New December 21—Chairman, C. F. Shaffer; Ship's* fund was turned over to the man by keeping pantry and messhaU work he has done. York was brought to the attention of the Secretary, A. D. Hill. The crew voted ship's delegate. It was voted to issue clean, and returning diirty cups and ALEXANDRA (Carres), November SBmembership. Orders are to be given to to put in for a linen allowance because magazines after the Panama Canal. Deck dishes. Men should be careful of fruit asked whoever was turning Chief Steward; Secretary, C. the steward, who will forward them. Cig­ 'of a shortage of bedspreads. Several department juice, so there wlU be enough for the Chairman, out the switch at night in the foc'sle to Carlson. Repair list will be made up by questions that the crew has will be asked arettes are to be put In cans providedNo wet clothes trip. each department. Discussion was held for this purpose, not on the deck. Nich­ of the SUP hall in Honolulu. Ship's fund kindly stop doing this. on sanitary work, due to the unusual olson, Carlos and De Poo were elected to will be spent to telephone there. We are are to be hung on the rail of the fidley; YAKA (Waterman), December 29 — passageways aboard this particular T-2. make arrangements for the Christmas short of quite a few items, but the cap­ there are lines for that. Care should tain says he will not approve purchase be taken of the washing machine. Books Chairman, Richard J. Brown; Secretary, Delegate Will see about getting keys for party. of any supplies but fresh milk, fruit and from the Union will be opened after E. Wiley Carter. Repair list was turnecl foc'sles. vegetables until the ship reacfieg the leaving the West Coast. Ship's delegate in. The men who fouled up will be December 17—Chairman, not listed; STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), December States. Steward has a list of items that is to receive mail only. Linen will be turned over to the patrolman at the pay­ Secretary, E. F. Goodwin. Disputed OT 13—Chairman, Joe Faiasca; Secretary, can be purchased Issued only on Tuesday. Crew approved off. There is 822.17 in the ship's treas­ wHl be turned over to the patrolman. in Hawaii, and he will Fred BIttle. 835 was donated to the give this to the captain upon arrival in asking new men to donate 81 to the ury. New washing machine will be or­ Fans and one mattress are needed, as ship's fund by the crew. Flowers were Kaluhui. dered on arrival. Vote of thanks went well as cots for the crew when going Complaint was made about ship's Hind. gent to the captain's wife during her ill­ serving cabbage December 27—Chairman, Kaare C. Sil- to the steward department for their foreign. too often and this situ­ ness. There is now 826.24' in the ship's ation has improved. Ship's service at Christmas. Suggestions for the versten; Secretary, Leo Bruce, fund. One man missed ship in New menu will be welcome December 20—Chairman, Harry Jaynes; and will be used delegate reported a total of 842.68 in LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), York. Steward will point out to the if possible. the ship's fund. Three dozen clothes Secretary, Dan Beard. Motion was December 4—Chairman, V. Porter; Sec­ captain that certain overtime work is be­ pins were bought: more will be i^ought. passed to make up an arrival pool for retary, R. C. Morrlsette. Motion was ing neglected. James Long was elected Deck and engine departnAnt voted the ship's fund, open to all hands passed to repair the washing machine. ELIZABETH (Bull), December 13 — ship's delegate. Steward reported that thanks for the splendid Christmas dinner Toaster and scuppers were fixed. Chief the egg supply was a fresh consignment, Chairman, E. M. Bryant; Secretary,- J. C. put out by the steward department. will continue to work on the repair-11A. Each man will see to it that he leaves when questioned about the egg condi­ Wingate. Conflict in the black gang will Overhead vents were not at New Or­ Mate is satisfied Vlth the deck gang. the laundry clean after using it. Patrol­ man will checlc the metlicine chest in tion. Motion was made to have the be called to the attention of the Phila­ leans. as promised. Chief mate will New library arrived at Port Arthur. New York, Inspector will check the steward and delegates check stores be­ delphia patrolman. Ship's delegate has have the laundry painted 4n the near fu­ meat. Drinking water and ice boxes will fore the vessel leaves port to make sure been voted to another term by acclama­ ture. Oiler's bed springs are in bad WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Decem­ be checked. tion. that there is an adequate supply. Pan­ shape. Steward said he had some springs ber 30—ChOlrman, J. R. Lane; Secretary, tryman will make sure that a sufficient December 27—Chairman, C. Kaust; Sec­ and this would be taken care of. More not listed. The mate is trying to hardSEATRAIN. TEXAS (Ssatraln), Decem­ amount of coffee, sugar and milk is left retary, Charles Cantwell. Vote of thanks pressure Is needed in toilets. Steward time the deck crew with his tactics. out to last throughout the night. A went to the steward (lepartment for a said he put in for porthole screens and Patrolman in Lake Charles will be told ber 20—Chairman, James Oliver; Secre­ vote of thanks was given to Joe Faiasca. fine job well done, and the good Christ­ wind scoops and never got them. Dele­ of this. Old washing machine' will be tary, Y. E. Pedraza. Brother Blvondo to retiring ship's delegate, for a Job well mas dinner which was served. A letter gates-will make.Qut A. list for the clean­ removed. Men were asked to help keep surprised at the way this Seatrain feedat donei ^toward is fo cooks to re- and a copy of the menu wlU..be sent to ing of the laundry, recreation room and the recreation room- clean. - Motion was (j(^oiiti^ucd on.|»age.25) Mi. V. I^ucas was elected ship's deleman, Bill Mitchell; Secretary, Bert Shansate. Motion was passed to take the beef on pulling ice to the boarding pa­ trolman and see if it can't be straight­ ened ouh. Mate should be asked about aougeeing foc'sles. for frying. ii i>r .-..WfuK . • . » �lanuai>r Z2, 1S54 «; (Continued from page 24) • SEA COMET (Colonial), November 11— Chairman, George Finklea; Secretary, R. C, Parry. R. Perry was elected ship's delegate by aecl.imalion.. Discussion was held on Dos and Don'ls for the general welfare of the crew. December 23—Chairman, Kruzlik; Sec­ retary/ H. Sperling. OT was turned in for restriction' to ship in Inchon. Mo­ tion was passed to dispose of old, stale stores before arrival, and to have Are hoses inspected in port. Steward will make out store lists for the delegates' use. Discussion was held on food and cof­ fee. Oilskin locker will be turned over to the deck department by the steward. Draw situation wiU be referred to the patrolman on arrival. Patrolman will be told about the member who was told to stand his watch after he asked to go to the hospital; his condition was serious. Patrolman will speak to the captain •bout stores requisition being out. l.'V ^ a StONY. CREEK (Mar Trade), October 4—Chairman, M. Pyke; Secretary, J. R. Thompson. Captain failed to sign on the stowaway as yet. He posted a letter on the bulletin board stating his thanks and appi;eciation fur the cooperation of the crew during the plane crash emergency. Captain has been very uncooperative, phief mate.made derrogatory statements about the tJnion, the officials and the deck delegate. Mate refused to accept OT sheet for licensed personnel doing unlicensed men's work. He claims he can do any-work he pleases. He stUl in­ sists that • one man be tank watcher. Captain said the mate will run the watches from noW on. Chief engineer has the day workers standing three dif­ ferent -watches, due to shortage of men In black gang. Chief engineer has been saj-ing malicious things about the crew. October 31—Chairman, J. R. Thompson; Secretary, R. C. Ruttkey. Captain was asked about putting a first aid kit in the engine room. Captain sai(] he would buy shoes, tobacco and cigarettes for tiie slopchest. Steward got fresh milk in Japan. Captain was asked for some re­ pair work. He is vei-y uncooperative. Stowaway finally signed on in Singapore In front of American consul after being here two and a half months. Captain promised the consul to pay him from August 3. Joe Brown was elected ship's delegate. A wreath was bought in Japan to be thrown over the side at the loca­ tion of the plane crash where one crew member and three US AF personnel were killed. December 10—Chairman, Joseph S. Barron; Secretary, J. R. Thompson. There is no medicine chest in the fengine room yet. Slopchest is In bad shape. One man missed ship in Yokuska. Mates fnzzie Anzicer QHSS ••063 [I]S3 BSSID SBDS) QDIS] SSSSB [!][Z][aQ[S[ES DOB iSQSSD CDQS SQ[i][=iQa[a [issnEis SBS0 OBBQdS SBBS Bsass QSK^DBBCSS DBSSl SBailB] OmCSQ •ss SQsa sascs i'U'.'- , • Pwe TwoliT-fiva .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... ' he uys the shtp is one of the best feed­ ers he has been on in the ten years he has suUed. •cl.'.V t '•'• SEAP AitEkSi LOG ^Htz Anawerz 1. Andorra, a small principality between Spain and France which has been in existence since 1278. It has an area of 191 square miles and a population of 5,231 by the last count. 2. $419 miUion. 3; (a) 83,000 th) 43,000 (c) 33,000. 4. Boston, approximately feet. Galveston is the least with a foot variation. 5. The Prohibition Party formed in 1869. Its biggest vote was 271,000 in 1892 for presidential can­ didate John Bid well. 6. 1760. It was a three wheeled carriage driven by steam at a speed of three miles an hour. 7. Sen. Margaret Smith (Me.); Eep. Marguerite S. Church (111.), Katharine St. George (NY) and Elizabeth Kee (W. Va.). 8. (a) (b) and (c) are all correct. The first is the British standard, second, the US standard, third an international standard adopted by other countries. 9. Marlehe Uietrich, the world's most famous grandmother. JO. The "pipe" that measures two hogsheads of wine. are continuing- to do unlicensed mem­ bers' work and mate is still disputing OT. One man claims to be sick. This Is very doubtful due to his past performances. Steward department head' needs repair v/oi-k and painting. Motion was passed to collect 1,000 yen per man for the ship's fund, for postage, developing pic­ tures. flowers, etc. ROBIN WENTLEY '•'tzt Shipping), Decamber 19—Chairman, Frank Crider; Sec­ retary, W. J. Walsh. Blackboard wlU be moved from the PO mess to the crew messroom, and in the fu';ure will be u.sed as a call and buUetin board. Washing machine is not to be used after 10 PM. All three departments wiU cooperate in keeping the laundry clean and all mem­ bers using the machine will help keep it clean. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), December 13—Chairman, R. F. Grant; Secretary, E. Kuudissiim. Repair list will be made out early, so there won't be any excuse for not having done repairs. New toasters are needed. Last time the request for toasters was turned down. Unauthor­ ized persons should not mess with steam and water valves. Crew quarters back aft have been without hot water on ac­ count of this. FRANCES (Bull). September 17—Chair­ man, D. Cummings; Secretary, P. Dumphy. Ship's delegate will give out re­ pair lists on request. Suggestion was made to improve menus. MesshaU and pantry and glassware should be kept cleaner. Dishes were being washed in cold water. Steward said all these beefs would be taken care of, but asked for cooperation. Discussion was held on the amount of milk bought in Puerto Rico: members think more can be had, but patrolman will be asked. There should be cold suppers more often in the tropics. Discussion was held on clean­ ing laundry; anyone leading the ship should leave locker and bunk clean. December 30—Chairman. F. Cornier; Secretary, Leonard Jones. One man missed ship in Trujillo but rejoined in Puerto Plata. This matter will be turned over -to the patrolman on arrival. More night lunch should he put out. especially wlien the deck gang works late. Wash­ ing machine is not working properly, be­ cause a broken belt was replaced with one night fitting tightly enough. Every­ one should help keep the laundry clean. Tdilcts are not working properly. Messroom tables should be rearranged for more walking space. No date—Chairman, Richard Cum­ mings; Secretary. Fred T. Miller. Cap­ tain was reminded that the men cannot sleep because of the noise made by chip­ ping guns. Necessary repairs will be made on the washing machine. Discus­ sion was held on the condition and va­ riety of food; it is not being properly prepared, and is aCale. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Decem­ ber 20—Chairman, J. C. Christian; Sec­ retary, W. E. Parnell. There is $42.74 in the ship's fund. Letter on the clos­ ing of the marine-hospitals will be given to the New York patrolman. Repair list will be revised, as a lot of repairs have been taken care of on ship. Discussion was held on men reporting back to the ship late in Alexandria and the man who missed ship in New York, at the starT of the voyage, and rejoined it in Baltimore. Motion was passed to have the patrolman handle this matter. Suggestion was made to serve biscuits and hot rolls more of­ ten. Curtains should be put on crew messhall portholes. Brother who paid to send letter to the LOG will be re­ imbursed out of the ship's fund. Sug­ gestion was made to reimburse Chips tor the Christmas decorations, but he said to put the money into the ship's fund. Second electrician asked the broth­ ers to turn oiT the washing machine when it is not in use. Another scupper should be put. in the crew laundry deck. Galley stove needs repairing, when the ship reaches a port in the States. Dis­ cussion on the shore leave being can­ celled in India after medical Inspection ^Cau'Shakers^ UaveNoOK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from 81U headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-oH. Receipts are issued on the spot. WiU be referred to the patrolman at the payoff. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), De­ cember 27—Chairman, R. W. Sv/eeney; Secretsry, Paul Ulrlch. After the sale of 35 cases of coke botUes. there was a balance of S218.76 in the ship's fund, steward department got a vote of franks for the exeellent way the food is being prepared and served—especially the Christmas dinner. Everything was per­ fection. Ship's delegate will contact the company about getting larger sheets for the beds. Suggestion was made that each man donate tl to rent films for Brother Lester's moving picture camera. Suggestion was made to take $90 .out of the ship's fund to rent three films. If the fund gets too low. the coke m.rchine should cover the difference, but if not. each man should donate $1. Some of the watertight doors are impossible to open once they are closed. DOROTHY (Bull), October 12—Chair­ man, C. Rogers; Secretary, B. Klakowicz. C. Rogers was elected ship's delegate. There is a balance of $13.75 in the ship's fund. November 24—Chairman. Jack Tutwlier; Secretary, R. C. Kipnast. There is $13.50 in the ship's fund. Steward de­ partment was thanked for good food and line scm-ice. DEL RIO (Mississippi), December 20— Chairman, Blacky Sanchez; Secretary, Charles Frey. Ship's treasurer reported that 'he purchased $20-worth of books to supplement the fine library put aboard for the crew. Jack G<u-dner resigned as ship's delegate and was given a rousing vote of thanks for a job weU done. M. H. (Pete) Munstcr was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Shoreside person­ nel should be kept out of midship hous- Joseph Bramley Please phohe or write your wife. Urgent. $>$>$• William F. Weaver Write to your mother, Anna M. Weaver, 695 E. Main Street, Bar­ tow, Florida. It Is urgent. Any­ one knowing this seaman's where­ abouts please inform him of this notice as he does not know his mother's present address. t NOTICES i t W. L. (Wally) Ashford Please write or come home. There have been two deaths in your Unclaimed Gear family in the last two months. All members who have baggage Write Mrs. G. W. AshfoiW, 2802 N in the Mobile Hall please pick it Florida, Joplin, Mo. Phone num­ up in the next few months. The ber is 5062 W. Union wishes to utilize this hagt t gage space .for other purposes. Ward C. Church Contact your mother. James Bnagher Ji ' t Jimmie Heifer Wages and overtime check are Paul Whalen being held for you at Transmarine Please get In touch with Abra­ Navigation Company, 215 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, in ham Weisherg at William L. Stand­ care of Mrs. Olds. Please pick ard, 38 Park Row, New York, re­ garding the accident sustained by them up. Joseph M. Litteral on August 5 it J, -J, and September, 1953, aboard the Ocean Tow Checks Topa Topa. Ocean Tow checks, which can be t J" i picked up by writing to Jeff Gil­ Drop A Lifie lette, Seattle Port Agent, 2700 Terence McNee is in the Halifax First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, Hospital expects to he there are being held for the following for some and time. He would like his men: friends and shipmates to drop him Joseph BaUusa Harold H. Nelll a line. His address is Halifax In­ Nee C. Doa John A. NelssonWUUam T. Elwood D. D. O'UonneU firmary, Queen Street, Halifax, W. S. Porter Lou Feldmah Nova Scotia, Canada. Oraciano Fraustlo James W. Power Robert S. Giftord W. T. Hlgglns Charles HiU Oscar Burst K, C.,Jones Rioardo Lourenca Jtavid HcDulHe Richard. McMana G. W. Murphy. Jr. William Roche Fred Rochon Lou Samio ' ' Paul Tlttso Bo](d Thomas K. w;oodward Robert L. Young. MttchaU ZeUck i 3; i ing. Crew shblild 'stay out of the pantry at mealtimea, and wait to be served' By the messman. Ship's delegate was asked to see about getting a hot water tap in the Sanitary men's locker, and schedule the dock engine departments to keep this locker-.clean. - in' the saloon about the food at every meal. He Wants more towels than he is entitled to. Crew wants the San Fran­ cisco patrolman to speak to the messman, who is not doing his job. Deck department will see the mate about more matches. :DEL VALLE (Mississippi), December 24 —Chairman, J. P.. Shaughncssy; Secre­ tary, Ramon Irlzarry. Port captain in New Orleans promised to take care of aU repairs, and nothing was done. J. P. Shaughnessy was. elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Ship's delegate wiU see the captain about having crew's qtiarters painted this trip if possible. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for a fine Christmas dinner. All members agreed to clean up the messroom, after they have finished play­ ing. Coffee mugs and glasses should be put in the sink at night. Suggestion was made to have the date of crew's quar­ ters' painting stenciled in the crew's mess, to let new crewmembcrs know when a new paint job is called for. NEVA WEST (Bloomfield), December 20—Chairman, Tiny Wallace; Secretary, Tiny Kennedy. There is a $40 balance in the ship's fund. Clothes should be taken off the line as soon a^ possible. Department heads should order wash buckets for aU foc'sles. One bunk needs repairing. No date—Chairman, Henry Lopez; Sec­ retary,' H. (Tiny) Kennedy. Burdick was elected ship's delegate. Captain Rose has orders from the Houston office to give the limit draw and to back-date the articles. Most of the crew voted against this and wanted to pay off. Crew voted to get 17 new mattresses. Washing machine should be checked and repaired property. Chief .engineer was contacted by the steward and said be would have it fixed Monday. Patrolman wiU be asked JOHN B. yVATERMAN (Waterman), to check the slopchest for complete January 3—Chairman, Robert L. Garriss; stock tand more sizes. Secretary, J. R. Hassail, Jr. Report on the four men who missed ship will be sent to the Baltimore agent. Subsistence will be paid for the cold meal served aboard last month. Coffee cups should be returned to the pantry after; use, and crewmembcrs should keep the laundry cleaner. Clean linen not being used should be returned to the steward. MONROE (Bull), December 23—Chair­ VAL CHEM (Valentine), December 22 man, James Sellers; Secretary, Jemcs T. —Chairman, W. C. Snell; Secretary, Ed- Wilson. $80 collected will be donated to v/(n Rushton. Ship's treasurer, John the boys in trouble in Puerto Rico. Re­ Healey, reported that a down payment pair lists should be made out. James was made on a record player and radio Sweat was elected ship's delegate;.money of $60; ship's fund has a balance of collected wiU be turned over to him. $101. Ship's delegate reported that he Crew suggested a more varied menu. .spoke to the chief engineer about the Steward agreed to accept suggestions on washing machine; if the ship doesn't get the menu. Crew asked for more fruit a new one by the first of the year, the juice and he agreed. matter wUl be brought to- the attention of the patrolman. Regular dish cloths MARORE (Ore), November 25—Chair­ and dish towels should be used in the man, Pat Fox; Secretary, A. Brown, Jr. messroom instead of rags from the rag First assistant promised to repair the bag. washing machine as soon as possible. Pat Fox wrs elected ship's delegate. Steward will instruct the messman in his duties. Men are to be properly dressed in the messhall. Last standby will clean up the recreation room and wash all cups. December 13—Chairman, Sioberg; Sec­ retary, Brown. New coffee pot Will be procured for making coffee for the SEA CLOUD (Sectraders), December 13 —Chairman, George Hatgimisios; Secre­ watch. Captain was asked to put up a tary, La Verne Waldon. New wringer price list and refused. He has agreed to for the washing machine wiU be ob­ take the Sea Chest. tained in Italy, if possible. Two wooden STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), December bunks are needed for the bosun's room. Crew okayed a cold supper for Christmas 13—Chairman, Joe Falasca; Secretary, $35 was donated to the night. Cups should be put in the sink Fred BIttle. after use. The Christmas dinner was ship's fund from the crow. Flowers were sent to the captain's wife when she was enjoyed by the entire crew, thanks to the cooperation of one and all on board. ill. There is now $26.24 left in the fund, i Steward will point out to the captain STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), January 3 that certain overtime work is being neg­ —Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, Ray lected. James Long was elected ship's Poole. Vote of thanks from all hands I delegate. One man missed .ship in New went to the steward department for the 1 York. Steward reported that the egg excellent holiday dinners and service supply was a fresh consignment, when aboard. All agreed that this was truly ouestioned. Steward and delegates will the best feeding ship they ever sailed. check stores supply before the vessel Everyone is grateful for the good library leaves port to make sure an adequate supply is on board. Pantryman will make books aboard ship by the Union. sure that enough co.ffee, sugar and milk OCEAN BETTY (Ocean Trans.), Decem­ is left out at nigtit. Vote of thanks went ber 27—Chairman, Henry Mooney; Secre­ to Joe Falasca, retiring ship's delegate tary, Leo Dwyer. Red Connell was for a job well done during his term. elected ship's delegate unanimously. Steward will tell the cooks not to re-use Washing machine must be checked, as grease in cooking. All departments were weU as one of the ovens on the galley requested by the slew.^rd to work to­ gether to make this a successful voyage. range. ANN MARIE (Bull), December 20— Chairman, W. Ortiz; Secretary, Harry L. Franklin. Frank Natale was unanimously elected ship's delegate. Steward asked everyone to cooperate regarding the re­ turn of used Jinen; linen should not be put away in lockers, drawers, etc. Vol­ untary contributions to the sliip's fund will be accepted at the payoff. HOOSIER MARINER (Isthmian), De­ cember 3—Chairman, A. Graf; Secretary, William Janiseh. Steward got a vote of thanks; food has improved considerably. CALMAR (Calhtar), January 3—Chair­ man, Charles O. Lee; Secretary, S G. Cooper. There is a beef on wipers trim­ ming ventilators going through the Pana­ ma Canal, and pumping galley fuel oil during sanitary hours. Ship's delegate will cheek keys to crew's quarters as soon as possible. Captain wants to call the patrolman, -saying the ship is noi feeding too well. There are many beefs on the first engineer, who has beefing BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), November 22—Chairman, Henry J. Herkinhelns; Secretary, Ario^ O. Hill. Ship's delegate resigned, because, the old man is too hard to get along with. Henry J. Herkinheins was elected new ship's dele.gate. He is the s'.iip's carpenter. One man missed ship in San Pedro. Coffee pot and sugar box should be secured. Ship sailed without any tEh'eeloths for the crgw. The steward. Hill, started using white table cloths, but this was stopped by the capta-n. who told the .steward that he would aoprove requisi­ tions for colored or checkered ones when the ship arrives back in the States. TTiis captain is exceptionally strict about following every word of the agreement every day. In port or In rough weather he expects everything to be shipshape at all times. SmaU requisition of needed items made out by the new steward was refased by the captain. Many items are in short supply. Personal belongings of the man who missed ship were invoiced and turned over to the purser. 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS .ZONE CITY STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION; If you «ra an olJ tubscribar and hava a chanq* • lif.i MM < SEAFARERS .LOG, aiaaaaaaaaaaataaiaaaaaaaatae.otaaeaaateaaaaataaaeeaaaeeeaeoaeeeeeeaaeeaoaaooa aaaaoawoaiaaaaaaaaaaaaoBaMaoaaaiM 'I'l'; • -- Edifor, Edward J. Mullcr of addrost, plaaso qiva your formor addrots balow: Contact John. E. Brady aboard the Chiwawa in care of Cities Serv­ ADDRESS ice Oil Company, 70 Pine Street, IVTYC • CITY* •.••.Ml' vf; Moaaaaaaaaaa a aataaaaiaoaaoeoae .wVr 1MB aaaaaaoMoaaaat .w I IB f �Pace Twenty-six SEAFA RERS January S2, 1984' LOG New Seafarer-Children At Home in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of. time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Starting their new lives are Eusebie Gherman, Jr., left, held by mother Marie Louise in Arbutus; Md., and Charles Crane, right, in arms of mother Mrs. Harold E. Crane in their New Orleans home. Euse­ bie was born on October 8 and Charles on September 5 of last year. Both "Seafarer-fathers are on SIU ships once again bringing home the bacon for baby. •- All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Laura Ann McHale, born Decem­ ber 2, 1953.' Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. McHale, 146 East 9Bth Street, New York, NY. ard F. Taylor, 2807 Brighton William L. Hummel, Star Route, Hinton, Va. Street, Baitimore 16, Md. 4 4-4 Barbara Ann Nelson, born cember 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Curtis E. Neison, 1413 Royal Avenue, Baltimore 17, 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Carol Ann Joy, bom December De­ and 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mt. Robert E. Joy, 288 Dover Street, Md. Brooklyn 35," NY. 4 Herbert Christian Gardner, Jr., Margaret Mary Lampione, born born December 10, 1953. Parents, November 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. it 4" Michael Lynn Fontenot, bom Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Gardner, and Mrs. Robert Lampione, 1050 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY. September 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. 209 Greene Street,. York, Pa. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Berchman L. Fontenot, 4 4 4 Enrique Andrew Constantino, Ronald David Talley, bom Jan­ General Delivery, Kinder, Ala. born Noveniber 18, 1953. Parents, uary 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Mr. Mrs. Enrique N. Constan­ Lawrence G. Talley, 2362 Laurel Shannon Marie Fuselier, bom tino,and 1336 November 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. leans, La. Touro Street„New Or­ Street, New Orleans, La. / 4 4 4 and Mrs. Letelle Fuselier, 3312 4 4 4 Jerry Wayne Littles, born No­ Hodges Street, Lake Charles, La. Ralph Marshall Bladen, Jr., bom vember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 December 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mrs. William A. Littles, Route 1, Warren Manuel, Jr., bom De­ and Mrs. Ralph M. Bladen, Route Box 228, Fairhope, Ala. cember 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 4, Box 285, Alexandria, Va. 4 4 4 Mrs. Warren Manuel, Route 2, Box 4 4 4 Kirsten Ann Thompson, born 90, Mamou, La. Steve Martin Stokke, bom De­ December 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. 4 4 4 cember 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Boyd E. Thompson, 5609 Ivy Taylor, born December 4, Mrs. Sverre M. Stokke, 815 Canal 239th Street, SW, Edmonds, Wash. 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pamela Joy Cheshire, bom Jan­ Gerald Wayne Wllkerson, bom uary 1, 1954. Parents, Mr- and Mrs. December 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. James M. Cheshire, box 264, Lynand Mrs. Robert W. Wilkerson, 414 haven, Fla. South Cedar Street, Mobile, Ala. for SIU MEMBERS! 4 4 !,• - ANDSrtWWEARrRCMA-rxmi&>im ToASoytelERALLATSPeCiAL. se4ojKr PRICES iir It"' 4 4 4 David Merlin, Doretta Coleen and Doreen Colette Long, bom De­ cember 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Long, 3119 State Street Drive, New Orleans, La. r te .'••-•' Niff •• • 4 Ian Waldemar Sorel, bom De­ cember 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johannes C. Sorel, 7416 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR t SHORE WEAR sv at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675-4th AVE • RRdOKLYN 4 4 4 4 4 4 Stephen Patrick McCiellan, born October 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwilton N. McCiellan, 2540 East 90th Street, Seattle, Wash. Janice Elaine Gale, born Decem­ ber 26, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs Albert C. Gale, 120 East Waldburg Street, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cecilia Marie Prodey, born No­ vember 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Prodey, 2203 East Fayette Street, Baltimore 31, Md. Stephen Gregory Danzey, born December 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris J. Danzey, 307 South Washington Avenue, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Iris Ramonia Jones, bom Decem­ ber 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Jones, 208 State Street,Mobile, Ala. Betty Irene Hummel, born Octo­ ber 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and JEli-s.' USPHS HOSPITAI, NEW ORLEANS. LA. E. G. Knapp Virgil Alford C. D. Anderson D. Korolia T. L. Ankerson Leo H. Lang F. Bariizo Pierre Le Blanc T. W. Bernsee Leonard A. Libby John J. Blair Thomas Lind C. A. Bradley Cosby Linson Charles E. Brady John C. Long WiiUam R. Burch Thomas G. Lyons Max Byers C. C. McDowell Herman H. Casas G. C. McClelland Clarence W. Cobb John W. Malcolm S. Cope WlUlam R. Massey John Culeton H. W. Mlnkler Thomas J. Dawson Jack Moore Clarence Dyer John W. Qulmby Leo Fontenot E. G. Reynolds B. D. Foster T. C. Reynolds F. FuUbrlght W. E. Reynolds James E. Gardiner J. Santiago Nathan L. Gardiner Luther C. Seldle E. Gaylor James T. Smith Andrew J. Glndel T. R. Terrlngton Jack H. Gleason Lonnle R. Tickle Paul Goodman S. C. TubervlUe K. Gunderson Edgar Walker John Hane J. M. Ward Walter H. Harris C. W. Welborn John L. Hinton Charles F. Wilson B. R. Hugglns Charles B. Young J. H. Jones J. Zlegler Thomas F. Keller W. J. Johnston USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. L. Carmine F. B. McCoUian Henry J. ChUds B. L. Bobbins Ho Yee Choe C. Sanultl BUlle J. Davis Edward Seserko John W. Singer H. DeU'Orfano Edward Glazowskl W. Singleton Olav Gustavsen W. Tlmmerman F. J. Haigney M. B. Wilson A. M. Keller R. S. Yi»on WlUiam L. Loss Ramon E. MuriUo USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland WUliam C. Lee Fred U. Buckner Jlmmle Littleton A. Cohen John M. Powers P. G. Daugherty Bert Rlckard E. J. Debardelaben James T. Slney R. A. Denmark Samuel SmaU Joseph Kramer James H. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY John Abraham C. Mc'Brlen John Beckmann Sau Mok Earl A. Blnk G. N. Monahan Montford Owens B. Blanchard Marcle Boyles Donald Peterson Virgil Sandberg WlUlam J. Carey Ira A. Sandt Jar Chong S. J. SbrigUo Spero Demolas Eddie Drlggers Robert Slzemore Walter Sudnlck R. Edmondson John Struller John Fontrles S. Swlenckoskl Eric Foreman S. Toblassen EsteU Godfrey Harry S. Tuttle HaUm Hambouz John Uszaklewlcz Hans R. Hassen Michael Katrausky BJorn Wagones Joseph J. Keating Frank Walaska K. R. Kuchlnskl Francis WaU Chang Choo Lai Albert WlUiams Alf Larsen Yu Song Yee . OLD ROPER HOSPITAL CHARLESTON. SC Joseph Kramer LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Isabelo Garcia USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Emlllo Delgado John J. DrlscoU Antonio M. Diaz MEDICAL ARTS CENTER NEW YORK, NY Marthln Lea USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO Abraham Aragones METHODIST HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Francis Wherrlty ST. AGNES HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Francis Wherrlty Henry McCuUough POTTENGER SANITORIUM MONROVIA. CAL. E. L. Pritchard MERCY HOSPITAL * NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leonard Munner USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. R. M. ChurchUl Theodore Mastaler John A. DulTy Robert A. Rogers W. V. Louzounas A. P. Vlolanto Roy L. McCannon Henry Currier Frank Mackey USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Norrls R. Brown Leonard E. Hodges C. E. Dudley K. R. Klttelson J. B. Garrison Ralph M. McDarles W. K. Gulley Henry G. Stump F. R. HaU M. W. Townseitd E. A. Hancock Joseph E. Wells USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. LesUe R. Aaron L. G. Llnthlcum Julian A. Blanco Melvln Mason Francisco Mayo Jessie A. Clarke George Meltzer Clolse Coats Philip Costa W. Mlddendorf Henry T. MUler Thomas J. Cox Jack D. Morrison L. Czwarkoskl Jeff Davis R. D. Musselwhite Jay M. Deeds Raymond C. Myer M. Pugaczewskl James R. Dodson Michael L. RuU Earl T. Erlckson Roy B. Gorson Gus Sanchez Walter H. Sibley Roy M. Hawes Donald J. Hewson James T. Smith S. C. Hudglns G. K. Stennett C. N. SummereU B. Klakowlcz Harry Thrash Robert Lambert Clyde R. Leggett Wesley H. Ludlam. USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Charles Burke Charlie W. Phelps Lonnle HaU W. A. Rows Jr. H. D. MlUlner USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. C. Adklns D. B. Patterson M. Fontenot Julius Parks Edward C. HiU C. E. Rasmussen Edward R. IdeU Harry Reynolds Charles Kogler A. Slstruck E. LachappeUe Richard W. Stetson H. Ledbetter Albert T. Weaver Howard E. LUes Joseph H. Traxler NO Triplets Home Safe^ Sound Seafarer Robert Long's history-making triplets, the first to be born to a member of the SIU, since the start of the maternity benefit, arrived home last week after being born 17 days earlier in a New Orleans hospital. The arrival of the triplets" was well prepared for by the Longs, their coming adding-tconsiderably to the Long expenses occurr^ in the unusual was a little bewildered by it all, household rather than dis­ birth. Daughter Charlotte, first but soon got to know her new bom of the Longs, 16 months old. brother and sisters. rupting it. Playing a small part in the wel­ come-home party prepared for the triplets, David Merlin, Doreen Col­ ette and Doretta Colleen Long, was the SIU with a welcome triple maternity benefit check and three savings bonds. Neglecting none of the triplets, the SIU saw to it that their Seafarer dad, Robert, collect­ ed $200 for each of them under the SlU Welfare Plan, as well as three $25 savings bonds. The triplets established some­ thing of a municipal record in New Orleans, as well as making history for the Union. The triple birth was the first reeorded in New Orleans' famed Touro Infirmary in the past ten years. A 10,000 to one shot, the little Longs arrived last Decem­ ber 14, and weighed in at four pounds IIM ounces each for the girls and five pounds 12bimces for the boy. Seafarer Long and his wife, Tripleheader matamlty beneflt check is collected by Seafarer Bob Nancy, were thankful for the multi­ Long, center, and his wife, Nancy, in their New Orleans home, ple blessings as well as for the SIU Welfare Representative Bill Frederick hands "Pop" the $600 triple maternity benefits paid by the, SIU. The money, they said, check and three $28 savings bonds as "Mom," daughter Charlotte and the triplets themsMves lobhi oh. : ^ went a long way toward defraying .-'A" �Jaaimrr 12, 1984 SEAFARERS LOG raee Twenty-scTcn Gets Maintenance In Hospital •I SfiEnc THE SEAFARERS A Seafarer who had to return to the hospital after having already been discharged as fit for duty has collected his maintenance in the hospital via the Welfare Services Depart- . ment. Seafarer Salvatore Soriglio had his maintenance check delivered, and cashed on the With WALTER SIEKMANN (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers recetuing SIU Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) With the expanding facilities of the SIU down in Baltimore, Mary­ land, the Union is seeing that its members in that port get direct and efficient service as soon as they need it without finding it necessary to contact the main office in New York before action gets underway. John Arabasz, formerly the Wilmington, California port agent, is now full time Welfare Services Representative in the Maryland city. With Arabasz as the Welfare Services Representative, members who ship out of Baltimore, or who pay off in that town and need some fast action in their cases, will find Brother Arabasz right up their alley. Leading off the list of hospitalized brothers is George Monahan, an OS off the Arickaree of US Petroleum. Monahan entered the hospital out on Staten Island on January 6 because of a skin disease. Entering the hospital for observation was Severre Tobiassen of Eliza­ beth, NJ. Tobiassen Just got off the Steel Traveler of Isthmian where he was signed on board as the second electrician. He says hello to all his shipmates and to all his friends in the Union and hopes some of them can . get out to see him while he is off his feet for awhile. Another of the boys in the hospital is Eddie Driggers; who was readmitted after being released with a fit-for-duty slip. He sails as AB and camis back to the Staten Island hospital on January 8. John Uszaklewicz has been registered as a patient at the same hospital ever since January 6 when he was admitted for observation. His last ship was the Driggers Edith of Bull Lines and he jsails as MM. So far, the doctors haven't found an^hing wrong with him, but he'll stay there awhile anyway, A boy who underwent the rigors of a stomach operation Is William Carey. Carey sails as MM and his last ship was the Wild Ranger of Waterman. He's a New York City boy and he'll be around the city for awhile recovering from the operation. He's doing nicely now and ex­ pects to improve right along. The Logans Fort of Cities Service lost an AB when Walter Sudnick was readmitted to the hospital Just before the year ended. He's not sure when he'll be able to ship out again, but he hopes it is soon. Bothweil Blanchard is another of the members who had an operation, but no stomach Job for him. Blanchard had his knee put in shape by the doctors and he hopes to rejoin his Steel King shipmates very soon. The AB is from Ridgeland, SC, and is doing very well. He wants the boys to know he expects to get out very soon. Albert William had a little bronchial trouble while he was aboard the Wacosta of Waterman, so he promptly went-to the hospital early in the year. He was second cook aboard the scow. Out of the hospital after a three-and-one-half month stay is Christopher McBrien. He had a rough time of it but is feeling much, better now that it is Cheng all over. His last ship was the Stony Point. Jan Chong is in the local drydocks for a general checkup. It was found that he had tuberculosis. He's in the Staten Island TB ward and would like the boys to drop ikround to visit him. spot by the Welfare Services rep­ resentative, who always carries ample supplies of reserve funds to meet all possible emergencies. Soriglio's troubles began when he got off the Steel Artisan to go to the hospital in Staten Island. After he was discharged, he re­ ceived a hospital abstract marked "fit for duty" but not specifying when. Further, the doctor had failed to initial the abstract which meant it was not valid. Consequent­ ly, he was unable to collect his maintenance until he got a second official report from the hospital. Back in Hospital By the time the second abstract came through, Soriglio had to re­ turn to the hospital -for further tieatment. Consequently, he was Receiving the full maintenance due him during his second stay unable to get over to the Isthmian in the hospital. Seafarer Salvatore Soriglio smiles happUy as SIU office to sign for his maintenance. Welfare Service Representative Toby Flynn turns over benefit. Welfare Services got the main­ tenance forms from the company and had Soriglio sign them in the hospital. Then the Union office got the check from the company and delivered it to Soriglio so that he could get bis maintenance money before he got to the hospital and A furniture store that was put to take a Seafarer's furniture without going over to the company office for it. away because of non-payment of an installment agreed to Wins Stay On Furniture Bills As Sjtl Welfare Saves The Day Hotv to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after AprU 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was born. emergency when his wife developed a severe infection during child­ birth. All of his emergency funds were used up, as well as the $200 he received from the Union as a maternity benefit, in payment of hospital bills and other necessaries. And since the Seafarer had to quit his ship and stay ashore for a few weeks, there wasn't any other FINAL DISPAtCii! The deaths of the following Middle Village, Long Island, NY. Seafarers have been reported to i i the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Conrad Jensen, 48: Pulmonary 92,500 death benefits are being digestion caused Brother Jensen's paid to beneficiaries. death on September 1, 1953 near Honshu, Japan. He had been Samuel Franklin Brunson, 26: aKure member of the deck department, On December 29, 1953, the car and Joined the SIU in Norfolk, in which Brother Brunson was driv­ 1951. ing overturned, injuring his chest 4" i" 3" and causing a fatal suffocation. The Nolen Jefferson: On August 7, accident occurred near Fairfay, SC. For the past five years Brother 1953 Brother Jefferson died at sea Brunson had sailed in the engine aboard the Bessemer Victory, ap­ department, having Joined the SIU parently of a heart attack and was in New York. He leaves his father, buried at sea. Brother Jefferson Kelly M. Brunson, PO Box 3213, had sailed as a fireman in the en­ gine depai'tment since 1951, join­ mami, Fla. ing the Union in Norfolk. i' i i 4" 4i 41 Ernest D. Skipper, 22: Brother Jens Grangaard, 68: Since April Skipper was fatally wounded on July 26, 1953, in Corpus Christi, 12, 1942 Brother Grangaard sailed Tex. An OS in the deck depart­ in the deck department; he died ment, he Joined the SIU in Galves­ on September 30, 1953 at Beekton, on March 20, 1951. He is sur­ man Downtown Hospital, New vived by his mother, Mamie Skip­ York, NY and was buried at Ever­ per, 2323 Lillian, Fort Worth, Tex. greens Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. $• i Kirby Otis Digman, 48: A chief cook in the steward department. Brother Digman died of a cerebral ailment on October 21, 1953 at the Glenhlldur Nursing Home, Cape­ town, South Africa. He had been a member of the SIU since 1947, and sailed put of Norfolk. Surviv­ ing is his father, Lafayette E. Dig­ man. PO Box 35, Montrose, WV. t l- 3^ Torsten Magnusson, 46: A stew­ ard in the steward department,c Brother Magnusson Joined the SIU in Mobile; he had been sail­ ing since 1947. Death was caused by asphyxiation. Brother Magnus­ son died in New York, NY and was •'"i-S";':'':. frt withhold action after Welfare Services stepped into the pic­ ture. The Seafarer in question money coming into the house. had run into a serious family Consequently, when an install­ 4* 4" 3^ Herbert D. Milliner, 47: On Jan­ uary 4, 1954 Brother Milliner died of a heart ailment, and was taken to Accomac, Va. for burial. Since 1951 Brother Milliner sailed as a fireman from the Port of Norfolk. He is survived by his wife, Eliza­ beth Lee Milliner, 12 King Street, Onancock, Va. 4> 4" t>, Abdon Sylvera, 52: Brother Sylvera died of a heart ailment on December 28, 1953 in New Orleans, La. He had sailed as a steward out of New Orleans for the past 13 years. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice Johnson Sylvera, 111 North Rocheblave .Street, New ment fell due on the houseful of furniture he had purchased re­ cently, the furniture store, as is the usual custom, sent the man notice that unless payment was forthcoming immediately, they would come and remove the stuff. In the midst of all his other troubles, this was quite a blow to the man, who appealed to Welfare Services for their aid. The Wel­ fare Services Department got in touch with the furniture people and explained the situation to them, pointing out that it was purely a temporary one which could be rectified as soon as the Seafarer was able to ship out again. As a result of Welfare Service's ac­ tion, the furniture store held off on repossession of the property, and the Seafarer and his family have their furniture intact. Fire At Home, He Calls SIU, Not Fire Dept. It wouldn't be a very com­ fortable feeling if you were out on the Pacific coast and you got word that your house had been on fii'e back home. That .was what happened to one Seafarer aboard an SIU ship. He immediately cabled Welfai-e Services in New York to please go down to his home and see how things were. A Welfare Services representative hot-footed it down to the Seafater's home not far from the Union's headquarters and found that all was in good shape. True, there had been a fire but no serious damage had been done and the family was unharmed. Welfare Sjrvices got off a wire to the Seafarer assuring him that all was well and that a letter from his wife would Jollow shortly. At last report the Seafarer was head­ ed homeward in a much happier frame of mind, knowing that things were npt as bad as he had pictured them when he first got th^ news. .. -wis �SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • to (tisoLi^ts lu$ 19S4, legislative pro- - }Here th<e^Vney^H th( ffam. Presidential,sdvisors figure - {to take. adVanta^ tliar ilie fn«ct> he i- * SEAFARERS -riK prii'l k:P >;A-- 7 giliPlli*:!!* 'V-i ^ %-s^ ^ ... I WliS*r, RCSSIANS TO MEET IN BERLIX—Ti>e fi.st s-^ri^ |o fettle Eist-Vi'e.u diffieulttes ii scheduled for Januarj, 25 In « laer Cerman capital dt.v. Foreign ministers fi-om alt four hw lions. US. Britain, France and the Soviet Union—will meet t1 - VkFjAwM'fv ^.r* A...:!;..'* .' A1'_' |Bd nmflcatioa of Cermatiy. Western diplomats were not- too cA lent that the conference *oald prove fruitful, but ate wilting to A •t a try, • ' ; ftSD-JUBd TBOOPS SJPLIT INDO-CHINA ^ - ^..omamnisi-jea iroops oi no asnnn s rcDei gov-cmraent attacked fteach and Vietnamese troops, put them to root, oad cut the penihiala in half. The victorious Viet IVHnh forces were poised to sweep .••i' Icross l.ao$ and attack Thailand. This was perhaps the last straw to MlA he French ——^—•"* |ie French •.U.-,.!!. race, $cHRe French politicians demanded additional United States CO^p umefal aid and American troops as their price f«f continuing the fight, unmn-^sr ptere is Bp indlcafion of what posiUon the administration wilt take ,inc;jfts n regard to these developments. heavy char A Regular Column By A Natlondllg Famous Expert On Buying Tips on smart buys in clothing, furnish­ ings and jewelry for every member of the family. blems raised fey the York dock clean-up and the probable poricyv i regardin,^ the maritime industry in the current session of Congr^ -A,v...-,v:•-••• '• v.-A- OtItDE TQ BETTER BtfYlRC The truth brands." ^ ' ^ .. Wise buys on major appliances for the home. Food Biggest Problem «. ii... 1 « ^. . kg^l^crecpmg infiation in rent, food is currently ^ moderate-income family. ®"«-third the Income f Some families soend as v' ''''yi. •ts- How some co-operative stores and dis­ count houses con save you money. to, j?ers,K, «S!it,oeo. ».i.* needs. "famous Advice for home-owners on invest­ ments, mortgages and household re­ pairs. iM-esent prices. Pork is, usually coRsldtrctM costs this y^ae are tticnmg out lo iiv just as '. meat. But tliis year the supply i.*. low i .m# L-. 1&53, Seafarers with families especially need vif? ? K how thev can eow with th«<u> ntiton nrirea #ii pwccd tbis year and much the *" oir«rtl,g shaping UP this vear we can e*averages and food costs at least SothmfLSre some How to save and still get value on different types of insurance. WHttM •Kclinlv»4y I T«i siaraktasSAO too. iiig teSA's J-Ugh ...w about Guide for automobile owners. However, baci I should be used abundantly and in / How to soye on purchases of food, vitamins and drug preparations. stui'r'^•4 ,*..«'/ •t- Hospital and medical plans and "the small print" to watch out for. BW# Clothing and some household e| down last year and will be even ^ Here the money-saving techniaue to take advantage of the best 1 ' nnn tK3» ..-ti-t. v»i » « Written by Sidney Mafgoiius, Authority On Consumer Problems / SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING O Beating 1954's High CosU Bs'-:; •' •,;• • PI \ •^1^'. , •• . Living costs this year are turniiig out 'to be just as the most dominant problem for aj rough as in 1953. Seafarers with families especiallj'-, lieed, Nowadays food takes approxima] to plan just how they can cope with these steep prices to of a typical wage-earning ft protect their living standard. much as 40 per cent of their inc We nominate as two of the best techniques for beating This is where the art of seU high expenses this year, the art of being selective in what lifesaver to you this year, you buy, and timing your buying for the best buying op­ in food prices at this time, portunity. . • while some are unusually costl The way things are shaping up this year, we can ex­ on personal prejudices and sj pect higher rents (on the average*, and food costs at least prices have been going up as high as now and possibly higher. On the otner hand, weeks and soon you may prices are coming down a little on clothing, furniture and food markets than now. rugs, some household equipment, some building materials, Specificaily» avoid and auto operating needs. present prices. Poi Feed Btrrest Problem •'A *'»•»"*fcVvS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 22, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MCS-AFL, BRYSON UNION SET FOR STEWARDS VOTE OPEN BALTO SIU WELFARE OFFICE MAG ARTICLE ON SIU GETS IN 'RECORD' SENATE BILL DEMANDS US SAVE CORNHUSKER FROM SCRAP HEAP SEA UNION DRAFT MARITIME PLANS NY RIVER CRASH GASHES BOW OF CALMAR VESSEL PRESIDENT HAILS USPHS SERVICES, SILENT ON FUTURE OF HOSPITALS KINGS PT. GETS YEAR'S GRACE PROPOSED T-H CHANGE WOULD AID MARITIME NLRB BACKS AFL CLAIM OF DOCK VOTE INTIMIDATION SUP STARTS PAYING PENSION BENEFITS TO OLD TIMERS SEAFARER'S WIFE FIGHTS POLIO ONCE-BLINDED SIU MAN SAILING AGAIN US OKAYS SALE OF PUERTO RICO TO SWISS CO. ATLANTIC TANKER IN NEW CRASH NEW SEAMAN'S PAPER APPEARS UNITY IN MARITIME WELL-DESERVED PRAISE THE TRIALS REPORT FROM A SEAMAN'S ALBUM GOV'T WILL CONVERT US-OWNED LIBERTYS EAST AFRICAN NATIVES MOVING UP IN SOCIAL SCALE WITH GOV'T AID FAIRISLE IS DISTINCTIVE SHIP SAY CREWMEN, REALLY GETS A(G)ROUND SEAMAN LEARNS SAD SUN OIL TRUTH YOUNG SEAFARER SUFFERS FATAL AUTO INJURIES, SIGNS ON FOR FINAL VOYAGE THE VIKINGS - PIRATES DELUXE NO TRIPLETS HOME SAFE, SOUND GETS MAINTENANCE IN HOSPITAL WINS STAY ON FURNITURE BILLS AS SIU WELFARE SAVES THE DAY FIRE AT HOME, HE CALLS SIU, NOT FIRE DEPT. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/22/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6609925637db3d6cf3a266ccf35eb582.PDF de6125590e4029ebda89dc6a6462be15 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICiyVL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC "i.'Si AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • UNION FKHT SAVES USPHS HOSPITALS •-•Si •m '^1 .Story On Page 3 AFL V/ins PR Longshore Ballot Story On Page 3 "II M "nl l| Launch Aid Program. Kicking off new US program provid­ ing military aid for Spain, the SIUmanned freighter Northwestern Vic­ tory .(Victory Carriers) takes on cargo at the New Orleans Port of Embarka­ tion. Tanks, motor vehicles, electronic gear and other military equipment are being delivered to Spain under new pact permitting US use of military bases in the country during a war emergency. The tank in the photo is being hoisted aboard by a Navy heavylift crane. (Story on Page 2.) Good Hospital News, Happy over the news of the success­ ful Union fight to halt the "economy" closing of 13 US Public Health Service hospitals providing medical care for seamen, Seafarers Joseph Carr, AB (right), and Ben Bryant, oiler (2nd from right), discuss new USPHS budget figures with Dr. Roy White­ head, and Nurse Wireberger at the Manhattan Beach Hospital." The hun­ dreds of letters and messages sent to Washington by Seafarers and SIU ships' crews protesting the proposed shutdown were credited with playing a major role in the victory. (Story on Page 3.) •1 �p>ee Twp SEAFARERS LOG February K> 1954 SlU^s Tliird Annual Arl Contest Opensi £ The third in a series of annual art contests tot Seafarers • ^ets under way this week with entries being accepted at Un­ ion headquarters from now until midnight April 30, 1954. Once again Seafarers will have the opportunity to show their stuff in oils, watercolors, black and white sketches and a va­ that every individual entry would riety of handicrafts with all get adequate display, by avoiding entrants shooting for one or overcrowding of display space by more of the 12 prizes that will be the work of any one entrant. distributed in the four divisions. Of course any Seafarer will still There is just one major change be permitted to enter work in all in this year's regulations compared four categories if he feels like it. to those of the previous two ex­ And with five entries permitted in hibitions. Seafarers will be limited each division, an entrant has the to not more than five entries in opporti^ity to pick out the best of any one of the four classifications. his work for the contest. This was decided on to assure Many Entries The first two contests conducted in 1952 and 1953, both attracted a wide variety of entries, over 80 the first year and over 110 last year. Prizes awarded for the first year's winners were waterproof, shockproof watches. Last year the awards consisted of 14-carat gold SIU emblem rings. The contest will be judged by a panel consisting of established art NEW ORLEANS—The first ship­ authorities and well-known artists, ment of American-made military as well as the art editor of the equipment destined for Spain un­ SEAFARERS LOG. In the previ­ ous contests, judges expressed conder the mutual defense assistance sid^able interest in the high qual­ program left here recently aboard ity of many of the entries, and in the SlU-contracted Northwestern the unusual displays of fancy knot Victory (Victory CarrieriS). work and other handicraft work in Included in the cargo were US- which seamen specialize. made tanks, artillery, motor ve­ As in previous years all entries hicles, maintenance tools and com­ will be put on exhibition for a munications and electronics equip­ week in headquarters and the pub­ ment being transferred to Spain lic invited to view the exhibit. Sev­ by the US under the terms of a eral of last years entries were pur­ recently-concluded agreement with chased on the spot by visitors, par­ the Spanish government, ticularly some of the handicraft US Permitted Bases work. The pact permits American use In addition some of last year's of certain military air bases in entries were displayed at a second Spain in the event they are needed art exhibition in New York at in time of war, in return for US which work done by members of aid to the European country in the several unions was shown. form of military goods and sup­ Handicraft Section plies. Among some of the handicraft Highlighted by appropriate cere­ items entered last year were belts mony, the first shipment was load­ and ties made of decorative knots, ed aboard the Northwestern Vic­ tooled leather bags and wallets, At top, two Seafarers view an exhibit in last year's art contest at SIU headqnartei^ including iwo of tory at the Port of Embarkation hand-carved wood desk sets and the prizewinners in the oil painting division. At bottom, the panel of Judges which awarded prizes In and started on its way acro.ss the pipe-holders, pictures made of the 1925 competition scan some of the handicraft items submitted. The Judges U-r) were Bernard Sea­ Atlantic. Port of Embarkation of­ hammered copper, woven brace­ man, art editor of the SEAFARERS LOG; John Gordon, curator of painting and sculpture at the ficials said the shipment was rout­ lets, a working model of a light­ Brooklyn Museum, and artist and radio-TV personality Staats Cotsworth. ed through New Orleans because house and similar entries Includ­ of the port's nearness to manufac­ ing, of course, models of sailing turing centers. They also cited the ships. low loading costs in New Orleans Seafarers Interested in selling as compared with those in other their work should tag all entries ports. Additional shipments bound for with the desired selling price. Registered Mai! Spain are expected to leave the When entries are mailed into Gulf port within the next few weeks. headquarters it's advisable to send SAN FRANCISCO—^An attempt by Local 100 of Harry Bridges' longshore union to them special delivery or better still, by registered mail. All en­ get on the ballot for the West- Coast stewards* election has been ruled out by the National tries should be carefully wrapped Labor Relations Board in Washington. Local 100 was set up by Bridges when the Com­ February 5. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 3 to prevent damage in transit, and munist - dominated National t the name and address of the Sea­ Union of Marine Cooks and tween his union and the NUMCAS, ballot by unanimous vote, the La­ As I See It Page 4 farer attached to each individual Stewards was under fire from which up until now have been hard bor Board declared that Bridges Committees In Action Page 4 entry so that it can be returned as all sides, Includipg organization- and fast allies. According to some had entered the picture long after Crossword Puzzle Fage 12 soon as the contest closes and the wise on the ships from the AFL reports, not fully substantiated, the the original petition had been filed Editorial page 13 exhibition is over. NUMC&S balked at the idea of with the Labor Board. Accordingly, Marine Cooks and Stewards. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Address the entries to the Art The NLRB decision means that being completely taken over by as a late entry, he could not be Galley Gleanings Page 20 Editor, c/o the-SEAFARERS LOG, stewards will begin voting Febru­ Local 100 with the result that the permitted a place on the ballot. Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, Under the voting procedure that 10 with two unions on the bal­ two are rivals in the pending elec­ In The Wake Page 12 New York. Paiptings and drawings ary has been established by the NLRB lot, the MSG-AFL, an SIU affiUate, tion. Labor Round-Up Page 13 do not have to be mounted if Sea­ Ask Write-in all stewards working on ships as of Letters Pages 21, 22 farers don't have the materials on and the NUMC&S. A spokesman On at least oije major passenger February 10 will be eligible. The for Bridges Immediately announced Maritime Page 16 hand to do so. The entries will be ship, the President Polk, Local 100 number of men In the Meet The Seafarer.......Page 12 judged on their merits irrespective that stewards would be asked to representatives have urged stew­ maximum field is 6,000 but the vote total will vote "no union" in the election. On The Job 7 Page 16 of the presence, or absence of ards to write in the Bridges' union fall short of that figure because Personals Page 25 frames and mounts. Bridges-Bryson at Odds on the ballot. This could only have men on the beach as of that date Quiz Page 19 Waterfront observers were puz­ the effect of voiding those particu­ will not participate. Seafarers In Action Page 16 zled by Bridges' action which in lar ballots. Vote By Mali Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 effect puts two Communist-domi­ The only possible gain to Bridges SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Stewards on large passenger nated onions in the position of vy­ would be in the event MCS-AFL Sports Line Page 20 ing with each other on the. ballot, wins a clear majority in the vot­ ships will be voted by the NLRB Ten Years Ago... ...Page 12 and tends to strengthen the ing and the NUMC&S is knocked when their vessels hit port. All Regular membership meet­ Top Of The News Page 7 chances of the MCS-AFL. The only out of the picture. Then Bridges other men will, send in mail ballots. ings in SIU headquarters and Wash. News Letter. ......Page 6 thing that could be gained in such could re-enter the field with Local Up until now, ttie stewards on at all branches are held every Welfare Benefits ....Pages 26, 27 an instance, is to force a run-off 100 as a "new" stewards union. The West Coast ships have been ship­ second Wednesday night at -election if one of the unions does Welfare Report Page 8 establishment of Local 100 in the ping through a joint hiring hall 7 PM. The scheme for the Your Constitution Page 5 not obtain a clear, majority. This first instance came when it appear­ operated in conjunction with the next few meetings is as follows: Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 would further delay final decision ed that NUMC&S was crumbling Pacific Maritime Association, pend­ February 10, February 24, on a controlling union for stewards from outside pressure and revolt ing solution of their.dispute over Published biweekly at the headquarters March 10. department men on West Coast from withim Actually, at present representation. However, in comef the Seafarers International Unloii. At­ All Seafarers registered on lantic A Gulf District AFL, «75 Fourth ships and would only confuse issues. NUMC&S is operating only two l>anies that are not members of the Avenue, Bro^khis iz, NV. Tel. HYaclnlh the shipping list are required Rumors were flying thicH and union halls, one in San Francisco Association, both MCSrAFL. and 9-MM. Entered at' second class matter to attend the meetings. fast along the ^est Coast that jthe and one in New York. the NUMC&S hold jndiyidual at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY./ SlU Ship 1st With US Army Aid To Spain Raid Stalled, Bridges Calls For No-Union Vote In Stewards' Poll SEAFARERS LOG W- i- Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks life' Ife m li*:/.i'- . l|r:' under 'he Act of Augu^^J ^913, t I'i jguq iiu ujuiiijijuij. .Jn m, iJ �rebnuiT S, 19S4 SEAFARERS Tag* Thre« LOG US Junks PlanTo Shut Hospitals Seafarers' Protests Help Save USPHS WASHINGTON—several-months old campaign by the SIU and other maritime unions to keep the US Pul^ lie Health Semee Hospitals open appeared crowned with success when the' was being contemplated with the Eisenhower administration exception of three specialized in­ submitted a budget request stitutions at Carville,. Louisiana; Seafarers and niirse beam happily In Manhattan Beach Hospital, NY, upon receiving news that the VSPHS hospital program would be continued. SUiown In lounge of hospital, left to right, are Nurse Long, Henry Smith, Harry McDonald and John Driscop. Sea Unions Press Drive For Ship Aid; Urge Hiring Mali Law for $33,040,000 to operate the hospitals for the coming year. As a result, it is likely that the hospitals will be able to con­ tinue operations as in the past year with little if any cutback in services. The final fate of the hospitals, of course, rests in the hands of Congress which has to decide whether or not to approve the bud­ get request. But with the Adminis­ tration reversing its field after strong protests, it seems likely that Congress will follow through by voting the necessary funds. Met With Surgeon General As soon as the budget figures were out, the SIU Washington Representative, in accord with the joint legislative committee of 14 maritime unions, met with high officials of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, in­ cluding the Surgeon General of the US, to nail down the hospital issue. The group discussed just what the new USPHS budget will mean in terms of services to seamen, and requested a meeting with Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the Department, in an attempt to win assurances that the Department will battle for the appropriation requests. Actually, the figure mentioned in the budget is juSt $70,000 less than the amount appropriated for the previous year, but it ia $I mil­ lion less than appropriations made two years ago. Consequently, any further reduction in the hospital budget would lead to trimming of services to hospital patients. Originally, the Administration, through Budget Director Joseph Dodge and Mrs. Hobby announced the closing of all USPHS hospitals Following rapidly on the heels of the joint meeting of all non-Communist maritime unions in Washington, the special legislative committee elected by the conference has held meet­ ings with the Maritime Administration and the shipowners to drive for a program of Govern­ ment aid to the slumping maritime industry. ing, a union spokesman selected out, the President's recommenda­ A committee spokesman by the group told the Senators that tions as to a union shop would be also testified before the Senate President Eisenhower's recom­ of little value where seamen enter Committee on Labor and Public mendations on loosening restric­ and leave the employ of a com­ Welfare to urge changes in the tions in the Taft-Hartley law were pany several times in a year. The Taft-Hartley Act in order to not enough to protect the seafar­ unions instead called for passage of the Magnuson bill which would ing unions. legalize maritime hiring halls. SIU Washington representative The union spokesman, Hoyt Had­ provide for a bdna-fide maritime Boh Matthews, who is a member dock, of the NMU, reported on be­ hiring hall. Met With Shipowners of the committee, attended a meet­ half of the maritime unions that ing this past Monday with Mari­ the only way to protect seamen The meeting with shipowner time Administrator Louis Roths­ against discrimination in employ­ representatives took place on Wed­ child and other high maritime offi­ ment was through a full union hir­ nesday, February 3, and dealt with cials at which the program adopt­ ing hall. the possibilities of joint action on ed by the Washington conference Consequently, it was pointed (Continued on page 17) was presented and discussed. Among items taken up with Rothschild was the question of transfers of US shipping to foreign flag operations. Rothschild as­ sured the group that it will he NE'W HA"VEN, CONN. — Hearings by the National Labor Relations Board on tke SIU's the Government's policy to see to petition to represent employees of the motor ship Excello wound up last week, with the next it that all transfers were replaced step now up to the Board. by equivalent new tonnage to he It is expected the trial ex­ between this port, where the main tactics of discriminatory firings operated under the American flag. aminer's report, when- issued, company operations are located, and other forms of retaliation This would apply to both dry car­ and the Texas against men openly for the SIU, will order the disestablish­ go ships and tankers. area. The Excello and quit the ship. He subsequently ment of the discredited company However, the union representa­ is only the first begain sailing for the SIU aboard union set up, by the Excello's own­ tives pointed out.that such a pro­ of a fleet of ships the Cities Service tankers. ' vision did not stop the transferred ers last year, reinstatement with the company ex­ Evidence produced at the hear­ back pay for SIU sympathizers tonnage from competing with pects to put into ings upheld most of the conten­ American flag shipping. They ask­ fired off the ship and either imme­ service, as it is tions in the labor board's charges diate bargaining by" the company ed that provisions he written into right now dicker­ against the company as well as the the transfers that such competi­ with the SIU or a representation ing for another unfair labor practice charges filed election in which the SIU would be tion he ruled out. They also re­ tanker to put against it by the SIU. Captain Stan­ quested publicity on applications the only Union on the ballot. into operations ley himself revealed that as far Stanley foj; transfers and public hearings Uncomfortable Position immediately. back as 1948 he had talked with on them, just as there are hearings Despite the announced loyalties the company's marine superinten­ end of the hearings came as when a UiS company applies for theThe company, the Excello Corpora­ of its employees for the SIU, the dent about setting up "an inde­ subsidy or for new tonnage. tion, found itself in a highly un­ corporation decided to embark on pendent union" patterned after The Maritime Administrator comfortable position as a result of a campaign of intimidation, threats the "union" which served the com­ balked at this request, claiming the firings to discourage pro- pany's shoreside employees. that any such hearings would the book of charges thrown at it and Union activity and eventually even by'the Labor Board in its original Advised To Quit cause delay in the functioning of set up a dummy union, "The Inde­ complaint in October.. Periodic He also disclosed that after the the agency. pendent Union of the Motor Ves­ SIU petition for bargaining rights Also discussed at the session hearings have been held since that sel Excello." The new "union" in­ and the attendant publicity on the time, the last of which came to a was the question of Governmentcluded both unlicensed and li­ company's role in setting up the close a week ago. supported maritime training. The censed employees, and had the lUMVE, the ship's officers were Converted utiion group re-emphasized its An SIU organizing campaign last chief steward at the head as presi­ advised to quit the company union position that there was no need to until things quieted down. His own spend Govemnient money to train January succeeded in obtaining the dent and the bosun as secretary. Dislikes Company Tactics dues to the "union" were paid up new officers when there are not support of virtually all the unli­ The bosun, George R. Stanley, a year in advance, he added. enough Jobs available for existing censed emplbyees on the Excello, 'a Most of the company's witnesses license, hblders. converted LST which hauls. Cargdes son of'the Excello's Captain, event­ At the Senate Committee hear­ Of formaldehyde Oh regular runs ually despaired of the company's "Wuiiti'uued' -• NLPB Ends Excello Hearings Lexington, Kentucky, and Fort Worth, Texas. This would have de­ prived seamen and other patients of the hospitals of the medical care they have received for the past 156 years. Further it would have meant that overloaded and often under­ staffed hospitals in the various port communities would have to take up the burden of earing for thousands of additional patients. SIU Counter-Attack Announcement of the Adminis­ tration's plans was met with an immediate counter-attack by the SIU and . by Seafarers. Senators and Representatives in Washing­ ton, as well as the President's of­ fice, were flooded with letters de­ nouncing the proposal and appeal ing for the hospitals. The tremen­ dous response of Seafarers on this sc6re is considered to have played a considerable part in the Adminis­ tration's decision to reverse itself. Typical of the response from Washington legislators was the re­ ply of Senator Russell Long (Dem. La.) to a letter from Seafarer Duska "Spider" Korolia. "While I (Continued on page 17) New Exam For Scholarships Set March 13 Applications by Seafarers or their children for SIU scholarships are being accepted imtil February 20 in advance of the next college en­ trance examinations on March 13. Successful candidates who qualify will begin their studies this fall. The March 13 examination is the second in a series of four given each year in a large number of communities throughout the coun­ try. Although later tests are sched­ uled for May 22 and August 11, they are not given in as .many places as the winter examinations. Consequently, applicants in smaller communities are urged to take ad­ vantage of the test next month. So far, only a limited number of scholarship applicants are sched­ uled to take the March 13 exam. Two of them, unsuccessful in a previous attempt, are coming back this year for another try. Four scholarships were award­ ed to children of Seafarers during last year, all of whom entered began their schooling last September. The SIU scholarship plan awards four $6,000 scholar­ ships for four years of study at any college or university each year. All candidates must have three years' seatime on their own dis­ charges or their father's dis­ charges. The candidates must be in the upper third of their high school graduating class and submit three letters of reference plus a transcript of 'heir school record. Students still attending high school can also apply. Further details can be obtained by writing the SIU Welfare Plan, New York City. - • J �SEAFARERS i: LOG ' Feb'niiBrsr 5, 1954 Valuable Junk In Connecticut Seaport Museum I S06 it Pi- w. V- '• • ir?':- The Mon Lei, probably the only Chinese junk in commission in th^ US at the present t^e, is shown tied up at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut. It is a Foochow fisher type junk of a design that has remained unchanged for over 1,000 years. It was built in Hong Kong in 1939 and is now owned by a resident of New Jersey. Defense Heads Plan New Rules On Shore Leave At US Bases t •ji:- Ik High Defense Department officials representing the three armed services and Assistant Secretary of Defense John Fanning are holding conferences to draft a uniform policy on shore leave for American seamen at various Army bases. The conferences are the result of strong protests made by .the"^ SIU on shore leave restric­ (Isthmian), reported a new instance spread unless checked by Union of shore leave restriction at an­ action. tions. Meanwhile, SIU attorneys ai*e other Navy base. This one took The SIU Washington office, still studying the legal aspects of place in Subic Bay, Philippine which is in close touch with the the shore leave restrictions to de­ Islands, just north of the Bataan Defense Department on the issue, termine if the military has any peninsula. Details of the restric­ reports that the Department is aim­ right under law to restrict civilian tion are not yet available but ing at a standard policy to apply seamen. The study would have an apparently the Navy had imposed at all bases, instead of. the local important bearing on claims for the same kind of rules and regula­ rulings that have been made at the overtime payments for restriction tions that are in force at other discretion of medium rank local to ship. bases in other parts of the world. commanders. SIU headquarters of­ At the same time, crewmembers It added to the belief that shore ficials believe that a certain of the SlU-manned Steel Maker leave restrictions would continue to amount of personal animosity against merchant seamen has en­ 3, tered into the making of these reg­ THE MEN WHO DEAL WITH THE COUNTRY'S MARITIME PROBulations many of which seem to amount to nothing more than typi­ lems in Washington are off on a-new tack with the plans being put forth to modernize the old Liberty ships. .According to the Govern­ cal Army "chicken." ment sources, the plans are to boost the speed of the Libertys up to Met With Fanning 18 or 19 knots. It would make quite a few Seafarers rub their eyes The shore leave problem came to in amazement to see one of these ten-knot jobs zipping along at a head when the SIU and represen­ that rate. The program for converting the Libertys comes at a time when it Lake Charles, Louisiana, doesn't clerk, A1 Kesson, was bom in tatives of shipping companies un­ often have enough Union members Ohio. O'Connor, who sails on deck, der contract went to Washington appears the Government has just about given up on the Mariner around to scrape joined the SIU in the port of Nor­ for a meeting .with Fanning and ships as far as commercial use is . concerned. These vessels are going up a quorum for folk on August 11, 1943. He's 29 other representatives of the Armed to be' retiredr in-the boneyard, with some of them apparently destined a meeting but years old. Kesson, wno works in Forces. At that meeting, the Union to wind up as Navy supply ships. Consequently it appears that this $350 million shipbuilding program this past week the stewards department, came presented its arguments for re­ was an excep­ into the SIU in the port of New moval of shore leave bans and Gov­ will be of little value to this nation's merchan.t fieet for regular; com­ tion, with the re­ Orleans on July 17, 1941. He's ernment authorities, who could of­ mercial operations, although the ships would no. doubt be very useful sult that Seafar­ fer no convincing excuse for their^ in a national, emergency. However, as has been pointed out before in 51 years of age. ers Otto Peder­ existence, promised to draft new the pages of your Union's newspaper, the shipping industry's ;oeeds sen and Wil­ regulations accordingly. in the way of new ships and the Government's ship needs for defense Seafarer Joseph A. Rockke took liam R. Macpurposes don't-always coincide. It appears that in most instances the Affected by the regulations are time out between trips in the port Donald took a Defense Department lias the final say on what kind of ship is to be such places as Korea and military Pedersen of Seattle to run the last member­ crack at running turned out, with the result that we wind up with a situation of this bases in Labrador and Newfound­ a Union meeting, Pedersen was the ship meeting there. Rockke, who land. With US Armed Forces bases kind where brand new ships have to go into Government la^f-up. makes his home in Corties Bay, chairman and MacDonald served located at , a variety of points Small Practical Value as recording secretary for the get- Maryland, came into the SIU in around the world, the Union had to Hhe port of Baltimore on August Your Union, of course, welcomes every development which can be together. act to prevent the spread of such used'to improve the ^rformance of ocean-going ships. But there 21, 1947. He comes originally Despite his Scandinavian name, restrictions as well as to lessen or will be little practical value to these developments Pedersen comes out of the South­ from Ohio. The 32-year-old Sea­ remove restrictions already in ex­ farer works with the deck gang. if they are linaited to Government-owned ships land, being born in Mississippi 30 Recording Secretary Jack E. istence. sitting in reiserve fleets at various anchorages years ago. He still makes his home Williams is r a native of Georgia, around the country. in that state in the coastal city who joined the For such a program to have any real benefit, of Pass Christian. Pedersen joined SIU in New York it would have to be extended to much of the ton­ the SIU in New Orleans on May City on August nage now serving the nation's maritime nd'eds. 23, 1941 and sails in the deck de­ 22, 1947, just a And further such tonnage would have to be given partment. day after Rockke a degree' of protection against runaway AmericanMacDonald, who also sails on Headquarters again wishes took his oath of owned shipping and other cut-rate foreign comi deck, is a Minnesota native who petition. obligation. Wil­ to remind all Seafarers that has settled in warmer climes, in liams lives in i. i. 4 payments of funds, for what­ New Orleans. He joined the Union New York and THIS ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOG CONT4INS AN ACCOUNT in New York on September 18, ever Union purpose, be made sails in the en­ of the single-handed crossing of the North Atlantic by Seafarer 1949. He's 28 years old. gine department. only to authorized A&G repre­ Olavi Kivikbski. Some of the brothers who have bounced across Mesford » » t sentatives and that an official He's 46 years of that part of the ocean in an empty Liberty can appreciate what it There's a saying that nobody in age. Union receipt be gotten at that means to take on the Atlantic iii a 30-foot sailboat, without anybody California ever comes from Cali­ Harvey Mesford, the reading fo split UP watches with. time. If no receipt is offered, fornia, and looking at the roster clerk, comes from nearby Port Fortunately, despite some narrow escapes Brother Kivikoski was able be sure to protect yourself by at the last San Francisco ineeting Angeles, Washington. He was to make it- all the way home to Finland without damaging himself or immediately bringing the mat­ seems to confirm that belief. The bom in the northwest state on his boat. recording secretary, William May ter to the attention of the sec1925 and joined the Union We certainly think that Brother Kivikoski's accomplishment is O'Connor, comes originally from in New York on July 8, 1946. He retary-treasureir's office. quite a noteworthy , one, something that wont be duplicated very -Massachusetts,, while .th»-reading' sails In the deck department. ' often. Seafarers should find it ai^ interesting stor^ ^ r -fek' A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE DEVIOUSl» CONSPIRATORIAL manner In which the Communist waterfront section operates is the strange behavior of Harry Bridges and his cohorts in the coming elec­ tion for stewards department men on West Coast ships. The election is scheduled to start on February 10 with the two rivals on the ballot being .the Marihe Cooks and Stewards-AFL, affiliated with the SIU of North America, and the Communist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. In recent months, when it seemed to all water­ front observers that the NUMC&S was falling apart under pressure from the AFL and revolt from within. Bridges jumped into the picture with a "stewai'ds department" that he organized in his longshore union. This is according to the standard Communist procedure on or off the waterfront. When one organization Is exposed for what it is, the Communist Party invariably pops up with an­ other outfit that has a different label attached to the same purposes. This was immediately recognized by MCS-AFL and other SIU af­ filiates who lost no time in tagging the new "stewards union" as just another piece of the same old Communist waterfront cdnspiracy. It was generally agreed by all that the new "stewards union" or Local 100 as Bridges chose to call it, was around simply to pick up the pieces once the NUMC&S fell apart. Strategy Switch Now, however, it appears there has either been a switch in the strategy or a falling out among the partners of the Bridges-Bryson axis. For with the National Labor Relations Board ordering an elec­ tion on the West Coast ships. Bridges Local 100 attempted to get on the ballot. When that move failed, his front men told the stewards that they should vote no-union rather than choose between MCSAFL and the NUMC&S. This is a typical Communist tactic that is used when the Communists are unable to get their oar in a situation. In this Instance, Bridges on the surface is working at cross-purposes with his own junior partners out on the West Coast. In any event, the objective seems to be to confuse the men who sail for a living in the stewards department on West Coast ships—a Communist maneuver that has been used time and again whenever they find that they don't have 100 percent control over a situation. Any way you look at it, it appears that the only hope West Coast stewards have for wriggling out of the grip of the Bridges-Bryson axis would be to vote for the MCS-AFL in the coming election. That ^ay they would be assured of solid support all the way down the line on any of their beefs because the ships would be AFL from top to bottom with the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen covering the deck and engine departments respectively. $1 Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts �J;,-' '•'.••• V • .• jy IfefcWry »» 1054 SEAFARERS LOG I. Pare'-Fiv* AFL Trounces ILA In Puerto Rico Election In its biggest waterfront victory to date, the American Federation of Labor's Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association administered a sound trouncing to the old ILA when longshoremen and checkers in Puerto Rico voted AFL by close to two to one. In elections covering San Juan, Ponce and other island ports the AFL got Authoritative reports were that the luctantly entered into an agree­ 3,343 votes to 1,733 for the ILA had spent the greater part of ment to discontinue such practices. At top, Joe DeBarl (center) receives congratulations of rival candi­ dates and fellow longshoremen after winning election as AFL-ILA shop steward on Pier F, Hoboken. Below, an AFL-ILA picket speaks to a group of longshoremen outside the United Fruit Company pier on North River. A strike for recognition of the AFL-ILA steward on the pier was successful. ILA. A separate election for check­ ers gave' the AFL 227 votes, the ILA 146. The results mean that the AFL v.'ill be the official bargaining agent for nearly 8,000 longshore­ men and checkers for the entire island of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican victory, which could well mark a turning point In the AFL's fight oh the docks, over­ shadowed several fresh successes achieved by the AFL in the port of New York. These include a portwide movement for election and recognition of AFL shop stewards, despite opposition from the steve­ dores and the old ILA, and the signing- of a stipulation by the old ILA promising not to interfere with, threaten, or otherwise dis­ criminate against AFL men work­ ing on the docks. The ILA, rocked back on its heeis by the stunning Puerto Rican de­ feat, made some feeble gestures toward protesting the election, but waterfront observers did not take them seriously. Teddy Gleason, general organizer for the old ILA, admitted that the ILA was ready to protest even before it knew what the results were, and further con­ ceded that he didn't know exactly what grounds the protest would be based on. Evidence of the importance of the Puerto Rican vote was shown by the fact that Gleason, and ILA President William Bradley both flew to Puerto Rico in an unsuc­ cessful attempt to swfng the vote. its remaining funds on its Puerto Rican bid. Won Both Areas Particularly significant about the AFL victory was the fact that the island was split up into two areas for the voting, San Juan and sur­ rounding ports, and Ponce ahd its nearby ports. Under such circum­ stances the AFL had to win in both areas to win the island, which it did handily. In New York, the AFL-IL'A was pressing ahead its drive for the election and recognition dl AF.LILA shop stewards on every pier v/here AFL-ILA men are working. The drive led to walkouts when stevedoring companies refused to recognize AFL shop stewards. Walkouts at Pier 25 North River, and Pier F,- Hoboken, were success­ ful in winning the AFL's demands. To date the AFL has held elec­ tions for shop stewards for both longshoremen and checkers at over 40 piers, and the new union is pressing for representation at every pier in the harbor so as to be able to process grievances on behalf of AFL-ILA members. A less spectacular, but equally important development took place at the regional offices of the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board in New York City. Here ILA Presi­ dent Bradley admitted that the old ILA had been guilty of threatening longshoremen with loss of jobs, pensions and welfare rights for supporting the AFL-ILA. As a result, the old ILA has re- 'Abolish 50-50' Gov't Commission Asks J'H-' m 'I WASHINGTON.—The recommendation of last month's maritime union conference for a hew 100-percent rule requiring all Government cargoes to be carried on US-flag vessels has been countered by a suggestion of a special Presidential eco­ nomic commission that the present "50-50" law and similar laws be scrapped altogether. The proposal by the sea un­ ions, advanced as part of a fore the Commission on Fd'reign The portion of the report on In joining the Opposition to the aerious program for the re­ Economic Policy, headed by indus­ "Merchant Marine Policy" urged "50-50" principle, the Randall vival of the declining US shipping trialist Clarence B. Randall, issued the repeal of all preference for American-flag shipping in US Industry, came just four days be­ its report on January 23. laws dealing with the carriage of shipments financed by loans or vouft. .ANfi prnvaeGES AS.. grants of the Federal Government 5IU M£N ARE .OUAgANhED BV and its agencies. It recommended voyR cONsrtrunoN, wis ffA.-. that "support sufficient to main­ .TURE (5 to ACOUAB'jr tain a merchant marine adequate yCKj V^ITH'THESE fiiOHTS AfiO ERIVllEOeS. to our national requirements be provided by Hirect means, such as those provided for iinder the Mer­ chant Marine" Shipping Act of 1936." From Article XVH Provides Subsidies 'This Union may publish pam­ The commission presumably re­ phlets, journals, newspapers, ferred to the various construc­ magazines, periodicals, and gen­ tion subsidies, operating subsidies and income tax benefits' conferred eral literature, in such mcmner as by the Act. The "50-50" law now mdy be determined, from time to under Bre, adopted by Congress in time, by a majority vote of the 1949 after a vigorous campaign membership." spearheaded by the SIU, provides that 50. percent of all US aid car­ goes be moved on US-flag vessels. It has come under attack ever since its adoption by both foreign shipping interests and domestic groups, who were eager to mini­ On the beach and on the ships the mize the scppe of the US shipping industry. . » SlU membership is fully informed Supporters of the "50-50" legis­ of the goings-on in the organiza­ lation successfully resisted efforts tion through Its bi-weekly 28in last year's (Congress to remove page newspaper. -Booklets' on the proviso from several aid bills, various educational subjects drB but only after a long, hard fight. As a result, the Pakistan wheat also published from time to time. bill, a $4.5 billion military and economic aid program for US al­ lies and a bill for $100 million in famine relief for friendly • nations each,, included the. coptroversal "50-50" clause. TOU and Me MW CONSmUTMN Commission declared that "a large part of the foreign commerce of the United States always has been carried in foreign vessels," and urged that any determination of the active merchant fleet require­ ments of the US take account "of the availability of foreign vessels." iSbipping Poo! To support its view, it noted that "during World War II, the services of the merchant ships of our allies were available . to us through the operation of an interAllied shipping pool. Participation in the carriage of US foreign com­ merce is an important source of dollar earnings to the foreign mar­ itime nations." However, a dissenting report, filed by commission member David J. McDonald, head of the CIO United Steelworkers and the only labor representative on the 17-man group, declared: "It is not dis­ puted that'the US should have an adequate merchant marine for the national defense and to develop and maintain its foreign and do­ mestic commerce . . . (however) the report of the commission deal­ ing with this important matter is not only inadequate to accomplish these objectives, but if its provi­ sions were implemented, our mer­ chant marine would be weakened." McDonald urged against any "substantia] reliance" on foreign ships to carry on US foreign trade, and called for the "establishment and maintenance of a merchant (Continued 0E( page 17). ^ The agreement will be given force of law by a court order and will be posted on all piers. It means that the old ILA will no longer be per­ mitted to check books of men on the piers, threaten them in any way or prevent them from work­ ing. In addition, it will not be per­ mitted to shut down any pier be­ cause-AFL men are working there, or threaten longshoremen with loss of pension and welfare rights. Fur­ ther, it can in no way interfere with longshoremen who want to join the AFL or put pressure on steve­ doring outfits to discriminate against AFL-ILA men. . Finally, the AFL-ILA has been making progress among other (Continued on page 1.7) Tramp Co's Suggest Ship Transtefrs A new plea for Government aid has been made by representatives of US tramp shipowners at a Wash­ ington meeting with the Federal Maritime Board. Spokesmen for the American Tramp Shipowners Asso­ ciation declared that unless Gov­ ernment aid was forthcoming they would have no alternative but to ask permission to transfer to foreign flag operation. For the past year, tramp ship­ owners have been pushing in Washington for some form of Gov­ ernment operational subsidy through the Tramp Shipowners As­ sociation. Their efforts have not met with success thus far, since it would require a major amendment of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act to include them under the operat­ ing subsidy. Now the tramp shipowners claim that because of the decline in avail­ able cargo they are being pushed to the wall and are unable to com­ pete with foreign operators. The shipowners' spokesmen in­ dicated that th.ey would prefer per­ mission to transfer to a foreign flag to any form of Government sub­ sidy. However, it's not expected that the Government would ap­ prove wholesale transfers of USflag ships at this time. Throw fit For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any otlier post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as, the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices''can do so. The Union also welcomes discussions, suggestions and motions on the business before the meeting. •\ I ^1 ••-.4.1 ,1 •4i �SMAPAMMRS IPG VebnuuT f, 1M4 Vacofion Plan Starts 3rd Yr, SIU NEWSLETTER • te. from WASHINGTON Although the special law authoridhg sale of US war-built ships ex« pired back on January 15, 1951, and despite the position of the Ameri­ can shipping industry against reopening this law for the benefit of foreign nations, the Elsenhower administration Is all set to attempt to reopen the authorization so as to allow foreign countries to buy some moi'e US-flag ships. As a starter, the Department of Defense, State, Commerce, and the Bureau of the Budget have about decided to throw their weight behind the move to sell 12 US-flag C-1 type ships to Brazil for use In the coast­ wise trade of that nation. What happened is this: first the Depart­ ment of Defense was prevailed upon to adopt the view that this partic­ ular sale would not be adverse to the defense of the US. However, one thing seems sure. If the law Is reopened In this case, there also will be efforts made to authorize sales to other foreign coun­ tries. In the past couple of years, the Commerce Department, which would administer the law, if reopened, has taken the position that it was op­ posed to allowing further sales of war-built ships thereunder. However, approached on the subject. Commerce now says that "We believe that under the particular circumstances of this case, the projected sale of this type of merchant vessel Is desirable In the Interest of the foreign policy of the US." rl'-^ X.-X. ' ftk" &-• '• S','- Cv.-.,, KB i has already paid out $3 million and appears likely to keep up that pace for many years to come. Payments first began on February 11,1952. The revolutionary Vacation"^ • Plan, guaranteeing vacation Plan, which pays up to $140 per tion check for $126, on July 3, year, a Seafarer has to apply with­ 1952, which put the total over the pay to Seafarers solely on the in one year of the payoff date of million-dollar figure. By the end w r- \% ! >:•. •' :.• t: I I,';'' f m. I VN- • K-- .5^' .•.' TO:'- 4 4.. " The Elsenhower administration is considering a policy that It Is to the advantage of the US to raise labor standards throughout the world. start of Yacacion Plan payments In New York two years aro sa,w this croup of Seafarers happily Toward this end, the Republicans may adopt a program under which wayinc their vaeation checks in headauarters. no tariff concessions would be granted on products made by workers Winding up two years of payments to Seafarersmext week, the pioneer SIU Vacation Plan receiving wages which are sub-standard In the exporting countries. basis of time worked aboard SIUcontracted ships, set the pattern for similar vacation set-ups nego­ tiated in the industry soon after the SIU led the way. Prior to that "time, seamen could collect vaca­ tion money only if they worked a specified length of time for one company. The SIU Plan made it possible for Seafarers to receive vacation pay whether they worked for one company or a hundred. Under the rules of the Union" set-up, which is administered joint­ ly by Union and shipowner trus­ tees, Seafarers qualify for vaca­ tion payments after only 90 days worked on SIU ships. In order to receive the full benefits of the his oldest discharge. Vacation Plan funds are maintained solely by operators' contributions ,of 65 cents per man per day into a cen­ tral fund. Payments are made di­ rectly by the Union. The enthusiastic response of Seafarers to the Vacation Plan was instantaneous once payments be­ gan and it )vas obvious that the operation was simple and devoid of red tape. Over $100,000 was paid out in the first week of oper­ ation. Less than five months later, pay­ ments passed the million-dollarmark, when Seafarer John Moose" Spring collected a vaca- Sll COMMITTEES AT WORK I I t-. It's an annoyance on any job when one 4)i the gang takes ad­ vantage of the rest of the working force and makes himself disagree­ able, but it becomes even more of a nuisance on board a ship where men have to live with each other after working hours. It's not un­ common . then, for charges to be brought in such cases where a man's shipmates have found their work affected .and other difficul­ ties arising because one of the crew just isn't holding up his end. One such case arose aboard an Isthmian ship. The difficulties be: I gan on sailing day when the Seafarer in ques­ tion asked the chief electrician for time off until noon. The re­ quest was read­ ily granted, but instead of re­ turning at noon Albanese as promised, the man came back at 2 PM. When th9 chief electrician re­ marked that they would have to . get together on the amount of time off taken, the accused Seafarer declared he would take tipe \ pS whenever and ^herdVer he •' and thet the chiei coiild not do anything about it. Subsequently, the crew charged, new difficulties arose with the ac­ cused Seafarer attempting to throw his weight around and brow­ beat other members of the engine department, by threatening to bring them up on charges. When the ship hit port, the ship's delegate reported this state of Affairs to the boarding patrol­ man. Upon being confronted, the Seafarer threatened to "get" the chief electrician fur his statements. Charges were filed under two headings, neglect of duty to the detriment of the Union agreement, and refusal to co­ operate with Uni 0 n representa­ tives. The trial was heard by an elected commit­ tee consisting of R. Albanese, B. Barnes, H. LibBames by, A. Griffith and A. Mosher. The committee decided it would be best for the sake of all con­ cerned if the Seafarer in question were kept off Isthmian ships for a period of a year so that renewed /rictton would not arise. They also fined him. and suspended him for three months for his infractions. ^ of its first year, the Plan had paid out $1.8 million directly to the 'membership. Today, the Plan continues to function smoothly, with Seafarem receiving same-day service on va­ cation appllcatior.0 filed in head­ quarters and payment within a week in any outport. The use of specially-purchased accounting and calculating machinery plus a train­ ed staff geared to handle the flow of vacation applications has been able to maintain the same efficient service with which the, Plan was first inaugurated. Although the Plan was actually negotiated in May, 1951,. when agreement was reached with con­ tracted operators, and the Plan went into effect the following month, payments did not begin for eight months, until February, 1952. The delay was due to the necessity, at the time, to obtain the approval of the now-defunct Wage Stabilization Board . «and other Government agencies for' the Plan, as well as the need to build a fund with which to meet the anticipated rush of applications. Midway between the negotiations and the start of payments, in Octo­ ber, 1951, the maximum vacation payment was raised from $115 to the preseift $140, when the oper­ ators' contributions were negotiat­ ed upwards from 35 cents per man per day to 50 cents. This was boosted once more, in November. 1952, to 65 cents per man per day in order tq, build up a larger reServe. An unusual feature of the Plan is a clause enabling a Seafarer's widow or other beneficiary to col­ lect all vacation pay due In 'the event of his death. This is in addi­ tion to the full $2,500 death bene­ fit for the beneficiaries of Seafar­ ers under the Welfare Plan. . Correction On Trials Report The trials and appeals re­ port had an error in it which listed K-40-as the book num­ ber of a Seafarer who went on trial in Baltimore October 22, 1953. Brother Donald Kissel, who Carries book K-40, wishes it- to be known that he was not the Seafarer on trial. The •correct book number for the accused Seafarer is K-49. t 4 t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Recently, US tramp shipowners came to town to discuss their plight with Government officials. Their plea for Government aid In the form of subsidy has fallen on deaf ears, and there simply Is no chance that this Is in the offing for many years. In the meantime, many of the tramps are threatening to transfer their ships to foreign registry. Until relations between the General Accounting Office and the De^ partment of Commerce are smoothed out as to provisions of law relat­ ing to subsidy for shipbuilding, it is not likely that many ships will be built for the American merchant'marine. Having in . mind the troubles between these two Government agencies over the fixing of construction subsidies on the passenger liners built wltLln the past couple of years, there Is a growing element in Congress to nail this down legislatively to avoid future disputes. In any event, one thing is clear, namely, that many US ships, cargo and passenger, are becoming obsolete, and replacements might be or­ dered soon if this stumbling block is removed. Once again, the Military Sea Transportation Service soon will be called before Congressional Committees to explain why it should be in competition with private American shipping lines. Here's a quick run down on the joint military .transportation service: The total expense of operating MSTS last year was $700,006,355. Tariff rates for the movement of cargo and passengers were fixed at the beginning of the year by MSTS and the Departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force were billed each month for services rendered to them. MSTS says that last year this procedure brought In Incorhe of some $4,000,000 more than expenses. On June 30, 1953, MSTS was operating a fleet of some 580 vessels and craft, of which 259 were Government-owned and assigned to the permanent custody of MSTS as its nucleus fleet. In addition 321 other US merchant^vessels were operated by private companies for MSTS under contract. MSTS insists that more than 84 percent of the dry cargo was handled in ships operated by private shipping companies for account of MSTS. Ships of its own nucleus fleet, MSTS says, handled only about 16 percent of the tonnage and in many cases this tonnage, according'^ to MSTS, was required for spedlal projects and on routes where privately-operated shipping could not be utilized for various reasons. At the end of the year there were about 14,206 civilian marine per­ sonnel and approximately 9,767 naval personnel serving afloat on MSTS ships, as well as 2,804 civil service personnel and 1,298 naval personnel assigned to various shore activities. The above Is In addition to the 32,000 merchant marine personnel employed In commercial ships carry­ ing MSTS cargo. Here's a quick run-down on the first preliminary report submitted by the Potter Special Subcommittee to study Maritime Subsidies. This subgroup believes (1) that there should be a major-review of the con­ struction subsidy features of the 1936 Shipping Act; (2) that the private financing bill passed last year (allowing up to 90% loan guarantee by the Government) was not sufficiently considered at the last session, has flaws that should be remedied, and that further hearings should be held so that the Commerce Department can report on Us experience with the new'law, and bankers, insurance companies and other financial In­ stitutions and the shipping Industry can thoroughly state their views and make recommendations; (3) that the policy of American-flag partlclpatloa in Government aid programs (the 50-50 shipping proviso) should be -written into basic law which would be applicable to all pro­ grams providing for Government financing of overseas cargoes or pas­ sengers; (4) that competition of the Military Sea Transportation Service Is becoming critically serious aiid that It be clearly defined; (5) that (^ongress shoqld give early^onslderatlon of all operating subsidy mat­ ters, including the question of trqmp subsidies; and (6) that there should be constant Congressional vigilance In the matter of unjust foreign discrimination against American-flag shipping. ^ A .r. .'-'C . �rebiTMiT 5, 1954 SEAF^jlltEJtS XOG ^;'.' ^5: : EISENHOWER BUDGET ASKS ?65i/2 BILLION—President Eisen­ hower last week sent to Congress the first "all-Eisenhower" budget not Influenced by measures left over from the Truman administration. In it the President estimated income for fiscal 1954-55 would be $62.7 billion as against an outlay of $65.6 billion or a deficit of $2.9 billion. There are reports, however, that Congress intends to slash some of the appropriations even further and get the budget much closer to being balanced for the fiscal year. MSTS Requests Fifty Million $ For New Ships ' Ihivi' Seveii Affiliates Scan Union Operations II :l The Military Sea Transportation Service has* put in a request for Congressional approval for con­ struction of four all-weather cargo ships for Arctic waters'at a cost of about $50 million. The four ships 4" PRISONERS OF WAR FREED—For the first time since hostiiities would be designed for year-round operations in northern waters. It began in Korea in June, 1950, is presumed they would be used for there are no more prisoners of supply of the. Thule, Greenland, war for either side. Reluctant at air base and other northern instal­ first to take its UN soldier-sym­ lations which are at present sup­ pathizers, the Chinese Reds finally plied by ships only during the open changed their minds and decided to water season. take the 21 American, one Briton. It has been the practice up until • and 325 South Korean POWs who now for the Government to break were pro-Communists and who out several Victory ships each asked to be used as "peace fight­ spring for use on the Thule sup­ ers." Earlier, 22,000 anti-Commu­ ply line. These ships have special­ nist prisoners were released by the ly-strengthened bows so they can Indian custodians and rode joy­ contend with ice conditions that ously into UN lines. Many Chinese are encountered in northern waters soldiers got heroes' welcomes all year. The ships have been when they landed in Formosa after chartered by the Government to their release. private outfits for this operation. 4> 4> ^ Paul Hall, secretary-treasurer of the SIU, left, points out some of Presumably, MSTS is planning COFFEE BEAN NO HAS-BEEN to replace the Victorys on these the Union's operational procedures to representatives of other SIU —In greater demand thah ever, rims with ice-breakers that can of NA affiliates. Vincent Malone, president of the Marine Firemen, coffee is bringing its top price Mrs. Theodore Seifert rips up make headway under the most dif­ Oilers, and Watertenders Union, center, and Captain John Fox of around the world because of short­ photo of her son with 21 other ficult of conditions. the Inland Boatmen's Union listen with interest. ages of stocks in the coffee center POW's sticking with Reds. of the world—Brazil. Frost, blight and pests, and excessive demands by the world's populace are held responsible. The coffee bean is threatening to bring a top price of $1.25 a pound to consumers who want their caffein hot in the morning, noon and night. Growers predict it will take about two years to get Experiments with a gas-turbine propulsion system are included in Federal Maritime back to full, pre-frost, production before the price will tumble to Board plans for conversion of Liberty ships into high-speed freighters. The gas turbine within easy reach of every man's silex. Cos Turbine Liberty Planned 4 4 4 BRICKER AMENDMENT BATTLE—Senator John W. Bricker's pro­ posed amendment to the Constitution hmiting the treaty-making powers of the United States Government came under fire late last month by administration opponents of the measure. At the present time it ap­ pears as if'the bill will be defeated as it is designed to make inopera­ tive all treaties which deal with matters reserved to the states unless approved by the state legislatures, and to give Congress the power to "regulate" all executive agreements with foreign nations. The bill was looked ^pon as an open conflict between the Eisenhower wing of the Republican party and the Old Guard. 4 t BIG FOUR MEET IN. BERLIN—The Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers is meeting for the seventh time since the conclusion of ho.stilities in World War II, this time in the divided city of Berlin. Out • of six previous meetings the nations agreed on only one point—^peace treaties for Italy and Germany's Balkan satellites. Top item on the agenda of the current talks is the settlement,of the German situation, with many other topics due to come under review during the course of the meetings. The West plays host for the flrst and third weeks of the sessions, with the East playing host in the intervening week of dis­ cussions. engine room will be installed in one of four Libertys out of the reserve fleet that is slated for makeover as part of an experimental program to bring Gas turbines are the newest kind Juel oil. Further, the engine has propulsion systems, and have only two moving parts, simplifying the Government reserve fleet of been used in only a few instances maintenance problems. up to scratch. Each of the other three vessels will have a different type of propulsion. One of them will have steam turbines installed, the sec­ ond geared diesels, and the third diesel-electric drive. At present, Libertys are powered by reciproacting engines and low pressure boilers capable of developing ten knots when fully loaded. The con­ versions aim to get the speeds up to 18 or 19 knots. Announcement of the new pro­ gram was made by E. C. Upton, Jr., a member of the Federal Mari­ time Board at a meeting in New York. on ocean-going ships. One Dutch tanker and the British tanker Auris have been operating with gas turbines with apparently suc­ cessful results. At one time during World War II, the old Maritime Commission planned a gas turbine job in a Liberty, but the ship was later com­ pleted as a conventional vessel. The advantage claimed for a gas turbine are several. For one, it is cor siderably smaller than conven­ tional marine engines, giving more cargo space. There is very littie vibration and the engine can oper­ ate on cheaper grades of heavy YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Can Co-op Houses Help You? ^ The big problem thiJ year for a Seafarer with a family —as for all wage-earners—is the current big increase in rents. In the past three years the price of shelter has gone up more than any other living expense. Since 1950, average yents for the country have risen over 17 per cent. They have gone up se,ven per cent in just the past year and are. conti^puing to rise each month. Unfprtunately, they are going to go up even more. Only a few cities now have any semblance of rent control left. This is a real squeeze for a moderate-income family. You can cut down on clothing. and other expenses, but yop still have to have a roof over your head. Union Sponsorship Some unions and other public-spirited groups have sought to help their own members and other people in the community by building cooperative apartment houses. For example, in New York the American Veterans Com­ mittee is sponsbring a co-operative to build two 13-story buildings which will have 300 apartments. In your own city you may have noticed such cooperatives being ad­ vertised. In this period of rising rents, „ cooperative apartment buildings have shown some .savings. But if you ere seeking a decent apartment at a moder­ ate price, you should understand that there are two kinds of apartment co-ops. One kind is a genuine co-op. A group of families itself Initiates and controls construction on a non-profit basis, often under the sponsorship of a union, a state or city housing agency, or a committee of civic-minded people. ' The second type—called Section 213 apartments—4tre built by commercial developers who then sell them to individual families. When the developer is through, the tenants take over the management, of the building. In either type of co-op, you buy shares in the corpora­ tion that owns the building^and this "down jiaymenf'^generaiiy amounts to $1,000-$3,000; depending on the number of rooms, location and quality of .the building, and whether more of the cost of the apartment has been hidden in the monthly carrying charges or included in the down pay­ ment. . _ ^ As shown by Queensview, the New York housing de­ velopment, and other co-ops, the true non-profit co-op offers much the better value. In Queensview, a new group of buildings requires a down payment for a five-room apartment of $2,650, and carrying charges including light, gas and heat, of $81-90 a month. It may be a problem to raise that much down payment, but it's worth it in the long run to achieve that comparatively moderate monthly charge for a large apartment. However, the natural advantages of cooperative build­ ing and management provide enough n.argin so even the "213" co-ops may be comparatively reasonable despite the speculative developer's profit. *"The hidden joker in many of the "213" co-ops is that some builders make an extra profit by renting the land to the cooperative rather than selling it outright. Another risk, is that the builder may cut the quality of the building. Section 213 buildings must meet certain FHA standards, but these were set low to encourage lowpriced building. The commercial developers also often underestimate the 'carrying charges to attract buyers. When the tenants took The unit is powered by the hot gases resulting from the burning of fuel. The gases are directed through a "windmill" which con­ sists of vaned wheels mounted on a shaft. As the gases hit the vanes, they have the same effect that wind has on the blades of a wind­ mill. The turning of the wheels also turns the shaft transmitting power to the propeller. • Use of diesel-electric drive or other diesel drives would also be somewhat of a novelty on US ocean-going vessels where steam power has been the rule through the years. WritteH exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying over one big "213" development recently they found they had to raise their rents 18 percent to cover real operating costs. Roger. Schaelfer, executive secretary of the United Housing Foundation, (a civic organization that sponsors CQrops) suggests families shopping apartment co-ops use , these yardsticks to measure the value of a co-op: • Who is behind the building: a non-profit organization or a speculative builder? If a private builder, what is his past record? • Is the builder charging the cooperative too much for ground rent? A lawyer could find out how much he orig. inally paid for the land. • Is the quality of the building good? Judging this is a problem, because the speculators generally sell the apart­ ments before the building is completed. Mr. Schaeffer sug­ gests that a group of prospective buyers get together and fiire a competent appraiser to report on the quality of the specifications and the value. Is the builder willing to supply all the desired information on specifications and quality of material, as he should? Is there any guarantee of the quality of construction? • Are the rooms good size and laid out well? If the apart­ ments are not completed ask to see the plans and judge them yourself. Families interested in apartment co-ops can get a book­ let from the United Housing Foundation, 370 Lexington Ave., New York, called "What Every Cooperator Should know," for 25 cents. And if there are any genuine non-profit Co-ops being planned in your area, it may be worth it to you to get on the waiting list, in view of the inexorable rise in rents. �SEAWARERS ..-K. -.: Labor Sfudy Abroad Open To Seafarers - St CASH BENEFITS An opportunity for one year's study at Ruskin College, Oxford, and Coleg Harlech, Wafes, is again open to Seafarers and members of other US unions. The Institute of Interna,tional Education is now ac­ cepting scholarship applica­ Coleg Harlech in 1952. Larkin Is now attending the New York State tions at its offices, 1 East 67th School for Industrial and Labor Re­ Street, New York 21, NY, for the four scholarships Involved. In previous years, two Seafarers have' won such awards. Seafarer Irwin Suall, who had served as an organizer on Isth­ mian ships and as a member of the Union's pub­ licity committee during the 1946 general strike, ^ SuaU won a Ruskin Scholarship for the year 1948. Sea­ farer Ed Larkin won an award for Navy To Take Mariner For Cargo Service :f- i'f I I i I I; CV-. : K'.. t. • IKI; IT; 1 WASHINGTON—At least one, and possibly more of the Govern­ ment's new Mariner cargo ships will be converted for Navy use. The Maritime Administration an­ nounced that it had asked for bids on the Evergreen Mariner, now un­ der construction in San Francisco, for conversion into a cargo attack vessel. Announcement of the conversion plan is indication that the Govern­ ment is giving up on the idea of selling the Mariners to private in­ dustry for commercial use. Despite energetic efforts by the Maritime Administration, only three of the 35 Mariners afloat or being built have been sold to a private com­ pany, Pacific Far East Lines. The company will use the ships in the long-haul Far East trade. Previously, the Maritime Admin­ istration had contemplated convert­ ing the Mariners into Navy refrig­ eration ships, but that idea was given up as too costly and imprac­ tical. For the time being, the.Govern­ ment plans to put all Mariners into lay-up, but those plans may be al­ tered if it proves feasible to con­ vert them to Navy use at a reason­ able cost. lations at Comeil University, Ithaca, NY. Labor Relations Work Both the Ruskin and Coleg Har­ lech awards are open to members of US trade unions between the ages of 20 and 35 years of age. The work is on the college level and deals with various phases of labor relations. The three Ruskin awards are for a branch of Oxford Univer­ sity. Coleg Harlech is an adult education Institute located in Wales. ' . " All the scholarships cover tui­ tion, room and board, but winners have to provide their own transpor­ tation and money for personal ex­ penses over and above basic needs. Scholar­ ship winners are eligible to apply for Fulbright grants from the iiPiiiiilill US Government, which will cover Larkin travel expenses. As far as is known, the SIU is the only union in the US that has had two scholarship winners in its ranks. Information about the schola;rships and application blanks can be obtained from the Institute by writing its New York office. Columnist Takes Frances To PR Seafarers on the Frances (Bull Line) had a well-known passenger aboard during their last round-trip In the person of columnist Westbrook Pegler. Pegler, whose views on unions and union members are well known, got along quite well with the Union crewmembers aboard the ship, according to the crew's reports. He also expressed hiis pleasure with the quality of service offered by the ship's steward department. All accounts were that it was a smooth, uneventful trip for both passengers and crew. Vcknurr S. IfM LOG i: 1 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID To From 1 No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period 11 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer | Total Benefits Paid this Period i II dyS" 1 if y-w /-? WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 1 Uo Hospital Benefits Death Benefits 0£ Disability Benefits / ^oo Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits 4 ooo oo 1 Total II £>0 ' WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY 'VSSf A/o do Hosoital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May I. 1952* Maternity Benefits Paid Since Anril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total 1 * Date Benefits Becao 1 OS 1 1 1 ifS oo oo i ¥St¥Sl7 r II / WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation iiA Sfc Estimated Accounts Receivable Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) » Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS oA oof crol EA ' f WoU 1 J fdJtkiJOdiWm COMMENTSt At this /writing, six (6) people have applied for the four \U) schdlarship benefits to be awarded this year. Of the six ee (3) have taken the written exams and three (3) have E exams to take. The remaining examination dates-are ch 13th and May 22nd* During the year of 1953> a to-tal of oije hundred and sixty (160) death benefits were paid out under the terms of the slan. Also during the year, six hundred and seventy-nine [679) maternity benefits were paid as well as two hundred thirty-three (233) disability benefits. In addition to the bove payments, the Plan paid out 37^jM8pital hinafits. Suhmitted " •• S.Tt. ; Si- \ Al Km, Assistant Administrator • ' •.. and, remember this. • • AU these are yours without cmtdbutmj| #.siii^e nickel on your part—Collecting SIU benei«^ fits is easy;^whe£h^ it's for hoi^itfj, birth, disability tnr death —Yoo ou get flist-fate perera •! serviM immediately throu^ yo^ Union's represmtatives. �rebniaiT I, ItU SEAFARERS Pare ma* LOG Seafarer Receives SlU Disability Benefit At 93 Veteran Seafarer Matt Little, who was still sailing actively as bosun at 83 has been placed on the SIU Disability Benefits list by the trustee of the SIU Welfare Plan at a meeting this week in Welfare Plan head-"^ quarters, 11 Broadway, New led an exciting life at sea climaxed in 1944 when he lost a sec­ York City. ond ship to German bombs and Little, wlio is 93 years of age, toypedoes. The War Shipping Ad­ ministration told him that perhaps he was just a bit too old to ship bosun under severe and dangerous wartime conditions and Little re­ luctantly agreed. Since them he has been living at Sailor's Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York. Started In 1879 At the end of a 4,500 mile, four month journey. Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski is welcomed home by the Since Little started going to sea Mayor of Kemi, Finland, and townspeople. His mother is at the right. in 1879, his experiences antedate Bound volumes of the 1953 is­ sues of the SEAFARERS LOG are the entire history of maritime un­ now being prepared and will be ions in the US. As a matter of fact. delivered shortly for distribution to the ports and for sale to Sea­ farers, libraries, and other groups ! and individuals interested in hav­ ing a fuli record of the year's ac­ tivities. Also available at headquarters are bound volumes for the years After a four-month" trip across the ocean to Finland in his 30-foot sailing 1947 through 1952 for those who want a complete record of all LOG J boat, the turquoise, Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski is back in New York looking for a publications for those years. comparatively soft berth on a bigger kind of craft. Having survived several The price for the volumes has not yet been determined, but the nor­ stiff gales, a conked out"^ yachtsmen and other citizens of tion, he took off at 6 AM, Monday, mal practice is to sell them at ac­ motor, loss of half of his European ports all the- way from January tual cost for the binding. Orders 15. Navigation was diffi­ Holland north, to the final wel­ cult from the start, diie to lack of for the volumes can be handled by water supply, a dislodged come in his home town, ptit a prevailing winds, but he made his mail by writing the SEAFARERS rudder, a dented bow, a couple crowning touch to the voyage. way through Long Island Sound, LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook' lyn. New York. leaving Block Island astern. A fev\ of groundings and some nearStarted Work in March days later he hit his first heavy misses in his solo voyage from Preparations for the eastbound New York to Finland. Kivikoski is crossing began back in March, 1953, (Continued on page 23) not sure now whether he will try when Kivikoski paid off the Wild the return trip next summer. But Ranger and found the Turquoise in it would be no great surprise to a boatyard at City Island, New Matt Little him or anybody else if the bug has York. "The stout-hulled vessel, an Under the Union constitu­ bitten deeply enough for him to oversize dory in shape, was a tion every member attending he just missed being a charter set out for Finland and take his round-bottomed Nova Scotian sail­ a Union meeting is entitled to member of the Sailors Union of the boat back some 4,500 miles to New ing schooner, of a type used by nominate himself for the Pacific,' joining it in 1886, just one York. fishermen in stormy South Atlantic elected posts to be filled at year after the SUP was founded. That the trip was successful in waters. In the course of the trip the meeting—chairman, read­ Subsequently he transferred to the first instance without major she lived up to her reputation as ing clerk and recording secre­ the East Coast and became a mem­ mishaps was a tribute to his thor­ a staunch, seaworthy vessel. tary. Your Union urges yoii ber of the SIU when it was ough preparation and his seaman­ Kivikoski laid out $3,600 for the to take an active part in meet­ founded. ship. His 20 years of experience as ship, spent all of the spring months ings- by taking these posts of It was after 65 years of sailing AB and bosun on the merchant repairing and outfitting the ship service. that Little was torpedoed aboard ships of six nation; (the last six for a voyage. The bottom was And, of course, all members the Christopher Newport, a Cal- years with the SIU), stood him well caulked, and repainted, new rig­ have the right to take the floor mar Liberty ship. He had been on the trip, although his sailing ging and new sails were put up, and express their opinions on torpedoed once during the first ship practice was limited to boy­ more storage space was made by any officer's report or issue World War. hood days on Finland's lakes and ripping out a spare bunk, a second under discussion. Seafarers Under the disability benefit. waters. water tank installed, a new tiller are urged to hit the deck at Little will be eligible for a $25 Completion of the trip was the and sea anchor made and ample these meetings and let their Kivikoski enjoys a bit of sun­ weekly benefit in addition to So­ successful climax of a dream many supplies of food, much of it dehy­ shipmates know what's on cial Security payments received shine on a pleasant summer's years in the making. And the rous­ drated, put aboard. i their mind. from the Government. day. ing receptions he received from' After three months of prepara­ Bound Volumes Of LOG To Be Ready Shortly York-Finland Solo Voyage Stern Test Of Seafarer's Skill 1: Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings Cartoon History Of The SIU The US merchant marine faced a new threat from Washington during the winter of 1948-49. Pushing aside all considerations of the US shipping industry, Marshall Plan chief Paul Hoffman ruled that ship­ ments of US aid cargoes to Europe could be sent in t (u nhyuahipa lie chose, no matter what flagji^ey^flewi; •« ,* . The 'JO-SO' JLair The SIU took the lead in protesting this policy and * received the aid of hundreds of unions from all over the US in a vigorous appeal to Washington. A flood of' telegrams protested the attempt to favor foreign shipping at the expense of th^ US industry, especially . witli. American .goods involved.^ ^ i\ o. SO A compromise was finally reached. Although a bill backed by the SIU, which would have forced at least 50 percent of American cargoes to go in US ships did not pass, a substitute was adopted requiring that 'every effort be made to send atieast 50 percent in US bottoms: -The SlU^adopted a«tand>efi wait-and-see^- �Jc'--' 't--' SEAtARERS LOG P««e 'ifei fc--. .........PORT MtEPOKZS New York: Waterfront Sitnation Slows Port's Stiipping Bothelo. G. B. "Tex" Gillispie, B. C. Slaid, 1. W. Thompson, R. M. Thompson, Mamou Launey, J. F. Capps, Ross Lyle, L. E. Hartline, R. Boyd, T. A. King, Andy Kusch and N. BroderiCk. Several changes have taken place in the Lake Charles Central Trades and Labor Council of -late. A new slate of officers was elected and the delegates voted to move the meeting place to the new build­ ing owned by the Painter's local. We nominate for our seaman of the week, G. B. "Tex" Gillispie. He sails in the deck department and just got back from a trip to Pakistan. Tex says that nowhere else can one find the wages and conditions that are part of the SIU. At present he is sweating out a nice coastwise run before going off on another long trip. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Fort Agent Shipping for the past 9wo weeks continued to be slow. We paid off 14 ships, signed four ships on for­ eign articles and had 17 ships in transit. We also had two ships lay up in the past two^ weeks, the Monroe and Hilton both of Bull. All pay­ offs were handled SIU style with all beefs settled aboard ship. Un­ til the waterfront situation clears up in New York, shipping in this port will continue to be on the alow bell. Ships paying off were the Frances, Monroe, Kathryn and Hil­ ton of Bull; Steel Worker ahd Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Cata­ houla (National Navigation); Seatrains Texas,'Louisiana, New York ft 'ft ft and New. Jersey; Chiwawa of Cities Galveston: Service; Michael of Carras, and the Val Chem of Valentine. Ships Sign On Signing on were the Robin Trent and Robin Mowbray of Galveston has been having a Seas; the Badger Mariner of South Atlantic, and Omega's ship touch of winter weather, but cold spells only last twd or three days of the same name. In-transit vessels vyere the Alcoa down here, then we have the usu­ Reamer of Alcoa; Calmar's Port- al climate with temperatures in the mar, Pennmar and Yorkmar; Sea- 70s. Shipping has been slow, ships trains Savannah and Louisiana; Waterman's Chickasaw, Topa Topa, paying off were the Steel Director (Isthmian), Neva Maiden Creek, Iberville and De West, Bloomfield Soto; Bull's Ines and Show Me and Anne Butler Mariner; Carras' Trinity, Isth­ (Bloomfield). The mian's Steel Surveyor and Steel Neva West and Inventor and the Val Chem of Anne Butler then Valentine. went on idle sta­ We are certainly glad to see the tus. The Luweather break and turn warm for c i 1 e Bloomfield a change, melting all of the snow. (Bloomfield) It has been pretty nasty for the sighed on. Ves­ past couple of weeks. If any of the Miltsos sels in-transit in­ tropic-loving brothers are thinking of coming up to New York for an­ clude the Steel Scientist (Isthmi­ other month or so, they had better an), Ralphel Semmes, Warhawk stay where they are for the weath­ and Bienville (Waterman), Southerman says we still have some Districts (Southern Steamship), Southwind (South Atlantic), Mae snow coming our way. (Bull) and the Seatrains Louisiana, Claude Simmons New Jersey, Georgia and Texas Asst. Sec.-Treas. (Seatrains). t ft On Beach Lake Charles: Men on the beach include E. Tal­ bot, A. Miltsos, W. Stockman, C. Adams, J. Hanks, T. Casey, H. Erickson, H. Byer, b. Vinson, R. W egner, J. Byrd, C. Fritz, L. Wade, E. Wallace, H. Rosecrans, A. Things are running along smooth Manuel, H. Laarge and V. Wilkerhere as far as the SIU is con­ son. Men in the marine hospital cerned, but not too well for the are S. Vincius^ J. Sanches, C. Adrest of labor. More of this later. kins, M. Bennett, D. Patterson, J. Shipping has been fair for the past Markopolo, G. Randell, S. Lyle, two weeks and we expect it to G. Brownell, G. Hudson, N. E. continue this way for the coming Baker and M. Fontentot. two weeks, but we don't advise Keith Alsop any one to come here in expecta­ Galveston Port Agent tion of shipping out quickly. We have enough men to man all the jobs. During the past two weeks we played host to the following ships: Chiwawa, Abiqua, Bents Fort, Gov­ ernment Camp, Lone Jack, Council SIU, A&G District Grove, Fort Hoskins and Winter BALTIMORE Gay St. Hill (Cities Service); and Bull Run Earl Sheppard. Agent 14 .North ftlulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. (Petrol Tankers). Each took a few James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 men, so some of the boys were GALVESTON ... 308>/<i 23rd St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-6448 happy. LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. The AFL Building & Construc­ Agent Phone 6-5744 Dolphin Hot.eI tion Trades Council is still out MIAML Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 9-4791 I South Lawrence St. on strike against the members of MOBILE ..., the local contractors council but NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. some of the'contractors are weak­ Lindsey WtUiams, Agent675 ening. At the end of January one NEW YORK of them broke away and signed NORFOLK .....^llg^'Bank^lst! Ben Rees, Agent -Phone 4-1083 up with the Building Trades Coun­ PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St Ajent Market 7-1635 cil. It looks as if the strong front PORT ARTHm 411 Austin St. the contractor's group has been Don Hilton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. putting up is splintering. When T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5473 one breaks, it isn't long before ^®®' Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . Peiayo 51—La 5 the rest sign up. Sai Coils, Agent Phone 2-5996 Caile MirandriO Among the boys here on the PUERTA LA CRUZ J, iPjRCfPll®'®'* ^®P* Phone pending beach are 0;tto Pedersen (of Missis­ ?» SAVANTMH 3 Abercorn St. Agent Phone 3-1728 sippi faiup^# W., R. .Thompson, A. SEATTLE.-.'. ,2700 lit Ave, Gulf Coast Port Hit By Wintor Woatlior jf'-i |fc It'" t',' 'kI- Febrnary 5', 1984 Cities Service Gives Jleavy Play To Port San Francisco: Bridga's Union Ruled Off Steward's Ballot J. Beye, H. Dellorfano, P. Arthofer, W. O'Conner and J. Parks. Our typical SIU man this week is Roland Parady, who has been a member since 1945, Parady first started going to sea in 1932 when men working on ships were little more than slaves getting a base pay of $37 a month and no overtime. He was a member of the SUP and participated in the 1936 strike. Parady is currently sailing off the West Coast and is now waiting for a ship to the land of Geisha girls. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent The Marine Cooks, and Stewards AFL has been told by the National Labor Relations Board that they will have a vote in February over who will repre­ sent .the stewards on the West Coast ships. Harry Bridges' ILWU had tried very hard to get on ft ft ft the ballot^ but Wilmington: information just received is that, the NLRB ruled Parady the only official union to be on the ballot will be the Marine Cooks and Stewards. Shipping was on .the slow bell The other space will be no union. in this port for the last two weeks. The information I received is that We had no payoffs and po sign-ons, ILWU organizers are telling men but twelve ships came through, to to vote non-union. It seems to me pick up some men. that anyone who would play'Into I guess the warm weather in this the shipowners hands like that is sunny California port has attracted definitely not working for seamen, many oldtimers whom we haven't or any other union man for that seen in a dog's age. Among these matter. If the vote was to go non­ are Ray Queen, George Everett, union, it would leave a large num­ Jack "Two Wire" Touart, "Red" ber o| steward department men on Mackenzie, "Whitey" Yerke, etc. ships without any r,epresentation. Rain? This would be a terrific setback Of course the Chamber of Com­ for all working people in the in­ merce won't like this, but it has dustry. We sure hope the vote goes rained so much here in the last under the AFL banner! two weeks that most of (he mem­ Bridges has said that if his new bership have had to swim to the "steward department", of the meeting. ILWU is ruled off the ballot, he The rave around the port from will accept that decision and get the membership is the .way the out of the field. Off his record in Calmar ships are feeding. It used the past, we "doubt his sincerity. to make a guy's hair turn gray when those ships hit here with all Let's wait and see. the food beefs, but now it's a Shipping Fair pleasure to make those ships. An­ Shipping is fair and it should other case where SIU militant stay about the same. Ships signing action bettered conditions. on were the Gateway City and Thomas J.,Philips is our "Sea­ Madaket (Waterman) and the Lib­ farer of the erty Flag (Gulf Cargo). Vessels'in- Week." A mem­ transit include Steel Artisan and ber of the SIU Steel Traveler (Isthmian), Lafay­ for four years. ette and Fairport (Waterman) and Philips is a trans­ Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ planted M a r ytion). lander who pulled Beefs roots and is now I have been tallying to several homesteading the members on conditions ' aboard West Coast for ship and one of the common beefs the Yokohama Philips is lack of locker space for hanging shuttle. Philips suits, overcoats, etc. Liberty type used to like the India run, but ships seem to have smaller' lockers those Japanese cuties have sold than the Victorys or C-2s. Another him on the Far East. He has beef I hear from some ships is that watched the great changes in the there is always a discussion oh who SIU in his four years and states cleans the recreation room. he would rather be a member of Men in marine hospitals are J. the SIU than any union in the Singer, K. Dao, B. Bobbins, O. Gus- country. Where else, says Tom, tavsen, P. Yuzon, J. Childs, W. can a guy get shipping, conditions, Singleton, W. Timmerman, F. Fon- benefits and representation the way dila, R. Frye, M. Wilson, A. Smith, we do in the SIU? W. Loss, A. Keller and B. Davis. Sam Cohen Old timers on the beach include; Wilmington Port Agent Rain Hits California By The Bncketfnl sm XtALI. OMRMCTOR Y Jeff Gillette; Agent ElUott 4334 TAMPA ...... 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Kay White, Agent Phone 2-1323 Wtt-MINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Al^a Claude Simmons - Joe Volpian WUliam Hall SUP HONOLULU _ PORTLAND FORT W1LL1AM....118'A Ontario PORT COLBORNB Ontario TORONTO. Ontario Syndicate Ave. - Phehe: 3-3221 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 665 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebee. . 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, OnUrio-.....53 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC .113 Cote De La Montague _ Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phones 2-5232 16 Merchant . St. • Phone 5-8777 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 lUCHMOND. CALIF •: 257 5th St. ' Phone 2509 SAN FRANCISCO..,,,.,.450 Harrison St. Great Lakds District Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. .Fletcher Main 0290 Phone: 1338W WILMINGTON . 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. . . . Terminal 4-3131' Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW yORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave., NE STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquariers Phone: Woodward ,1-6857 MONTREAL 634 St James St. West DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 HALIFAX, NJS,..,,,i,,,.128<A HoUis St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 93nd St. • -'J- Phonei 3-8911 Phone: Esses 3-3416 New Orleans: Election Pot Still Boiling In City Big item of interest to New Or* leans Seafarers since the last report was the reelection of Mayor Chet Morrison for a third term in the municipal primary. , The trade union movement took no position in the mayoralty cam­ paign, but did endorse the can­ didacy of Fred Cassibry for com­ mission councilman from District D, which is made up of the 5th, 6th and 7th wards. Cassibry has long been associated with the trade union movement in the capacity of attorney for various local unions, and his candidacy was supported actively in an effort to assure some trade union representation on the New Orleans council, which is be­ ing organized for the first time under terms of a new municipal charter. Cassibry must go into a run-off primary with State Senator Paul Richards, the Morrison-supported candidate for the council seat. At the last meeting in this branch. Seafarers who reside in New Orleans were urged to solicit the support of their friends and families for Cassibry's candidacy. Any men who are at sea and who have friends 'or relatives living in the 5th, 6th or 7th wards were asked to write to them and urge support of the labor-endorsed can­ didate. The second primary will be held March 9, one week after Mardi Gras day. It is likely that many New Orleanians will be home in time to vote in the second pri­ mary, or to cast an absentee ballot since this is the season of the year when New Orleans Seafarers tradi­ tionally hit the beach to participate in carnival festivities. Shipping Fair Shipping has been fair during the last two weeks and business affairs of this port are in good shape. Since the last report we had pay­ offs here aboard the Alcoa Pegasqs (Alcoa), the Del Alba and Del Norte (Mississippi), the Antinous (Waterman) and Northwestern Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). The Pega­ sus and the Del Oro, Del Santos and Del Norte (Mississippi) signed on. Ships in transit included the Al­ coa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Clippdr, and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); the Steel Scientist, Steel Directorand Steel Worker (Isthmian); the Del Santos and Del Oro (Missis­ sippi) the Seatrains New York and Savannah (Seatrain Lines), and the Maiden C)r6ek, Bienville, War Hawk and Wild Ranger (Water­ man). I From the USPHS Hospital here comes news that Duska "Spider" Korolia has been discharged and is doing well after a critical illness. T. M. "Red" Griffith is in drydock for repairs from injuries suf­ fered in a fall. Old-timers in the hospital in­ clude A. Carrano, E. E. Gross, B. Foster, S. Cope, T. Terrington, C. Cobb arid T. Bemsee. Lindsey J. Wiiiiams New Orleans Fort Agent s Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in . a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on aU messages and faster serv­ ice for the men Involved. 7 �Febniary S, 1954 SEAFARERS Pare Eleven LOC PORT REPORTS. Baltimore: Shipping Picks Up; Ore Line Jobs Open Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Mobile: Steel Fa^icator (Isthmian). Welfare Services We have now established our Welfare Services in the Port of Baltimore. Johnny Arabasz han­ dles it and he's ready and willing Shipping in the Port of Mobile to take care of your problems, big for the fast couple of weeks hasn't or small, so fellows, when you're boomed, but it has held steady in the port and have any problems, with one hundred and seventeen don't hesitate to see Johnny. men shipped and about one hun­ The Democratic primaries are dred sent to variou.s relief jobs in now being stepped up in tempo and around the harbor. During and it looks as if it will be a hot this same period of time we reg­ race. It looks like George Ma- istered approximately one hundred honey will not have too much dif­ men in all ratings. ficulty in the primaries and it ap­ Payoffs pears the general election Us well. Ships paying off were the Alcoa Personally, I would like to wish Pennant, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pil­ him the best of luck. grim, Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Runner Hospitals and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoai; Wild We are now in the last stages of Ranger, Claiborne and Fairisle our campaign to have the neces­ (Waterman), and the Southwind sary, monies maintained in the (South Atlantic). budget to keep the US Public Hos­ Signing on were the following pitals for merchant .seamen. So Alcoa ships; Pennant, > Pilgrim, men, don't get lax. Keep sending Puritan and Runner, and the South your letters and telegrams to your Atlantic ship, Southwind. respective Senators and Represent­ In-transit vessels included the atives because^ as you know, this Iberville, Antinous and Bienville is a vital issue to all of us. Even (Waterman); Magnolia Mariner though you may have sent several (Mississippi Shipping) and the Al­ letters previously, keep sending coa Pioneer (Alcoa). them. The more pressure we put Mobile has gotten the first of the on these Representatives, the bet­ Mariner-type ships to lay up. This ter chance we have for success. is the Magnolia Mariner which Oldtimer on Beach went into service for the Missis­ On# of the oldtimers on the sippi Shipping Company about beach here now is Daniel Lippy June, 1953, and made several trips who sails as steward. He is also since then to the Orient. The Gov­ one of our real fine chefs. In his ernment then figured it was too ex­ own words this is what he thinks pensive to operate the Mariners of the SIU:' "We have the best and decided to •place them in moth­ conditions in the maritime industry balls. The Magnolia Mariner is be­ mainly because of the efficiency ing processed and layed up in this and know-all of our officials. At port. We also have several Waterman various times I have worked C-2s in being repaired and figure ashore, due to illness in my family, and through no fault of my own, they will soon be ready to go back and I could never make ends meet on regular runs. These ships in­ during these periods. Here's hop­ clude the Claiborne, Mobilian and ing that these conditions are all Fairisle. We will keep the mem­ behind me and that I can keep bers advised as to when and where sailing with the good old SIU. I these ships will be ready. Your agent has just returned would like to mention the condi­ tions on the Ore ships. I have from the maritime unity council sailed as steward ort them and also called in Washington. DC, where as chief cook and I have never had mutual problems of the maritime any beefs as to the quality of the industry were taken up. The dele­ food. I will say this, that it would gates present included I'epresentmake for better conditions all atives of most maritime union or­ around if this company would put ganizations, both AFL and CIO. on more supplies and if the book The delegates met for the first men who have never sailed on time to discuss problems peculiar them would take an Ore ship for to the shipping industry and steps at least one trip, so that we our­ which could be taken to correct selves would be instrumental in these problems. getting better conditions. I am On Beach sure this can be done with the Ore Some of the oldtimers now on Line the same as was done years the beach include W. Marjenhoff, ago with the Bull Line, Water­ J. Gosse, P. Causey, L. Johnston, man, etc. Here's hoping that the B. Young, M. Nelson, T. Donald­ book men will give this a whirl. son, H. W. Duran, R. Hollinger, R. Steady as she goes, Danny Lippy." Fifthen, S. Langevin, W. Battle, S. Earl Sheppard Stone and F. Speery. Baltimore Fort Agent J Brothers now in the New Or­ Draft Boards Give Seamen Bad Time leans hospitals are Tom Bernsee and Willie Reynolds. Both men expect to be in for a while so don't forget to drop them a line. Well it looks as if the draft boards are still determined to give seamen a rough time. They con­ tinually call up experienced sea­ men for the Army. In addition, they have cancelled all deferments for Seafarers. The boards in this area are even notifying seamen over the draft age who had previ­ ous occupational deferments. The boards claim that these men are subject to draft until the age of thirty-five. It looks as if all that can be done is for seamen to take it up Individually with their draft boards and have each case settled on its own merits. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Eddie Lee Walker, who usually sails out of this port in the rating of electrician. Walk­ er has ' been a member of both the SIU and the old ISU, having started sailing around 1934. He's married, has one Walker child and makes his home on Gill Road in Mobile, near the bay. Walker's favorite sport is boxing and he never misses a card when he's on the beach. He is currentiy waiting on his last ship, the Claiborne, to come out of repair. Walker has been around to see the various gains made by the Union since he started to sea. He believes the vacation plan is the best in maritime. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent , After working on a slow bell for tbe two weeks previous to the last meeting, shipping picked up as we shipped about 252'regular jobs and 50 stand-bys. Don't use this as a barometer because the next two weeks don't look too bright. However we can ifever stop stressifig the fact that we always need more good book men on these Ore Line scows. The members who are taking the jobs are getting favorr able results. Of course, it makes it hard for five or six book men to try to do a job requiring thirty book men, so fellows, come on down and give us a hand on these Ore ships. You will not only be helping yourselves, but the Union as well. Few Beefs We have had very few beefs dur­ ing the payoffs in the last several weeks, although the Strathbay did come in here pretty well fouled up. It seems as though the skipper on that particular Ship either doesn't know the agreement or doesn't care to live up to it. I imagine that the reason for his attitude on this last trip was mainly because he knew the ship was being put on idle status and figured that this disputed over­ Lippy time, meal money, etc., wouldn't have to be paid, but thanks to the good job the patrolman did, everything has been settled to the satisfaction of the crew. We had one beef on the John B. Savannah: Waterman at the payoff, concern­ ing a dinner meal for all hands which is still held In abeyance. This beef would never have come up if the steward "on the previous trip had checked his department Shipping has been fine and is ex­ thoroughly and made sure of the pected to stay that way. The routine work. Because of his laxi­ Southland (South Atlantic) paid off ty, the galley range caught fire, de­ and signed on. Vessels in transit stroying a meal. Of course, the old include Carolj-n (Bull), Seatrain man could have turned the new Savannah and Seatrain New York steward department to on a few (Seatrain), Council Grove (Cities hours overtime and got the galley Service), Southern Districts (South­ squared away, but he and the com­ ern Steamships), Robin Trent (Seas pany maintained that It was the Shipping) and the Southland (South laxity on the part of the previous Atlantic). Oldtimers on the beach steward which caused the condi­ include Roy Nash, J. B. Henley and tion. So fellows, you can readily L. Blizzard. Men in marine hospi­ see that by not doing your job tals are F. W. Grant, B. Richard, properly, what would seem to be a G. W. Wilson, J. Siney, J. Littleton, small beef can turn into somett^ng P. Bland, A. Cohen, J. Smith, J. major. As you all know, we are Kramer, P. Daugherty and R. M. now in the process of negotiation Sullivan. and the better job you do on the Jeff Morrison ship, the easier it Is for your of­ Savannah Port Agent ficials to get better conditions. Let this be a reminder to do your job to the best of your ability. I know that beefs such as these will never come up again. Ships paying off were the Mae, Ines and Evelyn (Bull); Steelore, Shipping Figures January 13 to January 27 Santore, Baltore, Venore and Feltore (Ore); Steel Designer SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. REG. and Steel Surveyor (Isthmian); PORT DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPEI DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. Lone Jack (Cities' Service); Penn3 24 49 13 8 16 Boston 27 6 mar, Oremar, Bethcoaster and 326 62 54 168 52 106 100 New York 118 Yorkmar (Calmar); Albion (Dry17 23 19 59 130 60 42 28 Philadelphia trans); Strathbay (Strathmore); 122 82 296 286 92 81 79 Baltimore 126 John B. Waterman (Waterman); Seacloud (American Mercliant 5 3 35 1 12 1 Itt 11 No^olk Marine). 13 31 60 10 8 23 9 28 Savannah Ships signing on were the Show 4 15 5 6 23 69 22 Tampa 24 Me Mariner, Mae and Ines (Bull);. 117 38 37 42 104 30 Mobile ..................... 52 22 Venore, Steelore, Santore, Baltore 59 179 59 61 and Feltore (Ore); Steel Designer 274 87 96 New Orleans and Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); 23 73 29 21 91 " 37 27 27 Galveston Pennmar, Oremar, Bethcoaster aud 9 30 12 9 56 14 23 19 Seattle Yorkmar (Calniar); John B. Water­ 75 38 • 23 14 116 41 34 San Francisco man (Waterman), 11 6 14 31 85 29 27 29 In-transit vessels were the Bull Wilmington .............. Run (Petrol Tankers); Alcoa Part1,681 421 i ft •35I..U:..; . .3S3J ...UQ3a 659 »t 501 rtSiiir Mboli Shipping Is Good in Sonthorn Port Seattle: Viclory Ships Pay Oil; Shipping On Slow Bell Shipping has been on the slow bell for the past two weeks and it is not expected to pick up very much during the coming two w eeks. Ships paying off were the Coeur d'Alene Victory and Ames Victory (Victory Carriers). The Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo) signed on. Intransit vessels include the Fairport and Madaket (Waterman) and the Massmar (Calmar). On Beach Oldtimers on the beach are W. E. Ellis, O. Oakiey, A. Gurskie and W. E. Harris. Men in the marine hospitals are C. E. Johnson, G. G. Famum, C. E. Dudley, S. Johannessen, R. D. Stough, D. Dwyer. J. Wells and W. K. Gulley. Our Seafarer of the Week is Jack E. Williams who sails as an electrician. He started saiiing SIU in 1946, went with Isthmian as organizer and got his book in 1947. Williams enjoys taking an active part in the Un­ ion. He was re­ cording secretary for the January 27th meeting. Williams Jack says that sailing with the SIU is much dif­ ferent than when he was sailing ISU back in the 20's. He also has a son who became an SIU book member for organizing Cities Serv­ ice. Brother Williams said that he thinks as bad as the ISU was, it served to lay the groundwork for the Union we have today. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent t 4. J. Boston: Million Dollar Damage In Pcriland Pier Fire A three-alarin-fire on January 25 caused nearly SI million damage to a coal wharf in Portland. Me., and at times threatened the whole waterfront. Wrecked in the tower­ ing flames that raged out of control for nearly four hours was the Pocahontas Deep-Water Coal Wharf on Commercial St. Part of the 300foot pier crashed into the bay. Almost the entire Port Fire Depart­ ment wet down nearby piers and buildings in a successful move which prevented the spread of flames. A city fire boat and two Coast Guard cutters attacked the blaze from the sea. The Fire Chief later said that if it weren't for the wind blowing out to sea, there would have been real trouble. Shipping Slow Shipping is still slow in the Port of Boston. Ships paying off and signing on were the Winter" Hill and Bents Fort (Cities Service) and the Carrabulle (National Naviga­ tion). Vessels in transit were the Fairisle. De Soto and Topa Topa (Waterman), Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), Alexandra (Carras), Republic (Trafalgar), Ann Marie (Bull), Carrabulle (National Naviga­ tion) and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping). On Beach s Some of the boys on shore have taken jobs because of the slow shipping. Among the members on the beach are M. Doucette, F. Burns, F. McGuire, A. Fm'tado, and V. Siso. James Sheehan , , Boston Port Agent �P«C« Twelve • IN THE WAKE fc' 1^P'v r 'I' fjW'' %^ f.: i;?'" '1®^- i IPm,.-. life' * '•h'' •. I. • w - ;|' .fi: Kj; rr r -• i:r. IM; •S'?; I&f Ik- In 1847 one of tbe most famous ateamboat races took place be­ tween the Oregon and the Corne­ lius Vanderbilt on New York's Hudson River. At the turning mark the Oregon was just ahead but on the way down the river her coal ran out and the Vanderbilt caught up. Jt was here reportedly that the Oregon's captain resorted to burning all the woodwork on board, by ripping up the decks and stoking the furnaces with expen­ sive and elaborate furniture from the staterooms. The result was that the Oregon finished just 400 yards ahead of the Vanderbilt, but it was a costly victory. SEAFARERS February 5, 1954 LOG MEET mk THE A Mmmm SEAFARER She was an utter failure; her speed was very disappointing and she seldom put to sea. It was many years before the experiment was repeated. ANTONIO SCHIAVONE, Steward Although starting his sailing ca­ destroyer and drydocked in Port­ reer late in life, and having it inter­ land, Maine. Question: Do you have any rupted for a considerable period of Sinkings weren't over in that suggestions how ships can be time. Seafarer Antonio Schiavone year for Tony, which proved to be 4 4-4 made safer? has gotten more than his share of quite a hectic one for shipping as When wine and spirits were first • thrills and chills, as a seafaring well. In August, 1942, while aboard allowed on board British warships Jonathan Chernoble, wiper: the West Chetac of Seas, bound duty-free about 200 years ago, the Safety is just a matter of common man. Growing up around Revere, for Basra, Iran, the ship took a tor­ allotments carried were on a very sense, but one of Massachusetts, where he had been pedo in the side from another sub­ strict basis. A flag officer was al­ my pdt gripes is bom in 1908, Antonio acquired a marine and foundered off the lowed six tuns and so on down a things dropped love for the sea early in life. Liv­ island of Trinidad. The vessel graduated scale, with lieutenants from above to the ing near the sea in his boyhood sank like a rock, with about allowed half a tun. Considering the deck below, es­ days gavsr him an intense desire men going to the bottom with the fact that six tuns amounted to pecially by shore- to sail some day, and 'though it ship. All of the six survivors were more than 1,500 gallons, it was a gangs. They'll was late in coming, he achieved injured, with Tony coming up with wonder some of the ships managed drop a bolt or his purpose and started shipping a broken nose, cuts on his fore­ to carry any armaments at all, with stillson wrench as a merchant seaman in 1936. head and a cut ankle. space being so taken up with 4" 4" 4" down to the deck His early shipping service lasted "arms" of another kind, in the The controversy over Robinson Still In War and think nothing Crusoe's island has raged for over form of "fire-water." of it. Every ship only one trip, however. After sail­ The war hadn't quite ended for ing as a wiper on the Golden 200 years since ihe publication of 4 4 4 should hold safety drills. Sword to Cuba and back with a Tony, however, for he saw more Daniel Defoe's famous story about The track of Columbus' flagship, 4 4 4 of It on the deck of the tug, Black the shipwrecked sailor. On Juan plotted from the journal of his Charles MacDonald, wiper: Go hold full of sugar on the return Rock, off the Normandj: beachhead Fernandez, an island off the coast voyage from Palos, Spain, to the back to the old-type lifejackets trip to the States, Antonio went during June, 1944, when his ship sandhogging around the Boston of Chile, they say Defoe's work Caribbean island on which he land­ which were more was in the thick of battle. Shellarea of his native state. was based on the memoirs of Alex­ ed first, indicates that if he had buoyant than the ings and bombardments were com­ ander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor kept to the course he followed up present models Back To The Sea mon in those days and rare was who lived there for four years. to the first week in October, 1492, and had a light the moment when the vessel wasn't Four years later, however, he re­ But, on the island of Tobago in he would have come upon Florida. and a whistle at­ under fire by enemy guns. turned to his first love and went the Caribbean they say the geo­ But Columbus, who made decisions tached. They can Antonio, who is married and has to sea aboard the Robin Graylock graphical position of Crusoe's about his course as a result of ob­ not see or hear (Seas) in the steward department. three children, two boys and a island corresponds almost exactly serving birds, driftwood and taking you at night with The Robin Graylock was his first girl, has been around the world to Tobago's, that trees, fruits and samples of seawater, allowed him­ the new ones if SIU ship and he's been sailing several times. He ddesn't have any animals mentioned in the book are self to be swayed by the urging of you're ever over Union - contracted vessels ever preference on special runs at this the same and that detailed reports Captain Martin Pinzon and turned the side. Teach a since that time when he decided time, because he says he's seen by 17th century mariners who south. Pinzon's brother Vincente, man how to man to make it a full-time career. An­ all the ports the Union ships sail visited the island were available who also took part in the expedi­ a lifeboat, I mean really. tonio, now shipping as a steward to. Now that he's a married man, to him and were probably utilized tion, later commanded an expedi­ 4 4 4 and chief cook, was on board as he's not so eager for foreign runs by Defoe. Besides, Selkirk's tion o£ his own on which he reach­ Robert Hathcock, AB: When they memoirs are nothing like the novel, ed the coast of Brazil and discov­ fish oil the decks they ought to the vessel nlied its way from New as he was in his single and younger York to South Africa and back, days. He doesn't like the coast­ they add. Still the battle goes on ered the mouth of the Amazon. d 0 something with ore and general cargo in the wise runs, but he says he'll ship with no decision. 4 4 4 about that at holds. anywhere, anytime with the SIU. 4" 4" 4 One of the mysteries of the sea night. Put up Tony has collected vacation It wasn't always a milk run for The first steam man-of-war in is the constant abundance of all some ropes and the world was designed by Robert types of marine life when virtually lights so it is safe Tony, though, for some of the benefits three or four times, he Fulton, inventor of the Clermont, every free-swimming creature in for life and limb. ships he left port on never did says, under the SIU Vacation Plan, which he thinks is just the for the US Navy. She was really a the sea lives on others smaller than You can't walk make it back in again. The first greatest. It isn't like the old days, ship he lost was torpedoed under mobile floating battery, with di­ itself and represents a meal for around when he said, when it was rare that a him in his sleep. In April, 1942, mensions of 150 X 56 X 20 feet others who are larger than itself. cables and booms draft and had two complete hulls, Scientists have estimated that it are down, it's at the outset of the war, Tony was man stayed aboard ship for six with a 16-foot paddle running in takes ten pounds of food to build worth your life. aboard the West Imboden (Seas) months or'more to collect his vaca­ pay. If he didn't, the com­ the waterway between them. Her one pound of the animal that eats Above all, they on the way back to the US after tion bulwarks were solid hardwood it. Thus, in the scale of marine life, should make certain that there is a run to South Africa when a sil­ pany got the dough and salted ver fish left its calling card in the it away in its treasury. It's a much nearly five feet thick and she it would take 10,000 pounds of dia­ no smoking at all on tankers. side of the hull. Carrying iron better deal now, he said. mounted two 100-pounder guns toms (microscopic sea-plants) to 4 4 4 below the waterline plus 20 32- make 1,000 pounds of copecods Another big step under the SIU Gene Flowers, bosun: When ore, the ship plummeted to the pounders on the broadside. Fulton (tiny food animals) to make 100 booms are topped, most collars bottom off Cape Sable, near New­ Welfare Plan, said Tony, is the foundland, with all' hands saved $200 maternity benefit. The one died before she was completed in pounds of herring to niake ten don't fit around despite the German undersea which came after his four-monthi 1815, when the Navy renamed her pounds of mackerel to make one them and it is raider. In lifeboats for 24 hours, old daughter was born was "a god­ Fulton the First, in his honor, pound of tuna to make one-tenth necessary to use the crew was picked up by a Navy send." but the ship fared little better. of a pound of man. ropes to secure them. Those col­ lars should be checked every trip to be really certain of safety. ACROSS DOWN 17. Port on both 37. Ship sheUed Allied troops captured Nettuno captured Rol Island, on northern Also, I believe coasts by Egyptians 1. Port in Maine 1. Article of food and were reported within 30 miles Kwajalein atoll in the Marshalls, Waterman ship 30 better gangways Rank Harbor. 2. Port in Israel 8. Precious stone of Rome at points east and south the first pre-war Japanese terri­ L. I. should be used. 41. Marbles Steel 3. 24. Trouble of the Italian capital . . . The Rus­ tory to fall to American forces . .. 8. Booze Isthmian 25. Taxi 42. Bit of news 4 4 4 26. Literary bit sian army reached points 80 miles Soviet troops crossed into Estonia 43. Away from 12. Beige 4. Barbarian Jose Carbone, OS: I think safe­ 28. City in NYwind 13. Jap sasb Inside the Polish border .• . . Ar­ and advanced for an assault on 5. District in 29. Fuss 45. deucey ty rails should be placed around gentina London 14. Italia's capital 30. Ne South broke off diplomatic re­ Latvia . . . The SIU purchased an 47. Employer 6. On the ship the sides of the lations with Wales: Abbr. 48. Athletic 15. Island off and Japan, additional $75,000 in war bonds 7. US soldiers 32. Air: Comb, group Ireland ships. Also ropes charging bothGermany 8.- Complaint form countries with es­ to add to the'$102,000 in bonds al­ 50. Touchdowns: 16. Don't close 9. Routine to be used in pionage . . . Ship protests mounted 34. Cargo from Abbr. this down! 10. General Duluth 81. Old cloth rough weather. It as the SIU rapped the Maritiirie ready invested on behalf of the Bradley 18. Reno's state; 11. Festive (Puzzle Answers Page 25) wouldn't be a bad War Emergency Board's bid to membership . . . Reports from Al­ Abbr. 19. Large bird. idea to provide slash seamen's wages by cutting giers indicated that German bomb­ 1 3 2 9 10 II AustraUa 4 1 ers sank a hospital ship and at­ the crewmembers 20. Carmen or war bonuses. . . . Earthquakes in tacked two others, even though w i t h asbestos Aida 12 I13 Turkey killed over 2,000 they were well outside the invasion gloves when north 21- Self-imporpersons. tanCe zone. It was believed few lives 15 washing boilers lie r7 23. Unusual were lost. 4 4 4 with live steam. 25. Man's name In Miami, the AFI< executive 18 The men only get 4 4 4 27. Close up: council blasted proposals for a na­ Slang rags to use now. The SIU made a strong protest 22 |23 24 Diego 28. tional labor draft and a ban on ^ /4 4 31. Lack of rich to the Coast Guard over a new blood Angel Maldonado, cook: I think Btrjkes and moved to secure the ruling calling -for the Inclusion of 29 30 S3. Ihey insure reaffirmation of the United Mine it would be a good idea to put up ships Workers with the AFL . , z-US overtime in the logging of seamen 35. Place for buoy lifelines with 32 34 36. Meadow troops in Italy fought house to charged as "deserters." Up until straps for hand 38. Indian weapon house through the ruins of. Cas- that iime it had not been a prac­ 35 grips on deck in 39. Second half 37 136 138 of date Sino, as the Allies reported the tice to take away the OT . . . Raheavy seas. Also, 40. Teachers occupation of the port of Anzlo . . . baul. New Britain, and the Ad­ group: Abbr. if everyone knows 41. Kind of crown Japanese-held Wake Island was hit miralty Islands were hit by con­ his job during 44. EvU 41 42 43 144 45 by heavy sea and air bombard­ centrated US air attacks . . . Japa­ |46 47 46 46, Culebra —— . lifeboat drills it ment, as were enemy installations nese authorities in the Philippines 49. An ocean would add to th^ 49 50 81. Trick |5I on Paramushiru Island, the back were charged by the US with hav­ 52. WUd plant safety of the ing tortured, starved and some­ door to Japan, 53. Feiiiale deer crew members 53 52 times beheaded or shot more than iS4 84. On the water 55. Kind of duijt. aboard the. ship. 4 4. . 4 • 6,000 American and Filipino sol­ 86. Curved plank . Teach the men 55., 66 . Ubeirla. declarjrt. vw on Geyr diers tajcen prisoner in Bataan and 157, in ship 87. Microbe many and Jajpan . . ."tJiS marines I" Ji _• « • ' X _ _ - " ' • '0 f ' . . �Febniarr 1954 .SEAFARERS LOG Page Tfalrteea 'Congratulations, Brotlter' SEAFARERS ^LOG •iil Vol. XVI. No. t Pcbi'iiary 5, 1954 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer '5 J •4I- <1 Editor, HERBERT BRAND, Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER. AL MASKIN, RICHARD HELLER; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. :•!- •If;'I II The Hospital Fight The most cheering news that has come out of Washington for a long time as far as maritime is concerned was the deci­ sion of the Administration to back-track on plans to close the US Public Health Service hospitals. Instead, the Administra­ tion has gone on record requesting sufficient funds t<i keep all of the existing hospitals going. There's no doubt that a great deal of the credit for this favorable development belongs to the Seafarers themselves for the way in which they responded to the threat to the hos­ pitals. In answer to the Union's call for a mass protest, a great volume of mail poured into Washington asking that the hos­ pitals be kept open. This mail undoubtedly had much to do with the Administration's change of heart on the hospital closings^ However, the final decision as to the fate of the hospitals rests, as always, in the hands of the US Congress. There is always the possibility in an election year that Congress might cut back on hospital appropriations as part of the over-all economy drive. Consequently, it's still important for Seafarers to let their feelings on the subject be known. Keep those letters coming and the chances for the hospitals will be that much brighter. ^ t> Strikes Out At Atlantic Backers To the Editor: As an ex-Atlantic man who was an SIU supporter in the organizing drive in that company, it was sad news indeed to read of our setback in the campaign. It was encourag­ ing to learn, however, that the drive will be continued and in the end I know we will come out on top. We made a great showing despite our loss as there were many men who were not morally eligible to vote, such as shoreside workers who haven't been to sea in years, AMEU officials and a number of men who sail on licenses part of the time with ,/^tlantic. These men have no real stake in the final out­ come of the drive as most of them are not seafaring men in the first The International Association of third time. The first agreement was place. As for the AMEU officials, Machinists won a 26-cent package, signed in 1937. The new agreement, their only interest is to save their including a general wage increase which runs from July 1, 1954, to own soft jobs. of 11 cents an hour, for 23,000 June 30, 1962, bans all strikes or Atlantic For Atlantic workers at Pratt & Whitney en­ lockouts and provides for arbitra­ Then, too, there were some men gine plants in East Hartford, Conn. tion in cases of non-agreement who let themselves be intimidated Also frozen into the wage rate were around the bargaining table. It by company informers, or iet them­ 17 cents in cost-of-living adjust­ covers about 7,000 workers and provides a pension scheme includ­ selves be led to believe that they ments. ing some family benefits. would be taken care of by the com­ Ji t 4" pany if they would vote against The first group insurance plan The news from Puerto Rico putting the island's longshore­ The CIO Utility Workers Union the SIU. What a surprise they will in which a member of the News­ men squarely in the AFL-ILA column, as a result of last get when they find out that Atian- paper Guild retains some benefit ill New York City won an extra week's decisive 2-1 election victory over the old, foundering tic takes care of • nobody but At­ when he leaves or retires has been wage increase for long-time em­ of Consolidated Edison ILA, should make it clear that, given a free election, the dock lantic. These men were nothing put in effect on Newsweek maga­ ployees but cowards who were not men zine in New York under a Guild Company. The contract gave all workers will nail the coffin of racket leadership every time. enough to stand up against these contract. Elsewhere, Musicians Lo­ 24,000 workers 7V^ cents an hour Despite the pressures applied by kingpins of the old union, tactics. They sold 376 men down cal 526 is preparing to construct a more retroactive to January 3, but than half of them—those who went down there from New York to wheedle support for the river and at the same time set two-story headquarters with 15 more with 25 years or more service with labor back 20 years. offices for other unions — includ­ their lost cause, the Puerto Rican longshoremen stuck to their The men who accepted member­ ing Central Labor Union of Hud­ the -company—will get an addi­ guns. ship books in the SIU and then son County—in Jersey City, N.I. tional five cents beginning April Much of the abuse in the opposition's campaign was directed turned and voted the other way The building will house an audi­ 4, 1954. at the SIU, which has maintained a sparkplug role on behalf have sold us out. They swore be­ torium and rumpus room. 4 4 4 Members of AFL, CIO and inde­ .of the AFL-ILA since its inception. But the longshoremen fore God and the membership to 4 4 A strike of workers represented pendent unions organized 149 uphold and support the SIU atid weren't buying the anti-SIU talk. . by the CIO United Auto Workers credit unions in the US during then helped the phony' AMEU gain They recalled the SIU's aid in past be^ and, many of them, the deciding majority in the elec­ at the Ken-L-Ration dog'fOod plant 1953, bringing to 776 the number with sons and brothers sailing in the SIU, know that Sea­ These comparatively few men in Rockford, ill., won them a wage of such organizations serving ex­ farers are 100 percent behind them in their fight for real trade tion. were company stiffs from the word increase of five cents an hour, clusively the savings and lending union representation. Wljat is most obvious, however, is that go and never intended to vote SIU, recognition of the union as sole needs of locals' members, with a the old ILA just hasn't got a chance in a free election. yet they accepted SIU books. Such bargaining agent, paid vacations membership of 380,240. In the tactics reveal their true character. running to three weeks after 15 state of Michigan, for example Those books were presented to years seniority and six paid holi­ only 18 out of a total of 710 credit unions were classified as being them in good faith by the Union days. chartered within trade unions, but 4 4 4 and they were guaranteed the pro­ Representatives of major AFL of Michigan's 438,000 credit union tection and benefits that the SIU Much reaction has not been felt as yet to t^e recommenda­ offers. Benefits for which blood unions have pledged "whole-heart­ members, more than two-thirds are ed cooperation" in the survey of labor people. Both the AFL and tion of the Randall Commission to scrap the "50-50" principle was lost in the getting! These men the NY Insurance Department of the CIO have passed resolutions wko they are and I wonder on the carriage of US aid cargoes. The proposal, coming as it know union welfare fund operations. The pledging full support to the pro­ if when they eventually get the of the self-help financial or­ did just four days after a conference of maritime unions urged gate from Atlantic if they will have Department has completed an ex­ gress ganizations among affiliates. amination of the records of more a 100 percent rule in favor of US-flag shipping, was advanced the nerve to register for a ship in than 25 unions, and the operations 4 4 4 an SIU hall. West Brothers, Inc., of Mobile, by a special Presidential commission on foreign economic of five agents handling union poli­ No Disgrace ^ Ala., a trucking firm, was ordered policy, with the lone labor man on the panel the sole dissenter. It is no disgrace to lose an elec­ cies. by Federal Judge Daniel Thomas 4 4 4 Although the idea has not yet been translated into legisla­ tion in the face of such unfair odds. Six "all-time recorus in the han­ to pay $415.58 in back wages to tion, there is a likelihood that it may be before this session of I am sure that the membership will dling and disposition of cases" were Mrs. Margaret S. Peck, under tlie Congress is over. If it is, the SIU will not stand idly by. The agree that Keith Terpe and the established by the NLRB in fiscal Federal Wage and Hour Law. She type of thinking that favors foreign-flag shipping, over the rest of the organizing department 1953, according to its annual re­ asked the Labor Department to did a terrific job in spite of these port to the President and Con­ bring suit when the firm refused home-grown variety has got to be discouraged. adverse conditions. And last but gress. The six records were: re­ to pay her overtime, claiming she not least we owe those 376 true duction of average time for pro­ was exempt as an "executive." * •, Union men a vote of confidence for cessing election cases; number of 4 4 4 A drive to organize alll ground the fine job they have done and decisions on facts or law applica­ are still doing in Atlantic. It was tion; number of unfair-labor-prac­ workers for major airlines around a The SIU's 3rd annual art contest is now officially open and bitter pill for them to swallow tice decisions; number of unfair the country so as to negotiate a to find that they were sold out by labor-practice cases without formal uniform national contract has been accepting entries froni Seafarers. As in the past two years, spme of their shipmates. action being taken; number of for­ announced by the AFL Machinists Seafarers can take a crack at 12 valuable prizes in four cate­ I know that they won't rest un­ mal complaints issued in unfair- Union. The immediate object of til that pbony AMEU outfit is brok­ labor-practice cases, and the num­ the Machinists appears to be Pan gories—oils, watercolors, drawing and handicrafts. up once and for all. But in the ber of unfair-labor-practice cases American Airline employees, who The first two contests attracted considerable attentipn both en end. it will be worth the effort which were closed in the year. . are currently represented by the in and out of the. Union, with the entries showing that there when the SIU Is ihe bargaining CIO Transport Workers Union. The . 4 4 4 are many Seafarers with genuine talent. The Union is looking, agent for the men who spU Atlan­ Sweden's newspaperiialeiu have CIO union declared that it would signed an eight^ear blanket agree- fight the Machinists' activity in the forward to seeing what this year's contest will produce in the tic ships. kbbgirt lagruil •^thw iNiblislieni-imvthtf -airKne ifield.- I i :•> J •i 1 Victory in Puerto Rico fj i 3 -II 111 50-50 Attacked Art Contest way (rf ihtere^lnk entries. " ^ ^ \ ' • •' I 'S r[ �Few Seafarers venture'out on any serf of a trip these days without a camera to record the events of the voyage. Some carry as much pho­ tographic equipment as everything else in their baggage combined; others trust to a sharp eye and sim­ ple box camera. •S". "' • '' lit-:''; k1'rr{ . • •* But the picture-taking goes on all over the world. Here, on these pages, are some typical photo­ graphic efforts by and of Seafarers at work and at play. I'X- M -;™T .• •W^ • iy.. -. - Concentrating on their chess game, E. Blaha, utilityman (left), and A. Frissora, BR, aboard the Cecil Bean, squat on a hatch cover and enjoy some sun at the same time. Seafarer admires handiwork while painting bridge search­ light aboard the John C. it' S' ^ f^. '• ';'j.''_ ! • "The Old Outlaw," Sid 'O O'Day, keeps a steady hand on the wheel as he stands watch aboard the Robin Mowbray. Two native longshoremen take advantage of coffeetime aboard the Ocean Lotte in Korea to grab a snack before returning to work. Coffeetime on the Northwestern Victory finds galleyman Angelo Romero dispensing brew to the steward for the benefit of crew cameraman. M"-^ .'i 4-'> •.' s • '•-.^.i.ii:'^ *;.. •f /"i. •'. V • . '• fi i • »" • 1' "1- ' - •. '' Some of the . deck relaxes - during on ' the. — —-w— gang c> 0 on """ the Hoosier Mariner .* wMaaaag work-lull TV v/a.A-xt«x.a A/aa ^ J to *1... • record. record.'At ship, which returned the TTo US recently with an Atlantic crossing -At left is bosim Ernest Green^ Others were net identified. Japan-Korea shuttle ships ferried in good equipment, now return from battlefront area with casualties. Shot-up trucks from Korlla ...fill 4eek, of ,Sean^ • on, VJfay .back- to ^paiu, %- �Febrnanr S. 1984 SEAFARERS LOG Vage Fifteen -I "B •'B: ••y'i ,• % '-/•••I- V 3 .r\ - bf. % i l • • :6 •.m- ii! • J? • •M '^ High out of the water, the Steel Age is -treated to a sougeeing hy 9 crewnjember. j r -•« Potato-peeling chores don't seem to dampen the good spirits of Arnold Rosenblatt, as he strips a bag of >^pUd& out on th? deck, of theJSteel. Ranger. Using self-timer. Seafarer Harold Restucher gets in on photo of two Yokohama barmaids during recent »tay of . the Anne Butler in the Japanese pp^ r -i �•'vRf-''' Pace Sixteen SEAFARERS tOC Febnuny f. Xl54 SEAFARERS .1 A general alarm fire broke out on a coal pier in Portland, Maine, and for hours threatened to explode along the entire waterfront of Maine's largest city. The blaze, which started on the dock of the Pocohontas Fuel Company, caused loss estimated at more than $1 million before it was brought under control by the combined efforts of the Cape Eliza­ beth, Portland and South Portland Fire Departments and two Coast Guard cutters. ( t This country's privately owned fleet of dry cargo and passenger ships showed a notable stability in size last year despite a serious decline in tJS overseas trade and growing foreign competition, according to a re­ port from the American Merchant Marine Institute. The fleet com­ prises 806 ships, of whichj>42 were passenger liners in service on Janu­ ary 1. However, the number of dry cargo ships laid up in reserve fleet anchorage rose from 1,912 on January 1, 1953, to 2,001 one year later. % % The Interstate Commerce Commission's grant of authority to the Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., for the operation of eastbound intercoastal freight services was upheld by a three-man Federal Court, which vacated a temporary stay of permit . . . Negotiations for a new con­ tract for the port of New York's tugboat industry continued without progress between the representatives of Local 333, United Marine Di­ vision, ILA, and the Marine Towing 4nd Transportation Employers Association. Union demands call for pay increases, vacations, increased holidays and added insurance and pension fund benefits. 4" 4" The second class to study prevention of accidents in the marine industry received graduation certificates last week from Paul A. McGhee, director of general education at New York University, accord­ ing to an announcement by John V. Lyon, chairman of the New York Shipping Association. The 13-week course is under sponsorship of the association and the NYU Center for Safety Education and is desigoed for representatives of steamship companies and contracting stevedores . . . Two new courses and a seminar will be included in the 32-course foreign trade curriculum of the City College Baruch School of Busi­ ness in the coming semester. The overcoming of obstacles in foreign trade will be the theme of the seminar, with sessions restricted to business executives and Government ofhcials in the foreign trade field. t 4" 4 The New York State Barge Canal system carried more cargo in 1953 than in previous years, according to a report by B. D. Tallamy, State Superintendent of Public Works. Nearly 4.5 million tons of goods were carried on the inland waterway, with the Erie section handling nearly three-quarters of the traffic. Petroleum and wheat were the biggest users of the waterways, with scrap iron and coi-n tonnage increasing the most over the year. 4 4' 4 4 4 4 The Nova Scotian Government has granted a $50,000 subsidy to Eastern Steamships to insure a Yarmouth-Boston ferry service for the 1954 tourist season ... A valuable maritime handbook called the TransPacific Passenger Ships, listing all such vessels past and present, has been compiled by E. W. Smith and published by the George H. Dean Company of Boston. The 268-page work is a companion volume to the author's book on transatlantic passenger vessels. Boat drills in four languages, English, French, German and Dutch, are being conducted aboard Holland-American vessels. The multi­ lingual message tells why boat drills are necessary, how to put on a life jacket and where and when to go with it... In the two-year period from 1951 to 1953 the port of Philadelphia's rate of growth has been 60 percent, compared with only an eight percent growth for New York City, according to*J. Harry Labrum, president of the Greater Phila­ delphia Chamber of Commerce. ACTION A novel way of raising money for the ship's fund and at the same time keeping the crew in cigarettes at reasonable cost was hit upon on the Winter Hill, a Cities Service coastwise job. Since the crews on coastwise ships do not have the benSfit of tax-free cigarettes, they have to pay the same retail pi-ice, or higher, as people ashore. Ship's delegate J. R. Lane, the crew wrote, made it possible to raise quite a few bucks for the ship's fund by getting 108 cartons aboard at a cost of $1.67 a carton. The cartons were tagged at two bucks each with the difference go­ ing into the fund. Fund Gained $35.64 The result was the ship's fund is now richer by $35.64 without the men having to chip in any of their own money. The money will then be avail­ able to help out crewmembers in an emergency, or to provide addi­ tional comforts for the crew on the coastwise run. Lane, who sails in the deck de­ partment, has been sailing BIU ships since April 24, 1951. He's 29 years old and a resident of Nor­ folk, Va. 4 4 4 Another delegate who got a vote of thanks from the crew was Sea­ farer George Hubner, ship's delegate on the Queenston Heights (Seatrade). . Hubner bowed out of the job with the plaudits of his shipmates for a solid perform­ Hubner ance. The 39-year-old Seafarer is a na­ tive of the northeast state of Maine; He joined the Union in Bos­ ton ten years ago yesterday. Portland.'Maine, is still his home town. He sails on deck. 4 4 4 The first atomic-powered ship, the submarine Nautilus, has been launched with appropriate ceremony. It will be about six months be­ fore the ship goes into actual sea service pending installation of ma­ chinery and equipment . . . Backers of the St. Lawrence Seaway are gaining strength in Congress. An early vote on the controversial sea­ way is expected shortly ... A Spanish freighter ran into one of the arch supports of London Bridge, blocking all river traffic on the Thames. The freighter Monte Uriquilo was swung against the bridge by an incoming tide. Nine tugs were required to pull the freighter back to its berth. A very good job as chief cook was the verdict of his shipmates about Seafarer Charles E. Joyner. They expressed themselves as well satisfied with the kind of eating he and the other steward department members aboard turned out for the crew, and made a point of entering their testimonial accordingly in the ship's minutes. This kind of credit is found pretty often in minutes of SIU shipif where the emphasis has been on good feeding and good storing as part of traditional Union policy aimed at keeping the feeding up to par wherever possible. Joyner, a Georgia native who lives in Savannah, has been with the SIU for about 2Vi years. He will celebrate his iOth birthday this coming June 3. Burly Kmowta Mia AriikmeUe 4 4 4 4 4 4 A Russian freighter sank in the Kiel Canal last week following a eollision with a Danish ship. The Russian vessel, Ligovo, 1,742 tons, went down about 20 yards from the bank of the canal when it hit the Karen Toft, 2,249 tons, of Copenhagen ... A seven-pound boy was born aboard the liner Constitution while it was at sea last week when the vessel was detained because of rough weather. The baby's mother, Mrs. Virginia Mallozzi, 21, lives in Newark, NJ, and was returning from a trip to Italy . . .The School of World Trade awarded its first certif­ icates last week to 96 shipping men who finished its course in ocean transportation. ^ It should be a general practice on board merchant ships to dismantle, inspect and make necessary repairs on valves at regular intervals. This is necessary because valve troubles are not immediately noticeable at first. Later on, a badly defective valve can lead to a major engine room repair job. Consequently it's sensibie to conduct regular service check­ ups before troubie begins. Some common faults that will develop in valves are the failure of valve diaphragms, springs that do not function properly, erosion or scoring as a result of scale and dirt around the valve head, formation of gums on moving parts. Valves will tend to develop leaks, either through the valve or at the stuffing box. The valve stem will stick or the valve disc will come loose. All of these should be attended to without delay. Scale or Dirt Causes Trouble Leakage through a valve is usually the result of scale, dirt or grease lodged in the valve seat so that the disc and seat can't fit tightly to­ gether. Sometimes the dirt or other material can be blown through the valve. Otherwise, it has to be dismantled.and cleaned out. Valve scor­ ing will also result from scale and dirt, or erosion. Mild scoring can be taken care of by grinding the valve, but if there is severe damage it means the valve will have to be reset. Valve discs can cause trouble 14'the valve stem is bent or the fit is too tight, knocking the disc out of kilter. Sometimes the disc will tend to distort under pressure if it is not the proper vaive for the job. Leakage in the stuffing box is traceable to glands that may ntfed re­ setting or repacking. Sometimes though, this will not suffice to end the leak, in which case chances are that the valve stem is bent or scored. This can be avoided to a great degree if the valve is installed with the stem pointing upward in the first instance. Sometimes the valve stems will stick if the stuffing box is set up or packed too tightly, or the gland nuts are set up unevenly. This condition is easily corrected by either relieving packing pressure bjrsiacking up on nuts, or correcting the positions of the nuts, according to what the case may be. Jamming From Heat Another minor difficulty takes place when a valve jams as a result of being fully opened when cold. Subsequently heating of valve parts eauses them to expand so that the valve can be shut only with ^ficulty. Usually the trouble can be taken care of by starting the valve shut with a wrench. The easy way to avoid this difficulty is to turn the stem a half-turn toward closing when first opening up the valve, eliminating this trouble. A more serious^condition exists when the threads of the valve stem become burred. This can happen if too much pressure is applied in attempting to move a jammed vaive. In many instances it's necessary to remove the bonnet, cut the old stem out and put in a new one. Some­ times though, you can get away with dressing the burrs smooth with a file. Valve discs may loosen from the stem because of corrosion tlmough the stem or failure of the securing device. Corrosion troubles come usually in salt water or brine lines, in which case monel-metal stems should be used. In working on valves, certain safety precautions shouid be observed. Obviously, no valve should be touched unless the crewmember is quite sure as to its function. If a valve is cold and hot g^s or liquid is going to be run through the line, opening the valve will cause it to jam be­ cause of expansion from heat. Conversely, if a valve is shut off on a hot line, the valve parts will contract a little bit when they cool. After cooling, it's neciessary to tighten up. on the valve to prevent seepage. When work is being done on yoke-type bonnet valves, it's important to see that there is no pressure in the line. A simple test involves loos­ ening the bonnet nuts and screwing down on the hand wheel. Leakage will show through the bonnet gasket if there is pressure in the line. Tagging Valves And Switches Often on a ship where repair work has to be done it's necessary to shut valves and switches a considerabie distance from the actual site of the repair. In such instances, those men who are doing the work should see to it personally that valves and switches are properly set. Tags should be placed on the valves, stating "Man Working On Line—Do Not Touch," or else the valves should be locked. Each tag should properly have the name of the man doing the work, with more tags placed on if more than one man is invoived. Then when each, man is finished, he should remove his own tag from the valve. This is a foolproof system provided that nobody else touches the tag, which can be easily torn off, or disregarded. An even safer method is to use a padlock which in combination with a bolt, hasp or chain can be used to keep valves or switches open or lock them in place. The padlocks can also carry the name of the man on the job. Unless absolutely essential, the locks should only be opened by the men who put them on. Bff Bernard Seaman �February bf 1954 SEAFARERS WmtFII ».LOW 'aiCn{l«b^{aU«,S«nala WMHUWTON.aC. January 15, 195'* Mr. Spider Kerolla .U.S. Marine Hospital Hew Orleans, Louisiana Dear Mr. Xerollai This will acknovrledge your recent letter, with reference to the possible closing of the U.S. Public Health Hospitals. This Mtter was called to ay attention sone tine ago by other Louisiana seamen and 1 have given considerable attention to the problem In order to detersilne what position I would take In the event a fight develops In Congress on this Issue. While I am extremely anxious to reduce^federal expendi­ tures and to reduce taxes, I am of the opinion, after careful study of the question, that we would make a great mistake If we closed these hospitals, which have meant so much to our American seamen. 1 am convinced that the money spent In pro­ viding care for our seamen Is money well spent. These hospitals will definitely continue to operate during the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 195'«. 1 assure you that 1 will do everything possible to see that this vital service Is continued after that date. I appreciate your giving me the benefit of your views on this matter, and I hope you wll],.>always let me know whenever I can be helpful to you. With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Pare Sevenfeea LOG s'ii Union Fight Saves Hospitals (Continued from page 3) am extremely anxious to reduce federal expenditures," the Senator declared ... "I am of the opinion, after careful study of the question, that we would make a great mis­ take if we closed these hospitals. which have meant much to our of the SIU of North America, at American seamen. I am convinced which the fate of the hospitals that the money spent in providing and other maritime problems were care for our seamen is money well discussed. spent ... While expressing pleasure at the "I assure you (hat I will do ev­ news out of Washington, an SIU erything possible to see that this headquarters spokesman empha­ vital service is continued." sized the need for further vigilance On top of these protests, the and action by Seafarers on the is­ recent joint conference of mari­ sue. "Congress still has to pick up time unions held in Washington the tab," he warned, "and until added a strong voice to demands that happens, we can't be positive that the hospitals be kept open. that all of the hospitals and out­ This was followed up by a meet­ patient clinics will stay open. It's (Continued from page 3) seemed thoroughly unhappy about ing between President Eisenhower, only common sense to keep those having started the lUMVE going and Harry Lundeberg, president letters rolling in to Washington." altogether, sensing hot only that the tactic had failed but that they would still have to face up to all the charges filed against them and the dummy outfit. Almost immediately after the SIU request for recognition by the company, the newly-established "union" posted a new schedule of wages for the ship, providing each rating with a few dollars above bona fide union scale. Overtime, crewmembers reported, continued to be almost non-existent anyway, so the increase didn't amount to much anyway. The Excello Corporation is a • SMCKS subsidiary of the T. A. D. Jones Corporation of New Haven, a large Q -JtJPCOATS distributor of fuel and Industrial Q DRgSSSHC^ chemicals in the area. The parent company is right now in the midst • WOF^GMOES of a program of expansion. Hearings End In Tankship Case • v. •I 'i' f I ' .'I iI llllMmtieiif • surrs • sm^coATs Letter from Senator Russell Long, Louisiana, to Seafarer Spider Korolia expresses sympathy with Union's drive to save USFHS hospitals from closing. New Drive Opens On 50-50 Rule (Continued from page 5) marine-and a shipbuilding indus­ try that is reasonably self-suffi­ cient. Although the cost required to accomplish this should be kept to a minimum, economy should not be a major consideration, for what might seem economical initi­ ally would in the long run prove most costly. "Not Out of Line" "It is not out of line to aim for at least 50 percent of our foreign trade to be carried in them (US ships). Practically every other na­ tion in the world favors its mer­ chant marine by indirect subsidies . . . and by other considerations which discriminate against the United States and other nations whose ships enter their ports. The present report of this commission,". McDonald added, "does not even suggest equal treatment for our ships entering these ports." Meanwhile, although copies of the full report and dissenting re­ ports are before the President and Congress, no indications have yet come down on the Government's latest attitude toward "50-50" in the light of what the Randall Com­ mission has said on the subject. It is likely that the first tests of the AFL-ILA Wins Puerto Rico Election By 2-1 Majority (Continued from page 5) crafts in the ILA. In Brooklyn, freight handlers at the Brooklyn Service Warehouse voted over­ whelmingly for the AFL in a bar­ gaining election, while in Phila­ delphia unlicensed crewmembers of Warner Sand and Gravel, a com­ pany which operates harbor tugs, voted for AFL representation over the old ILA's Marine Division. In another Philadelphia develop­ ment, the SlU-affiliated Brother­ hood of Marine Engineers is con­ testing with the old ILA Marine Division for jurisdiction over tug­ boat engineers in the port. An election for these men is sched- A longshoreman takes the floor during a meeting to elect a shop itewalA for a Brooklyn pier. Meeting was held, in AFL^ILA's . »• principle will come when Congress begins debate on various appropri­ ation bills for new foreign aid measures. i!'JS uled within 30 days. Unlicensed men on the tugs are still repre­ sented by the ILA. Sea Unions Press Drive (Continued from page 3) a common program for the indus­ try. At the start of the session, Ma­ thews made it clear that no collec­ tive bargaining items could be in­ cluded in the discussions, nor would the SIU go for any specific talk about ship subsidies because of the differences between the shipowners on these issues. With this understanding out of the way, the group arrived at a general agreement on the following points: • To work together at all levels on behalf of the PHS hospitals and to meet with Secretary Hobby of the Health, Education and Wel­ fare Department for this purpose. • To fight for elimination of Military Sea Transportation Serv­ ice competition in the shipping business. • To ask for shore leave exten­ sion for aliens up to 90 days. • To take up Coast Guard prob­ lems. Another meeting with the ship­ owners to deal with these and re­ lated issues will take place on Feb­ ruary 17 with subsequent meetings to be held regularly. The final wind-up to a busy week will be the appearance of a union spokesman this afternoon before the House Appropriations Com­ mittee on the question of appropri­ ations for Kings Point and other • a • • • D VONGAR^S KWAKI RANTS KHAKI SHIRTS 6LUE VvbRK SHIRTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS a c,T?o. SHIRTS • • • • • • • P P P O P a P • WHITE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB BELTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS ^ T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIERS SWEATERS UXSGAGE WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS \ a WRITINSRDRTRTLIO • SOU'WESTERS a RAIM6EAR •f 1 -'J ALLVOUR IsJEEPS CAN BE FILLED -PROM A SOU'WESTERTD AN ELECTRIC RAZOR* . WHATEVER ytu BUY FROM THE SEA CHEST/ >it)U CAN BE SURE YDviSE CETTINS TOP QUALITT SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. 1 If ^1: UNIOV^-OVWAiED AND OPERAlCP ... TUK THE BENEm OF qHE MEMBERSHIP* .'•.-15 l i I I �Pa^e Elrhteen SEAFAREJtS LOG Two Appendicitis Attacks Foiled By Alert Seafarer Crew On Kyska That Pennsylvania is called the "Keystone State" because it was The crew of the Kyska, on its way to the Far East late in November, 1953, met two the center of the 13 original colon­ medical crises with courage and determination,, thereby saving the lives of two Seafarers ies? In architecture, the keystone the center stone of an arch which threatened by near-fatal attacks of appendicitis. It; was the 40th voyage of the year for is acts to wedge the entire arch in the vessel, and probably its-position. Without it, the arch would Collapse. liveliest. The good weather the ship encountered, writes Seafarer Vyrel G. Suth, coming so late in Novem­ ber, was too good to be true. Crewmembers knew their luck could not hold up thrqughout the voyage. The weather held, but not the luck of all the crew. Ming Moves In After a stop of a few-days in Yokohama, Japan, the Kyska headed for a short trip to Kobe and prepared for a run to Muroran When illness struck for the first time. Just before sailing, the 4-8 fireman suffered an appen­ dicitis attack. The captain trans­ ferred the man to the hospital in Kobe and all seemed well as Ving Kyska crew shoves off for rendezvous with General Patrick as King Mihg, a wiper, was- moved stricken Ming lies strapped to stretcher in center of lifeboat. up to take the fireman's place in the engine department ratings. at the mercy of the ocean currents. rail, cameras in*hand, recording All was not down, however. At that point an intrepid sailor, the brave effort. After reaching Muroran without Robert Morgan, DM, stripped to In a matter of minutes after the mishap, appendicitis struck again the waist and slipped over the side ailing Ming was hoisted aboard, —in the same place—^in the engine of the lifeboat to unfoul the pro­ the Kyska received a radio mes­ room. Suth writes that it hit Ming peller'. Morgan would have dis­ sage capping the incident. It said: somewhere around the 180th robed all the way, says Suth, but "Ming had ruptured appendix. meridian, which, he says, is not to for the ladies on the General Pat­ Patient. operated on and out of be confused with somewhere south rick who were hanging over the danger." of the liver. This time, however, there were no hospitals ready to accept the transfer of the sick man. Great Gunners Off ST Texas Out in the middle of nowhere, sur­ rounded by nothing but water on all sides, Ming was in pretty much of a tight spot. He got off it, how­ ever, when the captain and the crew combined their efforts. After a radio contact, a rendezvous was scheduled with the General Pat­ rick, a Navy transport, which proved to be 12 hours steaming time away from the Kyska. A doctor aboard the naval vessel stood ready with scalpel in hand. Unfouls Propeller Rendezvous was set for Latitude 40'* 06' North, and Longitude 160° 13' West for 9:10 AM on De­ cember 28. The rendezvous was joined and the No. 2 lifeboat swung into action, eight men making up the lifeboat crew to transfer the stricken sailor. About 100 yards from destination, the motor conked out and the boat started drifting Great guns, but it's Aaron Wilbum, left, and A. J. Fielding, off the Seatrain Texas, in the nimrod pose. Behind them is their bag of deer which they garnered while on a recent trip. The Yearning By M. Dwyer Sit beside a firelight Hold your loved one close tonight For you've sworn no more to roam And she's smiling 'cause you're home. Watch the embers twist and turn Tell your soul it cannot yearn For the carefree sailing days And the seamens' merry ways. Think not of a distant shore Calling you forever more. Beacon lights that gleam and shine You'll forget all this, in time. Seagull's cry and foam and spray Watches stood and sailing day Daybreak and a clear-blue sky. You'll remember all with a sigh. . Sit Jbeside a firelight Hold your loved one close tonight 4s you sit and gaze and stare You will see your ghost ship there And your tell-tale heart will yearn For the day when you return, . For your heart is never free, Once it's given ^ the sea.^^ "• • • - - -• - -- 4" t t ^ That some earthworms native to southeastern Australia grow to a length, of ten or 12 feet? This species, of which even the average specimen is three or four feet long, belong to the same animal group as ordinary earthworms. The move­ ment of these gigantic worms through soil is accompanied by gurgling and sucking sounds clear­ ly audible to persons walking on the surface. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 That the first Indian reservation in America was no further west than the state of New Jersey? An Indian reservation established in 1758 at Indian Mills in Burlington County, NJ, is supposed to have been the first such reservation within the limits of the US. That disabled Seafarers over 65 years of age can collect US social security benefits and SIU disability benefits at the same time? With the $25 weekly SIU disability dough, the monthly income for oldtimers no longer able to work can run up to a maximum of $236, all tax free. That a President of the United States once hanged two men? Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th US President, while sheriff of Erie County,, NY, in 1872, offi­ ciated during the hangings of two murderers sentenced to death in his jurisdiction. He is said to have sprung the trap with his own hands in both instances. 4 4 4 That Jackson Day—January 8— does not commemorate Andrew Jackson's birthday, as many people suppose, but his final victory over the British at New, Orleans in 1815? Jackson was born March 15, 1767. Louisiana celebrates Jackson Day as a public holiday, and for more' than a century it has also been the occasion of Democratic Party political rallies all over the US. 4 4-4 That more than 20 American Liberty ships were named after Seafarers who were killed by ene­ my action in World War II? The first two were the Joseph Squires, launched at Portland, Me., and the George W. Alther, launched in New Orleans. Both ships slid down the ways the same day. May 22, 1944. 4 4 4 That Maine led ail the other states in the Union and adopted what may be regarded as the first prohibition law in 1846? The act drastically restricted the sale of liquor, but it proved inadequate and a new and even stricter law was passed in 1851. The political adage that "as Maine gjes, so goes the nation" proved true in the case of prohibition also when, in 1920 a constitutional amendment put pro­ hibition into effect throughout the US. Skier To Stick To Ships Seafarers are quickly coming to the conclusion that the only safe and reliable means of transportation left on this plahet is an . SIU vessel. Witness to this is an anonymous Seafarer who writes the LOG"*" : that his experiences of the wasn't that he minded the faliing past weekend left no doubt in so much, it was just that he found his mind as to what is safe and. out that xnow is vastly overriated what isn't. Skiing, he says, isn't. as a feathery cushion. He said it In addition to not being the has gotten much harder than when safest means of transportation he was a boy and used to fall oif from one point to another, the the barn roof into drifts back on silent correspondent said, skiing the farm. Fell, Unlike Prices has its ups and downs. He wouldn't There wasn't much that kept,him mention where he had been for his snowtime recreation and transpor­ on his feet, he said. He fell after tation, for fear that the local hitting bumps in the trail, holes Chamber of Commerce would re­ in the slope, trees in the right of taliate and invite him there again way and ice underfoot. Nothing, for another weekend. Once is more he said, nothing kept him up like than enough, he said. Rumor had coffee at night. And he had the it, however, that the plucky and bruises to prove it. He claimed he unlucky Seafarer spent his week­ got windburned on his face and end around Lake Pleasant, NY, snowburned several other places. but he said it wasn't so hot, lake The best pai-t of the skiing, he con­ cluded, was stopping every halfor not. hcur for coffee. Even though It's C-C-Crazy C-C-Cold 15 cents a cup. Not that he's got much against the sport, he pointed out, it's just that you got to be crazy in the first Seafarer Clipped place to strap a pair of barrel staves on your feet in order to break your leg. There must be easier ways, he said. He wasn't exactly pleased with the weather either, hovering around the 20 de­ gree and below mark. His idea of a cold day is .90 degrees in the sun in the Persian Gulf. He didn't break his leg, he said, but he also didn't get anywhere. It was up and down the mountain, up and down, up and down. He said he felt like a barometer in the hurri­ cane season. Going up the mountain was easy once he mastered the tow line in­ tricacies. What gave him trouble, he said, was coming down. Coming iivK'.--; v-'. down more than once on. each trip he meant—coming down on his Dante Riccf," passenger utility : face, coming down on his back, on the Hastings, gets a clip- , . J coming down on his right hip. He pIng from native talent as the . i estimated he made more, vertical vessel passes . through. pileage than he did horlzontaL ,,^4nama Canal, ; ' .V;; �FebniaiT 5> MM By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen Seafarer Finds Army Is No Union Hall, Misses Contract And OT • Beware, brothers, beware, writes retired Seafarer Harry H. Pierce^ from his Army (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions retreat in Camp Gordon, Ga. What he wants the men to be wary of, he says, is the Army to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. and especially Camp Gordon. >—^ This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, The Seafarer-turned-private pect to see any either, but he says broke, he says, carrying the money advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ notes that life is pretty "nerv­ the CO would get an earful if he back to the barracks, but at least tion on.a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, ous in the service" because it ever tuned in to the barracks it's American money. etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to isn't anySIU and it never will be. blowhards after a particularly try­ Pierce, is of the opinion that see him.) ~ He said he knew the Union was ing day in the field. somewhere in the hidden archives Seafaring shutterbugs on the. Far East run interested in a 35mm great when he was a-civilian, but Eggs, To You of military government there is a camera should meet the Konica II. At first glance the Konica II, a he didn't kno.w just how great it The food situation is not much law which states that the Army 35mm camera in the medium price range, is deceptively modest in was until Uncle Sam put the fing­ better, he says. You can get your only has the right to 23 hours and appearance. Here is the familiar between-the-lens-type shutter in a er on him. eggs any way you want them, how­ 45 minutes of each man's day, "I've never seen one beef on ever, if you like helicai mounting with combination range and viewfinder, and the gen­ every day The soldier has the eral proportions of any number of imported miniatures that have ap­ overtime here," he says, "and the them scrambled. rest of the time to himself, but he delegate ain't too hot, either. I If you want your peared on the American market in recent years. shouldn't" spend it all in one place.^ It is only upon closer inspection and more importantly, after actual don't think the enlisted men could eggs any other The Army urges the men to do' use, that one begins to appreciate the fine and forthright details of win an overtime beef even if we way, he says, anything they want to do with It, this product of Japan's oldest manufacturer of photographic materials, were allowed to argue. The brass you're liable to as long as they shave, shower, the 94-year-old house of Konishiroku, Ltd. The most striking initial got all the arguments on their get your brains shine their shoes and brass and » observation that can be made is the engineering finesse, both in mate­ side. What's worse, we didn't scrambled by the clean their weapons, with the lat­ rials and design, that has gone into the Konica II. This has not been even have a voice in electing the mess sergeant. ter getting first priority. After that unusual in recent Japanese camera manufacture which has shown non-com delegates. Where then is They hit your is all done, they can spend the democracy?" considerable improvement in the last few years. rest of the day enjoying them­ tray with a load Pierce Plenty of Work selves. Precautionary Features of, for want of a Continuing on the overtime better term he calls slop, then It has about as many cautionary features as could be reasonably in­ In Alphabet Soup corporated in a camera without making them more of a liability than theme, Pierce said that the men yell, "move those troops." You Pierce writes that his case is an advantage. Not only is there a double-exposure-prevention device, are allowed to work as much as haven't much chance to take your but exposure cannot be made until the lens has actually been moved they want to, and plenty more that choice of which slop, either, he typical of the enlisted man. Right now he is supposed to be going to into position for picture-taking. The provision for opening the back they don't want. He's not quite complains. When it comes to payday, Pierce school, but he's pulling all kinds of of the camera prevents any wild flipping off of the back by accidental sure' whether they have a choice motion—a special button is built in at this point. Another excellent or not, but so far he hasn't noticed notes, it's a joke, son. After get- duty. Last weekend he was CQ . feature is the location of the rewind release in the base plate rather anyone ^ queuing up in front of ti:.3 an SIU payoff, he says, an (Charge of Quarters) and the than at any position where it might be mistaken for a shutter release. the company commander's office to Army payday is like indulging in weekend before he was CG (Cor­ Precision design of the coupled range-view finder make this one of register complaints. He doesn't ex­ a penny arcade. His back never poral of the Guard). Not that he's complaining, mind you, but he the best 35mm finders available. A particularly excellent feature is the hopes the Army runs out of al­ use of colored prisms, one violet and one of yellow, which merge to phabet combinations before he form an extraordinarily bright superimposed image in the'finder. runs out of strength and weekends. Five Element Lens Getting back to the food. Pierce The lens, a 50mm Henanon F-2.8, is a five-element coated design, said that it was real poison, and fii'st manufactured in 1951. In field tests it performed very well, giving such small portions, too. A buddy 8x10 enlargements of brilliant, distortionless detail. The shutter is a of his dropped a meatball oh the Konirapid-S, synchronized .with a standard ASA contact. Shutter speeds mess floor, he said, and the CG range from one second to 1/500 of a second plus bulb and time. All For a ship which likes to find its trouble in perilous bunches, sounded general quarters. They controls are visible from above, affording the user a constant check top awM-d in the SIU has to go to the Greece Victory of thought it was a raid. on focus-exposure settings. The shutter, incidentally, is extremely quiet in action, which has the South Atlantic. Last year the Greece Victory came up with advantage for one user at least, of subduing the gun-like aspect of a series of near-explosive situ-"^ 35mm "shooting." The fact that the shutter must be cocked between ations off Japan while carry­ the jetty. It was not a thought exposures is not really an inconvenience, especially since it eliminates which any of the Seafarers aboard the complicated automatic shutter-cocking mechanisms used on other ing a load of ammunition. the Greece Victory relished, not cameras that have similar shutters. These mechanisms keep prices This year found it not wanting in with a full load of ammunition on high also. If shutter is unset, the cocking lever shows in the viewfinder. the same category, according to board. The following day, a second Seafarer Allen Friend, ship's dele­ tug came and assisted the first in Easy To Load gate. clearing the buoy and chain away Loading of the camera, a simple job, is facilitated once more by the While preparing to pull out of from the propeller. design. Meticulous care has been ^iven the cartridge chambers, the polished'.steel tracks and the sprocket spindle. This last has been Kurikama, Japan, last January 24, Two-Day Delay writes Friend to the LOG, the covered, forming a neat smooth surface. The ship got underway then and Accessories available include a B-C flashgun, an auxiliary lens ship ran into a little trouble which proceeded to Yokohama where a close-up attachment and an efficient ever-ready case. The Konica II might have made all its previous diver inspected the propeller for sells for $119.75 list. As an all-around middle-price miniature with a accidents minute in comparison. damage and reported that all was The propeller became entangled fast lens, the Konica II has much to make it worth consideration. with a buoy and chain and the seaworthy. After a two-day delay, vessel floated without direction the vessel was on its way bound and dangerously near a jetty in the for Kure, but not after a scare of some considerable proportions. harbor. The crew. Friend writes, was Call For Help There's nothing like the SIU for traveling and seeing the ieery lest the gale which was blow­ world, says a seaman who writes into the paper to tell of The captain of the" vessel sum­ ing develop into a full-blown storm his world travels. Previously, he says, it was "join the Navy moned an Army tug from Yoko­ and drag the anchors. He claims, hama to stand "lay in case the ship before the arrival of the tugs, that and see the world," but the^ was in danger of being blown on had the storm blown up the ves­ tune has been kept the same from pearl to pearl with the sel would have been helpless and with new lyrics. Now it's Union, he says, and there is noth­ more than likely driven against Some crawfish caught by the "join the SIU and make the world ing in the world to match it. While the rocky shore line half-a-mile crew of the Ponce are shown working his way around the globe, your oyster." away—with a load of ammunition after the- capture in Santo Seafarer Jack Roberts has been he has "been • getting payoffs, too, in the holds. Luckily, it didn't Domingo. They're called Flor­ so it is so much added gravy for happen. ida lobsters. this vacation-seeking seafarer." . . Around The World Some of his travels, he says, have taken him to such divergent points as Havana, Cuba, and Yoko­ hama, Japan, with many a way sta­ 1. Which former New York Giant first baseman and manager was tion and port in between. If he recently elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame? wants luxurious living with a Latin 2. Name the Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting in Berlin? flavor, he states, he heads for the 3. Which Indian state, where the Sikhs predominate, is asking for Mediterranean area around Genoa, independence? Naples and Venice, There^ in addi­ 4. Which famous American writer survived two successive plane tion to Rome, he gets moonlight, crashes in Africa, recently? Latin nights and all the pizza pie he 5. Who are the Gabor sisters and which one recently sported a wants. If his desires carry him to sequinned eye-patch? other climes, he -says, he can 6. Which professional basketball player, a former Columbia star, choose, and has often in the past, was suspended for betting? suchl>laces as Aden, Arabia; Mo­ 7-. What SlU-manned ship has been running for the past year with Four, generations of Muellers zambique; Ria de Janeiro, Brazil a six-bladed propeller? are shown in thek Laporte, and even northern ports in Alaska 8. Which African trouble spot are France and Spain currently Texas, home. They' are Mrs. and Newfoundland, among other feuding over? The boys aboard the Chicka­ frigid climes. Anna Mueller, 73, in chair with 9. Which recent American best seller about the sea has been made saw had a pretty good time in There's not much he lacks in thr great-grandson Jimmie, eight into a successful Broadway play? the Chow department. Ligon, way of globe-trotting with the months^ Seafarer Walter Muel­ i JlO, Which river is the source of Victoria Falls? second cook, is ready to dish SIU, and he's glad he gets it a). ler, 51, stapdipg left;' and It'out to them. ••• • for free. ^ • • ^ (Quiz Answers on Page 25) son JihiMie, 21". . H Greece Victory Skirts Danger, Aided By Tugs Crawfish Catchers '^'•1 Seaman Keen On Clobe-Cirdling Four Generations Good Eating Time Quiz Corner ,. • .-vv.. 'V -u--;'. • -? Ir rU .r-y. �m iL* k- " • VM:* Twentr [ifv; M SEAFARERS LOG Fe|»rm t, lt54 Seamen Center Is Second Home To Seafarers • iy • - Seafarers "Snaj" McClosky, left, and Leroy Nicholas, behind him, danced to Calypso tunes when their ship, the Alcoa Clipper, visited Trinidad on its last run to the rum belt.'Pic by F. Ploppert. Crew Dances To Calypso Tune toa-Seafarers the world over, in and out of the Union, are known as the most irrepressible creatures on this green earth. Not to prove this theory unfounded. Seafarers Leroy Nicholas and "Snag" McClosky, aboard"^ contrary, they were intrigued by the Alcoa Clipper of Alcoa, tlte attempts of the SIU men in took to the ways of the native aping their musical style. The two m»n, when approached when last they visited Trinidad. Throwing caution to the wind, as to why they decfded to try the McClosky and Nicholas took up native dance, said that Seafarers the art of Calypso singing and would try anything once. There dancing. Trinidad, the home of was no report, however, as to how the Calypso species, was not taken the men mastered the dance or aback by the Seafarer version of whether they would follow it as a its native musical diet. On the career. QUns. YOUR. ^IP WHILE IN PORT, HANB THE •veLE&Ats NOTIFY rnP HAU AT ONce So A fzepiACBmrn" CAN BB Se/fT VOWN. OFTBN aOMPANieS PUT OFP CPVBPiNG MEN imeDINTNN, THUB LBAI/ING -IH0SHIP SHORT­ HAND^ AND A-JOB UNFIE/-£P. By Spike Uarttn We assume that most Seafarers retinue and were duly blasted off would be caught dead before they the courts by the Australians leav­ would put on a pair of white flan­ ing the latter in possession of the There's no place like home. nels and swing a tennis racquet, cup. But if you are going all Seafarer A1 Nadeau believes, but the tennis news coming out of the way to Australia you play in a ;et home all Australia' is"too good for this cor­ half-dozen other tournaments be­ but if you c^m't ge the time, the second best place is ner to pass over. It proves, if any­ sides so that the local tennis peo­ the Portland Seamen Center in one doubts it, that all talk about ple can get their moneys* worth out Portland, Oregon. He is not the sports improving international of you. That's where the trouble only Seafarer along the 'West Coast relations is as threadbare as a 20- began. to think along those lines either, year-old hdtch tarpaulin. It seems that in tennis it's con­ he writes. It seems that a couple of months sidered very unmannerly for on­ . The man behind the center, ago the US Lawn Tennis Associa­ lookers to favor one player or an­ says Nadeau, is A1 Platou, a for­ tion, an outfit which is as stuffy other. Yelling is considered im­ mer seaman from Bay Ridge, as it sounds, sent out a couple of polite, whistling is deplorable and Brooklyn, who lived there for many earnest tennis players named Vic booing is positively a sacrilege. If years with his father, a former cap­ Seixas and Tony Trabert, to wrest a player thinks a referee made a tain on Norwegian sailing ships. the Davis Cup away from the bad call he's supposed to shake Platou, says Nadeau, was on the Australians. The Davis Cup, if any­ his head, and the other player New York School Ship in 1910 and body is curious, is a good-sized is supposed to fluff the next point lias sailed on Norwegian tramps and steriing silver mug that could hold deliberately as a gesture of good in the US Navy during World enough gin for a full-sized martini sportsmanship. War I. blowout. Strange Happenings . Newly Organized Real Amateurs Before long though, things start­ Platou, his sea lore aiding him Seixas and Trabert are amateurs ed happening in a strange and ir­ immeasureably, has been placed in according to the Lawn Tennis As­ regular fashion. The US players a spot to help other merchant sea­ sociation, which means they don't started arguing with the referees men. Since last September he has get paid a penny, oniy "expenses" over decisions, the fans started boo­ been director of the newly organ­ enough to get them .all the way ing, and at last report Seixas ized and remodeled Portland Sea­ to Australia and back, keep them started making gestures a la Ted men Center at 512 West Burnside living in proper style while they Williams right out in the middle Street in that town. Since he has are there and keep them in tennis of the tennis court. taken over the job, Platou has seen rackets. If they got paid a salary Now the players say, they are more than 2,000 seamen visit the of any kind though, that would going to "expose" the Australians center and use its facilities. He make them professionals and for­ has been around seamen long ever ban them from contesting for when they get home. The whole thing sounds like the beginning of enough, on and off the beach,' he the Cup. a juicy international incident that says, to know that they are just In any case, the two players got may even wind up before the like many another average guy. The center, formerly the Catho­ to Australia with family and other United Nations Assembly.. lic Maritime Club, is supported by the United Fund in conjunction Relaxing On Deck Of Seanan with the St. 'Vincent de Paul socie­ ty. It has many of the facilities which help to make the merchant seamen "feel at home," including ping pong, a television and reading room, pool, dance floor, movies, snack bar, locker room, showers and laundry facilities. Price Is Right Everything is for free at the Center, which Nadeau says, is the right price for anything, but you get the tops in everything there. Seamen pay nominal prices for the food served in the snack bar, if they have the dough. If not, they have had many a meal on the cuff. Everybody leaves the club with a smile, says Nadeau. Platou and a janitor are the only paid employees of the center, Collins, AB, left, and the deck engineer aboard the Seaman relax which operates almost primarily on on deck in a rare moment of relaxation aboard the vessel. a volunteer basis. Serving volun­ tarily as members of the operating committee are Thomas McDonough, Robert Ward, Pat Keogh, Thomas Cullen and Capt. R. P. Brady. Jim McChrystaT, a seaman, serves as assistant to Platou. The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, The center is open from 4 to II bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known PM daily, including Sundays and cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, holidays, so the boys always have suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Jesse W. Puckett's ^a place to congregate when they recipe for "rum doughnuts." • leave the shipping hall. Recently, Next to bread there's nothing as basic in the way of baked the center threw Thanksgiving and Christmas parties for seamen, with goods as the good old conventional doughnut. It made a cult free eats serving as the main at­ of the "dunker" who, before that, had to gulp down his coffee traction. In addition, the center without anything on the side."^ gave a Christmas party for 50 or­ "Rum doughnuts," as de­ flour (enough to make a good flex­ phaned youngsters, who loved the vised by Seafarer Jesse W. ible dough), 16 teaspoons of baking seamen as much as the latter took Puckett, chief steward, are "dough­ powder, 4 cups of sugar, 4 tea­ the tykes to their hearts. nuts with something added," and spoons of salt, 2 teaspoons of nut­ Nadeau says the food is great as 4 cups of milk, 8 eggs well as the companionship at the go a bit beyond the conventional meg,' (beaten), 16 .tablespoons of melted variety of "coffee and . . baked center. He ought to-know that the butter and 24 tablespoons of rum. good stuff, to the satisfaction of all food is th^ best there, he says, be­ Sift all the dry ingredients and concerned. cause he does the cooking every add to the beaten eggs, milk, but­ Puckett, who's day. ter and rum. The dough should been catering to be made the same as any other seamen's tastes for doughnut dough after the dry and over 20 years, wet ingredients are sufficiently nearly ten of them combined anc} then rolled out on a aboard SIU ships, flour board and, cut. to have a With Congress back in ses-- ought Fry at about 365 degrees F. un­ pretty good idea sion. Seafarers are urged to til they're toasted and nicely by now what the keep on writing their Senators brown, and the rum has' had a guys like. For the and Representatives in favor chance to work itself in through­ record, his last Packett of retaining .the US PubHc out the dough. The doughnuts can ship was the Ames Health Service hospitals. The Victory (Victory Carriers) and he then be served plain, or with any flow of mail has been heavy has just' registered to ship additional special frosting to seal up to now, but from now on in from his home port of Wilmington. in the flavor or with plain sugar. is the time that it really In order to make the dou^nuts, The recipe makes about eight dozen counts, • < u V- f y- — C— hefe's what .youfd iteedt aZitai^ iofo doughnuts; • ii'tH ai - I'e 't' ^ »• Keep Those Letters Coming -1 �SEAF ARERS F«brany I, lfS4 Tktmhm^hipper iPffai Clever i; •• Te flie EdKcR I Just got off the Venore (C^e) on January 14, 1954, and am now registered for a ship here in Balti­ more. I had the pleasure of sailing with one of the finest, most co­ operative and hard-working deck departments I have ever sailed with on any ship. To say the least for the bosun whom we call "Blackie" Zurn, he was the best bosun I ever sailed with. He gave the gang every consideration neces­ sary for a smooth running depart­ ment. We had no gas-hounds on deck, no loafers, no trouble mak­ ers and no disputed overtime. We accomplished much in the line of work and felt that we were a per­ fect working gang. However, things were too good to be true, for the captain could not afford to leave us alone, and he constantly came out on deck to "supervise" in the use of the chipping hammer and the regula­ tion way of hold­ ing one. He con­ stantly annoyed Zurn us by making these repeated attacks on us, How­ ever, in my opinion, he could not keep up with any man on deck when it came right down to actu­ ally chipping a deck, for. I have had much experience in this line of work to know that there is no such a thing as a regulation for chipping. Different Problems It certainly could be figured out by anyone that there are different types and thicknesses of paint, slush and corrosion that must be approached with certain angles of the chisel to produce the best re­ sults in the line of work. For in­ stance, the captain wanted every man to "chip" holding the gun in a perfectly "vertical position" and to apply a tremendous pressure on the gun ail the time. He said that when the . gun "pecked," the chip­ ping power was lost. I disagreed with him, but to myself of course. For you can't argue with a man who thinks he's the lord and mas­ ter. Now then, there was a spot on the foc'sle head just forward of the starboard winch that was very thick with sticky slush. I tried the captain's way of chipping to no avail. This type of chipping must be approached at an angle of 45 degrees or more when ustaig a gun. The bosun, seeing oiu* difficulty in trying to please the captain came to our rescue, as was his constant habit, and brought out the wooden handled scrapers. When the cap­ tain saw'the amazing results that could be accomplished by using the'^ right' tool for the right job he be­ came very annoyed and walked off the deck talking to himself. False Accusation However, the captain, seeing that he could not attack our way of working with much success, ac­ cused us of "sky-larking" when the AB on deck wanted to. see if it was time to relieve the quartermaster. He turned around and accused the AB and myself, sailing as deck maintenance, of wrestling. That's a joke. Speaking of wrestling, it reminds me of the story I heard about the captain and his stepson who could not stand the old man's "stuff" and therefore became one of the boys. He went out with the "crew and was a little late in returning and was "fired" by the old man. Upon leav­ ing the ship, the stepson knocked on his door and gav^the old man a bust in the snoot as a token of family;"affectlons." ^ How can a man of his lowly ways •demand the respect of « crew if . he cannot .get the respect of his {atniiy? Maybe this is what makes • iilm what h« is. 'i^eakiag ^ of ieeie, 1 believr Pace Tweirtr-oaa LOG LETTERS there is a Federal law against any­ one "meddling" witl^ the mails. 1 see no excuse for this captain, R. J. Hector, holding back a letter from the "Union Slopchest" addressed to the ship's delegate, and not sur­ rendering it until a few days out of the Canal and then "sneakingly" handing it to me on deck one night to deliver it to the ship's dele­ gate. In the future, as a warning to my Union Brothers who might someday have the misfortune of sailing with this man, please be cautious and don't plan on "homesteading" as he has a habit of fir­ ing whole crews for no reason whatsoever, like he did myself and five of the hardest-working sailors aboard. I do not make it a habit of "pull­ ing any punches," let alone "wres­ tling on deck." Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson i Wants Copy Of Seafarers in War To the Editor: Would like very much to get a copy of "Seafarers In World War II" If you still have any on hand. There are a few of us old ^eadogs here talking scuttlebutt about our wartime sailing and long before then, of course. Most of my time in World War II I was in the Pacific on the "American Press" until she laid up in Adelaide, NS. Then I hit the Seattle runs and several scows running between Australia and the Islands. I am getting the LOG and the West Coast Sailor and believe me they sure come in handy here to keep in touch with things mari­ time. I sailed for close to 40 years In the stewards department, but I am now beached for good because of a bum ticker and a few more things. Robert Van Dorn (Ed. note: The publication you ask lor is on its way to you.h t> t- Oppose Closing Of Hospitals Te the Editor: We the officers and crewmembers of the Steel Age (Isthmian) wish to go on record as highly op­ posed to any measures taken by members of the Government to close hospitals, the facilities of which we have been privileged to use for years. Signed by the officers and crew of the Steel Age aire or a king to enjoy this action. Just get on the Ponce and join the 60-minute cement mixers with the captain and the engineer. To the Editor: Dutchy Moore A rare event occurred whil^ lay­ ing on the hook in Sasebo, Japan. t The Orion Star pulled alongside of us, within shouting distance. We were amazed to note that she had been kept up like a yacht. She was shining like a new dollar while To the Editor: Some time back we moved and our tub, the Orion Comet, looked the SEAFARERS LOG was for­ like a rust bucket. The reason, of course, was our warded to us for awhile. Then it skipper being a little tight with stopped coming and I have sent in quite a few changes of address OT, but the beef without receiving the paper. has been settled. My husband is at sea now on After meeting the the Transatlantic and I really en­ gang ashore we joy reading the LOG. I was won­ found out they dering if I could get the LOG were well satis­ coming my way once again. fied with their Thanks for returning my baby's lot. picture which I received in the Pretty Hot Trip mail today. I really enjoyed the This is a LOG every two weeks and looked pretty hot trip Rubery forward to reading the news about and some of the lads are breaking out with the itch the men and the ships. When my husband is in port we' —to go home. We don't get a have a fight to see which one gets chance to keep up with the latest to read it first. So, if you can, fads back home. There is a new please start the LOG coming back dance step becoming popular with the boys, the Has Tanura Polka. to us. Mrs. Coy Russell Hendrick Originally it was a waltz done to (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ the tune of Goodnight, Sweetheart. John Zeireis says he is still dress has been noted and you will fighting the fifth columnists (rust) receive the LOG every two weeks aboard this tub. Fish Rubery, the as published.). Boston sage, is still going strong. i 4. 4. He says that most of the gang came here as jockeys and now they are plenty overweight. By the time this appears in print our genial baker expects to become a To the Editon I have been receiving the SEA­ proud father for the second time. FARERS LOG sent to my late "OlUe" Olson husband, Charles H. Yackes and I Ship's delegate am very pleased with it and to 4* 3^ know of the nice things the SIU Welfare Plan is doing. I think it is all wonderful. I sure look forward to your paper To the Editor: and especially when I was in the Greetings to the cold feet pale­ hospital last August and Septem­ face up north. We're the warm ber. I had a heart attack and a feet tribe from the southland, case of nerves. My husband's acci­ aboard the Ponce out of the dent finally caught up with me swamps of Port Everglades, Fla. and at present I am living with We had a sumptuous meal at sea my son as I am still under a doc­ on Thanksgiving to celebrate the tor's care. paleface coming to Florida. How! I do hope you will continue to After dinner, the master, Oscar send me the paper as I sure enjoy Williams, and chief engineer, Les­ it so very much. I want to wish a ter Camp, came to say how thank­ Happy New Year to Walter Siekful they were for such a good mann, Mr. Miller and to the man­ SIU crew. ager of the SUP, whose name I do We've a lot to be thankful for, not know. They were so good to me too—a three-day milk run to during my trouble. Good luck to Ponce, PR. The lovely nights under you and your paper. a tropical moon, the lovely senoriMrs. Charles H. Yackes tas, the wild, sensuous music of (Ed. note: The LOG will con­ the Guaracha, the rhumba, then back to the land of dreams, Miami, tinue to be sent to you as pub­ lished.) for ipore of the same. You don't have to be a million- Orion Vessels Trade IMOUS Still Wants To Read lAPG Stm Thinks Sir, LO«i Tops Having A Fine Time On Ponee Has MUk Beef On Steel WUmger To the Editor: It's a little late to wish you a Happy New Year, but you -will understand how it is with Us on the Steel Ranger out here. Wo have been out four months to India and Pakistan and now are home­ ward bound to Baltimore with a load of ore. We expect to arrive about February 5 when I shall head for Brooklyn and home. I'll be glad to get off this scow, because the milk situation has been terrible. Following find some thoughts of mine on the subject: For the Seafarer in US ports or coastwise, the daiiy supply of fresh milk in­ sures healthful living and a well'balaneed diet. The benefit of milk in our daily lives is well known to medi­ cal authorities and to laymen. Jellette However, men making long voyages away from the US find themselves suddenly cut off from fresh milk and find themselves in trouble. On the present voyage, a few days out of "Texas and for more than three months now, we have not had a glass of fresh milk. In the not too distant future I hope the situation will be improved. It is said that they are now in the process of putting up fresh milk in sealed can containers, with the milk able to keep indefinitely under proper temperatures. This would, indeed, be a boon to seamen, for one could easily carry enough for a long voyage. In the meantime, may I suggest something for the younger seamen that many an oldtimer practices. You can get all the milk you need simply by taking a waterglass and filling it half with milk from the can and half with ice water. Mix it up and you have the equivalent of fresh milk. To offset the canned taste, simply add a shot of coffee, tea or cocoa and you will have a palatable and wholesome beverage. Do this daily. Make it a habit and you will be helping yourself to a well-balanced diet. John Jellette I 41 •' 4 4- TfuLnhs SilJ For Many Tilings To the Editor: I wish to thank you for seeing that my copy of the LOG gets to me every two weeks, and I know that you will continue to send it. There is just one other little favor I must ask. Will you please send me a copy of "Seafarers In World War II"? At this time 1 wish lo express my thanks to Walt Siekmann and his entire staff of the Welfare De­ partment. They are doing a grand job and deserve -a lot of credit. As a matter of fact, the whole SIU deserves a lot of credit. I am proud to be a member of the best Union in the world. They see that you are always treated square and human. Richard Garrison (Ed note: The publication you ask for is on its way.) 4" 4< 41 Wants Old FOGs Sent TJO Him Down In a snake farm In Marathon, Fla^ are a couple of Seafarers pletured here wUh two charmtng companions. Dutchy Moore, seeond from right, la looking a snake in tiie eye while It la la the protoethre custody of Alnia Cagla, tho snake woman. Another Sparer, "Iceman Joe the Grinder," Is ait left oaioyiag the prooeodingsi whilo n fMr companion looltB on at tkr-Huxrlcana. Dm; ' To the Editor: We have been out of the States about four and a half months now. The last issue of the LOG that we saw was the September 18 issue. If possible, can you send at least one copy of each issue since then. Seymour HelnfHnc. (Ed. note: The JX)Gs you ask for are on their uxiyii - - "*• • �SEAFARERS tare Twenty-two Uliioli ff«Ip« Alien Seaman i-f* I'OG L E T T E R S fibrnatrli' 1954 Captain BUgh Is On Board In extreme, contrast to our pre­ To the Editor: vious voj^age'on the Steel Direc­ I am a native of Estonia and in a free world. We can achieve R. G. Ruttkay, J. R. Thompson, M. have been sailing through the SIU this partly by free, rank-and-filePyke, J. Barron and Pavlos was tor with Capt. Gillespie, we have on our present voyage run into since 1945. I have been sailing led trade unions. elected to take care of this. quite steadily and never have had It is high time for the US dock- To the Editor: After some investigation, the a modern disciple of Capt. Bligh any trouble'shipping out. Indeed, workers to clean house by estab­ I have been working on the Wa­ committee reported that a large in the person of one Homer L, I am very fortunate to be a mem­ lishing a free dockworkers' union, terman shore gang for a while but plaque would cost $65 and the Howser. It would seem as though we are ber of such a great Union. ruled by the membership and not will soon 'be shifting jobs and small ones $12 each. E. Black- will My troubles started only when the union gangsters. It's about time working over in New Jersey. For take care of all the details of col­ in the Navy with all the rules and new immigration laws were it happened. Neither Rome nor the this reason, I am putting my house lecting money from crewmembers, regulations which have been put enacted. Unfor­ new AFL-ILA can be built in a up for sale. paying for the plaques and sending into effect this trip. tunately, I lacked day. Stick with it and you will go Having made a For the information of the broth­ them on. The total cost of the four months' sea far toward real trade unionism. pleasant and plaques will be $161. service toward The foundation you are building ers, if anyone is interested in mov­ peaceful voyage Joseph S. Barron American cifi- on is solid. The vote will be your ing out to Loiig Island, it is a fiveti n c 1 u d i ng the 4" 4" 4" zenship. I am boss from now on, hot the gang­ room ,ranch-type house only four Persian Gulf) as years old with an expansion attic very grateful to ster-bosses. far as Indonesia,We in Europe are and full basement. The place is Paul Drozak, SIU proud of you. Keep it up. the captain de­ fully insulated, mth redwood storm patrolman in cides everything Franz Pietzak windows, and is. landscaped all To the Editor: Seattle, Washing­ is going too t t around, including hedges. ton, who gave When we, the members of the ipsmooth. He is­ Olman '' Shopping And Schools me a helping SIU, find something that we don't sues orders that Hughart hand and took my case to Jeff Gil­ The house is on a plot 60x100, like, the rest of the membership no ice be pulled lette, the port agent for the Union. with just a short walk to shopping wants to know about it. Also, if we on weekends or holidays, resulting The port agent finally cleared me To the Editor: areas and schools. The Long Island find something that is okay for the in no iced drinks for meals. He .fur­ Just a few lines to describe my Railroad is only about a mile away brothers, they want to hear about ther stated that no ice was to v/ith the Immigration Service so that I was able to make a Dis­ last few trips on the Bethore. by bus, and by car, the place is on­ that, too. Here is something which be pulled without written orders There was a lot of griping about ly 50 minutes via Belt Parkway to I find to be all right, so I want it from the company. He also or­ placed Person's application. Then, with Brother Walter Siekmann's the chow and not much OT, but it the hall in Brooklyn. put in the LOG so all the men can dered the steward not to make ice great help, I was able to get suf­ must have been idle talk because cream as that would use ice. We expect to be moving to our see. ficient shore leave to enable me when we paid off last trip all six new place around April of this On one occasion while washing I am. from Philadelphia, Pa., and to get a hearing with the Immigra­ oilers stayed on for another trip. year, so until then, anyone inter­ felt like a stranger-on the West down, a little water (maybe a cup In fact all of the black gang stayed ested can see the house or get fur­ Coast until I stopped at the Ques­ tion Service. full) got in the chief's porthole. He It is wonderful to be a member on except three wipers and one ther information by calling HEmp- tion Mark Cafe, 1437 Haight Street, dashed below, turned the water off. of a Union which enjoys such a fireman. From the way the guys stead 2-5315M. The address is 763 San Francisco, Cal. George and and had the deck department good reputation everywhere and is are talking about the weather re­ Flanders Avenue, Uniondale, East Paul are two of the squarest/men knocked off. The captain called recognized with respect by Immi­ ports we have been getting from Hempstead, LI. The price of the that anyone can meet. They will the delegates and men who were gration authorities. An Immigra­ the States, I think most of the house is $11,500. tell you where to get the nicest working to his office for an in­ tion inspector in Seattle, who crew will stay on here for another and cheapest apartment and rooms. quiry. He said to the mate, "TakeAdrian Remijn looked at my Union book, very trip or two. And I am sure that you won't be these men in the office and see t i t • My brother, who has been in the aptly remarked: "You are a lucky without "coffee and" if you know what you can find out. They are man to have such a book." He Coast Guard for the past four these boys. out to get my chief." years, finds what I tell him can say that again. It seems that the captain is George 'bnd Paul are the owners about all the benefits the Union Karl Olman laboring under a persecution com­ of the Question Mark Cafe, so the has won for us hard to believe. In To the Editor: ii men can get down there and not plex (verdict after due delibera­ fact, he doesn't believe that we At a recent shipboard meeting make the money we do, so would aboard the Stony Creek, it was hang around the waterfront. Just tion). Every time ybU try to talk stop in and say hello, men,' and to him you are either threatening you. please start sending him the decided to ac- no one will be sorry. him or accusing him of something, LOG so he can see for himself how 0 e p t contribu­ To the Editor: or trying to tell him how to run his I hope you will print this in the much the SIU does for its men. tions from the Permit me to say a few words ship. T. Hayes crewmembers, in next issue of the LOG because I about the new AFL-ILA. I wish The latest incident happened know that the boys will not go (Ed. note: Your brother's name order to have to extend my heartfelt congratula­ when, I, as ship's delegate, and the wrong in this place. This is one has been added to the mailing list plaqueis made to tions to the new organization. This .engine department delegate, at the send to the sur? of the best places that I know of request of a sick crewiiietnber, action was called for many years and he will receive the LOG every on the West Coast. two weeks as published.) vivors of the ago, but it only became a f?ct some went to see the captain about send­ Duke Sampson S- i i USAF air sea months ago. I believe this was ing him ashore to be hospitalized. . 4 4 4 rescue plane noticed and watched by not a small Instead of trying to find out crash last Sep­ number of dockworkers and Sea­ Barron whether' or not the man needed tember. While farers around the world. Newspa­ hospitalization, he screamed and attempting to take off with Brother pers in Bremen and Hamburg, Ger­ To the Editor: raved that we were accusing him Would you please print the an­ many, have been writing about it. Maurice Charles Brodey, who was To the Editor: of refusing medical treatment. I know what I'm going to write swer to this question in i;he next being transported for medical Congress is now in session and The engine delegate approached or talk about, because I have been issue of the LOG. It causes a lot treatment, the plane crashed and according to the news from Wash­ sailing to and from US ports for of confusion in the engine room. Brother Brodey was lost at sea. ington it will be a long session. If the mate to ask if the man could many years. The fate of the US Here it is: Plaques will be sent to the de­ you haven't written to your Con- have fruit juice for breakfast, Is it compulsory for the fireman ceased's family and also to the air gresman yet now is the time to do which he had requested. The cap­ dockworkers under the ILA is still tain, on overhearing this conversa­ to rotate port watches so as to force unit, in appreciation of their it. fresh in my mind. ' tion, went off the deep end saying, equalize the cargo overtime? efforts. Name Is Disgrace We don't know when the pro­ "If anyone else bothers that man There seems to be a different It was suggested that letters be For the dockworkers' organiza­ posed closing of the USPHS OF bothers me about that man, I tion to be known as the Interna­ answer in, every port we enter, so sent to the commanding officer or hospitals will come up on the floor am going to log you four days* tional Longshoremen's Association, would you pTease explain this to general of the outfit involved, to of Congress, but we should be pre­ obtain the names and addresses of pared for it all along. Let us also^ pay." This to the mate. is a real disgrace to the interna­ everyone's satisfaction. W. Kelly the plane's crewmembers,, and also get pur families and friends to' J have come to the conclusion tional union movement, or to the (Ed. note: No, it is not compul­ to the Union hall, to obtain an es­ write to the legislators asking them that he does hot want to talk to any ' principle of trade unionism. Many first-trippers arriving in US ports sory to rotate port watches and timate and details on getting this to put up a fight to appropriate delegate for any reason unless he received a first" impression of US equalize overtime. However, this work done. We must alsb find out more money to keep the hospitals is trying to get out of something. trade unionism in the picture of is usually done in general prac­ where to send the unit's plaque. A open past the fiscal year deadline We are not supposed to have any beefs. On one occasion, when ap­ dockworkers being ruled by union- tice. ) committee consisting of E. Black, and forever. proached with a legitimate beef, gangster bosses. It gives a bad im­ Now is the time to .jitart the ball the delegate was informed, "This pression of the union movement in rolling, so pitch in and start writ­ is my ship and I am running it tc the US. ing. It sure, won't hurt any to try. suit myself." . The day will come when the new Spider Korolia That's all on our present day AFL-ILA will be the ultimate in 4 4 4 Captain Bligh. Everyone who has dockworkers' trade unions in the sailed with him can probably re­ US and all over the world. It would count similar experiences. do well to pattern itself after the Chester Hughart • SIU and SUP in America. As a matter of fact, we unionists from To the Editor: the old world consider the SIU and I would like to take this oppor­ the SUP the best examples of trade tunity to tell all my brothers in and "maritime unions in the world the Union that I am happy and because they are real rank-and-file well. However, I do have one thing To the Editor: unions with a free Union constitu­ that is troubling me. I would ap­ I wish to take this time to thank tion as a foundation. Their wages preciate 4t'if you would put this you for the copies of , the LOG I and conditions are tops in the letter in the next issue of the.LOG have been receiving. I enjoy read­ world. so that I might communicate with ing it vary much as I am a semiLook Toward US Unions a shipmate of mine. His name is invalid and as my husband is a In other words, we here in Eu­ Leo LaSaya. seaman I am alone a good^ deal. rope are looking toward these The last time I heard anythifag I have a suggestion to make and unions to keep the torch of free about him he was in the hospital, I know other wives would like it trade unionism burning brightly. but he got out and I do not Know also. When men are getting paid Wherever the torch is burning where to reach him. 1 hope ke off in a port away from home, .and brightly men are free, not slaves. reads this letter so that he will at any time within * a five-day > Union gangsters and political know that his friend Marcelino period of time for the allotment ^ bosses play no part in their organSantiago wants to get in touch with check, if the companies would* just rations when they are truly fight­ "Belly robbers" aboard the Chickasaw oh its last trip were, left him. I can be reached at 255 West send the wives the Allotments, ing for freedom of the working to right, Nelson, utility; Elliott, baker; Newberg, steward; Gaby, , , 10th Street, New York City. everyone would be' a lot happier. man. Whal we all want is free men chief cook; and Ligon, second cook. \ Mkrcelfno Sdntikffp . Mrs. W. L^^oUer Seafarer Offers House For Saie Seamen Eaud Bar On West Coast Tells Of Trip; Brother^s Doubts USAF Rescuers To Get Plagues Wishes New Dock Union Success Asks Question On Cargo OT Write9 Fight Sags Seafarer 'Belly Robbers' Aboard Chickasaw Seaman Wants To Reach Friend Seafarers WUe Has $ Suggestion |l m-'-. liOi ..'i.'i .... �rtbnury f, 1M4 SEAFARERS LOG Ff TwcBijr-tttM Seafarer Takes Small Sehooner To Finland (Continued from page 9) Shortly afterwards he spotted teas when he ran Into, a severe elec­ his first ship from about a mile off. trical squall with much lightning, He attempted to approach her but winds were light and unfavorable which fortunately was short-lived. and he could not attract attention. Fog Unpleasant Subsequently, he spotted the "Fly­ The ne:(t portion of the ti^ was ing W" of a Waterman stack from a little tougher. Heading north to­ a distance. He didn't know it at ward latitude 50 degrees, he ran the time, but he later found out into the normal heavy fog off the it was the Wild Ranger, the last Grand Banks. "The fog made every­ ship he had sailed on before at­ thing sopping wet," he said. "All tempting the solo crossing. my gear, the food, the bedding, the Hit Three-Day Blow clothes and the bulkhead in the When he was 36 days out, he ran foc'sle dripped with water." into more trouble—a three-day When he was about two weeks blow of the kind that the North out, he ran into his first piece of Atlantic is famous for. "It was a bad luck. Moisture seeped into his very heavy gale," he said, "with motor, which he intended to use for waves about 40 feet high, much .getting in and out of port, and put higher than the mast, and when it out of commission. His battery some of those big breakers hit, I also went dead with the result that really felt it. I put my sea anchor he spent the rest of the trip with­ out and she held steady. The hull out running lights. Fortunately he Was in northern seas where the took the punishment well with no hours of darkness were few in leaks. But I didn't get much sleep the way the boat was pitching and summer. rolling. More serious than that was his "When it was all over, there was discovery that his new water tank the most beautiful sunset you ever had sprung a leak and all the fresh water in it, 20 gallons, had leaked saw. At least it seemed that way into the bilge. That left him with to me after the storm." Kivikoski'^intention was to ride about 15 gallons of water. He ra­ tioned himself to one cup a day the Gulf Stream straight across at for a while, until the rains came latitude 50 north and make his and he was able to refill his supply first landing at Lands End, Eng­ by collecting rainwater in his sails. land. However, when he got off . Once he got past the Grand Lands End, he found great diffi­ Banks, he ran*into a welcome spell culty making headway against wind of clear weather. "I took every­ and current and the sweep of the thing I had out of the cabin," he Gulf Stream. The result was he said, "put it tip on deck and let was driven northward towards the it get dry, which made things much rocky and dangerous Irish coast. more comfortable from then on." ' On August 4. he found himself Short wave radio broadcasts proved welcome distraction and useful aid on long solitary voyage. However, he did not have a trans­ mitter aboard. (/ ^ • Back home Kivikoski renews acquaintance with family members he has not seen since before World War II. drifting dangerously near shore into choppy shoal water. "There was no motor and no wind," he said. "So I was helpless to control the boat. I took a paddle and tried to paddle my way out of trouble, but it was no use. I sent some rockets up, hoping to get help, without any answer because there was nobody around. Finally, through luck and nothing else, managed to clear the rocks with­ out damage."" Eventually, he was able to make his way hack down to latitude 50 in the vicinity of the Scilly Islands. While passing between the islands and Lands End, he caught a onehour cat nap. When he woke up he found he was drifting towards the rocks again. "If I slept another half hour it would have been all over," he declared. Missed Use of Motor Making his way along the English channel, he was frustrated several times in attempting landings. "Each time I tried to come inshore the winds would be wrong and the beaches would be too steep. That's where I really missed my motor. I decided my best bet would be to go through the Straits of Dover and make my way to London. "I got into the Thames and an­ chored one night close to shore. 1 forgot though that the difference between high and low tides is very great there. Overnight the tide ran out and I was stuck in a stinking mud flat. "I climbed out of the boat and tried to walk my anchor out to­ ward the water so I could get off faster. I slipped in the mud for my trouble and got covered from head to toe. When the next tide came . Kivikoski'and a visiting .Netherlander are khown aboard tte Turquoise In Den Helder, Holland, where he wade hb first landing after a.tl^day erasing of the North Atlantic. in I was so angry that I decided to stop and his next trouble spot. get out of there." "There are a great many small is­ . He headed westward across the lands in the harbor" he explained,' North Sea toward the Dutch coast. "and I didn't have any charts so On the morning of the 67th day I had to navigate the best way I the wind was blowing so hard that could. Finally I hit a rock which he was having trouble keeping off­ knocked my rudder out of place. shore. A fishing boat came along However, some school children and took him in tow. Three hours passing in an outboard motorbeat later, drooping with exhaustion, pulled me off. but safe, he was ashore in Den Hel­ "I had a difficult time repairing der, Holland. The first stage of the it because it meant working in the journey was over. water which was already quite cold." Made Repairs Stockholm's attractions proved From there on, the trip was enough to hold Kivikoski for four pleasanter, broken up as it was by days, but since it was already Octo­ a round of hearty welcomes whei- ber and he had several hundred ever he stopped. Den Helder "prov­ miles to go northward in the Guif ed hospitable and he stayed there of Bothnia, he had to get going. a while doing necessary repairs to Leaving Stockholm he again hart, his motor and restocking on sup­ a minor collision which dented his plies. bow, but he decided to keep going. Wth fall coming on, he regret­ The autumn waters of the Gulf fully hade goodhye to Den Helder proved unpleasant. Cold weather and started on his way. This time and fog bad set in, and he was not though, he chose an inland route too well prepared with warm cloth­ via the canals, all the way to Wil- ing. When he got about 20 miles helmshaven, Germany. This was from his home town of Kemi. a the easiest and pleasantest part of heavy fog set in, but by now the the trip. By day he made his way channel fever had hit him hard. through placid farmlands with "I was so anxious to get home that crops ripening in the late summer I didn't want to stop for anything. sun. At night he tied up on the I made my way through the fog canal banks for restful sleep. without trouble, and when I passed From Wilhelmshaven it was back the lightship, they spotted me and to sea again towards Cuxhaven and sent word ashore because as soon the Kiel Canal. Cuxhaven proved as I got to the breakwater a motor to be a longer intei-lude than he boat was waiting for me to pilot planned. "I intended to stay only me in. one night," he said, "but I met a "Wh^n I got to shore there were girl there and before I knew it the quite a few hundred people waiting one night had stretched into eight. including my mother and brothers A hotel owner who offered me free and the mayor of the town. It was meals for as long as I wanted to a good welcome home." stay also made it hard to get away." Will Write Book Finally though, Cuxhaven had to Kivikoski spent a couple of be left behind. After transiting the Canal, Kivikoski made his way up months there and became quite a, the Dutch Coast, pulling in at local celebrity, lecturing at schools night at the various bays and inlets and yacht clubs about his voyage. along the shore. "I didn't want to He became honorary member of go through the bother of clearing sc many yacht clubs that he lost the ship every time," he said, "so count after a while. He also wrote I stayed away from the ports. Be­ a couple of magazine articles and sides time was passing and I want- signed a contract for a book in Finnish on his voyage. bd to make headway." Finally in January, he said his' Stayed Away from Russians goodbyes and headed for Helsinki He followed the same procedure where he caught a plane on the up the Swedish coast, sticking I'i'th. A couple of days later he was closely to the shoreline. "I wanted back in New York covering the to stay inshore because I didn't same ground that had taken him want to take the chance of running four months by boat. into any Russian ships. If they saw Is he making the return trip? me in a small boat they might have Kivikoski isn't sure now. "The thought I was a-spy." yacht club in my home town wants Actually, he had one brush with' to buy the boat, but they didn't the law when a Swedish coastal make a big enough offer. They cutter-made him heave to thinking want to use it as a training ship he was a smuggler. He ran up his for the local boy scouts. If they Arqerican flag and explained his meet my price, I will sell H and mission, after which he had to sub­ forget about coming back. If not, mit to interviews from local news­ maybe I will go back to Finland papermen. next summer and make the west­ Stockholm was the next major bound crossing." s.i �Vace Twentr-four SEAFARERS ,Fe1ira«r]r Br 1954 Of SHIPS' MEETiNeS U': • • • bers are leaving the washing machine dirty; he asked for • better cooperation from all hands. Discussion was held about buying a new record player and radio, when the ship's fund has been built up. Steward asked all members to take better care of the messrooms, pan­ try and recreation room. ALCOA RAN6ER (Alcoa), January 11— Chairman, John E. Nordstrom; Sacrcfary, lidward T. Claxdcr. All men on the last watch should stand by to clean up the ihesshall and leave enough cups for the watch coming on. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. Passenger ships can't compare with the food served aboard the Ranger. Vote of thanks-went to the radio operator; he has done many SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Statrsin), favors for the crew and we think he is no dsts—Chairman, Sir Charles; Secre­ one of the best. tary, not listed. Beef should be cleared up before the payoff. Disinfectant for RACNAR NAESS (Sastrsnsport), Janu­ heads was requested. ary •—Chairman, C. J. Quinnt; Sacratary, I. Russl. An electric iron was bought: there is now a S15.05 balance in the kitty. T. Scoot was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Washing machine will be repaired. Crew is to stay out of the officer's mess. All shoreside person­ nel is to stay out of messhalls. passage­ ways and gangway. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the good work it is doing. FAIRISLE (Waterman), December 27— Chairman, George B. Dunn; Secretary, Charles Brown. Delegates reported all OK. Robert Schoolcraft was unanimously elected ship's delegate. Drinking water has been off and on, as usual, and the freon Is leaking out of the ice-making machine according to the chief engineer, so the steward department started mak ing ice in the meat box. Washing ma­ chine Is on the blink, and according to SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Sea(raln), Da- the company representative, it will camber 23 — Chairman, H. M. Thomas; either be repaired on the way or a new Secretary, A. Concalves. James Dawson one will be put aboard at New York. was elected ship's delegate by acclama' tlon. Steward asked members to strip TAGALAM tSostrada), December 27— their bunks so that all linen could be Chairman, F. L. Monte; Secretary, T sent to the laundry. Steward was asked Sanchex. It took a lot of teletype and to bring chow up to par, and there was telephone calls before the skipper agreed a complaint about the lack of prime ribs to sign pn an eight-man steward depart of beef. Steward explained that prime ment in Port Arthur. Beef about OT ribs were on the menu at least once sheets being held by the chief engineer week for dinner. Question about the for about Co days. Crewmembers voted milk was explained to the membership. unanimously to keep the present ship's Brothers were asked to keep the laundry delegate as he is doing a good Job clean at all times. Anyone leaving the Steward was elected ship's treasui;er by washing machines dirty will be repri acclamation; he will hold the fund, which manded. will be used to buy an iron, cover, and for emergency expenses. ANTINCms (Waterman), January 15— Chalrman,'^B. Varn; Secretary, C. Achoy. t: LOG There is $46 in the ship's fund. Wipers' beef will be taken up with the patrolman boarding the vessel. Ship's fund should be increased by voluntary contributions and also by contributions from new mem­ bers, in order to purchase a television set. Crew voted unanimously to con­ CLARKSBURG VICTORY (Eastern), tribute $2 apiece; ship's delegate will June 14—Chairman, J. Rubery; Secre­ collect the money at the payoff. tary, F. Robbins. No launch service was DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), December available, but the crew was informed If—Chairman, Walter Makin; Secretary, that shore leave in Inchon was permitted. R. E. Phillips. Beefs about cigarette ra­ Cots should not be left outside in the tioning and shore gang sougeeing in rain. Buenos Aires will be taken up on arrival in New Orleans. Motion was passed to LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), De­ ascertain from the hail details on butane cember 5—Chairman, P. S. Crevier; Sec­ gas and the quantity that would consti­ retary, J. R. Luges. J. P. Caldwater was tute a penalty cargo. Vote of thanks elected steward delegate. Messman's went to the steward department on the room should be painted. Suggestion was excellent manner that the food was pre­ made to have the ship's delegate take pared and served. All delegates will over the ship's fund, which totaled $31. make up a repair list. 8-12 oiler's mat­ Joe Wallace was unanimously elected tress IS not long enough. It was decided, new ship's delegate. after some discussion, that the deck sani­ December 20 —Chairman, Robert H. tary will keep the slop basin and gear Rojem; Secretary, Walter F. Wallace. locker clean; engine sanitary will clean Ship's delegate checked with the captain the washing machine area and the stew­ about painting rooms and was informed ard utility clean the recreation room. that all were painted in June. Stamps The $34 deficit of the ship's fund will be are available for the crew. Foc'sles will made up by an arrival pool. be sougeed if necessary. No maii was forwarded to San Pedro by the company. A wire will be sent to the-Welfare De­ partment by the crew. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for good feeding. Something shopld be done about roaches. It was agreed that clean­ ing stairways is the messman's Job. U. t^ROLYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, J. O. Malone; Sacratary, Arturo Mariano, Jr. One man is paying off in San Juan, Puerto RICO. Steward should try to provide more variety in the night lunches on the next voyage. More shower cur­ tains and hooks will be ordered. There was A discussion on the care of the laundry and recreation room and it was decided that the wiper and the OS would alternate the cleaning of the laundry and the steward take care of the recrea-St®"®'"'' department was preparation and serving of food, especiaUy Brother Ar­ turo Mariano, the crew messi.ian, who waf praised for his considerate and po­ lite service. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), October 25 •nei'la*"*; m '•"•••''V, Clar- for the wl 5*"® ®''* ea'ches lockers and closets in pumpman's and bosun's quarwh« .^Pfding patrolman wUl be asked who la to furnish padlocks for crew's Snrt'll"' members are to bring cupg them^^ilf I'u P®"'ry and place them in the sink. Name plate should he and ri®""! doors. Hasp and staples should be installed in all jr®w Tuerters, and padlockS should" be furiushed for these. Vote of thank, went to the steward department. Keep Draft Board Po»ted SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards furnished at all' SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board Informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. the machinist must assist the pumpman In pumping. Amidship between deck doors are sprung causing leakage of water during rough weather. Doors aft are also sprung and all these should be repaired. Motion was passed to get a fresh supply of hread at each end to Insure freshness, and to replace the pres­ ent supply of old eggs with a new sup­ ply. Motion was passed to get a new brand of face soap and washing powder as some of the members are getting a rash from the soap. Each man should help clean up the messroom and put dirty dishes in the sink. A tube is need­ ed for the messroom radio. Ship's dele­ gate WiU take care of the ship's fund. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), January 3— Chairmen, Charles E. Wells; Secretary, C. A. Crabtrca. No repairs were done after the repair Ust was turned in last voyage. Ship's delegate wlU see the chief mate about the toilet aft of hous­ ing for stevedores, as it is not flushing. DoOr to messroom should be- kept closed, and noise kept down. Steward departbent got a vote of thanks for the cxceUent service and gxtra fine meals dur­ ing Christmas and on New Year's Day. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), January 17 — Chairman, George Mihalopoulous; Secretary, D. Frierson. An order of 108 cartons of cigarettes at $1.67 a carton were retailed to the crew at $2. The profit of $36.71 brought the ship's fund to $50.71. Vote of thanks went to the ship's delegate, J. R. Lane, for making this possible. Motion was passed that a brother going ashore in Boston buy an iron out of the ship's fund. MARORE (Ora), December 23—Chair­ man, Salty See; Secretary, Keene. Since the washing machine is broken, it was voted to buy a new one; the old one is not worth fixing. Head in wiper's room needs painting, as well as the machinist room, utility room head, engine depart­ ment foc'sles. Two new coffee pots are FAIRLAND (Waterman), December 20 needed. Chairman, -J. T. Lkliniki; Secretary, Frank Kustura. A few men paid off at STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Decem­ various ports. Crew was warned about ber 27—Chairman, Fred C. Irizar; Secre­ excessive drinking; 4f this is not stopped, tary, Fidel D. Lukban. All painting Jobs action will be taken against performers. in the Far East will be posted on all A few lieefs between the chief mate and Isthmian ships, so we will know what the deck delegate were straightened. to be done by shore gang or ship's The man who missed ship in San Pedro personnel. Deck department should carry was reported to the patrolman in Seattle. coffee to the bridge with cover to keep Men playing cards in the recreation the deck clean and save coffee. AU room were asked to be a little quieter, rooms should be sougeed for the next and to clean the recreation room after crew. There should be enough ice cream games. Bosun asked the crew to keep for the next trip. No ship laundry water-tight doors closed midship at should be allowed to use the crew's night. washing machine, nor should any out­ sider or crewmember of another ship. SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND' (Waterman), AU screen doors should be bolted in US December 17 — Chairman, John Fedeso- ports. AU keys will be turned over to vlch; Secretary, William Seltzer. Stanley delegates to give to the mate for the J. Barras was elected ship's delegate. next crew before the payoff. There was a lengthy discussion on per­ formers, who were warned not to foul up the rest of the voyage. Discussion was held-on shore liberty while in Pusan and Inchon, Korea. Each department wlil keep a record of the time restricted to ship. Patrolman will be contacted on this at the end of the voyage. "Bounty." Vol# of thanks went to the steward and his department for their cooperation aU trip and for the awell meala that were put out for the holidays. There were many beefs against the cap­ tain. who has been promising to paint out aU living spaces, and promised wind chutes and fans, but nothing or very little has come of it. DEL MAR (Mississippi), January $ — Chairman, J. Spina; Secretary, Henry C. Gardes. Report on men who fouled up will be turned over to the New Orleans patrolman. There is a total of $79.51 in the ship's fund. Laundry needs repairs badly. AU water tanks need cleaning. Singe the crew of this ship is very large, another washing machine should be put on board. $15 will be spent on magazines from the ship's fuiid. Cups should not be used for ash trays. Ship's fund wiU not exceed $500. $25 will be spent for flowers In the case of death. AU con­ tributions WiU b* voluntary. caUed for on this kind of run. If a man put in a large amount he would not get anything out of it, as the changeover on thU ship is so great that there is a new crew almost every run. A smaU fund is all that is needed, and if some­ thing very bad should happen, the crew would all get together and take care of it. Bosun asked for help from ali de­ partments in keeping the deck clean and taking trash aft to dump. Steward was asked to order new mattresses and pil­ lows and did so. Delega'tes thanked the steward department for what they had done and also for the fine Christmas dinner and the fine tree and trimmings. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Sestrade), Jan­ uary •—Chairman, Murphy; Secretary, Charles Dwyer. There is $16.38 in the ship's fund. Discussion was held on pur­ chase of a hand wringer to handle heavy clothes Instead of using the washing machine wringer. Ernie Gerace was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Retiring delegate George Hubner re­ ceived a vote of thanks for a Job well STEELORE (Ore), Dactmbar 27—Chair­ done. man, W. L. Joad; Sacratary, Guy Naalls. No shore leave passes were issued by the captain ai Puerto De Hierro, VenC' zuela. There is $15.66 in the ship's fund. Steward was asked to explain the short­ age of mUk in Baltimore. After a dis­ cussion, it was decided that the steward would give out linen as before. There was a beef about worms in the blackeye peas. Steward was asked why he ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), December served bad chicken for two days and 27—Chairman, Buster Young; Secretary, why he didn't order a replacement for J. Mehalov. Vote of thanks went to the the second cook and baker who' was steward department for a sweU Christ­ getting off. Crewmembers will leave the mas dinner. Repair list will be turned washing machine and laundry trays In three days before arrival. Loans from clean. Ship's delegate will buy an elec­ the ship's fund will be given only when tric iron out of the ship's fund. approved by the membership. Brother Barnes was elected ship's delegate; Broth­ CARRABULLE (Nat'l. Nav.), January er Holsenbeck, deck delegate. Chief 11—Chairman, Perclval Shaugsr; Secre­ electrician made a motion to add new tary, Stanley P. Schuyler. V. MaffuccI fans to the repair Ust as the old ones was elected ship's delegate. There Is do not oscillate. Motion was carried. $58.16 in "the ship'g fund. One man Steward suggested that cots be folded missed ship in New Orleans. Suggestion and put away in port, as many aro was made to have each man donate $1 broken. Doors on aU lockers need re­ pairing, as many won't stay closed. One to the ship's fund at the payoff. shower head should be renewed. Q ARLYN (Bull), December 23—Chair­ man, Walter Kohut; Secretary, c. R. Johnson. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund. Just for the benefit of the crew. Washing machine wiU be taken care of. January 8—Chairman, not listed; Sec­ retary, C. R. Johnson: Motion was passed to buy a hand wringer out of the ship's fund, in case the company will not send one to the ship. Brighter lights are needed in the messroom. Men on 12-4 watch would like the engine department to turn out the light when not in use. There should be less noise in the pas­ sageway at night. COMPASB (Compass), Doeembor Chairman, R. P. Thomas; Bocratary, Chaster Cawrych. Telegram was sent from Aruba, DWI to the hall concerning the shortage of fresh stores aboard the vessel. It was decided that the placing of the 8-12 AB in irons by the Captain was unwarranted. The chief steward who was reduced to pantryman was a good steward, a good Union man and no complaints were made against him by either the Ucensed or unlicensed per­ sonnel. His only offense was his attempt to properly feed the, crew. The newly appointed chief steward and second cook stated that they had assumed their new duties at the express order of the master. CHICKA$AW (Waterman), Deeembar SEACORAL (Coral), April 2<—Chair­ man, John RIsbsck; Secretary, Jim Con­ nor. Motion was passed to make up a repair list as we go along, to make sure all items are UstecT before the last min­ ute, when all hands are ready to pile off. Jo Jo Jonart was elected ship's delegate. Steward claimed that the port steward didn't give the store Ust before leaving port. Port steward claimed'the ship was stored for six months, which is question­ able. to this day or tiU inventory can be' taken. May 15—Chairman, J. R. Touart; $ee- retary, Jim Conner. For everyone's con­ venience, it la suggested that, in the port of Pusan, the teucet on the scuttlebutt be used. August B—Chairman, Chuck Paradyi Becretary, Jim Connor. Motion was passed straighten out the steward depart­ ment. Steward should go into the galley and take over in the event that the cook and night cook and baker foul up, and also supervise the galley more than he has been doing. It was suggested that the chief steward put less pork on the menus. It was asked why there is not sufficient variety of meat on this ship. Chief steward gave the captain a requi­ sition for more food in Yokohama. Chief cook was asked to use ^ess grease in his cooking. One member was warned about fouUng up again. August 20—Chairman, -Jo Jo Touart; gecratary, Jim Connor. -Motion was passed to put a blank sheet of paper on 1 he bulletin board, on which everyone should Ust repairs. Captain flatly refused to get any fresh milk on board in Yoko­ hama. Delegate should ace the chief engineer about cleaning out aU tho scuppers in the engine heads and show­ ers. Everyone was informed that aU tho steward department rooms were, painted out last trip, and the delegate is going to see about getting aU engine foc'sles painted out some time this trip. New hoses are needed in the laundry. —Chairman, Ous L. Taylor; gecratary, Walter Newbarg. Each department will give a repair Ust to the ship's delegate, who wlU see the patrolman about it. $15 ^was spent for a Christmas tree and trimmings for the crew mcsshall. leaving an $11 balance. The question of .a large Beptember 37—Chairman, Jo Jo Touartr fund came up. The engine delegate said that at this time the men are not able Becretary, Jim Connor. Motion was to lay out any large amoUht, due to the passed to have the steward see the eapChristmas hoUday, and anyway, it is not (Continued on page 25) VENORE (Ora), January 11—Chairman, CUBORS (Ore), January 3—Chairman, H. R. Zuan; Secretary, Peter S. Eldrake. Fraqk CIswton; Secretary, Van Evora. Four men missed ship. Cups should be Two men missed ship in San Pedro. put out for coffee time and the coffee Only men who were supposed to be bag should be changed more often. aboard should be on the ship. After a discussion. It was voted to spend $10 ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), January 17 from the ship's fnnd on reading material. —Chairman, William E. HIggs; Secretary, Brothgrs Desmond and Fleming will take C. Miller. Ship's delegate will see charge of. this. Pantry and night lunch paired. Discussion was held on keeping C»rt the patrolman on all beefs, especiaUy in pantry should be painted out. List of the steward department. There was a slopchest i>rices wiU be put up in the rec­ general discussion on food being thrown reation room. Keys for messman's room overboard. and wind chutes will be put on the re­ ft pair Ust. ^ aiMd^^ ?."k^rou"?-f ^c-ki rH' ^ ?h"e- o'fVo-lniar"iS 3 Chalrma^ P 1 T«r?ihn5 'n.' 1 <'l"»mlan), January ••""'1" Sacratary, L. Two men were reni.e.d i„ Pittsburg, cai. - ru®"Corta„?^"'ai'r", were made. ch1n!l^" Steuo?!;; Discussion was helif on washing ma- • 1 Cart I. rnnn"'"*' Copper was""i"'®' elected ship's delegate Bosun wants the engine delegate to I water. Stanley F fchuyler was elected ship's treaimrer' hand*, i'h *''® fuSS Aii dnS?« wh2" careful about slamming u L ? '"®" "'c sleeping. All hands should take an interest in keeping the SSScv* ®d* ®«'®®i?"y the messrooms, pantry and recreation room. January •—Chairman, Carl I. Copper; Secretary, Stiinley F. Schuyler. One member missed ship in Boston, another U San Jujiife Bosun reported that mem- FLORIDA (Penn. A Occ.), January .— Chairman, HIgglns; Secretary, Al Lepez. OREMAR (Calmer), January 3—Chair­ All beefs have been settled pending man, Charles Taylor; Secrerary, Claud B. negotiations with the company. Chaffln. Robert Nledermeyer wag elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Crew JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), wUl, help ke^p the recreation room and January 17—Chairman, Robert Garritt; laundry clean. Ship's delegate wiU Mfe Secretary, J. R. Hasiall, Jr. Repair list the patrolman about repairing the . gal­ and a report, on the men who missed ley range. Suggestion was made to buy Hie ship were sent in from Panama. nothing but cigarettes from the slopThere is $33.50 in the ship's fund. Mem­ chest until SIU merchandise is put bership approved unanimously a motion aboard. Ship's delegate wiU see the cap­ that the steward be prohibited from tain or first mate about getting the rec­ sailing SIU for a year, since he gives reation room MUgeed and the deck little evidence of knowing his Job. There painted. IS a lack of stores, poor menus, poor cooking (particularly meats and soups), 8TRATHPORT (Strathmdro), January 4 ship ran out of butter, milk. Portholes —Chairman, Donald $. Whits; Bocrotary, for the after crew's heads and showers William E. King. Report .-on disputed wUl be added to the repair list, to be lodging subsistence wiU be handed over Installed during the ship s next trip to to the-patrolman. Crewmembers should the shipyard. remember to leave keys to foc'sles when they leave, strip bunks of all dirty. Unen •ENTS FORT (Cities Service), January and clean foc'sles. Crew as a whole 24—Chairman, H. M. Cortnel; Secretary, voted thanlcs to the ship department D. Fischer. Pumpman wants the ship's delegates for the bang--up Job that they delegate to get information regarding did this trip. If they hadn't done their clothing allowance for him and niachiiusc , dbs in the manner of good, militant and the OT rate, for work performed Jnion men and been on their toes at ali after hours. Also, he wants to know if times, this ship wquld havp- been anothf^r TtmrpOD ANt>T«IC£iS/«•<»« OW/q cAFEiBfiiA /M rue ARe ^s4fAA£=«s ThK MfMBaes eypOtn. miPfi.VfW IM 7WFAE/T T/M€Ya/J^eAriH£RAU. "S-ii �SE AF ARMRS -Felbraary K, 1954 "Pare Twwity-five LOG ...DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) tain about getting the galley, pantry and messrooin cleaned up. Repair lists will be taken up to department heads to be okayed. Spare linen should be turned over to the steward. November 16—Chairman, Jo Jo Touart; Sacratary, B. C. Slald. Ship's delegate contacted the captain about sougeein.g and repairs; no materials are available. Letter was sent to the Seattle branch about bonus. There was a discussion on cleaning and painting the showers in the steward department, and about greater variety in the menus.. Painting of deck department foc'slcs was re­ quested. All hands were asked by the steward to cooperate in turning in dirty linen. December 17—Chairman, Joseph Tou­ art; Secretary, B. C. Slald. Delegate con­ tacted the mate, captain and engineers on painting. Repair list is being made up. In Kunsan restricted time is no good for overtime, patrolman will be informed about lack of launch service. There is no paint for the foc'sles: they will be sougeed. Locks and lockers must be repaired. Ship's delegate asked the department delegates to inspect quarters and complete repair lists. Four copies of each list wiU be typed out. Discus­ sion was held on unsafe rigging. FAIRISLE (Wstermsn), January 22 — Chairman, R. B. Vicktrman; Secretary, J. W. Allman. Waslilng machine has still not been repaired or replaced; we are still having trouble with the crew scuttle­ butt. The man who missed ship will be reported to the boarding patrolman. Crew wanted to know why we ran short of one dish on the menu three different times; steward explained that .two of these times It was on a second dish, and It was due to a run on that particular dish instead of many orders on the first dish. The $30 balance in the ship's fund will be donated to the TB fund of the Fort Stanton hospital. PONCE (Puerto Rico), January It— Chairman, T. Collins; Secretary, C. Mil­ ler, Motion was passed that each mem­ ber donate $1 to the ship's fund. All crewmembers should observe 4:30 supper in port. Deck delegate will request that all decks of crew's quarters be painted. Electrician asked that" more care be used in loading and using the washing ma­ chine. Ship's delegate will investigate the possibility of purchasing a timer for the washing machine. ROBIN COODFELLOW (Sost Shipping), January 1—Chairman, O. Bowdre; Secre­ tary, Eric Kllngvall. There was a dis­ cussion on preparing and serving of food. Messman will keep the messhall and pantry clean at all times, and keep himself clean when "serving meals. Ship's delegate will see the chief mate about sougeeing and painting the crew messhall. Steward asked the steward depart­ ment to work together as a unit for the benefit of the ship's crew, and to avoid conflict and discord among themselves. SOUTHWINO (South Atlantic), January 17—Chairman, Whitey Lewis; Secretary, L. E. Harris. There are no beefs, and all minor repairs will be taken care of before arrival. Motion was made to have Quiz Ausivera 1. Bill Terry, 2. John Foster Dulles of the US, Anthony Eden of the United King­ dom, Georges Bidault of France and -V. M. Molotov of the Soviet Union. 3. The Punjab, where there is strong nationalistic feeling. 4. Ernest Hemingway, who cracked up in two planes in a sin­ gle day, 5. Zsa-Zsa, Eva and Magdor, Hungarian actresses. Zsa-Zsa wore the fancy eye-patch after claiming that an ex-suitor gave her a shiner. 6. Jack "Molinas, oif the Ft. Wayne Pistons. 7. The Paoli, a Cities Service tanker. 8. Morocpo, where the French recently ousted the Sultan. 9. The Caine Mutiny, The Court Martial episode has been made into a play. 10, The Zambezi. ^ t Pnzsle Anntver HQS HiiaE ssa' HSWQ i=;KS ayirl HiiaoEH aaju aetiE aaa uaaiij he patrolman have a talk with the capain, Hendrix Van Wout, and see why he :an't' approach the men who sail under lis command like me. instead of speakng to them as if they were dogs. Moion was passed to have the company put sufficient cooks' aprons, coats, caps nd linen aboard for the voyage. All men leaving the ship wUl turn linen over to the steward and leave quarters in good condition for the next crew. Vote of ttianks went to the steward depart­ ment for good conditions and for good food, which was exceptionally good. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), December 17—Chairman, Meivin Brightwell, Secretary, James F Byrne. Long­ shore personnel should be kept out of alleyways and the laundry, as they keep the washing machine running continu­ ously. Discussion was held on the bread not being prepared right. Baker said he would see to it. He said it may have been the yeast. Baker was asked to put out some form of hot bread—roUs or doughnuts—at coffeetime. A complaint was made about the small portion of ham served at breakfast, and the cook stated that too much ham and bacon were thrown in the garbage paU. CATHERINE (Drytrans.), December 20 —Chairman, R. E. Kledlnger; Secretary, Larry Arbee. Captain agreed to put out a draw in US money in Pakistan provid­ ing that the crew agreed that, on return­ ing to the States, there would be no draw tiU payoff. Oew voted for a for­ eign currency draw in the coming ports and a draw in home port before the pay­ off. All delegates will turn OT sheets to the ship's delegate, who will make out and post a list on the bulletin board,.to keep this on an even a basis as possible. Crew should cooperate in keeping the messroom clean. Captain asked the dele- :EEESOliiiii Joseph Bramley Please phone or write your wife. Urgent. i 4" t t> t> i Western Rancher Crew Members who witnessed his acci­ dent aboard the vessel, please get in touch with Isaac P. Hancock in care of the SIU hall at 505 Marine Avenue, Wilmington, Calif. Michael Zelack Please get in touch with Paul Pringi, 25 South Street, Box 2430. i. t, t, .4" 4" 4" Jim Sebastian Please get in touch with Daniel (Blackie) Boyce, 2516 S. Bonaffont St., Philadelphia, Pa. Anson Mills Crew Will the following men get in touch with Harold Guttman, 66 Beaver Street, New York, NY, re­ garding a suit by Seafarer Joseph Felton: Selwyn Guy, Ken Marple, George Butenkoff, Jesus Granado, Harold Orkofsky and -Wilfred Schoenborn. 4. t t 4" 4" 4" Bertii Svinsson Get in touch with Chris Koerfer at the Hamilton Hotel, 140 W. 73rd Street, 1!JYC, Room 421. Bill Odum Contact Lewis Riviere, 36 W. 138th Street, NYC, Apartnient 15, concerning your watch and other valuables. His telephone number is TO 2^497. t 4- t 4> 4> Charles H. Stephenson Please contact your mother or your brother Louis. They are wor­ ried about you. Edward J, Muller Contact John E. Brady on board the Chiwawa, in care of Cities Service Oil Co., 70 Pine Street, NYC,4i 4> 4> Albert G: Sexton, Jr. Your mother has been trying to locate you. She asks that you get in touch witn her. 4. J. 4> 4 i . Gustave Bechert It is urgent that you get in touch with your mother-in-law at once at 509 N. Ensor Street, Baltimore, Md. 4) 4j i . V. D. Cooper Your gear Is at Edgewater, NJ; in care of the Seatrain Texas. • ^Can-Shuhers' Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned'to beware of person.^ soliciting funds on ships in behalt of memorials or any othci so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solid tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause . are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. gates to collect mall from tlielr depart­ ment members before reaching the Suez Canal. November 27—Chalrmsn, R. E. Kiedinger; Secretary,, Larry Arbec. Suggestion was made and approved to discontinue the use of the steward department head facing the crew messroom. Ship's dele­ gate will ask the captain to put out a draw a day before reaching Karachi, Pakistan, in US currency. FORT HCSKINS (CIHtt Service), Janu­ ary 3—Chairman, H. L. Pruitt; Secretary, Bobby R. Messerall. One man missed ship at Norfolk. Hot and cold air ven­ tilators in rooms and messhaU should be individually controlled. Repair iist was turned in. Vote of thanks went to the steward department and to Captain Stevens, for his exceUent cooperation. There is $0.13 in the ship's fund. BULL RUN (Petrol Tankers), Novem­ ber 26—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not listed. M. A. Libby was elected ship's delegate. January ?—Chairman, C. Suit; Secre­ tary, O. Ergle. S. E. Boggon was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will see the captain about getting pure pepper, and installing a sink in the butcher shop. Recreation room wiU be cleaned by each department for a one-week period. Crew asked that every supper they be served canned fruit; and that fresh fruit be available in the night lunch. GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), January 20—Chairman, Henry Bllde; Secretary, Francis R. Napoll. One man missed ship in Houston. Tex., caught it in Beaumont and was logged by the captain. One man quit the ship in Japan. Action will be taken by the patrolman on this man. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for the good food and service during the entire voyage. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Robin), January 18 —Chairman, Carl Gibbs; Secretary, Ed­ ward V. ^mith. Ship's delegate will con­ tact the Union about a library. One man from each department will take turns cleaning the laundry. Each man will clean up after using it. Steward will post a list assigning the cleaning. STEEL NA^'IGATOR (Isthmian), no date—Chairman, Mack Chapman; Secre­ tary, Joseph Corrivsau. Crew is to stop making noise in the passageway, in con­ sideration of men sleeping. Natives be­ ing fed in the crew messhall will be re­ ferred to the patrolman. This should be discontinued. One man in the steward department lost all his papers and his permit -as well. All shoreside personnel will be kept out of the passageways and out of quarters, and business transac­ tions with natives should be confined to PO messhall. Steward department agrees to feed natives in PO mess. E. Wasden was elected new sliip's delegate. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for good food and care. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Decem­ ber 15—Chairman, V. D'Angelo; Secre­ tary, C. Burns. Dirty water in the lines was referred to the chief engineer. All other repairs were taken care of. There is $64.71 in the ship's fund. Barney Spcegle resigned as ship's delegate. A. Sacco was elected. Discussion was held on the crew cleaning the water tanks. This will be referred to the patrolman. Carpenter said that anyone wanting re- NOTICES nair work done should notify him. It .vas voted to do away with the ship's und and purchase weight lifting outfits \nd a speed bag, saving the balanee of he money for emergencies. January 3—Chairman, Charles Collins; Secretary, C. Burns. Charles Collins was jlected ship's delegate. First assistant said be would replace the broken wash Ijasin in the deck department 8-12 foc'sle IS soon as possible. Discussion was held on getting US currency dra'ws. $40.45 was spent on athletic and fishing gear; S2 for the delivery of the library and S.go for carfare, leaving a total of $21.39. There were complaints on noise around .he passageways. sprung. All these should be repaired. .Motion was made to get a fresh supply of bread at each end to insure freslmess. New eggs shouid be procured. Another brand of face soap and wa.shing powder should be obtained, as some of the erew are complaining that they "are causing them to get rashes. Each man should help clean up the messroom at night. Radio tube is needed for the messroom radio. Ship's delegate wUl take care of starting a ship's fund. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, K. Hellman; SecreI tary, Theodore Jones. Steward was asked j by the ship's delegate to come to the I messroom and ice box to see conditions EVELYN (Bull), January 17—Chairman, , as they are. He informed the delegate William B. Aycock; Secretary, George j that he was a company man and only Mott. There is $55.07 in the ship's fund. I on the ship for a pleasure cruise, and .Vew ke.vs are needed for .some foc'sles. i he was not interested in the crew's wcl(lepaii- lists will be turned over to the i fare. When , the second cook asked him I for various cooking utensils he s.aid he ship's delegate. I didn't know what was on shin and didn't care. Telegram will be sent to the BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), i States have the agent meet the ship. December 31—Chairman, Charles Con­ Motion towas to ask the licensed nors; Secretary, Andy Massana. F. Mein- personnel not made to use the crew messroom. erth was elected ship's delegate by ac­ December — Chairman, K. Hellmansf clamation. Foc'sles need painting. January 10—Chairman, Leo Paradise; Secretary, Walter Ensor. Ship's delegate contacted the captain about launderin.g Secretary, Thomas Cummlngs. Leo Para­ dise was elected ship's delegate by accla­ pillow cases at sea in the crew's wash­ mation. Deck department foc'sles should ing machine, which is in constant use be painted. Delegates should be con­ by the crew of 31 men. He wanted to tacted about getting repairs done, and know if it would be possible for the BR not go to officers. Glasses and cups to use the machine amidships, as it is in a better condition and used only by should be retiu-ned to the pantry. six men. The captain gave no definite answer, but said he would at a later date. Pantryman was cautioned by the ship's crew to stop boarding and to put out fresh fruit when available. FELTORE (Ore), January 17 —Chair­ man, Clyde Crawford; Secretary, R. EVELYN (Bull), December 20—Chair­ man, W. Wesley Etty; Secretary, William H. Laffon. There is $38.07 in th'e ship's fund. Department delegates will make up repair lists and give them to the ship's delegate. Messhall should be kept clean. January 1—Chairman, W. Wesley Etty; Secretary, William H. LafFoon. There is $58.07 in the ship's fund. The baker missed the ship in Claymont. Del. and will be reported to the patrolman on ararival. Membership voted not to buy a TV set. Ship's fund will be spent on miscellaneous items. Stephens. Patrolman should see the cap­ tain about having the quartermaster as­ signed to some foc'sle. Steward depart; ment got a vote of thanks. More silverI ware, glasses and soup bowls are needed. : Toaster and washing machine need re' pairing. MAE (Bull), January 10 — Chairman, William Morris; Secretary, Sid Berger. There is $51 in the ship's fund. Patroiman was contacted about the washing machine; it will be repaired this trip. Library will he taken care of this trip. Door taken off the boiler heads makes it too hot to remain in the fire I'oom. Patrolman will be contacted. Repair list REPUBLIC (Tr'4Mgar), December 1— will be made out. Chairman, John Abrahamsen; Secretary, T. L. Armstrong, One man missed ship in England. Steward department was thanked for a good job. A few repairs will be reported to the patrolm.sn in Port Arthur. Washing machine should be cleaned after use. Sliip's delegate should take up the question of new mat­ tresses. Crew's quarters should be YORKMAR (Calmsr), November 30— sougeed and painted. This will be taken up with the patrolman. Lockers will be Chairman, Braunstein; Secretary, Pete-, F. Di Capua. Washing machine and cleaned out in Port Arthur. Letters will be written to headquarters on the men drinking fountain have still not been who missed ship. Patrolman will be fixed, but the captain said he would asked if we are entitled to penicillin take care of it as soon as possible. Vote of thanks was given to the whole stew­ shots; we now have only pills. ard department for the e.xoellcnt job they have been doing and for the fine CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), January food that has been prepared. Ship's 9—Chairman, Charles Jordan; Secretary, delegate saw the captain ahout the Norman Plummer. No repairs were- done washing machine and the drinking foun­ because the former ship's delegate neg­ tain and was told it would be taken lected giving a repair list to the patrol­ care of—if not this trip, at the shipyard. man in Savannah at the payoff and before All other details—fans, lockers, wind the sign-on in New York. He gave 6 scoops and leaking toilet—will be put on copies to the master and one to the the repair list and taken care of at the steward. Chief mate promised he would shipyard. Nothing can be done about the give the bosun OT to repair whatever rusty washing water as the tanks have he can. Motion was passed not to leave to be cleaned in the shipyard. any cups and dirty linen lying around January 10—Chairman, Richard Toleri on deck or any other place. Feet should be kept off the chairs, and there should Secretary, Peter F. Di Capua. Depart­ ment delegates will make up rep.air lists. be more consideration for men sleeping watch below. It has been kind of noisy Third cook complained that his room is not properly ventilated and the steam so far. pipes are not covered, causing exce.ssive January 12—Chairman, not listed; sec­ heat. This will be brouglii to the atten­ retary, not listed. Mate has kept his tion of the patrolman. En'ire stca.ird promise and everything on the reoair department was thanked by the crew list was fixed except the heating vents, for maintaining the o.xcelicnt service which cannot be replaced at sea. and preparation of food that has marked this whole voj-age. Motion was passed BENTS FORT (Cities Service). Januarv to get a new washing machine, as the 24—Chairman, H. M. Connel; Secretary, oresent one is always breaking down. D. Fischer. One man missed ship in When the officers' washing machine Lake Charles; another missed ship in water is let out, the water backs up and Philadeiphla. Pumpman wants the ship's flows into the galley, making for a ••cry delegate to get information regarding unsanitary condition. Motion was passed ciothing allowance for him and the ma­ that the crew help keep the washing chinist and the OT rate for work per­ machine and laundry as clean as possible. formed Saturday, Sunday, holidays, after SEA CLOUD (Seatradars), January 10— 5:00 PM, He wants to know if the ma­ chinist is required to assist him in pump­ Chairman, George Hatgimisios; Secicing. Amidship 'tween deck doors are lary, Fsllx Apontt. Lockers need re- , sprung causing leakage of water during pairing. Mattresses and pillows put on •rough weather. Doors aft also are in Baltimore were no good. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY ^ Pick Up Baggage Baggage for the following men is being held in NY. Please pick it up: I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please Ernest Rubion, Ervin Andra, Wil­ (Print Information) liam P. O'Connell, James Thomas, put my name on your mailing list. Dick Sohl, John Sweeny, Arnold Klikus, E. A. Anderson, Frank NAME Butlerj S. Rothschild, Webb, Ger­ ald Nance, Gus Liakos, • W. J. Keenan, F. F. Auffih, Joseph Ara- STREET ADDRESS basz, C. K. Jewel, William Hernan­ dez, Eddie Drigger, James Sovell, CITY . -ZONE ..... STATE Emil Nordstram, John Williams, Neil Boyle, Louis Brown, John Rubinskas, Eric Thompson, Bob Signed Schultz and. Tom King. f TO AVOID DUPLICATION: • • • • If you «ro sn eld tubieriber and hava a «kang«i 4* ' 4" 4) James Helgoth of addrait, plaaia giva your formar addrait below: Joseph F. Dabfcoskl ' Get in touch with your sister, Your last draft board classifica­ ADDRESS Mrs. Juanita Perry, 416 Springdale St., Cumberland, Md. She has some tion nptiee is in the< LOG.off ice in ZONE CITY important papers for you to sign. NY, Please pick it up. - - ' • •««ss««sessas*eas**esss«ggst$« •oaaeesgaasoaatas^sgotaautaaaasaoG issasaa a saaostotaaaaa .........^Ti �SEAFARERS Pace Twenty-alz •ii-\ • I,; Is LOG February 8, 1954 Aid On Maintenance Is Daily Job ~ One of the functions of the Welfare Services oifice is helping Seafarers obtain pay­ ment of maintenance and cure without undue delay or difficulty. When a Seafarer gets off a ship because of illness or injury, the procedure calls for the captain to make a medical report. But sometimes thef skippers fail to do so and when that happens the Seafarer will have trouble collecting his main­ tenance. If the companies have no record of the accident or sickness, they will refuse to make payment. That's when the Seafarer will turn to Welfare Services and ask the office if it can't run down the doc­ uments that are needed before he can become eligible for his mainte­ nance payments. when such a request is made, a Welfare Services representative will go aboard ship, if possible, and get the necessary information on the spot. It saves the disabled Sea­ farer the time and trouble of chasing around for the material later on after the ^ip has left port. * Report All Injuries It would be best in such cases if the crew would report to Wel­ fare Services all cases of injury Welfare Services representative A1 Thompson (right) discusses or illness aboard the ship. Such the case of an injured Seafarer with the men's shipmates after he reports would make it smoother for the disabled Seafarers to follow was asked to get the record on the accident. up on their maintenance claims without a great deal of difficulty aboard the ship by the officers, it needed. Such copies could also be since some kind of report would be, would be a good idea for the man sent to Welfare Services where available to them at the Welfare involved to ask the delegate to get they could later be picked up and Services office. an accurate copy of such a state­ .be put to use by the Seafarer in If any statements are taken ment that would be available when pressing his claim. All of the following SIU families uary 1, 1954-. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. will collect the $200 maternity Marion Dorgan, 152 South Jeffer­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the son Street, Mobile, Ala. j.^fnion in the baby's name. ^ a. i. Frank Eugene Johnson, born De­ Antonio Arcadio Llanes, Jr., born December 8, 1953. Parents, cember 2, 1953. JParents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Llanes, 3408 Mrs. Antoine E. Johnson, Sta. Btl. Box 1272, Westwego, La. Lauren Street, Tampa, Fla. 4" 4) it 4" it l" Leona Terry Dasher, born De­ Suzanne Cabral, born December 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. cember 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and John Cabral, 1275 Sterling Place, Mrs. James O. Dasher, Pooler, Ga. 4. t Brooklyn, N.Y. Mitchell Robert Harskl, born K. It. Stella DeLos Santos, born Janu­ November 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. ary 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Stanislaw Harski, 1549 Raul DeLos Santos, 552 RVi Street, Sunnydale Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. jGalveston, Tex. X ^ X it. it 4Kathryn Marie Bolton, born Charles Emanuel Eberhart, born November 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. January 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Charles F. Eberhart, 100 Mrs. Virgil W. Bolton, 2105 Ave­ San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, nue N, Galveston, Tex. Fla. XXX Pride Thomas Cheatham, born it ^ ^ Dawn Marie Ramsey, born De­ December 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. cember 8, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. William L. Cheatham, Mrs. Kenneth R. Ramsey, PO Box 1652 West 57th Street, Los An­ 7006, Memphis, Tenn. geles, Cal. it t 4" 4" 4* 4" •it t 3) - it 4* 4* George Michael Chea, Jr., born December 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. . and Mrs. George Chea, 4718 Ave­ nue M, Brooklyn 34, NY. Rita Marie Lazar, born June 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Lazar, 1222 Perry Street, Hel­ ena, Ark. Susan Diane Guthrie, bom No­ vember 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Guthfie, 3623 McBerry, Tampa, Fla. Sidney Ralph Dorgan, born Jan- Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing sltBrthanded. , . Mrs. James J. Previto, Route 1, Theodore, Ala. XXX Venessa Theresa Mitchell, born January 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Mitchell, 306 Homer Street, Algiers 14, La. XXX Pamela Sue Freeman, born Jan­ uary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lee Freeman, 88 Richmond Street, Brockton, Mass. 4" 4- 4- Virginia Mae King, born Decem­ ber 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius L. King, 2807 East McBerry Street, Tampa, Fla. XXX Eric Lowell Hoffman, Jr.,' born January 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hoffman, 284 Indian Hill, Quincey, 111. 4' 4" 4" in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's narhe on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAIi SAVANNAH, GA. Paul B. Bland Jimmle Littleton Fred U. Buckner Bert Rickard A. Cohen James T. Siney P. G. Daugherty James H. S-.o'tli E. J. Debiirdelaben Chester O. Story F. W. Grant Riclirrd M. Sullivan Chas. M. Klrklaiid G. W. Wilson Joseph Kramer USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. King C. D.10 William J. Loss Henry J. Childs F. B. AlcCollian Ho Yee Choe B. L. Robbiiis BlUle J. Davis John W. Singer F. Fondila W. Singleton Ray W. Frye Andrew A. Smith Olav Gustavsen W. Timmennan Harvey M. Johnson M. B. Wilson A. M. Keller P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Jacob Arshon Leonard E. Hidges Clarence E. Dudley Charles E. Johnson Leo A. Dwyer John L. Miliner J. B. Garrison Joseph Sposato William K. Gulley Reonald D. Slough F. R. HaU Joseph S. WeUs USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY John Abraham Chang Choo Lai Percy D. Allred AH Larsen Geo. ' Athanasourels N. H. Lundquist Michael Aversano John Maclnnes Melvin Bass Anthony Marano John Beckmann George N. Monahan Bothwell Blanchard Leonard G. Murphy Marcie Boyles Donald Peterson William J. Carey Jan Rooms Jar Chong Evert Rosenquist Henry Currier Arthur Rumrneil Yan.ns Dallal Jose Salgado Eddie Driggers Virgil Sandbcrg R. Edmondson Sal J. Sbriglio John Fontries Robert Sizemore Eric Foreman Walter Sudnick EsteU Godfrey Stan Swienckoskt Halim Hamboiiz Harry S. Toitlo Hans R. Hanssen J. J. Uszakiowicz Michael Katrausky Frank Wala.ska Wong Kong Albert Willi.nns Kaz R. Kuchinski Yu Song Yee MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL TAMPA, FLA Ed T. Glazder ^ USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS Ernest P. Belkner Theodore Mastaler R. M. Churchill Jas. H. Penswick George N. Clarke Robert A. Rogers W. V. Kouzounas A. P. Violanto Robert E. LaGasse' USPHS Hosprr,\L NORFOLK, VA Charles . W. Burke W. A. Rowe, Tr. C. C. Lanier, Jr. Grerr C. Stevens Jr. Charlie W. Phelps USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Bomar R. Cheeley John W. Keenan Julian Cuthrell Ludwig Krlstiansen Chas. M. Davison Frederick Landry Antonio M. Diaz James J. Lawlor John J. DriscoU James R.' Lewis Jose G. Espino/a Francis F. Lynch Robert E. Gilbert Harry F. McDonald Bart E. Guranick Archi McGuigan John B. Hass David McUreath Thomas Isaksen Vic Milazzo Lloyd MUler E. R. Smallwood AUred MueUer Henry E. Smith Eugene T. Nelson Rentato A. Villata Geo. E. Shumaker VirgU E. Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN Charles Burton Albert De Forest USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO Edelmiro Colon Julio C. Ruiz POTTENGER SANITORIUM MONROVIA, CAL Ed. L. Pritchard USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD Leslie R. Aaron Roy M. Hawes Julian A. Blanco Donald J. Hewson Arthur R. Brooks William Ivins Thomas B. Bryant B. Klakowicz Clyde R. Leggett Albert Carrion Lloyd G. Linthicum Robert Chapline Melvin Mason Jessie A. Clarke Francisco Mayo PhiUp"" Costa W. Middendorf Thomas J. Cox Henry T. Miller Jeff Davis R. D. Musselwhite James R. Dodson Earl T. Erickson Chester Pratti Walter H. Sibley John J. Ferreira James G. GirolamI Chas. N. Summereil Roy B. Gorson Paul M. Wood Franklin D. Gilman Frederick Harris USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX C. Adkins Howard C. Liles N. Baker J. E. Markopolo M. Fontenot D. B. Patterson Geo. D. Hudson, Jr. Jose Sanchez Edward U. Idcll PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA Roscoe Alford SAILORS SUNG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA E. G. Anderson J. H. Jones T. L. Ankerson Thomas F. KeUer T. W. Bernsee E. G. Knapp Charles E. Brady D. Korolia WUUam R. Burch A. Landry Max Byers Leo H. Lang Antonio Carrano Thomas Lind Charles W. Christ John C. Long Clarence W. Cobb Thomas G. Lyons S. Cope O. F. Madere John Culeton WUliam R. Massey Thomas J. Dawson James Nortleet J. M. Ekimonds E. A. Pappas M. Eurasl.i Thomas C. Reynolds Leo Fontenot W. E. Reynolds B. D. Foster J. Santiago F. Fultbright Luther C. Seidle Jas. E. Gardiner D. D. Shaw Nathan L. Gardner Tedd R. TerringtoB Jack H. Gleason Ekigar Walker John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Robert B. Hunt Chas. V. Welborn VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPT'Ii NEW ORLEANS, LA Leonard Fraiiks ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON. MD L. Bourdonnay New Arrival In Sunny Florida Michael Charles Lynn, Jr., born January 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley M. Lynn, 354 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. XXX Larry Spivack, born January 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin XXX Milagios Del Yalle, bora Janu­ Ira Spivack, 2070 20th Lane, ary 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brooklyn, NY. Bartolome Del Valle, SIU Stop XXX #5, Pelayo Street #51, Puerto de Robert Dwight Williams, born Tierra, Puerto Rico. November 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. XXX and Mrs. Robert Williams, 13}^ Christina Schumacher, born De­ North Royal Street, Mobile, Ala. cember 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and XXX Mrs. Francis Schumacher, 529 Kenneth Franklin Strickland, Main Street, Ansonio, Conn. bora January 15, 1954. Parents, XXX Mr. and Mrs. Franklin R. Strick­ Lucille Grace Mehringer, bora land, 2956 Frederick Street, CrichDecember 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. ton Station, Mobile, Ala. and Mrs. Stephen R. Mehringer, X X X^ 1354 Jackson Street, Camden 4, Robert Earl Coker, born October NJ. 29, 1953. Parents, Mr., and Mrs. XXX Jill Marie Agan,' bora January Steven L. Coker, Route 1, Hob1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. good, NC. XXX Oakley H. Agan, Jr., RFD No. 1, Verona, NY. David Edward Smalling, born November 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. XXX Pameila Sue Cuccia, born De­ and Mrs. John J. Smalling, 7125 cember 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and South Lamar Street, Dallas, Tex. Mrs. Jacob J. Cuccia, 1526 Camp X X X Street, New Orleans, La. Mary Gladys Dehring, bora De­ cember 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and XXX Cary Clay Previto, born Novem­ Mrs. Charles F. Dehring, 3313 ber 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Iberville Strdet, New Orleans, La. Tony Arcadio Llanes Is on ham!^ with his mothef and big sister Patricia Ann, 2, to receive $209 maternity benefit check delivered by SIU representative Jimmy Kelly In Tampa. Dad is Seafarer Tony Llanes. ' "" �February B, 1984 . SEAFARERS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS LOG Pace Tirenty-MTen Baltimore Off ire In High Gear A little over two weeks old, the new Welfare Services branch oflBce in Baltimore is in full swing. Seafarers in the port and their famgies have been quick to take advantage of the services offered, with numerous inquiries coming in daily. John Arabasz, who is han­ dling the Baltimore duties, reports that Seafarers in and around Baltimore have welcomed (News about men tn the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIV Wel­ the establishment of the new office fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer as offering even faster service than Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes they got otherwise. And many Sea­ farers who might otherwise not his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) have bothered to take up personal From time to time we've run across brothers in the Union who have problems through the Union are gotten themselves Into a tight spot by signing something they didn't now doing so because of the con­ understand completely. This is particularly true when It comes to sign­ venience involved. ing statements about illness and: injury that they might have come up The result is that Welfare Serv­ against on a ship. ices is giving assistance to a larger As a general rule a man should demand a duplicate copy any time number of Seafarers than ever be­ he signs a statement, so that later on when the question of what he fore. signed comes up he will have his own proof. And sometimes these One instance in which Welfare statements do not mean what they seem to on the surface. So if you Services proved very helpful to don't understand it 100 percent, don't sign it. a Seafarer was the case of Thomas The same goes for men in the hospitals who are conned by ambulance Tierno. Tiemo was being held as chasers into signing them up as their representatives, or by company a state's witness in a case and agents in foreign ports who may get men to sign away some of their rights under the contract. There's just one thing to do in such a case: was unable to raise bond for his release. He got in touch with Wel­ Think twice before you sign anything. fare Services with the result that arrangements were made to expe­ Heading the list of hospitalized men this week is one brother who dite the trial proceedings so that has been readmitted to the Staten Island hospital. Tiejrno could get released. Back in again during the last week in January went Many Seafarers in the past who brother Melvin Bass. He hopes to be up and around had disputed maiqtenance claims soon and shipping out at an early date. against the various shipping com­ Another brother readmitted to the same hospital panies have found that they can around the same time with Bass is George Vickery. collect on their claims, more rapid­ Seafarer Thomas Tierno, left, thanks SIU Welfare Services Repre­ He doesn't know how long he'll be in, but he's real ly where such claims involve com­ sentative John Arabasz, for assistance in getting him released after keen on getting well soon so he can ship out soon. he had been held as state's witness in a legal proceeding; panies that have their main offices Jan Vanos, a native of New York, has been ad­ mitted for observation at the Staten Island hospital, BSIKmUIB, in another city. Company agents He's also aided the men in collec­ in Baltimore, like company agents Service hospital and other hospi­ not far from his home. Vanos' last ship was the Vickery tion of necessary documents, fill­ everywhere, do not give mainten­ tals in the surrounding area. Cantigny of Cities Service, where he sailed as an AB. ing out forms and getting state­ ance claims the hurry-up treat­ Affairs of* deceased Seafarers in Anthony Morano of the Bronx went into the same hospital for ob­ the port are also being handled servation at the end of last month. His last job was as a wiper on the ment, but Arabasz, by working ments ready for that purpose. Anniston Victory of South Atlantic, and he hopes he'll be able to sign jointly with the headquarters Wel­ In addition, he's making regular through the branch Welfare Serv­ fare Services office, has been able weekly visits to the membership ices office. on an SIU ship soon again. to speed up matters considerably. in the Baltimore US Public Health Seafarers and members of their Slipped On Sidewalk families in and around the port who have any difficulties that Wel­ Just to prove that there are other ways to get in the hospital be­ fare Services can be of help on, sides being hauled off a ship in an emergency, or who want information on a brother George Athanasonrelis had a shoreside ac­ variety of matters, can get in touch cident which has beached him temporarily. The with Arabasz at the Baltimore Astoria, LI, Seafarer, who last sailed on the WestSIU branch hall. em Trader (Western Navigation) as chief steward, When the new Baltimore build­ landed in drydock as a result of a hip injury sus­ The old story of the hard-hearted landlord and the embat­ ing is opened the Welfare Services tained after slipping on an icy sidewalk near his home. New York's worst winter in years proved to tled tenant is repeated many times over in the Welfare office will move in with other union be an inconvenience for this Seafarer, but he hopes Services office. With housing accommodations still hard to offices. to be up and around soon and trying out his knitted get in New York, landlords'' Athanasonrelis bones. The membership hopes he gets well soon, as aren't going out of their way well as sprinkling some salt on that sidewalk. to give tenants anything in Men in the Manhattan Beach hospital include Joe Can, oiler, off the way of essential services, and The Cabins (Cabins); Thomas Bryant of Baltimore who was transferred many Seafarers have complaints from the Baltimore USPHS hospital after sailing as AB on his last ship. accordingly. Bull's Ines; Frank Mackey, an AB off the Topa Topa (Waterman), trans­ When Seafarers bring complaints The deaths of the following He leaves his wife, Ines Briguera, ferred from Brighton hospital. to Welfare Services, the Union Seafarers have been reported to 6467 South West 9th Street, Mi­ representative makes it a point to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and ami, Fla. get in touch directly with the land­ 82,500 death benefits are being lord to try to straighten out the paid to bcnc/idaries. beef. Usually a telephone call is William Walter Barrett, 43: sufficient to get action on minor Brother Barrett died of lobar pneu­ matters. A typical complaint that the monia on November 23, 1953 in office will get in cold weather is San Francisco, Cal. He had been a lack of hot water. It seems that member of the SIU since 1938, in many of the small two, three sailing in the engine department or four-family houses down in out of New York. Surviving is his Brooklyn, the owner will start mother, Annie E. Barrett, Peachskimping on coal and oil in the land, NC. cold weather or maybe run out and t> it MEerroojeaosfiiFnot be anxious to lay out cash for Henry C. McDilda, 46: On Janu­ more supplies. MATES ATTN^SIIJ^CM In one such instance, the land­ ary 11, 1954 Brother McDilda died of a heart ailment while enroute lord told Welfare Services that he couldn't get coal, claiming that the to the USPHS Hospital at Galves­ coal company wouldn't deliver to ton, Tex. Since 1944 he sailed as a him. The Welfare Services office steward out of New York. He is called the company and told them suiwived by a niece, Mrs. Athene Ar'WEUMlCNflALL to make a delivery. The company Todd, Reidsville, Ga. 4'I»AVEMD20msr. did so, and apparently the landlord ti t, t, was in a position to take it because INSf^OOKiyN.SWAP William D. Pauls, 38: Suffering the delivery was accepted. brain injury and possible broken YARA^S AND WA7CM Other common complaints in­ aneck as the result of an auto acci­ volve a variety of housing viola­ TWEP/SmsoNTv'. tions such as paint' jobs, leaks, dent, Brother Pauls died on High­ A/£W l.O^V PRICES repairs to walls and ceilings and way 90, Rural Lake Charles, La., on December 22, 1953. He sailed in the like. Welfare Services is fa­ ANDVO/REALWANS miliar with the regulations that the engine department since 1951, WELCOVIE MERE AT apply and is in a position to give joining in Baltimore. He was buried in Omaha, Neb. speedy information and assistance roUfZ OWN PLACE. to Seafarers involved. 4" t i OiV/VEPANDOreRAiro VOUR PR08UM 1$ OUR BUSINESS Seafarers are advised to take Gregorio Briguera, 58: A member advantage of this experience the of the Union since 1941, Brother EflHESEAWREFZS next time they're involved in a Briguera sailed as steward from muNlOti-AifGAPL hassle with a landlord over neces­ the port of Miami. On October 13, RE TIE SIO VEinU SUTICES DEPUTHEMT sary repairs or services for their 1953 he suffered' a fatal cerebral ^y|ng accpmniodations. .j".,New Orleans, La. ' • •• i. 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Title A name given to the resource February 5, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 3 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU'S THIRD ANNUAL ART CONTEST OPENS SIU SHIP 1ST WITH US ARMY AID TO SPAIN RAID STALLED, BRIDGES CALLS FOR NO-UNION VOTE IN STEWARDS' POLL US JUNKS PLAN TO SHUT HOSPITALS SEA UNIONS PRESS DRIVE FOR SHIP AID; URGE HIRING HALL LAW NEW EXAM FOR SCHOLARSHIPS SET MARCH 13 NLRB ENDS EXCELLO HEARINGS DEFENSE HEADS PLAN NEW RULES ON SHORE LEAVE AT US BASES AFL TROUNCES OLD ILA IN PUERTO RICO ELECTION TRAMP CO'S SUGGEST SHIP TRANSFERS 'ABOLISH 50-50' GOV'T COMMISSION ASKS VACATION PLAN STARTS 3RD YEAR MSTS REQUESTS FIFTY MILLION $ FOR NEW SHIPS GAS TURBINE LIBERTY PLANNED LABOR STUDY ABROAD OPEN TO SEAFARERS NAVY TO TAKE MARINER FOR CARGO SERVICE COLUMNIST TAKES FRANCES TO PR SEAFARER RECEIVES SIU DISABILITY BENEFIT AT 93 BOUND VOLUMES OF LOG TO BE READY SHORTLY NEW YORK-FINLAND SOLO VOYAGE STERN TEST OF SEAFARER'S SKILL THE HOSPITAL FIGHT VICTORY IN PUERTO RICO 50-50 ATTACKED ART CONTEST FOCUS ON SEAFARERS TWO APPENDICITIS ATTACKS FOILED BY ALERT SEAFARER CREW ON KYSKA SKIER TO STICK TO SHIPS SEAFARER FINDS ARMY IS NO UNION HALL, MISSES CONTRACT AND OT GREECE VICTORY SKIRTS DANGER, AIDED BY TUGS SEAMAN KEEN ON GLOBE-GIRDLING SEAMEN CENTER IS SECOND HOME TO SEAFARERS CREW DANCES TO CALYPSO TUNE AID ON MAINTENANCE IS DAILY JOB BALTIMORE OFFICE IN HIGH GEAR COLD WEATHER BREEDS TENANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT LANDLORDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/5/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/be0cdfaa6e55c5b6ee7899cad65dfbca.PDF 970422cd06b7c65bd9eb916fe4fcaf85 PDF Text Text '"If.:-; Vol. XVI No. 4 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • GOVT OPENS DOOR foreign Flags Get US Tankers .Story On Paffe 3 Plenty Of Frosting. Caught in Portland, Me., last Sun­ day on the coldest day of the year, the SlU-manned Queenston Heights (Seatrade) wound up (right) with as perfect a frosting as any birth­ day cake. Seafarers aboard the iced-up tanker weathered tempera­ tures of nine degrees below zero while hacking at the thick crust of ice to put deck gear back in order. Hospital Libraries. As part of mass distribution of SIU ships' libraries at marine hospitals, a 200-book selection is delivered to the Manhattan Beach Hospital, where Seafarer-patients look over the brand-new titles. Although small libraries were donated ear­ lier, the response was so great that mass distribution was instituted. Among those examining the books are Seafarers A. McGuigan, L. Kristiansen, A. Diaz, E. Delgado, J. Keenan and F. Landry. (Story on Page 3.) �Pace Twe. -i, SEAFARERS LOG They pointed out that Bridges' recommendations would mean that steward department men on West Coast ships would be deprived of all union representation. That would put an end to contract con­ ditions and leave the shipowner free to run things as he pleased. The PMA hiring hall was set up as a makeshift, temporary device until the final decision would be reached on representation for West Coast stewards. It was established in the first instance to assure that members of MCS-AFL would not be discriminated against in hiring by the NUMC&S which held the contract with the Pacific Maritime Association until the new union entered the picture. Voting on the first day in New SEAFARERS LOG February 19, 1954 I. • PebnuMry 19, I99< MCS-AFL Confident As Election Begins SAN FRANCISCO •With Harry Bridges still calling for a "no-union" vote, steward department men op West Coast ships began voting on February 10 in a National Labor Rela­ tions Board election to determine which union shall repre­ York City were the Hawaiian Edu­ sent them. Opposing each cator and the Hawaiian Fisherman. other on the ballot are the Marine Stewards oh these ships received Cooks and Stewards, AFL, and the mail ballots when the vessel hit port. Ail told, 16 ships are sched­ Communist - dominated National uled to vote in the New York area. Union of Marine Cooks and Stew­ Challenge Votes ards (Independent). Since the voting will include all The votiEg got underway in the offices of the National Labor Re­ men who were employed as of lations Board at 630 Sansome February 10, men on the beach Street, San Francisco, and will con­ after that date will be entitled to tinue for 90 days. Steward depart­ vote imder challenge. Arrange­ ment personnel aboard West Coast ments have been made by the passenger ships will vote at the NLRB to handle such votes in Its NLRB offices when they are in regional offices from 10 AM to 12 port. The others will vote via a noon every Wednesday for the du­ ration of the voting period. Such mail ballot. Right up to the voting deadline, ballots will be challenged imtil the propaganda put out by Bridges' men's employment records can be "Local 100" urged stewards to vote checked to see if they are eligible against union representation. The in the election. With nearly 6,000 men eligible reason given for the stand was that it was the only way that the cooks to vote, the West Coast election and stewards could get rid of the will be the largest ever conducted present hiring hall system, where­ by the Labor Board on the ship­ by all stewards register in a hall board side of the maritime in­ operated by the Pacific Maritime dustry. Association. MCS-AFL officials were confi­ dent of the outcome, pointing out Ridicule Argument MCS-AFL representatives ridi­ that the rival imion had virtually culed the Bridges' argument, point­ ceased to function, maintaining ing out that once the election was halls only in the ports of San Fran­ and New York. The Bridges' over there was nothing to stop the cisco call for a "no union" vote, they SlU-affillated union from negotiat­ said, would serve to split the ing a contract with standard hiring opposition only and strengthen the provisions such as are maintained by unions of deck and engine room chances of victory for the SIUaffiliated stewards' union. seamen on the West Coast. 1 'f' " Vol. XVI. No. 4 As 1 See It Page 4 Committees In Action Page 4 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer .... ^. .Page 12 In The Wake Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer Page 12 On The Job Page 16 Personals ; Page 25 Quiz Page 19 Seafarers In Action Page 16 Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 11 Top Of The News Page 7 Wash. News Letter. Page 6 Welfare Benefits Pages 26. 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 Publlshad blwtuklv at fht haadquartarr •« tha Saafaiar*. Intarnational Union. At lantic « Ou-J District AFL, t7$ Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NV. Tal. HYacintI y?6(00. Entarad as sacond class matta: at ttia Pest Offica in Brooklyn, NY., vndar 'ha Aft Aufust' 34, .,j-. Labor Board Sanction Aids Exceiio Deiay Members of the MCS-AFL in San Francisco, top, display confidence in the representation election underway on the West Coast. Below, two members of tiie stewards department, right, talk to NLRB official whUe waiting to cast their ballots. Permanent 50-50 Law, Curbs On MSTS, Sought By Senators National Labor Relations Board approval of a company bid for an extension of time in which to file briefs has pushed the expected Governmient decision on the SID'S petition for bargaining rights among employees of the motor ship Excello further into' the fu­ ture. With the Excello Corporation having obtaihed more time in which to throw in objections and legal motions stemming from tiie recently-concluded NLRB hearings in New Haven, Conn., board ac­ tion on a report originally due sometime this mcmth ^Ited "alto­ gether. The company received'a respite until March 11. Company Union Set-Up The report is expected to order the disestablishment of a company union set up by Excello, reinstate­ ment with back pay for SIU sym­ pathizers fired off the ship and either immediate bargaining by the company with the SIU or a representation election in which the SIU would be the only Union on the ballot Target of a lightning sign-up campaign by the SIU in January, 1953, the Excello is a converted LST hauling formaldehyde on reg­ ular runs between New Haven and the Texas area. The company is reportedly dickering for another tanker to put into operation im­ mediately, as part of an expected build-up of its service. Proposals for a permanent 50-50 law and a strict limit on shipping operations by the Military Sea Transportation Service highlighted the preliminary report of the special Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Charles Potter of Michigan. The committee also agreed that the US was woefully de--^ be introduced on this score at this mended that further study should ficient in modern ships. be undertaken on both operating session of Congress. The Pofter subcommittee and construction subsidies and on v.as appointed last April to underCommittee Findings the nation's minimum merchant t.ike a thorough study of Govern­ fleet needs. Along these lines it The committee's preliminai*y ment subsidies in the maritime proposed study of subsidies for conclusions are as follows: field and other maritime problems. • The country could use an ad­ tramp vessels. It held a large number of hearings It declared that the law on pri­ in Washington and other parts of ditional 165 cargo ships, six large vate ship financing should be in­ tlie country, while one of the com­ passenger ships and 43 large tank­ vestigated and amended to make it ers to meet defense needs. mittee members. Senator Jo^n workable. As it stands now, it is Butler of Maryland, studied ship­ • Eighty percent of the active not satisfactory. ping and shipbuilding in Europe. fleet is ten or more years old and The third committeeman was Sena­ will become obsolete after 1962. tor Warren Magnuson (Dem., Other nations are modernizing Wash.). their fleets at a rapid rate. It was expected at the time the • US shipbuilding is in a sorry committee was holding its hearings state with no orders for vessels that it would put its recommenda­ over 1,000 tons placed during the tions in the form of amendments entire year 1953. to the 1936 Merchant Marine Act • The need for passenger ves­ and other legislative proposals. sels is very great, but no new ap­ However, the fact that the com­ plications have been made to build mittee characterized its report as them because of disagreement over a "preliminary" one makes it high­ construction subsidies. ly unlikely that any legislation will • The committee doubts that the law to encourage private financing of ships will have any practical effect. • The committee found continu­ ing foreign discriminatioh against US ships. Regular membership meet­ • The tendency of MSTS to ings in SIU headquarters and dominate shipping, was criticized at all branches are held every as a menace to a civilian maritime second Wednesday night at industry. 7 PM. The schedule for the • The 50-50 policy should be continued without question and next few meetings is as follows: written into basic law so that the February 24, March 10, March issue would not arise time and 24. again. All Seafarers registered on • The reserve fleet has little po­ the shipping list are required tential use unless steps are taken Glrl-sans from the Orient come to Seattle, liVashiugton, to show to attend the meetings. to modernize the shiiis. the wares of commercial company at Washington State 'Trade Fair, Girl-Sans Come To Seattle Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks �iriilHruryii im SEAFARERS tOG Page ThrM Door 1 To Large Scale Ship Transfers - In the face of attempts by the Committee of American Maritime Unions to limit transfers of US shipping to foreign flags, the Maritime Administration has announced that it has "relaxed" its policies on the transfer of Liberty tankers. As a result, owners of 15 of^" these vessels, some of them the loss of much of the American- plications are based on the argu­ flag tramp shipping fleet. ment that the tonnage can no still in active service, have American tramp shipowners have longer operate under the Ameri­ applied for such transfers to already raised quite a fuss in can flag in competition with more Panamanian, Honduran and Washington about such transfers. modern ships, others are still run­ have told Maritime Admin­ ning and have been running stead.Liberian flags. They will not They istrator Louis Rothschild that if ily for the past several years, such be required to replace the trans­ they didn't receive Government as the Catahoula and Carrabulle, Seafarer-patients at the Manhattan Beach hospital look over some ferred vessels with new tonnage. operating subsidies, they would molasses carriers for National Dis­ of the new books presented by the SIU to the institution, as part At the same time, a new foreigntillers, an SlU-contracted outfit. ask to transfer their ships. of the SIU ships' library program started last year. Pictured (i-r) flag fleet is set to put in its ap­ The general opinion in Washing­ Should this new policy be carare: Archibald McGuigan, unidentified, John Keenan, unidentified pearance with the announcement ton is that the tramp shipowners and Frederick Landry. by Aristotle Onassis, multi-million­ aire shipowner, that he would have little or no chance of getting place about 25 tankers under the subsidies at this time. Consequent­ Saudi Arabian flag. The tankers ly, it is expected they will apply would carry oil from Saudi Arabia for permission to transfer to for­ udder arrangement with the Gov­ eign flags. Just recently, on February 1, the ernment of that country. It is legislative committee representing feared that this is the entering wedge in a move to drive Ameri­ the conference of all non-Commu­ can-flag tankers out of the Saudi nist sea unions, the CAMU,.met with Rothschild on the question of With SIU libraries getting a warm response from hospi­ Arabiai\ run. transfers. They were assured at talized Seafarers in New York and the various outports, the Swift Reversal the time that the Government's Union is stepping up distribution of reading matter to the The Liberty tanker transfer ar­ policy was to see to it that trans­ men in the hospitals. Trial " rangements represent a swift re­ fers were replaced by new ton­ runs on the same library se- lections as go to the ships have versal by the Maritime Adminis­ nage. However, the Maritime Ad­ shown that the Union libraries tration of its recently stated posi­ ministrator balked at two other provided a welcome apd refresh­ tion that transfers of obsolete union demands. He said that he ing diversion for Seafarer patients. ships would be permitted when could not hold public hearings on Aristotle Onassis As a result, they will be a regular the owners of those vessels showed proposed transfers and that no feature of SIU hospital services that they were providing newer, provisions could be written in to more modern ships to take their the transfers barring the ships ried through jind extended it is from now on, on a mass scale. These libraries, provided by the place under the American flag. from competing with the American likely to produce a head-on clash between the CAMU and the ad­ SEAFARERS LOG through the Transfers without such require­ flag. While some of the transfer ap- ministration. One of the planks in LOG fund, are distributed to all ments, if extended, could mean the CAMU platform is that efforts Conforming to a US Court deci­ SIU ships by the SIU Sea Chest. should be made to limit the fleets sion, the Coast Guard has rewrit­ SIU representatives in the various under Panamanian, Honduran, Li­ ten its security regulations on ports, who handle the weekly hos­ berian and other runaway flags. clearance of merchant seamen. pital visits, are taking the reading Saudi Arabian Oil matter along with them for use From how on, any seaman who is The Onassis venture under the denied validated papers will have by the patients. Saudi Arabian flag has stirred up The SIU library packages, con­ to be furnished a bill of partic­ a lot of excitement among major ulars in writing on which to base taining 50 volumes of paper-bound With the Defense Department in Washington still sitting US oil companies and the State his appeal. books, have been a popular ship­ The change in regulations comes board feature since their inaugura­ tight on its promised announcement of a uniform policy of Department. Since Saudi Arabian as a result of a ruling in a Federal tion. Designed to meet the crying shore leave for American merchant seamen at US military and other Middle Eastern oil sup­ plies are considered vital to US Appeals court which stated that need for fresh, interesting reading bases all over the world, Sea­ seamen and waterfront workers matter aboard ships, the libraries farers continue to be victim­ the fact that no overtime was being economy. US,officials are reported were being deprived of their rights are placed on board once every ized on this score, despite paid to the crew as a result of fearful that the country would be dependent on Onassis for oil ship­ by the Coast Guard screening pro­ three months. the restriction. strong protests by the SIU. ments if he should obtain a stran­ cedure as it stood. Wide Assortment A recent instance in a mount­ Meanwhile, officials of the Royal glehold on the Saudi Arabian The change is expected to have Canadian Mounted Police, the Each assortment of books con­ ing series of incidents at installa­ trade. little immediate effect on the in­ sists of ten novels, 16 western sto­ tions maintained by the various security force which polices the Onassis. who currently holds Ar­ dustry since the screening pro­ area, reveal that as far as they gram has been virtually completed ries, 16 mysteries, four non-fiction armed forces at different points know, there is no restriction at St. gentine citizenship, is under in­ with the exception of the small books, two on sports and two hu­ around the globe concerns the re­ Georges' Bay or anywhere else in dictment in the US on charges that strictions of crewmembers aboard he conspired to defraud the Gov­ number of new men coming into mor books.' Arrangements for the the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) Canadian territory which would ernment in the purchase of tank­ distribution of the volumes the maritime industry. Recently and ether vessels calling at St. cover foreign seamen, including the Coast Guard extended the life through Pocketbooks, a major dis­ Georges' Bay, Newfoundland, site Americans. That's where the mat­ ers operated by US Petroleum tributor of paper-backs, assures (Continued on page 17) of existing validated papers from plenty of variety. Pocketbooks has of the Ernest Harmon Air Force ter stands at the moment, with no two to six years. one able to say where the merryrights to several thousand titles Base. go-round will end. with new books constantly being In a typical show of Government SIU attorneys are continuing to added to the list as they are pub­ red tape and "buck-passing," an study the legal aspects of the shore lished. Air Force investigation of the situ­ leave restrictions with a view to With Seafarers convalescing in ation at the Harmon base revealed determining if the military has any the hospitals in equal need of di­ that there was no valid reason for legal right to restrict civilian sea­ .Under,the rules of the SIU, verting reading matter, the service restricting' the men from going men. Their conclusions would have any member can nominate The A..H. Bull Steamship Com­ was extended to Include men in ashore, although the base itself an important bearing on claims himself for meeting chairman, pany has won settlement of $175,was admittedly off-limits to sea­ the various USPHS hospitals. reading clerk or any other for overtime payments as a result 000 from the US in final payment While some of the hospitals have men and other unauthorized per­ of unauthorized restrictions. post that may be up for elec­ for the old Evelyn, a pre-World libraries of their own, reading fa­ sons. tion before the membership, Some weeks ago. Union officials War I ship that was sunk during cilities in others is limited as on In the face of this, however*, and representatives of SlU-con- World War II. including committees, such as the ships. And in most instances, stands the ruling by the Military tracted operators laid the problem the tallying committees, finan­ The Evelyn, a 5,000-ton dry cargo either on ship or ashore, collection Sea Transportation Service, which in the lap of the Defense Depart­ vessel, was requisitioned by th« cial committees, auditing com­ of books for seamen to read is de­ merely handles the delivery of ment because of the mounting War Shipping Administration in mittees and other groups pendent on the spasmodic efforts cargo and stores to the base, that abuses of seamen by local military September, 1943. Subsequently, the named by the membership. of volunteer agencies. St. Georges' Bay itself is restrict­ commanders. Meetings with Assist­ WSA offered the company $247,000 Since SIU membership meet­ Many such books are in poor ed, and that ship's crews must be ant Secretary of Defense John for the ship vfhich was declined. ing officers are elected at the condition, or are on subjects that confined to their ships while in Fanning and representatives of the The company refused, filing claim start of each meeting, those hold very little general interest port there. three armed forces yielded the in the courts and accepting 75 per­ who wish to run for those for the average reader. meeting offices can do so. A letter to this effect was given concession by Government authori­ cent of the payment offered pend­ Seafarers in the hospitals who to the captain of the Lawrence ties that they themselves could ing the court decision. That The Union also welcomes have suggestions as to the kind of Victory, signed by a "W. F. Cros- find no valid excuse for the differ­ amounted to slightly over $187,000. discussions, suggestions and reading matter they would like to son, MSTS, APO 862." In its turn, ent bans at various bases and the motions on the business before The total payment for the ship the meeting. have are' invited to pass them the letter was submitted to the promise to draft a uniform set came to slightly better than $362,» 000 in reparation claims. Union by Mississippi to account for of 'Vegulations^ • along to the editor of the LOG. SIU Steps Up Lil^rary Service To Hospitals CC Changes Regulations On Screening * Nobody Knows Why' —Leave Ban Sticks Throw in For A Meeting Job i Bull Line Wins SS Evelyn Claim �Vagv Four SEAFARERS LOG Febniairjr l»; i»54 Sea Daager For Gasparilla Day Celebrants As I See It • • • Gasparilla Day in Tampa, Florida, had wet ending, above, as civilians and Coast Guard Aux­ iliary fought high seas to bring 55 passengers safely ashore from the 65-foot pleasure craft. Miss Birmingham, grounded in the surf off Treasure Island. The boat broke up minutes after the last passengers were cleared. Seafarers Mailing Art Entries I I^ 5;c '>-y 'i: FOR MANY YEARS NOW IT HAS BEEN THE STANDARD PRACtice aboard SIU ships to elect shipboard delegates and hold regular shif^oard meetings. The results of these meetings have been duly re­ ported in the pages of your SEAFARERS LOG and put on file as part of your Union's official records. Your Union has found that these meetings have been extremely valuable. The reports of these meetings have served many purposes. Headquarters has, found that they enable your offi­ cials to keep close, touch with the sentiments and problems of the membership on board the ships, and is able to take necessary action accordingly with promptness. The meetings have also offered very valuable suggestions as to the conduct of Union business in dealings with the shipowners. In many specific cases, where the crew has a prob­ lem of contract violation or other difficulties aboard ship, the reports received through the minutes have often enabled the Union to be right on top of a situation and either correct things before the ship comes in, or be prepared to take immediate action at the time qf payoff. Further, the holding of shipboard meetings has generally been the best way of bringing beefs and difficulties to the surface in a whole­ some and constructive manner. While it would be impractical for a shoreside meeting to take up and act on problems of individual ships, the shipboard meeting has always proved the best place for kicking these matters around and arriving at a solution. It has been the ex­ perience of your Union in some instances that lack of regular ship­ board meetings has aggravated existing grievances because it appeared to members of the crew and to the officers, that nothing would be done about them at the moment. The meetings also serve as a good means of acquainting new men in the industry and the Union with the terms of the Union contract and the manner in which the SIU operates. , . j It is your Union's firm belief that active participation in, i^qcb..meet­ ings is the mark of a good Union member. And even when the dele­ gates, as in many instances, have nothing to report, that' of itself is a sign that the meeting is serving its purpose in helping to' assure a smooth-running ship. • • • ' The first mail entries in the Third Annual SIU^Art Contest began filtering into head­ quarters this week, as Seafarers in the outports got the 1954 competition off to an early start. Entries will be accepted at headquarters through midnight, April 30, after which the judging will be held. Under this year's contest conducted by a panel of established work and attempt new forms of art rules. Seafarers can submit up experts in the field, including the work not previously exhibited. Following the judging this to five entries in each of the four art editor of the SEAFARERS classifications: oils, watercolors, LOG, who has assisted at the judg­ spring, all entries will be displayed for a full week at a public exhibit drawings and handicrafts. Three ing of the earlier contests. Previous judging panels included in headquarters. Thus, Seafarers prizes will be awarded in each classification, a total of 12 awards at least one art museum represen­ interested in selling their work J. i . 4> ^ J [it:i • I should tag those entries with the tative and professional artists. in all. The work so far submitted in­ desired selling price. Several en­ A NEWS ITEM APPEARED RECENTLY TO THE EFFECT THAT Last year's contest prizes were 14-carat gold SIU emblem rings, cludes handicraft items as well as tries, especially in handicrafts, the Department of Agriculture is using 180 more Liberty ^hips as and in 1952, the winners received entries for the other three divi­ were purchased on the spot by wheat and corn bins. These ships, located in boneyards'at Astoria, waterproof, shockproof watches. sions of the contest. The initial visitors during the week-long ex­ Oregon; Puget Sound and the James River in Virginia will be loaded Prizes for this year's contest have entries bore out the hope that as hibit last year. up with surplus grain that the Government has pur­ the contest becomes established as not yet been determined. chased from farmers to keep prices up. They are No Mounting Needed Judging of the third annual con­ an annual SIU tradition, more and in addition to quite a few other ships similarly load­ All entries should be addressed test, as in previous years, will be more Seafarers would submit their ed, for storage. About 125 of these have' their holds to the Art Editor, c/o SEAFARERS filled to the brim while they sit at anchor up on the LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, BrookHudson River in New York and down in Virginia. lyji 32, NY. Paintings and draw­ It appears likely that if things continue as they ings do not have to be mounted . are, the Government will have to turn over more or framed if the materials are not ships for this purpose. And for every ship that is right at hand because they will be so loaded with grain, there are quite a few large judged solely on their artistic mer­ storage bins back inland in the wheat and corn its. country that are also filled up" with the overflow Where entries are submitted from the farms. Seafarers at the last Savannah 41 years ago and became an SIU without mounting, the union will Of course, all this Is going on while we are told that many people in port meeting, February 10, had member in Baltimore on February mount them on white cardboard other parts of the world are having trouble finding enough food to fill their meeting conducted by three 21, 1948. He sails in the engine so that they can be hung up for their bellies from day to day. Yet little or nothing is heard of trans­ rank and file Union members. department and still makes his display. porting the wheat-and corn to wherie it will do some good. Eddie Jahowski home in New York City. Frank is Wrap Entries Carefully It seems a prbtty obvious thing to all that the supplies are there, of Baltimore was a native of the Dodecanese Is­ All mailed entries, however, the ships are tbTere and the demand is self-evident aeross the ocean in chairman of the lands, in the Aegean Sea, but now should be carefully wrapped, and meeting while lives in New York. He joined the the name and address of the en­ many partis of the world. Your Union is certain that there are those Tom Burke and Union in New York on April 4, trant attached carefully so that the in Washington capable Of figuring out a way whereby this surplus food Douglas Acker, 1949. The 27-year-old Seafarer work may be returned at the close could be put to/good use. Certainly, at present, all that is being done with this food is to raise a fine crop of fat rats. both of Savan­ sails in the engine department. of the exhibition. To assure deliv­ nah, served as ery, it is advisable to send all en­ % % % recording secre­ tries by special delivery or regis­ Philadelphia's last port meeting tary and reading TALKING ABOUT FOOD BRINGS TO MIND A SUBJECT THAT was chaired by Burton Hirsch, a tered mail. Entries can also be clerk r e s p e c Acker submitted by bringing them to the people are quite worked up about in this country, namely the morning deck seaman and veteran Union tively. cup of coffee. The subject of coffee prices has aroused a great deal of LOG office at headquarters. Janowski, who sails in the stew­ member who has been with the excitement and indignation in certain quarters. We SIU for 15 years ard's department, has been a mem­ have been told that official actipn is being taken by now. Hirsch ber of the SIU for nearly 13 years. our Government, and that the, US Senate is inves­ joined the Union He joined the Union in the port of tigating the entire situation to see if some specula­ in Mobile back Baltimore on June 25, 1941. He Is tors are rigging the prices of the country's favorite on February 6, a native of Maryland and is 32 morning brew.,,.. ' 4939. He's a na­ Under the Union constitu­ years of age. Seafarers na# not be experts on the subject, al­ tive of Philadel­ tion every member attending though it is true that the beverage gets quite a play Burke, who sails in the engine phia, but he and a Union meeting is entitled to on SIU ships where time has been a standing department, was born in Florida h i s wife now nominate himself for the contract feature forcoffee many years. However, there on July 17, 1926. He joined the make their home elected posts to be filletf at does seem to be one important factor overlooked in SIU in Savannah in July, 1944, Gallagher across the river the meeting—chairman, read­ all the excitement, and that is the obvious fact that and makes his home in the in Camden, New ing clerk and recording secre­ our morning cup of coffee depends on ships and seamen to deliver it Georgia port city. Acker, a deck Jersey. He will be 37 yearn old tary. Your Union urges you department man, is 29 years old this month. to take an active part in meet­ to every breakfast table. and an 11-year member of the SIU, Naturally there, would-be considerable excitement and dismay in Recording secretary William ings by taking these posts of loining in Savannah on January 6, Devenny has been a member of many quar^k if..in some emergency coffee would have to. be severely service. 1943.: He's married and lives in the SIU for just seven months rationed or not available for lack of ships and seamen. And what, could And, of course, all members Savannah. be true of coffee would apply equally well to quite a few items that now, teceiving his membership have the right to take the floor a^e important land necessary to our daily living—items like aluminum book in New York on July 6, 1953. and express their opinions on bre,. ii^ o.re,. c^per,>tin, oil, \vool. rubber, nitrates, hemp, manila, vf, A couple of New Yorkers were He's a resident of Philadelphia, any officer's report or Issue sugar, and a . long list of other things that play a key role in our $6ut jh Seattle for the Seattle port 25 years old and sails in the deck under discussion. Seafarers ' 4 membership meeting of last week, department. John Gallagher, the are urged to hit the" deck at econohiy, Edmund L. Eriksen, was the chair­ reading clerk, has been with' the There ;are many who for some reason or another^ cannot or will not these meetings and let their man, and George Frank, recording SIU for 11 years. He also sails on recognize the vi^l, peed for US ships in our economy. Your Union shipmates know what's oo -aecretary. . deck and lives in the Pennsylvania intends, to'-'keep *00 emphasizing these facts imtil they are generally their mind. Eriksen was bom in New York metropolis. recognized by IdL ., Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings �SEAFARERS LOG F«bnu^ If/If84 Pare FIT* NlJtS Orcfers Hear/ng On AFL's Dock Vofe Charges With organizing operations proceeding on all fronts, AFL-ILA representatives are looking forward to hearings set by the National Labor Relations Board in Washington on the disposition of the New York dock election. Meanwhile, the new union continued its ground­ work for eventual takj^-over"^ on the piers with the election other material of large scale ing and expanding its organization. of over 80 pier shop stewards intimidation of longshoremen by Three new AFL locals have been The Cornhusher Mariner arround in Korea's Pusan harbor. A Conrressional investiration is beinr launched into why the ship is to be scrapped. When towed to Japan, the lowest repair bid on the Cornhusker was $2,600,000. for longshoremen and 32 stewards for checkers in the Port of New York. A decision to hold a hearing was issued Wednesday from the Labor Board in Washington. The hearing will take up AFL charges of collusion, intimidation and oth­ er irregularities in the l)re-Christmas election contest between the AFL-ILA and the old ILA. The hearing, which will take place in New York, beginning March 1, will get evidence from the AFL-ILA in the form of mov­ ies, photographs, affidavits and Cornhusker Fate Under Study WASHINGTON—A Cqngfessional investigation of the fate of the disabled Cornhusker Mariner is in the offing as the House Merchant Marine Committee voted to look into a decision to scrap the vessel. The $10 million SlU-man- Government did not deem it worth built by the Government as a re­ while to invest the extra money to sult of the Korean war emergency. ned ship ran aground off Pu­ recondition the ship and bring it The Maritime Administration has san, Korea, on her third voy­ back to the States. been attempting to sell these ships age and had to be cut in half be­ fore it could be towed to a ship­ yard in Sasebo, Japan. Subsequent­ ly, the Maritime Administration de­ cided that the vessel should be sold for scrap and her remaining interpal n^achinery and equipment should be salvaged. The decision ran into immediate opposition in Congress with Sena­ tors Dennis Chavez (Dem., New Mexico) and Allen Ellender (Dem., La.) introducing a resolution to stop the sale of the ship. The two Senators declared that $600,000 had been spent in salvage opera­ tions up until now, and that it could be made ' seaworthy for an additional investment of $2V^ mil­ lion. They estimated that sale of the vessel for scrap would mean a loss of $7ti million to the Gov­ ernment. Apparently, with the other Mari­ ners going in the boneyard, the The Cornhusker was blown onto rocks in Pusan harbor during a bad storm last July. The rocks pene­ trated deeply into the ship's bot­ tom with the result that tugs were unable to pull her off and the ship hadto be-Cut in two. In the course of lengthy salvage operations, it was reported that the vessel had been cannibalized of a great many parts and removable gear. Finally, the ship's stern was hauled to Sasebo, Japan, where it remains pending Government ac­ tion on the fate of the ship. At the time of the grounding, the ship was on her third voyage under charter to the Seas Ship­ ping Company. Consequently, the ship was virtually in brand-new condition, one of the reasons why scrapping is not deemed advisable. The Cornhusker Mariner is one of 35 high-speed cargo vessels YOUamrMeSIU CONSTITUTieN l'^ From Article XIII, Section 6 "All reports by committees and the Secretary-Treasurer under this articlef except those o^^the Polls committees, shall be entered in the minutes of the port where headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be en-, tered in the minutes of the Port wherO it functions." sm mi APE OUARAMTEED BY. YOUR COMiltrUTiW, IHtS. EEA- ryRE ts OESIONBO TO ACOUABrr. YOO WITH THESE PJOHTB AMC* WIVIIEOEB- to private operators, but with little success thus far. [Missing Son May Be On Waterfront An appeal on behalf of a miss­ ing son who may possibly be work­ ing around the waterfront has been received by the SEAFARERS LOG from the parents of Thom­ as Mounier, of Tucson; Arizona. The boy has been missing from his home since No­ Mounter vember 2, 1953. Mounier's mother wrote the LOG that Tom was very much in­ terested in the sea and ships, and might be located in some port city. The missing boy is 15Vi years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He has blond hair, blue eyes and freckles. Indications are that Mounier might be a victim of amnesia, since his mother reports that he has suffered from headaches for the past three years since he was a victim of a severe sunstroke. In that circumstance, he might be liv­ ing under another name. Anybody knowing of his where­ abouts is asked to communicate with the editor of the SEAFARERS LOG, or with his parents at 2807 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona. the old ILA in the course of the chartered oh the Jersey- side of dock election. the Hudson River, one for Jersey Confident of Outcome AFL-ILA representatives are "City and two for Port Newark. Shop steward elections, which confident that the evidence pre­ sented wiii be sufficient to cause provide the basis for direct pierthe Labor Board to throw out the side representation for AFL long­ entire dock vote and order new proceedings to determine the bar­ shoremen, are still going on. In the gaining representative for Port of past week alone 16 stewards were elected in such areas as the Brook­ New York longshore workers. lyn Army Base, New York Docks, The very fact that the NLRB issued a call for a hearing instead Staten Island, Yonkers, and Jersey • of certifying the results' of the City election was taken as evidence In most instances, stevedoring that the Board believed the AFL's companies have recognized the stewards as representatives of charges had weight. More action took place in At­ their employees. Where they have lantic Coast outports when the old refused, the new union has struck ILA signed an eight-cent-an-hour the piers. Walkouts on Pier 25, contract for workers in seven At­ North River, the 5th Street Pier, lantic ports—Boston, Providence. Hoboken, and Piers 10, 11 and 12, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hampton j New York. Docks in Brooklyn Roads, Chester, Pa., and Portland, were setted in short order. So were the two most recent Maine. The terms of the new contract walkouts, one on Staten Island were the same as those which ex- pier 20 and the other on United president Joe Ryan offered to ship­ Fruit Co. piers 2, 3 and 7, Man­ owners in New York at the time hattan's west side. United Fruit the AFL-ILA was organized last longshoremen struck the piers for September. At that time, the old three weeks before the company ILA hastily withdrew its offer un­ capitulated, and agreed to recog­ der a storm of protest from the nize the AFL longshore shop stew­ new union which charged that tlie ard. settlement representing nothing more or less than a sellout of the longshore membership. AFL Demands By contrast, the, AFL-ILA has presented demands for a 20-cent wage increase, 12 paid holidays, WASHINGTON—A bill would and improvements in vacations, pensions and welfare benefits, as require all seamen aboard US ships well as other fringe issues. The old to understand orders given in the ILA admitted the inferiority of English language, both in speech the outport contract by signing a and writing, has been introduced proviso with the shipowners that in the House of Representatives any gains in New York over and by ,Rep. Horace Seely-Brown of above those obtained in New York Connecticut. The bill is identical -to a similar measure that has al­ would apply in the outports. It was believed that through this ready been introduced in the Sen­ clause the old ILA was preparing ate. Both bills are based on recom­ itself for a retreat to the outports in the event the AFL-ILA wins mendations by the Treasury De­ representation for New York long­ partment. The Department ex­ shoremen and signs a contract for plained that operating and safety them. Such a contract would no mechanisms on ships are becoming doubt be superior to the eight-cent more complex day by day, with the settlement negotiated in the out­ result that it is increasingly im­ portant for crewmembers to be ports. While these developments were able to read and understand print­ taking place, the AFL-ILA has been ed instructions dealing with action concentrating efforts on solidify­ in emergency situations. Bills Propose Language Rule Put Number On Meeting Exeuses As part of the permanent record, headquarters, as well as the other ports, maintains complete reports of all committees and officials. On file in headquarters and the SlU port offices ore records of all re­ ports mode in the Union. Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York , headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetin {s must include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on. If the number is not Included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. Newark longshoremen smile happily as they look over their new AFL-ILA charter. They join a number of other New Jersey local* who have repudiated th* ^d ILA. ^1 it I �•' rx.-\ WMmagjr li, itH •' - s SEArJMWMk IPC SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON II. I " ===== -1 Tempers have been flaring on Ca]||»itol Hill, in the House Merchant Marine Committee, for a long time. The Committee is known in some quarters as a "do nothing" group. The current chairman. Representa­ tive Weichel, Ohio, has been notorious in his attempted one-man con­ trol of the Committee. However,, this iron-clad grfp on the Comimittee by its chairman no'ytr has been broken somewhat. Recently, while Chairman WeichM was away from the Committee, the group met in closed session,-voted to make Representative Tollefson, Washington,*acting chairman, so that the Committe could function while its chairman was recuperating. The group also voted to have meetings every week instead,of one a month, and it's this last action that assures the individual members some say in the activities of the Committee in pushing legislation. In the meantime, some powerful figures on the Committee, staunch defenders of the American merchant marine, ara thinking seriously of quitting the House Merchant Marine Committee and joining some other Congressional Committee. These particular men are tired of the "do nothing" attitude 5f their chairman, believing, as they do, that there is much that can be dohe, in the way of hearings and investigations concerning the shipping field. ' ^• •4 Waterman's new general cargo terminal In Port Newark, shown above, Is scheduled to g^ .lnto opera­ tion April 1/ The development is expected to handle 600,000 tons of cargo annually at three berths in the terminal, each of which is fed by two rail tracks. It was/Constructed by the Port of New York Authority. Newark Terminal Opening Near Due to begin operations by April 1, a brand-new Waterman Terminal will consolidate all of the company's New York operations at Port Newark on that date. According to pres­ ent plans, Waterman will be moved out of Pier 6, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, as of March 31. The new Waterman devel-"* « opment is expected to handle oped portion of the south side of feet wide to accommodate both Port Newark channel and along truck and railroad traffic. Under at least 600,000 tons of general Newark Bay to form a continuous the terms of its ten-year lease, the cargo annually at three modern berths. For Port Newark, it will mean that for the first time, one of the largest US-flag shipping lines will use the port for its regular common carrier service in the North European and Far East­ ern trade routes. It is expected that the terminal will average about four ships per week, as a result of the combined foreign, coastwise and intercoastal service. South Side The wharves and cargo terminal buildings of the nevv development were constructed, on the undevel-.. L-shaped wharf. Each of the' new berths is 550 feet long and served by a cargo, terminal building 450 feet long and 200 feet wide. An apron between the cargo terminal buildings and. the stringpiece is 50 feet wide and 'equipped with two rail tracks. Additional railroad tracks are located at the rear of two of the three cargo terminals, alongside a canopied loading platform which can serve trucks and rail cars alike. Extending along the full length of the re^ of the buildings is a con­ tinuous, hard-surfaced area 100 SlU COMMITTEES m WORK The SIU's financial operations for the fourth quarter, October 1 to December 31, 1953, have been checked by the quarterly financial committee elected by the member­ ship and all books found in order. The rank and file committee was chosen at the January 27 member­ ship meeting in headquarters. Con­ sisting, as always, of two men from each of the three ship's depart­ ments, its membership was Cecil Leader, Frank Douglas,.. Edward Hansen, E. W. Goulding, Alexandur Dudde and A. Schiavone. As part of its regular procedure, the committee checked the weekly financial reports from the outports against the week­ ly report at head­ quarters covering the whole district and found that all expenses and receipts tallied. It then went ahead to check the Leader Union's financial operations through the secretarytreasurer's office and examined the Union's safe deposit box Where Government bonds owned by the Union are kept. All was found to be satisfactory. Another Important section of the committee's work deals with checks on receipt books in the various ports. A complete inventory of all books was taken for the ports and headquarters. Once the quarterly committee completes its checks, it has power to make recom­ mendations to the membership as to changes in the Union's financial procedures. Earl­ ier in the year, the Union insti­ tuted a system of posting all dues receipts by ma­ Douglas chine, apd mak­ ing use of National Cash Register bookkeeping machines for other Union i business. The secretarytreasurers' financial report was also revised in line with new financial systems installed in headquarters. The current committee examined the manner, ip which the report has.been drafted under the revised system and expressed approval of the way .the report is being han­ dled. They recommended that Headquarters be empowered t.p make necessary changes to improve the form or content of the report. Waterman Corp. will pay the Port of New York Authority, which handled the actual construction of the terminal, $370,000 a year for the first five years and $410,006 a year for the second five years. The agreement with the PNYA.calling for the construction of the terminal was first made in March, 1952, and completion of the project sched­ uled for the spring of this year. Credit Given Aboard Ship By Sea Chest 4" 4> On the Senate side of the Capitol, major changes have taken place in the important Maritime Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerec. Senator Potter, Michigan, has been dethroned as Subcommittee chairman and replaced by Senator Butler, Maryland. This means, as predicted in the LOG several months ago, that Senator Bricker, Ohio, head of the full Committee, has reverted to the seniority rule to put Senator Sutler in the driver's seat of the Maritime Subcommittee. . . One of the first thmgs that Senator Butler did was to discharge the Subcommittee counsel. . The move certainly amounts to changing horses in the middle of the stream, as the Subcommittee is only about half way through with its Investigation of the problems confronting the American merchant marine. | ' , The entire shipping industry is watching this one closely as' their future certaiply will be affected by the ultimate recommendations tocome fvohi the Senate Subcommittee. The' Department of Commerce is ready to go to Congress to ask for \ funds sufficient to acquire 40 traded-in tankers under a new progra™; it will urge on the lawmakers, Thi? is a carry-over, move from last yeaT:., when a bill embracing this move was blocked in the closing daj/s of .j^^,, last session of Congress. . • In effect,'the program will be that the Government will allovy tanker , companies to trade-in tankers that are at least 10 years old, as an al­ lowance of credit for the construction of new tankers. The purpose of this program is two-fold: (1) To gain new tanker tonnage under the U.S. fiag; and (2) to enlarge the number of the tankers in the reserve fleet. r. Commerce is hoping to acquire up to 40 tankers, 10 years or better,: in the move.. . 4 4- A distinct trend that has been growing over the years is that the American businessman usually is negligent of his right to choose the flag of the ship on which he does business, while, on the other hand, foreign exporters and importers have become increasingly ship-minded and are highly nationalistic in their feelings. Particularly^ in the Scan­ dinavian areas, and in some South American nations, the foreign ex­ porters-importers favor their own national lines wherever possible. In some trades, the preponderance of the cargo movement is con­ trolled, in ond direction, by the government and/or businessmen in particular nations who, in turn, direct that the movement be via ships A system of credit sales of mer­ of their own country: chandise to. Seafarers aboard ships •» ^ •i 4'' '' u at no extra charge is being put From time to time, US Government agencies will take action or set into effect by the New York retail policies with their fingers crossed, not knowing just what will happen. store of the SIU Sea Chest. The This is .true of recent policy adopted by the Maritime Admftiistration system will be extended to Mobile, in relaxing its position on the' transfer of Liberty-type tankers to for­ eign flag. In the past. Maritime had allowed such transfers, but, among New Orleans and Baltimore when other things, only H the US operator .would agree to build new tonnage. retail outlets start up in those However, the new tonnage requirement is not tied in with the new rela.xed policy on Liberty tankers. ports in the near future. Officials of MA now are afraid of the impact on other operators of The credit sales will cover items their new tanker transfer policyAs a matter of fact, operators of dry not normally stocked in shipboard slopchests, such as dress wear, cargo ships now are making overtures in this direction. Transfer of US-fiag ships'is allS^ed only to those countries where watches, radios, luggage and the like. Under the system, the Sea­ this Government has agreemyents to repossess them if needed in a na­ farer can order these items and tional emergency. Generally, these nations include Venezuela, Liberia, have them delivered on board ship Panama, and Honduras. in the harbor. The charge for the ., . 4.\; 4 • ^ item will be placed on his slop For the past\eight years, there has been a rapid decrease in the USchest bill as if he purchased the flag competitive position with respect to the carriage of our imports item"from the shipboard slop chest. and exports. With the exception of the 1951 shipping emergency, every Up until now, a Seafarer, who year since 194fl' iias seen further decline in the US fleet's transportation " ^ wanted to buy on credit, found of our dry cargo exports. During the first half of 1953, it had fallen''to only 22 percent from himself faced with the excessive charges of waterfront peddlers. 42 percent in 1951, and 31 percent in 1952. They charge extra for the credit . As for import side of the picture, US-fiag participation in our dry service on top of the high pHces cargo import trade last ^ear was only 33 percent, a postwar low water­ they normally charge for their mer­ mark rapidly approaching the prewar level. P.ercentage-wise, our fleet chandise. And of course, such piir> participation in the export .trade was reduced, alarmingly in the Euro­ chases carry no guarantee of qual­ pean and Northern FM East trades. Oiily iq the West African, South China, Formosa'.and Philippines areas did.our competitive position ity. show signs-of strengthening: As to Imports, bur competitive positiqn Items sold by the Sea Chest will be priced to the Seafarer the Same has grown weater in all trades other than Pbi^gal and Spanish At­ as if they had been bought for lantic and the Southern Far East area. cash in the shoreside retail outlet, permitting Seafarers to equip themselves before paying off the vessel.- �February 19, MSI SEAFARERS Pace flfeTca LOG DiMster Hits SUP-Manned Freighter COMMUNISM IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE—Guatemala, which has been under Communist influence since a revolution in 1944, last week expelled two United States news correspondents for "sys­ tematically defaming and slandering the republic." Earlier, the Guate­ malan Government charged that its neighbors were "plotting" to in­ vade the country with the aid of "the government to the North," clear­ ly an illusion to the United States. In Washington, the situation is regarded with intense concern. The .Stale Department must approach the highly explosive problem with extreme care, because any hint of US intervention might arouse resentment throughout Latin America. GREENWICH VILLAGE POET AND WIFE MURDERED—New York City witnessed the passing of one of its last legendary figures when eagahond poet. Maxwell Bodenheim, was found murdered with his Wife in a cheap, Greenwich Village apartment Bodenheim had been shot and his wife stabbed to death. The once famous tyro of the Village's arty set had been down on hft heels since the early 1930's, and had become a New York character by peddling his poetry In the streets for enough change to buy liquor. Friends had reported that recently he walked the streets with an "I am Blind" sign in imitation of the famous Paris beggars, who belong to a guild and solicit money by fak­ ing crippling defects. New York's police moved swiftly and within days arrested a 25-year-old youth, Harold Weinberg, who reportedly con­ fessed to the double murders. AN AMERICAN COMES HOME—^After two years as a Communist prisoner in Czechoslovakia and .twenty-one months as a fugitive in the Iron Curtain country, John Hvasta, ^ twenty-six year-old naturalized American, returned to the United States. In 1948, Hvasta was going to college in Czechoslovakia under the GI Bill of Rights, when the Communists sentenced him to ten years as a "spy." On January 2, 1952, Hvasta tunnelled his way to freedona. He was then successful in. hiding from the Communist police with the help of the Czech underground. Then, on October 2, 1953, Hvasta walked into the American Embassy in Prague. The Embassy protected him and after fotir months of argument, suc­ ceeded in getting him out of the country. Hvasta has promised to teir the story soon of his twentyEx-GI John Hvasta grins hap­ one month flight from terror. pily at arrival In US after t it successful escape from Czech INDO-CHINA ANOTHER KO­ prison. REA?—^The war grew hotter in sorely besieged Indo-China as Communist rebels again invaded the Kingdom of Laos in a savage sustained drive before which the French were reported fleeing. The repercussions quickly spread to Washington where Secretary of Defense Wilson and President Eisenhower, came under fire from a-number of Democratic and Republican Senators. The United States has furnished arms, ammunition and planes and also has about 200 Air Force technicians aiding the French in the be­ leaguered Asiatic state. Some senators charged that the presence of a US military mission there was a mistake and that it would not be wise to send more technicians. With both ship and cargo ftported a total loss, the SUP-contracted Panamanian freighter Harry Lundeberg lies awash On rocks at the tip of Lbwer California, several hundred miles south of San Diego, where it went aground last week. No loss of life was suffered as crewmembers took to the lifeboats when the ship was crushed aft for 20 feet. She was carrying 3,500 tons of gypsum. Xlose Kings Pt,' Congress Told WASHINGTON—Closing of the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy and diversion of its funds to training for unlicensed seamen was advocated in testimony before a House Appropriations sub-committee by a spokesman for the Conference of American Maritime Unions. Captain John M. Bis-"*" hop of the Masters, Mates and the Government plans to put in state academies. In case more of­ $21^ millions into schools to train ficers are needed, he pointed out Pilots (AFL) told the commit­ new officers from outside the that upgrade schools could train tee that funds should be withheld from Kings Point and four state of­ ficer-training academies because of the "great over-supply of licensed deck and engine room offieers in the maritime industry." Captain Bishop is a member of the special legislative committee representing all non-Communist maritime unions including the SIU. As such he was presenting the views of the recent conference of these unions held in Washington. He pointed out that the Sheepshead Bay, New York, and Alameda, California, stations for training men already in the industry had been closed even though there were funds appropriated through June, 1954. On the other hand. industry. .men o,ut of the foc'sle in far less The captain challenged the argu­ time than the three and four year ment that training' is needed in courses at the academies. case of emergency, declaring there Bishop asked that the Maritime are more than enough officers avail­ Administration conduct a survey able to man all ships in existence, to find out how many, academy including those in the boneyard. graduates got to sea for a living. No Shortages He declared that most graduates Citing figures from the Korean end up in shoreside jobs after brief War, he stated there were 1.162 service at sea. ocean-going ships at the start of "We urge this committee," he the fighting, and 2,045 ships in op­ concluded, "to appropriate suffi­ eration at the peak, February, cient funds for the operation of the 1952. No shortages of officers in upgrading training stations at deck and engine departments re­ Sheepshead Bay and Alameda, and sulted from this expansion. for the correspondence courses Where shortages existed, they given to seamen at sea. Also, we were in the unlicensed categories urge you not to appropriate funds and in radio officers, two groups'not for the operation of Kings Point serviced by Kings Point or the and the four state academies." YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Television Price Cuts .c' . . .V Usually prices of television sets are lowered In the spring and go up again in the fall when the new models are introduced. But the price cuts this year have come well in advance of spring, and are deeper than usual too. The fact is, there are a lot more television sets and other household appliances right now than customers, and man­ ufacturers as well as retailers are slashing their price tags to induce the food and rent-poor public to buy sets. Now, comparatively good values are available. A number of manufacturers have reduced prices, but among the outstanding values now are Emerson,'Philco and Admiral. Emerson is lowest jpriced of all the so-called full-quality sets, offering a 17-inch table model at a list price of $150 and a 21-lnch at $180. Philco also offers a 21-inch table model at $180. RCA and Westinghouse have also reduced prices on TV sets, although their tags are still bigger than those of Emerson and Philco. • Moreover, as previously pointed out in the SEAFARERS LOG, you can also get discounts off the list price from many retailers. These discounts frequently are 20 per cent on the lower-priced TV sets, 25 on the costlier ones. Thus you can now buy full-quality 17-inch sets for as lit­ tle as $120, and the 21-inch sets at about $145. Discounts are larger on the higher-priced sets whkh are moving slowly because of the understandable fear of the public that a $25d-$300 investment may be made obsolete soon by color television. Biit doh^t Ik coaxed into a big investment because you can get a bigger discount. A 17-inch table model is ade- quate for most families, and you don't sink a lot of money into a costly cabinet. As previously reported here, there are some sets on the market with as fev^ as 16-18 tubes, known as "metropolitan receivers." These may be satisfactory if you live less than 15-20 miles from the broadcasting center and in a good reception area. But in fringe areas particularly, the fullquality sets with 22 or more tubes give better reception. As shown above, by picking a set carefully and insisting on the retail discount which is so widespread these days, you can huy a full-quality set for no more than the cost of a metropolitan receiver. The number of tubes, however, is just one factor in the quality of a set. Also compare the clarity and steadiness of the picture and watch out for distortion, especially at the edges of the screen. Experts suggest that a good way to judge how well different sets focus, is to make sure the horizontal lines composing the picture are equally spaced and sharp over the whole face of the tube. Of the different types of tuners now found on various makes, some experts say the "turret cascode" type generally needs least serv­ icing and is easier to convert to UHF channels. Not the least cost of a television set is service, especially since there has been so much bilking and excessive charg­ ing for repaii-s, and frequent failure to satisfactorily ful­ fill service contracts. . » Some authorities say it's vital to get a service contract when you buy a television set. But if you don't* require antenna installation, either because the set is to be con­ nected to an existing antenna or used with an indoor type, you might consider that the set has a 90-dt^ parts war- Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying ranty anyway, and the expensive picture tube has a full year's warranty on many sets. Repairs are more likely the second year than the first, especially if the set is used heavily. Some families "use up" their sets by leaving them turned on like a radio when not actually watching the screen. This causes tubes to wear out rapidly. Also, the heat generated in the sets breaks down other com­ ponents. If you do use a set heavily, a service contract may have an advantage. But families that use a set moderately may find they do well enough by using a qualified neighbor­ hood television serviceman. Also, rebuilt picture tubes are now available at costs al­ most half those of new tubes. They are quite satisfactory. Good rebuilt tubes are guaranteed for a year while the new ones are often guaranteed only for shorter periods, •yiey are generally available from specialists in electron­ ics equipment like the Lafayette radio stores in New York, Boston and other Eastern cities. Or your own serviceman may be able to secure a rebuilt picture tube for you. A TV set owner who. can replace a picture tuhe himself can-buy new ones at discounts from electronics supply; houses like Lafayette, or the big mail-order semi-whole­ sale source for electronics equipment. Allied Radio Corp., 833 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 7, 111. Remember, too, that your TV set will last longer and need fewer repairs if you avoid placing the set too closely to the wall. Also avoid using a heavy pad underneath. TV sets generate much heat and need air circulation in back .and underneath to prevent deterioration and even guard against fires. �SEAfARBRS ViVsYitU /"•-» '>/• LOG lit" FAraary It, lt54 SEASCASH BENEFITS f,S.; .. J ii' ^':'' SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATldN PLANS Photo tiiows new SUP hall In Seattle under construction at First Avenue and Wall Street, oyerlooklnr Puaet Sound. Hall will offer faculties for Seafarers shipping out of the Northwest Washington port. REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID SUP's Seattle Hall Rounding Into Shape SEATTLE—^Final construction and interior decorating is going forward on the new SUP hall and sailors* home in this port, now expected to be open for busineiss in about 60 days. The new Sailors Union hall.-i located at First Avenue and the first floor, of the building, Wall Street, and commading while the upper story is taken up a view of Paget Sound, is a twostory affair, supplemented by base­ ment space housing a gymnasium, baggage room, restaurant, bar, barber shop, cigar store aiid a shower room. Ground-breaking ceremonies at the site were held last June. • First Floor Auditorium Office space and a combination auditorium-dispatch hall occupy Olde Photos Wanted hy iJfG The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of^ shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days- gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in them all. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. with the sailors' home, 22 living units for the use of union oldtimera, and the ill and disaliled. The first floor auditorium will be named after Peter B. Gill, who was SUP agent here for 30 years. Prior to the official opening of the new building, SUP and SIUA&G offices for the port will con­ tinue to be maintained at the old hall, at 2700 First Avenue. Follow­ ing the opening, SIU offices will shift to the new site, in line with the reciprocal office and shipping hall arrangement shared by the SIU and the SUP on the East and West Coasts. Construction Authorized Construction of the new hall was authorized by the SUP mem­ bership on December 22r 1952, after a recommendation by SUP building trustees. The rank-andfile action followed by 16 days the opening of a new SUP hall in Wil­ mington. The next new hall to be opened for seamen will be the SIU A&G District's new building in the port of ^altimore> Now under construction, the building will provide the same kind of facilities for seamen as are available in the New York head­ quarters of the SIU. They will in­ clude a cafeteria, bar, barber shop, recreation room, baggage room, sun deck. Sea Chest and modern shipping hall for men on the beach. No. Seafarers RecciYing Benefits this P^griodH A'Tcrage Benefits Paid Each Seafarer TotaTBenefits Paid this Period 2L 7h^9S 9A WEIIFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital BenefitsDeath Benefits Diaabilitv Benefits 7o^o 34>I o<»\ Mteniitv BeaefiM Vacation Benefits Total aRfS'\f3 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY 1 Hosnital benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * 1 Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 • Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 • Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total 1 * Date Benefits Began * 11 1—• / ^ J €>0 -^7|| 1 ' LA, WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Estididtcd Accounts Receivable Vacation AjL>lSi AO us Governinent Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 7 S'ALSliii 9.r|| //9oCc COMMENTS; Some applicants for hospitsd benefits are not qualifying 'or benefits due to their failure to .get notice of claim into the Welfare office. Payment of benefits will only be made provided that the applications for benefits are pre­ sented in writing not later than fourteen (Hit days' from the date the employee' is physically discharged from the lospital as an in-patient or personally contacts an SIU agent within the fourteen (H) day period. The assets of the Plians continue to grow, with the pre­ sent assets of the Plans combined, totaling $4,292,922,01 gi Suhmittti At Kerr, Assistmit'Twi^nistratof . .'. and, remember this.. • All these are yours without cohtributing a single nickel on your part — Collecting SIU benefits is easy, whether it's lor hp^ital, birth, disability or dsath -^ You; get first-rate personal service imniediately ttrpugh your Union's rei^^entatfves. - • . , • y.t' • Ti': "I'.M -I' r.(•*.-< i-jV) i/i.'!fi'jI'S •crti.;.".!-. aic.-t / v..>-IJSfciAi.-sIvi':, i.'iir �February 19, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Libertys Being Sold At Cut Bate Prices Want to buy a Liberty ship? If you can cough up-a downpayment on a $275,000 price you can get one for the asking, or perhaps less. Figures issued by ship brokers on domestic prices for the Libertys have^ fallen off about 40 percent under low-cost foreign-flag opera­ since last March. At that time tions. a Liberty'on the American market would cost a buyer about $575,000. Prices on foreign markets have suffered also, but not as badly as in the US. Figures from British brokers show that Liberty ships, which commanded $784,000 •" in March, 1953, had gone down to $500,000 in September and were still declining. Libertys that can be registered under a foreign flag carry a higher price tag because of the greater profits obtainable Bids Out For Gas Turbine Installations Built-in Hole Al^s Record Dive Bids for the installation of gas turbine propulsion systems have been asked for by the Maritime Administration as the next step in its program to convert Libertys in the, reserve ^fieet Into modem, high-speed cargo vessels. The MA has issued a prospectus to toe companies with the require­ ments for the gas turbine system. It totends to-install the new power plant in one of four experimental Libertys. ^The others will get new ste^ turbine machinery, geared diesel drive and diesel-electric drive. Conversions For Speed The object of the conversions is to get Libertys "capable of speeds of 18 or 19 knots as compared to the ten knots that the present lowpressure Libertys can handle. If the experiments are success­ ful, they will pave the way for modernizing the reserve fleet for defense purposes, and also make possible conversion of commer­ cially-operated Liberty ships for private use. Costs of such conver­ sions', while not sn)all, would be far less than the cost of building a brand new ship with compm'able speed, cargo space and size. — High Point In '5Z The high point for the Liberty ships on the foreign market was .January, 1952, when the demands of the Korean War and the coal shortage in Europe put tremendous pressure on the shipping industry with more cargoes than there were takers. At that time, a foreign-flag Liberty in England,commanded a price of better than $1.6 million. Consequently, even under for­ eign flags, the prices of Libertys This odd-looking craft is the diving ship in which a French Naval officer, Georges Houot, and an en­ have dropped off tremendously, re­ gineer's mate went 13,284 feet below the surface of the Atlantic, 140 miles off the coast of Africa. flecting a world-wide slump in car­ goes for the shipping industry. While Libertys were the worst hit by the price decline because of the fact that thfey are largely obso­ lete by today's standards, T-2 tank­ ers have been hard hit also. On the PARIS—Utilizing an odd-looking, diving bell contraption—a craft with a built-in hole in foreign market, one British-owned T-2 sold for $3V& million in 1952. the bottom, two French naval officers this week plunged to a record depth of 13,284 feet be­ But by September, 1953, thj price low the surface of the Atlantic, 140 miles west of Dakar, French West Africa. ' ' of a T-2 had dropped to $1,138,000. Ironically, the" descent was It's agreed though, by men in the ship brokerage business, that made in a rebuilt "bathy­ iglass porthole permits those inside The French craft is able to move more modern ships carry a much to observe their surroundings. horizontally with the aid of two stiffer price tag, and are less sub­ scaphe" first invented by a The buoyancy of the sphere is small, battery-driven motors at­ Swiss scientist. Prof. Auguste Picject to market changes. The Lib­ maintained by a steel float like a tached to the float like fins. ertys only have value when the card, who set the most recent rec­ submarine hull, filled with gaso­ The French officers who piloted element of competition is not so ord for an undersea dive, 10,339 line which is in constant contact the FRNS-3 sent the craft down by strong and most any ship can get feet, off the coast of Italy last Sep­ with the surrounding water itself in an experimental dive cargo. through an opening in the belly of which reached a depth of 13,448 tember. Since it is estimated that con­ the float. As a result, inside and feet two weeks ago. Previous to Fifteen years ago, Piccard, who struction of a new cargo ship outside pressures remain almost that and the prior record descent equivalent to the C-3 or better in first conceived and experimented the same at all times. by Piccard in September, they with the idea of a "bathyscaphe" American shipyards would run The occupants enter the sphere went down to a record depth of for deep-sea observation, planned close to $4 millions a ship, the through a vertical lock chamber 5,082 feet and then passed their $275,000 price for a Liberty could an underwater craft consisting, of amidships, which then filis with own mark two days later by going be considered dirt cheap for an a diving sphere supported by a water, causing the "bathyscaphe" down to 6,888 feet, both times in ocean-going vessel—provided, of steel balloon or float filled with a to sink. Its vertical acceleration the Mediterranean. The original course, the owner could keep it in fluid lighter than water. The is increased when the gasoline in record was set by an American ex­ French "bathyscaphe." the FRNS-3, steady employment. in which the record was set this the float is compressed by the pres­ plorer, William Beebe, in 1934, week, was the execution 'of that sure of the incoming sea water. As when he took a diving bell down idea, with Piccard even serving as the gasoline diminishes in volume 3,028 feet. In their latest descent, the scientific adviser to its develop­ and more water enters, the craft gets heavier and sinks deeper. French specialists reported the ment for a time. In other words, the vessel sinks weather fine, the bottom hilly and Like Midget Sub With Congress back in ses­ from the weight of sea water enter­ water cloudy. However, they re­ sion, Seafarers are urged to ported having, seen no unusual The FRNS-3, looking very much ing through the built-in hole. keep on writing their Senators Magnets Hold Ballast creature in the course of their dive. like a midget submarine sitting on and Representatives in favor Steel pellets used for ballast are The actual descent lasted five a ball, is 49 feet long overall and of retaining the US Public weighs 32 tons without gasoline or carried in four wells built into the hours and 11 minutes. Health Service hospitals. The The purpose of the dive, aside ballast. It features an 11-ton float, and help pull tbe craft to the flow of mail has been heavy sphere made of steel three and a bottom. The "bathyscaphe" sur­ from seeing how far down the up to now, but from now on in half inches thick, which accommo­ faces immediately when this bal­ craft could go, was to gather a is the time that it really dates two men and houses a maze last, held on by magnets, is re­ variety of scientific data on the counts. of Controls and instruments. A plex­ leased at the touch of a switch. ocean depths. Koep Those Letters Coming fi Cartoon History Of The SIU The fourth biennial convention of the SIU of NA, held in Baltimore in March, 1949, proved to be the most successful SIU convention ever held. All dis­ tricts showed progress and new gains for tjie member­ ship. The progress report of the SIU-A&G District J . ,|-eyealed broad gains in members, jobs and assets. Progress Report On 'the organizational front, the SIU-A&G report noted that the Union had brought 32 new companies under contract in two years, two-thirds of them in the tanker field. The organizing record included toe cam­ paign in Isthmian, won by toe SIU in 1947 after the largest NLRB election ever held in maritime.- Xo. 57 SIU delegates also reported on the drive in Cities Service, where voting had just ended. They pointed out that the company, having failed to lick the SIU so far despite the long, dragged-out campaign, was bringhig in a platoon of lawyers to'try and upset the obvious verdict by objections and legal gimmicks. ':.y; �9 -i Febnury 19. 1954 SEAFAkERS LOG Fare Tea PORT BEPORIS.... * layed up tempbrarily in Portland, Wilmington: that they have done for the Union. Seattle: Oregon. •. I mentioned these men only' be­ From all Indications, our winter cause they responded so readily weather is behind' us and spring when I asked for'volunteers, and seems to be just around the cor­ did such- a good job which goes ner, but which corner? Anyway, to prove that they really have the have had mild spring weather Shipping picked up a little in the Shipping is still on the slow bell we Shipping slowed up in the last SIU at heart. and sunshine for the last couple last two weeks when tw'o payoffs In Hospital and more ships are being laid up, of weeks two weeks. We shipped about a and we all enjoyed it. hopped into port to remove some hundred men less than in the pre­ We have had the following men but the future looks good with Jeff Gihete men from thd beach. However, vious two weeks. Naturally that in the Marine Hospital since our four payoffs and sign-ons ^ue, and Seattle Fort Agent dgn't start heading for this port made for more members being on last report; J. L. Millner,, John the Choctaw (Waterman) will call 4. i t as we have men here to take care the beach. We did ^et our first Sercu, Arther Brooks, Elmer for a full crew on-Feb. 18. of all jobs. Ships paying off were the Trans- Lake Charles: break on Tuesday by crewlng up Shipp, Jimmie L. Norris, Jimmie Both the Jean Lafitte of Water­ the Sea Cloud which took on a Priddy, George R. Black, James atlfuitic (Pacific Waterways), Westman and the Longview of 'Victory ern Trader full crew and is bound for Trieste. Didson, Leslie R. Aaron, Robert Carriers were (Western Naviga­ Here's hoping that she does not tie Chapline, Donald J. Hevson, Jessie clean payoffs tion), Choctaw up when she gets back. I am glad A. Clarke, Paul M. Wood, Lorenzo with a minipium (Waterman), Coe to report that for the first time Bridgia, John Seiferth, Peter Shipping has been fair here for of beefs. We re-, Victory (Victory in quite awhile, she is solid with Sadowski, W. M. Ivins, Lloyd G. moved some ali­ bookmen so there shouldn't be any Linthicum and Hinrich Wiese. Carriers) and the past two weeks. We shipped a With us this week is Michael ens from the Jean beefs at the payoff on this job. Liberty Bell total of 88 men to various jobs Lafitte whom the (Tramp Cargo). around the harbor, but we don't More bookmen are taking the (Poodle Bomb) Pugaczewski, who advise anyone coming here to ex­ has been a member since 1944. skipper wanted No ships signed Ore Line scows. This nflakes for to keep aboard, on, but ships in- pect to ship out in a hurry. We better conditions and also is a big He sails as AB and has been deck but who asked to transit included have men on the beach in all rat­ help in reorganizing this outfit. and ship's delegate at various Eriksen get off. A little •the Madaket ings and it might take a while to The outlook for the coming week times and alwaj% does a very good Fenner job. He said, (Waterman), Marymar (Calmar), get a berth. talk with the cap­ looks very favorable as we have Shipping through here in the tain soon straightened that out. after doing a and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). several Isthmians, one Robin recent period were these Cities hitch in the The Jean Lafitte signed on Line and practically an Ore ship Object Lesson Service scows: Winter Hill, Abiqua, again, while in-transit vessels were Army for Uncle, every day paying off. Also several even though hfr Not mentioning any names with Government Camp, Bents Fort, the Seamar, Massmar and PennBull Lines and Waterman ships always did ap­ regard to the responsibilities of a Bradford Island, Lone Jack, Fort mar of Calmar;- Lafayette, Yaka, going coastwise make the overall preciate what the steward, particularly when taking Hoskins, Council Grove and Chi- Golden City and Falrport of Water­ picture look pretty bright. In con­ SIU stood for, on voyage stores, we want to point wawa. Paying off for thfe same man; the Steel Designer of Isthmi­ clusion. you can readily see that that goes double out that it is imperative that he company were the Archers Hope, an and the Barbara Fritchie of the bookmen have a pretty good now. He is very should be. on board ship and on Logans Fort and Cantigny. Liberty Navigation. chance of shipping out of here. We had the Schuyler Otis Bland the docks with a sharp eye on the grateful for the While nothing much has been Pugaczewski Ships Paying Off benefits that the quantity and quality of the stores. Of Waterman in for payoff and* the happening in 4he vacationland of Ships paying off here in the last Union have worked for so hard Just recently we had a steward Republic of Trafalgar in on a the West, the boys are starting to two weeks were the Elizabeth and and knows that we will continue disregard his responsibilities and coastwise run, all taking some jobs show a little interest in the' forth­ Mae (Bull); Steel Director, Steel to forge ahead. detail the decking of the stores to off the board. The Steel Surveyor coming Miss Universe beauty pag­ Inventor, Steel Ranger and Steel a messman for a few hours, as he of Isthmian was also in port and eant In Long Beach, California. Earl Sheppard Flyer (Isthmian); Cubore, Chihad to attend to some business took a job or two. Baltimore Port Agent lore, Baltore, Steelore and Venore On the labor front we find tlie Nothing like a bevy of beautiful ashore. Consequently, this steward (Ore); Hastings (Waterman); BethBuilding, Construction- and Trades girls to arouse ardor around here. didn't know what he had. Quite a few old timers are still coaster and Oremar (Calmar) and San Francisco: This ship went coastwise for Council still out on strike against drifting through the port as we Archers Hope (Cities Service). the Associated General Contrac­ three weeks and came back into note Joe Penner, Mike Conley, Ships signing on were the OreSeattle to take bunkers and addi­ tors. Meetings are going on be­ Jimmy Fitzgerald, Jesse Puckett, tween the disputants and the strike mar, Steel Director, Cubore, Yorktional cargo for a foreign voyage. Bill Adams and others. We are mar, Chilore, Baltore, Mae, SteelThe steward jhade out supplement­ may be settled at any time now. happy to report no men in the Some progress is being made in ore, Bethcoaster, Hastings, Venore ary requisitions for stores, stating Shipping has been slow, and the that he had on hand certain wage contract talks, with the con­ marine hospital, but mourn the and Oremar. We sent a delegation to Annap­ future doesn't hold < too much* prom­ amounts' and needed the extra tractors feeling the pinch worse passing of Brother Jack Gridley who passed away in Hemet, Cali­ olis on a legislative meeting ise either. Two ships paid off and stores. After a thorough check it than the men. Some work is going fornia. signed on, the Alawai and Arizpa on and is beiiig divided among the headed by W. O. Wandeli, BME rep­ 'was found that on several items, Sam Cohen resentative and Rex E. Dickey, (Waterman). Ships in-transit in­ his inventory was way off and he various union woiicers. Wilmington Port Agent clude the Raphael Semmes, FairWe have no men in the hospital SIU Representative. Topics dis­ didn't need the stores. Result, we port, Yaka,,Jean LaFitte and Bien­ here at this time, and glad of it. t t cussed included better conditions, shipped another steward. Among the men on the beach we Boston: a seventy-five cents an hour mini­ ville (Waterman), Steel Traveler Oni Beach mum wage scale, forty-hour work and Steel Director (Isthmian), Gldtimers on the beach are Jack find Barney Kimberly, A. G. "Tex" Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa), Marymar Alexander, J. A. Phillips, Bill week, bettef injury benefits and Slough, Jack Williams, H. V. safer working conditions. The (Calmar) and Western Rancher Knaflich and W. E. Harris. Men Lowe^ J. Dawson, A. Knighton, I. Torre, H. Romero, Jesse Henry, delegates were informed by the (Western Navigation). There have been no beefs about in the marine hospitals are W. K. "Big Wahoo" Boren, J. Lawson, E. president of the Maryland State Gully, J. Wells, S. K. Ming, G. C. Federation that there are no anti- shipping, but McCarthy was at San Farnum, Sverre Johannessen, J. Cox, J. Pedersen, L. Fontenot, is on the slow bell in Mateo recently. Enough said. Old"Whifey" Pritchett, J. Paulette, theShipping labor bills pending in the House. Port of Boston, with little Macunchuck and E. L. Woods. B. N. Broderick, J. E. Tillman and prospect of it improving To us it seems as though the Mary­ timers on the beach include C. too much Seafarer E. , L. Eriksen, was Nien, S. Torina, A. Smith, F. FonR. Fontenot. land legislators are labor minded. in the near future. chairman of bur regular meeting "Whitey," by the way, sails as a Last night the SIU delegates, BME ila, A. Kavel, J. Goude, R. Bowman, on February 10, 1954. Eriksen pumpman and drives a big Cadil­ Ships paying off were the Trin­ delegates, SUP delegates and and C. Christensen. Men in the MM&P delegates all were sworn marine hospitals are B. Foster, A. joined the SIU' in Baltimore in lac. He hails from Montana, but ity 6f Carras, Petrol Tankers' Bull in by the Baltimore Federation of Keller, O. Gustavsen, P. S. Yuzon, 1948. He is 41 years old and has makes his home in Texas now. He Run, and the Abiqua of Cities Labor and within the pext two J. Childs, H. Y. Choe, W. Timmer- been going to sea 21 years in the says he's worked at various trades, Service. The same ships . signed weeks we expect the MFOW and man, W. Singleton, F. Schembri, J. black gang. _ On the majority of but nowhere can he find the con­ on again, while in-transit vessels the Radio Operators to send five Perreira, E, D. Hope, and Raymond the ships Eriksen sails, he does a tract, wages and conditions as he were the Badger Mariner of South Frye. Atlantic; Antinous, Wacosta, Gate­ good job as department and ship's has in the SIU. delegates each. Tom Banning way City and Chickasaw of Water­ Leroy Clarkedelegate. His last ship was the At this time I would like to ex­ Saif Francisco Port Agent' Greenstar (Traders), which Is man; Steel Rover of Isthmian; Lake Charles Port Agent press my thanks to Roland Wil­ Robin Locksley of Seas, and the liams, Frank Pagano, Joseph Bents Fort of Cltjes Service. Basch, Raymond Bowman, Pete Fixing House Sheldrake, Charlie Pafford, and Mrs. John Waller, widow of the Frank J. Balasia, for the good work Seafarer who was'killed' on the Atlantic Dealer, has been repair­ Jcfl CUlctte, Agent ElUott 4334 FORT WILLIAM....llBVk Syndicate Ave. ing her house in order to keep SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone;'3-3221 TAMPA 1808-1811 N. Franklin St. 103 Durham St. busy. She said that her husband BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNS Ontario Phone: 5891 Earl Sheppam, Agent Mulberry 4540 WILMINGTON, CaRf.....505 Marine Ave. 272 King St. E. had always wanted to fix up the BOSTON 276 SUte St. John Arabs(fz, Agent Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO, OnUrio EMpire 4-5719 house so that it would be more James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. VICTORIA. BC entk Cormorant St. SIU headquarters urges all GALVESTON SECRirrARY-TREASURER 308V6 23rd St. Empire 4531 comfortable for. her and the chil­ Paul HaU Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 draft-eligible seamen to be VANCOUVER, BC ,868-^mlIton St. dren, and that she intended to car­ ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS LAKE CHARLES, La 1418 Ryan St. • PaciBc 7824 Joe Algina sure they keep their local Se­ Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 Robert Matthews SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. ry out his wishes. . Joe Volpian MIAMI Dolphin Hotel Claude Simmons lective Service boards posted Phone 6346 WUUam HaU Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 0-4781 On the beach are L. Campbell, BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. on all changes of address MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. -Phone: 545 R. Johnston and the Ruggiero Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 SUP through the use of the post THOROLD, Ontario......82 St. Davids St. NEW ORLEANS .... 523 Bienville St. CAnal 7-3202 brothers, C. and L., all waiting to HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Lindsey Williams. Agent cards furnished at all SIU QUEBEC .113 Cote De La MonUgue ship out: In the local drydock are Phone 5-8777 Magnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 halls and aboard ships. 523 N. W. Everett St. NEW VORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn PORTLAND JOHN...... 177 Prince William St. T. Mastaler, F. Belkner, R. Rogers, Beacon 4336 SAINTNB HYacinth 9-6600 Phone; 2-5233 Failure to keep }our draft NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. lUCHMOND, CALIF..,,.. 257 5th St. F. MalloiVf R. Churchill and £. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Phone 2599 board informed of your where­ Dacey. PHILADELPmA 337 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO........450 Harrison St. Greol Lakes District S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 abouts can cause you to be Douglas 2-8363 The Dow Chemical Company ARTHUR 411 Austhi St. SEATTLE .'.....2700 1st Ave. ALPENA. .133 W. Fletcher listed as a delinquent and be PORT Don HUton, Rw. Phone 4-2341 Main 0290 Phone: 1238W has a new tanker. It is said to be FRANCISCO , 450 Harrison St. WILMINGTON ......... .80S Marine Ave. BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. drafted into the services with­ SAN T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 ' Terminal 4-3131 Phone: Cleveland 7391 the largest ship of its kind ever out a bearing. The Union in Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE inade. It will be ready to sail at . ; STerUng 8-4671 PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pclayo 51—La 5 Phone: Main 1-0147 such cases can do nothing to Sal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT 1038 3iu St. the end of March or the beginning ' Canadian District PUERTA LA CRUZ Calle Miranda 16 aid Seafarers who fail to com­ Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6887 of April, according to reports. 831 W. Mi^gan St. MONTREAL 6S4 St. James St. West OULUTH..... ply. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 James Sheehan PLateau 8161 9AUFA|^.HN,S.....,^..138^A^^^t. 'Port Ageni - Baltimore: Miss Usiverse Pageant Livens Up Wilmington Steward Should Keep Eye On Stores. Supply Fatare Oallook Looks Brisbi For Shipping Cities Service Ships Keep Perl Active In-Transits Balk Of West Coast Aetivily Large New Tanker Will Be Ready To Sajl Soon snr BALL DIRECTORY Keep Draft Board Posted nsvaasr: ."XE.S'W �SEAFARERS Pebnianr.M. 19((4- Pae:e Elevea LOG PORT tlEPORTS hw Yorkt Wintor Arid ShipiHrig Both Show More Pop Old man winter it still with .us hero in the Port o< New York and giving us a good blanket of snow now and then just so we don't for­ get. The New York waterfront is still in somewhat of a turmoil, but the AFL is steadily gaining ground •very day. Longshoremen and craft workers in all areas of New York and New Jersey have seen the light and now realize that their welfare and future security can be guaranteed only by repudiating the old ILA mob and banding to­ gether with the American Federa­ tion of Labor. I have no doubt, that if an election were called to­ day, the AFL would win by a land­ slide. Shipping picked up considerably in the past two weeks and it is not too difficult for a bookman to get out, although it is still slow for permits. .We paid off a total of sijtteen ships in the past period, signed nine on articles and serv­ iced nineteen in-transit ships. Ships Paying Off The following ships paid off: Bradford Island, Council Grove and .GoveiTiment Camp (Cities Service);. Queepston Heights (Seatrade); .^oatrain Louisiana and Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain); Steel Scientist and,. Steel Maker (Isth­ mian); Bobin Doncaster (Seas); Anp .Marie, Frances and Evelyn (Bull); . Wacpsta, (Waterman); Val Chem .(yalentine) and Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). ShippTpigned(,dn were the Citrus Packer and Wacosta .(Waterman), Steel Surveyor, Steel Scientist and Steel Worker (Isthmian), Mariiia, Hilton and Ann Marie (Bull), and Robin ..Hood, (^eas). Ships intransit. were the Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Steel In­ ventor, Steel Flyer and Steel Rover (Isthmian), Iberville, Gateway City and Antinous (Waterman); Suzanne, Kathryn and Beatrice (Bull); Alamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar), Bradford Island (Cities Service); Seatrain New,.. York, Seatrain Georgia, Seatrain Texas and Sea­ train New Jersey (Seatrain), and Michaei (Carras). No Layupg There were no ships laid up in New York in the past two weeks except the Ann Marie of the Bull Line, but she crewed up again after ten days. We had three ships come out of lay-up, the Wacosta (Water­ man) and Marina and Hilton (Bull). The Bull ship, Monroe, is still laid up, but the company expects to take her out in the next few days. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec-Treas. Savannah: • . -.> Governor's Raco Is Georgia's Big TOpio The Governor's race in Georgia is shaping up to be a hot one. Gov­ ernor Talmadge is stepping aside, which leaves the field wide open. Two of Talmadge's friends, Fred Hand, Speaker of the House, and Lt. Gov. Marvin Griffin, have an­ nounced'their candidacy. The antiTalmadge candidates include M. E. Thompson, who is. making his third attempt to beat the Talmadge group. The fourth hat in the ring belongs to anti-Talmadge candi­ date Charles L. Gowen. Shipping Fair Shipping has been fair and we expect that it will hold about the same level as the last two weeks. Two" ships paid off; thp. Nicholas (Trident) an.d Sputhstar .(South At­ lantic),,, l^^w4h|j^,.^so signed on. Ships in-transit include . the Catahoula (National Navigation), Seatrain Savannah and Seatrain New York (Seatrain), Southern States (Southern Steamship), Bad­ ger Mariner (South Atlantic), Wa­ costa (Waterman), Steel Navigator (Isthmian) and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping). The Building Trades Union has a beef and is picketing the con­ struction of Thunderbolt Bridge, due to the State of Georgia letting the contract out without any pro­ visions for qualified labor. The contract went to an out-of-state contractor who is using non-union men. Oidtimers on the beach include R. Jones, L. R. Akins, W. W. Spivey, C. R. Moss, A. L. Fricks, R. C. Grimes and J. W. Sweat. Men in the marine hospitals are P. Bland, A. Cohen, J. Littleton, J. Kramer, H. Carter, F. Grant, H. Towns and B. Richard. We also have with us J. W. O'Berry, who joined the SIU in 1944. He first started to .sea in 1920 with MFOW. He left saiUng after a few years because of bad conditions, but returned when the SIU bettered things. O'Berry says that there is nothing to equal what we have and" enjoy in the SIU today. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent t> i Galveston: Unenipioymerii Is Rife On Shoreside Jobs The weather is very nice in Gal­ veston at this time of the year, which goes tp make everyone hap­ pier. However, shipping is not the only business that is slow. now. The papers say that unemployment in this area is greater at this time than it has been in several years. The Alice Brown of Bloomfield paid off and went into idle status. Ships in transit were the Del Alba and Del Campo of Mississippi; Michael of Carras; Genevieve Peterkin of Bloomfield; Archers Hope and Winter Hill of Cities Service, and the Seatrains New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia. •Men in the hospital include R. A. Holland, G. BrowneH, G. Hud­ son, M. Smith, S. Lyle, A. Weaver, M. DelGallado, P. Charette, J. Markopolo, N. Pagadulatos, G. Randell, L. Bentley, S. Vincius and J. Sanchez. • Oidtimers around the hall include A. Manuel, H. Erickson, H. Miltsos, G. Vinson, R. Hol­ land, E. Wallace, G. Bales, R. Burdick, C. Jordon, H. Lopez, A. Fruge, E. Magers and J. Tobin. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent New Orleans: Cresceiii City Reports On Shippirig In 1953 Shipping in the Port of New Orleans increased slightly in 1953 as compared with 195*'., but there was a decline in the number of American-flag ships calling at thjs port. During 1953, 3,971 ships called at New Orleans, Lewis J. Bour­ geois, director of commerce for the Port of New Orleans, reported. This was 47 more ships than put in here during 1952. Gross ton­ nage of ships calling at New Orleans increased from 22,962,032 in 1952 to 23,020,730 in 1953. The number of American-flag ships calling here declined, how­ ever, from 1,633 in 1952 to 1,516 in 1953. This meant that Americanflag shipping was off an average of slightly more than two ships a week during 1953 as compared with the previous year. This con­ dition was not considered peculiar to New Orleans, however, but is indicative of the general trend in the maritime industry. Ships of Norwegian registry were the leading foreign Icompetitors. Norwegian-flag ships led those of foreign registry with 472 calling here during last year as compared with 385 in 1952. Mardi. Gras Nears As the Mardi Gras season ap­ proaches, this port is beginning to take on the appearance of an oldtimers' haven. On the beach at this time are James "Sloppy" Creel, Phil O'Connor, Renfro D. "Red" Hall, "Red" Truly, Paddy Driscoll, Ignatius Decereaux, Thomas "Whitey" Plunkett, Theo­ Gaddy dore "Red" Griffith, LaMar Palmer, Claude "Blackie" Russell, Williams "Shorty" Moise, Charley Johnson, Bob Burton and Alton "Ding Dong" Bell, among others. Bell reports his old side-kick, George Allen, is on his way here and expects to spend the ipemainder of the Winter in the Crescent City. Out of the hospital after a fivemonths' illness and expecting to ship soon is C. Cobb, while recent­ ly admitted to the USPHS hospital here were Seafarers M. C. Gaddy, A1 Parek, E. J. Riviera and E. L. Poe. All were reported to be' doing well. Brother Poe went into the hospital for a check-up. Business affairs of the port are in good shape and shipping has picked up a bit since the last re­ port. We even had difficulty ship­ ping a few key steward department ratings to the Del Sud (Mississippi). Things are looking up when such passenger ship jobs as butcher, chief pantryman and chef go begging. Beefs since the last report have been of a minor nature and were settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. We experienced two exception­ ally clean pay-offs on the Del Sud and on the Morning Light (Water­ man). The Morning Light paid off at the end of a Far Eastern run without a single beef, even though she made the last part of the trip from the Pacific Coast to the Gulf without the services of a steward. Since the last report, we handled seven pay-offs, five signs-ons and had 17 ships in transit. Pay-offs were aboard the Del Campo, Del Viento and Del Sud (Mississippi); the Chickasaw, DeSoto and Morning Light (Water­ man) and the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). The Del Sud and Del Alba (Mis­ sissippi); the Morning Light (Waterman)) and the Northwestern Victory and Mankato Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers) signed on. Ships calling in transit were the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pegas^us and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian)); the Del. Alba (Mississippi) the Seatrains New York and Savannah (Seatrain Lines); Monarch of the Sea, Topa Topa, Claiborne and Wild Ranger (Waterman); the Genevieve Peterkin and Lncile Bloomfield Bloom­ field); the Evelyn (Bull) and Southwind (South Atlantic). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Don^t Waiif Get Vacation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in jorder to collect his, full vacation benefits. If he presents any discharge whose payoff date is more than a year before the date qf his va­ cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges. Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. Miami: Fish Running Better Than Ponies In South Shipping has been slow during the past period and it doesn't look to get any better in the immediate future. The Florida paid off on continu­ ous articles, while vessels in tran­ sit were the Ponce of Puetro Rico Marine, and the De Soto, Iber­ ville and Hast­ ings of Water­ man. Oidtimers on the beach include Philip Miranda, Edward Polise, Polise Robert Lambert and Eugene McGuinn. Men in the marine hospitals include Sol Gerber and Jose Vilar. We are sorry to report that Russcl Fabal passed away in the New Orleans Hospital. His body was bi ought back for interment here, with his shipmates off the Florida serving as pall bearers. In rela­ tion to this sad note, I strongly urge eveiT member of the SIU to make sure he fills out a beneficiary card as it only adds to the hard­ ship of the family, especially if it is short of ready cash. There 's quite a bit of red tape to be cut to be appointed administrator through the courts. The horse and dog players around here don't seem to be pick­ ing too many winners. According to the newspaper reports, the fish seem to be running better than the four-legged denizens of the South. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent Mobile: Alcoa, Walerman Busy In Last Two Weeks Shipping in the Port of Mobile for the last couple of weeks was good with approximately 132 men shipped to offshore jobs. We had the following ships either paying off or in transit: Alcoa's Patriot, Polaris, Cavalier, Pointer, Clip­ per and Roamer; S. O. Bland, Wild Ranger, La Salle, and Monarch of the Sea of Water­ man, and Atlan­ tic Carrie r s' John C. Signing on were the Alcoa Patriot, Fuselier Polaris, Pointer and Roamer and the La Salle. In-transit vessels were the Chickasaw, De Soto and Topa Topa of Waterman; Del Alba of ^hipping Figures January 27 to' February 10 Mississippi; Northwestern Victory REG. REG., REG. TOTAL SHIP. , SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL of Victory Carriers; South Atlan­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED tic's Southwind and the Steel In­ 25 ventor of Isthmian. Boston 17 16 14 47 9 9 7 Some of the oidtimers on the 100 292 New York..." ..• 106 92 309 105 87 beach at the present time include 51 19 Philadelphia !.. 32 33 24 89 17 25 Clarence Nail, Charles Spencer, 180 John Johnston. Charles Stringfel46 Baltimore ................. 112 90 74 276 78 56. 29 low. Bill Graddick, L. Fuselier and 7 Norfolk ..; 12 ,13 8 ' 33 13 9 6 18 Frank James. Savannah i 28 10 14 52 7 5 4 11 The only member in the hos­ Tampa 14 14 12 40 3 4 37 132 pital at the present time is Willie Mobile 52 " 35 28 115 45 50 311 Reynolds who would appreciate 125 New Orleans 112 98. 123 331 99 .87 hearing from his shipmates. Tom 72 Bernsee was released as fit for 17 Galveston 32* 19 34 85 32 23 18 7 Seattle 17 19 17 53 6 5 duty recently after spending a 34 88 couple of months in the New Or­ San Francisco , 30 41 30 101 26 28 ^ 11 32 leans hospital. Wilmington 27 23 22 72 15 6 Cal Tanner a,. . MobUe Port Axtnt_ rP'jiz �Paee Twelve SEAFARERS Febroair 19. 1954 LOG I- u • i;.' MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE 11' i»; 1 Is- Half-masting the national flag in token of mourning originated at lea, as the use of the word mast Instead of staff indicate^. The cus­ tom dates back several centuries end probably grew out of the ear­ lier custom of lowering the flag on vessels at sea as a sign of sub­ mission to a foe. The flag is also lowered to half-mast as a signal of distress, a practice followed by the Spaniards as early as the 17th century. 16th century. Doria started his career in the service of France which was rivaled by Spain in its hopes to control Italy, but then went over to the side of Spain, at the same time becoming virtual dictator of Genoa. As Admiral of the fleet, he assisted the Spanish against the Turks and the pirate Barbarossa. The Andrea Doria was also the name of one of the ships used to protect American shipping over 200 years later, tn the early days of the War of Independence. WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS, FWT You can take the word of Sea­ conditions, he proved a successful farer Bill Reynolds that today, as shipboard organizer. Question: Have you made much always. Union ships have it all over It was on a run back from the use of ship's libraries put on board Persian Gulf on the Atlantic Navi­ non-union scows. With two years by the SIU? of SIU shipping behind him, in­ gator that Reynolds and other SIU supporters on the ship found food Dick CoHistock, AB: I have made termixed with eight or nine conditions going from bad to very piuch use of the libraries put months in the Atlantic tanker fieet, worse, and most of the fruit so rot­ Reynolds has had ample oppor­ aboard by the tunity to pick his permanent spot. ten that it had to be dumped over SIU, especially the side. "You can't tell me Union, ships on such ships as Fed up with beefing to the com­ aren't better. The pay and condi­ pany steward about the chow, the Robin Gray i 3. a; tions on SIU ships just outclass Reynolds called it the last straw and the Wacosta. The. discovery of the Pacific t ft i everything else," he points out. For when Egyptians boys handling Personally, I pre­ Ocean might not have come until the record, he noted, he earned lines in some of the ports were put The privateers, privately-owned fer to read mag­ many years after Balboa found it nearly $2,700 in just three months to work to handle food in the azines rather than and operated armed ships commis­ In 1513, if the Spanish conquista­ sioned by a government in time of books. 1 find and 22 days on an SIU tanker, the galley and messhall because the dor had been able to pay his bills. war to fight the enemy, especially them more en­ Ariekaree (U.. S. Petroleum), but steward and several men in his de­ Balboa was forced to leave Hispan- its merchant shipping, were often tertaining and barely came close to $3,000 for all partment couldn't make it out of lola in 1510 because he was hound­ as much to be reckoned with as the relaxing. Also, I like to read west­ his time in Atlantic. bed several mornings. According­ ed by his creditors. He hid on a actual navy of a country. In Sep­ erns once in while. ly, he cabled the Coast Guard back Ten Years in Army vessel bound for Panama and then, tember, 1813, during the US war 3^ 4^ after reaching Darien, took com­ with England, an American priva­ Reynolds first began sailing for in the States to meet the ship on Joe Thomas, chief cook: The last mand himself. Eventually, after teer, the Timothy Pickering,- was ship I was on, the Steel Advocate, the SIU in May, 1951, after ten arrival, but this was a little more than the company-minded skipper making friends with the Indians, everybody made years in the Army, probably be­ would take, since he didn't like the fitted out at Gloucester for one of who accompanied him on his epic the most peculiar cruises of the cause his brothers Harry and Deluse of the ship­ fact that Reynolds had gone over march across the isthmus, he came war. She was specially designed to board library. I vin, who've been shipping with the his head to make the protest. upon a new sea, the Pacific, for capture American merchantmen Union since 1946,. were going to go in for mys­ Back sailing SIU again by the first time. His discovery did who, at.the time, had established teries and almost sea. March, 1953, Reynolds shipped on him little good, however. His ac­ a very profitable trade with the A pre - Pearl Harbor GI, anything educa­ the Sunion (Kea) with several tions in deposing the leader of the British armies fighting in Spain Reynolds was at Camp Lee, Va., tional. All this other ex-Atlantic seamen, and then expedition which brought him to Considering the bitterness in the seeking after near his home in Winchester, on the Ariekaree, which he caught Panama led to charges of treason US against the British at the time, knowledge is be­ when the war broke out in 1941. and he was beheaded before news out in Korea and rode back to the cause I am still He eventually spent seven years payoff in Seattle. This was during •f his exploits got back to Spain, the Government refused to turn its back'on what was felt to be trying to find out in the paratroops and three more the NLRB voting in Atlantic, so t 4^ treasonable conduct against the in­ how to make the first million dol­ in the transportation corps. Reynolds, anxious to get his vote , The first actual naval force which terests of the nation as a whole. lars the easy way. A man reads When he first began sailing, his in against the company, fiew back could be considered an American what he likes. first ship was the Arizpa (Water­ to the East and a few days later 4 4^ t navy was commanded by Esek Hop­ 3!i 4^ 3ii man), one of the first ships to hit cast a ballot at one of the polling kins of Rhode Island in December Punta Arenas, the only city on Clarenee Cousins, AB: I like the 1775, when the Continental Con­ the Strait of Magellan and the magazines most of all because they Korea after the war there broke sites. out in June '51, carrying ammuni­ Now on the Chickasaw (Water­ gress authorized 13 ships, one for southernmost city in the world, have the best piction. He sailed her as an OS, but man), Reynolds, a family mari With each of the colonies, to fly the first was founded in 1847 to maintain turds and are after having to get off for hospital­ three kids, two boys • and a girl, American flag. With the War of Chile's claim to the strait. Started most informative. ization in Japan and finally re­ says it's hard to imagine how a Independence against Great Britain as a penal colony, the city now In the novel field covering from an attack of jaun­ group of seamen, especially men already well underway, Hopkins, has a population of almost 30,000 I favor spicy ones dice, he found his wiper's endorse­ with families like himself, could whose brother Stephen was colon­ and is the capital of Magellanes and sports stories, ment" was just the thing to get him stake their future on the whims ial governor of Rhode Island and province, named after the discov­ especially boxing. off the beach. Another SIU ship of a non-union tanker company a signer of the Declaration of In­ erer of the strait. Punta Arenas is also read the had turned up one fireman, short, like Atlantic. dependence, was, at the time, com­ situated at 53 degrees south lati­ LOG from cover so Reynolds went to work in mander-in-chief of the Continental tude and during the winter has "We'll win in Atlantic finally," the black gang and has been in the he stated, "because as blind as navy, a rank equal to that held by only about two hours of sunlight a to cover when it is available Washington. some of those guys seem to the day. Its prosperity as an important aboard ship. It's the best thing to fireroom ever since. After a year of sailing SIU, benefits of a real trade union, 3i t 4 coaling station for vessels trading do in your spare time. Reynolds went down to Philadel­ they're bound to wake up to the One of the newest and most- between the Atlantic and the Pa­ 3i 3' phia, where he managed to get a facts of life before long. The SIU atrikingly modem of the post-war cific diminished considerably when Charles Stevens, steward: I al­ Italian-flag passenger liners, the the Panama Canal was opened. ways read all the books and maga­ job with Atlantic a few months be­ is the only Union that can guaran­ Andrea Doria, was named after an The city is reached by highway zines put on the fore the SIU campaign there got tee their security, just as it has admiral and statesman prominent from Argentina and by boat from ship's libraries by underway officially. Fortified with for thousands of other unorganized in the history of Genoa in the south Chile. the Union. My knowledge of SIU operations and seamen," he added. special prefer­ ences are the lighter magazines and- the small novels found in general DOWN 31. Examine by ACROSS us planes based in the Medi­ the first time at Rabaul. . . . Lon­ the SIU library Kind of buoy: 17. touch , Tex. 1. El East mouth, terranean bombed the former don experienced two night air PI. assortment. Best 2. He chased 32. Arrive: Abbr. Amazon 19. Military ship French naval base at Toulon . . . attacks in six days, one of them the Moby Dick of all, I like the 34. Equipment B. A good outfit 3. First US ship 21. Long fish London suffered two severe night most damaging raid since 1941. . .. Zane Grey type westerns which 23. Members of Long-nosed 35. «. Baltimore has sunk in the crew fish new one raids from German planes as US War bonds bought by members of WW n seem to predominate in our ship­ 24. Leak slowly 37. Early US fur 4. Yes 12. Oldtime and British bombing attacks over the AFL International Ladies Gar­ board libraries. trader 5. Sores on eyes 25. Girl's nick­ greeting name 38. BeUef Germany continued at a heavy ment Workers Union purchased a Naval depot 6. 4> 3' 4!' 13. Rocky point 26. Surrealistic 40. Desserts on Hudson pace ... In the Leningrad area, fourth Liberty ship. . . . After 14 Clarence Yearwood, steward: I painter 42. Halt 14. Arrow poison 7. Where Mal27. FUls with 43. Simple Russian forces advanced towards days of fighting, Russian troops in donado is 15. Know: Spanish use the libraries very much aboard wonder 44. Weep 8. One who the Baltic. In Leningrad the lights the Ukraine •completed an opera­ 16. Flood ship. The maga­ 28. Motion 45. Greek letter seeks cover through the went on again after a 27-month tion aimed at annihilation of ten 46. Chowed 18. Japanese scarf 9. Literary scrap zines get my top water 47. Insect . 19. Group of base- 10. Allow blackout . , . American forces German divisions. . . . Vatican vote, but I also 11. Southern (Puzzle Answer Page 25) baU teams claimed possession of 19 of the sources emphatically denied Allied prefer the wild Catches, as SO. 9 4 10 II 1 3 2 30 islets in the Marshall Islands. charge" that German troops were fish westerns for re­ Admiral Chester Nimitz was using the Pope's summer home as Dissatisfac­ S2. laxation. H 0 w12 tion named to head a military govern­ a military base. ever, when I want S6. Women ment for the occupied areas. 3> 3) 4i< to get something 28. Existed 15 Allied planes sank six ships out 4^ 4i' 4i educational, 19. Bom American attacks on Eniwetok of a nine-ship Japanese convoy off SO. On French turn to the culi­ 18 leave and four other atolls in the Mar- southeast China. . . . London an­ nary articles in 11. A good thing the magazines, and books on the shalls were announced from Pearl nounced an Atlantic blockade area to eat Harbor. . . . The battle around from southern Ireland to Spanish 12. Grows old subject. • 83. Mr. Durocher 4^ 4> 4> 26 27 Cassino, Italy, continued, with no waters, to seal off French ports on Merry 34. Harvey Norris, steward: I like the appreciable gains made... . A Brit­ the Bay of Biscay from German 85. Handles 86. Where Acre Is 30 libraries put aboard ship by the ish freighter broke in two after supply ships. . . . Demonstrating Mountain lake SIU because it hitting a ledge in the ocean off the healthy growth of the SIU, a Army 33 dynamiter has many advan­ York, Me., with a loss of 24 lives. rank-and-file financial committee 41. Bearing of tages over other .The tally of votes in the annual reported that 2,013 new members Baker I. from 36 Rowland. libraries often SIU elections saw most of the in­ joined the SIU-A6zG during the 44. It carries rail­ found aboard cumbents returned to office by the previous quarter and that all Union' road cars ships. The Union membership. A coastwise referen­ Hnancial records were in good 47. Greek letter 48. -Man's name literature has a dum also fixed new penalties for order. . . . Moscow revealed that Gadget carried, 44 45 46 greater variety of performers and called upon all the Soviet-sponsored Union of by Hogan 80. God of love reading matter members to sail with ^ ship when Polish Patriots had set up a provin­ 46 81. Heavyweight and is more up to they joined a new vessel. champ, 1934 cial government in reconquered Po-'. •8. Time la NYC: date thai^ that llsh areas, by-passing -the Polish 3^ 3i ' Abbr. • put on by dfh'er'dutfits.' ' : Alrbiiriii:' irdckbta were ittbd fbr GOyemmefit-iit-Ei'Tc ir.:•^ngiaiid. •3.;,f:iitpivJV liqscoiu .gj8()3 B'5ix3 Oil dSiw *nfifavis.q ic DOFJOII vttft cTn, asbi/otq .«!.<lii3 -isiiio i ."0 vt hOiJj'ils 1° L 1 /, ^* ' • �Febrnnr 1*. 19M SEAFARERS LOG Pace Thlrteea 'Buried At Sea' SEAFARERS^LOG Vol. XVI. Na. 4 PabrMry IV. 1ffS4 Published ^biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Td. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PATO HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEKBERT BRAND, Managing Editor. RAT DamsoN; Art Editor, BERNARD SCAMAN; Photo Editor. OAMIEL NIIVA; Staff Writers, HMUMAN ARTBUR, IRWIH SPIVACK. JERRY RBMER, AI, MASKIN, RICHARD HsLun; Gul/ Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. ISO Strange Policy Steps taken by the Maritime Administration to permit US shipowners to transfer to foreign flags without having to re­ place their tonnage are a blow to the US merchant marine. They are a bald contradiction to all the reassuring statements flowing out of Washington to the effeqt that the administra­ tion will take action to strengthen this nation's merchant fleet. Nobody denies that the Liberty tankers involved in the cur­ rent transfers are outmoded for general tanker trades, except in specialized operations. The Maritime Administration it­ self has stated it is ready to offer tanker owners a program whereby they can trade in overage ships to the Government in return for new ones. Just the week before, E. C. Upton, Jr., a member of the Federal Maritime Board, told a New Orleans meeting that "We are ready to request funds sufficient to ac­ quire some 40 tankers under this program." The decision on the Liberty tankers is sure to discourage participation in such a program because it means more cut-throat competition for US ships. Whatever the reason for the swift approval of these trans­ fers, it is clear that the Maritime Administratiori has encour­ aged the disastrous drift away from American flag shipping to runaway Panamanian, Liberian and Honduran operations. The Maritime Administration may be opening "new horizons for private enterprise" in Mr. Upton's words, but those horizians aire not under the Stars and Stripes. I,t is only a step from the transfer of Liberty-tankers to the transfer of Liberty freighters and other American-flag vessels! ,Once having opened the gate, it is hard to see how the Maritime Administration can say "no" to anybody else who comes along. There are plenty of shipowners around, apparently, who are all to ready to take advantage of the situation if they can. They were happy to operate under the American flag while the Korean War was on and they had Government cargoes. But now that it's all over, their slogan is "To Panama Or Bust." Any old flag will do for them as long as they can avoid taxes and other costs of legitimate maritime operations. For years the SIU and other unions have repeatedly warned of the danger to American shipping involved in encourage­ ment of runaway-flag operations. If the Maritime Adminis­ tration truly had the interests of the US merchant marine at heart, it would be taking steps to reverse the flow, instead of adding to it. Wants Payroll Savings Plan To the Editor: Eve often wondered what would happen if the average seaman would save his money. Strange as it seems, the average seaman earns about $400 a month, and yet when you see him on the beach he is gen­ erally looking for flop money or trying to get another meal ticket to tide him over until he can get another ship. I've never seen it fail. It happens all the time. You'd think that a man without dependents would have at least $1,000 in the bank to back him up when ship­ ping is slow. Be­ lieve me, a small bankroll is a damn nice thing to have any time. When the pa­ A third onion, the Order of Rail­ last May 28, when the union won trolman comes way Conductors, rfached agree­ 44 of 116 votes cast. aboard ship he ment with the nation's major rail­ Pasinosky i4 4" t could have those roads on a wage increase of five An NLRB decision in a case signature cards that banks require cents an hour. Earlier, two other fought by the CIO United Furni­ for savings accounts and the sailor rail unions, the Trainmen and the ture Workers brought more than would only have to sign the card Locomotive Firemen and Engine- $11,000 in back pay to seven work­ to start an account. He could then men, ratified a similar contact, ers fired during an organizing cam­ make an allotment to the bank and making 80 percent of workers actu­ paign at the Timber Products Man­ when he goes broke he would have ally engaged in operating trains ufacturing Company in Grand this reserve to fall back on. subject to the five cents boost. The Rapids, Michigan. Chief benefi­ settlement also provides for incor­ ciary was a Mrs. Ruth Maginity, Convenient System A great many men would be able porating into the permanent wage who got the largest check—for to start an account very easily. structure 13 cents an hour gained $2,500—just after giving birth to You'd be surprised at the number under the cost-of-living escalator a baby girl. of men who would save their clause and vacations of three 4 4" 4" The pay of most of the 520 money but never seem to quite weeks instead of two for men with get down to the bank to start an 15 years service. The pay boost members of Master Furniture Guild Local 1285 has been boosted account. Most guys only need a is retroactive to December 16. by $32 a month, with the rest of little push to get on to something t i 3^ the members getting a $29 month­ like this, which would really do Union representation was fa­ ly increase through arbitration them a lot of good. vored by 69 percent of the 127,500 after the AFL Retail Clerks and Another thing—when the man employees who cast ballots in pays off he could make out travel­ 1,203 certification elections con­ the Retailers Furniture Council of t 4 t ers' checks to himself and just ducted by the NLRB in the final SaiF Francisco, California, failM write "for deposit only" on the quarter of 1953. AFL unions par­ to reach an agreement under a checks and send them to the bank, ticipated in 849 of these elections, wage adjustment provision of their instead of carrying all of his cash winning 482 and losing 340. A contract. The raises are retroac­ In an attempt to excuse his "no union" vote plea to West on him. This is an added feature total of 1,801 petitions for bargain­ tive to last June 22, with all sell­ Coast steward department men, Harry Bridges has come up of the idea, which would provide ing elections were filed during the ing personnel in 60 stores getting with a peculiar gimmick. By voting "no union" Bridges says, some safety for a lot of hard-earn­ period, 143 by employers, 1,090 by the higher boost. 4* 4 the men will get rid of the "Taft-Hartley hiring hall," that is, ed dough. AFL unions and 457 by CIO Two major collective bargaining the hiring hall run by the shipowners. I believe that with a little edu­ imions. objectives—the guaranteed annual What Bridges fails to mention is that by voting "no union" cation and possibly a small book­ 4- 4» 4» wage and health insurance—were the seamen will also get rid of union contracts and put them­ let telling the men what they can A pay cut of five percent was put won by United Packinghouse do and how to go about it, within Workers Local 580 for 1,100 mem­ selves into the hands of the shipowner. a year you would find that the into effect in unorganized plants bers employed at the National of the Collins and Aikman Corpo­ In other words, if it were up to Bridges and his associates average SIU man would be a happy ration in the South and Canada, Sugar Refining Company's plant in they would rather leave the men in the lurch with no union and well-heeled man. but at three Rhode Island mills, Long Island City, NY. The gains at all than see them pick a union which is not run by Bridges Too Busy where workers are organized, include a wage increase of ten or one of his pals in the Communist Party's waterfront sec­ The truth of the matter is that wages remained unchanged. The cents an hour. tion. It's the "rule or ruin" idea all over again. many of the men on ship want to woolen-worsted and synthetic fiber 4 4 4 Obviously, if MCS-AFL wins the election one of its first put a little dough away for a textiles firm operates a dozen units Retail Clerks Local 770 in Los orders of business will be to negotiate a contract containing squally day, but when they hit the with those in the South mostly Angeles, California, won $2,500,the same kind^f hiring clause as other unions have. Bridges' beach after a payoff there are so located in the state of North Caro­ 000 in retroactive pay through ar­ argument shows the bankruptcy of the Communist apparatus many things to do with the money lina. Along the same line, the bitration in a wage dispute with companies. The amount in maritime. ^ that they never head down the average pay in northern cotton, operating will reward 12,000 members of the street to the First National. This silk and synthetic fiber mills i t i plan that 1 propose would take where workers generally are union local for night work and holiday savings out of the maybe stage and members was $1.36V4 an hour in work performed since February 6, put it in a bank-account role. A mid-1953, compared to $1.23V^ in 1953. The union claims it could buck in the bank Is worth two in the frequently unorganized south­ have accomplished the same thing The new credit service provided by the SIU Sea Chest for the pocket. ern plants. The differential stands with a strike of short duration, Seafarers aboard ships should be welcome to crewmembers. at 13 cents, while in January, 1950, but considered the convenience of What 1 want to do is offer a It should help eliminate many complaints that Seafarers Lave workable schenle for Seafarers to it was seven cents. the public in resorting to arbitra­ been making about the kind of credit sales practices they have save money on a regular basis. Too tion. • 4" 4" 4> had to contend with from waterfront peddlers and other often the men know what to do 4 4 4 When management campaigned A Presidential Board recom­ credit outfits. after the horse has been stolen. While the ship's slopchests, supplied by the Sea Chest, pro­ It is rare indeed that the brother against the CIO Chemical Workers mended pay rises for some Rail­ to within 24 hours of an elec­ way Express employees and an end vide all basic needs in work gear, they do not carry dress will provide for himself before­ up tion, the NLRB ordered a new to wage differentials between whit# wear and other items. The Sea Chest service will help fill hand. Let them look at this as the union representation poll among and negro employees in the South-, that gap; first in New York and later in the outports. And hand writing on the wall. A word en-ployees of Detergents Incorpo­ east. It will affect workers in De-' by placing the charge on the slqp.cJiftSt bill, the, new»aystem i to the wise js ^s^ffi^icjii. rated in--CaIumb6b,o< Ohio. The tlteitriJBlttsburgh. New York andJoseph Pasinosky board-set aside the election held other cities. provides an easy method of payment with no extra costs. 1 •' ^1I ROUND-UP Bridges' 'No-lTnion' Plea New Service • - "kl �Paffe Fourteen t-'r' p. SEAFARERS LOG Febmanr 18, 19S4 •r' P 'vt-- C'- Even today, when oldtimers of the ^ays under sai! gather, they still remember the unhappy tale of Ih Dutch sea-captain and the misfortune that -wrote the legend of the "Dutchman's anchor." The old story of the Dutch shipmaster who forgot to bring his anchor along and thus lost his ship provided a. lesson for all time. K'.'.. ' y be, the anchor was by However fanciful the story may no means a newcomer to the sea.. Exactly who first util- « Exa ized some instrument for mooring a vessel is unknown, but the earliest records of them come from Egyptian tomb furniture of about 2200 BC, where ship models were found to be equipped with papyrus ropes and conical stakes for mooring the vessels to the shore. ti-. I Later tombs (1600 EC) divulged ship models with grooved or perforated anchor-stones, and when the 1400 . BC tomb of King "Tut" was unearthed in 1922. anchor, stones shaped in a T were found. The ancients also used crooked sticks ,or wooden frames weighted with stone (killicks), variations of which are still in common use in some remote regions today. A bag filled with sand or a log of wood weighted with lead were likewise used by primitive peoples to serve the purposes of an anchor, with some notable examples even having ine crude equivalent of a stock. ': h. i;V- w Primitive anchors: (1) grooved anchor-stone (1600 BC); (2,3) wooden frames weighted with stones (1,000 EC); (4) two armed hook,* without stock, cost in bronze on the island of Malta (800 BC); (^) two-armed stocked onchor ap« parently filled with lead (400 BC); (6) erode iron anchor, with palms, of the tinie of King Herod, about 35 BC. Further developments in the history of the anchor were two-armed hooks, without stocks, cast in bronze on the island of Malta about 8Q0 BC and, 300 years later, Greek writers spoke of "stone anchors, with iron hooks." Even­ tually, by 300 Be, vessels of the Athenian navy were iequipped with iron anchors weighing up to 440 pounds. Found In Lake About 40 At), the ship of Emperor Caligula was equipped with a 16-foot iron-tipped oaken anchor with a heavy leaden stock. Still intact, it was discovered when Lake Neini, near Home, was drained in 1929 in the hope of salvaging supposed wealth from the sunken wrecks. At the same time, another wreck yielded a wood-sheathed • iron anchor weighing about 1,000 pounds. This second one was distinguished by the fact that it had a portable stock, a feature which was lost to the world until it was "invented" again some 1700 years later and finally adopted by the British Admiralty in 1854. It bore a striking resemblance to the stocked anchor of modern times. The first English anchors were forged in East Anglia in 578 AD. '.f .. Modern developments: 71 iron-tipped, 16-foot oaken anchor and (8) wood-sheathed iron anchor, both of 40 AD, found intact in 1929; (9 long shanked, wooden stock anchor with straight arms at 50 degree? (1703); (10) smallpalm anchor (183QJ;. (l j tumbling fluke stockless. anchor (1840); (12)."Admiralty". or "Old Style", ancbof (IBlfiji . , Shortly before the time of Columbus, the Statutes of Genoa required a 1,500-ton ship to carry 12 iron anchors of from 1,600 to 1,800 pounds each. As ships got bigger and ventured out in strange, untried waters more and more, the anchors developed with them. In 1637, the Sovereign of the Seas," 1,600 tons, carried. 12 anchors of 4,000 pounds each. about 1700 had long shanks, straight arms at oQ degrees, sharp points at the crown and wooden stocks �^'m"February 19, 1954 SIEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen -tij Workman is dwarfed by 40,000-pound stockless anchor for world's largest air­ craft carrier, the USS Roosevelt. Forging operation in anchor production is depicted in this wood-cut illustration of 1723 published in France. The presentation by Reaumur, an 18th centjiry writer, was the first public discourse on the science and art of anchor forging up to that time. the length of the shank or longer. By 1780, iron stocks began to emerge from the experimental stage, but the pop­ ular anchors of the period still had wooden stocks and relatively long shanks and straight arms. Finally, by 1840, the Hawkins' "patent tumbling fluke stockless anchor" had developed to a form approximating that of most stockless anchors of today. Six years later, the British Royal Navy adopted the iron stock and gave full sanction to the type of anchors now known as the "Admiralty." This type, also known as "Old Style" or "Kedge," is no longer used for large ships but continues in use for small boats and for moorings. Use Of Hawse Pipe The innovation of stowing the alienor in a hawse pipe did not come until 1885, but when it did, it aided the popular­ ity of the stockless anchor until today, following a series of modifications in design, it is practically the only type of anchor used on ships of real size. Besides the facility with which it can be stowed, there is also the added fea­ ture of it being less likely to foul than the "Old Style" stocked anchor. Modern ships generally carry several anchors; usually there are two in addition to the two main bower, anchors. Most carry a spare anchor, the sheet anchor, which is of the same weight as the bower anchors and is carried on deck or in tf hawse pipe abaft the bower anchor. Small anchors weighing about one ton, genefally of the old-fashioned type, are used for hedging,(moving a ship ahead a little at a time by taking one anchor out in a boat, letting it go and then hauling the ship up to it). The shank of a modern stockless anchor is forged on an open frame steam hammer at the Baldt works In Chester,-Pa. With the anchor for a typical Liberty ship weighing some 8,400 pounds, the shank-piece alone measures nearly eight feet in length. The safety of a ship often depends on the ability of its anchor to hold, so anchors must pass rigid tests both as to materials and construction. The weight of the anchor on a particular ship is proportioned according to the vessel's own displacement. Thus, the Liberty ship gen­ erally carries main bower anchors weighing 8,400 pounds, the Victory-type carries about 9,400 pounds, the T-2 about 12,000 pounds and a giant passenger liner like the SS United States carries anchors weighing 29,050 pounds. (Technical information and photos courtesy Baldt An­ chor, Chain and Forge Division, Boston Metals Co., Ches­ ter, Pa.) xy ,:-l| Anchors of all sizes and descriptions are shown in main storage yard of the Baldt works, along with lengths of varying weights of anchor chain. Exhaustive tests must be conducted on both an­ chors luid cable before they are certified for ship use. -I?- ..m. �fd^nulrr If. IfM S£^F^ll£R^ LOG Pa(« Sfacfeea [!•" SEAFARERS An Oxygen-Fed Fire Thirty-six crevnnembers of the British motorship Femmoor had to take to lifeboats in the China Sea when a coral reef ripped open flie The danger of an occasional leak to an oxygen cylinder was de­ bottom of the ship. Crewmen were picked op by the Panamanian scribed recently In a Coast Guard report on a shipboard fire aboard ship Liberal with no casualties . . . The Dutch ship Zuiderkruls ar­ a C-3. As a result of such a leak the ship came near to being lost with rived at Hoboken on the last leg: of a round the world cruise. The ship only prompt action by the crew saving the vessel and all aboard. As left for Australia with Dutch settlers from Rotterdam and will return it was, considerable damage was done to the ship, which coupled with to that city with 191 passengrers . . . The Swedish liner Gripsholm. now You may not have to buy plum nnder charter to North German Lloyd, arrived in New York recently pudding for the crew at Christmas loss of cargo ran up to $500,000. Several crewmembers suffered in­ juries from bums to the process. marking: West Germany's re-entry in the passenger ship business. time to become a popular ship's All of this emphasizes the importance of extremely careful stowage 4" 4" 1" delegate, but in Seafarer A1 WhitThe Indonesian Government is starting salvage operations of 60 mer's case it of oxygen cylinders, or any other cylinder containing compressed gas. sunken, ships that are perils to navigation. The ships were sunk by the didn't hurt any. Ordinarily, these cylinders take a little knocking around because they At least, his fel­ look so deceptively sturdy, but it took only one little flaw in the con­ Japanese in World War II, and the Japanese are paying $6V^million low Seafarers struction of one cylinder, or else in the stowing of the cylinder to towards the operation as part of their reparations to Indonesia . aboard the Steel cause the general emergency. The chamber of commerce of Philadelphia has gone on record asking Ranger (Isthmi­ for a 35-foot channel in the Delaware River to be dug by the Federal Four Explosions In Row an) though t Government ... A new service between US ports on both coasts and On this particular ship, the fire broke out a few minutes before one enough of the PM while it was approaching port. The third mate was standing watch Africa is being opened by the Nedlloyd Line, a Dutch concern. It will plum pudding to in the wheelhouse when the alarm bell rang on the fire-detection sys­ operate on a once a month basis . . . The Norwegian motorship Lisholt pay Whitmer a tem, which works on the basis of smoke detection. As the third mate suffered heavy damage in its midships housing from a five hour fire compliment. at Balboa, Canal Zone. Whitmer turned to check the box, an explosion at number three hatch shat­ However, that tered the wheelhouse windows, followed by three more explosions. At t 4. t Holland-America lines has opened a new office for passenger book­ wasn't all Whitmer had on the the same time, just before the explosions the chief mate had been The ings at 29 Broadway, New York, loaded with plush furnishings to ball according to reports. notified by the reefer engineer of smoke coming from the upper 'tween attract passenger business . . . New transatlantic Greek liners, the crew voted him their appreciation decks of No. 3 hold. a fine all-around job as ship's Olympia and the Neptunia, have scheduled 38 stops at Cobh, Ireland for As a result of the four explosions the hatch boards and four hatch delegate, plum pudding or no. The during 1931 . . . The Jupiter Steamship Company, a Great Lakes ship­ beams were blown completely off the No. 3 hatch, fire was general pudding was just another little ping firm, is planning to buy two freighters from the Pittsburgh Steam­ feather in Whitmer's caj>. throughout No. 3 hold and the forward end of the midships quarters, ship Company. Jupiter at present operates one ship . . . Canada's Whitmer just recently passed the pilot-house and the decks were aflame. oceangoing fleet has declined to 19 ships with the sale of the freightei his tenth anniversary as a Sea­ Broke Out Hoses Mont Clair to Italian interests. The Canadian tanker Imperial Quebec farer, having joined the SIU on The crew broke out fire hoses and put eight hoses in play within has also been sold to a foreign flag. The size of the Canadian fleet February 8, 1944 in the Port of three minutes of , the first alarm. At the same lime eight crewn«t,mbers Is now smaller than any year since 1939. New York. A native of Illinois, the launched the number one lifeboat to pick up a man who had gone over­ t t 26-year-old Seafarer now has home The famous whaler, Charles W. Morgan, is being overhauled at the and family in Philadelphia and board with his clothing aflame. Crewmembers succeeded in bringing the fire on deck and in the mid­ Mystic, Connecticut, whaling museum.' The museum had to hunt around contributes from time to time to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to find white oak timbers for deck re- the pages of the SEAFARERS ship quarters under control fairly rapidly, and the CO-2 system was opened in the No. 3 hold. Meanwhile, after forty minutes, the lifeboat placement^. The rebuilding job on the ship is expected to cost at least LOG. picked up the severely burned messman who had jumped into the water. $40,000 . . . An Italian freighter spilled a considerable amount of oil ••444 Despite the CO-2 system the fire continued to bum fiercely in the oii the waters of the New Orleans Industrial Canal when it ran into a A good idea to speed up team­ line of oil barges. The freighter Magiola coming upstream, did the work between the cook and mess- hold, only being' kept from spreading by water poured in fi'om the damage ... A Federal court in Baltimore fined the Sword Line $1,000 man and provide better service for hoses. Three hours later the ship reached port successfully with the for dumping lumber into Chesapeake Bay, The Oregon Swoi^d was the the crew accordingly was offered hold still aflame. It was necessary to cut holes in the deck to reach section of the fire in the wings of the hold. As a result of water pumped vessel responsible by Paul Ulrich, ship's delegate of into the hold, the vessel took a 13 degree list. It took 48 hours to com­ 4; t •4 the Seatrain Louisiana. Ulrich pro­ pletely. extinguish the blaze without possibility of further outbreaks. A shortage of tin cans has put a considerable crimp in the Peruvian posed that a two-way spea|cer he Navy and Army firefighters had to ,take over the job from the ex­ tuna-fishing industry. The country's local can-manufacturing plant broke installed between the messroom hausted crew. down forcing the industry to depend on emergency imports of tin cans and the galley. That way, the "triesOxygen Cylinders Burst . . . The Pennsylvania Railroad has a rew $9 million ore pier nnder man could call in his orders im­ construction in the port, of Philadelphia, with operations scheduled mediately and in most instances Investigation of the blaze by the Coast Guard showed that four pal­ to start in the spring. The pier, at Greenwich point, is designed to the stuff could be ready for him lets of oxygen cylinders had been stowed, in accordance with all reg­ handle two vessels at a time and dump ore cargoes into dockside by the time he stepped into the ulations, to the square of No. 3 upper 'tween deck hatch. These cyl­ freight cars. If necessary, the pier can be extended to handle four galley to pick it up. inders had burst accounting for the four explosions arid the very rapid Ulrich, who is Brooklyn-bom spread of the blaze. As best as could be determined, the fire had begun ships . . . The Holland-American Line is being sued by Arnold Bern­ stein for $3,900,000 for the Red Star line franchise and the liners and a resident of the Borough has in the after center section of No. 3 upper 'tween decks and spread from Westerland and Pennland sold to Hollar d-America in 1938. Bernstein been sailing with the SIU for five there td the lower 'tween deck and the lower hold. It had also spread contends he was forced to sign over the property while imprisoned years, joining in New York in vertically to the midship' quarters through vertical. cargo battens as March, 1949. He's 25 years of age. well as open ports and doors. by the Nazis. 4 4 4 It was the conclusion that one of the oxygen cylinders developed a 4 4 4 A sound suggestion £jr ship­ leak from causes unknown. From there on, the investigators could only New Haven's re-emergence as a port for deep-sea ships will be marked on March 17 when Isbrandtsen's Flying Enterprise II arrives board procedure was offered guess at the next step. It is possible that the leaking oxygen flowed over a surface that was subject to spontaneous heating, perhaps rags or as part of the company's new intercoastal service ... Egypt has relaxed aboard the Tagadebris containing traces of oil or turpentine, or inflammable cleaning its regulations against ships carrying cargo to Israel. Ships touching 1am recently by fluids. The addition of oxygen would cause the debris to burst into Israeli ports will not be blacklisted if they don't call at Arab ports Seafarer Tim Mc­ flame. during the same voyage. Cruise ships will be permitted to stop at both Carthy. He pro­ Another possibility was a spark from two metallic materials bumping Egyptian and Israeli ports .". . The Home Line's cruise ship Atlantic posed that copies into each other, which Ignited the escaping oxygen. The fire in turn has been transferred from Panamanian to Greek registry and will enter of the shipboard minutes be caused the other cylinders to rupture causing a fire of terrific strength New York to Mediterranean service late this year. posted so that to spread through the entire hold. 4 4 4 men who are on Lube OH Ignition Grounding of the 4,299-ton ore carrier the Harry Lundeberg, wis watch at the time reports off the coast of Lower California. Most crewmembers have of the meeting A third possible cause would be the ignition of tiny amounts of lube McCarthy left the ship with a skeleton crew remaining on board. The ship was, can get a full re­ oil clinging to the inside of the cylinders. The lube oil is injected into carrying a cargo of gypsum . . . Moore-McCormack Lines have added' port on what's going on. the cylinder from the compressor when the cylinder is charged. If the Cartagena and Maracaibo as regular ports of call on their ships running McCarthy has been sailing with droplets of oil were vaporized by the escaping oxygen, they could be out of Pacific ports . . . Sixteen fishermen drowned when the 243-ton the SIU for about ten years, join­ ignited and possibly explode. fishing trawler Acor was driven aground 20 miles from Lisbon . . . ing the SIU in Boston in August, In any case, this one small oxygen leak caused all the trouble, pro­ The Mississippi Valley Association has calied for renewed interest in 1944. The 32-year-old Seafarer is ducing such a severe fire that the crew could consider itself both for­ developing the nation's inland waterways. The Association is holding a native of Irelarid. He sails on tunate and skillful in avoiding loss of the entire ship and part or all of its annual convention in St. Louis. the people aboard. deck. ACTION ^1!; If P |i ifi; |3-?-.,, Burly ' ^ 13^ A Mating Delight iTir III tHAT NEW AAATE:31 TlBLLIN '/AE +40W ]BeHBR W ANVOF tfMS RID»N' ME AH. A V TO PAINT' "TIM^ .. V NOW HE'S VIPINS ABOin"- 1- By Bernard Seaman �Febrnary 19, 19154 Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that payments of funds, for what- ever Union purpose, be madb only to authorized A&G repreaentatives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be sure to protect yourself by Immediately bringing the mat­ ter to the attentioti of the sec­ retary-treasurer's office. SEAFARERS Pace ScTentecB. LOG New Ship Transiers Approved By Gov't (Continued from page 3) Carriers. The indictment claims that he owns controlling stock in this SlU-manned outfit, although the law provides that 51 percent of such stock must be held by American citizens, whenever the ships involved have been pur­ chased from the US Government. At present, all Saudi Arabian oil is marketed by a combine of four big American oil companies banded together as Arabian-Amer- lean Oil Company (Aramco). These companies in turn, have chartered many independently-owned American-fiag tankers from time to time to help them handle their shipments. Onassis has claimed that his venture would not upset present arrangements, but others are in­ clined to believe that his arrange­ ment with Saudi Arabia is de­ signed to give him and that nation full control over all oil shipments originating in Saudi Arabian fields. In turn, Onassis would pay a perDiagram shows location of proposed Narrows bridge from Brook­ ton royalty to the Saudi Arabian lyn to Staten Island, now under study by the Port of New York Government, but of course, would Authority. escape the burden of taxes, safety requirements, and other costs of operation under the flag of a rec­ ognized maritime nation.' Since the US Government per­ mits, and sometimes encourages, transfers of US-owned shipping to foreign flags, it is hard to see how the State Department could object Proposals for a new bridge to be built directly across the to Onassis' setting himself up in business as a Saudi-Arabian oper­ Narrows between Brooklyn, and Staten Island in New York harbor are now under study by the Port of New York Author­ ator. ity. The proposals are part — The wealthy shipowner operates several shipping companies under a series of major projects that under discussion for several years. a variety of national flags includ­ would include another cross­ Some objections have been raised ing those of Panama and Liberia, ing of the Hudson River around to its construction by shipping in­ traditional refuges for low-cost op­ 125th Street. terests on the grounds that it would The Narrows bridge has been provide a navigational hazard at erators. the entrance to New York harbor. Some of the larger ocean going liners now find negotiating the Narrows a ticklish business under the best of circumstances. In another sense though, the new bridge could prove an asset to the as it would provide easier ac­ A sea-going trailership operation designed to carry large Port cess for truck cargo shipments to truck trailers to and from Atlantic Coast ports is up for ap­ and from Staten Island and New proval before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Jersey. Most of this heavy truck­ ing now has to travel by way of operation calls for construe-"^ the Holland Tunnel. tion of four trailerships at a Fast loading and unloading of A Port Authority spokesman cost of $5V2 million each be­ the vessels with only a four-hour said that plans for the bridge were tween New York or Providence layover in port is one of the fea­ only under study and were pretty and Wilmington, North Carolina. tures of the design. It's expected Under the preliminary designs of that the entire run from New York indefinite at the moment. The most importaht question to be de­ the ships, each vessel would be to Wilmington would be a matter termined would be just where to able to carry 240 trailers. of a day and a half. locate the bridge to best advan­ The project has won the ap­ tage, with the big cost of such an Not New Idea The idea of trailerships is not proval of Dave Beck, president of operation being a second problem a new one. For a while, a trailer- the International Brotherhood of to deal with. ship operation was run between Teamsters' on the ground that it New York and Albany on the Hud­ will help promote the use of longson River. And out in Seattle, a haul trucking and increase jobs trailership operation was run by for truck drivers who will have to Qcean Tow between the Northwest truck the trailers to and from the Coast and Alaska. However, both terminals. operations were unsuccessful. The company believes that the The present trailership plans sea transport plan would enable have been drafted by the McLean truckers to compete successfully To most people yogurt is just a Trucking Company. They call for with railroads ih many types of sour milk concoction which some two or more round trip sailings traffic where railroads now hold a each week between the northern considerable advantage. people prefer to sour cream, but and southern ports. A company In the long run, a successful op­ it's lots more than that to Yami official claimed that the trailership eration of this kind, he believes, Yogurt products of Los Angeles. operation ^ would cost about one- could stimulate both the trucking half cent a ton-mile compared to and the shipping industry, which At least It was more until the Fed­ 2V^ cents a ton mile for shipping on coastwise type operations have eral Trade Commission cracked by truck overland and IVi cents difficulty competing with railroad down. a ton-mile for railroad shipments. freight services. Yami Yogurt has now promised that it won't claim the following •magical properties for its product: That it promotes digestion, helps Following are the requirements for two of the benefits under digest other foods, makes you live the Seafarers Welfare Plan: longer and helps prevent senility, restores your health, helps prevent Maternity; typhoid fever and dysentary, cures Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, constipation, ulcers, gastritis, di­ arrhea, stomach distress, celiac can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's disease (a digestive disturbance gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. Needed is a copy whereby you can only digest ba­ of the marriage certificate and birth certificate. If possible, a nanas), helps pneumonia and bron­ discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ chitis victims, keeps the digestive tract clean—and that isn't all. ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. Yami Yogurt will no longer Disability: claim that it reduces nausea in Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven pregnant women, improves the complexion, tenderizes meats, con­ years sea time with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, tains pre-digested proteins and is eligible for the weekly disability benefit for as long as he is helps the body absorb milk. totally unable to work.. About the only thing Yami Yo­ Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent gurt never claimed was that its to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth product would clean your ciarburetor and give you five more railei Ave;; Brooklyn 32, NY. JLORT-SytOftqbjlq^^ Narrows Bridge Proposal Studied By NY Authority D • • a suvra stwrccATS SMCKS -voPCCArs • • a • • • a a n • • • • • • • WORKGHOES VON&AIREES KHAKI PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS 6U^ SHIRTS |=R|SKOOEENS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHrrE DRESS SHIRTS SPOF^ SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB BELTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS a SHORTS a a a a d • a a • BRIERS SWEATERS UIS<3A6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHEP. JACKETS WRlTTN0RDRn=DLlO SOU'WESTERS RAIN6EAR Truck Co. Viould Operate Trailerships On East Coast ^Bntlt'sFroin California' r Who Getg StU Benefits? J ALL YOUR KJEEPS CAN BE TILLED . -PROM A Sou'WESrERTD AN ELECTRIC RATOR . WHATEVER ybo BUY FROM THE SEA CMCST/ >it>U CAN BE SURE YDuizE SETTIN3 TDP QUALITY SEAR AT SUBSTANTiALSAVlNSS. ' UAllOW-OW#ieO AND UMIQH- OPBUiCRSP EiNEf^ OFTHe MEMBIpeSNiP* I �-FT" Page^Eighteea ii.. SEAFARERS FebnMrr If. IfM i LOG Sight-Seeing Couple Encounter Weighty Problem In New Orleans That when a. persoii is "black­ listed from a job today, he can fig­ ure that he's really getting off easy because the original blacklist car­ ried a death penalty? When Charles II of England came to the throne in 1660, he listed in a black book the names of 56 men who had sentenced his father to death. They v/ere all subsequently executed. Whye standing on the corners of Conti and Bourbon Streets, in New Orleans, La,, writes Seafarer Spider Korolia, he heard a commotion which threatened to send the inhabi­ tants to previously prepared bomb shelters. Panic was averted however, when the populace learned that it was only Moon"* they were looking at it from dif­ as of now." He suggested they Kouns making the racket. ferent viewpoints. charter a special Greyhound bus Racket it was, too, said Undaunted, Kouns and company for their purposes and shoved the 4 4" Brother Kouns, who was arguing sought other means of transporta­ with the driver of a French Quar­ tion, according to Korolia. Taking gear shift into first, after which he That there was no such thing as ter sightseeing buggy. Kouns, only a portion of the last driver's took off on a racing start. a "right shoe" or a "left shoe" un­ . At last report, said Korolia, said Korolia, charged that the advice, the Seafarer and his lady Kouns and his date hired a trailer til the beginning of the 19th cen­ driver wanted too The English apparently walked to the comers of Canal with an extra driver to haul the tury? much to trans­ Street and St. Charles Avenue. At load around the French Quarter. started the practice of making each port himself and that juncture, they accosted the Kouns gave no quarter and the shoe in a pair for a particular foot. V - his girl friend driver of a sightseeing bus and driver asked none, but it is under­ In the US, as late as 1880, both around the Quar­ begged his indulgence in allowing stood on reliable authority that the shoes were still identical, just as ter. The driver, them to ride on his conveyance. latter gave up the profession the socks and stockings are today. on the other "Not so fast," said the driver with next day in order to pursue some­ 4 4 4 hand, said it a sidewise glance at the portly thing less exhausting, like pearl That beer was a common bever­ wasn't half pair, "this bus has just filled up diving. age as far back as 5000 BC? The enough to cart records of old Babylon Indicate all that beef Korolia that beer was well-known to that around. In the ancient civilization, although the end, the driver begged oif, claiming Egyptians credit its invention to that he didn't have a meat-hauling one of their own gods, Isis, who license and suggested that the two fermented it from barley. pachyderms hire a special bus for tlieir travels. 4 4 4 If truth be known, said Korolia, That Seafarers can contribute up the driver, after taking one look to five entries in any one of the at Kouns and his portly pal, told four categories in the Third Annual the Seafarer that he wouldn't hire SIU Art Contest? The annual com­ out the mule and buggy because petition, for.which entries will be the mule was 40 years old and accepted until April 30, 1954, will could no longer haul box cars. Beaward three prizes for the best sides, he had one warning from the work in handicrafts, drawings, ASPCA about inhuman cruelty to water colors and oil paintings. animals and he didn't want to take 4 4 4 another chance. Kouns said it That if you come up with 13 wasn't taking any chance and the cards in one suit while playing mule driver agreed with him but Last Of Christmas Dinner Asleep In The Deep By M. Du^yer Ships never die, they only slip Beneath the spray and foitm. Their crews live on in ghostly ' joam. The ocean floor to roam, Seafarers aboard the Chickasaw enjoy the last of their Christmas dinner as the ice cream glides smoothly down. Christmas tree at­ tests to-gtda holiday festivities aboard the Waterman vessel. On Leave Their Mark In Germany On foggy nights they rise to tell The terrors: of the deep, , Every man makes his own mark in life, writes Seafarer While other men who toil the land Richard Peterson aboard the Citrus Packer of Waterman. Are safe at home asleep. What .he means is that some men win and-lose more marks Those who love the sea will hear in life than others, if they're • Their voices loud and clear, • more than obliging and only too in Germany, that is. And fear not, with a craven mind. willing to help the sailor continue The marks Peterson is re­ But know a shipmate's near. his celebration along lines which ferring to, of course, are the Ger­ he had fairly well established. man medium of exchange neces­ Two thousand leagues beneath The curtain on the German sary for the sustenance of life, the drama fell the next morning when the sea bread-and-butter buyers. And the the OS (Ordinary Sucker) awoke I walked the ocean's floor. incident he makes note of is one to the fragrance of a cold-hotel Where I was almost certain concerning a rather devil-may- room, a mean pallet and a dry No one had stood before. care, unaware young OS aboard throat. The only things he had ship, who was not exactly on the left to his name after his nocturnal The stately hulls of slimy ships qui vive all the time he spent in carousing were the clothes on his Vverc still as still could be. Their silent crews had long been Germany. back, four cigarettes and taxi fare After exhibiting a rather extraor­ back to the ship. Afte.r ^ fast dead dinary skill at dice manipulation ride he was taiken for, he was,glad But still they welcomed me. in- a tavern, the he didn't have to w^k 'bac£ ypung . OS in I seemed to hear their uoices question sought And feel their ghostly bands, other means of And here I found a solitude ple^ure and cel­ I neter kneio bn land. ebration of "his financial coup. He How many men with brawny badks A reminder from SlU had, in the course Had trod these decks? I thought. of several hours, headquarters cautions all How many women with lonely cleaned out a Seafarers leaving thei^ ships hearts number of crewPeterson Awaited thera in port? to contact tba ball in itmpl*^ members who en­ time td; allow the U^on to gaged in a game of galloping domiThe beauty of the coral. nos with him. Flush with victory dispatch a feplacemenL Fail­ The opalescent glow. and $100 winnings in German ure to give Notice before The tiny fish who swim the sea • marks, the OS proceeded to cele­ paying off may . cause a de­ I can't explain, you know. brate in ways not unaccustomed layed sailing, force the ship to his tavern surroundings. Two thousand leagues beneath the to Sail short of the manning Fair Company sea requirements and needlessly, After nioving into high gear on searched not for a treasure. make their work tougher for But found contentment and peace hia tear, the OS became lonesome and sought some fairer company. your shipmates. of soul. Which I can never measure. Nearat hdhd, a Gcrhlah lass pirov'ed es »i3* Notiiy^nion bridge, you've beaten oddl at 158,000,000,000 to one? You oan't lose with this "freak" hand unless somebody else pulls the same trick in a higher suit. 4 4 4 That La Pas, Bolivia, has a great­ er altitude than any other national capital in the world? The city is 11,800 feet above sea level. Its nearest rival in this respect is Quito, Ecuador, with an elevation of 9,343 feet. 4 4 4 That you can still get a cup of coffee for only five cents at the SIU headquarters cafeteria? Cof­ fee prices elsewhere may have gone up, but Seafarers are paying the same price for their coffee that they paid over two years ago, when the cafeteria first opened. 4 4 4 That France still owns territory in North America? St. Pierre and Miquelon, two small rocky islands off the southern coast of New­ foundland, are still French terri­ tory today. Due to their proximity to the Grand Banks, they are the center for the French cod fisheries in the North Atlantic. 4 4 4 That the use of a standardized quart-size milk bottle was first introduced by a New York doctor in 1884? Before that, and for some years afterwards before its use be­ came widely recognized, the milk­ man was still pouring milk from his can into the customer's pitcher. Shinnecock Bay Crewmen Have Bang-Up Time On West Coast The boys aboard the. Shinnecock Bay (Veritas) had quite a time for themselves according to the minutes received from recent shipboard meetings. Events took several turns in varying directions, and before;*—^ the -whole trip was over, prac­ cut cards to see who would wiHd tically every Seafarer aboard up holding the bag of decorations all for his very own. No winner was had a' hand in the activities. declared, according to the minutes. After receiving permission from The crew had a brush with the the commander of the Naval Am­ commander of the depot in an­ munition Depot at Bangor, Wash­ other instance as well, although ington, Cliff McLellan, the ship's not coming off quite in the same It seems, notes the ship's delegate, took down his trusty ax manner. minutes, that the and slew the stoutest Sequoia. As ship's baker a matter of-fact, the minutes note, wanted to do a McLellan did a pretty good job of little deer hunt­ chopping down the tree,<which was ing before hoist-< used for Christmas festival pur­ ing anchor. The poses in the true tradition. Decora­ spot he had tions, ranging from tinsel to balls picked, out, un­ to stars and figurines, were bought fortunately, was" and hung. After the Chrktmias fes­ on the grounds tivities concluded, the .'ihen Who the ammuniMcLeHan * chipped In to buy the "decbrations of tion depot. The commander couldn't see eye to 'eiyfe with the baker on the matter, feel­ ing ^hat the steward department " . lUember might not get his deer but more than he bargained .jSr, . or aimed at, if he hunted on the am­ munition preserve. Undaunted, the baker offered to fell his deers With .bbw and arrow* but at last report, no venison gfaced the Shinnecock Bay's tables as Robin Hood en­ countered no opposition from the steward department marksman. One Final Fling. Before casting off, the. crew wanted to have one final fling, so i they flung it at the nearby town of. Bremerton^ ;^aslBngton. fflring a ;; car near theAship's berth in;Seattlb,'.:; some bf thb^rfeW took off ;ifpr the f neighboring city and had i jolly: old timO of it before heading to sek' i«ain. No details of the evening Napoli,; V iiboartf^ abroad were available in the min- : Golden City, Up dgk^ ior litesr but they do note that "after Christmas party for,the crewall. the finances were settled, , it ihen . aboard tke sbiifc Tref _ „ that there, is $9 left over camp out Cutting Up Cake 4 �Febnury 19. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Nloeteea Maiden Creek Creaks Along Under Strain Of Storm, Ice And Strife By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo^ editor will be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, c/p the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice an camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) The Maiden Creek of Waterman, which was built in 1947 and hasn't been a maiden for a long time, writes Seafarer W. O. Cunningham, is having her share of ship troubles. They point up the fact that the vessel is tottering along towarti her old age, only seven years out of the shipyard. Plowing along in the North Hastings Crew Makes Haste Sea, s^ys Cunningham, the Since many Seafarers are still puzzled by the problems of determin­ ing the proper exposure when using dash, bulbs for their picture-tak­ ing, let's give the problem another whirl. / 1. Find the distance in feet from the light source to the subject. Use your camera range-finder, measure the distance or make an esti­ mate. Remember, use the lamp-to-subject distance, i-egardless of the camera distance. Of course, for on-the-camera shots the two will be identical. If you are bouncing the light off a wall or ceiling, the total distance travelled by the light must bb calculated. - 2. Locate the guide number for the film and shutter speed you are using. You'll find guide numbers listed on flashbulb and floodlamp cartons, film data sheets, pocket exposure guides and the manufactur­ ers' literature. For electronic flash units, the guide numbers are given in the accompanying instruction manual. When using electronic flash units, shutter speed is not a factor. Wasting no time when' the ship Hit Wilmington, California, the 3. Divide the guide number by the lamp-to-subject distance. The crew of the Hastings sought fair companionship in pleasant sur­ result is your f-stop for proper exposure. The-number you get may not coincide exactly with any f-stop marked pn your camera. In that, roundings. Shown above with ladies unknown are, left to right, Lowe, Williams, Ted Dewees, George Williams, Doc Watson and case, use the nearest f-stop, or an approximate part-way setting be­ "Dennis the Menace." tween two stops, whichever is more practical. Let's take a specific example: Say you want to shoot frpm about 12 feet using a medium speed (40-64) film, a No. 5 flashbulb and a shutter speed of 1/100 second. Looking at the table below for No. 5 bulbs, you see that the flash guide number for your film and shutter speed combination is 175. Divide 175 ^ 12 (flashbulb-to-subject distance in With many ships running into ipinor troubles, none could feet). The result is 14.6. This is your proper aperture. If you set your camera aperture at a little wider than f-16, the nearest marked stop, ever prove to be more lamentable than that which affilicted you'll be close enough. the crew of the Tagalam (Seatrade) on its last trip, acfSording Approximate Only to Seafarer Francisco Caspar. Guide numbers give an approximate exposure only. Increase the Heading from Panama to plenty of water, the men said, but indicated exposure by one stop if your subject is dark, the room large no HO ever tasted like this. or the walls' dark-colored. Decrease exposure by about one stop if Sasebo, Japan, on a 38-day Unsatisfied with the turn of the subject and ..walls are light in tone or if the room is small and non-stop voyage, the Tagalam ran events and the explanation of the low-ceilingcdinto all sorts of trouble. Included watery situation, Gnide numbers also can be used-in calculating bounce exposure with among the wearing trials which the the men conducflash or flood. Just figure exposure in the normal way, using the direct ship and the men had to undergo ted their own in­ lamp-to-subject distance. Then increase exposure by either two or were rough weather, headwinds, vestigation into three stops, depending on the color and height of the ceiling or other breakdowns, busted pipes and the problem and bounce surfaces. Bounce light is most effective in small or medium- plugged water lines. None, how­ came up with the sized rooms with light or neutral-colored walls and ceilings. ever, was more troublesome than solution. Only by Guide numbers for photofloods are based on two bulbs used at the the lack of drinking water which dint of great ef­ same time—one as a main light the other as a fill-in. In this case, use fell to be the crew's lot for five fort and personal intervention into the lamp-to-subject distance of the main light when you calculate the days on the run. investigating the Caspar exposure. Water Runs Out source of the Exposure Guide Numbers—No. 5 Bulb Gaspar reports that they ran out trouble did the nien learn the Film Speed 20-32 80-125 40-64 of water, but out, for a period of truth. Higher authorities, caught five days. What's worse, said he, without the*goods by the men, ad­ , Time, Bulb, was that no one would own up to mitted- finally, that there was no 1/25, 1/50 210 300 the lack of agua, but blithely in­ water to be had. The truth of the 250 1/100 175 sisted that the peculiar taste of matter was that except for a few 1/200, 1/250 150 210 water," was merely a natural, salty inches of precious water in one tang. They Tiad seen and tasted of the deep tanks, there was not 70 100 1/400, 1/500 140 a drop of water on board to be had, by hook, crook or pump. At this -point in the problem, a general conference was called by the men. For three days, then, the wipers were passing buckets up and down the sides of the tanks for such daily necessities as cooking, dish washing and coffee making. The last above all. Everything turned out \^ith a briny flavor, but the men persevered for awhile against the elements and their misfortune. Tagalam Has H2O Problem Fight Contender Relaxes With Old Friends fi. seas turned choppy, the wind blew frjesh and the upper plate of the ship rattled in the beginning storm. With the seas, running a bit higher than the ship was accustomed to take in her old age, the vessel started splitting a plate on the star­ board side right through the mess hall. This plate had nothing to do with food, said the writer, and the men were a bit leery of the mess hall offerings all the way into Rot­ terdam, Holland, where the ship laid up for repairs. She was pulled into the seacoast town and a mar­ ine disaster was averted, Cun­ ningham noted, only because the weather was not as severe as it might have been. Cold Weatjier Speaking of severe weather, the Maiden Creek encountered her share of the cold portion of it in and around Europe. Cunningham reported the rivers around Rotter­ dam were frozen solid, with the Hans Brinker and the silver skates crowd enjoying a field day on the icy surfaces. The temperature con­ stantly flirted with the 15 and 20 degree markers on the thermom­ eter, which, when in port, tended to keep the men aboard ship rather than find them sojourning around the neighboring country­ side. Nobody wants to get out of a warm bed ashore, Cunningham said with his shipmates' concur­ rence, in order to, report aboard ship by 8 AM. It was not surpris­ ing that the cold weather put the kibosh on many a reveler and lover aboard the Maiden Creek. Almost all of Europe proved out of sensi­ ble bounds in this respect. The men may not have been happy, but they believed they were, warmer, at any rate. Reluctant Heads The ship had other troubles as well, with the most severe of them concerning the reluctant head sit­ uation throughout the vessel. The charge, said Cunningham, was ~ leveled primarily at the overboard discharge facilities of the ship. Recalcitrant as it was, argued the men, it gave the ship the odor of what the Army terms the "honey dew detail." Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. Quiz Corned Nino Valdez, right, seated, coht^^nder 'for the heavyweight championship of the world according to of­ ficial NBA ratings.;, and Mrs. Valdez visit bid friends aboard, the Florida while the SlU-contracted ves­ ta Harho]®.' PRftjiWj'i by Seafarer HefcVof''B^e£(. lies Havana (1) What is a shivaree? (2) When the pressure rises in the winter, will the temperature rise or fall? (3) Who were the three men most recently elected to baseball's hall of fame? (4) If X is always five-sixths of y, and x is ten when y is 12, what is X when y is 21? (5) Who is the senior senator from Wisconsin? (6) The card game, whist, originated in England in the 16th Century. What modern game did it father? (7) One of the 48 states has a provision in its constitution which would allow it to split up into ojher sovereign states. What state is it and into how many states can it be made? " ' (8) Name the seven Russian satellites. (9) The name of the French forei^ minister is a) Coty? b) Bidault? c) Schuman? * (101. What 1§ the name of the sipallqst member of the whale family? ' '' ' (Quiz Answers on Page 25) /i . .A -.J �^tagm Twenty SEAFARERS LOG FebroaiT 1A> 1954 Sweetening The Kitty Aboard The Hastings b- By Spike Marlin With another baseball training real ball player they got in return season opening in Florida, inter­ was Jackie Jensen, the ex-Yankee. Offhand it would seem the Red est will be blossoming soon In the Sox would be rooked on a straight summer sport. Those who are get­ Umphlett-for-Jensen ddal alone. ting a little tired of the New York But Jensen has right hand power monopoly of the sport, as evi­ that is effective in Boston's short denced by the Yankees and left field. It could be that Boudreau Dodgers, can sit up and perk is going back to the old Boston slightly with some small hope that formula—big hit, no pitch. maybe this is the year. Pity the Pirates Major contenders in both lea­ In the League, two gues have been ^ing through a contenders, National the Braves the series of trades and juggles de­ Phillies, have raided theand Pirates signed to give them the strength who seemed doomed to stay firmlyto overhaul the leaders. anchored in the mud. The Braves Take the Boston Red Sox for an made off with the Pirates' best inexample. The Sox were conceded fielder, Danny O'Connell. The to be an up and coming team what Phillies, having foolishly sold Russ with Ted Williams back in action, Meyer last year, got a replacement with good young pitchers coming for him in the form of veteran through and two brilliant young pitcher Murry Dickson. outfielders in Jim Piersall and The biggest trade in the National Tom Umphlett. Lou Boudreau, th^ circuit was the one that sent the Boston manager had reversed the Giant's Bobby Thomson to Mil­ Playing a sociable game of "sky's the limit" poker with one of the passengers, right, crewmembers usual Boston pattern of a hard­ waukee for pitchers Antonelli and aboard the Hastings (Waterman) seem to be having a good time of it. They are, left to right, James hitting but heavy-footed club and Liddle. On this one, Milwaukee McCoy, George Williams, Whitey Johnson, "Hank" Hock and Douglas. Picture bir'Doc Watsqn. come up with a speedy, slick team may have outsmarted itself. Thom­ with promising pitching. son gave-the impression of being Pulled a Switch a good outfielder to some people, However, in the winter trade but actually he is a pretty lacka­ field, the Red Sox played a stunner daisical one. And away from the which contradicted all they did be­ Polo Grounds he may not hit home fore. They traded Umphlett, the runs in carload lots. The Giants, league's outstanding outfield pros­ with Willie Mays returning, could pect next to Mickey Mantle, and easily dispense with him in return Seafarers are no different than shoreside people when it comes to time off, writes Sea­ Maury McDermott, a hard-throw­ for a couple of good-looking farer James Byrne. Like a busman bussing on his day off and a postman walking on his ing left-hander who really seemed pitchers. It's up to Charlie Grimm to come into his own last year, to now to pop a firecracker under free time, Seafarers do a little fishing whenever the ship drops anchor in port. the Washington Senators,. The only Tliomson and get him moving. Witness to this fact are the Seafarers aboard the Robin had their fishing tackle out, had feet from stem to stem. scranibled into boats and tossed Other members of the crew Locksley of Seas. These in­ line into^ brine. After struggling broke out the cameras to record trepid seamen chose to do a little for many hours, with baling hook the historic event of natives eating fishing on their free time instead and marlin spike, the fishermen shark, rather than vice versa, after of knocking off the OT, and what brought two ugly characters to gaff. the fishermen had given the sea fishing they' did. One of the unwilling callers was a fowl to the local Waterboys. First, , "Little" is hardly 12-foot tiger shark which awed the however, the cameras were trained the word for it, natives, while the other was a com­ on the sharks so that nobody could for what they parative nmt running only seven say it was a fish story. caught doesn't come in bite-size packages. The Seafarers on board the ship went fishing for shark, the largest Byrne fish in the sea, A haven for Seafarers on the Rum and Coca Cola run ^to and came up with two pretty fairsized specimens of the species. the Caribbean Sea, writes Seafarer Paul Capo, is to be found Cruising along the coast of in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the new St. Peter's and St. Paul's Africa, the ship l^y to alongside Madagascar. No sooner had the' church built in th^St. An- ' Putting the finishing touches to cake aboard the Seatrain Savannah anchor hit the water than the boys drews section of the city, and which is open to all seafaring are, left to right, Charles Libby, third cook, and Joe Warfield, night men as a spiritual harbor. cook and baker. Picture by Forest King. . Capo, on the Alcoa passenger vessel, the Alcoa Cavalier, stopped off at the haven along with other Seafarers oft the vessel. There, he The LOG opens this column, as an exchange for stkwards, cooks, reports, he ran in­ bakers and others who'd tike to share favored food recipes, little-known to the rector of cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, the church. Fa­ ' CO/feO/^fZ. suitable for shipboard and/or home use. "Herels Thomas Tooma's recipe ther Patrick LeWfellES AI2B3UMR. for "stuffed cabbage oriental." ^ 1 roy, SJ, who is Capo pounds of meat, take 3 pounds, of doing wonderful CCLPM/J (A/ EACH A good way to get 'sonie variety raw, whole grain, white rice and work in the island. into regular menus is to take a 6 'pounds of chopped meat (lamb, Open To All standard dish and beef, or veal) and mix all together. The church is open & all'Sea­ prepare*. it the Season with salt and pepper. farers, and mariners of every way difter^dnt After mixed and seasoned, take WHAT IP Buy. • stripe, on their visits to the island. countries do. To­ the meat-r'ce combinations and Father Leroy has a standing invi­ day's menu is WMgM T& BUY, AS shape them into cigar-shaped obtation open to all' Seafarers, says such a d i s h ;. lOng rolls. Place the meat-rice rolls \mu. AS WHATAtX-O Cajo, with a slight inclination to­ stuffed cabbage on tTie individual, flattened cab­ ward Alcoa passenger ship crew- cooked in the bage leaves and roll the meat up members. Capo reports that many Syrian mahneh within^the leaf. Make about two or of the statues in the church build­ Thomas - Tpoma, three 5or each man. ing and pews were built with con­ who sails as a^ When you've finished making the iMma tributions ffom; SIU 'crews off cook and steward, stuffed catibage rolls, take a din­ Alcoa passenger ships. However, says th^t this dish, which be rec- ner plate and place it in the bottom there is.no favor in the hospitality, .ommends highly, is called Yebra of a pot. Then place the colls oh for all share equally in the wel­ and has been famous in Syria, top of the plate, piling them up. come offered to all seafaring men. Turkey and Greece for 1,000 years. This is done to avoid having the Patient Listener QAABSjKMSf aeNp To prepare stuffed cabbage cabbage stick to the bottom of the Father Leroy is always willing oriental for an averiige crew of ppt. Pour in one and a ha^ quarts TUPAA I/J '• to hear the problems of all in his about 40 men, boil a whole head of stock water. To bring the flavor parish. His work does not stop 'of cabbage until half cooked. Use out, pse a small amount of pepper­ there, notes Capo, for he has often a sufficient amount of cabbage Vtd mint leaves or a few heads of gar­ been counselor to Seafarers who make 10 dozen bibbage rolls. When, lic and squeeze in the juice of come to him wi^ their pFbblems' half cooked, peel ihdlviduiil leayes three lemons. Cover the pot so that of life. Indeed, says Capo, the off the cabbages without breaking the steam will cook all the stuffed' Faither is a~true friend of the sailor and flatten the l,eaves. Then, using cabbage rolls, top and bottom, and in the Caribbean. one potmd of rice for every tviro let cook for about forty, minutes. Seafarers Take Sailors. Holiday With Fishing Trip OH Africa They're Baking A Cake For Crew p' r- ir... • New Haven For Seafarers On Caribbean Sea Isle ibURVOOGHii •Byy,«6Ai? -rue ids. Afjy �Tcbnury 19, 1954 SEAP ARERS Prefers Engine Roam To Army To the Editor: Here is another note for the agony column. Yes, I have joined the unfortunates who, have been beached by the draft. It seems that the local board decided that 11 months of active duty with the Navy (September, 1945, to August, 1946) weren't quite enough, so here I am sweating out a 22-month ship­ ping list. I shipped mostly Far East, and get a little homesick looking out over the blue Pacific here from Fort Ord, Cal. Even when jou put all exaggera­ tions aside. Army basic training is no fun, and a guy wonders how he could have ever beefed about any 'aspects of shipboard life. I could really appreciate a warm engine room now. My last ship was the Ocean Lotte, on the Japan-Korea shuttle, and I would like to hear from Pon Drydon or Russel Roberts. Also, could you please send the best seafaring and finest Union paper ever published—the LOG— so I can keep up to date. Pvt. Calvin J. Slovef US 5622482 Co. K 20th Inf. Reg. 4tb Plat. Fort Ord, Cal. (Ed. note: We have added your name to the LOG'S mailing list.) Become An AB In Eight Weeks ish antics breed public distrust and indignation. Provisions of our constitution under Article XV are designed to protect the innocent or convict the guilty in a fair and impartial ad­ ministration of justice at these trials. Post trial charges of un­ fairness are wholly without founda­ tion and should be ignored by the membership. The rights and benefits of the Union, like the Union itself, are ours and shall remain so, while we conduct ourselves as intelligent men. Frank Reid J, Ji J, Hold East Bites On Steel Worker 1*0 the Editor: On this day of January 18th we, the crewmembers of the Steel Worker (Isthman), assembled on board this ship to aid in a request of one of our departed brothers, PeaWe Rollins. With the flag at half mast the crew assembled on the ship's fantail to pay our final respects to a former Seafarer. In keeping with his last wishes we held a memorial service prior to spreading his ashes upon the seas. We had a few say­ ings from the good book and a minute of silence for our former brother, who left to join the re­ serve fleet above. Thank Topside The crew of the Steel Worker wish to thank Captain Green and all topside officers in joining the service and giving us so much aid in complying with our seafaring tradition. We also wish to thank our chief engineer for taking pic­ tures in remembrance of the occa­ sion. Heartfelt thanks from an ap­ preciative crew. We also want to thank the office staff of the com­ pany for their help in providing the ship with such service. With the ship in latitude 31* North and longitude 15*50' West these services are completed in traditional seafaring style. The cfew of the Steel Worker extends condolences to the family of Pearle Rollins in their great loss. Crewmembers of Steel Worker Thanks SIU For Brother^s Sake Irresponsihles Can Hurt Union Thanks Brothers Who Gave Bloo'd 1V?:; sllfl- '• Tagt TweBty-«M L E IT EES To the Editor: Well, I finally finished basic and the Army gave me a break and sent me to Harbor Craft School in Fort Eustis, Va. In this school they take a soldier and try to make him an AB in eight short weeks. During the week that I've been stationed here I met about five SIU men and they say there are still more than that down here. It's just like Seafarers' home week. If they send any more SIU men down here we'll try to start our Butenkoff own Union hall. I sure would appreciate It if you send me the LOG down here. My new address is enclosed. Only 641 more days to go before I can get another SIU ship. George Butenkoff (Ed. note: We have noted your change of address on the LOG's To the Editor: I have almost finished writing mailing list.) cards to our many friends who tried to help make our recent sor­ row easier by helping in different ways. I feel I would like to say a word of appreciation to the friend To the Editor: Most Seafarers probably read that meant as much in life as well the LOG reports on trials and as death, as you, the Union, meant penalties with the same keen in­ to my brother, H. C. McDilda, terest that I do, not with a sadistic Cecil was very near and dear to all desire to gloat over the misfortunes of us, and often when I worried of the convicted, but with the hope about him going so far from home that some former shipmate's name he would assure me he was never does not appear there, a shipmate alone as long as he had the Union with whom we may have walked a back of him. So to you, dear people of the picket line or in whom we may Union, may I say thank you. have noted many instances of loy­ Mrs. Clayton Powell alty to his Union. And yet, this 4- 4- 4" very same brother, through some Irresponsible action or series of actions may seek to destroy that for which we have all worked. While we have many friends in To the Editor: the Congress of the United States, There are no words patent the Taft-Hartley Act leaves little enough to express my gratitude doubt that some lawmakers are for your wonderful expression of anti-labor. Since publit opinion sympathy by donating all that won­ governs the actions of the Con­ derful blood for my surgery. I can gress, It is imperative that we, em­ only say God bless you all, and par­ brace this evidence of Influence ticularly the ones who gave blood, with extreme care and tactfulness I did not realize there were such in order to preserve the right to wonderful people in the world. I bargain .collectively with industry. would love to meet you all some It has been obvious for some time. time that the membership means Until then, many, many thanks to convert or eliminate a minority aggin best.wistes, to you all. group of undesirables whose childMarguerite DiBenedetln v. LOG Bad Food Causes Bad Feelings To the Editor: ^ Recently the LOG published a letter I sent in regarding the in­ ferior status of the food aboard the Frances. As a result of this let­ ter I was accosted by several con­ cerned members of the steward department, whose attitude seemed to imply that I.had committed a personal affront. There are cases- on numerous ships where the cooking, prepara­ tion of food or variety of menus is so inferior as to warrant some form of action by the membership, but such action is not taken be­ cause it may cre­ ate ill feeling. As is usually the Miller case, the cook or steward may be a good Joe. Some tbne ago I advocated, via the LOG, that some sort of system be instituted whereby a cook or steward would be subject to exam­ ination in order to qualify for a certain rating. As it is now, a messman can sail as second cook with­ out demonstrating his ability to hold that rating. Gone Are Gourmets Many a gourmet would be lost if he had to prepare his own food. Although we do not consider our­ selves gourmets, we do possess the ability to distinguish between good and bad food. A seaman should have as much right as anyone to try to improve his meals. Perhaps someone closer to the culinary arts may have a solution to this anomalous situation. If so, the SEAFARERS LOG is a good place to make it known. Fred T. MUler port Oslo, Norway, is an Americanbuilt Liberty, owned by an Ameri can company. She has an Ameri can-paid captain and a crew of Norwegian, South African, French, Italian and other foreign coun­ tries. She flies the American flag from the foremast, denoting foreign regi.«;try. A foreign flag adorns the stern. ~ Other Instances This is but one of too many simi • lar instances taking place in ship­ ping circles every day. The Maritime Administration is very much aware of the many shiftings of our ships to foreign registiy. By changing registration, companies gain in evasion of American taxes, extremely low op­ erating costs and other factors. A ship of the Suma class carries some 38 officers and men. Other American ships sailing foreign car­ ry more men proportionate to their size. Multiply this by tens and you will get some idea of why so many seamen are on the streets of New Orleans and other ports, reduced to bare existence, if any. This is by no means any reflec­ tion on the foreign unions who crew these ships, as their scale of wage is the same as on their own ships. This undermining of the Ameri­ can merchant marine should be stopped. Our once proud and pow­ erful fleet, the largest in maritime history, is now reduced to a few hu.ndred ships. The time will come when you have to call again on American sea­ men to keep your heads above the Plimsoll mark. There is no nation in the world that produces seamen more exacting in their work than America. Don't let them down. Benjamin K. Baugh 4 i i Israeli Seaman 4* 4> ^ New LOG Header Scores Change To To the Editor: Foreign Begistry I happened by chance to get To the Editor: hold of a copy of the January 8th It is not a new thing to US mer­ issue of your wonderful newspaper, chant seamen, this changing of an the SEAFARERS LOG, from a sea­ American ship to a foreign regis­ man of the Catahoula in Jackson­ try and operating the ship in an ville, Fla. identical capacity by a foreign I started reading your paper, and crew. let me tell you that I have enjoyed This underhanded business is transacted in devious ways, by not every single page of it, especially one but many American compa­ the constitution of the SIU, which nies, thereby forcing our seamen I hung in the messhall so that sea­ into unemployment, and dire men here on board the Akka could read it. financial straits. I wonder if you could send me These American seamen who are suffering are the same men who your paper in the future and put braved two global wars and the my name on your mailing list. I Korean outbreak, with disastrous am a seaman working on the results to ship personnel. They Israeli freighter, the Akka, and I are the same who came to the fore, belong to the Israel Seaman's v;hen the entire world's economy Union. Thank you. Joseph Aboaj. and actual existence depended upon the United States. Who, (Ed. note: We have added your with their heroic efforts, regard­ name to our mailing list, as you less of bombs, torpedoes or ad­ asked.) verse weather conditions, delivered 4 4 4 the goods. Necessary Evil The recognition of the US mer­ chant seamen is all but obscured To the Editor: and clouded in a veil of nonentity. I would appreciate it very much The seaman's life, in Government if I could have the LOG sent to or socal circles, is considered more or less a necessary evil to contend me here in Germany. I have with in coastal cities. Those sea­ about 18 months to do in the Army men are the same ones who-went here In Frankfurt, and I am so through hell to put ammunition in far from salt water that I am landthe guns handled by others; who sick already.. I am also sick of carried the medicine to ease their nothing but Army talk. I want to pains, and brought them back when hear, or at least read, something interesting such as Union, ships they were able to come. It strikes me that the American and good ports. It is needless to say that I am companies who sell out the sea­ men should be mortallir ashamed counting the days till my separa­ of themselves, and American legis­ tion from the Army, when. I can lators should do penance with them throw in my card for a good old for allowing this foul practice to SIU scow with plenty of good food. Pvt. Robert Fink continue. I cite you one case, for example. (Ed. note: We have added your The Surna reconti^ cleared with name and addresa to the LOG grain for Japan. Thin sblp, home mailing list.) i Beached By Army He Is Land'Sick Vessel Sails Shorthanded To the Editor: Quite a few men aboard the Potrero Hills paid off in Liverpool, England. Some were hospital cases and others paid off by mutual con­ sent. Wg sailed shorthanded be­ cause of the crewmembers who paid off, although the captain had the opportunity to get replace­ ments. It has been his practice in the past to obtain all replacements in the Persian Gulf and that is what he did in this case, as the PersianGulf was our next port of call. Pick Up Men We picked up some 12 replace­ ments, roughly, in the Gulf to date. These men are all aliens, most of them without seaman's papers of any kind. They are placed in rated jobs aboard with little or no knowl­ edge of their jobs. They are all friends and relatives of men work­ ing in the company office in New York. This ship may be registered in the United States, but I will be glad to get back and catch an American ship. J. Warmack - 444 Wants Buttons For Seafarers To the Editor: This is just an idea to save door­ men a lot of trouble, and an easy way to keep outsiders who don't belong there, out of the halls. As things are now, all a man has to do is flash a permit or book and he can get into any hall. He could pick up a permit or book any place by some legiti­ mate member los­ ing it, and get into any hall to get information or steal anything he gets his hands on. A few halls have been looted Barry of mail and bag­ gage. I was thinking'that if the Union put out buttons, like campaign but­ tons, with each man's picture and books or permit number on it, there could be no mistake of any kind about who is entering or leav­ ing the hall. Each man could be issued one of these, and if he loses it, a charge could be made for a new one. This is just an idea. Dave Barry 4 4 4 Blood Honors Are On The Job To the Editor: I wish to thank the men who donated blood for my husband. Price C. Wingate, who was in the University Hospital of Baltimore, Md. Although not a member of the Union the response was imme­ diate. Within 15 minutes after I called the hall for six pints of blood the men were at the hospital. I only know the name of one, my brother, James A. Oliver, chief cook. The other five men I do not know, so will you please thank them through the LOG, with my sincere thanks to the men and to the Union. Anna M. Wingate 4 4 4 Oldtimer Sails As Chief Steward To the Editor: I am an oldtime member of the SIU, and have been sailing since the first World War. I joined the SIU in 1939 and have been sailing ever since as chief steward on SIU ships. At present I am on the Calmar. As I feed four pork chops to the crewmembers I am having a lot of troubles with this Gon»pany. I will send in my photogra]^ to be< printed in the LOG. Charles L. Steven "3 3 • •'••'•r i j �Pace T#«lit7-;tw« Safety Meetings Could Use Change •i^V ft r i^'', • \:M. : p;' !#• m 1'^ |l wIf l;.«K * t% II'fM:.. '•V' i:- i|: IA •' fc ^•: |- j: ^:- I i?'. ir f ; - ' •• fefefeiaa""' To fhe Editor: ' I have just- attended a safety meeting on board the Del Sud. I would like to say a few words about the proceedings "of it and try to show other crewmejpbers on these ships what a lot of improve­ ments could be made concerning these meetings. It has been a policy with the Mississippi Shipping Company to sponsor these meetings and to have a safety director and also a safely committee. First of all I wpuld like to point out that the original idea of a safety meeting was a very good one and certainly a feather in the hat of the com­ pany. I would like to say that - the meetings are almost always di­ rected at the crew and in most instances it- is run by a bunch of knuckleheads who want to prove to themselves that having accidents is for the crew only and that they are above having mishaps. There isn't a single democratic thing about the way they are con­ ducted, either. First of all, they are called either in the captain's office or the of­ ficer's mess. The bosun, chief stew­ ard, deck dele­ gate, steward delegate, engine delegate and Brown ship's delegate represent the unlicensed crew, while licensed personnel are rep­ resented by the captain, chief en­ gineer, purser, doctor, first as^ sistant and chief mate. Captain Elects Himself The captain calls the meeting to order and instructs the purser to keep the minutes, electing himself as chairman and the purser as re­ cording secretary. The old man reads over all the other minutes of other meetings and makes a comment on each item, usually with the remark, "It seems to me this could have been avoided if the unlicensed men had done so and so." He always manages to get a few mumbles out of the other of­ ficers present, but an unlicensed man can't open up his mouth. All he can do is listen to a bum beef against one of the crew without doing a thing about it. Medical Reports Then the doctor takes the floor and reads the accident reports that have occurred so far during that particular, voyage. He usually makes a remark about the man and if he was right or wrong, in his opinion. The old man then makes his usual summary of the medical report which usually con­ sists of, "carelessness on the part of the luilicensed men." I have yet to hear of a case where a licensed officer had a medical report read on him and discussed at one of these meet­ ings. Only unlicensed men and passengers are discussed, and al­ most always the unlicensed men get blamed for the passengers' ac­ cidents. Speak To Crew My idea of a safety meeting that would get results is by having the safety director attend the crew's Union meeting at least once a trip and give him five or ten minutes to stress safety aboard ship. After all, it is every man on the whole ship who wants to avoid accidents, not just the delegates and the of­ ficers. A lot of good it does anyway, for an pnlicensed man that does get a point over usually gets the gaff that "we don't want to put Mr. Knucklehead dh the spot for he should have taken care of that repair long ago, but he has been too busy." At the same time, these safety geniuses come up with the ga^f that the unlicensedl crew could SEAVARISRS Febtiunr ,19, im IPG L B T T E R S have avoided an accident by being careful. A man fell down a stairway on board this ship recently which had a step worn slick. When he started down his footing gave way and he fell and broke his arm. He suf­ fered untold pain for days. ,I pointed out to the captain how worn the steps were. The steps went on the safety record as a hazard. That was two months ago and nothing has been done about them yet. The same steps are just ripe for someone else to get injured on them. Even with all of the discussion that goes on, we are still taking an active, though almost silent, pari in these meetings. We plaiv to keep up with them as no one is more interested in our sefety than we are. And we plan on keep­ ing our safety standards the high­ est in the world. Maybe someday the meetings will be run demo­ cratically where every man will have a chance to have a say about his own and his shipmates' safety. Ira Brown. Ship's Delegate a, a. Sunion Added To Protesters Asks Welfare To Aid in Dispute To the Editor: This is a complaint against Mrs. C. Lightsey, who operates three rooming and apartment houses at 936, 1234 and 2019 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. My sister, her boy and myself To the Editor: had an apartment at 2019 Camp I would like to add a few words Street for about seven months. The to the letter that our ship's dele­ landlady demanded that we move, gate, Mike Reed, has just v/ritten which we did. She promised to re­ to the LOG about the. good chow fund the month's rent that we had aboard the Del Santos. paid in advance, $60, but after we In answerl to the letter Brother had moved she Curtis Thompson of the Steel attempted to : Traveler wrote, it should be said bring in a lot of in all fairness that their Thanks­ "phony deduc­ giving dinner sounds mos£ enticing tions that we and the beer seems a good gesture, knew nothing but in issuing such a challenge to about." Since that the other SIU ships Brother Thompson must have overlooked time she has sent my sister, Mrs. the culinary talents of others en­ gaged in the noble. profession of Ruth Kramer, a check for the cooking. Vance Here on the Del Santos we have amount of $20, but she has not been given any department members who are, I believe, about tops in their ^kills. "refund receipt." As you probably know, it would Our steward, B. E. Phillips, is as cost me $100 and a lot of trouble skilled as any steward one could to go to court for the remaining find on any ship and possibly $40 which is still due. If the Wel­ ashore. Our chief cook, Alton (Fat fare Department can have those Boy) Booth rates with the best. One rooming houses put on an SIU boy­ look at him will attest to his skill. cott list, I would be satisfied to The baker, Walter Makin, is a tal­ lose the $40, as I have found out ented technician in the tricky busi­ since I left there that she has been ness of ship's baking and does to court many times for cheating himself proud. Gourmel's Delight her tenants. She has a habit of fall­ For an epicure's thrill one need ing out with her tenants and promptly sending them a notice .only scan our menus. They would make even such a gourmet as the that their rent is due. The principal reason that she famed Duncan Hines drool with hates me is the fact that her hus­ anticipation of the forthcoming band and two of her boys could feast. This should serve to silence all never get shipped through the SIU hall, which, of course, is no fault such rash challenges as Brother Thompson's as to which ship has of mine. been served the best Thanksgiving Anything the Welfare Depart­ and Christmas dinners. ment can do about this matter will The crew thanks Brothers Phil­ certainly be appreciated by me and lips, Booth, Makin and the whole my family. steward department for their fine R. G. Vance work in the past, and looks for­ (Ed. note: The SIU Welfare ward to more of the same. Services Department is looking Lee Snodgrassinto the matter.) t> lif • To the Editor: We the crew of the Sunion wish to add our voice of protest to the closing of the USPHS hospitals. We feel that the Government is prac­ ticing false economy, due to the fact that said hospitals have been one of the main factors in check­ ing various diseases contacted by people who sail or visit foreign ports in all parts of the world. Also, it has been one of the prov­ ing and testing grounds for a large majority of our miracle drugs. We also think that ideas set up 150 years ago with thought for the fu­ ture health of the people who have to travel to all parts of the world are being lost. We feel it is there duty of people who have the health of the public in mind, namely, our Senators and Representatives, to be notified by 4^ ^ each traveler and also committees set up for this purpose. Our Union should not spare any expense in fighting this move. Signed by 28 Crewmembers To the Editor: Here we are aboard thte Del San­ ^ tos at the start of another trip, and from the looks of things we are going to have another fine trip as we did not have too much of a To the Editor: turnover, and the new men that Just a line to say hello to all my shipmates and the staff at head- signed on make it look as though we will have another fine crew—a quartelrs. They finally got me over here in regular SIU crew. I would at this time like to an­ Korea, and I am enclosing what will be my address, for about 15 swer the challenge of Brother Cur­ months, I guess. I sure would ap­ tis Thompson, whose "Letter of the preciate it if you would start send­ Week" was published in the Janu­ ary 8th issue of the LOG. It con­ ing the LOG to that address. If some of my former shipmates cerns the Thanksgiving dinner of would drop me a line, I have lots that crew. I agree with him that it of time now to answer all of them. sounded very nice, and feel that the crew really appreciated it, but Pvt. Jack D, Ahderson here on the Del Santos we went US55-408-173 even further—^we served 80 pounds 97th Engr. Co., E.S.P. No. 4 of shrimp and had 10 cases of beer APO 971, c/o Postmaster on December 12th, and on Thanks­ San Francisco, Gal. (Ed. note: We have added your giving and Christmas Day. In addi­ new address to our mailing list.) tion, on Christmas Day, a quart of wine was served to. every man in i ^ i. the crew. We.challenge any ship to top this; , we feel that they cannot. Credits Chief Steward The major credit goes to our To the Editor: chief steward, B. E. Phillips, chief I would like to have the LOG cook AUop Booth and night cook sent to me at my new address. As and baker Walter Makin for the you can see, I have been asked superb food that they put out, by the President to render my serv­ which would tickle the palate of ices. It looks like a rough road any gourmet.' ahead, especially after having gone We are looking forward to an­ to sea with such a sure-fire outfit. other of our shrimp' parties this trip. Thank you. We have a small ship's fund and Pvt. John. E. Butler once each trip we all get together (Ed. note-.. We have entered your on one of these parties, which draw name and address on our mailing us closer together, so that we have list.) a better understanding of our ship­ Del Santos Chow Tops Travelers LOG Goes To GI fit Korea Wants LOG To Follow Him mates and promote a better SIU spirit. ^ • I would like to say—and "I know that I speak for the rest of the crew—that I ihank our steward and the entire steward department for a job well done. Keep up the good work. Mike Reed Everyone Talks On Morning Light To the Editor: Thq^ Morning Light (Waterman) is a small ship with a fine crew of men, from topside on down. There. are no arguments of any note and all are on good speaking terms. Our steward, who had an attack of; appendicitis, may have to be oper­ ated on. We all wish him a speedy recovery. Crew of Morning Ligjit 4 4" t Leaves Army To Sail SIU Again To the Editor: I have been receiving the LOG regularly, and would like you to please stop sending Jt to me, as my time in the Army is coming to an end.. I am leaving for the States tomoreow, and will go back to sail­ ing with the §IU where I belong. O. O'Leary (Ed. note: We have cancelled your LOG subscription; fls you re­ quested. ) ^ ^ • ie Reads About Lost Shipmate To the Editor: I received a cbpy of "Seafarers In World War II." Thanks very much., I ha^ no details about Cap­ tain Carini, who was on the Bacon of South Atlantic, only that he was lost. I read with much interest the story about him, the last one in the book. He left the ship I was on in May, 1944^ to go aboard her. At that time I was mate with him, and we were docked at 125th Street in New York. He was a very fine man and I was sorry to hear and read about the way he passed o:^ ' If it is not too much trouble, will you please correct my mailing address. August Lewis (Ed. note: We have advised our mailing department of the correc­ tion in your mailing.) 4 4 4 Neighbor Lauds Brooklyn Hall To the Editor: Although I am a stranger, .1 would like very much to express my opinion of the swell building that the SIU now occupies here in Brooklyn. I wish to say that it is one of the best set-ups arid one that every Union seaman can be proud of. I myself have made several trips with the MSTS at the Brook­ lyn Army base, and it can never be half as good as the SIU hiring hall. When you wait to sail with an MSTS ship, there's much confusion as to the name of the ship and its destination. Believe me, although I'm not a member of the SIU, I can honestly say it's about the best set-up there is for any seaman. Joseph A. Olinski 4 4 4 Union Settles Their Food Beef To the Editor: We, the crewmembers of the Fairport (Waterman), feel that we want to let our Union brothers know how very well the food beef on board this ship was handled by Marty Breithoff. West Coast repre-. sentative; Sam Coheri, Wiliriington agent; Chuck Allen, patrolman, and Tom Banning, San Francisco agent. Their sincerity in straightening this ship out showed wonderful tact and more than just to use them as intercoastal ferryboats. We are positive that conditions on here have improved greatly for .every­ one's satisfaction. Crew of Fairport 4 4 4 . HaUs Engineers Wor Cooperation To the Editor: I would like to acknowledge the cooperation given by the engineers aboard the Jean Lafitte (Water­ man). They are one of the most coperative gangs I have ever sailed with. The deck department store room was practically empty of bolts and pins of all sorts, and we also lost considerable paint this trip. The engineers went out of their way to make up different items for us, and also let us bor­ row tools and painted, which is very unusual on some ships I have, sailed. R. F. Ransome - 4 4 4 Thanks KiOG For ; Family Thanks Sending issues Creiv For Flowers To the Editor:Just a few lines to let you know I received the two papers with Don­ ald's picture, arid want, to thank you for sending them. .1 appreci­ ate, it very much. Will you praise keep on sending me the LOG, as I enjciy reading it very much. Mrs. R. R, Richer (Ed. note: The LOG will.be sent to you regularly, every -tpo weeks,from now on.) - Tot the Editor: The family of John Resko would like 'to- take this opportunity to gratefully' acknowledge the" kind expression of sympathy as shown by the crewmembers'of the Morn­ ing Light (Waterman). The crew­ members. chipped in to buy a wreath . of flowers for their de­ parted shipmate. Family of John Resko �6 In 1906 San Francisco was the acknowledged queen city and- • metropolis of the West Coast. Its port was the main Pacific terminus for trade from all parts of the world. Up on Nob Hill, a cocky set of local millionaires lived in elaborate man­ sions as only they could live in the days before income taxes. In the years since the discov-* ery of gold in California, in spots below Los Angeles. And Just the day before,' a major earthquake 1848, the city had grown from killed several thousand people on a little fishing village of 800 the islan(l of Formosa on the other souls to a population of 343,- side of the Pacific. But nowhere 000 by the 1900 census. Los An­ geles was still a mere upstart at the time and there apfpeared noth­ ing on the horizon to cloud the city's future. Since there was plenty of money floating around town, the city could boast of a great many ela­ borate buildings of stone and brick, plus a number of large hotels and mansions. But for most of the population of San Francisco, local California redwood wais the preferred building material, a con­ dition which added to the diseaster that struck the' town in 1906. 300,000 Homeless April 18* of that year was the fatal day. Before the week was out, earthquake and fire had driven 300,000 people from their homes. A death toll of 452 was counted, and property damage ran up to $350 million, a tremendous sum in those years, But strangely enbugh, the piers and pierslde installations, the main keys to the city's pros­ perity, were relatively Endamaged. The sanie west wind that causbd such destruction to the city blew the blaze away from the waterfront. San Francisco wasn't the dnly city hurt -by; the quake that day. Other towns scattered far and wide in the state were hit by earth tremors with damage reports in Pace f wMic-ihree SSAFAUEma IOC 'Mfnai^^lt,:l]i5jl in California did the damage hit sa large a populated area with such disastrous results. « The city's biggest natural dis­ aster before or since began on 5:13 AM the morning of April 18 when most of the city's population was asleep. The. more fortunate ones, financially-speaking, were looking forward to attending a concert by the great Enrico Caruso at the City's op'era house that night. Needless to say, Caruso's perform­ ance had to be cancelled. It was to be some time before the Opera House would be in shape to han­ dle another, concert. Victims reported that the shock didn't seem too bad at first. Many of them were awakened by it, but being used to such things they de­ cided to turn over and go back to sleep. Before they could get their heads back on the pillows, the earth really began to heave and buckle. In three minutes the earthquake broke all water and gas mains in the city, demolished City Hall, damaged thousands of resi­ dences, and collapsed the railroad tracks outside of town, cutting off all communication by rail. One fa­ mous city landmark, the Cliff House hotel built on a steep cliff overlooking the bay, simply slid into the water. Under the circumstances, the n ncisco tire This aerial view of fire destruction was taken from a balloon 600 feet in the air over Folsom Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Only shells of many large buildings remained. Smaller buildings were completely destroyed by fire and dynamiting. casualty list was remarkably small. The earthquake was bad, but the fire that followed was much worse. The blaze sprang up in a warehouse district on the waterfront as the result of a broken gas main. It was an ordinary little fire to begin with, like most fires, only there was no water to fight it with. The city had no fireboats for pumping jvater out of the Bay, and no auxili-* ary saltwater fire-fighting system in case fresh water was not avail­ able. Steady West Wind Weather conditions were ideal for a good, solid blaze. A steady west wind blew in from the Paci- Fire devastated entire region from CJiannel Street en lefi to Broadway on right and extended well Inland. The piers themteives escaped damage'because wind blew blaze away from shore. Shantytowns sprang up throughout the city In vacant lots as homeless citizens piade do out in the open until their homes could be rebuilt. fic, and with the wind behind it, the fire" ate inexorably through buildings and from street to street. It was one occasion when all Californians fervently wished for rain that was not forthcoming. With no water supply, the fire­ fighters, directed by the military, resorted to dynamiting buildings in the path of the blaze. Emphasis was placed on keeping the fire away from the US mint, where $300 million in gold coin and in­ gots was stored. The mint was saved, but all the dynamite in San Francisco couldn't save much of the rest of the city. Destroyed in the blaze were such landmarks as the San Francisco library, the US Postoffice, the buildings of Stan­ ford University, many of the man­ sions on Nob Hill, the elaborate Fairmont Hotel built of marble and the city's entire business district. Also burned out was the city's Chinatown area. This was consid­ ered a stroke of good fortune by some local residents at the time, who looked with considerable sus­ picion on the immigrant orientals. One magazine writer exulted that at least the city was rid at last of its Chinese section. Today of course, all* San Franciscans con­ sider Chinatown one of the city's attractions. Archives Gone Another odd sidelight to the fire was the use made of it by foreignborn Communists in later years. Among the casualties of the blaze were the city's arclitves contain­ ing all birth records and stacks of other official information. As a re­ sult, some Communist official dreamed up a gimmick whereby a good number of Party members were able to get proof of citizen­ ship fraudulently. All they had to do was to get two witnesses to swear that they were born in San Francisco some time before 1906. If they looked old eauugh to get away with it the system worked like a charm. The full extent Of the burnedout area ran from Broadway to 20th Street and from the water­ front inland to Octavia Street. De­ struction jvas complete in this sec­ tion. ' * While Army men were busy blowing up building after building, other Army units were patroling the streets with drawn rifies and distributing scanty supplies of food and water to 300,000 refugees. Thousands of them started h trek out of the city by foot, carrying a handful of salvaged possessions. Others took the water route across the Bay. It was reported that one enter­ prising millionaire's son made a small fortune in his own name by ferrying refugees across the Bay in his private launch for $100 a head—take it or leave it. For most of the 300,000 home­ less, the disaster meant camping out in the streets, parks and sub­ urbs of the city. Bricks from the thousands of toppled chimneys were salvaged and crude ovens built for cooking purposes. Shanty­ towns sprung up in vacant lots. There was plenty of lumber and brick lying around for temporary construction purposes. Fortunately the weather stayed mild, but a se­ ries of light earthquake shocks that followed on subsequent days kept the inhabitants in fear of another major quake. But while the destruction was so extensive, the city's recovery was rapid. Most of the dead were buried in long rows of trenches dug on the beaches. The prompt imposition of martial law had pre­ vented panic and held looting down to a minimum. With plenty of building mate­ rials on hand, inhabitants turned with a vigor toward reconstruct­ ing their homes or building new ones. The relatively undamaged condition of the waterfront was a big asset in the city's speedy re­ covery. It wasn't long before San Francisco was back in business again. LOG Welcomes Stories^ Pics With the LOG now contain­ ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ tions, there is plenty of room for stories, photos and letters sent in by the Seafarers. Several pages of each issue are devoted to the experiences of Seafarers and the ships they sail as they describe them themselves. If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or just want to let your friends know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG. Don't worry too much about literary style. We'll patch it up if it needs patching. And of course, photos illustrating the incidents you describe make them' more interesting for the readers. Send youi stuff to the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ thing returned after we use it, we'll do that too. \ �'^V ••' • W.f.. SEAfARERS Pas* Twentr-foar .. . DIGEST bfi SHIPS OREMAR (Calmar), January 15—Chair­ bunks are needed for the bosun's room. man, William MItchall; Sa'cratary, F. H. Crew-okayed a cold supper" for-Christ­ Hauck. Vote of thanks went to the Steward department for a swell trip. Each department delegate will make out a repair list. Discussion was held on re­ pairs overlooked when the ship was in the yard. Discussion was held on day men repairing leaking passageway doors. Men leaving ship should strip bunks and leave rooms shipshape. Discussion was held on cleanliness in' tha pantry and recreation room. Dirty linen should be turned in so it can be sent to the laun­ dry. • i'.vS' INES (Boll), January 17—Chairman, H. Cenic; Secretary, F. P. Hipp. Repair lists were turned in for early action. Mate wUl take care of them as soon as possible. There is $49.88 in the ship's fund. R. Brown was elected ship's dele­ gate. Mate asked for a list of keys need­ ed. Hospital should be cle.aned. There should be more glasses furnished for the tables. Steward agreed to tnis. More cold drinks should be served in hot weather. Steward will tell, the patrol­ man about the milk supply. Vote of thanks went to the chief cook and baker for a swell job. I '#• i# GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), January 26 —Chairman, Allen Friend; Sacratary, R. F. Black. Three men fouled up in Kurihama. Captain has threatened to make full use of the log book the next- time a crewmember fails to appear for his day's work in port. Baker com­ plains of insufficient stores for his morning's work. Chief steward will com­ ply with the bbker's request. AB com­ plained that only three mcif were avail­ able to secure on deck when leaving the last port. Suggestion was made to the bosun that he take the reins in the deck gang and boss the gang as a bosun should. Deck department meeting will be called to iron out beefs in the deck department. Steward agreed to put out enough canned milk, sugar, etc., for the night. R'- li" r:'.t. t k TRINITY (Cartas), January 22—Chair­ man, not listed; Secretary, A. Culllano. Crew will tell the patrolman about the company not doing anything about the repair list. Some things have been on the list for months. Crewmembers are not to put their feet on the messroom chairs. Laundry will be sorted out and old iteihs replaced. Motion was passed to ask the patrolman about paying off every trip instead of every two trips. The crew feels they are losing a day's pay by paying oH every two trips. A special meeting will be held when the patrolman is aboard to discuss this. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), January 12 — Chairman, R. G. Statham; Secretary, O. Jones. G. Flecher was elected ship's delegate. Chief engi­ neer will be contacted about repairing ringers on the washing machine. Decks In the laundry and wash rooms should be left clean; recreation room should be left clean and free of butts. S-; SANTORE (Ore), January 17—Chair­ man, Larry Zaiiniki; Secretary, A. J. O'Malley. L. Zalinski was elected ship's delegate. Recreation room needs paint­ ing. Foc'sles should be sougeed and painted; pantry should be kept cleaner. Washing machine is broken and the ship's delegate will see the chief engi­ neer. Crew's toaster needs repairing. BALTORE (Ore), January 17—Chair­ man, M. Singleton; Secretary, J. Clapp. V'. ^7- STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), January 17—Chairman, M. Keeffer; Secretary, E. A. Yancey. Sick man was put ashore in Penang and a new man picked up, as a workaXvay. The captain promoted him to gaiieyman wllich constitutes a Union beef. Repair list will be made out. Per­ formers who broke glasses should be punished. Library books should not be kept in men's foc'sles. 'Water cooler for shower water needs cleaning. Men should refrain from drinking in-Djibouti. There should be more adequate medical atten­ tion aboard ship. There was a discus­ sion on the 8-12 deck watch, nvhere all three men were sick at the same time and not put in the hospital. Some men har-e contagious diseases and still the hospital is unused. Patrolman will be asked to investigate this outrageous situ­ ation. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), January 24 Chairman, Willlkm Andrews; Secre­ tary, Fred BIttle. Foc'sles are being painted, in regard to duck boards in the laundry, the • chief mate said that the lumber would- have to be ordered this trip. We have gotten no satisfaction as yet on keys for foc'sles and heads. Matter will be referred to the patrol­ man at the payoff. OT is claimed by steward department members because the chief steward did work that belonged to the department members and did not charge OT for himself for doing this. Store room needs fumigation. There are weavels in the cookies and crackers. There"4s over all dissatisfaction with the menu planning. There should be more cooperation between chief steward, chief cook and second cook. If food does not improve by the time the ship reaches New York, action should be taken against the steward. Better, grade "of meat should be put aboard. Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time, should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on- file with the com­ pany, SIU headquarters offi­ cials boint out that reports received from several opera­ tors show cheiiks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims- can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. man before the payoff. Frank L. Verne# was elected ship's delegate; old delegate got a vote of thanks after resigning. Ship's delegate will contact the hall if repairs are not made by the time of the payoff. Suggestion was- made to keep quieter in the messhall during meal hours and to keep the noise down thrjiughout the ship. Suggestion- was m->,de to cooperate with the messman in keeping the messhall clean at all times. Soap should be provided in small boxes for washing clothes instead of large bar­ rels. Members ' should be properly dressed in the messhaU during meal SEAMAR (Calmar), December 27 — hours. Chairman, j. Straka; Secretary, J. ICowTROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), January 25 alskl. There is $10 in the ship's fund. J. Kowalski was elected ship's delegate — Chairman, D. Stone; Secretary, G. by acclamation. Vote of thanks went to Gage. Ship's delegate notified the chief the steward department. Steward asked that the oiler and fireman on watch the men to return their cups to the while coming into port or transiting a messroom and to take better care of the canal were to have a relief for meals. cots issued in the tropics. On one occasion the chief told the men he would relieve the watch; the next NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory ttoe the relief was late. Deck engineer Carriers), Chairman, F. W. Goarin; Sec­ stated he had come aboard this ship as retary, E. C. Dacey. Everything is in deck engineer and not as electrician good order; there will be a clean payoff. and OT would have to be paid for ex­ Steward will put in a requisition for a tensive electrical jobs. No crew shall new washing machine. Repair list will sign on this ship for another voyage be turned in before arrival in port. until action is taken on the repair, list. Messman who missed the ship will be Things are in bad condition and .action turned over to the. patrolman at the promised last trip was not done. Sani­ payoff. All foc'sles will be cleaned be­ tary men asked the crew to help keep fore leaving the ship. the laundry in better condition. The deck lb usually flooded with water. Ship's delegate said he would see about getting the wiper and 12-4 black gang quarters sougeed. Discussion was held on the washing machine; it is hoped we can get the thing fixed up and the wringer put in working condition. • Pebrnwry 1»» 1»SI' lest often. Washing machine should be kept clean. One man Should not use the machine for too long at a time. Mess­ hall has ' been left very dirty. of late. Poker players should clean Up after the game every night. . Men should lay off watch's coffee. Vote df thanks-went to Sir Charles, who is leaving the ship. TAGALAM (SSatrade), January SiChairman, Tim McCarthy; Secretary, L. Spltale. One sick man will probably get off in Japan. If he does, motion was passed to try to sign on another member forathe steward department. Ship's min­ utes will be posted after meeting so men on watch may read them. There is $16 in the ship's fund. Men who have not contributed were urged to do so at the next draw. Machinist said the water cooler would be fixed as soon as possible. Suggestion was made that the steward put out fruit juice every morning until there is good water -available. Steward is to let the crewmembers know if be does not get the amount of stores he orders Ih Japan, so action can be taken. Lights without guards should be fitted. Something should be done about the sparks coming from the smoke stack. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatraln), January 12—Chairman, W. J. Doak; Sec­ retary, A. Goncalves. Performers going into anyone's room, bothering them, or shouting in the passageways will be dealt with. This was carried unani­ mously. Members were asked to keep the messroom clean at all times. .One table should be left for the watch at all meal hours. Wiper asked members to throw soap boxes in the trash can in the laun­ dry room, and help to keep the laundry clean. Steward asked the members who want clean linen to see him at any time. KATHRYN (Bull), December 6—Chair­ man, Antonio Gonzalesr Secretary, Mike Zelonka. Antonio Gonzales was elected ship's delegate >by acclamation. Patrol­ man wUl.-be asked what can be done about chipping amidship when men on watch are sleeping. January IS—Chairman, Mike Zelonka; Secretary, Eddie Sllntak. Patrolman will be contacted about ,the mate having deck department sea watches set at mid­ night on the day of departure. Gang­ way watch to be stood four hours at a time, one man from each watch. Mo­ tion was made to paint the -messhall. Old library books will be returned. again. Saloon • messman should be equipped with sea boots and rain gear by the company as he has to go outside in heavy weather to bring food to and from the galley. Men were cautioned about signing health releases at the end of the voyage as there has been much sickness aboard. Younger members were told not to judge this ship by SIU stand­ ards because of its age, lack of food, etc. Captain refused to purchase stores the steward ordered. AU are in favor of seeing this ancient scow cut up for scrap. Steward and his department got a vote of thanks for their work in preparing the holiday meals and for. all their work throughout the voyage, working under the handicap of very little food. Ship's delegate. Al Whitmcr was given a vote of thanks for the way he took care of ills job and for buying plum pudding for the entire crew for the hoUdays. € DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), January 24 —Chairman, Walter Makin; Secretary, B. E. Phillips. There is $6 left in the ship's fund. A pool nvill be taken up for a par^y later. Mike Reed was elected ship's delegate. Laundry below will be kept clean by the wiper. Sanitary sink wiU be kept clean by the ordinary on sani­ tary work. Recreation room will be cleaned by BR. Chief electrician re­ quested that all men refrain from screw­ ing light bulbs in and out. DEL VALLE (Mississippi), January 24 —Chairman, S. P. :£haughnassy; Sacratary, H. D. Hlgglnbotli«m. Everything is going smooth so far. The old man wants aU radio seslals off radar mast. Second electrician came back to the ship. Lots or repairs that 'should have been done by the engineer and the com­ pany have not been taken care of so far and the crew jvants this done before they sign no for the next trip. Repair list will be started now. Plenty of copies will be made. Quarters will be painted out. Ship is short on face and bath towels. Steward will order more. Sinks in the gaUey wUl be repaired. Wash­ ing machine wUl be replaced or repaired and galley sinks wUl be repaired. It was suggested to have a ship's fund of not more than $100. i BTEEL ROVER (Isthmian), December $5—Chairman, James Long; Secretary, Fred BIHIe. A few minor beefs in the steward department were taken care of. Painting of the foc'sles was progressing favorably. Repair lists wUl be handed in. All crewmembers regardless of status are entitled to aU the privileges and a voice at the meetings. MONROE (Bull), January 17—Chair­ man, Edward Roundtree; Secretary, James T. Wilton. Repair list was com­ pleted. Chief cook wants to know why the engine and deck departments get popular brands of soap powder- while they get old, unsatisfactory brands. Crew would like regular sizes of soap instead of samples. This matter will be taken up with the patrolman. Each man should clean the washing machine when he finishes using it. Steward should put COMPASS (Compass), December 24 — out cool-ade or iced tea—or both—in­ stead of milk for dinner in Puerto Rico. Chalrmgn, Chat Gawrych; Secretary, Donald Alt. Dickason was elected ship's delegate. Captain- wouldn't let mem­ bers go to the hospiUl in the Canal Zone; he said to wait until Aruba. Cap­ tain didn't order daily stores, only fresh milk. IBERVILLE (Waterman), January 10— Chairman, Charles H. MacQueen; Sec­ BULL. RUN (Petrol Tankers), January CHILORE (Ore), January 3—Chairman, 26—Chairman, Roy C. Lundqulst; Secre­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatraln), Janu­ retary, S. Candale. Repairs were taken Tiny Carson; Secretary, William Dawley. tary, Terrance M. Jones. Motion was care of. There is a 'balance of $24.41 WESTERN RANCHER (Western (Nav.), One man was hospitalized. More coop­ passed that the crew refuse to sail the ary 17—Chairman, Santos Garcia; Secre­ in the ship's fund. Oiler volunteered to January 9—Chairman, A. Sokolowski; eration was needed in the night pantry. ship if major repairs aren't taken care tary, Raymond L. Parry. Deck depart­ build a shelf for the radio in the mess­ Secretary, M. H. SImoneaux, Jr. New One man will collect orders for Sea of in the next port in accordance with ment has painted the galley and store­ haU. Discussion was held about two washing machine and commode will be purchased on the West Coast. Mate will purchase laundi-y soap. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer on fans and spare parts and greasing duties of en­ gine room ventsl There was a discussion on cleanliness and noise. Cleaning sched­ ule was made up for the laundry and recreation room. Seats at the end of the tables are reserved for men going on watch. I mas night. Cups should be returned to the sink. Thanks to the cooperation of one and all on board, everything on the Christmas menu was enjoyed by the cn tire crew. . V LOG Chest items and contact the representa­ the patrolman's approval. All foc'sles tive in Baltimore. Books should be re­ should be sougeed and painted; this will turned to the recreation room after they be entered on the repair list. have been read. BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Nav.), January 24—Chairman, Edward P. Mat- January 30—Chairman, Joseph Obreza; Hson; Secretary, S. E. Ganes. A. W. Secretary, Joshua M. Lundy. Everything Carter was elected ship's delegate. Sug- is running smoothly with no beefs. Cap­ Sestion was made to serve more ham tain wants to have ail souvenirs turned for breakfast and more .cpld drinks in in Sunday, and he will give a' draw and hot weather. Each night wafc^h will keep statement of previous draws at the same the pantry coffee pot and crew recrea> time. Radio should be turned off and tlon room clean. Ship's delegate wiU see brothers should lower their voices at the chief mate about having the recre­ 10:00 PM so the 12-4 watch can sleep. ation room sougeed and painted. All hands should help keep the laundry clean by removing empty soap powder FAIRPORT (Watarman), January 2(i— containers. Black gang delegate should Chairman, G. T. Branan; Secretary, Jack see, the engineer about securing another Ross. New steward should be given some brand of soap powder for washing. Pa­ support. Slopchest will not be opened trolman should contact the captain or until departure from Wilming ton. Three the company about the posslbUity of se­ men are going to pay off in Sah Fran- curing US money in foreign ports. Ris­ cisco going south. Letter of apprecia­ ing vote of thanks was given to the Stew­ tion will be sent to New York for the ard department for a splendid holiday meal. food beefs. Ventilation system was dis- Toilet in messman's foc'sle should be re­ paired or replaced. More lights are needed in the crew recreation room. Drain on the water fountain needs Fx ant about having it regulated and reing. Steward will see about getting a bl kent m l persons should better grade of beef the next time In be kept out of the mess and pantry. AU port. h i''® '"•'I®'' Jn promptly. The - f.i stores; if the steward's ELIZABETH (Bull), January 10 — thi del y® W'" have Chairman, Clark Inman; Secretary, C the delegate contact the agent. Kaust. One man missed ship from May&guez to Ponce because the sail.ing board was changed after he went tlS; RlThr^rt^'n"".' S*®'®J. PsIerson. Slopchest was ashore. Beef was made about the repair U X ast not Ijeing attended to. Several ma";' """ ''® "^®"®'J to the patroL things ordered a few trips ago were not u P°rt. All old eggs received. Engine department wants to tr^im ''® ®h®®ked and condemned. Paknow what side the ship is going to trolman should see why an adequate dock and when the deck department slopchest is not being brought aboard. washes down, so that they can take out fore the Ih? r he repaired betheir wind chutes. Ship's delegate will K leaves port again: old books see the purser about the amount of to thi ^°'® '•'®°ks weat money that can be drawn by each man. to the steward department. There is a beef about the sailing board not being posted as per contract. 24''-cha'iiri,?""^ Shipping), January INES (Bull), January 5—Chairman, H. Gene; Secretary, R. Donaldson. There is a balance of $49.88 in the ship's fund. Port screens were ordered and will be gotten in Baltimore. There has been no action on gear locker for the deck aepartment. Tubs in laundry and a new wringer are needed as well as bars or hooks for clothing in the lists earlier so they can be ic^ed on during the voyage. Vote of thanks weni ot the entire steward department for line work performed during ChHstmas and New Year. SEA CLOUD (Sestraderi), Decembar 13 —Chairman, George Hatglmlstlos; Sec­ retary, La Verne Walden. New wringer is needed for the washing machine; we will try to get one in Italy;. Two wooden Jl^ ^halrman, Joa Selby; Secretary, D. hiif th« V®* riH'"'' ea®e of—aU linn ®U ThBie are ho beefs. FlatInnm T»!'® P'^eed In the crew messroom. Discussion was held on using kerosene in the washing machine, luggestion was made that men be sure to turn it off and leave the cover off when throijgh. Larger light bulbs should be instaUed in the crew messroom. Table and-chair stantions should be cleaned in the crew messroom. Feet should be kept off. Plumbing is out of order. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), January 26 —Chairman, William Thompson; Secre­ tary, Frank L. Verher. Delegates will Ihrn repair lists in before arrival in Trinidad, so that they can be mailed in from there. Engine department beef will be straightened out by the patrol- : JEAN LAFITTC (Waterman), Novem­ ber 1—Chairman, R. F. Ransome; Secre­ tary, F, B. Lynum. Tom Moi-iurily was elected ship's delegate. Each person should clean the laundry after he fin­ ishes using it. The machine shotUd not be overloaded. Any brother who notices anything needing repairing should report it to his delegate. January 16—Chairman, M. L. Smith; Secretary, Fred B. Lynum. Everything is going OK; there are no beefs. Mate was contacted on slopchest and medicine chest, and said it would be .fully equipped next trip. Repair lists were turned in and we do hope we will get the work done. Some repair work has been done. Motion was passed to see the port steward about more stores. It was suggested that at least two bookmembers staying on board should check the slopchest When it comes aboard. Guys are making too much noise in the recreation room. Brothers were asked to- cooperate.' A donation will be a(vcepted for the organization that sent the, Christmas boxes. Vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a wonderful Christmas dinner. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatraln), January 24—Chairman, Sir Charles; Sec­ retary, N. A. Kirk. N. A. Kirk was elected ship's delegate. Men were re­ quested to be less noisy while shipmates are sleeping. Chicken shoul^,J>e gerved room and will start painting the crew messhalL Santos Garcia was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. - It was decided to renew the crew's subscrip­ tion to "Newsweek" and pay for it out of the ship's fund. Crew was requested to make large enough draws so as not to awaken the captain at midnight to get money for taxi fare. Steward was asked to make larger purchases of food supplies and notify the £rew if they are not brought aboard. He was assured that he would have the backing of the crew in any matter of this kind. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatraln), January 16—Chairman, H. L. Richardson; Secre­ tary, Clyde Krelss. AB extra towels should be returned, or linen will be is­ sued piece for piece. New mattresses will be Issued to the crew in the next few ports. $20 was spent for flowers for the chief cook, who died in Galveston. There is $45.17 In the ship's fund. STEEL WORkER (Isthmian), Novambar 5—Chairman, Ralph Knowlas; SacrafSry, John Bowdon. Discussion was held on the condition of the water tanks. Ship's delegate will see the captain about the rusty water. Washing machine was spoken about. January 8—Chairman, Charles Ashgom; Secretary, George E. Renate. One mem­ ber of the steward department will be hospitalized. Spray gun used by the first assistant on the engine room will be discussed with the patrolman in port. He will also be told that the crew didn't get their pay from back articles. Let­ ter will be written to the Sea Chest to find out about-prices and quality of ar­ ticles in the slopchest. STEEL RANGER (Isthmian), January 31—Chairman, John Jallette; Secretary/ men who caused a ruckus. squared away satisfactorily. This was FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Jan­ uary 30—Chairman, Harry Jaynes; Secre­ tary, Dan Beard. Captain jrefUsed to handle outgoing mail through the Singa­ pore agent. Deck department is await­ ing clarification from New York on anchor watches in Japan. Motion was passed .to finance outgoing maU from the ship's fund. Motion was passed to accept the baker's qffer to boost the ship's fund .with extra cash, with a vote of thanks for his generous offer. Pantryman got a vote of thanks for his cooperation in the messhall and the gal­ ley. Washing powder issued to the crew doesn't clean their clothes prop­ erly. Crew asked for a good brand of soap powder to be put aboard in the States. STEEL INVENTOR (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 21—Chairman, Ed Faiha; Secretary, Bob Brown. Performing must come to an end. i Ed Faihe was elected ship's delegate. Offer's bunk- needs repairing. Carpenter agreed to fix it. Discussion was held on painting or at least sougeeing the galley, Ship's delegate wUl dis­ cuss this with the captain. Imlirovement in the food was noticed by the crew. Delegate will see the first as­ sistant about wearing clothes "while touring the galley and ice boxes. Vote of thanks was given to the retiring ship's delegate. Bob Brown, for a job weU done. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Novem­ ber 30—Chalrfnan, 6. E. Annis; Secre­ tary, J. Woodcock.'>• Ship's fund stands at $12.3S:. Ship's delegate saw the cap­ tain about windbreaker for the flying bridge when men have to stand lookout. Captain will not have it put up. Chief engineer wiU be asked to paint out the engine ' department head, showers and rooms. Crew wiU vote before turning on heat in the aft quarters. All dele­ gates win make up repair Ust and turn it over to the captain. Each man was asked by the steward to change his own linen. Men were requested to put aU coffee cups back in the gaUey and try and keep' the messroom clean after card and checker games. , Each man should clean the washing machine after using if. Deck and engine department sanitary men will take turns cleaning up the' aft recreation room. Edch de­ partment will clean the laundry for a week at a time. Al Whitmar. Two men paid off to go to the hospitals. Food sitimtion is .acute; letter will be written to New York on this. The crew, and evecially the de­ partment delegates, were thanked for .their cooperation throughout the voy­ age. Repair list was turned in and is being worked on. Disputed OT is at a minimum. Everyone is hoping the ship i« melted up for scrap. Steward depart­ ment beef concerns the lack of fresh and dry stores, and no .-eggs for two. weeks. Vote of thanks went to R. Bequet for all the work done by iiim for the various sick and injured men dur­ ing the voyage. It was well appreciated and then men have the highest praise for the chief officer. Vote of thanks went to McCuUough, Jellette and Yeilmans for their work done in purchas­ "ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), Janu­ ing and decorating the mess hall for the ary 6—Chairman, L. Thomas; Sacratary, holidays out of their own pockets. Maga­ J. N.-Lapolnts Lietz was elected ship's zines will be crated up by the carpenter .(Continued on page 2&) for tl^e qext crew if the ship goes out ' �SEAFARERS LOG l»i M54 P«r« Twenty-fiv* «..DIGEST of SHIPS* MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) 4lel«aate. Repair list will be made up and turned over to the stewards Ship's delegate should see the captain about two meals' - subsistence and one night's lodging for December 28. Discussion was held on the duties of sanitary men, who will clean the laundry and recrea' lion room clean. Washing machine will be repaired in New York. Discussion was held en wind chutes, screens, mat­ tresses and cots. Department heads will be contacted, to make sure that we have a good supply on hand. Pursei* should be contacted about special or­ ders for the slopchest. Bosun will l«ep recreation deck clean. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), January 1 —Chairman, Thomas J. Moore; Secretary Herbert Bieuer. Some repairs have been done. Cigarettes will be ordered for the next trip if the ship is going foreign. Deck department head and washroom should be sougeed. Patrolman will be asked for a library. SUZANNE (Bull), January I — Chair­ man, Sam Teiech; Secretary, H. A. Orlando. The late dinner on sailing from New York on December 27th should be a penalty hour for the deck department. Washing machine needs repairing. All other repairs will be turned in on arrival. MICHAEL (Carras), December 20 — Chairman, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, E. Manuel. Deck sailed short; one man was promoted to bosun until okayed by New York. Steward department is one man short. A different brand of wash­ ing powder should be obtained. Linen wUl be issued piece by piece as the crew is not turning in all linen. Messhall should be kept clean at aU times. January t—Chairman, W. L. Hammock; Secretary, E. Manuel. Ship's fund will be built up by all hands. Black gang head should be kept clean. Money for the ship's fund will be collected by delegates, until there is enough to buy a radio and a punching bag. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), De. camber 27—Chairman, George Hubner; Secretary, Lawrence Reiner. 200 form letters to be sent to Congress on the closing of the marine hospitals were purchased at s cost of $7.14. One man was left behind at'Puerto La Cruz. Wash­ ing machine is still out of order, and we are still waiting for the washing ma­ chine that was promised two trips ago. Vote of appreciation and thanks' went to the steward department for really a swell Christmas dinner. VAL CHEM (Valentine), December 22 —Chairman, W. C. Snell; Secretary, Ed­ win Rushton. ' Down payment of $60 was made on a record-player and ra­ dio: there is a' $101 balance in the ship's fund. Chief engineer was contacted about the washing machine. If we can't get a new one after the first of the year we will bring the matter to the patrolman's attention. One man got off the ship at Port Arthur. Suggestion was made to have dish towels and dish clothes used in the messroom instead of rags from the rag bag. SEAGARDEN (Penln. Nav.), October 4 —Chairman, not listed; Secretary,' B. E. Doyle. Bosun and day men are taking care of all lockers and springs. Mate will be notified to get screeiis. air scoops and iqattresses. Steward told the delegates to' get a list of men nejding mattresses. Ship's delegate will see the captain about foc'sle keps and getting the pump on the washing machine fixed. If this is not possible, we need a new washing machine. Ship's dele­ gate wiU write to the San Pedro patrol­ man about getting a library. Ship's delegate will see the captain about new lockers for men needing them. November 15—Chairman, D. Clanglordano; Secretary, B; E. Doyle. Disputed OT in the steward department will be ironed out before we arrive in port. Re- Puzzte Antiwer Hiaan asn Hssgffls _ dSOS [!][S[3[iSu port was mad* on present conditions of liberty, draws and launch service in Inchon. ' New washing machine and new coffee urn will be asked for. since the chief engineer has said that the ones we have now cannot be made to operate properly. No shoreside personnel should be allowed in the midship house for any reason. Deck department will keep all watertight doors closed except for one by the gangway. Steward department will make sure that no garbage is spilled on the deck while taking it aft. Dscembsr 13—Chairman, Martin Ruble; Secretary, Bill E. Doyle. Trouble be­ tween the captain and the deck depart­ ment wUi be taken up with the parolman. Repair list will be posted. There is quite a bit of disputed OT. Captain has ordered the man with his arm in cast to stand watch. This also wUl be taken up with the patrolman. Captain has taken a belUgerent and uncoopera­ tive attitude toward the crew and the SlU agreement. Repair list wiU be posted-. Steward department got a vote of thanks for a job well done. ABIQUA (Cities Service), December 6— Chairman, Lee Arnold; Secretary, Joseph H. Kane. There is $22.31 in the ship's fund. One man missed ship in Texas City. Action was taken on the ship's re­ pair list. Request was made to have heads and showers painted out. Repair list wiU be posted for additional re­ pairs to be added after leaving South­ ampton. England. It wiU be submitted to the caplain 24 hours before arrival in United States port. Chief engineer will be asked if the hatch from the en­ gine room on the aft poop deck has to be kept open at aU times. There is danger of men tripping in the dark and failing in. Crew was asked to take bet­ ter care of the waslting machine in the future. • December 27—Chairman, Joseph Kane; Secretary, Clarence Edwards. There is $22.31 in the ship's fund. Chief engi­ neer was seen a few times about his I^RSONilW John T. Shaw Please get In touch with your stepson Gene. Write 1034 Maldies St., Baltimore 30, Md. S. QiUz Answers (1) The shivaree is a rural Amer­ ican custom consisting of the bois­ terous serenading of a newly mar­ ried couple. (2) The temperature will fall. (3) Bill Terry, "Rabbit" MaranviUe, and BUI Dickey. . (4) im. (5) Alexander Wiley, Republican. (6) Contract bridge.. (7) Tepcas, It can be divided into five states.. • (8) Albania, Bulgaria, Czecho­ slovakia, German People's Repub­ lic (East Germany), Hungary, Po­ land, Rumania. • (9) Bidault. (10) Porpoise. The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is. the only charitable organization whiclr has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot end of the repair list, particularly per­ taining to sougeeing quarters and painting out head and showers. This will be referred to the Lake Charles patrolman as no attempt has been made to correct same. Wipers could have been turned to on week ends on this. They have worked one weekend during six weeks. Consistent performers were warned that they wiU be turned over to the patrolman for action. Chief mate is leaving some disputed OT off his sheet. One man left ship in Azores due to ill­ ness. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), De­ cember 21—Chairman, Floyd Simmans; Secretary, James B. Elliott. R. W. Carrollton was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Ship saUed shorthanded from Jacksonville. Repair list will be ready on arrival. Ship's delegate will see the captain about getting new cots. New Orleans patrolman should investi­ gate ' water rationing, accurate tank soundings. All agrfeed that the trip was a good one, and all clear photo­ graphs will be sent to the LOG. t. WiUiam S. Armstrong Contact the Safe Deposit Dept., Corn Exchange Bank, 1510 Chest­ nut St., Philadelphia or A. De Fazio, 1201 Harrison Bldg., Phila­ delphia. 4" 4» 4" 4" 4- . 4« Arthur Ericson Please contact me as soon as possible, regarding information on my case, Joe Callahan, 377 E. 12th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Harold Henry Get in touch with me. Urgent. J. Bryson, 542 E. 185th St., Cleve­ land 21, Ohio. James E. McLeod Please contact home. Write PC Box 205, St. Simons Island, Ga. 41 4" • 4» 4" 4« 4" 4 4 4 - Frederick E. Lillard Please write. Mrs. T. F. Lillard, 214 E. Monroe, Jonesboro, Ark. Charles T. Hall Contact home. Mrs. G. D. Hall, 321-So. Pearl, Youngstown, Ohio. 4" 44i . Lawrence Franklin It is urgent that we hear from you regarding your gear. Kodak Ltd., Wealdstone, Harrow, Middle­ sex, England. Edward J. Muller Please write. I am aboard the Chiwawa, John E. Brady, c/o Cities Service Oil Co., 70 Pine St., New York City. SQ03 umm ^Can'Shahers^ Have IVo OK STEEL KING (Isthmian), December 3— Chairman, Karrman; Secretary, Ciacchet- ti. John Mastropavlos was elected ship's delegate, and a vote of thanks was given to the prevoius ship's dele­ gate, Henry P. Hernandez. The locks to many doors need fixing. Heating units should be properly regulated. Medical chest and slopchest are thought to be lacking many supplies. Before signing on for foreign articles in New York the crew wants a patrolman to examine the meat box and the above. More crockery and utensils are to be or­ dered. A new library wUl be obtained in New Orleans. December 27—Chairman, S. C. Scott; Secretary, Albert W. Bouton. The ship's delegate reported that all items in good and welfare were looked into and taken care of in New York. Gangway watch will hold the keys to the messhall while they are locked in port. All shoreside personnel should be kept out of passageways. Checkers are to eat after liie crew has been served. A new shower nozzle is needed for the steward department shower. A basket is needed for the laundry. The washing machine should be secured. Library books should be returned. BEATRICE (Bull), January 24—Chair­ man, Jim Feti; Secretary, Charles Stam, -bul. Radio in chart room needs repair­ ing. Captain and the chief engineer were called down to look at the washing machine which needs repairing. It is now up to the patrolman to take care Charles Moslier Contact the Boston SIU hall as soon as possible. 4 4 4 of thl«. Delegate* of each department have made up a repair list. Washing machine has been in debate for the last two months. The patrolman should set­ tle this matter once and for all. Chiof electrician suggested that the aerials of the multicouplers for radios should be instaUed so men can attach them in their rooms without putting up their own aerials. Electrician will speak to the patrolman on this. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), January 24—Chairman, W. Mason; Secretary, B. Alston. Linen wUl be checked when it is returned from the laundry. SIU agent wiU be contacted to ask the company agent on arrival to work out a linen deal. Company will be contacted on fumigating the ship in the port of pa.vod. Captain wiU be contacted on the slop­ chest. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Jan­ uary 24—Chairman, Rusiey Beyeler; Sec­ retary, John B. Flannery. There is .$147 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate wants a two-way speaker from the messroom to the gaUey; the mcssman's orders can't be understood by the galley. Suggestion was made to buy a PA system for not more than $18. Ship's delegate will speak to company officials and the pa­ trolman .about getting a hydraulic stop on the engine room door near the crew's rooms, as the continual slamming keeps the watch standees awake. Thev can be easily opened when closed. All e.\tra linen should be rettu-ned as there is a shortage. $8.86 left in the ship's fund. Motion was passed to accept a $.50 donation from each man. Handle should be put on each screen door aft. Ship's delegate wUl contact the agent about the new washing machine that was promised when the ship went to the shipyard. YORKMAR (Calmar), February 4 — Chairman, Vincent Carnecte; Secretary, George Dunfee. Luzier was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Sugges­ tion was made to paint the laundry room; ship's delegate will see the cap­ tain. Jack Jacobs was elected new dock delegate by acclamation. MAE (Bull), December 27—Chairman, E. Carlton; Secretary, G. Jamison. There is a balance of $46.70 in the ship's fund; another arrival pool will be made up for Baltimore. E. Carlson was elected ship's 1 delegate. Washing machine and coffee urn will be brought up with the patrol­ man. Ship's delegate will see the captain about painting messroom decks. January 31—Chairman, Carlson; Secre­ tary, Shea. There is $48.05 in the ship's fund. Steward will put out an e.xtra perculator to boil water for the men who drink tea. Brother Carlson got a vote of thanks for doing a fine job as ship's delegate. Each crewmember is to clean the washing machine after he uses it. Scouring powder will be kept there for that purpose. New antenna should be bought for the video set. All agreed on this. \ BETHORE (Ore), January 23 —Chair­ man, G. W. Calendlne; Secretary, J. B. Humphries. Some action should be taken on arrival in Baltimore, on one uncoop­ erative member. Men are leaving clothes in the washing machine for too long a time. Everyone agreed to be more care­ ful. Steward was asked to order more coffee. Bosun will see the mate about SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), Decem­ sougeeing foc'sles. .Action will be taken ber 20—Chairman, Pearsall; Secretary, J. by the patrolman about a fight between W. Craft. Minutes to the last meeting two members. were lost when the steward, who got off he ship in Bangor, lost them. Rcp.-.ir list OREMAR (Calmar), January 24—Chair­ made out at the end of the last voyage man, Roland Williams; Secretary, F. H. and given to th^-chief engineer and the Houck. Nothing was done on repairs captain, has been taken care of, with listed last' voyage. A new list from all the exception of -a few minor repairs. department delegates was requested. The 4-8 black gang wa i had a beef Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ regarding one man bu d • shelves and partment for a swell trip. There was a cabinets and placing tr ii the room. discussion on good feeding and prepara­ He was believed to L-2 ...king up too tion on this ship, with plenty of fresh much space. Delegates will check after fruit, compared to other company ships. the meeting. Necessar.v galley repairs Discussion was held on painting of crew's have not been made, and these were on quarters, messhaUs, pantry, etc. Chief the repair list given to the chief engi­ engineer refused to repair light fixtures neer. Ship's delegate will check on this. in the crew's quarters. All men wanting to send messages home for the holidays were asked by sparks to do so today. Washing machine agita­ tor was broken, and the captain will attempt to piu°chase a new one in the canal. It was suggested and approved by the membership that for all meetings, the permitmen be allowed to run the meeting, to give them experience and make the meeting a more meaningful CUBORE (Ore), January 30—Chairman, thing to them, and also to give them Frank Clawson; Secretary, Van Euera. practice in parliamentary procedure, There is a balance of $31.30 in the ship's January 24 — Chairman, L. Pearsall; fund. One man is returning from the Secretary, J. W. Craft. Galley repairs Canal off the Marore. All men are to have been made. Captain promised to turn repairs in to the ship's delegate. try and get a washing machine agitator Washing machine wringers should be in the canal but nothing was done. Ar­ checked for repairs. Ship's delegate will rangements were made to feed the 4-8 see the patrolman on changing linen. lookout early, and this was explained to Rumor against a member was stopped (he" crew. Thanks were given to tha before it went to far, thanks to the ship's members of the steward department for delegate. the excellent meals prepared on Christ­ mas and New Years and to the deck STEEL AGE (Isthmian), December 9— engineer for making minor repairs with­ Chairman, A. Suskon; Secretary, J. Kusout having to go through the chief engi­ mieski. Mate doing seamen's work. neer. Steward explained that stores Outside of thisis everything taken on were for 90 days but nothing smoothly. There is $21.12 in istherunning ship s was purchased, though additional stores fund.' Letter was drawn up protesting were requested for the Panama Canal, the close of the marine hospitals. Com­ including a ton of meat. Stores are plaints were made about a man perform­ low on many items. Inventory will be ing Men are keeping clothes in prepared and a copy given to the cap­ the aboard. washing machine too long. A vote tain to forward to the company, a copy of thanks went to the 4-8 watch for sent to the Union, wiyi a request for helping to keen the messhall clean. assistance and that the Union contact January 4—Chairman, W. O'Brien; Sec­ the company. retary, J. Kusmieski. Two fenders were thrown over the side on New Year's MICHAEL (Carras), no date—Chairman, Eve. The mate will make an issue of Crew asked Robert McNeil; Secretary, E. Manuel. this in the first US port. Repair list will be made out and given that fresh bread be put out more often. A complaint was made about the way to the patrolman. There was a discus­ sion about the mate calling out men bacon is prepared in the morning. without calling the bosun. Radio will be raffled off and bought to build up the YAKA (Waterman), January 24—Chair­ ship's fimd. man, Barnhill; Secretary, Gus SanchezJoeph Rudolph was elected ship's dele­ QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), gate by acclamation. There is a balance January 24—Chairman, R. Murphy; Sec­ of $22.17 in the ship's fund; all brothers retary, Charles A. Mose. First engineer were asked to donate $1 at the first is working on the washing machine. draw. Washing machine should be Other repairs are being taken care of. I cleaned after use. New one should be. ,,, Stove parts have ben ordered. There is brought aboard at the port of payoff. "7 Pick Up Baggage Seafarers with unclaimed bag­ Editor, gage in the Mobile SIU hall are SEAFARERS LOG, 4 4 4 urged to pick it up or advise the 675 Fourth Ave., Joseph Bramley Please phone or write me as agent their present address within soon as possible. Urgent. Mrs. the next 60 days. This baggage is Brooklyn 32, NY taking up space in the hall which Edith Bramley. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please is being converted to other use. 4 4 4 put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) 4 4 4 Peter Ayers Biilie Brown Get in touch with me. Urgent. Contact, the Welfare Seiwices of­ Mrs. P. Ayers, 2553 Benefit St., NAME fice at SIU headquarters in Brook­ New Orleans. lyn as soon as possible. 4 4 4 STREET ADDRESS Ex-Salem Maritime 4 4 4 James Robinson Clothes of former crewmembers except for A. Tursi, E. Foley and Contact Trojan Steamship Co., .ZONE STATE R. Tuthill are being held in the 21 West St., NYC, or call WHite- CITY Heublin Laundry, Yokohama. The hall 3-7120. Signed ship sailed before we could get 4 4 4) them out. Contact the laundry di­ Retiring cards are being held at TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old lubseribar and hava a chanq* rectly. I have gear of the three the Boston SIU hall for the follow­ of addrass, plaaia qiva your formar addratt below: ts:named men. Contact me on the ing men: Victor A. Carlson, Frank ship or c/o MuUins, 66 Champlain H. Carroll, Albert F. Chysna, John ADDRESS Ave., Wilmington, Delaware. T. Latella, J. D. Leary, Gavin C. Dnewicki, ship's delegate. Steele. CITY 20NE ;$TAT1 laaasaeaasssasaaeasaaaesaaaaaa ••ssaaaaaaaaaaat a aaaaaaaaaaaaasaei aaaaaaaeaaaaaata jr&i?'-. �Pare Twentr-dz !:• SEAFAREkS teihurr 19. IBM LOG Disabled Secifarer Gets Aid Collecting his first SIU disability payments after sailing for more than 40 years as a rner chant seaman. Seafarer Burton J. Frazer last week received a $50 check from the SIU Wel­ fare Serwces Department. The Union pays $25 a week to its totally disabled seamen. Frazer joined the SIU back^. in its early organizing days of The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who 1939 and had been sailing con­ are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. in the HOSPITALS tinually with the Union until en­ tering the hospital last year for a thorough checkup. Bothered for years by/a leg ailment, compound­ ed by a bone disease, Frazer de­ cided once and for all to see what he could do about it in the local bone drydocks. The medics couldn't check him out on his leg, discharging him af­ ter a three-months examination as having an incurable leg ailment. Born in Newport, New Hampehire, just before the advent of the twentieth century, Frazer is 60 years old. He started sailing early in his teens around his home town, ship­ ping in the local waters aboard tankers, whalers and other vessels before sticking strictly to deep sea ships. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Robert Lamar and Charles David Stringfellow, born November 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Stringfellow, 1054 Elmira Street, Mobile, Ala. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Seafarer Barton J. Frazer gets first SIU disability benefits check from Welfare Services representative Milton Flynn. ber 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. William M. Ward, 330-26 31st Robert A. Palmer, 552 Charleston Street, Astoria, Long Island, NY. Street, Mobile, Ala. t 4i. 4> t 4> 4> George Francis Andrade, bora Eileen Theresa Bagley, born De­ cember 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and January 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Bagley, 61-38 148th Mrs. Francis E. Andrade, General Place, Flushing, Long Island, NY. Delivery, Saraland, Ala. ^ a. 4> 4> 4^ 4> 4i 4" 4' t t> t) 4i William Garrison Porter, born Manly Anthony Bolton, born De­ Ofelia Gutierrez, born January cember 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and January 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Leonard A. Bolton, Houston, and Mrs. William S. Porter, 6327 N. Woodstock Street, Philadelphia, Juan G. Gutierrez, 7619 Avenue I, Tex. , Pa. Houston, Tex. 4> 4^ 4> 4i 4" 4' Richard Wayne Toier, born De­ l" 4" 4" Nicholas Peter Kondylas, bora Philip Narvaez, born October 31, cember 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felipe and Mrs. Richard L. Toler, 2426 December 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Kondylas, 911 Narvaez, 305 West Hart, Pasadena, Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Belgiare Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Tex. 4i 4> 4i 4> 4> 4> Deborah Diane Applewhite, born 4" 4" • 4^ Glenda Sue Mason, born Octo­ Doris Anna Arliga, bom Jan- December 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas N. Applewhite, ber 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Miguel H. Arliga, 1780 Frankford Apt. 8D, Savannah Terrace, North Mrs. Allen C. Mason, 5104 Edwards Avenue, Jacksonville, Fla. Augusta, SC. .^venue, Philadelphia, Pa. 4^ -• 4^ . Maria Emmanuella Schiavone, Dennis Rivera, born January Deborah Ann Monahan, bora De­ born October 11, 1953. Parents, 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. cember 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Schiavone, John L. Rivera, 3374 Pearl Street, and Mrs. Elbert W. Monahan, 799 New York, NY. South First Street, New Bedford, 386 Ford Street, Bronx, NY. Mass. 4" 4^ 4" 4" 4" 4^ Dehra Lee -Palmer, bora DecemBeverly Ann Ward, bora Decem­ 4^ 4> 4^ Jessie Brittain Gay, born Decem­ ber 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drew C. Gay, 318 C, Luther Wilson Apts., Columbus, Ga. ^ , ^ 4^ 4> Elizabeth Koenig Conway, bora December 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Conway, 94 Becker Ave., Rochelle Park, NJ. SB" 4" 4' VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES. FLA. Solomon Gerber Jose C. VUar George Planes CRAWFORD RETREAT BALTIMORE. MD. John Sercu USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MO. Leslie R. Aaron WUUam Ivlns George R. Black Lloyd G. Llnthlcum Julian A. Blanco Charles P. Lord Lorenzo Brlgida John L. MUlner Arthur R. Brooka Jlmmle Morris Robert ChapUne Jlmmle Priddy Jessie A. Clarke Peter Sadowskl JeS Davis John D. Seiferth James R. Dodson Elmer Shipp John J. Ferreira C. N. SummereU FrankUn D. GUman Henrlch Wiese James G. Girolaml Paul M. Wood Donald J. Hewson US NAVAL HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Antonio Landry USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO Henry Schwartz US NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FLA. L. J. Richards USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul B. Bland Joseph Kramer H. L. Carter Jimmie Littleton A. Cohen Bert Rickard F. W. Grant H. P. Towns USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. C. E. Dudley C. E. Johnson Leo A. Dwyer V. K. Ming G. C. Farnum Ronald D. Stough WUUam K. GuUey Joseph E. Wells S. Johannessen Edward L. Woods SEASIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CAL. WUUam H. Mason USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. C. Adkins John E. Markopolo M. P. Bennett D. B. Patterson G. Brownell George G. RandeU Pierre Charette Jose Sanchez M. DeGollado R. G. Schram H. Deshotels M. W. Smith Samuel S. Lyle C. Storey G. B. McCurley S. Vlncius Jr. J. LEWIS CROZER HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. E. J. Lanahan USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Thomas B. Bryant James J. Lawlor Joseph G. Carr James R. Lewis Julian CuthreU Francis F. Lynch C. M. Davison Harry F. McDdnald A. McGulgan EmUio Delgado David McUreath Antonio M. Diaz Frank Mackey John J. Driscoll Vic MUazzo Jose G. Espinoza Robert E. Gilbert Alfred MueUer Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson G. E. Shumaker John B. Hass Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood Harry E. Smith John W. Keenan Ludwlg Kristiansen Renato A. VUlata Frederick Landry VlrgU E. WUmoth OLD ROPER HOSPITAL CHARLESTON. SC Enrique Cortes USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Robert B. Brady C. V. Majette Charles W. Burke USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Ernest P. Belkner Theodore Mastaler R. M. Churchill James H. Penswick Edward C. Dacey Robert A. Rogers Fred MaUory Jr. USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Percy D. AUred Herman Meyer • G. Athanasourels G. N. Monahan Melvin Bass Warren Nielson John Beckmann Montford Owens B. Blanchard Donald Peterson WUUam J. Carey Lewis Riviere Eddie Driggers Jan Rooms Jose Salgado R. Edmondson VirgU Sandberg Charles Ferris John Fontries Robert Sizemora Estell Godfrey Jose Sousa Benjamin Trottlo Hans R. Hanssen Harry S. Tuttla M. Katrausky John J. Usakiewics Dee KimbreU Wong Kong Jan Vanos George Vickery Chang Choo Lai James Waldron Robert McKnew John Maclnnes Albert WUUams Marvin Matson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. John W. Bancroft Joseph McNulty Wayne T. Center Joe Perreira Dao ICing Chaw Anthony SakelUs Henry J. Childs F. Schembrl Ho Yee Choe Frank Schmiedel BUUe J. Davis W. Singleton John T. Edwards Andrew A. Smith F. FondUa Sing: Ah Sue Benny M. Foster W. Timmernian Raymond W. Frye T. Urbina Oiav Gustavsen M. B. Wilson Harry W. Kight P. S. Y.izon WUUam J. Loss CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. J. F. McLaughUn USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leo H. Lang E. G. Anderson Samuel Levy T. L. Ankerson Arthiu- W. Baker' John C. Long Oscar F. Madera T. W. Bernsee Charles E. Brady Frank Martin WUUam R. Burch J. M. Mason Sr. L. C. Miller Antonio Carrano Charles W. Christ E. A. Pappas Clarence W. Cobb Harry G. Peek W. E. Reynolds S. Cope Henri J. Robin John Culeton Thomas J. Dawson WUUam RocheU J. Santiago John P. Doyla Luther C. Seidla Leo Fontenot John H. Smith B. D. Foster James T. Smith J. E. Gardiner L. C. Smith N. L. Gardner R. .1. Smith Jack H. 'Gleason T. R.. Terringtan T. M. Smith A. F. Thompson Ross J. Herbert J. C. Thompson M. E. HUl Lonnie R. Tickle John L. Hlnton E. M. Valazquez B. R. Huggins Edgar Walker Carl Jones J. E. Ward J. H. Jones H. WUUams E. G. Knapp J. D. Dambrino D. Kornlia A. Landry Baby Greets Camera With Howl M 4' Angel Luis Rios, Jr., bora De­ cember 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angel L. Rios, 515 West 122nd Street, New York, NY. 4^ 4> Alan Richard January 19,'1954. Mrs. Nathaniel Clinton Avenue, 4> 4> Einsbruch, born Parents, Mr. and Einsbruch, 299 Newark, NJ. 4; $ Richard Thomas Tohin, III, born December 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Richard T. Tobin, Box 328, Mt. Pleasant, SC. SIU WELFARE SERVICES DEPARTMENr YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS 4^ 4^ 4^ 4^ 4> 4i Bruce Darrell Ramho, bora De­ cember 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rambo, 620 Well­ ington Street, Mobile, Ata. Charles Randall Bushy, bora Octo­ ber 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Busby, Route 1, Eva, Ala. 3^ tf it Richard Nadal, bora September 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Nadal, 317 East 101st Street, New York, NY. Mrs. William Ward, wife of a Seafarer, beams happily as she holds her daughter, Beverly Ann, in her arms in their home in New York City. Beverly seems to be having a howling time;' •i;.o—i,'..r '•ff'y: 1 �SEAFARERS Febrnw 1§, 1*54 SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS LOG Pace Twenty-seTen Jobless Pay Beef Won By Union With WALTER SIEKMANN (News about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Weifare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) With incortie-tax time Just around the comer of next month, it's a wonder that not more of the brothers are sick «hd heading for the nearest hospital to recuperate their health, if not their financial losses. Heading the list over at the Staten Island hospital is Warren Nielsen. Nielson dropped in at the hospital for general observation. He was second pumpman on the Trinity (Carras) before he got off for a looksee by the doctors. He hails from Philadelphia, Pa., and he stopped off at the hospital about one month ago. Enunett Many, a little old com pone boy from down Louisiana way is out at Staten Island, bedded down with a case of pneumonia. Many was OS on the Seatrain New York of Seatrain Lines and entered the hospital on the first of the month, one day before the ground hog showed up looking for his shadow. He hopes to be up and around soon and shipping out with his Sea­ farer shipmates. Another Southem boy from down Fiorida way is Jose Sousa. Jose is off the same ship as his ship­ mate, Many, the Seatrain New York. He sailed as a fireman on the train-cari^ing vessels and is in the Trotte drydock for observation. Keeping the string alive on boys hailing from south of the MasonDixon Line in the local medical department is Willie Young. Willie comes from Mobile, Alabama. He last sailed as bosun on the Alcoa Puritan of Alcoa. He bad to get off the ship due to a foot injury. He hbpes to be up to the hall soon and sailing out once again with the Union. In the hospital for a sub-abdominal operation is Dee KImbrell. Kimbrell, out of Decatur, Alabama, was the chief elec­ trician on the Steel Maker of Isthmian before head­ ing for an involuntary stay on the beach. Lewis Riviere, from New York City, was night cook and baker on the Suzanne of Bull before en­ tering the hospital at the end of January. He's in for the same type of operation as is Kimbrell. Two other Seafarers coming in the same general category are Julian Wilson from Brooklyn, who last sailed as AB on the Atlantic Seaman, and Fred Karlkvist. The latter seaman was an AB on the Atlantic Ranger Younr last and sails out of Philadelphia. One boy who really had it bad for awhile is Gil Vila off the Bull Lines' Frances. Vila was OS on that ship when he came down with a succession of mishaps resulting in a double hernia and leg and body injuries. He entered the hospital on Februai^ 3 and he hails from New York. FINAL OISPATCH The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and *2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. John H. Fairclough, 46: Brother Fairclpugh died of a fatal pulmo­ nary ailment on October 22, 1953 aboard ship in Sasebo Harbor, Japan. Since 1951, when he joined the Union in New York, Brother Fairclough had sailed as a messman in the steward department. He is survived by his aunt, Mrs. Carruilia Meinhardt of 107 N. Lindwood Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Joseph Miles, 54: On January 1, 1954, Brother Miles died of heart failure in Liverpool, England. For the past three years he sailed out of New York as a member of the deck department. He leaves his sister, Sarah Mitchell, 1505 Clydes­ dale Road, Wallasey, England. Ralph L. Nixon, 63: Holding the ratings of AB-QM in the deck de­ partment, Brother Nixon had sailed from New York since 1943. On January 8, 1954 he suffered a fatal attack of bronchitis at the USPHS hospital in Baltimore, Md. Burial took place at Riverside Cemetery, Norfolk, Va. Brother Nixon leaves his daughter, Edna Bernik, 415 Pendelton Street, Norfolk, Va. • Jack L. Gridley, 25: Carbon monoxide poisoning caused Brother Gridley's death on January 29, 1954 in Hemet, CaL He was. buried Clarence Yearwood (right) discusses his claim against Calmar Steamship Company with SIU Assist­ ant-Secretary Treasurer Joe Aigina (center) and Walter Siekmann, head of the Union's Welfare Serv­ ices Department. A company attempt to deny a Seafarer unemployment insurance was defeated when Sea­ farer Clarence Yearwood, steward, won a favorable ruling on his application over the ob­ jections of the Calmar Steamship Company. A New York State Unemployment Referee rul­ ed that the company had no 4 case against Yearwood after service on the company's ships, be­ ices and headquarters officials SIU Welfare Services and lieves the firing really stemmed combined efforts for an immedi­ headquarters went to bat for him. from a dispute over Thanksgiving ate appeal at which Yearwood, Mssterson, and Joe Aigina, as­ As a result, Yearwood has col­ Dinner supplies. lected all unemployment insurance When Yearwood was denied un­ sistant-secretary treasurer, testi­ employment insurance in his home fied. The result was a favorable due him, with full retroactivity. The company's reasons for firing state of New York, Welfare Serv­ ruling for the veteran steward. Yearwood were alleged "falsifica­ tion" of overtime sheets and "mis­ conduct" in not showing up for work on the Alamai* on Thanks­ giving Day. Actually, as the testi­ mony showed, Yearwood had turned in the OT sheet in advance, as many stewards do, and had in­ cluded overtime for himself for the holiday. Subsequently, he re­ ceived permission to take the day oft if the ship was in New York. All that would have to be done then, was simply to deduct his OT for the holiday. Dispute Over Supplies Yearwood, who is an oldtimer with Calmar with several years' Twins Get Help Pronto From SIU at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Cal. Since 1947 he sailed in the deck department, having joined the SIU in Baltimore. He leaves his mother, Gladys May Knudsen, Star Rt., Box 30-A, Hemet, Cal. ^ ^ ^ NeU G. Shaw, 56: On May 24,1953 Brother Shaw died at sea aboard the Bessemer Victory and was buried at sea. An oiler in the engine department, he is survived NEW ORLEANS—because Sea­ by his sister, Rosa Lee Shaw, 104 farer Anthony Garza's wife knew North 7th Street, Wilmington, NC. where to go in time of need, a re­ cent distressing experience in the 4 4 4 John Capuzzi, 50: A wiper in the Garza family life turned out to be engine department^ Brother Capuz­ a story with a happy ending. zi died of malignant hypertension Seafarer Garza was on the South on January 27, 1954 in Philadel­ American run aboard the Del phia, Pa., and was buried at Holy Monte (Mississippi) when his 28Cross Cemetery there. . Executrix months-old twins, Linda and of the estate is Wilhelmina Capuz­ Johnny, became seriously ill with zi, 1223 Ridge Ayenue, Philadel­ anemia. Johnny's illness was com­ phia 33, Pa. plicated by . pneumonia. Blood 4 4 4 donors were needed for both chil­ Carl L. Hob, 46: A heart ailment dren. proved fatal to Brother Kob on Mrs. Garza got word to SIU October 25, 1953 at th«. Seaside representatives in New Orleans Hospital in Los Angeles, Cal. He about her plight. They in turn sailed as a messman in the steward called for volunteers and Seafarers department. E. H. Fairbanks, L. M. Kelly, H. J. 4 4 4 Lachney and J. M. Williamson re­ Thomas C. Reynolds, 23: On sponded. January 26, 1954 Brother Reynolds died of a liver ailment at the Now, thanks in part to the alert­ USPHS Hospital, New Orleans, ness of the SIU in answering the La.; he was buried at Drew Cem­ emergency and to the generosity etery, Drew, Miss. A messman in of the four Seafarers who gave the steward department,' Brother their blood, the Garza twins have Reynolds started sailing in 1952, recovered fully from their illness out of New Orlef ys. He leaves his and are anxiously awaiting the mother, Mrs. J. W. Reynolds, chance to meet their Daddy when he comes home agaiq. Parchman, Miss.. Seafarer J. W. Williamson, (above) donates blood for the Garza twins while three other Seafarers, H. J. Lachney, L. M. Kelly and £. H. Fairbanks (left to right) await their turn at Baptist hospital. Below are the fully-recovered twins, Linda and Johnny with big brother Eugene and Mrs. Anthony Garza. �"Don't think the shipowners gave us the con­ ditions we hove today out of the goodness of their hearts. Nobody gives anything for noth­ ing. The take-home pay, shipboard conditions and benefits we enjoy were gotten only after a lot of sweat and hard work. "No, it's no accident that we have the best contracts in the industry, welfare and vacation plans second to none, and all the other things that Seafarers can enjgy today with solid trade union backing on all fronts. We went out to get these conditions because that's the only way we could get them. Nobody was handing them out for free. "Every beef we've been in—and we've had our shore of them—^wos fought to give us a bet­ ter way of life so that we could have a family and a home and all the decent things that most guys who go to sea for a living didn't know about until a few years ago. ^... "Don't say the Union did it alone, either. Who's the Union anyway but seamen like you and me? We've got the best because we fought to get it every time. Don't forget it." V- • •;' • • "* >• • • i • A . ^J • f > c /.,r ' .,^1. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource February 19, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 4 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MCS-AFL CONFIDENT AS ELECTION BEGINS LABOR BOARD SANCTION AIDS EXCELLO DELAY PERMANENT 50-50 LAW, CURBS ON MSTS, SOUGHT BY SENATORS GOV'T OPENS DOOR TO LARGE SCALE SHIP TRANSFERS SIU STEPS UP LIBRARY SERVICE TO HOSPITALS CG CHANGES REGULATIONS ON SCREENING 'NOBODY KNOWS WHY' - LEAVE BAN STICKS BULL LINE WINS SS EVELYN CLAIM SEAFARERS MAILING ART ENTRIES NLRB ORDERS HEARING ON AFL'S DOCK VOTE CHARGES CORNHUSKER FATE UNDER STUDY MISSING SON MAY BE ON WATERFRONT BILLS PROPOSE LANGUAGE RULE NEWARK TERMINAL OPENING NEAR CREDIT GIVEN ABOARD SHIP BY SEA CHEST 'CLOSE KINGS PT.' CONGRESS TOLD SUP'S SEATTLE HALL ROUNDING INTO SHAPE LIBERTYS BEING SOLD AT CUT RATE PRICES BIDS OUT FOR GAS TURBINE INSTALLATIONS BUILT-IN HOLE AIDS RECORD DIVE STRANGE POLICY BRIDGES' 'NO UNION' PLEA NEW SERVICE THE STORY OF THE HOOK NARROWS BRIDGE PROPOSAL STUDIED BY NY AUTHORITY TRUCK CO. WOULD OPERATE TRAILERSHIPS ON EAST COAST 'BUT IT'S FROM CALIFORNIA' SIGHT-SEEING COUPLE ENCOUNTER WEIGHTY PROBLEM IN NEW ORLEANS MARKS LEAVE THEIR MARK ON SEAFARER IN GERMANY SHINNECOCK BAY CREWMEN HAVE BANG-UP TIME ON WEST COAST MAIDEN CREEK CREAKS ALONG UNDER STRAIN OF STORM, ICE AND STRIFE TAGALAM HAS H2O PROBLEM SEAFARERS TAKE SAILORS HOLIDAY WITH FISHING TRIP OFF AFRICA NEW HAVEN FOR SEAFARERS ON CARIBBEAN SEA ISLE THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DISABLED SEAFARER GETS AID JOBLESS PAY BEEF WON BY UNION TWINS GET HELP PRONTO FROM SIU Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/19/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b61c6f49d3810f71aa0ad4025bc08a42.PDF c1bab1611538f4a2fdcb600162e01b54 PDF Text Text Vol. XVI No. 5 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • ."?5| mAI �Fare Two SEAFARERS LOG March 5. 1954 Mrs.HobbyPromises Support For PHS $$ Demonstratinr their unity with AFL longshoremen, pickets from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (AFL) walk the bricks outside a Manhattan pier to retaliate against an embargo on trucks operated by members of IBT Local 807 called by the old ILA. The dispute began when Local 807 Teamsters refused to deliver goods to one pier where an AFL-ILA shop steward had been fired and AFL pickets were posted. Pickets were withdrawn when the boycott was ended. AFL Pier Unify Rocks Old ILA As NLRB Opens Vote Hearings Another forward step toward full operation of the US Public Health Service hospitals was completed when Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, prom--*^— ised lier full support for the cases. Seamen, theii, would have USPHS budget request. been denied all general medical Mrs. Hobby went on record in care. the course of a meeting February Still Danger 25 with the joint .legislative com­ With Mrs. Hobby going to >bat mittee representing all non-Com­ for the budget request, union rep­ munist mantime unions as well as resentatives are fairly confident representatives of the shipowners. that Congress Will approve all Her attitude is a direct reversal of funds requested. However, there is her position last year and of her still danger that economy-minded earlier sympathy for a move to Congressmen on the House Approshut down the hospitals completely. Last year, Mrs. Hobby led a fight to shut down sevpral of the hos­ pitals, including the one at Savan­ nah. It was only after vigorous opposition by the SIU and other gioups in maritime that the Sai vannah hospital was kept open. Will Go All The Way This time though, Mrs. Hobby; told the union representatives that she would go down the line for a budget request of $33,000,000, which is slightly under the current year's budget and {Tbout $1 million less than the figure for the previous year. However, she stated that she would not ask for any increase in the Administration's requests that would restore the previous years' cuts. Mrs. Hobby's decision is con­ Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby sidered a further victory for (he fight waged by the SIU and the priations Committee might take a other unions to keep the hospital further slice out of the request. program going. She, along with Since at present the hospitals Budget Director Joseph Dodge, are operating on a pretty tight was believed to be responsible for spending schedule, further . cuts the original plan to close the hos­ would mean reduction of some es­ sential services for hospital pa­ pitals put forth late last year. Under that plan, the only USPHS tients. hospitals that would have been An SIU headquarters spokesman kept open were the ones at Car- emphasized that Seafarers should ville, Louisiana; Lexington, Ken­ keep on writing to Representatives tucky, and Fort Worth, Texas and Senators in Washington so as treating Hanson's disease (leprosy), to reduce the possibility of addi­ n'arcotics addiction and mental tional budget cuts. A last ditch attempt by the old ILA to break up the AFL organizing team on the New York docks, consisting of Seafarers, teamsters and longshoremen, ended in failure last v/eek. The attempt which took the form of a boycott of truck drivers supporting the AFL longshoremen, was upset" when the teamsters struck Subsequently, the National Labor henchmen of Tony Anastasia. HuRelations Board entered the picture back and picketed, the piers. and secured a court order prohibit­ bino was savagely beaten and left for dead by four men, two of whom ing the old ILA from continuing were later picked up by police. its boycott. Meanwhile, the AFL-ILA went" Fired Steward right ahead with its organizing ac­ Touching off the latest dock fight tivities on the docks. The election ^ , »,:.r TT A i stewards continued withwas the firing of an AFL-ILA. out let-up, so that at this time the man who was the shop steward for new union is represented on better In a reshuffling of assignments AFL longshoremen on Pier 32, tham 100 piers in the harbor. to match shipping needs, the SIU Swearing in of tnistees for the is closing its Port Arthur, Texas, North River. The firing was at the instigation of the old lL-4., and i union and other organizationoffice and the branch hall main­ tained for the past year in Miami, AFL longshoremen threw a picket- al steps are being taken to prepare line on the pier to win his rein­ for the day that the AFL takes Florida. statement. As in other instances, over on the docks and becomes Eddie Parr, who is currently teamsters delivering to the pier re­ official bargaining agent for longserving as port agent for Miami, spected the AFL lines. shorewOrkers. will shift his operations to Tampa, where he will serve as jbint pa­ Stung by the tie-up, the old ILA trolman for that port. The Miami attempted to punish the teamsters hall was ppened approximately a by refusing to handle any goods year ago. delivered by Local 807 members The Port Arthur office, opened to various piers in the city. The during the fall of 1952, had been Teamsters' response was swift and headed up by SIU representative devastating. They, in turn, placed Don "Moose" Hilton, who was ap­ picketlines on all piers where the pointed to the post by headquar­ old ILA had ordered longshoremen The 100th anniversary of the birth of Aniirew Furuseth, father of mari­ to discriminate against truck ters in October, 1952. drivers. time unions, will be observ^ by unions throughout the US and in foreign coun­ Now that the boycott is over, tries as well this March 12. To mark the occasion, the Conference of American AFL-ILA men are still maintaining Maritime Unions has askedl their lines on pier 32 effectively, the Post Office Department to under all flags for the captain to threw in his lot with the infant March 5. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 5 pressuring for the reinstatement of issue a special commemora­ have absolute and unquestioned Sailors Union of the Pacific and As I See It Page 4 the fired steward. tive stamp of Furuseth in connec­ control over the crew. Crewmem- soon became its leader and the Committees In Action Page 4 It was against this background tion with the annual Maritime Day bers were compelled by law to spokesman for seamen everywhere Crossword Puzzle Page 12 that a Labor Board examiner celebration, May 22. complete their voyages no matter in their fight for recognition. His Editorial Page 13 opened Little known outside the mari­ how brutal the skipper, or how initial victory came in 1885 with proceedings on whether or Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 not the December dock election time industry, Furuseth is recog­ bad their quarters, working con­ the passage of the Maguire Act Galley Gleanings Page 20 should be thrown out. The AFL- nized by men who go to sea as ditions and food. If a seaman quit abolishing the desertion law in Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 ILA had submitted evidence of the one single individual who a ship under pressure of unbear­ the coastwise trade. Seamen in In The Wake Page 12 beatings, intimidation and coer­ broke the bonds that held seamen able conditions he was classed as that trade were free to pay off a Labor Round-Up Page 13 cion at the polls as grounds for dis­ in virtual slavery. His single- a deserter or a mutineer and se­ ship if they found conditions were Letters Pages 21, ?2 hot to their liking. The law made counting the vote and ordering a minded devotion to the cause of verely punished accordingly. Maritime Page 16 new election. it possible for seamen to hang up the seafaring worker, extended Bred Buckos Meet The Seafarer Page 12 over half a century, from the time These regulations were natural a ship if conditions were intoler­ On The Job Page 16 A.nother factor adding to the he came to San Francisco to par­ tension was the assault on one old breeding grounds for the bucko able and win some improvements Personals Page 25 for themselves. ticipate in the newly-founded Sail­ Quiz Page 19 ILA official, in Brooklyn, Thomas or's Union of the Pacific, until his mate, whose reputation rested on As an additional safeguard, the Rubino, allegedly by men wiio are the size of his boots and his readi­ Seafarers In Action Page 16 death in 1938 on the eve of the ness to use them on the seaman. law prohibited crimps from receiv­ A-. Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 revival of American maritime Beatings, floggings and even tor­ ing allotments' from the skipper. SIU History Cartoon Page 9 unions. ture were not uncommon on ships It was the first step in the fight to Sports Line Page 20 The "Abraham Lincoln of Amer­ of those days and seamen were break the infamous partnership of Ten Years Ago ....Page 12 ican seamen," as he was known, powerless to resist' these condi­ the crimp hall operator and the Top Of The News .Page 7 rested his reputation on his long tions. shipowner. Regular membership meet­ Wash. News Letter Page 6 and successful fight to get sea­ Three years later, Furuseth Furuseth was convinced that the ings in SIU headquarters and Welfare BenefitI' Pages 26, 27 men's rights written into law and scored another major gain when only way to improve conditions of at all branches are held every Welfare Report '.. Page 8 recoghized by the industry. The seamen was to band together in a he won passage of the White Act. Your Constitution ...... Page 5 second Wednesday night at fruits of his labor in Washington union and fight for * changes in This law extended Maguire Act 7 PM. The schedule for the Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 and elsewhere over a period of maritime legislation. He believed provisions to . offshore vessels. It next few meetings is as follows: PublishMl biWMkly at tha haad<iuartcrt many years were the Maguire Act, that -his best chancer of doing so also prohibited beatings and flog­ March 10, March 24, April 7. •f tha Saafarart Intarnatlenal Union. At­ the White Act, the Seamen's Act rested in the United States; Con­ gings of seamen and gave , them lantic « Quit DI(trlct;AFU «7S Fourth All Seafarers registered on of 1915 and the Jones Act pf 1928. sequently he settled in th& States the right to draw, on their,wages Avenua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.' HYacTnth the shipping list are required When Furuseth, . a l^^oryveglan. and fought his biggest battles in at any . port of call. t-Moe.' Entarad at 'tacbnd class ihattar to attend the meetings. native, arrived in California in Washington. , 'These . early, successes - spprred at -tha Past Oftlea In Brdoklyrti MY./ wndar »ha A't; of Ausust a«,-.l»12. 1886, it was the standard gractice When :he. ;got to California, he"^ ' (Continued on<page-17)>- >. Halls In Miami, Pt. Arthur Shut Furnseth's 100th Anniversary To Be Celebrated Mareh 12 SEAFARERS LOG Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks �March 5, 19S4 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Three Anti-Union Feeling Rises in US Growing Challenge To Security Faced By Unions, Members Sugar cane strikers evicted, water cut off. . Strikebreakers quartered, wined and dined in plush Pullman cars ... hat workers' strike drags on eight months... another state outlaws union shop .. * judge issues injunction against strikers . .. these are the headlines that^ help make labor news today. talk about a "changed climate" of In some respects they recall opinion, a "stiffening of employer the days of the late '20's and resistance" to union demands, a early '30's when the profes­ "get-tough" policy. The Govern­ sional fink and recruiter of ment has played a part. So have A ^rroup of Seafarers In the NY hall scans a bound volume of the LOG for 1953 after It was announced they were available for sale at the cost price of 95. Shown (1-r) are: Benjamin Micnano. AB; Jan Mucins, reefer; Frank Gardner, chief steward; John Fereno, AB, and George Barry, electrician. LOG Bound Volumes Available For 1953 Seafarers can now obtain cloth-bound volumes containing all issues of the SEAFARERS LOG in 1953, which are avail­ able for sale at the cost price of $5. They can be picked up on the spot at headquarters'* ——• or ordered by mail. ial dealing with sea lore, news of The handsome, gold-let­ changing developments and inno­ tered volume is suitable for addi­ tion to a ship's library or home bookshelf and carries all the news and features highlighting the events of 1953, both in the SIU itself and in maritime generally. It contains nearly 800 pages, in­ cluding the regular 28-page edi­ tions of the LOG and those con­ taining special supplements, such as reprints of the Union constitutign. In a companion offer, copies of all bound volumes dating back to 1947, up through and including 1953, may be. obtained for the package price of $25. The pricetag covers nine volumes in all, since for the years 1947 and 1948, a separate volume was issued for the months of January through June, and then another covering July through December. The latest volume, the 1953 edi­ tion just issued, carries, in addi­ tion to the regular news and fea­ ture stories, the texts of many offi­ cial Union reports issued during the year, much descriptive mater­ newspapers, and magazines, col­ umnists and commentators and last but not the least, professional groups and college people who were so prominent among union sympathizers in the 30's. As far as the feeling towards .la­ bor in Washington is concerned, one Senator remarked that the PR Extremists Invade Congress, Shoot Five WASHINGTON—In one of the most bizarre and unusual in­ cidents ever to take place in the halls of Congress, five mem­ bers of the House of Representatives were wounded by a vol­ ley of shots fired from the'*'" visitors' gallery, by members a small segment of the Puerto of the Puerto Rican National­ Rican population. ist Party, an extremist group de­ manding Puerto Rican independ­ ence. The Nationalist Party was the same group that had a hand in the attempted assassination of for­ mer President Harry S. Truman vations in the industry, as well as on November 1, 1950. many feature items about Seafar­ The shootings, which took place ers, their families, and jobs. without warning Monday afternoon, All volumes. Including the set March 1, were Immediately con­ covering 1947 through 1953, can demned by Puerto Rican spokes­ be ordered directly at headquar­ men on the islands and here in the ters ~or by mail. Although bound US. Puerto Rican Govemor^Luis volumes of the LOG have b^en Munoz Marin denounced the shoot­ issued regularly for the past 15 ing as "savage and unbelievable years, stocks of those published lunacy," an opinion which is shared prior to 1947 have already been almost universally by the island's depleted. citizens. He pointed out that 82 percent of the island's voters Jiad rejected independence, preferring to stay with the US. Puerto Rican Seafarers in the New York hall were quick to con­ demn the shooting incident as an irresponsible act. They say that Taking steps to halt a wave of ship transfers, members of the Nationalist program does not the joint legislative committee of the conference of American have the support of anything but US Sea Unions Ask Halt To Further Ship Transfers The five Congressmen wounded in the shooting were Representa­ tive Alvin Bentley (Rep., Mich.); Ben F. Jensen (Rep., Iowa); Clif­ ford Davis (Dem., Tenn.); George Fallon (Dem., Md.); Kenneth A. Roberts (Dem., Ala.). Bentley and Jensen were most seriously hurt but are expected to survive. Attackers Disarmed The volley of shots caught every­ body by complete surprise at first, but police. House attendants and bystanders moved in quickly and disarmed the attackers. The four were all from New York City. They were, Lolita Lebron, Rafael C. Mi­ randa, Andres Cordero and Irving Flores. Police reported that all except Flores confessed the shoot­ ings. An immediate result of the inci­ dent has been a tightening of regu­ lations on visitors to House and Senate galleries. Up to now, the only limit on the public galleries has been that visitors were not al­ lowed in with cameras. Maritime Unions have asked House and Senate Committees to investigate the moves. Meanwhile, the Maritime Ad­ isfactorily under the American flag. ministration approved trans­ However, the new regulations fers of eight Liberty tankers to Panama and Liberia under the new relaxed regulations. The union spokesmen in Wash­ ington renewed their demand for an open hearing on any ship trans­ fers and asked that a stop be put on present transfers until such hearings are held. Particularly ob­ An additional bi-weekly inter- jectionable in the present transfers coastal service will be opened next is the fact that the Maritime Ad­ month by the Waterman Steamship ministration is not requiring re­ Corporation with the sailing of th^ placement of the transferred ton­ John B. Waterman from Boston on nage with new American-flag ships. Amopg the eight ships trans­ April 2. The new service will handle car- ferred thus far, two were under , go from North Atlantic ports, spe­ contract to the SIU although they cifically Boston, New York, Port had been in idle status for some Newark and Philadelphia, to four time. They are the Seacomet (Colonial) and the Amberstar stops in the State of California. Philadelphia already is serviced (Traders). Still under reyiew are by a bi-weekly run which operates transfer applications from seven out of Charleston and Baltimore as more ships including the SIUmanned molasses carriers Cata­ well. Pacific Coast ports serviced by houla and Carrabulle. the new Waterman run will be Los It is widely-recognized that the Angeles, Sail Francisco, Stockton, Liberty-tankers as such are obso­ Alameda and Oakland. lete and can no longer operate sat­ Waterman Adds 'Coastal Service strikebreakers made a not-so-hon­ est living and almost any judge had a couple of anti-strike injunctiohs in his hip pocket. •Such developments are a sign of a growing challenge to trade un­ ions and a rising tide of anti-union feeling. That change has cast a shadow over unions and put them distinctly on the defensive. Were Outcasts When union pioneers like An­ drew Furuseth, whose 100th birth­ day we celebrate this week, were starting to organize working men, unions and union men were out­ casts looked on with suspicion and scorn by respectable people. It took a long time and a lot of hard work before the pendulum swung the other way. In the 30's and 40's unions and their cause attracted a tremendous amount of sympathy. They could count on a pretty favorable reception in many places, even though there were al­ ways areas where "union" was a dirty word. In those years, a lot of employers too, got used to doing business with unions and accepting as a matter of course that the un­ ion would be around when contract time came up to get some improve­ ments for its membership. Now things are distinctly differ­ ent. The change didn't take place in a few months. It was some time in coming, but became most notice­ able recently. Publications that speak to and for employers like "Fortune" and "Business Week" have been quick to spot it. Thdy Administration picked Beeson for the Labor Board "to put the screws on labor as they never have been put before." Unions are universally being ad­ vised to trim or forget demands for improvements even though rents, interest rates and living costs are on the rise and take-home-pay on the decline. If anything it ap­ pears that a program to put great­ er purchasing power in the hands of working people would he in or(Continued on page 17) mean that there is a net reduction of American-flag shipping under the transfers. The ships moreover, will be free to compete in US trades with American ships. Opening of the door on transfers could pave the way for further changes by owners of dry cargo ships, particularly those who oper­ ate Libertys in the tramp trade. The Tramp Shipowners Associa­ tion has already asked official per­ mission to go Panamanian. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW , YORK. , Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men Involved. Ee!«F^ntatiTe Kenneth Roberts, Alabama Democrat, Is earrle^ from the Capitol on a stretcher after the shooting In flw Honso chamber. Five Congressmen were wounded when Paerto Riean Nationalists fired guns from balcony at Congressmen belouc. �|Pace FOOT SEAFARERS LOG M^ircll S, 1954 s?'- Hear! Stops, Soafarer Revived Ail It... Searfarer Charles W. Gann's heart stood still—literally—for a while last month, but he's still alive, thanks to the skill of a physician in the US Public Health Service hospital in New Orleans. Gann was a successful survivor of the rare but increasingly used heart mas­ sage technique which is used-*WHILE CONGRESS IS IN SESSION THERE IS ALWAYS A GREAT in emergencies when a pa­ deal of interest among seamen and other people connected with the niaritime industry about what goes on down in Washington. That's the tient's heart stops beating. normal thing because the Governinent has such a big stake in the Gann was in the New Orleans merchant marine. Consequently, when your Union was invited to par­ hospital for an operation on his di­ ticipate' with other maritime unions in forming a gestive system. The operation had legislative committee in Washington, it was readliy been completed without a hitch agreed that this could be a very positive develop­ and Gann was being wheeled out ment for Seafarers, even though the SIU has always of the operating room when his maintained a strong interest on its own in Washing­ heart stopped beating, apparently ton doings. from post-operative shock. Up until now, this legislative committee has been Quick Incision working pretty well together and appear to be get­ Immediately Gann was wheeled ting results for all seamen. Just recently this com­ back into the operating room. The mittee had a meeting with Secretary Hobby of the surgeon made a quick incision in Department of .Health, Education and Welfare, his chest, reached into the heart which runs the Public Health Service hospitals. The Secretary assured cavity and massaged his heart the committee that she would support the appropriation. for the hos­ muscles. After three minutes of pitals to the hilt. Since it was Mrs. Hobby who has been, up until now, work by the surgeon's skilled an opponent of the USPHS hospitals, it appears that the committee was hands, Gann's heart started beating helpful in nailing down the Administration in Washington on this issue. again. He is now back on the road The only possible stumbling block left on this issue woiild be in the ' to recovery. Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The union Under the circumstances, Gann group is keeping a close watch on developments here and is prepared naturally feels very strdngly about to take actionvaccordingly should a'ny new threat arise in the House to the Public Health Service hospi­ the continuation of the hospital program. tals. He is convinced that if it Herman Troxclair, SIU representative, left, listens to happy tale Taking Own Action weren't for-them "I wouldn't be from Seafarer Charles Gann about the "miracle" heart operation groping for words to express my At the same time, while your Union is participating wholeheartedly that saved the Seafarer's life in the USPHS hospital in New gratitude in having my life given in the work of this committee, it s still taking action on matters that Orleans. back to me; I'd be enriching the are of special interest to Seafarers. For example, the Union's Wash­ soil six feet under." mal since because of his condition i However, he isn't worried about ington office has won assurances from the Immigration services that Being brought back to life, Gann he .had been unable to keep solid ' the future for as he put it, with alien Seafarers will get their full 29^days shore leave from the date of says, has given him food for food down for some time. the Union's hospital benefit com­ payoff, and riot only from the time a ship first touches a US port. And thought. He notes that all his life Gann is looking forward to going ing in regularly and with 200 days your Union is still working on the problem of restrictions to ship in he has done nothing but hazardous back to sea again, but realizes that of vacation pay due him "I will various parts of the world. work in mines, tunnel jobs, as a he has a long haul ahead of him ride with the tide" without hav­ t 43^' steeplejack and PS a seaman. Sev­ before he will be fit for duty again. ing to go back to work right away. MENTION OF THE USPHS HOSPITALS BRINGS TO MIND THE eral times he narrowly missed a unusual e.xperience. of Seafarer Charles Gann down in New Orleans, fatal accident through the vigilance Brother Gann had undergone surgery in the hospital there and was of co-workers and in turn saved being wheeled out of the operating room when his heart stopped beat­ others. But nothing impressed him ing. One of the doctors on the staff made a cut in his chest and mas­ as much as his latest escape from saged Gann's heart for about three minutes xmtil the pump started death. turning over again. "I can only say," he wrote, "the Brother Gann wrote headquarters that as far as he is concerned, the A new hall for Galveston Seafarers is in the offing with hand of God must have made the skilled surgeon at the hospital brought him back from the dead. He is move, placed the competent sur­ SIU representatives and membership in that port examining convinced that if he had to seek medical treatment elsewhere he might geons where their services and several prospective pieces of property before making a deci­ not have had the good fortune to come into the hands of medical men years of experience are appropri­ sion on the move. Present" who are as competent and well-trained as the USPHS doctors are. ate and equal to the occasion." plans call for leasing an ex­ modem, up-to-date halls in all This situation emphasizes a fact which your Union has pointed out Slowly Convalescing isting property rather than ports. Along these lines the Union before; namely that USPHS is out in front when it comes to training Right now Gann is still confined building an entirely new structure. renovated the Philadelphia hall doctors and technicians and keeping up with the latest developments. There's no doubt that many a Seafarer around owes his life and good to bed but is slowly convalescing. The dalveston move is part of last year and is now pushing the His weight is still far below nor- a long-range SIU plan to provide completion of a brand new hall in health to the medical services he received at these hospitals, which is the port of Baltimore that will be a very solid argument for keeping the hospitals open, superior to New York headquar­ t 4. t ters. tHE SIU MEMBERSHIP DOWN IN THE PORT OF GALVESTON .The Galveston branch reports that they have some 0kely proper­ is looking around these days to see if they can't find a new hall for ties under consideration.' Steps themselves in that port. According to reports received in headquarters, they have some promising locations lined up and if are being taken to assure that any all goes well, they will be able to move into a bet­ lease drawn up will allow full ter place in a short while. latitude to the.SIU to operate all The Galveston move is part of your Union's long Scratch a man shipping out of Cisco meeting, Herbert Knowles, necessary port facilities and make rarige plan to provide better facilities ashore for tjhe inferior changes accordingljy. Lake Charles, Louisiana, and more fitted more readily into the West membership. This is a slow process that extends Present facilities ih Galveston often than hot you will come up with Coast picture, coming originally over a period of years, particularly in those port have long been recognized as in­ a veteran of the from New Jersey. areas where there is not miuch room to move around adequate and a hunt has been on Cities Service or- However, he and in and property is hard to come by accordingly. for a new spot, but because of the ganizing cam­ his family now However, your Union has made a good deal of location of the city, useable prop­ paign. At the last live in Richmond, headway along these lines, in terms of housing Sea­ erty is at a premium. For a while Lake Charles California. Know­ the Union considered moving the farers in decent halls all around the country. Whenever the opportunity port meeting the les is 39 years of branch to the neighboring port arises, the SIU intends to step in and take action to improve the shorerecording secre­ age and sails with city of Houston. However, it's be­ side establishment maintained by the union, tary's job was the galley gang. 41 3> 4^ lieved that a satisfactory spot can taken over by Al- He joined the be located on Galveston island. phan Fruge, who SIU in the Port IN RECENT WEEKS YOUR UNION'S WELFARE PLAN HAS earned his spurs of New York on added to its disability benefits list some more Seafarers who are no Fruge Knowlea in the Cities June 27, 1946. longer able to work or go to sea for a living. These brothers, who Service fleet. are permanently disabled, have the assurance now of $25 a week from, Fruge, who sails in the deck de­ the Plan for as long as they need it. Savannah's last port meeting was partment on the tankers, was horn Your Union's disability benefit Is unusual in the sense that benefits in Louisiana on September 22, run by a trio of- Seafarers, James Under the Union constitu­ are paid not according to age but according to their individual condi­ 1917. He got his SIU membership M. Davis, Berry B. Tippins and tion every member attending tion, Naturally, the majority of brothers in this circumstance will be in the port of New York, and Carl Lowery. Davis, a native of a Union meeting is entitled to Alabama, has been an SIU mem­ older men, but it is not unusual to find on the list a brother who would makes his home in Sulphur, Louisi­ ber for about a year and a half. He nominate himself for the ordinarily be deprived of such a benefit because he wouldn't be old ana. elected posts to be filled at enough. » sails in the stewards department the hieeting—chairman, read­ t, 4. t and makes his home in Birming­ Recently it came to the attention of headquarters that specialists in ing clerk and recording secre­ San Francisco's port meeting ham. Berry, who also is with the this problem have been dissatisfied with the way most plans for taking tary.. Your Union urges you featured somewhat of a rarity, a galley gang, was born in Georgia care of oldtimers work out. They point out that to take an active part in meet­ Californian who was actually a na­ 43 years ago and joihed the SIU In age should not be the basis for judging a man's need. * ings by taking these posts of tive of the state instead of a trav­ the port of Savannah in 1945. He It's his ability to keep on working that's more to .service. eled from other parts. Frank and his wife live in Savannah, the point. If a man enjoys his work, they say, and And, of course, all'members Schmiedel was the native Califor­ The third member of the Savan­ is in good health there's no reason to knock him off have the right to take the fioor nian who took over the job of re­ nah group, Lowery, is also a the job and make him. accept some kind of pay­ and express their opinions on cording secretary. The 27-year-old Georgia native and a resident of ment to live on.' At the same time, they point out, any. officer's report ,or isSue Seafarer, who celebrated his birth­ Aragon, Georgia, He served asthose who are in no shape to work at any age are under discussion. Seafarers . day recently, has been a member reading clerk at the meeting. the ones who really need help. are urged ,td hit the deck at of, the SIU. for five years. He and •Lowery joined the SIU in Tampa It is exactly this kind of a set-up that your Union these meetings and let their his wife make their home ih Sari in 1949. The 28-year-old Seafarer has established through the disability benefits. It's shipmates know what's on Francisco. also sails in the stewards depart­ encouraging to see that others on the outside agree with our method their mind. The chairman of the San Fran- ment for handling the problemi. Galveston Branch Hunting For Bigger, Better Home Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings �^r :•_ i' Well 5, Im SEAFARERS LOG Pace FIT* Congress To Scan MST5 ^ Cargo, Passenger Traffic WASHINGTON.—-Union protests against the direct competition of the Government-oper­ ated Military Sea Transportation Service with private shipping companies in the movement of commercial cargoes and passengers appear to have raised a stir in Congress, with the recent announcement t h a t > maritime subcommittees of and Foreign Commerce, that he The other will look into the proboth the House and Senate will do everything possible to i posed scrapping of the Cornhusker Frank Buscarello, richt, enjoys pleasant company duiinc entertain­ ment hour at Staten Island USPHS Hospital. . Twenty Seafarers donated blood for a recent operation which he underwent. Doctor Praises Men For Blood Donations The prompt response of Seafarers to the blood needs of hos­ pitalized Union men has won warm praise from Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson, medical director of the Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital. As a the cooperation of your members result of this response, two in this medical emergency." Seafarers who needed a rare It's been the Union's practice blood type were provided with the blood they needed by the SIU when the hospital's own blood bank was unable to fill the MIL, In a letter addressed to the Un­ ion, Dr. Nelson declared: "May I take this opportunity to express my thanks to the members of the Seafarers International Union who 80 generously donated blood. Needed Rare Type "Two members of the Seafarers International Union who wer6 ill in this hospital needed a rather rare type of blood which was un­ obtainable from our usual source of supply . . the Union was con­ tacted and' responded by sending twenty volunteer union members to our blood bank. Fortunately several of the donors had the type of blood needed and both patients have • benefitted tremendously from the donations. "Again I wish to thank you for for some time, through the Wel­ fare Services Department, to sup­ ply sufficient blood to meet the needs of Seafarers in the various Public Health Service hospitals, as well a:i members of their imme­ diate families. The practice has saved lives on many occasions and in other instances relieved Sea­ farers of the heavy cost of pur­ chasing necessary supplies of whole blood for their dependents. The value of donations for de­ pendents is emphasized by the fact that most hospitals will charge anywhere from $30 and up per pint of whole blood unless the patient Is able to replace the supply. The same practice has been fol­ lowed in the various outports as well as in New York with Sea­ farers maintaining their own blood bank at the New Orleans USPHS hospital and making regular con­ tributions, when needed, in other cities. YOU and iha SIU CONSTITUTION From Article XIII, Section 6 "All reports by committees and the Secretory-Treasurer under this article, except those of the Polls committees, shall be entered in the minutes of the port where headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be en­ tered in the minutes of the Port where it functions." rouR RKJHTS ANO f(Hva,eoE$ AS MJN ARE -OUARANi'EED BY Ytx(R, cownruTicN, iHis FEA ruRE i-::^EsiOHEO TO Acot'AtNr YOy WITH THESE EiOMTS AMD PRlVllEOeS will undertake full-dress investiga­ tions of the situation. Representatives of the Confer­ ence of American Maritime Unions, including the SIU and all other non-communist sea unions in the US, have already received assur­ ances from-5en. John Butler (R.Md.), the new chairman of th maritime sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Interst^ Explosives Cargo Regulations Eased Restrictions on the handling of nitrates and phosphates, imposed after the 1£|47 Texas City disaster, have been eased off by the Coast Guard. The new regulations will permit the loading of these poten­ tially-explosive materials at any waterfront facility which permits ready access to open water. ^ Ships loading these cargoes will have to maintain engines ready for instant movement with their bows moored toward seaward. If en­ gines are not ready,- tugs will have to be in the vicinity. The regulations call for the pier facilities to be away from areas of dense population and high hazard. Plenty of water should be oh hand for fire^fighting purposes. The hew rules are the product of a study of the Texas City dis­ aster made by a special commit­ tee. At Texas City a French freigh­ ter loading fertilizers caught fire and blew up. The explosion result­ ed in considerable damage to both ships in the port and shoreside in­ stallations with heavy loss of life. New Numbers For Uq. Phones The telephone numbers of all New York headquarters phones were changed recently by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling headquarters are asked to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters tele­ phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. •7 S' RMnrini throw full light on the problem ^'Mariner (Seas Shipping), which of MSTS competition. ran aground in Korea last year. Later, he revealed that MSTS Climax Running Fight operations will shortly come under The two investigations climax a the scrutiny of his sub-committee running fight between the unions for a full exploration of the charges and private shippers and the Gov­ against the Government shipping ernment agency. The shipowners agency. In announcing this step, have been complaining for some e Maryland Senator declared time that MSTS carries passengers that "With private shipping finding and cargo that could be handled by it almost impossible to buck for-: privately-owned merchant ships in eign competition ... it would seem the same manner as they handle unwise to add to the burden by any other traffic. MSTS in turn, letting Government-supported bot^ argues that it has to carry some toms aLso compete for the"relative­ of this traffic because private in­ ly small traffic available." dustry is unable to provide the fa­ Meanwhile, on the House side of cilities and kinds of ships that the Congress, a five-man sub-commit­ service needs. tee, headed by Rep. Alien of'Cali­ The complaints against MSTS fornia, was appointed by the House have increased m volume as Gov­ Merchant Marine Committee as ernment cargoes available to pri­ one of two investigative groups. vate shipowners have declined. Isthmian Raise The Caviar Curtain Americans with a hankering for sturgeon and genuine Iranian caviar will be able to get all they want after a neat pass play between Isthmian Steamship, US Point 4' repre­ sentatives in Iran and the| Iranian government. As a It took quite a bit of improvis­ result, the 9ge-old Russian ing though, 'to get the caviar out monopoly on caviar has been of Iran. Originally the Soviet Un­ broken and it will no longer be ion hJd a 50-year contract ^agree­ necessary to go to the Russian em­ ment which gave it exclusive bassy to get the stuff in wholesale rights to fish for sturgeon in the lots. Caspian Sea. Last year the con­ For those who may not be in the tract expired and the Iranians re­ caviar class, the stuff consists of fused to renew it. a verj' special fish egg that comes An American firm entered the from sturgeon in the landlocked picture and with the aid of Point Caspian Sea. It is considered a 4 representatives, made arrange­ great delicacy and for those who ments for hauling the caviar in re­ like it goes equally wrell as an ap­ frigerated trucks across the desert petizer, or a snack to be taken to Khoramshahr. However^ they along with some of the hard stuff. hit a snag when they found that Steel Voyager First the roads were inadequate to The first shipment came aboard handle the trucks.. A change in the Steel Voyager in the port of arrangements was made and four Khoramshahr, Iran. It's expected refrigerated railway cars wer® that in all 1,000 tons of the caviar pressed into service instead. and sturgeon will be imported this The new trade in frozen sturgeon year with the shipfnents to in­ is expected to bring several mil­ crease in subsequent % years to lion good American dollars into 2,500 tons. For the time being. the Iranian treasury and help sta­ Isthmian will handle all of the bilize the finances of that bank­ cargo. rupt nation. Japanese Union Leaders Learn About Seafarers Union -I 1 •I h''-• E As part of the permanent record, headquarters, as well as the other ports, maintains; complete reports of all committees and officials. On file in headquarters and the SIU port offices are records of all re­ ports made in the Union.' •n 3- I Seafarer E. B. McAuley, SIU patrolman, wearing light jacket in center of picture^, listens intently to Japanese union leader who visited the New York hall along with other trade union leaders from Japan. Oriental delegation visited SIU ships as well as the hall while on United States tour. �i" '•T*« Seafarirs R#yfew Damage Afl%r Fire Rescue $•w nimk t, iil5^ StAFAkERlSi.dii^ Mr SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON At the beginning of the year, American ship operators publicly said they were looking to this sessioh of Congress to come up with some­ thing constructive to aid shipping. However, as time rolls, along, it becomes increasingly clear that the law-makers, being politicians first of all, are concerned more at mending fences at home during this election year. Both Senate and* House maritime-subcommittees are beginning to come to life, but current indications are that they will be concerned far more'with investigative work than with favorable maritime legisla­ tion. t Seafarers James Biehl, left, and John Doyle, right, examine fire damage at the shdp of E^win C. Jansen, Jr., center. The Seafarers rescued Jansen's fil-year-old father from flames which broke out when a rubber hose slipped from a gas jet in watch and repair shop. Store is located .around the > corner from SlU.hall in New Orleans. Gov't Eases Alien Leave Rule WASHINGTON—SIU representatives in the Capital have received assurances from an official of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service that the Government agency will stand by its present order relaxing the 29-day shore leave restriction on alien seamen in some instances. ^ ^ ^ ^ Following a meeting with in the first port, the time ashore seamen in such circumstances to well as the time aboard the ship also have 29 days ashore in the Allen C. Devaney, Assistant as in sailing to the second port was second port. In the meeting with Commissioner of the Service's In­ spection and Examinations Divi­ sion, SIU Washington Representa­ tive Bob Matthews reported that Immigration personnel in all ports had been advised to follow the new order affecting shore leave for aliens. The problem leading to the con­ ference stemmed from situations where non-resident aliens were signed on articles terminating in one US port, but the ship stopped at another US port before it went to the port listed on the articles. Although Immigration had been permitting the aliens shore leave considered part of the 29-day Devaney, Matthews was accom­ shore leave to which the alien was panied by a representative of the entitled under existing law. SlU-contracted its Isthmian Steam­ ship Company. Leave Banned Meanwhile, in other actions on The effect was thdt by the time problems affecting alien seamen, the ship arrived in the second the permanent legislation commit­ port, the one specified on the arti­ tee of the Conference of American cles, Immigration would state that Maritime Unions, including SIU so few days remained of the 29 Representative Matthews, moye"d days allowed by law that the sea­ to press for new legislation in man had to, be prohibited from Congress to amend the McCarran getting any further shore leave and Act so as to extend the 29-day also could not be paid off. Thus, shore leave provision as well as to the man was frozen on the ship. liberalize the naturalization re­ The new order relaxes the re­ quirements for non-resident aliens striction, however, enabling alien sailing aboard US-flag vessels. SIU COMMITTEES I I I t^: 1^^- m I? fe' AT WORK Two trials recently conducted by rank and file committees in New York dealt, with pretty much the same subject. They involved erewm embers who abused their shipmates by using real or fancied influenee with topside and in­ timating that they also had a drag with the Union. In both instances, . crewmembers got an­ noyed with the abuse and filed charges before trial committees which resulted in punitive action. In the first Flowers case, a crewman was accused of asserting his inde­ pendence of all authority with the exception of the company port cap­ tain. He repeatedly declared that he would take orders only from the company's top official as he was a favorite son of the company and didn't have to come to the Union for jobs or anything else. His trial was held before a com­ mittee consfeting of M. Whale, E. B. Flowers, v. H. Benner, C. Palmer and A. Campbell. Both the' accused and' the accuiser testified In the case, as did other witnesses. some of whom carhe from other ports to be present. The accused admitted his behavior had not been up to scratch in many instances. The trial committee found him guilty of the charges and imposed a six months' suspension plus a fine. Spied On Crew In the second case, the crewman was accused by his shipmates of acting as a stool pigeon against the crew and carrying tales to the chief and first as­ sistant. He also c p 0 k e darkly about his. socalled influence with the Union and thAatened permit - holders aboard the ship that he would have their cards Johnes yanked when the ship got in. Other men were threatened with physical violence. The committee in this instance consisted of John S. Lukas, Henry A. Anderson, Joseph A. Falasca, Joseph E. Bums and Anderson J. Johnes. They found the accused man'guilty on three counts and re'-ommended a two-year suspen­ sion Meet With Congressmen As a first step in this direction, the legislative committee voted to meet with and seek the advice of members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committee, which have jurisdiction over bills relating to immigration and naturalization. The problem will then "be .explored further by joint action with ship­ owner representatives. Hatch Co. Is Sued On Mariner Delay - WASHINGTON—Another hassle is cropping up over the Mariner ship program with the announce­ ment that five shipbuilding con­ cerns are suing the manufacturers of Mariner hatch covers for deliv­ ery delays. A suit has been filed for $6,154,000 in damages against the Seaboard Martime Corporation, manufacturers of the specially-de­ signed electric hatch covprs, and an insurance firm for failure to de­ liver covers on time. , Construction of many of the Mariners was held up for some time when Seaboard got into pro­ duction difficulties. A fire at the Seaboard plant later complicated the picture. Shipbuilding firms involved in the suit are the , Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com­ pany, Sun Shipbuilding, ingalls Shipbuilding, Bethlehem Sparrows Point Yards and Bethlehem Steel Corporation 4. The Randall Commission recently recommended to President Eisen­ hower that the American merchant marine be sacrificed in order to help foreign-flag shipping. In a strongly-worded sped'ch on, the floor of the House of RepresentaUves, Representative Shelley, Calif^ornia, very aptly suggested that the Randall group was influenced by "some starryeyed. people" who continue to say that we need not have a merchant marine, but can depend upon vessels of friendly nations. Recommendations of the special Presidential Commission clearly show many people in this country have not learned from bitter lessons of the past — namely that we simply cannot depend on foreign fleets in a time of crisis. "The American shipping industry," Representative Shelley told the House, "should not be asked to supply a transfusion tq competitors, no matter how friendly, when it badly needs plasma itself in order to keep afloat." - t 4. 4. t t t i, t 4 it 4> 4' 3^" t The US Treasury Department is ready to crack down on narcotic drug users or traffickers aboard merchant vessels. However, before doing so, Treasury needs some more legislation. A Congressional Committee recently was told that drug trafficking aboard ship Is not only dangerous to the safety of life and property at sea but constitutes a potential danger ](o the security of the nation. Under existing law, there Is no provision to allow the revocation of seaman's document for such offense, except where the offense is committed aboai-d ship while the offender is acting in the course of his duties. Treasury believes that the authority should extend to the denial of documents as well as to their revocation. Further, Treasury wants the law broadened to include users and ad­ dicts, as well as persons who have been convicted of narcotic drug of­ fenses. Still another angle Treasury is striving at is to have the law cover convictions of local as well as Federal narcotic laws. The scramble toward the Maritime Administration seeking authority to transfer foreign is gaining momentum. Last month, the MA relaxed its transfer policy, but only as to the transfer of Liberty-type tankers—the original dry-cargo ships which had been converted into tankers. However, now Liberty dry cargo own­ ers are seeking to have this relaxed policy apply to them. As a matter of fact, the American Tramp Shipowners Association, Inc., composed of most of the tramp shipowners, all of whom are using Liberty dry cargo vessels, now openly say that "this right of transfer is our immediate objective." One of the first things the Eisenhower Administration did concerning the merchant marine, when it assumed office, was to engage in a study of maritime subsidies, to determine whether financial aid was necessary to assure a continuing active fleet. Now, after studying the matter for a year. Secretary of Commerce Weeks agrees that it is vei-y clear that if we are to have a merchant marine, to use the words of Commerce, "we are going to have to pay for it." However, the big dilemma is that while the executive branch of Gov­ ernment thus realizes the necessity of financially backing the merchant marine, when it comes time to hand out the money. Congress is reluc­ tant to . do so, and usually is inclined to provide only the'^ minimum amount necessary to keep the Government maritime agencies going and to meet the subsidy tab minimum each year. The question of maritime subsidies is always a hot potato in the halls of Congress. Many Congressmen would just as soon throw the wholesubsidy program oiit the window, but are held back by (1) the pplicy declarations in the shipping statutes, and (2) the few remaining strong merchant marine supporters in Congress. The Commerce Department, the agency which administers the subsidy program through the Mari­ time Administration, flatly told Congress recently that if we are to have a merchant marine, that it is very clear that some form of Government assistance is going to be necessary to keep the American flag on the $eas. The US is constantly carrying a smaller percentage of the total freight available to shipping. By the end of next, year. Government officials predict that we will be at, or close to, the same percentage^is we_ had pre-World War II, which was about 35 percent of the world trade carried in American bottoms. The Maritime Administration is not convinced that the modernization of Liberty ships is a practical thing but nevertheless will go ahead with its proposal to experiment on four Libertys. The planned conversion of the Libertys, in the experimental job, will cost up to nearly $2 million for each ship; will require, per vessel, something^ under a year to finish. The Government will ask for money this spring to go «head oa the test; and the MA will ask for special legislative authority to permit it to operate the converted Libei-tys, once they are modernized, rather than charter them out. The major maritime nations, in the post World War II era, have made serious and most successful efforts to restore thbir passenger fleets to, 1939 levels. In 1947 a special Presidential 'Commission recommended a passenger building program of 46 vessels, to take care of estimated mobilization requirements for troop transport. In the. succeeding seven. years, only six passenger vessels have been built. e/L^i �Mank 5, ltS4 SEAFARERS IPG Paw Sevea 51U Art In Special Display COiMMUNIST CHINA JOINS BIG FOUB—The world spotlight fo­ cused on the Far East during the last weeks of February as a result of the Big Four meeting in Berlin. About the only thing accomplished at that meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union, was the decision to hold another conference In Geneva, Switzerland, in which the Big Five, Communist China included, will attempt to find a settlement to the two main hot spots in Asia, Korea and Indo-Ch'ina. The Berlin meeting lasted twentyfive days and reached a complete impasse on the signing of an Austrian peace treaty and the unification of Germany. if ^ . THE. MARINE CORPS AND A COURT MARTIAL—An extremely perplexing question has risen to plague the American people, the armed Forces and the Marine Corps in particular. It concerns those pri­ soners of war in Korea who "con­ fessed" to germ war charges, or who collaborated with tke Commu­ nists. The ticklish part of the prob­ lem is caused by the fact that the men who "confessed" were sub­ jected to a long period of torture , which forced them to "break." One of those who "broke" was Col. Frank H. Schwable, a 45-year-old, much-decorated Marine Corps fly­ er, and veteran of 65 combat mis­ sions in World War II. A four-man board of inquiry has been sifting the facts, of Schwable's "confes­ sion" -the repudiated it when freed. In his defense against bearing fals# witness against his Colonel Frank Schwable shown country, the haggard - appearing at the time of his release from Colonel said that he "broke" only a POW camp in Korea. His after weeks of physical and mental pro-Red "confession is being torture. Other witnesses upheld probed. his statement. 4. 4 * ARMY BOWS TO MCCARTHY DEMANDS—Oflicial Washington and the rest of the country got worked up last week over Senator Joseph McCarthy's latest tilt with ,the Administration—^this time with the US Army. In a one-man hearing over the discharge of an Army dentist, allegedly a Communist, McCarthy roughly handled an Army General who was under Pentagon orders not to discuss Army affairs, calling the General "not fit" to wear the uniform. Army Secretary Stevens challenged McCarthy's treatment, declaring he would uphold his order but later backed down and agreed to., permit officers to testify. The Administration came in for much criticism for its handling of the in­ cident with even staunch McCarthy backers like the Chicago Tribune declaring the Senator was invading the domain of the President. As a result, a Senate group has now started to study new investigation rules. 4> ^ IN AGAIN, O^T AGAIN IN NEAR EAST—Egypt's President Mo­ hammed Naguib was the victim of a bloodless coup but two days later got back into power. In Syria though, an armed revolution overthrew the Government of Brigadier General Adib Shishekly. An 80-year-old politician who had been president before Shishekly was put back into power. The revolutions were new evidence of the shakiness of Near East governments. With less than 60 days remaining f(>r entries to be submitted for judging in the Third An­ nual SIU Art Contest, word has been received at Union headquarters that Seafarers' art work will again be displayed at a special two-week tr^de union art exhibit in New York City, in addition to the regu­ lar week-long exhibit at head­ able to send them by special de­ and address. In this way, they can livery or registered mail, and be easily returned at the close of quarters itself. Arrangements for the special tagged with the entrant's name the contest and exhibit. exhibition, which is conducted un­ der the auspices of a division of the New York Public Library, as­ sured that Seafarers' entries will again receive a prominent display so that more of the general public can 'enjoy a close look at the spe­ cialized handicrafts, drawings and paintings done by SIU members. Fourteen Unions Participating The two-week library exhibit will be held from April 22 through May 6 and will feature art work by members of 14 different New York unions. The program is designed to demonstrate how increased leis­ ure time resulting from the suc­ cessful efforts of labor unions to reduce the workweek has enabled American working men and women to develop and expand their crea­ tive .talents. •Meanwhile, entries in the 1954 SIU art competition keep coming into headquatters, as more and more Seafarers submit their work for the annual contest. Under this year's contest rules. Seafarers can An SIU headquarters employee snatches a quick look at one of the submit up to five entries in each first oil paintings entered in this year's art contest after it arrived of the four contest classifications: Irom Baltimore. The painting, by Seafarer John McLemore, was oils, watercolors, drawings and submitted too late" for last year's contest and had been on display handicrafts. Three prizes will be in the Baltimore hall until the 1954 contest opened a few weeks ago. awarded in each classification. A panel of established experts in the field, including the art editor of the SEAFARERS LOG, will han­ dle the judging of all entries, MOBILE—SIU members iij this port have been asked bv a which will be held at a date fol­ lowing the April 30 deadline for taxi drivers' union to help them fight off an attempt to break contest entries. Following the ex­ up their organization through a recently-enacted state "right hibit of sample entries at the lib­ to work" law which prohibits rary exhibit, which will be held at the union shop in Alabama. the business for Mobile cab comv the Labor 'Temple, 242 East 14th The union in question, Lo­ panics, Werner said SIU members Street, NYC, all entries will be put cal 915 of t^he AFL Teamsters Un­ could be of great assistance to his on display at headquarters, where ion, has long been friendly with membership by asking cab drivers the judging in the SIU competition the SIU in this port and has ac­ to show evidence of AFL union will be conducted. tively supported Seafarers in sev­ membership and refusing to ride Seafarers interested in selling eral beefs here, said Mobile SIU with those who cannot show their their work may tag them with the Port Agent Gal Tanner. union books. In such cases, com­ desired selling price, as several Although drivers for all major plaints also should be lodged with entries, particularly handicraft taxi companies in Mobile are or­ the offending company, Werneth items, have been purchased on the ganized, some companies have been added spot at previous years' exhibits. hiring non-union drivers since the "If SIU men will help us in this Mail entries should be addressed to Alabama anti-union shop legisla­ manner, I am certain the com­ the Art Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, tion was passed, Leo Werneth, panies in question will soon decide 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, business agent for the Teamsters' it is to their advantage financially NY. local, explained. to employ only union drivers," To assure delivery, it is advis­ Since Seafarers supply much of Werneth said. . Taxi Union Seeks SiU Aid YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Your Chances Of Buying A House per cent to a new rate of 41^. The rate on FHA mortgages for non-vets was lifted from the previous 434 per cent to The increasing eo^t of ren't is becoming the biggest five. single problem for a wage-earning family. Rents have This is a serious matter to moderate-income people. An reached record high levels and are now approximately six increase of only one-half of one per cent in the mortgage percent more than a year ago and 18 percent higher rate adds $2.43 a month to the carrying charges on a than in June, 1950, just before the Korean war. $9,000 20-year mortgage. At the new rate of interest a As this^ department reported recently, one of the best vet would repay a total of $13,672 to clear off such a chances to secure comparatively reasonable rents is in mortgage. the cooperative apartment houses, taking care to avoid The real-estate developers are trying to make this boost those "co-op" developments in which the builder has taken less painful by extending the terms of the mortgages,to an unreasonable profit. 25^ or 30 years. Actually that only increases the bill for • Another alternative, to high rent is owning your own home ownership. Extending the same $9,000 mortgage to home. You woOld have a better chance of buying a house 25 years instead of 20, means you finally repay $15,012.at a tolerable carrying charge if not for a hidden price A non-vet must pay even more. rise effected last spring by the Administration. Prices of How. This Affects You houses have actually come down a little this year but the Under this kind of deal, a Seafarer hoping to buy a increase in the mortgage rate permitted by the Adminis­ home for his family will have to play his cards smartly. tration, has served to cancel the'drop. Families who already own homes are affected too. If Older houses.have come down most of all. They dropped you have a house with a lower-rate mortgage secured an estimated five per cent in price in 1953, and real-eState, before the increase went into effect last May, your pres­ authorities are predicting they will come down another ent home has additional value, both for your own use or five per cent this year. if you sell. Even the cost of. building a new house has gone down But if you're planning to buy, you ought to scrutinize for. the first time in over three years. A house that cost the mortgage carefully. Note that a second-hand house $10,000 to build in 1950 had gone up tj $11,700 by last withi a lower-rate mortgage is^wojth several hundred dol­ year, but is now down to $11,500. lars more to you now. Mortgage Rates If you are considering a brand-new liouse with a higherThe; joker js^Jthe'rise .In niprtgfige interest rates; The rate mortgage, take >11 steps to avoid being an outright on hibrtgages f6r ek-GI'i has been raised from four. sucker for the mortgage lenders and-builders. As shown '""(S-r Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying above, _ a small down payment is really no bargain. It merely means you pay. more in interest in the long run. One way to protect yourself is tb make as large a down payment as you can scrape together The other \yay to reduce your mortgage cost is to undertake larger monthly payments over a shorter period. In any case, in"Sist on a "right to prepay" clause in your mortgage so you can pay In extra cash when you have" it to reduce the mortgage. Also try to get a grace period of at least six months during which you can miss pay­ ments in a personal financial crisis. Families who own houses on which a large part of the mortgage has been paid off shoultj consider trying to renegotiate the mortgage for a lower rate of interest. Usually on an older house which you contemplate buying, banks will grant a mortgage of two-thirds of their ap­ praisal of value (not the price you pay but their possib y more realistic evaluation). But when the mortgage is for only 50 per cent of appraised value, some banks grant an interest rate of as low as-four ber cent. Incidentally, when you buy a house it's no^ a bad idea to have a. bank give you an appraisal of its value, even though the bank may charge you a fee. Vets' House-Tax Benefit Ex-GI's should know that over half the states allow veterans a partial exemption from property taxes. Un­ fortunately, some vets who own houses pass up this po­ tential saving because they don't know or don't inquire about it. Ask your local YA office or town tax collector about-this benefit. �FaccEidit SEAFARERS LOG Mansh 5, 1954 Disability Dough Cheers Oidtimer SEASCASH BENEFITS • ' »> }.. A : SEAFARfiRS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS if. "• • ^ REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Smiles rule the roost at Sailors* Snug Harbor, NY, as Seafarer Matt Little (right) receives his first $25 SIU disability payment since* he became eligible for the benefit last month. Little, now 93, sailed bosun with the SUP and SIU for many years. He's shown with a fellow seaman at the oldtimers' home. Seafarers Go Aboard New Mariner in Gulf MOBILE—The seventh Marine-type ship to be allocated to an SlU-contracted operator, the Pelican Mariner crew^ up out of the SIU hall here and then headed for nearby Gulf ports to gather cargo for its'* : ^iden trip. iner (South Atlantic) and the illNow sailing under the fated Cornhusker Mariner (Seas Bloomfield house-flag, the Pelican Mariner was named after the near­ by State of Louisiana, and is one of the 35 Government-owned Mar­ iner ships built so far, about twothirds of which have already been launched or put in operation by private steamship companies for the Military Sea Transportation Service. Unable • to find many buyers eager to snap them up at the cost­ ly purchase price of $4.5 million —the ships originally cost more than twice that figure—the Gov­ ernment has already ordered five of them into lay-up, in conjunction with its announced policy of re­ tiring its ships from service, whenever possible, and using pri­ vately-owned tonnage for- MSTS cargo movements. One of these, the Keystone Mariner (Waterman), an SIU ship, is due to go into layup at Suisun Bay, California. The five other Mariners allo­ cated to SIU cornpanies are the Show Me Mariner iBuIl), Magnolia Mariner (Mississippi), Hoosier. Mariner (Isthmian), Badger Mar­ Shipping), currently the center of a Congressional inquiry because of plans to scrap the costly vessel which ran aground and split in two in Korean waters last year. The maiden trip of' the lates'^ SIU Mariner, The Pelican, will carry her to an unspecified desig­ nation with MSTS cargo. Report Lost Ragpage Check Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check FfOIW To No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Perio^ Avefage Benefits Paid Each Seafaier Total Benefits Paid this Period 2^ ^7 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total- •*3j fig J AGO ^3 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVI{HISLV Hospital Benefits Paid Since Ttilv 1. 1950 Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. H. 1952 * Total n * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash on Hand "^elforc^" Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable' Welfare— 0£>\ US Government Bonds (Welfore) Real.Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS SALSAO 3£. nitit LV.3/g. oa COMMENT; f. Recently, many of the member's beneficiary carcJg rec­ eived by the Welfare Office have been carelessly written, as well as incomplete as to date and other details. It is important that each card be carefully checked before sign­ ing, to be sure that all the lines are filled in correctly. Most important of all, is the date'and signature. All eligibles under the"plan'should have beneficiary cards on file. Remaining two dates for examinations on scholarship I 5-:--T fe- benefits are'March 15th, 1954- and May 22nd. . SubmittfJ /K M Kett, Assistant Administrator .«and, TOniember this.. • All these are yours without contributing a sinigle nickel on yetur part-r-O -r- Colleeting SIU .foenefits is e^, whethw it's for ho$pital» bwlh, disrabiht^ get flrst^ratr pei^niil /iflA inuQOfidiately immfMli0.1-01V iKroiicrh vrnttr Union's TTninn'. representatives. ronroeon-Folilrea aervice through your ^•'- : S'i'' . A- .i: .l,ib lii fi.'Ui vjiTfyti* •. f. 2.1 .$y. " 1- .. �Mweh 5, 1954 SEAFARERS Pacre Nine LOG Seafarer Recalls Hardships Having run the gamut of sailing ships, coal burners and modern vessels in over 40 years at sea, Seafarer Burton J. Frazer has called it quits because of a bad leg. The 60-year-old seaman is now receiving the $25 weekly disability benefit from the SIU and spending many of his days with old friends at^* SIU headquarters. called back to work. There was steadily for better than 20 years, Until he was felled by mul­ just no limit to the number of spending some time with the Mex- tiple sclerosis, Frazier sailed regu­ larly as fireman-watertender on a variety of SIU freight runs. But before that he started sailing on deck on lumber schooners out of his native Maine. Actually Frazer started,going to sea while he was still at school. In the early part of this century the lumber schooner trade was a thriv­ ing business with the sailing ships running in and out of Bangor and other small Maine ports loaded to the gunwales with lumber cargoes. Like many other Maine boys, frazer started sailing with the Arrow points to site of proposed Thaiia Street Bridge in New Or­ schooners during summer vaca­ leans which has been approved by New Orieans Dock Board. tions when the lumber trade was in its season. Wages $25 a Month The standard wages on these schooners, Frazer said, was about $25 a month. He remembers that the food usually ranged between poor and terrible, drinking water was warm and often unpalatable, NEW ORLEANS—A bridge crossing of the Mississippi and the entire crew slept on nar­ River is in prospect as the New Orleans Dock Board with­ row wooden bunks in one foc'sle. "You brought your own linens drew its objections to the bridge project. The Dock Board and bedding along" he said, "and t approved the bridge although slept on a donkey's breakfast. You it maintained that its con­ ate in Ihe foc'sle where you slept had to hustle your own chow. struction will provide addi­ and But the toughest part of the job tional hazards for navigation on was that you had to turn to any the river. time of day or night. "Many times I would just be The Board said that the need for Seafarers on ships going into the coming off watch when I would be port of Kohsichang, Thailand, are a new river crossing outweighed objections they would have from warned to be careful about the amount of cigarettes they have in the maritime viewpoint. Present plans call for the con­ their possession. Local custom au­ thorities in the port have recently struction of a crossing at Thaiia tightened up on cigarette allow­ Street, just a few blocks from the ances and will impose fines on wharves where Delta Line ships A reminder from SIU cigarettes held in excess of the dock. ' headquarters cautions all specified amount. City officials and the local Seafarers leaving their ships Under the new rpgulations, crew- Chamber of Commerce have long to contact the ball in aniple members are allowed a maximum been advocating a new crossing time to allow the Union to .of one carton per man when the because the existing Huey Long dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ship is in port for two or three Bridge is extremely congested as days. Cigarettes in excess of this are the ferry crossings at the river. ure to give notice before amount have to be manifested and Sometimes cars have to wait in paying off may cause a de­ placed under seal until the vessel lipe for hours to get across. How­ layed sailing, force the ship leaves port. ever, there had been objections to sail short of the manning The regulation would apply in from the dock commissioners who requirements and needlessly the main to Seafarers aboard feared that the bridge would pro­ Isthmian Company ships, some of vide a dangerous impediment to make their work tougher for which include Kohsichang on their ships coming in and out of the your shipmates.' port. regular Far Eastern run. Dock Board Approves New Bridge For NO Tighter Cig Rules Set In Thailand hours you would have to put in." In 19i6 Frazer switched from sail to steamboating. - "I had enough of sail, so I went below to the engine room. I decided that from then on I was going to keep both feet on the deck all day long." His first trip was as a coal pass­ er on the Montara, a collier that ran between Portland, Maine, and Norfolk. Af­ ter about seven months on that ship he got on an oil tanker run­ ning to Tampico, Mexico. "I signed on as a wiper," he re­ Frazer called, "but the engineer promoted me to fireman the next day. In those days you didn't carry any endorsements. The chief just appointed anyone he wanted to any job." Frazer stuck to tankers pretty pet Petroleum Company, an outfit that was later absorbed by Stand­ ard Oil. In 1938, Frazer like many of his shipmates was the target of a National Maritime Union organiz­ ing drive. "I couldn't see going in­ to the NMU, I didn't want any part of that outfit. The SIU was starting up at the time so I joined them instead." Since joining the SIU, Frazer has stuck pretty close to dry car­ go ships. His last ship was the Seatrain Louisiana which he had to leave in April of last year because his leg could no longer stand up. Three months in the hospital fol­ lowed after which he was dis­ charged as unfit for sea duty. With no hope of being able to go back to sea, Frazer applied for the SIU disability benefit. His ap­ plication was approved, with the result that he is no\y assured a steady income from the Union Welfarfe Plan for as long as his needs continue. Seafarer, Now Citizen, On New Voyage Quitting Ship? ,Notify Union Cartoon History Of The SIU The decline of the US merchant marine became very evident early in 1949. The long-range shipbuilding program to aid US shipping, urged by the SIU since 1947, still did not materialize. Many US shipyards were idle, and out of the meager tonnage delivered, less than half meant Jobs for American seamen. Seafarer Charles MacDonald, center, smiling, shakes hands with E. B. Till^ey, SIU patrolman in New York hall, after getting his first ship following his receipt of US citizenship papers. Men wished him well on new voyage. Tilley is now in Wilmington. No Long-Range Program The -growth of Panama and Honduras as maritime nations spotlighted the condition~of US shipping and shipbuilding. Foreign nations were grabbing up US foreign trade with new ships which completely out­ classed the US merchant fleet. Aggravating the sit­ uation, almost 2,000 US ships were laid up. 2Vo, 58 Passage of the 50-50 law, sparked by an all-out SIU campaign, meant that at least 50 percent of US aid cargoes had to be moved in US ships, but actually US shipping barely got its half share. There was little hope of reviving the US merchant marine in the absence of a genuine Government program of aid. �race Tea SEAFARERS lOG March «, 195« PORTltEPORTS.... reles hit the deck on the question New York: March. We have had our regular Son Francisco: amount of payoffs and in-transit of collecting subsistence and trans­ ships, but the men are just stick­ portation as did various other ing tight to the ships when they see members. The agent explained that shipping slow, and it in turn tends there was some delay in collecting to keep shipping at a low rate. same out here on the coast because The shipping business has been the company agent here has to ob­ Shipping in the Port of Balti­ Even the very good weather here Shipping for the past two weeks more is how on an even keel. We and the carnival season in full running slow In this port for the tain permission from the main of­ has held its own. 'We paid off 23 expect a spurt in shipping in the swing, with plenty of cverythin'fe last two weeks but we are hopeful fice back East before he can pay ships and signed six on foreign ar­ next two weeks due to the fact that on the loose in New Orleans will of a little pick-up in activity in out the money. ticles. • We also had 2(r ships in we have a couple of ships coming not shake men loose from the jobs, the future. 'We had one payoff, the Some of our oldtimers on the transit. The following ships paid Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transport) and out of the boneyard. These ships so shipping remains, slow. beach include J. Beye, B. Gaspe^ off; Robin Locksley, Robin Gray have be'en idle for the past sever^ three sign-ons, the Coe Victory (Vic­ Carl A. Ilm, D. O'Rourke, E. Col­ and Robin Sherwood (Robin); Su­ Coast Guard months. Even though they are only zanne, Show Me Mariner, Kathryn The Coast Guard has eased re­ tory Carriers); Young America and lins and H. Knowles. going on a six-week voyage^ the strictions on shipboard transpor­ Choctaw (Waterman). In transits and Beatrice (Bull); Wacosta and "Tom Banning companies have prospects of long ran light in the port consisting of San Francisco Port Agent Fairland (Waterman); Steel Chem­ time charters. So keep your tation of certain ammonium nitrate the Pennmar (Calmar) and the ist (Isthmian); Seatrain Texas, Sea­ phosphate fertilizers and the isola­ « A. fingers crossed, feliows, and let's Yaka and John B. Waterman (Wa­ train Georgia, Seatrain New York, tion of waterfront facilities. This hope that they do get these con­ terman). Savannah: Seatrain New Jersey and Seatrain was reported here in New Orleans tracts. Quite frequently we have found Louisiana (Seatrain); Seanan on Feb. 25 by the Coast Guard. The only beef we had at the pay­ The restrictions were- placed in that delegates and crewmembers (Orion); 'Val Chem CValentine); paying off shipis off was on the Catherine (Dry- force in 1947,. following the Texas Chiwawa, Winter Hill, Abiqua, in this port ar^ trans) such as re­ City, Texas, disaster. Easing of Bradford Island, Archers Hope and not reporting the The only shipping activity of any Bent Fort (Cities Service). striction to the the restrictions was ordered by performers and note here was the arrival and de­ ship. It seems Rear Admiral A. C. Richmond, act­ (Signed On foul-balls on .the parture of seven ships in transit as though the old ing commandant of the Coast Ships signing on were the Law­ ships to the pa­ all of which were 'clean as man didn't want Guard, on the recommendation of rence 'Victory (Mississippi); Steel trolman. Incid­ the crew to know the inter-agency committee on the whistle, with no beefs and happy ents of drunken­ crews. That is the way we like to Maker (Isthmian); Dorothy and that he had a hazards of the ammonium nitrate. Show Me Mariner (Bull); Robin ness, failure to see them. letter from the The Chamber of Commerce of Doncastef and Robin Gray (Robin). turn to and in­ Government stat­ New Orleans requested the United 11m There were no payoffs or sign- In-transit vessels included the Al­ ability to turn to, ons in the port during the past ing that there States Maritime Administration coa Runner, Alcoa Pointer and 'AIwould be no men to designate the city as a lay-up quitting the ship without reason Bove period, with ship­ coa Ranger (Alcoa); Iberville, Wa­ allowed to go' port for merchant vessels in the and the like should be reported ping definitely costa, Chickasaw, Lafayette and ashore. Had he acquainted thfe men reserve fleet. The Chambers' board for gooci cause. on the slow bell. De Soto (Waterman); Massmar and with the facts, this beef would not of directors sent a letter to Wash­ We know that most men like to The future Idoks Seamar (Calmar); Ines, Carolyn, have come up. We also had a trans­ ing ton, DC,, relative to this re­ lean over backwards to give their just fair, so the Suzanne and Frances (Bull); Steel portation beef which I am glad to quest. It pointed out that New shipmates the benefit of the doubt, less -we say about Executive (Isthmian); Seatrain state has been settled to the satis­ Orleans was utilized as a lay-up but if these flagrant cases are not it the better. Louisiana and Seatrain Savannah faction of the crew. Therefore, we port after World War I, and it has reported it works hardship on the Our in-transit (Seatrain); Republic (Trafalgar); have no beefs outstanding in the demonstrated by experience that patrolmen when they try to get ships included Alexander (Carras) and Council port at the present time. We have our port is entirely satisfactory for the skipper to lift a logging here the Seatrains Sa­ Grove (Cities Service). had quite a few payoffs^ and the vannah, New this purpose. The Maritime Ad­ and there or get a legitimate beef Burke Would like to thank the mem­ respective delegates are to be com­ York (twice) and bership, especially the permits, for ministration has announced that straightened out. If we want to get plimented on bringing these ships consideration on these matters the Louisiana (Seatrain); Robin Mariner-class ships will be placed their continued voluntary help on in with good clean payoffs. in the reserve fleet in the near then we have to keep the perform­ Hood and Robin Locksley (Seas) the longshore beef. Looks like it We have had the following ships future. The vessels require deep ers in line. and the Angelina (Bull). won't be long before the water­ pay off in this port: Edith and water depth and their structures Injurious to Union On the labor front in town, the front situation will be cleared up Ines of Bull; Steel Rover and Steel are higher than many vessels pres­ Acts like those mentioned above only activity is the picketing by Inventor (Isthmian); Cubore, Bal- ently laid up in other Gulf areas. are injurious, to the Union, because AFL building trades unions of the in favor of the AFL and then tore, Santore, Bethore, Feltore, New Orleans would welcome this if we don't live up to our contract Thunderbolt Bridge project, due everything will be smooth sailing Marore and Steelore (Ore); Carra- fleet in view of the sparsity of ship it makes it twice as hard for the to the state having let the con­ again. As you know, the ship bulle and Catahoula (Nat'l Naviga­ repair work in the area, as the Union to get the company to hold tract out to an out-of-state con­ owners have been diverting all, or most of their ships, around this, tion); Azalea City (Waterman); lay-up and reactivation work would up its end. struction contractor and one who's port for the past several months. Government Camp (Cities Service); at least offer a stop-gap in our using non-union labor to boot. Several members have called to Claude Simmons Oremar of Calmai-; Cathei-ine of present status. The construction unions are the agent's attention the practice Asst. Sec.-Treas. Drytrans, and Trojan Seaman of Ships paying off included the indulged in by some of the broth­ currently involved in a court ac­ Troy. -t t 4 Iberville and Antinous (Water­ ers who are working ashore. These tion resulting from the beef and Ships signing on were the Edith, man), Del Mundo, Del Valle and fellows have their friends watch we have offered whatever assist­ Galveston: Ines and Rosario (Bull); Seacloud Del Rio (Mississippi). The Del the board to see when some jobs ance they need. The Savannah AFL (Am. Mcht. Marine); Cubore, Bal- CampOi Del Mundo and Del are open, and when they find an Central Trades body has also o4: tore, Santore, Feltore and Marore •Viento (Mississippi) signed on. In- opening they like, they will come fered all help possible. of Ore; Steel Rover and Steel Ex­ transit vessels included the Alcoa down,to the hall on the double. Oldtimers on the beach right ecutive of Isthmian; Cities Serv­ Clipper, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa now include N. Creasy, J. C. LaAct As Messengers Shipping was good during the ice's Government Camp; Azalea Corsair and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Those who have complained seter, WJ Thompson, Roy Nash, past two weeks and should continue City of Waterman; Oremar and Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Del about this practice say it works a J. B. Henley, M. J. Lohr, W. W. that way for the next two weeks. Bcthcoaster of Calmar. hardship on men who are full time Spivey, and C. D. Lowery and T. No ships signed on and one ship, In-transit vessels were the Eliza­ Campo and Del Viento (Mississip­ pi); Seatrain New York and Sea- seamen, in earnest to ship and not W. Burke. Brother Burke, who join­ the Steel Navigator (Isthmian), beth of Bull; Alamar and Calmar ed the SIU right here in Savannah of Calmar; Alcoa Pointer and Al­ train Savannah (Seatrain); La employed ashore in-between mak­ in 1944, generally sails electrician. paid off. In-transit vessels included ing job calls. So in the future do Salle, Claiborne, Mobilian, Gate­ Topa Topa, LaSalle and Gate^vay coa Roamer (Alcoa); Fairland and He's a man who likes to hunt and City (Waterman); Chickasaw of Waterman; and the way City and Wild Ranger (Water­ not be a messenger boy for some fish in his off time, as who doesn't man); Abiqua (Cities Service); guy who wants to drink beer up­ Evelyn and Mae Fort Hoskins of Cities Service. Margaret Brown, Pelican Mariner town, or hold down another job and he's more than happy to (Bull); Michael, Into Boneyard spend his days ashore with rod or Alexandj^a and The Ore Steamship Company, af­ and Alice Brown (Bloomfield); and and then come down and ship out gun on the hunt for some big ones. on the spur of the moment, Trinity (Carras); ter having the Bethore for 32 years, Edith (Bull). Jeff Morrison Lindsay J. Williams through your efforts. Council Grove has finally decided to scrap her. Savannah Port Agent New Orleans Port Agent At our last meeting. Jack Suand Cantigny The other old-timer of the,group, I (Cities Service); • the Steelore, is going to be laid up Southern D i s • when she reaches Baltimore this time. tricts (Southern Trading); and Around the hall this week is Buckner John H. Bove. Brother Bove joined four Seatrains; New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas and our organization June 2, 1944, and WILMINGTON, Calif 805 Marine Ave. FORT WILLI AM.... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. Georgia. We assisted the Lake is sailing as cook and baker. • SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 Earl Si}eppard '..103 Durham St. Charles agent, Leroy Clarke, in the BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn, PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone: 5591 Earl Sheppard, Agent .Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER Baltimore Port Agent TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. payoff of the Julesberg (Terminal Paul Hall BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 Tankers). . ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS 3-4 4; James Shcehah. Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA, EC 617V4 Cormorant .St. Robert Matthews Joe Algina Men on -the beach include N. Empire 4531 New Orleans: GALVESTON 308'/i 23rd St. Claude Simmons Joe Volpian VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. Whipple, H. Buckner, A. Distrunk, Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 William Hall ~ PaciSc 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La1419 Ryan St SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. F. Kon, F. Pence, B. Tolbert, P. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 SUP Phone 6346 Ryan, C. Knight, O. Fleet, H. Rose20 Elgin St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU ; 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec Phone: 545 crans, R. Averitt, R. Armstrong Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 82 St. Davids St. NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St PORTLAND 523 N. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 apd R.. Meadows. Men in the Mar­ Business affairs of tne port are Lmd.sey Williams^ Agent •i ' Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Gote De La Montague ine Hospital are Ll L. Bentiey, . Magnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 RICHMOND. CALIF ... 257 5th St. in fine shape, with the beefs few NEW VORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn 177 Prince William St. A. J. Scheving, S. Lyle, J. MarkoPhone 2599 SAINT JOHN HYacinth 9-6600 NB Phone; 2-5232 pole, J. C. Lewallen, H. E. Grant, and frr between and all of a minor SAN FRANCISCO... 450 Harrison St. NORFOLK ..127 129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 nature. Also in the few-and-far- Ben Rees. Agent F. L. 'Ryan, A. Weaver and D. Phone 4-1083 2700 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA ...-337 Market St. SEATTLE between column are jobs in the 8. Patterson. Cardullo. Agent Main (1290 ALPENA. Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher port. In thO'-last two weeks less SAN FRANCISCO .. -- 450 Harrikon St. WILMINGTON SOS Marine Ave. The weather has been good, but Phone: 1238W Banning, Agent.: Douglas 2-5475 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Alain St. men were shipped than have gone T. Marty BrelthoR. West Coast Representative NEW YORK Phone: Cleveland 7391 we did get a little dusl from storms 678 4tb Ave., Brooklyn to sea in quite some time. -The PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pcl^j o 51--La 5 734 Lakeside Ave., NE further west. The members are STerUng 8-4071 CLEVELAND 2-5996 Phone: Main 1-0147 outlook for tlie coming two weeks ^ . • • 2 Aberctjrn St. DETROIT loss 3rd st. very elated about the prospects of Canadian District Agent Phone 3-1728 should be OK with the Frederic SEATTLE .Tleadquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 getting a new location for the jhoH. ., ,. . 2700 1st Ave MONTREAL. ......634 St. James St. West DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Elliott 4334 C. Collin due to crew up Jeft Gillette. Agent PLateau 8161' Keith Alsop Phone: Melrose 2-4110 mo»-1811 N. Franklin Si HALUAX, .N.8.....^r.'>.-128<A Mollis St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. between . now andi'the'i ffrs^. of TAMPA May White, Agent,,: P^yne 2-1323 j ,1^.^^lYesjljpn , yoTjt I ^gcnt '4 Phone: 3-8911 Phone: Esses 9-S818 J MA Baltimore: Uid-Up Ships To Call For Crows Hero Shortly Reporting Performers Is JusI Common Sonso Waterfront Pklure Clearing fer AH. Baildlng Trades Rap Non-Union Project W Hall To Move To New Location City Requests Status As Cot't Lay-ltp Port 'i'-' �SEAFARERS Mil^eli 5, 1954 Pace EleVei LOG ....JPORT JtCPORTS wanted to make a trip on her, judg­ Lake Charles: abundance. There are no shortages Mobile: ing by the number of cards thrown of contracts, so that each SIU in for the jobs. The ship is cur­ member may have his own pei<rently around the Gulf, loading for sonal copy. If he is a good SIU her maiden trip under the Bloomsailor he will have his contract field house flag. with him on every ship. Aside from Shipping has been fair for the Shipping has been fairly good Shipping continues to be poor navigation maps and books, the Army Vet Returns past two weeks, with a total of 63 in Boston, but does show some I contract is the most important for the last couple of weeks with Here in Mobile with us we have jobs in all rates shipped. We still signs of picking I reading matter on board any ship, 174 men shipped to regular jobs up. Three ships I for two reasons. One, because the and'about 100 shipped to tug and Brother P. Owens, better known as have over one hundred men regis­ "Smoky" Owens. He has just re­ tered, so don't rush down expect­ paid off and sign­ ' ships have to go to all parts of the ed on; the Lone world and get back, and two, by shore gangs and various other jobs turned to shipping after a stint in ing to ship in a hurry. The fol­ Jack and Cantig- having a gOod knowledge of the around the harbor. We had a total Uncle Sam's army. Brother Owens lowing ships called in here during ny (Cities Serv­ contract these trips can be pleas­ of ten payoffs, five sign-ons and sails as an electrician in the En­ .the past two weeks: Winter Hill, gine department and is very glad Government Camp, Bradford Is­ ice) and Queens- ant and the payoff smooth and on five ships in transit. to get back to sea. He is convinced land, Bents Fort, Logans Fort, ton Heights (Sea- time. Payoffs that the various benefit.s of the Lone Jack and Fort Hoskins trade). Intransit Oldtimers on the beach include Seafarers will make them the (Cities Service). The Winter Hill Ships paying off included the vessels included R. H. Schaiffner, A. Gurskie and pacesetters of the Maritime in­ and Government the Steel Age (Is­ C. D. Jernigan. Men in the marine Monarch Sea, Hurricane, Claiboime dustry for years to come. Camp made two and Wild Ranger (Waterman) and thmian), Robin hospital in this port include O. E. Prince calls. We had Cat Tanner Sherwood -and Abrams, J. E. Eubanks, J. V. Ende, the Pennant, Cavalier. Partner, a terrific beef Mobile Fort Agent Pilgrim, Corsair Robin Kettering (Robin) and Wa­ G. C. Farnum, W. K. Gulley. Sverwhen the Julesterman ships Wacosta, De Soto, re Johannessen, L. Musselini, J. C.' and Ranger, all 4" 4" 4* burg (Terminal Lafayette, Fairland and Ibeiwille. Mitchell, V. K. King, E. L. Woods, Alcoa ships. Sign­ Philadelphia: Tankers) paid off. ing on were Wa­ We regret to report that one broth­ T. R. Webster and A. Wilfert. She was in a terman's Mobiler passed on. Edward C. Dacey Jeff Gillette mess with a logian and Hurri­ died in the Brighton Marine Hos­ Seattle Port Agent happy skipper, cane and the Al­ pital on Feb. 19, following an op­ coa Pennant, Al­ but we were able Glick eration. 4> 4' 4" to get most of the coa Partner, and According to shipping figures, On Beach Miami: Alcoa Pilgrim. shipping has been just about hold­ jogs cut down or thrown out com­ Seafarers on the beach include In-transit vessels ing its own and there is nothing in pletely. The skipper on the JulesLimbaugh W. Prince, P. Norton and G. Smith. included the the picture of the future to show burg is one log-happy character, Men in Marine Hospitals are T. Steel Navigator (Isthmian) and that it will be either booming or and he disputed all the overtime Mastaler, R. Churchill,. R. Rogers, Watermair ships Iberville, Citrus busting. Of course, we still have he thought he could get away with, S. Sbriglio, J. Valenzuela, E. BelkPacker, Antindus and Arizpa, our regular in-transit ships that but the company showed up with Slow—that's the word for how ner and F. Mallory. All are report­ take a few replacements. Let us their own representatives, and all shipping is, has been, and will be. All payoffs, sign-ons and ined to be in pretty good condition. beefs were settled before the pay­ hope it keeps that way. A continuous article ship, the Flor­ transit jobs were contacted and all ' Below Zero off. Everj'body was happy but ida (P&O) paid off. No ships signed beefs were settled to the crew's Things are really tightening up In Portland, Me., bad weather on and vessels in-transit include satisfaction prior to sailing. Other here in Philadelphia. Everything the skipper. and nine degrees below zero We attended the meeting of the the Iberville, Chickasaw and Waterman ships in port which may seems to be tuned to a general rise temperatures delayed the Queens- Azalea City (Waterman), Florida, Lake Charles Central Trades and crew up in the near future are the in unemployment. The shipping ton Heights payoff from Feb. 12 Ponce (Puerto Rico), and Wyoming Monarch of the Sea and the Fair- industry, likewise, has started to Labor Council, and at the meeting to 13, because the pilot refused to (Quaker). isle. tighten its belt in an effort to com­ the council appointed a committee bring the ship in. The pilot also AFL Convention Sympathy Extended pete with the foreign-flag vessels to meet with this area's State sen­ failed to guide three other ships ators and representatives, in order The resolutions taken up by the The Mobile Branch wishes to ex­ that Uncle Sam has so generously to fight a state bill which would in. This was winter's coldest day in Portland. The ships resembled a recent AFL Convention here in tend its sympathy to the family of given or practically given away. outlaw the closed shop. We have painting of a winter wonderland Miami looked very good. Maybe Brother Joseph Walters, who died There is now a movement in Con­ already received private assurances scene: ice covered them and long the Teamsters will do something to recently in a Norwegian port. gressional circles to wipe out the that we will have the support of icicles hung from the ships super­ organize the tnick drivers in this Brother Walters was an oiler on last bit of protection to American the men from this area. state, but it will be a tough strug­ board the Warrior (Waterman) and shipping. They are now discussing structures. Labor News gle. evidently died of a heart attack the elimination of the 50-50 clause, James Sheehan which means that if they are suc­ The Building Construction and On Beach right after closing a steam valve, Boston Port Agent cessful all cargo in the American Trades Council has been meeting according to shipmates who noti­ Oldtimers on the beach include 3) 4" 4" Philip Miranda, Edward Polise, fied the hall of his death; Brother foreign aid program can be ship­ with contractors in an attempt to Seattle: negotiate their dispute, and we Robert Lambert, and Eugene Mc- Walters was a veteran of two wars. ped on foreign vessels. have just received word that seven Guinn. J. C. Vilar is still in the He is survived by his wife and Kelleher Passes Away contractor's have come to terms, Marine Hospital. The weather here other relatives. Present plans call Danny Kelleher has just passed j Picketing in the dispute has been has been fair, but cool and windy. for returning the body aboard the away after a heart attack. His pass­ very quiet, with no scab attempts Fish have been running well and Warrior. ing will be grieved by his many to work. Mardi Gras Shipping has been very good there have been some good catches Brother W. V. Glick. who joined Mardi Gras has been in full friends and shipmates. here in the Port of Seattle, with made. The boys haven't been doing Ships paying off were the Cal- the SIU in the early days, presided several men shipping through San too well on the horses and dogs, swing in this port and brothers on Francisco for jobs in Seattle. It though. At present, we are nego­ the beach enjoyed the various mar of Calmar: Trinity of Carras; over our last meeting as chairman. looks just as good for the future. tiating with P&O. It's going well parades which ended on March 3. Carolyn and Marina of Bull; Cata­ Glick hails from Ohio, but i-.anagevl Ships paying off included the and we should have a contract soon. Some of the oldtimers currently houla of Nat'l. Navigation and to get to sea at an early age. The We expect Ponce Cement to ex­ on the Beach include H. Hallman, Logans Fort of Cities Service. recording secretary was Alphan San Mateo Victory of Eastern; Young America of Waterman; pand as a result of their building H. Young, F. Thompson, R. Floyes, Ships signing on were the same, Fruge, who earned his book the Alcoa Planter of Alcoa; Greece a new office in Miami. There is H. Limbaugh, S. Tuberville, R. while in-transit vessels were the hard wa.v. in Cities Service. Both Victory, of South Atlantic "and the also talk of the Company buying Stepp, J, Bradley, H. Gable and E. Robin Doncaster, twice. Robin brothers did a fine job.. Sherwood and Robin Locksley Leroy Clarke Sea Wind of Seatraders. Ships another ship. We hope its true as Ayler. (Seas); Ines of Bull; Chickasaw. Mariner Ships Lake Charles Port Agent signing on were the Liberty Bell we could sure use another ship in From all indications, the boys on Azalea City, Lafayette and DeSoto of Tramp Cargo, Seaeliff of Coral this area. It seems that every new 4. 4. 4 outfit that woi'ks out of here starts the beach like the Mariner type (Waterman) and the Steel Execu­ and the Choctaw of Waterman.Wilminqton: In-transit vessels were the An­ operating under the monkey flag. ships, V/hen the Pelican Mariner tive of Isthmian. Steve CarduIIo (Bloomfield) crewed up here re­ Eddie Parr drew Jackson and Yaka of Water­ Philadelphia Port Agent cently, everyone on the beach Miami Port Agent man. Delegates Are Important Ship and department delegates are doing a fine job in general, par­ Shipping remained about, the ticularly on the ships that have same for the past two weeks with been in and out of Seattle these no payoffs, one sign-on and seven past few weeks. The job as dele­ in-transits. One payoff is sched­ gate aboard ship is very important uled in the next two weeks. We and whoever is delegate on any Shipping Figures February 10 to February 24 regret to inform the membership ship needs the cooperation of the SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL that Brother Edward A. Cooley REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. men and officers he works with. PORT DECK ENG. STEW.SHIPPED passed away in the Union hall of DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. Many times there are important 10 a heart attack. The Union con­ 6 2 2 41 Boston 21 15 5 decisions to be made and if the tacted his family and helped make 177 69 57 51 269 New York 91 98 80 delegates think it necessary to arrangements for the funeral. A 26 69 group of Union brothers attended 24 19 73 call meetings to discuss the mat­ Philadelphia 21 27 25 ter. and arrive at the most logical 202 the services and burial. 58 72 72 286 Baltimore 119 99 68 answer, these meetings are called Brother Ernest Tilley is now out 30 13 8 9 30 Norfolk 15 8 7 and all involved have their say in the vacationland of the West 8 3 3 2 25 Savannah H 5 9 and generally the best solution to and wishes to state that he does 10 3 4 3 50 Tampa 16 17 17 any problem is arrived at in this not miss the cold weather back 58 174- East. 62 54 manner. The problems that come 178 Mobile ........i.. '... 64 52 62 up are generally not too serious We are happy to report that no 53 62 180 65 193 New Orleans 87 66 50 men are in the Marine Hospitals. and are mostly concerning the con­ 68 41 159 50 105 Galveston 46 24 35 Oldtimers on the beach here in­ tract working rules. 38 147 clude "Red" Nunn, Jake Longfel­ 58 51 58 Seattle • ;. '30 18 10 Have Own Contract 70 25 18 27 low, Ty Darling, Ed Lane, Irish San Francisco 44 38 34 — 116 At the payoff or signon of any Adams and Whitey Staham. , 19 3 7 9 69 ship these contracts are brought on VVilmington 30 .20 19 ,, vE; B,-Tilleyf.-.; ' • .11.,''.:^ -Sy,, ..I >«.* If" •' • •• "i'J" —— • board by SIU officials, They are Wilmington Port Agent 383 L255 ' 1,503 \Z:..; ,699 4(if- . 421 also 'a\^lfablfe"'kt'W SItI halls in • »-?TbtaW^- Boston: Big Beef Bops Log-Happy Skipper Mariner Ship And Mardi Gras Make Perl News Pilot Stages Sab-Zero Sitdowii' ia Portland Shipping is Holding Its Own In Pa. Port Ponce Cement iWay Add New Ship To Run Delegaies Can Use Crew's Cooperation Shipping Clays At Slow Bell On Coasi �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE The bandannas and neckerchiefs affected by seamen for many years as part of their every-day dress originally came from India. When Portuguese explorers, back in the 16th century, began to learn about the various beautiful cloths pro­ duced in the country, they saw that one owed its interesting ap­ pearance to the curious manner in which it was prepared for dye­ ing. The cloth was tightly knotted before it was dipped in the dye, and thus some portions of the cloth retained the original color. The Hindus called this method of dyeing bandhnu, a word later de­ veloped in English as bandanna. boats, and the channel eventually carried the same name. 4 4 i LOG March ff. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER BENJAMIN MIGNANO, AB "The best union there is," .that's cident. When it comes to Cities Question: Do you favor a brush what Ben Mignano says about the Service, Mignano has one beef. Ben or roller for painting aboard ship? SIU, and although Ben is only 26 says that there are still not enough years old, he's been sailing SIU old time book-men taking Cities H. E. Collins, elect.: I have never ships since the first day he left Service ships. "There's nothing like a full crew had occasion to use either one of ^Brooklyn ten years ago. Ben, them aboard ship who's married and the father of of SIU members" he says, "to myself, but I three children, first went to sea at straighten out any ship that has would think that the age of 16, when he shipped out been giving a little difficulty." the roller is the on the Benjamin Bourn (Missis­ Brooklyn better of the two. sippi). He's been sailing as a deck Ben was bom in and brought up It puts paint on man right along, except for a twoin his home port, Brooklyn. He year hitch in the Army from 1951 more evenly than a brush does on to 1953. Seafarer Mignano was sta­ says that before he got married, a flat surface. It tioned in Panama and did duty'as his favorite outport was New Or­ leans. Now that he has a family, does it faster an infantryman and lifeguard. When Ben was discharged, he Ben usually confines himself to and makes the i ^ ran into some trouble because Un­ coastwise trips like the Cities Serv­ work that much easier for the guy A caucus, used today to describe cle Sam's khaki boys had managed ice, coastwise runs which permit wielding the roller. a meeting of a political group to to lose all his records and to this him to be home pretty regularly. 4" 4" i decide on some course of action, Shipping off the board, he points Hugh Dryden, oiler: That all de­ day they haven't found them, so is believed to have originated in Ben hasn't received some Army out, enables him to get the kind pends upon what you are trying to New England, from gatherings of pay. However, arrangements were of run where he can stick close to paint. If you are ship-caulkers and others engaged t 4. t made through the Welfare Service home. painting a flat in the shipping business to discuss The remora, a strange fish which surface, It is best so that he could get his book re­ When it comes to hobbies, swim­ the news of the industry . . . The attaches itself to moving objects activated immediately and ship out. ming is the thing this sailor goes letters F and Y inscribed on the by a sort of sucking-disk along the to use a roller. But trouble still followed Ben for and that's quite natural. He did However, I pre­ banners of Columbus and his cap­ top of its head, was well-known to because on his first ship after get­ serve as a lifeguard in the Army tains, often seen in paintings or ancient Roman navigators. The fer a brush my­ ting out of service, the Royal Oak and you have to be pretty good in self, when paint­ models of the ships in his expedi­ fish would attach itself to the bot­ (Cities Service), he had a bad acci­ the water to hold down that type tion to the New World, were the tom or sides of their slow-moving" ing the eaves, or dent which put him on the beach of job. behind pipes, es­ initials of Ferdinand and Ysabella, sailing vessels, and it was believed Typical SIU Man for six months. the Spanish king and queen in that they acted as a drag to the pecially In the engine room, it is With ten years of SIU sailing be­ Accident whose name Columbus sailed. In vessel, holding it' back or even very necessary. You can't do any­ hind him, young Ben is typical of old Spanish, I and Y were inter­ stopping its progress. It was for A steel block fell off the ship's the kind of Seafarer found in the thing with the rollerheads. changeable and the queen's name this reason that the Romans gave mast and crashed down onto his union. He's a thoroughly competent was correctly written either Isa­ it the name remora, which means John Fondres, AB: It really head and body. Ben suffered a man who handles his professional bella or Ysabella, that which holds back, a delayer. doesn't matter which one you use slight brain injury, had nine stitch­ and private responsibilities with as long as you es taken in hii head, and also was dispatch. i 4 4 ^ ^ » use it properly. hospitalized with four broken ribs, Ben says he was lucky that the Cynosure, a high-brow word for According to legend. Buttermilk They're both the a punctured lung and a broken an­ first ship he caught after leaving Channel, which separates Gover­ something which attracts atten­ same to me on kle. It takes more than trouble and high school at the age of sixteen, > nors Island from Brooklyn and tion, is another word for Polaris, the job. I can bad times to keep a Seafarer like was an SIU ship. "At that time Long Island in NY harbor, got the pole-star or North Star, the use either one Ben down and he's right back in I didn't know one union from an­ that name because of the fondness star which appears to be the center and feel as if I there again sailing with the SIU. other," Ben confessed. "All I knew of the original Dutch settlers for about which all others rotate. am getting the The last ship Mignano caught was was that I wanted to get on board that particular drink. The channel Ancient Greek mariners who ob­ job done in the the Winter Hill (Cities Service). He a ship. Since then I've had the was said to have been so narrow served it and its constellation right way. Of spent three weeks on the beach be­ opportunity to see what other out­ and shallow that cattle could easily thought that the last three stars fore shipping out again. course, if you use fits are like and I realize now that wade across it, and the only boats in the constellation of this bril­ New Hall they're the kind of ships to stay that could navigate it in those liant, seemingly stationary star your head a little and pick the Ben says he was "surprised to away from." day* were flat-bottomed craft had the curve and upward sweep right one for the right job, it will see the new hall and all the Welfare As far as the SIU is concerned, drawing little water. The boats of the tail of a dog, so they gave be 'a lot easier. Plan help" when he got out of serv­ he feels that aside from the ship­ 4 t t made regular trips across the the entire constellation the name Alfred Borrego, fireman: For ice. He was high in his praise of board conditions the Union does channel to carry buttermilk, a fa­ Dog's Tail or, in Greek, Cynosura. use aboard a ship, I prefer to use the fine headquarters facilities and more for its membership than any vorite drink among the Dutch, They also gave the same name to all the rest of the benefits for Sea­ other outfit. He's pretty well from the dairies of Long Island to the bright one, which accounts for a roller. The roll­ er does the job farers. The Welfare Plan in par­ pleased at the choice he made by Governors Island and New Am­ the English word. The constella­ ticular came in for Ben's praise for accident when he was just 16 years sterdam. For this reason they tion is familiar today as Ursa it is called upon to do better, the help he received after his ac­ old. were popularly called buttermilk Minor or Little Bear. easier and much faster, as well. Of course, this is assuming it is on a flat surface, especially on the ACROSS DOWN 10. seaman 33. Mountain General Douglas MacArtbur an­ of unknown nationality dropped bulkheadis, where 11. Pope range. Russia Sad . 1. Tree juice nounced that New Zealand and bombs on Stockholm, Sweden, and 17. Where Pitts­ 34. Take into Honolulu it is simple to give the rollerhead 2. Alabama; burgh finished custody American ground troops had seized a second city 60 miles away . . . 8. What a union Abbr. full play. 19, Like 36. River. Italy insures the northern end of the Solomons The SIU's New York branch urged 3. 21. Honey-makers 37. Inquiries Brown t 4" 4 S. Part of a raca tBloomfield) 22. avis 38. Old form of George Balukas, AB: I like to archipelago. ... In boxing. Beau lifetime admission and treatment 23. Be in store for "you" 12. Wings 4. Members of Jack whipped Sammy Angott in rights in US marine hospitals for 25. Washington 39. Path lor SIU use both the brush and the rolkr ten rounds at New York. 13. Baking ballplayers liners merchant seamen in recognition of chamber 5. Man's name on different Jobs 26. Member of 40. Autocrat 6. Egg: Comb, their war service . . . Forces of the 14. Sash worn in the crew 42. WiUie where they are form Japan t t * Famed fiddler Keeler US Pacific Fleet "returned the 7. City on Angola 27. zR called for. One White 44. Sheltered side 15. Rubber port coast visit made by the Japanese Fleet Line 45. The Allies ousted the Japanese Enemy of the in SA or the other will 8. Sub's breath30 City on Oder USA 16. Where N. ing device from a mountain pass in North at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, do as it makes Hotel St. is 9. Noisy (Puzzle Answers On Page 25) no difference to Burma which the enemy had appar­ and effected a partial settlement 18. One of Hoover's men me. If there is ently planned to use in an invasion of the debt," Washington an­ II 10 20. Ranks a job coming up of India . . . Five delegates to rep­ nounced, in an attack which cost 21. Banks, in in which either resent the SIU-A&G District at the Japanese 23 ships sunk and Scotiand will do the same the SIU of North America conven­ more than 250 planes. 23. Sea birds amount of work tion in New Orleans were chosen 24. Work for » 4^ ^ money with relative ease, I take the one by a coastwise ballot. An A&G US troops landed on Los Negros 25. What sugar which is nearest at hand and use agents' conference was scheduled does in the Admiralty Islands, at the to be held in conjunction with the it. 20. Before convention . . . tJS and British air northern entrance to the Bismarck 4> 4* 4* 30. AU that U to be Geronimo Morales, oiler: There's attacks on Berlin and industrial Sea, and captured a vital airfield. 31. Fish catcher no doubt in my mind which is the points throughout Germany and The Japanese lost 3,000 in one all32. 24,000-ton better, of the two France mounted . . . Moscow an- night, futile attempt to retake the Italian ship pieces of "work nounced it had offered peace airbase ... Attacks and counter­ 34. City in India gear. It's the In Japan, attacks on the Anzio (Italy) front terms to Finland pleat 35. brush. I prefer 36. Earlier Fremier Gen.- Hideki Tojo took continued . . . More than 600 Rus­ 37. FinaUy: 2 the brush myself over the office of Chief of the sian planes carried out a ten-hour words bombing raid oh Helsinki, Finland because- it does 40. Ripped Army Staff. 41. Places for . . . Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and better and more ships to avoid 4" 4- 4i two others were put to death in jobs than does 43. Long fish 46. Knowle-dge President Roosevelt vetoed a Sing Sing, NY, prison, for the the roller. You 47. Region $2.3 billion tax bill, branding it aj murder of a Brooklyn storekeepei^ can't get a roller 48. Leak slowly 49.- Observe , "relief not for the needy but for in 1936 . ; . The US and Britain to work in and BO. Employer the greedy." Congress passed it stopped shipment of military shparound pipes and narrow quarters 51.- It beats a • ' deuce ..-.y.'.'ii: sgain. over -. the veto v ,^4 lAitpiaiim. . jon tbg ;fMP |iln410»«an a brush. Built on the crater floor of an extinct volcano, Leverock's Town, commonly known as The Bottom, is the main settlement on the is­ land of Saba in the Dutch West Indies and was a base for Carib­ bean pirates in the 17th century. T^e principal means of entering the town is by a stairway known as The Ladder, which leads from the shore 800 feet below and con­ sists of hundreds of steps cut in the solid rock. Boats made in The Bottom are. said to be among the best in the area, but since the is­ land has no harbor where a vessel can anchor with safety at all times, the small Ashing craft built in the town have to be carried laborious­ ly up The Ladder over the crater rim in order to be launched in the sea. r �•I'-m, •K-'^.-'-. *-f«. -^'J r^4<t7|-TT.'ji;v^:^ji/r«airi« March 5, 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS^ LOG LETTER P4UL HALL, Secretary-^Treasurer of the Editor, HEABERT BRAMO, Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, 0ANIEL NULVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPtVACK. JERRY REMER, At, MASKIN, RICHARD HELLER: C.ulf Area Reporter, BILL MdoDY: Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. Tougher Sledldiiig Over the past few months it's become pretty clear that unions in this country are in for tougher sledding in the future. Thesre's no question that some of the acceptance and support that unions enjoyed in the past from people outside the union movement has evaporated and in its place there arie some feelings of indifference and even hostility towards organizations of working men. This doesn't mean .that those who want to smash unions (and there are always some of them around) will get a free hand to do their dirty work. It does mean that in many places and in many circumstances all kinds of obstacles are being thrown up against union progress, and some unions that are not securely established may crack under pressure. Al­ ready in some isolated instances, smaller and weaker unions have been forced to take backward steps and have been deprived of hard-won gains, either through legislation or tough treatment at the . hands of employers. Such develop­ ments will only encourage anti-union forces to go after bigger game. Obviously under Sjjich circumstances, unions and their members have to get in shape to face the tougher haul ahead. The SlU is well aware of the drift and what it could mean to Seafarers. It is prepared to meet any emergency that might arise, provided it enjoys the same solid backing from the rank and file membership that it has had in the past. mSTS Look-See Cold War Victory ::l WEEK Plan Would Speed Aid To Injured To the Editor: Last voyage I was elected ship's delegate aboard the Steel Maker and, as usual, several things came up which I was not familiar with, most of them wei-e straightened out with a little common sense, however. There is one thing though that I'd like to have called to the attention of the membership to be aired out and discussed. In this way, through the pages of the LOG, the membership could kick around the idea. Last voyage two SIU seamen were repatriated aboard this ship. One of them was in pretty good shape but unfortunately the other. James Waldron, was unable to help himself and also was unable to The United Mine Workers panics of creating mass unemploy­ speak because he had had a stroke. Health and Welfare Fund sued four ment by overproducing. Carey also When he came aboard it never oc­ bituminous coal operators in Scran- charged the Eisenhower adminis­ curred to me to ton, Pa., for $63,039, charging fail­ tration with "big business policies," notify the Union, ure and refusal to pay into the and stated that "they (Eisenhower because I figured fund. The UMW announced that administration) cannot escape re­ the delegates on this was the first of "many" suits. sponsibility for the seores of thou­ his last ship had The suit was filed in the name of sands of Americans lining up at taken care of UMW President Lewis and two employment offices and unemploy­ that when he was trustees of the fund, the income of ment compensation windows." hospital i z e d. which is derived from royalties 4i 4!' 4> However, this de­ paid on coal mined. Recently, fSo many nice things-have been said about Andrew Furutail was appar­ monthly payments to beneficiaries Building service workers in Man­ seth in the past that it would be repetitious to go into them ently overlooked. were cut in half, because the fund hattan lofts and commercial build­ Hanks here. But now that we are coming up to his 100th anniver­ When we ar­ has been depleted. ings received wage increases of $2.S0 a week under a three-year sary, it would be proper and fitting if our nation gave him rived at pier 2, Staten Island, t t the recognition that is his due. Seafaring men know of him about 4 PM there was no one Wage increases of 28 cents an agreement between Building Serv­ aboard.or on the dock to take care ice Employees Local 32B, AFL and well, but to outsiders he is obscure and unknown. of this man. I called Welfare Serv­ hour were won for 300 members of an employer group. Approximately Consequently, the Committee of American Maritime ices at the hall and told them Machinists Lodge 737 in St. Paul, 12,0C0 union members are covered Unions is proposing that the US Postoffice Department issue Waldron was aboard and described Minnesota. The men are employed by the new contract which is ex­ a special Furuseth commemorative stamp in honor of the the condition he was in. Within a by 21 over-the-road trucking com­ pected fo set a pattern for another panies. In addition, the 2V^ year 9,000 workers employed by mem­ occasion. Such a stamp would be small recognition indeed very short time a Welfare repre­ agreement provides for nearly dou­ bers of another association. sentative from the Union was for a man who did so much to give seamen the rights en­ bling welfare benefits. Of the raise. aboard the ship to assist him. He joyed by other American citizens. 4" 4" '4 21 cents was retroactive to Nov. 15. took him to the USPHS hospital a* two cents to Jan. 16, and five cent*-Representatives of 13 rail very short distance from pier 2, will become effective on May 16. brotherhoods are up in arms over and got him admitted. a letter written by Secretary of ir it In this particular case it didn't The CIO Oil Workers Interna­ Agriculture Ezra Benson dealing cause too much delay, but some The long-simmering dispute between the Military Sea ships might not be so conveniently tional is sponsoring, for the second with a dispute on the railroads. unions, representing l.C0:\0OO Transportation Service and private shipowners should be located, and this situation wouid year in a row, an essay contest for Tiie railroad workers complained to children of members. This year's resolved under current Congress plans to give that agency present a much harder problem in is, "What the Union Means President Eisenhower on the issue. a thorough going over. There have been many complaints seeing that a man got proper care. subject to My Community." The contest is Benson had written to a Presiden­ in the past few months that MSTS has been hauling pas­ Shouldn't Have Handicaps open to children up to sixteen tial emergency board a-kirg them sengers and cargo that rightfully fall in the province of the My complaint is that I don't see years old and cash prizes will be to reach a settlement which wouid not result in a boost in freight private operator. MSTS has always denied these charges why we and the Welfare Services awarded. rates on farm products. but they pop up again and again. Department must work under such 4. t handicaps. I would like to suggest 4. 4" 4' If through a complete investigation of these charges. Con­ Iowa's Governor Beardsiey. prod­ gress finds that this is the case, then there is no question but that the Union put printed forms ded into aetion by organized labor, Glass bottle blowers, members ships to be filled out by the has asked the Department of Agri­ of the Glass Bottle Association that the agency should be cut down to size. At a time when aboard in case of illness or in­ culture to make surplus food avail­ (AFL) have reached an agreement American bottoms have a tough time finding cargoes be­ delegates jury to any crewmember. These able for the state's 30,000 jobless on an industry-wide pension p an cause of cut-rate foreign competition, there is no excuse for forms could be filled out by the and their families. He said the for 7,000 members. A five cent an any Government agency to add to that burden by competing delegate aboard ship and sent to food could also be made available hour wage increase was also in­ With US ships i* the ocean trades. the Union immediately. to those receiving old age as­ cluded in the settlement with the Upon receipt. Welfare Services sistance and to dependent children Glass Container Manufacturers In­ t could take steps to see that the getting state aid. stitute. men are repatriated as soon as pos­ 4. 4. 4i4- 4' 4 sible and also have arrangements An increase averaging more than The Mississippi state legislature Although caviar may be priced a little too high, for some made to take care of them as soon four dollars a week, retroactive to has passed a so-called "ri.ght to as they arrive in the United States, Oct. 1. 1953, has been won at the workers* pocketbooks, at least from now on those who enjoy wherever or whenever this is. In work" bill which outlaws the union this marine delicacy no longer have to feel they're aiding this- way. men who are ill or in­ Philanthropic Mutual Life Insur­ shop. It is the 15th state to take ance Co. of Philadelphia in a con­ and abetting the cause of that misnamed "workers' paradise," jured would have the facts of their tract negotiated by the AFL Insur­ such action. The law provides that the Soviet Union, while they're munching it. case known immediately, and they ance Agents International Union a person cannot be denied employ­ if he or she refuses to join a The arrival of the SlU-manned Steel Voyager (Isthmian) wouldn't suffer due to any lapse of for Local 5. Gains also included a ment labor union, although the union time between their mishap and the refund of premiums paid for hos­ from Iran with a shipment of caviar no doubt heralds the pitalization. with the company as­ "may hold a contract. dawn of a whole new era for caviar connoisseurs who pre­ time they return to the States. suming the cost, and an increase of 4 4 4 viously were buying it either directly or indirectly from the It seems to me the job of the $500 in gi-oup life coverage for Welfare Services Department on Public schools in Bayonne, NJ, Russians. these matters would be simplified each agent. were shut down when the school Now the Iron Curtain on caviar has been lifted. Iran no also and, since the department is 4> ^ 4^ teachers, clerks and nurses walked longer gives the Soviets an exclusive monopoly on the local in business for our benefit, it James B. Carey, president of the out in protest against quashing of product, and US firms have moved in. Thus, another small would help us get even better serv- International Union Qf Electrical a wage increase. Funds for the victory has .been ruog. xq) for the West, and Seafarers who i9e than we have been getting. W<»rkeirs. CIO. Rccu^ ,the .General; inqr^^e v^ere knocked put, of tho manned the Voyagesfi ihie]|ieid shape little bit of history. '-.i IStewait S, ffiinks - £ld«trie. JiAd- .IVestiu^ouse..doia-f biiwfe-byitbftlgJitF fathers. Jnst Recognition •i Pagre Thirteen What Are You Afraid Of? Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union. Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 875 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYaeinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Vol. XVI. No. 5 March 5, 1954 • -.V;* LOG �Vace Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG Mareh B. 1954 P m^'' to-: Skyrocketing coffee prices hove put coffee very much in the news lotely, but coffee long has played an important part in the lives of Seafarers who ship out of the Port of New Orleans. Coffee is not only a beverage; it also rates as a commodity of much importance in world trade, heading the list of imports from Latin America to the US. One-fifth of the nation's coffee supply is imported through New Orleans, much of it aboard SlU-manned vessels like the passengerfreight ships operated by the Mississippi Shipping Company. With cof­ fee ranking third in value of goods imported by this country, the men and ships that bri bring it here fill a.vital role. Coffee first began to gain popularity in the US during colonial times, when resentment against the unjust British taxation of tea, climaxed by the Boston Tea Party (1773), made tea-drinking appear unpatriotic and a nation of coffee-drinkers was born. Today, Seafarers, like Americans everywhere, recognize the "coffee break," traditionally known as "coffeetime" to seamen, as a well-estab­ lished institution. Here, on these pages, are some scenes depicting stages in the coffee trade, from berry to brew. Vm-s. V The full-grown coffee plant is a large shrub that grows 5 to 15 feet in height, depending on the country where it is grown. Most of the coffee imported into the US comes from Brazil, then from 13 other Latin-American countries, Arabia, Indonesia and parts of Africa. Picking coffee is a hand operation that requires great skill. Workers carrying large baskets move from tree to tree, elimi­ nating imperfect berries and chaff with amazing speed. In average coffee production, one tree even­ tually yields about 1.7 pounds of roasted coffee. Close-up of a plantation worker picking berries off the coffee tree, which bears a fra­ grant white flower and fruit about the size of a large cranberry. The fruit, commonly called the berry, is dark red when fully ripe. Its seeds are the actual coffee "beans." t;- After picking, the coffee must be prepared for shipping. In the "wet" method, the out­ side pulp is immediately removed, exposing a sticky substance which must be washed off. The beans are then washed again in concrete Bluiceways (above), in cleay wat^. > Alternate preparation is by the "dry" method, in which the coffee, including ripe, dry and imma­ ture berries, along with earth, twigs and other impurities;;^ is passed through washing tanks and all undesirable material is eliminated. The coffee is then spread on the drying ground for 15-20 days for subsequent treatment by machines. During the drying process (above) the coffee is constantly raked and turned so that evaporation may be uniform. >^ter this drying, it is ready for hulling down to-the.basic'bean.,' .- '.v..v.- , �Maroh B, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Paire Fifteen A; More drying follows the hulling operation, after which the "green" or unroasted coffee is graded for size. Although machines grade it automatically, it is re-sorted by hand (above) so that only the finished coffee beans remain for bagging and export. Mississippi vessels like the SlU-manned Del Sud transport coffee from the major shipping ports of Santos and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for discharge in New Orleans, which is surpassed in the handling of coffee only by the ports of San Francisco and New York. Distinctive markings are used to separate various grades and consignments of coffee jn dockside warehouses after the bags of coffee are brought out of the hold. Longshoremen stack them in piles according to the fiag markings, a method dating back to sailing ship days. From the receiving warehouse, the bags of coffee go to storage warehouses, from which the coffee is then shipped by rail or truck to various roasting plants in all sections of the US. There the "green" coffee beans are blended, first in samples tested by experts and then in bulk, and roasted in huge machines with capacities of hundreds of pounds. After the coffee is roasted it is cooled by air suction and then put into bags or cans for retail sale or restaurant use. Americans drink more coffee than any other nation in the world. Proper storage of the coffee on the ship while en route is extremely important. The cargo must be kept dry, so the bags are arranged to provide for a maximum circulation of air. Here, a sling-load of coffee comes out of a forward hold on the Del Sud. L:-: '• 1 >1 While discharging of cargo proceeds, the crew performs maintenance work on the Del Sud, while the ship is tied up at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans. Photo shows Seafar­ ers Cyril Kenning (left) and Fidele "Sugar" DiGiovanni painting the bow. The end-result of the laborious process from coffse, plant to cup is "coffeetime," the break in ship's routine enjoyed by the crew twice daily, according to the specific provision for it in SIU agree­ ments. Here, three unidentified Seafarers share the traditional snack of coffee and pie. before re­ turning to work. Statistics indicate that, on the average, every person in the US consumes about 19 pounds of coffee annually, approximately 750 cups of coffee per year. Since children are figured in« this means that adult consumption is actually much greater. �"•Tfr-r SEAFARERS Pace Sixteea LOG March 5, 1954 SEAFARERS •I. • The recent United States announcement that the Government would discontinue participatinc in the North Atlantic weather ship operation with Canada and European countries because of high costs and the limited use of that weather information to the United States, has brought about a new arrangement for the weather ships with the USA again participating, but on a comparatively smaller scale. The Euro pean nations have agreed to underwrite a greater share of the cost and the United States will pay less. The agreement means a yearly economy for the United States of approximately $4,000,000. Meteorological in­ formation developed by the weather ships is used to aid ship naviga­ tion, transatlantic plane flights and also for weather predictions in Western Europe. The United States had maintained that most of these services provided European countries with the chief benefits. 4- t 4 4 l" 4 The Soviet Union's continuing attempts to modernize her aging fleet have forced the Communist country to order ships to be built in other countries. France has just joined Denmark and Belgium in building ships for the USSR. The Russians have ordered six 6,170 deadweightton ships from three French yards. The vessels will be equipped to carry grain and reinforced to travel through heavy ice...In Wash­ ington, a bill designed to encourage shipowners who want vessels hpilt with smaller engine rooms, has been submitted to Congress at the re­ quest of the Treasury Department... The closing of Government fa­ cilities to teach merchant ship officers radar and other electronic tech­ niques has led to the expansion of the Raytheon Manufacturing Com­ pany's free school in Waltham, Mass. Handling Electrical Equipment ACTION A sound suggestion that could help speed up needed repairs aboard ship was offered by Sea­ farer John Risbeck when he was aboard the Seacoral. Risbeck pro­ posed that a bulletin board space be set aside for listing needed re­ pairs. That way, it could be seen easily what needed attention, and when the repair was done it could be checked off the list. Since getting repairs done is usually an item or'dispute on a vessel, often dragging over from one trip to the next, the suggestion could be valuable in settling this kind of beef. The bulletin board would serve as a valuable supplement to the repair lists sent in to headquarters. Risbeck, who sails in the deck department, has been with the SIU for well over ten years, join­ ing the Union in the Port of New^ York on May 24, 1943. He's a na­ tive of Czechoslovakia and is 32 years old. The Navy's Hydrographic Office has announced that as an economy measure, it has decided to drop its weekly Hydrographic Bulletin.. The publication, issued continuously since 1889, will be discontinued on March 37. Urgent navigational information will then appear in the weekly "Notice to Mariners." The weekly bulletins contained informa­ tion on obstructions and dangers along coasts and principal ocean routes A collision between a Japanese ship, the Kamagawa Maru, and a small, Dutch coastal vessel, the Leuvehaven, cost the lives of two Dutch seamen on Feb. 21. The collision occurred in a thick fog 4 4 4 and caused the Leuvehaven to sink. Seven of the Dutch crew were Crewmembers of the Show Me saved after about an hour in the water in'^the shipping channel that Mariner (Bull) must be getting connects Rotterdam to the sea. pretty solid fare these days be­ 4 4 4 cause they are The Swedish-American liner Stockholm arrived in New York during quite enthusiastic the last week of February with a brand new design. After a fourabout the kind of month reconversion job in a German shipyard, the ship now has an food dished out extended superstructure on the promenade and sun decks. The en­ by the stewards largement of the enclosed spaces has made room for 191 more pas­ department head­ sengers and has added 1,000 gross tons to the Stockholm's weight.,. ed up by John Z, The extraordinarily severe winter which Europe has been undergoing Reed, Jr. Reed this year has affected shipping. The last West German port open to and all the men shipping, Kiel Harbor, was almost closed recently by drifting ice. in his depart­ Weather officials said the whole Baltic Sea may freeze if temperatures ment got a hand don't rise soon. By way of contrast, the Toronto, Cfinada, hatbor Reed for the fine job opened on Feb. 23rd, marking the shortest closed .season on record. they are doing. Shipping officially ended only 50 days earlier, on Jan. 4. Reed came to the sea from way 4 4 4 More ships were launched in 1933 than in any other peace time year, inland in Montana, where he was the Lloyd's Register of Shipping has reported. Six of the twelve lead­ born on April 13, 1919. He joined ing ship building nations, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, the union in New York on October France and Norway, beat their own earlier records. In all, a total of 4, 1948 and has been sailing stead­ 1,143 ships of 5,096,050 tons slid down the ways all over the world. ily with the SIU since then. Great Britain led in tonnage and the United States was fourth with 4 4 4 528,307 tons, 60,000 tons higher than 1952. More than half of the ton­ Another member of the stewards nage launched consisted of tankers although the oil carriers only com­ department who get a nice pat on prised one fourth of the total ships built. The largest ship launched the back from his shipmates was was the Cristoforo Colombo, an Italian passenger vessel of 29,100 Arturo Mariani, gross tons. messman aboard 4 4 4 Bull Lines' Caro­ Arctic ice is moving south toward the North Atlantic shipping lanes lyn. Mariani was in what is thought to be the earliest and heaviest drift in four years. pyaised for his The US Coast Guard has already begun the preliminary work of the polite and con­ International Ice Patrol Service with the help of two of its long-range siderate service aircraft .. The US Justice Department announced the indictments of which made Julius C. Holmes, former U.S. Minister in London, and Stavros Niar- mealtimes more chos, Greek shipowner of a fleet totaling nearly 1,000,000 tons, in a pleasant for all multi-million dollar operation involving the purchase of surplus gov­ hands. Mariani ernment vessels. Holmes, the ex-United States Minister, is presently Mariani is ap­ employed as a special assistant to Secretary of State John Foster proaching the tefl-year mark with Dulles. In all, eighteen individuals and seven corporations were named the SIU, having joined the Union in the five indictments. Also under indictment on charges of conspiring in New York on April 11, 1944. to defraud the US by violating the law limiting the sale of surplus The 39-year old Seafarer is a na­ government ships to United States shipping companies and citizens, is tive of Puerto Rico and makes his former Rep. Joseph E. Casey of Massachusetts. home there in the town of Arroyo. Burly Loaha Betier'TThmt Way While electrical equipment on a vessel is usually the province of the engineer or the electricians, it is well for all crewmembers to have a smattering of ba.slc knowledge about the precautions to bd observed and the maintenance practices involved. And there will be times, for example, when an oiler Will be called on to change over generators or assist in same. It's pretty difficult to tell just how often a piece of electrical equip­ ment has to be checked up and serviced, since so much depends on conditions to which the equipment is subject. One thing that has been determined though, is that failure in electrical equipment is usually caused by defects or breakdowns in insulation. This will come from a variety of factors such as dirt, oil, grease or harmful alkali and acids attacking the insulation, excessive dampness, too much load on the equipment with the resulting high temperatures, and too much vi-. bration. Sometimes all it takes is a smalf particle of dirt in the wrong place to interrupt an electrical circuit, which is one reason why electricians and engineers can get grey hairs trying to trace breakdowns. Therefore the basic maintenance steps for any electrical equipment involve keeping it clean and dry and operating it within limits imposed by the manufacturer. The same thing goes, incidentally, for anybody who's doing any work on electrical equipment—particularly keeping hands and skin as dry as possible. When electrical "equipment has to be worked on, it's important for disconnect switches to be open, or for fuses to be removed. Either a danger tag should be placed on the switch or the switch should-simply be locked open so that somebody else cannot close it. If working on live equipment, rubber gloves are standard procedure, and rubber or crepe-soled shoes are a good idea too. A good practice when touching any electrical equipment is to behave like a one-armed man. Keep the other hand in your pocket. That way if you do happen to get a jolt, it will not pass through the chest and the chances of sur­ viving without serious injury are considerably better. A disconnecting switch should never be opened while equipment is under load. Nor should a disconnect or safety switch be closed with­ out making sure that nobody is tinkering with the apparatus and that it is in good working condition. If there is an improperly connected control on the equpment, it could put full voltage on a large unit when the safety switch is being closed.- That kind of a load could blow up the safety switch with serious effects on anybody near. Test All Lines Never take it for granted that a line is dead just because somebody says so. The sensible precaution is to take the time out to test lines before doing anything else. Changing over generators in the engine room, a procedure which is usually done "every week, involves the following step-by-step pro­ cedure. The generator parallel to the generator in operation should be checked for loose parts. The engine is then turned by hand one full revolution to make sure all is clear. Lubrication in bearings and the crankcase should be checked and any water in the crankcase drained out. The next step is to open all the drains for steam lines, exhaust lines and others, if any. The exhaust valve should be opened wide as well as other valves in the exhaust line between the engine and the con­ denser. The steam valve is then cracked slightly so as to allow the engine to warm up while running at siow speed. Sometimes the engine has to be pushed off center to turn. When the steam blows steadily, and the generator has been brought up to its rated speed, the drain valves can be closed up tight. Voltage Adjustment. Once the engine is running at full speed, oil pressure should be checked and the generator and engine inspected to see that all is normal. The voltage of the engine just started should be checked on the switch board and adjusted by the rheostat until it is just a couple of volts more than the generator in operation. The next steps are to close the circuit breaker and line switch for the incoming generator. The ammeter for the incoming generator should be checked and the field rheostat adjusted to balance the load so that its reading is the same as that on the ammeter of the generator previously in operation. Finally, the other generator has to be shut down by taking the load off it, tripping the circuit breaker, and opening the line switch. The steam valve and exhaust valve are then closed and all drains opened to complete the operation. , By Bermmrd Seaman a �March 5. 1954 SEAFARERS Maybe He Expects More Allowance Now Young William Undertajlo looks pleased as punch with life al­ though It's dad, Seafarer Basil Undertajlo, who's really collect­ ing his vacation dough from an SIU headquarters employee. The payment was for time on the Robin Sherwood (Seas). Celebrate Fnrnseth 100th Year JIflar. 12 (Continued from page 2) him on to the next major step which was 18 -years in toming. Where other men might have grown discouraged, Furuseth pressed ahead vigorously with tireless and inflexible determina­ tion until his efforts were crowned in success by the passage of the Seamen's Act of 1915. LaFoIlette Sponsor The act, sponsored by the late Robert LaFoIlette Sr. of Wiscon­ sin, extended the desertion ban to foreign vessels in American ports. It had the long-range effect of freeing merchant seamen all over the world from the infamous de­ sertion rule. The Act also spelled out a multitude of safeguards for seafaring men, including increased foc'sle space, better food, safety provisions and other regulations that have since been improved on and expanded through legislation and international conferences as well as through union contracts. Furuseth was well-known in the maritime industry for his ability to strike a colorful phrase as well as for his achievements for sea­ men. Perhaps the most famous of them was his classic reply to a judge who issued an injunction against him for contempt of court. As quoted through the years it reads as follows; "You can put me in jail. But you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had. You cannot give me coarser food than I have always eaten. You cannot make me lonelier than I have always been. I put the in­ junction in my pocket and I go to jail." Furuseth died on January 24, 1938. According to his last request, he was buried at sea off the Scho­ harie on March 21, 1938, after a brief ceremony attended by a handful of observers. In urging the issuance of a spe­ cial stamp to commemorate the centennial of Furuseth's birth, rep­ resentatives of US maritime un­ ions sponsoring the move have urged Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to take cognizance of Furuseth's many pioneering efforts to secure legislation benefitting American working men and wom­ en in general and seamen in par­ ticular. The CAMU has asked for an early meeting with Post Office Department officials on the issue. r AT Siu HEADQUARTERS 4thAvt.420thSt.* Brooklyn Swap yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Call—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT AFJ- Pare Seventeen LOG Rising Anti-Union Sentiment Poses Challenge To US Labor (Continued from page 3) der in the face of a drop in na­ tional income. Nevertheless unions have now become objects of suspicion In some quarters. Union demands are almost automatically believed to be "wrong" or "excessive" and an attempt is being made to drive a wedge between unions and work­ ing people. Examples of union misconduct are being used to dis­ credit the entire labor movement. Here are a few symptoms of the change in feeling about unions: • In Norwalk, Connecticut, un­ ion hat workers have been on strike since* last July 9 against the Hat Corporation of America, not for any new demand but to retain a clause that had been in the pre­ vious contract. The clause dealt with the company's plans to run away to a cheap labor area. Nor­ walk is a staunch union town. Yet in this strike for job security the company has refused to give an inch. Little attention has been paid to the seven-month struggle ex­ cept in the immediate area. • At another current strike, the employer has housed a corps of strike-breakers in Pullman cars alongside the plant so that the strikebrealcers will not be incon­ venienced by having to cross a picket line. Strikebreakers told re­ porters they were being treated wonderfully well by the manage­ ment. • The state of Mississippi passed a so-called "right to work" law re­ cently, making it the 15th state of the union to do so. The law pro­ hibits the union shop. A union can sign a contract for all the workers in the plant but cannot have all of them join the union via the con­ tract. Other states with such a law are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Da­ kota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. • The attack on the union shop was carried one point further when a Texas judge, E. C. Nelson ruled that Congress acted uncon­ stitutionally in passing a law per­ mitting union shop contracts on railroads. • The National Labor Relations Board has made it a practice now to give state law preference in small cases. State laws are tough­ er than Federal laws in most in­ stances. • The Board has also reversed an earlier ruling on the free speeeh doctrine. Employers can now make speeches against the union to their workers on company time in the plant at a time when workers have to be present. Unions can no long­ er demand equal time to address workers. • Three different Congresssional committees are investigating un­ ions on various subjects, looking for illegal practices and into the operations of health and welfare funds. • The change of feeling is hav­ ing its impact on union organizing activity since unions have been less successful in recent months in winning collective bargaining elec­ tions. • The Senate approved the nomination of Albert Beeson to the National Labor Relations Board even though he admitted under questioning that when his term was up he had plans to re­ turn to his former business con­ nections as labor relations advisor for an employer. Labor Board members are not supposed to have any connections one way or the other. One of the thihgs that is caus­ ing most concern to unions is the drive against any form of, union security. It is a known fact that the weakest unions are the ones without union shop contracts. They are able to do far less for their members. The members lose out accordingly. As far as unions are concerned, attacks on the un­ ion shop are the first steps toward destruction of the union contract and union conditions. More attention, though, is being attracted by reports of corruption in unions. Nobody in his right mind would insist that every un­ ion everywhere is absolutely pure and every union official complete­ ly honest. Yet the entire union movement is under fire for these practices. Union men argue if a bank president embezzles funds it doesn't mean that all bankers are crooks and con men and all banks dishonest. The same standards should apply to unions. In the long run, those who are attempting to put the squeeze on unions should realize that they are attacking one .of the cornerstones of the US way of living. There's no question that unions have done a great deal to strengthen the econ­ omy by raising living standards and increasing purchasing power. And a quick look at the history of dictatorships, whether in Ger­ many, Russia, or Argentina shows that unions were among the first victims to fall before the totalitar­ ian ax. Though the pressure is on and may get stronger, Amarican un­ ions think they can ride out this storm. It does mean though, that unions and union members who may have taken some things for granted in recent years had better roll up their sleeves and dig in. Proper Repair Lists Help All The settlement of repair lists means a lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the'repair list made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in the proper fashion. Each department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure' the work is done. New Lifeboat Engine Does 2nd Job As Y/afer Pump A new-type lifeboat with a waterproof engine which can run even when submerged and pump water out, has been demonstrated in New York by a Danish manufacturer. Show­ ing off its tricks for the bene-"*" fit of the Coast Guard inspec­ The new engine, a diesel job, tion service, the engine kept built by the Bukh Diesel Motor running without a hitch even though the boat was filled with water to the gunwales. At the same time, the engine's built-in pump discharged the water over the side. Furthermore, as the tests showed, the engine can be stopped and then started again even when it is un­ der water. Works of Kalundborg, Denmark, is a one-cylinder model with a builtin bilge pump. It is capable of delivering ten horsepower and speeds of between four and seven knots. As far as pumping power goes, the engine can pump considerable quantities of water while the life­ boat is in motion, but of course, can do much better if all power is being applied to the pump. Further, the engine is capable of starting in zero weather merely by hitting a starting device with a hammer or other metal object. In a test run forecast Guard ob­ servers at Pier 9, East River, the 24-foot lifeboat was first filled with water to a depth of one foot while running. Then the pump was turned on and water discharged over the side through a rubber hose while the boat was moving. The boat was then returned to the pier, filled to the seats with water and the engine turned off. When the starting device was tapped with a hammer the motor started up again and the pump started operating as well. On the third test, the lifeboat was filled to the gunwales with water. The engine kept running and pumping, so that the ' boat . gradually i!Qs^.out of the water as , — .« �f• te-S;.- . Paice IlicliteeB. SEAFARERS LOG Malrteh 5, l95«^ Missing Fans Fan Mystery On Ship The mystery of the misSing fans on the Trojan Seaman (Troy) has crewmembers walk­ ing around with puzzled frowns and sweaty foreheads these • days, as nobody seems to be able to figure out the knotty problem of how two and two add up to six, of all things. Following a report at the'*^ thought that if the fans weren't, with some men In the crew, unship's meeting in mid-Feb­ aboard, where were they? Since j pleasantly hot under the collar, ruary that the black gang this was so precise a statement of \ ready to storm the engineers' That Damascus, the chief city o.f unwilling to look like the royalists, Syria, is probably the oldest city who continued to wear kneein the world? Although there is breeches. Many Americans adopt­ no positive evidence, there are ed long pants as a token of their many indications, from the Bible sympathy with the French revolu­ and certain historical sources, that tion, which helped bring the style was collecting more disputed over­ the problem at hand nobody lis- rooms and retake them. the site of Damascus has been to this country. time all the time, cre\ymembcrs , tened, and the volunteer narrowly Eulogy For Oldtimers continuously occupied by a city declared they weren't as interested | escaped being fed to the fishes. 3^ 3l' t • Harry Acosta, ship's delegate longer than any other spot on in such earthy subjects as they Somebody had compassion for That tobacco (the scientific name and deck engineer, murmured a the earth. were to air the issue of the dis­ thr'ir siomachs. is nicotiana) is named after a appearing fans, or the lack of air, 4" i 3^ The mystery of the fans was fur­ few words in eulogy of the old fans French ambassador who first in­ as a matter of record. That bacterial action is used to troduced the plant to France? ' ther complicated by the fact that at this point, noting that they had Meeting Secretaiy Guy Gage temperatures on the ship paid no performed nobly and tirelessly in make the holes in Swiss cheese? Jean Nicot, French ambassador at ' pointed out, moreover, that some­ mind to the presence or lack or the past but that despite all his The characteristic "eyes" in the Lisbon, was commemorated in the body's bad arith­ fans and hovered at a point where efforts to revive them, they were, cheese are produced by the liber­ name after he sent home some' to­ metic wasn't mak­ the atmosphere got downright un­ indeed, "all shot." Their age was ation of gases generated by bac­ bacco seeds from a plant which ing stale air any comfortable. The presence of suffi­ showing too, he added, since he terial action during the fermenta­ arrived in Spain from America in fresher either. cient fans could at least make doubted that it would even be pos­ tion process. The "eyes" or gas- 1558. Tobacco was first , used for Only one new fan things seem more bearable, even if sible to obtain parts for them to­ holes are sometimes more than medicinal purposes; the smoking was installed for they were really miserable, de­ day, due to their ancient, vintage. half an inch in diameter. "Swiss habit did not originate until years the use of the Moreover, someone added with cheese" is now made in the US by later. clared one philosopher, but he ac­ crew, one was ' ~ an under - the- introducing certain types of bac­ tually added nothing to the airing 3) S* 3J' still in the store­ breath comment, teria during the fermentation of the issue. That your shipping rights are room and two exposing the process. Locate Fans protected by the SIU even while more had been widening breach At any event, the ship's delegate Gage t t you are in the hospital? Men on spirited away between licensed was summarily commissioned to That almost 600 Seafarers re­ the shipping list who are hospital­ and installed topside. He confessed find out if possible where the fans and unlicensed ceive benefits of one kind or an­ ized 30 days or less retain their that arithmetic wasn't his strong which were supposed to be aboard men, since the en­ other from the SIU Vacation and original shipping dates. Seafarers point, but even so, how could that went to, especially the two of them gineers couldn't Welfare Plans every week? Al­ hospitalized more than 30 days are number of fans add up to a total which, to some, seemed very neces­ trace the electri­ though the bulk of them -get vaca­ entitled to a new shipping card of six. cal lines on the tion and hospital benefits, a size­ dated prior to their date of dis­ sary in order to have a total of six. Higher Mathematics ship, why not able number receive maternity charge from the hospital. These mathematical purists were Acosta let an unlicensed benefits and disability benefits The consensus of opinion, even shouted down, however, when one 3> 3i< 3> among a few am'ateur higher math­ crewmember tossed off the com­ man like a competent electrician each week. Tlie figure also in­ That George I, Kifig of England ematicians, who can tell you the ment that if fans were put aboard come on the ship so that he could cludes death benefits paid to the from 1714 to 1727, could neither answer to 2.234 multiplied by 157 for the use of the crew, they should trace the lines and supply a proper beneficiaries of Seafarers. speak nor write the English lan­ at the drop of a hat (into a bottom­ be used for the crew, not for the blueprint for same. t J, guage? When the German prince less pit, of course), failed of an an­ officers topside. The enthusiasm Thus, the matter rested, thor­ That long pants were first intro­ succeeded to the throne he was swer to the puzzle, after sweating and fervor with which this intelli­ oughly aired, but far from airy as duced in France in 1789 by the 54 years old and made no attempt out the problem. gence was imparted narrowly es­ nobody yet knows what happened supporters of the revolution? The to learn the language of his king­ Somebody volunteered the caped becoming an open revolt. to the other two fans. French revolutionists were even dom. r r Who's Who In Calcutta, India, Zoo Makes Life Interesting For Tourists ¥ [:|V I 11'-' I v\:' Seafarer Tom Collins, now sailing as deck maintenance aboard the Ponce of Puerto Rico Marine, not to be outdone by other global travelers in the SIU, presents graphic evidence of his worldtraveling. Most of these pictures, he writes to the LOG, were taken in the Calcutta*, India, zoo early last year, but it seems as if they present the eternal in zoo-visiting, yielding neither to time nor place. At the top, center, a Calcuttan is shown feeding peanuts by hand to an encaged ram, with nary a sign in sight reading," "Don't Feed The Animals." Next to it is something Americans don't ordi­ narily see on their Jaunts to the local zoo, but in India it's all the rage. Riders perched on the pachyderm's back paid half a* rupee each for the privilege of riding their giant mount. At left is the local rhinoceros taking a dip ona warm day, with zoo visitors probably wishing they were as cool as he looks swimming in his private pool. At right are some of 600 crated monkeys before they were shipped aboard the Steel Navigator for the States and research laboratories. The usual seals and docile gazelles are missing from these views, but we have it on good au­ thority that they were present and amusing the youngsters' and oldsters alike who came to the zoo in Calcutta. Other shots show activity in city including ox-drawn water carrier and nativedrawn Collins. �••••'J March 8, 1954 ;. • •''' •' SEAFARERS •'•- ^ ••' . lOG '• '"-I Page Nfnetcea Seafarer FincJs Home-MacJe Fishing Rig Gets Results Too, But Where Was Percy? By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo, editor will be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, do the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) The SSmm single-lens eye-level .reflex has come into prominence only In the past few years. It has many advantages over the traditional rangeflneder cdmera—direct focusing on an upright unreversed ground glass image and interchangeability of lenses. It also has had disadvan­ tages. Among them; bulkiness, and the necessity of stopping down the lens manually before the picture is taken if a smaller stop is to be used. The latest eye-level 35mm reflex is the new Contaflex, a 45mm, f-2.8 Tessar-equipped camera of unusual design which retains many advantages of the eye-level reflex system while' eliminating a few of the larger stumbling blocks. The -big features of the camera are: completely automatic diaphragm, a unique variation on the CompurKapid shutter, both ground glass and rangeflnder. focusing, an ex­ tremely brilliant viewing image and exceptional compactness in con­ struction. Brilliant Image With the film and shutter wound, you can look through the large eye-piece at the back of the camera and view the picture. The image is quite large and very bjdlliant. In the middle of the g^'ound glass is a circular area incorporating an outside ring and an inside circle bi­ sected with a horizontal line. When you turn the knurled lens mount, which revolves the front element of the lens, you can focus on tlfe ground glass within the outer ring or by the aid of the split^ image langefinder whieh oceupies the inner circle. Unlike all other eye-level reflex cameras, however, focusing can only be done in the circle. The rest of the image as seen through the viewflnder is constantly sharp no matter the footage setting. To take a picture you move the lever to the lens opening you want. You set the speed by turning the milled ring around the shutter mount. When you press the shutter release atop the film winding knob, a great many things happen in extremely short order. The camera shutter is closed; the light tight Vai'k slide and the reflecting mirror are moved upward out of the path of light rays from the lens; the lens diaphragm is closed to the pre-set 'f value; the shutter opens for the exposure and then closes. All this occurs within approximately l/50th of a second. How this mechanism will hold-up under constant use is to be seen. Winding Resets Camera When you wind the film to the next exposure, the camera is reset. The dark slide returns to position of protecting the filn:, the shutter is cocked, the diaphragm returns to full open f-2.8 position and the blades of the shutter open to allow focusing. Other features pf the camera are: M-X synchronization, speeds from 1 second to l/500th sec., die cast light metql construction with leather covering and satin chrome trim, and removable back. The Contaflex will'accept standard film cartridges or two Contax film cassettes which make film rewinding unnecessary. Lenses are not interchangeable on the" Contaflex. There is no provision for seeing the actual depth of field of our intended picture by stopping the lens down to the neces­ sary aperture before the picture is taken. These, however, will prob­ ably be minor considerations to those photographers who want a swiftly eye-level reflex camera with a single lens, an easily synchronized shut­ ter, lightness (19 oz.), compactness and a list price of $169.50. Picture Still Says it Better m Amateur Izaac Waltons can take heart from the recent -experience of Seafarer Frank Verner, which proved that you can catch as much fish with a home-made rig as the next guy with his fancy, Abercrombie and Fitch layout. Verner, of course, was not the first guy to turn the trick, but he's the-* —— — latest one on record, anyway. luck with various assortments o is feet firmly on the deck and He nabbed his prize, a 7' 8" fishing gear. Some, like ereu ope for the best. His hopes were shark, fishing on the stern of the Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) while the ship was tied up at St. Croix, "Vir­ gin Islands, one evening last tripf with a home-made Calcutta bambo9 pole. He completed the fishing rig, appropriately, with a regular reel of his own, but details as to type, size, type of line and so forth ai-e lacking. The basic facts are that he caught the shark, at any X'ate. An Evening's Entertainment Vemer's fishing venture was part of an evening's fun for the crew while the Roamer was at the Vii'gin Island stopover, with sev­ eral crewmembers trying their member Joe Tucker, reeled up ret" 'snappers weighing in at 12-1 pounds, while others merely fee assorted varieties of bait to thr passing parade of undersea deni­ zens, who nibbled and then con­ tinued unimpeded on their sep­ arate ways. No untoward incidents were suf­ fered in the scrap to land the shark. Verner related, although it lasted about an hour and forty minutes. About all he remembered was that he felt a sizeable nibble, figured he'd crossed his line on.the pro­ peller "and then dug in to await developments. .All he had to do to outlast the opposition was plant calized eventually, when the man­ dating monster, by then looking a ittle less vicious for his ordeal, came into sight. The shark was soon after dis;)atched to his ancestors, with little ceremony, when Verner secured the loan of the captain's shooting iron, and pumped four shots into his adversary's head. After the traditional photographic interlude. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Wa'itln' To Hear From My Bill By Mae Scott Holland That darn postman's feet are mortal draggy today! Maybe because I'm so dreadful anxious, 'tis so. But I'm lookin' for a bundle frum my boy— Bill's good to lorite real regular, too, you know. Of course, there wuz spells he didn't— But that uz because he wuz so fur away, > You see, a letter can't come from Yokohama, Or Cairo, or Madrid—in fist a day. Oncet he sent me some "warriors" from Africy (I'll swan, them things looked 'live and real!) And again he mailed me two big, rag mats From a chieftain's hut some place Bill called Bray-reel. I .-'^1 ' -5i| Frank Verner and shark he landed fishing off the stern of the AIcoa Roamer at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. during which Verner assumed the smiling pose of the conqueror, Then oncet he parceled me home some purty, painted cups. lance (fishing pole in this case), An' saucers, an' plates and some boivl-like things. firmly clasped injone hand, while But the fihest things in that whole lot wuz his trussed-up, limp Md very much From the Emperor hisself—two red-ruby rings. dead captive hung suspended from • a nearby boom, the grisly corpse was consigned to the care of Davy He sent me oncet (from Japan) a silk-embroidered kimony-robe Jones. And from Holland some ugly, clamping, wooden shoes Shark Must Have Had More An' oncet from Bombay he sent a bamboo reed Unlike the shark, who must have Set in a frame, colored up in yellows, reds and blues. had many regrets, even though he was unable to make any suitable He's sent me, different times, all sorts of foreign coins comments in time, Verner had only Some of 'em, he said, donated by his mates. one regret on the occasion. He And that old postman fist me one day, hard-like, noted that he missed the attend­ "Whyn't he send some that'll spend in the Yewnited States?" ance of a brother Seafarer, Percy Gray on the Alcoa Polaris, during But I don't ever git mad at that old nosey feller the oatch. For he pleasures in Bill's boxes, too In the not too dim past, Percy (He's been bringin' 'em seven years, come this fall) hed appai-ently cast a fish eye on An' he alius says he'll wait, 'til I git through Verner's tales of his prowess with With the strings, an' cords, in wrappin's rod knd reel, perhaps even inti­ So's he can check if it "arrived" here OK, mating that the only thing Verner But what he rilly stays to see, ain't that— could catch was a cold. Now, alack It's alius because right in the button, on that stuff, like hay and alas, |jere vas vindication of Is a special little box for hisself, printed is his name the maligned fisherman, but no In Bill's school-hand writing': "For the best POSTMAN in any block.". Percy. Perhaps Percy will see the photograph recording the event. Yonder comes that old goat now with a bundle! That should make everything right He knowed today'd be the day for my Bill to dock! again. •f Olde Photos .Wanted hy LOG Finally catching up with the news accounts, which appeared in the LOG two months ago, a photograph taken of the Christmas party given by the SIU crew of the Schuyler Otis Bland (Waterman) for a group of Korean orphans in Pusan shows some of the festivities lined up for the kids. Besides a mammoth feed prepared by the steward department, Santa was there (rear, 2nd from right) in the person of Foh-est Price, chief engineer. Oiler Bob Oriole is seated ^^^toble with.one of tjie^y^ungstersj • 1 » The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the' old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in them all. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. (1) What dpas the political term, "pork barrel" mean? (2) Who won the National League home run championship in 1953? (3) Is it true that the color red excites a bull? (4) What harbor has double high tides a day? (5) Who are the Dayaks? (6) A man w^o had a number of bills to pay, took a sum of money and decitded to pay all his debts at once! Accordingly, he gave 20 per cent to Tom, 10 per cent to Dick and $45 to Harry, and still had $28-50 left over. How much money did he start with? (7) Who wrote "The Robe?" • (8) Intx'oversion means a) jvithdrawn, b) happy, c) neurotic? ' (9) What is the name of the man who governed Russia after the fall of The Czar? (10) The third largest state in the United States is Montana. True or false? II �rif,' Pare Twentr SEAFARERS LOG Rusty Water In The Scuttlebutt Is Pure Fact Aboard The Seanan March f, 1954 Bn Spike Marlin It took over 50 years to get change as far as the future of American baseball players "up In baseball is concerned. For a vari­ Every Seafarer takes his job seriously aboard SlU-contracted vessels, some even more the air but it is finally being done ety of reasons ballplayers have al­ than the book urges, --Witness to this fact are the. Seafarers aboard the Seanan of Strat­ on a major scale this year in the ways been loath to go up in the ford, reports Seafarer Michael Haukland, who believe in looking out for their own life and International League. And its all air. They have even preferred the limb where authorities be--* the fault of the St. Louis Browns, long tiresome" sleeper train jumps come lax. gation is now underway aboard the spite the machinations of. science alias the Baltimore Orioles. on hot summer nights from Boston The whole thing startdd when to St. Louis and vice versa. It isn't that Ijhe men aboard vessel, writes Haukland, all of it and its devotees. the Seanan doesn't think the offi­ centering around six little bottles That's how matters stood at last the Browns won approval for the Of course, there is always the cers and topside personnel know of rusty water which are kicking report, with the.-rival factions at shift of their team to Baltimore. weather problem" when planes how to run tlie ship, they're sure up havoc on the ship. Word spread loggerheads over the HsO woe: That meant the old Baltimore have to be grounded, although this of it. They're siire they're capable around the ship like wildfire, or, science versus empiricism. Neither Orioles, a minor league . team has been diminished considerably of running the vessel, that is, but rather, like rusty water, and soon group would give nor take (which we hope the citizens won't in recent years. they believe the captain and his the whole crew was up in arms any quarter, or any quart, for tjjiat confuse with the new Baltimore Have To Like It officer crew didn't know sassafras about the situation of the aqua matter. What the whole water Orioles) had to find a new home. When Larry MacPhail was in from shinola when it comes to pura, which, they said, was less situation boiled down to, at any This led to a wholesale realign­ baseball he made use of airplanes ment of the International League pura than it was aqua. water. Drinking water, that is. rate, was that all the men wanted on long spring-training junkets. A tremendous aqueous investiConsternation set aside, cooler good drinking water. As a matter structure because a couple of But a lot of "the players made no other clubs in the League were in heads prevailed in the situation of fact, boiling would have helped. bad shape and some changes were bones about their dislike of air which threatened to inundate the travel. Now the International obviously in order. entire ship before it ran the gamut Leaguers will have to take it and Truly International of its watery like it. As a result, the International emotions. Instead There's an obvious step that League has become airborne, and of running the truly international. From now on, could follow from here. If the In­ water off the end it will be represented by teams ternational League is going to Seafarers aboard the Cu­ of the plank and from the US, Canada and Cuba, travel to Havana by plane, there's bore (Ore) believe that with into the brine, with the addition of Havana to the no reason why a big leaguer can t more scientific the SIU you really get service •V'••• '.x• '''v.-. International League circuit. go the same way to Los Angeles. heads decided to as well as good shipboard condi­ Obviously, with teams in Mont­ And that foreshadows the next reserve decision tions. Not only do you get service real and Toronto at the northern move' of the major leagues into on whether the ashore, says G. Ray^ chairman at end, and Havana at the southern the Pacific Coast cities of, Los An­ water was actual­ the last ship's meeting, but nothing Haukland end, the League could not con­ geles and San Francisco. ly rusty, or just tops the conditions aboard the ves­ It may- not be too far distant tinue on the basis of conventional looked so. What they wanted, and sel itself. travel methods. The result is that either, because teams like tho ilay says he knows what he's their opinion prevailed, was to from now on International League Philadelphia Athletics and tho talking about because the last time take samples of the water for baseball players will take to the Cincinnati Reds are finding the he was in the New York hall he chemical analysis at the first port financial going increasingly tough ak in chartered planes. of call when they reached the never had to wait for. a thing. He This Is a pretty momentous where they are. whisked through the cafeteria line, States. They were willing to let the barbershop line, of which there technicians of the US Public Health was none, and the telephone line, Service be the final arbitrator in stopping off for a few parties the case. Dissenters looked not H. L. Griazard, crew messman along the way. Nothing, however, with pleasure on this view, but aboard the Seatrain Savannah, nothing, he says, tops the service stood always willing and able to stands alongside pie and ice aboard the Cubore when it comes condemn the water as it lay stag­ nant there on the charges that it cream desserts before serving to coffeetime. them to men. On the last run of the Cubore, was, looked and tasted rusty, de­ once the culinary scourge of the fleet, Ray reported that coffeetime ran off like clockwork with nkry a LOG-A.RHYTHM: hitch in the coffee or in the caffein. In addition to the regular supply of coffee cups aboard the vessel, Ray exults, the crew was given 16 additional coffee cups "so By P. Rogers as to prevent anyone from wait­ ing," says the minutes. There's nothing like not waiting for a cup Nurse takes over now of coffee on a cold morning, and if Man is such a fickle thing nurse should oughta know Always hovering round his bed there is no waiting to be done, it A cool hand on his brow. won't be done aboard SIU vessels Mostly when he's brought in such as the Cubore. Coffee all the He thinks he gonna go. Seafarer Tom-Collins takes time out for.* short break while visit­ time, when you want it, is the When he opens up his eyes ing the Calcutta, India, menagerie. Pith helmet he sports brought through with ship's motto. Nobody, but nobody. When the A vision he does espy, him a lot of kidding as well as relief from the hot sun. waits aboard the Cubore. him "Am I OK?" Nurse nods her head. He goes off with a sigh. No Coffee Waif Aboard Cubore Pie And Ice Cream Short Break Welcome At Zoo A Nurse's Call To Arms Angel of mercy, thoughts like that He'll tell her now and then Nurse smiles, thinks her thoughts She understands these men. He's feeling a little better now At first he wants to play But he gets nurse's reprimand, "Behave yourself this day." A few more weeks a few more days He's really on the mend You oughta hear him change his tune There's not so much to tend. X' "Nurse give me this or give m» that ^ What the deuce goes on here? I've seen far better nurses In a barroom serving beer." 9 IJF /' I He shouts, pouts, can't be pleased No matter what he'll do Remember that good patients Are far too very few. Had I been bom to be a nurse And nursing rang the bell. When I saw that patient coming in I'd know what him to tell. Nursing is a trying job And it's hard to get a laugh If not for their helping hand The world couldn't stand the gaff. • The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and- the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is Ladislcais A. Biembka's recipe'for Perogi. This week we have recipe for Seafarers who like un­ usually fine food, and the dish is comparatively simple to make aboard ship. The dish is quite famous in Poland; Russia, and other East--* ern European countries and crust over and boil the pieces for has now become popular in about five minutes; Take them out America, 'as other European dishes and place in an oven. Then take have done earlier. Ladislaus A. some browned onions and butter Eiembka, who and pour over the squares. Leave sails as second in the oven for five minutes. Then cook and steward take them out. Do not use any out of New York, spices. offers this spe­ Use Sauerkraut cialty. Another type of perogi can be The dish is made by using sauerkraut and called "perogi" chopped bacon -for the pie crust In Poland and Is filling. Using a numbei> ten can a very tasty food of sauerlcraut, fry the sauerkraut that can be used and bacon. Then chop up the Eiembka as a side dish. bacon and roll into the pie dough Take enough small pieces of pie in the same manner. dough to make the portions for Ladislaus has. been sailing as a your crew. For a crew of 35 or steward and second cook in the SIU 40 men, use. two pounds of dough for ten years. Before making the already mixed. Roll the pieces sea {lis second home, he worked into little squares. When the pie as. an electrician. After seeing his crust/ are rolled out, put about recipes, though, it's'easy to imagine one table spoon of mashed pota­ that a lot of people are happy that toes into the crust. Then fold the he switched professions. �r T.; • $$$SRS- SEAFARERS - March S. 1954 Armff Man MiRses Wonderful ChoU? To the Editor: Well, here I am in Uncle Sam's Army, stationed at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. I miss everything in civilian life, especially the sea and the SIU and all the brothers I sailed with—and, of course, the wonderful chow. Yes, the chow. We are going to be here for at least 14 weeks for basic training. They tell me that this place is the roughest in the country, and so far it holds true. I would like to say hello to some of my past ship­ mates, especially to Joseph Galli­ ano, A. Schroter, Goncalves Roy Ayers, Jo­ seph Ryan, H. Winbom, C. E. Mosley and many of my other friends in the Sltl. I would like to get the LOG, if possible. Please send me the last two issues, which I missed. Also, if some of my past shipmates would like to write to me, here Is my address: Pvt. Antonio Goncalves US 51304627 Co. C, 34th Med. Tn. Bn. 5th Armored Division Camp Chaffee, Ark. (Ed. note: We are adding your name to the mailing list. The issues you missed have already been mailed.) shipmate who has obligations of his own without having to shoulder someone else's I6ad. Now he can work out his own problems since "God helps those who help them­ selves." I suspect there are those who salt away as much as they can and thfn fall back on their Union brothers. These are known as freeloaders. In conclusion, I for one should like to coipmend Brother Pasinos­ ky for his straightforward article which comes under the heading of constructive criticism, because it shows those at fault what their faults are and what they can do to remedy them. I'd like to read ideas upon this subject in the LOG from other brothers. Clarence "Buddy" Cousins i i Thanks Brothers For Blood Aid itoRpital Gives Time To Think Call Him Any Time'—In Pusan 4* ^ Pace Twenty-mie LOG L E T T E R S ' To the Editor: I am sorry I do not know their names, but I hope that the brothers who have donated blood for me at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York will read this and know that I am very thankful and grateful for their kindness. I have been here at the hospital since October and am due for an­ other operation this week, the fifth one they have had to perform on 4" 4" 4" me since I came here. Many thanks again to the Seafarers who helped me out with blood. I hope I may he able to repay the favor some To the Editor:. time. After being in the hospital for a Joseph Pilutis year I find that a lot of things run t 4 through your mind. The first thing is taken from ob­ serving "some" patients I have seen and heard. Of course this does not refer to all of our To the Editor: I have been in Korea for four brothers who have been in and out of the hospital. It must be re­ months now and would appreciate membered that there are "other" it very much if you would send patients besides seamen who in­ copies of the LOG to me here. habit these places of beautiful Incidentally, I have been going nurses and soft-spoken doctors (?). aboard a few SIU ships here in I would like to say hello to our Pusan and have met quite a few brothers in the Baltimordv hall—A1 of my old friends. Stansbury, John Arabasz, Tony and Here is a picture of "Bad Eye" the rest. I hope to be out of here Mason of Norfolk and myself. The by spring. picture was taken aboard the It sure will feel good to get back on the water again. I wouldn't care if it was in a row boat as long as it was SIU. Robert A. Rogers ^ i 41 Arizona Looks Good To Him Now To the Editor: I'm still in Tucson and prospects are that I will remain here for another six months or a year. At first I thought that this was just about the most desolate area I had ever seen, short of Saudi Arabia, but the darn place seems to grow on you. After a while you can find beauty in the mountains and des­ ert, in the cactus and rocks. For the past three weeks the temperature during the day has ranged between 72 to 80 degrees while, only a few mUes away on Mt. Lemmon, the snow - birds are skiing. It is 65 miles to old Mex­ ico and I can substitute tequilla for Don Q; the other attractions are the same as lliff in San Juan. That wonderful character, "Westbrook Pegler, lives a few miles north of Tucson in a swank sub­ urb. For a small fee I could be tempted to drop a mickey in his bourbon and branch water. I'd appreciate it if you'd see that my LOG mailing address is changed from Pennsylvania to Tucson. Harry K. (Slim) Iliff (Ed. note: Wc have noted your change of address.) primary to vote for Frank Cassiery for councilman at large oh election day, as this candidate is a real friend of labor. To the Editor: Spider Korolia As a patient recovering from an operation here at the USPHS hos­ 4 4 4 pital at Stapleton, Staten Island, I wish to express my • thanks and show" my deep appreciation for the use of boolc^ which you so kindly To the Editor: had distributed here by your I am a student at lona College friendly hospital delegate. in New Rochelle, NY, and I am Although I am not a member of writing a research term paper con­ your Union, but belong to the cerning labor's views of the TaftNMU,- I was given books to read Hartley Law. while I was a bed patient. This I would appreciate your sending helped greatly to pass the time and me data concerning the views of keep my spirits up. Now that I am your particular union. Thank you up and around, I visit patients in for your cooperation. other" wards, many of whom have Peter Rosato told me that they also enjoyed (Ed. note: The information you reading the SlU-donated books. requested is on its way to you.) ' They also wish to compliment the 4,4 4 SIU on such a» worth-while pro­ gram. It has stimulated a spirit of union brotherhood here which alone shows its value. Thanks To the Editor: I am writing this to let you know again, and I sincerely wish thai all your progressive programs meet that the SIU policy of placing books over here in the USPHS hos­ with the same success. pital , on Staten Island, NY, has Joseph A. Donovan gone over very well. , They are 4 4" 4" being read not only by our men but also by the men from the MSTS, NMU and the Coast Guard and Post Office employees. To the Editor: Things like this go a long way, 1 I am sorry that I did not write think, toward bettering the Union's before but I have been very sick. public relations. It is a thing that 4 4 4 The storm is over now and I can really focuses attention on our out­ see the shoreline. standing welfare program. It shows I would like to tell the member­ how superior it is to any now be­ ship again and again how great it ing operated here in the hospital. To the Editor: is to be in the I know the continuous placing Please delete my subscription SIU. One realizes of SIU ship's libraries here in the it most when in hospital will be greatly ap­ for the SEAFARERS LOG from your mailing list. I rotate January the hospital or preciated. 20 for the States, and once again when in need, as Donald Peterson back to the SIU. Having had the I've been these LOG to read regularly since I have 4 4 4 past two months. been in Germahy has kept me The member­ pretty well posted on SIU activity. ship owes Brother A recent article in the LOG by Toby Flynn a vote Sidney Margolius, "Your Dollar's of thanks for do­ To the Editor: Edmondson Worth," concerning common colds, ing a wonderful I would like to express my ap­ should be of great value to those job looking after fellows ill the preciation to the Weifare Service hospital. He h9b never been in so Department of the SIU for. their who read it, providing they realize big a hurry that he wouldn't stop cooperation and assistance to my the truth about it all. Antibiotics and give encouragement to the famiiy at a time when things serve their purpose, but are too often and too freely used in the sick. He is a grand guy. looked hopeless for them. treatment of common colds. Seems Whenever I get out of the. hos­ It is very gratifying to belong to like in this day and age whenever pital I am coming in to the Union the SIU, a Union that not only and thank you all. I can't write takes an interest in the welfare of a person catches the sniffles noth­ much now as I am weak and still every member but also in their ing less will do but to kick in ten or fifteen dollars for some anti­ confined to bed. families when emergencies arise. biotic that has little effect if any R. Edmondson Your assurance in matters such as at all. Of course, if the condition these means a great deal to every is prevalent for several weeks, it 4 4 4 member of the SIU. is best to see a doctor. So the Thanks Philadelphia Members man told us in the medical school. My wife and I w'ant to thank I I am dreading that trip to the Steve Cardullo, SIU agent in Phil­ States aboard that MSTS scow. To the Editor: ^ adelphia, who has been a great I am still down in the Crescent help to my family and me in the Animals on a cattle ship have a City, attached to the marine hospi­ past and again, most recently, when good life in comparison. At any rate, I am hoping that my next tal, and I still can't ship for quite I needed help. mailing address will be aboard an some time. I am feeling like my­ My sincere and deepest gratitude self little' by little, and will be also to the Philadelphia member­ SlU-contracted vessel. Cpl. J. Wayne Adair able to take on Jimmy Carter for ship, which assisted my family at 4 4 4 the lightweight crown pretty soon. ff a time when it I want to let all of Brother Tedd - was urgently Terrington's friends who were out needed. Their at sea know that Brother Terringassistance, finan­ ton passe^ away on February 8th cial and other­ To the Editor: in the New Orleans hospital after We, the undersigned, presently wise, was more an illness of over a year. Broth­ than a godsend confined in the Louisiana State er Terrington was well known to my wife and Penitentiary, would like to receive throughout the Gulf, due to the children who, reading material of any descrip­ fact that he was steward patrolman without their tion. We are allowed to receive at the New Orleans branch for help, would have this matter provided that it comes Hatgimisios several years. Brother Terrington been left desti- from the publisher directly. carried an early Gulf book, chang­ tute. My wife and I express our There is no way we can ade­ ing over from the ISU. sincere thanks and appreciation quately express our gratitude for Oldtimers In Hospital for the way the membership came anything anyone can do in this Here are some of the oldtimers through in the past and again regard, as recreation is not one at the New Orleans hospital: most recently when all our posses­ of this Institution's strong points. Brother Red Cobb is still here, and sions were destroyed by a fire. I Reading is perhaps the most com­ expects to be discharged any day.. don't know how my wife and chil­ mon source of diversion which is Brother Johnny Long is in here for dren would have carried on with­ available to us. Thank you sincerely and eternal­ a general checkup and Brother An­ out their help and support. derson is up and ardUnd and get­ My thanks also go to Hank Mar­ ly for any assistance which you ting along fine after a long illness. tin, chief cook on the Republic, may be able to render in this Here are some receht arrivals: for his assistance and support; to matter. Names (six) withheld Chief cook Jimmy Dambrino and George and Peter Hatgimfsios and steward Gabby. their friend Larry for taking care (Ed. note: Samples of the litera­ before closing I would like to of piy family affairs at the time ture published.by the SIU are be­ ing forwarded to you under sepa-' ask. all Louisiana brothers who will of the accident. rata, cover.) be in New Orleaat for the seeoad SIU Books Help Union Spirit Student Seeks Uabor^s Views • SIU Libraries Are Appreciated Appreciates SIU in The Hospital •m si I 1 '•ff [ I Si I ••I • Si • -MI n • '-'^1 Gettiny Set To Begoin Union Expresses Thanks For Aid To Family Beports From Crescent City JSaeks Payroll .Savihfus Idea To the Editor: I am a member of our fine Union. In the February 19, 1954, issue of the LOG I had the good fortune to read the "Letter of the Week" written by Joe Pasinosky, an old shipmate of mine on the George £. Hale. Incidentally, the bosun on that trip (which was made during the war when we touched seaports in Italy and North Africalis the first name engraved on the bronze plaque, put up in memory of those who went down with their ships, in the New York hall. I want to back Joe up 100 per­ cent on his suggestion and I be­ lieve 99 percent of the brothers will go along with him also. Al­ though there is no way to know what a brother is holding because we are not equipped with X-ray eyes to look Into his wallet, many make nuisances of themselves by getting roaring drunk during or after a payoff. After this they have a. sad story to tell about how they were rolled and lost everything. I don't say that it is impossible to have this happen to you. It happens to someone every day. But now we are equipped with the Welfare- Services^ and ther^' ie liothing;'better. A' Seafarer no longer needs to fbll badk upon « Prisoners Need Meadiny Matter Aboard the Morning Light in Pusan, Goings (left) is shown with old shipmate "Bad Eye" Mason, steward, during a visit to the ship. Morning Ught .(Waterman) here in Pusan. Mason was steward at the time. Would you please print my name and phone number here in Pusan so my old buddies coming here could call me up on arrival here. Thank you. Pvt E. C. "Red" Goings US 54126092 Has. Co. 7th TME. APO 50 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Cal. Phone number 730 Posab (Ed. not«: We hove added your Korea address to ovr maiiing list.) -I I i'• I j Hii' :: i. I .H;:::. -fti *\ : . Y • -i :j| V' .iV, �.' • wv-;.;:-'.-! SEAFARERS Pare Twentr^tw* ^ y '..- ' 1 'V • •K-. i ..t' . :. -w e- Thanhs Union Uor Sich Aid LOG Mai«h S, 1954 LETTER S SIU Crew Helps Shareside Men To the Editor: To the Editor: When I was on the Steel Sea­ while I wish I were back in one of denberry and all of you other fel , I wish to take this opportunity farer I got sick and had to be the old rustbuckets. lows. I know you can write. to express the appreciation of the taken off the ship in San Francisco If any of the boys would like to When any of you« pull into Gulf Delta Line's shore gang in Buenos to be hospitalized there. After be­ become a landowner, I have a well- To the Editor: port, give me a cing at the General Aires for the donations received ing in the San Francisco hospital kept-up quonset hut ready for oc­ Allow me to introduce myself,, a Laundry, 429 Gulfpbrt or 296 J in behalf of our co-worker, Canary, for a while I was transferred back cupancy at any time, with an acre former seagoing man who .sailed Pass Christian, and the bottle is by the bosun, O'Leary, and the to New York and was an outpatient and a half of land right across the before the mast under five differ­ on me. crew of the Del Sud. It was in­ on Staten Island for seven weeks. New York state line in Vermont. ent flags in the latter days of the I also wish to say thanks to the All that time I got my unearned The only things missing are bunks. windjammers. I went, around Cape Union for the maternity benefits deed a priv^ege and opportunity wages plus the $8 a day mainte­ An oil burner, stove, electric ice Horn in 1905. Once I took out a paid to nie for my daughter Sherry, to work beside men who are so benevolent and sympathetic toward nance and cure. box and a new gas range go for card in Andy Furuseth's.imion and Ann. It's the most wonderful thing their fellow men. I'm pretty sure that if I wasn't the price of $2000. There is an ex­ later met him in person in Wash­ a Union could do for a baby. I am looking forward to working a member of a union I would never cellent all-year-round camp, right ington. I asked him if I could Milton "Paul" Cox alongside of more SIU crews. have gotten benefits of any kind. up in the deer country. Anyone do a biography of him but' he de­ My thanks go to the Union and interested can get in touch with me clined any interest in a biography. Leon, shoregang bosun. -to the Welfare Department for, at Cambridge Nursing Home, Cam­ He was a grand old boy. Delta Line making it possible for guys like me bridge, NY. 4> 4> 4> I entered Academe, but like my to get benefits such as we have to­ Henry Sorensen beloved teacher, Veblen, I soon To the Editor: day. It took years to get to the (Ed. note: A copy of "Seafarers became a casual there. I would like to thank my broth­ point we have reached now and I in World War II" is on its way to Book For Young Folkg • ers of the Union for the flowers for one, certainly appreciate the you.) Now I am spending the after­ they sent at the funeral of my gains we have made. noon of life writing a book on life brother, Jonas Laughlin, who was To the Editor: I would also like to thank the When the men who founded this at sea for young fojks. In 193f I killed on the Atlantic Dealer, fellows on the Steel Seafarer who published a book failed "World December 30, 1953. It is nice know­ nation formulated a Declaration of were very helpful to me when Workers Educational Movement," ing the Union is behind me no mat­ Independence based on the priflcbgot sick. pie that all men are created equal To the Editor: which was my contribution to the ter what happens. Thank you. J. E. Burus and endowed by their Creator with We, the crew of the Queenston labor movement. Joseph F. Laughlin certain inalienable rights, and then tit Heights, wish to thank Brother I would like to have you send 4> 4- 4^ proceeded to draw up a Constitu­ James Sheehan, the port agent of the LOG to me, as I need to read tion thgt would guarantee respect Boston, for supjfiying us with a a salty paper to refresh by vocabu­ for these rights on the part of gov­ much-needed library aboard this lary in nautical discourse. ernment, they were giving sub­ ship while up in Portland, Me., this To the Editor: Marins Hansome To the Editor: • stance to aspirations that men (Ed. note: the LOG will be I was in the Staten Island hos­ last trip. We arrived up there* in I would like very much to re­ pital for nearly a month and am sub-zero, weather and snow was sent to you regularly, every two ceive the July and August copies have cherished since the dawn of history. sure glad to be up and around falling, yet Brother Sheehan made weeks, from now on.) of the LOG, since the announce­ 4^ ^ Deep in the human heart there now. All the guys who are in the his way up here from Boston to de­ ment of the birth of my son, bom has always been some inkling ofhospital, including myself, appre­ liver the library to us. This proves June 26, 1953, was listed in one of the fact that there are sacred pre­ ciate the work done by and the to us that Brother Sheehan takes these issuqs. Thank you very mueh. interest shown in" the men by the all Crews' problems on ships hitting cincts in which Mrs. Eric H. Anderson, Jr. To the Editor: Union's Welfare Services Depart­ this area around Boston as though t h e individual (Ed. note: The copies of the I would appreciate having the LOG they were his own problems, and ment. has the right, pnwhich you requested are on They all believe it to be the best usually settles them in an orderly LOG sent to me here in Japan. I their way to you.) der God, to call am now serving in the 720th MP thing the Union has ever done in SiU fashion. his soul his own all its years of Again we say thanks to you. and into which caring for and Brother Sheehan, thanks a million he will hot brook about the mem­ from this crew. We will not forget intrusion on the bership. As we the service you gave us for quite a part of any thing To the Editor: see it, we really while. '?m or anyone outside Will you kindly put the name of ,need a friend Shorty Melanson of himself. In the Parker Paddy McCloskey,jin old SIU man, 'when we are in degree that he on the LOG'S mailing list. I would the hospital and does, he loses something of his also like my address on the mail­ the Welfare Serv­ ing list changed from Riverton, human stature and becomes less a ices representa­ man. Conn., to my new address in Balti­ tive really takes To the Editor: . The limits of these precincts are Vila more, Md. good care of us I would like to have the LOG Drop me a line if there are any not easy to define. We were cre­ when we are there. sent to me at my new address. As news items or photos you would ated--with a social as well as an I have nothing but the highest you can see, I have returned to individual nature and destined to like from this port. praise for Walter Siekmann and Angola, La. live in the society of our fellows. Hugh W. Eatherton Toby Flynn of the Welfare De­ It looks like a rough road ahead, They have claims on us and we (Ed. note: We have made the partment. Also, the new library is especially after sailing with such a change of address and added the have claim's on them and from a big help for the Jpllows when sure-fire outfit.. We few SIU mem­ new subscriber to our mailing cradle to grave our lives and our they are confined to the hospital. bers send our thanks for the maga­ destinies, our hopes and our list.) Most of the boys in the hospital zines your office sent to us. Thanks dreams, are inextricably inter­ 4> ^ t on Staten Island are from other million. We appreciate eveiywoven with theirs. We need one cities, but they are made to feel thing that is sen£ to us. Ehmsen seen in full MP re­ another.and we achieve happiness right at home here in New York. We will be looking forward to galia. as we learn wbat it means to love Jhey were taken good care of by more reading material. We would one another and bear one another's the Union and by the hospital staff. like to receive any specimens of brigade in Tokyo. If any of my ex- To the Editor: .Upon our arrival in Boston, we burdens. Gil Vila shipmates read this letter, it would examinations, etc. were grieved to hear from patrol­ Loses Life Force ' 4. 4« t sure feel good to receive a letter Rene M. Bourgeois man Jim Sweeny that our brother, In the de'gree that a man walls in from them. (Ed. note: We have noted your Ed Dacy, had passed away the his soul against his neighbor, his Pvt. Herbert Ehmsen change of address on our mailing week before while undergoing sur­ personality shrinks and he loses US 51251214 ^ list.) gery for cancer of the throat. To the Editor: his capacity for the fullness of life. Co. B 720th MP BC. 4> 4" tr We would like to express our Yet there is something about each Thanks so much for sending the APO 500 heartfelt sympathy to Ed's family and every one of us that is inali­ LOG, to my husband, Nathan c/o Postmaster and kin. He was always a true ship­ enable, something that we cannot Dixon. I get the benefit of it, for San Francisco, Cal. mate and stahnch Union man. He give without losing all further I do enjoy reading it so much; To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been added to the LOG's mailing list; was respected and loved by those capacity to give. For if we yield that's why I am sending my new I am in the service and expect address, so there will be no delay to get out in about a year and a from now on you uMl receive the of us who had sailed with him. it, or if it-is taken away from us, LOG every two weeks, as pub­ Dacy lived by the rule "If I can't we are no longer ourselves, but in receiving it. half. I have had eight years at sea lished. ) do you good, I won't do you harm." Thanks so much. and would like to find out about May God bless him and may his pawns In alien hands, moved 4' 4| Mrs. Nathan Dixon about and disjiosed of by a will the merchant marine. soul rest in peace. that is not our own, He who has no (Ed. note: We have changed I have read a few copies of the Freddy Bruggner life he can call his own cannot your mailing address, as you re­ SEAFARERS LOG and would like Kenneth Marples give life; he who is in bondage quested. ). to know more about the Union and To the Editor: A1 Dumbaugh cannot set others free; he who has how it works. Any information you Andy Anderson 4" . t I am a seaman, and have been no freedom to pursue happiness could give me would be greatly reading the SEAFARERS LOG for 4> 4> cannot bring happiness to his fel­ appreciated. quite some time how, and I like it low man. Paul Van Riper very much. I would appreciate it (Ed. note: The information you very much if you would please put To the Editor: We do not exist alone. We were I would very much like to get a asked for has been sent out to my name on your mailing list to To the Editor: created to live in society and to . copy of "Seafarers in World War you.) I would like to have the LOG work out our salvation in the midst receive the LOGl sent to my home. I am an ex-serv­ of our fellow men. We are born II," It was 11 years ago, Washing­ Marvin Young ton's birthday that a torpedo got (Ed. note: The SEAFARERS iceman and had the~ pleasure of into the family; very early we us on the Chattanooga City. From LOG will be sent to you regularly, learning about and reading your toddle out into the neighborhood, 1944 to the end of the war I sailed fine paper while assigned to for­ gradually come to know t'he com­ as you requested.) as "chips" on the Emily Weder, an eign duty. munity, and bit by bit realize that Applications tor the mater. 4 t Army hospital ship. I married one I belong to the plumbers' local we are citizens of the state and pity benefit must be supported of the nurses and since then, after here in Vicksburg and mean to the nation. More and more, as we py the following documents: 31 years at sea, I have been a land­ show the LOG around to my broth­ grow up, we become aware of the • Your marriage certificate. lubber. The only contact I have ers there. Thank you. rest of the world and develop some To the Editor: • Baby's birth certificate dat­ with my old profession has been A, L. Woods, J!r, . sense of membership in the hu­ At present. I'm on4he beaeh, see­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. through the LOG which, by , the (Ed. note: We have added your man race. With this and this alone, ing how much the laundry business • The discharge from the last way, is passed on to several other is going to, cost me. How, hbout a name, to the LOG's mailing list; we have the basis of a free govern­ ship you sailed, jit before the oldtimers. baby was born. few, lines ,ftom some of my old you will, receive a, copy every two ment for all. , .. 4 am not kic]ting, . but 'once! in a Gilbefi Ipaitker shipmateg-r-Valentihev .Gets, Lin- weeks as requested, from now on.) m Old Salt Wants. Salty Newspaper Thanhs SIU For Sending Flowers Free Will Basis Of Free Nation Port Agent Gets Praise From Men Union isTops When Men Ail Wants To See Birth Notice MP In Japan Asks For LOG Oldttrnv StV Man To Keeeive MJOG Wants LOG Sent To Nea% Address \K ibi Men Mourn For Lost Brother 11 It 1^ i: ••Ji..' Ifcl Enjoys Reading Union Paper info On Union Sought Bg Sailor Seaman Wantf To Receive Paper ExSeatnanWants To Sell Cahin k^ ' • &• fe.' • ff--" fir' Plumber Wants To Receive EBG How to Apply For Birth Pag Cleans Up in Laundry Firm �•'•' Mkf^ &. 19M-' ' s SEAV'ARttt^ toG 7-?*-'?"r-'SiT' fage tweniir-thnm /i: •i-.r, -.4 •^?. : •; <••_ :V.. .-V ,/.v • vU. 'a. g, ^ ^n^ •""SteRsgsr** Compass at the upper left, dating from around 1521, shows clear illustration of the rose of the winds. Note that it is an eight-pointed compass. The others are: No. 2, a rosette from the sailing chart of Andrea Bianco, 1436, (ini­ tials are Italian names of winds);; No. 3, a 16point sailing chart of^ 1384; No. 4, a more ad­ vanced type, 1540; No. 5, a Portuguese model dating from 1500; No. 6, compass card printed on the title page of a French book "The Routes of The Sea" of 1584; No. 7, an eight-pointed Venetian design of 1545; No. 8, a 32-point type from Columbus' day. All compass designs derived from sailing charts. L^. 4..^ai6^^^«.k2-tkj4sv';ii(43Ll..: That common, garden-variety mari­ time tool known as the compass may be generally taken for granted today but it was a long time in developing. As far as is known, the first compass that was used for navigbtion purposes can>e into existence around the year 1200, which means that the Vikings' and the Phoenicians made their daring sea voyages by observing the stori, the moon and the currents. The principle of the compass was generolly known to the early Greeks who were aware that a magnetic needle would point north, but they didn't apply it to navigation. The Chi­ nese hod a working Compass long be­ fore Europeans did, about 139 AD "in fact. But they used it exclusively for land travel. Early compasses used by European navigators consisted of a needle float­ ing on a cross of reeds, in itself sus­ pended in a basin of water. It appar­ ently took approximately 70 years for son\ebody to hit on the idea of mount­ ing the needle on a pivot. The first known compass of this type with a scale and sights dates from the year 1269. Around 1302 an unknown navigator in southern Italy designed a card with the needle fixed to it and the "Rose of the Winds" painted on it. It was the first true mariner's compass as we know it today. Refinements of the compass which followed used 8, 12, 16 or 32 points, a practice which derived from the drafting of sailing charts, but the pres­ ent 32-point compass is for all practi­ cal purposes a direct descendant of the compass designed in 1302. The perfection of the compass had a great deal to do with the successful voyages of exploration which followed including Columbus' trip to the New World. As such, the "Rose of the Winds" was the key to modern navi­ gation. -.:j| •11 n B �SEAT ARERS F«e -Tweniy-foiir f'5 - *4 •' V.'.- > .\. ) . Ih • • f.*- '»- it.- •?;- • :• s: . DIGEST of SHIPS' COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Jan uary 10—Chairman, P. Ryan; Secretary P. Kon. Pat Ryan was elected ship's dele' gate. Report on the captain will be sent to headquarters it he steps out of line. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for a job well done; and the service we received -in the bad -storm we were in this voyage. The cooking is excellent, so if you want a good ship, catch the Coe Victory. February 7 — Chairman, A. Anderson; Secretary, Pat Ryan. Disputed overtime will be referred to the patrolman. More innerspring mattresses should be secured for the next crew. Menu board should be changed to the forward end of the messroom. Steward department got a vote of thanks for a job well done. January 13—Chairmen, C. Tobias; Soc retary, Charles Ludwick. An AH was removed from the ship in Manila with acute appendicitis. Another AB failed to join the ship leaving Sasebo, Japan. Charges brought against a performer ' will be turned over to the boarding patrolman. Di Maio was elected ship's delegate. Engine delegate is in the ship's hospital and asked to hove another delegate elected. Edward J. Dean was elected. Ship^s delegate will ask the captain to get replacements in Singapore and to order a new electric motor for the crew's washing machine. Ship's dele­ gate will ask the captain if meals can be served in the ship's hospital to Frankmanus. Captain has said that he isn't too sick to go aft fof his meals. ANNE BUTLER (Bloomfleld), January 15—Chairman, James Wllkio; Secretary, Mr Anderson. Ship's delegate, asked that the repair list be turned in before arrival at Mobile. One man missed ship in San Pedro. Draw list and a copy of the repair list will be given to the cap­ tain. Ship's delegate reported that Mrs. William Scarlett received the donation sent from Pusan. All hands wish a speedy recovery to Bill -Scarlett, third cook, who was injured in Yokohama. It was unanimously agreed that the crew would ask the patrolman to intercede for the crew in the matter of getting bulkhead fans for the rooifTs. This ship has been running for three years with­ out fans in the rooms. All inside decks need to be cemented and repaired. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job well done. Steward thanked the crew for the kind considera­ tion and cooperation given him on this trip. Ship's delegate gave a vot;> of thanks t'o the department delegates for the cooperation and help given to him this trip. ROBIN CRAY (Seas Shipping), January S—Chairman, William Jenkins; Secretary, Edward Tresnlck. Repair list was turped over to the chief mate and to the chief engineer, for minor repairs that can be taken care of before the "ship reaches portl Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), November 11 —Chairman, Paul Carter; Secretary, Juan Oquendo, Jr. There was a discus­ sion on the bosun telling the chief mate to fire a man that he claimed was into.xicated and in his bunk. The man in question stated that he had a few drinks but was not intoxicated. as ship's delegate. The bosun is under pressure from the captain, and Henry Sojan was elected ship's delegate. There is a .question on whether the sailing board "was posted for the proper length of time, causing one man to miss ship. Galley hasn't been sougeed in almost nine months. There was a discussion between "the bosun and chief pumpman on what department will do the greas ing on tank top work. SOUTHSTAR (Sauih Atlantic), no dsto —Chairman, J. Rice; Secretary, H. Shuman. Steward promised to look into the food, after a discussion. . Repair list was discussed. Crew will turn in any repairs noted. «e - PENNMAR (Calmsr), February 7 — Chairman, L. Richardson; Secretary, F. Mitchell, Jr. There was a discussion of food in galley. It was agreed to do away with the old stock pot and td make fresh stock for soups each day. Only freshly rendered fats will be used. Steward agreed to watch the menus more closely and give more variety of food. DEL SOL (Mississippi), January 1# — Chairman, Danny Byrnes, Jr.; Secretary, William R. Cameron. Danny Byrnes was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion to buy a movie projector was overruled, and a motion was passed to hold the money for a worthier cause. Doors should be kept closed in and out of port. Shoreside personnel should be kept off ship. Donations- were made by the deck and steward departments for flowers for Brother Charlie Wilson's grave in Abidjan. Ivory Coast. Brother Cameron, and the deck delegate went to have this taken care of before sailing. Ship's fund totaled $71.50. After $36 was donated to the New Orleans hall for their Christmas dinner, a balance of $33.50 was left. Vote of thanks went to treasurer William R. Cameron. li BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), January 9—Chairman, Edward Mollneaux; Secretary, Arloa D. Hill. Eleven new men were sighed on in San Fran­ cisco. All three departments turned re­ pair lists in to the ship's delegate. Wash­ ing machine is not much good. Steward said that cots are on the requisition list. A place will be found for a ship's lib­ rary. Captain cut down the steward's requisition in Hawaii, Japan and Oak­ land. This problem will be taken up on the East Coast, and so will the problem of transportation. FAIRLAND (Waterman), January 31 — Chairman, V. Dllndla; Secretary, Frank Kustura. One man missed ship in Ja­ pan and another man got off to go to the hospital. Repair list will be made out and sent in from the Canal Zone, Panama. One man changed jobs. Dis­ cussion was held on the grade of meat put aboard in the States; steaks are tough. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), Janu­ ary 13 — Chairman, Thomas; Secretary, Gunther. Pat Cleary was elected ship's delegate by. acclamation. Ship's fund, totaling $8.07 will be given to the March of Dimes. Foc'sles will be painted. Air registers replaced and repairs. Fans ar6 out of order. Drains need repair as well as water-tight doors. Better grade December 20—Chairman, O. Braxton; .Secretary, Paul C, Carter. Donald M. of coffee - should be procured. Woods was elected ship's delegate by BATTLE ROCK (US Petroleum), De­ acclamation. A suggestion was made to try and regulate the heat back aft as it cember 3—Chairman, C, Tobias; Secre­ tary, E. M. Watts, Two men were-left is either too hot or too cold. Steward was asked to order chairs for the rec­ in the hospital in Sasebo, Japan—one with a heart ailment, the other due to a reation room aft. leg operation. Both will be flown home as soon as they are able to travel. POTRERO HILLS (Phlla. Marine), Feb­ Charges were brought by the bosun ruary t—Chairman, John Van Dyk; Sec­ against a member for performing retary, Henry So|ak. One man missed aboard ship and refusing to stand watch ship in Yokosuka, Japan. Vote of thanks and defying the ship's master. Two day­ went to the bosun, for a job well done men were taken on in Nagasaki, Japan. SIO SBA/s ompkMy msr fpperf March 5» LOG Use Only One Mail Address . Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offlcbis point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly, and payment made right away. ^Ips f nd buying the least that each man can get by with, January 23—Chairman, Elbert Hogget Secretary, Roy Kelley. There Is $35 in the . ship's fund.' Repair list was made up and turned over to the captaip, chief mate and chief engineer. Roy Kelley was elected ship's delegate. He and the department delegates will list the clean­ ing assignments for the recreation rodm and laundry. Bosun will be paid for Christmas ^ee lights out of the ship's fund. It was decided to let the deck department have the old washing ma­ chine motor to make a saw. Bosun said he. would paint the laundry in New York. Ship's delegate - is tr.ving to get an SIU slopchcst on here but is not making much headway yet, but after we have a good talk with the captain we think we will get it. The third mate, is the big hold-up as he handles it. Members stay­ ing on next trip are advised to order what they need from the Sea 'Chest. Some of the brothers were surprised to see Calmar buying food on the West Coast. The steward put in a store list on arrival and we got another surprise as nothing was cut out. We did get 1,000 pounds of potatoes more than wqs or­ dered, so there must have been a sale on potatoes. ALEXANDRA (Carras), January 21— Chairman, O. J. Morgan; Secretary, R. LIparl. O. J. Morgan was elected ship's delegate. Ship's delegate will see the captain about the payoff. Crew can draw on their OT if ship does not pay off In Gulf. Washing machine needs new wringer. AU three departments agreed to rate the cleaning of the recre­ ation room, wash room, and laundry. Steward advised aU hands to turn in all soiled linen. Discussion was hed OIL. »n AB who re­ fuse to do any work on deck, saying that he is only able to steer the ship. This man had three doctors examine him and all failed to find anything wrong with his .back, as he claims, and gave, the captain fit for duty papers. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities garylce), This man's watch partners agreed to do January 2—Chairman, James H. Parker; his wofk on deck. Secretary, Jim Merrcll. All hands were asked 'not to overload the washing ma­ Steward department got a vote STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Janu­ chine. of thanks for good work. Delegates and ary 31—Chairman, Mack Chapman; Secre­ crew were for a clean ship. Sug­ tary, Joseph Corrlveau. Patrolman wiU gestion wasthanked made that the crew ask for be asked about having a different ar­ boards to make that could be rangement in the crew messhall seating hung on the rails benches on the poop deck dur­ capacity. Arrangements will be made to ing the warm weather. acquire watch foc'sles for the black gang and to eliminate 4-men to a room in the steward department. BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), February 2—Chairman, G. Falrcloth; Sec­ retary, Donald Moore. No repairs were done in general. There was di.scussion on having two separate messhalis—one for the black gang, one for the deck department. Cleaning of the laundry will be divided among the three depart­ ments. Repair list will be checked when the ship reaches Savannah. the membership. Ship's delegate asked for the crew's cooperation. If .gny beef arises, see the department delegate first. Discussion was held on making a plat­ form for the washing machine so that it will drain, and keeping the laundry, sink and washing machine clean. There is $11.70 In the ship's fund; all donations should be given to the department dele­ gate. Men going on watch will go to the head of the line when, the slopchcst Is open. Shoreside personnel should be kept out of the passageways if they have no business on the ship. "STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), February 14—Chairman, Ralph Knowles; Secretary, M. A. Machel. Snarks was contacted on repairing the radio. Washing machine will be cleaned after use. Messroom should be left efban. Standby should make coffee when ' calling messmen and cooks. Coffee pot will be put out. CHILORE (Ore), February 21—Chair­ man, John R. Taurln; Secretary, Edward F. Mattlson. Delegate warned the men who >9ere gassed up and missed watches on sailing day that In the future they would be dealt with by the patrolman. Crew washing machine Is out of order. Ship's delegate will see the chief engi­ neer about repairs. Ship's delegate wrote for a new library as there is no reading material on board. Books should be re­ turned to the crew recreation room. A whole-hearted vote of thanks went to the steward department for the excellent preparation of food and service. FETROLITE- (Tanker Sag), January 23 —Chairman, N. A. Huff; Secretary, Le- roy Eggen. Steward department should wash the ship's laundry during a more convenient time. It was decided to do this during the hours of-1900 and 2100. More fans will be looked for. Coffee cups should be rinsed in the center sink after use. HURRICANE (Waterman), January IB — Chairman, W. F. Egan; Secretary, E. BUI Ray. No majoji beefs have occurred so far on this voyage. The entire crew was complimented for a good voyage. AU members were asked to return books after reading them. Repair Usts will be made up. and turned over to mates and engineers well in advance of the end of the voyage. -February COMPASS (Compass), January 30— Chairman, Dowal Alt; Secretary, Chat Gawrych. Captain blamed the ship's delegate for starting trouble on here. Deck delegate warned the deck gang to stay on the ball; there are enough beefs on sbip now. Coast Guard told the cap­ tain to order stores or else: there are no meats aboard. Captain was told he has no reason to fire Greek seamen. Theree are beefs on foods b'eing short each meal. Chief cook was asked to cook more hereafter. Chief mate ordered the chief cook to fry steaks for visiting offi­ cers, though they were not on the menu. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin) January 31 —Chairman, M. O. Brlghtwoll; Sacrotary, James F. Byrne. All repairs are to be reported to department delegates, who will unake up lists to hand over to the boarding patrolman.- New washing' ma­ chine is needed badly. Chief electrician reported that two new 14-inch fans are needed for the crew messroom. Logs wUl be- taken up writh the boarding pa­ trolman; most of the chrewmembers be­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), lieve the logs were fag too severe. January 21—Chairman, W. W, Reld; Sec­ retary, J. C. Whatley. Everythipg we needed. was gotten in' the shipyards ex­ VAL CHEM (Valontlno), January Port en­ Chairman, John Karl; Secretary, Robert cept some locker repairg. Bowley. Refrigerator to be replaced will gineer in New York will be contacted about this when he comes aboard. He be on the dock on arrival in New York. Beef concerning drinking water was will also be asked about benches for the squared away. Scuttlebutt will be re­ fantaU for the summer. Washing ma­ paired or replaced. Each man should chine should be turned off and cleaned donate a dollar to the sb^'s fund at after use. Light will he installed to show the payoff. Washing water tanks are whether the machine is on or off. rusty. Ship's delegate should see the STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), January captain. There is a $2.69 deftcit In the 9—Chairman, John Dutch Markal; Sacshiil's fund. ratary. Earl Parnall. Letter of protest against the closing of the marine hos­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Saatraln), pitals was given to the New York pa­ January 27—Chairman, E. H. Saarcey; who said he would forward it Secretary, H. L. Crifzard. AU depart­ trolman to the proper people. Two brothers ments are operating smoothly with no missed ship in Baltimore and rejoined beefs. Ship's fund was reported in some­ agin in Charleston. This will be re­ what of a strained condition. We hope ported to the Ne'w Orleans patrolrhan. to build it up at this payoff. SMp'S delee- John Dutch Merkel was elected ship's gate will contact the patrolman on ar­ delegate; Brother Chesmus, engine deleerival in New York about a mixing ma­ gate; Brother Hunt, deck delegate. Sug­ chine for the galley. Patrolman will be gestion was made that the steward order asked about getting a new washing ma­ fresh milk immediately upon arrival in chine. Crew's quarters ned painting 'out. New Orleans. Discussion was held on At least a year has lapsed since they linen. Hooks for coffee cups will bee were painted. Cups should be returned installed in the pantry. to the messroom after use. ^ Each de­ January 25—Chairman, R. Hunt; Secpartment delegate is to make out a com­ plete list of repair work needed. Wash­ ratary, J. J. Markal. Motion was passed to get a wash basin in the black gang ing machine should be replaced, since repairs needed are many, including a head.- Motion to buy a record player for the crew messroom wax defeated. Messnew wringer. Voluntary donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the man should eat before or after meals. All. dry cereals "should be looked into, delegate. and various others ordered. Ship's fund should be built up. :;,> " 7—Chairman, C. McNottoni Secretary, E. BUI Ray. Ship's delegate will contact the patrolman at the payoff to see that a new washing machine is in­ stalled on this ship, as the one we have is beyond repair. Patrolman will be asked to see the captain of this vessel to find out why the .slopchest is only open once on each way of the vo.vage. Discussion was held on the menu. Crew asked the steward for more variety of fresh meats and vegetables. Steward re­ ported to the crew that it was necessary to maneuver the menus. He was asked to check stores upon delivery this trip and report to crew any missing articles. Action will then be taken by the crew and the nearest patrolman. Crew ex­ tended a vote of thanks to the cooks and messmen for food prepared and served. Crewmembers who are leaving were asked to strip bunks and leave foc'sles clean, and to turn keys over to their department delegate. MICHAEL (Carras), February 21 — Chairman, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, E. Manuel. Men were cautioned about smok­ ing in forbidden area while loading or unloading. Doors on the main deck should be kept closed at all times while loading or discharging. Recreation equip­ ment will be purchased out of the ship's fund. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), February. 19-Chairman, D. Reed; Secretery, R. K. Holt. Slopchest is open every night be­ tween 6:00 and'6:00 PM. Crew is wel­ come to use the ship-to-shore radio. Crew iron is kept in the ship's delegate room. R. K. Holt was elected new ship's delegate. Chief cook will check stores to see what is needed. Night lunch should be more varied. Patrolman will be asked to see that the ship is properly stored before leaving Providence. Ship's delegate was reimbursed for $1.15 phone call to Galveston for replacements; the ship's fund, which now totals $22.72, was turned over to the new ship's delegate. DEL RIO (Mississippi), February 17 —> Chaisman, C. Frey; Secretary, J. I. Brlant. Repair list was read and modified. Next crew will be reminded to keep the laun­ FAIRPORT (Waterman), February 25— dry drain clear. Vote of thanks went .to Chairman, Jim Adams; Secretary, Jack the delegate and a unanimous vote of SOUTHPORT (South AtlanHc), January 10—Chairman, B. C. Collins; Secretary, R. Vilorla. There is $36.47 in the ihip's fund after paying for repairs to the record player and buying records. Co­ operation- of crewmembers in conserving water was requested oy the chief en­ gineer until we reach a port where water can be obtained. Motion was passed to write a letter to the New York hall to contact Savannah about sufficient slopchcst and American money draws in foreign ports. Vote of thanks went from the entire crew to jhe steward depart­ ment for making the ship a home away from home 'over the holidays. Thgre was a discussion on cleanliness on the ship and sanitary work performed by each department. ALAMAR (Calmer), December 13— Chairman, E. Hogge; Secretary, Smiley Clausen. There (s $38 in the ship's fund. Smiley Claussen was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Suggestion was made. to try and get repairs, done now and to H;tve the steward m:ike up a, list of stores needed to be-turped over to the Wilmington patrolmanl' DiscuMlon was held on the slopchest on Calmar Ross. Food situation is now OK. Repair list will be handed in early enough so that repairs can be done at sea. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a good job. All departments will help clean the laupdry, and all will put heat and hot water situation on their repair lists. The steward is short of linen. Fourth issue of linen was held up two days by the old steward until the laundry was returned so it- could be issued. thanks went to the first assistant engi­ neer, Harvard W. Tindell, and Calvin L. Cook, pursii,. for their cooperation in assisting the crew in good and welfare throughout the trip. Each department repair list will be kept separate and the" crew's repair list will be kept separate . from topside's repair list. There should be at least one first meat on the menu: salads should be improved. Messman was reprimanded for negligence. Pantry­ man was officially requested not to serve f. food with soap on his hands. Ship's dele­ ROBIN MOWBRAY (Sest Shipping), gate moved to give the crew messman February 14 — Chairman, Edward V. and pantryman a chance to improve for Smith. Secretary, J. E. Rose. Deck de­ the remainder of the trip. partment will put in OT for the cadet working on deck^ Deck delegate will see STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), January 24 the chief mate about this. Anyone buy­ —Chairman, Charles H. Bush; Secretary, ing crawfish is to get two receipts; stew­ Charles W. Heppding. Beef will be ard will stow them in the ice box. Screen brought up before the patrolman about doors should be kept closed in port. rtne first assistant engineer and the Wash bowl is needed in the hea4 top­ junior third, in regard to working rules. side room next to the 4-8 oiler and fire­ Ship's delegate will get in touch with man. Safety suggestions should be re­ the agent at the payoff regarding men ferred to the delegates. on the beach in Honolulu. There should be someone out these to- handle SIU STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Febru­ ships hitting there—two or more every ary t—Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secre­ other week. - SIU men on ' the beach tary, John Haynes. Beef about changing there have no way of getting out of rooms was squared away by New York Honolulu except when a ship does hit agent. Rooms will be changed perma­ there and needs a replacement. Scuppers nently at the end of this trip. Blackie (Continued on page 25> Bankston was elected ship's delegate by �SEAFARERS 9larch 5, 1954 Pare Twentyrfive LOG ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) •nd vent pipes should be checked for foul smell and odor. Patrolman will be asked about cleaning topside rooms in the mornings. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about painting foc'sie decks and sougeeing them. Steward de­ partment was thanked for line work and chow which was put out on this voyage and for the fine pastry which the baker put out at coffee time. BALTORE (Ore), December 50—Chair­ man, E. Morgan; Secretary, .Charles Henschkew. Crewmembers are to be suitably dressed before entering the pan­ try. Steward department needs more plates. Menus of this ship will be given to the patrolman for comparison with other ships of this company, which are rumored to have better food. Member­ ship was instructed that, in the future, they were not to discredit the steward department but properly direct their grievances against those persons re­ sponsible for this condition—the com­ pany officials in New York. In the fu- Ex-Carrabulle Will the members of the crew of the Carrabulle (National Navi-' gation),.. who were aboard on March 25, 1953, contact immediate­ ly the wife, of the late Floyd Uolcombe, who suffered a fatal acci­ dent on that date. Contact Mrs. Gladys Holcombe at 311 Indus­ try St., Florence, Alabama. t 4" .. A. Tursi, L. Foley, R. Tuthill Please -get in touch with me for, I have your clothes from the Yokaboma—T. Drzewicki, Salem Mari­ time, Cities Service Oil Co., or c/o Mullins, Champlain Ave., 66 Wil, Del. 4- t 4" 4< Joseph Rramley Please phone or write me as soon as possible. Urgent. Mrs. Edith Bramley. . 4" Charles Johnson Please contact Irene Seban at 1405 South Newkirk St., Philadel­ phia 46, Pa. 4i 4> David Nunn Please contact Mrs. Ruth Adams at 232 Irving St., Milburne, Florida. 4- 4» 3^ • 4" 4' 4' ' 3^ i t Peter F. Dl Capua Please contact your sister, Jo­ sephine Maira. J. B. Alsobrook Please contact your mother at Brownsville, Texas. ' Laurie Welch Please contact Mrs. W. Turner at 18 Grove St., Charleston, SC. 4" 4" . 41 4 Ex-Bland Will members of this vessel's crew who. were shipmates of Dan­ iel H. Boyce (died Feb. 3, 1954) on voyage commencing New York, July 30, 1953, please communicate with Stark and Goldstein, 1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 H. Bumpers, W. Walker, J. Williams Delayed sailing on 2/6/54. Two hours coming to you. Abiqua, Cities Service. 4 4 4 Ex-Afoundria Waterman S.S. Corp. has noti­ fied us -that the following men left gear aboard Afoundria: William G. Moore, John Buttimer, Whitten Hammock and Charles White. If gear is not picked up before April i2, 1954, it will be sold under au­ thority of the law. Gear may be picked up at Collector's Storage Sales . Section, 311 Appraiser's Stores, 201 Varick St., New York, N.Y. .444 Ex-Nicholas C.H. ' Will the following men pick up Trident Trans. Corp. envelopes containing their W2 forms at com-* pany office, 52 Broadway, New York 4, NY: Manuel Perry, Eric S. Rau, Charles E. Murray, James Roberison, Kenneth Surat Singh, Leonard. Leidig and Candido Cabais. ture, when serving Iced tea or other beverages, it would be appreciated if the ice pieces were small enough to go into the glasses. It was decided to dis­ continue the ringing of a beU to an­ nounce mealtimes until further notice. Crackers will be included in future night lunches and the toaster will be put on the repair list. There is not enough soap to clean the laundr.v tanks. Repair list of minor items will be made out and given to the deck engineer in time to make repairs before arrival in Baltimore. Dirty water should be thrown over the .side of the ship. Iron is available when needed. Officers arc allowed three chairs apiece, unlicensed crewmembers none. A more favor.sble division should be made in the future. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), February t—Chalrmrn, R. A. Sandcrlin; Secretary, D. D. Molter. A di.sputed OT beef wiU be ironed out between the chief mate and the deck dep.-irtment. A. W Perkins was reelected ship's delegate by acclamation. Beef on the chow was presented the deck delegate, who said there was baked macaroni, and cheese, plain omelet -es .seconds with the fried shrimp on Friday. Amount of time re­ quired for the chief cook to prepare the shrimp was clarified, so that second en­ trees were to be put out by the second cook. Steward said a second, meat would be on all menus every meal from now on and his explanation was accepted. February 3—Chairman, Pat Claary; Sec­ retary, Guenther. Letter will be writ­ ten- to headquarters about repairing the galley range. Motion was passed to keep feet off the mcssroom chairs. Wash buckets and lockers are to be repaired. MASSMAR (Calmar), January 31 — Chairman, J. T. Slgmon; Secretary, W Schoenbori). Washing machine, wringer will be put on the repair, list. Repair lists 'will be made ready by the time the ship reaches the Canal Zone. After com­ paring company slopchest and SIU Sea Chest, the crew voted unanimously as being in favor of getting a complete Sea Chest on this vessel. Full report, will be sent to the Sea Che^t in New York, as well as A repair list. ^Caii'Shakers* Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. fan should be put in the galley as six came aboard this trip. February 5—Chairman, Sam Drury; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Ship's delegate and steward will see the Seattle and New York agents, if necessary about getting enough supplies to get back to New York. Food is not up to par. Each man will donate $1 for the purpose of calUng Seattle and New 'York to see if the company can be made to store the I ship better. The steward said this was ' the worst stored ship he had seen in many a year. The crew stated they would back the delegates arid steward on what­ ever was necessary to get supplies. The usual practice is to promise supplies, then about two hours before sailing time bring about half of what was promised aboard, so it- is too latjB for the crew to . take any action. February 21—Chairman, Sam Drury; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists. Report was made on fresli water and the ship's fund. SEANAN (Stratford), February 14— Chairman, Robert Wisfman; Secretary, Haukland. One man missed watch in Singapore. ' There was a fight between two members. Third cook is making QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), special food for himself. Steward re­ February 7—Chairman, Thomas H. Flem­ ported that meat, dry stores and'many ing; Secretary, E. Grace. New washmg drinktrig glasses are missing. machine is OK. There is $22.26 in the GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), ship's fund. Brother Melanson was elected ship's delegate by acclamation; February 13—Chairman, Sam Doyle; Sec­ the ship's fund was turned over to him. retary, Robert F. Black. One man in Wire will be sent to the hall for a new the engine department was fired for a library, and all old books wfU be col­ very poor reason. The patrolman will be contacted. Captain okayed moving lected and sent ashore. the call bell from the galley to the cAw messhail for the deck department stand­ CARRABULLE (Nat'l Nav.), February « by. There was a discussion on trans­ —Chairman, Percival Shauger; Secretary, portation pay for new men. Stanley Schuyler. Ed Parsley was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There KATHRYN (Bull), February U—Chair­ is a balance of $66.16 in the ship's fund. man, William E. Ekins; Secretary, Mike Bosun suggested that each crewmember R. Zeionka. Motion was passed to get a donate $1 to the ship's fund. new wa.shing'machine and to see the pa­ trolman about parties in all ports. Chief DEL ORG (Mississippi), February 7— mate will be asked .-.about sailing time. Chairman, William A. Perry; Secretary, Everybody should know the time of de­ Leo Watts. Drunks coming on the ship parture. in port and disturbing the watch will be punished. Steward will lock up books SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), February in port. Clothes should be hung on the 14—Chairman, Nick Swokia; Secretary; line to dry in the engine room, not on John C. Reed. Steward and his depart­ the rail. Shoreside personnel should be ment got a vote of thanks; a letter will kept out of "the crew's quarters. There be written to the SEAFARERS LOG is $21 in the ship's fund. complimenting them for the fine job that they did this trip. The iron riiike BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Nav.), is not being used as much as it should February 21—Chairman, Maurice Me- be. It was pointed out that the weather Coskey; Secretary, J. Melvyn Lundy. Deck delegate was elected ship's dele­ gate unanimously. The hours that the crew was restricted to ship in Korea will be referred to the patrolman. Bosun is sick and there is a question about the DM acting as bosun at the OT rate. Two men were left in the hospital in Panama. New crew will be told that the engine department quai'lers are due for a painting. Patrolman will be no­ tified as to the condition in which said quarters are at present. Ship needs ex­ termination. Bunks should be stripped, and all cots and extra linen turned in before the payoff. Ekigine department should be issued a different brand of soap. Two brothers hospitalized in Pan­ ama were wished a speedy recovery and a safe voyage home. SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), February 21 —Chairman, John L. O'Hannaslan; Sec­ retary, John J. Mahoney. Ship's dele­ gate will see the port steward about get­ ting a different brand of laundry soap. One man missed ship in.'Kure, Japn. Membership went on record as unanim­ ously objecting to discrimination against seamen by the Army. MARYMAR (Calmar), January II— Chairman, W. Lawton; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. A few repairs turned in last trip weren't taken care of. The washing machine can hardly be used. Brother Layko will continue as ship's delegate, as he has been doing a fine job. Motion was passed to try to get a new washing machine in Long Beach. 3etter fans are needed in the crew messhail. Another NOTICES Pick Up Basrgage Seafarers with unclaimed bag­ gage in the Mobile SIU hall are urged to pick it up or advise the agent their present address within the next 60 days. This baggage is taking up space in the hall which is being converted to other use. Qnix Answers (1) Pork barrel refers to a gov•ernment bill, appropriation or policy decided upon by legislators to spread monpy' around for local improvements to make their con­ stituents happy. (2) Ed Mathews, Milwaukee Braves. (3) No, any quick movement, or the waving of a flag of any color will excite a bull. (4) Southampton, England. (5) The Dayaks are natives of Borneo who are headhunters and belong to the Iban tribe. (6) $105. (7) Lloyd C. Douglas. (8) a) withdrawn. (9) Alexander Kerensky. (10) True. Puzzle Answer was too b.id to permit its use. Men ieaving the ship after this voyage should turn room keys over to the delegate or department head. Steward pointed out that there was no alarm for the .meal boxes in ease someone gets locked in. This was put on the repair list. A buz­ zer should be put in the messhail for the standby at night. A noise in the wipers' bulkhead should be investigated. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), January i—Chairman, Thomas Cummings; Secretary, Jhon Nevln. Letter will be written to the hall about com­ pany guards in Lake Charles. Ship's delegate will square engine beefs with the Lake Charles patrolman. Pantry­ man asked the crew to put cups into tlie sink. Wipers' overtime should be evened up. All extra linen is to go to the steward, as he is short this trip. .Messhail should be kept clean. Thomas Cummin.gs thanked the crew for the money and flowers that they sent to his little girl, who was badly burned. fast as he can. Messman was told to sci-ve the watch going on first. February 14—Chairman, L. Abby; Sec­ retary, J. Botelho. New wringer was, re­ ceived for the washing machine. There is $18.12 in theship's fund. Crew messman should leave out more silverware at night. Recreation haU should be kept clean at all times. Everyone is to eooperate in seeing that this is done. iVIore night lunch was requested at night for the crew mess. GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield), February 7—Chairman, Jack Williams; Secretary, Bob High. Sea Chest was eailed and a patrolman came on board to check the slopchest. He okayed the quality. Captain will put out draws every five days. Seven men were fired for missing the shift in Houston. Bob High was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. Laundry and recreation room will be kept clean. A list of cleaning assignments for all three departments will be drawn up. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Febru­ ROBIN GRAY (Seas 'ihipping), Janu­ ary 14—Chairman, Ed Lanier; Secretary, ary 24—Chairman, Leo Koza; Secretary, Joseph L. Allen. There is $61.37 in the William James McKeely. One man ship's fund. Eddie Lanier was elected missed ship in New York and joined it again, in Savannah. Motion was passed to build a bookcase in the messrooni and have the hot water system cheeked. One man was warned about being drunk aboard ship and not turning to. Any per­ formers aboard this vessel will be brought up on charges. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), January 14—Chairman, William Lieberman; Secretary,' J. P. Thrasher. Ship's dele.gate reported that the captain called the delegates and cooks together to dis­ cuss the lousy chow. -Wipers were asked to do a proper job on sanitary. Sugges­ tion was made to clean the laundry after it is used. No date—Chairman, Brother Cruz; Sec­ retary, Brother Bathia. Motion w.-.s passed to have the patrolman discuss with the steward and cooks why the food was not being prepared properly. Meeting will be held at the payoff to remedy this. Washing machine should be repaired or replaced. Slopchest is sliort on popular brands of ci.garettes. Slop­ chest merchandise is not up to SIU standard. ship's delegate. Washing machine needs repairing. Vote of confidence went to the chief cook, who is getting off. We vere glad to have him aboard and are sorry to see him leave. More night lunch should be put out. IBERVILLE (Waterman), February 7— Chairman, C. McQueen; Secretary, George Susrcz. Vote of thanks went to V. Rosado, engine delegate, for making a shelf ! for the radio in the messhail. There is $31.91 in the ship's fund. Motion was prsscd to leave the TV set, radio, and ship's fund at the Mobile hall while the ship is laid up. They will be taken back on board when the ship is crewed up. Taxi fare for transporting them to the hall willi^e taken out of the ship's fund. I Steward got a vote of thanks for a swell job throughout the trip and for service given to the entire crew. SUZANNE (Bull), no date—Chairman, H. A. Orlando; Secretary, S. P. Telech.. Mate is on deck at all times. The cap­ tain is trying to deduct two day's pay, from the crew for being absent from the ship In Mayaguez. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund at the next payoff with a $.50 contribution from each man. Cost of cable should be deducted from the ship's fund. Suggestion was made to clieck with the bosun to make sure about time off before leaving the ship. There should be juice provided at coffee time for those who don't care for coffee. A word of praise went to Juan Manuel Collozo, crew messman, for his leader­ ANTINOUS (Waterman), February 13— ship in the Chairman, C. B. Brundage; Secretary, G. San Juan. ILA beef in Mayaguez and in Braxton. A TV set was bought for $144.35; there is $1.74 left in the ship's SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), fund. Suggestion was made that the February 20—Chairman, Norman A. Kirk; crew donate to the fund at the payoff. Secretary, Edward Jones. Patrolman told Notice was read to the crew about smok- Ihc thief enginefcito be nioi-e eaieful. iiig, on deck when the hatches are open. Washing machine will repaired in. Steward and his department got a vote New York. It has taken be an awful beat­ of thanks for good food and service. ing and cannot be fixed on the ship. All fans should be turned off when not in SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Febru­ i use. Beefs between the car deckman and ary 6—Chairman, H. M. Thomas; Secre­ the night cook and baker should be re­ tary, J. LaPoint. Ralph Burnsed was ferred to the patrolman. Old books and elected ship's delegate by acclamation. library should be put on the box and. There was a discussion on the crew's SIU books should be changed. Old lock­ radio. The ship's fund of $29.00 will be ers will be put in the passageway. spent on a new set of tubes for reserve. No one is to -tinker with the radio. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), December 13—Chairman, M. Costelio; Secretary, S. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), R. Prestwood. Captain called attention December 13—Chairman, T. Clough; Sec­ of the ship's delegate to- the life jackets retary, M. Beeching. There was a report thrown in the passageways. Leakage in on several needed repairs and on the the steward's room was repaired. There purchase of the TV set. There was a is a balance of S65.50 in the ship's fund. discussion on carelessness involving Brother Vaughan was elected ship's dele­ ship's gear: unless this is stopped meas­ gate b.v acclamation. Brother Nicholas' got a vote of thanks for th-e .service he ures will have to be taken. rendered as ship's delegate. Brother Prestwood will act as secretary-treasurer. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), Febru­ January 3—Chairman, Manor T. ary 14—Chairman, Neal Cairus; Secre­ telio; Secretary, S. R. Prestwood. TheCos­ $5 tary, Roy Giuid. Repairs from the last that was left on the table during the trip were completed with the exception last payoff was turned over to the ship's of new keys which will be made on sliip. fund. A vote of thanks was extended Notice of time changes will be posted to the chief steward and the cooks and and hours when the slopchest. is open. the whole department for the good food Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ the Way it was handled on Christ­ partment on the chow. Ship's delegate and mas and New Year's Days. List of mov­ was reelected by acclamation. ies will be posted no later than 12 noon .sailing from New Orleans. Midnight LONE JACK (Cities Service), January movie will be included for the night 9—Chairman, Peter V. Hammei; Secre­ gang. Movies will be locked up at all tary, N. Wippie. Better sanitary work times. Operator has choice for the next should be done by all three departments. picture but will see the financial secre­ Breakfast should be put out faster. Ship's tary for the film. Movies will start at delegate will accept the ship's fund, 6:15 PM, 8:45 PM and 1:00 PM. Operator which totals $3.98, as the deck delegate will put away the machine after each is getting off. Second cook explained showing. Crew was asked by the captain that he only has three frying pans and not to hang around the gangway in the that he is putting out the breakfast as future. ^1 .41 SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) I CITY ZONE STATE . SQamOODQ.QSQQ Signed SBHO aanas HOBH@Q_OaSg^^ acaHBBHGas iiig ranffl saes BSBB JI •y| Editor, SQWS OSlllS BQB NAME QHQS SiaiiS] SSD dSKSglBBlBB] STREET ADDRESS sQSia[DBQBB sssssasBis [SBD 1 TO AVOID DUPLICATION: IT you •r«-an old tubseriber and hava a changg of addraii, plea^a giva your format addrasi balow: ADDRESS CITY •»a«aaaafaaaacataaafaeaaaaaiafaa^ataa laiaaaattaaaaaai • ••*!$#•••aaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaGaaaataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* ,ZONI STATE �SEAFARERS LOG March 5, 1954 Mom Hails 51U Baby Benefit Seafarers and their wives who have received the matex-nity benefit have been uniformly pleased with the welcome windfall, but probably none more than Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Skondylas of Baltimore. The Skondylas family re-The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who cently had a new addition in are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. the form of Nicholas Skondy­ in the HOSPITALS las Jr., so John Arahasz, Balti­ more representative for the SIU's Welfare Services Department, went out to their home to deliver the $200 benefit check and incidental­ ly, to take some pictures of the family. He found that Mrs. Skondylas had been astonished to learn that the Union was paying them a bene­ fit for the birth of their child. A native of Germany who had been in the States for two years, she couldn't get over the fact that the SIU had set up benefits of this kind. She told the Welfare Services representative that she had never heard before of any uiiion paying a maternity benefit. Consequently, receiving the ma­ ternity benefit helped make the arrival of their new son a really joyous occasion. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass .away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see. a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Always a pleasant windfall, SIU $200 maternity benefit proved to be a real surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Skondylas of Balti­ more, shown with son, Nicholas, Jr. All of the following SIU families cember 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Julio Torres, 94th Street, Ca- Mrs. Vincent S. Kuhl, 3428 West­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the parra Terrace, Puerto Rico. minister Avenue, Norfolk, Va. Union in the baby's name. $ $ "5 t 4* t Debora'h Elaine Hendrix, born Maria Grace Gallo, born Febru­ Roy Markus Palmer, born De­ December 7, 1953. Parents, Mr, ary 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and cember 26, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Fulton J. Hendrix, PO Mrs. Lloyd T. Palmer, 552 Charles­ Mrs. Luigi Gallo, 9i3 Old Shell Box 91, Pearl River, La. Road, Mobile, Ala. ton Street, Mobile, Ala. i. t t, a. X' Colleen Nao Flanagan, born Jan­ uary 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Edwin Labiosa, born January 28, Mrs. John J. Flanagan, 553 West 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Labiosa, 543 West 180th Street, 4th Street, San Pedro, Cal. New York, NY. t , Edwin Roberto Torres, born De^ i. Gail Patricia Astorino, born Feb­ ruary 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astorino, 541 Sum­ mer Street, Long Branch, NJ. DonH Wait9 Get Vacation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in order to collect his full vacation benefits. If he present any discharge whose payoff date is more than a year before the date of his va­ cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges. Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. X. X- X> XXX ^ Carolyn Theresa Fischer, born January 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Joseph Fischer, 158 South Dearborn Street, Mobile, Ala. X X _X Victor Jay Romolo, Iff, born January 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Romolo, 3110 Espla­ nade Avenue, New Orleans, La. XXX Tina Janine Wilson, born Feb­ John Henry Emerick, Jr., born ruary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and January 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Wilson, 212 St. Emanu­ Mrs. John H. Emerick, 914 Bona­ el Street, Mobile, Ala. parte Avenue, Baltimore, Md. X. X- XXX Norman Richard Heiser, born Holly Elizabeth Davis, born De­ cember.17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and February 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James B. Davis, Route 2, Box and Mrs. Richard C. Heiser, 1718 West 113th Street, Los Angeles 47, 61, Savannah, Ga. Cal. X X X XXX Deborah Susan Magras, born Frieda Gay Guillm-y, bom Feb­ February 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Magras, 870 ruary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Corinthian Avenue, Philadelphia, Mrs. Calvin R. Guillory, General Delivery, Mamou, La. Pa. XXX XXX USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FHANCISCO, CAL. Ernest D. Hope F. Schembei Henry Childs F. Schmledel Ho Yee Choe W. Singleton B. Foster Sing Ah Sue R. W. Frye W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen M. Wilson A. Keller P. Yuzon Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. J. Eubanks S. Johannessen J. Macunchuck U. K. Ming L. Dwyer J. Van Der Ende G. Farnum Joseph WeUs W. GuUey USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. John A. Griffin William Mason Greer Stevens USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. Louis L. Bentley N. Pagaoulatos G. BrowneU D. Patterson Pierre Charette George Randell Charles W. Christ Frank Ryan M. De Gollado Jose Sanchez Herbert Grant A. J. Scheving R. A. HoUand M. W. Smith George Hudson S. Vincius Sam Lyle Albert Weaver John Markopolo CecU White USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. P. R. Bland J. Kramer A. Caram J. Littleton H. L. Carter J. Sellers E. F..Cetti H. Towns J. B. Christy M. Willis G. Corbettt J. Wilson R. Denayer G. Wilson F. Grant CITY HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Joseph R. Wing USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Theodore Mastaler Ernest P. Belkner Robert A. Rogers Ralph M. ChurchiU Jose J. Valenzuela Edward C. Dacey Salvatore J. Sbriglio Fred Mallory Jr. WINTHROP COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Joseph S. Cash USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MO. R. B. Gorson Edward A. Morgan Clifford Womack Joseph Lewnuk James E. Warren Henry Kay Thomas Mungo PERTH AMBOY GENREAL HOSPITAL PERTH AMBOY. NJ W. Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY P. Allred J. Lawler T. Bryant J. Lewis J. Carr F. Lynch B. Cheeley H. McDonald J. Cuthrell A. McGuigan E. Delgado D. Mcllreath A. Diaz F. Mackey J. DrIscoU V. MUazzo J. Espinoza L. MiUer H. Gardiner A. Mueller R. GUbert E. Nelson B. Guranick G. Shumaler J. Hass E. SmaUwood T. Isaksen H. Smith J. Keenan R. ViUata L. KrUtiansen V. WUmoth F. Landry BELLEVUE HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY W. Saltares USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY W. Murphy E. Foreman G. Anthanasourels D. Frey M. Bass E. Gabatan .T. Benkmann A. Garcia B. Blanchard J. Garrison Marcie Boyle E. Godfrey Lai Choo Chang N. Goldflnger Jar Chong G. Graddick H. Currier H. Hanssen L. Hope A. Czerwinski S. Demoleas F. Karlkuist E. Driggers M. Katrausky R. Edmondson D. KimbreU ,W. Mstowskl A. Kunz M. Muniz J. Mac Innes W. Nielson E. Many C. Oppenheimer Alexander Johnson P. Pesce G. E. Herrmann D. Peterson Ben D. Buck L. Rivire Lorenzo Brigida J. Rooms Robert L. Chapline J. Salgado Jessie A. Clarke V. Sandberg James R. Dodson R. Sizemore James W. Gordon J. Souza Donald J. Hewson B. Trottie William Ivins H. Tuttle Lloyd G. Linthicum S. Vandal Herbert Parks J. Vanos Jimmie Prlddy G. Vickery Peter Sadowski G. Vila John D. Selferth J. Waldron Elmer Shipp A. Williams Ray B. Sunderland J. WUson William Walker W. Young Henrich Wiese Yo Song Yee Paul M. Wood J. Fontres USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas Ankerson Leo Lang T. Bernsee Rene LeBlane Charles Brady S. Levy William BrightweU J. Long William Burch F. Martin Max Byers L. Miller S. Carregal R. O'Rourk* A. Carano J. Otreba C. W. Cobb A. Parek P. Cogley F. Paylor S. Cope H. Peek J. Dambrino E. Piatt T. Dawson J. RevUI H. Echternach T. Reynolds L. Fontenot W. E. Reynolds B. D. Foster E. Riviere M. C. Grady H. Robin J. Gardiner J. Santiago N. Gardner L. Seidle C. Garn R. Sheffield J. T. Smith Jackie Gleason R. Herbert J. H. Smith J. Hinton L. C. Smith G. HoUier E. G. Stevens J. C. Thompson C. Jones L. Kay Lonnie Tickle E. Knapp E. Valazques J. Ward D. Korolia USPHS HOSPtTAL MEMPHIS. TENN. C. Burton . USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. T. Burks • H. Cronia ENDOWOOD TOWSON. MD. L. Franks SAILOR SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY J. Koshusky GRASSLANDS VALLHALLA, NY • A. Lomas POTTENGER SANITARIUM MONROVIA. CAL. E. Pritchard Junior Was Surprise Christmas Gift Gloria Ruth Norris, born Febru­ Theresa Ann Kuhl, born Novemary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James N. Norris, 47 Ahem Street, Manchester, N. H. ? Disability S Please SIU Oldtlmers XXX Judith Carol Gendron, born Jan­ uary 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice N. Gendron, 140 Sec­ ond Street, Manchester, NH. $ $ Susan Dianne Ryno, born Febru­ ary 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ryno, Box 147, Aquilla, Tex. $ t $ Valeria Delthia Johns, born Feb­ ruary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley T. Johns, 1648Vi! An­ drews Place, Williamsport, Pa. $ « $ William John Renter, bom Jan­ uary 11, *1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Reuter, 2701 Grand Concourse, Bronx 68, NY. Seafarers Thor Thorsen (left) and Harry Johnson show off latest SlU^disability benefit checks in Baltimore, after receiving them from a Union representative. Thorsen had been getting his bene­ fits in NY, but recently moved his home to Maryland. Johnson's benefit was a brand-new one. Just approved. "5 $ Jeffrey David Parrott, born Jan­ uary 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley E. Parrott, 2160 Bolton Drive, Atlanta, Ga. Only. Junior seems dislnterestied in money matters, as Mr. and Mrs. Angel L. Rios, Sr., New York City, scan the $200 SIU mater­ nity benefit check presented recently by the Union. The baby was a special Christmas present for the family, as he was bom December 25, 1953. Rios was on the Wild Ranger (Waterman) at the time, but finally got home three weeks later. �SEAFARERS March 5, 1954 SEEDP TOE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN {News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIV Wei fare Benefits vnll be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Anybody who has been stuck somewhere out of the States having to get off a ship because they felt sick or got hurt knows that being repatriated is no pleasure. Your SIU contract and the Union provides for safeguards on this score with provision for unearned wages and maintenance. But still when a man comes back he usually has a tough time getting up some money as its hard to get American money over• seas. Often the Seafarers on the ship the man is repatriated on will chip in to see that the man has enough for fare and other needs until he collects what's coming to him. Needs A Hand At Arrival Then in some instances, when a man gets back to the States he still needs care and treatment. Unless the Union happens to know that he is on the ship, nobody will be down at the dock for the purpose of meeting him and giving him a hand. Brother Steve Hanks has come up with an idea on this particular problem which appears in the form of a letter elsewhere in this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. His idea is for each ship to have a regular way of notifying the Union if they have a repatriated man aboard. Then as soon as he gets off the ship the Union could give him repre­ sentation. Of course, before the Union could go ahead with a step like this, It would like to know how the membership feels about it. Kick this one around at your shipboard meetings and let us know your opinion. • * * Union, SIU Crew Cot Him Home Now a patient at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, Seafarer James Waldron has a long haul ahead of him. A stroke which laid him 1ow partially paralyzed one side of his body and made him helpless. But thanks to the assistance rendered by Seafarers and by the Union, Waldron Waldron was able tot make the trip back to the States and the hospital. Waldron was a long way from home when he suffered the stroke, out in the Middle East. He was re­ patriated on another SIU ship, but because of his condition he needed constant attention and help. Crewmembers aboard the ship, he reported, gave him constant at­ tention and help, with men off watch giving him a hand in their spare time. In addition, another Seafarer who was coming back as a repatriate spent a good deal of time tending to him so that he had someone to turn to during the trip. No Company Help when the ship got back to New York no steps were taken by offi­ cers or company representatives to get him ambulance service. The ship's delegate eontacted Welfare Services about the problem. A Welfare Services representa­ tive made arrangements for his hospitalization and took him off the ship to the Staten Island hospi­ tal. As soon as he got there he asked if he could see his wife as soon as possible. Welfare Services had his wife picked up at their New York home and rushed over to the hospital for an Immediate visit. Waldron wants to express his thanks to crewmembers who were so helpful to him when he was un­ able to take care of himself. He agreed that If it were not for the efforts of the Seafarers themselve.s, he would have been in a bad way as nobody else showed much con­ cern about his fate. The prompt service given him by the Union, he said, also made things much easier for him when he got home, because at first it ap­ peared that he would be stranded on the ship for a while. We've been hearing from quite a few of the brothers around the country on how they are getting along these days in and out of the hospitals. Charles Eberhart wrote us that he is spending some time' at his home in St. Augustine with his new baby, taking a little vacation from ship­ ping,. We heard also from J, C. Whatley who took a bad fall on an Icy deck on a Cities Service ship. He's back home In Montgomery, Alabama, just about In shape to ship out again. He says he expects to go out of Mobile in a couple of weeks, Solomon Harb just got In to town recently, getting off a ship vvith sickness and coming here for treat­ .IPV ment. Brother Raymond W. Frye is out of the San Eberhart Francisco US Public Health Service hospital taking things easy at home In Stockton, California. Also' in the San Francisco hospital is Henry Childs who is set for a long stay under medical treatment. Like all of the brothers In the hospitals he would appreciate getting some mail to help pass the time. J. C. Powell has entered the marine hospital In Savannah after returning from a long trip. Eduardo del Rosarlo had some good news to re­ port. He's over in the Philippine Islands for a while getting his immigration problems straightened out. He wrote us that he just got his visa the other day and is now looking to grab a ship back to the US, where he expects to apply for his citizenship papers The deaths of the following and settle down In the US. Pewell Seafarers have been. reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and R2,500 deoth benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Benedict K. Koakowicz, 36: A member of the deck department. Brother Koakowicz died of a pul­ monary ailment on January 20, 1954, at the USPHS hospital in Baltimore, Md. He had been sail­ ing SIU since 1941, when he joined in Philadelphia. Burial took place at St. Dominic Cemetery, Phila­ delphia, Pa. Brother Koakowicz is survived by a brother, Rudolph. 4> t i William F. Henderson, 57; On January 23, 1954, Brother Hender­ son died in Jackson, Miss, in a train accident. For the past two years Brother Henderson sailed from Lake Charles as a member of the engine department. He leaves his sister, Mrs. Tura Harelson, 1914 Second Avenue, Phoenix City, Ala. SIU WELFARE SEIflCES KPUTNin YOUK PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS Page Twenty-scvea LOG t Daniel H. Boyce, 55: After 13 years as a steward, sailing out of Baltimore, Brother Boyce died of a lung ailment in Philadelphia, Pa., and was buried at Mt. Monali Cemetery there. He is survived by his daughter, Anna C. Greller, 2518 South Bonaffon Street, Phila­ delphia, Pa. 4* $• Domingo Marte, 46: On February 7, 1954, Marte died of coronary sclerosis aboard the Del Mar,- at Seafarers James Waldron is cheered by a visit from his wife arranged by the Welfare Services Department after he was repa­ triated to the US and hospitalized at Staten Island. Alien Seamen Are Cautioned To Follow Immigration Rules With Immigration authorities gradually tightening up on enforcement of regulations all the time, non-resident alien seamen in the SIU are advised to stick to the exact letter of the regulations if they are to"*^' continue sailing on US ships. It's common sense then, for the Since shipping is no longer non-resident alien seaman to noti­ as active as it was when the Kor­ ean fighting was on, the Immigra­ tion Bureau has the time to be­ come more finicky. For example, some aliens have neglected to notify Immigration when they have shipped out, or failed to tell the authorities what ship they are on. Since the 29day rule is in force, when Immigra­ tion does not hear from an alien after that period they assume he is in the States Illegally and ini­ tiate deportation proceedings. fy Immigration of his movements so that he doesn't have to face the risk of involuntary deportation, which means he can no longer re­ enter the United Stales. When, due to slow shipping, the alien can't get out in 29 days. Im­ migration is still permitting vol­ untary departures after that date. Under the voluntary departure system, the alien is treated as hav­ ing deported himself, and he can enter the US at a later date with­ out prejudice. sea. He joined the SIU in New Orleans, and sailed as a steward since 1938. Brother Marte leaves his wife, Mrs. Florence Marte, 3413 Burgundy Street, New Or­ leans, La. Fabal joined up in Miami, and sailed as a member of the engine department. On February 4, 1954, he died of a respiratory disease at the USPHS Hospital in Miami, Fla., and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in that city. 4" t 4» George J. Espalla, 49: On Janu­ ary 6, 1954, Brother Espalla died of a liver ailment in Mobile Ala. For the past eleven years he sailed out •of New York as a member of the deck department. Burial took place at the US National Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. 4> 4> 4* Thomas Joseph Sullivan, 40: Brother Sullivan died of a heart ailment on November 15. 1953. at Latter Day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Since 1948 he had sailed from New York as a member of the deck department. Burial took place at Holy Sepul­ 4* 4- 4> chre, Aukland County, Mich. Edward A. Cooley, 55: Brother Brother Sullivan leaves his sister, Cooley died of a heart ailment on Patricia Angela Sullivan. 2385 February 17, 1954, at the Wilming­ Glendale Avenue, Detroit, Mich, ton Emergency Hospital in Los i i 4" Angeles, Cal. Since 1950 he sailed Sieve Paul Deri, 36: Since 1944 as a member of the steward de­ Brother Deri had sailed as a mem­ partment from the Port of New ber of the deck department. He York. He was buried at Green joined the Union in New York. HiUs Memorial Park Cemetery. On January 31, 1954, Brother Deri Surviving is his sister, Grace Mil­ died in New Brunswick, NJ. He ler, 20 Hilltop Road, Wellesley, is survived by his wife, Mrs. S. P. Mass. Deri, 45 Plum Street, New Bruns­ 4. t wick, NJ. Melvin L. Mason, 47; A lung ail­ 4. 4. 4 ment proved fatal to Brother Donald Mason Richey, 28: On Mason, a patient at the USPHS December 5, 1953, Brother Richey Hospital, Baltimore, Md. on Feb­ died as a result of a skull fracture ruary 1, 1954. In 1941 Brother suffered in an auto accident. Mason joined the SIU in Balti­ Since 1943 he had been a mem­ more, and sailed as second electri­ ber of the SIU, sailing-as a mem­ cian in the engine department. ber of the deck department out Biu'ial took place at Woodlawn of Baltimore. Burial took place'at Cemetei-y, Woodlawn, Md; Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown, O. Sui'viving is his mother. Lenna 4» 4" . 4" Russell John Fabal. 55: A mem­ Richey, General Delivery, .Freesber of the SIU since 1939, Brother burg, O. �LOG SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • : 6 t; i • ii-' Handsome, bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the whole year of 1953 ore now available to LOG readers for addition to ships' libraries and home bookshelves. The sturdy, cloth-bound volumes contain all 26 issues of the LOG published lost year, nearly 800 pages of news, photos and specialized features dealing with SlU activities and happenings in maritime generally. 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HOBBY PROMISES SUPPORT FOR PHS $$ AFL PIER UNITY ROCKS OLD ILA AS NLRB OPENS VOTE HEARINGS HALLS IN MIAMI, PT ARTHUR SHUT FURUSETH'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED MARCH 12 ANTI-UNION FEELING RISES IN US LOG BOUND VOLUMES AVAILABLE FOR 1953 PR EXTREMISTS INVADE CONGRESS, SHOOT FIVE US SEA UNIONS ASK HALT TO FURTHER SHIP TRANSFERS WATERMAN ADDS COASTAL SERVICE HEART STOPS, SEAFARER REVIVED GALVESTON BRANCH HUNTING FOR BIGGER, BETTER HOME CONGRESS TO SCAN MSTS CARGO, PASSENGER TRAFFIC DOCTOR PRAISES MEN FOR BLOOD DONATIONS EXPLOSIVES CARGO REGULATIONS EASED US, ISTHMIAN RAISE THE CAVIAR CURTAIN GOV'T EASES ALIEN LEAVE RULE HATCH CO. IS SUED ON MARINER DELAY SIU ART IN SPECIAL DISPLAY TAXI UNION SEEKS SIU AID SEAFARERS GO ABOARD NEW MARINER IN GULF DOCK BOARD APPROVES NEW BRIDGE FOR NO TIGHTER CIG RULES SET IN THAILAND TOUGHER SLEDDING JUST RECOGNITION MSTS LOOK-SEE COLD WAR VICTORY COFFEE TIME NEW LIFEBOAT ENGINE DOES 2ND JOB AS WATER PUMP MISSING FANS FAN MYSTERY ON SHIP WHO'S WHO IN CALCUTTA INDIA ZOO MAKES LIFE INTERESTING FOR TOURISTS SEAFARER FINDS HOME-MADE FISHING RIG GETS RESULTS TOO, BUT WHERE WAS PERCY? RUSTY WATER IN THE SCUTTLEBUTT IS PURE FACT ABOARD THE SEANAN NO COFFEE WAIT ABOARD CUBORE THE ROSE OF THE WINDWS MOM HAILS SIU BABY BENEFIT UNION, SIU CREW GOT HIM HOME ALIEN SEAMEN ARE CAUTIONED TO FOLLOW IMMIGRATION RULES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/5/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b7f423725521627050e5274f5fba9329.PDF 0f3634ae621d4ff6c0962ebae6475586 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG •A • O F F I C I Al O R GAN OP THE SgAFARERS I NTE R N ATI O N Al UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL TANKER CO.YIELDS 7 SIGNS WITH UNION a .Story on Page 3 Plan Ship Transfer Hearings Story on Page 2 I, The fourth set of twins re­ ported born to an SIU family since the start of the maternity benefit, Elizabeth •Margaret and Mary Veronica M^er nestle comfort/ ably in the arms of their mother, Mrs, Thomas F. Maher of New York City. The girls, born February .27, 1953, toy with the $25 bonds and $200 checks V presented to each of them by the Union. Late appUf cation for the benefits delay^ payment up until now< Diaper Duo. ||___ Seafarers in Mobile take advantage of the location of the rUFUOC flOlffe. SIU branch hall here to get a look-see at the annual Mardi Gras parade, which is said to pre-date the similar New Orleans celebration. Right on the parade route, the hall provided a perfect vantage point for watching the many floats passing by. (Story, other photoa <m Page 9.) Ir ^ ^ VT W* MIA •; • •?; �' ( Face Two SEAFARERS LOG March 19, 1954 Congressman Demands Halt i To Transfers; Sets Hearings Acting after vigorous protests by the SIU Washington office in conjunction with other maritime unions, the House Merchant Marine Committee is planning to hold hearings on the recent ^laxation of sMp transfer rules. Pending the hearings, acting committee chair­ man Kep, Thor C. Tollefson-r' ^ — has asked the Department of friendly shelter of the tax-free, whether transfer of American Commerce to put a stop to all low-wage Panamanian or Liberian flag .merchant ships would "ma­ ? 1, pending transfers. flags. terially aid the US economy, The announcement of the com­ On another ship-transfer front, national defense and the merchant mittee chairman's «. decision fol­ the State and Commerce Depart­ marine" as required in the nation's lowed upon requests by the joint ments have approved long pending basic maritime policy. Pending re­ legislative committee of the Con­ proposals that would authorize the ceipts • of information as to how ference of American Maritime sale of 12 C-1 ships to Brazil as (Continued on page 17) Unions that these transfers be in­ well as four C-1 and two N-3 vestigated. The maritime union type ships to the Philippines for representatives objected strongly use in that country's inter-island to new- regulations issued by the trade. Maritime Administration permit­ All the ships Involved in the ting such transfers without the proposed sales would come out of owners haying to replace them the US reserve fleet and would be with equivalent tonnage under the used in the domestic trades of the American flag. Under these regu­ two countries involved. While none lations, eight Liberty-tankers have of them would compete with Amer­ gone to foreign flags, while seven ican flags, the opening of ship sales more ships have applications pend­ to foreign nations is considered a This paintinc of a flower arrancement was submitted by Seafarer GALVESTON—Prospects for an ing, including the SlU-manned dangerous precedent which might R. C. Kienast of Mount Pleasant Beach, Maryland. molasses carriers, the Catahoula renew pressures for more ship early solution to the housing prolilem for the SIU branch in this port and Carrabulle. transfers. faded suddenly, when plans to • Switch Yarmouth In a letter to the Department of lease one or more floors of a build­ In another ship transfer action, Commerce, which has jurisdiction ing owned by the Odd Fellows, a the Ea.stern Steamship Company over the Maritime Administration, fraternal order, fell through re­ announced that it had obtained Rep. Tollefson pointed out that ac­ cently. permission from the Maritime Ad­ cording to the Defense Depart­ SIU Galveston Port Agent Keith With six weeks left to the Art Contest deadline. Seafarers ministration to switch the passen­ ment, the US was lacking 165 dry Alsop and members of the Build­ interested in competing for 12 awards are sending in their ger ship Yarmouth to the Liberian cargo ships, six passenger ships ing Committee elected by the The vessel has run for a great and 43 tankers for minimum needs. branch membership reported that stuff to SIU headquarters. Deadline for entries in the 3rd flag. many years each summer with SIU "Also, they stated that our nation when plans to lease part of the annual contest run by the Un-'*^ crews' between Boston and Nova must place reliance upon Ameri­ ion is midnight, April 30. working, metalwork and other Scotia, with Eastern's home port can-flag merchant ships. Despite property were nearly completed, details for the desired lease Under the contest rules in craft skills. being Boston. this warning, the Maritime Admin­ couldn't be worked out at the last forre this year, each Seafarer can All entries sent in by mail should Tramp shipowners who operate istration has permitted freer trans­ submit up to five entries in each be addressed to the Art Editor, Liberty ships under the American fer of American ships to foreign moment. Accordingly, the search for suitable space for a new Gal­ of four contest classifications— SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth flag have also indicated they flags." veston hall goes on. oils, watercolors, drawings and Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. would like to get under the Tollefson also questioned Long-Range Plan handicrafts. The best three entries - The quest for a new hall is part in each of the classifications will of the Union's long-range plan to be awarded valuable prizes. provide modern, up-to-date mem­ Two Displays bership facilities in all ports. The Judges of the contest will con­ present hall, located at 308Vi sist of a panel of art experts plus 23 Street, has long been felt to be the art editor of the SEAFARERS inadequate and unsuited to the LOG. All entries will be displayed needs of the membership in the in two places, at headquarters for port. one week following the prize Under present plans, an attempt As the National Labor Relations Board winds up its New York hearings on AFL charges of awards, and at the Labor Temple, will be made to lease space in an 242 East 14th Street, New York intimidation during the December longshore election, matters reached a new height of ten­ City, at an exhibition sponsored sion in the New York area. For the past two weelw, since a court order prohibited the old existing structure rather than build an entirely new building. by the New York Public Library. ILA from continuing its boy--tAlthough, at the time, the Odd Fel­ The work of other trade union cott of trucks driven by AFL whether or not to throw out the order against the old-ILA telling lows Building was felt to be a members will also be on exhibition teamsters, old ILA leaders December election. If the NLRB them to stop boycotting the Team­ suitable choice, several other pros­ at that time. have openly promoted a "wildcat" so decides, it is likely a new elec­ sters. The order was obtained by pective sites were under considera­ Particular attention Is usually tion. (Continued on page 17) paid by Seafarers to the handi­ strike on the docks. The strike, en­ tion will be ordered within 30 crafts section of the contest, be­ forced by roving gangs of profes­ days, with additional safeguards cause there is where shipboard sional hoods, has shut down most set up to see to it that illegal in­ terference is held down to a min­ skills can come into play with ex­ piers in the port. However, at weeks end the imum. hibitions of fancy-rope work, woodAFL-ILA was rallying its forces Meanwhile though, the fight on and reopening the piers one by one the docks was assuming everin such key areas as the Break­ larger proportions. It all began on water in Erie Basin and the Brook­ Pier 32 North River, when an March 19. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 6 lyn Army Base. AFL-ILA shop steward was fired. The AFL immediately placed a Outports Break Away As 1 See It Page 4 Committees In Action Page 4 Meanwhile, the old ILA suffered picket-line on the pier, and truckCrossword Puzzle Page 12 a major setback in the outpprts drivers, members of Teamsters Lo­ Editorial Page 13 when leaders of eight locals in cal 807, respected the line and re­ Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 the ports of Tampa and Jackson­ fused to deliver. The old ILA attempted to retal­ Galley Gleanings ........ Page 20 ville, Florida and Galveston, Tex­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 as, swung over to. the AFL. Other iate by boycotting Local 807 truckIn The Wake Page 12 leaders of old ILA locals else­ drivers on the upper West Side. Labor Round-Up Page 13 where in the Atlantic and Gulf As a counter measure, the Team­ Letters Pages 21, 22 District balked at an old ILA sug­ sters placed picketlines on all Maritime Page 16 gestion, that they transfer to the piers where the old ILA had boy­ Meet The Seafarer.......Page 12 United Mine Workers District 50 cotted them, effectively throttling the boycott. On The Job .......Page 16 and lose all their autonomy. Personals Page 25 At the NLRB hearings, a string The next step took place in the Quiz Page 19 of AFL witnesses testified as to courts with issuance of a court Seafarers In Action Page 16 how supervisors ordered men to Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 vote for the old ILA to keep their SIU History Cartoon Page 9 jobs, herded them into busses and Sports Line Page 20 sent them off to the polls where Ten Years Ago .Page 12 they were greeted by well-known Top Of The News........Page 7 professional enforcers and told With Congress now in ses­ Wash, News Letter....... Page 6 more of the same. Further, the sion, Seafarers are urged to Welfare Benefits . Pages 26, 27 witnesses testified to beatings and keep on writing their Senators Welfare Report Page 8 stabbings of AFL-ILA supporters and Representatives in favor Your Constitution Page 5 by these same enforcers, led by a of retaining the US Public Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 well-known waterfront operative, Attending the fifth session-of the Inland Transport Committee .df Health Service hospitals. The Albert Ackalitis. the International Labor Organization (ILO) at Geneva, Switzerland, flow of mail has been heavy fobtistnia WwMtdy at tti* tiaadqu quarters ta« Intarnational Unio The NLRB examiner, Arthur lion. Atas Canadian worker delegate, Hal C. Banks (left), secretary-treas­ up to now, but from now on in bRffe « District AFL, i7S I Ave^7 Hyacinth Leff, will now make his report to urer of the SIU Canadian District, discusses progress of the gather-. is the time that it really *«*<»• KofareA as sacenA class matter Washington headquarters which counts. Ing with Canadian government delegate Georfeii Currie. Delegatep •r Mw Fest Office in Breefclyh, NY., will then act on it and decide 'M A r at Awffust 34, 1*12. ______ ; fbbrt' a2'lnatiOl^ attended Arte MOdnt ITC sessibi Galveston Hunt For New Hall Strikes Snag BBliiliiilill Six Weeks Left For Art Contest Entries NLRB Finishing Dock Vote Hearings; Ontports in Mass Swing To API Canadian SIU Official At ILO IMeet SEAFARERS LOG Keep Those Letters Coming jivtri' jiwn s-'riiscoc' « 'TI! .* ''' mi.. �Manli 19, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Par* Three SIU Wins Excello Bargaining Rights; Co. Union Dumped A complete victory in an SIU organizing drive was scored this week as the Ex^ cello Corporation signed an interim Union agreement recognizing the SIU as sole bargaining agent for its unlicensed personnel. Full-scale negotiations for a proto­ type agreement embracing the"* company^s specialized marine move. The company is also report­ operations are scheduled for edly dickering in Puerto Rico for another terminal, which would the near future. Signing of the interim mean additional ships to handle ^ agreement brought company the Island service. Stay As Is employees another step closer to Under the interim agreement, winning Union conditions, as Excello agreed to an NLRB stipulation wages and working conditions re­ throwing out its company-spon­ main as they are until the com­ sored "union" and will reinstate pletion of a formal vv^rbing con­ with back pay four men fired for tract. Since the company is en­ Union activity. A fifth man will be gaged in a highly - specialized reemployed by the company, with­ operation, the formal pact will be a prototype agreement; however, out back pay. The company is currently oper­ it will follow along the lines of ating one vessel, the Excello, a standard SIU agreements in re­ converted LST, which hauls car­ spect to most working conditions goes of formaldehyde between New and overtime rules. The SIU campaign among com­ Haven, Conn., where its main operations are located, and Corpus pany employees began in January, Christi, Texas, with side trips to 1953, with the result that within a Havana, Cuba, and Hopewell, Va. few short weeks virtually all of the It is presently outfitting a second unlicensed personnel were signed ship, a Cl-MAV-1, for operation with the SIU. But despite the an­ in the same trade, with the likeli­ nounced loyalties of the crew for hood that several more vessels will the SIU, the corporation decided be added to the service eventually. to embark on a campaign of intimi­ dation, threats and firings to dis­ New Haven Expansion courage pro-Union activity. It went so far as to set up a Facilities at the New Haven ter­ minal have already been greatly dummy union, "The Independent expanded in anticipation of this Union of the Motor Vessel Ex- cello," including both licensed and unlicensed personnel, and exert­ ing economic pressure among crewmembers to secure signed pledge cards for the lUMVE. All this went on, however, while the company Elected to the New Orleans City Council, Fred Ctosibry (left) was already on notice that the SIU addresses last New Orleans SIU branch meeting:, thanking: Sea­ jepresented most of its employees farers for their supiwrt. Cassibry was backed by SIU and other and while the SIU demands for local unions. Port Ag:ent Lindsey Williams is at right. recognition by the company went unanswered. Action By NLRB Eventually, in October, 1953, the NLRB acted on SIU charges of unfair labor practices by the com­ pany and issued a formal com­ plaint. Periodic hearings held through January of this year estab­ lished the fact that company ac­ NEW ORLEANS—Victory for the first labor-sponsored tivities against the SIU had been candidate to win election to a municipal office in New Or­ in total disregard of existing labor leans' history could not have been achieved without the aid law, and a trial examiner's report of the SIU, Fred J. Cassibry, ^— was expected to uphold all the the successful candidate, told been able to win this election," charges. The signing of the interim agreement by the company presi­ Seafarers at their membership Cassibry said. dent followed, when the company meeting here. SIU members volunteered to realized it was fighting a losing Cassibry, young labor lawyer and serve at the polls, processed cam­ battle. a newcomer to politics, upset the paign literature for mailing to The Excello Corporation is a poiitical dope by nosing out State thousands of voters and otherwise subsidiary of the T.A.D. Jones Senator Robert B. Richards in a turned to in traditional SIU fashion Corporation of New Haven, a large hotly-contested campaign. Rich­ to put over the campaign. distributor of fuel and chemicals ards was a top-heavy favorite to in the area. The four men due to win the council seat, newly-created be reinstated with back pay as a under a revised municipal charter. result of SIU efforts are Nelson All other winning candidates in Norwood, Raymond Morey, Frank the Democratic run-oft primary Richardson and Manuel CJarza, all March 9 had the endorsement of of whom had been sailing SIU the Cresent City Democratic As­ ships after they were fired from sociation headed by Mayor deLesthe company. seps S. Morrison. Democratic nom­ At one point, the lUMVE was ination is tantamount to election With the fourth quarterly distribution of SIU libraries aboard SlU-contracted vessels headed by the chief steward, with . in New Orleans. already begun, and the time fast approaching when plans will have to be made whether the bosun as treasurer. The bosun, Victory For Unions or not to continue the experimental program. Seafarers on ships and shore are asked to take thfe son of the Excello's captain, later swung to the SIU. Cassibry said he did not con­ part in a SEAFARERS LOG sider the outcome of the election poll on the merits of the idea, membership to the whole program. against continuing the program, to be a personal victory, but rather which will be open through If there is sufficient sentiment in then it will come to an end when favor of continuing the program present stocks of books are de­ an achievement of the New Or­ April 30, 1954. leans trade union movement. Launched in August, 1953, un­ as is, orders must be placed with pleted. "You have shown the politicians der the auspices of the LOG fund, Pocketbooks now to meet the quar. The opinion questionnaire, which here what can be accomplished, by the distribution of the 50-book li­ terly distribution dates in all ports appears elsewhere on this page, a united labor movement," X!as- braries has covered ships in all for outgoing and incoming ships. also is designed to get the Sea(Continued on page 17) sibry told SIU members. "I hope borts, through the coast-wide facili­ If the poll shows the membership note of it will be tajcep in Wash­ ties of the SIU Sea Chest, to fill ington and Baton Rouge." Arthur R. Lewis, Jr., president the long-felt need for decent read­ Official Form in SEAFARERS LOG Pol! on SIU Libraries of the Seas Shipping Company, There is greater need now than ing material aboard ship. In ad­ (Please put check or X-mark next to your choices.) died of a heart attack on March ever before, Cassibry added, for dition, libraries have been donated 16, 1954, just 10 days after his labor to take an active and effec­ to marine hospitals around the Editor, SEAFARERS LOG forty-fifth birthday. Lewis had tive interest in politics. Anti-labor country for use of hospitalized sea­ 675 Fourth Avenue been vacationing in Fort Lauder­ legislation of recent years is only men at these institutions. Brooklyn 32, New York dale, Florida. an indication of the lengths to New Books Every Quarter Here's my opinion on SIU libraries. Mr. Lewis was the son of the which the enemies of labor will go Fresh 50-book assortments have founder of the American and Cuban (A) I want them continued as is. ( ) to destroy unions unless labor or­ been placed aboard SIU ships at Stemship service in 1909, and later ganizes to defeat its enemies at three-month intervals and. In cases (B) I want them stopped. ( ) the Seas Shipping Company, which the polls, Cassibry warned. where ships were scheduled to be (C) I want them continued with the following changes: operates the Robin Line Steam­ "Of course, I appreciated all the out longer, additional 50-book se­ ship service from New York to There should he more: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( ), help I had, but I say without any lections were provided, all at no South and East Africa. In 1935, novels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ), reservations whatsoever if it had cost to the membership. All books under the direction of the young­ not been for the supp()[rt of you are in paperback editions, supplied There should he less: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( ), er Lewis, Seas Shipping began its Seafarers, labor would not have through an arrangement with Pocknovels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ). first regular service between this etbooks, one of the country's larg­ country and ports in British East (Note: The present breakdown of titles in each 50-book est distributors of small, paperAfrica, Kenya Colony and Tangan­ library is as follows: 15 Westerns, 15 mysteries, 10 novels, bound volumes. yika Territory. 4 non-fiction, 4 humorous books, 2 books on sports.) Efforts have been made to pro­ vide a wide assortment of popular Lewis vyas well known as a man I would recommend the following other changes in the reading material in each library who tried to make his ships com­ selections: Eegular membershi]|> meet­ package, with no repeats in any fortable for his crews. When Robin ings in SIU headquarters and 50-book selection. The breakdown Lines ships were being built at at all branches are held every of titles in each package'provides Sparrows Point in 1941, Lewis second Wednesday night at 15 Westerns, 15 mystery stories, 10 demonstrated a close personal in­ '7 PM. The schedule for the novels, 4 non-fiction,. 4 humorous terest in seeing that the crew's next few meetings is as follows: books and 2 on sports. quarters were adequate. His favor­ March 24, April 7, April 21. The present effort to poll Sea­ ite form of relaxation was to rid# All Seafarers registered on. farers on whether to continue or his own ships and on every trip h# the shipping- list are-required stop the library distribution stems spent a good deal of time with th# to attend the 'meeting^ frqtp^ t^e Unioii'a. desfr^.tO'-ge^ jas. crew at their work stations and in full « possible reaction 'from the' their quarters. SlU-Backed Candidate Wins NO Council Seat LOG Polls Seafarers On Ship Library Program Lewisr Robin Line Head^ Dies At 45 Meeting ^ight Everg 2 Weehs {••••••••••••••••••a ••••••••••••a �SEUFARERS race Four March 19, 1954 LOG -..See It Ak'* iR (hi r Oi'. l-K; £« i' • W'. 'i k.;. Under the watchful eye of Seafarer Pat Donahue (right). Bob Morgan works on the heavy bag. Look­ ing on is Tommy Doyle, Marine Allied Workers. Donahue, a former middleweight. Is Morgan's man­ ager. La, Boxer Seafarers' Favorite A PROPOSAL BY OUR BROTHER UNIONS ON THE WEST COAST that a new type of passenger ship service be established out there illus­ trates once again that it is the maritime unions who are taking the lead in attempting to solve the problems of the merchant marine under the American flag. While the shipowner licks his chops and gazes with long­ ing at the sight of the Panamanian flag, and many in official positions down in Washington are push­ ing them along in the same direction, the unions are making serious efforts to find a solution to the existing problem. The Marine Firemen's Union and the Sailors Un­ ion of the Pacific are considering the idea of a shortrun passenger service between San Francisco and Los Angeles, which would call for both sleeping quot^^rs and chair service for passengers. In other words they would offer'itfompetition to railroad day coach service that has cut so sharply into th'e coastwise shipping business in recent years. Of course, the proposal alone is not the answer to the industry's needs. But our West Coast brothers believe it'should be given a try and are willing to back it up, because they think it desirable to explore all possible means of giving a boost to shipping. It would be nice to see the shipowner, the Maritime Administration and other Government agencies show the same eager interest in ship­ ping under the American flag that your Union along with other mari­ time unions is showing. And one way the shipowner could prove his sincerity on the question is to transfer his ships back to the American flag where they belong. NEW ORLEANS—Seafarers who call this their home port have been avidly following the boxing career of a 17-year-old youngster whom they have high hopes for in the fight game. The young fellow, 17-year-old Bob Morgan, recently carried the best wishes of his BROTHER JOHN BRADY WILL HAVE AN INTERESTING Ex­ followers to the Chicago Gold-,'*' perience to relate to his shipmates for a while. It seems that six months nents locally, having whipped en Gloves. However, a badly the regional Golden Gloves tour­ everything ago the brother left the port just a short time before in sight in his weight neys at Memphis. . • bruised eye sustained in a first The promising lightweight is class. Of late, he has been travel­ a Western Union money order for $20 arrived for round victoi-y tripped him up, be­ cause he had to go into a second bout that same night with one eye nearly closed. As a result, he dropped a close decision to one of the finalists in the Golden Gloves. Morgan, who comes from Al­ giers, across the way from New Orleans, only recently won the mid-South lightweight title by kayoing two opponents and winning a clear-cut decision over a third in .• ' 11 !§^' ( -•. I' • r." I 1 f'-• i- Three rank and file Seafarers in the port of Savannah took charge of the last port membership meet­ ing - nd ran everything smoothly. They were James M. Davis, chairmar.; James B. Christy, recording secretary, and Harry Henze, read­ ing clerk Davis, the meeting chairman, is a steward departn.ent member who has been with the SIU since June 4, 1952, joining fa the port of New York. The 34-year-old Sea­ farer is a native of Alabama and calls Birmingliam, Ala., his home town. Christy Christy, a deck department man, has been an SIU member since last June, getting his membership book in New York. The 30-year-old Seafarer was born in Texas but now makes Jackson­ ville, Florida, his home port of call. - Heading clerk Harry Henze is a veteran Seafarer from way bach, joining, the Union ip. Sayanpah on December 23, 1938. He is 61 years old and a native 6f Germany, al­ though he now makes Savannah his home town. He too kails in the deck department. coached by Seafarer Pat Donahue, who fought professionally as a middleweight and won local fame .several years back with victories ever Nick Guagliardo and Cosby Linson. He says Morgan is the best amateur fighter he has ever seen in action. On the basis of Morgan's record, there is ample reason for Donahue to be so "high" on the. boy. The young amateur, still in high school, has fought himself out of oppo- Gras festivities. Wallace is an Ala­ bama man all the way, having been born in the state in May, 1910; and still making his home in the port of Mobile. He joined the Union in that city on December 10, 1949, and sails regularly in the deck de­ partment. i t Over in the tanker port of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Seafarers Wil­ liam Walker and Seward L. Cantrell seiwed as chairman and re­ cording secretary for the port's last membership meeting. Walker, who sails in the steward depart­ ment, is 26 years old and a native of Tennessee. He Walker joined the Union in New York City on May 28, 1948. He's married, and makes his home in Lexington, Kentucky. Cantrell, a deck department man, joined the union in New York on August 12, 1947. He's a native of Georgia, 26 years of age and lives in Acworth, Ga. 4" 4" . San Francisco's recording secre­ tary at the last meeting* was Sea­ farer Roland E. Parody from Wor­ cester, Massachusetts. Parody, who •' Mobile's meeting chairman was sails on deck, was bom 32 years Seafarer William Wallace,'whO' like ago in the Bay State. He got .his many Seafarer's in that port, was SlU membership in New York'on ashore during <the recent' Matdl*; August -31;' im ... ling to Mobile, Shreveport and other cities in this area to find op­ ponents, whom he has knocked over with ease. Morgan packs a real wallop and has built up a sensational sti-ing of knockout victories. Idol of. Seafarers Needless to say, he is the idol of Seafarers and SlU-alfiliated towboatmen in the West Bank community where he lives. When he goes out of town to fight, he usually is accompanied by a big delegation of SIU supporters who first became interested in his ring career through Donahue. Morgan Intends to keep trying at Chicago and hopes to represent the South in the Chicago tourney again next year. It is likely he will be fighting as a welter by then, Imwever. He is finding it increas­ ingly difficult to make the light­ weight limit and he is still grow­ ing. Gov't Would Give Aliens Right Of Appeal To Court WASHINGTON — New legisla­ tion urged on Congress will enable aliens to promptly challenge depor­ tation orders fa a Federal district court, without waiting until they are actually taken into custody. The measure, recommended to Congress by the Justice Depart­ ment in the form of an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, would provide addi­ tional remedies to aliens facing de­ portation. Under existing laws, or­ ders of deportation can only be challenged in habeas corpus pro­ ceedings after the alien has been taken into custo^. Under the amendment, aliens would have to file a petition Tor court review of a final depertaiion orde?: fa the US district court ifor the judicial district within Which the deportation proceedings were conducted. Following the filing of the petition for court review of the deportation order, an automatic stay of deportation^ woiild result, jfendihg' tiifc of tlfd CiJurt. him, care of the Port C Call bar in headquarters. Brother Brady made a couple of trips on the trans­ atlantic run for Waterman in the meantime, going into the Gulf on one trip so that he couldn't get up here to town to pick up his dough. Finally, when he did make it to the big town, he found his money waiting for him in the Port O' Call cash register. Now we wouldn't want anybody to go on from here and figure that the Port O' Call is a good place to deposit their life savings, because the bar isn't set up to pay interest. It all goes to show though, that every facility at headquarters is geared for one purpose—^to service the Seafarer. t 4 4.' , AN ITEM OF INTEREST COMING OUT OF THE NATION'S capital is that the Treasury Department is recommending a stiffer law to deal with seamen who have anything to do with carrying narcotics into the US. Right now tne Coast Guard has the discretion to lift a seaman's papers if they should find him mixed lip with dope carrying or dope peddling, but the Treasury would make this kind of thing com­ pulsory. Membership On Record As far as your Union is concerned, the membership long ago went on record to give the quick boot to anybody found guilty of handling narcotics in any shape, form or fashion. Yoiur Union doesn't want any part of these goofballs and has so acted in.the past after evidence to that effect has been presented to membership-elected trial committees. •. In short the goofballs have been served fair and ample notice time and again to stay away from SIU ships, and the word has gotten around that it doesn't pay to try to pull this"kind of stuff Ivhile sailing SIU. Offhand, we might say that these kind of characters, who cannot be considered professional seamen because-they just use seamanship as a tool for their other enterprises, would more likely to be found elsewhere on the kind of ships where seamen's papers and maritime regulations don't count for very much. Your Union, is proud to say that as a result of this policy, cases of narcotics violations have been a pretty rare thing aboard SIU ships. And That's the way it should be, because the members of this Union have fought too long and too hard for the kind of conditions they, have to let any goofballs try to tear them down. : AS THE ALIEN BROTHERS OF THE' SIU KNOW, THE LAW$ make it pretty tough for an alien seaman to ship out. The result ha^ been that the shipowner would be just as happy not to ship the alieb and some haye tried in various ways to hard-timb the alien seamen." ' ' However, the SIU has always, hbld to the idea that the alien brother, having fought alongside the citizebrSeafarer on the picket-line and against the enemies of this nation during the last war, is entitled to the same consideration as any other member of this Union. Efforts are being made'in Washington to do the best that can be done for the alien seaman with­ in the'limits of the existing laws. As a result,.there has been some small improvement in conditions for. the alien- seaman. The latest was a ruling by the Imnrigration people that the 29-day leave provision js to apply from the time that the man completes bis'voybge, and not from the time the ship first touches a u§-Pprt.,^ , The .alien mbmbersHip in tiHe SItl can'l^st as$Hii^ that'tl^b UtUon will do everything possibl-*. r.ow and in the future^ to make thini^ b -'I': J �March 19^.1854 SEAFARERS LOG •J I Pare Fly* Sf U Has Aided Numetdus Unions Through The Years An SIU tradition and a long-standing mem­ bership policy of helping other unions in legit­ imate b'eefs is being applied once more in the current iftght of the AFL-ILA to organize East Coast longshoremen. The East Coast long­ While John Brady was at sea for six months, Scotty Aubusson (left), bartender at the Brooklyn SIU Hall, was holdinr a money, •rder for him. John made port and Scotty made payment. Port O'Call Safe PlaceTo Keep Dough A Seafarer who left a $20 money order behind him ii* the Port O' Call bar in headquarters six months ago, came back the other day to pick tip his dough. All that time the money order had been kept in safekeeping in the Port O' Call It was then that Aubusson told them he was still hanging on to cash register. Seafarer John Brady was in­ volved in the money order mix-up as a remit of the fact that hjs ship left town before the telegraphed order arrived. Brady had shipped aboard thie Warrior (Waterman) and was all ready to leave town on September 4. The night before, he was in the Port O'Call, and being a little low on funds, telephoned his home in Philadelphia to have the money order wired to him at headquarters. Before the money arrived, Brady had to get on board the ship. From New York the vessel went to Mo­ bile then over the Atlantic to Northern Europe. Finally, six months later, Brady got back to New York on the War­ rior. While he was still on the ship, a couple of his shipmates got over to the hall. Brady's money. Brady, who had long since given up on the money, figuring it had gone astray, got over to the bar in a jiffy and picked up his money order intact. Pnl Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on. If the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. •V YOU anif the flU COUSTITUTION From Artlcl* XX Sdctloii 2 ^Yoatf ANhfRivaKJes AS 51U ARE OUAfiANTEED BYYbt)R .CONSmofiON." Wig E?A^: • rURB' tS- DeSI£»JR! 70 ACOL«A»JT • YOU WHH JHESE: BiOMra. At(t>" BRiYILEOES . //>^f 'A shore beef is perhaps the biggest operation the Union has ever lent assistance to, but it is only one of ap­ proximately 75 such instances in which the SIU has helped unions in and out of maritime in the post­ war years. , As approved by the membership, the policy is a simple one. It reads as follows: "Wherever pos­ sible, -when the SIU, is asked to help another trade union in a legitimate beef, the membership of the SIU will assist those un­ ions in an appropriate manner." ' The reasons for this policy are clear. They date back to an old trade union maxim, "an injury to one is an injury to all." If anti-union forces can weaken or damage other trade unions, it will strengthen the hand of those who would weaken the SIU. And turning it the other way around, if the SIU can help other unions, the SIU is assured of widespread support on its own beefs. Such support. has paid off many times in the past. For example, the support of other unions was helpful in saving the SOSO law when some forces in the Government wanted it abolished. The recent Val Chem beef when CIO shipyard workers backed the SIU to the hilt is another instance of such support. In some of the beefs where the SIU has lent as­ sistance, the employers often spread the rumor that the SIU was involved only because it wished to take over the jobs. However, despite aiding 75 unions, not a single union job was ever sought or taken by an SIU man. The success of the striking union and its pledge of mutual support was the only reward sought by the SIU. Consequently, in the past Seafarers have been active in a variety of union fights, including the fa­ mous Wall Street strike, the strikes of shipyard workers in Baltimore and Brooklyn, the In­ ternational Ladies Garment Workers' drive on open shop dress manufacturers and many others. Other unions have re­ ceived financial assistance from the SIU when voted by the mem­ bership. Here is a partial list of some of the occa­ sions when other unions were helped by the SIU— a record every Seafarer and the SIU is proud of: Kailroad Patrolmen Local 23228 (AFL), Galves­ ton, April, 1946. SUP Coos Bay Beef fight on Communist-led Com­ mittee For Maritime Unity, July, 1946. ' Masters, Mates and Pilots strike, '28 days, Oc­ tober, 1946. CIO shipyard workers strike, Bushey shipyards, Brooklyn, February, 1947. tWe wilhoot ODw ^ •* Union raeailrtB raceip*.-- United Financial Employees organizing drive, brokerage houses, February, 1947. . Her* the conititution provides a double check on the individual membar't money. The Union re­ ceipt is proof positive that the member has paid his dues and assessments. At the same time, it makes the Union representative fully responsible to the Union and the membership for the money he has collected. United Financial Employees Cotton Exchange strike, March S, 1947. National Federation Telephone Workers' strike against AT&T, April, 1947. Canadian Seafarers'strike, April, 1947. ' Office Employees Local 1S3 strike against George H. Flinn Corp., Brooklyn. CIO shipyard workers 136-day strike, Bethlehem shipyards, June-November, 1947. Hotel & P.Estaurant Union" Local 301, strike at pli^lj 1^3 It^iitayraol^,,P|)U November, 1947. Int'l A.ssn. of Machinists strike against National Airline, Tampa, Florida, February, 1948. United Financial Employees strike. Stock Ex­ change, New York, 30 days, March-April, 1948. Railway Carmen Brotherhood strike, Alabama State Docks, Mo­ bile, Alabama, August, 1948. Air Line Pilots Association, AFL, National Airlines strike, Norfolk, Virginia, September, 1948. Ladies Garment Workers Un­ ion, AFL, organizing drive non­ union dress shops, October, 1948. Retail Clerks, AFL, organizing drive. New York department stores, 1947-1948. Marine Firemen's Union, 95-day strike, SeptemberDecember, 1948. International Typographical Union (AFL) strike at Griscom publications, Glen«Cove, Long Island, March, 1949. SIU Canadian District beef against Communist'led Canadian Seamen's Union, May, 1949. Restaurant Workers Local 16 (AFL), Howard John­ son strike, New York, March 24-31, 1950. Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFL) strike, Brooklyn, NY, May-June, 1950. V AFL Laundry Workers organ­ izing, Hahne's Laundry,- Savan­ nah, Georgia, April, 1951. AFL Teamsters Union strike, Dixie Dairy, Mobile, Alabama, May, 1951. AFL Office Employees Union, Local 153 at Personal Finance Co., New York. AFL Teamsters Union organizing drive. Garden City Taxi, Savannah, May, 1951. AFL LSundry Workers strike, E&W Laundry, Savannah, June, 1951. AFL Teamsters Union strike, Coca-Cola bottling company. Mobile, June, 1951. I Metal Workers Union (AFL) strike, Fein Tin Can Co., Brooklyn, November, 1951. 4 Grocery Clerks strike, Wilmington, California, December, 1951. AFL Retail Clerks strike, J. C. Penney Company, Lake* Charles, La., February, 1951. Insurance Agents Union, AFL, 82-day national strike against Prudential Insurance Company, December, 1951-March, 1952. Commercial .Teleg­ raphers, AFL, strike against Western Union Philadelphia, Balti­ more, May, 1952. •x ; N C ££^ A y: • ra . SEAFARERS: imtR.VATlON.-U.. ONJO.V, n-j E:SJCN (N •HME.'S OF - 'Operating Engineers (AFL), strike against build-_. ing contractors, Philadelphia, June-July, 1952. Impressive as this list is, it by no means repre­ sents all the occasions when Seafarers have pitched in to give brother and sister union members a hand. The estimate of 75 such cases was culled from the pages of the SEAFARERS LOG through the years and does not include a considerable number of in­ stances of such help in relatively minor beefs. And the plaques reproduced' on this page are but a feu of the many testimonials that have been presented ' to the SIU for assistance rendered in time of need. ' Whether a union is large or small, if it is in­ volved in a legitimate beef and'^needs help, it can call on the Seafarers.. Seafarers can truly say that no other union in the United States can boast of ' »o outstanding a record in this resp^t. t :1 -'1l .. "'^1 -'''I I 4^^I �•., ' ' . » !>:' • PW^^^F^ppiFapPFr'^'^ " • •^-m, SEAFjtttlBMS JLOa 0Mf Trounces liA Ijn Philm PHILADELPHIA — The SttJ^affiliated Brotherhood of Marine Bngiheers scored a victory over the Marine Division of.'the old ILA in this port, when tugboat engineers employed by six companies voted for bargain­ ing representation by the BME. The , results, announced follow­ ing a three-cornered election in­ volving the BME, old ILA and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­ ciation (CIO) on March 6, gave the BMS 28 votes to S.for the old ILA. Eleven votes went to the MEBA, in addition to three ballots chal­ lenged. 'Ehginoers involved in the elec­ tion had been caught in the mid. die because of a two-year hassle between the old ILA and MEBA which wound up with a. court in­ junction barring both organiza­ tions from representing the engi­ A quartet of'Philadelphia tugboat engineers smiles happily after neers. As a result, the tug engi­ receiving word that the SlU-affiliated BME had licked the old ILA neers. were without a contract for and MEBA in the recent representation election. The men, em­ the two-year period, although en­ ployed by the Curtis Bay Towing Company, one of the six outfits gineers for several independent whose employees were involved in the poll, are (1-r): John Ewing, operators in the port were covered llou Acord, John Vickers and Gordon Spencer. by ILA contracts. When the BME entered the pic­ ture last fall, it wOrt immediate response from the men, who were weary of working without any union 4 •. represtfiitation of any kind. The defeat for the bid ILA rep­ resented a setback for the founder­ ing longshore union, Vvhose presi­ dent. Captain.-Willi^m ;V. Bradley, SAN FRANCISCO.—Ail ambitious idea to stimulate coast­ headed the ILA Marine Division before he succeeded to the post wise shipping is being put forward by tivo SlU affiliates and formerly held by Joseph P. Ryan. -.•>Ci-V"i-ji •• Mi mi SIU NEWSLETTER WASHINGTON The Navy Is giving high priority, together with other projects, to the problem of countering enemy potential in anti-shipping warfare. High officials in the Defense Department believe that equal priority must be given to the development of a merchant fleet composed of modern, high-speed ships to match the accelerated pace of future wars. In the tanker field, the Navy particularly has been busy.- Its recent study shows that the US has an initial requirement for tankers in the event of war in the amount of about 10 million deadweight tons. How­ ever, the US-flag tanker fleet, private and goverment-owned, built and building, falls short of meeting this requirement by more than a million and a quarter tons. Therefore, the Navy has proposed to Congress a program for the long-term chartering of about 20 tankers. These new tankers would be built in US yards and would be chartered by ?Javy for a 10-year pe­ riod. In return, Navy would lay up about 37 of its present T-2 tankers. The new tankers to be built would be 25,000 tons, would carry almost twice the cargo as the T-2's, wbuld operate with a,crew about the same size as that required for operation of a T-2 tanker, and would consume only about one-third fuel. The program is expected to receive Congressional approval. t. t. Reconstruction and modernization of shipbuilding facilities in 'west­ ern Europe seems to be at a very advanced stage. This is the report of a Congressional unit which recently returned to the US after a study in Europe. They report that the advanced stage of shipbuilding in Europe seems to be due in part to the direct and indirect effects of the Marshall (EGA) plan aid, and very directly to the heavy volume of shipbuilding orders which have been placed in all yards since the war. Western Europe has enjoyed the patronage of a number of American companies for many important units, especially in the tanker and ore carrier classes. In short there has been a real ..shipbuilding boom throughout Europe since 1946. " , Western Europe is in a position to see a continued high level of ship­ building activity beyond 195_6, . Most of the advances in the shipbuilding art made by the US during the war period have been- adapted to the greatest extent possible throughout Europe and many new techniques and methods have been a third AFL sea union, who are reported willing to-invest designed and developed. ., Coast Utrions Offer Low-Cost pp Plan Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall inirtiediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times,and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailinig .shorthanded. $1 million to set up a speciAH daily steamship service be­ with present bus and railroad The trend toward tankers larger than the T-2 (16,000 dwt) is readily apparent from the fact that of a total of 285 oil tankers constructed tween this port ahd Lois operations. The idea also has the support of or contracted for since 1945, about 65 per(!ent;havie a deadweight of Angeles.. the Sailors Union of the Pacific 20,000 tons or more. Vessels of 40,000 tons" are under construction, The proposed undertaking, as disclosed by Vincent Malone, presi­ dent of the SlU-aifiiiated Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders, would involve the construction, of two specialized ships, at a probable cost of about $24 million, to pro­ vide inexpensive passenger serv­ ice which could compete favorably •I I I SlU COMMITTEES AT WOKK I A headquarters appeals commit­ tee elected by the New York port membership meeting last week heard an appeal by a Seafarer who had been found guilty in the port of Baltimore of drunk and disor­ derly behavior on several occasions aboard the Edith (Bull). After read­ ing the record and hearing the ap­ peal of the' Seafarer in question the committee upheld the findings but reducea the sentence. The case in question involved a messman who signed aboard the Edith' last September, In several instances where the ship hit port the Sea­ farer either failed to turn to or turned to badly gassed up. Such incidents took place at widely Cowdray •cattered points, and naturaiiy caused a * con­ siderable amount of dissension in the steward department and grumbling by crewmembers who bad to contend with poor service or lack of service. Found Guilty •'•"Accordingliy,. h# had been brought up on charges before a Saltinooio trial comiUittee on N'ovember I9/19j53. After all'testiiti- mony was in, the committec found him guilty and recommended a $50 fine and a six month's suspension from the SIU. The Seafarer subsequently ^iled an appeal with headquarters, and an appeals committee consisting of Norman West, Donald S. Gardner, Marinus Hauser, Robert G. Cow­ dray, Jakob Dietrich, Wilfred Schoenborn and Orris Payne was elected to hear his case. The Seafarer appeared before the commit­ tee and readily admitted he was guilty of the charges that had, been placed against him. However, he asked considera­ tion' in reduction of his sentence on the grounds of his previous record in thg SlUi The Appealx Committee agreed that his record was clean, this being his first offense. It decided to cut his suspen­ Gardner sion in half, from six to three months, which meant that he was now eligible to reg­ ister on the shipping list and Ship out through the SIU hall. The committee agreed, however, that the fine which had been imposed by the Baltimore trial cdmmittee ;«hould stand; and the Masters, Mates and Pilots and some even larger. who, with the MFOW, would sup­ Then again the opening of foreign ore sources has brought super-ore ply some of the necessary capital. carriers with large drafts into the US picture. '— Attempts are also being made • to Having this in mind. Congress is considering spending^,000,000 interest other investors. in the as a starter to provide adequate depths, widths and alignments for project, as well as the Navy De­ many US Atlantic-Gulf channels and" harbors. If Approved by Con­ partment, because of certain de­ gress, this work would be done at the New York and New Jersey chan­ fense features which cbuld be nels; Delaware River and Bay; Mystic River; .Wilmington Harbor; Port built into the ships. Aransas-Corpus Christi Waterway; Houston Ship ChanneJ; Portland Harbor, Maine; and replacement of the B & O Bridge, Arthurkill Passengers And Freight Channel, New York and New Jersey, Details of the operation, which According to recent testimony presented to the Senate Appropria­ could handle both passengers and tions Committee, the major tanker operators have over a billion dollars freight, are still being developed, invested in super-tankers and the full value Of these tankers is not -but the plan already calls for a now being realized under the loading handjjcaps imposed by channels minimum of 200 chairs, numbered of inadequate depth and width, and assigned to specific passen­ 4> 4" 4i gers, and costing, about $12 a trip, Members of Congress are becoming increasingly alarmed over the plus some 300 additional berth mounting number of requests from American-flag operators to transfer passengers divided between deluxe vessels to foreign registry. and medium or tourist quarters. A full scale investigation seems to be in the making by-the House The ships would include many Merchant' Marine Committee to determine why, in the face of an features of ocean luxury liners, admitted deficiency in the quality and quantity of American ships, such as several bars and restau­ tramp ship, owners and tanker companies are fOming to foreign flags rants, snack bars and perhaps a in greater numbers, • dance band, and are considered a As reported earlier in the LOG the Maritime Administration has natural for the football season. encouraged, through liberalizing its transfer policy, the transfer of Malone estimated that if the initial Liberty-type tartfters to foreign flag. No new construction is tied in service proved as successful as ex­ with such transfers. Now, the American tramp shipowners are at­ pected, the idea could be extended tempting to have a liberalized transfer policy applied to their Libertywith other ships providing quickie type vessels. It is this latter effort that members of Congress are par­ vacation travel to the popular ticularly watching. Pacific Northwest. Specially-deThe House Merchant Marine Committee has asked the Maritime signed freight-handling features Administration to halt the transfer of vessels, and submit a compre­ could probably tap a large poten­ hensive'report in the matter to the Committee fpr study. The Com­ tial freight market which existing mittee will study this report and is expectejl to hold public hearings coastwise carriers still haven't to determine whether the transfer policy should be tightened up. tackled, he added, ^ ^ The long-awaited report of Commerce Department'A-Maritime Admin­ The West Coast once had several coastwise passenger ships operat­ istration on future Government aid to the American merchant marine ing, but while the service has dis­ is expected to be sent to Congress within the next few days. The report appeared, the market for it is still is based on recommendations made late last year by representatives of growing, the MFOW president the maritime industry, who split three ways, on what is best for tho noted. The launching of the enter­ fourth arm of our national defense." prise in the foreseeable future, A close friend of the merchant marine in Congress,. Senator Butler would depend on how long it takes of Maryland, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on 'Water Transpor­ to interest others the idea and tation, has predicted that the report will be the niost authoritative obtain the necessary capital, plus and reliable single document compiled in recent yqgrs on the complex .^ , the time it would take to actually' question of subsidizing maritime interet.J'j. Senator Butler says the report will present to both the Congress build the vessels required. If the experiment should prove' and the general public an overall picture of the policies laid down a success, it could possibly be ex­ in maritime legislation now in effect, looking towards the establish­ tended to the-East Coast to oper­ ment and maintenance of a merchant marine and d shipbuilding in­ ate befwech m^jor Atlahtic ports. dustry adequate to setve the national interest in peace and lil war. , At one time passOnger ship serv­ ices sbetween such ports as New York 'and Bostoh 'enWod 'ii jUood l popularity. deal of popularity; ' bvpiS} ft'csoi'tq ••mm �• •V'< •wl^trsp Marcli 19;19S« SEAFAHE It S L (fC A/cod Pace Setea Plant I It Mobite HOUSE VOTES CUT IN EXCISE TAXES—Despite the formal op­ position of the Eisenhower Administration, the House of Representa­ tives voted a ten percent ceiling on Federal excise taxes, with the Senate expected to follow suit. The cuts would go into effect April Affected are such items as furs, jewelry, luggage, toilet articles, light bulbs, photographic equipment and cabaret and theatre admissions. A major fight on party lines is building up, however, on proposals to boost personal exemptions for Federal income tax purposes from $600 to it t MCCARTHY DISPUTE SIMMERS AND BOILS—Charges by 1952 Democratic Jfresidential c^nHidate Adlai < Stevenson yiat, despite its token opposition, the Republican Party had really embraced the tactics of Sen. Joseph McCarthy as an aid to keeping the (3oP in power, were branded "nonsense" by the Preside it. At the same time, he endorsed an. attack on McCarthy by another Republican Senator, Flanders of Vermont, which charged that McCarthy was "shattering" the unity of the GOP. The controversy reached a boil when both McCarthy and the GOP National Committee demanded free radio and TV time to answer Stevenson and the networks awarded it to the party committee. McCarthy immediately threatened CBS and NBC wilh legal and other action if they did not give him time also. i" t WAR IN INDO-CHINA GOES ON—The seven-year-old conflict be­ tween Communist rebels and pro-French forces continued, with fears growing in the US that a new campaign by the Reds of pin-pointihg attacks against bases where US Air Force technicians are stationed might lead to direct involvement of the US in the war. The technicians •re stationed at various bases in and or near the battle areas on loan to the anti-Red forces to assist in the training of airmen and mechanics. •'i: Completion of a $10 million expansion program at the Mobile plant of the Aluminum Company of America is expected to supply a .big boost to shipping In the port. Company officials estimated that 50 additional cargoes of bauxite ore annually would be needed to supply the expanded facilities at the Mobile plant. MOBILE—^An increase in shipping on the Alcoa bauxite run may be in the offing as a result of completion this month of an expansion of alumina producing facilities at the Mobile plant of the Aluminum Co. of America. 4" 5" t The $10,000,000 expansion POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AT CARACAS—Latin-American dele­ program makes the Mobile gates to the tenth Inter-American Conference at Caracas, Venezuela, plant the largest of^ its type cheered US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' pledge that the US was interested not only in good political relations with the nations south of the border, but wanted to help them keep their economy on a sound basis as well. The Secretary extended an invitation to all to a hemisphere economic conference in Washington. He noted that the US Was not offended at complaints against US economic -practices, adding that solutions to economic problems were often not as simple as they seemed. J. 4> 4RACETRACK STOCKS PARLEYED INTO MILLIONS—New York State's probe of shady deals in the harness track industry brought sev­ eral major political figures in the state under Are, following exposure of stock transactions in which small blocs of stock bought for pennies eventually were parleyed Into fortunes. JJespite the many red faces and sensational headlines, the probers continued digging into all phases of the operation of the trotting tracks. The investigation was ordered following the murder last summer of a New York City union official whose members worked at the Yonkers Raceway, when some of the stock deals came to light. 4" 4' ^ 4" RED ROUND-UP FOLLOWS CONGRESS SHOOTINGS—Authorities in Puerto Rico and in US cities with large Puerto Rican populations launched a mass round-up of suspected subversives and Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members in the wake of the sensational shooting of five US Congressmen from the gallery of the House two weeks ago. Following a tightening of security regulations in Washington, and asserted tips, legitimate and otherwise, that other shootings were planned to dramatize the c^se of the Nationalists, special precautions were taken to assure the' safety of top Government officials. All five Congressmen, meanwhile, are expected- to recover. n America, company officials said. An additional 50 cargoes of bauxite, basic ore in the produc­ tion of aluminum, will be needed annually to supply the plant's in­ creased capacity, works manager Duncan U. Smith reported. The firm's alumina production capacity was increased about onethird to meet the constantly'in­ creasing demand for aluminum, a company spokesman said. ^ In the Mobile plant, bauxite transported 'here aboard SiUmanned ships is smelted into alum­ ina which is then shipped to other plants in the United States for final processing into metallic alum­ inum. Much of it goes to- the com­ pany's big plant at Alcoa, Tenn. The annual production capacity of the expanded facilities was esti­ mated to be in excess of 400,000 tons. Land for the plant is leased from the Alabama State Docks which also increased facilities for un­ loading bauxite ore in conjunction with Alcoa's expansion. West Coast Stewards' Vote Well Past Halfway Mark Voting in the election to determine representation for steward department men on West Coast ships has passed the half-way mark with over seven'weeks to go in the balloting. Thus far the election has gone ahead quietly with little or no up until now, came up in New interruption in the procedure. York when the Labor Board voted Contesting for the right to rep­ resent the men are the Marine Cooks and Stewards (AFD, affili­ ated with the SIU of North Amer­ ica and the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, in­ dependent, the • sole remaining Communist - dominated sea - going union. Bridges Asks 'No-Unlon' A third element in the picture is Harry Bridges' West Coast long­ shore union which has been call­ ing for the steward department men to vote "no-union," a . step which would deprive them of any union representation. The only dispute over the voting YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING the President Arthur (American President Lines) without an MCSAFL observer present. As a re­ sult, the MCS-AFL challenged all the votes on the ship. The chal­ lenge was upheld and the ship was voted a second time. The voting began on February 10 and will continue for a 90-day period. Men on the beach, but who were employed as of the start of the voting can vote at NLRB regional offices. ^ Since there are almost 6.000 eli­ gible to vote, the West Coast elec­ tion is sure to be the largest ever conducted by the Labor Board on sea-going merchant ships. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying couple living in a large city would require a minimum of fast as Government "E" bonds. For example, if you buy $45 a week ($210 a month) for even a modest standard of E bonds at the rate of $18.75 a month, by the end of 20 Even when we're comparatively young most of us are years you will have $6,000. But if you invest the same living. often badgered by. salesmen for different kinds of re­ amount*of money in an ordinary life insurance policy, Benefits. Need Raising tirement plans, and investment and savings plans. Congress may soon raise the benefits because of the at the end of that time> the cash value will be about What actually is the best way to put aside money for popular appeal of Social Security and pressure to increa.se $3,500. Admittedly, the bonds would not have supplied as much protection for your potential beneficiaries dur­ future retirement needs? It's difficult enough to save, these obviously inadequate payments. But the gap between ing that period as the insurance policy. But if you are the payments, even if increased, and today's living costs especially for a family man In these days of high living is so great a worker does need a separate savings plan. aiming at retirement sa\)ings rather than protection of costs and sometimes irregular employment. Any bucks you dependents, buying bonds does build that fund faster Various plans are being offered wage-earners to fill can put away ought to be put where they will work hardest the gap. Probably you have encountered insurance, sales­ than buying insurance. Even if you do want family pro­ for youl men selling insurance or retirement policies that will pay tection too, you can still do better by buying a low-cost A Seafarer already has two assets. One Is the Social Se­ monthly sums after age 65 to fill the gap. in Social Se­ decreasing term insurance policy to cover your depend­ curity he is entitled to as is any ;wage-earner. The other curity. Or you may have noticed advertisements for in­ ents while they are still dependents, while investing the is the disability protection in the SIU Welfare Plan. The vestment funds and stock-purchase -plans that can bring difference in bonds. If you did that you would have about disability benefit Is not based, on retirement need but Is in' extra income. At one time such savings plans as an­ $4,000 in bonds at the end of the 20 years compared to paid only when Seafarer is unable to work because of nuities and stock-ownership were aimed chiefly at well- the $3,500 of cash value in an insurance policy. disablement. But it can be considered a protection for to-do people. Now they are aiming at working people The insurance companies claim that one advantage of one's later years, when incapacitating disability is more too. ' saving through their policies is that it is a forced savings likely to occur. An individual annuity can be bought in instalments plan. Otherwise a man might spend his money as he earns This disability benefit is paid whether, or not i man bought by wage earners, is a lifetii ie income'obtained from it. But you can put yourself ort a compulsory bond-buying also collects Social Security. The Social SecUrity retire-; whatever age you previously determine, it will ktart pay­ plan too, either through authorizing your employer to de­ mertt, benefits are the keystoiteland tnalrt prop in any' ing you an income for the rest of your life. How much duct a certain amount of money from your pay for bonds, worker's retirement plan. A man 'wbfr averages $3,600.a that will be depends on the amount you originally invested. or through the bond-a-month plan offered by banks. year of earnings after 1950 cbtild geti the mtoimmh rie• Another • type of annuity. Which is more frequentl;>' Investment funds and stock brokers are now getting tirement benefit at age 65, which ^urreiltly is $85 a month. bought, by wi^earners; is a lifetime income obtained from after the small investor to buy shares in common stocks. His wife, when she reaches 65, would also be entitled to a a life insurance policy. The policy protects your depend­ A mutual investment fund sells you shares and then in­ . pension equal to. 50 per . cent of the man's, or a maximum ents 'or other beneficiaries if ybu should die". That is; they vests the money pooled by you and others^ in a group of • of 442.50., : . would, get the proceeds. But if yoti surv'ive to retirement stocks and bonds, and gives you a proportionate share : Unfortunately, at present living costk bveii the'prebht age, ybU' can choojse to convert the cash value in the policy of the diyidends receiv^. You do-earn more interest this max;imum for kjnan and wife of $127.50, would hot provide' to a retir(^ent income. . ' .w^ than .frongivbuying. Government £ bondis. Biiit .be v A healthfid standaiii of Uving. AA ji>reseht prices^a iretlred Actually, neither of these^'plahs will pile up eavings as wwned that it is a far riskier -InvestmenL >;, Bolstering Social Security M •1I �SEAFARIBRS LOG -nMEisM ^ Z'""' Maieh 19. IBS* """"^ ""^ •T* • ifr.'-. -j.yk-- '• CASH BENEFITS •" ' 1 - % " v'^-->'- iiiliiilSi •;-;|.sv;-r-:';x'>':'V.->;-';"" SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS ' r' . A REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID —V* "-r •< >, - - FfOni if li:iiii#3y " 'Z ' ,- . No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period A ^ Anybody seen any shells lately? That's what the Navy would like to know. If you have", you probably spend your time walking around on the* bottom of Gravesend Bay in 4Brooklyn, New York. are in cylindrical metal con­ Naval authorities in New them, tainers 37 inches long and six York, like most normal people, inches in dia Meter. The great ma­ i'l. •k haven't seen any at all, and that's what's bothering them. As a mat­ ter of fact. Navy spokesmen warn­ ed it's better for you if you don't see any because the shells are three-inch rounds of live ammuni­ tion. The Navy said this is no shell game, nc»- sea shell, either. This is the real McCoy. It all started about two weeks ago when the carrier Bennington was unloading ammunition before heading into dn'dock. The unload­ ing took place in a restricted area about one-half mile offshore in Gravesend Bay. With a strong wind and ebb tide running a little after noon on Thursday, March 4, the barge onto which the shells were being loaded capsized, tum­ bling 219 tons of shells into the water. Shells Doubly Dangerous Since them the Navy has been drying to keep it quiet, but it gave up about a week ago and let the cat out of the bag along with the shells. The shells, it seems, are separately encased, each in its own canister, but that doubles the danger, experts say. In effect ther# are two loads that could go off— the propellent charge which is set off .in the percussion cap in the base of the canister if the round Is hit hard—or the fuse or detonator either in the nose or base if the projectile is tampered with by any but expert hands. The shells, 14,460 rounds of Be Sure to Get Mh§es Receipts Headquarters again wishe* t« remind all Seafarers that payments of funds, for wlhatever Onion putpose, be made enly to authorized A&G repre­ sentatives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be sure to protect yourself by immediately bringing the mat­ ter to the attention of the sec.retary-^reaaurec's office^ jority of the n are silver colored, but a few are painted blue. A Navy expert explained that the canisters have an air space in them and had a "negative buoy­ ancy" of six pounds. The Navy says they can be shifted easily by tides and currents and it is afraid that is exactly what has happened. The Navy has had more than a dozen divers combing the bottom of the bay for. two weeks now. They're going to keep it up in search of the shells, which they feel niay have drifted out to sea, but the divers are expected to walk gingerly for a while. Use Rags Fpr Paint Job On Ore Vessel Shipowners and their represent­ atives have been known to cry poor-mouth from time to time, but nobody carried it as far as the offi­ cers of the Vcnore (Ore Lines) re­ cently. Seafarers aboard the Venore found themselves painting the overhead with rags because, it was claimed, the company was economizing and couldn't put brushes aboard. Crewmembers didn't even have the services of manhelpers, those long wooden broomsticks to'which brushes are lashed for the pur­ pose of painting overhead areas. The men had to soak the rags in the paint cans and then smear the paint on by hand. By the time the crew got through with the job the paint was evei"ywhere. Chances are the painted areas didn't look like much either. When the ship got back to Balti­ more, the crew complained to the boarding patrolman. As a result the companip has been told that if it wants Seafarers to paint its ships from now on, they bad bet­ ter put some-brushes and rollers en beard. n v% •! ^ ^" Averaitc Benefits Paid Each Scafafcr Total Benefits Paid this Period A Navy diver comes up after an unsuccessful attempt to locate laree quantity of live ammunition that was inadvertently dumped Into waters of Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn. Hunt For Live Ammo In Brooklyn Waters ••«••••••• To ' iiiM I I _ • " ' I ^i' WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 1 Hosoital Berigfits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Materaitv Benefits Vacation Benefits Total to H- a Z4 WELFARE/VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * | tf-srioa Death Benefits*Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * S <2»« Maternity Benefits Paid Since April I. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 » ^CiS' Total 4 7^7£>-72 * D.te Beneflt«,Be..n WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Vacation Estimated Accounts Receiyable \yeifafc US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS u^oLc COMMENTS; To date, 11 applications have been received for the Scholar ships of the Plan® The breakdown on the number of appli­ cants is as follows: 3 seamen, 4 daughters of seamen and sons of seamen. All of these have qualified and have taken their examinations, or will take their exams.on the last examination date which is May 22, 1954Many members, when being released from the hospital, are failing to file for hospital benefits within the 14.-day period required by the Plan. Hospital benefits not received in the hospital should be applied for within I4. days of discharge from the hospital, directly to the Administrator. Submitted • • M Ken,'AsSistaut^^dminUtrator ~ . and, reineniber this... z .. All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part—Collecting SIU beneA Z fits ift easy, whether ifa for howitai birth^ disabihty or deathget persond- . A3 AAS service inoni^iote^ representatives. ' • ./ •• fc,.' : '• •' �. v' • Much 19, 1954 " ' ~ •'' / SEAFARERS Pace Nine LOG Seafarers Help Fete JilardI Gras In Mobile, Called Oldest In ITS At left, a Mardj Gras masker and his lady are all set for a big time at one of the traditional AThrdi Gras balls. Although membership in mys­ tic societies is secret, this celebrant could be a Seafarer, judging from the white cap. Above, the Mobile hall, located directly on the parade route, provides a good view of parade floats. MOBILE—The celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans is world-famous. A carnival that rivals it in size, color and riotous fun-making is held each year in this nearby Gulf port, but it is scarcely known out-"*^ ' side of Alabama. Yet the cele­ the first parade. The procession bration of Mardi Gras in the was organized among a band of sea­ The ladies have their own secret societies too. This one, known as the Spinsters, is shown preparing to open its annual ball, as a gronp of the ladies performs the traditional rite which kicks off the fes­ tivities. Mystic societies have been in existence in Mobile for more than a century. Cartoon History Of The SlU Whipped in Canada and repudiated by its mem­ bership, in May, 1949, the Commie-run Canadian Seamens Union carried its phoney contract beef to Eng­ land. Misrepresenting the issues. Commie agitators succeeded in getting British dockworkers in sonte ports to tie up a lew Canadian ships, now manned by the SIU. . . manner in which it is observed to­ day in New Orleans originated on Mobile's waterfi-ont. The first appearance of Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast was in 1699 when the name was written on a French map by Iberville. French explorer, soldier and engineer. Iberville was journeying up the Mississippi when he stopped one night on the banks of a bayou on Mardi Gras. This prompted hiin to name the stream Mardi Gras Bayou. Parade floats and the first mys­ tic society originated in Alobile on New Year's Eve, 1830. It wasn't until 1857 that New Orleans began to have formal parades and Mo­ bil-ans still claim that actually the residents of this city organized New Orleans' formal Mardi .Gras cele­ bration as it is known today. Mobile's first secret carnival society was called the Cowbellion de Raking Society after the cow­ bells, rakes and hoes employed "by med and dockworkers in a small waterfront cafe by Michael Krafft, a young transplanted Pennsylvania Dutchman. Ten years later* 17 years before floats first appeared in a New Or­ leans Mardi Gras parade. Mobile's second mystic society was organ­ ized. It was known as the Strikers to identify its members with their waterfront occupation. They were "strikers" who marked bales of cotton before they were loaded aboard ships. The celebration in Mobile, known today as the "Mother of Mystics," continued as a New Year's Eve event until 1861 when the citizenry decided Shrove Tuesday, the day pre~ceding Ash Wednesday, the be­ ginning of the 40-day Lenten sea­ son, was more appropriate for the occasion. Since then Shrove (or Fat) Tues­ day is observed by the final parades and wild and joyous cele(Continued on page 17) Commies Rig Phoney Doeh Beet With the SIU Canadian District pledged to honor the contract which CSU men bad shown they wanted, SIU officials moved to counter CSU lies with the true story of the Canadian "beef." Armed with the facts for the first time, many' British dockers, imme­ diately voted to return to work. The "beef" they were I\ o. 59 As the tie-up of some Canadian ships continued, the SIU-warned of a general boycott of Britirii ship­ ping in A&G ports, unless action was taken. The Labor government branded the walkout "Commieinspired" and it soon ended, but not before the Com­ mies had fomented a wildcat stoppage right on the docks of London. �rj- . •...•• =-'f' Pace Ttm SEAFARERS toe March 19, 195#^ PORT MtEPORm......... tirety, we would still be able to New Orleans: Valle (Mississippi), the Frederic Seattle: take over and operate a hundred C. Collin (Dry Transportation) percent efficiently. The workers and the Pelican Mariner and Alice would continue to work for the Brown (Bloomfield) signed on.' completion without any interrup­ Ships calling in ttansit were the tion. So maybe with this informa­ Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Patriot and tion we will be able to beat the We don't hear niuch about It on Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa), the Steel ' Good was the word for shipping Shipping has been good in the heat after all. It is with a lot of past two weeks and it looks like it satisfaction that I noticed the kind the beach here when they come Rover,. Steel Flyer and Steel Age in the past period, but not so the' will continue. As I said in my last of workmanship and materials that off on the short end, but the boys (Isthmian), Del Rio and Del Valle outlook for the future. It does not report, we would have an Ore ship are being put into the building. As on. the Del Norte '(Mississippi) won (Mississippi). Seatrains New York look too good for the coming two practically every day in here and I have oft times stated before, this, a baseball game in. Buenos Aires and Savannah tSeatrain), the Clai­ weeks; - • It so happens this did occur. As will be more than a union hall, it during their last trip and proudly borne, Monarch of the Seas and' Paying off was the Ocean Cbtte you are well aware, there are al­ will be a memorial to the Seafarers paraded ashore here the other day Arizpa (Waterman) and the Marie of Ocean "Trans, while ships sign­ with bundles of press notices and Hamil (Bloomfield).* ways quite a few jobs available on International Union. ing on were the San Mateo Victory a lot of conversation about how Lindsey J. Williams these scows. This helped to take of Eastern and the John B. Kulugood they are. We have for our i-eport this New Orjeans Fort Agent up quite a bit of the slack. Also kundis of Martis. In-transit ves­ Playing as the "Del Norte Stars," due to the fact that we are getting week, Brother Clyde Carlson, who sels were the John B. 'Waterman » » « sails as bosun and AB., In his own they defeated the Gimnasia Y Esmore bookmen on these ships, it and the Hastings,^ both of Water­ New York: tends to make for better conditions words he says, "I have been a mem­ grima team, 15 man. ber of the SIU since 1948 and have to 7. This evened all around. The reading clerk for the last found it to be a very progressive We have had several ships .come and militant organization, fair to the series bemeeting was - Seafarer Richardout of the boneyard that were the membership and also the com­ tween the two ShSffner. Schaffner is. 46 years teams at one all. crewed up by bookmen. We are panies we have under contract, old, married and certain that when these ships come do not' know of.'any other vocation The Del Norte makes his home lineup was JoShipping has been staying on an In for the payoff, they will come in that a man can do where he will even keel here in New York, but in Chicago, lUlclean due to the interest being receive anywhere near the bienefits seph Suarez, Robert Callahan, is would be much better if it were nois. He Joined taken now by the membership to that we deriv'e from the Welfare James Connors, in 1943 in New do all they can to keep these ships and..Vacation Plans. The base pay Michael Sporick, mm not for the so-called wildcat strike York and sails in run by officials of the old ILA. operated as they realize that they tops any in the maritime industry. Ralph Boyd, the deck depart­ Sporick We have had 14 ships paying off, will have job security. Of course, all of this is due to the Abelardo Sosa, Johnny Blaylock, five ve£sei.« signed on and 20 ships ment. He says he Ships paying off were the Edith unceasing efforts of our officials. Nathan J. Benenate and Joe prefers sailing in transit. The Wacosta (Water­ from the East and Mae of Bull; Calmar's Seamar, I wish to personally thank all of Collins. man) was laid up temporarily, but and Gulf Coasts. Massmar and Oremar; Gulfwater them because I know that they will An English-language newspaper Schaffner of Metro; Chilore, Feltore, Baltore continue to strive to the best of account of the game said "Sporick will come out next week. All beefs His last ship was were handled satisfactorily. and Venore of Ore; Waterman's their ability for more and better gave the many spectators their the Transatlantic of Pacific Water­ Ships l aying off ..wefe the Evelyn ways. Fairport, Steel Voyager of Isth­ gains for the membership in the money's worth when in the first mian; Jefferson City Victory of future." of^rth^ third he. demonstrated tho and Francis of Bull; Seatrains Oldtimers on the beach include Victory Carriers, and the Winter Earl Sheppardease with which a^home run could Louisiana and Savannah of Sea A. Gurskie, C. A. Gadner and R. Hill of Cities Service. Baltimore Fort Agent be scored by placing the ball in train; Seanan of Stratford; Robin D. Eisengraeber. Men in the ma­ Kettering of Seas; Alexandra of rine hospital include G. G. C. Farthe adjacent waterworks." SiiTniiig on were the Seamar and Carras; Steel Age and Steel Vendor num, W. K. Gulley, Sverre Johan$ « ^ "Twirling Joe" Collins, accord­ Oremar of Calmar; Isthmian's Steel ing to this account, "played con­ of Isthmiar^^acosta, Warrior and nessen, V. K. Ming, Vincent Rodri­ Flyer, Steel Navigator and Steel Savannah: siderable Havoc among the local Golden City of Waterman; and guez and E. L. Woods. Voyager. Chilore, Feltore, Cubore batters as since his last perform­ Chiwawa and Abiqua of Cities and Venore of Or«^ Troy's Trojan No good comment on the weather ance he seems to have put in a lot Service. Seaman; Ocean Nimet of Ocean this time. In other words, we wish Signing on were the Robin it would warm up! We have had a of work in getting ball control." Trans; Fairport of Waterman, and An important local news item Locksley and Robin Sherwood of considerable amount of rain and Strathbay of Strathmore. since our latest report was word Seas, and the Golden City, Fair- snow flurries in the. past few days! In-Transits Shipping has been fair for the from Washington that plans finally land and Warrior of Waterman. In transits were the Robin Ket­ past two weeks and it looks like it have been approved for a second The membership would like to In-transit vessels ^were the John tering • Seas>; Bethcoaster (Calmar); will continue along those lines for Mississippi River Bridge between C. of Atlantic Carriers; Bethcoaster give a vote of thanks ifor the good Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Iberville the coming. period. Wish I could New Orleans and the West Banl^ food served b^ Effie, the cook at (Waterman); iClizabeth (Bull), and say the same for the weather re­ Construction of the proposed new and Marymar of Calmar; Suzaiine the Kilowatt Restaurant, located in and Kathryn of Bull; Seatrains the Cantigny (Cities Service). cently, fair, that is, but It certainly bridge has been held up by a con­ New Jersey, Texas, Georgia . and the building occupied by the Sea­ There was a contest on just re­ wasn't. It was pretty cold, but it's troversy over location of a pier New York of Seatrain; Jefferson farers hall. Most of the boys pa­ for the bridge. This apparently has City Victory of Victory Carriers! tronize this restaurant and keep cently between the Seafarers Sea warming up a bit now. Chest, Weil Brothers, Aaron Cohen The Southport of South Atlantic been cleared up to the satisfaction Wacosta, Iberville, Alawai and coming back, so we assume they and Dan Christen to see who could was the lone ship to pay off, and of shipping interests and engi­ Chickasaw of Waterman; Steel enjoy the good food E'ffiff puts -out,' sell the most cigarettes aboard the it signed on again the same day. neers, and it how appears likely Voyager and Steel Navigator of including "grits." ships. I am very pleased to state In-transit vessels were the S^a- that work on the project will com­ Isthmian; Alcoa Partner Of Alcoa; Jeff Gillette that the Seafarers Sea Chest won train Savannah, Seatrain New mence-this year. Seattle Fort Agent Abiqua and Bradford Island of Shipping Flcked Up first prize. I don't know whether York, both of Seatrain Lines and J, J, J, Cities Service and the Val Chem this was caused by the crew mem­ both in twice. Others were- the Meanwhile, shipping picked up of Valentine. bers smoking more cigarettes or Steel Age of Isthmian; the Robin slightly in the last two weeks, but Galveston: At this time I'd like to thank the because the Sea Chest stored the Sherwood of Seas, and thd South­ still was off a little compared to ships with fresher cigarettes. But ern States of Southern. tbis season a year ago. The Del membership for their cooperation whatever happened, the Sea Chest Aires returned from a Far East- in this waterfront beef. As you Oldtimers on the beach are F. em voyage and will be turned know, the old ILA is rather des­ came out on top. G. Wesley, T. H. Nongezer and E. back to Mississippi Shipping Co. perate and went on a wildcat strike, Thanks to the men who run the J. Jordan. Men in the marine hos­ from MSTS charter. The ship was which cannot last more than a few Shipping has been very slow and Sea Chest and pital are J. W. Sweat, J. B. Christy, sent to drydock and will be in days. Because of the strike, several it does not look too promising for also the crew- P. Bland, J. Littleton, J. B. Setters, temporary lay-up until sometime of our MSTS ships were-^Verted the coming weeks. to Baltimore,. Md. members on W. C. Bedgbod, C. O. Corbett, P. in May. The Marie Hamil of- Bloomfleld I am sure that the ships will be During the last two weeks the board these re­ Jakubcsak, J. T. Wilson, G. W. paid off and signed on the same Wilson, R. B. McCorkel, and J. Del Mar and Del Norte (Missis­ coming into Ne\v York in thejiext spective ships. day, while in-transits were the Kramer. week. sippi) and the Chickasaw and De We had a ineetClaude Simmons Frederic C. Collin of Drytrans; Jeff Morrison ing Wednesday Soto (Watetinan) paid off here. Asst. Sec.-Treas. Cantigny and Council Grove of Savannah Fort Agent The Del Mar, Del Rio and Del' morning at the Carlson Cities Service; Arizpa and^Fairland Baltimore Fed­ of Waterman; Val Chem of Valen­ eration of Labor by the Political tine; Southern States of Southern Action Committee. We have sub­ Trading; Michael of Carras and. mitted names of the various poli­ the Seatrains New Jersey, Louistical parties and tried io analyze ana,. Te^t and Georgia of Sea-! the respective candidates thor­ :raih. ' \ oughly so that when it comes time WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLI AM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. SIU, A&G District ^ Ontario • Phone; 3-3231 Ernest TUIey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 Men on the' beach include W. to vote, we will be certain that we BA1.T1MORE 103 Durham St. Gay St. HEADQUARTERS. . 675 4th Av«.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNK 'Jones, S. Miller, E. LaSoya, G. will have a slate set up that will Earl Sheppard. Agent 14 North Ontario Phone: 5391 Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO, OnUrio.. 372 King St. E. Bales, R. IVIeadows,; R. Armstrong, Paul HaU . be favorable to labor as a whole. BOSTON 376 State St. EMplre 4-5710 A3ST SECRETARY-TREASURERS ' VICTORIA, BC 617t4 Cormqrant St. T. Bowers, A. Sistrunk,.J. Rawlins, All of the committeemen are work­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert'Matthews Joe Alglna Empire 4531 GALVESTON * 308'/4 SSrd St. Claude Simmons Joe Volpian ing hard to see that the candidates Keith Aleop. Agent VANCOUVER. BC.......86S Hamilton St. W. Hightower, F. Nigro, H. PrUitt Phone 2-8448 WUllam Hall Pacific 7824 and S. Evans. . •re favorable to all concerned. LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY, NS ...304 Charlotte St. Phone 6-5744 SUP Phone 6346 It was with a lojt of satisfaction Leroy Clarke, Agent Men in the marine hospital are .20 Elgin St. 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU ...16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Qucbee that I noted several of* the larger MOBILE Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-17M 545 R. Lyle, A. Schevlng, H. E. Horn, Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario......83 St. Phone; Davids St. D. O. Skousas, E. R. Hall, J., R. locals in the Gulf in the longshore­ NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenviUe St. PORTLAND 823 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4338 QUEBEC men's beef, v/ent AFL and am cer­ Lindsey Williams. Agent ..113 Cote^ La Montague Markopolo, M. Degallado, C. - L. MagnoUa 6112-6113 Quebec Phone; 3-7078 Davis. RICHMOND, CALIF. 357 «h St. tain that before long, everything NEW YORK 675"'4th Ave., Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT.JOHN...... 177 Prince WUllam St. HYacinth 9-6600 NB Phone; 2-5333 will be worked out the way it was SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Our plans for moving to a new NORFOLK ....... .127-129 Bank St. Douglas 3-8363 planned at the beginning and all Sen Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 location did not materialize; but SEATTLE 3700 1st Ave. Grffat Lakes District PHILADELPHIA .. ..337 Market St. will be quiet and serene on the wa­ S. Cardullo, Agent we plan to keep on looking. The Main 0290 ALPENA Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher terfront in the very near future. SAN FRANCISCO . 505 Marine Ave. . 450 Harrison St. WILMINGTON weather is spring-like, so every­ Phone; 1238W T. Banning, _ Agent. , • • Douglas 2-5475 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY.... 180 Main St. I talked to. Mr. Liebman, the Marty Breitholl. West Coast Representative NEW YORK;.... 575 4tb Terminal Ave., Brooklyn Phone: Cleveland 7391 one has spring fever. We have a •rcbi'cect, the other day and he was PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 734 Lakeside Ave., NE new comniissioner in charge of the STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND. 2-5996 Phone; Main 1-0147 of the opinion that we would be in SAVANNAH ... 2 Abercorn St. DETROIT ....... 1038 3rd St. whRTves, so maybe things will get .Canadion District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phqnc: Woodward 1-6857 to moving soon. the new hall not later than June • ''CO '«* Ave MONTREAL.. .OM St. James St. West DULUTH ^531 W. Michigan St. Elliott 4334 and that even though the building Jeff GlUette, Agent PLateau 8161 . Phone;' Melrose 3-4110 Keith Alsop TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St HALIFAK. N.S...........128^1 HoUls St. SOUTH CHICAGO.. 3361 E. 82nd St may not . be^ pompleted,. iU its en- Ray fl^te. Agent Phone 3-1323 .../ V -^Phone: 8-8911 ' . Galveston Port Agent '. Phoni; Esses 5-34U Baltimore: Bel Noria Seafarers Win Bnenes Aires Till Ore Ships Keep Port Of Baltimore Bezzing Effie's Cooking Gels Vote Of Confldonco Longshore Boof Sends Ships To Other Ports Shipping Fairly Warm, Weather Snappy New Wharf Head May Pap Up Things In Perl DmEcmm t �SE AFAR E-R:S Mareb 19, M54 .. LOG Pace Eleirai ^ j PORT HEPORTS make Mobile a fairly consistent Norfolk: cerned. We have had ten ships in Bosfon; port. here but the boys are sticking to Our .Marine Allied Workers Di­ the jobs. vision is also in good shape with Shipping all contracts settled and the dif; i Calling into this area were as ferent divisions of the Marine follows": Tlie Govt. Camp, Bents Shipping has been fair for the Allied Workers all working. These • Shipping in the port has been Fort, Lone Jack, Fort Hoskins, Shipping was again slow for the divisions are the Alcoa shore gang, past two weeks. One hundred men storing gang, bar pilots, towboats, very poor in the past two weeks Bradford Island, Winter Hill, and past two weeks. Ships . paying off were shipped on regular jobs and Waterman repair yards and dust and does not look any brighter in the Govt. Camp back again. All of were the Council Grove, Bents Fort the coming week. No ships paid these run for Cities Service. and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service), the same amount worked in various gangs. There are quite a few job off or signed on. Vessels in transit Then we had two of the Miss. Queenston Heights (Seatrade) and opportunities for members of the jobs around the Shipping Co. wagons, the Del Michael (J. M. Carras). The same MAW divisions, plus a few left were Isthmian's Steel Age, Steel Valle and Del Rio, the Alexandra ships signed on. In-transit vessels harbor. Ships Vendor and Steel Executive and over for the deep sea brothers to include the Ann Marie (Bull), Re­ paying off were get a stake when shipping does Waterman'is Fairport and Mobilian. of J. Carras, and the Bull Run of public (Trafalgar), Steel "Vendor Mathiascn. The latter paid off here There were no beefs. the Alcoa Pat­ slow down a little bit. from an intercoastal trip and it (Isthmian), AntiIn Hospital riot, Alcoa eiipnous, W a c 0 s t a Seafarer Of Week Men in the marine hospitals are was a pleasure to Tiandle her. per, Alcoa Polar­ We have listed in quite a few and Chickasaw In port this week is brother J. L. Griffin, Charles E. Carniel, (Waterman). A is, Alcoa Puritan, David Zuniga, better known to his Otis C. Bailey, W. Keiswetter, ships for the next two weeks but, delayed sailing Alcoa Corsai,r friends and shipmates as Mexican W. H. Mason, Manuel Martins and of course, we have no way of tell­ beef on the Fort and Alcoa Run-; ing what will be on them. How­ Joe. Brother Zuniga has been John R. Henchey. ner (Alcoa) and Ben Rees ever we have enough men in all Hoskins was sent shipping out of this port for some Zunica Norfolk Port Agent Waterman ships, rates to man seven or eight ships. to headquarters. years, although hailing originally The delay was Lafayette and t> i> t> Labor from Mexico City. His favorite in­ due to engine Beauregard. Alcoa's Patriot, Polar­ door sport is buying old automo­ On the labor front, the Building failure an^ the is, Puritan and Runner, and Water­ biles and after wearing them out, Wilmington: Rugguero & Construction Trades Council is beef was that the man's Monarch of the Sea and tries to peddle them for the same making a lot of headway and as of sailing board had not been Beauregard signed on. Ships in amount he paid. Needless to say, right now only two unions are left changed. transit were the Alice Brown he hasn't sold many of them. that haven't signed a new contract On Beach (Bloomfield) and Waterman ships, Gal Tanner and we expect anytime to get the Men on the beach include R. Chickasaw, Fairlannd and DeSoto. 'The last two weeks have still word they are signed up. Of Johnston, L. Rugguero, E. MonaMobile Port Agent All payoffs were smooth. Prospects been oh the slow bell. We had course, the unions that have signed han, E. Gerace, K. Goldman and for the coming two weeks are good only one payoff, the Kyska (Water­ are still waiting for the others to V. Siso. with more than a dozen ships ex­ Philadelphia: man), which also r ^ ' sign before going back to work. Mrs. Miller, the sister of Edward pected. signed on for her The men got just about all they Cooley, who died in Wilmington Men In Hospital next trip back to asked for. last week, called the Hall to ex­ the Far East. We Politics A couple of our brothers who press her gratitude for the manner have the Pelican are in the Marine hospitals in this On the political front, there will in which both the Boston and Wil­ Mariner (Bloomarea include Johnnie Koen, who be an election this coming summer mington Port Agents handled her Shipping is definitely on the up­ field) in our port for several posts and labor here brother's funeral arrangements. in the Mobile Infirmary and swing here, due to the changing for bunkers and brother Charles E. Wells, who is waiting to see just who will James Sheehaii in a local hospital for a checkup conditions on the New York water­ a little engine come out for the various offices. Boston Port Agent after an accident aboard his last front caused by the current AFL work. We put one So far, the incumbents are all go­ 4> 4- 4» ship, the Alcoa Runner. Both of longshore campaign. The result is man aboard in ing to run again and they have al­ Cohen the steward de­ Son Francisco: causing diversion and rerouting of these brothers will appreciate ways given labor a decent break word from their shipmates, as will many ships into Philadelphia, partment. This ship is making her so we expect that we will go alpng brother Willie Reynolds -over in which is giving shipping in the port first trip and she is bound for the with them again. Far East. Her payoff will probably the New Orleans Public Health a big boost. We attended the last meeting of One ship, the Compass (Com­ be at the end of April, in San the Central Trades and Labor Service hospital. pass). coining in for payoff from Francisco. Council. "vVonderful progress is be­ On Beach Shipping is slow and the future In-transit vessels included the ing made in that body. The vari­ the Mediterranean, was due to A few of the oldtimers on the take practically a full crew and, Citrus Packer, Yaka, Hastings, ous locals around here, that have looks poor. Only one ship paid beach in Mobile include the fol­ with the in-transit traffic, is help­ Choctaw, Gateway City and An­ been out of the council for several off, the Seamonitor (Orion). Three lowing: Bill Wallace, D, Dicken­ ing our situation considerably. The drew Jackson (Waterman); Port- years, are now coming back and ships signed on: Alcoa Planter son, L. Anderson, T. Melton, T, shipping figures also indicate we mar and Alamar (Calmar); Sea- a progressive program is taking (Alcoa), Ocean Ulla (Ocean) and Seamonitor (Orion). In-transit ves­ Massey, R. Sullivan, A. Howard have hit about an even keel for the monitor (Excelsior); Ocean Ulla shape in the council. sels include the Topa Topa, Choc­ H. Nichols, H. Gray, R. Devine ,.pa.st two weeks, as the Arlyn (Bull) (Ocean); Pelican Mariner (BloomWe have no members in any of W. Randall, W. Gale, R. Spencer. took an entirely new crew. field); Steel Maker and Steel Ex­ the local hospitals at present, al­ taw, Andrew Jackson and Kyska ecutive (Isthmian). The body of brother Joseph Four Payoffs though we have a couple who are (Waterman), Portmar. and Alamar The chairman of our last meet­ out-patients from the Galveston (Calmar) and Steel Maker (Isth­ Walters, who died recently aboard Our, payoffs and sign-ons totaled ing was Sarn Cohen, who's now mian). the Warrior of the Waterman line four, with the Republic (Trafalgar), shipping after holding down this hospital. The SIU received an invitation has arrived back in this country On Beach Lone Jack (Cities Service),-Dor­ spot' for. quite awhile. Everybody from Harry Lundeberg, secretaryaboard the Warrior and present othy and Hilton Bull), paying off Among the men on the beach treasurer of the SUP, to attend wishes.him the best of luck. funeral plans are a little indefinite and signing on again. are C. W. Gann, S. Sikes, J. - . . E. B. Tilley but we will keep the members in­ Rodder (who just got his full citi­ the memorial services honorin.g The list. of in-transits included Wilmington Port Agent formed so that they might attend the following: Robin Sherwood, zenship papers this week), R. Lyle, the 100th anniversary of Andrew Furuseth. his funeral. A lot of his friends Robin Kettering (Seas); Azalea 4" i $• J. Zuzov, S. Cantrell, H. E. Grant, On Beach aboard the Warrior are* back in City, Iberville, Fairport (Water­ Lake Charles: W. Sirkoski, P. Rubis, W. F. Oldtimers on the beach include, port now and would like to apt as man); Steel Flyer, Steel Chemist, Walker, A. Alleman, P. Hammel, C. Harper, S. Mavromichalis, F. pall bearers for this funeral. A Steel Age, Steel Voyager (Isth­ Karl "Swede" Hellman, L. "Wahoo" Curtis, B. Gapse, W. Bause, J. collection was taken up aboard mian); Southern Districts (South­ Boren, and many others. Parks, A. Smith, W. Pennington, ship for flowers which will be or­ ern Trading); Jpez, Elizabeth (Bull) The fishing weather is fine and W. Kramer, C. McKee, T. Malone, dered and delivered as soon pis.the and Government Camp (Cities. reports reaching us are that the M. Pappadakis, J. Callaghan, A. U. body arrives in this port. Service). . Things have really been on the boys are really pulling them in. Suites, A. Anderson and W. Hiiiit. The Azalea Trail has opened in A. S. Cardullo Leroy Clarke slow bell here for the past two Men in the mai-ine hospitals in­ Mobile and Seafarers who tyere on Philadelphia Port Agent Lake Charles Port Agent weeks so far as shipping is con­ clude O. Gustavesen, D. Yuzon, J. the beach last Sunday ^ had the Childs, W. Singleton, H. Choe, V. chance to see Miss America of Sorensen, M. Wilson, J. Perrira 1954,-who was Queen of the Azalea and H. Keller. Trail, open up this floral route Tom Banning through Mobile and nearby terri­ San Francisco Port Agent tory. Miss Aye officially opened 4 4 i* the season Sunday and led a large number , of tourists oyer the 27Tampa: Shipping Figures February 25 to March 10 mile route (Of blooming azaleas and REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL japonicas which are a big tourist attraction in this area. DECK PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 8 Boston ........ 26 8 9 43 : 7 10 25 Good Shipping 108 New York .158 149 132 439 95 77 280 Affairs of the port are in good Shipping for the past two weeks 23 27 Philadelphia 26 27 25 ~ 78 15 65 has Jjeen very slow, in a good part ghape with Mobile having pretty good shipping for the last several 56 76 Baltimore J . 106 77 54 237 84 196 due to the olcT ILA tie-up in New months compared with the Test of • 2 Norfolk 9 13 ^ 8 30 2 2 6 York, where many coastwise ships the country. We consistently have 13 , Savannah ...v.... ..• - 14 ;• 14- • 11 39 ':',2i: \ 15 49. are docked. 'The prospects for the fair shipping and bookmen on the next two weeks also look slow. ^ j. i'.. Tampa r 16 . 11 55 •4 8 3 beach, unless they are waiting-for No ships paid off or signed on 44 Mobile 47 : "ST; 122 31 ' 100 and only two ships were in transit. .25 / a particular ship, never have too much trouble getting out. Part of 60 40 New Orlegns] • B4" 82 241 -. "45/ 145 Waterman's Wild Ranger and De our continued good-shipping is due Soto. Galveston :.. i 30 , ' ^7^ " 28 85 14 9 34 11 to the .fact that practically all - of The meeting's chairman was T. 17 18 22 , Seattle . . . .'.y., .. .vV% . 55 5033 138 57 the Alcoa ships pay off here and Kern. W. Warmack was recording 13 San Francisco 29 , 10 , 23 . 62 15" , 22 50 secretary and G. Hammock served a good number, of the Waterman ships from offshore pay off in this 11 12 ' 30 Wilmington . , .v. , 20 , , 23 ,16 59 , as reading clerk. port. These, plus. the. passenger Raj) White ' ships an<^ l^e Puertp Ri!can, .pup. 377 338 330 '1,045Tampa Port Agent Mobile: Miss America, 1954 In Transit Al Port Shipping Slays Slow In Bean-Town Port in Transit Sbi|is Only Action In Slow Period Poiican Mariner Sots Out For Far East Run $1 New York Dock Bool Brings Shipping Spurt Seamen AHend Service In Memory Of Furuseih Poiiticsi Fishing And Shipping Make News Nothing Bnl Sun Visits Florida Port -•m ti 'r .^11 �Fare Twelve SEAFARERS m THE WAKE r ti? Mireh M, 1954 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER BERT H. DAWSON, cook Due to its whltenera and softness, colonies in southern Africa in the and because it was often cast up 19th century, and was widely used This week's Seafarer has been dumped iii any port without transAlong the shares of the sea, the in World War II. sailing ships since World War I portatioU money back home. The ancients thought that the light, soft if Question: Do you . have any 'A member of Columbus' first ex­ when he served in the US Navy. average pay was $40 to $45 a miheral called meerschaum was Ideas for changes in the way the month. Coastwise was a ten or actually the foam of the sea turned pedition to the New World, Rodrigo Headquarters cafeteria is run? Bert went merchant marine in twelve day trip on which you would de Jerez, a native of Ayamonte, into stone. Little practical use was 1919, in the days before unions had earn 'hbout $12 to $14. Out of that, • found for the mineral, which was Spain, is said to have been the first any headway on the seas, you had to pay $10 to the headRichard Wendell, AB: Not a made named "sea foam" in all languages, European to smoke tobacco. Legend and his stories of those pre-union waiter, unless you participated in until German artisans began to has it that de Jerez learned to single change. I think the cafe­ days are hard to believe in the teria is being run light of current conditions in mari­ a continuous poker game, which cSive it into pipe bowls and cigar smoke from the natives of the West was the way stewards received pretty well. The time. holders, seeing that it readily ab­ Indies, after the expedition arrived their paypffs." food is good and sorbed nicotine from the tobacco there in 1492. When he returned Seafarer Dawson described the Other conditions on .those preplentiful and and eventually acquired a beauti­ to his village in Sp^n he took some they are fairly method by which jobs us^ to be union shops were bad 'also. Bert ful, warm brown color. The scien­ tobacco leaves with him, and his priced to meet given out in the early days of the stated that the companies didn't tific name for it, however, is fellow townsmen were greatly the men's pocket- twenties. "I would go down to the give the men any linen for the ta­ "sepiolite," from the Greek sepia, astonished when they saw smoke books. There Is docks and wait for a steward's boy bles and that bedding consisted of emerging from his mouth and nose. cuttlefish, and lithos, stone, because to come off a ship and give me a blue tick pillows and a mattress also a very con- pass the mineral resembled the bone His own wife is supposed to have to go aboard. Then, I'd see cover. At night, men had to fight 'genial atmos­ denounced him to the Holy Inquisi­ obtained from those animals. the second steward and he would with roaches and other pests in phere in the cafe­ make it clear tion as a man who "swallows fire, that I would have to order to get some sleep. teria which makes It pleasant to exhales smoke and is surely pos­ 'mule before I could grab the bear' Convicted of attempting to or­ sessed by the Devil." e^at there. Despite these conditions, Bert's (work before I ate)." ganize a mutiny on the USS Somfondness for sailing life has kept ^ ers, Philip Spencer, a midshipman Meals Harry Earley, FWT: I eat there him on ships for more than twentyOne of the greatest handicaps in in the US Navy, was hanged at sea long-distance cruising by ships in every tiAie I am In the hall be­ In those days, Bert said, there five years. He's typical of many while Jjis father, John C. Spencer the 17th, 18th and even part of cause I think it is was no such thing as wanting bacon seamen who endured company of New York, was Secretary of War the 19th century was the use of tops in every, and eggs in the morning. "You got abuses for years until unions came In the Cabinet of President Tyler. hemp cables, although chain cables thing. The food scrambled eggs every day, hot, along to changg conditions. The mutiny charges against the were known at the time of the is good and rea­ cold, or in the middle. And if you Other Ports young midshipman were upheld on ancient Romans. In a small man- sonably priced, didn't make the 7 AM boat drill, Bert, who-is and hearty the ground that he had sought to of-war designed for long-distance well within easy you didn't get anything. For dinner 53 years of age,a hale sails from New convert the naval vessel into a cruising at least a quarter of her range of the Sea­ or supper, we had continuous York and makes his home in Pe­ pirate ship. Thus, on December 1, service space was occupied by farers pocket. As stew." That was a stew started the oria, Illinois. He isn't fussy about 1842, Spencer, the bosun's mate cables, thus cutting down her sup­ far as the por­ first day of the week, and added which port he sails out of though and a seaman were hanged on the ply of water and stores to a danger­ tions of food are to as the days went along. as he will grab a ship in Philadel­ yardarm of the brig-of-war while ous degree. Not only did they take concerned, they Foreign Flags phia, Baltimore, New Orleans, she was on her way from Liberia up a lot of space, but hemp cables are abundant. Tampa and other East coast and In addition to the American to NY via St. Thomas, Virgin Is­ had to be constantly watched for 4^ » Gulf ports. His last ship was the merchant marine, Bert has sailed lands. Despite the incident, his chafing Prime Fernandez, ABi Well, 1 when in use, or for rotting father remained in the Cabinet when stowed away. It is not sur­ can only see one change necessary on many foreign-flag ships, Eng­ Ocean Nimit (Ocean). That ship quite a contrast to his first until 1844. in the food situ­ lish, Norwegian, Spanish, Cana­ was prising, then, that a great many berth at the age of nineteen. Bert dian, Panama, etc., and he says that ation in the cafe­ i, t. anchors and cables were lost in the on as a scullion on the teria. Although conditions on their ships are very signed Although it was the Portuguese least bad weather, and this, in part, United Fruit ship, Surrunama, in bad, even today. Bert once sailed the food is pretty who were first to colonize South led to the popularization of the New Orleans. He's been sailing in on a windjammer in 1924 when he good and the Africa, no extensive development chain cable in modern times. the galley gang ever since. was shipping under the Canadian prices are all of the region took place until the t 4. flag. He describes that trip rue­ SIU right, I think the Dutch East India Company founded The oldest known man is a Bab­ His trip before the mast was . Dawson got his SIU book in 1943 coffee could fully. Capetown in the late 17th century. ylonian clay tablet dating from stand some sort from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Tam­ and he says, "I'm 100 percent for Dutch settlers immediately began about 2,500 BC, but the only place of improvement. pa, Florida, and British Honduras. the SIU. Sailing with our outfit to have difficulties with the natives, which was represented with any . fi Although it is Sailing as cook, Bert also had to is certainly a tremendous contrast especially the hostile and warlike accuracy on early maps was the take a turn at the wheel and he Bushmen. Adopting a strategy of Mediterranean world. Although only a small thing, good coffee is was responsible for the ship's to what it was like sailing in the old days." Bert was very enthusi­ the Portuguese, the Dutch organ­ modern maps and charts are made a big help to a Seafarer. lights. astic about the gains made by the ized their forces into small units with north at the top, this was not .4 4" % Pre-Union Emiliano Acadeo, OS: I like SIU and the type of seamen who or commands capable of carrying always the case. Many of the Dawson's description of ship­ make up the membership. In the the cafeteria very much. Just the out quick raids against native ancient Greek and Roman mapboard conditions form a terrific light of his experiences sailing in villages. Each military unit was makers placed' east at the top of way it is, withcontrast to life aboard an SIU ves­ the pre-union days, and for foreign called a commando, which was also their maps, that being the direction out any changes. sel now. "There was no union to flags, he is one Seaifarer who knows borrowed from the Portuguese and of rising sun. A map published at Except one, that look after you, in case you were Just how much the SIU meant to meant a party commanded. The Rome in 1546 was made with west is. Although I fired," Bert said, "and there was men who work the ships and to the word first came into English usage at the top, while • still another, find the prices no one to appeal to. You could be American maritime industry. when the British began to establish dated 1492, had south at the top. and service just about the best I have met any­ where, '1 think «1, f I « S Ct 9 the food could be improved as far ACROSS DOWN 20. Diamond Where PesPrime Minister Churchill told Valley . . . Berlin was bombed by as quality of the dishes Is con­ 1. Selfishnesa. 22. Sloppy women cara is Weeping 2. SmeU 23. Away the House of Commons that "the approximately 800 Flying Fortress­ cerned as well as varying the 42. Industrial re­ sounds 3. Island E of 24. French king gion, Europe s. Possess Anglo-American air attack on Ger. es from Britain accompanied by menus offered. Java 25. M.^ke error 43. City, Peru West. 4. Smoky fogi a. 27. Alabama: many must be regarded as our 800 fighter planes. Two thousand 44. Good joke 4" 4 5. Veterans ship Abbr. 45. Old style of Frank Natale, bosun: I think it chief offensive effort at the pres­ or more tons of explosives were 6. Existed 28. Steal ship 12. Port in W. 7. No 29. Barnyard 46. Maple or elm is being run beautifully. The prices ent time ... US planes bombed the dropped ... A unique decision was Netherlands 8. A 7 or 11 sound 47. Thin 13. Meadow are cheap and the Japanese base of Saipan in the won for an SIU man, an alien sea­ 9. Always 30. The heavens 48. Hearing 10. Cast a ballot 14. Swear to 32. Adopt organs quality of the Marianas, 1,300 miles from Tokyo man, when a shipping company re­ 11. Filled with 36. Open a keg 50. Former price 15. Race o£ food is high. . . . SIU opposition blocked an at­ versed its former policy and agreed wonder f'tir 37. Period oftime fixer Chinese 19. Aviation store­ Where else in tempt by the Recruitment and to pay hospital expenses for a Trans 16. (Puzzle Answer. On Page 25) keepers: Abbr. this country can Manning Organization (RMO) of crewmember without deducting the 17. Head: Fr. 1 2 3 you get a cup of the War Shipping Administration costs from his wages. The ship 18. Anil-sub 9 10 II escort vessel coffee for a nick, to gain jurisdiction on the Great operators previously were with­ 12 20. Enticed el? We've got Lakes. holding wages to set off the 21. Snow runner those Brazilian $ ^ 4> amount of any hospital bill in­ 22. Title of 15 respect Russian Forces crossed the Dnie­ curred on behalf of alien seamen. coffee bean grow­ S3. Cargo from ers beaten in the per River on a 31-mile front and Duluth 16. 4" 4^ i 26. Portable fire­ SIU cafeteria. I wouldn't change retook 20 towns in Bessarabia, bor­ The rejection by the Irish -Gov­ arms a thing at the present time. der province in Rumania . . . The ernment of a US appeal that Ire-, deck 81. 83. High note Allied Control Commission abol­ land remove German and Japanese 4^ 4^ 34. Observe Allen Bell^ chief cook: I think ished the Fascist system of govern­ consular and diplomatic represen­ 35. Best quality 38. Cabin some effort could be made to bring ment for towns and provinces tatives from the country because de deux, 86. the prices on tliroughout the Naples area of of their espionage activities a dance step 40. Three: Prefix some items down southern Italy. Meanwhile, the worsened already-poor relations 42. One-masted little, especial­ battle for Cassino s|lll raged . . . between Washington, London and vessel 45. Port, Puget ly on some of the Congress passed a soldier vote bill Dublin . . . Less than three weeks Sound main dishes. If under which service people had to after SIU officials and representa­ Primitive map 46. 6t Japan 42 43 44 prices were a lit­ file applications themselves for tives of other sea unions were as­ 46 47 48 BO. It cows a boat tle more reason­ state absentee ballots. sured that the Maritime War ei. Region 4? able, it would 82. City in Iowa Emergency Board was contemplat­ 4)' <4 4" 83. Belaying benefit both the The US Army went into action ing no cuts in war and bonus rates, M- Shakespearean 62 . king seamen and the on the continent of Asia for the the MW£^.reversed Itself and or­ 35. Unusual public. The food first time and captured the town dered cuts anyway , . . Pope, Pius I6f Jolson and . . 55 Smithitself is delicious though, and the of Walawbum in an encircling XII appealed to the Allies to sp.are Jap moneytvl^ s service is really the best. movement fn Burma's Hukawng TEN §0' mm, rL ^i"i •V/A r' rr • t iiii'joju fciU' 3f4V:U • �Marich 19. 1954 SEAFARERS its* Pare Thirteen LOG 'Service Record' SEAi'ARERSi^LOG Vol. XVI. No. 4 March 19. 19S4 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL. 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Tel Hyacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HAIL. Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEmERT BRAND, Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photb Editor. DAtnn. NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER. AL MASKIN, RICHARD HELLER: Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; StajJ Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. IJniqne Record On page 5 of this issue, Seafarers can read a brief review of a proud SIU record. It is a partial listing of some of the approximately 75 instances in which the SIU gave invalu­ able aid and assistance to other unions. In many cases, such aid meant the difference between a victory and a defeat, or even more than that, the difference between survival and destruction. Seafarers can justly claim, without contradiction, that no other union in the United States can boast of such a rec­ ord. The Seafarer has seen more picket lines- in more places than any other union man anywhere. This kind of action is the outcome of a long-established membership policy. Its reasons are simple. Helping other unions strengthens unions everywhere and weakens those who are anti-labor. And in turn, the unions that have been helped by the SIU will pitch in and give the Seafarer a hand when he has a beef of his own to take care of. The current campaign on the waterfront then, in which the SIU is. helping the AFL-ILA is just another in a long series of similar instances. It is this kind of activity that has made the'SIU one of the nation's most respected trade unions. tr Wants Husbands Protected^ Too To the Editor; In recent issues of the LOG I have read several letters sent in by the wives of seamen. The idea came to me that I should wn-ite, which is just what I am doing and on a subject' which I think is a very good one in regard to helping the membership. Has the thought ever occurred to anyone that while the Seafar­ ers are doing so much for the membership, that there is still one thing more that the SIU can do with comparatively little expense to the organization? I'm sure that there are quite a few seamen in what we will call the low-pay bracket, such as firemen, oilers and ordinary seamen. Now, say The United Automobile Workers, thirds of all increases provided these men are man-ied and are AFL, won bargaining rights in an seven cents or more per hour. fathers of a brood, to some extent, NLRB election at the Michigan Moreover, about 38 percent anyway. It is more than probable Tanning Company, Boyne City, amounted to fully 10 cents or that they have plenty of bills with Michigan, The UAW-AFL won a more. the cost of living what it is, no whopping majority of the votes 4 4 4 matter how careful they maj' be over the CIO Stone Cutters and AFL affiliates won tliree Im­ in the matter of economy. Just tlie independent Fur and Leather Seafarers who have been reading the SIU library assort­ what would their positions be if Workers, The victory followed an portant elections conducted in ments for the past nine months now have an opportunity to there were sudden expenses, such intensive campaign during which Texas by the NLRB. Victories were pass judgement on the kind of books put aboard ships. A as death, in the family? conditions secured by UAW-AFL won in El Paso, Victoi'ia and poll of the membership through the pages of the LOG be­ locals elsewhere in Michigan Beaumont. No Rainy Day Fund made a significant impression upon 4 4 4 ginning now, is designed to determined whether Seafarers I imagine few of these men the plant employees. are fully-satisfied with the books they now have, and what would New York City and the State have the money laid aside Transit authority reached agree­ changes they would like to make, if any. 4 4 3^ to give their loved ones a decent Fewer work stoppages due to ment to process pay differentials When the LOG began to put packaged libraries aboard burial without going into debt. for injured transit workers "at tiie the ships, it was the first time that any organized attempt had This ijiatter, in itself and apart labor-management disputes oc­ earliest practicable date." The curred in January 1954 than in any been made to supply ship's crews with fresh, up-to-date read­ from the death, would prey heav­ agreement calls for the city to January since 1950, the Depart­ ily on their minds and affect their ing matter. Before that, crews had to depend on the ef­ make up the difference between ment of Labor reported. forts of volunteer services who usually dredged up a variety work and earning capacity. Workmen's Compensation Insur­ Si 3» 3i' Now, let us say, couldn't the of old and battered volumes for their pains. ance payments of about $2 a week SIU, for a minimum payment from of 33,000 Detroit workers and an injured employees regular Consequently, the SIU libraries were welcomed as a great each member who endorsed and lostA total their jobs between January pay in connection with accidents improvement over what had been available previously. came under the plan, insure the 15 and February 15, the Michigan prior to last June 15 when the Further improvements will be made as the men on the ships lives of each member of the fam­ Employment Security Commission transportation lines were leased to dictate in this poll, ily under the same group insur­ reported, with a further increase the state-created authority. In ad­ ance plan which protects the Sea­ of 15,000 dismissals expected over dition the city will contribute SlOO,3. 3^ t farers themselves? Even to cover the next 60 days. Jobless insur­ 000 to the authority's cost of such only the burial expenses, if nec­ ance payments by the commission differentials growing out of acci­ essary. This would give the men totaled $8.5 million in January and dents since June 15. A welcom^voice in the wilderness of Congressional apathy a little piece of mind about what $12.9 million in February through­ 44 4 over the fact that operators of a large portion of the US-flag would happen in a time of crisis. out the state. No break yet has been reported 1 think it is an idea worth inves­ merchant fleet are being allowed to transfer their vessels tigating, but I leave that to the 3« 4 4» in the eight-mmith old strike of the to foreign flags is that of Representative Thor C. Tolleison discretion of the men themselves. The NLRB upheld craft sever­ United Hatters (AFL) against the of Washington, ance in a sweeping decision, it was Hat Corporation of Norwaik, Con­ Worth Discussing announced by the board recently." necticut. The strike has been Acting chairman of the House Merchant Marine Commit­ I may be wholly out of line in Under the new rules, the board fought over the issue of company's tee, Rep. Tollefson has called on the Maritime Administration will permit craft plans to move part of its opera­ to halt what appears to be wholesale transfers of American writing this, but it was just a automatically groups to be separated from the tions to a runaway plant in a lowthought. I believe it to be a good vessels, until Congress has had an opportunity to study the one and worth discussion by the main group of production workers cost labor area. Now the compa' y situation and determine how it is to the Advantage of this membership. where a true craft group wants it has confirmed the Union's charges country to allow a part of its already-dwindling merchant It's something that could be and the union is one that tradi­ by announcing it may move its fleet to go imder foreign flags in open competition with US taken up at the Union meetings or tionally represents that craft. It entire operation out of Connecticut. bottoms. perhaps the seamen could write applies to all industries save basic 4 4 4 One burning question the MA will have to answer is how into the LOG how they felt about steel, set milling, logging and A new labor agreement covering aluminum. siich transfers can be considered to be in the national inter­ it. recruitment of Mexicans for work 4 4 4 , on US farms has been reached be­ est when an active US merchant -fleet is vital to national de­ It stands to reason in my mind Wage increases of 28 cents an tween the US and Mexico. It will fense and no new ships are built to replace the lost tonnage. that if the wife should receive a death benefit in case of her hus­ hour were won for 300 members run for two years. The agreement The answer should provide interesting reading. band's death, the husband should of Machinists Lodge 737 employed provides for operation of three re­ t 4" t have something to help him along by 21 over-the-road trucking com­ cruiting centers near the border. the way in a parallel situation. panies operating out of St. Paul It also calls for a joint US-Mcxican Nine times out of ten a man is and Minneapolis, Minn, In addi­ commission to study the problem completely lost, wandering around tion, the 2V&-year agreement pro­ of the "wetbacks" or illegal immi­ The traditional rivalry between the populace, SIU and other­ in a quandary, if his wife has vides for nearly doubling welfare grants who have been hired for benefits. Of the raise, 21 cents was farm work at very low wages. wise, of Ney Orleans and Mobile, lenows no bounds. Par­ passed away, tisans for each side are always quick to claim credit-as to I think our boys need and would retroactive to November 15, two 4 4 4 who did what first—and better—than its rival, with the re­ appreciate such a plan. It would to January 16 and five will become A new union pension program modeled on the Federal Social Se­ sult that the competition has ripened over the years into a not be so difficult to set it up, effective May 16, since the nucleus.is there in the curity system, is being set up by 4 4-4 real contest. form of the. men's own insurance Collective bargaining in 1953 the Bakery and Confectionary Thus, the disclosure in this issue of the LOG that the cele­ through the Union. I'm sure there produced general wage increases Workers International (AFL). The bration of Mardi Gras had its beginnings in Mobile rather are many Seafarers wives who averaging eight nine cents union intends to establish a single than the Crescent City, which has gotten all the publicity on would b^ckme hi tliis plan and en­ hourly, usually tdgether with lib­ fund to cover its members all over the subj^t until hoAv, will add new fuel .to the fire. We dorse it wholeheartedly. eralization of benefits mr other the country andli standai'd sched­ Just hope this doesn't meitui a shooting war. Mrt. Yirgliila Teean eontract provisions. About two- ule throughout the industry. library Poll $64 4|nestlon Mobile Scores J �%-^'-V' |:J-;y, • • ••-" •" ' • '••" ^ 9ate Fourteen • • . SEAFARERS March 19, 1954 LOG Tv 5 '• March 19. 1954 \, / />| SEAFARERS ]?are Fiftcea LOG <<:L' •" " '*• , Mi /. 1 •fi- * > 1 - ^ C-A£^^m' MC'' - ' % > i - •? t . ^ i'u • - y Designed to carry 6,500 yards of sail, the wonder ship is shown under full power of paddlewheels, propeller and sail. She was longer than any US merchant ship now in service with the exception of the United States, and had a 120-foot beam, a bigger beam than any other merchant ship before or since. ":• ' V Nearly a century ago, in 1858, a group of Englishmen who let their imagination outrun their times launched the Great East­ ern, a ship which surely ranks as one of the all-time man-made f., •; 'S^-, . ? 5i-.: IS'--: I- ??• wonders. Her story of repeated fail­ ure, the result of bad luck and bad management and the fact that she was 50 years ahead of her time is handled knowingly and entertainingly in a new book, "The Great Iron Ship" by James Dugan. Seafaring men espe­ cially should find her misadventures fascinating reading. . Vital Statistics Consider a few vital statistics of the wonder ship. She was the larg­ est ever built up to her day, 692 feet long, displaced 22,500 tons and had a 120-foot beam—a bigger beam than any other merchant ship before or since. By comparison, the Queen Elizabeth, the largest merchant ship afloat, carries a not-so-girlish waist­ line of 118.6 feet. The ship was designed to carry 6.500 yards Of sail in addition to five funnels. It was the first ship ever built without ribs and had such mod­ ern innovations as a double hull and "Oxford Street," the port promenade deck of the Great Eastern, during night cable-laying in 1866. The first real success enjoyed by the huge ship was its use in connection with the laying of the first Atlantic cable, which was completed in July of that year after several mishaps. In one major accident, the ship put out 1,200 miles of cable, only to have the cable part and disappear to the ocean bottom, forcing the whole task to be started all over again. In the photo above, cablemen are shown on watch on the cable trough, right. • t:1 &; ;f;| ; m. rt '.'- ci ". S-.:' '' -i.',-' "'f.' : The ^and saloon as isketched by one of the passengers during the storm of September, 1861, in the North Atlantic. The giant paddle wheel was chewed up and swept away, life­ boats were destroyed and the rudder post ripped away. Twenty-seven, major cases of fractures were suffered on the first day of the blow, as the ship rolled 45 degrees. The position of th6 chandeliers shows the violence of her rolls. Captain John Vine Hall, who took the Great Eastern out on her maid­ en voyage, in 1860, and came back with a neryous breakdown. Her first skipper had drowned. •. ' • 12 watertight bulkheads. Her direct-acting screw engine had four cylinders, each seven feet in diameter, with a four-foot strokeand a shaft 150 feet long. Her 36-ton propeller was the largest ever made, exceeding the propeiljers on the Eliza­ beth and the Mary. She also had the world's largest sidewheeler paddles. Iron Power Plant While far inferior to today's power plants, the Great Eastern's was a marvel, considering the fact it was made of iron. There were no hard­ ened alloy steels in those days. She rated only 25 pounds per square inch of pressure in her boilers. A Liberty ship, today rates as low pressure with 220 pounds per square inch and 4,000 shaft horsepower. At her best the Great Eastern delivered about 5,000 horsepower, yet she made an ocean crossing of eight days, six hours to Canada in 1801. It was 41 years be­ fore a longer ship was launched, and 47 years before a larger one in terms of tonnage, the Lusitania,, hit the water. Pioneer Designer The daring mind that conceived this monster of a ship belonged to Isambard Brunei, an engineer who built railroads, underwater tunnels, and large steamers and had pioneered in use of double bottoms and water­ tight compartments. There was noth­ ing wrong with his engineering, as the ship demonstrated subsequently. As a technological experiment the ship was a great success, but commer­ cially it rated with the all-time white elephants. From the very beginning, trouble dogged the ship. There were no drydocks big enough so she was built on a muddy riverbahk on the Thames and launched sidewise. Launching the ship took almost three months and chewed up endless amounts of equip­ ment. After many delays the ship sailed September, 1859, only to have its forward funnel blow out because of an engine room error. Before the ve^el made a trip it put the owners $5 million in the hole—a tremendous amount in the 1850's. Few Paying Customers On her maiden voyage, June 17, 1860, the monster ship designed for 4,000 passengers attracted only 35 paying customers because of repeated delays. It became a great sightsee­ ing attraction in New York as else­ where where the ship entertained 143,000 visitors in four weeks. The ship's worst time came on a trip in September, 1861, when it ran into a North Atlantic hurricane. Its paddle wheel was chewed up and swept away, its lifeboats destroyed and its rudder post shorn off. There were 27 major fracture eases aboard as the ship rolled 45 degrees. An Ameiv ican engineer who was a passenger jury-rigged her rudder enabling her to limp back into port, where repairs cost her owners $300,000. Another major misfortune occurred on a voyage the following year in August, 1862. En route to Flushing Bay through Long Island Sound a mild jar was felt which was thought to be a shifting sand-bar. A diver who inspected the bottom subse­ quently found a rip in the bottom 83 feet long and nine feet wide. Thanks to the double-bottom, the inner hull didn't admit any water. No Drydock Big Enough Since there was no drydock big enough to take her a cofferdam was built, 102 feet long by 16 feet wide, sunk and sealed to her bottom. Riv­ eters descended through a shaft and made necessary repairs, leaving an­ other whopping bill of $350,000. The Great Eastern's only real suc­ cesses were in connection with lay­ ing of the first Atlantic cable. A new company formed in conjunction with Cyrus Field in 1865 tore out her insides and adapted her for cable lay-: ing. After putting out 1,200 miles of cable, the cable parted and it was lost. In 1866 a third company was or­ ganized and the Great Eastern com­ pleted the transatlantic cable cross­ ing in July, 1866. She was then chartered to the French Government to carry visitors from New York to the Paris Exposition but after an­ other half-million was sunk into re­ converting her, the ship attracted only 191 passengers. The crew had to sue for their $25 a month back pay and she was again put into cable service. Laid Up In 1874 The ship was finally laid up in 1874. After rusting and accumulating un­ told tons of barnacles she was auc­ tioned off in October, 1885, towed to Liverpool and her sides used to dis­ play local advertising. She was sold for scrap in 1887, putting an end to a fabulous, but notably unsuccessful career. A stage from the Western Hotel brings sight­ seers to the great ship at the foot of Bank Street on her maiden visit to NY in 1860. .m Illustration from Harper's Weekly (1860) commenting on the deluge of visitors when the ship reached NY. They played in the rigging and removed everything loose. m II Originally built for service to Ceylon, the ship got as close as Bombay, India, on one of her last cable-laying voyages. She was a great tourist attraction wherever she went. (The Great Iron Ship, by James Dugan. Harper and Brothers. $3.50.) iiilBiit if] : The Great Eastern's officers were very unpopular in NY, possibly because of their treatment of the visiting local populace. Harper's Weekly spared nothing in its caricatures of them. Ready for launching in 1857, the ship rests on the mudflats of the Thames. The launching eventually took three months, as the original launching-cables split. The man in the stovepipe hat (far right) was the Great Eastern's builder^ John Scott Russell. , , �SE 2, A Pace Sixteen MARITIME ••* •> •, ''H'^.-T <* A ERS IOC March 19, 1954 SEAFARERS lee breakers cleared Montreal Harbor of ice at the end of the second week in March, A clear channel now reaches from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Montreal fresh water harbor.. More Canadian mari­ Kitchens are ordinarily considered fairly dangerous places to work time news was made when the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. ordered in with the shoreside kitchen in home or restaurant being a source of a second passenger liner from Great Britain. The ship will be a 22,500many a mishap. Transfer the situation ashore to the confines of a ship ton passenger and cargo liner. As yet unnamed, the vessel will be a where men have to work in the galley sometimes under extremely dif­ sister to the Empress of Britain, building now in Great Britain... In Back from another trip to the ficult conditions with the vessel pitching and rolling, and it's easy to Turkey, authorities released the American freighter Volunteer State, Orient the SlU-manned Seacliff see why men can and do get hiirt while performing routine dutie.s in after holding it three days in connection with a hit-and-run collision galley, pantiy, messroom and storerooms. which killed four Turkish seamen. The small Turkish ship Yayla sank arrived on the West Coast with no These things range from such accidents as getting locked in iceboxes, furore and excitement this time in the Sea of Marmara after a crackup. slipping on a wet or .greasy deck, burns from hot stoves or hot utensils, thanks to a new captain and cuts from sharp implements or broken glass—in other words all the heads-up SIU crew. Last trip The United States Maritime Service Institute at Sheepshead Bay will be remembered, ended with common hazards multiplied by the additional difficulty of uncertain will close on April 30. The school's enrollment list and correspondence sensational charges before the footing. course material has been offered for sale, according to Maritime Ad­ Coast Guard and the removal of -Leave It To Engineer ministrator Louis S. Rothschild. The winning bidder must agree to the captain from the ship. Galley ranges themselves can be a source of considerable trouble complete the approximately 7,000 uncompleted courses without further This time the story was different, payments by the students.. .Japanese ship building companies have and crewmembers aboard were unless dealt with properly. When the ship is at sea, storm bars should be in place on all ranges at all times. If the range is an electric one applied to their government for approval to build up to $50,000,000 quick to give and goes out of kilter, the proper department to handle the matter is worth of oil tankers and other ships for export. Some of the ships credit to ship's the engine department. Electric stoveS, like any electric heating unit, would be sold to Greece, Liberia, Brazil, Chile and Thailand.. .A com­ delegate Ed Wal­ draw lots of amperes, and are especially dangerous to tinker with. Let pletely revised edition of Nautical Chart 280, covering the Philadelphia lace for helping the chief engineer take care of the repairs. and Camden waterfronts is now being distributed (price, one dollar) by Oil ranges pose the problem of knowing how to light off burners. As the Coast and Geodetic Survey's Washington and other district offices. to make harmonious in lighting any other burner, a torch should always be used to light Wallace the fire. Fires should never be lit off the fire box wall at any time. The Ampac Washington, a 10,448-ton surplus wartime tanker, was thanked If the fire is out in the range, the fire box should be checked for the put up for sale at auction by the Federal Government and the highest h i s "wonderful presence of accumulated gas before attempting to light fires. bid received, $305,000, came from the Security First National Bank of achievement in Coal burning ranges, still in business on some ships, need a little Los Angeles. The Government seized the ship in September, 1953, keeping everyWallace more attention than the more modern cooking unit. The coke has to charging that it had been obtained fraudulently by alien interests. The body happy." Government said that one of the vessel's true owners was Greek ship­ Wallace, who has been with the be broken up and stirred around every hour or so, and cleaned out ping magnate, Stavros Niarchos, who was recently indicted by the US SIU for nine years now, is a native every day for safe and efficient operation. Under no circumstances Justice Department for his part in the alleged fraudulent action... of Illinois. He joined the SIU in should kerosene or any other highly-inflammable material be used to The bidding on the Ampac Washington raises a problem for the Gov­ New York and sails regularly in start a fire in a coal burning stove. Generally speaking, careful maintenance of stoves is an A-1 require­ ernment. Liens on the ship amount to $450,000, and brokers say that the deck department. He is 26 ment in the galley, particularly on oil ranges where careless handling for this T-2 type ship, the current purchasing price should be about years old. of oil, loose burners, careless filling and cracks between the combustion $300,000. As a result, it is believed that the Government will seek to li. X ichamber and the oven all create additional hazards. have the bidding rejected, and then call for a new sale. Another ship's delegate, Spur4 4" Reefer Doors geon L. Woodruff of the Young A docking mishap in Australia cau.sed one of that Bi'itish Dominion's America, outlined to the crew the A second source of trouble for men in the galley gang is the cold destroyers, the Bataan, to stove a big hole in the ship. The destroyer procedure to be followed in han­ storage area. The he'avy doors on reefer boxes are often tlie cause of tried to dock in Melbourne without the aid of tugs, which had been dling shipboard beefs which makes serious shipboard Injury. Swing-doors are especially dangerous. They idle because of a strike... At the end of the first week in March, the things' smoother for all hands. should be secured properly to avoid trouble. Getting locked in a reefer Brazilian Government announced that they had ordered the National Woodruff pointed out that individ­ box is no fun either. But if a man goes in the box and leaves a padlock Bank of Development to study means of rehabilitating the country's ual beefs about the work in any open on the door outside, somebody might come along and snap it shut merchant marine, which is in severe financial shape. department should be taken up with unfortunate consequences. So take the padlock inside with you. C it t 4< Of course, in case a man should get locked in the reefer box, there with the department delegate. Israel is fast becoming a major merchant marine nation and now When the beef concerns the crew is always an alarm to fall back on. An alarm is a good thing to have— has the second largest merchant fleet in the Near East. Israel's fleet provided it works. Alarm bells and emergency lights should be checked numbers 31 ships, grossing 160,000 tons. Only Turkey's fleet is larger. at large, then it's the job of the occasionally for that reason. ship's delegate to take up matters The upsurge in Israeli shipping has taken place in the short xpan of Another danger in reefer boxes is grease or fat that might accumu­ six years. One of the major reasons for the little country's interest in and followv.them through. In any case. Woodruff empha­ late on ladders or on the deck which could lead to a painful or injuri­ the seas, is the boycott enforced by Arab nations. Israel has also been ous fall. Meat hooks in reefer boxes can also be unpleasant things to forced to build a fleet in order to conserve currency paid to foreign sized, there's one thing that a crewmember shouldn't do. That is come in contact with unexpectedly. lines.. A new cargo liner, the Bawean sailed from New York for the to by-pass his representative in the Um Boil-overa Mediterranean and Middle East last week. The vessel is an 11,000-ton crew and take up beefs personally Steam uriis are obvious danger spots because of the presence of boil­ motorship operated by the Nedloyld Line.. St. Elmo's Fire, that in­ ing water. One of the commonest accidents in any kitchen is permitting teresting marine phenomenon, was very much in' evidence on the with the officers. Woodruff, who has been sailing steam urn to squirt hot water because somebody turned on an intake African Rainbow on its last outbound voyage to Capetown. A severe electrical storm north of the equator resulted in phosphorescent seas, as an SIU member for nearly 11 valve and then turned his attention to some other task. The solution years, joined the Union in New Or­ is to take the time out to stand by the urn while it is filling and turn off and large balls of electricity were seen hovering over the masts for leans on June 16, 1943. He is 43 about an hour. the water before it reaches the top of the guage. years old and a native of Texas. A less common, but equally dangerous situation arises when the 4" 4" 4" t 4 The Cunard luxury-liner Caronia has scheduled a 106-day cruise of pantryman loses his balance while pouring hot water intb the coffee the South Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean at 'a minimum fare of There's still plenty of action bag with the gallon measure. Chairs or other makeshift platforms $2,950. The ship will stop at 24 ports in Latin America, the Far East among ships' crews on the US Pub­ should be avoided like the plague. Since the pantryman is going to be and Southeast Asia...The West German Government has decided to lic Health Service issue, judging at this task regularly, a safe platform should be provided for this cut down on financial aid to shipowners, claiming that the German from reports that keep coming in purpose. fleet has now been rebuilt to a considerable extent . . . The new Greek to headquarters. Another cahse of trouble can be the dumbwaiter. Cables on dumb­ Aboard the liner Oiympia suffered a breakdown in her engine room in the Medi­ Bienville, Seafarer Stanley Kukow- waiters should be renewed regularly before they wear out and cause terranean and has had to return to New York for overhaul and repairs. ski prepared a letter to be sent to trouble. Every dumbwaiter should carry a safety latch so that it can As a result, the ship has had to cancel a special March of Dimes week­ Senators and Representatives in be locked in place while items are being placed in or removed from end cruise that had been set for March 13. Washington asking their support the dumbwaiter. Otherwise, the dumbwaiter can start moving with a man's arm still inside. for the USPHS hospitals. 4" 4" 4" Lloyd's of London is being sued for over $1.5 million in an unusual Under no circumstances should a man stick his head in the shaft Kukowski's letter has been read case before the New York State Supreme Court, with a Panamanian and approved by^the crew and has while the dumbwaiter is in operation. company claiming a ship they own, the Armar, is a "constructive total been sent on to Washington in Other precautions in the galley include such obvious ones as pro­ loss" because its market value is less than the cost of repairing all their behalf, adding still more viding racks for knives and other cutlery, keeping one hand free at damages. The company is trying to turn the ship over-to the insurers weight to the campaign for the hos- all times while going up and down ladders and stairways, and keeping claiming the ship is not worth repairing after U ran aground. pitals. the deck clean and dry on all occasions. Safe Operation In The Galley i.1 t Sr. m ^;•"< f: •A-i- ''i- • • 11: ¥i-' *• Burly A Ray Ot Sunghine 'I-./ By Bernard Seaman �Mansh 19; 1954 SEAFARERS Page Seventeen LOG Great Lakes Ships Lay Idle In Wiiltry Berths NLRB Closing Dock Vote Hearings; Outpgrfs (Continued from page 2) action of the National Labor Re­ lations Board. Old ILA leaders then started their undercover violation of the order. A so-called "wildcat strike" was begun in which the hands of old ILA leaders like Harold Bow­ ers, and Willie Ackalitis were clearly evident. While Captain Wil­ liam Bradley, pre'sidefit and front man of the old ILA, issued state­ ments calling on the longshoremen to "return to work," the water­ front enforcers maintained by Bowers, Tony Anastasia and others of the old ILA were busy going from pier to pier and "persuad­ ing" the men to stop work. Despite the pressure, some piers held out, notably, the United Fruit piers on the West Side where longshoremen defied all pressure. The battleground shift­ ed to Brooklyn where the AFL-ILA again penetrated the heart of Anastasia's empire by working the Erie Basin Breakwater. Pending receipt of the NLRB Washington decision, the AFL is counter-attacking with the object of restoring service in the port. " .''I ; '^! Five Great Lakes freighters lie in winter berths along- Buffalo Creek, Buffalo, NY, early this month, four of them still "without engineering crews despite approaching navigation season. Declining car­ goes may force some ships to remain idle all season. Baltimore Has Optical Service Seafarers in the port of Baltimore who are in need of eyeglasses and other eye care have found it to their advantage to make use of the Union Eye Health Plan in the city. The Plan, which is formally endorsed by several AFL and CIO unions in the city, offers low-cost optical and optometrical services to-*^ its customers. factory and he did not have to get including the Brotherhood of Rail­ road Trainmen and the Interna­ The SIU "Welfare Services them changed. The plan includes for its mem­ tional Ladies Garment Workers representative in the port, John Arahasz, has checked the service bers free eye examinations and Union. and was permitted to examine all periodic check-ups as well as low- The Union Eye Health Plan is records and other details of its op­ cost frames and glasses. While the conducted by the Maryland Opti­ eration. Several instances in the SIU has made no formal endorse­ cal Co. with offices at 202 Clay files showed cases that people were ment of the plan, several other Street, downtown, and 3718 East­ given examinations and advised unions in Baltimore have done so. ern Avenue, Highlandtown. that they did not need to invest in eyeglasses. Seafarers who have already made use of the service have reported that they were fully satisfied. In one instance a Sea­ (Continued from page 9) Traditionally this is the season of farer was told after an examination that his present lenses were satis- Miration of Mardi Gras day. Cele­ the year when they "hit the beach" bration of the carnival season to participate in carnival festivities. begins weeks before Shrove Tues­ day. In the 1954 season just ended, 21 separate day and night street parades were held in the weeks preceding Mardi Gras Day and 35 mystic groups, whose membership includes many Mobile Seafarers, held colorful carnival balls. (Continued from page 3) In Mobile, the Mardi Gras cele­ fargrs' ideas on the quality of the bration is ruled by King Felix, books, the proportions of types of whereas in New Orleans, Rex is books in each assortment and any WASHINGTON — Seeking to king for the day. other suggestions for changes, pro­ put into law practices already fol­ The day and season is one of viding they are in favor of contin­ lowed by the Coast Guard in many great portent for Seafarers who uing the library program alto­ instances, the Treasury Depart­ live here and in New Orleans. gether. Seafarers can either register ment has come out in favor of leg­ their own individual opinions on islation permitting the revocation separate questionnaires or ships' or denial of seamen's documents to Ship Transfer crews can be polled at ships' meet­ persons addicted to narcotics or ings and the results indicated on convicted of narcotics offenses. Halt Urged one or more poli forms. In cases A Treasury official asserted that where sufficient copies of the ac­ t Continued from page 2) "the presence of narcotic drug tual form may not be available, the users or traffickers aboard mer­ such transfers would help the US questionnaire can be copied as chant ships is not only dangerous 1 trust you will not permit any closely as possible and filled out to the safety of life and property in the regular manner. at sea but constitutes a potential transfers . . . until our Committee In order to get a wide response, has had the opportunity to gather danger to the security of the na­ the poll will be open through and analyze all pertinent informa­ April 30, 1954, wjien all question­ tion." Present laws do not permit the tion . naires must reach the LOG office revocation of a seaman!s document The legislator then went on to at headquarters, so that results can for a narcotic drug offense, except review the experiences of the US be tabulated and announced in a where the offense is committed subsequent issue of the LOG. The aboard ship while the offender is in World War II and in Korea forms may be signed or not, as the acting in the course of his duties. where the need for a strong mer­ individual chooses. In order to The proposed bill/ with amend­ chant marine was demonstrated keep the polling accurate, however. ments urged by the Treasury, many times over. Seafarers are urged'to submit not would authorize the denial of docu­ more than one filled-out question­ Turning tq^the question of Lib­ ments as well as. their revocation naire. •They can be submitted by erty ships, Tollefson pointed out to narcotics users and addicts, as mail or in person. well as those convicted of offenses that the Maritime Administration's under Federal or local laws. The reasoning that obsolete ships should How to Apply bill before the House committee^ be -transferred would open the now only with violations of gates for "wholesale transfer of For Birth Pay our merchant marine" particularly #e4eral law. Applications for the mater­ : Mdanwhile, the Commerce De­ those sections of it consisting of nity benefit must be supported partment has urged passage of Liberty-types. by the following documents: Senate and Hous^e bills Which re. - Tollefson also questioned the • Your marriage certificate. quire merchant seamen employed Maritime Administration's policy • Baby's birth certificate dat­ oh Us-flag^vessels to be able to of jpermitting transfers without ing birth after April 1, 1952. iinderstand"~ orders given in the holding public hearings on the ap­ • The discharge from the last English language. These bills origi­ plications, a point that has been ship you sailed un before the nated In recommendations by the stressed in the past by the union baby was born. legislative committee. Treasury. Mobile Celebrates Mardi Gras Law Would Lift Sea Papers In Narcotics Case Poll Opens On SIU Libraries D • • Q a sums SFt>Rr COATS SMCKS -XCPCCATS Vt^SGSSHOBS> • a • • • a n • VOHGAPSES KfiAKI PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS gUJEV^KSHlRTS FRlSKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHrtETJRBSS SHIRTS / • spofsrr SHIRTS • PRESS BELTS • KHAKI WEB BELTS • TIES • SWEATSHIRTS a ATHLETIC SHIRTS • T-SHIRTS a SHORTS a BRIERS O SWEATERS a UX?^A6E a WORK SOCKS a PRESS SOCKS O LEATHER JACKETS a . WRITTNS RDRTHOLIO • eou'WESTERS D RAIN SEAR >ZEi. ( •I' r.H ALL YOUR NEEPS CAN BE FILLEP -T=ROM A SOU'WESTER"p AN , ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER BUY FROM THE SEACMEGT/ >(t>U CAN BE SURE YDuiSE GETTING TOP QUALITY SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. UMIOH-OWM6DAND OM»ON-OPEOATCP ... 40IZ -THE BENEPrr OF IHC MEMBERSHIP* : �•i- • f; ^ ;rr •' • stArAKEMs xoG, ^ : • nge jBisiitera Stee Fun With 600 Monkeys Aboard The Steel Navigator went an old proverb more than one better on a trip to the Far East last year; The maxim, "More fun, than a barrel of monkeys," was mere child's play to the Seafarers aboard the ship, reported Seafarer Tom Collins, because they had to deal, with an entire shipment of> some 600 simpering simians. The monkeys came from a f ,f. •, t; V.-' 200 in Calcutta, India, arid were destined for cancer research in New York, via the Isthmian vessel. However, before the little beasts reached their destination, the boys aboard the ship had a shipload of fun with the monkeys, especially one of them. Crated as they were for shipment, the monkeys were little trouble to the crew except for their constant chattering at all hours of the day and night. Collins reported that it sounded like a convention of American University Women in the Windy City. Charlie Aboard, Too One of the little beasties, how­ ever, proved to be a shipboard de­ light as well as a pain in the foc'sle at other times. For want of his pedigree, the Seafarers called him Charlie. Charlie, so it seems, brought along plenty of his aunts, and uncles, too, for that matter, as well a.s brothers, sisters, cousins and assorted friends, relatives and neighbors of varying sizes. Charlie, it seems, was the lone simian of the entire shipload who was not afraid of people. The bosun, taken by his winning ways, gave Charlie the run of the ship for the entire vo.vage. When it came time to unload some cargo at Savannah, Georgia, the monk was unceremoniously i-eturned to his cage. At tliis point Charlie raised such a howl he was heard clear to Ireland, where the banshees were frightened out of their wits. It was Charlie, above, in one of his rare moments of inactivity, sits quietly all to no avail, however, as the aboard the Steel Navigator near one of its fire stations. Below, some bosun was a man of indomitable of the 600 monkeys which were loaded aboard the ship roll along spirit and iron will and would not in their cages under the watchful eyes of native keepers in Calcutta, be swayed from his purpose. Charlie was placed in durance vile cook took up a knife to defend galley to find Charlie wearing his and the ship settled down to nor­ himself the first time he saw the hat and chattering about as if giv­ mal routine once the monkey was monkey, probably believing it was ing orders. It tickled everyone. • reincarcerated. Gargantua. Calmed down later, he Nobody had as much fun .as Men Miss Monkey. claimed he didn't have his glasses Charlie did aboard that vessel, Charlie wasn't the only one un­ oh and he couldn't tell what it was with the monkey making the most happy about the situation. Many that was coming at him lumbering of every conceivable moment of freedom by swinging up, down and of the boys missed the monk down the passageway. The monkey had a pretty good around the railings and gangways perching on their shoulder when they shaved in the morning, or time aboard the vessel, too, espe­ on deck. The boys aboard the ship looking airound the corner of The cially with the cook. One morriing had more laughs than a shipload . messhall at mealtimes. The chief the cook wandered down to the of monkeys. General Dean Visits Seafarer In Hospital I Ti If. Seafarer Clyde Camel, while a patient at Tokyo, Japan, Army hospital late last year, was visited by Major General William' P. Dean before the latter returned to the United States after being released in Korea. Gattiel hails from Little jRock> Arkansas, arid had something to talk about when he got home. Dean was visiting j^fSonn(sl at Tokyo hospital at the tima, i.. -"t I?'-'• •• ^ '• y-"-..:';: y y-f ' Marci^.w. ' Thai Scotland Yard iii London was really named after a palace used by Scottish kings when they visited England in the 11th and 12th centuries? The site becaine Headquarters for the metropolitan police in 1829. New. headquarters, known as New Scotland Yard, the present name, was established in 1890 on the Thames. That brand-new 50-book ship's; libraries are provided on every ' SIU ship every three iponths? The libraries contain a broad variety of titles supplied by a nationallyfamous distributor of* pocket-size volumes, including Westerns,- de- ' tective mysteries, novels and sev-^: eral works of non-fiction. That the six-penny nail got its name because it originally cost ex­ actly sixpence a hundred? Until about the 15th century nails were sold by the hundred in England, with the price determined by the size of the nails, and even when the prices changed the old names survived as a designation of size. The six-penny nail is still just two inches long today, just as it was hundreds of years ago. That the heart of a normal man beats about 38,000,000 times in a -year? The rate of heartbeat varies ' with the age, sex and health of the individual, but generally, for men, the rate is 72 times a minute. The extreme range of thq human heart­ beat is from 16 to 200. In 1939 an electrocardiograph film taken of a man who was being executed by a firing squad in Utah showed that his heartbeat increased from 72 to 180 a minute during the few min­ utes before the shots were fired. 4 4" t That William Howard Taft was the first President of the US to make regular use of an automobile when he was Chief Executive? A car was bought for the White House at the beginning of Taft's administration in 1909. There had been an automobile provided by the Secret Service at the White House in the preceding adminis­ tration, but President Theodoi-e Roosevelt did not care much for it and seldom rode in it. That the smallest state in the Union has the largest name? Of­ ficially it is "the State of Rhode Island and Providence Planta­ tions," but in popular usage the last part of the name is seldom used. The full name is still used in official documents. I JSJ SI 4" if That the SIU was the first sea­ men's Union to pay you benefits no matter how long you're sick? While most unions cut off bene­ fits after a specified period of weeks. Seafarers who are ill col­ lect them indefinitely, whether for weeks or years. if if if That the weight of suits of armor worn in the Middle Ages ranged from 25 to more than 100 pounds? One NY collection con­ tains a specimen of 15th century Gothic armor weighing 39 pounds, while a specimen in Paris weighs 53, and another in Vienna 85. The heaviest plate armor was worn dur­ ing the 16th and 17th centunes, when firearms were ah'eady pretty well developed. Kyska Crew. Has Xmas Spirit; Mate Obliges Seafarer Red Campbell's contrary opinions notwithstand­ ing, men aboard Waterman Line ships seem to be getting along fine with the captain and other officers. At least it is that way aboard the Kyska, according to a report submit- of the deathless poesy written aboard it. The poom runs thusly: ;ed on its Christmas meeting minutes, where Cecil Gates acted as meeting chah'man. In the past (and possibly again in the future) Campbell has loudly decried the con­ ditions and treatment he and others ^have re­ ceived at the hands of Water­ man '.s licensed f u n c t i o naries. Not that the treatment has been of the worst Gates degree, Icind and order, but. the boys haven't been too happy with these officers who have failed to serve them break­ fast in bed and sing lullabys. in their pretty, shell-like ears at night. On the other hand, Kyska cor­ respondents report that all is well with- topside,, especially around the holidays. Take last Christmas, for example. Not only did the captain and chief mate show undue con­ sideration for the men and fill the larder fuller with added refresh­ ments for the holiday season, but the mate went so far as to con­ tribute sotne liquid potations for the added enjoyment of the Sea­ farers aboard the^cow. In addition to this largesse, the mate offered a poem in honor of his generosity. Its succinct lines carried a mes­ sage dear to every Seafarer's heart; its timeless prosody will never be forgotten by Seafarer and officer alike aboard the Kyska, which, no doubt, will live forever, enshrined in the heaiTs of Seafarers becarise I,;. .,<j Another -Chirstmas comes And the Kyska is at sea And here's a little drink Of Xmas sheer for thee. It isn't very much But it's the best I can do. And if you get drunk, I'll throw the book at you. Marginal notes report that the "little drink" was a bottle of scotch, and mighty good scotch it was, too. Gates said he wanted this bit of shipboard life recorded for posterity and Campbell, even though neither is going to believe it anyway. Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings • f-. Under the Union constitu­ • . »f tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to " ..' nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read- , ing clerk and recording secre: tary. Your Union urges you" to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these post^ of ' . service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. .Seafarers are urged to . hit the , deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. • !*. �SEAP'ARERS 'i^oc Muelk I9. i98l Pare NlnefecH Waterman Ship Has More Oil Than Wafer On Board For Far East Run By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Someone once said that if you want a Job well done, do it yourself. He might have been a photographer talking about processing negatives, since no one has as great an interest in seeing that negatives are de­ veloped, washed and stored correctly as the person who took him. The trick of perfect processing is to establish a routine, for yourself to fol­ low rigidly. If you use Kodak Verichrome, Plus X or Super XX in roll film, de­ velop in D-76 for 16 minutes. For Ansco Plenachrome, Supreme or Superpan Press in rolls, develop 16 minutes in Ansco 17. In 35mm or Bantam size, develop Plus X for 16 minutes and* &uper XX for 20 min­ utes in Kodak Microdot. Supreme and Ultra Speed Pan get 15 min­ utes in Ansco Finex-L. , « 68 Degrees Temperature These times are for developing at 68 degrees, using fresh developer with agitation for about five seconds each minute. The developing time must be lengthened with each succeeding roll developed in the same solution unless you add replenisher after each roll. Let's- assume that you have your film correctly loaded into the tank. Pour from your storage bottle into a glass or enamel graduate the proper volume of developer. Use a filter funnel to strain out any dirt or sediment. Now, get the developer in the graduate to that 68 degree mark. More often than not, the temperature of the solution will be a few degrees away from 68. If we get the developer to within one half of 68, we'll be doing pretty well. If your solution is above 68, place the graduate in a pan of cold water and check the temperature carefully so your developer won't get too cold. Make sure you stir it before reading the thermometer. If the developer's temperature is too low instead of too high, the same pro­ cedure should be followed with warm water. Once you have settled the developer at 68 degrees, pour it quickly into the tank. Filling will be swifter, if you tilt the tank from the vertical position. Transfer the entire contents of the graduate to the tank and make note of the time. During the time o£ development, agitate the film for a few seconds each minute. This will break any air bubbles clinging to the surface of the film. While the film is developing, you'll have a chance to pre­ pare your acid hardening hypo and bring it to 68 degrees in the same manner as the developer. With but 10 seconds of the developing time to go, pour the developer back into the storage bottle^ Refill'the tank Immediately with hypo, pouring it in as you did the developer. Then start agitating again. After ten minutes you can pour the hypo back into its bottle. A quart of nypo will harden and fix about eight rolls of film. Don't underestimate the importance of proper washing and drying. If possible regulate the wash water to 68-70 degrees. Film, if you want to preserve it for a good many years, should be washed for about 30 minutes. When washing is complete hang up the film to dry. Surplus water may be removed by passing a viscose sponge over each surface of the film. If you find that your film has water marks and drying streaks after drying, try soaking the film in Kodak Photo-Flo. The cap of the four ounce bottle will hold enough wetting agent to make 20 ounces of working solution. iDon't add more than the directions rec­ ommend "for good measure" since too much wetting agent is as bad as none at all. LOG-A-RHYTHM: No two ships anywhere in the world, reported Seafarer Charles Mazur, had as much misfortune or unscheduled events aboard on any single voyage as did the Waterman vessel, Bienville, on a recent run to the Far East. Mazur should have expected it though, he noted himself, being an avid reader | of Red Campbell's chronicling ing time, and it is all accumulated only 60 men aboard. There was of Waterman's troubles in in that forepeak. Coils of old, only one question he wanted an­ rusty wire, rotting lines, buckets, swered: What happened to those kegs of old, rusty bolts, nuts and four extra pieces of pie? nails and thousands of scrap items Knots To Them are. just laying there. The only The heavy seas encountered by thing the mate missed saving, and the Bienville made going pretty he would if he could, is the smoke rough, with the ship making little from the stack. Mazur's few words headway against the seas. To prove on the tool situation aboard the the point, Mazur asked the second vessel consists of "there ain't mate what kind of speed they had none." He had a few other choice been making. Not bad, replied the epithets to voice about the tools, latter, we passed our yesterday's which, he said, looked like a col­ noon position at coffee time this lection of old relics from the "Gold afternoon. Mazur looked over the Rush Days," or "Better Days side to corroborate the statement Ahead In Death Valley." The paint and saw, much to his dismay, a brushes, he said, looked as if they flock of seagulls setting on a load were left to dry around a clothes of garbage, all of which was float­ wringer. He hadn't seen such ing past the vessel in the direction curved lines since Marilyn Monroe of the bow. The vessel was under decided to keep it under cover. a full head of steam and so was Mazur, who promised to get on a Stocks Up On Fuel Oil Those aren't the only problems ship the next time out. aboard the ship, Mazur noted. He thinks the Bienville is the only ship afloat that has fuel oil in the hot and cold water system as well as five feet of it in that same forepeak. That mate sure has saving The telephone numbers of ways. Waterman,, said Mazur, all New York headquarters must have gotten a bargain the phones were changed recently last time the company bought fuel by the telephone company. All oil, with the chief engineer filling Seafarers calling headquarters up every available space except the are asked to use the new num­ empty ketchup bottles. I hope he bers to get faster service. doesn't see this or he's liable to The new headquarters tele­ get ideas. phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. Oil In Showers One day Mazur saw the cook com­ ing out of the shower, looking much the worse for wear. Accost­ ing him on the spot, the corres­ pondent queried him as to whether or not he had been on deck rolling around in an oil slick. The cook answered in the negative, declaring that it should be obvious to all that he had just come from the shower, since he was covered with oil from head to foot. He said he felt like a tossed salad with all that oil on him. Upon inspection-of the show­ er rpom, Mazur thought, it looked like the ship took on bunkers through the shower head. Speaking of the cook, Mazur complained, the food situation aboard the scow was not so hot. Of life's consistent values, It appeared as if the food was be­ of priceless jewels ungrimed. ing rationed. One brother wanted And in your heart there'll be a second piece of sweet potato pie, The joys of the sea enshrined. when the baker went into the realm of higher . mathematics to Take up the gauntlet, then. prove that he couldn'f have any Let nothing you dismay. because there was none left oyer. Toss off the chains of terra firma Upon closer inspection, the man Aiaxing -crew nappy aooara On this self-same day proved that there should be four Seatrain Savannah with culi­ Of liberation of your soul pieces left over if the baker baked nary arts are, left to right, When the sea's call you hear eight pies and cut those pies into Warfield, Thiemonge, GrizReverberating in your heart eight pieces each, as he claimed zard, Dewitt, Libby, Aldridge And, your pelagic ear. to have done, because there were and Johnson. Pie by Smith. Toss far away the key To hom'e and domicile Heed not the consequences Of shedding land's durance vile For better things More richer wrought (1) Britain's weather is usually mild in the winter, but recently Than' anything ^ ' ' . it had a cold wave. Britain's latitude is between 50 and 60 degrees You had to ought. . north. Is it the same as Cape Cod, Labrador, or Iceland? (2) Recently, Theodor Heuss celebrated his 70th birthday. He is Follow me down to the sea again president of what country? To the lovely sea and the foam (3) Five times a number plus three times the number plus three Which many a sailing man has left equals half the number plus 48. What is the number? For delights of a shorcside home (4) What is the name of the new atomic submarine? And wife and child py firelight (5) What major league baseball club now has on its roster the To soothe his weary hedd pitcher Bobby Thomson homered off in the 1951 pennant playoff? Fain would I be cold as stone (6) Whpt is the name, political party and state of the Senator who And stretched out, long since dead! recently introduced a Congressional bill to increase the minimum wage Follow me down to the sea again tQ $1.25 an hour? (7) The Republican party has had only one Presi^pnt who served With never q backward glance, two full terms. Who was it? Lest the sight of loved ones (8) The popular Latin d.'>nce, the mambo is a cross between what Cut you like a lance two Ranees? (a) tango-conga; vxhumba-swing; samba-rhumba? Aimed at your heart and vitals (9) "Papa" is the nickname of what famous American writer? To sever you from your first love (10) What was the most recent amendment to the US Constitution? Of roaming from shore to shore. (Quiz Answers on Pagg 25) On earth and heaven above. other issues of the LOG. However, Mazur doesn't ^ish on anybody those things which happened aboard his latest ship. • In a parenthetical section of his report, Mazur noted that Japan, the Bienville's first port of call, was just about the only country Seafarers could hope to visit on Waterman's West Coast ferries. Waterman has so many ships on the run to Japan, he said, that the company ought to put the word "Maru" on the sides of their ships. The first misfortune to strike the good ship Bienville did not tarry _1 o n g in coming; it was a flooded forepeak on the first night at sea. At this point the mate took charge of the fluid situ­ ation. With no ^sand to mix with cement for ceMazur menting the hawsepipes, the mate ordered the men to mix sawdust into the con­ coction and stand aside for reper­ cussions. ^he ship was taking sprays over the bow at this time, so before the cement-and-sawdust solution could harden, it was washed down into the chain locker \vhen the first sea came over. The Bienville has some pretty stiff chains at the moment. By the time the seas stopped running, the next morning, the forepeak was inun­ dated. Listening to the water gur­ gling against the bulkheads sound­ ed like a man wallowing around in wet galoshes. Getting back to the mate, Mazur said, he believed in saving every­ thing he ever came across, includ- New Numbers For Hq, Phones Culinary Artists Follow Me Down To The Sea Again By Sam Seafarer Follow me down to the sea again The sea of bygone year Where many a sailing ship has gone And many a salty tear Has been shed for lads by lassies Who wait upon the shore Ergerly watching horizon's line For sight of him once more. And roused us from our slumber In every waterfront haH From whence we sped 'o dockside To sign for foreign coasts Which memories still haunt us. Sweet, lingering ghosts. Look not behind you, sailor lad. Lest you waver and fall. But hear the clear-cut clarion Voice of the sea's endless call To search her boiindleis reaches For treasures yet untold For rubiyats and madrigals And verse of purest gold. Follow me down to the sea again To watch the breakers roll We'll toast the ocean's crest With port, or lime or skoal For the hardy sailorman Who braves the wind's sharp lash Sail before the mast, you gobs. Fo. fame, glory, brotherhood And keep your one true love And a pocketful of cash. Let nothing come between you Follow me down, I say And those sails fluttering above Leave nary a thought behind, Your wizened heads and gleaming Care not for life itself eyes. But to the sea be kind Your broad-beamed back and Of remorseful and contrite thighs. For the years we have lost Let nothing take you from the sea 'Neath starry skies To cause you endless sighs And latitudes uncrossed. Oh, listen to me now. Swing your eyes this way, my lads, To what I have to say. And let your hearts follow step. Stick by the sea, my lads. Toss off your land-locked chains And you'll never rue the day And fill your loins with pep That you chose the briny deep Which once flowed thru sinewy As a way of life arms Upon which adventure is And braced once-stout hearts More plentiful than rife. From here to Okeefenokee Never forswear the sea, my boys. And in-between parts. But keep it close to you And in your fondest memories Come, hear the roaring surf You'll perceive the clearest view Which once beckoned to us all Quiz Corner •'%] i •- w I �Face Ihnmtr SEAFARERS LOG Miinh 19, 19S4 Stevedores And Native Girl Pose For Seafarer Seafarer Harry Kronmel, left, is seen in Fort Dauphin, Mada­ gascar, with two stevedores in nativp costume, both of whom travel light. Top picture shows native housegirl posing .for Seafarer's camera while her charge seems unconcerned. r, 'H US'. liV ' "• •••• li LOG-A-RHYTHM: m Courageous Kyska Carries On By Nicholas Bonsangue We've spent many a day 'Neath that "W" stack, We took her out, Now we're bringing her back. • The look in his eyes Made it clear to me He'd rather be ashore Than in a rough sea. Just about then We met a wave And it seemed every joirtt Within her gave. Her hulls all rusted From stem to stern, She's been through hell. But she'll return. "You should have been Out here in '32, This scurvy old tub Would have split in twd." But the good ship Kyska Showed her stuff Father Neptune's punishment Was not enough. A picture of the Kyska Hung on the wall. As the ship lurched It began to fall. So now we enter This Golden Gate, Many ashore . For the Kyska wait. For days she met the elements And bravely fought it out "Cut her down to Sifrevs," Was the third mate's shout. Straight for the bucket That held the trash. There it landed with A tinkling crash. We've spent many a day 'Neath that "W" stack, We took her out And we're bringing her back. The second assistant Turned valves madly. She pitched ancj rolled But never so badly. .."It ain't so rough," Was one old salt's boast, I looked at his face. He looked like a ghost. I picked it up And wiped it clean. The glass was shattered But the image was s,een. On Last Voyage When lue left Frisco^ _ The weather was clear ' Hours later the sea Was a glass of^beer. .1 looked at her picture And then I knew His so-called "Tub," Would have pulled ilirough. F VOU ARE SlCk OR INJURED AND ENTER A PRIVATE HOSPITAL NOTIFY THE UNION ANP THE^ u.s.p.H.s. -PROMPTLY/ Wi-Be By Spika Marlin Spring reaches us officially next body, including the Browns, would week which means that outdoor just as well forget about them, sports will bloom again with the even though it does a great dis­ crocuses. Some queer doings thus service to such ex-Brownies as far this spring indicate that it is George Sisler and Bobo Newsome. Plenty Of Cooks liable to be a wacky season. Of course, the Orioles open the Consider these surprises in the following order: The -Canadians, season with another oddity—^they who invented hockey, were shel­ have three managers on the pay­ lacked by the Russians in the roll. Rogers Hornsby, who was world's amateur championship. So fired in mid-season last year,. far nobody has called for an in­ Marty Marion who was fired at vestigation of the Canadian hockey end of season and Dykes who is team. Ted Williams opened spring still officially hired and will have training for his first full season to do all the work. Too bad the • since returning from Korea and club couldn't be three-deep in propiptly broke his collarbone ballplayers of the same calibre.. The biggest oddity of course, within ten minutes. The citizens • of St. Petersburg would be if somebody else besides were shocked and horrified when New York and Brooklyn won the a drenching downpour washed out title in their respective leagues. the season's opener between the Even ardent fans are beginning to Yankees and the Cardinals, And yawn at the monotony of it all as the National League Green Book shown by attendance declines. It's solemnly announced on Page 33 up to I,ou Boudreau and the Bos­ that the Pittsburgh Pirates were ton Red Sox to do the upsetting in the 1953 champions of the Grape­ the American League this year if anybody is to do it. Chicago and fruit League. Cleveland rate merely outside Forget It All chances. In the, National League of The American League Red Book did its opposite number one better. course, everybody rates Milwaukee With the St. Louis Browns moving as the A-1 challenger although on to Baltimore, the Red Book that depends on how the Thom­ 4}Iandly wiped all Brownie team son trade works out. St. Louis marks, including season won-lost could be pesty too. The Giants records out of the book and sub­ and Philadelphia are figured as stituted those of the old Baltimore challengers only by optimists and Orioles instead. No doubt every­ perennial long-shot plungers. Setting Type in Messiiall Setting ^ •Signing up for his final voy­ age not so long ago was the late Seafarer John L. Cobb, All hands join in fiin of "setting type" when it comes time to post the LOG was informed by his sis­ the menu aboard the De Soto tWaterman). Shown above at coffeeter, Sophie Cobb Emerson. Mrs. time diversion while in Tampa, Florida, are, left to right, Robert Emerson wrote the LOG, inclosing McNatt, Earl McKendree, Phil Reyes, George Meaden and Francis a prayer by William De Witt Hyde, Andrade. ^ which she feels exemplifies her brother's life, as it does so many other Seafarers. To wit: "Give me -clean hands, clean words and clean thoughts: * Help me to stand for the hard The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, right against the easy wrpng; bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known Save me from habits that harm; Teach me to work as hard and cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,, plan as far In Thy sight alone .suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Peter Loleas' recipe as if the whole world saw; for veal scallopini, •' Forgive me when I am unkind and This week's recipe brings Sea­ large size peppers and two large help me to forgive those who are farers an extremely popular Italian onions. Put onion and pepper unkind to me; ' slices in frying delicacy, veal scallopini. The au­ Keep me ready to help others at thor of the tasty recipe is chief pan and braise. some cost to myself; Place braised cook Peter Loleas, who has been Send me chances to do a little good sailing SIU vessels since December, mixture in pan every day, and so grow more 1944, when he first shipped out with meat. Add like Christ." two cans of size as chief cook of the Liberty ship, 2V2 tomatoes and Cobb, a graduate of Cecils Col­ .Charles Brandley Aker, during four cans of size lege, served in World War II. Pete's first trip took 6 mushrooms, the Navy In him to the Medit^erranean shores plus a dash of World War I be­ of France and Africa, but he was soya sauce, dash fore entering the no stranger to that area. Soon after Loleas of Worcestershire , maritime service war broke out, Pete went to Persia, for his life's where he worked in the Allied war sauce,, salt and pepper. Place pan work. Deceased effort for two years on a construc­ in oven and bake at low tempera- at the age of 54, tion job. Prior to that, he worked ture -for 20 minutes. Take out..;, ' in South Amer­ in restaurants from 1929 to' 1941 and serve with steamed rice. ica. Cobb is sur­ and from 1937 until the war, he After finishing his job in Persia, vived by his wife managed his own restaurant in Pete took another construction job Cobb and daughter, as Mount Vernon, New York. in the Aleutian Islands. Pete says' well as by three sisters and three Pete's recipe calls for 15 pounds that as a result of these ^two boat ' brothers. One brother lives in leg of veal cut into 70 pieces, cut­ trips to Persia and Alaska, "I liked New Jersey, while the other mem­ let size. Roll the pieces in flour the life aboard ship and the way bers of the Cobb family reside in and brown on both sides. Place the seamen lived, so I decided to South Caroling pieces .in deep " pan. .Sitce 'flftepn join the merchant itiarine." ft i I itqqBii Ji; , sma?. aaotft �Mareh 19, 1954 H ill SaU Alter i-Year UUeh 1*0 the Editor: Just a few lines to say I milst retire my book because I've been inducted into the ,Army. I would appreciate it if Sonny Simmons was informed of this. I have been an active Union^ember for nine years. I paid off the Steel Rover in Norfolk, Va., on February 3 and was inducted on February 9. There Is plenty of OT in the Army, and if I was getting j)aid our Union wages, I could retire in two years. I in­ tend to return to sea after my Webber two - year vaca­ tion is over. Meanwhile, I would like to hear from some of my old buddies. I would also like to re­ ceive the LOG regularly. Pvt. Herman F. Webber US 52363557 Co. D 37th Armd. Inf. Bn. 3rd Armd. Dlv. Fort Kyox, Ky. (Ed. note: We have added your name to our mailing list; from now on you will receive the LOG every two weeks as issued.) & ^ ^ Runaway Boy is Safe Home Ayain To the Editor: Words cannot express my ap­ preciation and gratitude to the many people who have given their help and prayers to find our son. Tom was found in Bed Bluff, Cal., on February 16th, on his way from town to town. He could give no reason for leaving home, and said that the morning he left he hadn't felt well. He had a head­ ache, and all of a sudden he got the idea to go somewhere. He boarded a bus to Los Angeles. When he arrived there, he real­ ized how wrong he had been and wanted to return, but a bag that he had with him was stolen, and to him this seemed very important. He was desperate, and now too ashamed to call home. He got vari­ ous jobs washing dishes from town to town. He wanted to telephone home many times, but each time lost his nerve. He felt that by this time no one would care to hear from him. He was emotionally up­ set, and when he was picked up he was very happy to have it done, with and be home again. Publicity Helps Tom might not have been noticed if it had not been for the SEAFARERS LOG Pace Tweaty-ene • L E T IE R S ' publicity he had received. "The sheriff at Red Bluff said he real­ ized the boy was- troubled about something, and when he' asked him if.he would like to tell hiin about it, Tom was anxious to get it off his chest. Once again I wish to thank you and your staff for helping us. It has indeed been a consolation dur­ ing these past four months to know there are still people who will give time and effort to help others when they need it. You have no idea the amount of mail we re­ ceived from various parts of the nation, with people offering their help and prayers that Tom would be safe. A debt such as this I can never repay. Mrs. J. Mounter ^ ^ Warns Brothers Of Clothiny Store tea parties? 'Not on your life. Strikes and tie-ups won the day, not union-management teas. The truth is that Atlantic has always followed the union's gains, some­ times adding to them to shout "leaders in maritime." Now think! How does the AMEU stand up on these issues? This union, whose very representatives work for the company on the com­ pany payroll, cannot do much for the rank-and-filer. Are they really able to speak freely? Make de­ mands? Give proper represen­ tation? No, they cannot! I am still for being represented by the SIU, a free and independent union. Eddie Burke Future Brighter To Bisabled Man 'To the Editor: I wish to thank the officials and the rank-and-file members for making it possible for me to re­ ceive the disabiiity benefit as I am unable to work any more. I have multiple sclerosis and hyper­ tensive vascular disease in my right leg, and am unable to stand on it for any length of time. I wish to say that our Union, the SIU, has come to the front fast since it was start­ ed, because to­ day it is the best Union in the world for any seaman. I appre­ ciate the fact that I am receiving the disability benefit, because it allows me to Frazer lead a normal and respectable life. • When I started to go to sea in 1916 all a seaman had to look for­ ward to if he was disabled and unfit for duty was a flop house and eating from a greasy spoon. Best Set-up We now have the best welfare set-up of any Union, and are treated with respect when we visit the Union for help in any form. Your Union book is better than any bank book, so brothers, keep your dues paid up-to-date, as your Union book will give you more se­ curity than any bank book. When I started going to sea you had to sleep on a donkey's break­ fast. You got one blue mattress cover and one blanket and that was all, no matter how long you stayed on the ship, and you had to wash them yourself. You were given a bucket to wash clothes with and take a bath. You had to furnish your pwn towels and soap and matches, and given one small sandwich for night lunch. We received $30 a month. The Union has changed all that, as the ships of our Union feed like hotels and have all the modern conven­ iences. All the officials are on the ball, bettering your working con­ ditions, food, etc. I say again, it is the best Union in the world, so let's all keep it that way and keep our dues paid up, because it takes a lot of money to run the best seamen's union in the world. Burton J. Frazer To the Editor: I have been a •member of the SIU since December 1, 1938, and would like to say a few words about Wohlmuth Company, a cloth­ ing store at 206 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. About three years ago I went there and ordered a suit V made. As they are a chain store and have a big store here, I did not hesitate to put a deposit on the suit. The next time I came in, I went to get the suit, but it was so small it was impossible to wear, and I re­ jected it. They said a mistake had been made and that they would 4" 4> i" njake me another. The next suit was not much better, so I told the salesmen to return my deposit and let it go. He said To the Editor: he could not do We, the undersigned, feel it our that, but if I To the Editor: duty to warn the membership conwould pay the cerning the men patronizing We, the crewmembers aboard balance and, as I "John's Bar" in Edgewater, New the John B. Kulukundis, would was going to be Jersey. like to call the attention of our gone for some While contending to be a great time, take the Union brothers to the foresight friend of the seamen, especially off «uit and come in the Seatrains, there have been the SIU had in installing the tele­ when I got back, numerous occasions in the past type machines in all branch halls. they would make Costlow when, without the slightest provo­ Twenty of us on board this vessel it good. This cation, he has had crewmembers owe our jobs to that machine. they have never done, although I of various Seatrains arrested. One man was in Philadelphia, fought with them for quite some The most recent case concerned Pa., without a job in sight when time whenever I was in town. I , even had the Better Business a crewmember off the Seatrain a teletype came in telling of the Louisiana who became involved in need for men in Seattle, Wash. He Bureau after them, all to no avail. an argument with the proprietor flew out there and had a night The Better Business Bureau agreed cook and baker's job within three with me that the suit was impossi­ regarding a 75-cent check. The days. That was the case with other ble, and suggested that I take it seaman was with a group from the brothers in the steward depart­ to people's court, but like most ship which had spent a consider­ able amount of money during the ment as well as in the other de­ seamen I don't have the time. course of the afternoon they had partments. BBB Helps Customers spent in the bar. The owner had When you are in port and in the man arrested, but, after arriv­ Notified Ports doubt as to what concern to buy ing at the police station, said he We also would like to give a from, call the Better Business vote of thanks to Jeff Gillette, our Bureau. I have found them very would drop the charges if the man Seattle agent, for being on the ball nnxious to help and a very fine or­ apologized. In the Wrong and notifying all other ports of the ganization. A call may save you No apology, of course, was forth­ shipping situation in the port of from paying for something you can­ Seattle by the use of teletype. not use. I have found out that a coming, since the owner was in the There were other cases where big concern is not necessarily reli­ wrong, as any fool could plainly brothers -came out from other able, since I wound up with a suit see. The upshot was that the man ports and got ships the day they that I have never worn and would was locked up in the bucket for arrived. Once again thanks to the be ashamed to ever wear. Had I the night and has to appear in court the next time the ship ar­ SIU and Gillette. taken the sanra amount of money rives in port. Crew of Kulukundis and gone to a reliable concern, I We feel this establishment does would have had a good suit. not deserve the patronage of the t t t The mon^ is not so important SIU membership. There are nu­ but I think the membership should merous places in the vicinity know whenever a concern proves where the men can be assured of unreliable. If the brothers will a good time and be appreciated 4' i 4> To the E.ditor; write to the LOG whenever they without ending up in the bucket. Here I am in Mexico, on busi­ are taken, regardless of what type Crew of Seatrain Louisiana ness, and I must say that being of merchandise is involved, we can 4. 4. 4. _ here beats being on the Steel Ran­ put a stop to some of this sharp To the Editor: ger. I will write a longer letter dealing where the seaman is con­ I would like to thank not only later, but meanwhile, regards to all. cerned. the crew of the Bradford Island C. G. Costlow To the Editor: Al.Whitmer for their thoughtfiilness and gen­ t 4" Recently our allotment was erosity to my daughter, who was quite a bit overdue,- so with the severely burned, but also all the needs of two chiidren and house­ men in the Boston hall who so hold expenses currently due, it willingly donated their blood when To the Editor: caused worry. » it was needed so urgently. Remembering what my husband I have just finished reading the It is a wonderful feeling to know AMEU victory edition of The had told me, I contacted Sam that although you may not be Fieet. Of course, this is only the Cohen of the Wilmington Hall. In 'home when such an emergency first inning victory over the organ­ his usual efficient and amiable arises, there are men who wili help manner he explained the delay and in every way possible. Just to be izing forces of the Union. In this issue, the AMEU chair­ assured me that the check would associated and working with such man, Tiny Alcott, while speaking arrive sOOn., It eaiiie tlie next day. a wuiidefful bunch of men and an We are always thankful that we organization like the SIU, gives of the subject of contract negotia­ tions between unions and com­ are protected by the great SIU, any man such a feeling of secur­ panies, and in a tone detrimental to an always-present help in time of ity, not only for himself but for his family, that woi'ds cannot e.xfree, independent unions, states: trouble. Evelynne Siebert press what he-feels. "We don't pound our fists on con­ Thomas Cummings 4i $ $> ference tables; we. never threaten strike." He goes on" to say, "We deal with management on equal terms—like gentlemen." I would like to point out that it To the Editor: AfteVi dud consideration and in­ is the very power and threat of a possible strike that puts .a union vestigation I have found that the Seafarers overseas who want up on a level with management; library books, pamphlets, etc., be­ to get in touch with headquar­ then, and then only, is the union ing issued are of the poorest vari­ ters in a hurry can do so by able to deal on equal terms with ety and*do not do justice to the cabling the Union at its cable the company. Down through the membership. address, SEAFARERS NEW I therefore request that better years unions have been struggling YORK. with the shipping com^nies for books be issued or do you think Use of this address- will as­ the top conditions and contracts that the membership has not sure speedy ^transmission on we have today. ' Are we to believe passed the stage of iiivenile incu•U messages and faster servthat Atlantic was handing but. bation? tee-fbr the men involved. those, sanw mbnies at happy litl!*,< AtfrodoAm Ask Men Stop Going To Bar Port Ayent Gets Praise From Men Mexieo^s Better Than Steel Banyer Wilmington Hail Gets Action Thanks Brothers Who Gave Blood Speaks Out For Free Unionism Finds Libraries Very inferior Union Has Cable Address •4 �•i?.^ • Old SaU Sotted For $40 MootMy To the Editor: I am an old sailor and an old Union man; I got my ISU book in 1916. As you know, we lost the strike in 1921 and for a long time after that our Union was not rec­ ognized. It was hard sailing during that time—I started sailing out of New York in 1931. ,To get a job then you had to pay the shipping master $3 to $5 for a job that paid you $40 per month, and no over­ time. During that time I knew sailors who had to take a woekaway job on a coastwise ship before they could get on the pay­ roll, and I know ship companies that used this, like Moore - McCormack. - Some compa­ nies installed the two - watch sys­ Roll tem, but that was not practiced by 1933. Since then, ship's companies started to pay $45 a month. These companies used the shipping board and could not pay less than $62.50, but I could not get on any of them because such jobs were more or less homesteaded. When a sailor left one of these jobs he told a.friend of his, so he could get the job. Things are different nowadays. We have a Union that we all are proud of, and we have the best officials to run our Union. Bernard Roll $ $ ? Drafted^ Wants To Read LOG To the Editor: Just a line from another unfor­ tunate asking that the LOG be sent him as a lifeline to civiliza­ tion. I also would like my address published in the paper so. that my buddies can write to me and know where I am stationed. I was bosun on the Robin Gray when I was drafted. It's a hell of a note to me. Go to sea since 1944 and then get drafted. I'll WTite you a Red Campbell article on the Army soon. Lots of brothers would enjoy it, I'm sure. Pvt. Paul L. Witthaus, Jr, US 55464483 Co. A 15th AIB 5th Armd. Div. Camp Chaffee, Ark. (Ed. note: You will receive the LOG as published, every two weeks.) t J" t Warns Brothers About Laundry •t ?. niaroh 19, 19$< SEAFAnE:RSLd& Pare Twenty-tnw' llv To the Editor: I've got a beef here that I think should be brought to the attention of the entire membership. It's about a certain dry cleaning estab­ lishment in Brooklyn which deals in 24-hour service. You get it in 24 hours, but you don't get any service. Recently I was aboard the Jef­ ferson City Victory (Victory Car­ riers) when a representative of the cleaning firm came aboard to solicit business while we were at Port Newark. He got mine and I really got the business. If I can prevent the same thing from hap­ pening to any of the other brother;^, this letter will have served its purpose. Poor Workmanship Workmanship on the laundered and cleaned articles is of the poor­ est quality, but that doesn't make any difference tp the prices. They're sky-high. For example: ,I gave him a suit with two pairs of pants and a topcoat to dry clean. When they came back in horrible condition I was the one who was cleaned out because the bill come to $4.47. He also charged me $2.45 for a laundry list containing three White shirts, pne sport Pblrt (flan^ Ml), one pair of jeailsV blie' unitez^ X E I T E R S Will Sail Again in IS Months To the Editor:. I, retired my book when I was ana. He has a chance to read the shirt, three handkerchiefs and two LOG aboard the ship. If mine gets drafted in April, 1953 and am writ­ pairs of socks. The shirts came home in time, then we can discuss ing to j'ou hoping you will put me back unwearable, with the collars things together, which gives us a on your SEAFARERS LOG mail-' mashed beyond recognition. To the Editor: ing list, I only have 13 months to I had the same trouble with the I am typing you these few lines mutual basis of conversation. go in the Army and then I hope to outfit once before, about a year from out this way here in Makes Happier Borne start shipping agSln, I naturally ago, but I didn't recall it at the London, Ohio, to notify you of my Believe me, I'm very interested would like to keep up with the time I consigned my clothes to its change, of address. The LOG has in the doings of the Seafarers and manglers. I am much the worse off been forwarded to' hie here. It has the SIU. I think all Seafarei's who Union news as I am sure it will affect me when I get out. because of that lapse of memory. been coming regularly and I enjoy have wives who are interested in I've read almost every* issue of It won't happen again, I've heard it and its articles very much. their husbands' work and welfare, the LOG, ever since I joined the other men complain about the really Ynean to make a better, happier home for SIU in 1945. I used to enjoy sit­ same company and I'd like to warn go back to sea the men in their lives. Congratu­ the membership to keep away from again this time lations to your Tiny Wallace, wish­ ting in the hall and reading all the old bound volumes of the LOG. I the outfit. It's just no good. The LOG is ing him many happy years of mar­ am in the 501st Harbor Craft out­ I've saved the name for last so something- to look ried life. He comes from my old fit here in Pusan and I try to make none will forget it. It's Atlantic forward to read­ town of Pascagoula, Miss. every SIU Ship that comes in, hop­ Marine Laundry and Dry Gleaning, ing. It just'seems Since I want to be the big wheel ing to find some old shipmates and 373-57th Street, Brooklyn. I cannot wait (next to the SIU) in my wonderful Roy Lundquist until mail call husband's life, please don't let the some LOGs. E. P.-Moran ^ when it arrives steward aboard the Seatrain Loui­ (Ed. note: Wc have added your I am always anx­ Kellar siana beat the next issue home. name to the LOG's mailing list. ious to read Carry on the good work, but don't You will receive a copy regularly about the shipping world. forget me, too. every two weeks, as published.) To the Editor: That is about all for now,;and I am writing to tell you how thank you for your kindness. Will Mrs. Vicki Szymanski 4> 41 4' much I enjoy reading the LOG. I you please put this letter in the (£cl. note: Your change of ad­ have been receiving the LOG since LOG so some of my friends may dress has been noted. The LOG 1947 and it gets better and better. see it and write to me. will be coming your way every two I would like to put in a word about To the Editor: weeks, as published.) Louis Kellar hospitalization. We the crew of the Steel Ad­ Box 69 ^ 4^ 4^ It would be so good if there was miral take pleasure in statmg that London, O. some way for the members to join while in Bombay, India, we visited 4) t 4. a group hospital plan. As the wife a store called Cheriy and Com­ of an SIU bookman, I have tired pany, owned by an elderly lady, To the Editor: to get contracts with the Blue Mrs. D. Parkes, whom we found to Cross and the White Cross com­ It's raining cats and dogs at this be remarkably courteous, sympa­ panies, but the premiums for an To the Editor: writing and thp window pane is thetic and well disposed to us. "Tho My husband mailed you a change getting a natural bath. Perhaps we prices . of all the articles—brass, individual enrollment are so high of address. Somehow our LOG can see a clearer view of the har­ ivory, wood, souvenirs—were defi­ it just doesn't pay. has not been coming to this ad­ bor tomdrrow—watching the ships nitely much cheaper than in many Low Group Cost come and go on their respective other shops. The A man could ensure his wife and dress, as yet. itinerary, coastal, intercoastal, for­ prices are fixed So here goes. I'm trying my luck children for hospital and surgical eign. and the proprie­ care for about M a month in a for I really do enjoy reading the However, there is a bright side tress does not exgroup hospitalization plan. it LOG very much, line by line. So, to the situation, too, and that is . ert any pressure how about putting my new address needn't be compulsorj', since many when you have a direct represen­ on the client to of the members are single men and in your file? purchase a n y Since I am a working girl as well tative of the Union paying you a might not want the plan for their thing, as is the as a housewife, the paper helps me call at the sick bay. For, while own protection. common, usual I'm sure if a man is at sea and keep up with things maritime. ipany fellows who are laid up may practice among knows his family Is taken care of However, if it is as late as the last have. many friends and relations many shopkeep­ Collins at home, he will be happier. So, one was, I can get all the news visit them, there are many others ers in India. from my husband when he gets in who come from various parts of how about it? During our stay, Mrs. Parkes Mrs. Jack Procell off his run on the Seatrain Louisi- the country, as well as the world, who have no visitors at all, with was good enough to arrange for an the exception of the. visiting excellent excursion for us to visit; patrolman. the Kanehri Caves, which are ah This is not only gratifying, it Is ancient monument and an interest­ a welcome sight. To those who are ing. relic of ancient civilizations. confined or bedridden for a long She supplied us with home-cooked, spell, it is like a ray of sunshine delicious Indian food and made that comes through that window our picnic remarkably happy and we spoke of after the downpour of plea^nt. rain on- a cloudy day. So, once We strongly recommend a visit again, the SIU is giving a lift to to this establishment whenever its membership. you visit Bombay. The address is: Sir Charles S. Cherry and Company, 2, Anees 4^ 4!' t Chambers, 3, Carnac Road, Mistry Estate, Bombay 1, India,., Charles Collins Loohs Forward To Getting LOG Wants Hosyital Plan For Men Praises Service Of Bombay Store Wants To Beat Hubby To LOG Patrolman is Ray Of Snnshine Seaman's Center Serves' Music, Food Sees Hospital Fight Not Over Dance band plays It hot. for seamch and |tuests, above, at the Sea.man's Club In 3eaUle,' iVashington. Listeners, whose feet can be seen at lower leftt decided to sit this one out. At bottom, visiting French Mile Y aval! themselves of refreshments and fair. com- ; ir TiVi'Jo To the Editor: I was realljf glad to learn recently that the Government apparently doesn't plan to shut down the ma­ rine hospitals after all. You can go a long way to look for good medical care and treatment, but when you're a seamen, you've got the best at the US Public Health Service Hospitals. One thing is sure though. If the SIU and other maritime unions hadn't gone to bat for these hos­ pitals, we might find the story ending a, lot differently. It's hard to figure how the people in Wash­ ington can consider closing down these hospitals, which have been in business over .150 -yeara and, have contributed so much to the development of research Snd treat­ ment in many diseases. Now that the budget figures in­ dicate that the Goyemment wants to keep them open; we still. have the job of keeping, this economyminded Congress from lopping off a couple of million from the dough requested to rqn the hospitals. Let's make sure every Seafarer writes his Senator and Represen" tatiye urging the full Appropria­ tion for the hospitals for the comjtog yeah" ' 4 4 4^ Sees Boeh Union Change Overdue To the Editor: I have not been A waterfront worker nor do I live in New York City, but I take an interest, natu­ rally, in- all things that concern longshore workers. For years I have read the LOO when I have visited the home of a Seafarer-friend of mine. I think I am pretty well acquainted with the waterfront situation in thh Port of New York and I would liko to say - that the members of the old ILA are getting a raw deal by the people who run that outfit.' George Eggers Sign Name On EjQGLetters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot prtnt any letter or other communications sent in rSeafarers unless the author gns his name. Unsigned, anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances Jhstify, the LOG will Withhold a signature on request, but if you want it printed , in the LOG, put ybuf v ' name'on It - S • •::'f : svj-V �rr^-^.r:^t SEAFARSnS l&G Faf• IVm^-thrc^ Early ill 1918, 74 vessels of the German Imperial Fleet ended lip at the bottom of the British harbor at Scapa Flow, scuttled by their own crews. The events leading up to this, and what amounted to a revolution inside Germany was touched off by a food beef on five battleships of Squadron IV of the fleet in June of 1917. In that month, Squadroil fleet to organize the union, each IV, which contained the pride wearing a small red thread woven of the German Fleet—^five through their collar. Kaiser Class battlewagons— Due to the unrest, Squadron IV was in the fleet anchorage in the Jade River between Wilhelmshaven and the sea. For 34 months since the Battle of Jutland, the German fleet—which at that time ranked second in the world in size—had been inactive and had remained in hiding from the Allied fleets, relying only upon submarine activity. The men in the fleet were rest­ less and'unhappy. The food was bad, and was becoming worse. In June, thq stokers on the five bat­ tleships, after making numerous con)plaintS( went on a hunger strike. Committees A few weeks later, the Secretary of. the Navy issued an order that "A committee will be chosen from the lower deck personnel of each ship to represent the crew in mat­ ters concerning food." However, a controversy immediately came up about who was to choose the committees, the captains or the' men. In most cases, the order was ignored by the captains. A later order proclaimed that "no socialist publications or litera­ ture was to be brought aboard any vessel.? This brought a rulib of protest. The seamen, led ,by the stokers, held meetings ashore.and decided to form a Sailor's Union. The men spread throughout the was ordered to the Naval Colony at Kiel, a naval base and colony which was governed by a naval governor. There were more meet­ ings at Kiel. The battleship Prinzregent Luitpold tried to sail from Kiel, but had trouble coaling as stokers threw blocks and falls over the side. When finally coaled, the crew forced her to anchor when one day out of Kiel by pulling a hunger strij^e. Men.Walk Oil Toward the end of July, the stokers on the Pillau, l)erthed in Kiel, were told they were re­ stricted to ship instead of having their usual 24 hours off. Some 240 men swarmed off the ship and re­ turned over five hours later. The next week, the captain of tlie bat­ tleship konig Albert was stabbed as he returned to his vessel and dumped over, the side. The entire watch on deck was arrested. Then the stokers of the Prinzr regent Luitpold were ordered to infantry drill for their day off. They posted a warning, and then .^0 of them walked off the. ship, stormed out of the gate and held a mass meeting. When they re­ turned, 11 of. their leaders were broken to the lowest rating. Things were quiet for almost a month, and then some 600 men went over the side of the Prinz- Although today's sailors often apply the term to whatever ship they happen to be on at the time, regardless of condition, the Jiulk actually was the name of a type of ship in olden times, particularly during the early years of the 16th century. One of the larger-sized vessels of the times, the hulk was round-stemed. square-tucked, high-pooped, and covered with weak" and Ineffeetual clench work or skids. At its prime, th% hulk .constituted one of the principal classes of cargo carriers for the northern and western European countries. It ranged in size from 100 to goo tons. . ' . (^om "The Book of Old.Staiiw" (Double day), by Grant and CulverJ •3 J Part of the remains of the German imperial fleet sits in shallow water in Scapa Fiow, Scotland, after being scuttled on orders from officers. Scuttling came after the surrender of Germany to the Ailies on November 11, 1918. regent Luitpold, marched out the gate and held a mass meeting in town. By this time, the rest of the fleet was pretty well organized, and when the Prinzregent Luitpold was, oidered to sail out of Kiel to iso­ late the "troublemakers" aboard, half of the men in the rest of the fleet walked off their vessels in protest. They returned, however, and five men on the Prinzregent Liutpold were sentenced to death. Three of them had their sentences commuted to 15 years, and two were shot. The unrest continued, and by this time Germany was beginning to negotiate with the Allies for an armistice. The men "in the-fleet, as well as the rest of the country, knew that they had lost the war. Plan Battle However, the men got wind of a plan to send the German fleet out in a last-ditch battle to "save f|ce." Both the admiralty and the men knew that even winning a naval battle could not save Germany. So, when the fleet was ordered out, the men refused to sail the ships. The sailing was cancelled. Then the battleships Thuringer and Helgoland were ordered out. The desperate crews sabotaged the gear aboard the ships, put out the fires in the boilers, and refused to sail. A patrol of 200 marines were sent aboard the Thuringer to ar­ rest the mutineers. When the ci-ew of the Helgoland learned that their men on the Thuringer were being arrested, they decided to help, and ran to man the Helgoland's guns. Once out on deck, they stopped. On one side, the 12-inch turrets on the Thuringer's stern, manned by her officers, were trained on the Hel­ goland and ready to fire. On the other side, the U-135, manned by a loyal crew, stood ready to tor­ pedo the Helgoland if they tried to man the guns. ' Marines then boarded the Helgo­ land, and some 500'seamen were taken off the Thuringer and the Helgoland under arrest. * They were loaded on a train for an hour ride to prison. However, halfway to the prison, the train stopped and the 500 prisoners, as well as the two companies of marine guards, disappeared into the coun­ tryside. 180 Arrested Meanwhile the Markgraf had been having trouble with her crew, and put fntb Kiel, where 180 men weiie arrested ^and put in prison there. The rest of the fleet walked off their ships and held a mass meeting in town.. They had planned to use the Trade Union Bouse, but the naval governor had or­ dered it locked' up, so they held. the meeting outdoors. Some 200,- agreed that the officers would com­ 000 persons attended, including the mand in technical matters, while shipyard workers and other civil­ the sailors soviet governed in mat­ ians in the base. ters of policy. The naval governor of the base It was at this point that they sounded a battle stations alarm learned that the German fleet, as to break up the meeting, but the part of the pre-armistiee terms, men ignored it; Some 10,000 per­ was to surrender to the British, sons marched on the prison to free and to be "interned" in a "neutral" the Markgraf prisoners, but when port. They received an order from they arrived, the prison guards British Admiral Beatty that a "flag fired into the crowd, breaking it officer" was to meet with him to up after eight men were killed discuss the details of the surrender. and another 21 wounded. The sailors soviet, along with one At this point, the seamen elected German admiral, sailed to meet a seVen-man sailors soviet or coun­ Beatty and he refused to see any­ cil to lead the revolt, and broke body but the admiral. It was then into the arsenals to arm them­ learned that the German fleet was selves. At that time the word "so­ j to be disarmed, and to be kept viet" meant a revolutionary com­ j at the British Naval Base at Scapa mittee. The sailors soviet called 1 Flow., under guard of Beatty's fleet, on the naval governor with the ! until the armistice was settled. following demands: release of the Fleet Sails Markgraf prisoners, abolish all sa­ Under the threat of an attack lutes except on duty, better food, easier service, more shore time— by the Allied fleet, the German and then feeling their power, they ! fleet—under command of the sailincorporated the political demands ' ors soviet—sailed to Scapa Flow. of universal suffrage and unseat­ One of the reasons the men in the fleet agreed to sail was a ru­ ing of the Kaiser. mor that the British fleet was al­ Red Flag The governor asked for time, ready under the red flag, and they but the revolting fleet, armed this expected to join the British sailors time, roamed the citj^. The men there. As soon as they aiTived, quickly adopted the red flag symbol they were amazed to flnd no red of revolution from time immemo­ flag over the British fleejt, and rial for their own, and one by Beatty immediately began a cam­ one, the Imperial German flag was paign to break the sailors soviet brought down aboard the ships and in the German fleet, by refusing the red banner hoisted instead. to deal with anyone other than Detachments of infantry were the officers. Some 74 German vessels anchor­ sent into Kiel, but the naval gover­ nor, still hoping to find a way out, ed in Scapa Flow, including 24 prdered the troops' to leave. The battleships and cruisers. As the fleet lay under the guns men, by this time, had begun a systematic looting of Kiel. Gunfire of the British fleet, word came was heard in the streets, and the through of the victories the sailors" men were all talking about the at hortie were w inning. The Red recently successful red revolution flag now flew over the German in Russia. It was believed at the admiralty and the royal palace in time that this revolution meant Berlin. Plan To Scuttle the abolition of tyranny and a new At the same time, the negotia­ dawn of freedom. One of the heads of the German tions for an armistice dragged on. Socialist Party, Noske, arrived in The commanders of the fleet be­ Kiel and was immediately made the gan to wonder if the war would head of the sailors soviet. Other continue, and decided that the Ger­ of the men in the fleet, heartened man fleet would not remain in by their easy victory in Kiel and British hands. The plan was care­ still afraid that troops would be fully laid, with each of the 74 sent into the town, spread out. In ships allerted for a signal of "Para­ Cologne, a group of about 600 sail­ graph li. Acknowledge." As the signing of the armistice ors arrived and the 45,000 troops in the garrison promptly surren­ was delayed, Beatty ordered his dered and joined them.- In Wil- fleet out* of the harbor for maneuv­ helmshavqn, the men in the fleet ers,' leaving a squadron of destroy­ anchorage revolted and took over ers to guard the German fleet. When Beatty was gone,- the flags the city.. As Germany settled on pre-arm- "Paragraph II, Acknowledge" ran istice ternis with the Allies, the up on the German flagship. At that food *fiee£ that hao started in instant, the seacocks on every one Squadron IV was spreading into of the 74 German ships were a full-scale revolt throughout the opened, and the remaining crews hunger-ridden country. As the re­ abandoned their ships. By the time volt spread to the cities, the sailors that Beatty returned, all 74 vessels soviet in the fleet reached an were at the bottom. The Imperial armed tXHfift.wittMtttf Xhey v.. , i•1 '^1 1 -'"'vl �\• ; DIGEST oC SHIPS^ MEETINGS SEAFARERS LOG ' Fag* Twenty-four :,. *1,- • • Si-: ilr ... • WACOSTA (Wat»rm»n), February H— Chairman, John MeOonnall; ^eratary. R Griffith. We have a clean ahip, lets keep it that way. Repair list was read and hew items were added. There ^as a discussion on handling of soap and linen. Room next to the 8-12 foe sie is uncomfortably hot due t", heating room bulkhead. Vote of tiianks went to the steward department. I'l < • JULESaURG (Terminal Tankers), Feb­ ruary 2a—Chairman, A. G. Alexander; Secretary, C. 1. Copper. B. H. Kimberly was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. All departments will prepare re­ pair lists. Scuppers in the galley are stopped up. Dirty dishes are to be placed in the sink. Steward department toilet needs repairing. Letter will be sent to the California agent from Panama about the shortage of stores. ARIZPA (Waterman), December 23 — Chairman, E. Warfieid; Secretary, P. Cassidy. Beefs of the last tri,o were settled; there are no beefs this trip. Matter of one <lay*s subsistence in San Francisco will be referred to the natrolman at the payoIT. E. Warfieid was elected new ship's delesate. It was agreed that the wtrtch post an.v time change on the boird in the messhall. Delegate cautioned against noise in quarters and keeping the mcssroom and laundry clean. January 31—Chairman, P. Cassidy; Soereiary, R. Norgrev. One man missed ship. Repair lists will be turned Jn at least ten da.vs before the payoff. A few minor heel's were dlrcussed and settled agreeablv. Ship's delegate wl'.l talk it over with the patrolman. Rooms should be cleaned up before leaving the ship and linen should be turned in. CM ship an hour before sailing time, as per contract. Steward will put out bananas before they get rotten. BETHORE (Ore), February 13—Chair­ man, A. M. Weems; Secretary, W. F. An­ derson. Steward reported that there is onl.v 15 pounds of sugar left aboard ship. Crew voted not to use sugar for any­ thing hut coffee and tea. FELTORE (Ore), February It—Chair­ man, R. • Ciymer; Secretary, J. Keavney. One man missed sliip: a report will be sent to the patrolman. P. Adklns was elected ship's delegate. It was asked that the PC mess be brought up before the patrolman. .He is unable to perform his duties. Men were asked to cooper­ ate ill making up a repair list. INiS (Bull), January 31—Chairman, Ray Browh; Secretary, Harold Long. Dlsscntlon in the galley was squared away to everyone's satisfaction. Repair list will be talfen care of by the ship's, delc;.a'e. Rapair list was read. Patrolman will be as'xed which department is sup­ posed to take care of the hospital. Pa­ trolman V.'.PS asked about the.milk situ­ ation. Ship was over-supplied and spoil­ age resulted. Milk should he ordered in Puerto Rico ?s well r.s the States. New buckets will be requisitioned for all hands if laundry tubs arc not repaired or roolaced. one new toaster is needed for the Crew pantry. The three dopartmen s will rotate the cieanln-' of the recreation room, laundry and library. February IS—Chairman, F. A. Hipp; $otre;ary, $. F. $o';oi. Discussion was held on the repair list. Vote of thanks from fne crew went to the ship's dele­ gate and the department delegates for good work and coope^ration. CUBORE (Ora), February 21—Chair­ man, C. Ray; $acretary, C. Kinkade. ri>- K"'" ?t' . - Iw vy- ^ f-:. .r MADAKET (Waterman), November 21 —Chairman, A. M. Branconi; Secretary, N. D. Merrick. A. Hammoc was elected siiip's delegate by acclamation. Ship's delegate was asked to see the chief engi­ neer about the heads, as they were on tlia repair list last trip. Everyone should help to keep the messroom clean. The steward reported a balance of $91.32 in the ship's fund. He will keep the money. Steward reported that the captain bought a movie projector for $380 and rented eight films for $200. 11 was agreed that everyone will sign the log book for S5 to see tl)e pictures and pay for the cost. Siiip's delegate will get a receipt for part payment on the projector and pass it on to the new crew. If any brother doesn't want .to see these films, the rest of the crew will make up the difference. Captain agreed that this projector will be the permanent property of the ship— three quarters owned by the SIU and one quarter by the officers. Each man will clean the laundry after using It. OS and wipers wUl clean the recreation room for a week. Dacember 31—Chairman, T. W. Hinson; Sacrelary, M. D. Mauich. There is trouble in the deck department. The chief mate has run the bosun off the deck twice: this will be brought to the attention of the patrolman at the next port. Steward got off the ship in Japan to go to the hospital. Christmas decora­ tions cost S11.32 and the captain gave SIO to Rte fund. It was agreed to do­ nate $35 for payment on the camera, leaving a balance of $35. A vote of thanks went to the exceptionally good steward department. There is a $31..38 balance in the ship's fund. Frank Clawson was elected ship's delegate. Ship's fund will be donated to the March of Dimes. Crew was asked not to leave cups in the foc'sles or out on deck. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), March 1— Chairman, William Andrews; Sacratary, Gagrga H. Schmidt. There is $26.24 in the ship s fund. 'Ship's delegate asked to reaign his position, as the chief mate will not allow him to go to or to call the SIU hall on company time. Also, the chief mate takes the position that If the SIU wants a ship's iTelegate on board, they should put one on board, and not interfere with the routine. Vote of thanks v/ent to the steward department on the improvement of meals and con­ ditions In their departments. Washing machines should be cleaned and sliut off after use. Duties of sanitary men were discussed. Men who don't turn to for weekend watches will be logged. Stew­ ard remarked that in general stores this trip are the same as last trip, and that any improvement in meals Is due to the new galley crew. Carlyle Stack was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), March 2— Chairman^ Red Brady; Secretary, Feta Christopher. Report was made on re­ pairs. New repair list was posted. One man missed ship in Philadelphia and was replaced before departure. Pete Christopher was elected- ship's delegate. Some repairs were missed by repairmen at the payoff. Ship's movements, with addresses, will be posted.' MARINA (Bull), February 14—Chair­ man, Allan L.' Lake; Secretary, M. Rep- keurez. There is a very good crew, and cooperation between all departments. All repairs should be checked before the ship sails. A vote of thanks went to the KY$KA (Waterman), Novamber 22— steward department for good feeding. Chairman, H. C. Hili; $ccretary, H. Car- Good cooperation should be continued. michaei. Frank A. Gages was elected HILTON (Bull), February 2S—Chair­ siiip's delegate by acclamation. Sugges­ tion was made that steaks be cut a little man, Eglierl Goulding; Sacratary, Robert thicker. Ail hands should keep feet out Hutchlni. Ship's delegate wrote a letter of the chains in the messhali. All dishes to New York to find out about the old should be left in the pantry sink after ship's fund of $200. New ship's fund use. Crewmembers should cooperate with wiU be started next trip. Suggestion the messman in kgeping the messhali was made to have the chief engineer and pantry clean. look at the washing machine. Brothers December 2i—Chairman, Cecil Gates; should cut down on the length of time Secretary, Vyrei G. $uth. Electrician and they run the washing machine; Cups one fireman were hospitalized in Kobe. should be returned to the pantry. Japan. Steward should make out a re­ quisition for two new electric coffee per­ colators and a toaster. Members enjoy­ ing early morning breakfast after watch should clean the pantry and put dishes in the sink. Department repair lists should be turned over to the ship's dele­ gate as soon as possible. A vote of ap­ preciation went to the steward depart­ QUEENSTON HEIGHTS tSeatrade), ment for the excellent food provided on this voyage. Captain got a vote of appre­ February 22—Chairman, Thomas H. Flem­ ciation for the many considerations ing; Secretary, Charlas Moss. There is Letter of shown the crew, and for the added re­ $17.38 in the ship's fund. freshments he provided'on Thanksgiving thanks to James Sheehan, Boston agent, will be sent to the LOG. Performers wUl Day and Christmas Day. be punished in the future. OT will be STE^LORE (Ors), February 17—Chair­ paid only to men on board doing work man, Laroy Bewig; $ecretary, Richard A. in. port. More variety in meats is needffd. Cruber. Ship's fund of $20 was turned ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), Fobrusry 1* over to the bosun, who was voted ship's treasurer. Ship's delegate will call the —Chairman, Charles F. Garriz; Secre­ hall for a library exchange. All dele­ tary, W. B. Yarbreugh. Everything is gates will see the captain if and when very nice, we have had a good trip with the food gets poor again; Crew voted no beefs, so let's keep it that way. Vote to have the milk kept under lock and of thanks, went to the steward depart­ key until tLs vessel's departure, se we ment, especially to Larry and the pizza will get some to drink for a few days. pie. Vote of thanks went to the en­ Anyone wanting a relief is to call the gineers, a swell bunch. We have taken SIU hall for such relief. Violators will up a collection for a prestnt for Swee­ be turned over to the Union for action. ney, radio op—a swell fellow who has Each man must call his own relief. Deck done a lot of favors for the crew. We - engineer asked that it be brought to the decided to get a razor. attention of the Union that the rating which he hql^s- ahould also be qualified ALAWAI (Waterman), February 21— as pumpman. Chairman, Jackson; Secretary, Pedlar. Relief captain misplaced the repair list. STEEL ROVER (isthmian), February 11 However, all repairk that were remem­ —Chairman, James Long; Secretary, F. bered were taken care of except (messF. BIttie. Membership voted unanimously room chairs, chipping and painting port­ at this special meeting that the chief holes and replacing gaskets, clearing In­ steward be replaced. side passageway scuppers and deck scup­ pers, water-Ught doors and gaskets on ELIZABETH (Bull), February 21 — them. Luke A. Ciamboll was elected Chairman, T. Gonzalez; Secretary, C. ship's delegate unanimously. Gear of Kaust. D. De Dulsin was elected ship's the man who missed ship in Long Beach delegate. Repairs for refrigerator men. will be packed, and the patrolman at tioned two trips ago were not made. the first port will be asked what to do Steward department wa$ told to be on with it.- Crewmembers were asked td a p- .h k .r r. f',: iii- 'k' ji--' e-* . .• YTO' iJRe Only One Mail Adilress Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time, should first theck wheth­ er they have a proper majling address on file with the com­ pany. SliJ headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received frCm several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can he checked speediIv and payment made right away. keep shoreside personnel out of the mcssroom. Repair list will Re made up by each delegate before arriving at New York. Coffee will be made in pots in­ stead of the urn during meals. Cots should be taken off the deck when not in use. •*" WINTER HILL (CHies Service), Febru­ ary 7—Chairman, J. R. Lane; Secrelary, George Mihaleppeulos. Motion was passed that the crew will go on record as supporting the ship's delegate, who was fired by the chief mate, against the -tactics of the chief mate, lliere is $23.05 in the shij's fund. Deck delegate also supported the ship's delegate against the chief mate. Steward knd engine dele­ gates also support the ship's delegate. Present ship's delegate will continue to represent the crew until the beef Is set­ tled. Engine delegate will hold the ship's fund. Ekigine delegate will see if the television set can be repaired in Gal­ veston. € CATHERINE (Drytrans), February 20— Chairman, H. R. Hlghtawer; $ecretary, Larry Arbec. No one is to pay off until a patrolman arrives to square away all beefs. Minor problems will be taken to the. department delegates. All white cards have been congratulated on their work by the crew and recommended to the brotherhood of the SIU for member­ ship. Repair lists ( will be made out and tiuQcd over to the ship's delegate,. Steward has disposed of all stale and bad food. Captain didn't issue draws in Egypt, as he didn't have the authority to do so. Crew put in for OT. Crew feels that the captain brought the ship's delegate up on charges to get even with the crew. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Strvlcc), Feb­ ruary 21—Chairman, W. W. Reld; Secre­ tary, James H. Parker. All JFoc'sles wilj be checked to see that fans are In order. Cdmpany will be asked for boards hung to handrail for seats. Future meetings will be held at one and at six alter­ nately. Steward was asked for an addi­ tional coffee pot for the messroom. An­ other agitator will be purchased out of. the ship's' fund. Union will be asked who pays for washing machine repairs. Ship's delegate will find out about re­ pairing the . messhali radio. HASTINGS (Waterman), February 21— Chairman, Mullins; Sacratary, J. Wells. Discussion was held on misbehavior, like drinking, spitting, leaving toilets dirty. Guilty members In the future will be turned over to the port patrolman for action. Pressure on all toilets should be increased. Toilet seat should 'be repaired. •.vire-: room. Engine delegate told wipers thai man should be contacted about getting a full two bouts Is to be; spent oh sanl, a better' slopchest put on board. •tary work. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Scatraln), Feb­ February 24—Chairman, $. U. Jehntsnr ruary 14~Chalrman, A. Hansen; Sacra Secretary, T. Faies. -All repairs were tary, Jos Atchison. Matter of larger taken care of from the last voyage. Two draws in port has been taken up with hours OT for delayed sailing will he the Union. Letters on bad eggs written taken up with the boarding patrolman. by the steward were read. . One man Steward department foc'sle lockers need missed ship. Several minor matters were shelves A vote of thanks from the' en­ discussed. Crew'went on record to ask tire crew went to the chief cook for the negotiating committee to propose a the fine food he has been turning out Brother $10 raise in clothing allowance to the singe he joined the vessel. Seatrain Line,s or have a gangway In­ Smith, the ship's delegate, was highly stalled back aft. Copies will be sent to commended for the manner In which all ship's delegates of all Seatrain ships for beefs and repaii-s were taken care of through the boirdlng patrolman on bur their, consideration and approval. last paybff. TOFA TOPA (Waferman), December 21 VAL CHEM (Valentine), February SB—Chairman,. Sam Carisle; Secretary, Joe Gareelo. Men were warned not to foul Chairman, W. Snell; Secretary, O. Rayup in Honolulu, and keep the payoff mor. There is a cash balance of $24. clean. Ship's delegate volunteered to One man missed ship in Port Sobei. Tex. buy Christmas trees and trimmings, from Motion was passed to have a committee the ship's fund, and do the trimming. of three men investigate the possibility New mattresses are heeded for the crew. of installing a coca cola vending machine Repair list was taken to the captain, who for the use of the crew. All expenses said he will take care of It. A vote of and profits will be handled by the ship's thanks went to the steward department fund. New Trork patrolman will be asked for a job well done, as well as to the about getting, a greater variety of fruit, and. such items as shrimp and o.vsLers. ship's delegate. J. Markham. Vending machine can be bouTht in ' GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), January Orange, Tex., since this is the only port 20—Chalrmin, Henry Bllde; Secretary, which the ship is certain to make. Francis R. Nspoll. Four men were logged; one missed ship In Houston, Te.xas. and caught' it in Beaumont. ~ He was logged by the captain. One man left ship in Japan. Action should be taken by the patrolman on this man. Ship's delegate will bring It to his at­ tention. The whole crew gave a vote of thanks to the steward department for STEEL AGE (Isthmian), February 3— good food and service during the entire Chairman, Henry Rowa; Secretary, B. voyage. ' Pederttn. Saloon messman complained YAKA (Walermsn), February 27— about the second mate coming in late Chairman, J. Teurst; Secretary, C. B. for dinner. Steward will straighten-out Owens. $S3 out of the ship's fund was this matter. Ceddings was elected new given to the pantryman, whose wife ship's delegate. Fireman complained of passed away. 'Vent In dayman's room lack of attention from the doctor In Cal­ needs repairing. Water cooler in crew's cutta and for engineers and mate trying quarters aft should be repaired. Standby to minimize his injuries. He will see the on each watch will clean the messroom doctor again in Colombo. Washing ma­ and leave clean cups for the next watch. chine is reported to be in bad shape. Cots that are issued to each man should We will put In for a new washing mabe taken care of, not left lying around cliine in New York. and out in bad weather. There should February 14—Chairman, Bob Geddlngsi be no performing around the gangway Secretary, E. Pedersen. Everyone is to In Puerto Rico or any port. check foc'sles for needed repairs. Mess­ WE$TERN RANCHER (Western Nav.), man complained of noise at- night made February 27—Chairman, Thurston Lewis; by checkers working outside portholes. $acratary, M. H. SImonaaux, Jr. Pantry We will try^o collect subsistence on this. urn should be replaced. Chief engineer Discussion was held on necessary repaire. .should be asked about having the re­ Showers should be painted before the frigerator repaired In Japan. Stove, payoff. Steward will get special eating mixer, two fans should be repaired. utensils for shoreside personnel's use Clothes should be taken off the line next trip. when dry. Captain said the ship would VBNORB (Ore), February 24—Chair­ be painted inside on the way back if it doesn't lay up. Steward should serve man, H. Zurn; Secrelary, Peter Shel­ cold drinks with meals. Steward said drake. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ that it. is not required that ice be made ard department for fine preparation of aboard ship, but that he will see the food and service given. captain about making ice once a week DOROTHY (Bull), February 2t—Chair­ for OT instead of daily. Ship's delegate will accompany the steward. More va­ man, Peter Patrick; Secretary, E. Jim­ riety of the menu Is needed. Stores will enez. Ship's delegate checked with the be obtained In Japan. Mess table steward .about canned fruit and other should be fixed. Meat block needs re­ matters and everything was squared away. Chief cookawanted to know who pairing. runs the steward department, the stew­ WARRIOR (Waterman), January 31— ard or the captain. Ship's delegate will Ciialrman, J. N. Crews; $ccretary, M. B. call the patrolman to find out. Captain Elliott. Motion was passed to keep the has been after the wipers on sanitarysame ship's delegate, as he has done a work to sougee passageway. Washing good job. Cigarette butts and magazines machine isn't working, so the patrolman will be asked to inspect It to see if a should not be thrown on deck. new one Is needed. Recreation room FebrusrH 28—Chairman, Harold Duc- ahould not be left dirty, with cups all loux; gecretary, M. B. Elliott. A mo­ Delegates demanded better coop­ ment of silence was observed In memory over. eration. of the brother Who died during this trip. Motion was passed to donate money for ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), Febru­ flowers for our departed brother, whom ary 14—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, we are bringing back to the US for William Jenkins. Everything has been burial. We should also send a wire running M. quite smooth for the entire voy­ ahead, so some flowers can meet the ship age. Only a repairs promised by the when we dock, to be put on his casket captain werefew refuged in Savannah. The right away. Ship's delegate will take actions of one of the ordinarys will be care of collecting this donation. Stewup with the patrolman. Patrolman -ard ahould type up a list of personal taken will be to contact the company property lost when the portholes and officials asked_ about moving the steward te glasses were ^nocked out In the storm the cadet's room a»d_ giving the bosun that damaged two rooms. More fans and •the steward's room, while the carpenter parts are neeeded. Everyone should in the deck maintenance room will be clean up the me'sshall at night, and not leave such a mess for the crew pantr.v- (Continued on page' 25) man to clean in the morning, .Patrol- Order Blank For LOG Bound Volumes iP"" Editor, SEAFARERS LOG BEATRICE (Bull), February 21—Chair­ man, Jim FoH; Sacratary, Frank Zananski. Everything is satisfactory in all de­ partments. Worn out band wash ringer In • the laundry will be replaced. Dele­ gates' repair lists were turned over to department headg. AH departments wholeheartedly thanked the steward de­ partment for excellent menus, well pre­ pared meals and good service. 675 Fourth Avenue Brooldyn 32, New York Please send me the following: " ' SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Feb­ ruary 21—Chairman, J. LIppancott; Sec­ retary, O. Robinson. Cockroaches are being exterminated. Ship's tressurer re­ ported $134.31 In the ship's fund. Ship's delegate wlU write a letter to the Union about wars tubs In the laundry which the company refuses to repair. Engine room door should be .kept closed. SBANAN (Stratford), Novombor 1— Chairman, A. D. Williams; Socrotsry, John Flfhor. Master's attention wiU be drawn to the fact that the articles should be dated October 23,. not 24. A balance of $65 was turned over to the ship's dele­ gate from last trips ship's fund. $15 was spent for a radio speaker, leaving a balance of $30. Robert Wagner was elected ship's delegate. There was • a discussion on doing repairs before paint­ ing, but after weighing the matter we thought it would be best to paint now while the captain is in the mood. Messhall should be left clean. Last standby should put the finishing touch to the messhgU tables. Wipers and OS will Man* It; 1954 ', .(a)'. - bound v6|umes of the 1953 LOG @ $5 each. (b) complete seti of bound volumes of the LOG fo/l947 through 1953 @ $25 each. ."inclosed is a fptaf of $ • • • •• -»-» eeeeevo-^aeee'eeeoeee'eBBeB *•#••••• *'eB|Bee**«-gea ' \ODRESS .,e-ee-».eee. e.ee'e* •###•» •••#$••#•••# eeeeBeB^eBau • • -.V' -T • • ... • e « ' • • e e' • e' • » B. B, 4: 8 • e e '• e • e B. • • e • • e • • eBeBe8»*e«B»e • (Note: Please miika checks OF money orders payable to the. S SEAFARERS LOG.-J ; • mm•«• mm mmmm This convenient order blank for LOG bound volumes can be used for ordejt^-by mailvor can be filled put and brought into head- �SEAFARERS March 19. 1954 Pace Twenty-five LOG ... DIGEST dfi SHIPS' MEETINGS.. (Continued from page 24) given the bosun'i room, with the DM. Port captain wiil be asked if the lookout can be moved from the bow to the winj;' of the bridge during wlnd.v and bad weather before there is some serious accident aboard. Nothing can be seen from the bow then, on account of the spra.v, and the men are neariy thrown overboard with nothing to ciing to. One man nearly fell overboard and another fell and hurt his back during this, voy­ age. There will be no sign on until proper repairs are made, as they have PEESGNAEE Steve Messaros Eugene Ceccato Please get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at St. Vincent's Hospital, 11th St. and 7th Ave., NY, NY. 4, 4> . i George CuIIen Legal proceedings have been completed regarding your divorce. For further information, contact Frank Roberts & Kane, solicitors, 21 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Aus­ tralia. ^ 4* Schuyler Bland Crew Will all crcwmembers of this ves'sel who were shipmates with Dan­ iel H. Boyce on the voyage com­ mencing July 30, 1953, at New York, please communicate with Stark and Goldstein, 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. t Si ft Seafarer Baldwin Your father, William C. Baldwin, would very much like to hear from you. You can reach him at RFD 3, Box 29. Norfolk, Va. ft ft been neglected for .three coneecutive voyages. Captain promised last trip to build shelves In the pctly oiTicers' mess for the library, but nothing was done. Heating in crew's quarters is cut off when it is cold, and on full blast when It is hot. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Febru­ ary 2n—Chsirmsn, Al Brodie; Secretary, J. L. ttodses. Earl L. Morris was elected ship's dele-fate. Suggestion was made to stop whistling in the passageways. Magarines should be returned to the proper pl.ace after they have been read. Laundry deck should bs mopped up after using the washer. A longer handle should be obtained for the starboard passageway drin1:ing fountain. January 21—Chairman, Aussie Shrimpton; Secretary, Charles J. Hartman. Mo­ tion was passed that the ship arrival pool, which was undecided In San Fran­ cisco be decided b.v the first pilot to board ship at the next port. Brother hospitalized during the voyage will be given $25 from the ship's fund to cover his immediate pcisonal expense.s, and the Weirare Deparlmcnt will be notified by cable. Crew was asked to leave the ship washing machine clean. SEA WIND tSe.vlradcrs), January SiChairman, not lisle::; Secretary, not listed. There is $22 in the ship's fund. There is not enough linen aboard, not enough stores and the ship needs ex­ termination badl.v. Ship's delegate will see about sougeeing (he galley and pas­ sageways and paintin.g the decks. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), January 3— Chairman, Derwood Mann; Secretary, Frank Young. Ship's dele.gate will con­ tact the chief engineer about painting or spotting engine room quarters, having the washing machine repaired and gas­ kets fixed aft before tiie ship is fully loaded. Mann was elected new shin's delegate. Arrangements were made about cleaning the laundry and recreation room. All cups should be returned to the panti-y. and messroom should be kept in SIU state. February 21 — Chairman, Derwood Mann; Secretary, Samuel B. Thomas. Washing water is sUll salty. All depart­ ments are running smoothly with one ex­ ception. Chief engineer made the state­ ment that the ship's delegate had been • ft James H. Smith , Your sister, Beulah S. Wright, 1202 Shearn Street, Houston, Inoculation And Vaccination Texas, . would like to hear from The following men have their you, inoculation and vaccination papers in Welfare Services: ft ft ft .. Bill Odum ft ft ft Contact Louis Riviere, 36 W. Alexander Crew Gear 138th Street. Apt. 15. NY, NY. Gear left aboard the Alexandra ft ft ft by crew can be picked up at the - Herbert D. Dunlevie New York hall. Contact Robert F. Reynolds. 350 ft ft ft Sansome Street, San Francisco 4. Theodore' Katros Cal., regarding a suit you have Contact SIU Headquarters or pending. Philadelphia hall regarding NLRB • ft ft ft chai'geis. Aivin C. Olander . ft . ft ft . Please write or phone Mrs. Olaf Dean Hardin Olander, New Sweden. Maine, con­ Contact Cowdrcy for money at cerning merchant mariner's docu­ the New York hall. ment. • ' ft ft ft ft 4» ft • •' .Bobert Malioney Theodore Martens! . Your personal effects off the Please contact Ralph Mueller at 87-14 163rd Street, Flushing, Lonig Steel Voyagei' are at Headquarters. Contact Welfare Sei-vices for same. Island, NY. ft ft ft ft • ft ft Ture Sandstrom Joseph A. Torrisi She's Kindly notify Walter Siekmann where you would like your checks ft ft ft sent from Transfuei. James Byrne ' ft'- ft ft -Please contact Frank Plascik, Ralph Wllkins 337 Market Street. Philadelphia, We have vouchers for you to Pa., regarding radio left aboard the sign regarding your voyage on the Marymar. Seatiger. Inform the Welfare ft ft ft Services DepJrlment where it Ex-Carrabuiie Will the members of the crew of should forward same so that you the Carrabulle who were aboard may receive your money. March 25. 1953. contact the wife of • ft ft ft • Lost and Found the late Floyd Holcombe who suf­ Child's hand-knit gray sweater fered a fatal accident on that date. Mrs. Gladys Holcombe can be with name, "Jay," knit on front. reached at 311 Industry Street, Lost at New York hall on March 5. Finder please return to LOG office. Florence, Alabama. George C. Smith • Write your Sister Grace. worried about you. ft ft ft ' W. G, Moore John Buttimer Whitten Hammock Claries White ; Your gear left aboard the AfounJdria will be sold under authority Of the law on April 22, 1954, if it is not picked up before that time at the Collector's Storage Sales Section, 311 Appraiser's Stores, 201 Varick Street, NY. ft ft ft Tony Cavalier Get in touch with Mr. J. O'Con­ nor 9t 42 Broadway, NYC, concern­ ing the case of Ernest Ramirez, R to-very important. Puzsle Annwer SSiUS SEQS] GSSESQ lilslESIZa BSQ QBSSliSS BSBS BBQ QBQS SQOSSaii BBISSB man sns SQB S[S!BBBQg@S SSSS SB&I BSSQ QDSsaQQas [§)g]Ba QQO sBasisi sBQaaas lanci' BBHs [SHas aaa aiiaia ^Van-Shahprs^ Have So OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. running tilings too long and he wiU slop this. Ship's delegate will conlac-t the patrolman in the first US port. One man missed ship in Yawata. and a letter will be sent with the minutes giving complete details. Chief male will be asked to notify the engine depar.ment of the exact time on starting and finish­ ing of cargo. Ship's delegate will con­ tact patrolman on the salty water. Wash­ ing machine is being left dirty; brothers were asked to leave It In SIU condition. Vote of thanks went to the ship's dele­ gate for tile close cooperation with aU mutters concerning ship's affairs. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), January 24 —Chairman, C. B. Kelleher; Secretary, El Lane. One oiler went to the hospital in Saigon (George Pitour, later ropairiated). His replacement, hired in Sin­ gapore, , was later hospitalized, with an­ other man, at Pinang. One OS went to the hospital in Port Said. There were scleral beefs on electricians' OT. Five bottles of whis'Kcy were purcha.scd with the renininder of the ship's fund for the crew's Christmas party. American con­ sul in .Singapore was consulted by the ship's delegate about the captain hir­ ing an alien seaman without seam-sii's papers or clearance from the Coast. Guard. He also registered complaints about shoreaide personnel having free run of the crew's quarters, showers, toilets. Men were not given proper medical attention when needed. In Bom­ bay, getting a special draw of S.IO. $15 was donated to the Sisters of the Poor, for the orphans' Christmas. Hit will take care of the library. Klotion was passed to have the hospiLal moved to a room with portholes an'd that sirk men be placed in (he hospitals so as not to interfere with men working, who noed proper rest. - Men getting elf tiic ship should' strip their bunks and leave the foc'sles the way they like to find them. ship's delegate by acclamation. Depart­ ment beefs should be taken to depart­ ment delegates. Chief cook was asked to prepare fried food as late as po.ssihie. .-!o it is not dried out when served. Messman and pantryman should secure work­ ing gear before leaving the messroom. Coffee cup hooks should be imstalled in the crew's pantry. Steward informed the crew that the coin;>any is storing ships by a form and he has been re­ quested by the port steward not to order by trade names. Anyone wlio wishes may check the storing form, or the in­ voices on stores received. February 13—Chairman, R. Prichard; Secretary, C. Foslar. Patrolman will be asked to check on b-atter, quality of stores. Patrolman will bo asi-.ed about collecting compensation for being re­ stricted to ship after 10 PM in PUsan. Patrolman will cheek with the steward on the quality of night lunch and other stores supplied by the company. Slopchest should be cheeked. Patrolman wiil also be a.sked to see the captain about purchasing fresh salad in -redicnts and Irc.sh fruit. New chair is needed in the electrician's room. Ship .should bo stored before signing foreign articles Washing machine and laundry should bo cleaned after use. Mate will be con­ tacted by patrolman on painting foc'sics. -i" be asked to see about this outrageous situation. FRANCES (Bull), February 38—Chair­ man, John O'Rourke; Secretary, Fr.-.nCisco Cornier. Purser should notify the ship's delegate about posting draw time. Patrolman will see about painting • the rooms th.'st need it. Better grade of night lunch should be put out. Washing ma­ chine needs repairing. ANN MARIE (Bull), February 14— Chairman, Cliff Wilson; Secretary, E. Gibbs. Repair list from the former crew was checked and found incom­ plete. Decks in rooms and passageways are sweating in cold weather. Coast Guard inspector in Boston will be told about this. Second cook has already fal­ len and hurt himself. More help it needed in crew mess. Ice box is needed also. Small box in the pantry is insuf­ ficient. Egg boiler and timer are needed. RAPHAEL SEMMES tWatermcnt-, Febru.-.ry 4—Chairman, A. Hoag; Secretary, Robert Pionk. Repair of portholes was hroiight up. Ship's delegate will he b:.cked up by the crew on deck dep.ertnieni beefs. Discus.sion was held on the bl.-ick gang watch obtaining preference in Slopchest. It was agreed that they be allowed to go first in line. Fresh milk when there was none in the BIENVILLE tWatarman), February 3— was topside refrigerator. There is too much Chairman, Earnest B. Sims; Secretary, crew beef on the menu and • pepper steak William Whalen. Crew messhall should .<hoiiid be served once in a while. 12-4 be kept cleaner in the future by the deck will make coffee In the aficrcrew. AU condiments should be taken noon. watch Steward wanted to know how off messliall t.-iblcs after the evening i was it th-at when a member of the stew­ meal. Slopchest should be c-iiccked b.v ; ard asked to have his light the ship's delegate before leaving S.on I li.xeddepartment he was told to get matches from Francisco. Vote of thanks went to the i the steward and use them light. All steward department for a good, hai- i floors were fixed since the la.st meeting. anced diet, and to the cooks and baker Ship's delegate will see about obtaining for well prepared food. | keys for all rooms. Bosun sug-insted that February 21—Chairm-:n, Charles Ma- the cretv try to get along better. lur; Secretary, Oscar Payne. Chief en­ gineer was contactod about oil in the fresh water. The chief said ho already has done all he could with no results, and promised that the t.-.nks would be cleaned in .lapan. He also asked that anything found out of order he reported at once so it could be fixed. Two re­ placements were secured in San Fran­ cisco. There was somo discussion on $EA WIND (Saatraderx), December 24 sanitary work in the laundry, c-le:iniiig —Chairman, W. E. Waddle; Secretary, garbage and using too much disinfec­ T. L. Dugan. $5-worth of games were tant in deck department foc'sles. Baker purchased; there is $23 left in the ship's complained that fresh bre.id was being fund. \'ole of thanks went to the stetvtaken from the gallc.v while there is srd department for extra work done still bread below. Tliere were beef.* for holiday dinners. Night cook and about one man, who is uncooperative, baker should be given a private room. and whom some of the men 'want re­ Disliwasher should do a better job on moved from the ship. A three-man com­ silverware and dishes. Thanks went to mittee will investigate charges again.st the brothers who decorated tlie Christ­ him. Ship's delegate complained about mas tree and made general holiday prep­ men carrying, beefs to the captain. All arations. Wilmington hall was notified hands were again asked to return cups of tlie ship's arrival and of the short­ to the pantry and wash them at night. age. but no representative appeared. y; SEACLIFF (Coral), January 31—ChairALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), January 18 m;<n, Walter Crcssman; Secretary, H. R. —Chairman, Krenti; Secratary, H. BerHutchins. List given out by tiie captain kenfald. Sanitary system should bo and slopchest was correct. A word was leken care of; drains have been backing said about performers in foreign ports. up. Recreation room should be kept Vote of thanks went to the c.-iptain. S! V. cleaner. One man should donate the S.vre, for the cooperation and well man­ magazines we have read to the Seaman's aged job he. did on this., .ship. . He is Club in Busan. W'e will try to make well-llkcd: not one man has anything the washing machine last unlil we can to say against hiin and the oldtirncrs on replace warn out parts. Stale cigar­ the Seat-lift say he is the be.st thc.v have ettes should be replaced with l're.sli ones. .sailed w-ith. A vote of thanks went to Slopchest is incomplete. At the next the ship's , delegate for his wonderful meeting a man who Is remainin-g on the achievement in keepin.g everybody hap­ ship will be appointet! to get an SIU py. A vote of thanks went to the s'tcw- library. LOfs, OT siieets, etc. ard department for their excellent work February 12—Chairman, Geuld; Seeand for a well-fed ship. Next crew will retary, L. H. Marks. Brand of soap pow­ not sign on unless a new- wringer is ac­ der should be changed. One vent needs in-.e.sticatinR. due to the occitjouei-ing DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), February 12 quired and the washing machine fixed. .stench of oil fumes. A vote of lii.-.nks —Chairman, J. A. Massicot; Secretary, J. STEEL CHEMIST tislhmiah), December ' went to the steward department for good S. Burke. Six men were logged for tak­ M. Bruno; Secretary, P. I t-Iiow. ing time, off without proper authority. 4—Chaiiman, Pearce. Bosun thanked the steward de­ Ship needs fumigation; cockroaches are partment February 19—Chairmen, Jimmy Hans; for their cooperation in dump­ taking over (lie ship.. Patrolman wiil be ing garbage Secretary, Claude M. Sturgis. .Ship is aft of the hou'se. althpu:'h contacted about having the ship fumi­ there is still refuse found on the deck going to Seattle to pay off ami then back gated and getting aerosol bombs for sea. Captain has complained about to tlie Far East. The new wa.shin.g ma­ spraying the ship. Vote of thanks went at performers cots left on deck. Any chine .should have an automatic timer to the steward department for the good cots left onand deck will be taken to tire i on it. One member of the crew, who is job Uiey ji'ave done this trip. chief steward and the oiTender wiil Ire i staying to see that repairs are made berefused reissuance of another for tlie - fore leaving t'ne States, will also sec that ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Feb­ rest of the trip. This motion was voted ! a new washing machine is put uboaid ruary 7—Chairman, Kasre G. Sivertsen; against. Laundry will be locked in port j before leaving the Stales. The question Secretary, Leo Bruce. There is $39 on and key left with the dan.gway watch­ ; of restriction to ship in Pusan will i,e hand. A few men still have to pay their man.theChief engineer will lie asked to , put to the patrolman in Seattle. Joe dollar donation to the fund. Repair list on outside water for the shoreside Cash will take care of the repair list. should be turned in a few days before tarn personnel. There was a discussion on the ship reaches San Francisco. A gear fans and heat. ABIQUA (Cities Service), February 28 locker should be built back aft below for January 17—Chairman, M. Keeffer; Sec­ , —Chairman, N. I. West; Secretary. F. the sanitary gear; whenever the .ship retary, E. Yancey. Repair list will be ! Flanagan. There is S35 in the ship's rolls the gear flies around. Washing made out. Performers who bi-eak i fund. Walter Holfner was elected ship's macliine should be repaired before glasses wUl be punished. Bonks should j delegate by acclamation. Ship's delegate re.-iching C.nlifornia. Ship's delegate will be returned to the library. Water cooler j will see the captain about having drink­ sec the chief engineer about this. All for shower water needs cleaning. Some ing fountains fixed, hatch on poop deck slopchest stock should be acquired, as men have contagious disea.scs and still blocked off as a safety precaution. En­ there is nothing the men need. Cig­ the hospital is unused. Deck depart­ gine foc'sles need painting. Chief mate arettes are still rationed. Ship's dele­ ment has all three 8-12 watch members will be asked about supplies, a flashlight gate will tell the chief engineer about sick at the same time. Patrolman will for the watch on deck. any cigarette beefs. Checkers should not be thrown out. Suggestion was made to buy new games from the ship's fund in California; Editor, YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), Janu­ ary 7—Chairman, G. Bane; Secretary, C. Foster. , S. L; Woodruff was elected ffniz Answerz SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fpurth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY (1) Labrador. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please (2) Federal Republic of Ger­ put my nome on your mailing list. (Print information) many (West Germany). ' (3) Six. (4) Nautilus, named after the NAME submarine iit Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues under STREET RESS ..i... the Sea." (5) Ralph Branca, now with the Detroit Tigers. CITY ................,..:;.20I^^E STATE ...... (6) "Thomas- Murray, Democrat from Montana. (7) General Ulysses Grant, Signed ...». 1869-1877. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you «ro an old lubscribor and havo a chango (8) rhumba-swing. of addrats, piaasa giva your format addrgst bajow: ' (9) Ernest Hemingway. (10) The 22nd. limiting a Presi- ADDRESS ^ '•••i8<aaia«a«t)aaaaaata*a«a'*4**a*«laB«aaaaaaaaa*a«Wa*a«a>aa*aaia«)l«BaBB«MBB MaBBBOBMMMBoMBaHaaabaaBaaBaM It oaxV.i. »»»-» year terms. CITY I'r.-.'tii'., i!c a tta««BBB«B«B4Ba8aa ZJ:'' ZONi ' • ..STATE - • ••4aa«Btt«•••••• i'I I 1 •1 �SEAFARERS Pace Twenty-six LOG MutA 1». 1954 Getting information On Sill Weifare Pian in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafqrers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. if' m • -. J.'':.-i, M' fe'J -sH.'j- :^v' i-i SIU Welfare representative Bill Frederick explains SIU Welfare set-up to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan in their New Orleans home. Sullivan received $200 maternity benefit plus $25 baby bond for birth of son, Frederick, Jr. Dad sails on Alcoa Cavalier. Patricia Helen Payne, bom Feb­ 51-B Craftmore Drive, Prichard, ruary 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Ala. Mrs. Charles N. Payne, 3905 Park4, 4 4 Michael Karaer, bom Febmary side Drive, Baltimore, Md. 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ru­ 4" 4" dolph Karner, 64 New York Ave., Elizabeth Castro, born February Bergenfield, NJ. 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Arturo Castro, 1604 Golida St., Dennis Allen Patterson, bom Houston, Texas. December 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack C. Patterson, Route t 4* 1, Box 71, Tampa, Fla. Frederick Raymond Sullivan, 4 4 4 born January 25, 1954. Parents, Ronald David Mottram, bom Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Sulli­ February 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. van, 909 Race St., New Orleans, and Mrs. Richard P. Mottram, 40 I ~j0 La. East Main St., Merrimac, Mass. 4 4 4. 4i t 4i Larry Curtis Lucas, bom Janu­ Joanne Marie Brown, bom Feb­ ary 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ruary ll,'l954. Parents, Mr. and Arlie C. Lucas, 6906 — 21 St., Mrs. Joe Brown, 519 West 148 St., Tampa, Fla. New York, NY. 3^ 4 Elizabeth Margaret and Mary Veronica Maher, bom Febmary 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Maher, 345 East 83 St., New York, NY. 4> 4" 4" Charles Robert Garrison, bom February 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Garrison, Jr., February 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Weddle, 1206 South Fifth Ave., Yakima, Wash. 4 4 4 Kevin Bruce Thome, born Feb; ruary 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. Thorne, Box 328, Walpole, NH. 4 4 4 Kathleen Samdal, born Feb­ mary 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odd Samdal, 1058 Bay Ave., Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4. Warren JeiTery Mayes, born Feb­ ruary 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer S. Mayes, Jr., 1828 An­ nunciation St., New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Charles Brantley Aycock Brown, III, bom Febmary 26, 1954. Par­ 4 4 4 James Joseph Labenz, Jr., born ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brant­ February 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ley Aycock Brown, Jr., Manteo, NC. 4 4 4 — Mrs. James Labenz, 1690 North 54 Roger Pierre Grimard, Jr., born St., Philadelphia, Pa. March 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Frances Marie Bohannon, bom Mrs. Roger P. Grimard, 22629 Ra • Febmary 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. vennh Ave., Wilmington, Calif. and Mrs. William L. Bohannon, 410 4 4 4 East Charlton St., Savannah, Ga. Cecil Tyronne Jones, bom Jan­ 4 4 4 uary 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Renee Louise Weddle, bom Mrs. William J. Jones, Route 1, Box 48, Penola, Va. Seafarer Baby Poses In NY 4 4 4 VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. L. Bourdonnay TerrlU J. Nesbltt USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Otis C. BaUey W. G. Kieswetter Charles E. Carniel Manuel Martins John L. Griffin WilUam H. Mason BuUard Jackson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Henry J. ChUds W. S. Singleton Viggio W. Sorensen Ho Vee Choe Sing Ah Sue George B. Dunn Olav Gustausen M. B. Wilson P. S. Yuzon A. M. Keller Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. W. C. Bedgood Jimmie Littleton Paul B. Bland B. B. MeCorkel J. B. Christy James B. SeUers George O. Corbett James W. Sweat Paul Jakubcsak G. W. Wilson Joseph Kramer J. F. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Lyle Hipp George Anderson Melvin Bass Michael Katrausky John Maclnnes John Beckmann Wiktor MstowskI Marcie Boyles Manuel Muniz Ashton Butcher Warren Nielsen A. Caram Lai Choo Chang Elilio Ortiz Jar Chong Donald Peterson Robert Reynolds Pedro Claudio Julian CuthreU Edwin T. Rushton Speru Demoleas Jose Salgado Donald Dunn P. W. Seidenbergh Robert Sizemore R. Edmondson Joseph Faircloth Jose Sousa Brigido Figueroa James Thompson Deforest Fry W. R. Thompson Antonio Garcia B. F. Trottie J. B. Garrison Samuel L. Vandal Estell Godfrey Jan Vanos John Graddick James Waldron John H. Hannay Willie Yee Hans R. Hanssen VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLORIDASolomon Gerber Jose C. VUa USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortuno Bacomo James J. Lawlor James R. Lewis Thomas Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph Carr Bomar 71. Cheeley Harry F. McConald Emilio Delgado A. McGuigan Antonio M. Diaz David McIIreath John Driscoll Frank Mackey Jose Espinoza Lloyd MUler Matthew Gardiner Alfred Mueller Robert E. Gilbert Eugene T. Nelson Bart E. Guranick George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttle L. Kristiansen Renato A. Villata Frederick Landry VlrgU E. Wllmoth Union Aid Helps Seaman Win Loan For Purchase Of Home A Seafarer who was stymied in his application for a home Cathy Yvonne Williams, born Febmary 4, 195,4. Parents, Mr. and loan because of the fact that he was a seaman won a quick Mrs. Bobby G. Williams, 261 Col­ reversal of the bank's position after Welfare Services entered gate Ave., Dundalk, Md. „ the picture in his behalf. As-^ 4 4 4 a result he is now well on his ped through the hiring hall to a Kathleen Margaret Heggarty, way toward ownership of his, variety of sea-going jobs. It also born October 16, 1953. Parents, own home. went into detail about his earning Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Heggarty, The Seafarer had been looking powers under the SIU contract. 2107 Southern Drive, Virginia, around for some time for a neW' When the bank received this in­ Minn. home for himself ahd his family formation, it approved the loan. and finally located something The entire matter was pushed which looked desirable. In order through rapidly so that the Sea­ to make the down payment though, farer could take title to his new he had to get a loan so that he home and a check was written out wouldn't clean himself out of all for the amount of the loan. his funds. "It's pretty clear to me," he con­ Under the rales of the SIU, Changed In Hurry any member can nominate cluded, "that if it weren't for Wel­ He went to the bank where he fare Services help, I could never himself for meeting chairman, had his personal account and ask- have gotten that loan anywhere, reading clerk or any other Od for a loan. "Everything was go­ because if the bank where I had post that may be up for elec­ ing fine," he said, "until they ask­ my account turned me down then tion before the membership, ed me where I was employed. every other bank In town would including committees, such as When I told them I was a seaman do the same." the tallying committees, finan­ and was on the beach their atti­ At last reports, the Seafarer in­ cial committees, auditing com­ tude changed right away and they volved was busy, making plans for mittees and other groups told me the whole thing was off." furniture and for decorating his named by the membership. Stymied in his request, the Sea­ new home, secure in the knowledge Since SIU membership meet­ farer turned the matter over to that he wouldn't face any trouble ing officers are elected at the SIU Welfare Services. A letter was from the bank. Other Seafarers start of each meeting, those written to the bank's New York who have belatedly reported simi­ who wish to run for those headquarters explaining the na­ lar treatment from banks where meeting offices can do so. ture of seafaring employment. The they sought home loans unfortu­ The Union also welcomes letter pointed >out that while the nately missed out on good things. discussions, suggestions and motions on the business before ^ Seafarer in question was not em­ Prompt contacting of the Union in ployed by any one company 12 such cases might have avoided ' .the ' meeting. ' thomhr-Ohthe- yeal%'. that-he- ship-' these disappointmentt. • Throw in For . A Meeting Job Youthful Edwin Labiosa does his best before the camera in the arms of his mother, Mrs. Carlos Labiosa of New York, after re? , eeivtog the, maternity, lieneft pj^^ Goverament.bandi, ei USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. U. K. Ming O. E. Abrams E. P, Cole. Jr. John C. MitcheU J. Van Der Endo Louis Mussolini Johns E. Eubanks T. R. Webster G. C, Farnum Arthur WUfert Wm. K. GuUey Edward L. Woods S. Johannessen USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Robert L. ChapUne Edward A. Morgan Jimmie Priddy Jessie A. Clarke John C. Ramsey James R. Oodson Frank Van Dusen Henry Schwartz John D. Seiferth B. J. Dzelak James W. Gordon Elmer Shipp George E. Hermann Ray B. Sunderland Alexander Johnson John Talbot James E. Warren L. G. Linthicum A. Westerlund David McCollum Henrich Wiese Wm. Middendorf Clifford Womack Thomas Mungo CITY HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Jacob A. Otreba USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Theodore Mastaler Frank Alasavich James H. Penswick E. P. Belkner R. M. ChurchiU Robert A. Rogers S. J. Sbriglio Joseph Delessa Fred MaUory, Jr. Jack Lee Williams. USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Louis L. Bentley John E. Markopolo M. De GoUado D. B. Patterson Herbert Grant Frank L. Ryan Eligio La Soya A. J. Scheving Joseph C. LewaUen Denis C. Skousas Samuel S. Lyle USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. T. L. Ankerson T. S. Johnson Leonard Bailey Leonard Kay E. G. Knapp E. BraceweU Leo H. Lang Chas. E. Brady Wm. R. Burch J. E. Mciareath S. C. Carregal H. Nicol Richard W. Clark Joseph Otreba P. B. Cogley H. F. Paschall S. Gope J. K. Patterson Thomas J. Dawson F. S. Paylor ' Harry G. Peek John G. Dooley Edgar A. Piatt Leo Fontenot Jules J. Ralph B. D. Foster Hugh D. Fouche Joseph C. Revill M. C. Gaddy W. E. Reynolds James E. Gardiner Henry J. Robin N. L. Gardner J. Santiago C. W. Gann Harry L. Schuler Jack H. Gleason Luther C. Seldle F. Hauser James T. Smith Rosa J. Hebert L. C. Smith H. C. Herring Edward J. Stevens John L. Hinton Lonnie R. Tickle G. T. Hollier J. E. Ward Robert E. Homme! Louis W. WetzeU �March 19. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Paffc Twenty-scTcii Repatriated Men Aided Quickly SEEIN' THE SEAFARERS Four sick and injured Seafarers who came in to New York on a weekend after a long flight from the Far East were properly taken care of by SIU Welfare Services when it ap­ peared that they would be stranded without funds. Welfare Services then attended to their payoff and saw to it that all-*" four of them could get down pital in that port city. 2nd pumpman; Calloway D. Dimsto Baltimore where they are The four men, all off the tanker dale, MM; and Harold Vincent. With WALTER SIEKMANN currently receiving treatment in Stony Creek, were Alfred F. Hfe the US Public Health Service Hos­ bert, oiler; Avery W. McKenzie (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIV Weifare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Heading oif the hospitalized list this week is Joe Dodge, who. didn't. It seems as if Joe was in an automobile accident down in Mobile, Ala., and didn't get out of the way fast enough. At last report he was still badly hurt and is now in Albuquerque, New Mexico, recuperating from the accident. Seafarer Frank Alasavich knows what it is to be a nrember of the SIU, and he's very thankful for it. It is just another indication, Sea­ farers know, of the way the hospital benefits work and apply to members of the Union. Frank was sick a long while some time back. When he got out of the hospital he was not fit for duty. He went back into the hospital after being out for over one year, and things surely looked black. Right then and there the SIU stepped in to brighten things- up; he went right back on the Union hospital benefits list. He'll collect right along with the rest of the boys for as long as he's hospitalized, which should make things a lot easier for him. Dodye In the hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Sea­ farer Charles Oglesby. Charies just underwent another operation for his condition, which is not too serious from repoi-ts we receive, since he'il be down this way to see all his shipmates in about three or four weeks. Got Ulcers Seafarer Robert Reynolds is in the local drydock waiting to be op­ erated upon for an ulcer he got from worrying about all the money he makes under the top-drawer SIU contracts. He doesn't have any worries, however, now that he's under the Union's hospital benefits plan. This Seafarer usually ships out of Baltimore, Md. His last ship was the Archers Hope of Cities Service which he sailed on as ordinary seaman. In the hospital for a hernia condition is James Stogaitis, one of three Seafarers in the same boat this week. Jimmy's last job was as AB on the Golden City of Waterman. He lives in Phila­ delphia, Penn., and usually ships out of there. He expects to be in the hospital for awhile and would like to hear from his friends and shipmates. Drop a line and cheer him up or drop ai'ound and make him feel even better. Heinrich Rabba is also in the hospital for a hernia condition. His last ship was the Abiqua of Cities Service, where the New York Seafarer sailed as AB. Willis Thompson, AB off the Archers Hope of Stogaitii Cities Service, is recuperating in the hospital after a gallstone operation. He entered at the beginning of the month and hails fx'om Erie, Pennsylvania, the Keystone State. A Brooklyn boy, Azhar Curam, is now resting quietly in the Staten Island hospital after being transferred there from the Savannah, Ga., USPHS hospital. He was Injured aboard the Robin Hood and he left the ship in that southern port before shifting over to the Staten Island institution. ktus Enow... Seafarer Recuperating From Rare Operation On Heart Benjamin Trottle Is shown resting comfortably at the USPHS Staten Island hospital after being operated on for a heart condition. Having survived a rare and unusual operation on the heart to relieve a cardiac condition, veteran Seafarer Benjamin Trottie is now recuperating at the Staten Island USPHS hospital. The operation on Trottie is considered some­ also happy with the boost Welfare thing of a medical landmark Services has been giving him be­ because he was only the 17th per­ son in medical history on whom this particular piece of heart sur­ gery was performed. Apparently the difficult and delicate operation went through without any hitches because the 66-year-old Seafarer came through the difficult ordeal in good shape and is now recuperating- satisfac­ torily at the hospital. Aside from the nature of the operation itself, Trottie's age made it all the more noteworthy since it is an additional hazard to the success of surgery. Excellent Care Trottie, who was chief steward on the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) the last trip out before he got ill, expressed his praise of the excellent care he has received at the Staten Island hospital. He was fore and after his trying experi­ ence. Trottie believes that were it not for the USPHS hospitals, his chances of getting the special care and surgery he received there would have been pretty dim. Ordi­ narily, any sui-geon performing an operation of this kind would com­ mand a whopping fee that would be far beyond tbe ability of a Sea­ farer to pay. Trottie added that the help he received from Welfare Services certainly added to his peace of mind. In the days when he was looking forward to the operation and since then, the regular weekly visits from the SIU representative have been a big morale booster for him and added to his peace of mind. Three of them had various injuries, some of them serious ones with one Seafarer suffering from ^a broken ankle. The fourth Seafarer was ill. Arriving Saturday Morning Welfare Services got word late Friday afternoon on March 6 that the four men were arriving 9:30 AM Saturday morning at LaGuardia airport. Someone had to be at the airport to take care of them and provide immediate medical at­ tention. The Union also received notice that the company office had been authorized to issue a minimum draw of $5 for the four men. With a weekend coming up the $5 would have been completely inadequate particularly since the cab fare from the airport to the city is $1.50. Consequently, a Welfare Serv­ ices representative was on hand to meet the incoming plane. The men were taken immediately to the Staten Island hospital for emer­ gency treatment. There they re­ ceived an emergency check and were told to report back Monday for admission to the hospital. Signed Off Arrangements were then made to provide the men, all of whom ship from Baltimore, with quarters and food for the weekend. Mon­ day morning. Welfare Services took them to the company office for the payoff. They filled out the necessary papers and then were taken to the Shipping Commis­ sioner for signing off articles. Pay checks were to have been ready on their return but when they got back to the company office they found that one of the two company representatives authorized to sign the checks had been called out of the office. As a result, the men had to stay over another day and were appro­ priately taken care of. Tuesday they were picked up again and taken over to the company office where they were paid off that afternoon after further delay. Sub§fquently, the men were taken over to the station where they caught a train for Baltimore. The SIU's Welfare Services repre­ sentative in Baltimore, John Arabasz, met the train and took the men to the Baltimore USPHS hos­ pital where they are now getting medical treatment. Proper Repair Lists Help All if you're in troulile Yoon PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS SEE TEE SIO WEEFEBE SERVICES BEPAiniENT f. The deaths of the following North Arlington, NJ. Brother Ro­ Seafarers have been reported to mero is survived by a sister, Manuela Pineiro. the Seafarers Welfare Plon and 4" 4« 4" 92,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Salomon Tyvold, 53: A lung ail­ ment proved fatal to Brother Ty­ Edward C. Dacey, 42: A member vold on July 21, 1953, at a US Navy of the steward department. Brother hospital overseas. A member of Dacey died of a larynx ailment on the deck department, he had been February 19, 1954, in Boston, Mass. sailing in.the SIU since 1951, when He had been sailing SIU since he joined in New York. He is sur­ 1945, when he joined in New York. vived by a sister, Tsea Tyvold, Ho­ Burial took place at Belmont Ceme­ tel Norge, Bergen, Norway. tery, Belmont, Mass. Surviving is a brother, John James Dacey, 17 4- l* 4Mayflower Road, Arlingtpn, Mass. Sidney T. Boudreaux, 49: A 4. ^ . member of the SlU-affiliated Ma­ Manuel Romero, 51: On March rine Allied Workers in the Port 19, 1953, Brother Romero died of a of New Orleans, Brother Bou­ circulatory ailment in Baltimore, dreaux suffered a fatal blood clot Md. He had been sailing SIU in in that city on September 26, 1953. the engine department from the He had been sailing SIU during Fprt of Baltimore for tblPPP.ypars, part of .1953. Administratrix of his j8iirjaLwE^..a,iiHQly.CrosiC^ is Myr»SKellyi'. ''nn-5' • -iK •• .1 .'Vr'r.kJi-A; The settlement of repair lists means a lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the repair list made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in tbe proper fashion. Each department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure the work is done. I J| 'ii �;• "1 li :fii: i-jV': m: W• liKP fcisrs |'&P-::f. w^¥- lif'' ^:vv'- . • You can't alwoys tell a diplomat or an ambassador by his cutaway coat and striped pants. Sometimes he just wears plain working duds, as many Seafarers do. But the Seafarer, even though he's not a, specialist at diplomacy, is an ambassador all the same. Wherever he goes, in any corner of the globe, he represents his country, his countrymen and his Union shipmates. , To people in foreign lands, his behavior is the yard­ stick against which everything American Is measured. If his attitude toward the jocal populace Is unpleasant, then It must be that all American seamen are tne lame. On the other hand. If he's friendly, courteous and tactful, all SlU men and their Union, get a good name. The record shows that most Seafarers regard the peo­ ple of the lands they visit as friends. This friendly spirit has gone a long way toward making Seafarers among the most welcome visitors In all corners of the world. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource March 19, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 6 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESSMAN DEMANDS HALT TO TRANSFERS; SETS HEARINGS SIX WEEKS LEFT FOR ART CONTEST ENTRIES GALVESTON HUNT FOR NEW HALL STRIKES SNAG NLRB FINISHING DOCK VOTE HEARINGS; OUTPORTS IN MASS SWING TO AFL SIU WINS EXCELLO BARGAINING RIGHTS; CO. UNION DUMPED LOG POLLS SEAFARERS ON SHIP LIBRARY PROGRAM LEWIS, ROBIN LINE HEAD, DIES AT 45 LA. BOXER SEAFARERS' FAVORITE GOV'T WOULD GIVE ALIENS RIGHT OF APPEAL TO COURT SIU HAS AIDED NUMEROUS UNIONS THROUGH THE YEARS PORT O'CALL SAFE PLACE TO KEEP DOUGH BME TROUNCES ILA IN PHILA COAST UNIONS OFFER LOW-COST SHIP PLAN HUNT FOR LIVE AMMO IN BROOKLYN WATERS USE RAGS FOR PAINT JOB ON ORE VESSEL SEAFARERS HELP FETE MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE, CALLED OLDEST IN US UNIQUE RECORD LIBRARY POLL $64 QUESTION MOBILE SCORES THAT SEAGOING WHITE ELEPHANT THE GREAT EASTERN BALTIMORE HAS OPTICAL SERVICE LAW WOULD LIFT SEA PAPERS IN NARCOTICS CASE STEEL NAVIGATOR HAS SHIPLOAD OF FUN WITH 600 MONKEYS ABOARD KYSKA CREW HAS XMAS SPIRIT; MATE OBLIGES WATERMAN SHIP HAS MORE OIL THAN WATER ON BOARD FOR FAR EAST RUN WHEN THE GERMAN FLEET MUTINIED UNION AID HELPS SEAMAN WIN LOAN FOR PURCHASE OF HOME REPATRIATED MEN AIDED QUICKLY SEAFARER RECUPERATING FROM RARE OPERATION ON HEART Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/19/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/870b06adb6b4aa40175f8dd5e226daca.PDF 30182850a58645663e591bda66d98a48 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG April 2 1954 ' • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TH8 SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • / X-. SENATE TAKES UP TRANSFER DISPUTE -ril «; A -Story on Page 3 NLRB Orders New Dock Election Story on Page 2 '•'rV- ij -C- 'i'^A '•'i 1; !?$:. i# •V.V'"' Win, P/o«e, Or-? typify the state of Seafarer John Hal's hopes for a $140,000 jackpot in a lottery, as the mystery of what the New Orle­ ans seaman won—and on what—goes on. The only known facts are that he had a ticket on a lottery, was "reliably" informed he'd won, then discovered he'd lost the marker. He doesn't know on what lot­ tery nance he can't find the ticket. (Story on Page 6.) - ^\ \/§n TatAMfmAn# Seafarers aboard the SIXJ-manned Fairisle (Waterman), the first Ff f rCOf IllCfir# company vessel to use its new $6 million terminal at Port New­ ark, NJ, line the deck of the ship as a Hi-Lo driver jockeys the first sling-load of cargo off the ship ipto.positiQn.,Special ceremonies marked ojpening of vast terminal. (Story on Page 3.) �SEAFARERS LOG . Face Tw« AvrU 2. 1954 Three Seafarers, Others Seek SKI Scholarships li;v 1%^. 'i \m AFL-ILA longshoremen file into work on the docks during the course of the old ILA-sponsored strike along the New York waterfront. Pictured above are some of the hundreds of men who answered the call to work on the Brooklyn Army Base piers. NLRB Throws Out Dock Vote; Orders New Ballot With SIU scholarship awards to be made in June, three Seafarers are among 11 applicants who are anxiously await­ ing the final decision as to the winners of the four $1,500 annual awards. Seafarers Sey-"* mour Wallace, Ed Larkin and ard University, and Elwood KastWallace Simpson are the ner. New York University. All of three who have qualified along them are university administrators, with four seamen's daughters, and and- most of them, if not all, are expected to serve again this year. three sons of SIU men. Scholarship applicants have to Before a final decision is made by the trustees of the Welfare Plan submit proof of their, or their based on recommendations of a father's minimum three years' seaboard of prominent educators, four time on SIU ships. Official high of the applicants will have to take school record transcripts,^ a letter the qualifying college entrance of recommendation from the high exam on May 22. This is the last school principal and two other let­ exam that will be given before this ters from people who have known the applicant for a good many year's awards. years are also required. , StUl Time Left However, there is still time for additional applicants to qualify for the scholarships, provided they file immediately for the exam with the Seafarers Welfare Plan, and get all their qualifications in the rec­ ord including the necessary school transcripts, proof of sea time and letters of recommendation. Once the May 22 exam is com­ pleted, a group of prominent edu­ MOBILE—Harbor improvements cators will be selected to pass upon needed to promote greater ship­ the 'qualifications of applicants. "jsupWhile the grades on the examina­ ping through this pqffi tion are a big factor in the final de­ ported recently by 'a*^ delegMion cision, other matters are taken into from Mobile and Birmingham that consideration such as the appli­ appeared before a House Public cant's past record, participation in Works subcommittee in Wash-. extra-curricular activities, as well . . as recommendations of high school ington. The delegation urged that 's $5,principals and others who have 971,000 harbor improvement proj­ known the applicant. Last year's advisory committee ect for the Port of Mobile be in­ consisted of C. William Edwards, cluded in the Rivers and Harbors Princeton University; Bernard Ire­ Act of 1954. land, Columbia University; Miss Among the principal items rec­ Edna Newby, New Jersey College ommended to the subcommittee for Women; F. D. Wilkinson, How­ was deepening of the main ship channel from its present depth of 32 feet to 40 feet. The port -cur­ rently is losing business because many vessels cannot negotiate; the channel fully loaded, the Alabama delegates said. Ships with a draft Regular membership meet­ in excess of 28 feet cannot always ings in SIU headquarters and navigate the channel safely, al­ at all branches are held every though the "project depth" of the second Wednesday night at waterway is listed at 32 feet. 7 PM. The schedule for the SlU-manned Waterman ships next few meetings is as follows: were involved in 22 accidents in April 7, April 21, May 5, the Mobile channel between 1940 All Seafarers registered on and 1949 at a total cost to the the shipping list are required steamship operator of more than to attend the meetings. $208,000, the Mobile delegation testified. Mobile Asks Deepening Of Ship Channel The AFL-ILA won its biggest victory yet in its fight to establish a new union "for longshore­ men when the National Labor Relations Board upheld an examiner's report calling for a new election on the New York docks. The examiner recommended, and the Board agreed, that the December dock vote-* be set aside because of vio­ charge rests on refusal of steve­ court orders prohibiting a tie-up. A third action involved an NLRB lence and intimidation of dores to put longshoremen to work even when the AFL-ILA had men petition for an injunction against longshoremen by the old ILA. While no definite date has yet available. A second legal proceed­ tugboatmen refusing to handle been set for the new election, the ing involved contempt of court ships in the harbor, while the New Labor Board said it would make a charges against three old ILA lead­ York Shipping Association belat­ final decision sometime within the ers, Harold Bowers, Willie Ackili- edly got into the act after 24 days next 30 days on when the election tis, brother of the notoiious Albert of tie-up by filing unfair labor Ackilltis tff the old Arsenal Mob practice charges. The tugboatmen would be held. Further, the Labor Board warned and William Lynch as well as eight promptly went back to work when the old ILA that unless it stopped old ILA locals. The men are ac­ the injunction was issued. violating the various court orders cused of promoting the strike in To top off the old ILA's troubles, against it, it would be ruled off the New York in violation of several a meeting of that union's Atlantic election ballot. This means that the district broke up in disorder, with old ILA would have to call off the ieaders of locals in other cities re­ current political strike it is con­ fusing to go outxin strike In sup­ ducting in the port of New York. port of the New York walkout. The NLRB action came as AFLPorts like Boston, Philadelphia and ILA members made fresh headway Baltimoi-e are humming feverishly in their drive to reopen the port of in an attempt to handle traffic di­ New York. Approximately 5,000 verted from New York. Longshore­ longshoremen are working piers in men in those ports were busy un­ various parts of the harbor despite loading cargo that normally would attempts by roving gangs of en­ be handled by New _ York long­ forcers to keep them closed. Even With only 25 ships remaining to shoremen currently being kept the old ILA's official "adoption" of be voted, leaders of the Marine from their jobs by the old ILA. the four-week old "wildcat" strike Cooks and Stewards, AFL, are New developments in the Gulf failed to stem the longshoremen's looking forward to the final count district foreshadowed further set­ desire to get back on the job. in the West Coast stewards elec­ backs for the old ILA. It appeared Meanwhile headaches piled up tion, just five weeks off. iJnofficial that practically all ILA locals in for the old ILA in the legal arena. reports from the men on the ships Gulf ports would line up with the Federal attorney Edward Lumbard indicate a strong trend toward the new union, adding to the isolation opened a grand jury investigation SlU-affiliated union as opposed to (Continued on page 17> cf alleged collusion and conspiracy the National Union of Marine between stevedores and the old Cooks and Stewards and Harry ILA to keep the port tied up. The Bridges Local 100 which is calling for a "no union" vote. Meanwhile, a new West Coast April 2. 1954 Vol. XYI. No. 7 election for steamschooners is un­ As 1 See It Page 4 derway and MCS-AFL sources pre­ Committees In Action Pa ge 4 dict the union will take at least 30 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 out of 35 eligible votes in this Editorial Page 13 contest. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Opposition Split Galley Gleanings Page 20 All indications are that a definite • Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 split in opposition votes between In The Wake Page 12 Bridges' "no union" and NUMC&S Labor Round-Up Page 13 is taking place. Bridges appealed Letters Pages 21, 22 for a "no union" vote after the Maritime Page 16 NLRB decided that Local lOO was Meet The Seafarer Page 12 not entitled to a place on the ballot. On The Job Page 16 As indication of the trend in the Personals Page 25 voting, MCS-AFL representatives Quiz Page 18 point to the following estimates of Seafarers In Action Page 16 the way the vote went on major Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 passenger ships: On the*Lurline an SIU History Cartoon Page 9 estimated 228 for MCS-AFL to 60 Sports Line Page 20 for the opposition; on the President Ten Years Ago Page 12 Cleveland, 148 to 32; on the Presi­ Top Of The News Page 7 dent Wilson, 110 to 70. All these, Wash. News Letter Page 6 of course, are rough estimates Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 based on interviews of crewWelfare Report Page 8 members. Your Constitution Page 5 While the Labor Board had esti­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 mated that 6,000 were eligible to Honoring the memory of Andrew Furuseth on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, Published bIWMlcly at tho headquarters members of seagoing unions and friends of the maritime Industry pose before his memorial in San of the Seafarers International Union. At­ vote, the final tally is expected to lantic « Quff District AFL. «7S Fourth fali far short of that because of Francisco, Cal. They are, left to right, John Hawk, Gunnar Hexum, Charles Abar, State Senator Avenue, Brooklyn 32, MY. Tel. HYacinth y-MOO. Entered as .second class matter the decline In shipping in the last Thomas Maloney, Harry Johnson, Sam Bennett, Captain J. A. Gannon, Marty Breithoff, SIU rep'reat the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY few monthik • under iho A<t of Aus|Mffr.2f" v ' Last 25 Ships To Ballot In Steward Vote Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Furuseth IVIemorial Services In San Francisco SEAFARERS LOG .1 1 .. 1. ' ' '• i ''ll �V If-J*; April t, 1954 t SEAFARERS •r*','?"- Page Thriee LOG Unions Lead Fight On Transfers As Hearings Begin ^ WASHINGTON—Carrying the ball for a strong American merchant marine, the SIU, and other maritime unions voiced strong opposition to further transfers of ships to foreign flags at the start of Senate hearings on the issue. A subcommit­ tee of the Senate Commerce Committee heard the unions voice the lone dissenting posi­ tion, while spokesmen for the shipowners clamored for transfer approvals, backed up foreign transfer of dry-cargo ships alone, 37 of which are Liberty-type ships. The MA chief called transfer to foreign flags "least of the evils" open to shipowners unable to find cargoes for their vessels, the otliers being scrapping or lay-up. Roths­ child noted that the vital consider­ ation, from the national defense standpoint, was having a ship in operation, even under foreign-flag. Union spokesmen countered with a demand that if the Government was so opposed to having private vessels under the US-flag remain inactive, then it should buy the ships rather than permit them to sail under the flag of another na­ tion. Shipping company represent­ atives generally followed the argu­ ments advanced by the M.\ official. the heels of demands by Sen. John G. Butler (R., Md.) for full airing of the question. Parallel inquiries by the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee, under Rep. Thor C. Tollefson, acting chairman are also scheduled. Sale To Brazil by Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild. A spokesman for the SIU and other sea unions in the Conference Meanwhile, another House sub­ Token load swings from a boom high above new Waterman Termiof American Maritime Unions de­ committee was looking into a bill .. nal in Port Newark as the instaliation gets into fuii swing. Water- . clared that maritime labor was to allow the Government to sell man is operating the terminai under iease from the New York unalterably dpposed to the "policy up to a dozen small coastal freight­ Port Authority. and practice" of transferring ers to Brazil. The ships involved American ships to foreign flags. in the proposed sale would be Gov­ "We destroy US shipping during ernment-owned vessels out of tho peacetime and only after we are (Continued on page 17) attacked by an enemy do we real­ ize the full importance of achiev­ ing and maintaining an adequate American merchant marine," he pointed out. * Opposition to the union view With both New York and New Jersey state representatives was In order to expedite tho led by the Maritime Adminis­ Eight Ships Switch on hand, the Waterman Steamship Company and the Port of tration matter of ships' repairs lists, as well as representatives New York Authority held official opening ceremonies for the of several shipowner organizations The relaxed transfer rules an­ ships' delegates and depart­ mental delegates on SIU ships brand-new $6 million terminal• seeking permission for additional nounced by the MA in February at Port Newark. The terminal the company plans to center all transfers. Maritime Administrator have already enabled eight Lib­ are urged to turn in repair lists a week before a vessel will be the center of all Water­ its New York port operations in Rothschild declared that there are erty-tankers to be transferred for­ arrives in port. In addition, over 40 applications pending for eign. In another development. East­ man shipping operations in the the new terminal. ern Steamship Company revealed headquarters recommends that Port of New York from now on.that it has received permission to delegates making up new re­ Heavy rainfall put a damper on switch the Evangeline as well as pair lists turn these in to the the opening ceremonies, but failed the Yarmouth to a foreign flag. proper department heads on to disrupt them as 1,000 guests Both vessels, operating as passen­ the ship at least a week be­ attended the speechmaking inside ger cruise ships, have been manned fore the ship is due to reach the warehouse and other cere­ by SIU crews for several years on port, so that the companies can monies which included a token dis­ summer trips between New Eng­ take appropriate action when charge of cargo from the Water­ land and Nova Scotia. Two other the ship arrives. Ear'y filing man ship Fairisle standing by SIU vessels, the molasses carriers of repair lists will facilitate during the proceedings. Actual the procurement of new items After running under the American flag between Boston Catahoula and Carrabulle (Na­ cargo handling at the terminal be­ tional Navigation), also have appli­ for the vessels and give suf­ and Nova Scotia for better than a quarter of a century (since gan the following day. cations pending for transfers ficient notice when repairmen Speakers at the opening included 1939 under SIU contract), the Eastern Steamship Lines pas­ foreign. are needed to board the ship Governor Robert Meyner of New senger ship Yarmouth re-+ The hearings by the Senate unit in port. Jersey, Newark Mayor Leo Carlln, cently got preliminary Mari­ hourly wage minimum. Fantastic? on the transfer issue followed on and Captain Norman Nicolson, time Administration approval Of course it is. Yet that is just ••f president of Waterman. to transfer to foreign registry. Re­ what maritime law permits East­ The new terminal, for which liable reports have it that the ves­ ern Steamship to do. Waterman holds a long-term lease, sel will be operated under LiberIf our imaginary trucking com­ is key to the company's efforts to ian registry on its regular run be­ expand and improve coastwise and tween Massachusetts and Nova pany even attempted that kind of caper it, would have the Internal intercoastal service. It contains Scotia. Revenue Bureau, the FBI, the La­ ample space for handling of both bor Department, the National La­ The Yarmouth's sister ship, the A request for a variety of books consisting of popular railroad and truck cargoes with bor Relations Board and a few fiction items and maritime subjects made by the Staten Is­ Evangeline had previously been greater ea.se than at other porttransferred in hush-hush fashion other enforcement agencies down land Public Health Service Hospital has been filled by the facilities in the harbor. There is plenty of room for wait­ last November, and the negotia­ its neck in short order. The person SIU. Acting with member--^ ^ (Continued on page 17) ing trucks without choking local tion for the Yarmouth were virtu­ • ship approval, the Union has donated a large number ally completed in a similar manner sheets. of titles which the hospital patients Originally, Waterman 'had in­ early in January. had been asking for. Although a number of Libertytended to make use of both its old Membership action came after pier facilities at Bush Terminal, tankers have been transferred in the social service department of Brooklyn, and the new Port New­ recent weeks and other freight the hospital got in touch with the ship operators have requested ark terminal. At present, however. Union asking if something couldn t transfers, this was the first in­ be done to help get the books in stance in recent times of a longquestion. The hospital explained term American-flag passenger ves­ that they had no funds for the pur­ sel going foreign under the owner­ chases and that several of the titles ship of an established Americaninvolved had been requested a flag operator. Further it is the first great number of times by the pa­ instance of such a ship remaining tients. Some of the books were MOBILE—A seven-cents-an-hour in the same service as it had been out of print volumes which wera wage increase was won for Water­ operating under the American flag. hard to obtain. man repair yard and Alcoa shore Suppose for the sake of compari­ Accordingly, the matter was put gang workers here in new contracts son, an American trucking com­ to the membership, which voted to just negotiated by the SlU-affill- pany which did business between purchase a selection of the books ated Marine Allied Workers. the US and Canada, decided in question and donate them to the Both shoreside installations op­ around March 15 that it didn't hospital. erate under MAW contract. like Uncle Sam's tax bills, ICC The books were rounded up and In addition to the wage in­ registry fees, its union contract delivered by the SIU hospital rep­ crease, Waterman workers were and wages payable to American resentative on March 29. and granted three additional paid holi­ drivers along with license charges. turned over to the grateful hospital days, bringing their total number Suppose this trucking outfit could librarian. of paid holidays equal to the six go to the nearest Panamanian or Subsequently, the librarian. Mrs. provided in SIU agreements. Liberlan consulate, and for a few Marie R. Jones, wrote the Union The Alcoa shore gang pact also dollars register under the flag of that "a gift such as this is of in­ named Mardi Gras Day as a paid one of those countries. Then sup­ Large selection of new books donated by SIU for USPHS hospital finite value as we. could not obtain holiday and granted a $20-a-year pose it fired all its union drivers at Staten Island is presented by SIU Welfare Services Representa­ anything like it, if it weren't for rain gear allowance for shore gang and hired aliens to jockey its rigs your generosity . . tive feiby Flynn to Mrs. Mi^e B. Jones, librarian. men. around at less than the 75 cent New Waterman Terminal Opens At Port Newark File Repair Lists Early Yarmouth l^ailsThrii Sea Law Loopholes SIU Donates Batch Of New Books To USPHS Hospital Gulf Shore Gangs Win Pay increase �Ifii Four SEAPAR^RS LOG Smoldering Ship Touches Bottom AprU F, 1954 As I See It • • • ; •W--!•; • JUDGING FROM ALL REPORTS THAT ABE COMING OUT OF Washington, this country is going to give the Communist armies in Indo China a little action by stepping up help in the coming year. It appears that'an effort will be made, possibly In cooperation with other nations, to give the French armies and the local people there enough of a hand so that they can lick the Communist forces. It's no secret that ever since fighting was wound up in Korea that the Communist rulers of China have been pouring a flood of supplies into Indo-China for use by the Communist rebels there. And the thinking in government circles ap­ parently is that if it was important for the western countries to stop the Communists in Korea, it's equally important, if not more so, to take steps to whip them in Indo-China. Of course, as any Seafarer who has been there can tell you, this country's Government has been The stern of the French freighter Cavelier De La Salle rests on the shallow bottom of the Henry Clay shipping quite a bit of munitions and other supplies batture in New Orleans, La., after tons of water were pumped into the holds by fire boats in an effort to such places as Saigon for some time now, and in to quell fire aboard vessel. Smoldering bales of cotton caused $200,000 damage to the cargo. view of the new policy decisions being made there is liable to be some more of that traffic forthcoming in the next few months. Since this could mean some more in the way of Government cargo to handle, it wouldn't surprise anybody around the waterfront to see of the tramp shipowners (who are raising the roof down in Wash­ Still in business despite exposure in past issues of the SEAFARERS LOG, tha Davenport some ington looking for a foreign fiag transfer) suddenly discover that maybe Seamen's Service is raking in the $2 bills from people who are looking for a job at sea. The their ships are good Americans after ali. $2 goes for a so-called Seamen's Employment Directory which contains a lot of advice for prospective seamen—ex--* ^ cept actual promise of a job. a woman in Philadelphia who chant seamen and a list of shipping ACCORDING TO CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED AT HEADThe latest victim to call the wrote the LOG asking for a job companies and unions, something quarters, quite a few of the brothers have received the call from their gervice to the LOG'S attention was as a cook on a ship. She wrote that that could be gotten by consulting local draft boards and are now serving in various branches of the armed r =e she saw the name of the SIU in a telephone directory and the Coast forces. The drafting of seamen has stepped up considerably since the the directory as a place to go to Guard. fighting stopped in Korea, because the people in charge of these matters get jobs. Davenport is only one of several down in Washington feel that the seaman's job is no longer an essential Keep Draft "I am writing to you," the letter such guides in operation in re­ one. Both unlicensed men and officers are getting their notices accord­ Board Posted writer said, "as J found you in the cent-months, including Seaways in ingly, book I sent $2 to. So please an­ Baltimore and the Seamen's Serv­ SlU headquarters urges all While the fighting in Korea was'going on, your union was suc­ swer soon. Please tell me where I ice in Trucksville, Pa., all promis­ cessful in persuading the military authorities to ease up on drafting draft-eligible seamen to be can get papers from to join up ing prospective buyers how to get seamen because at the time the pinch was on for skilled crewmembers. sure they keep their, local Se­ now." lective Service boards posted a job in maritime. And as always, merchant shipping made the difference between a suc­ Ads In Magazines on all changes of address cessful military campaign in that fai-off country and a disastrous defeat. through the use of the post The Davenport Seamen's Serv­ Today though, many of the same Seafarers who were deferred in cards furnished at all* SlU ice, as described in the LOG of those years and made it possible for needed supplies to get to the other halls and aboard ships. Febi-uary 20, 1953, is run by Rod­ side of the Pacific are serving a hitch in the US Army and looking Failure to keep jour draft ney Davenport Turner. It places forward to the day when they can ship again. board Informed of your where­ ads regularly in about 60 assorted abouts can cause j'ou to be pulp magazines which paint mari­ listed as a delinquent and be time service in glowing terms. ALTHOUGH NONE OF US MAY HAVE HAD THE PAINFUL Ex­ drafted into the services with-, Then when the potential customer perience of losing out on $140,000 in sweepstakes winnings, it's easy to out a hearing. The Union in "bites" he is sent some more sales sympathize with the feelings of Seafarer John Hals. According to the such cases can do nothing to pitch describing the $2 booklet first reports, Hals held a winning sweeps ticket but lost his stub. The aid Seafarers who fail to com­ with a "set of application forms" In another attempt to secure New Orleans newspapers made quite a fuss about the story, and there ply. for jobs. The booklet merely out­ lines the qualifications for mer- financial aid for long-term patients. have been the usual fast-shuffle operators trying to get in on the act National Maritime Union members and annoying the Seafarer with deals for spending the money he never at the Manhattan Beach Public got. Health Service Hospital have sub­ Now it appears after later examination, that there was something mitted a resolution to the NMU faulty in the whole story and the SEAFARERS LOG is trying to check membership calling for steps to to see if Brother Hals actually won the money as reported. provide benefits for them. The However, even if it is established that the first reports on Brother resolution has been submitted to Hals' winnings were in error, it doesn't seem likely that it will make all ports of the NMU and has been him much happier than he is now. mailed to virtually all NMU ships sea. Three deck department men and recoi-ding secretary for that at Representatives the hospital­ READERS OF THE LOG PROBABLY NOTICED THE STORY IN were in charge of the Philadelphia port's last meeting. Howard, a na­ ized NMU seamen ofsaid they took the last issue on the large number of unions that Seafarers have given meeting of March 24 from top to tive of the Show Me State, came bottom. As elected by the member- into the SIU via the Port of New the step after all attempts to get a hand to in their beefis, a record which does every ghip in that port they were Burton Orleans on September 17, 1948. He relief from the national office had Seafarer proud. It ties, in with a communication re­ Hirsoh as chairman. Bob Garrod is 62 years old and sails in the failed. They said that since ceived just a few days ago from the Israeli Seamen's. as recording secretary and Ed steward department. Vamon, who Christmas, 1952, when they re­ Union to the effect that they have gotten themselves ceived a Christmas gift from the Johnston as reading clerk. comes from Georgia, also joined union, no further relief had been firmly established in that country's merchant marine Hirsch can call himself one of up in New Orleans almost 14 years after cleaning out the last remains of a pro-Commu­ the Union's old timers, since he got ago on April 20, 1940. Decatur, accoi'ded them. nist group that was trying to take over. Yolimtary Gifts his membership Georgia, is his home town. He's A couple of years back, the Communist elements That Christmas gift to the pa­ put up a show of strength on the ships of that coun­ book in the port 41 years old and also a member of tients came shortly after the SEA­ try, and the union there called on the SIU to give of Mobile back the galley crew. FARERS LOG highlighted com­ them a hand, which we were glad to do. As a result, on February 6, • » * plaints of neglect by the Manhat­ the Communist faction lost out there and aren't considered & threat 1939. Hirsch is 37 Out on the West Coast, Seafarer tan Beach NMU men. Then, as years of age and Alvah F. Burris was recording sec­ now, the men had to rely on lim­ to the union anymore. makes his home This instance is just another case in which your Union has been retary of the Wil­ across the river ited and irregular volimtary con­ mington, Califor­ from Philadel­ tributions from NMU ship's crews able to lend a hand in a good cause. And like injother instances, the nia, port meeting,, phia in Camden, in order to get pin money for ciga­ end result was beneficial to seamen everywhere because it meant that while Richard P. New Jersey. rettes, stamps and other bare the wbrld-wide Communist waterfront conspiracy had lost another Garrod battle for the control of seamen and their unions. M c B r i d e was Recording sec­ necessities. retary Bob Garrod Is another New reading clerk. Unlike the SIU Welfare Plan ti ilii , Jersey resident coming from the Burris comes which provides unlimited hospital A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, SEAFARERS WILL RECALL, THE shore resort town of Ventnor, originally from benefits for as long as they are SlU-manned Seacliff came into . the West Coast and created quite a North Carolina, along the Atlantic coast. He's been needed, the NMU plan covers thi. sensation in local newspapers, what with the Captain howling "mutiny" with the SIU since 1947, getting but now makes hospitalized seamen for 13 weeks. at the crew. When the facts of the case were revealed, it appeared that h is his book in New York on March 22 Baltimore Some time ago, the NMU news­ Burris the skipper, practically from the beginning of the voyage, was out to of that year. He's 26 years old. Ed home port. He paper announced plans for extend­ Johnston, the reading clerk, is a joined the Union there on March ing the benefit, but nothing came hard-time everybody and anybody in sight. The end result of the whole blow-up was that the ship got a new Pennsylvania native, 48 years of 24, 1945, and sails in the engine of.it. age, who joined the Union in the department. He recently celebrated In addition, the SIU set up a skipper and set but for the Far East for another voyage, from which port of Philadelphia. He still makes his 50th birthday. special list to take care of men it has just returned. This time, the crew reports, there was nothing his home in the port city. McBride, an Oklahoma native, who were in the hospital before but peace and quiet on board. As a matter of fact, one crewmember , * • * now lives in Bakersfield, Califor­ the Welfare Plan began and wlio wrote headquarters that it was one of the most enjoyable trips he Further down the coast, in Balti­ nia. He's 32 yeai s of age and joined would not be eligible for payments. ever had. more, Seafarers 'Jack Howard and the SIU in Tampa on August 22, There was no special list set up by It all goes to prove that given decent cooperation from topside, Siy Robert Vamon served ,a& chairman- 194ft. . ..... crewr cktt assuri smooth-rimnihg and harmonious voyage; Touts Sea Jobs At $2 A Head Patients Call On NMU For Hospital Aid I . I- �SEAFARERS Avrll t, 19Si Face Phre LOG Early Poll Peturns Back Ships' Libraries; Some Changes Sought >r i ' Seafarers voicing their opinion of the SILT ships' library program have indicated over­ whelming support for the idea, with only one lone vote of all those cast calling for a stop to the library distribution aboard SIU ships. A LOG poll on the question of continuing the libraries began two weeks program going for at least another mainder was split nearly evenly, ago. The poll is also intended to 47 percent voting for the program The idea behind the poll year. get-Seafarers' reaction to the types to continue as is, and 53 percent Robert Matthews, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer, left, takes time out to confer with Charles Logan of the Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany, center, and Dr. Martin Fair of Tulane University at the In­ stitute of Foreign Transportation and Fort Operations, sponsored by the college, in New Orleans, La. Prime mover behind the con­ ference was Tulane University School of Business Administration. stems from the necessity for the Union to make arrangements shortly for new stocks -of books to be put aboard SlU-contracted ships, as the program nears, its first birthday. New 50-book libraries are placed aboard all vessels every three months under the auspices of the LOG fund, through the coastwise facilities of the SIU Sea Chest. Once sufficient membership sentiment pro and con has been registered, the Union can assess the merit of keeping the library Conference Takes Up Maritime Ills NEW ORLEANS—^Although not completely in accord about how best to treat the patient, labor and management representatives agreed at an Institute on Foreign Transportation and Port Operations here, that the maritime industry is showing unmistakable signs of economic illness. All hands, agreed, however, registry, unfair rail rates and la­ problems." Daniel said. "We are that the most encouraging and bor costs were among factors cited up against an ossified national ad­ productive development in recent years is the present joint labormanagement effort to focus con­ gressional and public attention on the industry's plight. This program was described to the fifth annual institute session, sponsored by the Tulane University School of Business Administration, by Robert Matthews, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer, a member of the closing day's panel on mari­ time labor relations. The institute, directed by Tulane's Dr. Martin L. Fair, was at­ tended by executives of industrial organizations and rail, motor and maritime transportation agencies from throughout the nation. Chairman of the Maritime Labor Relations Panel was Charles H. Logan, industrial relations counsel for Mississippi Shipping Co. Be­ sides Matthews, other panel membees were Franz Daniel, Denver, CIO administrative assistant, and Hugh King, New York, Luckenback Steamship Co. executive. Competition created by transfer of American ships to foreign flag by King, who traced the decline of the American Merchant Marine since World Wkr II. He said that pi'ior to 1939, labor was only 44 percent of Luckenbach's total voy­ age costs while today it represents 70 percent. He credited union ne­ gotiations for raising wages and shipboard living standards. In re­ sponse to a question from the floor, he said he did not favor lowering maritime wages. He saw no rea­ son why US seamen should be de­ graded to sub-standard foreign flag conditions. It is unfortunate, said Daniel, that the American public, taken as a whole, does not consider the maritime problem as a part of the whole nation's economy which di­ rectly influences the economic well-being of the individual. He said he favored greater govern­ ment participation in the industry in the form of more and bigger maritime subsidies and legislation to curb unfair foreign flag com­ petition, if the result would be a stable economy and full employ­ ment. "In attempting to remedy these YOUancf iho MU From Article XIII, Section 6 "Before assuming office, ever/ officer, port agent, and patrol­ man shall take the following oath: 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the SIU, and I will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Consti­ tution of this Union and the wel­ fare of the membership'." youfl: B<3Hin5 ANO AS SIU Mttsf ^ ARE OUAEANTEED BV YOUK cONsmunoN, ims EFArURE fS DESlONEb TO ACOUAB^T YOU WHH THESE RJOHTS. AMD ERlvaEGtS ministration devoted to the Hamiltonian theory of 'trickle down'—let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." Every attitude of the Republican administration, he added, has been not to "uncomplicate governmental machinery with respect to collec­ tive bargaining and labor manager ment relations, but to complicate it further and to destroy entirely much of what has been built up through the efforts of the unions in the last 20 years." Questions from the floor regard­ ing the longshore labor picture prompted Matthews to remind the audience that the New York long­ shore strike was not a war between rival union factions, as some had attempted to portray it. It was the culminatmn of a series of developments that began with American Federation of Labor demands more than three years ago that the old International Longshoremen'-s Association (Ind.) clean its own house or face a com­ pulsory clean-up from outside forces. When the old ILA would not heed this warning, the AFL was left with no alternative but to expel the old ILA, its officials and its members, and charter a new longshoremen's union to provide a haven for the "vast majority of waterfront workers who need and who want a stable, democratic and productive union," Matthews said. Tie placed a largo share of the blame for the waterfront tie-up at the door of maritime employers who, he said, "have aided and abet­ ted the mob in its desperate at­ tempt to maintain its dictatorship over the New York docks." Mr. Logan replied he did not think It was fair to place too great a share of the responsibility for existing conditions on the em­ ployer. "A great many factors combined to bring about the pres­ ent deplorable situation," he said. Union Has Cable Address Every elected official upon ossum-, ing office must take this oath, which he is required to obey com­ pletely. Any violation of jhe oath would lead to immediate disci­ plinary action under the terms of the Union Constitution. Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar.ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men Involved. and quality of the books supplied and to determine whether more or iess of certain kinds of titles should be included in future. 50-book seiections. Virtually Unanimous Completed opinion question­ naires arriving by mail and in per­ son at the LOG office in SIU head­ quarters showed virtually unani­ mous support for the library pro­ gram as a typical SIU service which helped fill the long-felt need for decent reading material abdard ship. "Typical reactions were register­ ed in a poll of 50 Seafarers at the New York hall on Monday, March 29, where the lone dissenting vote on the program was cast. The re- LOC Errs In Photo Mix-up Despite a report in the last is­ sue of the LOG to the contrary, Seafarer CI a r ence W. Cobb has not passed away. Affirming that the reports of his death are greati y exaggerated, Cobb, better known as "Red" among his ship­ mates, is a paJohn Cobb tient in the USPHS hospital in New Orleans, La., and expects to be released soon, in the best of health. Through an unfortunate error, "Red" Cobb's picture was pub­ lished in tjfe Is­ sue of March 19, 1954, along with an account of the death of the late Seafarer John L. Cobb. The LOG would like to of­ fer its apologies to the survivors and friends^ of C. W. Cobb the late Seafarer for any embarrassment it may have caused them by the publication pf the wrong picture, as well as offer­ ing apology to "Red" Cobb, who is still an active member of the SIU. of those recommending the con­ tinued distribution of the libraries with various changes. Of those urging changes in the variety of titles now included in each 50-book assortment, nearly half asked for more novels and non-fiction, especially "how-to-do­ it" books on practical subjects. A surprising trend developed on the question of Westerns, with the heavy demand registered in favor of less of these in each assortment. In contrast, the vote was for more mysteries and, to a lesser degree, more humorous books and books on sports. Other recommendations includ­ ed a request (considered inevitable) for some sea stories in each as­ sortment as a regular category, since otherwise it's a hit-or-miss proposition on finding some among the novels in any one library pack­ age. Some opposition was register­ ed to long novels and mysteries, with the recommendation that col­ lections of short detective and mys­ tery stories would be more desir­ able. Several Seafarers urged that some of the popular weekly maga­ zines, especially news magazines, be somehow worked into the li­ brary packages, to help keep the men abreast of news events throughout the world. A few also suggested the inclusion of comic books in order to keep things on the lighter side. An indication of the popularity of the program generally was the request that the libraries be changed more often than three months since seamen can do iiltle else but read aboard ship, aside from playing cards or writing let­ ters. One Seafarer noted, however, that it was a waste of time to put these libraries aboard "if they're not put under lock and key. Long­ shoremen, army personnel and others walk off with books as soon as they spot them so the crew is left with nothing anyway." The poll on the libraries is open through April 30, 1954, to give Seafarers time to bring in or mail their questionnaires to SIU headquarters. Ships' crews are urged to take part by discussing the subject at a ship's meeting and noting the results on a poll form. Official Form in SEAFARERS LOG Poll on SIU Libraries (Please put check or X-mark next to your choices.) Editor, SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32, New York -lere's my opinion on SIU libraries. (A) I want them continued as is. ( ) (B) I want them stopped. ( ) (C) I want them continued with the following changes: There should he more: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( ), novels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ). ), There should he less: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( novels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ). (Note: The present breakdown of titles in each 50-book library is as follows: 15 Westerns, 15 mysteries, 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 humorous books, 2 books on sports.) I would recommend the following other changes in the selections: �r«t« HB SEAFARI6RS tCC Did He Realfy Win $140,000? ApHl «, l»S4 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON NEW. ORLEANS.—Seafarer John Hals is still on the beach today, still trying to figure out what .happened to "his" $140,000 sweepstake "winnings. " I For weeks now, this city has been buzzing with talk about the seaman who lost a « In the light of World War II experience, it is believed that this na­ winning ticket on the "Irish tion would need at least 6,000 modern ships for an all-out World War Sweepstakes." III. However, the question continues to be, in Government circles. Just The mystery is complicated how large should the US merchant fleet be for peacetime purposes. by the fact that if Hals had a win­ ner, he had one nearly two weeks before the drawing to pick possible prizewinners and three weeks be­ fore" the race that finally decided the actual prizewinners had been run off. None of this has lessened his misery any, however, with things at a stalemate right now. Accounts of the events leading up to this situation are many and varied. Accordingly, although the trail may seem confused, it appears best to start at,,the beginning. Hals, who has been sailing SIU about ten years and is an Estonian by birth, decided more than a year ago it would be a good idea to stay ashore to try and speed up action on his citizenship application which Seafarer John Hals, left, tells the sad tale of the missing sweep­ was "in the works." stakes ticket to shipmate Henry PiszatowskI aboard the Del Norte. Months later, with the naturali­ Story has It that Hals won 50,000 pounds In "Irish Sweepstakes," zation process having reached the but he still must find ticket to. back up his claim to $140,000. point where he could afford to be away for a trip, he signed on as he wasn't able to find his "win­ a letter from a reader who found storekeeper on the Del Norte (Mis­ ning" ticket, which he said he must a sweepstakes ticket 18 months ago sissippi) for a 46-day South Ameri­ have to produce in order to col­ and wanted to contact Hals to see can run. This was on December lect under the rUles of the lottery. if it was the one he lost. 8, 1953. He is certain that when he cleaned At the same time the story While in Curacao, he bought out his locker to come ashore, he "broke" here, a story on an inter­ what he and others thought was an must have xmintentionally thrown view with Hals by the LOG'S Gulf "Irish Sweppstakes ticket" and, as away the marker., Area reporter reached New York far as he knows, threw it in his When news of his misfortune headquarters. locker with his other gear. When spread, the New Orleans newspa­ Ticket Puzzle the Del Norte returned here on pers contacted him and gave full January 22, 1954, Hals got off to play to the story of the seaman who The fact that Hals couldn't col­ receive his final citizenship papers. had a winning ticket In the "Irish lect because he couldn't produce The ship, meanwhile, sailed again Sweepstakes" and couldn't find the his ticket was a puzzle, since it was and called at Curacao, where the ticket with which to claim the known that purchasers of bona man who sold the ticket to Hals $140,000 prize. Then things began fide tickets for the "Irish Sweeps" came aboard looking for him. to happen. eventually get an official receipt It seemed everybody had figured from Dublin, which serves to es­ Won 50,000 Pounds "You can tell him when you get out a way for Hals to collect, and tablish their claim officially if they back to the States that his ticket is would let him in on it for a cut latec come up with a prizewinner. a winner worth 50,000 pounds of the winning stake. One selfA check with several racing ex­ ($140,000)," the agent told crew- styled "tax expert" who said he perts quickly established the fact knew how to save money on tastes that the race which decides the members. Crewmembers tried to do just on lottery winnings'called the SIU winners in the Irish Sweepstakes that when the ship arrived back at hall trying td get in touch with hadnit been run off yet. Further­ New Orleans again on March 11. Hals. The New Orleans Times- more,* the drawing of possible They eventually located Hals, but Picayune called and said they had prizewinners out of the millions of ticketholders in the "Sweeps" hadn't been held yet either. The lottery, originating in Ireland, was based on the results of the Grand Natiohal, a race run in England March 27. A call was then placed to the British Consulate. Was there an English sweepstake with a price of $140,000 or 50,000 pounds? Thesre wasn't, it seemed, although there (Continued on page 17) The standard weekly check-ups Sisk and J. Schaller in Baltimore on petty cash expenses conducted and E. Brondelsbo, J. Tarrant and by the weekly P Kissel in New York. three-man audit­ Quarterly Report ing committees Since the first quarter of the have been car­ year ended Wednesday, the next ried on regularly membership meeting in headquar­ in the various ters will elect the more important ports, as part of quarterly financial committee, 9 the Union's regu­ six-man body which will go over lar procedure for the records and make all prepara­ MOBILE — SlU-manned Water­ close control over tions fo.r the quarterly report. man Steamship Corporation ships finances. "These The week-by-rweek committees Goldman committees, elect­ take audits of the expenses and in­ miay soon carry passengers be­ ed at regular weekly special meet­ come of the branch alone for a tween several GJulf of , Mexico ings of the membership, consist of one-week period. ports. At present, passengers art one man from each ship's depart­ The quarterly transported between Gulf and At­ ment and check into the day-bycommittee has lantic .ports on Waterman coast­ day expenses of port operation. the job of check­ wise ships, but not between Gulf Items that come under their ing all finances !n ports only. scrutiny include such everyday all ports, plus Company headquarters here re­ things as postage, travel expense, headquarters, for cently asked the Interstate Com-' auto expense, building service, a three-months merce Commission for authority to cleaning costs, office supplies, period and then carry passengers abqard its ships paper towels and the multitude of making recom- plying between Galveston, Hous­ small items necessary to the Creasy mendations t o ton, New Orleans^ Panama City smooth functioning of branch hall ' the membership and Tampa. detail. accordingly. Freightships currently operating Seafarers who served recently In In the course of their operations, •on regular schedules between various port committees included they once again go over tlie opera­ these ports have accommodations K.. Goldman, J. Palther and £. tions of the weekly committees, for 12 passengers on each vessel. Monahan in Boston; W. Stricklin, providing a double check on the These accommodations are not O, Bailey and j. Gray ,in Norfolk; records. •. And, of course, they used at .iH-esent except for passen­ J.' Dubo^, B. Thomas .and have' the assistance of certified gers.bound from. # to an AtV' Creasy in'Savannah,- C. Flint, W. A. public accountants in their,work.cilqntfip.porfc,, •V SIU COMMinEES AT WttUE Waterman Asks Okay For Gulf Passenger Run According to best judgment, it should be largo enough to carry at least 50 percent of our foreign trade. Unfortunately, US ships, in January of 1953, carried only 25.8 per­ cent of our foreign commerce. The figure today is Just a little more, which means that the merchant marine is being subjected to neglect by the same purblind thinking that cost us untold lives and billions in World Wars I and II. The story of World War 11 shows that this country built over 54,000,000 deadweight tons of merchant shipping during that war at a cost of over $14 billion dollars. However, at a cost of around $4 billion, a. 40milllon ton fleet could have been built had the construction been done before the war broke out. t. ^ S, Since 1948, it has been Congressional policy, repeatedly conflrmed by Congress, that not less than 50 percent of our foreign-aid cargoes be transported in An\erican bottoms, a program referred to as 50/50. As reported in the L(X* from time to time, this policy is constantly under attack from persons in influential spots in the US Government as well from -others. • In order to overcome this constant agitation. Congressional commit­ tees are giving consideration to enactment of permanent legislation to make the 50/50 shipping rule stick to all US-aid programs in the future. There have been many bills introduced in Congress providing In one way or another for sale of surplus agricultural commodities to foreign nations. The 50/50 shipping proviso, if enacted Into permanent law, would apply to such programs. In the past, the US Government's off-shore procurement projgram has been administered in such* a way as to deny US-flag ships a fair participation therein. In many cases, involving our own off-shore pro­ curement, the foreign supplier controls the delivery routing, which means that they favor their own shipping. To cure this situation, the 50/50 shipping bill, soon to be considered in Congressional committees, seeks to make sure that ,the American merchant marine will share in transporting materials purchased abroad with US money. ' ' , V;' The US State Department may oppose such legislation,-b^l&ausa the various foreign nations are sure to bombard the State Department with protests against enactment of such a broad principle. i" 4" As of March 15, 1954, 49 applications were pending at the Maritime Administration seeking permission to transfer ships to foreign registry. Of this number, 40 covered cargo ships, 8 were for tankers and the re­ maining one was for a dredge. With the exception of one overage tanker which is being sold to Japanese Interests for scrapping in Japan, all of the above are for transfer either to Panamanian or Liberian reg­ istry and flag. Under present policy of the MA, many of these ships will go foreign, unless directed otherwise by Congress. For the period between July 1945 and February 1954, a total of 438 US ships were allowed to be transferred foreign. These were dispersed among 33 foreign nations, but the great bulk, namely 195, went to Panamanian registry. t t ' ' The Bureau of the Budget and the Departments of Commerce and Labor have teamed together in opposition to a bill which would provide that a seaman would not be entitled to an additional month's wages if he is discharged, without fault on his part, after commencement of a voyage, but before finishing a month's service on ship: The opposition of the Government agencies means that ; the bill will not be passed in this Congress. t ' Concerned with a decline In the merchant marine, a House subcom­ mittee has begun inquiry into the operations of the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service to determine to what extent MSis is in competition with private shipowners. MSTS operates both a nucleus fleet and a commercial fleet and, as of March 1, 1954, its combined fleet totalled 371 ships. During 1953, MSTS ships carried 132 million barrels of petroleum products. Fuel oil, diesel oil, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline and Jet fuel made up the bulk of this MSTS tanker lift. The MSTS dry cargo lift in fiscal year 1953 amounted to over 28,OOOiOOO measurement tons while, during the same period, MSTS shipa carried a-total of 2,611,339 passengers. Congress is looking into the MSTS operations to determine to \Chat extent there is competition with private enterprise and to what extent MSTS should be cut down. 4. 4i 4 The petroleum requirements of the US and the ffee world indicate that one of the most serious risks to national security is the prospective shortage of tankers. The Department of Commerce, concluding a recent study, believes that there is little likelihood that normal commercial activity will be able to provide the tanker tonnage necessary in the initial phases of full mobilization. Therefore, this agency feels that the Government should take the initiative in the creation and maintenance of a reserve of. usable tankers to serve military and essential civilian needs in any future crisis. t . 4) 4i The US Department of Defense feels that anything that will float Is of value in a grave emergency. Therefore, Defense IS opposed-to selling surplus US Libertys to foreign natibns until such time as this country has cured the existing shortage of ve^ssels, of the necessary types desired by the militaiy, , ' . �A»ril Z, 1954 SiSAFARERS Pace SeVea LOG Crewmembers ComDOse Hockev Team ARMY CHARGES ON MCCARTHY INVESTIGATED—Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was the focus of- an investigation last week, as his own sub-committee made plans to question him and the committee's counsel, Roy M. Cohn. Under investigation are Army charges that the two men brought pressure on Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens and Army Counsel John Adams, first to get Pvt. G. David Schine, a former unpaid adviser to the committee, a commission, and when that failed, and Schine was drafted, to secure him preferential treatment and have him assigned to New York City. The charges received strong support from both President Eisenhower and Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson. t INDO CHINA WAR GROWS HOT—Last week, Indo-China began ex­ periencing its first battle of modem proportions, when the Communist Vietminh forces launched an all-out attack, completely contrary to their normal guerilla warfare, against French forces in the Dienbienphu val­ ley. ' The valley is isolated in the northwest part of the country and France has about 20,000 men, the cream of her fighting force, locked In savage battle with the Communists, who breached some of the Dienbeinphu defenses, although suffering 5,000 casualties. The Reds threw approximately 45,000 men against the defenders and the French quick­ ly rushed assistance to the beleaguered valley by air. Meanwhile, in Washington, Gen. Paul Ely, chief of the French armed forces, re­ ceived a promise of more planes from the United States. S. tr X ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SHAKEN BY SCANDAL—A scandal which threatened to overthrow the new cabinet of Mario Scelba In Italy subsided last week and the premier got back to the business of run­ ning the government. The scandal broke when a picture magazine edi­ tor charged that the death of a party girl, Wilma Montesi, last year, originally listed as being caused by drowning, was actually due to an overdose of drugs taken at a fashionable club to which many members of the new cabinet belong. The editor further charged that orgies were commonplace among some of the highest placed persons of Italy and included the son of a high-ranking cabinet mem­ ber. Scelba moved swiftly and fired his chief of police. Al­ Here is recent photo of the though the number of lawsuits late Wilma Montesi, whose growing out of the original charges death has shaken the Italian and hearing which followed is now government. moce tharf two dozen, Scelba is thus far weathering the storm despite attacks on many men close to him. XXX THE BOMB—An explosion in the Pacific, apparently a hydrogen bomb, set off a chain reaction of newspaper headlines across the world when reports from the United States Proving Grounds In the Marshall glands stated that the thermo-neuclear blast on March 1 was the most powerful ever set off by man. The explosion proved too powerful to measure by Instruments; greatly exceeded the expectations of all the atomic experts; shook-buildings on an island 176 miles away; created a nuclear cloud 17 miles high and 28 miles in diameter; caused 23 Japanese fishermen to become exposed to radioactivity although ap­ proximately 70 miles from the test area; and exploded with a force estimated at being 600 times more than Hiroshima atom bomb. A more powerful bomb exploded March 26 was even more devastating. Crewmembers of the Princess Helene pose before a game in the St. John City Commercial Hockey League, St. John, New Brunswick. All of the players are members of the SIU Canadian District. Huck LeClair, left, middle row, another member of crew, coaches club. Israel Sea Union On Solid Basis The new Israeli Seamen's Union is today operating on a solid footing, following the deci­ sive defeat of the Communist faction in union ejections last fall. In 1951, Israeli seamen fought off an attempt by Comunist groups to seize control of the infant union with the aid of-*' the SIU, when American growth of the organization gave paid vacation and other benefits. Communist groups the opportunity Israeli seamen have a work-week unions rebuffed leaders of a to make their bid in 1951, but the of 47 hours at sea, and 43 in port. 42-day wildcat strike in their bfd to enlist the aid of US sea unions each time Israeli ships hit Ameri­ can ports. Th^ importance of its merchant marine to the tiny Near Eastern nation stems from the urgency to by-pass an Arab nation blockade, with the sea providing the only mass means available to the coun­ try for exporting its products and importing essential materials for its growing Industry and agricul­ ture. Accordingly, Histadrut, the AFLbacked General Federation of La­ bor in Israel, placed major empha­ sis on_the drive to keep the Com­ munists from gaining control' of the Ispaell Seamen's Union when It was formed In 1948. The fast wildcat tie-up eventually fizzled. Soon after the founding of the union, it won a union shop in ne­ gotiations with the shipping com­ panies which make up Israel's merehant fleet, comprising 30 ships totalling 160,000 tons. Three of these vessels were bought from the SlU-contracted Isthmian Steam­ ship Company, the last of them, the Steel Mariner, early in 1952. Won Contract Following tlie victory over the Communist faction last fall, the new union went after and got a contract with the Israeli operatoi's providing for .all hiring to be done under a union-run hiring hall set­ up, company contributions to, sick­ ness and accident funds, ten paid holidays, a graduated vacation set­ up assuring, a minimum 12-day YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Phony Health ^ans As investigations have shown, commercial accident and health insurance policies at best are an expensive way for a man to try to protect himself and family from the high cost of illness. At worst, such insurance is a trap for the workingman for many accident and health policies are full of triqks which destroy the advertised benefits. Many wage-earners have paid expensive premiums for sickness insurance for years, only to find that when they did be­ come sick, the insurers cancelled their policies. Or they found that when they reached age 60 or 65, the insurers either cancelled the policies or raised-the rates sharply. Some Seafarers have gotten caught by such policies too, as indicated by letters the victims have .written to the LOG. Even when there are no serious flaws in the policy which nullify the apparent benefits, such insurance sold by com^ii mercial companies is very costly for what it provides. Independent investigations have shown that even the re­ liable commercial companies have a record of paying out an average of only 55 cents in benefits. That is, for every dollar the average policyholder pays in, he can expect to get back only 55 cents in benefits. Deceive On Benefits One of the most deceiving aspects of such policies is the benefits themselves. The insurance company adver­ tises, it will pay stipulated sifins for .various jfickness ex­ penses—op much fpr^ h.-r^pital wont, 'so much for certain Operations. btC^ Your impression is that the promised ' benefit does cover the cost of the illness. But people in­ sured under such policies paying cash indemnity benefits generally must pay; a considerable additional charge for medical care expenses over and above the benefits paid by their insurance policies. This is particularly true in the case of insurance for surgery. While most accident and health insurance policies are costly—often ranging from $100 to $200 in cost for in­ dustrial workers—there are some seemingly cheaper pol­ icies on the market. These are often offered by mail-order 'insurance companies. There are several fairly reliable accicfent and hCalth insurance companies who sell by mail, but the lowest-cost of these are vety discriminatory. They often refuse to sell to industrial workers, including Sea­ farers, and also frequently discriminate against Negroes. Some of the other mail-order insurance sellers who adver­ tise seemingly cheap rates have hidden jokers in the policies which make them practically worthless. One of the favorite tricks is to advertise a long list of illnesses which the insurance pretends to cover. But often some of the illnesses are the same ones under different names, and some are very rare diseases which you probably never would get. Also, many of these mail-order firms are in­ sured in only ohe ^ate. So if you wanted to sue because you didn't collect when you feel you are entitled to the promised benefits, you would have to go to that state to take legal action. A Seafarer does have a certain amount of protection both through Federal bpspital 'care and the Seafarers WeU fare'Plan. The hospital-benefit provision of the Welfare Plan pa}'s $13 weekly during the^entire. period of hospi­ Olde Photos Wanted by LOG The LOG is Interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, p i c t iu r e s of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail,, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938. the LOG is interested in them all. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying talization. The disability provision pays $25 weekly for totally disabled Seafarers for the entii'e period of dis­ ability. There still remains the problem of sickness insurance for the family. Here too the Seafarers Welfare Plan has a valuable provision in the maternity benefit, vshich pays $200 plus a $25 bond for each child born. The lowest-cost outside plan available for a family is the Blue Cross. Rates vary in different regions, but in one region this writer studied. Blue Cross returned in bene­ fits 87 cents of every premium dollar it took in compared to the 55 cents for the typical commercial insurance plans. Generally you have to join Blue Cross through a group (rates are lower that way too). If there is such a group you can join in your community, it does offer the best available buy in hospitalization insurance. However, Blue Cross does not pay doctor bills. By far the best method of getting such medical insurance has been found to be the Jlrepayment group-practice plans, such as the Health Insurance Plan of New York (HIP), the Labor Health Institute of St. Louis, San Francisco's Permanent Clinic and others. Generally participation in these plans is on a group basis too. which keeps out in­ dividual families. In such cases,, and where available, the Blue Shield plan operated in connection with Blue Cross, generally provides the next best value in medical insur­ ance. But in all cases, avoid commercial company policies un­ less you' can paii\*.ipate un a group basis, which reduces the cosk. �FiaceEicU SEAFARERS Aprfl 2, 1954 LOR 'i Eye Gift Story Ends In Rennlon On Ship CASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Scafaref Total Benefits Paid this Period igaiiBlliii Bconitcd once asain are Seafarers Phil Pron, left, and Eric Joseph, aboard the Fairland. Joseph »ave up cornea so that Pron might see •gain in 1959 eye operation. Back together again for the first time since their celebrated meeting at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, Eric Joseph and Phil Pron are'now sailing aboard the Fairland (Water­ man) en route to Japan and-* again. A difficult corneal trans­ Korea. For both of them, the trip plant operation proved a success together is the realization of a three-year-old dream. Pron re­ cently completed his first trip since he went back to sea after being out -of action for three years because of blindness. After he got off the Strathport (Strathmore), he met Jo­ seph and they eventually Jound -a ship which had job openings for both of them. The story of Pron's recovery of sight is familiar to many Sea­ farers, because of the wide cover­ age it received in the daily press as well as the SEAFARERS LOG. His escape from a life of blindness was made possible through the dona­ tion of .a cornea by Joseph, who learned of Pron's plight when they were in the marine hospital to­ gether. Since he had limited vision in one of his own eyes, which was damaged by scar tissue, Joseph vol­ unteered to sacrifice the sight of that eye so that Pron might see and, after many long months of hospitalization s^d treatment, Pron was certified as fit for duty again in the summer of 1953. Throughout the long months when it was unknown whether the operation would be successful or not, both Pron and Joseph met pferiodically, when Joseph returned from a trip. It was a tough period for Pron, who hoped for the best and for an opportunity to ship out with the fellow-Seafarer who had saved his sight. "It would be like old times again," he always remarked, "and maybe I could find a way some day to repay Eric a little for what he did for me." Accordingly, while both of them were ashore earlier this year, they constantly watched for a ship which-might have berths for both of them. The opportunity came up on the Fairland, and both grabbed it. I II ^3. m WELFARE, VACATION BENEFm PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Bcngfita Death Benefits Disability Benefits Matetaitv Benefits Vacation Benefits Total 4,Slg dXHts in ss AM as. 1 /ga WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREYIOUSLY HosDitai Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Matcrnitv Benefits Paid Since Aocil 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • TOMI • * Dace Benefits Becan 1 *4U!S'JI^ | 1 o^l B i *)> 9>4d W. 1" " " H 7^ WELFARE, VAOkTION PLAN A»ET$ Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare S:LLQS^ a# Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ^St.sw ismg. SOL. ass^ SbSX sn.fsa ll9l>La 3.K During the month of Feb*, the Welfare Plan paid out twentyfive (25) death benefits, which makes forty-two (42) for th year to date* The Plan also paid out forty-one (41) mater^ nity benefits during Feb*, which makes ninety-t^e (93) for the year to date* Ae of this date, eleven (11) people have applied and quali­ fied for the scholarship benefits of 1954* Of this eleven (11), seven (7) have already taken the exams* The breakdown of the eleven (11) applicants is as followst Four (4) sea­ men, three (3) sons of seamen and four (4) daughters of seamen* • • •* •* •# *• Suhmitttd A1 Kerr, Assiatimt Administrator •.. and, remember this • • • All these are yours wthout contributii^ a sini^e nkkel on your Collecting SlU beufi-r. flt»i»«aay, vUrtether it?lti(U: lM»spital, birtivdisabiU^ or deaih%^l^^ ^ gervicfrimni^ately diTO your.irQion'a rqpreeaitativea; . > 'i.: �April t, 1954 SEAFARERS Pare Nine LOG Seafarer Recalls Old WHallng Days; Finds Life Today ^Tame^ The job of a carpenter on an SIU ship is comparatively tame today, according to Sea­ farer Edward Jacobsen, who used to hold down the same spot on the giant whale factory ships that worked the waters of the South Antarctic. One memorable experience, he recalled, was a three-and-' were the days when a carpenter of knives and bladed instruments a-half-year trip on the whaler also had the responsibility of used to skin and cut up the whale Ulysses as chief carpenter. Those seeing to it that the different types had a fine, razor edge. Using dull Seafarer Pat Murphy (right), port manager of the SIIT Sea Chest In Baltimore, is congratpjated on Union slop chest's top sales of Philip Morris cigarettes in the port by company representative Charlie Dodson. SIU Sea Chest took first prize for most sales of Philip Morris sea store cigarettes in recent contest. Sea Chest Takes Top Prize In Cigarette Sales Contest BALTIMORE—Running well in front of the opposition, the SIU Sea Chest here recently came away with first prize in a port-wide competition among slop chest dealers for top sales of Philip Morris sea^ dealers dealt solely with taxstores cigarettes on ships hit­ chest free, sea store cigarettes in bond, ting this port. the type which can only be sold iThe^cbntest, in which the Unionoperated slop chest won top honwas sponsored by the Philip Mprris Co. as part of a local pro­ motion for its smoking products. The -competition among the slop Throw in For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, loading clerk or any other •post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership. Including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. aboard ship. The heavy sales of Philip Mor­ ris cigarettes by the Sea Chest branch was commemorated by, among other things, the presenta­ tion of a doll mascot to Seafarer Pat Murphy, port manager of the Sea Chest. The doll is a promo­ tion piece for the nationally-tele­ vised "I Love Lucy" show spon­ sored by Philip Morris. Sell Bulk Lots According to Murphy, former chief steward on the Carolyn (Bull), "the SIU showed those slop chest operators that we can really sell cigarettes in bulk lots and can handle the transaction efficiently and smoothly." The winning of the Philip Mor­ ris award in this port "nailed the lie," Murphy pointed out, "that the Sea Chest isn't able to handle large amounts of cigarettes or any other products for mass distribution on our ships. Some people in the trade have the notion we're a small outfit, especially since we're a Union operation," he added. Whales harpooned by small boats are secured aft of the factory ship Ulysses before hauled aboard one by one for processing. V '- J ' "I Afterdeek of ihe Ulysses bristles with activity as crewmembers cut away blubber from whale. Man high in photo hacks at whale ndth cutting tool to free blubber from, carcass. History When the votes in the second Cities Service election were counted, in April, 1949, the SIU rolled up a majority of 89 percent But despite the lengthy preelection proceedings and the fact that the SIU had won an earlier vote covering seven ships by.fl® pep5 S T cent, CS;saU tried to keep the Union out knives to cut up a 90-foot whale is like trying to count the sand on the beach. Jacobsen, a spry sea veteran who just turned 65, hails from Norway, from which many of the whale ships still go out to hunt the giants of the sea for their valuable oil and other prod­ ucts. He sailed British and Nor­ r wegian whalers Jacobsen for about tpn years off and on, but the trip on the Ulysses 15 years ago was the fa­ vorite. However, the ship itself had worse luck than he did, and was sunk during the war. A Seafarer since 1949, Jacobsen (Continued on page 17) Vietorgf lis Cities Service Company lawyers tried every trick to keep the dis­ credited company union, the Citco Tankerman's As­ sociation, alive, while dozens of pro-SIU men were fired on the slightest pretext. A stack of objections filed by the company also barred, the NLRB from m-tifyinif the SIU as bargaining agent 2\ o. 60 After the NLRB turned down the company objections, CS lawyers came back with "exceptions" to the NLRB decision. Certification finally came in December, four months later. The SIU demanded • immediate talks on a contract to give the men thoj;^ conditions they had been" seeking over three' years. �iF" SEAFARERS Page Tea i: LOG April 2. 1954 PORT HEPOBTS disillusion them, that is the reason New Orleans: for standing in the shade. On the political scene, as far as the Democratic primaries are con­ cerned, it has now come to a knock down and drag-out situation be­ Complaints have been received Shipping in the Port of Balti­ tween Mahoney and Byrd. We are more has been very slow and ap­ still of the opinion that the trend in this report i-ecently from men parently it will continue that way will be definitely toward Mahoney who have run into difficulty in atfor the next two weeks as we have as we have noticed that quite a tempting-to collect unemployment had several ships lay up for an few of the Democratic clubs, which compensation to which they were indefinite period. We also have the are very powerful here, have entitled. A high percentage of such cases Michael paying off here and she is swung over to him. Regardless of also laying up. So as you can read­ who may win in the primaries, we have been coming from Alcoa, ily see we are really on the slow are definitely sure that the State which has been reporting to !the State Employment Office, which bell here. In the meantime we of Maryldnd will go Democratic. handles the claims, that men who have had a ratio of about 2ii-to-l Taking Shape registered, so I wouldn't advise any . The new building is really shap­ become unemployed from Alcoa did so of their own accord, regard­ of the brothers to come to Balti­ more at the present time, unless ing up now and the public have less of the real reason for termina­ they can afford to hang around a nothing but the most favorable tion of employment. comments to make in its appear­ little while. All men who become unemployed ance even at this 'early stage. Also, We have had the following ships practically every AFi. labor or­ in this port through being fired, paying off here in the past two ganization which doesn't have a laid off because of ship'lay ups, weeks: Santore, Cubore, Marore building of its own; would like to or any other reason except quitting of Ore; Bethcoaster and Oremar have space in ours. So just bear a ship of a person's own accord are of Calmar; Kathryn, Ines, Beatrice along with us fellows, and it won't advised to obtain a statement from and Elizabeth of Bull; Cantigny be long before we will take over the company as to the reason for and French Creek of Cities Serv­ and I am sure the waiting will be unemployment. If the company does not want to supply such a ice; Yaka and Morning Light of well worth while. statement, the man involved should Waterman; and Robin Tuxford of Our man of the week. Brother call the hall immediately so a Seas. Luby O'Neal, has been a member Union representative can go to bat Signing on were the Santore, since December 7, 1938, and has Baltore, Cubore and Marore of been sailing for the past 30 years for him on the case. The statement should be ob­ Ore; and the Massmar, Oremar in the black gang. His hobby is and Bethcoaster of Calmar. In fishing and the crew likes to see tained" to substantiate unemploy­ transit vessels were the Bethcoast­ Luby coming down the dock when ment compensation claims when er and Marymar of Calmar; Alcoa he makes one of the Ore ships, filed with the State Employment Puritan and Alcoa Runner of Al­ knowing that at least they will Office here. Goes to Bat coa; Edith, Frances, Rosario and have an abundance of fish. He Marina of Bull; Antinous and said that during his time of sail­ The SIU has been going to bat Choctaw of Waterman; and the ing, he has seen the^ worst condi­ to help men in appealing claims Compass of Compass. tions possible and it was a Godsend which have been denied, but We have been able to place to all seaman when the SIU was chances of success in such appeals about 20 of our men at the pres­ organized, as now all of the sea­ are greatly improved if the man in ent time as gangway watchmen men can live like they are human question can produce a written ahd cargo watch­ beings and not the scum of the statement from the company re­ men due to the earth as they used to be thought garding the true reason of his un­ diversion of so of. He said that he can't thank the employment. John "Monk!' Kelly has asked many„ships from officials and the membership the Port of New enough^for the splendid work they that we take note of his thanks to York which have have always done and are still do­ the doctor, stewardess and crewgiven quite a few ing to make the Seafarers the best mehibers of the Del Sud (Missis­ of our oldtimers and the most recognized Union in sippi) for their kind treatment of him while Jie was ill aboard the a stake so that the maritime industry. Del Sud recently. Brother Kelly they don't have In Hospital suffered a heart attack and had to to carry the ban­ O'Neal We have in the marine hospital be returned to the USPHS hospital ner. This is cer­ tainly appreciated by the various at this writing, Raymond C. Myers, here. He is reported to be respond­ watchmen locals that took the Kristoffer Braten, Thomas Mungo, ing to treatment in good fashion. Well on the road to recovery courtesy to call us and we hope Alva W. McCullum, Benjamin Sunthat they will need a few of these derlund, Thomas Tierno, Andrew after recent surgery at the USPHS Westerlund, Lloyd G. Linthicum, hospital here is C. Brady, who says more often. Clifford H. Adkins, William J. he hopes to be back on the ship­ The Sea Chest here is really do­ ing a bang-up job' now which I Stephens, Paige Mitchell, John ping list before long. New in Hospital think is due to the change in the Scott, Alexander Johnson; Joseph Newly admitted to the hospital personnel. They not only contact" D. McGraw, William D. Kenny, our ships, but have been contact­ Clyde R. Leggett, George Mattair, were Seafarers J. N. Hill, A, Cox, ing other outfits besides. So I am Peter Losado, Karl Kristensen, G. H. Dolan and H. M. Hankee. sure that in later reports, you will Millard Cutler, William Kunak,- L. W. Wetzell Jr., Leonard Kay, agree with me that they are really Hinrich Wiese, Jesse A. Clark, J. D. Dambrino, R. W. Clark, T. L. Frank VanDusen, James B. Hum­ Dugan^and H. D. Fouche recently going all out in the Sea Chest. phries. We have Thor Thorsen re­ were discharged from the hospital Weather Fine ceiving special disability benefits and hope to be back on the job in At least there is one thing in this week also. the near future. our favor, the weather. Spring is Shipping in this port picked up a> Ear! Sheppard really here in Baltimore. The boys bit since -the last report and a good Baltimore Port Agent have even gone so far as to stand on the shady side of the street so that they won't get a sun-tan, for as you know, when these boys are all bronzed up, the girls think they just came in from a Far Eastern or Persian Gulf run. So as not to Baltimore: Union Helps Members Gel Unempleymenl $ Heavy Galls For Cargo, Gangway Walcbmon percentage of those who had been "sweating out" their turn on the shipping list were able to ship. The job situation here still is slightly below par for this season, however. We had a few minor beefs, but these quickly were squared away. dispute involving five nights lodging for 12 men on the Del Aires (Mississippi) has been settled with the result that the men involved can collect by contacting the Mis­ sissippi Shipping Co. Any of those who have left this port can collect file money that is coming to them by writing to the following address: Attn. Mr. Lisboney, Mississippi Shipping Co., Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La. Since our last report, the Steel Advocate and Steel Architect (Isthmian), the Del Aires, Del Norte, Del Monte, Del Sol and Del Santos (Mississippi) and the Antinous (Waterman) paid off here. The Del Norte and Del Monte signed on. Ships in transit were the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa . Pennant, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa), Steel Architect and Steel Age (Isthmian), Del Monte (Mississippi), Seatrains New York and Savannah (Seatrain), the Fairland, Fairisle, Iberville, ClMborne and Wild Ranger (Waterman) and the Evelyn (Bull). LIndsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent 4, 4. i. Boston: Slate To Build Hew Road Through Bosleu Shipping continues to be slow in Boston, with prospects for the fu­ ture remaining the same. The Queenston Heights of Seatrade and Bull's Ann Marie paid ofl and signed on again since last report. In-transit vessels included Robin Tuxford, Robin Wentley and Robin Kirk (Seas); Bents Fort of Cities Service and the Fairisle of Waterman, Captain Litchfield, the represen­ tative of the Eastern Steamship Company came into the office and told us that the Yarmouth was def­ initely going to be put under the Liberian flag. On the Beach On the beach at this time are F. Albano, M. Doucette, H. Clem­ ents, J. Halpin, B. Gordy and lots more. After tearing down all the buildings a couple of doors up the street from the hall, the state is beginning to build its new high­ way. It is just starting to shape up rqw. This highway is u much needed improvement. James Sheehan ' Boston Fort Agent snr UAtti omEcroR r SEU, A&G District -• :tf ' !•; nonH Wait^ Get Vacation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the. trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in order to collect-his full vacation benefits. If he presents any discharge whose payoff date is more than a ' year before the date of his va.cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges. Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. .lames Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 3081.4 23rd St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 L4KE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE . . 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HVacinth 9-6600 .NOREOLK 127-129 Bank St. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent .Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent * ' Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. .left Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2700 ut Ave Jeff^Ujette. Agent TAlfifttte : "18091811 N; ySnkiin*®?' ^Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323, WtLMINGTON, Calif 509 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREA.SURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUliam Hall SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC, 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS.. 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0346 BAGOTVILLB, Quebee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St.sDavlds St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cot# De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 18 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 022 N. W. Everett St. ' Beacon 4336 lUCUMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO........450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. V Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON ...; 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 12.38W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND....-..734 Lakeside Ave., NE STerllng B-4671 . Phone; Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857531 y/. Michigan St MONTREAL «« St. James St. West DULin-M. ' Phone:' Melrose 2-4110 HALlFilX.INA. .iras... .wi^eiUa's4 SOUTH CHICAGO........3361 Ei mnB St Pfaonei Eatea 6-a41<> Phone: 3-8911 PORTLAND ..... Mobile: Warns Men On Hiring Shoif HeiieeToHall ipping in the port for the last couple of weeks was considered good with about 100 men shipped to offshore Jobs and about half again that many to various relief jobs in and around^the harbor. We had a total of 12 payoffs, six signons and two ships in transit. Ships paying off were the Maiden Creek, Wild Ranger, Claiborne, Iberville and Monarch of the Sea (Waterman); and Alcoa's Pennant, Cavalier, Pilgrim, Pointer, Clipper and Roamer. Signing on were the Fairisle, Wild Ranger and Warhawk of Wa­ terman, while the Pennant, Pilgrim and Pointer of Alcoa did like­ Hallman wise. In transits were the Dei Vaiie of Mississippi and the Evelyn of Bull. The ohiy beef we have of any consequence is the idea that some of the brothers think that they can give a few hours notice to the hall and get off a ship on foreign articles just before she sails. This is a practice that has to stop. It not only works a hardship on your replacement, but puts the Union ii a bad light. The Union has demanded that the company give any man that is discharged or laid up 24 hours' notice and at the same time the Union guaranteed that any man who is getting off give at least the same notice, making it part of the^agreement. This part of the agreement is definitely going to be lived up to and unless a man has a serious emergency such' as death in the family or serious ill­ ness, no exceptions are going to be made and violators of this section of the agreement made to stand to be tried for getting off a ship without giving proper notice. - On The Beach A few of the brothers currently on the beach in Mobile include A. Nelson, H. King, R. Merritt, J. Grin^es, R. Swayne, H. Jackson, C. Lowery, A. Lee, L. Jack.son, H. Hallman, D, Baria, M. Coleman, F. McConice and R. Aguair. A lot of interest is shown by the membership in-the local area on the organizing efforts of the AFL organizers, who are going full blast in this town. Everytime a newscast comes over the television set on the recreation deck, it finds the members assembled getting the latest news on the East Coast situa­ tion. The drive in this area looks fine and it is anticipated that in the very near future all southern locals will swing over to the AFI> ILA. Hugh "Cherokee" Hallman is raising a war-whoop around here now. He is originally from Atlanta, Georgia although he has made Mobile his. shipping port for some years. Recently he did about a year or so on the Choctaw of Wa­ terman and gave all the girls in Japan and on the Far East run a break. Hallman thinks the vaca- , tion benefit is tops in the Union, claiming it is his eating money since he taps out very shtfftly after payoff and then eats off his vaca­ tion money until he ships again. Hallman has just come out of the hospital on Staten Island, New York. He was laid up therie for a while, but decided to come down to the Gulf in order to fully recup­ erate from his illness. All the boys wish him well. Cal Tanner jifdbir«''Foft''Ag^nt'' •v,' li �ji-T- Psige Eleyep SEAFARERS LOG April 2, 1954 > JKMtr REPORTS going to be cleared up by cement­ two-week period has been the Lake Charles: ing the tanks. The chief on the weather. However, what we need Southwind is one of the boys who is more ships and less weather. has lots of trouble with electri­ The weather can always take care cians. Either he will change his of itself. ways or be left all alone with his E. B. Tilley gadgets. Wilmington Port Agent Things have been on the slow We had 14 ships pay off, four Oldtimers on the beach include bell here in Lake Charles for the sign on and 16 ships in transit here t. past two weeks, but the outlook John Morris. T. Nongezer, J. in the Port of New York. All heels Philadelphia: for the next two weeks Is fair. Christy, F. Boyne, F. Wesley, C. were settled on all the^payoffs and However, we do not recommend Moss, E. Bryant, while in the sign-ons. that the member's come rushing hospital are P. Wood, F. Paylor, We paid off the crew of the here as we have enough men here R. McCorkel, J. Littleton, P. JaWilliam Burden in the company of­ kubcsak, G. Corbett, W. Bedgood, to meet our needs. fice, after the ship laid up in Japan. Calling in this area were the J. Sellers, J. Kramer, P. Bland, C. Shipping for the past two weeks The following ships paid off: Lone Jack, Bradford Island, Bents Carkhuff and A. Norton. has been relatively slow in com­ Fort, Logans Fort,' Fort Hoskins. Jeff Morrison Rosario, Suzanne and Show Me parison to the increased activity in Savannah Port Agent Mariner of Bull: Val.XJhem of Val­ Winter Hill, Can4« J" 4entine; Government Camp, Chi- the port. Although we have-had tigny and Council wawa, AbiC|ua, Archers Hope, Brad­ five payoffs in the port, there were Grove of Cities Seattle: ford Island and Lone Jack of Cities fewer replacements than expected Service. The Lo­ Service; ^eatrains New York and and the prospects for the future gans Fort paid off New Jersey of Seatrain; Lawrence are not so hot. here from interSo far we have not had too much Victory, of Mississippi and the coastal. We had Mankato Victory of Victory Car­ trouble along the waterfront ex­ the Alexandra of cept Jor the walkout on March 17, Shipping is not good at the pres­ riers. Can-as come into and "there has been much discusr. Signing On Orange, Texas, ent time and it looks as if that will sion as to whether or not it was a to pay off and go be the prevailing situation for the Ships signing on were the Jef­ holiday for the longshoremen for Gann into lay-up. next two weeks as we have noth­ ferson City Victory of Victory Car­ which we can claim holiday -OT. riers; Robin Kettering of Seas; We don't think it was a holiday, but We had quite a battle over trans­ ing scheduled for payoff at this Show Me Mariner and the Law­ a walkout, so there is no claim. portation on her but we held firm time. Ships paying off were the Ragand all hands got their dough. The rence Victory of Mississippi. Otherwise, things are running company got the brilliant idea nar Naess of Orion, Battle Rock of Ships in transit were the Arlyn smoothly. that they would pick the kind of US Petroleum, Ocean Betty of of Bull; Warrior, Chickasaw, Choc­ Ships paying off were the Com­ transportation money to pay but Ocean Trans and the Hoosier taw, Alavvai and De Soto of Water­ pass of Compass; the Marina and we had other ideas and won out. Mariner of Isthmian. man; Marymar and Pennmar of Carolyn of Bull; Marymar of Cal­ We hope the ship doesn't stay laid The Ocean Lotte of Ocean Trans Cajmar;, Alexandra of JCarras; mar; and Council Grove of Cities up long, but one never can tell. signed on, while in-transits were Council Grovc' and Fort Hoskins Service. The same ships signed on the Alamar, Calmar and Portmar Strike Near End of Cities Service; Steel Vendor again. All but one union in the Build­ of Calmar; Seacomet of Colonial and Steel Navigator of Isthmian; In-transit vessels were the Edith. ing and Construction Trades strike and the Azalea City of Waterman. Bull Run of Petrol Tankers; Sea- Rosario, Ines and Elizabeth of Bull; against the contractors has signed The Hoosier Mariner laid up in train Texas of Seatrain; and the Robin Kettering and Robin Went­ up and ceased strike action. We Seattle this week and the member­ ley of Seas. Massmar of Calmar; will notify the men as soon as the ship on board was in a pitiful state Ro.bin Wentley of Seas. I want to inform the member­ Winter Hill of Cities Service and last union signs up. of mind since the Mariner-type ship that at , the present time we the Chickasaw of Waterman. On the beach here we find R. ships are the nicest freighters Steve CarduUo request that they do not park their Lyle. A. Fruge, R. Frye, J. Bau- afloat. It is certainly a shame to Philadelphia Port Agent cars in the : parking lot while the doin, P. Mulholland, R. Coe, S. Se- lay the-e ships up. Perhaps in the waterfront beef is going on. This li> $> t> nak, W. Walker and C. Gann. future when the Government also applies to employees because We held our regular meeting builds ships they will consult the Galveston: we need the space for the long­ last Wednesday and there were 28 ship operators. shoremen and the cars that are in­ bookmen present. Ross Lyle was Around the hall and happy right volved in the beef. chairman and Willie Walker was now is John Risbeck. John is 32 recording secretary. Claude Simmons years old, mar­ Leroy Clarke Asst. Sec.-Treas. ried, and makes Lake Charles Port Agent his home on the Shipping picked up in the past i t. t. East Coast, Balti­ two weeks, but it is not back to Wilmington: more, to be exact. normal at this time. The picture Savannah; He sails in the does not look too bright for the deck department coming two weeks, with nothing as bosun, receiv­ scheduled to pay off in this area. ing his book in Ships paying off were the Gene­ New York in 1943 vieve Peterkin and Lucile BloomFor the last two weeks I think it Shipping has been pretty fair. after being active Risbeck has been about as bad as it can field of Bloomfieid, as well as the in the Garment French Creek of Cities Service. We paid off and signed on the be for this port as we did not have Workers and UFE strikes, as well a payoff for the past two weeks. Signing on was the Bull Run of Southwind of South Atlantic. as others. His last ship was the Petrol Tankers. Ships in transit were the South­ However, the coming two weeks In-transit vessels were the Del ern States of Southern; Seatrains Seacoral which paid off in Seattle looks as if we will have some ship­ Monte of Mississippi, the Michael Savannah, New York, twice each; after a nine-month trip to Japan. ping as we have four ships due in He is especially happy this week of Carras, the Republic of Trafal­ Robin Kettering of Seas; Queenssoon. gar, the Val Chem of Valentine ton Heights of Seatrade and the because he has finally succeeded in Ships expected in are tne Coe Tankers, the Neva West of Bloom- Abiqua of Cities Service. obtaining his citizenship papers af­ Victory of Victory Carriers, Sea- field, Steel Advocate of Isthmian, ter a five-year struggle. A former Trouble On Board mar of Calmar, Fairport of Water­ and Seatrains Texas, Georgia, The Southwind came in with citizen of Canada, he will get his man and the Steel Chemist of Isth­ Louisiana and New Jersey. drinking water looking like a weak papers next week. mian. Jeff Gillette cup of coffee and the consistency Keith Alsop At this lime, we only have one Seattle Port Agent of cream of potato soup. This is Galveston Port Agent man in the hospital. He is Ragnor Ericson, who sails out of the Gulf most of the time but was taken off the Pelican Mariner of Bloomfieid when she was in port for bunkers. He is making out okay and expects to be out in a week or ten days. Shipping Figures March 10 to March 24 As, a reminder to the member­ SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ship, it is a violation of Union rules REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. for anyone on the beach to go on PORT REG. DECK ENG. STEW.SHIPPED DECK ENGINE STEW. ships which are in port unless they 18 7 61 4 7 Boston 30 13 18 have a pass from the Union hall. 160 40 239 67 53 New York 95 62 82 Also, §omeone is trying to give the 11 55 76 21 23 Pluladelphia 28 28 20 stewards of these ships a little 29 127 260 52 ^ 46 slory, claiming the coffee they are Baltimore 107 88 65 asking him for is for the coffeepot 10 1 50 4 5 Norfolk 18 18 16 at the Union hail. Everyone knows 31 9 41 13 9 Savannah 9 20 12 we don't have any pot here, so be 2 51 1 0 1 Tampa 15 23 13 on guard against this practice. 128 196 46 45 37 Mobile 72 , 65 59 In-transit ships were the Steel 195 65 198 72 58 Executive of Isthmian; the Pelican New Orleans 62. 60 76 Mariner of Bloomfieid;. the Calmar 21 82 116 32 29 Galveston • 42 38 36 of Calmar; Azalea City, J. B. 21 92 28 30 79 Seattle 40 32 20 Waterman and Hastings of Water­ 26 113 24 " 18 68 San Francisco 38 40 35 man, and the Barbara Erietchie of 69 5 2 5 12 .^Wilmington ..v...i• 25 18 • T6 Liberty Navigation. The only tbing that has been Total* '.''T'v.'. «r-fi679''-' '..vfC.HlWfcW;,,...468 • goo^^fl|ippnd,ijh% .ppft In the past lit'J'.; -rimtH « New York: Transporialion Beef Is Settled By Unien Tanker Grew Receives Leng Distance Payoff No Trouble On Docks; Ship Activity Wanes Hoosier Mariner Idle Status Saddens Crew Shipping Piclnre Fuzzy Duwu In Texas Port Shipping Poor Bnl Is Expoclod To Pick Up f Southwind Has Water Beef, Chief Treuhle % San Francisco: Port Expects To Crew Two Strips In Lay.up Shipping has been slow for the past two weeks, with a lot of intransits stopping by this port. We expect to crew two Water­ man ships, the Jean LaFitte and the Madaket, both of which are laid up at present. Ships paying off were the Jean LaFitte and Madaket and the Sea Comet H of Ocean Carriers. The latter vessel signed on again. In-transit ships were the Raphael Semmes. J. B. Waterman, Gate­ way City, Hast­ ings and Azalea City of Water­ Goglas man; Calmar's Calmar; Isthmian's Steel Execu­ tive; the J. B. Kulukundis of Martis and the Sea Comet II. It seems that Harry Bridges and Hugh Bryson are still spreading their propaganda around here as the NLRB election for stewards is going into its last days. Bridges has already taken the stand that if the election goes "no union." he will ask to represent the stewards on the PMA ships. As we see it now, more and more companies are trying to get foreign flags for their ships, thus reducing our US fleet to a small fleet, probably one of the smallest merchant marines the US has had in a long time. It could end up smaller than before the war. Along these lines we can take a look at the shipbuilding program here and find it is next to nothing. With the men in this field mostly advanced in age, and drop­ ping out rapidly because of the scarcity and uncertainty of employ­ ment. there is sure to be a shortage of skilled workers in the ship­ building field. Young men won't want to enter it in an era of uncer­ tainty. We have lots of ships in various boneyards. but they will become obsolete about the same time because they were built with­ in a few years of each other. It would be better to spread it around a bit, chronologically, so we would have an up-to-date fleet of ships in service for ready use in any emergency. Oldtimers on the beach include M. Pappadakis, S. Mavromichalis, F. Curtis, B. Gapse. J. Goglas, W. Vause, J, Parks, W, Pennington, W. Kramer, C. McKee, W. Hunt, C. Nie, R. Mulholland, J. Pulliam, G. Dunn, G, King and R, Parady, In the marine hospital are T. Finerty, O. Gustavesen, P. S. Yuzon, J. Childs. H, Y, Choe, W. Singleton, M. Wilson, E. G. Plah, W. T. Center, J. Perreira, S, Sue and G. C. Eller, Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Quitting Ship? Notify Union A reminder from SlU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hail In an.ple time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make their work tougher for your shipmates. • J �SEAFARERS Pare Twehr* April 2. 1954 LOG i<" MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE Naval stores is a trade name for the products obtained from the pine tree, whose old stumps and branches are as useful for this pur­ pose as newly-cut trees. Naval is derived from the Latin navis, meaning ship, and in the old days these products were used for caulking and waterproofing vesse.s and for protecting rope against deterioration. At one time, naval • stores included all the material employed in building and main­ taining sailing ships, even masts 'and cordage, but it is now applied only to such materials as rosin, tar, pitch, turpentine and pine oil, regardless of how fGey're used. TEX METTING, messman of liberty, who was glad to con­ tribute to the cause." ' 3^ 3. t Fresh-water springs in the ocean Question: What is the most an­ have been noted by travelers and noying beef you run into aboard navigators for centuries. They ship? are caused by underground streams which discharge their Richard Adell, wiper: Who's waters into the ocean beneath the surface. The fresh water rises to going to clean up the laundiy room? That's the the surface 'because of its rela­ big question tive specific lightness as compared aboard any ship. with the sea water. These springs There's always a occur only in coastal waters, sev­ discussion about eral of them in the sea near Cuba. it. Tied in with One of the best known of these that is the recre­ submarine river outlets is in the ation room and Atlantic oft the coast of Florida library clean-up. near Miami. 3. 4.' t Nobody is direct­ 3> i i ly responsible for Mi. Desert Island, which lies off Boxing Day in England, which the Coast of Maine, was discov­ has nothing to do with prize-fight­ them. There should be a utility ered in 1604 by Champlain, who ing, is a survival of an old cus­ man aboard to.do the jobs. 3i 3i t named it LTsIe des Monts Deserts tom. In medieval times the monks Miguel Diaz, OS: The food situa­ —the island of desert mountains— of certain orders used to offer because from where he saw them, mass for the safety of vessels and tion is the most annoying beef any­ the mountains appeared bare, wild at the same time place a small one can have and solitary. In 1916, part of the box on each ship to receive con­ aboard a ship, Island was set aside by President tributions from the sailors. Car­ when it your only Woodrow Wilson as the Sieur de rying a box from door to door for source of food Monts National Monument to com­ the collection of Christmas money supply. There are restaurants memorate the founding in 1604 of wasy an early custom and, in the no handy and you've the first European settlement in course of time, alms boxes were North America north of the Caro- placed in churches for donations got to take what "linas by Pierre de Cast Sieur de to be distributed to the poor on you get. Some Monts. It was the first national Christmas morning. Eventually, say the food is monument created east of the Mis­ the day after Christmas became bad and some say sissippi and is the only one bor­ Boxing Day because on that day it is good, but the big thing is that dering on the Atlantic. The name the Christmas boxes placed in the it differs from ship to ship. X t. has since heen changed to Acadia churches are opened. Abraham Ruiz, oiler: I never en­ National Park. t t » When the Spaniards took pos­ countered any trouble or annoying i 3. 3^ beefs aboard session of Haiti after its discovery ship.. Everything Oars are muffled by wrapping by Columbus, they copied the prac­ always went something around them where tice of the natives, and built ele­ smoothly for me, they come into contact with the vated frameworks in which to sleep, but I've heard oarlocks in order to deaden the as a protection against prowling some of th^ men noise. According to one histori­ animals. The natives used a simi­ beef mostly about cal account, a petticoat was used lar framework, with a fire beneath, the inadequate to muffle the oars of the boat in for drying or smoking fish, and launch service which Paul Revere crossed the meat, and called all of these struc­ they get when in Charles River on his famous mid­ tures, no matter what their use a foreign port. night ride to Lexington during the was, a barbacoa. Thus when the Revolution. The incident is men­ Spaniards themselves roasted meat 3l' 3^ t tioned in "The Battle of April 19, upon a spit over an outdoor fire, Michael Collins, FWT: What an­ 1775," by Frank Coburn, as follows: they fell into the habit of using noys me most aboard ship are the "Fearing that the noise of the oars the native name. The name was guys who cry all In the oarlocks might alarm the carried later to North America, the time about sentry. Revere dispatched one of giving us the present word barbe­ shipboard condi­ his companions for something to cue, also an all-purpose word re­ tions and never muffle them with, who soon re­ ferring either to the food being stand up at the turned with a petticoat, yet warm cooked, the place where the cook­ meetings to voice from the body of a fair daughter ing is done or the process itself. their opinions to the rest of the membership. They do all their yelling in the foc'sle and expect the delegates to ACROSS DOWN 17. Kind of tree Members of carry the ball for them without 20 Large water glee club 1. This should be How union men knowing their beef. animals 39. Trojan kept up should be 23. Secret agent 40. From Cape 3^ 3^ 3> «. Western sea­ Tenderly 25. Small cat farers group Tricks 28. Part of head Town to Cairo Jasper Anderson, 3d cook: I find Predecessor of 29. Exist 41. Man's title s. Appropriate DDE 33. Years that the men beef mostly about the 43. Annam 12. Man from' Looks 34. SIU member measure Norway night lunch. Jet planes 35. 25 lbs in 47. Old boat 13. Black bird of One: Fr. Nothing seems to Mexico 49. Food Florida He des 36. Our Chief 52. Culebra satisfy them Social party 54. Bolivian Indian Justice 14. Monk's title Rupert. BC when it comes to 15. Angry (Puzzle Answer On Page 25) Made lace that pet gripe. 16. What the SIU provides Most of them 18. A number want a greater 19. Pronoun for a variety of night ship 21. Angle lunches. Some 12. BPOE members want them hot, 24. Annoy 26. Rodents some want them Indigestion 27. cold and some want them more 20. He's not wanted in SIU often and more numerous. SI. 32. 34. 87. 42. 44. 45. 46. 48. «0. SI. 63. 65. 66. 67. 68. 68. 90. Pacific island Attempt Cut wood Port near Schiedam Periods of time Call, in poker Port SW of Casablanca City near Lille Bearing of the Phillipines from Borneo Railroads Where Rabat is What a CPA makes Mr. Lincojn Pronoun Follow Girl's nickname Weights: Abbr. The Ptltish call U "asdlclf,/, There are two good reasons why Tex Metting is called "Tex" by his shipmates. For one thing he was born in Texas 30 years ago. For another, it is a lot easier to say "Tex" than it is to yell Gott­ fried Caesar Richard Metting, Jr. when it's time to call a guy to eat. That jaw-breaking handle is Tex's real name, although not many peo­ ple know it, outside of the shipping commissioner and the Coast Guard. "Everything grows bigger in Texas;" says Tex, "even names." Typically Texan, the strapping, soft-spoken 200-pounder has been popular with his shipmates since he first went to sea in 1943. Metting was born In Southwest Texas, near the coast, in the vicinity of Corpus Christi. It was only natural then, that when it^ became obvious that a healthy young man of 19 must choose a spot to serve his country in World War II that he should turn to the sea. With Tex, though, the idea of a sea-going career appealed to him and unlike many wartime seamen who turned to shoreside occupa­ tions after hostilities ceased, Met­ ting has made seafaring his life's work. Rode Ammo Ships "I was lucky, though," Tex re­ called. "I sailed in and to the war zones. Pacific and Atlantic, all through the war and never was in real action but once. That was in the Philippine zone aboard a Robin Lines ship thai crewed up in New Orleans. There were a couple of air raids on our convoy. Our ship didn't get hit . . . good thing, too. She was an ammunition carrier. As a matter of fact, I rode nothing but ammunition carriers through­ out the war and with the excep­ tion of that one time, every trip was as quiet and peaceful as any­ one could ask for." Metting started sailing in the deck department and sailed AB, deck maintenance and bosun until four years ago when he switched to the steward department. "We were making port in New Orleans in a rain storm one day," Tex explained. "Man, it was wet and it was cold. When we finally got tied up and I got down out of the bow and down below what did I find but the steward's depart­ ment guys all warm and cozy as you pleased, schooner rigged in; their best gear and ready to go ashore. That did it. I said to ray- ' self, 'Tex, from now on, this is for you.'" Metting went ashore that day and changed departments. Never­ theless, he heartHy endorses the new co'.nstitutional provision that' requires a man now to take it to the membership for approval if he wants to change departments. "We used to have men flopping from department to department, wherever they thought pickins' were better," Tex said. "This way, a man thinks about all the angles before he decides where he wants to sail. Then, after he has made up his mind, the fact that it isn't easy to change encourages him to take a sincere interest in his job.'' Delta Lines Man When he first started sailing, Tex sailed out of New York and San Francisco, and occasionally New Orleans. Since 1949, however, he has sailed out of New Orleans exclusively; most of the time aboard Delta Lines (Mississippi Shipping) passenger ships. Metting finds conditions much more stable today than when he started going to siea—union-wise and in the industry in general. "The SIU has done so much to establish seafaring as a stable, profitable profession that I think it is tops among occupations," he said. "The progress we have made as a union in the last 10 years is almost unbelieveable. I think it is a great thing, too, the effort the Union has put into establishing the membership in the minds of the public shoreside as the re­ spectable, hard-working citizens we have always known ourselves to be. While I'm not married, I know that SIU welfare and SIU security mean a great deal to our many family men who, without the secur­ ity that has been built up through our Union, certainly would feel a great deal more burdened by their shoreside responsibilities." Germany began military occupa­ tion of Hungary ... A fleet of US warships attacked Japanese posi­ tions in the Palau Islands, 550 miles due east of the Philippines . . . Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., known in the field as "Old Blood and Guts," was replaced by Maj. Geil. Alexander M. Patch, a veteran of the Pacific fighting, as commander of the American Sev­ enth Army . . . Finland rejected the six-point terms of an armistice offered by Russia. recommended a solid program for membership action. The first battie of the Indian campaign raged at the edge of the Manipur Plain, where one of four Japanese invasion columns 4" 3^ 3i launched assaults to break through Casmir Kaust, bosun: I think everything is fine aboard ship. The British defenses guarding the northeastern approaches to Imphal, guys ought to be key supply center for Allied forces thankful for the on the Burma border ..front . . . conditions they The epic battle around Cassino, have aboard the Italy, continued, as the Germans, ships of the by infiltrating into the ruins of Union without the town via subterranean passages, letting the little recaptured one-fourth of the city things bother . . . An SIU-A&G agents' confer­ them. They ence, held in New Orleans follow­ should remember ing the wind-up of the SIU of NA what it was like ,tp sail before they had a strong convention there, charted 'the fu* tflre course of the SIU-A&G and ;pbnt«MhFi<;fi /. 3> 3^ 3> 3^ 4 Two decisions by the US Su­ preme Court affirmed the power of the Office of Price Administra­ tion (OPA) to enforce price ceil­ ings and regulate rents . . . Allied planes bombed the French inva­ sion coast, hitting Calais and Cher­ bourg, as well as airfields around Paris and port facilities in Holland . . . The SIU and SUP launched a fight to regain the cuts in war bonus rates ordered by the Mari­ time War Emergency Board (MWEB) ... In Algiers, Pierre Pucheu, former Vichy Interior Minister, was executed for treason. Soviet forces crossed the Prut River frontier of Rumania, com­ pleting an 800-mile march from Stalingrad which recovered all biit 60,000 square miles of pre-1939 Russian ' territory, and captured Cemauti, the third largest city df that country, in a drive that took them within 15 miles of the border of Czechoslovakia . . . SIU Secre­ tary-Treasurer John Hawk waa named to attend the conference of . the International Labor OrganizaMbhrih'THiliadelphlaj^ April 29. :m. �April S, 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS « LOG Vol. XVI. April 2, 1954 Page Thirteen LOG 'Whaddya Read ?' No. 7 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union. Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Addi-ess: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEBBERI BRAXD, Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARS SEAMAN; Photo Editor, OAMXEL NIEVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWJN SPIVAK, JERRV REMER. AL MASKIN; GUU Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants. LYMAN GAYLORO. MILTON HOROWITZ. Panamanians All For a number of years now the SIU and other sea unions have protested strongly against the transfer of US ships to foreign flags, particularly the runaway flags of Panama and Liberia. Yet every time they have the opportunity, the shipowners will slip one through with the benevolent ap­ proval of Government agencies who are supposed to protect our merchant marine. The latest instance is the Yarmouth, the passenger ship owned by the Eastern Steamship Company. It's no secret that shipowners love the Liberian and Pana­ manian flag because they mean coolie wages, crimp hall hir­ ing and no union contract. And since the transfer usually involves setting up a dummy corporation in the country in­ volved, it also means a neat and legal job of tax evasion. "Things have reached the point where even some European countries who are considered low-cost operators are com­ plaining about the competition. . ' ^ Along these lines the "New York Times" came up with an interesting suggestion. The newspaper proposed that may­ be the United Nations should take up the question of uni­ form regulations on ship registry. It sounds like a pretty good 'idea, but knowing the US State Department's attitude toward US-flag shipping, it would be a big surprise if this country ".were to take any action on this score. ie 4" 4" New Dock Vote fJ Another step towards resolution of the New York dock tangle was taken last week when the National Labor Rela­ tions Board upheld its examiner's recommendation and threw out the December dock election. The examiner found so much evidence of intimidation and violence that he deemed any election conducted under those circumstances as worthless. The Labor Board is now taking steps to assure that the next electibn will be held in a peaceful atmosphere. No date will be set imtil the ILA calls off its current political strike and permits the port to get back to normal. Under such cir­ cumstances, and given the proper protection, there is no question as to how longshoremen will vote. Meanwhile though, it appears that the dockworkers are not waiting for the Board to act but are. taking matters in their own hand by going back to work in increasing numbers despite an ILA-sponsored "strike" which is exclusively politi­ cal in nature. The strike has only one purpose in mind—to blackjack the Federal Government into issuing an election decision in their favor. It appears now that in the end the old ILA will have to throw in the sponge, letting the port get back to normal again. The CaU Of The Sea . The Jure of the sea beckons people from all walks of life, and there are always those ready to make a fast buck on them. An outfit of this caliber is the so-called "Davenport Seamen's Service" of New York City which, for a minimum $2 fee, will provide anyone interested in a sea job with a slick brochure containing the same information they could get out of any telephone book. Guaranteeing romance, adventure, plenty of sea air, in short everything but the job itself, these outfits prey on peo­ ple eager to turn to the sea as the place to start a brand-new life. If nothing else, however, the fact that they can sfay in business at least proves once again that Seafarers are members of a very desirable profession. School Bells Only Fanatics Snpport Old ILA To the Editor: The waterfront situation that we have been facing since the last few days of 1953 has created nu­ merous problems among longshore­ men and seaman alike, not to men­ tion the teamsters, but it is my profound belief that if this ends the so-called tactics followed by some so-called unions on the wa­ terfront, it is more than worth putting up with this situation a little longer. . Wage earners and business will gain if this matter is settled in a decent way. Since the longshore­ men make their living working Unemployment is spreading in goods picked up. Durable goods the ships, as we nearly all cities and industries, the suffered most, including metal and do, it is natural Bureau of Employment Security metal products, household items, for us to watch reported. The Bureau said that 85 machinery and military equip­ that a clean un­ percent of the nation's 149 major ment. Auto production climbed ion is brought labor market areas now have labor slightly and construction activity to and enforced surpluses, and that at least six per- was at an unusually high level. cent of the labor force is unem­ among them. 4" 4" 4' Ramirez I have been ployed in 34 areas, double the The Eighth Region of the United talking to old longshoremen on number a year ago. The bureau re- Automobile Workers of America, both sides In Manhattan and ported that in no area is there now | AFL, won bargaining rights at the Brooklyn (in a neutral way, of a shortage of workers, while there Hardy Manufacturing Company of course), and 1 believe we are right were five such a year ago. Union City, Indiana, in an NLRB in giving the new AFL-ILA a hand, 4i 4^ 4' election affecting 650 plant em­ helping them to know everything Local 281 AFL United Textile ployees. that they should have known long Workers won five to 121,^ cents an 4 i 4 ago, including better conditions hour, more for employees of the Layoffs have thrown 7,800 steelthat they are missing all around, Charles S. Field Corporation in workers out of jobs in the Youngsthe democratic way to hire, spell­ Passaic, NJ, retroactive to last De­ town, Ohio, district, while another ing out to them the welfare condi­ cember 3, through a wage reopen­ 11.000 are working less than 40 tions and monetary gains that we ing clause in the union's last con-1 hoiirs a week, a Steelworkers ' Union survey revealed. There are enjoy in the SIU and that they tract with the company. would have with the AFL-ILA. 65.000 steelworkers in the area. 4" 4' 4" A bill to raise the Federal min­ It's not for me to say how dirty 4 4 4 the old set-up was or still is, but I imum wage to $1.25 an hour and Unemployment cycles are apknow that everyone hears about to reduce the standard work week , parent in other parts of the world the ILA hiring practices and ru­ to an eventual maximum of 35 as well as in the US. In Canada, hours was introduced in Congress the number of persons seeking mors of other evil conditions. I find every day men working by Rep. Sam Yorty (D.-Cal.). The jobs during February at national the docks whose fanatic devotion Californian's bill eliminates over- employment offices rose to 558,to the old ILA is hard to believe. time exemptions in so-called sea- | 969. This was an increase of more Why? They figure that under old sonal industries, and raises the j than 35,000 in a month and nearly union procedures they can always floor for learners, apprentices, the 1160,000 since the previous year, get the bigger share of the work handicapped and messengers to $1 according to a survey reported by the Bureau of Statistics and the as long as they keep their leaders an hour. Labor Department. 4 4 4 happy. For the first time in history, 4 4 4 Abolish Shape-Up shipping clerks in the dress indus­ AFL Office defeated It is my humble opinion that if try will be covered by a union con- the. BrotherhoodWorkers of Railway Trainthe proper Government authorities tract. Local 60-A of the ILGWU men for bargaining rights for the assured the longshoremen that, no and five employer dress associa- Baltimore Transit Company office matter which union will represent tions agreed to a pact that recog­ workers, formerly held by the them, the Government intends to nized the union, increased wages BRT. Out of 129 votes cast. 111 make sure that the old, evil hiring for 4,000 workers by $3 a week, went to the office workers union practices will be abolished, the provided them with an employer- while the BRT garnered only new AFL-ILA would win clearly financed health and welfare fund seven. Eleven voters chose no any future electipn. and granted vacation and holiday union representation. Let us cooperate with this new benefits. 4 4 4 organization in every way, so that Agreements between five plants 4 4 4 in the near future every longshore­ Nine weeks before their old of the Robert Gair Company and man can enjoy all the good condi­ agreement expired, 6,000 employ­ the International Brotherhood of tions and advantages of democratic ees of the airplane propeller plant Pulp and Paper Mill Workers were hiring, whether he knows the boss of the Hamilton Standard Division renewed with a two percent in­ or not, besides having the privilege of the United Aircraft Corporation crease and several improvements of belonging to an authentic AFL in Windsor Locks, Conn., began in fringe benefits. The two per­ union.* getting nine cents an hour more in cent raise gives the workers an -If the longshoremen would only their pay envelopes under a new average increase of five cents or look the facts in the face and real­ two-year agreement negotiated by better. ize that, finally, after so many Machinists Lodge 743. Besides the 4 4 4 years, somebody is trying to help general wage increase, the agree­ Strike idleness in February was them without getting anything out ment provides for the freezing in­ at its lowest point for the month of .it for themselves in the way to basic rates of a 19-cent-an-hour in more than five years, the l^ureau of monetary gain. With the AFL, cost-of-living adjustment. of Labor Statistics reported. Feb­ the Federal Government and the ruary strikes, totaling 350, in­ 4 4 4 State of New York behind them, Total output bf the nation's fac­ volved 100,000 workers and caused the longshpremen cannot lose if tories has dropped for seven 750,000 man-days of idleness. This they will only rid themselves of Straight months, accor^ng to a re­ compared with 400 strikes in Janutheir shackles. port by the Federid Re^^e Board, ai;^, .involving 150,000 workei-s and The lights are burning late again at the offices of the SIU Scholarship Plan. By September, the Plan will grind out four new $6,000 scholarships and present them to the success­ ful applicants, the list of which already includes three Sea­ farers competing for this year's awards. The children of four Seafarers won the highly-rated awards in 1953. Naturally, with so much at stake the administrators of the SIU awards are still feeling ^heir way cautiously in check­ ing the records op thb achievement and ability of each applicant. " When all procedures are completed, there's the promise of a $6,000 all-expense-paid college education over the hori­ zon for Ahose^wjior aare'successfuj., i uv 4 ) ) U I'f r ^ Luis A. RamlMS oBfe^tlinillion. man-idays. "a| /•I �Face Fonrteca SEAFARERS LOG April t, 1954 L' ' .;'•' • • Close-up I heat W£ recognitij Th| than 1 Castll and Just M menll ••\,'( led tol made 1 livings mii Yetl I'l If it vl life AfJ inspea lives Thefl GoverA chaO'V1' Out 'oil Btructil tightefl down • petus 11 emphil for bol discovlI i propefl unusuH shipbcl discoul1 1 The!H 1 It waiH ''1, disastfl ii while fl 1 H 1 near jS TheB of thSH ij attackl out, 1«I 'l, sequeiS1 i'l for tMW •i I':! At m 1934, •|;t HavanH1 'S tioneiS for hacT JH I '< equippH ilghtinHlii ly, altHWP rain oH asleepH never^lI'll It m l>.i A f(1 ductec the dt was or 6j| sections of the ship, the fire-gutted luxury liner Mprro Castle is shown after it ran aground off Asbury hnt^' nf^ 1^, +rt « curious onlookers swarmed to the beaches, the boardwalk and the windows of the famed Berkeley-Carteret hotel (left rear) to gape at the smoldering vesseL By this time the passengers were off the ship* or had perished* ' J.. repoS by C ] newspl of thef Act �shot of scorched deck shows tremendous extent of fire damage. Terrific rped and twisted steel beams, fittings and deck fioor supports beyond |;0n. ;re have been many worse disasters at sea the burning of the passenger liner Morro le in 1934, but few have been more needless it the same time productive of more good, as the Titanic tragedy led to the establishof the iceberg patrol, the Morro Castle blaze a considerable tightening up of regulations that has life far more safer for those who go to sea for a or for pleasure. with all that went wrong with the Morro Castle, ere not for a few ironic tricks of fate, not a single ' )uld have been lost. It was a combination of loose , tion, bungling, bad weather and fate that cost the »f 124 people aboard. obvious fact of a. needless disaster spurred the iiment into action to remedy conditions so that i . of such disasters would be reduced in the future. • the Morro Castle ^came new rules on fireproof conon, seamen's certificates, lifeboats and equipment, * inspection procedures and a host of other changes through the years that received their original imfrom the disaster. Not the least of these was greater sis placed on tightening up fire-fighting training th unlicensed crew and officers, as a result of the ery that many in the crew were green hands imly qualified for the emergency. This was not an jal situation in the depths of the depression when \ard wages were so low and conditions so poor as to rage the development of professional seamen. I most Ironic part of the Morro Castle story is that j just four hours from safe berth in New York when |!r overwhelmed the ship. And the fire blazed on ithe vessel was just six miles off the Jersey shore, '.•sbury Park. j vessel's run of bad luck began when the skipper ship. Captain Robert Willmott, died of a heart , at 8:45 FM, a few brief hours before the fire broke !;aving the chief officer in charge of the vessel. Subi'v'ly the latter was brought to trial and imprisoned '3 years for his behavior during the emergency, •he time of the fire, the morning of September 8, the Morro Castle was enroute to New York from a, The popular cruise ship was crowded with vaca(iii including ia large quota of honeymooning couples Aom the short cruise was a favorite run. The ship good reputation for speed, comfort and safety, •ed as it was with what was considered a good fireg system and steam-smothering system. Consequent|hough it ran into very heavy weather and pouring iff Cape May, all was quiet aboard with passengers in their cabins—a sleep from which some of them iad a chance to wake. Started in Locker-Room ill-dress Federal investigation of the tragedy, conby the Department of Commerce! confirmed that ,e started in a locker in the ship's writing room. It Ver determined whether a carelessly-lit cigarette iineous combustion was responsible. Fevered press •it the early days spoke darkly of incendiary action hiunists, and a Cuban official interviewed by a Aper reporter said he was convinced it was the work Third International. Jtlly, the facts brought out subsequently show that Failure to launch lifeboats was one of contributing reasons toward heavy loss of life on the ship. Portside photo of the burning Morro Castle shows three lifeboats still on davits. the fire was discovered by the night watchmen at 2:50 AM in the morning, by which time it had spread into the library. He in turn notified the second officer, who in­ stead of sounding an alarm, attempted to put out the fire with a hand extinguisher! After five minutes of this, he gave up the attempt and turned in an alarm. But the fire grew with increasing rapidity, feeding on the wood panel­ ling, the heavy drapes and carpeting in the library, lounge and.recreation room. Apparently, no attempt was made to confine the fire in the first instance by closing off any of the rooms and cutting off air to the flames. The ignor­ ance of elementary fire-fighting principles shown by offi­ cers and crew throughout was later traced to a very good cause—the fact that fire and boat drills were a rarity on board the ship. From her>" one mistake piled on top of another in dizzy fashion. A leading culprit in the subsequent trend of events was the ship's chief engineer. Only twenty minutes after the alarm was turned in and the crew had gotten to fire stations power failed, and the water-pumps stopped functioning. Smoke had driven the crew from the engine room in confusion. The inquiry board found that the chief engineer had never gone to his post when the alarm was sounded, but headed straight for a lifeboat after a pre­ liminary look at the situation on deck. 3rd Assistant Action Things might have been worse were it not for the action of the 3rd assistant who braved the smoke to shut down the plant. He rigged the pumps to run on steam remain­ ing in the boilers so that passengers at the stern of D-Deck had some water power in the hoses with which to fight the flames. In rapid order the flames roared through passageways trapping many passengers in their bunks. Many who were seasick were unable to escape. Although the ship was close to shore within easy reach of dozens of small craft and Coast Guard stations, the first SOS was not sent out until 4:23 AM, an hour and a half after the first small blaze in the locker began. By 6 AM, when rescue ships were at hand, the blaze had burned right through midships, separating passengers and crew on the fore and aft sections of the ship. All lifeboats on the port side were burned before an attempt was made to launch them. When it was all over, the empty boats sitting on the burned-out deck were mute testimony to their uselessness. In response to the SOS large numbers of rescue ships converged on the scene, the Mon:irch of Bermuda and City of Savannah leading the flottila. The Monarch of Bermuda approached within a hundred feet of the blazing Morro Castle to pick up survivors, and that ship's pas­ sengers watching the awesome spectacle in the rain-swept seas, could feel the seai'ing heat of the flames. Steel Beams Twisted Those who boarded the smoldering ship the next day found the decks littered with shoes and clothes discarded by passengers who had jumped into the sea. The heat of the fire had fused glass to the portholes and twisted steel beams completely out of shape. SuiYivors, who flooded hospitals in New Jersey shore resorts added to numerous eyewitness accounts of the tragedy. Of five couples who had jumped into the water together in an attempt to swim ashore, two survived after six hours in the water. Two 72-year-old twins who were separated during the blaze were rescued separately and reunited ashore. One woman told of being kept afloat for hours by her husband, only to have him collapse and die as rescue arrived. The fact that the fire had taken place so close to shore under the eyes of thousands of witnesses added to public interest and to demands for action. The acting captain and chief engineer as well as the company were brought to trial in a Federal court. After lengthy proceedings, the jury concluded that the company was negligent be­ cause the ship was not kept in port long enough for thor­ ough inspection, and fire drills were rare. Firefighting equipment had deteriorated for lack of maintenance and the crew was untrained and disorganized. The acting captain was found guilty of delay in send­ ing out an SOS while the chief was rapped on the charge of fleeing to the first lifeboat. The results were jail terms for the two officers and a $5,000 fine for the company. However, the trials were the least of that which fol­ lowed. Far more important were investigations condutted by the Commerce Department and subsequently by the Senate Committee on Commerce. The outcome was significant new legislation, which has led to Ameri­ can ships being the safest afloat today. Among the changes that resulted were the following: • Engine joom unlicensed crewmembers had to get rat­ ings just as ABs did, via passage of tests. The practice of getting lifeboat tickets was encouraged in all three departments. • Woodwork and inflammable material in upholstery and drapes was ruled out in new passenger ship construc­ tion, a practice which extendied to all large ocean-going vessels under the US flag. • All passenger vessels had to be divided vertically by flametight steel bulkheads from deck to deck, insulated and stiffened to prevent spread of fire through the bulk­ head. Similar bulkheads were required on stairways, boundaries of galleys, cargo spaces, engine rooms and storerooms. • Regular fire patrols, steam smothering systems, suit­ able fire extinguishing apparatus, gas masks and emer­ gency equipment were required of all passenger vessels. • New specifications were written as to hull construc­ tion, engine room installations, pumps, windlasses and winches, etc. • Minimum life-saving needs were specified including a minimum number of davits per vessel and minimum ca­ pacity of the boats. The construction of lifeboats was minutely specified. • Regular crew fire drills before departure and at sea were required. Passenger fire drills and station bills were also written into law. • Annual inspections by qualified inspection men were called for. • Ships had to be built wittt watertight bulkheads and, watertight doors. Regular drills were ordered for oper­ ating the watertight doors, air ports, valves and scupper closings. The above, in brief, represents some of the main changes that resulted from the Morro Castle fire. Through the years they have been added to and improved so that the danger of fire, while nfever completely absent, could be reduced to a minimum. •I dl . I -II'jlI • "I M •| • ';sl 1 AI .:"i| •ll �Fiicc Stxfeea SEAFARERS LOG April S. 1954 SEAFARERS Forty-one member shipping lines of two trans-Pacific conferences inplan to set a minimum rate of $12 a ton for most goods transported Shipboard Accident Survey from Japan to Atlantic Coast ports in the US and $9 a ton on ship­ The SlU-manned Waterman Steamship Company has worked up a ments to the West Coast. The new tariffs are expected to he placed survey of all the causes of shipboard accidents on their ships during in effect April 1 .. A ship without a crew of seamen, the Diitch freighter the entire year of 1953, in order to find out what constituted the great­ Amstelstad, docked in Vancouver, BC, recently from Japan after 10 est shipboard hazards. The survey, based on accident reports from the officers and six stewards had turned sailors to make the voyage after 19 crewmembers had deserted the ship in Japan in a protest against The consideration shown by Frank various ships, showed a total of 1,147 accidents throughout the fleet Airey, night cook and baker for the well distributed among a variety of causes. But the greatest single a hard-driving mate, had food, unclean bedding and too much work. four-to-eight watch on the Ocean t 4 cause of accidents was under the heading of slipping, tripping and The Argentine Merchant Marine will inaugurate a new service to Lotte was duly noted and com­ falling. Black Sea ports shortly when the tanker Islas Orcadas sails with mended in the ship's minutes. All in all, 325 men were hurt because of obstacles underfoot or poor 10,000 tons of linseed oils for the European ports. The vessel will re­ Airey got the thanks of the men for serving them an early breakfast sea legs. Padeyes and chain lashings, door sill's, lines, wet decks due turn from Soviet ports with an equal tonnage of fuel oil .. Salvage ships raised the 1,740-ton Soviet steamer Ligovo from the Kiel Canal and making things a little easier to weather conditions contributed. Unsecured ladders and rolling of and towed it into the harbor. The Ligovo sank January 22 after col­ for the men on that watch. the ship were also responsible for a number of such accidents. On the Airey, who Is a native of Panama, liding with a Danish vessel...The 7.000-ton British freighter Triland other hand there was only one accident involving a man falling from was towed into Halifax, NS, harbor 14 days after the ship's fuel was has been sailing SIU ships for the rigging and overhead stages, where most people would assume that last three years. He makes his exhausted battling huge waves 385 miles east of the mty. Gales ham­ home in the Canal Zone where he most of the danger lies. pered the rescue operation. can watch the ships go by when The other major cause of mishaps involved handling of objects on if ICi not aboard one. board ship. Including strains and sprains from lifting objects, being Unloadings of railroad freight cars for export and coastal shipment hit by a falling object, bruised or cut against machinery and equip­ 4, 41 last year at the port of Charleston, SC, showed a 19 percent Increase ment, hurt by slipping wrenches, knife cuts and the like. over 1952 figures, with 11 Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf ports showing gains Being treasurer of the ship's fund Half of Total in this field. Twenty-nine ports showed decreases and the over-all is an added responsibility that can drop was 12 percent . . The shipping industry will participate in safety be a little bit of a Between them, these two general categories accoimted for half of conferences Aprii 5-9 at the 24th annual convention and exposition of heaidache. It also all shipboard accidents. In other words, the accidents were of the the Greater New York Safety Council. Ship operators, shipbuilders means a little ely­ kind that could happen in any industrial installation anywhere, with and stevedores will discuss topics including safety engineering tech­ tra work for a shipboard weath'er conditions being an extra added hazard. niques, material handling, shipbuilding and repair yard safety and crewmember on 4 4 4 safety for oil tankers, passenger vessels and dry cargo ships. his own time, keeping track of New Seasickness Cure? 4. 4. t the money in the The John D. McKean, the city's newest fireboat, was launched re­ Seamen don't like to talk about it too much, but when the going cently by Mrs. Robert F. Wagner, wife of the mayor of New York City. fund. really gets rough, some of the more experienced hands will get as Richard Paw­ It was launched in Camden, NJ, and is the first addition to the metro­ seasick as the rawest newcomer. In recent, years quite a few seasick­ Pawlak politan fleet in 14 years...The first Uruguayan ship to call at New lak, treasurer of ness pills have been tried out with indifferent success. the fund on the York in several years is expected here sometime this month. The ves­ Seatrain Louisiana, apparently did Now the Navy has come up with a new combination called Bonamine, sel is the 3,805-ton freighter Carrasco, American-built, and owned and a good job, because the ship's crew which. It is claimed, will give 24-hour protection against seasickness operated by the Uruguayan Government. gave him a vote of thanlu when in a single dose in "most cases." Tests conducted aboard a troopship i ^ » he ended his term of service and showed that only six of 115 soldiers given the drug experienced the The first vessel to bring foreign iron ore to the Pennsylvania Rail­ turned over his duties to another usual symptoms of seasickness. Soldiers who received dummy tablets road's new $10,000,000 ore pier in the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Seafarerer selected by his ship­ that contained no real medication were seasick in much larger num­ Pa., was the Andre, carrying 10,000 tons from Peru.. A fioating ma­ mates. bers. The same tests were conducted with paratroopers to combat rine repair shop, belonging to the Army, was launched at Bethlehem's airsickness. Sails On Deck Staten Island yard. It is designed for repairs to small craft, such as The new medication is now being sold commercially for use by Pawlak, who has been an SIU landing ships, at advanced bases. Germany is adding five tankers, all travelers, but seamen can't be blamed if they are skeptical of its vir­ member since February, 1949, sails large vessels, to its fleet this year, raising it considerably. At the be­ tues and stick to the old tea and cracker routine, or whatever their regularly in the deck department. ginning of the year. West Germany had a fleet of 74 vessels of ap­ own personal remedy happens to be. . He's a native New Yorker, 27 years proximately 270,000 deadweight, tons in service. old. He now makes his home in 4 4 4 t 4. t Bayonne, New Jersey. The completion of a new $750,000 river barge terminal at Chicago, A New Trade, Chemical Carriers 4 4" 4" 111., was announced by the American Waterways Operators, Inc. The A new type tanker industry under development now is carrying of new installation, which has a 2,000-foot dock and provides unloading A good job as ship's delegate was space for 25 box cars, . 20 open cars and 20 large trailer trucks, is done on the Shinnecock Bay (Mar liquid chemicals in specially-built ships. The SlU-manned Val Chem located on the Chicago River section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Trade) by Clifton and Excello are two of a growing fleet of such ships. Ships like these > Canal, It will help to serve river traffic on the Illinois Waterway, G. McLellan. The carry a variety of products such as inorganic acids, caustics aqd syn­ which last year exceeded 18,500,000 tons. ship's minutes re­ thetic organic compounds. New Chemical Tanker ported that Mc­ 4" t , 4" » Lellan got the Recently Dow Chemical built the first tanker designed from the start The world's first mastless liner, the $16.8 million Drient Lines Orcaptain to lift for this kind of operation, since all chemical carriers previous to that sova, sailed from London, England, recently on her maiden voyage to logs he had im­ were converted tankers or bulk carriers. The new ship, the Marine Australia. Designers eliminated the conventional mast and planned a posed against Dow Ghem looks like a conventional T-2, but is able to carry up to 11 streamlined funnel that could be rigged to carry the radio antenna and three of the crew- different chemicals at the same time. This is made possible by the halyards The Navy announced that eight additional Governmentmembers, and fact that the tanks, pumps and vents are separated, so that there can owned ships of the MSTS fleet would be inactivated and placed in the handled other be no intermixing of chemical products. In addition, the chemical McLellan reserve fleet. The vessels will be overhauled and inactivated in private beefs in satisfac­ tankers can carry a certain amount of petroleum should the demand shipyards before being laid up in both Atlantic and Pacific reserve tory fashion. warrant. fleets. Easier Payoff In the Marine Dow Chem, four tanks are designed to carry corrosive 4^ t The Public Works Superintendent of New York State, Bertram D. His prompt shipboard represen­ caustic soda and are made accordingly out of pure nickel or steel cov­ Tallamy, announced the state barge canal opening schedule for the tation meant that there was that ered with nickel to prevent corrosion. The caustic soda has to be 1954 navigation season, weather and water conditions permitting, to much less for the boardiiig patrol­ kept at a rather high temperature, so that heating coils of nickel are be: the Champlain Canal to open April 5, and the Erie, Oswego and man to deal with at the ship's ar­ built in. This product is used widc-y in making soap, pulp, paper, Cayuga-Seneca Canals on April 12... The Chilean Government de­ rival, making for a smoother and rayon and other industrial items. Tanks * designed for carrying hydrochloric acids are lined with clared the country's principal ports emergency zones because of a speedier payoff for all concerned. strike of merchant marine officers. The walkout tied up more than 40 McLellan, a deck depertment rubber, and other tanks especially adapted accordingly. All chemical coastal vessels .. Finnish seamen, incensed at the "reactionary social man, has been an SIU member cargoes are isolated from the shell of the ship and any other steel policies" of a shipping company owned by the Soviet Union, recently since September, 1948, joining the surfaces which they would corrode, or from which they would get con­ called a successful strike against the line and forced Russia to give in union in San Francisco. The 35- taminated. to the workers. The seamen were members of the Finnish Seamen's year-old Seafarer Is k native of Other products carried by the chemical tankers include formalde­ Union . . . The Socony-Vacuum tanker Eclipse demonstrated the navi­ the Keystone state, Pennsylvania, hyde, liquid fertilizers, sulphates and simifar items. They can be ex­ gability of the Hudson River by going up to Albany even though she but now has home and family In pected to play a more important role in coastwise shipping in the next displaces 25,000 tons. It was the largest tanker ever to dock at Albany. Phoenix, Arizona. few years. ACTION Burly Dry Run By Bernard Seaman �SEAFARERS April 2. 1954 LOG Pare SeTenteea Yarmonth IShows Law Loopholes (Continued from page 3) responsible for the scheme would soon be telling his cellmates all about it in a Federal pen. When the shipowner does it, he gets the blessing of the Maritime Adminis­ tration and the Department of Commerce. No fJnifonn Requirements ^ The trouble is, as the "New York Times" put it in a recent article on transfers, "it is a surprising fact that the nations of the world have failed to develop any uniform pre­ requisites for granting maritime nationality to a vessel. Each coun­ try has the right to determine for itself the requirements which do­ mestic or foreign-owned ships must meet to fly its flag. Any country, may, if it desires, grant this right to foreign owned and operated vessels ..." The article goes on to point out "Not only may a ship owner avoid his national legislation by the de­ vice of foreign registration, but the foreign state is free under pres­ ent international law, to grant its flag to the vessel without demand­ ing more than the filing of an ap­ plication and the payment of a pre­ scribed fee . . . the flag-state has no effective control over the ves­ sel, which may not even touch the ports of the flag state. In this situ- going to bother to check the Yaration neither the flag state nor ' mouth to see if men sailing as any other country is in a position AB's, firemen, electricians, etc., to control the ship on the high are qualified ratings. Nor will these men, sailing regularly in and out seas ..." of Boston need port security cards It concludes by suggesting that steps should be taken through the and Coast Guard clearances to man UN for effective control of such the ship, unless they happen to be US citizens. ships. Hired Through Office The newly-created Boston-LiberMen on such ships are usually ians, who fall exactly within the category described above, have hired the old-fashioned way, been operating the Yarmouth un­ through the company office. Or der the American flag ever since else they are referred to the com­ the ship came out in 1927. Each pany by the consulate with no spring when the ice goes out, the questions asked. Yarmouth provides direct-access One thing about the latest Yar­ service between Boston and Nova mouth development is quite cer­ Scotia, a run that has been main­ tain though—the new Liberian tained steadily except during the ship and its owners will never get war years. within radar-hailing distance of Eastern was one of the first Liberian shores. companies under contract when In defending ship transfers re­ the SIU was organized in 1939 and cently before a Congressional its ships have been manned by Sea­ Committee, Maritime Administra­ farers ever since. One of the bene­ tor Louis Rothschild said that fits the company gains through the transfers were preferable to lay­ transfer is the privilege of hiring ing up or scrapping the ships. aliens at whatever wage it feels What Rothschild failed to say was like paying. Wages on Panamanian that each such transfer further and Liberian ships vary widely, but tightens the noose around Ameri­ it is not unusual for such ships to can flag shipping by putting exist­ hire men for $60 to $80 a month ing shipping operations in jeopardy and 40 cents an hour for overtime. through cut-throat competition. In Further, nobody from Liberia is most instances it is the existence of such cut-throat competition that makes it unprofitable for American-flag ships to operate. Maritime people would readily agree that removal of Panamanian and Liberian operations and their ilk from the high seas would make it possible for ships to operate profitably under the American The AFL-ILA's pointed out that flag. the "wildcat" strike"" was merely a political pressure device and had no connection with any legitimate economic beef. As the days wore on and the (Continued from page 6) "wildcat" weakened, the old ILA attempted a variety of smokescreen were lots of football, "pools" for diversions which had little effect big prizes. cn the waterfront. Since Curacao was close by They went so far as to dispatch Venezuela and many Seafarers several busloads of men to Wash­ take part in the big South Ameri­ ington where they picketed the can lotteries each year, the next NLRB offices and the White House. possibility checked was whether Observers were puzzled as to just Venezuela had just held a big what they hoped to gain through sweepstakes. The answer was neg­ these tactics, reminiscent of those ative here also. The prize was used by the Civil Rights Congress much smaller and the last one and other organizations generally was held in the fall of 1953. considered Communist-dominated. New Orleans was advised from Meanwhile, other Atlantic Coast headquarters that Hals couldn't ports like Boston, Philadelphia and have won the Irish Sweepstakes, Baltimore hummed feverishly in an even though there are two of them attempt to handle Iraffic diverted each year. The one prior to this was from New York. Longshoremen in held last fall before Hals bought those ports, still affiliated with the his "winning" ticket; the latest one old ILA, were busy unloading cargo wasn't due to be run off until that normally would be handled by March 27, and Hals had already New York longshoremen currently "won" it early in March. being kept from their jobs by the Since the Del Norte was still in port. Inquiries were started among old ILA. NLRB Throws Out Dock Vote, Orders New Pier Election (Continued from page 2) of the old ILA and further weaken­ ing its finances. Beatings and Knifings The NLRB examiner's report placed heavy stress on the pres­ ence of known waterfront hoods in and around polling places, on beat­ ings Inflicted on several longshore­ men and on the knifing of three men in Brooklyn by a mob led by Albert Ackilitis. Further substantiation of the AFL's charges of violence and in­ timidation came in the course of the so-called "wildcat" strike which the ILA called In a desperate at­ tempt to blackjack the NLRB into a decision it wanted. There were several instances of attacks on working longshoremen, their cars, telephoned threats to families, rock-throwing and the like. In one Instance ILA enforcers went so far as to invade a longshoreman's home and threaten his wife and children. Despite all the old ILA's tactics, each day saw larger numbers of longshoremen working the docks. VOLUMES OF THE Seafarers Log 1947-1953 ( Inclusive) kdittfr, SEAFARERS LOG ,lroeUyn 32, N»w York - 67S Fourth AVMUU PUuM itnd mo tho following: U) • • . I I I I I I I lb) .bound volumM of tho 1953 LOG ® $S ooch. comploto tots of bound volumoi of tho LOG for 1947 through 1951 ® $25 ooch. Encloiod li 0 totof of l., NAME •t««00f«0«*«»0«*0»«f0009*«t00090«0ft00 ADDRESS « • g • 0 # 0 • • .• V A." • 0 b« 0 0 f 9,4 *'4 0 ,g i • 0 .Lr::;:- M •• The carcass of a whale is scattered all over the foredeck of the whale factory ship Ulysses where massive.chunks of%halemeat and bone are cut up and prepared for processing. Work on another whale is already going forward on the afterdeck (rear). Sea Lif eToday^Tame' To Whaleship Baud (Continued from page 9) has about 30 years sailing time un­ der his belt, about equally split be­ tween foreign and US ships. His last SIU ship was the Robin Ket­ tering (Seas), which he had to leave in Africa due to illness. Later he repatriated back to the States on the Robin Locksley, an­ other Seas Shipping Company ves­ sel. Jacobsen reported that this Did He Win $140G's? NOW AVAILABLE BOUND iEiiliiilii ttooo^iooo . ' $25 was the first time in all his yean of sailing that he had to be hos­ pitalized. The way the whaling operation worked, the whales were hunted down and harpooned from small boats, then towed to the ship and secured aft, where they could be hauled aboard one by one with the aid of giant booms located amid­ ships. Whenever the ship was car­ rying whales aft, it moved slowly to avoid catching one of the mon­ sters in the propeller. On the afterdeck, the whale was cut up and the blubber removed so that the carcass could be moved to the foredeck where the meat and bone was retrieved. Although the familiar cry "She blows!" was always an exciting one on a whaling ship, especially when luck was poor and a catch was few and far between, Jacobsen ac­ knowledged that he'd had some ex­ citing times during World War II also. He made 21 trips across the North Atlantic, about a half dozen more between the Caribbean and the Mediterranean and spent some eight months shuttling along the English coast. The only ship he lost during this period was a Swedish freighter, which went down off the coast of England. the crewmembers. The Seafarer who was with Hals when he bought his ticket didn't remember what lottery it was on. The problem was to locate some­ body on the ship who had actually seen or spoken to the man who came aboard the Del Norte in Cu­ racao. This was established by a deck department man who said he talked with the guy, who had said a wire was being held for Hals in the steamship company agent's of­ fice informing Hals that he had a winning ticket. However, the doubting Thomases again entered the picture here, noting that in the case of the Irish Sweepstakes at least, the winners are informed directly by cable. Since Hals lives in New Orleans and obviously planned to make only one trip on the ship he would certainly have given his New Or­ leans address. Spoke To Two Others Two other crewmembers then appeared to volunteer the inform­ ation that they too had spoken to (Continued from page 3) the company representative and were told Hals had the winning lay-up fleets. Industry spokesmen, ticket. One of them said he knew however, urged that prior consider­ it wasn't the Irish Sweepstakes ation be given to those operators that was involved, but that it was with surplus freighters originally the "English Sweepstakes" instead. bought from the Government. They contended that the private opera­ However, there just isn't any. There the matter stands. The tors with idle ships of the desired LOG contacted the agent in Cu­ type should have priority to sell racao, but has gotten no answers them to Brazil. In other legislative action on as yet. The winners of the Irish Sweepstakes have already been maritime matters, a House unit also announced and Hals is definitely aired the question of the competi­ tion with private shipping posed not among them. Hals, meanwhile, is still upset by the Military Sea Transporta­ over the whole thing because he tion Service, which both union and thinks he is out a big wad of dough industry officials charge with offer­ and now all sorts of people are ing unfair competition in the after him to help him collect the carriage of both cargoes and loot—^for a price, in advance. He passengers. Opposition to the said he'd been buying all kinds of MSTS operation hinges on its lottery tickets for 20 years and movement of freight and passen­ the biggest prize he ever won pre­ gers which private shippers conviously was $30 in a Venezuelan fend could be just as easily moved pool. Now he's poorer by $140,000 by idle private tonnage. MSTS of­ that he never had anyway, unless ficials have defended the agency further inquiries at Curacaq can OQ the groM.nd that private operaestablish what, if anything, lie ^tors do not have the proper vessels flS'liandle tfie disputed shipments. ' ' won, and on whatT- ^ Unions Leading Transfer Fight �Pare Eirhten SEAFARERS LOO Shark Fishing Chief Attraction Aboard Vessel On Far East Run That one man was both the son and the father of a President of the United States? John Scott Har­ rison, bom in 1804 at Vincennes, Indiana, was the son of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the US, and father of Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third Presi­ dent. His only activity in politics was the four years he spent as a member of Congress from Ohio. tub was installed in the home of a Cincinnati, .Ohio, grain dealer in 1842. It was made of mahogany lined with sheet lead. 4 4 4" lb"* (be greatest source of tax revenue for the Federal Govern­ ment in the fiscal year which ended last June, aside from Income taxes, was from liquor taxes? A total of more than $1.8 billion in liquor t taxes was collected by-the Govern­ That if you're dealt a perfect ment during the period, an average hand in gin rummy, you've beaten of $11.50 for every man, woman odds of 13,629 to 1 against you? and child in the US. IliHiff "'liiHa =1 April S. 1954 4- ; 4" t That when an SIU ship is due to lay up for a period of more than ten days but comes out again within ten days, wages and sub­ sistence are payable to all mem­ bers of the crew entitled to return to the vessel who were laid off? When ships are inactive for less than ten days, the crew must be kept on at regular pay. t li I kr: if it \i Very dead shark hanrs limply on deck of the Robin Locksley as two of the crewmembers stand alongside it to have their pictures shot by the shipboard photographer. It was a 12-footer. The shark was taken after a fierce running battle. James Byrne, a mighty fisher­ man he, shows what a shark's dental work looks like without the rest of it. That Thomas A. Edison did not invent the incandescent electric lamp? Edison, however, was the first man to invent ap, incandescent electric lamp whlCn^was not only successful but which could be man­ ufactured commercially. Attempts by others to use electricity for lighting purposes were made with arc lights as early as 1800, nearly 80 years before Edison succeeded. 4> 41 4 4 4 4 That the SIU films "This Is The SIU," "The Battle of Wall Street" and the newest one—"The Sea­ farers: The Story of The SIU," in color, are available for showings on all ships? If the crew on your ship hasn't seen these Union films, prints can be obtained through SIU headquarters or any SIU hall. 4 4 4 That when billiard champ Willie Hoppe retired at the age of 65 in 1952, he had won the record num­ ber of 51 world billiard titles in a career dating back to his teens? To top things off properly, Hoppe cap­ tured the three-cushion crown for the sixth time in a row the year he retired. 4 4 4 That an edition of the Bible printed in London in 1631 was called the "Wicked Bible" because it appeared to sanction adultery? The unintentional omission of the word not in the edition made the Seventh Commandment read "Thou Shalt commit adultery," and all copies of the edition were or­ dered destroyed. "The few copies which escaped this edict are val­ uable collectors' items today. Just in case there is any doubt about who caught that 12-foot shark aboard the Robin That the first bathtub used in Locksley of Seas, reported in the February 19 issue of the LOG, Seafarer James Byrne America was imported from Eng­ wants it cleared up here and now. The intrepid worm-strangler said it was he and no other land about 1820 by Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin? Since who should get credit for the 4^ snare, and this is the way it force of its weight on the line. A of the tyro, or some brand of as­ it was an object of much curiosity, happened: call to arms brought the bosun and sorted relative at the very least. it is said Whitney kept it in the With the vessel anchored off the carpenter post haste. The duo The shark was hauled level with front yard of his home in New Tamatave, Madagascar, the junior quickly took hold of the line and the rail and suspended there for a York City when it wasn't in use thii'd assistant engineer dropped a pulled with all their strength, but­ time while the lens addicts took so that passersby could examine it. The first American-made' bath­ quarter-inch line over the aft end tressed by the strong coffee bean. shots to satiate their desires. of the ship one evening after din­ Byrne, in the meantime, was tak­ Top Shark ner. It was all in pursuit of some ing hitches on the line around the Lowering the denizen, of the diversion while the ship lay in rail. deep on the deck on a previously Bulbs Popping port. The line had a three-inch prepared foot scale, the shark , was steel hook on the end of it, baited The trio got the head out of the measured to be a 12-footer, weigh­ with a hunk of meat. water so that the air might stifle ing in at around 800 pounds on Nothing happened all that night the sea monster, taking some, of the fin. The fish was 42 inches or the next morning, but develop­ the fight out of it before they had around at its widest girth and had Seafarer^ true to the tradition of the sea, take their ship­ ments occurred apace soon after. to meet it head-on. By this time, a mouth span of 18 inches across. Around coffeetime on that Sunday the news had spread all over the It looked like a dental advertise­ board duties seriously, reported Seafarer Edwin Roop re­ morning, while the bosun and ship, with the amateur photog­ ment. It was the largest caught in cently aboard the Cubore (Ore),, In addition to the normal ship's carpenter were relaxing in raphers among the crew having s these waters, and one of the largest exigencies occurring aboard-^— — :— the shade of a nearby awning with field day. Bulbs kept popping, sharks snared anywhere in the ship, every Seafarer is ready the time being, the crew radioed their caffein in hand, Byrne went shutters kept clicking, and the trio waters of the world. to lend a hand in unforeseen ashore for further orders. After to try his hand at the line still kept hauling away. The electrician circumstances. Just silch a thing some time had passed, the ship re­ Letting pride fall where it may, hanging limply over the side of the put power on the winches, while the bosun hung the shark over the occured on the last trip of the ceived a message dfrecting that the ship. After reeling in one foot of the bosun and carpenter fashioned side the people on shore could Cubore when the captain crossed captain be buried at sea and his the line, Byrne was sorry he start­ a noose down the cable and ran take so a gander. The launches were the bar. body consigned to the deep. ed the whoie thing, because things it under the main fins. The ship was one-^ay out of running all day, with the crowd Weigh Down Body reaily began to happen. As the monster started up the coming out in droves. The next Sparrows's Point, Maryland, On a side of the ship, four pilot fish Acting on the orders, the bosun, , return run when, A Call To Amu Si" with the assistance of several mem-dropped off its sides and slid into day the line was cut and the car­ according to Something snapped the bait on the waters alongside a three-foot cass was consigned to the sea once Roop, the captain bers of the crew, sewed the skip­ the end of the line as if it were a baby shark which accompanied the more, but not before its jawbone, of per's body in canvas. Four pieces the vessel left teeth and all, were removed as a tidbit, and in the process trapped catch. The shark the men had of steel, each about four feet long, this earthly Byrne's hand to the rail with the caught was apparently the mother trophy. Were placed in the canvas next to world., He was Just about that time the^xliscusthe body to give weight to the sion arose as to who was the right­ buried at sea one sack and to sink the corpse. In ad-, day out of port ful claimant' to the finny, prize. dition, two buckets Of iron ore, in Friday, The bbsuh and carpenter each put on ip rock form, were emptied into the March 12, 1954, in their claim, disputing ^ Byrne's. Si#- canvas to help'weigh it down as^ But that was not ail, as the en- but not before Roop it plunged to the bottom. his Seafarer crew (1) What percent of ships owned by US citizens is now sailing gineerJ^ho started the whole thing saw to it that he wore all the ap­ •Ceremonies were held on the, claimebljt was, his line' and hook. propriate regalia. under foreign flags? stern of the vessel, with full The ar^ment was still raging at (2) Working together, Harry and John can do a certain repair job last report, but Byrne stuck stead­ Captain Mason, reported Roop, honors paid the captain by his was 53-years-old when he set sail crew. The chief officer, after the in 12 hours. Harry can do the whole job himself in 20 hours. How fastly to h^ line: on his final voyage. The mastor of captaii's demise, read the services. long, would it take John to do the job alone? OS'Over Side the vessel passed away during the The' deceased was then consigned (3) What famous news commentator devoted his television pro­ The daring devotee of iMak Wal­ 12-4 morning watch aboard the to the waters of the' Atlantic gram to an attack on Senator Joseph McCarthy and attracted nation­ ton had other news to report from Cubore after being io> Ul-healtb Ocean as the skipper made hie wide attention? , the vessel. He claims there was a most of the voyage to Venezuela. final voyage. balmy OS aboard who jumped Once the initial' shock had sub­ (4) Who is "Nick The Greek?" over the side of the ship and, swam sided, the crew got to work <5) What was the Ludlow massacre? to the beach and back. Of course, quicidy. • CrosB River Styx (6) A certain formation of clouds helps to form what is called a that was before the shark was If a cbewmember quits while The captain's body was bathed "Mackerel Sky." What is the name of the cloud formation? caught. That little bit of action a ship is in port, delegates and otheiwise prepared for its seemed to put a damper on any t7) Where does the New York Giants baseball team conduct are asked to contact,the hall repeats of the Same; aquatorial journey across the river Styx, with spring training? immediately for a replaceall hands pitching in to help. Then valor. .ment. Fast action on their part (8) Why are grooves placed around the edges of most coins? In one, English pub, said Byrne, one cfewmember covered the body will keep all jobs aboard ship with vaseline to exclude air and he saw a sign above the bar, writ­ (9) Leningrad's name in pre-Communist Russia was (a) Oathfilled at all times and elimi­ ten in typical British jargon; "We Wrapped-the body in a sheet before erinegrad, (b) St. Petersburg, ><c) St. Sophia? nate the chance of the ship severaUthuskles carried the body haves, cold, beers we haves, here,^' (101 What was the Battle of Zama? ' ' ' The beer, Byrne reported, was below and placed it in an iceboxV sailing shorthiuicled. ,much fbfttar, tbajpi! ,the-^f5ainnvyr,a:., j iSifith r, ' • ! v-J'i ' Sti #- Seafarers Mourn For Skipper on Final Trip W: m- Corner Fill That Berth i �April 2. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen Brother Trio Goes Prospecting For What-Have-You In Colorado By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor There's nothing like getting away from the sea for a little relaxation, according to a report from Seafarer Chester Hughart, Hughart, it seems, got as far away from the sea as is possible for almost any man, so he should know whereof he speaks. Vacationing far from th^-*^' coasts on which he sails, the Union, invaded the prospecting his brothers were prospecting for, Hughart, along with two country in the hills of Colorado. but it can safely be concluded that The search for a satisfactory still camera that will take photographs In rapid sequence ("rapid" in this case meaning as fast as the photogra­ pher can press the shutter release) has grown in intensity during the past few years. The most urgent demands have come from the army of photo journalists who have designated themselves the vanguard of American photography. . brothers of the flesh rather than Hughart didn't say what he and This group has, in turn, been motivated by the editorial direction of many current periodicals. Editors more and fRore want photographers to preserve the precise sequence of events with all the sense of excitment and movement in the original situation. Sometimes this series of dramatic images is molded into a form called the "picture story." At other times action is published for its own sake because of some in­ trinsic point of observation or clear insight. Since one medium already exists in everyday life that dods this job beautifully—namely, the mov­ ies—much editorial thinking is actually an attempt to recreate with still photographs a similar illusion of motion. German Ditto 99 As a result photographers and. editors have turned hopefully to the rapid sequence camera with its motorized film transport and portability. Any or all of these interested parties would probably agree that the ideal sequence camera has not yet been invented. Nevertheless the German-made "Ditto 99" which has recently appeared on the American market has many features which make it a rapid sequence camera to be regarded with sei'ious consideration. The Ditto 99 is a full frame 35mm camera with a spring-operated motor that automatically transports the film and cocks the shutter up to 12 times in each winding. (The earlier Robot operated up to 24 times). It has a distinctive appearance with its body of satin chrome finish metal and light grey ribbed body covering. While not so compact as some 35mm cameras which do not have its spring drive motor, it is well designed and light in weight (22 ounces) considering the problems of fitting this kind of mechanism into a small precision caniera. Film loading is an important part of the proper functioning of the Ditto. The bottom and back of the camera are removed entirely by twisting a single knob. Because the film moves so rapidly, it is es­ pecially important that the rewind knob interfere in no way with the film magazine during operation. The conventional sprocket threading of a 35mm camera is eliminated in the Ditto. Instead, the film is gripped by holding pins that are built directly onto' the barrel of the spring motor, which actually serves as a take-up spool. A scratch-proof hinged pressure plate attached to the camera body serves to keep the film in exact alignment as it is sped through the camera. When the spring runs down there is no danger of partial exposure since only the transport is dependent on the drive spring; the shutter operates as usual only on pressure from the shutter release and this cannot be re­ leased if the film has not been fully transported to the next frame. Shutter speeds from 1/25 to 1/1000 a second plus B are set with a clearly marked dial on top of the camera body. The shutter is synched for all flash delays. The standard Ditto 99'lens is the 45mm Dittar 2.8. Because of the. great depth of field and the nature of the work usually done with a sequence camera, it has no rangefinder. The lens is interchangeable with telephoto lenses of 70 and 105mm focal length. Also available is a focussing head for distance from 8 to 24 inches. Price of the Ditto 99 with standard lens is $99.00 including tax, less carrying case and flash. The manufacturer has recently announced a new version of the camera with a slightly higher price which will provide a slow shutter Prospecting trio taking time out for a coffee break Include, left to speeds below the l/25th, also the ability to focus down to 8 inches right, Chester, James and Roger Hughart, above, while below, without any supplementary accessories. | Roger, left, watches Chester take rock scraping at cave entrance. Galley Crew Makes It Hot For Chow Hounds it fell somewhere alphabetically between aluminum and zinc. Using Lakewood, Colorado, as a base of operations for their dual project, the brothers Hughart fanned out throughout the state until they came to a campsite about 35 miles west of Denver, the capital of said state. Despite pros­ pecting and vacationing in the dead of winter, early last Febru­ ary, the touring trio found plenty of occasion to doff their shirts and bask in the hot winter sun. All that about two miles up. Packing all their mountain climbing and prospecting equip­ ment, Hughart and his brothers, James and Roger, set out for the wilds of the countryside. Armed only with pots, pans, coffeemaker and beer, as well as less important provisions, the trio made their way up and down those red hills for which the state is justly famous. Aware of ever-present danger, the brothers brought along their trusty flashlights as well as their what-have-you counters, just in case they ran across any what,have-yous while they were out prospecting. In addition, they brought along the only thing that was loaded on the trip, a camer>, to record the events of their ep­ ochal tour. . Otherwise, no one would have believed that they could have gotten sunburned in Colorado in the middle of winter. ^ew lumbers For Hq. Phones The telephone numbers of all New York headquarters phones were changed recently by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling headquarters are asked- to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters tele­ phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. Seafarers Pay Tribute To Shipmate's Memory Seafarers the world over, in storm and strife, in fair weather and foul, in good and bad times, have proven their worth many times over. Once again evidence is at hand to prove that Seafarers, like the-*^celebrated pachyderm, never Before it arrived, impatient as they forget a friend or a shipmate. were to honor Wilson's memory, The latest case concerns Sea­ farers aboard the Del Sol of Missis­ sippi who did not forget a former shipmate, the late and lamented Charlie Wilson. Wilson, who died in January, 1952, was buried in the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, French West Africa. Clean Up Grave Making a recent run to the port aboard the Del Sol, crewme'mbers wqnt out of their way to see that everything was in tip-top shape in Wilson's last port of call. Some of the men made a special trip out to the grave to see that it was cleaned up and fresh flowers placed on it. Some foliage had overgrown the grave, but the boys got to work and it was cleaned up in no time at all. After it had been cleaned up a bit, fresh stones were placed around the periphery of the last resting place. When all-that was done, the Members of the jgalley crew making it hot (and :old) for the chow hounds aboard the Jean LaFitte ' Seafarers had to wait a bit until (WateVman) above, are, left to right, Wilson Davis, night cook and baker; Robert Revira, 2nd cook; \ the morning plane came in with a Cajt«ncii;.JHawkiiB!%TChigf. iCWriryJSboffi^lA' N^ftt. "jaHey^ Utility,' 'and Georige Cra^sl, chibf- st^wklrd.'" load of fresh flowers for the gi'ave. the crew took a photo of the refurbished resting place. Satis­ fied with their work, the crew headed back for the ship, knowing they had done their job well. They intend to look after it on every trip. The grave of the late Sea­ farer. Charlie Wilson, rests in Abidjan, Africa, where his for­ mer shipmates cleaned it up eU'lheir last run. �';' Pate Tweety F,'7 ,• ':'^'«r^77*r-^?srf SEAFARERS tOG AprU 2, 1»H ^Were You Caught In Raid Too?' Said The Seafarer To The Judge By Spike Marlin A few Friday evenings back a Some pretty good fighters, notably scant couple of thousand onlook­ Sandy Saddler for one, had their ers who were foolish enough to troubles. with him in the past. It liappened in a southern port, Seafarer Louis Aragues reports to the LOG, that he pay their way in saw a reasonably- However, he had been beaten almost got in trouble just by having a good time, content in his innocence. It was just successful club fighter by the three times in the past year by name of Paddy De Marco take the other ranking lightweights, which that innocence, however, he says in the "Del I^orte Navigator," a shipboard publication, lightweight championship away is probably the reason why the from James Carter in Madison Carter .management chose to fight which almost compounded his Square (l^rden. The results of the him in the first place. "crime" and landed him in fight, while mildly surprising, ex­ the local lockup. cited nobody except Mi». De Mar­ Stripped Of Talent Now DeMarco is supposed to Aragues had just come back co and the Idddies. meet Carter in a return. It would from the evacuation of Huranang, That's because few people took surprise nobody if Carter won the Carter seriously as a champion, Korea, in 1950 early in the Korean title back again. Nor would it and even fewer will have any dis­ War and he was ready for bear, or make much difference. For the position to classify De Marco in bear hug. Fun was what he wanted. lightweight class in the last couple the same, breath as such light­ of years has become almost as What he got was something of weights as Henry Armstrong, Bar­ another sort, but it ended up not stripped of good fighters as the ney Ross, Lou Ambers nnd Tony heavyweights, even though there too unpleasantly. Canzoneri to name a few outstand­ are a few men around who can Taking off on the town with the ing performers in the past two second assistant engineer, who was handle both Carter and DeMarco. decades. of a like mind with Aragues in the Through the years, the light­ search of amusement, the duo was Lost It Before weight class has had more than i^s feeling no pain after making As a matter of fact, once before share of great champions. The nodding acquaintance with a pint Carter lost the title, that time to cracker-barrel set will wax rhap­ Seafarer Louis Aragues, reporter for the "Del Norte Navigator," and of gin. They drank a staggering an awkward, clumsy Mexican sodic over such names as Joe Gans, his wife, Juanita, left, drop in to compare notes with the LOG. amount and it was transported fighter by the name of Lauro Salas. Battling Nelson and Benny Leon­ At right, itinerant journalist looks 'over a copy of his work. completely unchanged into their They had a return bout and Carter ard. But nobody has to go back walk. The engineer's name was won it back easily. Before and that far. Steve Brodie, which, Aragues for another trip riding high on his officers ranged up beside him with after, he has been ducking out on The last man who held the title upraised clubs, l^t the sergeant other hip. noted, figured later in the tale. After getting through a few non­ stymied the move for the present. the better men in the division, pre­ before Carter took it from him, Beating Two to a Bar Ik? Williams, could have taken descript pedigrees, the desk ser­ There was some allusion to "the ferring to fight set-ups. Wending their way through .town geant came to Aragues. The seamen back room" when Aragues quietly DeMarco figured as another one both Carter and DeMarco on suc­ like a musical note, from bar to showed him his seaman's papers, stole away. of the same, although he had a rec­ cessive nights when he was in his bar, the pair came upofi a street and told him a few truths and halfBack on the ship, conscience got ord for being a tough customer to prime. We don't think he would square which had a pub on each truths. The latter-were told with the best of the Seafarer and he handle mainly because he hit very have needed a total of 15 rounds to comer. Consternation set in until such an unwavering eye an^un- told the chief engineer what had hard with the top of bis head. do it in either. it was decided which bar to choose, faltering voice, that the sergeant transpired. Overwrought at the and having chosen, passing on to took them for the gospel. Making indignity visited upon an officer it. Brodie was so full of spirits at like the hero he claims he was not, of the vessel, the chief stepped the time that he was slouched over Aragues-claimed he was just back into the breach immediately, send­ the bar like a damp rag. The bar­ from the battlefront of fiumnang, ing down the first and third as­ tender used him to wipe a few hoping the association would place sistant to rescue the second. Any glasses before he realized what he him in a favorable light. Also, the more assistants, said Aragues, and had in hand. Then, out of the night, seaman implied that he was a the police would have been out­ came the gendarmes, and before political power in New York City. numbered. he could do a Steve Brodie off the The sergeant dealt with him gin­ Coming back the next week to rim of a glass into the liquid gerly after that. Payment of $20 answer the charges, Aragues was contents, Brodie, along with Ara­ bail made him a free man again, confident of their acquittal despite gues, was picked up on a vagrancy until the trial the following week Brodie's despondency. Seeking di­ charge. once again demanded his presence. rection to the court of the presiding The next thing the strolling Brodie, however, did not fare so judge, the pair got nowhere until troubadours knew they were in the well with the three-striper at the they encountered a kindly gentle­ pie wagon and heading for the desk. When asked his name, Brodie man who said he would lead the upper crust of the police force. blared out the truth. Naturally, as way, since he was going there, too. After a ride of short and vituper­ befits any minion of the law, the The man in question was dressed ative duration, the pair arrived at officer doubted him as much as if to the teeth, but ini a dignified old bailey, in company of others, he had said "Queen Elizabeth." manner, and Aragues felt drawn and greeted the desk sergeant with Asked again, Brodie became ada­ to him. Fire and Ice dark and glowering looks. Aragues mant and reiterated his nomencla­ Enjoying a brew at Kacjde's Bar in Houston, Texas, are Bert During the course of the asceht was the most lighthearted of the ture at the top of his voice, for Manifold, left, and Jimmie George,' second from left, along with group, however, knowing he was which he almost got the top of his in the elevator which was convey­ night mate and engineer, both of whom are unidentified. in the right with signed articles skull bashed in on the spot. Two ing them to the courtroom, the elevator operator mentioned that 22 people had been caught in a raid. Aragues, for some unfathom­ able reason, thougl^t the other man in the elevator was one of those snared in the trap. "Were you caught in the raid?" he directed The LOG opera thia column os on exchange /or stewards, cooks, his question to the kindly gentle­ man, who froze at the thought. bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known From then on things got much cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, chillier in the elevator. suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is Sigmund Rothschild's To make a long story short, the recipe for pot roast. • chilly elevator rider turned out to cedure goes this way: Pot roast is more than an ordi­ be the presiding judge and Aragues nary American staple in the right Season the meat with the salt turned white. Of course; he laughed and pepper as hot as the tongue hands, according to Seafarer Sig­ it all off as a joke once the color allows. Then, dredge it in the flour, came back to his face. What else mund Rothschild, cook and steward keep bacon fat hot by having it for many years in and out of could he do, he reasoned to Brodie, maritime circles. The 39-year-old simmering in a frying pan on top who was too sick at the thought To BE CW "IWE SAFE SIDE, steward says he likes to cook on of the stove, then braise the beef commiserate with anyone. It any ship, pot roast or otherwise, in the bacon fat until it |s brown APPLY FD/e YOUR YACAVtON ended merrily when both Aragues but he prefers the European runs all over. and Brodie got off when the case YOU for pleasure. The next step is to dice the vege­ was dismissed, going to sea the next ACCUMULAYB OYBR tables and half a stalk of celery, For a full crew of 47 men, Roths­ day. Bar Boys Drink Skoal To Shipmates f: ... APPLY FOR YOUR. VACAVON DOUSHi Vf- :v«\,.- 90 PAYS OF SEA-TIME. THE VACATION OFFICE CAMNOTHOA/CX^ V\Sa4AJR.GBS ivnw ^ -PAYOFF DATES OV^/^J ONB YEAifL OLD. i,; .|s :• fcs; ;• v/iihlvKf^-r:-- Be Sure to Get Buee Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that payments of funds, for what­ ever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G repre­ sentatives and- that an official Union receipt be gotten at tfiat time. If no receipt is offered, be siure to protect* yourself by immediately bringing the mat­ ter to the attention of the see.xeta|ydxeaiin»r'% child says, take the following Ingredlents to tickle their palates: threequarters of -a pouhd of bacon fat; one dozen large onions; five to six cloves of gafiip: salt and pep^r ' to seakon; flour for Botfaschild dredging; ap­ proximately two gallons of beefstock; 10 . iu®diu'n-slz®d carrots; 16 pounds, of round or chuck beef and a roasting pan. Rothschild's step-by-step pro- place the vegetables on top of the beef, or mixed in, -and then put the concoction in the roasting pan. Cooks In Gravy At this point the beefstock comes into play by being poured over the beef and vegetables, which results in the pot roast be­ ing cooked in its own gravy. Place the dish in an oven registering 350 degrees for a period of about three hours, depending on the size of the meat. Turn the roast as it is warming in the pan every 10-15 minutes. All .that is left to do, says the Seafarer who has been cooking with ./he SIU ,a^ce. 1943, Is to serve it while it ia piping: hot ; . �April X. 1S54 SEAFARERS VMS VOG Taie In Classroom To the Editor: The SEAFARERS LOG. which comes to me through your courtesy, is one of the most valuable labor papers that I have known, and my thanks are long overdue. Many cdpies have been passed on, and especially those that had stories on well known historical events, like your story on the sink­ ing of the Titanic. It so happens that a teacher of mine, in litera­ ture, uses that episode as an assign­ ment for each new class, ^nd he was glad to add the SIU account of the disaster to his collection.. (I had brought an extra copy of the LOG from the New York conven­ tion at the time of my visit with all of you good friends at the SIU hall.) All of the endeavors sponsored and especially the scholarships are valuable to the better understand­ ing of the labor movement. I wish that I might be of use; would some old cards with photo­ graphs of German Lloyd liners, taken around the turn of the cen­ tury, be acceptable? Louise R. Hoocker (Ed. note: Thank you very much for your offer of the pictures; we will be very glad to have them.) 4" 4 "4 Pelican Mariner Hun Just Fine To the Editor: Amid the ringing of her ship's bell and the clanking of her chains, the spanking-new Mariner, the Pelican Mariner, has announced her arrival here in Yokohama, Japan. The trip across has been one of the most pleasant trips across I have ever had the good fortune to make. The untiring efforts of the entire steward department have made this trip so far a gourmet's delight. It is with regret that I add that almost all ships could not or cannot be the feeders that this one is. Fine Bakldg What with the exceptionally fine baking of our steward, J. Byrd and P. A. Shackelford, the expert cu­ linary efforts of the unmatchable George Crabtree and Wade Mor­ ris, the galley force is one of the best Pve ever encountered. Our crew here is a comparative­ ly happy one and the total lack of beefs aboard gives a somewhat ex­ hilarating 'feeling to any ship's delegate. I regret to inform you that Brother D. Thompson has become ill and will be removed to the hos­ pital here in Yokohama. He sure will be missed and the boys and I earnestly hope for his quick re­ covery. W. J. (Red) HolUgan Ii 4 4 4 Enjoys Heading Vnion Paper To the Editor: Just a few lines to let you know how much I appreciate and enjoy your LOG. I really look forward to it, as all the items in it are in­ teresting, amusing, informative and diversified. Keep it up and good luck to all of you. Lisa M. Prejos 4 4 4* Wants Hospital Forms On Ships To.the Editor: Brother Stewart Hanks,. who wrote the "Letter of the Week" in the March 5th-issue of the LOG, is to be commended. I agree with him that printed forms should be placed on board every SIU ship by the Welfare Department, this form to be filled out by the ship's dele­ gate with all pertinent informktioif about any brother who has to be hospitalized in a fdreign port. This form should contain such information as \^t the captaiir and coiBiway'agents did for tho Pac« Tweaty-«n« L E T r E JR S ailing brother, proper-medical care given and, if possible, a statement by the captain or agents on the method of repatriation after dis­ charge from the hospital abroad. This form will be airmailed at once to the Welfare Department in New York so that the director, Walter Seikmann, can be kept infortned by the company in the States on the man's welfare at all times, along with the method of transportation, maintenance, port of arrival and date expected, so that a welfare man can meet the ship, if necessary and see that the company agents do so. As we know, many of our broth­ ers have been stranded when they arrived in the States a long way from home, with no funds to tide them over till payment and settle­ ment of their case. One thing struck me very for­ cibly in Brother Hanks' letter as something that happens quite fre­ quently: men being repatriated on freighters and company vessels if they are physically unable to care for themselves during the long voyage home, such as men who have suffered a stroke or other in­ jury. A man in that predicament should be sent home on a pas­ senger shipvwhere he can be under a doctor's care, and the company should make the necessary ar­ rangements on arrival for an am­ bulance and prompt admittance to a USPHS hospital. In cases of this sort, I feel, our negotiating committee should have a clause in­ serted in the agreement at the earliest possible opportunity cov­ ering this. John Jellette 2Vo Bliss In Bliss For Him MAIG's Onlg SMV Benefit In Army To Die Editor: I would" like to have the L(3G sent to me regularly, as it's one of the many things about the SIU that I miss; it's the only SIU bene­ fit I can enjoy at the present, too. I sailed SIU from 1945 until Oc­ tober, 1953, when I was drafted and held the rating of chief elec­ trician. I would like to send re­ gards to all my brothers. Pvt. C. F. McDowell US 54 136 167 Student Co. 8 Camp Gordon, Ga. (Ed. note: We are add'.ag your name to the LOG's mailing list, as you requested.) maif until the trip was over and we were back in San' Pedro—40 days after leaving the States. Nat­ urally, everybody griped. To date To the Editor: As you know, the Army life we haven't heard from the hall; doesn't agree with an SIU seaman. no LOGS, no nothing. The chow and pay are very poor. Greater Need Some of the food they feed us is From what I hear over the radio worse than what I threw to the and read, there soon will be a sea gulls, and that is no lie. I am greater necessity for more jobs on now"at Fort Bliss, Texas, going to these ships. Perhaps some deal nun mechanics school. I guess I will could be made whereby the fabu­ be a mechanic for a while. lous OT of some seamen could be I have told some of the boys spread out to keep another man here about the SIU and all the or men busy, for instance, a-bo­ good conditions we have and they sun's mate or another assistant for don't believe me. Even after they the pumpman or a painter. Looks 4 4 4 see the LOG. Oh, well, all of this to me like there is plenty of work propaganda the Army tries to feed for more hands, sacrificing the OT, you is eafbn up by some of the of course. However, I am not fa­ guys. miliar with the work in other de­ To the Editor: I would like a little information: partments and merely suggest this After reading the March 5 issue I have always understood that the as an opening wedge to discussion of the LOG I became aroused minimum wage per hour set by the along those lines. enough to write my first letter to Government was $.75. My wife has It seems like a lot of ships, you. been working at an El Paso depart­ especially tankers, leave the lines On behalf of the crew of the ment store: she receives $20 for a on deck until they arrive at the Alawai I want to thank S. Hanks, 48-hour week. next port, at the great inconveni­ steward, for com­ Tell Keith Terpe I send my best ence of the crew. The only reason ing up with such I can see for doing this is to save regards to him. a wonderful idea OT or working time on deck. Many Boyd Davis in his "Letter of (Ed. note: The Federal Govern­ men stumble and grumble and do the Week." ment's minimum wage scale of nothing about it. The lines are -If the Welfare $.75 applies only to those persons piled right outside the crew messServices Depart­ whose work comes under inter­ hall and galley door. If insui'ance ment would put state commerce jurisdiction. De­ companies saw the number • of accident reports partment stores are under local passersby stumble and trip over aboard ships it these lines, they would tear their controL) would mean an­ Ciabiboli hair out. , 4 4 4 other great step toward success. Brother Hanks has Recreation {Spot The fantail is our most im­ explained the idea so well that portant recreational outdoor place nothing can be added. It would cr. the ship, but there is no over­ mean that the Welfare Services To the Editor: would have only to walk over to 4 4 4 We have completed two trips head canopy provided there for their files when a brother comes aboard the Sweetwater from San our benefit.. There are ropes all in with a beef about an injury, Pedro, Cal., and one trip from the over the deck and it still needs a instead of starting from scratch Persian Gulf to Japan. We have hosing down. It gets an occasional and trying to dig up facts too old at least two more runs to go by— sweeping, but that doesn't elimi- to remember. To the Editor: pate the redolences which arise We could have the accident I am a member of the Union we hope—since this is an excep­ from the garbage in that area. tionally good ship. What makes it reports drawn up to include the and. would like very much to have The crew, of course. There were about 20 tankers wait­ mate's or engineer's signature and hiy name put on the mailing list. good? ing for cargo in the Persian Gulf I am on the beach, unable to sail They're a swell bunch of 'seamen, and every one of them had a cano­ questions which give the brother cooperative and well qualified in for a while, but still like to get the py over the fan tail. We were in an even break instead of tlie one­ LOG biweekly, and appreciate it their respective jobs and a very the Baltimore shipyard for 45 days, sided accident reports we have at happy bunch. very much. James D. Fasten with plenty of time for erection, this time. (Ed. note: We have placed your Luke Ciamboli Take my department, for ex­ but still no canopy. name on the LOG's mailing list.) ample. It is the hub of the wheel 4 4 • 4 Seamen spend a great deal of; for morale, greater contentment 4 4 4 and belly-robbing. There's Jimmie time reading and the demand for Grant, steward, who says: "I current literature is great, rather haven't a worry in the world. I than the second-hand stuff we've To the Editor:. know things are always going okay been getting in the past yeai-s. I To the Editor: Enclosed you will find a ticket in in my department." Ralph Mar­ can safely say that I average $5 a I am grateful to you for placing tini is chief cook and tliat's ship, along with a great many oth­ the amount of $.50 as a charge for boarding a ship in order to see me on your complimentary sub­ enough said for those who know ers, trying to keep up with the someone. Just who gets this money scription list. I anticipate many world in reading matter. How pleasant hours of reading the LOG. him. He's also ship's delegate and about having a library dues of $5 and what is it spent for? Is this Whatever else may be said about has the right personality to handle a year, more or less, to help cover Merchant Seamen's Charity a le­ sailors, it cannot be said of them both jobs with dispatch. He's a expenses of having a ship's library gally constituted one? that they are ungenerous. .1 have conscientious worker and he on all SIU ships that we could It has been sometime now since found sailors and fisher folk to be pleases all with his culinary ai-t. point to with much pride? I went to sea, but this sme:ls pretty prepared to share both their sub­ Frank Hall is second cook and I guess I can find room enough fishy to me. Does the SIU get any baker and Frenchy Blanchard i.«i stance and themselves. to throw a few orchids to topside. of this money? This charge^ was third cook. Never heard a beef Marius Hansome They all seem to be okay, sociable levied for boarding the Pa'ricia among them. and pleasant. The skipper, Andrew of the Swedish Lloyd Line. Hotter Than Hot If this money is for foreign sea­ Pratt, is really tops, which is only Glancing in the galley one natural since he was trained in the men- alone I am against it, but if might see Frenchy with the skillet, foc'sle. American seamen benefit then it Frank preparing night lunch plat­ is all right with me". That is, if a AI Sadenwater ters and the chief cook washing responsible body is behind it and 4 4 4 some pans or preparing vegetables. spends a minimum amount on op­ The radio is going full blast, every­ erating costs, not like the cliari y one is happy and it is hotter than gyps which have been exposed re­ cently. thS fidley room where we hang our clothes to dry. The black gang and To the Editor: Paul Tribble deck department, if they have any (Ed. note: The SIU has no con­ This letter is to inform you that beefs, never discuss them in the a pogm of mine, "New York—Port nection with the vessel in ques­ messhall.. In fact, you mostly hear Of Dreams," first published in the tion and does not have any infor­ Iiumorous remarks about one an­ SEAFARERS LOCJ, will soon be mation concerning the charity in­ other and that many of the dieters sold in stores in New York City on volved. ) are eating themselves out of shape. post cards. I have made some 4 4 4 There is also talji about the great changes in the' poem and added lovers or about how "Bobo" the two verses since you published it. wiper bosses the pumpmen and I am aware the poem was used engineers. That's why we look for­ on the Manhattao waterfront to To the Editor: ward with pleasure to a couple of garner votes foir the AFL in its ' Please send me the LOG, as I more shuttle runs. In fact, I heard longshoreman dispute with the old miss reading it. You sent it for a some of the; boys discuss what they ILA and was specifically asked by short period but not lately; I enjoy would do if offered another year's one man if I objected to such use. reading it. contract out here in Japan. Sign Baltimore was buzzing when do not. The SEAFARERS LOG Kioc W. EUiott up for another hitch, says they. these Seafarers all came home is also entitled to use my poems (Edi note: We have once again at the same time. Kneeling, One'4lifficulty we have has-been. for any purpose- it believes bene­ added your name to our mailing ' the mail. The otdy addrear we: ficial to seamen,, the-port or the Hst, mad apologize for the-mistaket. left-te^ rilAtt, are Dan BiolroniSid aad Bffl Wiley, with Adam haveisTthescoa^aav^a-in.New Teriu Unhta, Thank you for calling it to our at­ Biichaes and Fred La Flaiit. tention.1 On thf first trip ww-di(te!t'fiet any Wants Hevised Injury Heports Smooth Sailing On Sweetwater Wants To Head IMG On Heaeh Scores Charge To Go Aboard Thinhs Seamen Hest Of Souls Busy Baltimore VOG Poem To Be Sold In NY Misses Heading Seafarers.LOG • 1- «ir LOG ;oU riS-iftiittiUSild �Fare Twenty-twa Objects To Idea For Improvement f?v rv SEAFARERS IPG Gets AR Tiehet In Raltimore To the Editor: Last time 1 was around the hall in New York .was about my permit. Well, now I have my AB ticket, recoiving it in Baltimore. A lot of credit goes to thp good bosuns and ABs with whom I have sailed under the SIU banner. Every bit of seatime is with the SIU. There was never a time aboard an SIU ship that if I asked to be shown something I w^s refused. Everything was explained to me patiently and intelligently. Perhaps you could put the en- t> X To the Editor: During the war I sailed in the engine room of various Standard Oil tankers and made numerous trips to England, Iceland and Rus­ sia. I am going to return to sea in the future and woulji like to join your Union at that time. I am very interested in the ac­ tivities of the Union and news from the several ships, and have been fortunate enough to get a glimpse of the LOG occasionally In the past when I came across copies of it. I would be very grateful if you •would add my name to your mail­ ing list and send me the LOG whenever it is published. John A. Johnson (Ed. note: Your name has been added to the- mailing list and you will receive the LOG every two weeks, as published.) ^ ^ ^ $•' >$• Ex'Stewardess Enjops LOG To the Editor: Enclosed you will find a donation for the LOG, which you send me every two weeks. I am a stew^dess, and have retired my book for the time being, but keep up with many of my shipmates through the LOG, and others through meeting them in New Or­ leans. Thanks so much for your courtesy at' all times. Rosalie Rodrlguo m. SeaeUft Is Now A Happy Ship ^ w• If ^ i:'-'--. 'v.'/"-. To the Editor: This ship, the Seacliff (Coral), was the one that was so much talked of tip and down the coast, especially the West Coast. Over in , Pusan, Korea, we heard of no end of trouble aboard with the last crew, but believe me, things are ^different this trip. ' We upheld the true SItf way !of doing things and' long may .our banner w'ave; Our agent^ Tommy To the Editor: Recently you published an article I sent to you about the schoolboy mate on the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). The issue came aboard when we got to Mobile, Alabama, and the mate was the laughing stock of the ship after the article was read by all aboard. This article and what I had to say to the old man did do a lot of good, as Mr. McKeen is now second mate, and I'm looking for­ ward to the day when he will be sailing OS where he belongs. I didn't get to the hall as I hoped I would because our orders were changed while the ship was at sea. Lots or Sugar I was so fed up with everything on the Mankato Victory that I paid off and went back to the West Coast. I am now aboard the Bien­ ville (Waterman) and it looks like this one will go to New York with a load of sugar, so i will surely be able to drop in then, about the middle of April. Best wishes to you all and to the continued success of the LOG and all the brothers at headquarters. Charlie Mazur 4 Thanhs Union For Its Paper Ex-Railroad Man Is A LOG Rentier Pen Is Mighty On SHI Vessel the stack and make it an official hospital ship.',' I strongly recom­ mend the Union printing some forms to cover any questions which usually arise when a man goes to the hospital, so this information will be available to the Union welfare men and lawyers. We have had vei^ good coopera­ tion from the engine delegate. Jack Simison; deck delegate "Irish" Adams; Omar Ames, the steward delegate. Only by a united effort can a ship be kept on an even keel. Bosun Knafiick has been a great help with Union matters and lead­ ership. George Johnson 4 Harry Emmett, left, and George Lowe have their pic­ tures taken aboard the Trojan Se'aman. closed snapshot of George Lowe and myself in the LOG. I am the one with the Seafarers' stetson on my head. My mom lives way down in Kansas City, Mo., and sh6 gets the LOG: She would like to see my picture to show to the folks. Harry Emmett w t 4" Choctaw Expects 4 Smooth Payoff To the Editor: The Choctaw (Waterman) had a smooth trip around from Seattle to Philadelphia, and we expect a smooth payoff. We have had a most cooperative and understanding captain — Captain Knut Aastasted; any beefs that arose wqre settled swiftly and without bias. The steward, David Edwards, was unusually cooperative, combined good Union performance with ex­ cellent leadership. We had aTgood feeding ship, and without running the department ragged. When we got behind, he didn't raise hell as to why, but stepped in and helped out. The ship has had quite a few hospital cases of one sort or an­ other. The chief mate was supposed to have said, "Paint a red cross on Honor Guard At Seafarer's Funeral To the Editor: I am writing in regard to your paper, the "LOG. I have enjoyed the great way this paper is made up, the down-to-earth truth there­ in, and \/ritten in such a manner as to be easily understood. I was given the privilege of read­ ing this paper through the kind­ ness of Bud Deane. I know he is now back with his fellow ship­ mates. The LOG was stopped when Bud left. He may want to knpw about this. F hope to see him again in the near future, and to meet you per­ sonally. Until then, I will say thanks for the swell reading and the best of everything to you. Jack Guthrie 4 4 4 LOG Not Safe In Army Camp To the Editor: I would very much like to have the LOG sent to mq, over here. There are a couple of fellows here in Rochefort, France, who receive the LOG in this outfit, but as soon as they put it down, somebody picks it up. You just can't leave anything aroun(j in an Army barracks. I would like to-receive my personal copy for the next 11 month.s. Pvt. Thomas J. Keenan (Ed. note: Your name has been added to the mailing list. You will receive the LOG every two weeks, as published./ 4 4 4 Thanks Seafarers For Giving Rlood To the Editor: I am writing to express my gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the men who so willingly donated blood to my little girl. She was seriously burned and is a patient of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. As I do not know all of them personally, I am using this means of telling them how much I appre­ ciate their kind act. In tonclusion, may I wish them the best of luck and good sailing always. Mrs. Betty Keene 4 4 4 Wants Paper To Follow Her To the Editor; I have been receiving the LOG .at my present address' for some time now, but am moving soon, and am' sending you my new ad­ dress. I do not want to miss get­ ting any issue of the LOG, I enjoy reading, it BO much. 'i&y husband and I have been married for hine years; he was an SIU bookman then and I can't help but praise the progress of the iUhioh. Seafarers, friends and honor guard stand at respecHul attention ^: i»rs. W. W. Nichols as US Army, chaplain reads services at,'iji)n, fuiQ«irarpf Se.^,arer £ Cridlin. On left side of photo; Seafaters; ^ r- 'lEolft note; iVip' tfhanged Tarallo, J. Surles, E. C(>x, J. Broaddiis^ R. 'epllilns.m*! 1»54 Credit Where Oue^ Says He M, E T T E R S To the Editor: Just finished reading a piece in Banning in 'Frisco and Marty And the column, "Seafarers in Action," Dav4 and the representatives did concerning brother Paul Ulrich, a swell job. They straightened out In reference to speeding up the the ship so that this trip passed service between the messmen and with everybody happy and con­ chief cook. tented—much, different from the He seems to want a public ad­ last voyage. dress system installed for their Oldtimers On Board use. What the heck is his rush We have quite a few oldtimers for chow? Our on here, and if things did get a solid contract Itjtle out of line, as they sometimes specifies a com­ do, a meeting was called and those plete meal hour in the wrong were told and reprlfor the black nnanded. gang and the Plenty of stores were put on in deck department. Oakland--fresh and frozen vege­ However, there tables, plenty of everything, as our are no provisions agent was there to see everything whatsoever for was all right before we signed on. the steward deRyan The .captain. S. V. Syre, was as partment. We just have to eat whenever we get different from the last trip as day it and no one hears us squawk from night. Everybody is well sat­ about it. We don't care how fast isfied, happy and contented. E. Wallace we get it as long as we get it. The next thing these fellows will i it "t want will be for the cooks and messboys to be on roller skates at their very beck and call. Tell them to take it easy; they can get To the Editor: enough sack time off watch. Of course, I expect some reper­ I would appreciate it if you cussions about this, but I just got would place the name of a friend tired of reading all the time about of mine, Sam S. Hill, on the regu­ the other departments having so lar mailing list to receive the SEA­ many suggestions as to how to run FARERS LOG. He is a retired the steward department. If they railroad man and says the LOG is are so intelligent, why don't thoy one of the finest organized labor sail in the steward department and papers he has read. Thank you. see what it is like? Herbert R. Kreutz Joseph Ryan (Ed. note: The brother who (Ed. note: We have added Mr. made the siiggestufn in the first Hill to the LOG'S mailing list.) instance, Paul Ulrich, is a member K, i. i. of the steward department himself and apparently felt it would make things simpler for his gang.) Veteran Sailor . Ashs For Paper APFU To the Editor: I was in New York once again and didn't even get a chance to get up to the Port O' Call, what with one matfe getting off and a new one getting on. I had to stay aboard trying to do what both wanted done and to take care of the stores and ^ many other things. I sent in a story and pictures to the LOG about a fire aboard the Steel Scientist in Calcutta, India. The story and photos ran in the paper with the notation that the pictures were taken by me. That's wrong. I know what some brothers would Bankston say about that, so please get it straight next time and give credit where it is due to the •photographers. Don't say anything about Blackie Bankston, the son of a mother who Ls al.so the wife, mother-in-law and grandmother of a Seafarer. .Everything is holding its own around here, as you can tell by the minutes. That's all for^ now. See you soon. Blackie Bankston 4 4 4 Asks Paper Re Sent To Tepee To the Editor: I would like very much to have you send my copy of the LOG to Wallace P. Anderson, Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Mt. Hope Road, RFD No. 1, Lewiston, NY. I am not living at 11 Karolyn Ct. anymore. I might add that I certainly look forward to reading and receiv­ ing the LOG. I am very proud of our paper and I take great pleasure in showing it off to my Indian and white frieiids. I artf living on the reservation right now and plan on getting a ship as soon as shipping picks up a little. Best regards to all my friends in the Union. Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted and you will continue to receive the LOG regu­ larly, as published.) 4 4 4' Says NMU Not Equal Of SIU To the Editor: , I remember reading an article I took out of the New York Sunday News concerning members who wrote to the News about the hospi­ tal funds the NMU doesn't have. I was a member of that so-called union from 1939 to 1946. I was ashore from 1947-1951 When I went back for a short stay before join­ ing the SIU. I sure am sori'y I didn't join in 1938 when I first went to sea, as my wife is more than pleased that I am in a good and strong Union. We had lots-of beefs'on ships of. the NMU and they were always re­ ferred io headquarters. I don't know where headquarters was or is, but It sure was not in this coun­ try because we never got any re­ sults from them. M. V. C^ampl 4 4 4 Rlood Donors Receive Thanhs. To the Editor: _ I wouM very much like to thknk the Seafarers who donated blqod rfop me. Although I do not know the names .of the donors,|deeply appreciate their kindness. • It is gratifying to have been the recipient, of the extreme generqs^ty of these men. -The doctors say- I am sailing along smoothly. Thanks again.'-.'". ^ ' s^ V*to AUeluia- �If54 ^Lrr '^'''" ""'I' •" i™- «£srsv;:, «'-•'->•• at thillimeZnllTbralX York City Last c.'^L"raSisreM^ °trr.r- "^^inliij •'"•- :•' "::M:-^,«^.r'^i ... .. ;r.s.s •nly the homrS of 'f '';C^:VS'::'--^' K---: :•••<; ^ ^'<... i rf.""-- "« on the American market ^11 r"-i « « .».po«, „„„ SU |;-.;-:i^3 oi" ptrid"Lr »-• bulk at piers. Package carenpT^ ^.... i to the stores, where fhe taJrr.T' the merchandise within 24 houJf Supervisor Couri is ascicfpj L sistant appraiser and a ritn • with more tha^s years ofT^- I I 1 s I < .1 •"> ® examined i * ^ach Backstopping Couri and his tlJrton^'^H®''"'®®- seven assistant appraisers ^ and a similar number of examiner^ fxaminers remainder of the sfa« oners' aides. The elerks, samplers, verifiers Tor^ recording laborers. eriiiers, police guards and . • I I^ * bave'£Tvoted"'to'Sf°"'' ">•« familiar with the merchanS''th One handles prcious examine, and fish, another musical Wn ""^ats and so on. Each is a resn® " and toys, importing world fnri authority in the down atfrSe Ste 7.1°°' F t: "« '""'d Now Yori: ttof idl? ,7°<l."S"S°p.m'S °"^°'''°"' if" op'e«rg''°?„s;mS'° S TU^ ^ " ports around the countJ? countrv. It will carry 'reigh and exdlamonds set In rings. I ' ' • ^ I' ^ f a "-i' aiiHi assessable. At left, a tuestion on h«» V®•' «« •riginal 6e* mis?' I conference. Sinpe the dut^dlffe??^ imported artiit'thV^flo?er.*£l2rSlna^^ "T ciSLn? �, f. • I »' • tr='- i:;^?4' SEAFARERS ?»(• Twenty-tour /St-, t: I" i^:. April se, 1954 .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Novembar the next trip; the steward knew of this 7—Chairman, Johnnia Hoggia; Sacratary, and made no attempt to remedy the sit­ Earl J. Laws. There is $7 in the ship's lund left over from the last trip. Old repair list will be taken care of. John­ nie Hoggie wag elected ship's delegate. Any member fouling up will be brought to punishment. Each man will donate to tiie ship's fund. Men off watch will clean the messhall. Motor should be turned off when the washing machine is not in use. Each man will change his own linen, piece for piece. Sanitary men will clean or wipe dust from fans in ail rooms. February 1—Chairman, John Hoggia; Secretary, V. C. Orancio. It was agreed to leave $28 in the ship's fund for the next crew, after donating expenses, and to give the remainder to the Polio Fund <$30). Crew was asked not to foul up and to return to ship on sailing day. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment. Eveiwone must keep the laun­ dry clean after use, and use the wash ing machine properly. February li—Chairman, John Hoggia; Secretary, L. W. Fessler. Routine crew disputes were settled by the crew. Drfor locks for crew's quarters should be re­ placed. Fan situation is OK. Boatmen must be fed after the crew when going through the Suez Canal. Steward de­ partment was thanked for special items bought from their own pockets. There was a general discussion of various in­ cidents. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), January 17—Chairman, V. D'Angelo; Secretary, C. Burns. First assistant said hC would fix the wash basin in the 8-12 foc'sle. No US money will be given in draws. Deck department 8-12 watch fixed the sink themselves. Cold water faucet needs re­ pairs, foc'sle door should have hooks. De­ partment delegates will check on all porthole screens and report to ship's delegate. February 21—Chairman, Charles Col­ lins; Secretary, Charles Burns. Water tanks have been cleaned. Temporary repair of the broken sink is satisfactory. |<epair list should be prepared for the next meeting. There was a discussion about varnishing the ice boxes: chief mate will be contacted by the ship's delegate on this. Vote of appreciation went to the chief cook and the rest of the steward department. s.- LOG uation. All delegates will turn in re­ pair lists. Voluntary contribotions will be accepted for the ship's fund. Ship's delegate should contact the company agent In these ports to see if there are any SIU men in the hospitals, so we ean visit them, bring cigarettes, etc. Three SIU films were shown by th^ electricians along with the regular movies. € ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), Feb­ ruary 16—Chairman, M. Brightwell; Sec­ retary, J.-imes F. Byrne. Aubrey Parsons was elected steward delegate. Baker will be given the chance to improve. Stew aid will be treated ,in the same way. Stores will be checked by the steward and patrolman before the ship leaves for the deep sea. to make sure that stores are adequate, due to the shortages on the last voyage. STONY CREEK (Amer.-TrampI, Janu­ ary 3—Chairman, J. S. Barron; Secre­ tary, E. Black. Ship's delegate will con­ tact the chief engineer about getting messroom chairs repaired. There is a food beef on shortage of one item. A few repairs are needed. There are 14.000 yen in the ship's fund. Steward will act as ship's treasurer. February 12—Chairman, Elmer Black; Secretary, Reuben Ruttkay. Chief en­ gineer was contacted on repairing messhall chairs, but said there were too many repairs to be done. Mate is still doing sailor's work. John Francis was elected engine delegate. Steward department should dump garbage over the stern. En­ gine and fidley doors should be kept closed at all times. Better care should be taken of the washing machine, such as not overloading, turning the switch off, making sure there is plenty of water in the machine and leaving it clean for the next man. Chief mate sent the page of the LOG that was posted on the ship's bulletin board to New York. Captain, chief engineer, mate and first assistant are anti-SlU in their attitude. Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefo regard­ ing slo>v payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point otit that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on~~the same score is ' sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keep'ing accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment macfe right away. trician should try to repair the record player. Washing machine is too low to drain well. Ship's carpenter will be asked to install a platform under it. Sanitary work should be continued a.s before. AZALEA CITY (Watarman), January 24—Chairman, Ray Quean; Secretary, Red Brady. There is a spray painting beef. There is $32.40 in the ship's fund. Delegate wiU ask the Wilmington patrol­ man for help on the shower hot water beef. Repair lists will be turned in. There is a beef against the messman for poor service, but he is a young kid doing his best. Men going on watch will sit at two tables. February 14—Chairman, R. Brady; Secretary, O. L. Barber. One man who missed* ship will be reported to the pa­ trolman. Ship's fund and ship's iron will be turned over to Brother Brady, who is staying on the ship. Mattresses and bunk springs should be replaced. Steward asked that all extra linen, clean and soiled, be returned before the pay­ off. DE SOTO (WaUrman), February 4— Chairman, Phil Reyes; Secretary, James Murphy. Repairs are needed on water cooler and double-bottom tanks. Con­ tributions to cover the cost of movie films will be turned over to the stew­ ard. pangway watch was asked to main­ tain a good watch. Garbage must be dis­ ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), posed back aft where facilities for this ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), January 13 November 30—Chairman, William Wal­ is. Entire crew was thanked for close —Chairman, Charles E. Wells; Secretary, lace; Secretary, T. Williams. Broom- cooperation between departments. C. A. Crabtree. Stevedore's toilet needr head was elected ship's delegate by ac­ repairing. One man was logged for not clamation. One man missed ship in ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), February 27 turning to in Trinidad. OT in the deck Savannah and rejoined in Jacksonville. —Chairman, D. L. Parker; Secretary, H. department will be cheeked with the Fia. Laundr.v should be locked in port. Sedgeway. Repair list should be made mate. Department will make Garbage should not be dumped aft of up before arrival in Trinidad. Delegates up repair lists and delegates submit them to the house. Fish should be cooked later. reported everything okay. steward who will turn them in at Mo­ There should be more variety in the night lunch. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), February 14 bile. Kitchen utensils should be returned Dishes used at night January 2S—Chairman, W. Wallace; —Chairman, Leon Hall; Secretary, C. A. to the messroom. be secure in the sink to keep Secretary, Thomas Williams. One sick Crabtree. Most engine department re­ should them from breaking. Vessel needs ex­ man was left in Capetown. Money draws pair work was done, but none of the and the library books should should be in US currenc.v. All l^ht deck department or steward department termination be replaced. guards should be taken down in pas­ work was done. Men working topside sageways. No beefs on food, OT or per­ should dump all trash back aft and keep RACNAR NAESS (Seatransporl), March sonal questions. it off the deck. All cups and glasses 7—Chairman, J. Air; Sacratary, T. Novak. should be-returned to the messroom and If ships lays up. it was proposed that the ROBIN KETTERIN(3 (Seas Shipping), pantry. There should be better cut balance of the ship's fund ($15.03) be put February 14—Chairman, D. Whittaker; steaks in the future. into slopchest cigarettes to be donated to Secretary, V. J. Stefanick. One man was hospitalized in Lourenco Marques. Pa­ DEL ALBA (Mississippi), February •— men on the beach. There will be a draw­ for the iron. Steward should see trolman will be contacted about a new Chairman, C. F. Murree; Secretary, W. ing washing machine. Ships going as far as A. Van Dyne. Former ship's delegate that the. vessel is properly stored, and Mombasa should be supplied with at reported a very pleasant voyage with the crew will back him. Quarters should least four months' stores. Food supply, full cooperation from all. New washing be left clean. which is insufficient, will be brought to machine has been installed. There is a WINTER HILL (Cltias Sarvica), March the attention of the patrolman before $47.14 balance in the ship's fund. Elec3—Chairman, O. Fadarsan; Sacratary, B. F. Crica. One man missed ship in Tam­ pa. Ship's delegate will take care of the ship's radio and ship's fund. The radio was left in a Sulphur repair shop. Patrolman will Investigate the cause of the ship's delegate missing ship. Engine delegate spoke about painting the messhall and asked the crew to keep it in order. Thomas was elected ship's treas­ urers by acclamation. No money will be spent without an okay from the ship's delegate. It was decided to have an ar­ rival pool of $30 and to divide the money between the winner and the ship's fund. Dangerous condition of the windlass will be reported; this is to be repaired. signed by the entire crew. Washing ma­ chine should be cleaned after use. Clothes should only be left in the ma­ chine for half an hour, or the engine will conk out. Laundry will be sent out in Singapore; .there is enough linen for one more change. Steward will increase the amount of food on requisition. Bosun wants to know what is to be done about cracks on deck and stanchions. Captain refused to allow forepeak to be cleaned and stated he will not turn any deck men to except regular watch on deck. R. Godwin was elected ship's delegate by Washing machine will be fixed in Balti­ more. and a new library brought aboard. Joe Schink was elected ship's delegate. Steward was instructed to turn in . re­ pair on washing machine hereafter. Books of the new library will be brought to the lounge and not left In lockers. man, Samuel H. Mills; Secretery, George f: AT SIU HEADQUARTERS 4tii AVB, t 20th St. • BroeklyR Swap yarns or watch the fighti on television with your old shipinates at the Port O' Coll-YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. - g; • •ifr. .& OWNED AND OPERATED by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT AF.L '•S'. be requested in the port of payoff. $21S was given (a the ship's delegate, R. God­ win, to hold. GULF WATER (Metro), January 10— Chairman, Aaron Wilburn; Secretary, Frank NIgrol. Few repairs were dona from the last trip. Sanitary men aren't doing .their work too well. Mate is get­ ting out of hand on living up to the agreement. Delayed sailing is questioned in Brownsville. Crew is leaving messrooms dirty at night and should clean up as they mess up. Crew should cut out the drinking, as the captain may write in to the Union. Watch the water heater below on the washing machine, as it may blow up on someone. Find out how to use it before takifig a chance. Machine should be washed out after use. Mate stopped the bosun from putting a safety line up back aft. Deck depart­ ment shower Boor should be fixed for sure this trip. FAIRPORT (Waterman), February 21— Chairman, T. Brannon; Secretary, Jack Ross. Repair list was turned in; up to now nothing has been done on it. First assistant^ requested that clothes be kept off fidley railings. Only deck beef is that ail hands were not called in to handle lines in Canal Zone. All repairs will be put on a list. More pressure is needed on sanitary line aft and midship. Repair CHILORE (Ore), February 21—Chalrlist will be given to the Baltimore patroi- man.'Sohn R. Taurin; Secrelary, Edward jnan. Vote of appreciation went to the P. Mattlson. Ship's washing machine is steward department for a job well done. out of order; ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about repairs. New library ALICE BROWN (Bloomflald), Fabruary was written for. Books should be re­ 2t—Chairman, Rad Sully; Sacratary, H. turned to the library after they have D. Camay. H. Lopez was elected ship's been read." Vote of thanks went to the delegate. He will see the captain about steward department for excellent prepa­ putting some kind of buzzer in the ration of food and service. Warning was crew messroom so the standby could given to men who were gassed up on the hear the mate when he wanted him day of sailing and missed watches. Everything else seems to be under con­ MAE (Bull),. February 21—Chairman, trol. Bill Morris; Secretary, Al Bekan. There is $1.59 in the ship's fund and ever.vthing EDITH (Bull), February 32—Chairman, Robert Godwin; Sacratary E. G. Tasko. is running' smooth. A brief talk was Television set was purchased and in­ given on the care of the TV set and ar­ stalled. leaving a total of $9.84 in the rival pool. Each member will donate 25 ship's fund. New shower is needed for cents to the ship's fund. Money that black gang. Arrival pool will be used was collected for Brother Morrison was refused, and was donated to the ship's to build up the ship's fund. lund. OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Trans.), Janu­ ary 10—Chairman, A. F. Waddle; Sacra­ tary, T. J. Dawat. Painting of crew's quarters will be completed before we reach port, whether permitting. Wash­ ing machine will be secured to a stand so that the ringers can be used over both tubs. Chairs in crew's messroom and recreation room will be cleaned; the MASSMAR (Calmar), February 14— scuttlebutt will be cleaned out. A record Chairman, B. Snow; Secretary, Karalunas. will be kept on the activities of the chief Repair list was sent in from the Canal engineer during the voyage. Repairs are Zone. Ship's delegate should contact the to be made on ail warped doors and Union about increasing the food supplies. hooks will be put on them, so they can Steward said the port steward ignored be secured to the bulkheads. Informa­ his requisition and stores were put tion will be posted in the laundry on aboard by the company as they thought who is using the machine, and when his them sufficient. Steward said he would wash will be finished. A vote of thanks order a complete supply of mattresses. went to the steward department for the Ship's delegate should see the chief mate food and services rendered. Steward about painting the shower room. asked all crowmembers to help keep the messroom and recreation room free of ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), shoreside personnel in foreign ports. February 28—Chairman, S. Furtado; Sec­ No data—Chairman, Charlie Volk; Sec­ retary, Harry D. French. Suggestion was retary, A. F. Weddle. Beefs will be made to help with movie equipment taken up with the patrolman on arrival. after films have been shown. Books and Union will be notified about the drink­ magazines should be returned to the ing water situation. We" have been library after they have been read. Coffee drinking wash water. Before sailing the bag should be cleaned out after coffee ship should be supplied with ample linen has been made. There should be more for a round trip. The steward and BR hot cakes and french toast for breakfast. had to wash linen. Sheets and pillow Deck by No. 4 hatch should be kept cases are too small. Vote of thanks went -rlean. so as not to track dirt inside pas­ to the bosun and the DM for- their will­ sageway. Ship's delegate should see the ingness to help those who wanted to chief engineer about installing basin in learn mora about seamanship. Thanks bosun's foc'sle and about having the car­ went to the night cook and baker, Frank penter make some benches for men to Airey, for serving early breakfast to the sit on outside, rather than cots. 4-8 and to the crew messman for prompt and courteous service. WILD RANGER (Waterman), January iL Prote. .One oiler missed ship and was replaced by a man from the hall. Dele­ gates will_ make up repair lists. Ship's delegate will see the chief mate about keys for the crew's quarters. Empty cups should be returned. to the pantry, and' each man should clean up the messhall after himself. EDITH (Bull), January 31—Chairman, Jim Cochoran; Secretary, Louis S. Rlizo. CHILORE (Ore), no dale—Chairman, acclamation. There was a discussion on Pat Fox; Secretary, L. T. Williams. donations for a TV set. New library will SEAMAR (Calmar), no data—Chalrmin, John Marshall; Secretary, Norman Wax­ ier. Captain is trying to prevent sociable card playing. One man missed the ship in Aberdeen and a letter was sent to the Union. There is a $10 balance In the ship's fund. Detailed report will be made on the repair list about the flooded head on sailor's side. Investigation will be made to see if the captain is within his rights in trying to prevent card play­ ing. C. B. Ross was elected ship"s dele­ gate by acclamation. Men are to be properly dressed In the messhall. There are four men in one room in the steward department quarters; Union will -be asked to take action on this. Vote of ttianks went to the steward department BALTORI (Ore), February 37—Chair­ for doing a fine job. S-- he is sorry for fouling up due to a hang­ over, but he is really sick now, and if he is not better when the ship arrives at Port Said, he wants to see a doctor. Majority of the crew voted to continue the ship's fund, and agrdbd to a volun­ tary donation at the payoff. Laundry and ship's library should be kept clean. Chief steward will take care of the ship's fund. OREMAR (Calmar), February 31—Chair­ man, George Hinnani; Secretary, F. H. Houck. J'ohn Foley was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Crewmembers holding parties after working hours dur­ ing sleeiping hours, pipe down. Crewmembers should promptly return bor­ rowed cups or glasses to the pantry or messhall. Vote of thanks went to the SEA CLOUD (Saatraders), February 21 steward department, especially the new Chairman, F. 'Baron; Sacratary, S. Ful- PO messman. ford. Lee Banton was elected ship's delegate. All department delegates will STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), no list repairs that can be done aboard ship date—Chairman, Mack Chapman; Secre­ and turn in these lists as soon as. pos­ tary, Joseph CIrrlveau. Noise made by sible, so that as much can be done as the crew In the passageway is to be we are able, before returning to the stopped, in consideration of men who are States. Steward said menus would be sleeping. Shoreside personnel are being Improved; all were satisfied. > fed in the crew messhall; this will be reported to Jhe patrolman, as it should CAPTAIN NATHANIEL B. PALMER be discontinued. One man in the stew­ (American Waterways), February- 12— ard department lost all his papers and Chairman, Howard Rode; Secretary, Har­ his permit as well. Shoreside personnel ris Melbye. Few repairs were done by should be kept out of. passageways and the first assistant. There is no coopera­ quarters, and all business transactions tion from the captain on cleaning up the confined to PO messhall. E. Wasden was ship. First aid kit in the engine room elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks is empty. Steward is doing a very good went to all steward department members job. Disputes will be taken up when the for good food and care. ship gets back. Steward Insists on hooks STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Oecemfor screen doors to keep stevedores out of the passageway. Let^ will be sent ber 6—Chairman,'Aydley Fostel; Secre­ to the hall, and one cboY wilJ be posted, tary, Peter Van Wjrgerden. Locks still uo.trV4<r» repaired. , Thii;d ,eq^ eald tni^the fiUbihess of twg|g^afild'WUl be 10—Chairman, M. Sterne; Secretary, H. McAleen. Minor beefs will be settled by the patrolman. Joe Bracht was elected ship's delegate. Steward delegate was asked to explain the special chicken made for the captain. He was asked to serve chicken to the captain only if he requested it. Chief cook refused and served it to all the crew and the steward bawled, him out and said the chicken was for the captain only. Steward asked saloon messman not to'mention this spe­ cial food to the crew. Saloon pantry went to department delegate when food was placed on steam table and not menu. Ship's delegate suggested steward be brought before the patrolman. January 31—Chairman, A. D.t Aaron; Sscrstary, H. McAlser. Minor steward department beef straightened out to everyone's satisfaction. Delegate will get payoff receipt for money for port pay­ off. Transportation clarification will bo cleared up. Original NV crew got trans­ portation if payoff is in the South. Re­ pair lists will be turned in. CALMAR (Calmar), February 2S—Chairman, Thomas Lows; Sscrstary, Robert "N. Walton. Enough copies of the repair list for last trip were not made out for the East Coast. Thomas Lowe was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Messhall fan will be repaired. Each delegate will make out a repair list for the West coast patrolman. Drinking fountain will be cleaned and painted. No glasses are to be left out at night. Laundry room should be cleaned after use. Wiper'g foc'sle was not painted out last trip. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), February 27—Chairman, R. Nelson; Sscrstary, Peter Van Wygerden. Ship's delegate and patrolman saw the captain at the beginning qf the voyage about painting and sougeeing rooms. Captain promised ot have this matter attended to but did not keep his word. Rooms should be clean at ship's turnover. Not all repairs on the last voyage's repair list were attended to. There was a beet about the lack of room for the crew in the present (ContlfiHed. on page 25) �• ••'r-yvv' ' •• SEAFARERS A»ril f. 19S4 Pace Twenty-fiv* LOG ... DIGEST oE SHIPS' MEETINGS ... i-ii.i- If •' (Continued from page 24) in«Mroom. There wee a beef about the food, which wae all right going over. Chief took repUed that the food la the same. Suggestion was made that the messroom be souge^d more often. Hat­ ter of bringing a taxi, with luggage right to thw ship, and discrimination on this aaatter will be taken up with the Union. MADAKET (Waterman), January SiChairmen, Louis Frenken; Secretery, Don Collins. Clyde Clark was elected ship's delegate by acclamation: Don Collins was elected ship's treasurer. There was a special discussion on cleaning the ship. Anyone who needs new mattresses should ace the steward. Any suggestions on re­ pairs should be given to delegates. Ship's delegate wiU see about the movie pro­ jector. March 7—Chairman, Red O'Conner; •ecrefary, Don Collins. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a Job well done. There was discussion on the washing machine, on the slopchest— which should be checked before the next trip, on medicine chest for the next voy­ age. and on general Union shipboard matters. There is a balance of $84 In the ship's fund. eULFWATER (Metre), February 71— Chairman, Aaron M. Wilburn; Secretary, Frank Nipro. Five men were logged for various causes. The deck department is having a lot of beefs with the chief mate, who seems to be getting worse as we go along. There is a beef about a man having to.pay for his own transportation PERSdNAt.S William R. Doyle Please contact Alfred Rezende «t 736 South Third Street, Phila­ delphia, Pa. i ' 4, Si Theodore Martens Please contact your brother Rev­ erend Paul Martens at the Bethle­ hem Lutheran Church, 119 East Watagua, Johnson City, Tennessee. 4 t Checks Waltlnc There are checks waiting for Walter J. Cousins, John J. Culeton, Russell E. Simmons, Steve Szanto, Jr., and Ben H. Faulk, which can be picked up by getting in touch with Michael J. Cousins, 4205 South Pi'ieur Street, New Orleans, La. Louis "Ellas" Stratlotls. Please contact -Paul Louloudes as soon as possible at 739 South Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Phone is 67-4857. 4 4 4 Earl Oppcl Please get in touch with Mar­ garet Oppel at 708 South Bond Street, Baltimore, Maryland. 4 4 4 Gustave W. Becbert Please contact your mother-inlaw, Mrs. Alma Garcia, 509 North Ensor Street, Baltimore, Md. It is a business matter. Your son Benny has been dead one year. to and from tho hotpital. Thore U a boef In overy port aa to draw, the cap­ tain acta aa if it'a a drain out of Itia own pocket. Repair list was turned in 6 days ago, to they have a lot of time to get on with the repairs. Chief mate tried to bribe the deck delegate. He never puta up a proper sailing board. There is over 200 hours' OT and some Is not accounted on the mate's record. All dirty linen should be turned in, as we are going into the shipyard and may lay up. Quarters should be kept clean. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for feeding, menus and cooking for the entire ship. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Febru­ ary 14—Chairman, N. M. Barry; Sscratary, e. Mlhalopoulls. N. M.^erry was unanimously elected new ship^ delegate Television set was repaired in Galveston. Tex., as requested by crewmembers, for $7.40. There is a balance of $15.65 in the ship's fund, which was turned over to the ship's delegate. March f—Chairman, Otto Pedcrsan; Sacretary E. F. Crica. Recreation room was painted and bulkheads sougeed. Messroom was painted out. Men off watch are entitled to delayed sailing from last voyage. Disputed OT wiU be taken up at the payoff. Other beefs were handled at Lake Charles. There is $3.32 in the ship's fund. Ship's treasurer wiU order cigarettes for the crew, and the difference between the cost and $2.00 per carton will go into the ship's fund. First assistant and chief engineer seem to have personal dislike and beef against the engine delegate. They refuse to put out OT as long as he remains delegate. Suggestion was made to get an ironing board. Ship's delegate will pick up the ship's radio from the repair shop in Sulphur, La. this trip. WILD RANGER (Waterman), February 11—Chairman, Widegraen; Secretary, Al­ fredo Aaron. Motion was passed to put a catwalk going aft for safety measures. Small pitchers are needed for water and juice. March <—Chairman, J. T. Hicks; Secratary, F. A. WIdagrean. Innerspring mattressea should be furnished all SIUcontractcd ships. Crew was asked to help keep the messroom clean and to return all coffee mugs and water glasses to tha messroom. Frank Adkins Canaugh Ex-Stoney Point Gear is still on the Stony Point. Write to US Petro Carriers, 655 Madison Avenue, New York City, and they will ship it COD to your home. 4 4 t 4 4 4 4 3^ 4 4 - Jacob Elizondo Tom Df George The LOG office has your dis­ Please get in touch with Mrs.' S. R. Melvinger, 1354 Jackson charge off the Chiwawa. Please pick it up. Street, Camden, NJ. 4 4 4 4 4 Salvage Awards Salvage awards earned by mem­ bers of the crew of the William M. ' Meredith in May and June of 1944, while rendering salvage service to .the Masaryk, can be obtained by communicating with Silas Blake Axtell, 15 Moore Street, New York City. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Erie Hoffman Please contact Mrs. E, B. Hoff­ man at 284 Indian Hills, Quincy, 111. Henry Chrlstal Peace Please get in touch with yoiir wife, Mrs. Helen Peace, Rt. 1 Box 195, "Vidor, Texas. , YlcShliapln Send your present address to JE. J. Furst, 3913 Hall Avenue, Marinette, WisWnsln. , i ' New York or the patrolman wiU be con­ tacted. A new library is needed. Deck toilets need repairs as well as aft heat­ ing system. Cups should not be left on deck. Linen should be returned and hospital cleaned. March 11—Chairman, John Guntcr; Secretary, B. Kinter. There is $4.80 in the ship's list. Repair list was turned over to department heads: most of re­ pairs were not taken care of as prom­ ised. Crew went on record not to sign articles until plumbing is taken care of. Steward reported that meats are of grade A quality. There was a discussion on the lack of proper repair work. Keys should be turned in so replacements can be made. Ship's fund will be donated to the LOG. Rooms should be left clean for the next crew. There was a dis­ cussion on noise made by steam pipes aft. MARCARIT BROWN (Bloomfleld), February 21—Chairman, J. D. McGoldrick; Secretary, John E. Hands. Edwin C. Hill was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. It was agreed that the laundry and recreation room cleaning procedure would be carried on as in previous trips; engine and deck depart­ ment wUl take care of the laundry and the steward department would take care of the recreation, room. NOTICES 4 4 The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SlU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot QUEENSTCN HEIGHTS (Saatrade), March 10—Chairman, T. Flaming; Sacratary, D. Shaahan. Letter was sent to the Boston Itall about disputed OT for shifting the ship, as well as a report on the man who made the ship on the pierhead last trip. Members should not go over the crew and delegates and send a letter on any beef to headquarters be­ fore consulting the crew. TBfc also applies to the agent who should handle the beef. Broken porthole glass will be put on the repair list to be taken care at at the shipyard this trip. Ail previous repairs were taken care of to the crew's PONCE (Puerto Rice), March 14— satisfaction. The second pumpman. Jack Chairman, Rey Holder; Sacretary, H. L. Farrand, took care of most of the re­ Millar. Leo Rentes was elected engine pairs and got a vote of thanks. delegate. Brother Gonzales thanked the crew for the flowers sent to his wife. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), January Tony Viera was elected new ship's dele­ 17—Chairman, J. Ountor; Secretary, B. gate. Captain did not order a replace­ Kinter. Some repairs were done. Cun­ ment for the OS, claiming that the ship ningham was elected ship's delegate by carries an extra man. and he would be acclamation. Engine department quar­ compelled to pay off a man if he had to ters should be cleaned and painted. All get another one. Each crewmcmber will repairs will be made before reaching donate $1 to the ship's fund at the next payoff. Patrolman wiU be notified of the captain's attitude toward the crew. Captain was on deck Interfering with or­ dinary routine deck work. Ship's dele­ gate will find out why the crew must wait for a draw in every port. Walter "Whitey" Craig Edward Nooney Please contact Leroy Clarke at Your mother is ill and worried about you. Contact her at 552 1413 Ryan Street,. Lake Charles, La. It is very important. Ocean Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. John R. Ramey Get in touch with Silas Blake Axtell, 15 Moore Street, New York • City, regarding your suit, ^Can'Shahers* Have No OK Quiz Answerg .(1) 15 percent. (2) Thirty hours.' Solution Is this equation: 1/20 plus 1/x equals 1/12, then 2x equals 60, X equals 30. (3) Edward R. Murrow of the Columbia Broadcasting System. (4) A famous gambler. (5) Struggle between striking mine workers, militia, and mine guards in Ludlow, Colorado, April 19, 1914. Twelve children and two women of the striking, work­ er's families were killed. ' (6) CiiTO - cumulus cloud s, which come in layers and patches. (7) Phoenix, Arizona. (8) Coins were once pared by peciple, who would then sell the accumulated gold and silver. Grooves help prevent this. (9) (h) St. Petersberg. (10) Battle, fought between Hannibal's Carthagiaians and Roman lei^cins on plains of Africa in 202 b.e. Hannibal lost, thus pavIhff wky'to irlsi'^ Of Rbaiafn: didpiriil. SEAMAR (Calmar), March »—Chair­ man, William Sibley; Secretary, T. Brennan. J. B. Bairnett was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Washing machine will be repaired as soon as pos­ sible. There is a $10 balance in the ship's fund. Suggestion was made to buy magazines. Laundry will be cleaned by the engine department; recreation room by steward and deck departments. Repair list will be turned over to the ship's delegate. There was a discussion on the benefits of the SIU Sea Chest over the outmoded slopchest on this vessel. ' FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Jan­ uary 36—Chairman, Harry Jaynes; Sec­ retary, Dan Beard. Captain refuses to handle mail through the Singapore agent. Deck department is waiting clarification from New York on anchor watches in Yokdsulia. Motion was passed to mail outgoing mail through the ship's dele­ gate, using the ship's fund. Baker's of­ fer to donate cash to the ships fund was accepted. Baker got a vote of thanks for his generous offer. John the pantryman got a vote • of thanks for his cooperation in the mcsshall and the galley. The brand of washing powder Issued is not acceptable, and crew asked that a better brand be put aboard in the States. There should be a greater vari­ ety of iced drinks. Both toasters need repairing as well as the screen on the baker's door. Some mattresses do not Rt the bunks. Discussion on the use of imitation black pepper and dried apples will be referred to the next meeting. March 6 — Chairman, Harry Jaynes; Secretary, Dan Beard. There is $6.13 in the ship's fuhd plus S26 from the ar­ rival pool. There are a number of cases Puzzle Answer as they have been using our showers in Puerto Rico. Crew was asked to stay out of the pantry during meal hours. One table should be set aside for the watch. of dysentary almard, and It was sug­ gested that the dishwashing machine be checked and that glasses and mugs be carefully washed. Patrolman should see (he steward about getting a special cleaner for glasses. Linen washed at Suez came back filthy and smelted bad. Heads should be kept cleaner by the crew. Repair list must be turned in by Monday. Beef on the shortage of stores and the miserable slopchest will be turned over to the patrolman. ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), March 9—Chairman, H. R. Cuymon; Sec­ retary, Charles C. Peters. Engineers have been very lax on repairs for this trip. One man missed ship twice. Drinking fountain outside crew messhall should be replaced. Three motors burned out this past trip. Ship should be fumigated for rats and roaches. New refrigerator is needed; old one is always on the blink. Galley exhaust fan does not operate prop­ erly; there is not enough power to suck fumes out when frying. This is an ex­ ceptionally hot galley. Patrolman will be contacted on these matters. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the exceUent chow put out. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Febru­ ary 15—Chairman, Duke Wall; Secretary, Celuska. Galley drain was not fixed yet. First assistant told the steward today that he would get on this Job right away. George Llbby was elected new ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Bosun told the deck department that all hands were to be sober on sailing day to avoid trouble. Dirty linen should be put by the spare room set aside for this purpose, and not thrown down below. Steward told the crew that the steward department would try to avoid any food beefs, but if there should be one, bring it out at the meet­ ings where it can be straightened out SIU fashion. All garbage should be placed in the can aft and not on deck. Laundry is to lie kept clean by each man u.sing it; each laundry will dump garbage and clean up for a week at a time. Crew uses the messhall as a recreation hail, and it should be cleaned up by those using it. Slop sink should be kept clean by ail three departments. March 14—Chairman, Duke Hall; Secre­ tary, L. Galus. The man logged for al­ coholism should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as we get in. Stew­ ard will order-more linen so that the ship is up to par. Union should take up the matter of innerspring mattresses with the company. Washing machine and ironing board should be fixed. Crew unanimous­ ly gave a vote of thanks to the steward and his department for the good service and the well done job performed this trip. All garbage should be dumped aft of No. 9 hatch and garbage pails should not be washed out in the slop sink. Chief cook said a few words aliout how well pleased he was with the galley force, and he hoped that there would be all the old faces in the galley next trip. INES (Bull), February 21—Chairman, Manuel Marines; Secretary, Ray Brown. Topside will be asked to return books to the library. There should be more variety on meats and menus. Food being left out at night should be inspected. Fruit should be kept away from the steam table. There should be coopera­ tion in keeping the library clean. Ship's fund will be used to buy a good washing machine. March 14—Chairman, Harry Gerle; Sec­ retary, Harold Long. Repair list will be turned over to the patrolman. W.-\shing machine needs repairing. There is $10 in the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the electrician and ship's delegate for procuring washing machine, changing motors, etc. This machine was bought by the crow, as the machine supplied by the company needs fixing. Recreation room. messhaU and heads for all depart­ ments were painted out this past December. MARORE (Ore), March 13—Chairman, Hank Shepeta; Sacretary, M. A. Rendweles. All rooms should be cleaned be­ fore leaving the ship for the next crew. D.M will keep the fan repaired. MAE (Bull), March 20—Chairman, Sid Burger; Secretary, Ed Carlson. There is S25.04 in the ship's fund. Porthole gas­ kets should be checked. .Extra elements will be bought for the TV antenna. Wash­ ing machine is to be cleaned and turned off after use. ELIZABETH (Bull), March 21—Chair­ man, F. Greet; Secretary, C. Oliver. One man was left in the hospital in San .luan. Ship's delegate will see the patroinian about getting milk in San Ju.-in, Puerto Rico. Motion was passed to get book shelves made in the laundry room. I'ote of thanks went to the crew messman for the good service. All new crewmembers should be on the ship an hour before sailing, as they stand a good chance of being left on the dock, as this skipper leaves when he is ready. Vote of thanks went to the steward department and baker for a fine job. New lockers should be installed in all crew's quarters. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), February 7—Chairman, Jack Thompson; Secretary, George Craggs. There was discussion about the contract. Ship's delegate win obtain contract information when the vessel pays off. Deck delegate will see the chief engineer about fixing the crew's coffee urn; incidentally, this urn is ready for the boneyard. March 13—Chairman, not listed; Secre­ tary, Wilson J. Davis. Patrolman will be asked to talk with the skipper about ' draws on arrival in Japan; he will also be asked by the patrolman to use a bit of courtesy ,in talking to men. Steward I desiai'tment got a vote of thanks. WorkI ing activities should go according to Union rule, not according to seniority. Patrolman should blast the mate about medical treatment on board. The crewmember who feels that he was mistreated will speak to the delegate. A committee consisting of Wilson J. Davis, Jack Thompson, and Peter Prevas was elected to draft a letter to-the Union on the captain's attitude toward men. Motion was made to make the hospital into a foc'sle for daymen on all C-2 vessels owned by Waterman. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), January T1—Chairman, Ed Farrell; Secretary, W. Wright. Five replace­ ments are needed. G. Baker was elected I ship's delegate. Captain will be asked I abuot safe equipment for cleaning tanks. 1 Chief engineer will be contacted about : getting tank tops fixed; they cannot be i closed. i I i I I OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Trans.), March t — Chairman, Arthur Kavcl; Secretary, Vincent Maahan. Joe Cantin was elected ship's delegate. Each man will donate S.50 for an iron to the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will see the captain about a wringer and port discharges. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), March 4 — Chairman, Louis Johnson; Secretary, H. W. Clemens. Tom Duncan was elected new ship's delegate by acclamation. There is $21.17 in the ship's fund, which was turned over to tlie ship's delegate. Chief engineer and captain will he con­ tacted about heat. New washing machine i should be gotten before leaving the States. Motion was made to move the I checkers away from the house where the ; crew sleeps. One man from each de: partment will clean the laundry. Dcie> g.atcs will check the repair list. Crcw; members are to be dressed properly be­ fore entering messroom and pantry. I Standby buzzer was installed from bridge I to messroom. Screen doors should be i bolted in port to keep shoreside person­ nel out. WACOSTA (Waterman), March 11— Chairman, Pet. Loieas; Secretary, Luis ' A. Ramirez. A motion was made that an SIU patrolman at the next port be conI tacted to straighten up some matters and I repairs, especially the galley mixing ma] chine. The matter of individual distribu­ tion of linen to the engine dep.irtment will be referred to the patrolman through the ship's delegate. Meeting hours to be rotated as suggested. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shippingf, March 7 —Chairman, Joe Selby; Secretary, John BEATRICE (Bull), March 21—Chairman, W. Clark. Two men missed ship In Cape­ J. Foti; Secretary, J. McLaughlin. Mate town: matter to be turned over to the pawill try and get lockers for the deck de­ I trolman. Bosun suggested that ship's partment, oilskins and working clothes. keys be turned over to the ship's deleWashing machine, as usual was discussed. ' gate for next voyage. A few minor beefs A new one is needed. Shoreside person­ i were reported on the food; crew asked nel should be kept out of passageways. for sardines and salmon. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. 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Got $200 Draw However, Welfare Services was able to make arrangements for a $200 draw which was delivered im­ mediately to the hospital by SIU "Welfare Services representative A1 Thompson, leaving one Seafarer a lot happier than he was before he got into the hospital. ' The quick action by the unioh helped Bacomo out of a tight spot in rapid order. It was his dough, after all. in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome fnail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time ./or visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Seafarer Fortunato Bacomo displays $200 draw arranged for by the Union and delivered at Manhattan Beach hospital by SIU Welfare Services Representative A1 Thompson. Nurse looks on. All of the following SIU families Mrs. Paul McBride, Box 525, will collect the $200 maternity Church Point, La. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4" 4' 4 Union in the baby's name. Michael Joseph Schenk, bom February 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. Donald Arthur McNeil, bom and Mrs. Joseph Schenk, 3905 Fait March 5, 1954. Parents. Mr. and Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. William A. McNeil, 202 • 4* 4^ 4" Henly Avenue, Crichton Station, Sherri Lynn Baker, bom DecemMobile, Ala. br 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4" i 4" Conrad £. Baker, PO Box 177, William Charles Vogel, Jr., bom Petaluma, Cal. Febraary 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4> 4^ 4^ and Mrs. William C. Vogel, 1538 Sara Louise Knaflich, born Riverside Avenue, Baltimore 30, March 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Md. Mrs. Hanly V. Knaflich, 5704 East ^ 57th Street, Seattle 5, Wash. Teresa June Akins, bom Febm4> 4> t ary 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mary Jane Griffith, bora Janu­ Mrs. Marion J. Akins, Route No. 1, ary 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Nashville, Ga. Mrs. _Jesse Griffith, 1319 Linden 4i 4i t Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Joan Anna Tutwiler, bom Febt 4" 4J roary 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lorene Marie Anderson, born Mrs. James H. Tutwiler, 1641 March 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Waverly Way, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Richard A. Anderson, 191 4 4^ t Scott Street, Naugatuck, Conn. Kenneth Ray Bevell, bom Jan­ 4i t 4> uary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Jose Antonio Pescador Lopez, Mrs. Arbie L. Bevell, PO Box 19, born March 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. Courtland, Miss. and Mrs. Jose Pescador Lopez, 1539 Hoe Avenue, Bronx 60, NY. 4" 4^ 4' Sally Ann McBride, bom Feb4. 4^ 4> mary 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and William Charles Lee, Jr., born February 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, Route 1, Tifton, Ga. Raymond Theodore V r a b 1 i c, born February 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond I. Vrabllc, 6727 Thruway, Dundalk. Md. t 4" 4' Carta Jean Freilich, bom March 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Selig S. Freilich, 261-79 Langston Avenue, Glen Oaks, LI, NY. 4^ 4 4« Herman Finhold Cox, born Feb­ ruary 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cox, Jr., 223 St. Paul Avenue, Pass Christian, Miss. 4" 4 4" Delane Anna Yeats, born March 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. , and Mrs. Henry L. Yeats, 1237 Music Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Marcia Delores Kendrick, bom March 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kendrick, Route 5, Box 20, Springhill, Ala. 4 4 4 Charlotte Rose Warning, bom January 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warning, 64 Item Avenue, Crichton Station, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Gary Ray Smith, born Febmary 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Smith, 312 Essex Street, Saugus, Mass. Let OS Know... h: It ii you're in trouiile 444 Mitzi Renee Flowers, born March 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Flowers, 965 Church Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Joseph Clyde 'Goude, bom March 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Goude, 634 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Mary Magdalen Gutierrez, bom January 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. ayid Mrs. Simon Qutierrez, 7105 Avenue N, Houston, Tex. How To Get Disabled Pay YOOK PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS W'^-' Ite- UE lUE no WEIFJUE SEimCES Eii!>UTMEIR Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless at age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Tmstees, e/o SIU Headquairters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32,. NY. USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATI^N BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Percy D. Allred James R. Lewis Fortune Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Thomas Bryant Harry F. McDonald Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Julian Cuthrell David Mcllreath EmUio Deigado Frank Mackay Antonio M. Diaz Lloyd MUier John DriscoU Alfred Mueler M. W. Gardiner Eugene T. Nelson Robert T. Gilbert George Schumaker Bart E. Ouranick E. R. Smaliwood Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. KeenanHarry S. Tuttie L. Kristiansen Renato A. Viiiata Frederick Landry VirgU E. WUmoth James J. Lawlor USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Manuel D. Aguas John Mclnnes George Anderson Vic Miiazzo Thomas R. Bach Sau Mok Meivin Bass John Nemeth John Beckmann Warren Nielsen Marcie Boyles Emilio Ortiz Azhar Caram Edward PoUse Jar Chong Peter Prokopuk Pedro Claude Heinrich Rabba Fred A. Delpenha Robert Reynolds Raul Deiossantos Edwin T. Rushton Donald Dunn P. W. Seidenbergh Joseph Faircioth Robert Sizemore Brigidio Figueroa Frank Soriano Deforest Fry Jose Sousa Esteil Godfrey Walter Sudnick Hans R. Hanssen James Thompson John B. Hass B. F. Trottie Lyie Hipp Samuel L. Vandal Lars Hope Jan Vanos , Choo Chang Lai Louis WiUiams Alexander Leiter USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. C. Adkins Alva W. MeCulIum K. K. Braaten Joseph D. McGraw Jessie A. Clarke Terral McRaney MUlard M. Cutler George Mattair Jos. Dallas W. Middendore James R. Dodson Paige A. Mitchell BolestaH J. Dzeiak Edward A. Morgan JameFw. Gordon Thomas Mungo G. E. Herrmann Raymond C. Myers J. B. Humphries Herbert Parks McConniey Jarrell Jimmie Priddy George Jerosimfch John C. Ramsey Alexander Johnson .Tohn Scott William Kenny J. T. Sigmon Karl Krlstensen W. J. Stephens William Kunak Ray B. Sunderland Dorsey J. Lambert Thomas Tlerno Clyke R. Leggett Frank Van Dusen L. G. Llnthicum Andrew Westerlund Peter Losado Henrlc N. Wlese David McCollum Clifford Womack U.SPHS HOSPITAL S.:ATTLE. WASH. O. E. Abrams S. Johannessen Sverre 1. Brenna V. K. Ming G. C. Famum Linus E. Twits William K. GuUey Otto R. Ware USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Vincent B. Arjona Clarence W. Cobb WiUiam D. Austin P. B. Cogley Leonard BaUey S. Cope Thomas Barracliff J. D. Dambrlno James J. Battle Andrew Danko Charles E. Brady Thomas J. Dawson WUIiam R. Burch Henry L. DUl P. J. Carpovich J. L. Diosco S. C. Carregal Gordon R. Oooley Richard W. Clark Thomas L. Dugan E. G. Knapp Robert T. Eider Leo Fontenot Leo H. Lang B. D. Foster James M. Lucky Hugh D. Fouche Grant Marzett Stanley A. Freeman C. E. McClarnan James E. Gardiner J. E. McEHreath Nathan L, Gardner James R, Miller John B. Geissler Otto H. Palsson Jack H. Gleason H. F. Paschall Harry M. Hankee Harry G. Peek F. Hauser Edgar A. Piatt H. C. Herring W. E. Reynolds WiUiam RocheU John L. Hinton Robert E. Hommel J. Santiago J. W. Howell Luthgr C. Seidea John N. Hull James T. Smith Thomas S. Johnson L. C. Smith Lonnle R. Tlckla William Johnson Leonard Kay J. E. Ward John E. Kennedy Louis W. WetzeU Michael V. Kicko US NAVY HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Thomas W. Atkins USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. John L. Griffin Manuel Martins John R. Henchey William H. Mason W. G. Keiswetter USPHS HOSPITAL SAN .FRANCISCO. CAL. Wayne T. Center Joe Perreirs Henry J. Childs Eugene G. Plahn Ho Yee Chow W. S. Singleton G. C. Eller V. W. Sorensen' T. C. Finntrty Sing Ah Sue Olav Gustausen M. B. WUson A. M. Keller P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. W. C. Bedgood R. B. McCorkel Paul B. Bland A. R. Norton C. E. Carkhuff F. S. Paylor G. O. Corbett James B. -Sellers Paul Jakubcsak Gilbert F. T/lIson .Toseph Kramer James F. Wilson Jimmie Littleton Paul M. Wood SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAL. Ragnor A. Ericson BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Bernard Jurkowski GRASSLANDS HOSPITAL VALHALLA, NY Arthur Lomas USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Leonard Franks SAILOR-S SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky POTTENGER SANITORIUM MONROVIA. CAL. E. L. Prltchard USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch Theodore Mastaler E. P. Belkner Robert A. Rogers Ralph M. ChurchiU Jose J, Valenzueln Lawrence Macnell USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. ^ Mair C. Bunker J. E. Markopolo Claude L. Davis A. L. Miller M. DegoIIado Floyd C. Nolan Eugene R. Hall A. J. ScTievlng Harry E. Horn Denis C. Skousas Samuel S. Lyla ' Jack D. Strickland Ernest L. Magers Delegate's Letter Helps Win Quick Care For Injured Man The importance of meeting ships on which men are being repatriated because of illness was underscored recently by the case of Seafarer James Marker, fornfierly on the Robin Kirk. Marker and another crew- cab and sent home for rest and member were coming back recuperation. from Africa on another Robin In Harker's, cdse; the company ship, the Robin Sherwood, as re­ wanted him to stay on the ship patriates because there was a doc­ until It docked in Baltimore, be­ tor on board that particular vessel. cause that was where he had signed Earlier the ship's on In the first Instance. But Harkdelegate on the er wanted to get hospitalization Sherwood had Immediately. Consequently, notified head­ Thompson took him off the ship quarters Inform­ and over to Staten Island where ing the Union of because of his condition they ad­ the arrival of the mitted him as an inpatient right two men and ask­ away. ing that some­ Under the circumstances, it was body be at the a good thing that the delegate had dock to take care written headquarters because Bark­ Harker of them. er's condition was none too good Consequently, Welfare Services and It would not have been advis­ representative Al. Thompson met able for him to continue on to the ship when It docked on- the Baltimore. This case again points up the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, After discussing the matter advisability of having -delegates with company representatives. It notify headquarters well In adwas agreed that one of the repatri­ Vjance that tji^y^ coming - home ated men should be put In a taxl- with repatriated men aboard. �SEAFARERS April 2. 19M LOG Page Twenty-seven Can't Keep Good 5IU Man Down SEEDP THE SEAFARERS Now recovering from a fractured hip, a broken pelvis and other injuries at a US Public Health Service hospital is Seafarer Edwin L. Rushton. While faced with a long period of convalescense, Rushton is happy that the Union got him transferred out of a private hospital into a place where he" couid get free medical treat­ ment and enjoy the company With WALTER SIEKMANN of fellow-seamen. iNewa about men fn the hospitals and Seafarers receivtna SW Wel­ Rushton suffered his injury when fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It Is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes he fell off the gangway of the Val his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Chem while the ship was at its terminal in the East River. He was Quite often Seafarers run into a little trouble collecting maintenance rushed to Lincoln hospital in the and cure from the shipping companies because they once had a child­ Bronx for emergency treatment. hood ailment and neglected to report it to the company doctor when Contacted Hospital they were examined and questioned. Then if they get sick on board tl^e ship, the insurance companies will look to connect their shipboard As soon as the Union received a sickness with their previous medical history as an excuse for not paying report of the injury, a Welfare maintenance. Services" Representative got in The insurance companies argue this way—if the man had reported touch with the hospital and made his previous ailment to the examining doctor, the doctor would have arrangements to transfer Rushgiven him a thorough check-up on that particular matter and then found ton to the more congenial climate of Staten Island. him not lit for duty. The injured Seafarer can pass Now its pretty obvious that if a man was sick once, many years be­ fore, and has been sailing fit for duty for a number of years, there the time of day regaling his ship­ Isn't much chance of connecting his shipboard sickness with what went mates with tales of an interesting on before. But If the man doesn't report it to the doctor, then the in­ past. At various times he has been surance people have the loophole they are looking for to deny main­ a wrestler, an infantryman, a food broker, a restaurant worker and a tenance. So make sure when the doctor asks questions about your past illness variety of other occupations. He to tell him all that has happened. If you are fit for duty, you will get comes from a long-line of seafarers cleared anyway, with the USPHS doctors having the final say on that on his mother's side. He was born score. That way, if anything happens on the ship the insurance people won't have ai loophole to deny you maintenance. On the beach over In Yokohama, Japan, are a couple of the boys who like that part of the world. Amadeo Fedele was taken sick on The Cabins and is now in that Oriental port awaiting repatriation. Max Lipkin, on the other hand, makes the town his home away from home. Now, however, he is there recuperating from a broken leg. One of the brothers, Glenn Curl, who hails from New Orleans down in the bayou country, is laid up In Manila, PT, at this time because of an auto acci­ dent. Harry Cronin is expecting to get out of the Seafarer-patients in the hospital In Cincinnati, Ohio, with a "fit for duty" Staten Island USPHS hospital slip before very much longer. never lack for immediate Vic Milazzo is now over at the Staten Island hos­ Milazzo pital after being transferred from the Manhattan service or company, under the well-organized system of hospital Beach hospital. He's hoping to get a "fit for duty" slip soon. delegates maintained by the SIU " Hugh Crawford, who hails from Tampa, Fla., was there. The delegates, working in fireman on the Abiqua when he came down with a conjunction with daily visits by hernia. He is getting out of the Staten Island hos­ SIU hospital representatives are pital and will head for New Orleans to do his con­ able to take care of all non-medi­ valescing. Quite a few of the boys do the same thing cal needs in short order. in order to recuperate in the southern sunshine, and Each floor in the ho.spital has its It has nothing to do with the good-looking women own delegate, who of necessity, down there, they say. must be an ambulatory patient. The Welfare Services Department, answering all Any time a new patient is admitted needs for Seafarers, got a strange request from Tim to the floor, the delegate notifies McCarthy aboard the Tagalam. Tim says there's a Fedele headquarters immediately and lets belly-robbing^ steward aboard the scow, so he wants Welfare Services to send him a package of good chow to tide him over Welfare Services know if there is anything the man needs. It might a rough trip. Of course, he's only kidding. be a matter of getting his gear off a ship, notifying his family of his whereabouts, or simply getting him some smokes. In addition, if any man is con­ fined to his bed, the word is passed through the hospital from floor to floor to see if he has any friends who could visit him. Of course, the delegates them­ selves keep changing since they get discharged from the hospital in due course and a new one has to be chosen to take their place. But there is always somebody on hand to represent the men and take care of all the little items that make a difference between a relatively pleasant hospital stay and a pretty unhappy one. SlU Delegates At Hospitals Always On Job Already A Lens Hound? iriliiplii? •y'f-'. in Swanipscott, Massachusetts, to the daughter of a sea captain. His grandfather operated a fivemasted sailing schooner that car­ ried coal between Hampton Roads and other Atlantic ports, and Rushton was often aboard the ship as an infant. However, a few years later, the ship was wrecked, ending his sea-going career for the time be­ ing. Non-Union Trip Sub.sequently he shipped as OS on a United Fruit vessel, but one trip under the non-union condi­ tions prevailing then convinced him that seafaring was not for him. He then worked in a variety, of jobs, but when the depression set in, he became part of a wrestling tour. He and a 280-pound ex-Holy Cross football tackle, Kewpie McCue, toured the tank tdwns wrest­ ling four or five nights a week for the local "championship." To at­ tract the local citizenry, Rushton went under the name of "Farmer" Rushton." After a while though, Rushton got tired of having his ears pinned back by McCue, so he left the wrestling- business. During World War II, Rushton found himself storming the beaches of Normandy with the infantry and picked up a bullet for his pains. Finally, in 1951, he decided to try his hand at seafaring again. His first ship was the SlU-manned Northwestern Victory, wdiich he found quite different from the United Fruit ship he once was on. Right now, Rushton sails regu­ larly in the steward department. He hopes to be back in action soon with his SIU shipmates. Knowles died on February 7, 1954, in Mobile, Ala., of a head injury. He sailed as a bosun in t'ne deck department. Burial took place at Wolf Ridge Cemetery. Whistler. Ala. Brother Knowles is survived Thomas E. Foster, 58: A skull •by his wife, Theima Doris Knowles, fracture received in an automobile Route 8, Box 171, Crichton, Ala. crash near Death Valley Junction. 4> 4 4 Gal., caused Brother Foster's death on February 18, 1954. A chief John Ira Waller, 38: On Decem­ steward. Brother Foster was buried in Jacksonville, Tex.; the estate is ber 29. 1953. Brother Waller was administered by Mrs. Minnetta B. drowned in Delaware River. New Hanrahan of 20197 Piccadilly Road, Castle Co., Del., and was buried at Middleboro Cenietery, MiddleDetroit 21, Mich. boro, Mass. He sailed as a wiper in !• t t the engine department. Simeon Layne, 64: On March 3. 4 4 4 1954, Brother Layne died at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Robert E. Halliday: While the and was buried in Evergreen Ceme­ Steel Designer was at latitude tery there. He sailed as a member 28-40N longitude 75-07W, on Janu­ of the steward department. ary 25, 1954, Brother Halliday fell overboard and was lost at sea. He 4" 4" 4» Lloyd C. Knowles, 37: Brother sailed as carpenter in the deck department. Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the mar­ riage certificate and birth certificate is i-equired. If possible, a discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds, will be given in cases of multiple births. Disability; Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age. Who has seven years seatime when companies participatinig in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the weekly disability benefit for as long as he is totally unable to work. Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. ' •• The deaths of the followinu Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Mqternity; .b' l/oili y.\ ""'mti Convalescing happily in company of fellow-seamen. Seafarer Ed Rushton displays SIU hospital benefits in one hand while Seafarer Don Peterson offers a light for bis cigar. At right are Seafarers Robert Reynolds and Walter Sudnick. Who Geia SiU Reiiefits? Mrs. William Renter, wife of Seafarer William Reuter, shows off the new addition to the family, in the person of son William John, bom January 11, 1954. The New York City Seafarer was last on the ASalea City (Waterman). Junior doesn't seem bothered one bit by the photographic activities "•'M 4 4 4 Peter Sadowski, 41: A messman in the steward department, Brother Sadowski died of a heart ailment on February 25, 1954, at the Balti­ more, Md., USPHS hospital. He was buried at St. Stanislaus Ceme­ tery in that city. His estate is ad­ ministered by Stanley Sadowski, 120 Montford Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4,4 Tedd R. Terrhigion, 50: On Feb­ ruary 8, 1954, Brother Terrington suffered a fatal hemorrhage in New Orleans, La. He sailed in the steward department. Surviving is his son, Tedd Phillip Terrington, Apartment F, 500 Felicitj', New Orleans, La. ' -1 I �• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT •. AFL • fljv'-1 • Sf ?-:-' : L-. i Whether you've spent coffeetinne with a mermaid or merely plucked a lessjosty morsel out of the briny, the. place to tell about it is in the pages of the SlU's own newspaper, the SEAFARERS LOG. Letters detailing the exploits of Sea­ farers all over the world, in matters big or small, can be passed on to your friends, shipmates and posterity as well. Photographic records of events aboard ship and ashore, drowinqs, short stories, poetry and the like are always welcomed. Send them to the Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. I" > I < F' r.-. 4.M � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource April 2, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 7 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NLRB THROWS OUT DOCK VOTE; ORDERS NEW BALLOT THREE SEAFARERS, OTHERS SEEK SIU SCHOLARSHIPS MOBILE ASKS DEEPENING OF SHIP CHANNEL LAST 25 SHIPS TO BALLOT IN STEWARD VOTE UNIONS LEAD FIGHT ON TRANSFERS AS HEARINGS BEGIN NEW WATERMAN TERMINAL OPENS AT PORT NEWARK YARMOUTH SAILS THRU SEA LAW LOOPHOLES SIU DONATES BATCH OF NEW BOOKS TO USPHS HOSPITAL GULF SHORE GANGS WIN PAY INCREASE TOUTS SEA JOBS AT $2 A HAND PATIENTS CALL ON NMU FOR HOSPITAL AID EARLY POLL RETURNS BACK SHIPS' LIBRARIES; SOME CHANGES SOUGHT CONFERENCE TAKES UP MARITIME ILLS LOG ERRS IN PHOTO MIX-UP DID HE REALLY WIN $140,000? WATERMAN ASKS OKAY FOR GULF PASSENGER RUN ISRAEL SEA UNION ON SOLID BASIS EYE GIFT STORY ENDS IN REUNION ON SHIP SEAFARER RECALLS OLD WHALING DAYS; FINDS LIFE TODAY 'TAME' SEA CHEST TAKES TOP PRIZE IN CIGARETTE SALES CONTEST PANAMANIANS ALL NEW DOCK VOTE THE CALL OF THE SEA SCHOOL BELLS THE MORRO CASTLE FIRE SHARK FISHING CHIEF ATTRACTION ABOARD VESSEL ON FAR EAST RUN SEAFARERS MOURN FOR SKIPPER ON FINAL TRIP BROTHER TRIO GOES PROSPECTING FOR WHAT-HAVE-YOU IN COLORADO SEAFARERS PAY TRIBUTE TO SHIPMATE'S MEMORY 'WERE YOU CAUGHT IN RAID TOO?' SAID THE SEAFARER TO THE JUDGE WHAT'S THE TARIFF WELFARE TO THE RESCUE WITH $ CAN'T KEEP GOOD SIU MAN DOWN SIU DELEGATES AT HOSPITALS ALWAYS ON JOB Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/2/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/46183d731a5dce6c86b6c4fc90c79484.PDF e366cb1640cad76c7c9469ab8e2be6f0 PDF Text Text f-' SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • S I A Story on Page 3 • A?s 2-Year Baby Benefits $267^000 Story on Page 2 •II ^1 4^IIM Stretching as high as he can go Joseph UrOMffOg up. "Jody" Cave, Jr., shows he's a husky 34" tall today, almost double what he was at birth two years ago. The youngster's birth, on April 2, 1952, was the occasion for the payment of the first SIU maternity benefit to a Sea­ farer. His dad performs the honors at a birthday celebration in their New Orleans home. (Story on Page 2.) . v.iiV: . ,... MA'-. �(-•. ;t' - ;«^.: '• F«re "Iw®. SEAFARERS LOG Ap^ IB, 1951 2-Year Maternity Yotal Tops $267^000 Marie With a proud record of having pwd $237,400 in benefits, the SIU maternity benefit plan has now gone into its third year of operation. As of April 1 when the plan completed its second year, 1187 maternity benefits of $200 had been paid, plus another $29,675 in benefits directly from the SIU in the-* : form of $25^ US savings bonds one set of triplets born last Decem­ SIU maternity benefit is its speedy ber 14 to Robert Long of New Or­ service to the memtership. Once (at maturity). the necessary documents have been Actually, as the figures for the leans. second year show, a considerably Long got himself $600 in mater­ submitted, checks go out within a larger number of Seafarers col­ nity benefits, plus three $25 bonds, few "days, either delivered by mail lected in the second year than the plus $1,800 in income tax exemp­ or in person by Welfare, Service first. A total of 518 babies were tions for the year 1953 for that representatives. The service is ap­ born in the first 12 months, headed feat. Long also collected the bene­ preciated particularly with hospital up by Joseph A. Cave, Jr. of New fit for his oldest child, born 15 and doctor bills to contend with for delivery of the baby. Orleans, who celebrated his second months previous. birthday on April 2. The second Central Fund' One Day On Ship year's totals amounted to 669 The maternity benefit, like other Payment of both maternity and bi bies, although these figures were disability benefits -got under way SIU welfare benefits, is supported swelled by a few sets of twins and in June, 1952, but the ipaternity by shipowner contributions of 60 benefit was made effective as of cents per man per day to a central Joseph Ccve. Jr., two years old on April 2, celebrates his birthday April 1. In order to qualify for the fund. Contributions were original­ In traditional fashion, astride hobby horse and wielding gunl His maternity' benefit a Seafarer mere­ ly 25 cents a day but have been father Is Seafarer Joseph Cave, who earned the first $200 SIU ly had to submit proof of one day more than doubled through nego­ maternity benefit back -in 1952 when the youngster was bom. , * on'an SIU ship in the previous 12 tiations. months, plus a mdmage certificate and the child's birth certificate. The SIU matet-nlty benefit plan is unique in many ways. The size of the benefit was, and is, far larger than amounts paid by in­ Members of the SlU-affiliated surance plans elsewhere. Eligibility Staff Officers Association (AFL), provisions are the simplest, since this month mourned the loss of most other plans require a year's Longshoremen in the Port of New Vork collected their second paycheck today since the their top official, Secretary-Treas­ coverage before a man is eligible urer Tom Hill, 37, who died April to collect. The Union plan also collapse of the old ILA's political "wildcat" strike, while looking forward to a new. port7 in New York City. He was born pays double in the case of twins. wide election. A decision is expected momentarily from the National Labor Relations Board November 17, 1916, ^ Joplin, Mo. From the very beginning the Head of the Staff Officers, rep­ number of applications to the ma- setting a date for a new vote"* the strike was to blackjack the La­ resenting pursers on US-flag ships tei-nity benefit was surprisingly and establishing procedures to accord without official action. bor Board into certifying the old The finishing blow to the strike •large, more than had been ex­ on all coasts since 1950, Hill was make sure that longshoremen former I y vice pected when the benefit was first will be able to vote without being was the National Labor Relations ILA as bargaining agent despite Board warning to the old ILA that the dubious results of the Decem­ president of the set in motion. It was conclusive ber election, it ended in complete intimidated or assaulted by old ILA proof of the fact that a much American.. Mer­ failure. chant Marine larger number of Seafarers were enforcers. One of the lighter moments of Contempt Trial, Staff Officers As­ family men than was commonly The 29-day ILA-sponsored wild­ the 29-day waterfront tie-up Meanwhile, troubles piled up for sociation, a West thought. The increase in benefits cat walkout collapsed late Friday was the fate of a Roquefort the old ILA on all sides. Three of Coast SIU affili­ for the second year of operations afternoon, April 2nd, when it be­ cheese shipment aboard the its leaders, Harold Bowei's, Willie ate which ceased indicates that this trend towards came increasingly clear that the old French liner Liberie; Approxi­ Ackilitis, brother of the Arsenal operating in 1949. home and family among seamen ILA mob could no longer keep mately 24 tons of the odorous mobster, Albert Ackilitis, and Although he rep- is continuing. product made several trips Willie Lynch, went on trial for con­ Originally, applications for the longshoremen from going back to resented his Hill back and forth in the hold of work. Nearly 6,000 AFL men, or tempt of court for calling a portunion at several maternity plan ran at the rate of the ship without being unload­ wide walkout in defiance of at least SIU of North America conventions, ten a week, but in the past year about 40 percent of the normal ed because the French Line work force on any given day, were three court orders. Danny St. John, he was unable to attend the last this has been exceeded with an av­ pier on the West Side was not one of the more notorious enforc­ one, in March, 1953, at San Diego, erage of close to 13 benefits paid working the port on the last day worked. The cheese was final­ of the strike. It was evident that ers, was denied a license as a hiring week in and week out throughout because of Illness. ly- removed a couple of days before another week would have boss by the Waterfront Commis­ Hill had been suffering' from a the year. after the strike ended, still as sion. Another desirable feature of the gone by that the "wildcat" strike recurrent condition which required fragrant as ever. ^would have disintegrated of its own Elsewhere in the country, several operations last year, and strength was steadily draining had reentered the James Ewing unless its political strike was called away from the old ILA as several Hospital, 68 Street and First Ave., off the Board would rule them off more locals in the Gulf district NYC, a month ago, on March 2. the balloc. Since the strike was al­ swung to 4he AFL-ILA. The AFL Services were held April 12 in ready a lost cause, old ILA leaders now represents 36 locals in the New York, with burial scheduled had no .alternative but to cail the Gulf, including locals In such ports late in Wood River, 111. Hill, who as Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, whole thing off. lived in New York, is survived by Since the principle objective of (Continued on page 17) his wife, Virginia, and a daughter, Patricia. Tom Hill, 37; Headed SIU Pursers Union Old ILA's Political Strike Folds Up; Await Cail For New Dock Election Sea Chest Begins Retail Sales In Three Outports SEAFARERS LOG April 16. 19S4 I '^•' Vol. XVI, No. 8 As 1 See It Page 4 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 In(^iring Seafarer ..Page 12 In Thie Wake .Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer Page 12 On The Job Page 16 Personals Page '25 Quiz Page 19 Seafarers In Action ..Page 16 Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of "The News....... .Page 7 Wash. News Letter....... Page 6 Welfare Benefits ....Pages 26, 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 Published biweekly at the hMdquertcrs ef the seafarer.. International Union. At­ lantic a Cult ^District'AFL, *75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn )3, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6*00. Entered a* leceiiif cUss matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., under .ihf Pf. AwSUIt Extending its shoreside services to the membership, the SIU Sea Chest has opened retail sales of merchandise in the ports of New Orleans, Mobile and Baltimore. For the time being, the sales will be handled out of the e.stablished by the manufacturer, In addition, the Sea Chest In wholesale warehouses oper­ ated by the Sea Chest in those those , ports will continue to service ports as retair facilities are' not yet the ships on ,a comp,e'titive basis, available. When the new Baltimore as before, with slop chest needs, hall is completed, the Sea Chest and take orders on the ships for will have spacious facilities there items in the Sea Chest catalogue. for retail operations, and plans are afoot for establishment of retail outlets in the other major ports as welL Price-Savings Available The start of the' retail sales in Regular membership meet­ the above-mentioned ports means ings in SIU headquarters and that Seafarers can purchase B wide at all branches are held every variety of dress wear of all kinds, second Wednesday night at electrical appliances, luggage, ra­ 7 PM. The schedule for the dios, watches and the like from the. next few meetings is as follows: Union's own merchandise outfit, AprU 21, May 6, May 19. and get the'advantage of moderate All Seafarers registered on prices accordingly. Wherever pos­ sible, branded merchandise han­ the shipping list, are required to attend the meetings. . dled by the Sea Chest is sold at B ,CQnifi4ecBblej,4ifi£Qunt..Qff list-.p8ices Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Longshoremen get back to work along the New York waterfront after 29-day port-wide tie-up paralyzed shipping in area. Above, dockeni are Steel, �•V- i • Apfn :•?:!'::!•£;« ss,- 1954^ ' SEAFARlSRS LOG Pace Thi'e* Sea Unions Draft Plan To Defend Hiring Hall, Seafarers' Job Rights ; iwiffm ••-:«: .s. WASHINGTON—vigorous defense of the maritime union hiring hall and the rotary shipping principle Was outlined by union representatives at the second general meeting of the Conference of American Maritime Unions on April 5. In New SIU ball in Galveston, Texas, seen above, is newly refurbished to serve as sbippingr center for Seafarers. Union is in process of moving into new quarters on Zlst and Mechanic Streets. Seafarers Pretty Up New Galveston Hall The long hunt for a new home for Seafarers in Galveston has been successfully completed with the acquisition of new quarters at 21st and Mechanic Streets. A two-year lease has been signed for quarters on| the second floor of the build­ now under construction in - Balti­ ing which Seafarers in the more will be the next to be opened, port agree are vastly superior to the existing hall on 23rd Street which has been inadequate to meet the needs of the membership in that port. As .soon as the lease was con­ cluded, Seafarers on the beach, along with port officials, got busy putting finishing touches on the new hall for use by the Union. A baggage room and dispatch counter was buiit and a new paint job was done on all walls and partitions in advance of moving In. If all goes according to schedule, port agent Keith Alsop indicated that the union would shift to the new location over this weekend. In any case, the move would be made within the next few days. The new quarters contain 2800 feet of floor space and three par­ titioned offices. Tiled washroom and lavatory facilities are in­ cluded. The floor has fluorescent lighting throughout. Previous Plan Fell Through while out on the West Coast Sea­ farers will move shortly into a new Seattle hall which is being built by the Sailors Union of the Pacific there. Under a building arrangement between the SIU and the SUP on the West Coast, each district shares facilities of the other out­ side of their jurisdiction. addition, representatives of shipowner groups speaking skilled professional seamen to meet for a majority of the operators all shipping needs. The union hir­ have agreed to support the ing hall, with its assurance of a supply of experienced men at all union position. times, is one of the factors that has The union representatives made for vast improvement in-the present, including those of the quality of ships' crews over the SIU, also agreed in principle on years and has provided a stable the idea of a uniform expiration and smoothly-operating hiring sys­ date for all union contracts, sub­ tem in an industry where men are ject to the approval of their re­ accustomed to going from job to spective memberships. job. The hiring hall issue arose as a This union position apparently result of current Congress consid­ has the support of most major US eration of amendments to the Taft- operators who indicated they would Hartley law, various court deci­ voice their opinions accordingly to sions on the subject and the rul­ responsible Government agencies. ings of the National Labor Rela­ At present, there are bills before tions Board. As a result, the stand­ ing legislative committee of the Congress which would grant spec­ maritime union group met after ific sanction to the maritime hiring the April 5 meeting with repre­ hall, along with a similarly-operat­ sentatives of the shipowners on the ed hiring halls in the building subject. There the shipowner rep­ trades where men also go from job resentatives present agreed to go to job and are hired through a cen­ along with the unions in presenting tral union hall for that purpose. Taft Backed Hiring Hall the union case for the maritime hiring hall before the National La­ Ever since the Taft-Hartley Law bor Relations Board and before the was passed back in 1947, union President, if necessary. hiring halls have been functioning The union representatives at that smoothly as before, although there meeting characterized the rotary were those who sought to exploit shipping system as the only work­ the law somehow as a means of at­ able and efficient way of supplying tacking them. However, the late Deadline Nears On Art Entries Late entries in the Third Annual SIU Art Contest were arriving at Union headquar­ ters this week, as the deadline for -all entries, April 30, drew near. Present plans call for the judging of the contest late in May. The arrival of a 115-pound crate of oil paintings sijjjmit- up to five entries in each of the prising element is the fact that contest classifications—oils, only a few handicraft items have ted by Hans Skaalegard fea­ four watercolors, drawingss and handi­ so far been submitted, although tured the latest entries, . as the Oakland, California, Seafarer, for the second year in a row, entered an array of paintings of oldtime sailing vessels. Skaalegard tied for a third prize in the oil painting classification last year. Under the rules for the 1954 competition. Seafarers can submit crafts. The three top entries in each class will be awarded valu­ able prizes. Oils Lead Entries At the present time, with the contest deadline just t\tro weeks away, oil paintings provide the bulk of the entries, with watercolors running a close second. One sur­ For some time now, the Galves­ ton branch has been looking for a new place but without success because of the lack of suitable space in the congested port city. A few weeks ago, the Union had practically completed arrange­ ments for use of the Odd Fellows hall in that city. The plans fell through when the Odd Fellows balked at changes that would have to be made in the property for use by the SIU. The result was that the search had to be resumed once again. The location of the new hall is also ideal as far as the waterfront goes, being a block from the docks and virtually at the center of the port, with a large section of the waterfront being within walking distance of the hall. Long-Range Program ^ In recent months the union has made improvements in other ex­ isting halls as well, renovating the interiors and installing air-con­ ditioning, new furniture, television sets, pool tables and other equip­ ment" for the comfort of Seafarers waiting to ship out. The Galveston move is another step forward in a long-range SIU program aimed at providing modLOG office assistant views one of five entries eqtered In 1954 Art ern up-to-date facilities for SeaContest by Seafarer Hans Skaalegaard. Seafarer won third prbe £acq(a.in.«Y9ry..P.0!rt. TM .ilk9W.lw4i.. In oils In 1953 eontest and hopds to repeet or do better this-time. they usually provide tlie focus of interest in the contest because they vividly display shipboard skills. The traditional displays of fancy rope-work and hand-carvings are notahlv few in number this year. Judging of all entries will be handled by a panel of experts in the field, including the art editor of the SEAFARERS LOG, at an un­ disclosed date in May. All entries will be on exhibit in two places, at SIU "headquarters for the week following the prize awards and also at a special exhibition of the leisure time work done by trade union members, which is sponsored by the New York Public Library. The latter display will be at the^ Labor Temple, 242 East 14th Street, New York City. In advance of any last-minute rush to submit entries, Seafarers are cautioned to clearly label their works with their names and ad­ dresses so that all entries may be returned at the conclusion of the contest exhibits. Those wishing to sell any of their work are urged to indicate the desired selling price, so, that the fact that the work is for sale can be clearly marked. Care should be taken in submitting items' by mail, with registered or special delivery mail suggested to assure proper handling. All entries should be submitted to the Art Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn 32, NY. Entries can also be submitted in person. Senator Robert A. Taft, who was co-author of the law, agreed that the maritime industry, like the building trades, posed special prob­ lems in hiring that are best han­ dled through the union hiring halL Recently though, there have been isolated court decisions that have again created some confusion about hiring operations in the maritime industry as they are presently con­ ducted. In discussing the desirability of uniform expiration dates on mari­ time contracts, it was pointed out that the present system of having some contracts run out in June while others expire in October makes for difficulties in negotia­ tions. It causes considerable un(Continued on page 17) Assign 2 New Mariners To SIU Companies Two new Mariners now going into service have been assigned to SlU-contracted companies and will be manned by Seafarers. Tha Cracker Mariner will be operated for the Government by South At­ lantic while Waterman will shortly take over the Peninsula Mariner. The reason for the assignments when older Mariners are laying up is that all of the new ships have to go on a six-month trial run to sati.sfy the Government's contracts with the shipbuilders. As a result of the new assign­ ments, South Atlantic will be oper­ ating two Mariners, the other ons being the Badger Mariner. Water­ man previously had the Keystone Mariner but that vessel has since gone into lay-up as has the Hoosier Mariner operated by Isthmian. Other Mariners currently being operated by SIU companies are tha Show Me Mariner <Bull); and the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield). Mar­ iners in lay-up formerly operated by SIU companies are the Key­ stone Mariner, the Hoosier Mari­ ner (Isthmian) and Magnolia Mari­ ner (Mississippi), in addition to tha Cornhusker Mariner (Robin) that ran aground in Pg^an and has been out of service since. Quitting Ship? Notifg Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions ail Seafarers leaving their shipi to contact the hall In an^ple time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make their work toughef for your shipmates. �Foar W.' <• I" ' !• ,';•:>.•" - Rr:-\ !') fc i^:' it f' 3 • k I .1-- i: "fe f- I.WM SOfOOOth Vacation Claim Paid AsISso •• 1^^1954 The 50,000th check for SIU vacation benefits was paid out to Seafarer Stanley Wojton on Friday, April 9, jtist two years and two months to the day since the first payments were made in February, 1952. More than $3.2 million in vacation benefits have been collected by Seafarers since that time. Marking a new milestone HEADQUARTERS WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT THE BROTH•for the revolutionary SIU Va­ cation Plan, the occasion was mark­ ers down in the Port of Galveston have been able to locate new quar­ ed solely by a short picture-taking ters for their hall and are ready to move in and hang up the "open for session as Wojton was handed the business" sign any day now. For some time your Union was aware of coveted check by an SIU head­ the problem that was faced in Galveston, but was stymied by the diffi­ quarters staffer, and Plan em­ ployees resumed processing the culty of finding a suitable property in the congested hundreds of claims reaching head­ port area. However, that search has now been com­ quarters each week. Wojtoh's check pleted and a two-year lease taken on a new hall for $51.22 represents his accrued which from all accounts should prove satisfactory to vacation benefits less deductions, meet the needs of the membership there. covering a 143-day round-the-world The job of obtaining modern halls in all ports is trip on the Steel Architect (Isthmi­ a long-haul proposition that is complicated by the an), on which be sailed as utility fact that the Union wants to be as close to the Water­ messrnan. front as possible. And since the waterfront areas The occasion was the second time everywhere are generally pretty crowded, finding a Wojton, who is single and hails suitable property is no easy task. from New Kensington, Pa., had Many Improvements collected vacation pay under the SIU Plan. Happy to be in the spot­ However, in the last 21i years, beginning with the opening of our light for the moment, he noted new headquarters in Brookjyn, we have made considerable strides in however, that he was "more inter­ that direction. Aside from our new hall in New York, there is the one ested in seeing to it that this dough under construction in Baltimore, and the improvements your Union gets right into the bank. When I'm has undertaken in Philadelphia, New Orleans and elsewhere. Where ready for a vacation, I know it'll a move to a new location has been possible and desirable, the Union be right tiiere, and I'can draw on has made it. Otherwise steps have been taken to provide existing halls It wherever I am." His actual bene­ with up-to-date facilities such as good lighting, comfortable furniture, Seafarer Sfimley Wojtoo, left, receives his SIU Yacation Plan fit totalled $57.98. , / J air "conditioning, television, shuffleboard, pool tables and other facili­ check from headquarters employee. Wojton's check was the 50,000th ties for the comfort and recreation of. the men on the beach. Over $3 Million to go out to Seafarers since the plan began on February 11, 1952. The Vacation Plan reached an­ Meanwhile out on the West Coast, our brother unions have been other highlight in Us short history, time they could show discharges as four times each year, but must undertaking the same kind of program, so that Seafarers there are when a cIiLck putting the total pay­ for 90 days aboard SlU-contracted be claimed within one year of the assured of modern facilities. It will take a few years, but the day will payoff date of the oldest discharge come when Seafarers everywhere will ship out of halls that they all ments over $3 million was collected vessels. by a Seafarer in Januarj', several Under the rules of tha Plan, presented as a qualification for can be proud of. weeks before the Plan completed benefits can be collected as many vacation pay. 4. X 4. <1 , Its second year of operation. QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN AND OUT OF Considering the size of the SIU unions, have gotten the idea that unions are so strong that no union membership and especially the fre­ member has anything to worry about—his union will take care of him. quency with which claims have It's a good guess that this attitude has been carefully cultivated by been made by some Seafarers, management people and those who speak for them, because they can three and sometimes four times a be heard shaking and moaning from time to time that they don't have year, the 50,000th payment does not a chance against a union. represent benefits paid to that many Seaf.arers. Right at the start Get Over-Confident MOBILE.—^The importance of seafaring to the well-being of the Plan's operations, the Union One of the reasons why management people love this kind of a pitch urged Seafarers to take advantage of port communities was pointed up in this city when a is that they hope to make union members soft apd over-confident and of the Plan's feature enabling them survey by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce showed that get them to lose Interest in what's going on. Then to collect a vacation check every seamen are sending money when nobody's paying much attention management home to their families at the can move in and start throwing punches. rate of $7 million a year. ' Well those that are Inclined to believe that kind The $7 million figure, of course, of management talk might do well to take a long does not include the amount of look at the experience of a group of union hat money brought into the port by workers up in Norwaik, Connecticut. There the em­ seamen when they pay off ships. ployer is playing tough with the union on a simple It only applies to family allot­ question of job security. He has defied a ninements, which average $200 a months-old union picketline, running in strikebreak­ month, or considerably less than ers to do his work for him. Seafarers, as is commonly known, delphia was chairman at that city's the seaman's monthly earnings. Now this particular union is no johnny-come-lately. It's been in the Business leaders in the city ex­ industry for a long time and has had a contract with the employer in •re people who manage to get port meeting, alongside Kleiber. around. And as an example at the He's been with the Union almo.st pressed astonishment at the size of question for a great many last Philadelphia 11 years, joining in Philadelphia, the figures, which represent the still, although that contract had been a long-standing otie,' and "ali port meeting the He's 34 years old and sails on deck. figures for the last six months when shipping has been consider­ parties agreed that the union had acted in a responsible manner and reading clerk was its members in question were skilled craftsmen at their particular ably lower than in boom times. from Oregon, The tanker port of Lake Charles, while his oppo­ The amount of family allotments trade, the employer thought that the time was ripe to crack down and Louisiana, had Seafarer Anthony site number in was computed from records of the undermine conditions that had existed over the years. A. Alleitian in the chair and Lee San Francisco Shipping Commissioner in Mobile. Tha plain fact of the matter is that there are always quite a few em­ Parker as recording secretary. Alstarted out that The Commissioner said that during ployers around, (and that goes for ship operators too) who would like leman, who sails with the galley way by way of a six month period, ending in force, has been a Union member March, 137 American flag ships nothing better than a chance to dump the unions. So any time man­ New Jersey. agement people start going around telling everybody how big and strong for 3'/^ years, joining up in the Melvin Kleiber crewed up at Mobile for foreign the unions are, it's time to watch out. Somebody may be lowering the Kleiber nearby port of New Orleans. He is was the reading voyages. The average family allot­ boom. clerk in the Quaker City. In be­ a Louisiana native and makes his ment was $200 monthly. X X X tween trips he can be found home home in Franklin, La. Parker, a This average reportedly prevails deck department man, joined the in Newport, Oregon. He became FROM TIME TO TIME HEADQUARTERS WILL RECEIVE LETin other ports and the Chamber of an SIU member in Baltimore in SIU in New York on February 16, Commerce Conunittee reported ters from ships' delegates or other crewmembers asking for clarification November, 1943. He's 28 years of 1944. He was born in Louisiana in maritime unions in the Port of Mo­ on certain points of the contract or for a solution of a shipboard beef. age and sails in the deck depart­ September, 1918. bile said at present 3000 mariners Very often some situation will arise on the ship which can't be handled 4i ^ ment. are . sailing who reside in Mobile. on the spot by the delegates because either the officers will disagree Two Tampa Seafarers who aided strongly or there is some confusion as to just how the matter in ques­ In San Francisco, the reading "This means," the committee clerk's job was taken care of by in the direction of that port's last stated, "that merchant seamen are tion is covered by the Union contract, fhen there are some actions by John Dolan, a steward department meeting were Joshua Land of sending $600,000 a month or $7, the company agent or the officers that are in clear violation of the contract. member. Dolan was born in the Tampa and Adol200,000 annuklly into Mobile." Wait Until Payoff Garden State, New Jersey, Decem­ fo Capote, of New ber 21, 1915. He joined the union Oi-leans. Both In some instances, the Union is able to take care of matters imme­ men sail in the In New York on April 10, 1947. diately while the ship is out on a voyage, either by having a patrolman steward depart­ catch the vessel at one of the outports or by having i 4. ment. Land is one the company rectify matters through a cablegram to Sitting alongside Dolan at the of the SIU's orig­ a company agent overseas. But in other circum­ San Francisco meeting were Charles inal members, The telephone numbers of stances, depending of course on the situation, such Mazar and Walter Busch, chairman joining in the all New York headquarters as a question of disputed overtime, the matter has and recording secretary respective­ port of Tampa on phones were changed recently to rest until the ship pays off. ly. Mazar is a Chicago native who November 8, by the telephone company. All Land joined the Union in New York in 1938. He's an Seafarers calling headquarters However, even though the issue can't be settled October, 1947. He sails on deck. Alabaman by birth and is 37 years are asked to hse.the new num­ while the ship Is still at sea, it's a good Idea for Busch, a black gang man, is a San old. Capote followed him fnto the bers to get faster service. crews and delegates to notify headquarters or the Franciscan all the way. He's 33 Union a few' months later, getting The new headquarters tele­ port agents of these knotty problems as they arise. years old and has been a member his book in Tampa on February 1, phone number is HYacinth That way, the Union,can be fully prepared to deal 9-WOO. «f the Union for the past six years. 1939. He was bom in Florida 52 with the situation when the ship arrives, because It has the facts on Seafarer Hariy Gerie of Pbila-Jyears ago. hand from the crew. Mobile Survey Shows Seamen Send Home $7 Million Yeariy 4> $• New Numbers For Bq, Phones eSSiiSii : SEAF/LHER a. L.Q iC �Aprn H. 1954 SEAr AKERS LOG Pare>lT« Study Progress of SlU Scholarship Winners While 11 SIU scholarship applicants are either preparing for the college entrance examinations or awaiting the decision as to this year's winners, the trustees of the Welfare Plan are studying reports received * on the $1,500 scholarship Elizabeth Lomas is at present at­ tending New Rochelle College for awards of last year. Women, New Rochelle, New York, Charlene Meyer is at the Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, Va., Alma Jimenez is at the Uni­ versity of Puerto Ricp medical school, while Robert Goodwin is atteriding the Dental School of the University of Oregon. Still Can Enter \ Those who wish to apply for this year's scholarships can still' get un­ der the wire, if th^ can get all the Typical C-2 such, as the one pictured above, wouid rate about $800,000. to $900,000 in current ship necessary records together and into market according to ship brokers' estimates. Price compares favorably to $4 million or more asked the Welfare' Plan office within the by Government for new Mariners. next couple of weeks. The final qualifying college entrance exam­ ination will be given on May 22, and all applicants who hope to con­ test for this year's awards will have had to take an exam by then. All candidates have to submit a transcript of their high school rec­ ord, proof of three years' sea time on their own hook or on their father's discharges, and three let­ After several months of dickering back and forth, the Maritime Administration has set ters of recommendation, orfe of a firm minimum price on the new Mariner ships. Administrator Lbdis S. Rothschild an­ them being from the high school nounced that the base price for cargo-carrying Mariners will be $4,120,000 up to a peak of principal. 079 nnn for fnr Mariners Marinprs nspH ^^ — $5,072,000 used as as The candidates' qualifications combination passenger-cargo ships that are in demand. Here too, The oldest one of these, the Key­ will be passed on* by a group of New bids on eight ships sunk off prominent educators on the basis jobs. Ships built earlier will there have been no sales for a long stone Mariner, went into service a little less than two years ago. the Atlantic Coast during World of examination grades, past rec­ carry a lower price tag than those period of time. Under the Rothschild formula, War II have been asked by the ords, recommendations and par­ built at a later date. The 35 ships Four For One vessels ordered on February 7, Maritime Administration. The bid­ ticipation in community activities. cost between $9 and $10 million Consequently, anybody looking ders will have to take their They in turn will make recommen­ each to build. for cargo ships could get a mini­ 1951, will carry a tag of $4,120,000 The prices set will bring no joy mum of four,*and possibly as many as cargo ships and $4,723,000 if chances on salvaging enough in the dations to the trustees who will act to American shipowners who have as five C-type ships for the cost of used for combination passengerway of cargo and scrap to make the to pick the four winners. ventures worthwhile. been hinting vocally for some time a single Mariner, or enough ships cargo service. Those ordered June that they would be interested in to maintain a regular cargo service 25, 1951, will carry tags of $4,261,Among the ships involved are figures far less than the $4 million on a couple of major routes. Of 000 and $4,886,000. The five last two former SlU-contracted vessels, that has been quoted as a round course these ships are "used" ves­ ships ordered in August, 1951, will the Chilore and Santore of Ore number. With the exception of sels in contrast to the Mariners. Steamship Company. Since then, (Continued on page 17) Pacific Far East Lines, which has of course, these ships haVe been • Headquarters again wishes contracted for three of the Mar­ replaced. to remind all Seafarers that iners, no other shipping company Five of the ships involved are payments o| funds, for what­ has made a firm bid for the ves­ tankers and three are freightever Union purpose, be made sels. carriers. Cargoes include sugar, only to authorized A&G repre­ 'Used' Ship Prices naphtha, oil and ores, a good deal sentatives and that an official of which may be salvageable. Union receipt be gotten at that The shipowners' reluctance is un­ The ships had been put up for time. If no receipt is offered, derstandable in the light of prices sale once before, but the Govern­ be sure to protect yourself by that "used" merchant ships would ment felt that the bids were too immediately bringing the mat­ command on the market today. NEW ORLEANS.—Seafarers in this port and in Lake low and asked for new proposals ter to the attention of the sec­ There have been no recent sales Charles are cooperating with the AFL trade union movement by salvage firms. retary-treasurer's office. . of either Libertys or C-types for in an effort to prevent enactment in Louisiana of anti-union use under the American flag. The last sale was the Liberty ship Sea shop legislation which already • The Louisiana proposal is expect­ Coronet which went for $360,500. Is the law in most other ed to be modeled after recent acts fma RJOHTs. ANP f-wvaEGes AS However, ship brokers are con­ Southern states. of the Alabama and Mississippi SlU MSN ARE OUAPANTEED BV: SIU members who reside in Lou­ legislatures. vinced that any Liberty put up for - YOl<R COt^mUTJON.' EHlS PEA TORE « DCSIONEP TO ACOUAJNT : sale today would go at a price of isiana are-joining with other trade These bills declare the closed or VOy WITH THESE ElOKTO AHP around $280,000, depending on its unionists in this state in writing union shop to be contrary to public RRIVtlEOES: letters to their parish legislative policy. They make it unlawful to condition. Ship brokers say that C-2s and delegations urging them to vote write any kind of union security C-3s would command a much high­ against such legislation expected to provision into a contract between er price, around $800,000 to $900,- be introduced when the Louisiana an employer and a labor organiza­ From Article XVII 000, because they are the kind of legislature convenes in May. tion. "This Union mo/ publish pam­ Similar legislation has been pass­ ed by 15 states, most of them in phlets, journals, newspapers, the South. The bill was passed by magazines, periodicals, and genthe Louisiana legislature in 1948, . eral literature, in such manner as but was vetoed by Gov. Jimmy ma/ be determined, from time to Davis. The present Governor, Rob­ ert F. Kennon, has avoided ex­ time, by a majority vote of the pressing his attitude toward such membership." legislation. Proponents of the bill have la­ belled it the '-right to work" bill. William F. Schnitzler, secretarytreasurer of the American Federa­ tion of Labor, told delegates to the Louisiana State Federation of La­ On the beach and on the ships the bor convention here last week the SIU membership is fully informed measure should be called the of the goings-on in the organiza­ right to starve" bill. tion through its bi-weekly 28Schnitzler and other speakers made it plain that such legislation page newspaper. Booklets on was not intended to guarantee the various educational subjects ore right to work," but to destroy the also published from time to time. trade union movement by outlaw­ ing all previously accepted union security measures such as the closed shop, union shop or main­ State Representative Jesse D. McLaln, right, of Covltagton, La., tenance of membership provisions discusses controversial "right to work" bill In state with Lindsey in contracts covering wages,'hqurs .WiUlainai,.New Qrleais Port Agent, at SIU hall in New Orleans. and conditions of employment. One of the 'conditions of the awards call for winners to maintain a "B" overage throughout their studies in order to qualify for con­ tinued support from the Welfare Plan. If the trustees feel that the candidate is not maintaining a suf­ ficiently-high level of scholastic achievement, the award .can be withdrawn. Withhold Decision The trustees have received re­ ports on the first half-year on each of the four students involved, but are withholding any decision one way or another until this summer, when they will have the results of a full year's study. Of the four scholarship winners. • Wanlna Buy A mariner Ship? Vessel Lists At $4-5 Million Reopen Bids On Salvage Of Ship Hulls Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts SIU Aids Union Fight On La. 'Right To Work' Bill YOU and iho MU CONOTirUVION �rate BB His Dreams Of W^itii fade —Nets $30 In Salvage Award It isn't often that a seaman figuring on a $1,000 bonus greets a puhy $30 settlement with hilarity, but that's how Seafarer Allan J. Bunbaugh reacted to the situation, which arose ten years ago during the war. There are probably several . — other SIU men around who all safely aboard the US ship, the are entitled to a similar share Bret Harte put a line on the dis­ of the booty and the opportunity abled ship and proceeded to tow for a good laugh over their "lost the Britisher into Marseilles with fortunes," Dunbaugh pointed out, her. noting that tbie LOG is the best Once in port, the Navy picked way for them to find out about it. up the Morialta and the Bret Harte Happy to be alive to tell about it got down to the business of unload­ after sailing through Worlcl War II, ing its war cargo. Most of the Dunbaugh recalled the high hopes Harte's crew figured each man he and others of the crew on the would pick up at least a thousand Weyerhauser Company's ship Bret dollars for taking part in the sal­ Harte shared when they took part vage operation," since otherwise the in a wartime rescue and salvage British ship woiild haVe foundered operation while heading into the. and became a total loss. port of Marseilles, France, on Sep­ Accordingly, some time later, tember 21. 1944. The Bret Harte several crewmembers contacted an had a full SIU crew on deck, attorney to handle their claim, filed shipping out of the Norfolk SIU the appropriate affidavits and hall. Dunbaugh was carpenter. statements and went back to sea with high hopes of reaping a fat Ship Struck Mines It all began to happen when the, salvage gward.before long. Seafarer Allan J. Dunbaugh Months passed, dnd then years ship'ahead of them in the "convoy shows 10-year-old salvage struck a mine. The ill-fated vessel flew by, and Dunbaugh adrnitted claim award of $30. He would was a British ship, the- Morralta, he'd all but forgotten the whole in­ have bieen happier if expected and the Bret Harte immediately cident. $1,000 bonanza had material­ By some twist of fate, the first maneuvered to pick up -survivors. ized instead. Eventually, when the excitement word he got of the settlement of died down and the survivors were the case came this year on March 15, which is usually reckoned as the day when you pay out dough to Uncle Sam, rather than vice versa. But it was true all right, and Dun­ baugh had a fancy $50 Government check to show for his ten-year-old dreams of glory, the salvage claim having finally been processed by »SAN FRANCISCO.—x-aiioling on the President Monroe the appropriate Federal agency. 'No Bonanza' (American President) this week cut down to four the num­ And what did he get out of it? ber of ships still due to vote in the representation election Discounting 40 percent for legal involving the SlU-affiliated-^ fees, he netted a whopping $30 out Marine Cooks and Stewards- scheduled to follow the May 10 of the whole deal, as did everyone AFL and the Commie-con- deadline, MCS-AFL officials have else who put in a claim. He got trolled National Union of Marine voiced high optimism on the out­ near-hysterical over the situation, Cooks and Stewards (independent). come of the voting, based on esti­ Dunbaugh commented. "Here we The remaining ships, all freight­ mates of AFL strength aboard each were figuring on a minimum of ers, will be polled by • May 10, vessel and on interviews with $1,000 apiece, and all we wound up deadline for all balloting in the crewmembers following the voting with was $30, and ten years later. National Labor Relations Board- on various ships. The principal The interest on the $1,000 would conducted election. West Coast voting sites have been her6 and in come to more than that. We didn't steward department personnel who New York. even come close," he added. have missed the previous balloting A third "unofficial" party to the Just off the tanker Michael (Carwill have their final opportunity to election is an offshoot of Harry ras), sailing as 2nd cook, Dunbaugh cast ballots on Wednesday, May 5. Bridges' longshore union, which said he was* sure other members of At that time, any eligible voter can sought unsuccessfully to get a posi­ the crew on that trip in 1944 hadn't present himself at any NLRB office tion on the ballot in an obvious heard about their "salvage award" in a port area and cast a ballot. attempt by Bridges to confuse the because the lawyer had told him The same procedure has been picture. Failing in that effort. he no longer knew where they followed on Wednesdays through­ Bridges' "Local 100" began calling were. So if any ex-Bret Harte men out the 90-day voting period to for a "no-union" vote, indicating (vintage September, 1944) read this, enable eligible voters not aboard that if there were a sizeable num­ here's their chance. It's "found" ships to take part in the election. ber of ballots cast that Way, that it money for everyone, though far Optimism On Outcome would step in and demand the right from what they expected 'way back In advance of the final tally. to represent the men involved. when. Four Ships Left To Ballof In Coast Stewards Vote NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF THE Seafarers Log • ir-!". •' Awnt If, IMf: SBArAtlCKSi. LOG 1947-1953 (Inclusive) ^ • SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON ' I lo)........ .bound volumoi of Iho 1953 LOG Q $5 ooeh. & lb) comploto salt of bound volumoi of tho LOG for l947 fhroii«h 1953 ® $25 ooch. I I I I Encteiod It a lot*!, of NAME ADDRESS ^^o oooooooaoo* * o«oofo»oooooooooo I '•r: 1 '=^= * —I The newest pronouncement of Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of the De­ partment of Commerce, as to the size of the merchant marine, is that under present conditions, the active fleet, from the standpoint of num­ ber of vessels and deadweight tonnage, is more than sufficient to meet the requirements of our domestic and foreign commerce. However, he agrees that the quality of the fleet is considerably below standard, facing as it does bloc obsolescence in the not too distant future. Weighed in terms of a war or national emergency, the mer­ chant marine is grossly inadequate in both respects. , t t i 1. . Bometime ago the Randall Economic Commission recommended the revision of US laws requiring 50 percent of aid cargoes to be carried on American-flag vessels. In this respect, the members of that Com­ mission did not listen to the expert advice of their staff, but, rather, were persuaded by foreign shipping interests. Now it can be told—namely that the-Commission's own staff did not recommend elimination of the 50-50 shipping proviso. On the other hand, the staff urged help in reestablishing the intercoastal and coast­ wise dry carg<v trades. The Commission's staff argued that reestablishment of a strong donaestic fleet was equitable in view of the fact that many of these services were destroyed during and immediately after the war. Another recopimendation of the staff was for a more equitable treatment of vessel amortization and greater privileges of rolling back or carrying forward operating losses for tax purposes. . Certainly this feeling of the staff for the merchant marine sounds far different from the ultimate language and recommendations adopted by the Randall Commission. i) in 1939, 70 percent of the active merchant marine was used in the domestic trade while 30 percent was employed on foreign trade routes. Postwar this ratio has changed completely. On September 30, 1953, only 36 percent of the active merchant marine was employed domesti­ cally while 64 percent was employed in the foreign trade. Prior to World War II, the domestic trade gave employment to some 143 vessels of 1,337,000 deadweight tons. However, today, this has shrunk to a merC 40 vessels of less than 500,000 tons. The reverse situation is true as to tankers and ore carriers. Between 1939 and September 1953, the American tanker fleet increased substan­ tially. On the other hand, the sober, picture today is that the level of the active US tanker fleet has been stable in recent years and, in the absence of some new stimulus to growth, will decline in the future. A significant development postwar has been the emergency under the US flag of ore carriers which have nearly doubled in tonnag^ since 1939. The probability of Substantial growth in our iron ore imports gives some hope for a larger ore fleet under our flag. 4. t t A fairly substantial volume of new merchant ship construction is in sight for US shipyards over the next several years. President Eisen­ hower will ask Congress for money to construct 4 large combination passenger-cargo ships; appropriations to allow Commerce Department to purchase some T-2 type tankers in exchange for the building, by private lines, of new tankers; and money to allow the Maritime Admin­ istration to convert several Liberty ships in an effort to increase their speed and efficiency. These measures, together with some other programs pending, will help to maintain shipbuilding resources and skills in readiness for ex­ pansion in time of emergency. 4> l" 4" Until very recently, the US Navy had some $50,000,000 earmarked for spending in European shipyards for ship construction in those yards. The Department of Defense directive, under which this foreign ship construction is authorized, declares that a sound logistic future for the NATO forces requires the establishment of a substantial production capacity to enable those countries to be militarily self-sufficient. The nations already favored by this off-shore procurement policy of the Navy, at the expense of US shipbuilders, include Italy, France, Eng­ land, Holland, Portugal, and the Scandinavian countries. Caught just in the nick of time, the Navy now has agreed to revise its program and instead of spending the whole amount abroad, will award building contracts in foreign countries for about $27.5 million. The remainder of the money will be spent for the building of ships in this country. tit. The US Government continues to find it hard to meet Us unques­ tioned contract obligations to pay back bills owed to American steam­ ship lines in the form of operating subsidy payments. These sftbsidy obligations for the past two years have been amounting to about $65,000,000 per year, but, when it comes time to pay the tab, the House Appropriations Committee won't come across. In some cases these back bills owed by the Government go back for a number of years, and it appears it'll be quite some time before enough money is earmarked by the Congressional Appropriation Committee to allow the Commerce Department to get on a current basis and to re­ spect these obligations to the subsidized lines. ^ Ediler, SEAFARERS LOG Irookly* 32, New York'- 675 Fourth Avonuo Flooio MflJ mo the following: " 4> 4> American tramp shipowners say that they are ready to undertake a replacement program if Congress makes them eligible to receive sub­ sidies under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. Recently, they told Con­ gress that they intend to build some bulk cargo ships of about 12,000 tons deadweight, if subsidized, with a minimum of speed of 14 knots. Since World War II, the US has developed a tramp fleet, but this fleet now stands at the crossroads. Once again, the tramps are making a Congressional appeal, for aid, but it's not likely they, will deceive sympathetic treatment during the remaining days of this, the 83rd Congress. �April IS. 1954 SEAFARERS tOG Par* lievea New USS Club Opens In Livorno, Italy TENSION RISES OVER INDO-CHINA—While French and native troops were still locked in fierce battle.with Communist forces at Dienbienphu in Laos, the US moved closer to more active participation in the Indo-Chinese war. Secretary of State John Foster Dulies revealed that Chinese Communist technicians and specialists were operating anti­ aircraft guns for the Indo-Chinese rebels and assisting in other matters, while an increasing flow of supplies was reaching them from China. He implied that the Chinese might face retaliation for this action but did not indicate just what would be done. Meanwhile the US was taking steps to get a joint action plan in opei'atioti along with Great Britain, France and other nations. S. t- t. COFFEE PRICES HIGHER 'N HIGHER—The popular coifee bean threatened to become more elusive than ever as retail coifee, prices took a further jump up to $1.20 a pound or better. Coffee dealers predicted that the beverage would touch the $1.50 ceiling on the basis of present wholesale prices. Mean­ while, a Senate Banking subcom­ mittee pushed an inquiry to see if speculation was-responsible for the increases. t t Seafarers off the Northwestern Victory discuss new facilities offered seamen at newly opened USS DISPUTE OVER LAWYER DE­ Club in Livomo, Italy. Left to right, above, are Seafarers John Bucci, W. T. Christenson, Bud Cal­ LAYS MCCARTHY PRQBE—The lahan, Roy Young and Ralph Notaro, USS representative. investigation of the Army's charges against Senator Joseph McCarthy, and vice versa, was de­ layed further by a dispute over selection of Samuel P. Sears, a Boston lawyer, as chief counsel for A bill that would greatly strengthen the "o0-5O" practice on transport of US-owned car­ the investigation. Sears had been goes and make it a permanent feature of US legislation has been offered jointlv in the Senate selected as an impartial personage and House by Senator John Butler of Maryland and Representative Thor Tollefson of and approved by both Democrats Coffee Is fast becoming semi­ Washington. The bill would and Republicans as such. But later precious item with price due on, it was revealed that he had require transport of at least Further, the new bill would strong fight that will cross party to go to $1.50 a pound. made public statements in favor 50 percent, and in some cases broaden the "50-50" provision con­ lines, particularly since a Presiden­ of Senator McCarthy, and Democratic members of the Subcommittee 100 percent of Government-fi­ siderably by requiring that 100 per­ tial commission proposed that "50on Investigations called for a new iavestigation of the counsel. Sears nanced cargoes on American flag cent of Government-owned cargo 50" be limited or done away with then resigned the post, and the committee had to find a new counsel, ships. be carried on American ships, un­ altogether in the interests of pro­ Ray Jenkins of Tennessee. less it is established that privately- moting dollar-earnings of foreign Separate Bills t> _ Owned US ships are not available countries. Up until now, the "50-50" provi­ A FEW EXCISE TAXES REDUCED—As of April 1, a new tax bill sion has been enacted separately in in sufficient numbers or where the 1936 Act passed by Congress reduced certain excise taxes to a common level every foreign aid program adopted Department of Commerce finds, In announcing tlie introduction of ten percent. Affected by the cuts were, taxes on furs, jewelry, cos­ since the original Marshall Plan in after hearings, that the foreign of the bill. Senator Butler pointed commerce of the US would be pro­ metics, travel tickets, admission tickets, luggage, and telephone bills. 1948. In each-instance, a fight has once again to the 1936 Merchant Taxes on cigarettes, automobiles, gasoline and cabaret admissions re­ arisen between backers of "50-50" moted by doing* otherwise. Marine Act with its objective of mained. In addition the bill cut taxes on corporations. It would also extend the "50-50" giving US ships a "substantial por­ and those who supported foreign t> ti t> shipowners' viewpoints. The SIU provision to cover all commodities tion" of foreign trade. This has ISRAEL. ARABS SLUG IT OUT—A kind of informal guerilla war­ and Seafarers have played a lead­ and equipment purchased by the generally been taken to mean fare has broken put in the Middle East between Israel and the Arab ing role in each of these battles. Defense Department abroad for de­ about 50 percent of ocean-going nations which threatens to upset the uneasy truce there. The latest However, under 4he Butler-Tol- livery to overseas bases. At pres­ commerce. Only in 1946 and 1947 incidents began when a busload of Israelis was ambushed by unknown lefson bill the "50-50" provision ent shipment of these purchases is was the 50 percent figure reached. Arabs in the southern desert. Israel accused Jordan of the raid and would become a permanent part of not covered by "50-50." By contrast, in 1953. US ships Fight Seen Ahead retaliatory raids on border villages followed by both sides. There were US legislation, doing away with carried just 29 percent of the na­ also skirmishes between Israelis and Egyptians. A number of deaths the need for Congressional action If and when the bills are re­ tion's foreign trade,, with 1954 fig­ have resulted, and there is a possiblity that the whole thing will be on that score every time a foreign ported to the floor of Congress, ures sure to show a further drop turned over to the UN. aid bill comes up. they are. expected to provoke a in that respect. Propose Permanent '50-50' Law YOUR SEAFARERS OUIDE TO BETTER BUYING High-Cost 'Debt Consolidation' This department got a letter from a friend in a union recently engaged in a strike. He says he would welcome a column on magic: how to satisfy the bill collector and the grocer after four weeks of no work. He raises a point that compels the thinking of every working family who now and then goes through the un-' employment wringer. Because a stretch of no income too often leads working families into the offices of high-cost lenders, a family can be a long time getting out of debt even after Papa is back at work. For example, in an upstate New York town two years ago, a local of one big international-union won a 12-week's strike. But when the men returned to work, the union leadership found many were heavily in debt to loan com­ panies. During the strike the local lenders had been busily advertising the availability of cash loans. The strikers had borrowed to pay other debts without realizing what high interest rates loan companies charge. Pay Off Other Debts Biggest single reason why wage-earners borrow from loan companies is to pay off other debts. One of the largest licensed loan companies, reported it finds 42 per cent of its boiTowers want the cesh to refinance existing obliga­ tions. Surveys have found that the average working family owes seven different debts. Naturally, when it is hit. by a period of little .or no income, the idea of a. new loan which will pay, off tWe; older obligations sOems like a lifeline. "But a family pay6 high-for that lifeline. It pyramids its Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying debts because it now must pay the small-loan company an around to make payments (as a Seafarer on a trip), or interest rate of 24 to 32 per cent a year. Because the in­ may be only sporadically employed, in which case the bank terest rate is high, and there is a tendency to postpone re­ may want a co-signer for a loan. However, always try paying the new debt to the loan company, the debt snow­ banks first. If you have an established home or own prop­ balls rapidly. One loan executive reports thai it is common erty, or have collateral like a car, insurance policy, etc., for families who originally borrowed $200 to finally wind your chances of getting a bank loan are better. up repaying a total of $300. Loan companies don't mind. Credit Unions charge from one-half to 1 per cent a when you postpone repayment since their interest earnings month on the declining balance of a debt—a true rate of became that much larger. 6 to 12 per cent a year. But you have to be a member. If Borrowing to consolidate debts is rarely a good idea. It there is a credit union in your community it is worth join­ should be necessary to borrow only to pay off creditors ing, as a place to save as well as a source of loans. who won't wait, or to get rid of debts carrying a high rate Installment dealers charge widely varying rates. Reli­ of interest. It saves fees if you can arrange with present able dealers generally charge 1 per cent a month on the creditors to make small regular payments. They may say declining balance of a debt, but some charge exorbitant they won't wait. They may even suggest you borrow the fees and charge more for the merchandise too. When in­ money from a small-loan company in order to pay your stallment credit is needed, it is often better to use a de­ debt. In fact, doctors have.been known to refer patients partment store's credit facilities, since they generally who owed them money to small loan companies. But credi­ chaifge one-half to 1 per cent a month on the declining tors generally will wait if you resist the debt-consolidation balance of your debt. idea. Industrial banks like the Morris Plan generally charge It is a sad situation that industrial workers comprise 76 a "discount" rate of 4 to 7 per cent—a true interest rate per cent of all the people who go to the loan-company of 8 to 14. This is more than the commercial banks charge, office to borrow a small amount at a high rate of interest. but less than the rates of the small-loan companies. Before you borrow from a high-cost lender, examine your Licensed small-loan conipanies charge IMi to 3^2 per­ other possible sources for a loan. cent a month on the declining balance. Their rates vary Here is a summary of the Various sources for loans or according to the laws in a particular state, local competicredit, comparing interest rates. "tion and how much you borrow (the very small loans cost Commercial banks are generally the cheapest source for most.) These are true annual rates of 18 to 42 per cent. loans. They charge a "discount rate" of 3V^ to 6 percent Life insurance loans are a possibility if you have a policy a year, which comes out to a true annual interest rate of with cash-reserve value. You can borrow against your 7 to 12 per cent. A loan of $100 to be repaid in 12 monthly cash value at a true annual rate of 5 to 6 per cent. Or installments generally costs $3.50 to $6 a year. Banks are you can use the policy as collateral at a commercial bank tougher about granting loans than are high-cost loan com­ to get a loan at a special low interest rate, sometimes as panies* especially when they fear a inah may not be low as 4 per cent. ] I •A I �ngm Bigm SEAFARERS Aprfl 1«, MM LOG stMCASH BENEFITS J: •J'- SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From To No. Seafarers Receivinp Benefits this Period 11 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 7-l\ a IL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Grimacing in the best tradition of wrestUng, Seafarer Frank Boyne Is shown during a recent workout at Bothner's Gym in New York City. The hold he's using, incidentally, Is called an "arm lock and body stretch." Boyne is now aboard the Suzanne. Seafarer^s A Veteran ^Grnnt & Groan' Pro The "grunt and groaners" who ply their wares on television these days have nothing on one. Seafarer, former Boston SIU Patrolman Frank^Boyne, who can still handle himself on the mat with the same style he"*^ displayed when he wrestled at 160. Prior to joining the SIU in 1946, he had put in ten years' seafor the middleweight world time on US vessels. championship 15 ypars ago. Now shipping as AB on the Su­ zanne (Bull), Boyne is able-bodied in every sensa of the word and still keeps in trim at various local gyms when he's ashore. One spot he fre­ quents in New York is in mid-Man­ hattan run by George Bothner, one­ time wrestling great, where he's always sure he can get a good workout. Just Turned 37 Just past his 37th birthday, cele­ brated two weeks ago, Boyne is a sturdy 5 ft. 6 in., and tips the scales While sailing foreign, just prior to the start of World War II in 1939, Boyne had his big moment in wrestling when he competed for the world middleweight title in "catchas-catch-can" wrestling at Bellview Stadium, Manchester, in his native England. Although he missed the title, he later made a 'round-the-world tour as a pro, where he enjoyed much success, and then returned to sail­ ing. He's been shipping ever since, except for a recent stint as SIU patrolman in the Port of Boston. [ || I 1H£W£4*?rY,v(^^f/ns CftOin/ SEI?/eA[ OHiiCmcAUSE'^e/^ CO/H\fJC£T> Tmr-SV? SAriSFACrpMOPB.1.0. IS CMIBG&CAU w-m- f r'^ i\Sv 'Hij' iJ/'';''. • M • it ws::: Oo| ' » 7 Usi ,77 adA oof L ioo H '- WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hosoital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * O43 Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • Disabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * 37^y^ 00 Macernitv Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * 00 Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * ^.A.^/S'SS Total •A.SfLsn 1' * Date Benefits Beaan \ 1! WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS r I If 1 Cash on Hand grdfare iistini&tca Accounts KCCCIVADIC Vacation us Govertment Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ||SV/OL5/ f-A Lto'sSi ' 7^ il 00 || ^3^ 'joS 00 - i(/.P7P-73^ 3P Leaojl 1/9 oLo ?? COMMENT^ I' 'C LL7S- Hosoital Benefits Death Benefits Disabilitv Benefits Maternicv Benefits Vacation Benefits Total AT NEV^ rOOK htALL... Payments of all benefits maintain a steady level, with the assets of the Plans continuing to grow even though new benefits are added from time to time. During the past two week period, the 50,000th vacation benefit check was paid out. The check was drawn to Stanley Wojton in the amount of $51«22« The last examination date for the scholarship benefits for the year 195A is May 22, 195A# Submitted A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator . • • and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part — Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—> You get first-rate personal Mryb(^%inap?^a|e}y through,your, Union's representative!. •l-f.*.- 'i •' .7.' iirtiiiiifr- " �A»rll IC, 1954 SEAFARERS Pare Nine LOG •-J Seafarers Walk, Work Again —Barbells Are 'Medleine^ The first steps—the first effort at lifting a spoon once again—mark the success of Recovering from an injured knee, Seafarer Alex Letter (right) works out with weighted "boot" to build up leg muscles. Weights are increased as leg grows stronger. Unidentified patient looks on. Above. Seafarer Arthur Roy exercises his back and arm muscles using weights in each arm. Wrapped in body cast, he is recovering from back in­ jury. Beiow, therapist Vincent Barbato checks weights as Charies Oglesby exercises arm to build up strength. the physical therapist at leading a patient forward on the road to re­ covery. These highly-trained technicians, like those who assist the Seafarers and other patients at marine hos­ pitals ali over the US, light the spark—but the patient must have the will to do the rest. Treat 150-200 Per Day A typical physical therapy pro­ gram is operated at the Staten Is­ land USPHS hospital, where nine trained specialists in the field treat 150-200 patients per day for as­ sorted ills and injuries which re­ quire exercise, massage, heat or radiation treatments to enable them to-regain the fullest use of their bodies and limbs. Medica­ tions, even with today's "superdrugs," can't do it alone. Seafarers, prone to all types of injuries and illnesses because of the nature of their profession, ^ake extensive use of the physio­ therapy facilities at Staten Island. The services, open to both outpa(Continued on page 17) Staten Island hospital gym bristles with activity as Seafarers work out on various pieces of ap­ paratus. Pictured (i-r) are: Alex Letter, therapist Vincent Barbato, Tom Thompson, therapist Dor­ othy Schumer, Don Peterson, Charles Oglesby, Arthur Boy, Ed Rushton, Waiter Sudnick, Stanley Swienckoski. Excercises are also conducted right in the wards. Cartoon History Of The SIU The growth of the SIU of North America was spot­ lighted in May, 1949, when, in the same month, two new affiliates, the Marine Allied Workers for towboatmen and workers in allied marine crafts and the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, embracing licensed engineering officers, received charters.'• • The chartering of the MAW and BME brought the total of SIU of NA districts up to seven, with the SIU-AStG, SUP, Canadian District, Great Lakes Dis­ trict and Inland Boatn^'s Union. Additional thou­ sands of members belonged to numerous local and '-- regional units-of^ canner3r-workers and fishermen. SttJ Family Grotvf No, 61 Both new districts began negotiations for contracts and conditions their members desired, and met in­ stant success. Engineers, especially those embittered by their experience in other unions, were quick to join the BME which, with SIU-A&G and SUP aid, had signed six steamship^ lines by the end of 1949. V �Fare Ten ^'"• K- ::^V SEAFARERS LOG April 1«, 1954 JKMtT JtCPOR 2V......... come will be judged by just how lafce. C/ipr/es: fishing one of these days as the this run on the new Mariner as many counties Byrd will carry. boysnell us they are biting good. they say that the quarters on them can't be beat for the crew. Favor Labor Leroy Clarke Getting Warmer As I have stated before, regard­ Lake Charles Port Agent less of the outcome, I am sure that Well, things are warming up in ^ ^ either candidate will be very favor­ Mobile both in shipping and in the Things way down here in the Mobile: Shipping showed quite an in­ able to labor. I would like to stress weather. In fact -the weather has gotten so warm that we were crease since my last report, but to the membership that they regis­ swamps of Southwest Louisiana forced to change over the air con­ only due to the fact that several of ter to vote and also get their are going along nicely. Shipping relatives and friends to do the took a sudden upswing for a few ditioning unit from heat to cool the ships that were laid up for a sanie. days during the past two weeks, air. When the warm weather actu­ short period of time went back into In other words to make it more but now it has slpmped off to noth­ ally starts. Seafarers on the Mobile active status. I must report that explicit, if you started residence ing again. Don't come rushing Shipping in the-T)ort for the last beach will be able to wait out the the future outlook does not look on November 4th, 1955, and intend down here to ship in a hurry. We couple of weeks while not booming job calls in cool comfort. any too good. Of course, we have to live here through November have enough men here now to man was still good enough to get ap-" At the present time Waterman quite a few ships on idle status 3rd, 1954, you are now eligible to every ship expected here in the proximately 103 members offshore has no immediate plans for taking here and we are keeping our fingers register to vote and there isn't any next two weeks and have some jobs, this plus the 150 various re­ out the couple of idle C-2s that are crossed hoping that they may get hardship on any of our members left over. lief jobs in and around the harbor in port! However, due to the end a charter in thd near future. If so, on doing this as the Board of Elec­ Calling in here during the past kept all hands happy. Prospects for of the tieup along the East Coast, it would certainly take quite a load tions Supervisors is just right two weeks "were the Lone Jack, the coming two weeks don't Took there is a good chance that one of across the street from us here in off this port. Bents Fort, too bad with about a dozen ships them, the Iberville, will go back on Cantigny, Logans due to hit the port during the two the coastwise run in the near fu­ I am also glad fo report that Baltimore. In Hospital Fort. Winter Hill, week period. In addition to these ture. As for the Layfayette the more of the bookmen are taking Fort H 0 s k i n s, we have three Waterman ships tied company is just waiting for cargo We have in the Maridb hospital the Ore scows and they are paying Council Grove, up in port now that are subject commitments and as soon as these off in better shape now than what for this week Tlior Thorsen, -Bradford Island, to ctaewing at anytime. These are are received we will let the mem­ they have been doing in the pre­ Thomas Mungo, William Kunak, French Creek and the Iberville, Lafayettf, and Pen­ bership know through the LOG. vious year. I know it is only James Macunchuck, Joseph D. McGovernment insula Mariner. This port has been able to due to the fact that the bookmen Graw, Alexander Johnson, Paige Camp of Cities Ships paying off In Mobile for weather the little period of bad knowing the agreement, are keep­ Mitchell, Gustave Svensson, George Service; the Trin- the last couple of weeks were the shipping due to our many divisions ing the Ore Line officials on the Pipinos, Henry G. Leiby, Walton Ity of Carras Patriot, Corsair, Partner, Polaris, of the Marine Allied Workers and ball. I would still like to see more Hudson, Frank Van Dusen, Jessie Duran called in at Port Ranger, Cavalier, < the fact tliat the men on the beach bookmen grab these jobs when A. Clarke, Millard Cutler, Carl could usually pick up a day or two they are available, because, as you 4;handler; A. J. Cunningham, Hin- Arthur, Texas. The Petrolite of Pennant, all of to tide them over while the ship­ know, the ships themselves are not rich Wiese, Karl V. Kristensen, Tanker Sag came in from Japan Alcoa; Claiborne, ping was a little slow back East. Monarch of Sea, too bad and the runs are short. So James Dodson and George Jero- for payoff in fine shape. if you get a chance fellows, latch sinich. The Alexandra of Carras came of Waterman. Political Wars On Our man of the week is Clark out of layup recently after being Signing on again onto one of these scows. Well, the political war is on and Inman who has been a member of idle 11 days, taking a full crew. were the Patriot, the politicians are beating a path Payoffs the SIU- since 1943. He has been The competition for jobs.on her Partner, Polaris, to our door every day. Needless to The following ships paid off elected as deck delegate and ship's was great. Tex Gillispie went Ranger, Pennant, say we are going to support our here in the past two weeks: Beth- delegate numerous times and has serang with a fine crew as well the balance of friends whose labor records show coaster of Calmar; Steel Vendor, always done an outstanding joh. In as the other departments. It looks the ships either McDonald more for our cause. In addition to Steel Architect and Steel Admiral his own words he knows and can like she will have a fine trip run­ being on contingetting out and voting yourself, of Isthmian; Feltore, Marore, Bal- prove that the SIU has the best ning up and down the coast. The ous articles or in the passenger and your family, we urge each and tore, Venore and Chilore (Ore); contracts and conditions of any other ships calling in here took a trade. Ships in transit for the peri­ every one of you to take an active Michael of Can-as; Shinnecock Bay outfit in the maritime industry. He few men, leaving about 95 men od were Antiqous of Waterman, part in helping and supporting the of Veritas; Andrew Jackson and said that although we have only a around these parts. Lucile Bloomfield of Bloomfield, candidates that labor in this area De Soto of Waterman; Frances and small percentage of performers The Building and Construction and the Tainaron of Actium. All is endorsing. Arlyn of Bull; Logans Fort of Cit­ left, that all of the delegates "Trades Council settled their strike payoffs were smooth with only For our Seafarer of the week we ies Service; and the Robin Wentley should keep a close check on these and now all are back to work. The minor beefs on any of them and nominate brother W. J. McDonald; and Robin Kirk of Seas. guys and give the. officials a help­ unions won what they went out for all slgn-ons and intransit ship; were who joined the SIU in 1945 and Ships signing on .were the Steel ing hand when they go into nego­ and work is coming along in fine contacted and Minor beefs setiled. who originally hails from Texas al­ Vendor and Steel Architect of Isth­ tiations of the new contracts. swing now. Someday the con­ A couple of Jur shipmates If' the though he has been shipping out mian; Yaka, Morning Light and Here's hoping that his message will tractors may learn to deal fairly hospitals are brother Willie Reyn­ of this port for the past six .years Andrew Jackson of Waterman; Fel­ ring a bell and get these guys to with the unions and eliminate olds in the New Orleans marine usually on the passenger type ships. tore, Marore, Venore, Santore, straighten up and fly right. hospital and brother Clint Partelle Brother McDonald is married and strikes, but we doubt it. Cubore- and Chilore of Ore; Kathin the Mobile City hospital. Both has no children. While currently Earl Sheppard Block Passage ryn and Ines of Bull; and the Robin these brothers would like to hear sailing in the stewards department Baltimore Fort Agent Tuxford of Seas. he is taking up radio and TV as a The so-called "right to work" bill from their shipmates. In-transit ships were the Caro­ is causing a lot of talk around this , A few o| the oldtimers on the side line and thinks the SIU dis­ lyn, Edith and Kathryn of Bull; area and all over the state, but beach in Mobile now include John ability plan is tops in the industry. Cat Tanner Steel Age of Isthmian; Chickasaw, labor here has met with the legisla­ Kelly Jr., J. Owens, C. Lyn;ky, Mobile Port Agent De Soto and Afoundria of Water­ tors from this area and have the Donnie Stokes, J. D. Dial, Arthur man, and the Alcoa Pointer and Smith, John Prescott, Bowman Mcassurance that they will fight the t' t' if Seafarers sending telegrams Alcoa Roamer of Alcoa. Nulty, Robert Williams, J. Brown, Galvesfort: passage of this bill. or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking Just a little jiote of humor. We We have no men In the hospital Paul Catalano, E. Newhall, to be excused from attending Mobile is scheduled to get her here at the present time, although had a very unusual character come headquarters membership we have a few who are outpatients third Mariner-type ship sometime into the hall > to meetings must Include the«regwho hope to be back to work soon. around the 20th of April when see us today. I istration number of their On the beach here we find, Waterman takes the Peninsula Ma­ think he was shipping card in the message. among others, L, Weems, G. riner out of the shipyard in PasShipping has been very slow for Shaw of Slam or From now on. If the number Sneeden, Joe Cave, Andy Kusch, cagoula Mississippi and she is ex­ the past two weeks, but the boys the King of Is not included, the excuse can­ A. Baker, J. Mitchell, M. Laune^, pected to go into service around seem to have other interests just Crack - pots. He not be accepted by the dis­ H W. Duran, "Tampa Red" Con- the 22nd of April. Needless to say now. Everybody is really interested wanted a ship of patcher. that the boys on the beach here in our moving to the new location. nell, R. Boyd and Jimmy Parker. any' nationality Hope to be able to get in some now are anxiously waiting to get We'll probabIy.be in before two except an Amer­ weeks go by. ican ship. It Ships signing on were the Neva seems as though Inman West and Lucile" Bloomfield of he has a girl Bloomfield. Ships in transit were friend waiting for him somewhere the Warhawk and Maiden Creek of in Turkey. We were so sorry that Waterman, Mae of Bull, Tainaron we couldn't oblige him as we told of Actium, Chiwawa of Cities Serv­ him we were just fresh out of these WILltflNGTON, CaU* 509 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. SIU, A&6 District bottoms. He thanked us and took Ontario Phone: 3-3221 ice, and the Seatrains New Jersey, Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. Louisiana, Georgia and Texas of BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS... .675 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT COLBORNB off for the hills. Which goes to Earl Ontario Phone; 5591 Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4940 SECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Seatrain. Paul Hall prove that there really are more of BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS The weather here is very cloudy these types on the outside than on James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. Matthews Joe Alglna Empire 4531 and warm and we are being threat­ 308'A 23rd St. Claude Simmons Joe Volplan the inside. So from now on, we GALVESTON VANCOtrVER, BC 666 HamUton St. Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 William HaU are going to have a net as part of LAKE CHARLES, La PaclBc 7824 ened with rain daily. 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY, N8 804 Charlotte St. Keith Alsop our office equipment so that we Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 SUP Phono U34C Galveston Port Agent 20 Elgin St. 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU can bag these guys when they come MOBILE 16 ATerchant St. BAGOTVILLE, Quebec Phone: 545 Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario into the hall. 82 St. Davldi St. NEW ORLEANS 583 Bienville St. PORTLAND . .622 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Both of^the candidates for Gov­ Lindsey Williami, AgentMagnoUa 6112-6113 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC........ 113 Cote Da La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 257 5th St. ernor who are running in the Dem­ NEW VORK 679 4tb Ave., Brooklyn RICHMOND, CAUr 177 Prince William St. Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN., HYacinth 9-6600 ocratic primary have established NB Phone: 2-5232 If a crewmember quits while 450 Harrison St. 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO, Douglas 2-8363 an equal rights program and the NORFOLK a ship is In port, delegates Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 2700 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE race, so far looks like it will be a S. are asked to contact the hall Main 0290 CarduHo, Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher photo-finish as both candidates .SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. WILMINGTON immediately for a replace­ 805 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY ~ have equally large backing. It Marty 180 Main St. ment. Fast action on their part BreithotT, West Coast Representative NEW YORK 676 4th Ave., Brooklyn ... Phone: Cleveland 7391 seems as though the opinions are PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 will keep all jobs aboard ship STerUng 8-M71 CLEVELAND.... 1.734 Lakeside Ave., NE 2-5996 Phone: Main 1-0147 that Mahoney will carry Baltimore SAVANNAH filled at all times and elimi­ I Abercorn St. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Agent Phone 3-1728 and the towns and that Byrd will SEATILE Phone: Woodward 1-6857 nate the chance of the ship 2700 tst Ave. MONTREAL 634 St#lames St. West DULUTH 531 W. Michi8an St. carry quite a few of the counties. Jeff Gillette, Agent Elliott 4334 sailing shorthanded. _ PLateau 8161 _ Phone: Melrose 2-4110 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. HAUFAX NX 128'A Hoilis St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3281 E. 82nd St It looks as though the final out- Kay White, Agent Phone 2-13Mi Baltimore: Ore Line Ships Paying Off in Better Shape Alexaodra Takes Full Crew In Lake Charles New Mariner To Go To Walorman Noxl Week Put Number On Meeting Excuses Men Happy About Now Union Location iKf€/' MmMikMiMs MJrMJKJa^A %FJn X Fill Thttt Berth Phonei 3-8911 - .1 - -S Phonal Essex S-241l< i.', •I i. J . �J..;,- 4-. fVv* SEAFARERS April 16, 1954 Pagre Eleven LOG ......... JKMIT JtfPOATS were the following: Fairland, Bien­ New York: ville and Azalea City (Waterman), Seamar (Calmar) and Steel Chem­ ist (Isthmian). There were no ma­ jor beefs on any of these either. The only real activity on the waterfront is centered around the The shipping situation for the The AFL's efiForta to establish a election for repPort of New York has not been new union for longshoremen was resentation of good for the past two weeks due to reported in detail to delegates to West Coast stew­ the continuation of the port tie-up the annual Louisiana State Federa­ ard department by the longshoremen. However, tion of Labor convention which met men, with the balloting running that tie-up has ended and the port last week in New Orleans. into its last two AFL representatives familiar or three weeks. is buzzing with activity again. With with developments on the Atlantic Most ships have the ships 'beginning to move in and and Gulf Coasts predicted that the already been out, shipping should improve con­ mob leadership of the old ILA is polled on the is­ McCall siderably in the coming period. on the way out. *"They were con­ sue, with the SIUWe paid off a total of 13 ships fident that longshoremen along the affiliated Marine Cooks and StewAtlantic and Gulf Coasts soon will ards-AFL hoping for a clear-cut in the past two weeks, signed four be re-aiTiliated with the American victory when the final count is made. on foreign articles and had 15 inFederation of Labor through the The opposition, the Commie-con- transit ships to service. Ships pay­ new AFL-ILA. trolied independent NUMC&S, is ing off were the Shinnecock Bay of Larry Long, provisional president the only seagoing union in which Veritas; Seatrains Louisiana, Sa­ of the AFL-ILA, Holt Ross, chair­ Moscow calls the shots and the vannah, Texas and Georgia of Seaman of the AFL Longshoremen's MCS-AFL is trying hard to put it train; Evelyn and Angelina of Bull; Organizing Committee here, and out of business. Other than this, Steel Age, Steel Apprentice and E. H. Williams, president of the there is no labor activity in the Steel Fabricator of Isthmian; Chiwawa and Bents Fort of Cities Louisiana Federation of Labor, port. Service and the Golden City of were among those who spoke on There are quite a few brothers Waterman. the subject. on the beach here, including oldThe SIU and its affiliates in this timers and newtimers alike. Among Signing On port were amply represented by a them are R. Parady, V. Sorensen, Ships signing on were the ManJ. Parks, J. Goude, J. Pulliam, F. big delegation at the convention. Dick ,Martinez, Tex Metting, Hansen, J. Ramos, R. Norgren, D. kato Victory of Victory Carriers; Frank Russo and George McFall Chen, L. Franken, A. Branconi, J. Steel Age of Isthmian, and the were SIU Atlan­ Broaddus, N. Korsak, N. West, R. Choctaw and Golden City of tic and Gulf Dis­ Graf, J. Nicholson, O. Powell, A. Waterman. In-transit vessels were the Penntrict members on Borjer, W. Kelley, H. Ulrich, C. the commitee Lawson, C. Christensen, N. Lam­ mar and Yorkmar of Calmar; Antinous, Fairisle and J. B. Water­ along with the bert and F. McCall. man of Waterman; Petrolite of SIU agent from Sailed In Atlantic Tanker Sag; Winter Hill of Cities this port, Jim The last two brothers named Gormley, MFOW sailed with Atlantic during the re­ Service; Robin Goodfellow of Seas; agent; Phil Mons- cent drive and are now taking ad­ Suzanne of Bull; Steel Vendor of son, SUP agent; vantage of their SIU books to sail Isthmian; Ocean Ulla of Ocean Buck Stephens, SIU style. Both came off SIU Trans; and Seatrains Savannah, McFall Herman Troxclair ships recently, where they enjoyed New York Louisiana and New Jer­ and Paul Warren, SIU patrolmen; the SIU conditions they only sey of Seatrain. Tommy Doyle, SIU-MAW Gulf rep­ dreamed about while sailing in the No Big Beefs resentative, and Bill Moody, Gulf Atlantic Refining Company. All of these ships were in clean area reporter for the SEAFARERS Frank McCall, who received his LOG, also participated. SIU book just a year ago, sails as shape with no major beefs on them Shipping hero has been only fair AB and hails from the fair city of and were taken care of in good or­ since our last report. Little change Minneapolis. A veteran of the US der. Now that the illegal tie-up of this is anticipated in the Immediate fu­ Navy who served during World port has been ended by court or­ ture. War II, he's been shipping about During the last two weeks, the three and a half years now, most ders and the NLRB has ordeced a Del Sud and Del Mundo (Missis­ of the time with Atlantic. Both he new election to be held, we feel sippi), the Chickasaw (Watermai^), and Lambert were active SIU sup­ sure that the AFL will win the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and porters during the campaign in election and finish the job of clean­ Salem Maritime (Cities Service) that fleet, but there just weren't ing up this harbor and making it a enough of them in the rest of the place where working longshoremen paid off here. and seamen alike will be able to The Del Sud, Del Mundo and Del fleet, in the last analysis. work and earn a living without the In the marine hospital this week Sol (Mississippi) signed on. interference of the mobsters and The following ships called in are the following brothers: H. P. hoodlums who have been disrupt­ Hansen, A. Keller, S. Sue, G. C. transit: Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patri­ ing the operation of this port for ot,. Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Polaris Eller, J. Perreira, C. Cobum, E. so many years. Plahn, W. Singleton, H; Y. Choe, (Alcoa); Steel Advocate (Isthmian); I also want to take this oppor­ Del Sol (Mississippi); Seatrains P. S. Yuzon, C. Neumaier, O. GusNew York and Savannah (Seatrain tavsen and P. Walsh. All of them tunity to again thank the member­ Lines); War Hawk, Wacosta, Clai­ would appreciate mail or a per­ ship of the SIU for the splendid borne, Monarch of the Sea and sonal visit the next time their ship­ cooperation and help they have given us throughout this water­ Maiden Creek (Waterman); Neva mates hit this area. front beef and ask them to con­ Tom Banning West and Lucile Bloomfield tinue giving us their cooperation San Francisco Pert Agent (Bloomfield) and Tainaron (Actiuni). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent » > ft New Of/eons: Port Buzzing Again As Waterfront Beef Ends SlU Delegates Atlend La. Laber GoDvenHon and support until this job has been brought to a successful conclusion. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. ft ft ft Boston: Trinity Payoff Clean Up In Portland, Me. Shipping has picked up a bit in this por^ but it is still nothing to brag about. Ships paying off were the Gov­ ernment Camp, Lone Jack and Winter Hill of Cities Service as well as the Trinity of Carras. Ships sigifng on were the same. Intransit ships were the Choctaw, Antinous and J. B. Waterman of Waterman; Michael of Carras; Steel Apprentice and Steel Fabri­ cator of Isthmian; Robin Mowbray of Seas, and the Cantigny of Cities Service. When the Trinity docked . in Portland, Me., last week, its ap­ pearance was a far cry from the last payoff. She had been painted and really cleaned up. The storerooms were nice and clean and it was an altogether differ­ ent-looking ship. However, there didn't seem to be Murphy much cooperation between bookmen and the dele­ gates. When a man is elected dele­ gate, the men should give him their full support as he has a big enough job taking care of OT and repairs without fighting the rest of the members in his department. Helps Boys' Club The men on the beach include P. Karas, R. Johnston. C. Karas and W. Joens. P. Karas has given his punching bag and boxing equip­ ment to a boys' club in which he is interested. He hopes to help the boys stay off the streets at night. Getting married must have made an old man of him as he is hanging up his gloves. J. Murphy, one of the oldtimers in the SIU. will celebrate his Golden Wedding anniversary on Friday, April 23, 1954. He is also known as the "Silver Fox." His favorite ship is the Yarmouth, which he has sailed on for many summers; We have been informed by East­ ern Steamship Company that the Evangeline will be towed up to Boston from New York and will be put into commission. She will also sail under the Liberian fJcg along with her sister ship, the Yarmouth. James Sheelian Boston Port Agent ft ft Son Francisco: There's very little activity to re­ port from this port, with things re­ maining definitely on the quiet side. Shipping has been slow for the past two weeks and, at the present time, it does not seem as if it is going to get any better in a hurry. In-transit ships provided the bulk of our activity, as we handled one lone payoff and the same amount on the sign-on side of the ledger. The payoff was on the Lib­ erty Flag (Gulf Cargo), and it went off with a minimum of trouble and no special beefs. The Coe Victory tVictory Carriers) signed on... ' " Vessels w'fiich called In Iran^t Shipping Figures March 24 to April 7 PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston ......... Seattle San Francisco ..... Wilmington ................ 1 " ti-*..-; I- Totals "4 1 t.v REG. DECK • 28 28 REG. ENGINE 13 114 26 123 29 19 36 48 61 29 21 25 • 20 ' 659 561 REG. TOTAL STEW. REG. 17 50 369 113 18 75 339 64 23 91 42 11 21 80 41 135 72 210 20 77 75 26 24 90 12 49 462 1,682 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL SHIP. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 27 12 10 5 129 48 31 V 50 48 20 9* 19 99 88 70 257 20 9* 3 8 27 9 -6 12 14 5 5 4 36 103 38 29 87 88 261 86 12 6 26 8 18 18 58 22 13 6 32 13 13 13 33 12 365 376 299 1,040 I .1 Savannah: Weather And Shipping Are Fine In Georgia -The weather is fair as well as the shipping down in this Geor­ gian port. It has really turned warm. We turned on the air condition­ ing today and the boys are coming in to enjoy the coolness of the hall. They are flocking in like it is rain­ ing outside, but it isn't; they just want to huddle around that cool Kelvinator. Ships paying off were the South­ land of South Atlantic; Queenston Heights of Seatrade; and the Abiqua and Archers Hope of Cities Service. Signing on again were the Southland and Queenston Heights. In-Transits Ships in transit were the Sea­ trains New York, Savannah and Louisiana of Seatrain: Southwind of South Atlantic; Steel Architect of Isthmian; Arlyn and Carolyn of Bull; Yaka of Waterman, and Robia Tuxford of Seas. Oldtimers on the beach include, J. Morris, T. Nongezer, C. Lee, A. Groover, D. Waters, R. Burnsed, C. Moss. R. Strickland, C. Lowery and J. Sellers. Sellers just wrecked his automobile and was lucky to live. He ran into the back end of a stalled truck, which shook him up pretty well, but there were no broken bones. Men in the marine hospital in­ clude A. Morse, J. Watley, L. Car­ penter. B. Blanchard, F. Payler, R. McCorkel, J. Littleton, P. Jakubcsak, W. Bedgood, K. Sellers, P. Bland and J. Kramer. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent ft ft Seattle: Shipping Picks Up< Will Slay Thai Way Awhile Shipping has been good and it looks as if it will remain good for the next two weeks. Will ship a full crew for the Longview Victory which has been in idle status. Ships paying off were the Longview Victory of Victory Carriers; Omega of Omega Waterways; Young America of Waterman; Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa, and the Western Rancher of Western Navi­ gation. Ships signing on were the Young America and Alcoa Pioneer. In-transit vessels were the Fairland and Fail-port of Waterman. -Oldtimers on the beach include E. L. Mercereau, J. A. Gentes. R. D. Eisengraeber and C. F. Aycock. Men in the hospital include R. R. Yonce. J. O. Roling, J. Neubauer, R. B. Barnes. C. R. Johnson, S. Johannessen and V. K. Ming. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Cooks, Slowards' Voto Hearing Hnai Stages "i Throw in For A 3ieeting Job Under the i-ules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. m •. ;7I •11 "Til ""'if �1;. S: • SEAFARERS Page Twelve IN THE WAKE In the early days of the English out the lights of vessels until they language, road meant the act of were close by owing to the bril­ riding, such as a journey upon a liance of the sea. liorse; the horseback journey itself^ S" 3" i was made on a "highway." Even-' Largest inland body of water in tually, through the association of the world, the Caspian Sea is ac­ Ideas, probab'y, the act of riding a tually a great salt lake with an horse was carried over to act of area more than 110 times that of riding the waves. Road also came the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Except to mean a place where ships could for the southern shore, which bor­ anchor wHh safety, such as Hamp­ ders on Iran, the Caspian ,js en­ ton Rords, which got its name tirely within Soviet territory. It from the town of Hampton on the receives the waters of four major nearby shore of Virginia. Hamp­ rivers, but has no outlet, ^ind vari­ ton Roads is the channel through ations in evaporation have altered which the waters of the James, its size many times in the course Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers of history. Large projects are cur­ pass into Chesapeake Bay. In rently under way for raising its 1862, it was the scene of the first level, which has sunk seven feet battle between iron-clad vessels, .since 1936. The northern part of the historic battle between the the sea is the world's chief source Monitor and Merrimac. of black caviar. April 1«. 1084 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER FRED MILLER, AB "The longer I sail," said 62-year- much more genial and carefree old Fred Miller, who has been than most places in the world. Question; How do you feel about around the world many times over, "One of the nicest things about shipboard pets? the more I find out how little sailing for a living," he says, "is • have seen of the world. It's the variety to it and the differ­ Harry Collier, baker: Shipboard wonderful place." ences between one port and an­ pets would be all right on some Seafarer Miller should know other. You always have something ships and in some what he's talking about, because to look forward to when you ship spots on the ves­ he's been sailing ever since he was out. I guess that's why so many sel. However, for a 14-year-old, beginning in 1905, people like to vacation abroad." personal reasons, Not counting some ...time spent Miller, who lives in Jensen I think they ashore in the 1930'8, Miller has Beach, Fla., ships out of all the would be a nui­ been on the high seas ever since SIU ports in the l/S when he gets sance around the as a source of livelihood. a chance, but right now he's -con­ galley because Comes To US In 1914 centrating on New York. He's got they only get in Bom in Copenhagen, Denmark, five acres of land, a house and five the way and underfoot. They'd Miller came to the US in 1914, cottages down in Florida, just 102 be all right up on deck and out on joining the US and maritime union miles north of Miami. He's been movement in June of that year. building it up since 1946, when he the fantail, but that's about all. Before shipping out on US vessels. first purchased the site, with the . t t i 3. 3. t t 3» 3!" Miller sailed many foreign ships, aid of his 73-year-old father-inJose Carbone, OS: I think it is often cruising between Rio de law, his daughter and his son-inEll^s Island, lying in New York The first iron steamboat built in a good idea to have pets on board Janeiro, Brazil, and Australia, as law, another Seafarer. They built America was the Codorus, built in harbor about a mile SW of the ship for the Battery, got its present name from well as way stations and other the cottages all by themselves, with 1825 at York, Pa., by John Elgar aihusement and ports of calli Joining the SIU in his father-in-law doing most of the . . . The name of the Turbinia its onetime owner, Samuel. Ellis, entertainment of 1944, Miller really started living work while Miller contributed (1897) commemorated the fact that a butcher living on Manhattan in the men. It is under Seafarers' contracts and top much of the capital by shipping she was the first vessel to be the latter part of the 18th century. one of the best working conditions. out frequently. driven by a turbine . ^ . The first Government property since 1808, things the men it was long the site of an arsenal Souvenir Shell ship to be constructed of steel was All-SIU Family can have aboard Sailing through two wars on the the Servia (1881), a merchant and a fort, but its most famous ship to pass their Miller was married in 1926 in high seas. Miller claims never to steamer capable of crossing the years were from 1892 until 1943, free time away. San Francisco, Cal., and has one have lost a ship under him, al­ child, a daughter, Grace, who, in Atlantic in seven days . . . New when it served as the chief immi­ Reading, movies gration station of the US. Since though ships in the same convoy turn, has a daughter Denise. All York witnessed a memorable maand other sorts - Tine disaster 100 years ago today, then, with the removal of immigra­ of entertainment are all right, but were rendered hors de combat by of which makes Miller a grandpa. when the ship Powhatan, bound tion and naturalization^ services to there's nothing like a dog or cat. enemy submarine action. A com­ Denise, 15 months old, is the from Le Havre to NY, grounded Manhattan, Ellis Island is used bined submarine and air raid off daughter of Seafarer Joe Le Blanc, 3> 4. 3^ off Long Beach, Long Island. Three chiefly as a detention center for Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, making it an all-SIU family. Jack Struiler, cook and baker: hundred and eleven lives were aliens awaiting clearance of their during the last world conflict, was don't like to have pets' on ship­ entry papers or for those awaiting Visits Home Folks lost board at all.-Hav­ Miller's sole contact with action in deportation. two world wars. In the convoy were The intrepid Seafarer, around ing them on 3< 3)> 3« 4. 3. 4. board ship is some 53 ships heading for the is­ the world many times in his nearly The condition known as "phos­ The hammocks used by oldtime cruelty to ani­ land with iron ore. Wearing a 50-year sailing career, only got phorescent sea" is a phenomenon sailors to sleep in derived their mals, because crash helmet which was knocked back to Denmark for the first time of glowing light frequently seen at name from the Caribbean Indian there is no place off during the height of the activi­ early this year. He spent eight days sea at some point of water dis­ name of a tropical tree, the hamfor them to run ties, Miller garnered a six-inch in Copenhagen with his sisters turbance such as the breaking aca, whose bark was used by the and roam. At the shell which fell on the deck at his who are still living there, along crest of a wave, the bow wave and natives of the West Indies and very least, if there feet as a souvenir of the war. He's with plenty of nieces and nephews. wake of a ship, or the dipping of Central and South America to is one dog or thankful that's all the action he Two of his sisters live in Copen­ an oar. It is supposed to be caused make their swinging beds. Co­ hagen while another lives outside cat, there should saw. by the coiybination of the air with lumbus first saw them when he ar­ be another of the same so they can ' Ships Anywhere the city. Miller also has three the secretion of certain jellyfish and rived in the New World, but simi­ have a playmate and not be lonely. Miller is the kind of Seafarer brothers and one sister in this microscopic marine animals. The lar hanging or swinging beds had who likes to ship anywhere in the country, so he's not exactly home­ 3f ^ ^ pale phosphorescent light some­ been used aboard ship by sailors Luis Gonzalez, oiler: Pets aboard world, as long as its a foreign run, sick for the old country. times becomes quite brilliant and, in ancient times. The design of ship are all right in a moderate which he says he prefers to coastal Knowing a good thing when he according to a report from one Roman galleys was modified by way, but I don't and intercoastal trips. He likes the sees it. Miller has high praise for ahip, a bucket of water hauled many early chieftains to allow think they should Mediterranean and Pacific runs, the Union. He knows it's the best aboard at such a time was bright them to have a more comfortable be aboard in but his heart is really in his work thing any seaman can have and enough to light up a cabin. The swinging bed rather than one abundance. If a when he hits Italian port cities. He gives him a chance to hold his log of another ship, in 1923, re­ placed right on the planks of their man wants to says he's crazy about the Latin head high in any society. Need­ ported great difficulty in making vessels. atmosphere which he claims is less to say, he's sold on the SIU. keep a pet, let him keep it ashore where it won't get under­ foot and disturb the other crew­ ACROSS DOWN 13. Where Quatif Is 31. Peter Loire's men. It would look like Noah's ark Indian, British and other Allied Allied raids on the Rumanian 16. Noted clergy­ role if everyone had a pet aboard ship. troops held firm and began push­ capital of Bucharest inflicted heavy A potent force 1. Tibetan priests' man 33. "Gods" with in the US. 19. Not any goat ears 4> 4i 4' 2. Smell damage. Similar jaids were carried 22. NY basketbaU 35, " and over" Atlantic or 3. Island SE of Sid Bernstein, MM: I think ing back the Japanese from their out on parts of occupied France player 37. Escape Pacific Celebes 24. German: Slang 38. Metric quart keeping pets aboard a vessel is a previously-won positions on the . . . US troops captured two small 4. Jap scarf 11. Island of Dutch 26. Girl's name 39. Looks at evily 5. Tear down Antilles fine idea, no mat­ India-Burma front ... An assas­ islands north of Los Negros in the 41. Breakwater 6. It peps up gas 27. Territory in 12. Where Yalta is West India 42. Harvest ter whether they sin's bullet narrowly missed Presi­ Admiralty Islands ... In hockey's 7. Old plane 28. Papier 45. Shelter 8. De Valera's 14. Specks be cats, dogs, Stanley Cup playoffs, the Montreal 29. In the region of 47. Rest, as at land 19. Russian 30. Uproarious monkeys, para­ dent Manuel Camacho of Mexico Canadiens whipped the Chicago anchor 9. Amount: Abbr. tribesmen at his National Palace home in 10. Approaching (Puzzle Answer On Paee 25) keets, or what 17. Love: Latin Black Hawks in four straight have you. They Mexico City . . . Great Britain and games . . . The SIU reported that 18. Growing out 1 2 3 4 10 50. Cheer keep a man com­ the US demanded that Sweden halt nearly 15,000 new members had 51. Went down pany and help the export of ball bearings to the joined the A&G District since II |I2 13 53. Hqlf of him get over that Axis ... US planes in the Aleutians March, 1942. "snake eyes" lonely feeling he twice bombed Japanese bases on 14 |I5 54. Change course 3^ 3^ 4> of ship gets abbard a ship the Kurile Islands. 17 4> 4> 4> 55. Ball team ^HIB at sea. They're good for that, espe­ 120 A progress report from London 57. He lived in a cially on a long trip of several Russian forces recaptured .,the said more than 500 enemy vessels lamp 21 months. Black Sea port of Odessa. Another had been sunk or damaged by 58. A "sea soldier" thrust retook Yalta in the Crimea mines dropped from bombers on a tit 51. Former WaU 25 26 .Street king Edward Riley, bosun: Pets are and advanced on the naval base of 1,300-mile . front extending from 52. Port in Chile wonderful things to have aboard a Sevastopol... At least 900 persons the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of 26 29 30 53. Glide ship for the com­ were killed by fires and explosions Danzig on the Baltic Sea ... A 54. He works in panionship they 32 on the docks of Bombay ... Nearly proposal that the SIU purchase a gaUey offer to the men two-thirds of the entire British hall in Tampa, Fla., was recom­ 55. Aleutian island 34 during those 56. Shout coast was placed under military mended for membership action on 37 38 39 40. Cabin lonely stretches restrictions. Phone service to all a coastwise referendum ballot . . . 40 41. It makes ship |43 at sea. The men parts of Ireland was cut off, and Front-line dispatches indicated go -can pasa the time ship service from British to Irish that the Russians haif fought their 43. Contend 44 45 146 47 away profitably ports was ordered suspended after way over the Czech border... Gen. 44. Study of wipes playing around April 24 ... As a result of a gen­ de . Gaulle dismissed Gen. Giraud 46. Make happy 146 with the dog, cat, eral tightening of. Selective Service as commander in chief of the 48. Fencer or whatever it 40. Helper regulations. Seafarers were again French armed forces. Giraud re­ 50. Prophets may be. They're the best thing for cautioned to keep in close touch fused to give up his, 5>ld. lipst.,*)' 51. shipbaattt Aatk for the crew. accept the new one.' ' ' it* < i tjfl V with their draft boards. i.'«. .'jr.ili A0O Fi m . 11, 1 »•;» �•April I«. 1»54 SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS « LOG April U. 1954 Paffe Thirteen 'Poison Pen' Vol. XVI, No. I Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 8-8600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editdr, DANIEL NILVA; Statf Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK. JERRY REMSB, At, MABRIN; CUU Area Reporter, But. Moonr; fitaif Atahtants, LYMAN .GAVLORD, MU.TON HoRo.wnz. New Anti-Union Moves As pointed 6ut in the March 5 SEAFARERS LOG, the legislative trend against unions and their members is still gathering strength. Developments in the past few weeks have reinfdrced that trend. In Louisiana, the legislature is con­ sidering, a bill that would outlaw any kind of union security, while in Washington, Congressmen are flooding the hopper with bills that wbuld greatly limit the union's key weapon, its right to strike. The "right to work'' laws rule out any kind of preference under contract for union membership. They mean that an employer is free to load the dice by employing large num­ bers of wOrkers even though the union originally had a majority. He then can turn on the union and its membership when contract time comes around. Some of the proposed Federal changes are stiffer. .They would permit an employer, under certain circumstances, to fireijill strilCjCrs, They would also give the President absolute authority.over a, union's right to strike in some instances by permitting unlimited anti^strike injunctions for an indefi­ nite period. Such limits on the right to strike mean only one thing—that employers will be free to defy any and all union demands. • Those who propose the bills do so with the excuse that unions have abused certain rights. Nobody claims that union ranks, any mOre than employer ranks, Governnient officials or legislators are 100 percent pure at all times. But there is and always has been ample legislation on the books to deal with the guilty ones. The argument is simply a smokescreen in a drive to weaken unions and place union members at the mercy of their em­ ployers. Asks Plan For Housing^ Loans To the Editor: I am writing to you in regard to the hard time seamen are gettihg when applying for a loan from a bank or finance company. I applied to several banks and when they found out I was single they were leery, but when I told them I was a mei;phant seaman they wouldn't even let me sit down in spite of the fact that I have about $3,000 equity in a car and home I'm buy­ ing, They know all about rotary ship­ ping and it's pretty tough when a $50 a week bank clerk who couldn't tie the messboy's shoestrings tells Television sets throughout the us that we need collateral because we are too risky. I have a plan that country will keep on humming as the SIU should set up its own major networks settled on a newbuilding and loan association. It contract with the AFL Radio and would be along the same lines as a Television Guild, representing di­ credit union, but on a broader rectors and other personnel in the scale where the Union helps the studios. The agreement calls for seamen buy a home by helping an average ten percent increase. swing the deal or guarantee part The union had been considering a of the mortgage. possible nationwide strike. Each seaman could be assessed ^ so much and the rest could be bor­ Postal Unions representing US rowed from the Post Office employees have run Welfare fund to into a snag in their demands for an get started. As $800 annual wage increase. Post­ soon as it is on a master General Arthur Summerpaying proposi­ ffeld opposed the request in testi­ tion, the associa­ mony before the House Post Office tion could then Committee charging that it was an declare dividends "unjustified raid" on the treasury. ' Another illustration of the value of Public Health Service by giving each ip ii> Zt hospitals is contained in the LOG story on Page 9 on the bookman a bank Chicago Painters Local. 637 has book with a few Prevas physical therapy program conducted at Staten .Island. It's dollars towards asked the city's Building Trades safe to say that as a result of this program, several hundred his assessment. In this manner you Council to start a drive for ade­ will not only create good will by quate housing legislation. The seamen and othp patients each year are helped back into returning the assessment, but you union proposed that a city-wide shape far sooner than they would be otherwise. Many of will: encourage the man to bank conference be called for that pur­ pose, pointing to the rapid growth them no doubt avoid the partial or total disability that can and save with the SIU. of slums in the city as a danger What better selling point could be an after-effect of injury or illness. the Union have when organizing signal. The work of the physical therapy program, like the rest than to show seamen that the Zr Zf Z> of., the USPHS operation, is designed to restore the patients Union can help them out in their A conference on unemployment to useful lives as soon as possible. Every day saved through financial difficulties in buying a will be held April 25-30 by the this program means one day less that a, patient has to be a home or car, especially among California State Federation of La­ those oldtime company stiffs. Even­ bor in Santa Barbara. The meet­ burden on his family and on the community. tually the members could be of­ ing will take up problems under . From this point of view, the dollars spent by the Govern­ fered group life insurance for their the state unemployment compen­ ment in supporting this and any other hospital program families at cut rate premiums and sation law, and draft recommenda­ are a sound investment. They return their value many times perhaps even insurance for their tions for improving procedures. over in the form of healthy and productive workers. automobile and home. 4" 4" Members of the Washington All these additional features t Sr t would take a little .time, of course, Building Trades Council are con­ but if the organization is on a tributing several thpusand mansound scale they could be made hours of work to help build an ad­ dition to the Anderson Rehabilita­ possible. The findings of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, in a When the Teamsters Union can tion Hospital in nearby Arlington, recent study of the allotments sent home by seamen with lend a trucking corporation $1,- Virginia. The new addition will be used to retrain workers suffering families in the Azalea City, are the type of statistics that 500.000 to stay in business, we, as from handicaps brought on by in­ a smaller union, should strive to often pass unnoticed. But the results of the survey showed, consolidate our position to make juries. ._ 4 4" 4 for example, that seamen voluntarily contributed the sum the members as strong as possible. Railroad Trainmen employed by of $7 million from their pay last year for family allotments, Wants No Dough the Long Island railroad have won aside from the many millions more they brought home after I realize that my plan sounds a an award from the National Media­ bit complicated and needs a lot of tion Board upholding an agreement the payoff. work done on it, but a lot of other providing seven days' pay for six This is a considerable figure and, with Mobile noted as a things we have today sounded just days' work on the line's commuter major SIU port, it means that Seafarers accounted for much as far-fetched ten years ago when runs. The agreement was signed of the total. It also means that shippers and seamen provided they were first proposed. If suc­ in January, but a dispute arose as a ,large chunk of cash towards the prosperity and well-being cessful we could set a precedent to the interfhretation of its terms. never before equalled in the mari­ of a major US city and its citizens. 4 4 4 Approximately 189,000 members time industry. There are a lot of Apart from that, the study showed once again that seamen details worked out, but I of the CIO United Steelworkers today are a highly-responsible group of men, with families, sincerelyto be b«iieve that if ap- Union are idle as the result of the homes and obligations which they meet even while far out piroached properly this plan has' drop in steel productibli. according at sea. The seaman who is a drifter,-with no roots, is a van- great possibilities. to the union's esfima^. Another urecu..,..,,, 'My*!!': titi'v. VeiaVmhf.'-'-o: ttW meinbtftr inw TiKWpToyed in Pjbysieal Therapy A Responsible Profession LEGISLATURES Canada for the same reason. The total represents better than 15 per­ cent of the union's membership, which runs close to 1,200,000. 4 4 4 A Labor Advisory group on Puerto Rican affairs will be organ­ ized in New York to bring Puerto Ricans and other Spanish-speaking workers into unions and to help solve housing, educational and other problems for the Spanish-speaking newcomers to the city. The group will be sponsored by both AFL and CIO unions in the city and by the Puerto Rican Department of Labor, .444 Suspension of 57 union officers has led to a work stoppage of ap­ proximately 6,400 members of AFL Machinists Local 801 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. The sus­ pended officers slept in the yard while the other workers punched in their cards but,refused to go to work. 4 4 4 Newspaper delivery drivers in parts of New York City struck last week cutting off deliveries to about 700 newsstands in scattered areas. The Newspaper and Mail Delivery Union (independent) called the strike after 11 months of negotia­ tions had failed to produce an agreement on wage matters and other benefits for the drivers in­ volved. 4 4 4 The CIO Newspaper Guild called a strike against two daily news-, papers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl­ vania, after failure of contract ne­ gotiations over wage, vacation and ai-bitration issues. The publisher of the two papers, the "TimesLeader-Evening News," and "The. Record" had offered an increase of $1.75 a week. Printers and other mechanical union members re­ fused to cross the picketlines. 4 4 4 Teachers, firemen and other unionized city employees picketed New York's City Hall this week in a demonstration for pay in­ creases. The city has proposed some increases in the budget for the coming year but the various unions involved objected that the sums were not enough to meet their needs. Unions involved in­ cluded the AFL Teachers Guild and the Unifot^aed Firemen's As-; sbciation, also an AFL 'affiliate. �' ''i •yi i'" --. I -'J •I �lir' Pare Sixteen • SEAFARERS LO G SEAFARERS in Er • On the Job The marine section of the National Safety Convention met Thursday and Friday in New York's Hotel Statler to discuss safety in design and operation of ships and shipyards.. . Steamship companies that carry Lubrication of moving parts on board ship, as anywhere else, selves passenger traffic have a heavy work load of tax refunds on their hands three purposes—to reduce wear and power loss, to keep moving parts as a result of the reduction of travel taxes April 1. Passengers who cool and to keep them clean. The first two purposes are accomplished paid for tickets in advance before that date are entitled to tax refunds. by reducing friction between two moving surfaces in contact with the .. A US Air Force helicopter rescued 34 passengers pnd most of the crew of the Swedish freighter Dalsland near Casablanca. The small ' jSeafarer Lorenzo Rinaldi really other while the third is the result of absorption of foreign matter by 2,730-ton freighter hit a reef 200 yards offshore. The captain and three must have the touch when it comes the lubricant itself. crewmembers remained aboard. Lubrication requirements differ considerably under different circum­ to making pizza pies, judging from the reaction of his shipmates on stances, depending on the type of friction involved and the speed at Holland-America has scheduled summer and faH cruises to Bermuda the Alcoa Ranger. They agreed at which moving parts operate. Low speed operations, like those of the and South America for the liners Ryndam and Maasdam . Chief stew­ a shipboard meeting that it was reciprocating engine, require smaller amounts of oil, since, not much ard James Bradshaw of the Media, a Cunard line passenger ship, re­ worth while making a special pur- heat is generated and the oil serves only to separate the two Tublnng tired after the ship's last voyage. He had been in the company's serv­ Chase of pizza ingredients, includ­ surfaces. ice for 47 years . The Suez Canal handled a record number of ships ing such delicacies as anchovies Oil'Has Own Friction and a record cargo tonnage in 1953. Over 90 million metric tons of and a variety of Italian cheeses so Where a high speed engine such as a turbine is involved, the churn­ cargo passed through the canal on 12,731 ships. Northbound cargo far that Rinaldi could do - his stuff. ing .of the oil in itself becomes a source of friction, creating a great deal exceeded southbound tonnage, the difference being the amount of crude They were the kind of items that of heat. Consequently a larger amount of oil is used which is constantly you won't find on the average draining into a tank and being run through a cooler before being re­ oil moving north on tankers from the Persian Gulf oil fields. ship's stores Ust. * » * turned to the'bearings again. The 36-year-old Seafarer should With steel prodhction way down from last ydar. Great Lakes ore When proper lubrication exists, it means that a film of oil has been carriers expect to curtail operations this summer, "rhere, is sufficient know his way around a pizza since formed, separating the moving parts and preventing actual contact of ore on hand to service the industry for six months, as at present the he was born in Italy, the home of the metal. The remaining friction Is fluid—the friction of the oil mills are operating at slightly better than 60 percent of Capacity. Last that and other food delicacies. He's against itself. This varies with viscosity, temperature and the speed year the Great Lakes ore fleets moved nearly 96 million tons of ore. been sailing on SIU ships since and pressure to which the oil is subject. They don't expect to do better than 80 million tons in 1954.. A. S. June, 1951, and lives ashore in A good oil has high adhesion, that is, it will cling to a metal surface, Onassis, the Greek shipping tycoon, has had another supertanker Baltimore between trips. Right launched. It is il.c 21,800-ton Olympic Snow, a turbine-powered ship now he is galley utilityman on the and cohesion, which means it will hold together. Its viscosity, or in­ ternal friction, is measured by the time it takes a set amount of oil capable of cruising at leVi- knots.. One of the last of the great sailing Alcoa vessel. to flow from an opening of a certain size at a certain temperature. ships, the r.erman four-master Pamir, has been sold at auction for about ii it There are several kinds of friction that a lubricant has to deal with, $74,000 in American money. The 3,103-ton vessel was built in 1905 and Another picnic will be sponsored for many years operated in the grain and nitrate trade. by the crew of the Del Sud this including rolling friction of a wheel rolling on a non-moving surface, spring for Seafarers in New sliding friction of the piston or of a shaft turning in its bearings, start­ ing friction, the additional friction which has to be overcome when a The Venezuelan Line has lilans to expand cargo service between the Orleans, and bearing starts moving, running friction, when a shaft is in position at US and Venezuela through construction of four 4,800-ton cargo ships. Emii Herek, chief a constant speed, reversing friction arid accelerating friction. Obvious­ The VL-s.seIs are now being built in Dutch shipyards . . . Two tremendous steward, is one ly then, a lubricant has to perform its functions under a variety of Con­ one-piece castings weighing 84 tons each were unloaded at the Hampton of several crewditions. That means, in turn, a variety of lubricants. ' Roads Port of Embarkation recently by the Exchester... Tidewater Oil members who are sold two new tankers how under construction to the Western Hemi­ in charge of the Oils can be blended, which means made up of two or more petroleum sphere Corporation which promptly bareboat-chartered them back to affair. These have oils, or compounded, where a mineral oil has been added to a fixed oil. Tidewater. The tankers are being, built at Sparrows Point. Md. ... The proved very pop­ Fixed oils consist of lard oil, castor oil, sperm oil and the like. In other port of Norfolk is attempting to clear a huge glut of cargo that arrived ular in the past, words they come from vegetation or an animal source. as a result of diversions from New York during the recent dock tie-up. thanks to the ef­ Engine Lubrication * » • forts of the crew Almost any kind of oil can be used for engine lubrication of ordinary Herek An unexpected group of passengers came in to New York harbor on and it looks like learings. Where temperatures are high and severe operating condi­ the Italian liner Vnlcania during the course of the dock strike. There this one will be more of the same, tions exist, they are usually blended. Compounded oil is used under were two stowaways aboard, 43 passengers who had transferred from with lots of tasteful faod and re­ ordinary conditions. the Queen Mary at Halifax, and six American Immigration officers. freshments for Seafarers and their The standard internal combustion oils, or automobile engine oils are The Queen Mary passengers chose to complete their voyage by sea, families. used for Diesel engines. These are generally blended oils that are rather ihan take a train from Halifax and the Immigration inspectors Then there is usually a ball able to function under high tension and when burned in' cylinders, had gone to Halifax to help complete the transaction... The City of game between a group of crew- leave carbon that goes out through the exhaust rather than^ building New York hcs t~ikcn over the ferries that run between 69th Street, members and the Seafarers on the up on cylinder walls. Air compressor cylinder oils are much the same Brooklyn, and Staten Island.. W. O. Cook has been elected president of Robin Line to succeed Arthur R. Lewis, Jr., who died on March 16 beach to liven up the afternoon's but must be highly refined so as to leave a minimum of carbon deposits. .. New York ship repair yards have protested plans to extend the city's festivities. Oils for icf ihachine cylinders, for obvious reasons, must be able to Herek is a Nebraska native, 47 function , at extremely low temperatures. They have to be able to stay three percent sales tax to ship repair services. * » * years of age, who joined the SIU fluid at low temperatures. • A test case of the Government's right to seize 48 ships on the grounds in the Port of New Orleans on Cutting lubricants serve a different function. They have to penetrate that they are illegally owned by alien interests will be heard by the Su­ July 10, 1948. Right now he makes instantly, keep the cutting tool cool and either lubricate it or help it preme Court. The Meacham "Tanker Corporation has appealed seizure his home in the Crescent City and takd' a firm gripi These oils will usually contain lard oil and sulphur, of the Meacham, one of the ships involved, to the nation's highest tri­ sails regularly on the Delta Line plus a rust preventative. bunal Sale of the tanker Ampac Washington by the Government to passenger run. Greases may be any one of a number of different oils mixed with soap a Los Angeles bank for $305,000 has been approved by a Federal judge. i) i> i> so as to thicken the lubricant. The amount of soap can vary from a half At first the offer was rejected as too low, but no" other bidder came for­ The last voyage of the Winter percent up to 20 percent depending on the consistency desired. The ward for the ship. ..Ice floes in the St. Lawrence River tied up two Hill, a Cities Service tanker, was freighters enroute^ to Montreal temporarily. The Capo Miseno, an a pleasant trip all around, accord­ soap holds the lubricant in one place, although in some instances the soap is added to raise the temperature of the lubricant and make it Italian ship, and the Prins Willem Van Oranje, a Dutch vessel, had to ing to reports, run under certain conditions. anchor in a sheltered cove after a previous ship's wash loosened ice and part of the Graphite Grease User floes near Quebec City. credit is due to • • • Graphite greases are used only where bearings are worn, or where ship's delegate Isbrandtsen Steamship Company, long a lone wolf In the shipping Ernest W. Cox, temperatures are so high that ordinary lubricants would not provide Industry, is now taking on two South American steamship conferences. who along .with any protection. The graphite has slight abrasive qualities which file The company complained to the Federal Maritime Board that two con­ the department down rough surfaces and it also fills in irregularities in the surface. ferences were forcing exporters who ship to Colombia to use confer­ delegates did a It tends to coat the metal it covers substituting its own low friction ence line ships although the exporters designated Isbrandtsen as their good job in keep­ qualities for the higher friction of the metal, a characteristic which is quite useful in high speed operations. carrier.. US officials have promised to keep American fishing boats ing beefs at a Another kind of grease is gear lubricant, which Is a combination of from operating off Mexican shores in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mexican minimum. Cox high viscosity oil with a small amount of soda soap, giving it a jelly­ fishermen had demanded that their government take naval action if Coxf who sails necessary, to reserve coastal waters for Mexican fishing boats.. A new in the steward department, is a na­ like consistency. It's used on those gears that are designed so that aq service between Canada and the Mediterranean is starting this month tive of Mississippi who joined the oil couid not be retained in the gear casing. under the auspices of the Canada Levant Line, a mixed European and SIU in New Orleans on March 24, A general rule of the thumb for use of greases is to use soft greases Egyptian outfit. The iine will cali at Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, 1950. He lives in Pass Christian, for light pressures and high speeds, medium for medium pressures and Turkey, Egypt and North African ports. Mississippi, and is 32 years of age. speeds, and hard greases for heavy pressures and slow speeds. ACTION f?' April H> 1954 'Oil Is Cheaper Than Metar By Bernard Seaman �Aptii 10, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page SeTcntecB Poll Returns Indicate Libraries Make A Hit Tabulations of the results in the first ^month of a SEA­ FARERS LOG poll on the question of continuing or ending the SIU ships' library program showed Seafarers overwhelm­ ingly in favor of keeping thef* program going. Two solitary for books on photography and the votes have been cast opposing inevitable bid for plenty of sea Adding a little 'sunshine therapy' to their program of convalescence, seven Seafarers bask in the sun on the roof of the Staten Island IJSPHS hospital along with Toby Flynn, SIU Welfare repre­ sentative. Left to right, they are Thomas Thompson, Walter Sudnick, Arthur Roy, Charles Oglesby, Flynn, Thomas Bach, Stanley Swienckoski and Edwin Rushton. Therapy Is tiood ^Medicine' (Continued from page 9) tients and inpatients, provide in­ dividual as well as group care five days a week both in a specially fitted gymnasium and in the wards themselves. The speed of recovery varies with the disability as well as the patient himself. A man with a leg in a cast who applies himself to the task can build the injured leg up again in a matter of weeks so that he can walk out feeling and look­ ing as fit as any man oh the street. A few think they can'"get back on their feet" just by lifting them off the bed, but they discover the^sad truth quickly once they try it. Then they too apply themselves to the care of the physical ther­ apists, who assist them in the exer­ cises and other treatments needed to bring back the full strength of the affected limb or part of the body. FUled With Gadgets The gym at Staten Island, on the seventh floor of the hospital, occu­ pies an area 35 feet long by 14 feet wide, and is filled with the tools of the trade. There are parallel bars to exercise the legs for walking again, arm and leg "pulls," ladders and steps to practice climbing with artificial limbs, with a facsimile model of the entrance to a bus to teach the patient how to mount the vehicle again. In addition, there are whirlpool Strike On NY Docks Over; Await Vote ((I^ntinued from page 2) Brownsville, Lake Charles and Gal­ veston, as well as a local In Port Isobel, Texas. All in all approximately 55 per­ cent of the membership in the Gulf is now AFL along with locals in Puerto Rico, Oregon, Washington and Alaska as well as on the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The net result is to leave the old ILA increasingly Isolated without major support in any quarter except from the locals it holds in the New York area. The only outside support it can call on is from Harry Bridges and from the Communist Party, with the "Daily Worker" official organ of the Party, outspoken in its sup­ port of the racket-ridden organ­ ization. Similar support is forth­ coming from Bridges' West Coast longshore union which froin the beginning of the strike tias at* baths which provide heat and elec­ trically-controlled massage for the arms and legs, and a giant Hub­ bard tank, installed this year, fea­ turing complete body immersion in an S-shaped affair that takes up to 500 gallons of water. This equip­ ment, especially helpful for cases of paralysis and certain types of bums, ran. up a tab of $12,000, in­ cluding installation. The buoyancy of water, it's been determined, is a considerable aid to exercise in many Instances. Other treatments available in­ clude diathermy, infra-^ed lamps, muscle stimulators, plus mats and exercise tables with intricate sys­ tems of pulleys and weights. Depend On Condition The method»of treatment used naturally depei ds on the nature of the, condition to be treated and all of these are utilized in varying combination^ by most of the pa­ tients at the hospital. Most Sea farers look forward to the time when they are due to begin getting physical therapy treatment. They know this means they're on their way to recovery, and the chance to get back on the job with their shipmates. NewT ankers, Stiipbuilding Guarantees Planned By US A change in the Government's ship construction laws pro­ viding 100 percent guarantees on ship loans is the latest proposal of the administration to get private operators to build some new ships. The-^ proposal has received a warm have been introduced by Senators welcome from both shipping Saltonstall and-Butler in the Sen­ and by Representative Tollefmen and investment bankers. ate, son in the House of Represenatives. Another major step that is get­ Favorable action on the measure is ting administration support is a expected in both houses. Navy plan for Government con­ struction of at least 20 modern tankers to be chartered out to pri­ vate industry for ten-year charters. In turn, the Navy would lay up its own T-2 tankers for reserve pur­ poses The Navy has been pushing this proposal for some time now as a means of overcoming a grave short­ age of modem tankers, and at the (Continued from page 5) same time, providing the service with an adequate tanker reserve. be far more expensive, $4,424,000 The 100 percent guarantee on and $5,072,000. ship loans would mean, in effect, Although these prices are 50 per­ that anybody who lends money to a shipowner to build new ships is cent, or less, than the actual cost guaranteed every penny of his in­ of the ships, the Government would vestment, plus interest, by the probably have to chop them in half Government. In case the shipowner again to get nibbles from the aver­ is unable to pay back the loan, the Government will step in and pick age American freight-ship operator. up the tab. • In Reserve Fleets Low Interest Rate At present all but a few of the In return for this Government Mariners are laid up in various guarantee, the interest rates on Government reserve fleets. The such loans would be considerably three ships for Pacific Far East lower than on normal open market Lines are still in the yards and are loans. Since interest is a big item being altered for that company's on a long-term mortgage it means use. One ship is being converted that the shipowner could build a into a naval auxiliary and one, the new vessel considerably cheaper disabled Cornhusker Mariner, is in Sasebo, Japan, until Congress de­ this way than otherwise. There is a law on the books al­ cides what it wants done with the " ready, passed last year, providing ship. • for Government guarantees up to Despite the price, the Govern­ 90 percent on shipbuilding loans. ment hopes to sell the vessels to This law has had no practical effect subsidized companies who are un­ since banks and ih'surance com­ der legal obligation to replace panies have been unwilling to lend aging ships. It remains to be seen money at the low interest rate if whether the companies will prefer they ran the risk of losing out on to build new ships to their own ;her . ten percent of tha ^ecificatijjnSjjjjjrto.altW^^^ prrced Ttlarrners. 4-5 Million Is Sale Price On Mariner Ships the library distribution aboard stories. Some of the Seafarers polled also asked that samplings SIU ships. Discounting the two votes urging of the popular weekly magazines, stop to the library program, especially news magazines, be which are a negligible factor, the somehow worked into each assort­ remaining ballots in the poll show­ ment as well. All the recommendations made ed 45 percent of those taking part in favor of retaining the program will be studied following the end as is. The other 55 percent recom­ of the poll on April 30, 1954, when mended continuing the library dis­ the Union will tabulate the results tribution, but with various changes, and attempt to adjust the assort­ principally in the proportions of ment accordingly. Questionnaires certain types of books included in can be mailed or brought into SIU headquarters in person before that each 50-book library assortment. deadline. Started Mai'ch 16 The basis for the poll, which got underway March Ifi, is to obtain a sampling of membership opinion on the libraries before the Union commits itself to the purchase of more books for the next quarterly distribution of the library assort­ ments. New 50-book libraries are placed aboard all SlU-contracted vessels (Continued from page 3) every three months, with provi­ sions for additional assortments in certainty in the industry which the case of ships being out six from month to month doesn't know months-or longer. The library pr » what to expect in the form of con­ gram was launched nearly a year tract terms. The group agreed that this was a ago in answer to demands for more decent reading material aboard matter to be passed on by the mem­ ship. It is operated at no cost to bership themselves and according­ the membership, under the LOG ly the idea of a uniform ex­ fund, .with the coastwide facilities piration date has been referred of the SIU Sea Chest handling the back to member unions for discus­ distribution of the handy, paper- sion and action. Attending the conference for the bound volumes in ell ports. Suggested changes in the library SIU were Assistant Secretaryassortments center around requests Treasurers Robert Matthews and for more novels and non-fiction, Joe Volpian. Matthews is a member especially "how-to.-do-it" books on of the CAMU's special Washington practical subjects, and less West­ legislative committee. Unions that are members of the erns. Mysteries, as a class, are ap­ parently favored over Westerns, CAMU, besides the SIU A&G Dis­ which drew most of the opposition, trict, are: Sailors Union of the Pa­ in the form of heavy requests for cific, Brotherhood of Marine Engi­ less of these in each assortment. neers, Marine Cooks and StewardsMore humorous books and books on AFLi Marine Firemen, Oilers and sports were recommended, but to Watertenders Union, SIU Great lesser degree. The sentiment Lakes District, all part of the Sea­ registered in the past two weeks farers International Union of differed very little from the first North America, as well as the Amer­ results, announced in the LOG on ican Radio Association, CIO; Broth­ erhood of Marine Officers, District April 2. 50, United Mine Workers; Masters, Short Stories Requested Mates and Pilots, AFL; Marine En­ Other changes urged included gineers Beneficial Association, CIO; suggestions that collections of short National Maritime Union, CIO; , detective stories and historical fic­ Radio Officers Union, AFL; and tion stories would be more desir­ United Steelworkers of America, able than the long novels, and CIO. specialized requests, such as those 4 Hiring Hall Defense Set By Unions Official Form in SEAFARERS LOG Poll on SIU Libraries (Please put check or X-mark next to your choices.) Editor, SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32, New York Here's my opinion on SIU libraries. (A) I want them continued as is. ( ) (B) I want them stopped. ( ) (C) I want them continued with the following changes: There should he more: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( ), novels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ), There should he less: Westerns ( ), mysteries ( ), novels ( ), non-fiction ( ), humor ( ), sports ( ). (Note: The present breakdown of titles in each 50-book library is as follows: 15 Westerns, 15 mysteries, 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 humorous books, 2 books on sports.) I A^uld jfecommend the following other changes in the selections: ; ! A.v". i'" �Pase Eichtecn SEAFARERS '• . '•'<* • ' '^ ' K'. April 1«; 1954 LOG Seafarer Dips Pen In Inlc-Filled ' Veins For Column Material Steeped in the tradition of great literary men and journalistic factotums i^ Seafarer Abe Rosen, who writes to the LOG of his desire to author a column for the paper and for pos­ terity. Offering to show his wares on a limited trial basis, Rosen, under the pseudonym of "Shad Roe," displays his of-"* ferings before the gathered and hooking a large shark. Getting ner liquor store with $12 for a multitude of Seafarers for the worst of the duel, the AB fell gallon of whiskey. Pay her 45 cents That the first woman candidate for President of the United States ran for that office in 1872? Mrk. •'c Victoria Woodhull, a Joimnalist and lecturer, ran on the ticket of the radical "People's Party," but re­ ceived no electoral votes and only a few scattered popular votes. In 1884, a recognized political group, the Equal Rights Party, also put up a woman candidate, but she fared little better. day is June 22, while in all other ' years U is June 21. t * niat the first person to travel at a rate of 100 mph or better did the trick 50 years ago? The record was set in France In 1904 by a man named Rigolly, who was clocked at a speed of 103.56 mph in a soupedup auto. France was the center of road-racing in Europe at the time. judgment an(i critical comment, to into the "deep amidst a school of per drink and she will be able to sharks. With the AB pausing for a declare a profit of $39.75. At the wit: Today I am back again in Balti­ smoke, tension mounted in the end of 15 years you will have more, that Monumental City. Did foc'sle until one listener asked: snakes in your shoes and die. Your it it it wife will then have accumulated you ever take note of the many "Well, what happened then?" That Louisiana is the wettest "Nothing happened," he said, $35,000. monuments and statues they have 4" 44" state in the US, with an annual av­ This amount will enable her to all over this town? It's a pigeon's "they just ate me." erage of 55.68 inches of rain? The That the Infants of a species of purchase a small home and a par­ paradise. I'll bet that nine" out of 3> 3^ t ten people don't even notice them, The Atlantic Ocean was very cel of land, educate and bring up birds inhabiting Australia and cer­ Louisiana average is based on rec­ much less try to find out who they rough. The captain realized there your children. She will be able to tain South Sea islands are hatched ords of rainfall during the last 62 are, or what they stand for, I'm was no iiope for the sinking ship marry a good man, settle down, full-feathered and are able to fly years. Nevada is-the driest state, one of those at fault. and said: "Is there anyone amongst and forget all about a bum like from the moment they emerge with an annual average of 8.60 you. For example, I know where the us who can pray?" ftom the shell? The birds are inches for the last 64 years. Washington Monument is and rec­ Out of the crew one man stepped called mound builders because tp •$ rj it it it ognize it because forward and said, "Yes, sir, I can Did you hear the one about the they lay their eggs in large mounds That in the case of a Seafarer pray." it was pointed out wealthy family which was so rich constructed of loose soil, leavesr dying before collecting his vaca­ "Good," replied' the captain, it was the only one in the neigh­ grass and twigs. to me, but there's tion benefits his beneficiary is a guy on a horse "you start praying while the rest borhood which had wall-to-wall eligible to receive all money due? on the north end of us get the lifebelts on. We're one floors? This is over and above the regular of W a s h i n gton short." • • t l" J" That bound volumes of all copies $2,500 death benefit for all Sea­ Square, which 3i 3!" 3i Then there was the story of the of the SEAFARERS LOG pub­ I've been passing Did you ever take note, while on Scotsm.an who was a Yeal be-bop lished from 1947 through 1953 can farers. it it it ever since I was the beach waiting for a ship and gone guy. Nobody understood him be obtained for the package price a kid, and still shipping was slow, that every guy at home, because all he could say, of $25? The handsome, cloth-bound That the only known diamond don't know who you talk to in the hall seems to was "Hot, man!" Rosen mine in North America is in the volumes are suitable for home or he is. I always think that shipping is better some­ 4 4 4-' shipboard libraries and can be ob­ state of Arkansas? The mine, pres­ tell my.self someday I'll take the where else, but nobody ever makes How about this as a touching tained from SlU headquarters in ently inactive, is located in Pike trouble to find out who he is, but a move to go there? tale? One day little little Johnny New York. Bound volumes of the County, near the town of MurfreesI never do. Sic transit gloria! 4 3^ 3i was sent home from school with a LOG for 1953 alone can be ob­ boro. Overhead at coffeetime: "All note from the teacher that he had 3. i 4. it it it Did you ever take note.'^out in right boys, what else can we talk been a wicked boy and that the tained at the cost price of $5. That President Theodore Roose­ the residential part of town, of the about besides girls?" if if it teacher wanted to see his father. velt was blind in one eye during similitude of the houses with the Did you ever notice how fast the When the lad's dad came home That the longest day of the year the last few years of his life? Roose­ beautiful white marble steps? If guys get dressed and make for the that evening, he Inquired into the you get out there early enough in beach whenever a Ship hits port? matter: "What's the matter, John­ doesn't always fall on June 21? velt's disability was not made the mornings, you can see the So what happens? You guessed it. ny?" his father asked, "I thought Under our present calendar, the public until about a year before longest day in the year may be his death. An extremely athletic ladies of the houses scrubbing the After wining and dining in the you were doing well in school." steps with the utmost care. I've early part of the evening, they "I was," Johnny replied, "until either June 21 or June 22 in places individual, he lost the sight of one often wondered how some of the usually are too far gone to enjoy I told the teacher what you did for using standard ti<)rie. In each year eye during a boxing bout in the preceding a leap year the longest White House. residents find their own house themselves in the shank of the a living." when they come home with snakes night. "What was wrong with that?" his in their shoes. Pigeon-wise, it 3i t 3i father asked. must be the homing instinct. Overheard at the 408 Bar on East "Nothing," Johnny said, "but I I went out to Breezy Point on the Baltimore Street: "When I drink, told her you played piano in a outskirts of Baltimore to see a everybody drinks, when I pay, ev­ brothel to earn a living." friend of mine. That brought my erybody pays." Duly shocked, his father asked: thoughts around- to Riverview 3> 3> 3> "Whatever made you say a terrible I came across this one some­ thing like that, Johnpy? You know Park, where the Western Electric plant now stands. The younger where and I'll pass it on: If you it's not true." Seafarers wouldn't remember Riv­ must drink booze set up a saloon . "Well," Johnny said, "you didn't There's nothing like trying to be helpful, writes Seafarer erview Park, but some of the old- in your own home. Be the only think I was going to tell her that Quentin Remaud, but there is a time, place and skill for timers still get a nostalgic feeling drinker and you will not need a you were a member of the NMU, everything. Remaud took his philosophical turn in the road when they think about the private license. Send your wife to the cor­ did you?" shores that used to line the river of life after reporting an in--*— front, the boating and fishing, the cident aboard the Lawrence move the few hundred feet neces­ LOG-A-RHYTHM; crab feasts and swimming parties. Victory of Mississippi as it was sary for the shifting of the berth, " It holds a lot of fond memories out on a foreign run. the arms said, flailing the air, it for me. I remember, with the first would be essential to head out for It just proves, according to spell of warm weather, the Balti­ sea. Remaud, that you've got to be on more Transit Company would get By M. Dtcyer your toes all the time and see to Many of the men thought this out the summer cars, those big it that no one pulls the wool over maneuver a little excessive, and, open ones, which used to waft the Be there a seaman with soul so dead your eyes, no matter how in­ while one went below for a dog­ cool breeze in your face, and for Who never to himself has said nocently they do it. In other words, eared copy of semaphore signals, four cents fare you could ride all said Remaud, too rpany cooks spoil the better to interpret the frenetic "This is my ovm ship, my own true love, the way to the park. At that time the broth or too many pilots sink manipulator, haste was made to Of whom I place no one above." it was like a trip to the country. the ship. prepare the ship for sea in accord­ For a kid who lived in the hot city Yet such a man with strength and pride It happened when the Lawrence ance to the orders. slums, it was a little taste of Victory lay at anchor in a harbor May long for a woman at his side, heaven. 1 remember the merry-goPilot Comes Aboard in the Azores. A woman, who, for him will yearn found and trying for the brass ring The order was While the vessel was underway, which gave you a free ride. But And patiently wait for his return. , ' given to move the heading into a spanking breeze, a best- of all, I remember the freshship" a few hun­ small boat crept inconspicuously caught crabs being put into a But out of sight is out of thought, , dred feet in shift­ alongside the ship until it hoVe to caldron of steaming hot water, to He'll gather girls in every port, ing its berth, pre­ right under the scuppers of the be eaten later with a mug of cold, Then satisfied he has reached his goal. sumably for a starboard side. With little fanfm-e nickel beer. His home port girl is his ace in the hole. ^ ' better or more it was established that the late­ 3; t • expeditious dis­ comer was the actual pilot of the I'm reminded of a tale I heard Oh, he may take time to drop a line charge of cargo. harbor. Acting quickly, once au­ in the hall in Baltimore while wait­ To say that he is feeling fine The crux of the thority was established, the pilot ing for a ship. An AB told the tale Remand And send her trinkets, a card or two. matter lay in the had the engine room reverse en­ of fishing off the coast of Argentina Or a snapshot taken with the crew. ^ ^ fact that there was no communica­ gines, and it was a good thing they tion between the Portuguese offi­ were. The vessel glided by the So while he's dining some damsel fair, ' ^ cer directing the operation and the Atlantic Victory, instead of into it, With flashing eyes and silken hair. officers of the ship other than by as it would have if the astern bell His girl at home must broaden her view sign language. None of the ship had not been rung in time. And expect to have a rival or two. officers knew Portuguese tongue, Seafarers overseas who want With the crisis passed, the cap­ nor did the local officer speak tain and his crew gathered around to get in touch with headquar­ Oh, foolish man, he better learn. anything resembling American. ters in a hurry can do so by the imposter on the bridge and de­ Before the tide, too soon, may turn. cabling the Union at its cable Gesticulating wildly on the manded to know who he was. He Or his ace in the hole may set him free. address, SEAFARERS NEW bridge, like a juggler with hand flashed his badge showing himself To sail to the girls on some distant lee. YORK. grenades for prots, the native of­ to be one of the local port police. Use of this address will as­ ficer managed to convey his orders It seems he had a penchant for Jfo woman can ever be taken for granted sure speedy transmission on to the others. He looked like a solo piloting and took it out on the crew Though a seaman's roots in the ^ea are planted. adagio dancer tripping his last with of the Lawrence Victory. The crewall messages and faster serv­ So treat her right, your ace in the hole, j.,, ya- V _ rpomf^uj., ,qf ghostly, |>artnera ice for the men involve^. , jnembcrs, saw. to it that he was Or find your course not set on her final goat sponding to his toudt'ln order to safely put ashore, and fast. Would-Be Azore Pilot Is King-For-Day On Vessel Ace In The Hole K:^ li I: i-- !?;• U- lirit- Union Hag Cable Address i 1 •• •: :.'rr �Apra 1«. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Paee Nineteen Del Norte Stars Star in Bal Tilt Against Argentine Nine By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor After years of trial, error, promise and disappointment it appears that practical, single-solution developers and fixers (called monobaths) have finally become a reality. Quick, one-solution processing of films and papers for both amateur and professional may wejl be here as a permanent institution. In straightforward film processing under familiar methods, thrfee baths ax'e used. The developer reduces to metallic silver the poi-tions of the silver-halide emulsion that were exposed to light in the camera. The stop bath halts the action of the developer. The third and final bath, the fixer, dissolves away the silver halides remaining in the emusion after develbpment, leaving the metallic-silver negative image in the fiim. In monobath processing, the film is developed and fixed simultane­ ously. ^t sounds fantastic, but that is exactly what occurs, as you will see when you try this remarkable system in your own darki'oom. Long Research Problem The idea of monobath processing is by no means new; it has long been the dream and aim of many photo researchers. But, for one rea­ son or another, all previous attempts have proven unsuccessful. It re­ mained for investigators at the Optical Research Laboratory of Boston University, working under contract to the US Air Force, to produce a series of monobaths that seem to combine the largest number of de­ sirable qualities arid the fewest drawbacks. The disadvantages of former monobaths have been: 1. Instability of the solution 2. Uneven devlopment 3. Undue softening of the emulsion 4. Loss of speed of the emulsion Without going into the technical details, it is enough for our purposes to know that the workers at Boston University produced formulas which completely overcaipe the first three difficulties given above. Apparently the group has not solved the problem of speed loss to its complete satisfaction, but work is continuing and eventual success is expected. (Speed losses range from 40 to 50 percent.) Among the advantages of monobath film processing are: 1. Convenience. One bath instead of three. You mix, store and handle one combined developing and fixing; bath instead of the in­ dividual developer, short stop and fixing baths required for conven­ tional processing. 2. Speed in processing. Negatives are fully developed and fixed in six minutes (more or less, depending upon the film used). This is only 20 to 25 percent of the time required for fine grain processing by exist­ ing systems. 3. Excellent negative quality. Films properly handled in the mono­ bath formula have good gradation, density and contrast. 4. Fine grain. Eleven diameter enlargements from negatives show no objectionable graininess or loss of i-esolving power. In fact, im­ proved resolving power is one of the advantages that have been claimed for monobath processed negatives. Yellow-Brown Tone Negatives processed by the monobath procedure do not. appear to have quite as much density as those developed conventionally. How­ ever the difference is less than one half lens stop and ynder normal conditions may be disregarded. One thing you will notice is that mono­ bath tends to deposit a yellowish-brown stain over your negatives. The stain will do no harm—in fact, it may actually contribute to the pi;inting quality. But the same stain on your fingernails, towels and cloth­ ing is difficult to remove. A question that needs answering is whether monobath-processed negatives and prints will have the same permanence as others de­ veloped and fixed in the usual manner. Here, the final answer is for those who undertake the fun of finding out. If you enjoy following new ways in photography and find excitement in discovery, you'll want to try monobath processing in your own darkroom. If you're curious, drop us a line and we'll send you the formulas. In addition to shipboard duties, privileges and rigors aboard the Del Norte, certain other advantages accrue to Seafarers who man the Mississippi vessel. Not the least of these, is the chance to play ball on the ship's team while down South America way. Other vessels may have ball * teams, but not many have a Best two out of three wins the cup, was tough. In the bottom half of chance to perform so well in with no reports available on the the fourth, the Argentines put on Buenos Aires, Argentina, and to cement relations between that nation and the US. Just such an occurrence took place last time the Del Norte sailed down that way, according to the "Del Norte Navigator," the ship's official shipboard publir cation. The game be­ tween the Del Norte Stars and the Gymnasia y Esgrima Club took place in the latter part of Carolan February, the second of three 'tussles for the coveted Captain O'Pry trophy. outcome of the initial encounter. The struggle as printed in the shipboard paper, ran as follows: Hit Pay Dirt Early "It didn't take our Stars long to strike pay dirt, scoring a run in the first inning, but the blow that broke the pitcher's heart was a homer -by team captain Mike Sporich in the third. In the fourth, a Niagara of runs, nine, cascaded in. There wasn't much to the game after that except to hold on and not blow up. ®This was done splendidly bjr the Stars who kept heads up and tempers down in the heat of four hours playing time. "Joe Collins pitched some fine ball and kept cool when the going a rally that netted five runs on three hits and some errors. How­ ever, Joe recovered and put out the side. Another bad moment was experienced when the gauchos from down under threatened to score, and maybe tie up the game, in the last inning. Well, out came Mike Sporich in true "firemanMurphy style." With the bases loaded and one out, he retired the side with nary a run scored. Fielding Display "We witnessed some daring field­ ing by Bob Callahan. Hot line drives, pop-ups, slow rollers and fast ones were handled with equal ease by this hot-shot sparkplug, shortstop. 'He is tailor - made for this position' said Blackie Connors, who didn't do so bad himself, col­ lecting three hits in five attempts, helping to put the game on ice. "Johnny BlayBlaylock Ipck, if he didn't do a perfect job backstopping, made up for it by his sheer stickto-it teamwork, playing the full length of the game under the sweltering sun. Ralph Boyd, the chief radio operator, collected four hits out of five. Szantos and Bennate, new recruits, showed great promise for the future. 'Chino* Sosa outsmarted the pitcher to get three bases on balls, as well as playing an able and capable sec­ ond base. Collision Victim " 'Captain John' Suarez played so enthusiastically that he suffered a collision with the center fielder. Couldn't keep a good man down so he continued till the last out. The Stars were captained to a much-deserved 15-9 win by 'Red' Carolan." The "Navigator" concluded with Not exactly In love with the idea of walking around town. Sea­ this summary of the game: "The farer Pedro Villabol hops in a rickshaw in Durban, South Africa, boys from the Gymnasia y Esgrima for tour of city while on the Robin Tuxford. Photo by G. Crabtree. were in their teens, so the contest was youth against experience, with 1 'know-how' winning out. They had excellent fielding, a very, good catcher, good base running and a general zip and go about them­ Although Helen of Troy's face, was supposed to have launched 10,000 ships in the Greek wars. Seafarer Vernon Hall selves just like American kids. is willing to bet that not one of them was a rowboat. Not when it was supposed to be a launch, anyway. Hall says that T'ley will be hard to beat next he's sure the celebrated lady couldn't .have come in contact with a rowboat because he's seen all of them in the world time out." aboard the Jefferson City.^— Victory, Not one of them looks anchor. It was definitely not a benefit of no doubt. However, he like a launch, either, he claims. sight fqr eager eyes in search of was sure the slight was intentional Hall is not the only one who has Neapolitan delights to see, for the when the ship got to Tripoli. Peer­ been seeing rowboats aboard the men knew it would take them some ing anxiously over the side for Jefferson City Victory,.not by a time to get ashore. Also, they were sight of anything remotely re­ (1) A man desiring to pay off a debt of $440 in monthly payments long shot. He writes in to tell that aware- of the fact that if any of sembling a motor launch approach­ the entire crew is goggle-eyed at them came back to dockside defy­ ing the ship, the men were once finds that he can pay $20 the first month and thereafter increase each the sight of rowboats pulling along­ ing the law of gravity, there was again disappointed. Lo and behold, monthly payment $4 over the previous one. How many months will it side the ship In foreign ports in niore than an even chance that there came another rowboat hoving take him to pay his debt: (20), (11), (15), (14)? place of launch service to take the they might end up in the drink by to alongside the ship, ready for all (2) Which one was rescued, Stanley or Livingstone, by the famous men ashore on their time off. He pitching over the side of the row- minor transportation exigencies. meeting of the two men in Africa? says he never knew a rowboat in boat while it wended its way back The men used it, but they (3) What New England state borders on only ope other state? Is it grumbled. this world to look like a motor to the vessel. (Vermont), (Rhode Island), (Maine) or (New Hampshire)? Swim Anyone launch, company directives not­ Taking only six (4) If Hawaii and Alaska win US statehood the US flag will have to be men ashore at a In other ports during the voyage, revised to include 50 stars. When was the last star added to the flag? withstanding. time was not ex­ when the weather got a little rough (5) After the New York Yankees, which American League baseball " Proves His Point actly Hall's Idea for rowboating, the men never got club has won the most in World series competition? Just by way of proving his point. of adequate ashore at all. Of course, they had (6) Three times a certain number plus 14 equals five times the num­ Hall goes on to say that when the launch service, a recourse to all their problems. ber less 12. What is the number? ship stopped over in Naples, Italy," knowing it would When there was no motor launch (7) Is the area of Canada greater or smaller than that of the US? the men were all set for a good be quite a while and no rowboat, one crewmember (8) Which one of the' following men was the Republican nominee for time ashore, as soon as the motor before everyone suggested the men CQuld swim vice-president in 1940, when Wendell Willkie ran for president: (John launch showed up to ferry them could be accom­ ashore, but he almost ended up in Bricker), (Frank R. Knox), (Charles L. McNary)? Hall to land. What showed up was no modated in that the drink for his trouble. (9) If you were on US highway number 9, would you be likely to be motor launch, says he, but a good manner. His idea was not received cor­ heading in an east-west direction or a north-south direction? old-fashioned rowboat such as plied One winner doesn't make a daily dially at all, because no one cared (10) Six dollars is 30 percent of how many dollars: (15), (20), (30), (10)? the waves to bring Columbus to a double, thought Hall, and he was to wetwash his Sunday clothes just, -new land once bis ship dropped ready to-give the company , the for the fishes. | /Quiz Answers on Page 25) He Don't Want No Rickshaw Romance Row, Row, Your BoaV Replaces Launch Quiz Corner ! . r- , r. ... y.l.U/!.,' ' J.-'OQ -.0 *•«. I �mm r»g» Twenty. SEAFARERS LOG Aprfl K. 1951 Pup Aboard French Creek le Sight For Sore Eyes Making a spectacle of himself atooard the French Creek is Yoke, a cute little pup picked up in Japan by crewmember Manuel Costa. Seafarer Harry Black, left, seems unimpressed by the goings-on, while Bobert Mazzocca, holding eyeglasses on Yoko, is having a devil of a time. Black owns the other puppy just in front of canine comedian. By Spike Merlin It's always news in the fight couple of years ago until Harry game when an interesting-looking Matthews gave him a skillful heavyweight comes along because spanking and Joe Maxinv later the heavyweight division is noted boxed him silly in a light-heavy for its poverty of talent. That's title bout. Like Murphy, Jackson's knowl­ the main reason why a great deal of fuss is beiiig made about Tommy edge of boxing could be written on the head of the pin. Both of them "Hurricane" Jackson. Jackson,, who only has 18 profes-, won fights simply by wearing down sional fightfe, sprang into promi­ the opposition. While not discounting Jackson's' nence on the strength of three straight victories; the first over victory over Bucceroni it should Rex Layne the worn out Utah be remembered that Roland La punching bag, the second over the Starza knocked Dan down no less battle-wise Ciarence Henry and the than six times and Murphy took third over Dan Bucceroni who was him out inside of four rounds. Buc­ being touted as a Marciano oppo­ ceroni is a fine-looking fighter as nent. Most of the excitement came long as he is able to box straight after the Bucceroni fight when stand-up style, because he has as Jackson finished oif the tall Phila- pretty a one-two combination as you'd like to see. He simply can't delphian in six heats. handle the fighter who pounds him Busy Windmill inside. Apparently both writers and on­ Tired In Ten-Rounder lookers were overcome by Jack­ Jackson looke4 less impressive son's windmill style which makes him look more like a busy light­ in his bout with Henry than in the weight than one of the big fellows. Bucceroni fight. He had to go the He throws a tremendous number full 10 rounds with Henry, and as of punches from all angles from is to be expected, he tired from the furious pace he sets for him­ bell to bell. self. The result was that in the Actually right now, Jackson is little more than another Irish Bob last three sessions Henry had him Murphy, with one important differ­ pretty well on the run. Before Jackson can be consid­ ence—Murphy, a southpaw, was a one-handed fighter exclusively, and ered a real threat he will have to he was considerably older than learn to pace himself for the full Jackson when he got into big time. 15 rounds. And he will also have He too made quite a splash a to learn a little bit about boxing, Sellers In'Savannah Smash-up Late Draws Plague Jean Lafitte As Ship Sails On Far East Run Things are not going too well aboard the Jean Lafitte, writes Seafarer R. Willoi^hby, thanks mostly to the captain whom the men have labeled Sherman "Two-Gun Late-Draw Foster. " Documenting the case, Willough- attempts by the skipper to delay The crux of the situation which seems to be annoying by points out several instances of the draw and its consequent the men aboard the Waterman the captain's failure to supply a pleasures. For instance, writes Willoughby, scow is the fact that the skipper money draw to the men while in a goes out of his way to come up foreign port, when there was more take the case of the ship arriving with a late draw, port in and port than ample time to supply them in Oakland, California, not too This is what car driven by J. B. Sellers looked like after running out. Only his methods vary, they with the wherewithal. The men long ago. Movirfg over from Long vehicle into rear of stalled truck in Savannah, Ga. He escaped claim, but not overall effect. It's might have countenanced one abro­ Beach, the ship arrived at Oakland always heigh-ho to a port and wha' gation of the rules, but they looked at 9:30 AM. The captain, after with minor injuries, which cannot be said for the car. with jaundiced eye upon repeated much evasive action, gave out the hoppen to the draw! draw at 6:30 PM, claiming he got lost wending his fway through traffic from San Francisco. The men were inclined to disbelieve the story on the grounds that any man The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stevoards, cooks, who can guide a vessel along the oceanls many chartered and un­ bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known chartered routes, without seeing cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, land for weeks on end, should suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is John Gibbons' recipe certainly be able to maneuver his for "mulligatawny soup." way between the two cities with­ With balmy days putting in an appearance now, it's a good out a maximum of trouble and de­ time to dust off those hot-weather recipes, says chief cook lay. However, some of the crew who lived in the area,* and were John Gibbons, an SIU man for the last 15 years who's been either motorists or pedestrians, sailing in the galley since ' 2-3 minutes until it is smooth. Add 2 commiserated with the beleagured 1932. skipper. "Mulligatawny soup" is one tablespoons of curry powder and of the best because, although it's mix a minute or two more. Gets Worse Now, while cooking all the time, hot when eaten, it will leave you If the men thought that was bad, feeling comfortable and cool soon slowly add in the stock and bring it got worse later on, reported the after you're out of the messroom. it up slow for 3-4 minutes. Finally Seafarer. After a rough crossing of The soup, of East Indian origin, add the following diced or cubed 19 days to Yokohama, Japan, the means "pepper water" in the na­ ingredients: 4 apples, 4 onions, 3-4 vessel dropped anchor at 9:30 PM tive tongue, but there's a lot more carrot, 1 stalk celery2 white tur­ one evening and the men were to it than that. Gibbons points out. nips and I can crushed tomatoes, ready for a little roistering amid To prepare it, here's what you all of which have been braised for the girlsans. By some stroke of do: make about 5 gallons of stock, about 10 minutes. The juice of 1 luck and twisted logistics, the port using veal and lemon should be included while agent had the money and the mail chicken bones, a braising and the whole combination on the dock after receiving sev­ carrot, turnip, should then be kept simmering on eral estimated times of arrival, as onion, some cel­ a very low fire about a half-hour. well as the ship being three days ery roots, 3-4 bay It should appear as a fine yellow or late. The, draw never took place, leaves and ^ tea­ slightly orange color. Parsley can because the captain didn't know spoon of leaf be sprinkled on top, if you like. which way was up by the time the thyme. About 2 Add salt and pepper to taste and vessel had been in port for. one- hours of cooking serve with boiled white rice, boiled half hour. noodles or even spaghetti. "The will Iiave It boil­ crews on many ships I've prepared In Muroran, he claimed the ing at the high Gibbons it for have taken to Mulligatawny point. Next, melt banks were closed, but the agent soup as a 'meal in itself,'" Gibbons • cup each of butter and bacon gave out tiie money later. Alt" in added. "It's tops in hot weather grease and blend in 2 cups of wellall, it was one heck of a late-draw lOlllC^tC?." (Feeds '3, ^voyage. i»A �April 10, 1954 Explains Beet, in Yokohama To the Editor: For the past two weeks Yoko­ hama has been Jumping with what's known as the Immigration Center Beef. It's ail history now but while it was on, charges and counter charges galore flew hither and yon. Inasmuch as the beef in­ volved several SIU men who were at the Immigration Center at the time, I would like very much to clarify and e.xplaln just exactly what happened and how it was more than ably handed by Dick Kim, SUP Agent in Yokohama. First let me tell you the setup In the Immigration Center. It has as inmates sea­ men of all nation­ alities who have failed to join their ship when their respective vessels departed. It is a dormitory type set-up and while, I'm sure. It is no palace, Lipkin still it can be termed adequate, The food served is below shipboard standards, but can be compared favorably with Army chow. Additional food from nearby restaurants can be pur­ chased at any time. The Japanese Immigration police are very easy to get along with and the telephone is always available to call the'-SUP hall. On several occasions I have seen the police bring detainees down to the union hall and have noted with interest that they are never averse to permit the persons involved to shop, visit friends or even stop for a couple of fast ones. To sum it all up; as jails go (and I wish they would!), it's not a bad one. Compai-ed to the can in Manila and Buenos Aires, and-4iere, I really speak from personal experience. It's quite the country club. Comes To Light The beef came to light when a letter appeared in the Nippon Times, an American language daily printed in Tokyo. It was •igned by sixteen seamen and it was a stirring indictment of the unbearable conditions at the Im­ migration Center. The men stated In no uncertain terms that the place was filthy, the food terrible and that they were not permitted to contact their consuls and com­ pany agents and further, several of them were being denied muchneeded medical attention. If the facts stated in the letter were anywhere near true it was indeed a deplorable condition. Knowing that there were men from my own organization being held there and being concerned for their well being, I went to the SUP hall to find out what the beef was all about and to wire headquarters at New York if it could possibly help. I learned from the SUP hall that the entrance to the dormitory had been barricaded from within with beds and mattresses and the place was under a state of siege. Sltdown Strike A sitdown and hunger strike was In progress and no one could get in or out. The recalcitrants kept the rest of the inmates under con­ trol with threats of death. Event­ ually it was broken up by the affthorities. Now that it's all over, this is the way I see it. It was a bum beef from start to flnish and anyone with a grammar school education could •ee that there was a method and a purpose behind it all. The purpose was to blacken Kim, the duly ap­ pointed AFL representative, and the method was riot and confusion. The guiding hand of some one who knew his stuff regarding this type thing was apparent. The poor ] SEAFARERS LOG Fare Twenty-ene LETTERS All Hands Help Ailing Seafarer To the Editor: It gives me great pleasure to take this opporunity to thank you and the crew of the Robin Wentley, To the Editor: Captain Brockman, and the purser, I £fm under the physically dis­ Mr. Lyon, for their attention in my abled benefit, which enables me to lead a happy and normal life. I behalf. Everyone did his utmost to would like to thank the Union for niake my trip back from Capetown, the time and energy put into get­ South Africa, as comfortable as ting it for me, for I know that I possible. would never have gotten it except for these tireless efforts to put The food was excellent and the this through for me. raessman went to extremes to sat­ i 4. isfy me. He served me as though I I have had plenty of experience were some diplomat, or something. with shipowners and know that you don't get I was hospitalized in Capetown anything from for a cardiac condition and emphy­ sema, a lung disorder. Sister Fran­ them without a To the Editor: struggle. I want ces and Sister Cross at the Mon­ Would you please send a copy of astery Nursing Home treated me'" to thank the members of the the LOG to my home in Baltimore, wonderfully, and so did Mr. Sinall Welfare Services as I like to keep up with the doings of the Seaman's Mission. Department fOr of the Union, and I would like to thank the dele­ their kind and while I am at sea gate for writing ahead and contact­ courteous treat­ I don't get to ing A1 Thompson of the Welfare ment and assist­ read all copies. Services. He made all of the arFrazer ance while my langements to have me admitted There is not benefit was pending. I would like much to report to the Marine Hospital on Staten to tell the membership that if any as to the doings Island. He also took care of my of them has a problem, take it up aboard baggage. Toby Flynn was on the the with Walter Siekmann and you will Strathbay this job next day, to see if I needed be treated with courtesy* and trip, except that anything. Thanks a lot, again, to helped on any problem, as I was. everyone that helped me. the storm doors Beaell We sure have the best seaman's leak so badly that James H. -Harker union in the world, and the Union the crew will probably have webbed 4 i i book is better security than any feet by the time this ship reaches bank book. Let's make it even bet­ port. ter than it is now by all doing our I will write again after we reach part. Yugoslavia and see how the crew To the Editor: * Burton J. (Curley) Frazer acts after a rest between drinks. I am in favor of an educational Charles V. Bedell tit system for maritime training as a (Ed. note: We have added your fine thing. I think the companies, home address to our mailing list Government and the unions should as you requested.) be willing to maintain it. The whole maritime industry To the Editor: 4) benefits. The companies benefit by I've just come out of the Staten better-trained men. The GovernIsland hospital for the third time. ,ment, like the companies, benefits ^ i. The last time I went in was on if war comes by properly trained Dec. 11 after transferring from the men who could easily train the un-, To the Editor: Sasebo, Japan, hospital when get­ trained or take out any type of I used to receive the LOG, but ship on short notice. And the ting off the Olympic Games. What I want to say concerns tbe somehow it stopped coming. I have unions could be certain of the To the Editor: With all the eager material Union and the Welfare Service De­ always been able to obtain copies man's skill when he is sent to a aboard the "Wandering Warrior" it partment. I believe the services at the Union Halls and other places job. Private individuals benefit by would be a shame not to share offered by the department are the both in the United States and over­ education, upgrading, raising of these smiling faces with the many greatest thing in the world to com­ seas, but sometimes I miss a copy or prestige and reputation. LOG readers. This one is a really bat loneliness and discouragement two. The LOG being my favorite Of course, the schooling must be while a Seafarer lies in the hospi­ reading, I would like to have it happy ship. held, to the men of the maritime sent to my address, so the back Our most famous member is fa­ tal. The assistance we get from the copies will be home when I arrive trade, with no initial training, only refresher and upgrading classes. mous indeed. Sailor Olavi Kiviko- welfare staff is terrific. The visits there after the trip. ski picked , this ship as his first are rewarding enough, but when This looks cheap enough to me for I live with my sister and brother- the Government's defense, the since his historic voyage of 67 days you add to that the payments from the Union as well as the reading in-law, who works on a weekly company's welfare and the union's crossing the Atlantic in a 33-foot boat. He is a great guy and when matter brought to us by the patrol­ newspaper. He is foremaji there protection and cheap enough for and has read several copies of the all. his story is published we'll cer­ man, it is just so much icing. The money is a great help to the LOG; he said he, is glad that the tainly plug it. There is nothing more to be said, men. It often helps them pay the LOG isn't a competitor, as he There'll be more pictures later, rent on their flat back home. The would have to look for another job. only action to be taken—I hope. as we're on our way to France, men felt 100 percent better know­ William W. Williams I know the LOG has received Greece and Turkey before we go ing the Union is behind them and many compliments, and in my home. Until we get some develop­ thinking of them. The Welfare De­ opinion it should get an oscar for ing done then, we'll sign off for this partment is the greatest. being the fine, educational, inform­ time. ative paper that our editorial staff I don't think it is possible to get puts out. Keep up the good work. To the Editor: "Flashbulb" Bob O'Rouke and better personal care anywhere in Would you please mail me the Frank Van Dusen the Warrior crew the world than we get under the LOG, as I haven't received it in (Ed. vote: Your name has been quite a long time. My husband is a added to the LOG's mailing list, as Union member now on a voyaggA^ you asked.) with the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian). I wish to say that I enjoy read­ $ "5 ing this wonderful paper and feel very lost awithout it. I will appre­ ciate receiving the LOG as soon^as possible. Thank you. Mrs. Eusiivo Andaya To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been Many seamen from the Mobile added to the LOG's inailing list.) area will be sorry to hear that Mrs. 4" 4Eunice H. Taylor, physical thera­ pist at the Mobile outpatient clinic of the USPHS, passed away at her home here. She died in the early To the Editor: morning of March 22 of a heart Since receiving my permit card attack. She will be well remem­ in Boston last Decembei*, I have bered by many SIU men, for she been taking a short break and had a way of treating each man as studying in Mexico. I would very if his was the most important case much appreciate it if you would in the hospital. send me a copy of the LOG to the Mrs. Taylor has been with the above address, as I would, like to USPHS since March 2, 1936, and continue to follow the Union's ac­ fg had been on duty in Mobile since tivities. Scnfaren bask In reflected glory as they gather around Intrepid July 3, 1947. Prior to this, she had Charles Grader seaman Olavi Kivikoskl on his first voyage after sole run In At(Ed. note: We hare added your been at Hudson and Jay in New lantle. Shown above are, left to right, top row, Walt, Levy, Bums; York. Mexican address to our mailing bottom rew« Jtriinson, Kivikoskl and Hathcook. William Wood list.) clowns on the inside were the dupes and the tools. Union Book Precious My Union book is something I hold and cherish dearly. The SIU is a big part of my life and I rise and fall with it. The organization is international in its scope and T accept and endorse as my brother any and all of our affiliates in the SUP, the MCS—AFL and the MFOW. I sailed with them on my last ship, the Sword Knot, and have found them to be good ship­ mates and good friends without exception. As regards the SUP hall in Yo­ kohama, I feel that here truly I can speak with authority. I have been hospitalized with a broken leg for four and a half months, and with­ out the assistance, moral and finan­ cial, that I have received I would be in rough shape indeed. I have proper legal representation and first class treatment from the com­ pany agent. I have everything I need and I'm being treated with all consideration. All this is due to Kim's interest and efforts on my behalf. He's a first class piecard and a first-rate guy. I'm proud and happy to call him friend and brother. Men of his caliber'and stature have made the AFL what it is today and it is fruly deplor­ able that any attempt has been made to blacken and besmirch him and the organization he represents. It is very gratifying to know that from all this hulabaloo and bum rapping, Kim has emerged stronger than ever in the esteem of all sea­ going men of the AFL. The port of Yokohama is now calm and serene and I extend best wishes to all. See you soon, I hope. Max Lipkin Takes Pictures Aboard Warrior Thanks Those Who Helped Him auspices of the Union at the hospi­ tals. In addition, the Union helped me out with my money problems. I had some money coming from the company and I got it without any trouble at all, thanks to the SIU. The Union and the Welfare Serv­ ices Department are the best in maritime. Everyone gives high praise to Walter Siekmann and his staff. Hans R. Hanssen Crewmen Will Soon Be Ducks Asks Government To Train Men Has High Praise For Welfare Aid Wants To Get LOG Once Again iiember'^ Wife Enfogs The LOG Seamen-s Friend Dies In Miobile ^ow A Student Wants LOG Sent �'':^V<h';S S E AF A RVR S Steepleehuse A Sad Day To Some LO G^ Ap^^S/MMv' L E T T E R S Suyyests Clinic For SiU Families I am writing this letter from To the Editor: Liverpool the day after the Grand all of us, but I'd like to put in my him, I am sure it would have been The letter by Mrs. Virginia National Steeplechase held an Ain- two cents' worth anyway. a much nicer trip. Teears .in the March 19th LOG tree every year. merits attention.-I feel there is With shipping slow the way it is, The ship's delegate, Mont (Fin It is the greatest enough room in our welfare setup I've been on the beach now for To the Editor: gers) McNabb, J.r., who is doing race of its kind in It surely has been swell receiv­ fine job on here^ asked the old man for an established clinic and hos­ quite some time and had a little the world. I .was trouble getting into the marine ing the LOG While in the Army. 1 if he would send our mail ashore pital service for members and their a sad witness be­ hospital for a check-up. My malarii. like to feel that I am still part in Singapore, where we stopped dependents in all branches covered cause my pig fell has been acting up again and I of the SIU, even though , they call for bunkers, and we would sign the by the SIU, where treatment would at a fence and is wanted a real check-up to find out me a PFC. log for the amount. He said it in be unlimited. Realizing such an still coming in. I am stationed here in Straubina, volved a lot of work for him and idea may be a major probiem, it no what it's all about. The winner, as doubt will eventually be acted Wjthout the Welfare Depart­ Germany, about 22 inlles from the he did not care to be bothered, no doubt you Czechoslovakian border. It is in the wire was sent to headquarters upon by our wide awake Union rep­ ment, I'd still be waiting around to know, was Royal Fitzsimmons get into the hospital, and it might Bavarian, sectioaf A year in one about the matter. Whatever hag resentatives. Tan, an Irish place is too much to take for a Sea­ True, the Seafarer himself is horse owned by Mr. J. Griffin be a long time yet before I'd know farer. I sure will be glad to return pened there I don't know, but w'hat's wrong. But thanks to the when we got to Singaporejthe old fairly secure when sickne^ strikes trained by Mr. O'Brien. The jock­ to mjt, travelling days on the good him, but what of_ ey was Mr. B. Marshall. Marshall Union's efforts, through the Wel­ SIU ships. I miss the'.OT alld the man changed his mind and sent fare Services, I was admittea to his family, espe­ our maiP ashore. He comes from won lAst year's Grand National on good chow too. cially if it's a Norway and his name is Reinertsen Early Mist, also owned by Mr. J. the USPHS clinic at Hudson and Best wishes to all my former He has passed remarks about large one? While j^riffin .likewise trained by O'Brien. Jay Streets in New York, where I shipmates. got a complete check-up over a some have a little American ships and is a phony The biggest news over here is two-day period, y PFC Fred A. Serrah put aside for a from the word go. the H-bomb, and our friend. Sen­ US 51205377 rainy day, there I'd even been tr^ting myself for The night before we got to Hous­ ator Joe McCarthy and Private HQ Co. 6tb A/C Regt... are many who are ton the phony steward told the fol­ Schine. The political artists are a while, because I couldn't figure APO 46 c/o Postmaster not so fortunate a way to get into the hospital. It lowing men they were fired for the having-a field day. I hope to be New York, NY for the high cost seems to me that a man who's been following reasons: Earl Bontelle, back in the States shortly: please of living and 4> going to sea for, 35 years and Jellettc chief cook, cooks too much; Harry give my regards to all the blokes rents eat up all served ,in the US Navy shouldn't Black, second co«k and baker, can't and brothers. his earnings. have any trouble getting into a bake; Julie, third cook, uses five John Fitzsimmons marine hospital, but that's the way There are many phony health cans of vegetables instead of three 4. ^ ^ it worked out. To the Editor: for the crew; Mike Boggs, pantry­ plans offered to the public, con­ Thanks again to Walter SiekWill drop a few lines to give you man, incompetent and Dan Beard, taining small-print gimmicks, goug­ mann and the welfare gang on the some kind of a score on this town. BR, too slow. The steward claimed ing money from victims, giving second deck at headquarters. I have not been in Bremen, Ger­ that the cooks used five and a half nothing in return when it is vitally To the Editor: many, since the year of 1928. That months' stores in three and a half needed. Robert Fred Walker I wish'to thank the crew of the Some of our brothers have had was on the old West Kyska. Cap­ months. 4" 4' San Mateo Victors for the good this tragic experience. Reputable tain Reed was the skipper and Well, anyway, to make a long ,food and good treatment all around Olson was first assistant then. story short, the crew stood behind insurance companies have a limit while I was on temporary duty in Years may go by but they still the steward department. The pa­ on payments and services, and ac­ Pusan on March 23. I am glad to To the Editor: have that good old beer here. We trolman, Charles Kimball, really cording to the press recently have met such a fine crew, espe­ We, the crew of the Show Me go, to Hamburg .v.; .•.S'.-'vp -/ •• went to bat for us and found the should one "become eligible to cially Bob Biack. I sailed with him Mariner (Bull), better known as the tonight. I think steward to be a phony. Charlie claims they just droll the policy as on my last ship, the Puerto Rico, Floating Waldorf Astoria, want to the last time I told the old man that the steward quickly as .possible. Future illness before I was so rudely interrupted bring to your attention in the LOG was there was in department was staying on and for him or his family means either by the draft board. that this ship is one of the finest 1939 the day war that he would have to pay the men a private hospital at high rates or I missed the Topa Topa by 12 that we have had the good fortune was declared. I replacing us two days' pay. The a public institution.' hours. Another SIU ship in the to find ourselves aboard, and is was on the old From talks I've had with our old man didn't go for this action at harbor was the Badger Mariner. mastered by Captain A. R. Bell- Wacosta and we all so he called the company office weifare director, Walter SiekThe newly completed USS Club house, who rates tops with the were stopped by in New York and told them the mann, I understand that much re­ in Pusan is a good place to spend ciew. Our chief mate is Edward a German sub­ setup. The company office got Joe search has been made along these an evening. I will be glad when I Baker, and the junior third mate marine. They Algina oh the line. Joe said we lines by the Union. If a plan can Creel get out March 1st, 1955. I will is a former member of the SIU. came aboard and stay on, so that ended that two- be worked out beneficial to our "gladly change my .45 for a marlin Mike Connulli is the purser. They shook us down. We had a full load hour argument till we got to,Balti­ members, I feel sure that, as in the spike. I would like to hear from really look after the welfare of the of Scotch whisky from Glasgow, more. Then it started again. This past, our Union will g* all-out to some of my former shipmates. Scotland, aboard consigned to New time all the men who were fired put such a plan into operation: The crew. Pfc. Roy A. Johnson We crewed up in Baltimore on York. They held us up for an hour quit except the BR and the baker. record of the SIU's Welfare Plan US51233628 the' maiden voyage, bound for and a half, but no damage was The old man fired them again, but speaks for itself—unlimited pay­ ments and service to our members. MPCO APO 358 622 France, England and Germany via done. I will never forget those changed his story. have not heard of-any other days. c/o Postmaster New York. There is not even one Dirty Porthole Frames union that offers its Irnembership We leave for Hamburg tonight San Francisco, Cal. beef and everybody gets along as He fired the BR because he such valuable service. Ali this, on my watch. We're due back in t if they are all brothers. There is didn't clean around the portholes Mobile, Alabama, about April 10, often enough. The Baltimore pa­ along with the best contracts in never a grumble about the chow. maritime. so they say. Tell all my friends 1 I also want to bring to your at­ said-hello up New York way. Right trolman said that he stays on. As John Jellette for the baker, he had to go be­ tention that this ship feeds good now I'm on the La Salle. 4* 4" 4' cause he didn't get up at 2:00 AM whether it is a holiday or not. To the Editor: Jame8 P. Creel when he was supposed to. He Notre Dame Seminary of the Those other ships, that claim to be 4i would get up at 3:00 or 4:00 AM South, which educates men for the good feedersr, were only so on spe­ instead, and for this reason he, was priesthood, is compiling the only cial occasions. Our steward is John fired. His work was put out and To the Editor: permanent periodical library in C. Reed, who hails from Iowa and satisfactory as far as the crew was New Orleans. Fred Kreger, our chief cook is John S. Kozerski, Will you please publish in the concerned. It was all a chicken LOG the foliowing notice to all financial secretary of the Painters' who is one of the best chief cooks To the Editor: beef,, but the Baltimore patrolman seamen; Union Local 1244, is contributing that we have sailed with in a long I'm just returning after a threehis copies of the LOG, along with time. Our baker is Harry T. Dean, and-a-half-month trip to Japan and said his hands were tied, because If you are in Galveston, Tex., and other AFL papers, to this library, who turns out some of the best the Persian Gulf on the French the baker did not get up on time. need a place' to leave your gear The way I feel about it is this. while you are being hospitalized. which means that labor's side of pastries that we have eaten in a Creek (Cities Service). Our first the picture is going to be permar long time. The deck department is port in the States was Houston, The steward department has just Instead of paying room rent on it nently available through the news headed by Mike Dembroski, Andy where we paid off. We sure had so much work to do." When it is call 2-8534. Or maybe you need items, editorials, etc., currently Andreshak, Nicholas Swolka and our share-of beefs on here, thanks done, well, that's it. There just is an inexpensive room in a nice John Buzelewski. no more to be done, so what differ­ being published in labor papers, to the old man. If it wasn't for ence does it make when a man home for your mother or sister to John Buzelewski sleep in while visiting you in the o Since the LOG is such an excel­ turns to, as long as the work is put hospital. If so, don't forget to call lent paper and realistically reflects out to the crew's satisfaction. on "Mom" who served you faith­ the problems of the nen of the The crew on here is reaBy tops— fully since 1940. merchant marine, it is good for one of the best I have ever had the posterity to have it on permanent Alice Knowlton (known pleasure to sail with, and I am file in such a library, but it is also to seamen as "Mom") proud to be part of it. Some of the good for the LOG to put such first­ 4> 4> 41 oldtimers here include Charles hand labor information so truly Capeman, Harry Jaynes and representing the Union, where Woodie Woodford. young men studying for the priest­ Meyer H, Black hood many know the true condi­ 4> 4" t tions. The library will be open to To the Editor: anyone wishing to use it. During a visit to Pennsylvania 1 Lou Van Sicklen was invited to the Polish and (Ed. note: A copy of the LOG American Club at Bobtown, Pa«It To the Editor: Vjill be sent regularly to Notre happened that I had a LOG in my Would you please put me on the pocket and I showed it to the mem­ Dame Seminary every two weeks, LOG'S mailing list. At the hall, bers, who asked me if a copy could as issued, from now on.) they're gobbled up like hot cakes. be sent to them regularly, as they 1" 4" 4" It's the best union paper I've ever liked the way it is written— riin across. straightforward and to the point. I'm also Including a library form Man of them are members of the from the latest edition. Here's to United Mine Workers. To the Editor: morp and better articles in the E. Vlodek I'm sure none of the brothers LOG'S tradition. need any assurance from me that Solid galley crew Makes It hot for boys on board the Show Me S. J, Hutchinson (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent the Welfare Services Department Mariner. They are, left to right, S. S. Acero, Hany Dean, En(Ed. note: We have added your regularly to the Polish and Amer­ riqnes'Dlaiand Jan^KozersU. of the Union is doing a real Job for jiame to the LOG'S mailing list.) - ican Club ««. 0ou: requestedJ it GM Has That Old StU Wanderlust -'• X' iSl^ Recalls Germany in Olden Times Thanks Crew For Good Treatment Chow is Good All The Time Seminary Will Deceive LOGS Wants To Help^ Men And Family Men Fired For Phony Excuses LOG Makes More Friends For SiU Wants To Get Personal Paper Union Gets Him Hospital Aid m �f\';im,'yf^-Ti'-y^ Pa(* Tir«ilr4hK* SEAFARERS'^ IPG Apm it»'i«5« A Expedition To Japan Seafarers who look with longing toward the magical Isle of Japan, complete with its friendly girl-sans, may find it hard to believe that seamen were once distinctly unwelcome in that country. But until Commodore Matthew Perry opened the lowed, MacDonald'g family moved gates in 1853-54 by showing from one Hudson Bay Company UD In Japan with a well-armed fleet, it was a closed country for all but Dutch traders \yho had a precarious foothold on an island in Nagasaki harbor. Once a year the Dutch were allowed to bring in a ship. Otherwise, all other contact with foreigners was forbidden. Nevertheless, there were some seamen who landed in the for­ bidden islands, usually as a re­ sult of whale-ship wrecks. In the 1800's the waters of the North Pa­ cific were favorite hunting grounds for the New England and Cali­ fornia whalers and victims of ship­ wrecks in that area would more often than not be carried ashore Jn Japan. Cast Himself Ashore in every known instance, these men were imprisoned and some were put to death. But one adven­ turous seaman, Ranald MacDonald, deliberately went ashore in Japan in 1848, in the hope of building an empire for himself on the islands. His attempt was doomed to failure from the start, as he was kept in prison or under house guard for the full period of his stay until he was finally released one year later through American and Dutch In­ tervention. MacDonald, whose one-man in­ vasion of Japan was only one of a series of unusual adventures, was born in Fort George, British Co­ lumbia. He was the son of a Scotsman who was employed by the Hudson Bay Company, but his mother was an Indian princess of high rank in the tribes of the area. The start of his far-fetched idea for an expedition to Japan came in 1834 when he was only ten years old. Three Japanese fishermen were picked up off Vancouver Is­ land after surviving , a shipwreck. MacDonald got to know the fisher­ men and formed the hazy idea that somehow the Japanese were re­ lated to the Indians he knew. Since he himself was of royal Indian blood, so to speak, he got the dream of establishing an empire among the Japanese. "The whole impractical scheme was mixed up with the idea of converting the Ja­ panese to Christianity. In the growing years that fol­ I ini«ei 1 post to another while he hunted, trapped fur-bearing animals and worked as a woodsman. However, the idea of going to Japan stayed with him. Shipped On Whaler Finally, he left the Northwest, striking out for New Orleans where he shipped out as OS on the whaler Tuscany. That vessel wound up in-London at the end of its voy­ age, after which he shipped on a variety of merchant vessels includ­ ing ships engaged in the Illegal Af­ rican slave trade. ' Through all this time, MacDon­ ald was looking for the opportunity to get to Japan. His chance came when he signed on the whaler Plymouth iii the Hawaiian Islands in 1848. It was pretty widely known • at the time by everybody in the sea­ faring trade that contact with the Japanese was a pretty risky busi­ ness. Several whalers that picked up shipwrecked Japanese fisher­ men found to. their surprise that the Japanese more often than not vlould hot take them back. If they did, the unfortunate fisherman were subject to a death penalty for hav­ ing had contacts with foreigners. The reverse was also true. Ship­ wrecked seamen who landed on the islands were assured of an inhos­ pitable reception. Many of them were imprisoned for years. Others were put to death. And since the mid-19th century was a time when whalers ranged far and wide across the North Pacific whale fisheries, there were many such instances on the record. The Japanese dislike for foreign­ ers dated back to the 16th century when Portuguese merchantmen, seeking out the riches of the East, established trade relations with the islands. If the Portuguese had been satisfied meijely to trade, "there would have been little trouble. But the westerners were intent on "saving the heathen," which meant conversion to Christianity. Slammed The Gates Franciscan missionaries fettled in Japan and made such rapid headway that the Japanese govern­ ment became alarmed. Figuring that Christianity and conquest '•ich tao) Nagasaki (arrow) was only place that foreigners could contact Japan for hundreds of years until Commodore Perry's expedition in 1853. Dutch were allowed to live oil. an Island In Nagasaki har­ bor and )>Fli;tg-In.-ope ^shi^.-a year,:v..:-.-.;'; c.! The unfortunate jailer who brought some female relatives to jail to goggle at the imprisoned seaman # had his head lopped off as punishment for exposing Japanese women to contact with a foreigner. went hand in hand, they quickly slammed the gates on the Portu­ guese and all other foreigners with a series of decrees. Only the dis­ creet and diplomatic Dutch es­ caped the Japanese wrath. One well-known instance of the way the Japanese treated foreign contacts was the famous case of a shipwrecked Japanese boy who was picked up in 1840 by the American whaler John Rowland. He was taken back home to New England and went to school in Connecticut for six years. Afterwards he got homesick and went back to Japan. He was imprisoned immediately and released only when Commo­ dore Perry arrived in the Islands because the Japanese needed an interpreter. Asked To Go Ashore MacDonald was well aware of the dangers involved but despite them when the Plymouth came close to the northern islands of Japan he asked to be put afloat in a whaleboat. The captain agreed reluctantly and let him go. None of the crewmembers would cut the painter believing that they were condemning him to death, so Mac­ Donald, with one final dramatic flourish severed his last tie with the ship and went off on his own. As soon as he got within sight of shore, he deliberately capsized his boat, posing as a shipwrecked sail­ or. He was picked up by fishermen and taken ashore at Tangore. There he spent some time in pro­ tective custody trying to learn as much Japanese as possible while his captors tried to decide what to do with him. From there they took him in a series of shifts from town to town, prison to prison, where he ap­ peared before a variety of local potentates, all of whom made no final decision on him. He was taken to Tutumari for trial and impris­ oned there awhile. Subsequently he was shifted to another jail and appeared before the local governor there. By slow stages, usually trav­ eling by junk, he was shifted south­ ward, sometimes in chains and sometimes in relative freedom. During all this time he saw little of the Japanese other than his cap­ tors. On one occasion his jailor permitted a visit by some women relatives who, like women every­ where, were no doubt consumed with curiosity about this strange creature. The news of the visit got to higher authorities who promptly had the offending jailor's head lopped off. Finally, after months of the cat and mouse treatment, MacDonald was sent to Nagasaki where he was spared the death penalty but im­ prisoned in a small house. There be became a teacher of English to young Japanese. Many of them later became diplomats when the Japanese government established regular contacts with other coun­ tries. Finally the American Navy cor­ vette Preble showed up in Naga­ saki harbor in the spring of 1849 and negotiations were undertaken through the Dutch for release of 13 American seamen imprisoned there by the Japanese. The proce­ dure was completed in April 1849, and MacDonald was released with the rest. He had spent nearly a year in Japan but had never gotten started on his ambitious dream of empire. MacDonald's later adventures rivaled his Japanese trip. .4fter his release, he went to Singapore and joined the crew of the Sea Witch. The ship was vrecked in a hurricane but his luck held and he made it ashore by clinging to some timbei'S. His next stop was Aus­ tralia where he joined in a local gold rush and struck it rich. His gold diggings made him wealthy for the time being, but the restless seaman couldn't stay put in one place for long. He caught / ship to Rome, Italy, and from there made hti way to England. Finally, at the ripe old age of 30, he decided to give up his wander­ ings and returq to the Pacific Northwest. He spent the next 40 years prospecting and farming, un­ til his death in 1894 in a wilder­ ness cabin at Fort Colville, Wash­ ington. Olde Photos Wanted by LOG The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in them all. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. * 'The RoiTian Corbita' Great soldiers and travelers, the ancient Romans pioneered in many phases of shipbuilding to tend to the needs of empire. One of the larger varieties of Jhe Roman merchant ship, built about 100 AD, was called the corbita, from corbis. meaning basket. Ves­ sels of this type carried a basket at the masthead to indicate they O^rom "The Book of Old Ships" (Doubleday), by Grant and Culver.) were carriers of both passengers and cargo, but they were heavy and noted for their slow sailing. The sheer of these ships was con­ siderable. They, also featured a carved bowsprit, an elaborately decorated, high swelling stern and a curious topsail composed of triangular ha^lves, which is still in use today. n ^1 �F'A^'Eil S 'L'&G Twenl#-f(Mir -Sir Aiilrill .. . DIGEST of SHIPS* BfEEXmGS... ALAMAR (C«lm»r), M»reh 3»—Chair­ man, E. Hogg; Sacratary, Jamat R. MePhaul. Repair lists should be ready by the time the ship reaches the Panama Canal Zone. The Captain promised to take some SIU slop chest supplies on board. A vote of thanks was given to the steward's department for the 6ne Job they did. for the great improvement over foriner conditions prevailing. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Clilcf Service) March 27—Chairman,. J. Mitchell; Secre' tary, Joe Robertson. Crew delegated E. Robertson to write a letter to the Sea Chest regarding constructive comments on service. Crew was given instructions on ho\t items can be purchased on credit WINTER HILL (Cities Service), March plan. Financial report was read. All men who hadn't donated to the TV set ex­ 91—Chairman, Otto Padersen; Sacratary, Jesse Maloney. Discussion on getting cig­ penses were asked to do so immediately. arettes on ship and the profits from sales TACALAM (Seatrade), February 21— going to the ship's fund. Chances on ar­ rival' pool should be taken up as soon as Chairman, Monies; Secretary, Sanchex. possible. Second cook and baker was Steward short five hundred pounds of meat when ship was stored in the Port of elected ship's treasury. New York. More meat will be purchased JErPERSON VICTORY (Victory Car­ in .Tapan. Ship's delegate will see the riers), February 28—Chairman, Waller L. 'captain about ice bo.xes being cleaned Busch; Secretary, Vernon Hall. Few hours and put in running order. If action is not disputed overtime to be clarified by pay­ taken headquarters will be contacted. ing o{V patrolman. Repair list posted in Chief cook brought out the fact that the mess hall and any additional repairs to meat is a very poor grade. be added. A brother's wateh was missin.g sailing day from Iskenderun. Turkey, and • 'suggestion was made that all hands put up enough money to pay for watch. After considerable debate on the subject a hand vote was taken and voted down. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), no date—Chairman, Frank Kon; Secretary William Benshotf. Perkins reported that the Captain was not sure of the pa.volT date in New York and told crew to draw enough to rompensate. There is a bal ante of $.12.50, in the ship's fund: one dol­ lar wrs used for transportation to the hall. Dtotion was made and seconded that the shin's delegate take ship's funds and purehaee the "Log Year Book." Engine 1 delegate asked the men to take care of the linen that is left in the recreation room themselves. Ship's delegate report­ ed that the man who missed the ship in Alameda will be reported at the paypIT. No "data—Chairman, Louis Montas; Sec­ retary, E. Boarman. lee boxes cleaned and will be checked by the delegate to be sure _ that -they have been thoroughly chetked. Motion made to have steward and the ship's delegate cheek stores in Singapore. Pantry galley and messrooms need to be sougeed as soon as possible. A motion was made to send a wire to union headquarters to let them know what is going on aboard ship. Use Only One Mail Addrese Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on. file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right" away. ship's fund. This was accepted readily by the new erewmembers as well as the older brothers on board. One brother brought up for discussion a letter pub­ lished in a recent issue of the LOG con­ cerning the possibility of a patrolman or welfare representative picking up bank ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), March «- deposits for erewmembers. due to the J. Ryan; Sacratary, O. W. Tra fact that in Stateside ports most members ALCOA RUNNER, (Alcoa), March 31— Chairman, vich. Brotiier Grady reported he had rec are on day work and find It hard to get Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secretary, Cle­ ord player repaired in Mobile, but later to a bank. Crew considered this a very ment de Mospedales. As all the repairs converter had been stolen in port. fine idea if it could be worked out. were hot taken care of the ship's delegate learned Collection to be taken up at diaw for Brother Halley's baby funeral. Discussion SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), March 21 on men missing watches. —Chairman, C. G. McLallan; Secretary, J. W. Craft. The ship's fund owes the CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), March 24 ship's delegate and the chief cook a total —Chairman, E. H. Fields; Secretary, none. of $5.23 for expenses incurred. Ship's Ship's delegate is keeping an account of delegate went to. the captain on two beefs against the first mate. Heating different occasions and talked him into vents in the foc'sles need repairing on lifting the logs that had been layed this trip. Japanese laundries do not do against three • members. This was done good work on ship's linen. Delegate will with the promise that the matter would will see the patrolman on arrival in port give a report on performing done in for­ be turned over to the agent or patrolman upon reaching port. The crew was asked to have evrything in order for next voy- eign ports to the boarding patrolman. to turn in ail linen, and clean rooms be­ 'age. Crewmembcrs were asked to help keep water cooler clean at all times. Cof­ ROBIN GRAY (Saas Shipping), March 22 fore leaving the ship at the payoff. A mo­ fee cup.s to be returned to pantry after —Chairman, William Jenkies; Secretary tion was made that all foods be checked using them. M. C. Klierber. Discu.ssion Iteld on the and that which is contaminated with disposal of used tea leaves. Suggestion weevils, worms, etc. be condemned. The LONE JACK (Cities Service), April 2— made that the user of the washing ma­ stewafd and the chief cook volunteered Chairman, J. A. Phillips; Secretary, J. chine place his name on list for easy to place into the ship's fund the money Botelho. The ship's delegate reported recognition by any man who wants to that is due them for transportation from Seattle to Bangor. Washington. that at the last meeting there was a re­ use it next. quest for a repair list; nothing has been February 28—Chairman, William Jen­ SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatrain), done about it as yet. Milk should be put kins; Secretary, Joseph Valencia. There out so the 2-4 watch can have it at noon. isn't any hot water in deck foc'sles and March 21—Chairman, R. W. Sweeny; Sec­ Complaint made to the steward about other rooms. Ship's delegate will see the retary, V. Szymanskl. A vote of thanks was extended to Brother R. Pawlak when having miik last till the following port. chief engineer about fixing winches. he- resigned as ship's treasurer. Brother John Broad was nominated to succeed LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), no •DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), February 28 date—Chairman, Charles J. Scofield; Sec­ —Chairman, Chadbourne Gait; Secretary, him. retary, Quentin Remaud. Ship's delegate John R. Tllley. Repairs from the last WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western reported numerous beefs in regard to trip were not completed. Rooms will be Tankers), February 22 — Chairman, K. purser's treatment of ill and injured painted out this trip by thd crew. Night Sterner; Secretary, W. Wright. Motion brothers. Suggestion that a future dis­ latches for crew's rooms were promised made and carried that all hands put in cussion be held. The washing machine by the company but were not installed; overtime for shore leave in Bahrein. needs replacing. The old machine was almost any key will open any door, so Ship's delegate will see if the washing patched up instead and still not function­ this will be put on the list again and machine can be repaired in Japan. ing properly. New crew refrigerator pushed harder in an effort to protect needed. Requisition made for innerspring gear. There is a balance of $69 in the MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), mattresses. As all foc'sle keys are inter­ ship's fund. Ship's delegate explained changeable, request made that locks be that an arrival pool is made up twice a February 20—Chairman, M. Byers; Secre­ changed to cylinder type steward de­ trip, $2 a chance—winner gets $60, two tary, W. Stark. It was reported at the partment decks require painting. Vote of second prizes for adjoining minutes of first meeting of trip that there was no thanks given to the steward's department $20 each and the remaining ^0 put in ship's delegate. Motion made to elect delegate. Everything running smoothly aboard ship. 'Brother Candcla cautioned crew to be sure not to foul wp in foreign ports and to be back at the ship one hour before sailing. 'March 14—Chairman, M. Grasn; Sacra­ tary, W. M. Stark; Ship's delegate re­ ported that the trip has been very good, with no beefs. Each department delegate was asked to turn in a repair sheet to the ship's delegate. A vote of thanks was given to the steward and his depart­ ment for the good service they extended ANNUALto the crew. Department delegates will have books and permits ready for patrol­ man. Byers cautioned the crew to have a clean and sober payoff. SEAFARERS ART CONTEST SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Saatrain), no date—Chairman, John Monast; Secretary, E. Jones. Ship's delegate reported that two men missed the ship and as a result W 'H^IZa^PRiZES' Ihl EACM OF4-G^CUPS. ais • mnsBcouxs C©AWM(a5•«4ND<C»^FS M0 the ship sailed short-handed. Each mem­ ber to donate $.50 for donation to the Seamen's Library Society, and $5 to Sea­ men's Friends Association; balance to ship's fund. Brother Herbert Strickland holds bible readings at coffee time, which the crew considers good as the gang can stand a little religion. VENORE (Ore), March 10—Chairman, T. W. King; Secretary, R. J. Bowman. Dogs on portholes in the messmen's room need to be overhauled. Light bulbs in the lounge room arc also needed. Delegates reported no beefs. MARIE HAMIL (Bloomfleld), March 14— Chairman, D. Degen; Secretary, D. B. Patterson. Ship's delegate stated that he had seen the patrolman with reference to painting the steward's department foc'sles and the galley. The washing machine has been fixed. Motion made and carried that any man caught leaving water running in the washing machine add thereby flood­ ing the laundry be subject to a fine of $10, said sum used toward the purchase of books for the crew, A suggestion was made that the three 'department heads tdkB- tur<isL--4B—cleaning - Hie Teereation room and the laundry, and that a list ba posted showing the weeks each 'depart ment should tke over the work. If any member of the crew has any safety sug­ gestions he should give them to the ship's delegate to be added to those already turned in. and carried to rent a film out of tha ship's fuifd and show it on the ship. Sweeney explained to the membership about the fireman who shipped out of Gaiveston that came aboard and accepted a day's pay and went back to the Hall. Second man who was shipjied from hall same day was not signed on till the ne.xt OCEAN BETTY (Ocean Transportation), day. This matter to be brought up with December 27—Chairman, Henry Mooney; the patrolmaQ on arrival in New York. 5ecretary, Leo Dwyer. Ship's delegate was elected. Before leaving Portland the CAROLYN (Bull), March 27—Chairman. washing machine and one of the ovens Joe Reyes; Sacratary, Harold S. Greaon the galley range must be checked. weld. Motion made to have each man February 7—Chairman, A. Ferara; Sec­ donate fifty cents to ship's fund. Ship­ retary, Frank . Culllson. Nominations mates were asked to keep glasses out of opened for a ship's treasurer; A. Ferara the sink in pantry. Coffee urri valve elected. Members agreed that each de­ should be checked by the engineer as it partment will take a week in keeping the leaks. recreation room clean. march 14—Chairman, C. V. Walker; ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), Secretary, Frank Culllson. The Captain March 21—Chairman, Ray Brault; Secre­ Informed the ship's delegate there would tary, Thomas Williams. Suggestion that be no painting done this trip. The matter ship's delegate contact Captain for will be taken up with the patrolman at prompt draws in short stay ports. Cold suppers should be served once a week in tropical climates. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), no data—Chairman, G. G. Parker; Sacratary, R. E. Charroln. Drain in laundr.v is not working right. Crew was .asked to be quiet in the passageways in respect for shipmates who are asleep. There aren't too many fresiT vegetables aboard other­ the end of the trip. Motion made and wise stores are okay. seconded that the third cook does not ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), ship on SIU ahipd in the future. The third cook is at all times dirty In his'working March 14—Chairman, H. Knowles; Secre­ tary, Leo Bruce. A motion was made by habits, and should be prevented from shipping in any job where the handling the ship's delegate to send a letter to the Editor of the LOG to get a clarifica­ of food is involved. All members in favor. Men who borrowed tools from the tion if the five days waiting period on lockers aft were asked to return them to draws include Saturday, Sunday and holi­ the bosun. Delegates to inform the pa­ days. The washing machine had been trolman about the need of fans and spare found running many times with no one parts for same. The washing machine using it, in addition to being left dirty. hasn't worked since the beginning of the There is now $30 in the ship's fund. A trip. Discussion on the water and mem­ suggestion was made to the effect that bers agreed that it did measure up to some of the new men who have not con­ SIU shipboard standards. Water tanks tributed do so at payoff. need cleaning and recementing. ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), Janu­ PELICAN MARINER (Bloomfleld), Feb­ ary 31—Chairman, D. McKeal; Secretary. ruary 28—Chairman, J. Byrd; Secretary, P. Gladden. Hollinger was elected ship's delegate. Discussion in regard to beef between steward department, third as­ sistant and patrolman in New Orleans. All hands agreed that the steward de­ partment should continue dumping gar­ bage and cleaning garbage room. ' Sug­ gestion that electrician install warning light on washing machine to determine whether or not machine is in operation. George H. Saebargar. Motion made and carried that the messroom be painted if FORT HOSKINS (CItlas Service), March there is enough paint. In foreign ports 7—Chairman, Frank DemasI; Secretary, natives will be kept off the ship and H. H. Guentha. Ship's delegate said ail working people from shore will not u.so performers would be turned into the hall washing machine. Shipmates who have in written report. If members feel bad cots were asked to put them away when hit the sack. The crew doesn't want to not in use. hear of shore escapades. Discussion of March 12—Chairman, F. Moralgin; Sec­ new contract. The Cities Service Com­ pany has a standard contract like all retary, George H. Saebargar. Complaint other tanker outfits and Leroy Clark said from deck delegate about Captain having it hasn't a special deal as rumors lead shore workers doing work which involves overtime. Fruit shorUge reported after some of the men to believe. ship left Durban. Chief steward explained ,DEL SUD (Mississippi), March 14— that vegetables and fruit In Mombassa Chairman, *ra Brown; Secretary, Baldy were turned back because they we- z full Bollinger. Motion made and seconded of worms. that washing machine be connected prop­ ANGELINA (Bull), February 28—Chair­ erly. contacting port agent if necessary. Beef between chief reefer and the chief man, Stephen BoguchI; Sacratary, Harry engineer to be settled by patrolman. Ath­ Thrash. C. Gretsky was elected as ship's letic director asked for contributions delegate. All men that were not on watch from shipmates to enable better activities. when the ship left Savannah should put Treasurer reported $549 in picnic'fund in delayed sailing. It was decided that and $103 in the ship's fund. $30 was do­ the steward department take care of rec­ nated to seamen on the beach in Buenos reation room and the deck department take care of the laundry. All members Aires out of the ship's fund. agreed that the ship's delegate should FAIRPORT (Waterman), March 21— speak to the patrolman about the ship's Chairman, James Adams; Secretary, Keith fund that was on the ship when it layed Sawvel. Ship's delegate reported the re­ up. pair list has not been taken care of sat­ March 21—Chairman, W. Kohuf; Sacra­ isfactorily. Repeated complaints about tary, Harry Thrash. Repair list has been the hot water aft. At the present ther made up and turned in. Two men missed is $19.30 in the ship's fund. Ship in Puerto Rico. Discussion on in­ crease in maternity benefits. Suggestion FAIRLAND (Watermen), March 21— made to dr<4i discussion and wait for pub­ Chalfman, Vic D. India; Secretary, Alex lished report from the SEAFARERS LOG. Janes. Discussion on the linen problem. erewmembers approved that each man The steward explained reason why Cap­ give $1 to start a ship's fund. Ship's del­ tain wants each man to change his own egate will see the patrolman about secur­ linen. Brothers were asked to use the old ing a good repairman for TV. Vote of washing machine for greasy clothes and thanks was extended to the steward de­ use the new one for white clothes. Black­ partment. board In the messroom need changing. Crew quarters aft should be sougeed out. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Saatrain Lines). 28—Chairman, Andrew Gowder; OMEGA (Boise Griffin) February 18— March Secretary,_Raymond Steward Chalfman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William told the members thatL.a Ferry. wire basket for Vogler. Motion to commend steward's de­ the crew sink was ordered and would be partment carried unanimously. Question shortly. Discussion held on the was asked concerning water in crew's supplied shortage, and the crew was asked showers. The water is too hot. Deck en­ linen to put all linen in the dirty linen bin. gineer said little could be done to remedy The laundry bin should be equipped witli this as the water in the tanks is affected by sea temperature. Suggestion that the a cover so that it can be locked in port. delegates should see about getting pas­ MARYMAR (Calmer), March 28—Chair­ sageways sougeed. Bosun spoke to the man, George Ford; Secretary, Joe E. captain about more overtime for deck Thomas. Each department should help to gang and Captain seemed agreeable to keep the ship's room and laun­ same. Discussion on faulty operation of dry room clean.recreation Men were asked not to refrigerator; should be repaired in San come into the mess hall with shorts. Mea Pedro. • ii (Continued on page 25) ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), March 28— Chairman, John Nordstrom; Secretary, Donald Harlihy. Steward department beef about the officer's messhall being dirty every morning after officers and passen­ gers recreation. Discussion on some mem­ bers of the crew serving themselves choice pieces during meal times and leav­ ing none for the rest. Suggestion made to keep everyone out of the pantry and let the messmen take care of the orders. In order that Lorenzo Rinaldi the galley utility can keep on making pizza pies the crew would like to donate to the pur­ chase of anchovies, special cheese, etc. as there is no chance of getting ingredients from the company. CAROLYN (Bull), March 14—Chairman, L. Gordlls; Sacratary, Burns. Screens are needed for portholes. General discussion for Yale locks on all doors. Discussion on unsafe launch landing conditions in outports. ' SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatrain), March 21—Chairman, R. W. Swaanay; Sacratary, V. Szymanskl. Treasurer re­ ported $197.S« in the ship's fund. Fiftyfive cases oL coke on hand. Motion made Steel Vendor Fund Disposal Ship's delegate John Hoggie of the Steel Vendor (Isthmian) reports that the disposition of the ship's fund was incorrectly listed in the SEAFARERS LOG. The crew voted to do­ nate $22 to the polio fund'and leave $28 in the ship's fund. However, Hoggie found on making inquiries that the polio) drive was over for this year. Consequently, the $50 sum has' been left in the ship's fund for the next crew. �16. Ift54 Bare. Twenty-five SEUF JiHERSr J.PC ... DIGEST of SHOPS' BOBETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) were' atked to put cupa in rtnk and all bands cooperate In keeping ahlp clean, DOROTHY (Boll), March J*—ehalrman, W. Fell; Secretary, Peter Patrick. Rew­ ard Baked erew to cooperate and keep iheaahall and recreation room clean at all tlmea. Suggested that crew have a ship a fund. Ship's delegate reported beef a^ut mate working on deck In Puerto HIM. Motion made that ship's delegate see «io patrolman about mixing machine for galley. PORTMAR (Calmer), March f7—Chair­ man, Charles Hensley; Secretary, C. R. Johnson. Motion made that the welfare committee eonsirier a hospital plan for the dependents of Seafarers. It was re­ quested that this motion be published In the LOG requesting the views and opin­ ions of other members. Shortage of food and milk while in port. The steward was Instructed by the membership that in the future any shortage of stores should be reported to all four delegates at once. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), March 24—Chairman, T. Pales; Secretary, S. O. Johnson. Brother Smith resigned as ship's delegate. T. Fales was elected. Mo­ tion made and carried that all -beefs be taken up by the department delegates at the payoff through the boarding patrol­ man and not each Individual taking up minor heefs with the patrolman as has been done In the past. All brothers were asked to cooperate In turning the washing machine off when not In use. as .has been done quite a few times In the past. A vote of thanks was extended by the en­ tire erew to Brother Smith, who resigned, for the fine Job he did aboard the vessel. Maniiel keeps gettlnf out of line and re­ fuses to work. , PORTMAR (Calmar), Pebroary 14— Chairman, Charfes Hensley; Secretary, C. IL Johnson. Ship's delegate was In­ structed to contact the Captain regarding a storage place for the crew's luggage. There was a discussion regarding a crewmember coming back from ashore In Panama and abusing the steward depart­ ment delegate. This man was warned and told that If this happened again he would be reported to the patrolman. VAL CHEM (Valentine), March 2t— Chairman, John Karl; Secretary, Anthony Lacovlno. Ship's delegate reported the members voted against a coke machine unanimously. Some disputed overtime on delayed sailing. Ship's treasurer said there is $74 how in the ship's fund. CANTIONY (Cities Service), April 2— Chairman, William Thompson; Secretary, J. H. Monet. New washing machine was put aboard in Baltimore as captain prom­ ised. $43 reported In the ship's fund. Discussion on buying a new radio for crew's recreation room at next payoff. March 12—Chairman, V. Kickiriilo; Sec­ retary; J. B. EliloH. Captain dissatisfied with crew's knowledge of boat drill duties. Letter was sent to New York for new washing machine: should be aboard In Baltimore. New electric core needed for percolator. Members would like a better grade of ham and lamb used for meals. OMECA (Boise Criffin), March 30— Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William P. Vogler. Dlsciusion limited to making up a. repair list and letters of recom­ mendation for John Indorf, baker and John Chapman, oiler. Ship's delegate SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), March 2t noted that the present crew was excep­ —Chairman, Charles W. Cothran; Secre­ tional In that there was-no friction dur­ tary, Clyde Krelst. Something should be ing the entire trip. done about repairing leak In bulkhead in DEL NORTE (MlisltslppI), January Sicrew mess. Crew was requested to turn In all soiled towels so that they can be Chairman, Jo* Collins; Sacrafary; H. Crana. The "Maison Blanche" beef was sent to laundry. Motion made and passed to back up the crew of the Seatrain squared away in New Orleans by the Georgia on proposal to either get a SIO Union patrolman. The baU players ex­ clothing allowance or have the gangway press their thanks to the crewmembers of the last voyage for the donaUons to placed at end of ship. the basebaU team. ,Due to a little trouble STEEL AOE (Isthmian), March 2f— by one of the delegates of the last voy­ age, it is requested that all department Chairman, J. Calrol; Secretary, W. Ryan. Steward delegate reported beef with Carl delegates be on board the ship at the payoffs. A vote .of thanks was given for Jarve who has accused galley force of selling food while gassed up. Old min­ the fine job done by the retiring ship's utes to be posted on bulletin board. delegate. Requyst that more help be Clemens elected ship's delegate, and the given In the publication and editorials of the newspaper for this voyage's issue. Un­ ship's fund was turned over to him. licensed personnel will refrain from en­ CHIWAWA (Cities Service), March 27— tering the crew pantry and mess hall In underclothing at night. Chairman, W. Thornton; Secretary, M. J. March 7—Chairman, C. Sosa; $eeretary, Whlttall. Ship's delegate reported new mattresses coming this trip. New table H. Crane. A sum of $112.37 was collected tops for crew messroom promised this this trip for the ship's fund. Motion trip also. Members were asked to behave made for the crew to purchase their own a little better when the ship is In port. movie reels for their projector with money from the ship's fund. Thanks to Two men missed ship in Linden. the staff of the navigator for the fine is­ sue they put out on this voyage. Motion DEL SUD (Mississippi), March 21— Chairman, Balby Bollinger; Secretary, Ira made to have a arty for the crew on Brown. One man missed ship In Santos: No. 7 hatch Wednesday night. Expenses rejoined vessel In Rio. One permitman to be paid from the ship's fund up to continously fouled up all trip and it was the amount of $39 or $40. recommei-^ded that i.e be brought before PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), March 27— patrolman. Motion by John Lynn, car­ penter, that a committee be elected as Chairman, Pioyd Hurd; Secretary; T. E. directors for Del Sud's annual picnic. MO' Yablonsky. Complaints made by member­ tlon made and carried by Joe Caruso to ship as to the shortage of ship's linen, take $30 from ship's fund to buy books. sugar, fresh fruits and meats. Too much Vote of thanks for stewardesses, Mrs. ham and pork served for the past week. Parker and Mrs. Blizzard, for showing Reports made that steward sanctioned good spirit and good will by taking care using of defective macaroni. Chairman of Brother Kelly while he was, seriously brought up subject of bonus clause lor 111. A small traveling clock was presented combat zone areas in the Far East. to each one as thanks for a job well done. Athletic Director Joe Caruso re ported first game of series of three games with Gymnasia Esgrima of Buenos Aires was lost. Another game will be played next. trip. $620 reported In picnic fund. NOTICES CHOCTAW (Watorfnan), March 13— Chairman, H. V. Knaflick; Secretary, D. Edwards. Washing machine to be fixed at next port. Since the meeting a new wash­ ing machine has been procured and Is working well. All repairs have been taken care of. There have been quite a few hospital cases aboard this ship. It would benefit the membership and help the wel­ fare men If the ship's delegate had a form to cover the information needed by the hospitalized for their claims. DEL ORO (Mississippi), March 14— Chairman, Parry; Eecratary, Leo Watts. .Dlsciused medical aid for erew pantry­ man. John R. Coleman, purser aboard •hip was given a vote of confidence for the very splendid job he did to go out •f his way to aid Nek brothers. Brother PERSOlfII.S William Fernancc Isthmian is holclitig for you US Customs baggage check No. 195863. You may claim same by. calling at the fourth floor of 68 Trinity Place, NYC. ^ James Francisco Get in touch with your mother. She is ill and worried about you. Her address is 19 N. Russell Street, Boston, Mass. t t 4. Joe Barbadoes Please contact your niece Nancy. She is ill and needs you. » $ 4) Mariano Menor Get in touch with James MacDonough at 1112 Harrison Build­ ing, 4 South 15th Street, Philadel:phia, Pa.( o): call LOcust 7-4843. Louis Albert Gardier Please call at NY headquarters mail" department for your seamen's papers. . 4i t James C. Sheldon Pick up your check in the mail room in NY headquarters. t V George H. Greene Please call at NY headquarters mail department for your dis­ charges. Quiz Answerg (1) 11 months. (2) Livingstone. Stanley was sent out by a New York newspaper to find the famous explorer in 1871. (3) Maine is bordered only by the State of New Hampshire. (4) 1912. New Mexico and Ari­ zona were admitted to the union as the 47th and 48th states, respec­ tively. (5) Both Boston and Philadel­ phia are tied with five wins each. Boston has,taken five series out of six; Philadelphia five out of eight. (6) 13. (7) Greater. (8) Charles L. McNary. They lost. (9) North-south. US highways running from north to south bear odd numbers, and those running from east to west have even num­ bers. ^i^an'^haher^ Uave No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other s^-cailed "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. SEATICER (Colonial), Decombor 1»— Chairman, Sloopy Malhowt; Secretary, Slick Story. Deck delegate sent wire to headquarters In regard to poor mall serv­ ice. Brother members wbmed against re­ peating false statements. Mathews elect­ ed as treasurer. Ship's fund to be col­ lected in Brazil. January 10—Chairman, I. Craft; Secre­ tary, Slick Story. Baking is not up to par. The baker should take a Uttle more time. Steward to issue a couple of beers at meal hours. Repairs have not been taken care of as yet and a letter from headquarters stated that crew should not have signed on until they checked repairs and slop chest. Pobruary 10—Chairman, I. L. Thomp­ son; Secretary, J. Percival. Chief engi­ neer wlU make adjustments on wash water. Men were asked to fiU ice trays after using them. March 21—Chairman, Cole; Secretary, E. L. Thompson. Deck delegate will see the mate about some disputed overtime. Motion made and accepted that a book man take steward's delegate job before arrival in United States. disputed OT from the last trip are being handled by headquarters. Things are go­ ing along smoothly. Men should know their fire and boat drill stations. Vote of thanks went to the delegates for the good job they are doing in keeping things running smoothly, and also a vote of RACNAR NAESS (Seatransport), April 5—Chairman, George Hayes; Secretary, ! thanks to the steward department for a Tony Novak. James Murphy was elected good job. ship's delegate. A request was made that a little more pains be taking with the HOOSIER MARIXER (Isthmian), Jan­ preparing of food. Galley cooks yvere uary 14 — Chairman, Al Page; $ecrcasked to use caps or towels around their lary, Nell Lambert. There was no collec­ heads, to prevent sweat from dropping tion made of the ship's fund. Extra into the fe^. Dishwasher asked for co­ Ubrary was given to the Bienville. It was operation in keeping the pantry clean. agreed to start a ship's fund with a SI Entire crew was asked to pitch in and donation from each member. If the ship keep the recreation room, messrooms and lays up. the fund will be given to men in laundry cleaner. One man was told to the hospital at the port of Isyiip, R. B. keep himself clean. Logs weie heavy during the previous trip and all stuck, so any one getting logged can expect the same treatment. son. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done. Beefs should be brought up at the meeting, so that unnecessary time is not wasted at the payoffs. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), April 4—Chairman, Danny Sheehan; Sec­ retary, William Prince. Repairs were taken care of in the shipyard. One .man had to get off in Portland for excessive drinking. One man • was left in the hos­ pital at Puerto La Cruz. Deck delegate spoke on hospital facilities in Venezuela: steward spoke on the night lunch situa­ tion while the ship is in Venezuela; food is taken away and ice box cleaned out every trip in Puerto La Cruz. February 2S---ChaTrman, John Barnes; Secretary, Nell Lambert. One brother refu.sed to cooperate with Army medical regulations in this port and restricted all hands, including officers and erew, to the ship, by Army order. Everyone but him took shots, and he could not be per­ suaded to, saying "I've had enough. I don't need them and 1 don't want to go ashore." ALCOA PENNANT (Aicoa), April 4— Chairman, Latii* Joyner; Secretary, James Pursell. Suggestion was made to see if a fan can be placed in the laundry; patrolman should be contacted about freeing drains. PETROLITE (MATHIASEN), March 30— Chairman, C. Johnson; Secretary, N. Voskian. W. Kumke was elected ship and deck delegate; L. S. Carazzo, engine dele­ gate: W, F. Walker, steward delegate. Patrolman should meet the ship at Bridgeport for the payoff. Steward was asked about the linen and said it is com­ STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), February 1 ing on board at Bridgeport. —Chairman, Albert H. Bert; Secretary, M. A. Eala. Slopchest of the last trip was LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ not investigated by a patrolman: incom- riers), February II—Chairman, C. F. Ay'ing ship's delegate wlU bring this to the cock; Secretary, Ncii Abernathy. Some attention oit the patrolman. Whitlow was repairs were not made: they will be taken elected ship's delegate: William Funk, care of in Seattle. Range was not fixed deck delegate: Neblett. engine delegate. in Long Beach. Motion was passed to back the chief and second cook in their beef to get the stove fixed and to stop the old man from going over the stew­ ard's head in galley. Seattle patrolman will be told of this. Steward said requisitipns wera ready and will be wired in for stores. Laundry will be kept clean; scupper should be fixed. Steward depart­ ment, especially the cooks, got a vote of thanks. March 13—Chairman, H. Braunstein; Pork chops and ham were put in the menu vbry often and cooking of the last Secretery, N. Abernathy, Repair list will be made up. trip was not satisfactory. Sufficient stores should be brought aboard before the voj-age begins. Steward will inform STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Aprii 4— the delegates when stores come aboard. Chairman, Johri Dixon; Secretary, George Foreign stevedores should be kept out of H. Schmidt. There is a $36.24 balance in the house. Ekiough disinfectant should the ship's fund. One man paid off and be aboard. PO mess wlU be opened for is In the hospital in Honolulu. He was the black gang to avoid overcrowding in operated on and was in good spirits when the ship departed. There are small the messhall at meal hours. February 25—Chairman, Wayne S. Col- amounts of disputed OT. Vote of thanks lard; Secretary, Miguel A. Eala. Most of went to the steward department for con­ the items on the old repair list were done tinued good work. Ship's delegate asked before the ship left New York: ship was for donations for the ship's fund at the also exterminated. Spare room on main payoff. Repair list was turned over to deck will be kept for crew's luggage. department heads. Key is kept by mate. Hospital .should be moved from down below to the main OCEAN NIMET (Ocean Trans.), April 3 deck and ice boxes moved down. Leak on —Chairman, James Bergstrom; Secretary, generator floor, creating safety hazard, L. J. Sheehan. Much cleaning must be will be brought to the attention of the done In foc'sles, etc., since the ship was captain, Each department will take a inactive for a couple of months. Every­ turn cleaning the laundry. Foc'sles thing is running smoothly so far. Paper should be-kept clean and in order, as the and rubbish strewn around on No. 4 captain makes his weekly inspections,. hatch should be thrown overboard. Deck There should be enough dishes and cots and engine departments will clean the aboard before the ship leaves San Fran­ laundry, alternating every two weeks. cisco. Steward will take care of this. Steward department will clean the recre­ Left-over ice pulled between Monday and ation room. Dirty dishes should be put Friday is not enough to last the weekend. in the sink after use; messhall and recre­ Rice will be put on the menu for dinner ation rooms should be kept clean at all and supper each day. Chief engineer times. Vote of thanks went to the ship's promised that engine department foc'sles steward department. would be painted between 'Frisco and Manila. One man missed ship in New WINTER HILL (Citlas $ervice), March York and rejoined in Norfolk. He cleared himself with the patrolman before he 4—Chairman, Jsssa Maloney; Secretary, Daltcn Gabriel, Captain was contacted left New York. Everyone was advised to about ordering wind chutes. A few hours' do the same If they find themselves in this position, or a replacement could re­ place you. $TEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), March 7 —Chairman, Rex Coote; Secretary, Tony Caspar. Delegates will see the captain about turning the radio on in the chart room while at sea. Captain will be asked about giving medical slips to the men. LA SALLE (Waterman), April 4—Chair­ man, J. Hemby; Secretary, B. H. Rlcher- Pnzxle Answer Barnes was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. All hands will participate more in fire and boat drills and help secure'-'boats. Delegate will see the mate about cooperation from him. Chief engi­ neer will be asked about improved ven­ tilation of the messroom. Additional fans or air through blowers is needed. Purser will be contacted about San Pedro draw. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), March 30—Chairman, Eugene Flowers; Secretary, H. M. Guinier. One man, who has been a consistent performer from Capetown, South Africa to Beira, East .Africa, has slacked off and is a general nuisance, uses obscene language: board­ ing patrolman wiR be asked to handle this. No. laundry boys should be per­ mitted . to work on the ship. Laundry woman should solicit her business from one place, and not roam in and out of crew's rooms, for obvious reasons. Ship's delegate will contact the chief engineer about having a fan installed in crew pantr,v. Steward department will dump their own garbage. Coffee cups should be re­ turned to the pantry. Every time the natives see a cup they pick it up and take it ashore: soon there will be no cups. MATES AT ThE UMIOM HALL 4mAVEAHD20mST' /AIBCCOkIVW.Sw^\P 7WERSHTSOMTV. HBW LO^ PRICES AMP yoU'/2EALWA\5 WELCOMB HERE AT YOU/ZOWAJ PLACE. OWHEPANDOPERAED BY THf SEAFARERS im.UHlON'AiG-AFL Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY (. I li I 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) STREET ADDRESS Hogg Q[£iai9i!a CITY ZONE ..... STATE Signed QSQII! cima GasQSQ Qa[= EfflSBSB HIIEIIB TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you «r« tn old tubserlbtr and havt a cbanga of addrast, plaasa givo your formar addraii btlowi ADDRESS CITY I i:i NAME Gansus sscanii .v| •Moaaaaaaaa$a$aotaaaitaaa*aaa4«a**««aaee««4t»t«aet4tcaa*«e«t< aaaaaaaiaaaaBa BaaBaiaMBaaBBMMBBMMMaaMaBBM .20NI STATI �if- rati VwnliNiU- <* SEkFA k Ek^ 161•' Apitf ife, iftijr! New Orleans Baby Attends First SlU Payoff in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who nre being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits f^om friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit, jj ysili be rnnst welcome. Il Visiting New Orleans home of Seafarer Lbuls R. Guertin (center), SIU Welfare Services Representa­ tive Bill Fredericks delivers a'$200 maternity benefit check to commemorate the birth of Hiram W. (held by Mrs. Guertin), on March 2. The occasion was the first SIU maternity benefit received by the famUy, as Louis, Jr., 2ifi, was born before the benefit began, and Guertin was not sailing during the year prior to the birth of Mary Louise, 16 months, as required under the Welfare Flap. 5# USPHS. HOSPITAI, STATEN ISLAND. NY George Anderson Nicholas S. Mark Thomas R. Bach Thomas E. Maynes Thomas BarracUff* N. Mayrantonls Melvin Bass John Nemeth John Beckmann Warren Nielson Marcle Boyles Rex O'Connor Elllf Brodelsbo Charles Oglesby Leo Broussard Edward PoUse Thomas Bryan Peter Prokopuk Benjamin Busby Robert Reynolds Azhar Caram Arthur A. Roy Camiel Cans Edwin T. Rushton . .Tar Chong Ira A. Sandt Hugh Crawford P. W. Seldenbergh Fred A. Delpenha Robert Slzemore Wm. ^Doran Frank Soriano Estell Godfrey Jose Souza Rune Gustafsson Walter Sudnlck Hans R. Hanssen Stanley Swlenckoskl James H. Harker James F. Thompson John B. Hass WUUs R. Thompson Lyls Hipp Jos. Traxler Choo Chang Lai Jose J. Valenzuela Alexander Lieter Sam Vandal William Luhrsen Jan Vanos John Mclnnes LuU WUUams USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Fortune Bacomo James R. Lewis Thomas Bryant ^ Francis Lynch Joseph Carr A. McGulgan Bomar R. Cheeley David McUreath Julian CuthreU Frank Mackay Emillo Delgado Lloyd MUler Antonio M. Diaz Alfred MueUer John J. DriscoU Eugene T. Nelson Matthew Gardiner George Shumaker Robert Gilbert Ernest Smallwood Bart Guranlck Henry E. Smith Thomas Guranlck Harry Tuttle Thomas Isaksen Rehato Vlllata John Keenan VirgU Wilmoth Fred Landry Ludwlg Krlstiansen James J. Lawlor Vic MiUazo Kaarel Lectmao All of the following SIU families board Avenue, Portsmouth, Va. Street, Baton Rouge, La. ivill collect the $200 maternity 3^ 3^ ^ ^ benefit plus a $25 bond from the Christine Ann Mabie born March Charlotte Deon Lewis, born Union in the baby's name. March 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donna Gay Wilson, born Febru­ Mrs. Thomas C. Lewis, 4814 John­ Norman H. Mabie, 198 Mast Road, Manchester, NH. ary 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. son Street, Corpus Christi, Tex. Donn R. Wilson, 1 Raybum Street, ^ 3) ^ 3i> $ San Francisco, Cal. Mark Carisbn Seaver, J)om Feb­ Joseph Normand Baris, born VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES,. FLA. March 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ruary 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Jose C. ,Vilar it 3^ ^ Colleen O'Neill, born March 17, Mrs. Eugene O. Baris, 7429 Maie Mrs. Joseph H. Seaver, 4800 Piety FAJADO CLINIC Street, New Orleans, La. , FA J ADO, PUERTO RICO 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fran­ Avenue, TEJOS Angeles 1, Cal. Alexander Becker 4" t t cis O'Neill, 1453 Point Breeze Ave­ i ST. PATRICKS HOSPITAL Lou Ann Damron, bom January nue, Philadelphia, Pa. LAKE CHARLES, LA. Ruth Ann Lindsjo, bom Mar^h 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Darce 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Damron, 726 Sparrow Road, WYCKOFF HEIGHTS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY Judy Cruz, born March 15, 1954. Nils H. Lindsjo, 37 North Street, Norfolk, Va. John H. Lefco Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Worcester, Mass. MOBILE INFIRMERY 3) $ 4 Cruz, 1242 Simpson Street, Bronx, MOBILE, ALA. t 3) 3!' Joel Beck Jett, born March 8, Jonnle B. Keen NY. Michael Benjamin Lanning, bora 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ VA HOSPITAL March 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and liam H. Jett, Route No. 1, Warrior, 3^ t 4» PHILADELPHIA. PA. Charles N. Price Gene Robert Greenwood, bom Mrs. Patrick A. Lanning, 514 San Ala. USPHS HOSPITAL Avenue, Newport March 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Bemardino 4 4 4 SAVANNAH, GA. WUliam C. Bedgood Jlmmle Littleton Mrs. Charles O. Greenwood, 917 Beach, Cal. Michael Stephen Gradick. born B. Blanchard R. B. McCorkel Mace Avenue, Bronx, NY. Albert Morse March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Paul B. Bland l" 3^ 3> James Brown F. S. Paylor Mrs. William H. Gradick, General Hiram Guertin, born March 2, 3> 3^ 3^ L. F. Carpenter James B. Selleft ' George O. Corbett Luther Vaughn Teresa Tamara Butterton, born 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Delivery, Eight Mile, Ala. Paul Jakubcsak J. C. Whatley 4 4 4 March 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and R. Guertin, 5016 North Villere Joseph Kramer Paul M. Wood USPHS HOSPITAL Albert Kenneth Brinkerhoff, Mrs. Walter G. Butterton, 150 Sea- Street, New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS, LA. born Marjh 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. James Battle Chas. E. Brady 3^ 3^ 3> Wm. R. Burch and Mrs. Albert C. Brinkerhoff, 117 M. J. Berry Elizabeth Ollvo, born November Varick Street, New York, NY. Paul Boudreaux McKenley CampbeU 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Juan Olivo Otero, 521 Trinity Ave­ Beverly Laveme Collier, born nue, Bronx, NY. February 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Collier, 64 4 3> t NEW ORLEANS—The aid given Oliver Sylvester Ange, born Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. ^by Seafarers sailing out of New March 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd J. Ange, 3239 Kimball DKPARTMENT OF Terrace, Norfolk, Va. HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELTARB a, NY Hospital Eases Rules In Dock Tie-up P. J. Carpovich John N. Hull - Slbastian Carregal Charles W. Johnson Richard W. Clark Thomas S. Johnson Clarence W. Cobb WlUlam Johnson P. B. Cogley Leonard Kay S. Cope John T. Kelly J. D. Dambrlno E. G. Knapp Gordon R. Dolan Leo H. Lang John G. Dooley James M. Lucky Jack N. Oows Oscar F. Madere Thomas L. Dugan C. E. McLarnan J. C. Fernandez Hector Murka Leo Fohtenot W. E. Reynolds B. D. Foster Rou D. Roberts J. H. Hountain James J. Ruth James E. Gardiner Luther Seldle Nathan Gardner Harvey E. Shero -Jack Gleason James T. Smith G. W. Graham Lonnie R. Tickle John B. Gunter J. E. Ward John L. Hlnton R. W. Wilkerson N. A.iHuff GRASSLANDS HOSPITAL VALHALLA. NY Arthur Lomas SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAL. Gregorlo F. Diaz Ragnor A. Erlcson USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. WiUiam G. Adams James A. Penswlck Frank Alasavich Robert A. Rogers Theodore Mastaler USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. Ralph Armstrong' O. W. Orr Claude Davis Shirley Poole M. DeGollado Thomas W. Ritson J. H. Dudley A. J. Scheving Harvey E. Horn Conrad Shirley John Markopolo James M. SneU A. L. MlUer Jack Strickland Floyd C. Nolan USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. John L. Griffin Alexander PresneU Montford Owens Maximo Tangalin USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. O. E. Abrams V. K. Ming R. B. Barnes W. J. Moran Sverre Brenna Joseph Neubauer Henry Hauge C. O. Winskey S. Johannessen Edward Woods Carl R. Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Henry Chllds Charles Neumaier Ho Yee Choe Joe Perreira C. B. Coburn Fugcne Plalm Gilbert Eller W. S. Singleton Olav Gustausen Sing Ah Sue Hans P. Hansen Graydon Suit A. M. Keller Peter Walsh James McLaughlin P. S. Yuzon E. Moss USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD Clifford Adklns Peter Losado Jessie A. Clarke Joseph D. McGraw Carl E. ^handler James Macunchuck A. J. Cunningham George Mattalr Millard M. Cutler Wm. Middendorf James R. Dodson Paige A. MltcheU Walton Hudson Thomas Mungo James B. Humphries George Plplnos George Jeroslmlch John F. Smith Alexander Johnson Wm. J. Stephens Wm. Kenny Gustav. V. Svenssoa Karl Krlstensen Frank Van Dusen William Kunak Henrlch WIese Henry G. Lelby Doctor Hails SIU Blood Aid 3> 3^ $ Because of the emergency Karen Elise Babin, born Decem­ situation created in the Port ber 2. 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ^ of Nevir York last month by Alphonse L. Babin, 710 North the 29-day strike of old Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association, thfr Staten Island US Public Health Service Hospital adjusted admis­ sions rules to take care of seamen stranded on the beach by the Under the Union constitu­ strike. tion every member attending In a couple of instances, men a Union meeting is entitled to who had been in the hospital be­ nominate himself for the fore the strike and had been dis­ elected posts to be filled at charged as fit for duty, had come the meeting—chairman, read­ down with illnesses while waiting ing clerk and recording secre­ for the strike to end so they could tary. Your Union urges you ship. to take an active part in meet­ Ordinarily, the hospital woulB ings by taking these posts of • not accept patients under those cir­ service. cumstances since they had not been And, of course, all members working on a ship in the interim, have the right to take^ the floor and might possibly be working and express their opinions on ashore. However the Union was any officer's report or issue able to submit proof that the men under discussion. Seafarers had been waiting to ship but had are urged to hit the deck at been unable to do so. Accordingly, these meetings and let their the men In question were read­ shipmates know what's on mitted to tbe hospital for further ' their mind. treatment i MCUHIH AUEHurPUBLIC HEALTH SHIVICK V.IWB11C HEUTH SiPKtf 80iWr*l *W SIAlf OT, NEW ONUANZ lA MKUMI Officer In Charge Ihreh 30, U5U Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings Seafarers' International Onion SS BlenvlUe Street Raw Orleana, Louisiana ttaarSira, ftadartck As Hadlcal Officer in Charge of the U.S. Public Health Ssrvlre Hospital in How Orleans, 1 should like to take this opportunity to thank the ifMibers of the SIU for their gonerous support of the hospital blood bank, * I an sure that the transfusions Miich these donations haee nada possible hare enablsd our doctors to give better nedfcal care to Seansn, and that nanjr days, of' hospitalisation and sickness havs bSen saved. y yours. H. SoHdeni Hsdicsl Director, Msdleal Officer In Charge Letter from hea* of New Orleans USPHS hospital praises Seafsref Heodc dimoimt • i, a . •? •> -v.; • -— Orleans to the blood bank at the local US Public Health Service hospital has been applauded by the hospital's medical director. Dr. John N, Bowden, medical director of the hospital has written the Union that the transfusions "have enabled our doctors to give better medical care to seamen, and that many days of hospitalization and sickness have been saved." Minimum 15 Pints At present Seafarers in New Or­ leans have an arrangement with the hospital there for an SIU blood bank. The local membership makes regular contributions, and id turn, the hospital reserves a mini­ mum of 15 points for use by ill or injured Seafarers at all times. The blood bank was opened September 29, 1953, when five Sea­ farers started matters off by donat­ ing a pint each. Since then Mon­ days have been blood donor days with a number of Seafarers visit­ ing the hospital regularly. That the arrangement has worked out to the full satisfaction of all parties is indicated by Dr. Bowden's letter. A number of Sea­ farers have benefited directly from the assurance of a regular supply without the need to. round up donors ht -an-emergency sUuatiom-»' �SEAFARERS AprU 1«, 1954 LOG Pafc Twenty-MTen Company Stall Proves Expensive SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS A shipping company which denied a Seafarer more than one day's maintenance found to its sorrow that the action didn't pay. Because not only did Seafarer Carmen Barletta col­ lect the full maintenance and cure but got transportation and unearned wages as well. Barletta got more than he^ | expected simply because he carried his complaint to the With WALTER SIEKMANN Welfare Services representative in Baltimore, John Arabasz. Until he iNews about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wel­ got in touch with Welfare Services, fare Benefits will be carried in this column, ft is written by Seafarer he says, he was unaware of his Walter Siekmann based on items of .interek turned up while he makes transportation and unearned wages claim and Would have settled for his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) maintenance quite readily if the Heading off this week's list of hospitalized men is Luis Williams out company agent had agreed to pay at the Staten Island USPHS hospital. Luis is from New York, so he is it in the first place without argu­ right around home while he is in drydock for observation. His last ship ment. , was the Hilton of Bull, on which he shipped as a saloon messman^ and The "case arose when Barletta, a good one, too. who was aboard ship as an AB, Peter Frokopiek Is out at the same hospital which he entered in the suffered' a mild back sprain and middle of last month. Pete stopped in for a look-see about some hernia reported to the USPHS out-patient trouble he is having, yhis Seafarer comes from New York, also, and clinic in New York City. There he was given treatment and ruled "not his last job was as an AB aboard the Southport of South Atlantic. Off the Choctaw where he was a saloon messman and into the hospi­ fit for duty." A replacement was tal is Leo Broussard for a rather different operation than most of his then called in his place. brothers might ordinarily get. Leo's got a carbuncle Went To Baltimore Barletta next went to Baltimore on the back of his neck and he's there to see that he doesn't leave with it. He hails from Lafayette, to continue treatment at the hos­ La., and h6'll probably head down that way during pital there. While in Baltimore,, he contacted the claim agent of the his convalescence period. In the hospital for a hernia operation is Camiel company who offered him one Caus, entering the drydock in the latter part of last day's maintenance, although he month. Caus comes from New York. His last job was not fit for duty for a week. The company's headquarters of­ before entering the hospital was on the Show Me Carmen Barletta smiles happily as he shows Baltimore Welfare fice claimed that Barletta had quit Mariner as engine maintenance.. ^ . Services representative, John Arabasz, settlement papers on bis Another New York boy in the hospital is Rex the ship of his own volition and claim for maintenance, unearned wages and transportation. Caus O'Connor. He, also, is in the boneyard for a hernia claimed further he had gotten a operation. His last ship was the Dei Norte and Rex was aboard as a fit for duty slip from the out­ held Barletta's claim on the records from both New York and patient clinic in New York. How­ sprained back. Baltimore, the company agreed to waiter. As a result of submission of pay a week's maintenance plus un­ Thomas Bryan has the boys all beat. He's in the hospital for a double ever, the records at the clinic upearned wages due from .the time hei-nia. The former messman on the Ines (Bull), entered the hospital on the vessel discharged him until the March 22 and hopes to be out soon. He comes from New York, too, articles terminated, and transpor­ which seems to have a corner on the market for hernias this week. tation from New York to Balti­ Other hernia sufferers, in the hospital for operations, are Nidholas more, which was his port of enMark, Fred Delapenha and Edward Polise. Mark hiails from -Jamaica, gigement. The difference between LI, and last shipped out as AB on the Seatrain New what he was originally offered and Jersey. Delapenha, chief steward aboard the Steel what he received with the assist­ Flyer before entering the hospital, comes from New An accident suffered in a fall from the chemical tanker ance of Welfare Services amounted York and entered on March 8. Polise is a Brooklyn Val Chem in New York proved fatal to Seafarer Henry Core, to over $100. boy and shipped as engine utility on the Seatrain despite the blood donations he receive^ from several Ne-w Thus, Barletta found himself Louisiana on his last job. quite a few dollars better off be­ Quite a few of the brothers have remarked favor­ York Seafarers through Wel­ ably about letters in the SEAFARERS LOG that fare Services. Although medi­ last respects. Core's ashes will be cause h^e took the trouble to con­ to the waves in the tra­ tact the union. Of course, the com­ have suggested that forms be put aboard ship for cal science and the Union's ef­ scattered dition of so many seamen before pany started things, but the SIU th» delegates to file accident and illness reports. forts were unable to save Core's finished it off properly. him. Tlii.se letters have a good point since up until now life. Welfare Services saw to -it Bryan the companies have had it all their way 4)n these re­ that his last wishes were respected ports and in some instances no reports have been filed at all. and all arrangements were made It's time that some kind of double check was set up because in more and for burial at sea as he wanted. more instances we find the company has no report. Members come in say­ Core fell off the ship onto a ing a report was made on the ship but the company claims it never got barge and suffered severe internal one. We wonder if this is another way of ducking obligations to pay injuries as well as several broken , The deaths of the folloioing Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, NY, maintenance, or just Inefficiency. It's high time something was done bones. He was rushed to Lincoln Seafarers < have been reported to Since 1943, when he joined the about it. Hospital nearby and a request was the Seafarers Welfare Plan and SIU in Baltimore, he had sailed We repeat, it's a good idea whenever an accident report is made to made to Welfare Services for blood $2,500 death benefits are being as a member of the steward de­ ask for a duplicate copy. There's lots of money involved in mainte­ donations as he was bleeding con­ paid to beneficiaries. partment. He leaves his wife, nance and it is only sensible for a man to protect his claims accordingly! tinually ^nd was in critical condi­ Bernice Edmondson. 511 West 152 Yanas Dallal, 55: A fatal heart Street, New York, NY. tion. A group of blood donors was ailment caused Brother Dallal's t i taken to the hospital from the SIU death on February 27, 1954, in New Peter Lloyd Williams, 38: A hall. Meanwhile, Welfare Services York, NY. Since September, 1945, member of the engine department. contacted the family that he had Brother Dallal had sailed SIU as a Brother Williams died of heart dis­ been living with in the States for member of the steward depart­ ease at his home in New York, NY, a good many years, as his own next ment. Burial took place at Heaven­ and was buried at Calvary Ceme­ of kin, his mother, lives in Mel­ ly Rest Cemetery, Whippony, NJ. tery, Queens, NY. He is survived Brother Dallal is survived by his bourne, Australia. by his brother. John Lloyd Wil­ When the injured Seafarer cousin, Amat Samy, of 161 Madison liams of 5219 West Adams, Chi­ passed away in the hospital despite Street, New York, NY. cago, 111. jii $1 all efforts to Save him, the Union 4" , 4» i dispatched a cable to his mother in Harry D. Rasure, 65: On Januai'y Joseph E. Lissner, 33: On March Melbourne, giving her the details. 15, 1954, Brother Rasure died of a 8th Brother Lissner died of vis­ Core's last wish was that his heart ailment in Boston, Mass. He ceral congestion at his home, 25 body be cremated and his ashes was buried at Memphis Memorial South Street, New York, NY. He scattered at sea. Consent for this Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. was buried at Forest Lawn Cem'e-r kind of ceremony was needed from For the past three years Brother tery, Glendale, Cal. Brother Liss­ his mother as his next of kin, and Rasure had worked as messman, ner had sailed as a member of the was wbtained accordingly. sailing from New York. His estate deck department for the past five Since Core had no immediate is administered by his cousin, years. He leaves his mother, Mrs. family in the US, his estate and Harry D. Rasure, 3538 Philwood, Adele B. Lissner, 3453 Buena Vista personal possessions all came Memphis, Tenn. Avenue, Glendale. Cal. COAST GU«ROMATT»$.UNtMnOYM»r under the jurisdiction of the Pub­ 4" 4 4" 4" i" t lic Administrator. Legal advice WSURANCt • SOCIAl SKUIIirf • HOUSINO ^ Lester E. Mack, 54: An OS in Daniel F. Kelleher, 47: Sailing was given to the family he had been the deck department for the past MAiNTiHAMaiiiTOKWAW-Atldm living With accordingly, so that out of Norfolk, Brother Kelleher three years. Brother Mack died of questions of his estate could be had been a member of the SIU shock due to adrenal failure at , cleared through the regular chan­ since 1943; he sailed as a wiper. the USPHS hospital, Baltimore, On February 23, 1954, Brother nels without delay. Md.;.he Was buried at that city's Finally, Welfare Services, at the Kelleher died of heart trouble in Greenmount Cemetery. ^ ^ ^ request of Core's, close friends here Philadelphia, Pa., and was buried at Holy Cemetery in that ,c:ty. He in the United States, made all ar­ Willie C. Thomas, 50: Brother rangements for funeral services is survived by his sister, Mrs. Anne Thomas was fatally stricken with and then for the burial 'at sea Braggy, 60 Wendell Street, Phila­ lobar pneumonia on March 11th in delphia, Pa. * DEPARTMtNT which was his last wish. Baltimore, Md. He had been an 4« 4« 4* The last rites for the deceased oiler in the engine department, Randolph Edmonson, 47: On joining the SIU in Mobile in 1939. ' Seafarer will take placevaboard the YOUR PROBUM IS OUR BUSINESS Steel Vendor, sometime on its cui> March 8, 1954, Brother Edmondson He is survived by a brother James ~ rent outbound Voyage. As Sea­ died at tlie USPHS hospital, Staten M. Thomas, 5528 Vickei-y " Boulefarers aboard the'<8Mpv-f^ their ,vard, Dallas, Tex. • • Ship Fall Fatal To Seafarer; Union Arranges Sea Burial SIU WELFARE SERVICES P �-••• f April U 1954 € WORt.D'S "The world's best-fed seamen" are the Sea­ farers aboard SIU-contracted ships. They en­ joy this distinction because their shipmates sail­ ing in the steward department are crackerjacks at their jobs in the galley, just as they are at their work on deck or in the engine spaces be­ low decks. • . O'- Union-enforced working rules and contract clauses governing meals and food stores aboard ship play their part. Then skilled SlU stewards and cooks take over. The results are good chow and good service. •f -ii] •-^r- . .-r : r ; • Union • A&C District' AFL -:-^Y � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource April 16, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 8 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 2-YEAR MATERNITY TOTAL TOPS $267,000 MARK TOM HILL, 37; HEADED SIU PURSERS UNION OLD ILA'S POLITICAL STRIKE FOLDS UP; AWAIT CALL FOR NEW DOCK ELECTION SEA CHEST BEGINS RETAIL SALES IN THREE OUTPORTS SEA UNIONS DRAFT PLAN TO DEFEND HIRING HALL, SEAFARERS' JOB RIGHTS SEAFARERS PRETTY UP NEW GALVESTON HALL ASSIGN 2 NEW MARINERS TO SIU COMPANIES DEADLINE NEARS ON ART ENTRIES 50,000TH VACATION CLAIM PAID MOBILE SURVEY SHOWS SEAMEN SEND HOME $7 MILLION YEARLY STUDY PROGRESS OF SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS REOPEN BIDS ON SALVAGE OF SHIP HULLS WANNA BUY A MARINER SHIP? VESSEL LISTS AT $4-5 MILLION SIU AIDS UNION FIGHT ON LA. RIGHT TO WORK BILL HIS DREAMS OF WEALTH FADE - NETS $30 IN SALVAGE AWARD FOUR SHIPS LEFT TO BALLOT IN COAST STEWARDS' VOTE PROPOSE PERMANENT '50-50' LAW SEAFARER'S A VETERAN 'GRUNT & GROAN' PRO SEAFARERS WALK, WORK AGAIN - BARBELLS ARE 'MEDICINE' NEW ANTI-UNION MOVES PHYSICAL THERAPY A RESPONSIBLE PROFESSION 'ROUND THE WORLD WITH SEAFARER SAL TERRACINA POLL RETURNS INDICATE LIBRARIES MAKE A HIT NEW TANKERS, SHIPBUILDING GUARANTEES PLANNED BY US SEAFARER DIPS PEN IN INK-FILLED VEINS FOR COLUMN MATERIAL WOULD-BE AZORE PILOT IS KING-FOR-DAY ON VESSEL 'ROW, ROW, ROW, YOUR BOAT' REPLACES LAUNCH LATE DRAWS PLAGUE JEAN LAFITTE AS SHIP SAILS ON FAR EAST RUN A SEAMAN'S LONE EXPEDITION TO JAPAN COMPANY STALL PROVES EXPENSIVE SHIP FALL FATAL TO SEAFARER; UNION ARRANGES SEA BURIAL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/16/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3ca314c933864b4e7f4cbd95271dd7ce.PDF a4abb066bac8da5f48043e3644ca25d6 PDF Text Text SEAFARl^S LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • •t, fe:'' -^ a J Story on Page 3 ' i V •'0 -ti'- ii M' 0' Dftr§v Inhabitants of Korea's, Cheju Island get a real close-up rOrwy» view of an ocean-goingVessel with the SlU-manned San Mateo Victory (Eastern) resting well up on the shores of their homeland after riinning aground on a trip to Sasebo, Japan. The crew is still aboard the ship, which is believed to be in no danger despite some flooding in its forward com­ partments. Several weeks salvage work is expected. (Story on Page 5.) if i �SEAF ARERS ]^e Tw0. LOG May 31 Set As New SlU Art Deadline Ik'. I''li Vs \r% :i Another thirty days' time for Seafarers to get their entries in to headquarters has been allowed for the SIU Art Contest in response to a number of requests from the ships. ' As a result, the deadline hast ^ •'—" been set back one month, to their work with name, address' and May 31. Judging will take selling price, if they are interested ir" 11' I h April 30. 1954 Seafarer Peter IVeifer, bottom left, and O. L. Pitour, right, display their entries in art contest for the camera. Pfeifer's is a brass and steel gyroscope and Pitour holds a landscape scene of southern France. Top photo bhows Labor Temple in New York City where some of Seafarers' art entries are on display before the contest along with works of members of other unions. MCS-AFL W/ns Schooner Vote On the eve of the wind-up of the election in steward dejpartments on West Coast ships,, the Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL won an overwhelming vote victory on West Coast steamschooners. Not a single man voted for the rival union, the Communist-domi­ nated National Union of Ma--^' rine Cooks and Stewards, ing in light of the fact that in an beach. All voting will come to an as MCS-AFL garnered 20 earlier election, held in November end on May 10, and the Labor v6tes to two no-union ballots. Six other votes on the steamschooners were challenged, but they cannot affect the outcome either way. An MCS-AFL victory on the steamschooners had been expected, but the overwhelming tally for the SIU - affiliated union surprised even its most optimistic backers. 'The win was'especially gratify- SEAFARERS LOG April 30. 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 9 As 1 See It Page 4 Crossword Puzzle Page 12 Editorial Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 In The Wake Page 12 Labor Round-Up Page 13 Letters Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer Page 12 On The Job Page 16 Personals Page 25 Quiz Page 19 Seafarers In Action Page 16 Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line ..Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Wash. News Letter. Page 6 Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 Welfare Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 PublishRd biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafaier'. international Union. At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth f-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office In* Brooklyn, NY., under (ht A't of August 24, 1912. and December, 1952, the NUMC4cS whipped the steamschooner men in line to vote for that union. The election was subsequently thrown out'by the National Labor Rela­ tions Board when MCS-AFL brought up convincing proof of in­ timidation and coercion of the crewmembers of those ships. MCS-' AFL leaders believe that the new steamschooner vote is an indica­ tion of the way the wind is blowing and proof that West Coast steward department men are swinging to the AFL. Meanwhile, the Labor Board is winding up the jo)) of voting all ships affiliated with.-the Pacifie Maritime Association, representing the bulk of West Coast shipping. All the ships have been voted, with possibly another handful of votes due to come in from men of the Board will start counting the bal­ lots a week later. The PMA election is a three-way proposition with Harry Bridges Longshore Local 100 calling on stewards to vote "no union." With the opposition split between "no union" and NUMC&S, the MCSAFL is figuring to have a very good chance of coming out on top of the heap. place in the early part of Jime. Meanwhile, many of the SIU art entries have gone-on exhibit at a special show of work done by union members sponsored by the New York Public Library. The display is at the New York Labor Temple, 242 East 14th Street, and includes a variety of items by New York labor people. ^ Fancy Knot Work As the original deadline neared, a large number of entries came pil­ ing in by mail or were brought in person to SIU headquarters. Sev­ eral Seafarers at the Staten Island hospital contributed some Intricate examples of fancy knot work and weaving. Amazingly-detailed draw­ ings of steam -locomotives, done from imagination, were conti^ibuted by Seafarer James F. -Byrne of Staten Island. Seafarer G. L. Pitour came in a week before the old deadline with the oils still wet on his painting of a scene in Aix En Provence, France, he had finished the night before. Pitour visited southern France while on vacation last sum­ mer. Other entries included an ingenious., collapsible stool of his own design and two brass gyro­ scopes by Seafarer Peter Pfeifer. Another entry that's sure to arouse considerable comment was a wooden chain carved completely out of one piece of wood with hot a break anywhere in any of the links. This was done by Seafarer Richard Howell. Three oils by Norman Maffie, well known for his illustrations in the SEAFARERS LOG in past years, came via the mails. Panel Of Experts The three top entries in each class—oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and handicrafts—will be awarded valuable prizes. Judging will be done by a panel of art ex-, perts Including the LOG's art edi­ tor and all entries will be on dis­ play for a week after the awards are made. Both Seafarers and out­ side visitors will be invited to view the display. Seafarers mailing in entries to headquarters should clearly label Seafarers' Friends Visit New York McCarthy Vs* Baseball Senator Joseph McCarthy was the innocent cause of a small-scale controversy in SIU headquarters this week, when the membership was divided over what channel the televi­ sion set should be tuned to. 'One group wanted to watch the current McCarthy-Army hearings in Washington, while the other, was all for the New York Yankees-Chicago White Sox ball ganie from Yankee Stadium. The dispatcher resolved the situation by calling for a voice vote. The McCarthy hearings won by a narrow margin. , Paul Hall, SIU Secretary-Treasurer, extends greetings to Joe Palughi, center, and son Peter as they visited SIU headquarters in. New York recently. The elder Palughl is well-knojiyn in Mobile, Alabama, as a friend Of seafaring men. ' '' " . ' '• in sales. Registered mail, oi^ at least special delivery, is suggested. Address all entries to the Art Edi­ tor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 4th Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York, or bring them up fn person if possible. Plan 2 New Ship Roads For Mobile MOBILE—Construction of two new ship channels planned for this section of the Gulf Coast in the near future should stimulate ship­ ping in the Mobile area. The.first project is planned for Point Aux Pins, near Grand Bay, Ala., about 25 miles west of M^|],c^. The second channel is propoldd for Bayou Cassote, which is a few miles east of Pascagoula, Miss^ and about 40 miles west of Mobile, The Defense Department has re­ quested $26,000,000 for constrh'ci tion of a large military depot at Port Aux Pins. A House doThm(it-»' tee in Washington approved the re­ quest and recommended the apfiriopriation be included in the overall armed forces bill. Full details of the Alabama depot were not made public, but it is lo­ cated between Grand and Portersvllle Bays and will include ^everpl hundred acres of land, A' -d^obt ship channel is proposed from deep water of the Gulf of Mexico to the depot. The new project will replace the present ammunition depot at Theo­ dore, Ala., which has facilities to accommodate two ships. • YarmouthOn 'Hula Run? The disclosure that, the East Coast passenger ship Yarmouth (Eastern); formerly manned by Seafarers on the Boston-Nova Scotia run, would resume this serv­ ice under. Liberian-flag operation, appeared premature this week, with the report that the 28-year-pld vessel may be destined to go nnibe San Francisco-Honolulu run'for a new US-flag company. Reports featuring the Yarmouth, which has been idle for some time, have been flying thick and fast lately, with the result that.no one knows what the future of the 5,000ton ship will be. Built in 1927, the Yarmouth had been a popular cruise ship on this coast for many years and had been manned by Seafarers on the Nova Scotia run since the early days of the SIU. Challenge To Matson The projected West Coast opera­ tion, serviced by the newly-formed Hawaiian Steamship Conipany, Ltd.,-would be the first to invade the field now dominated by the Matson Navigation Company, which has been operating the service between San Francisco and Hono­ lulu for 70 years. No other shipping company provides regular service on this run today. Matson presently operates a much larger vessel, tbO 18,564-tOu Lurline, on this run,., �m r- SE AF ARkRS , •V-'-L,' ""ft" ^ LOG Union, Operators | Finish Dry Cargo Pact Clarifications A complete roundup of all contract clarifications made in the SIU standard freight ^reement is being printed as a special four-page supplement in this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. The clarifications are the product of a standing contract clari­ fications committee consisting^^ of Union and company repre­ procedure, gangway watches, dock­ sentatives, who have been ing and undocking, sanitary work meeting from time to time as and various other ciauses. Interpret Contract the need arose. All told, some 60-ddd clarifi­ These clarifications, of course, AFL-ILA orgranizen attend strateg:y meeting: before stepping: up drive on docks in preparation for new long:shore election, scheduled for late in May. cations, in general rules and work­ ing, rules have been made in the agreement. They deal with such items as repatriation, penalty car­ goes, standby work, port time,, shifting ship, rest perio'ds, payoff NLRB Orders Dock Balloting In May, Sets Up Strict Ruies ' A new election for longshoremen, hedged around by strict regulations to assure every dockworker an absolutely free vote, has been ordered by the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB's long-expected action called for a vote sometime between now and May 26, with all evidence indicat-"*^ ing that the vote will be held have been fighting for eight long the election order as virtually rul­ months to organize a new union ing out the kind of mass intimida­ late in May. involve changes in the existing con­ tract. They are separate and apart from negotiations of amendments and new clauses that would be in­ cluded in the signing of a new contract. They are simply inter­ pretations of existing clauses that have come into dispute for one reason or another. The standing clarifications com­ mittee was set up after the SIU freight contract was completely re­ written from top to bottom late in 1952. There were a large, number of brand new clauses in this con­ tract, as well as many others that hjd been considerably amended by the negotiators. Accordingly, it was decided at District SO Quits CAMU the time that for smooth han­ dling of contract matters, a per­ manent clarifications committee representing both the Union and the shipowners would be set up. The committee would deal with any questions as to interpretations of the various clauses that could not be regarded as the usual shipboard beef to be disposed of by the patrolman at payoff time. Passenger Or Not? Typical of such a situation, for example, was one which arose in (Continued on page 17) US Halts Ail Transfers; 80 Ships Apply Although two more ship transfers who on the docks, hailed the terms of tion of longshoremen that pre­ ceded the first dock election last have been approved in recent December. That election was over­ weeks, the Maritime Administra­ turned by the Labor Board when tion has called a halt on over 89 the AFL presented proof of vio­ District 50, United Mine Workers pending applications until both lence, threats, and overwhelming of America, announced its with­ Senate and House Committees pressure exerted on the working drawal last week from the Con­ complete reports on the transfer longshoremen by dock supervisors, ference of American Mari^me problem. old ILA officials and strong-arm Unions. The last two transfers to get GALVESTON.—Seafarers began shipping out of the new men for the old ILA. In a letter addressed to the through under the wire were the Got 7,500 Votes Washington Committee of the Omega, an SlU-manned Liberty, SIU hall here this week, completing the move from the old hall on 23rd Street with no major hitches. The new location, Even under these circumstances, CAMU, A. D. Lewis, President of and the Paul Revere owned by and despite the fact that the new District 50, advised the members the Amtron Tanker Corporation. at 21st and Mechanic Streets,• union was only three months old of the Conference that his union The Maritime Administration sa d was obtained a few weeks ago ing of the new SUP hall and at the time, the AFL garnered was withdrawing its membership that these two transfers were after a long search for suit­ sailors' home in Seattle will pro­ 7,500 votes against 9,000" for the from the group on the grounds that processed before Representative able space. vide a cafeteria, bar, gymnasium, old ILA. The new union is confi­ the deliberations of the Conference Thor Tollefson, acting chairman of Meanwhile, the SIU branch in baggage room, cigar store, shower dent that under the more favor­ "do not hold sufficient interest for the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee, had written the depart­ Seattle was getting ready to move room, plus office space and a com­ able circumstances of today, it will the membership." The action by District 50, the ment asking that the transfers be into new quarters also, with the bination auditorium-dispatch hall. win a solid victory and put the old catch-all unit of the UMW, repre­ halted. opening of the new SUP hall in The upper story of the two-story ILA out of business for good. that port scheduled for May 7. The building houses the sailors' home, The detailed regulations drafted senting some of the tugs on the Tramp Operators new Sailors Union hall is located featuring 22 Hying units for the by the Labor Board were obvious­ East Coast, was seen as "a stab in Most of the companies applying at First Avenue and Wall Street, use of SUP didtimers, and the ill ly designed to prevent any re­ the back" to the joint sea union ef­ for the transfers are the operators and commands a pleasant view of and disabled. Ground - breaking currence of what happened last fort to save the USPHS hospital of tramp ships which have been ceremonies were held at the site December. For one thing, the vote budget from further "economy Puget Sound. unable to pick up much in the way last June and followed by six will be limited to workers em­ cuts. Like'seamen, the tugboatmen Pitched In to Rebuild ot charters in recent months.* The Prior to the relocation of SIU months the opening of a new SUP ployed by member firms of the depend on USPHS hospitals for tramp shipping fleet was extremely medical care. (Continued on page 17) facilities in Galveston, Seafarers hall in Wilmington. active during the Korean war, but 4and port officials pitched in to since then a large number of these rebuild and redecorate portions of sliips have gone into lay-up. the second, floor space rented by The operators have requested the Union for a two-year period. either Government subsidy or per­ The energy and enthusiasm with mission to transfer, and have made which the job was undertaken in­ no secret that they would prefer dicated the feeling of the member­ the latter so that they could op­ ship that it had really been ready erate unhampered under Pana­ for a change for a long time. manian or Liberian flags. It had long been felt that the Some hearings have been held facilities of the old hall_ were in­ in Washington on the transfer prob­ adequate to meet the needs of the lem. but thus far no reports have port, but suitable space had been made by the committees involved. difficult to locate until the present location, a block from the docks and virtually at the center of- the port, was found. The new site, which covers 2,800 square feet of floor space, includ­ ing three partitioned offices, boasts Regular membership meet­ fluorescent lighting throughout, ings in SIU headquarters and tiled washroom and lavatory facili­ at all branches are held every ties, plus a roomy area which second Wednesday night at serves as the registration, dispatch 7 PM. The schedule for the and recreation space during the next few meetings is as follows: day and a meeting room at night. May 5, May 19, June 2. The membership already Utilizing All Seafarers registered on the facilities has expressed consid­ the shipping list are required erable pleasure at the improve­ to attend the meetings. OalVeiatoii Seafarers gathier in front of counter M dispatcher Mlokejr Wiiburn calls off the -job^ SIU ment. iHirt offtces are now operating full swing at the newhalL Virtually on schedule, the open­ AFLTILA representatives, New Galveston Hall Open; Seattle Ready Next Week Bieeting Biight Every 2 Weeks 3 �u konr 1 £• I SSAFAkERS 70-Ton Mounted Whale Touring United States As I See It I®- W';. I: P^/v i:'"3' ff s«. v. ;• Twenty longshoremen fill the mouth of Mrs. Haroy, a whale owned by Leif Soegaard, of Norway, as he waves to crowd in Brooklyn harbor from motorship Jessie Maersk. The 70-ton whale has been taken on a tour of the US mounted on-a railroiad flatcar. New Red Propaganda Drive Starts s $' i'T ki •'-. uw p'fK'-' u Kk •-'••• tft-' m- 1-^ f' If: 8«. WM LOG As an outcome of growing US concern over developments in Indo^China, the Com­ munist Party's waterfront section on the East Coast is stirring up some action after several months of lying dorrhant. Crewmembers of several SIU ships reported receiving mailings of "Floodtide," a one page^ mimeographed sheet calling again in light of the new crisis in being inside the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards (inde­ • for the US to stay out of Indo­ Southeast Asia. china and stop H-bomb experi­ In addition to calling on Ameri­ pendent) and Harry Bridges' Inter­ Longshoremen's and ments. Tlie sheet is published, by can seamen to protest the H-bomb national the self-styled "Maritime Commit­ tests and aid to French forces in Warehousemen's Union. tee For Peace" in New York City. Indo-China, it puts in a plug for The mimeographed sheet is the trade with the Soviet Union in all latest successor to several that were commodities, incfuding those con­ put out during the Korean War. sidered strategic materials for war At that time they parroted the purposes. standard Communist Party line The mailing of mimeographed about South Korean, "aggression" statements Hke these through the and Red Chinese "volunteer" mails represents the last feeble troops and called for increased contact that the Party's waterfront trade with China and the Soviet section has with ships on East The mystery of the "missing" Union. Coast where it once threatened to $140,000 Irish Sweeps winnings of When the Korean cease fire was take control of all of maritime. Seafarer John Hals was deepened signed, the sheet ceased publica­ On the West Coast, the party tion but is now becoming active still maintains its grip for the time when Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany's agents in Curacao said they had no information about any sale of a lottery ticket to the Seafarer. The letter from the agent, in re­ sponse tq an inquiry by the SEA­ FARERS LOG, directly contra­ dicted accounts of Hals himself, and of Del Norte crewmembers. According to the original story, Hals' was sold a lottery ticket by an Back frona Mexico City College chair, with Patrick Fox as record­ agent of S. E. L..Maduro and Sons where he has been studying jour­ ing secretary and William Jenkins last December, while on the Del nalism, Seafarer Milbume "Red" serving as reading clerk, Biskas Norte. Subsequently, he believes is a native of Attleboro, Massa­ he discarded the ticket when he Darley took over chusetts, and still makes his home got off for the purpose of speeding the chair at the in the Land of the Cod.,He joined up his citizenship application. last SHJ port the SIU in New York on May 14, Told He Had Winner meeting in Mo­ 1948. He's 36 years of age and sails On the next trip around, crew­ bile. Darley, in the engine department. members who remained on the whose father and Fox is another black gang man, ship said the ticket-seller came brother both sail with the SIU has whose been with the SIU for 11 aboard and told them that Hals had been an SIU man years, joining in Baltimore on won $140,000 in the sweepstakes, since 1946 when April 19, 1943. He's a native of which incidentally, hadn't even been run at the time. Hals was he started sailing New York and is 44 years old. Darley Jenkins, a North Carolina native, unable to locate the "winning" out of the Alasails with the steward department. ticket. bama port. His plight drew a big play In The 28-year-old Seafarer did a He's another SIU old timer, having joined the Union New Orleans newspapers and at­ hitch in the Navy during World in New York on tracted the usual swarm of sales­ War II before starting shipping February 2, 1939. men, tax experts and others, but no with the SIU. He's married and has He's 44 and lives winnings. Since the Irish Sweeps two children, and sails in the deck with his family in had not yet been run at the time department. New York City. and winners are usually notified di­ The recording secretary at the Out in San rect from Dublin by cable, there Mobile meeting was a long-time Francisco, a was some question as to just what Seafarer who has been a Union Brooklyn man, had.^happened. member since January 6, 1939. He Thomas Connell, Accordingly, the LOG wrote, to Is Seafarer John Roberts, who sails took charge of Maduro and Sons in Curacao in­ Jenkins In the steward department on pas­ the port meeting quiring about the matter. The senger ships. there, along with Fred Lyman of company answered that "we have Roberts, a Florida native, is 41 Alabama as reading clerk. Connell, no information whatsoever on the years old and lives in St. Peters­ a deck department member, was purported sale of a lottery ticket burg, Florida, with his wife and bom in Brooklyn 42 years ago next to a crewmember of the 'Del child. In between trips he likes to month. lie joined the SIU in New Norte.' drop a line .in the water and see York on March 15, 1948. "Our representatives who usu­ If he can't come up with a nibble Lyman, who Uves in Mobile, also ally board and handle the Delta «r two. joined up in New York, on Janu­ Line ..vessels on arrival in Caracao •' Baltimore's port meeting had ary 22, 1940. He's 40 years old and know nothing at all about this Seafarer William Biskas in the sails in the galley. matteii" ' Sweepstakes Puzzle Crows For Seafarer THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY MEN AROUND THE MARITIME industry today who can recall the days of the 1921 strike. There are a few brothers in your Union though, who can tell you about what happened on May 1, 1921, 33 years ago tomorrow, when the operators ordered a wage cut and told the union that existed then, the old Inter­ national Seamen's Union, that they wouldn't do business anymore. That was the end of it as far as the union was concerned because the operators ran their ships with Government trainees, and the profes­ sional sailor was left out in the cold or had to come crawling back at the Operator's terms. Some of these same brothers who went through that 1921 strike can view the May 1 date with a different kind of feeling today, because they, like other Seafarers who can no. longer sail for a living, are getting the disability benefit through your Union's Welfare Plan. This benefit, it so happens, began as of the same date. May 1, only the year was 1952 instead of 1921.. , $25 Weekly Benefit The brothers who hit the bricks in 1921 in an attempt to pfesen-e a monthly wage of $85 for ABs probably never dreamed that the day would come when disabled Seafarers could count on $25 a week for not working. But that's Just the way it happened because no matter how hard the operators tried, they couldn't hold the seamen down. The union cause was plunged to defeat in 1921, but there were seamen who kept the idea alive until the day came for a new revival of maritime unions. t t ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR BUILDING PROgram has been providing shoreside facilities for Seafarers that they could count on for reliable service when they needed it. It's been a notorious fact for years gone by that the seaman was the number one target of all the phonies and shady characters on the waterfront v'h.en he came off a ship. They would give him a rough time when lii,e ry'ented to buy himself a new set or gear, got himself some chow, q'place to stay, or some refreshment. Accordingly, your Union some time back set up a Union-owmecL cor­ poration, the Sea Chest, where the Seafarer, if he so chose, could outfit himself with the knowledge that, he was getting a square deal on the merchandise all around. Extend Retail Services At the beginning the Sea Chest was operating one retail store-in headquarters, while supplying merchandise on a competitive 'basis^to ships' slopchests. But it has been the long-range objective of the Sea Chest to extend its retail services to all of the major ports out of which Seafarers sail. Now the Sea Chest has found it has been able to conduct these retail operations in the ports of New Orleans and Baltimore. Mobile will be the next port on the list to get this kind ol service, just as soon as facilities can be located close by the Mobile branch hall of the SIU. As it is set up now, the Sea Chest serves two distinct purposes. One is to supply the ships' slopchests with the kind of first-class work gear and equipment that the Seafarer wants and needs, as well as to make available to the Seafarer ashore a variety of items in work and dress wear, appliances and other supplies of the right quality and at the right price level. The second is to act as a kind of yardstick to keep the waterfront peddler and ship chandler from victimizing seamen. With the Sea Chest around, those people on the waterfront who have been milking the seaman for years on his gear find it hard to get by unless they play it square with the men who go to sea. ^ IT.'S BEEN AN OLD STORY IN THE MARITIMl^ INDUSTRY THAT the coastwise railroad lines, both on the East and West Coasts, have been doing their best through the years to put the ships out of busi­ ness. They have been concerned with the coastwise and intercoastal shipping outfits and that is why these branches of the shipping indus­ try have had a tough time of it the past several years. Wherever there's been a coastwise operation, the railroads have chopped their rates on freight way down. Where they doa't face any competition from ships, the rates are considerably higher. Seatrain In Middle There s been a lot of complaints from the shipping industi*y > dver the years on these freight rate set-ups which have been permitted to exist even though they were obviously discriminating against the inland sections of the country. Those sections had to shell out the additional dough so that railroads could cut rates to the bone on the coastwise operations^ One of the companies that's really been in the middle of the fight has been the SlU-manned Seatrain Lines because of the fact that the company carries railroad freight cars. Ever since this outfit went into the coastwise business in 1932, the railroads have been after them hammer and torig. Just recently, the company wound up a 2V^ year fight before the Interstate Commerce Commission for the right to carry cargo between Savannah and New York. Nobody would be surprised if the rail­ roads'appealed the case to the courts and dragged the matter out a few more years. Offhand,; maritime people agree, it would «eem that one bf'^the best places to revive US shipping is in the protected trades, the coastwise and inter­ coastal service that is reserved for the US flag. It would seem only sensible then, that some steps should be: taiEOtt in Washington tp give these par­ ticular services consideration and study when it comes to issuing per­ mission to operate and to setting cargo rates. Actually the way the shipping business shapes up, the problems of the coastwise and intercoastal operation are quite different from those of, offshore shipping. Both of these problems merit the consideration of our .Govenunent leaders and the members of Congress who between them set uur national policies. �April 30, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pase FIv* Ships' Libraries Get Solid Confidence Vote 5-: Although the six-week SEAFARERS LOG poll on the subject of the SIU ships' library program is not due to end until tonight at midnight, results tabulated from the response so far indicates the liljrary*' distribution aboard SIU ships books on photography and other will definitely continue, with practical subjects. some changes in the proportions of the types of books in each 50-book assortment. Aside from the negligible factor of the two lone votes urging a stop to the program, 43 percent of those taking part in the poll favor keep­ ing the libraries as is, while the remaining 57 percent recommended slight changes. The poll got underway March 19 so that the Union could secure a sampling of membership opinion oh the library program before com­ mitting Itself to the purchase of new books for the next quarterly distribution of books on all SIUcontractcd vessels. Distribution of the libraries began last August in the Port of New York and was eventually extended to all major SIU ports. Louisiana Meeting A typical response to the poll was received last week from the crew of the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain), a majority of which voted at a recent ship's meeting in favor of more novels and nonflctidn, then for more detective and mystery fiction, humorous books and books on sports, in that order. The Louisiana crew also recommended there be less West­ erns. in each library assortment, and < added a request for a "few good sea stories," according to E Steele, ship's delegate. The response on the Louisiana itself corresponded with the re­ sults so far from poll question­ naires delivered in person and by mail to the LOG office, and in a 5Q-man sample poll taken in the New York headquarters hiring hall a month ago. Thus, the feelings of Seafarers on. the library question appear clear-cut. In addition to the recommended changes in the proportions of types of books in the library assortments, a number of specialized requests have been made, principally for "sea stories" and "how-to-do-it" YOU oitif file SIU CONSTIYUTION First Aid Book A recent one was for a book on first aid to assist the crew in car­ ing for emergency medical needs as well as a reliable copy of an almanac to help settle shipboard disputes on sports questions, his­ torical events and the like. Following the end of the poll tonight, all the recommended changes will be studied in advance of any new purchases of books by the Union, and attempts made to adjust all future assortments in line with the wishes of the menibership. 1l i San Mateo Victory, high and dry on rocks off Cheju Island, Korea, shows long gash ripped in hull. Curious crowd of onlookers above is composed of crewmembers and Koreans who wondered how it all happened. Vessel ran on the rocks while on run to Sasebo, Japan. Deck Officers Korea Salvage Tugs Struggle Seeking Special Grounded SI U Victory Mariner Scale With Hard aground on the rock-strewn shore of Cheju Island, Korea, the San Mateo Victory A special ^wage scale for Mariner ships as differing from other class­ es of freight ships is being sought by the Masters Mates and Pilots. AFL; in negotiations with the ship­ owners. The MM&P has proposed that the Mariners be put in the A-1 class calling for higher rates of pay for the ship's deck officers and hir­ ing of an additional mate for the ships, at a meeting with Atlantic and Gulf Coast operators. At present, the MM&P proposals may be largely academic since no A&G shipping operator has con­ tracted to purchase the vessels. They would have a bearing, how­ ever, on Mariners operated tem­ porarily by private operators for the Military Sea Transportation Service, and on any ships that the operators might buy. Thus far, no bids have been re­ ported for the 35-Mariner-class ships on the basis of a Govern­ ment-set price of between $4,120,000 to $5,072,000 depending on when the ships were built and whether they would be for pas­ senger or freight use. rOUft KtGHTS ANO P«IVH.g<3f5 A5 ' : ::: SiU M«N * SS -!ClOtARANTEED: 8¥ ^ . v YOUR cONsrrfutKX, ri;A: rURS fi DBIOwaJ TO ACOUAa^t: ' . . YOU WiTH; THESE fiJOHrS :AMU (UJlVftEOES. : <• " From Article XIII, Section 6 "All reports by committees and the Secretary-Treasurer under this article, except those of the Polls committees, shall be entered in the minutes of the port where headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be en­ tered in the minutes of the Port where it functions." As part of the permanent record, headquarters, as well as the other ports, maintains complete reports of all committees and officials. On file in headquarters and the SIU port offices are records of all re­ ports made in the Union. I and its crew is prepared to sit matters out for a few weeks while emergency repairs are made and tugsestruggle to inch the ship back into water. Seafarer H. C. McCurdy, steward on the vessel, writes stop in Korea "when this .rocky water because the vessel's bow ran that crewmeipbers were look­ beach jumped out in front of us." well up the beach, completely out ing forward to up-coming shore Apparently the island's shores of water, while the stern still rests leave in Sasebo, Japan, after a fall away very steeply into the in the drink. Judging from photos sent to the SEAFARERS LOG by McCurdy, the salvage job will be quite, a difficult one. In going up on the extremely rocky beach, the vessel ripped a tremendous jagged gash in the port-side way up for­ ward near the bow. The gash is just above the keel in the ship's double-bottom. Plant Still Operating Moving into its third year of operation tomorrow, the SIU disability benefit plan today has 27 Seafarers receiving weekly Despite the grounding, McCurdy payments of $25 from their Union to assist them to lead writes, the plant is still going with fuller, more secure lives for-f — lights, water, heat and cooking fa­ cilities except at the extreme low as long as they are unable to selves since the inception date. evening tide. At last word, all the work. Moreover, the regular weekly crew is aboard but some men may At the launching of the disability payments have enabled the affected payment by the SIU Welfare Plan men to escape the necessity of be taken off to conserve water. All hands are safe. McCurdy two years ago, ten Seafarers were turning to charity for help. In ad­ receiving the $15 benefit paid at dition, the SIU payment has no says, with not a scratch suffered in the time. The benefit was subse­ affect on the amount disabled Sea­ the grounding. However, mail is a quently upped to $20 weekly in farers over 65 can collect in US considerable problem as the ship October, 1952, and six months later social security benefits. With the is a long way from any habitation. However, it has become a prime at­ to its present $25 level. $25 weekly SIU disability payment, traction to local Korean natives A total of 34 Seafarers have at the monthly income for Union oldone time or another received the timers no longer able to work can who swarm down to the beach to benefit, which is paid to Seafarers run up to a maximum of $236, all look in awe at the big steel mon­ ster stranded on the rocks. who are no longer able to work, tax free. regardless of age, who meet the requirement of seven years of prior seatime on SlU-contracted vessels. Seven of them, George Arnold, James Crone, Otto Preussler, J. A. Scara, George Stein­ berg, Abdon Sylvera and Benno A. Zielinski, died while receiving benefits under the plan. Paying Out $675 Weekly At the present time, the Union is paying out $675 in disability benefits each week to the 27 cur­ rent beneficiaries of the plan. The last man to qualify was oldtimer Matt Little, 92. Age, however, is not a real determining factor in extending thie disability benefit to a qualified applicant, since several of the men receiving the benefit are well under 65. The benefit is awarded . primarily to those no longer able to work because of a disability which bars them from resuming their livelihood at sea. Since the start of the benefit, on May i; 1952, a total of $39,220 has been paid out in disability, Attending SIU headquarters branch membership meeting early last three-fourths of it in the past 12 year. Union oldtimers (front row, l-r) George Steinberg, Earl Spear, months. The substantial increase Edward Hansen, Joe Germano and William Kemmerer listen to is accounted for by the gradual report read to Seafarers at the meeting. All of them, except Stein­ rise in the number of Seafarers berg, who passed away last September, are among 27 Seafarers now receiving the benefit as well as receiving $25 weekly SIU disability benefit. the boosts in the benefits them­ SIU Disability Benefit Passes 2n(l Birthday �SEAFARERS Pace Six ( '1; i i? fi^ I f-•fc April M. 1954 LOG Retail Sales A Hit In Oatports SIU NEWSLETTER Seafarers have been quick to take advantage of the new Sea Chest retail stores in the ports of New Orleans and Baltimore, which were opened for the first time late this month in an extension of Union service previously offered only at headquarters in New York. In Mobile, meanwhile, the Union is going forward with In case of an all-out war involving the major powers, each member plans to move its existing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will immediately warehouse and retail store to a location within hailing distance of the SIU hall on South Lawrence Street. Since the present operation is conducted at a site located quite a distance from the hall, it has not yet been fully utilized by the branch membership. Considerable Savings The launching of retail sales by the SIU Sea Chest in the three ports assures Seafarers in those areas first quality, union-made mer­ chandise at considerable savings on all purchases of work and dress gear, jewelry, luggage, radios, elec­ trical appliances, tobaccos and toiletries. Prices on many national­ ly-famous brand items have been reduced wherever possible, at handsome savings to the member­ ship. The retail operation, however, does not affect the existing slop chest service offered by the Sea Chest in these or other ports on a competitive basis, with the Union continuing to service the ships and take orders from its catalog at the same time. Moreover, efforts are being made to extend the retail service to other ports and set up retail outlets in other ports, where the demand for this service calls for it. Located in Building At the New Orleans hall, with the store located right in the build- Sign Name On LOG Letters send to London all the data as to the characteristics of their ship­ ping, and where the vessels are located, so as to form a centralized pool that would be used by the Allies. However, the disturbing fact is that even if this country should reach its goal, as to numbers of merchant ships, we Still would have to embark on a tremendous shipbuilding program in the event of war. Some Government agencies feel that the US would be called upon, In any future war, to engage in a building program possibly even larger than World War II ship construction. In World War I, it took 2,500 ships to do the job—in World War II, this nation built over 5,000 vessels—if World War III ever comes, de­ pending on how long it lasts, it could take upwards of 10,000 vessels to win the war. The "essential trade route" issue continues to remain one of the hottest problems before Congressional committees. Under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, only those lines operating^ on these; particular routes are eligible for operating differential subsidy. As. a result of that law, some 32 routes have been declared by the Government to be "essential" trade routes—15 American lines serving those ti'ade lanes have been subsidized. Many other American lines want to get in on the subsidy scheme but Seafarer A. J. Pontiff, right, buys a pair of dungarees from Morty for various reasons do not want to go along with the present subsidy Kressner, SIU Seat Chest salesman, as retail sgles of meixhandise principal of the essential trade route concept. Rather, these companies begin in New Orleans Sea Chest. argue that any route, where cargo is moving, is essential to the US. Although this essential trade route matter is being presented to Con­ ing itself, heavy play has been Street, is likewise enjoying good gress, it is not likely that it will be settled in the near future. given to all types of items straight business, both from Seafarers and through since opening day. The the public. It will have spacious Before World War II, the average tanker in use was around 11,600 Baltimore store, located a short facilities of its own right in the deadweight tons. The T-2 war-built tankers had a big influence in distance from the new hall being new Baltimore hall when the build­ larger ship design, so that by the end of the war, the average world completed on East Baltimore ing is completed later this year. tanker had increased 2,000 tons In size. •/ i v Although the more recent trend has been toward much larger size tankers, there are many trades where the restricted petroleunt move­ ment and permanent physical restrictions will require the continued use of moderate-size tankers. Limitations imposed at loading and dis­ charging terminals and the corresponding increases In capital Invest­ ment, for large size tankers, will mean that the smaller tanker w'lll be around for a long time to come. ' New Orleans Bridge Crossing Due For Completion In '58 NEW ORLEANS—A $54,000,000 project for building the New Orleans-Algiers bridge across the Mississippi River is now underway and is expected to be completed by January, 1958. Engineers already at work steel, concrete and pilings will be used in construction of the bridge on the project say the bridge, and its approaches. The cantilever- For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letter or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. Unsigned, anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request, but if you want it printed in the LOG, put your name on it. when completed, will be one of the monumental structures of the world and that it will be the larg­ est bridge of its type in existence. More than 800 million pounds of •4- SIU COMMinEES •1 I I I I AT WOUli I A Seafarer who had been sus­ pended for two years by a New York trial committee last Februray filed an appeal in headquarters re­ cently. The man had been tried and found guilty of acMng as a spy against the crew and a tale­ bearer to the officers as well ^ threatening perniit-card holders on the ship that he would have their cards pulled when the trip was over. He was found guilty of threatening crewmembers with physical violence. The appeal filed by the crewmember did not attempt to excuse the incidents but sought a reduc­ tion in sentence on the grounds of his previous trouble-free rec­ ord in the union. , A committee chosen by the last headquar ters membership Motchaa meeting met on the case. The committee consisted of R. C. Cowdrey, J. Cook, E. E. Kunchich, P. L. Motchan, J. Fairclpth and P. Vleir^i. The accused did not appear at the hearing, rest- ..l. .1 . . ing his case on his written appeal. After reviewing all the evidence in the case, the appeals committee decided that the trial committee had been justified in imposing sentence as it did. Accordingly, it upheld the verdict of the trial com­ mittee. Another committee chosen at the last membership meeting was the all^impo rtant quarterly finance committee which takes the quarter­ ly audit of all Union financial records as well as physical proper­ ties of the Union. It then reports back to the memKeelan bership and makes recommendations accord­ ingly. Elected by a hand vote for the six-man body (two sailors, two fire­ men, two cooks) were: Joseph Kee-. Ian, Edgar Johnston, Alexander' Oudde, R, Cowdrey, S. Hannay and M. Nomicos. They are now buck­ ling down to their job, with a report to be filed at the upcoming mem­ bership meeting. type structure will span the Mis­ sissippi from Thalia St. on the New Orleans side to Bringier St. in Algiers, where many Seafarers make their homes. The bridge will rest on four massive piers, one of which will be in the river and will burrow some 230 feet below mean low water into the river bed. From the bottom of the river to the top of the bridge structure will measure 550 feet. 1575-Foot Central Span The bridge will have a 1575-foot central span, second only to the Quebec Bridge across the St. Law­ rence River. The Quebec Bridge, however, is an arch cantilever bridge with no superstructure above the roadway. By comparison, the central span of the Huey Long Bridge across the Mississippi at New Orleans is only 790 feet long. The Huey Long Bridge also is 20 feet lower than the planned height of the new span. Overall Length The overall length of the bridge and approaches will be 2.2 miles. The main engineering feat will be the construction of the huge river pier. The biggest portion of this pier, which will be the main support for the bridge, will be un­ seen. It will be a building-size con­ crete caisson based in the river bed and occupying a space 133 feet high, 95 feet wide and 165 feet long. From this giant support will tower a steel support reaching 170 feet above mean low Water and 150 feet above mean high water. The roadways and steel superstructure will rise another 190 feet above this. About 340 to 360 feet of the bridge actually will be above water. The bridge is being financed by bonds to b^ retired by toll fees. t 3) 4" The Department of Com'merce is highly gratified over the response to its invitation to manufacturers to submit bids on proposals 'tO' en­ gage in laboratory experiments on Liberty ships to improve their speed. This favorable response is encouraging the Commerce Depart­ ment to take similar steps to enlist the aid of American industry in another design improvement program. About 60 percent of the time of dry cargo ships is spent in port today while the vessel, on the average, remains at sea for the remain­ ing 40 percent. The Maritime Administration hopes to bring into mari­ time practice the latest improvement in hoisting gear, and in the nottoo distant future will ask industry to submit proposals for automatic quick opening hatches. 4 4 4 The Navy Department recently made the hard-cold statement to Con­ gress that the US shipbuilding industry simply is not prepared today to meet the sudden challenge of a full-scale emergency. The situation is this: In December 1941 there were 366,400 employees in our private yards—^in January 1954 there were 118,100. In 1941, the yards had under construction or on order 886 merchant ships today , we have about 29 ocean-going vessels under construction, all of which will be completed this year. At the present time, about the only ray of hope for the private yards is the naval construction and conversion program on which private in­ dustry is becoming more and more dependent. Therefore, the US Navy has recommended, as an interim program, that Congress approve a Government-sponsored or emergency con­ struction program of about 20 ships a year. This is viewed strictly as a temporary and not a permanent solution to the problem. - ~ • 4 4 4 ' As of the present time, American shipping companies have applica­ tions pending seeking permission to transfer foreign some 82 vessels— predominantly tankers and Liberty dry cargo vessels. 4 4 4 . . ,9" December 31, 1953, the combined merchant fleets of the world, totaling 14,370 ships of 85,102,000 gross tons, were larger by 351 ships and 3,178,000 gross tons than their counterparts on December 31, 1952. Practically every fleet experienced some change during the calendar year, either m size, quality or composition. . The most con.spicuous changes m size occurred in the merchant fleets of Germany, Japan, Liberia and Norway. v > During the past year, maritime fleets of other nations remained about the same in size, although some qualitative improvements were made. The expansion of the German merchant marine In the postwar period is outstanding. On December 31, 1952 Germany's fleet was comprised Of 363 ships, while a year later ft totalled 469 ships, an increase of 106 ships and 399,000 gross tons. The Japanese merchant marine, which today ranks eighth on a gross tonnage basis among national fleets, totals 567 ships. The Liberian merchant marine is a postwar phenomenon. Nonexistent in 1939, this fleet at the end of 1953 consisted jf 182 ships of 1^808,000 gross tons. • li t "'(ij .;/c.• ./J �•f» . • April 30, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Seven Seafarers Crew New Mariner us CRITICAL OF COSTELLO'S PAJAMAS—The trial of Frank Costello for income tax evasion opened in the Federal Court House In New York City as Government attorneys said they would prove he spent far more in the years 1946 to_1949 than he reported as income. Costello is accused of evading over $70,000 in income taxes ovej; the three year period. As evidence of his lavishness, the Government cited monogrammed pajamas at $72.50 a pair, a free spending of $100 bills, night club parties and other expenditures totaling $213,000 instead of the $75,000 he reported as his income, 4" "S" 4" NIXON ROUSES FUSS ON INDO-CHINA—An "off the record statement by Vice-President Richard Nixon that the US might have to send troops to Indo-China if the French pull out has stirred up a lot of argument in the capitol with most of the sentiment being against the move. Meanwhile though. Communist forces are tightening the net around trapped French troops in the Laos village of Dienbienphu and the future looks dark in this greatest battle of the Indo-Chinese war. t 4> HOUSING SCANDAL BREAKS—A new racket involving the Federal Housing Administration and privajte builders is under Congressional scrutiny. The racket involved builders who got FHA-insured mortgages for more than the amount they spent in housing construction and poc­ keted the difference. Some top officials of the FHA are also implicated. '4" 4" 4" TOP ATOM SCIENTIST SUSPENDED—The Government revealed that Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, top atom scientist responsible for de­ velopment of the original atom bomb, has been suspended and denied access to atomic secrets pending an investigation of his status as a possible security risk. The investigation will deal with charges that he was associated with Communists in the late 1930's and that he opposed development of the hydrogen bomb. Oppenheimer's supporters have retorted that previous investigations agreed Oppenheimer had long since severed any connections with the Communists, and that many scientists had believed the hydrogen bomb was not a practical or possi­ ble development. it it Is^ AUSTRALIAN RED SPY RING EXPOSED—A Soviet diplomat. Vla­ dimir Petrov, has asked the Australian Government for asylum in that country, and has given the Government details of a Soviet spy ring there. The incident parallels the famed case of Igor Gouzenko, Russian code clerk in the Soviet Embassy at Ottawa, Canada, who exposed a spy ring in Canada several years ago. Petrov is under heavy guard, while his wife was dramatically snatched from armed Russian couriers just before she was about to board a plane that would have carried her back to Moscow. it 4> 4" NEW YORK FACES DRY SUMMER—With city reservoirs at an alltime low for April, the city government has ordered drastic conserva­ tion of water supplies, banning lavrn sprinkling, street flushing and other practices that use large quantities of water. Reservoirs are normal­ ly full in spring and at a low point in October but this year water stor­ age is at 70 percent of full capacity. A dry, hot summer could bring supply down to dangerously low mark. Average daily consumption in the city runs about one billion gallons. it it it ARMY, MCCARTHY DUEL AT HEARINGS—with television cameras watching, the long-advertised investigation of Senator McCarthy's fight with the US Army got under way in Washington last week. The Army charges that McCarthy and his staff used undue pressure to get a com­ mission for G. David Schine, a McCarthy staff consultant who was drafted as a private. The Senator retorted that Army Secretary Stevens was trying to get him to call off his investigations of the Army. Senators on the committee indicated a perjury indictment of one of the pi-lnclpals was a possibility. MOBILE—Having completed her -sea trials to the'satisfaction of all concerned, the Peninsula Mariner crewed up out of the Mobile SIU hall yesterday for the Waterman Steamship Corporation. The Peninsula Mariner was one of the latest of the new Mariner ships to come out of the shipyard for a temporary run under MSTS. All of the Mariner ships are get­ ting at least six month's service before being sold to private opera­ tors, if possible, or retired to the Government reserve fleet. The new Mariner was the first ship of its type to be equipped with a specially-designed deck for transportation of aircraft. The ship was launched at Ingalls Shipbuild­ ing Corp. at nearby Pascagoula, Miss., in January." The Peninsular Mariner was scheduled to depart from Mobile today, bound for New York to load military cargo for the US Navy to be delivered to an undisclosed destination. Another mariner due for deliv­ ery next month to an SlU-contracted company is the (^racker Mariner, to be operated by South Atlantic. The company is currently operating the Badger Mariner as well. iij m -4- Seafarer Solomon Harb, above, is decked out in gear obtained in various countries he visited during his travels with the Union. Sword at his side comes from Japan, while head gear is a product of Mecca which he visited recently. Seafarer Makes Trip To Mecca The life-long dream of every Moslem, to visit the holy city of Mecca, was achieved by Seafarer Solomon Harb on his last voyage. The 51-year-old cook and steward took ad­ vantage of a long-sought opportunity when his ship, the Steel Navigator, stopped for a couple of days at Jeddah,"^' Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea, time, because you never know When not shipping, he makes his home at Norco, California. He is Since Jeddah is the port for when you will be in that part of currently a crewmember aboard Mecca, and the ship was expected to stay there for a while, Harb got permission from the skipper to take two days off for the visit. He rented a private car and chauffeur and had himself driven to the holiest shrine in the Moslem world. There after a" 50-mile trip, he toured the castles and mosques of the city which is renowned in the Moslem world as the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed, who was the founder of the Moslem religion. "It was quite an experience for me," he said, "since it's the ambi­ tion of every Moslem from the time he is a small boy to some day get to see Mecca. I was very happy that I had the opportunity this the world." Among souvenirs of his trip, the Steel Artisan. Harb brought back a pure silk white square and the braided cir­ clet which Arabians use as their headgear. He purchased it in the bazaars of Mecca which are noted for their silk weaving. Headquarters again wishes Mecca is visited by an average of to remind all Seafarers that 150,000 pilgrims each year, and is payments of funds, for what­ forbidden territory for non-Mos­ ever Union purpose, be made lems, although there have been only to authorized A&G repre­ occasions when Westerners have sentatives and that an official entered the city in Arab guise. One Union receipt be gotten at that of them was Richard Burton, famed time. If no receipt is offered, as the translator of the Arabian be sure to protect yourself by Nights stories. immediately bringing the mat­ Harb, a native of Egypt, has ter to the attention of the sec­ been sailing US "ships since 1942 retary-treasurer's office. and is a long-time SIU member. Be Stire to tiet Dues Beeeipts YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beating the Milk Gouge On board ship you don't have to measure your consump­ tion of food or count the pennies it costs. But if you're a family man, thfe familiar milk bottles, which are so vital to your children, represent one of your biggest financial headaches. A family with two youngsters needs about 20 quarts of milk a week for adequate nutrition. But with milk priced at 20-24 cents a quart, depending on whether store-bought or delivered, the week's bill totes up to $4-$5 for one item alone. The strange thing about the high cost of milk is that there is a surplus. That's why you read in the papers that the.Government has been buying up surplus milk prod­ ucts such as butter, cheese and dried milk, and storing them away. The reason for the surplus is that moderate-income families do pot use their full quota of milk because of its high cost. Ever since the price of milk started to go up in 1946, people have been drinking less. The average family now consume 12 per cent less than when the wartime OPA price ceiling on milk was removed. Since there is an excess of supply at present prices, why doesn't the price drop under? In the case of milk, it happens that some of the biggest distributors also manufacture milk products, like butter, cheese and ice cream. So it isito tlieir : benefit if a high price for fluid milk— • drinking'milk^keeps demand down. That may seem a little hard to believe; you wotild 51 :r\ •'i 1 think the big dairy companies would want to sell all the milk they could. But in some metropolitan areas like New York, the farmer gets the maximum price for milk to be sold as fluid milk, but gets a lower price for the surplus milk that goes into butter, cheese and ice cream. The less milk that is sold in fluid form, the more the dairies can buy at a lower price to use in manufacturing. They can get a higher mark-up on milk turned into ice cream or processed cheese. What's needed is to correct the differential dairies are permitted to pay for milk and to reduce the cost of dis­ tributing milk, such as the duplication of deliveries and the uneconomical one-quart bottle. The farmer used to get close to 55 per cent of the price you pay for milk, but nowadays he gets less than 50 per ceqt in many areas. But until there's action to correct that situation, there are ways your family can beat the high price. We suggest these money-savers: Use non-fat dry milk for cooking and drinking when­ ever you can. At a cost of nine cents a quart it has all the food value of whole milk except the butterfat. So you need not fear you are doing your children an injustice. Reconstituted non-fat milk has acceptable flavor when properly prepared and chilled before serving. One reader reports his family saved $80 a year (on 21 quarts of milk a week) by switching to dry non-fat milk. If a family is reluctant to use the dry milk for drinking, it can still save by using "it for cooking. For example, you can use the dry milk for cake and cookie mixes. You can also Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying use the dry milk for soups, chowders, sauces, meat patties, omeletes, custards and other desserts. Another cost cutter is to use evaporated milk for cooking. While not as cheap as non-fat dry milk, it does have the butterfat but costs less than fresh milk. Don't pay extra for homogenized milk. Plain milk has exactly the same food value, and in many areas costs a penny a quart less. Nor need you pay extra for so-called "I'ich" milk which may have one-third of one-half ounce more butter. If your children really need extra fat, give them a little extra margarine in their meals. ^ Where the store price is noticeably less than the homedelivery charge, take advantage of it. Modern pasteurized milk keeps fresh a week under usual refrigerator tempera­ tures. In some cities you can now buy milk in half-gallon and even gallon containers, at savings of six to eighteen cents a gallon. Natural Cheddar cheese is one of the best buys these days in protein foods (meat alternatives). But avoid socalled "cheese products," like cheese sold in jars, which cost about 50 per cent more than natural Cheddar. More­ over, what makes them easier to spread is what makes them less nourishing than natural cheese—they contain more water and emulsifiers. Similarly, grated cheese al­ ready prepared and packaged costs about 50 per cent more than ordinary sharp cheese which you grate your­ self. Also, buy cottage cheese instead of creaim cheese. Cottage cheese pot only costs less but has more protein value. 'I I•3 '•SI • -i' 1 m �SEAFARERS Pace Eidit Orphaned Puppies Find Brand New ^Mom and Dad' A»ra Mi 19M LO^ CASH BENEFITS 5 I tf!-- SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this PeriodT Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period //3^1 7n 2£. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarers feed and fondle puppies from a litter bom at headquart­ ers in New York City. Taking tender care of the pups above are, left to right, Morris "Maggie" Abrams, Bill "Tiny" McDonald and Walter Gillis. Those banshee-like wails heard around SIU headquarters these past few nights mean something special to three husky Seafarers who "adopted" a couple of new-born puppies after they were orphaned two were given away to Seafarers who weeks ago when their mother promised to look after them, while lost a race with a motorcycle. Pasulak, a veteran at this sort of •iJMl' v:f 1 If: The wails are a signal for the trio to wake from their slumbers and get out the "formula" for feed­ ing the pups who, like all growing youngsters, seem to thrive best only when they can get a couple of meals after everybody else has gone to sleep. The menu, incident­ ally, is a combination of evaporat­ ed and regular milk which the pups devour with a great deal of pleasure. Eight In Litter The puppies, two of a litter of eight born early in April, are the offspring of an unknown suitor and a collie which belonged to Seafarer Frank Pasulak. Seven of them ac­ tually survived, but 11 days later the mother was killed in an acci­ dent when she got too close to a motorcycle. Since then, Pasulak and two other Seafarers, Morris "Maggie" Abrams and Bill "Tiny" McDonald, have been officially tending to the infants. Actually, only two of the pups are together now. Five of them thing, is tending to one by himself, and Abrams and McDonald split the chores in taking care of the other. Serious Business According to McDonald, the youngsters are "getting pretty frisky, but we make sure they get their milk down when they have to. Our being both a mother and father to them is pretty serious business," he commented. Hosnital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total a7\ ! h-7 S oof [ oof 7/ 1 1 t-f 7^7 1 re WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY •» Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tuiv 1. 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aorll 1. 1952 • Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total * Date Benefits Beaao New Numbers For Hq, Phones The telephone numbers of all New York headquarters phones were changed recently by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling headquarters are asked to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters teler phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. 11 S^s-s- oo oa Tir .•I' : 3^ j.>-o oa 1 1 1 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 11 iiiSci Vacation CasbuuHauJ. Welfare Estimated Accounts Receivable Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS A/ so 00 h?79^sy AAJ5.077 II //PoAo f7 |i COMMENTSi ! !; • During the month of March, the Plan paid out eighteen •p., it'-. ffc^ 7 ^i.v ? kil- death benefits, making a total for the year so f^ of "Fii":f^a8ea£a3fer! TUB ^FiOCfO Va\CeSAXOUf^O\NH CAV£-n£f^\A IN A/ftV HALL CfFOi^ L/NlOM.im' VMB Yc?cJkBAriU£ LlALL^ sixty. The Plan also paid out 875 hospital beneifits dur-* ing the month, making a year to date total of 2,770. The amount of maternity benefits paid for the month v&a 61, \diich gives the Plan a year to date total of IS^-- Only 26 disability benefits were paid during March, making a year to date total of 233. Prom the above report, it can readily be seen- that the benefits paid under the Plan are increasing. SukmiUtd M. Ai Kerr, Assistant Administrator .. • and, remember this... All these jire yours without contributing a single nickel on ydur part — Collecting SIU bene­ fits 1»easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death — You get first-rate personal service immediately through your Union's representatiyeis. U J �April so, 1054 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina. Rock Fall Threatens To Close '21 Strike Wrecked Unions; Panama Canal To Shipping '34 Walkout Revived Them BALBOA.—Intercoastal shipping maybe be suspended al­ together in coming weeks if a threatened landslide in the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Capal takes place. Maintenance May is a notable month in maritime history, for it was in the fifth month of the year crews are working feverishly • that two of the most important strikes in the US maritime industry were staged. The 1921 around the clock to avert the ago, the crack was so narrow that strike of the ISU and the 1934 West Coast strike of seamen and longshoremen mark the a person could step across it with low ebb and one of the high-^ pending disaster. The possibility of a landslide little difflcMlty. However, it recent­ points, respectively, of mari­ that would block passage through ly began widening, with the result time unions. the Canal stems from a huge crack in a rock ledge overhanging the face of Contractor's Hill In the Gaillard Cut, about a dozen miles from this city on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Gaillard Cut was formerly known as the Culebra Cut that today it is about 600 feet deep. An earthquake this week and the start of the heavy rainy season combined to produdie the present condition. According to Canal officials,' the large quantity of rbck in Contrac­ tor's Hill and the difficulty of ex­ cavating in the area might result in indefinite suspension of traffic (Continued on page 17) Seat rain Has Gov't OK On Georgia Run The Interstate Commerce Com­ mission's granting of permanent authority to Seatrain to operate Map shows location of Con­ ocean-going freight car ferry serv­ tractor's Hill in Gaillard Cut ice between Savannah, Ga. and of Panama Canal, where main­ New York was hailed as a victory tenance crews are working to and a definite basis for develop­ avert a threatened landslide. ment of the run, Donald Smith, and is one of the major links in president of the-company, said. Up until now shippers had been the Sp-mile stretch of canal. When first discovered some years cautious about committing cargo to the run because the ICC might have revoked the permit. However, he expects that the company's long legal fight with railroad in­ terests, dating back to 1932, will continue. i -Ui^er the Union constituSince 1951, two ships have been " tlon 'every member attending serving the Georgia port under a a Union meeting is entitled to temporary authority as part of the nominate himself for the New York-New Orleans run. The elected posts to be filled at spokesman said business had held the meeting—chairman, read­ up well. In addition, Seatrain op­ ing clerk and recording secre­ erates four vessels between New tary.' Your Union urges you York and Texas City. to takh an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of Each of the six vessels can carry service. 100 fully loaded railroad cars And, of course, all members which cap be placed aboard sealed have the right to take the floor and removed at either terminal and express their opinions on ready to nm to inland destinations. any officer's report or issue Major Eastern railroads, which under discussion. Seafarers have opposed the Seatrain bid, are urged to hit the deck at have the right to ask the commis­ these meetings and let. their sion to reconsider its decision and shipmates know what's on also may appeal to the courts to their mind. bar the permanent authorization. Speak Your Mind At StU Meetings In 1921 the shipowners and the Government combined their efforts to abolish the old International Seamen's Union, and destroy the gains seamen had made in the early .years of the century. It was tantamount to relegating seamen to the days of sailing ships with wages to match. In 1934, thirteen years and one week later, the West Coast strike breathed new life into the nearly-dead maritime unions. The background of the 1921 strike grew out of the inflated maritime economy brought on by the war years. Union-busting em­ ployers, with the sanction of the old US Shipping Board, conspired to break the union and to lower wages to suit their own pleasure. In 1919 during the peak of the post-war shipping boom, the ISU had signed the best contract the industry was to know up to that time, with a base wage of $85 a month for ABs and $90 for firemen. The employers, however, were preparing to break the union. A wartime Government training pro­ gram designed to train novices for merchant marine work, begun in 1918, was continued after the war's end. Non-union seamen. 24,000 strong, known as the '-'hooligan navy," threatened the power of rec­ ognized unions. The 1919 agreement expired on April 30, 1921. The shipowners, with a huge reservoir of strike­ breakers in the persons of non­ union seamen to fall back on in case of trouble, refused to negoti­ ate. The day before the contract ran out, the employers announced they would no longer recognize the ISU and its hiring halls. In addi­ tion, they cut wages 171'i percent. On May 1, 1921, union men quit the ships in protest of the action, but the shipowners were ready for them. Under police protection nontmion seamen w^ere put aboard the ships, which promptly went back to duty without feeling the squeeze. The strike was broken easily and the union virtually disintegrated. In 1934, the shoe was on the '"¥l Waterfront striker of 1934 gets aid from companions after being shot in head during clash with Sap Francisco police and National Guardsmen. other foot. A growing number of job actions in the 1930's reflected the low wages and conditions im­ posed upon seamen in the 20's and 30's. Wages were pile-driven down until ABs received only $35 a month. For these and other reasons, re­ sentment grew into action, touch­ ing off a strike of longshoremen on the West Coast. Led by the Sailors Union of the Pacific, seamen walked off the ships and joined the longshoremen on May 9, 1934. Al­ though hard-pressed for funds, the strikers stayed on the picket lines around the clock. Local police were called in by the shipowners, to no avail, as the ships continued to stand idle by the docks. On July 5 the strike reached a crucial point as the harassed shipowners per­ suaded Governor Merriam to call out the National Guard. A pitched battle followed on Rincon Hill with tear gas, riot guns and night sticks brought into play by the Guardsmen and police. Two pickets were killed and 109 suf­ fered injury in the battle. The strike was won on July 31 when the SUP and longshoremen returned to work, having won rec­ ognition from the shipowners. From that time on maritime labor became a force to be reckoned with, establishing itself solidly on both coasts. It won luH recogni­ tion, hiring halls and true con­ tracts for the first time since 1919. i •'^vl Cartoon History Of The SIU SiU Fights Anti-Labor Laws No. 62 m In the thick of the fight, just as In 1947 when the Taft-Hartley Act was adopted, the SlU'joined trade unions all over the US, in May, 1949, in an 4dl-out fight to upset the restrictive law. Pro-labor Congress­ men took up the battle, taking their cue from the results of the national elections in 1948. Seafarers flooded Congress with messages urging passage of an AFL-backed bill to amend the law, but action by a combination of anti-labor forces in both houses of Congress doomed the effort. The unions set. their sights on the 1950 elections, hoping to re­ turn a greater pro-labor majority to Congress. Meanwhile, a direct threat to all sea unions was posed by a bill in the House urging a uniformed "Mer­ chant Marine Reserve," which the SIU charged could be used to force seamen into breaking their own strikes. As a result of SIU protests, the bill got no­ where and was quietly allowed to die in committee. • �M i-p.:. ' f?: SEAFARERS Pace Tea PORT REPORTS W- k It •l-If I f^i" - y- ;.r . t I I yi'j • f" I: I• 1^ fe' r--7t'"-: r'i-''-".- m fe^-: ready within six weeks or two Seattle: months at the very latest. So as you can see, at long last, they are going all out towards completion. We have a very large air-condi­ tioning unit which I am sure will keep the membership cool, calm Shipping has been veiT good and collected at all times. As the here. We had 30 bookmen at the building itself is set up, there will last meeting and three days later be more than ample space fov all after shipping a full crew to the of our^ctivities, including a very Kyska we had only 11 bookmen large parking lot which will be of a registered. Shipping looks ex­ great benefits to the membership. tremely good for the future as we Alien Question expect to crew three Libertys be­ Since my last report on the alien fore the end of the month. situation, it seems as though some Paying off was the Kyska of of the boys were going on hearsay Waterman, while signing on were instead of actual facts. I appreciate the Western Rancher of Western, those who came in and talked this William Carruth of Transfuel and matter over with me and every­ the Ocean Betty of Ocean Trans. thing has been squared away to Ships in transit were the Alcoa everyone's satisfaction. I am sure Pegasus of Alcoa, the Yaka of that henceforth this question will Waterman, and the Seam,ar and not be brought up again. , Lester C. Long, around the hall Massmar of Calmar. The new SUP hall here is close this week, has been a member since 1946 and sails as in all ratings m to completion and we should be the deck department. This is what moving to the new location about he has to say about the SIU: ' I the first week in Mky. The address have found that the SIU is tops of the new hall is First and Wall in the maritime industry and would Streets. It is really a nice build­ quit sailing if I had to make any ing and will have accommodations changes. I have the utmost con­ for other affiliated unions with fidence in the leadership of our cafeteria and bar in the basement. Hanging around the hall now is organization and am fully aware of their abilities to make more Brother C. F. Aycock who joined gains for us as we are a progressive the SIU in 1944. He sails in the organization which all in our field steward department, having are aware of. With the help of the shipped there in the NMU and membership there is no question turning in his full book there for in my mind that we will still forge a trip card in the SIU. He has never ahead and make for further gains." regretted the decision to move to the SIU because he felt it was a Earl Sheppard forward-looking organization. AyBaltimore Port Agent I cock was active in the 1946 and t 4 4" ' Isthmian strikes, as well as other San Francisco: major strikes on the East Coast He said that he is enjoying his stay on the beach, especially since we are having such fine weather now. Oldtimers on the beach include R. B. Groseclose and J. L. Barton, Shipping has picked up a little while in the hospital are R. Yonce, In the pa.st two weeks and the fu­ R. Barne-s, N. Korolchuck, S. Johanture looks a little brighter than has nessen, J. Martin, C. Johnson and been the recent past in these parts. V. King. Jeff Gillette The Topa Topa of Waterman paid Seattle Port Agent off, while signing on were the Jean Lafitte and Topa Topa of Water­ 4. 4. man, and Alcoa's Pegasus and Philadelphia: Planter. In-transit vessels were the Bien­ ville, Fairport, Young America and Yaka of Waterman and the Massmar of Calmar. Oldtimers on the beach include We don't know what the reason C. Ridge, R. Hassey, H. Krohn, L. Knickerbocker, E. Schroder, F. is but it seems all the ships are Edgett, C. Hasz, R. Montcalm, D. headed for the good old Port of Missimer, C. Gates, E. Matte and Philadelphia for payoff. In the past two-week period, we paid off ap­ W. Busch. Men in the marine hospital arc proximately ten ships which gave W. Daspitf S. Sue, A. Keller, P. the old Port of Philadelphia a shot Walsh, M. Prisament, J. Perreira, in the arm ,that it really needed. R. Nicholls, T. Connell, C. Coburn In fact, we shipped 15 more men than we actually had registered. and A. Seegmillar. Tom Banning However, that doesn't mean that San Francisco Port Agent we actually have cleaned the beach of all the men. So to you boys who read this, don't come whooping into the Port of Philadelphia expecting to ship right out. We have had a little trouble with various characters going aboard WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM ... 118Vi Syndicate Ave. ships stating they are SIU men and Ontario Phone: 3-3221 that they are broke, and they not Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone: 5591 only panhandle a meal but also SECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. panhandle money or anything they Paul Hall EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRCTARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617'A Cormorant St, can steal. So a warning to the Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 ilpian Claude Simmons Joe Volpi VANCOUVER, BC 865 Hamilton St. membership—we still have the rule WUliam Hall Pacific 7824 in effect that a man is not allowed SYDNEY. NS ,..304 Charlotte St, SUP Phone 6346 aboard a ship unless he is cleared 20 Elgin St, by the port agent. In the event he HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec Phone: 545 Phone 5 8777 THOROLD. Ontario 62 St. Davids St. is, he is given a slip. So, don't fall PORTLAND 523 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC .113 Cote De La Montague for these panhandlers. Quebec. Phone: 2-7078 RICHMOND, CALIF 257 5th St. We had a surprise visit from the SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. Phone 2599 NB Phone: 3-5232 lover boy of Atlantic Refining, one SAN FRANCISCO .450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363' John Sweeney. John Sweeney , is SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. Great Lakes District now aboard the Dorothy and is Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON .\.'..S05 Marine Ave. Phone: 12.-)8W quite happy and contented. He said Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. he would be happy if he never saw NEW YORK 075 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Phone: Cle^land 7391 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE another Atlantic Refining Company STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 ship in his life unless they are un­ DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phonei Woodward 1-6857 der an SIU banner. MONTREAL 034 St, James St. West DULUTH 531 W.^ Michigan St. PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-1110 A. S. iCafdtilld UALUAX. 128',!i Hollls St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. B3nd St. Pfalladeiphia Fort Agent ^ Phone: ]|ssef ^5-2416 Pjigne. 3-89^J and cue sticks renewed, and we Baltimore: urge all members to take care of their recreation gear and keep it in first class shape as it is for your benefit. Baggage Disposal Shipping continues to be slow in Shipping in the port for the last We are again asking all mem­ aouple of weeks was pretty good bers who have gear in the Mobile the Port of Baltimore as we with approximately 147 men baggage locker to claim same as shipped approximately 190 men shipped to regular jobs and 106 we intend to renovate the racks and the outlook for the coming men shipped to various relief jolis and need the space for storing sup­ two weeks doesn't look too bright. in and around the harbor. We had plies. All members who have old So, unless you are holding plenty a tdtal of 14 payoffs, five sign-ons, gear that has been here for some of loot, I wouldn't advise you to and one ship in transit that kept time please get it as w? intend to come to Baltimore to ship. Ships paying the port fairly busy. take all old gear that is not claimed off were the Payoffs included the following and donate it to some charitable Edith, Mae and ships, Clipper, Puritan, Pilgrim, institution. Evelyn of Bull; Runner, Corsair, Patriot, all of Al­ Any of the members who know Venore, Chilore, coa line; the Chickasaw, Mobilian, they are going to be out of the Feltore, Marore LaSalle, Claiborne, City of Alma, state in the coming election are and Baltore of Fairisle, Monarch of the Sea, Ariz- urged to go to their local county Ore; J. B. Water­ pa, all of Waterman. Sign-dns were probate office and secure an ab­ man and Hastings the LaSalle, Puritan, Pilgrim, Run­ sentee ballot, this can be done by of Waterman; ner, and Corsair. Ships in transit stating your reasons for voting an Oremar of CalLong were just the Del Santos of Mis­ absentee ballot and depositing your mar; Robin Goodsissippi. ballot with the judge of the Pro­ fellow of Seas; Steel Apprentice of J>rospects for the coming two bate Court in your city. Isthmian and Logans Fort of Cities weeks don't look as bright with As reported in the last issue of Service. only eight ships scheduled to hit the LOG, the Mobile branch of the Signing on were the Oremar, and the port However, we have five Sea Chest intends to open a retail Bethcoaster of Calmar; Baltore, ships in idle status here now and outlet in the very near future. We Venore, Chilore, Feltore and some of these will probably crew are making plans at the present Marore of Ore; Steel Fabricator up within the coming weeks which time as to where we can open and ahd Steel Apprentice of Ishmian; will take a lot of the men off the also when, and will inform the De Soto and J. B. Waterman of beach. These ships are the Chicka­ membership through the LOG as Waterman. Ships in transit were saw, Peninsula Mariner, Mobilian, soon as we are definitely able to the Hilton of Bull; Fairisle of Lafayette, and the Fairisle. Waterman; Alcoa Partner and get started. Alcoa Ranger of Alcoa; Steel For our Seafarer of the week we Cal Tanner Advocate and Bteel Seafarer of nominate brother Earl McCaskey. Mobile Port Agent Isthmian; Government Camp of Brother McCaskey joined the SIU Cities Service and the Pennmar in 1942 and ^ i and Yorkmar of Calmar. makes the area around Mobile Savannah: Men to Vote his home, al­ Since my last report, I am glad though he has to state that quite a few of the been shipping brothers have gone to the Board pretty steadily off of Election Supervisors and reg­ the West Coast istered to vote, as they fully for a couple of Shipping continued fair for the realized that without registering, years. Earl usu­ past two weeks and little change they would not be eligible to vote ally sails in the is expected. McCaskey in the primaries. Those of you who deck department Ships paying off in Savannah have not registered, please do so as deck maintenance. While on the were the Southstar and Southport at your first opportunity. It is not beach he usually spends most of of South Atlantic. Both ships only a duty, but it is an obligation. his time hunting and fishing up the signed on again during the past I understand that there are ap­ Alabama River, which is almut the two weeks. proximately 2,000 who are running best area for those sports In Ala­ in the state p£ Maryland for various In-transit ships were the Andrew bama. He is single and is of the offices which I think is the largest opinion that the Vacation Plan is Jackson and Hastings of Waterman; amount of candidates that has ever Robin Wentley of Seas Shipping; the biggest step forward taken by been recorded in the state of Mary­ any organization. To prove his and the Seatrains Savannah and land. I wouldn't be surprised at all New York of Seatrain. point, he states that in the period On the beach we find J. H. Mor­ if some of these fellows are look­ of rather slow shipping a lot of ris, C. E. Lee, J. Rosa, J. H. Mc­ ing for job security too. guys eat on their vacation money Going tip which formerly was lost as very Donald, G. B. .Gapac, C. A. Gard­ I was down to the new building ner and A. Mackin. few seamen stayed with a company long enough to claim vacations. Shipmates in the Marine hospital Tuesday morning. The contractor has tripled his force of workmen The only hospital patient that we include H. C. Kemp, R. Carrolton, and the building is really shaping T. Adams, C. Middleton, A. Morse, know of from this area is brother up. All of the steel beams were Willie Reynolds in the USPHS hos­ M. Goins, L. Vaughn, J. C. What- placed for the> four-story addition, ley, J. B. Sellers, W. Bedgood, P. pital in New Orleans. at noon on Tuesday, and the brick­ Jakubcsak, J. Littleton,-R. B. Mc- layers are going right up with the A few of the oldtimers currently Corkel, F. Pay lor, B. Blanchard, J. building, itself. The cqntractor as­ sweating out the beach in Mobile sured me that the second, third now include the following: R. Bum- Kramer and N. Wright. Jeff Morrison and fourth floors, with the exclu­ sed, J. Mullis, Gerald Thaxton, An­ Savannah Port Agent sion of the hiring hall, will be drew Thompson, R. Ray, W. Smith, J. Madden, J. H. Dickinson,' W. Thompson, J. Kirkland, J. Moore, J. Kuiakowski, H. Smith, H. Curry. Homeowners Win Mobile: %i: April 30, 1954 LOG Shipping's Fair, Littie Change Seen In Fnlure At this writing there are strong rumors that the Government in­ tends to move the Theodore ammo dock to Grand Bay, Alabama, which is a distance of approximate­ ly thirty miles from Mobile. This will not affect the port to any great degree as Mobile will still serve the Grand Bay area. If and when the change is made, the Govern­ ment will have to spend about 22 million dollars to set up a new ammunition depot and dredge a channel into Grand Bay. The Gov­ ernment's decision to move the depot from Theodore came after •vigorous protest from homeowners in the Theodore area about taking in more land and dispossessing people from their homes. As the membership can see, we have recently had all pool tables in the recreation deck recovered. Ship Spurl Gisiars Beach Of Mcfflhcrs New Bttiiding Taking Shape More Rapidly GovernmenI May Move Ammo Depot Site Better Shipping is Predicted On Pacific SW MALI. DtRECIOR Y SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 «ate St, James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Al.sop, Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St, S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1^ SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison^ T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty BreithoR, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. *««•>* Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE .2700 1st Ave Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White, Agent. Phone z-wp 'ikJf... lti> Waleh Out For Phony Moochors Dn SIU Ships �'•'T:. f SEAFARERS April 30, 1954 LOG Paee Elevea JMUtT KEPOttTS New York: Spring nils Big Town; Ships iiveller Too Springtime has finally arrived in the big city and the warm weather and sunny skies arie a welcome change.. The boys are now able to sit out in the yard and soak up some of the sunshine instead of huddling around the steam heaters, that is, the ones who do-not prefer to take their fresh air at the track. We seem to have quite a few horse lovers around here as there are a lot of the boys to be seen taking oft for Jamaica around noon every day. • "Let's hope they have more luck tha'ri our New Orleans brother had with his sweepstakes ticket. ' Business is picking iip consid­ erably in the Port of New York since the end of t,ie waterfront tie-up and shipping has improved to some degree although it is not booming. There is now a much greater turnover in jobs and we expect things to improve more in the coming period. Payoffs We paid off a total of 15 ships in the past two weeks, signed six on foreign articles and serviced 15 in-transit ships. Ships' paying off were the Robin MowTji'ay and Robin Trent of Seas; •Val 'Chem of 'Valentine; Bradford Island; ' Salem Maritime, French Creek',''and Council Grove of Cities Sefvice; Afoundria and Raphael Se'rrtrnes of Waterman; Suzanne and SiiOw'Me'Mariner of Bull; Trinity oV CMas; Steel Seafarer and Steel Rover of Isthmian, and the Seatfain New Jersey of Seatrain. Signing on were the Robin Wentley and Robin Kirk of Seas; Steel iloyer and Steel Advocate of Isthmian; Trinity and the Show Me Mariner. In-translts In-transit vessels were the Antinous, Raphael Semmes gnd Maid­ en Creek of Waterman; Seatrains Louisiana, Savannah, Texas, Geor­ gia and New York of Seatrain; Winter Hill of Cities Service; Ann Marie and Elizabeth of Bull; Tainaron of Actium; Portmar and Alamar of Calmar; and the Alcoa Partner of Alcoa.. These ships were all in clean shape with very few beefs on any of them. We are happy to report that nearly all of the ships are coming in this way. for the past few months. There seems to be more, harmony and cooperation among the crews and officers than we formerly had and this with both sides living up to the contract makes for smooth sailing and clean payoffs. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. . , t New Orleans: '1 t La. Membershiii Fights Anti-Unioii Legislatioa The SIU membership in New Orleans is taking a big part in the Louisiana trade union movement's fight against anti-runion shop legis­ lation which various management ((roups propose to introduce in the state legislature when it convenes in May. Members have been writing let-, ters of protest to their representa­ tives in the legislature and have been urging their friends and ac­ quaintances to join them in sup­ porting the flgl^t again^ the bill. infor•Mtioh about arguments against the bill to-be used in letters to various legislators are urged to contact the New Orleans branch, either in person or by mail. Liter­ ature on the subject is available and will be supplied to anyone who requests it. SIU officials in this port are ac­ tive on both the AFL and joint AFL - CIO committees opposing this vicious legislation. The SIU membership has been among the most energetic of any union organ­ ization in this area in expressing our views on the subject to those who will pass on the bill in Baton Rouge. Since our last report, G. M. Curl, N. Tala, Paul Boudreaux, L. Tickel, C. Cobb and .M. Laca have been admitted to the USPHS hospital here. Mike Reed, John Picou, J. N. Hull, J. A. King, R. D. Roberts, L. Seidle and J. Dooley recently were discharged from the hospital and expect to be ready to ship out in the near fu­ ture. J. C. Fernandez is being trans­ ferred to the Curl S t a t e n Island USPHS hospital for surgery. Shipping continues to be fair here, but it is not by any means boomingT About one-third of the men dispatched to jobs here in the last two weeks were permitmen, so bookmen are continuing to move out at an even pace. Outlook About The Same The outlook for the Immediate future indicates that shipping will continue at about the same pace. Watermen coastwise ships are run­ ning again which should stimulate shipping somewhat The Del Aires (Mississippi) is still in temporary lay-up, but is ex­ pected to be brought out about the middle of May. Since our report two weeks ago, the Steel Recorder (Isthmian) Del Oro, Del Alba and Del Mar (Missis­ sippi) and the Marie Hamil (Bloomfield) paid off here. The Del Santos, Del Mar and Del Oro signed on. The Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pen­ nant and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa), the Steel Artisan (Isthmian), the Del Santos and* Del Oro (Mississippi), the Seatrains New York and Savan­ nah (Seati-ain), the Choctaw, Clai­ borne, LaSalle, Fairisle, Iberville and Monarch of the Seas (Water­ man) and the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) called in transit. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Lake Charles: Catfish And Politicos Running In Louisiana From way down in the canebrakes and cypress trees of Louisi­ ana we report that everything is going along nicely and although we haven't had too many jobs, some of the boys are getting out. We stUl have plenty of boys left here and the foreseeable future looks none too bright. Calling in here during the past two weeks were the Salem Mari­ time, Logans Fort, Cantigny, Fort Hoskins, Bents Fort, Council Grove, Winter Hill, Government Camp, Bradford Island, Chiwawa, and the Lone Jack of Cities Serv­ ice. The Cantigny and the Logans Fort returned again during this period. The Petrolite of Tanker Sag and the Del Oro of Mississippi also called. On the labor front, all is well with everyone working who has a desire to do so. After the long shutdown in con­ struction work here, things are really humming. We attended the meeting of the Central Trades Council last week and can Brady report that all went well. The so-called "right to work" bill coming up in the next session of the State Legislature was discussed and we have the promised support from representa­ tives of this area that they will do their very best to beat the bill. We intend to continue to corner the politicians every chance we have to get more support in our fight against this labor-wrecking set-up, and all over Louisiana, labor is sup­ porting the fight. On the local political front., the candidates for various offices are glad-handing everyone in sight and promising them the moon if elected. We shall sec. Enjoying Port Charms On the beach enjoying the sun­ shine, pretty gals and fishing we find R. Boyd, Paul Brady, Ezeb Manuel, S. McGowan, Joe Cave, G. B. McCurley, J. A. McKeon, "Blackie" Merrell, A. Baker, H. H. Schultz, Andy Kusch, Jim Canard and many others. Our nomination for Seafarer of the week Is Brother Paul Brady, one of our old members who sails in the steward department and, ac­ cording to messroom reports, can cook in a manner that pleases everyone. Our river reporter, or we should say, our creek reporter, tells us that the catfish are really biting now. He reports the best time to hunt catfish is at night. I over­ heard several of the brothers plan­ ning a trip and it puzzled me what type of fish they were trying for when their list of supplies included Budweiser, Schlitz and Regal. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent t, $. Boston: Union Seliies Beef, Gels OT For Aliens ilj " r: '•] -r I Wilmington: .•I Crew Warned AbonI Visitors Aboard Sblps For the last two weeks we have, had what we thought was a fair showing, shipping 45 men to ships in port with only one payoff. The outlook for the next two weeks, however, is on the poor side. I want to pass the word along to all ships coming into the Port of Wilmington to ask the man on the gangway to keep all newsboys off the ship. It is not that we want to deny the crew the latest news, but it seems that all of the crews are complaining of losing money when there are two or three newsboys r u n FondiUa ning about the ship. If you want a daily paper, why not give the money to the man on the gangway and ask him to get one for you. In this way you may help save yourself a few bucks in the long run. This would also help the man on the gangway- enforce the Union rule that all persons coming on ships must have a pass from the Union hall. All you need to do is ask the man coming on ship for his pass. If he does not have one, tell him that it is best not to come on the ship until he obtains one. The only ship paying off in the past two weeks was the Alcoa Planter of Alcoa. Good Ship Shipping hag been good in Bos­ ton in the past two weeks, but we are not so sure of future condi­ tions. Ships paying off were the Queenston Heights of Seatrade; the Seacliff of Coral; Petrolite of Tanker Sag and Fort Hoskins of Cities Service. Signing on were the Queenston Heights, Petrolite and Fort Hoskins. In-transit ves­ sels were the Ann Marie of Bull; Alexandra of Carras; Robin Trent of Seas; Raphael Semmes of Water­ man and Steel Rover of Isthmian. There were four Chinese aliens on the Seacliff and even though they had their clearance from the Immigration authorities to land for 29 days, the company re­ fused to pay them off. The company made these men stand by from Friday until Tues­ Mastaler day because of the holiday weekend. When we got these men paid off they were paid eight hours OT for Saturday, Sun­ The Marymar of Calmar was the ^ day and Monday, because Monday only ship in transit. It was a plea.swas a legal holiday. They also re­ ceived maintenance and wages for ure to visit on this ship and hear the crew tell of what a good feeder the three days. she was; good news when it comes Takes Full Crew in from Calmar ships. The number of men on the beach Two men are now in the hospital has been lessened by the fact that at Long Beach. Fred O. Fondilla the Evangeline took 28 standbys, is at Seaside Hospital and Walter and the Seacliff, which laid up Fri­ R. Sylvis is in the VFW Hospital. day night, called in Tuesday morn­ E. B. Tilley ing for a full crew to sail at noon. Wilmington Port Agent The men in the marine hospital i" tf Si are P. Miaini, R. Rogers, F. Alasavich, T. Mastaler and J. Penswick. Galveston: On Monday, April 19, which was ' Patriot's Day, the Boston Mara-! thon was run from Hopkinton to ' Boston, a distance of 26 miles 385 yards. It was won by a Finn, Shipping picked up a little these "Viekko Karvonen, who came in second the year before. This race past two weeks, with one oayoff. is held annually on the same day of one sign-on and a full crew for the Alice Brown of Bloomfield, which each year. came out of idle status. Also there James Shtehgn were nine ships in transit. Count­ Boston Port Agent ing the full crew and replacements for the Bloomfield "ship, 43 of the 46 aboard were full bookmen. The Frederic C. Collin of Drytrans paid off. while signing on was the Margarett Brown of Bloomfield. Ships in transit were the South­ Shipping Figures April 7 to April 21 REG. / REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ern States of Southern; Alexandra of Carras: Lone Jack of Cities DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Service; Steel Recorder of Isth­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. 34 29 24 18 3 71 Boston 16 15 mian, Del Alba of Mississippi and 11^ 369 68 71 57 196 the Seatrains Texas, Louisiana. New York 142 111 81 41 37 30 26 i08 Georgia and New Jersey of Sea­ Philadelphia 24 31 train. 49 62 227 85 59 193 Baltimore 92 73 We are in our new hall and all 7 24 19 14 8 41 Norfolk 12 5 of the men are pleased with it. We 13 .38 .8 8 26 10 Savannah H 14 have just a few more little things 62 2 4 8 19 2 to do then it will be shipshape. Tampa 20 23 51 202 50 46 147 78 Oldtimers on the beach include Mobile 69 65 A. Manuel, W. Vickers, B. Luna. 44 171 63 189 74. 53 New Orleani 69 57 L. Snares, R. Ayers, R. Perry, F. 23 72 28 25 22 73 Galveston 25 24 Sullivan, .V. Riddle, W. Adams, Do 27 91 47 46 122 20 Seattle 37 27 Leh Chen, R. Clark, C. Jordan, 33 90 33 28 94 J. McGoldrick, J. McLain, Bobby 30 . San Frimeisco,..V ..rr* Ethridge, and J. Haynes. 40 * 21 20 10 51 11 , WUtnb^ ...... • ^ • • • W; ,13 Keith Alsop 478 1.519' 505 435 GalTeetea Port Ageal m 1.303 §99"' • • 482 Members Dlseatsbed From Brand New Hall •'$ I 4 r �my PMT® Twelve IN THE WAKE SEAFARERS April 30, 1954 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER JULIUS "DUTCH" BOLZ pumpman to win the protecting favor of the gods. These offerings were made in Around the world in 21 years, sailing on tankers for the SIU early the name of Bacchus, the god of more times than once, is Seafarer in the war when pumpmen were wine, and to Neptune, god of the Question: Do you have any sys Julius "Dutch" Bolz's modern ver­ hard to get and he had his pick of sea. But although Neptune was the tem for keeping cool during hot sion of "Tour Of The World In jobs. He's never been sorry since, god of the sea, a goddess' head weather? Eighty Days" by' Jules Verne. getting his book in 1944 as well as was invariably used to decorate the Verne only did It once, fictionally, picking up a few close calls along bow of a ship, and the wine offer­ Guiilermo Castro, AH: The best in the eighty-day period, but Bolz the way.' ings were made only to her. This, way I know to keep cool aboard a has gone around the globe so many Bolz had two ships torpedoed un­ some authorities believe, is the ship is to lay on times since he started shipping he's der him, although neither one suf­ reason why a ship is still called a fered major damage and but one your, back on a lost count. "she." Nowadays women perform of the pair went to the bottom. The cot on the fantail, Starts in 1933 the ceremony of launching and with a pitcher of Bolz, to be sure, in order to ac­ first torpedo treatment took place naming a ship, but it was strictly ice-cold water by complish his world-wide travels, off Port Of Spain, Trinidad, in the a man's job up until the 19th cen­ your side to cool has been shipping for 21 years. He spring of 1942. The tanker he was tury, when the Prince of Wales you off. If you started in 1933, at the height or on was brash enoueh •" •*"' these broke the precedent andK began to can't get ice depth of the depression, however waters without a convoy, and suf­ have womem of the court act as water, iced tea one looks at it economically. He fered the consequences attached sponsors. or will was in no position to bandy se­ thereto when a submarine let fly - T do lemonade just as nicely. curities with Wall Street at the with two tin fish. The attack took 4 4 4 4 it 4" Stripping to the waist and staying time, so he took to the seas, in place one day out of port in the Early records show that in 1578 There is no longer any mystery in the shade are helpful, too. search of sustenance, security and Caribbean and and the crew spent no fewer than 400 European ves­ to the fact that a seashell held to ^ ^ the next two days drifting about adventure. sels were engaged in whaling and the ear sounds like the surf against John Fitzgerald, FWT: I would 300 miles offshore in lifeboats. No His first ship was a tanker be­ dshing along the New England the shore. The feeble sound waves stay cool on shore by hoisting a longing to Standard Oil of New Jer­ one was hurt beyond a few minor coast. This was 42 years before the which produce this impression couple of cool sey, running from New York to bruises and some of the men hav­ Pilgrims landed at Plymouth upon the ear gain sufficient ones. That, how­ Aruba on a perpetual round-trip ing been shaken up by the blows. (Mass.) on the Mayflower, in 1620 strength from reflection back and ever, is not a basis. The round trip took 15 days A Norwegian freighter picked up . . . The Mayflower, incidentally, forth between the walls of the shell very good policy then and he stayed on as wiper for the crew and took them back to was not the only ship which started to become audible. This is possible on board a ship. four months. He's been in the en­ Port Of Spain where they lived to out on the historic voyage to the because of the peculiar shape of There are many gine room of innumerable vessels sail again. New World with the Pilgrims. A the shell and the smoothness of its modern appli­ Torpedo A Dud ever since and he says he wouldn't smaller vessel, the Speedwell, car- interior. The slightest vibration ances aboard a The seconil submarine incident trade the life for all the francs in ried^ them from Holland to Eng­ produces an echo, and many such ship, such as ven­ took place about one year later in France. land, where the Mayflower was echoes blend into a rumble, with tilators and fans, Speaking of France, which is one the North Sea when his snip, again fitting out. for the voyage. Both the sound heightened because the which can keep ships started on the trip, but the shell magnifies the pulses in the the seaman cool if he takes advan­ of his favorite subjects and coun­ a tanker, was attacked once more. tries on a Mediterraneaan run, This time the vessel withstood the Speedwell proved unseaworthy and head as the sounds are produced tage of them. Bolz rhapsodize4 about the beauties blow, reported by Bolz to be a had to turn back, near it. 4 4 4 of Paris in the spring and all other "dud" in all probability, because all Julio Bernard, bosun: Drink 4 4 4* 4^ 4 4 times of the year. "I've only been it did was put a minor hole in the Although many people believe It Is I fact and not a supersti­ plenty of ic(B-cold water, if you can. there once," said Bolz, "and that side of the ship and nothing more. that only the moon is responsible tion that some oysters grow on If you can't get was in the fall. It doesn't make The vessel was towed into South­ for the tides, the fact is that the trees. Oysters are often found at­ the water from any difference at all, however, ampton where it underwent repairs sun also exerts a gravitational at­ tached to the roots of mangrove the tap or refrig­ for a period of two weeks while traction on the waters of the earth. trees which reach into the ocean erator, the next when you're in Paris because in Bolz and the rest of the crew went Paris there is eternal spring. In best idea is to However, the effect of the moon ... In America, the Indians, long to see the sights. get beer from the the hearts of the lovers if not in on the tides is nearly two and a before the white men arrived, were Born in Everett, Mass., in 1907, the weather. Paris, in short, is steward. Some half times greater than that of the consuming oysters in huge quan­ Bolz lived there until his middle good anytime." seamen are liable sun, which is so much farther away tities. One "midden," or shell heap, Gther countries and ports Bolz 20's when he moved to New York to think that is from us. It is now believed that at Damariscotta, Maine, is said to likes to visit on his favorite Medi­ City and started to ship out, which the best way, in­ "all heavenly bodies, including stars, contain seven million bushels of stead of water. terranean run are Bordeaux, Mar­ he's been doing ever since from planets and satellites, play some shells . . . Oyster farming in Amer­ the same port. His family consists part in producing our tides. Tidal ica began when a Chesapeake Get on the stern with a cot and go seilles, Le Havre, Hamburg in Ger­ of a sister in Wollascon, Mass., many, and Venice, Genoa and to sleep. That will help. forces are at work on all bodies schooner, loaded with, oysters for Naples in Italy. He prefers, he about 15 miles from Everett, and of water, large and small, from the Connecticut market, dumped 4 4 4 says, to do his shipping to those another sister who lives in Fall Charles Wallace, OS: One way to pools to oceans. Each is affected them overboard at New Haven for ports on freighters, although, dur­ River, making it an all-Massa­ according to its size. lack of buyers. These transplanted stay cool aboard a ship is to stick ing the war, he spent most of the chusetts family, at least from its your head out of 4 4 4 oysters proved much more tasty time on tankers in and out of com­ beginning. Bolz is a recent bene­ The Greeks and Romans were the than the home-grown variety, with the porthole. dict, having been married three bat zones. Then you can first to spatter their war craft and j the result that oyster farming be­ The 47-year-old Seafarer started years ago. pitch a cot in the triremes with offerings of red wine ' gan on a wholesale basis. shaft alley, its nice and cool down there, drink few Tom Col­ JTIJIAJIIV alinses in the Allied invasion plans became planes and naval forces, invaded afternoons and DOWN 11. Squirmy 32. Island of ACROSS more apparent, as London re­ the island of Mljet in the Adriatic, always keep your 13. Yellowish color Bahamas Cape in Newf. Part of a ship 1. 1. 19. Sore on eye 33. Former Russian head, on your beer, that is. The stricted the movements of foreign flanking the German-held supply 2. Image e. Kind of plane 20. Regular; Abbr. aristocrat next best way is to move. up to diplomats and clamped down on port of Dubrovnik on the main­ 21. Soak up 35. Recliner.s 3. Shipboard 7. Kind of seed "clock" 22. United States 36. Comedian Kayc Nova Scotia. the use of diplomatic mails and land. . . . The 1944 major league 12. Capital of S Ship; Abbr. 37. Locate 4. Slow; Ref. sp. Australia messages. All overseas travel was baseball season opened. . . . Berlin 23. Wild rush, as 38. One nautical 4 4 4 5. Changed course 14. On the beach of cattle mile an hour Earl Cronsell, OS: I suppose the also sharply curtailed. . . . The inflicted one night bombing raid •24. Capital of 6. Revise lor 39. Man's name 19. Where Santa best way to stay cool aboard a French coast was constantly bat­ on London, while the Allies, in publication Bermuda 40. Where China is Marta is 7. Beverage 25. Our Pacific 41. Widest part vessel is to go up tered by heavy bombifig attacks. 1,000 and 2,000-plane raids, plas­ 16. Of grand­ 8, Lariat afi-iliate of ship parents . The SIU stepped up its drive tered key industrial, rail and air on the highest 9. Urge adoption 27. Finish 43. Americans; 17. Part of building of 29. A destroyer Abbr. to have war and area bonuses for installations throughout France, part of the ship 10. Tiny organi.sms 30. Tree 44. Months; Abbr. 18. Wager and lie down in seamen returned to the pre-April Germany and the Balkans. ... Id in seawater 19. Rocky (Puzzle Answer On Page 25) level, when cuts were put into China, Japanese troops of two the shade. Cool 20. Communist drinks are always effect . . . Finland again rejected armies developed a spring offen­ 1 3 SI. It lets out 2 smoke a good way to Russian peace terms . . . Russian sive. 22. Theatre worker keep the temper­ planes bombed Brest-Litovsk in' 12 4 4 4 25. Kind of bean ature down. Pos­ Poland, which the Germans had, Talks paced by an SlU-SUP del­ 26. Chowed 15 sibly the best held since 1941. egation with representatives of for­ 28. Party for men way to stay cool eign seamen's unions stressed the 4 4 4 29. It holds eoiTee 17 in hot weather, or ^ny other time, is us forces landed in the Hum­ need for post-war unity among all 30. School in England to refrain from work completely. boldt Bay area on the northern sea unions . . . The Japanese Inva­ 11. Man's nickname. coast of Dutch New Guinea, en­ sion of India was blunted by Allied 32. Lid 4 4 4 33. What most Monseirato Saliva, AB: I like circling some 60,000 Japanese forces, principally Chinese troops whiskey is now orangeade very much in order to troops. Five days later, all enemy under US Lieut. Gen. Joe Stilwell. 34. City in Italy 36. Joe DiMag's stay cool in the resistance in that area had ceased. ... A powerful Allied fleet, aided brother |ropics or on a . . Frank Knox, Secretary of the by carrier-based fighters and 37. Bad break in bowling Persian Gulf run. Navy, 70, died of a heart attack bombers, made a surprise raid on 38. Nickname.ior It's good for hot in Washington. . » . German forces Sabang and Lhonga in northern Kathcrine 32. Chemist's weather any­ suffered heavy losses in attempting Sumatra, leaving considerable dam­ workshop where, as are to escape from the Crimean naval age in its waice. . .. Aided by Army 42. Nickname for Peter cold drinks of ba.se at. Sevastoppl,. under siege by MP's, the US Government toOk 43. People, from other sorts, such the Russians. pdssessioii ; of the Montgomery Indo-China 49. Smell as lemonade and Ward mail order concern after 4 4 4 46. CaplUl.of ice water. If ydu The Bolivian g;ovejrnmeni ah- board chairman Sevyell Avery de­ Liberia .. ' get ' the proper ' ' 47. Sawbucke niiuAced that it had suppi-essed a fied Presidential drdei's. AV'ery was 48. Pigpen :! vehtilation- aboard ship,' It' shbtild rtV-olutionary conspirkey,,:. Yugo- carried. bodily but of fiis: office and, 49. Old namf for ^ •sot be mU(dt '«fva)proibl«nk CM', '•Uv partisans, supported by Allied deposited on the 'S^euyR}ltj;i:j ThaHaiitF"- uvt:.; Stranded whales had been sought and cut up as long as there were American colonies, but it was not until 1715 that a Nantucket mer­ chant fitted out a ship specially to hunt the sperm whales and tow them ashore for treatment. Soon after this the JJantucket men learned to erect brick-built tryworks aboard their ships, and by this means managed to cut up and treat their catch far out at sea. The industry was in a flourishing cbndition when the Revolutionary War broke out, but at the end of it was practically defunct. The slow-sail­ ing whaler and her valuable cargo proved to be a tempting and easy victim for British privateers. �April 30. 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERSLOG AprH 30. 1954 Page Thirteen LOG 1 'Same Old Stand' Vol. XVI, No. 9 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. Yacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. ft PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Iditor, HEBBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, BAY DCNISON; Art Editor, BIRNARD •EAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIXL NILVA; Staff Writers, HEHRIAN ARTHUR, IRWIN ppiVACK, JiRRY REMIR, AL MASKIN, NOBMAH SMITH; GulJ Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYIORO, MILTON HOROWITZ. Propaganda Renewal It's no surprise to find that with the coming of a new international crisis in Indo-China, the Communist Party's waterfront section is once again busy on the propaganda front, after being dormant for several months. The mimeo­ graphed bulletin "Floodtide" published by the self-proclaimed "Maritime Committee for Peace" is once again being distrib­ uted to the ships with the standard Party propaganda pleas. Apparently, the Communist Party considers seamen and ships important enough to expend some of its dwindling funds on an attempt to reach the ships, even though it has been rebuffed time and again in the past. The Communist Party knows that in any world crisis, the merchant marine is a key to the outcome. It's too bad that others in the US aren't equally aware of this fact. Otters Ideas For EiOG Features To the Editor: I have a couple of ideas for the LOG that I think might be used if there is enough interest in them. One concerns a sort of "swap and shop" column, which could be printed regularly to allow the membership to offer odd items for trade. One man, for example, might have an electric shaver or an out­ board motor that he didn't need and wanted to sell, and with a "swap and shop" column, he'd have the chance to get something else that he wanted in exchange. He The National Labor Relations Board order calling for a might wind up new election for New York longshoremen is a welcome move with a lawn mow­ Government figures show that any girl hired by the airline after er or a good set unemployment is increasing at a Dec. 1, 1953,, will have to retire at Maynes that should bring the AFL-ILA much closer to full repre­ of binoculars pace. The Bureau of Em­ that age unless the rule is changed. sentation of East Coast dock workers". As the text of the elec­ from somebody who wanted the dangerous ployment Security reported that tion order .shows, the Labor Board has taken every possible shaver or motor he was looking to initial claims for unemployment Bricklayers of Local 1, Washing­ precaution to see to it that the longshoremen will be able to trade away. compensation in the week ending cast their votes in an atmosphere free of intimidation. The A lot of seamen I knpw own odd April 10 jumped 49,000 over the ton, DC, engaged in commercial Board is also taking steps to assure that an orderly election lots of land in different places previous week to 388,000. The in­ construction, have won a 20-cent the country. I don't see crease also represented a rise of increase, bringing their hourly procedure is established to prevent the confusion that at­ around why they couldn't offer it to an­ 95,000 in two weeks. About three- pay to $3.50. They get 10 cents tended last December's "quickie" vote, which led to approxi­ other SIU member through a trade, fifths of the nation's work force is added May 1 and another 10 cents mately 4,500 challenged ballots. instead of some real estate shark. covered by unemployment compen­ on July 1. Meanwhile, Local 4 of This time too, the AFL-ILA has had a chance to set up its The second man might wind up sation. the same union reached a tentative union machinery, with a full staff of organizers and shop with Just the piece of land he agreement with the contractors to continue their current $3.30 rate stewards on practically every pier in the city, assuring the needed as a place to build a home fullest representation for the longshoremen. The old ILA, on for his family and the owner of The John B. Stetson Co., largest because of stiff competition by the-other hand, debt-ridden and weakened, is currently sell­ the land could wind up with some­ manufacturer of men's hats in the nonunion men in residential con­ US, and the United Hatters, Cap struction. The agreements affect ing out its tugboatmen to the United Mine Workers and dick­ thing just as useful for himself. and Millinery Workers Interna­ 2,000 members. Real Service ering with Harry Bridges and his cohorts in a desperate tional Union, AFL, signed a twoLots of newspapers have a col­ 4 4 4attempt to bail itself out. umn like this and the LOG, as one year wage agreement in Phila­ The new election then, is the golden opportunity for New of Employees of Munsingwear, Inc., the best, could do the same. delphia which marks 20 years of York longshoremen. From now on in, it's up to them. It would be a real service to the strike-free relations. The agree­ Hominy, Okla., voted for the ment increases annual pension ILGWU as their collective bargain­ men, I think. 3^ 4* 4" The other idea I had in mind was fund contributions by the company ing agent in an election conducted a photography contest, like the art from $100,000 to $125,000 in order there recently by the NLRB. The contest that the Union runs every to pay higher retirement benefits. company manufactures ladies' lin­ year. Most seamen have a camera The limitation of $100 a month gerie. Another important election now in progress is the one on and plenty of subjects to choose pension for workers has now been 4 4 4 the West Coast in which the Marine Cooks and Stewards, from on their travels and a lot of upped to $105 and the new agree­ Some 500 persons, unable to sup­ AFL, is challenging the Communist-dominated National the fellows take some real good ment included a cost-of-living port their families because they clause. pictures, which appear often in the Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards for representation of LOG. have no income, have become the The contest could be judged t 4. first Johnson County, Ky., resi­ galley crews on West Coast ships. A third entry in a three- on the basis of the best five or ten Members of the American Feder­ dents to receive surplus food under cornered race is the ever-present Harry Bridges who has been pictures submitted, with suitable ation of Grain Millers struck and a new federal relief program. prizes for the winners. advising the men to vote no union. shut down 27 plants in 21 cities About 400 of the persons who re­ 'Taking Pictures Anyway' This election will come to an end May 10 and the results across the nation belonging to ceived relief were miners who lost will not be known until after the ballots are counted on I think this would go over well General Mills. Chief issue in the their jobs because of recent shut­ with the guys on the ships; they're strike is the company's determina­ downs in the coal fields. Thousands May 17. But a second, smaller election on West Coast steam- taking all the time any­ tion to employ swing and split of miners throughout the US have schooners may indicate the way things are going. There, MCS- way. A pictures lot of the entries could be shifts without premium pay, ac­ been similarly a..ected. AFL got 20 votes, NUMC&S, zero, and two votes were no- printed in the LOG every two union. The results clearly reversed a previous vote where weeks aqd would show what SIU cording to the union. 4 4 4. NUMC&S had won by intimidation, with the result that the men are doing at work on the ship Publication of five daily news­ as well as ashore in different ports NLRB threw out the first election. The right of unions to picket in papers by the International Typo­ of the world. protest against stores being open graphical Union (AFL) in several Besides, taking a picture with a on Sundays was upheld in court in small communities has been dis­ camera, from my way of seeing it, Denver, Colo. The petition of a continued for lack of advertising is a lot easier for most of us than shop's proprietors for an injunc­ revenue. The papers were pub­ painting or drawing one, although tion directed at Meat Cutter Local lished in the first instance where Disturbing news that the Panama Canal could be blocked I've seen some really fine ones en­ 634 and Retail Clerks Local 7 was there were no union operations in In Gaillard Cut by a landslide focuses attention once again tered by the membership in the denied, with the judge holding the those cities. The papers, all named on the importance of this link between the East and West last two art contests. A photog­ picketing was done in a legal man­ Daily News-Digest, are published raphy contest, however, would en­ ner to halt the threat to legitimate in Meriden, Conn.; Texarkana, Coasts. Should the landslide take place in spite of efforts to able a lot more Seafarers to sub­ union goals. The unions could use Ark.; Huntington, West Va.; Allen)revent it, merchant shipS would be compelled to make the mit stuff, arty or otherwise. their freedom of speech to defend town, Pa., and Monroe, La. ong trip around, via Cape Horn, adding several thousand their standards, the coiirt ruled. Tom Maynei 4 4 4 miles to any intercoastal voyage. i. ^ i, (Ed note: As the official news­ A four-day week to avert layoffs With intercoastal shipping having a tough time of it, clos­ paper of the SIU, the LOG always has been adopted by 2,800 em­ Members of the Air Line Stew­ ing of the canal would be a damaging blow, to say nothing welcomes suggestions for news, ardesses' Association, a unit of the ployees ot two Westinghouse Elec­ of defense considerations and its effect on the US Navy. features and other ideas for pub­ AFL Air Line, Pilots, have won tric plants in New Jersey. The From time .to time there's been talk of building a second lishing a .gooii Seafarers' paper. their fight against retirement be­ agreement between the company canal through Nicaragua as an alternative route and as a Other seafarers are invited to let cause of age limits required by and Local 410, International Union meaps , of .permitting, the US to build both iperchant and us know their feelings>on Brother. American Airlines in Chicago, 111. of Electrical Workers, CIO, calls' Navy ships with a broader bq^Bt. Jn the light of present,cir­ Maynes' ideas. If there's enough yhp company wants the girls to fbr a Monday to Thursday. work cumstances,^ it might..be wise,.to take a second look at the interest .in thepi,;the LOG jjaiU. be, retire after reachih^: 32, but thei Week. If buaiiess picks up, - the; .'j^e-day vfeekiwill; be restg^eid,'., ' Nicaraguaa.projactAv ; UAIUA XI ,wtrni*n v. hdppy to MVhthC^nnOVi. )a'jiim oa ,.>girl| .b^lkeji,, •S'lT IN y ''I •;? Rock Klection West Coast Vote • :%\ 4 ' I Landslide At Panama { . -'.Sf I 1 �>»* roorteca SEAFARERS LOG April f, 1«S4 April It, 191(4 Dessert From • '}'j Hawaii^, •fil •m ' !i| jj ll(I pineapple plantation "* > Hawaiian e/^o'oiinTptS r IS T"" moisture and fertilizer in soi® retaSs we^s The exotic operoHng on the J . T" eoltime InvoWea 'Ti -T E• \or iruit* E: sSSSSsa^giijaja f,-." :^i Pi W" 9^? -^^81 'li • ' SlS|:-»ssi-ssxs;ia? ttirol'gh"wXpre^ire'wX™^"' '""y Pl"eapple pricWy Hn/aSn^Sn?"^' " " «» «*" S" ISSS5&3' m packers' tables. coming to and going from •:« >;: • P'^ • IS ..: K; :L several SIU ships on pineapple rum «" o"® FabrtStor'^i^i^l^f.^f® its cargo at ErieXSSuy^ ^®freshmen ••TOiS^FaSt i farer C. P. Rosrstlds checks Union Jose Gomez while.Seathe New York metropolitan S. •f-'ttiiri. .VL..'l- >Pd warehouse, «>reughout •.< i«i �Pare Slxfcea SEAFARERS April n, 1954 LOG SEAFARERS Still a navigation menace In many areas, World War II mines claimed another victim this month as the 478-ton Danish freighter A wide variety of methods for applying lubrication can be used on Etly Danielsen sank in the North Sea. All 15 crewmen were rescued board ships ranging from the simple squirt can and swab brush to rather after the vessel rammed a mine about 25 miles north of Bremerhaven, complex lubricating oil systems in turbines and. the use of pressure Germany . . . The former Matson passenger ship Mariposa will shortly guns. sail from San Francisco to Italy and refitting for trans-Atlantic passen­ On reciprocating engines a good deal of the oiling is done by the ger service. She will be operated as the Homeric for Home Lines . . . hand oil can. Cups or boxes are placed in -convenient places where Those excellent and unusual Docking day ahead of her nearest rival, the 5,600-ton British freighter Isaac Carter won Quebec's gold-headed cane race for 1954. The Na­ photos of the San Mateo Victory they can be reached by the can and oil lines run from the box (Eastern) which to the part that requires -lubrication. Crank pin bearings on Libertys tional Harbor Board's gold cane is awarded annually to the skipper of you can see in are oiled in this manner with the oil running down a tube attached the first overseas vessel to reach Quebec. this issue of the to the connecting rod and the box attached to the crosshead. SEAFARERS Piston rods and valve stems are lubricated by long-handled swab­ Five Italians who tried to get to Australia the cold way have been LOG were con­ bing brushes. Engines using saturated steam get sufficient lubricareturned to their homeland aboard the liner Sydney. Each had paid tributed by the tion-for their rings and valves through the moisture in the steam and almost $700 to a member of the ship's crew to smuggle them into the ship's steward, the cylinder oil entering the cylinders and steam chests with the refrigerator room and fix the temperature so they wouldn't freeze. Horace C. Mc- piston rods and valve stems. Newer engines making use of super­ They were discovered after two weeks . . . Another coal-burner is on Curdy. McCurdy heaters have to have cylinder oil supplied to valve chests and cylinders the way out, as the Canadian Pacific Railway announced that conver­ also contributed by means of pumps. The small pump employed for this purpose forces sion to oil is underway on the summer steamer Assiniboia in a Canadian the details on oil into the HP valve chest. From there it is carried along with McCnrdy shipyard ... A reduction in tolls on the Suez Canal will go into effect the ship's ground­ the steam to the various moving parts. July 2. The new charges will be $.975 a Suez net ton for loaded ships ing off southern Korea and her Gravity Or Pressure and $.444 a ton for vessels in ballast. subsequent plight. He is currently Bearings are usually lubricated either by the gravity system or the keeping the galley department t 4. 4. pressure system although there are many types of bearing lubrication. A new freight line, Coinmar, has begun regular service between going while hoping that his food, Port au Prince, Cap-Haitien and Miami. Ships will leave Miami for power and water supply holds out. The gravity system can employ either a wick feed or a drip feed. Haiti on the first and fifteenth of every month.. . . The 644-foot tanker Meanwhile, he intends to keep Where the wick feed is used, strands of wool -are tied together with a Margarita, under charter to Gulf for Middle East service, has been his camera busy as salvagers at­ wire and the outer section of the oil cup is filled with oil.' A tube launched at Bethlehem's Quincy, Mass., yards. The 29,250-ton vessel tempt to patch up the holes and is inserted in the cup aiid the uhit screwed into the bearing housing. has a 250,000-barrel capacity and a speed of better than 16Vi knots refloat the Government-owned ship. Part of the wool is hooked inside the tube, and the oil then travels along the wool and drips down into the bearing. . . . The Maritime Association of the Port of New York has asked McCurdy, a native of Florida, has Where extra oil is necessary, an additional supply can be squirted Congress to act favorably on a bill to make quarantine inspection serv­ been an SlU member since 1946 ice available to ship operators 24 hours a day. The shippers assert that when he Joined up in the port of directly in the tube with an oil can. Since the wick also serves to losses caused by delays in quarantine inspection could be cut sharply New Orleans. Right now, he and filter and strain the oil it must be cleaned regularly by foiling in by the measure. The bill would provide day and night inspection his wife make their home in soda water and rinsing to remove all traces of soda. Another system for lubricating bearings is the oil-ring type in which through the payment of overtime to USPHS officers at ship company Charleston, North Carolina, when the oil is held in a reservoir under the bearing. One or more rings expense. he is not out on a trip. He's 28 larger than the shaft are placed years old. 44^ 4. over the shaft and hung into the Ship safety achievement awards have been presented to the oil reservoir. As the shaft re­ 4^ 4" three ore boats of the Pittsburgh Steamship Division of US Steel. The volves, the loose ring rotates awards, in the form of pennants, were given for the vessels' aid in the Another ship's delegate who through friction and picks up oil rescue of 14 men from a freighter that foundered in a violent storm on wrapped up a good period of serv­ from the reservoir. The force feed Lake Superior last year . . . Despite a list of 90 degrees after it ran ice recently was Norman A. Kirk lubricating system is also found, aground near Stockholm, the crew and 50 passengers on the 102-ton of the Seatrain New Jersey. This on reciprocating engines. It con­ Swedish vessel Prins Gustaf were also rescued . . . A lack of profitable Seafarer got a warm vote of sists of small pumps operated by business has brought an end to the regularly-scheduled trans-Atlantic thanks from his shipmates for his cams. Consequently, lubrication in­ cargo service offered for the last seven years by the Danish Maersk services in representing them on creases automatically with an in­ Line. The service will formally end May 4. their usual shipboard beefs. crease in speed. SWING Kirk has been with the SIU for t> if CHiCK VAIVC Greasing of bearings is almost The new combination bauxite and oil carrier Sunbrayton of Saguenay nearly a dozen years. Joining up in always done through some kind of Terminals, Ltd., will soon begin shuttle service between British Guiana the Port of New York on November pressure system, either through and Trinidad for the Aluminum Company of Canada, ferrying bauxite 10, 1942. He's a native and resi­ grease cups or a pressure gun. ore to Trinidad and returning fuel oil to Guiana. The 7,850-deadweight- dent of Michigan, 37 years of age, Grease that is forced in through ton Canadian vessel Just completed sea trials in Great Britain . . . The and sails in the deck department. a pressure fitting compresses and opening of trade between Japan and the US 100 years ago was com­ retains pressure, forcing itself into X * X. memorated recently by a special ceremony aboard the new OSK Line the bearing. Since the grease can Seafarer James Flanagan of the cargo vessel London Maru in connection with the ship's first appearance be kept under steady pressure, a in the Port of New York . . . Direct freight service between San Diego Golden City (Waterman) had a small amount of leakage exists sound suggestion and Hawaii will be inaugurated May 15 by the Matson Navigation Com­ which pushes dirt and other con­ for his shipmates pany, when the Hawaiian Lumberman arrives there. tamination away from the bearing about a simple surface. Also as temperature rises, 4> 4^ t ^ Diagram of turbine lube oil matter that often the grease tends to expand and Latest vessel to feature anti-roll ship stabilizers, the new 29,000-ton causes a good pressure system. push into places where lubrication British liner Orsova is now on her maiden voyage between Great deal of unhappiis needed. At a certain temperature, greases tend to break down, the Britain and Australia for the Orient Line. The stabilizers are airplane- ness—^the amount temperature varying with the type of grease. wing-shaped fins that can be extended and rotated from both sides of of money avail­ the ship's hull below the waterline by electro-hydraulic machinery . . . able for a draw. Limited Amount of Grease The last key link in the Great Lakes navigation system—^the Lachine If crewmembers Under any system of applying grease, great care must be taken not Canal at Montreal—^was opened to traffic last week . . . The privately- would list the full to use too much or apply it under too great pressure. If too much grease Flanagan owned, ocean-going US merchant fleet comprised 1,237 vessels of a amount desired in is used in a bearing it can heat up the bearing and cause excessive total of 15,270,189 deadweight tons on April 1, seven ships less than a draw at the time that the draw leakage. The result can be that the grease is forced into places that on March 1. Dry cargo and passenger ships totalled 800 vessels of is requested, then, Flanagan says, are difficult to clean or where it can do damage through contaminating 8,339,094 tons. Tankers accounted for the remainder. they can be sure that enough cash other fluids or getting on electrical wiring. Before anyone applies will be brought on board for the grease either with a gun or with screw-down spring pressure grease 4> 4^ 4;. All 31 men in the crew of a British Navy minesweeper which burned skipper to dispense, apd everybody cups, they should find out exactly how much grease to feed add how and sank in the English Channel off Dunkirk last week were rescued will be able to go ashore happy— fast to feed it. when a French freighter and a Dutch coastal steamer arrived on the for a while at least. Most turbines are usually lubricated by an oil pressure circulating . scene and picked up survivors . . . The action of a' bystander saved Flanagan, a deck department system. In a gravity pressure system, oil is pumped out of a su'^p Miss Liberty, a new ferryboat for service on the Statue of Liberty run man, has been sailing as an SIU tank and through strainers to remove particles. From their it flows In New York harbor, from getting an "unlucky" label at her launching member since October,' 1946, when through a cooling system where it is passed over coils containing at Warren, RI. After the wife of one of the owners twice was unable to he Joined in the Pert of New circulating sea water or fresh water. From the cooler it flows to break a bottle of champagne on the steel bow of the vessel, a bystander York. He's a native of New York, the turbine bearings and to the reduction gears in an amount sufficient ran after the ship as she slid down the ways and smashed the bottle 43 years old and lives in Hunting' to cool and lubricate the bearing. Then it drains out of the bearings of champagne with one blow. ton Station, Long Island. and back into the sump tank again. Lubrication Methods ACTION t' II f-:i? •if- •M E ill :•- 'i'l 5i Burly Sight tlnaeen Bg Bernard Seaman �April 30. 1954 SE AF ARERB LOG Panama Canal Closing Feared Idle Tanker Fleet Crowing Noting that there are more lay-ups of tankers due next month because of lack of work, a New York ship brokerage concern reported that there are now 160 oil tankers in the world's growing fleet of idle-*" tankers account for a deadweight petroleum carriers. Although the breakdown tonnage of nearly 1.9" million. (Continued from page 9) . through the Canal. If the slide does take plaee, it would mean that shipping between the East and West Coasts of the US would be considerably hampered, , as would any traffic bound for the Far East from major ports like New York and Baltimore. The alternative is the lengthy trip around Cape Horn and South America. Maintenance crews are attempt­ ing to dig behind Contractor's Hill in a maneuver aimed at "relieving the pressure" resulting from the widening crack in the rock ledge. The emergency is getting top pri­ ority consideration from Canal officals, who fear that a landslide would shut_the vital waterway for some time. The Canal, which took seven years to build, was opened to traffic for the first time on Au­ gust 15, 1914. Clarifications Report Printed (Continued on page 3) the steward department of one SIU ship. The contract calls for steward department members un­ der certain circumstances, to re­ ceive $2.50 per day for each pas­ senger served on a freight ship. In this instance, the steward depart­ ment claimed the $2.50 daily pay­ ment for a child who was on board, and the company claimed the child was not considered a passenger. The clarificat'ions committee solved that one by deciding that the child should be considered a grown passenger for purposes of this clause when passenger fare is paid for carriage of the child. Since a large number of such clarifications have been accum­ ulated in the year since the clarifi­ cations committee was set up, it was decided to print a complete re­ port of all the interpretations to enable crewmembers to keep track of them. The clarifications report follows the same order as the contract does, leading off with the general rules, and following up with-the working rules of each of the three departments—deck, engine and steward. It's easy then, to cross check from the contract to the clarifications report and find out what interpretations, if any, have been made on a specific contract clause. Seafarers are advised to keep a copy of the contract clarifications handy at. all times, especially aboard ship, so as to clear up any di; putes which may arise. Page Seventeen shows that there are 71 US-flag ships laid up as compared with 89 under foreign flags, accompanying tonnage figures indicated that the decline in tanker trade has had a much worse effect on US ships. All of the American ships idle are larger than 10.000 tons. The 160 I It also appeared from the figures that many owners prefer scrapping their idle vessels rather than pay the freight to keep them in lay-up. A total of 639,809 deadweight tons has been junked in the past 18 months. A dozen ships have been sold for scrap just in the last two months. Mfirrdo/wiieedf-] Photo of Culebra Cut in Panama Canal, taken during canal con­ struction in 1913, shows sheer cliff of Contractor's Hill (left) which now threatens to fall into the canal and block shipping in the vital link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Draft Strict Rules For New NY Longshore Vote (Continued on page 3) New York Shipping Association. This will eliminate approximately 1,500 United Fruit employees from the ballot as that company is not an association member. The United Fruit votes were one of the points of dispute last December. In order to eliminate the vast number of challenges that turned up at the last election, 4,500 in all, the NLRB is setting up a system of pre-vote registration for the longshoremen. Each eligible voter will receive a voting card from the NLRB bearing the Waterfront Commission seal as well as the man's name, address and social security number. The voting cards will be issued only to those men who have a record of 700 hours' employment with Shipping As­ sociation stevedore firms in the year before September 30, 1953. United Fruit time will not count toward those 700 hours. . Will Surrender Card When the longshoreman casts his vote, he will surrender the card and also show his waterfront regis­ tration card. The NLRB is hope­ ful that this procedure will elimi­ nate double voting and challenged votes. Steps taken by the board to hold down intimidation to a minimum AFL-ILA autM ouMdc Brooklyn longshore headquarter* »r« be­ decked With banners urging d*ek workers to vote for the new union ln.«s«*|jta4,-il«Slkl*i.':"'Csr*;|r!fro York waterfront,•gefaehli^'viial;iiwgiHh<irdv-j»*a^^ . • - or eliminate it altogether are two: First, no bus transportation will be permitted for voters by either side. Last December, dock super­ visors herded the longshoremen into busses and rode with them to the polls, warning them all along to vote ILA. Second, the NLRB will get a list of official observers from both sides. It's assumed that the NLRB will not permit any known waterfront strong-arm men to act as ob­ servers. In the last election, many of these waterfront enforeers were right in the polling plaees or out­ side the doors telling the men to vote ILA "or else" as they went in. Vote Late In May With all these precautions, it was expected that it would take the Labor Board and other interested parties the full period to set up the election procedure, with a vote not indicated before May 20th at the earliest. Voting places have yet to be selected, but it's expected that there will be at least five loca­ tions one each in New York, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Jersey City and Port Newark. ' In preparation for the new vote, AFL-ILA organizers opened a stepped-up drive on the docks, in­ cluding automobile tours of the waterfront, additional meetings, and leaflet distribution to the long­ shoremen. Tugboat Switch Meanwhile, new developments were taking place in other sections of the old ILA. The ILA's Marine Division, representing tugboatmen in New York harbor and elsewhere, was virtually ready to hand over its entire membership to the United Mine Workers, District 50. The switch was considered as a way of repaying John L. Lewis for the $20.0,000 he had loaned the old ILA. AFL-ILA- i-epresentatives were countering the move by step­ ping up organizing efforts among the tugboatmen, just recently begun. It was- also reported that Harry Bridges, head of. the West. Coast longshore union, was in New York recently dickering with old ILA leaders. The reports said that Bridges dangled large sums of cash befpre the old lUA- and of­ fered his assistance aud that of the Communist Party's waterfront sec­ tion to'fight the AFL's advances on .4h«,.4Mk«ii —• • a a a D • • a a • • • n • • • • • • a • a a a a a • O a • a SUITS COATS SLACKS TOPCCATS Pf^SSSHC^ WORK SHOES DOMOAR^S / KHAKI PANTS KHAKI SMiRTS 8L0E WORK SHIRTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS DRESS SHIRTS spoFzrr SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB BELTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS ^ T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIEFS SWEATERS L0(?CSA6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS WRITINS RORTFOLlO SOU'WESTERS RAIN SEAR \ 1' ALLVOUR HEEPS CAN BE FILLED I - FROM A SOU'WESTER TP AH ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER >t>U BUY FROM THE SEA CMEST/ you CAM BE SURE yoofeE (SETTINS TDP QUALITY SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. Cliesh UWIClH-OWAICaAf40 UMIIOAI-OPSQA'TCP - •. 4I0R THC BENCFIT oF iHf MEMBCRSHlP* •^1 ll �f '.^ /'r' '-. iitf' * ' Par* Eirhteen SEAFARERS v<" April S«, M54 LOG •t • y 7 it • Ki • Dope Running Plot Of Seafarers Fictional Tale Of Sea Intrigue Readin' and 'ritin,' if not 'rithmetic,' have long interested many a Seafarer on a long sea voyage, the better to pass away his leisure time when off duty. Born to the tradition is Seafarer Frank Cihlar, OS, who goes to school in between sailings. Right now Cihlar is attend--^ Chome where they have some real ing Kent State University, nice-looking girls, and would I like Kent, Ohio, and is majoring in 'fH Vl\ •^. I • i' Vi That the average time from one full moon to another is 29^ days? In 1866 February had no full moop while the preceding January and the following March had two full moons each. Astrononvers esti­ mate that this remarkable se­ quence will not occur again for an­ other 2.5 million years. if "That the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives the same pay as the Vice President of the US? Both officials receive sal­ aries of $SO,000 per year, but the Vice President gets an additional $10,000 for expenses.. After the Vice President, the House Speaker is next in the line of succession to the Presidency. Regular Senators and Representatives are. paid $12,500 per year. , out just where their Union's fi­ nances are going. * That the "banana oil" used by cooks to flavor jellies, syrups and ice cream doesn't come from bananas at all? The colorless liquid known as "banana oil" is produced by a combination of certain iacids ,with an alcohol by-product derived from the fermentation of potatoes, beets and grains. Bananas contain very little liquid , and do not pro­ duce any oil. to go there and have a sukiyaki political science. However, when party. I says that was a good idea; sailing on ships, Cihlar is given to and so we went. flights of fancy and often writes stories, in the best tradition of the Familiar Face sea and sea chroniclers. On just When the Mamasan answers the X X such a trip some time ago. Seafarer door A1 talks to her in Japanese, That the human brain is about Cihlar contributed the effort that and the way he talks it sounds like two percent of a person's total follows. It is strictly another fight he can speak it better than they body weight? Scientific study, of his fanc.v, and both the LOG and can. Well, while the girls are heat­ however, indicates that weight is he want the reader to know that ing the sukiyaki and pouring the not a true index to the mentality it is absolutely fiction and made sake, a Jap comes in with some of an individual. The average of whole cloth: beer. I think I recognize the guy, weight of the adult male brain is I am sailin' bosun on this here but all Japs look the same to me. 49 ounces, slightly more than three scow in June, 1947., Manila is our He said something to A1 in dialect pounds. But there are records of X X ^ first stop. While I am ashore and then he disappears. I spent an insane person whose brain That the first newspaper in the weighed 60 ounces. drinkin' beer and makin' out with the next three days recovering, so United States was published in a broad I am approached by a Filwe must have had a real* fine time. X X ippino in a nice white suit. He About an hour before we are Boston just 250 years ago? The That although mass viewing of chases the girl away and sits down. ready to sail A1 comes aboard. paper was the Boston News-Letter, television is relatively new in the I am preparing to bust him one He says they have locked which began publishing in April, US, the first fight shown on TV when he shakes his finger and up a guy from the steward's depart­ 1704, and lasted until 1776. A sin­ was a match screened in London points out that he has help. Then ment and he's going to sail in gle number of a news sheet, Publick .15 years ago? The bout, between Frank Cihlar he starts talkin'.. .., pretty good his place. He says that the US Occurrences, was issued in Boston Eric Boon and Arthur Danahar, English, too. He says to me that narcotics agent in Tokyo got a tip in 1690, but it was suppressed by was held at the Harringway Arena my ship is going to Yokohama and the ball to me. I miss it, and it tliat somebody on board was runing royal authority. in London on February 23, 1939. hits the bulkhead on the midships dope and they think maybe that it then coming back. X X if X X housing. The hall was pretty old was the guy in the steward depart­ That whisky includes only Scotch That a weekly financial report Dope Deal Then he says to me, am I inter­ and the seams were worn. When ment. While he is telling me this on SIU operations is posted at all and certain blends made in Can­ ested in making a bonus this trip, she hits the bulkhead it breaks I am going nuts. All the way back Union halls for easy inspection by ada? Most ryes and bourbon ar« and I says I might be. So he tells open. I gets an idea and from here to Manila I don't sleep a wink. I any Seafarer? SIU men always spelled "whiskey." Check it in the me that he remembers me from the on I am figurin' that Flynn never am just laying in my sack and have a ready opportunity to find ads. thinking...., and all I can see is war, when me and some friend got in this easy. I wait until it is dark, then I gets softbails. We tied up in Manila made a deal on some cigarettes. I says I don't know nothin' about it, up and makes like I am. going to and pretty soon I am .sitting in the and if he wants to talk to me some the head. When I pass the gear bar. When my Filippino friend sits more he should change the subject. locker I open it and grab the ball. down, I shove him a note explain­ He says okay, and he lays it on the Then I rips the guts out of the ball ing about my pal Al. He says okay. and put the cover away in my I should get good and runk and he line. Would I handle some heroin. All locker, and I am figurin' the will take over from there. I have to do is deliver it to him. stuff will have a nice safe trin back There's trouble in the tepee, writes Seafarer Wallacb "Mad I wake up with about three Flips t: > The deal was all set up in Yoko­ to Manila. beside the one in the white suit Bear" Anderson, as another Indian rebellion is stirring along hama. It would be delivered to me Well, the caper comes off real standing over me. They give me the Niagara River Valley. James Fenimore Cooper's "The right on the ship. I says how much smooth and the next morning while some coffee and work on me for of the stuff do I pick up and how we are anchored out. After I get about an hour. When I am about Last of the Mohicans" might much do I make on the deal. He J the ball stowed away, I start head- half sober, I give them my plan. very well have been called that the heritage of the Indian dates back long before the com­ says one pound raw and $5,000. So in' down the gangway all set to go says that I will wait till every­ "The Last of the Moccasins," I am shakin' hands with the char­ up to the Grand Cherry Cabaret. body is in the messhall. Then I says Anderson, if he were alive in ing of the white man, and that acter and a.skin' him for a down I bump into a guy thdt looks fa­ will take the ball up to the bow this time and age. It's an outrage, when General George Washington payment of 200 pesos which he miliar. He turn and says "Hi ya of the ship and throw it to whoever says tlie Seafarer, what is happen­ called upon the Tuscaroras to help subdue the British, the Indian makes, and this closes the deal. you old so and so." He turns out to is on the dock blowing his nose ing to the vanishing American. ^ braves were here with the war What is happening, says Ander­ be a guy who I sailed with during with a red hanky. Cloak and Dagger paint on. Following Washington's son, is a double play between the The night before we sail I goes the war by the name of A1 Dimon. Just as I am throwing the ball, Al victory, they assert, came the ashore and I am getting ready to So we start banging each other's has me by the other hand and is Federal Government and the New get a cab, when this car drives up ears and he says for me to wait a slapping my wrist with a pair of York State Government, with the "Treaty of Fort Stanwix" in the year 1784 in which Washington and somebody says get in. Well,, I couple of minutes that he has to cuffs. He says to me that he is a Tuscarora Indians, a part of the thanked the leaders of the Tusca­ Iroquois Six Nations, left on the gets in. My friend is sitting in the go up and see the skipper. So I CID agent and I was numbered all roras and the Oneidas, and their back. He heads out Dewy Blvd. wait. In about ten minutes he the time, but that they want the bases. With tempers flaring up wards, the Stockbridge and from the tepee, on and without past the High Commissioner's comes down and takes me over to guys in Manila, too. The guys that Brotherton Indians, for their part reservation, Anderson and Chief house and out toward Batangas. the jeep and says get in. Then he passed me the stuff in Japan ratted. helping to win the war. Washing­ Maybe five miles out he pulls off says that I should come in with He got a percentage of the value Clinton Rickard, Grand President in ton promised at that time, they say, the road and stops. My friend him and he will take me and show of the stuff recovered by Uncle of the Indian Defense League of Sam and besides, if the delivery America and head of the Tuscarora to protect them against any en­ says to me it's all set, and here isf me the town. A1 says to me that he knows a isn't made, the market for it stays Beaver clan, come to the defense of croachment whatsoever "as long the scoop. the descendants of the only origi­ as the grass grows green and the While we are at anchor in Quar­ nice bouse on Isazaki Cho Ni open. rivers run free, and the sUn sets nal native Americans. antine, bumboats will come out to in the west." the ship. On one of these bumFox And Chickens Want Independence boats, a Jap, will have his oars The Iroquois people, said the The pair are protesting the latest painted red and green.... for port move by the Federal Government chief, are proud of their tribal tra­ and starboard, just like a ship to give jurisdictional rights over ditions and wish to continue to this is my contact. I am supposed the Iroquois to the State of New live 'as a separate nation as to trade a gold watch with this guy. by special York. Placing the Indians in the guaranteed them My friend hands me the watch. hands of the state, say the pair, treaties. ^ They feel they cannot When I see this guy with the red would be tantamount to "putting maintain this independence once and green oars I am supposed to a fox in the chicken coop to look they come under the jurisdiction get across to him that I want ciga­ of New York State, hq said. The after the chickens." rette lighters. This opens the first Indian leader said the state had Rickard and Anderson maintain round. Then I am supposed to try made separate treaties with Itiidian and buy a whole box of them. I nations designed to take advantage am supposed to try to pay him off of the Tuscaroras. What's more^. he in cigarettes but he refuses, and maintains, these treaties, as well then I send the watch down. This as agreements between the state cinches the deal and up comes the and federal governments, were box the top layer only is ciga­ A reminder from SIU made without representation being rette lighters ... the rest of the box headquarters cautions all afforded the Tuscaroras. That same is loaded with junk. Well, I says Seafarers leaving their ships point, Rickard said, w^a the cause It sounds okay and I will try it. to contact the hall in ample of the War . of JndepOiil^ience;:' thP We sail the next morning at six time to allow the Union to firrt' war on the US continent beo'clock. As wo get under way I dispatch a replacement. Fail­ tweeiv white jjieii, am beginning to worry. So then I ure to give notice before ' J' Drums Riumble start thinkin' about where I am paying, off may cause a de­ Now, says Rickard, the same going to hide this stuff and how I layed sailing, force the ship principle is being violated, but the Crewmembers aboard the La SaUe smfle at the camerg for a bit of ( ' am going to get it ashore in Manila. to sail short of the manning Indian will not go down without a •The last evening before we get Into photographic history. They are, left to right, back row. Oris, Brown, requirements knd needlessly fight. The Indians are putting on Yokohama me and a bunch of other Kendrick, Dickey, Worley and Everest. Front row, game order, ar* make, the work tougher for their legal war paint for a fight to guys are playing catch vjth a softHowlon,, Betz, Wilson, Ci-awful, Mariol, unidentified Seffwrer,. yoiir ghipmates. . . the finish. The drumg ace rambling ball. Well, one of the ABto throws Murphy and Starbruck. Photo by Clarence Hemby. idong the Niagara. Drums Along Niagara As Tuscaroras Seethe A Good Time Aboard La Salle Quitting Ship? Notify Union �/Wf"! April St. 1954 SEAFARERS Pace Ninetcea LOG Seafarers Regret Jungle Cargo 'S'' 'Si: All manner of hazards are known to seafaring men who brave the deep and -the ele­ ments in order to earn a livelihood. Viking king, pirate king and seamen alike have been tossed _by storpi and wind, buffeted by hurricanes, chasing and chased by denizens of the By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor deep and faced other hair-rais-" Ansco has just announced the addition of four cameras to its line. ing experiences normal to their presences made known by a ! shoot them. Only the first alternaThree of these are brand new and the fourth is an improved model of every-day maritime life. Some certain aura which surrounded tive proved feasible and the capthem and invaded the forecastle, tain agreed to move the beasts to an eai'lier camera. With the addition of these four new cameras Ansco now has the largest range of still cameras of any photographic company. These four models run the gamut of anyone's pocket and ability. The first significant departure from standard design in many years is the new Anscoflex. Designed by Raymond Loewy, the camera is new In many .ways. Its most striking feature is a sliding front panel which protects the two front lenses when the camera is not in use. The sliding lens panel and the viewing hood are connected so that one quick mo­ tion opens or closes the lens cover and finder hood. It also features a large film winding knob which is recessed in the camera body. The camera is synchronizgd and has a double exposure prevention device. The Anscoflex uses 620 film and gives 12 exposuj^es 2V^ inches square per rdil. Camera lists at $15.95. Good Miniature Camera Next is the new Ansco Memar camera which has most of the im­ portant features of a good miniature camera and sells for $42.50. One of the camera's attractive features is a new, handy and fast-acting thumb lever film transport. This device automatically advances the film, sets the exposure counter, actuates the double exposure device and sets the shutter for the next picture. Another new feature is a twin sprocket film drive for smoother, more positive film advance. The Meniar has a coated f-3.5 lens mounted in a Pronto shutter—speeds to 1/200 of a second and synchronized. A built-in film type index dial tells what kind of film is in the camera. An optical eye-level subject finder, accessory clip, and hinged back for easy loading make this a neat package. Note that the camera does not have a coupled rangefinder. Third is the Super Regent with a Agfa f-3.5 Solinar lens. Its accurate coincidence-type rangefinder assures sharp focusing even in dim light. The highly accurate shutter is the renowned Synchro-Compur with nine speeds, from one to 1/300 second, plus bulb. This .shutter offers syn­ chronization for both flashbulbs and strobe units. Combined Range And Viewfinder The rangefinder and viewfinder are combined in one window. Fea­ tured also are a double exposure prevention device, a film type re­ minder diaUa depth of field scale coupled to the focusing scale, auto­ matic film transport and exposure counter and a built-in accessory clip. Hinged back for full length of camera body makes loading and removal of film extremely simple. The Super Regent uses standard 35mm cartridges. Considering the above features, its list price of $89.50 will give other miniatures a run for their money. The Ansco Super Speedex, an improved model of the Speedex in­ troduces the first fuiiy automatic loading foiding camera. There is no red window to watch and film cannot be wasted through faulty ad­ vance. It gives 12 negatives 2V4 square on standard 120 film. This camera also features a fully automatic double exposure preventer. A lock protects the camera lens against accidental damage when the camera is being closed since the camera bed will not close unless the lens is in the proper position. The lens and shutter are both ring set. Lens is the f-2.5 Agfa Solinar. The camera's Synchro-Compur has speeds up to 1/500 of a second. It is M-X synchronized for all flash lamps and electronic flash tubes at all shutter speeds. The camera has a wide base optical rangefinder coupled to the lens and combined with the viewfinder. All controls are visible from the top of the camera, and its body is covered in genuine morocco grained leather. The trim is satin finished chrome. The Super Speedex will be available after the first of May and jviU list at $134.50. even have faced wild animals on the ship like those Seafarers pow aboard the Steel King of Isthmian. It's all right to dream of wild animjls in your sleep, writes Sea­ farer John Mastropavlos, ship dele­ gate aboard the Steel King, but when you wake up and find them practically in your lap, that's too much for any man to bear, on land, sea or air. That's not actually the case aboard the vessel as the Sea­ farer presents it, but it is near enough to describe the situation. Mastropavlos and his shipmates are suffering from a case of junglitis and jangled nerves, brought on by too close proximity to a horde' of wild an­ imals which are part of the cargo on bi> a r d the vessel. The ani­ mal representa­ tives are not ex­ Mastropavlos actly a horde, he admits, but there are too many of them on board to suit the tastes of the Seafarers. What the jungle troop consists of are tigers (two), panthers (three), elephant (one), and bear (one), and the crewmembers can't bear it. The flower of the jungle fauna was taken aboard in Djakarta, Indonesia, and since then there has been many a sleep­ less night for the crew. Standing Watches All manner of noises greet the ear, from dawn to dawn, and the fnen are getting frantic. They are quite sure that the beasts are standing watches among them­ selves, to make sure that all of them are not asleep at the same time. In that way they can be screeching' at all hours of the night and day, the men contend. In respect to disturbances and dis­ comfort, they note, the animals don't even have to be awake, for their odor is always there to plague the nostrils and the olfactory sense. The trouble began when the captain consigned the jungle cargo to the after house, forward of No. 4 hatch. As the animal noises grew louder and more frequent, and Baltimore Is Site Of Big League Ball Down here in Baltimore we've had a lot of excitement the past few weeks, Abe (Shad Roe) Rosen writes the LOG. After 52 years of waiting, Baltimore is now back in big league -baseball. ^ For the opening game there lie buildings closed for the festivi­ our National Anthem, "The Starwas a big parade welcoming ties. Some offices gave their em­ Spangled Banner."' the team. It seemed like the ployees a half-holiday to see the I thought of the battle raging . tvhole town turned out to watch it, game. . with banks. Government and pubMemorial . Stadium, where the game took piace, was jammed and packed. . The Vice-President was down here to throw out the first ball (the umpires took care of the bailplayers) and the Orioles, man­ aged by Jimmy Dykes, played like the champions we hope they wiil be someday. The stadium sits 54,000 fans, with a good view from every seat in the house. The Ori­ oles won their home opener and everyone was delirious. Table Setting . i 4. Reed, steward, right, and Rob­ inson, saloon messman, look at table set for crew aboard Show MM Mariner. t I rode down to Locust Point the other day, and passing Fort McHenry, I drove in to look around. 1 sat on a bench overlooking the harbor and let my thoughts dwell on the past.' I thought of Francis Scott Key, held prisoner on a Brit­ ish Man-6'-War out in the bay in 1814 which was attacking the fort, and on which Key cOmposeid the song which later was to become mmKK«KiBe*Kta insurrection grew in the breasts of the crew. The rebeilion confined itscif to a delegation being sent to the captain requesting him to move the cargo, put them in odor-proof and sound-proof compartments, or the after hatch. The rebellion was quelled and, the men retired happy, wondering if they could put in for OT or pen­ alty cargo as they slumbered peacefully. Aging Aboard Steel Age o. When this picture was taken aboard the Steel Age, the ship was on its way to the Far East. Crewmembers shown above are John­ ston, third mate; and Seafarers Webber, Martin, Selby and Jack­ son, kneeling. Photo was taken by Juan Colpe. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Sea's Another Woman By M. Dicyer Foolish is the woman who thinks She can hold forever a seaman in Though she be a beauty or queen She shall not possess him, the sea by all her charms her arms upon a throne shall claim its own. The sea's a strong, strange looman Who seeks the soul of man And once she's left her mark on him Escape her no man can. The sea, the sea, the cold, cruel sea Can make a man forget. He'll leave home ties and those he loves But never will he regret. Foolish is the woman icho icill not try to share Seaman's life and seamen's tcays, in the end she'll despair But if she's wise in time she'll learn by patience from above That she may not possess his soul, owned by the seas, his other love. within the fort and the nameless (1) Name two of the three state capitals whose names begin with men who shed their blood so that a new nation might, live. It gave the same letter as the state's name. (2) Which is the largest planet in the solar system? Is it: (Mercury), me, a thrill to walk in the still air among the ancient 'cannon, for I (Jupiter), (Saturn) or (Venus)? knew that this was hallowed (3) If A is always three-fifths of B, and A is 6 when B is 10, what ground. I was humming the song is A when B is 1? as I drove downtown. (4) Name three cities outside the US beginning with the letter "M" which have populations of 500,000 or more. 4" 4" 4^ Some years ago, so the story (5) What is the meaning of the word cursive? Is it (censorial), goes, an infuriated golfer killed his (superficial), (profane) or (flowing)? caddie with a niblick, the prob­ (6) A man came to a hill that was one mile up and one mile down. able cause of which was the cad­ He went up the hill at 15 miles an hour. How fast would he have to die's sneeze during a crucial mo­ come down to make his average for the entire hill 30 miles an hour, ment of play. The golfer was tried, up and down? convicted and sentenced to hang. (7) Early .American colonists made daily use of their noggins. For As he stood upon the gallows the executioner asked him if he had what were they used? Was it (cooking), (drinking), (farming), or any last r.:^quest. His answer was. (sewing)? (8) If insomnia means an inability to sleep or sleeplessness, what "Yes sir. May I Jiave a practice does somnambulism mean? swing, please?" 4i i(9) What have the foliowing authors in coiumon: George Sand, Overheard at the 408 Bar on Taylor Caldwell and Isak Dinesen? East Baltimore Street: "Never go a (10) What number is represented by the Roman numerals round with a married wonian un­ MCDXCII? It's a well-known date in American history. less you can go' two rounds with (Quiz Answers On Page 25) her husband." ' I *1 :V| 'v'/;" I �iT'Jr ^tawll M. UM SEAFARERS LOG Captain N. B. Palmer Is Shipload Of Trouble On Far Eastern Run Bp Spike Marlin All, according to a report by Seafarer Howard Rode, was not well aboard the Captain N. B. Palmer on its last run. All, said Rode, concerned a multitude of things, Including ship's gear, stores, fuel and the condition of the vessel it--* self, both inside and outside. tional fuel for the voyage which continued with the following nearTo begin from the beginning, finally got underway one month calamitous events and situations said the Seafarer, the voyage be­ gan on a sour note when delay piled upon delay at the outset. Three days after signing the ar­ ticles, the ship left Seattle under a full head of steam, destined for the Far East, but it was not to be, just yet, anyway. While crossing the Columbia River- bar in bad weath­ er, noted Rode, the vessel cracked several deck plates, causing consid­ erable damage to the cargo. The vessel turned back for repairs, and while there, picked up some addi­ later. That wasn't all by a long shot. The steward ran out of vegetables about one week out of port and the crew grumbled all the way across. It kept them in a stew, said Rode, but they were looking for other kinds of vegetables. Also, the forepeak was flooded with water for weeks at a time, but the captain of the ship didn't turn a hand or an AB to do anything about it. Enumerating their troubles. Rode LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Loneliness Of The Sea By Bill Bryant Brother, if you're in love.Jtake a tip from me. Stay away from ships, 'cause on a lonely sea Every thought is of her and you will be Sick and sore inside, away out on the sea. At home, when you're lonely, several drinks of booze In some nearby ginmill sometimes mill drown the blues. But when away out there upon a lonely sea. Within a lonely heart, there'll be pain and misery. This I know my friend, experience has taught me, I've endured the pain many times out on the sea. And I'd like to see you take warning and be Contented here with her and forget about the sea. It's not a lover's paradise out on the lonely sea. But it is living hell to tell if you're gonna be Able to stand the pain and all the misery You are doomed to know out on a lonely sea. Loneliness on the sea will sometime get you down. You'll almost go crazy with the blues hanging round. And then again, my friend., it's always hell to tell What will really happen out on the lonely sea. Alone you sit in sorrow, tied to a memory. Longing for your darling back home across the sea. Then you'll walk and talk to yourself and be Ready for the bughouse, when lonely on the sea. This is no laughing matter, brother, can't you see. It's better to forget than be out there and be Away from her each night, with only a memory To torment you every minute you are on the-tea. fOtoFfYim F&^rrf! lOwAVAItABle lA/AU. As,G HAUS Ane copies OF -m Ajett/ ScoeiEr B)(PIAlAllAlS -THB COM- iSBT'Op OF THeeiu mmne PMA/. iHeBooKiervescRiBssin, VerAiL. AILTHe BSAIBFITS WOA/B/ •fHeVh!101^ Alio iiovj Yoo toLiecel which plagued thei vessel: "The ship's galley needs paint­ ing. The bosun painted the stove and screen to clean them up a bit, but that'e all the captain al­ lowed. The crew passageway needs painting badly. The entire ship needs cleaning and painting on the inside except Rode the passageway deck and messhall decks. That's because the bosun^ just finished painting Ihem. The decks were not painted at all, water cracking them by soaking into them. The over­ head in the officers passageway is rusty and paint is peeling off. The ship's office looks like a pig pen. I think it is supposed to be white." That wasn't the end of the Palmer's troubles, but Rode thinks it gives a clear enough indication of what was going on aboard the vessel. Next time he sails, he claim's, he's going to get a ship and not a floating rust bucket. The Boston Red Sox had to open partments with the exception of their 1954 baseball season this year home runs where the younger without Ted Williams in left field Ralph Kiner will probably pass him because of a collarbone break. If some day. It's generally agreed, what he says is true, he won't be though, that if the left-handed Wil­ out there next year either. Accord­ liams had played in a more con­ ing to Williams he will give up ducive ball park than Boston, he playing baseball while he Is still on, would have shown Kiner his dust. Further, Williams is the last top of the iieapr Ballplayers have been known to change their minds major leaguer to have batted over before, but Williams has a reputa­ .400, turning the trick in 1941 with tion for stubbornness and will most a .406 mark, i^nd he came out of his second tour of duty with the likely make it stick. If Williams does quit, it will Marines late last summer to com­ mean that only one other genuinely pile 13 home runs and a .407 bat­ great hitter in the game will be ting average in 37 games. He has left—Stan Musial of the Cardinals. won four American League batting Examination of the records crowns and twicer won the triple shows how completely- these two crown (home runs, runs batted in dominate the game,/with Williams and batting average). It all adds up generally conceded to have tlie to some pretty impressive totals. Fielding Questionable edge. For although Musial played While there is obviously nothing a season and a half more than Williams tiid, the figures are all in wrong with Williams' hitting, you could find fault with his fielding, Ted's favor. which was erratic. He has a fine Impressive Statistics Here are a few for the statisti­ arm and can cover a lot of ground^ cal-minded: Williams has the high­ yet there were times when it ap­ est lifetime batting average of any peared that he was asleep at the active ballplayer, .348. Musial is switch. He didn't have that all crowding him just three points around distinction as a fielder and away, but nobody else is even close, base runner which Joe DiMaggio the next one being Jack Robinson enjoyed, although it's agreed that at .319. Williams also has more Williams had the edge at the plateu Williams' fielding lapses, thought home runs, 337; more runs batted in, 1298, and more runs score^, are pretty small fish in light of his over-all record. American League 1292. Musial, with 217 more games pitchers will certainly be relieved, under his belt, is the only one who and with just cause, if he decides threatens him in most of these de­ to stick to his retirement decision. OT NeecJIes Crewmembers As Hoosier Mariner Crewman Balks At Needle • "The Case of the Needled OT," or "Shots and Shore Leave" is rapidly becoming a cause celebre aboard the Hoosier Mariner of I sthmian, it was reported in the last minutes of the ship by Seafarer J. W. Janisch. What it was all about, says Janisch, was the reluctance on brought to bear because the leery at last report, had not been pre­ the part of one Seafarer Seafarer decided to undergo the vailed upon to change his mind, aboard the vessel to take his shots in order to go ashore in Pusan, Korea, and the zealous determina­ tion of a fellow crewmember to put in for OT because of being con­ fined to the ship and refused shore leave even though he took his shots along with the rest of the crew. It happened some time last month when the vessel steamed into the port about 6 PM, after go­ ing through quarantine. All was v.xll, except that one member fail­ ed to get clearance from the health authorities and was held u" for needle nudging. He wouldn't nudge, or budge, however. That has happened before, crewmembers note, but the overtime request was a strange twist on a rather normal situation. In the past, men have faltered at thq sight or thought of the hypodermic, but this was the first time in the history of record­ ed maritime annals that OT was asked for quarantine restrictions, Janisch said. The original culprit, he of the hypo tension, changed his mind overnight after a special shipboard meeting was called to discuss the affair, as well as the overtime. What action was decided upon at the meeting, Janisch said, was not Union JUaa Cable Address Seafarers overseas' who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters, in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this dddress will as­ sure speedy iransmissiqn on all messages and faster' serv­ ice for the men involved. rigors of the needle rather than keep his mates aboard ship while in port. Besides, he thought the fun ashore might make up for his anxiety about the injection. The brother with the OT phobia. despite the- entire efforts of the crew in that direction. They said it wasn't fair of him to ask GT.for restriction to ship, but he was still adamant when the launch pulled alongside the ship. GAttSY GiEANmGS The LOa. opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littleAcnown cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is John Lucas' recipe for a holiday cake. Still smacking his lips over the last batch of "holiday cake"* he ttirned out at home for the past Easter, Seafarer John Lucas, steward, gladly offered his version of the recipe for use on special occasions aboard • ship. Of prime importance is a good, Native to Greece and nearby soft dough. Thus, mix the .flpur countries, the cake is a rich, whole­ with the yeast carefully. The nut­ some combination of simple ingre­ meg can be added in right here s» dients generally featured on holi­ that it will be thoroughly com­ days and at other bined. Add the eggs, the butter, the .special events. sugar and about 2 cups of unchilled Born in Greece milk. If ..the dough isn't soft in 1894, Lucas enough, all or a part of another still relishes the cup of milk can be added. taste of the home­ Punch or mix the ingredients the made product same as a bread dough for 15 min­ from the days utes, then set the dough aside for back in his youth 2 hours to let it rise. Then punch before he came it again (no mixer this time). for to the US. He's 15 minutes and let it rise again for Lucas been sailing two more hours. After that, the about 35 years now, nine o£ them dough should be ready for the intheSIU. oven. If the sesame seeds are used, To make the. cake, here's all you they should be spread on a board need: 5 pounds of baking flour, 1 and rolled on to the top of the dozen eggs, 2 ounces of yeast, 2-3 dough. Since this recipe will make cups of milk, 2 cups of sugar, I 8 cakes, use 8 baking pans with pound of butter and a half ounce diameters of 14 inches.; of nutmeg. Sesame Seeds, if availr Bake for 2(r minutes at 400^. able, can be used in any quantity One final step, after some cooling, as a topping. (Before the prepara­ is coating the cake. Additional tion is begun, the butter should be eggs can be used. like a gravy set aside for an hour or so, so tt^at and brushed onto the cakes to give it can thaw and become soft.) them a glossy brown color. , �Ai^ Si, lisi SEAFARERS Aeeident FarmB Will Help Men To the Editor: To voice an opinion and expedite the day for the carrying of Union accident report forms on all SIUcontracted ships needs the urgent and unanimous vote of all our mem­ bers. It is a must and a plan that will benefit everyone when injury and sickness occur aboard ship. At present I am a patient at the USPHS hospital in Slaten Island and here on the firing line one observes many Seafarers in trouble, mainly due to the lack of true accident reports made out at the time of injury. One-Sided Report These problems always seem to trace the same pattern: An accident happens. The mate makes out his one-sided "City Hall Report." The victim is rushed to the hospital. At the convalescent stage our patient begins to wonder, about his case and whether seamen Johnny Jones and Jimmy Smith, who saw the accident, are still on the ship. Waiting patiently for the ship to re­ turn so he can contact his wit­ nesses, he sorrowfully learns that Seaman Jones got off at Seattle and Seaman Smith is headed for the Far East. • Thus his case is shot to pieces and the Welfare Department is then contacted and asked to re­ assemble the puzzle. In the mean­ time, due to the mate's timely re­ port, the company's side of the case becomes more Concrete. To stop this one-sided presenta­ tion of facts, we must immediately put accident forms on all ships. When trouble strikes, they should be filled out by the ship's delegate in triplicate and contain all in­ formation on' the accident. Im­ mediately upon reaching port, one copy should be mailed to head­ quarters, thus giving our welfare department a true on-the-spot re­ view. I firmlj^ believe, once this con­ structive plan is put into effect, greater respect will be shown our members, safe working conditions will be developed on every ship and, above all, the SIU will be first again. Edwin T. Rushton tit 3iany Ex-^Seamen in US Army To the Editor: Due to my being drafted into the Army, I had a change of address recently, and would like to have the LOG sent to me. I would like to take this op­ portunity to say hello to all of my fi-iends, especially the Mobile gang. I'm looking forward to returning Page Twcnty-m* LOG X E T T E R S • to sea just as soon as I get out, and changing this smell of mud for some clean salt air. At the present time I'm stationed here at Fort Monmouth, NJ, while attending electronics school. Since I'm going to be here for about seven more months, I would appreciate hear­ ing from any of the fellows I shipped with. Army Likes Seamen It looks as though the Army really likes to draft seamen; they got three of us from Mobile on the same day—Harry Pierce, Edward Minyard and myself. The three of us took basic at Camp Gordon, Ga. In the one company there were about six seamen, sO we could at least sail the ships over the bar, even if we were unable to be on one. Being stationed here near New York, I keep up with the water­ front situation pretty well, espe­ cially the recent longshoremen dis­ pute. Hats off to the wonderful job being done and keep up the good work. I would like to ask if there was an attack bonus paid to the crewmembers of the Warrior (Water­ man) for the attack at Inchon, Korea, last June. Some of the long green would look mighty nice right now. Don H. Wood c/o Van's Efficiency Apts Highway No. 35 Eatontown, NJ (Ed note-. No attack bonus has bebn awarded, nor does the Union expect any, as far as. we know.) ^ V• Ships Out When He Wants To To the Editor: Greetings from the Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and three of the delegates. We are just return­ ing from a Far East run, and are happy to report that it was quite a pleasant trip, with the exception of a few usual beefs. Our one wish is to have all the Atlantic Refining seamen sailing here under the SIU banner and enjoying the wonderful wages and benefits we are now receiving. I guess our GT sheets would be proof enough, as in Atlantic they were quite bare. Sailing with Atlantic almost a year, Yakymac and I were sepa­ rated, as they wouldn't ship us to­ gether. It sure is wonderful to ship when and where you want to once again. Robert Pionk too much. Brother Shad Roe seems a little opposed in his maiden col­ umn to "fill the cup that clears today of past regret and future To the Editor: I am enclosing a snapshot of my fears." He'd best read the closing son, Johnnie Baxter. He is two-an'd- chapters of Genesis about the show a-half years old and quite a fellow. Noah put on after 180 days. And he was the very first sailor anyone ever read about. We've been like that ever since. By the way. Shad Roe, under your column, in a "Log-A-Rhythm," ,M. Dwyer seems to have written more truth than poetry. You might say it'^ "right from the horse's mouth." But she may be a rebel gal and I don't always have peace­ ful sailing with them, be they bushwah dame or dilletante. They have crowned me with more beer mugs than Job had boils. James "Pop" Martin 4i 41 4' Here^s^A Photo For His Dad "Hi ya pop," Johnnie Baxter, above, seems to be saying to the readers, one of whom he hopes will be his dad, now on the Del Sol. His daddy is Merton Baxter, now aboard the Del Sol, which is in Dakar, West Africa. Mrs. Merton Baxter 4" i Stewards Warned Of Stores Stall To the Editor; On April 12th I gave my requisi­ tion order to the captain. On April 13 at 9:00 AM this order was tui-ned over to the agent of the Waterman Line. Today, April 16th, I am still waiting. It is 2:00 PM in the afternoon and the ship is sup­ posed to sail at 8:00 PM and every­ body is waiting. We phoned our agent this morning and this after­ noon. I would like to warn all stewards tb insist on getting stores right away and not at the last minute because this fellow will not give you all you have ordered. The cap­ tain knows about him, but when you see him he acts so innocent that you feel sorry. He has tears in his eyes and this makes you feel so sad that next time you pull out a handkerchief and grunt with him. R. C. Kiewast 4» 4" 4" Hopes To Meet Old Shipmates To the Editor: I have just moved to private quarters off-post and I would ap­ preciate your sending future issues of the SEAFARER'S LOG to my new address. If there are any Seafarers sta­ tioned here at San Antonio, Tex., or at Fort Sam Houston I would like to have them get in touch with me as I still have about one more year to go here in tlie Army—not that I'm counting the time, though (361 more days). Here's hoping that I hear from some Seafarers soon and have the chance of seeing some of my old shipmates again. Sgt. Robert C. Meloy 809 North Palmetto Street San Antonio, Tex. (Ed. note: We have noted your new address on our mailing list.) t 4i She Spreads Union Ideas To the Editor: There is a young man whom I know who would like to receive the LOG. He is very interested in all the Union does. He has seen service in the US Marines and is thinking about going to sea, but not just yet. Should the day come, however, he says there is no finer profession for a man than to go to sea. I think that's a mighty fine atti­ tude for a young man to have and to think so highly of us who go to sea for a living. I myself was a stewardess and may one day re­ turn to the sea. At the moment I am doing my writing along^vith an office job. I'd like to see you send this young man the Union paper. I suggested to him that he can con­ tribute a bit each year, as I do now, to support the paper and he kind of liked the idea. I see many of my shipmates here in New Orleans and my own record proves how I feel about the SIU. I feel vei-y proud to be a member of such an organization and never fail to say so. I don't hide 'the good behind a bushel that the Union does, which commands a lot of respect from union and non-union people alike. The young man's name is Stew­ art Buckley and if he should ever decide to go to sea he'd be a credit to the Union. I know that. I never stick my neck out for a performer, but I will for fine manhood any­ time and be happy to see that they understand our fine Union much better and the fair way it deals with the working man. Rosalie Rodrlgue (Ed. note: He will receive the LOG as published, every two loeeks.) Steel Advocate Has Good Trip To the Editor: The Steel Advoj^te (Isthmian) had a pleasant trip all the way through. This is a good sailing ship. We stayed in Calcutta 17 days and most of the boys have had a good time. We really have a good crew this time; everyone is very cooperative and understanding, and we brought the ship back clean wih no beefs. Here's hoping many of our mem­ bership will do the same. Crew of Steel Advocate Has Fine Trip Over To Japan To the Editor: . We recently aiTived in the Port of Seattle, Wash., where we placed our ship, the Longview Victory, in the boneyard. We had a nice trip, even though the sea was rough and the weather cold. We had a good crew, including such oldtimers as Ted Thompson, cook; Bill Sibert, electrician, and Jesse, crew MM. Topside had darn nice guys, in­ cluding several former SIU men. • Natives Friendly Our last port of call was Hok­ kaido, Japan, the northern island in the Japanese group, where we spent a few days at Muroran. We found the natives fi-iendly and nice to us. Several merchants brought their wares down to the ship, as it was quite a long trip to the town proper. Cold, rain, sleet and snow, frozen roads and streets made traveling hazardous. Among those who came down to the ship was a little Japanese lady photographer who took many photos for the boys, a couple of which I'm enclosing. 1 turned the table on the little lady photographer, broke out my camera and took a snap of her. When we arrived in Seattle, Wash., we still found cold weather and a lot of snow-capped moun­ tains. But we fixed that up in a hurry by going to the airport, and getting a one-way ticket to Long Beach, Cal., that most beau­ tiful city of sunshine and flowers. Then, a few minutes by car from the airport where relations and friends are waiting. Our plane was an hour and 20 minutes late. Jesse the MM was grumbling about de­ layed sailing for planes held up in time. We w'ere whisked over to the SIU hall where a pleasant surprise awaited us._ The ever-smiling, straight-laced and efficient E. B. Tilley, is our new poi't agent fresh from the dispatcher's desk at head­ quarters. Now we will buck the line and sweat out another berth on an­ other ship and do the same thing all over again, unless, of course, next trip should be different. Oakey Jones r. t- '1 i Likes Column^ Poem In LOG It's always fair weather when gooil delegates get together as proved above- by, left to right, Panl-Yal^miae, deek delegate; A. Hoag, ship delegate; and Robert Pionlq engine delegate. Thej- were aboard the Raphael Semmes when the photo was taken. • To the Editor: I am all for Shad Roe running a column as long as he doesn't ape a few individuals on the current scene by not letting the other bloke sound off. You know, the reason Gillette invented the safety razor was to shave the grisly beards off Shad Roe's jokcfr-MritlMHit cuttiBg them I Seafarer Oakey Jones, left tunes up his vocal chords as Art Wert, third encfawer aboard the Longview Victory, accompanies him on his guitar. Pair kept the erew in hanaony and stitches on triyi. �SEAFARERS Pae« Twenty-tw* LETTERS UailR Ballot On Ships^ Llhraries To the Editor: I want you to know how much I enjoy reading the SEAFARERS LOG that I. receive every two weeks. In fact, I had a few of my friends' names and addresses put on the mailing list, and they also have received the LOG, and are keeping up with the latest news concerning the merchant seaman. I want to compliment you on tak­ ing votes on the ship's library. I formerly sailed with MSTS decision will not break labor's back (and then again who knows how much harm it can do us eventual­ ly?), it is the principle involved that gives us a sample of what we can look forward to at the present time. We can expect more of these anti-union decisions in the future. We must be prepared to stand up and fight for what many of you and many of our fathers before us fought so hard for. Robert Ingram ^ CaMIs ILA Jn»t A Big Baeket •S i •hips as an ordinary, and at present am on the beach; my last ship was the General R. £. Callan. Joseph A. Olinski ^ 11, A. Bailies Men To Protect Bights . Kk4 wt' t'V •"/!•'•. v •:X-' • i:I To the Editor: You don't need a crystal ball to foresee what big business is trying to do to our unions. They are try­ ing to sap our unions of their strength and vitality, using Govern­ ment officials as their tools to achieve these ends. Big business would take away all the gains that have been secured for us by <\rganieed labor through the years Their ultimate goal is to swing the balance of power in labormanagement rela­ tions overwhelm­ ingly In their fa­ vor. This is noth­ Ingram ing new, as they have been trying to do this for years. However, they are in a bet­ ter position now than they were only two short years ago, mostly because of a general slowdown in all industries and recent appoint­ ments to the NLRB. Big business is ready to pour the sweat and blood and pain and heartaches of our fathers down the drain. We all must be prepared to see that this does not happen. Preview of Future For a preview of what we can ex­ pect from now on, let's look at just , one of the present administration's ' appointments, or better still, the result of its appointments to the Labor Board. A ruling that had been in effect until the NLRB completely changed it recently, held that an employer who called his employees into a pre-election meeting on company time for an anti-union speech had to give whatever union or unions were involved the same opportuni­ ty at a similar meeting on company time and property. Now what could be fairer than that? It seems to me that that is the only democratic way; the way it should be done in America. Let both sides be heard in any dispute. If only the company is allowed to hold a rally on company time and property, the workers are at a distinct psychological disadvan­ tage. Yet, this is exactly the situI>ation as it prevails today. The old . ruling r has been set aside by the new NLRB ,lt matters very little that < this April 30. 1954 LOG To the Editor: I have known the old ILA since 1912. It will never change. Or, the more it changes the more it is the same. Or, like the leopard, it may change its spots, but never its nature. The ILA is unpredictable, irresponsible and Incorrigible. It can't be shaken into place and called , to a sense of reality, duty and fair play. The last wildcat that the IL.A. pulled in New York was the cul­ minating point of its criminal conspiracy. The damage it has caused can never be remedied. If the ILA is permitted to hold elec­ tions and allowed to win by hook or crook and get away with intimi­ dation and violence, there is no telling how much more damage it will do to this port in the future. The ILA, as a matter of fact, has forfeited its rights to be con­ sidered a bonafide union. Time and again the ILA has proven itself to be a racket run by gang­ sters. It is therefore that I see no reason why the NLRB should not treat the ILA as a racket, apply the law to it, punish the guilty, and liquidate the racket for the good of the AFL. 'Capt. R, J. Peterson i, t, iii Asks Bisahility Pension For Men To the Editor:' I believe that wfe have advanced to the position where planning for the retirement of seamen who have been going to sea for about 30 years is at hand. Today we have a disability pension which is very good. But what about those who have contributed 30 to 40 years and are not disabled but are worn out, tired and j;;gn't afford to quit. There are oldtimers who'll say that they are just as good" as they ever were and can still do a day's work. How­ ever, . many will admit that they work because they must. While we are working is the time to pay for Lake those days when we will no longer be able to. As a Union our past actions prove that success lies in careful plan­ ning. It is my opinion that for future. security we must act to­ gether. We could all pay into a retirement fund or negotiate for a separate plan somewhat like the Vacation Plan. Perhaps with the help of all maritime unions a bill could be passed, guaranteeing American seamen with a certain amount of seatime over a certain number of years a pension. The companies, the Government and the seamen themselves Could "all contribute. The Government pensions off soldiers, sailors and the Air Corps. We are necessary to the country in war and peace and are as much entitled to security as the Armed Forces. Something should be done for the old seaman who has con­ tributed his share to our cause. Allan Lake president said once that he was not interested in non - dues - paying members; but this did not apply to him when he was sick—or was he sick? He tried to get treasurer Stone appointed as an assistant to the president, but the membership would not go for this. I am enclosing a letter which was sent from the New Orleans USPHS hospital to NMU officials and to ships' crews. The laugh is that the patrolman has orders to be at the dock when possible and have these torn up before the crew can get a chance to read them. One patrolman here in New Orleans tried to talk a ship's dele­ gate out of a donation and some cigarettes he was going to bring up here to the hospital. The patrol­ man wanted him to send it to New York headquarters. The ship's dele­ gate said he would deliver them to the hospital and get a receipt. Fred F. Smith and George Shirley $ To the Editor: I want to express my feelings about the Union's placing of acci­ dent report forms aboard our ships. I can say from personal experience that these forms are needed. I am writing this letter while lying in a cast up to my chest, and with a continual drainage going on in my hip. I have been here in the hospital since July 24, 1953. On December 6, 1952, while in Yugo­ slavia, I was returning to the Greece Victory when I fell and broke my hip. I was taken to the hospital over there, where I lay for six and a half months. Three months were spent without proper medical care and it wasn't until two months later that the Union was notified that I was there—and it was I myself who notified them, not the company's injury report. once the Union knew of my plight they began working to have me returned to this country. I know now that if the Union had To the Editor: been notified sooner, and a report We see in the April 2nd issue form made out by the ship's dele­ of the LOG that you are going to gate had been in existence, I would bat once again to help those of us not be in the shape I am in today. who are in the USPHS hospitals, Those lost months can never be and we are grateful to you and the made up to me; I am asking the officials for this. brothers to think and to think seri­ I was in Manhattan Beach when ously about a plan whereby the use you got us the $25 Christmas bonus, of an accident repoi-t made out by and don't think the boys aren't ap­ the ship will go a long way to preciative. We are completely erasing further repetitions of what ignored by the "Pilot" and also by I have gone through. the officials of the NMU. Their Estell Godfrey -t Landluhher lAsdy Just Loves LOG To the Editor: You send m^ several SEAFAR­ ERS LOGS here in Baltimore eveiy time they are published and I give them out to all seamen here. I usually have quite a few men here who enjoy the paper. I love your paper and I think you are doing a world of good with it I wait patiently for it all the time and I enjoy it very much. I have a number of fine new bound books as well as paper backs, if you would like to have them let me know and I will send them along. I run a well-furnished room­ ing house and all the boys know me down this way. You are also sending LOGs to men who are no longer here. Please take them off your mailing list. They are Emile Howde, William Kumke, Harold Wheeler and Charles Menge. Graee 'Warren J.,..,. To the Editor: This is to inform you that I have changed my address. I was sailing as chief steward but have been retired for the past year. I wish to continue to receive the LOG. I am sending a picture of my- Wants Accident Forms On Ships TB Patients Bap Army Man Longs NMU^s Attitude For Liie At Sea To the Editor: I wrote to you a month ago to tell you of my change of address, but I haven't received the LOG at my new address yet. Will you please send this as soon as possible. I wish that I were back on a good old SIU ship. I miss them and my seafaring brothers a lot, but I won't be able to sail until 1956 again, when I am finished with my two-year stretch in the Army. Please don't forget to send me the LOG, so I can keep in touch with sea life. John J. Daria (Ed. note: Wc have changed your address on our mailing list, and apologize for the delay.) le i, ^ Working Ashore, Wants Newspaper self working at my present job. I am maintenance man in a wafer factory for ice cream sandwiches, and would like this picture to be published in the LOG so that the brothers will know what I am do­ ing at the present time. On the left is my foreman, Gabino Cruz, of the night shift gang. This shop belongs to Local 405, Baker's and Confectionary Union of America, AFL, and although I enjoy my present employment very much 1 plan to return to sea in the im­ mediate future. I have been enjoying the LOGs and am happy to be able to keep in touch with everybody. Juan J. Reinosa (Ed. note: Wc have noted your change of address on the LOG'S mailing list.) 4> Wants Info On His Lost Papers To the Editor: I have been a retired bookmen)ber since October, 1948. A few days ago I lost my wallet, which con­ tained my seaman's papers. Would you please tell me how to go about getting new papers. I'd appreciate this very much. , I'd also like to receive the SEA­ FARERS LOG regularly. John Golob, Jr. (Ed. note: If you go to your nearest Coast Guard office, with your discharge papers, they roill give you a duplicate of your sea­ man's papers. We have added your name to the LOG's list of readers: from now on you will re­ ceive a copy regularly every two weeks, as issued.) Needs LOGs In Cold Weather Seafarer Estell Godfrey reposes In Staten Island hospital after slxand-one-half months in a Yugoslavian hospital. Godfrey brdke his hip while returning to the Greece Yietoi'y> but the Union was not notified until two months later when he wrote to headquarters himself. He's had plenty of good care since then. To the Editor: I was forced to retire my book last September, when I was drafted into the Army but up to now, I have been reading the LOG regu­ larly at the Union hall here in Seattle where, incidentally, I have come across a lot of the guys that I sailed with. Now the Army has me on a LCU, which is supposed to supply all the northern outports in Alaska. I will be leaving here at the end of this month, so I would really appreciate it if you would iiend me the LOG regularly at the enclosed addr,es8, , Best wishes to all my SIU brothers and especially Mr. Leroy Clarke and the Swede, Heilman and Dead Eye Young. Pvt. Louis A. Romero (Ed. note: We'll send the LOG to you at your new address, as you asked.) �Aura p«, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-three. When The Vestris Turned Turtle One of the more melancholy chapters in the history of the" sea was the sinking of the passenger ship Vestris off the Virginia coast on November 12, 1928, with the loss of 111 lives. The Vestris disaster could not, as it turned out, be blamed on any one factor. There were so many things wrong with the ship and the way it * was handled that a lengthy a defective scupper. The third was investigation and subsequent in a coal port four feet above the court suits were unable to fix waterline on the starboard side. the responsibility on any This became a serious factor only after the list became pronounced, single head. : But while nobody was held legally liable for the sinking, quite a bit of evidence pointed to the fact that the Vestris went to sea a leaky, unseaworthy ship, poorly maintained, badly-loaded and un­ stable. When the first good blow came along the ship simply couldn't withstand the gaff. List at Dock Claimed Apparently though, all was well when the ship sailed from Hoboken, bound for South America with 129 passengers aboard and a crew of 199 men. Subsequently, some of the passengers testified that they . thought they noticed a slight list at the pier when they boarded the ship. Others said the^ did not see the Plimsoll Line. This was never positively established. As a matter of fact. Department of Commerce inspectors had checked the ship three days be­ fore and given it a passing mark. In the fuss and excitement that followed the sinking, nobody made much of the fact that the inspec­ tors had,approved lifeboats which were later found to be lacking oars, water, food and flares. One lifeboat actually had a large hole in the bottom. In the light of sub­ sequent events it appears that the inspection service in those, days could hardly be c|illed strict or efficient. In any case the ship started list­ ing slightly some time before weather conditions became serious. The list became noticeable Satur­ day night, November 10, and whea a gale blew up Sunday morning which later grew into a full-fledg-. ed hurricane, the list became'an^ alarming 20 degrees. At noon Sun­ day the ship hove to and stopped. Sprung Three Leaks The ship had sprung leaks in three places. One leak developed in a cracked sanitary valve in the stokehold. A second leak was in but no matter how hard the crew tried, they couldn't close the port properly to make it watertight, because the bolts were rusty. As a result of the leaks, water kept coming into the engine room despite the efforts of pumps to control the flooding. Eventually the boilers went out and with them the pumps because there was no longer any power to keep the pumps operating. In the last des­ perate stages of the fight the crew resorted to the hopeless job of bailing with buckets and to throw­ ing cargo overboard. But those feeble measures were too late to help the stricken vessel. At one point Sunday night, crated autos in the hold broke loose under im­ pact of blows from heavy seas. Tbey crashed through bulkheads and further added to the insta­ bility of the ship. Lifebelts Given Out Although the crew was steadily losing the battle against the flood and the ship listed more and more on Sunday as the storm freshened, no steps were taken to get assis­ tance. As a precaution, lifebelts were distributed to the passengers on Sunday morning, but it wasn't until 24 hours later that the cap­ tain thought it necessary to send out a call for aid. Testimony taken in the investi­ gations which followed excused the captain largely because the chief engineer kept telling him all along that he could bring the flood­ ing under control with the pumps. It wasn't until the boilers and pumps went out that the serious­ ness of the situation penetrated topside. Hindsight would have it that the captain at least could have taken the precaution of sending out a standby radio call so that ships would be in the vicinity in case conditions -worsened. As it turned The Caravel' 1 A much-celebrated vessel in the 15th and 16th centuries, the caravel was a small, graceful type of ship, well fitted for voyages demanding speed and rapid maneuvering. It had a square stern, fore and aft castles, fairly high bulwarks and usually four masts. The rig varied considerably according to period and nationality. (From "The Book of Old Ships"'(DoubIeciay)> tiy Craht' and Culver.) Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, Was a caravel, and carried a sprit sail, square foresail, square main and main topsail, and a lateen.mizzen. Earlier caravels seem to have had no square sails although they may have carried; a square sail on the foremast in bad weather; or for running. ^ ifi fi: The British passenger ship Vestris shown in happier days before it turned over and sank off the coast of Virginia during an Atlantic storm, November 12, 1928. The 10,454-ton vessel was built in Belfast. out, it was several hours after the Vestris was abandoned before rescue vessels could reach the site of the disaster. Nor did the cap­ tain help, it turned out, by order­ ing ballast tanks pumped out which only added to the ship's in­ stability. At 4 AM on Monday morning, the day of the disaster, the power went out as a result of the flood­ ing of the boilers. The ship had hove to and was listing very bad­ ly by then. But still there was no SOS sent out. There was no way to cook breakfast, so the waiters -distributed bananas and fig cakes to the passengers. . •Please Come At Once' It wasn't until 8:32 AM that radio operators picked up the first radioed alert signal. The first SOS actually went out at 10:05 AM. From then on the radio me.ssage.s came in rapid fire order, each one more desperate than the one befor. At 11:03 AM, the Vestris op­ erator radioed, "Oh please come at once, we need .immediate atten­ tion." At li:45 AM, "Developed 32 degree list to starboard while hove to last night and now on starboard beam ends with decks under water." At 1:23 PM in answer to a notice from the Wyoming that she would While a survivor bobs in the water, two more climb down a be on the site in 12 hours, the Jacobs ladder and prepare to jump into the sea. Severe list of the operator answered, "too late, can­ vessel before it sank made it impossible to launch half of boats. not wait any longer. Going to aban­ don ship." Two minutes later came tore off. The lifeboat flooded and A West Indian seaman with the the final message, "abandoning capsized, dumping its occupants picturesque name of Lionel Licoship, taking to lifeboats now." into the water. rish was hailed as a hero of the Davit Snapped 'Unsinkable Lifeboats' disaster. He was credited with row­ The string of desperate messages Another lifeboat, loaded with ing back and forth amid the wreck­ aroused great excitement ashore. women and children, was on its way age and plucking at least 20 sur­ Frantic relatives of the passengers down when the davit snapped and vivors out of the water. stormed the Lamport and Holt of­ smashed into the boat, capsizing it. Two passengers reported that fices on lower Broadway in New The .first boats that went out were York for word of their kin. An overloaded with women and chil­ .they had clung to debris for hours enterprising newspaper editor on dren, and not* enough men were while sharks circled about, and survivors in other lifeboats told of the old "New York World" sent out put in them to man and steer them. a reporter to interview the man The result was that only ten of 37 a nightmarish afternoon and night who designed the Vestris' lifeboats. women aboard and none of the chil­ in storm-lashed seas with packs of sharks constantly in attendance. The designer assured the anxious dren survived the sinking. When it was all over, two sepa­ public that the lifeboats were "un­ Finally at 2:31 PM the tired and sinkable" and the launching tackle battered ship turned on its side rate investigations began, one in and swept those remaining on the US and the other in Britain by was "foolproof." He claim.ed that the davits could board to death, including the cap­ the Board of Trade, since the Ves­ tris was a British-built and Britishbe operated by one man, and pre­ tain. dicted that the boats could be For the survivors, the nightmare operated ship. On another front, launched even though the ship was was not over. It was ten hours survivors and relatives of the dereported to have a 32-degree list. before the first rescue ships ceased filed damage suits amountBy the time his interview ap­ reached the position last radioed ing to many millions of dollars in peared in print, events had already by the Vestris and started to search the coui-ts, charging negligence. made mockery of his confident for survivors. By that time it was Investigatoi's exonerated the cap­ words. At 1:40 Monday afternoon nightfall, and rescue ships vainly tain at lengthy hearings. The the crew started the lifeboats out. hunted for boats in the water with court cases dragged on seven long years before they wound up, with The odd-numbered lifeboats on the searchlights. the final decision failing to fix the Condemned Captain starboard side proved unmanage­ When the first survivors came blame on human error. able because of the list. Only eight The British investigation was of the. ship's sixteen lifeboats could ashore, they were loud in their condenuiation of the captain for his less charitable, blaming overload­ be launched. Of these, the number 8 boat was delay in sending out an SOS and ing among other reasons, but since found to have a large hole in the of the company for the condition it wasn't at the scene and had no bottom. It was hastily patched up of the ship and its lifeboats, Amid jurisdiction over the case, made no with tin sheeting, but as sqon as the tomplaiints there were one or difference to the survivors or the the boat hit. the water the patch'• two stories of more positive tone. victims of the Ul-fated ship. • -5 • �SEAFARERS •F'affe Twenty-four April 30, 1954 LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... delegate asked all crewmembers to check their fire and boat drill stations and make sure they have their right stations. Suggestion made that all crewmembers give their odd change at payoff into the ship's fund. Ship's deiegate warned crew not to miss the ship when it sails or they will be turned over to the patrol­ man. Steward's department got a vote STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), March of thanks for the chow they served. 29—Chairman, V. Williamson; Secretary, A C Anopol. motion made and carried PELTORE (Ore), March 22—Chairman. to follow all old and new beefs of the P. Adkins; Secretary, R. Lavanie. Steam membership in an SlU fashion by work­ valves in pantry need to be fixed. Drink­ ing together as a whole. Brothers on ing fountain could use a new motor. Dis­ overtime were excused from the meeting. cussion about sanitation in recreation Brother Haynes was put a.shore in Beirut room and laundry room. Geor.ge Licbby as he was sick and crew wished him a went ashore in Colon to have an injury speedy recovery. Draw for Manila will received on a previous voyage checked be given in Subic Bay if possible. Winches the USPHS doctor. After a brief e.xam and deck gear were reported unsafe and by the doctor said that Brother Biebby had dangerous to handle and operate. a rupture and recommended that he stay on the ship and obtain medical treatment LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), February 7— in Baltimore. Brother Biebby paid off Chairman, C. Lawson; Secretary, J. V. and flew to Baltimore at his own expense Dolan. All hands were asked to take care of washing machine. Messhall should be CUBORE (Ore), March 27—Chairman, kept cleaner and all the crewmembers C. Carlson; Secretary, Charles Bartlett. were asked to cooperate. Alleyways on The steward was asked to put some fruit engine department side of vessel have to out at night. More cooperation in keep­ be painted. Foul balls warned that any ing laundry room clean. Slopchest is a performing during the voyage wilfc surely sad case aboard this ship. Captain has it be brought up before agent and be se­ but the steward operates it. You never verely dealt with. get to see what you are buying. The March 21—Chairman, C. Lawson; Sec­ steward sends someone after what you retary, Jack Dolan. Repair list for each want approximately two days after you department was read. Patrolman will ask for it. Food reported to be very bad. check fans and see about getting new ones. The steward was asked to have FRANCES (Bull), March 31—Chairman, more of a variety in the food served. All M. E. Gross; Secralary, J. O'Rourka. foc'sles need cleaning before payoff. Ship's delegate asked steward for more MARGARET BROWN (Blooitlfleld), March Jl—Chairman,* Bill Rahn; Secre­ tary, J. F. Kane. Ship's delegate explained the draw situation, which was satisfactop" to all. Repair lists will be made up by department delegates: forms were issued to each delegate. MASSMAR (Calmar), March 2*—Chair­ man, McErlane; Secretary, E. W. Wet>- moreland. Motion made to keep the messhall and recreation room somewhat cleaner. All hands were asked not to leave glasses and coffee cups on deck. Ship's- fund up to this date has S35.33. ALEXANDRA (Carres), April 4—Chair­ man, Joseph Swaiford; Secretary, Charles Gann. Ship's delegate reported that the ship will pay off every two trips while running coastwise. A list of cots and • f/ -wind scoops needed was made. The wash­ ing machine needs to be fixed. If the shortage in needed equipment cannot be taken care of headquarters will be con­ tacted. MARINA (Bull), March 13—Chairman, Allan L. Lake; Secretary, M. Repkowlcz. Motion made by chief cook to elect new department delegates every trip. A sug­ gestion was made by brother -A. Lake that on arrival in port a list should be turned in to the ship's delegate of what is needed in the slopchest, and checked before departure to see that all articles are aboard. ANNE MARIE (Bull), April 4—Chair­ man, C. Palmer; Secretary, Cliff Wilson. S. E. Jansson was elected ship's delegate and L. lovino was elected deck delegate. Several subjects were discussed and settled to the satisfaction of all con­ cerned. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), March 2— Chairman, J. C. Stewart; Secretary, D. L. Parker. A vote of thanks was extended to the former ship's delegate for a Job well done. Robert Drain elected new ship's delegate. All delegates to make out a repair list for arrival in Mobile. Steward's department was complimented lor the very good menus they prepared. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), March II—Chairman, John Samsel; Secretary, Frank Buhl. Ship's delegate reported $5 in the ship's fund. Discussion on sougeeing quarters and toilets. ARLYN (Bull), March 14—Chairman, J. Markel; Secretary, D. PIccerelli. Deck r O I I I I ^Can'Shahers^ Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. Chairman, Howard Rod*; Sacratary, H. will return keys to tha delegate before, be used for the ship's fund. Booster leaving ship. Each department will turn be gotten for the TV set. Washing in a repair list. Men shouid pay for mess- chine is still not being cleaned after room keys. Messroom will be kept shut by a few crewmembers. There was and locked In port, to keep strangers out cussion on the maintenance of the chine. and night lunch in. HASTINGS (Waterman), February 21— TRINITY (Carras), March 27—Chairman, W. Wright; Sacratary, Juan Oquendo, Chairman, Mullins; Secretary, - J. Wells. Jr. Ship's delegate missed ship in Brighton. Trinidad; his gear was inven­ toried and turned in. Jack McLaughin was elected ship's- delegate. Repair list will be ready before the ship goes to the shipyard. Ship's delegate gave a vota ol thanks for the food that was served on board the ship this trip; it has been the best in months. April 11—Chairman, Woody Whitford; Sacratary, Morris J. Black. Repair list will be given to the old man; repairs will be taken care of in the shipyard. Thomas Balton was elected steward delegate. Everyone should cooperate in keeping the messhall clean: coffee cups should be returned to the pantry. As the ship may be laid up, the crew decided not to start a ship's fund. Crew mess man and the cooks were complimented for their excellent cooking and fine service. SALEM MARITIME (Cltlai Sarvica), April 1—Chairman, W. Horn; Sacratary, R. Kahrly. Ship's fund totals $16.88. Re­ placements sent in Puerto Rico did not sail; a letter was sent to the patrolman about this. /Motion was passed to drop charges against a brother. Statement was read on the second mate's remarks about the Union. April 13—Chairman, L. Parker; Sacra­ tary, R. Kahrly. There is $18J4 in the ship's fund. Iron and a new set of tubes were bought. Washing machines needs repairing. Check will be made to see if buttermilk can be obtained in New York. Malbua. M. T. Doherty waa elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Inquiry will be made about the reason stores requisitioned were not delivered. Com­ pany has not furnished the grade of food required. Everyone should clean the washing machine. One man from each department will take a turn cleaning the laundry for a week. No answer was re­ ceived on the request for fresh milk In Japan. Delegate will write to New York about the man who paid off in Portland at the commissioner's office without pay­ ing his personal debts to feUow crew­ members, which amounted to about S8S. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), DacanP Steward waa out of milk three days in bar 20—Chairman, F. Prazalar; Sacratary, port and one and a half days out of J. H. Shasrar. There is $16.98 in the juices for breakfast and a little more bread. .Captain should post the time that variety in the menu. Ship's delegate re­ the slopchest will be open in sufficient ship's fund. Thanks went to tha chief signed and a motion was made to elect time for all hands to know about it. another one. Thomas Tipalds accepted nomination. HOOSIER MARINER (Isthmian), March 2—Chairman, R. B. Barnes; Secretary, CHILORE (Ora), Aprlll 3—Chairman, J. W. Janlsch. There is $28 in'the ship's Pat Fox; Sacratary, Eddia Gana. Several fund. Picture was bought for headquar­ complaints on the subject of food. It ters on the ship in Japan. Ship's fund seems there is not enough fresh fruit on wUl be turned over to men in the Seattle the table or at night lunch. Canned fruit hospital because the ship is being laid short where table serving is concerned. up. Picture will be bought from the A patrolman will be contacted to see ship's fund. Patrolman will be contacted electrician for working on the washing what can be done about the food. about not getting one linen issue. Books machine. Motion was passed to donate will be picked up by the delegates when $1 per man to the ship's fund. Motion FELTORE (Ora), April 3—Chairman, patrolman comes aboard. Cups should be was passed to get a new washing ma­ Jim Keavnay; Secretary, Frank Pogara. returned to the pantry. Ship's delegate chine in San Francisco. Two old bags Motion made to see patrolman about was asked to explain fully to the patrol­ of flour will be destroyed. Vote of thanks fresh water tanks. Ship's delegate will man what the score is on the beef in went to the crew for the cleanliness of the messhall. There should be less compose a letter to see about customs Pusan on shots and shore leave. noise in the passageways and doors situation in Venezuela. All members asked to be present when a meeting is should not be slammed. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), held. Suggestion made that when a man January 17—Chairman, Wray; $acracan't make the ship because of shoreside March 21—Chairman, Carl Clbbs; Sacra- tary, Batsalmora. Knickerbocker was troubles contact the hall immediately. elected ship's delegate unanimously. New Repair list will be ipade up and given to washing* machine is not called for and the patrolman. will not be provided as long as the old one runs. There is a balance of $53.73 in the ship's fund. Steward said that he DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), March 24— would issue enough Kool-Aid for the Chairman, S. RuzyskI; Secretary, J. L. trip. Phonographs and radios are not to Chastain. Each man cautioned to check be played if others are disturbed. Library his slopchest and draw totals before sign­ will be kept locked in port. Menus will ing on. Ship's delegate reported that be posted daily in the crew messhall by the chief engineer refused to install new the steward. Bosun will be compensated washing machine until old one breaks tary, Edward V., Smith. Repair list is down. Repair lists have to be made out. being worked on. Steward department from the ship's fund for the money he got a vote of thanks for a good job on spent on Christman tree decorations. SOUTHERN STATES (Southern), March this trip. New washing machine and new 29—Chairman, Tony Parker; Secretary, library are needed. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), na data Whitey Johnson. Steward said that any —Chairman, W. J. Smith; Sacratary, E. suggestions the brothers may have for AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), March W. McDavld. After much discussion, it any special stores will be followed. The Chairman, Darwood Mann; Sacratary, captain told the chief steward he could Frank Young. Some men would like to was suggested that delegates and mem­ have anything he wanted. Repair list lay off in Miami, if they can get relief. bers of other departments should make should be made out; repairs will not be VIotion was passed to get a new washing complaints to the steward and let him run his awn department without inter­ made until payoff at Norfolk. machine. Delegates will make out repair ference others. Suggestion was lists. All rooms are to be left clean by made to from have cold cuts for supper once NEVA WEST (Bloomfleld), April 4— the men getting off. New mattresses and a week in hot weather. Each department Chairman, Bob High; Secretary, George pillows and enough cots will be put on Yeager. Bob High was elected ship's board. More supplies are needed for should take turns cleaning washroom; a will be posted ort the bulletin board. delegate. Motion was made and carried sanitary work in the engine department. list to set up a system to keep the recreation All dirty linen should be turned in. Radio Letter will be written to the LOG on the subject of draws in US currency in for­ room, laundry and record player clean. speaker in the crew's mess will be re­ Ship's delegate will see about getting paired, as well as all lockers, bed springs. eign ports. November 29—Chairman, J. Logan; records from the Army PX. E. VV- McDavld. Washing ma­ SUZANNE (Bull), April 13—Chairman, Secretary, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL B. PALMER M. RIngo; Secretary, F. Boyna. There is chines should be kept clean. J. Logan was appointed ship's treasurer. Sugges­ (American Waterways), January 10— $9.50 in the ship's fund. Men getting off tion was made by the steward to let his department settle the dispute about the PO messman. Chief engineer will not ai-f low white clothes to be hung in the fidiey. Each man shouid be allowed time on Friday to get his own linen. Life jackets should be renewed. March 27—Chairman, W. J. Smith; Sac­ ratary, E. W. McDavld. One man re­ ported difficulty in obtaining prescribed medicine Yrom the company doctors; he could only get patent medicines. Doctor said company will not allow him to give out anything but prescribed medicines. Messhalls and pantry will be cleaned be­ fore entering port. Vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job well done. All foc'sles will be cleaned up before leaving the ship and .all dirty linen turned in. 0. : it NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF Seafarers Log 1947-19.53 ( Inclusive) fditor, SEAFARERS LOG Brooklyn 32, New York - 47S Fou;lh Avanug Fisaio send ma tha following! (a)........-bound volumai of tha I9S3 LOG ® $5 aach. lb) Enclotad is a total of $ abOBBBBBBBBdOB* OBBOBBOOBBBOBBBOBO ADDRESS bBaooaooBOBBBoaoBaogooBBaBBOagsBooeoooooaa ••••ooaasoosaaooBoaoBOoaoooaoBoaooaoBB ROBIN COODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), March 21—Chairman, Jamas Chaw; Sec­ retary, Cy Syphar. Motion was passed unanimously to gee the patrolman about the night mates and engineer using the crew hospital as living quarters. One man was left in the hospital at Cape­ town. Repair lists will be turned in. Li­ brary books will be returned, not • given to shore workers. Ship needs fumigation. Vote of thanks went to the electricians for showing movies. CHILORE (Ora), April 10—Chairman, Pat Fox; Sacratary, L. Williams. Ship's delegate conferred with the patrolman on the condition of food and stores; a big improvement was noted over last trip. Suggestion was made to get butter­ milk, since not everyone drinks milk, and buttermilk would last longer In hot weather. eomplata tats of bound yalumai of tha LOG for 1947 through 1953 ® $25 aach. NAME BBBBOBBBBB^g THE — , | MAE (Bull), April 10—Chairman, R. Brown; Sacratary, R. Hammond. There is $17.74 in the ship's fund; $22.75 Was spent for flowers,. An arrival,pool will • p .3'- n<,/,.wAA '-tf will ma­ use dis­ ma­ Discussion was held on members drinking and their conduct in the messhall. spit­ ting on decks, in drinking fountain; in in the future guilty members will be turned over to the port patrolman for action. April 8—Chairman, W. Handarihot; Sec­ retary, T. RIvas. Discussion was held on the messroom being closed early in port. Patrolman will be asked about getting more food and a better grade of meat. MARYMAR (Calmar), March 2$—Chair­ man, George Ford; Secretary, Joa E. Thomas. Each department will help keep the ship's recreation room and the laun­ dry clean. Men should be properly dressed in the messhall. There should be white tableclothes in the crew messhall. Men should put cups in the sink, and alt hands should help keep the ship clean. Shelf should be put in lockers; keys are needed for crew's quarters. BALTORE (Ore), April 1$—Chairman, $amuel Mills; $acratary, George Prota. Trash can is needed in the laundry. Quartermaster's door won't close; deck engineer will repair this when we reach Sparrows Point. Crewmembers' in the future will report repairs needed ta their department delegates, so they can be at­ tended to before arrival. ~ Failure in Aha operation of the washing machine should be reported to the steward, so that it can be repaired before leaving the dock. . Vote of thanks went to -the steward' de­ partment. SANTORB (Ore), April 1$—Chairman, A, Loguldls; $acratary, Allan Wargo. Roy Justice was elected ship's delegate for the next trip. Delegates should see the patrolman about more cots: there are only five on the ship. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a fine Job. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), March SiChairman, Charlas H. Bush; Sacratary, Charlas W. Happdlng. Ship's delegate was elected again by acclamation. Stew­ ard would like to have all used linen re­ turned when changing linen. Steward will put out linen on Friday. Members of the crew will please refrain from putting their feet on messhall chairs. April 1$—Chairman, C. Bush; Sacratary, Cacll Thomas. Anyone wishing to bring charges against k crewmember should do so at the ship's meeting There were no charges. Members votM to buy a new wringer for the washing machine from the ship's fund. Messhall should be prop­ erly supervised by the chief steward for better service. There is much ado about the painting of passageways around crew quarters; it is believed they will be done next trip. Washing machine needs re­ pairs; mate will be asked. Deck hands would like to have a locker for their personal gear. Request was made for mirror cabinets in crew quarters that are missing them at present, also chairs and a table or desk for messmen's quar­ ters. Vote of thanks went to the baker for hs classy baking. March 2$—Chairman, Carl Boraallnol Sacratary, Billy Cherry. Fine levied against ship in Saigon for possession of illegal cigarettes was paid by the crew. Beef between jeefer engineer and chief engineer will be taken up with the pa- trolman. Repair list will be made up and given to department heads. Captain, through the chief mate, suggested that those members of the deck department who had been logged turn to on deck and work their logs off at the rate of 2 to 1—approximately $1.25 an hour. Tha offer was refused. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Sealraln), April 17—Chairman, John Monast; Sec­ retary, N. A.. Kirk. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. Motion was passed to get • clip boards for each delegate. John Monast was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Vote of thanks went to Norman A. Kirk, retiring ship's delegate, for a job well done during his term. Men have, been coming into the mess­ hall improperly dressed. Men should help keep the messhall clean at night. Library should be changed. Ship's fund totals $13.75. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), April 18—Chairman, Lerey Doty; Secre­ tary, R. Ingram. Cots should be placed at the disposal of the crew. Port stew­ ard claims we are not supposed to have cots except in tropical weather. Men should sign the blackboard in the laun­ dry when then are using the washing machine. Milk should be placed on the table twice a day so the 12-4 watch will have milk. ALEXANDRA (Carrat), April 12 — Chairman, • Robert Cole; Secretary. Charles Gann. Steward was ordered by the baptaln to tell the chief cook his food is too greasy, and that in the future he has to do better as the officers are dis­ satisfied. Chief cook asked the crew how they liked the preparation of the food. The entire steward department got a rising vote of thanks for the good food being served. Galveston hall will be in­ formed that the crew is backing the stew­ ard department fuily. Shortages in equip­ ment and stores were discussed. Patrol­ man will be asked to come aboard and (Continued ORDflge 25) �Ayril lt/19S4 SEAFARERS LOG Tare Twenty-five .. . DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) okeg HaUman, cnglna delegate; Ed Rank­ ing. ateward delegate. Library wiU be kept locked up until the ahip leavei port. Chief engineer will be aaked about repaira on the galley atove. Cokea should not be taken from the refriger­ ator. MesshaU tables should be kept clean and cups picked up at all times. Meeting adjourned, with all hands going to No. 4 hatch to take a pictute for the VAL CHIM (ValenMne). April IS— LOG with C. Hemby'a new Folaroid Land Chairman, Frank Douglas; Seeretary. An­ camera. thony Jaeovlno. Motion was passed to buy a plaque for the deceased Harry ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), March Core, to be sent to his family in Australia. 4—Chairman, James H. Smith; Secretary, Itoy Griffith was elected new ship's dele­ Lee Bruce. Delegate saw the patrolman gate. There is $149 In the ship's fund. about the slopchest and was told they Steward will be asked If meals can be can't force the ship to put on stuff. served earlier for watches' end to re- Cigarettes are stiU rationed. Ship's dele­ Ueve the unnecessary work for the mess- gate asked the crew to confine their man and pantryman. clothes to the line and not the rails. All cups and glasses should be returned to CALMAR (Calmar), April 11—Chairman, the messroom. MttI* bactf. Washing machine naadi flxIngi cats, mattresses, pillows are needed, there Is soma OT beefing, room and meal gUowance. better mall service from the company is wanted. Ship's fund will be started by donations to cover the cost «f wires, various expenses. A. MIchaleli; Secretary, Thomas Lowe. Wilmington agent will be asked to check on the man who left the ship owing about S900 to crewmembei's, to go to the hospital In Long Beach. Mall box will be made by chips and put In the recreation room for outgoing mall. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for a sweU job done with the food we have. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), April 4 —Chairman, William Blakely; Secretary, R. Lee. Washing machine was repaired; it should be used in moderation. Stew­ ard department will do their own paint­ ing; deck department have all the OT work they can possibly do. Complete re­ pair list will be made on arrival in drydock. Electric iron and board will be raffled off. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. Tubs should not be LA SALLE (Waterman), no date — used for dirty clothes; use buckets. Chairman, Clarence E. Hamby; Secretary, H. Starbuck. C. Hemby was elected ship's delegate: L. Wilson, deck delegate; CherBENTS FORT (Cities Service), April * —Chairman, James Kelly; Secretary, Tom TERSGNAItS A1 Whitmer Please contact Mitchell T. Reed at 1219 North White, New Orleans, La. 4" 4" 4" Matauel Menor Please contact with James MacDonough at Harrison Bldg., 4 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., or call RIttenhouse 6-3746. "4.4' 4 Hannes Rantoja Please contact Reino Pelasoja, c/o Mrs. P. Senja, 79 East 125th Street, New York 35, N. Y. 4 t Carthy. Ship's delegate will see the stew­ ard about mattresses. Jim Kelly was elected ship's delegate. Ship's radio needs repairing. Each department will get a repair list made out bbfore the ship goes into drydock. ROBIN TRENT (Robin), April 4—Chair­ man, M. Smith; Secretary, Martin Laas. Deck department, messhall have been painted and engine department messhaU will be painted before arrival in the United States. Letter to New York was mailed from Capetown about the com­ pany hiring shore gangs in South and East African ports to do work usually done by the ship's crew. Deck and en­ gine department messhalls were not sougeed prior to painting by deck depart­ ment, causing the loss of OT pay to mem­ bers of the steward department. Chief engineer will be asked about' painting the passageway leading to wipers' and NOTICES Jacob Elirondo Roy McCannon Please contact F. J. Petitpas at Please contact NY headquarters 750 Gale Avenue, Hawthorne, mail department for your dis­ Calif. charge certificate. 4 4 4 Ralph Mueller • Please get in touch with D. P. Gloria, 4 4 4 4 4 4 Peter Cheklin Please contact the Welfare Serv­ ices office at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Joseph F. DabkoshI 4 4 4 NY headquarters has been ad­ Gear for the following men may vised that, you have been classified 2-A, unUl August 1, 1954, by your be picked up at the Welfare Serv­ ices office at NY headquarters: local draft board. A. Blue, Waldo Shaw, G. Crim4 4 4 mins. Max Lifshultz, Charles Wil­ Walter B. Hallett Get in touch with your mother. son, Fred Arst, Charles Hankel, She is ill and worried about you. Cooper, J. Galandez, E. R. Buckley, Her address is 156 Fellsways West, Marvin Blizzard, William Halscher, Yoltz, V. Kuhl and Eugene Tucker. Medford, Mass. . 4 4 4. Qitix Anstverg Estaban M. Villabol Please contact Jose Villabol at (1) Dover, Delaware, Indianap­ 442 West 23rd Street, New York olis, Indiana; Oklahoma City, Okla­ 11, NY. homa. 4 4 4 (2) Jupiter, its diameter is James R. Batson about 11 times the diameter of Please contact Mrs. J. B. Mac- the Earth and about one-tenth the Donald concerning Chick. Her ad­ diameter of the sun. dress is Bishop, Calif. (3) 3/5. 4 4 4 (4) Mexico City, Montreal, Earl J. Roberts Montevideo, Melbourne, Mukden, Please contact Pauline E. Troy Madras, Moscow, Munich, Man­ at 206 Boggs Avenue, Pittsburgh chester, Marseilles, Madrid, Milan, 11, Pa. Manila. 4 4 4 (5) Superficial. Claude D. Berry! (6) He'd have to do it in noth­ Your gear off Jefferson City Victory shipped home from Oak­ ing flat; it's impossible. Traveling land, Calif. Please contact North uphill at the rate of 15 miles per hour, it took him 4 minutes to get Bend, Ore. and claim same. to the top. In order to average 30 miles an hour for the entire hill, he'd have to complete the two Fill That Berth miles in four minutes. He If a crewmember quits while coulto't do it. a ship is .fh port', .delegates , ,(7) Drinking. Noggins were are asked to contact the hall wooden drinking cups. Immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part (8) Sleepwalking. will keep all jobs aboard ship (9) They are all women authors filled at all times and elimi­ using male pen-names. nate thei . chance, of the ship sailing shorthanded. (10) 1492, the year Columbus dis­ covered America. Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have i proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use* one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. Fayna. W. GaUagher was elected new delegate by acclamation. A sign will be put on the washing machine, and a light that can be switched on when the ma­ chine is in use. Chief electrician will put this up. wants more cooperation in keeping the passageways clean of butts and trash. Ship's delegate suggested that brothers visit our shipmate who was hurt on board last trip, in the hospital. TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), March 13— ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), April 4— Chairman, D. Stone; Secretary, D. Hub­ Chairman, J. A. Ryan; Secretary, O. W. bard. Eli Hanover was elected ship's dele­ Trawlck. M. R. Robinson was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Brothers were warned to be back on ship an hour before sailing time, and on time for deck department caUback. April 13—Chairman, • A. Grady: Sec­ retary, D. L. Knapp. Ship's fund will be started at the payoff; O. W. Trawlck was elected treasurer. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for fine co­ operation. Repair list wiU be turned in before reaching Trinidad, homeward bound. Record player needs fixing; it WiU be locked up in US ports. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), March 27 — Chairman, D. B. Brownlee; Secretary, William Trachln. There was a beef en fresh vegetables; steward wiU put in an order for them. Members were cautioned about leaving luandry dirty. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), March 21 —Chairman, Charlie Burns; Secretary, Frank Semple. There was a beef about the chief engineer, who doesn't want the delegate check the evernme against the master sheet. There were no fancy blows or beefs. There was discussion on the electricians' quarters, as It was not repair Ust. A vote of thanks -wont to painted last trip. Ship's delegate will-see the steward department for fine feeding. the master ajpout putting a note in the laundry about not using the washing ma­ STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), March chine after 9:00 PM' as the noise disturbs 2»—Chairman, Stanley Schuyler; Secre­ sleepers. Laundry and recreation room tary, Joseph Corrlveau. Sanitary work should be hetter cleaned. The same goes should be improved. Steward for the Water fountains. All cots are to will take care of the laundry; department de­ be turned In to the steward before ar­ partment, the library. There engine should be rival in the United States. Rooms will no performing. Books should be returned be left clean and tidy by those getting off. to the library after they have been read. All doors will be locked in foreign ports. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), March 11— Garbage is to be carried back aft. Every­ one is to help keep shoreside workers out Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, H. Star­ of the messhaU and passageways. ling. V. C. McMiUon was elected steward department delegate. He bad been act­ ing as delegate. ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping), April 11—Chairman, W. F. Simmons; April 4—Chairman, R. T. Whitley; Secre­ Secretary, W. J. Barnes. Four men were tary, listed. Steward will continue fired and three were logged; this wiU be takingnet care of the ship's fund. There taken up with the patrolman. Repair should be less noise in the passageways. list ha.s been turned In to the ship's Shoreside workers should be kept out of delegate. midship house. Steward asked for sugges- gate by acclamation. One member asked the crew not to make so much noise around crew's quarters, Wa.shing ma­ chine WiU ho fixed, either at sea or in the first port. Ship's delegate said it would be better for the entire crew if everyone would take care of his own job and stop butting his nose into everyone else's business, since gome of our troubles seem to arise from the fact that certain persons aboard just cannot mind their own business. Laundry was discussed; it was decided to see if anything could be done to keep the deck dry. Steward got no new mattresses and no exterminator came aboard in Baltimore. April 11—Chairman, Eli Hanover; Sec­ retary, G. Gage. Quarters were painted out, washing machine fixed and bunk springs renewed where necessary. Dele­ gate will see that fans are repaired, since the next trip will be a new one. Addi­ tional clothes lines will be put below, since most of the crew will be washing as we jiear port. Everyone was cautioned to turn off the washing machine after use. Chief told the engine delegate a new stack had been ordered for the ship dur­ ing its annual inspection after this voyage. Ship's delegate will check with the hail and the steward about getting additional supplies and clothing of a better range of sizes. Repair list will be made out by the ship's delegates. Steward department got a vote of thanks for a job well done. Water tanks are in bad condition and the water is dirty: ship's delegate will check on this when we arrive. DEL MAR (Mississippi), April 10— Chairman, Joe Spina; Secretary, Henry C. Cerdes. Beef about chief engineer will be taken up with shore personnel. There is $216.46 in the ship's fund. Men should be properly dressed before entering the pantry. Electricians should be paid to run the movies from the ship's fund. Checkers and other games will be pur­ chased by the stweard from the ship'* fund. Writing paper and envelopes will be bought by fund treasurer. There was 1 a discussion about noise in the various ; lounges at night and about the washing I machine. STEEL KING (Isthmian), February 17— Chtirman, Scott; Secretary, Ciacchetti. Captain will gladly give draws when ex­ tended stay is foreseeable; he will alse take back extra money. Animals were brought aboard; the captain was asked about their stench. A letter will be sent to the Union about where to put these animals. The captain is hi complete agree­ ment about moving animals away from tions and promised to cooperate on all after housing to No. 5 hatch as soon as matters. There was a discussion on wip­ cargo can be changed. Animals will be ers painting engineers' quarters. Deck department is not working O'i' except the bosun and carpenter on weekends, and they are willing to do the work. Wipers will knock off. Letter will be written to headquarters from Capetown for clarifica­ tion. added to the list of penalty cargo. Shoreside personnel will be kept away from animals In port. All members are to be properly di'essed in the messhaU. GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), April II— Chairman, Jimmie Colder; Secretary, Robert Cantor. J. Flanagan was elected ship's delegate unanimously. Crew ap­ proved idea of Union-supplied forms to be fjUed out in case of accident. Unneces­ sary noise in the passageways should be stopped while men on watch are trying to sleep. Repairs wiU be turned in at least 8 days before arrival in the States to allow time for minor repairs. Captain will be asked to post notice of time a day ahead to enable men to know when the ship will sign on; this is to enable fire­ man on donkey watch to sleep ashore. Amount of draw desired should be in­ dicated when the draw is requested, so that the captain can get enough money Bboard. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Waterman), April II—Chairman, Charles E. Spencer; Secretary, James Morton. Repairs were completed; beef on OT in steward depart­ ment was straightened out by the patrol­ man. There are no beefs; this crew is a good gang. All hands are happy, and it is a pleasure to bring in a clean, beefiess ship. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), April II—Chairman, James R. Mathews; Sec­ retary, G. Mihalepoules. Ship's delegate is resigning after the payoff; Flannery was elected new delegate by acclamation. Three cases of coke bottles are missing. Brothers were asked to turn bottles back, to save money for the ships' fund. Vote of .hanks went to Brother Lister for his ti. t and trouble in showing movies. SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), April 14— Chairman, John A. Buielowski; Secretary, J. Stanke. There was a discussion on closer cooperation in keeping the laun­ dry clean. Each department will clean it for a week. There should be more rye LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld), bread and strawberry preserves put out. April 4—Chairman, C. Wlllbourn; Secre­ Discussion was held on the mess locking tary, J. RIelly. Donald F. Hilton was the drawers in the messhall. Steward elected ship's delegate. Three days' lodg­ ing was not Included in the port payoff; it will be included in the payoff at the end of this voyage. Ship's delegate will send a letter to headquarters asking when a man's pay starts—after shipping from the hall—the day he clears the doctor or when he reports aboard ship. AFOUNORIA (Waterman), no date— Chairman, H. Starck; Secretary, Orville Puzzle Angwer Edjfor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) USD SBSS •OSBQnQS DBBS NAME IBB mmu SDSGSB STREET ADDRESS BIH SflHHia HOe . il CITY ZONE STATE I •I SDQS laiSQ [IDSSl BEE aaa EBSCIB Signed QjaBQca BSCS TO AVOID DUPLICATION: gsoaa BEB SgQS EGSClQiZlSSIl aBSQ CSaSJISSaDE HBsiB -eagj saaca If you irg an old lubicriber and hava a chanqo of addraii, ploaio giva your former addrati belowt ADDRESS CITY a • I 20NI aaaaBaoiaaaaaooei.STATi 11 �• ' »:•:• I'^i •• • •'• S't-i't SEAFARERS Pare Twenty-rfz April M. i»54 LOG Caution Urged In Installment Buying; Union Service Offered in the HOSPITALS In recent months, Welfare Services has been helping a number of Seafarers get credit for the purchase of furniture, household appliances and other items. Normally, credit houses will not permit installment buying by seamen and others who do not work steadily at one place, but letters from the-^ Union explaining the way sea­ found that the credit contracts are are several in that he is able to men ship through the Union drawn up in such a manner that check prices and contracts before­ hiring hall are usually sufficient to clear the obstacle. However, in a number of in­ stances, the Union has discovered that these credit agreements are considerably one-sided and several Seafarers have complained about poor service on repairs or refusal of the companies to refund money when the man changes his mind and wants to return the purchase. In some cases. Welfare Services has been able to rectify matters to a degree, through complaints to the companies or to the Better Busi­ ness Bureau if necessary. In other cases, the Union has All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Daniel Joseph Gemeiner, born March 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Gemeiner, 338 Travers Place, Lyndhurst, NJ. Guillermo Salvador Castro, bom October 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo Castro, 251 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 t Lucy Ceperlano, born March 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucio Ceperiano, 235 West 75th Street, the Seafarer has little or no re­ course in the event he is dissatis­ fied. In some instances, the sea­ men have lost out on payments entirely. Sea Chest Credit Okay Some Seafarers have found that arranging for credit sales through the Sea Chest is one way out of the problem. The SlU-operated subsidiary has been handling ap­ pliances, watches, television sets and the like for some time and can make arrangements for installment purchases of these and other household furnishings. The advantages for the Seafarer "24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ward, 469 Eighth Street, San Pedro, Cal. New York, NY. 4 4 4 Donald Bruce Hudson, born Jan­ 4 4 4 uary 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wanda Lee Vargas Ledo, born Louis E. Hudson, 757 Augusta March 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Bienvenido Vargas Ledo, 2138 4 4 4 Gary Stephen Browning, born Brookfield Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 April 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Charles Edward Shaw, Jr., born Mrs. Harry Browning, Route 3, September 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. Madison, Fla. and Mrs. Charles E. Shaw, 5000 4 4 4 East Eager Street, Baltimore, Md. Louis Flavel Greaux, Jr., born 4 4 4 March 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Gary Lee Manning, born January Mrs. Louis F. Greaux, 122 First 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avenue South, Texas City, Tex. Michael M. Manning, 1407 West 4 4 4 Michael John Ward, bora March Arctic, Tampa, Fla. 4 Patients Welcome SIU Books One SIU service that is heartily welcomed at the Orleans USPHS hospital is the supply of fresh reading ter in the form of SIU libraries. The books consist of the-*same assortment the Union them exactly suited to their uts aboard contracted ships, and desires. The books, K m |"f•^' J''' (aturing westerns, mysteries, de­ tective fiction, how-to-do and other books designed to pass the time away more easily for drydocked seamen. Three com­ plete libraries, consisting of 50 books in each, comprised the first shipment to the hospital. Mrs. Miriam Phillips, librarian and recreation director of the hospital, expressed extreme satis­ faction in the books presented by the Union and thought that the patients at the hospital would find The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who, are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time hand. If he Is not satisfied, the for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, Sea Chest can line up other re­ drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. liable sources of supply for him. MARINE HOSPITAL > James J. Ruth Nicholas T. Tala Then if a man is on the beach and GALVESTON, TEX. Luther . C. Seidle Gerald L. Tbaxton can't make a payment he will find W. M. Adams Harvey E. Shero Marlon C. Vester Thomas Ritson James T. Smith J. E. Ward it easier to adjust matters through Lonzie V. Albritton Conrad Shirley Roy E. Steele Barboza Jack Slocum the Union-operated service. Such C. Claude Davis - James M. SneU USPHS HOSPITAL instances arose quite frequently J. H. Dudley . .Nikolai Taska SEATTLE. WASH. B. McCain Vernon West during the recent tie-up on the Quentin R. B. Barnes Joseph Neubauer John Markopolo Sverre Johanessen John O. Rollng waterfront here in New York. USPHS HOSPITAL Carl R. Johnson Robert R. Young In any case, a Seafarer should Horace Mobley GALVESTON. TEX. think twice befpre making a down Ralph Armstrong Ihomas A. Scanlon CITY HOSPITAL payment on a credit item. Even MOBILE. ALA. MARINE HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Clinton H. Patello though there is no written con­ Maximo TangaUn tract, a down payment completes Wm. H. Mason USPHS HOSPITAL Alexander PresneU SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. the transaction and the Seafarer USPHS HOSPITAL Henry J. Chllds C. J. Neumaier can be held liable. NORFOLK, VA. Ho Xee Choe Robert A. NlehoUs New mat­ 4 4 Mitchei Steven LaFIeur, bora March 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henneson LaFIeur, Box 181, Oberlin, La. 4 4 4 USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas C. Ballard Nathan L. Gardner James J. Battle Jack H. Gleason M. J. Berry G. W. Graham Paul Boudreaux John L. Hlnton Charles E. Brady Lyle Hipp Wm. R. Burch Gustav Hoyzam O. Butler Frank F. James S. C. Carregal Thomas S. Johnson Clarence W. Cobb William Johnson P. B. Cogley J. A. King S. Cope E. G. Knapp Adlon Cox Manuel Laca Glen M. Curl Leo H. Lang Gordon R. Dolan Pierre Leblane John G. Dooley James M. Lucky Jack N. Dows Oscar F. Madere J. C. Fernan^ex Albert W. Nelson Charles L. Flshel Leslie N. PearsaU Leo Fontenot John W. Plcou B. C. Foster Tony J. Radlch H. H. Fountain W. E. Reynolds James E. Gardiner Roy D. Roberts Byron Curt Wainwright, born July 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis S. Wainwright, 1120 needs St. Andrew Street, New Orleans, Mrs. La. 4 4 4 Phillips said, add to the already Mary Margaret Johnson, born established hospital library, mostly along the same lines, but comple­ March 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and menting the library in several Mrs. Stanley U. Johnson, 114-12 169th Street, St. Albans, NY. classifications. 4 4 4 Bill Fredericks, SIU Welfare Gerald Patrick Flaherty, borm Services representative in New Or­ leans, made the presentation to March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and the hospital. The library gift is Mrs. Robert F. Flaherty, 1123 part of the SIU ships' library pro­ North Iowa Avenue, Pleasantville, gram, under which marine hos­ NJ. 4 4 4 pitals will regularly receive the Jo Anna Sierra, born April 4, new assortments of books as they 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin appear every three months. The deaths of the following Sierra, 530 Atlantic Avenue^ Seafarers have been reported to Brooklyn, NY. the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death .benefits are being poid to beneficiaries. Bill Fredericks, right, SIU representative, presents SIU Sea Chest libraries to Mrs. Miriam Phiilips, recreation director of the New Orleans USPHS hosidtaI> for use by Seafarers'and- other patients. The libraries Consist of 50 books, the same type of assortments put aboard all SlU-contracted vessels under the SIU ships' library program lannohed last pear. ' > C. B. Coburn Joe Perrelra Thomas J. Cohnell Martin Prlsament Clarence Copeland Alfred Seeginlllar Walter Dasplt W. S. Singleton Olav Gustausen * Sing Ah Sue A. M. Keller Peter Walsh J. F. McLaughlin P. S. Yuzon Edward H. Murar SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CAL. Ragnor A. Erlcson POTTENGER SANATORIUM MONROVIA. CAL. Edward L. Prltchard USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch James H. Penswlck Ralph M. Churchill- Robert Rogers Theodore Mastaler AUen G. Brown Pasquale Mlanl USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Rocco Albanese Nicholas S. Mark Thomas R. Bach Nicolas Mayrantonla Melvin Bass Peter MazzetelU GU Borge Haakon Moum Marcle Boyles Francis R. NapoU Thomas A. Bryan Rex O'Connor E. Bulik Charles Oglesby . Camicl Caus T. Papoutsoglov Wm. F. Doran Robert C. -Pierce Elgdle Drlggers Elyjah Piatt Fritz Gelfgren Peter Prokopuk George D. Hudson Arthur A. Roy x Estell Godfrey Edwin T. Rushtoa James H. Harker Jose Sousa John B. Hass Walter Sudnlck Choo Chang Lai S. Swlenckoski Alexander Loiter James F. Thompson William Luhrsen Thomas Thompson Jose J. Valenzuela John Maclnnes USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY James R. Lewis Thomas B. Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph G. Carr ' Harry F. McDonald Bomar R. Cheeley Archibald McGulgaa Jar Chong David Mcllreath Emlllo Delgado Frank Mackey Antonio M. Dlax Vie Mlllazo John J. DrlscoU Alfred Mueller M. W. Gardiner Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranlck Robert Sizeniore Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan Ludwig Krlstlansen Henry E. Smith Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Vlllata James J. Lawlor VIrgll E. Wllmoth Kaarel Lectmaa FINAL DISPATCir Pieh Up ^ShoP Card At Payoff & Archie F. Carter v USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Terrell Adams Jlmmle Littleton William C. Bedgood R. B. McCorkel Paul B. Bland CllRord Mlddleton BothweU Blanchard Albert Morse R. Carrollton F. S. .Paylor Leonard F. Carter James B. Sellers Mike Goins Luther Vaughn Paul Jakubcsak J. C. Whatley Herman C. Kemp Norman Wright Joseph Kramer KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY H. Ledbetter VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. Bert Rlckard Jose C. Vllar VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Leonard Franks USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. r. L. Ankerson Robert Lambert Leo Broussard Joseph D. McGraw Jessie A. Clarke Terence A. McNee James R. Dodson James Macunchuck Samuel Doyle Paige A. Mitchell Luclen R. Elle Ralph J. Palmer Franklin D. Oilman George Plplnos George E. Godwin Gustav V. Svensson Walton Hudson Joseph Traxler William Kenny Henrleh Wlese Karl Krlstensen Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reniinded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by. the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots.. Those men who forget to ! pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the '*shots" a^in when, they want to sign on for another such voyage. Brother Vaughan died at the USPHS ho.spital at San Francisco, Cal., on November 11, 1952, of a brain hemorrhage; he was buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore., In 1951 Brother William H. Bellows, Jr., 28: As a Vaughn joined the SIU in Galves­ result of an automobile accident. ton and sailed in the deck depart­ Brother Bellows received fatal ment. head injuries and multiple com­ 4 4 4 pound fractures which caused his Fritz J. kraul, 61: A liver com-r death at Caroline County, Va., on October 10, 1953. A meihber of plaint proved fatal to Brother the deck depertment, he sailed out Kraul on April 12, 1954; he died at of New York, and had joined the the Tampa Municipal Hospital, union back in 1944. Burial took Tampa, Fla. A member of the en­ place at Forest Lawn, Richmond, gine department, he had sailed SIU since 1938, when he joined in Nor­ Va. folk. The estate is administered by 4 4 4 Emll Austad, 60: On February 18, Lena May Rees, 2300 Shore Drive, 1954, Brother Austad died of a Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 heart ailment and was taken to < King County Hospital, Seattle, : Isabelo Garcia, 36: On January 2, Wash.; the body was cremated. 1954. Brother GarcU died of a Since 1943 Brother Austad hact hemorrhage at Long Island College sailed from Boston as a member of Hospital. He had sailed in the deck the engine department. He is sur­ department, from New York, for vived by his wife, Margaret Austad, the past ten years. Burial took 5818 McDonald Street, Vancouver,; place at : Evergreen. -'Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. Brother Garcia BC, Canada. leaves his father, Manuel Garcia, "444 Quentin James Yanghan, 85:; Box e, Vieques, Puetro Rico.- �April SO. 1954 SEAFARERS Easily qualifying as the original "hard-luck kid" is Seafarer Charles Oglesby. A little over two years ago, Oglesby broke his left leg in a fall on the Eugenie (Carras). Last December he broke his right leg badly in another shipboard fall aboard the Steel "Traveler (Isthmian). Hospitalized ever since, he is now looking forward to an (News about men in the hospitals ana Seafarers receiving SIU Weifare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) We don't have too many new boys to talk about in the hospital this week, which is a refreshing thought for the future. Maybe the member­ ship is getting healthier, or is watching out for itself when aboard ships or shoreside. Many of the injuries suffered by the men could be avoided by constant vigilance and reporting of defective gear and ma­ chinery to the proper channels. Guess there is nothing anyone can do when a virus or bug bites you, though, except not be in that place in the first instance. Starting off this week's list of the drydock brigade is Pete Drevas. Pete is known as the Flying Greek among his shipmates, although no one revealed just why. He sailed wiper on his last Job, the Trinity, before entering the hospital out at Staten Island witli an injured elbow. Rocco Albanese was a hospital mate of Drevas, along with the rest of the boys I'll be talking about out on Staten Island. Rocco suffered a head injury while shipping as deck maintenance aboard the Bienville of Waterman. He lives in Lyndhurst, NJ, and was recently discharged with a fit for duty slip. He says he'll be ready to go any day nowr just as soon as he's had • some of that fine New Jersey springtime weather. FeU On Ship Frank Napoli, steward, came a cropper aboard the Golden City in a freak accident. It seems Frank shinnied up the mast to fix the antenna so the crew could see straight. Concentrating on the job at Albanese hand, Frank lost his grip and fell 25 feet to the deck where he was badly hurt with several broken bones. He expects to be in the hospital for quite some time, and would appreciate it if some of his shipmates, new and old, drop around to cheer him up and hear him tell the story. Suffering a severe case of tonsillitis recently, Gil Borge, of Phila­ delphia, was taken off the Portmar as a stretcher case and rushed to the hospital. He was deck engineer on the Portmar when he came down with the inflammation and after nine days in the hospital he was de­ clared well. Hurt In Taxi Accident Another boy to come up with a queer mishap was Elijah Piatt who hails from Savannah, Ga. Elijah was steward on the Antinous, but while on shore leave he dared to ride in a local taxi. Such brave but foolhardy action resulted in a back injury for him, for the taxi came to a sudden stop at an intersection "Snd Elijah didn't join the angels, but he almost joined the driver in the front seat. When they picked him up, he couldn't straight­ en up and went off to St. Vincent's hospital for emergency treatment before the traiisfer to the Staten Island USPHS institution. Seafarer Arthur Roy, although still wearing a body cast,' has been discharged as an outpatient and is Platt headed for his sister's home in Nashua, NH, for some New England sunshine in the spring as a convalescent measure. Eddie Driggers, who has been in and out of the hospital like an interne on ambulance duty, is back in the hospital again, making it his third or fourth time, in recent years. ?' - FAMIiY mOUBLEST SIU WELFARE SERTICES DipiiniEn yOUR PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS .,•1 -f Page Twenty-scvea Leg Iniury Jinx Dogs Seafarer SEEDP SEAFARERS mrnrnmrnm LOG early discharge as an outpatient. Oglesby, who is known to his shipmates as "Whltey," suffered his first serious accident on De­ cember 27, 1952, while the ship was headed homeward from North Africa. He was painting the big ventilator aft of the bridge, when the ship took a violent roll in a rough sea and dropped him 25 feet to the deck. He landed on his feet but that didn't keep his leg from being broken and his right leg from being badly bruised. Drydocked Four Months That accident put him out of action for four months, after which he resumed sailing again. But al­ most two years to the day from his first injury, he slipped and fell off an ice-covered hatch aboard the Steel Traveler, while off the coast of Nova Scotia. He was taken to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was able to get in touch with the port representative for the Canadian District, SIU. As a result, arrangements were made to repatriate him to New York as soon as it was practicable to move him. He entered the Staten Island hospital on March 7, 1954, where he had some. bone graft surgery done on his leg to put it back in shape again. Oglesby expects that it will take Exercising in physical therapy room at Staten Island USPHS hospital. Seafarer Charles Oglesby builds up strength of his arms to enable him to maneuver around with crutches. him a little while before he will be sued him will leave him alone. able to sail again. But when he Oglesby has been sailing with does get back into action, he's hop­ the SIU since 1945. He's married ing that the injury jinx that's pur­ and has his home in Brooklyn, NY. Union Lends Hand When Costly Medical Appliances Are Needed Those expensive hearing aids that cost between $50 and $100 or more gp be gotten considerably cheaper than their list price, Baltimore Welfare Services representative John Arabasz reports. Arabasz made some inquir­ these appliances, and, assure them ies when he was asked by a fair shake from the supplier at some of the membership in Balti­ the same time. more if something couldn't be done about the high price of hear­ ing aids they needed. As a resuh of contacting some suppliers, Weifare Services has been able to se­ Hospital: cure hearing aids for these men at Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week a considerable reduction in cost. is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for tlie full duration of his However, hearing aides are only hospitalization, providing he has worked a minimum of one day one of several such items that can aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. be gotten at reduced prices for Maternity: Seafarers. The Union has found that it is possible to get a number Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1. 1952, of appliances at a reasonable can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's price, or better still, to rent them gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy .of the mar­ in the event they are needed for riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a only temporary use. "discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ Such items as crutches, wheel­ ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. chairs and the like that might be needed for a few weeks in the Disability; course of temporary convalescence Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven can prove to be quite expensive if years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, purchased outright. But when they is eligibie for the weekly disability benefit for as long as he is are rented, all that is required is totally unable to work. a deposit and a moderate weekly payment. Then when the item is Death: no longer needed, it can be re­ Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can turned to the rental service. make payable to whomever he chooses, whether, related to him or High Cost Items not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard If a Seafarer needs any such an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. item for himself or a member of Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The beneficiary his family, it's a good idea to ask may be changed at any time. Welfare Services about it before putting the money on the line. The Scholarship; inquiry might save him quite a few Four coliege scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ dollars. ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ Welfare Services has contracts dren of Seafarers who meet the educational requirements. Each with several concerns that handle scholarship provides a fUil four-year course of study and may be these items on a rental basis. used at any coiiege or university chosen by the scholarship student. Therefore, even if the appliance .Ml candidates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ is needed for more than a few aminations given during the year prior to beginning their coliege weeks, it will generally be cheaper study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a to pay the rental fee for that pe­ parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children riod rather than put down the full of deceased Seafarers having three years' seatime are also eligible. cost of the item, especially a ma­ Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent jor one like a wheelchair or ex­ to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth pensive orthopedic aid. Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY. Welfare Services will be happy to assist Seafarers in obtaining Gets SiiJ iieueHts ? n �-.-TWr-rJ"- . - SEAFARERS^ LOG Vol. XVI No. 9 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • AT L A NT! C A N D G U L F D I ^ T R I C T • AFL • • - . llll. • .1. III! _ ^ , I I • life. I m p.:- ll'^ [Ik- |i;fe i? If t %\ '¥7- tea- - ,Much goes Inio the shaping of SlU policy and the admin­ istration of day-to-day Union affairs that escapes the cas­ ual observer. A large part of the work Is handled democratlcctlly by rank-and-file committees elected by the mem­ bership at regular and special meetings. These member­ ship committees regularly sift the finan<;ial operations of the Union, supervise the secret ballot election process, Con­ duct trials and appeals, and make many of the decisions fj'm ' .v'' / •• -• n • y- -:/ ' • • • •• that are passed on by all Seafarers and eventually govern the operations of the Union. ' ' This. Is as It should be, with a democratic Union constitu­ tion and membership action at all times checking the han­ dling of Union affairs by both elected and appointed Union officials and employees. The corhmittees are jusf one more guarantee of the fullest possible democracy and fair treat­ ment for every Seafarer. -AX'-' �;fst>^: . •.. .;'-.Vi;^A'7,.',fV.V^^ -SCV'/'S. ;' I' -.s", : : .- j -: >^ • ^U sS ., v, • • SEAFAKEIt84tl.06 , Vol. XVI, N*. 9 Is h • -. April 30. 1954 Sapplcmaiit •.i'-1f5^'V.-.'• •" ' - •»?;' .' ;''- l''f->'>'. • •• •• ' •:;'$-?C-X Off • •; 'JsqwJitf.:: , The following are the dry eargo companies eurreniiy under contract to the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District: Actium Shipping Corp. Int'l Navigation Co., Inc. Seatraders, Inc. Alcoa Steamship Company Isthmian Steamship Co. Seatrain Lines, Inc. Amer. MM Steamship Corp. Kea Steamship Corp. Seatransport Corp. American Steamship Co. Liberty Navigation, Inc. Shipenter Lines, Inc. American Waterways Corp. Maine Steamship Corp. South Atlantic SS Line, Inc. Atlantic Carriers Inc. Marine Shipping, Inc. Southern Steamship Co. Blackchester Lines, Inc. Martis Shipping Corp. Stratford Steamship Co. Bloomfield Steamship Cou Mercador Trading Co. Strathmore Shipping Co., Inc. Bournemouth SS Corp. Metro Steamship Corp. Tini Steamship Co. Bull Steamship Corp. Mississippi Shipping Co. Traders Steamship Corp. Calmar StMmship Corp. National Waterways Corp. Tramp Corgo Carriers Cerp. Cemposs Steamship Cerp. Ocoan Carriers, IIK. Trans-Fuel Corp. Coral Steamship Company Ocean Transportation Co. Trident Transport Corp. Dolphin SS Corp. (Triton) Omega Waterways Corp. Trojan Steamship Co., Inc. Dry-Trans Corporation Ore Steamship Corp. M- Troy Stoofiiship Company fiaglo Ocoon Transport Corp* Ore Novlfation Co. Voiitac Stoamship Co. 1^^ Pacific Walorways Cdtp. Wotorman Steamship Corp. #an-Oceanlc Hcndgation Corp. Victory Carrion, Inc. Ppnlhsulor Nevlgetlon Corp, Wosioni Navigation Corp. -•• =11 --i)!*X4'' Ijir A' It <' '-•, • : .^ Stoamship Linos,inc. i jllam SMppIni Corporation • i-1: :•• Stoamship Co.' 'V' intaoonlfaoiital S$ Corp. iV,-',.'i.;! •:d 1 'fy Soas SMpplniiCo., Inc. ^ f.'V • -• : CNilf Caiigo ^Carrion 'Corp^ • 'r •. \ wr:h'f •m •- -• .. 'A ^ V- .'X• ^=-.' A--. 'm •' �:Pa*e S—Two SEAFARERS April SO, 1954 LOi^ Freight Contract On these pages, Seafarers will find all the various clarifications that have been made in the SJU's standard dry cargo contract since it was last rewritten completely for the year 1953. The clarifications were made by a standing clari­ fications committee that was formed shortly after the last contract was signed and ratified jby the SlU membership. The committee consists of both Union and shipowner representatives who hove been meet­ ing from time to time as the occasion demanded to interpret clauses of the standard SlU contract I• ARTICLE II General Rules Section 10. Customary Duties. Greasing and Testing Beach Rods in cargo holds should be performed by what rating without the payment of overtime during regular working hours? Answer: It is agreed that the Deck Maintenance and Carpenters can do the above. However, this does not in­ clude freeing up or mechanized repairs to Reach Rods. Section 12. Medical relief will not be provided except that which is available aboard the vessel, if the cause of the illness is the fault of the member of the crew such as: Venereal Disease, etc. * * * IS;:' Section 14 (a) (b) Repatriation, Upkeep and Transporta­ tion. The provisions of paragrahs (a) and (b) of Section 14 of the Main Agreement shall not apply to any crewmember who shall be required to leave a vessel in a loca­ tion outside the United States because of illness or injury arising out of his own misconduct. Answer: This is agreed to by Companies and the Union. + * * i.'v'-' Section 18 (a). Emergency Duties and Drills. In an emergency such as this section pertains to, must the en­ tire crew, including watch below and men off duty, be broken out-before such work is not considered to-be over­ time or may the watch on deck and part of the watch be­ low, as may be required, be broken out without the pay­ ment of overtime? Answer: In an emergency such as this Section deals with it is not necessary to call out all hands unless the master of the Vessel feels that it is necessary. rs-''• h K' B'' V: • W \:f - it'l t .i-% Ifw • Section/ 30. Penalty Cargoes. When holds have been cleared after carrying penaity cargo, no penalty rate for cleaning will be paid for subsequent cleaning of holds un­ less another penalty cargo is carried. whenever an issue arose which was not clearly defined by the language of the agreement. The committee did not deal with the normal run of shipboard beefs, which are handled as before, by the SlU patrolman at the payoff. Since the lost dry cargo contract was a brand new aglreement that had many completely new clauses and others considerably rewritten, it was felt from the beginning that a standing clarifica­ tions committee would be useful. This has been proven by experience over the past several months. The result has been that instead of having to clarify the agreement on a company by company basis with each operator the Union and the shipowners have been able to arrive at general understandings on these issues. All the clarifications listed below, follow the form of the contract itself, beginning with clari­ fications in the general rules, and going on to the working rules of the various departnrients. Ships' delegates are adyised to keep a coiay handy, along with the copy of the controct, tor prompt settlement of any shipboard disputes that might arise. Section 35. Shifting Shin. Is a move between Galves­ ton and Houston considered to be a shift of the vessel? Answer: A move between Galveston and Houston is a shift of the vessel. * * * advise ship's delegate accordingly. He shall get other data if possible, such as, weather reports to further bach his decision. Section 35 (b). Shifting Ship. (A vessel is to move via the C & D Canal from Baltimore to Philadelphia on a Saturday afternoon and the crew is called back for a 6 PM move. It is about a ten hour steaming between the two ports. The vessel arrives at Philadelphia anchorage and anchors at 4 AM awaiting berth or daylight to dock. Watches have not been set for the move as per agreement even though the men stood their regular watches. At 6 AM the men are again calied out to dock the ship.) 4-8 WATCH 4 hrs. Call Back 1 hr. for docking 5 hrs. claimed 3 hrs. Actually Worked 12-4 WATCH 4 hrs. Call Back 4 hrs. watch 1 hr. docking 9 hrs. claimed 6 hrs. Actually Worked 8-12 WATCH 4 hrs. Call Back 4 hrs. watch 1 hr. docking 9 hrs. claimed 6 hrs. Actually Worked DAY MEN Bosn. Carp. Dk. Maint. 4 hrs. Call Back 1 hr. docking 5 hrs. claimed 2 hrs. Actually Worked Question: How many hours are the men entitled to? Answer: This problem could not be cleared up. We will hold for negotiation. The Union did agree that the men were not entitled to two Call Back guarantees. Section 38. Sailing Board Time. The overtime de­ scribed above shall not apply when sailing is delayed on account of weather, such as rain, fog, or any other con­ dition beyond the vessel's control. Sailing board posted for 2:00 PM, it starts raining at 11:00 AM, the stevedores knock-off and unable to com­ plete cargo, is crew entitled to Relayed sailing overtime under the provisions of this sub-section? Company's po­ sition no overtime payable because Act of God prevented completion of discharge and therefore of sailing. Answer: No overtime is payable provided the Sailing Board Time was changed in accordance with the agree­ ment. Section 31. Standby Work. Clarify the meaning of "Unless they shall be required to keep steam in the boil­ ers or oil winches," in fourth sentence. Answer: When the men are required to keep steam in Section 38. Sailing Board Time. All members of the the boilers or oil winches, they are no longer considered as standby crew, but will then be considered crewmem- unlicensed personnel shall be aboard the vessel and ready bers and therefore work under the provisions of the agree­ . for sea at least one hour before the scheduled sailing time. In the event any member of the unlicensed personnel ment that applies to such ratings of the crew. fails to comply with this provision, the Company shall call * * * the Union and the Union shall furnish a replacement.' If Section 34. Port Time. A vessel .shall not be deemed the original member reports after the Company has called to be "in port" or on "port time" within the meaning of for a replacement, the man sent by the Union as such re­ Section 34, Article II of the main agreement when it is placement shall receive two-days' pay, which two days'pay moored or anchored in or outside the Port of San Pedro shall be paid by the member who was late in reporting for the purpose of taking on bunkers. for duty. Answer: This is agreed to by Companies and the Union. Does this provision excuse a seaman from being on board at,8:00 AM and from working from 8:00 AM to * * * Section 34. Termination of Port Time. Vessel leaves 12:00 Noon, the sailing board being posted for 2:00 PM? Answer: This provision does not excuse a seaman from dock to proceed to anchorage to secure before going to sea. First bell at 2105 leaving dock for anchorage. On being on board at 8:00 AM and from working from 8:00 the following day vessel is secured and proceeds to sea. AM to 12:00 Noon. First bell, at 0130 leaving anchorage for sea. When does port time terminate? At 2105 of first day leaving dock Section 40. Launch Service. Problem: Vessel is an­ or at 0130 of following day leaving anchorage? Answer: 0130 the following day. The reason being that chored and the men request launch service. The weather the vessel did not depart for sea on the first day but de­ conditions are such that the Master feels that it is not safe for men to go ashore. What lis necessary to show parted for anchorage to secure for sea. that the Master kept the men aboard because of unsafe • • » conditions and not that he refused launch service or re­ Section 35. Shifting Ships. What is considered a shift stricted men aboard vessel? In regards to Hawaiian Island Ports? Answer: The Master shall use his own judgment and Answer: A move of the vessel from Honolulu to Pearl if In his opinion, the conditions are not safe, he shall not Harbor or vice versa shall be considered a shift under provide launch service. However, he shall as usual make Article II, Section 35. his entries in the log as to the-weather conditions and Section 41. Rest Periods. Does the last sentence of subparagraph (a) "This shall not apply when sea watches are set the same day and before the rest period is com­ pleted" apply to watch standees and they are not entitled to the completion of the resst period due or overtime in lieu thereof unless in excess of eight hours? Answer: This subparagraph (a) applies'to watch sland­ ers and they are not entitled to the completion of the rest period and no overtime in lieu thereof. However, they are entitled to as much of the rest period as can be given before sea watches are set. Section 41. Rest Periods. Problem: On Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, when watches are broken, the crew is working continuous overtime from 4:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The local Union maintains that all work after 8:00 AM in this instance would be double overtime-hecause the men did not receive their rest period. Answer: On Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, as stat­ ed in the problem is not double overtime. ^Section 41 (b). Rest Periods. Men standing 12-4 AM watch at sea, docked vessel from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM, sea watches broken at 8:00 AM turned to and worked the deck from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM same day. How many hours overtime are men entitled to? Answer: Two hours payable from 6 AM to 8 AM. N» overtime from 1 PM to 5 PM. >1' * * Section 42 (b). Fresh Provisions. Milk shall be served three times daily in Port. Forty'gallons of milk shall be on board on sailing day" when the ship sails from a port where pasteuried milk is readily available. Question: What is the definition of sailing day within the meaning of this paragraph? Is a vessel proceedin^along the East and West Coasts and calling at several ports located less than two days run apart obligated to provide forty gallons of milk on sailing from each port? Answer: Fresh milk^ shall be provided In all ports as specified in the agI^eement and when vessel sails from final port of departure forty gallons shall be on board. This quantity of milk is for the crew's consumption only. If milk is provided for passengers, additional milk must be supplied for such use. Section 45. Midnight Lunch, (a) If the crew works as late as 9 PM coffee and night lunch shall be provided. If work continues after 9 PM fifteen (15) minutes shall be allowed for the coffee and night lunch, which time shall be included as overtime, (b) If crew starts work at or before 9 PM and works continuous overtime until midnight, the men shall be pro­ vided with a hot lunch at midnight. If the work con­ tinues after midnight one (1) unbroken hour shall be al­ lowed for such hot lunch. If this unbroken hour is not allowed the men Involved shall receive one (1) hour's overtime in lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to the actual overtime workdd during the hot lunch hour. (c) If crew is broken out at 9 PM or thereafter and works continuously for three (3) hours, a hot lunch shall be provided at the eXpiratioh of the three (3) hours if the work is to be continued. Otherwise, a night lunch shall be provided. An unbroken hour shall be allowed'for the hot lunch and if such unbroken hour is not allowed the men shall receive one (1) hdur's overtime in lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to the actual overtime worked during the hot lunch hou'''(d) If crew, works, as late as S AM, coffee and night lunch shall be provided and if work continues after 8 AM I �April: 80, 1954 fifteen (15) minutes shiai be gllowed for the coffee and night lunch, which time shall be included as overtime. (e) If crew works as late as 6 AM, coffee shall be pro. vided and if work continues after 6 AM, fifteen (15) min­ utes shall be allowed for coffee, which time shall be in­ cluded as overtime. Section 47. Crew's Quarters. Room allowance as pro­ vided in Section 43 shall, be allowed when vessel is in port and:l—heat is not furnished in cold weather. . What is definition of cold weather in degrees? • Answer: It was agreed that in the Winter Zone and.the temperature was 65 degrees or lower the cold weather provision would apply under this section. Section 51. Mess Room. The provisions of Section 51, Article II, of the Main Agreement do not require any change or alteration of any vessel of the company, inas­ much as the company's vessels already comply with such provisions. Answer: This is agreed to by Companies and the Union. Section 57. Transportation and Paying Off Procedure. The provisions of sub-section I of Section 57, Article II of the Main Agreement do not apply to the vessels of the company. The provisions of sub-section 3 of said Sec­ tion 57 shall not be deemed to qualify, modify, change or diminish in any way the obligations and duties of the Union and of the unlicensed personnel under Section 4, Article II, and any group or concerted action of unlicensed personnel in signing off articles under the provisions of said sub-section 3 shall be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of said Section 4. . Answer: This is agreed to by the Companies and the Union. * This applies to Calmar lines only. SEAFARERS ARTICLE III Deck Department Section 2. Division of Overtime. Problem. This sec­ tion has been interpreted to mean that a bosun on a port payroll, over a long week-end holiday when there is no work going on a vessel, should receive the equivalent of overtime of a man standing gangway watch, while the com­ pany feels that this clause was not intended to cover such an occurrence and that such an occurrence would be in the same category as routine sea watches as specified in the agreement. i Answer: It is agreed that the bosun has. the right to stand weekrend gangway watch in turn with the rest of the Deck Department. If he fails to exercise such right, he has no claim for overtime as per Section 2, Article III. Section 6 (a). Breaking Watches and Work in Port. When watches are not broken in port and the vessel's stay exceeds 24 hours in port, overtime shall be paid for all watches stood after 5:00 PM and before 8:00 AM after 24 hours. If watches are broken in a port after having been maintained for a period of time, overtime shall be paid for all watches stood between time of arrival and breaking of watches. This shall not apply when the crew is being paid overtime for standing watches. Section 7. Men Standing Sea Watches. When watches are not broken in port and the vessel's stay exceeds 24 hours in port, overtime shall be paid for all watches stood after 5:00 PM and before 8:00 AM after 24 hours. If watches are broken in a port after having been main­ tained for a period of time, overtime shall be paid for all watches stood between time of arrival and breaking watches. This shall not apply when the crew is being paid overtime for standing watches. This excludes sea­ men .standing watches. This excludes seamen standing donkey watches. + Section 57—Kb) and 1(c). Transportation and Paying Off Procedure. (b) It is also agreed that the Articles shall terminate at the final port of discharge in the continental United States of America. If the final port of discharge is located in an area other than the area in the continental United States in which is located the port of engagement, firstclass transportation shall be provided, to only those men who leave the vessel, plus wages and subsistence to port of engagement in continental United States. At the sea­ men's option, cash equivalent of actual cost of first-class rail transportation shall be paid. (c) If the vessel departs from the final port of discharge within 10 days ^fter arrival to return to the area wherein is located the pbrt of engagement, the above shall not apply. The Union Contends that if vessel terminates Articles in Port A and departs coastwise within the 10-day periodto the area wherein is located the .port of engagement and doubles back to Port A "for cargo or any other reason, the days spent in doubling back should be limited to two or three days. Answer: It is agreed* between the Union and the Com­ pany that the final port of discharge of the inbound cargo shall be the port where the 10-day period shall commence. It is further agreed that the 10-day period shall commence at 12:01 A.M. the day following the last place of inboard cargo is discharged. Section 57. Transportation and Paying Off Procedure. • Any member - of the unlicensed personnel will be al­ lowed to pay. off the vessel in any port in continental United States or Puerto Rico upon 24 hours' notice to the master, prior to the scheduled sailing of the vessel. In like manner, the master shall be allowed to discharge any member of the unlicensed personnel upon 24 hours' notice. If the seaman exercises his rights to be paid off, as provided for in this paragraph, transportation provi­ sions shall not be applicable. If the master exercises his right to discharge a seaman as provided for in this para­ graph, transportation provisions shall be applicable. How­ ever, a member may be discharged in Puerto Rico for Just cause and shall not be entitled to transportation. Should the Union object to the discharge, the matter shall be handled in accordance with grievance procedure. Believe this clause should be clarified as follows: "Ex­ cluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays." No shipping commissioner. Answer: When crew members wish to exercise their rights under Article II—Section 57 (3) and a Shii -^ing Commissioner is required, Saturdays, Sundays, and Holi­ days shall be excluded for the purpose of paying them off. Section 60. Vessels in Idle Status. The provisions of Section 60 of the main agreement do not require the com­ pany to replace on a vessel, which is Inactive for any period, any member of the unlicensed personnel who shall have left the vessel of his own accord or whose employ­ ment shall have been terminated by the company because he was unsatisfactory. Answer; This is agreed to by the Companies and the Vnioa. -. LOG * • Section 10. Gangway Watches. Raising and lowering the Ensign shall be considered routine duty for gangway watch. * * * Section 10. Gangway Watches. The following compa­ nies will be considered in compliance with Section 10, Article III of the Main Agreement, when they maintain their own shore-side gangway watchmen in only the ports as listed below: Calmar Steampship—Sparrows Point, Philadelphia, San Francisco. Isthmian Steamship—Baltimore, Long Beach, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia. Mississippi Shipping—New Orleans. Robin Line—Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Balti,more. Waterman Steamship—New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile. * * • Section 10. Gangway Watches. What hour of watch constitutes a gangway watch? How shall the changeover from a sea watch to a port watch, or vice ver.<!a, be accom­ plished? Answer: The gangway watch shall consist of eight (8) hours on duty and sixteen (16) hours off duty. : On day of arrival sea watches for men who are to stand gangway watches shall be broken at midnight when stay of vessel Is to exceed 24 hours. On day of departure sea watches for men standing gangway watch shall be set at midnight prior to scheduled sailing time. * * • Section 11. Day Workers (b). The working hours at sea and in port for all men classified as day workers shall be from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, and from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Any work performed by day men outside of these hours shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate, except for such work as de­ fined in Article II—Section 18. Sub-section (b) above conflicts with Article II—section 44 (c) whereby liinch hour may be varied one hour. Which section governs, 44—(c) or Section II—(b)? Answer: When the meal hours are changed, the hours of work shall be changed accordingly, provided that when a meal hour is changed, it must be changed for the entire department. * * * Section 12. Carpenter's Duties. The repairing and maintaining of blocks, whether made of steel or wood, is part of the regular work of carpenters, within the meaning of the provisions of paragraph 5 of Section 12, Article III of the Main Agreement. Answer: The repairing and maintaining of blocks, whether made of steel or wood, is part of the regular work of the Deck Department, including carpenters.' Section 14. Docking and Vndocking. This section re­ quires that all hands, when available, will be used to dock or undock vessel. In a recent case, all hands were used to undock, but because a vessel was using a tug boat on the bow, the forward gang worked an hour longer than Page S—^Three .I after gang. The work involved consisted of letting go of the tug. Should the after gang receive the 1 hour's ad­ ditional time under these conditions? -Answer: No! the after gang is not entitled to any ex­ tra overtime. When a gang at either end finished dock­ ing or undocking, such gang may be knocked off at that time, although the other gang has more work to do. In such case the gang knocked off is not entitled to time worked by the other gang. I <ip j i I' ^ tA • III: Section 15, Topping or Lowering Booms, Because of the unique cargo gear on vessels of the company, the han­ dling of cargo gear by members of the unlicensed per­ sonnel shall be governed by the following provisions, in lieu of the provisions of Section 15, Article III of the main agreement: "The rigging up or securing of cargo gear shall be done by the watch on deck without the payment of overtime during straight time hours. When more than two sets of gears are being rigged, at least the two watches below and the day workers shall be used for this work." Answer: This is an individual company problem. * The above applies to Calmar line only. « Section 16. Unsafe Working Conditions. The provi­ sions of Section 16, Article III of the main agreement do not apply to or prohibit the cleaning of between-deck spaces by members of the unlicensed personnel, while cargo is being worked in the lower cargo holds. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. + .• <£1 * • •'I Action 17. Shifting Ship. Problem: Under our pro­ cedure of loading at the mines, it is sometimes necessary to haul the vessel several times during loading. The lo­ cal union maintains that, for instance, a man is called back at 8:00 AM Sunday to haul ship, and works twenty minutes, he is entitled to 4 hours minimum (which is correct), but they maintain that if you break him out again at 10:00 AM to work another 20 minutes, you have to pay him another 4 hour minimum. Answer: (a) When men are called back on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays, and work less than the 4 hour guar­ antee, they may be turned to one or more times without the payment of additional overtime, except where the time exceeds 4 hours, in which case they will be paid for the hours actually worked. (b) During such call-back the men may be required to secure the vessel for sea, but may not be required to do maintenance or repair work. * +- + Section 17. Call-Back to Shift or Hap! Vessel, (a) Shall all Deck Department personnel be used, when available, for hauling ship? Answer: The Company and Union agree that the past practice of the individual company shall govern this. (b) Shall all Deck Department personnel be used, when available, for shifting ships? Answer: The same number as used in docking and un^ docking. (c) When can Stevedores be used for hauling or shift­ ing without the payment of overtime to unlicensed Deck Department personnel? Answer: (a) When deck crew is not available. (b) When hauling ship and charter pay expenses for hauling. In the event the crew is used for this purpose during regular working hours, they shall also be used for this work during overtime hours. (d) What is a Call-Back? If men are actually aboard the ship outside their regular working hours and it de­ velops that ship is to be hauled or shifted immediately, and such men are turned to, are they entitled to the 4 hour minimum on Saturdays* Sundays, or holidays? Answer: Yes! * • •fi -"I; -..t ^ • -.1<51:<! • i. f Sec^tion 24. Vessels' Stores. Under the provisions of Section 24, Article III of the main agreement, sailors may be required to handle radio batteries and equipment dur­ ing their regular working hours without the payment of overtime. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. + • * Section 24. Vessels' Stores, (c) Daily supplies under this section shall include such items as meat, eggs, vege­ tables and other requirements for port consumption. (b) Under this section galley coal shall be considered steward dept. stores. * • * Section 33. Cleaning Steering Engine. Does the over­ time provision contained in this section apply to both watch on deck and watch below? Answer: Yes! Straight overtime is payable to both the watch on deck and the watch below. * * * Section 25. Chain Locker. In lieu of the two-way bell or voice tube provided for in Section 35, Article III of the main agreement, the company may provide the Able Seaman who shall be sent into the chain locker with an adequate whistle with which signals can be made. Answer; This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. .f- -III �SEAFARERS Paee S—^Fbur , ARTICLE IV Engine Department Section 3. Hours of Work, (a) Working hours in port and at sea for all men classified as day workers shall be from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Any work outside these hours or on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays to be paid for at applicable overtime rate, except as provided in Article II —Section 18. The sub-section (a) conflicts with Article II—Section 44 (c) whereby lunch hour may be varied one hour. Which section governs, Secti<Hi 44—(c) or Section 3—(a)? Answer: When the meal hours are changed» the hours of work shall be changed accordingly, provided that when a meal hour is changed, it must be changed for the en­ tire department. • • * . Section 6. Setting Watches. Section 38 (f) Sailing Board Time. Situation: On Wednesday ship is scheduled to sail the next day, Thurs­ day, at 6:00 PM; lireman-watertenders on donkey watch go on sea watches Midnight Wednesday. S. I. U. Article V, Section 6, Second Paragraph— "Sea Watches for men standing "donkey watch" shall be set at Midnight prior to scheduled sailing time." On Thursday, because of weather, cargo or some other reason, it is necessary to change sailing time and day to noon Friday. Claim: Firemen-watertenders claim overtime wages for sea watches stood in port on Thursday. Answer: Where sea, watches are set at midnight and the vessel does not sail before midnight of the following day, overtime shall be paid for all time in excess of 24 hours after setting sea watches, in accordance with the agreement. Overtime will be payable to the firemenwatertenders after the first 24 hours since setting sea watches, until the vessel sails. * * * Section 9, Paragraph'12. Electricians'Tools: Problem: When the vessel furnishes the electricians' tools, the Union maintains that he cannot be held accountable for the loss of same and does not have to sign a receipt for same. Answer: The Committee agrees that it is not practical ot have electricians sign for tools. April i9, iiiH LOG that It should cover engine department personnel when they are called back for same purpose. Answer: It is agreed between tiie company and the Union that anyone in the engine department that is balled back for the purpose to shift and hual a vessel shall be entitled to provisions of Section 17, Article III of the deck department. * * * Section 19. Oilers on Day Work-Steam. The ice ma­ chine room shall be deemed to be part of the engine room for the purpose of Section 19, Article IV of the main agreement. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. • * • Section 28. Wipers. The wiper who shall be assigned to sanitai-y work for two hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, under the provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 28, Article IV of the main agreement, shall be required to pump up the galley fuel tank during these hours without the payment of any additional overtime. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the, Union. ARTICLE V number of passengers, such money to be paid to the individuali doing ,the wprk.. Sectiloa i. K'outine Woric. The duties pf ihe steward department, as defined in Section 8 of Article V,of the: main agreement, shall include the cleaning and mrintaining of toilets and the enclosed passageways. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. * * * Section 13. Meals in Port. The provisions of para­ graph (a) of Section 13, Article V of the main agreement shall not require the payment of any additional amount to members of the steward department for serving meals to port engineers and supercargoes, port captains, when they are assigned to a vessel. Answer: - This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. * Section 3 (c). Honrs of Work. What are the boun-. daries of a port for the purpose of determining when overtime is payable to the steward department under this section? Example: Vessel pays off in the Port of New York and then sails to Albany, NY. Should overtime be payable un­ der this section while vessel is in the Port of Albany? Answer: (al No overtime is payable for steward's de-^ partment in Albany under above conditions. (b) In determining the boundaries of a port for the purpose of applying Article V—Section 3 (c) it is agreed between the Union and company-committee that the fol­ lowing shall apply: If a vessel proceeds from one city to another city and (always assuming that the vessel is under Register and a Custom clearance or permit to proceed is required), then those cities are to be considered two separate and distinct ports. If a Custom clearance or permit to proceed is not required the two cities are to be considered the same port for the purpose of applying the overtime provisions of Article V—Section 3 (c). The above clarification shall also apply to vessels under enrollment. • Section 14. Extra Persons Sleeping Aboard. The provijsions of Section 14, Article V of the main agreement shall not require the payment of any additional amount to members of the steward department for taldng care of rooms provided for supercargoes and pilots. Answer: This is agreed to hy the companies and the Union. * Steward Department • * • Section 16. Midnight Meals and Night Lunches. When not more thart the equivalent of one department is served at 9 PM or 3 AM night lunch, one cook and one messman shall be turned out to perform this work. When serving the midnight hot lunch, one cook and two messmen shall perform this woi-k. Answer: The company and the Union agree on abbve. • • * Section 27 (b). Day Work. Members of the steward department ton day work may be required to work in iceboxes without the payment of overtime, under the pro'visions of paragraph (b) of Section 27, Article V of the main agreement. Answer: This is agreed to by the companies and the Union. Section 27 (e). Day Work. At the time the agreement was negotiated, it was agreed between the negotiating committees that passefiger utilities on vessels between continental US ports, when no passengers were aboard, * * • would not receive the week-end or holiday overtime unless they were required to work. We are now faced with a Section 9. Electricians. This section provides that overtime shall be paid for all electrical or mechanical problem where we might like to carry a passenger utility work by the electricians on any of the following equip­ on vessels between continental US ports, when no passen­ ment: gyro compass, gyro repeaters, gyro batteries, and gers are aboard, but then we find the week-end overtime * • * gyro MG sets, radio communication batteries, and motor' makes it prohibitive. Can this clause be clarified to con­ transmitter, radio direction finder equipment. Fathometer Section 4. Working Honrs. In all ports, the night form with the verbal understanding at the time the con­ equipment and Loran system equipment. cook and baker may work on a schedule between 6 AM tract was negotiated? This section provides for overtime for the electricians and 6 PM as set forth by the steward. Answer: The committee felt that this request should be working on MG sets connected with navigation which are handled during negotiations. AnWer: The company *and the Union agree on above. . normally located on the bridge. On a ship that has two independent MG sets, both lo­ cated in the emergency generator room and which sets Section 5. Manning Scale. Problem: When -shall a supply electricity for the entire vessel, would overtime child be considered a passenger for the purpose of de­ be applicable to the electricians for working on these AC termining what meal money shall be paid to the steward generators? department under this section. Answer: No overtime is payable under this Section Answer: It v...s agreed that when the company re­ when the MG sets supply electricity for the entire vessel. ceives passenger fare for a minor child, such child, shall Section 1. This states that the quartermaster is to rif Regardless of the location of the MG sets the use shall de­ be considered the same as a grown passenger. When the the flags, which he has been doing ever since the opera> termine whether or not overtime is payable. If the MG company does not receive passenger fare for such minor tion of the passenger vessels, by being relieved by the AB. sets are used to supply electricity for the vessel, no over­ child, the steward department will not be entitled to extra The Union now feels that another quartermaster should time is payable. If the MG sets are not used for entire compensation. ' be broken out to handle the flags which, of course, would vessel but used for reasons specified in Article IV Section » • * be. on overtime, while the company maintains that this is. • (3), overtime shall apply as specified in agreement. Section S. Manning Scales. If a vessel commences the a normal occurrence, something which happens every day * 0 * voyage with passengers and a passenger utilityman, and and is the duty of the quartermaster on passenger vessels Section 15. Deck Engineer, (a) This will not include the passenger utilityman, due to illness or otherwise, pays and that this chore, therefore, should be done without mast lights, navigation lights and cargo lights perma­ off during the voyage, do we have to pay a division of the payment of overtime. nently installed. wages for the missing passenger utilityman on the return Answer: It is agreed between the Union and the com­ Answer: The intent of this is to prevent deck engineer voyage or can we pay $2.50 per day per passenger on the pany that an AB who may be on watch can relieve the return trip as we.jwould have been able to do if the vessel quartermaster when he is called to rig flags without the from working aloft on lights. had originally sailed without passenger and passenger payment of overtime for either rating. No double over­ * » • Section 17. CaU-Back to ShUt or Haul Vessel. This utilityman from the States? time will be paid for Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays, for section, is in deck department rules although Union feels Answer: |2.50 per passenger day regardless of the the above work. PASSENGER VESSELS Deck Department Ic H-:Mr W '• --.i •f.j'-'r-'-• ,v'.- 'if:;'-.--J. • I •/> • -• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 30, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 9 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MAY 31 SET AS NEW SIU ART DEADLINE PLAN 2 NEW SHIP ROADS FOR MOBILE MCS-AFL WINS SCHOONER VOTE YARMOUTH ON 'HULA' RUN? UNION, OPERATORS FINISH DRY CARGO PACT CLARIFICATIONS NLRB ORDERS DOCK BALLOTING IN MAY, SETS UP STRICT RULES US HALTS ALL TRANSFERS; 80 SHIPS APPLY DISTRICT 50 QUITS CAMU NEW GALVESTON HALL OPEN; SEATTLE READY NEXT WEEK NEW RED PROPAGANDA DRIVE STARTS SWEEPSTAKES PUZZLE GROWS FOR SEAFARER SHIPS' LIBRARIES GET SOLID CONFIDENCE VOTE DECK OFFICERS SEEKING SPECIAL MARINER SCALE KOREA SALVAGE TUGS STRUGGLE WITH GROUNDED SIU VICTORY SIU DISABILITY BENEFIT PASSES 2ND BIRTHDAY RETAIL SALES A HIT IN OUTPORTS NEW ORLEANS BRIDGE CROSSING DUE FOR COMPLETION IN '58 SEAFARERS CREW NEW MARINER SEAFARER MAKES TRIP TO MECCA ORPHANED PUPPIES FIND BRAND NEW 'MOM AND DAD' ROCK FALL THREATENS TO CLOSE PANAMA CANAL TO SHIPPING SEATRAIN HAS GOV'T OK ON GEORGIA RUN '21 STRIKE WRECKED UNIONS; '34 WALKOUT REVIVED THEM PROPAGANDA RENEWAL DOCK ELECTION WEST COAST VOTE LANDSLIDE AT PANAMA THE PINEAPPLE RUN IDLE TANKER FLEET GROWING DOPE RUNNING PLOT OF SEAFARER'S FICTIONAL TALE OF SEA INTRIGUE DRUMS ALONG NIAGARA AS TUSCARORAS SEETHE SEAFARERS REGRET JUNGLE CARGO BALTIMORE IS SITE OF BIG LEAGUE BALL CAPTAIN N.B. PALMER IS SHIPLOAD OF TROUBLE ON FAR EASTERN RUN OT NEEDLES CREWMEMBERS AS HOOSIER MARINER CREWMAN BALKS AT NEEDLE WHEN THE VESTRIS TURNED TURTLE CAUTION URGED IN INSTALLMENT BUYING; UNION SERVICE OFFERED PATIENTS WELCOME SIU BOOKS LEG INJURY JINX DOGS SEAFARER UNION LENDS HAND WHEN COSTLY MEDICAL APPLIANCES ARE NEEDED CONTRACT CLARIFICATIONS OF SIU FREIGHTER AGREEMENT SEAFARERS REGRET JUNGLE CARGO Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/30/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/4f0e1ea82e89294285a747593ac77fe4.PDF f3a52d3d23b150e24fd369e8a89521f4 PDF Text Text je-.^r N- , 0P^: m-: ARE YOU ON $58,000 LIST? ...See Special Four-Page Supplement On ^'Unclaimed Wages'^ iH-i p-i! 1 SEAFARERS OFFICIAL ORGAN Of LOG • lif • May 14 1954 THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • }>^. 'ii; ^41 i GIVEAWAr BARED "Story on Page 3 Navy Numbers Came. Forced to pose for Navy CID "rogues gallery" photos at instigation of ship's captain, the SIU crew aboard the Tagalam rapped the role of Naval Intrlligence in the mystery of missing ship's gear. The gear had been recovered without evidence of any wrong-doing by crewmembers two days before the "line-up" pictured above. The events took place in Sasebo, Japan. The man being "mugged" here is Seafarer W. Soileau, BR. Others in the photo were not identified. (Story on Page 3.) Baltimore Progress. Construction goes forward on new SIU branch hall in Baltimore, as workmen complete outside facework and interior decoration modeled after headquarters in Brooklyn. Builders expect to complete major portion of structure by summer, including glassenclosed sun deck on roof. Large win­ dow (rear, left) is in shipping hall. Photo inset shows progress on new wing being added to existing build­ ing. The hall will be air-conditioned throughout. (Story on Page 2.) a. .i^' �--- ,>-.e.::--j^ •t :••• •r ,'' • 5: 'P)v?r^•^••^-p^s ^ SEAFARERS lOG >iPar«Two May, U. 1954 $59,000 Ba^k Pay Awaits Seafarers ?•' A bonanza of over $58,000 Jn retroactive pay and qther unclaimed wages is waiting for 4,000 Seafarers employed over various periods by the Mississippi Shipping Company. Sea­ farers whose names are listed"" " in the special four-page sup­ piled up retroactive pay according­ plement in this issue of the ly. The actual total is $58,276.73. As a result Mississippi, like other SEAFARERS LOG can collect their money by contacting the com­ SIU companies, had to set up a sys­ tem for handling retroactive wage pany in New Orleans, claims and Seafarers had to make The unclaimed money represents wage accumulations for work per­ application either in person, or formed before December 31, 1953 through the mails, for their back In large part, it arose from the re­ pay. Apparently a considerable troactive features of previous SIU number of Seafarers neglected to contracts, when they were com­ do so and the wage claims accumu­ pleted after the old agreements ex­ lated accordingly. pired but provided for retroactiv­ Some of the unclaimed items ity to the date of the agreement. have been on the list since. 1948, The existence of the Wage Stabili­ Mississippi officials said, but for zation Board which has since gone the most part, these older claims out of business, further delayed the represent small amounts which the effective date of contracts and men involved probably consider not worth the effort required to collect them. Construction woiiier bends over blueprints on recreation deck of new Baltimore hall. Glass window However, a few hundred of the wall offers fine view of the city and adjoins outside sundeck. claims consist of amounts running into three figures with the largest amount, $602.87 due to Seafarer Frank L. Smith. At the other end of the scale there are 30* wage claims for one penny each. Seafarers who find their names on the list should contact the Mis­ NAGASAKI.—The SlU-manned sissippi Shipping Company, Un­ San Mateo Victory (Eastern) arriv­ claimed Wage Department, 1300 BALTIMORE—^With good building weather a t hand, considerable headway is being made on ed under tow in Japan this week, Hibemia Building, New Orleans. the brand-new branch hall for the SIU in thi s port. Construction workers are busily put­ after being refloated by Navy tugs All applications should contain the ting equipment and finishing touches on the re modeled section of the hall, while alongside, from its rocky perch on the shores Seafarers Z-number,-Social Secur­ brickwork is going*up rapid­ ity number, rating, the name of the ly on a new wing that will be ed,section early in July ii^all goes floor facilities, including a loading of Cheju Island, Korea. well. This will consist of some of­ deck. Sea Chest, cafe, kitchen and Aground for over a month, since ship or ships he worked on for part of the property. the company and the length of Contractors in charge of the fices, the shipping hall and meet­ cafeteria, as well as other installa­ April 5, the ship was en route to work are hopeful of finishing the service with the company as listed ing room, and the glass-enclosed tions will come at a later date, Sasebo, Japan, after a stop in upper three floors of the remodel­ rooftop recreation deck. Ground while the new wing has some way Korea, "when this rocky • beach on his discharges. to go before it will be completed. jumped out in front of us," accord­ In the process of completion on ing to a report from Seafarer H. C. the remodeled section of the build­ McCurdy, steward on the vessel. ing are such items as the exterior No injuries were suffered, however, facing, similar to the exterior on although the San Mateo's bow ran the New York headquarters, the well up on the beach, completely With New York dock workers looking forward to the May 26 voting date, the old discred­ central air conditioning installa­ out of the water. The unexpected ited ILA was making last ditch attempts to stave off defeat in the coming elections. In visitor proved to be a major attrac­ Brooklyn, Tony Anastasia appeared to be setting up a personal organization, while leaders tion, the bank of windows on the recreation deck and interior finish­ tion to the local Korean natives, of the ILA's Marine Division, : : ing of walls, floors and ceilings, the . who swarmed to the site to observe anticipating the outccjme of um now going on on the issue of climax, with the tug referendum sundeck, lavatories, new windows the curiosity. the election, were pulling a joining the mine union. No alter­ due to end May 28 and a stepped- on all floors and other items. Damage to the ship, estimated carefully-prepared switch to the native choice is on the ballot. The up AFL drive among the tugboat Fine View at $100,000, consisted of a jagged Mine Workers. feeling in waterfront circles is that workers going on, the situation on One thing that the new hall will gash in the port side forward, in United Additional headaches piled up with a victory by the old ILA in the Brooklyn waterfront took a be noted for is its huge expanse of the hull just below the double bottom, and some binding in the for the old. ILA when a Federal the coming election highly unlike­ new turn. Old ILA stalwart Tony window space, with the window rudder. The repair Job, which will ury found three of its officials, ly, the leaders of the tugboat unioii Anastasia appeared ready and will­ walls on the recreation deck offer­ be done here, is expected to take Harold Bowers, Willie Acklitis, are being pressured to hand their ing to part company with his form­ ing a fine view of the city and har­ several months. Although the SIU brother of Albert Acklitis of Ar­ membership over to the UMW now er allies in the AFL-ousted union bor of Baltimore, and the- hiring crew remained aboard the ship senal Mob fame, and Willie Lynch, In payment for the $200,000 Lewis and.to maneuver himself and his hall also having large window throughout its stay at Cheju, it is guilty of criminal contempt in run­ gave earlier to prop up the outlaw supporters into the position of an areas. probable that when repair work ning the so-called "wildcat" strike dock union. Former head of the "independent." When completed, the Baltimore Using Own Lawyer begins, the Seafarers will be re­ in March. Bowers got a six month old ILA's marine division is Cap­ hall will be one of the finest of its sentence and the other two three tain William V. Bradley, Who was Observers were not ready to dis­ kind anywhere in the country, su­ patriated back to the US. months," while eight locals and the moved into the spot vacated last count this possibility, with Anas­ perior in many respects to the old ILA itself had heavy fines slap­ year by ex-president Joseph P. tasia already using his own lawyer headquarters hall In Bropklyn. Am­ ped on them. Ryan. instead of the attorneys for the old ple space will be provided in the Announcement of the new voting (Continiled On Page 17) As this development reached a new building and its wing for all May 14.-1954 Vol. XVI. No. 10 date, with balloting to be conduct­ office needs, as well as for park­ As 1 See It Page 4 ed at five separate polling places ing, loading and unloading, shop­ Crossword Puzzle Page 12 throughout the port on that day, ping, recreation, food and drink. Editorial Page 13 followed on the successful fight by An elevator for freight and passen­ Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 the AFL dock union to have the gers and the built-in air-condition­ Galley Gleanings Page 20 inconclusive results in the election ing system will also help assure the Inquiring Seafarer ....... Page 12 last December thrown out. in comfort aod effici­ maximum In The Wake Page 12 The pre-Christmas balloting ency. ' Labor Round-Up Page 13 failed" to produce a majority for The new hall's central location Letters Pages 21, 22 either sidje, with some 4,000 chal­ also will make it convenient and Maritime Page 16 lenges never disposed of. In call­ desirable for Seafarer shipping out Meet The Seafarer Page 12 ing for a new election, the NLRB of the port. On The Job Page 16 upheld the AFL charges that the Personals Page 25 terrorism practiced by old ILA Quiz Page 19 supporters had denied the dock Seafarers In Action ..Page 16 workers a free choice of a bargain­ • Ships' Minutes ......Pages 24, 25 ing agent. Tugboat Picture SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Meanwhile, with the dock poll­ Regular membership meet­ Sports Line .Page 20 Ten Years Ago..Page 12 ing still nearly two weeks away, ings in SIU- headquarters and Top-Of The News Page 7 interest shifted to the situation at all brancDes are held every Wash. News Letter Page 6 confronting tugboat workers rep­ second Wednesday night at Welfare Benefits ... Pages 26, 27 resented by the United Marine Di­ 7 PM. The schedule for the Welfare Report Page 8 vision of the old ILA, whose lead­ next few meetings Is as follows: your. Constitution Page 5 ers are attempting to swing them May 19, June 2, June 16. Your Dollar's Worth.... Page 7 into a new marine section of John L. Lewis' District 50, the "catch­ ^ Seafarers registered on Published biweekly et the headquarters Of the Seafaier*. International Union. At­ all" unit of the United Mine Work­ the skipping list are required lantic A Ouif District AFL, «75 Fourth ers. Trying to prepare for the coming dock vote, BtrobUyh ILA' boss Avenue, Brooklyn it, NY. Tel. HYacinth to attend the meetfaigs* ' 9-MOO. Entered os second class matter • The switch would be worked by Tony Anastasia has consolidated sevend of-the old ILA's locals in at the Post Office In Brooklyn. NY., means of..A.vot»-by«maiL referond*. ^Jdsunow*Brooklyn!hoaidtHiaiitonh^*' under ihe *0 Tow Victory To Nagasaki For Repairs I Baltimore Hall Taking Shape; One Section Ready In Summer Old ILA Preparing For Vote Defeat ; >\ U-. SEAFARERS LOG FI M- E px: Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks •• •i. • W r-.-.vi '• �i' '• SEAFARERS Majr 14, 1954 r»t» Threu LOG 81-Ship 'Giveaway' Planned US Agency Aids Operators Y/ho Never Paid For Ships A full-scale Washington blow-up on a maritime issue, one that will seriously affect the future course of the merchant marine and the jobs of US seamen is shaping up over wholesale transfer applications to foreign flags. Ready and eager to give the green light tc the biggest ship giveaway pro­ of the 81 vessels had never paid a owners are getting an assist from gram since 1946 is the US nickel on mortgage principal owed the Maritime Administration in to the US Government, although taking a runout powder to foreign Maritime Administration. some of them had owned the ships flags. No doubt the Maritime Ad­ Tijje blow-up is compounded for as long as seven years, and had ministration people are hoping that of several explosive elements: been running them loaded to the somehow, somewhere, the ship­ • Shipowners who failed to pky marks during the three years of the owner might pay off some of the money owed Uncle Sam for the Korean War. Other ships on the money due to Uncle Sam. ships and are now trying to duck list had reduced their mortgages "In the process these same peo­ out from under. by only small amounts. ple have been going around excus­ • A Government As an SIU headquarters spokes­ ing the transfers by crying pooragency which man put it, "The people responsi­ mouth and saying that they are permitted some ble for this mess, those on the in­ caused by the high wages of Amer­ of the operators side of the Maritime Administra­ ican seamen." to default year Actually, he added, once the ship tion and others in the ranks of the after year and is got out of US hands, the shipowner operators, let some of these ships OS Spitaly is "mugrged" by » Navy photographer, In the course of now seeking to run for years solely on the basis would be free to thumb his nose an inyestigation of stolen hutterworth machines. Gear later turned recover its in­ of their 25 percent down payment at the mortgage. And of course, he up on a Japanese railroad train. vestment at the and payment of their mortgage in­ would provide that much more cut­ expense of the terest. The mortgage principal throat competition for remaining rest of the US-flag industry. v/hich is supposed to be paid back US-flag operators. • The prospect of additional cut­ The 81 ships currently applying also was never touched, even throat competition for the US-flag for transfer do not include a num­ though the ships raked in high from operators who rode the gravy ber of Liberty tankers, some of train in the good years and now profits during the three years of which have already gone over. Of the Korean war. want to take ships that are actually "Now these very same ship (Continued on page 17) owned by the Government to run­ away-flag nations. ' -Sharp protests have been made by the SIU crew of the The immediate stakes are high, Tagalam (Mar-Trade) over the treatment received in Sasebo, involving 81 dry cargo Liberty Japan,"^at the hands of Navy investigators who, egged on ships that have applied for trans­ fer to foreign flags. Indications by the captain, forced the*^^ are that the transfers would have Seafarers to pose for "rogues ance, with no indication of who through with record speed, Extension of the deadline for the third annual SIU art gallery" photos because some had removed the machines from gone but for the fact that maritime un­ contest to May 31 produced a new spurt of entries this week $700 worth of ship's gear was miss­ the ship and put them on the train, ing. The gear had been recovered apparently for shipment to a point ions and the House Merchant Ma­ as Seafarers aboard ships and ashore gained another 30 days' rine . Committee protested the time in which to submit their two days earlier. elsewhere in Japan, Navy CID The chain of events, was clearly men came aboard again and the move. As a result, the Maritime handiwork. All entries will rine Arrow, which Antonson built reminiscent of similar occurrences crew was ordered by the captain Administration was forced to call be judged and put on display during his spare time on a twoin Korea last year when merchant to pose for "mug" photos as if in a halt pending Congressional in­ at SIU headquarters early in June. month intercoastal run. vestigation. seamen, including at least one Sea­ a police line-up. The interesting model features a For the third straight year, art Excused Action farer, were court-martialed and hull, superstructure and king posts "We, the members of the crew, work submitted for the Union con­ fined for being ashore a few min­ feel that we were deprived of our In public, the Maritime Adminis­ test won considerable attention at carved out of white pine, with utes beyond the 10 PM curfew im­ rights as American citizens by the tration's spokesman had excused a special exhibit sponsored by the toothpicks as booms, sewing thread posed by the military. manner in which we were abused the hasty transfer action, claim­ New York Public Library of crea­ for the Tailings and the whole rest­ These instances, coupled with re­ and treated," the minutes noted ing that immediate relief was tive materials done by the mem­ ing in a sea of white lead. The in­ ports of conflicting and abusive above the signature of Frank Gas- needed by these operators-in the bers of trade unions in the city. genious Seafarer finished things off shore leave bans imposed on sea­ par, ship's delegate, and the three form of a friendly low-wage mari­ The postponement of the orig­ .properly by enclosing the model men by US military commanders department delegates. time flag. Such action, they held, inal April 30 deadline for the SIU in a glass case of his own design. in several parts of the world, set Three oils by Jacob Malenke, The situation was further com­ was preferable to laying up or competition came in answer to re­ the stage for the latest events on one of a nude and another of Jav­ quests for more, time from many plicated by a second disappearance scrapping of the ships. Actually, the Tagalam. anese farm girl painted while he stemming from the thief's obvious it appears that the Maritime Ad­ Seafarers, several of whom are on was out at sea, and a third of a Machines Missing affinity for things having to do ministration was getting jittery vessels due back in the States this sailing ship, completed while Ma­ The situation arose when thi'ee with "butter." Two boxes of butter about a $16 million "bad debt" in month. lenke was on the beach, added to hutterworth machines, which are were found missing from the ship's the form of vL-tually-defaulted First Ship Model the many oils contributed so far. used during tank-cleaning opera­ stores by Steward Abe Goldsmlt ship mortgages which it apparently tions, disappeared from the vessel when the Tagalam was out at sea made no great effort to collect on Entries submitted in the last two Malenke, who sails in the steward while it was In Sasebo. The ma­ again before it returned to the in the past, while the shipowners weeks included the first ship model department, noted that he takes chines, according to a spokesman States for payoff. The missing no doubt would welcome the op­ submitted to the current competi­ both a camera and oils on every at the Butterworth System office amount totaled about 60 pounds. portunity to duck out from under. tion, the work of Seafarer John trip to keep a record of the many interesting spots he's visited. Two in Bayonne, NJ, are tagged at Its loss left the ship without butter Examination of the records Antonson, carpenter. The model, unusual life-size masks of Oriental about $250 for the purposes of ex­ on the last leg of the trip home. which took 50 hours of work, is a shows that owners of at least 18 port and customs declarations, so ^reproduction of the freighter Ma- figures, made by Seafarer Sal Terracina, rounded out a period of un­ the cost of the three units on the usual entries. (See separate story Tagalam was approximately $700. and photos on page 9.) When the disappearance of the Twelve Prizes Offered machines was discovered, the ship's In the judging next month, which minutes of the Tagalam dated May will be handled by a panel of ex­ 2 reported, "captain took it upon perts including the art editor of himself to accuse the crew of sell­ ing them or throwing them over the SEAFARERS LOG, three prizes will be awarded to the top the side." Navy intelligence was entries in each of the four contest called' into the picture and began classifications — oils, watercolors, investigating. Immediately, the ac­ drawings and handicrafts. Up to cusation that the butterworth gear five entries in each class can be was thrown over the side was prov­ submitted. en to be false, when divers search­ Seafarers sending in entries to ing the harbor bottom found noth­ SIU headquarters are urged to la­ ing. bel them clearly with their own Eventually, two days before the name, address and a selling price, ship left Sasebo, the local police, if the item is for sale. It is advis­ who were conducting the inquiry able also to send them either by along with the Navy,- located the registered or special delivery mail machines and recovered them from to insure careful handling. All en­ a train. Apparently disturbed be­ tries should be addressed to tho cause his accusations hadn't held Art Editor. SEAFARERS LOG, 679 water against anyone in the crew, on the day of departure the skipper Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, went a step further. • • lohn Aiitoiu»pi (lert), oarpeDter, shows, ship model he made In SO hours out of white piue, tooUipicks or delivered in person to the LOO HOG mu! Tagalam Crew Hits Navy CID 'Mug Job' Extension Of Art Contest Deadline Swells Entries ..JStiU'tovcstigating the disappear- and thread. At rii^t. Jaeeh Malenhn tliwlars ship painting he entered in SIU aft contest. office pt hfii^agten. 1 '1 �..-^<-<-A; ; •; «..-^, . SEAfARlERS Paf« pQQr May 14. 1954 LOG As I See it • •• _—_ fMf ' IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW SINCE THE: DAYS OF World War II and people tend'to forget what the mercfiant seaman went through in delivering the goods., As many a Seafarerl-wiirrecall, there were the subs, the mines, the enemy torpedo planes, the black­ outs at sea which made for wrecks and collisions and all .the other hazards of sailing multiplied ten times over. As a matter of fact, in the first part of the war, before the major invasions were launched, seamen suffered consideraUy more casualties than the memljers of the Armed Forces, particularly before the mer­ chant ship convoys were given adequate Naval protection. There were periods in the early days when seamen risked their lives just taking short coastwise trips as the subs roamed with impuMty'a few miles off our shores. > AH this is considered old hat by many shoreside people who have quickly overlooked the sacrifices of merchant seamen, and incidentally, the vital role played by ships in that war and any other. But those days are recaUed by the faet that just ten years ago, two of the many ship^ named for Seafarer-heroes slid down the ways of shipyal^s, the Joseph Squires and the George W. Alther. Men from SIU and Catholic Chcrch officials take part in Apostleship of the Sea Sunday celebration ' 1,200 Lives JLost at Catholic Maritime Club. Shown (1-r) are Bishop A. Caillouet; Archbishop F. Rummel (cuttlny Those who wish to refresh the memory a little cake); SIU patrolman C. Stephens; Rev. Fr. T. McDonouyh, Catholic chaplain for the port; R. about those days can read in this issue how these Stelcler, CMC official, and J. Impastato, president, St. Vincent de Paul Society. Cake at riyht was two Seafarers sacriffoed their Uves so that ship­ mates and others aboard their vessels could be yiven by Seafarers in New Orleans. saved. These men were just two of over 1,200 SIU men whose lives^were lost as a result of wartime action, in addition to the untold numbers who suffered injury, and hardship as a result of their work. Seafarers, like other seamen, do not ask for any special favors or NEW ORLEANS—In the opinion of Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel, Christ had a treatment for the services they have rendered In time of emergency. "special preference for men who followed the sea." All they have ever asked before or now, is the opportunity to work "He chose them to be leaders in His church to carry its extension to the far corners of and earn a living on US-flag ships under decent Union conditions. the earth," the Archbishop-^ 4" 4 4" THE SEAFARERS ABOARD THE MISSISSIPPI PASSENGER SHIP said at an "open house" ob­ merchant seamen was celebrated house observance at the maritime servance of the 50th anniver­ at 7 AM .at St. Patrick's Church club that "seamen have had a Del Sud have gotten into quite a pleasant habit the last couple of years, that of throwmg a party every spring for Seafarers sary of Catholic services to sea­ by the Rev. Fr. Thomas A. Mc- great part in every great work of on the beach, their friends and families. ' It's not men in this port by the St. Vin­ Donough, Catholic chaplain for the world." known here just who was responsible for originating cent De Paul Sociiety and the 10th the Port of New Orleans and na­ "No man has a greater heart for this successful idea, but the fact remains that the anniversary of the Catholic Mari­ tional secretary of the Apostle­ unselfish causes than the mer­ ship of the Sea. Archbishop Rum­ chant seaman," Father McDonough crewmembers of the ship have contributed, a good time Club, 711 C^mp St. mel delivered the sermon at the said. deal of time, effort and money to provide sociable Annual Observance get-together for Seafarers who happen to be in the After an address by Bishop A. The occasion was the annual ob­ mass, which was attended by many Pdrt of New Orleans at the time. servance of Apostleship of the Sea seamen, including a big SIU dele­ Abel Caillouet, national modera­ These annual picnics, which are now established tor for the Apostleship of the Sea, Sunday in Catholic Churches on gation. affairs in the Port of New Orleans, are one example Seamen also were praised by three big birthday cakes given for May 2. of the kind of brotherhood that exists in the SIU. Preceding the affair at the Mari­ Father McDonough who reminded the occasion by the SIU, the NMU time Club, a solemn high mass for those participating in the open and the St. Vincent De Paiil So­ They give an opportunity for the men in the port pass an enjoyable ciety were cut and refreshments afternoon with their shipmates. The crew of thg Del Sud is certainly to be congratulated for its efforts. were served. Celebrate M'time Club Birthday \i [^ I '" tv k:p» r^' The native sons were very much In evidence down in the Quaker City at the last membership meet­ ing there with Vincent Stankielii wicz as chairman of the meeting, Joseph Brooke as recording secre­ tary and Daniel Piccerelli as the reading clerk. All three of these brothers call Pennsylv ania their home state Brooke and live ashore in Philadelphia when hot out at sea. Stankiewicz, who handled the chair, has been sailing with the SIU for quite some time now, joining In the Port of New York back on June 15, 1942. He's 31 years old and sails in the deck department. Recording Secretary Brooke joined the SIU at about the same time as Stankiewicz did, getting his book in Philadelphia on May 4, 1942. He^s 36 years old, married, and sails with the black gang. Piccerelli, who is well known to the crews of Waterman ships on the North European runs, generally sails as steward. He joined the SIU In New York on jJanuary 29, 1948. He is 4(11, years of age.; 3« 4" 4" Seafarer Lawton Beale of Tampa, Florida, went "way up north" to Savannah to serve at' that Georgia port's membership meeting as the chairman. Beale, who sails in the steward department, has been an SIU member since March, 1948, when he joined the Union in New York. He's 46 years of age. In harness with him at the Savannah meeting were Roy Joe Nash as recording secretary and Rupert Pierce as reading clerk. Nash, who will be 31 next month, came into the SIU in the Port of Baltimore on March 1, 1946. He sails in the deck department and comes out of Comer, Georgia. Pierce, who sails with the engine department, joined the SIU in that same port on November 29, 1947. He's 26 years old and comes from Snead's Ferry, North Carolina. 3^ 4" 4 One of Orange, Texas' favorite sons. Seafarer G. B. Gillispie, took charge of the last Lake Charles port membership meeting. Gillispie - was born in the Lone Star State 27 years ago this coming Sunday and has been sailing as an SIU member since he Ibrain joined up in Tampa on October 13, 1945. He's in the deck department. Lake Charles* recording secre­ tary was Searfarer Carlos Ibrain of New York City. Ibrain, who. is 30 years of age, has been sailing with the SIU since back in 1942, joining up in the Port of New Orleans on June 29, 1942. He's a native of Puerto Rico and sails in the deck department Ship Sale To Brazil Hits House Snag A State Department plan to sell 12 Government-owned C-1 MAV-l ships to Brazil struck a snag when a subcommittee of the House Mer­ chant Marine Committee voted to table the proposal. The commit­ tee said it act^ because it did not want to pave the way for a deluge of requests to reopen the Ship Sales Act of 1946. The comparable Senate commit­ tee had authorized sales of the vessels on the grounds that they would help contribute to that coun­ try's economic development and promote the foreign policy of the US. However, the action of the House Committee had apparently killed the ship sales bill for the time being. At the same time, the Committee authorized the sale of. eight C-1 types and two N-3 types to ^he Philippines for use in the interisland trade. Full approval of the measure was held up until the question of Philippine discrimina­ tion against US shipping is cleared up. The vessels have been under charter to the Philippines for a number of years with the charters running out this June 30. It's considered more likely that the sale to the Philippines will go through since the vessels are to be used solely in the inter-island trade and will riot compete with offshore US-shipping.' " 4 4 4 FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, A UNION REPRESENTING FARM workers, the AFL's National Agricultural Workers Union, has been struggling against great odds in various parts of the country to help better conditions for people who work for a living on farms. As many Seafarers know from their own background and experience, working oh a farm can be a pretty rough way of making a living, and the Union has had a tough time of it attempting to better conditions. Recently this AFL outfit has been active down in the Louisiana strawberry country attempting to get a better break for the smaU strawberry farmer who has been at the mercy of the middlemen in the strawberry business. The result was that somebody blew the whistle and brought the Justice Department's Anti-Trust Divi­ sion down on their heads. Now it seems that in Washington the Anti-Trust Division -hasn't been able to do very much lately since it's considered bad form to knock a big busi­ ness outfit these days even though it may be violat­ ing the anti-trust- laws! So here was a made-toorder situation—a handful of small strawberry farmers and a couple of union organizers all in one package. The re.sult was that the Anti-Trust Division thought it important enough to haul these farmers and the organizers into court and hava them fined and jaU sentences Imposed. / The jail sentences are all the more astonishing when It is con:rfdered that in past years major corporations prosecuted in trust cases have uniformly gotten away with fines which were very small in comparison to their ability to pay. You would have to .look long and hard to find any corporation officer who went to Jail. Somehow, this seems to be a throwback to the worst conditions of . 50 years ago when the Anti-Trust laws were used not against busi­ ness monopolies for which'they were designed, but against labor unions. It doesn't appear that the men in the Anti-Trust Division deserve any bgttle stars. for having lo "ked up some small Louisiana dirt farmers who were trying to improve their lot. . 4 4 4 IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR NOW SINCE THE SIU STARTED putting-libraries of fresh up-to-date-reading matter aboard SIU ships, with-the books purchased out of the SEAFARERS L0(* fund; Re­ cently it was decided to ask the memheriship just how they felt, about this set-rip arid what could be done to improvriU. Those members who have responded were overwhelmingly In favor of the program and recommended it be continued with a few changes. Accordingly steps are being taken to adjust the book selections in line with the preferences expressed by the membership. •In general though,' the response Indicates that the libraries fill a long ?:it tifeed for dwerit reading matter aboard ship, and the facts indicate the Union took proper settOnDjr deciding to put theni-^boarct �May 14. 1854 I' Sunken Tug Gets A Lift SEAFARERS LOG Pare Ply« New Library Selections Due Aboard All 51U Ships Given an overwhdming vote of confidence in a six-week poll conducted by the SEA­ FARERS LOG, the SIU ships' library program will definitely continue, with the next quar­ terly distribution of books aboard SlU-contracted vessels scheduled for August. The changes recommended by the member-• —r— — ship are being put into effect poll also dealt with the quality and land. The results also showed a types of books being furnished. marked preference for more novels immediately. The results in the membership Previous 50-book assortments in­ and non-fiction, with the -emphasis poll, which got underway March 16, cluded 15 Westerns, 15 mys­ bp "sea stories" in the novel cate­ shoyved two solitary votes urging a teries, 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 gory and "how-to-do-it" books in complete stop to the program out humorous books and 2 books on non-fiction. Accordingly, the LOG has made of the all the votes cast. Aside sports. These were the proportions from this negligible factor, 42 per­ agreed upon, with the distributor, arrangements with Pocketbooks to cent of the Seafarers recommended Pocketbooks, Inc., one of the na­ adjust the assortments as foPows: continuing the libraries as is, while tion's largest distributors of small, 8 Westerns, 16 mysteries, 12 novels, 8 non-fiction, 4 humorous books the majority, 58 percent, urged paper-bound volumes. Prefer Novels and 2 on sports, and the changes slight changes, principally in the The sentiment registered by Sea­ will be incorporated in future proportions of the types of books farers polled, however, indicated assortments. An extra mystery has in each 50-volume assortment. Launched a year ago, the experi­ that the packages had been top- been added for the benefit of the mental library program developed heavy in Westerns, and that sea­ "who-done-it?" fans in answer to by the LOG staff and maintained at men who sailed the wide-open the request for more of them. The no cost to the membership by the spaces of the ocean weren't as number of humorous books and LOG fund, provides for the dis­ interested as anticipated in the books on sports will remain the tribution of ship's libraries evei-y doings of their counterparts on same as before. three months on all .SIU ships. Their sole purpose was to help fill the need for decent reading mate­ rial aboard ship, rather than the tattered, cast-off volumes generally A salvage crane hoists the sunken tug Lloyd H. Dalzell to the available. Libraries are also being surface again after the tug burned and sank at the New York furnished periodically at USPHS Docks in Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. hospitals for the use of patients SAN FRANCISCO—Speculation is running high on the there. The poll originated when it be­ outcome in the 90-day election just ended between the Marine came necessary for the Union to Cooks and Stewards-AFL and the Communist-dominated decide whether to commit itself to National Union of Marine* future purchases of books for the Cooks and Stewards (inde­ day on the Permanente Silverbow libraries, and the decision, accord­ pendent). MCS-AFL official went 9-0 in favor of the SlU-afingly, to poll the membership on are optimistic, with the ballot filiated union. the question. Early results indi­ count due to start Monday. The voting on the Silverbow cated an enthusiastic response in Meanwhile, the MCS-AFL won followed by about two years pre­ SEATTLE—Seafarers have expressed much enthusiasm favor of the libraries, and were easily in a by-election involving a vious balloting on a second ship over the modern facilities available at the new .Sailors Union maintained through to the end. company not affiliated with the owned by the same operator, the of the Pacific building, with SIU-A&G shipping in this port Aside from the major issue of Pacific Maritime Association, the Permanente Cement, which was continuing or stopping the libra n' shipowners' group involved in the : also won by the MCS-AFL. Since to be dispatched from the" distribution, which is handled in were highlighted by the presence all ports by the SIU Sea Chest, the three months of balloting which then the union had been reprebrand-new location in a few of wound up May 10. The vote Tues- j senting the men on both cement Government and port lead­ days. Considerable fanfare ers,labor. carriers, but the latest voting with Washington Governor accompanied the dedication cere­ Arthur B. Langlie officiating at the made it official. NUMC&S didn't monies for the SUP hall a week laying of the corner-stone. even try to make a showing. ago today. AFL victory in Permanente Living Units came close on the heels of an iden­ The third new postwar hall built The model SUP hall features tical voting sweep a few weeks by the SUP, the branch building main-floor shipping facilitfes, TV, earlier on West Coast steamhere is a two-story structure, with reading and writing rooms, cigar WASHINGTON.—Strong State Department opposition to a schooners. That balloting netted additional facilities built into the store, barber shop, fully equipped large basement. Located at First gymnasium, shower rooms, restau­ permanent "50-50" law aroused heat at a Senate hearing 20 votes for MCS-AFL and not a Avenue and Wall Street, a block rant, bar and baggage room. The on the proposal. Senators of both parties took the floor to one for the Commie-controlled union, with two votes cast for "nofrom the previous quarters, the second floor houses the sailors' denounce the State Depart­ -fsite had been ownft* by the Sailors home, 22 living units for oldtimers ment's long-term opposition to emphasized that many other coun­ union." The steamschooner win re­ Union for some years before con­ and disabled members. Each of "50-50" which has helped keep tries have "50-50" laws of their versed a previous decision on struction was actually begun. own and discriminate against US American shipping going in the these apartments includes a bed­ (Continued on Page 17) _ Ceremonies marking the com­ room, kitchen and bath, and is fully face of stiff low-cost foreign com­ shipping accordingly. petition. pletion of the new port structure furnished. A bill calling for a permanent "50-50" law was introduced by Senator John Butler, Maryland Re­ publican, and Representative Thor Tollefson, Republican of Washing­ ton State. The bill would greatly strengthen existing "50-50" prac­ tices by calling for transport of at least 50 4)ercent, and in some cases 100 percent of Government-fi­ From Article XVII nanced cargoes on" American-flag 'This Union mo/ publish pam­ vessels. phlets, journals, newspapers, 'Detrimental' Law magazines, periodicals, and gen­ In the course of hearings on the bill being held by the Butler Water eral literature, in such manner as Transportation Subcommittee of may be determined, from time to the Senate, a State Department time, by a majority vote of the spokesman, Thorsten V. Kalijarvi membership." said the Department believes that, the proposed legislation .would be detrimental to tlie long-range in­ terests" of" the merchant marine and of US foreign commerce. The spokesman also placed into the record, statements by the Gov­ On the beach and on the ships the ernments of Norway, Sweden, SIU membership is fully informed, Great Britain, West Germany and Denmark, opposing the "50-50" of the goings-on in the organiza­ legislation. tion through its bi-weekly 28The State Department's position page newspaper. Booklets on brought strong rebuttal from Sen­ various educational subjects are ators present, with Senator War­ ren Magnuson, Washington Demo-^ also published from time to time. - At top, view of new SUP hall In Seattle from Ist Avenue aide of crat, pointing out that the depart­ the modem, bulldinr dedicated last week. At bottom (1-r), SIU ment had always opposed a "50-50" West Coast Representative Marty Breitboff, Seafarer Joe Landry law but had never proposed any­ , and SIU Seattle Port Agent Jeff Gillette look over space for SIUthing constructive to strengthen A&G offices in the port on ground floor of the building. Breitboff the US merchant marine. *W,.froni Francisco for the event , . Further, ^e .Senatyriji .Resent MCS-AFL Wins Another One, Awaits Major Ballot Count Seattle Port Turns Out To Dedicate New Hall State Dept. Tries to Block Permanent '50-50' Law YOU ahd fhe SIU CONSYIYUTION �Vase SEAT ARERS LOG M«r 14. 1954 .:'i; SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON • • • , Eighty-one per cent of the 1,297 ships in the commercial US -fleet were built during World War II and will become 20 years old duping the period 1961 through 1965. Thus, if the operating fleet is replaced only as the ships become 20 years old, a total of 936 keels would have, to be laid within the three-year period, 1961 to 1963. Such a shipbuilding program is beyond the capacity of existing Amer­ ican shipyards, because this would require 174 shipways annually in peak years while, only 63 now are available. For this reason the Department of Commerce has recommended a shipbuilding program of 60 ships a year. This would maintain the ship­ yard nucleus required, and would replace the existing fleet In ah or­ derly manner over the next 20-year period. In addition, it would pre­ clude a re-o-ccurrence of ships becdming obsolete in a block. • i The Joseph Squires, one of the first Liberty ships named after Seafarer-heroes, shown at its launching at,the New England Shipbuilding Corporation yards on May 22, 1944. Sbips Numed For Seafarers iFass Their 10th AnniTersary Next week marks the tenth anniversary of the launching of the first two Liberty ships named for Seafarers during World War II in recognition of the wartime sacrifices which cost them their lives. More than 20 vessels built during the war were named after SIU men. Both the Joseph.Squires and"^ the George W. Alther were The two ships fared far better York. The Squires has been laid than the Seafarers they were up for some time in the Govern­ launched on Maritime Day, named after. Both are still intact, ment reserve fleet at Suisan Bay, May 22, 1944, and ;eventually s|W service in the war. The Squires was launched at the New England Shipbuilding Company's yards in South Portland, Me.; the Alther at the Delta Shipbuilding Corpora­ tion's yards in New Orleans. and one of them, the Alther, is currently in service in the Pacific on charter to the Military Sea Transportation Service. It has a new name, however, and is now the Annioc, owned by the Paroh Steamship Corporation of New Deadline Near On Sea Medals WASHINGTON—The Maritime Administration has again cautioned all merchant seamen, licensed or unlicensed, that June 30, 1954 is the last day they can apply for any awards as a result of wartime service or heroism aboard ship in Seamen who served aboard USdocumented, US Maritime Com­ World War II. mission, War Shipping AdministraSince all of the awards were pro­ vided for by statutes and executive orders which have been repealed or revoked, the Government has decided it's time to apply the cut­ off on applications for same. The deadline applies to all seamen's lervice decorations, certificates of continuous service, ship plaques, crew citations and certificates of eligibility for Philippine defense gibbons. tion-controiled or War Department vessels during the period of May 1, 1940 to July 25, 1947, inclusive, are affected by the ruling, which bars applications after June 30. Further information can be gotten at the Maritime Adniinistration,: Marine Personnel Office, Room 805, 45 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. Telephone inquiries can be made to WHitehall 3-8000, exten­ sions 32 and 33. California. Alther wiio, at the time of his death, was sailing as a second mate on the Timothy Pickering, died following an enemy bombing at­ tack on July 13, 1943. The ship, which was carrying ammunition and high octane gas, exploded be­ fore Alther could complete his vain attempt to save a wounded naval gunnery officer aboard the crippled vessel. Squires was on the old Maiden Creek on December 30, 1942 when, with the ship breaking up as a result of enemy damage, he volun­ teered to remain aboard to lower the last lifeboat. He went down with the vessel. Both men were posthumously awarded with Mer­ chant Marine Distinguished Serv­ ice Medals for their heroism. On Maiden Creek The Squires was redelivered to the Maritime Administration on May e, 1952, after being operated, for the "Government by the Coast­ wise Line under a General Agency Agreement (GAA). The Alther was bought from the Government • by Paroh on February 12, 1951. 4 The executive branch of the Government always attempts to present a uniform approach before Congressional committees. In order to ac­ complish this, their reports on legislation first must be cleared through the Bureau of the Budget, as being in line with Uie program of the President. However, a notable exception to. such a uniform, approach on. legisla-. tion is present in connection with consideration of the bill to make permanent the idea that US-flag ships shall carry at least 50 percent of cargoes financed by this government and moving abroad. This cargo preference legislation has been of substantial assistance in providing a firm backlog of traffic for the US overseas fleet. For this reason, the Commerce Department believes that this principle should be continued as a part- of our national shipping policy. " On the other hand, the idea is strongly being opposed by the Depart­ ment of State. The latter department, which is Interested primarily in the international effect on foreign nations of the 50-50 shipping bill, once again has given in to the whims of our foreign-flag competitors, aM is trying tp defeat the legislation on Capitol Hill. In one-respect. State will be successful. Although popularly referred to as the 50-50 shipping bill, the measure, in certain instances, would allow 100 percent of shipments to be carried. abroad on US vessels. This portion of the legislation "will never bp approved by Congress, so that the most that can be hoped for is that Congress will approve, as a permanent la^y, thp 50-50 carriage principle. 4" i Another proposal that has- hit a snag In Congress and probably will not go through this year is the private financing bill, under which ship construction is financed in the private field instead of by the Govern-, ment. Here is another instance of internal trouble within the executive arm of the Goverpment. The Commerce Department is all for the bill but the Bureau of the Budget is violently opposed to the measure in its present form. The bill provides that the Government would guarantee 100 percent of the mortgage, but the Bureau wants nothing of this provision and insists that the private lender must take part of the risk. This is only one of the several parts of the proposed legislation that Budget won't go along with. The legislation, originally drawn up by private steamship-lines and mtroduced in both the Seriate and House, wou't go through in its present form. 4 t 4* 4* The Conference of American Maritime Unions, representing AFL-CIO unions, recently told the House Merchant Marine Committee that the miiitary should not be empowered to state that certain ports and areas abroad shall be closed to merchant ships. The Anerican ships, the unions pointed out, are manned by loyal Americans who have been screened for loyalty by the Coast Guard in cooperation with other Governmental security agencies. At an outbreak of an all-out war, the US merchant ships will go into every port and area where required. One inconsistency of the position of the military is that Anierican LST'a under Japanese contract and completely manned by Japanese seamen are in the vital shuttle run between Japan and Korea. So that, on the one hand, the military seems to say that certain US seamen cannot be trusted in these vital areas, but that, on the other hand, they put their blessing upon an operation where completely foreign crews are used in the Japah-Korea run. 3^ By the end of 1952 the merchant fleets of all foreign-flag countries, excepting^Germany, Japan, and Greece, had been able to increase the carrying of their respective merchant fleets above prewar levels. Of the three nations whose fleets are still below prewar levels, Germany and Japan have embarked upon large shipbuilding programs, and they are expected to provide a great deal more. competition as the size of their fleets is increased. t- iEJhor, SEAFARERS L06 trooUyn 32, N*w Y»rfc - 675 Feuffh Avanu* FU«» IMJ fh* fellewSng: (•I........bound volumtt of tho 1953 LOG O $5 ooch. (b) ^ g Encloiod ii 0 fotol .of |. • NAME ••'t ••••••••••••#«•«•••• ••oaoaeaooaooo'a'Voooo ADDRESS • •••••••••• a.* 6a»«ooooo«o#aooo«o6t««oooaoo» •oo'oooooo'oioooooaoo.ditoaooooo o'« o^o ooooooM'booooo'ooooo . 4" t 4 The Military Sea Transportation Service is. asking $50 million to con­ struct our special-purpose ships to serve the Arctic region—rships that will be ice-strengthened. This request for. fund^ probably will be ap­ proved by Congress although many Congressmen are attemptirig to have private US shipowners undertake the construction Job and oper­ ate these ships. ^ comploto M(f of bound volumot of tlio. LOG for 1947 througb 1953 9 125 ooch. I I I I it Subsidized US lines have ^earned substantial returns on their net worth since 1946, having increased their net worth from $335 million since that date to about $487 million in 1952. As to earnings of unsubsidized US operators, the average returns on net worth, before and after taxes for the period 1946-1951 of those lines in the so-calied liner operation were 10.7 percent and 5.7 percent re­ spectively. The rate of earnings was slightly higher in 1951 and 1952. As compared to the subsidized segment of the fleet, the non-sub­ sidized liner companies as a group increased their net worth sub­ stantially over the period since World War II, from about $84 million to $132 million, or 56.9 percent. | �SEAFARERS Mair 14, 1»54 LOG Fate Seres 5IU-MAW Wields Giant New Vacuum Cleaners In Holds Of Bauxite Ships US MAY 'BUTTER UP' BRITISH—With 350 million i)Dunds of sur­ MOBILE—The world's largest vacuum cleaners currently are being used by SlU-affilfplus butter lying around in Government storage warehouses, the US ated Marine Allied Workers in a new project that company oflEicials say may revolutioniz# is making arrangements to sell 40 million pounds of it at about 47 cents present methods of cleaning holds. a pound. Present local price of butter in the US is between 63 and 69 Alcoa Steamship Co. had" cents a pound, while the butter in storage was bought by Uncle Sam the cleaners., custom-de­ under the parity price support program at 60 cents a pound and up­ ward. Selling of surplus abroad has been in works for some time but signed for cleaning the residue butter-producing nations like Holland and Denmark are very unhappy of bauxite ore from the holds of SlU-manned ships arriving at Mo­ about the whole thing. ' bile from Caribbean ports. By the t - old method, holds were cleaned DIPLOMATS WRANGLE ON KOREA. INDO CHINA—The Geneva with water, which meant they had conference of major nations on a Korean peace treaty has gone along to be allowed to dry before they the expected path with the US, Britain and France on one side and could be loaded with outward Red China and the Soviet Union on the other with no compromise in bound cargo. The old method of sight. The Korean issue was overshadowed by Indo Chinese fighting cleaning also promoted rust, which with the French anxious for- an armistice as Communist troops further increased maintenance costs; closed the noose on the outnumbered French in Dienbienphu, and Five giant vacuum cleaners finally took the fort last week. weighing 10,000 pounds each are used in the operation, believed to • 4 ibe the only one of its kind in the •SUN BATTERY' EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL—A "sun battery" which converts the rays of the sun into electricity has been successfully world, said Chester Smith, Alcoa's developed and tested by the Bell Telephone Company. The battery superintendent of the cleaning consists of strips of silicon which form an electric current when the operation. Two Sections sun's rays shine on it. Up until now, though, the amount produced is .too small to have much practical use. Each vacuum is divided into two sections to facilitate lowering the 4" 4" it cleaners into the holds. One sec­ TRACK RACER BREADS FOUR-MINUTE MILE—An English med­ ical student, Roger Bannister, has accomplished the "impossible" by tion includes the tanks and the other the motor and suction equip­ running a mile in less than four minutes. His time was 3:59.4 at a ment. race in Oxford, England, viewed Four two-inch hoses are at­ Giant vacuum cleaner is hoisted aboard Alcoa ship in Mobile har­ by only 1,000 spectators. Bannis­ tached to each vacuum with an bor to ciean out bauxite holds. Five ton cleaners are far more ter's accomplishment comes short­ average length of 250 feet each. efficient than old hosing method of washing down hold interiors. ly after publication of a scientific The SIU-MAW ere# includes eight study which drew the conclusion men for each machine and it takes telescopic ladder on wheels. These in the holds. These places were that a four-minute mile was a from eight to ten hours to com­ lifts can be adjusted to heights of often overlooked and missed when highly-unlikely achievement for up. to 25 feet and permit the men water was previously used in the pletely clean an ore-carrier. any human being. to clean high, hard-to-reach areas cleaning operation. The cleaners have two large 4" 4* tanks, known as primary and MCCARTHY, ARMY FIGHT secondary units. In the primary DRAGS ON—In an atmosphere of tank there are no bags and most unpleasantness, the hearings on of the material sucked up by the Senator Joseph McCarthy versus Officers of the SIU, Great Lakes District, called for a strike machine is deposited there. the Army show indications of drag­ In the secondary tanks a series vote for some 300 members who operate railroad car ferries ging on into the summer. Very lit­ of 24 bags, similar to the one in at Elberta, Michigan, after contract negotiations with the tle progress was made in the first the home vacuum, are located. Ann Arbor Railroad Company •f two weeks, with Secretary of the These bags are eight feet long and bogged down. The strike vote In addition to a 20 percent gen­ Army Stevens on the stand daily.' eight inches, in diameter. was ordered after three meet­ eral wage increase the union is The hearings have been livened by Giant Tank ings with railroad officials were asking premium pay on Saturdays many disputes including one over English miler Roger Bannis­ marked with little or no progress. and Sundays, a winter sailing Smith said 90 per cent of the the doctoring of a photograph by ter strains as he breaks tape The outcome of the negotiating bonus, double time pay for holi­ cleaned ore remains in the pri­ McCarthy's staff, another on Mc­ in record-smashing effort. mary tank and the bags collect sessions caused David S. Lees, In- days, increases in the manning Carthy's unauthorized use of se­ the remaining 10 per cent. The .ternationai Representative, and scale, company-paid insurance, an cret information given him by an unnamed Army officer. giant tanks of the vacuum cleaner Glen Beaucock, port agent, repre­ improved vacation plan and other senting the SIU at bargaining ses­ fringe benefits in its new contract. 4 44" are about 15 feet tall. The union claims wage differen­ CABLE CAR ISSUE STIRS SAN FRANCISCANS—A proposal by The SIU-MAW men handling the sions, to charge the company with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to shut down half of cleaning use long hoses with vari­ stalling and indifference in regard tials on car ferries cause its mem­ the city's famed cable cir mileage is being attacked violently and will ous connections that are, on a to the welfare of its ferry employ­ bers to lose $360 yeirly, compared be an issue in the city's primary election June 8. The Commission much larger scale, like those used ees. The company did not refute with pay members receive on other wants to give up the Russian Hili run and other trackage because the in the home. To enable them to these charges, but came up with Lakes' vessels. Other contract dif­ lines are losing money. Up until now, efforts to end the cable system get to all parts of the ship's hold, minor concessions to the union's- ferentials raise the loss to $700 to $1,000 a year, union officials said. the men stand on lifts that are a demands. have always baen defeated at the polls. Lakes SlU May Strike Carferries YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Costly Hearing Aids? Efforts of SIU Welfare Services representatives to se­ cure hearing aids and other medical appliances for Union members at reduced prices are valuable serviced. All too often people who need a hearing aid buy one with­ out proper selection or pay too much for one because some salesman makes a convincing demonstration or a "consultant" offers a free "test." Hearing aids bought under such circumstances frequent­ ly cost the buyer more than may have been necessary, without any assurance that the device really was the most suitable one. Why should hearing aids cost as much as $300? Are the costly ones any better than say, the Zenith, which cost less than half the price. of most others and whose manufacturer for some years has accused the hearing-aid Industry of making an unnecessarily high profit on these devices? A Very High Marh-Ups The facts are, it costs only a fraction of the selling price to manufacture a hearing aid. The manufacturers justify their high mark-up by arguing they give expensive "tests" and instruction in thq use iof their device. Zenith believes such "tests" are unnecessary. It doesn't sell its aid through •pedal hearing aid centers as do the other manufacturers, but sells them through regiilar retailers like optometrists, department, jewelry and drug stores, and even by mail. The way to buy a hearing instrument is not by price or by "tests" given by a Vcdisultantv who is really a sales­ man. You should follow this procedure: ~ • • Write to the Council on Physical Medicine of the Ameri­ can Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn St., Chicago, for a copy of the council's list of acceptable hearing aids. You'll find some of the lower-priced ones are on.the ac­ ceptable list as well as some of the costliest. But that*doesn't mean all you need do is pick one of the lowest-priced,ones. You should try oiTt as many differ­ ent hearing aids as you can, for as long a period as the manufacturers permit. It is desirable to also try to get to an ear doctor (called an "otologist") for tests to see if a hearing aid will benefit you at all. However, private con­ sultations with otologists are a little expensive. So first find out if there is a hearing clinic in your town, by phon­ ing the local board of health or the various hospitals. Unfortunately, you can't always rely on the advice of private otologists. Not long ago the Journal of the Ameri­ can Medical Association admitted that some ear doctors accept fees from dealers for recommending their instrur ments, just as some eye doctors have been reported to get kickbacks from optical dealers and manufacturers. There's no way to tell if an ear doctor gets a kickback, but it does pay to be suspicious if he strongly recom­ mends just one or two makes, especially if these are the most expensive ones. List of Qualified Specialists If you can get to one of the larger cities that has a chapter of the League of the Hard of Hearing, the League will give you a chance to try out various hearing aids. They will also give you a list of qualified otologists in your area. You can write to the League's headquartei:s at 480 Lexington Ave., to get the address of the League chapter nearest to your town. It is also a good idea for any one having hearing diffi­ culties to write to the American Hearing Society f^ a list of its publications. These would be of help for adults who need adjustment to living with impaired hearing, and who also may need vocational and employment adv.ce as a result, and also will help parents solve the problems of children with impaired hearing. The Society's pamph­ lets also include a number telling you how to go about selecting a hearing aid, and also, how to have it fitted and how to use it. Money-Back Guarantee But the important thing in buying the aid itself is to buy it on a trial basis with a money-back guarantee so you can test it over a long period. Doctors say it is not possible to judge in a few minutes which model or make helps you the most. Also you may find the weight, shape and size of the various brands will make a difference to you. And when you do "try out" hearing aids at the offices or stores of the sellers, it's a good idea to have with you a person of normal hearing to make sure the salesman talks in a normal voice. Unfortunately the cost of owning an aid does not stop with the purchase of one. Hearing-aid cords need replace­ ment and the instruments themselves sometimes need repaim. Generally the user must return to the manufacturer for parts and repairs and these are high priced too. That's another reason why .careful selectioo is important. .Br. '• • • v . ^ r ' �SBAfAMEHS PatcEiffhi Closing threat Spiirs ftojects For Panama tJnion Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. level project." This would entail an expense estimated at $2.5 bil­ lion in 1947, while completion of the interrupted third locks project could be accomplished for about $600 million. The landslide feared two weeks ago stems from a huge crack in a rock ledge overhanging the face of Contractor's Hill in the Gaillard Cut, about a dozen miles from this city on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. The crack is said to be about 600 felt deep today. British Crewmen Strike 2 Ships In Canada Port MONTREAL-^One British collier crew here was arrested for de­ manding wage increases and an­ other went on a wage-sympathy strike in support of the first in a maritime battle centered about inadequate wages paid to British union seamen aboard the two vessels. Seamen on both the Shelldrake, cause of the beef, and the Cibou, British colliers plying between Canadian Coastal ports during the summer, caused the dispute when they refused to put to sea despite the captains' orders. Shelldrake crewmembers claimed they were unable to live in Canada on British wages. They said the highest-paid unlicensed man on the British colliers gets about $84 a month, compared to a minimum Canadian wage of $204 a month for union members. Eighteen crewmembers aboard the Shelldrake were arrested last week for allegedly refusing to put to sea after the captain ordered them to do so. Cibou crewmembers wCnt out on their sympathy strike in support of the Shelldrake crew as well as their own wage demands. The Cibou crew was determined to see the strike through, although wages and food were cut off. The Cibou's captain said the men "must learn that they cannot disobey orders," but the crew was sticking by its guns. May 14, 1954' •'I CASH BENEFITS BALBOA—^Fears expressed two weeks ago that a threat­ ened landslide in the Gaillard Qut ci the Panama Canal might indefinitely close the vital waterway appear to have been premature, with the disclos--t ure that there was no longer plan, they said, calls for the "con­ any immediate danger of such struction of , a practically new Panama Canal'known as the seaa disaster. The* new development eased the minds of worried shipowners, who saw,no way" out of the crisis except complete suspension of intercoastal service or expensive rerouting around South America, via Cape Horii. The only other alternative was turning over the bulk of the traffic for handling by the nation's railroads, a choice few shipping companies would care to make since it would mean a further loss of cargo to shipping even if the Canal was reopened soon after. Bill Urges Commission In Washington, meanwhile,i with interest once again stirred on the issue of improving existing facili­ ties in the Canal Zone, pressure for speedy enactment of a longpending measure which would create an independent interoceanic Canals Commission mounted. This body would re-investigate the pos­ sibilities of adding to the facilities at the present site, as well as the advisability of launching construc­ tion at a new canal location, possi­ bly to the north, in Nicaragua. Propose 3rd Locks Emphasizing the urgency of act­ ing, particularly in view of the threat to existing facilities by land­ slide as well as enemy atomic at­ tack, a group of engineers and con­ struction officials who participated in the building and administration of the Panama Canal, called on Congress to approve the bill for a special commission. They indicated that of the two major proposals for increasing the facilities at the present canal site they favored completion of' the third locks project;, which was sus­ pended after an outlay of $75 million some years ago. The other LOG 7 agjasr SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT OH BENEFITS PAID. Ffoni T« No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period | Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period /OJSI WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits ^40 fSfQQo ool Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total oo WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total 11 GO\ ooll Mm £4 * Dste Benefits Beasn WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable— US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS SBVoy/ J4Sl^Sc^ 2L GO OO iLk: Css-CCi/i /G COMMENTS; In the past two weeks the office of the Plan has received i;lne "beneficiary cards that were undated. If is vei^r important that the beneficiary cards be filled out cor­ rectly and in their entirety. Most important of all is 1 the date that the card was filled out. Some eligibles under the Plan have filled out numerous cards. It is not necessary to fill out a new card each time you ship, but only when you haven't filled one out before, or wish to change your beneficiau:y'. •g'- • Suhmitted Al Kerr, AtsistaafT^Mstrator i . and, remember this.. • •m • '# fev i-' All these are youi^^s .without contribultTg a sh>|gJe nickel on your^ part--Collecting,SIUbeneN^ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital; births Visibility or death—You get first-rate peraohal ' service inunedialely through your Uincm^ representativefk is>i-' -^1 �May 14. IMi SEAFARERS Page Nim lO€ Lifelike Masks Of Oriental Heads Are Seafarer's Specialty SIU art contests in the past two years have had their share of 'interesting entries, but possibly the most unique entry so far, submitted for the W54 competition by Seafarer Sal Terracina, are two life-size, papier mache masks recreated from his own photographs of fig­ ures on an Oriental templehalfway around the world. line even before he started going colors on the masks are recreated Sailing with the SIU since to sea. His masks of Oriental faithfully from the originals, Early phase of mask-making operation finds Seafarer Sal Terracina carefully sculpting face of giant figure out of papier mache. Unions, Shipowners Denounce Scope Of MSTS Operations Continuation of hearings on Military. Sea Transportation Service competition with private steamship companies heard witnesses denounce MSTS handling of cargoes, particularly in the domestic trades. Both-^ : 7 shipowner representatives and and relieve the tax burden of sup­ a delegate from the Confer­ porting an MSTS fleet. ence of Artierican Martime Unions told the House Merchant Marine Committee that MSTS had no busi­ ness at all in the commercial field. Further, the maritime union spokesman said MSTS had not cut back its shipping operations with the end of the fighting in Korea. He pointed out that by 1953, the MSTS had expanded its own fleet 66 percent over what it had been in March, 1950, before the Korean fighting began. This fleet still con­ sisted of 248 vessels which is ap­ proximately 58 percent larger than it was before Korea. Cutback In Ships By contrast, tlie union spokes­ man pointed out, the American merchant marine had cut back al­ most to pre-Korean levels, being just 17 percent larger now than it was before June, 1950. He added that as far as the unions are concerned, both troops and supplies could be handled on privately-owned ships Just as well Shipowner spokesmen concen­ trated their fire on MSTS competi­ tion in coastwise and intercoastal trades, including tanker operations. They asked that any cargo avail­ able for handling in domestic trades should be offered to the regular coastwise and intercoastal lines first before they are handled on chartered ships or on MSTS' own vessels. A representative of the private tanker industry declared that there are enough privately-owned tank­ ers available to take care of all present tanker requirements. But despite this, MSTS is operating 55 tankers of its own in competition with independent tanker owners. Tramp ship operators also got in their innings stating that MSTS should charter their ships before carrying cargo on Governmentowned .vessels and should retire Government-owned ships now un­ der charter to private shipping companies. 1951, Terracina has combined his skill at photography with that at making the fascinating masks, which he duplicates from the origi­ nal by making huge enlargements of the detail of the figures. Ac­ cordingly, Terracina has shipped on several Isthmian Far East and 'round the world runs to accumu­ late suitable photos. Ceylon Models The two examples of the art en­ tered in the contest originate on a temple in Ceylon, which he pho­ tographed while ashore on a re­ cent voyage. The life-size masks are made of papier mache composition, and feature painted cue-balls as eyes and assorted bits and scraps of wire and metal for the hair and head-dress. LOGs Used Too Papier mache is a substance made of bits of paper mixed with glue and other materials, which is molded into shape when moist and becomes hard and strong when dry. Appropriately, several back issues of the SEAFARERS LOG have found their way into the mixture during the process. Actually, Terracina's mask-mak­ ing started as a hobby and blos­ somed iiito a money-making side- I^ which he notes while making his photograph on the scene. The idea of the using cue-balls as eyes, he notes, arose when he found there was no other cheap but durable material available with a smooth, curved surface that would take painC As it is, one cue-ball split in half takes care of each mask, providing the figurek is limited to two eyes. .v... Photo at top shows figures mounted on Ceylonese temple which Terracina visited during his travels on SIU ships and photographed with emphasis on detail of the carvings. Bottom photo features some of the papier mache masks made by Terracina reproducing figures from other Oriental temples. Cartoon History Of The SIU • The SIU's first venture into movie-making, "The Battle of Wall Street," was previewed in May, 1949. Filmed by the SIU during the 1948 strike of AFL United Financial Employees against the Stock and Curb Exchanges in NY, it depicted the major role played by Seafarers in the fiercely-fought .; figures have been used as decora­ tions in stage shows, night clubs and other recreation spots and have been displayed in exhibits as far as 20 years back. Keeps 'Em Coming But the inventive Seafarer is continually making new ones, either to satisfy a curiosity as to what it turns out like or on order as a shpw or club decoration. The SttI 'Goes HoUywood* Hailed as a stirring example of inter-union coopera­ tion, the SIU film quickly won raves from all over the US, It showed actual scenes photographed during the 32-day walkout, in which 1,100 financial workers were "daily bolstered on the plcketlines by hundreds o£,wbite-j»iipe4 Seafarqra,. No. 63 Still being shown to union audiences all over the world, the film highlighted the SIU policy of aiding other unions in all legitimate beefs. Meanwhile, pro­ duction went ahead on a new Union-sponsored movie, "This Is The SIU," depicting growth since 1938, which wag previewed in July. �Vice Tea' SEAFARERS May 14. 1954 LOG wmr REPORTS when the crew re-crewed. It is Galveston: of labor and the SIU. Incidentally, Savannah: suggested that these books be this Governor was once a seaman locked up when the ship lays up himself, having sailed as AB in so that the shore gang and the the last war from the Mobile area. people aboard the ships won't find Our second victonous candidate it so easy to pick up these books. was Senator John Spa;:kman who All is quiet on the Sa\'annah Along these same lines, it has been Shipping in the port for the past Shipping in the port for the last also won a clear majority and his couple of weeks was considered record speaks for itself as far as front.of the shipping world. We brou^t to my attention that shore- two weeks has been very slow, but good with approximately 107 men labor is concerned. As long as do not know what to expect for the side people are bringing libraries we look for the grain elevators to chipped to offshore jobs and 133 men of his calibre are in the US future, but we are hoping for the to the ships and leaving books, but soliciting the crews for donations start humming soon and the em­ shipped to various relief jobs in Senate, labor can rest assured that best. Ships in transit were the J. B. to carry on this work. As you ployment picture for the area * and around the harbor. We had a their interests are protected. Waterman of Waterman; Seatrains know, the SIU does not approve of should look better. total of nine payoffs, seven signOur third major candidate. State Savannah and New York of Sea- any of these "can shakers" aboard ons, plus three ships in transit, No'ship paid off and only one all in all making for a good two Senator Garett Van Antwerp, also train; Southport and Southstar of our ships. ship signed on, the Salem Mari­ swept in with his opponent con­ South Atlantic; Robin Goodfellow weeks. Ships In Transit time of Cities Service. ceding the election hours before of Seas, and the Strathbay of Ships paying off included the Ships in transit included the Ships in-transit included the following: Cavalier, Pointer, Po­ the total vote was cast. This elec­ Strathmore. Andrew Jackson, Choctaw, Yaka Alexandra of Carras, the Del An item of interest to Seafarers and Kyska, all of Waterman. laris, Roamer, Pennant, Clipper, tion ' held particular interest for Viento of Missis­ ^jl of Alcoa; John C of Atlantic Labor as the defeated candidate who know Savannah is that the Among the oldtimers on the sippi, the Val was the author and sponsor of Seamen's Bethel, operated by the Carriers: and Claiborne and Mon­ beach are £. Matte, C. Gates, L. Chem of "Valen­ the infamous "right-to-work" bill Savannah Ports Society, is suspend­ Knickerbocker, J. Parks, A. Gonarch of the Sea of Waterman. tine, the Edith which was passed in Alabama a ing operations at the end of the Signing on were the Pointer, calves, W. Leuschner, M. Lipkin, of Bull and the year or so back. The new state month. In 1928 Mr. Penfield, the F. Murray, A. W. Brown, H. Wal­ Polaris, Roamer, Clipper of Al­ Seatrains New senator has promised that he will leading silversmith in Savannah coa, and the Chickasaw, Fairisle ler, L. Ashley and J. P. Gavin. Jersey, Georgia, and Peninsular, Mariner of Water­ do all in his power to amend or and a lay preacher, left a sum of Brothers in the marine hospital Louisiana and man. In transits were Alice repeal this law, if possible, so as money for the erection of a house include O. Gustavsen, P. S. Yuzon, Texas of Sea* Brown, Antinous, Steel Rover. All not to hurt the parties that played for the rehgiousr worship of seamen C. Neumaier, J. Chils, H. Y. Choe, train Lines. payoffs, sign-ons, and intransit such a big part in his success.-Our in the port. This was known as the C. Coburn, Wi Daspit, J. Perreira, Old t i m e r a heartiest congratulations go out to Penfield Mariner's Church. In 1843 Marcet ships were in good shape with no E. H. Murar, J. D. Roberson, S. now on the beach these friends of labor in their vic­ it was incorporated into what is Sue, A. Keller and A. Seegmiller. beefs on any of them. include J. Haynes, W. E. Wilkertories, and we pledge our con­ known ^ as the Savannah Ports Fair Prospects Tom Banning son, D. Fisher, A. Sandino, H. tinued cooperation and support in Society/ To the present day the Prospects for the coming two their coming years of office. San Francisco Fort Agent Cantwell, E. Magers, E. Samrock, Society operated a program of weeks look fair with Waterman W. Brightwell, D, Patterson, P. service to seamen providing a home Election Powers taking one ship out of the idle Scanlin, W. Vickers, A. Marcet, ashore. In 1953 the Society's build­ Boston: Labor in this area, and the SIU status she has been in to crew F. Davis, R. Perry, J. Kom and sometimes next week. This is the in particular, has shown the poli­ ing was disposed of and it moved B. Luna. to the second floor on the corner Lafayette, which has been here ticians that they can make them­ In the marine hospital are of Bay and Abercorn Streets. Rev. for some time. In addition, the selves heard and felt in the elec­ Brothers J. Sneil, Oliver S. Flynn, The candidates that we Pearson, the director, says that the John C will take replacements tions. W. Bargone, A. Villareal, J. Marafter her payoff and the following supported and have won and even money derived from the sale of the kopolo, E. McKendre, G. Ekelund, house in 1953 will be held intact Shipping has picked up in the the ones that we fought against chips are due to hit the port either in transit or for payoffs; the De- have gained respect for the SIU until the Society can build a small Port of Boston in the past two H. L. "Williams, L. Albritton, C. Eoto, Wild Ranger, Claiborne, and their manner of all-out sup­ modern home for seamen in the weeks and we hope- it will continue Barbisa, J Dudley, W. W. Fassett; future. to be fair in the future. There is J. Slocum and J. L. Fotonet. Lafayette, Iberville, Warhawk and port of their chosen candidates. Men in the marine hospital are Splash Day in Galveston was no way of knowing, but we can Monarch of the Sea, all of Water­ Rumbles of discontentment celebrated on May 1st and 2nd man; and the Pilgrim, Corsair, among the rank-and-file of the P. Bland, F. Paylor, R. B. Mc- always hope for the best. Ranger, Patriot and Cavalier, of local ILA longshoremen have Corkel, J, Littleton, P. Jakubcsak, We've been keeping the fellows with the weather on the somewhat W.'C. Bedfood, J. B. Sellers, M. Alcoa. reached the open rebellion stage busy up here for the past few wintry side. In fact, it was the Also around the hall'is Brothdr with a rank-and-file committee Goings, C. L. Middleton, T. D. weeks. Every able-bodied man who coldest Splash Day on record and J. C. Keel who joined the SIU in circulating letters and asking for Adams, R. Carrelgon, H. C. Kemp wants to work is working at the the coldest May 1st in 78 years. and S. N. Hurst. 1945 and is mar­ comments from the rest of the present time and we hope the situ­ Keith Alsop Jeff Morrison ried, has three ILA longshoremen in this area ation prevails indefinitely. Galveston Fort Agent Savannah Port, Agent children and cur­ with a view towardis reaffiliating The following ships paid off in i t 5. rently makes his with the AFL. These longshore­ the past two weeks: Queenston $'4 4' home in Atmore, men who have the interest of the Heights of Seatrade; Chiwawa, Lo­ Seattle: Alabama, which working man at heart have come San Francisco: gans Fort and Winter Hill of Cities is about fifty from the rank-and-file of the Service, and Ann Marie of Bull. miles from this locals themselves appealing to the Sign-ons in the same period were port. Brother membership for action to place all the same vessels but the Ann Keel has been them back in the AFL family Marie, while in-transit vessels were shipping from where they belong and can be Keel Shipping is about back to normal the Raphael Semmes, Iberville, Shipping in the Port of Seattle this area for protected. This campaign seems and things look very good for the Bienville and Chickasaw of Water­ has been very good for the past two some time and believes that the to be gathering momentum all the future in this port. man and the Steel Scientist of weeks and the future looks bright. improvements in working condi­ time and we have been contacted Paying off was the Gateway City Isthmian. Wheat seems to be moving out to tions gained for the Seafarers by numerous longshoremen asking of Waterman which signed on again The body of William M. Lewis, the Far East (Japan). over the years he has belonged us for help in getting lined up. as did the Longview "Victory of Jr., of Barnstable, a Boston harbor Ships paying off included the can't be beat. He is also high in This Is an indication that the rank- "Victory Carriers and the Madaket pilot, who drowned with a com­ Liberty Bell of Tramp Cargo and his praise of the maternity bene­ and-file members of the longshore­ of Waterman. panion last January when seas the Tagalam of Seatrade. fit as he believes it helps a fellow men realize that their interests Speaking of signing ships, it has swamped their dory near Graves The Liberty Bell came in with when the chips are down and he can best be protected' and their come to my attention that in the Light, was washed ashore on needs help. In between trips his leaders in this move can be as­ past few days when signing Nahant rocks yesterday. The body a lot of dissension among the crew favorite sport is baseball and he sured that the AFL stands ' ready ships that have been laid up, the was found by Louis Letourneau of with charges and counter-charges spends all his time watching to help them on any and all of Log library has not been taken Nahant, a purple heart veteran of being presented to the port agent. The results of the trial committee games when hopie. their problems. re of properly. Books were not Korea. have not been handed down at this None of our brothers in this James Sheehan Cal Tanner put away by the crew with the writing. It seems that more ship­ area seem to be hospitalized ex­ Mobile Port Agent Boston Fort Agent result that these books were gone board meetings and less weightcept Willie Reynolds who is still throwing on ships would keep down in the New Orleans marine hospi­ hard feelings among crews. tal. Brother Fred Diekow was in a local hospital for a couple of Ships signing on included the days having a brain operation, but Kyska of Waterman, the Seagarden Is now discharged and will be of Peninsula Navigation, the Ocean ready in a few weeks to go to sea. Betty of Ocean Transportation and WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILL1AM....118>A Syndicate Ave. the Western Trader of Western On the Beach SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone; 3-3221 Ernest Tllley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 Well, a few of the oldtimers on BALTIMORE 103 Durham St. Navigation. 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone; 6591 Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER the beach now include the follow­ Those in-transit in the past two TORONTO. Ontario 872 King St. E. Paul Hall BOSTON 276 State St. ing brothers: I>avid Ramirez, R. C. James EMpire 4-5719 weeks were the Massmar of Calmar ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert VICTORIA, BC 61754 Cormorant St. Matthews Joe Algina Steele, W. E. Phurrough, J. D. GALVESTON Empire 4531 and the Yaka and Andrew Jackson 21st & Mechanic Claude Simmons Joe Volpian VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. of Waterman. Phone 2-8448 Morgan, Chester Spinks, R. E. Mc- Keith Alsop. Agent William Hall Pacific 7824 1419 Ryan St. Natt, D. Bisset, R. G. Barrett, LAKE CHARLES. La SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Oldtimers on the beach Includo Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 SUP Phone 6346 C. H. Trippe, Robert Trippe, H. MOBILE BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. D. Butts, C. Gardner, L. Myers, M. 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Fossett and Fred Diekow. Phone: 545 Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 ' Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. Deliano, J. Rockko and H, Braun523 BienvlUs St. PORTLAND Well, our big news this week is NEW ORLEANS 028 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 stein. Lindsey Williams. Agent Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague the sweeping victories won by SIUMagnoUa 6112-6113 lUCHMOND. CALIF Quebec Phone; 2-7078 257 5th St. In the marine hospitals are S. 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn supported candidates in the elec­ NEW yoRK 177 Prince William St. Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN HYacinth 96600 SAN FRANaSCO NB Phone) 2-5232 Johannessen, C. R. Johnson and tions held May 4, 1954. Jim Fol- NORFOLK ..450 Harrison St. 127-129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 R. B. Barnes. cora swept in to the Governor's Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 2706 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA 837 Mark« St! SEATTLE Summer has finally arrived, and office by a clear majority over S. Main 0290 CarduUo. Agent ' Market 7-1635 133 W.. Fletcher Mianii has had nothing on Seattle, 450 Harrison St. WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. ALPENA the other fix candidates for that SAN FRANCISCO Phone; 1238W T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY •,..... 180 Main St. at least for the past week or so. office. This is Folsom's fecond ^rty BrelthoiT, West Coast Representative NEW YORK..... 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Phone; Cleveland 7391 .734 Lakeside Ave.. NE term as Governor of Alabama and J>UERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 STorllng 8-4671 CLEVELAND The new SUP hall has opened Phone 2-5996 Phone: Main 16147 we supported him in truei SIU SAVANNAH and we expect to move in any day ...3 Abercorn St. DETROIT.., . . .1038 3rd St. Cancidian District Jeff Morrison. Agent J>hone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: .Woodward 16857 now. style all the Way as his^ previous SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. MONTRytL St, James St. West DULUTH.... 531 W. Michigan St. ElUott 4334 record as Governor of the state Jeff GUlette, Agent ^ If Gillette PLateau 8161 Phone; Melrose 26110 TAMPA 1809-1?U, N. FrankUn St. HALIFAX N.8.. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 98nd lK9f|l!0)«e4 true frli|ndd (Biff Whlt«^gent PhoM «-l383: Mobile: SlU ImporanI Faeior In Alabama Elections Splash Bay Freezes Dver Bewn in Texas Seamen's Landmark Snspending Operatlens Shipping Pickup Keeps Beslen A Busy Pert Ships' Libraries Gel Lost During Layups Wheat Going To Japan Koops Soaltio Busy �SEAFARERS XOO 'May 14. 1954 Pace Elevea POHTREPORJS New York: Headquarters Port Is Relurniiig To Normal The Port of New York has had more activity in" the past two weeks than we have had since before the waterfront tie-up, and we can as­ sure you it was a welcome change for both the membership 'on the beach and the port officials, al­ though the su]^ply of men on the beach is still greater than the de­ mand for 'replacements. Shipping Is getting back closer to normal and we expect it to improve even more after the waterfront situation is cleared upi. This, of course, can­ not be fuliy acconlplished until after the NLRB election to Le held • on May 26. We feel confident that the AFL will win an overwhelming victory ' In this election and the conditions and wages which the working long­ shoremen have been striving for. When this has been accomplished we will have then seen the end of the trouble and strife on the New Yorlt waterfront and a guarantee of a better future for all of us to enjoy. Payoffs We paid off . a total of 21 ships in the past two weeks, signed five on foreign articles and serviced 20 in-transit, vessels. Paying off were the Steel Ar­ tisan, Steel Flyer and Steel Re­ corder of Isthmian; Seatrains Lou­ isiana, Savannah, Texas, Georgia and New York of Seatrain; Bea­ trice, Elizabeth, Kathryn and Su­ zanne of Bull; Badger Mariner of South Atlantic; Alexandra of Carras; Jefferson City Victory of Vic­ tory Carriei-s; Val Chem of Val­ entine; Government Camp, Bents Fort, Fort Hoskins and Bradford Isiand of Cities Service; and the Beauregard of Waterman. Ships signing on Were the Robin Goodfellow and Robin Mowbray of Seas; Steel Artisan of Isthmian; Jefferson City Victory of Victory Carriers and the Beauregard of Waterman. In-Transit Vessels In-transit vessels were the Steel Fabricator, Steel Seafarer, Steel Scientist and Steel Worker of Isthmian; Sea Cliff of Coral; De Soto, Bienville, Iberville, Raphael Semmes, Chickasaw and Alawai of Waterman; Frances, Marina and Ann Marie of Bull; Alcoa's Ranger and Puritan; Calmar and Seamar of Calmar; and Seatrain's New Jersey and Louisiana. These ships came in with only minor beefs which were settled aboard ship with very little argu­ ment. The delegates on all of these ships are to be commended for the fine job they are doing as are the crews for carrying out their jobs in SIU style. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. ' i. New Orleans: X. Shipping Oullook Is Very Bright On GuH . Reporting from down here is a pleasure as the shipping outlook is much brighter than it has been in quite a few reports. As a matter of fact, more men were shipped to regular jobs in the past two weeks than registered to ship by a pretty wide margin. The outlook for the coming two weeks is also bright with eight scheduled pay offs and none of them scheduled for lay up. All will head out again on regular ru^. The nunor about the Del Aires crevrtng up has come dhS mni gR indicatidB«fe she may crew up before the end of the month. We are in receipt of several ap­ plications by members who are buying homes and are unable to fill them in properly as we do not have the full particulars. We are only too glad to help all members when they give the Union for refer­ ence, but we wish they would let us know in advance in order that we can fill the forms in properly. Anyone who gives the Union as a reference is urged to get in touch with the Union in advance in order that the forms can be filled in with the proper recommendations in order that these loans can go through. Vote File We are getting up files here in New Orleans of all members liv­ ing in the State of Louisiana so that we can have a complete record of members in order to keep in.touch with them when necessary, and also to have a complete file for voting purposes. Having these complete files here in New Orleans will be a great factor in coming elections and will give us the re­ spect of those who in the past have looked down on us. All SIU members who live in the State of Louisiana and have not filled in cards here in N O are urged to contact the dispatcher here in order that cards can be filled in to complete our records. In checking-our files we have found members who are eligible to vote, but are not registered to vote. Only by being able to vote can a man exercise his rights and become part of the community where he can argue for his rights on equal levels with any and all who make up the community where he lives. All members who are eligible to vote are urged to register in order that they can be counted when the time comes to stand up and be counted. Payoffs Ships paying off were the Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa; Del Viento, Del Norte and Del Campo of Missis­ sippi; Antinous of Waterman; J. B. Kulukundis of Martis, and the Paoli of Cities Service. Ships signing on were the Alcoa. Pioneer'of Alcoa; Del Norte and Del Alba of Mississippi; Alice Brown of Bloomfield, and J. B. Kulukundis of Martis. In-transit vessels were Alcoa Corsair, Patriot, Cavalier and Polaris of Alcoa; Steel Recorder of Isthmian; Del Alba of, Mississippi: Seatrains New York and Savannah of Seatrain; Afoundria, Chickasaw, Arizpa, Claiborne and Monarch of the iSea (Waterman); Alice - Brown and Marie Hamil of Bloomfield and the Southstar of South Atlantic. Llndsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Baltimore: Clean Payoffs Mark Perl Of Ballimore Shipping in this monumental city of ours has been very slow for the past few weeks.^We only shipped 125 men. The outlook for the next couple of weeks looks as though we will continue on the slow bell. There were quite a few men who were on the beach here, that took off for the City of Brotherly Love due to the fact it seems as though that port is in the "boom area." We are thankful'that Philadelphia has had this spurt in shipping as it has relieved some of the pressure in our port. So as the aforementioned figures indicate, I wouldn't advise any of the mem­ bers to come here unless they can see their way clear to stick around a month or so. At this time, I would like to thank the membership for the way they have been bringing the ships into the Port of Baltimore. As the ships paying off here have all been clean. We do have a few hours pending in the black gang on the Logans Rohring Fort; also a cou­ ple of hours on the Oremar which we are certain will be settled to the satisfaction of the members involved. These OT disputes have been forwarded to New York and we should have the clarifications returned here shortly. These are the only outstanding beefs in the port at the present time. We had the following ships pay­ ing off here in the past two weeks: Trojan Seaman of Troy; Petrolite of Tanker Sag; Santore, Venore, Feltore, Cubore and Marore of Ore; Sweetwater of Metro Petro; Lone Jack and Council Grove of Cities Service; Mae and Evelyn of Bull; Steel Admiral of Isthmian; Ragnar Naess of Seatransport; Azalea City df Waterman; Mankato Victory of Victory Carriers; Strathbay of Strathmore and Oremar of Calmar. Signing On Ships signing on were the Steel Seafarer, Steel Admiral and Steel Flyer of Isthmian; Santore, Feltore, Cubore and Marore of Ore; Lone Jack and Council Grove of Cities Service; Azalea City of Waterman; Strathbay of Strathmore and the Oremar of Calmar. In-transit vessels were Antinous, Bienville and De Soto of Water­ man; Portmar, Beth-Coaster, Alamar and Calmar of Calmar; Rosario, Edith and Hilton of Bull; Robin Mowbray and Robin Trent of Seas; Steel Rover and Steel Shipping Figures Recorder of Isthmian; Alcoa Puri­ tan and Alcoa Runner of Alcoa and the Trinity of Carras. I expect to see quite a few of the old-timers around this port in the very near future because, as you know, we are really big league now. Our Baltimore Orioles haven't been winning many games, but they sure have been scaring the daylights out of the opposition. I think before vei-y long, we will be winning instead of losing more of these heart-break games. We also have the Preakness coming up here at Pimlico, at old hill-top, which draws the public from all over the country. So if you fellows have plenty of old green stuff and a few leisure days, I am sure that you will be more than welcome. Also the weather is most favorable for these activities. Headquarters has been looking over the new building, and they were favorably impressed with the progress that was being made to­ ward the completion of the build­ ing. I "understand that they will return to Baltimore' for another inspection on June I and that in my report of June 2 I will be able to tell you just when we are mov­ ing into the new hall and give you further details on the whole set-up. Retail Sales Begin To those of you who are ac­ quainted with the Sea Chest in the Port of Baltimore, it is now open for retail business and if there is any gear or other accessories that you may need, the boys at the Sea Chest are ready and willing to serve you. By buying at the Sea Chest you not only receive better merchandise, but save yourself money, too. The Sea Chest also has In operation a Traveler's Check set-up whereby you can purchase same from them, which is another added service that you should take advantage of. Members in the hospital for the last period are Wm. D. Kenny, Oscar Pierson, Hebert Grant, Earl Brittain, Frank Gilman, Thomas Ankerson, Tony Mastantuno, Lucien Elie, Sa™"®! Doyle, Ralph Palmer, George Piponis. Gustav Svensson, Algot Bogren, Robert L. Lambert, Walton Hudson, Jessie A. Clarke, Harvey J. Traxler, James JMacunchuck, Hinrich Wiese, Karl V. Kristensen, James Dodson, and Rosario Copani. On the -beach with us is Brother George Rohring, who has been a member since 1938. He was a mem­ ber of the old ISU and has been in organized labor since 1926. He said we have gone a long way in a short period of time and knows that we will continue to do so as long as we continue to have the same kind of leadership in the future that we have had in the past. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent April 21 to May 5 REG. REG. REG. TOTAL PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. Boston 25 19 8 52 79 297 New York 112. 106 165 50 Philadelphia 71 44 230 64 Baltimore 88 78 9 32 Norfolk 14 9 44 14 Savannah 19 11 60 18 Tainpa 19 2S 113 34 MobUr 48 SS 177 65 New Orleana 85 47 56 13 Galveston 25 18 115 28 Seattle . .> 80 84 23 San Franciaco :............. 18 18 20 8 .'.IVilminotOB .. 9 • 8- . SHIP. DECK 15 52 42 45 1 8 4 57 75 15 81 38 0 Philadelphia: Fop Shipping Gtears Out All Replaeemente This is the second week of con­ tinued boom in shipping in the port of Philadelpihia. We have cleaned the hall out these past two weeks. We had to send out ships light for unrated men to Baltimore. We don't know why, but it seems that ships are all headed for the City of Brotherly Love. Maybe we finally got around to finding out what brotherly love means. All the regular Philadelphia boys have shipped out—that is all except Danny Piccerelli. . The only reason he doesn't ship is that he is on the matrimonial path again and cannot leave long enough to take a ferry from here across the river and Piccerelli back. He is think­ ing of retiring his book, but the bets around here are ten to one that he will be waving goodbye on a ship going down the Delaware River before long. One of the btheis hanging around Philly, of course, is the old standby. Moon Mullins. His reason is definitely not matrimonial. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the AFL-ILA vote against the old ILA. The bet so far as we can see is three to one in favor of the AFL-ILA, the only trouble is there aren't many old ILA takers. A. S. Carduilo Philadelphia Port Agent t. i. i. Lake Charles: Cities Service Ships Keep La. Peri Active Things have real'y been on the slow beil here for the past two weeks and the outlook for the com­ ing two weeks is only fair. At present we have about 100 men around here, enough to fill any expected orders. Calling in this area were the Cantigny, Bents Fort, French Creek, Fort Hoskins, Council Gtove, Winter Hill, Bradford Island and Government Camp of Cities Service. Rumors are flying thick and fast as to what's due in here, but no one really knows or can rely on them. At our last meeting we had • good turnout and the boys really did a bang-up job, discussing every­ thing of interest to our union. As far as labor goes around here, we're all fighting the "right-towork" bill which is coming up for a vote soon. We're sure of defeat­ ing it, but we won't rest until that's an accomplished fact. SHIP. SmP. TOTAL Top Cook ENG, STEW. SHIPPED According to his size, brother 29 8 6 Ezeb Manuel is a good advertise­ 66 54 172 ment for his cooking. He usually 35 39 sails as chief steward or cook and 116 from all reports really puts out th* 34 49 128 grub. He hails from nearby Basile, 0 4 3 La., and thinks the Union is just 8 3 16 the greatest. 5 14 5 On the beach at the present time 60 54 171 are L. Weems, T. Weems, ftL Launey, P. Brady, C. I. Copper, 63 88 206 L. W. Cartwright, F. Reese. A. 8 32 9 Fruge, R. Lyle. R. Bohn, B. Tol48 39 148 bert, M. Ward, E. W. Anderson, U 28 95 H. Horn,. J. - Manuel and R. •, 9 1 Myers. 1 '^Leroy Clarke Lake Gbtflpt tUAC t,'^| �SEAFARERS Face Twelve May 14. 1954 LOG THE IN THE WAKE Henry Hudson, the explorer, was English, not. Dutch as many sup­ pose. The impression, which is quite general, that he was Dutch arose from the faet that his third voyage, in the Half Moon, was un­ dertaken under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, and Dutch writers usually spell his name Hendrik. Hudson's first two voyages of exploration were made for a British association known as the Muscovy Company. He under­ took the third voyage for the Dutch with the idea of finding a passage to China, and it was on this trip, in 1609, that he explored New York Bay and the river which bears his name. t 4" 4- The material which we call rub­ ber was not known in Europe be­ fore the voyages of Columbus. The first probable mention of what was later called rubber occurs in an account written by Columbus after his second trip, in which he tells of the "bouncing balls" with which the people of Haiti amused them­ selves. However, no really satis­ factory use for "elastic gum," as It was then called, was found un­ til 300 years later, when a chemist discovered that rubber was an ex­ cellent material for rubbing out pencil marks, and the first eraser was born. :. ^ ^i: •i' t '.::f MEET THE INQUIRING SEAFARER SEAFARER Lethe, meaning forgetfulness, whose waters were believed to pos­ sess such properties that anyone Question: Are you satisfied with who drank them forgot about all of the past. Eventually, due to the the mail service you get on SIU ships? comparison between this forgetful state and that of a deep slumber, Pete Drevas, wiper: I would say ancient Greek physicians gave the I was pretty satisfied with the mail name lethargia to a certain disease situation aboard characterized by extreme drowsi­ SIU »ships, but ness, from which stems the pres­ then again I am ent-day word lethargy. In their no example. X turn, the Romans took the mean­ really don't get ing of the myth about the river much mail so, more implicitly and, reasoning therefore, I would that total and lasting forgetfulness satisfy easily. Of came only with death, coined the course, if I were word lethalis (now lethal), meariprovided with a ing deadly or fatal. daily racing form I'd never have to leave the ship. 4 4 4 JOHN SANTOS, bosun The pay was $7.50 a week and sailing days were interrupted dur­ the hours were long. Overtime? ing World War I when he seiwed That's a joke, it didn't exist. The as a sergeant in Marine Aviation food Tan from poor to stuff you with overseas .service in Guam and couldn't eat and was served in any­ Port au Prince, Haiti. Remembering well the old days, thing that would serve the pur­ pose. A number 10 can cut in half Santos has long been a union served as a tureen, ^ore times member, having been in the old than not there wasn't enough food Sailors Union ana. the ILA. He and if you missed chow you were has been an SIU member since out of luck. There was no crock­ 1939. During the great strike of ery or linen as they have today May 5, 1921, he was aboard the Gordon of the Merchant Miners aboard ships. when it was docked at Savannah, Ferry Boat Berth Ga. and hit the bricks with his These are just some of the shipmates in that bitter fight. memories of Bosun John Santos, During the war, he served 50, of the days in 1916 when he aboard the Robin Hood of Seas first received his AB papers for Shipping and the Alcoa Patriot of inland waters. Alcoa on trips to South -Africa. He first sailed as a coal passer His part in the war was a quiet in the black gang on the old ferries one, Santos said, although while that plied between Nantucket and on the Alcoa Patriot the ship was New Bedford. "Sometimes the chased by a'submarine and forced food was so bad on the ship I to duck through the Straits of couldn't eat it. Since we were Magellan on a trip home from Port coming into New Bedford every­ Said. day, my mother would bring hot Nightly Bombing coffee and a lunch down to the He also saw his share of bomb­ ship so that I could have a decent ing. When his ship and others me^l," Santos said. Born in Portsmouth, HI, and were docked at Port Said, the raised on a farm in New Bedford, Germans, then in nearby Alexan­ Mass., he first ran away from dria, would regularly come over home when he was 13 years old to each evening at 9:15 PM to bomb work in a lumber camp in Ver­ the docks. Married for 32 years with two mont. sons and a daughter, Santos makes Ships On Whaler At 15 he shipped aboard the his home in New Bedford, Mass. and prefers to ship as a carpenter square-rigger Charles Morgan as a on the Steel ships on around the sail boy on a whaling voyage to world trips for Isthmian. He is a South America. A sail boy was veteran of seven complete around about the equivalent of a cabin the world trips at present. boy. There were no wages, only One of his sons plans to follow what they felt like giving you for in his dad's footsteps as a Sea­ your trouble, Santos recalls. farer, although he has been ad­ The trip was interrupted just vised against it, Santos says. At seven weeks out when notice was present one of his sons who is received that the ship had been just out of the service is waiting sold and it returned to port. to get his papers for firemanThe famous whaler Charles Mor­ watertender from the Coast Guard. gan now lies in the museum at Recalling the days when he Mystic, Conn., as a vivid reminder first started sailing and the of the days -when whalers from changes and benefits brought New Bedford .were well known about by the SIU he feels that throughout the world. perhaps too many Seafarers fail Santos has worked during the to appreciate the advantages sea­ better part of his 28 years at men enjoy as the result of Union sea as an AB and bosun. His. early gains through the years. 4 4 4 Mariners and travelers to south­ Dick Nauman, OS: I think the ern Egypt returned to ancient mail service is very efficient aboard Greece with the first accounts of ship. I have never fabulous race of dwarfs who had any troubles lived along the upper Nile. These or complaints, at dwarfs, it was said, were so small least, although I that they were in constant battle can't speak for with the cranes, constantly on everyone. On -the guard against being seized and whole, though, I swallowed.' At a loss for a name think the Union for them, they were called pyg- takes care of the maios by Greek historians, be­ mailing situation cause these people were said to be pretty well and no taller than the length of a keeps most, of the men satisfied man's arm from the elbow to the when they're away from home. knuckles, and pygme'was the term 4 4 4 for that unit of length. The word Ed Tcsko, AB: On the whole, I 4 4 4 eventually became pygmy, which would say yes, but there are ex­ Built in 1854, the James Baines is how we know it today. ceptions to that featured a figurehead like no other statement. Some 4 4 4 afioat. Instead of a graceful lady ports will forward Statistics and interesting facts as a figurehead, this ship carried a your mail and statue of her red-haired owner on about whales are always cropping some will not. her bow, complete from drooping up, the latest in a recently-pub­ This arrangement whiskers and chimney-pot hat to lished book about the giant mam­ could be better peg-top trousers. She had a record mals. According to the author, whereby the pro­ the length of an average whale is 13.000 square yards of sail area cedure would be and, on her first voyage from Bos­ about that of a railway car ... A standardized. It ton to Liverpool, which she made whale's flukes would make a good could be im­ in 12'/^ days, she was timed as pair of wings for a fighter plane proved a bit on several counts, but making 20 knots as she raced . . . Its tongue would overload a it is all right overall. along the Irish coast. This was fair-sized truck and it woul^ take 4 4 4 twice as fast as the Liberty ships six very strong men to lift its Henry Simmons, cook: I sure am. heart . . . The whale's skull Is the built in World War II and still in satisfied with the mail aboard ship, size and weight of an average auto­ use today. all I want to do mobile, but the brain on the inside is get aboard one 4 4 4 is not much bigger than the car­ According to Greek mythology, buretor. An elephant could walk •to get some mail. there was a river in the lower under Its up-ended jawbone with­ Sometimes the mail service world or region of Hades called out touching at any point. aboard the SIU vessels Is better than shoreside postal service. Of course, there Is always a delay in ACROSS DOWN The National War Labor Board 17. Swedish name 38. Cargoes from mail delivery when a ship is in a Duluth He pays the Ea.st mouth of 19. Play-for-pay approved the wage agreement boys 38. PreCivil War foreign port. bills Amazon 22. Quick Looks ship reached between John L. Lewis's An SIU district 2. 4 4 4 24. Suffer: Scot. 40. Satisfies East Light, as in 25. Long time for 43. Man's nick­ Harry Lundquist, bosun: I don't United Mine Workers and more Young salmon poker a voyage name see anything wrong with the mail- than 70 per cent of the soft-coal Natives of Attu 26. PLace for a 45. Jap diink 12. Russian iniand They carry figurehead 46. Passage into ing service industry, after a year-long contro­ sea fuel 27. Degree, as of Baltic 13. On the briney Employ aboard SIU ships. versy and general coal strike. speed 47. Amos' pal Bad thing for 28. City on 14. Be at anchor The mail delivery . . . US medium bombers, oper­ 48. Abner's chum ship Bosphorus 49. Swedish nick­ 15. Unusual 8. Confronted is fine, where the ating for the first time from 29. Frees name 16. Where ocean 9. Slipshod 33. High 50. Routes: Abbr. trouble lies, is at Britain, made a successful low-level 10. Pronoun meets land 11. Still the other end of attack on industrial targets at (Puzzle Answer On Page 25) 18. Sudden the line. Some­ Velsen, northern Holland, without SO. Large brown 2 3 seaweed ' times people just loss. The attacks foreshadowed SI. It catches won't write to stepped-qp bomber activity that 12 lobsters you and then no mounted in intensity in prepara­ 23. Sugar matter how good tion for the invasion of Europe. 26. Man in Jail 15 30. Cost of passage the mail service and forwarding 31. Cape 18 4 4 4 systems are, it won't help you. 32. Kind of SIU members were warned on 4 4 4 trapshooting Peter Gvozdich, bosun: The only censorship regulations by John 34. Baltic or Red time I ever encountered trouble Hawks, secretary-treasurer. Crew 35. Mr. Graham, of football with the mailing members were prohibited from any 37. He throws service was over attempt to evade censorship regula­ water around in Korea in 1950 tions, such as the carrying of let­ 3S. Goes about while aboard ters for themselves or others 41. What Sea Cl;e*t does ship. The letters without first submitting them to 42. Kind of tide were returned to censorship . . . The Communist 44 Where Juneau. the writers when Party of the United States, in con­ is What JIaine |, there was a mixvention in New York City, dis­ for up in forwarding solved that organization,. by vote 31. 32. Esfeimo knife the mail. I re­ of the 402 delegates from 44 States, 33. Krejeh anicle ceived some mail and became the . Communist Poiltl34. Supplemented 39. PanieJi, of two months after it was written, cal Association. It was one of the «««s4«.a . and after 1 got back hoinc to. the steps taken during the warttlme Ststefc' "honeymoon" to make the Party respectable and mask some of its underground activities. 4 4 4 Washington revealed thai on May 11, U S Army forces landed on the Island of Attu in the Aleutians . . . The Australian hos­ pital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coast. There were no patients on the ship, the report further stated . . . Berlin reported that the attack by Ameri­ can Flying Fortresses on Civitavec­ chia, 37 miles northeast of Rome, had claimed 174 victims killed and 300 injured. 4' 4 4 At Portland, Me., the widow of an SIU hero broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of a new merchant ship, and with the simple benediction "I christen thee Joseph Squires," sent the freighter on its way to the seven seas. Just prior to the launch­ ing, an official representative of the Maritime Commission had made a posthumous award to Mrs.' Joseph Squires of Brooklyn, N Y, , df the Merchant Marine Distin­ guished Service Medal. The award was'for hqr husband's bravery at <C3»' ''''' i . 'V ' •**' -*•'' ' ijl 1^1.'|l.. . UClii •lij :• �May 14, 1954 SEAFARERS -S'long,' Sucker/' SEAFARERS « LOG May 14, I9B4 Vol. XVI, No. 10 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAXJI HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staffs Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff Assistants, LYMAN QAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. The Gravy Train The latest proposal, eagerly embraced by the Maritime Ad­ ministration, that 81 Liberty ships be permitted to run away to low-wage foreign flags even though most of them are in hock to Uncle Sam up to their ears, indicates the haphazard and questionably way in which maritime policy is being ad­ ministered in Washington. Instead of being concerned about drafting a sound program for all segments of the industry including tramp operations, the US agency appears to be concerned only with covering up and getting off the hook. In order to do so, it is ready and willing to encourage addi­ tional cutthroat competition under runaway registry against responsible shipping companies under the US flag. Examination of the records show that a good number of the operators involved paid little or nothing on mortgages owed Uncle Sam for their ships in all the years they rode the gravy train. Now that things are slow because of the lack of US military cargoes, they are ready to take "their" ships (actually owned by the US Government) to greener pastures. The Maritime Administration says that this move is the only way the US can collect on mortgage money due. But if some of the operators were permitted to get away without paying in the past, it's hard to see how, once they are under foreign flag, that the Maritime Administration will be able to collect. Actually the Maritime Administration weakened rather than strengthened the merchant marine because it encour­ aged the fly-by-nighters to milk the profits out of their opera­ tions and let the rest go hang. The responsible tramp ship operators, who played it fair and square with the Govern-' ment and paid off their mortgages, were put at a considerable disadvantage accordingly. The SIU has consistently favored a program of aid to the maritime industry. But such aid should^be established on a regular basis, through legislation, for the promotion of Ameri­ can-flag shipping. Looking the other way while some ship­ owners tear up their bills is a pretty poor maritime program. Ji 3^ ^ Brass Vs. Seaman Abusive treatment of civilian seamen by military "officials in various areas has been documented before in the LOG, but the events on the Tagalam in Japan indicate there still is no end in sight. The part played by a Navy Intelligence Unit in Sasebo, with the Tagalam's skipper egging them on, centered around some machinery missing from the vessel, and the blanket ac­ cusation of guilt against the whole crew by the mast^. Later events, with the missing items already recovered and no evidence against the crew, dictated some prudence by the captain and the Navy in handling the matter from then on. Despite this, crewmembers were forced to be "mugged" by a Navy photographer jUst as if they were in a police line-up. Incidents like this don't help better already-poor relations between merchant seamen and the military. While it is re­ ported that the Defense Department has a new set of rules dealing with shore leave in areas under military control—a particular sore point—obviously a lot more has to be done. After all, we are on the same team. That $58,000 This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG contains a special sup­ plement listing $58,000 in unclaimed wages due a large group of Seafarers who worked at one time or another for the Mis­ sissippi Shipping Company. The amounts are small in some cases, but in others they run into several hundred dollars. Practically all of the money on the list represents retro­ active wages resulting from the Union's successful negotia­ tion of contract increases. ' Since the Unibn has always made a point of insisting on retroactivity, and the company is ob­ ligated to pay the mdney accordingly, Seafarers caii make both themselves arid the company hapjpy by collecting the cash that's rightfully theirs, Page Thlrteem LOG '-'1 LEHER of the WEEK Backs Plan For Accident Forms To the Editor: As regarding Stewart Hanks suggestion of hospital forms on ships, I say it would be another step forward by the SIU in its con­ stant fight to better the needs of its members as well as seamen in general. So many of our original ideas usually find themselves in other seamen's union contracts. The forms should contain the fol­ lowing information: What the cap­ tain and com­ pany agent did for the ailing sea­ man in regard to medical treatment; what meth­ od of repatria­ tion will be pro­ Wage increases in excess of vided after recov­ $500,000 a year were won by Hold­ ery if same takes ers and Foundry Workers affecting place abroad and employees of 54 shops in seven Doran further, what ef­ forts will be made for his imme­ Ohio cities and two in Indiana. The diate transfer to the States for basic agreement was negotiated by the union's Miami Valley Confer­ treatment. ence Board and the valley'? FounMany of our brothers become drymen's Association. It covered 22 sick aboard a ship out at sea and foundries in Cincinnati, Dayton sometimes in a foreign port, are placed in a hospital, and no more is and Hamilton. Other shops con­ formed to the same wage pattern. seen or heard of them until maybe six or nine months later. By then The increases also are reflected in the computation of vacation pay. some poor guy has been hunting his witness all over the earth, but 4- t passing, no doubt, like ships at sea. Two days off the job won a payProve Company Negligence boost of 20 cents an hour for 50 In many cases he is seeking this journeymen members of Plumbers witness not so much for monetary Local 66,'Dubuqpe, Iowa, first raise value, but to prove the negligence they've had in two years. Half the was the company's fault and not his increase has gone into effect, the so the company will owe him at other ten cents comes on August least his wages and he won't owe 1; Apprentices also benefited, start­ them a bill as a passenger. This ing at 54 percent of the scale and may seem far-fetched, but you woridng up to 90 percent the fifth should hear of some of the she­ year. Rates previously ranged from nanigans of some of the companies. 371/i to 75 percent. Also, the above-mentioned forms t> if if will provide an one-the-spot report New employees are entitled to of accident or nature of sickness while still fresh in the minds of all full holiday pay even during their concerned. first week on the job, a tripartite I would go further and suggest arbitration board ruled, upholding the forms be made in triplicate claims of Retail Clerks Local 324 with the captain keeping one, the in a dispute with. Safeway Stores second going to the brother and the in Santa Monica, Caiif. The award third going to Union headquarters. grants 52 hours pay for new em­ In this way no brother could be ac­ ployees who work 40 hours during cused of collusion or falsification. their first week on the job where As it now happens, the company a paid holiday is given all other agent and skipper send in their employees. reports and, while most agents and iiif captains send in comprehensive An agreement covering 18,000 reports, there is still to be reck­ members of the Brotherhood of oned with that small percentage Operative Potters has been reached who do not. course, not every skipper and by the union and the US Potters company agent is out to see that Association representing 18 com­ we get the short end of the stick, panies, it was announced in At­ but any Seafarer who doesn't take lantic City, NJ. It extends the care of himself in this day and wage scale and other provisions of age has only himself to blame. It the current contract, with improve­ is about time we did something ments, until Oct. 1, 1955. i, i, i, for ourselves now that we have the opportunity in this respect. Another of the -unions ousted Let Union Know from the CIO in 1949 as Commu­ It is my belief the hospital forms nist-dominated faces trouble. It is aboard shipsjwould help solve the the Mine, Mill and Smelter Work­ problem best for all of us. In any ers, whose secretary - treasurer, event, the original idea of Brother Maurice - E. Travis, has been or­ Hanks is worthy of our attention. dered to appear before the NLRR Let'$ all get behind the suggestion to answer charges that he filed a and make it a reality by having it false hon-Communist affidavit. The incorporated in^ our new Contract case is similar to one concerning now being formulated. Act now by Ben Gold, president of the Fur & letting your Union officials know Leather Workers, who will follow your stand. • Travis before the. NLRB. The Bill Doraji^,^ ;tfniyis pax plqcesion ROiiiO' ballots in representation elections and will no longer be able to bring unfair labor charges before the board. 4 4 4 Joining the 35-hour week parade of the CIO Lithographers is Local 1, New York, biggest in the union with 6,000 members. They'll have to wait until July 1, 1955, to get the shorter week at ho cut in pay, but those'on the "lobster shift," starting at midnight, will only .work 30 hours. The victory cli­ maxed a drive which began a year ago when the 4,000-member Chi­ cago local won the 35-hour week. Since then 18 other locals gained it, bringing the number of mem­ bers benefiting to approximately 15,000. 4 4 4 With the Newspaper Guild strike against the publisher of Wilkcs= Barre, Pa.'s morning and evening newspaper going into its fourth week, a strike-duration newspaper, the Valley News, is meeting with great success, selling out a 25.000edition run on the first day. It is staffed by Guild members receiving strike benefits and union scale is being paid to AFL printers from the closed dailies needed to pro­ duce the paper. 4 4 4 The American Federation of Grain Millers scored a resounding victory after a three-week strike which completely shut down 27 General >Iills plants in 21 cities from coast to coast. Retention of provisions regarding staggering of work week and deviation from nor­ mal schedules—main issue in the strike—was won when the firm dropped demands for changes in clauses of the union's master agreement which protected the members from having to work split and swing shifts without premium pay. 4 4 4" According to figures offered by some labor leaders, it is estimated that 440,000 men in coal, steel and transport are now completely un­ employed: 190,000 in steel, 100,008 in coal and 150,000 in the trucUng industry. In addition, there are some 300,000 men in the coal in­ dustry who are working only halftime. In the steel industry there are about 250,000 men working beIOWSRU average of four days per ' i«_i V'. »avi,»y .?« �SEAFARERS ' ivW. •••?v 'V*'-.- f'v i'v' ••'••.-' ---^ *^A'' . Mar 14. 1954 LOG May 14, 1954 SEAFARERS Pace Fifteea LOG -4 -A... - ^ m-m' Accounting for about one-foUrth of the total catch made by commercial fisherjihen from all 48 states and Alaska—well oyer one billion pounds of fresh fish each year —the 3,800 hardworking members' of the colorful Atlantic Fishermen's Union are all .part of the SIU's "Brotherhood of the Sea." Affiliated with the SIU of North America since 1941, the men who work the fishing fleets from New York to Rockland, Me., a tradition of excellent food in the flshing fleets. are part of a 300-year-old New England It's not unusual to have a $600 food bill for 17 tradition. The union histafy of the area men on a nine or ten-day trip. itself dates back almost 40 years to 1915, jHad To Work At Any Time the year of the first national maritime Before the union came on the scene, the men .1 ttnke, when the old Fishermen's Union of the Atlantic was organized. The ways of the fishing boats are altogether different, however. Tradition and age-old cus­ toms are well grounded into the working livei of the commercial fishermen. The merchant sea-' man is concerned with his cargo only when it endangers the safety of his ship and the lives of his shipmates and himself. His only other coilcern for it is that there be enough cargo moving in the first place to assure con. tinued shipping and a job for him when he wants it. Fishermen, on the other hand, are inti­ mately 'concerned with every phase of the Fat McHugh operation — from the time the boat loads stores before leaving port until the last pound of fish is sold when it returns. Earn Share of Net Profits Fishermen don't work for wages; they share in the net profits of a catch. If a boatload of fish is sold for $5,000, the owner takes 40 percent ($2,000), deducts the cost of oil, food, ice and the other running expenses of the boat from the bal­ ance and the rest is split up among the crew on a share basis. From his share, the owner pays the maintenance expenses of the boat, supplying the nets and other essential trawling gear. A deceht trip for one of the small boats will take in about, $10,000 worth of fish. During World War II, when consumption of fish skyrocketed due to the cost of meat, shares ran as high as $400 for a trip of ten days or less. The profits were high also due to the fact that the Navy took over many boats for conversion as minesweepers and that still others were themselves victims of mines and submarine attacks. This cut down the annual ^tch and boosted the demand further. The 500-odd boats manned by the union fish out of New York, Boston, Gloucester and New Bedford, Mass., and Portland and Rockland, Me. They are small diesel jobs of 50-100 tons in most of the ports, and range from 200-500 tons in the fleets out of Boston, which ranks as the major flshing port and boasts the most specialized ship­ ping and storage facilities. The boats are ex­ tremely compact and the living is intimate. Fishing is done mainly at George's Banks, lo­ cated 100 miles running east and west and 75-80 miles running north-south off Nantucket Island, Mass., and at the fabled Grand Banks southeast of Newfoundland which are about triple the size of George's Banks. The larger boats carry an average crew of 17 men; the smaller ones about 11. They carry one cook, with the galley generally located on deck over the engine room aft. Some of the smaller boats have the galley right in the foc'sle, where the men sleep in double-tiered bunks. There is I ' ;"' ?;• • - % •'I ®:; THE ATLANTIC FISHERMEN'S UNION (SIN) Fishermen RQA Jordan (top) and Maurice Fiore are framed by frozen spray aboard the trawler Maine, returning to Boston recently from the Grand Banks. Weather is a major enemy to flshing - heats,, with xneatf^f^ithe crews working out .on .deck 12 hours in every 2i, /if sa.j'1 .... n I .-^hoSuo'i W uuA ...... . M i« .a had to go out and work whenever the owne^or captain said so. The boat would come in to the pier, unload, shares would be parceled out and the men would have to ship out immediately the same night, without any time to go home. They now work six hours on, six hours off around the clock, and their union contract spells out the conditions under which they can work. Generally, a new trip can't get underway until they've had at least 24 hours off since completing discharge of the previous catch. In Boston, the men also get a minimum guarantee of $7 a day, flsh or no fish. Originally, the Atlantic Fishermen's Union was formed in 1937 when the National Maritime Un­ ion (CIO) entered the fishery field, but by the end of the same year the men voted to go AFL overwhelmingly and threw the Communist lead­ ers who hjad infiltrated the union out of their hall. Their attion was upheld later by the court and the fishermen received an AFL charter o'n Jan­ uary 17, 1938, several months before the SIUA&G Di.strict was organized. Three years later, a referendum vote brought them in the Seafarers, International Union. At the helm as secretarytreasurer in 1937, Pat McHugh has headed the union ever since, with headquarters in Boston. A major problem in the fishing industry, fre­ quently bringing hard times to the fishing fleets, is that if the fish are not running or a boat can't locate any schools of fish, it has to go back to port with a light load. Though packed in ice, the flsh wiil not keep too long. Experiments On Freezing Fish Accordingly, the Government is right now ex­ perimenting with a system of freezing fish immediateiy at sea. If this could be worked out, the boats could stay out as long as necessary to get a full load and make the trip pay, since they are too small ;to take existing refrigeration units. To­ day, most boats can only stay out about two weeks, and there is a nine-day limit imposed in the Summertime. The latest development in the industry is a "fish scope," a sort of reverse periscope, which has been adopted by some fleets. With this de­ vice, boats can cruise the fishing grounds and easily search the bottom. If there are no fish around, they can immediately head elsewhere without wasting valuable time. Two-way radio and loran to assist in navigation is universal on the fishing boats, some of which have added radar as well. But although the traditions.of the fishing fleets date back to colonial times, the native New Eng-* landers who used to man the bulk of them started giving up fishing 100 years ago because of the dangers involved. In the last century, immigration to the US brought thousands of fishing folk from Scan­ dinavia and Ireland, as well as Nova Scotians, to Boston, and today they make up a largp part of ttic crews of the New England fleets. Italians and Portuguese from the Azores fish out of his­ toric Gloucester these days, still using their old-world customs, but quick to act on any bee' like all good union men. The principal fishing port, Boston and its famed Fish Pier are shown jammed with a few of the 43 boats which unloaded a total catch of 2 million-odd pounds of sea food landed 'iH ............ wlfcV The Enterprise unloading in New York, at Fulton Fish Market. Crewmember Jack Johnson (without hat) works at scale on pier where fish are weighed. Fish are hauled up out of the hold of the Catherine C, in NY, in canvas buckets, then on to dock for washing and weighing before being packed in crates. Captain-owner Hans Syre of the Enterprise (near winch) shouts an order, while Johnson (on pier) looks for the big one that didn't get away. On the Marion A, John Iverson guides bucket from hold to dock where checker keeps track of total coming up out of the boat after weighing. Three more loads coming" may be the signal being passed from the Catherine C to the dock, where Leo Duire and Jacob Sandhaalan^ work scale. Inside NY's Fulton Fish Market, handling all types of sea food, early morning hours when boats are unloaded find men busy at hundreds of stalls. Cramped foc'sle doubles as messroom on small boats like the Catherine C; It's coffeetime here for (l-r) B. v. -'Johnson, G.: Boe and T-. Megyeuygh. . By noon, most boats are unloaded in NY. Outside the huge Fulton Market, the rest of the city goes on work-4 KiUKWi*- �'•fT'" • • I*' Page Stzt«^ >•> I'­ n V- 1- • ?•! m t: 1r I- SEAFARERS The House of Eepresentatlvcs passed a bill to save the frigate Con­ stellation, America's oldest fighting ship, and the steam sloop Hartford, of Civil War fame,'from the scrap heap. The bill also opened the way for restoration of the Olympia and the Oregon, younger vessels with illustrious records, if interested groups come forward within a year to claim them. The Hartford was Admiral David Farragut's flagship dur­ ing the Civil War, while the Olympia was the flagship of Commodore There must have been consider­ George Dewey at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War.'The Ore­ able amount of. chop-licking and gon is also of Spanish-American War fame. stomach - rubbing Ji • Ji . among crewmemAround-the-clock quarantine Inspection service may be a thing of bers of the Alcoa the near future in New York and other ports if some shipping com­ Pointer on the panies get their way as operators are requesting quarantine Inspection last voyage if the after regular working hours. Operators will bear the cost of paying statements in the the inspectors overtime if the plan is feasible. Records kept by the ship's minutes ac­ Maritime Association of the Port of New York show that 40 percent curately reflect of the vessels requiring quarantine inspection arrive in, port between the state of af­ 6 PM and 6 AM, when service is not available. The proposed change fairs. Crewmemis to speed up operations.. .The World Glory, "Queen of American tank­ bers on the ves­ Steele apparently ers," recently completed a seven-hour trial run and was pronounced fit sel for duty. She cost $10,000,000 to build, and is surpassed only in size were very well fed, because the by five superliners, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Lib- way they put it, the service from the steward's department has been erte and He de France. The vessel is 736 feet long, has 33 cargo tanks not Just good, it has been "splen­ and can hold 16V^ million gallons of oil products. She will run under did." It's a pretty strong adjective the Liberian flag. anyway you look at it. J; 4. t Furthermore, holdovers among Navy officials in Washington recently estimated that 6,000 to 10,400 the crew said, it was a big improve­ over what they had in the civilian workers would be ^dropped, at 11 Naval shipyards by June 30. ment way of chow from the previous (Ally two Naval shipyards are expected to retain their current operating trip of that same vessel. strength at the end of June... Last year the world's leading producer Among the men responsible for of merchant ships was the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard at the good feeding, and good feeling Sparrows Point, Md. The yard, however, has only three vessels to on the ship was Seafarer Jay buUd this year, and then nothing, as no orders are outstanding. Last Steele. A native of Florida, Steele vessel constructed and launched recently was the Orion Planet, built has been an SIU member since he joined in Tampa in August, 1949. for the Orion Shipping and Trading Company, NY. He's a native of Florida, 45 years old, biit now makes his home in The West Coast, which in recent months has been lagging in the ship Bayou La Batre, Louisiana. 4 4 4 charter market, set the pace last week spurred by ten cargoes of grain Back in action on the Seatrain for Japan transacted for shipment... Awards to the winners in this year's Maritime Basketball League were presented recently at Sea­ Texas is Seafarer Charles Cothran, men's House YMCA, in New York City, with Socony-Vacuum, Grace who also sails in the steward de­ Line and Booth-Rountree finishing in that order at the top of the eight- partment. Cothran had a long spell team league... The 1954 Customs House Guide, now in its 92d year of inaetivity during which he was and ranked as one of the oldest and most authoritative encyclopedias laid up for various medical reasons, of its kind, has just been issued... The Great Lakes ore movement for but he is now fit and sailing again. the month of April, reflecting the late start of the shipping season and His shipmates on the Texa» have large supplies at lower lake ports, will be more than six million tons elected him ship's delegate. When under last year's total for the same month, according to estimates of the spirit moves him, Cothran turns to rhyme and his efforts have the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association. often been published in the SEA­ t t t FARERS LOG. The 55-year-old Brinckerhoff, a relic of the Hudson Valley, will soon Cothran comes from Alabama or­ nose into her final slip at Mystic, Conn. The craft, one of the last iginally, and joined the SIU in San beam-engine vessels afloat, has been lying at a temporary mooring at Francisco on December 6, 1947, He Mystic since 1950. Now she will be placed in a permanent berth dis­ is 48 years old. guised as a completely equipped ferry dock.. . The British liner Akaroa 4 4 4 docked for the final time in Southampton, England, last week, ending Sometimes a ship's delegate finds 40 years of sailing without an accident. The 14,947-ton ship, having it a little tough to let go of the plied more than two million miles since she'was built, will be broken reins'because his up for salvage. shipmates would 44 ^ like him to con­ tinue on the job. A collision between an empty gasoline barge and the 7,200-ton Brit­ That's what hap­ ish motorship Debrett recently led to an explosion and a five-hour fire pened with Sea­ aboard the barge. The accident occurred in the San Joaquin River farer Frank Verdelta above San Francisco Bay. Investigation is underway to determine ner aboard the why the Debrett failed to stop to give aid to the stricken barge... The Alcoa Roamer. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed, deepening of the Gowanus When he wanted Creek Channel waterway from 26 to 30 feet, in an attempt to give better somebody else to service to increased shipping in the area. Yemer take over the 4 4 4 delegates's job, the crew tried to An American company, the Diesel Economy Devices, Inc., NYC, an­ keep him on. Finally they let him nounced that it signed a contract to convert 12 ships of the Brazilian resign with a "warm vote of tanker fleet to bum low-cost, low-grade boiler fuel oil, expecting to thanks." cut their fuel bill as much as 50 percent... Five damaged Liberty ships Vemer, a deck department man, now in reserve fleet anchorages have been sold to the Boston Metals has carried an SIU book since Company of Baltimore for scrapping, the Maritime Administration an­ February 9, 1946, when he took his nounced. The ships, which are to be delivered for breaking up as soon oath of dbligation in Galveston, as possible, were awarded to the company for a bid of $253,885... The Texas. He's a native of Mississippi Dutch tug Hudson left Montreal, Canada, recently towing the colllsiqn- and makes his home in Ocean damagcd German freighter Wallschiff on a 3,500-mile voyage to Ham­ Springs in that state. He will cele­ burg, Germany. The trip is expected to take in the vicinity of three brate his 27th birthday this com­ weeks, providing there Is clear weather for the voyage. ing May 28. 4. , 0. m Burly Mar 14, 1954 LOG ACTION rj'" p. SEAFARERS MARITIME Vv.' ll >.%• i An Author At Sea On the Jon Aluminum On Ships While an all-aluminum ship of commercial size may be too expen­ sive and impractical for present-day consideration, it's clear that alumi­ num has "arrived" for shipboard use, with the metal finding Increas­ ingly common application. Aluminum lifeboats are a very popular In­ stallation, with virtually every- neyir vessel coming out of the yards carrying them. Including the Mariners.and new tankers now being built. But there are quite a few other places on a ship that are getting aluminum fittings. In this respect, European shipbuilders'hav« been way ahead of their American counterparts, with European yards using aluminum widely early in the 1930's. It's only since World War II that aluminum has gotten much use on American ships. Corrosion-Resistant Aluminum's use on shipboard derives from several very good rea­ sons—great strength, lighter weight, ease of working and resistance to rusting and corrosion, whether from air, sea water or any other, source. If a ship can save weight through use of aluminum, it can lug more cargo and operate with less fuel. And obviously, aluminum spares, that chipping hammer. As far as thie crewmembers are concerned, ihe • use of aluminum reduces maintenance work accordingly. While this tiiay affect the amount of overtime it's comforting to know, for instance, that the lifeboats are unlikely to have rusted-through bottoms because they are of aluminum construction. . As a matter of fact, there are plenty of pretty good-sized ships around like large yachts, barges and the like, wbose hulls are made entirely of aluminum. The lightness of the alumi­ num for barges means that they can have a shallower draft and be used during the dry season in those parts of the world where rivers tend to dry up to trickles in hot weather. In many instances, these aluminum barges go into service with unpaihted hulls, which means no work to be done painting bottoms. Here in the States, the Alcoa Steamship Company has used Aluminum Installations are wide-spread aluminum extensively on Alcoa passenger ships such as the on-its passenger ships, the Alcoa Corsair (above). the Corsair, Cavalier and Clipper, which is only natural, considering the company's stock in trade. The lifeboats, boat davits, smokestacks, signs, hand rails, fixed lights and outside ladders are made of aluminum, as well as doors and windows on the promenade decks, upper deck housing, awn­ ings, and gangways. Ships built in later years, such as the superliner United States, have followed the pattern established by Alcoa on its postwar passenger ships. These installations are typical of the type in which aluminum hat been used extensively. On foreign-flag ships there are instances in which the entire superstructure has been made of aluminum, such as the Norwegian ship Fernplant. Other vessels have used aluminum for ventilating and refrigeration ducts, for movable partitions in holds of bulk cargo carriers and other purposes. Aluminum can be used almost everywhere that steel is usable with the only limitation being whether the higher initial cost can be made up by a long-term saving. iliilliiWiiI'M 4' 4 4 Non-Skid Flooring Seafarers who have known first-hand, som'etimes through personal experience, the dangers of slipping and sliding on wet or oily floor plates, staircases and the like, would no doubt welcome some kind of skidproof flooring especially on catwalks, around engine spaces and on stairways. There are several companies which put out floor toppings, or special stairway and iaddier treads to avoid accidents of this kind. One manufacturer puts out a plastic floor topping, which they claim is. skidproof and slip-proof. The product, known as X-L Veneer, can be put on metal surfaces with a trowel and, it is claimed, forms a tightlybonded veneer to the floor plates underneath. A special type of ladder tread, called "Hy Tenso Safe Tread" is designed to meet the problem of. slippage and broken treads on ladders and stairways. The manufacturer claims that the tread is unbreakable, gives secure footing and resists salt water corrosion. By Bernard Seaman �SEAFARERS May 11^ 1954 i-^Sy Paye ScTenteca.. LOG Seafarers Operators In Hock To Crew Up US Seek Transfer Okay A Mariner Seafarers in Mobile hall throw in for jobs aboard the new Peninsula Mariner (Water­ man). Patrolmen Harold Fisch(left) and Robert Jordan behind counter) call jobs. (Continued from page 3) one was purchased from the Mari­ the total, 33 are operated by SIU- time Administration back in May contracted companies. Three oth.^r 7, 1947, one in June, 1947, and sev­ ships already have had transfers eral others in 1949. The remainder approved by the Maritime Admin­ were purchased in January and istration, including the SlU-man- February, 1951, right after Chinese ned Omega, and either the Amer- Armies entered the Korean fight­ sea, or Amerocean, one of which is ing and shipping needs burst all bounds. due to go Liberian. The rush to transfer ships for­ In fairness to the shipowners in­ volved, not all of them had been eign began back in January when so atrociously lax in their obliga­ the Maritime Administration an­ tions to Uncle Sam. Eight of the nounced it had "relaxed" its poli­ ships had their mortgages paid in cies on the transfer of Liberty full by their present or former tankers. Previously the Maritime owners. But the fact that some Administration had held that no steamship operators paid off their transfers should be permitted until obligations in the same period that the ships were replaced with new others shelled out not a cent em­ tonnage under the American flag. The ' SIU's Washington office phasizes the peculiarity of the situation. along with other maritime unions, made a strong protest against the Private Banks "relaxed" rules with the result The total of mortgage money due the Maritime Administration as of that the House Merchant Marine April 12. 1954, was' $16,142,212. Committee chairman Thor TollefPrivate financial institutions are son asked the Maritime Adminis­ also involved with the National tration to halt all transfers pend­ City Bank having $4ti millions in ing an investigation, and House outstanding mortgages and other and Senate hearings were set afoot. banks smaller amounts. No doubt It appears now that both branches they too would be happy to see the of Congress will have considerable investigating to do in the near fu­ ships go foreign. ture. The cat was let out of the bag j on the Maritime Administration's i tender treatment of overdue mort-1 gage payments by a Washington dispatch in the "Journal of Com-1 merce," New York trade paper. ' The dispatch declared that the MA ! had approved transfer to Liberian , flag of one of two Libertys owned by the Amerocean Steamship Com-, pany "because the line is in default ^ in its mortgage obligations to the i (Continued from page 2) Government. The transfer is ex- i pected to permit it to become cui'- ILA to represent him at the NLRB. rent on its mortgage obligations." Moreover, he also had gotten the Of the 18 ships that had not paid union apparatus of all pier locals a cent on their mortgage principal composed chiefly of Italian-speak­ ing longshoremen moved to his own local headquarters, apparently fearful of a defeat for the old un­ ion on May 26. 'Too concerned w ith the overall port situation, other leaders of the old ILA have made no effort to curb Anastasia's activi­ ties. Outside of New York, witlt .A.FL (Continued from page 5) portwide drives going on in many those ships in which the NUMC&S areas, the AFL-ILA continued to had come out on top. The voting, pick up strength in the Gulf. .•Vt in December, 1952, was subse­ least 40 separate locals from the quently thrown out by the NLRB Gulf alone have already swung jo due to NUMC&S coercion and the new union, in addition to major intimidation of crewmembers, and units on the Great Lakes, the Mis­ the recent election resulted. sissippi River, in Puerto Rico, Ore­ Both recent victories for the gon, Washington and Alaska. MCS-AFL bolstered union hopes Bridges' Endorsement of a growing trend away from the From"San Francisco, West Coast Communist - dominated NUMC&S longshore leader Harry Bridges in­ and were taken as an additional indication on how the 90 days of jected a not-too-surprising note voting on PMA ships had gone. into the proceedings, by openly Approximately 2,500 West Coast coming out in favor of the old ILA steward department men cast in the May 26 balloting. The en­ votes during the three months of dorsement by Bridges came shortly balloting, principally on ships here after he returned from a secretive and in New York. In addition visit to New York to meet with old thete are 300-400 challenges to be IL.\ leaders for the purpose of dealt with, if they can effect the offering them financial and other aid. Bridges' endorsement was a outcome. slow entry, however, as the Com­ AFL Optimistic munist Party organ "Daily Work­ The AFL optimism was re­ er" has been backing the old union flected from estimates of MCS- editorially for several months and AFL strength on the ships as they right up to the present. were polled and interviews with Informed of the continued Com­ individual crewmembers following munist support of the old ILA and the voting. A third "unofficial" the entry of Bridges into the pic­ party to the proceedings is Harry ture, AFL President George Meany Bridges' longshore union, whose scheduled a television talk to the "Local 100" made an unsuccessful longshoremen for May 25. the night bid to get on the ballot at the last before the scheduled balloting, to minute in an effort to confuse impress upon the dock workers the the situation. necessity to fight off the CP ef­ Unable to get on the ballot, the forts and to vote for the AFL-ILA. Bridges outfit be^an a campaign The AFL chief has also made ai> for a "no-Union" vote by the cooks rangements to be in New York to and stewards, indicating that if a talk to longshoremen and address sizeable number of these were reg­ AFL-ILA mass meetings several istered, it would again step into days in advance of the voting, in­ the picture and. demand the right cluding-one major gathering tenJ tn-represent-thevrnwHrnvolvedj----- It --•:t Old I LA Set For Defeat In Election Coming aboard ship, Jimmy Waldrop, OS, gets vaccination. USPHS nurse Dorothy Strocker admin­ isters the needle. At right, SIU crew boarding bus bound for Pascagoula, Miss., where they picked up ship at Ingalls yards and then shifted to the State Docks In Mobile. Standing in the aisle (front to rear) are W. Randall, night cook and baker; £. Wasden, engine maintenance; H. Butts, DM, and John Owens, OS. Seafarer Bo Anderson, DM, signs on before Deputy Shipping Commissioner P. D. McAllister, while O. Fillingim, MM, waits turn. At right, the Peninsula Mariner tied up alongside the Alabama State Docks after arriving In Mobile. The ship, ^ the newest of the Mariner-type ships, and is one of the 35 high-speed freighters contracted for by the Government. Several others are crewed by SIU men. A unique feature of the Pen­ insula Mariner Is a speciallydesigned deck structure for carrying aircraft. Here, bosun Jim Finnell explains it to deck department men (1-r) Andy Anderson, AB; Johnny John­ ston, AB; John Owens, OS; Jimmy Crawford, AB; Bo An­ derson, DM; Jimmy Waldrop, OS, and Ray Vaughan, AB. The steel framework creates a new problem for the deck de;, ;partment since it must be lifted from the accordion-type ^ hatch covers,, section by secI tion, before loading cargo, f( 1<'' ^ -i • -( Await Count In Coast Vote ."i I 4 �ir^ •>- i""/ U-^'-'^- -•'i'.* '•'• SEAFARERS May 14. 1954 LOG To 100 Seafar^er Is Santa Orphanage Children That an easy way to keep track of the names of the Great Lakes is think of the word "homes?" The five lakes can be recalled ac­ cording to the first letters of their their names, as follows: H(uron), O (n t a r i o), M(ichigan), Elrid), S(uperior). : That there are no generals.in 'the Swiss army In peacetime? In peacetime, the highest Swiss army officer is a colonel. A commander in chief with a rank of general is named only during wartime. the tiny coxmtry? They have their compensations, however. They pay no income taxes, and most of them make good living from the tourist business. Only abdut 2,000 of the 20,000 residents of Monaco are cit­ izens of the country. 4- it t That In addition to its pioneer history in shipping, Baltimore was the home of the first railroad in the US—the Baltimore and Ohio? The first railroad passenger and freight station was also erected there in 1830. t t t That the SIU maintains a repre­ sentative in Washington to keep the Union and the membership fully informed on all legislation and Government activity affecting the shipping industry? A special correspondent is also maintained in the capital for this purpose by the SEAFARERS LOG. Shown above are the children and staff of the Infants Home, Shudoin Orphanaye, In Japan, whom Seafarer Darrell Downey befriended and brought a little bit of Christmas cheer. Additional evidence that Seafarers have a soft spot in their heart for waifs, wanderers and other unfortunates on the face of the globe came to hand recently with the receipt in the LOG office of a communication directed to Seafarer Darrell Downing from Miss Sumike Kajikama. Miss Kajikama is director of the Infants Home, Shudoin §|jjplj^jp|i|||^p|li| \i:K- • Orphanage, Wakakusa-cho, Hiro­ shima City; Japan, and, she in­ forms the. LOG, she will never for­ get the visit Seafarer Downing paid to the orphanage one day last De­ cember. Nor will the many children under her care. It seems that while on a recent Far East run. Seafarer Downing, while on shore leave felt the pangs of sympathy welling up within him when he saw some orphans be­ longing to the Shudoin Orphanage playing in the orphanage yard. It was nearing Christmas time and the spirit of good will prevailed among all men, especially the Sea­ farer in question. Compassionate Heart Those paie and wan faces gazing Into Downey's eyes were enough to melt the stone glare of a statue, so imagine then what they could do to the compassionate heart of a wan­ dering Seafarer. Seeing them, Downey was galvanized into action. Acting entirely out of the good­ ness of his intentions and the sin­ cerity of his emotions, Downey converted all the ready cash he had into cakes, toys, candy and other goodies for the kids. He had all sorts of toys for them, enough to make glad the hearts of nearly 100 orphans and nurses, ten times over. As if that was npt enough, Downey unburdened himself still further and presented his wristwatch to Miss Kajikama as a fare­ well gift just before he left the doors of the orphanage behind him. The orphanage and the staff were overwhelmed by his generosity. As proof that Miss Kajikama and her staff remembered him well, the director of the orphanage address­ ed a letter to him in these words: "Thank you for your kindness in remembering our Orphanage and sending us your good picture. We are reminded of the day in Decem­ ber when you visited us with cakes and toys for our children. Let me thank you again on behalf of all the staff and children for your kindness. I also should not forget to thank you for that nice vratch. I well knew that I should not impose upon your kindness, but 1 was deeply impressed with your sin­ cerity and accepted it tbinkind that It would serve as ia wonderful sou­ venir of your generosity and kind­ ness to our C^phanage.^' Downey, needless to «ay, is going to be remembered by lots oC peo- fto. lilllil liiili "f ,; -/li-liilBirtiil •'" ;«:iiiliii" That the President's home in Washington came to be called the White House from the white paint applied to the cover tlje damage caused by fire in the War of 1812? The damage arose in 1814, when a British force set fire to many build­ ings in the capital. The building, which was designated "the Palace" 4" t ' 4' in the original plans for its con­ That one of the seven ancient struction, previously had gray wonders of the world was a colos­ stone walls. sal 40-foot statue of Zeus made of X t. gold and ivory? The structure, That copies of "Seafarers In built at Olympia in the 5th cen­ World War II" are still available tury BC, was a Greek memorial at all SIU branch halls? This illus­ for their chief god. All trace of trated booklet, well-studded with it is lost today, except for repro­ pictures, carries the story of the ductions on coins of the period. deeds and exploits of Seafarers 4. t t and the ships they sailed during That the total number of pos­ the war. sible poker hands in a 52-card deck is 2,598,960? It shouldn't be so i 4. 4. That the citizens of Monaco are hard to win, after all, although the not admitted to the gaming tables other guys in the game might have at world-famous Monte Carlo and one of those two and' a half mil­ other gambling casinos located in lion hands that could beat you. ivSi:?';?®® Seafarer Relates Tale Of Moon Shining On NO A chronicler of New Orleans, the Crescent City, and its in­ habitants is Seafarer Spider Korolia, now down in Louisiana recuperating from life's ordeal with Bayou wine, Creole women and swampsong. What*' Part of the orphanage tykes climb aboard the universal '^monkey bars" to have pictures taken. Women shown are staff members. LOG-A'RHYTHM: Port Of Eternity By Alfred Pfeifer written in August, 1927 Seafaring life I like With its many thrills and interesting^ sights With wonderful memories later on in lifg When you have but one wife. With d smile on my face I gladly will remember seafaring days When in every new port I had a girl: Her name toas Sport. Delightful hours I spent with each and Everyone of every sort under the sun But loith all the good times In strange countries and at sea i forgot Mother Once so dear to me. And then a mild voice 1 heard sag "Come home, come-home to me Before 1 sail away on the Ship Where God is Master end the name of .,. The port is Eternity." So all pou seaforing men In ports and at sea •Rethember your dear old mother ' Before ahe adila do Fort Etiiftdiii,'' he writes about is not himself, however, but of the celebrated Moon Kouns, the Seafarers' answer to Milton Berle. Korolia, troubador of Kouns and New Orleans, goes on to tell this tale about both his interests: "Before entering the hospital for my fourth and final operation, I met Brother Danny Thomas in the Ship's Light Bar down here in the old Crescent City. Brother Thomas states that he has been staying with Brother Moon Kouns down in Pearl River, La., for several weeks and that nothing will ever seem quite the same again. Thomas claims that Moon Kerolia thinks he Is play­ ing a game of "matching" on every Saturday and Sunday, because the Kouns eats two bushels of crawfish every weekend, heads and tails. "Thomas also tells me that Kouns has been in . the market to try and get an inner spring mat­ tress for his frail body. All to no avail, however, with Moon deciding on the next best thing. He decided to buy a pool table to sleep on. "I also understand from the grapevine that Moon is running •for mayor in Pearl River. A friend of i^ne who is a voter dn that town i^ed me how Itmg t knew South America. I also recall when Moon pitched his first baseball game for Washington Park in New Orleans. What a thriller that gamo was. He held the St. Marks Clinic to 96 hits. I also remember the first time Brother Kouns went to jail. He was walking home minding his own business when he passed by a lot and picked up a piece of rope. When he got home he dis­ covered a cow on the other end of it. "One thing I must say about him is that he has learned a lot of re­ spect since he is doorman at tho hall. Now when he's talking to somebody and he yawns he says 'excuse me.' I also notice that Percy Beyer is back In town and there is no use competing with him because he's really Moon's pub­ licity agent. So so long." Speak Your Mind At Sni Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to ' nominate himself for tho elected posts to bo filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secrotary. Your Union urges you to take an actlvo part in mMtings by taking these posts of servico. And, of course, ell members Moon. I aaid all my life, but it hevo the right to take the floor and express their opinions pa seems longer, and I started to tell any officer's report or isinio him some of the hlgblighii of under discussioa. Sealarefs Kouns' past life. "I will never forget when Koons ere urged to bit the dtclc at used to sing on the radio 20 years tbeso meetings anfl let tbeir ago. He uaei to sit light on top M shipmstes knew whafs pa the radio and sing, that's why he ihUr flfldtaf. uras knowv Hid Bitu^ Gmbgr M r �May 14. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Nineteen Sea Adventurers Board Wrecked Vessel In Search Of SIU LOG By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor will be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) A number of Seafarer-shutterbugs have Inquired about customs reg­ ulations of foreign countries regarding photographic equipment. Since some of these regulations, or, rather, lack of knowledge of these rules, can prove annoying, here's a rundown of those that we've been able to get. These are the official regulations, but as Seafarers know, their Interpretation is left to the Individual official. Seafarers may never get to some of the countries listed below, but here's the complete list that we've been able to compile. Austria and Belgium: One movie camera and one still camera; two rolls of still camera film and one roll of movie film. Denmark: No definite regulations concerning cameras. Consulate ad­ vises that the customs officials are liberal with film for personal use. Finland: "A reasonable amount of photographic supplies and cam­ eras are allowed, but be absolutely sure to declare it all on leaving your ship." Seafarer Paul Oakley, steward aboard the Western Trader at the time, boards the Comhusker France: One movie camera and one still camera; ten rolls of black Mariner, on the rocks off Pusan, Korea, left, in search of adventure and LOGS. At right, Oakley has and white film for each camera or twenty rolls of color film or a com­ found his quarry and is pretty happy about the whole thing. bination thereof. Germany: One movie camera and one still camera, and they have no Seafarers are known to do .pany things for their desires peculiar only to them, and go limit on the amount of film carried. on many strange safaris to satisfy their wants, but none so unique as the one which made Great Britain, Greece, Ireland: One movie camera and one still cam­ Seafarer Paul Oaklev board the wrecked Cornhusker Mariner. era, and a reasonable amount of film to fit those cameras. Italy: One camera and "a few rolls of film, approximately six or Oakley, renowned among 4 •even," said the man at the consulate. Seafarers for his prowess as a the damaged ship, which was rent were off and running back to the Holland: Any cameras you care to bring, as long as you declare them nimrod, usually takes his ad­ down the middle and being shored Western Trader with a pile of when you leave your ship. Regulations permit two rolls of film for each venture in the field with a gun up with steel beams on deck to LOGs for the crew, their booty camera. as his weapon and a deer or bear prevent further splitting, the pair well in hand. Spain: No definite regulations. Consulate says they allow one cam­ as his target. His locale, is usually era, maybe two, depending on the customs official. They may require the United States, but this little a deposit of duty which is refundable when you return to your ship. Be esca'pade took place about 6,000 LOG-A-RHYTHM: •ure to get a valid receipt with the stamp at the port. miles from his usual habitat, Sweden: One camera and film for it, but check the regulations in aboard a ship which was at sea in force in the port that you are in, as there are restricted areas. more ways than one. It just proves Switzerland: Two cameras and no restrictions on films. what Seafarers and habitual read­ By Harry Wolowitz Yugoslavia: Anv cameras you care to bring, as long as you are sure to ers of the SEAFARERS LOG will declare them on leaving your Iship. Film is not restricted. do to get their bi-weekly paper, Some of these regulations might seem excessively strict, especially as well as a little sight-seeing Hello my mama, hello my dear. those limiting you to two rolls of film. In these eases it has been the intrigue on the side. Here's a few lines just for your ear, experience of some Seafarers that very few officials will quibble about I've always loved you and will till I die. Craves Adventure an extra roll or two. Both still and movie black and white film in stand­ And here's a few reasons telling you why. ard sizes are available in any of the larger cities in Europe, as long as To set the scene, Oakley had You're lovely and sweet, fair and square. you don't insist on your favorite type. Although color films can be been aboard the Western Trader, With plenty of burdens, more than your share. found in Europe, the availability is so unpredictable it might be better on a run from Japan to Korea and You're lovable and friendly, give motherly advice. to take along most of what you need. back last summer when he craved Just a saint on earth and everything nice. The only jflace where stringent restrictions exist is in the Soviet- a little action. It was a five-month As long as I remember, you've been honest and true, occupied parts of Austria and Germany. It is strictly prohibited to take shuttle run and activities aboard "That's one of the reasons I'm crazy zy ahout you. pictures of any Red Army installations, vehicle or personnel. Should the vessel became somewhat rou­ I could keep writing from one day to another. you get cdlight "in the act," you'll be lucky if the Russians only con­ tine for the chief steward. To make Saying that's my sweetheart, that's my mother. fiscate the film. They have been known to take the cameras and cam­ matters worse, there hadn't been eraman as well. The order against photographing the Russians is ap­ any LOGs brought aboard the ship Even during the war I depended on you. There was always a letter with something new, proved by the Western allies so there's no one to appeal to. As noted for several months, and Oakley and A joke or two, a story or so; above, Sweden also has areas which are restricted to photographers, and the rest of the crew were champing Always enough to keep on the go. Inquiries should be made. If your equipment is on the expensive side, at the proverbial bit, just aching talk to your insurance agent about a world-wide camera floater policy. for some papers. And when I returned you said, "Howdy, son. Good shooting. Thank God it's over, glad we won," Imagine then, what insatiable You've never changed, before and after. throbbing would beat in the breast Just happy go lucky and full of laughter. of this sea-adventurer when news of a ship breaking up on the rocks I could go on writing like this for years came to him. And that ship only With never the sa?ne line twice. Ask any kid under the age of six years and he'll tell you 30 miles distant! Of all the wonderful things you do. that there is nothing more exasperating than having the How lovely, sweet and nice. Join Forces television set go on the blink when Howdy Doody is onstage. But I must say goodbye as my relief is here. The vessel -in question was the Imagine, then, how irritating-^ And before I do, happy birthday, dear. it can be to seaborne Seafar­ Sunbathing Off PR Cornhusker Mariner, which had So, many happy returns, all the best to you. been breaking up on the rocks off ers when perfectly good tele­ Mother dear I love you, with heart so true. Pusan, Korea, for several weeks vision sets can't get anything at when Oakley decided to board her all on their picture tubes. Snow, for a look around. Another des­ double images and ghosts are bad perate man in search of LOGs was enough as occupational hazards of the radio operator, and the two the TV business, but just the same marine adventurers joined forces crews aboard two SIU ships think to, set out for the ship forthwith. (1) What is the name of the detective in Agatha Christie's detective « set's worthwhile to have aboard. It was 30 miles across the outer stories? Is it: (Ellery Queen), (Philo Vance), (Hercule Poirot), or (Fa­ Set troubles would be under­ harbor and part of the ocean from ther Brown)? standable if there was something (2) Two lamps together cost $85. One costs $14 more than the other. the Western Trader to the Corn­ wrong with the set in the first What is the cost of each lamp? husker Mariner, but that was a place, such as burned out vacuum (3) Where is Yellowstone National Park located? Is it in: (Wyoming), small obstacle to two intrepid sea­ tubes, picture tubes or shorted men. The one-and-one-half hour (ColorSdo), (Montana) or (Idaho)? circuits. However, crewmembers (4) If a boxing match begins at 10:30 PM and is stopped at the bell journey was made in a makeshift •board the Golden City of Water­ launch, commandeered by the duo. at the end of the ninth round, what time is it? man and the Steel Rover of Isth­ (5) Whose name appears last on the list of credits at the beginning At last they reached their desti­ mian have another problem with nation, pulses throbbing. The of every movie? Is it: (the producer), (the director), (the studio which television reception—they simply Cornhusker was a derelict ship, made the film) or (the author of the screenplay)? get too far out to sea sometimes. (6) Who lends the money, the mortgagor or the mortgagee? lying half upon the rocks and half It seems that both offshdre, deep(7) Name two of the three states in the Union which have fourin the waters of the Pacific Ocean. sea ships run well out of the TV letter names. Not a Seafarer was left aboard reception zones so the only time the vessel, although there was a*, (8) If a horserace is six and a half furlongs long, how long is it in they get anything on the screens skeleton Navy crew on board. Oak­ terms of feet or yards? is when they approach land, and ley and his companion went aboard, (9) Which of the six New England states (Maine, New Hampshire, not always then. Still they feel it's with very little ado; and headed Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island) were not ..worthwhile when running up and Seafarer Toriy Pisano tries to ' right for the crew's foc'sles, know­ among the 13 original states of the US? fiown the coast. And when that get a stranglehold on a sun(10) Five times a number plus three and twice the number less one ing they would find the hidden;image comes on the screen its bath on the Alcoa Pennant off treasure there. They were right.' add up to ICQ. What is the number? "channel fever time because a good Puerto Rico. He seems to be (Quiz Answers On Page 25) After taking an impr|ygiu,,tour |.f,^ .qiu WW Happy Birthday, Mother Dear Crewmen Say ^So-So' On Video QuizCiiiiill .•i* �SEAFARERS Maar^tLuiH, LOG Seafarers' Names Find Fame In Proud Annals Of Sporting World Bp Sptka Marltn While studying the foam on the then how was he to get the paying glass of a beer that made a city customers excited? "Now you take this Mickey Man­ William Shakespeare said it in the 16th cen tury when he wrote: "What's in a name? That famous the other day, euy reverie was Interrupted by an angry little tle," iie said. "He ain't but fait which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." man with a stiff thumb. The thumb over -vSOO one year and the um­ Times have not changed that much in England or the United States since Elizabeth I was jabbing In a nasty way at our pires' thumbs is gettin' tired from solar plexus and the little man was calling him out on strikes. He wore the crown that such a* saying, "how come the horses xmd ain't hijackin' no .bases and he's Fannin of the Browns (Cliff and truism is no longer valid, but rank-and-file include; Allen (Joe the people run faster 'n better just another pill chaser out in cen­ Fred); Chapman (Sam of the A's and Johnny); Bauer (Hank and latter-dav names hold much every year and the baseball players ter field. Yet everybody writes more significance now that spring George); Ford ("Whitey" and and Mack of the SIU); Cobb, the get pokier 'n worser?" about him like he was the nuts. Terrible Tiger (Ty and John);' George); Gomez ("Lefty" and is in the ah*. Wait a minute, we said, why pick Why, I look at the figgers last week Black, whokeeps the Dodgers Emil) and the great DiMaggio In the sport where ash meets from being blue (Joe and Meyer); on us, we haven't opened our and this guy is hittin' .200." cowhide, ballplayers "names" (Joe and Sal); along, with front Fitzs^mons of the Giants (Fred mouth since we came in here. Yes, but, we said, he's had a appear on the membership cards office leadership in Barrow (Ed and John); the Cardinals' Deans "Well it's you guys," Focus Coyle slump. of the Union, from ancients to and Joe) and the unique nomen­ ("Dizzy." "Daffy" and Harry); Beck said (for it was he), "who Is always "Yes but nothin,'" Focus snarled, rookies, from the Alexanders to clature of Workman (Charlie, of the Phillies (Walter of "Boom whoopin' and hdllerin' about how "I remember when Gehrig had a the Careys. Equal representation and, more to the point. Homer). Boom" infamy and Jay); Blckford, some high school kid without all slump an' everybody was cryln' for Joe Barrow, incidentally, is the seems to be apparent for the two late of the Braves (Vem and How­ his muscles grown in is another the medic because he only hit .295 real name of another sports fig­ major circuits, with names of ard); Atwell of the Chicago Na­ Babe Ruth or Walter Johnson when and didn't drive in over 110 runs ure who will live for all time — present and former Cincinnati tionals (Toby and Julius), and the he ain't even Pee Wee Reese ..." that year. They found out the poor Joe Louis. Reds and New York Yankee play­ royal Wagner of the Pirates (Hans Well, we reminded him, maybe guy had one foot in the cemetery ers predominating, if any ma­ All Teams in SIU and Royal). baseball players aren't so hot right which is why he had such a lousy jority is present. Amoiig the Reds Many more are the names and In addition to this array of stars, now but then again, some of the season. present and accounted for are: teami^ present in the SIU. Every Abrams (Cal of the NL and Ab- team in both leagues Is repre­ there is among the Union those fighters around today don't hold a "Now I got nothin' against this ner of the SIU); Adcock (Joe and sented. One for each on the members who have the full name candle to any ring greats either. here Mantle," he continued, "ex­ Fred); Berger (Wally and Sid­ roster in addition to the Yankees of some of baseball's brightest cept maybe you sportswriters make "Greatest On Spikes" ney); Bishop (Max, the renowned and Reds, would be: Boudreau of lights. Numbered among them are him think he's the greatest thing ' "You're just duckin' the point," base swiper, and Hollis); Walters the Indians (Lou and Omer); Frank "Home Run" Baker of the he said as he jabbed us again. (We what walked out of a dugout so he ("Bucky" and Joe); Weaver (Jim" Wright of the White Sox (Taft and A's, "Zeke" Bonura of the Giants were ducking at that because our don't have to learn nothing no and William); and Frey (Lynus Archie); Williams of the Bean- and tanglefoot fame, Fred "Dixie" breath was getting a little short). more about baseball. Because it and Sidney). Abrams is now with towners (Ted, the magnificent Walker, the Dodgers and the peo­ What's got me sore is a kid has a seems to me there's been a lot o' Pittsburgh, Adcock with Milwau­ splinter, and William); Case of the ple's choice, Jimmy Collins and great year in the bushes an' comes guys like him, but Where's the good Collins, but, sadly, no Ed, the ballplayers?" kee. Senators (George Washington, the Joe best of them all, Billy Cox and up and hits .280 he's the greatest The "Yankees" listed in the celebrated pilferer, and Alfred); Ernie Coy of Brooklyn, "Sad" Sam thing. on spikes accordin* to you We couldn't answer that one and didn't try. When we finally snuck Jones of the Indians, and Sid Gor­ writers." We were forced to concede that out we left him arguing with the don of the Giants, Braves and A Get-Together On The Sea Cliff there was a wee bit of exaggeration bartender. Maybe the bartender Pirates. Not wholly dependent upon base- in the baseball writer's prose, but knows but he wasn't talking. hall for notoriety, other sports, too, are in the SIU. There Is Porridge Hot or Otherwise B^rksdale of UCLA and Baltimore basketball (Don and Nathan); Blanchard of Army football (Doc and Floyd and Frenchy, as close to Felix as possible, but no Glen Davis to complete the illusion); Wilt, agent on the QT of the FBI and track (Fred and Roy); George Chandler of Princeton football fame, 1950; Conn of the boxing world (Billy and Jim); another one in Constantino (Lulu and Enri­ que); Charles "Chuck" Cooper of Duquesne, the Boston Celtics, and the SIU; Crane of the chalk-line billiards (Irving and Harold); Crowley, of Notre Dame's gallop­ Some of the crew gets together aboard the Sea Cliff on a recent ing Horsemen (Jim and Martin); run to the Far East. Standing are, left to right. Norm Phillips, Glen Cunnin^am and Ed; foot­ Ken Herzog, Paul Oakley. Seated in same order are Tony Figueira, baller Bill Dudley and namesake Whitie Poole, M. Casey, Bill Wieiners, Andy Kudlo, Russel McCloud, Clarence; Egan of the hockey Harvey Mesford and H. R. Hiitchins. The boys on the Cantigny who make it hot, cold and otherwise for bruises (Jim and J. R.); Ben Hogan the rest of the crew are these steward department men. They are, and Bob, and Robert Jones of golf left to right, Charles McDonald, Pat Gazzillo, Mike Jablonski, Dick and the Union. Ramsberger, Bill Thompson, James Elliott. Photo by Doc Watson. Show Compassion, Just to show that the files have its heart in the right place, Billy Evans, an old timpire of American League travail, is listed along with Charles Dowling, namesake of the Broadway producer Edward Duropens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, yea who stages the baseball writ­ bakers LOG and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known ers show every year, lampooning cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the Wee, the ballplryers, umpires, managers suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Steivard Harry L. and owners. « Franklin's recipe for "Salmi Duck." Two problems generally haunt a ship's steward: what will Bon Voyage Gift appeal to a tired crew's appetite in hot weather and the seem­ ingly never ending problem of what to do with left-over fowl. Salmi Duck seems to fill both"*^ opinion is that sherry wine gives bills and is recommended by the results a rather sharp taste Franklin. and that sherry wine is not gener­ Take 6 cooked ducks cut In ally available. Those who do not pieces and place them in a bake desire to take sides in the issue ii pan with gravy may mix a half cup of equal parte stock. Duck gravy of vinegar and sherry to add to is preferred, but the gravy which will do very welL beef, chicken or The duck and gravy are then 16QARD SHIP even pork gravy placed m a 350 degree oven' for (OUR ELECTED may be used. about 30 minutes, the gravy thick- . Add to the ened, and it is ready to serve over CELESATIS fiEFKESENT gravy stock Cut rice for a pleasant hot weather . "iTHE UNION iNceew up olivels, pimendish. toes, mushrooms Salmi or salmis is supposedly BEEFS. apd a few sliced an old French recipe, a forerunner Franklin oranges. Then of sauerbraten, which the diction­ Flowers for a passenger get add a half cup of vinegar; cider ary describes as a ragout of roa-sted the attention of Mrs. Edna T. '(ite.THEM YOUR SUPPORT, HELP AMKB vinegar is best. Franklin says that game, fowl or the like, stewed in Johansson and Joe Mendoza ibU/2 CfiEWA smnH-RUNNING SID T6AM! cooks may argue the point. of wine. Steward Franklin assures aboard the Del Norte on a re» whether vinegar or sherry should us that salmi duck is much more cent run to the Virgin Islands. be added to the gravy. Hit own delicious than the dictionary hintSr-^^' Photo by Sinkei; . eitfe 'BM A HANOi r m •'h '-'M' "-1 .TS-. W- I .1 �SEAF ARERS May M. 1954 Want^S^nTo giieo^ivo LOG To the Editor: Enclosed you will find an ap­ plication for the SEAFARERS LOG. I am requesting this for my son who is far away from me at the present time. He has' re­ cently/Completed his basic training at Sampson, NY. and is in ad­ vanced air courses at Lowry Air Force Base at Denver, Colo. I have been forwarding my own copy to him in the past. How­ ever, it is quite inconvenient as I usually receive it somewhat late myself. That is no reflection upon you, however. By the time it is forwarded to mfe it is quite anti­ quated. I really enjoy my copy and I am very grateful for all the helpful and enlightening facts I have derived from it. « Again, thanks a million for the pleasures I have derived and may I thank you also in behalf of my son, Norman III. I'm looking for­ ward to his return home and to his return to the sea instead of the air. Norman Menzies, Jr. (Ed. note: Your son's name has been added to the mailing list. He will feceive the LOG every two weeks, as published.) t. t. Asks For LOGs^ New And Old To the Editor: Will you please send me copies of the SEAFARERS LOG from January through April? I am now stationed here at Fort Dix, NJ, in an engineer battalion. It isn't too bad, just a little better than Camp Gordon, Ga., was. If you will, you can send the LOG from now hn to, the following address, as I expect to be here at Fort Dix for some time. I am now in the supply room as a clerk, which is nowhere near what a steward did when I was at sea. However, it beats the infantry. Please put my name and address In the LOG as I want to hear from some of my old shipmates. Please send me the back dated LOGs and start sending it to me regularly here as I want to keep up with what is going on in this great Union of ours. Pvt. Fred R. Hicks, Jr. US 52307922 B Co. 86th Engr. Const. Bn. Fort Dix, New Jersey (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted; you will continue to receive the LOG every two weeks, as published.) i Mn Air Force^ Lonely For SiU To the Editor: I am just reading my new copy of the SEAFARERS LOG for April and it sure helps to pass the time here at Brady Air Base in Kyushu, Japan. I can sit by my shop and watch the ships going into Hakata Bay for Fukuoka, and it makes me homesick for a ship. Just 14 more months to go In the Air Force and will I be glad to get back to sea again. If any of the SIU ships come into Fukuoka, I hope some of the men will give me a call at Brady Air Base, phone 121, ring 1. A/IC Horace A. Wiltshire l" 4" L E ITER S clean ship, SIU style. There is one stinker topside, though—the chief engineer. Any delegate can tell the kind of a guy he is the minute -lie opens his mouth. It breaks his heart to have to recognize a dele­ gate but he knows he has no alter­ native so his angle is to recognize but not to cooperate with them in any way. I could give a few exam­ ples, but why waste time on a guy not worth mentioning. Here's hop­ ing we eliminate his type of char­ acter on all SIU ships; he's not worth further exposure. Happy sailing. Charles Collins 4 4) Says Hello To Old Shipmates To the Editor: I'd like the LOG to be sent to my new address. I've been trans­ ferred from . the 45th Infantry (Thunderbird) Division. I sure enjoy reading about some of my old shipmates and the prog- t Soldier Wants To Mead LOG the men in the hospital and also Iiow well they are treated in the hospital. I also told my wife all about our benefits and I would like to have receive the LOG so she can follow the Union herself and keep me informed while at sea. My wife has seen a few LOGs and she likes them very much. I would appreciate it very much if you would send the LOG to us. My wife's name is Betty Lou Eriksen and we live at 420 West Bryan Street, Savannah, Ga. Edmund Eriksen (Ed. note: We're sorry about the wrong picture in the past. We'll try to see that it doesn't happen again. You will receive the LOG every two weeks as published.) i To the Editor: .Will you please send the LOG to me c/o Postmaster, San Fran­ cisco, Cal.? I also wish to say hello to all my friends and wish them luck; I will be back soon. Thank you. Pfc. Billy Pounds US 52236996 Headquarters Company Far East Command SSB 8235 Army Unit APO 500 c/o Postmaster ress the Union Is making. I'd like San Francisco, Cal. (Ed. note: The LOG toill be sent to say hello to all my old ship­ mates around Mobile and I hope to you as requested.) to see them in about seven months. 4" 4) 4^ PFC George W. Dean US 53095266 Co. A 151 Eng.iCombt. C.Bn. San Francisco, Cal. To the Editor: (Ed. note: The LOG will be We the crewmembers of the Sea- sent to you every two weeks, as train Savannah would like the rest published.) of the membership to know that 4> 4> 4> we are members of an astounding SIU crew qn board this vessel and we have a steward department which can be described as superla­ To the Editon tive. It's been a while since I've writ­ Stanley Johnson, our chief stew­ ten to the LOG. The last time was ard, is doing a real great job on in July, 1953, when I was on the this scow in the line of the chow Mobilian. By the way, if you put served on this vessel. The menus my picture in the LOG, please put on here are strictly out of this the right one in as the letters I world and we challenge any freight wrote from the Mobilian and the ship to better same. Our chief stew­ Hurricane earlier the same year ard is backed up by Carlo Roca- carried the wrong picture. There fort, chief cook, who is real tops must be quite a few fellows with as a cook and brother Joseph War- the same name. field, who is a natural artist on his I am on the Southstar now out of pastry. Not to be outdone, brother Savannah, Ga., heading for the George Libby, our third cook, Mediterranean on this trip. We are keeps the boys on here happy with leaving here tonight for New his superb vegetables. Orleans, La., our loading port. These four men together really What I would like to say is that are masters of the culinary arts. (Jinally got married on April 15 in Our messmen are also doing a fine Savannah and had to leave right job. As a result we have a very after that on the 18th. While in happy crew on this scow and we Savannah, my wife and I visited would like to invite all brothers' the marine hospital where a few who may see this ve.ssel on a friends of mine are patients. My shipping board to grab same as she wife was very impressed with the is really a feeder. way the Union is taking care of Crew of Seatrain Savannah Steward DepL Rated As Tops Just Married, He Skips Out 4" Steel Admiral Ran Bappy One To the Editor: As usual aboard SIU ships, the last week out of the States aboard the Steel Admiral (Isthmian) was a happy one, after a three-and-ahalf-month voyage, with all the crew looking for a smooth payoff, The ports we made and spent most of the time in were not so good, as it was a Persian Gulf run, but, considering it was not too bad. The captain, mates and engineers were a. good, bunch and fair play CMulta w«re a Pag* Tw«ty<«M LOG Stanley Jdmsea, ehlef steward aboard Hie Seatrain Savannah, gets set te write another memi whteh has all Seafarers aboard ttio ahip dreolhis. antlcipattoB and iriictted awctltes.. . „ , t. Seafarer Wants SIU Health Plan To the Editor: In recent months there has been much argument about the proposed closing of the marine hospitals to merchant seamen. I think that we, as a whole, in the Seafarers Inter­ national Unioni^should have the benefit of hospitalization at all times in case we are deprived of these facilities. I have been making a lot of inquiries into this matter and find that a large majority of the members are very much in­ terested in having some sort of protection in case of sickness or injury. Seafarers' wives and children should be included, even if each member has to be assessed $10. This, I think, would be lots better insurance for the families of Sea­ farers than we could get from any outside source and it is cheap enough not to hurt anyone, as we are still getting our vacation pay. At the present time I am paying $43 for my wife and one child, not including myself. Pat Ryan 4» 4) 4- Urge Shipboard Accident Forms To the Editor: We the delegates of the Golden City take, this opportunity to fur­ ther clarify the action taken at our regular shipboard meeting on this date as regards to the Union sup­ plying accident forms on board all SlU-contracted ships. This matter was discussed for some time and at considerable length during the meeting by the entire crew and voted on. The crew went on' record as being unani­ mously and whole-heartedly in fa­ vor of such a system. There were many advantages pointed out by various crewmembers, a few of which you will find listed below. This system would provide the Union Welfare Services with all details on men left in foreign ports for hospitalization, such as what ports men were left in, reasons they were left, under what condi­ tions they left the ship and when. This would enable the Union to better look out after the men re­ gardless of what remote hospitals they may be in throughout the world. This system would also tend to eliminate the possibility of com­ pany officers on board the ships of construing the wording of the acci­ dent report to the company advan­ tage which would, naturally, be to the seaman's disadvantage. This system would also enable the Union to have a first-hand rec­ ord of all accidents as well as of all witnesses in the crew to any one particular accident. There were also other advantages pointed out, but they were pri­ marily based on the three points above. James Flanagan C. A. HonorowsU \ Cliironl Newton S. Cantor Thanks Crews Of Two Ships To the Editor: I am requesting that this letter be published in the SEAFARERS LOG as my expression of thanks to the many good brothers on board the Del Norte. I am a full bookman who was a crewmember of the Del Alba, and who was hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for three opera­ tions in one day. I was pretty bad off for the first few days after the operations. While I was hospitalized, one of the crewmembers of the Del Mar came to see me. His name was Rodriguez, and he brought me some soap, matches, cigar­ ettes and reading material. His fel10 w crewmem­ bers donated to me a couple of Rodrigura cartons of cigar­ ettes and other items once more, before the ship sailed back to the States. I want to thank them all for their kindness to me. One week after the Del Mar sailed, the Del Norte came into port. I wrote a letter to the ship's delegate on board asking for a few more cigarettes and other items for me when I found out that I was being sent back to the States on the Del Norte on her return voyage, as a crewmember assigned to the hospital. Got Dough, Too As soon as I got aboard the ship the ship's delegate gave me the items he had for me. He also gave me some money from the ship's fund. Later, he visited me and another crewmember who was hospitalized every day to ask if he could do anything for us. This is my only way of thank­ ing the men who make up the crews of the Del Mar and Del Norte. I em grateful to them for their aid when I needed it most. I didn't know there" were so many good Union brothers on one ship, especially like the Del Norte, which will rate first with me from now on. • Ramon Rodriguez 4> 4> ••'t f- I 4> Gives Thanks To Union Members To the Editor: The comfort and heartfelt sym­ pathy extended by Union members upon the death of my husband is deeply acknowledged. I wish to extend my hospitality to any friends of the late Dorward McKeel. Your comforting expres­ sions of sympathy will always be remembered with deep gratitude. Mrs. Jean McKeel 4, i 4. Port O' Call Ms Best^ She Says To the Editor: I wish to express my thanks for a lovely evening spent at the Port O' Call recently, both on behalf of my sister and myself. It was her first visit there and the first time she had ever been around seamen. She enjoyed herself immensely and found the manager and staff most friendly and helpful, even to the extent of presenting her with her first LOG, which she enjoyed read­ ing. She sees now what she has mi.ssed in not having been as nauticalminded as I have been. We also found the company of the seamen present most gentlemanly com­ pared to most other places. The food was delicious and the atmos­ phere was just right. I wish also to express my thanks to the L(XT for printing the poems which I have sent to them. M. fiwycr 1 I �PaceTw«Btr-tiM Wants Hospitai Reports On Ship SEAFARERS LOG M*f 11, IW4»« L E ITERS In dapan Again Alter Two Years To the Editor: To the Editor: gear ready and catch a ship from barges, but I'm hoping to be back Upon reading the LOG of April Now that I find myself in Japan port, if possible. 2, I came across a letter referring' that on one in 21 months or If I'm lucky again after some two years of try­ Oh, yes, I really enjoy reading to another one written by Stewart a little sooner. I'd appreciate it H ing to come back here, let me say Hanks concerning the question of the SEAFARERS LOG. It also To the Editor: you would have the LOG sent to before .1 go on that I never could keeps me posted on all the fun and I think an article in the New putting accident forms aboard our find a better time of the year to shipping I am missing out on. York Times a few days ago about me here in Chaffee for the next come and see the natural beauty ships for the convenience of Sea­ G. A. Dana seven weeks. I'd also like to know of this land. I believe that the farers. (Ed. note: If you address your the uncertain future of seamen re­ of any brothers who are stationed rest of the boys will tell you the There is no question that this is questions and requests to the Mar­ garding their unemployment is of very gi'eat need and has been ine Firemen, Oilers and Water- misleading. It relates to a state­ here. I'd like to trade sea stories same thing. for a long time. It will also mark tenders' Union, 150 Broadway, San ment by the Seaman's Church In­ Coming here we had a very another step in our Union's prog­ Francisco, Cal, they may be able stitute that many seamen were with them. Regards to all the smooth trip. In fact, everything brothers. ress for the membership and an­ to fill your needsJ here has been going smoothly so looking for more stable jobs Pvt. Henry J. Ko^alskf other opening of the eyes of the far. The cooking ashore due to the slowing up of shipping companies. here is tops and (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ shipping. To me that's a laugh. it is no guess Hears All Stories I classify a seaman as one who dress has been noted and you will since Peter LoHaving sailed in the steward de­ receive the LOG every two weeks, has made the sea his livelihood for as published.) leas is the stew­ partment for nearly 10 years, most­ To the Editor: several years ard and Peter ly as crew messman, I guess I hear 4 4 4 Would you please be so kind as steady. You just Gonzales is. the just about every beef that there is to put me on the mailing list of the can't take away chief cook. These to be heard on a ship. Some of the LOG. I am kind of stuck over here the sea life from two Petes can stories that you hear make you in Europe, but I hope that I will a bona fide , sea­ understand each sure glad that today is not like old get back to the States in the near man and put him To the Editor: other in cooking times without Union representa­ future. Ramirez ashore to work, I am writing you a few lines to language so well tion. I have been on a couple of tank­ "even though you let you know that I am getting that in contrast to every other ship In the old days you would go to ers that were shuttling out here in pay him twice along very well and am glad to the steward department here on an officer, mainly the first mate, France. The last one laid up over the salary. I can hear that the Union is progressing the Wacosta can claim one of the and teir him what happened. He in Genoa, Italy, and although I am understand radio very rapidly, especially the Wel­ best records in sea-going cooking Jellette would say, "I'm busy now, come a resident alien, I am having diffi­ operators changback later," or "why don't you culties with the consul about my ing to aircraft or television but fare Department and the Sea for not receiving a single com­ plaint. I think this is about the Chest. watch what you're doing?" Then return to the US. not an AB, oiler or messman. The qply ship where I have ever eaten maybe after bawling you out for Sailed Steward I have been in contact with the medical clinic of the Institute also half an hour he would decide to Welfare Department and I hope says that it helped soothe more I used to .ail in the steward de­ three good meals a day. Since I'm put some iodine on the injury. partment as MM or BR. The last a hard customer to please who that with its help I will be able to feet during 1953 than ever before, The next step is sending a form get my problem ironed out. I hope a "phenomenon" it ascribes to the ship i. was on was the Michael, in usually doesn't eat more than two meals a day, that means something. around the ship which he wants endless rounds by seamen to shii>- March, 1951. I have always en­ Telegrams For Mom crewmembers to sign who were no­ to have a LOG over here soon as it joyed the LOG and have had it is quite some time since I have ping offices and union halls in the Since we just came in and most where near the place of the acci­ sent here for over one year, but quest for berths. seen one. of the adventure hunters haven't dent. It is just another company have not received the last two is' P. A. Pettersson I can understand the. sore feet sues. I live in Kmgs Park, not gone ashore yet^ there is not much scheme to try to protect itself and (Ed. note: Your name has been obtained going to shipping offices, Kings Point. They're both in Long to write about, but in a couple of not worry about the man's future. added to the mailing list. You will but not for the men who were un­ days you will be hearing from me Hurt While Securing receive the LOG every two weeks ion members. A man who is a un­ Island, but maybe the LOG is go­ again. The only evertt worth men­ ing there, as one of those I re­ About two months ago I was on as published.) ion member, even when shipping ceived was addressed in that man­ tioning here so far is that after a ship where a brother member t t 4 IS bad, does not have to heg any­ ner. somebody mentioned "Mother's and myself were eating chow to­ one for help in getting a job. If a Day," a' lot of us have been busy Remember me to all the old- sending telegrams. gether. The steward came and told seaman is there when his turn us to make sure everything was comes that job is his, and should timers in the hall, especially Pete It is said that Japan produces secured as we were changing To the Editor: he be hard against it, his union Larsen, Red Campbell and Baby some of the most beautiful flowers course to get out of a storm we Miller and the others who remem­ in the world. Some of the boys There was smooth sailing in all will come to the rescue. were in. About ten minutes after departments aboard the Monarch ber me. I will close wishing the insist that they are going to wire Non-Union Men the steward spoke to us things of the Seas ^(Waterman) with no Union all the best of luck m their some flowers home by sending If the truth were known, the beefs. were starting to fly. The other man beefs. We have a good gang here them through the mail, but wiser biggest part of the Institute's cli­ was the passenger lounge steward on the ship. All hands are happy Martin Blum heads insisted the stunt couldn't ents for assistance would be the and he headed topside when he and what a pleasure it is to bring (Ed. note: The correction in be done. By the time they arrive heard the banging around up there. in a ship clean and beefless. This floaters, men who, though calling your mailing address has been it would be time for "Father's When in the act of securing as best is our third trip. We took her from themselves seamen and occasional­ made. You will continue to receive Day" and we'd be ready for an­ he could, he met with an accident, the repair yard with a whole new ly shipping out, are not members the LOG every two weeks, as pub­ other bunch of flowers. resulting in his being put off the crew. It took a couple of trips to of a union, either through never lished. ) Artificial Flowers 4 4 4 ship in a foreign port. The com­ square her away, but she is okay having sailed a union ship, misfits I'd like to advise some of the in the industry, or men just start­ pany claimed that he didn't belong now. sons and daughters of many of our ing out blind and learning the hard there at the time.- New rules all Charles E. Spencer brothers that sending flowers to way. the time. • us is not very practical when we Any man, myself included, who For these and other reasons it are overseas. The truth is that is a legitimate seaman, is not To the Editor: would be well to have the accident most of the time we are not in I want to thank my former ship­ alarmed by such articles as this forms aboard. That way we can the right place to receive them. one. Just like any other profession, mates on the Del Norte (Missis­ It think it is possible for some of make out our own report on the sippi) for their kindness to me re­ there ate good times and bad, and ship and the Union can receive and these children, - in order to show it is up to the individual to make cently when I became ill and had their affection, to talk some florist file it in order to have it handy. ^ get off the ship at St. Thomas provisions for such emergency. No, When a man lays in a hospital for into coming out with novel idea I'm not worried. I own a book. In to be flown back to the USPHS of developing and creating minia­ three or four months, or a witness Hospital at New Orleans for treat­ the SIU. is long shipped out on another ves­ ture artificial flowers. These ment. sel with no way of getting to him John JeUette could be placed with radio officers The guys got together and for months, the company can real­ 4 4 4 raised $50 in a tarpaulin muster aboard ships and, after getting a ly get off easy. to give me a hand in my difficul­ telegram or message, the officer Tommy Thompson ties. The donation was unsolicited could carry it out by presenting 4" 4" t and I've always believed a man the -man the token gift from his To the Editors: should pay his own way, but I family. Instead of the cumbersome I would like to take this oppor­ might add this help certainly methods now employed. We have a couple of artists on tunity to thank the officials and came in handy in this Instance. To the Editor: board including B. Suall who once my friends who have been so kind The Del Norte crew Is a great On January 24 I received three to me since I have been here in the bunch to sail with and I wish them won a second prize In our Art Contest. Unfortunately, Suall did Seafarers booklets on questions Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital. all the luck in th world. not bring his drawing equipment and answers for Firemen, Oilers I feel the only way I can thank I'm getting along fine and hope with him. and Watertenders' examinations. I them is through the LOG. I also to be ready for duty again soon. I am wishing a happy "Father's wish to thank you for your kind­ would like to thank Dr. Wilson and Thomas B. "Tommy" Pari'. ness. Day" to all the members in our his staff for what they have done Union who.are fathers and all my I am studying the three book­ for me. 4 4 4 friends who are fathers at home lets every chance I get and I have I hope to be out soon and right and abroad. I close now, expect­ just about learned the fireman's back to the good old SIU just like ing to write you again in another job, but, I really don't know where always. day or two. to look for the valves and other P. J. McCann To the Editor: necessary equipment with no pic­ Luis Ramlres ' •\ tures to guide me. Therefore, I 4 4 4 I would like to receive the SEA­ wonder if the Fireman's Union FARERS LOG. Please put my could send me a book on boilers name on your mailing list. I have and the inside of a boiler room .so the April 2 issue and I would like that I can study from it in order very much to have the next Issue To the Editor: with Congress no^^ In ses­ to help me. I'm now stationed at Camp Chaf­ as well. I will be at this hospital sion, Seafarers are urged to fee, Ark., and am going to the Field for at least two or three months. Head for Charleston SHORE WEAK (SEA GEAR keep on writing their Senators I have a letter from Washington, Wire "School to learn something I will notify the LOG when to dis­ and Representatives in favor SEA GEAR (SHORE WEAR DC, giving Charleston, SC, the au­ about communications, and laying continue mailing it to me at this of retaining the US Publio wire. They don't hound us so much address. thorization to issue me my special­ Health Service hospitals. The .. James H. Harkeir as they did in Fort Dix, but the ly validated merchant marine docu­ flow of mall has been heavy •( SlU HEADQUARTERS Army is the Army and can't com­ ments, therefore, the port of Char­ ' up to now, ,but from now on in (Ed. note: Your address has pare to sailing an SIU. ship. leston will be my first stop. 1 plan e7S-4lh AVE . BROOKiyN is the time that It really been added to the mailing list. You Oh working in Charleston on the I sure miss the good old Water­ toill also receive the issue of April counts. docks until ii^ sea-going man scqws ,|i|id the ..Bpb^ Line 16 as you requested.) ' Seamen Stick To Sea^ He Sags ¥ S' I-.. -•f^- • In Europe^ Asks To Read EOG Former Seaman Is Doing Fine Good Gang On Board Vessel Thanks Men For Giving Him Aid forSIU MEMBERS! Thanks Union For Aiding Him Asks Questions On FWT dob ANC>S#*5«gWe/«tRQMAT&OjHBftSH TOASOOWIK-TBRAU-ATSREOAU SfAOlKr PRICK your SEA CHEST In Hospitals Wants Back EOG Armg Still Armg^ Even In Arkansas Keep Those Ueiters Conning �SEAFARERS MfiUitm LOG Pace Tweni^rtbree. •^^ifiiARPEST cuFimBijmmm ^Mernan*8 Callforhlii Line 'A ipper Six months and 15 days by ship from New York to San Francisco and return seems an impossibly long time in this day and age, but in the days of the clipper ships it was very fast going. One hundred days, fifteen in port and eighty home was the average time con­ sumed by the clippers in the early 1850's. Thie clipper era of shipbuilding dawned in the .middle 1830's with the great China trade. Shippers sought speedier ships to the trouble of seeking the more by ship around the Horn, took the for their cargoes, for time at glamorous gold. Shoes at one time across the Isthmus of Pana­ sea was money out of their sold for $75 a pair, which gives an route ma from Chagres to Panama, by pockets. The rabe was on then for ships of greyhound speed. About 1849 in New York City all the East Biver shoreline, from Wall Street to Eleventh Street was infected by a fever of shipbuilding. Posters announcing sailings cov­ ered every dead wall and the run­ ning time of the most newly ar­ rived clipper vvas a popular topic of conversation. The posters were usually in vivid colors announcing the time of de­ parture of the clipper ship with its fastest running time to Sart Fran­ cisco and back prominently dis­ played. Gold Rush Impetus Great impetus was given to the building of clipper ships by the Gold Rush of 1849 and it was re­ sponsible for the launching of 160 clippers within the' space of four years. It is said that during the year before the discovery of the first nugget in California, only two ships from Atlantic ports had vis­ ited San Francisco Bay. In the year and a half that followed, more than 700 vessels sailed into that magni­ ficent harbor bringing 100,000 per­ sons. The sudden influx of such a num­ ber of persons created a demand for food, clothing and working tools far beyond the dreams of present suppliers, which meant the prices of such things rose sky-high and. made transportation in most cases a fabulously profitable busi­ ness. It was not unusual for a clip­ per to pay for herself on a single round-trip voyage and many times with considerable profit besides. Many fortunes were made by suppliers who did not have to go idea as .to costs. In hundreds of cases, such was the effect of the craze for gold on the minds of its seekers that ves­ sels on arriving at San Francisco were run aground an^ abandoned by their passengers and crews. There were 500 deserted ships in the harbor by July of 1850, ac­ cording to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Of the 80,000 men reaching the West Coast in 1849, it is estimated that 40,000 came by sea. Hordes of gold seekers, instead of going ' ' Larger and stronger than the common galley, though not as speedy, the Galleass had been considerably developed by the end of 'the 15th century and played an important role in many great naval combats. It proved to be a deciding factor in the battle of Lepanto (1571), resuiting in the victory of the western nations in their istruggle to end the menace' of Turkish domina­ tion in Europe. Ships of this type carried 20 or more oars on a (From "Tho Book of Old Ship*" (Doubleday). by Grant and Culver.) side, plus sail, and had large platforms or decjcs forward and aft u^on which stood part of its broadside artillery. A solid deck covered the waist above the rowers and provided a large open space for handling the sails and for keeping additional guns. A galleass of 600 tons and having 20 gars on a side is said to have required five men at each par. Thus, these ships carried a large number of men, without even counting the soldiers and gunners, boat and mules, if fortunate enough to be able to hire or buy one of the animals. Those who got through endured terrible hardships on the way, especially those who covered the distance on foot, carry­ ing all their goods on their backs. Although the elipper ship was ideally suited for swift ocean pas­ sage of passengers and cargo, it had its faults. She could tear through the sea at furious speed, but her skipper, crowding her masts with every possible stitch of canvas in the hope of breaking a record, sometimes saw those masts A i lixtrranHr' Clit>|>«<r Blilp pulled up by the roots, or sails and spars ripped bodily from the rig­ ging ahd borne away to leeward. Passengers on a clipper experi­ r,-0«iBaaader, k new rapidly Leadiast at FUS11, E. enced about as much enjoyment as tW* Wwtifttl lUlIf1).a* mmir, itt !ti.; <«i w w) a crew of fresh inland gobs on a From to KO.STO!*, In lOO »***. torpedo boat or destroyer. They From5eW-\'<mK Fflt.lNt'iSt O, In I20 DAYS, were huddled in the cabin during y From CXAUVTTX to »OST«IV, In DAYS, most of the three or four-month Mh'<Hns l»pr I.V fVMTKCi OKDKJJ. wUS tbi. voyage, for the ship's decks were tli« wwt !«.»For of FrV'.gHt; u. almost constantly swept waves. WM. T. OOEEMAIF & CO., 161 Pearl Street, End Of An Era Atraltat Ifaa W. t. Cotxuxv i ('„. Jffew W*a, By 1863, the decline of the clip­ xtmuitf i »».. rttturmm. ». j. per ship set in, not only because of the war, but because of the im­ provement made in steamers and that time being built, the "ex­ the Horn and back, as in the days other economic factors." But for treme clippers" and the "medium of the clippers. Crowds Awaited Ship years, the clipper ship had monop- clippers." The "extreme clipper" was built lized foreign trade and had The arrival of the ship was gen­ scarcely felt the competition of on racing lines, sharp of bow, erally greeted by a cheering^ crowd narrow of beam, carrying a prodi­ as it docked. Its record and list steam craft. Fulton's "Clermont" had made gious stretch of sail. Par for the of cargo was prorninently posted and was the main topic of conver­ her maiden voyage in 1807, twenty Course for them was 100 days. The "medium clipper" was built sation at the port for days after years before the dawn of the great clipper era of the middle 1830's. on more generous lines, could its arrival. Tradesmen as well as Yet in 20 years the coaler was still carry more cargo and accommodate the ladies eagerly sought the more passengers. She usually cargoes on board the newly-ar­ no match for the full-rigger. The clipper could pack all her loafed into San Francisco after a rived ships. The women felt that space below decks with merchan­ voyage of 120 days from New York. the clipper ship had at last helped Since newspapers at the time them keep up with their fashion dise carried at high freight rates. frowned on breaking up their conscious neighbors of London and A steamer, on the contrary, had to load so much coal to drive her in­ news columns with advertising, Paris. However fast modern sea travel effective engines th^t she had little posters and ship cards were every­ room left for either passengers or where to be found advertising the may be, the romance of clipper cargo. She couldn't pay her way. running time and the accommoda­ ship days is gone forever although However, the steamer was to be tions for cargoes and passengers they will long be remembered as the thing. Ugly, slow and costly, of the various clippers. Posters a part of this country's seafai'ing she finally made it. Experiments cried the departure time of each history. with boilers and engines, paddle clipper during the days of dis­ wheels and screw propellers helped covery of gold in California. Those her overtake the vaunted clippers. with the gold fever eagerly sought out the fastest ship for their trip Five-Knot Speeds around the Horn to the gold fields. In 1840, the best of the steamers Competition Keen With the LOG now contain­ drere capable of making a hazard­ ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ Shipping companies vied with ous five knots per hour, to be upped tions, there is plenty of room to ten knots ten years later. With one another for. the record run to for stories, photos and letters sails and the aid of friendly gales, San Francisco. Ship captains sent in by the Seafarers. a healthy 15 knots could some­ eagerly sought the prizes awarded Several pages of each issue times be attained. , are devoted to the experiences by the sl|ipping company to captain of Seafarers and the ships they Iron began to replace wood in and crew for a record run and sail as they describe them hulls in the 185G's, thus permitting crowded on every ounce pf sail themselves. the construction of vessels of possible, often with disastrous If you run across anything larger tonnage. But long voyages results. of interest on your voyages, or around the Horn were for the Despite the shipping companies just want to let your friends clipper ship because of cost and extravagant claims, only two clip­ lack of sufficient coaling stations. per ships made the voyage to know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG, The early clipper was usually California in less than 100 days. Don't worry too much about from 350 to 500 tons and up until They were the "Seminole," built literary style. We'll patch it the 1840's there was hardly one by Maxson & Fish of Mystic, Conn., up if it needs patching. And that reached 1,000., tons displace­ and the "Glory of the Seas," built of course, photos illustrating ment. The heavy gold fields traf­ by the famed clipper ship designer the incidents you describe fic made the demand for larger Donald McKay. make them more interesting clipper ships. The "Flying Cloud," The modern ships of the air for the readers. built in 1851. was a ship of 2,783 commonly make the trip from Bos­ Send your stuff to the LOG tqns. ton to San Francisco in 14 hours at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ Hardly a ship was built that and 15 minutes elapsed time, and lyn, NY. If you wartt any­ measured more than 200 feet in including ^ stops. However, the thing returned after we use it, length. A larger ship was not rigid modern-day. air traveler fails, jto we'll do that too. know the thrill on the completion enough to be safe. " Two types of clippers were at of a record-breaking trip around LOG Welcomes Stories^ Pics . fti �SEAFARERS rWB 'Twenty-four w May 14. 1954 LOG DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... fe: ROaiN TUXFORD (St«s Shipping), members will write to headquarters re Aprii li—Chairnun, O. C. Bourn*; S*c- questing them to place on board all SIU i raiary, Waltar Marcus. Stephan Emerson was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Letter will be sent to headquarters about the poor quality of some of the mqrchandise of the Baltimore Sea Chest. t33 75 was turned over to the ship's delegate by the steward department from the ship's fund. Part of this money was donated by the chief electrician from money made for showing movie. Chief engineer will be contacted by the mem­ bership about putting the washing ma­ chine in good working condition; it needs new gear. Ice box should be fixed. There is not much cooperation by the engineer on this ship. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Aprii 25—Chairman, R. Smith; Secretary, W. J. Walsh. The remaining $40 in the ship's fund were spent on new records. The SlU library has been stolen. Crew- manned vessels, accident reports similar to the ones used by the steamship com­ panies . This will enable crews to furnish our portside officials with first-hand in­ formation about accidents and hospital­ ization of members in foreign ports. Repair list will be submitted at the be­ ginning of the voyage to insure added comforts to those making the voyage. Foc'slcs of all members of the unlicensed personnel will be painted, as this was not done in the past year. New washing machine will be installed. Steak will be served twice a week. Chief electrician stated that a washing machine has been placed on board for oarts in case of a breakdown of the old machine. When deck cargo is carried, a catwalk will be placed in use before the scow makes her departure from the last port. Use of straight ladders will be .discontinued while the vessel is IcTading or discharging 'VaHSImk«ra' Uave iVo OK The memhership is again 'cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which lias re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. turned in to the patrolman at the payoff. Night cook and baker missed ship at Yokohama. I^tores should be checked to see if there are enough condiments to last the voyage. We are out of peanut butter, mustard, tea bags, mayonnaise. There is no variety of dry cereals, no hot sauce. Slops will be checked. Clothing sub-standard and there is not enough of a range of sizes. We are running out of some brands of cigarettes. Men leaving the ship should turn keys over to the delegates. If the ship ties up the $8 in the ship's fund will be turned over to the March of Dimes. I AZALEA CITY (Waterman), April 10— Chairman, -A. Hevde; Secretary, G. G. Glennon. Ship's delegate will see the first assistant about the crew's showers and drinking water. "telENViLLB (Waterman), Aprii It — Chairman, O. L. Ames; Secretary, Oscar Payne. R. Conner was elected ship's del egate by acclamation. There were com­ plaints about the bag being left in the coffee urn. -New repair list will be made up: members will turn all needed repairs over to their department delegates. All hands were asked to return coffee cups to the pantry. MesshaU will be painted. cargo. This Is a safety measure, but no Messman was Asked to use side dishes. action is taken by the safety committee on this matter, and it will be brought to SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), the attention of the Union. April 22—Chairman, John ' Mohteverde; Secretary, J, M. Murphy. • a a Q • • • a a • • a a D a • • • • a a <f_- • 'if ' SUITS SfDRTCCATS SLACKS Tr>pcaATS DRESS SHC^ WORKBMOES PUNGAR^S KKAKI PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS 8LUE Vy/ORKSHIRTS FRISKOOEENS HICKORV SHIRTS C.T?o. SHIRTS WHrrE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB KLTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS CI SHORTS • • a a a • BRIEFS SWEATERS LUS<SA6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS a WRITING FORTF&LIO • eou'WESTERS • .RAIN6EAR ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), March 24— Chairman, L. B. Moore; Secretary, A. E. McKlnstry. Two men missed ship at Mobile and were reported to the dis­ patcher. Frank Reid was elected ship's delegate by acblamatlon. Linen will be Issued in the same manner and time as the past. Retiring delegates got a warm vote of thanks for services rendered. Attention was caUed to careless. dropping of water glasses in the sink; messman was seriously injured due to this negli­ gence last trip. April 25—Chairman, Mike Mannlng; Secretary, Wlllard Edwards. Copy of the repair list has been turned over to the chief engineer and to the chief mate. Names of crewmembers who missed ship will be turned over '.o the boarding pa­ trolman for action. Linen changing day was switched from Friday to Wednesday. SEAMAR (Calmar), April 25—Chairman, W. Sibley; Secretary, T. Brennan. Dis­ cussion was held on mattresses and the four messman in one foc'sle. Bosun, who was hurtw thanked the men who helped to make Inm comfortable. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), April 18— Chairman, Edwing A. Rihn; Secretary, Max Simon. Fan in the galley has been repaired and the drain in the washing machine room has been cleared, as re­ quested. Everything is running smoothly In all three departments., "Vote of thanks went, to the steward department, espe­ cially the cooks, for the splendid food and service we have been getting. There was a big change over the previous trip. Ship's delegate and the patrolman will speak to the post steward to see about getting some cake flour aboard ship and more variety in stores and meat. Milk supply should be ghecked so that there is no shortage while on coastwise run. STEEL FLVER (Isthmian), March 21— Chairman, Charles H. Bush; Secretary, Charles W. Hippling. Ship's delegate was reelected. Steward would like to have linen returned on linen day. Crewmem­ bers will please refrain from putting their feet on messhaU chairs. » April 18—chairman, c. Bush; Secretary, Cecil Thomas. Washing machine wringer should be replaced. Vote of thanks went to the baker. Passageways should be painted and washing machine repaired. Gear locker was requested for the deck hands as. well as" chairs for all foc'sles, a table in the messman's room. ELIZABETH (Bull), April 25—Chairman, C. Oliver; Secretary, C. Ciadhill. Dan S^da was elected ship's delegate. Milk beef will be referred to the Union. SEATRAIN CEORGiA (Seatrein), Aprii 25—Chairman, Santos Garcia;'Secretary, Tom Bowers. Motion Was passed to .put new garbage cans on the stern of the ship. One of the men told the chief cook that he had lost 21 pounds since he came on this ship on account of the cooking. The chief cook told him that if he did not like the ship he could get off. Then the chief cook told the ship that he had cussed the man out. Several men agreed that the chief cook can't cooki Suggestion was made that everybody get back on time on sailing day. Engine delegate resigned. ^€ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), April 24 —Chairman, J. A. Allen; Secretary, ALL YOUR NJEei>S CAM &C FILLED FROM yoOR - FROM A SOU'WESTER TO AM ELECTRIC RAZOR* • Wt^ATEVER ybu BUY FROM THE SEACMCSf/ you CAM BE SURE yoofeE (JETTINS TOP QUAHjy <3EAR. AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. \V UAllO^'OWfieO ANO UMION- OPEOAlGP .-. JpOR -IHE BENEfHT OF nHS MEAAEERSHtP* .... >. U. Charles Goldstein. Treasurer reported $75.27 in the ship's fund. Motion was passed to install a sink outside of the meat box as well as a draining board and a twin sink for the galley. Charles Cothran was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Man in the 8-12 foc'sle in the engine room that lockers be shifted as they are too close to the door. It was suggested that the ship's delegate of the Seatrain New Jersey, be contacted about finding out how the TV set works. Ship's delegate will ask the boarding pa­ trolman If it is permlssablf to chip on deck during ^'the day aft of the staek where the crew's quarters are. when out to sea. * BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), April 4—Chairman, ttenry Herkinhelns; Secretary, Marvin t. Whit*. Everything is running smoothly captain commended that this Is a good crew and he is well •atisfied. Some dUputed OT wiU. be meat from ateward'a atores, also wdrlt and cleaning gear. STRATHBAY (Strathcape), March 14— Chairman, James Lee; Secretary, C. Bed- well. C. A. Masterson was elected ship a delegate by acclamation. He wiil con­ tact the chief engineer and get all repaira in order, such as flush valves needed in heads, shower adjustments, scuppers cleaned, hotter water for the washing machine. Motion was passed to have the steward type up a weekly work list schedule for cleaning the recreation room, and post this on the bulletin board. Mate sliould check all fire hydrants and dogs on doors. William McCarthy was elected deck delegate by acclamation. Department delegates will turn In OT sheets to heads of departments not later than Monday morning each week. Each watch should return all coffee cups from the bridge after watch. Drinking glasses should not be placed in the sink as they break easily and may cause injur.v. Ship's delegate should get a slopchest price typed up and placed In the recrea­ tion room. Brother Masterson has the working agreement . clarification, and those in doubt on any matter can con­ tact him. Washing machine is out of or­ der; we will try to repair it by Wednes­ day, All hands, please keep wrenches and tools away. If any repairs are needed, call the first assistant engineer or the deck engineer. Vote of thanks went to the eteward department jind the cooks OT due the crew will be- settled by boarding patrol­ man. Repair lists were made up. -Ship's delegate bought a gift for the chief stew­ ard. who has just become a father; there is a balance of $29.16 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will contact the boarding patrolman about screens for the galley and messhaU. which were promised some, time ago. All brothers were asked to cooperate in keeping quiet in the pas­ sageways while the watch is sleeping. Steward department is still doing a fine job on board. All cups should be placed in the sink after use, not left on deck. EVELYN (Bull), March 27—Chalfman, Ned Remley; Secretary, W. Wesley Etty. There is $193.17 in the ship's fund. En­ gine department is one man short; a re­ placement may be procured in Port Sul­ phur. Curtains will be provided for the messroom ports. TV set will be bought and used by crew and officers alike, and will be left as ship's property. Ship's delegate will bay the set. April 11—Chairman, Rsy Wright; Sec­ retary, W. H. Lafoon. $3 is left In the ship's fund after the purchase of a TV set. One man deliberately left the ship 10 minutes before sailing and will be reported to the patrolman on arrival In Baltimore. Everything else is -running smoothly. Performers will be reported to the patrolman. One man has been logged two days for one under coastwise articles. .Ship's delegate will check with the pa­ trolman about this. April 29—Chairman, Edwin Parker; Sec­ retary, W. Wesley Etty. There is • S3 balance in the ship's fund. for the good service • and well prepared foods served and the variety. This ves­ sel was in Baltimore on idle status for a month or so and came out In freezing weather, so there are several broken lines on deck and In the crew toilets; we will have all repaired by the next meeting. April 25—Chairman, G. A. Mastersoni Secretary, G. Bedwell. Ail repairs re­ ferred to at the last meeting were taken carc of. including fire hydrants and dogs on doors and portholes checked, lines put in good shape, all passageways Uave been painted, as well as heads and all wash­ rooms and showers. Very few repairs are left and they will be taken care of at the port of payoff, which the master ^said would be Baltimore. We will sign ar­ ticles there and return to Yugoslavia. Repair list was made up and submitted to the ship's delegate. One man was logged in Yugoslavia; boarding patrol­ man in the port of payoff will contact tlie captain about this. Sea Chest will bo contacted about having a new library aboard before sailing time. Members were requested to return all coffee cups to the messhaU. and not to put dirty drinking glassbs in the sink. The mas­ ter of the vessel asked the ship's dele­ gate to ask all hands to remain aboard for another voyage. There was a discus­ sion on the repair list. As it was small, all departments agreed to put items on one repair list. Messroom wiU be painted out Monday night and the engine depart­ ment deck will be painted green. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), Aprii 28— Chairman, A. Ramsey; Secretary, Al Whitmer. C. Murree was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Steward asked ALCGA CORSAIR (Alcoa), March 28— the crew to change aU linen and turn it Chairman, James R. Prestwood; Secre­ in so that It arrives back in time before the ship sails. No action will be tak^ on fumigation without proper authoriza­ tion from the hall. Steward reported that five, gallons of powerful bug kUler is coming aboard in New Orleanis. Ship's delegate will call the hall on arrivql and check on this. Repair list wiil be made up and turned in tomorrow so repairs can be done before sailing time. Men were asked to cooperate, keep the wash­ ing machine clean and not leave it run­ ning. ALEXANDRA (Cams), April 4—Chair­ man, Joseph Swafford; Secretary, Charles Gann. Captain asked that no one be in galley but steward department members. Notice was posted on care of the recrea­ tion room. ~Ship will pay^ off every two trips while coastwise; crew can draw on overtime up to approximately $3. List of wind scoops and cots will be made up and washing machine will be'fixed. Re­ pair and replacement list will be made out; some needed equipment is scarce. Hall will be contacted if this cannot be taken care of. Company doesn't intend to buy anything In Salem. April 12—Chairman, Robtfrt Cole; Sec­ retary, Charlesi Gann. Steward was or­ dered by the captain to tell the chief cook that his food is too. greasy, and in the future he has to do better as the officers are dissatisfied. Chief cook asked the crew how they liked the food. Entire steward department was given a rising vote of thanks for the good food being served. This was unanimous. Shortages in equipment and stores were discussed. Galveston hall will be informed that the crew is backing the steward department. Steward, chief cook and ship's delegate will check requisitioned supplies. Hall will be wired to have, a patrolman come aboard and settle beefs on getting cots, mattresses, pillows; when the washing machine will be fixed; OT beefs, room and meal allowance and better mail serv­ ice by the company. Ship's fund will be started by donations to cover cost of wires and miscellaneous expenses. April 28—Chairman, Louis W. Csrtwright; Secretary, hot listed. Mattresses, cots, pillows, etc. covered by New York patrolman. Letter will be written to headquarters on . steward departmen beef. Soap is not good for hard water Beefs were reported on one membei who yni'be. given anottter chance an havA'Ma- job. awltcbed;' Diacussion - wa' heUI''iim -eliminatlnB -aucb ttema at- Juieei tary, Joseph Castalanallo. New washing machine was placed on board. Hand rails are needed for coal tipple gangway. Fire and boat drill in New Orleans must be attended by all. Everyone is to clean up the messhaU after each movie; supper movie jvill start at 4:15 PM. April 18—Chairman. Major T, Costeller Secretary, James M. Nelson. Discussion was held on making a donation for the brother who was injured on the ship; it was asked why a donation should be made for him and not the other two men who were also injured. Donation was already taken up. so a motion wae passed that anyone who wishes to may withdraw his .donation. Brother Prest-" wood was elected new ship's delegate by acclamation. Surplus linen should be re­ turned from all foc'sles for laundring. Financial secretary asked all men t* make donations at the payoff for movies. STEEL RGVER (Isthmian), May 2 — Chairman, W. B. Andrews; Secretary, T. V. LIsse. A down payment of $35 wae made on a TV set, leaving the ship's fund with a balance of $11.24. Members are (Continued on page 25) Pick Up'Shop Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser When they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should ne picked up' by the . Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The , inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those ipen who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay. off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. �••'!;w-fx~'^»>i W:'' Page Twenty'-five SEAFARERSLOG May 14; 1954 ... DIGEST of SHIPS* MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) not to tamper with the TV 84t: the aet If guaranteed for one year, providing no one has tampered with it. Request was made to have the washing machines re­ paired; chief electrician to do this tomor­ row. Vote of thanks went to the chief electrician, W. , B. Andrews, and other members who helped him in installing and rigging TV antenna aioft on ship's idng post. A permanent and neat Job was done to satisfy the captain emd com­ pany so no beefs would arise over the TV installation. Disbussion was held on the best way to pay off the TV set. Ship's delegate saw one of the patrolman and was told that the ciarificatidn of the agreement will be published in the LOG in the near future. aft in crew's quarters are leaking and should be looked after. Cots should be taken in, not left out on deck in any kind of weather. Cooperation is expected in keeping lavatories clean amidship. Siopchest lists and bulletin noticds are not to be written on. Missing keys for foc'sles will be requested by the ship's delegate from the first mate. KATHRYN (Bull),, April 20—Chairman, Antonio Conxalez; Secretary, Paul A. Emerson. First assistant has no explana­ tion for the bad water beef. One man was left behind in Ponce. Motion was passed to get a new washing machine. The food situation was discussed and settled satisfactorily. PENNMAR (Calmsr), May 2—Chairman, Sam. P.. Drury; Secretary, Julian Dedica- ARLYN (Bull), March 14-r-Chalrman, J. torla. Richard Law was elected ship's Merkei; Secretary, D. Piccerelll. AU delegate unanimously. Motion was passed crewmembers were asked to check their fire and boat drill stations and make sure they have their right stations. Crew was requested not to touch the watches' coffee until they have finished. John Gisiecki was elected ship's delegate. 12x4 watch asked the crew for a little more quiet while they are sleeping. Ship's delegate warned aU crewmembers not to miss the ship, or they will be turned over to the patrolman. Suggestion to give odd change to the ship's fund at the payoff was accepted. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the, very good chow that is being put out. April 11—Chairman, Mike Toner; Sec­ retary, Joe Merkei. Ship's delegate re­ ported on the hot plate he wiU buy from the ship's fund in the next port. There is $18.35 in the ship's fund after the price of phone calls to the hall was de­ ducted. Steward reported on the new Sea Chest aboard and asked the crew for cooperation in paying siopchest bills before payoff time, if possible. Steward will open the siopchest anytime anyone In the crew needs something. There was a discussion on selling siopchest goods to longshoremen; April 21—Chairman, H. Tarar; Secre­ tary, Loo Carreon. One man was hos­ pitalized in Puerto Rico. One man missed ship: Coffee cups should be put in. the sink after use. Vote of thanks was given to Stanley Fauntieroy for doing a very good lob in the crew mess: whatever good Job is done in the department is due to the steward, for his good supervision. Ringer in the washing machine needs repairing. Crewmembers are to be prop­ erly dressed in the messhali. Washing machine should be cleaned after use: the machine must not be abused. Ship's delegate suggested to the bosun that- the crew messhali deck be painted as well as deck department foc'sles. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), no date —chairman, Ed Nboney; Sscretsry, Jerry Cunningham. There- is $13 in the ship's fund. Repair list was read and accepted. Motion was passed to keep the ship's fund available for emergencies when the new crew takes over. All men who have not donated $.50 toward this fund should do so. Motion was passed to switch deck maintenance room and hospital room. Water tanks will be cleaned and piping Ic.nding aft renewed before the next voyage. Patrolman will be told of the men who missed ship in Kobe and gang­ way Watches in Yokohama, Sasebo and Honolulu, Puerto Rico and Merta. The ship sailed short to San Francisco. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment and especially the cooks, for the fine chow. WACOSTA (Waterman), April 25 — Chairman, Luis A. Ramiraz; Secretary, Cus Luath, Everything is going smooth: deck department was complimented by the first mate. Thanks went from the crew to the steward department for good food and service. Thgre was discussion on the heat in foc'sles. Portholes back to have ail rooms and messrooms insu­ lated, and all portholes furnished with wind scoops and screens.. Protest wUi be made for the four men in one room in the steward department, Extra toaster is needed' for men going on watch and men going off watch, and others who like toast. DOROTHY (Bull), April 11—Chairman, Edward Johnston; Secretary, John Sweeney. Edward Johnson was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Heads hiji are to be left in cleaner condition. SEATISER (Colonial), April IS—Chair­ man, E. L. Thompson; Socretary, Story Slick. Everything is OK: there are no beefs. One SUP man was picked up in UK. There was a discussion on the money draw at Buenos Aires. Care should be taken of the washing machine. Hands should be washed before slicing bread for night lunch. Men missing watches should be reported to the patrolman when paying off. SANTORE (Ore), May 1—Chairman, Vance A. Reld; Secretary, Frank O'Hoorlan. There are no cots yet and the crew is getting mad and getting out of band. There have not been any cots since De­ cember 14, 1933. Committee was ap­ pointed to see the patrolman about get­ ting one cot per man for the crew. There is too much noise, and men were told to be quiet. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), May S— Chairman, Tom Conncll; Secretary, Sam File Hepair Lists Early • In order to expedite the matter of ships' repairs lists, ships' delegates and depart­ mental delegates on SIU ships are urged to turn in repair lists a week before a vessel arrives in port. In addition, headquarters recommends that delegates making up new re­ pair lists turn these in to the proper department heads on the ship at least a week bqfore^ the ship is due to reach port, so that the companies can take appropriate action when the ship arrives. Early filing of repair lists will facilitate the procurement .of new items for the vessels and give suf­ ficient notice when repairmen are needed to board the ship in port. television set. Crew agreed to have milk at breakfast and supper, with cold drinks for lunch. Suggestion was made to con­ tact sparks on the operation of the messhall radio. Suggestion to purchase a radio v/as vetoed. Milk will be purchased on arrival in Puerto Rico. Patrolman will be contacted on this. There should be more variety in the menus. Steward should check stores and tell the ship's delegate of any shortage. Night lunch should be improved. Steward promised to see to this. Milk should be bought in key ports of San Juan. BEATRICE (Bull), May 3—Chairman, Rqger L. Hall; Secretary, Charles Shirley. Nothing has been done about fixing the washing machine or getting a new one since the last trip. Ai Wile was elected ship's delegate by aeclamation. - A vote of thanks, was given to the steward de­ partment "for the fine chow. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April 4—Chairman, Levy; Secretary, BUI Stark. J. Woods was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Steward posted a schedule for the cleaning of the recrea­ tion room and laundry: all crewmembers will cooperate in keeping these rooms 'clean. Deek department was cautioned about having one man standing too many gangway watches. Delegates were advised to turn draw sheets over to the captain. It was decided, after some discussion, to keep the recreation room locked in port: if topside wants to use it, it will be their responsibility to see that it is cleaned. May 1—Chairman, Bill Stark; Secretary, A. Scaturra. Ail beefs should be turned over to department delegates for a clean payoff. Any repairs not done by the time the ship gets in wiU be turned over to the patrolman for settlement. All hands getting off will please strip bunks for new men. All books will be returned and a new library put aboard in Balti­ more. Deck department members who remain should insist that the foc'sle be sougeed and painted. suiated, to insure cool water. Steward was asked why fresh and canned fruit can't be on the same menu and why some items on the requisition list were marked "short." Steward explained that the captain ordered only fresh fruit, as per contract, be put on the menu but he is domg his best to cooperate and put both on. Patrolman will be told about clarifying OT clause section 29-C regard­ ing OT for foreman on watch when load­ CUBORE (Ore), April 17—Chairman, L. ing and unloading apparatus is being dropped into hold: also when retroactive J. Brilhart; Secretary, D. Shumake. Crew pantry has been in a mess for several wages will be paid. dayst since the meeting everyone has agreed to do his part to be a little BEAUREGARD (Waterman), April 24 A new'agitator will be ordered Chairman, John Ward; Secretary, Fred cleaner. the washing machine. There is a Sprulll. Shortage of coffee was explained. for gripe about the meals: the cooks evi­ Repair list was accepted. Department cannot cook, and don't know what repair lists will be turned over to the adently balanced meal is. Nearly everything ship's delegate by department delegates. served is seconds—in other words, ome­ A different brand of coffee is preferred lets, beef or lamb curry, chicken fricby crewmembers. After a discussion it asse, beef -kidney saute, minced on was. finaUy decided to let the steward toast, Creole frankfurters, welsh ham rarebit, decide whether or not to put out the chile con carne, etc. There is a lot more good coffee now, without rationing. but even this isn't put out the way any­ FoCsles of men getting off should be one calling himself a chef would serve cleaned out. it. Menus from the last two weeks have been served. - SUZANNE, (Bull), May S—Chairman, Homer Ringo; Secretary, Frank Boyne. Keys to the messhali were a good invest­ ment, as unauthorized persons were kept out and groceries in. The entire crew is a pleasure to sail with, for they are sober, hard-working and dependable. Those who have not yet donated to the ship's fund will do so. at their conven­ ience. Chief mate has improved, due to the diplomacy of the deck department. Vote of thanks went to Homer Ringo for a job well done as ship's delegate. The crew backs him 100 percent. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), April 29—Chairman, J. B. Christy; Secre­ tary, E. J. Riviere. A. Smith was elected CAROLYN (Bull), April 25—Chairman, ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion Cunningham; Secretary, H. S. Greenwald. was passed to start a ship's fund with a Discussion was held on passageway doors. voluntary donation of $.30 minimum per Engine department foc'sles and head man. Peck was elected treasurer. Crew need painting badly, as well as steward will donate a few dollars to repay the department quarters. Motion was passed steward for getting the TV repaired. to turn keys over to the ship's delegate, New TV speaker is needed. One man making it compulsory for new members volunteered to pick tliis up. There was to donate 50 cents to the ship's funds. much discussion of the ship's fund. Stew­ Discussion was held on whether to buy a ard asked the crew to return linen when getting clean laundry, so that all linen could be sent to the laundry. May 2—Chairman, Bcrward Abualy; Sec­ retary, J. Sweeney. Steward's repair list was turned over to the mate. New mirror A was requested for men's head and some new bed springs. One man is sick with fever: mate has put standby deck watch at the door. Motion was made to have drinking water pipes from the cooler inCarlisle. Ed Rogg was elected ship's delegate: Fred Anderegg, deck delegate. Messman will be given a chance to do better before Teaching New York: if there is no improvement, action will be taken. Needle will be bought for the rec­ ord player. Ringer repair will be done on the washing machine; pilot light will be fixed also, as well as toilet flushers; Puzzle Answer seiD mum casBs scasiia BBQ soasi SSBQSCIBQ iSiBQSS BBBB OSBQQ QBSSBQ BBB Biaiig] jnmm muum mmmm QBBQ Quiz Answers (1) Hercule Poirot, the man with "the little gray cells." . (2) $35.50 and $49.50. (3) Yellowstone is located partly in all of them except Colorado. (4) 11:05 PM. There were nine rounds for a total of 27 minutes, plus eight one-minute breaks be­ tween rounds, a grand total of 35 minutes. (5) The director. »(6) Mortgagee. (7) Iowa, Ohio, Utah. (8) 1,430 yards or 4,290 feet; about four-fifthg of a mile. A fur­ long is 660 feet (220 yards). (9) Maine and Vermont. J.I i;-iu I elements for the antenna. There is a $14.74 balance in the ship's fund. Arrival pool will be used to .build the ship's fund. Requgst was made to pay off Sea • Chest at draws, or. it can be put on the capIain's log book. TV will be repaired in Baltimore. Articles can be ordered I through Sea Chest. Screens for rooms have been ordered.^ Request will be made for a two-gallon hot water urn. There will be two arrival pools ne^t trip —one at each end. All hands were re­ quested to cooperate with the • ship's delegate. ^ STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), April 11 Chairman, V. V. Williamson; Secretary, D. Newsome. Talk on the ice situation was straightened out. Fresh stores will be obtained in Hawaii: repair list will be made out. Souvenirs will be cleared in Hawaii if possible. Some money from the ship's fund was given to a man left in the Philippines. One man was picked up in Manila. Arrangements were made about an awning for back aft. Motion was passed to take $10 from the ship's fund for magazines. There is a balance of $35.55 in the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the member who did such a good Job in handling the ship's fund. SEA CLOUD (Seatraders), April 25— Chairman, JamM Elchenberg; Secretary, Albert PrcciouK Fowler was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Head­ quarters will be contacted on inadequate seachest. Steward James Elchenberg and the steward department were commended on the good food and fine menus. Sug­ gestion was made that each crewmember •v I £ take just one library book at a time, in­ stead of leaving five or six in their lock­ ers the whole trip. Only some of last trip's repair work was done. Attempt will be made to have the rest of the work done at sea, where possible.- Ship's delegate will see the captain about a $20 draw for each man in the port of Ceuta. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), April 24—Chairman, C. Bankston, Jr.; Secre­ tary, J. Gorman. Ship's delegate reported on the repairs that have and have not been done. Letter was written to the Union about Captain Sundberg's slopchest prlcres on cigarettes. Sleep is dis­ turbed by noisy steam air compressor. Cooperation was requested in maintaining a clean messroom. Galley and messmen are to refrain from feeding unauthorized persons; unauthorized persons are to be kept out of crew's midship living quarters. MAE (Bull), April 25—Chairman, F. Hipp; Secretary, R. M. Hammond. Ship's delegate ordered a TV booster and 12 DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), April 18— Chairman, Chadbourne Gait; Secretary, John R. Tilley. Minor beef on heads will be put on the repair list, as well as two spare commodes on requisition. Shrimp and beer party in Paranagua cost $28: balance in the ship's fund is $57. All members should list and turn in neces­ sary repairs now. Men should be more Hugh S. Beam careful about splashing bulkheads when Please call or write home. The washing. Division of money for carrying more than six passengers will be clarified baby and I need you. Eleanor. by patrolman in front of men involved, as well as routine duties of these men if if when more than six passengers are car­ ried. A compliment and vote of thanks Hyman Pitkofsky went to the steward, cooks and the rest Please write to Paul Oakley at of the department for fine' food served. 1305 East Fairbanks, Tacoma, It was agreed to make up a $2 arrival pool, with $20 going into the ship's fund. Wash. if i> if Wesley T. Christianson Urgent that you contact Kathryn Christiansen, 1700 Eutaw Place, Baltimore 17, Md. jji jji r_ y. ANTINOUS (Waterman), April 25 — Chairman, G, W. Champlin; Secretary, Charles Achoy. Ship's fund is pretty low because of paying for a converter which was damaged by a former member, and buying a new one. Suggestion was made that members make volunlary contribu­ tions at the payoff. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), May 1 Jerry Palmer —Chairman, Jerse W. Malony; Secretary, August Souza, Jr. Vote of thanks went It is Important that you contact to Mr. Cox from the crew for doing a Don D. Brown at 620 Avalon Blvd., very good job as ship's delegate: Mr. (lox WiU be leaving us on our return trip to Wilmington, Calif. Lake Charles. Jim Barbace was elected if if i ship's delegate. Ship's delegate will see about roaches in crew's quarters. Crew Paul Hellebr md ' was asked to try and help the messman Please contact your wife in South by not leaving cups and butts on the table. All cups should be returned to the Carolina. pantry. There is $44.81 in the> ship's fund. E<Jifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I woulcl like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS .ZONE CITY STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubtcribar and hava a chang* of address, plaasa give your former address below: ADDRESS ^ •t»$$4*4t$*$$M«««$$$44t*l*f••••••>••• ••••••*«egf«eaaaa$$aaaa a$att$eaaae$*taeeaa$taatta«t«aaaa(M .vZONf STATI- ^aaaatkaBgBMGM aTaaagaaaaaeaai• ^. �I'-.rrr'^^xr SEAFARERS Pace Twenty-dz LOG Hay 14, 1954 Disability $5 Cheer Oldtimer An SIU oldtimer who was partially blind and destitute and confined to an old-age home is now assured of,future security under the SIU Disability Benefit Plan. As a result, Seafarer Sidney Gha'e has been able to leave the poor folks home for good and head back to his home town of Charleston, South Carolina, to live with his sis­ placed on a bus headed back for source of income. He was delighted at the good news that his applica­ Charleston. ter and family there. B ;Y t Y- The. 62-year-old Seafarer, who has been a member of the SIU for 1,3 years and sailed regularly as chief cook and steward, was forced to give up sailing because he was completely blind in one eye and had to wear glasses for the other eye. As a result, after his last trip, he was stranded on the beach in San Francisco, and when his funds ran out, was destitute and could not finance transportation back home. Consequently, he applied for the $25 a week benefit under the SIU Disability Benefit Plan. While the trustees were acting 4in his appli­ cation, he had to hole up at the Lagunda Honda Home for the Aged. When the trustees approved his application at the April Welfare Plan meeting, SIU San Francisco port agent Tom Banning went to the old age home and made ar­ rangements to get Ghale "out of hock." He was put up at a hotel for the night and the next morning was taken to the bus depot and r»» Since Ghale is not yet old enough to receive Social Security benefits, the money from the SIU DisabiUty Benefit supplies him with his sole Before heading home to Charleston, SC, with SIU disability dough in his pocket, veteran Seafarer Sidney Ghaie (2nd from rights says fareweli to shipmates in San Francisco hail, including Nor­ man Kirk (ieft). Port Agent Tom Banning is at far right. All of the following SIU families April 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. James M. Byers, 158C Mar­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the shall Court, Prichard, Ala. Union in the baby's name. Joseph Earl Barlow, Jr., bora Jane Alyce Butters, bom Febru­ April 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ary 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph E. Barlow, 400 Ogden Norman E. Butters, 783 Summer Avenue, Crichton Station, Mobile, Street, Stamford, Conn. Ala. t 4. 4> 4^ tion had gone through and he would no longer be dependent on private or public charity for room and board. t March 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E, O'Connell, 79 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn 25, NY. 4> 4^ Margaret Irene Toth, born March 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bertalan Toth, 61 Highland Avenue, Keasbey, NJ. 4r 45" 4!" Patricia Anne Wroton, born Miica Diaz Delgado, born March Sheila Iiiez Peacock, born April 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. April 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Peacock, 219Vi Ninth Mrs. Norman Wroton, 1711 East Julio D. Delgado, Box 307, GuayaLiberty Street, South Norfolk, Va. nilla, Puerto Rico. Street, Chickasaw, Ala. Patricia Dolores * Byers, bora $ 4^ David Lawrence O'Connell, born ii'ho Gets SMV Uenefils ? Hospital: m b.. Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his hospitalization, providing he has worked, a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. Maternity: Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the mar­ riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. Disability: Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the weekly disability benefit for as long as he is totally unable to work. Daath: Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or not. The Seafarer must haVe worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The beneficiary may be changed at any time. Scholarship: Four college scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ dren of Seafarers , who meet the educational requirements. Each scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student, i All candidates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children 6t deceased Seafarers having three years' seatime are also eligible. Applications and queries on unusuai situations should be sent -to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave.-, Brooklyn 32, NY. , 4> J. ^ Thomas Michael Bluitt, born March 25, 1954. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. John J. Bluitt, 240 East 89th Street, New York, NY. t t 4> Debra Joy Drozak, born April 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Drozak, 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, Cal. 4 4 in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It unll be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FANCISCO. CAL. Henry J. ChUde Edward Murar Ho Yee Choe Charles Neumaler C. B. Coburn Joe Perreira Walter Daspit Jack Roberson A. J. Concalvea Alfred SeegmiUar Olav Gustausen W. S. Singleton A. M. Keller Sing Ah Sue W. A. Lonergan P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. William W. Fassitt James F. Kane J. L. Fontenot James S. McRae May Fontenot MARINE HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. Lonzie Albritton O. S. Flynn N. Baker John E. Markopolo C. Barboza Joel Peoples Claude L. Davis Frank B. RoweU J. H. Dudley Jack E. Slocum Jean Dupre James M. SneU G. E. Eklund H. L. WlUiams USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK; VA. Lorenzo J. Love Montford Owens Wm. Mason Alexander PresneU USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Terrell Adams Herman C. Kemp WiUlam Bedgood Jimmie Littleton Bothwell Blanchard R. B. McCorkel Paul Bland C. L. Middleton R. Carrollton Albert Morse Mike Goins F. S. Paylor Samuel N. Hurst James B. Sellers Paul Jakubcsak J. C. Whatley USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. R. B. Barnes N. Korolchuck Luke A. Ciamboli Stephen Kutzer Henry Dellorfano J. W. Martin James J. Fontes V. K. Ming Sverre Johannessen Simon Yesavage Carl R. Johnson Robert R. Yonce USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich James H. Penswlck P. Albano Robert Rogers Theodore Mastaler USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Percy Allred James R. Lewis Fortunate Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Thomas Bryant Joseph McCraw Jose G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong David Mcllreath Emilio Delgado Frank Mackey Antonio Diaz Vic. Mlllazo John DriscoU Eugene T. Nelson Matthew Gardiner Arthur Rudnicki Bart Guranick George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemore William Keenan Ernest SmaUwood Ludwig Kristian Henry Smith Frederick Landry Renato Villata ' enato ViUata . James Lawlor VirgU WUmoth Kaarel Leetmaa USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Francesco Antonetti Marcie Boyles Melvin Bass Donald R. CatUn Jesse J, Bentley Camiel Caus Jose Cortes N. Mayrantonis Clarence Dowdy Peter MazzetelU Peter Drevas Haakon Moum Eddie Driggers Francis R. NapoU Artemio Fernandez Rex O'Connor Lawrence FrankUn Sigurd Odegaad Leonard Geraghty Charles Oglesby EsteU Godfrey T. Papoutsoglov John B. Haas Donald Peterson George Hudson Arthur Roy Choo Chang Lai Edward Rushton Karl Larsen Stanley Sargeant Juan Leiba Jose Sousa Alexander Leiter Thomas Thompson Nicholas Liagoflf Jose Venezuela WiUiam Luhrsen Robert Welker James McLeod CUfford Womack John Maclnnes Sulterea Demoleas VA HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Thomas McCaffrey USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILL, John NoU VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. B. Rickard Jose Vilar USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN, Charles Burton V'A HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD, Leonard J. Frank SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. William Kenny Clifford Adkins Karl Kristensen Thomas Ankerson Algot Bogren Robert Lambert James Macunchuck Earl Brittain Tony Mastantino Jessie Clarke Ralph Palmer James Dodson Oscar Pearson Rosario Copani George Pipinos Samuel Doyle Gustav Svensson Lucien Elie Joseph Traxler Franklin Giiman Henrich Wiese Herbert Grant Walton Hudson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. G. E. Armstrong Lyie Hipp Gustav Hoyzam James Battle John Hull Anthony Benedict Thomas Johnson Paul Boudreaux E. Q. Knapp Charles Brady J. J. Krause WUIlatn Burch Leo Lang O. Butler Pierre Leblano J, Campiield Slbastlan Carregal J. P. Lomax Joseph Lucas Clarence Cobb James Lucky P. B. Cogley Wllbcrt Miles S. Cope William G. Moor* Adlon Cox Albert Nelson Glen Curl Hugh O'Donnell Gordon R. Dolan C. Osborne James Edmonds J. C. Fernandez Donald A. Randolph Leo Fontenot W. E. Reynolds William RocheU B. D. Foster James Ruth James Gardiner Nathan Gardner Lonnle R. Tickle Jack Gleason Marion C. Vester John Hlnton J. E. Ward 4^ Michael Wayne Lanier, "^ra March 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Lanier, Route 2, Castleberry, Ala. i i•9. t Dwight Dowell Emerson, born April 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hurdes A. Emerson, Warrior, Ala. i i t Brenda Faye Sullivan, bora April 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stecial C. Sullivan, 949 McGowin Avenue, Prichard, Ala. tit Larry Edwin Emory, born March 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey E. Emory, 2505 58th Street, Tampa, Fla. i i 4^ Providencia Ruiz Acabeo, born March 25, i954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentin Acabeo, 1646 Madi­ son Avenue, Ne\y York, NY.' i ,i i Verna Lee Street, bora March 31, 1954. Parents, Mr." and Mrs. Vernon D. Street, 915 First Street, Balti* more, Md. i i SID WELFABE SEBVICES i Frances. Raquel Napoleonls, born April 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juliq G. Napoleonls, 185 Scholes ??opkjlyu. KX- rotm PKOBUH IS OUR 8VSINESS �j«ay 14. 1954 • ".'X. SjBEDT THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN (Neua obout men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SJV Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in. this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Heading off the roster of hospitalized Seafarers in my report this week is oldtimer Timothy McCarthy. McCarthy, as you might have suspected, hails from Boston, Mass., but is now in the Staten Island hospital. He entered the early part of May after repatriation. He has a recurrence of ulcer trouble and was feeling pretty low for awhile. His last job was AB aboard the Tagalam. ' Juan Leiba has some stomach trouble himself in the same institution. He was on the Steel Architect of Isthmian before he headed into the Staten Island drydock, but he doesn't mind too much-since he's right around home while convalesc­ ing. Also hailing from New York is Jose Cortes, who last shipped as an- AB on the Marina. He's been drydocked by a double hernia, but is doing fairly well after the operation. He has hopes of getting out in about a week or so. One Seafarer who was recently discharged after a hernia operation was Francisco Antonetti, a Brook­ lyn seaman. IJis last job was on the Suzanne as Chief Leiba Cook, and he hopes to be cooking up a mess of food for the boys on his next ship in the near future. In a rather different vein, there comes news to the Welfare Depart­ ment th,at Marion Lavine, an oldtimer in the Union, has just become the proud father of a bouncing lad. The baby was born April 25, 1954, weighing in at eight pounds at Los Angeles, Calif. Lavine got his book in Mobile back in 1938, when the SIU won in the Gulf. Back to the aiitiseptic and suture division, we find John Zuzov, of Newcastle, Pa., resting comfortably in the hospital after a very difficult time. Machinist aboard the Winter Hill, Zuzov was Injured aboard the vessel and le^t it in the Port of Boston, entraining to New York. After prelimi­ nary examination at the Staten Island hospital, he was refused admittance. However, he was in bad shape and took a cab to another local hospital. The next day he contacted the Welfare Services Department to let them know his condition and ivhereabouts. Welfare picked him up and arranged for his admittance to the USPHS hospital the next day. He was operated on shortly thereafter and is Lavine doing fairly well after much initial trouble. Clarence Dowdy is in the hospital a much wiser man. The galley utility aboard the Steel Fabricator, Dowdy got his hand in the way of the knife when he was cutting some meat, slicing part of his hand, too. Right now the Portsmouth, Va., native is doing fairly well and hopes to be out soon. SEAFARERS Pate Twenty-seTca LOG Imposter Stubs Toe On Union An attempt by a phony to misrespresent himself as an SIU Union representative and get an "in" on a Seafarer's death benefit backfired thanks to the action of the Seafarer's wife, the police of Athens, Pa., and Welfare Services. As a result, when last seen, the phony was headed across the county line ' in the general direction of collection for that purpose. there. New York, mission not a^ccom- In the course of disposal of the Meanwhile, Mrs. McKeel thought plished. Had it not been for a telephone call made to the widow by Welfare Services in headquarters, as part of the standard routine of seeing to it that the families of Seafarers get proper service on their needs, the hoax might have never been detected and the imposter might have pulled off his confidence game at the expense of the de­ ceased Seafarer's family. Electrocuted On Ship The target of the attempt was Mrs. Jean McKeel, widow of Sea­ farer Dorward McKeel, electrician. The latter suffered a fatal accident on the Robin Trent on April 2, when he was electrocuted just as the ship was leaving Weehawken, New Jersey. When the crew notified Welfare Services of the accident, the Union . office assisted in the ar­ rangements, located the deceased Seafarer's gear in the Weehawken police station and handled other necessary routine. A floral wreath was ordered at a local florist on behalf of the crew which took up a case. Welfare Services called up the Seafarer's wife to find if she had gone through all the necessary procedure to collect the death ben­ efit. Mrs. McKeel was astonished to get the call, saying that just 15 minutes before that she had gotten a call from "the union" that a representative was flying out to see her and she should meet him it the airport at 2 PM. After convincing ner that this was really the "unioh" calling, by having her call back the SIU at the telephone number listed in the LOG, Welfare Services told her that the previous call apparently came from an im­ poster. Since it was too late to catch the plane, a Welfare Serv­ ices representa­ tive hopped into his car to drive down to her McKeel home, while Mrs. McKeel was instructed to try to stall the imposter until he got 'Carbon And Valve Job' Done On Seafarer's Ailing Heart FINAL DISPATCH Anne- Co., Va.; burial took place at Riverside Memorial Cemetery, Norfolk, Va. Brother Sorey is survived by his mother, Mrs. James Edward Sorey, PO Box 266, Oceana, Va. Since 1952, he had Kenneth Robert Gumm, 33: sailed from Philadelphia as a Brother Gumm died of peritonitis wiper in the engine department. and a fractured pelvis on June 8, 4^ 4 4 • 1952 in Hammond, Ind.; he was David H. Singleton, 38: On buried in that city's Evergreen April 2, 1954 Brother Singleton Cemetery. died of a heart ailment at the 4" 4" 3^ USPHS Hospital, Seattle, Wash. Dorward McKeel, 43: While the He had joined the Union in New Robin Trent was docked at Pier H York in 1952 and sailed as a cook in Weehawken, NJ, on April 22, and baker. Brother Singleton was 1954, Brother McKeel, who was buried at Mt. Airy Cemetery, Al­ repairing the rheostat, was ac­ legheny County, Pa.; he leaves a cidentally electrocuted. A chief sister, Catherine Falconer, 350 electrician, he joined the SIU in Shaw Aveiyie, Springdale, Pa. Norfolk in 1944. Burial took place .4 4 4 at Bradfort City Memorial Ceme­ William J. Ismail, 29: Brother tery, Luthers Mills, Pa. Brother Small died' of bronchial pneu­ McKeel is survived by his wife, monia on April 1, 1954 at the Jean McKeel of 110 South River USPHS Hospital in San Francisco, Street, Atfiens, Pa.. , Cal. He sailed a's a member of the deck department out of Phila­ . John T. Kelly, Sr., 49:—On April delphia, and had been an SIU mem­ 12, 1954 Brother Kelly died of a ber for the past eight years. heart ailment in New Orleans, La. Brother Small leaves his mother. A steward, he had sailed with the Rose Walton of 679 Magnolia SIU since 1047, from the port of Street, Larkspur, Cal. 4*4 4 New Orleans. He leaves his; wife, Joseph Walters, 56: While the Frances Kelly, 31^.8 Dauphine Warrior was in Moss Harbor, Nor­ Street, New Orleans, La. way,. Brother Walters died aboard 4 4" 4" her of a heart ailment on Febru­ Arnold G. Sorey, 32: Brother ary 15. 1954, An oiler since 1939, Sorey died oh April 13, 1954 as a he bad joined the Union in Mobile. result of a tnick accident In which Brother Walters is survived by his he was involved. The accident oc- wife, Alice Walters,'*^961 Kentucky •4mrrod ^ oa .a ^ highiirsy. .at.Jrjni:ess- mmiu. The deaths of the follovHng Seafarers have been reported to . the Seafarers Welfare Plan and 12,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Back on the road to full health again. Seafarer Stanley Swlenckoski chats with Welfare Services Representative Milton Flynn. Rare heart operation was a complete success. Another one of those rare heart operations that is turning up with increasing frequency lately was performed recently on Seafarer Stanley Swlenckoski. As a result, he is now on his way back to full health after tottering on the brink ous heart condition which they be­ for some time. lieve, was aggravated by the Down to 140 pounds and hardly able to walk just before the sur­ gery, Swlenckoski is a healthy 180 today and feeling better than he has for some time. He believes that if it were not for the help he received through the Welfare Services Department and the skill of the operating surgeon he would not have been able to survive. Damaged in Childhood Basically Swlenckoski was suf­ fering from what the non-medical man would call poor valve action. The doctors have told him, he says, that the valve in question was probably damaged during child­ hood by an attack of rheqmatic fever. Whatever the cause, Swlenckoski was appai-ently in good health through the years until he dislo­ cated his shoulder in an accidents in April, 1951. From there, his troubles began. After he had been in the hospital a few months and was still not feeling well, the doc­ tors gave him a thorough goingover and"dlsddvetwi'he had •k'seriv accident. By February of this year, Swienckoski said, he was down to 140 pounds. The discomfort was so great that he couldn't lie 'down and had to sleep standing up. He couldn't walk a block without gasp­ ing for breath, and the medical opinion was that short of special surgery, he wouldn't be able to survive rhuch longer. Repaired Leaky Valve Arrangements were made with the help of Welfare Services to transfer him to Philadelphia where a famous surgeon. Dr. Charles P. Bailey of the Bailey Thoracic Clinic, performed the delicate operation. The surgeon removed three large clots in his auricular chamber and repaired the leaky valve as well as enlarging the valve opening so that it could function efficiently. As a result Swlenckoski has shown a rapid recovery and expects to be able to go b.ick to sea as he put it, "better than I ever was JiefoeeJl WSW.W «« « perhaps she had better notify the local police of the whole affair. The chief of police was informed of what happened and immediately made arrangements to shadow the phony on his arrival. When he got to the local airport, Mrs. McKeel was not waiting for him, so he called her at her house. She said that she told him she wasn't feeling well and couldn't meet him. Subsequently, she said, the police reported that he called a number in New York City and asked if it was alright to spend taxi fare to go to the McKeel house. Permission was granted from an unknown source at the other end of the wire, and the phony headed for the McKeel home under close surveillance by the local police. When he got to the house, Mrs. McKeel said, he no longer claimed he was a Union representative but said he was a "friend" and "ship­ mate" of McKeel's. The first thing he asked for was the "Union in­ surance policy." Although posing as a seaman, he was ignorant of the fact that the Union Welfare Plan is self-administered, and there is no insurance policy in the con­ ventional sense to cover' the death benefit. Then, Mrs. McKeel continued, the man broke out some papers which looked like legal documents and asked her to sign them right then and there. She stalled him around and asked him if he couldn't leave the papers overnight so she could study them and see what she was signing. The man said that he couldn't possibly do that. She went to the phone and called a local attorney whom she ^ knew. He advised her not to sign anything on the spot. As the conversation went on, with Mrs. McKeel's daughter pi-esent and a local policeman con­ cealed in a spot where he could hear everything, the phony be­ came increasingly nervous. He was unable to show any credentials, he couldn't identify McKeel's picture from among other photos and in other ways contradicted himself considerably. Finally he decided that the best course was to get out of the house fast. He took off luckily for him before the Welfare Sei-vices repre­ sentative arrived, and headed east­ ward as fast as he could go. �SEAFARERS jfiV' • V ^ OFFICIAl OBGAN OP TH E S E Af AR E R S I NTE R N ATI O N AL U N I o M . ATLANTIC AND GULF D I S T R I C T * > A FI L" 1^ I pil»ilplw <1 1 ... - s-'T: 1 1 A Jr . t; k i"A I •i'. • ' 'i Yi' Headquarters book­ keeping staff keeps complete records of oil income and expendi­ tures by the Union. Modern electric book­ keeping machines re­ duce possibilities of er­ ror, moke for speedy handling. Elected membership committees take week­ ly and quarterly audits of Union's funds and re­ port to full membershipw All findiiclal reports ore posted on bulletia boards for examination by the membership in all ports. I; &:•' fiir mi i k-: . Certified public ac­ countants make exam­ inations of financial records quarterly from W" r' •• -' '' fihancial records. All expenditures must be dpjprdved' by the membership and checked by elected mejnbershlp committees. Bjeginning with the issuance of a dues receipt by the patrolman and continuing on through all the bookkeep- » V~ '' tM • V-' • One of the cornerstones of the Union Is a yigi|ant check on the disposal of every dues dollar. To assure complete safeguards over finances the SlU has dn effi­ cient bookkeeping and auditing system backstopped by an J. a straight cmcl pdrrow path undpr constant surveilldi^e^^^^^ &:?• - S^A;- t;' -• , I't'" ••' n; �•:v ^v .^•r \..-*.'»t Unclaimed Pay Due From Misiissippi Shipping Co. NAMB . AMOUNT Abadle, JosepH A.'....t .94 10.46 Abadte, Sidney Acevedo, Rafael ;> 13.21 .36 Ackisi, Jamee '•...i Acusla, Mack J : 3.16 Adams, met : 15.70 3.94 Adams, Jamet Adams, Jamas P. ....... 63.57 6.13 Adams. J. F Adams. James J; ^..'... 49.12 4.72 Adams, John R. ....... .62 Adamson, Harry Addison, James C. ..;.i 17.33 1.45 Addison. Walter .07 Addison, WlUis R. .... Aderhold, Fred . . S 15.19 Adklns. Frank' .. A7... 57.89 Aeofl. Therlot J 15.31 A^ol, Bertram 12.93 Aherns. Albert D 11.91 Aiiviworili, Wendell ... 3.94 Aker. Sam L. . si ';. 11J5 AkerlcUei h. .'i _J.88 Alberto. Mario ........>< 10.66 45.34 Albright. David ...... .28 Albury. Charles ..... 3.88 Alcocer. Fcrtiando ... 1.75 Alder, Henry G 11.01 Aldrldge, Elvin O, .. 6.40 Alelmarano, Joe1.21 Aleslan. Alford . ..,. 12.15 Alevizo, James'G. .., 3.77 . Alexander. A. 3.55 Alexander. Alvin 11.01 Alexander. Mtlford E. 1.00 Alfonso. Joseph F. ... Alkire. .): mes C 139.00 1.21 Allaln. Edgar M 13.50 AUaro, Joseph E. ... 14.46 AUeman. CamiUe ... 5.39 Allen, Arlie E 4.83 Allen. A. G Allen. Georsje A 2.25 35.08 Allen. George A 1.24 Allen. Jack F 4.51 Allen. James .54 Allen, James T 1.16 Allen, Raymond ... t 0.24 Alleva. William AMgoler, I'lormont P...;. 4.42 . 121.24 Allison. Blair .!. i • 1.50 Allison. Ian T. .. . 15.88 Allman, Blain . 15.12 Alonzla. S. ....' . 47.59 Alpaugh, K. H . 14.96 Alpedo, Salvatore . 61.34 Alsobrook, J. R. Alston, .lames ....w;..w„ . 2347 Alston, Robert ...s..... 15.83 .85 Alt, Donald .38 Alvarez. Asaac L . .29 Alvarez, Francisco . 63.15 Alvarez, Valentin 3.37 Amacher, Robert R, ... 7.09 Amacher. Robert ....... . 5.85 Amador. Raoul . 1.63 Amass, Herbert . 10.10 Amerault, Ed . 10.53 Ames, Omar O. .97 Ames, Omar . 33.11 Anderogg. Fred T . 60.54 Andersen, Alfred Andersen, Henry R. .... 17.88 5.89 Andersen. Lawrence .... . 16.01 Andersen. Sigurd . 23.11 Andersen. WUliam . 10.94 Anderson. Axel . 2.05 Anderson. Ervin Anderson, George E. ... 15.19 1.31 Anderson, George E. .... .50 Anderson. George H. ... . 3.08 Anderson, Karl . 2.47 Anderson, K'-rk L, ..... . 1.43 Anderson, Kirk . 15.83 Anderson. L. D. .99 Anderson, Sigmund .... . 3.02 Anderson, Uno 1.31 Anderson. Vincent H. ... 9.20 Anderson. Vincent H. .,, 6.53 Anderson. Wm. . ..... 6.89 Anderson. WiUlam J.... 6.08 Anderson. William P. .. 1.00 Andreassen, H : 2.99 Andreshak. Alex 7.22 Andrews, Carroll H. ... 2.11 Andrews, Chester M. .. 25.47 Andrews. C. M. Jr 61.52 Anglolillo, Frank 5.56 Anglin, Joseph 1.89 Annal, J 5.70 Anthony. W. 57.19 Antlll, Allen 2.65 Antonousky, John 18.82 Antonsen, John A Apalopoulos. Clrilos ... 75.26 7.72 Archibald, Manuel 13.72 Ard, Dwlght 15.98 Ardoln, Evlt 185.68 Arena, Louis L 16.96 Arellanes, Jack W 3.70 Arenella. A Arledge, George D. ... 66.03 3.45 Arllnghaus, Harold ...• 1.75 Armstrong, James 1.72 Armstrong, James. .... 4.16 Arneson, Anton Arnold. Joe C. 70.88 Arnold. Robert 2.36 Arrlngton, Delbert .... 3.01 Arthfer. Paul . , ; 6.07 Arroyo. Amedeo R. ... 33.46 Arzamendl, Joaquin .., 2.14 Askew. Wm. D. ...;.. 64.49 5.14. Asplund, Richard ...... 5.19 Atkins. Thomas W 6.26 Atlschaffe. Joe .47 Atwell. Raymond t 18.71 Aubert. Colden A 3.32 Aublan. Paul 1.00 Aubrey. Charles E 37.33 Audler. Olive C 2.29 Auer, Eugene W 2:72 Aulbury. Charles 3.20 Auman, James .98 AumlUer, Robert J. .... 4.88 Aver. Eugene W, ...... 7.77 Avers. Arveds E. 36.74 Ayers, Frank E 1.45 Avery. Emmett L. 3.88 Avey. WlUlam R. ..i... 3.85 Ayers. Presten 1.47 Aylar, Albert A Babcock. J. G oBDltt. Babttt. itonaia Ronald 00.38 140 lJU AMOUNT NAMB 12.55 Bagdomas, John R. Raggett,. Milton • .. • 10.43 2.48 Bahn, Charles F. ,. • • • • Bahr, David A. .... • s • • 17.36 1.21 Bailey, Samuel A, . . .'a . 8.81 Bailey, Samuel A. .. • • • s Baker. Harrison B. a a,a a 29..3a .69 Baker. J. D. * .a •a a Baker, McCleveland a a • a 14.51 Balcicrson, aames P, a a a 22.93 Bales, • George L. .. a a a a 23.39 1.01 a aa a Bales, James 2.99 Ballday. Johnny P. . sees Ballance. Ode M. ., a a a a 13.32 Ballard, Wm. R. ... ease 28.88 7.94 sees Balliet, H. T .97 Balmy, James T. ..> a a a a 8 30 Banlgan, John J. ...> e a a'e .56 Banks, Freddie ; . .. a a a a A.52 Bankston. Claude Jr. a a a 1.48 ' a aa a Bankston, Edgar 1.96 1 » a a e Barbarin, Jules '.. 7.82 Barbee, Robert .. . a'a' a a Barbler, P. ..... 1 a a a a 11.15 Barbier. Llvlo V. • a a a a' 26.10 Barbosa. John .... • a a a a' - 4.69 8.78 > aa aa Barfoosa. Roy ' Barfleld, John ... I a a a a . 45.04 Barlezo., Fllemore 1 f a a a - 4.00 1.78 Barllzo, 'Felimon 1.16 Bernard, Ferinand • ; a aa 84.17 Barnes, Edward T. 1 a a a a 5.32 . a a a'a Barnes, J. V 3.04 Baron, Henry .... > a a a a.99 Barlow, Albert ., 1 a a a a 1.60 . a a a a Barnes, Ed. R. Barnes, Eugene P. a a a a 90.99 16.20. aaa BarnhiU, Darrell .37 ^ a a Bnrnoth, Alfonse Barraco, Joseph .. a a a- a . 1.00 2.93 Barras, Stanley J. > a 4 a e 11.86 Barrlal, Robert .. 3.38 Barron, Guy E. . > a a a a .67 Barron, Patrick .. • a a a a > aa aa .02 Barron, Wm Barry, Desal .... 9. . a a. 73.90 4.71 Bartol, Jr., Edwin Wa.a 20, Barton, Ben. 10.43 Bartorl, blmltri .. 6.86 Berwick, James . > a a a a 9.84 Basar, M. C .1.19, Basch, Joe 1.64 Basco, Jessie .,., .98 Bashaw, Roger .. > a a a a Bashore, F. D.... • s a a a 14.03 1.03 Bass, David 1.89 > aa a a Bass, R. C r. .. 56.73 5.91 Da . a AO 00 tlSy.SfO. Batson, James .01 Batson. Ch-s. W. .. Battaglla, Joseph ,.• a a a a 11.17 .Rattle, James C. ...> a a a a 13.94 Bc'.udlne, Armand ..1 a a a a .52.08 Babrera, Reginal ..a a a a e^ 3.90 3.93 Bauter, George R. .i a a a a IJK) Baxter, Merton D. ,a a e a a 2.95 Bazlle. Erneat 4.34 a.a a a Beall, Edwin F .28 a aa aa Beasley, E. M Beasley, Glen M. , .a a a a a 265.00 Beasley, James T. .a a a a a 11.21 1.15 Beaumont, R. ....a a a a a 5.91 Hechtold, Vernon ,.a a a e e .82 Bechtel, Rex S. ... 1.75 Beck, Anthony C. . 1.92 Beck, R. E. .......a a a a a 6.25 Becker, Edward .., 1.42 aa a a a Beckwlth, J. E 1.15 Bedard, George ...a a a a a 6.38 a aa ae Bednowskl, F Beech, Rowland K. a a a 12.23 . 10.83 • a a a a Beech, Rowland ... 7.85 Bees, Alexander R. a a a a 2.36 a aa aa Begen, T • 30.33 Bell, Clarence E. . 7.78 aa aa a Bell, Eddie L 2.88 Bell, Edmond P. .. 00 aOO aa a a a Bell, James 16.06 Bell, Roy 5.39 Bell, Traves ....a a a a a Bellonde, Harold L.a a a a 18.05 2.84 Belsen, F. C 2.37 Benenate, Nathan Jj. .. 11.19 Bengert, Benj. C. , Bennett, Guy •.... 4.92 1.62 Bennett, James T. . 20.00 Bennett. Paul 18.93 Bennett, Roger .... 35.89 Benolt, Kenneth 1.47 Benson, Thomas R. .... 7.57 Bentley, J. F. H. ..,.... Benson, F. F ..... 3.20 7.93 Benton, Fred 68.74 Benz, Charles 1.00 Berg, Arthur H . 1... Berger, David ......... 10.42 7.07 Berger, William ..,,..... Bergeron, Elra ..... 37.89 Berlowltz, Morris ....... 10.88 Bernal, A .. •.. 2.97 9.39 Berry, Lawrence F, .... Berry, Merlin V. ., 1.78 9.94 Berthhold, Frank ., Bertram, F. W. ..... 1.28 Bender, Raymond ., *... 10.93 1.80 Beuk^laar, Jacob' ..,.... Beuker, Kemp ..... 5.64 .94 Beutgen, John ..... 1.96 Beverly, Von. Lech . Bewlg, Leroy C. ... 22.78 7.76 Bibeau, Joseph ......... 6.76 Bice, James R; 3.72 Blehl, James .^... ..... Bllboa, Ramon ....,.... • 25.69 Blllltor, Woodrow . ..... 17.02 2.20 BlUo, Carlos E. .. .80 Billot, Joseph ..,...... .50 Blnnar. C. E. a . • .. .34 Bioado, Frank ,........ 2.20 Bird, Leroy W. ... Bird, Wm. •.... 2.14 BlrdhUl, Jack 5.40 1.70 Blrdsall, Charles . Blrdwell, George P. .... •1.25 Bishop, Henry ........ .28 Bishop, Henry- ;; i..... 5.20 Bishop. Silas ..... 22.54 Blvlns, Auman ........ 5.80 Bjork, Kenning ....•... 1.45 Black, Harry A. ... 14.44 4.83 Black. Robert .......... Black. F. Robert ...... 46.60 Black. W. ..... .98 Blackford, Ralph ...... 16.38 Blackledge. Thomas L. .. 64.96 6.87 Blackman, Benson W... Blackman. Edward G. .. 48.30 6.08 Blackman. Joyce . Blackwell, Francis ,.,. 11.16 '18.18 Blaine. A1 ouiine. zu .• NAM! AMOUNT Bkmcnard. Peter ..... 10.80 Blanchard. Richard F... 170.57 Blanchett, Harvey ld.79 Blake, Jack B 8.78 Blamco, David 27.53 Blanchard. Joseph 7.34 Blanchard, Leslie S. .... 1.16 Blanehette, Robert 2.02 Bland, Dewey E. ...... 2.B4 Blank, Joseph 1.16 Blaylock, John '63.54 Blicka, P. 1.80 Bllkert, Fred 3.22 Bliss, Herbert C 12.40 Blondln, > eorge P Bloodwbrth, John B. ... 2.79 Bloon, Louis B 11.92 Blultt, John J .83 Blumlo, David 1.49 Boblnski. Edw 2.60 Boernfi-, J'avl F 12.U4 Bogard, Frank 4.08 Bogg.s, Har !l<l W 9.:'.9 Bogrand, -Roy R 8.63 Boiling, WllUam 4.41 Bollinger, Louis 1.47 Bond, Benjamin 8.64 Bonds. Monor C 7.87 . Bonneau, 4.71 Bonnett, Robert R 1.16 Book. Frederick . 19.27 Bocker, illyrv n T 8.''4 Boone, Charles M 7.20 Boone, James R 1.25 Booth, 'Alton R 23.02 Boozer, Samuel 5.78 Boqulst, John W 10.55 Bordeau, Dewey 1.00 Borden, Pershing 2.55 Boreros. Edward 13.40 Boreros, F.-l 145.04 Bor^es, Roberto 2.16 Borges, Roberto 1.62 Borgstead, Lawrence ... 2.78 Borkwuski, F 42 Boroskl, George 11.96 Borsage, A. P 1.47 Boss, Richard D 16.98. Boss, Richard D 10.47 Boswell. Howard 94 Bottazzl, Fausto 1.70 Bougeols, Octa've 2.33 Boudreaux, Alexis R. .. 7.11 Boudreaux, Charles .... 4.43 Boudreaux, E. J: Jr 41.44 Boudreaux, Paul 1.92 Bourdonny, Louis 7.71> Bourgeois, Octave S. ... 32.71 Boucher, Joseph 10.84 Boudreau, Omer 15.53 Bourrilllon. Douclas ... 45.'4 Boutweer, WlUlam M. .. .28 Bove, John H 26.04 Bowes, Wm. T. 17.35 Bowers, ..oseph B. 4.91 Bowles, John 1.43 Bowley, Robert R 3.36 Bowman, Lriand 6.13 Boyti, Chas. 7.08 Boyd, Ralph S 5.75 Boyd. Roy 1.93 Boyer, P. J .03 Boyett, Russel N 134.50 Boyette, Doyle H 7.31 Braden, Charles. , 25.90 Bradley, Charles A 7.88 Bradley, Dewey b 5.51 Bradley, Joe T. 5,42 Brady, Durwood T. .... 90.76 Brady, George ...' 1.40 Brady, John 23.'4 Brady Pat J .92 Brady, Paul 17.86 Brady, Robert B 8.21 Brands, Henry 8.11 Brannan, James C 11.20 Brannlgan, V. L. 17.24 Bramca, Wm. G 6.76 Brannon, D. L. W 28 Brannon, Ermon 1.96 Brantley, Edgar J 76 Brantley, Wm. S 84.31 Brashier, Elton W 6.28 Brassfleld, WilUam 1.81 BrassweU, James W, .., 7.22 Brauer, Milton 1.00 Brault, Raymond 3.84 Braun, Jauchlne 0. 7... 2.00 BrazeU, D 37 BrazU, Irvln 6.96 Breaux, Chas. P. 4.21 Breaux, Earl G 7.33 Breeden, Rufus 9.23 Breedlove, Leon 368.26 Breedlove, Leon J., Jr.. 229.40 Breeze, George B. 23.83 Brendel, Mack D 2.23 Brennan, Francis 2.12 Brennan, John ' 11.82 Brennan, Timothy 13 07 Breuwer, Roelof 1.92 Brewer, Howard L 3.73 Brewer, Jaihes E 98 Brlant, Louis P 4.41 Bridges,. Ira C 4.67 Brlghtwell, Melvln .... 6.61 Brlgnac, L. L 1.42 Briguera, Gregorio .... 2.93 Brllhart, Leslie 9.36 Brinson, Edward 21.98 Brltan. Alex ;.... 10.90 Brltt, Fred 8.28 Broadus, Jerry 7.56 Brock, Charlie L 9.03 Brock, Rdbert L 11.51 Brock, William Jr 24.19 Bronica, Wm.. C 1.04 Bh-onldelsbo', E 10.38 Brooks, Arthur R 81.01 Broom, Robert W 36 Btbussard, Alvln 3.56 Broussard, Louis W 35.04 Brown. Carl W 2.53 Brown, G 20.86 Brovm, Edison 06 Brown, George ..' 2.88 Brown, Gordoil 1.01 Brown. Grady 3.56 Brown, Harold C 77 Brown, H. M. 18.20 Brown, Harold W 11.18 Brown, Jack 68.76 Brown. James R... 12.27 Brown, J. E 2.97Bro-wn. L.vle E 2.08 Brown, R. 2.64 Brown. Richard L..' 7.56 Brown. Robert A....... 23.30 Brown, WllUam H 2.42 Brown, Wm. P. ........ 1.42 Browne. O. W,., 2.36 Browning. Ballard ..... 15.99 Browning. Eldon 45.31 Browning. W. G. ...... 8.11 n .• ,r. "f^, 'ri'> i •:- ..v-f SEAFARERS^ LOG Vol. XVI, No. 10 NAMB . AMOUNT Bruce. Elon 45 Bruce, William T 10.60 Brunle, DavU H. 2.95 Bruzdziriskl, • Walter C.. .08 Bryant, Cor. . .... . .j,:.'. 1.63 Bryant, John E. ...i...2.20 Bryant, James A. 7.59 Bryant, Thomas .V..... 2.42 Buchanan, James ,i..1.24 Buchanan. Mack, .....V.' 9.75 Buck, Alton 1.91 Buck, Lin E. ..... ,1?9.21 Buckley, Edward R...i. 2.02 Buckley, Joseph 2.88 Buckley, Thomas J 12.62 Buclcner, Henry 38.71 Bu'ger. Arthur 43.21 Bulger, Arthur 152.60 Bumatay, Leonard 2.54 Bumatay, Leon 0 2.10 Bumbass, Herbert M.... 7.73 Bunch, Charles J 15.89 Bunn, James E 17.31 Burrs, Frederick. Jr.... 11.49 Burch, George -3.84 Burch. WlUlam R 10.26 Burger. Voyd B 63 Burgeron, Hoyt 1.47 Burham, C. E 1.04 Burg, John M BJSO Burge, Ralph J 3.35 Burkhardt, Herbert N... 5.42 Bur'ey, Willard J 2.16 Burley, Willard J 13.34 Burnett, Wm 2.00 Burnett. Leslie 2.00 Burnham. 'Jesse J 35.91 Bums, W 5« Burnslde, Warren H .59 Burrls, George ........ 4.05 Bursey, H. 5.94 Burton. H. E. . 2.71 Burton. Raymond 24.36 Busclglio. Gaetano T 38.39 Buser, Charles H - 3.93 Bush. Afton 4.90 Bush. Leonard H 8.07 Busslneau. Joseph 5.43 Buterakos. Thomas G... 5.00 Butler. John 7.74 Butler. Roert L 4.75 Butler. Thomas D 73 Butler, Shirley 5.81 Butts. WiUlam H 2.30 Buzabewskl, Joseph 94 Byers, Max . ' 8.13 Bvrc, Leroy W 49 Byrne, Daniel F 7.88 Byrnes, Robert B 3.30 Byrnlng, Harvey L..,... 8.07 •. • 1.04 Cadigan. J e•s 26.42 Cahill. Clyde Cailler. Leonard J... • • • 83.67 Cailiet, Wllbert F.... • • t 79.83 5.07 Cain, Harry •• e Caimf, .losenh • Calseiv Solly « . • 57.21 Calsmia, John 1 • » • 6.03 Cildeir.y. Anthony B. 7.85 Caldwell, Bogaxi ... • . • 49.65 .03 Calhoun. John Callaway, Herman . , , , 33.48 2.37 CalHas, G •.e Caloptakas, Theo. ... • • • BM 7.77 Calson, Follct L •• e Camel, Amos • • • 2.88 2.16 Cameron, Ross Camn. Auden Z. ...4 » t • 16.64 7.39 Campbell, James .... • e • 7.09 Campbell, N. 0 •• e Campbell, Roy • • • 5.64 4.84 Campbell. 'Vln^ent R., . • • 3.94 Campbell, Walter .. • • • ,99 Campfleld, James ... • .« Canales, Servando .. t • • 14.14 4.56 Canard, James 4. e 3.05 Cannon, Lionel J.... • • • 2.90 Cantlne, Clarence C.. t • • 6.86 Cantrell, Richard, D. • « • . • • 5.61 Cap, Daniel W. 13.65 Capado. F.austlno H.. . e Capltano, V ... 1.00 6.26 Capo, Anlonio •e e 19.31 Capo, Antony •s • Caporale, Alfred ... • « s 58.78 1.01 Caputo, Nicholas ... » • e 1.14 Carabbocan, F e. • 4.00 Carne.v, Kenneth ... , , , .84 Carathansls. A. E.... « • e' 55.63 •s • Carden. Stokes 5.68 Carey, Charles D.... , , , Carglte. C. W. • • • 1.42 6.65 Carhume, Pasquale . • • • Carlsen, Chris • . • 312.78 3.88 Carlson, C. F • .10 Carlson, Hennlng C.. . . e « . • 18.00 Carlson, John A 6.01 Carmlchael, Homer S. • • • 74.91 Carney, Lee O Carolan, John • • • 4.43 7.88 Carpenter, Frederick. • • • Carpenter, J. J • • • 36.93 e • • 104.93 Carr, Edward J Carr, Lawrence R.... e • . • 1.45 Carr, Lev . • • 8.39 .58 Carragan, Warren L.. . . e 2.33. C^rraso, Manuel .... » • • 3.84 Carrasco, Robert .... • e e 9.75 Carraway, WUliam . • * e 1.16 Carregal. Sebastian . • • a Carreo, Felix .. . ... • • « 74.68 Carrier, George C. . see 10.84 14.64 Carrilo, R. B ee e 2.62 see Carroll, Wm 9.39 See Carroll, Wm. R 2.14 Carrothers, John C... e e e 3.00 see Carruth, Lester 3.92 Carson, Forest L. ... e e e CarsweU, James .... see 10.13 7.22 Caruso. Antonio S. . . . e Carter. Barney A.... . e • 16.99 Carter. Cassle B. Jr.. • • e 42.72 1.20 Carter. Dudley Jr.... e e e 9.29 Caruso. Arthur M.... e e e 24.64 e e b" Caruso, Joseph 4.12 see Carver, Lester J . Carver, Roy M. ... e • • 101.80 6.39 ee e Cary. K. A Casanova, Bay H; ... e e e 25.75 37.52 see Casas. Herman 58 e e ea Cascino. J .62 • ee Case. R. C. .10 Casey. Alfred H. ... ee. 11.36 Casey. James ee e 14.55. ee e Casmo. Vincent 3.22 Casplto. Antonio .... see Cassas. Herman H,' .. e e • 33.68 Casso. Gerald N. .... e e e 82.74 Caaso, Llnyd-i--.A 1>2B .91 Castaln. Robert E. . see May 14. 1954 Sopplemont AMOUNT NAME NAMB AMOUNT _ 3.70 Copado. Mike Castanzo. Carl 6.07 3.07 • at Cope. James CasteUon, Jose 9.35 21.84 I# a • Cope. Salem P Cas'dUo, Thomas 4.43 62.48 Copland. Edward ... Castro, Ed, ........ .97 6.36 Copping. William .,.> • a . Catalano, Ebbllte 7.92 41.68 Corbert. R. C Cates, Howard B 34.77 Corley. Norman D. ..i • . . 12.41 Cathcart. Paul 42.06 2.20 Corli.s, James T. .... • a . Cathcart, Roy L 2.00 2.93 Corlis. James ' a a• Cathrlne, Theo . .98 3.90 Cormier. Elmer .... Cato. Oscar T 30.27 Correa, Franci-s .1. .- a a ! 5.78 Cauble. Lewis F 03 Corrlg.an, Edward T. a • a 18.72 Caughlln. Clyde M 1.06 Coryell. Royal >. a a .84 Causey, John P 34.54 225.44 Cosmo. Vincent a aa a Cgvagnafa, W. B 2.86 20.88 Cospcr, J.onnie a. . • Cavunaugh, Thomas ... 15.53 2.49 Cosllan. Robert E. ..» a a . eavis, Seldel E. 168.28 .54' Cosie'io, .iain;i • a a • Cawley, Joseph 4..59 Costcllo. Joseph A. .» a a • 11.09 Ceccata, Eugene .96 6.3tr Costillo, Rozclllo ... a • • • CecU, Andrew B. J. .... 2.39 1.98 Couchlin, C'has. P. . Celestlne, Oblce 70 .99 Cousins. Walter ....• a • • Cerda. J. J 5.35 1.74 'Cowell, Earl a... Chal, Das R 3.22 aa .2IS Cox. C. A Chal, Joe 5.93 a.97 I • aa Cox. Edward L ChaUklas. S. G 78.81 Cox. Elroy .98 > a • a Chambers, Gordon 111.38 1.9a Cox. L. aa a a Chambers, Gordon 7.55 Cox. Law. M aa a • a.9S Chambllss, Paul K 1.00 Cox, Thom-'S a aa a 11.28 Champenols, J. F 71 .oa Cox. Wm. H i a a •" Champion, Plato 6.07 Craddock, Douglas t a e a 4.53 Champlln, George W. .. 9.82 Cradick. Howard D. • at. 2.58 Chance, Robert 6.53 Crates, Earl 53.53 .a.a Chandler, Albert L 18.51 Crane, Thomas . .. . a ; • 8.63 Chandler, George 5.11 Crawford. A. S. Jr. • • a a 1.89 Chandler, Worshan 4.29 Crawford, Fess .. • . a a 3.48 Chapell, Henry 2.53 Crawford, Leo a.a 40.18 Chaplin, Maurice M. ... 5.26 Crawford, Stanley E,• a a .63 Chapman, Byron 3.67 15.59 Creedon. WlUlam ... Chapman, Thomas A. .. 48.04 1.00 Creel. J, P • a a a Chapman, Walter A. ... 7.55 Creel, Robert . ....I a a a 1.00 Charpentier. C 49 f'rcppon, .lohn H. ... a a a 13.53 Charrlon. Richard E. ... 2.95 Creppon, .1. H > a a a 1.89 Chase. H. 8.11 Crows. Oliver J. ...a a a a 4.98 Cbason. Bern 2.53 Crlspen. William ...• a a a 49.75 Chavanel. Albert 50 Cristaldi. Michael S. 2.00 Chee. Choy Lol 7.25 Crlstaldi. Michael S... a a a 4.00 Chee. Choy Lot 11.98 6.68 Croft. Ernest .a *a ChekUn. Peter 2.40 Crosby. (Jeorge W. , 4.47 a a aa Chen". Cheung S 22.51" Crosby. George . ... 4.00 Cheng. Cheun S 3.22 Crosby, Russell M. .. 2.08 Cheramie. Jack B 1.00 .01 Crosland, C. W. aa a a Chesna, Chester 21.67 Croto. Edward P. . 5.49 . aa a Chiavetta. Francisco ... 1.00 Croto, Robert E. . . aa 3.04 Childress. S. C 7.86 Crouford. Benjamin .64 Chin, Wong Han 18.02 Crowe, Alga B. a a a a 19.41 Chiotls. Evanee .... 9.74 Crowley. .lohii .... a a a a 81.48 Chlsholm. Audley R. .. 11.56 Crowley, Joseph .. a a . a 8.13 Cbltty, Eugene 25.80 Crowell. S. C aa aa 8.37 Chorvo. Donald '0 Crowley, Eugene .. 2.02 a aa a Chrlstal. George G. .... 20.92 Ciu/. .luan .\. G. .. a a a a 2.16 Christian, Aloy 14.45 Cuccin. Jacob 4.35 aa aa Christian, D. H. Jr 1.42 Cuccia, Ray K 62.57 aa aa Christian, E. 5,93 Cuenca. Benito .... a a a a 1.10 Christian, John W 10.08 Cueria. .ins 2.08 aa a a Christian, Walter W. .. 2.04 Cuevas. R. E .95 aa a a Christian, Walter W. ... 2.93 3.49 Culbertson. T. G. .. a a a a Christiansen. Calvin .... 2.84 5.18 Culotta. S. E. ... a a » a Christiansen. Wm. F. .. 4 05 Culpepper, Clyde .. a a a a 16.39 Christiansen, G. A 18.05 Cumbic. HarMd E. .. aa aa •97 Christy, Charles W 5.89 8.59 Cummlngs. C. H. .. a a a a Chrystal, James W 11.48 Cunningham, S. G. aa a a 13.60 Church. James R. ... 2.02 CurlPlI, Francis A. • a.a 97.40 Ciccoiiantl, Francis H. -. 2.05 2.1.48 CTirr.-^n. .Tohn a aa a Clair. Dean J 81 2.95 Curry. Horace .... a a a a Clark. Arthur S 3.95 Curtis, Roy E 10.24 aa a a Clark. Courtney, A. ... 3.93 Curtis. Roy E. .... a a a a 3.29 Clark, Courtney A 12.36 .82 Cu.sack. ' Austin .... a a a a Clark, F. L. 95 1.14 Cutshall, Arth. aa aa Clark, Gerald .......... 16.19 Clark. Harry F 2.45 Clark, Harry F., Jr. ... 57.72 Clark. H. M 1.00 Clark, James P. .. 6.15 Clark, TerrlU 49.81 3.35 Dafermo, Armando ... . C'ark, Thomas S 6.95 Dafm.s. Dcm. . 1.97 Clark, Thomas S. Jr. .. 14,05 Da.eley, Louis . -1.71 Clark, Henry V. A 04 4.05 Dailey, Harold .... . Clark, Clifton E 4.64 Dalcourt, Charles R. .. . 2.33 Clarke, David L 1.01 Daleney. Leo E. . ... 2.08 Clary, Dallas R 2.43 . 2.95 Dallas. Thomas Claude, Albert 1.96 Dalman, Gordon E. ... . 10.04 Clausen, D. E ^79 Daly. Mich 'cl P . 52.30 Clayton, Marion E "9 Daly. Joseph G . 11.62 Clayton, H. D. 94 Dambrlno, James D. .. . 11.16 Clegg, William .; 11.75 D'Ambrosia. Nicola E. . 18.78 Clement, Alton J 80 Damerest, James 1.69 Clevenger, Lyie D 10.57 Drmhaye. S . 10.75 Clifford, U. B 14.53 Damm. Paul . 8.11 Cline, belmer 14."8 7.78 Danaher. James A. ... . Clokey, Robert B 1.28 Dancy. E. J .01 Coats, Calvin 4.41 Daniel, B. . 27.24 Coats, Cloise .4.... 21.33 , Danos. Robert ........ . 2.68 Coats, J. W 59 38 Danton, J.nmes J .97 Cobb, Clarence W 102.11 Danzey, Clotls A . 1.04 Cobb, Harlen 4 96 Danzey. Clcrrs . 2.47 Cobb, Jake 3.85 Dao, Wong K 1.00 Coddlngton, Milton ..... .30 Dao, Wong K . 2.00 Coe. Joseph W ~.. 3.87 .93 Darenburg. Whitney ... Cogglns, Wm 5.89 Darling. CecU H. . 16.61 Cohen, Jay C .5 87 Davenport, 1. S. . .. : 2.28 Cohoon, Earl H 80.71 Davenport, J. P. S. ... . 6.94 Cole, C. R 1.47 Davenport, J. W. F.... . 11.23 Cole, Everett 10.27 David, A. J . 1.68 Coleman, Gordon C 22.92 David, John J . 2.43 Coleman, Wm. N 2.12 Davidson. Ralph .97 Coles, Albert L 03 Davis. .Alvin . 334.26 Colgan. John T 14.58 Davis. Charles P 3.88 Collier, Ralph 3.50 Davis, Earl J 6.74 ColUer. Harry L 71 Davis, Frederick V. ... . 34.87 ColUgan, James 7.39 Davis, George W , 77.16 ColUns, B. •. 3.20 Davis, Gordon L . 2.97 ColUns. C. 0 1.89 Davis, Harold A . 7.95 CoUlns. Elmer L 18.82 Davis. Herbert W. ... . 2.16 Collins, Floyd C 52.44 Davis, Herert W 3.48 CoUlns, George 73' . 5.44 Davis, J. H Collins. H. D 27.42 . 2.36 Davis, J. W CoUins. H. T 9.89 Davis, .Tames R . 12.65 Collins. Joseph 9.88 Davis, James W. 9.53 CoUlns. Volley 2.85 5.63 Davis, John Colpe, Juan A 65.68 Davis, Oscar T . 11.79 Colucci. Michael A. ... 5.92 . 11.34 Davis, Ralf Combs, Claude F 5.08 Davis, Robert . 2.37 Comeaux, Alvln 30.69 Davis, Rodry C .59 Connaughton, Frank ... .43 . 5.94 Davis, Ross Conillin, Frank M 10.37 Davis, Roy E . 98 84 Conner. Stephen 3.39 .02 Davis. Thomas Conner. John B 1.28 . 41.17 Davis. T. G. or F . 3.39 Conners. Thomas J 141.65 Davis, WUUam G Conrad. Jos 20.07 Davis, Wm. J. . 15.04 . 8.15 Conrad, Joseph 2.36 Davis, William J Constantino, Enrique ... 16.52 Davis. Wm. T . 42.94 . 9.69 Contresas, Juan 12 81 Davis, Wilson Davison, A. C . 18.01 Cook, Calvin L 67 Day, Charles P 4.05 Cook. D. T. 2.36 53 Day, Sidney Cook, J. D. 7.08 De Almeida. Jose ..... . 17.46 Cook. M. C. 20.75 . 5.42 Dean. Damon R Cook. Richard D 2.20 Dean, Marcus .23 Cook, Robert ... 1.10 Dean. Sterling 4.06 Cooper, Charles 1..53 Dearmond. R. B . 1.47 Cooper. Clarence H. .... 6.96 De Bautte. Ernest .... . 9:10 Cooper. Clarence H 96 JI2 De Busschare. E. Cooper. Ed. 8.25 Decker. Curtis G^..,.. Cooper. Ed. E. • 4.32 - Ceopier. JackieAi J.. vjteele.'Shaded De Couloder. J. R . UBB Cooper. V. B. fT. 13.81 I• • • 1. « • �SEAtARERS Paee S—Tw« l« ; >• . : .v,: _ I » .•ih". k'tl'- f? • If. • S '' " iP AMOUNT NAMB ... . 3.29 Deforest, Albat .94 De Forest, Albert ... ... 16.05 Degal, Conrad W. Jr. l.OO De Gonge, Dom 55.07 .Deheza, Angelis Z. . 12.90 Dehmer, Louis J. ... De La Cerda, L. A. .... 262 De Lachevrotiere, A. 2.34 Delaney, Alex W. 1.51 Delaney, E 5 64 Delatte, Nolan W 2.20 Delcazal, Armand D. .. *1-8® Delesa, Jose 3.^ Dellano, Michel F. .... 38-13 Dellorens, .Joseph 38.38 Demers, Charles E 6.92 Demots, Faul S 1.89 Denison, D. D. . .99 De Priest, Billie T 2.97 De Salvo. M. A. ^6.78 Deeormeaux, James T.. 18.03 Deuter, Charles W 8.66 Devel, Eugene 3.46 Devol, E. P. 12.09 De Vries, Peter 12.93 Dew, L 2.34 Dewberry, John B 9.51 Dewey, .Tames .95 Dexter, Robert M 6.68 Diaz, A. E 1.41 Diaz, Eddie 2.40 Diaz, Joseph 13.23 Diaz, Juan 97 Diez, R. J »9 Dicken, Glenn E 02 Dlcken, Glen L 12.01 Diehl, Wm. J 6.50 Dietrich, Frederick P. . , 3.93 Difeo, Dom. J 3 20 Dikum, Mike 7.48 Diliberto, Leon 46.35 Dill, Ernest M 2.70 Dill, Henry L 3.49 DiU, S. 2.36 Dimass, George S 10.47 Dion, Thomas G 7.59 . Dionne, Joseph 31.90 Di Paola, Ral 25.06 Dittler, Nandor 40 Dixon, E. 2.97 Dixon, Omer 2.16 Dixon, Omer 7.53 Dizard, Leonard G 47.91 Do Amaral, A. Do 36.62 Dobson, Robert C 14.77 Dodge, Henry 5.31 Dolcemasscolo, Joseph . 7.12 Domangue. Geo. A 2.45 Doming, Herman ' 1.96 Domingue, D. A 20.15 Donaldson, D. T 95 Dong, Chong Ah 21.21 Donnelly, Adrian 7.36 Donnelly, Emmett E. .. 3.14 Doran, Wm 11.61 Doran, Wm. F 2.02 Dorrian, Henry 9.18 Dos, Santos, Alvaro ... 6.08 Doty, Girard 34.50 Doublede, Harvey B. .. 24.54 Dougherty. J. B 8.41 Dougherty, P. K 41.16 Douglas, Eugene 9.92 Dorman, Manuel D. .... 1.00 Dowd, J. J. 10 Downey, Dennis ....... 1.03 Downing, Darrel 1.04 Dowis, Jack 8.53 Doyle, Billie 6.59 Doyle, Edward .98 Doyle, John J. 01 Doyle, John J 9.88 Doyle, John P 10.31 Doyle, Joseph -39 Dozier, Frank .03 Drake, John 6.09 Drake, John C l.OO Dreagan, Guy .98 Drew, Wm. M. ........ 22.30 Drigger, Coder 51.78 Driggers, Eddie T. ...: 2..53 Driggers, Tolphus 6.08 Driscoll, William ...... 8.88 Driscoll, William 15.46 Drouant, Fred L 16 Duarte, Alfredo N. .... 1.16 IDubisson, Wm. D. 10.94 Ducote, Curlis .... 30.40 Ducustin. Emiliano A. .. 4.41 Duet, Maurice C 14.86 Dufrene, Robert 2.16 Dugan, Thomas L 7.85 Dugas, Haywood, H. E.. 6.06 Dugat, Linwood G. 1.28 Duhrkopp. Raymond ... 7.34 Dumas, Alexander G. .. 16.54 Dumestre, Marcel P. ... 1.47 Dunbar, Richard O. ... 39.99 Duncan, Aarom C 18.15 Duncan. Anna Lee 32 Dunn, Hustus D 23.61 Dunn, John 2.95 Dunn, William 125.99 Dunstan, Aibert 46.06 Durabb, Newton 17.28 Durabb, N. L. 27.02 Duracher, Louis B. .... 5.00 Durant, Howard 6.29 Durant, Wm. N 2.95 Durden, Hudson B 28.06 Durham, Henry K 8.57 Durkum, Edward C. ... 5.78 Durr, 0 1.90 Duryea, Thomas A 58.78 Dusck, Edward, J., Jr. . 7.69 Dutko, Joseph 7.56 Dutto, Robert L 5.93 Dwyer, Edmond R 17.31 Dykstra. Frederick .... 414.95 Dynarski, A nth 42 Dys, Gyshertus H 14.50 Earley, Norman D. 11.65 Earnest,. Herman 1.93 East, John H 13.24 Easter, Fred M 2.13 Easter, Thomas, L. .... 15.99 Eaton, Elles M. 37.38 Eaton, Robert 1.96 Eayers, Marvin W 2.16 Eayers, M. W 60.03 Echevarria, Louis M. .. 143.52 Edmondson, G 3.46 Edmonston, George C. . 11.37 Edward. Andrew 1.17 Edward, Gerald L 10 Edwards, Charles 4.87 Edwards, Howard 15.59 Edwards, Sankey 55.48 Edwards, Walter R 3.93 Edwards, WiUle 6.39 Edwins, Irving B. A. ... 12.64 Efferson, Henry W 163.81 Egner, George P 10.53 Eglibert, Robert '.. .47 Ehmsen, Herbert W. ... 2.47 Eipper, Albert F. ...... 9.63 Eisengraeber, R, D. ....t 12.60 Eisert, Paul V 5.82 Xarelund, Gus ./. 3.55 Eklund, Ernest E. ./.. 1.05 'Mehuk. A. 'A87 - AMOUNT NAMI ... 9.60 Eldhuse, A. ... .;. ' .89 Eldrich, N. H .80 Elkin, Goodwyn S. .. .81 Ellctt, John H Elliott, James B. .... ... ,1.71 ,... 3.93 Eliiott, John Elliott, John H. .... ... 16.20 ..> 5.32 Ellis, Hal 7.59 Ellison, Ed. J 9.29 Ellzey, Charles H. ... ... ... 2.95 Elizey, Charles 4.94 Elmer, Elbert S. Jr. Dmerson, Edgar L. -.. ... 19.32 2.33 Emerson, Hurdes ... ... Emerson, Stephen ,.. ... 29.44 .01 Elmore, Eugene .... Emery, Harry L. ... ... 32.94 5.78 Emmons, Herbert C. ... .02 Emory, Dew ..: 3.90 Englebrech, Henry P, 8.26 England, Fred R. . 1.01 England. Jack Enochs, Jack 9.30 Erickson, Bertram . 1.74 20.22 Erickson, ErJr B. .. ; 1.00 Erlinger,' George ... 4.57Erlinger, Gerald D. . 23.92 , Erwin, Willard W. . 6.34 Eschette, H. 2.93 Espalla, George J. .. 71.28 Esquerre, Norman A. 37.72 Esteven, Adelain ... 2.33 Esteven, Adelian ... Evans, Charles 4.08 Evans, Willie .... 1.13 2.88 Everett, Alfred E.. .. 6.50 Everson, Mattals A. . 3.05 Eves, James 13.60 Evitt, Wm. E 1.00 Ewing, Ralph 8.19 Ezell, Wallace Fabal, Russeel 45.55 Fabricius, John 16.61 Fah, Yue K 15.19 Fahm, Wm. A 21.66 Failla, John 2.37 Fairburn, Morris 5.50 Faircloth, James L 2.95 Fakhry, MuStafo 3.22 Falcon, Adam 71.94 FalletU, Louis 3.61 Faltz, Henry 2.53 Fannin. Fred 7.44 Fant, Jos. C 46.58 Farmer, Frank R 8.56 Farnham, Cleveland L. . 2.88 Farr, Thomas B. Sr. ... 16.46 Farrell, Ed. J 3.04 Farrell, John B .70 Farrell, Jos. 5.16 Farthing, Fred. F 5.J9 Fassett, Wm. W. 21.24 Faulk, Wesley L. ...... 23.11 Faulkner, E. F 5.97 Faulkner, Leopeod 63 Fazio, J. S 7.84 Febyk, Nicholas 18.26 Fecke, Jos 42.02 Fedd, James E 98.59 Feeney, Arnold 5.10 Feese, tani L 53.17 Felder, .1. D 3.46 Felix, Edwin s 3,71 Fell, Howard 19.65 Feltig, Ray. 3.25 Femia, Juan C 7.64 Ferguson, Robert J 9.26 Ferguson, Wm. B 206.62 Ferkovich, Thomas A. .. 6.02 Fernandez, Erensto .... 3.39 Ferraiola, Alfonso .... 3.67Ferrce, Earl 26.04 Ferree, Henry A 38 Fcrrcl. Henry A 55.00 Ferrill, William H. ..... 19.01 Fief, E 12.84 Field, Harlgnd C, ...... 26.37 Field, John W. . . 2?.83 Fielding, Joseph R.' .... 4.34 Fielding, Oliver J \ 38.50 Fields. Edwal-d H. " 1.96 Fields, Thomas 2.56 Fields, Wayne K. 196 Figueroa, Jacinto 34.19 Fillingin, Daniel ...... . 3.01 Findlay. Frank S 4.41 Findley, Gordon 28.21 Finigan, John R 1.02 Fink, Harry W. 1.47 Fisheh Donald 1.96 Fisher, James S 1.06 Fisher, Kenneth 3.50 Fisher, Robert 85 Fisher, Wm 7.67 Fitts, Roy 4.83 Fitzgerald, Jr., E. R. ... 22.09 Fitzgerald, H. D 17.55 Fitzgerald, Jack 16.11 Fitzjames, Qerald 29.20 Fitzjames, Gerald 18.36 Fitzpatrick, Joseph .... 3.12 Fitzpatrick. Mark J 51.00 Flanagan, Edward E. ... 32.10 Flanagan, John R 129.62 Flanders,' S 4.74 Flannery; J. B 2.88 Fleet, Ormel 3.62 Flemming, Wm 7.64 Fletcher, Kenneth ..... 52.63 Fletchinger, Francis J. . 1.48 Flockhart, David 8.76 Flood, Robert 1.47 Florence, Sam 2.33 Flores, Jesus 8.12 Flowers. E 2.35 Floyd, Jessie 6.82 Floyes, Robert .'. 10.20 Flynn, Raymond ...... 26.23 Fodrey, James A 5.31 Folse, Feilden J ' .01 Folts, Myron 27.22 Folts, Myron E 1.31 Fonseca, David J 1.75 Forbes, John H 17.06 Ford, Kedric 3.96 Foreman, Eugene Jr. .. 1.93 Forrest, Chas 2.02 Forsyth, Joseph 1.48 Fortner, Livingston 61 Forward, H. 0 4.64 Fosgate, Harold A 10.46 Fortuna, Joseph R 22.37 Foster, Benj 1.28 Foster, D 42 Foster, James 6.52 FoWhe, Hugh, D 1.47 Fouchton, Woodrow .... 3.74 Fountain, Henry 8.96 Fountain, Henry H. ... 104.55 Fowler, G. F .01 Fowler, Howard E 1.22 Fox, Chas 11.52 Fox. Patrick G 63.16 Fox, Geo. J 9.34 Fracker. P. L. ..: 15.15 Frame, John 27 France, H. A. Jr 16.86 Francisco, Alex 2.99 Francis, Joseph P. .... 20.77 Francis. Joseph P 22.03 Francis. Marlon 25.59 . Frafico, Jose 24.63 NAME AMOUNT Franco. PatsT J 1.47 Frank. B '. 2.64 Frank, Koh 99 Franken, Louis 1.96 Franklin, David 1.52 Frankovich, J. 3.59 Franks, Paul '.... 1.02 Fraone, Fransesco F. ... 11.82 Fraser, A. F 8.32 Frasier. Elmer L 41.51 Frasier, ElnAr L 27.84 Fredericks, Barton J. .. 1.94 Freeman, Joseph 3.52 . Freeman, Leroy J.. .01 Freimanis, Egar ........ 7.71 Frey, Charles J '23.50 Frey, Frank 16.19 Freymann, Joseph 6.14 Frick, Henry 12.20 Friedlander, Wm. P. ... 1.43 Froese, Eldon A." .1.25 Fuhs, Gustav L. ........ 20.20 Fulford, William B. 2.53 FulL H. L 5.70 Fullner, Ray ... . 47 Fulton, George M. ..... 6.09 .Funken, Nicholas ...... 10.81 Furlan, Apdrew W 10.76 Furnish, Edmond E 6.14 Fuselier. Edward 2.61 Gable, Henry J. 2.93 Gabor, Bernard L 34.83 Gaboury, Charles 36 Gaines, Ellis B 1.00 Galatis, G. 78.70 Galbraith, Cline S 3.94 Gallagher, John A 2.88 Gallagher, Jos. J 3.03 Gallagher, Joseph J 5.31 Gallagher. Paul O. 14.73 GaBaway, Albert 2.48 Galliano, Guiseppe 30.77 Gallop, Harrel L 1.94 Gallop, Mars 22.78 Galvan, Ernest 13.75 Game, Eddie S. ^1.49 Gandy, Paul 4.69 Ganley, Richard 74 Gannon, Charles 8.35 Garcai, Charles E 3.85 Garcia, Armando O. ... 34.83 Garcia, T. Jr 13.16 Gardner, Charles .98 Gardner, Edward 2.00 Gardner, Jack 12.97 Gardner, James E 6.93 Gardner, Win. A. 72 Garlic. Alfred 1.43 Garnelis, S. E 12.45 Garofalo, Anth .60 Garratt, Ralph ' 48.43 Garrison, Eugene C 292.17 Garrison, John B 3.70 Garruth, Lester 2.39 Garza, A 98 Gaskin, Lee R. Jr 20.22 Gaskins, Charles F 4.92 Gates, Wiley B 3.13 Gauo.-t, Lawrence E. .. 5.51 Gauthier, Joseph V 2.33 Gaylor, Enoch J. 11.01 Geanuses, Peter 83.63 Geerkln, Urban 7.55 Gehringer, Joseph 12.38 Gelinas, Donald . 2.53 Gelzhiser, Kenneth .... 3.22 Genter, Francis J 97.61 Gentile, Vlto 2.88 Gentry, Dan W 18.51 Gentry, WUlle F. ...... 9.71 George C. C, 1.49 George. John H. 40.25 Georgevlch, Geo 2.36 Gerala, Juan 29.27 Gerber, Theo 5.71 Giallanza, Charles 24.14 Giardlna, Francesco 29 Giardina, Pascal F 12.62 Gibson, Den 8.86 Gichenko, Msithew .,... 3.95 Gierczic, George C. 65.03 Gilbert, Coy 3.93 Gilbert, George H 28.53 Gilbert, H. L 5.12 Gilbert, John 36.82 Gill, Lewis L. 10.84 Gillespie, Wm. L 1.52 Gilles, Edward J. 19.62 Gilllng, Wm. 11.16 Gillis, Edward 1.51 Gilmore. Alex D 135.09 Gison, Michael .......... 6.61 .Gitmul, Leon 59.26 Gleason, Jack K 7.66 Glen Horatid 134.73 Glenn, Ed. T 8.70 Glisson. James C. 1.96 Gliva, Charles F. 2.56 Glover, Fay F 9.39 Gluvim, Frank 4.00 Glynn, T. B. 1.36 Goff, Fred 227.78 Godard, Roy R 4.39 Goldberg, Hyman ...... 2.12 Golembiewski, L 17.89 Gomez, A. 52 Gomez, Aurello 11.09 Gomez, Dennis G 1.48 Gomez, Henry A 3.93 Gonzales, Cofereno 5.16 Gonzales, Frank C 2.68 Gonzales, Frank C. 2.00 Gonzales, George 3.67 Gonzales, Gilbert 13.55 Gonzales, Gilbert 11.60 Gonzales, Gilbert M. ... 57.91 Gonzales, Honorlo .' 12.31 Gonzales, Lawrence G. .. 3.39 Gonzalez, Ascension .... 24.91 i Gonzalez, Juan 4.64 Gonzalez, Louis G .9.34 Gonzalez, .Radames .... 1.00 Gonzalez, Whitney 09 Goodman, H. B. 1.80 Goodman, Paul G 13.83 Goodwin, Harry 1.47 Goodwin, Paul G 2.28 Goodwyne, W. L 2.95 Googans, Wm. L 6.71 Goosley, Earl B 6.40 Gorbert, F. R 83.01 Gordon, W. A 1.68 Gordon, William F 26.93 ' Gorham, Hyram ....... 9.61 Gorman, James 65 Gorriss, Robert L 1.96 Gosman, Robert E 3.22 Governale, Liborlo ..t.. • 2.56 Grabeauer^ Wm 1.47 Graham, K. E .40 Graham, Maurice E 1.96 Graham, Robert 4.20 Graham, Royce H. 5.71 Gralicki. Richard 3.53 Grana, Nlcolo B. 2.16 Granado, Jesus 5.20 Grant, F. W. 6.90 Grant, Joseph W. 3.™ Grant, Roy H 8.62 Grantham, M. M. . 2.93 Grasley* W« ..'2^37 • . May 14. 1954 LOG NAME AMOUNT Oratrick, Thomas B 2.00 Graves, T. M 8.20 Grayson, Theron H 3.12 Grebe, William R 8.98 Green, Ernest 1.86 Green, Floyd B. 47.95 Green, Marion D 1.47 Green, Vincent P. ...... 1.93 Greene, George H. ., ^. 18.90 Greene, John W 17.34 Greene, Robert N 20.86 Greener. Francis 10.39 Greenland. Shirley .... 1.48 Greer, Willl.'«m . 4.80 Gregersen, Bodvar .... 139.85 Gregor.-. Charles 9.ro Gregory, George > 02 Grennen, Leo A. ...... 157.17 Grennan, Leo 98.27 Greschner, Fred A 2.12 Grlce, SUnton 2.78 Griffin, F. A 2.97 Griffin, James . 20.21 Griffin, Joseph V. .... 11.75 Griffin, L. O 7.95 Griffin, W. L 1.47 Griffis, Loyd J 28 26 Griffith, Theodore .... 14.68 Griffiths, Sherman 23.82 Griffiths, Syre . 1.21 GriletU, Frank J 3.20 Grishy, T. H 35.57 Grissom. Francis L 21.80 Griswald, Louis 51.00 Griswold, Ray 1.89 Grona, Gustav , 3.89 Gronlund, Alfred ...... ,49 Gronsberg, NelS E 4.93 Gross, E. 1.18 Gross, E. J. ...... 5.35 Grothus. Edward B. .... 1.70 Groue, Elmes T. JF. .... S.iO Grove, D. M. .95 Grover, J. C. 2.97 Gruzdas, Peter : 4J4 Gualov, Joseph . 3.22 Guenard, George E 457.47 Guerrero, Robert G. .. 8.34 Guerrero, Robert G 15.83 Guice, Henry G. 13.09 Guidry, Albert R 13.11 Guidry, N. J 11.85 Guidry, Walter P 11.04 Guild, Maurice G 21.45 Guiliano. Anthony .... 1.16 Guinan, Francis 41.58 Guinee, Joseph E. Jr.'.. 8.07 Guitreau, Wilfred 6.62 Gullett, June W 1.64 Gunderson, Kristian .... .10 Gunderson, Kristian ... 1.08 Gunn, E. M 5.73 Gunter, Thos. L. ...... 10.34 Gurskie, Alexander r... 95.48 Guthman, J. C 3.18 Guthrie, John W 115.61 Gutierrez, Juan 8.15 Gutierrez, Simon 1.75 Guyon, Elmer 1.00 Guziftan, Hector .80 Guzman, Hector 2.14 Guzman, Raymond 9.09 Guzzlno, Antonio 6.31 Gypln, Arthur L. ...... 36.84 H Haag, James H. 2.61 Haat, Bernard'.....,... 3.64 Hacker, Jerome 1 1.96 Hackelberg. E. H. 39.27 Hackett, Walter J. .98 Haehne, Oscar F '.. .01 Haddock, Dellard 8.28 Hadfield, E. E 5J3 Haft, E. t". 72 Hagg, Gerald' 1.00 Hagin, Frank E 29.27 Bagstrom, Victor A 4.58 Hal, Woo Ding 58.64 Haislett, Tulie 9.42 Hall, Donald 7.09 Hall, D. 4.62 Hall, George 4.48 Hall, H. 56 HaU, H. M. 1.40 HaU, Homer 5.39 Hallquist, Philip 5.50 Halme, Harry . 18 Halstrad, John D. 7.26 Halvorsen, Sigurd 4.41 Hamilton, John B 10.29 Hammel, Peter 63.81 Hamner, Joseph • 3.04 Hammon. Marvin L. .... 1.37 Hammond, Harvy D. .. 9.48 Hampton, Rosea J 14 Han, Sun Shio 4.05 Hancock, Russell 1* ... 1.96 Handley, John 10.00 Hane, Frederick P. 8.66 Hane, John E. 49.83 Hankins, S. E. 4.25 Hanks. John E. 2.88 Hannibal, Roberto 70.18 Hannon, E. G. 1.76 Hanschke, Charier P. .. 1.47 Hansel, Erling 9.30 Hansen, Erling 13.37 Hansen, Erling 141.81 Hansen, Peter 4;68 Hanson, John C .59 Hanson, John T. 36.35 Hanson, L. C 1.47 Hanson, Thomas E. .... 39.62 Harcrow, Lester -2.14 Hardeman, Earl .' 13.34Hardeman, Earl P. T. .. 2.11 Hardeman, Willie T 13.51 Harden, John .......... 12.14 Harding, Edwin K 3.94 Harding, George W. ... 9.79 Hare, Michael D 51.04 Hargis, Gerald W 4.80 Hargis, Richard S 30.69 Harman, Edgar < 4.47 Harnish, Fred A 8.05 Harper, E. L 17.96 Harper, James W 1.47 Harper, Joseph B 8.98 Harper, R. M 11.25 Harper, Robert H 20.81 Harrell,. James R 1.68 Harris, Elbert B 41.34 Harris, Harold 7.39 Harris, Homer C 19.78 Harris, J. 8.11Harris, R. L 5.63 Harrison, Woodson H. .. 3.61 Harroll, Wade 2.01 Harry, Henry 1.98 •Hart, Albert 82.08 Hart, George B 5,37 Hartin, James N 6.50 Hartman, Charles 7.21 Hartle, Roy G 7.55 Hartsulker. A 7.43 Harvey, Emmet L 10.26 Haryey, Geo. H 8.82 Harvey, Lee J. 17.42 Harwell, George ...... ,..03 Harwell, George E 41.28 Hastings, Harry B 16.35 Hatcbett. a -Ww 3.95 AMOUNT NAM! ' Hattman, David ... • • * • • 4.76 2.61 Haugh, Henry I. ... e • 6.33 Hauke, Adam A, ... e • • e' .37 Haumann, Ira •••• •.18 Hauwer, Wm. L. .i • tea .32 Havland, WUllam .. e e • • 3.12 Hawkins, Elmer .... e • e • 6.59 Hawkins, J 3.94 Hawkins, Stanley .. 8.05 Haworth, Lafayette • • • e 8.52 Hay, Wm. G . •»• Haychuck, Morris M. • • • • 23.98 2.95 Hayden, Eugene . .. • • • e 24.31 Haynes, Clarence M. 1.'96 Haynes, George A. Heacox, Racine L. . .. • • 31.67 7.20 Head, J. G. ....... • • • e 1.00 Headly, Stuart see# .66 Heather, Robt • e• • Hebert, Eric J. .*t. • c • s 19.21 6.55 Hebert, Roland .... • • • e 7.90 Herbert, V. A. .... 10.34 Hebert. Vin 1.13.00 Hecimovich, D. J. . • • •' • Becker, IMward . . . • • • 72.88 Hee, B. . • • • 10.39 7.02 Heiducki. Stanislaw • • • • Heinen, Henry D. .. • « • s 3-.81 Heirs, Webb • • • • 3.78 1.89 Heiscb, H. J •••e 4.70 Helie, Leonard .... • • • • 7.43 Hellend, Elmer G. .91 Bellman, D. L. .... • • • • ' .09 Bellman, K. A •••« 8.30 Hemmersbachr'J. M. 8.85 Hemphill. A. M. ... • • • s 5.02. Henderson, Alvin .. • • • e 3.30 Henderson, James . • « • e 4.61 Henderson, Rex . .. • • • e 2.33 Henderson, Robert.01 Henderson, Wm. F. • e • 2.02 Hendricks, Carl F. , • • • e 11.44 Hendricks, J. ... 7.85 Hendrikson, Anton » • • • 110.11 Hendrix, Donald ... Henkle, T. M • • • • 12.93 Henning. Cyril A. .. • • e • 2.50 Henry, G. E -> • e • 12.87 Henry, Harold J. .. • see 1.33 Henry, Jacob J. ... • e • • 2.52 Henry, James P. ...• • e e 12.71 295 Henry, Robert .... • • • • 329. >3 Hensen, Henry J. .. 6.21 Hansen, Paul E; ... • • e • Hensen, Paul O. ... • • • • 10.16 .90 Hensen, Williani . . . • • • 6 Hensley, Charles R. • • • e 9.18 Herald, Ralph P, .. • • • e 16.93 Hergenraifer, Tneo.. 2.32 Hermes, Gerald S.63 • see 1.72 Hernander, Isa Hernandez, Saturnine» .. 36.24 Hernandez, Tony ... 14.41 Hernandez, E. F. .. • • e s 16.08 Heroy, L. J. . ;. • see 12.25 Herring, Howard E. • • • e 36.36 3.08 Herron, Joseph ....> • • • 5.55 Hessman, Clarence Heuer, Otto C • • • • 8.74 Hibbs. James H. ... 3.86 Hickoh, Ray * • • • 3.16 Hlckox. Raymond R. • • • 5.05 Hicks, John T > ••e 2.88 Hlgginbotham, E. ...> • • • 3.80 Higgenbotham, Law. • • • 5.89 Higgin, John S: .....» • • e 8.11 8.06 Higrs, Wm. E. .....> • . • High, Robt. G. .....« • • • 66.96 4.41 High, Robert' .... • • • s Hlgley, James L. i..• • • e .20 > • • • 8.66 Hilbun. Erlck L:.... 2.66 Hildebrand, F. L, .. .) I t « 25.65 Hildebrand, Joseph F Hill, Arloe o... • • • 13.65 .50 Hill, Harry > ••e .98 Hill, Harry G •••• Hill, Hughie H » • • •• 17.06 .63 Hill, Jessie .s. • Hill, Peter •• s a 2.02 > • • • 1.71 Hill, Walter >••• .36 Hlllis, Ralph 2.33 Hlllman, Edward R. , 4.16 Hillman, Herman ...I • • a Hilton, James F. ...> • • a 22.07 3.94 Bines, Glen .•* a 5.78 Hinson, Thad W. Jr. a a a 7.23 Hirst, Hans Hiscoch. Carleton ..> • • a 24.75 5.49 Hite, Leonard ......1 a a a 2.08 Hobson, Henry > aa a Hodges, C. C. . .....> a • a 19.86 Hodges, Kenneth ...> a a a .25 Hodges, Raymond ,..1 a a a 16.16 2.62 Hodges, Raymond ...Ilea Hoffman. John-A. ...> a • a 24.45 7.85 Hogan, Robert aa • 7.44 Hogue, William C. ,.1 a a a 3.48 Holland, Geo. A > aa • 6.67 Holland. H. A .86 Holland, Ralph A. ... a a • > aa a 6.94 Holland, R. . 1.47 Holland, Robert ....1 a a « 2.84 •a • Holland, T. E 2.80 Hollen, James -A. ... 6.61 Holliday, Louie ... . . a .33 Holllngsworth, R. E. 5.20 Holmes, Herman J. . • • a Holmes, Oliver ..... • • a 16.18 7.48 Holmes, Ralph D. ... a • a Holt, Timothy ...... • as 14.04 Holtgren, W. D. ... 4.62 4.23 Homkor, Stephens -. . « a 3.05 Honeycutt, Charles B.• e • 22.78 • a a Hong, Yuan 18.41 Hooks, Wm. C 6.60 a . a Hooks. W. C 7.85 Hoover, Daniel -B. ... a a a 3.93 Hoover, Howard ...; a a a 1.96 Hopkins, Claude .... a a • 5.28 Hopkins. William P. • a 2.53 Hormanski, Joseph .. a a • 4.56 Horn, Donald H. .... Horton, David G. "...1 a • a 14.91 39.49 1 a • a Horton, John H.. Horton, Lester ' •-.* • 2.16 1.99 Houlihan, William J; 6.94 1 a• a Houston, D.. R 17.61 Howard, Andrew J, . Howard, Cecil B. ..... a a a 16.54 .06 Howard, Charles ....1 a aN 2.37 Howard, Francis .... a a a 4.61 Howard, George A. •1 a a a Howard, Joseph /. . .. i a a 67.84 7.08 - aa a Howard, Lionel Howard, R. B. .'-.... 'a a a 10.22 Howard, Walter D; .I a a a 14.44 4.15 Howard, W. J. .;.... 7.88 Howe, John 1 a aa Howe, Robert T. '....I a • a 21.75 6.14 ' HoweU, Roy H. 'a a • Hubbard, R. B. i.... a a • 1.68 Hubbard, Willis C, ..' a a a 3.53 Hubbs, Robert 30.47 Huber, Keith R 5.52 aa a Huddleston, Geo, ... a a • 8.63 Hudson, Douglas .,,,' a a • .10 Hudson, James H. ..I a a a .98Huebscher, Byron .,.> a a • 3.25 Huff, Conrad W. ....> a a • 1.70 11.91 Huff, Warren G < aa a 4.59 Huff, Warren G, .'., Huffman, Dale ...,.,) a « a 37.86 138.36 Huggard, Edward F. Hughes, Franklin ,..1 a a a* 8.08 Hughes, Fred .......• a a a • 12.01 (/•*• j • NAMB AMOUNT Huizenga, Ed ,... 14.92 Huiar, Joseph .... 6.11 Hhjar, Joseph .... 4.25 Hume, Peter F. ..., .... 11.01 Humphrey, I. -G. ,.. .... 9.60 Hunt, R. .... 4.40 Hunt, Wm. A, ,... 3.04 Hunter, P.' J.; .... 6.06 Hurlburt, Leroy H. .... 25.31 Huseby, Paul 6 .... 16.75 Huszar, Gladrr .... 1.52 Hutchln, Herbert .. .... 3.94 Huttre, Daniel A. . .... 11.36 I lavano, I 2.37 Ikerd. Donald J 1.04 Ingerbrighten.. John H. . 2.88 Irby, Sidney S. 2.22 Irby, Sidney 38.'!8 Ireland A. • . , .; 12.80 Irons, Dewitt <1. ...... .. 98.86 Ittner, Harold 3.39 Jachim R .72 . 1.00 Jacks, Clarence Jackson, Andrew A. ... 2 88 821 Jackson, Bullard . 2.63 Jackson, James C 1.28 Jackson, M. 2.88 Jackson, M, D . 6^22 Jackson, Paul-W . 6.60 Jackson, Robert J . 10.43 1.40 . 38.45 Jacobsen, Ramus J. .... 19.93 8 93 J.ncobsen, Rasmus J. ... . 23 08 Jacobsen, S. Jackson, Thaddus Jack-on. Wm. "C Jacobs. John Jacobson, Galen .....'. Jacques. H. Jakobsen, Chas.. '. . JakutMszek. John James, Robert K . Jamison, D. L. . . Jamison, Robert . Jankiewicz, C. . Jansako, Ernest P Jaquith, Burnett . Jaqulth. Burnett Jarocinski. FeliVs , Jarrell, Albert- R. , Jarrell, Larry S. Jarratt, Ben. . Jarrett, Ernest .. . Jarrett, Walter .T Jarvls, Armstead J. ... Jarvis, Lowell E . Jasinski. Joseph Jefferson, James A. .. . Jefferson. Norman A. . Jeffryer, Floyd L . Jeffrey, Henry Jenkins, Benjamin F. . Jennings, Adrian Jennings, Erwln ...... . Jensen, Carl .......... Jensen, Johanes B. ... Jensen, Robert • Jensen, Wm. ..... Jergensen, Walter Jernigan, Angus D. .. . Jeter, Edgar Jeter. Felton Jimeney, Victor , Joanson, JohnJoffrion, Eugene J. ... . Johannsen, Otto Johanson. Ellias M. ... , Johanscn. H.ircld . John, Geo. P. , Johnson, Arthur Johnson, Bertie E. ... Johnson, Charles Johnson, Charles Johnson, Charles R. ... Johnson, Charles W. .. , Johnson, Ed. C Johnson, Floyd M Johnson, Frances R. Jr. Johnson, Frank Johnson, Harry L , Johnson, Jennings .... . Johnson, .ToelJohnson, Ray Johnson, Robert C. ... , Johnson. Waddy J. ... , Jones, Hobert E Jones, Lee - Jones, Walter R Jones, Wm. B Jordan, Dewey B. ..... Jordan, Earl C Jordan, Thomas Jorgensen, Niels Jung, Sing Justice, Roy L . Johnson, John- R. Johnson, Johnnie J. ... Johnsons K. Johnson, Lloyd Johnson, Louis G Johnson, R. --, Johnson, Richard S. ... Johnson, Robert M. ... Johnson, Stanley Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Wilbur J Johnson, William C. ... Johnson, Wm. S. ....... Jones, Allen Jones, Conrad R Jones, David A Jones, Howard D. ' Jones, John y.... Jones, Joseph W Jones, Leonard Jones, Okal J. Jones, Raymond L. .... Jones, Robert Jones, "Sidney Jones, Thomas Jones, Thomas J Jones, W. J Jones, Wm. H. Jordan, Carl Jordan, Charles Jordan, Charles W. .... Jordan, Earl C Jordan, Frederick L. .., Jordon, Robert Joy, J. R .48 .99 5.93 2.96 1.00 3.48 1.93 1.92 16.97 .10 1.83 4.12 15.48 11.40 .06 3..59 31.64 4.05 .40 52..36 11.59 4.97 2.00 20.65 5.78 1.45 11.27 2.24 2.90 5.91 7.90 .32 11.14 3.86 4.53 8.67 23.46 2.f8 222..'i4 .24 14.27 40.29 150.69 1.48 7.78 3.70 8.73 1.96 13.11 7.28 .88 1.96 11.18 1.99 3.63 1.52 83.82 1.47 54.27 2.09 29.41 3.93 6.50 7.52 2.53 .88 8.11 1.75 82.85 28.57 1.98 12.80 2.02 .99 1.25 2.53 .51 11.87 4.15 2.49 2.48 33.86 6.69 1.17 1.67 .01 1.16 1.68 .20 60..'i0 .35 7.44 1.48 2.86 6.49 5.47 54.62 2.95 2.67 23.43 2.05 .25 .62 K Kachelhoffer, Jacob .... 1.96 Kain, Konstant 12.39 Kala, Oskar F. .1 1.60 Kaleel, Geo 2.21 Kalian, Charles 67.32 Kalmanls, Karlis A..,.. 1.96 Kalmbach. Charles 34 Kalogrldes, Spyros ..... 7.08 Kammet, Harold ....... 30.49 Kane, Vincent E 3.22 Kanicka, L 1.69 Kapsomenakls, P 86.33 Karlsen. Harold BL ...... , ^.88 , "M.. May 14, 1954 SEAFARERS T»ge S—Three LOG NAMB AMOUNT AMOUNT NAMB NAMB AMOUNT AMOUNT NAMB McClantcn, J. C 1.47 .98 Larsson; Nils S. . Masters. Ralph 14.06 Morse, Wm. 7.73 McCIarence, James J. .. 2.93 La Soya, Michael ... ... 7.68 Masterson, W. A 15.26 Morsette, Leo. M. ... 2.99 .McClarence, J. J. Jr... . 5.23 Lassister, James ... ... 1.92 Matchett, Ed. H 14.91 2.61 Mortensen, Ole A. .. ... McClellan, Earl L 5.05 La Tourette, O. E. . ... 18.95 .50 Matherne, Dennis T. ... 40.25 Morton, H. G McCloskey, Kendall .... 75.87 Latus, E. L ... 3.13 Matherne, Ivy E 5.40 Morton, James Jr. ... ... 14.91 McColllm, Earl B 10.43 1.04 Lauchs, Gordon ... 7.55 Matheson, J 59 Mosher, Anderson .. ... McCollum, Philip O , 2.02 ... 2 93 Lauer. James ...... ... 7.58 Mosley, Ernest Mathews, Charles 24.57 McConathy, James A. .. 1.92 3.04 Laughlin, E. R. ... 2.00 Mathews, Robert C 36.99 Moss, Charles 2.88 ... 5.82 McCormick, B^ J 9.73 Moss, Claude Laughlin. John 'Mathson, Olaf .84 McCormik, L. E 4.73 ... 8,32 Lauro, Antonio ... 1.14 Mato, Daniel 23.83 Moubray, Robt McCorvey, Durell .98 Lauzon, Stuart M. ... ... 8.30 Moulds, Jack W. .... ... 9.03 Matranga. Vincent A. .. .93 McCoy, Charles 1.63 3.85 Lavelgne, James M. . ... 2.14 Matsoukas. Wm 9.72 Mourlas, F 6.87 McCracken, Geo . 6.78 2.02 Lavelle, WiUiam J. . ... Matte. E. P 11.92 Mouton, Milton J. ... ... ... 22..'>7 ... 6.83 McCranie. Carl 3.84 Mouton, Percy , A. .. Lavery, John B Mattel, Anthony 17.04 ... 6.-2 Lawler, Anthony F. . .30 McCullock, Char. L 12.84 Muenster, John H. Mattel. Anthony R 52 Mupnie--.. Kenneth V. .97 3.25 McCune, Lawrence E. .. 36.33 Lawless, John R. .., ... Matthews. Irvin 1.96 .03 ... 4.29 Mulr, Russel P. McUavllt, John 2.33 Matuciewicz. Frank .-... 2.20 Laws, Earl J 2 -8 ... 3.22 Mulholland. Robert . . .. MCDecs, James 5.82 Lawson, Carl C Matulich, Sidney A 5.05 .48 1.40 Mullins, R. ..... Lawson, W McDiarmid, Adam 48.15 Matu.scwizc, Frank '.... 11.15 2.52 MulILs, Lewis D. .. . ... 10.62 Lawton, William M. . ... McDonald, Geo. S .72 Mauldin, H. V 5.92 1.10 .. 16.63 Mundy, Benjamin Jr. Laxson. Jesse H. .. McDonald, Milford H. .r 5;92 Mauterstack, U. S 10.22 ... 22.34 Mundy, M. B. ... 21.77 Lay, Thomas F McDonald, Ralph A 3.20 Max. Erwin 1.28 2.21 Munici. Salvatore .... ... 8.07 Lazar, Joseph A McDonald, Robert 1.50 Maxwell. D. L 3.18 ... 13.44 Munro, Dan S. Maxwell, Elwin 45 McDonald, T. G 83.15 ... 4.18 Leahy, F. G. 1.50 Munster. Martin .... Maxwell. George J 4.34 McDonnel, John 4.01 2.88 Ledhy, Jeremiah J. . 4.65 Murna. Jean May, Hubert 47 MacDonnell, Lloyd 5.63 .. . 46.41 Leaky, Wm 1 '9 Murphy, Bernard ... May. William 20.07 McDowell, Charles F. ... 2.32 ... 3.93 Lebarre, Ramon Murphy. Edward J. . ... 5.78 Maye.s. .Homer 5.57 McGee, John H 1.94 8.11 Ledbretton, Harry .. ... .21 Mur;/hy, .. mcs V. .. Maye.s, Homer S. Jr. ... 46.78 McGlll, James . 1.96 Le Blanc, Pierre C. A.. .. 4.13 .65 Murphy, John R. .... Mazoue, C, A. . 1.04 McGlvncy, A. S 1.89 I.16 Le Blanc, Rene A. . ... 320.71 Murphy, Leslie L. .. Mazurek. Andrew ...... 5.23 McGlothlln 3.50 Ledingham, Lewis F. ... 14.17 2.38 Murphy, William C. . McGown, Frank 1.47 1.42 Meade. B. H 20.13 Lee, Charles Murphy, Wm. E ... 9.80 McGre R. L 1.89 6.33 Meares, John 50 Lee. Charles L 3.70 Murphy, V/m. P. . .. McGregor, James W. ... 2.50 ... 1.40 Medina, Julius J 8..30 Lee, E. Jr 1.01 Murrah, Chas. C. ... ... Mc Haffie, Perry 1.94 .92 Medley, Calvin 1.00 Lee, James Murranka, Henry H. ... 10.18 Mclnness. Lawrence ... 16.60 6.03 Medrano. Florencio .... 13.55 Lee, Marion H ... 4.05 Murray, .'ohn T Mclnnls. Laurence 1.17 Meeks. Robert E 78 ... 5.82 Lee, Tartantlne 5.72 Murray, Walter C. .. ... Mcintosh, Howard C. .. 25.35 6.90 Meers, Robert "E 9.39 Lee, Theodore E. ... ... Muree. Cii'ries F. ... ... 17.22 Mclnturff, Ralph G 46.88 1.00 Meers, Robert E 29,27 Lee, Tinerman J. ... ... 2.98 Murrell. Samuel E. . ... Mclntyre, Wm 148.97 Megus^glo, M 17.30 ... 33.41 Lee. Victor 4.38 Murreil. Ven.ress B. . McKeever, John 134.77 Meir, Joseph 3.20 ,... 1.12 Leerentweld, G ... 11.54 Murrell, Wm. T McKenna, John J 15.53 Melieck, Paul J 36 ... 28.43 Leger. Vlllar ... 3.87 Murriel. Hunter McKenzie, Holllsm .... 2.14 2.95 Melody, Thomas M 48,91 Lcggett. Clyde R. ... ... 1.00 Murry, John . . . .. McKinney, David 08 9.00 Meloy, Robert C. 37.30 Lchning. Armond L. ;.. 2.97 Muscarella, Charles . ... McKinnle. Drew 01 Mench, Albert J 25.99 ... 32.59 Leiblg. E. W ..; 3.58 Mary. Joseph A McKinstry, Albert 2.21 Mendoza, Hyman 3.93 5.94 Leister. D. H. Jr. ... ... 2.21 Myers, Henry P. ...... McLain, Glenn 18 Mendoza, Joseph F. .,.. 3.85 6..50 Leivallen, Jos. C. ... ..: 4.44 Myrlck. Robert F.'... ... McLamore. James W. .. 2.48 Menklns, Wm 3.22 ' Lemoine, Adam Jr. . ... 58.34 McLaughlin. T. J 22.26 Mer, Peter 6.12 .97 Lemoine, Rich. J, ... McLealsh, Donald L. ... 7.11 Mercer, Wm 1.1.38 Lemoine, S. J. -. -.. ... 10.19 McLellan, Wallace 3.04 Mercier, Charles S 1.89 Lemoine, Vernon E. . ... 24.09 McLellen. William L. .. 1.00 Mercon, Vincent W 11.28 9.46 Lennon. James L, ... 2.36 Naehl, Michael F McLeod. William F 71 Merkl. Clifford B 11.56 1.33 Lentz. August .96 Nagal. Michael McLeroy. Vernon 1.44 Merrill. Charles D 6.50 ... 3.46 Leonawicz, J 5.90 Nakamura, Ai McMahon, O. J 07 Merritt, Richard 13.91 28.89 Leonard, Frank ..... 8.63 Nam, Tsu Hau McMaster, James 7.15 Mertz. Geo. C .1.92 1.00 Leruth, Warren F. .. 2.47 Nante, Frank McMillan. Cecil R 20.21 Meshefsky, Anthony .... 2.47 15.87 Leson, Raymond .... 1.19 Napier, Wr.yne McNabb. LoweU T 23.88 Metros. Edward 5.84 2.53 Lester, Audrey ..... .88 Napoli, Francis R McNabb. Sewell T 17(k70 Metting. G. C. R 1.03 6.65 Leva. Anthony D. ... 3.64 Nassar. Alfred McNamara. R. 0 2.36 Metis. Ernest M 41 12.94 Leverman, E.gon T. . .49 Naujack. Gustav McNeely, Raymond .... 4.86 Meyer. Gunther 33.21 7.86 Lewallen. J. C. . .... Navarre, Thomas ...... 2-;.14 McNulty. Joseph E 4.29 Meyer. Gunther 14.08 2.08 Lewis, Edward M. .. 12.70 Navarro. Trinidad McPhee.. Joseph 3.03 Meyers, D, R. 4.22 7.98 l.ewis. Frank 4.08 Neal, .Tack R McPolln. James 3.72 Miarana, U. J 10 5.71 Lewis, Frank W. ... 7.92 Nee, Wong McQuiddy, Melvln N. .. 1.57 Michaels. John A 3.25 6.78 Lewis, Heber G. .... 59.76 Nee, Wrng Hong McQuillan. James ' 1.52 Michalik, Bernard J. .. 5.21 .30 Lewis, H. G 22.27 Needham, James McRae, Virgil L 14.13 Michang, George 3.27 49.85 Lewis, Howard M. ... 12.10 Negron, Jose Michel, August 1.96 McVay. Harold H 24.54 2.34 Lewis, Ivan G. . .59 Neisler, R, H Michel, Martin 91 McWaters. Ken 30.47 5.44 Lewis, Leonard F. .. 5.71 Nelson, Eris W Micheiet, Paul 1.96 McWilliams. Hugh 4.41 8.51 2.-53 Lewis, R. B Nelson. Frank M'chelsen. Frederick R. 2.60 3.84 .20 Lewis, Wm. H Nelson. Robert '.... Mickley. Alford 5.89 14.16 .60 Lewis, William H. .., Nelsons, Eric Middleton. Guthrie ' 14,63 5.85 Lleban, Richard C. .. Ness, Christopher T. .. 158.79 Middleton. Harold N. .. 7.05 1.68 1.82 Ligenfelter, F. Ness, Ole E Midgett, Mahlon B 112.83 2.76 4.91 Lightfoot, Roan Jr. . 7.42 Nestor. Iverson MacCaskie. Thomas .... Milan. R. S 6.48 3.11 1.74 Lighten. Paul G. ... .25 Neumier, Charles MacColine. Hugo* W. ... Milano, Moses 3.35 3.52 2 95 Ligon, EI wood . ... 24.91 Neveraskvs, J. D MacCrea. James Milburn, Harold R 22.92 2.53 84.52 Lignos, Andreas G. . 3.93 Newell, Richard MacDonald. Chas.. A Milczarek, Henry A 12.03 .88 34.33 Liles, Thomas .34 Newman, Stanley D. ... MacDonald S.. M Miles, Grover 81 1.89 2.95 Lillard. F. E 1.75 Newman, Wm. A MacGregor, Wm Miliadis, T. A 43.77 1.16 4.41 4.04 Newton, Charles Limon, Doric MacLellan. Wallace .... Militar, Dioscoro B. ... 14.65 45.29 4.05 2.20 Lindberg, Parrls ... Newton. Theron E Maas, Henry J. Jr M-Her, Arnold E 10.60 V48 1.25 1.75 Newton, Theron Linford, George Maas, Leon J MUler, Curlan 1.93 1.50 12.93 2.16 Neyrey, George Linn. John Maas. Leon J Miller, E. P 4.45 3.12 12.90 Neyrey. George Linum, Leo E. . .... 1.92 Maokey. Clyde F Miller. Edward 6.79 1.23 9.74 Nichols, "erb Lipkih, Max 6.07 Madden, J. L. Miller. G 50 7.40 6.55 Liprlncott. James ... Nichols, Wm. T 1.00 Madere, Oscar F. A Miller, General ....03 , 4.87 3.91 Nicholas, Thomas T. ... Liuzza, Giacomo ... 3.10 Madsen, C. C Miller. Jerry Z 14.48 .10 1.00 Nicholson, Ray Liuzza, Michael 7.33 Madueira. Jose Miller, K. E 1.80 7.04 4.42 Nick. John J. Little. William H, ... 6.59 Maechling, P. E. Miller, Raymond 3.92 2.90 11.20 Nickerson, Cliff '.. Littleton. Robert L. . 16.21 Maffeo, John Miller, Ruskin 2.53 .10 .97 Nicola, N Lloyd, Arthur S. ... 12.79 Magee. Charles Miller, Russel H 45.87 6.89 2.53 Nicolay. Bernard Lloyd. Charles A. ... 5.48 Magee. Leroy Miller, J. J. 8.80 5.81 137.61 Nicdermeyer. Robert .. 3.38 Lochte. Wm. A Maguire, Paul R Miller, Clyde E. Jr 15.80 9.14 33.16 Nigro, Frank 1.07 Loclgno. Castenzio .. Maguire. Thomas H Mills, Cooper D 13.45 2.23 .37 Nielsen. Erik B 5.42 Lockamy. Wm. R. ... Maher, Lee T Mills, Laurence H O"* 2.93 2.52 Nigro. John Lockler. Jessie M. .. 3.10 Mahl. Peter Ming, Ving King 11.72 2.02 1.97 Nilsen, Conrad M Logan, Ernest J 15.14 Mailey, Richard J Minkler, Hurless W 98 18.30 .80 Nissen, Claus K Logan, James R .72 Makew. L. -J Minyard. Edward K. ... 10.61 1.17.02 Nixon, William 13.61 Logan. Thomas 2.88 Maki. Henry J Mims, Robert E 7.85 21.46 Noggle. James F 5.93 Lohse, Peter .28 Maladonich. Ernest .... Mineili, Godf. W. C. ... 1.82 36.11 .20 Noles, Geo. H Lombardo. J. J 10.93 Maley. Richard J Ming, Wing King 158.48 3.52 Norfleet, James 13.71 Long, Arnle L .60 Malone, Raymond Mirabneno. Gregorio ... 3.22 .29 Nero, Peter A 231.99 Long. Franklin 2.42 Malone, Thomas Miranda, Jose 1-24 1.00 Norris. Joseph . A 9.75 1.42 Long, J. C Maloney, John Misco, Matte 13.37. 2.97 Norris, Joseph L 2.99 Long. James C 138.81 Maloney. Michel Mitchell, Carl W 60.06^ 9.76 Noonan, James E 1.68 Long. Ralph H .59 Manale. George Mitchell, Geo. R 2.93 20.47 Nooney. Ed 1.96 Long. Wm 8.84 Manrino. Sabato Mitchell. John 4.01 4.48 9.75 Norris, Wm Longley. Julian 6.78 Manheim. Haywood E. .. Mitchell, Law 7.88 1.89 North, Vernon R. ...;.. .98 Lonzl. Leonard Manning, Elliott E...... 18.10 Mitchell, Leroy 3.84 4,27 Norton, George O 3.85 Looney. C. M 3.22 Manning. Geo. Mitchell, Robert 9.57 6.22. Norton, P. C. ....... 11.75 Looper, Robert .5.91 Manning. Sam H. Mitchell, Wm. D 34 Norwood, Frank A. ... 36.04 5.93 Lopez. Albert H. ... 30.50 Mansalto, Val Mitchell. Wm. W 29.28 .36 Nosal. Michael 9.32 Lopez, Alfredo .95 Manson. Jeff Mitrega, Frank E 2.88 4.61 Noulis, Michel 68.18 Lopez, Ernest R. ... 2.36 Mansson, A Mizelle, Alfred 8.52 21.63 Nouwen, John 85.06 Lopez, John A. ..... 9.58 Manuel, Harold Mladnick. Earnest 1.47 79.51 Nouwen. John .80 Lopez, Jose ... 11.28 Mao. Koo Shih Mobley, Mitchell V 6.54 17.14 Nunez. Valentine 33.51 Lopez, Leonldes .... .72 Maquere. Thom Mobley, Warren 3,84 1.48 Nurna. Jean 44.22 Lopez, Juiseppe .... 2.93 Marcel, C. V. .; Mollard. Wm. B 2.95 9.72 Nuschler. John 4.32 Loiicks, Gordon L. . 28.54 M; rie, Francis A. Monardo, Sylvester 5.16 11.19 Lachapell, Lf| 1.47 Nuss, Geo. A 1.00 Lorlng. Joseph 8.44 Marcentel, Burgess .... Mones, Jules H 4.65 1.48 Lachney, Aljl i 2.33 Nuss, John W. .30 Louder. Billy B 5.28 Marcombe. Huey Monfoya, Colixto 12.48 2.78 Lacker. Jessi u 1,2s Nutter, Chester E 9.17 Louis, Jose M 7.89 Marcus. Albert G Monphan, Harry 10.38 8.65 Lacy. Hancil H 87.84 Nowak, Clarence R 10.23 Loute. Charles .:... 1.77 Marczek. F. E Montenaro. Frederick .. 2.52 .01 Nysson, Kenneth Ladd. Rieh.1T pi 1.89 3.85^ Mai'lln. Julio ....; Lowderback, Bennie 44.82 Montgomery, Charles ... .80 Lae, Joseph i J 5,47 7.74 Lowe, J 11.58 Marin, Cipriano M Montoye. Claxlto 5.12 Lae, Joseph f J 3,08 20.07 Lowe. Jesse 8.53 Marine. Daniel Moody, Harold N. ...... 1.93 Laffey. Step « R 46.78 3.81 Lowe. Robert D .62 Marinello, Sal Moore, Bennie L 11.82 Lafucntes. f lA 2.33 23.47 Lowghlin. John H. .. 26.46 Markham, C. L, Moore, Charles 8.81 La Guardia, If rnando .. 3.22 11.79 100.26 O'Briant, lector Lowery. Clarence J. . Markham, Sydney L. ... 14.84 Mooj-e. Doy 2.02 Lail. Alvin 1 1.19 11.44 7.12 O'Brien, Chester Lozes, Frederick L. . 4.61 Maringllo, S. J. Moore, Harold ....i".... 6.94 Laird. Arthuj S I6.79 2.35 1.68 O'Dea. William Lucas. Charles S. ... .25 Markley, Warren ...... Moore, James L 21.44 Lake. Hqnry [D. Jr 6.28 10.98 2.45 Odell, Charlie W. ...... Luclane. Alfred .... 3.42 Marques. J. A Moore, William C 49 Lake, WalteriF 15,88 1.54 11.01 Odom, Eiarnest L Ludwig, Edward L. .. 18.41 Marques, Jose Moore, Wm. J 3.20 La Luz, Salvstiano oi . 15.54 10.13 Odom. Law Lukas. Alexander ... 7.40 Marquez. Jose A Morales, Alfred 1.69 Lama, Jo.seph 1,95 ' 6.14 3.9L O'Donnell, Hugh G. — Lundy, Arthur W. . . 3.19 Morales, Carlos . 6.62 Marrs. John Lamb, James 3,39 3.41 , 17.33 O'DonncIl. Wm. L Lurle. Benjamin F. .. 1.00 Moran, Raymond 64.41 M.lrshall, Frank Lamb, Joseph A 16.57 1.31 3.52 O'Donoghue, Herbert .. Lurle, Gerald ....... .30 Marshall, George M. ... Moravec. Charles ...... 1.10 Lambert, Rcidu.s 52.03 1.52 .01 O'Dowd, Castez Luthie. George 3.26 Marshall. James M Moreland, Alva 0 11.83 Lamego, Antonio S 15.33 1.27 27.94 Odum, Edward D Lutz, Joseph 1.07 Morgan, Floyd 39 Marshall. Lewis Lampkin, .Samuel 26.28 162.45 50.16 Ogier, Ripon W Lutz, Marvin D 1.96 Morgan, Geo. S 4.05 Marshall, Louis La Nasa. Wallace 10.37 41.19 10.64 Ohannasian. John Luxemburg, Robert . 17.71 Morgan, Francis B 1.17 Martin, Alexander Lancemderfer. John .... 3.22 2.00 II.75 O'Keefe, James B Lyle. Samuel .... 4.03 Morgan, George S 4.14 Martin, Antonio S Dandrum. Oliver 12.28 3.00 .10 O'Keefe, James B Lynch. Charles B. ... 3.11 Morgan, Isadore 02 Martin, Jules A Landrum, Robert L. ... 2.95 1.01 86.95 Olds, Robert Lynchard, Billy E. . 4.71 Morgan, Joseph 2.41 Martin, Melvin Landry, Antoine 5.00 11.25 29.10 O'Leary, Edward S L.vnn, Bobby R 9.87 Morgan, Robt 8.13 Martin, William R Landry, I). P 2.69 4.48 41.02. O'Leary. Louis M Lyons. A. E 41.23 Morgan, W. J 6.02 Martinez, Francisco Landry. Henry 5,44 2.21 69.24 Olive, George D Lyons, Thomas G. >. 6.38 Morgan, Walter T. ..... 3.45 Martinez, Loul Lane. Elmer e.64 2.88 "Oliver, John L 2.16 Morillo, Bernard 63 Martinez. Noe G Langstine, .lohn H 4.94 2.01 Oliveri, Wm. J 1.00 Morley, Robert N 17.21 Martinez, Richard G. ... Langston. John H 20.25 4.00 Oliveri, Wm. J 7.38 Morreale. Peter J 2.33 Martinez. Theodore .. • • Lanier, Clyde 1.00 3.64 Olney, Wm. G 3.26 Morris, E. F 2.36 Martini, Raffael Laningham, Thomas ... 20.37 1.00 Olsen, Olaf A Morris, Frank 18.15 5.42 Martinson, John McAvoy. Arthur 1-91 Laningham. T. L 52.44 39.19 tllsen, Christopher .... Morris, James W 17.31 1.82 Martinson, Walter McDrien. Christ 3.94 Lapham. Lester K. .... 13.66 2.24 Olsen, F Morris, John A 55.58 2.37 Marullo, Theo McCabe, Alvin 1.96 Laroche, J 2.12 10.75 Olsen. F. T 3.39 Morris, Peter 3.00 Marvin, Thomas H. .... Laronde, L.iurence ..... .04 McCaffrey, Alfred 1.03 163.02 Olsen. Herbert S Morris. Purdon A 1-25 3.44. Marzett, Grant McCaffrey, Alfred S. .. 143 Larpentcr. H. P 1.19 1.42 Olsen, W. L Morris, W. J 100 1.01 Masek, Michael P Larsen, Herman 16.03 McCaffry. R. W 18.78 4.81 Olsen, Wm. D Morrison, Don E 96 1.04 Mason, James M McCarthy. A. W. ...... 14.03 Larsen. H'ler 308.84 2.91 O'Malley, Joseph Morrison, F. H 3.29 17.12 Mason, Jared A McCarthy, Harold V. ... 10.87 Larsen, W. T. 14,43 13.72 Omelanczwk, Wm Morrison, Horace H 23.35 .25 Mason, Luther C Larson, Arno E 28.44 McCarthy, Jack 9.76 8.11 Ondus, Mich F Morrison, James L 01 .96 Massey, Thomas B. McCarthy. Jack 34.77 Larson, Gusti f A 26.37 .82 O'Neill, Edward ........ Morrison, Malcolm 20 15.09 Massey, Wm. R McCarthy. Justin 1 8.08 Larson, GustHf 260.07 .30 O'Neil, John J. Morrisson, J. H 9.54 28.14 Massicot, Jules A. McCarthy, V. R, Larrsen, H. C. 1.82 •Oi . .MorraWt James 19-77 . ' O-NeUL Petee _ .'ffj ».Qft Mas^coti Leo ,,. v. v> • Nils _ll.a_ ^ UvCliurtviir J''. 3V. AMOUNT NAM! 4.94 Karns. Ronal L. Karsen, R. ... 3.67 Kaston. Robe P. ... 84.04 Kath, Charle 11. 1.60 Katsanis, C !.. 5.06 Kavitt, Wm .. 23.06 Kavltt, Willil B. .. 45.14 Kaziukcwcz. 1 F. . 11.75 Keano, A. W 5.97 Kearney, ... 17.31 Keenan, Wm . 22.58 Keith, Paul .. 24.48 Keller. Robci C. .. 3 88 Kelley, Floya . 2.78 Keely, David !.. 18.42 •Kelley. Kdwn T. .. 1.45 Kelly. Jack E ... 13.38 Kelly, Jobn ... 20.60 Kelly, .lobn 1-18 Kelly. Martin ll. ... 14 32 Kemp. Joseph J. •81 Kempt. J. F. Kendrick. Friik S. ... 8 91 ... .01 Kennair. J. P Kennedy. He, ,ert K. .. 1.98 .. 1-70 Kennedy. Job i E. ... 2.95 Kennedy. Job ... 21.58 Kennedy. Jael H. Kennedy. Jo.s, ph M. ... 14-60 Kennedy. Pc^.B. . • ... 13.03 1.00 Kennedy, Wiil C. .. • ... 2.20 Kenney. Oliv ID... ... 1-11 Kenny. Jean H. Kerfoot. Fred rick E .. 11.75 1.82 Kenopke. Wir C. . ;... 2.00 Kerr. Anthoi .... 13.41 Kerrigan. C .... 28.63 Kesscn. Alo/. .... 3.67 Kestell. Jot/n .... • 8.08 Keys. Job,/ p 28 Keyser. Prfrcy -41 Kibbe. Edivin T. . .... Klcko, M/ehae V. .... 12.20 .... 10.11 Klely. j/mes 21 Kilgore./Walt r ... Kineps./ Void mar .... 43.52 47 King, A. R. 10 King, David J King, Farrest C.... .... 16.16 17.36 King, Geo. E, .... 2.95 King, Geo. J. .... 15.48 King, John A .... 2.93 King, Morris H.... 6.39 King, Orv,-il C .... 1.47 King, Redinal E. .... 2.88 King, Robert .... 1.96 King, Yao Fo .... 93..'>8 Kinn, Joe 05 Klnnard. Roe .... 14.77 Klnser, A. II. .... 8.25 Kinser. Arlhi 2.21 Kioussis. Th .... 5.86 Kipp. Riebai .... 2.32 Kismul, Ton .... 2.45 Klecka. Ant 51 Klint, Otto .... 1.60 Klondyke. J. 12 Kluken. Ku( .... 3.22 Knickerbeekii .... 18.42 Knight, RU.S.S 05 Knight. Tru^i 40 Knowles. .loi .... 3.12 Knox, Jack .... 19.93 Knox, Kenne .... 3.90 Knox. Kenne .... 15.23 Knudsen. Ai .... 1.74 Knudsen. Gelji .... 12.41 Knudsen. Ottjjj Knutson. lloJnrd ...... 47.94 2.42 Kohen. F. 11. i Kohler. Warrtn W. .... 50.05 .... 9.03 Kohn. Jo.scph[ Kolodziejki. Jos. .. .... 1.96 Koontz, Horate .... 2.02 Kontas, Theoaore A. .. 93.20 Korb, Ale.xander .. .... 207.68 Korenkiewier.j P. .. 10.89 Kosecki, Edw .... 2.48 Kosche, Earl .... 7.78 Koski, Wm. .... 3.3.20 Kothe, Augu .... 1.00 Kothe, Aiipui R. C. .... 24.53 Kouns, Franl .... 3.73 Kouwardas. .... 4.41 Koval. Mike 01 Kowalec. Jul .... 162.59 Kuzar. John 80 Kozlowski. J .... 3.86 Kramer. Mar .... 2.91 Krammer. W .... 1.00 Kraus, Jame .... 28.96 Kravitz. Sam .... 3.22 Kretschman. oy D. .... 29.97 Kretzcr, Gus .... 6.05 Krogen, R. 01 Kroger. Carl .... 14.68 Kronbcrgs. .... 1.25 Krulk. Arnoli .... 1.92 Krushin. Heni-y B. .... 2.88 Kuhns, John R. .. , .... 260.28 Kulakowski. Julian . 07 Kulgren, A. H. ... .... 156.58 Kullcrin. Alex .... 267.64 Kung, Zee Ah .... 14.41 Kutkowskl, S/hn. S. .... 1.93 N M Mc AMOUNT NAME 1.00 O'NeU, Sidney J. .. ... Ontai, Gibson P. ..' ... 65.84 ... 39.03 Opfer, Elbano Oppendahl, Peter B. ... 46.76 13.84 Orillion, Rodney .... .. ... 6.87 Orozco. Efrain ... 11.57 Orr, R. W. 3.25 Orsen, Albert W. ... ... Ortiz, Emelio .... ... 12.47 8.55 . Ortiz, Humberto .. .., ... 12.14 Ortiz, Julio 1.25 Ortreba, Joseph .... ... Osborne, Ralph .... ... 33.06 .59 O Shca, H. J ,... 58.49 Osma,. Luis S.... 13.15 Osmer, William Ostberg, Herman .. ... 10.27 3.14 Ostergaard, Ove M. . ... .06 Ostley. Peter K. .. ... 14.91 Oswald, Samuel C... 6.69 OTooIe, Coleman F, ... Otreb.a, Joseph . . ., ... 40.25 ... 4.41 Ott, James D. 6.18 Ottosson, Nils H. .. '... 1.39 Owens, Crlvin , .... 1.16 Owens. CI .... 3.34 Owens, Clar ... 6.46 Owens, E.-C. 67.94 Owens. Marvin J. .. AMOUNT NAME ... 13.93 Poe, Ed. L ... 16.69 Polk, Jim ....... Pollock, James P. ... ... '1.92 Poipoilo, Mariana B. ... 141.34 Pond, Geo. F. ...... ... 42.83 Ponthieux, Jack G. .. ... '2.16 Pontiff, Jerry F. ... ... 1.00 Pope, Bobby R ... -8.11 ... >4.84 Pope, A. L. Pope. Emanuel A. .. ... 66.77 5.20 Pope, Frederick W. . 8.84 Popovieh, Michael ... ... ... 52.81 Dorter, Geo. O .. 4.72 Porter, Wm. 1.00 Porter, Wm ; 189 Porter, William J. .;. Porter, Wm. S 5.39 ... 180.63 Potts, Wm. L. ... 22.44 Powell, Edward 1.81 Powell, Edward . .. 5.69 Powell, Marchant L. ... .Powell, Merchant L. ... ' ' 3.50 Poykko, Leonard N. . ... '6.28 Pradat, Thomas A. J. .'. • .73 Pratts, Wallace •.,. .:. 10.81 Pregeant, Abel L. .. ... 64.28 Premer, Robert , . ... 19.17 Prendergast, Louis.A. .. 19.86 Presley, Coy C ... 151.94 Prevou. Roy R ... 1.70 Price. Rich. I ... 7.59 Price, Samuel '. ... ^ 5 88 Price, Theodore .... .95 Priester, Eugene .... 2.90 Prillamen, Billy . .. 1,33 Principe, Roberto A. ... 13.79 Priscu, Nicholas ... 13.00 Pritchard, David L. . ...- 2.16 Pritchard, - Robert E. ... 19.70 Pritiken, Benj. .......; 2.35 Proceil, Jack 1.00 Procter, Edward .... 2 02 Proctor, Wm. L. ;... .02 Proctor, Wm. S ... 6.50 Prokopuk, Peter .... ... ' .96 Prothero, Robert J. . ... 9.09 Proven. Chas ... 5.21 Prusaitis,^ Anton .... 4.41 2.95 Puleo, Joseph N Puckett. Harold ... 1.42 Puckett, James D. ... ... 1.63 Pugh, J. P ... 5 25 Puhl, Peter 2.70 Purcell, D. LaMar .. ... 12.36 Purdy, Wilbur ... 3.63 Purcell, .lames ... 7.92 Purdy, Thomas H. .. ... 8.56 Purdom, William ;.. 3.24 Pursell, James S. ... 1.31 Purvi.s. Carey .... ... 8.11 Purvis. Robert Jr. ... ... 21.50 Puskavick, Geo ... 6.85 Painters. Paul 2.34 Painter, Paul L 1.00 Palmer. C. 8.33 Palmar, 'Wesley 4.05 Palmer. Charles W 1.51 Palmer, Eugene 68.88 Palmer, Jerry J 14.59 Palmer, L. 2.71 Palsson, Cadjon H 32.40 Panjon, .Tames 10.27 Pappan. Roy C 6.28 Parek. Alfred 4.61 Park. Robert F 20.5.20 Parker, A. 1.78 Parker. George W 5.42 Parks, Herbert Jr 6.52 Parks, J. 7.53 Parks, Julius 10.01 Parks. William L 42.03 Parnell. Charles E. .... 1.43 Parr, Edward J. ...... 10.67 Parrish, Leroy 30.62 Parrish. Leroy C 17.33 Parrott, H-rry L 1.47 Parsons, Ed 1.14 Parson, Edward 8.81 Parsons. John 1.47 Parsons, M. , 5.92 Parsons, Marshall 19.48 Parsons, Mike 1 4.06 Paschanges, F. H. Jr. .. 6.99 Pate, Huston T 5.78 Paton, Charles 12.64 Palrinquin, T. A 11.11 Quigg, Wm. Patterson, Krist 6.00 Quinones, Andras E. Patterson. Norman A. .. 11.91 Quinoz, Jesse . ... Pattison, Robert 13 55 Quinnt, Carroll J. ... Patty, Carl W 2.53 Paulin, Pietro 23.76 Paulsen, Anders 2.61 Paylor, Frank S 2.25 Payne, Gerald T 2.95 Radcliffe, .Toscph Payne, Robert ; 1.01 Radzvila. Frank Payne, Robert C 12.34 Raines,. Norman Peadean, Robert 1.01 Ralph. Jules J Pearson, Leland 2.96 Rambo, John B Pease. George A. Jr. .. 2r,.99 Ramirez. Ellas Peaslee, Louis C 24.39 Ramiszewskl,..Tohn R. . Peasley, Edwin D 10.98 Ramsberger, Richard .. Peck,. Gordon 1.26 Ramsperger. Ronald .. Pecorado, Charles 1.70 Randazzo, A. J Pedersen, H. T 5.94 Randcis, Carl Pederson, Martin 3.67 R.mdles. Carl S Pederson. Otto 98 Randolph. J. .C Pedlar, W. .... 8.85 Ranew. Irwin Peeler, Harry C 15.24 . Rankin, Aubrey Peetz. Richard L. 3" 45 Rankin. James P Peluso, Merlin J 2.33 Rasmussen. .Kjeld ..... Penderpross. .Tames .... 6''.43 Raulerson. Eugene ..... Pennington, Wilbur .-... 11.70 . Raulerson. Talfoid L. .. Pennino, Anthony 1.75 Rawlines, J. Penton, Dewey A. .' 7.85 Ray, Charles E. Penton, Leon J .' 20.79 May, Michael Penton, M 1.00 Rayfuse, Charles Pepard. Ray 4.67 Rayfuse, Claude G. A. Perepelkin W. D 9.41 Reagan, James Peralta. Jack 2.02 Rebane, Paul Perdreauile, Geo 2.93 Record. Willis Pereane, F. 1.00 Rector. George P. H. . Perepelkin, Waisly D. .. 5.78 Reed, B. G. .: Perez. Carlos S 2.53 Reed. Charles Perez, Charles 5.52 Reed. John A Perez. Dalio 1.48 Reed, Max Perez, Joseph .01 Reed, Max Perez, Manuel R 11.GO Reed, Mitchell F Perez, Ramon 3.68 Reed, Thomas N Perkins, Blewett 47.29 Reeder. Harold L Perkins, E. R 3.20 Reese, Frank F Perkins, Woodrow W. .. 4.75 Regan. James L. Perrie, W. M. R 8.97 Register, J. W Perry. Manuel Jr 40.56 Rehm, Arnold F Perry, Morris J 16.16 Rehm. .Tohn C. Perry, Raymond 2.59 Reid, Harold Jr Pestick, Anthony J 9.02 Reid, Glen Petantes. Stavros 10,49 Reid, Raymond E Peters, George A 6.49 Rels, Philip Peters, Harrison 2.02 Bemijn, Adrian Peters, J. D 3.44 Rester. Gene Petersen, Carl 6.39 Restucker, Harold Petersen, Louis V 10.47 Revill, Jos. C Peterson, Byria 40 Revolta. Charles Peterson, Charles J. ... 2.08 Reynolds, C. W Peterson. Earl V 58.38 Reynolds. Herb Peterson, W. C 6.56 Reynolds, Jack B Petesky, George 11.01 Re.vnolds. Joseph B. ... Petrantos, Stavos 8.29 Rial, Manuel Petterson, K. V 3.31 Rice. Arthur F. Pfeiffer, Joseph J 5.98 Rice. David C Pfrommer, Eric 3.48 Rich, David C Phalen, Carr 3.22 Richard, J Phelps, Raymond W. ... 4.92 Richards, Elmer J Phillippille, A 3.48 Richards. Fred Phillips. E. E 1.36 Richardson, Ber Phipps. J. R 6.06 Richardson, G. D Pickard, Charles 1-35 Richardson, Roy R. ,.. Pickens, Johnny 1.89 Richerson. B. H Pickett. Robert 6.91 Ricketts. L. D Pierce. Buford L. 26.08 Ricks, C. E Pierce, Earl 0 1-08 Riddle, Eugene Pierce. Harry 02 Riebel, John Pitard, Henry J 2.61 Riehm, George J Pierce, Roy 11.13 Rigard, L. L Pierce, Wm. B 46.74 Bigby, Thomas C Pierprinski. M 4.80 Rifiler. Wm. F Pierson. Leroy 12.24 Riiey, Anthony Pinarando, Flo 15.84 Riley, Law Piner, Sherwood 2.95 Rinius. Casimir J Pinero, M. 64 Rinker, Leroy Pippin, T. F 2.97 RiUlin, Jacob L Piskun. Michael 17.00 Bitter. Chester L Pitkofsky, Hyman 1.96 Rivard. Marcel Pitof-sky. Human 17.30 Rivas, Jaime Pitre. M. C 5.24 Rivas. Robert E Pitt, Harry R 45.30 Rivels. H. R Pizza. Sidney N t 1.96 Rivera, Alfonso Pizzeck. Guido Jr 2.31 Rivera, Alfredo Plahn. Guy F 1.47 Rivere, F. P Plaisance. Herbert 1.16 Plant, Theodore 0.12^ Rlvcrc, F. P Rivet. LuUis J Piatt, Elijah C 3.76 Roach. Albert P Piatt, William Jr. 3.77 Roache; Joe - • ..*<e ••• e Plumstead, Thos. W. .. . 98.76 Robbins, Douglee ' Plunkett, Thomas G.. .., - T.B1 'J 1 '• "j - 1 OA 2293 34.62 69.68 6.89 .01 14.91 2.17 4.91 3.57 5.92 5.91 1.00 13.70 .02 2.63 .01 ai "2 1.72 . 8.41 5.93 15,15 .36 5.94 17.15 24 R2 01 25 40 .97 1000 1.60 22.22 37.57 11.02 .187 231.62 147 40 7.08 2.95 8..10 2.00 2.86 4 29 6 32 .5.78 1.01 6.58 5.41 2.03 5.93 1.00 8.92 16.48 10.32 17.11 1.01 10.27 .47 13.54 15.52 17.85 45.82 1.40 3.98 2 45 7.43 15 89 .98 1.89 1.40 42.77 1.00 5.97 1.77 .95 1.44 11.31 . 4.94 2.29 71.36 237 8.68 1.34 27.38 2.00 50.82 13.17 .80 2.93 5.00 17.51 145.49 10.12 15.38 - S.S7' !i - lls\ �i''S. P«*e S—Four . NAME , . AMOUNT * ,Schanglies. J. .......... 14.72 i 10.88 Kobert. AUJr...... ;E;ast; ; Schearer. George . Scheib. John 33.49 . Roberts. Artbui' IS. ...... 'f.iE.43 8.25 Roberts. CarUOKi,......... vE^ ' Scheidel. Julius . Schenk. John R 18.53 Roberts. iBdwar4;.V.^>k.. JSM Scherdin, Francis L. ... 73;78 Roberts.; .Geprge . .* .*... - 7.S(^ Scherffins. Robert 1A8 Roberts. 'Hehiy W,...• •'8.98 Schielz. M. Peter .y'.... 1.82 Roberts. JacH W. .v..,.. 178.6$ Schiwek, Ernest .11 RobertSr^eremiah'V..... 6.78 Schmi4t. Charles R. ... 23.43 Roberts. Robert E. .... 11.92 Schmidt; Emile R. ....... 15.65 Robertson. Cbarles ..... 2.36 Schmidt. Hans. M. A... 27.11 Robertson, J. T. :........ 12.83 Schmidt. Rudolph J 9.65 Robertson, :Laurencii' .i. 13.72 SchmUdel. Frank 3.21 Robertson.' Leroy ..... 2.56 Schmitz. J. T 95 Robertson. Roltert-E.... 2.33 Schoenrack. D. E 83 Robertson. TuUy ....... 10.83 Scholes. Harry 11.82 Robichaux. J., N. .....•> 12JU Sehram. Ross 13.36 Robinnette. C. £. 10.27 Schribcr. Harold 19. 95 Robinson, A. , 8.92 Schroeder. L. M. ...... 8.81 Robinson. Derbard G. .. 6.61 Scliubart. Eraile 8.65 Robinson, James .. ... SO.IS Scliultz. Albert N. 41.10 Robinson. John B $ 2.24 Schultz, Louis H. 1.02 Roble. Irioio C. 01 Schultz. Michel A. ..... 9.24 Rocha. Alberta 14.27 Schultz. P. H. .95 Roche. James F. 2.00 Schumaker. Wm. J 46.19 Rochette. Louis .42 Schwartz, Harry W. .... 104B5 Rodgers. Henry A 1.63 Schwartz. RudoU '. 86.95 Rodgers. R. M 6.82 Sciortino. Jos 1.22 Rodriguez. John 27.96 Scott. Carl E. 29.10 Rodriguez. Juan . 8.81 Scott. C. L. 91 Rodriguez. M 78 Scott. Samuel 1.68 Rodriguez. M. J .01 Scott. Thomotra 149.84 Rodriguez. Nemesin .... 1.01 Scott. Wm. C 2.53 Roemhild. R 64 Scully. Adrien L. E 36.41 Rogers. H."~C 3.96 Rogers. Jamea 16.10 Seamen. Edgar R 176.04 Rogers. William E 13.68 Seattle. Wm. B. 63.32 Rogosch. Paul 5.87 Segrest. Elbert A. ..... 16.59 Rooks. Court 7.57 Segundo. Dem.- ...... 30.06 RoU. Bernhard 12.00 Selecky. Charles W 3.14 RoUins. P. 6.11 Self. Jack B .35 Rollins. W. G 2.12 Scramuzza. Joseph 2.64 Rollo. Salvador J 260 Serio. Salbata 21.20 Rome. Calvin A 1-92 Seaborg. Richard 1.46 Rome. George 4.91 Scars. Thomas T 02 Rome. George 8.18 Seibert. John A 13.75 Romero. Lawrence 28.58 Seis'eld. Wm. G 4.65 Romero. Louis A 13.18 Sellers. Elbert G 5.98 Romolo. Victor 1.50 Sellers. George Jr 2.06 Ronney. Alvin P 14.74 Sequndo. Demetrio 1.04 Rosado. Jose T. 81.57 SeweU. Noyle E 28.14 Rosenquist. Shlrly A9.16 Severson. Richard 11.33 Rosomoirch. Sam J. ... 13.93 Seymour. Chas. E 10.55 Ross. Glenn A 1.01 Seymour. Charles E. ... 9.48 Ross. Louis 14.48 Shaffer. Edison C 2.16 Rossy. Catalino ........ 11.49 Shaia. Fred 2.E7 Rothclrild, Sig .98 Shain. J 9.32 Rouan. John F. 1.99 Shalk. Kenneth L. ..... 18.42 Roucbel. 0 4.93 Sharpless. James W. ... .98 Roughton. Brad Jr. 81 Shaw. Durand D 10.75 Rousseau. Wm. A 3.04 Shaw. Simeon .81 Rowe. Wm. V 3.80 Shea. John E 10.12 Rowell. Buford D 8.32 Shea. Thomas 3.22 Rowland. Edwin L 6.77 Shears. Kenneth 2.35 Roy. Joseph A 3.25 Sheffield. Lloyd P 64.85 Roy. Joseph O. .>....... .20 Sheffield, Ralph H 2.95 Roy. L. V 10 Shelby. Arthur J 1.92 Rozear. Edward A 2.53 Shelby, John £ 1.94 Rozmusz. Robt. 56.52 Shelly. Arthur J 15.89 Bubis. Philip 14.78 Shelton. Dale 8.61 Rucker. Daniel H. ...... 2.22 Sheltoiv, Dale C. 1.41 Buggers. L. N 6.22 Shelton, Doug. ..... x.. 1-92 Ruiz. A. G 01 Sheppard. George 562.87 Ruiz. George A 6.67 Sherar. Wm. 3.20 Rule. J. M 5.10 Sheridan. Jimmy D. .... .37 Bupeikis. John 6.38 Sherinian. Chas 1.25 Rush. Fred 1.28. Sherry. Leslie 7 35 Rush. R 60 Sherwood. E. R 03 Rushing. CUBord 3.48 Shidden. CecU E 9.77 Russell. Claude. A 5.87 Shields. Wfn. J 3.22 Shierling. Wm. T 5.82 RusseU. Edward J 1.47 -Russell. H. F 64 Shipley. Marvin 11.47 Russell. Henry T. ...... 6.54 Shirah. Charles L 2.09 Shivery, Chester 7.86 Russell. James P. 7.92 Russell, John ......... 2,97 Shockman. H. 02 Shoobridge. G. H. .... 2.47 Russell. Joseph 16.61 Russell. Robert E 2.53 Shonkwiler. James H. .. 6.39 Short, M. R 59 Russo, Frank P 4.40 Ruth. John. J 02 Shugar, Elliott.91 Rutledge. Robert 5.22 Shultz. Wm 8.50 Ruzyski. Stanley 3.20 Shumate. Cecil 1.05 Shupe. R. W 6.40 Ruzzuto. Yin. J 6.94 Shy. R. 7..63 Ryan. Holman W. ...... .63 Ryan. John P 2.43 Sigafoqse, B. J 47.53 Ryan. Joseph A 5.05 Silagyl. Julius 12.63 Ryan. Peter 8.11 Silkowski, John 4.00 Silva. Howard L, 20 Ryerson. James 6.50 Simmons. Charles W. .. 15.15 Rynes. Lawson 1;25 Simmons. William H. ... 21.61 Ryninger. George 2.41 • Simmons. Wm. 4.48 Simon. Walter G B8 Simonavage. Anthony .. 24.42 Simonet. Aloy *<0 Simpson. J. R 2.84 Saarela. Carl L 13.36 Simpson, L. B 10.28 Saariner. Gregorius .... 16.66 Simpson. L. B. Jr 16.86 Sadowski. Peter 97 Simpson. Richard B. Jr. 11.89 Safer. Robert 1 147.88 Sin.gletary. John 24 Saide. Joseph. Jr 23.21 Singleton. Edward 4.71 Sailings. V. P 2.25 Singleton, R. S 28.17 Salomaa. Esko 1.60 Sink. Wilbur C 6.96 Salzarulo. Thomas 10.61 Sintich. Frank N 1.22 Samfoxd. Toxie 35.52 Sireno, Jack 2.45 Sammons, Anthony J. .. 76.88 Sistrunk. Alonzo 18 42 Samroch. Edward 1.98 Sistrunk. Alonzo D 5.01 Samuel. J. W. . 1.68 Siverly. Lawrence ...... 59.72 Sanborn. George B 7.66 Sivetz, Peter 15.15 Sancedo. Willie 11.22 Skinner. Ewell 10.27 Sanchez. Aurelio 1.00 Skinner. Russell 5.81 Sanchez. Fernand W.. Jr. 2.50 Skipper. Clarence 2.45 Sanchez. Henry 91.08 Skladanik. Joseph .... 1.53 Sanchez, Leondro 5.35 Slagle, R 13.83 Sancocie. Eugene 64 Slay, James 02 Sander. Edward W 68.57 Sloan. Armond E 65B9 Sanders. Eugene 2.42 Sloctowicz, Joseph J. .. 10.47 Sanders. John 2.93 Slovich. Adam 2.02 Sanders. John 5.57 Small. Beverly R. ..... 4.00 Sanders. Union H 13.83 Smira. Zace H 59 Sanderson. A. S 5.42 Smith. Albert 1.01 Sanderson. Charles 86 Smith. Albert 93 Sanderson. Luke C. ... 7.99 Smith. Amber 8.67 Sandford. George G 10.84 . Smith. Arza Jr 21..39 Sanford. Horace 2.90 Smith. Bennet 0 72 Sandlund. G. A. E 27.52 Smith. Charlie P 37.90 Saneem. Hang 5.43 Smith. Charles R 3.00 San Martin. Precesso .. 9.36 Smith. Charles S 7.88 Sansone. Dominick .... 4.11 Smith. Chester 3.59 Sanzone. Gaspara 22.56 Smith. Chester R 6.74 Saranthus. Walter P. .. 10.61 Smith. Clemence 2.14 Sardum. Hans 6.38 Smith. Clinton W 22.28 Sartin. Oscar L 22.62 Smith. Eben 6.06 Sarver. Roy 4.60 Smith. Ernest C. G. .. 1.47 Satterthwaite. C. R 1.16 Smith. Eugene 9.94 Saucier. Anno J 2.08 Smith. Frank L. ....... 602.87 Sauerheber. John 1,48 Smith. Frank W 51.81 Saul. Edward U 2.95 Smith. Frank W 3.84 Saul. Sam L 25 Smith. Garland 5.71 _ Saunders. Andrew ..... .41 Smith. Harmon S, •.... 2.96 Saunders. Cecil ........ 17.61 Smith. Irby 2.88 Saunders. James M 2.25 Smith. Irvin 1.03 Sauviac. James T. 2.93 Smith. J. A 5.86 SavfokL Felix J. 10.11 Smith. James 4.91 Sawyer. C. B 11.07 Smith. James A 3.86 Sawyer. Chas. 19.61 Smith. J. E 4.65 Saxton. E. 1.80 Smith. Jerrol i.oi Saxton. Joseph ........ 80.45 Smith, Joe K 1.22 Scanlon. Donald BO Smith. John 54.18 Scanlon. Thos. A 7.25 Smith. John H 29.94 Scapel. Thomas A. 4.34 Smith; John 0 50.53 Scaramutz. Joseph 18.84 Smith.-Joseph 1.27 Scarborough. R 43.38 Smith. Lawrence 3.31 3.87 Scarlett. Arba 7.72 • > Smith. Lee A Smith, M. J. 4.29 Sehackman. Harold .01 Smith, Monte 5.08 Schaefer. W. A .73 Bchaeffer. J. .-.'4;.V..^^s'»8.6r" «mith; - MbKWB'' j; v;;; -is;07 SaUtU. F. Lk 8B3 Schahuher. Robert C. .. 8.09 NAME Bobbins,VNMh, v....... • :a.Ba m k. I if' U l!R '<•: p. W t T- -- r'^ i«^' ' m SEAfARERS NAME AMOUNT SWtith. Paul R. ....... 4.43 Smith. Petei- ^^ 1.92 Smith. Ralph H. - .01 Smith. Robert H. ...... M.81 Smith. Robert M. .... 2.97 Smith. Roy T.^.....,;. ' .02 Smith. Rudolph ...i.. 14.82 Smith. Stanford 17.61 smith. Stanley O. 47.28 Smith. Watty H. 2.26 , Smith. Warren W. .... 20.70 Smith. Wm. B. BO Smith. WilUam J 11.85 Smurda. Andrew 1.02 Smyley. Clue. : .04 Smyley, John E 3.38 Smythe. Julhik . .17.84 Snodgrass. Lee W .10 Snow. T. F. ' 1.81 Snowden B. .' 6.18 Snyder..Richard E 16.89 Sobczyk. Stefan 2.86 Soe. 1.8ure 12.15 Soilolowskl. Alex ..... 3.95 Solberger. Ernest P. ... 3.93 Soleau. Jos. L 18.64 Solbeim. Raymond 20.50 Solito. Vincent A. A. Jr. 18.69 Solomon. Pua 36.84 Solowosky. Zdzislaw ... 1.60 Soon. Ah You 20.10 Sommerell. Charleg .... 8.86 Sommers. Glib 3.00 Songy. L. L 95 Sorensen. Louis E 1.19 Sorenson. Sorea 11.62 Souby, Walter J. 33.69 Soung. Sze Ah 3.57 Sovclius. Casta 7.39 Sparkman-Davenport. James P. 5.89. Sparks. Cliford H 60.83 Spears. Otto 2.01 Spencer. J. L 24.42 Sperry. Frances 4.60 Spinella. Luca J. 1.60 Spires. Melvln 4.91 Splan. Robt 2.93 Snivey, G. W 5.94 Spodar. Emil J 11.19 Spooner. Edward S. .. 12.40Sporich. Michael. M. .. 9.41 Sporman. L. A. 08 Sprinkle. Peter Q 6.28 SpruUl, F 35 StabUe. Matthew A, .. 1.28 Stachowicz. Joseph J. .. '23.13 Stank, Joseoh F. 8.57 Stanford, Glen 2.16 Stanowskl. Stanislaus. J. 3.16 Stanton. Eugene A. ... B4 Stapleton. .Tames C. .. 8.68 Stames. BiUie J 25.53 Starns. Edgar 128.99 Stams. Edgar 50.67 Statham. Robert A 50.47 Statham. Robert A. .. 12.20 Steber. J. C 99 Steele. Geo 8.13 Steele. Henry H 3.76 Steele. J. C 77 S'effens. L, A. 12.49 Steiner. ROy A 2.47 Steinhauser. Carl ...... 3.94 Stelnfeld. H 2.04 Stellemo. Osmer 89 Stennel. William A. ... 2.62 Stephens. Edwin 5.05 Sterling. James 7.29 Steme. Myles C 29 Stevens. Charles G. .. 3.07 Stevens, Edw. J 2.37 Stevens. Frank 12.00 Stevens: Greer C 108.77 Stevens. Pre.ston 2.m Stevenson. O. G 2.53 Stewart. BenJ 1.91 Stewart. David 7.64i Stewart. James .02 Stewart. .Tohn 1.67 Stewart. Wm. D. ...... 7.56 Sticker. John E 38.52 Stickney. George 32 Stirpe. Lorinzo 26.72 St. Laurent. Herbert ... 7.69 Stocker. H. 2.56 Stockman. Richard 10.03 Stockman. Watson .... 2,00 Stofie. P. J. 1.80 Stogartis. James 99 Stokes. Alvin 14.87 Stokes. Bemie ......... 2.02 Stokes, T. V 58 Stone. Frank 17.72 Stone. Frederick L 57.85 Stone. Henry 25.58 Stone.~ Lotus 7.36 Stoneburgi Nigel 1.89 Stopaylo. Michael 7.22 Storm. S 11.09 Story., Paul 1.43 Stout. Alfred 11.10 Straggers, Wiley 24 'Stranik. John 4.67 Strate. Chas. R 14.89 Straton, NIchbcrt 2.33 Straw-Warren, E 1.48 Strawn, Francis 15.26 Strehle, Harold P 3.48 Stretcher, Bun 13.24 Strickland. Finis 1.28 Strike, WiUiam. L 70 Stropich. George J. .... 10.18 Suaez. Aurelio 9.68 Suarez. Joseph Jr 1.16 Sue. Sung Ah 14.54 Sullins, Fred 1.65 Sullivan. Edwin E 1.14 Sullivan. Frank 18.84 Sullivan. Frank B. ..... 1.00 SuUivan. Frank E 18.78 Sullivan. Harry J 4.38 Sullivan, Herbert 3.49 SuUivan. R. D 34 Sullivan. Richard N. .. 13.07 SulUvan. Thomas .25 Sumerlin. Fred 0 33.93 Sumerllne. James L 3.84 Summer. Bynum 4.91 Sumpter, Jameg 2.02 Sun. Shlo Han 14.58 Surrency. Linza E 03 Surrltt. Herschel E. .. 17.70 Sutherland. C. H 57 Sutherland, Melvin .... 1.28 Sutherlln. WUUams .... 2.33 Sutliff. Harvey 11.04 Sveum, Leil 1.47 Swafford. Ralph 2.88 Swafford. Ralph 1.97 Swails. Jack 1 6.12 Swain. Charles 5.14 Swain. Charles G. ..... 4.41 Swank, James 2.16 Sweeney. Charles ;.... 19.76 Sweet. Harold W ' 6.44 Swendson. Fred O. 1.47 Swenglen. Karl P 3.22 SwUley. Wm. 1.48 Swiontkowski. E 15.20 Swindoll. Richard H. .. . 8.66 Swing. I%Uip 3.48 Sykes. Dennla ..' 1.04 Sylvest. Lawrence 3.93 Sylvestefj. L'. E 11.20 Symoti. John 1B0 LOG • • " "• ,- • NAM! AMOUNT NAM! AMOUNT Syms. Jack M. 48.89,, Vale, James P. -2.16 • "Sylvester. D. H.;........ , ,30 • ValeUte. Arnold ..'..;;;. 8.13 Szanto. Steve Jr. .' I.3I Vale'ntl. Autoro 16.33 •Valentine. Peter B." ;... 13.22 Vallis. B. O .T.... ~ .96 .'Vance. Charles E. 2.88 Vance. Ruby T 1.65 Tafira. Louis ......... 1.68 Vanderburgr William • •. 4.89 - Tait. Wiley W 39.71 Van Dyke. Albert J. .. .98 Talbott. Elwood B. ... 12.05 Van Dyne. Wm. A 18.16 Tandy, Joseph ........ 1.33 Van Nibuwenhuize. E. ., 5.58 Tank. William HI ...... 2.93 Van taeanderen. Geo. . 2.58 Vanney. Earl 29.07 Tannler. Alfred ;.. 7.44 Tardif, Joseph 3.47 Vanos. Jan J 13.72 Va'm. Charles P. ....... ^ .33 Tarko. Ivan ............ 3.94 Vargas. Armando 3.14 Tarlton. Harold ........ 9.74 Vargas. Walter J 2.20 Tavares. Jack 13.73 VasqUez. Miguel ........ 15.93 Taylor, Bob ........... 6.58 Vasquez. R 1.89. Taylor. Edward 12.64 Vasquez. Telesfaro ..... 4.41 Taylor. Frank 7.67 Vasseur. Clement E 8.66 Taylor. Lee J1.40 Taylor. Raymond ...... 8.51 Vaughn. Roger 93 Vaughn. Thomas 2.93 Taylor. Stanley S.-'.... 43.22 Vaughn. Rupert O. ... 2.58 Taylor. WlUiam O. .... 3.20 Teageu. Roland W -IM Vecchiet. Louis 41.54 Tekell. Egar 1.00 Venezla. S. A 10.27 Vesey. Vincent P........ 151.44 Temple. James 13.70 TerreU. Edward _5.44 VUI. Erwin H 6.59 Vickermare. Robert B... 4.31 Tenington. T. R 10.03 Tessitore. John 3.00 Vickerman. Robert B. .. 3.00 Vierlra. John 20.41 Tbcriot. Litcien C. A. .. 2 37 Theriot. R. J 1.42 Vigo. Michael 2.33 Thibodeaux. X. A 8.13 Villaneuva. Bernblde .. 85.61 Thiem. Richard J 1.53 Villarreal. Alex 16.93 Villarreal. Richard .... 43.40 Thomas. Albert J 1.00 Viloria. Ramos JS5 Thomas. Bumice 3.66 Thomas. Dayid ' 1.01 Vincius. Sampel 143.39 Vlner. GUbert 6.94 Thomas. Douglas M 1.80 Thomas. Ed 7.56 Vining. James 4.36 Thomas. James D. ...... 1.70 Vito. Felix J. 32.25 Vitol. Alex 01 Thomas. John 9.48 Thomas. Lewis E 20.21 Vives. Raul 3.04 Thomas. Owens 1.12 Von Holden. C 13.99 Thomas. Paul W 64.03 Von Lofton. Lionel 15.18 Thomashlde. Wm. P. ... 1.95 Voorhees. Allen 38.76 Thomassen. Joseph .... 7.36 Vorel. Edward J 01 Vujtech. Joseph 3.47 Thompson. Albert * 22.45 Thompson. A. G. C. ... 2.48 Thompson. August F. .. 33.95 Thompson. Bobby 1.22 Thompson. Charles .... 47.40 Thompson. Jack 5.73 Wade. John P 93.58 Thompson. James ' 6.94 Wade. M. E .28 Thompson. Patrick O. .. .29 Wade. Weldon C 1.04 Thompson. Roy C 5.30 Wade. Weldow C. ..... 22.05 Thompson. Wm. E 3.93 Wagner. Charles ...... 5.40 Thomson. John 7.64 Wagner. Frank R. ..... .41 Thomson. John R 8.11 » Wagner. Sterling W. . . . 5.05 Thonis. Antonio .49.11 « Wagner. Wayne F. ..... 8.96 Thorn. Victor D 11.20 WahL Charles 13.21 Thomburg. Jack 97 Waiczykowski. Tom .... 8.09 ThornhiU. Dan 14.52 Wainright. Curtis S 35.75 Thornton. Henry C. .... 16.85 Wainwright. Thomas C.. .20 Thornton. Percy J 40 Wainwright. Voight 50 Thurman. Aubrey 7.21 Waite. Franklin 309.71 Thurman, Henry 1.92 Waite. J 13.44 Thurmond. Carl 10.23 Walden. Dewey H 18.77 Thurmond, Carl 2.94 Walden. Earl W 3.24 Tidwell. D. A .91 Waldron. Clark L 2.02 Tiensiu. Jaako 8.85 Waldron. Frank 4.J9 Tiernan. Thomas J 2.43 Waldren. Lawrence .... 3.85 -Tieman. Thomas J. .... 5.05 Waldrop. Charles 10.27 Tighe. Raymond ....... 20.11 Waldschleger. Jack .... 5.96 Tilden. H. J 2.97 Wales. B. K 5.06 Tilbert. Alfred 2.89 Wales. Robt. M 1.31 Tilford. David G 34.66 Walker. David C. Jr 43.40 Tlmmons. Ramond 56.91 Walker. Dolphus 1 06 Tinker. John W .37 Walker. Harold V 8.63 Tipton. George 5.40 Walker. James T 15.10 Tipton. John W 59 Walker. Joe 3.34 Todd. WUliam M 1.91 Walker. William D 16.24 Toler. Richard L. ...... 1.96 Walker. Wm. E 12 ToUison. B. L 5.32 Walker. Willie F. 1.01 Tolliver. Geo 21.80 Walker. Willie K. 14.66 Tollman. George 52 Wall, Aple 37 Tokar. Miles 3.S4 Wallace. Albert V 2.20 Tom. Harold K 1.91 Wallace. Albert 7.23 Tomas. Clarence 1.12 Wallace. Edward F 7.35 ' Tomlinson. K. L 9.70 Wallace. Harold B 13.53 Tonnensen. J. J. N. ... 3.51 Wallace. Herman 02 Topolion. Garabed .... 16.54 Wallace. Melvln 7.91 Toribio. Ramon 1.00 Wallace. Ronald 15.14 Torina. Samuel 7.91 Wallace. Seymour 4.56 Torina. Samuel L 1.14 Wallls. James 72.72 Torre. Ignatius 1.97 Walsh. Leo .83 Torres, Faustino 9.25 Walsh. Peter E , 9.00 Torres. Juan 72 Walter. James 1.12 Town. N. .03 Walters. Fiahcis 20.74 Townsend. M .01 Walters. Wm. N. ....... 1.63 Traba. Manuel 2.95 Wanchek, John 19.98 Tracey. James R 1.63 Wandrel. Earl 1.13 Tracey. James R 14.07 Wang. Son 22.78 Traficano. Sam 6, ...: 5.10 Ward. J. 1.65 Traham. Harold J. .... 1.16 Ward. James E 12.02 Trahan. Johh 9.13 Ward. John 1.75 TrambUe. Harold 18.53 Ward. Lewis J 4.05 Tramontanic. J. M 1.00 Ward. Maxwell 1.00 Trank. Burgess 1.52 Ware. Lewis A. 11.70 Transier. John W. 85 Ware. Lewis. A. 95 Travers. Huey M. .96 Ward. James E 35.03 Travis. Huey M 1.44 Warren. Dalton -"25.18 Treadway. William .... il5.71 Warren. Frank ;. 6.58 Treitler. Carl T. ...... 24.11 Warren, Joseph R 58.10 Treull. CUfton ........ 1.47 Warren L. W 46 Trevlsono. Dom 96 Washburn. Robert L.... 52.50 Triantafillos, Pete ....; 1.96 Waters. E 48.27 Triche. Jan L 234.87 Waters. Joseph 60 Trippe. Clar 2.95 Waters. James A ' 5.79 Trippe. Robt 2.95 Watson. Itoy 15.72 Troche, G 25 Wattegny. Emmett 18.34 Troester. John ........ 2.33 Wattigny. H. J 7.63 Trotter. Ralph ,3.30 Wauchek. John C. ..... 21.53 TrujiUo. Alipio 3.05 Wautlet. Merrell 3.93 TruxiUb. Thomas 18.93 Tubman. Joseph M. ..... 7.22 Weaver. Roy W. 14.44 Tucker, Ernest ........ 6.57 Weaver, Joe .;. 5.38 Tucker. Jagges L 7.41 Webb. Donald R .32.97 Tucker. Thomas J. 11.54 Webb. Wayne 10.80 TuUs. Joseph W. .',.... 5.05 Webber. Teddy ........ .97 Tull. Edward .......... 4.38 Wedemoja. Harold .... 6.07 TuU. Harry L 1.53 ' Weems. Albert M 97 Tull. Harry L 1.72 Weems. Ulysses S 4.84 Tullia. Charles 5.43 Weghbrst. Arnold 7.92 Tunnell. J. R 7.65 Wegner. Arthur G 10.20 Tunison. Richard ...... 4.28 WelgaU. Juliu 4.80 Tupper. Frederick A.... 38.58' Welborn. Chas 32.32 Turlington. A. A 1.19 Welch. Elvert 19.76 Turner. Bruce .74' welch. Louis A 34.83 Turner. B .91 Welch, Richard L 4.28 Turner. Darrell .10 welch. William T. 5x42 Turner. Raymond D 4.45 WeUs.'Wm. P. 1.00 Turner. William J 17.33 Wendel. George 1.16 Turner. WiUUm L 9.75 Wendt. Charles C. ..... 2.53 Turner. Wm. O.. Jr. ... 24.61 Wendt. Roland N 1.96 Werner. Gustav A 2.61 Werner. Gustav A.' .... 43.23 West. Clarence 4.87 West. Hugh M 9.91 8.40 Ulatowski. Ray ....... West. Leslie H 10.27 -Ulmer. Richard W. .. 2.47 West. Norman 1.23 Underwood. John ... Westover, Chas : 3.04 6.07 Uppegrafx W. P. .... 12.64 Westphal. Edwin A. .... 2.72 18.68 Urine. Jesus Wetzle. Lloyd 6.44 Ureta. Simeon F. ...... 1.47 Whetzel. Jesse ......... .01 -Urtl. Angel Whicard. Tommy 98 1.00 Usher. Allen 24.63 White. Alva 4.00 Ussery. Cleveland ... 5B9 White. Ben H. 21.32 Uszaklewlcz. John ... 36.10 White, E. A. 4.15 Utlay; Wm. White. Houston R.,;;... . 3.68 18.18 Uttereck. Andrew T. 4.92 White, James H 62.82 White. Joseph ;.. 6.98 White. Leland F. ..;.... 65.61 White. M. W. ........... .63 White. Pierce 1.57 ..Whita.: Boy .36 Vacearo. OU|#ej^ U Vaher. Edgar WiUtleV. SMph .02 ; w u * • • • • " • ;•M«y ri; NAM* AMOUNT 'Whitlow, George 5.79 Whitmer, Alan E 4.44 •Whitney,. W. , 1.42 Whitsell. RoM. ..' ' 15.87' Whittemore, John B. ; .x 13.00 Whittington. Van 4.91 Whittington. Van B. .. ' 1.52 Whyte, Stanley B..* 22.03 Wieczorriewicz. S 6.60 - Wjest. Lester ; 61A9' Wicst. Lester 16.76 Wiggins. CecU 1.20 Wiggins. J ' .70 Wiggins. Ncedham B.... " 5.42 Wlilik. MikaU 85.70 Wiilik. Makail 7 12.11 Wilber. William F. 7.17 WLtburn. Aaron M 55.63 Wilcox, E. P. 16.27 WUcox. W. A, 48 Wilder. Jack 16.82 Wilkens. Clifford ...... 3.57 Wilkins. W 1.22 Wilkinson. Earl D. .... 5.05 Willett. Dellman .; 1.24 Williams. BUly 7.83 Williams. C. L 3.00 Williams. David 11.04 •Williams. Ernest 7.50 -IVilliams. Frank 1.48 Williams. Freeland L... 14.44 •Williams. Glciu N 2.44 Williams. Harold L 91.33 Williams. Harold U. 13.97 Williams. Jack E 5.49 •Williams. James 7.16 Williams. Jefferson B. . 9.51 Williams. John A 13.72 W:i11iaras. Jo'hn A 16.21 Williams. John S 45.38 WillKims. Joseph C. .... 1.61 Williams, Kenneth O. .. 3.86 Williams; Leonard 5.58 Williams. I.orenzo 13.11 Williams. Osborne R. .. 2.33 Williams. Robt. • 2.95 Williams, Robert A. 1.01 Williams. Roger L 51.63 Williams. Wm. W. .... 9.55 Williamson. Lewis R. ... 24.04 Williamson. .Tohn 6..58 Williamson. Thomas G... .05 Willis. Albert L • 1.87 Willis. Fr.ank H 5.78 Willis. William 38 Wilson. Charles W 11.39 Wilson. Ernest M 132.75 Wilson. Royal 4.33 Wilson. A. P 3.20 Wilson. E. A 19.45 Wilson. Harold R 2.08 Wilson. Ira 1.05 Wilson. Richard 2.77 Wilson. Robert H 232.40 Wilson. Sidney 3.70 Wilson. Stewart J .01 Wilson. W. W 3.71 Wilson. Wm. A 7.08 Wilson. Wm. S 7.22 Wil.son. Williams S 23 11 Winborne. Farrell ...... .21 Winderwcedle. Wm. H. . 26.73 Windham. Halford E. ., 14.13 Windom. Eddie 5.51 WInfrce. Oscar 2.33 Wing. Yao F 1.00 Wing. Zao F 2.00 Wingard. Roy B 14.48 Winsens. Curtav 2.08 Winslcy. H 8.05 Winsor. A 1.63 Winstead. Joe D 7.85 Winters. David G 6.00 Winthcrs. George G,..., 36 84 Wiseman. .Tames ....... 10.11 Wiseman. Robt 10 Wisner, Allen 68.31 Witt. Robert N 24.43 Woddail. G. V. 4.73 Wolf. Wm. C. 34.28 Wolff. Wm. V. 45.84 Wood. David 18.53 Woods. D. P. 1.04 Wood. David S 98 Woods. Donald 3.11 Wolowitz. Harry 2.05 Wong. Han Chin ....... 10.83 Wong. Moon N 1.70 Wood. Clark C 16.70 Woodard. Rufus B 13.84 Woodbury. V. A 5.25 Woodrow. Dickens 18.10 Woodside. Martin W. ... 1.48 Woodworth. F. W 158.63 Wooley. Joseph 1.01 Wooten. Francis L 7.12 Wooten. R. F 07 Word. John J. Jr. 21.02 Woricy. John L 3.93 Woronicz, Frank 60.72 Worrel. Dexter Lee .... 1.98 Wright. Cleo .5.87 Wright. Esaiv A 9.31 Wright. L. Jr 1.40 Wright. Robt. C. ...... 8.28 Wright. Wm. S 9.60 Wrbna. Tadeus 5.98 Wulzen. John T. 84 Wunch. Albert 2.72 Wyble. Joseph N. 63.26 Wynn. Frank J. 33.01 Wysacky. Anthony 26.68 WyseckL Charles 6.87 Yacishyn. N. C. .. Yado. Albert A. . Yeats. Henry ,.., Ych Ulis. Jos. .., Yoh. Frank York. L. M York. Wm. L Young. Cecile .... Young. Earl H. ... Young. George .. Young. Robt Youtzy. RaH W. . Yvdoulsles. Wm. . Zacharia. Neoptolemas.. Zachmann. Clarence J. .. Zajanc. Walter C Zammith. S. G. ......... Zanella. Noe S. B Zarkadls. A. U Zavadil. Jan Zdzislaw. Martin ZecheneUy. MUton W.. . . Zechenelly. G. B. Jr. ... ZecheniUy. M ZelgenfUBS.'Charles B..:. Zepeda. Eliseo. Zerrulo. Dem Ziehm; Robt.Zitto. Salvador Zloch. J. A. ........... Zuniga. D. H Zuzov* .Xi- 8.34 .88 1.00 1.51 1.28 177.69 3.87 1.32 11.74. 8.11 61.78 7.77 2.01 7.39 18.42 79.67 58.95 30.40 1.42 275.87 14.13 2.22 2.20 1.40 6.21 20.56 7.88 15.38 . 6.93 17.18 • •I r- |i i'j .ssoM-.t � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource May 14, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 10 Description An account of the resource Headlines: $58,000 BACK PAY AWAITS SEAFARERS BALTIMORE HALL TAKING SHAPE; ONE SECTION READY IN SUMMER TOW VICTORY TO NAGASAKI FOR REPAIRS OLD ILA PREPARING FOR VOTE DEFEAT 81-SHIP 'GIVEAWAY' PLANNED TAGLAM CREW HITS NAVY CID 'MUG JOB' EXTENSION OF ART CONTEST SWELLS ENTRIES CELEBRATE M'TIME CLUB BIRTHDAY SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL HITS HOUSE SNAG NEW LIBRARY SELECTIONS DUE ABOARD ALL SIU SHIPS MCS-AFL WINS ANOTHER ONE, AWAITS MAJOR BALLOT COUNT SEATTLE PORT TURNS OUT TO DEDICATE NEW HALL STATE DEPT. TRIES TO BLOCK PERMANENT '50-50' LAW SHIPS NAMED FOR SEAFARERS PASS THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY DEADLINE NEAR ON SEA MEDALS SIU-MAW WIELDS GIANT, NEW VACUUM CLEANERS IN HOLDS OF BAUXITE SHIPS LAKES SIU MAY STRIKE CARFERRIES CLOSING THREAT SPURS PROJECTS FOR PANAMA BRITISH CREWMEN STRIKE 2 SHIPS IN CANADA PORT LIFELIKE MASKS OF ORIENTAL HEADS ARE SEAFARER'S SPECIALTY UNIONS. SHIPOWNERS DENOUNCE SCOPE OF MSTS OPERATIONS THE GRAVY TRAIN BRASS VS. SEAMAN THAT $58,000 FRESH FISH TODAY SEAFARERS CREW UP A MARINER SEAFARER IS SANTA CLAUS TO 100 JAPANESE ORPHANAGE CHILDREN SEAFARER RELATES TALE OF MOON SHINING ON NO SEA ADVENTURES BOARD WRECKED VESSEL IN SEARCH OF SIU LOG CREWMEN SAY 'SO-SO' ON VIDEO SEAFARERS' NAMES FIND FAME IN PROUD ANNALS OF SPORTING WORLD TO CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS - 100 DAYS BY CLIPPER SHIP DISABILITY $S CHEER OLDTIMER IMPOSTER STUBS TOE ON UNION 'CARBON AND VALVE JOB' DONE ON SEAFARER'S AILING HEART Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/14/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2c345499839b7b2cf8fcd3cb44d2c1a5.PDF 431e6c6926b4a2f1d71f0c65eccf517e PDF Text Text i r SEAFAKERS •'pi;?' v:-!' LOG • OFFiCIAl ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N AI UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL t N . • 7 • - " • ^ " • iff. 5^''Tr^:tr. • - '".V'-'/' I' ''V • "Story on Page 3 '•^1 Story on Page 2 : - "iH:; ,• •: • ••• - I"-:; 5f(/ 'Sweepstakes', 'S'.- "There it is!" said Edward R, Buck­ ley, baker (left), as he found his %ame, good for $2.02 on the Missis­ sippi Steamship Company's $58,000 unclaimed wage list. Cecil J, Ker­ rigan, waiter (center), was listed for $13.41 and Guiseppe Vaccaro, bartender, found he had $35.87 coming to him. They and nearly 4,000 other Seafarers have back pay in amounts as high as $602 coming to them from 1948-1953. The list appeared in the LOG two weeks ago. (Story on Page 5.) H • t'l I x -; - : -- , liWii - St. Lawrence Seaway... • What it is. : i . 'I 'ri • What effects it' will have on ships and seamen. (See story on Page 5.) eti 7^^ Ports like Chicago (left), 1,000 miles in­ land on the Great Lakes, will offer an all-water route to all parts of the world when the St. Lawrence Seaway is com­ pleted in I960. , �> '7>Tr!'?r?''sy5K^vrrsK'^*5': Fac« Tm « SEAF ARERS LOG 60 New Ships Yearly Is US M'time Program I1^: May tB, 1954 Dramatic Rescue Off Cape Hattcras The first top-level comprehensive statement setting forth a Government program for a strong merchant marine was issued last week by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Speaking at a New York Maritime Day ceremony, Weeks, who oversees the Maritime Ad­ ministration, held forth the+ promise ot construction of 60 another 20 modem tankships. in for assistance in the form of new ocean-going ships a year Construction of four new com­ operating subsidies. This is a con­ siderable change of attitude from to replace the existing ocean fleet bination passenger-cargo ships. his view, previously expressed, that as weii as the promise of necessary Conversion of several Liberty the triamp ships should transfer to subsidy money to keep a modern ships in the reserve fleet to in­ fleet operating. A bill calling for crease their speed and ynprove Panamanian or Liberian flags. The most immediate impact on the 60 ship a year program has their cargo handling—all this mak­ already been introduced in the ing therf competitive with existing shipping will be the new tanker program, if approved by Congress. House of Representatives. ^ ocean-going cargo vessels. ' It has two aspects. The Navy part Four-Point Program Further, he pointed out, the US of the program is aimed at supply­ For the immediate present, must import 29 of the 38 minerals ing the defense foi-ces with modern Weeks offered a four point pro­ gram as follows: * and metals vital to US production high-speed tankers that would be Construction ot 20 high-speed and must hav^the ships with which tankers with assurances of long- to bring them in. Another member of the Govern­ "A new complication arose on term US Navy charters. the Navy tanker charters when A trade-in program in which 40 ment, Maritime Administrator the Senate passed the bill old T-2s would be turned over to. Louis Rothschild, indicated that sponsored by Senator Saltonthe Government in exchange for tramp ship operators should come A crewmember of the grounded freighter Omar Babun is taken stall containing a provision ashore in a breeches buoy by the Coast Guard. The Panamanian for transfer of the tankers to ship was driven ashore in qne of the many gales that blow up in foreign flags under certain cir­ the Hatteras area. cumstances. The bill would permit transfers after the ten year charter period is up, or during the time of the charter at the discretion of the Secre­ taries of the Navy and Com­ MONTREAL—^Despite a beef on a strictly economic issue, merce. Senator 'Warren Mag36 British seamen have been ordered to serve terms in a nuson objected to passage of Canadian prison for breaking a 19th century English law and the bill in this form and it is sea. refusing to go to An'*' expected that a fight will de­ MOBILE—Sponsors of anti-labor legislation iiS t)ie last ses­ additional number may face minimum Canadian wage of $204. velop on the measure in the "We just can't make out on the similar punishment from new sion of the Alabama Legislature were repudiate f^en Ala­ House. money we get," a spokesman for bama voters nominated three key labor-supporlfed^^andidates prosecutions. The developments followed the the men on one--of the affected in the May Democratic pri--* r marv ot ttio trade unipp qioipement, won arrest May 8 of 18 union crewmen ships asserted. He said the Cana­ owned by private business instead mary, on the British freighter Shelldrake dian cost of living was such that of by the Military Sea Transporta­ All three—^US Senator John over a big field pfi pflppuents by and a sympathy work stoppage by British wages never last while the tion Service. The tankers would be Sparkmanr seeking reelection; the biggest fir^f jiHmaty majority the crewmembers on two other ves­ men are in port.' built by private owners with the James E. Folsom, candidate for in the history of the state in his Less than a week fAlowlng the assurance of long-term charters governor, and Caret Van Antwerp, campaign to regain the governor­ sels, one here and another at near­ by Sorel, Que. Eighteen men on a arrest of the men- from the Shell- from the Navy. In turn, MSTS candidate for the state senate ship he relinquished nearly four second ship here, the Cibou, also drake, a replacement crew was would retire a larfe number of its from Mobile County—had the ac­ years ago. Sparkman also won in the first ferried by air from England and present T-2s for reserve purposes. tive, support «f the. SIU in this drew jail sentences. primary despite a determined bid The beef grew out of a protest secretly took the vessel out to sea. The "trade-in"- policy would port. : by the British seamen that they The other ships, the Cibou and the deal with tankers operating on Van Antwerp's victory was par­ by two opponents. He has an out-, cannot get along in Canadian ports Mont Alba docked at. Sorel, are commercial shipping runs. Here ticularly significant. A newcomer standing record as: -a Southern on their British pay. The vessels still tied up. the tank-ship owner would sell his to politics, he defeated State Sen­ liberal in the United States Sen­ are part of a fleet of 12 Britishold.T-2s to the Government In ex­ ator Tom Johnston by a-big major­ ate. Food Cut Off Van Antwen> addressed an SIU owned ships working Canadian As a result of the work stoppage, change for new ships. The old ity. Johnston sponsored Alabama's coastal ports at this-time, under no food is being put out on the T-2s, like those from MSTS, would so-called "right to work" law which membership meeting here to thank Seafarers in this port for their charter to Dominion concerns. ships and wages were cut off more also go into the reserve fleet, giv-. outlawed the union shop in this part In his victory. "The vote of Ing the country a sizeable tanker sfate. Earn 584 MoaUtly ^ than two we^ ago. the fittle people, the working man, i'olsom, an outspoken champion the The criminal charges against the reserve for the flrst time. Citing British wagdS as compared housewife, the Seafarers and ' -4to Canadian seamien's pay scales, men, filed by the Shipping Feder­ the farmer-elected me," he said. "I promise never to forget your help." the strikers say that the highest- ation of Canada, stemmed from Folsom sent a telegram of ap­ paid- man on the lowest decks of a their refusal to olaey the orders of preciation from his home at Cull­ British collier gets about $84 the captain that they make their man, Ala., while^ Sparkman. asked monthly, much less than half the ship ready to sail. They originated under a still-valid British imperial Albert' Gaston, Mobile attorney statute of 1894 which is part of and one of the leaders in his Mo­ Canadian maritime law. bile campaign committee, to convey Sentences of 21 days in prison his thanks to the SIU regular May 28. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 11 were levied on the Shelldrake membership jncetlng. As 1 See It Page 4 crewmembers for having been ab­ Crossword Puzzle Page 12 sent from the ship without leave Editorial Page 13 from their captain. Fifteen days in Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 jail and fines of six days* pay were Galley Gleanings Page 20 given to the Cibou strikers. No Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 other prosecutions have been start­ In The Wake Page 12 ed. WASHINGTON—A bill that calls Labor Round-Up Page 13 The situation, sharply reminis­ for automatic revocation of mer­ Letters .Pages 21, 22 cent of the treatment accorded sea­ chant marine documents for sea­ Maritime Page 16 men in years past—with the men men convicted of certain narcotics Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 impossibly trying to make ends violations has beeen passed by the On The Job Page 16 meet in a strange port—has al­ House of Representatives. The bill Personals Page 25 ready been the subject of debate strengthens present regulations Quiz .' Page 19 in the Canadian Parliament, but no which give the Coast Guard power Seafarers In Action. Page 16 remedies were-offered. to lift seamen's papers but do not Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 make Such action mandatory. SIU History Cartoon .-.Page 9 The bill received the fullest sup­ Sports Line. Page 20 port from a spokesman of the Com­ Ten Years Ago ....Page 12 mittee of American Maritime Un­ Top Of The News Page 7 ions, of which the SIU is a- mem­ Wash. News Letter...... Page 6 Regular membership meetber, in hearings before the commitWelfare Benefits '... Pages 26, 27 Ihgs in SIU headquarters and tee,'Who pointed out that American • Welfare Report ; Page 8 at all branches are held every niaritime unions want no junkies ; Your Constitution page 5 second Wednesday night at or dope peddlers on the ships. ; Your Dollar's Worth . Page 7 : 7 PM. The schedule for the The SIU's standing policy for sev­ f • . • ' • niext few meetings Is as follows: eral years as approved by the-mem­ t Published biweekly ^tth* headquartdi-s June 2, June 16, June 30, ; of the seafaiert International llnl&n. Atbership and written into the con; tantic « Oulf biatrlct AFt, Fourth ' - All Seafarers registered on Garei Van Antweiv, raOiilessful, for nomination to the stitutiour is to provide expulsion Avenue, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tel. HYacinth the ^hipping list are required Alabima State Senate frqm Mobllp <;!oiinty,. thanbs l^eafarers for after due • trial • for > any Seafarer •y-6«0O. Entered ai leeond elate mattai' to attend the meetings. found guilty of possession-^'or use t|heir,spppprt. Harold Fladiier (seofeditieryed as readbif clr^k at the <•# •• ...-I At the; Feat, «Hko . tn Brooklyn,' Nif., plflareotigg.-.. •. -. iindar the A-t of August 24, 1*13. ..Jillllifc v;-, , [ ; -i- Jail Brifish Seamen In Canada $ Beef Three Pro-Labor Men Win In Alabama Vote SEAFARERS LOG Pass Stiff Bill On Dope Traffic Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks P:-' �5«^"TrTTr3?s^5Hrrr •f- SEAFARERS ItlBr 28, 1984 Tage Three LOG US Limits Shore Leave Bans WASHINGTON.—^The SIU's fight against unfair shore leave restrictions on seamen at overseas bases was crowned with victory as the Department of Defense issued a new shore leave order to meet the Union's objections: The order makes it clear that official Defense De-"*partment policy calls for shore ous to trap them in some petty as follows; "It is the policy of the Depaftment of Defense that shore leave to be granted "when­ violation of^ local regulations. At these meetings Government leave for civilian crewmembers ever possible." officials were compelled to admit should be permitted whenever pos­ Further the. order specifies that in some instances such as at sible, and for that purpose the that transportafion of mer­ St. Georges Bay, Newfoundland, transit of civilian crewmembers chant seamen through military there were no valid reasons for the through military bases should be bases, to nearby civilian areas restriction. Canadian police offici­ permittedwhen necessary to reach should be •permitted. Any future als confirmed as much by declar­ civilian areas. Exceptions to the shore leave restrictions that are is­ ing that American seamen, as well foregoing may be made in order sued must carry a valid reason and as those of other nations, are per­ to enforce agreements made at the copies of it must be forwarded to mitted to land anywhere in request of local civilian authorities Assistant Secretary of, Defense and restrictions required by con­ Canadian territory. John A. Hannah within the next 60 siderations of immediate security The pertinent paragraph of the days. Defense Department order reads for a local command." Standard Policy Issuance of a standard policy on the question should put an end to arbitrary and unreasonable shore leave restrictions im[iosed-at the whim of local military commanders without justification. As the SIU pointed out in meetings with De­ fense Department officials, many of these orders smacked of personal WASHINGTON—Substantiating SIU charges that ship­ dislike of merchant seamen and owners seeking foreign-fiag transfers were ducking out from added up to so much military "chicken." Particularly irksome under ship mortgages, a bill has been reported out to the were restrictions imposed in vari-^ House of Representatives giv--^"; ous Korean ports where fighting has long sinc.e stopped, and in ing the Government power to quite clear now that the Maritimo other bases such as Subic Bay, recover mortgage money on Administration was trying to pull Phillipine Islands; Goose Bay, vessels sailing under foreign flags. a fast one when it said that the reason it was transferring ships Labrador, and the Ernest Harmon In the last issue of the SEAFAR­ Air Forde Base in Newfoundland. ERS LOG the Union accused the was to get mortgages paid off. The Maritime Administration knew at As an SIU headquarters spokes­ Maritime Administration of per­ the time that it had no legal way of man put it, "The Defense Depart­ mitting a majority of 81 American- collecting the mortgages once the ment has come through as they flag Libertys seeking transfer to ships went foreign, a situation promised us with the result that default on their mortgage pay­ which still exists today." now we have a standard set of rules ments in recent years. Once the Has To'Catch Ship to go by. Any time we find that transfers went through, the Union shore leave restrictions run counter maintained, the shipowners would Even if the present law passes, a to these instructions we can back be free to thumb their ngscs at the mortgagee will still have tp catch a tlie responsible parties right into mortgage bills which were the transferred ship in a US port to a corner and get some action." main reason wl^y they wanted to have a chance to collect the mort­ Still at stake in the shore leave junk the US flag. gage money. issue is the qpestion of overtime No Way To Collect Of the 1,100 ships sold to foreign payment to«. the crewmembers of This was confirmed directly by a flags, the Government has out­ ships restricted at foreign ports witness before the House Merchant standing 371 mortgages for a total without orders from the foreign Marine Committee, John C. Prizer, of $116,870,476.33. The remainder government involved. The Union chairman of the Maritime Law As­ of the outstanding mortgages are is pressing a test case on this ques­ sociation of the United States. held by private banks and indi­ tion and is hopeful of getting After reporting that the US Gov­ viduals. favorable action on this point. A companion bill, identical to ernment has sold 1,100 ships to for­ Two Washington Meetings eign purchasers he declared that, the House measure, has already The Defense Department's policy "The mortgagees under those mort­ been passed in the Senate. The order^was the outgrowth of several gages are at present without suit­ bill has the support of the Admin­ written protests and two Washing­ able remedies to enforce the mort­ istration and is expected to go ton meetings held by SIU repre­ gages even when the vessels can be through the House without diffi­ sentatives along with spokesmen found in this country . . ." culty. Meanwhile, no further action has for the operators and Defense De­ In other words up until now, the partment officials. At these meet­ US Government or private citizens been reported on the question of ings the Union protested the un­ who held mortgages on foreign-flag transfer applications by 81 Ameri­ necessary restrictions as well as ships had no way of foreclosing can-flag Liberty ships. The trans­ fers have been held up indefinitely the harsh treatment dished out to those mortgages. merchant seamen by military of­ An SIU headquarters spokesman, pending thorough Congressional ficials who seemed only too anxi- commenting on the bill, said, "It's exanaination of the issues involved. Cov'f Can't Touch Runaway Ship $ The old ILA mob's link with the Communists was lampooned in this pre-election motorcade dispiay of "Tony's Gorilla," escorted, by two AFL men in Russian Cossack uniforms. Communist support of the old ILA had come to the forefront in recent weeks. The sign at the bottom reads: "ILA Ail The Way To Moscow." Challenges Again Hold Balance In Dock Vote The second election in five months among New York long­ shoremen ended on an inconclusive note as once again, a large number or challenged ballots held the key to the outcome. A margin of only 319 votes separated the old ILA and by the National Labor Relations the AFL-ILA, with 1,797 chal­ Board. lenges remaining to be disposed of Two Killed Ip Chllore Mishap Members of the SlU-crewed Chilore of the Ore Navigation Company were thanked for their thoughtfulness and sympathy fol­ lowing thev death of the two Chil­ eans who were killed while trying to dock the ship in Gruez Grande, Chile, recently. Crew Donates $216 Even though on the long offshore run, the officers and men of the Chilore . took up a donation which totaled $216.00 to send to the widows of these two men. The two Chileans were on a pilot boat when it ran into the propeller of the Chilore which was docking. At first it was believed in Balti­ more that "the two men were mem­ bers of the crew of the Chilore. A further check with the ship gave details of the accident. Put NrnHber On Meeting Exeuees Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership ; meetings must Include the reg­ istration . number of their ; shipping card lb the message. From now on. If the-number . . is not included, the excuse Can. not be accepted by the dlsv Vi '• • j^V.pa^lieri-;-' ' i'• x-L,'/ V u<-i•'..' At the present moment, the vote stand^s at 9,110 for the old ILA and 8,791 for the AFI^ILA, 1,797 chal­ lenges, 49 void ballots and 51 "no union" votes, This was an improve­ ment over the AFL showing in the December election when it got 7,500 votes. ^ - Four Weeks Minimum The regional office of^the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board in­ dicated that it might take four to six weeks to process the 1,797 chal­ lenges which wil^decide who won the election. Since each ballot is Nso important in terms of deciding the outcome of the election the proS' and cons of each challenge will be carefully weighed, one by one; The bulk of the AFL challenges were cast against some 700 hatch bosses who are in charge of the gangs. The AFL insists' that they are supervisory personnel. It was agreed before the election^ that all these men would vote on a chal­ lenged ballot. If this AFL contention is upheld, t would change the picture consi.-2rably, leaving the election in the-hands of 1,100 other challenged votes. AFLrlLA representative John Dvyryer said that , the union was very confident that a count qjt the challenge::/ would give the AFL enough-votes to lip the scales in its favor, In contrast to last December's election when old ILA. strong-arm men ran, yotera in on busses, swarmed around tho polls and roughed up AFL-ILA backeis, all parties agreed that thi; vote was a peaceful and drde'rly one.. Pain­ staking preparations had been bade by the Labor Board, to assure' ithat the election would be Cdhducted as scrupulously as possible: Welfare Plan Procedure Discussed _ A jpoiht about the SIU.-Welfare iPlan Is explained by Welfare Administrator, Robert T. Ureasey to ;^(left to right) Seafarers Thomas W. At^s, El M; Beasley, Chatles .W. Howard and Frank Bartlett during a fecebt visit by Creasey the. Mobile iiau. . . • . �"4-:*; •"•ry.TVR-v^ge'--:-^ •.' "• -.yh-: P^re Fofr - yi SEAFA,RERS toa RR Drawings Make Seafarer ^Celebrity' On Statin Island »• 15^®" AslSee/lte^. A Seafarer from Staten Islajid, NY, became a "hometown celebrity" overnight as a result fNClDENT THAT TOOK PLACE UP IN CANADA RECENTtY, of a mention in the SEAFARERS LOG four weeks ago. although small in' itself, goes a long way toward explaining the dif­ Seafarer James F. Byrne earned the distinction when the April 30th LOG reported that ference between conditions On board American ships and those operat­ he had submitted two highly-t ing foreign flags^In this instance, crews of two British colliers in the imaginative drawings of ^rail­ ])6r|V-^: Montreal, vvho went qh strike in protest against the kind of wagies they were receiving v^re road locomotives as entries in pronfptly jugged under a 98-year-old British law tlife SIU art contest ending this and replacement crews floi^ in from England to month. The result was a lengthy take their-place. . .personal inteiwiew published in : He^e was a case where the bosuns on: these ships the "Staten Island Advance," along were making $85 a month and Other erewmbmbers with a photograph of Byrne show­ less in proportion. The ships are; on a .regular, coast­ ing off a sample of his handiwork. wise Canadian run and were docked hy.Mentroai at Now local bus drivers know him the time, yet because these crews joMactioned their by name as the man "who had that scows in an attempt to improve their conditions they •tory in' tlie paper" and a New were treated as it they had committed some kind of a crime. Although Yoi'k group , of model railroad en­ for all practical purposes these ships are based In Canada, ,it appeiu-s thusiasts has invited him to display that as far as the British are concerned, the idea of seamen being per­ his stuff before them. Although a mitted to leave their jobs when a ship is In port is giving the mariner seaman, with some tradition in a little too much freedom. .... the family leading to seafaring, Obviously if the law is going to jump on the foreign every Byrne is an oldtimer at railroading time he tries to put up a beef, he isn't going to be abie^'td do very too. ' much for himself, and conditions will continue pretty much as they 'Scotty' A" Misnomer Here's two of Seafarer James Byrne's amazliufly detiUled drawiufs have been over the years, and as they were in the US merchant marine Born in England, of Irish of wholly Imaginary steam locomotiyes done with draftsman's before strong unions tame Into being. ' . parents, he came to be called precision. "Scotty" by his shipmates who In Opposite Comer were unfamiliar with his broad running today which'inatehes' the test grew out of a bull-session in All of this brings up an interesting question on our relations with Yorkshire accent. His brother, it drawings. the NY hall when a fellow Sea­ foreign nations and foreign-flag ships, Everytlme people in Washing­ also develops, is one of leading farer challenged him on his artistic ton who are concerned about the well-being of this country's maritime Big Collectioii At Home model locomotive builders in Eng­ . In addition to the drawings, ability, especially with regard to indpstry try to do something to help it, they find the State Depart­ land today. Byrne also, has a roomful of old drawing finely-detailed railroad ment boys in the opposite comer. This applies particularly to the "50At one time a fireman on steam failrbading - magazines pictures engines. Byrne took up the chal­ 50" question, with the State Department always complaining that the locomotives, Byrne turned'to tlve lithosfaphs of oldtime loco­ lenge, and to top things off prop­ bill will damage the well-being of foreign natlefhs. - , •ea when an old eye injury <rom motives "at home that command a erly, decided to enter the results Now it appears when these foreign shipowners get a load of US World War I made the job diffi­ heavy price today. Some date back in the SIU competition. Now he's cult. He sailed in the deck and all the way to 1887, although a celebrity at home on Staten Is­ Government cargo, they pass precious little of the money they receive engine departments after coining Byme/now 59, wasn't even around land and, at SIU headquarters, his on to the seamen who are going the work. It would seem that the State Department is slightly Off base on this. It's not the well-being of the to the US in 1925, but when his then.' drawing skill is no longbr ques­ foreign • nations and their people that is at stake, but the wOll being of damaged sight tripped him up, His entries for the SIU art con­ tioned. the foreign-flags shipowner. turned to the steward department. Here in this-country, there is a. law on the books, called thb WalshA member of the SIU for the Healey act, which says that any manufacturer doing business with past ten years, Byrne now sails Uncle Sam has to meet certain- conditions as to minimum wages and messman or waiter. His last ship maximum hours. It might not be a bad idea if the Walsh-HeOley kind was. the Robin Locl^sley (Robin). of set-up was extended to include crewmembers of all 'ships haifdling The locomotive drawings are US Government cargo, whether US or foreign-flag operated. MOBILE—Delegates from all major ports in the US and done from imagination mostly, Panama £!anal Zone strongly endorsed the new AFL-ILA at and arc draftsman-like composites of features of many engines, down the 51st convention of the Masters, Mates and Pilots of Amer­ SEAFARERS TAKING A RIDE THROUGH THE PAN^A CANAL, to the last nut and bolt. known familiarly as the "Big-Ditch," in the near future will have a ica held here May 10-15. Pen and ink, a T-square and a Federation > of Labor group for 12 chance to . watch , construction gangs slicing the top off one of the big straight edge are Ms tools and the The convention also reelect­ years. . hills in the Gaillard Cut. This procedure, which will go on while ships end-product .is amazingly real, ed Capt. C. T. Atkins of New are using the canal, is made necessary by the fact that the hill may 'Among major convention actions since no one but a model rail­ shde down into the canal unless something is done to stop it. roader could spot the fact that York City president of the union. was a decision aimed at setting up There's not too many oWtimers still around who, can remember going an Atlantic and Gulf District to there, really isn't any locomotive He has been with. the American replace the present local union the long way around, via Cape Horn J^fore thq ckaal was built. As a « set-up. -A referendum Is planned matter of fact trips around that area these days are extremely rare. Certainly none .of them are made on the issue.. Other re-elected officers -were: by US merchant ships, which shows how Important Capt. J. M. Bishop, swretary-trea- a factor the canal Is In our shipping picture. Certainly there 4s a great deM of concern in offi­ surer, Washington, D. C.; Capt. Q. F. May,, first vice presideirt, San cial quarters about the possibility of the caiaal be­ Francisco; Capt. R. D. Lurvey, ing blocked', with many people suddenly discover­ ing it; significance to this,, country> well he.ing. ? Howeyerr if the ivorst shobld happen and the Big The unofficial Seafarer-ambassa­ the engine department when on a bitch was clbsed to'traffic, for imy length of time, dor to Yokohama, MaxTe Lipkin, ship. He joined the SIU in Tampa, stdps cduld itill^a.ke JLthe long'Way around. And ^ has returned to the Stales tem­ Florida, in October, 1949, and samp of the-'men.shlpping off the East Coast could And out what it porarily at least for a look at home, •makes his home in Wilmington, that the Delta Line^boys talk about when they rave about Buenos Aire^. but nobody would be surprised to North Carolina. He's a native of see him heading back to Japan that state and recently celebrated before long. While in San . Fran­ his 34th birthday. Beale, who sails THE LABOR MOVEMENT HAS BEEN HEARING A GOOD DEAL cisco Lipkin took a flyer at the steward, is one" of a Tampa, Flor­ in recent months about state legislatures passing the so-called "right job- of reading clerk in the SIU ida, family of Seafarers, and was to work" laws. As Seafarers and other union members know, these port meeting. born in that state 46 years ago. He laws are really aimed at the unions-because they-outlaw any form of Lipkin settled down in Yoko­ joined the SIU in the headquarters the union shop and keep unions Jroin presenting a strong front in their hama for an unexpectedly long port of New York on March 10, (dealings with employers. stay when he suf­ 1948. Pierce, who sails with the Si^reading Rapjdly fered an injury black gang, is a North Carolina These^la^s have been spreading around the country at a rapid rate, on a previous native from Snead's Ferry. He got with the state bf Mississippi passipg one just recently and the, Louisiana trip. Like many a his membership book in the Port state legislature having a similar law under con­ seaman and trav^ of Baltimore on November 29, sideration. It's«.encouraging then, td see that in eler before him, 1947 and is 26 years of age. Alabama; the labor movement roused up and helped he found the sur­ ^ Ji $1 defeat the sponsor of the "right to work" law in roundings con­ Two other engine department Captain C. T. Atkins , that state. Ih addition, the activity of union people genial and much men took charge of the Lake helped nominate th>ee clearly pro-labor candidates to his taste. ; f Charles, Louisi­ vice president, Boston, Mass.; In that state's Democratic primaries—candidates for The 34 yearana, port meet­ Beale governor, US Senator and state senator from the old Seafarer, who ing^ Ross F. Lyle Capt. H, M. Stegall, vice president, sails in the steward department, Mobile area. A • great many Seafarers were active of Mobile and New Orleans, La. Capt. Rolla Johnson, yice. presi­ comes originally from way back in this drive along with members of other local Robert Rojem of east in New Jersey. He joined the unions. Detroit, Michi­ dent, Great Lakes Region; Capt. SIU in New York on October 18, All of the candidates who wpn with labor support are pledged to gan. Lyle, who J. A. Gannon, vice president, San 1947, and has been sailing ever was chairman, Francisco;' Capt., G. Havilandj ap­ help fight the "right tb work" law in the state. No doubt they will since. has been an SIU prentice vice president. New York promote''repeal of the rtatute. 'If they are succesisful In that move, member just a City, and Capt. Hf T, Longmore, it will he a big step forward for thp labor movement all over the coun­ ^ t ^ 4. ^ •_ short time, join­ district deputy of. the' Panama try ak^cll as In Alabama. And In any case, it has^been shown here Rojem A three-man Seafarer-team con­ that labor support Ijr a factor to be reckoned with In a political cam­ ing up In 'New Canal, Balboa, 0 Z., sisting of James McDonald, Lawton York last summer. He's 39 years Two new vice presidents were paign. Beale and Rupert Pierce took of age. Rojem, who is 24, "got his named at the,, convention. They Perhaps with fhis in mind, legislators will think twice ebout enact­ charge of the last SIU meeting in membership book in Galveston on were Morris.Weinstein, Baltimore,« ing." laws, whlcli'strip" tinioli^- snd union members of secu. ity and prothe Port of Savannah. McDonald, March St8, 1947, . a little over seven and Thomas G. Kenny, Plttsburfh, tectbh.-^'Ibose v^hq wprkeb'So hard in Alabama toward this end' are to Who held the chair^^gsjiip^^jis Pa. __ MMP Backs Dock Union K >.".:• Miy M. 19^ ' i- -vi. �'2ii^ lf54 \EAF 4RERS LOG • riT* Seaway Poses^ Challenge To IIS Ship Operations WASHINGTON—The signing into law of the controversial St. Lawrence Seaway bill two weeks ago poses a real challenge for the d^lining US shipping industry, which could be translated into "a new era of maritime prosperity if the industry is equal to the oppor.tunity. Though fiercely opposed in many qu^ters, enactment of the measure by Congress set off a chain reaction of enthus--f" iasm throughout a la^e por­ in the spring, Toledo would appear York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, tion of the US and Canada, to have a distinct advantage on this the New Enland states and adjacent parts of ..Canada. Power develop­ in those areas wh'ere the wa­ score over its neighbors. ments will cost about $600 million, terway development had been The power aspects of the Sea­ long championed and debated pro way,- with the vast water power in addition to the bill for the Sea­ and con since the administration of potential in the area harnessed for way Itself. In all, the combined navigationWoodrow Wilson. the first time, would provide muchMap shows area affected by construction of St. Lawrence Seaway Allied for once, shipping and needed additional power for New (Continued on page 17) and present water depths of ports. Seaway construction area is railroad interests, among others, indicated by box. fought the idea of the Seaway to a standstill In every Congress since 1916, basing their opposition on the fear of competition by a cheap, all-water route tp the Atlantic from deep within the Interior of the US, via the Great Lakes. Kill Major Ports? East Coast ship operators, the segment of the industry principally NEW ORIGANS—Less than 200 claims for back pay from affected by the realization of a Sea­ the Mississippi Shipping Company have been put in for by way project, believed—and still Seafarers to date, with the result that over $56,000 in un- feel. In large part—that a Great clain\ed dough still awaits • Lakes route for ocean shipping to almost 4,000 Seafarers. Early claims as a result of the the rest of the world can kill off ports like New York, Phila­ Publication of a special publication of the list, in the LOG major delphia and Boston in terms of the total approximately $1,650. Sev­ four-page supplement listing the names of 4,000 men and the money enty-five Seafarers appeared at the freight traffic which could be lost. But the Seaway and its closelydue them in retroactive pay and company office the first week after linked power development projects other unclaimed wages from the the list was published. needn't have this affect at all. Largest Check . company raised quite a stir in this Basically, the Seaway will proport, with smaller ripples up and The largest check paid to date ide a 27-foot channel through .a dow,n the coast. Some of the items went to Seafarec/Walter C. Zajanc, in the .original $58,276.73 total wiper, for unclaimed wages from a series of locks and dams along the Carferries, like the AFL-mann'ed Mataafa (above) have.thus far have been on Mississippi's books trip on the Lawrence Victory. Za­ 115-mile route between Ogdensburg, NY, and Montreal on the St. been limited to operations on the Lakes, but with a deep' water since 1948.. janc came In for a $79.67 bonanza Lawrence. The construction, at an^ channel ships like these could conceivably run to northern New The money due Is accounted for out of the $58,000 windfall. estimated cost of $273 million, of England and to Europe. in large part by the retroactive fea­ Of the total owed by the com­ which the US will pay about a tures of past SIU pany. several hundred amounts run third and Canada the remainder, agreements, with into'three figures, with the largest is designed to get around the prob­ negotiations o n item one for $602.87 due to Sea­ lem of a stretch of rapids on the money items -of­ farer Frank L. Smith. river barring continuous passage by ten completed Seafarers whose names are on ocean-going shipping. weeks after the the list should contact the company At present, Prescott, on the other old pacts expired. directly, by applying to the Un­ side of the border from Ogdens Although addi­ claimed Wage Department; Mis­ burg, is the place where the trig In an extension of the service previously offered only in tional money was sissippi Shipping Company, 1300 grain ships must transfer their car­ paid out in pre­ Hibernia Building, Neqr Orleans. goes to barges for passage through New York, the SIU Sea Chest, now offers the same travelers vious personal or Applications should include the the existing 14-foot canal. Other check service aboard ships in the Port of Baltimore, and a^Jane mail claims, the Seafarer's Z-number, social secur­ cargoes by-pass the 46-mile stretch expects to extend it to other —: $58,000 figure Indicates a great ity number, rating, name of the of the International Rapids by rail. ports shortly. the ships in both ports, at SIU many Seafarers neglected to file ship or ships worked on and the The Seaway would do away with The service enables Seafar­ headquarters in Brooklyn or at the for their money—nearly 4,000 of length of service on them as re­ all that by the time it's completed ers to convert some or all of their Sea Chest facilities in Baltimore. them all told. corded on his discharges. in 1960, and bring to life the hope payoff cash into travelers checks These are now separate from the for a water route enabling ocean even before they leave the vessel hall, but will be moved into the going vessels to travel the 2,200 to go ashore. Thus, they needn't new branch building there upon I'CHJR KiOHTS ANti PSIVHEOeS AS miles all the way from Duluth, encounter the risk of traveling its completion. SIU M£N ARE OUAEAItrEED BY Minn., on Lake Superior to the ashore with large amounts of YC-UK COKSrtTUTlOfJ, THIS TEA Atlantic. It will make Chicago, money, and can utilize the Bank iVRE tS DESiONED TO ACOUAJNT Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, Detroit of America checks either to send YOU V/ITH THESE PiOHTS MIVIIEOES and many other Inland cities into money home or to keep idle cash seaports with a first-time direct from wandering into the wrong hands. passage to the sea. Representatives of the SIU Sea Ice on the L^kes is a factor, Chest ordinarily meeting the ships however, 4nfi will continue to block From Article XIII, Section 6 the way four to five months a with samples of Sea Chest mer­ "All reports by committees and year. Last to be closed by the ice chandise or reorders for a vessel's the Secretary-Treasurer under in autumn and firSt to be free of it slopchest, carry the standard Bank of America travelers check forms this article, except those of the OTTAWA—The US flag mer­ which can be obtained for a stipu­ Polls committees, shall be entered chant marine is not the only one lated fee in amounts from $10 to in the minutes of the port where facing a problem with respect to $100. Fees are scaled on a- gradu­ runaway operations. The latest re­ headquarters is located. Polls ated basis, with a 75-cent tab on port covering Canadian deep-sea Committee reports shall be en­ each $100. Under the Union constitu­ shipping is that by June 30 there tered in the minutes of the Port Idea Weil Received tion every member attending will be only 21 deep-sea ships left a Union meeting is entitled to where it functions." Started in New York about a under the Canadian flag as com­ nominate himself for the year ago, the service met with an pared to a peak of 147 ships in elected posts to be filled at enthusiastic reception from Sea­ 1947. the. meeting—chairman, read­ farers unwilling to risk unneces­ The Canadian fleet has been ing clerk and recording secre­ sary losses of hard-earned dough. dwindling year by year with ships tary. Your Union urges you When the experimental program transferring wholesale to Panama­ to take an active part in meet­ proved to be popular, negotiations nian and Liberian flags without the ings by taking these posts of were started to extend the service slightest hindrance from the Gov­ service. ' Ai pail of the permanent record, to other ports, but bogged down ernment. 'Between 1947 and 1950 And, of course, all members when the Sea Chest was unable to the fleet was cut down to 74 ships, headquarters, as well as the other have the right to take the fioor reach a satisfactory arrangement and the advent of the Korean War ports, maintains complete reports and express their opinions on with the American Express Com­ failed to halt the decline. Last of all committees and officials. On any officer's report or issue pany, whose facilities were being year there were 47 ships under the file in headquarters and the SIU under discussion. Seafarers used previously. Canadian flag. are urged to hit the deck at Eventually, the switch to the port offices ore records of all re­ Canadian maritime authorities these meetings and let their Bank of America was 'made, and see no end to the decline. With ports made in the Union. shipmates know what's on the i^esultant extension of service the fleet now at a 35-year low, they their mind. to Baltimore followed. Travelers see the possibility of eventual re­ checks can be obtained either on duction to zero. Seafarers Slow To Act On Unclaimed Wages TravelersChecks Now Sold In Balfifnore YOU Ml* MU CONSTiniflON Canada Deep Sea Fleet Down To 21 Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings .1 �f.; •v. Si |ks_i££. f »\vj from ' 50 percent aDie. . "For finally • V oecii 6- , decided "fsrsi"— &« et=»<;.n«tSeSS1%tlS 0-ernn.ent ^ideiSV l-edUeS^ii £-c'St"r^^ permanent ia ^®°^notor Knowland ® It's somev/^t ha t'- translate has been the fi ' for patents o applications proo^ .-seacently. f?offoreign-h^„f^iir^^ to the «^® \o their ecotiomy^ ' is important for foreign nau ntrihution to i gjgat ;tT-d"an.oveablebUiors.P T^e Seacase o^s, under- of 60 ahip^*^, a year. Comm _ ^ program il' ft CllBoro ^ — ^e." Beu»»" -- .1 «> '"P'^Se G"ernmen;^»5 1 he strong Con^ ^ ^s the fon^ occasions. ., .. Sot been ff^f^yrihed on numerous ^ ^^ ^ though it is ^ hfiateea lines haye_^e» %^ea„»shiP monntea 5SJ;.%hlp." Bellams "^^rto' n". /irt Confes ^-tt^ Art Contesjj-^ i^copanles. se'Ji* ^„ch peels ere ne «TU1. g^^y}^t.r.rAs lor the P With only only contest beg^Vd tS field »' >£^2!:;77^,t S?^r"ns^ ridS a nieans was canv^smg^ ex U local celebrity ffooesit «1" I® the hatardous and a Jn bis >worlc^ ^^arate ^ry i-Ssr«-a"- IS •!;.«».2=n. ?e?ts^whO will 3^^|®Jthe next\of on pa«« .*^-_. i,o«evet -UI«S" ' laootce that this year 18 i _ in any Catogorles^^^^ - r %, *« some l^tr. sw COMMITS! M' WOKtt ,.,„a in order «> i»«' c®^«»'"'"f j, » * spited ...n. cmpen? ,„y arose over .r»ssi'^s iSp'en5vtrGeS^S^^h-« •jhe contest dravl"®-®' classificatioivs-^ J handicrafts. ^ watercolors sor d com_ 1 previous Vni^ Seafarers con. The dispute re agreeing to pay^ ^ore any some^^^^^ho dolUrSt ^ controversy- ''-rAnsTfif.: r^S'rr^Snfi X5S Qpp'S' 1^^®.^.! the other hand, Ontnewf— ^tne the cu.soa-. extra money to en ^r^es-isisr^c^'v;.-pS;«'«& rainst him.. in a recent in stance wh^^h Groseclose in Seattle, the took plaff ooae-1 ahlP«»-»=^- ael «1.^ S S'"f VfiSS S"er- and a .P« «« »" «"^dSf il^fSSed U'« ^t.STwo^ey 1 the Hen •'PdP- g' 5"^i?'-• ,lCn»U»»Pd .» P aiiiiM , ' ri'vii^r^!?';.: 'T:." t Marine Committee �May 28, 1954 SEAFARERS Pace Sevea LOG ''r- 'X,.- . rfy. I SCHOOL SEGREGATION OUTLAWED—The Supreme Court has .rule'd that the states of the nation do not have the right to separate Negro and white pupils in different public schools. By a unanimous 9-0 vote, the high court held that such segregation of the races is unconstitutional. The court has invited the Attorneys General of the states with segregation laws to submit briefs by nejtt Oct. 1 on the course the court should take in composing a final decree stipulating the mechanics lot carrying out the decision. t t FRANK COSTELLO GETS STIFF SENTENCE—A federal judge threw the book at Frank Costeilo, giving the racketeer income tax cheat five years in prison and a $30,000 fine on three counts of income tax evasion. Costeilo was denied further bail and put behind bars pending appeal to higher courts. t t I t GUATEMALA ARMS SHIPMENTS REPORTED—The State Depart­ ment announced that Russian controlled shipments of arms to Guate­ mala have been made. It said the arms were shipped from the Polish port of Stettin aboard the Swedish owned ship Alfhem. The Alfhem is chartered by an English concern identified as E. E. Dean. The State Department has indicated that the action might possibly be regarded as a threat to the security of the Americans under the terms of the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro. I'- 1 HUK LEADER SURRENDERS SELF—Luis Taruc, Communist leader of the Hukbalahap rebels, has surrendered to the Government. The long-time leader of the terrorist organization that has kept the Philip­ pines in armed conflict since the islands were liberated from Japan in 1945, catne in alone. There had been a $50,000 price on his head, dead or alive. a. i t FRENCH PARLEY AT GENEVA—With the fall of Dienbienphu and the Communists now able to move east to the Red River delta or south to the states of Laos and Cambodia, the French are urgently negotiating at Geneva for a truce. The French truce proposal provides for; (1) In Vietnam, collection of troops on both sides in assigned areas, and national elections supervised by a commission of neutral nations. <2) In Laos and Cambodia, withdrawal of all Communist forces. (3) A guarantee of these terms by the Geneva powers. Mean­ while,-the French are airlifting their wounded from the fallen fortress. ir i> it - • HEARINGS CONTINUE AFTER RECESS—Hearings in the McCarthy-Cohn vs. Stevens-Adams case were recessed for a week and began again Monday. The recess followed the so-called "gag" rule of Presi­ dent Eisenhower who has ordered Administration officials to refuse to testify on any matters involving confidential advice to the executive branch o«-the government. So far in the hearings charges of perjury, leaks and security risks were made, with hints that the White House may have maneuvered behind the scenes on behalf of Secretary of the Army Stevens. The Justice Department plans to study testiinony given at the hearings for possible perjury and questions are beiiif raised concerning the Army's security program. View looking north (toward the Atlantic) at the Gailiard Cut, where the Panama Canal cuts through the hills of .the Continental Divide. Contractor's Hill, at left, is where a huge crack threatens a land­ slide which could close the vital waterway. Some 2-3 million tons of dirt and rock will be removed from the top of . the hill, which is 325 feet above the canal level. Plan Excavafion Of Huge Hill To Avert Landslide In Panama BALBOA—A special board of consultants called in to investigate the possibilities of a landslide which could block the Panama Canal, have produced the verdict that a "poten­ tially dangerous condition exists" at the site. . As a result, plans are going forward to remove some two or three million cubic yards of Ten-Month Hat Strike Ends; All 1,400 Strikers Rehired America. The agreement, upheld the Union's fight for job security BLAST ON CARRIER KILLS 91. INJURES 200—In one of the worst peacetime US nayal disasters, expIoisioiTS of unknown origin ripped by specifying that Norwalk would the lis aircraft carrier Bennington two days ago, bringing death to remain the center of the company's 91 men and injuries to at least 200 more. On her, way to the Nav^ manufacturing operations. The strike began as an outcome air station at Quonset Point, RI, the ^l.OOO-tdn vessel was rocked by the blasts about 75 miles south of Newport. While fires raged for about of company moves, to shift its four hours on the ship,' helicopters carried out their rescue missions, manufacturing operations to an­ landing on the Bennington's deck to pick up the injured and transport other state where it could run them back to shore and waiting ambulances. The blasts occurred on away from th^ union contract and the deck below the hangar deck about 6 AM Wednesday.. A naval court union conditions. When the com­ of inquiry convened yesterday to determiiig the cause of the disaster, j pany refused a job security clause 4" t 4" » NORWALK, Conn.—One of the nation's longest strikes in recent years came to an end last Monday after ten months as members of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Work­ ers Union, AFL, voted ap-'t —proval of a new agreement during contract negotiations, 1,400 with the Hat -Corporation of employees went out on strike last July 9. Aside from providing that it would continue operations in Nor­ walk, the company also agreed to give the strikers preference over 400 non-union workers who were hired during the strike. All of the 1,400 strikers will be rehired if they go back to work. In the course of^ the strike the union spent $1,700,000 in benefits foi*'the strikers and their families. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING What Car Ownership Costs Price tags on cars take a tumble after July 4, which is the end of the big selling season. Prices of used cars have already taken a big drop in the past 15 months— they are down about 40 per cent. New cars have come down a little too, unofficially, since many dealers now cut list prices through over-allowance on trade-ins, or .outright discounts if j^ou haven't got a car to trade; The ^ only open price cut so far -has been on several Nash models. The sharp drop on second-hand cars has increased the spread between new and used models > back to' prewar levels, and has made the used vehicles a more attractive value. Depreciation has become a bigger factor. In the first years after World War II, cars depreciated in value very little. Now, one large manufacturer estimates, the average car loses 2.4 per cent of its value each month, or almost 30 per cent a year. ^Thus, when you buy a new car costing $2,000, you can figure it loses almost $600 of value the first year. But on a used car for $1,000, say one that's two or three years old, your first-year depreciation loss would be less than $300. And on an older vehicle that might cost you $500, your firk-year loss in value woul^ be under $150, and your second year depreciation cost, about $100. Biggest Single Cost ' -Obviously, depreciation is the biggest single cost in car ownership. According; to the American ^ Automobile Association, the motorist who drives his car 10,000 miles a year will spend about $900 on it, in this manner: Depreciation: $442. . " Insurance (fire, theft and $15,000-$30,000 liability pro­ tection): $101. ' Gasoline and oirtat 2.23 cents a mile): $223> . Maintenance: $74. Tires: $51. That's the cost for a family that buys a new car—one^ of the big three lovvest-price full-size makes—and trades it in every two yejirs. Now that's a big bill. Nor does this list of expenses include some hidden costs jof car ownership: financing, parking and garage expenses, toll fees, etc. You really begin to cut the cost of ownership wheq^ a car is two or three years old. A car three years old has the biggest chunk of depreciation squeezed out of it, and the savings are less significant thereafter. \ Buying Used Cars Another money-saver in buying a used car is to pick a make that has medium trade-in value. In buying a new cair, resale value is more important. But if you buy an older car you intend to keep for some time, the initial saving may be more important. Too, the lower the ini­ tial price, the greater your savings on financing the car. Another tip: It's generally more economical ,)^o buy a late-model smaller car than an older big one which will require repairs sooner, and probably costlier repair's. dirt and rock from the top of a 325-foot hill overlooking the Gaillard Cut of the canal. The monu­ mental task of clearing away the rock which, at any moment, could spill right on ships traversing the vital watei-\vay, is expected to take 15 months. Second Highest Point " The trouble arises from, a huge 600-foot crack in a rock ledge over­ hanging the face of Contractor's Hillr which has the second highest elevation of any point along the 50-milb canal route. Gold Hill, its opposite number on the other .side of the canal, is 600 feet high. The level of the Canal is 85 feet above sea level at this point. Although,the board of consult­ ants declared that "immediate steps are necessary" to avert the (Continued on page 17) Written exclusively for THE SEAFARER^ LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Customary risk in a used car is that you "inherit some­ body else's headache." But if you select wisely and in­ spect carefully, it may be no more than the usual automotive headache. It's generally in the 40,000-60,000 mile range that major repairs arise. A car bought in a 'suburban area or small^ town is more likely to be in better condition at the same mileage than one bought in a city. ^ Small And Simple It's all around economy to buy only as small and simple a make and model as you really need. Particularly be­ ware buying a used car with automatic transmission. If the unit needs an overhaul, as it sometimes does after 25,000 miles, the cost may be as much as $200. Even for a new-car buyer, automatic transmission probably adds to servicS and repair costs, especially in later years. Such automatic transmis^ons are generally most useful for city drivers,who continually stop and go. ' You will also find some used cars equipped with over­ drive. This is a fourth'forward speed with a free-wheeling unit which operates at lower revolutions, thus reducing engine wear and saving gas. An overdrive is more useful for teng-distance driving on fairly fiat terrain. But if you don't have such driving condition.s, it would not be worthwhile paying much extra for a car with overdrive. As you see, a car can be a big eater at your table. You need to buy carefully and use it well to keep down that big depreciation cost especially. '^1 i\ �raccEirht SEAFAR'ERS MCS Plans For New Coast Steward Vote f - -Mt 'S'C Keep Draft Board PoRted SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address Hirough the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your wBereabouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Se^arers who fail to com­ ply- • ' "• river, and he has succeeded in helping the shijiowners at the ex­ pense of every man who is sailing in the steward department ... he knows full well that the steward department members are not going to get their retroactive pay because he has sold them out." ' For the present, MCS-AFL remains the only union actually representing any segment of the steward department since "Local 100" is entirely the creature of the West Coast longshore union. MCS-AFL has filed objections to the outcome of the election, which, if upheld, would make it possible for- a new election to be held in three to six ihonths. However, if the objections are not accepted, by the Labor Board, the union could petition for a new vote within a year of the start' of the old one.' TAMPICO —Was it "The Thing" or some prehistoric monster up from the deep? Mexican fishermen were at a loss as to the identity of the 550-pound "sea monster," with long sharp teeth and flippers on its back and belly. > The "monster" was dragged from the sea by the crew of the shrimp boat; Xochitl Elena, 'which docked here recently. The captain of the ship said it was a most rare beast, six feet thick and four feet long. It had flippers on both its back and belly and a half-mbon shaped tail. It took the combined efforts of his six-man crew to land the "mon­ ster," the captain said. Its teeth were long and sharp and its skin so thick harpoons bounced off it sev­ eral times. Whatever it is, none of the crew and no one in the port has been able to identify the-i^imusual sea creature. REMR^M BENEFITS PAID . . , '•eteeteeeoos^ No. Seafarcfs Receiving Benefita thio Period [ 7ff Avcfagc Benefit 8 Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv I. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Beoelits Paid Since May 1; 1952 * i^ernity Benefits Paid.Since AorU 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total * Dute Benefits Bemmn 00 ^3 fcajifcar^ail WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS fimrmwA Vacation CashooHnd ^elfuc Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable* Welfare . US Government Bonds (Welfare) .. .u ' IJ!-'- '• SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS Mexico Tells Of New 'Monster' '^u': fe- CASH BENEFITS SAN FRANCISCO—^Bouncing back from the results of the West Coast steward vote, the MGS-AFL started the machinery moving for a new election after a majority of the steward department men voted for "no-*union." The open shop vote ceeded in selling the steward de­ had been promoted openly by partment down the ' well-known Harry Bridges' "Local 100" which was set up to take over Bridges' dying ally, the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. The National Labor Belations Board vote tally showed 1,285 votes for "neither," 743 votes for the MCS-AFL and only 14 votes for the (Communist - dominated NUMC&S. The number of chal'Ignges and void votes was not sufficient to affect the outcome either way. NUMC&S Suicide Examination of the results shows without a doubt that the NUMC&S following was swung into line to vote "neither." In the process, the NUMC&S committed suicide just one jump ahead of the process server. A string of financial judge­ ments against the Communist~ dominated union and other legal action against its officers prompted the move. The result is that steward de­ partment men on West Coast ships are left without union representa­ tion for the time being, since the shipowners are unable to sign a contract until a union has *been certified by the Labor Board.^ As International Organizer Ed Turner put it, "Bridges has suc­ May n, M54 LOG Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS CQI^WTSi wt'smwm mmiim m ^ The Awards Coiumlttee composed^ of five college professors ^vdll meet on Tuesday, June 22nd, to select the vdnners of the scholarships to be given oiit Cinder the'Seafarers' Welfare Plan for the school year commencing September, d AT SIU HEADQUARTERS 4thAve. t 20th St. • Brooldyn 1954. ' As of this witing, there is a total of 24 applicants for the scholarships, but of iddch 15 were eligible^ Of the 15 eliglbles, only 7 have sat. for the written examination. The refining 8 eligibles were sent applications to take Swop yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Coll—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. the examination on May 22nd, tha last examination date. M /Wl Submitttd OWNED AND OPERATED . by Ih* A1 .Kerr, AssistAut Administrator . • • ailcl, remember lOiis.. b SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATUAITIC AND GUIP DISTRICT A.PX All these are yoiirs without contributing a single nickel on your part —Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get first-rate penional service immediately through your Union's repreMntatives; iwto fff/V'j Jo uiiJ iuerili/i mmiont not/ .'isq icju,';,' ini-' 00Xiba �"l?r Mar S8, MM SEAFARERS LOG Pace mna S lU Barbers Trim 100 Heads A Week Opened for business a year ago next week, the barber shop on the second deck of SIU headquarters in Brooklyn is an­ other Union-sponsored service which has proven to be extremely popular with Sea--^ ^arers. clipped off even before they ven­ If the statistics mean any­ ture out again to greet old ship­ thing, approximately 5,200 heads have been trimmed to the tune of the barber's shearsittnd some 3,200 beards of assorted degrees of shagginess havie received the minis­ trations of the old-fashioned straight-edged razor favored by tonsorial artist^. Above all, however, the conveni­ ence of the barber shop establish­ ment in the Union hall, which is located jpust off the billiard room where noyices with a cue-stick get • trimming of another variety, has been demonstrated over and over again. No Time Lost ' Seafarer-Casanovas ho longer spend valuable time waiting to be groomed by barbers elsewhere around town; the time between job calls—with the hiring hall just hailing distance awajr—can usually be neatly utilized for a stint in the barber chair. Those coming off ships to register favor the plate because they can get their heady growth of jjsiweral weeks or months mates with tales of the latest trip. The only noticeable lack regard­ ing the SIU shop is the customary barber pole. Unwilling to plant one outside the building and make it look like a barber college, the Union bias had to dispense with this decoration because of the loca­ tion of the shop on an upper floor. Air-Condltioned Shop One other unusuaT aspect of the SIU tonsorial parlor is the provi­ sion for air-conditioning during the summer months when.every­ body gets hot around the collar anyway, and even more so when trussed up in a barber chair in the traditional manner. In New York City at least, air-conditioning is rarely seen in the small shops and is a comfort usually found only in the larger establishments located in major hotels and rail teri^inals. When that structure is com­ pleted, the SIU hall in Baltimore will also feature a built-in barber shop to service the Seafarers and branch officials in the port. Seafarer R. Sian wiper, gets a fast shoe shine, while Bernard Friedman, AB, gets his hair clipped in the Union's modern barber shop on the second deck at headquarters. The cruise ship, Yarmouth is shown on her former run to Nova Scotia for the Eastern Steamship Company. The vessel has been sold and will operate under foreign flag out of Miami to the Caribbean. Yarmouth Sold, On Miami Run That orphan of the storm, the liner Yarmouth, which has been sold and unsold a few times in the last few months, has been sold for good this time. The 5,000-ton passenger vessel has been peddled by Eastern Steamship to the McCormick Steamship Corporation of Miami and will enter the:*^ cruise service under the Pana­ from the SIU and was dropped Now it appears the Yarrnqpth is manian, not the Liberian, flag. with the next rumor b«ng that a going to Florida after all this time. Meanwhile, the Yarmouth's sister ship, the Evangeline, is being whipped into shape by SIU shore gangs and will-take on an SIU crew for Eastern Steamship's reg­ ular summer cruise run to Nova Scotia. The company had also planned to transfer the Evangeline to foreign flag but the transfer has been held up by the Maritime Ad­ ministration along witji other ap­ plications as a result of protests by the SIU and other maritime unions. Heading For Florida Present plqns call for the ship to go to Florida about June 1. It would run between Miami and the Caribbean islands of Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba on nine-day cruises as ^ell as shorter runs to Havana and Nassau. In addition the new company, owned by a Canadian-in­ dustrialist, has another vessel scl^eduled for the same service, also under the. Panamanian flag. Previously, the Yarmouth's fu­ ture plans had wavered back and forth fi'om day to day. First the ship was supposed to go under bareboat charter to the P&Q line. Then the company got appifoval to transfer it to the Liberian flag and announced it would run the vessel between Boston and Nova Scotia on its normal run. This plan drew considerable fire Cartoon History Of The SIU West Coast outfit would buy the The ship is scheduled to be turned ship for use on a passenger run over to her new owners some time from San Francisco to Hawaii. today for the trip south. Schedule Change Forces Crew To Call Off Del Sud Picnic NEW ORLEANS—Rerouted unexpectedly to pick up cargo in Houston, the Pel Spd (Mississippi) sailed foreign again this month, as the scheduled crew picnic became a casualty of the developments. The cancelled affair, an participants, plus a regular base­ annual outing sponsored by ball game, dancing and other enter­ the SIU crewmembers of the vessel, with the crew, inembers. oi their families and Seafarers on the beach as guests, was rescheduled for July 3, when the Del Sud re­ turns from her run to South Amer­ ica. Sailed. Early It was originally set for Satur­ day, May 15, in Audubon Park, but the ship sailed for Houston a day earlier. This was the first time the ship has gone coastwise since September 9, lii51. One of the highlights of the SIU social season" in this- port, the Del Sud picnic each year, features plenty of food and drink for all SItJ Pay HUg iVeir High tainment. The ballgame this year was to feature a Seafarers' aggre­ gation against a squad fielded by a local brewery, and the dancing, as usual, paced by Papa Celestin's famed Dixieland jazzband. The change in the sailing sched­ ule which forced postponement of the festivities was a big disappoint­ ment for all hands. News of the shift came on the vessel's arrival here May 13, with the Seafarers set with an estimated outlay of $1,000 from the crew's fund and a series of well-laid plans to really pour it on to make the 1954 picnic the biggest yet. They'll have their chance July 3 on their return here. 1 ''^1 iVo« S4 ^ >1 Ji j#J .'^uL'-,,, r^Vv'K'- Moving-to affect a general pay increase for the mem­ bership, on June 16, 1949, the SIU notified all con­ tracted operators of its desire to open talks on a $7.50 clothing allowance for all ratings. The across-theboard boost headed the Union's agenda on contract Items' and bad the membership's full 8up|>ort, Within hours after they had received the Union tele­ gram asking negotiations on the $7.50 pay hike, 17 major companies had signed agreepients approving the increase. Ten days later, all 50 SlU-contracted opecator.; had okayed the proposal, which was put into effect retroactive to June 17. The boost in take-home pay for all Seafarers brought the wages of average ratings, such as AB, oiler and fireman-watertender. to a new high of $233.51 per month. TJie solid backing of the membership had won the Increase without the necessity of even one bargaining setssic'i with the shipowners. 'il �I \' " SiC ;$:•: vt'^V'- •: " Fare Ten •-::v :v ' ^ . :• •• SEAFARERS LOG May 28, 1954 > PORT ttEPORTS......... should rush to New York to grab Lake Charles: James Dpdson, Warren Whitmer, Son Francisco: a ship, as we still have more than Earl Brittain, Thomas Anderson, enough men on the beach to fill Tony Mastantuno, Samuel Doyle, all available jobs, and some of Herbert E. Grant, Hinrich Wiese them have been around for quite and Joseph Michael. a spell. We had one ship go into Our man of the week is Brother Shipping is still very slow in -the Lloyd Thomas, who has been a Shipping in the Port Pf San •temporary lay-up, the Hilton of From way down In the land of port of Baltimore and I am sure member of the SIU since 1938. He Francisco has been very good for the Bull Line, but we understand frog legs, cane brakes and good fish­ that it will stay that way for the is one of our oldtime bosuns. He the past two-week period and. the she will crew up again in a few ing, we report that things have next several weeks. We are getting has seen the benefits that we have future looks very good. days. been moving along slowly for the a break, though, Saturday, as we gained over the last fifteen years The Marine Cooks and Stew­ Ships Faying Off past few weeks with only a few are crewing up the Albion and the and would not sail with any other ards election, of interest to'many Ships paying off were the Caro­ jobs going out. Catherine both Dry Trans vessels. outfit other than the SIU. He says, brothers who have friends b'elong- lyn, Suzanne, Kathryn, Frances, Calling into this area and each The Albion is going to Greece and "i know of no other organization ing to this organization, was held, Show Me Mariner, Angelina and taking a man or so were the French the Catherine is going to Israel. in the labor movement which has with the result that the MC&S Hilton of ^ull; Steel King of Isth- Creek, Fort Hoskinsj-.Bradford Is­ failed to win the mian; Robin Hood of Seas; North­ land, Winter Hill, Government We do have a couple of tankers done so much for its membership election due* to western Victory of Victory Car­ Camp, Cantigny, Council Grove around here that we hope to crew as far as wages, welfare benefits, the fact that a riers; Bents Fort, Royal Oak, and the Salem Maritime, all of up in a couple of etc., that can remotely compare majority number French Creek, Chiwawa, Bradford Cities Service. A stranger called weeks, but from with the benefits the members of of votes was not Island and Paoli of Cities Service; a definite stand­ In, the Ponce of the SIU derive. cast for either Golden City of Waterman; Law­ point, the outlook Puerto Rico, "I know at the present time that union on the ba>: rence Victory of Mississippi, and doesn't look too which ovdinarily shipping is slow, but I am sure that lot. We cannot the Bull Run of Petrol Tankers. bright. We have runs from Fla. to once the waterfront beefs are predict the fu­ a lot of men on Puerto Rico. squared away, shipping will be Ships signing on were the Steel ture as we do Recorder of Isthmian; Robin Trent the beach, so that One of the broth­ back to normal. At this time I not know what of Seas, and the Show Me Mariner, you fellows can ers on her, Thom­ would like to assure the younger Griffin steps will be Royal Oak, French Creek, Golden readily underas Collins, was members of our organization, that stand that Thomas sick and . had to we have seen times a hundred per­ taken on the outcome of the elec­ City and Northwestern Victory. have an overenter the hospital cent worse than what they are now, tion, so we must adopt the watch In-transit vessels were the Mahabundyice of manpower here. If and with the leadership that we and wait policy. here for a few Durney you can see your way clear to have, they Have nothing to fear." Ships paying off in the port kato Victory of Victory Carriers; days and was the Alcoa Runner and Partner of ship out of some other port, 1 were the Orion Comet and Sea Alcoa; Steel Admiral, Steel Trav­ later transferred to another hospi­ Earl Sheppard would advise you to do just this. Monitor of Orion and the Sea eler, Steel Flyer and Steel Scien­ tal. We hope that he is now fully Baltimore Port Agent Ships paying off here in the last Comet II of Ocean Carriers. recovered and back to work. t t t The Orion Comet of Orion was tist of Isthmian; Alexandra of Car­ two-week period were the BethThe Bull Run of Petrol Tankers tas; Seamar of Calmar; Topa Topa, Savannah: the only ship signing on for the Raphael Semmes, Antinous, Fair- reported in for payoff and the Del coaster and Oremar of Calmar; Steel Worker, Steel Scientist and past two-week period. isle and pe Soto of Waterman; Campo of Mississippi came into Those ships inTtransit included Steel Traveler of Isthmian; Potrero Seatrains Savannah, Texas, New Port Arthur and took four men. the Afoundria, the J. B. Water­ York, Georgia and New Jersey of Hills of Phila Marine; Captain Na­ , In Hospital man, the Andrew Jackson and the thaniel B. Palmer of American Seatrain; Elizabeth of Bull and\he The only brother reported in the Waterways; Fairport of Watemlan; Shipping in the port for the past Fairland, all of Waterman, the Robin Locksley of Seas. hospital was Pete Karras who was Feltore, Marore, Santore, Chilore two weeks has not been too good Pennmar, the Yorkmar and thp on the Winter Hill of Cities Serv­ Claude Simmons and Baltqre of Ore; Carolyn of Bull but we have hopes that it will pick Portmar of Calmar and the Coe ice and was injured while leaving , Asst. Sec.-Treas. Victory of Victory Carriers. and Winter Hill of Cities Service. up in the near future. the port. In the hospital for a few. Oldtimers on the beach are J. Ships signing on were the Steel s. t. No ships -were paid off or signed days, he was able to travel to his Wprker, Steel Scientist, Feltore, on at the port in the past two McDonough, E. Griffin, D. Hutto, Philadelphia: home in Beantown. We wish him R. Davis, J. Smith, H. Hill, E. Fairport, Santore, Winter Hill, weeks. a speedy recovery. Shaffer, W. Brown,' N. Wexler, Chilore, Bethcoaster and Baltore. Those In-transit were the RoAll is quiet on the labor front as P. Hudgins, J. Simons, C. Doroba Jp-transit vessels were the Ines sario of Bull, the far as beefs are concerned but the and F, Wasmer and Kathryn of Bull; Iberville, Alcoa Planter of big issue-of the so-called "right-toIn the Marine Hospital are SalChickasaw, Topa Topa and Antin- Alcoa, .the Steel work bill" is still in the concern of Shipping for the Port of Phila­ vatore Guiffre, O. Gustavsen, J. ous of Waterman; Alcoa Pointer Surveyor of Isth­ Childs, C. Neumaier, Ho Yee Chodf delphia has taken, a "little reverse us all. The bill was introduced in and Alcoa Roamer of Alcoa; Steel mian, Seatrains P. S. Yuzon, F. Fondia, J. Perreira, action in the past week and we the present session of the State King of Ithmian; Sea Nan of Strat­ New York and 1 A. M. Resales, D. O'Rourke, S. Sue find ourselves again on the feast Legislature on May 19. Savannah of Seaford and Robin Hood of Seas. On the local political front the or famine status, only this week it and-Leo j. Kennedy. Port Gets Scare train, the Robin is. famine. Afjer a couple of months chips are down and labor has lined Tom Banning We had quite a scare the other Mowbray of Seas of a shipping boom in which we up behind the people who can help San Francisco Fort Agent day. We received word that there Shipping, the shipped just about all comers, we us. It looks like -a tight race for were a couple of men killed on the Steel Director of Sellers find ourselves with' a beach well some of the- jobs, but we are all Chilore of Ore, I am glad to report Isthmian and the New York: stacked with all ratings. We hope pulling'to get cur people in office. that after checking the ship we Southern States of Southern. Meter Madness this slack is just temporary but at In the Marine hospital are F. found out that they were not our Incidentally, this lovely city has this writing, we have no informa­ men and I do want to express my Paylor, P. Bland, J. Littleton, gone hog wild over pirking meters tion as to when the Arlyn, which W. C. Bedgood, J. B. Sellers, M. sympathy for the two Chileans who is in idle status here, may call a and the good city fathers are stick­ were killed. It seems as though Goins, H. C. Kemp, R. Carrolton, Business Is continuing on the crew. We do kimw that the skipper ing meters up everywhere one they were on a pilot boat when T. D. Adams, C. L. Middleton, she ran into the propeller of the S. N. Hurst, J. Daniels, I. M. Pea­ upgrade in the Port of New York is still aboard which gives us some looks. Pretty soon one will have .to Chilore. I want to express my ap­ cock, A. L. Fricks, J. Bush and and shipping has improved steadily hope that she may call any day go to Texas to find room to park. < Among the oldtimers here are in the last two-week period. Ship­ how. preciation to the crewmembers R. L. Booker. A. A. Hancock, E.' Crowley, Sam Now for a little of the lighter Oldtimers on the beach include ping was better for all three de­ who took up a donation for the Evans, H. J. Dumey, R. A. Law, side. Although the shipping has John Henry Morris, Hoss Beale, partments in the past two weeks. widows of these, two men. The collection amounted to the sum of "Pot Licker" Jones, Arthur Fricks The greatest increase was in group been a little slow the past week, Dale Williams, Harvey Guenther, • one > steward department ratings the local boys are taking their try E, Foreman, P. Brady, B. Tolbert, $216.00 which goes to prove that and Jack Farrow. That's about the picture of the which had been moving very slowly at the hay burners across the. river B. G. Ladd, E. Anderson and M. even though the boys were sl-.ort Ward. at Garden State. for some time. of funds, they went all out in ex­ port for the present. Sure am hungry for some frogs A. S. CarduIlO Jeff Morrison This increase in shipping does pressing their sympathy. legs. Going out tonight to try and Philadelphia Foi-t Agent Savannah Fort Agent not mean, however, that everyone The Baltimore Federation of La­ get some of these elusive creatures bor political action committee, of for the frying pan] which we are a member, has come Leroy Clarke out with a slate headed by Mr. Lake Charles Port Agent Byrd for Governor. They have also endorsed Edward Garmatz, Samuel Friedel, George Fallon and Paul Menk for Congress. There are WILMINGTON. CalM.... .505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLI AM.... lt8>A Syndicate Ave. SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3231 Ernest Tiiley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 many more candidates that they 103 Durham St. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 679 4th Ave.. Bkiyn. PORT COLBORNR Ontario . phone: 5591 have endorsed. There is no ques­ Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO. OnUfrle 872 King St. E. Paul HaU. tion in my mind that when these BOSTON 276 State St. EMplre 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617H. Cormorant St. men are elected they will do every­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 .Wobert Matthews Joe Alglna / Empire 4531 2Ut 4t Mechanic Claude Simmons * - Joe Volplan thing in their power for the benefit GALVESTON VANCOUVER] BC 969 HamUton St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 WiUlam Hail I covered the Marymar, a Cal­ Paclflc 7824 of the maritime industry, which is LAKE CHARLES. La -.1418 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS! ..304 Charlotte St. mar scow, and who would have Phono 6-S744 SUP . Phone 6346 bur primary interest in conjunction Leroy Clarke. Agent 20 Elgin St. thought it, the boys were bragging: 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU.......^..... 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLB. Quebec with their welfare of labor in its MOBILE Phone: 545 Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1734 Phone 9-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 88 St. Davids St. about the way she feeds. More entirety. Don't forget fellows, that NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. PORTLAND ; 633 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 than that, the ship is the cleanest those of you and your friends who Lindiey Williama. AgentMagnolia 6112-8113 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC. ......113 Cote De La Montague Calmar scow I have ever seen, and Quebec Phone: 2-7078 HU;UMOND, CALHT.... '.. 257 5th St.have-not registered to vote, do so NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn t : Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN...... 177 Prlifce William St, even then there were a few minor NB Phone: 8-5332 HYacinth 9-6600 SAN FRANC1SCO:......-,450 Hatriaon St. at your first opportunity. bet.'fs of small Importance... v ....127-129 Bank St. I Douglas 2-8363 We have the following men in NORFOLK ten Rees. Agent The crew was very happy ovw Phone 4-1083 SEATTLE..............,.... 2305 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA....; 337 Market St. the hospital for the last week: Ar­ S. Cardullo, Agent Main 0360 ALPENA 7-163S 133 W. Fletcher the situation and I find this real mando Vargas, John Botelho, SAN FRANCISCO .. ...450Market Harrison St. WILMINGTON ..........80S Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W nice to write about. I hope that in T. Banning. Agent. / Terminal 4-3131 2-5475 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Ralph Palmer, Michael Duco, Marty Brelthoff, West Coast Douglas Representative NEW yoRK......e79 4tb Ave., Brooklyn Phone: Cleveland 7391 the future other crews and other George Pipinos, Linus Twite, Rob­ PUEHTA de TIERRA. PR Pel5y"5T--La I 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE companies give me something STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 ert Scales, Robert L. Lambert, SAVANNAH*®"' SAVANISH .. . .. . 1 Abercorn St. DETROIT ;i038 3rd St. along these lines to write about Canodion District Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: Woodvvard 1-6897 when I cover a ship on a payoff Walton Hudson, William Kunka, SEATTLE 9700 1st Ave MONTREAL. ...-. 531 W. Michigan St. '.m St James St. West DULin'H. Jeff GlUettb. Agent Elliott 4334 Phone:. Melrose 3-4110 OIJ,(aignri)Diri;iM la-JDilW) tn) n. FX<ate»u 8181 tAMTAXBOSnSll N. F?inklln^ Baltimore: Fast, Fainro Shipping Seen Good In Frisco Hall Crews Up Two Vessels Going Foreign Polllles And Parking Meiers Enliven Port Slew ShipiiiBg Seen In Geergla Seapert is^f;.-' . t^'* Shipping Slows Down In Ponnsylvania Port ^ n. All Depls. Benefit In Nq Shipping Snrge \k I Vr sm MAJLt Ray ;^hl?e, .Ass»t': PBons a-iSM! MAUKA^. NA..fCHICAGO Y 3381 Fhousi .St "I? ' »4|^3)^iA.(GoiHaleii »).i I �:..r->-:^:Wr.'---.'?..-'t'!; "M.W V-V-" • -y^- SEAFARERS l««r 28; l»Si . ';• "' LOG ...•M Page Elevea .........PORTREPOBTS ^chilet tonion's Hall Tft Gel Face LMtlag Soon Shipping in the port for the past Oouple of weeko remained fairly good with about 138 men shipped to regular Jobs and 107 'shipped to Various relief Jobs in and around the harbor. We had a total of seven payoffs, five sign-ons, plus sevep ships in 'transit during the two week period. . Ships paying off were the Wild Banger of Watermhn, which laid up dye to lack of cargo, the Cor­ sair, Pilgrim, Cavalier, Patriot, all of Alcoa, the Claiborne and Mon­ arch of the Sea, of Waterman. Signing on were the John C of Dover, Pilgrim and Patriot .of Alcoa, Lafayette of Waterman, and Mary Adams of Bloomfield. In transit were the John Kulukundis, Antinous, Mary Adams, Steel Director, Del Vlento, Steel Flyer, and Iberville. All payoffs,, sign-ons, and intransit jobs were in good shape with only run-pf-the-miU" minor beefs on any of them which were soon settled to the satisfaction of the crews .concerned. Shipping prospects for the com­ ing two we^ look good with the following ships due. to . hit the prfrt either for pa'y.o,f f s or intransit: Warhawk, Chickasaw; Antinous, MTa iden Creek," Ldsalle, Bienville, 'Clai-" borne and Mon­ arch of the Sea, of Waterman, and Banger, Clipper, Polaris, Runner, Puritail,, Pennant and Corsair of Alcoa.^ At this time'.we have only a cou­ ple of brothers in the Marine hos­ pital, H. Longcynski and Willie Reynolds. Be sdre and drop around or write these boys while over that way. A few of the oldtimers cur­ rently on the beach In Mobile now Include R. Merritt, C. L. Norris, A. F. Wright, Sid Ghale, C. H. Fox, E. P. Bailey, A. Haramac, L. C. MOrrow, J. Green, J. Fricarrotta,'A. Higham, W. C. Vandersall and F. Widegren. In the near future the pall will get a face lifting with present plknls calling for a complete paint­ ing of the entire hall and renovat­ ing and touching up where needed. This was proposed at the last meeting and we expect to' get started around the first of the coming week. This is the first time since 1949 and it wiil be a big Improvement. • Allied Unions Busy The Marine Allied Workers various divisions around the port are in pretty " good shape with enough work to keep most of the crafts busy. ThF pilot boats natu­ rally keep busy all the time as even in slow shipping these boyS are on the lookout for incoming ships all the time. The tugboats are doing fairly well with enough shipping in the harbor to keep most of the tugs busy. The ship­ yard workers are finding it spotty with a few ships this week and none the next, but all in all aren't doing too bad. The vacuum gang workers who clean the holds of the dust boats with , gigantic vacuum machines are doing fairly well as Alcoa has a couple nf dust ships coming in each' week." The Alcoa shoregang. and the ship storing gangs normal^ work, a 40-hour weeki and everyone seems to be happy., On the politicid scene' stnannd the election is scheduled for June 1st. These con­ cern the candidates who failed to get a majority over their -op­ ponents in the May 4th primary, and while all our major candidates won with a dear majority in the primary, we are interested in a few of the candidates in the runoff who will be able to help us. All mem­ bers-are urged to get an absentee ballot if they expect to be out of the city during the election. For our Seafarer of the week we nominate Brother John Paul Morris. Brother Morris joined the SID in Norfolk, "Virginia, in 1944, but has shipped out of the Mobile area since 1945 usually in the rat­ ing of deck maintenance or bosun. His last ship was the Alcoa Corsair where he served as bosun's mate. Brother Morris is- married,- no children, and while on the beach usually can be found fishing, his favorite sport. Morris also tried a few months in the shoregangs around the port. "When asked what he thought was the greatest advance made by our Welfare Plan, he said in his opin­ ion the disability plan is tops as it gives oldtimers a feeling of-secur­ ity knowing that thdr Union will look after- them when they are unable to work. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent been raining off and on, flooding New Orleans: many towns along the coast be­ cause of the excessive downpour. A large pond in Peabody, north of Boston, swelled 12 feet and crushed its floodgates, pouring two to six Shipping* has been very good for feet of water over large sections of This port has taken on the as­ pects of a tanker' port in the - last the past two weeks, keeping pace the city. ' James Sheehan' two weeks with a half-dozen tank­ with the last five weeks. In that Boston Fort Agent ers calling here with molasses. time we have shipped six full Cities Service is operating four crews and we expect to ship'three 4 4 4 more crews to Libertys Coming out Galveston: tankers on the molasses run, all of which helped the shipping situ-^ of layup in the next couple of ation considerably. weeks. The Tpgalam of Seatrade paid During this period the Del Valle off, while signing on were the" and Del Sud (Mississippi), the Steel Director (Isthmian), the DeWestern Trader of Western Navi­ gation, Cecil N. Bean of Dry Trans, Shipping in the port has picked Soto, Iberville and Chickasaw Transatlantic of Pacific Waterways up a little in the past two weeks (Waterman), and the- Compass (Compass) paid off here. and Trojan Trader of Trojan. and the future looks promising. Ships in transit were the MadaSigned On Paying off were the Neva West ket and J. B. Waterman of Water­ of Bloomfield and the Republic of The Del Viento, Del Campo and man; Pennmar of Calraar, and the Trafalgar. Del Sud (Mississippi) and the Coe Victory of Victory Carriers. Signing on was the Mary Adams Compass signed on. George L. Hayes is one of the of Bioomfield, which also crewed Ships calling in transit included boys around the hall at this time. up. . the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pennant, George is 30 years Ships in-transit were the South- Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Pilgrim old, married, and em Districts of Southern Steam­ (Alcoa); the Steel Rover, Steel makes his home ship, the Faifisle Surveyor and Steel Flyer (Isth­ in Vancouver, of Waterman, the mian); the Del Viento and Del Sud Washington. He Seacliff of Coral, , (Mississippi); the Fairisle, Alawaii, joined the SIU in the Del Campo Mobilian, Claiborne and Monarch New York in and Del Valle of of the Sea (Waterman); Neva West 1948 and sails in Mississippi, the (Bloomfield); Logans Fort, Council the deck depart­ Mae of Bull Line, Grove, Salem Maritime and Lone ment, preferring the Alexandria of Jack (Cities Service); Seacliff to ship from the Hayes Carras, the Val (Coral) and Edith (Bull). West Coast. Chem of Valen­ Union Battle t it 4" George thinks all the services of­ tine Tankers and Sasseville The State Legislature is now in fered by the SIU through the WHmingfoh: the Seatrains Welfare Plan are splendid, espe­ Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and New session in Baton Rouge and the anticipated battle between the cially the maternity benefits, which Jersey of Seatrain. he had occasion to collect not so Old timers on the beach include would-be union busters and the ; long ago. His "last ship w^as the M. V, Hoy, J. Haynes, A. Manuel, trade union movement is on. As Ragmar Naess and he is itching to J. Rawlins, R. Sasseville, A. had been feared; a bill to outlaw Shipping from the fairest port 'jn get out again soon. Adomaitis, R. James, W. Knapp, the union shop in Louisiana was Jeff Gillette California is definitely on the slow B. Luna, W. Vickers, A. Sandino, introduced under the sugar-coated Seattle Port Agent bell and has been for the past two N. Magash, F. Pedraza, J. Paulette, title of a "right-to-work" law. The phony name given to the weeks with only the hope that B. C. Lynn, F. Fisher, W. R. Dixon, 4 4> bill is deliberately misleading things will improve. and J. Thompson. Boston: Presently in the Marine hospital since it actually gaursntecs no There was only one payoff in the are A. T. Utterbeck, Earl McKen- one's right to work, but instead is past 'two weeks. The Coe "Victory dre, Virgil Bolton, Carl Jackson, aimed at breaking down trade i of "Victory Carriers was a clean J. Markopolo, Robert Brown, C. S. union agreements so anyone lucky ship to pay off with a good crew Dick, J. H. Dudley, .L,_Albritton, enough to get a job will have to on her. The only drawback " was Shipping has not been up to par C. Barboza, F. E. Nelson, J. H. work at slave wages. that we were able to put only seven Seafarers who live in Louisiana the past two weeks, but we are Brandon and J. Snell. new" men on her'. anjd ship out of this port have been, . Keith Alsop The Young America is expected hoping for more action in the com­ cooperating with Galveston Port Agent ing period. in shortly and we , hope we . will other local unions The Queenston Heights of Seahave a few jobs on her. in a letter-writr The best news- we have had in trade paid off and Idgned right on ing campaign to this port for the past few days again, while in-transit vessels were advise their par­ ish legislators of came in with the last issue of-the the Antinous, Raphael Semmes, their opposition SEAFARERS LOG that-had the Topa Topa and De Soto of Water­ Headquarters again wishes to the bill. All list of names for men having un­ man, artd the Robin Locksley and to remind all Seafarers that bona fide labor claimed pay from the Mississippi Robin Sherwood of Seas. The Orion Comet docked in San payments of funds, for what­ organizations in Shipping Company. Several of the ever Union purpose, be made the state have men have been in to find out how Francisco after a seven-month trip Devirgileo to the Far East and the fellows only to authorized A&G repre­ joined together to write for the money. • froni Boston have been returning sentatives and that an official in an organization known as Happy are we to report" thkt home. They are very glad to be Union receipt be gotten at thajt United Labor Organization of there are no men in the hospital at back in Beantown. J. Donovan, time. If no receipt is offered, Louisiana to fight the bill. the present time and we hope this one of the men aboard the Orion be sure to protect yourself by Again, we call upon all members will continue to be' the case for Comet, just reached home when immediately bringing the mat­ to get behind labor in this battle , some time to come. his wife presented him with a baby ter to the attention of the sec­ to preseVve union rights every­ E. B. Tilley boy. retary-treasurer's office. where in the labor movement. This Wilmington Port Agent For the past two 'w^eks it has is important to all of us because it is important to the union move­ ment as a whole. Isthmian Steamship Company has completed moving its opera­ tion to a new site. Isthmian now is located at Public Commodity Warehouse Wharves 7 and 8 bt the Shipping Figures May 5 to May 19 end of Napoleon Aue. The new addition to New Or-, V BEG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL leans' port facilities was completed PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW.SHIPPED in January. It is 1,000 feet long Btiston ..r.... 24 14 19 57 9- ' 3 3 15 and 248 feet wide and Has facilities New York 124 116 93 333 86 66 66 218 for loading and unloading direct Philadelphia . 65 55 44 164 38 . 39 from railroad car or truck to ship 32 109 and from ship to dockside carrier. Baltimore 77' 62 46 185 46 46 , 122 30 Seafarers recently discharged Norfojk r... ... ............ j7 10 36 3 .5 5 13 from the USPHS hospital here and Savannah ...............,y. 15 . 12 12 39 9: " 5; 23 9 expecting to be ready to ship out Tampa 1.. 10 17 > 16 ' 43 5 : 4 14 5 soon include B. Foster, C. Cobb, Mobile 63. ; . 46 52 161 53. 44. 39 136,, S. Piner, Jr., and W. E. Swilley. J. Latapie, R. DevirgileO, W. GllNew Orleans .r.84 77 86 247 85 67 •96 248 bertson, J. Hull, F. Martin, F. 19 66 26 i 28 . Galveston v.... 30 17 26 80 Fields, D. Walker and P. Heulu 16 65 50 30 Seattle ^ 25 ; , 24 31 111 were recently admitted to the hos­ 22 . , 69 33 32 26 pital and are still undergoing Sain Fraincisco ..,y. 19 28, . 91 treatmeht. -•.;.i.6 ' .'V38 •- , 7. " .2 " '6 Wilmington ..JI20 . 12,, 15 iisPBtrn I ji' (.'liliTBi« 03 ttWli t »^»«71 •441 3T4'3* .'^',195'"' Seattle: Top Shipping Expected Te Maintain Even Pace Glly Looks Like Tanker Perl As Molasses Runs Future Shipping Looks Promising In Texas UnclafniMi Wage Lists Good Hows To Crows Orion Comet Hits US After 7-Montb Voyage Sure to Get Dues Heeeipts • -". ... - •• Jl-l' - S-.. .TL r. •i, •••? .'4 I 1 I • ,11 �' K:: p' •• Pare Twelra ji- . SEAFARERS LOG May t8. 1954 fr'::'''' *!-'-• Efflfex;-- P- MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE '.V-' In classical anfl Celtic legend; the Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest were islands in the Western (Atlantic) Ocean. There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in paradise. The belief in the islands long persisted, but eventually dis­ appeared as explorers dared to sail to uncharted parts of the world and overturned the myth. The Canaries and the Madeira Islands were identified as the legendary islands for many centuries. ;•-.< J? • v; •; •'.;.W-. Op-i- • 1^- • ii;";.- . ^• pife'ipr'- "SV :{ main floating on the surface are WALTER MITCHELL, electrician caller flotsam while jetsam refers One of the young oldtlmers of of war to Oran oh one trip before' to goods thrown' overboard which the SIU Is Seafarer Walter Mitchell, sink and remain under water. Question; How much gekr do you who has spent 11 of his 34 years heading back to the States. Ligan designates those goods which Mitchell, however, was off again take with you when you ship? go down with, a vesshl or which with the Union, sailing every ocean and shipping on the Arthur Hoi-' are sunk" in the sea and have • of the worlci and all seven of Its bert, where he ran into some war John Brady, oiler: I don't take seas. buoy or floating object attached to in the Pacific. The ship was run­ them as a mark of ownership or too much gear with me usually, Mitchell had an unusual combat ning alone a couple of days off the because I don't career (during World War II, seeing Philippines, carrying general car­ in that order that they may be need or use too no action whatshevor .while spend­ found again. When found, ligan much. All I need ing two years In service, but get­ go, . munitions and; trj^cka, when a must be returned to the owner, pair of Jap Zeroes bufst through a Is about three ting into plenty of it while sailing while the others must be returned cloud cover and let go.. , sets of work SIU ships during the latter part'of only if the owner makes a proper The only ddmage done was a clothes for the the hostilities. After starting his claim. i 4« 4" three-foot hole in No. 1 hold and runs, which come maritime career In 1937, the Sea­ 4 t i The Levant is the name for the to about 35 farer had his profession temporar­ some battered cargo, with no one The SIB-manned tanker Bent'i eastern' Mediterranean coastlands pounds or one ily Interrupted after four years by suffering a ;icratch as the planes from Egypt to Greece, particularly Fort (Cities Service) got its name suitcase full of tJttcle Sam's call to the Army. He were driven off.' those of Asia Minor and Syria, and from an old mountain trading post Runs Aground clothes. That Is was Inducted In 1941 and spent the is often applied to ships of that in the southwest US, founded by all I need except for oiie change Mitchell has had a rather Inter­ next two years In the Coast Artil­ region, which are called Levan 'William Bent and his ! partners lery in Texas and Massachusetts. esting seafaring life right from the tines to denote their origin. The about 1832. Locabed on. the north of civilian clothes. 4" 4" i However, things really began to beginning. His first maritime job word is derived from the French bank'of the Arkansas River, some Andy Messana, galleyman: I take happen when he was dlcharged was aboard the tug Nancy Moran lever, which literally means rising, seven miles east of prtsent-day La and is applied to mean sunrising Juanita, CoL, Bent's-Fort partici­ along plenty of dress clothes from service In 1943 anci started In 1937, which was engaged In tow­ ing barges to Bermuda. Walt start­ shipping with the SIU. as well, so that Levant refers to pated in both mbuiltain fur trade wherever I go. Although he was out of the ed as a fireman on that first job the place where the sun rises, the and overland commerce to Santa I would say it Is armed forces, there was plenty of and has been in the engine room East or Orient. In the same way Fe. The fpijt outfitted trappers and a little-more than shot and shell for him before the ever since. throughout the Mediterranean traders, sheltered early travelers the average Sea­ flgbtlng was over. region the east wind is sometimes and/wa? a depot for military ex­ farer takes, most His first job aboard an SIU ship called the Levant wind, or Levan­ peditions both before and during of the time. How­ proved even more eventful, when, Aerial Attack ^ ever, it would " < ter, and the west wind the Ponent the Mexican War. Aboard the Simon Willard in on the Lucy C. Lamar In 1943, the depend on the wind. Ponent in this case stems 4" 4" . 4' 1944, part of a 60-shlp American vessel ran agrouqd ,30 miles off runs and where I from a Latin word meaning to set Making the 3,150-mile nW from am headed be­ convoy heading from Chesapeake Barl, Italy. It sat on the rocks for and refers to the place where the Liverpool to New Yoflt in 14 days Bay, Md., to Italy, Mitchell was seven days before being towed Into sun sets, in the West or Occident. and eight hours, the -Britannia was cause I like m go witness to his first aerial bombard­ a nearby port for repairs and head­ out to the different places. You've 4" 4" 4" ' the first Cunard l^iner to operate got to be dressed most of the time. ment. Subject to attack by a group ing back to the States. Hie construction of Greek and in trans-Atlantic service. The ves­ The 34-year-old electrician was of a dozen planes, the Willard was 4i 4 4Homan vessels required two rud­ sel made the trip in July, 1840 . . not in an enviable position. How­ born In Philadelphia, Pa., In 1920, Alonzo Bryant, cook: I don't take ders, one at either end, to main­ Two years earlier, and 20 years ever, though carrying tons of am­ but many of his brothers and sis­ tain a course when the bow or before the launching of that un­ very much geOT with me when I munition as well as^ther cargo. It ters were ,bom In Norfolk, Va., « ship out because stem moved up out of the water. successful ocean-going giant, the I don't think It escaped unscathed, as did Mitchell. second home to the Mitchell family. Later, the Vikings placed the rud­ Great Eastern, another ship desThe convoy was attacked In the Walt has two brothers ' and four Is handy to have der not directly on the stern, but sigiied by the same man, the Great Mediterranean, off Oran, North sisters, all of whom are married. too much gear on the right side towards it. This Western, had made the trip from Looking For House cluttering up the Africa, with two of the ships going change gave the name starboard England to New York in 15 days. down before the German attackers. place. It Is very Most of them live In Norfolk, but (steerboard) to the right side of a She arrived in the US a few hours Inconvenient t o No one was lost, however, vvlth the he has one sister living In Los An­ ship, but by the 14th century the earlier than her rival the Sirius, have to ship it exception of one pilot and plane geles, California. He says he goes stern rudder had largely replaced which had left England four days from one port to which went into the drink. " to visit them every chance'lie gets. the side rudder on sea-going ve^ before she had even started out. Carries Troops another and it Walt Is single now after taking a sels. Today's large liners have rud­ 4" 4" 4i •• takes time If you That was In May, and It wasn't flyer at marriage, but right now ders that are six feet or more in The ancient Vikings, who under­ height and weigh 100 tons. took their explorations with the get off In a strange port. I take long thereafter that the Allies all he's looking for, he says. Is to 4> 4) • aid of only the most primitive half a dozen sets of work clothes. landed at Normandy Reach, France. buy himself a house and live there Later In June of the samie.year the In peace and quiet. 4" 4" 4" Books about the sea frequently maps of the limited area of the Joseph Borone, AB: I carry a lot Willard and Mitchell were engaged His hobbles Include hunting, fish­ world then known to Europeans, refer to flotsam and jetsam, but of gear with me because I don't want in ferrying troops to Southern ing and Far East shipping with the few people other than specialists often carried birds which were to get c a u g h t France backing up the Invasion SIU. Just last year, he says, he in maritime law know what the used to find land when no coast forces. That went on until August spent 45 days hunting deer In the words mean. Flotsam, jetsam and was visible. A bird would be re­ short, especialTy 1944, with Mitchell's only rest pe­ company of four other Seafarers. the even less-familiar ligan ,(oB leased from the deck of a vessel on foreign runs nd on Far riod coming when the ship was The group got their legal limit of lagan) refer generally to goods lost and its flight watched carefully. laid up in Naples, Italy, after the five deer, but, sad to relate, the at sea, as distinguished from The trick was that, if the bird rose Eastern trips. bombing attack in May. biggest deer was brought down by wreck, referring to goods which a high altitti(ie and sighted land Most of my gear At the tall end of the France one Seafarer's wife who came come on shore. Goods ^wbich renaturally would fly towards it. consists of civil­ ian dress clothes run, the Willard brought prisoners along for the shooting. i so 1 Can take In the better places In my free time. Also, you don't have to - subject your clothes to poor cleaning. ACROSS 19. TEN Direction to 5. Kind of metal engine room I . Girl's name Pep 7. Whrt^e Lisbon 8. Kind of duck is 12. Of aircraft 13. Artificial 8.' Member of the language crew 14. Ancient home 9. Ship's officer of Irish kings 15. Kind of wages 10. The Emerald Isle we seek 11. Women soldiers 16. Drug 17. The heart 18. Antidote for poison 20. Symbois 21. Nothing 22. Large city on Honshu 23. Adding up . 26.^. This makes work 30. Exist 31. Kind of thief 33. New 34. Deities 36. Speed Self: pi. 40. Durocher 41. The Gulf 44. Islands, G^f of Bothnia 47. Relying 49. Small bottle BO. Opera by Verdi 51. Born ' 52. Town in Italy 53. Burst forth 54. Great: PI. abbr. 85. It's made by cook DOWN -t. Good kind of landing • M. Yankees S. Got one's'bear­ ing straight 1. e. irteuo i*toi«A3S 22. 23. 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. 32. Troubles 35. Rock back and Leg Joints forth Label 37. Steals: Obs. River: Spanish 39. Channel Heading 41. Stations: Abbr. toward port 42. Voyage Any SIU 43. Impolite member 44. Years of life Ready 45. International Playihir.g Line Boston 3rd 46. Killed basemnn 48. It catches fish (Puzzle Answer On Page 25) 4) 4) 4) Walter Newberg, steward: I take a lot of gear because I don't do aqy washing when I am aboard ship. I usually take about 25 shirts with me on a run, whether It Is coastwise Or foreign. The last time I was on a ship' my gear * • weighed 168 pounds, for a coastwise run. I guess most stewards clJ about the same thing. More than 20,000 Chinese troops crossed the Salween River in west­ ern Hunnan Province at a dozen points, opening China's first offen­ sive In seven years of war President Roosevelt signed the simplified tax bill passed by Con­ gress. The measure extended appli­ cation of the withholding tax to provide for tax collection at the source from all wage and salary earners with Income iip to $5,000. The wartime system is still In effect today. i t ^ President Carlos JStroyo del Rio of Ecuador and all members of his 4) 4) 4) Thomas Ramirez, AB: When I am Cabinet resigned after a revolu­ aboard ship I take some rain gear tionary junta had seized power in Guayaquil, Ecuador's main com­ and some work mercial city on the Pacific coast gear with me, but .. ..John Hawk, secretary-treasurer never any dress of the A&G District, requested clothes. I usually that the Maritime Commission and don't like to stray the WSA allocate ships named for too far from the hero members of the SIU to lines ship for sight­ under .contract, with'the Union. seeing, so I don't peed that type of 4i • • • 4' 4" clothes. My work Hirough Arrangements with the gear consists of Government the A&G District of about two complete ofuidDthes and tobacco to Union brothers who were prisoners of war In German camps. Shipments were made periodically and each brother received 1,000 cigarettes . . . Cas- ' slno, the scene of fierce fighting on the Italian front since January, was evacuated' by the Germans, Berlin announced. The town had virtu­ ally been encircled by twin drives of the British and Polish troops . . . United States-Chinese forces took the main Myltkylna airdrome In Burma as part of the campaign to win back the large southeast Asia area. 4) 4^ 4 More than 1,000 passengers and members of the crew were rescued from the Henry Bergh, a Liberty ship bringing more Navy men back from the Pacific war zones, after she went aground in a heavy fog before dawn on the Farallon Is­ lands, 30 miles west of San Fran­ cisco . . . The Fifth US. Army launched a terrifid assault against the German lines surrounding the Anzlo' beachhead in Italy. Under air and liaval cover the British drove north in the direction of ]geme . while'-Ahierican troops at­ tacked in aoceMdrij^ltHt^ttoilXiVii �May 2§, 1954 SEAFAR^nS 'Long Overdue' SEAFARERS^ LOG May 20, 1054 Pace Tbirteea LOG I VM. XVI, No. II Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic dT Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAtn, HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HatBEPT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNAIID SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANTEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHtni, IRWIN SPIVACX. JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH; Gulf Area Reporter, Bm. MOODY; Staff Assit^pnts, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. IM / 4'hang« Of Climate The subject of the merchant marine's future is not exactly a brand new subject in this corner, but for the first time in a good while it can be reported that the arguments put forth by both labor and management in the maritime industry are beginning to have their effect in Washington, Announcement of a new Government maritime program plus introduction of several bills to put it into effect is revealing of a new climate of opinion in the nation's capital. It's obvious that the current unstable international situa­ tion and the weaknesses showing in the Western world are important factors in that change of heart. It's beginning to be realized in Washington that this countrjr is still in for a long and hard pull before peace, and not just an armed truce, can be established. In that long, hard pull ahea^ It would be the worst kind of folly not to have an active and modern mercjbant. fleet. 'Congress and the administration now are beginning to .realize that it is unsafe under those circum­ stances'to' depend too heavily on the merchant fleets of friendly nations. Of course the new maritime program is a long way from actuality. It is one thing to pass a bill authorizing construc­ tion of 60-ships a year. Tt's another thing to appropriate money for that construction and funds to keep the ships run­ ning actively. The sooner all parties realize that a modern merchant marine costs money, the closer it. Will be to that goal. However, it would be a mistake for the maritime industry to sit back and let Uncle Sam do it all. The industry itself has to ;sliow some inventiveness in planning for the future, and,thk'brings up, the question of the . . . • ' ' " ai $ St. Lawrence Seaway Here is one place where the maritime industry itself has an opportunity to show its stuff. For a long time, the industry on the East Coast fought the Seaway. But as the saying goes, "if you can't lick 'em; join 'em." The Seaway will be built and big ocean-going ships will be going up the St. Lawrence to Great Lakes ports. The question is whether they will be foreign-flag ships or ships bearing the US flag. This whole development promises a tremendous industrial boom in the area. It should be productive of many more cargoes that had been carried by overland routes or that had been' undeveloped like the new ore finds in Canada. Autos, wheat, steel products, bulk ores, and a wide variety of other cargo that used to move by rail will now be able to go all the way by ship. It's up to the industry to plan for the kind Of ships that will be most useful on this route and to develop water-borne trade of this immense inland area. Victory On Shore Leave Welcome news from the Pentagon is the publication of a , brand-new set of rules by the Defense Department dealing I' with the matter of shore leave for merchant seamen in areas under military control. For the first time, the ground rules have been established at the top, and it's up to local area commanders to effect them accordingly. The SIU has long fought the practice of individual local commanders deciding when and how civilian seamen can go ashore frqm their vessels; especially when no military ur­ gency showed itsdf to justify a ban on shoTe leave altogether. The',action in Washington recognizes the evils Of this system, with seamen formerly left to.^the mercy of the local military on this score. Declaring it to be'the policy of the Department that sea­ men shall be allow^ leave to go ashore at all times—except I in instances of extreme, military necessity, officials in the I Pentagon have tairCn a long step forward. Future abu^s of rthe ir,uli»g are now the direct responsibility of rear echelon compjapders wlw. have ;been waging wai^ on seamen- for lack of anythmg).-liette&JtoiidOD ni i o(f\v uofaij oi as Union Boon To Seamen, He Says To the Editor: I am writing these few lines concerning myself and my present status which I would deeply appre­ ciate having p^ted in the LOG. In this manner^ wiil be sure that the people to whom I wish to ex­ press my thanks will be sure to realise my appreciation for all their efforts. I was born in Norway on May 13, 1884, whioh makes me 70 years old. I first went to sea at the age of 14 on Norwegian square riggers, as deck boy, and landed in the United States in 1900. For eight years I shipped on yachts 9nd dredges and in 1908 I joined the Atlantic Seamen's Union. Since that A 17V^-eents-an-hour wage in­ in contracts with two coat and suit time I have sailed on all types of crease package for 15,000 toy manufacturers. The three-year vessels both on manufacturing workers in New agreement covers guaranteed the Great Lakes York City's metropolitan area was weeks of pay in a year, change­ and offshore. In announced by Local -&23 of the over from piece rates to hourly Johnson 1912, when the AFL International Union of Doll pay for one company and time ASU was taken over by the Inter­ and Toy Workers of the US and and one-half for overtime and national Seamen's Union, I became Canada. Contracts signed with the legal holidays. a member of that organization and National Association of Doll Manu­ 4 4 4 remained in good standing until facturers and the Stuffed Toy The United Textile Workers of 1938, at which time I joined the Manufacturers Association run for three, years from July 1 and in­ America, AFL, Local 720 of At­ SIU. clude two wage raises. New wage lanta, Ga., signed a contract with Free and Independent negotiations are scheduled for the Lane Cotton Miil Company At the present time I am receiv­ July 1956. covering 1,400 workers for a threeing Seafarers Peiinanent Disabil­ year period. The improved con­ 4 4- 4ity Benefits from the Seafarers tract calls for an increase of two Welfare Plan, which money to­ Local 32 of the Cafeteria Em­ cents an hour. The UTWA wrest­ gether with my Social Security in­ ployees Union, AFL, announced led bargaining rights from the CIO come leaves me quite free insofar the settlement of a strike by 430 textile Workers after the latter had as finances are concerned. As a workers against 13 Exchange Buf- represented the Lane workers for matter of fact, I know I am receiv­ •fet Corporation restaurants in 13 years. ing more money for my old age Manhattan. The strike, which be­ 4 4 4 than some non-union workers in gan April 1, was settled for a $4 this city for their work. If it were weekly wage increase and other Union - sponsored work slow­ not for the benefits I draw from benefits for the strikers. downs, partial strikes and refusal the Welfare Plan, I most certainly to work overtime were ruled by iSt would not feel very" Independent the NLRB to be unfair labor prac­ After four months of negotia­ tices. The board also said unfair regarding my finances. This brings me to what I think tions, two locals in Atlantic CHy, iabor practices were unauthorized is the most important part of my NJ, won a five percent across-the- extension of rest periods, refusal letter. When I first started sailing board wage increase, retroactive to to work special hours and inducing as a cabin boy on Norwegian ships, May 1, for members employed by employees of another concern not I am not even sure that the word nine swank boardwalk hotels in to perform work for the employer "welfare" was- in the dictionary. the resort city, scene of many un­ involved. The ruling involved the Even when I joined the ASU, if ion conventions. The contract end­ Textile Workers Union, CIO, and someone nientioned it to me I ing February 1, 1956, was ratified its Local 1172, and the Personal would think of sonlbone on the by members of Local 508 Hotel Products Corporation, Chicago, 111. comer looking for a handout for a and Restaurant Employees and 4 4 4 Local 491 Bartenders. meal. Administrator William McComb 4 4 4 I would like to thank the offi­ of the Wage ahd Hour^and Public cials and the membership who Members of Local 125 Interna­ Contracts Division of the Labor worked so hard over the years to tional Union of Electrical Workers Department announced that min­ make this a reality. When I was 60 staged a five-day striko at Scran- imum wages for hosiery workers years old, I thought I would keep ton Battery,. Archbald, Pa.; 'and in Puerto Rico will be 50 cents an on sailing because all I had to look came up with a 24-cent package hour. The new rate replaces the forward to was the Social Security with wage incr,eases up to 21 cents 40 cent minimum and was recom­ benefits in five years. Shortly an hour-and more, including incen­ mended by a special industry com­ after my 65th birthday, however, tive pay, retroactive to February 1. mittee acting under the Fair Labor the SIU established its Permanent A clause covering paid holidays— Standards Act. Disability Plan as part of the Wel­ seven a year—provides-for pay for 4 4- 4 fare Plan, and it'was then, and an employee when layoff conies 4 only then, that I thought of retir­ within 30"^days of any holiday. Secretary of Labor James Miting. Believe me, it is most reassur­ cheli released a job guide ''pre­ 4 4 4 ing to realize that my old age is pared by the US Employment A year ago the AFL United Au­ Service, listing 74 occupations em­ provided for, and when I pass away there will be-no Potter's Field tomobile, Workers lost, by a single ploying large numbers of boys and vote, an NLRB election at the girls under 21, It will be distrib­ for me. In conclusion, I would again Michigan Arrow and Tiny Home uted to all local offices of the pub­ like to- express my thanks and ap­ Division of Michigan Central Air­ lic employment service, to 27,000 preciation to all of those people lines in Flint, Michigan. Recently high schools throughout the coun­ who worked so hard to make the the union made a second try—and try, and national youth and guid­ SIU what it is'today, and I further won by a margin of 2^-1. ance organizations. State employ­ urge each member to make it his 4 4 4 ment service interviewers and job duty to work for still greater unity The first gaaranteetd annual counselors in the high schools will irndi a'sriater SIU. yvamlin the|Wett (Sm gatmeit ,.5ba.'ori young people to locate jobs. LABOR ROUND^OP �f- '»• - '"" /• ^ " •*" *• "* V ''•• •-v:Vi ' - ^ iWe-Tonrteeii"- ' • m SEAFARERS May 2«, 1954 LOG /May 28. 1954 SEAFARERS Pacre Fifteeo LOG #, KVr;>:•• - • , ^4U-S'>*sst.w& ''"'-I *'i"-. •;. .'" r - m > . Hi'. • vr-yii:: , - •' /• "• ••^-'' .i<^' ;-•" ,::^ / •:. •" 3| •lilpEF piipiiilii' - •S'l ^• * "I):-,'•'• f. ri'i :si X-' •' '• - fimM: &iM Massive air-conditioning plant on roof will provide airconditioning throughout the entire building to assure year-round comfort of membership. Designed with a huge expanse of window^ space,/the new hall will also have an all-glass-enclosed recreationisun deck. Worker is checking blueprints. Front end of shipping hall still looks primitive after wrecking work in auditorium of building formerly owned by a local conrununity group. •rr A new h We lor Seafarers in the Port of Balti­ more is in hte making, with every indication now that a moi< i-lbortion of the structure will be com­ pleted ear y in July. - .> ' • " -H First out lOrized by a referendum poll of the membershi;/ as part of the SlU's building pro­ gram, the Ipltimore hall has now gone through several stojies of preliminary construction, with finishing-o^ work on the main section now un­ derway. _ * When completed in its entirety, the four-story building, with a glass-enclosed recreation deck on the roof, will boost all the features of SlU's modern Brooklyn headquarters plus a lot of built-in"extras" to make it one of the finest union halls in the US. '^y I r ..f" •••iv The photos on these pages show the progress of the construction so for on the main building and a new wing being-added to the existing structure. From the back, site of hiring-hall-tb-be is inspected by Seafarers standing in doorway. It will double as meet­ ing hall, with balcony added. Parking lot on right side of building now serves as storage area for building materials and workers' cars. Hiring hall will overlook it. 'I it w '"' "••- t ' I i «?>'•'- • • . 'Vp_ ,;;;r liipilisiteis;. _ , Artist's conception of the hall as it will appear when Interior of one of the several offices to be provided for completed/New wing being added to existing structure various Union services which will be operated in the •*^^f:..^t«^»:^^?p£^j':the'eame•aset•head^arter9.•^••>Wf'^'^.vvA•;?»^•:'r^^^v•^o%v^;.J#Av.M4e•«t^theTight.- "vm �Pasti Sixten SEAFARERS Mir 28. 1954 LOG SEAFARERS The Belgian Line Is now operating from onl* of the world's most modern ship terminals—a mile-long facility in the Port of Antwerp where ten shipjs can be berthed and worked simultaneously. Begun at One of the objectives that ship designers havejset fdr themselves is the end of the war, the terminal was recently completed. The new fa­ reducing Che amount of time a dry cargo vessel spends in port loading cility is on the outskirts of Antwerp about seven miles from the heart and unloading cargo. All parties agree that the only way to ^hiake of the city, making it comparatively free of .traffic congestions. The freighters more efficient and better able to compete with US railroads quay-type berthing area is equipped with thirty-one mUes of track as is to speed up cargo handling. .. well as modem roads, making it easiiy accessible for freight by rail One good way to build up a ship's Along these lines several varieties of automatic hatch covers have •r ^ck. fund a little bit was suggested been designed, and one design has been installed on Marlner-olass ships. aboard the Arlyn (Bull Lines) by Recently a new type, the Gieer hydraulically-operated hatch cover has Army Engineers may be asked to look into the feasibility, of a twenty- Seafarer Pedro J. Erazo. He been installed aboard two MSTS ships and has been ordered for two Navy reefers. If successful, the covers will be found soop'after on pri­ seven foot canal linking the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway and the Hudson River. The canal, once planned as part of the Seaway author­ pointed out that when a ship pays vately-owned vessels. ized under legislation signed recently by President Eisenhower—would off, everybody usually gets some Accordion Fold extend from the St. Lawrence, through the Richelieu River, Lake Cham- small change in their envelope As presently designed, the Greer hatch cover consists of four hinged plain and into the Hudson. It would shorten the distance between Hew along vtrith some of Uncle Sam's sections which can fold back acccordion-like against one end of the bigger bills. Accordingly, if every­ York-City and the Great Lakes by as much as 1,500 miles. body dumped all of the change jnto hatch. Control stations are located on,deck near the hatch. The steps ^ t t in opening the hatch are simple. First, several ring-and-hook latches Fourteen crewmen were rescued by breeches buoy from the Hon- the fund, the incoming crew would which dog the cover down are opened. Then a bar is timned which have a few dollars to start with duran Freighter Omar Babon that went aground on North Caroiina's for the next round trip ,and lifts the hatch cover by means of cams off of a sealing strip along the treacherous outer banks twenty-five miles north of Cape Hatteras, "the wouldn't Jiave to start building up hatch coaming. The operator then turns a lever in the control station graveyard of the Atlantic." Coast Guardsmen reported that all aboard box which sets the hydraulic machinery going and folds up the hatch a fund from scratch again. the freighter were ashore safely less than twelve hours after the 194cover. It is then secured with chains until it has to be closed. Money On Hand foot vessel had been driven aground during a storm. The hydraulic pressure is available at all times as long as the ship's Then if something happened, plant is operating and even afterwards for a few more operations. In ^ ^ X. A two-stroke marine Diesel engine that permits a saving of 6 to 8 such as a crewmember getting sick, the event the hydraulic pressure is not available, the covers can be. percent in fuel oil has been developed by the Burmeister & Wain Com­ there would be money on hand for handled manually. pany of Denmark. The engine can be operated on ordinary bunker oil the emergency. And in any case, Covers of this type eliminate tarpaulins, wedges and other parts of as well as on high-grade fuel and can be built in units that will de­ the ship's fund could be kept going hatch cover assembly. One man can operate the coyer all by his lone­ velop up to 18,000 horsepower, as much as that of most large tankers, from one trip to the next, because some. Knud Kalm, executive vice president of the company, has announced. when a fund runs dry it's hard Cargo Protection In addition, the unit weighs 20 per cent less than otBer plants of the to get it started up again. Another advantage claimed for this type of hatch cover is that the same power* and occupies 20 per cent less space. He proposed that this. step be rapid closing of the hatches made possible better 'protection of cargo taken at a meeting on board the X X t The Maritime 'Administration has announced that there were 1,356 ship and the crew went on record in the event of sudden downpours during loading. Also, the covers could be kept closed when cargo was not actually being worked, such seagoing ships in the active United States merchant fleet on May 1. in favor of the move. as during the longshoremen's lunch hours, reducing the danger of a That was four ships less than were in the active fleet on April 1. Under Good Service common and exceedingly serious shipboard accident—a fall down an construction in American shipyards are nine merchant ships for Gov­ Another Arlyn ^ crewmember, open hatch. ernment account and 20 for private account. Of those being built for. Stanley Fauntleroy, messman, was XXX private account ten were for foreign-flag operation. singled out of a very competent XXX steward's department for a very The 27,000-deadweight-ton tanker Flying-A-Delaware, third in a good job of service to the crew. four-ship construction program of the Tide Water Associated Oil Most people are familiar with the self-inflating life rafts used by the His shipmates went on record to Air Eorce and others for sea rescue work. The -idea of a compact lifeCompany, was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry give him a vote of thanks for his saving device that can be kept jn a small area but is instantly inflatable, Dock Company at Newport News, Va. The same shipyard completed work. has now been adapted to individual use. One manufacturer puts out a sister ship, Flying-A-New York, in March ... A new Dutch freighter Erazo, a member of the SIU since such a device, called "Floto" which can be carried in a man's pocket. built' especially for shallow-water operations made its appearance in New York on her maiden voyage. The 3,906-ton Charis, a diesel- July, 1941, is a native of Puerto All that has ito be done to inflate it is to squeeze it^with the hand. It powered ship, will be used in the West Indies and Venezuelan trades Rico and makes his home in San- then expands into a four-foot tube. If somebody goes overboard, the and will be able to enter small ports that are too shallow for conven­ turce. He joined the Union in the ihanufacturer claims it can be thrown like a ball to the person in Port of Baltimore and is 38 years distress. tional-sized ocean-going ships. of age. It's unlikely that this kind of a device will replace the standard llfeXXX • Fauntleroy, who is 33, haa been ring„.but if it works asplaimed, it could be a valuable safety auxiliary The Tanker, Transpet. which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence nearly three years ago with-1,500,000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene abOard, sailing with the SIU for three for ship's c^ewmembers, and for that matter for passenger ships to has been found by a new echo-sounding device. Transit Tankers and years, starting in the Port of New serve in addition to the liferings and lifejackets carried as standard '' Terminals, Ltd., said a ship using "sea scanar," first demonstrated in York. He's a native of Ma^land equipment. . October, found the Transpet in 120 feet of water 13 mUes off Miscon and makes his home in Baltimore. I J, X X * • • Island. Seafarer Ernest W. X X X The design for the machinery of the first ship to be driven entirely appeared in this Up until now, the nickel-cadmium storage battery has been limited by gas turbines has been completed and its construction is expected corner before for in use largely for the Armed Forces, which has been taking all the pro­ to begin late this year, according to an Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. his excellent serv­ duction, but apparently the new type battery is becoming available for official. Keel laying ceremonies are planned for mid-1955 at the Birken­ ices as s h i p's civilian use on a^ limited scale. When large-scale output of nickelhead, England, yard of Cammell Laird & Co. The tanker will be fitted delegate. T h i s< cadmium devices begins, they will put the old-fashioned lead battery with two 4,150-horsepower gas turbo-altemators to be built by the time it. was his out of business because of their far longer life. Seafarer - ship­ British Thomson-Houston C9. Ten-Year-Life mates on the X l" X For example, nickel-cadmium batteries for cars and trucks have a A five-month tanker reconstruction Job--70ne of the largest ever Cities Service life expectancy of at least ten years compared to the two or three-year undertaken on the West Coast—has just been completed by the Los tanker Winter expectancy that can be gotten out of the best of the lead batteries. Hill who entered Angeles Division of the Todd Shipyards Corporation. Forty-one feet Cor Obviously, there are a lot of shipboard uses for such batteries, and were added to the original length of the T-2 type tanker Ticonderoga, a vote of thanks one outfit, the Dual-Lite Company, has a portable handlight on the mar-which is owned and operated by the Keystone Tankship Corporation for him. They noted that be was doing "a ket for maritime use. The company offers a firm ten-year guarantee on of PhUadelphia. The hull had been nearly severed Just aft of the mid­ ship house last September off the' California coast while she was in­ very good job as' ship's delegate" the product, and claims a life expectancy of 15-20 years for ordinary and regretted that he was leaving use which should be long enough to satisfy anybody. bound from Honolulu. Sealed Unit the ship at Lake Charles, Louisi­ XXX The US now stands seventh in the list of world shipbuilding nations ana, the next stop on the way The battery is a sealed unit which requires no additional water dur­ as a result of .a 25 percent decline in operations in the first quarter south. ing use. It weighs seven ounces and can be charged by ordinary bat­ of 1954. Great Britain continued to lead the world with 505 vessels, Cox, who is 32 years of age, is tery chargers. The manufacturer also claims that the battery is im­ or 4% million tons, on the ways . . , American President Lines got a native of Mississippi. He joined mune to freezing and can be left in sub-zero temperatures without a $255,000 settlement in its suit against the Government dealing with the SIU in New Orleans on March damage. • expenses it had been forced to pay for war brides who had been 24, 1950, and makes his home at Seafarers can expect to hear considerably more about these batteries detained by Immigration officers before being cleared for admission the coastal city of Pass Christian, which will become standard for a wide variety of shipboard and shoreto the US. side uses in a few years. Miss. i Automatic Hatch Covers ACTION l^i '' IIIi f.- / Self-Inflating Life Preserver Nlckel-Cadmlum Batteries ' I Burly TrouHmr Trouble • .'iS By Beruurd Seaman 'v* "' i.'C ' • • " . ^ - ••I-,-';:'? im �May U, 1954 SEAPARERS Page Seventeea LOG "A :> -rt Challenge To Offshof ie Shl|iplng . (Continued from page-5) [It's estimated that C-2s, which Jjower" project means a boom for make up the bulk of US vessels the midwest US and Great Lakes trading with Europe; could jnaneuregion as well as Canada! Original- ver the shallow channel with about ly proposed for joint construction 1,000 tons under a full load. But and operation by both countries, they couldn't travel with any sort the hesitation on the part of the of speed, which could only be in­ US to go ahead with the plans creased' by a proportionate cut in eventually prompted Canada to go cargo. it alone on its side of the water Broad-beamed vessels with a and land areas involved. The bill shallow draft are an obvious need passed will change these plans to under these circumstances, al­ the degree that the whole will be though why the proposed channel managed jointly, but built and couWn't be dredged to 29 or 30 flnartced separately. feet to accommodate most presentOnly obstacle to start of the con­ day vessels is a puzzle. Since the struction is a case pending before dredging has to be done anyway, Ihe US Supreme Court by a group maritime observers argue, why not of Lake Ontario shore property do the type of job which will make owners protesting the power de­ it easy all-around for ships to navi­ velopment plans. Even so, Can­ gate the passage. ada, with several of the accessory At any event, the Seaway is links on the 2,200-mile route al­ bound to provide a much-needed Circled area In white shows danger zone where landslide of Contractor's Hiil could block the Panama ready under construction or com­ shot in the arm for the American Canal for an indefinite period. Government is planning to slice off top of hill to reduce the danger. pleted, and eager to get the work shipbuilding program, if a wellon the rapids section underway, balanced program is undertaken. last week began calling for appli­ The industry is in for hard times cations from engineers for the otherwise. • project. Furthermore, the several special­ Thus, with the Seaway due to be ized types of cargo operations (ore, an accomplished fact by 1960, the grajin, automobiles^) need special­ question for the shipping industry, ized ships. Car-ferries will be able (Continued from page 7) despite its general opposition to to make the trip around to the danger of a rock slide toppling into WASHINGTON—Important new support for the "50-50" the canal, the feeling is that the the project, is how to live with it. East Coast and to a)l parts of the It's estimated the Seaway will world. The railroads and the principle has been offered by Senate majority leader William threat itself is not something im­ handle between 40-50 million tons trucking industry's car-carriers mediate. However, because of the of cargo 'a year, which is equal to handled most of this trade before. Knowland of California, in addition to that voiced by all US importance of the canal to national what the Port of Hampton Roads, maritime unions and shipping ^ ' Passenger Service defense as well as shipping, no one Va. (Norfolk and Newport News)' While the channel being built interests. Senator Knowland since- 1945, only two dry cargo is willing to discount the necessity handled in the pre-Korean year of will not accommodate the SS ships and three passeiTger ships for acting on the threat as soon as 1948, and before the bulK of Mar­ United States or the Cunard indicated a break •with, the ad­ had been built on private order m possible. shall Plan and ECA coal shipments Queens, it will pave the way for ministration on this Issue in a the US, while the contrary was During, the original construction to Europe which inflated the port's through passenger service direct speech at a Maritime Day dinner true in foreign nations. / of the canal, which lasted seven activity began. Cjirreht figures^are from the midwest botj* for vaca­ in Washington when he said that Maritime Unions Support years from 1907 to 1914, its first not available, and data, for the tioners to spots like New York the "50-50" bill of course, has "official opening" in JDctober, 1913, years of the Korean War wouldn't and trans-Atlantic voyagers as well. "our objective should be to carry reflect normal' shipping traffic any­ Small, one-class passenger-tourist 50 percent of the nation's overseas long been supported by the SIU had to be postponed because of in way. and other maritime unions, and a avalance of some two million cubic ships may be in for a windfall here. commerce." Previously all of the opposition The cargo, however, will still be spokesman for the Committee of yards of material into the channeL Moreover, port facilities on the moving on ships, and ships need East Coast won't be standing idle. to a permanent "50-50" law had American Maritime Unions made The first commercial passage seamen. What will likely develop The power being brought into the come from the administration, par­ that clear in testimony before the through the completed canal took is a shift,^ a new emphasis on Great northeast US by the Seaway proj­ ticularly from the State Depart­ Senatb Water Transportation Sub­ place in August, 1914. A total of Lakes ports and seamen in those ect means greater expansion and ment, which stated that the perma­ committee. He pointed out that 240 million cubic yards of dirt earth and rock was excavated from the places. production in that area as well. nent legislation would adversely af­ under the terms of the bill foreign site to build the actual canal. fect relations with foreign coun­ Coastwise Sailing nations receiving US Government These manufacturers, in greater Yet even so, ships starting on volume, will still move, as before, tries. Other Government agencies aid were actually favored since No Interference and administrative spokesmen had they got second preference on the the Lakes will move through the through major Atlantic ports. It is believed that the excavation Seaway and head either for fo^ign All these conclusions and expec­ also chimed in with opposition to handling of such cargoes, behind work on Contractor's Hill can be US-flag ships. ports or south to operate coast­ tations are theorizing, of course. the bill. carried out without any interfer­ Differs With State wise. Similarly, they will move The Seaway will not be an actuality The permanent "50-50" bill, ence with canal traffic. Bids for the from the West Coast through Pan until 1960. They do indicate how­ Knowland took particular issue which has been introduced by work were opened in Washington ama and then head north, eventual­ ever, that the shipping industry is with the State Department's point Senator John Butler of Maryjland, last week. The hill is about a dozen ly arriving on the Lakes. Accord­ being put to a test. Previously of view by declaring that carriage would write into law a practice miles from here, on the Pacific side ingly, seamen will be needed at the prosperous only in times of disas­ of 50 percent of all cargo, commer­ that has been reaffirmed time and of the Isthmus of Panama. Gaillard Lakes end of the line, whatever ter, it can utilize the Seaway de­ cial or otherwise, would in no time again on individual aid pro­ Cut is more familiar by its former port happens to be involved, as velopment to create prosperity in way injure the well-being of for­ grams by successive Congresses. name, Culebra Cut. well as at other ports on the coasts. relatively calm times. There are eign nations. He said that under Passage of the law would eliminate The ships and jobs will be there many possibilities to create trade the proposed law, which deals only the annual battle the US Merchant all the time; just the emphasis on and traffic volume, which in turn with Government cargoes, the US Marine , has to fight every time an ports may be different. means ships with jobs to'fill. Op­ would still be permitting foreign aid bill is introduced. In addition One major element of concern is position of itself can prove noth­ nations to carry the bulk of the na­ to aiding shipping, shipbuilding, the effect of foreign-flag shipping. ing, except that there's no life left tion's foreign commerce. too, would prosper by demands for Because of the relatively shallow in the industry, The Senator pointed out that added tonnage." channel (27 feet), and the likeli­ (Continued from page 6) hood that smaller ships than the bulk of the US merchant fleet, will addition to Bernard Seaman, LOG gain favor for this trade, the lowart editor, will be specialists in wage foreign operators with their their field and are being contacted small tramps presently have the now for the judging sometime edge on working the Seaway ports. next month. Whkt would seem to be needed Exhibit at SIU Haii is a shift to smaller vessels by US • During the week of the judging, operators competing for this trade. all entries will be prominently displayed at SIU headquarters, where Seafarers and the general public will be able to view them. Some of the entries have already had one showcasing at an exhibit Undeip the rules of the SIU, ( Inclusive) of work by New York union mem­ any member " can nominate bers, sponsored by the NY Public himself for meeting bhairman, Library. reading clerk or any other tdUer, SEAFARERS LOO With only a few days remaining post that may be up for elec•reeUyn S2. NSw Y»rfc - 47S FwiHli Av«nu» " for eqtries. Seafarers who wish to tioq. before the membership, Mnd iM th« foHowlngt Alter their handiwork are urged to including committees, such as (•I.iMund velumsi of tht I9S3 LOG 9 $5 ooch. bring them into headquarters per­ the tallying committees, finan­ sonally or send them immediately lb').,.,,.ee«nploio ith of^iMund yoliimoi of tho LOG cial committees, auditing com­ via registered or special delivery for IM7 tJ.roMgU«r ® $2S oocli." , mittees and other groups mail to the Art Editor, SEA­ named by the membership. Enetoiod it • totol of $ •seeeoeeeeeeee* FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Since SIU membership meet­ Brooklyn 32, NY. Entries which NAME • •••e»«eee*e*«eeeeeeeee««e'*e»eete«eoft«4eeoo ing officers are elected at the are for sale should be clearly start of each meeting, those labelled with the selling price. All ADDRESS • •fin • • c'is e • e.e #• • • !» e « • e e e • • • 0,e t e • e e « who wish run for those '•s J. •. : entries should be tagged with tho meeting' offt^s can ,db ^Sb. name as well as the home address of the Seafarer involved. .. '-isl Permanent '50-50' Strongly Plan To Nip Supported By Senate Leader Canal'Slide Art Contest Deadline Near • V : '••1 • • .a I •'si.'I ' J NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF THE Throw fit For A Meeting Job Seafarers Log 1947-1953 $25 •C52KJ-: . . •5 • -.J 'I .V 'yz-y]. ^ 4' 'I mi •i 1 |; = : "01 -3 'M! �rase ElfhteM IV r,-,; v SEAT A HERS ^v;-. , LOG Bbr 9S* 19M/ " • Shipboard And Shoreside Fun With Seafarer Crews That . absolutely , pure water would be injurious to the human body and that a fish would Im­ mediately "drown" in it? All drink­ ing water contains mineral ele­ ments and it is impossible to pre­ pare any substance'of such chemi­ cal purity that it is completely free of all foreign matter. Pure water has neither taste nor odor. The tafete of drihking water is due to mineral elements and other sub­ stances in it. liV 1' ^ Jlv 1 -•.• |v>V-'' M i >. '•. r ^.V- ... Pete Gk>nzalez gets clipped aboard Wacosta by Diaz, bosim, doubling as ship's barber. Frisky young passenger mounts the guard rail leading to life­ boat as she's ready lor fun. Oilers A. Kunnapas, left, and L. Saar take a' blow in their loc'sle after a hard day's work. fe'liv-r- That under the rules of theTSIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other elective post iucluding committee membership. Since SIU membership meeting officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeUng officers can do so. 4" t quently «ccur toward th# undi of hot summer days. On such 'days milk is also likely to sour. Thisi so far as experiments show, is thd only connection between the storm and the souring of milk. t t t i t • That there Is 1,679,619 to 1 chance against your throwing i double 6'B when yoU are shooting dice? It's a good thing to remem< ber the next time yoii ,jnake a throw of this kind. That the last examination 'date , for SIU scholarship benefits for the year 1954 was May 22, 1954? After that a committee of educa-" tors will select the winners of the $1,500 annual awards. r" 4 4 4> ^ That the word lonshoreman is a corruption of along - shore - man? Stevedores (from Spanish est vador, "packer") wore called alongshore-men because they were employed about the wharves of seaports to load and unload vessels. That a dying person who sud­ denly dies while standing, whether from bullets, heart failure or other cause, almost invariably falls for­ 4^4 ,4 ward? The force of a bullet even That a poker hand consisting of when fired from the front, is not as a rule sufficient to overcome a pair of acek (some say jacks) and the natural tendency of a dying a pair of eights is known as a deadman's hand? The expression comes person to fall forward. from a report that James iPutler 4" ' 4" 4" That according to scientists, the Hickock (Wild Bill) held such a popular belief that milk is soured hand at the time he wa; shot to by thunderstorms has no founda­ death during a card gajnc in Dead. tion in fact? Thunderstorms fre-. wood, SD. • LOG-A-RHYTHM: Members of two SIU crews relax at USS Club" in Yokohama. They are, left to right, R. Corns, C. Beach, F. Wasmer and friend, R. Webb and ir. Burton. Seafarers Pablo and Harry pose with J. Reed and his children aboard Wacosta on way to Kobe, Japan. All photos were taken by Luis Ramirez. • ^ Sea farer Records Conversation After Too Many Nights Ashore Listen, Merchant Seaman V , • By Rut}} E. Sarnberg ' , Tarry here oh hearty seaman Tis a place nigh good nor bad Many men sit here together Some so glad and some so sad. Stop, let's pick a bunch of flowers. Daisies by the millions grow. It will help th speed the hour, • Came on, stranger, come—let's go,- List'n to, yon strains of music . Played by men of other lands. Were they ever once your favoriteZ Does it give a lifting hand? L&t us sit and wait for shovder, ' Watch the birds that homeward fW, Let's not' lose the sun's last hour. Another day we'll keep for cry. Writing to the LOG, Seafarer Spider Korolia repofts that an old seaman,, after spending Push that little drink a' from you m'any years at sea, feels ill at ease when on the land for an extended period. He even hears T'will not bring you peace of mind, Come, let's walk the land together, the sea in his ears at night, Spider claims, and he is often subject to hallucinations when too Maybe there contentment find. long confined to land. ^ — at night before getting into bed?" "I give up," he said, "It can't be Look up yonder, squirrels in tree. course, Spider doesn't believe Seem so happy cause they're free. the doctor asked, worried. done." this could ever happen to him They have neither care nor worry. "Oh, yeah, listen to this: Today, "Take my feet off the floor," I for olie moment, but '^he sends said, npt caught napping. tomorrow, day after tomorrow, Why can't we that happy be? along some notes of a recent con­ "What do you thing about this yesterday and the day before Hark ye, listen, children's laughter, versation .he had with a USPHS hot weather?" he asked, trying to yesterday." Sfiundirig up the street ahead, "Move over," the doctor sSid, "1 Think ye not that .they are happy? psychiatrist after a long bout with catch me off guard. They would jieper laugh if dead. shoreside duty. That which fol­ "Aw, doc, that's nothing. I been need this more than you do." in the Persian Gulf when It was so lows, he says, with a wink, is a hot the crew was afraid to talk to "true account" of his dialogue one Beavers On Western Trader another.", with the head shrinker: "How come?" "Upon my arrival at. the doctor's "Because eveiy time you opened office, I saw he had several couched your mouth, sparks came out and we were afraid we'd blow up the so there would whole ship." , be no waiting for his patients. He m Cats And Dogs asked me what "What do you think about this brought me there, | rain we've been having - for the and I said I had past two weeks? It's been raining been nervous for cats and dogs." he said. , '. the past six "That's nothing, Doc," I said, months. He I've been in Chicago when it was replied that I hailing taxi cabs." had come to the right place, and "All right, Mr. Korolia," he said, right then I wondered who was just how fast can you run and going to help whom. how much do you weigh?'' "About 60 seconds to the minute Series Of Questions abd 16 ounces to the pound," I "Do you drink whiskey?" thf said, stunning him. Switching doctor asked, the first of a battery tactics, I started to ask him one of questions he fired at me. question^ which he is still mulling "Not-'much," I said, "about three over." ' quarts a day." "Doc," l_ said, "let me ask you "Do you smoke and how much just one question." coffee do you drink daily?" lie "Shoot," asked. Spt^rting beards aboard the Western Trader on a recent run to the "Name five days of, tbe weeks ' "About four packs and 25 cups not. counting Monday, .Tuesday, Far E#st are Edward Mastrianii fireman, left and "Moon" Mullins, a day," I said. ' " * Wednej(i^, Mavsypgi:owiM,(^wm.en wtjTft snapp^.ioi a.u., "ty^hat is the last ?9JWi;(lWiMi;§unday.'' ^ bbealfeby fWpmatftDaul QOdey* ,s. There's yo'ur ship that sails at sunset, . And the captain,, see him wave? Come on seaman, climb that gang­ plank. Come on son, don't miss this day. Sopii the night t'tuill be upon ye. As the sun shuts down its rays. How I'd like to travel with you, ' We've had such a pleasant day. Go sail the seas, oh Merchant.' Seaman, And the oceans far and wide, I'll be waiting for y&u sweetheart. And I'll see you bye and "bye. ' Pick Vp Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sura to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain ot the -purser when they pay off "at. the end of a voyage. The card should tie picked uj) by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another, voyage vyhere .the. "shots'* are required. The . inoculation card is your onljy proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. , Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find , that they are required to take . all ^e. "shpts" again when they want to sign on for anotber . such voyage. �•^/'-•vaqwuiwic / Blay 28. 1954 •••- • y-,' SEAFA.RERS Pare Ninetcea LOG ^Benevolent Benny' Is Anything But To Andrew Jackson Crewmen When Seafarer Milburne (Red) Darley paid off in the port of New York recently, he writes By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor The new Lelea M3 represents without doubt one of the most im­ to the LOG, it brought back menibries of his last payoff in the nation's largest city. -That was portant advances in the 35mm field in many years. The M3 is a com­ in 1949, he says, when he was much younger and not as wise in the ways of the world. Back in 1949, Darley relates, > j-"— pletely new camera and bears iittie resemblance to other Lelca models. The most important feature' is the unique combined rangefinder-view- he was a crewmember aboard line of chatter with the fact that pick up the gear at his store any­ iinder optical system. This is the first Leica to combine viewer and the Andrew Jackson when a he sold the best gear in the world time that day and not have to pay rangefinder in a single window. When looking through the combined waterfront merchant, named at the lowest prices and he catered until the payoff the next day. No range and viewfinder of most 35mth cameras, the field of view is framed Benny, came aboard the ship exclusively to seamen. He was even one bit at the offer, so h^ seem­ by the area seen in the entire viewfinder. The image size is usually soliciting business. He opened his willing, he said, for the men to ingly dropped the subject. How­ quite small. Not so in the Leica M3. Instead you see an almost lifer ever, he offerecPto drop the boys sized image. Projected onto the field of view are bright white frames off anywhere they wanted to go, which outline negative areas for different lenses. Separate frames are since he had his car parked at the end of the dock. provided for the 50, 90 and 135mm lenses. As each lens is installed in Several of the crew accepted his the camera, the frame for that particular focal length appears. • generous offer. During the course Speeds To 1/1000 of the day and evening, this little The focal plane shutter incorporates speeds from one second to group made several Brooklyn tav­ 1/1000 and bulb. These are set by a dial atop the camera. The dial does erns. The amiabl^ not revolve as on other models of the Leica. Speeds can be set before merchant always or after winding the shutter. There's a delayed action release on the sprang when his front of th^ M3. Film is wound by means of a short lever located at turn came. Just the top right of the camera. Two rapid throws advance the film and by coincidence, wind the shutter. The lever folds flat against the camera body when Darley recalls, not in use. The frame counter is located in a small window at the top the merrymakers right of the camera. It is spt automatically when the camera is loaded. wound up at the Unlike any other Leica the M3 has a hinged back~ plate. This can be business estab^ swung upwards after the base plate is removed, so that the film may lishment of their mmbe inspected during loading and the camera cleaned when necessary. Samaritan-guide. Darley A new pressure plate and film channel guides assure flat positioning Benny broke out of film without scratching. some liquid merchandise, and after The Leica M3 lens mount is not of the screw type as are all other the boys had reached their satura­ interchangeable Leitz lenses. Instead it has a bayonet. To remove a tion point he began to display his lens, you depress a small button to the side of the lens. The lens can wares. This time they bit. then be removed, after rotating the lens less than a quarter turn. Greece Victory crewmembers take time out from labors for a bit Sad Sacks Aboard of relaxation in the crew mess. Trip above engaged in a game of Two Flash Outlets There were some sad sacks on cribbage are, left to right, George Johnson, Jack Arshon and HoThere arr two flash outlets oh the back of the Leica M3 which hold the ship the following morning, flash connecting cords under spring tension. To avoid confusion often ,ratio Da Silva. Ship was in Pusan, Korea. Photo by Gilbert Parker. Darley says, when some of the caused by letters M; X or F this Leica is marked in symbols. The crew started trying on the new electronic flash contact has a streak of lightning and the contact for wardrobes they had bought. The LOG-A'RHYTHM: flashbqlbs has a bulb engraved nearby. moaning was heard from one end The M3 is a bit larger and heavier than the lllF. The standard lens of Bush Terminal to the other. for the new Leica M3 is the 50mm f-2 Summicron, recently introduced They had clothing of all descrip­ for the Leica lllF. The 35mra f-3.5 Summaron, 50mm Summicron, tion and styles mostly itoo large or 90mm f-4 Elmar and the 135mm f-4.5 Hektor all have the same outside too small, however. By Tony Parker Crowning Blow lens mount diameter and take the same screw in accessories. All lenses are supplied with click stops. None of the lenses revolve in their mounts The quality of the garments was of a type highly respected by man­ while being focused. The 90mm Elmar f-4 lens is in a collapsible Why do some folks say They don't remember back in 1941 ufacturers—of cheese. The colors mount. When collapsed it can be carried in the camera case. We seamen are just scum When the US was at war and composition would have put Owners of earlier model Leicas will be able to have their screw-type Who hang around bars A war that must be icon SalvadorDali to shame. The lenses fitted in new bayonet mounts, but charges for this service have And are always on the bum? They don't remember how crowning blow came when Benny not yet been established. The new Leica M3 is a great step forward. We gave our lives so free showed up at the payoff with a big It's the de luxe member of the Leica family and does not replace the They say we aren't human So they could live secure fat bill all properly signed by his present models which will remain in productiorf. But the M3 will cer­ Just a tool that's up for. hire In our land of liberty. customers. He had a couple of tainly become an important instrument in the hands of the advanced And all the livin' seamen tough-looking friends aiong who amateur and professional photographer. Should be proasted in Hell's fire. They forget about the ships made A1 Capone look like a boy ^^ ^^^^^ That make a sailor's grave scout. The boys paid off to They forget about the price "Benevolent Benny," which name That he for victory paid. the crew stuck him with to this day. Needless to say, those who don't remember now came off second best on the deal ' A not unusual request in this day of pampered living comes from aboard the Show Me They That the battle's fought and. won were kidded unmercifully by the Mariner, Bull, according to a report in the ship's minutes of April 24, 1954, as recorded by How some old gray-haired mother other crewmembers. Seafarer John Stanko,.secretary of the meeting: Lost her only son. Darley claims to know much and Stanko only reports the re­ rue more of the incident, he says, quest, he is quick to add, and figure out, if the request is granted, tor§ are not feasible for the health And they can't hear the prayer because he was one of the Jackson is not father of the thought. whether it shall be a fixed or mov­ of the men. What's more the cqok To God she says each night boys who got stuck. However, says It was authored by an ordinary able ladder. And then there are might ask for pre-cooked meals For Him to bless all seamen he, all was not a total loss as he seaman, who, it seems, is slightly other ramifications of the request, and the carpenter for prefabricated And give'them guiding light sold the overcoat to a circus clown dissatisfied with accommodations some of which cannot even be forer jobs. Then where would initiative To let the seas be calm in Philadelphia. After the suit aboard the super freighter, the told. ^ To let the winds be fair stopped shrinking he gave the coat be? fastest in modern design for mod­ to a midget friend and turned the The OS might conceivably argue All those arguments notwith­ And safely them return ern ship life. trousers into a bathing suit. • that such a ladder is necessary be­ standing, the OS still wants to To someone who does care. What the OS Wants is a ladder cause eveiy time he mounts the know whether he's going to get his so he can get' into his upper bunk lower bunk he ladder, because he's got an awful easily, biit the request is not so sticks his foot in crick in his back from^ climbing up simple as° it seems. There is the a shipmate's and down without one. question for company filberts to' mouth when the bunk is occupied, (1) A man left Baltimore at 10 AM and drove a total of 374 miles, whether or not with a 30-minute stopover in between for lunch. He arrived at his the man is under destination just in time for a 7 PM appointment the same day. What protective cover­ was his average speed? ing. It is laugh­ (2) After New York City, which ranks first, which US cities rank 2nd, Seafarers with beefs regard­ ingly referred to 3rd, 4th and 5th in terms of population? In what order? ing slow. payment of monies on ship as a hoof(3) The Shetland Islands, famous for their ponies, are located off the Stanko due from various operators in and mouth de­ coast of: (a) Argentina, (b) Morocco, (c) Scotland, (d) Australia. back wages and disputed oveS vice. Once, it is rumored, he stuck (4) What weight division would an English boxer weighing 10 stone . time should first check wheth­ his, foot on his roommate's den­ be eligible for: (a) flyweight, (b) welterweight, (c) middleweight, (d) er they have a proper mailing tures even when t le man wasn't in heavyweight? address on file with the comthe room, modern dentistry being (5) Does macerate mean.: (a) cut, (b) pray, (c) honor, (d) soften. . pany. SIU headquarters offi­ (6) The highest mountain in North America is: (a) Mount Whitney, cials point out that report*^ what it is. (b) Modnt McKinley, (c) Mount Rainier, (d) Pike's Peak. However, the ladder problem received from several opera­ (7) Which were the only two states to go Republican in the 1936 brings out others, the, company tors show checks have been might argiie convincingly. Suppose Presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred M. mailed to one address while Landon? the bosun vyants ah escalator rath­ a beef on the same score is (8) The sum of two numbers is 180. When the larger of the two er than the bosun's chair to take sent from another, thus creat­ him aloft in the rigging?. It would numbers is divided by the smaller one, the result is 9. What are the ing much difficulty in. keeping numbers? / ruin the dignity of the vessel, and accounts straight. Seafarers tend to make the bosun soft. What's (9) In what two consecutive months will the 15th of the month' come are urged to use one perma­ more, thcj' say, once an escalator out on the same day of the week three years out of every four? nent address for mail so that goes up,, what Is to prevent it fi-om His own bulldozer, "Buckshot" (10) Who is the writer who is said to have acutally written Shake­ claims can be checked speedi­ speare's plays? Was lb (a) Thomas Carlyle, (b) Francis Bacon, (c) Dan­ going down between' decks and Alverson takes a breather ly and payment made right • cJiminatingHail' < gatigways?- ^ Notlu-' • ^wbile • -working- - on - a pipeline - iel Defoe, (d) Alexander Pope^? .*away. ihg, aitd:ukhii ieal^'lg thlit CsCala^ fob^irdtihd 'htt fcackykrd.'r •'•"'•'•'.iiilW* Aiiswiets bn'Pige fisy • V:"'V : Cribbage In The Crew Messhali 'i How Can They Forget Us ? Quiz Corner Use Only One Mail Address I t•,1:.°' • Takes A Breather - �[v-^f*^-;* •'•i- f-^.i Pace Ttrenty SEAFARERS LOG Warhawk Has Own Private Waris With Sea, Ships And Weather :i?^r- By Spike Marlin One of the things that gets peo­ excitement If the Yankees don't ple excited about any sport is the win the pennant this year. It unexpected—the upset of the form would be baseball's biggest shot chart. While the horses charts are in the arm since Babe Ruth. followed with greater fervor than Beraember Bobo? any other, all sports^ have their Fornv is one thing when you got iprm charts. In baseball, its the it down on p9per,,and its another batting, fielding and pitching av­ when the actuab performanc*. erages over previous years, in box­ comes up. The form said that Bobo ing a fighter's won and lost record Holloman had.no business in the and who he has stacked up against' major leagues (which he didn't) yet apd so on. he threw a no hitter against Phila­ In theory, after following, the delphia a yeto ago May 6 He charts, you are supposed to know wound up with three wins on the what will happen. But people be­ season against seven losses and a ing as pSkverse as they are, stub­ one-way ticket back to the bushes. bornly refuse to stay put whether On the other hand, form may they are the athletes or spectators dictate that Robin Roberts is the —or for that matter, the horses. best pitcher around, yet on any Look For The Upset given afternoon he could be treated If everything ran .according to like a batting practice pitcher. form, very few customers would When a really big form upset ever show at a sporting event. takes place, people talk about it When they go to see Notre Dame for years, like Tunney's win over play they get a lot piore excited Dempsey; Bobby Thompson's pen­ if they lose than if they win. If nant - winning home - run over Ezzard Charles knocks out Hocky Brooklyn in 1951, or Gallahadion Marciano everybody will be buzz­ winning the Kentucky Derby. It's ing about it for days, but if Mar­ Just that people enjoy seeing tha ciano does the expected, then it top dog knocked down because will hardly attract more than a they share personally in the vic­ loud yawn. And Just consider the tory over a superior being. When it comes to hard-luck ships, writes Cecil Stridcland, there is nothing in the annals of the SIU to match the Warhawk, a Waterman scow plying the trade routes to Eu­ rope. However, he writes, it was no, cut-andrdried trip the Warhawk made , the last time across the big ,.pond. There* were enough unusual inci­ The Warhawk had plenty of luck, and extending-across the Atlantic dents to fill a book, log book Strickland is quick to note, but it and back again. It all began in was all bad, starting in the States Norfolk, "Va., he relates, when a that is. generator went out on the ship and much time was lost before it was repaired and returned to action. The hard luck took on -a tragic note in Cherbourg, France, when a There may be many things to delight the eyes and hearts stevedore, helping to unload the of seamen in the Canal Zone, the last minutes of the ship's vessel, was felled by a pontoon, meeting reported aboard the Portmar, but none so enticing suffering fatal injuries. It really put a damper on the trip, Strick­ nor intriguing, no doubt, as"* as this diaring young man land .says, butjnen kept a wary eye that which kept one of the fashion in the drihk. on the future. crewmembers ashore for five The drink, in this instance, was minutes too long on the vessel's no form of hard liquor, but the Kama British Ship last trip through the canal. briny deep itself, ot what passesl Things cj^e to a rather unpretty No names are mentioned in the for it within the guarded locks of pass in the harbor outside Antwerp, minutes, nor are the pleasures the Panama Canal. The sailor in Belgium, the correspondent re­ classified, but the cynosure of all question, seeing the Portmar leav- ports, when the Warhawk came eyes aboard the ship is one Sea­ ing'more and more open water be­ into pretty close relations with the farer who tried to make the ship tween the^wo of them with each British. While the vessel was mak­ the hard way after missing it at the turn of the screw,- took the only ing its way ^abput in the harbor, dock. It seems as if this intrepid step he could to master the situa­ suddenly, another ship, the St. seaman over extended his leave tion. Casting away all doubts and Thomas, a British passenger ship, one day in the Canal Zone, mis­ feain, the intrepid adventurer came into sight off the port bow. calculating the time it would take leaped into the waters of the canal Before any orders could be car­ him to get back to the ship from and made rapid headway for the ried out to prevent a crash, the two whatever was occupying him at the ship by dint of Australian crawl. ships met in- an ear-splitting coltime. Seamen, of course, have There was no report as to his fate •lision, rending the bow of the missed ships before, but none but presumably the ship heartless­ BriCsh liner. A long gash was put in the side of the English ship, caught up to his in so dramatic a ly pulled away without him. while the Warhawk, feeling its oats, suffered relatively^ little dam­ age except to the frayed nerves of the crew. That wasn't the end of the illluck on the trip however,^lthough Strickland notes that from there on in things seemed like a breeze after what the ship and the crew had been through. The next stop on the- tough luck list" was again in the harbor of Antwerp, wlmre the ship hit" such rough weather that the beams screeched with each thrust from the waves and old sailors thought they lost their sea legs for a while. Sick Man. Sick Ship About half-way across the ocean one of the men got sick and the vessel was detoured from its ap­ pointed path and had to head for Not exactly spot news is this picture which shows Korean kids the Azores. On the way there, the aboard the Schuyler Otis island for a Christmas party last year's ship, not to be outdone by one of end. Despite the timing, rumor has it^that they had a good time Some of the homesteaders aboard the Trojan Seaman take a little its crew, threw a tantrum and time off for night lunch in Split, Yugoslavia. They are, left to right, anyway. Shown with them are, left to' right. Bob Oriole, Captain sprung a leak in one of its boilers. H. R. Anderson and Stanley Barras. Photo by Jimmy Junes. G. Schmidt, N. Carver,, j. Ferriera and G. Campbell. More time was spent in fixing the defective boiler and once that was (^one, the ship shoved off-on the final leg of its voyage, with the men secure in the knowledge that not much more could happen to The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, them than had. already happened bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known on that "single-voyage. cooking-and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Jose Pacheco's recipe for steak casserole. ^ ^Reaches' Ship By Drink . •<. May M. ItM Koreans Swarm Aboard The Bland Night Lunch in Yugoslavia fK'' tffj';' ANINGS |i:; OWftADING JJOG Welcomes Stories^ Pies Booiam AVAILABLE/ THP UNICN NOVj HASA\^ILAB/.E BOOKLETS WITH QOBS{laMSAM> ANSWERS f&i? SeAfARERS, EEEKitH&TO Cf^RACEniEMSeivESCWTHE The sauce, is the thing. We have Jose's word on it. Whether it's spaghetti and meat balls or the gravy for a roast, many, With the LOG now contain­ a meal hinges on the proper preparation of the all important ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ sauce. tions, there is plenty of room To make * steak casserole, making sure that all grease has for stories, photos and letters the meat is no problem. been removed. Equal parts of to­ sent in by the Seafarers. Cooked steak or a left-over roast mato paste and tomato puree are Several pages" of each^ issue of beef cut into quarter inch cubes added to the stock and the mixture are devoted to the experiences will do. With the proper treatment seasoned with finely chopped gar­ of Seafarers and the ships they these" meatsJ'from the day before" lic aikl salt and pepper. sail as they describe them can be fashioned ifito a tasty dish themselves. . Now you are 4:eady to cook. Take with a considerably , different kind If you run across anything. of flavor. AH that's needed to make a well buttered saucepan that may , of interest on your voyages,, or be fitted with a lid and add in the dish are onions, green peppers, alternate layers the sauce and the -Just want to let your friends chicken or beef stock, tonuto beef. know how you're gettinjg along, paste, tomato puree and garlic. drop a few lines'tb the LOG. The dish is then tightly covered Ciit several Don't worry too much about and allowed to cook slowly for large onions into Uterary style. We'll patch It about three quarters of an hour. regular rings and up if It needs patching. And Keep prying eyes from the pot, for slice your pep­ of course, photos illustrating the cover must be kept tightly on pers lengthwise the incldehts you. describe so that none of the flavor escapes. into about six make them more Interesting., slices, combining The slow cooking allows the for the readers. flavor of the- sauce to penetrate them botb with Send your stuff to the LOG the pre-cooked cubes of-beef and squares, of the at 475 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ makes for a truly delicious dish. tender hdarts of lyn, TfY, If you want any­ celery. The dish is useful as a second Faoheco thing returned after we use it, These faiih'edichoice on a main course or as -a well do that too. ents are added to a stock or light change from the standard pot. root gravy of chicken-, or beef, first or beef stew. �- J--— iMay 2S. 19^4 ||-r SEATARERS Thanhs Union For Aiding Her To the Editor: . .1 should like,, through the LOG, to express my great thanks and appfeciation to the Union for the assistance given me on the death of my brother, Daniel Kelleher, late member of the SIU who died suddenly, away from home, in Philadelphia. I don't know what I would have done without the advice, assistance and wonderful co. operation of Jim Sheehan, Boston Ijort agent, A. S. V, Cardullo. Phila­ delphia port agent, the Wel­ fare Services Department and Kelleher the bo y s who acted as pallbearers for the funeral. Also many thanks for the beautiful floral tribute sent by the boys. Everything, from mlHiing re­ servations for my hotel room in Philadelphia to arrangements of the funeral itself, was done by these people and I will never forget the-courtesy extended to me both in Boston and on my trip to Phiiadelphia. No wonder my. brother • loved the SIU. Nowhere in the world is the meaning of "brother" more truly lived than among the members of the SIU. I'll continue to get the LOG and to enjoy every page of it, just as Danny did. Again, many thanks. Anne M. Breagy ^ t, ^ He^s Grateful For SiU Help To the Editor: I.wish to'thank the Union for ' the help it gave me when I needed it. I think there is no better Union than the SIU, and -if there Is anj^hlng I can do for the Union I sure will, because I will nevef' forget it. My mother and dad add their thanks to mine. William Roescb li, % I '*- ^ Waiting 0ksies Seamen^o Wives To the Editor:; I am the wife of a Seafarer who has been going to sea for many years. It is so much a part of his life that I think he loves the sea more than land. Right now he is bound for Bom­ bay, India, and has been gone for over a month and a half. He still has another six weeks to go before he comes home. He is away from home a lot, but as a wife^you have to get used to it and make it a I>art of your life. While he is away it makes the heart grow fonder. I also wanted to note I have been getting the SEAFARERS LOG for two-and one half years and never miss an issue. It has many inter­ esting features in it, and I hope everyone connected with it keeps up the good work. Mrs. Clarence Brockett t t LOG L EI T E R S Vace Twenty-m* Speahs Out For Accident Forms' Yokohama we had a problem, con­ To the Editor: I am writing this letter in refer­ cerning spoilage of meat on which ence to having accident reports I got no cooperation from the skip­ per as he would not buy ice. Fur­ placed on board ali SlU-contracted To the Editor: » This is to inform you,further ther, he insisted^ on cutting the ships. If a seaman is sick or injured to boncerning the death of our food requisitions. brother,' Ralph J. Moisant. While""in Japan I became ill-and the extent where hospitalization is Our departed brother was ill had to go to a hospital for treat­ required, especially aboard, the most of the time from New York ment. I returned to the ship after delegate can then fill out the acci­ to Casablanca and stayed in his a while but was unable to do. much dent report with all the necessary information as to what happened, room mojt of the voyage. The sec­ in the way of work. what sort of med­ ond mate was caring for him and The ship went out to Korea and ical treatment he tried to persuade when it came back to Japan I had received and him to get off at to get off again to go to the hospital where he was Casablanca for for stomach trouble. The captain, hospitalized. He h o s p i talization, who was on pretty poor relations then forwards all which he refused. with me by now, claimed that I the information He only wanted was drunk and as a result the com­ to the Union. to see the doctor, pany held up my wages. The Union will but the doctor Welfare Steps In file this record, declared him fit knowing that ,it However, when I got back to the for duty. Canioral has first-hand in­ States in December I took up my He was still Schmledel quite ill, how­ problem with the Union's Welfare formation because it was sent in ever, and stayed in his bed until Services Department, and through by one of the Union members and arrival in Leghorn, Italy. There the Union was able to get the not a company representative. Last trip we picked up two of was a doctor waiting for him and money that was due meC If it were his diagnosis was a "bad heart." not for the Union not only would our members in Capetown, South He was hospitalized the next morn­ I have lost out on the money, but Jkfrica, who were being repatriated ing when the ambulance came, I would have had a blot on my back to the Statq^ and were being accompanied by a doctor all the but he^assed away the same day. record. I've been sailing as chief steward way back to New York. That's hoW Moisant left the ship with all his personal effects when he rode for 11 years, and take pride, in my sick they were. I asked them if the off in the*ambiilance. refusing to work. No other company or skipper Union knew anything about their i i leave ship unless he took every­ ever did anything but praise the case and they informed me that it iMuds Seaman^s thing the with' him. At the end, the way I've handled my job in a re­ did not know. I wrote a letter to last rites were said over him by a sponsible fashion. My thanks go to the Welfare Services Department Club in Pusan priest and, according to his last' the Welfare Services Department requesting some one to meet the To the Editor: The Port Director of the United wish, his Union book was buried for the substantial help they gave ship on its arrival in New York, because the men were very sick. Seaman's Service Club in Pusan, .with him. Money was taken from me on my personal beef. If these reports had been on board, Korea, would like to receive the ship's fund for a floral wreath Frank Gardner it would have beeij different. enough copies of the LOG to pass and Captain H. O. Peterson ar­ < . i 4^ My personal belief is that these out a few to the boys and still havo ranged for them with the local reports would be a very progres­ enough left over for the library in agent. Men Got Baw sive thing, because it would mean Frank Schmledel the club. .another step gained by the Union Beal, ttte Sags The library is only one of the •$, 4, J for tl}e benefit of its entire mem­ To the Editor: excellent services they Jiave for the seamen at the club. There is also Offers Lots For I am writing this fti regard to bership. Edward Canioral a barber < shop, restaurant, bar, Sale in LOG the story in the May 14 issue of dance floor with orchestra and . a To the Editor: the LOG concerning the captain i t check room for valuables. Les I have some valuable properties of the Tagalam having the crew Recalls Bags Of Haiier, the port director, and Wes for sale and I would like to offer "mugged" by Navy photographers Wesler, the field representative, them to some Seafarer rather than for the benefit of the Navy CID. Old On Vessels The men were handled like a To the Editor: complimented our ship's delegate piit them oq the open market. bunch of criminals and accused of on the conduct and cooperative Just went through the Panama spirit of the crew of our ship, the. I have two lots in Westbury, LI, taking - the butterWorth machines, Canal heading for good old Japan Nos. 21 and 22, block 118", section which later was proven to be in­ once again. I joined this scow, the Greece Victory. I think that the crew more than re'turns the com-, 11-SDl, 50 foot front and ICQ foot correct. Afbundria,. down yonder in New back. I am asking $2,000 for it and pliment as we experienced nothing it As for the butter being taken, Orleans and the next day I was is a very good huy. AU those in­ but Ihe best treatment from Les can contact me by writing it-'is probably "We of the rotten ordered to do some chipping. I and Wes ,dtu-ing our three weeks terested to me at 2321 N. Sydenham Street, tricks of the company to save asked the bosun, an oldtimer, for inKorea. some goggles. What's the matter, Philadelphia, Pa., or telephoning money. For the first time since I have me I am the, ex-deck delegate, but he said, don't you carry any? at SA 2-4307. Or, by writing beqn running to Pusan I was able me in care of the Ines, Buil Line I was hospitalized in Singapore Right then that reminded me of to eat and drink ashore and be Steamship when the rust bucket broke down. my did shipmate Louis Goffin who Company, Pier 16, siu^ of the food and beer. The South Philadelphia, Pa. Thanks I was hospitalized with stomach used to sail with me on ships in USS chitbooks give a seaman the' very much. troubie more thhn likely from the the late-'20's. We had to have our right kind of break on money ej:rotten grub and water. For quite own chiding hammers and scrap­ VIrgli L. Svanson change and he can bring his girisome time there was po water at ers in order to get an AB's job." ^ t friend right into the club. The boyall, and I am still being treated After all is said and done we sans and jo-sans are right- on the Food And Wage for stomach trouble. I think the have a fine crew top to boijom and ball with the right kind of service, it should be k pleasant voyage. men got a raw deal. and either Les or Wes is always on Trouble Solved Percy Boyer Tim McCarthy hand to keep the ball rolling To the Editor: smoothly. _ Last summer I shipped out as The Pelican Mariner, Badger steward on the Sea Legion on a Mariner and San Mateo Victory Far East run, starting July 1. On were all in Pusan while we were the way over and all the time we there and a lot of us were able to, were on the shuttle we had a lot of get together with old shipmates trouble with the captain who hardand really keep the ball rolling. timed the crew. When we g^ to J. A. Mcintosh and talking , to . themselves, but when he walks in everybody brightens up. Big Brother 'Toby will sit down to listen to" the troubles of everyone just like a big brother. After he is finished there are no more worried looks, for he assures the men that they will soon be squared away. After all business Is taken care of, he takes the boys down for some coffee and sometimes I think there are enough' of us to hold a" meeting, We never have to worry what is going on at headquarters, either, because Toby has us right up to date on qll matters. There is quite a difference in the representatives of other unions. They walk in and shout out in the wards just like they were picking workers out of a shape-up gang. And the way they abuse some of their members is a shame. A guy^ really needs a friend when he's in* a place like this, and we are thank­ ful that we ddn't belong to any­ thing but the good old SIU. Once again, a great big vote of thanks to our patrolman, Toby Flynn. Nine Seafarers Ifl Staten Island Brother Crossek Bar in Italy •« '5? ' <1 ' l :i|| M Welfare Service Hep.IsEdmded to the Editor: While reading the last few issues of the LOG it'came to mind that by now all of our brothers muist' know quite well the top benefits we receive from the fine work be­ ing done by the ynion in every endeavor. , , However, there is one instance, of service which ^ the . brothers might not all be aware of. That is the work of our "good will ambas­ sador," Toby Flynn, the "hospital patrolman" who happens to take excellent care of us fellows out here in the' Staten Island hospital, . He is more than a patrolman, espe­ cially to a lot of us who don't have people coming to see us. It sure is good to see his face coming in the ward with a big smile on it. You cim see some of the guys working r:f^r. '-sS ••-il Seaman's Club in Pusan, Korea, jurovides top serviee and pleasure tw Seafarers above. Left to right, they are Raymond Spark; Ramon Eneamaclon, E; 6. Ingelbriftsen, Ernst Oblsson, J, A. Mcintosh latandtng) and Gilbert. Parker. iu AJOJ<3 t t'lb J, iV.-—..-a,*' �SEAFARERS Pace Twenty-twe In Itaty, Agkit for SMV LOG •• '|v To the Editor: I'm presently? in Italy to see my sick parents, and I plan to be back in New York by August. ' Before leaving the States I filed an* application to have the SEA­ FARERS LOG mailed to me in Italy. So far T haven't received any papers. Please send me a LOG because I'm dying to read one. Don't forget, please. Luciano Gheno (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published). t. t, Seafarer Sees Son In Korea To the Editor: This is your ol4 friend Zygie the bellyrobber on the Seamonitor. A ^few months back L wrote a letter about mj^ son who is in the Army with the Third Division at Seoul, • Korea. € saw him again this time while the ship was in Inchon. He still has six months more ^o do in the Army, and after that his ambition is to get into the SIU. I met solne of Zygarowski our former SIU members who are now in the armed forces in Pusan, Korea. They are Jimmy James, Jack An­ derson and Herbert Ehmsen. Ehmsen is an MP in Tokyo. They asked me to send everyone their regards through the LOG, and that they hope to be back with the SIU real soon. Joe Pendleton, who is on board, sends his regards also., Sylvester Zygarowski • t 4. ' Says Sea CtBest Ms Jnst Great To the Editor: Today I paid a visit to the Sea Chest supplies warehouse in New York and I was shown around the place by Sid Selzer. The neat rows of merchandise, stowed in racks and bins, are easily acce»ible for prompt preparation and dis­ patch to our ships, in order that their slopchests might be re­ plenished. Almost ^^ny item requested can be purebased by our members at the very lowest, price anywhere, form a razor to an elephant. An­ other feature worth noting is that ihat all merchandise carried is p 1^' 1^ May XS, 1054 LOG LET T EES' Says Service Ms Fine Mn Hospital New Orleans in March and the To the Editor: name-brand material and that ad-^ I am off the Steel Rover of Welfare Services Department vis­ ditional brands will be carried' ited me twice. The money came in Isthmian with a bum leg. However, upon request. very handy. I have been sailing I hope to be out of this hospital Wliile I was visiting, slopchests To the Editor: were being assembled for the ' It is very seldom that we Sea­ since Oct. '53. After spending two ir-v soon and back on Steel Fabricator, Jefferson City farers have much good to say months on the Salem Maritime I the ship. We had Victory, Robin Goodfellow and about the US Army, but neverthe­ was injured and taken off, and a fine crew and others according to their, require­ less it is only fair and fitting to now I am on the Winter Hill. I I would sort of hope to keep sailing with the SIU. ments. I am informed by Selzer give credit where it is due. like to stick with Thanks for sending the LOG home. upon joining a ship a member may the ship and the Last Saturday I spent the after­ W. D. Austin secure any article of clothing , or boys. I was reefer noon at the Presidio in San Fran­ otherwise which he may need (Ed. note: Your wife will receive engineer. merely by notifying the Sea Chefet cisco. The occasion was Armed the LOG every two weeks, as pub­ Another one qt Forces Day and it was with great and having such bill attached to lished.) our crewmembers ISi pride that I saw m his account on the ship. came in here to-" 4, j;, 4' Ellison I am sure this will benefit all the facilities for day. His name is the protection o{ of us. It is another example of L. A. Marsh, but ,I don't know the people of the seryiCe and efficiency that all what's ailing him. Bay Area. Thou­ members of the SIU enjoy. I would like to get the LOG To the Editor: sands of people John Jellette Any of the men who has missed sent here in care of Vaughn Headwere present at a ship and left all his gear on ley, Colon Hdspital, Cristobal, a program > of board knows how it feels. I had Canal Zone. I wouI(| also like to events that in­ that misfortune while aboard the add that the service here in this cluded everyBents Fort of the Cities Service hospital is vei-y good. It'Couldn't thing from a Lfpkin To the Editor: Oil Company as 2nd pumpman be betfer. Softball game to Ray Ellison Would^ you please send me the the first public showing of the when r missed her in Linden, New LOG at my home address? I like Army's new radar-controlled de­ Jersey. (Ed. Note: The address has been to keep up with the. doings of the fense weapon, the Nike. The ship %as' headed back to added to the LOG mailing list; the Union and I, can't always read all The day was brought to a climax Lake Charles on a coastwise run, LOG will be sent there every two the papers while at sea. I sure do by a parade review and the award­ so I got in touch with Welfare weeks, as'published.) enjoy reading the LOG and keep­ ing of the Distinguished Service Services in New York and asked 4> ing up with the news, i know the Cross to a GI who lost both legs in them if they could locate my gear paper has received many. compli­ Korea. All in all it was a thrill- for me. They took over fr6m these ments, but in my opinion it is the fllled afternoon, a demonstration and before long my gear was best paper that . is . put out. Keep of armed strength for peace that shipped up to New York safe and up the good'work. swelled the hearts of all present sound. To the Editor: GUbert Eller with pride at the ability of our Naturally if the gear ha* been There are a lot of advantages to lost it would have meant spending (Ed. note: Your name has been country to defend itself. our Welfare Plan, which tops all added to the LOG mailing list and The Army can make it awful quite a few bucks to replace it, so others in the variety of benefits I certainly appreciate what was you will receive the paper every^ tpugh for guys who go to sea when two weeks,.as published.). it comes to shore leave restriction done foj: me by the Welfare Serv­ and ease in collecting same, but and all that. Still, when you set;, ices Department. one benefit little is said about is ^ . 4- t * • • Paul De Witte tie down and reason things' out7 the whole SIU scholarship' pro­ one concrete conclusion is in­ 4i t gram. evitable. It is an Army that is the Few brothers realize it, but the best in the world and one to be TO the Editor: ^ SIU scholarship awards of $1,500 a JusI? a line to let you know how proud of. Even if they won't let me go ashore in Greenland or year for four years to any c^ege things are way down south, of the To the Editor: border. When I left New York the Korea, I'm still proud of them and I have been going to sea for you^oose far surpasses adding weather was on the cold and rainy happy that they stand ready at all quite a few years, 23 to be exact, most union or private awards of­ side, but now there is no complaint times and in all places to defend for my livelihood. I have seen fer. It will generally be more than in that department. A couple of liberty. some of the worst conditions a tea­ enough to pay all expenses fo'r a Max Lipkin days down here in Mexico was man could live under and had student and still leave a little somet t enough for me to forget about rammed down his neck. If you tWng over. The fact that the Union scholar­ gloomy northern weather. ' complained, you would get jerked ship stipulates- that the scholarship A Seafarer can really see a good off the ship as a troublemaker. deal of this wonderful country, The majority of the officials of winner can go to any whool he with its many picturesque sights the ISU were the biggest phonies wants and study any subject he and historical sites. There ar^4ours To the Editor: on the' vfater- pleases is a tremendous advantage I am thanking ypu aifd all the to be had and many interesting fronti SO, today over other, plans. Most of them SIU members for the opportunity guide books on the subject. I am thankful to specify a particular college or uni­ One of the bulletins says that to ask that the BEAFARERS LOG say that I belong versity and some . go further in the water down hei-e should be be serit to my home. My wife has to a Unio^- that limiting the course of study. If avoided because of impurities. I asked me to request that it be sent is run according the award happens to fit the wishes haven't tasted any, so I don't know. to her. I haVe read it iii the past to the' member­ of the applicant in those cases, he's and I find that it is one of the best ship's Wishes, most fortunate. The scotch is good, though. liapers I have ever read. I also like The no-strings-attached policy and am glad that Jack Darrell to see some of my friends pictures' we have elected, for the SIU award is typical of all ~ In It, in the past, solid our benefits, which are simple to Touart I am on the Winter Hill of Cities Union men as collect and regular in arriving. The Service. I have found.the men to our officials in the SIU. Welfare Plan was a great advance be good members and, most of all, So, let's take care of what we for the SIU. Few oldtimers around good friencls. They have been very have by living up to the Union today ever had visions of such a eager to help and to assist me in cortstitution, on aifd off the ship. step forward in the years gone bj;. every way. . C. WUUams Joseph Tonart I-was in the "marine hospital in Army is Topsy Seafarer Says Minion Welfare Services Help Ashs That LOG Be Sent Miome Hails SMMI Awards For Scholarships Finds Mexico To His Lihing Ms Thankful For SMMJ Conditions Wants MMG Sent ' Home To Wife Dishiifg Out The Victory Smiles Weary Wacostans Take Break JMonH SendrYour Baggage COB i Galley crew dishing put the smiles belongs to the Long view Vktory. Steward department just got through dishing out the goodies when< it went before camera. Left to right, top, are Thompson, Bonet, Tuthice and Moore. Men crouching are unidentified. • *»<>•>,•« ..It. ../.it, Seafarers have again been warned not to send the^r bag-> . gage COD td any Union ball. No Union hall can accept de­ livery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men Vho send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to go to a lot of trouble and red tape with ^the I^ilway Express Co. All COD baggage—^regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office,^ where it is held '.by the express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be stlye of getting their baggage when they want it, can send ft to any Union hall provided they prepay the shipping I charges. . 'J>{•»»• .'j Taking time out for a picture during moment pf leisure aboard the Waco&ta is this quintet of Seafarers. They are, left to right, Jurkowski, Hansen, Suall, Lane and McQuage. Most of the Sea­ farers to be pretty happy about the'idea, too. J �- i, - » ;,7~-:iy'' , [••' ':: liiir SEjiFAttERS LOG • • *:-• Pace Twenty-three Down ~ The prototype of "the ship that couldn't sink," designed by world Jamed spei^dboat racer Gar Wood, broke apart and Went down in the Bahamas two weeks ago, once again blow­ ing up the myth about a man-made vessel incapable of being famed by the sea. Wrecked in the Stormy At­ Venturi to slice through the waves lantic about 65 miles off the instead of riding over them, elimi­ lower east coast of Florida, nating most of the pitching and the twin-hulled'Venturi was a rolling that often makes ocean 188-fobt wooden vessel like travel a nightmare for the land­ nothing else afloat. Basically an lubber. The controls of the experi­ oversize South Seas catamaran, its mental vessel were so simple one deck and cabins were perched 22 man could operate^ them. A hand feet above the paraliel, pontoon­ lever controlled the rudder. . Further, the 120-ton vessel had like hulls in a design which Wood considerable speed, since the said would ultimately become the model for future ocean liners, camber to-the leading edge of the guaranteeing a smooth passage top deck gave the craft lift like an, airplane wing and air funnels through all kinds of weather. between the hulls pressed it upward No Lives Lost With lio loss other than the ship and reduced draft, in addition to Itself in the disaster,, the speedboat breaking the drag of water, under king indicated he still felt that the the huli. These innovations in the design ^as basically "unsinkable" design, coupled with the four and that if he ever built another Diesels turning out 4,800 horse­ one it would be made of iron. The power, enabled it to make over 20 elderly sportsman, 73, wouldn't say toots without difflculty. But Wood's claim that his Resign whether he planned to build an­ could be adapted to large passenger other one, however. Wood's radical design .for the ships and be cheaper than conven­ Venturi developed years ago, when tional designs overlooked one big between 1920 and 1933 he monop­ drawback. The major disadvantage olized world speedbbat records to the twin-hulled idea is that it with his Miss America boats. The leaves little or no room for cargo experimental craft was actually space to make the vessel pay. For launched in 1944, and had sailed passengers alone, however, it would through all kinds of weather during probably be a highly desirable change in ship design, niaking for the ten-year period. "I guess maybe< she'd become a really smooth ride. Making 22 Knots brittle," he admitted. after .the Op its final voyage, the Venturi wreck. "The waves kept pounding the port side ahd she began to was "making 22 to 23 toots in settle down in the water. There deep water when we ran into a are 20 bulkheads in each of the bad storm," according to Wood. twin hulls and they held a long The .same storm ^ front earlier had whipped Miami with 60-mile-antime," he noted. Powered by four diesel engines, hour winds and the Coast Guard the twin hulls, each carrying two had reported "very rough seas" in propellers, enabled the ill-fated the area. "Xhe waves were high," - Round and curved in almost every detail, the buss was used principally in the European herring-fishing induetrjt, and a small vessel averaging from SO to 70 tons in size, alUipugh a fdw were built as large a$ 200 tons. The bow of the ship wtus gather high and the stem piece much like a segment of a circle; tbe pood narrow, with bulging quarters, and she had a full sweeping steer. Her rig usually consisted of three masts, the after one short and fitted with a sail employed mainly for riding with her head to the The Ul-fated Venturi as she looked before her final trip to the Bahamas. Claimed to be a suitable design for a ship of the future by owner-sportsman Gar Wood, the twin-hpUed vessel did better than 20 knots and Was said to offer a passage smooth enough to please the mosL squeamish sea-goer. ' Wood pointed out, "ten feet. or more, and we came into it so sud­ denly we didn't have time to slow down. "A valve opened on the port side and then another one gave on the starboard side and we began taking water . . . When this extremely big wave hit, some of the front streamlining on the bow, sort of an airlift,., broke off and I knew we were in trouble." They were. Indeed. Three hours later, the Venturi was only five feet above water and the order to abandon ship was given. The vessel carried a captain and five-man crew, in addition to Wood and two aides. Coast Guard air and sea rescue craft picked them up near the wreck scene, at Great Isaac Light, 65 miles east of Fort Laud­ erdale, Fla. » On the way down (top photo), near Great Isaac Light In the Bahamas, about 65 miles duo east of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the wreckage of the Venturi la shown floating on the surface after breaking up in an AU lantic storm. The ten-year-old vessel was on a routine cruise in the Bahamas with Wood, its six-man crew and two others aboard. No loss of life was' suf­ fered. Below, a view taken be­ tween the twin- hulls of the vessel In better days, showing the adjustable bow propellor which can - be raised or lowered and swung In any di­ rection. It was used for tight maneuvers and docking. The deck of the Venturi was nor­ mally 22 feet above the waterline. m 11 •JSI (From o{ .Ol«I S)iia*" 0DoebIe(lay),. by Grant anAColyer.) - wind. The fore and btain masts were so equipped that they could be lowered, thus offering less resistance to the Wind when the vessel was riding on -its nets. Usually a square sail was carried on .each of the two larger masts although sometimes there was a square main topsail. In England during the 17th century the maxiimum cost of such a ship is sfud to have been about £260 (approximately $1,300). * Designer-owner Gar Wood deft) points out features of the vessel to a visitor. Two propellers were mounted on each of the hulls, one behind the other. Wood was said to be considering use of larger propellers prior to the wreck twp weeks ago. The vessel was powered by four 4,800 hp diesels. �yg' .;•;;», - FJ«« Twentjr-f^ar »BArFAKEK3lO€ ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... ROYAL OAK (Citin S«rvle«>, May 1— Chairmanr John J. Paqu«H«; Sacr«tary> Jack Sommara.' Delegatiea reported' no new business. May 11—Chairman, John J. Paquetic; Sacretary, Jack Sommara. Machinist stated that the Philadelphia agent prom­ ised to supply a new washing machine for the ship. On the suggestion that we check to find out what happened to the ship's fund,, it was discovered that it was spent on dowers to be sent to the various Union halls. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund. Two hours delayed sailing will be referred to the patrolman. Each delegate will collect money for the ship's fund from hli department and tyrn it over to the ship's delegate. Patrolman will be told about the salt washing water that was used for two days; Ship's dele­ gate will tell him of this. the way the crew waited until the lagt moment to come aboard before sailing. One man went to the hospital in Ger­ many. and $33 was given to him before the ship sailed. There were several thefts In Bremerhaven. Patrolman will see the ]>ort steward about getting cots for the ne.xt trip. Everyone is to turn in dirty linen before getting a nesh supply so it can be counted to go ashore. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), May 9—Chairman, Nick Bathia; Secretary, Charles J. ScoReld. Washing machine mo­ tor is burnt out and the wringer is broken. Request for a new washing ma­ chine was made, last voyage but nothing was received. Delayed sailing for Port of New York and Iskendrun fs disputed. Repairs are being made by the crew. Bosun and daymen v/ere refused over­ time by the captain for this veekend. Bosun's .OT is not nearly equal to the SHOW MB MARINER (Bull), May Chairman, John A. Buzslswski; Sscratary, high man for the trip. Captain rationed John C: Reed. Ship's delegate reported the crew to three cartons of cigarettes that topside was not very happy about every' two weeks, using Sea Chest letter .c , , , », ^Can'Shaherti^ Have IXo OK The memhership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation f»r Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot as authority for this action. We recom­ mend that our smoking supply be un­ limited as promised in the LOG.~ ANCELINA (Bull), May •—Chairman, W. Kohutt Secrciary, W. H. Ludlam. Men & -5 - , :• •- : : '<• k;- '^0 • • a a Q • • a a • • • n n • D • • • a • • • • • • • • a • • surTB SPOIRX COATS SLACKS -XCPCCATS VT^GSG¥iO^ WORKeMOES PANTS KHAKI SHIRTS etUE WlORK&HlPrTS FRISKOOEEHS HICKORY SHIRTS C.PO. SHIRTS WHrrE DRESS SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS DRESS BELTS KHAKI WEB KLTS TIES SWEATSHIRTS ATHLETIC SHIRTS T-SHIRTS SHORTS BRIERS SWEATERS UX?<SA6E WORK SOCKS DRESS SOCKS LEATHER JACKETS WRITINSRDRIR5LIO eou'WESTERS RAIN SEAR who missed Watch and ship were cleared. Water fountain needs fixing. Discussion was held on the variety of food and the question of whether there was sufficient linen for the entire trip. Laundry room should be kept clean. | FRANCES (Bull), May 7—Chairman, Francisco Coiner; Sacretary, Jimmy Jones. Conditions aboard ship are considerably improved. No communication was re­ ceived from the brother who missed ship in New York on sailing day. Motion was passed to ask for a hot plate in the messhail. An air hole should he made through the captain. Ship's delegate will try to the engine room bulkhead Discussion was held on the cleanliness that should be maintained in the laundry. Entire crew should cooperate. Disfcu^sion was held on' night lunch being eaten by men not on watch in port. Ail beefs should be taken to department delegates. Cots should be available to all cjewmemhers in hot weather around the Islands and the Dominican Republic, GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May •— Chairman, R. Cantor; Secretary, Jim Geldcr. Repair lists have been turned over to the ship's officers and some of the items have already been repaired; others have parts that have -been put in order. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for their cooperation with the crew and their cooperation among themselves and the manner in which they worked. Vote of tl^anks went for the good chow served, on board. Safety suggestions should be referred, to obtain A customs manual from the cus­ tomhouse which may be of use to -the crew. Matter of the payoff will be left up to the patrolman or the Norfolk agent. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Msrch 20—Chairman, Harry Jayncs; Secretary, Dan Baard. Crew thanked Charles Kim­ ball, the Galveston patrolman, for a Job well done'at the Houston payoff. There is a question of -longshoreman's overtime for the declE department in unloading oil drums. Steward department submitted a letter of thanks for the support of the crew and the patrolman in the beef be­ tween the old man and "Hungry" Hoover. 'Washing machine and the crew's refriger­ ator were added to the repair list. April 24—Chairman, Mont McNabb, Jr., Sacretary, Dan Baard. Floyd Pence was lected ship's delegate by acclamation, fen washing oily clothes leave -the wash­ ing machine greasy. There was discus­ sion on the proper use of the washing machine. Additional fans are needed in some foc'sies. Dishes and muga should he placed in the sink at night. Tables should be left clean for the next watch. Minor repairs should be turned in to "de­ partment delegates. Anthony McGee was elected engine delegate: Carl Carlson, deck delegate. I' S'' ALLVDUR HEEPS CAN BE FlUEp FROM,YOUR -"FROM A SOU'WESTERTD AH ELECTRIC RAZOR . WHATEVER ybo BUY FROM THE SEACHEeT/ you CAN BE SURE YDuisE ^ETTINS TOP QUALITY <SEAR AT SUBSTAN­ TIAL SAVINGS. ^SeaClieeh VMtOM'OyNMBOANO UNION-OPEQAlEP ... 4^ IHRBENgPrr OFIHB MEMBERSHIP* S&Sfea """ hall In Yokohama for threa replacementa and will aee the agent if our orders ara atlU in effect. There waa much discuaaion regarding repaira to be made in the ahipyard. Launch achedule will be posted on CHICKASAW (Walermani, May 14— the board. ' Chairman, Ralph Burnsad; tacratary, A. Na data—Chairman, W. J. Rfldy; Sac-, Danna. T. D. York was elected ship's ralary, R. t. R. Lac. Mlaslng men will be delegate. Motion was passed to give the replaced if possible. SUP will be wired steward department a' vote of thanks for replscements when we get in. Pump for ilns food and good service rendered. switch should not be used, as pump Chief cook thanked the crew for cooper­ doesn't work. Aft hatch ia in a danger­ ation on cokea. Brother Darl'ey explained ous position and ahould be fixed. There the facilities of the Sea .Chest in New should be a Utile consideration for men York. Messroom will be sougeed and off 'watch, and door clamming and loud blackboard painted. Ship's delegate wilt talking ahould be cut out. write the Mobile branch about procuring April 4—Chairman, .William Slakely; a new ice box and water cooking aystem. tacratary, R. S. R. Laa. Washing machine Repair list will ha sent in from Miami. was repaired. It anould be used in mod­ Word will be given when a draw it being eration. Bosun left sick, and was re­ put out. placed by the DM. Stdward department should do their own painting, since tbe FELICAN MABINER (Bleemfield), May deck department has aU the OT work t—Chairman, N. Larsen; Secretary, Faul they can possibly do. Complete repair Gladdan. -Wa hava one brother who haa list- will be made on arrival in dr.vdock: taken the' load of tha ship on his shoul­ Electric iron and board will be raffled off ders:. let's all hava our say and not have on ship. Vote of thanks went to the Buckets and not our beefs outside the meeting. One man steward department. was called hefora the Coast Guard be­ tubs should he used for soaking dirty clothes. cause a bottle of cognac was found in May f—Chairman, W. J. Reldy: Sacrahis locker. Steward paid off in Yokohama on account of medical reasons. Each de­ tary, R. 8. R. Laa. San Francisco hall will he contacted about medical atten­ partment wHi take beefs to the depart­ ment delegates. Ship is short of some tion, proper sailing board, improper lianstores and new stores have been brought dling' of mail and clarification of drawa aboard. This ship will be operated in while awaiting payoff. Also, hoots, while true SIU fashion, without any foui-ups. cleaning tanks and reimbursement for Department delegates will work and co­ damaged gear. Disputed OT wiii he re­ operate with the. ship's delegate. Mess- ferred to the San Francisco agent. Repair hali should be kept a little cleaner by the list was turned over to the ship's dele­ crew at night. Vote of thanks _ went to gate." Entire crew was thanked by the delegates for their cooperation in making the steward department for fine grub. this a pleasant trip. Steward department was thanked for the fine meals, delicious RDSARIO (Bull), May •—Chairman, J. pastries excellent service. Foc'sies RIsbaek; Sscratary, M. Kamlnskl. -Bosun should beand left clean: cots and blankets who missed' ship in Baltimore has been ^ould he returned and keys turned over reported to the Baltimore hall. One man to department heads. Ship's delegata missed ship overnight • from San Juan to read two letters from headquarters and Mayaguez. Remainder ot repairs will be thanked ail the officials for the prompt brought before the patrolman. Ship's action in replying to a few beefs we had fund will he started until it reaches $27. with this skipper. It really did some good. If the ship lays .up the money will he donated to the LOG, Delegates will mske out a repair- list. Baker was ask^ to be careful while making bread doligh and pastries, so that hs doesn't get any perspiration in his products as he per­ spires quite freely. Crew was told to teii the chief cook if they want any spe­ cial dishes prepared and if it is possible he will gladly make them. There was a CITRUS PACKER (Watermen), April It beef about the washing machine being —Chairman, Henry MacGinneit; Secre­ left dirty. tary, Roy Guild. A committee of three will check store orders with the steward BULL RUN (Petrel Tsnkers), Msy 10— and captain. One man will be picked Chairmen, William Click; Secretary, L. from each department, in case the cap­ P. Hagmann. Ship's delegate .advised tain makes further cuts in what the that the captain will drop any logs. An steward orders. SUP patrolman will be explanation was asked of the steward, as contacted in Yokohama. Japan. Steward to how frankfurters were 'served once was asked to vary the meats in the menu. that were off color. This was answered Steward store list was cancelled b.v a to the satisfaction ofThe crew. Some cots total of 40 quarts of milk by the captain. on deck should be brought back to tbe Water pressure in wash basins will be rooms. Crew was reminded that anyone increased. getting off should strip their hunks and bring the linen to the steward and leave STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), May S their lockers clean for the next man. —Chairman, Earl'Fancher; Secretary, Al­ Repair lists will be prepared.and turned fred Ridings. Motion was made and sec­ in at the payoff tR the proper people. onded to get clarification about work done in foreign ports by shore gangs as painters. As it is now. shore painters are doing- ship's painting outside as well aa inside quarters. Agreement should spec­ ify which parts of the ship they ara allowed to paint, it any. Chief electrician and the chief engineer had a,beef, while the ship was in Calcutta and this matter will be brought to the patrolman's atten­ CDS VICTDRY (Victory Carriers), April tion, as on this ship chief electricians 4—Chairman, A. Anderson; Sacretary, Fat have been changed once or twice a trip. Ryen. Discussion was held on fund for Vote' of thanks went to the steward de­ bookcases: they will he bought in Japan. partment for the good food during the Donations will be 'given to the ship's trip; special thanks went to the baker. delegate. Members will give department delegates repairs as we go along. Bob PENINSULAR MARINER (Waterman), Johnson was elected ship's delegate by May •—Chairman, Jeney Johnson; Sec­ acclamation. -All rooms and toilets will retary, Clarence J. Nell. Tanner waa be painted out this trip; delegate will see elected ihip's delegate by acclamation. and contact the captain and first mate Each department will clean the laundry on this. One brother volunteered to go for a week at a time and department' ashore and select a bookcsse in .Yoko­ delegates are to check on this work. A hama. IHscussion was held on the use of key will be made to keep the laundry the washing machine and laundry and the and messhall locked up in foreign ports. cleaning of the recreation room. Each member is responsible for his innerMay •—Chairman, Sigurd Andersen; spring mattress and for placing cups in Secretary, Bob Johnson. The two broth­ the sink in the pantry, not leaving them ers who volunteered to get the bookcase in the messhall and on the serving shelf In Japan were thanked. There were a in the- serving window where they can 'be few disputes on OT, launch service in broken it the ship rolls. Fans were put Korea and restriction to ship. This will aboard. he 'thrashed out with the patrolman. Hall will be contacted for a new washing machine for the crew before we sign on. Repair list will be handed over to the patrolman. Ship's delegate only will ex­ plain tha situation to the patrolman to save time and avoid confusFan. We will try to get some sort of clarification on this restriction to ship in Korea, l^atrolman and delegate will speak to the cap­ SHDW ME MARINER (Bull), April 24— tain about men off watch getting their Chairman, John J. Carroll; Sacretary, draw early. Vote of thanks went to the Jehn Stanko. J. Carroll was elected ship's deck men for getting and Mstaliing book­ delegate by acclamation. He requested cases. Vote of thanks went to Steward that pantry key be returned so pantor Walter Brown and bis department for a can be kept locked in port. Steward will job well -done. have keys made. One iRjin requested a new library. Longshoremen should ba kept out of crew's quarters and meseORIDN COMET (DM Carriers), February 5—Chairman, W. J. Reldy; Secretary, R. halls. Chief steward asked for coopersS. R. Lee. Ship'! delegate gave the cpp- .tion in keeping the garbage room clean. tain ' a launch schedule to ask if it is^ IBiRVILLE (Watarmanf, May f—Chairpossible to get replacements frbm Yoko­ hama. Everything is running smoothly man, H. C. Randall: Sacretary, Tommy as can he expected. Men who cannot-get Sahchaz. Patrolman will 'be asked to sea their sizes in the slopchest will try to if the- captain will pay off men In Mobila get what they need in the FX. Washing who joined in Mobile. There Is a balanca machine pump should not be used'until of $14.91 in the ship's fund. Suggestion it'has been repaired. After hatch on was made to donate whatever you can poop deck needs to be secured. Please afford to tha ahip't fund, in order to , take care not to bang doors as men are build It up. trying to get some rest. Vote of thanks STEEL KING (Isthmian), Dacambar S-went to the steward department. March—Chairman, J. Nereis; Secre­ Chalrman, Karrman; Sscratary, Olacchattl. tary, R. S. R. Lee. Sick man wUl aee the John Mastropavloa was elected ship's del­ doctor on arrival. Replacementa will he egate. Vote of thanks went to the last ordered; disputed OT wUl he given to ship's delegate, Henry P. Herpandez., De­ the patrolman.. Both bosuns A*"* ' loP' to fective locks should be - fixed. Heating work with despits the obstacles that were units should be properly regulated. Med­ involved by interference by topside. Vote ical chest and slopeheit are jacking many of thanks went to the steward depart­ supplies. Before shipping out for foreign ment. There was much discussion on articles In New York, the crew requested ' launch service.- ;A, Aatislactory sohaduie a patrolman to examine tha meat bog and Iteuls in .No. 3. More dishes and was arrived at. March 11—Chairmen, Jehn "Benanap" kitchettware should be ordered. A new Zlerels; Becretery, R.'S. R, Lee. At the library will ba gotten for the old one in present time wa have no jnajor beefs: New Orleans. Daccmbtr 27—Chairman, >. C. Scotlt everything ia running smpffthly 'and ell the department delegeteg are doing a Secretary, Alberta Beuten. Hesthall and iL - FADLl (Cltlas Service), April 4—Chairman, L. RaTftchuck; Secretary, A. J. Val-^ Mr 'which unitary man cleana tha recrsatlon room and tha laundry. Mambera wera adviiad to help -keep tbo messroom and pantry clean and wash cupa after use. ante. Captain aaid that articles wJIH not he broken at the final port of discharge and that no member of the crew will he paid off under mutuSl Consent. One man was left In the hospital In Yoko­ hama: one ordinary and one AB were taken as replacements in Yokohama last month. Mate says deck foc'sies will be sougeed and painted between Pedro and the Giilf. All disputed OT has been straightened out and everything is run­ ning smoothly. Ship's delegate will add up total of all OT before the deck in the crew's messhall. Delegates will add up total of all OT before tha payoff. Ship'a delegate will find out how many days the ship spent in the old mine bonus area. One delegate will see tha port agent about payment of bonus, since we signed articles while the bonus was still in effect. Discussion was held on the crew's behaviour in foreign ports—miss­ ing watches, etc. Crewmembers were advised to do their pari in keeping the messhall and recreation room clean, and cleaning the washing machine after use. Machinist volunteered to get the cre^^'s phonograph repaired in Seattle. Collec­ tion will be taken up to buy records. May IS—Chairman, Mlka Rotsli Sscra­ tary, Laroy D. Fltrion. Brother F. Reese was elected ship's delegate; J. "W. Girens waa elected ship's treasurer.' Each man should donate $2 to the ship's fund t»; ward a record player. Sanitary - men should keep out, of tbe messhall during sanitary liour^.^^^i^^j{j>^4 Of, .. caatRii^^ (Continued,00;jpage:;25> .n,. �i«w SEAFARERS head*' wUl b« locked in port. Gangway watch will keep the key to the meuhall: fhorealde persons should be kept- out of passageways by all crewmembers. Checkera are to" eat after the' crew. • • New ahower nozzle is needed for the steward's nozzle. A basket Is needed for. the launflry.' Washing machine riiould be secured PERSONAX.S * Charles Kinnke Please, contact j". T. Cassell, gen­ eral 'manager, Douglas Hotel, 15 Hili Street, Newark, N. J. x ''H'- a> , Samuel A. Bailey 'Please contact yoilr daughter, Betty*-Balley, at Box 95, Mendenhall. Miss. . i ^ i; t Mike Magal j»lease contact J. Bednar, 90 Fitch Street, Carteret, NJ, who has your Union book. t John Sheldon Stanley Please contact your sister,'Mrs; Otis Parter, at 1175 Gordon Street S.W., Atlanta, Ga., RA 1292. .4 4. 4 Robert Elie Please contact Herbert Resner, Tishman Bldg., 3480 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, Calif. 4 4 4 George Cullen Please note the following writ and petition served in Brisbane, Queehsland^^ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND — To GEORGE CULLEN formerly of 1216 Linden Avenue, Third Floor Rear, Apart­ ment 6, Baltimore 1'7, Maryland, in the United States of America, but whose present whereabouts are un­ known, Marine Engineer.' TAKE NOTICE that JUNE HAZEL CULLEN hias commenced an Action against you for dissolu­ tion of marriage Number 1425 of 1952, on the ground of desertion without cause for three years and upwards. If you wish to defend you may enter an Appearance in the Registry of the Supreme Court of Queensland at Brisbane within , Seventy-six days from the date of publication hereof. You may ob­ tain without charge a copy of the_ Writ of Summons and Petition from FRANK ROBERTS & KANE, Solicitors, 21 Adelaide Street, Bris­ bane. DATED ' at Brisbane this Eleventh day of August 1953. SECOND DEPUTY REGISTRAR L.S.' E. J. Russell *" 4 4*4 W. Wesley Ethy The; baby has been born—a girl. Please contact your sister-in-law as soon as possible. Mabel Jompay, 419 S. 12th Street, Philadel­ phia, Pa. 4 4 -4. 4 4 4 Howard Webber Please contfict Jeanie Dru, 809. North Gaffy Place, San Pedro, Calif. ' : Kay Presg Hansen Please contact your daughter, Jewel H. Kihg, at. 2148 North West 85th St.., Miami 47, Fla. 4'-^4'' ' 4 4 4 , , Martin Larsen. Please Note: "Your gear was shipped prepaid to New York. by. O. M; Jones. Wiper Donovan has your radio, E. W. Darwood Jj. Hoke" 'Will the above men contact or write the Philadelphia Marine ~ Corporation, 44 WhitehaU Street, New York City^, to colle.ct their overtime due. .them- while aboard the PotrerdfcBriilg,A, > - eANTICNY (CIHoi Service), May t— Chairnran, H.' Bucknor; Socrotary, H. Conell. There are no'beefs and no're­ pairs at the present tinie: everything is running smoothly. Brother R. Frye - Was elected new ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Vote of thanks went to Thompson, the chief cook,"' for his time spent in securing a new radio and TV antenna for the' crew's use. Suggestion was made that ail hands donate what they can spare at the payoff to build up the ship's fund again. Treasurer reported $3 left in the ship's fund. ORION STAR (Oil Carriers), April 25— Chairman, W. L, Mason; Socratary, J. C. Lakwyk. There are no beefs and everythini aboard is OK; we hope to get LOGs in Ifokosuka. TACALAM (Soatradc), May 1—Chair­ man, P. Caipar; Secretary, B. Dornellat. Crew if well satisfied with stores, vege­ tables and meats bought . in Japan by chief steward, also with the amount of fresh milk on board at sailing time. One man was taken off at Singapore for hos­ pitalization. $18 in the ship's fund will be turned over to the LOG as a contribu­ tion from the' crew. An additional $83, won at the arrival pool, will also be turned over to the LOG. No one is to pay off without the consent of the board­ ing patrolman. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for their coop­ eration in making it a pleasant trip. It was stressed by the ship's delegate that ail members be in a sober condition for the good of the Union, also for your own personal reasons, as we will all have quite an amount of cash that wiU need aU our attention to watch over. DEL QRO (Missitilppl), April 25—Chair­ man, Keith Wipsley; Secretary, J. L. Diosce. There was a shortage of steward stores: stores wer^ later taken on board. Jo Jo Touart was'elected, ship's delegate by lacclamatidn. ° Tinie of the meetings will lie alternated. Laundry, should be kept clean. In case a man must leave the ship due to illness, three delegates will be present when bis gear If packed, in addition to the officer in charge.. Deck department offered to' let the steward department and black gang Use their electric iron. Steward has been running out of stores and when we returned to New Orleans the steward said the com­ pany would not give him rye bread, fresh njeats, crackers, etc. Upon returning to the States we will see the New Orleans port agent on this. COMPASS (Compass), April 3—Chair­ man, J. Doris; Secretary, P. Piascik. J. . . • • 4 • 4: ^ •;4 Charles Murrah Pleasg contact Mary Ferrarg, c/o St. Paul Fire & Insurance Co., 90 John Street, NeW Yprk City. Irt one place. Library books should be reiumed aftier they haVe' been redd. And not left aU over the sliip;- ' January t-^halrman, S. C. Scott; Secrotary, Albert W. Bouton. Ship's delegate asked th4 captain K he would let the cre'w know the amount of tiirie we Would be in various b'orts' and if, when leaving port wo had large' amounts of money left from the port, he would take it back. Men coming'back'from shore should not make noise In passageways: men who must get up'early in the morning need their sleep. They will close the messhall door. 4;-'8 watch should be fed early so he can relieve the lookbut. -Men going on watch shduld'be fed first. May 1—ChOtrman, ndt listed; Secretary, Albert W. Bouton. Repair list was made out and given to thd mate. Inspection was made by the captain. Three rooms were painted and the rest will he done when the ship leavea the shipyard. Siopchest wiU'be cheeked before leaving the next trip: ship's stores will be- checked. Patrolman will be asked about all the clarifications about Isthmian. -Library books- should be returned after user A Juice squeezer is needed for the crew's mess. Cooler should be put into PO niess. Checkers should he moved from the' room they now use and he put some­ where other than on the crew's deck. Hospital should be used as a hospital and not -for checkers, guards, etc. ALAWAI (Waterman), May 5—Chair­ man, William Mllllson; S«tretary, Nicho­ las Hatglmisios. Thomas Richardson was elected ship's delegate: he wUl see if. we can put an SIU slopchest aboard. Crew will keep messhall and pantry and laun­ dry clean. Ship's delegate will see if heat, can be shut off. Repair lists will be made out before leaving the States. Ship's delegate will see if rooms can be painted. Each member will donate $.50 to the ship's fund for anything that comes' up during the trip. Donate Dorreli Please Contact your home. ..• 4 Pace, TwentyrftT* of smps' MEETINGS ... . • (Contlhued from pkg0 24) . t LOG • Doris was elected ship's delegate by accla­ mation. AU hands were asked to refrain from Bushing the toilets by using the feet. Updh inquiring the reason why .oil was In the sanitary lines, it was found that due to the bilge pump out of order the sanitary pump was being used during iiow To Get Disabled Pay Any totally, disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been employed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long, as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be agnt to . t h e U u i 0 n Welfare Trustees, c/o SiU Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. the emergency. Ship's delegate asked the membership to turn over to each de­ partment delegate aU mall gbing ashore at a certain time, and it would be turned over to the captain for mailing when he cleared the ship. The cost will be charged to' each man's slopchest account. To prevent anyone from getting hurt iff the future, glasses should not be put in the sink but left on the counter, where they can be handled without being broken. Votb of thanks went to the patrolman of the port of Philadelphia for the splendid Job they did in straightening out the various beefs brought in from the last trip, plus squaring away the many Items of repairs. Frenchy, the' deCk delegate and Pete the steward were also thanked for their efforts In getting the owners to renew and replace old and worn out equipment necessary to make any ship a happy one. May 9—Chairman, J. E. Smith; Sacrofary, P. -Piascik. Department delegates were requested to turn in repair lists. Ship's delegate explained that the cap­ tain requested a replacement list in or­ der to expedite the payoff. Subject of alien permitmen will he taken up On arrival by the boarding patrolman. There was a discussion on various Items on the repair list. Engine -delegate was promised that his department's heads and showers would be cleaned and painted. Ship's delegate was asked to speak to the cgptaiii about other heads and showers that need painting. Steward department was given a vote of thanks for Its efforts during this trip. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May 11— Chairman, Edward Mclnis; Sajcratary, Roy Pool*. Clarence Owens was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. AU hands were asked to keep screen doors closed"at aU times while in port. Ship's delegate vflU contact the chief engineer about supply­ ing drinking water to natives in various ports, so as not to interfere with the crew's watercooler. Electrician spoke of the care of the electric toaster. -.Sugges­ tion was made to see the mate about keeping peddlers .out of the passages in port, STONY-CREEK (Mar Trade), May 9— Chairman, Elmer Black; Sacrotary, Joa Barron: ' Letter received from headquar­ ters explained to the membership pro­ cedure on taking -the ship hack to the SUtes if articles expire on the next shuttle. ' One man missed ship in Japan: three replacements were secured. Motion weS passe-d to contact headquarters wel­ fare department about getting from the company W-2 forms at the payoff with a voucher for money earned from June to December of last year, for Federal in­ come tax purposes. Motion was passed to find out the standing of non-Union men signed on in foreign ports, as to vacation money, etc. Delegates will call the New York hall -to notify the company about a bonus if the ship makes another -shuttle: caU will be charged to the ship's fund. Some call signal from the hospital to the bridge should be installed, so that men in the hospital can attract attention: this would save them from getting cussed out for slamming doors. -There should be a little more cooperation with the messman at meal times, as he Is doing a fine Job. Washing machine is stUl being left dirty and not shut off after use for long periods of time. Further abuse of this may lead to serious trouble of this natiu-e. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), May 20 —Chairman, R. L. Abbey; Secretary, Jessa W. Maloney. Hamaty was elected deck delegate: Danny Sheehan. ship's delegate. One man's gear was taken out of his locker and thrown out on deck. This must stop immediately: Anyone caught breaking into lockers win be brought up on charges and thrown out of the Union. There was a discussion on wind chutes and portholes and screens. Ship's dele­ gate will see the patrolman. Repair list will be completed and patrolman will take action on this. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), May 7— Chairman, Rebert C. Drain; Secretary, R. H. Graham. Parker was elected ship's delegate. There was a discussion on the baker's incompetence and untidiness in the gaUey. Wiper should be talked to about his work. > QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), May STRATHBAY . (Strathmora), May 22— 2—Chairman, BUI McKenna; Secretary, K. Chairman, C. Badall; Sacratary, G. A. P. Goldman. There is $1L02 in the Mastarson. Repair list submitted from last trip will be taken care of. No ma­ jor beefs or disputed OT has been re­ ported. Ship is in good shape. William Davcy was elected ship's delegate: James Lee was elected deck delegate: Daniel J. Biedrgnski >ras elected engine delegate. There was discussion on members com­ ing in for meals later than necessary. There was some debate on the new wringer. It was decided to contact the port captain on return to the States and try and get a new washer and wringer: keys for deck department toilet and shower will be purchased in the States. If not, patrolman will be contacted be­ fore payoff and signon. WESTERN RANCHER (Western Naviga­ tion), April 25—Chairman, H.-A. Moonay; Secretary, W. Poien. Laundry is to be cleaned after use. The crew will help keep the messhall clean and put cups in the sink after use. Ship's delegate will make out a cleaning schedule for the laundry and recreation hall. SEAMONirOR (Excalslor), March 13— Chairman, T. M. Moriarity; Secretary, S. Zygarowski. R. Niedermeyer was elected ship's delegate. All hands are to clean the washing machine after using it. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about getting the washing machine in good working order as it was not repaired from the last trip. Two men from the crew are to wash and clean the wash room: one win do it the first week and one the next. BR will clean the crew passage­ ways. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard and the steward department for good food and service to the crew. MONARCH OP THE SEAS (Waterman), May 16—Chairman, Johnnie Roberts; Sec­ retary, Charles E. Spencer. Kessman Roy Steele Was left in the hospital in Puerto Rico with pneumonia. Request for new mattresses wiU be taken up with the pa­ trolman in Mobile. Gangway watches will BALTORE (Ore), May 15—Chairman, be stood in all ports in Puerto Rico. Samuel Mills; Secretary, George Prota. Formerly they were stood by company Ship's library should be obtained; there watchmen. Thanks went to the steward has only been no one here since the program was 'instituted. Steward has promised to supply more coffee to theengine department and to chill all canned desserts before serving them, in ' torrid; zones. There was a discussion on a member who threw away a Quarter of a Quiz AnsMcers (1) 44 miles per hour.. (2)/New York, Chicago, Los An­ geles, Philadelphia .and Detroit, in Puzzle Answer that order. (3) Scotland. ^ (4) (b) welterweight. He would 4ip the scales at. 140 .pounds, 7 pounds below the welterweight limit. A stone is a^tinit of 14 pounds.' (5) soften <by sojaking). •SB BffllgLira GOES (6) (b) Mount McKinley, in Alaska.,. / : ^ (7) Maine knd Vermont. eSHS 1![1H (8) 162 and 18. (9) February and March. The ex­ ception is on leap years, Mihen Feteruary has 29 instead of 28 days. «(» (») Ftaiidls'Bacon;' " * dQisagiEins inmm (affiles three-pound can of coffee because he department personnel for a job we& wanted to Use the ' can for his' own done. This is a good feeding ship with purposes. oldtimer 'Johnnie Roberts, formerly chief steward on Alcoa passenger ships, head: OREMAR (Ore), May 9—Chairman, iilg the - gang. It is getting real hot now Frank Holland; Secretary, F. H. Houck. on this run and some of the gang-will Ail OT should be checked and turned into be looking for cooler runs for the sum­ the bosun or deck delegate immediately mer. We hate to see a good gang bust ; after knocking off, and then turned in up. to mate. By doing this, arguments at the payoff may be. avoided. Mtut were ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), May IS— thanked for keeping the ship clean. . Man Chairman, Clyde Garner; Secretary, F. on sanitary, work was . complimented. Fuilbright. Repair list was pretty well There was a report on the faulty strainer taken care of. Washing machine will in No: 2 lifeboat and a suggestion that be repaired tomorrow.. Captain stated the ship's delegate see the mate about that he is available for slopchest needs repairing it. There was a lengthy dis­ at any time. Steward statSd that,he did cussion «n the washing of. cups in the not see the man he relieved and so can: pantry, the disappearance of soap and not be responsible for anything before sink stoppers. Steward, department got he came aboard. The OT is fouled up a vote of thanks for continued good and the ship is inadequately stored. Re­ feeding. quest was made that the. crewmembers not overload the . washing machine, and SANTORE (Ore), May 8—Chalrmin, V. also that they please refrain. from put-^ A. Reid; Secretary, M. O. Ohstrom. Stew­ ting buttered bread in the toaster. Toast ard reported that 12 cots had been re­ dry bread only. ceived. Ship's delegate was directed to inventory cots now on board so enough PORTMAR (Calmar), May 4—Chairman, additional cots can be requisitioned to H. Piarca; Secretary, M. Kiluber. H. K. supply the whole crew. Fans in mess- Pierce was elected ship's delegate. Thera hails and recreation room are now be­ is a shortage of proper food. After a ing repaired. There was general dis­ discussion by all hands it was decided cussion on delayed sailing, and it was to order stores and consult the patrolurged that ail brothers he aboard anl ihan in Long Beach. New wringer will hour before aailin^^so that this OT can be obtained when the ship reaches port be collected. Ship's delegate will see of payoff. New light bulbs are needed: about having the messhalls and foc'sles deck engineer will take care of this. sougeed out where needed. Each de­ partment delegate will make out a repair list before the end of the voyage. ship'a fund. Suggestion was made that each man mark his suitcases and hand­ bags. in case of emergencies like goiifg to the hospital, or missing ship. Gal­ ley and oven doors were fixed. May 16-^Chairman, Robert Murphy: Secretary, W. Prince. There is a balance of S11.02 in the ship's fund. There was a discussion on the ship going to Montreal and on paying off there. Vote of thanks Went to the steward department for a Job well done. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), May 5—Chairman, Thomas T. Nichols; Secretary, Estel Robertson. Ship's dele­ gate reported favorably on his talk with the mate on repairing the portholes. He got no satisfaction from the port stew­ ard on better Jams aiid jellies. Talk was given on loyalty to fellow members. This was in regard to someone who likes to ruii to company men with everything that is said and done in the gaUey. No data—Chairman, E. Robertson; Sec­ retary, B. Friedman. One man missed ship in Baltimore. F. F. Nichols was elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was made that ship's delegate talk to the patrolman and port steward about an inferior brand of milk being brought aboard in Lake Charles. This suggestion was clarified to mean that the crew wants homogenized milk. Steward should also get a better supply of Jams and jeUies. Suggestion was made that new men do­ nate $2 to the ship's fund. ' ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), May 1— Chairman, E. A. Grady; Secretary, O. W. Trawick. One man missed ship in New Orleans, and there was no time to get a replacement. Mobile patrolman wiU be notified by air maU from San Juan. Wiper was promoted to oiler to replace man who missed the ship. Motion was passed to purchase a bingo set from the ship's fund in San Juan. Discussion was held on putting up curtains in the mess­ hall and recreation room. Condition of the messroom in port was discussed. Ship's treasurer collected S18.20 at the last payoff. A crystal for the record player was purchased for $6.59 leaving a balance of $11.61. May 15—Chairman, Leon Kyter; Sec­ retary, C. A. Crabtree. . There is $7.76 in the ship's fund: fund will be used only for ship's recreation. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for fine meals and service. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY ./SI A| • ..-i : 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing'list. (Print Information) NAME ••ij STREET ADDRESS CITY ...........i .ZONE ..... STATE Signed TO AVOID pUPLICATldN;. If you sr* «ii old lubtcrlbtr and hav* a chanqa of addrait, plaasa qiva your format addrati balowi 2QNi STATl �v,^,? T«p;.r^.Dr.r.f,,"- Ir-T' r,mm Pace Twcnty-stz SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers Show Wide Interest in Idea Of Ship Injury Report in the HOSPITALS A growing demand from the crewmembers on SIU ships for duplicate reports covering injuries and illnesses aboard ship has been felt in recent weeks with a considerable number of Seafarers writing the Union on that score. In addition, several ships' crews have gone on record calling for the pro-"*^ cedure as the proper way to when a Seafarer was shifted from and could see to it that he was met one port to another. It took an at the dock when he arrived in the protect the rights- of injured exchange of cablegranu between SUtes and got proper medical at­ men. Beirut,. Port The request for duplicate reports was first voiced by Seafarer Stew­ art Hanks in a letter to the SEA­ FARERS LOG. As Hanks, and others since, have pointed out, the Seafarer up until now had to de­ pend on the chance that a full and fair report would be filed by the ship's officers. In some instances, such reports have been completely lacking, with the result that the Union and the Welfare Services Department often had no knowledge of the Seafarer's plight or his whereal^outs. Just recently one such mix-up occured Said, Alexandria and New York to locate the man finally. As proposed by Hanks, the forms would be for­ warded to Wel­ fare Services by the ship's dele­ Hanks gate and would make possible repatriation of the ill or injured Seafarer as soon as he could be moved. Wel­ fare Services would be able to keep tabs on his movements all the way. All of the following SIU families Jack Jacobs, 605 East 11th Street, will collect fhe $200 maternity New York, NY. benefit plus a $25 bond from the ^ Union in the baby's name. George Leonard Tolllver, Jr., Gustav Kvaale Pedersen, bom born April 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. April 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. George L. Tolliver, 129 Mrs. Peter J. Pedersen, 271 86th North Roman Street, New Orleans, La. Street, Brooklyn, NY. t t Catherine Castronover, born April 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Castronover, 1739 Ohio Avenue, Long Beach 4, Cal. i, i. Jack Angel Jacobs, born April 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and. Mrs. tention immediately, if he needed it. Record Always Available From there on, the Seafarer would have a record of what hap­ pened to him so that he could col­ lect his maintenance and cure, and any other funds that might be com­ ing to him, without difficulty. Several men in the hospital, who had been victims of the hit or miss system that prevails under com­ pany auspices, have written their strong approval of the idea. Fur­ ther reaction by" the membership to the subject is awaited. Albert Mosher, 41 Clarke Avenue, Jersey City, Kj. XXX Ines Matllde Miranda, bora March 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Miranda, 121 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, NY. XXX' Janet Babb, born November 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Merlssa Louise Muenster, *bom November 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. Babb, 442 Washington Avenue, and Mrs. Joe H. Muenster, Wick- Brooklyn, NY. — liffe, Ky. \X X X . • Teddy Felton Jernlgan, Jr., bora t, X Albert Moshe^, Jr., bora April March 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Teddy F. Jernigan, 822 Viers Mill Road, Rockville, Md. 4" 3^ t Baltimore Newcomers At Home X X .X Ronnie Keith Heaton, born April 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Milton Heaton, 515 St. Andrew Street, New Orleans,.La. / XXX Kathy Jane Hayes, bora April 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benja­ min E. Hayes, 224 South 14th Avenue, Hopewell, Va. - , ' X X X ''' Aaron Brahim Androh, -born March 22, 1954. Pareqts, Mr. and Mrs. Allie Androh, 39 Lewis Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, NY. XXX Maria Cabrera, born March 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angel Cabrera, Playa De Ponce, Ponce, •Puerto Rico. XXX , Susan Marlene True, born April 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. True, 4101 Audrey Avenue, Baltimore 25, Md. XXX Peter Raymond Lego, bora March 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and JVIrs. Andy L. Lego, 410 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, La. X • Two newcomers to the Port of Baltimore whose birth netted their parents a $200 SIU maternity benefit^plus a $25 US bond for them. selves are shown in the photos above. At top, John Henry Emerick, Jr., bom January 20, 1954, at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs! ' J: H. Emerick.At bottom, Wanda Lee Ledo Vargas, who arrived on Ksrch |0, 1954, at home with mom and dad, .Mr. .and Mrs. BienTenidq Ledo. Varge^. ilelive)ry,^of ihe benefits was handled by the StU Welfttre .Setviees branch in BaRimore.' v r X MnrM, 1954 X The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass-away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of .time for visitors. If you're ashore arid you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. Lonzie V. Albrltton OUver S. Flynn C. Barboza Earl McKendree WiUlam Bargona John E. Markopolo John J. Boksz Frank E. Nelson James H. Brandon James M. SneU C. S. Dick A. VUlarreal Joseph H. Dudley J. L. Williams G. E. Ekelund USPHS H6SPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Terrell Adams Samuel N. Hurst William C. Bedgood Paul Jakubcsak Paul B. Bland Herman C. Kemp Robert L. Booker Jimmie Littleton James Bush C. L. Middleton R. Carrollton F. S. Paylor John Daniels Ivey M. Peacock J. P. Douglas James B. SeUers' Arthur L. Fricks J. C. Whatley Mike Golns USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, BtASS. Frank Alasavich James Penswlck Joseph S. Cash Robert A. Rogers Theodore Mastaler USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Ernest 0. BeU K. Kornellusen Greth L. Harrod Lorenzo J. Lova USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Clarence S. Baker Carl R. Johnson R. B. Barnes Stephen B. Kutzer Luke A. CiamboU Vernon Mftyo Henry Dellorfano V. K. Ming '• Kung Yu Fah W. J. Moran James J. Fontes Herbert Parks Svene Johannessen W. Westcoat USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier Ho Yee Choe Daniel O'Rourke Thomas D. Dalley Joe Perreira Raymond E. Davis Anthony M. Rosales F. Fondila W. S. Singleton Salvatore Guiffre Sing Ah Sue Olav Gustausen Ding Hai Woo Leo J. Kennedy P. S. Vuzon Edward H. Murar USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Harry J. Cronln VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Leonard J. Franks USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Anthony Benedict D. Korolia Leo H. Lang John Blizzard Jean Lataple Paul Boudreaux Charles E. Bradw Joseph C. Lucas James M. Lucky WlUlam R. Burch Frank Martin 0. Butler McKenley Campbell Edwin G. MltcheU WUllam G. Moore S. J. Canales Arthur I. Nelson S. C. Carregal Hugh W. O'DonneU Clarence W. Cobb C. ' Osborne P. B. Cogley ' .. Eddie A. Patterson 8. Cope Sherwood Piner Adlon Co:t • Edward N. Powell Clarence Grevier A. Qulnones WUllam J. Davis Romolo DbVlrgUeo W. E. Reynolds M. J. Rodriguwz Gordon R. Dolan AUan S. Ritchie K. EzeU WiUiam RocheU Leo Fonlenot James J. Ruth B. D. Foster Nathan L. Gardner Edward Samrock Allen W. George WiUiam E. SwiUey Clayton Thompson W. H. GUbertson Jack F. Thornburg. Jack J. Gleason Lonnle R. Tickle Peter Heuleu J. Tramontanic John L. Glnton Arthur VaUente Lyle Hipp Dolphus D. Walker Gustav Hoyzam J. E. Ward John N. HuU E. G. Knapp HOSPITAL us: ISLAND, NY STA' Jose Cortes HUarlon Aquio Eddie Driggers James Bentley Estell Godfrey John E. Brady Edwin F. Growe Camiel Caus X How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby'-s birth certificate dat­ ing birth after Abril 1, 1952. • The diwharge from the iast ship you' sailed on before the baby was born. FINAL DISPATCH John David Struller, Jr., bora April 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and The deaths of the following Mrs. John David Struller, 265 Pa^' Seafarers have been reported to saic Street, Passaic, NJ. the Seafdrers Welfare Flan- and X X .X-' Kerry Lee Wlnget, born April $2,500 death benefits are being 16, 1954. • Parents, Mr. and Mrs. paid to beneficiaries. James A. Winget, 1910 Avenue Jose Cortesf Vilar, 59: On April Galveston, Tex." 14, 1954, Brother Vilar'died of a X X X ' George Hamatlon Cuenca, bora heart ailment at the Veterans' Ad­ April 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ministration Hospital at Coral Mrs. Benito R. Cuenca, 6433 Bacy Gables, Fla. He. was buried at Flagler Memorial Cemetery, Mi­ cich Street, New Orleans, La. ami, F15. Brother Vilar sailed in X' 'X ' X the steward department, and Michael Anthony Turner, born April 25,- 1954. Parents, Mr. and joined the SIU in Tampa in 1940. Mrs. Paul R. Turner, 1235 Leonides He leaves his yirlfe, Gloria Viihr, 430 SW First Street, Miemi, Fla. Street, New Orleans, jLa. -X :X' John B. Hass Charles Oglesby Flemming Jensen T. Papoutsoglov L. Kristiansen Donald Peterson Lai Choo Chang Thomas W. Ritson Lawrence Franklin Sidney Rivers Karl Larsen Edwin T. Rushton Tim McCarthy Stanley A. Sargeant Lloyd McGee Jose Sousa John Maclnnes > Thomas Thompson N. Mayrantonis Jose J. Valenzuela Haakon Moum Robert F. Weiker R. W. Mulholland CUilord Womack Francis R. NapoU John Zuzov Sigurd Odegaad NATIONAL INSTITUTE-OF HEALTH HOSPITAL , BETHESDA, MD. James H. Harker SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky 1 USPHS HOSPITAL PONCE. PUERTO RICO Arthur I. Nelson USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Thomas Ankerson William JCunak John Berkenkemper Robert Lambert Algot Bogren James Macunchuck John Botelho Tony Mastantlno Earl L. Brittain Joseph Michael " Carl E. Chandler Lloyd Miller Jessie A. Clarke Ralph J. Palmer Albert Colditz Claude Pattbn James R. Dodson Oscar Pearson Samuel Doyle '' George Pipinos Michael Duco Donald L. Rood Lucien R. EUie Robert W. Scales Jacob R. Gnagey Gustav V. Svensson Gorman T. Glaze Joseph TraXler Herbert Grant Linus E. Twite James E. HiUary Armando Vargas Walton Hudson Warren Whitmer Karl Kristensen Henrich Wiese VA HOSPITAL LONG REACH, CAL. Walter R. Sylvls HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, CAL. Euge'ne G. Plaha ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL NEWARK, NJ Rocco Albanese PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO Charles CantweU ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Luis WiUlams USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NYEugene T. Nelson Kaarel Leetmaa Percy AUred James R. Lewis Fortunate Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Joseph McCraw Thomas Bryant . Jose G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Jar Cheng David Mcllreath Frank Mackey Emilio Delgado Vic MUUzo Antonio Diaz Eugene T. Nelson John DriscoU Matthew Gardiner Arthur Rudnickl George Shumaker* Bart Guranick Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Ernest Smallwood WUllam Keenan. Henry Smith Ludwig Krlstian Renato VilUta Frederick Landry VlrgU WUmoth James Lawlor ^ ^ X • Henry Beckman^ 49: On August SteViieii Patrick Meloon, bora April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1950, Broiler Beckmah died of Mrsi Charles'W, Meloon, 77 Massa^< bronchialpneumcmia iat the: US chusetts Avenue; Arlington* MOM. Marine Hospital, Chicago^ 111. A member of the engine department, he joined the SIU in 1942 in the Port of New York. Brother Beckman was . buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove," 111. Sur­ viving is his wife, Flizabeth Ran­ kin Gilston Beckman, of 1 Mersey Street," Parr Sti,Heims, Lancashire, England. • X X X ' Edward W. Parsons: While the Alawai was enroute from San Francisco to lionolulu Brother Parsons was lost at-sea—^latitude 32 degrees 15 minutes; longitude 144 degrees 36 minutes. An SIU member since 1948, ° when ' he "joined the SIU in the Port of New York, Brother Parsons sailed as aq Oiler In the engine department. Shiviving is his mother, Chlorean M.«: :.Pamott8. 1615 f Uye ; Oak Street, Beadmont, Tex* �May 28^ 1854 SEAFARERS SEEDP THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Paere Twenty-sieviefi LOG SIU BalksCompany M&C Dodge •--s A new company gimmick to forestall payment of maintenance and cure benefits bit the dust in a hurry, thanks to prompt action by the Welfare Services Baltimore representative, John Arabasz, and the Union's legal representative in that city. As a result the company, Robin L .le, had to back down' on its demand and pay the ill on their ships for releases on all medical records dealing with Seafarer in question the their medical history. If the man the seaman for as far back as the signed the release it gave the com­ company cared to go. money that was due him: The gimmick involved a com­ pany permission to go to the US If the men didn't sign the re­ (News about men tn the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Weipany request to men who became Public Health Service and ask for lease the company said it uxt^Id fare Benefits will b« carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer hold payment of maintenance and Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while,he makes cure. his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Could Be Tried Later Some of the boys wlio have been out In the Staten Isldnd hospital Obviously, once the company for a while are waiting for us to put something in the LOG about had a full medical history on a 'them. This column should catch up with all of our dry docked brothers. crewmember, it could attempt to tie in any future ailment he might James McLeod was drydqcked in the hospital for some time with Familiar to Seafarers at the Staten Island US Public Health suffer to something that happened what was reported to be stomach trouble. He got out earlier this month after being in since April 22. His last ship Service hospital for the past three years. Dr. Kenneth R. to him in the past and try to deny was the Robin Goodfellow. Nelson, medical officer in charge, is expected tojbe leaving him maintenance and other finan­ cial benefits he would otherwise Off the Steel Executive is Jesse Bentley, AB, who shortly for a new assignment has been in the hospital since April 6. He hails at the USPHS hospital in San SIU to assure the comfort of Sea­ be entitled to receive. One stubborn Seafarer in the from North Carolina and is in there for observation. Ffancisco. farers hospitalized at Staten Is­ ' port of Baltimore quickly exploded He's hoping to be out real soon and on his way Dr. John Wilson, medical officer land, he has proven to be a good the whole scheme. The man had home to the south, in charge at the USPHS hospital been off the ship for just a couple , Also in for observation are Robert Welker and at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, is of. days with a minor illness and Artenio Fernandez. Welker was chief electrician didn't see why he should have to aboard the Ponce before he entered the hospital on taking over the Staten Island as­ signment. Well-known to the longsign a release dealing with his April 27, while Fernandez, a New Yorker, entered McLeod term Seafarer-pdtients at the whole medical history to collect on the 19th. His last ship was the Steel Age of Brooklyn institution. Dr. Wilson the few dollars due him. He Isthmian. has been at Manhattan Beach for brought his complaint to Ai'abasz, Union Got Him Transferred the past two years, originally com­ who immediately consulted legal counsel on the question. Seafarer Clifford Womack of Baltimore is a bit removed from home ing from Baltimore. His succejssor in the hospital on the Island. His last ship was the Robin Goodfellow at Manhattan Beach has not been The company was then notified that if it didn't pay the man's just which he shipped on as messman. He^'as taken off with a strangula­ named. claim, legal action would be taken tion hernia and entered St. Clair's hospital in New York City on April With USPlfts 25 Years in small claims court to see that 25. Five days later the Welfare Services Department arranged for A veteran of the Public Health its contractual obligations to pay his transfer to the USPHS hospital. service for the past 25 years, Dr, maintenance were fulfilled. As a In the hospital in order to correct a stomach disorder is Seafarer Nelson has served at USPHS facil­ result, a check is waiting for the Vincent Jones of New York. Jones was last oh the Lawrence Victory ities in New Orleans, where -he Seafarer to pick up in the Balti­ as chief electrician. He's been drydocked for about tWo weeks now and originally completed his intern­ more branch hall. Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson he hopes to be up and about real soon. ship, as well as Baltimore, Buffalo, The case again points up the Marians De Jonge Is hospitalized for observation. The New Yorker's Savannah and Boston, where he friend to the Union. Seafarers and last job was deck maintenance aboatd the Steel King. He entered the served from 1947 through 1951, be­ SIU Welfare Services representa­ importance of contacting the Union on these matters to assure all bene­ hospital on May 12, one day after Robert Mulholland, OS on the Bien­ fore coming to Staten Island. tives in New York wish "him well fits due are paid at the proper ville, entered the hospital for observation, also. He also had a previous assign­ on his new assignment. time. ment in San Francisco (1934-37) Broke Leg On Elizabeth and did a stint as chief medical Chief steward aboard the Elizabeth last time out, Charles Cantwell officer at the Federal Penitentiary broke his leg on the ship and entered the local hospital on May 18. at Leavenworth, Kansas, for a° peri­ He had some trouble before that though, but it was od of two years. He was also'at all straightened out by the Welfare Services Depart­ Manhattan Beach as medical of­ ment. At first, Cantwell entered a local ho,spital in ficer in charge from 1943 through San Juan, PR, but 10 days later was repatriated 1945. back to the states by air. He contacted Welfare and Cooperative in' all efforts by the Making life more comfortable for the men in the hospitals the Union took care of him, seeing that he ^ was is a normal, everyday Welfare Services function. Sometimes, admitted to the hospital on the Island. He's doing however, it takes unusual turns. fine now and resting ,comfortably. John Brady is back in the,hospital again after For example, this week, the"^ being , out for awhile. Last on the Chiwawa as an Welfare Services hospital rep­ combination the procedure was oiiqr, the New Yorker is in the boneyard for treat­ resentative was seen lugging a much' the_ same, with a sizeable Cantwell ment of a skin disease: TV set to Manhattan Beach hos­ price discount also arranged for by Seafarers qualify under Another brother in for observation is Tom Liies, who hails from pital for the benefit of a Seafarer the Union. the' SIU Vacation Plan every down in the Bayou country of New Orleans. He was last on the Warthere who decided he would like time they can show 90 days' Since the men at Manhattan hawk as utility messman and entered the hospital on May 12. David to have his own channel to tune discharges for worktime at on or off as he chose. The luxury Salado, hailing from Brooklyn, is right at home in the Staten. Island sea or in port after June 1, of owning his own TV set in the hospital, where the utility messman went after injuring himself aboatd 1951. Vacation pay can behospital was made possible through the Seatrain New Jersey. He's also in for a hernia operation and hopes collected four times a year to be getting out as soon as possible.' the hospital benefits he receives in cases of men with continu­ and the discounts arranged through Agnar Anderson, another New York boy, is in the hospital for an ous sailing time. Your dis­ the Sea Chest. operation on his legs to clear up a varicose veins condition. His last charges from an SIU ship Seafarer John Keenan is the job wias AB aboard the Shinnecock Bay. Sid Rivers, representative of are the key to guaranteed fortunate owner of the TV set, the Bronx, NY, was injured aboard the Steel Flyer where he was AB. vacation pay — another SIU whiie several other Seafarers at He's just had an elbow operation and is doing very nicely, expecting first in maritime! the hospital, including Emilio Delto be out real soon. gado, have ordered radio and rec­ ord player combinations or other appliances. Welfare Services, with an assist from the Sea Chest, made it pos­ sible for Keenan to get his own 17inch TV set on the basis of a very small down payment and time pay­ ments every other week geared to the amount he receives in the form of ho:$ital benefits. A sub­ stantial reduction off list price was arranged for and no charge was made for the installment financing of the set. Seafarer John Keelan passes On Delgado's record player-radio time at Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital reading in the library. Now he's got his own TV set. Staten Island USPHS Chief Assigned To San Francisco Hospital Benefits Help Bring Comforts Of Home To Seafarers Vacation Every 90 Workdays Final Rites For fi Seafarer Funeral services for Seafarer Joseph MtNulty at Golden Gatei National Cemeteiy in San Francisco on . April 15, 1954 were attended by Several Seafarers In the poVt as honorary pallbearers (left) and an Army guard of honor. McNulty, who- died three days- earlier, was. a veteran of World Wttt I. His last trip was. on'the (Nicholas CiH. (Trident) as utility messmiati. He was'55^ ' •?'!> - Beach are-all long-term patients, the availability of entertainment and recreation for tliem makes a big difference in helping pass the time of day. Other Seafarers at the hospital have indicated a keen interest in., this procedure as a .means of making their lengthy stay at the hospital a more comfortable oiie. /; �^•fe^ I- Vol. XVI No. 11 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT • AFL S-- More and more Jodoy, the cause of a modern US merchant fleet com­ mands support from quarters outside the maritime industry. Qoncern is felt in many places, at reports that shipyards ore laying off thousands of workers or shutting down altogether because there are no orders for new merchant vessels. The SlU has long stressed the necessity of a strong, modern mer­ chant marine, for when new ships never get* past the drawing board both ship­ yards -and the shipping industry itself suffer. A new ship program is one su­ premely important part of a merchant marine revival. • ' '• ' •. > X-.,'/v.f»•< r. :i.itf't. « iV.i. iv » X —-.ivi . ;• J •v.'-* > «--•> ' •••-- i,'- >J Z» f U »• J- 'i - 9*' ^|I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 28, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 11 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 60 NEW SHIPS YEARLY IS US M'TIME PROGRAM JAIL BRITISH SEAMEN IN CANADA $ BEEF THREE PRO-LABOR MEN WIN IN ALABAMA VOTE PASS STILL BILL ON DOPE TRAFFIC US LIMITS SHORE LEAVE BANS GOV'T CAN'T TOUCH RUNAWAY SHIP $ CHALLENGES AGAIN HOLD BALANCE IN DOCK VOTE RR DRAWINGS MAKE SEAFARER CELEBRITY ON STATEN ISLAND MMP BACKS DOCK UNION SEAWAY POSES CHALLENGE TO US SHIP OPERATIONS SEAFARERS SLOW TO ACT ON UNCLAIMED WAGES TRAVELERS CHECKS NO SOLD IN BALTIMORE CANADA DEEP SEA FLEET DOWN TO 21 SEAFARER-INVETOR DREAMS UP WRINKLE-FREE GEAR CARRIER THREE DAYS LEFT FOR ART CONTEST ENTRIES PLAN EXCAVATION OF HUGE HILL TO AVERT LANDSLIDE IN PANAMA TEN-MONTH HAT STRIKE ENDS; ALL 1,400 STRIKERS REHIRED MCS PLANS FOR NEW COAST STEWARD VOTE MEXICO TELLS OF NEW 'MONSTER' SCHEDULE CHANGE FORCES CREW TO CALL OFF DEL SUD PICNIC CHANGE OF CLIMATE VICTORY ON SHORE LEAVE NEW BALTIMORE HALL - GOING UP!! PERMANENT '50-50' STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY SENATE LEADER SEAFARER RECORDS CONVERSATION AFTER TOO MANY NIGHTS ASHORE 'BENEVOLENT BENNY' IS ANYTHING BUT TO ANDREW JACKSON CREWMEN OS WOULD LIKE LADDER FOR MOUNTING WARHAWK HAS OWN PRIVATE WARS WITH SEA, SHIPS AND WEATHER 'REACHES' SHIP BY DRINK THE 'UNSINKABLE' SHIP GOES DOWN SEAFARERS SHOW WIDE INTEREST IN IDEA OF SHIP INJURY REPORT SIU BALKS COMPANY M&C DODGE STATEN ISLAND USPHS CHIEF ASSIGNED TO SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL BENEFITS HELP BRING COMFORTS OF HOME TO SEAFARERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/28/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2e40090540a2491c63245100f869cc64.PDF efda8451053e4752e020b02e90bf6727 PDF Text Text ,, W" LOG Voli XVI K ;' • 7 ^ ife:- • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL T _ _^f:y.te A •','4 -.i it,- - • ihf U •dljt •I'MM ' . -.Ti GAINS IN Story on Page 3 ;!! 16 Vying For SIU College Scholarships 'M story on Page 2 SIU headquarters officials and employees tie up loose ends on new freight pact, after it was approved by, operators' committee. \^sistant Secretary - Treasurers Claude Simmons (front) and Joe Algina look on as copies of the proposed contract are , mailed out to freight outfits. The pact features increases of four and six percent for all but entry ratings, retroactive to last October 1, plus reopener on welfare, vacation and other item? at any time. It must still be ratified by the membership. (Story on Page 3.) Wrapping If Ifp. i*«5' C Hospital Budget Survives First Hurdle In Congress Story on Page 3 - ••rll -;5ai �im's • PausB Tw*. • SEAFARERS LOG Jiune 11, 1954 5 Seafarers, 11 SlU (Aildren Bid For Union Schoiarships ' Five. Seafarers are among the 16 eligible candidates for the four $6,000 four-year scholar­ ships to be awarded under the SIU Scholarship Plan this year. The Scholarship Advisory Committee, made up of five prominent educators, will select the winners when they meet Tuesday, June 22nd. ^ .— — Seafarers eligible this year financial aid will ba given those are:,Bernard Ireland, assistant di­ are Elliot Williams, 27, of Gal­ winners who show ability to con­ rector of admissions of Columbia Seafarers view some of the oil paintings on fflsplay in a comer of the SIU art exhibit at headquarters. Jndgina will be next week. SIU Art Works Co On Display Seafarers' entries for the Third Annual SIU Art Contest went on display at headquarters this week, with all viewers, both Seafarers and visitors to the hall, near-unanimous in their praise of the creative* work submitted for the Union- June 16 are sterling silver cigarette sponsored competition. Judg­ lighters emblazoned with an SIU m k I;)/ l[V .'^ Ife." IA..- m ing of all entries will be held on Tuesday, June 15. The exhibition, opened two days ago, on Wednesday, and will con­ tinue for a full week. Awards for the winning entries will be made at the regularly-scheduled head­ quarters membership meeting next Wednesday night. Oil paintings and handicraft items dominate the entries in the current contest, with water-colors and drawings running third and fourth. The number of entries is much smaller than in the past, however, principally due to the fact that the competition this year is" limited to five entries in any one contest classification. Dozen Or More Entries Earlier contests had some Sea­ farers submitting a dozen or more items in one class, thus swelling the total number of entries consid­ erably. Few have submitted more than one or two items this year. The prizes which will be awarded lapel crest emblem. Each will be engraved with the winner's name, plus the date and title of the award. Up to three prizes will be awarded in each contest category, and it is hoped several of the win­ ning Seafarers will be on hand at the Wednesday night meeting to receive their prizes in person. List­ ing at $15 plus tax, the valuable prizes will be a lasting reminder of (Continued on Page 17) Crospvord Puzzle ........ Page 12 Editorial ....Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings ........Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer Pag^ 12 In The Wake Pag" 12 Labor Round-Up.. Page 13 Letters .Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 On The Job .Page 16 Personals i....... Page 25 Quiz ^ .~, .Page 19 Seafarers In Actibh Page 16 • Ships Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line .Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News . Page 7 Wash. News Letter, i Page 6 Welfare Benefits Pages 26.-27 -Welfare. Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's' Worth..... Page 7 Vital Ships TMee of heroism and courage on the "part of Seafarer crews were commonplace during World War II. But at no stage of the war were, merchant ships and. the sea­ men that manned them more vital than' in the Normandy beachhead days when men and material were delivered in the greatest concen­ tration in niilitary and ih shipping history. Thousands of SIU and SUP sea­ men took part in establishing the beachheads and later in maintain­ ing the lines of supply which were so necessary in order to bring the Nazis to heel. • Millions Of Tons 'These Seafarers played an Im­ portant role in landing the 21^-million troops, the i^-million trucks and tanks, and the 17 million tons of, ammunition and supplies that were put on the beaches of Nazi Europe during the first 109 days after D-Day. •^any Seafarers were also among the 1,000 merchant seamen who veston, Texas; Picket W. Lusk, 30, tinue into grac^u^te work. College of Columbiq- University; It is emphasized that those ap'^ Elwood C. Kastner, registrar of of Houston, Texas; Wallace M. Simpson, 23, of Riverbank, Calif,; plicants who do not win the schol" New York University; Miss Edna Edmund C. Larkin, 28, of Ithaca, arships this year are eligible to. M; Newby, director of admissions NY; and Seymour Wallace, 24, of compete again for the scholarships. of New Jersey College for Women This year's SIU Scholarship Ad­ of Rutgers University, and F. D. New York City. visory Committee is the same that Wilkinson,' registrar of Howard There were a total of 25, appli­ cants for the scholarships, of which judged the winners last year. They University. 16 were judged eligible. Besides the five Seafarers there were five seamen's, daughters and ..six sons of SIU members. m}y_ The advisory committee will study all of the material subiqitted by the applicants. A complete study will be made of each appli­ cant's high school record, his refer­ ences, college entrance exam score WASHINCl^bN.—^The Navy's proposal for long-term char­ and other data. ters for private operators on 20 new tankers struck a tempo­ The committee will then make rary snag, when a House Armed Services Committee sug­ preliminary selections for recom­ gested that the Government mendation to the trustees of the build and own the tankers it­ are in the employ of private com­ Seafarer Welfare Plan. Final de­ self. Representative Carl Vin­ panies. cision and announcement of the son of the House Armed Services The one drawback seen in the awards will be made by the Committee said that Government 'Vinson proposal is that it would trustees. ownership would assure the Navy require the Defense DepartmentFree Choice to make a special appropriations a full 20 years' use of the ships. Seafarers and the lamilies of Under the original plan, as pro­ request at this session of Confess Seafarers who meet the other posed by-the Military Sea Trans­ for the funds-with which to build ,. • qualifications may apply and com­ portation Service, the tankers the new tankers. At present, MSTS operates 47 pete for the scholarships. The would be built privately and timewinners may choose the college of chartered to "ilSTS for a period of T-2s of Us own, in addition to char­ their choice, and will continue to ten years. After ten years, or be­ ters of privately owned vessels. get the scholarship for a four-year fore that in some circumstances, 'l!he 20-tanker plan would make it period providing their grades meet the owners would be permitted to possible for MSTS to place 37 of the requirements. transfer the ships to foreign fiags. its own T-2s in the reserve fleet. Then it would operate on the basis Each scholarship pays $1,500 per Manned Privately of ten Government-owned T-2s, 20 year for foiu: years, which is In any case, it was agreed that new supertankers to be built and enough to pay all tuition, fees books and room and board in al­ whatever iiroposal was adopted, four supertankers under time most any coHege in the country. " the ships would be built in private charter from the Orion Shipping The Welfare Plan has stated that yards and manned by seamen who Cooipany. 20-Tanl(er Proposal Hits Snag In House '"'HI * Seamen Played Leading Boles At Normandy Ten ¥ ears Ago !• •fl.' , Last Sunday, June 6, was the 10th anniversaiy of D-Day—the start of the AllieiJ invasion of Adolph Hitler's "fortress Europe" and the beginning of the end of the Nazi dream of world conquest. , For many Seafarers, last Sunday was a day of quiet remembrance. It was a day during which they could recall their own role in this history-shaping operation and to pause to observe-^with Special emphasis—the traditional "one minutr of silence" in memory of their shipmates who died to maintain the lifelines to Europe intact. . . , More than 1,200 Seafarersf ships that were scuttled ,ta successful invasion of the Nor- SIU Libertys which- had -all seen gave their lives both during can SEAFARERS LOG the make the emergency breakwater— mandy coast possible. plenty of; action 'and were c<mwar, and many met their the "miracle harbor" that made the Among these 82 ships were three June 11. 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 12 (Continued on page l7) • * end in the channel waters off As i See It Page 4 the Normandy beaches. 'Published biweekly at the headquarfers of the seafaien .fnternatfonal Unlonr At­ lantic A Oolf, District AFL, «75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *•4600. Entered at second class matter at thq Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., under ihe A rot Ausust 24, 1912. volunteered to sail the 32 Amefi- i A line of Liberty ships (dark chain running through center of photo) form a man-made breakwatex t ' off the Nohhandy Coast.khortiy after D-Dayv I'O ye'ara Ho. Ships were scuttied-to afford calm surf i- : • t=vw.; • �jii^ltl9S4 SSAF ARERS LOG Pace Thf Dry Cargo Pact Ups Wages A new SIU contract calling for a two to six percent increase in wages and overtirtie for all ratings has been completed with the major dry cargo companies and will be presented to the membership for ratification. The contract's money •\ \ provisions are retroactive ta^' October 1, 1953, the date the increases .are also retroactive to changes in general rules is the provision made for money draws old SIU contract expired. The October 1, 1953. Increases on standby, longshore in foreign ports. The old con­ agreement specifies that the Union can reopen it at any work and tank clearing, as well as tract called for draws in US cur­ time to 'discuss welfare, vaca­ changes in the working rules and rency all over the world, but this tion, pensions and other items. In addition, the new agreement makes several important changes in working rules and general rules Under the new agreement, retroactive pay will run back to Oc­ dealing with such subjects as tober 1, .195^ for all ratings. This includes both base wages and money draws in foreign ports, al­ overtime rates. Some typical retroactive pay due would be as fol­ lotments, work in interior spaces lows: by foreign shore gang labor, fans, Chief steward: $22.09 a month for nine months on base wages, innerspring mattresses, handling or $200 plus additional overtime on the basis of another 11 cents of garbage and the like. fsr each hours' overtime. (fhe money features of the new AB: $12.09 a month for the same period or close to $110 plus the agreement call for a six percent additional retroactive pay on overtime on the basis of another seven increase for all ratings currently cents an hour. earning $340.73 or more and an overtime rate for these ratings of Wiper: $5.77 a month for the same period or close to $51 plus $1.93. Ratings earning $298.49 and additional overtime, on the basis of another three cents an hour. up to $340.73 will get ,a four per­ cent increase and an overtime rate general rules will go into effect as caused of $1.94 an hour. considerable difficulty of the completion of a ship's pres­ with shipowners ciaiming that in Firemen's Parity In this connection, the firemen ent articles and the signing of new many instances, US currency was not available. As a result, a new will be given parity with oilers ones. Of particular interest in the (Continued on page 17) and firemen-watertenders on wage scales so that they will get the four percent increase on the basis Of the old scale for oilers and FWTs. The remaining entry ratings, un­ der $298.48 will get a two percent increase and an overtime rate of $1.51 an hour. in addition, special considera­ tion is being given to three key ratings ort the mariner ships, the WASHINGTON.—The US Public health Service budget bosuns, carpenters and chief elec­ tricians. Bosuns . will get $447 a survived its first hurdle, but not without damage, as the month or an extra $40, chief elec­ House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40,000 off the tricians $518.09, or roughly $20 Administration's request. The| extra, and carpenters will get committee's actibn reduces the less than last year and over a mil­ $386 or roughly $11 extra. These budget to $33 million, $110,000 lion less than two years ago. The next major step will prob­ ably be forthcoming from the Senate Appropriations Committee, and then on the floor of both DECK DEPARTMENT Houses. Union representatives in New Old, . New Washington, are hopeful that the Rating Scale Scale Increase Overtime Senate will restore the cut. In any Bosun (Mariner) $378.00 $447.00 $69.00 $1.98 case, a fight will be made for Bosun 378.00 400.68 22.68 1.98 restoration on the floor of the Carpenter (Mariner) 353.85 +386.00 32.15 1.98 House and if necessary, in the Carpenter 353.85 *375.08 21.23 1.98 Senate-House conference. AB Maintenance 330.75 13.23 343 98 1.98 The $33 million figure, while Quartermaster 302.32 12.09 S14.41 1.94 enabling the hospitals to. continue Able Seaman^ 302.32 12.09 314.41 1.94 operation, represents a further cut­ 4.<79 244.19 Ordinary Seamali .'... 239.40 1.51 back in some of the hospital serv­ ices, which have been under fire ENGINE DEPARTMENT from Government economizers. Chief Electrician (Mariner).,.; 470.99 518.09 47.10 1.98 Meanwhile both the Union and Chief Electrician 470.99 499.25 28.26 1.98 the Seafarers themselves have 2d Electrician 438.76 26.33 465.09 1.98 been pressing hard Tor Congres­ Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day)...... 380.97 22.86 403.83 1.98 sional approval of the budget, Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) 340.74 20.44 361.18 1.98 which is considered the minimum 23;46 Plumber-Machinist 390.96 1.98 414.42 that would be sufficient to keep 21.56 Deck Engineer 359.32 1.98 380.88 the hospitals operating at Uieir 20.76 Engine, Utility 345.96 1.98 366.72 present level. 12.86 1.94 Evaporator Maintenance 321.46 334.32 12.09 1.94 Oiler 302.32 Won Reversal 314.41 13.09 1.94 Oiler-Diesel 327.13 340.22 Earlier in the year, the SIU and 12.09 1.94 Waterlender 302.32 314.41 other maritime unions won a re­ 12.09 1.94 Fireman-Watertender 302.32 314.41 versal of >an administration de­ Fireman 286.99 314.41" 27.42 1.94 cision to abandon the hospitals al­ Wiper ......~ 288.53 294.30 5.77 1.51 together. The proposals, first put Reefer Engineer forth by the Budget Bureau, _ (When 1 carried) 438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 aroused such an outcry that the Reefer Engineer Government reversed itself on the (When 3 carried ............ attempt to scuttle the program Chief .....7. 404.69 428.97 24.28 1.98 which was first originated in First Assistant 359.94 381.54 21.60 1.98 George Washington's time. Second Assistant 333.37 13.33 1.98 346.70 In recent years, the hospitals have been the targets of Govern­ STEWARD DEPARTMEI^T ment economizers with the result Chief Steward (Mariner)...... >368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 that each year has seen the num­ Chief Steward 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 ber of hospitals in operation re­ 361.18 Chief Cook.............. 340.74 20.44 1.98 duced. 361.18 Night Cook & Baker...; 340.74 1.98 20.44 Several Senators. including 325.27 Second Cook ......... 312.76 1.94 12.51 Harley Kilgore of West Virginia, 310.43 ••Third Cook 298.49 1.94 11.94 Lister Hill of Alabama, Dennis Messman i.......;.... 237.57 1.51 242.32 4.75 Chavez of New Mexico and Warren 4.75 Utilityman ....... 237.57 - 242.32 1.51 Margnuson of Washington, have written the Union emphasizing their support of the USPHS pro­ • Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. gram. Similar sentiments have •• When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and be paid wage of $325.27 per mon^h. been reported from the House side of Congress. Retroactive Pay: li' ' Seafarer B. H. Meade writes letter to the Mississippi Steamship Company claiming back wages which are due him. Union member found out about money he Is entitled to when his name was pub­ lished, along with many others. In recent Issue of the LOG. SOC's Still Await Claim By Seafarers NEW ORLEANS.—It's four weeks since the publication of •I special four-page SEAFARERS LOG supplement on back wages owed by the Mississippi Shipping Company, and there's still, over $50,000 lying around>— Idle waiting for Seafarers to list, however. Sevdtal hundred Sea­ claim assorted chunks of it. farers have amounts running into Only $7,365 of the $58,276.73 bo­ three figures coming to them. The nanza has found an owner so iar. largest amount on the list, $602.87, The money listed as retroactive is still an unclaimed windfall be­ pay. and other unclaimed wages longing to Seafarer Frank L. which has been on Mississippi's Smith. Thirty men have a penny books since as far back as 1948, each coming to them. belongs to 4,000 Seafarers who Seafarers whose names are oh have sailed the company's vessels the list should contact the company since that time. directly, by applying to the Un­ Following an early spurt of claimed Wage Department. Mis­ claims the first week after the list sissippi Shipping Company, 1300 was originally published, the rate Hibernia Building, New Orleans. of applications for the dough has Applications should include the levelled off at a little under 100 Seafarer's Z-number, social secur­ a week. All told, 220 applications ity number, rating, name of the have been handled through the shipper ships worked on and the mails and another 135 through length of service on them as re­ telephone calls. In addition, there corded on his discharges. are others still not processed. Highest amount paid to date went .to Seafarer William P. Dunn Jr., • Who served as steward on the first voyage of the SS David Starr Jordan in 1951. Dunn's Loss of a Union receipt book slice of the $58,containing 50 receipts numbered 000 came to $125.99. A mem­ 65400-65450 was reported last ber of the SIU Week by a New York headquarters since 1943, he patrolman. Receipts out of the Dunn hails from San- book had- been issued while the patrolman was paying off the Val ford, NO. His share of the total is far from Chem (Valentine); Bradford Island being the highest amount on the and Lone Jack (Cities Service). All moneys collected on the re­ ceipts have be^n deposited with headquarters, but the Union has no way of crediting paymeiUs to the Seafarers in question iA the headquarters file. The men, of Re^lar membership meet­ course, have their own, receipts ings in SIU headquarters and and the dues record stainped on at all branches are held every their own cards. second Wednesday. night at Consequently, -^crewmembers of 7 PM. The schedule for the these ships who' have made pay­ next few meetings 1^ as follows: ments on these receipt numbers June 16, June 30 and July 14. are advised to contact headquar­ AU Seafaren registered on ters at the earliest opportunity. In the shipping list are required that way, their payments nan be to attend the meetings. credited and the" money properly accounted for. Report Dues Receipts Lost :M Night Every 2 Weeks House Body Votes PHS $$ With Cut New Dry Cargo Wage Scale �rag* FOOT SEAFdRERS i Swia ii 19M LOG 'Old Ironsides' Gets Another Facelifting AilSee 11. ^. IK' m I- r l>t;. • r.v I I S'- ''.• a". g?-f •• I i- I.sr';.. • A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE SEAFARERS LOG DEALING WITH the mortgage indebtedness of shipowners looking for a fast transfer to a foreign flag has attracted a considerable amount of attention in many quarters. Headquarters has received a considerable number of requests for copies of the article and many letters of comment from people in the industry and on the outside who are interested in the subject. . It appears that the article has had a beneficial effect in that for the time being those who were attempting to get put from under are not pushing their proposals. Certainly, through the medium of your Union newspaper, the Union was able to attract a good deal of public attention to the problem of foreign ship transfers. It's interesting to note further on this subject, that the Maritime Administration, acting.for the US Government, had 371 mortgages outstanding on for­ eign ships of all nations for a total of $116,870,476 as of the first of this year. These are ships that were sold to foreign flags under the 1946 ship sales act to 13 different countries. Of course, they are in addition to mortgages outstanding on American flag ships. Responsible To Congress Obviously then, the Maritime Administration has a stake in foreign flag operations because it is responsible to the Government and Con­ gress for collecting this money, just as it is responsible for mortgage Workmen lower 70-foot Oregon pine bowsprit into place on the USS Constitution at the Navy Yard in money on American flag ships. •• Boston early in the month. The bowsprit had to be removed in order to replace a 20-foot bitt designed This puts the Government in the peculiar position of being directly to hold spar in place. The Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides," U beUeved to be the oldest war­ involved in the well-being of shipping of several other nations as well ship in the world still in commission. • . as the United States, and may serve in part to explain the concern displayed in Washington quarters, particularly by the State X>epai-tment, for foreign-flag ships. It would be a more wholesome situation all around if those in charge of our maritime policy were not put in the impleasant position of having to worry about how well an individual foreign. shipowner The method of filling" chief electrician's jobs on Mariner type ships was taken up at last is doing and whether or not he will be able to pay the cash he owes.. week headquarters branch meeting, with passage of a motion recommending a new policy * . • * on those jobs. If approved by the membership in all ports, the chief's job will be posted on WITH JUNE 30TH FAST APPROACHING, THE END OF THE fiscal year as far as Government appropriations are concerned. Sea­ the board in the regular man-> ner, but the man shipping as agreed, with the approval of the these vessels, since the shipowners farers will know pretty soon just how matters stand on the. Public chief will have to pas's scru­ membership, that the key rating of had indicated a lack of interest in Health Service Hospitals. The Congressional Committees" involved tiny, by a committee of electri­ chief electrician for these particu­ operating the ships altogethej^ be­ are making their reports and at this writing the latest word is. that cians plus the epgine department lar ships should be selected on the cause of their size and complexity. the House Appropriations Committee has recommended that/ the patrolman on the queslfcn of his basis of qualification rather than Since most electricians have lim­ hospitals be continued but that an additional $40,000 niek be taken in the accepted rotary fashion. ited AC experience—^with few ex­ in the money available for their operations. Mariner or AC experience. Originally, some people down in Washington who think that hospi­ This same policy has been fol­ cept some of t]ie new tankers of­ New York new business at the June 2 headquarters meeting fea­ lowed on other experimental ships fering this type of expeflence—-the tals are a fine place to begin saving money were all for shutting them tured a discussion by several elec­ and special types, such as the Union contended it would guar­ down. As you know, that roused up quite a protest tricians on the question of jobs as Schuyler Otis Bland. Second"elec­ antee the most e^erienced men from the SIU and other maritime unions, to say chief electrician on the Mariners. tricians, on the other hand, were available for the jobs, in order to nothing of the hundreds of letters that Seafarers assure the membership the nearly sent the White House and their Congressmen on the As a result of the extreme com­ shipped off the board. 40 other jobs which each SIU Mar­ subject. Special Course plexity of the Mariners electrical Evidently these letters have had quite an effect, Installations, the chief electrician's As a matter of fact, so complex iner calls for. The policy was affected with the because the Administration changed Its mind and Job is the key to the operation of are the Mariners tjiat at first it the $10 million ship, being even was necessary for the chief elec­ Keystone and the eight other Mar­ decided to keep the. hospitals open on a reduced more important in some respects tricians to undergo a "training iners since allocated to SIU com­ scale. However, there is still a possibility ^t the than that of the licens^ engineers. course" with the ship in the ship­ panies (four are still active)—and members of Congress will act to restore the full amount that these hospitals need to operate prop­ proven successful. yard before taking it out. Qualification Basis erly. Certainly your. Union is doing everything it can to acquaint A similar rule governs these members of Congress with the facts of the situation, and has received Accordingly when the AC sys­ At stake at the timie the Mar­ tem Mariners started coming out iners were first being allocated jobs on West Coast ships manned assurances from many quarters indicating that we have strong friends two years ago the Union had were several hundred jobs on by the SlU-affiliated Marine Fire­ on this issue. ' men, Oilers and Watertenders; with the union requiring men tak­ . BY THE TIME THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER APPEARS, ing the job ot chief electrician on the winners of the four SIU scholarship awmxis for the; coming year a Mariner to have at least a year'fr will be known. The board of college administrators that has .been AC experience. selected by the trustees of-your Welfare Plan will make its recom­ mendations on June i22, and the trustees will act accordiingly. ' This is the second year that the awards are being made, and at the same time, the trustees will have to decide shortly whether on not to continue the funds for IdSt year's winners. According to the terms The black gang was very much in dent of the port. He has been in of the award, all of the winners have to maintain a certain level of^ performance to be entitled to a second year's grant from the Wel­ evidence at the last Lake Charles, the SIU since May, 1943. Bryant is 35 years old and married. Louisiana, port fare Plan. Five Seafarers meeting with two 4" 4 itOne point of interest about this year's awards is that five Seafarers The port of Seattle "busted out cn'gine depart­ are among the group that has qualified for these awards. The Scholar-' all over" the last couple of weeks ment representaship Plan was designed originally to ben^it both the Seafarers them­ with plenty of tives taking selves and the children of Seafarers, and it appears that several mem­ ships to keep all charge of the WASHINGTON.—Plans to In­ bers of the Union have taken advantage of the opportunity. hands happy. On meeting. Seafarer stall a complete gas turbine pro­ In any case, four of the people involved will be raceiving $1,500 a the beach for the John S. Capps pulsion power plant in a reserve year for, whatever college studies they "might care to undertake. Arid time being to was chairman of fleet Liberty moved forward as'tfae those who are unsuccessful -in their pursuit of this year's award can help conduct the the meeting while Maritime Administration reported always come back again 12 months later for another crack at the prize.' port meeting Warren J. BurBurbine that 11 companies have submitted * * » , there was veteran bine was the re­ 17 different proposals for the ex­ THERE APPEi^ TO HAVE BEEN A LITTLE JAM-UP IN THE Seafarer Carroll cording secretary. perimental installation. All pro­ program put forth by the administration to modernize the merchant Capps comes to the SIU via the Quinnt Jr. Quinnt posals are currently being studied. marine. At present, the proposal to build 20 tankers for Navy chart­ Bluegrass State, Kentucky. He's held the job of Quinnt The use of a gas turbine is part ers is tied up in one House Committee, while another proposal to pro­ been an SIU member since July 13, reading clerk for of an MA-sponsored program to vide for trade-in of over-age tankers is not making much headway 1947, when he joined in the port that occasion. . «f Galveston, Texas. He's 53 years A deck department man, Quinnt attenipt to re-engine the Libertys either. "These bills, while important, are 'subsidiary to the main proposal old, married and makes his home has been with the SIU since wa^ to make them capable of 18-19 back, joining in Baltimore on June knots as compared with the ten to.buiI<r 60 new. ships each year for the US merchant marine.>Up until in the Texas port. now there hasn't been too much action on the ques­ Burbine is a Massachusetts man 28,1940. He's a native of Maryland, knots they can produce with their present low-pressure plants. In tion although the bills have been dropped iri the . who calls Mefrose, Mass., his home 33 years of age. addition to the one ship which will hopper. town. He's 26 years of age $• it it It would appear desirable for-the Congressional Joined the Union in the tanker port Seafarer George E. Odom of have the gas turbine installation, committees involveil to make this an early order of Marcus Hook on April S, 1947. Whistler, Alabanm, served as re­ three others will be fitted with of l^siness, since It cam be expected that before cording secretary at the. last Mobile steam turbines,, geared diesels - long Congress will be looking to adjoqrn for the ... Savannah, Georgia's port meet- port meeting. Odom, who sails in and diesel-electric drive. , . eummer. Taking action now would make it pos­ ' Ing, was taken in hand by Seafarer the deck department, has been an Tests will determine which type sible to whip some kind of proposal inti shape Ernest M. Bryant as chairman. SIU member since February 23, of ijlant is most effective to bring that could be translated Into contracts for new Bryant, a steward department man 1946,. When he joined in the Ala­ the speed «f the Libertys up to ahipi early next year. Is a native of Georgia and a resi­ bama port. He's 29 years old. the. deiU^blc Jft'^jQiPt.ifUodard' Ask New Mariner Ch, Elect, Rule Study Bids On Gas Turbine in Liberty -vr>f �^:m y'-Jam* 11; 1954 SEAFARERS rage rtn LOG Seafarer ^Sprang^ From 18-Month Stay On Ship A Seafarer who has a record of 32 years' residence in the United States has finally been permitted by Immigration to come ashore' after a harrowing 18-months of "imprisonment" on a ship. Seafarer Charles Slanina, a member of the SIU since 1946, touched US soil on April 22, 1954 after he had-f, successfully fought both McCarran Act red tape and the Admiral J. A. Hirshfield Admiral A. C. Richmond Coast Guard Names New Top Officers The appointments of a, new commandant and assistant commandant of the US Coast Guard for the next four years were announced recently. Rear Admiral Alfred C. commandant and Chief of Richmond, former assistant Staff at Coast Guard Heaidquarters, Cenfur/-0/cf Corn-Likker Cargo Found DETROIT —A diver clumsily rose from the waters of Lake Mich­ igan recently, staggered across the deck in his heavy suit and after his helntet was removed, smilihgly an­ nounced that he had discovered "enough whiskey to swim in," some 350 barrels, in a wreck 75 feet underwater off Frankfort, Mich. Julius Roth, salvage operator, says that the wreck is that of the package freighter West Moreland, which floundered in a gale on the lake in December, 1854. Roth, who lacks funds to begin salvage operations, named Capt. John Waters of Frankfort, who died recently at the age of 100, as the man who told him the location of the Vi^reck. Not content with the discovery of the 100-year-old bourbon, a diver is now probing the wreck for some $100,000 worth of gold bullion belived to have been on board. The state liquor commission said if the whiskey were in good condi­ tion it might be worth much money. Washington, DC, was named com­ mandant with the rank of viceadmiral. Rear Admiral James A. Hirsh­ field, former Chief of Personnel at US Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, was named as­ sistant commandant. A native of Waterloo, Iowa, ViceAdmiral Richmond studied en­ gineering at George Washington University prior to his acceptance as a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn. Commissioned an ensign in 1924, he first served as an aide to the Commandant at Coasf Guard Head­ quarters in Washington, DC, and later served with the Special Pa­ trol Force and Special Patrol Squadron operating against rum runners off New York and the Massachusetts coast. Texas Schooling Rear Admiral Hirshfield is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and at­ tended the University of Texas be­ fore being appointed a cadet in the Coast Guard in 1922. Graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1924, he spent the first five years of his career on destroyers based at New London, Conn. Former commandant is Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill, who re­ tired June 1. YOU and the SIU CONSTirUTION From Article X, Section.7 "In ho event shall the Negotiations and Strike Committee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any manner, without the approval of the membership of the Union." YOlift; K5GHTS 5 ANO AS : S!U::. : AKES :a«A{iAHT5ED: BV : vbys • :yOV::W!TH:;:THg5E to Tsiis irpA- attempts of the skipper of the Trojan Seaman to dump him ashore in any one of a half dozen foreign countries. Slanina, like a number of other alien seamen, was the victim of a peculiar quirk in the McCarran Act which made no allowance for socalled "stateless persons," particu­ larly men who were born in coun­ tries that have since been swal­ lowed up by the Communists. Among such countries are Czecho­ slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Rumania and the other Russian satellites. Since Slanina could not produce a passport from the Red government of his native Czechoslovakia, he was condemned under the law to ride his ship indefinitely until the company could get rid of him somewhere. Under the law he was a national of a Communist country and con­ sequently could not be admitted to shore leave in the US, let alone residence. Member Of Czech Legion Ironically enough, way back in the first World War, Slanina was a member of the first anti-Commu­ nist fighting group ever formed. the famed Czech Legion. This Back on shore after 18 months enforced stay on a ship. Seafarer Charles Slanina (ieft) teils old shipmate Joe Clurman of his ex­ periences. Vladivostock where it linked up with a British-American expedi­ tionary force and was evacuated. In 1922, Slanina emigrated to the United States on a passport from the Czechoslovak Republic. He was 24 years old at the time and spent the next 20 years working on shoreside jobs as a machinist and mechanic. During that period he once took out his first papers but never followed up his citizen­ ship application—something he had cause to regret later on. When the US entered the war, Slanina, at 44, went out to sea again and spent the war years on US-flag ships, and after the war Acting in accordance with the decision of district-wide ended, he continued going to sea. Meanwhile he was regularly re­ membership meetings, the SIU h'as opened its membership newing his passport from the books for the admission of a limited number of permit card Czechoslovak government. holders each month. ApplicaSailed'on Affidavit tions have been sent to all at which time 15 men wiil be ad­ His troubles began after the post­ ports for those permits who mitted to the union. The report war coup in Czechoslovakia by the wish to apply for membership. will list all men who have made Communists. When Slanina's pass­ The present plan calls for the application whether or not they port expired in 1950, he had no admission of new members at the are accepted for membership. And way of getting renewal without' rate of 15 per month, five each the fact that a man is not accepted swearing allegiance to the Com­ from the deck, engine and steward the first time ground does not munist government of Czechoslova­ department. The new members will in any way affe * his future eligi­ kia. He took his problem to the not add to the total membership bility for a membership book. Immigration people who advised rolls of the SIU, since they will Since the committee's work will him to sail on an affidavit as a merely replace the normal loss of continue over a lengthy period of "stateless person." membership through death, resig­ time, its membership will change He sailed on the affidavit satis­ nations and withdrawals from the from month to month, but the factorily for twQ years until industry. Consequently, the Union basic structure will still consist of December, 1952, and then the new policy of maintaining membership two men from each shipboard de­ (Continued on page 17) figures in proportion to the num­ partment. f" ber of jobs available will be con­ group consisted of exiled Czechs who formed an army m pre-Coinmunist Russia to help liberate their homeland from Austrian control. Subsequently, when the Commu­ nists took control of the Russian empire, the Czech legion literally fought its way out of Russia severai thousand miles all the way to Plan To Admit 15 New Members Each Month tinued. In the near future, a sixman membership committee will be selected at headquarters to screen the applications. Membership will be awarded on the basis of several factors including length of time on the permit, particit>ation in Union beefs and in organization work. Records of work on shipboard and similar factors that would have a bearing on a man's ability and quality will be considered. The membership committee's re­ port wiil be made once a month Union Has Cable Address Only upon membership approval can the Union's Negotiations and Strike Committee call a strike, break off negotiations or agree Upon a contract. /A.,' Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. Permits applying for membership get applications checked at dis­ patch counter in headquarters to make sure forms are properly flUedout. �SEAFARERS Sik SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON w II If' l>-' ' p' p Showing solidarity between stewards aboard West Coast ships and members of th^ SUP deck and en­ gine crews is this group above on the George C. Long. They are left to right, back row: D. E. Hamalamin, engine delegate; Joe Kaplan, deck delegate; Phil Pino, bosun, and James Wooten. In front row, same order, are Thomas Kaye, steward department delegate, and Smokey Dunham, steward. MC5-AFL Charges Vote Mix-up SAN FRANCISCO—Charging several serious irregularities in the course of the 90-day election on West Coast ships, the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, has challenged the vote in formal proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. The MCS-AFL tallied 743 votes against only 14 votes for the Cornmunist-dominated a contesting' party. These irregu­ grounds that it is obviously defunct NUMC&S, but the majority of larities took place on at least 16 and not in compliance with the I.; ife^ 1 If" Ih " 1^" 1^1^'' |^~' I^iS I- itilM LOG ballots, 1,285, went in the "neither" column under the urging of Harry Bridges' "Local 100." The charges requested that the election be set aside and a new vote ordered on the grounds that employers had taken five specific courses of action to assist Bridges' Longshore Union in its drive for a "neither" vote. Organizers On Ships Although "Local 100" was not on the ballot and-had no official role in the proceedings, the MCSAFL pointed out that the shipown­ ers had permitted "Local 100" organizers to board the ships be­ fore, after and during the election and electioneer on the ships, and had officially included "Local 100" under the Welfare Plan set-up, pro­ viding for a paid "Local 100" di­ rector. Further, the SIU affiliate said, "Local 100" representatives were permitted to act as observers and to participate in the conduct of the balloting although under the terms of the election they had no place on the ballot and no recognition as ships specified in the charges. In some instances, the union said, MCS-AFL men working on the ships were not permitted to be observers while "Local 100" repre­ sentatives who were not crewmembers were allowed to take part. In petitioning for a new vote, the MCS-AFL asked that the Commu­ nist-dominated NUMC&S be barred from the ballot on the Congressman Offers Bill For 'West Point' Of Maritime WASHINGTON.—A bill to place the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, on a par with West Point, Annapolis and the proposed Air Force Academy, introduced in the House by Sep. William school. The, K. Van Pelt of Wisconsin, is pointed to the present overman­ likely to face considerable ning in the industry, among both crossfire from many segments of the maritime industry. Most sea unions, including offi­ cers' groups, testified at recent hear­ ings m opposition to the idea of continuing the operrtion of the AT WORK A chief steward who had difficul­ ties with members of his own de­ partment as well as with other Sea­ farers in the crew was brought up on a variety of charges -in the port of Seattle re­ cently. Several c r e wmembers filed the charges which dealt main­ McManus ly with the stew­ ard's treatment of other members of the crew. Actually charges were filed un­ der four separate headings. One dealt with the chief steward's order to the BR not to do sanitary work for the engineers because the stew­ ard happened to be peeved at them. The steward was also ac­ cused of ordering the chief cook and 3rd cook to scrap all leftovers. In addition, hjs accusers said that the steward more often than not was found carrying stories topside, threatening crewmembers that they would lose their right to Labor Relations Act at any time during the course of the election. For example, the AFL said that NUMC&S had falsely stated it had distributed financial statements to its members, and that Hugh Bryson and other NUMC&S officials were under indictn^ent for falsely taking a n,on-Communist oath as required before any union can use NLRB machinery. sail when he got through with them and making himself obnoxious in other ways. When the entire beef was taken up at a shipboard meeting, the ac­ cusers concluded the steward re­ fused to answer questions put to him or cooperate in resolving the beef in any way. The charges were heard by a com­ mittee consisting of Richard D. Mc­ Butts Manus, Herbert D. Braunsteln, C. A. Gardner, Thomas Bolton and Dan Butts. The committee heard testimony from several of the crewmembers both under direct examination and cross examination. After all sides had their say, the committee on due deliberation, found the man guilty as charged. As penalty, the committee said that he was qot to sail chief stew­ ard for a period of one year and was to pay a $100 fine.. officers and unlicensed seamen, and the fact that many Point graduates failed to enter the mer­ chant marine anyway. Nevertheless, the opposite view, strongly backed by the infiuentlal Kings Point alumni groups and Congressmen from that iarea, and some industry groups as well, prevailed. Rep. Van Pelt who, as chairman of a subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee, conducted the hearings, in­ troduced the bill soon after they ended, Annua! Fight The annual appropriations bill for Kings Point has traditionally raised a storm of controversy between supporters and opponents of the institution. There was speculation again this year that the school might be forced to close, as the Maritime Administration shuttered the team­ ing station and upgrading school at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and in Alameda, California, as welP as ending the correspondence course program. The bill introduced by. the Wis­ consin lawmaker would amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which has provided the authority under which Kings POint has been operat­ ing since 1942. It provides for competitive examinations to be ofl'ered annually to men nominated by members of the Senate and the House, on the same basis as is followed with respect to appoint­ ments to West Point and Annapolis. The bill also makes a specific r^uirement that each candidate obligate himself to. serve four years as a merchant marire.officer if his services are required. I i' I . , i I • lU The American merchant marine is renewing its efforts to have at least two representatives of the steamship Industry on the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company. The Industry Is ready to put on a big campaign before Congressional Committees in an effort to keep Panama Canal tolls from going any higher. American steamship lines are the principal users of the Panama Canal and, therefore, contribute the most through tolls to the upkeep of the Canal Zone government. However, the Industry is not satisfied with the accounting system used to determine canal tolls, and will at­ tempt to have the Defense Department share equally in the operating costs of the Zone government. ^ Following up the thinking of the Department of Commerce, a bill has been introduced in Congress providing for "a program of construction of 60 merchant ships a year. Although an immediate ship construction program is vital to the defense of the United States, as reported earlier in the LOG a program of such a size will not be attained for quite a long time. The reason for this is that US-flag operators take the view that the construction of 60 ships a year is like putting the cart before the horse. They feel that the Government, before initiating such a building pro­ gram, should first provide a better economic environment for the operators, and that after this is done, the operators, in the normal course of Events, would begin to replace their fleets. In any event, pressure is being applied to Congress to see to it that we do not make the same mistake as in the past through neglect of our merchant marine. During World War H the Axis powers sank 36 million tons of allied shipping. It is reported that the Russians have six times as many subs as did the Germans at the start of World War II. The US Navy es­ timates that the Russians have 350 ready-to-go submarines. ' 4« 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" • 4" • 4" Red arms and ammunition being presently sent to Central America point up the vulnerability of the Panama Canal, and this is being in­ creasingly recognized in Washington. Members of Congress interested in this subject point out that if anything should happen to the Canal, our need for modern, fast ships to serve the three coasts of the US would be multiplied. Here's how obsolete ships are removed frmn this country's national defense reserve fleets scattered on the three coasts of the nation. The fleets are surveyed each year by a team of expert Government men and, after consultation with the Navy to make sure that there is no more use in the ships from a defense point of view, they are scrapped. Two administration-sponsored bills dealing with new tankers will have a hard time getting through Congress this session. One has to do with allowing tanker companies to trade in old tonnage in consid­ eration of their building newer and faster tankers, while the other would encourage private companies to build tankers and then have the Military Sea Transportation Service charter the new tankers for a ten-year period. ., Each of these bills started put in Congress with smooth sailing, but now are being opposed by a substantial number of Congressmen on the ground that if new tankers are needed for national defense, the Gov­ ernment itself should construct them, not private industry. On the MSTS-tanker charter bill, this would Involve the construc­ tion of tankers between 25,000 and 32,000 deadweight tons, with a speed of at least 18 knots. When this proposal came up on the Senate floor for consideration recently, the Senate amended the proposal to prohibit award of contracts to American owners who own or operate foreign-flag ships, this course being followed at the recommendation of maritime unions. The Senate also adopted a proviso requiring the Commerce Department to determine that transfer foreign would be in the national interest, before such transfers are allowed. Ip the meantime, on the tanker-trade-in-build proposal, the Gen­ eral Accounting Office, which swings quite a bit of weight on Capitol Hill, has recommended that the new tankers that would toe. constructed here be documented under US law for at least 20 years. The tanker companies will fight this proposal and will urge that the Maritime Ad­ ministration retain discretion on the subject of foreign tjransfers. It is estimated that if tanker companies trade in their T-2s under this proposal, the estimated cost of new construction ^ould be $6,900,000; that the Government would allow the owners around $1,915,000 on the tankers traded in; so that the net additional cost to the owners of the new construction would be around $4,985,000 per vessel. , 4> . Fulfillment of the emergency sh^ repair program, designed to give aid to American repair yards, is a bare possibility at this session of Congress. This is so because the Eisenhower administration, through the Bureau of the Budget, has given a semi-blessing to the projected program, which calls, for the repair of some 205 ships in the reserve fleets at a cost in the neighborhood of $45 million. Although identical bills have been put in the hopper in tooth the Senate and House, the stumbling block wfil be just how soon, if at all. Congress approves an~ appropriation to consummate the trans­ action. 4. ^ i One measure that is expected toi clear Congress this session is the one extending old-age and survivors coverage to certain US seamen, employed by American employers on foreign-flag vessels. Individuals employed on foreign-flag vessels are now excluded from coverage under old-age and survivors insurance both as to service performed outside the US and in this.country. The bill now clearing Congress .would make this apply only if the individual is not an American cit­ izen or the employer is not an American employer, so that if the in­ dividual is an American and the employer is an .^nerican, the serv­ ices of the individual on foreign-flag ships will be covered whether performed here or abfoad. �one 11, 19S4 SEAFARERS Par* Seven LOG SlU Crew Entertains At Okinawa Giub MCCARTHY'S FIRST WITNESS SWORN IN—The McCarthy-Cohn vs. Stevens-Adams case drones on and on with rapid-fire exchanges over political issues overshadowing other developments in the Army-Mc­ Carthy charges. An important milestone was reached when the Sena­ tor's first witness, Roy Cohn, was sworn in after 21 days and eleven wit­ nesses for the Army. Cohn's testimony was an attempt "to prove that Secretary of the Army Stevens used Pvt. Schlne as a hostage in order to "blackmail" the Senator into dropping the investigation of the Army. i FUNERAL SHIP OF KING CHEOPS UNCOVERED IN EGYPT— Archaeologists working near the base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt announced the discdvery of a "funeral ship" of Cheops, the Egyptian king who is believed to have had the pyramid built as a monument to himself. The discovery was described as the most important find in Egyptian archaeology since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. TRUCE PLANS DRAG WHILE FIGHTING CONTINUES NEAR HANOI—Efforts to negotiate a truce in Indo China continue on at Geneva without any definite plan taking shape. Meanwhile Communist rebel troops and French loyal Indo-Chinese defenders are engaged in furious fighting around Hanoi. The Communists are attempting to choke off the city in an ever-tightening ring. President Eisenhower announced at a. press conference that he does not now plan to ask Con­ gress for intervention in Indo-China although the point had been dis­ cussed. * 3^ 3^ 3> Fred Costello, wiper on the Sea Comet II, was one of crewmembers who helped entertain at an Easter party given for Okinawan children at the United Seamen's Service Club in Naha. AFL-ILA Convention Planned With the National Labor Relations Board beginning its count of disputed ballots in EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE ON VISIT HERE—Emperor Haile the recent New York dock election, the trustees of the AFL-ILA have announced plans for Selassie of Ethiopia, on future action by the new union. A meeting of the trustees in Washington has agreed on a a visit to* this country, convention calj for the new-fwas. officially greeted in union, at which time it will ter Carriers; A1 Hayes, president, autonomy, the board of trustees New York with the tra­ will automatically cease to func­ ditional ticker tape receive its autonomy, draft Machinists Union. its constitution and elect perma­ parade. In an address As soon as the new union gets its tion. nent officers. to Congress, he made a plea for collective action Meanwhile, the trustees agreed against aggressors. He that the AFL would continue its .plans.' a tour of this efforts to win allegiance of all New country, Canada and York longshoremen, whatever the Mexico and will sign an outcome of the vote count might agreement for United be. At present the old ILA has States military bases in 9,110 votes to its credit with the DETROIT—Crewmembers of the SlU-manned Great Lakes Ethiopia. AFL-ILA receiving 8,791 and 1,752 carferry, Mataafa, had a hot time of it on a recent voyage challenged ballots holding the bal­ t> it when fire twice broke out in the cargo on a round trip ance. Emperor Haile Selassie (left) gets - QUESTION SCIEN­ between Detroit and Buffalo.-f autographed baseball from Yankee The constitutional convention TIST AND UN OFFI­ The'first and most serious fire seven hours later. No one was Manager, Casey Stengel, during stop­ will be held sometime in July in CIAL ON LOYALTY-^ was of seven hours' duration, injured in the fire-fighting opera­ over at Yankee Stadium, Chicago. The exact date will be an­ Dr. Ralph Bunche of but the second one lasted only 20 tion. nounced by AFL headquarters in the United Nations, appearing before the Federal International Or­ minutes. Both fires were put out ganizations' Employee Loyalty Board, received a clean bill of health, Washington. In Buffalo, insurance company by the crew, with their efficient with the board ruling that there was no doubt as to his loyalty to this In making its announcement, the firefighting drawing high praise representatives and the Coast country^ The action was taken in accordance with the procedures board of trustees declared "If the Guard conducted a thorough in­ estabiished last year by the President for screening all US citizens AFL-ILA wins, we will press for a from the company. The fire on the ship, manned vestigation, but that didn't stop employed by (he UN. Another prominent citizen, an H-Bomb scien­ complete clean-up of the water­ another fire from breaking out on tist, figured in a loyalty decision. A special Atomic Energy Commis­ front rackets." If the old ILA is by the SIU Great Lakes District, the return trip. This time the crew sion personnel board voted 2-1 that Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer is given a majority of the votes, we apparently broke out in defective put it out in a few minutes. As a a "security risk." The board unanimously found the 50-year-old scien­ will consider it merely the first wiring in one of the new autos result of the successful fire-fighting, being carried on board. It raged damage tist "loyal" and "discreet" but by the 2-1 division, ruled him ineligible round of this fight." m both instances was con­ nearly out of control for a while to work on the H-bomb because of "disturbing" conduct. This disturb­ fined to cargo. ing conduct issue in the board's decision centered on the charge that Trustees of the union are: George and a Coast Guard cutter pulled Company shoreside officials and alongside for possible rescue work. Meany, AFL president; Dave Beck, Oppenheimer, as did many other scientists, opposed concentrating on representatives of the Great Lakes However, crewmembers steadily president Teamsters Union; Paulthe H-bomb on the grounds that it was unnecessary, too expensive and immoral and continued his opposition even after President Truman Hall, secretary-treasurer SIU A&G manning fire hoses kept pouring District congratulated the crews District; William C. Doherty, presi­ water on the cargo and finally for their courageous and efficient ordered the go-ahead on the bomb in January of 1950. dent, National Association of Let­ succeeded in dousing the flames action under trying conditions. Gt. Lakes Crew Fights Two Fires On Carferry Voyage YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Fakes And Facts On Toiletries Despite policing by the Federal fi^ade Commission, there is no limit to the ingenuity of toiletries and cos­ metics manufacturers in the claims they make and the prices they charge. The public pays over a billion dollars a year for ordinary chemicals with a little perfume added, and put up in handsome packages. Sometimes these prod­ ucts have no. value whatsoever. Undoubtedly you and your family also chip in a batch of hard-earned dollars for these products, which are gotten up for men as well as women. Just Kerosene One of the most revealing cases occurred some years ago.. A' certain massage cream was being sold for re­ moving wrinkles and freckles, for curing eczema and scalp disorders, and developing the female bust. When the Government's chemists analyzed this preparation, they found it consisted basically of odorless kerosene and per­ fume. An even bigger promotion is the type of cream and lotion claimed to "nourish" the skin. One famous cos­ metician 'was ordered to stop claiming that any of her preparations would nourish skin muscles or tissues, or dissolve fatty tissue, or prevent crows feet and wrinkles, or restore youth to dry, wrinkled skin. Other big manu­ facturers were ordered to quit making exaggerated claims for vitamin-containing creams. Now that .iskin-food and-vitamin-creain clalihs have been • somewhat cleaned up» the cosmetics manufacturers are • busy selling hormone creams. The American Medical As­ sociation says that it is very dubious that such creams can reduce wrinkles and improve the tone of the skin as claimed. Some doctors go so far as to say that hormone creams are no more effective than the old "cure" for baldness, which was a mixture of bear's blood and hazel nuts. Cancer experts have also warned that indiscriminate use of hormone creams might precipitate cancer of the breast and uterus in a woman already predisposed to cancer. So when you see those little bottles of hormone creams in the department stores and five-and-tens, beware. One cosmetics manufacturer sells 32 different kinds of cream and oils, a different one for almost every part of the body. There's a special neck cream, another for hands, another for the face, etc. The only benefit of such creams is the massage you give yoUrself when you rub them on. That promotes local circulation which nourishes the skin. The cream does soak into'the top layer if your skin is very dry, and seems to smooth out wrinkles, but the effect is very temporary. The cheapest cold cream you can buy in a large jar at the five-and-ten or depart­ ment store will do that much for you. •Wind and Weather' Another widely-sold preparation at this time of year is "wind and weather" lotion. You can get the same re­ sults from any inexpensive vanishing cream. It will leave a protective film over your face. Nor is it necessary to pay high prices for astringent lotions sold as wrinkle re­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying movers. N« cosmetic can actually remove wrinkles. All they may do is close the pores or shrink the skin super­ ficially and temporarily. You can easily make a lotion yourself for that purpose. Just mix two ounces of witch hazel, one-half ounce of glycerine, one teaspoon of borax, and add three" or four ounces of rose water or orange water, purchaseable at any drug store. 'Especially for Men' This department has previously pointed out that many hair dressings which men buy in great quantities, are primarily mineral oil. You can simply buy light mineral oil and add a couple of drops of after-shave lotion to per­ fume it. There are many special hand cleaners sold for use after dirty work. But mosi are hard on the skin because they contain either chemicals or abrasives. Experts sug­ gest simply greasing hands well with cold cream, wipe it off, and then wash with ordinar^soap and water. But perhaps the biggest waste of money for men is the constant purchase of shave creams, which add up to quite a bill at the end of a year. Shaving creams contain a high proportion of water, which makes them expensive to use. But brushless shaving cream especially has a lot of water, which is why you don't have to use a brush. But that makes it costly for what you get, even if the jar looks big. Cake shaving soap has much the same in­ gredients except that you simply add the water with your brush. Why buy water? Shaving sticks, bowls, etc., arc siinply more expensive variations of cake shaving coap. -I-; ..•c.-J v""' • """r: ^1 �SE/iFAnEmS LO€ VaceEii^ Study NY-Canada Deepwafer Thruway I WASHINGTON—On the heels-of the approval of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the long-urged combiriation navigation and power project to bring deep-sea shipping to the Great Lakes region, Senator George"* = ^ D. Aiken of Vermont has re-1 which wind all. the way up to ported that a brand-new study • Montreal over the Canadian boro£ an additional inland waterway der.- Part of the New York State to link New York City and Canada canal system, the Champlain Canal extends from the furthest la already underway. point on the cross-state Erie Canal Studied Twice at Waterford, a dozen miles above The Vermonter noted that the Albany, then north to Lake US embassy in Ottawa has been Champlain and Whitehall near the exploring the subject with Canadian NY-Vermont border. The canal is officials for some time. The idea formed by the canalized Hudson has been studied twice before; River from Waterford to Fort Ed­ however, the recent green light ward, about 34 miles further north, given to the Seaway plan has re­ and an artificial channel from Fort Edward to Whitehall. Lake Cham­ vived it once again. The NYC-Canada link, which plain connects with the St. Law­ would involve dredging of 20 feet rence via the Richelieu River and or more in existing canals plus the Chambly Canal on the Ca­ deepening of the existing 27-foot nadian side. At present, ships going into Al­ channel in the Hudson River up to Albany, would, upon the sched- bany transfer their, cargo to barges uled completion of the Seaway in which can maneuver the shallow 1960, enable deep-sea shipping from the Great Lakes to by-pass the long ocean journey through the St. Lawrence piver and around Nova Scotia to reach Atlantic coast ports like New York. Ships on the Lakes with cargo for Europe and elsewhere would have little use for the additional waterway, however. Very CosUy The Army Corps of Engineers, which has the responsibility for dredging US waters, has indicated that the project would be an even more complex and costly under­ taking than the Seaway. Pending before Congress right now is a bill to provide funds for dredging the Hudson up to Albany into, a 32-34^JcK * foot channel. The Hudson already provides passage from New York to Albany for deep-sea vessels. . KWf-* The additional depth would pro­ vide access to the interior of the state and into Canada for virtually all existing types of ocean-going merchant vessels. 1 *The proposed deep-sea water­ way utilizing the Hudson would be •n extension of existing facilities Map shows route of proposed Albany to St. Lawrence Biver deepwater route. 1 ^4- 1 t 1 J jvt i Jf. —for SlU MEMBERSI ?fmAibarHd(^ ALLAT'SRBCIAL SBAC/J^ PRICES your SEA CHEST WrP. SHORE WEAR t SEA GEAR ^ GEAR i SHORE WEAR iVr' A . IViy: «f SlU HEADQUARTERS •7S^4lli AVE • BRQOKIVM ,, I channels now available. Under the proposed development, the ships would move directly into the St. Lawrence. One inquiry into the pbssibilities of such an inland 'waterway for deep-sea vessels, in the late 1930's, recommended against it on the basis that there was not enough potential traffic to warrant the expense of the project. Deepening Locks A second survey of the idea, In 1947, wa% keyed to improvements in the Champlain Canal, which was originally opened in 1916. A proposal for deepening the 12-f6ot barge canal to 14 feet and adding one foot to the locks to n^ke them comparable to the Erie Canal like­ wise received a negative recom­ mendation, with the result that the idea was again shelved. Right now, on the Canadian side, Chambly Canal has a series of seven locks that are only six and a half feet deep. Thus, the com­ bined US-Canadian project would be a monumental undertaking, necessitating an enormous amount of dredging of all the connecting links on both sides of the border to make a single-depth channel usable for ocean-going vessels. The length of the proposed waterway, with one key link. Lake Cham­ plain, 107 miles long, would be many times that of the seaway navigation project approved. Accordingly, the likelihood of such a project becoming an ac­ tuality appears far-fetcUed at this tlmfc . tmn* 11. 1N4 CASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS :? . • > REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID • Ffom.. No. Seafarers Receivinf Benefits this Period { Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period ^^3 I 3Vjl WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD SCAS- ooff Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Mnternitv Benefits Vncation Benefits Total /L/CJ Sol \ e>Q ^ »€>0 oe. /o t 54 ss^t WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hosoital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* | Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May I. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total oo /A3 * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS r- 1 oo Hand TI 1 Cash JH 1^7^7.5 « e a • • e Estimated Accounts Receivable" 791 Vacation oof StA US Governmenc Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 7^S-U f/foCc 97 1 During 'the month oT April the Plan paid cat 18 Death Benefits, making a total for the year' so far of 78. The Plan also paid out 94^6 Hospital Benefits during the month of April, a year to date total of 3,716. The amount of Maternity Benefits paid for the month was 39y vdiich gives the Plan a year to date total of 192. The Scholarship Awards C<mmilttee, composed of five college professors, will meet on Tuesday, June 22nd, to assist the Trustees in selecting the winners of the Sea­ farers scholarships for the year 1954* Suimiliti Al Km, AstitipmrSlh^isttalot • • and, remember this • •. All the» arc contributing a single nickel on your )^rt—-CdUectingSIU bene* it w&athcc it's for he^ital, birth, disab^t^ or dea^—get ftcstpxate poraimd, service iinmediauayf Ihreugh yoioc Union's -/••A A J I'' if- .?,! �Jmmo 11. 1954 SEAFARERS Fare Nine LOG i SlU Electrician Sparks Vote Campaign of Doctor Friend BALTIMORE.—Seafarer Douglas Reynolds, chief electri­ cian, is now serving as campaign manager for the doctor that helped him regain the use of his arm after it was severely burned in an accident ashore,• Dr. Leonard S. McGlothlin, District. His campaign activities a former seaman .and an AFL are being handled by Reynolds, J Hodcarriers union member. Is who is beating the drums on beseeking the Democratic nomina­ haif of the doctor. tion for the Maryland House of Dr. McGlothlin has been a per­ Delegates in the Third Legislative sonal friend of the Seafarer for a number of years and attended him when he was badly burned while working ashore on a high voltage line about a year and a half ago. After nearly-200 treatments, Dr. McGlothlin was able to restore al­ The membership Is again most full use to Reynolds' right cautioned to beware of persons arm. The accident forced the tem­ soliciting funds on ships in be­ porary retirement of the SIU bookhalf of memorials or any other member from sailing. so-called "worthy causes." Saylhg goodbye te New York City on a recent visit to headquarters, SUP member Walter W. Richard­ Reynolds *is presently working as No "can-shakers" or solici­ son and his pups get set to leave the SIU parking lot on their way up to New England. Richardson an electrician for the Baltimore tors have received authoriza­ News-Post but plans to take his hails from Oregon, but he's been traveling quite a bit around the country since his retirement. tion from SIU headquarters to book out of retirement shortly. collect funds. The National Dr. McGlothlin, along with Foundation for Infantile Pa­ State Senate candidate A. LaMar ralysis is the only charitable Benson and Legislative candidate organization which has re­ Louis C. Breil, Jr., were principals ceived membership endorse­ at a rally held recently at the Sea­ ment. Funds for this cause Having traveled all over the oceans of the world in the course of his 44 years at sea, farer's home in .Baltimore. All are collected through nornial three candidates are endorsed by Walter W. Richardson, retired ship's carpenter and SUP member, is on a kind of reverse Union channels at the pay-off. the AFL Labor League and the seaman's holiday—traveling overland. Now retired from the sea, Richardson has been Receipts are issued on the spot United Labor Policy Committee. touring the United States in ^Can-Shakerg* Have iVo OK Retired, His Home's On Wheels his home-made house on wheels, "Rich's Poop Deck Cabin." Richardson relaxes for a moment on the steps of his mobile "land cabin" on a recent vistt to New York City. He buUt the "cabin" himself after he retired from the sea. The portable house, which Richar^on built himself by remodeling the (back of an ordinary light de­ livery truck, contains all the com­ forts of home. It's fully equipped with a davenport-type bed, a stove, an ice box, a typewriter, a couple of chairs and even the last refine­ ment, a portable television set. Richardson also added the homey touch by decorating the walls with pictures and putting curtains on the windows which be cut into the sides .of the truck for added ven­ tilation. Two Pet Dogs In this rig, Richardson has been traveling around the US with a pair of pet Mexican Chihuahua dogs as company. Moving at a lei­ surely pace, he went from Fan Francisco to Ne\" York in six weeks, stopping off at SIU head­ quarters in New York for a look around and a chat with some of his old shipmates here. Then he took off for the cool breezes of northern New England. Richardson, who Is from Port- Cartoon History Of The SIU Holding one of his two Chihuahuas, the world's smallest dogs, Richardson sits in "Rich's Poop Deck Cabin" and views a program on the television set which he inst.>11ed in his shipmobile. land, Oregon, started going to sea on the old Roosevelt Line. He worked steadily off the East Coast until about 1932 or 1933, when he Passing The Word headed west to try his luck on Pacific Coast ships. He stayed there ever since until his recent retirement. No. SS - 1--- - Seeking to end the -views blackout concerning Union activities at home on SIU ships in far-off comers of the world, in July, 1949, the SIU issued the first "Seafarers Bullelin," a bi-weekly condensation of news from the SEAFARERS LOG which was ail!malled to all vessels at their next port of call. Since the LOG was then available daily in US ports and at a limited number of places overseas, the bulle­ tin was an instant success. Crews which were out of touch with the Union for long periods were no longer easy prey for the rumors which spread in foreign ports when no one really knew what was going on. By the end of the year, the "Seafarers Bulletin" was an established SIU feature, keeping the membership advised of Union activities at all times. With the LOG, which was being published every other week as a 12page tabloid newspaper. Seafarers were among tho l>est-informed union members in the world. �Pare Tea SEAFARERS L^OG Jane 11. 1954 POBT KEPOBIS......... Mobile: ' Work On New Ammo Depot May Begin Soon I. I;ii - I £r gji,. I. makes the hall a comfortable place to spend the time while waiting to ship. Our recreation deck is going full blast all day with the pool tables and television coming in for a big play. When th'e paintjng and renovating going on is completed we will have the finest, coolest labor hall in the city. Around the hall is Brother George Kaspryk who joined the SIU in 1946 transferring over from the AFL Marine Electricians and has been sailing as chief electrician usually out of the East Coast area. However, since coming to Mobile, he has decided to make this his home and ship from this area. Brother Kaspryk states that he has been in the AFL for 26 years In various locals and never has he seen any organization make the gains that the SIU has as far as welfare for members is concerned. Out of the main welfare benefits he thinks its hard to pick an outstandmg benefit but if pressed for top choice would take disability as he believes that gives the most when needed the worst. Gal Tanner Mobile Fort Agent Shipping in the port for the last couple of weeks held steady with about 35 members shipped to regular jobs and 78 to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. We had a total of 12 pay­ offs, seven sign ons,.and four ships In transit. Ships paying off were the Ranger, Clipper, Puritan, Polaris, Corsair, Pennant and Runner, all of Alcoa; Warhawk, Maiden Creek, Claiborne, LaSalle and Monarch of the Sea, all of Waterman. Ships signing on were Ranger, Maiden Creek, Puritan, Polaris, LaSalle, Pennant and Runner. Ships in transit were the Chicka­ saw, Antinous, Wild Ranger and Maiden Creek. Prospects for the coming two weeks don't look bad with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or in transit: Warrior, Arizpa, ^ i s, Claiborne, Mon­ Wilmington: arch of the Sea, De Soto, Cavalier, Pointer, Pilgrim, Patriot, Clipper and Roamer. In Kaspryk addition to these For the last two weeks shipping there Is also a possibility that Isthmian will have% couple of C-3s has picked up somewhat for this In transit during the coming two port, and from ihe looks of the weeks and the Warhawk of Water­ ships expected in we may have man, which has been in Idle status, good shipping for the next, two weeks. At least we hope so. will take a crew. I want to let the membership Runoff Vote know that to ship they will have On the political side we did right to be in the hall when we have well in the runoff elections with ships in port. In the last two weeks both labor-backed candidates win­ we had one ship sail short one ning victories. These candidates oiler out of this port for San Fran­ were Otto Simon for state repre­ cisco because none was around the sentative and Bert Thomas for tax hall at the time. Why not get on assessor. Both these men are the ball and take these jobs so favorable to labor and both have that we will not have ships sailing assured us of their cooperation in short? As you know most of the any problems that we might have. jobs in this port are from in-transIn our report of a couple of its and if we have a few more meetings ago. we stated that the ships leaving short it will get to Government was planning on start­ the point where there won't be ing a new ammunition depot in the any more payoffs in the port at all. Theodore area and we understand The Young America of Water­ now that all the legal red tape has man was the only ship to payoff been cleared away and the money and sign on in the last period, while appropriated. We expect work to in-transit ships included the Alacommence in the very near futui*e mar and Calmar of Calmar; Azalea on the new depot that the Mobile City, Fairland and John B. Water­ hall will serve, which is to be man of Waterman; Orion Comet located in Grand Bay, approxi­ of Oil Carriers; John C of Atlantic mately 25 miles from Mobile. In the Carriers; Steel Admiral of Isth­ meantime the old ammunition mian; Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa; depot is still functioning at The­ Liberty Flag of Gulf Cargo; John odore, Alabama, a few miles out Kulukundis of Martis and George of the city limits. A. Lawson of Pan Oceanic. Passed On E. B. TUley Wilmington Port Agent The Mobile branch wishes to extend its sympathy to the family of Brother Ephraim M. Adkins who died recently aboard the Alcoa Pilgrim at sea. Brother Adkins is believed to have died of a heart attack. He was a member of the engine department and was serving SIU/A&G District as oiler aboard the Pilgrim at the 14 North . Gay St. time of his death. He is survived BALTIMORE Earl Shfppard, Afent . Mulberry 4340 by a brother of this city and a BOSTON 876 State St. daughter in Connecticut and his James Sheehan, Afent Richmond 2-0140 Slst tc Mechanic body is being returned aboard the GALVESTON Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Alcoa Roamer on or around the Keith LAKE CHARLES. La 1410 Ryan St; 14th of this month. Funeral plans Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 8-9744 1 South Lawrence St. are uncertain due to arrival date MOBILE Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1794 not being definite. NEW ORLEANS 923 BlenvUle St. A few of the oldtimers on the Lindsey WlUiams. Agent Magnolia 8112-8113 beach in Mobile now include the NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 0-6800 following: Louis Holliday, E. Hurl127-120 Bank St. stone, Andy George, Jimmie Has- NORFOLK ^en Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 337 Market St. sell, Fred Hazard, R. Thomas, A. PHILADELPHIA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1839 Rankin, A. Garcia, H. Carmichael, SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Douglas 2-9479 H. Higginbotham, E. Ardoin, H. T. Banning, Agent Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative Hallman and M. Willis. PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 91—La 9 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-9908 Getting Hot SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 Well, the weather is getting hot­ SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. EUiott 4334 ter than a six shooter down this Jeff GiUette. Agent . 1800-1811 N. Franklin SL way and the air, conditioning sure TAMPA Ray White, Agent Phone 8-lim Urges Men To Be In Hall Te Ship DnI 1^ CPFFT aUmJ I? ; I i'i- ' 11>' '- m'¥ • New Orleans: 'Right To Work' Bill Advancos In Sonalo committee decided here, five to four, to give a favorable report on proposed "rIght-to-work" legisla­ tion. The decision was reported by Senator Guy W. Sockrider, Lake Charles, committee Chairman, af­ ter more than 26 hours of public hearings on the measure. Senator Sockrider, a strong opponent of the bill, reported that the vote was acquired by a secret vote. Goes To Senate The legislation now goes to the Senate for a vote by all the Sena­ tors, probably next week. Here there will be no secret vote and they will have to stand up to be counted. It is here where we will see our true friends and also be able to see our enemies. Ships paying off were the Del Rio of Mississippi and thb Antinous of Waterman, while sign ons were aboard the Del Valle of Mississippi, Fort Hoskins of Cities Service, and the Lucile Bloomfield of Bloomfield. Ships in transit were the Cava­ lier, Patriot, Clipper and Polaris of Alcoa; Steel Surveyor and Steel Traveler of Isthmian; Del Valle and Del Rio of Mississippi; Seatrains New York and Savannah of Seatrain; Maiden Creek, Claiborne, Bienville, Wild Ranger and Mon­ arch of the Sea of Waterman; Neva West and Lucile Bloomfield of Bloomfield; Logans Fort, Fort Hos­ kins, Paoli and Lone Jack of Cities Service. Lindsey Williams New Orleans Port Agent • New Orleans was surely on the short end of payoffs and sign ons in the past two weeks with only two and three, respectively, also very short on the shipping figures with a low for this port in a twoweek period. It was not because we did not have any ships hitting here as there were over 20 ships hitting here in-transit for that period. It was just that the men who were on board the ships stuck by their jobs. . Although the shipping figures were low, bookmen eould have shipped without too much trouble as around half of the total shipped were permitmen. The outlook for the coming two weeks should be good and especially so for the boys on the Mississippi runs with the Del Monte, Del Mar, Del Rio and the Del Mundo due in here and the Del Aires crewing up out of layup. Should just about clean out those who are waiting for Mis­ sissippi runs, also Wise have the Tainaron and the Steel Executive due in shortly from long runs and are due to pay off here. In Fine Shape * iComing in for payoff from South Galveston: America was the Del Mar and in truly fine shape. The ship had but very few minor beefs and the ship's delegate, Joe Wise, should be com­ plimented on a bang-up job. Joe can be remembered by some of the Shippmg was fair the past two men who organized Isthmian as weeks. Now that the grain . has that is how he got his book in 1945 started we expect it to pick up and stuck with the company until quite a bit. Also, Bloomfield ex­ a contract was signed. When the pects to bring out two of her ships strike came off Joe was a picket and crew them up. They have been captain in New York and did his in idle status for some tiine, but part. they are expected out soon. Recently shipping after being Ships paying off were the Steel in the hospital around three years, Suryeyor^ of Isthmian and the Joe said he will stick to the South Lucile Bloomfield and Margarett American run, where he can enjoy Brown of Bloomfield. The Council the weather, make up for lost time Grove of Cities Service signed on. and replenish a much depleted • In-transit vessels were the South­ pocket book after being in drydock ern Cities of Southern; Alexandra three years. To him shipping thru of Carras; Cantigny of Cities Serv­ the SIU is tops. An SIU book- can ice; Wild Ranger of Waterman; really be enjoyed by a holder of Republic of Trafalgar; and the one and especially when you get it Seatrains New York, New Jersey, thru being a volunteer organizer Texas and Savannah of Seatrain. in companies like Isthmian, then Summer is finally here in Gal­ you can really enjoy the conditions that prevail after knowing what veston, with the temperatures in some poor unorganized suckers put the 80's all of the time. Keith Alsop up with, says Joe. Galveston Port Agent The Senate Industrial relations Hot Weather And Fair Shipping In Galveslen MMAW W W%Wn MM Am Ms MMM.MMMsSsMs %MMM SF M WILMINGTON. Calif 909 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS : 879 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECR^ARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons ' Joe Volpian WUIiam Hall FORT WILLIAM.... 118Vk Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNR 103 Durham SL Ontario Phone: 9901 TORONTO, OnUrlo .372 King St; E. EMpire 4-9718 VICtORlA, BC 617Vk Cormorant St. Empire 4931 VANCOUVER, BC 969 HamUton St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. ' Phone 8348 BAGOTVILLB. Quebee 20 Elgin St. HONOLULU .16 Merchant St. 949 Phone 9-8777 THOROLD, Ontario......92 St. Phone: Davids St. PORTLAND 823 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC.. 113 Cote De La Montague Quebee Phone: 2-7078 lUCHHOND, CALir 297 9th St. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUllam St. Phone 2900 NB Phone: 3-9232 SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8383 Great Lakei District SEATTLE 2909 1st Ave. Main 0200 ALPENA -.133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 809 Marine Ave. Phone; 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. • Phone; Cleveland 7301 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave,, Brooklyn STcr^g 8-4871 CLEVELAND..\...734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headouarters Phone: Woodward 1-8897 931 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL.......634 St. James St. West OULUTH. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 HAl^UTAK. N.g..,,, SOUTH CHICAGO SSeLB. 88nd St. Phonei Bttilx^SilO SUP Seattle: Galniar Food Beef Is A Puuling Deo In- Seattle shipping has been very good for the past two weeks and the future for the port looks very good for the next two-week period. Paying off were the Alcoa Pegasus and the Alcoa Planter of Alcoa. The Seamonltor of Excelsior signed on as did the Mother ML of Eagle Ocean and the Trojan Trader of Trojan. Ships In transit were the Vorkmar, the Pennmar, the Calmar and the Portmar, all of Calmar; Coe Victory of Victory Carriers, the Seacomet of Colonial and the Liberty Flag of Gulf Cargo. An important and aggravating food beef is reported about Cal­ mar ships on the intercoastal run. About' once a month the delegates or steward phone or appear at the hall complaining of a shortage, of stores. So far we have been sUccessful in getting requisitions filled in Seattle, Aberdeen' and Portland; How­ ever, the puz­ zling question, knowing Calmar's reputation, is why these shortages of food come about on a Braunstein 'ew ships and not on all of them. Some Fully-Stored It seems that if a few ships are stored properly and no supple­ mentary requisitions are turned in on this coast, why are all of them stored properly. Is it perhaps that Calmar chooses the ships to chisel and understore, or is it the fault of the stewards in making in­ ventories and requisitions? No matter how you look at this situation it is a headache for the crews and officials, and I would suggest that the Calmar ships be properly stored before the signing on for the voyage. Let me say that if I were a dele­ gate on these ships, I would hold the steward responsible for not in­ forming them and the Union of the improperly stored ship prior to signing on. In other words "don't sign articles for any voyage on an improperly stored ship." Our Seafarer of the week is Brother Herbert Braunstein, 31, who sails in the deck department. Brother Braunstein is married and has a family and has been on.tiie beach for a while biit hopes to get out very shortly. Active In '46 ' He got his book in New York in May of 1943 and wa8'active in the L946 general strike. Since his home and family are in Los An­ geles, he prefers to ship from the West Coast. His last ship was the Longview Victory of Victory Car­ riers which paid off in Seattle.' Brother Braunstein thinks all of the services of the Welfare De­ partment are tops and smoothly rendered without a hitch, Since he is married, he. particularly ad­ mires the $200 Maternity Benefit It is certainly a big help when you need it most. Oldtimers on the beach include J. S. Walker, W. M. Westcott, H. Parks and H. D. Braunstein In the marine hospitals are V. K. Ming, V. Tocco, S. Johannessen arid C. R. Johnson. Jeff Gillette '.Seattle Port Agent �lir'- : •-" - .m SEAFARERS Jmn0 il. Pace Elevca LOG POKT REPOBTS Baltimore: Two DrytraHs Vessels Get Full SlU Crows V'y.yv'/'". Business in the Port of Baltimore fdr the past two week* has picked up quite a bit due to the fact that we crewed up the Albion and the Catherine (DrytransT with full crews. We also crewed up the Hast­ ings (Waterman) with a full crew, which certainly went a long way in relieving the pressiu:* in this port. Don't use this as a barometer, be-Tause as far as we can ascertain, shipping in the next two weeks will probably be on the slow bell again. There are rumors, though, that Bull Line will be pulling the Carolyn out in the future, and also the Topa Topa (Waterman). We c^ainly hope to get a tanker or two in the next month that is in idle status. . Ships paying off in this port for the last couple of weeks were the Ines and Mae of Bull; V e n 0 r e, Cubore, Santore and Baltore of Ore; Bobin Locksley and Robin Sherwpudl of Seas; Yaka and Topa Topa of 'Waterman; Massmar and BethSterner coaster of Calmar; Stony Creek of Amer-Tramp; and Wm. H. Carruth of Transfuel. Signing on were the Albion and Catherine of Drytrans; Baltore, Yenore, Marore, Cubore and San­ tore of Ore; Hastings and Yaka of Waterman; Steel Designer of Isth­ mian; and the Massmar and Oremar of Calmar. Ships in transit were the Steel .Worker, Steel Designer and Steel Director of Isthmian; Alcoa Part­ ner ahd Alcoa Ranger of Alcoa; Ocean Betty of Ocean Trans; Gate­ way City, and De Soto of Water­ man; Kathryn and Evelyn of Bull; and Bethcoaster of Calmar. We h^d a very distinguished guest at our regular membership meeting last night. Dr. H. C. (Curly) Byrd, who we are all.sure will be our next Governor. He as­ sured us that he definitely was against the "right to work" law and for the improvement of the port facilities, and various other benefits that pertained to the mari­ time industry in its entirety. At this time, he is the only candidate as far as we can ascertain who has openly committed himself on bene­ fits that pertain to labor. There is no question in our mind as to whom the voters will vote for when they go to the p(dls. We had an audience with Mn Byrd and- exGovernor Lane and as you all know, regardless of what has been done in this present administra­ tion concerning roads, Bay Bridge, etc.; this program was originally started by ex-Governor Lane and will continue after Mr. Byrd takes office. I know that all" of the men who ha've been eligible to register have done so and they will'take, ad­ vantage of their rights llnd obliga­ tions and will all go to the polls j.nd vote. As the membership Is probably nware, the SIIJ, SUP, BME, MFOW and the ,MMd^ are affiliated with the Maryland District (rf Oolumhta Federation; of, Uabor, AFL, which held its convention at the;Southqrn Hotel, Baltimore, last week. The Convention in itself Wis quite a - success. Bven though! the SlU didn't win all Its points, it cer­ tainly let the other delegates know that it was there. I am sure next year, we will be able to report to you that We will get^ore of our progrtih endOn^fk Of one thing 1 am certain, this Convention has made labor more conscious of what it means to be unified, because there were approximately 100 more delegates at this convention than at any previous one. Our man of the week is Brother Kenneth E. Sterner who has been a member since 1944. He is one of our more progressive members who started as an ordinary seaman and now sails as bosun. At various times he has acted as deck dele­ gate and ship's delegate and has always been able to interpret the agreement as written. Whenever Ken is on a ship, in this capacity, it is always a pleasure for the deck patrolman to pay off his ship. In conclusion, any nf the youngsters who may come in contact with him would have a very able teacher in so far as the SIU policies are con­ cerned. Members receiving hospital benefits this past week were Wal­ ton Hudson, Joseph Michael, Cornelius Palmer, Carl Chandler, Hinrich WieSe, Michael Duco, War­ ren Whitmer, Thomas Ankerson, Tony Mastantuno, Samuel Doyle, Ben Lawson, Robert Scales, Walter Hartman, David Rivers, James E^odson, Jessie Clarke, Russell Wright, Gilbert Wright, Hinrich Wiese and Albert Willie. Earl Sheppard •Baltimore Port Agent ^ San Francisco: Men Urged To Settle Beefs Via Delegates AFL UHIOHS Petliion Against Red China Shipping has been very good jp this port and the future looks bright along the same lines. The Greece Victory of South At­ lantic paid off, while sign 0ns were aboard the Sea Comet II of Ocean Carriers, Alcoa Pegasus of Alcoa, and the Liberty Flag of Gulf Car­ go. In-transit vessels were the Beauregard, Young America, Alawai and Wacosta of Waterman; Calmar of Calmar; Steel Admiral of Isthmian, and the Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa. Some of our brothers are try­ ing to settle their own beefs aboard ships while they are out at sea. This is not the practice an^ it should not be done this way. You have elected delegates aboard the ship to rep­ Chadbum resent you to the master, and if they can reach an agreement to settle Overtime be­ fore the payoff it is up to them to do so. However, it is not up to the individual to go ahead and setttle his own overtime beef or any other that he may have in­ dividually. Department Delegate Shipping is still very low in the port but there is hope that things will improve shortly. The Queenston Heights of Seatrade paid off as did the Govern­ ment Canip and Salem Maritime of Cities Service. Ships in transit jvere the Steel Director of Isthmian and the Iber­ ville, Chickasaw and Gateway City of Waterman. The standbys on the Evangeline of Ejfftern will finish up the night of the 14th and the ship is ex­ pected to sign-on the 15th. She will sail for her first trip to Yarmouth on the 18th of June. The brothers in the hall as well as all AFL Un­ Gala ions in Greater Boston have signed petitions ask-, ing that Red China be kept out of the United Nations. James She'ehan Boston Port Agent Make sure you brothers go to the department delegate and that he in turn goes to the ship dele­ gate. If it cannot be settled in a peaceful manner, then you can bring it to the attention of your shoreside patrolman at the payoff. When you try to settle your own beef on a ship it usually makes trouble between the individual and the captain, and in a lot of cases if develops Into a serious situation which could have been avoided if you followed the Union policy, of settling beefs aboard a ship. The AFL Bakers Union went on strike today against major bakeries In San Francisco, Oakland, San Jos* ahd Sacramento. So far we have not been asked to help. They negotiated for higher wages, but negotiations fell through at the last moment. We have been watching the waterfront here in regard to the ILWU and Bridges on their contihct and liow it will affect the AFL seafaring unions. So far there has not been any demand by Bridges for a contract for the stewards, but last week he signed Boston: A&G SiUPPiNG a ttvo-year contract for the long­ shoremen. Oldtimers on the beach include S. Frankewicz, J. Collins, R. Schlager, P. Senior, F. Fondala^ H. Hill, F. Sylvia, C. Cipiano, G. Nance, J. Ramos, W. Chadburn and R. Charroin. Men in the marine hospital are L. J. Kennedy, O. Gustavesen, P. S. Yuzon, J. Childs, C. Neumaier, H. Y. Choe, W. Singleton, T. Dailey, J. Perreira and A. M. Resales. ^ Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent tr S> if New York: Shijiping Holding Own; So Aro Tho Ponios Lake Charles: •3 • si All's Qwet Here On Shipping-Frent -'lii Things down this^ way are very slow at this moment with only a f^ ships coming in and not many of the boys getting off. Looks like the days of fa-st ship­ ping around these parts are gon* for a while, but as Stonewall Jack­ son once said, "we live in hop* and die hungry." Calling in here were the Winter Hill, Bradford Island, Logans Fort, Govamment Camp, Bradford Island, and the Bents Fort, all of Cities Service. The Winter Hill called back again. At Beaumont, we had the Bien­ ville of Waterman and the Lucil* Bloomfield of Bloomfield. In Port Arthur we had the Val Chem of Valen­ tine Tankers. Each took a few men giving the boys something to compete for, at any rate. Coe On the labor front, the so called right to work bill finally got out of committe* by a 5-4 vote. Our men tried to stop it in committee but lost out. However, it will not come to a vote on the floor for some time yet and we are building up support in our fight against the bill. Things look promising on our beating the bili. On the local political front things are moving into the final stages before the voting and our chances look good. Locally on the labor front, the building trades are still in dispute over contract matters after having been out on strike for nearly three months. However, there has been no tie-up as yet, but anything can' happen since they have gone back to work on a partial contract. The Metal Trades Council has *, dispute with some of their con­ tracted companies but things Ibok good for them to win out. We have no men'in the hospital since our last report. On the beach here we find .J. Mitchell, W. Pritchett, R. E. Coe, L. Hartline, H. Romero, A. Anderson and others. Fishing is still good around these parts with big catches being reported every day, including th* opes that got away. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent Shipping in the Port of New York is still holding its own. We paid off 21 ships, signed on two and had 13 in-transits. During the same period we had four ships lay up, the Lawrence Victory of Mississippi, Raphael Semmes of Waterman, i Badger Mariner of South Atlantic and Western Rancher of Western Navigation. This is no invitation for every­ one to come to New York to ship, but we might add that they are off and running at Belmont. Also, the fishing season has opened and the boys are getting in what fish­ ing they can. Ships paying off were the Seatfains Louisiana, Savannah. Texas, Georgia, New York and New Jer­ sey of Seatrain; Beatrice, Edith and Elizabeth of Bull; Steel De­ signer of Isthmian; Raphael Sem­ mes of Waterman; Alexandra of Carras; Council Grove, Royal Oak, Chiwawa and Logans Fort of Cities Service; Val Chem of Valentine; The Cabins of Cabins; Western Rancher of Western Navigation; Ocean Ullp of Ocean Maritime and Robin Doncaster of Seas. Ships signing on were the Steel King of Isthmian and Robin Hood of Seas^ while in-transits were the Robin Shenwood of Seas; Alcoa Roamer dnd Alcoa Partner of Al­ coa; De Soto, Iberville, Gateway City and Hastings of Waterman; Suzanne and Frances of Bull, Sa­ lem Maritime of Cities Service, Marj'mar of Calmar. Steel Director of Isthmian and the Seacliff of Coral. We would like to thank the membership'for their splendid support in helping on the AFL-ILA beef for the past nine months. It was a real hard fight and as it now stands the ILA Independent union now leads by 319 votes with 1,797 chal­ t lenged ballots still to be counted; Savannah: Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. . t 1- • •'11 '' I 2^n M 4- Shipping On Upgraile , In Georgia Port Clly Shipping has picked up a bit over the previous two weeks, and w* hope it will continue that way for some time. ./ Ships paying off in the two-week Shipping Figures May 19 to June 2 period were the Jouthwind and SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Southland of South Atlantic. Both BEG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED signed on again. DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. PORT . 13 52 3 6 4 Boston 19 17 16 Ships in transit were the South­ 54 , 209 321 81 74 New York ... 117 92 112 ern District and Southern States of Southern; Robin Trent, Robin 52 93 16 15 21 Philadelphia 36 ,32 25 Locksley and Robin Hood of Seas; 194 78 72. 210 60 77 : 62 55 Baltimore ..... .^.. ... Steel of Isthmian; Fair33 23 21 64 port ofDirector ... 13 13 7 20 'Norfolk Waterman; Seatrains Lou­ 45 42 16 13 12 -14 -16 16 Savannah isiana and Georgia; and the Bents 16 6 • 55, . • 5 • '5 Fort of Cities Service. Tampa .V. 45 ^ , 18 22 39 163 dis ; ; 51 135 ... so; 'f 62 51 Oldtimbrs on'the beach are R. C. Mobile Shedd, C. H. Moss, R. Pierce, H. T. 45 124 1.. ^ iBBt 68 55 -192 "3841 New Orleans . Glisson, J. B. Farrow, E. M. Bryant 85 21 . 19 15 55' ... . 43 26 16 Galveston and B. B. Tippins.. In the hospital 40 87 58 . 43 141 are H. Kemp, M. Goins, J. Sellers, ... 86 ; 29, 22 SeatU* 33 109 45. 37 115 41 36 32 Sari FMriclsco-...... s. W. Bcdgood, J. Littleton, P. Bland, 11 !, :',io . ;: is: 33 15 8 34 A. Fricks, L. Dewitt and I. Peacock. wiiminiRori .;.v.y.^ r f jeiT Morrison 0> : Savannah-Port-Agent ISili'' msn •A 'ji t 4 •- '4 �SEAPAREXS Fage Twelve LOG Jane 11. 1054 THE IN THE WAIUB The word "soundings" for de­ scribing the job of determining the ocean depth with line and lead has no connection at all with the word sound meaning the noises we hear. "When it refers to a nautical meas­ urement of depth, sound' stems from old words-meaning water, sea or swimming. In the same way, sound in the sense of an inlet of the sea, such as Long Island or ^Puget Sound, also comes from the same source, and really means a channel. Today, however," the most modern method of taking soiyjdings, by use of a gadget called a fathometer, does depend on audible sound, since it gauges water deptlj by means of radio waves which bounce back from the ocean floor. 4" i" 4" In the 17th century, the Royal Mint of England actually issued a special gold coin for the use of sea­ men and merchants trading with Africa and, for 150 years afterward, the guinea was in general use in Great Britain and all over the world. The original 20-shilling gold pieces were minted in 1663 "in the name and for the use of the Com'pany of R.oyal Adventurers of England trading with Africa." They came to be called guineas because the "Royal Adventurers" actually traded along the coast of Guinea cn the western side of the African continent. Eventually, the value was revised and fixed at 21 shill­ ings, but after the establish­ ment of the gold standard In 1816, no more guineas were coined. 4.. t |i: t English possession in 1803 when a penal colom^ was established. 'T 4- 4. The idea of pouring oil on troubled waters refers to the fact that oil will lessen the violence of waves. The ancients believed it, and Benjamin Franklin, renowned for several more important scien­ tific discoveries, demonstrated it in the form of a practical joke. In 1772, while he was a guest in Eng­ land, Franklin told friends he cou.d quiet the waters on a pond in the park. He walked to the edge of the pond, "magically" waved his cane around and soon after the water gradually subsided. He explained his "miracle" by saying he had calmed the water with oil carried in a hollow of his bamboo cane. 4. 4i Superstitions about turtles and tortoises are. generally related • to health and longevity, probably be­ cause these hard-shelled creatures are long-lived, but these animals are also looked upon as weather prophets. Rain is likely, for example, Tf the turtle is on land and its shell is moist. On the other hand, if a turtle is taken out of the water during a fog and placed on the ground face dowh, the fog is supposed to disappear. Actually, there are three distinct types of these animals. Turtles are a salt­ water marine species which are also found on land; tortoises are strictly land animals, and terrapinsr are a hard-shelled, edible fresh­ water species which have a rec­ ognized market value. 4 4. 4. Debunking the ttieory that a link existed between Australia and an unknown polar continent, in 1642, Abel Janszoon Tasman cir­ cumnavigated Australia and dis­ covered Tasmania and New Zealand' In the process. Commemorated in t'he names of many places on New Zealand as well as in Tasmania Itself and the adjacent Tasman Sea. In the South Pacific, Tasman was « Dutch navigator who made sev­ eral "voyages of exploration in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the service of the Dutch East India Company from 1632 to 1653. Tas­ mania, located to the south of Australia and one of the states in the Commonwealth, became an A nautical measure of length, the cable-length is defined today as being equal to 120 fathoms, or 720 feet. The term was derived origi­ nally from the length of a ship's cable, but it now bears no relation to the length of any prqsent-day cable. Most authorities differ on the reason for the cable-length being figured as 120 fathoms and no more, but one likely explanation is that custom and the, early, size of ships limited the length of a cable because the rope walks of early times simply weren't long enough to lay up strands of greater lerigth. Accordingly, the arbitrary 120-fathom figure was fixed and became the standard. ACROSS 1. hitch S7. Renewals: Abbr. B. Place to eat e. Alba DOWN (Miss.) Part of a lock 12. Capital of Copier Samoa Rope Take on pounds 13. Island in GalIts capital Is way Bay Dover 14. Compass Before direction Old sailor 15. Transmit, as a Face; Slang message Request to 16. Put in a new enter card place 18. What a girl 1 2 3 should be £0. Price of canal trip 12 21. Long fish 23. Port in Florida 15 26. Something to climb SO. Chow 16 SI. Governor of Kansas S2. Finished 34. Man's name S5. Old way to 26 27 28 travel 37. One who stops another 31 89. Kind of sail­ boat 35 41. What a fish does , 43. The 39 mouth of TTiames 44. Fish hawk 142 48. Hinderer Bl. Opera by Verdl B2. Alabama: Abbr. 48 49 83. Go to bottom 84. Newspaper 52 paragraph 88. Members of . crew 55 88. Groups fd tbinga game: Phrase 33. Speaker's I>lat10.- Eastern Stand­ form ard Time: 36. Noose Abbr. 38. Damage 11. Sheltered side 40. Push 17. MoUusk 43. Cleveland's • 19. Mead: Fr. lake 22. Flanks 4S. Ceremony 24. Peel 46. British states­ 25.. winged man 26. Church service 47. Sweet potatoes 27. Spoken 48. Amateur radio 28. Member of the operator SlU 49. Strong beer 29. Radio chains 50. Adjective suffix (Puzzle" An^er On Page 25) 1 MEET THE INQUIRING SEAFARER SEAFARER (Question: Where In South Ameri­ ca do you find seamen can have the best time? (Question asked in New Orleans hall.) • • C. P. Moore, bosun: I like Buenos Aires best. Recreational fa­ cilities are better there than in any other South American port. I also would like to put in a good word for the Sea­ men's mission In "BA." Anytime you go ashore and find time'on your hands, there is always something interesting to do at the mission. 3) 4" 4" t Leonard Craddock, electrician: I always look forward to going ashore at San­ tos. Seamen al­ ways can find a lot of places to go in Santos where they will be wel­ come and where they will have a good time. I al­ ways find time to take in a movie or two in Santos. 4 ^ $ t t 4^ Arnold Crawford, wiper: Santos is tops as far as I am concerned. Prices are reason­ able. The people are friendly and there are plenty of good - night spots. Things in the enter t'a inment line are a great deal like the things we en­ joy doing in the States; such as good restaurants. FRANK LIVINGSTON. AB Whether it's wrestling lines on a ship or an opponent in the ring. Seafarer Frank "Duke" Livingston finds work equally satisfying and rewarding. . . Sailing for the past 20 years in the deck (iepartment, "'Duke" has spent a good deal of ^me ashore wrestling at the various arenas. He has been wrestling on and off for the past 12 years and has wrestled with almost every name star, throughout the country. Asked why he liked the rugged sport, "Duke" answered that he liked it for the sport and of course, for the purses. "Another thing about wrestling," he informs us, "there doesn't seem to be any age limit." I once wrestled a man who was 71 years old and whose physi­ cal condition was one of a man half his age. Started In Navy An early hitch in the Navy served as a springboard for his joint sea­ faring and wrestling career. lie wrestled while aboard ship and he is the former US -Navy Scoutihg Force light-heavyweight champion. . At present he holds the New Jersey heavyweight tag team tifle. While on the USS Indianapolis, "Duke" had occasion to wrestle for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During his first term of office, the President was on board the ship enroute to Buenos Aires to attend the Pan American Peace Conferebce when "Duke" represented him in a match. Tanker Torpedoed During World War II the "Duke" sailed mostly aboard tankers, but he said for the most part his share in the war was unexciting despite frequent long trips to and from the war zone. He wasn't the_ one to- complain about the lack of action, however. On March 10, 1944, while in the Caribbean enroute to Venezuela,, the tanker he was on was torpedoed and he spent several hours imthe briny with the rest of the crew before being picked up by a US destroyer that happened to be in the vicinity. All and all the "Duke" says it was a quiet war for him. "Duke" has sailed under the SIU Nichols, FOW: I haven't made a South American run in some time, but Buenos Aires used to be my fa­ vorite spot. I hear conditions are not as good there as they were a few years back, how­ ever. Santos was pretty good the A Yugoslav Partisan bulletin dis-. . last time I was closed that on May 23 German down there, too. In both these ports paratroopers alighted at the Bos­ they have some fine beer. nian headquarters of Marshal Tito, t 3) 3) but Tito escaped to the mountains Henrlk Hansen, steward: Buenos along with Major Randolph Aires is my favorite port. It is a Churchill, son of the British Prime big city and a Minister, and Allied officers^ at­ clean one. What­ tached to Tito's staff . . , President ever you want to Roosevelt signed the bill raising do, Tou can have the -national - debt limit to $260 a good time in billion. "BA" without 3) 4' 4" ^ spending a lot of A new hiring hall was opened money. They have a lot of good res- up under the auspicqs of the SIU taurants and of North AmeHca, A&G District, bars. Their the­ at 339 Chartres Street, New Or­ leans, La. . . . Loss of the US es­ atres nnd movies are the best. cort carrier Block Island, hi the ^ 3> 3) Durard D. Shaw; steward: I like Atlantic, by enemy action in May, was disclosed . . . The British Gov­ to spend as much time as possible ernment protested to Turkey ashore in Buenos against the use of the Dardanelles Aires. It is the by German warships .recently eramost interesting ployed in Black Sea operations. city in South 4" 4" 4' America and I On June 6, the Allied invasion like to go. sight­ of Continental Europe was befiun seeing there. Be­ by the landing ' in northwestern sides a lot of France (Normandy) of thousands of beautiful scenic troops from' an armada of war ships spots around the and parachutes. The ships and city Buenos Aires has some of the world's most beau- planes had . actually - commenced late on June 5 to move toward the lntqiwtte8 architecture. bapner for the past seven years, having joined during the Cities Service drive. Ife helped assist in the Union's Atlantic drive also. He has always been interested in" physical culture and has been a physical" instructor for a time in the Portland, Me., and Hoboken, NJ, Young Men's Christian Asso^ ciations- as ,tvell as serving as a masseur and swimming instructor at various private gyms.. When not ashore filling wrestling ' engagements, "Duke" favors the northern Europe runs. He finds European cities interesting and to his liking, especially when he can try his hand at his favorite sport. Wilder Fans "Duke" says that European wrestling fans are more numerous and at times wilder than their American counterparts. The rules, however, as the same as those in the States. One of the highlights of l^s shoreside hobby was the making of a motion picture in New York. 7|j||ie picture, "Mr. Universe," starring Jack Carson and Janis Paige, was an expose of the professional wrestling. "Duke" appeared in the ring with another wrestler in sev­ eral of the wrestling sequences. May Get Gym "Duke," as other Seafaters, thinks of that day when he will no longer ship out, but stay shoreside. Saving all he can, he's considering buying a gym some day to help train youngsters' for the sport or just to help them enjoy the feeling of physical well.being. Although a young man as far as the wrestling game goes, he hopes to" enter the management field and help erase some Of the abuses now marring the sport which he be­ lieves has a great future and an ever increasing interest.' • . He cites the example that TV has given wrestling a tremendous boost in the arnii and made whole new host of devotees. / Explaining why he likes the "grunt and groan" profession, the Duke says he likes wrestling as a sport ~and then, too, there is the purse. As for professional wres­ tling as we see it on TV, "Duke" had no comment. invasion coast which Berlin said, covered a stretch of more than 100 miles of beaches from Le Harvc to Cherbourg. The great invasion was supported by a massive fleet of meichant and Navy ships of sevqral nations with hundreds of Libertys moving in to the beaches to land supplies. 4" 4 4 Supporting the movement to re­ ward alien seamen servicing Amer­ ican ships during the war, the Mo­ bile Central Council of the Amer­ ican Federation " of Labor has joined with tho AFL seamen's un­ ions in demanding American citi­ zenship for aliens sailing American vessels. The SIU adopted a reso­ lution favoring this demand at its New Orleans convention. Subse­ quently, a provision was written into law giving aliens citizenship for five years* sea time. Ji 4 4 The Vatican officially announced . its determination to maintain its neutrality, "whoever may be tho military authorities actually hav­ ing control of the city of Rome," and expected to continue its activ­ ities in all parts of the world and . its contacts.with the-episcopacy in; everjfjoouiiti^-.-(n:>)'"•Ml"'' �•'imme 11. ltS4 SEAPMnERS SEAFARERS # LOG J«aa 11. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. IX Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 670 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. TeL HYacinth S!r6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. , ! 'For The Record' LETTER ' of the PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEnBEBT BRANB; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art. Editor, BERNABD SEAMAN(. Photo Editor, DANIEL J^ILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SnvACK, JERRY RCMER, AL MABKIN, NORMAN SMITH; Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY; Staff AssistanU, 1,YMAN GAYLORO, MILTON HOROWITZ. ,, Pare Thfrieea LOG ^ IM Books Open The decision of the membership-to open the books is one which will be of benefit both to the present membership and the new men coming in. A careful procedure has been estab­ lished to assure the selection of new members on their merits as seamen and Union men. As a result, the membership will gain considerably by the addition to the ranks of men who are fully deserving of an SIU book. And the newcomers, in turn, will obtain the nu­ merous benefits that SIU membership provides. In the near future, a membership committee will be selected to pass on the qualifications of the applicants. Those who are successful the first time around will be welcomed into the membership by all hands. And those who are passed . over have the comfort of knowing they will have more oppor­ tunities the next month and in months to come. t> t> Sr WEEK Protests AUen Flag Transfers To the Editor: Since it is the right of every American citizen and since we have the experience and knowledge gained by being members of the greatest seamen's union in the world, the SIU, I firmly believe a letter of individual protest should be mailed by every Seafarer to his respective Congressman, regardless of i>arty politics, to express his wrath at the continued practice of transferring American ships to for­ eign registry. Also a complaint should be added to stop American oil companies from building ships in this country, with the aid of American capital, then registering Riem under a foreign flag for the sole purpose of hauling cargoes back here from distant shores and Many times in the past attention has been called to the having the American taxpayer pay losses sliffered by merchant seamen during World War II. the bill. Height Of Audacity /This is a story that should be well known to all Americans, An example of this height of au­ although there are times when it appears that some people dacity was shown when Cities 'have Conveniently forgotten the facts. Service launched the second of \ However, last Sunday offered as good occasion as any to their four super-tankers, "Statue of •remind Americans nnce again of the role of merchant sea­ Liberty," at Newport News on June men. It was the tenth anniversary of-D-Day, a day when a 2. This ship, costing $9,500,000, fi­ mighty armada of several hundred US Libertys, in addition nanced by American investors, will to ships of other nations, steamed into the teeth of the enemy's sail .under the Grand Bassa Tank­ house flag, a subsidiary of Cit­ fortifications and helped make possible the invasion of ers ies Service, and fly a Liberian flag Eurdpe. with a foreign crew. The "Statue Nftbody would like to predict what the outcome would.have of Liberty" will be delivered about been if there weren't enough shins and men to sail them. July 31 and the port of New York, That thought should be kept in mind by all who pass on the according to Cities Service offi­ cials, will be one of her fijnst stops, future of the maritime industry. where she will be displayed with the national monument for which i t 4 she is named, as a backdrop. Imagine the nerve of this finan­ cially sound company, trying to . . Another case of a Seafarer who was detained on board ship compare the shrine which means, for 18 months by the quirks of the McCarran Immigration "This is America," with the name their ship and policy of opera­ Act is reported in this issue of the LOG. Seafarer Charles of tion. It's like saying to the Ameri­ Slanina is one of many alien seamen who have been caught can public, "We build the ship with in the tangled web of regulation because they were born in your money and brains. We named it after your greatest monument. a country now ,governed .by the Communists. She will service you well and make It made no difference that Slanina was a resident of the US millions for us. But, we are so for 32 years, that he had been a member of the Czech legion jiorcy! We just have to use a for­ which fought Red armies in Russia in the first World War, eign flag and crew because we can or that he had been sailing on US ships since 1942. He didn't save a few paltry dollars on foreign have a little piece of paper known as a "valid passport" so safety regulations and crew wages. Also, one of these super-tankers ,'he, couldn't go ashore at any US port. with a foreign crew will replace Nobody disputes the need for regulation of entries into the three medium-sized American ships US. But it certainly appears that the law could be made a and crews." little more flexible to avoid sueh obvious miscarriages of True, Cities Service is not the only US company doing this; the justice. " • * rub is in the name given to this . . 4" J> 4ship. Must Survive If the American merchant ma­ A prbposal has been submitted by a Wisconsin Con­ rine is to survive and to regain its gressman calling for a merchant marine academy at Kings preeminence of the seas, this atti­ tude must be scored and done away Point that would be on a par with West Point or Annapolis. with. We cannot let the merchant Under the plan Kings Point would become a permanent gov­ marine be sold down the river ernment function and would turn out merchant marine of­ again as it has been so often in the past. All of^us, seaman and land­ ficers for years to come. lubber alike, mustluiite ip a di-ive The plan also calls for the graduates to serve a compulsory to keep Amer^an ships f6r Ameri­ period of time in the merchant marine. What it doesn't ex­ can flags. plain is where their jobs will come from. Yes, it's certainly time we had another "Boston Tea Party" to let Offhand it appears that there are more than enough officers to man any number of ships that Uncle Sam might put in the good people of this country what's happetdng along , the operation. And as a matter of fact there are a-great marty know waterfront A protest now by men sailing unlicensed-who'hold a mate or engineer's ticket.. everyone connected with the ship­ As has been said many times before, the US merchant ping industry to his Congressmen marine h^ professional seamen of high quality to man the will mean the end Af that slogan, • A- shi^s. The need is for ships and cargoes and not for a more "Too little, too late." elaborate training -school,''f If JV.VM M J M > i ii kiaUito*' • ROUND D-Day Pins Ten Loosen It Up Kings Point Again J A new four-year contract provid­ ing a wage increase of $2.50 a week for 11,000 building service employ­ ees in New York City was an­ nounced by Local 32B of the Build­ ing Service Employes International Union, AFL. The wage hike is re­ troactive to April 21. The contract also calls for improved vacation, increased welfare benefits, sever­ ance pay and unemployment insur­ ance for those not previously cov­ ered. t 4. Labor and management repre­ sentatives unanimously agreed on a voluntary program for mobilizing civilian manpower in a national emergency". The program contains recommendations to the National Security Council on manpower for the armed forces, and agriculture ti-aining facilities, government pro­ curement policies, and employment stabilization plans. The committee opposed any laws that would re­ quire a man to work at a specific job. Representatives of all the ma­ jor labor federations took part in the discussions. 4> 4> 41 Eight thousand strikers at the plants of the Philco Corp. in Phila­ delphia and Sandusky unanimously rejected the company's offer of a 5-cent pay hike. The action was taken at membership meetings of Locals 101, 102, and 701 of the In­ ternational Union of Electrical Workers, CIO. The union charged that this was* just the latest strike­ breaking move made by the com­ pany since the strike began May 1. lUE-CIO said Philco had tried to wreck the pension plan by cancel­ ing all health and welfare protec­ tion, had gotten an injunction against mass picketing, and had waited three weeks before meeting with the union. .4' 4i Gains of more than 9 cents an hour h^ve been won-by the Inter­ national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL, for 17,000 factory employees of the Radio Corpora­ tion of America. 4" ir 4" Effective June 7, workers at the Botany Mills plant in Passaic, NJ, will take home cents an hour less. The wage eut, which affects 1,500 memberjs .of the Textile Workers Union of America, CIO, was by As a result of the award, average pay at Botany dropped to $1.591c. The company, long a wage leader in the industry, had sought a cut of 16'^ cents an hour, while the union ar­ gued for continuance of the form­ er scale. 4^ ^ 4> Under a new 2-year agreement, about half the 35,000 employees represented by the Commercial Telegraphers Union, AFL, gained a 20 percent pay boost, the first 16 percent effective June 1, 1955, and the rest by June 1, 1956. In addi­ tion all hourly rated employes won wage increases of from 5 to 21 cents an hour and monthly rated workers a minimum of $8 a month. 4" 4* t The National Labor Relations Board barred the Fur and Leather Workers Union from use of its services because it is Communistled. The order means the union cannot be on election ballots m representation contests with an­ other union and will be unable to present unfair labor practices com­ plaints. The ruling marked the first time in history that the Labor Board had taken such an action. 4- 4 i The health, welfare and old age of members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL, are secured by $129.6 million, according to a report covering the 1933 calendar year. Health and welfare benefits are provided for 416,000 members, six percent more than in 1953. Members covered by retirement totaled 368,000, or 10 percent more than a year ago. 4" •31 •M 4" ft Educational establishments were closed throughout Chile by a strike of 15,000 school teachers and 4,000 college professors who demanded a 20 percent salary increase. They rejected js government offer of a 10 percent raise. ft ft ft With the deadline for a New Yprk City transit strike set for next Monday, city officials were prepar­ ing to maintain essential services. The strike call has been set by the Transport Workers Union (CIO) In a dispute with the City Transit Authority, and would affect all subways and city-owned bus lines. Possibilities of a settlement are still in sight aa negotiations are Mintinuing, • " ' - •••M • �-., . ,v,'. Wage Foarteen SEAFARERS •.• .... ^ -.. • .-. •}-,. LO^ fc'" X ^' ' r- I • i < . /5 nm-^gm,rniMm " .v^fS W MAI Illil / At chow time, "Kroo boys" on Del Sol dig into their fish and rice in common^ pots on open deck. Mahogany furniture has long been a sym­ bol of personal prosperity and for the mil­ lions of "less-affluent citizens mahogany veneers on top of lesser breeds of lumber have satisfied the desire for rich-looking 1 _ t- Floated from jungle out to sea, logs are swung aboard Del Sol "during African ma­ hogany run of Mississippi Shipping Co. Major mahogany ports on Gold Coast and Ivory Coast are surf ports and have no pier facilities. iil ii illii Dei Rio, here anchored off West African coast, is one of four pi Crls on ma-, During visit to Del chief poses with chic tive policeman. ships. For «xample, niril included in the Del Camjf On another occasion, eigh| transported to West Afric locomotive trucks being cabs and working pai furniture woods. To meet the demand the US im­ the Heavy items ports a considerable' amount of West African presentmachinery knotty cargo mahogany from the Gold Coast and Ivory Coast, buiky loads must be hai and four C-ls operated by the SlU-contracted Mis­ serve Africa's rapidly di e^ sissippi Shipping Company make regular sailings The principal homewar for the African mahogany logs. logs, floated from the jui; Converted To Veneers they are swung aboard In contrast to the more expensive and rarer ocean. The logs are loac mahoganies from Latin^merica, about 75 percent manner wherever pier fa of all mahogany logs from Africa are "flitched" meal, cocoa and some ma for conversion into face veneers. They are then often are included in th^ mounted on the chests, dressers, chairs, tables and From New Orleans, other pieces found most often in the ayerage US manufacturers of American home. veneer. Mwt mahogany from Africa goes into Norfolk, Typical West African Virginia, but a good deal of-it is handled in any any run are Dakar, Cpna of a half a dozen Atlantic and Gulf ports. In many mas. Port Gentil, Point respects, Mississippi's mahogany run between West Lobito, Takoradi and At Africa and New Orleans is one of the most un­ No Shore usual of any traveled by SlU-contracted ships. . "In some, ways, this is The four ships on the run, the Del Sol, Del man," said Lee DeParlief Campo, Del Rio and Del Oro, make regular sail­ Sol, who made the sl^ ings of about 70 to 80 days. One feature of the Del reproduced run that is unique insofar as SIU ships are con- photographs expect to spend mos cerned is the use of seagoing, native longshoremen can the ship. There is just no! who live aboard ship and work cargo at the ports can ports, and at many of called upon during the six-weeks' run along the ports, don't even go African coast. A normal cargo-handlHIg contingent it is awegood 'money' ri numbers about 68 "Kroo boys" from the Kroo spend your money, y| tribe which supplies the manpower for this opera- . pay-off at the end ofsothe tion. They stay with the ship throughout the ..For the Seafarers, We coastwise run, sleeping in the holds and eating stimulating shipping ih their daily diet of fish and rice from common pots limits of the mahogany on the open deck. Rising Ind| No Pier Facilities Capt. J. W. Clark, The major mahogany ports on the Gold Coast returned from a recent J and Ivory Coast are surf ports with no pier faicil-' signs of rapid ities. The cargo, consisting of logs which run from tire, coasi. A industrial mangane two tons each to as high as 13 to 14 tons, is loaded piant;, a new flour mill and discharged to and from lighters while the and fast-developing coc ship rides at anchor off the coast with the teeming among developments jungle for a backdrop. Other ports, including some which can be expected Congo River ports in the Belgian Congo, have shipping to this area. modem dockside facilities. The voyage takes ships Construction is to st on this run as "far inland as 85 miles into the water harbor and an ez Jungle of the Belgian Congo. the Gold Coast, which On the outgoing voyage, a wide variety of gen­ great deal of America eral cargo is carried by the,Mississippi freight- he said. �at Takoradi, tribal aide (left) and na- Belgian Congo ports are among few on mahogany run which have deckside fa­ cilities for loading logs. Raising pet monkey helpis Willie Cam­ eron, night cook and baker, wile away spare hours aboard Del Sol. Back from run, steward W.H. (Red) Simmons and Claude; Rayfuse, FOW, pose for photos in New (5rleans. registered bulls were )'8 deck cargo recently, tliesel locomotives were IL two to a ship, with the [rried in the holds while i were secured on deck, ighing many tons often ing problems when the larged at surf ports to anding industry, bound cargo is mahogany e out to the ships where om the surface of the in a more conventional ities are provided. Fish |any lumber and veneer nbound cargo, logs move by rail to hogany furniture and I ts of call on the mahogj y, Monrovia, Cape PaU I Noire, Matadi, Launda, Ijan. lie Facilities rough run for a seajpassenger utility on the oard and West African •e. "On this riin, a guy f his port time aboard lace to go in most Afrlem, especially the surf ire. On the other hand. There is no place to look for a^worthwhile rip." Africa holds promise of near future beyond the i'le. rialization jslssippi vice president, pection tour to report :pansion along the enproject, an aluminum big rubber plantation nd coffee plantings are rted by Captain Clark increase the volume of Hil Enjoying coffee time in New Orleans are Del Sol crewmembers (1-r) Johnny Favis, Drck Johnson, H. Laumann. Mahogany run is also good money run. Three-fourths of African mahogany—here being unloaded from Del Sol in New Orleans—goes into veneers. Better-grade ma­ hogany comes from Latin America. 'J • soon on a new deep5 new city at Tema, in 1 require the use of a luipment and material, ' -ifi ^ ^ IVom New Orleans,^gsfwiRmpvc by rail, primarily to furniture LogS'taken Logs takwn from -Afidca Afiica run'in. run in aize 'from from two; two tons / . .. . Del Oro is another of four Mississippi C-ls on regular niahogany Tun. 'Here she discharges at Industrial Canal in Jfew Orleans. Runs are gtiierally 76-80 days/ .. v. .^1 �I I i- SEAFARERS laC Page Sizleai I W" SEAFARERS S:'- The presence of Icebersrs at points further aouth than they have been since the war forced the Queen Elizabeth to alier course, on its recent crossins from the Channel ports. The ship swun; nearly forty miles off track A, passiny within thirty-five miles of the nearest ice­ berg. Merchant shipping has been diverted from track C since Feb­ ruary 26 ... The captured German submarine U-505 will soon arrive in Chicago, where it will become a permanent exh]bit as a memorial to Americans who lost their lives at sea in World War II. ^ Effective soon, the Isbrandtsen Steamship Company will open an eastbound run in intercoastal trade between Pacific and Atlantic Coast Ports. The go-ahead signal in the disputed matter came recently, when the Supreme Court upheld a certificate granted by the Inter­ state Commerce Commission authorizing the operation. The certificate had been attacked by the Luckenbach Steamship Company, which charged that Isbrandtsen could use its position in unregulated aroundthe-world t^-ade to give preferential rates to large shippers of foreign cargoes to obtain their intercoastal business. t J. Since 1951 West Germany's bustling new shipyards have produced more than 2,000,000 tons—equivalent to Soviet Russia's present mer­ chant shipping power. Output rose from 302,051 gross registered tons In 1951 to an all time high last year of 724,354 tons. During the first quarter of 1954, West German yards built and delivered sixty ve^els totaling 245,939 tons, leading experts to believe this year's production may exceed 1,009,000 tons—more than double Nazi Germany's pre-war production record. 4i p. ll"- m i: IS' IP"" I"' Jane 11. 1954 The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, the oldest oper­ ator of American-Hag cargo ship tonnage between East-Coast ports and the East Coast of Mejdco," has now turned to foreign bottoms in this service. It has replaced four American C-1 type cargo vessels with an equal number of cargo ships flying the British, Norwegian, Swedish, and German flags. There is also a possibility that the line's service to Cuba, maintained with two American-flag C-2 type cargo ships,^may be operated with foreign-flag tonnage. The company, which refused' to accept the Government's subsidy conditions, found the service un­ profitable. . 3* it The American Merchant Marine Institute predicts that when ship­ ping in various stages of construction joins the fleet now afloat, total world shipping will amount to 116,249,000 deadweight tons. That is 47 per cent more than the 79,231,000 tons of shipping listed in 1939. The greatest increases are in tankers and freighters. if t> it The Federal Maritime Board has approved the transfer of six Lib­ erty-type tankers to Liberian colors. The ships and their American owners are the Eugepe W. Hilgard of the Hilgard Tanker Corp.; the Charles A. Wickliffe of the Wickliffe Tanker Corp.; the Albert G. Brown of the Bernut, Lem'bcke Company; the David T. Wilentz, the Morris Hess and the Hess Bunker, all of Hess Inc. The board stipulated that no change shall be made in the foreign corporation without ap­ proval, that the ships shall be available to this country if needed, and, that mortgage obligations owed the US must be paid before transfer it it it Four shipping companies have sent representatives to Haiti to dis­ cuss the possibility of arranging more passenger ship calls at Haitian ports. Companies interested in the run are Holland-America, Swedish American, Home Lines and the Clipper Line Shipping volume through the port of New York showed a decline in the first five mdnths of 1954 as compared to the previous year. The Maritime Association of the Port of New York reported 4,796 arrivals and 4,746 departures up to June 1, as against 5,303 arrivals and 5,309 departures a year ago .. The Coast Guard is holding hearings over the sudden and mysteri­ ous sinking of the tugboat Brooklyn off the Battery. The tug was hauling a car float from Weehawken, NJ, when she suddenly lurched and went down. One man was trapped in the engine room and lost his life. if it it The Immigration and Naturalization Service is considering the Sheepshead Bay training depot as a possible site for a new Immigra­ tion center to replace Ellis Island. Present installations on EUis Island, providing for some 1,500 persons, are farjtoo large for the 200 to 300 people on the grounds at any one time. Very few immigrants actually pass through the island now as it is used mostly for those whose papens are not in order or for aliens who are awaiting deportation. 4- t 4 By the end of the year, no US shipyard will have any dry cargo ships building as the last of the five Mariner-class ships still due will have been delivered Bull Line executive Arthur Kennedy reported after an overseas trip that trade possibilities with Spain looked prom­ ising. A Federal Court continued to take testimony on the suit filed by Arnold Bernstein, shipping magnate, against the Holiand-America Ime for $11 million. Burly Hazards Of Handling Paint One of the more'familiar sights to anybodyjwho has beien on a-ship is that of a crewmember handling a brush or. roller in the endless battle to keep corrosion upder controL Since painting is, or' should be, a constant task on a ship and virtually all sections of the vessel have to be painted regularly, it means that certain paint, hazards exist at all "Who cleans the recreation room times which have to be recognized and dealt with by members of the this week?" is a popular question crew'. • aboard ship particularly When the Three hazards are usually present in handling almost any^kind of subject comes up at shipboard marine paint. The first and most obvious one is,the danger'of fire. meetings. The state of the recre­ .Since marine paints are made to be quick dryeys and to go on smoothly ation room., along with the laundry they generally contain a volatile paint thinner. room, is often a subject of comThese thinners are usually highly flammable, some of them being Maint and much discussion and turpentines and others Toal tar distillates such as naptha or iienzol. neat is expended to solve the ques­ Under certain conditions the thinners can be explosive. And of course tion. the paint itself can burn very readily after it has dried on the Type Up List bulkheads. « In one instance reported in the SEAFARERS LOG crewmembers in ^ Glenwood A. Masterson of the Strathbay (Strathpiore Shipping) the engine department were spray painting in the confined spaces of the engine room. A minor explosion was touched off either from lack has come up with of ventilation or from the heat of the surfaces being painted. And a simple proposal since spray painting produces a considerable amount of fine vapor and that offers an droplets, entire spray ignited in one sheet of flame. Fortunately, easy solution to the men doing the painting were able to get out in a hurry and the the problem. Just whole fire was put out in short order. While nobody was Hurt in this type up a weekly particular case, it did point out the importance of having an enclosed work list, he says, area properly ventilated, particularly when working with a spray gun. and each depart­ 'Painter's Colic' ment will know when its turn A less spectacular but equally dangerous major hazard is poisoning comes up. The Masterson resulting from too much contact with certain paint vapors or poisoning same thing could go for other work from paint ingredients themselves. The commonest form which this details that are shared around by takes Is lead poisoning, or "painter's colic" as it is popularly known. members of all three shipboard de­ The poisoning results from the absorption of lead either through breath­ partments. ing vapors or through the mouth if paint has gotten 'bn cigarettes or Masterson, who sails in the en­ food from painty hands. It is an insidious, slowly progressing disease gine department, has been an SIU which leads to gradual weakness, anemia, a variety of digestive troubles member since joining in Baltimore and sometimes paralysis of the wrists and the ankles. All paints will carry instructions as to their safe and proper use on August 6, 1941. He comes origi­ nally from Missouri, but now has which should be followed by the crew. In general, the following pro­ his family in Dundalk, Maryand. cedures should be taken as a matter of course: He is 52 years old. Ventilation Problem , i, if if A) When painting in close quarters, adequate ventilation should be Occasionally, a seaman, or any­ assured. The object of the method of ventilation, no matter what body else for that matter, gets a method is used, should be to Vemove all pbisohous and flammable paint yearning for something different in vapors from the immediate area, it's important that in providing ven­ the way of meal time tastes. Stew-' tilation, to make sure that the vapors are not permitted to settle in ard Wesley Young of the Rosario passageways, bilges and other spots where they can be a source of (Bull Line) recognized the mood danger. Most of these vapors are heavier than air and will tend to and took steps to accommodate it settle accordingly where they can stay for an indefinite period of time. B) Fire-fighting equipment should be kept on hand, ready for use accordingly. He informed the crew that if they wanted anything near the area that's being painteU. Entrances and exits should be kept special to notify the chief cook suf­ clear at all times and a minimum of equipment kept around. Certainly ficiently in advance and the dish any' equipment that could add to the fire danger should be kept out of the area. _ would be prepared accordingly. • WipeUpSpUls Young is another Seafarer who lives in the Baltimore area and O The job should be kept as orderly as possible. All spills should joined the Union in that port. He's be wiped, up and clutter kept down to a minimum. Painty rags or been qn SIU member since 1942 waste should be kept in a covered metal container for disposal when and is 40 years of age. the job is completed.'All this is the kind of good housfkeeping that goes with any job. • 'if if it D) The painter himself should dress properly for the job even though Ship's delegate Homer fiingo of another Bull, Line ship,' the* Su­ it might not be too comfortable in the hot weather. That means wear­ zanne, got a real­ ing a cap at all times and enotigh clothes to protect skin from coming ly ringing vote of into contact with the paint. A lot of Seafarers find it more comfortable confidence from to work in a short-sleevefd shirt, but long sle'eves are definitely prefer­ his shipmates. able. Some paints also require special respirators to protect the painter According to the from breathing in the vapors. ship's minutes, . Clean Hands And Face ' .the- crew gave ^ E) When the paint job/is over, the painter should make sure to give him a vote of himself a thorough cleaning, particularly around the hands and face. thanks for the Paint on the hands can get on cigarettes or food and from there into fine job he was a painter's mouth. The safest thing to do-is not even carry cigarettes Bingo doing and went on your person if you are painting and to smoke only after the hands on record as backing him 100 per­ have been cleaned off. If an area has been freshly painted no food cent. should be stored in it, bbcause some foods have a tendency to absorb Ringo, who sails in the steward the vapors which are toxic in effect. A lot of paint gets on the hands because the palm gets tired or sorb department, is a native of Ken­ tucky who was bom in the blue- and the painter holds the brush by the metal band. There's nothing grass state on August 16,1910. He wrong with this as long as the band is clean, but in most cases the joined the SIU In Nlw York on band has become well-cpngealed with wet paint with the result that March 10,'1945, and has been sail­ the painter's hands get an extra heavy poating and the hands can suffer from the toxic effects the paint. ing regularly since then. ACTION By .Bernard Seaman �lane 11, U54 SEAFARERS **Pace Screnteea LOG Pact Wage Gains Retroactive; Can Reopen On Welfare Items . Copies of contract are run off press in mailing room at headquarters In New York by Union employee. Th^ are being mailed to all SlU-contracted dry cargo companies. Seafarer ^Released' After 1-8 Months (Continued from page 5) McCarran Immigration Act went Into effect. It was at that time that Slanina's troubles began. Slanina was on the Trojan Sea­ men at the time. When the ship paid off in Norfolk in February, J953, Immigration authorities would not let him land in the • SlU Art Work Goes On Display (Continued on page 17) the event for the lucky winners. Although.the paiiel of judges is still incomplete, pending'confirmation of the availability of several potential judges on Tuesday, it is expected no difficulty will be en­ countered on this score. The judg­ ing will be held on Tuesday after­ noon. Favorable Reaction Early reaction to the display in the shipping hall was highly favor­ able to the entries, particularly In the case, of several oil paintings of early types of ships. Interest also centered on two gyroscopes machine-tooled out of bronze by one Seafarer. i Wfe;-- service is available. Compensa­ tion for lost gear under war risk insurance provisions is increased from $300 to $500. A change in the deck depart­ ment working rules provides overtime for carpenters required to re­ Money Draws . . . Resolving the issue of the lack of US currency in some foreign ports, the new pact features a clause calling for the issue of travelers' checks' in lieu of US currency for the purpose of draws in foreign ports. The full cost of the checks will be borne by the shipping companies. Firemen's Pay ... Firmen will enjoy parity with oilers, watertenders and firemen-watertenders on wages and overtime as a result of a clause in the new ag;reement scaling firemen's wages up to ' $302.32 back to October 1, 1953. Thus, firemen received a four percent increase on wages and overtime the same as the other engine ratings mentioned. The new base pay rate for firemen is $314.41. der deck department rules calls for no foreign shore gang work in quarters, storerooms, passageways and other interior sections of the ship unless the shore gangs are regularly maintained by the com­ pany. This will eliminate the prac­ tice of hiring irregular foreign labor on the spot to do interior painting and other work and de­ priving deck department men ofovertime accordingly. Changes in the engine depart­ ment call for the oiler to get one hour overtime on each watch for taking reefer box temperatures. To expedite the huge task of handling retroactive pay the com­ panies are to furnish the Unionwith a list of seamen entitled to retroactivity. The contract will run until September 30, 1955. Seamen Were in Forefront On D-Day (Continued from page 3) signed to operation scuttle as un­ fit for further service. Those three ships were the Matt W. Ransom, the Benjamin Contee and the James W. Marshall. The move old paint or varnish and re­ Marshall had been bombed and paint same. Section 29 on garbage gutted by fire at Salerno. The Matt has been amended to specify that Ransom had been torpedoed and garbage shall be stowed away from then brought into port by her heroic crew. And the Benjamin crews quarters. Contee, while sailing as a prison Another important provision unship in the Mediterranean, had been torpedoed by a bomber with a large loss of life among the Italian POWs. These three Libertys were not the only SIU ships lost in the in­ vasion. There were also a number well known to oldtimers — ships that been sailed for many WASHINGTON.—A seaman whose maintenance and cure years had by men of the SIU and SUP. beef wound up in the US Supreme Court emerged the victor Among these was the old last week, when the high court refused to upset a ruling in Keofresi, which had been in the Island trade, and which had been his favor by the lower courts. named after a Puerto Rican rum. The case involved a man was later certified "fit for duty." There was also the West Nilus, the who suffered illness while He then shipped again, but Illinoian, the Kentuckian, the sailing in the deck department shortly afterwards found he was Pennsylvanian, the old Alcoa suffering from hernia. Although Leader and the old Robin Gray. aboard a ship in 1951. advised to submit to corrective Kept Lines Open Ulcer Attack surgery for this condition, he After the beachheads were es­ According to the facts brought refused to do so when the first out in court, the man suffered an company was unwilling to guar­ tablished, an^ as Allied troops acute ulcer attack while the ship antee him maintenance and cure fought their way through the was in Buenos Aires, and was later payments following .the proposed hedgerows of Normandy and to­ repatriated to his home in Phila­ operation. Instead, he shipped out ward the heart of Germany, Seadelphia at which time he received and, after signing off that vessel, farer-crewed ships continued to keep the supply lines open, and treatment at the" US. Public Health went to work ashore. many Seafarers retain vivid memo­ Service facility in that city. He Meanwhile, he filed suit to re­ ries of this routine but far-froracover unearned wages from August placid shuttle run. 2-31, 1951, when the voyage for Later, as the invasion progressed, which he'd originally signed on the shuttle run was extended to was terminated, plus maintenance other French and Belgian ports, for the entire period from October and it was an SIU ship—the Bayou 17, 1951, until February 3, 1953, Chico—which was the second ship when his case came up in court, to carry Army supplies up the less any outside earnings during canal into the old city of Ghent that time. in Belgium. The US District Court for the Other SIU ships braved the Eastern District of Pennsylvania buzzbomb barrage with supplies entered a judgment in the seamen's for Antwerp, where at times a favor, which was later upheld by buzzbomb fell every 10 minutes. the US Circuit Court of Appeals Many Seafarers recall seeing these eerie, crewless missiles sail­ for the Third Circuit. Although the company had made ing through the sky over Belgium, an award to him consisting of un­ trailing flame from their tails and earned wages and maintenance droning like a huge swarm of bees from October 17 through Decem­ while the ack-gcks tried to knock ber 21, 1951, it denied his right to them down., recover further maintenance after Now, 10 years have passed since he had received a "fit for duty" those buzzbombs fell, but thos& certificate and returned to work. Seafarers who saw and heard them T^ seamen, on the other hand, jhave dot forgotten them. Neither contended that the disability he' have they forgotten the 1,154 buffered as a result of the original American-flag ships that went to gastric condition, followed several the bottom between the outbreak months later by the hernia, made of the European war and Ger­ his request for guaranteed main­ many's surrender, nor the 6,066 tenance following the prescribed American merchant -seamen. who sutrRery -;a:. iieasonable Fe.qpest of were killed or captured duiiing that IflWS®*1)f tW 'fiSHtlfiR. " iWh lOlMw ieihiiiny el'. \ Maintenance And Cure Rights Aided By High Court Ruling NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF Seafarers Log 1947-1953 I Inclusive) r^ I I I country he had lived in for 31 of his 55 years. He had no passport and as far as Immigration was concerned he was a citizen of an Iron Curtain country. Seven Round Trips It was then that Slanina's ordeal began. I made seven round trip voyages back and forth on that ship, and wherever we went the captain tried to get rid of me. But every place we went to the local Government would not accept me for as far as they were concerned I had no legal way of landing in their countries either." That didn't stop the skipper from trying. He tried to put Slanina ashore in Bombay, in Algiers, Spanish Morocco, Italy, and Yugo­ slavia. On the third voyage around when the ship laid up temporarily for a two week period, he tried to put Slanina on a Panamanian scow heading for South America, and on another occasion tried to turn him over to Czechoslovakian au­ thorities. Finally though, after Slanina's case had became the subject of a Baltimore newspaper series, his attorney was successful in winning permission for him to land on parole. Immigration has agreed to admit him fgr permanent residence in the United States—after he has bMU living here for 82 years. (Continued from page 3) clause has been written calling for carriage of US travelers checks in the event US currency is not available. These travelers checks, which are the equivalent of US currency, will be supplied crewmembers at company expense. Another thorny point, the ques­ tion of continuing allotments when a man has been taken off a ship because of illness or injury, has been dealt with by providing that allotments to the family are to be continued during repatriation for as long as a man has money com­ ing to him in the form of wages. Two important provisions deal­ ing with the comfort of the crew have been added. One calls for re­ placement of all present mat­ tresses with innersprings when the old ones wear out. Another specifies installation of two 12inch fans in every foc'sle where there are two or more men sleep­ ing, and one 16-inch fan in in­ dividual foc'sles. Transportation In a tightening up of the trans­ portation procedure, the contract specifies prompt payment of wages and isubsistence when a seaman who accepted transportation pre­ sents himself to the company at the port of engagement within 30 days of signing off articles. In the event a ship is wrecked, sold or laid up, the transporta­ tion cla^e in this instance has been strengthened to call for firstclass air transportation if the crew travels by air, or the difference in cash if only irregular airplane kdlter. SEAFARERS LOG •reeUyii )2, N«w York - 471 FMirth A»»riu» fl««M Had m Hi# {ollowin«i vtlumai •!Iha I9S3 LOG O $S HCIU 11*1 cofflphta M(i af kaund valumai af tfia LOG far 1947 thraiifh mi 9 |2S ateh. laclatad ha fatal af NAVIE THE ii\ �SEAFylRERg ZOG Vase dclAeeB Seafarer Warren Messenger, known to his ship­ Seafarers posinr for the camera on deck aboard mates as ttie "Son of the Sheik"^ after this epi­ the Steel Apprentiee are, left to right, King, sode, relaxes after a bout with the hookah, an ntility; Re^ OS; Slim and Tex, ABs, en Far Oriental water-pipe. Eastern run. Seafarers aboard flie Steel Apprentice on a recent Far East run did quite a bit of picture-taking as well as engage in usual pursuitsi as these pictures attest. The pho­ tos, submitted by Jacob Malenke, crew messman, depict the doings aboard the I^hmian vessel on its run to a danger zone. Shown hcjre.are such pursuits as touring on a motor scooter, which drew hundreds of people in some, countries where the Seafarer in­ volved revealed the scooter to pry­ ing native eyes, relaxing 1^ a "harem" after nnoking a hookah, a sleepy troubador and a military A Malayan civet cat perches man at the ready in the perform­ menacingly on the shoulder of ance of his duties. There was a Seafarer Bob Mitchell, who little bit of something for ail on bought the feline aboard ship. the trip. ."Be Bop," passenger messman, takes time out for a siesta, dressed as a gaucho. He was the singing troubador of the vessel, good for a funny story at all times. Seafarer Jacob Malenke, above, caused quite a stir in several countries with his mo­ tor scooter. -- A French Marine machine gunner is alert as Hie ship goes up river to Saigom No incidents en­ sued, but the crew felt better with him aboard while they were in the trouble zone. Hurricane Blows Up Newsworthy Events Aboard On Far East Run t- Many things are happening aboard the Waterman ship Hurricane as it runs along in the Far Eastern trade, according to reports received from the vessel. Some are worth writ­ ing home abouti and some are just clean fun, but they all add up to life aboard the ship. First in a list of instances"*""" ^ ^— coming to the fore is one con­ other two guys. They're not even Indochina, Korea,.Japan and the Smoggy City, Los Angeles, where cerning Eddie Morris, Jr., son sweating." The bosun on the vessel, Chico the crew hit the beach in search of of a former Boston Red Sox pitcher of several decades ago. This Troche, decided to open an insur­ womanly wiles. It seems the boys Morris, however, was on the receiv^- ance business on the side in addi­ did all right in most of the places tion to sailing for a living. How­ mentioned, but after a while they ing, not the pitching end'. Morris, it turned out, was asked ever, there are some special re­ just had to rest to give themselves to referee a few bouts In a local quirements to be met before he'll and their pocketbooks a break. insure anyone against anjrthing. fistic arena in Bowling Brawl First of all, he won't insure the Pusan, JCorea. He There's a slight difference be­ property of anyone smoking non­ tween two of the crewmembers did all right until union-made cigarettes— in bed. aboard the ship, who travel by the the main event You're also out if you burn garbage names of "Papa Gray" and "Grand­ when his emo­ on the front lawn of your property. pa" Jones. They'rfe' old timers and tions got the He'll insure bomb shelters, too, have decided to retire from the better of him. but only if they're 90 or more feet sea to upen up a bowling alley and Then, there underground and the applicant, billiard parlor, where they ban pool turned out to be who must be past 86 yeai's of age, 4heir resources in Arkansas or three instead of is accompanied to Troche's insur­ Mississippi, "Grandpa'' insists that two pugilists in Morrlu. ance office by his grandparents. all of the equipment be made of the ring, with Mississippi long . leaf >yellow pine, Morris flailing away us the melee Gay LoHiariot The report from the Hurricane and "Papa" demands that it , be turned into a fiasco. When the boat was finally oOfer, goes on to say that things, as far made of Arkansas oak and bauxite. the jndges asked for Morris' deci­ as the Casanovas and. Lotharios At the last report no agreement sion, "One black eye, one bloodif aboard are concerned, are settling had been reached' and the crew nose, two injured hands and a down to normal now that the ship was thinking of throwing open the sprained ankle for me," he reftlied, has been out several months. The beqf to arbitration by the UnUed "and I guess it's a draw foF thUiiie 'Shiji^'hlt' thi%e spots In Okinawa, 'Nations. • -"'' -. That horsee have the power of sleepmg while standing? Their legs are provided with muscular mech­ anism which cause them to lock, as it were, and permit the anlmids to rest somewhat as if they were standing on stilts. Horses some­ times go for months without lying down. i 4" 4" That strictly speaking, steam Is invisible? ' The term is properly applied to the transparent gas or vapor into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point. The visible mist commonly called steam, which consists of minute droplets of water in the air, is not formed until the water vapor has cooled and condensed. ' 4> That applications for SIU ma­ ternity benefits must be supported by the following documents: (1) your marriage certificate, (2) baby's birth certificate dating birth fiffer April 1, 1952 and (3) the discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was horn? Proc­ essing of all applications can he speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applica­ Jy«> 11, tions should bo mad* to Unioa'' Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. -,' 4" <4 4. t 3^., That so-called tin cans iised In preserving foods aro not made of' puro tin? They" are composed of thh material known as tin plate, which consists of thin sheet iron coated with' tin. The element tin in its pure-state is llttlfe affected by the air and will not rust, being for, that reason used to. coyer other metals to protect them firom rust-' ing and corroding. That bees do not produce any sound with their mouths, as is often supposed? Bees %iake the characteristic monotonous noise known as huipining as weii as the iolider buzzing sound ^entirely by vibrating the wings rapidly. 4 4" 41 That Maine is the only State in the Union that adjoins only ono other State? It is cut off entirely from the rest of the Union by New Hampshire. The honor of being hounded by the greatest number of other States is divided between Tennessee and Missouri, each being touched by eight other States. San Francisco Turns To Pearl At Seafarer Harry Kronmel, working his way around the world once again, reports to the LOG about his recent dis­ coveries in Sari Francisco, which he likens to a gem set in the shoreline of the' "West>— ^ —=— Coast. Kronmel, who often tongue. My knowledge of Spanish reports on the activities along is severely limited, so my perform­ the African coastline, now switches ance should have rated an Oscar. his line of reporting fire and aims Other Points of Interest It at a new target. "There are other intriguing "I have discovered a new peari," aspects of this sprawling City on he begins, "a thing of excitement the I'acific. Chinatown stands out and rare beauty—San Francisco. in its Oriehtai beauty and array, "It is the most heterogeneous by nothing this side of city in the United States, with a" matched York and Cathay. Fisherman's greater mixture of people, than New Wharf, another poiht of interest, even New York can beget, Spanish features seafood at reasonabletown, where nationals of Cuba, prices, asfine well the lore of the Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, sea. These areas Joe DIMaggiO's Mexico, Peru and Ecuador are to hunting grounds. be found, excites the blood with "Market Street, the center of the latin living. peari, everything to attract the "I was invited to a feast where eye ofhas the tourist, with Cineraiha I partook of food and wine in the big gimmick days to lure generous portions, and where, the city slicker these and the country along with the combustibles, Span­ bumpkin. streets of this Jtown ish humor was the highlight of the are laid OutThe uncompromisingly, tak­ night. I ate and I diank with ing- no hack-toik from the city's abandon, laughing heartily at jokes bills as the avenues defy gravity which were 98 percent Spanish and steep grades, feeding, veinand two percent in thq English like, the city's traffic needs. Magic of The Night Rpssl-Roasted "Ifigher up in the mountains you can see the bay, one of the most beautiful in the world, The Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bridge stand out sharply against the background of the city's sky­ scrapers and the blue Pacific. JJIight comes and everything turns to pin-point magic; everything turns into a beautiful pearl." Wleporthost Baggage Chech ' Frank Rossis former chief cook aboard the Seatrain Georgia^ gets set to" cut up a roast turJcey on a recent run. Photo was tidcen by-Anderson, engine 3,1 OtiiltyJ ' Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear clmcked at any SIU. baggage room should notify that particular hall right.;away so that no one can improperly claim the ba^age vrith that check. Headquarters officials advise you to> do. this immediately to avoid loss-^ your gear . and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked' as soon as you find put you've lost the check. -- • �Jane 11, 1954 SEAFARERS Pare Ninefeea LOG Seafarer In Double Celebration By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor . A ray of light coming from the sun or from a lamp vibrates in all directions at right angles to itself. When a ray of light hits certain objects or passes through certain materials which cut out all these right angle vibrations except those going in only one direction, the light is spoken of as "polarized." In nature, light is most often pola­ rized in two ways; 1. Sunlight in a clear, blue sky, coming toward us in a direction which is at right angles to the sun itself, is polarized light. 2. Light bouncing off non-metallic objects, when both the line of sight (reflection) and the direction of illumination are near an angle of 32 degrees to the surface, is also polarized. Polarized light that bounces off non-metallic surfaces tends to ob­ scure the true color and tonality of objects behind what we usually refer to as "glare." The glare is caused by the mirror-like reflection of the light source, the surface of the object "having the quality of a mirror." For example, a very slick non-metallic surface like that on a sheet of glass or on still water will reflect polarized light in an even "tone" of white and hide any ttetaft behind it. Other surfaces, such as that of a sheet -of lustre-type photographic paper, give off a sheen of pola^zed light which obscures the actual tone and color of the object. In photography, the light which is most generally useful to us is "unpolarized" light. It carries mirror-like reflections but" diffusely re­ flects the color and tonality of the scene. Use Of Polarizing Filter Naturally, not all the light coming from an object, as described above, is polarized light which the polarizing filter has any control over or can eliminate completely. This is accomplished by the filter acting as a directional grid, selectively permitting the diffused reflection to pass, and blocking out the surface reflection. Because all surface reflection lias direction, that is, has a certain axis, the trick is to rotate the grid or filter to an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of the surface reflection light, light which is polarized and has glare. In actual use on a camera, the polarizing filter requires increase in exposure—for two reasons: 1. The density of the filter itself requires an increase. 2. The greater the brightness of the polarized light in proportion to the brightness of the scene in unpolarized light, the greater the in­ crease needed for normal reproduction. The actual amount of increase is dependent upon the polarizing filter used and the conditions under which it is used. The polarizing filter has an infinite number of uses in the control and elimination of reflections because all types of light, coming from many sources, can be polarized light. The following list of fundamental uses will give you an idea of how often you may find a need for this filter. 1. To eliminate or diminish oblique reflection or glare from a sur­ face of glass, water, varnished wood, concrete, and other non metallic objects: Used In Color Photography To reveal texture or surface detail which is hidden by polarized light from such surfaces. In color photography, cutting through sur­ face reflection is the only way to get maximum color saturation, and the only way to cut through this reflection is with a polarizing filter. 2. To photograph through glass or water which is reflecting polarized light when the camera axis is around 32 degrees to the surface. 3. To reduce polarized haze in the sky areas of a landscape and render the sky darker without changing the tonality or color of the foreground, as would be impossible when using colored filters. This technique is also especially valuable in color photography. 4. As a neutral density filter to simply cut down overall brilliance. 5. In combination with a colored filter to achieve special effects. 6. To control contrast in scenes which are "flattened" by polarized glare or haze. Seafarer George B. Dunn's mother and father, soon to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, pose in Boston, Mass., home. to his mother and father in the early years of their wedded bliss. A brother John, a lieutenant, was killed at Iwo Jima on invasion day on that bloody Pacific Isle, while another brother. Bill, was killed in a construction job accident. However, for the most part, Dunn says his folks have led a happy life, even with the double tragedy a heavy burden upon their shoulders. Faithful Readers Avid readers of the LOG, his parents are well up on the doings of the Union, says Dunn, adding that they read every issue from cover to cover. His father is close to 80 years of age and still active, going to work everyday as a means of keeping his agile mind and body alert. His mother, in her 70's, still keeps the home fires burning with home-cooked meals, insisting on doing all of it. Dunn will be around for some of her cooking on June 29. mother and father will celebrate their 50th or "Golden Wedding" Anniversary together. Moreover, aboard the Coe Victory in Yoko­ he adds, the same day of the month hama, Japan. Right now Dunn is marks the date of his birth. Dunn is one of five sons born in the land of the lotus blossoms, but he assures the LOG in a letter that come that notable day, he'll Chowtime: Steaks be in Boston, Mass., ror a very notable occasion. Dunn is proud to write that the aforementioned date bears a dual significance in his life and those dear to him. First and foremost, he states, is that on the next-tothe-last day of the month his June 29, 1954, is rather a special day for Seafarer George E. Dunn, now steward And Slops Speah Your Mind At SiU Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. ' Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the fioor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sailing Round The Coast Of Africa By Harry French The Robin DOncaster vms none the faster Than all the ships at sea, . From New York she bound to a place called Cape­ town: The harbor looked beautiful to me. With a skin on my back, in the bush I lay flat, Causing the bosun to 'most die of fright I thought he would run, but I saw a gun, I started to leap and bound. When he saw it was me, he laughed eerily. It'was time for me to leave town. Qiuz Corner (1) From what country did the US buy Alaska: (a) England, (b) France, (c) Russia, (d) Spain? (2) A man has three times as many nickels as he has dimes, for a In Mombasa Bay I heard someone say, total of $7.75. How many of each coin does he have? John Masters fell off the ship. He started to swim, but wouldn't give in '3) Which of the following countries has the most dense population To the tide for a one-way trip. per square mile: (a) Japan, (b) Italy, (c) Netherlands, (d) India? Durban was aft, and how the crew laughed (4)' Who was the President of the US 100 years ago, in 1844? Was . Back down the coast to tjie port we like most When they found out a man missed the ship it: (a) William Henry Harrison,, (b) John Tyler, (c) Andrew Jackson, But it all turned out good, 'cause he made the . The trip was very fast. (d) Martin Van Buren? In the Navigator's Den we wouldn't give in, Hood, X (5) Texas and California are the largest and second largest states • To the English we fought to the last. Now he can continue the trip. in the Union. Which of the following states is>third largest in the US: In Luderitz Bay, some people say, (a) New York, (b) Colorado, (c) Montana, (d) Kansas? There's a few jungle bunnies who go see their Thar's diamonds in them thar hills. (6) Which is the only major league baseball team that has won honeys ' ' But take my advice, stay away from the ice every World Series it played in: (a) Cleveland, (b) New York (Ameri­ Near Beira away from the lights. can). (c) Boston (American), (d) St. Louis (National)? In a bar called Fernandos' you'll find the Com­ Or the guards will fill you with pills. mandos (7) How large would a drawing be of a field 16 yards long and 18 The States wouldn't seem far, were we traveling In a dance, with o drink or a fight. yards wide, if the scale used was one-quarter inch to the foot? by car, * But by ship it's as far as the moon (8) What is the meaning of the word iniquity: (a) persecution, (b) When a safari began to fly way inland It will surely feel grand to set foot on land wickedness, (c) inequality, (d) honesty? The officers took to the air . Still it's true it all ended too soon. (9) How many members of the US Senate will be elected this year: Their cameras in hand, they thought it was grand. (a) 16, (b) 48. (c) 32, (d) 96? The voyage will beover, we'll be one trip older, Fifteen pounds they gave for the fare. (10) One-sixth of a number plus three-fifths of the number amounts We'll part in a friendly way. to seven less than the missing number. What is -t? Nacala is small but the bushes are tall. But we'll meet again, maybe in LM The leopards come in town at night In Durban, or Luderitz Bay. V (Quiz Answers On Page 25) The gangway went down, the crew went to town To see sights we did not care, The ladies-came fast, the drinks didn't Vast It was time to go to our lair. �iiv- _ Ptte Twenty SEAFAttERS _ _ . . LOG- ..-: ,. \ : Jane 11, Yokohama USSC At New Location 'L.' t'- Siarriny in the floor show at the United Seamen's Service Club in Yokohama, Japan, is this trio of dancers billed as "The Dark Team." They spark two floor shows held niyhtly at 7:30 and 9:30 PM, There is danciny and other entertainment for Seafarers before and after the shows. Sjf Spike Marlin Two of baseball's most noted re­ to be the deciding blow of the con­ lief pitchers both hit the long, long test. trail back to the minor leagues re­ Page's career was notable for its cently, Joe Page and Joe Black. pgrevious ups and downs. It's a Neither of them figure among base­ well-authenticated fdci that he was ball's great pitchers, but both of within one pitch of being fired • them, while they had it, were, as early in 1947 when he was on the the saying goes, "instrumental." verge of forcing in a run with a At their best they both had two walk. He recovered from that sit­ major assets—a fast ball and ex­ uation End went on to feats to sew cellent control. They weren't of up the pennant almost singlethe tricky breed. They would come handed. In 1948, the success went in for a few innings and simply to his head and his waistline. fire the ball past the hitters. i The Yankee manager, Bucky When last seen. Page was at­ Harris, got fired, and the Yankees tempting a comeback with the low­ did not win the flag seven years in ly Pittsburgh Pirates. His last ap- a row as they might have other­ pearaVice was at the Polo Grounds wise. when he came out of the bullpen In 1949 Page was up again like a in a typical Page-ean situation— pogo stick, climaxed by another runners on second and third and slellar World Series performance. nobody out. He loaded the bases You could argue that when Page with an intentional pass and then had it, he could throw harder 4han struck out the pitcher. any modern pitcher for a short No Double Play Ball span. On one occasion he came in The young Page would have fol­ in the eighth inning against the lowed this up by throwing a double Red Sox, then the Yankees' archplay ball at the next hitter. The rivals, with a runner on third and old Page didn't. His faint facsimile one man out. The next five men in of a fast ball was deposited by a row struck out on 18 pitches with Whitey Lockman into the Polo a feeble foul tip being the best that Grounds' inviting right field sector. any of them could do. Before Page finished he had Black's case Is, If anything, a gotten three men out, but also sadder, one. He had one brilliant given up seven runs. A day or two season as a freshman in 1952 when later he had his free pass to the he nearly succeeded in upending outside world. i" the Yankees in the World Series. Black's going-away suit was cut Since then, although he still has out of the same cloth. His final ape youth and speed, his ability de­ pearance was an attempt to hold serted him in a^ mysterious way. Philadelphia at bay. Instead he known only to unsuccessful ball­ gave up a home run which proved players. Decked out in new array, ac­ cording to Seafarer Luis Rami­ rez who writes from Japan, is the new United Seamen's Service Club in Yokohama. What's more, he adds, everyone is ready to wait on the entertainment-seeking Sea­ farer in this home away from home. It is even better than the orig­ inal building, he goes on to say, though the latter was designed by America's foremost architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, who also Crewmen Disciiss Bailey Board drew up the plans for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo'. The new building is a completely reconditioned one, refurbished especially with the needs of the club in mind. In ad­ dition to having all the old facili­ ties, Ramirez notes, the new plans call for a hotel annex, to be ready sometime in the future for the Seafarer R. Burton Is singing Playing a hot tune on his har­ convenience of seafarers during a new number at the Yoko­ monica is Seafarer Reginald their stay in the city. hama USSC, while Pepin Ciroi.se, AR, on the Seacomet These pictures show a highlight Agnlar keeps time to his II, with the Jamboliers accom­ of the activities of the new build­ rhythm. Both are on Wacosta. panying him. ing, two nightly floor shows. In addition to the regular profes­ sional entertainers, seamen are in­ vited to display their talents be­ To quote a song title of an earlier day, "strange things are fore the friendly audiences. All in all, everybody has a good time happening" concerning the good ship Calmar of the company Seafarers W. D. Johns, left; FWT, and T. C. Deale, oiler, aboard at the'USSC. of the same name. At least that is what is reported to the the Alcoa Partner, discuss the workings of the Bailey combustion -'•'LOG via recent minutes of a control panel board as the ship gets underway on a recent voyage. shipboard meeting. These strange things concern whales. mifmrnimf Seafarer Thomas Lowe, ship's delegate and secretary of the last meeting, reports it In nrst-hand, eye-witness fashion, because, be The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, claims, it happened while he was at the wheel. At about 9:30 AM bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-knoum and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, on the morning of May 19, Lowe cooking suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Alonzo "Tiny" Milef' -THE UNION IS MOlVSPENP/KjeTiME i took the wheel and the old man ski's recipe for Boston cream pie. and third mate were on the bridge. AND MOAJETTDieiSOE TO EVERY f Suddenly, from out of the vastDespite all that may be said about French cooking in gen­ /WEMBER TWE MEW DE LUXE UNION nesses of the deep, half a dozen eral and their pastries in-particular, this country boasts some black, killer whales broke the sur­ traditional dishes that are original and truly good eating*. face of the ocean and started Certainly Boston cream pie is 4swimming lazily around the vessel. in this category. one-third of the milk and one-half In no time at all they were on all of the dry ingredients. It is Simply made, Sides, surrounding it, as if they The mixture should be put in a the end results of some Kbusewlfe meant to hurl an onslaught against shallow baking pan and slipped who tangled with the problem of the hull with one fell swoop. into a 400 degree oven for about 25 something differ­ From out of the pack there rose ent for dessert. or 30 minutes.. one fierce-headed monster intent Just bake a cake, The recipe for the vanilla cream on doing damage to the ship. He split in half sand­ filling for the pie is as follows: wheeled about from his circular, wich filling be­ Take 8 cups of milk, Hi cups of path around the ship, and headed tween the layers cornstarch, 2 cups of sugar, 1 straight for the side of the vessel. and top the whole teaspoon of salt, 8 well beaten eggs, He came at the ship like a run­ with chocolate 4 tablespoons of butter and 1 away locomotive, awpsome, powerr icing. tablespoon of yanilla. ful, spouting spume through his Mix Together Here's "Tiny" blowhole. You mix the cornstarch and Milefski's recipe MUefsfcl sugar together and add to the When he was 20 feet from the for the cake. Two hull, the maddened whale changed cups of shortening; 4 cups of sugar, scalded milk. Then you pour the •his mind. He faiurled himself about 2 teaspoons of vanilla, 2 teaspoons mixture over the beaten eggs, six feet above the surface of the of salt, 2 cups of milk and two- adding butter and the vanilla water, turned, and raced away full thirds teaspoon of baking powder. extract. When the cake is done, it ts First you beat the shortening throttle. There was no truth to 4 1 A<7i-riNAE the rumor circulating about the until it is white and creauiy and allowed to cool and then split and ship that he got "chicken" after slowly. add the sugar, eggs and the vanilla cream filling put be­ extract Then you alternately add tween the layers. reading ite name. Whale Makes Whale Of Tale exmmwmEANmes^ ^AFEGUARD'iaMZ BOOK/ BOOK ATMO COST- �'• ••X- • • 11. U54 ThinUo lAtborHas Part III PoUtiea I'y. F!u:» Twwity-niB SEAFARERS LOG LETTERS' Ashs For More Papers Aboard To The Editor: To The Editor: of the "deck maniacs," states that We have just received the latest At a recent SIU branch meet- court authorized the issuance of the reason that he is so anxious to copy of the LOG aboard the Steel • Sng, which I attended, the port injunctions to private parties (em­ get home is that he is going to use Apprentice, and I would like to go agent explained the state political ployers) as well as public officials. The tide started changing with To the Editor: some of his acreage to develop a on record as saying that one copy situation, and asked all members A word of greeting to all from new breed of corn and also water­ of the LOG for each department to vote the slate endorsed by the the passage of the Railway Labor State Federation of Labor. I ob­ Act of 1926, but the first all-in­ the crew of the Hurricane, now melon. According to the crew mess- delegate is not enough for ship­ served that the speech was having clusive legislation was the Norris- known as the "Big Oriental Mys­ man, he is really the guy that can board consumption on a foreign little effect on some of the mem­ LaGuardia Act of 1932. This Act tery Ship" of the Waterman fleet do it, fdr he has plenty of com and trip. bers present. After the meeting I outlawed the yellow-dog contract and all because neither the com­ not the planted kind, and the rice It would be better for all con­ overheard one brother, saying that and labor injunction, and clearly pany nor the military authorities and gravy is making him as fat as cerned if more copies could be for­ a Union shouldn't become involved stated that individual workers know to where, or why or when a Tom Watson melon. warded, as we should be "free from the inter­ this vessel is going to depart and in politics. have some broth­ Charlie (Chuck-a-Luck) Jensen, Now. I am forced to take issue ference, restraint, or coercion of where she will go once she leaves another "deck maniac," has writ­ ers aboard who on this matter. The right to vote employers of labor, or their agents" the dock. In fact, one brother call­ ten to a well-known music com­ keep the paper to Is one of the . / ' , in the choosing of representatives ed his wife at his home in Mobile, pany for the ten easy lessons on themselves when or in self-organization for the pur­ Aabama, on April 28, and she in­ how to play the guitar, so that he basic fundamen­ it is received. As pose of collective bargaining. tals of any dem­ for myself, I can emulate a real steel guitar Labor received it's real "Magna formed him that the company offi­ ocracy. The SIU don't like to act player and have his own orchestra. cials had informed her that the Carta" with the passage of the has never gone like a detective Good luck, Charlie, but with those Hurricane was due on the West National Labor Relations Act of overboard in poli­ in tracing down 1933, or more commonly referred Coast on April 28th. Same date, big hands of yours, you should tics, nor has the the current issue Graifcr have written for tuba lessons. same ship and the same baloney to as the Wagner Act from the membership ever of the LOG when from the higher-ups. So If a C-2 Awaiting Orders bill's sponsor. Senator Wagner. been "used" po­ it la received, I am hereby asking The NLRA guaranteed the worker can travel that fast, then something According to rumors and the fa­ the Union to take this into con­ litically, but as new in jet or, atomic power has certain rights and imposed pen­ mous Waterman scuttlebutt wire­ sideration when LOGS are sent Samuel Gompers Darley alties on the employer as well as been added. Perhaps the company less, it seems that we may be on out. I am not the only one who once said, "Our enemies must be punished and our the employee for violations of the meant April 28th, 1955. the Japan-Korea shuttle run for feels this way. I think that more Case Of Grits friends rewarded." Naturally, he Act. Best of all, the Act gave trade some time to come. Yet when you copies of the LOG aboard ship was referring to political enemies unions legal status as such. We have one of our brothers who ask some of the brass what's the would lead to better unionism. and friends. Model Law Seymour (Lefty) Graifer hails from north of the Mason- dope, they merely reply: "It's Kis­ The Wagner Act was a model Dixon Line to thank for obtaining met and Manana, for we are await­ No Hands-Off Policy ^ i t Can anyone be so naive as to law—it stood for 12 long years one-half case of grits after the sup­ ing orders." Hang up that home­ think that any of the pro-labor without the crossing of a "t" or ply on this tub bad been exhausted, ward bound pennant, skipper. To get down to more serious laws that we now enjoy were en­ the dotting of an "i"; it withstood and do not think that the boys acted through the goodness of the the criticism of the public and bus­ from deep Alabama did not grin matters, please allow me to state- To the Editor; I'm now on the Del Mar, after politicians? Never! The US gov­ iness, but in 1946 a prejudiced like a toothpaste advertisement that this is an above the average crew, and as of now, we have had spending a good vacation in Mexi­ ernment has never adopted a House and Senate saw fit to pass when they received the news. hands-off attitude towards labor; the Taft-Hartley Act, with which There are many debates going no major beefs and darned few mi­ co, well, and still sailing. As you knew, we show m.ovies the different administrations have we are all too familiar. One high- on, both pro and con as to whether nor ones. Just a peace-loving gang either been pro or anti-labor. Let placed union leader has said that the 100 percent bonus, the $5.00 with no bouts so far and from the aboard this vessel, and I was sur­ us review the record and we will the Taft-Hartley Act set labor back per day or both apply to the Hai­ aspects of things, none are sched­ prised to learn that many of our uled for the future. members haven't seen "This Is the see why it is impossible to follow 50 years. The Taft-Hartley Act is a good phong, Tonkin, French Indochina a non-partisan policy in the field SIU" yet. I thought it wouid We all like the photos in the example of what can happen when area. The writer is checking and early April LOG, showing a Mardi be a good idea of politics. investigating the same but I have As time and history have proven, we are not vigilant, when we sleep, informed all the brothers that the Gras float passing the Union Hall to have the film, a labor union can only stand up and above all when we do not vote. patrolman on the payoff will give in Mobile, gnd it was also a good which was recent­ As has been pointed out in the under so much anti-labor legisla­ picture of the Hall in the back­ ly taken in LOG some people are overly con­ us the verdict on same. tion. During the first 150 years of ground. The Mobile boys were Brooklyn. If pos­ Frank Ballard has really been American history. Congress and fident of the powers and prestige quite puffed up about the article sible, we may be singing the "Home Again Blues" state legislatures either avoided of labor. In recent months labor that accompanied same, for it was able to show it in the subject of labor unions or has received some surprising set­ and Sam, you made the trip too a boost for Mobile. the Buenos Aires treated them with kid gloves, and backs from the rulings of the Na­ long. Early this morning-he went Seamen's Union S. Zuberlck ' the laws they did pass were so tional Labor Relations Board and into action and started packing his hall. I don't ^0 written that the judges could in­ the courts. Therefore, brother gear, telling the delegate to call have to tell you Martinez terpret them as they wished. -One members, let us all vote in the in- headquarters for a replacement why. .terest of our country, our own per­ and to get him reservations on the of the earliest anti-labor laws, and If possible, will you please send probably the greatest cross that or­ sonal interest, and above all in first plane leaving for Mobile, Ala­ it to me at the New Orleans hall; bama, for he would not stay on a To the Editor: ganized labor has had to bear, was the interest ' of our Union. we will be there about the middle Milbnm'e (Red) Darley ship that runs out of Mobile Ice My wife and I enjoy the LOG of June. I would also appreciate the Sherman Antitrust Act of.1890, Cream. very much, and I don't think my receiving some Union reading ma­ which supposedly originated for Who Conquered wife misses one word in any copy. terial. the purpose of breaking up the big The trip has been uneventful so corporations and trusts, but was Dick Martinez Savannah wasn't far enough into far with smooth weather and the deep south for us, so we have used as an anti-labor weapon more (Ed. note: The film and reading smooth relations all around, and moved to the Crescent City. And, material are on their way to New than anything else, even though To the Editor: I woud like to tell the member­ though, we hit French Indochina, amazing as it seems, my wife halls Orleans.) labor unions were not even men­ tioned in the Act. The Supreme ship about a quarter of an acre of nothing out of the ordinary oc­ from the northern part of Ireland. Court ruled that labor unions were property in Long Island which 1 curred, except that some of the I'm still wondering if it was me a conspiracy in restraint of free would like very much to sell only Hurricane Lotharios made their or that good old southern sunshine trade, which is a violation of one to a merchant seaman who is still usual feminine conquests. Yet, I that took her away from the land of the statutes of the act. sailing. am afraid that when the draw sheet of the shamrock. To the Editor: Three Sanctiona I am writing this letter from the At his earliest convenience, any is published, we will all find out I am encloring my new address Under the infamous Sherman prospective buyer may inspect the who was really conquered.* here in New Orleans; please send land of frauleins and gasthaus's Henry (Haiphong) Laird, God's the LOG to me here instead of to (beer joints^. I used to enjoy this Act there were three types of sanc­ property personally. It is located at particular run, when I was ship­ tions: (1) criminal penalties of Mastic Acres in Shirley, Long Is­ gift to the femme fatale, and the Savannah. ping out, but now—ugh! We have fines and imprisonment (2) re­ land and the price is very, very lightning crew pantryman has the Edgar L. Baker about four former SIU men in our straining orders and injunctions, reasonable. The lot and map, or terra firma symptoms, for the only (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent outfit, including one called Car­ and (3) civil suits for triple dam­ description of the property is: thing that beats him ashore are the to New Orleans address, from mine Mancino, and another called ages. Labor felt the full impact School District 19, Mastic Acres mooring lines and the gangway, nowyour on). Ulm, who ships out of Baltimore. of the Act for the first time In the Unit 14, Lot No. 647. and oftimcs, he and the gangway its. Mancino ships out of New York, Pullman Strike of 1894. Strikers run a deadheat. Joseph A. OlinskI so all in all we have a good time refused to handle Pullman cars; Ray (Rice & Gravy) Hodges, one amusing the morons te.xcuse me, therefore train service was inter­ sergeants) with sea stories. fered with and the mails were To the Editor: While stationed in the States I held up. On these grounds an in­ First, I want to thank you and received the LOG regularly, but junction was issued. Eugene V. also tell you how much I enjoy the since coming here in such a hurry Debs, who led the strike, was SEAFARERS LOG. With my hus­ I neglected to change niy mailing Jailed and the strike was broken. band at sea continually, sailing for address. Would you please have The injunction was used freely Cities Service on the Cantigny, try- the LOG sent to me here; I like until the Clayton Amendment to in to save for our first baby, due in to feel that I am part of the SIU, • the Sherman Antitrust Act was August, makes my days all the even though they call me PEC. passed under the administration longer and fuller with longing to President Wilson. The amend­ Samuel "Scotty" Beattie see my husband climb down the ment stated specifically that trade (Ed. note: We are sending the gangplank and come across the LOG to you in Germany, as you unions were not "combinations or dock to me. requested.) conspiracies in restraint of free I've read the poems in the paper, trade" as the courts had found in written by Seafarers telling how the Sherman Act decisions, and lonesome It Is at sea. I hope this that the law was not to be con­ loneliness for seeing that certain strued as to forbid their existence If a crewmember quits while ship isn't shared by them for see­ or activities. The president of the -a ship is in port, delegates ing the docks. Although I know it AFL was so elated that he publicly are asked to contact the hall in my heart. It makes me feel all called the Clayton Amendment Immediately for a replace­ labor's "Magna Carta." He had not the bluer to know he's lonesome ment. Fast action on their part too. reckoned with the anti-labor Sur will keep all jobs aboard ship •tatefurc aboard tho HarrieaiM taka a break from their labors to preme Court, whe repealed, the Ke^ our china up with those filled at all times and elimi­ havo their pkturea taken. They are, left to right, Red House, Lotus amendment by intm-pretatlon. swell articles from tiie Seafarers nate the chance of the shipStone, Rby Hedges, Henry Laird, Chailes JOnaoBi Ted: StannMna ^ Three yeanr after the paasage of theraarlves. sailing shorthanded. CiaytOK AnwndnwBi this same MrCr ABtkow FkHUM EiOts of Action On Far East Run •^1 Back To Sailing^ Ashs For Movie Southerners Go Southerner Wants To Sell Property On LM Keeps^Up With SiU Overseas Hopes 3ien Not Eonesome At Sea Fill That Berth ' ^V(L AM •.A ''11 �ir-- Pate irwenty-twe. Santore Pride Oi Ore Fleet SEAFARERS,IOC , LETTER S 11. 1954 Keeps in Touch Through Paper To The Editor: To The Editor: writing down. He asks the crew to putting Mrt .that .many hours to • I have been rc(ceiving the LOO It is hard to believe, and no sign one copy and he. signs one please you fellows yet not one vote one could ever tell me that Ore regularly over here in Germany; of thanks comes ti'om their fellow it is my letter from home. I h^ve ships out of Baltimore were any himself, and when we ask for a copy he says he just makes one members of the AMEU. They, the about 141^ months more to go; in good. I was on one seven years copy out for the company. This is, To the Editor: I "waht to thank you for your crew, take everything for granted, the Army, and without the LOG ago, and said I never would ride one again. Recently, however, after of course, after we have signed it. prompt attention in sending me violating their contract and tolerat­ to help me keep in touch with hearing the fellows tell me that We don't know what happens to the three back issues of the LOG ing the violation of their written the SIU, I would probably go com­ Ore ships were better than they these reports but we do know this, which somehow failed to reach me agreement without benefit of over­ pletely bughouse here. The thing I used to be, I shipped out on the that when any of us go to get any previously. It sure came in the time for the steward department Santore as deck engineer, just to dough that's coming to us because nick of time, as my husband is due just to please the other two depart­ miss the most is we couldn't collect it on a ship, and in. That is the first order of busi­ ments. That, in the steward de­ the good SIU see for myself if this was true. go to collect it at the company's of­ ness with him when he comes partment, is something for each chow. I may have Seven years ago, these ships We also , have" seamen one of you to consider. It is no done some beef­ were the worst, but I am making fice, the company always has a big home. long tale, that we don't have any friends who, coming in from voy­ surprise to me why some of the ing about the my third trip on money coming, or if we were hurt ages, miss some of the papers. best men in the Arco Fleet desert­ chow to the cooks the Santore now that I sailed with, and I'll be on here it was our own fault and we know Now they can always catch up as ed you. Laugh at us? Brother, you are but when I get I have all copies. for a couple of this is not true. Laid Up On BeachIt has been in the news here making me laugh.- We can go in out of the Army trips more. Since It is the opinion of some of the about closing the shipyards aropnd any respectable place or places and back to sea I have been on Fink board, only four crewmembers that this is a good Baltimore in October if no new where seamen hang out and we can again, the stew­ or five men got idea to help our brother shipmates. ship orders come in for the yards. always hold our heads high. I ard department won't hear any­ off on each trip. Some of us have laid up for days on This will be a hard blow to the might meet you in some of those thing but compliments from me. I am sorry to bother you again This trip, no one the beach in some foreign port thousands of shipyard workers to places, or, my brother members not knowing that anyone could be be laid off and to the prestige of might meet you in such places, but about my change of address; I in the engine de­ Reid partment is get­ there to help us and get us back this city itself. Keep up the good you aren't laughing at us. We have hope the one below is permanent the last laugh. this time. ting off, and only three men in and we have had to put up with an work. unconcerned attitude from a com­ Leo V. Carreon Mrs. E. S. Potts Pi't. Robert Fink the other departments. US 51260317 I'd like to give the steward de­ pany official in this port. We even i i t HQ and HQ's Co. 12tli partment all jhe credit for making know of guys having to repatriate Inf. Reg. this ship the best feeder that I've themselves back to the states by working their way back aboard an­ APO 39 been on in the past five years. c/o PM, New York, NY Mr. Charles Stirling, the stew­ other ship, when actually they To the Editor:. (Ed. note: We have changed ard, knows how to get the food would be entitled to transportation To the Editor: The Hastings is al; the beginning your mailing address on the LOG's This is my second trip on the on the ship and chief cook Joseph because they had someone to pro­ of another Far East trip; we are subscription list.) Arlyn, a Bull Line ship. She is not tect them and their rights at the Padelsky is the best cook there is. a beauty. She is one of the ugly now running the Coast, picking 4" I'll put him up with any chief time. ducklings of World War II. There up cargo which will sure be a We know that if our Union were cook in the SIU. Wherever our mixed up lot as it runs rrom am­ steward goes there will be the best informed of a member in need, it is nothing to brag about her. But munition (small arms) to phos­ she can hold her own among the would stand ready, willing and able of food. R. R. Wingert, second phate and other general cargo. So cook and baker, puts out dough­ to assist him and we have seen from ships that ply the coastal trade. far we cannot find out just where To the Editor: Why? The answer is simple. The Just a few lines to thank and be nuts, cookies and cake every cof- reading the LOG that our Union we will go foreign, but expect it feetime, and his bread is just like is doing a very good job on this men who man her are men that to include Japan, Korea and the grateful to all the staff of the "Clinica Maldonado Sierre," Stop what you could buy in a store. score. We welcome any and all make what a ship should be. We Philippines. 36.Hato, Rey, Puetro Rico, for the Mr. Wingert is the best baker any­ suggestions for a planned and or­ made her a beauty because we have As I was having dinner in the one could ever sail with. The ganized action to assist the mem­ men on her who take pride in their messhall with this crew on Me­ way they treated me was fine, especially Dr. Sein who put me in whole crew feels the same way bership in cases of this sort and we profession. They are fully aware that their job, their security arid morial Day, I got to thinking of the operation ward just two hours about this steward department and endorse these ideas 100 percent. their future are under the wing, other crews I have had the pleas­ after I was there, with a very, very the ship. Steel Admiral Crew protection and guidance of a union ure of sailing with and of the men critical operation to perform. Que We have a good captain, good with whom I have associated in to the fact lhat I was on the beach ^ t they created—the SIU. mates and the best of engineers. If the last 12 years, who made that you sail aboard the Santore, you Comparing this outfit to the last long, last sea voyage. There are here in f^uerto Rico four months, will see more bookmen riding this one I was with, the Atlantic Refin­ those shipmates lost during the the Puerto Rico Public .Health ship. The Santore is the pride of ing Company, is like comparing war and also the men who have Clinic wouldn't operate on me. Also a vote of thanks to the Blue the Ore fleet; we made it and we To the Edltor.*^ night and day. To the men of the Cross in Puerto Rico which my are going to keep it the best in June 2 was a big day in this rain- Atlantic Refining fleet who gave passed on ashore after. To these men who have bettered wife, Providencia Litchfield, be­ the fleet. soaked, fog-bound land of England their oath and obligation to us only conditions and gotten or helped to Vance A. Reid —it was the running of that turf to tourn aroun''. and give us a good get what we have to(^ay, we owe a longs to. I repomibend by experience to classic, the English derby, which stab in the back; you might be special thought-on this Memorial any brother to join the Blue Cross is a race of the best t^ree-year- laughing now, but you haven't got Day. until our Union sets up a hospital olds in the world. the last-laugh. There will be a W. O. Cunningham plan which we need so badly every­ Horses from all over the racing day when the Turners, the Mcwhere for us and our family. world are entered in this oldest Dades and some other so-called big To the JSditor: George Litchfield We, the crew of the Steel Admiral race in English history. Horses shots will give you the boot, and from the United States, France, you will find yourself facing a who are ardent readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, have been fol­ Ireland and England run over a blank wall in your security. There will come a day when you To the Editor: lowing very closely the response of distance of a mile-and-a-half. The bookmakers at the track made a will fully realize what you have . After reading Mr. Jellette's let­ the membership to the letter origi­ nally written by Stewart Hanks, in killing. In fact, one would think It done, and all of you are not far ter in your May 14th issue, I can­ To the Editor: We, the crewmembers of the the "Letter of the Week" column. was "Be Kind To Your Bookmaker from it. I still say, and sincerely not keep from telling him how believe that no right he is. Seacliff, would like to recommend This letter referred to the notifica­ Day." This year's race was won by man in his right My husband had been a seaman the lounge of Eddie.Mack, which is tion that the Union should receive an American horse named Never mind would like Say Die. The second goat was Ara­ for ten years when I married him, located on the corner of Dauphine from the ship's delegate aboard to be chained to but because I was so in love with and Conti Streets in . New Or­ ship, when any of our brothers are bian Night and the third was Darius which was the cockroach hisjob. A job like him that I couldn't bear the leans. If seamen want the best of hospitalized. one in Atlantic is thought of his being away from me courtesy and attention, then this is We have discussed this matter yours truly had backed. The win­ where you are at sea, I begged him to work on the place for it. Women, and ner, Never Say Die, was a 33 to 1 pro and con, in the shipboard meet­ never free from land at- very low-paying jobs which strictly women. ings and the following is our shot. This was the 175th Derby. fear; fear of los­ couldn't cover our expenses, in­ The bookies off the track, that is Eddie, and we Seafarers who fre­ opinion on it. To notify the Union ing your job and stead of letting him sail at a high- quent this bar, would appreciate it when any of our brothers leave the street bookies, took a terrible not knowing paying job at sea, for which he was if you would send a couple of copies Carreon the ship, should be a must and we beating because the average house­ where to tiurn to. qualified. of the LOG regularly to the are glad that the matter has been wife in this country has a flutter I know, because I worked for the He has been gone for two months louiige. on the gee gees, and like all women brought to the membership's at­ William O'Brien tention. We are also confident that she plays the long shots. They only Aj;lantic Refining Company for now and I haven't heard a word (Ed. note: We have added Ed. our Union will do something about bet a shilling ($.15) or, at the most, five long years. I am no different from him, possibly because he feels a pound ($2.80) but at 33 to 1 the from other fellows. I can bet most I will never make a "seaman's die Mack's Lounge to the LOG's this, for the following reasons: anyone that they feel the way yjife." So remember, wives, if your mailing list.) loot is tasty, to say the least. Replacement Problem Give my regards to Broadway, I do when I was still with them. A husband is a seagoing man, don't When a ship is left shorthanded, and cheerio. feeling of insecurity hovering over try to change him, for it's better to the Union should know about it be­ you always. John Fitzsimmons cause there will be a matter of It was not a political election be lonesome sometimes and have if i> settling repla6ements as quickly as that we went through last Novem­ those happy hours while he's in possible and where possible. If a ber. It was their very all. Yet port than not to hear from him at Under the rules of the Va­ replacement is not possible, an ad­ they chose bondage to freedom of all and be without him forever, cation Plan as set forth by the perhaps, as I am. justment in the advance of wages movement. Free wherever you trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ Yes, Mr. Jellette, "Once a sea­ •may be necessary and we must be To the Editor: chose to go to. Free whatever ply within one year of the Just a few lines to ask if you port you choose to sail from. Fr.pe man, always a seaman," and represented by our Union in these payoff date of his oldest dis­ would put me on the mailing list from the bosses who tell you where' though they may be on land I have matters. charge in order to collect his learned through experience their The steamship companies have for the LOG. I am an ex-skipper at to ship out. full vacation benefits. If he had it all their own way for years, present—no ships—but have been They talk about their good food hearts will be on some ship and presents any discharge whose making out a report on an ill or on several SIU ships and have en­ and living conditions. You guys out at sea whete they find their payoff date is more than a injured seaman4 For example, we joyed reading the LOG. 1 would have nothing to brag about. For contentment. I hope -my experience year before the date of his va­ have seen it happen many, many appreciate it very much if you one I will say that you acquire it may be of help to some wives who cation application, he will lose times that the mate will come down would send me the paper in the at the expense of another depart­ may be about to make the same out on the sea time covered and get a statement from the crew future. ment. I am talking about your mistake. Don't try to turn your by that particular discharge. as to how and when a man was hurt T. D. Whitaker chow. Your steward department is seagoing man into a landlubber, Don't sit on those discharges. or taken ill and then write it down (Ed. note: We have added ymir putting more than the eight hours for if he's a real seaman it will Bring them in and collect the "in his own words, as short as pos- name to the LOG's list of sub­ work to give you the things, the never work. money that is due to you. aible, and only what he feels like scribers.) Name Withheld grub you like. They have been Has LOGs Ready For Husband ilF Sill Men Have Final Eangh ^ a, Anld MAEng Sgne On Memorial Dag Gives Thanhs To CUnie Staffers Gives Report On English Derby Crew Supports Accident Forms Seamen CanH Be EMndinbbers Beached Shipper Misses the MMG Favored Spot in New Orleans DohH Wait^ Get Vacation Pay •I �: li'UM WWAFAHEMS IPG '"if, • -'frv'- 3f;- W»gm Tw^V-tb^ • - .» * 144 ' (NornKR S(K gABKtOT fTMLY. THE Xiir OF THE CABLE. 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A noted publication of the time, "Harper's Weekly," thought so much of the undertaking that two months after it happened it devoted two pages of one issue to a tribute to the 1858 failure. At left are some excerpts from this material. Vlli. lY Vhta ta Ihc w(ia wk* gave Ilia omiian, Tkl* b lb* wild and raging M, Thai bapM and roared ao angrily. * Ami arallrrcd aurk complimetila over Ike nation. Ami Nanrd oxeMdii^ljr rm« lo ba Al .iglil AT Ik* ooran cahla. Ami lidknl eif ik* ITnion and civiliialion, I iki Ike leal of ill* ocean cabb. Xil. Tkta b Ik* fymrt now cut by ih* nalba On aeconat *( thai wonderful eabbraltawi ««* lraa«il"-Toa know lb* gabtaHaa AM Ik* *M «r Ik* M^kiy akUni I •jj 'I �SEAFARERS T*te Twenty-four L&G » \fiine 11,1954 ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' SEACARDEN (Pentn. Nav.), May J3— Chairman, W. Bilgar; Secretary, S. Kutkowski. Repair list of previous voyage was read, and repairs not completed were noted. Ship's delegate will contact the chief mate about repairs that can be done at sea. Delegates will make out a new repair list before reaching the next port. Cots and linen will be taken off the deck when not in use. Minor beefs were discussed and ironed out. •i':. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers) May 10—Chairman, N. J. Wood; Secre­ tary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate will see what can be done about repairs. Last issue of the library is aboard. Recreation room and laundry cleaning schedule has been posted. Brother Ciark was elected new ship's delegate by acclamation. Dele gates will ask for a better slopchest. Ship's delegate will see the captain about painting out foc'sies. Water fountain will be repaired, so that the messman can fill pitcher for messroom tables. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), May 13— Chairman, George Chandler; Secretary, L. Hendley. T. Scanion was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will be contacted about painting quarters in Wilmington. ment delegate will turn a repair list over to the ship's delegate. Two days' dis­ charges are due for April 5th and 6th while in port. COMPASS (Compass), May 23—Chair­ man, J. Doris; Secretary, Pete Piascik. J Harris was eiected ship's delegate b.v ac­ clamation. One engine department mem­ ber was taken off because of illness, and wiper was promoted. There was consid­ erable discussion about the unsanitary condition of the toilets, and the limited facilities which forced crewmembers to use other toilets in addition to their own. Water glasses should not be put in the sink. Steward suggested that a list be posted regulating sanitary detail per de­ partment for the recreation room; he will tvpe this up. Letter will be sent to the New York hall requesting them to con­ tact the various companies and submit to the LOG for publication the li.st of names and monies being held to their account. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for the chow being prepared and served. Chief cook thanked the How Ta Get Disabied Payf Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been efnployed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25' weekly • disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on. un­ usual situations slv^uld be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, e/o SiO Headquar­ ters," 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. retary, Joa N. Atchison. Two men missed ship. There is a balance of $74 in the ship's fund. There was a discussion on changing the ship's delegate, as it is ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), December thought by several that one man should 29—Chairman, Hollinger; Secretary, Earl not hold the job too long. A vote was C. Jordan. E. H. Young was elected ship's taken, and it was decided that Brother delegate by acclamation. February 20—Chairman, J. C. Mitchell; watch for keeping the galley stove going Smith will continue as ship's delegate. Secretary, Emil Gomez. Suggestion was during the off hours when nobody was made that the negotiating committee take working. Vote of thanks went to Broth­ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 22— action on shipping companies providing er Doris for the good job he did as ship's Chairman, Charles W. Cothran; Secre­ transportation between out-of-the-way delegate. tary, Charles Goldstein. Ship's delegate docks and some public transportation. reported on holidays with reference to Ship's delegate will draft a resolution arrivals at each terminal following a holi SEATIGER (Colonial), May 16—Chair to forward to headquarters. Suggestion day. He wili continue to submit requests was made to send a letter of explanation man, Thompson; Secretary, Slick Story. for a sink at butcher's block and one for to the- New Orleans hall concerning the There should be LOGS and OT sheets at the galley. Otherwise, everything is ship's library. Vote of thanks went to Rio. Mate will have deck and steward shipshape. Crewmembers were request the steward department and J. Hender­ department .quarters painted as soon as ed to be reaspnabiy clean when coming son. Crew asked for cooperation in keep­ we have bad weather. Passageways and to the messhall at meal times. Crew­ ing passageways, showers, heads and laundry have been painted out. CaP' members off wateh should report to the washing machine clean. Suggestion was tain is getting US money for draws when messhall at meal times in consideration made that ship's delegate End out about possible. Five men missed ship at Cura­ for the cook and the messman. getting new washing machine and radio cao and were reported to headquarters. parts. Coffee pot stand should be moved Messroom should be kept clean and wash­ April 25—Chairman, A. Thompson; ing machine turned off after use. from the messroom to the pantry. Secretary, E. Gomez. Repairs wer6 taken February 27—Chairman, Arthur Promcare of or are in the process of being posor; Secretary, Arthur Promposor. ALEXANDRA (Carras), April 16— taken care of. Radio will not be re­ Chairman, D. E. Jtssop; Secretary, C. paired. Repair of ship's wheel has not Gann. Letter sent to headquarters about been made yet. Patrolman straightened steward's requisition, washing machine out disputed OT. New system of gang­ and mattresses, was read. We had to way watches was explained. Draw will wait to obtain needed gear at Corpus be given before arrival in port. Sugges­ Christi. Washing machine is not com tion was made to have more cooperation pletely satisfactor}'. Patrolmai will be in keeping the washing machlhe and contacted on this. Patrolman will be sinks 'clean. Feet should be kept off asked to find out why all passageways chairs. Brother Duncan was elected new deck and May 16—Chairman, Richard P. McBrlde; roms cannot be cleaned and painted. delegate. Bosun discussed turning down Patrolman will be asked to look at the Secretary, James Rivers. Repairs have of overtime. General discussion fol­ washing machine. New machine will be not been taken care of, as listed in the lowed on the same subject, in which aU bought if this one isn't going to operate last meeting's report; these will be re­ hands participated. satisfactorily. Steward reported on ferred to the patrolman at the payoff-. March 27—Chairman, Artie Thompson; shrimps, oysters, fruit, vegetabies; he More night lunch should be put out. Secretary, Emil Gomez. Radio and wash­ says action to be taken is in tne hands was a discussion on behavior ing machine parts were ordered on the of the erew and the patrolman. He will There ship and on the crew's relation­ repair list. Letter was sent to New Or­ give the patrolman a written list of short­ aboard ship with the company and topside. leans about the library and a letter to May 24—Chairman,- Emil Gomez; Secre­ New York on clariEcation of gangway ages, so that it can be given proper at­ tary, Arthur Promposor. Motion was tention. Repair list will be typed up watches were posted. Ship's delegate passed to check on new steward's stores. and given to the engineer, captain and warned crewmembers, as per captain's Subject of behavior was again brought ' orders, about excessive drinking on board. patrolman. up and members were requested to act April 26—Chairman, Louis W. CartSuggestion was made that the ship's Union men were supposed to. The wheel be given special notice on the re­ wright; Secretary, not listed. Mattresses, as of one of the engineers was pair list. Repair list will be turned in cots, pillows, etc., were covered by New matter brought up and will be investigated by tomorrow. Disputed OT will be given York patrolman, as well as other matters. the delegates. (Letter will be written to headquarters to the patrolman. about steward, delegates' beef. There KYSKA (Waterman), May 16—Chair­ STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), May 20— was a discussion on washing machine re­ Chairman, James Long; Secretary, T. pairs and mattresses and other matters. man, F. Arana; Secretary, Albert De For­ est. D. Wagner was elected ship's dele­ One man wUl be given other chance. Ulisse. Letter on shipwreck incident was by acclamation. There were some read to the membership. Steward was Soap is not good for hard water: it leaves gate asked about improvements on equipment glasses dirty. Discussion was held on the complaints about food—greasy soup, lack and food. Shipwreck letter will be re­ elimination of such items as juices, meats, working and cleaning gear from steward's ferred to fhe LOG. stores. Letter to headquarters was YGUNe AMERICA (Waterman), April drawn up. It—Chairman, Harold Thomson; Secre­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Soatraln), April tary, N. Lambert. Henry M. Murranka was elected ship's delegate. Motion was 25—Chairman, Santos Garcia; Secretary, passed to discuss all ship's business only Tom Bowers. A few men were late get­ through the ship's delegate at the payoff. ting back to Texas City on saUing day. Beefs will be discussed at the last meet­ Motion was passed to put new garbage of variety and not enough. There was ing before the payoff or not at all. Each cans on the stem of ..the ship. One of considerable discussion on the slopchest, watch will keep tim messroom clean. the men told the chief cook that he had which is practically bare. Mate is reluc­ May 9—Chairman, Leo Movall; Secre­ lost 21 pounds since he came on board tant to order standard items because tary, L. Lambert. Steward wUl check this ship on account of the cooking. The this is a short voyage. This will be the mattresses and see if any need to chief cook told the ship that he had taken up with the 'patrolman at the be replaced. There was discussion on cussed the man out. Several men agreed payoff. Ship's delegate was requested to ask the captain to assign an area to fresh vegetables and milk. Steward got that he chief cook can't cook. what he needed in Japan. Each depart • May 23—Chairman, Andy Gowder; Sec- hang clothes in, as the first assistant has beefed about the use of the amidship 'tween deck passages. There waq a gen­ eral beef about the ragged condition of the linen issue. Members were asked to remove books and magazines from heads when leaving. ROSARIO (Bull), June 2—Chairman, John Risbeck; Secretary, Mike. Kamlnskl. IP.- t $12 was collected for the ship's fund. Repair list will be turned in tomorrow. Motion was passed to post a list of the men who donated to .the ship's fUhd. Steward requested that all extra linen be turned in. There were comments on the laundry being left dirty. Third cook stated that since he has been aboard he has been unable to get a new locker; the present one is inadequate. Membership agreed that an awning is needed aft. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 9— Chairman, C. Hospedaiss; Secretary, Leon Hall, Jr. There was a very fast payoff in Mobile last trip, with no time taken up for few minor beefs aboard ship, such as sougeeing of the messhall twice a trip. Engine delegate reported that no repairs were made last trip. No steward depart­ ment repairs were made either. New pil­ lows should be ordered for the crew. This request was made several trips ago, but none were delivered to the ship. Crew messhall should be kept clean at all times; pantry should be kept clean and coffee cups not left on deck. Mess­ hall deck should be painted, as well as steward department foc'sle decks. Wash­ ing inachine should be cleaned after use. When night lunch runs out late at night, mate should notify the steward to make hot sandwiches or put out more night lunch. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Decambar 5—Chairman, F. P. Russo; Secretary, W. A. Mastarson. There is S10.25 in the ship's treasury. .Steward was accepted by acclamation as ship's treasurer. Sug­ gestion was made to hold another meet­ ing before arrival iq Singapore. Every- thing is in good order and running smoothly. ,T. A. Martineau was elected ship's delegate.. Secon.d electrician sug­ gested that one washing machine be used for white clothes and the other one for work clothes. He reminded members that there are no extra parts, and machine should be used carefully, and not for more than 20 minutes at a time, so as not to overheat the motor. All hands are to cooperate in keeping the laundry clean. Vote of confidence went to the steward department for a job well done. Attention was called to new clarifications to the agreement. F. P. Russo was unanimously elected deck delegate, due to resignation of former delegate. Bill Smith, who got a 'vote of thanks for a job well done on the previous voyage. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), May 10— Chairman, James Hanniss; Secretary, Wil­ liam E. White. Screens and fans have been received. Scuppers in the crew's pantry are stopped up; this was reported but nothing was done. Water faucet in wiper's room needs repairing. Steward will issue waste paper baskets for ail rooms that need them. Carpenter will fix all screen doo.-s. Department dele­ gates should be contacted on beefs, not topside. May 23—Chairman, James Hanniss; Sec­ retory, Michael Masek. There are a few hours of disputed OT due to bringing aboard slopchest. Letter was read tomembers about men getting off ship on account of accident or illness. Letter was endorsed by .all members and sent to the negotiating committee. Fii-st as­ sistant engineer will move the crew's laundry up to the steward department shower, if agreeable to crewmembers. There are extra showers aboard that c?.ii S!''! m be used by the steward department. Crew approved this unanimously. New library books will come aboard. Cots will be brought in after use on deck and taken care of. Ship's delegate will see the cap tain about getting some rubber wind chutes. Buzzer should be procured for the dumbwaiter. ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 23— Chairman, Paul Carter; Secretary, Eddie Callahan. Captain informed the ship's delegate that in the future any member missing a fire and boat drill without a legitimate excuse will be discharged. Sug­ gestion was made by retiring ship's dele­ gate, Hiers, that sick and injured re­ ports be sent to headquarters with the name and book number of every mem­ ber aboard ship. Swing seats on the fantail will be repaired by volunteers. Ship's treasurer reported that the ship's fund now stands at $4.49 and that he has not been reeimbursed for the new aerial an­ tenna he paid for. MARYMAR (Calmar), May 22—Chair­ man, G. Caccato; Secretary, Joe Thomas. There is $18.50 in the ships fund. Com­ pany should install a larger hot water tank so men coming dff watch will have hot water to take a shower. Men should atop leaving grease in tubs down in the laundry. Men using the washing machine should clean it when through: anyone caught leaving the laundry dirty will be fined $10. to go to the ship's fund. Razor blades should not be thrown in toilet bowls. One man on deck is not doing his work the way it should be done. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a swell Job. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April 11— Chairman, M. Bruno; Secratary, H. C. Kllmon. Ship's fund was turned over to M. Keefer; there is a balance of $32.35. It was suggested that the crew donate to the fund to build it up for emergencies. Shower head in the engine department sliower has been replaced. Captain told the chief steward and the steward de­ partment deiegate that if any more OT^ is worked in - that department without his personal authorization the steward wiil be logged. We will see if he will let the work be done as needed, but if not the steward department delegate and the the ship's delegate will try to get him to cooperate with the crew on mat­ ters like this. Library is for use of both the officers and the crew. Ship's dele­ gate will see the chief mate to find out if the carpenter will be permitted to build another shelf in the library for the new books we received in San Francisco. Members were asked to be more quiet in the passageways in consideration of the men who are sleeping. Watch below should not be called for breakfast unless they request it. May 13—Chairman, E. Lessor; Secre­ tary, C. C. Rush. Captain was contacted about the steward's shower. A satisfac­ tory answer was given. Disputed OT will be taken up with shore representative. Steward was logged for Insubordination. Crew messman was logged for late arrival to perform duties. Messhalls wiU be kept locked up In port to prevent long­ shoremen from consuming all the cold water. Laundry scuppers need cleaning. There was discussion about the captain running the steward department. Crew­ members should insert a separate paper for launch service in Saigon. Steward agreed to purchase fresh shrimps in Singapore. Chief mate runs the deck de­ partment and no other department should beef because of time off given* to them. DOROTHY (Bull), May 21 — Chairman, Pater Patrick; Sacratary, William H. Thompson. Mirrors will be ordered by steward. Bed - springs have been fixed. Hooks and hinges should be put on doors where they are needed. Vote of thanks went to the baker for the quality and quantity of the pastry turned out. Stew­ ard was asked to see If he could get some papaya juice. We will see if wa can get a set of No. 3 pocket books from the Union hall. Some brothers wanted a salt water shower on deck. They were told to use the fire hose or small garden hose that is hooked up on the fantail. Material to insulate and box steam lines is in the bosun's room. Ship's car­ penter wiil do the Job. $ANTORB (Ore), May 25—Chairman, Charles H. Starling; Secretary, P. Wlllnlon. V. A. Read was elected ship's dele­ gate. Brothers spoke about the ship's delegate. Brother Justin, who passed away this trip. He was an outstanding SiU man and we will miss him. Captain was requested to order another brand of cigarettes for the next trip. Crew will take care of the washing machine and turn the motor off when it is not in use. Ship's delegate spoke about the wonder­ ful steward department. Charlie Star­ ling, the steward, does his very best to get plenty of food and sees that it is put out so that everyone can gain weight. He says his cooks and the whole depart­ ment are tops. Chief cook Joseph Fadelsky puts out some tasty dishes, and wo put him right up to the top with the best cooks we have in the SIU. Baker R. R. Wingert can't be beat for baking bread cakes, pies and cookies. SEACLOUD (Amer. Met. Mar.), May 2t —Chairman, Red Baron; Secratary, John Fee. Wiper and AB refused to sail with the ship in Rijecka, Yugoslavia, after re­ peated requests by members of the crew. At the last minute, the agent and on* IBBRVILLI (Waterman), May 17— Chairman, Ralph Gulto; Secretary, Ru­ dolph Guthrie. There was some dispute on delayed sailing, but this was settled at the payoff in New Orleans. Deck de­ partment OT will be straightened out on arrival in Tampa. Crewmembers were requested to use toilets instead of fantail. Motion was made to have TV in messhall fixed. Donations were made to the ship's fund for this purpose. Pantryman re­ quested that men stay out of pantry durii.'g meal time. Men agreed to do so'and mqn asked that pantryman and messman eat before or after crew and not at the same time. This was agreed on. J. C. Duncan was elected ship's deiegate. Stew­ ard thanked the men fb'r their coopera­ tion in helping to keep the messhall clean. Steward and his department were thanked for fine services rendered. of the crewmembers went ashore and re­ quested that they return. They still re­ fused, apparently under the influence of alcohol. There was a general disccussion about coffee disappearing. .Steward fig­ ured that according to the amount of coffee consumed, 7.7 pounds a day was disposed of instead of the six pounds a day allowed. Engine room was rationed to three pounds every third day; this ac­ tion was taken because they used as much as 18 pounds a week. Crew gave James EUchenberg add the steward de­ partment a vote of thanks and confi­ JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), March dence 15—Chairman, KImberly; Secretary, C. 1. served. for the fine meals prepared and Cooper. We will try to pick up a wiper in Yokohama, and to get US currency for GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), the draw. Letter will be mailed to New York for clarification on overtime. In­ A|>rll 18—Chairman, not listed; Sacratary, G. G. Parker. Master wishes to talk to structions were given to he whole crew the crew on and about the next port af­ by steward W. Lowes on Union policy. ter the meeting. Discussion was held March 28—Chairman, B. H. KImberly; Secretary, Cooper. Letter was written to on the lack of a llterty boat for the headquarters on disputed OT. Steward crew in the ports of Suyong and Ulsan, made a motion that the whole crew stick Koijea. together and square away the ship. This was carried. Discussion was held on YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), April steward department painting. This is OK 18—Chairman, Harold Thomsen; Secrewith the captain and there was no dis­ gested that in the future trash and other senting vote from the deck department. matter should not be stuffed in sanitary There is a beef against one OS about utensils in heads. All hands were asked to push the engine room door to until watches. May .1—Chairman, W. Lews; Secretary, closed fully, as it will help to keep out M. M, cross. Captain stated he will stick heat in the crew passageways. Chief en­ to the law on draws. Washing machine gineer said air duct will .be made for was temporarily repaired. ' Master will the messhall in the shipyard. Laundry give a copy of OT sheets to the crew be­ wili be kept locked in port. In the future. fore arrival. One steward department Steward suggested that ho be contacted member missed ship in Wilmln^on, Cal. about any improvements or adjustments. Everything is OK in the engine depart­ All hands were asked to clean the wash­ ment except one man who thinks he ing machine after use. Cooks asked that came.abpard for a vacation. Wilmington a larger fan, at least 17 inches, be in­ port agent Tillie got a vote of thanks stalled In. the galley. for his assistance while theshlp was there on a Saturday afternoon. Steward de­ STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), May 9— partment got a vote of thanks for fine Chairman, A. SchnarrIra; Sacratary, Harry food well prepared and excellent serv­ Kronmal. Al Thorne was reelected ship's ice. Ship's delegat- will check with the delegate. The first assistant requested captain abput time that the'-OS is to do ganltarjL .lixirk -in the .morning. - (Continued on page 25) �«;rjwi« 11> US4 Pace Tweaiy-lhrc SEAFARERS LOG ... mOEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS (Continued from Page 24) ttikt watw b* coni«rv«4. Motion was passad to cat a new washinc machine. Steward agreed to put out more fresh RUlt. Library, laundry and heads clean inc will be alternated by all departments. T^ash box should be put In the laundry. Crew pantryman should do a better Job. Steward should put out more canned fruit. Ha agreed. Crew should contribute •1 each at the first draw for the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will collect this. Letter was sent to the San Francisco port agent requesting he help in obtaining new washing machine. th* patrolman at tha payolT. Patrolman will bo atked to out why aU pasaagewaya and rooma cannot be cleaned and painted. New machine ahould be bought if. after the patrolman looks at the old one. he decides it won't operate satisfac­ tory. Steward reported on shrimp, oysters, fruit and vegetables. He says action to be taken Is in the hands of the crew and the patrolman. He will give the Tatroiman a written list of items short, so it can be given proper care. Repair list will be typed up and copies given to the engineer, captain and patrolman. FREDERIC C. • COLLIN (Dry Trans.). May 9—Chairman. L. Paradaau; Secre­ tary. H. Corde. Ship's delegate reported that arrangements for taking care of the maU wiii be made. Each department should clean the recreation room and the laundry for a week. ALMAR (Calmar), May II—Chairman. 1. Hogg; Secretary. M. Culp. Repair list was read. Work was done promptly. There is $62 in the ship's fund. H. Gerie was elected ship's delegate. It was suggested that the quality of the baking be im­ SEACOMET II (Ocean Carriers). April 3 proved. Steward head will be kept closed —Chairman. Francisco Martinez; Secre­ during meals. Coilee should be saved. tary. Frank P. Votto. Delegates reported no beefs and no disputed overtime. SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), May I May 11—Chairman. Paul Cassldy; Secre­ Chairman, Sylvester ZygarowskI; Sacratary. Frank P. Votto. The man who lary, John J. Mahoney. Two men missed missed ship in Yokohama on May 4th was ship in Yokohama. Motion was passed to have the chief engineer stop taking informed by the master that his pay was stopped as of May 3rd. He has a total light bulbs out of the crew showers and p.issageways and replacing them with of 120 hours OT. All but five Items on Sa-watt bulbs. Department delegates will the repair list wert taken care of. Vote make suK that all repair lists are made of thanks went to'the steward and his out and mvcn to the ship's delegate, and department for fine menus he has put out that sufficient stores are aboard before and fine food. Crew voted thanks 100 the next signon. Suitable new linen percent. should be procured for the next trip. We arc short of hand towiels. pillow cases, DEL 8UD (Mississippi), April 4—Chair­ bath towels. All bunks in crew's foc'sles man, Baldy Bollinger; Secretary. Joa should be checked for bed springs: a new Lae. All pending beefs going in to New Orleans were settled to everyone's satis­ faction: everything so far this trip is go-, ing along smoothly. Jimmie. Noonan was elected new athletic director by ac­ clamation. BlU Tatum was elected ship's delegate for another trip with a vote of thanks for a Job well done. Patrolman will be asked why oxygen badly needed for the hospital was not put on board, bed is neesded for the deck engineer's as it bad been recommended by the cap­ room. Vote of appreciation was ex­ tain. doctor, mates and engineers, as pressed for the former master. Captain weU as our delegates. An amendment was Andrew Jackson. Best of wishes to Cap­ added to the motion, that ship's delegate tain Jackson from all hands aboard tl^ will contact the captain and see'If oxy­ ship. gen could possibly be picked up at St. Thomas. Lengthy discussion was held on OATEWAY «TY (Waterman). May 15— this matter. Discussion was held on mat­ Chairman. Jimmy Pulllam; lecretary, Don tresses for the crew that need to be Collins. Carl Scott was elected ship's changed. Chief steward explained the delegate by acclamation: Don Collins was procedure necessary to get new mat­ elected treasurer. Suggestion was made tresses and said he would reorder them to make out a repair list and turn this this trip. He asked the crew for coop­ over to the ship's delegate, to be mailed eration in checking this time. Discus­ In to the first port of caU on the East sion was held and it was decided what Coast: no repair list was made' on the brand of beer to serve at the picnic. Ship previous voyage. New matresses should is well on the way to the glOOO-mark be put on the repair Hst. as well as on for the picnic fund, with $641.80 on hand the steward's requisition. . Pantry should at the end of voyage No. 47 and 150.92 be kept clean. There was general dis­ in the ship's fund. A fuU report was given on expenditures: report was ac­ cussion on the dirty water on board. cepted with a vote of thanks. Librarian reported $30 spent on books, with every­ ALEXANDRA (Carras). April II—Chair­ man, D. E. Jessep; Secretary, C. Cann. thing in fine shape. Report was accepted Letter to headquarters was read about with a vote of thanks. May 10—Chairman. Baldy Bollinger; steward's requisitions, washing machine, mattresses and the feelings of the crew lecralary. Eddia Caudlll. The question about conditions aboard ship. We had of obtaining oxygen in St. Thomas will to wait to obtain needed gear. Washing be taken up with the patrolman in New machine is not satisfactory and patrol­ Orleans. One man was sent ashore for man will be contacted. One man was medical attention. Purser presented a' logged In Corpus; beef will be given to bill to be paid by crewmember: bill should be paid by the company. This wiH be presented to the patrolman in New Orleans. Fight between two mem­ bers will be reported to the patrolman on arrival. $54 was donated to the ship's fund. Librarian will be given $30 to buy new books and magazines. Movie pro­ R. D. McManua jector will be sent ashore to 'be repaired. Please get in contact with your Motion was passed to spend $50 for new baseball equipment. Motion was passed brother at I Dunbar Lane, San to have the movie projector repaired and books purchased before donating to the Francisco, Calif. baseball team. Pledges are to be turned In for the picnic. Coffee cups should be returned to the pantry. Portholes Mario Carrasco should be kept closed. A clean and or­ derly picnic should be conducted. Cup William Turk ordered in Buenos Aires was purchased. Please Contact Herbert Resncr Treasurer reported $200.92 in the ship's' fund: $1117.06 in the plcnfc fund and concerning Joseph Ritterman who $67.74 expended. ^€ J^ERSONALS t t $ was injured aboard the S.S. Bien­ ville on June 5, 1953. His address is Suite 601 Tishman Bldg., 3460 Wilshire Blvd., Los" Angeles 5, Calif. iS* ^ Joseph L. Kellogg, Jr. Please contact your mother at 1318 Arabella Street, New Or­ leans 15, La. 3) 4 Damon A. Newsome It is urgent that you contact Stanley Poisso at Rt. 1, Box 72, Dry Prong, La. NOTICES Armstrong, Seatrain Georgia Ernest Harris, Steel Maker R. Robins, Robin Trent Please get in touch with Lou Bush, Sea Chest, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, NY. t 4) i Willard John Burley Jamea C. Long James Harold Pktton Joseph H. Pmdhomme Edwin B. Rhoada Albert B. Trochetfiiet Please contact the New Orleans branch of the SIU concerning ref'^ erence inquiries^ The address is 823 Bienville St., New Orleans 16, La. . HILTON (Bull). May 3-;-Chalrman. Egbart S. Sandly; Secretary. Robert E. Joy. With the ship's fund of $203 a TV set. and an iron were bought. Since this is AC current and no good on the ship, it wiU be exchanged. There is now $22.10 in the ship's fund. Motion was passed to start a new ship's fund with a $1 contribuUon per man. to be taken up at the payoff by department delegates and given to Jhe ship's delegate to hold. Men were asked to keep their feet off the messroom chairs. Discussion on bosun wUl be taken up by the deck department delegate on arrival in port, with the patrolman. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Waterman). May S—Chairman. James Morton; Secretary, Charles E. Spencer. Repairs were all taken care of. Injuted man was taken to the hospital in Ponce. Puerto Rico. He was severely cut by broken glass. All small beefs referred to the delegate were straightened out, so there are ho beefs going in. Throw in For A Meeting Job Undw the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and . other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. bert R. Jarrell. Coffee urn and toasters for the crew mess are being repaired as. of this meeting. There was a beef over the shortage o"f milk whUe sailing coast­ wise from Philadelphia to New York and in transit to Capetown. Chief steward ex­ plained to members that it was the port steward's fault. There was a discussion over the lack of hot peppers this voyage and the previous voj'age. and over some of the vegetables being too cold. and glasses should be returned te the messhall. A vote of thanks was again extended to the chief steward and his entire department for the fine Job they are doing. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). May 29—Chairman. J. Monast; Secretary. S. Rothschild. Some disputed OT in the deck department will be taken up with the patrolman on the ship's arrival. S. Pearson was elected deck delegate. Suggcstion was made to keep toilet bowls clean. SEATRAIN NEW YORK- (Seatrain). May 24—Chairman. Van Whitney; Secre­ tary. C. E. Mosley. AU new men will do­ nate 50 cents to the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the electrician, Gordon Peck, for installing our speaker to the TV. Vote of thanks went to the night cook and baker. Riviere, for the fine job that he is doing. Ship's delegate .Smith WiU seethe mate about cleamng the sky­ lights and screens in the messhall. Wash basins in thj 12-4 black gang and 8-12 deck gang rooms wiU be fixed. There is a $12 balance in the ship's fund. • . 1 ELI^BETH (Bull). May 30—Chairman, David S. Furman; Secretary, H. LSchancc. Motion was passed to install a pilot light on thei< washing remind men I ....i-o ...™machine -to -v tacted about « replacement. There were no replacements on the beach. Inquiries will be made on the reason why there was no American money for pre-Boston draw. One man wiU be turned in to the patrolman for missing the ship in Durban but catching it in the foUowing port. Suggestion was made to let the delegates handle the ship's business first with the patrolman. Cots will be turned in before arrival in Boston. Rooms should be cleaned out. as well as lockers, before the next crew comes aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will thank Mr. Pennington for the farewell drink he sent to the unlicensed personnel. Many thanks and praise went to the chief cook. Jose Ruiz, and the entire steward department for the good meals prepared and served during the voyage, by the crew. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian). January 31—Chairman. J. C. Vega; Secretary. L. O. Hale. There is a beef on the rooms not being painted. Captain promised to paint Ahem between 'Frisco and Manila, Collection of $375 was taken up for the carpenter's next of kin. AU three de­ partments should be a little more cooperalive about cutting down noise in the passageways and keeping messhall tidy. Cups should be returned to the sink after use. One member of each department should keep the laundry clean at all i ^is^sh^^d-s^ L"cep?edHteTafd1;^?\h^^^'ed'rFori' menf and wWe 1,. InnnH h « ' t^^t-^rj a"n° el^ra''.SeaVr^ rcrp"!!!*;',' ' AU glasses and knives should not be j vcr.v much appreciated. ^ ni '"M*"' March 30-Chairman. Fred C. Irizar; raing. No one is aUowed in the galley I secretary. F. C. Lukban. Men should be except steward department personnel. careful in Singapore about performing. Cigarette butts should not be OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Trans.), no date put in cups. AU cracked crockery should DEL NORTE (Mississippi). April 20— —Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not Chairman. Harold Crane; Sacratary. Bill listed. Each man will donate 50 cents Kalsar. Leaving New Orleans, brother Red McDonald received a wire that his father had passed away. The crew sent a floral offering through Mrs. Johansson, who has a charge account at a New Or­ leans florist. AU crewmembers were thanked for their cooperation. $.32 .was spent for light bulbs for the movie ma­ chine in Curacao; $40 on beer for the party on the poop deck going into New Orleans, leaving $40.37. with $50 owed to Mrs. Johansson for the flowers. Men were asked to come out for the basebaU team. We intend to have a game in Buenos Ahes for Captain J. T. O'Pry Cup. Mo tion was passed to use the ship's fund for its original purpose, and not for beer on the poop deck. Harold Crane was elected ship's delegate. April 25—Chairman. H. E. Crane; Seeratary, John P. ZImmgr. A letter from Brother Latapia was read to the brother­ hood. thanking one and aU for their kind treatment and consideration In his hours of Uiness while in the crew's hospital while convalescing from an accident he suffered while on duty. Brother who was gassed up at the southbound general meeting explaixed and apologized. A radiogram was received from the MacDonald family, thanking the crew for the funeral wreath sent by the ship. Brother Farr. who was put ashore in St. Thomas for Uiness, was given the customary $50 from the ship's fund. The third cook was confined to bed with a severe case of flu: an OS was confined to bed with bruised knee, which Be got when he slipped' on some stairs topside. Captain O'Pry was and is keenly interested in all reports and suggestions that would help to curb accidents to aU the ship's personnel. Our hospital patient. Brother Rodriguez, was put aboard in Buenos Aires and was given the customary $10 from the ship's fund. Brother Zlmmer got a vote of thanks for his efforts in be­ half of the ship's paper, the Navigator. There is a cash balance -on hand of $50.05. A baseball game will be - played in Curacao with one of the Island's teams. The baseball team thanked Brother Bill Bemish. the ship's bartender, for his kind "refreshments" tendered to the members of the team when they arrived from the game. Crew was asked to be a Uttle more considerate of the dryer in the laundry room, as the AB's room is right next door.' A pubUc prayer was said for the speedy recovery of Brother John T. Kelly, who'suffered two strokes within ttie past six months and who is now a patient at the USPHS hospital in New Orleans. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain). May 19—Chairman. T. Fales; Secretary. Jim Murphy. There is $29.16 in the ship's fund: all brothers were ashed to contrib­ ute to the fund at the payoff. Most of the repairs were taken care of. Ship's delegate wiU contact the boarding pa­ trolman about getting a cover for the poop deck, like the rest of the company's ships. Ship's delegate spoke at length on the necessity of cheeking on brothers by the watch when calling them to go on watch- or standby. Members were asked to be more careful with the washing ma­ chine, and not to leave it running. Cups tow.ards an iron. about port time. Old man will be seen EDITH (Bull), May 23—Chairman, Willis R. Thompson; Sacratary, A. Smith. Room aUowance should be collected for lark of heat. Chief engineer does not cooper­ ate with the crew. Suggestion was made to hold an arrival pool for booster on the \ be Inspected. AU cups and utensils should TV set. Vote of thanks went to the be returned to the sink at all times. Patrolman should check lockers at the steward department for a very fine Job. payoff. April 30—Chairman, Jerry Bozec; Sec­ BEATRICE (Bull), May 19—Chairman, retary, M. Jakelskl. There was a Al Wilo; Secretary, Roger L. Hall. There beef on John lack of Ice. Chief engineer was discussion on tlfe washing machine. will onlythe the wipers to pull ice One man missed the ship in New York once a day.aUow isn't enough. There is on sailing day. Motion was made to see entirely too which much performing. A full rethe patrolman about painting the crew;s | the the port of payoff. There have been a should be sougeed. Patrolman should at lot of disputed OT disputes with the find out about the excessive chipping at chief engineer; a_ rull report has been sea while night workers and men off prepared and will'be turned over to the watch are trying to get sleep. Each crew- agent and patrolman in the Port of New member is to pick up his own linen York on the activities and methods of change. Engine department should pick this Signed letter will state up their coffee for below during the what character. foc'sles are to be painted and when. steward's working hours, so as not to cut : FuU report was read on drinking and other departments short at night. I performing beefs. This report will be I presented to all brothers involved and COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service). May i to the patrolman. Brothers were given 15—Chairman, Bob Raid; Eacratary, A. C. I to understand that these beefs raised by Gibson. .Showers and toilets of all de­ I the brothers are not personal: that in partment heads were fixed. One man : line with the Union policy we must enmissed ship in New Orleans. Suggestion ' force discipline and rules set down by the was made by the third cook to start a rank-and-file. A rising vote of thanks ship's fund for the purpose of buying a went to the steward department. TV set. A vote was taken to start the May 15—Chairman, David Rivers; Sec­ fund with an arrival pool. Third cook retary. John M. Jakelskl. Complete re­ wiU take care of setting up the pool. pair list was read to the crew. 'A few Lake Charles :natrolman will be given the i beefs, some disputed OT, and a full re report on the man who missed ship and | port will be turned over to the boarding missed watches. | patrolman. Men who are getting off will April 11—Chairman, J. -Sheldon; Secra- ! return all foc'sle keys to the ship's deletary. Arthur Kayel. Schmeidel was gate. Suggestion was made to have tha elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was Sea Chest put more toUet articles aboard, made to keep feet off messhall chairs. such as tooth paste, mouth wash, hair Ship's delegate will contact the captain Ionic, etc. about sougeeing the crew's quarters, and having some of them painted. (ALMAR (Calmar). May 14—Chairman, May 4—Chairman, Peta Bush; Secre­ Buck Hostetter; Secratary. Thomas Lowe. tary, Arthur Kaval, Jr. Report was read Baltimore haU was notified , about tlie on the steward's death; the. crew re- bosun who missed ship in Baltimore. Too gretted his death. Crew could not attend [ much coffee is being wasted by making funeral as arrangements for burial had more than necessary. Library will be not been completed when the ship was • changed in San Franciscp. Repair lists sailed. $36 was donated by the crew for will be made up on the West Coast, so flowers and notice of his death in the that we can do what is necessary right newspapers. Death notice wiU be sent to away. the Union and the company. There was a few complaints on the way the food has VENORE (Ore), June 1—Chairman, Jack been coming out of the galley, but every­ Wise; Secretary, Pete Sheldrake. Gar­ thing was satisfaotorily settled. — bage should be dumped over the stern and not from the well deck so it blows ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping). back into portholes. Suggestion was May 23—Chairman, Harry Miller; Secre­ made to place open barrels over the tary, H. M. Gulnlar. Patrolman will be stern for dumping garbage. Patrolman told about delayed sailings in Philadel­ will be contacted about dogs on mes.sh.ill phia and Brooklyn, no shore leave in portholes and the painting of the engine Belra. Zanzibar. Luderitz Bay. Hospital­ gang's foc'sles. Steward will be contacted ized man in Beira was visited. Consulate about cots and the . patrolman about the in Durban and Capetown win be con- ! shortage of milk. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY Qnix Answers (1) (c) Russia. i would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose (2) 93 nickels .$pd 31 dimes. put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) (3) (c) Netherlands, PKZXIC Answer (4) (b) John Tyler, who was [SQdS @[§01 elected Vice president in 1840, and NAME succeeded William Henry Harrij son in 1841, when the latter died.' STREET ADDRESS (5) (c) Montane. (6) (a) Cleveland. The Cleve­ land team won both series it CITY ....ZONE STATE played in, once against Brooklyn in 1920 and then against Boston Signed ;.-. (National) in 1948. (7) 12 by 13Vi inches. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an oiJ tubseribor Bnil havo a chanqo (8) Ob) wickedness. (9) (c) 32. One-third of the 96- of addivit, ploaao qiyo your formor addrost baiowi member Senate ia elected every ADDRESS two years. v; • (16>"90.' xrrt ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), April 25 -Chairman, Joe C. Selby; Secretary, Al- SSBg! CaSiEKIjOHad! fflSQB HHS) LiGBHaa naa aaoB HiiiaaiKiies SBSiSQ mass fflsaaaaas ansa aaa sHuEia aagai • aaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaooo ••aeaoMMaoMoooooaw a aaataaaaaaaaataaa 3 • •' ' oaaMaaaaaoaaaa-STATS ^ aooaaaoaoMOBBM �I Face Twenty-elx SEAFARERrS lOG ^ ..June 11, 195t New Arrival Nods To Seafarers in in the HOSPlTALi The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Seafarer Adolph Eliasson and family sit in their Brooklyn home for photo with new baby, Elaine Barbarah, born May 17. Family received SIU maternity benefits of $200 plus a $25 Government bond for the baby. Eliasson last shipped aboard the Chickasaw (Waterman). Elaine Barbara seems more in­ terested in getting her forty winks than in smiling for camera. I?-' 1$^ if'- \l-' p- r m 1^- % l.i) All of the following SIU families Maria Angelina Seda, bom April will collect the $200 maternity 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Angel Seda, 147 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn 6, NY. Union in the baby's name. 3> t 4" Gail Arlene Harrison, born May Michael Caputo, born March 4, 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1954. Parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Nicho­ Stokes H. Harrison, 1234 Tulane las J. Caputo, 54 Mulberry Street, Street, Houston, Tex. Yonkers, NY. t. i. t 4i 3> James Shek, bom November 17, Beverly Anne Caillet, born April 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sou 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shek, 38 Rivington Street, New Wilbert F. Caillet, 1008 Washington York, NY. Avenue, New Orleans, La. 3^ 4" t 4^ 3> Elaine Barbara Eliasson, born Zacharias James Perkins, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and March 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Eliasson, 1720 Stanhope Mrs. Charles Perkins, 558 Bezzell Street, Brooklyn, NY. Avenue, Mobile, Ala. Ji 4» 4" 4" Raymond Richard Jordan, born Kevin Donovan, bom May 13, April 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mrs. Earl R. Jordan, 8 Mason Road, Donovan, 33 Maiden Street, Boston, Indian Head, Md. Mass. Henry Arthur Simmons, Jr., bom March 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Simmons, Route 2, Box 59, Pinesville, SC. t> t> t> 4 4 4 , Harry Arthur Gauntlett, Jr., born May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Gauntlett, 72-80 Radboum Road, Upper Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 Deboran Jean Karas, born May 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Karas, 55 Williams Street, Maiden, Mass. Jetry Brent Bankston, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and _Mrs. Clyde Bangston, 319 Newton Street, Algiers 14, La. 4 4 4 Gerald Douglas Sayre, H, bom May 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Sayre, 1302 Ave­ nue NV^, Galveston, Tex. Disability Pay List Rising USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Luke A. CiamboU W. J. Moran Kung Yu Fah Herbert Parks James J. Pontes Peter Raptakis Sverre Johannessen Joseph A. Rockko Carl R. Johnson Vincent Tocco C. M. King W. Westcott V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. H. D. Carney Henry M. Owens Charles V. Horton Alexander PresneU USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. William C. Bedgood Samuel N. Hurst Paul B. Bland Herman C. Kemp Robert L. Booker Jimmie Littleton James Bush C. L. Middieton Lucius A. DeWitt John H. MorrisArthur L. Pricks Ivey M. Peacock Mike Coins James B. SeUers USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier Ho Yee Choe Daniel O'Rourke Thomas D. -Dailey Joe Perreira F. FondUa Anthony M. Resales Olav Gustavsen W. S. Singleton Leo J. Kennedy P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. Lonzie V. Albritton'John C. Green Frederick L. Bailey Carl N. Jackson Earl McKendree C. Barboza William Bargone Abraham H. Mander W. C. Bergguist John E. Markopolo Earl P. RusseU VirgU W. Bolton Robert Brown Jack E. Slocum C. S. Dick A. T. Utterbeck Joseph Dudley USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortuno Bacomo James R. Lewis Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant Joseph D. McGraw Joseph G. Carr Jar Chong Archibald McGuigan David Mcllreath^^ Emilio Delgado Frank Mackey Antonio Diaz Vic Milazzo John J. Dri.scoll Matthew Gardiner G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guranick Robert lizeinorc John B. Ilass E. R. Smaiiwood Henry E. Smith Thomas Isaksen Harry S. Tattle John W. Keenan Frederick Landry Renjto Viiiata James J. Lawlor VirgU E. Wiiraoth Kaarel Leetmaa CROWN HEIGHTS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY AUen Reid USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Eugene K. Iverson USPHS HOSPITAL PONCE, PUERTO RICO Perfecto Mangual USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Agnar Anderson . John E. Brady Charles Cantwell Lloyd McGec Edward E. Casey John Maclnnes Hepy Currier Francis Napoli Marinus DeJonge Sigurd Odegaad Eddie Driggers Charles Ogiesby EsteU Godfrey T. Papoutsogiov Edwin F. Growe Michael Pepkowic* Flemming Jensen Edwin T. Rushton Vincent Jones David Salgado L. Kristiansen Stanley Sargeant Alexander Leiter Hendrik Swartjes Choo Chang Lai Thomas Thompson Thomas Liles, Jr. Ciiiford Womack Tim McCarthy ^ USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Harry J. Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich James A. McFerren Earle G. Bouteila James H. Fenswick Frederick A. Burns Robert A. Rogers John G. Fiynn Walter Tkach Antonio Furtado USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Thomas Ankerson Joseph Michael Eari Brittain Kenneth W. MiUer Carl E. Chandler C.- E. Palmer Jessie A. Clarke Ralph J. Palmer George Pipinos James R. Dodson Samuel Doyle David Rivera Michael Duco Robert W. Scales Linus E. Twite Gorman T. Glaze Herbert Grant Warren Whitmer Walter Hartmann Henrich Wiese Walton Hudson Albert Willis Ben Lawson Gilbert M. Wright Roy McCannon Ruftell Wright Tony Mastantino CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Audy Lego USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Alfred Barrego Jean Latapie '' Paul Boudreaux Hubert F. LonczysU Charles E. Brady James M. Luck]' WUliam R. Burch Frank Martin Charles Burton Adam McDiarmid O. Butler William G. Moors McKenley Campbell Jean Murna S. C. Carregal Arthur I. Nelson S. Cope C. Osinskl Adion Cox F. S. Paylor " Clarence Crevier A. Quinonea Gordon R. Dolan W. E. Reynolds I. Ezell M. J. Rodriguez Thomas Fields James J. Ruth Nathan Gardner Edwgrd Samrock W. H. GUbertson John E. Sanders Jack H. Gleason Fred Shaia Peter Heuleu -• Clayton Thompson John L. Hinton Jack R. Thornburg Lyle Hipp Lonnie R. Tickle John N. Hull Arthur Vallents E. G. Knapp Dolphus D. Walker D. Korolia J. E. Ward Leo H. Lang L. W. WetzeU, Jr. Who tieis SiV UenetHs ? Hospital: Four more veteran Seafarers whcT are unable to go to sea any more for a living because . Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week of their poor health have heen placed on the SIU disability benefits list by the trustees of is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his the Welfare Plan. As a result, the four men wiU receiver $25 weekly benefits from the SIU hospitalization, providing he has worked a minimum of Mie day from now on. aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. The four Seafarers are Sam­ steward department, is suffering a week six months later. The total Matornity: uel L. Gordon, 69, bf New from poor eyesight and a heart con­ amount of money paid out thus far York City; Emst E. Eklund, 66, of dition., Eklund, an oiler, hai., been has been $44,345, most of it in the Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, New York City; Clarence B. Brun- ill for a year with a hernia condi­ past 12 months because of the rise can receive the $200 maternity benefit payirient, plus the Union's dage, 70, of Tampa, Florida, and tion while Brundage and Bellard in tlie benefit and the number of gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the marr James E. Bellard, 66, of Newport, both have heart ailments. men receiving it. riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a Herkimer County, New York. Under the SIU The new addi­ discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ Gordon, who sailed in the tions to the list Disability Benefit, ments and bonds will be~given in cases of multiple births.'. a Seafarer is elebring to 38 the DitablHty: gible any time he total number of has seven years Seafarers who Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven seatime with conhave- received years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, traced companies disability benefits is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he ig and is unable to in the two years totally unable to work. Seafarers who have taken work because of a the series of inoculations re­ that the benefit Daatii: physical disability quired for certain foreign voy­ has been in oper­ from injury either ation. Of the 38 Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can Brundage Gordon ages are reminded to be sure or illness. Age is make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or to pick, up their inoculation men, seven have passed away since the benefit went no factor in determining the eligi­ not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard cards from the captain or the into effect. Thus, the plan is now bility of the Seafarers, although as an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. purser when they pay off at paying out $675 weekly in dis­ it works out, the benefit is used Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The beneficiary the end of a voyage. ability benefits to the 31 Seafarers mostly by oldbr Seafarers who are inay be changed at any time. g ' The card should be picked no longer able to work. now on the list. Schoiargliipi up by the Seafarer and held Checks for $50 are mailed out so that it can be presented every two weeks to the men's Four college scholarships worth a,total of $6,000 each are award­ when signing on for another homes, to simplify bookkeeping* ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ voyage where the "shots" are procedures. dren of S^farers who meet the educational requirements. Each required. The inoculation Started May, 1952 scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be card is you^ only proof of hav­ The disability benefit was first used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. ing taken the required shots. started in May, 1952, with the pay­ All can'didates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ Those men who forget to ment of $15 weekly in benefits to aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college pick up their ipoculation card ten Seafarers. Since then the num­ study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a when they pay off may find ber of Seafarers covered by the parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children that they are required to take plan and the amount of benefits of deceased Seafarers having three years' seatime are also eligible. all the "shots' again when they paid out have both been rising Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent want to sign on for another steadily. The weekly benefit has to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth such voyage. been increased twice, once to $20 Ave., Brooklyn $2, NY. a week in October, 1952, and to $25 Pick Vp'Shot' Card At Payot/ �June 11. 1954 SEEDP THE ^AFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN (News-about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wei fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services. > Some of the lawyers who have a fondness for bird-dogging their cases at the Staten Island hospital have been in for some rude and un­ pleasant treatment recently. It appears that the Staten Island hospital has been redoubling its efforts tq clamp down on lawyers who sniff around from ward to ward looking to pick up a case here and there, sometimes by waving a llttie down-payment of their own in a patient's face. We heard a report of one case recently where It's said that one un­ happy bloodhound is nursing a sore seat because he was sent flying out the door and his briefcase after him. According to what we were told it appears that this particular character was caught red-handed when he approached one of our SIU brothers with a proposition. Another Seafarer, who was present, quickly barred the door and put in a call for the authorities. Clamping Down The people running the Staten Island hospital have been ti'ying for a long time to cut out this sort of thing and they've been really clamp­ ing down hard lately. It all is a good reminder to the Seafarers in the hospital to be darned careful about what they sign and who they do business with, because, we've heard a lot of unhapi^ stories from fellows who bit at the bait and got hooked accordingly. ' . Topping the list of hospitalized brothers at the Staten Island hospital is Andrew Franklin, last aboard the Ocean Ulla of Ocean Trans. Andy injured his back aboard the ship and. entered the hospitaf on May 29 for treatment. He hopes to be up and about soon, shipping out like always. Einar Hansen of New York is not too far from home in the local drydock. He's in there for obser­ vation after holding down the job of carpenter aboard the Robin Sherwood of Seas. A brother from Seattle, Oregon, Oscar Rosenfelt, is on the beach now and just waiting for a fit for duty slip so he can ship out again. Last time he was on the William Carruth as wiper. He injured his elbow aboard the ship and entered the hospital on May 25, Just a couple of weeks ago. Broke Hand Hansen John Brennan, from South Boston, is in the the hospital on the mend. He entered on May 27 after holding down an AB's job aboard the Sea Cliff. Brennan broke his hand on the ship and is on the l^ad to recovery on the Island. Readmitted to the Staten Isiand hospital is James Thompson, who is in again for, A possible foot operation and observation. He's an oldtimer in the Union and he should be up and around again before long. Juan Rodrigues of New York Is in the hospital for observation. His last job was chief cook aboard the Beatrice. . Other Seafarers in for observation include Ray­ mond Davis, fireman, off the Sea Cliff; Floro Regalado, from New York,. massman, off the Steel De­ signer; Joe Neubauer, oiler on the Western Rancher, and Hendrik Swartjes, AB on the Alcoa Runner. Arthur Wroton is on the mend for kidney trou­ Davis ble. This Norfolk,'Virginia, boy was engine main­ tenance aboard the Cracker State Mariner beforb he entered the hos­ pital on the last day of the last month. Also In is Clifton Wilson, chief steward aboard the Anne Marie before he had some eye trouble. . Baltimore Babe Bows in SEAFARERS PHS top-Rated For A Reason Ordinarily when a Seafarer gets ljurt or gets sick, he will go to a US Public Health Service hospital or outpatient clinic for treatment. But in many smaller ports, and par­ ticularly i.n the small tanker terminals, the USPHS has no facilities, which means that a Seafarer has to go to a com--*' pany doctor for treatment. instances reported in which com­ amination, he does not have the In one such instance, a Sea­ pany doctors have arrived at one diagnostic facilities at his disposal farer reported to Welfare Services that he had suffered a head-injury aboard ship. The company doctor took a whole series pf x-rays start­ ing below the belt and going as high as his neck. When the doctor got up to the neckline, the Sea­ farer swears tHat the MD declared, "I can't find anything wrong with your head." CoBcIusions Vary While this may be an exti'eme case, there have been a number of conclusion about a Seafarer's that are available in a Public health and US Public Health Serv­ Health Sendee hospital or clinic. ice doctors have arrived at an en­ Get Verdict Verified tirely different one. The proper thing for a Seafarer Lends To Company to do in protection of^his own inObviously, a company do-ctor i-terest is to get to a US Public who depends for his living on the Health Service hospital as sooa as company payroll will tend to lean possible in order to verify the diag­ over backwards in an instance nosis and treatment prescribed" by where it involves company" finan­ the. company, physician. dJndel'' the SIU contract', US Pubcial responsibility to a seaman. And even if the company doctor is | lie Health Sei"vice has the last thorough and accurate in his ex- word on a man's fitness for duty. Ships with 2 Broketr Rihs'It's Only Bruise/ Doc Said Another Seafarer who had his difficulties when he had to get treatment from a private doctor instead of the Public Health Service is Thad Hinson, former bosun on the Western Rancher. Hinson made an-*^—^ intercoastal trip, all the way the dark about my condition." from Oregon to New ,York Finally, Hinson went back on with two broken rib^ because of the incorrect diagnosis given him by a private doctor in a small Ore­ gon port. It was only when he got to New York and went to the hospital at Staten Island that he found he very definitely had two broken ribs. As a matter of fact, one of them was snapped clean through. "They showed me the x-rays at Staten Island," he said, "and it was easy as pie to see that the ribs were very definitely cracked." Fell Aboard Ship Hinson suffered his injury when he fell on the ship. He went into the small lum­ ber port of Westport, Oregon, for ; emergency treat­ ment at the I hands of the only doctor in town, who also is the doctor for local longshoremen."' "Instead of Hinson taking me to the USPHS hospital in Afetoria, Ore­ gon, which is nearby," Hinson sqjd, "he took x-rays himself and told me that I only had a bruise. Then he shipped me to a private hospital "For five days he' didn't even come around to look at me until I called up tlie .company agent and complained," he said. "Later I got the agent to put me under the care of another doctor, but he hadn't seen the x-rays and was in DonH SendYour Baggage COD Family phofb marks the arrival of Mary Jane Griffith In tlTe city of Baltimore, Bom January 16, 1954, Mary Jane poses her^e hbld by dad. Seafarer Jesse Griffith, plus mother and he„' older sister, who's giving the wooden nag a run for his monpy. Page Twenty-seven LOG Seafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Unionf halls face the pros­ pect of having to jgo to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless • of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the: express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can sehd it to any Union hall provided they , prepay the shipping charges. the ship with his ribs taped up and took it all around the coast to New York. "We had a rough trip back," he recalled, "because the deck cargo of lumber was caus­ ing her to list a good part of the way." Fortunately they didn't run into any severe storms. Further Exam ^nally when he got to New York and his ribs yvere still pain­ ing, him, he went over to State i Island for further examination. There they found he had two broken ribs and immediately put him on the "not fit for duty" list so that he could get the proper treatment. / "It's a good thing that I was bosun instead of AB or deck main­ tenance," he said, "because the way I was feeling I just wouldn't have been able to do any heavy work. The skipper of the ship. Captain Dewey Derrigan, was real­ ly swell and helped make things a lot smoother than they would have been otherwise." The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and 92,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Erie Julian Criolin, 28: On March 7, 1954, Brother Criolin died of a brain tumor at the USPHS hospital in San Francisco, Cal. A member of the deck de­ partment, he joined the SIU in 1947 in Pennsylvania. Burial took place at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Francisco, Cal. ' 4« 4" i" ,•1 • ;r. I .s and the .decision of the USPHS has an important bearing on whether a Seafarer is eligible for maintenance and cure, or whether he can go to sea again. If the Seafarer is in an out-ofthe-way place, obviously he has to make do with the kind of medical trSatment that's available, and a company doctor will have to do in that instance. The important thing to do, if at all possible, is at some time during the coui'se of treat­ ment to get to the USPHS for the final say in the matter. This can prevent a lot of difficulty later on when a claim may have to be made and a diagnosis may be an issue. died of shock and multiple rib frac­ tures at the Kings County Hospi­ tal, Brooklyn, NY, on August 13, 1953. Cremation tdok' place at Fresh Pond Crematoi'y, Queens, Long Island, NY. ^ if if Frank W. Walaska, 42: On Ja"nuarry 25, 1954. Brother Walaska died at the USPHS hospital, Rich­ mond, NY, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. He joined the SIU in New York in 1948 and sailed as a cook in the steward department. William E. Allmon, 43: Brother Allmon died of a heart ailment on February 24, 1934, at the USPHS hospital. Savannah, Ga., and was buried at that city's Hillcrest- Cem­ etery. A member of thfe deck de­ partment, he had bee^a member of the SIU since 195^joining in the. port of Norfolk. 4 4 4 Henry Core, 26: Brother Core ac­ cidentally fell from his ship to the barge and, as a result of the in­ juries received, died at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx. NY, on March 26, 1954. A member of the deck de­ partment, he had been sailing SIU out of Galveston since 1952. Cre­ mation took place a't Fresh Pond Crematory, (jueens. Long Island, 4»' 3^ 4» J«iuim M. Maximo: While the NY. La Salle was on the high seas. Lati­ i i John Richard Wisloff, 52: On tude 40 degrees 22 minutes north, longtitude 39 degi-ees 27 minutes, April 26. 1953, Brother Wisloff died west; Brother Maximo suffered a of heart trouble at the USPHS hos­ fatal heart attack, and was buried pital, Baltimore, Md. He had been at sea pn April 25, 1952. He sailed sailing as bosun in the deck de­ as bosun. partment since 1948, from New Or­ ^ if ^ _ leans. Burial took place at GreenBenno Ziellnski, 70: A member mount (Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. of the engine department since Brother VVisloft" leaves his daughter, 1938, when he joined the SIU in Karin Sigrid Vvisloff. of Goudre Qrle.anSj,, Brqtliqi\ ^ielinski Gate 14, Trondheim, Norway. i.x-t.f.-.f.s.r. ...-inr • J- Jr-.-•- i. - }- - �i '/- '• "i • ii- •: y » OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS 1NTE R N ATI O N At UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT^. AFL • 13< !S: ,"•-'4. - '.N" ••'" •- '0' T'J --V" Pacing the fight for Seafarets and ail otheF merchant seamen, the SlU has once again cut short efforts to impose arbitrary military rule on civilian seamen. The latest success came on the issue of shore leave for crewmembers in areas under military control; where seamen had been at the mercy of individual local commanders. Stirred into action by the strong objections of the SlU, the Defense Department has issued what amounts to a formal reprimand to the offending military commanders. At the same time, the Pentagon has publicly declared that searnen ar9 entitled to shore leave at all times—except in cases of extreme military emergency. Backing up Seafarers on beefs like this is on every-day matter in the SlU. The Union is pledged to fight any restriction on the n'ghts of its membership.' 7 .. I• J WW_ -• ^ • 'A V 'v" • • • " V,: -ir • k ? III inTT^^ ^ - .2^-': • 7-'"7 iliP I'"' 9 < •' 4 ^ -Kir J •i- Depairiment i-ySh V ot vessels It control Lcav. ior Shor.!; V >1 \ t.K r •: : * * r.P»4"« „,uu«r *1 I '-I • liil I ' m V' 1 iiii imder U.S. .'•••••7 • 7.'7-=-/.T 7"-^ 7 >;i •> •. 7:-^ 77"pp.yy7 ••, psgsAi llPii ; \ .ubjeo** •• ^"''•7 t 'l * V- , • 7: - . '• 7;. II. of Tess*** ^ 7:-'-7!'77r'7 . .: • -7^-7f^-,7 ® ^01|»Tlt«» »-rUS « U'J- rsss.':' .T-A.I vV''-i; *• • - .V # ^tricr •* � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 11, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 12 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 5 SEAFARERS, 11 SIU CHILDREN BID FOR UNION SCHOLARSHIPS SIU ART WORKS GO ON DISPLAY 20-TANKER PROPOSAL HITS SNAG IN HOUSE SEAMEN PLAYED LEADING ROLES AT NORMANDY TEN YEARS AGO DRY CARGO PACT UPS WAGES 50GS STILL AWAIT CLAIM BY SEAFARERS HOUSE BODY VOTES PHS $$ WITH CUT REPORT DUES RECEIPTS LOST ASK NEW MARINER CH. ELECT. RULE STUDY BIDS ON GAS TURBINE IN LIBERTY SEAFARER 'SPRUNG' FROM 18 MONTH STAY ON SHIP COAST GUARD NAMES NEW TOP OFFICERS CENTURY-OLD CORN-LIKKER CARGO FOUND PLAN TO ADMIT 15 NEW MEMBERS EACH MONTH MCS-AFL CHARGES VOTE MIX-UP CONGRESSMAN OFFERS BIL FOR 'WEST POINT' OF MARITIME AFL-ILA CONVENTION PLANNED GT. LAKES CREW FIGHTS TWO FIRES ON CARFERRY VOYAGE STUDY NY-CANADA DEEPWATER THRUWAY SIU ELECTRICIAN SPARKS VOTE CAMPAIGN OF DOCTOR FRIEND RETIRED, HIS HOME'S ON WHEELS BOOKS OPEN D-DAY PLUS TEN LOOSEN IT UP KINGS POINT AGAIN MAHOGANY FOR THE MILLIONS MAINTENANCE AND CURE RIGHTS AIDED BY HIGH COURT RULING SAN FRANCISCO TURNS TO PEARL AT NIGHT HURRICANE BLOWS UP NEWSWORTHY EVENTS ABOARD ON FAR EAST RUN SEAFARER IN DOUBLE CELEBRATION YOKOHAMA USSC AT NEW LOCATION THE CABLE THEY COULDN'T SPLICE DISABILITY PAY LIST RISING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/11/1953 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0f36f74c65f5dbfe45342eb8e6fd73ff.PDF ad769898ef689fc67b5ae26fbf8d3ff4 PDF Text Text LOG >; • •' • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THB SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • 3 SEAFARERS WIN SlU SCflOURSMPS • Member's Son Also 6C Winner -Story on Page 3 •i •• Winner of ah award for drawing in the l/rClHrS W fleers* Third Annual SIU Art Contest, Sea­ farer James Byrne (left) is congrati^lated by former shipmate Adolph'Kubacki at headquarters meeting June 16 where winners were announced. (Story on Page 2.) I TWCM O' three Seafarers awarded $6,000 four-year college • • • fff* scholarships under the SIU Welfare Plan, Seafarer Ed Larkin retrieves his gear out of the headljuarters baggage room for one last trip before returning to^school in the fall. He made job of chief electrician on Wacosta (Waterman) on June 22, the same day this year's awards were announc­ ed by the Welfare Plan trustees. (Story on Page S.) i. At left, flanked by former shipmates. Seafarer Guillermo Ortiz rayvWW* (center) displays check for some of the back pay owed him by Bull Lines under the new SIU dry cargo agreement, which made wage boosts retroactive to last October 1. The check, for about $18, covered time on just one ship operated by that company. Onlookers are Egbert Goulding (left), and Ramon Aguinar. (Story on Page 2.) >iKKa';M. .4^ �M- • Pace Two SEAFARERS LOG •. • •'. :'r;;;t' - Jm«lr•^S;^ igM'"-""^y1 Sejafafer Art Winners Named; 12 Get Awards rV. ••• V .f..'."- __ ' ^ Winners in the Third Annual SIU Art Contest were announced last week, bringing the 1954 art competition among Seafarers to a close. An even dozen awards were made, sev­ eral of which were presented in person to th? winning Seafarers at the headquarters branch membership meeting+ June 16 to the cheers of sev­ Lewis and Antonio Diaz. SIU lapel crest emblems and en­ Qrawings—Keith Sawvel, first graved with each man's name and eral hundred Seafarers pres­ prize. Special award to James award. ent. The winners in each" contest Byrne. The winner of a first prize in Watercolors—^Leif Hope, first category are as follows: two contest categories, Hope came Oils—John Tarkov and Leif prize. (There were no special away with two of the 12 prizes Hope, tied for first prize. Special awards in this class due to the lim­ awarded. He was a second-prize awards to Norman Maffei, Mariano ited number of entries in the di­ winner in oil paintings in both the Gonzalez, Hans Skalagaard and vision.) 1952 and 1953 contests. Gonzalez Px-izes awarded to the contest copped third prize in oils in 1952, G. L. Pitour. Handicrafts—Alfred Pfeifer, first winners are sterling silver ciga­ while Maffei and Skalagaard tied prize. Special awards to James rette lighters emblazoned with for third last year. Judging of the entries, which were on display for a full week in a roped off section of the shipping Headquarters membership signifies approval of dry cargo contract hall at SIU headquarters, took as negotiated by standing vote at last membership meeting. place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 15, and was conducted by a three-member panel, of experts. The panel included Mrs. Hertha Wegener, assistant curator of As sponsors for the third year of the annual SILT art contest, paintings at'the Brooklyn Museum; the editors of the LOG take this opportunity to thank the Jerome Snyder, art director of SIU men who entered the contest on behalf of the Union "Sports Illustrated," published by Time-Life Inc., and Bernard Sea­ membership, and give them a-*man, SEAFARERS LOG art editor. The SIU~ formally called on the tanker operators to open hearty "well done." The fol­ a native of England, bom in 1895. Seafarers curious about the out­ negotiations on a new tankship agreement last week, as th« lowing 4s a full list of the 24 Sailing in the come, including several of the en­ Union membership en all coasts cast a unanimous ratification men who entered the 1954 contest: steward departtrants, watched closely as the —r John Antonson (drawings and m e n t he has judges carefully studied the en­ vote or the new freight con-^' tract completed earlier in the freight ships after the June 16 date handicrafts): A member of the been a member tries arrayed on tables and mount­ Sailors Union of of the SIU since ed on two walls of the hiring hall. month. The old tanker agree­ will be paid off under the new the Pacific since 1944. His prize After they had determined the top ment expired last September 30. scale. In addition. Seafarers who 1945, shipping in was for his de~ awards in each contest category, Meanwhile, several SlU-con- have shipped with freight compa­ the deck depart­ tailed pen and and pinned the first prize blue rib­ tracted freight companies Have al­ nies since October 1, 1953 are due ment, he is a ink drawings of bons on each, they next turned to ready returned signed copies of for a bundle of retroactive pay, native of Fin­ railroad locomo­ the decision on special awards. the new freightship pact to the amounting in several ratings to land, born in tives. He was a Beale It had been decided earlier that Union, which formally went into well over $200. The companies are 1904. His draw­ railroad fireman due to the overwhelming number effect the date of the membership currently readying lists for the ing was a pencil in England at one time. of oil paintings submitted for the ratification, June 16. Some ships payment of back pay, full informa­ Antonio Diaz (handicrafts): Pre­ contest, the bulk of the awards have already signed on under the tion on which will be carried in sketch of a sail­ ing ship; the sented with a special award in would be concentrated in that new base pay and overtime rates, the SEAFARERS LOG. Antonson handicraft entry handicrafts for a picture of a bowl category. Accordingly, half the which are retroactive to October Money provisions of the freight was a model of the SS Marine of flowers fashioned out of terry- awards went'to oil paintings, in- 1, 1953. agreement call for a six percent Arrow. cloth material. Brother Diaz had (Continued on page 21) i All crews which signed on boost for all ratings earning been hospitalized at the USPHS Sails Black Gang $340.73 or more and a new over­ hospital at Manhattan Beach, Robert Beale (oils): Sailing in time rate of $1.98. Ratings earning the engine department, he has Brooklyn, NY, until May 21. Sailing $298.49 and up to $340.73 will be been a member of the SIU since in the steward department, he has getting a four percent increase and New 1947. Born in Rangoon, Burma, in been a member of the SIU since DECK DEPARTMENT an ov rtime rate of $L94 per hour. Old New Over1924, he now makes his home In 1944 and lives in NY. A special feature of the agree­ Mariano Gon­ Rating Scale Scale Increase time New York City. His paintings ment,^ gives firemen parity with zalez (oils): Win­ Bosun (Mariner) ....$378.00 $447.00 $69.00 $1.98 oilers and FWTs in the wage scale were studies of Oriental figures. ner of a special Bosun 378.00 400.68- 22.68 1.98 so that they will now be earning James F. Byrne (drawings): Win­ award in oils for Carpenter (Mariner) 353.85 *386.00 32.15 1.98 $314.41 per month and $1.94 per ner of a special award in drawings, a landscape Carpenter : 353.85 *375.08 21.23 1.98 hour for overtime. Entry ratings, this Staten Island, NY, Seafarer is painting, he has AB Maintenance 330.75 343.98 12.23 1.94 those earning less than $298.49, been a member Quartermaster 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 get a two percent increase,- with of the SIU since Able Seaman 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 overtime boosted to $1.51. 1942 and sails on Ordinary Seaman . .i 239.40 244.19 4.79 1.51 June 25. 1»54 Vol. XVi, No. 13 An additional feature of the new deck. He was ENGINE DEPARMENT pact, which provides for improved bora in Puerto As I See It Page 4 Diaz Chief Electrician (Mariner)..... 470.99 518.09 47.10 1.98 working rules In all departments,Rico in 1914, and Brother Chairman Page 4 Chief Electrician 470.99 499.25 28.26 1.98 plus revisions in some of the gen­ Burly Page 9 currently lives in NY. Gonzalez 2d Electrician .....438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 eral rules, including new provi­ Crossword Puzzle Pagp 10 won third prize in oils in the 1952 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day). . 380.97 403.83 22.86 1.98 sions for crew comforts, calls for SIU contest. Did You Know Page 17 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) 340.74 361.18 20.44 1.98 special rates for the key ratings of John K. Holakai (handicrafts): Editorials Page 11 Plumber-Machinist 390.96 414.42 23.46 1.98 bosun, carpenter and chief elec­ Foc'sle Fotographer Page 16 Sailing in the deck department Deck Engineer .... 359.32 380.88 21.56 1.98 trician on Mariner-type ships, Galley Gleanings Page 17 with the SUP, he was bom in Hon­ Engine Utility 345.96 366.72 20.76 1.98 which are also retroactive to Octo­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 olulu, Hawaii, and joined the SUP Evaporator Maintenance 321.46 334.32 12.86 1.94 ber 1. The new scale gives the key In The Wake Page 10 in 1945. He is currently hospital- Oiler 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 ratings on these vessels extra pay Labor Round-Up ....Page 11 ized at the Oiler-Diesel 327.13 340.22 13.09 1.94 ranging from about $47 for bosuns, Letter of The Week Page 11 USPHS hospital, Watertender 302.32 314.41 12.09 1.94 to $11 for carpenters. The key job Letters ....Pages 18, 19 Manh a t t a n Fireman-Watertender 302.32 314.41 ^"12.09 1:94 of chief electrician will draw an Beach, Brooklyn, Maritime Page 9 Fireman ..... 286.99 314.4f • 27.42 1.94 (Continued on page 21) Meet The Seafarer Page 10 NY. His contest Wiper 288.53 294.30 5.77 1.51 Notices, Personals Page 20 entry was a set Reefer Engineer On The Job page 9 of hand - made (When 1 carried) ..... 438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 Port Reports Pages 14, 15 place mats. Reefer Engineer Leif Hope Quiz Page 16 (When 3 carried) Seafarers In Action Page 9 (oils, watercolChief 404.69 428.97 24.28 1.98 Ships' Minutes Pages 20, 21 prsj: Tied for First Assistant 359.94 381.54 21.60 1.98 Gonzalez SIU History Cartoon Page 7 first prize in oils Second Assistant 333.37 346.70 13.33 1.94 The memory of Andy Furuseth, Sports Line .Page 17 and winner of first prize in waterfather of US maritime unions, will STEWARD DEPARTMENT - (Continued oh page 8) Ten Years Ago page 10 be honored in August when a Chief Steward (Mariner) ....... 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 Top-of The News Page 5 Chief Steward . 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 wreath, shipborae from New York, Wash. News Letter Page 6 Chief Cook 340.74 361,18 20.44 1.98 is dropped into the North Sea near Welfare Benefits ....Pages 22, 23. Night Cook & Bahey. i... 340.74 361.18 20.44 1.98 his birthplace of Romedal, Norway. Welfare Report Page 8 Readers of the SEAFARERS Second Cook .........r........ 312.76 325.27 12.51 1.94 The wreath was picked up last Your Constitution Page 5 LOG will note that this issue **Third Cook 298.49 310.43 11.94 1.94 week by the skipper of the Empire Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 has been trimmed down to 24 Messman 237.57 242.32 4.75 1.51 State .Training Ship — Captain pages instead of the usual 28, Utilityman 237.57 242.32 4.75 1.51 Alfred F. Olivet, who was a peiv Published biweekly at the headquarters but with no loss in'the news, •f tha Seafarer} International Union. At­ sonal friend of Furuseth—and will picture or feature material lantic « Cu.'f District AFL, 67S Fourth » Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. be dropped approximately Au­ that combines to make the Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacInth ** When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and gust 2. • 9-MM. Entered aa second class matter LOG one of the finest labor be paid wage of $325.27 per month. Furuseth was born March 12, at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., newspapers in the country. sunder ihe A f of August 24, 1912. 1854 apd died^ January 22, 1938, These 2^4 Seafarers Made Art Contest Freight Pact Ratifieik . Tanker Talks Begin New Dry Cargo Wage Scale SEAFARERS LOG Sea Ceremonies Honor Furuseth LOG 24 Pages �25, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG T»ge Thre* 3 Seafarets^ Son Of SlU Man, Win 6C Scholarships - Three rank and file Seafarers, and the son of a Seafarer who has compiled a brilliant scholastic record have been selected by a committee of educators to receive the four $6,000 four-year college scholarships awarded annually by the SIU. Sea­ farers Seymour Wallace, Ed' Larkin an<l Wallace M. Simp son, and Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddie E. Game, were chosen from 16 candidates af­ ter careful scrutiny of their The panel of educators who sifted the scholarship applications and came up with recommendations for the four winners are shown studying: the quailfyingr material submitted on behalf of ail the applicants seyerai hours before the awards were anhounced on June 22. Pictured (i-r) are: C. William Edwards, director of ad­ missions, Princeton University; Elwood C. Kastner, regristrar. New York University; Miss Edna M. Newby, director of admissions. New Jersey Colleg:e for Women, Rutgrers University; F. D. Wilkinson, 'registrar, Howard University, and Bernard Ireland, assistant direc­ tor or admissions, Columbia Colleee, Columbia Univeirsity. records. In the event one of the success­ ful candidates drops out, the com­ mittee has selected two alternates as replacements. Committee members representing five different colleges and universi­ ties were enthusiastic about the quality of all entrants. Competition was keen all the way, with the win- Permanent '50-50' Bill Gets Senate Okay, Goes To House WASHINGTON.—^The proposal for a permanent "50-50" law moved a big step closer to actuality as the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives where action has to be taken before adjournment if the bill is to become law this year.t — In the form passed by the would apply both to Government- jVlaryland Republican, who ex­ Senate, the bill is stronger in financed cargoes originating in pressed his satisfaction with the many respects than the "50-50" provisions that have been tacked on a variety of foreign aid bills year after year. And the fact that It provides for a permanent Amer­ ican policy that at least 50 percent of Government-financed cargoes should be transported on US ves­ sels is of itself a great step for­ ward for the "50-50" piphciple. As it stands at present, the bill Win 2 -6% Pattern On Seatrains u Following the pattern estab­ lished in the new contract with dry cargo companies, the Union has completed a separate agreement with Seatrain Lines which now awaits the members' ratification. Like the new contract with the dry cargo companies, the Setatrain agreement calls for increases rang­ ing from two to six percent in wages and overtime for all. un­ licensed personnel, with all money gains retroactive to October 1, 1953. There are also similar im­ provements in. working and gen­ eral rules, including new pro­ visions for money draws in' for­ eign ports. Wage increases, ranging up to six percent, bring the basic month­ ly wages of unlicensed personnel to the following: Boatswain, $408.18; carpenter, $382.58; AB maintenance, $351.48; quartermaster, $321.91; AB cardeckman, $321.91; OS, $251.69. Electrician, $511.75; deck en­ gineer, $420.00; engine utility, $374.22; oiler, $321.91; watertender, $321.91; fireman, $321.91; wiper, $301.80. Steward, $402.75; chief cook, (Continued on Page 21) \ ning candidates coming up with ex­ He was captain of the school's bascellent scores on College Entrance I ketball team which won a local conBoard examinations and presenting ference championship, and was a fine records of past scholastic member of the all-conference tour­ achievement. nament team. In addition he wai Must Register a baseball and'football letter man, It is now up to each of the can­ president of the senior class, presi­ didates to be accepted by an ac­ dent of the student body, co-editor credited college or university in or­ of the school yearbook, and presi­ der to qualify for the first years' dent of every class he was in from scholarship payments. Their rec­ the first year through the fourth. ords will then be reviewed, year by His father sails in the steward year, to determine if they are elig­ department and has been on SIU ible for the full four year subsidy. ships since 1946. In the past year The trustees' meeting of next he has been sailing regularly on month will take up the question of Ore Line ships out of Baltimore. whether to continue aid for the Lived In China four winning candidates of last Seafarer Wallace M. Sitnpson of year, as at that time they will have Riverbank, California, who sails as a full report on their first year AB and deck of study. maintenance out AIl-Around Excellence of the West Scholarship winner Jack Game, Coast, also pre­ son of Seafarer Eddie S. Game, sented a fine rec­ presented a bril­ ord. The 23-yearliant all-around old Seafarer lived record in his suc­ in Peking, China, cessful bid for an for years award. Recently with his mission­ graduated from ary parents. Then Simpson Swain County on returning to High School in the States he attended Sparrows North Carolina, Point High School in Sparrows Game was easily Point, Marj'land where he gradu­ the school's out­ ated in the upper ten percent of Game, Sr. standing student. his class. He was editor of tho He stood first in his graduating school newspaper, editor in chief class of 73 and came close to a of the school annual and manager straight "A" average in all courses. (Continued on page 21) the United States and to offshore text of the amended measure. He purchases made by the Armed declared that the basic policy of Forces and other Government, the bill as it stands "would in­ agencies overseas. Up until now corporate into permanent legisla­ such offshore purchases, which are tion what has been proclaimed by considerable in amount, were gen­ Congress in the Merchant Marine erally handled on foreign-flag Acts of 1920, 1928 and 1936." ships. May End Problem further, the bill would apply to cargoes purchased by foreign na­ Up until now, Congress has had tions where the US has committed to act on the "50-50" principle itself to pay the dollar equivalent seven different times and on each, of the cost of the cargoes. occasion it has passed by over­ However, before reporting the whelming majorities. Each time, bill to the floor, the Senate Com­ the State Department'-and foreign The campaign of the SIU and other US maritime unions mittee on Interstate and Foreign shipowners have lined up against for a strong US merchant marine received a definite boost Commerce eliminated one contro­ the principle and the SIU and versial provision that would have other US maritime unions have this week when the Senate subcommittee on Water Trans­ allowed up to 100 percent of such fought strongly to have the bill portation put the damper on a cargoes to move on US ships under approved. If the current proposal plan to allow further trans­ subject, the subcommittee told the certain circumstances. passes, it will mean there will be fers of US ships to foreign Maritime Administration — which has been seeking an okay of the The bill was originally intro­ no future problems along these flags. duced by Senator John J3utler, lines. In a long-awaited report on the transfers — that it would be "premature" to allow any large segment of the American merchant fleet to be transferred to foreign flags until it had had a chance to consider > granting subsidies to tramp operators. Recommends Aid The Department of Commerce recently recommended direct aid to qualified tramp lines. Pending legislation to this effect, the sub­ committee urged the MA to "act cautiously, yet justly"" in ruling on applications for foreign tx'ansfers. The subcommittee did not advise a flat "no transfer" policy in cases of alleged extreme hardship, but said the national interest must al­ ways be considered. In this it agreed with the views of the mari­ time unions that foreign transfers, even though coupled with operat­ ing restrictions, do increase com­ petition with US-flag vessels. The subcommittee has been in­ vestigating the question of trans­ fers since late last March, follow­ ing the MA'S relaxation of transfer rules the month before. A former member of tfie Sailors Union of the Pacific, Carl "Bobo" Olson, world's middleweight box­ With both the shipowners and ing champion, is pictured on a reeent visit to SUP headquarters in San Francisco to talk over old the MA clamoring for the transfer times with some of the men he sailed with back in 1M6. The 'group (1-r) includes (front, at desk): approvals, the SIU and other sea Olson, Patrolman Bill Mendez, ^Assistant SUP Secretary Harry Johnson; (rear), Arthur Benjamin, unions went on record as unalter­ SUP building manager; Jack Dwyer, chief clerk; and Patrolmen A. J. Pawlick and A1 Maniscalco. ably opposing them. Senate Croup Calls Halt To Transfers Champ Visits Oid SUP Shipmates • t-' �• "^ J?»f.JPwr - • SEAFARERS LOa ' . "T"'• • - W ft. jl|S* 'vv'-^i^-'' No, It isn't A Sea Serpent, Exactly I 'i?-*.! V Mr-"--. ic^': ?':''S • As 1 Seer It FROM TIME TO TIME YOUR UNION HAS EMPHASIZED THE need to remain vigilant at all times even though past successes might have the tendency to make the Union lower the guard. But it has been shown time and again when the occasion arises, that the -shipowner will do his best to try to whittle away the gains that have been won for seamen in the past by their Unions and by those who were concerned with the welfare of the seaman. One instance of this kind of thinking on the part of the shipowner is a bill now in Congress to repeal an 82-year-old law dealing with seamen's wages. The law now provides that a seaman taking an offshore berth is entitled to a month's wages plus earnings in the event he is fired without cause before a .month is up. This bill was written back in the days when it was the common thing for skippers and ship­ owners to take any kind of action to keep a seaman from collecting money that was due him. Becolhe Anxious Now it appears that the shipowners have suddenly become anxious .No, the snake-like creature shown above isn't a sea serpent, although the amateur fisherman who about this law for some reason, although they lived with it without hooked the 12-foot baby oil Sydney, Australia, thought it was. durator of fishes at Australian Museum a complaint for 82 years, and an effort is being made to amend it ac­ later identified it as oar fish, sometimes growing 40 feet long. Men holding fish are not identified. cordingly. It appears there are very few instances in which the present law would apply in the light of today's conditions, but the shipowner ap­ parently is out to chip away this little bit of protection just the same. Naturally, your Union, along with other maritime unions, is oppos­ MOBILE.—The Port of Mobile, Alabama, will benefit from $2,809,000 proposed by the ing this move, and is confident that Congress will see no need to amend Government for three separate projects in.the area. The House of Representatives recently the law at the present time. passed and sent to the Senate a bilL authorizing a $26,951,000 Army ammunition depot in i" , 4" t the Point Aux Pins vicinity. EVER SINCE THE McCARRAN IMMIGRATION ACT WAS PASSED, a turning basin opposite the Ala­ boat harbor near the entrance to about 25 miles west of Mo­ your Union has found that some companies have been reluctant to the Mobile Ship Channel. bama State Docks. bile. This terminal will have Rep. Frank W. Boykin of Mobile Widening the present channel ship the alien membership of this Union. Indeed, the law does con­ a 20-mile ship channel, connecting said he is certain the Senate will from 700 feet to 800 feet under tain provisions which can make it difficult for all with the Gulf of Mexico. Subcommittees of the House pass the ammunition depot bill. the highway bridge and establish­ concerned in the event the alien is detained on recently approved a $5,788,000 har­ Then the next step will be to ing a turning basin 40 feet deep board by the Immigration authorities. But this is bor improvement program for appropriate the money for the and 1,400 feet long just south of something that the industry has to live with and this bridge. your Union is prepared to live with accordingly. Mobile along with a $70,000 small project.. The improvements were proposed Four Changes It's been maintained by this Union that the alien As for the Mobile Ship Channel, since larger ore freighters and oil brother who has been sailing regularly as a pro­ four major improvements' have tankers are planning to use the fessional seaman on SIU ships Is entitled to the been recommended by the Army port within the next two years. same shipping privileges as all other Seafarers re­ Corps of Engineers. These were all Rep. Boykin said. ceive, within the limits imposed by the Govern­ approved by the House Public The membership has voted U. S. Steel's Tennessee Coal and mental regulations. We have proceeded on that basis Works Subcommittee. They are: Iron Di/ision recently opened a accordingly and shipped aliens in the usual manner as before. to admit 15 permit card hold­ Enlarging the Mobile Harbor bar new ore terminal at Mobile and ers each month to membership Tried Dump Job channel to a depth of 42 feet and the company plans to import In the SIU. Permits who wish Recently out in the port of Seattle the skipper of-one ship made quite a width of 600 feet. It is now 36 South American ore with new car­ to apply for membership can a to-do about five Seafarer-aliens aboard and tried in the worst way feet by 450 feet. riers, now being constructed. get their application forms in to. dump them. When he found that the Union wpuld not go for that Enlarging the main channel in any SIU hall. The fifteen men kind of thing, he posted a notice on the bulletin board denouncing the Mobile Bay to ^40 feet deep and •will consist of five from, each alien seamen in general and/attempting to arouse the American-cit­ ship's department and will be '400 feet wide. It is now 32 feet by izen Seafarers on that ship against the alien seamen in their midst. 300 feet. •screened by a meiqbership It's pretty obvious to any Union man tha/ this kind of a tactic is the Deepening the Mobile, River committee in headquarters. bld*"divide and conquer" game that has been used in the past as a channel to 40^ feet and establishing means of weakening unions. As far as the SIU is concerned, your Union will continue to maintain that the alien brother who ha? participated in this Union's beefs, sailed this country's ships during time of war and other emergency, lived up to the contract and to the. otht obligations of membership is entitled to the same job protection aui considera­ The Waterman Steamship Com­ tion as that given to any other Seafarer in this Union. pany has announced that it plans a full, two-way intercoastal service if it gets permanent authority from ONE OF OUR BROTHERS WHO ATTRACTED A GOOD DEAL OF Three rank and file Seafarers meeting saw Terrence M- Jones Of the Interstate Commerce Commis­ attention last year by crossing the Atlantic singlehanded is back at it took charge of the last. Savannah, Charleston, South Carolina, in the sion to operate eastbound service again according to reports received at headquarters from his shipmates. Georgia, port meeting and ran chair, and Damon Newsome of from California to New York and Brother Olavi Kivikoski last year showed his skills things off in efficient fashion. Tak­ Franklin, Texas, as recording sec­ Boston. at seamanship by taking a small fishing schooner ing charge of the chair was Sea­ retary. Jones came into the SIU At present. Waterman has under sail from New York all the way to his native farer Ernest Bryant, a native of via Savannah on April 20, 1944, permanent rights to bring cargo Finland. Now, the crew of the Warrior reports that Georgia and a resident of the port which makes him a ten-year man from Washington and Oregon to Kivikoski has gotten off the ship and left for his city. Bryant, who sails in the in the Union. < He's a deck depart­ North Atlantic ports, but not from native Finland la- order to make the eastbound deck department, was born on ment man. Newsome, who is 31 California, and is operating on a crossing under the same conditions. March 17, 1919, and has been sail­ years old, was bom in Texas and temporary certificate from that As any Seafarer knows, the North Atlantic is a ing as a Seafarer since 1943. joined the Union at about the same area. In practice, the compan]»has tough ocean to handle even in a good sized merchant Recording Secretary Rupert time as Jones, on March 24, 1944. been bringing ships back from the ship, and it requires a good deal of skill to handle Pierce of Sneads Ferry, North He's married and sails in the deck Far East and then- running them , matters under sail. We certainly wish Brother Kivi­ Carolina, has ap­ department. intercoastal back to the East Coast. koski the best of luck and good sailing. weather on his return trip peared in this » 4^ ^ It has also been ~ operating a attepipt. corner before. Seafarer Floyd Fritz was chair­ limited intercoastal service be­ ^ X He's 26 years old man, and William M. Jenkins was tween Philadelphia and points and joined the NEXT ISSUE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ESTABLISHED UNION recording secre­ south and the West Coast-with a SIU in the Port tary at the last return to^Puerto Rico and the East practice, the SEAFARERS LOG will carry a reprint,.of the SIU con­ of Baltimore on stitution so that the membership will have an opportunity to re-acquaint Baltimore port Coast up Jo the Quaker City. November -2 9, meeting. Fritz Granting ''of a pernianenb-Certifi­ themselves with , the document under which the 1947. He sails in joined the SIU in cate on the California to North Union is governed. It .has been Union policy to re­ the engine d^ Baltimore eight Atlantic run would enable the com­ print the constitution every six months, afid to fol­ partihent. years back on pany to operate an express serv" low up with a full report to the membership of all Fricks Veteran Sea­ March 2, 1946. ice to California from New York trials and appeals that have been conducted by farer Arthur Fricks was the meet­ He cpmes from and back, and piclr up the slack membership committees during the six-month ing's reading clerk. Fricks joined Ohio originally from dwindling ^Far East cargo period. • the SIU a couple of months after but. now has. set­ The present SIU constitution has been in effect operations.-' < Jenkins it was founded, signing up on Janu­ tled down in Bal­ The Waterman attorney arguing for over a year and, a half, since the membership ary Hi 1939, in Savannah. He fob timore. He is 28 years old and the - case pointed out -that one by referendum vote approved comprehensive changer comes from -Georgia and lives • in married. Jenkins was born in major bperator, American-Hawai­ in the document,drafted originally in 1939.. It has . ?v v the city. Hp's 51 years ;Old, mar- North Carolina December 21, 19p9, ian, has - discontinued eastbound durihg that period-proved its wf^h |o.,the .memjbership. and , assured rie(i,,and sails in. the deck depart­ but now has his family • in New service, recently. -Waterman's ap- smooth and e|ficient Union operation at the same time. The test 6t ment on SIU ships. , York City. He joined the Union m plication--, is - -being opposed by time has shown ^t the SIU co'hstitiitioh has lived'upHo all expecta­ 'ii -ji • New York way back on February American- President Lines ' and tions and provedj.a Very satisfactory baste'law By which* the'Union liid -Lake ' Charles, Ldiiisiaha, 2, 1939. ^ ' " erates.' -t'. , . ' ,Luekenbach." Mobile Port improvements Set Permits Apply For Membership l^>:r Full Coastal Runs Planned By Waterman I' • i^'-i K'f ' �^1UI0 28, MSI SEAFARERS LOG Vare-FiVa Top of the News Line Seeks Two Manners For Orean Passenger Use TRVMAN AND PETBILLO 'SEND' l.KM MUSICIANS—Former President Harry S. Truman, on the piano, and James 0. Petrillo, play­ ing trumpet, staggered through their first rendition of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" in"entertaining members at the national convention Ex-President Harry S. Truman and James C. Petrillo of the Musi­ cians Union w^oop it up at union convention. of the American Federation of Musicians, AFL, held recently at Mil­ waukee, Wis. Their first performance was more or less on the sour side. The pair laughed at their miscues and suggested another try. This time Mr. Truman's solid left hand and the union chief's trills on the trumpet won an ovation from the 1,100 delegates. • t t /• WILL REVEALS EX-GOVERNOR'S 8300,000 EMBEZZLEMENT— The will of former New Jersey Governor Harold G. Hoffmtin, who died June 4, contained a sworn affidavit confessing the embezzlement of 8300,000 from the bank of which he was president, it was disclosed by his daughter. The defalcation took place between 1936 and 1938. I'he furiiicr governor also stated that naif that sum had been paid in blackmaii to a state official, now dead, whose name he did not reveal. The confession has touched off an investigation iirto other possible manipi^latiohs of state funds by the ex-governor. 3. t CHURCHILL AND EDEN MEET WITH IKE JUNE 25—Prime Min­ ister Winston Churchill and Foreign Minister Anthony Eden are sched­ uled to arrive here for a meeting June 25 at the White House with President' Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to review tensions in the US-British alliance. The ^ announcement came at a time when the British feel ail possibilities at Geneva have been exhausted. The conference will explore ways and means of dealing with the critical Communist advance in Indochina. WASHINGTON.—A bid to take two Mariner-type ships off the Government's hands and convert them for trans-Atlantic passenger operation Is likely to get some thoughtful consideration from the Martime Administration. Reviving a two-year effortlaunched during the preKorean War period, Arnold Bernstein Lines, a foreign-flag operator at present, has come for­ ward with the first concrete plan for new US-flag passenger opera­ tions between Europe and the US. The plan would at the same time put to use >at least two of the new high-speed Mariner vessels, most of which will be lying idle alto­ gether within a short time. The Bernstein proposal, the new­ est attenfpt by the company to enter US-flag passenger operations since its earlier effort was doomed by the start of the Korean War in 1950, calls for the company to undertake conversion of two Mariners to one-class passenger liners on a charter-basis. The ships would operate on the North Atlantic run, the same as was planned for the first plan put forth between 1948 and 1950. Sought Army Transport At that time, Bernstein sought to obtain Gov'ernment authority and subsidies for a conversion job on two idle Army transports to run between New Yopk, Antwerp and Rotterdam. The outbreak of the Korean fighting in June, 1950, with bids practically awarded for the conversions, doomed that effort right there.. The ships, both P-2 type trans­ ports, were 17,000 gross ton ves­ sels with speeds of about 20 knots. The Mariners are smaller, but can manage even better speeds, making them even more desirable for pas­ senger service. Planned for a potential of 850 one-class passengers per trfp, plus / . Ship operator Arnold Bernstein, who is seeking approval for charter of two Mariners in passenger service, is shown here with his wife entering, court where he is testifying on his suit against the Hol­ land-America Line. passenger cars and other cargo, voiding a 1939 sale of two ships to the converted Mariners would give Holland-American Lines formerly considerable boost to lagging US- operated by his own Red Star Line. flag passenger operations, with no new Vessels building or planned at this time. The lack of passenger ships available for possible fast troop transport in wartime has up to now found no sympathetic ears among existing US-flag operators. Bernstein, meanwhile, is currently involved in court action aimed at Seafarer Set For New Solo Atlantic Trip • Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski. who made a singlehanded eastbound crossing of the North Atlantic last summer in « 30-foot sailboat, has X^ left for Finland to take a crack at REVOLT IN GUATEMALA—Troops under the command of Col. a westbound crossing, according to Castillo Armas have risen to take over the government of Guatemala. his shipmates on the Warrier The action followed in the wake of the Guatemalan army's deman^ on (Waterman). President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman to make a firm decision on govern­ mental policy toward communism. Minor skirmishes between the rebels MOBILE—Heartened by primary run-off results in Mobile Crewmembers said that Kivikoski and government forces have taken place throughout the country. The paid off the ship well-equipped army's attitude toward the fight may well decide .the County, trade unionists here were hopeful the next session of in Mobile, Ala­ the State Legislature will repeal Alabama's anti-union shop eventual outcome of the rebellion. bama, with the law. intention of flying over to Finland which the SlU here took an active The second primary result­ YOUR: RIGHTS.ANb fRJWKSES AS and trying to and leading part. ed in a clean sweep for laborSIV MgN ARE aUAPANTEED ST duplicate last endorsed legislative candidates YOUR COMSnrUUOJ-f. THIS TEAyear'j feat when rURE (S DESIONEO TO ACOUAINT from Mobile when John Tyson and YGU WITH THESE fifOMTS AMD he made a trip of Otto Simon were nominated to the PRIVUEOES 4,500 miles from lower house. Democratic nomina­ Kivikoski New York to tion is tantamount to election in' Kemi, Finland, a Alabama. voyage that took him approximate­ Garet Van Antwerp previously ly 4Vi irionths. The biggest leg of From Article XIII, Section 6 had won nomination to the Ala­ the journey from New York to Deh bama Senate with trade union sup­ "Before assuming office, every Helder, Holland, took him &7 days. port. He defeated former State officer, port agent, and patrol­ On his return to the States, Senator Tom Jackson who success­ man shall take the following oathi Kivikoski was undecided whether fully introduced the anti-union or not to attempt a duplication of 'I do solemnly swear that I will shop measure—the so-called "righthis 1953 trip. faithfully execute the duties of to:-work" law—in the legislature. Also on the agenda for his Fin­ • •. T~. of the SlU, and I Michael T. Murphy, another land trip was a meeting with a candidate favorable to labor's will, to the best of my ability, Helsinki publishing firm through cause, also won nomination to the protect and preserve the Consti­ which he had arrang'ed for publica­ Alabama House in the first pri­ tion of a book on his voyage of last tution of this Union and the wel­ mary. The anti-union shop law was summer. fare of the membership'." an issue in all legislative races in Mobile County. James E. Folsom, who won the gubernatorial nomination, also has put himself on record against the 4aw. Folsom is credited with hav­ ing the support of the majority of Under the SIU contract, US Every elected official upon ossum the legislature, giving rise to Public Health Service, doctors ing office must take this oath, optimism that Alabama will bo the have the final say on whether, first state in the Deep South to whidt he is required ta olwy com­ or not a man is fit for duty. If i repeal the anti-union shop law and pletely. Any violdtion of m both othet* anti-labor legislation that there is any question about | woiild lead'to immediate' disci­ hat been enacted in recent yearsJ' your fitness to sail, check with It plinary oction dn^'tlw terniS off Uifcqit Judge Robert, Rr^ anil VISIT OUf^ A»ILr^I>tbe.nearest USPHS'hospital or. ITlpNCO BAKBEK S»k>P lh» Itaion CetwtHuHein.? 'V < ? > ' Tat Asse^r Bert E; "llioiaeB out-patient elinle for a ruling. • TOOAVi-Ar SIO iethto' cah^dat^' vVhO wqa'' noiiit^ •'K AVONtNl f •OOm.VN : tetfoB with AFL tinlM buppttrL In YOUandtheWm CONSYITUTION Alabama Vote Spurs 'Right To Work' Repeal USPHS Has TLoRt Say On Outy SUp ! ' ;• ,1 't �..Mw-KrllM '"HS-;.- SEAFARERS tOG «z Lunch Party Undarnaath Hudson RIvw ft: SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON The US merchant marine, during the first thr^e-month period of this year, remained about the same, numbering some 3,349 vessels as of March 31, 1954, comprising ships in the category of over 1,000 gross tons. • However, the number of active vessels continued to contract in this period, following a downward trend motion since the ending of the Korean war. Between December 31, 1953 and March 31, 1954, a net* total of 21^Govemment ships and 56 privately-owned vessels were withdrawn from active use and .either returned to the reserve fleet or temporary lay-up pending a revival of activity. , m I I r h-" rIf.!- W-' Ift. ii:-" 1^. "-h-'iv .-"v ' t ^ It now looks like Congress will give its blessing to legislation author­ izing the sale of C-1 type ships to the Government of Brazil or to Brazilian citizens. This bill was unanimously supported by the Ameri­ can shipping industry, and the ships are to be confined to the Brazilian coastwise trade, so as not to be competitive with American-flag shipping. The reason b^ind the industry support of this measure is that Ameri­ can lines feel that the legislation will be of importance in strengthen­ ing the hand of our State Department to eliminate certain statutes of the Brazilian Government which discriminate against American-flag vessels. Members of the copcrete Industry in New Xork are shown enjoying lunch served to them in one of The Brazilian discriminations take two principal forms—first, regula­ tions creating berthing, wharfage, and warehouse priorities in favor of the. concrete boxes supporting the hew Pier 57. The floor of the box Is 24 feet below river level. Brazilian shipping, and, second, a consular fee practice whereby ship­ pers using Brazilian-flag ve'ssels receive a discount of 50 percent on the consular fees otherwise payable. There have been misgivings among maritime unions over the C-1 ship sales on the grounds that once having granted the Brazilian re­ quest, it will be hard for this Government to deny similar requests, An off-beat kind of a job came up on the board at headquarters recently when Seafar­ some-long-pending, and any others that may arise in the future. Those ers were asked to crew a deep sea tug from Mobile which is under contract to the Marine Al­ who oppose the bill feel that it might lead to general reopening of the Ship Sales Act with the result that American-flag ships would be faced lied Workers, an affiliate of the SIU of North America. As a result, seven Seafarers with additional foreign-flag competion in the future. manned the unlicensed de- ^ t * • partment of the tug and three voyage this way: "She rolled all the manned, especially belov decks Congress is expected to approve the recent Presidential request for since it was a diesel job. way down and she rolled all the of them, unprepared for the an immediate appropriation of* $82,600,000 for construction of four rolling and pitching of a little 75- way back." • Since the tugs carry "It was an interesting trip," he passenger-cargo ships, experimental modernization of Liberty-type ves­ said, "but money-wise, of course, footer, had to confess to seasick­ a one-man galley gang. Miller was sels, reconstruction of Mariner-type ships which may be purchased ness -during parts of the voyage. all the galley jobs rolled into one, it doesn't rank with the kind of by private lines, and, finally, purchase of T-2 tankers that would be wages Seafarers get sailing deep Ordinarily, the tug would Jiave including the messman. traded in to the Government in consideration^ of the building of new In addition to Milleic. the tug^ sea ships." At that, the daily base tankers. been crewed by the MAW out of wage of $13.55 for the unlicensed the Gulf, but since the tug hap­ casried three ABs, three oilers, a"^ Specifically, this program would allow—the. Government to use is one of the top scales paid pened to be up North" and picked captain, mate, chief engineer and meir $44,500,000 to pay its part, in the way of construction subsidy and ; up a job in the assistant engineer, so she was well- in the tugboat business. ivational defense allowances, for the construction, of two large com­ New York area, bination passenger-cargo ships for the Grace Line, and two similar Seafarers were vessels for the Moore-McCormack Lines. called on to man Of the remaining sum, about $1L000,000 is to be used in the ex­ her under the perimental modernization of four Liberty ships in an effort to develop recipi-ocal job ar­ plans for the modernization of other Libertys in the r^erve fleet, rangement which looking toward increasing"their efficiency and speed. exists between About $26,000,000 would be used by the Government to buy T-2 all SIU affiliates. WASHINGTON.—state Department plans to sell 12 Cl- tankers, in the cases of those owners willing to use the money to con­ This calls for members of MAV-1 vessels to Brazil cleared a new hurdle last week, struct new tankers of larger size. If this program goes through, about Miller other SIU affUi- when the House Merchant Marine Committee approved a 20 older tankers would be traded in by industry and put in the reserve fleet fpr national defense purposes, and some 10 new tankers would »tes to get a call on jobs in the bill authorizing the sale. The-*event the particular SIU branch to Senate had previously passed shall be transferred to the govern­ be constructed and used in their stead. which the-ship is contracted hasn't the measure. t ment of Brazil or to a Brazilian Legislation that would have encouraged the private flnancing of men "available to man her. company for use in that country's Amendments tacked on to the new ship construction by authorizing the Government to insure 100 The tug jobs were a one-trip af­ coastwise trade. fair that arose when somebody bill by the House committee mean percent of loans advanced by private lenders, is dead for this session The measure contains a strict of Congress. needed a tug in a hurry to tow a that if the legislation passes^the barge with a 50-ton heavy lift from fuH House of Representatives, both prohibition against permitting the This is so because of opposition to the bill coibing from the Bureau Bermuda to Perth Amboy, New the House and Senate versions will ships to operate in international of the Budget, which also opposes the interest provision and other trade. This removed one of the features of the measure. Ship operators are unable to overcome this Jersey. The tug happened to be in lay-up for some time at the have to be resolved by a confer­ major dbjections by opponents to formidable opposition, so that if any legislation at all is passed along the measure, who charged that the this line, it will be completely watered down and of little use to the Perth Amboy drydock and conse­ ence committee. The House committee bill pro­ Government-owned ships, if sold •industry. quently was available for the job. • Seafarer Mike Miller, who sailed vides that within 24 months after to BrazU, would compete directly "t 4 on her as chief cook, described the the bill becomes law the 12 ships with US offshore shipping. American maritime unions have effectively blocked efforts of ship­ owners to throw out the windov/ an 82-year law relating to wages of seamen improperly discharged. The shipowners recently asked Con­ gress to approve a bill, which would bave prevented seamen from get­ ting an extra month's pay when shipowners improperly discharge sea­ men before the latter actually had received a month's wage. The existing law on the subject is,an old one—it was enacted back in 1872 for the purpose of protecting seamen from unscrupulous ship­ owners. . In addition to the stand of- maritime labor^ the proposed legislation, sponsored by maritime employers, has been opposed by the Depart­ ments of Commerce, Labor and the Bureau of the Budget. This means that the measure will not pass Congress. Tnjl Trip Real Roller Coaster • B I I p|| R Ship Sale To Brazil Moves ^ One Step Closer In Congress « A 24-hour-a-day quarantine inspection service by the US Public Health Service is being .urged by American Shipping operators^ and the bill that would provide this probably will be enacted soon because it is not controversial: The PHS, at the present time, provides this service from 6 AM to 6 PM. The industry-says that the present Public Health quarantine sched­ ule makes for inconvenience and substantial financial loss. Many ships arrive in port between 6 PM and 6 AM when no quarantine inspection la available. . It's worth while to'the operators to pay the additional money in the form of overtime that will go to Quarantine inspectors, rather than to hold an entire ship for as much as 22 hours because ho Inspectors are available after 6 PM. taster, SEAFARIRS LOO | IreeUyn 32, New Yerfc - 475 Fetiflh Avenue g Heeie tend me the feHewtnf t ^ le)• .heuna velumei ef the 1413 LOO 9 ^ **eli. p lhl......cemplete teti ef heiMd velumet ef the LOO p fer 1447 thteufk 1453 9 t25 eechu | teetefled ie e fetel- ef $• NAhfi •••eTfeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere'eeeee eeeeee«eeeee*eeoe«»eeeaa«eeeeeeeeeaee*eeae ^ AMMES3•••••••••••eeeeemeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee | i • ••ee eeee •• •• be •• • e.ye e*er e e.e«e f e • a • e • oa^e e* e Oee *• e * ^ �imi jr«M tS. 1954 SEAFARERS YOUR DOIXAR*S WORTH • . s====aaaa=a8sa8a=g=fc=5g=8 •BAPARER8 GUIDE TO EIETTER BUYING Scare Selling Plafiues Families Families are being subjected to much high-pressure selling designed to frighten them into_buying expensive goods on the installment plan. One of the most widespread of these campaigns is the attempt to scare people, into believing the use of ordinary cooking utensils will injure their health. Salesmen claim that cooking in ordinary utensils destroys most of the vitamins and minerals in food, or that the use of aluminum pans is dangerous because the aluminum collects in your body. Expensive Stainless Steel The salesmen spreading these stories generally sell very expensive sets of stainless steel utensils. Their prices are incredibly high. For example, one company sells a set of three covered saucepans for $70! Larger sets are sold for as much as $250. » If a family does want stainless steel utensils, it does not have to pay these steep prices. You can buy high-quality stainless steel with copperclad bottoms fon $16 or less for the set of three covered pans, for which the scare sellers charge up to $70. But you do not need any expensive stainless steel sets, nor need you>j>e afraid to use your present aluminum pots. The Federal Trade Commission several times has cracked down on some of these com­ panies who have circulated alarming stories that minute scrapings of aluminum collect in your body. The American Medical Association, US Public Health Service, the British Ministry of Health and other authorities have all stated that aluminum ware is quite safe for ordinary cooking. Hospitals them­ selves use aluminum cooking utensils and certainly would not if there were the slightest suspicion of danger. Aluminum is present in drink­ ing water, in most foods, in baking powder, and in the human body Itself—put there by nature. ^ As for the claims for health benefits from waterless cooking—there L some truth in this. Cooking foods in as little water as possible does conserve- food values since water-soluble vitamins are ^dissolved by cooking water. Of course if you consume the water you still get most of these vitamins. But you need no special brand of expensive utensils for waterless cooking. Such cookware should have thick bottoms and sides and tight-fitting covers that reflect the heat and steam from the food and thereby baste food while it cooks. Any pot meeting these specifications will do the job. BGst Buys in Luggage Seafarers will find useful the results of tests on luggage made by the National Burdau of Standards some time ago. The bureau tested luggage both in its laboratories and by sending sample suitcases on a 12,000-mile railroad trip around the country. The tests found that the most expensive type of luggage, leather, and the cheapest, plain fiberboard, were most susceptible to damage. Plastic-covered luggage and those made of vulcanized fiberboard stood up best. It was dlso found that smaller bags break less frequently than large ones. Vulcanized Fiberboard The vulcanized fiberboard bags which survived use well in the tests, nre comparatively Inexpensive, and are thus the best choice for hard use by a man who does a lot of traveling. ^The plastic-covered luggage also stood up well, but this type is expensive. The test also found that packing suitcases too heavily makes them susceptible to damage. Another frequent cause of damage is failure to lock luggage. In buying luggage, try all the locks and catches to make sure they work easily and hold securely. Also make sure the handle is securely attached. . In shopping for luggage, always compare prices at several stores. Some of the so-called discounts offered by some stores are only dis­ counts from jacked-up prices, although real discount stores do sell luggage at reductions. The SIU Sea Chest offers luggage at special reductions for Seafarers. •..> • _ Pare Seyea Outports Okay Mariner Rule Meetings in all ports have ap­ proved the headquarters resolu­ tion covering procedures for chief electricians on Mariner-type ships. The new regulations provide for chief electricians throwing in for these jobs to pass the scrutiny of a committee consisting of rank and file electricians plus the engine patrolman in the port. The com­ mittee will check on (heir qualifi­ cations to handle the Mariner job. The resolution was passed 'fol­ lowing a headquarters member­ ship meeting discussion as to the procedure used by the Union in filling chief's jobs on these ships. In the course of the discussion it was brought out that the complex­ ity of the Mariner electrical instal­ lations and the importance of the chief electrician's job made it necessary to ship only men who had previous Mariner or AC ship experience for such jobs. Assistant electricians for these ships will continue to ship off the board in the standard rotary ship­ ping fashion. Dramatic on the spot photo shows one of 12 survivors off the sunken Anna M, a tuna boat, climbing aboard the Maiden Creek (Water­ man) which picked up survivors last week in transfer operation off SOT Pedro, Calif. The entire crdw of the tuna boat, members of the SlU-affiliated Cannery Workers Union, were originally rescued by a research vessel. Photo by Seafarer Ronald Swayne. Co's Attack 1872 Pay Law WASHINGTON-.—A maritime union spokesman, representing the SIU and 12 other nonCommunist sea unions in the US, has challenged a bill before the House Merchant Marine Committee as one designed to "start the destruction of the concept of shipping articles be­ ing contracts of employment."! — Appearing at hearings on Union opposition to the measure a breach of contract by the master the measure, a representative is based on the view that the law or the shipowner. Under the pres­ of the Conference of American as originally enacted in 1872 was Maritime Unions charged that the intended to "protect the seamen purpose of the bill was being mis­ against unscrupulous and callous represented by those supporting it, shipowners who could and did take principally shipowners' groups and advantage of the seamen who Congressmen friendly to their sailed their ships." The CAMU point of view. spokesman-noted* that the most The legislation, originally intro­ important protection the seaman duced last year, would amend ex­ receives from the statute is in the isting statutes to eliminate a pro­ proposition that the ship's officer vision that any seaman discharged is prohibited from discharging him without cause before one month's because of petty dislikes or whims. wages are earned shall'be entitled The cost which would fall to the to receive from the employer, in shipowner serves to curb such sit­ addition to wages earned, a sum uations, he pointed out. To Protect Company equal to an .additional month's wages. The provision that a sea­ "The argument mosjt often used man is entitled to one month's by proponents of this 'bill," he de­ wages if discharged without fault clared, '-4B that the shipowner must on his part prior to the commence­ be protected from paying the extra ment of the voyage would be left month's wages-for voyages which as is. are less than one month in dura­ Both the Departments of Labor tion. This argument is invalid be­ and Commerce, in addition to the cause court decisions, based on the sea unions, have registered opposi­ original statute, provide that the tion to the proposed change in the .seaman is entitled to the extra 82-year-old statute. month's wages only w^en there Is Cartoon History Of The SIU In the summer of 1948, the SIU faced a second test on the issue of American seamen and US ships car­ rying US aid cargoes overseas. Although the Union had. earlier* won approval of the "50-50" prUiciple for moving Marshall Plan cargoes, a new fight arose when a ipajor arms aid bill came up before Congress, LOG Challenge to '50-50' Eager to grab up all the shipping for themselves at the expense of US seamen and US-flag ship opera­ tors, the low-standard foreign sWpping interests provided the major opposition. As before, the SIU demanded a guarantee that US ships would carry at least half of the Government-^nanced ca|:go. ent law, the shipowner may engage in voyages of less than one month's duration without violating the em­ ployment contract and thereby being subjected to paying the extra month's wages." he continued. "However." the union spokesman added, "the shipowner could not sign articles with his crew for a voyage to a far distant port such as Australia and then divert his ship to a nearby port for which the voyage would be of less than a month's duration without breach­ ing the contract. This is clearly a justifiable case for awarding the seaman an extra month's wages . . . It is only fair that the seaman be assured of the approximate dura­ tion of employment before he signs articles." Under the bill, he concluded, seamen would be deprived of a convenient rule for assessing the amount of damages thqt could lie recovered for an unwarranted dis­ charge in such circumstances. A o. oe With the aid of many Coi^ressmen, plus labor and civic groups, the protest led by the SIU again won the day for US shipping. A "50-50" proviso was in­ cluded in the multi-billion-dollar arms aid measure, and put a halt to further cutbacks in the alreadydwindling US-flag merchant fleet for a time. t. >v.^ -V.tk J �SEAFARERS LOG rare EicU , t^- 24 Seafarers Made '54 Art Ceiitest M Joae 25. 1954 CASH BENEFITS SIU since 1952 out of New York, (Continued from page 2) colors, he is now in the Army at where he has his home. Bom in Fort Dix, NJ. He ships in the Poland in 1894, he sails as a ma­ dec'k department, sailing on SIU chinist. Utilizing his on the job rhips since 1951. Hope was bom skills, he machine-tooled two gyro­ In New York City in 1928 and lives scopes out^ of bronze which won in Brooklyn. His him the top prize in handicrafts. winning oil paint­ Another of his entries was a col­ ing was of a lapsible chair. • '-f ' small-town street Georges L. Pllour (oils): Pre­ scene; the water- sented with a special awanl in oils color, his first for his painting of a landscape ~ effort in that in his native FrancCi Pitour has field, ^as a por­ been sailing on SIU ships in the REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID trait of a young engine department since 1951. girl. He won sec­ Bom in 1910, he now lives in Long From To ^ ond prize in oils Island City, NY. Kienost in both the 1952 Keith Sawvel and 1953 SIU contests. (drawings): Win­ No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Richard Howell (handicrafts): ner of first prize Sailing in the deck department on in drawings for Averaite Benefits Paid Each Seafarer SIU ships since June, 1953, he was a pencil sketch Total Benefits Paid this Period bom in North Carolina in 1924, "The Bosun," 71. and now lives in NY. His entries sketched of the were a handcarved chain contain­ bosun on the SS WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD ing several links, all made from Fairport, he has v'SwiSiSiSsa single piece of been sailihg SIU Sawvel wood, plus a in the steward 1 carved "ball in a Hosoital Benefits 11 9/^6 oo department since 1951. Born in block" gadget 1925, he lives at Moravia, Iowa. 1 also cut out of Death Benefits Hans Skalagaard (oils): Winner one piece of 1 of a special award in oils for his e>o Disability Benefits 1 / wood. painting of a sailing ship^ he has R. C. Kienost ! Maternity Benefits 1 been a member of the SIU since (oils): Bom in 1943. He sails in the deck depart­ Switzerl and in Vacation Benefits | wmmmmrnm ment and was bom in Denmark in 1893, he has been King /' 1924. He tied for a third prize in Total ii ' / 7/^ ^76 a member of the oils in the 1953 SIU since 1938. A resident of Mt. Pleasant Beach, Maryland, he sails contest. Bert Suall WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY in the steward department. His (drawings): Sail­ painting was of a floral display. Morris R. King (oils): A member ing in the deck of the SIU since 1945, he sails in departm e n t on Hosoital Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950 • || the engine department. Bom in SIU sljips sinc^ 195^ he is a Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* II 97F 0/da 4<3|| Louisiana in 1926, he now lives in New Orleans. His paintings were native of Brook­ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * "A Portrait of Wessels," a fellow lyn and was bom there in 1930. crewmemher at" one time, and "At Maternify Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Thome Monte," showing His entry this year was an abstract crayon de­ a vessel in MonVacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * sign. He won second prize in wativideo. Total • r ' ' James Lewis tercolors in 1953. John Tarkov (oils): Tied for flrst (handic rafts): * bate Benefits Becan H ' Winner of a spe- prize in oils with his entry titled "Life of A Lfttle Boy," a landscape c i a 1 award in handicrafts for a showing a little boy romping WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS hand-made knot­ through the country, he has been ted ladies' hand­ a member of the SIU since 1943. bag, he is pres­ Born in Russia in 1908, he sails in Vacation' Mallei ently hospitalized the deck department and makes Cash on Hand ' at the USPHS hospital, Manhattan his home in Jackson Heights, NY. JtC j Sal Terracina (handicrafts): Sail­ Beach, Brooklyn, NY. Born in Mas­ . o . .. Vacation sachusetts in 1897, he has sailed in ing in the steward department on, Estimated Accounts Receiyable the deck department on SIU ships SIU ships since 1951, he was born since 1951. in New Jersey in 1911 and now US Goyernment Bonds (Welfare) JPO?| Norman Maffei (oils): Presented makes his home in NY. His en­ with a special award in oils for his tries were four hand-made masks Real Estate (Welfare) painting titled "Trouble At The of Oriental figures copied from Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) Shape-up," illustrating a water­ photographs he has taken in Asiar //9oLa front brawl, he is a member of the He has had a sideline of making 1 TOTAL ASSETS || SIU since 1947. Bom in NY in similar masks for several years. Allan Thome (oils): Sailing in 1923, he now lives in Franklinsville, NY, and sails in the deck de­ the deck department, he has been partment. He tied for third prize a member of the SIU since 1942, in oils in 1953. and was born in NY in 1923. He Jacob Malenke (oils): Sailing now makes his home in Walpole, with the SIU since 1952 in the NH. His entries steward department, he was born included a still in Parkerford, Pa., in 1930 and life composition still has his home there. His en­ and a city street ^ tries included a nude, a ship paint­ scene. Pej;er Van Wying and one study of a Javanese mother and child. gerden (watercolJohn McLemore (oils): Born In ors): A member Mississippi in 1911, he has been a of the steward member of the SIU since 1939, and dep a r t ni e n t is a member of the deck depart­ aboard SIU ships Weisbrot ment. The first man to enter the since 1951, he contest this year, he missed the was bom in Rotterdam, Holland, 1953 competition by just a few in 1926, and now lives in NY. His days. His paint­ entries were four watercolor Stud­ ings pictured ies of Oriental figures. shipboard life I. C. Weisbrot (handicraft): Bom' SukmitUd A1 Kerr, AssistmtlTXdiiiiHistrator and a study of a in New York in 1920, he has been tanker in heavy sailing in the steward department seas. on SIU ships since 1951 and now Alfred Pfeifer makes his home in New Orleans, (handic raft s): La. His entry was a hand-made Winner of the plate for printing greeting cards first prize in and samples of the finished greet­ All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part — Colliectlng SIU bene­ bandicrafts, 'he ing card. He won first prize in fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death— You $et first-rate personal ,5 (3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION. PLANS co\ ' ®*®ll oA aA 1 1 COMMBNTSi During the month of I;/Iay the Flan paid out lA Death Bene­ fits, making a total for the year, so far, of 92. The Plan also paid out 817 Hospital Benefits during the month of May making a jrear to date total of ^^533. The amount of Mater­ nity Benefits paid for the month was 31# which gives the Flan a year to date total of 223. The Scholarship Awards Committee, composed of 5 college professorsi will meet tomorrow to assist the Trustees in selecting U winners of the Seafarers' scholarships for the year 195A, out of the 11 eligible applicants. /K . Mf?- • and, remember this service iiriro^ately though yp^Uni^^ > I? �June 25, 1954 SEAFAREri^S Pare Nfn* LOG 1 SEAFARERS The Ward Line will soon orAer five (oreifn-buiit specially-designed freighters for Its New Tork-Mexico service, it was learned recently. The 6,300-ton doubte-rigged ships will replace the foreign-flag ships the line has recently chartered for the trade. The ships are expected to be in service by early 1956. Bids from German and Dutch shipyards are being studied now for the new ships, to be of 350,000-baIe capacity with 50,000 #ubic feet of reefer space and a speed of 16 knots. •i*. I One of the seaman's more considerable concerns, after chow and working condition;, is weather. That's one thing that the Seafarer can look forward to plenty of. For what may be just an ordinary breeze on land may become a problem offshore where the openness of the ocean and the effects of wind on water multiply the weather problem Television sets are becoming many times over. • 4> ~ Weather problems are compounded by the rotation of the earth as quite the thing it seems, both on The Italian Line has begun to book passengers on its newest liner, well, so that there are certain well defined patterns in the southern coastwise and offshore ships, with the Cristoforo Colombo, which is scheduled to make her maiden voy­ and northern hemispheres, as well as local weather patterns which age to New York late In July. Word from Genoa reports that the a good number of crews chipping are the result of warm and cold currents, nearby land masses and 29,100-ton vessel had exceeded by four-tenths of a knot the speed trial in to provide for electronic enter­ other factors. mark of her sister ship, the Andrea Doria.. The Senate Appropria­ tainment as long as the ship is Atmospheric Pressure tions Committee has instructed officials handling military ship­ running coastwise or getting into While weather prediction is still a long way from being an exact building contract awards to make allowance for cost differentials bescience, there are certain basic rules which help us understand what's twee"n"tTirE7srand"west "co"asTs7 The "a'ctTo'n'wiirincrlase within range of a TV receiver, going on. To begin with, winds, which are nothing more than air cur­ Rigged Antenna ties for West Coast operators to participate in the shipbuilding program. rents, tend to circle regions where the atmospheric pressure is above The gang on the Steel Rover or below-the average of 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea-level. 4" 4 • 4 (Isthmian) chipped in to get a set,, Where the pressure is high, the wind will blow clockwise around the The problem of visas forToreign seamen, who will need them next and chief electrician William B. An­ high-pressure regions." This is true only for the northern hemisphere. year ^ they sail on ships coming to this country, will be discussed by drews took on the job of insialling South of the equator, the directions are reversed. the Seafarers' Section of the International Transportworkers Federa­ the antenna and rigging it to the Consequently, in the northern hemisphere, when standing with back tion in London next month. The requirement that all foreign seamen king post in such a way as not to to the wind, the low-pressure area will be at the left and the highcoming to the United States must have passports and visas is part of interfere with any other shipboard pressure at the right. The reverse holds true again, south of th» the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. It will become effective next operation. equator. June. Previously, seamen needed no more than their regular shipping The standard weather mdp is marked up with isobars, which are According to the crew he did a papers to gain permission for shore leave here. neat and permanent job which was simply lines connecting all points of equal pressure on the surface 4 4 4 to the satisfaction of all parties covered by the map. Winds will blow parallel to these isobars. Where Round-the-clock inspection of ships at Quarantine, long sought by concerned, including the men who the isobars are close together, indicating varying pressures within a the shipping industry, moved a step closer to realization as the Inter­ look for good TV reception any­ narrow range, the winds will be strong and produce rough seas. , Wind Belts state and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House repor^d favor­ where in range of a station. Because of the fixed position of the continents, the tilt of the axis Andrews, who has been an SlU ably on a bill that would provide the service. United States Public Health officers, charged with the ship examinations, now work only member for almost 10 years, and the standard orbit of the earth's rotation, the seas can be divided between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Vessels arriving later are forced to wait joined the ^Union in the Port of into wind belts, which are irregular in width and shift with the sea­ for clearance until the next day; a requirement that shipowners say costs New York. He's 61 years of age sons. Well-known to every seaman, they are the doldrums, the area the industry hundredi^'of thousands of dollars annually. The new bill and comes originally from the of the trade winds and the horse latitudes. The doldrums cover a belt of 10 to 20 degrees in width centered on Emerald Isle. calls for 24-hour inspections. the equator. Throughout this area, sea-level atmospheric pressure is . -4 4 4 4 4 4 below normal and the entire area is characterized by heavy, humidity, American shipbuilders believe that President Eisenhower's budget Crewmembers of the Monarch afternoon showers, cloudiness and light winds. The horse latitudes request of $81,600,000 in supplemental funds for merchant ship con­ of the Seas (Waterman) feel they are centered at around 30 degrees north and are regions of above struction holds little promise for immediate aid to the industry's got a good thing away from the normal pressure. Here there are light, variable winds and partly present depressed condition. The request calls for the eonstruc- rival Mobile outfit, Alcoa Steam­ cloudy skies. A similar belt exists in the southern hemisphere. Be­ tion of four passenger liners and 10 tankers-,. .John J. McMullen has ship Company, when Seafarer tween the doldrums and the horse latitudes blow the northeast and been appointed chief of the Maritime Administration's office of ship John. Roberts shipped out .with southeast trade winds. Between winter and summer-the area of th» construction ana repair It was announced recently. He succeeds Capt. them as steward. Roberts, the trades will shift approximately 10 degrees, moving northward with R. L. Hicks, who resigned the post April 30. crew said, used to sail steward on the sun. Alcoa passenger ships but now is At 60 degrees north or south below-normal pressure over the oceans 4 4 4 - ' eminently satisfying Seafarers' ap­ is pretty well standard. Storms, high winds and cloudy skies are uni­ Deep sea trawling for lobsters might mean the salvation of the fast- petites on the Waterman Line versal. In tne northern hemisphere, the area of the prevailing wester­ diminishing New England lobster trade, the director of the Massa­ freighter. lies lies between the northern limit of the horse latitudes and the chusetts State Division of Marine Fisheries has reported. Fish buyers storm belt of low pressure. Their equivalents in the southern hemi­ ' ^Joined In Miami were favorably impressed by the operation of the dragger Sea Hawk Roberts is an oldtimer with the_ sphere, the_ roaring forties, are much stronger because there are noT" now engaged in deep ^ea lobstering off distant fishing grounds. The SlU, joining the Union in Miami" great land masses to block the wind. Sea Hawk averages a weekly catch of 3,500 pounds of lobsters for her way back in January, 1939, just a Monsoon Pattern five-day trips, keeping the lobsters alive in. a huge tank on her deck. couple of months after it was or­ There are also local wind and storm patterns of persistent char­ 4 4 4 ganized. acter. In the Indian Ocean near the coast, a reversible wind is found, Three Filipino cadet-midshipmen received their degrees in a special He's a native of Florida, 41 the monsoon. In the summer, it. is a strong southwest wind accom­ "pier-head" jump graduation ceremony yesterday at the United States years old, and lives in St. Peters­ panied by rain. In the winter, it is a northerly dry wind from the in­ Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, LI. The cadets were grad­ burg between trips. terior. Temperate zone storms, between the horse latitudes and lati­ uated in the presence of their entire class, which will 'not be graduated tude 60 degrees north or south, are tropical in origin. These extra4 4 4 until August 6. The three Filipino students were expedited through at tropical cyclones, as they are known, are accompanied by verj' low the request of their Government, which wants them bi^k as soon as Another steward who came in pressure and strong wind and rain. They will move 400 to 600 miles a possible for service in the Navy. for words of praise was James day traveling from west to east with a small northerly drift. In the 4 4 4 St Eichenberg of the northern hemisphere, these cyclones' blow counter-clockwise, and the Sea Cloud (Sea- reverse south of the equator. Arthur R. Kennedy, assistant to the vice president of the Bull Liner The.approach of a cyclone is shown by a rapidly falling barometer traders). C r e wreturning from a month's tour of Europe, declared that Spain offered with a pick-up in wind velocity from a southeasterly direction in the members. on the .. good opportunities for trade development, particularly in agricultural ship's last run northern hemisphere and a northeasterly direction in the southern hemi­ and road machinery, ..Traffic through the Port of New York in May , to Yugoslavia on sphere. A shift of the wind to westward heralds the end of the storm. brought less yield as compared with the previous month and a year more than one The entire tropical cyclone also tends to follow a big reverse curve. ago. The report listed 1,420 ship movements—694 ships arriving from occasion ex­ In the northern hemisphere they start out traveling toward the north­ abroad and 726 sailing to foreign .ports in May. American-flag ships pressed appreci­ west but then swing in direction to the northeast. In the southern accounted Sor only 473 of the total, ation of the fine hemisphere they head southwest and then southeast. This curve, of 4 4 4 menus and good course, is followed over many thousands of miles of ocean. Eichenberg food offered on The diameter of a storm of this kind varies from 200 miles up to A crew of thirteen men and natives was rescued from the 407-ton 1,000 mjjes. In the very center of the storm the air will be still but motor ship Nukalau five minutes before it sank 200 miles off the coast the ship. of New South Wales. Their distress signals were answered by the Eichenberg's a New Jersey the ocean stirred up by circling winds will be very confused. The most Australian steamer Fiona, which sprayed oil on the heavy seas to native, who will be 40 years old dangerous area of a cyclone, known as the dangerous semi-circle, is enable the rescue to be made... The Bethlehein Steel Corp.'s San Fran­ next week. He joined the SlU in the half of the storm to the right of its path in the north and to the cisco shipyard has been awarded the contract to convert the Evergreen Philadelphia on October 7, 1944, left in the south, because here the velocity of the winds within the Mariner to an attack transport for $6,497,150 in 334 calendar days, it and makes his home in Camden, storm and the movement of the entire storm itself are added to each was announced recently. other. NJ. Burly lit i'-: 'Fair And Possibly Stormy' ACTION Voice Of The Deep Dy Bernard Seaman i ^1 •jl I vtjl �SEAFARERS Vkge Tea m THE WAKE LOG June 25t 1954 ' MEET THE SEAFARER 'Juan Sebastian del Cano, who w»iS EEfWARD YANCEY, electrician^ captain of the only ship to last the Sailing since 1942, Edward Line runs. It's relatively clean, voyage and return to Spain, really Yancey, elecftrician, feels that the modern and offers food^nd enter­ deserves the honors, although del Question: What do you think of SIU can be credited with a lot tainment as close as you'll come to Cano did perform the feat in a having television sets aboard ship'f more than just improving the that of Stateside. single voyage. • working conditions and wages of Good Eating I. G. Cumming, cook: I think it's the Seafarer. t /t 4 The gals are pretty nice too he a fine thing for the boys, but it's • The Union has been able to admits, but he didn't dwell on the The rummage sales as we know dispel the long-time notion of the subject, switching instead to food. them today, in which odds and not practical. The general public that Seafarers were His favprite dish, which he never ends contributed to charitable and coastwise ships "just a bunch of roughnecks" that misses having when he is in civm groups are sold for the pur­ I've been on that television called no one place home and were Durban, is a heaping plate full of pose of raising funds, were first h a (i had a terrible near the bottom of the labO]:.heap. crayfish and asparagus tips for the held on piers to get rid of unclaim­ Now_.thb publie finally realizes grand sum (>f $1.25. It's really ed cargo. Rummage comes from time getting the that the average Seafarer is a "Mr. good eating iii any mAn's language the old French word argumer, sound, especially Solid Citizen," that he is a family and at an attractive price, Yancey which means tp arrange the cargo when the engine man, owns his own home in many in the hold of a ship, while run room's aft. B e says. cases, and has a little something or rum meant hold or room. The sides the picture Single now, Yancey lives in Con­ was almost never tucked away in the bank for that rummage idea carried ashore came necticut and runs up home on clear. On offshore ships it's not rainy day. from the helter-skelter arrange­ weekends when he's not sailing in Was In Navy ment and confusion relative to much use either. a big green Buick that is his pride & X^ stowing cargo aboard ship years Brother Yancey first joined the Jose Reyes, AB: It would be a Navy to see the world In 1942. and joy." You can see him often gone by.'The run today is the after part of a ship's bottom, which rises fine thing to have on coastwise After four months of boot training, times giving it a lick and a polish ships. The men the call went out for men to man outside the htill while h^'s waiting and narrows as it approaches the i 4 could see the the merchant fleet and he chose to between calls. stempost. The pinnace, a small, light vesUp To Date | baseball games go to sea as a Seafarer. ael, generally two-masted, and J. t and other shows, A fishing and hunting enthusiast His first berth was that of an •chooner-rigged, derived its name and they would oiler on a'trip to the Gulf ports. during his seaside leisure moments, Although Captain John Smith is from the lumber of which it was known best as a leader of the Eng­ be happier in One trip was enough to convince Yancey and a Seafarer-buddy own originally built, from the Latin lish colony established at James­ their off hours. him that if he had been a union a fishing lodge In Canada that they pinus, for pine tree. The pinnace town, Va., in 1607, it was he who I've seen it in op­ man on shore, there wasn't much try to get up to as often as they was often used as a tender for a also gave the group of states eration aboard sense in sailing on a non-union can. * larger sailing vessel, and was known as New England their name. ship, and the re­ ship. Not really in the wilds, it is a sometimes propelled entirely by His book, entitled "A Description ception has-been Born in Chicago, he first started fine place to get away from it all, oars .. . Scandalize, an old nautical of New En^and," which was pub­ very good. We ought to try to get working when he was 15 as an and the fishing is really good when term, haS nothing to do with scan­ lished in 1616 after he had demon­ television on all coastwise ships. apprentice tuck pointer and build­ they get around to dropping 8 line dal, in terms of gossip, but stems strated the potential of the fishing 4 t i ing cleaner. (A "tiick pointer" is in the water. Generally they go up from scantle, the short form of industry in the area, used the Henry M. Robinson, chief elec­ a man who replaces loose cement and loaf around, taking it easy and scant, short or brief. When a sailor name for the first time. New Eng­ getting most of their exercise bend­ "scandalized the mainsail," he re­ land eventually did become one of trician: It would be a beautiful on brick buildings.) ing an elbow over a good two-inch Tankers Tough duced its ^rea by lowering the the leading fishing regions in the thing, as long as the crew left the steak. Just hearing Yancey de­ peak and hauling up the tack. Yancey says he found boot train­ world, as a result of Smith's view repairs and scribe how he specially fixes his ing rather tame compared with on the prospects for settlement maintenance to I' shipping on. a tanker in some of the steak is enough to make your in New England. the radio opera­ ' convoys to the North Atlantic and mouth water. While it is true that Ferdinand tor. I think we One of the most loyal readers of 4, i t to North Africa. Magellan did not actually circum­ ought to have it He claims he was ;ust plain the SEAFARERS LOG, Yancey The triangular tract of land that on all ships. They navigate the earth because he was lucky since he never lost a ship says, he is also a helpful critic. He often forms at the mouth of a killed in the Philippines before his have television although they had a couple of runs says he .never misses an issue and famous voyage Was completed, river is called a delta because in channels in Eu­ ,for their money. On one trip to finds the pi^er brings him up to some historians argue that he did outline it resembles delta, the rope .and the go almost completely around the fourth letter of the Greek alpha­ West Indies, and we could enjoy it Africa his ship was forced to run date with what's going on of in­ and-hide in the Persian Gulf., An­ terest to the Seafarer. world—although in two separate bet, which is shaped like a small for a week or so coastwise. other time a Japanese sub was hot However, Yancey says, with .so trips nearly ten years apart. When triangle and corresponds to the let­ i t . on the ship's tail on a trip to Chitmany of the men interested in the Portuguese navigator was ter "D" in English. Delta in this Frederick Lewis, steward: In my killed in 1521, he had sailed west sense was originally applied by the opinion it's a good idea on coast­ tagong, India, and they sought basebair--and sports and not near to a point 124* -longtitude East of Greeks to the three-cornered tract wise ships, but shelter in the Indian Ocean. But a radio or newspopers for long Greenwich. In 1512, however, it of land formed by the diverging if the ship's like he says, no hits, two runs and periods at a time, he would like to, see pccasiortally printed the Is said Magellan sailed as far east mouths of the Nile and seacoast. going foreign he was really luckS^. He must like Durban, South standings of the various teams as as Banda Island, East Indonesia, The Mississippi, Danube, Rhine there probably In the Moluccas, which is about and Indus are other great rivers of wouldn't be any Africa, the wais he talks about the well as the latest happenings in the 130° longtitude East. The argu­ the world that have clearly-defined reception. Never­ town which is pretty much a uni­ leagues. ThinkA It would help a lot ' ment therefore is that he, not deltas. theless, we ought form feeling among men on Robin and really be appreciated. to try it out and see what kind' of results we get. It's- fine enter­ tainment, and it gives the menHhe 20. Speckled 30. Long knife ACROSS 4. Kind of The United States severed diplo­ platform was adopted and the feeling they're still at home. groupers cigarette 1. Kind of cargo 33. Undirected matic relations with Finland charg­ gathering was addressed by ex4. Cleaning agent 5. Musical drama 21. Region t t Endured 36. 22. What. roUIng 8. Erie or Huron 8. Breeze William A. Roesch, wiper: I'd ing the Helsinki Government had President Herbert Hoover and stone doesn't 7. Transit from 38. Every 12. Former relief gather one place to 40. Bow agency like to see television sets aboard entered into a military partnership Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, Repre­ another 24. Covers with 42. Complain 13. Port on Upolu with Germany to fight the Allies sentative from Connecticut. Gov. all our ships, gold paint 43. Russian hemp 8. Dodger pitcher 14. Seed cover of the United States on the side of Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, Kind of cargo Russian inland 44. Very small New cargo 9. 15. whether they're ship sea amount. ships the enemy . . . Allied planes was nominated for the Presidency, coastwise or deep Outside the 46. Freezes 17. False move by 19. Murder bombed oil refineries near Buda­ receiving the Votes of all but one bulwarks Members of 49. Age pitcher 11. sea. No doubt BPOE Russian moun­ 50. No 18. Tie up pest, rail yards and ^Plants in delegate. the reception tain range 51. Definite articl* 19. Helpers of con 16. Charged Hungary and Yugoslavia. In the particles men would be better (Puzzle Answer On Page 20) 21. Egyptian deity Pas-de-Calais area they bombed coastwise, but 23. Another time 1 2 the robot bomb launching plat­ In Normandy the Allies pushed about 25. even deep sea 27. Lake fire forms which were sending buzz- across the Odon River to the west ships travel along 12 81. Eastern bombs to London. of Caen . . . "The area of Lpndon," Standard Time; the coast for a Abbr. a Berlin communique said, "is in­ 15 while, and there Governed X cessantly subjected to heavy fire 34. Vase are telecasts from countries in EUP 35. Lake Superior The battle for Cher­ The National Labor Relations by V-l's'^ . rope and the West Indies. port bourg was noted by the Allies as Board announced that the NMU 87. Bristles 4 t it 89. Accumulate practically oVer when" in the rain had failed in its attempt, to Frank Young, bosun: On coast­ seaman 41. 43. Former Italian wise ships it's a fine idea, but I'd carry the > Pittsburgh Steamship and chill wind, , Allied troops Prime Minister prefer to see us Company's.steel-ore carrying fleet. mopped up the port niaking it pos­ 45. Island in cen­ tral Azores concentrate o n The vote was 720 for the NMU and sible to. open up true .port facili­ 47. Mob fight getting , good 889 against ... A tornado swept ties for the first time. 48. Kind of ship standard short western Pennsylvania, north-cen­ 82. Poker bet • S3. Cleveland'* wave equipmeiit tral West 'Virginia and Maryland, lake A lease was signed by the SIU's oh deep sea killing 153 or more persons and 84. Cheer 85. Part of a A&G District for QeW headquar­ injuring more than1,000; it cost ships, where necklace regular 'Centact $5 million in property damage,. • ters of the district in Ne.w '^rk. 84. Datives: Abbr. •7. -Stain The new building was locate^ at with the rest of * t * 51 Beaver Street, some few blocks DOWN . the worfd is more Democrat: from the old address at 2' Stone Th* Republican National Gbnimportant. Men Abbr.. on coastwlsh ships can get a paper TcnUon met ha Chicago. Gov. Earl Street, and offered five floors of Big naihe' ln rgdto. ' ..--ri f /, f ei'CFy couple of days. Deep sea you C. " Warren, of - California;v was facilities for use by the member.{ «. Flshllljf -.is chosen temporary. ..chairman. *A ^Ipii.-,; England According to a popular story, •tateroom as applied to the pas­ senger compartment on a ship originated about 1844 when Cap­ tain Henry M. Shreve, after whom Shreveport, La., was named, had cabins 'built oOi his steamboat and named them after the states bor­ dering on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The cabins were called "the states" at first, and finally were known as "State rooms." But stateroom was applied to a ship compartment as early as 1660 in England, so it is likely that Shreve's scheme of naming his cabins was actually suggested by the word stateroom itself. The original stateroom was a ^oom in a palace or hotel that was specially decorated and used only on state or ceremonial occasions, or on early vessels for wealthy and dis­ tinguished travelers. TEN TEARS AGO ^1 ^ 1 �June 2&. 1»S4 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SEAFARERS# LOG JHII* 25, 1*54 *Mfe// Done, Brofhersl Vol. XVi, No. 13 Published biweekly by the Seafarers -International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL. Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEHBEPT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff' Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, At MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. M •^1 SIU Scholars Announcement of the winners of four $6,000 SIU college scholarships this week marks another major milestone for the SIU, one of many the Union has achieved in its short history. First inaugurated last year, the program has already sent four children of Seafarers to the college of their choice for four years of study and, this fall, three active Seafarers will be €ntei;ing school with the aid of the Union grants, along with the fourth 1954 winner, the son of an SIU member. Events like this are invariably the occasion for a^ revival of comparisons between the present and "the old days," as oldtimers vie in remembering the different benefits thought "unattainable" then, many of which have, in large part, been realized in recent years. It is certainly a mark of forward progress when the sons and daughters of seamen, and seamen themselves for that matter, can have the opportunity for a college education un­ der Union auspices. Imese are the pipedreams of years ago actually come to life. Moreover, the fact that three Seafarers are among the for­ tunate scholarship award winners this year demonstrates again that SIU men have skills that go far beyond those sim­ ply required oil the job. Competing with young men and women fresh out of high school, these professional seamen have made their mark the hard way. We wish them all a smooth trip on the seas of learning. - New Passenger Run? A proposal that has come to light in Washington concern­ ing possible conversion of Mariner ships for.pasenger use is certain to attract a good deal of interest in maritime cir­ cles. It is no secret that the Government is anxious to unload some of the Mariners for commercial purposes and that few shipowners have indicated any great interest along those lines. However, now the Maritime Administration has before it a request by Arnold Bernstein, a veteran shipping operator, for a charter on two of the Mariners to be used in one-class North Atlantic passenger seryice. The Bernstein proppsal has merit from two points of view. For one thing, the; Government, particularly the Defense De= partment, has been concerned about the shortage of passenger ship facilities. Secondly, it would provide a type of passenger service that up until now has been pretty well monopolized by foreign flags. As a matter of fact, once before Bernstein had a similar ap­ plication approved by the Maritime Administration, but the outbreak of the Korean War put a stop to that. In its-previous attempts to sell the Mariners, the Maritime Administration had been negotiating With Moore-McCormack Lines to take two Mariners for their South American pas­ senger service. The plans fell through when the company decided that the Mariners would not be suitable for its pur­ poses. No doubt then, the Maritime Administration is going to give careful consideration to Bernstein's proposal to see if it measures up to the country's long-range program for more passenger ships—a program that has solid support from all sections of maritime. Opening The Door The green Jight given the House Merchant Marine Committee to a bill-already passed by the Senate to permit the sale of 12 C-l-type vessels to Brazil, is, we hope, still going to undergo a lot of scrutiny in the lower chamber before it winds lip in the hands of the President. The measure would be the first successful effort to reopen the long-expired Ship Sales Act governing the sale of Gov­ ernment owned vessels at a time when it would appear to be in the best interest of the United States to keep as many ships for its Own potential use as possible. , ;Alfhough Briizil is admittedly a jpower friendly to the US, tjie obvious fact is that in permitting'this salft th^ Congress would be. setting a precedent for equally s^enuous pleas.op, behalf of sother iaations, with the end-result .that jth^ US mer-. chant marine would be sweliorwed up wholes>»••> •: Sings Praises Of Seamen^s Ciuh To the Editor: I was very anxious to visit the new USSC in Yokohama, Japan, for that is what I call home when I happen to be here. It has been at its new location for just about one year. A huge living room is located in the main floor facing the entrance, where they boast, besides taste­ fully arranged furniture, a nice big TV set. That may not seem news to most of us back home, but since TV is just a babe in this part of the world if is quite a luxury. The main living room, counter service, souvenir shop, mail laun­ dry, and checking service, and three small offices are also located on the main floor. Ending a 35-day strike, 2,700 bus was the learning period to 160 Photo Lab and trolley operators on Pitts­ hours, at not less than 63 cents Stepping down to the basement we found the ping pong and bil­ burgh's mala transportation sys­ an hour, for all machine operations liard tables, the barber, tailor, tem gained a nine-cent increase to other than sewing machine operat­ shoe shine shop and the photo lab, put the basic wage at $2.01 an ing and all pressing operations ex­ which is in charge of Konni Okawa hour. That equals the Boston scale, cept final pressing. For the two ex­ and two of his daughters, Kitty highest in the country. The new ceptions the learning period will and Kenny. They develop and contract, ratified by the Street, continue to be 480 hours. Indus­ print all of our films as well as Electric Railway & Motor Coach try divisions included are single the ones they shoot on the club's Employees local by a vote of 1,282 pants, shirts and allied garments, to 172, freezes into the wage struc­ sportswear and other odd outer­ premises, in about one hour. ture a six-cent cost-of-living bonus wear, rainwear, robes, and leather Kenny and Kitty Okawa are to on top of the old basic rate of $1.92 and sheep-lined garments, be thanked for the good work they and adds three cents more. The did on developing the pictures re­ one-year contract is retroactive to 4" cently taken of the club and which May 1. Top minimum wage scqles were appeared in the last issue of the boosted to $115 from $113 for edi­ LOG. t 4» i torial and business department On the top floor is the enormous Wage boosts ranging from 5-27f2 employees of the Cincinnati-Post, bar and grill. There is room for cents an hour were gained by Ma­ Cincinnati, O., in a contract nego­ dancing and floor shows here, with chinists in Springfield, Mo., in re­ tiated by the Newspaper Guild. In­ the latter being performed twice cent negotiations with six plants creases ranging from $1.50 to $3 nightly by just about the best per­ for contract renewals. Firms in­ a week were retroactive to March 1. formers around town. 1 was lucky cluded Reynolds Manufacturing 4 4 4 to see some very unusual numbers Co., Acme Foundry & Machine Co. in classical dancing and in oriental and Monarch Machine Co. After a campaign extending over juggling that I would like to rec­ many months, firemen of Bingommend to TV scouts. hamton, NY, represented by Fire Two new agreements were sign­ Two Orchestras ed by the Communications Work­ Fighters Local 729, gained a 56Jimmy and the Jamboliers and ers of American with units of the hour woi'k week instead of putting the Hawaiian Band and the Melody Bell System, providing pay boosts in 72 hours on the job. The two-pla­ Sisters still pirovide the music for 7,45.0 members. A package in­ toon system in use gave way to nightly. They play a good number crease of 6.6 cents an hour, of three. Each platoon works 24 hours of requests nightly, with Besame which .7 cents was in fringe items, on and 24 hours off for three days Mucho and Japanese Rhumba still was won for 6,200 workers at 29 and then has four consecutive 24the No. 1 requests. 1 do love the distributing centers of the West­ hour days off. After a cycle of first played by Jimmy and his or­ ern Electric sales system through­ nine weeks, that averages 56 hours chestra, but when it comes to the out the country. Three distributing a week, Japanese Rhumba, 1 prefer the houses, in Philadelphia, St. Louis 4 4 4 Hawaiian Band with the Melody and Milwaukee, were upgraded. At Believed to be the first contract Sisters and their guitars. Bell Laboratories, 1,250 workers I was shown around the build­ got increases averaging 6.4 cents on the Pacific Coast containing the provision. International Brother­ ing by Mr. Williams who is the an hour dating back to May 30. hood of Electrical Workers Local head man here in Yokohama and 4" 4" 125 of Portland, Ore., won an who is the same USS officer who A pay increase of 25 cents an agreement for a day off on the opened the club in Naha, Okinawa, in . 1951. Miss Galgas, who is new hour was won by 7,500 members of birthday of any employee of the to me, was also very cooperative in nine Bricklayer locals in a new Pacific Power & Light Company. helping me get acquainted with the wage, agreement with 90 construc­ If the birthday occurs on a week­ represented by the end, the employee can take off the new surroundings and arrange­ tion firms Building Contractors and Mason following Monday or the preced­ ments'. Builders Association of New York, ing Friday; if it's on a paid holiday Roof Romance he adds the day before or after Even the roof here looks nice putting the new rate at $3.80 an to his time off and his vacation is hour. The pact, which covers jobs and they are going to make, use of lengthened by a day if the birth­ it too, for they intend to have a in Nassau County and parts of Suf­ day falls in that period. folk as well as New York City, also roof terrace so that dancing can be done a little more romantically provides for an increase of em­ t 4 4 under the moonlight during the ployer welfare fund contributions Higher wage rates and improved to 4 percent of payroll from 3V^ spmmer. . working conditions went into effect. As usual, they also handle many percent.' June 1. for about 35,006 Western • ir t seamen's problems, regardless of Union Telegraph employees repre;. their qatipnality and uhiqn affiliaLearners in most divisions of the sented by the AFL CommtrciaL tlpn. That alone makes for one pi apparel industry will come under Telegraphers Union. The pay hikes the hest .reasons why many, of uii higher wage yalies — 63 and 70; ranged from five cents to 21 cents believe.,that .this, organization, is cents an hour,in place of 60 ant^ per hour for hourly rated einployhere |pr A io.nf tjipe tp cpijnie^ , , • " " "le Pepajlment ^nd $8 pfr n^onth minimum for f Lnls RamlreoK t; �':^m Vac* Twelve If, V-- SEAFARER'S tdG JmaltrtB, 1951 Jane U, ifU. M' ' p?-'\ #' ^'-4 pi""" ii m : \\ : • ya p5'>wp'# ..... e r m ... ,, Once again the SlU has put on display the products of Sea­ farers whose talents go beyond j[heir acknowledged on-the-job skills. A representative collection of paintings, drawings and handicrafts entered in the 3rd Annual SlU Art Contest under­ went the scrutiny of a panel of judges on June 15 with the result that the winning Seafarers have been awarded fhe certificates and handsome prizes pictured on the left. y yfe O-r. :.:v- • V "; y Shown on this page are some of the Seafarers and several of -the entries which mode up the 1954 contest. II •: -^r~. ..iv^ ^ Ti . «.V,. V-'-; y • • lli^piipsii i'. Group at Manhattan Beach hospital gitthers around entries by patients, two of which were winners. Shown are James Lewis' (handbag), woven floral design by Antonio Diaz, John Holokai (place mats). Diaz (not shown) was winner, as was Lewis. '^"yiyyy -.V .*••. •• •• LOG editor Herb Brand (right, light shirt) presents awards at headquarters membership i^eting to three of the winners (left to right): John Tarkov, oils; Alfred Pfeifer, handicrafts; and James Byrne, drawings. Prizes were engraved cigarette lighters. '•••" ~ :" -V vfi iii •**- . SSSi:;® •- Ji «fi!»«iiiiiii msmsp wmm .sisiMis?® lif llflM ^ ^-1 t j jj 1 i iisif • - "'Si;'!:— L ' r' I /•' - '/ \ plllilli '"i 5 'if- ^ a '"" Seafarers at headquarters look over ome of the oil paintings on display. Oils pre* dominated in the contest with the r suit that the judges made most of the awards in that category. I > - x" I Richard Howell shows his ingenious woodenchain link carved out of one piece of wood with no joints. 'wm0 G. L. Pitour put a scene in Aix en Provence on canvas during a recent vacation visit to his native France. •1 I iiiiiiiiii iiililv liliiiir: piiilp lifiili • i.; J I-; Ij?,;/ Seafarer Leif Hope displays his two prize­ winners in oils and watercolors r e s p e c tiyely, Hope was first ' ^traht eVer tb; take '' ly^viJV-y'iyvtwo awards.^ ••••:-, '/: • -•-"-'S." -v' "• '- • • . *1 . ?;Museufn; Bernard Seaman, LOG art editor; Jerome Snyder, art t Jacob Malehke painted this familiar seafaring % i^ne showing a square-rigger vnda a full - press'of MIL """' ^v- 'c: No exhibit is complete without a sb^i model such as the one of a merchant.vessel displayed here'by John Antbhikih. �.-r-,;.' • • SEAFARERS LOC Pare Fonrten poftr juspojtiv Jane 25, 1954 Intransit hera wera tha Alcoa Mobik; bill and really tore his opponents New Orleans: Corsair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa to bits. Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim (A1 Senator Sockrider is from Lake coa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian) Charles and is a contractor, but Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana his record in dealing with labor is (Seatrain); LaSalle, Hastings, Clai 100 per cent okay. He is one of the Seafarers who expect to be in borne, Arizpa, Warhawk and Mon­ Shipping has picked up consider­ few that realize that labor put him Shipping in the port for the last ably in Galveston during the past in and can take him out. However, New Orleans during the July 4th arch of the Seas (Waterman), couple of weeks remained pretty two weeks, and it looks as if |it he is also a working man himself, weekend are all set to enjoy the iClargaret Brown (Bloomfield) and steady, with 132 men shipped to having come up the hard way from annual picnic in this city given by Salem Maritime (Cities Service). regular jobs and 106 shipped to will continue that way. Rumors Surround Seatrain a laborer's job. relief jobs in and around the har­ the crew of the Del Sud (Missis­ Paying off during this period The Seatrain New Orleans, which bor. There were 12 payoffs," seven Seafarer Of The Week sippi). were the Marie Hamil (Bloomfield) We nominate for Seafarer of the The picnic originally was has been tied in the willows at sign-ons and five ships in transit and the Julesburg (Terminal Tank­ for the two week period. All the ers). The Margaret Brown (Bloom- Week Brother C. M. Silcox who planned for May, but was post­ Belle Chasse for at the present time is enjoying the poned when the Del Sud unexpect­ several years, payoffs were in good shape with field) signed on. was the subject only minor beefs that were settled In transit during this period sunshine around these here parts edly sailed coastwise to Texas in­ of a whole fleet prior to payoff. were the Albion and Catherine while waiting for a coastwise ship. stead of spending the customary of rumors when Paying off were .the Warrior, (Drytrans); Hastings and Arizpa He ships as an AB maintenance week in New Orleans at the* end she was towed and says that under the fine con­ Claiborne, Arizpa, Hastings, Mon­ of her South American run. (Waterman); Del arch of the Sea and Andrew Jack­ The Del Sud is due to return to into drydock for Aires and Del ditions we enjoy, he can work six her annual bot­ son, (Waterman), and the Alcoa Monte "(Missis­ or seven months a year and still her home port July 1. The picnic tom scraping. have plenty of time to fish. Cavalier, Pointer, Pilgrim, Roamer, is planned for July 3 at Audubon sippi); Steel Ex­ 'We now have back with us, after Park and will be a big day for all, The rumors had Clipper, and Patriot, all of Alcoa. ecutive (Is t ha trip to the Far East, the one and with a baseball game, various con­ her crewing up Sign-ons included the Arizpa, Foster mian); Alexandra Pointer, Pilgrim, Hastings, War(Carras); South- only A. G. "Tex" Alexander, bet­ tests, vaudeville and acrobatic acts, for nearly every port in the world, with Indo China em Districts ter known locally as the Mayor of and music for dancing by Papa and Guatemala getting priority on hawk, Roamer and Patriot. IJighway 90 West. Celestine's famed Dixieland band. (Southern Steam­ In Transit Vessels the scuttlebutt. Speculation sub­ We have but one man in the hos­ Anti-Union Bill Passed ship); Republic In transit were the De Soto and Despite the vigorous opposition sided, however, when the ship was Iberville, (Waterman); the Robin (Trafalgar); Mae pital at the time of this writing, Markopolo (Bull); Seatrains Thad Foster. Foster was injured of trade unionists throughout towed back to her berth in the Gray (Seas Shipping); the Steel Texas, New Jersey, Savannah and when thrown from a horse. We are Louisiana, a so-called "right-to- willows, where she remains as a Executive (Istlimlan) and the work" bill was passed by the State floating advertisement of the Sea­ Gateway City (Waterman). New York (Seatrain), and Royal hoping for his speedy recovery. Leroy Clarke Senate, 22-14. The bill is actually train Terminal at Belle Chasse. Oak iind Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ For our Seafarer of the week we Lindsey J. WiUiams Lake Charles Fort Agent an anti-union shop measure de­ ice). nominate Brother Harry K. Long New Orleans Fort Agent signed to strip labor-management 4 4 4. Men in the marine hospital are who joined the SIU in 1945 and contracts of all union security pro­ 4 4 4 H. Strickland, T. Gutierrez, C. Las- Seattle: usually ships out of the port as a visions. siter, J. Markopolo, C. Decker, A. second cook. Brother Long is Philadelphia: • Seafarers who live in Louisiana Hancock, C. Barbosa, W. Bargone, married and has two children and and ship out of New Orleans con­ J. Brandon, C. Goodwyn, W. Bergis expecting a third shortly. At ducted a letter writing campaign guist, J. Slocum and H. Manuel. present, he is working in the Alcoa to inform legislators from their Keith Alsop shore gang while awaiting the Seattle again reports that ship­ parishes of their opposition to the Galveston Foil; Agent arrival of the blessed event. ping is in top form with the men bill and the damage it will inflict His favorite sport is watching the At this time, the bottom has 4) it 4able to pick their jobs, either on on Louisiana's economy. greyhounds run over at the Pen-" dropped completely out of every­ Lake Charles: For the information of Seafar­ intercoastal or Far East runs. The thing, yet we maintain a better sacola dog track and so far he has future looks as though it will con­ ers, Orleans Parish senators who hope for the future as we have the been pretty lucky. Long's brother voted for the bill and against labor Longview Victory (Victory Car­ is also an SIU bbokman who ships tinue to be bright for this port. Ships paying off in the past two were Senators Ainsworth, Eustace riers) and the Yorkmar (Calmar) as an AB or bosun. week period were the Ocean Nimet and Richards. Those who voted expected in shortly for payoffs and Maternity Benefit (Ocean Trans) and Kyska (Water­ against the bill were Deichmann, to the bgst pf our knowledge they Long thinks one of the greatest Reporting in from way down man). Signing on was the Liberty Howard, MacHauer, Mahoney and are Imth going to take the better benefits of the Welfare Plan is the amongst the magnolias, crawfish Bell (Tramp Cargo). Seeber. maternity benefit for it gives help part of full crews. and swamps of nature's wonderful Foster Out of Hospital Those ships in transit were the when it is needed. Southwest Louisiana, we report Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); the SeaShips paid off were the Logans Former shipmates of „ Brother The big news around the port that things have been awful quiet comet II (Ocean Carriers) and the Ben Foster, one of the real old- Fort and Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ of course is the recent pay increase so far as shipping is concerned. Alamar (Calmar). timers in the Union, will be happy ice), and the Seagarden (Pennin. reported in the LOG. All of the We have had quite a few ships in Navigation). to leam that he finally has been Only Minor Beefs port but the boys are still sticking Signing on were the Winter Hill brothers on the beach can be seen The majority of ships in transit discharged from the USPHS Hos­ pretty close. and,, Logans Fort (Cities Service). with pencil and paper rapidly figur­ and paying off have had only the pital here with a "fit for duty" Calling into this area during the usual minor problems which were slip. Ships in transit at the port were ing up what they have coming in retroactive wages and overthne past two weeks were the Winter squared away before they sailed. Brother Foster, who sailed as a the Gateway City, Chickasaw, An­ that has accrued since October of Hill, Chiwawa, Paoli, Lone Jack, drew Jackson and Antinous. (Wa­ carpenter, will be 69 on his next Oldtimers on the beach are C. E. Government Camp, Cantigny, Brad­ Harper, S. F. Cullison, J. A. Men- \;;irthday, Augi}^t 25. Now that he terman); the Marina, Rosario, Dor­ 1953. When all this time has been computed by the companies and ford Island, Bents Fort and Win­ ville and E. Warren. is hale and hearty once more, he othy, Suzanne and Evelyn (Bull); the Union, we hope that the list ter Hill (Cities Service). and the Robin Doncaster (Seas). Men in the marine hospitals in­ is registered to ship out again. We also had the Bull Run of clude S. Johannessen, W. F. All ships paid off in good shape of the money due will be posted in Shipping here has been fair dur­ Mathiasen Tankers and one Vaughan, Floyd Jarvis, S. Kurtish, ing the last two weeks with 172 and there were no major beefs to the LOG. In the meantime, every­ one is sitting pat and giving the that is a complete stranger to these A. Pinchook, W. A. Gaddy and men registered and 177 shipped. be settled. ' operators a chance to get this parts, the MV Excello. This ship is Kung Yue Fah. On the labor front we wish to Ships paid off here during the matter straightened out and the a converted LST and is under or­ A final word from our financial last report period included the report that the International Un­ money on the way. ganizational set-iip. adviser. The local race track opens Steel Executive (Isthmian); the Del ion of Electrical Workers have Also coming in for quite a bit We found a fine bunch of fel­ shortly and the ponies are eager Monte, Del Mar and Del, Mundo ibeen successful in their strike and lows on her, holding the line well to run. He suggests, you play the (Mississippi); the De Soto, Iber­ have now returned to work with of discussion are the applications until this tub is signed to the bek daily double—the last two num­ ville and Chickasaw (Waterman), increases amounting to a nine-cent for permit men to apply for a hook. These applications are being fixed conditions in the maritime indus­ bers on your registration card, package. and the Tainaron (Actium). up and should be available in the try, an SIU contract. All the above A. S. Cardullo The Del Mar and Del Rio (Mis-, Jeff Gellette very near future. All permit men ships took a few Fhiladelpbia Fort Agent sissippi) signed on. . ' Seattle Fort Agent are urged to get one and fill it out men so shipping so that his application can go to was not too bad. the committee in- New York for The Excello checking. called for a cou­ Fish Biting ple of men and Well, the weather keeps getting' we put some of better find the fish have started to our best men on WILMINGTON, Cam 509 Marine Ave. FORT WILUAM....11BH Syndicate Ave. bite around the bays in Mobile, so' her. Ontario > Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest TlUey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 On the labor BALTmORE COLBORNE 103 Durham St. the men on the beach, while wail­ 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS . 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT Ontario Phone: 5501 SECRBTARV-TREASURER , Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4940 front, we find Alexander TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. ing for their cards to age a little,, -Paul Hail • BOSTON 276 SUte St. EMplre 4-5710 are taking a whirl at the good fresh the building and James ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS • Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert VICTORIA, BC 617t4 Cormorant St. Matthews Joe Algina construction trades council still GALVESTON in and' Empire 4531 and salt water fishing 21st A Mechanic Claude Rlmmons Joe Voipian VANCOUVER, BC. 869 Hamilton St. around the port. They are eitheT talking over things with the con­ Keith Alsop, Agent WlUiam HaU . Phone 2-8448 Pacific 7624 tractors and some progress is being LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. S3'. 304 Charlotte St. catching a helluva lot of fish or are SUP Phone 0346 made. The metal trades council Leroy Clarke, Agent , ' Phone 6-9744 in the countjL BAGOTVILLE Queheo 30 Elgin St. the darnedest 1 South -Lawrence St. HONOLULU 10 Merchant St. also reports progress in their talks. MOBU,E •' Phone: 549 In addition, the soft shell crabfi Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 62 St. David! St. 'Right To Work' Bill NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle-St. PORTLAND ..,522 N. W. Everett St. CAnai 7-3202 and flounders are starting to hit Beacon 4336 QUEBEC .113 Cota De La Hontarae the beaches and quite a few of Over in Baton Rouge, the com­ Lindsey WUIiams, Agent MagnoUa 0112-6113 RICHMOND, CAI^....i Quebec PhOnei 3-7078 257 5th St. mittee reported out the so-csdled NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 177 Prince WiUiam St. them are being caught and gigged . . Phone 2989 SAINT JOHN HYacinth S-6600 NB Phone: 2^5233 at night. "right to work" bill b^ a five to SAN FRANasCO. ,.450 Harrison St. 127-120 Bank St. Deuglae 2-8363four vote in favor, and then the NORFOLK Hope all you brothers, when Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-4083 SEATTLE.....'., Great Lakes District ;..2905 let Ave. Market SL State Senate voted it In by a 22 to PIULADELPHIA,..337 they ane in the neighborhood, wilt Main 0200 ALPENA... S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1639 133 W. Fletcher ;.808 Marine Ave. 1'4 vote. It is at present bkwe the SAN FRANOSCO 450 Harrison'St. WILMINGTON drop in and see our hall >that- is T. Banning, Agent. Douglas 2-5479 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY .7i*0 Main St. Hbu§e Labor Committee and from Marty BreithoS; West Coast.Representattve NEW'^ YORK..:.. 675 ^th ^^^,^JBroo^ Phone: CIev«R^ 7M1 being painted and renovated. The CLEVELAND 734 Lakeiide Ave.. NE hall is looking better already end all indications will have a rough PU^TA de TIERRA, PR PelayoSl—LaS Sal Coils. Agent ' ^lone 2-5686 PRonee Matt 1-0147 tinie there. In the Senate'wheh the SAVANNAH ; I Abercem St. DETROIT.., ,,..'......1038 3rd St; we know that she will look tops Canadian District Jeff Morrison,' Agent ^ Phone 3-1728 Headaucrtera Phone: Woodward 14857 bill hit tfie floor, Sej^atqr'Guy W. SEATTLE *700 1st Ave. MONTREAL. ,634 St. Jamoa St. W< DULurra. .....931 wrnidhigBD st. when the job Is completed. Sockrider, i Jeff 6!Uette, Agent EUiott 4334 " " i .'of 'the- comPLiteaii * • ••••.<i?C5sl-TaBr«r •• . TfUnS-lSU m >enaMla.J$k SOUra CBICAGD 331 ink the TAMPA Ray WhitOi Agen Phone S-tm Galveston: Seafarers Make Ready Fer Bel Bed's Piinic Upiurn In Shipping is Seen Conliniiing Seafarers Have Choice Of Bans In Basy Pert ft: Fori Bozziig AboHl Relroaelivo Pay Nike Look For Uplorn From Slow Shipping Status Fight Goes On Over 'Right To Worit' Bill r. SIU HALL DIRECTORY >& W-t. -W.:: W'^ •• V'-'i'. I'-- - • txci:: p: -" -: iLiys^s. �- i-V •f^', -itrc•< SEAFARERS Jimc 28^1954 ••> Page Fifteea LOG ......... POKT ttEPORXS Boston: Shipbuilding Program Watched With inlerasi hjt If Shipping interests in the port of Boston are watching with interest an attempt by the New England Senators in Washington to speed passage of an $86 million ship­ building program which will greatly benefit New England ship­ ping. The program calls for subsidiz­ ing new passenger liners with nat i o n a 1 defense features, building tankers and mod­ ernizing Liberty ships. It is said to have the back­ ing of the White House and, if adopted, would benefit the ship­ yards at Quincy, VourMumls Portland, East Boston and Bath, Me. •* Shipping Is Good Shipping in the port has been generally good during the past two weeks, with the Cantigny and the French Creek (Cities Service) each paying off twice, and the Bents Fort and Salem Maritime (Cities Service) also paying off. These four ships also signed on. Tn-transit were the Steel Maker (Isthmian), Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping) and Antinous, Fairland and De Soto. (Waterman). On June 14 and 15 the Union crewed the Evangeline (Evange­ line). It also collected wages and subsistence for the crew of the Orion Comet (Oil Carriers) after they reported back to Boston, which was the port of engagement. In the'^ marine hospital are F. Alasavich, R. Rogers, J. Penswick, G. Vourloumis, W. Tkach and J. McFerren. All are in good shape. '' James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4- ir Son Francisco; it... Maiicious Rumors, Are Cause For Oompiainl Shipping has been fair in the port for the past two weeks but the future looks none too bright. No ships paid off during the past two week period and only one ship signed on, the Amerocean of Amerocean. Ships in-transit included the Azalea City,' Fairport and Bienville (Waterman); the Seamar (CalmarT and the Steel King (Isthmian). Lately, one of the most vicious things a person can do to a brother has been rearing its ugl^ head around the San Francisco branch —malicious talk about a Union brother. There has been some talk about one of the brothers, who is a steward, putting three entrees and other additional things on the menu which are not called for. He has also been accused 4>f askini^ for other extra items for the bak­ ers to bake, heaping work on them. Thus, some of the cooks and liakers do not want to ship with this stew­ ard. Such talk can eventually lead to serious trouble. Good Advice We ask that in the future, it is well to remember, that {f you can't say something good about a man, it is better to say nothing at all. As far as the steward putting three meats, etc., on the mequ,'lf he has that kind of stores, it is up-to the cooks to put it .out. It hSs^foeen noticed lately that some of our brothers, while check" ing throitgb.branch agents in ports tliiyjt.«bMi«r^b«ia«^iitli.' arc writing headquarters regardihg mainte­ nance, cure and welfare problems which could be taken care of Just as well in the "port where they are, after the port agent or patrolman has been notified. If they cannot be taken care in that port, the port agent himself will be glad to contact the New. York Welfare Department for any brother. The important thing is for you to contact your officials in any of these matters and give them th6 full circumstances so that they may be able to see your side of the case. Please contact your ofHcials in the port that you are in and they will help you in any way they possibly can. On the Beach Oldtimers on the beach at this time include L. Knickerbocker, W. Pennington, R. Charroin, A. Ber­ nard, J. Curlew, L. Saar, W. I"isher, H. Arlinghaus, R. Malone, J. Lavery, R. Graf, T. Moriarty, M. Hagerty, F. Votto, L. Dean and E. Bulik. Men in the marine hospitals at present are Hoyt L. Hackney, P. S. Yuzon, O. Gustavsen, J. Childs, C. Neumaior, H. Y. dhoe, W. Single­ ton, George H. Leary, E. L. Woods, T. A. Scanton, J. Perreira and T. T. Greer. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent mian) and the Alcoa Puritan and Baltimore: Alcoa Runner (Alcoa). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. New York: Shipping On Upgrade For AH Departmenis 4 Savannah: 4. Three Ship Laynps Pel Shipping On.Slow Beii 4. Baltimore, as far as shipping is concerned, is really 'on the slow bell and there doesn't seem to be any immediate relief in sight. In the past two weeks, we had the Edith (Bull); Stony Creek (AmerShipping remained just fair for the past two week period. The Tramp) and the Trojan Seaman Southstar of South Atlantic was (Troy) going into idle status. So the only ship paying off and the you can readily see this added greatly to the number of men we only ship signing on. had already on the beach. Those ships in-transit were the Best advice, at this time, is not Rosario and Marina (Bull); the to register at this port, unless you Yaka (Waterman); the Seatrains are prepared to stay around for at Georgia and Louisiana; the Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping) and the least a month. In the meantime, w^are keeping our fingers crossed Steel Executive (Isthmian). hoping that a few of these vessels Recently, at the payoff of the which Southstar in Charleston, the State crew up.we have lying idle will of Georgia stepped in to attach At the present time we have approximately $50 each of the pay of two men for state income taxes. only one unsettled beef. It regards oilers doing wip­ The tax commissioner reports that ers' work on the this is all well and proper and the Seatiger (Coloni­ company is holding the money un­ al). It has been til a court decision is handed submitted to down. Feel Action Illegal headquarter^ and We have made a complete record we hope to have of the proceedings so far and will something in the turn it over to headquarters with near future on the request that the Union at­ this item. torneys take legal action if neces­ Ship Payoff Addison sary. We feel the action is both 4*4. . In the past illegal and improper, since both two weeks, we paid off the Wilmington: men are out of state residents. Venore, Marore, Santore, Feltore, One lives in Florida and the other Chilore (Ore); the Trinity man makes his home in South (Carras); the Seatiger (Colonial); Carolina. the Oremar (Calmar); the Paoli Our choice for Seafarer of the and Lone Jack (Cities Service); week is Thomas Arnold Benson the Edith, Evelyn, Suzanne and In Wilmington, the crew of the who started sailing with the SIU Mae (Bull) and the Trojan Seaman Maiden Creek (Waterman) were in 1948 after a somewhat colorful- (Troy). commended for their action in life ashore. Signing on were the Venore, spotting and picking up 12 men In the First World War, Benson Marore, Feltore, Santore, Chilore from a tuna clipper that had sunk received a foot injury while serv­ (Ore); the Raphael Semmes (Water­ off the California coast. • ing in the Army. . The injury man); the Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ The port has been holding its caused brother Benson to seek ice); Seatiger (Colonial) and the own as a^transit port, with 13 ships some diversified employment. He Bethcoaster and Oremar (Calmar). in-transit during first studied costume designing In-transit ships were the Ines the past two and studied hat designing under and Rosario (Bull); the Cabins weeks. The AlMadam Dufing. This proved to be (Mathiason); the Alcoa Puritan cok Planter (Al­ a rather lengthy project, so he and Runner (Alcoa); the Marymar coa) paid off and accepted bit parts in movies. Back (Calmar); the Chickasaw, Iberville, signed on for a in the days of the silent films, he Raphael Semmes and Andrew run to the Far usually played the role of a butler. Jackson (Waterman); the Steel East. Worked In Silent Films Maker (Isthmian) and the Robin During the Leaving the movies, he then Kettering and Robin Doncaster of past two weeks worked for seven years for Ger­ Seas Shipping. the port regis­ Hutcherson trude Webster. Working in defense Hall Report tered 32 men in plants throughout World War II, We would like to report that we Hhe three departments and shipped he felt the urge to go to sea in have been in constant contact with 30. 1948 and of course chose the best the general contractor and various A recent visitor was brother H. Union to- sail in—the SIU. From sub-contractors that are working C. Hutcherson, who came out to that moment on he has never re­ on the new hall and we have their California from New Orleans for gretted his decision. assurance that they are doing all a vacation. After a week. Brother Oldtimers on the beach are W. possible to enable us to take over Hutcherson shipped as deck engi­ Stoll, A. Fricks, M. Brightwell, F. on or about the first of August. neer aboard the Maiden Creek. Boyne, A. Edenfield and H. Glisson. On the political scene, I am sure Jeff Morrison E. B. Tilley the membership is aware by now Savannah Port Agent Wilmington Port Agent that the Democratic primaries are coming up and that they should be sure to all go to the polls and vote on Monday, June 28. Vote for the men you know are favorable to us and labor in general. Man Of The Week ^ Our man of the week is Brother William B. Addison, who has been Shipping Figures June 2 to June 16 an SIU member since 1946 and TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. REG. TOTAL REG. REG. sails at various ratings in the en­ ENG. STEW. SHIPPED DECK DECK ENGINE STEW. * REG. PORT gine depai-tment. He has always 14126 83 49 32 17 14 18 Boston been a very conscientious union 258 91 ^ 72 95 - 118 93 333 122 man and at various times has 21 . 7 10 72 4 ^ sailed as engine department dele­ 21 24 27 gate Md ship's delegate, 140 39 48 53 285 93 85 107 ceives from the SID. 84 30 22 77 32 25 22 30 Norfolk At the hospital are Warren Whit14 7 4' 3 9 30 10 11 Savannah mer, Otis J. Harden, Tony Mastan23 .tuno, Robert W. Standford, Ben 7 8 8 18 16 50 16 Tampa ..................... 132 Lawson, Lorenzo Brigida, Robert 43 " 44 45 132 43 45 44 Mobile .................... Scales, John T. Watt. Thomas An205 60 68 77 • 204 TO 78 56 New Orleans :. kerson, William Kenny, James 100 39 22 39 115 48 43 24 Galveston) ...». .j..."...... Dodson, Gorman Glaze, Jessie A. 112 42 SO 40 ^ 39 124 49 ' 36 Seattle . Clarke, Walton Hudson, Heinrich 80 29 22 92 29 Wlese, Patsy A. Pasquale, Robert 42 . 21 San Francisco ............ •. . 29 ' G. Cooper and Comelious Palmer 30 10 « 32 12 11 12 , WiliningtoB Earl Sheppard ,. ,. . .. .•.••^]|altl^aTa>aF* , 430 482-' Grew Of Maiden Creek Saves Tuna Fisherman As we predicted in our last re­ port, shipping in the Port of New York has contmued on the upgrade for the past two weeks with good shipping for all departments. We had two' ships come out of layup that took full crews. They were the Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). We have two more in layup that are expected out in a few days so shipping should hold up good for the coming period. We are happy to report that according to the pa­ trolmen the ships are continuing to come in with less beefs and therefore smooth payoffs. With the new agreement and clarifications coming out shortly, we believe that there will be even less reason for beefs as every one will be able to more clearly interpret the agree­ ment and eliminate some of the misunderstandings that we have had in the past. After we complete negotiations on all of the agreements |ye intend to continue to hold clarification meetings with the freight and tanker operators and eventually we should wind 'up with the smoothest working agreement in the business, ness. Port Traffic We paid off fifteen ships in the past two weeks, signed seven on foreign articles and serviced 20 ships in transit. Paying off were the Alexandra (Carras); the. Steel Surveyor and Steel Maker (Isthmian); the Ma­ rina, Kathryn, Frances and Show Me Mariner (Bull); the Val Chem (Valentine); the Ocean Betty (Mari-, time Overseas); the Bradford Island, Chiwawa and Government Camp (Cities Service); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers); the Robin Kettering (Robin) and the Fairland (Watef-man). Ships signing o*n were !he Steel Surveyor and Steel Traveler (Isth­ mian); the Robin Sherwood and Robin Doncaster (Robin); Jeffer­ son City Victory; the Show Me Mariner and the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). Ships In-Transit In-transit vessels were the Seagarden (Orion); the Government Camp (Cities Service); the Chicka­ saw,, Fairland, La Salle, Antinous and Wild Ranger ~tWaterman); the Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, New York, Georgia, New Jersey and Texas; the Elizabeth and Bea­ trice (Bull); the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers); the Steel De­ signer and. Steel Surveyor (Isth­ Georgia Tax Men Bid In Af Ship's Payeff v.w; 'J A&G satppma RECORD \ ,l v-«Ti. r. •' - • • I - �-• •" • \'v:,' '; - '• • , • • ' Pace Sixtem SEkPARER^ tdt^ Fire Drill The Captain Is For Burning \&•: 1- By SEAFARERS LOQ Photo Editor Things aren't done in half-measure aboard the Greece Victory, according to Seafarer Ray­ To many photographers, shutter speed is merely a mechanical- and mond Sparks, who communicates with the LOG by means of a letter in order to let the mathematical hurdle to jump in the process of making a photograph. But it can be much more than that; shutter speed is also a definite rest of the world know how firefighting is done aboard the South Atlantic vessel. artistic tool like other photographic characteristics such as depth of Unlicensed . crewmembers^ ~ and topside alike take- credit there wOre two back there and little hackwork and a lot of salt field and the cheihistry of film development. In analyzing the mechanics of your shutfer in terms of visual effect, water. They were buite happy also two fire stations, but when for the unusual technique de­ veloped aboard the Honolulu they arrived upon the scene they about their schbme, but the captain we have classified speeds into four different areas:. 1/5 of a second and slower, 1/100 of a second, 1/250 of a second and 1/500 of a second bound ship. Sparks is not quite took care of the situation wlfh a is still burning. and higher. Each of these iime areas, has a different result on film, sure whether anything like it has and quite different moods and effects may be established by each. ever been attempted aboard any Recuperating Long Way From Home The utility speed for general outdoor shooting is 1/100 of a second, other ship at sea, or elsewhere, but fast enough to stop normal action, minimize camera shake and pernilt he believes it is- quite odd and adequate depth of field. A -speed of 1/250 of a second enables you to something he is not likely to en­ getaS crisp image of more active subject matter. counter again in many future years Speeds of 1/500 of a second and faster are necessary to stop violent at sea. action such as encountered in .sports photography. The various slow Realistic Fire Drill The episode was rather short­ shutter speeds—1/5 of a second and less—are useful in obtaining de­ lived, but it made Monday, May 17, liberate motion blur and off-beat effects, but require the use of a tripod. 1954, a memorable occasion in at Motion Patterns least one Seafarer's mind. The cap­ Of all shutter speeds, the slowest, 1/5 of a second and Jess, are the tain, according to a pre-arranged easiest to use for creating imaginative pictures of action. Although a plan, had the third mate set fire slightly slow speed like 1/25 of a second may just make the picture to a waste basket on the fantail of look unpleasantly "soft," an extremely slow shutter speed can be used the vessel just five minutes before to create patterns of motion. The action of light falling on the film is a regularly-scheduled fire drill and similar to the action of an air brush on a piece of paper; the light rays boat drill. The captain, it seems, continue to fall on the negative in layers and actually superimpose went in for realism, but he was not many images on each other. At speeds of 1/5 of a second and less, use quite prepared for the succeeding a tripod to mininiize blur due to camera action. events in firefighting technique de­ veloped by his intrepid crew. A speed of 1/lOtt of a sdbond is'perhaps the most useful choice for The word spread like wildfire on general camera work. iVs available on all but the simplest cameras, is the ship. The watch on deck, ever fast enough to stop most normal human activities and yet permits a alert, proceeded aft post haste small enough aperture for convenient depth of field. when they saw something blazing Although you can leam to hand-hold your camera steady at 1/50 of back on the fantail. Muscles quick­ a second and slower, you'll reduce disappointments if you use 1/100 of ly answering the summonses of Seafarer Neal Cairns, recuperating at Tokyo Army hospital a while a second whehever lighting conditions permit. Set at this all-around their brains, the men tossed the back, poses with cherry blossoms and Yoshiko Wakabayashi. The utility speed, your camera is readrto take most types of pictures with­ offending basket and blaze over the out changing the shutter. seaman hails from East Orange, NJ| and is back home now. side, quenching the fire in the most effective method yet devised by man. There was more than enough LOG-A.RHYTHM: water to do the job. Fire Breakdown Once again the LOG's itinerant correspondent, Spider Just then, with the basket'bobbing in the ship's'wake, the gen­ Korolia, writes of the. doings in and around New Orleans, By M. Dwyer eral alarm went off for fire and adding just a bit of Korolian flavor to his Crescent City tales. boat drill. After the completion of In and out of New Orleans-* what turned out to be a routine JSPHS hospital for the past was so lazy he explained the intri­ Cecil the Seasick Serpent Once squared away in the hole, Swam the seven seas. drill, the captain notwithstanding, 1 months^ waiting for a "flt cate I He figured he'd sit tight. maneuvers, by hand, that they the skipper called all hands to the for duty" slip. Spider is well up on would have to do, without rising Well liked by those who knew him. He hadn't any gear. For he knew how to please. For he always traveled light. saloon mess for a critique. the news and idiosyncrasies of the from his position on the grass. He' started firing questions thick various wards in the institution.. Thankful, the inquirers wanted to One day he went a roaming, Then suddenly he heard the ship and fast and the first thing he Here follows - When .fed up with the sea. Getting underway. his somewhat dubi­ reward him for fiis trouble. He de­ wanted to know was why the third ous account of some of the happen­ clined the proffered ihoney, how­ Adventure within him burning,' And felt, as-many seamen do. mate hadn't run out a fire hose or He left his home and lee. The excitement of sailing day. ever, claiming he would have to grabbed an extinguisher when the ings in and around the hospital: We had a lulu of a patient on turn over to put it in his pocket. He spied a ship moored to a pier, Poor Cecil never.sailed before. basket blazed up. The mate begged Then a gleam came to his eye. So how was he to know. Own Torture off, excusing himself with the my deck, Spider says. He was a The ship (would roll and toss In the surgical ward a hospital­ If he could only stow aviay. statement that it would have been pretty lazy guy and would sleep Well, it w^ worth the try. When heavy waters flow. of no use since a couple of the ABs all the time in the day time. How­ ized man asked the doctor to re­ ever, he had the nurses trained to move all the corns from his .toes He knew he must be quiet and an OS tossed the basket over Now you see how he got his noma And not make a sound , By all the friends he knew, the side. He didn't see the sense wake him up whenever he got and put them on the soles of his y Bvery time he spies a ship. of directing a stream of water intb hungry. They were working in re­ feet. He wanted to be the only one Or surely he would frighten Anyone who might be around. His seaman's heart is^blue. the ocean, he said while the cap­ lays, because he didn't want to miss to be able to step on-his corns. out on anything-free. Someone else made a more practi­ tain muttered. cal suggestion, but it was vetoed Lazy Patient^ When the captain got through Shipmate Snaps Dei Mar Crewmen Another somewhat lazy soul was by hospital authorities. The man with the mate, he directed his fire at the other three culprits in ques­ the patient who was lolling on the wanted juke boxes placed in the tion. He wanted to know why they grass on the hospital grounds to wards for the entertainment of the didn't grab extinguishers on their pass the time away. Some passing men, but it was voted down on the way back to the fire. They said strangers asked him directions. He grounds that the music would drown out the patients' stories of their operations to the guy In the next bed. One hot summer day. Spider con­ cludes, three frozen doctors were brought into his ward. Fortunately, (1) Tom can paint a large room in 10 hours. Harry can paint.the they were alLDr. Peppers. same room in 15 hours. How long would it take them to do it together? (2) Whose story links together the tales of The Arabian Nights: (a) Aladdin, (b) Scheherezade, (c) The Queen of Sheba, (d) Sinbad? (3) Which male actor recently won the Academy Award for 1953 for the best male leading role of the year: (a) Gary Cooper,, (b) William Holden, (c) Anthony Quinn, (d) Frank" Sinatra? The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ (4) Hoover Dam, one of the largest in the world and located in the graphs showing what seagoing Colorado River on the border between Arizona and Nevada, used to be was like in the old days. All known by another name. What was it? you oldtimers who have any (5) Which state in the Union has the smallest abbreviation? old mementos, photographs of (6) How many feet of fencing would be required to enclose a rec­ shipboard life, pictures of tangular field 20 yards long and 14 yards wide? ships or anything that would (7) Nearly three-fourths of the cheese made in the US is made in show how seamen lived, ate one state. Which state is it: (a) New York, (b) California, (c) JVisconsin, and worked in the days gone (dl New Jersey? by, send them in to the LOG. (8) Who was the first Vice-President to become President of the Whether they be steam or sail, US: (a) Thomas Jefferson, (b) John Adams, (c) James Madison, (d) around the turn of the cen­ Andrew Johnson? tury, during the first world (») The sum of two numbers is 35. Four times one number is equal war and as late as 1938, the to ten times the other. What are the numbers? LOG is interested, in them aU. (10) What old song begins, "How dear to my heart are the scopes We'll take care of them and Tluej ctttwmembers off the Del Mar Ilna up op dqckside to have of my. childhood'?? . i; ;, .. return your souvenirs to yQi|.. their pifitura taken by,ahipma|;e Dick Martinez: Leff to right, (Qois Answer* on Page 20) aro Tosiy Civ«flJo, tony Rtis^ and Harold Trjbih. Hospital Has Many Tales Quiz Corner Olde Photos Wanted by MJOG ir^' fe^'--' fe-. pp' /".- h • Cecil The Seasick Serpent �JOM 28. 1884 SEAFARERS LOG Fate Seventeem Cavalier Crew Celebrates Shipmate's Marriage BIr. and Mr>. Randy C. Bass, (seated rlfht) get rousinr toast from fellow crewmembers and friends at the occasion of their recent marriige. Weddinc reception attracted bier crowd of well-wishers for the Alcoa passenger ship crewmember. Taste tfood? Don^t Keep it A Secret Cooks, bakers or stewards who have special recipes that . they are proud of are invited to send them in to the SEA­ FARERS LOG Galley Glean­ ings column. That way they can be used on other ships. And any Seafarer who feels his galley gang has something that really rates should ask them to do the same. It serves to stimulate good feeding on all SIU vessels. By Spike Martin A pretty uninteresting ftght be­ the one-round kayo of Willie. Pep tween two' moderately-successful by Lulu Perez caused quite a few middleweights took on added in­ eyebrows to elevate, with reports terest when it was colored by re­ that the District Attorney's office ports of an attempted fix. Middle­ was "investigating" that one. weight Bobby Jones reported that Jones On Short End he had been approached by various As far as the Giardello fight was and sundry people over the phone concerned, odd part about the and in person offering him <ub- fTx story wasthe that was a "fourstantial sums of money to "dump" to-one underdog. Jones Usually if any­ the fight. body is going to pull a fix they will As a result, heavyweight con­ want it to work the other way tender Clarence Henry found him­ so they can take advantage self in the jug under charges and around what the District Attorney's office of the long pull in the odds. In any case, Jones went out and calls an "investigation" was un­ made a good fight of it against derway. Giardello who is supposed to be -LaMotta's Performance Dump stories are nothing new in the top contender for the middle­ the fight game although this was weight crown. While Giardello won the first time in quite a long while the fight, Jones proved again what that a fighter actually rejjorted a seemed ^obvious before, that Giar­ bribe attempt. Just to name a few dello would have no business in there was the famous one-round the ring with the likes of Bobo "knockout" of Jake LaMotta by Olson. It would seem that Olson's man­ Blackjack Billy Fox. They are still looking for the punch that laid La­ agement made a mistake by sign­ Motta low in that fight, and the ing with Castellani for a title fight consensus of opinion was and still instead of Giardello. Castellani has is that the punch was thrown with the equipment to cause Olson trou­ a rubber band wrapped around it ble. Giardello who knows practical­ long before the fighters entered ly nothing about fighting inside, would be the softest touch that Ol­ the ring. Then of course, more recently. son has had in quite , some time. i Says See City, Not Judge SiSf-i Shipboard Passenger Is Observer At Meeting A rather unusual but satisfactory incident took place aboard the Alcoa Patriot, an Alcoa vessel, earlier in the month, as reported to the LOG by the medium of the ship's minutes of a union meeting aboard the-^ vessel. The meeting was Childs and his request was to be chaired by Milton Robinson, allowed to observe the goings-on who imparts this bit of informa­ at the Union meeting of the un­ tion to the paper. licensed crewmembers aboard the It seems, according to our in­ scow. Flattered by his interest, formant, that a passenger aboard the men allowed him to view the the ship made an unusual request. proceedings so that he might be­ Seafarer M. A. Stabile, right, poses with wife on other side of sign The passenger's name was Bernard come better acquainted with the on road linking Houston and Brehan, Tex., which warns motor­ way meetings are run. ists to drive slowly or see the magistrate. Daughter Kathy, eight, The visitor, it was reported, took the picure while dad was vacationing from the Trinity. needless to say, was very impressed by the thorough­ ness and the con­ duct of the meet­ ing, expressing That in 1907 the Australiana President Woodrow Wilson on its avid interest in The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, built a fence 1,000 miles long from face, is for use only in transactions the affairs of the bakers and others who'd like to shate favored recipes, little-known the north coast to the south to between member banks of the Fed­ men and the cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, keep rabbits from invading West­ eral Reserve System and the Treas­ Union and in the suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's George Gordon's ern Australia? Brought into the ury Department. tone of the meet­ recipe for southern gumbo. country-in 1788, by the middle of t 4" 4 ing. He was, ac­ the 19th century the rabbits had From deep down south comes one of the most popular That San Francisco has the only cording to Robin­ done too well and were a distinct municipally-owned opera house in Robinson dishes of Seafarers—gumbo. Almost exotic in taste, it is a son, very im­ menace to sheep raising. the US? The opera house is one of pressed to find out the men were delicious combination of Creole cookery and the succulent t l" the buildings in the Civic Center, That American naval hero David which occupies more than three so strongly organized and had such shrimp that abound in the^ The mixture should be allowed Porter (1780-1843) was & rear ad­ square blocks. In 1945, the Civic faith in their Union leaders and Gulf area. Creole to cook for about a half hour. miral in the Mexican navy? Porter Center was the scene of the inter­ organization. Child, a native CallFor Southern Fifteen minutes before the gumbo served in the war with Tripoli and national'conference that drew up fornian, was delighted to be pres­ gumbo, take six is ready to be taken from the fire, in the War qf 1812 against the the charter for the UN and also ent at the meeting and gave his onions, eight a pound of boiled rice and about British, but later, while cruising in was the site of the signing of the thanks to the membership for the green peppers 12 cups of okra are added. The privilege afforded him. and one bunch of the West IndiesI caused an incident Japanese peace treaty. rice and okra are added last and in Puerto Rico which wound up celery diced not . ^ ^ not allowed to cook too long, since with him being court-martialed too small and they have already been cooked and and suspended for six months. Be­ That St. Augustine, Fla. is the combine with a more cooking would make them cause of this, he resigned and en­ oldest city in the US? The half pound of but­ glutinous or paste-like. This recipife tered t)?e Mexican Navy as a rear Spanish settled on the site in 1565 ter in a saucepan and it has been continuously occu­ serves 40. admiral, but left three years later, and braise for pied ever since. Sante Fe, NM, is George Gordon, born in Savan­ about 15 minutes in 1829, to become a US consular Gordon the second oldest city. nah, Ga., has a home grown know­ Crewmembers of the Santore on the t<^ of the official. ledge of Southern cookery as well (Ore Line) report that they took stove. tit That children-of deceased Sea-^ Thai the SIU hall in Seattle Is up a tarpaulin muster for the Next, 15 pounds of raw peeled as 30 years* experience cooking farers who had three years' sea- now located at First Avenue and widow of Roy Justice, crewmem­ shrimp should be added and the and baking on shipboard. He Miw lives in New York and time on SlU-contracted ships are Wall Street, a block from the old ber who passed away recently. A shrimp and vegetables allowed to has been sailing SIU since 1942 also eligible to apply for SIU quarters? The new location follows money order of $62 was forwarded simmer for about 15 minutes. with time out for a stretch with scholarship benefits? Four $6,000 the opening of a new SUP building to the Baltimore hall to be passed Fish Or Chicken Stock Uncle Sam. He was a cook and scholarships are awarded each in the port last month. SIU-A&G on to Mrs. Justice along with the Now you are ready for the liquid baker for three years in the Quar­ year, which the successful appli­ offices are located on the main $2,500 death benefit from the SIU ^ Welfare Plan. . ingredients. Combine with one termaster Corps and later in the cants may use for a four-year floor of the new structure. Crewmembers expressed the pint of fish or chicken stock and Army Air Force. course of study at any college or t t a? This is Gordon's favorite recipi university they choose. That the southernmost point in wish that the contribution, together a pint of tomato juice or stewed Europe is further south than many with the Union benefit, will help tomatoes, one tablespoon of gumbo for Creole or Southern gumbo, bu That although 1^100,008 bills are places on the coast of northern make up for her loss, and give file and a tablespoon of curry pow­ he says there are numerous varia Issued by the U1& Treasury, no one Africa? The British coiony of Gi­ an idea of the respect and esteem der and add this to the shrimp and tions of this delicious dish. is allowed to use them? The $100,-" braltar is also further south than of the late brother's shipmates for vegetables seasoning with salt and Chicken, crab and numerous varie­ ties of fish may be used. e pepper to taste. him. 000 bill,^whleh has' a portrait of ahy point iq" Italy t)r GreecU. Santore Crew Aids Widow « i ..f., .Mri . • si . '^1 �SEAFARERS P«C* ElsMem Korean Vet.Set , To Ship Out Again LOG Jui* t5, UM L E T T E R S Sees Great Need Fovlnjurg Report To the Editor: T* the Editor: After being in Korea for 13 sages to be handled as speedily as In recent weeks, there have been fore, we do not expect a profit re­ months, I will be rotated shortly. possible. In emergency cases, the ra­ turn so great as a strictly commer­ quite a few letters sent to the I would appreciate it if you would dio should be used for this ihircial house." Brother Sipivey went LOG outlining and discussing the send me some information about pose. If this was put down on pa­ To the Editor: on to add, "All of our products are possibilities of the'Union placing getting my book out of retirement. per in black and white between the accident forms on all SIU contract­ During the past fifteen years, I of tbo-highest quality,^and carry ed ships. Just before I came into the ar­ Union and the companies, I think have the manufacturers unconditional been in and out of various my, I retired my book In good it would certainly be of benefit to USPHS I have followed each issue very hospitals perhaps a dozen guarantee. Naturally, they are standing in Sep­ closely and I am happy to see that the membership. It would be bet­ times with a chronic skin disorder. union made." tember of 1952. ter for the companies too, because I als? learned that any type of all the opinions expressed in the In the previous USPHS hospi­ My last ship was that way a man would get medical tals the staff has shown complete constructive criticism or sugges­ letters to the LOG have been 100 the Western per cent for the attention as soon as possible, sav­ Indifference as to tions are ^ppreciat^. I was told Farmer which adoption of such ing everybody a lot of grief and fi­ whether or not I that this is the_Sea Chest's only broke in half in a plan, but I am way of knowing what the member­ nancial trouble all around. was given any re­ the English somewhat s u rship want. Walter Reidy lief. Channel follow- prised at the lack -The Sea Chest, in my.opinion, is Since' entering 4. 4^ ^ ing a collision on of interest shown another prime example of clean, the Galve.ston August 21, 1952. by a large major­ USPHS hospital. progressive, democratic trade unIt sure will be ity of the mem­ ionism-at work. It shows what can May 3, 1954, great to sail bership who have be done for the betterment of all have had such again. I haven't even seen salt wa­ To the Editor: faUed to express concerned when the membership wonderful care I wrote you last November giv­ ter for 13 months. I met a couple themselves on Wilson and treatment and officials work in close coopera­ Brandon of SIU brothers here in Korea, ing my new address. Up to this this very importion. I believe the Sea Chest will end for the first and we have a bull session when­ point I get the LOG only occasion­ tant issue. ally, an^ still with my old address. time in my life, I received some be used as a pattern by other JPerhaps some are unaware of its ever we chance to meet. unions in the maritime industry. Some of my other buddies are I am the mother of a merchant relief. importance; the lienefits and per­ M. Darley Doctor Irion, who has shown seaman and miss the LOG very listening in as I write this letter. sonal protection such a plan would tremendous interest In my ca.se, 4^ 4^ 4^ Some of them find it hard to be­ much. offer. No doubt a great number of I had a severe heart attack a has given me a series of treatments lieve about the good conditions on our membership nev^ had the year ago and just underwent a which have proven very benefiic^al. SIU ships. misfortune of spending, time in Since I've been in the Army, even major operation a few weeks ago. Another doctor. Doctor Cooper, hospitals', either abroad or in this while in Korea, I have never failed My son's wife gave birth to a boy has also taken great interest in my To the Editor: couiitry. I have spent time in both, to receive the LOG. I want to send on May 18, but I guess you know case and at present I am enjoying As I didn't have the opportunity and at the present I am in the my thanks to the Union for keep­ about it by now. The baby's name better health than ever before. at the time to thank them proper­ Hospital. Incidentally, I would like to com­ ly, I'd like to take this means to Staten Island ing me up to date on what is hap­ is Donald Anthony Fisher. Cruel Experience . My old address was 2883 Harri­ pliment the. dietician for the won­ express my sincerest gratitude to pening. Since • being drydocked in this derful food served here. son. My new address Is 1954 Mon­ Cpl. Donald A. Rondblad the three Seafarers who voluntar­ hospital for the past few weeks, I tana Avenue, Apt. 2, Cincinnati 11, I am writing this letter to you in ily donated blood for me recently have had ample opportunity to talk APO 7 c/o Postmaster Ohio. I have been getting the LOG order that you In the home office at Presbyterian Hospital, New to and visit with several of my San Francisco, Caiif. about ten years and I would like may know the excellent care we York. brother members.. Some of their 4- t it received and how much we appreci­ to keep on getting it. The act of kindness by these experiences have been so cruel, in­ ate it. Thelma Fisher three men, Leonard C. Cherwln, human and indecent that they ara James H. Brandon (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ Jerome Pine and Eugene J. Pin- very hard to believe.dress has been noted; you will 41 4" 41 nell, who personally are strangers But they must be believedv^ for To the Editor: continue to receive the LOG to me, was deeply appreciated. you are looking at the facts, in On our last trip out we were on every two weeks, as published.) Now I know what he means when person, in the form of another the shuttle between Japan and my son-in-law, who is a member of brother member whose chances of 4. i 4i Korea when two of the brothers on the SIU, talks about the "Brother­ complete recovery have been great­ To the Editor: board needed medical attention. Thanks for sending the LOG hood of the Sea." Bless all of you. ly reduced by the negligence of One man had a bad heart condi­ Mrp. Mary M. Logan these past six months over here; some ship's officer or company of­ tion and the other one was hurt. To the Editor: it is always good to^ceive it. ficial who look upon a human life 4^ 4^ 4^ It would have been better if both About three months ago I sent I have a new address which I am as some fixture or a piece of ma­ of them had been put off right in for the LOG and as yet haven't chinery to be replaced after it has away and sent back to the States received or heard anything about enclosing. I would appreciate it if you would print my address in the served its usefulness or become ob­ as sodn as possible. it. I presume it has been lost in LOG as I'd like to hear from some To the Editor: solete. It seemed as though that the the mail. of my old shipmates such as Paul When you meet a brother mem­ skipper was in no hurry to take I,am a merchant seaman and I have been physically disabled Turner, P. E. Jemigan and Freddie care of the matter and instead of since last November and unable have followed the sea for 30 years. ber coming down the corridor in a sending a wireless message or a to get such news as the LOO car­ Tampol. At present I am homeward bound wheelchair which is hi$ only way As of now, I have ten months after a voyage of four months to of getting around, or visit a broth­ cable, a letter was sent back to the ries in its wide variety of columns been lying on his back company's offices awaiting instruc­ concerning the doings of ships and left over here before going home. 'India. I am married to the same er who PFC David Miller girl for 28 years, have a home of for eight or ten months and has tions, and the men had to stay on shipmates. US 54136339 the ship until return mail was my own, as do many merchant sea­ nothing to look forward to but an­ Would you be so kind as to send Hq. Btry. 63d FABn men, and, along with the rest, am other eight or ten months in bei received. the LOG starting with the June APO 24 c/o PM • a credit to the commtmity. As you continue your visit and It seems to me there should be meissue. San Francisco, Cal. meet other brothers who, but for some kind of form on board for Much has been said of the hard, Stanley Watlack notifying the Union that a man has careless, shiftless, drinldng life of neglect, should have been out of (Ed. note: Sorry about delay. here months ago sailing the sea become ill and arrangements made Will see to it that you seamen, putting get LOGs they love, but instead some are now with the company for these mes- from now on.) seamen, in gen­ being fitted for a different and eral, in a pretty much more permanent kind of To the EditoR low classification voyage. The hiring hall did away with and one who When you see these and many the fink, the crimp, and the shang- should always be more things hapepning because of haier; a strong militant member­ kept at a safe tlie lack of respect of one'*human ship and an enforced contract has distance. We are being for another then I think it given us economic security plus de­ human beings, is time for the complete membeiv cent working conditions, not to we seamen, and VOU ARESiCk OR INJURED ship to band together and make mention all the benefits derived like other hu­ JeUetto AND ENTER A PRIVATE HOSPITAL the adoption of this accident form from the Welfare Plan; and now man beings, we plan a must. may drink a little, but so does the the Sea Chest has made the un­ NOTIFY THE UNION ANp THE^ May I again urge the member­ scrupulous waterfront peddler and landlubber. Ask the average pub­ U.S.p. M.S. —PROMPTLY/ the shoddy slop chest dealer ' a lican what trade he depends upon ship to consider the importance of thing of the past. These vultures to stay in business. Many saloon this issue and send their sugges­ of the docks must now find other keeper's in the USA have never tions to the LOG. To each mem­ birds to prey upon. had a seaman Inside their door ber it meahs only a-few minutes of While in New York, I decided to yet, with the exception of the bars time plus a postage stamp. Cliff Wilson go down and see the much talked along the waterfront. ^ 4> 4- 4Today a seaman's calling is con­ about Sea Chest, but first I bought New York Times." I spent the sidered one of the finest and at­ greater part of one morning com­ tracts :?ouths and men of the high­ paring Sea Chest prices with those est character, many with college advertised in the "Times." In the and high school diplomas. They To the Editor: I'd like to thank my shipmates afternoon I visited some of the are to be found in every rating. Seamen get to see many lands, oh the Anniston City and also the large New York department stores for a further comparison. I was and, during their travels, go,ashore other Union brothers who wrote amazed to learn that Sea Chest to see the sights, buy presents and me while I was laid up in the prices compared favorably with meet the natives socially. They are Halifax infirmary. I.got hurt on any that I saw any place, and in ambassadors-at-large for their the ship pretty badly and it cer­ many instances were a great deal countries. With his world-wide tainly helped cheer me up to know travel behind him, there is very that the friends I sailed with were lower, especially on appliances. little left to a seaman's imagina­ thinking of me. No Secret Sister Catherine De Cecci and I returned the following day to, tion, and when he comes to choose leam the secret. Brother Price a wife, he„ invariably chooses one the rest of the staff at the Halifax Spivey, the. Sea Chest manager, from the USA, if he's an Ameri­ infirmary deserve a hand for the said to me, "There'are no secrets. can seaman. Lucky indeed the way they tdok care of me. They We buy directly from the manufac­ lady of his choice will be, for a seemed anxious to please and saw turer, thus eliminating, the 'mld- well-traveled seaman makes a to it that all my wants were at­ tended to. They are certainly topg. dleTman's' profit. Besides, this is splendid husband. Terry MoNeea - John Jelletto aAej^w to Uie metob«c^hip:-^ye-< iMuds Galveston USPHS Etospital r '• . ' i-'v V^. ' ft-'' Seafarer^s Mom EOG Reader Thanks Seaiarers For Blood Aid Hits Attitude Towards Sick Misses News Ot Ships^ Friends Wants To Hear From Shipmates Seafarers Make Good Husbands Sags Sea Chest Tops ^Em All J"'- r- Thanks Friends For Writing Him ..fy' .-• ?" •m �Jtee tS. 1*84 Expresses Thanhs To Membership To the Editor: I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and hum­ ble thanks to the officials and membership of the Savannah hall for their sympathies and assistance in providing palibearers for the funeral of my father who passed away while I was at sea. Chester Yow tit Gives Thanks To Aii Who Helped SEAFARERS LOC Face Nlaeteai L E TIE E S ' mendous work that Union seamen have accomplished through the years in improving the conditions of seafarers. After eight torturous weeks of basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., and eight more of specialized (?) training in harbor craft (I sail FWT and oiler) at Fort Eustis, Va., where, incidentally, I met several SIU men, I am now In supply with the engineers. That's the army for you. At least here in the Presidio one can see the ships come and go and look forward to returning to the sea. I would like to thank Gordon Dolan for his letter from Galves­ ton and the USPHS hospital. New Orleans, which I finally received after three months and I sincerely hope he is all right by now. Also, I would appreciate it very much if you will bring my address up to date so that I can continue to get all the. news that's in the LOG. Pvt. Gordon J. Slover 521 (Ava Topo) 30th Engr. Gp. Presidio, San Francisco, Calif To the Editor: I certainly must give my thanks most sincerely to our secretarytreasurer, Paul Hall and our Wel­ fare representa­ tive, Walter Siekmann and our Union counsel, Seymour Miller and to Harry Dietch for the great battle they have fought for Whlttaker me in getting my citizenship papers, after they had been pending for years. It makes me feel proud and hap­ py to belong to such a well-organ­ ized Union as the SIU. All my thanks again, to the officers and my Union brothers and lots of luck to them all. Brothers, take care of your Union; that is what counts. To the Editor. Keep up the good work and we will My wife has asked me to request be tops. that the LOCi be sent to her at Donald Wblttaker our home. I have read it in the past and fountd it to be the best paper that I have ever read. I also like to see some of my f liends' pictures in it. I am on the Winter HiU of Cities To the Editor: Travel, good pay and adventure Service. I have found the men to with the Army is certainly a far cry be good members and most of all from the worthwhile, good living good ^friends. I hope to keep sail­ kind of travel a man does with the ing with the SIU. C. Fontenot SIU. (Ed. note: Your wife will re­ After having to put up with army life for six months, so far, ceive the LOG every two weeks, I can really appreciate all the tre- as published.) Wants Wife To Heeeive MAfG What4 With This Armp Sott Soap? Highly successful as-a bulk freight carrier during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and even fOir many years afterwards, the carrack was a vessel designed to carry large burdens, but was also often employed for purposes of war. As a dual purpose ves­ sel, it undoubtedly was an integral part of the shipping of all European maritime nations, and some of them were probably as laiYe as 1,000 tons. The carrack usually had four large wales. Wants A Group insurance Pian To the Editor: I, and many others, have often asked, "What does the single man get from the Welfare Fund except hospital benefits ..when he is in the hospital?" Group insurance is a plan that I have often thought would benefit the single man, mar­ ried man, his wife and children. To the membership I would like to propose such a plan now. Under group insurance, the plan would cover all members whether book or permit as long as they are in good standing. The plan would be broad enough to cover everything, which would include fillings, cleaning, extractions, bridge wJJrk and plates, dental sur­ gery, maternity and its expenses, medically anything from a scratch, cut, or infection of any kind; com­ municable, chron­ ic and incurable diseases; all in­ juries, accidents; and all special­ ists, hospital fees for room, doctors, nurses, anasthesia. X-ray, Whitlow hon^, office, and ambulance calls as well as out­ patient treatment. Loss of wages for all non-occu­ pational illnesses and injuries would be included, whether you are an in or out-patient, figured proportionately to your monthly earnings or the present mainte­ nance and cure benefits. Since the plan would be nation­ wide', seamen would choose their own doctors whether they are home or away from home. In that re­ spect, the treatment they receive would be much better than what the marine hospitals offer, and my belief is the life of the marine hospitals are short-lived as soon as the present extension expires. Aboai'd ship where the company doesn't give full coverage, the plan could cover as well as ashore. The Union Welfare Plan would still continue paying the war bond to new arrivals, death, scholarship, disability, and hospital benefits. I am sure that Welfare and head­ quarters can Investigate other plans now already in operation and enable us to have the best group insurance now In operation. Paul Whitlow (Ed note: Under the SIU Welfare Plan, all men sailing SIU con­ tracted ships, both books and per­ mits, are entitled to sederal bene­ fits whether they are single or mar­ ried. Aside from the hospital bene­ fit, there is a $25 weekly disability benefit payable at any age, and as in the case of the three Seafarers who won the 1954 awards this week, scholarship benefits as well. There is also a $2,500 death bene­ fit payable to the beneficiary of any Seafarer.) i his job on deck. His job calls for only one class of work, but the chief cook has to be an all-round cook, butcher and have a knowl­ edge of baking and pastry work. Now getting to the chief stew­ ard, this man is the head of a de­ partment with the responsibility of all foods, linens, maintenance and the serving of meals. He has the responsibility of. making a good ship and taking care of the diets of all the men aboard the ship he's serving on. Looking at the difference in the pay rates it seems way out of proportion for the work he does. Since the bosun is a workingboss under the chief mate's orders, and the chief steward is the head of a department, 'the- same as a chief mate, I believe that a chief steward's wages should be about what a second electrician's wages are. I would also like to point out that there is a lot of overtime that a chief steward does not get any more which his gang now does, such as supervising. This is not so with a bosun. I honestly believe that our nego­ tiating committee, \when looking into the difference in pay rates of respective departments, will see that the chief cooks, night cooks and bakers and chief stewards are way underpaid. Bill Hay its. Seafarer Offers Home For Sale To the Editor: This is to let any of the brothers who might be interested in buying a home know that I would like to sell my place in Brooklyn because I intend moving elsewhere. The house is a one-family, two-story frame house located about 20 min­ utes from the SIU hall. It has eight rooms, automatic oil heat, a full cellar, big yard in the rear and is on a plot about 30 feet by 100. It has no fancy frills but can be redecorated as the pur­ chaser sees fit. The price is $5,000, but I am sure I could .reach suitable terms with the person who would take it over. The house is located at 38 Garnet Street, and the telephone is ULster 8-2559. Information can be ob: tained at any time by calling that number or by seeing the place in person. There is always somebody there, either my wife or myself. Manuel Sanches Urges Action On Accident Forms To the Editor: I guess by now that our Brother members who have been reading our Union newspaper, the LOG, for the last few months must have come across quite a few articles that have been written concerning the urgency of putting our own ac­ cident forms on all our ships. I am writing to tell you Brother members that the urge is none too great. This is an­ other progressive step towards the welfare of the membership, be­ ing done so well for the members of the best mari­ time union in the world, the SIU. I have been in Hansen the hospital for some leugth of time now and when I stop and think, I realize that the idea^of protecting the welfare of the seaman, the first of its kind that I know of, is strictly'the idea of the SIU. These accident forms sure will serve a purpose for one and all of us. There will be no more laying in a hospital in some Godforsaken port in misery and wondering if the mate or some company stiff has sent in the proper company report. No more worrying about the seri­ ousness of the accident and how long it will take before you get anywhere near home and loved ones. Thank (3od the' SIU has thought of one of the best ways in the world of protecting its men in the use of these accident forms. An­ other first for the SIU. So, fellows, I urge you one and -all for your own protection, when you get aboard your next ship and have finished choosing the dele­ gates that are to represent you for the trip, make sure you impress upon your fellow shipmates the ne­ cessity of these accident forms and don't stop until you have a 100 per­ cent vote for them on all our ships. In closing I might add, that this great Union of ours has one of the greatest welfare departments there is on land or sea, barring none. You will never know until you are in the position I was in how right I am in making this statement. The attention I have had here at the hospital has been wonderful and seeing that good old smiling face of Toby Flynn is a tonic in itself. So once again, fellows, lets all vote 100 percent for those accident forms on all our ships. Einar Hansen Happy Family Group Not Camera Shy ^ Voices Stewards Department Beef witli skids strengthening the sides. The northern carrack illus­ trated here differed somewhat from those of the southern'Waters. In the latter it was customary to permit the ends of the deck beams to project beyond the planking of the vessels sides. The ships usually had three masts, with the mainmast much larger than the other Jwo. Some ot them did cany lour masts^ includ- ing-a tiny nudn-topmast, but this spar wjg. often little-more than a.ilfg-staff..: To the Editon Sir, I am writing to express my views in the LOG on the wages of chief stewards, chief cooks and night cooks and bakers, and .would like the opinion of the brothers sailing in this category. When our negotiating committee is working out the terms of our next contract, I would like to ask them to look into the matter of bringing stewards department wages up to the level of the deck and engine departments. First, let chief cooks be paid 'at the rate of pay that, bosun is paid, nite cooks and bakers likewise. The reason I say l^at, Is that, in my opinion, a chief cook has to be an all-round tradesman, as does the baker, whereas » bosun has to know only I ^I m •I Contented family of Seafarer Stephen Mehringcr gazes happily into camera. The litUr family group resides in Camden, NJ. •• I �•-v,'sy^_ :•;:TJgr SEAFARERS Par* Twenty •*«•; ;;i- ^ • -•,t- ^ LOG JTone tS, 1954 ... DIGEST of SHIPS* MEETINGS ... MOBILIAN (Waterman), May 31—Chair­ man, J. Prascott; Sacrafary, J.- Stringfallow. Ship's delegate reported that he was told by the New Orleans hall that there was no bonus on this run. up to date. Suggestion was made to see the chief mate about getting some items that are short in the slopchest. Each man will make up a list of what he wants. Ship's laundry is to be kept clean; sani­ tary man will clean the laundry for a . week in each department; an assignment list will be posted. - FRENCH CitEEK (Cities Service), May 24—Chairman, Floyd Pence; Secretary, Dan Beard. There is a .S40 balance in the ship's fund. Deck department foc'sles and passageways need painting. Men need not give notice, if geting off, until they know where the ship is going next trip. Patrolman should check the Slopchest if a the ship goes foreign. Bread on the tables will stay fresh if left in waxed wrappers. "Snowboy" soap powder is back again after a big beef two months ago. New library is needed from ^e Sea Chest. Clean linen, i^ued to tife crew is sometimes ragged and torn. Company should have linen sorted out.. Men must stay out of the messhall if they ai-e wear­ ing only shorts. Cups are to be returned to the sink at night. Repair list should be made up for the shipyard. Steward and his department got a vote of thanks for. a job well done. YAKA (Waterman), May 9—Chairman, Chester Yow; Secretary, Backrak. John­ son was elected ship's delegate. Bosun pointed out that all repairs must be made in Baltimore. Mattresses and springs aft are bad. Repair list will be made out and turned in. Washing machine should be turned off when not in use. CUBORE (Ore), May 23—Chairman Troy Thomas; Secretary, James Archie. Ship's delegate wiU' see the chief engineer about instaiiing a new part in the wash­ ing machine. Ship's delegate wUl see the chief mate about having some of the crew's quarters painted. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for their good work. STEEL EXECUTIva (MtTinilan), May 30 —Chairman, Robert A. Barrett; Secretary, E. Wiley Carter. One man missed ship in Kahuiui Maui, Hawaii. Recommenda­ tion was made to have ship's quarters fumigated so we can start the next vo.vage afresh. Some meat in the ground meat seems to be a bit sour. Steward will be notified so this can be checked. DM replacement will be ordered at the first port of arrival. Spring wire forward will be replaced, as it is a menace and a hazard to the safety of the crew han­ dling it. Recommendation was made to have the forward mess table moved over, to give a clear pass go between each table, and to have all drains and clapper valves cleaned. FAIRISLE (Waterman), May 22—Chair­ man, C. L. Stringfellow; Secretary, W. Smith. There is no hot water aft for tak­ ing showers. Joe Barone was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There was a discussion on Union accident re­ ports. Sanitary man asked for coopera­ tion' in 'stripping .bunks of linen on linen day. Waste paper baskets are needed for foc'sles. The catwalk will be repaired. Patrolman will contact the captain about neglecting the two men aboard ship who need hospital care. Messroom chairs will be repaired and each department delegate will make out a repair list. ANN MARIE (Bull), May 16—Chairman, E. Dakin; Secretary, V. Morton. Ice box was repaired. Motion was passed that no crewmember sign the non-witness report. Discussion was held on the report. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), May 27— Chairman, J. F. Kelley; - Secretary, James Purseil.. H. Ridgeway was elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was made to have the messroom sdugeed on leaving Mobile. Discussion was held on the time for hav­ ing the fire and boat drUi in port. Sug­ gestion was made to have this hgld in the morning, as the steward department is off in the afternoon. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), June I— Chairman, A. M. Branconi; Secretary, W. L. O'Donnell. Steward and his depart­ ment were congratulated on a job well done, with special mention for coffee time extras. Pressure on sanitary system WiU be referred to the first assistant by the ship's deiegate. Library should be locked up in port. Crew shouid cooper­ ate in keeping the laundry clean;- De­ fective parts in bed springs should be inspected. Steward requested that beefs be mentioned at the meeting and ironed out, to keep the crew in harmony. Doors WiU be kept closed when loading and discharging cargo. Discussion was heid on permissibie smoking area on ship. Ship's delegate wiU confer with the mate on this and aU hands wiU . take pre­ cautions to keep sparks away from gas fumes. fe" DEL MAR (Mississippi), May 23—Chair­ man, George McFall; Secretary, Henry liv. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY Dover Ms Still in Delaware Thanks to one Seafarer who wrote in immediately when he was crossed up on the cross­ word puzzle in the last issue of the LOG, the editors can an­ nounce at this time that Dover is still the capital of Delaware, despite allusions to the con­ trary in the SEAFARERS LOG. The capital of Maryland is also still located at Annapo­ lis. Apologies to all readers . who may have been confused by the garbled geography in last issue. slopchest. Suggestion was made to write to headquarters to find out why. Steward and his department were commended on the good food and fine menus. Sugges­ tion was made that crewmembers take only one book at a time, instead of put­ ting five or six in their lockers for the whole trip. Only some of the last trip's repairs were dope. Effort wiil be made to have the rest of the work done at sea by the crew where possible. Ship's dele­ BRADFORD ISLAND, (Cities Service), gate will see the captain about a $20 draw June 5—Chairman, Jesse W. Maloney; for each man in the port of Ccuta. Secretary, Vincent Ratcllff. Drinking DEL MAR (Mississippi), April 25— fountain has been fixed. Steward ordered new mattresses. Discussion was held on Chairman, Eddy Stough; Secretary, Henry Gerdes. After $5.92 was spent for games, getting the recreation room fixed up. Ship's delegate will see the captain about the ship's fund stood at $210.54. Station­ this. Suggestion was made that money ery was ordered, according to the last from the ship's fund be used for fixing meeting, and will be ready next time we the radio. ^ Cups should be put back in come In. The cost will be about $80. piace after use. Feet shouid be kept off Joe Wise was .elected ship's delegate. the chairs in the messhaU. Repair lists wili be made out. The ship's fuhd stands at $10.07. ^€ SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), June 7— Chairman, J. Reed; Secretary, M. Sterne. Steward department got a vote of thanks. Deck department should help OS keep quarters clean. Linen should be obtained Discussion was held on keeping the messcial grade, not first quality. *^Crew is not on time. rooms and pantries clean. satisfied with the menus that have been ROBIN KETTERING (Seat Shipping), put out. Steward agreed to try to remedy BENTS FORT (Cities Service), June 6rthis. More variety of night lunch is May 30—Chairman, D. Whittaker; Secre­ needed. Coffee wiU be locked up in tary, N. Rocco. L. Nagie was elected ship's Chairman, C. RItter; Secretary, James Kelly. Mattresses were replaced in Linden delegate. Some men failed to report for Africa. AU hands agreed that the steward should decide if the chief cook has the watch and failed to return on caU back and opinions were asked on them. Pa­ authority to give cooks time off. Shore- to secure ship. .This will be referred to trolman will be asked about the tile in side personnel should be kept out of the patrolman. No launch service was the black gang head. One man missed inside passageways, and forbidden to use provided in Mossel Bay. Crew went on ship in Lake Charles. One night's lodging the washing machine. Magazines in good record to turn in one member for walk­ is disputed.for a member. Dale E. Wil­ condition wili be turned over to a hos­ ing off watch, drunk on watch, missing liams was elected ship's delegate by several watches, entering officers' quar­ acclamation. The messhall has just been pital or a seaman's club in Capetown. ters and electricians' rooms without au­ sougeed; It was suggested, that members ALEXANDRA (Carras), May 30—Chair­ thorization, disturbing passengers by en­ cooperate in keeping it clean. All hands man, Hall; Secretary, William M. Hand. tering their , lounge but not their rooms. agreed to an arrival pool, with a third Morgan Harris was elected ship's dele­ Charges against mai^ were dropped by of the winnings going into the ship's the master, providing Union deals with fund. If menus continue under par they him in the proper manner. Certain men WiU be shown to Brother Clark in Lake were given advice and promised to mend Charles. Old man will be asked to get a their wayward ways. Steward suggested library when calling for replacements. that rooms be left clean and dirty linen We will try again for a better trade of turned in. Washing machine is in poor milk in Lake Charles, a change of coffee working condition and should be replaced and better soap powder. Cook said water­ next trip. Toasters should be replaced; a melons have been ordered. There was a discussion on new quarters for the day­ fan should be placed in the laundry. man who is now with the 8-12 watch. gate. Ship's delegate will see the mate about an awning for the poop deck,. but FRANCES (Bull), June •—Chairman, J. Suggestion was made to move the bosun the general feeUng seems to be that since L. O'JUurke; Secretary, Jimmy Jones. to the midship spare room now used by an awning was no: required it would not Ship s delegate will contact the company the port engineer. We wUl take this up be forthcoming. Request was made for about the washing machine, which needs with the Boston patrolman. As for the sinks for vegetables in the galley. Stew­ repairs. Ernie De Bautte was elected opinions on the seven foam rubber mat­ ard wlU be contacted about ice cream ship's delegate by acclamation. Discus­ tresses: One says they are too narrow: coming aboard in a soft condition. Pa­ sion was held on the food. All radios two say they are too short; one doesn't trolman WiU be' asked about a washing should be tuned do^n low at night, so like the smell; three find them the best machine—a second, new one. Steward and men can sleep. New repair list should be they've ever had. We just can't keep everyone happy; we could use four more. chief cook should check stores coming aboard to see thai a good grade is re­ I ceived and poor grades should -be re­ JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), June fused. Several complaints were made 6—Chairman, B. KImberley; Secretary, M, against the steward's handUng of his job M. Cross. All repairs will be taken care and his excuses were not generaliy ac­ of, including the new washing machine. cepted. Steward agreed that, as he was One man missed ship twice, in Japan sick, he should get off the Ship and re­ and in New Zealand and will be turned cover fuliy before shipping again. Small over to the patrolman. One man missed beef between two : deck gang members made out. Linen locker should be put in ship and was left in Auckland, New Zea­ was settled amicably. Delegates wUl a different place. land; a man with a tugboat book was check the old repair list and try,to get picked up in Auckland. Motion was SEACLOUD (Seatraders), April 25— passed to make out a complete repair items left over taken care of. Chairman, James Eichanberg; Secretary, list. There was discussion on the men Albert Precious. A. B. Fowler was who missed ship. BEATRICE (Bull), June 2—Chairman, elected ship's delegate by acclama­ • • . N Pedro Reys; Secretary, Roger I. Hall. tion. Discussion was held on inadequate Crew messhaU was sougeed; OT beefs MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleld), May S— from the last trip were settled. Raymond Chairman, Robert McNeil; Secretary,, W. Moran was elected new ship's delegate. E. Harper. One man got off the ship 8-12 oiler has beef about the engineer on before sailing because of sickness in his his watch; he claims the pnglneer is family. Deck delegate reported this to treating him worse than an animal. He the Union hall. H. Jones was elected is also treating the wipers the same and ship's delegate by acclamation. Ship's trying to run the engine room dayworkdelegat&.will see the chief engineer about ers. When the oiler started up his bilge James H. "Red" Smith the washing machine. Men were asked pumps the engineer speeded them up Please contact your sister in to wear trousers when in the messhaU. the moment he turned his back. Issue < Continued on page 21) will be referred to the patrolman. Stew­ Houston, Texas, ard was asked to order plenty of fresh milk. Ship's delegate and the patrolman WiU see the port steward about getting Puxzte Auawer Samuel Hutchinson more variety of fresh fruits and vege­ tables. Asks that his friends please Cerdes. Men getting off may purchase up to eight cartons of cigarettes. Captain agreed to > lift a log on a man because of a nervous disorder. We also have on board a repatriated brother, who was injured on the Del Santos, and whom we welcome. Brother Joe Spina got a vote of thanks for buUding up the ship's fund. Motion to buy a movie projector was vetoed for lack of support. Motion was passed to use a fund of voluntary dona­ tions for a picnic for members and their families. Discussion was held on the crew pantry, condition of cups and dishes, temperature of washing and rinsing MARINA (Bull), May 22—Chairman, water. Steward will check the beef. Wash­ Frank Fletcher; Secretary, E. Mbllneaux. ing machine wUl be put on the repair Crew was asked to stop beefing among Ust. themselves and bring beefs out at good and welfare. Complaints were made about ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), May 30 the captain's system of giving out draws —Chairman, M. Smith; Secretary, F. S. and cigarettes. After discussion it was Simiene. A few repairs were not made decided that the ship's delegate would before leaving New York; they wiU be see him and try and work things out. put on the repair Ust again at the end Captain will be contacted about getting a of this voyage. Chief engineer will get Seafarers Sea Chest for the ship. There ice boxes in the messhaUs fixed in Africa. should be less noise in the passageway Carpenter wiU instaU toUet paper hold­ in the morning. ers in heads that need them. Motion was passed to see if better grades of JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory meat can be put on board in the future; Carriers), May 2—Chairman, Vernon Hall; patrolman will check this at the payoff. Secretary, H. L. Haley. Robert Prideaux Chief cook stated meats are of commer- was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will be contacted about getting a 'new heavy-duty washing machine. The dis­ puted OT on butchering will be turned over to the patrolman. Engine delegate will be elected. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) Secretary H. L. Herdy. Washing machine was fixed; everything is running smoothly. Delegates wiU make up repair lists for each department. A vote of thanks went to the steward department. Conditions would be much improved if the chief cook, second cook, night cook and baker did not share the same foc'sles. Night cook and baker cannot sleep in day workers' room. May 31—Chairman, Roy C, Lwndqulstt llRSONALS 4 4 4 write to him at 91 South Edgeley Road, Toronto 13, Canada, 4 4 4 Dow M. Nye Important that you contact Tony Carrano at lid Royal Street, New Orleans, La, 4 4 4 John D. McLemore important that you contact L, E, Wing c/o SIU Hall, Mobile, Ala, 4 4 4 Clyde Burns Please contact Sheldon Tabak, 38 Park Row, New York City, con­ cerning your shipmate Joseph V. Richards, 4 NOTICES 4 4 Richard D. Lewis Please contact yiiiir attorney and W. J. DonBld sign releases as your case ^ been Ydur Union book and gear arc settled. being held at the Wilmington hall. NAME » 4 4 4 4 t Hugh S. Bean Robert H. Albright STREET ADDRESS ....... —..................;.. Contact the Organizing Uepart- Anyone knowing the whereabouts ment at SJU headquarters as soon of the above Seafarer please con­ tact Mirs. Hugh S, Bean at 405 as possible. Urgent. OITY .............. .....ZONE ......STATE ,...... South Westehore Drive, Port Tam­ ,, ^ » 4-,. . pa City, Tla, Frank Li Blehardsoii Rajuaond Moreg . ; :: " » t X : u ' Andre Brokrishy Manuel Gana TO AVOID OUKICATIONi H you aro on old subserlbor onrf hivB • obtnflo Please contact the . Orgiinlaing Please contact Howard SI Gil­ of oddross, piooto fivo your fprmor oddroM bolowf Department : at SXl)r headquarters lespie,' Box 432, Lewisbbrgi W. VB;; at' once i regabding. yoiir < rtl'nstate-'regMdiog the'name'add idiieii xit ment .aud. back pajr ritfiAg; In con^ an unrtb :wh» shtpimd 'aeidtb Mm iiectloi|(Withith»: bd the Sanford B, Doyle.' ,' ' /iiJu ,k</' ;'-;ir.'? •; • .).v A [sisisis smiiBois ssa BIQIS QSISBQISIE ssass Bsnssn anas [^Dao Qsias [^QS] Quiz Answers (1) Six hours. (2) (b) Scheherezade, (3) (b) William Holden, for hia role in Stalag 17, a movie about AmericaiT-POWs in Germany. (4) Boulder Dam, Originally called Hoover Dam, It was later, changed to Boiilder Dam, and then the original name was restored in 1947. \ (5) Ohio, abbreviated as O, Tha Post Office Department would be much happirt if this abbreviation wasn't used, however, and tiie full name was spelled out. : («) 294 feet. . (7) Wisconsin. (jl>(b)Jo)ln Adams, thf first yicfc.. Prttsidcni, became ffie lecond Pre**• - • ' litii^ti lih inar • . ar and;. Wn'n:;-.- mm �SEAFARERS ^ui* t5, 1954 IPG Paee Twenty-mit ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... ihent in which some strong words were (Continued from page 20) passed. After a vote, the chief cook Men ara ta clean up after eating at was told to mend his ways, or he would nlgbt. be put off. Ship needs fumigation as rats were seen on board. New refrigerator Is DiL VIBNTO (MItslislppI), May needed for the crew messroom, as the Chairman, Wilien "Tiny" Themat; Sec­ old one has been broken, the whole trip. retary, John R. Tllley. There la a total Better grade of -syrup should be ordered. of 877 in the ship's fund. Steward asked the membership to turn in any torn linen which wUl be replaced, and turned llli'LL RUN (Petrol Tankers), June i— over to the company. As In the pact. Chairman, J. McLaughlin; Secretary, L. It was decided to hold an arrival pool, P. Hagmann. One man left the ship In both north and south-bound. 60 chances Lake Charles and the hall was notlfled at S2 each, the winning minute to receive by radio the following day. One man was 860 and the two adjoining minutes 820 left In the hosplUl at Pbrt Everglades, each. The remaining 820 will go Into Fla. Anyone desiring to take off In pbrt the ship's fund. This money Will be used should make arrangements In advance for to hold a shrimp and beer parly in South someone to stand his watch, and not America each trip. Cither ships could leave the man on watch holding the bag. beneBt by this practice and raise a ship's Crew was advised that the captain would fund without any trouble to anyone and not pay transportation from Tampa, Fla. still provide a sporting proposition to to Port Everglades, the nearest port with the membership. replacements. This matter will be taken up with the patrolman at the nCxt payoff. SEATICER (Colonial), June <—Chair­ Fresh dally stores were not obtained In man, E. L. Thompson; Secretary, Story. several ports. Ship's delegate was asked Repair list was turned in. . Vote of by the steward to see the captain on thanks went to the steward department. this and the captain said the steward One man to be turned in to patrolman placed no requisition. Milk for two meals for being a rat. Men should leave the was short In Port Everglades and there ship clean and return all cups to the was no Ice aboard. Pantryman said he steward. was not ordered to make Ice as It was expected every day. Steward was asked PELTORB (Ore), Juns 4—Chairman, why niore night lunch could not be put Merle Doucatt; Secretary, Frank Pagano. out and said he would take care of the Quartermaster paid off In Canal.' Harold matter. Galley will be left open while at Thomas was elected ship's delegate by sea. Galley scuppers were stopped up: pumpman promised to fix them right after the meeting. acclamation. Water fountain will not be used as a spittoon. There is 840 In the ship's fund. MAB (Bull), May 9—Chairman, Clark Inman; Bacratary, R. M. Hammond. There Is a balance'of 824.79 In the ship's fund. F. Hipp was elected new ship's delegate. Brother Carlson tvas given a vote of thanks for a Job well done while serving as delegate. Repairman In Baltimore fouled up TV set. Suggestion was made to try and have It fixed again at Pasa­ dena. New roda for the aerial will be purchased there if possible. ROBIN 8HERWOOO' (Beat Shipping), May 9—Chalrpian, R. Anderson; Secre­ tary, Mitchell Critzf. No cigarettes were Issued In Bclra. We had to contact mas­ ter for these. Master was contacted be­ cause the purser refused to show movies. Ship's fund stands at 83.28. Repair list was turned over to the ship's delegate. Chief electrician complained that har­ mony aboard this vessel has bcen_ dis­ rupted by the chief cook. This man has been very loud In passageways, keeping men on watch awake. Also, he has been In arguments with some members of the crew. He went to the chief cook at one o'clock to get keys for the galley and the chief cook refused. There was an at^- See Mimmigration Before Landing All ships in Puerto Rican ports must be cleared by the Immigration ins^etors before erewmembers-can go ashore, . the same as in Continental United States ports. Crewmembers should make sure that Immigration has finished its business before taking off. Otherwise - the shipping com­ pany is subject to fines and the crewmeihber can be penal­ ized accordingly. ^ COB VICTORY (Victory Csrrlsrs),--May 30—Chairman, MIks Magsl; Bscrstsry Ceorgs B. Dunn. J. R. Johnson was re­ elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Bosun reported that the painting of the crew's quarters should be finished this week. Chief electrician was asked to put a timer on the washing machine so It would shut off automatically. Ship's dele­ gate asked the other delegates to get a draw list ready for Japan. CHILORB (Ore), May 9—Chairman, P. Priti; Secretary, J. C. Crsgery. There was a beef against the third cook for not performing his work. Steward asked the membership about the charges against the third cook and the membership voted to turn it over to the patrolman. A re­ quest has been made and approved that while In drydock a check be made, and aU missing wind chutes In crew's-quarters be replaced and extra fans be installed In crew's lounge. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), May 3S— Chairman, Wayne 8. Collard; Secretary, Miguel A. Eala. This Is a good crew and everybody's behavior Is very satis­ factory. Two beefs with the captain, on Issuing soap powder and pulling Ice were settled to our satisfaction. Captain said he would not lift the logs against four men. Patrolman will be asked why the water spigot installed outside the house for shoreslde personnel cannot be left on in all foreign ports for use by them, so they don't have to use our drinknlg fountain. Company's US and foreign mailing addresses will be typed up and posted under glass in the crew messhall. All repairs* will be turned over to the ship's delegate. There was a beef on getting the electrician's foc'sle painted and heads and showers sougeed and painted out. Chief said there was no time, but we have had sufficient time to have this done before arriving In New York. Vote of thanks went to the whole steward department for a Job well done during the whole trip. Lava soap should be used instead of pumice. 16 fans jvlll be installed in all foc'sles as the 12-Inch fans are not adequate for this run. Electrician's foc'sle will be painted. New chairs will be ordered for the crew's messhall and this will be put on the re­ pair list. There was discussion on start­ ing a Union group medical Insurance plan and about Jnstalling a laundry aboard ship, "as the work done on shore has been poor. JEAN LAPITTB (Waterman), May IS— Chairman, P. B. Otyoi; Secretary, M. B. -•-.Ss'AiwKii 4Ait Crtt, .T.-j';'';,'!.'.. . Pappadakls. Minor repairs will be taken care of—some at sea and the rest in Yokohama. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund with a 82 donation per, man; this fund will be used for emer­ gencies only. After discussion on the cleaning of the crew's pantry It was agreed that the last man standing by dn each watch leave the place clean. The card players should also clean up their mess. GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May 30^ Chairman, Jlmmle Colder; Secretary, Harry Crimes. Repair list of the last trip has not yet been completed: ship's dele­ gate will see the captain. Suggestion was made to keep the library neat and orderly at all times. Engine department should leave coffee in the pantry and not carry It below. Steward should be contacted when coffee is needed below. All linen should, be kept In rooms in Germany, and not thrown into the pas­ sageway. There Is a question of englneers freeing dogs on portholes topside and taking OT away from the deck de­ partment. Washing machine should be given better treatment; motor should not be left on overnight. No one In the black gang is to ask for time off in lieu of OT, as seemingly expected by topside engi­ neers, or charges will be preferred. PELICAN MARINER (Bloomneld), May 21—Chairman, Ncis Larson; Secretary, M. Ashlelgh. One man was hospitalized in Nagoya, Japan: after his discharge he will be repatriated back to the States. Nels Larson was elected ship's dele.-jate unanimously. Deck delegate reported that he would be hospitalized in Pusan, Korea, and said that the bosun com­ plained of difficulties with the mate, and that this matter had been satisfactorily cleared. Due to'the shortage of steward department men, the steward, ship's dele­ gate and department delegates conferred with the captain and it was decided that day workers of the engine department would be placed in the engine depart­ ment, as long as sick men are absent. One man went over the heads of every­ one, allegedly, to obtain a. hospital slip. He is reported to have gpne to the agent and obtained a slip denoting him unfit for duty. When the same was presented to the captain, the captain said his pay would stop till he was fit for duty again. The man became incensed and swore, demanding his slip back. The captain then advised that he be taken below and quieted or he would take action. Man who made the statement that the bosifn was unfit for his job apologized deeply. Sanitary work is unsatisfactory, and will be reported to the patrolman If it doesn't improve. Department dele.''ates should confer with the purser to compile a list to replenish stock In the slopchest and to obtain the stock In the first major port. Three Seafarers, Son Of SIU Man Win Scholarship Awards (Continued from page 3) of the soccer and lacrosse teams. In 1947 Simpson was accepted by Stanford University but was un­ able to enter school for lack of money. He started shipping out then first with the Ore Line for about three years and later spent a good deal of time on Waterman and Alcoa ships. More recently he has been taking Libertys out of the West Coast. Seafarer Seymour Wallace, who is 24 years old, is already attend­ ing Long Island University taking a pre-med course with* the hope of becoming a .podi­ atrist. The 24year-old Seafarer has been a mem­ ber of the SIU for six years sailing mostly on Wallace Mississippi and Bull Line ships. He has an A-minus average at LIU and previously at­ tended St. Vincent's Grammar Judges Pick Art Winners (Continued from page 2) eluding four red-ribboned special awards. The limited number of entries in watercolors and draw­ ings precluded the awarding of three prizes in each class, at any event. Tie For First Prize The tie for first prize in oils be­ tween Tarkov and Hope was cred­ ited by the judges to the excellence of both entries. Tarkov's entry, titled "Life of a Little Boy," was a landscape showing a little boy romping along a country road. Hope took the honors with a de­ tailed street scene of a small town. His winning watercolor was a por­ trait impression of a young woman. A pencil drawing titled "The Bosun" won the top award in that division for Sawvel, who sai(i the drawing was of the bosun on the Fairjport (Waterman), the ship he'd been on recently. In handicrafts, a fine-tooled gyroscope, copped the top prize for Pfeiffer, who put his skill as a machinist to work on his winning entry. (See separate story on page 2 for descriptions of all the winning entries and personal sketches of each Seafarer who toolf part in the contest.) Prior to the week-long exhibit at headquiirters, many of the en­ tries also-had a showcasing along with the works of • members of other Netir York trade unions- et a speciar display sponsored by a di­ vision of the New York Public Ll«braiy;" -I T School at St. Vincent, British West Indies, where he compiled a fine scholastic record. He's married and lives in New York City. Now On Wacosta The fourth college scholarship winner. Seafarer Ed Larkin, is cur­ rently serving as chief electrician on the Wacosta, after completing one year at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Re­ lations, Cornell University. Lar­ kin, who is 27 years old, has been sailing for over 10 years. For a while he served on the Great Lakes as an organizer and last year won a labor scholarship to Harlech Col­ lege, Harlech, Wales, under an In­ ternational Exchange program. The committee of educators. which selected the winnei's, based their ehoices on test scores on the College - Entrance Board examina­ tion, high school achievement record, ejitra-curricular participa­ tion in school and evidences of character, ability and leadership qualities. Committee members were: C. William Edwards, director of adjnissions, Princeton University; Elwood C. Kastner, registrar. New York University: Miss Edna M. Newby, director of admissions. New Jersey College for Women, Rutgers University; F. D. Wilki.-.son, regis­ trar, Howard University, and Ber­ nard Ireland, assistant director of admissions, Columbia College, Co­ lumbia University. Seatrain Signs Contract (Continued from page 3) have contained animal or vegetable $3fi8.68; second cook, $332.77; matter or petroleum oil or creo­ third cook, $317.93; me.ssman, sotes. $249.82; utilityman, $249.82, and night cook and baker, $368.68. The new OT rates—also retro­ active to .last October 1—range from $1.51 to $1.98 an hour de­ pending on the basic monthly wage. For standby work in port, when iContinued from page 2) board and lodging are not provid­ ed on the ship, the men are to be additional $19 over the date paid paid from $1.91 to $1.98 an hour, on other dry cargo ships. Overtime depending on their monthly wage, rates, on the Mariners, however, for work done during the regular are not affected by the provision working hours. Outside those covering key ratings. Approval of the new freight con­ hours the rates range from $2.87 tract by the membership at meet­ to $2.98 an hour. For longshore work done by the ings in all ports last week followed crew, the rates are $1.91 to $1.98 on the approval of the agreement an hour for the watch above and by a representative shipowners' $2.87 to $2.98 an hour for the committee which had negotiated \^tch below. For such work done with the Union. The individual outside the regular working hours freight operators now have to sign the rates range from $3.81 to $3.96 -the agreement for their own com­ panies, a detail which is expected an hour. Similar rates have been put into to be completed shortly. In making the demand for talks effect when erewmembers are re­ quired to handle diffuser units or on a new tankship pact, following clean or repair tanks or bijges that a preliminary meeting with several of the tanker operators, the Union left it up to the shipowners wheth­ er they wish to negotiate indi­ vidually or as a group, although in previous- years negotiations have An" error in the dry cargo been held jointly. wage scale list published in It is expected, however, that the the last issue of the SEAFAR­ pattern set in the freight agree­ ERS LOG had the AB mainte­ ment will be followed in the tank­ nance and the 2nd assistant er field as well as on money items reefer engineer receiving $1.98 and general and working rules an hour in overtime pay. The where they apply. Some improve­ correct figure for these two ments in working rules keyed to ratings is $1.94. tanker operation are also likely in The dividing line, based on the upcoming talks. The traditional the old wage scale, for figuring differential on pay in favor of overtime rates is $340.73. Un­ tankermen will also be maintained. der the old scale both ^AB The freight agreement, which maintenance and 2nd assistant will run until September 30, 1955, . reefer were receiving less than Ihciiides a specified clause en­ that figure, hence they fall., abling the Union to reopen it any into the four percent increase time on welfare, vacation claiiseB categoiY. and other items. Open Tanker Contract Talks AB Maintenance at Bate $1.94 y I �• ^ .'ifaie'^enty-ti^ ' SEAFARERS ^ l»S4 IPG Seafarer'^ Son; Sleeps Through It All The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, (drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL P''; Blissfully unaware of the goings-on, John Gretz, son of Seafarer Michael Gretz, slumbers peacefully, as parents look over communication from Union with $200 maternity benefit check and $25 bond. |-,vt' v ^rW.•. .-• Wk'- '-.W# All of the follomnsf SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. James Charlie Dial, Jr., born May 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dial, Sr., RFD No. 1, Livingston, Ala. $• Ruth Ellen Carpenter,, bom January 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Carpenter, 118 Broad Street, Valley Falls, RI. 4- it t Daniel Perez, Jrr, born March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Perez, 1808'Market Street, Galves­ ton, Tex. t it t Johanna Ruiz, born March 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ruiz, 447 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. ii t Miguel Eugenio Cubano, born April 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Cubano, Palansterio Q-4, San Juan, Puerto Rico. t i i John Gretz, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gretz, 90 St. Marks Place, Staten Island, NY. i a; 4^ • Amy Lee DePoo, born May 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. DePoo, 307 West 11th Street, New York 14, NY. t 4* 4" Walter Lee Broderick, born May 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Broderick, 507 West Cres­ cent Drive, Savannah, Ga. it 4" 3^ Vickl Yvonne Franklin, born Man. Beach PHS Patients Put Out Own Magazine April 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. WiUiam "T. Franklin, Route 2, Graham, NC. 4" 4^ it Renay Elaine Gaines, bom Febmary 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis B. Gaines, 1754 Limerick Street, Mobile, Ala. X ir ir • ••• Carolyn Ruth Sposato, born May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Sposato, c/o General Delivery, Sprakers, NY. 4" 3^ 4" Anita Alyce Reld, born May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Msg. Glenn A. Reld, 111 West Channel Road, Santa Monica, Cal. 3^ 4" 3> Sandra. Arlene ^Greaux, .born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Greaux, 286 North Broadway, Churchtown Pennsgrove, NJ. "3> t 3> James Lawrence Palmer,' III, born May 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Palmer, Jr., 400 Shaw Street, New Bedford, Mass. 3^ 4" 4" Thomas Clyde Deale, Jr., born May 27, 1954. Parents, Mr; and Mrs. Thomas C. Deale, 732 Prince­ ton Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. 4« 4i 4» Thomas Harold Rood, born May 28. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ponald L. Rood, 5022 Comly Street, Philadelphia, Pa. .. Seafarer John Driscqll and Manhattan Beach nurse look over first . issue of- "The Porthole," new magazine being published by the patients at Manhattan Beach. Patients at the Manhattan Beach US Public Health Service Hospital are now putting out ah attractive 31-page publica­ tion each month. Called "The Porthole," the newspaper is the product of combined tal-' ents of both SIU and NMU Seafarer Henry E. Smith design­ patients. ed an attractive cover for. the The June issue of the newspaper publication while other patients contains an article by Seafarer chipped In with news notes and John Dri^coll commemorating the other Items of Interest. hospital's fourth anniversary as a Hospital patients are hopeful USPHS unit and describing the that they will be able to maintain complex but wdll-carried-out mov­ a regular publication "to be dis­ ing operation Involved in shifting tributed among the patient.^ and patients from the old Neponsit possibly exchanged with other hospital at Rockaway Beach to the marine hospitals around the coun­ Manhattan Beach Installation. try. STATEN ISLAND. NY SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier James Bentley William E. Neef Ho.Yee Choe Joe Perreira John E. Brady Joseph Neubai'er Theodore Creer Luciano 1. Ramos John J. Brennan Sigurd Odegaad Thomas D. Dailey Anthony M. Rosaies Charles CantweU Charles Ogiesby Oiav Gustavsen Thomas A, Scanlon Jose Cortes Newton Paine Hoyt Hackney W. S. gingieton Henry Currier T. Papoutsogiov George H. Leary Edward L. Woods Raymond Davis Fioro Regalado Antonio Mangao P. S. • Yiizon Marinus Dejonga George Robinson Domingo Diaz Juan Rodriguez USPHS HOSPITAL Eddie Driggers Manuel Rodr:;.'uez NEW ORLEANS, LA. W. E. Eietherion Oscar Rosenfcit Stanley A, Bailey Leo Lang Andrew Franklin Edwin T. Rushton Paul Boudreaux Pierre Leblanc Joseph Gauthier David Saigado Charles E. Brady Jean LaTapie EsteU Godfrey Stanley A. Sargeant WUiiam R. Burch Cyril Lowrey Einar A. Hansen Jerome Serrao Charles Burton James M. Lucky Vincent Jones Hendrick Swartjes Owen Butler Adam McDiarmid Thomas Liles Thomas Thompson McKenley Campbell Frank Martin Tim McCarthy James Thomson Sibastian Carregal George R. Mitchell Lloyd McGee Benjamin Trottia aip P. B. Cogley John Maclnnes Jose Valenzueia Mu S. Cope Jean Murna Perfecto Mangual Clifford Womack Arthur 1. Nelson Adion Cox Julius Martin Clifton Wilson Clarence Crevier C. Osinski Robert Mulhnllahd Arthur Wroton Ernest DesHotels Frank S. Payior Francis R. Napoli A. Quinones Gordon R. Doian W. E. Reynolds E. R. Ekiund USPHS HOSPITAL Ragnor A. Ericson James J. Ruth MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Edward Samrock Thomas Fields Percy AUred Kaarel Leetmaa Nathan Gardner John E. Sanders Fortune Bacomo 'James R. Lewis Bobby M. Slade Frank Gibas Claude Blanks Francis Lynch Golden B. GUlespie Jack F. Thornburg Joseph D. McGraw Robert L. Booker Jack H. Gleason Lonnie R. Tickle Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Joseph G. Carr David McUreath Lyle Hipp Louis W. Wetzell Har Chong Frank Mackey E. G. Kriapp Robect T. Young John Driscoli Vic Milazzo D. KorolU Boje Bieisen M. W. Gardiner USPHS-^OSPITAL Bart Guranick George Shumaker MOBILE, ALA. John Haas Robert Sizemore Dawson Perry Thomas Isaksen Ernest Smallwood John Keenan Henry E. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL Ludwig Kristiansen Henry Tuttle GALVESTON, TEX. Frederick Landry Renato Viliata C. Barboza J&cinto Guebara William Bargone Willie B. GuiUory James J. Lawior Virgil Wilmoth W. C. Be/gguist Thomas Gutierrez YONKERS GENERAL HOSPITAL James H. Brandon Alfred A. Hancock . NEW YORK Curtis G. Decker Abraham H. Mander Aaron Sasser Joseph H. Dudley Hewitt Manuel G. B. Eilzey John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL C. W. Goodwyn Jack E. Siocum DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. VA HOSPITAL Frank Alasavich Robert A. Rogers BALTIMORE, MD. John G. Flynn Earl F. Spear Leonard J. Frank James A. McFerren Walter Tkach James H. Penswick George Vourloumis NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH USPHS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. BETHESDA, MD. Thomas Ankerson William Kenny James H. Harker Lorenzo Brigida Ben I^wson SAILORS SNUG HARBOR Carl Chandler Tony Mastantinp STATEN ISLAND. NY Jessie Clarke Cornelius Palmer Joseph Kosiusky Tony Cooper Patsy Pasquaie James Dodson Robert W. Scales USPHS HOSPITAL WUliam Etty Robert Stanford FORT WORTH, TEX. Gorman T. Glaze John T. Watt Edward J. Toolan George E. Godwin Warren Whitmer Henrich Wie-se VA HOSPITAL Otis Harden Walton Hudson CORAL GABLES, FLA. Albert L. Willis Ruby O. Vance USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. - USPHS HOSPITAL William C. Bedgood Clifford Middleton SEATTLE, WASH. Paul Bland William E. Olson J. B. Brown Stanley Kurtish James Bush Ivey Peaccck Floyd L. Jarvis V. K. Ming Lucius A. DeWitt James B. Sellers Sverre Johannessen Vincent Tocco C. C. Slater Carl R. Johnson WiUiam F. Vaughn Herman KemP' Jimmie Littletpn Charles E. Johnson Alien Seamen Must Get Visas For Future Landings In US Alien seamen sailing US-flag ships or for that matter, the ships of any nation, have one year left in which to get their 3> 3^ 3^ Linda Louise Taylor, born April visitors' visas for landings in the United States. The State 7 19, 1954. Parents,_Mr. and Mrs. Department has-set a July 1, 4 Cecil E. Taylor, PO Box 43, Clen- 1955, cutoff date after which up to handle the volume of work denin. West Virginia. that would be involved in issuing no alien seaman will be per­ the visas. 4" 3^.. 3^ Actually, the requirements for Mary Ruth Mouton, bom April mitted to land in the US without 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. either a visa for residence or a the visitor's visa apfe practically as "stiff as for an immigrant's yisa Philip D. Mouton, 3027 Music visitor's visa. Street, New Orleans, La. Since getting a first visitor's visa for permanent residence, requiring is a time-consuming and compli­ the usual clearances and a consid­ if 3^ 4" erable amount of personal infor­ Jeffrey Carl King, born May 17, cated affair, all alien seamen are mation and documents. Aliens are advised to make immediate appli­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gor-. advised-to find out as soon as pos­ don C. King, c/o Delmar King, cation for a visa* at any consul's sible what these documents are, office outside the United States. Steuben, Me. It's expected that it will take a as it may take some time to col­ t 3^ 3^ minimum of two or three months lect th(em. Thomas Wilton Green, born May between the time of application Wait Six Months 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. for the visa and the date the visa ^ In some instances known to the John C. Green, 1821 East Fayette is issued. This, of course, does not U'nion, alien seamen who have ap­ Street, Baltimore, Md. include the time consumed by the plied for a residence visa have had alien in traveling to a foreign port to wait as much as six months for 3> 3> 3> -Richard W. De FazI, born May to make application. Once the visa the visa to come through. It's a 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. is issued, it is good for, two years good idea then,, for . every alien in Richard E. De Fazi, 264 Havre and then can be renewed. the SIU to go about getting his Street, East Boston, Mass. Delayed Effect . visa immediately so that he is not 3J t 3> The visa requirement was .estab­ ^faced with a serious problem one Juan' Elugenip Gonzalez, born, lished when the McCarran Act was 'year from now. If he doesn't have May 26, 1954i Parents, Mr. and passed -but has not been put into the visa by then, he will not be Mrs. Gllberto Gonzalez, 133 Baltic. effect up until now, because the permitted to land in the United overseas consulates were not set States under any circumstances. Street, Brooklyn, NY. ... �'*' ' •T I SEAFARERS '-^jiiiia; IBS,-'-li54 TOE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN I News about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is loritten by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) We've run into several instances recently of doctors giving men slips which say that they are "fit for light duty" and can. go back to work accordingly. Any man getting a slip of this kind shotild check Immediately with the nearest SIU hall because there is no such pro­ vision as "fit for light duty." Working a ship is a man-sized job and a man is either in full health and capable of the work or he isn't. What usually happens in such cases is that a man with the "fit for light duty" slip winds up having to hold down his regular job and take a lot of abuse besides. He's also running the risk of permanently damaging his health and losing out on maintenance and other money that would be due him ordinarily. So our advice to Seafarers is to be cautious when a doctor hands you a "fit for light duty" slip and check with your ITnion before going on board. t t Heading the list of hospitalized men is Manuel Rodriguez, oiler, off the Steel Designer which was his last ship before he was taken down with a recurrence of a heart ailment. Manuel lives in New York City, so he is around home while re­ cuperating from his cardiac trouble. He left the ship in Baltimore and is now in the Staten Island USPHS hospital. Another New Yorker, this time from the expanse of Brooklyn, is Perfecto Mangual. Mangual was en­ gine utility on the Beatrice when he injured his back aboard ship. He was hospitalized in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for ten days before being repatriated back to the States. Rodriguez Jerome Serrao of the Bronx is in the hospital for observation. His last job was aboard the Dorothy of Bull when he chipped out as a messman. Another Bronx boy is William Eietheriou, third cook off the William Carruth. He left the ship because of hernia trouble which was giving him much pain. He's been operated on and is doing much better now, hoping to be out in the near future. Awaiting Sawbones James McDeviti, of New York City, last shipped out as AB on the Show Me Mariner before he ran into a little trouble. He's got a hernia condition and an injury to his left elbow. He's await­ ing operations for both at the present time. Ben Trottie, who had a rare heart operation not so long ago, is back in the hospital for a checkup and observation. The doctors want to see how he's been getting along since they saw him last on the oper­ ating table. A representative from New England is Newton Paine of Woonsocket, RI. Paine, in for treatment of diabetes, was AB on the Coe Victory before be­ coming ill. „ McDevitt Jose Cortes is back in the hospital. He recently recovered from a double hernia operation, but now has come dowp with a little throat trouble and wants to see what the doctors can do with this ailment. WUliam Neef, OS aboard the Ocean Dlla last time he shipped out, is in for a look-see on his skin disease. ?af« Twenty-tjhre* LOG Company Dottor Nof Very Fussy Another case of a Seafarer being hard-timed by a company doctor came to the attention of the Uniob recently. Seafarer Lester McH ugh, who was chief pumpman on the Chivvrawa, a Cities Service tanker, is now recuperating from broken ribs and severe bruises at the Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital after being told he was "fit for light duty." Lester was on the ship working in the pumproom when he stepped into a hole cut in the floor plating and injured himself. The opening had been cut to make a valve ac­ cessible and the moveable cover plate had been left off. When the ship arrived in Lake Charles, La., he was sent to the doctor there who handles all the company's cases. The same doc­ tor is the boarding physician for the Quarantine Service of USPHS and to the best of information, handles other USPHS cases on a fee basis. This apparently is the established practice in ports where PHS does not have its own hospital or clinic facilities. Waiting For Ship The doctor x-rayed him and then left the office. After he was sitting there for quite some time, McHugh said, the nurse came in and re­ marked, "Are you still here?" He replied that he was waiting for a medical report slip. The nurse went out again and then came back and typed up a slip that he was "fit for light duty." McHugh went back on board and talked to the chief engineer, tell­ ing him that his side was very pain­ ful and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to complete the trip, but the chief assured him he would get light duty all the way up to New York. When he got back to New York NY Ambulance Chasing Under Jury Scrutiny A Grand Jury investigation of "ambulance chasing" is un­ der way in New York City fol­ lowing the seizure of records of several lawyers and issuance of record search warrants for several others. Six people have been ar­ rested as runners for lawyers and are being held in bail. The six people and nineteen law­ yers under investigation are all thought to be part of an alleged "ambulance chasing" ring, which specialized in lawsuits dealing with motor vehicle accidents. However, the Grand Jury can extend its in­ vestigation in any direction includ­ ing lawyers' activities at the Pub­ lic Health Sei-vice Hospitals. Of the 19 lawyers Involved in the investigation, names of 12 were made public by the District At­ torney's office. They were: Manuel Katz of 61 Broadway; I. Jesse Winter of 277 Broadway, George L. Bickler, Morton S. Schorr and Irvin Levine of 150 Broadway; Philip Brown, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn; Philip Weintraub, 50 Broad Street; Louis I. Rothenberg, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn; Jerome Golenbock, 225 Broadway; Albert Trepel, 141 Broadway; Irving Gordon, 61 Broadway and Joshua S. Levy, 140 Nassau Street. Seafarer Lester McHugh basks in comfort of hospital bed with aid of fresh cigar while he recuperates from broken ribs suffered in accident on tanker Chiwawa. he immediately checked into the Staten Island hospital where they found his ribs were broken and had not yet healed. Consequently, he is currently an in-patient at the hospital. Actually, there is no such classi­ fication under the SIU contract as "fit for light duty." The agreement provides that a man is either fit for duty or is not, so that the "fit for light duty" phrase has no va­ lidity, particularly since it is im­ possible to define "light duty." The deaths of the following York. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Seafarers have been reported to Marie Draper, 6046 Lawton Ave­ the Seafarers Welfare Plan and nue, Oakland, Cal. $2,500 death benefits are being 4* 4" 4James Robert Lane, 30: Brother paid to beneficiaries. Lane died on June 1, 1954 of an Armando Julian Blanco, 51: An intracranial injury which he got SIU member since 1953, when he when he was struck on the head joined the Union in Miami, Fla., by a crane. An AB in the deck Brother Blanco died of a heart department, he had been sailing ailment at the Municipal Hospital, out of Norfolk since 1951. Bui'ial Tampa, Fla., on March 12, 1954. took place at Riverside Memorial Burial .took place at Woodlawn Pai'k, Norfolk, Va. Cemetery, in Tampa. . Brother 4" 4 Blanco sailed in the steward de­ Joseph P. Coyne, 54: Brother partment. CojTie suffered a fatal attack of pneumonia on April 26, 1954 at St. 4> it t Joseph Thomas' McNulty, 56; On Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh. Pa., April 12, 1954 Brother McNulty and was buried at Calvary Ceme­ died of heart failure in San Fran­ tery in that city. A messman in cisco, Cal. He had been a member the steward department, his permit of the Union's stewai-d department was issued in New York in Decem­ since 1952, when he joined in New ber of 1952. Ruiz Family Portrait i Keep Those Letters Coming With Congress now in ses­ sion, Seafarers are urged to keep on writing their Senators and Representatives in favor of retaining the US Public Health Service hospitals. The flow of mail has been heavy up to now, but from now on in ' is the time that it really counts. • :r Young Johanna Ruiz poses with mother and big brother after re­ ceiving $200 plus $25 defense bond from Union. Dad Juan Ruiz was away on ship when the picture was taken. �lii d I h' • J I* ' "L ^ < I •' • 1I • '^ lili, F " 1 ilBim 1^ 1 K ' -.i- n . ' , i;ip:4|tifS8KS^ ' Seven times in the past few years, ever since t1ie first Mar­ shall Plan bill was proposed, the SlU-hos been in the thick of the fight for the 50-50 principle. Each, year, a new bottle has been fought on this issue in Goneness and. each time the 50-50 principle has been preserved in the face of the fiercest kind of opposition. The result has been that US ships hove carried, each year, 50 percent of all Government-financed cargoes. I I I I I I I < ' .< J .-v - -i- jigjW ; •, '' ' i I -v;-:'-. III I Ilia* iiii 'J: if at any time during these years a 50-50 amendment hod been defeated it would most probably hove been the death of the principle. But now for the first time there is a good chance that the United States will adopt the 50-50. idea as a permanent part of this nation's maritime policy. A bill to that effect has already been passed by the US Senate. It remains for the House of Representatives to act favorably on the meas­ ure and to send it to the President for signature into low. t •& U;"1 • i; I L-f • •V'Vy." • , ... ' '' ^-'v. •i' •> • ' •' .r ' I •; -f. • " •• '• T - • to. lt«Mould be hard to overestimate the importance of 50-50 to US shipping and to the livelihood of iSeoforers. The constant vigilance of the Union on this score, through the years, has . paid off in the post and will do so in the future; ..<U [HE Athntk md Gulf Pwtrici ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 25, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 13 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEAFARER ART WINNERS NAMED; 12 GET AWARDS THESE 24 SEAFARERS MADE ART CONTEST FREIGHT PACT RATIFIED; TANKER TALKS BEGIN SEA CEREMONIES HONOR FURUSETH 3 SEAFARERS, SON OF SIU MAN, WIN 6G SCHOLARSHIPS PERMANENT '50-50' BILL GETS SENATE OKAY, GOES TO HOUSE SENATE GROUP CALLS HALT TO TRANSFERS WIN 2-6% PATTERN ON SEATRAINS MOBILE PORT IMPROVEMENTS SET FULL COASTAL RUNS PLANNED BY WATERMAN LINE SEEKS TWO MARINERS FOR OCEAN PASSENGER SEAFARER SET FOR NEW SOLO ATLANTIC TRIP TUG TRIP REAL ROLLER COASTER SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER IN CONGRESS OUTPORTS OKAY MARINER RULE CO'S ATTACK 1872 PAY LAW SIU SCHOLARS NEW PASSENGER RUN? OPENING THE DOOR THE THIRD ANNUAL SIU ART CONTEST FIRE DRILL ABOARD SHIP MISFIRES; THE CAPTIAN IS FOR BURNING HOSPITAL HAS MANY TALES SHIPBOARD PASSENGER IS OBSERVER AT MEETING SANTORE CREW AIDS WIDOW MAN. BEACH PHS PATIENTS PUT OUT OWN MAGAZINE ALIEN SEAMEN MUST GET VISAS FOR FUTURE LANDINGS IN US COMPANY DOCTOR NOT VERY FUSSY NY AMBULANCE CHASING UNDER JURY SCRUTINY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/25/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9f2edb0ab8d20a77099a4e5b94c2c2b5.PDF a7d537725760f72bc87c36ac09c9e4b1 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • CONGRESS PASSES HOSPITAl BUDGET story on Page 3 Washington News. Letter from SIU Washington of-, fice reporting final okay of PHS budget by Congress is posted for patients at Staten Isl­ and hospital by Dr. J. Wilson, medical officer in charge, as (1-r) Seafarers F. Napoli, SIU rep. M. Flynn, J. Brennan, Dr. Wilson, C. Wilson and J. Hamilton (seated) look on. Messages to Congress from Seafarers were given much of the credit for the victory. (Story on Page 3.) His Lucky Break'. Below, Seafarers Cy Kenning (left) and Terrill Nesbitt ex­ amine length of line which parted while rigged to a stage, dumping Kenning 45 feet into the Mississippi from the bow of the Del Norte, while it was tied up at New Orleans' Poydras St. whasf. (Story on Page 4.) •• • .-»y- •Sv m- •^ �Pace 'Tw* Ir SEAFARERS V&G July' 9, 19S4 Permanent '50-50' Passage . ^een Sure, But Veto Looms WASHINGTON—Prospects look bright for early passage of the permanent "50-50" law by an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives as'the House Merchant Ma­ rine Committee completed its hearings on the measure. The favorable action on the bill was expected despite strong"^ objections from the State De­ to point but that any administra­ spokesman told the House Commit­ partment, the Department of tion program for offering subsidies tee that foreign nations were using Defense and the Foreign Opera­ to US ships is still in the early the bill as an excuse to give their tions Administration. The Senate planning stage and that in the own ships preference on commer­ meantime, "50-50" offers the most cial cargoes. has already passed it. Gov't Cargo Only practicable method of keeping US However an important hitch to The objection was answered by the expected smooth progress of ships operating, particularly tramp the bill is a report from the White ships and other unsubsidized oper­ a maritime industry spokesman who declared that since "50-50" House to the effect that it will be ations. vetoed by President Eisenhower at It is doubtful that Congress applies only to Government car­ the urging of the State and De­ would have a chance to override a goes there is no basis for other fense Departments. The adminis­ Presidential veto since it expects friendly, maritime nations to retali­ tration argument is that aid to to adjourn at the end of this ate by applying preference to pri­ vate commercial cargoes. shipping should be in the form of month. The existlhg practice in most subsidies, rather than a "50-50" In Foreign Aid Bill maritime nations, he pointed out, is law. Supporters of the permanent "50Industry spokesmen- were quick 50" bill, which has the backing of that 100 percent of governmental One of three Alcoa Victory-passenger aliips, the Alcoa Clipper cargoes are carried on merchant all segments of the maritime in­ ships of the -particular nation in­ IB shown at one of. her stops on the Island run. The Clipper is dustry, were jubilant when the volved. currently the center of a probe by Venezuelan authorities because House of Representatives restored •4- ef a mishap at La Guairik which cost three lives. the "50-50" provision to this year's foreign aid appropriation without a dissenting voice. It was the eighth foreign aid bill in a row in which the House has acted favorably on "50-50", indicating that the Repre­ sentatives will go strongly for a permanent "50-50" kw when that MOBILE—Seafarer Homer Workman, bosun's mate aboard the Alcoa Clipper that docked WASHINGTON — A tanker comes up for a vote. here July 5, was an eye-witness to a fatal harbor accident involving the ship at La Guaira, "trade-in" measure—a key part of Mai-itime spokesmen pointed out the Government's program to give that although the foreign aid bill Venezuela, in which three people were killed. The ship was detained by Venezuelan authori­ ^ the merchant marine a shot in the had been reported to the floor ties for five days and when 4 arm—moved a step nearer passage without a "50''50" provision, a mo­ she was permitted to sail, five Jie noted. "I went to the rail and been taken aboard the tug just be-fore the accident grabbed a threelast week when it was favorably tion on the floor of the House to crewmen, including the cap­ watched. reported to the House of Repre­ add "50-50" to the bill went tain and two Seafarers, were not "The stern of the Clipper was year-old child that was aboard and sentatives by the House Merchant through speedily without any op­ allowed to leave La Guaira. swinging towards the tug and I swam to shore, a distance of more than a quarter mile. The child's position. Marine Committee. Workman said he was walking saw we were parents, the engineer of the tug The bill would allow private very close. There to the after deck shortlp before This action by the House leaves and his wife, were both killed in tanker owners to sell their old certain sections of the administra­ 4:30 AM, Saturday, June 26, when were '"six people T-2s to the Government and use tion in a lonesome position as far he noticed the lights of a tugboat that I could see the accident. Another crewman of the small boat also died. the money to build new ones. as opposition to the bill goes. The "about 40 feet off our port side." aboard the tug Here, according to the backers State Department, which has spear­ The tug had just renioved the pilot and I leaned over During the next "iive days, Vene­ of the bill, would be the major headed the opposition, as in the from the Alcoa'Clipper which was the rail and zuelan officials took various mem-.., benefits: shouted to them hers oi the crew ashore for ques­ past, has done so on grounds that clearing La Guaira. • It would allow private oper­ it was not liked by foreign nations, tioning and then returned them "We were both moving in the to get away be­ ator's to replace their old T-fs, and that nine friendly maritime same direction and it appeared to cause we Were to the ship. When the liner was built during World War II and countries have filed objections to me that the tug and the ship were swinging. I saw permitted to leave the Venezuelan Workman now fast becoming obsolete, with the legislation. A Department getting closer and closer together," a man on . the port, five men were not permitted newer and faster ships which could bridge of the tug shout something to sail with her. meet present-day commercial down to the engine room and then Five Detained needs. we collided. ^ These five men were Capt. Yngr • These new tankers, with their - "The tug began to slide down var Krantz, Long Island, N Y, the increased speed, would prove of our port side toward the propeller master; Clyde O. Eddy, New Or­ value in time of war or national and then I saw our turning pro­ leans, chief mate; Sam White,' emergency. peller strike the tug about' mid­ Fairhope, Ala., first assistant engi­ • The old T-2s would go into ship. neer; Joseph Rusheed, New Or-, the reserve fleet, giving the coun­ WASHINGTON—With Vietnam­ "The general alarm was sound­ leans, quartermaster, and Maurice conditions in .Indo-China try a sizable tanker reserve for the ese officials confiscating practi­ settled on the Clipper and I rushed Kramer, OS. Capt. J. M. Castro, first time. Although obsolete- for cally everything they can lay their right now, it would be a good idea ing to my emergency station. Within Mobile, was flown to Venezuela to for Seafarers to watch their step present commercial needs, they hands on. Seafarers on ships going three minutes, we had boats in returq the ship to Mobile. The five in any of these ports and to avoid would give the US time to mobilize mto Saigon or other Indo-China the water," he related. getting into tangles with the local were detained pending further in­ a full-scale shipbuilding program ports are advised to put their per­ Workman said the pilot who had vestigation by Venezuelan authori­ authorities." in the event of war. sonal possessions under the capties. Rusheed was on the wheel and'. tmn's seal. Kramer was on deck at the time. Reports received by the Coast To meet its regular schedule in­ Guard from several ships that were to Mobile, the Clipper had to pass July 9, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 14 in Saigon in recent weeks indi­ up four ports of As I See It ! Page 4 cate that seamen have no out call on the home­ Brother Chairman Page 4 whatsoever if they have any cur­ ward voyage, and Burly Page 16 rency, cigarettes or other items returned minus Crossword Puzzle Page 8 subject to duty in their possession. much of her Did You Know Page 15 Declaring the items in the usual usual cargo. Al­ Editorials Page 9 manner is no protection for the coa officials then Foc'sle Fotographer Page 14 crewmember. made arrange­ Galley Gleanings Page 15 The local officials claim that ments to drydock Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 they are obliged to confiscate the ship to check, In The Wake Page 8 evti-ything because of a japidly the propeller and Labor Round-Up Page 9 growing black market in foreign Rusheed hull for possible Letter of The Week Page 9 currency and other freely-ex­ damage. The ship returned with 00 Letters .Page 16 changed items. Aside from having passengers aboard. Meet The Seafarer .^age 8 their possessions seized, it was re­ Notices, Personals Page 17 ported by the Coast Guard that Port Reports Pages 12, 13 several seamen were fined large Quiz Page 14 sums of money. Ships' Minutes Page 17 All SIU ports have been notified SIU History Cartoon Page '6 by headquarters and put on guard Sports Line Page 15 to inform crewmembers of the Regular membership meet­ Ten Years Ago ^ Page 8 above developments when signing ings in SIU headquarters and Top of The NeWs Page 5 on ships for Far East runs. In addi­ at all branches are held every Washington News Letter. Page" 6 tion the Union has notified all second Wednesday night at Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 shipping companies of these de­ 7 PM. The schedule for the Welfare Report ... .Page 7 velopments so that the companies next few meetings is as follows: Your Constitution Pag6 5 can instruct their captains to put July 14, July 28 and Aug. 13,crew possessions under seal while All Seafarers registered on PubllshMl biwMkly at tho hMdquartbrt Wielding"* cue stick, Charles H. Fox, AB (left), and Charles I. • of tha saafarart lintarnaHonal UnieH. At­ in an Indo-Chinese port. the shipping list are required lantic* Oulf Olttrlct^AFL, i7S. Fourth Danne, MM, enjoy a game of ilool in the air-conditlohed comfort All SIU headquarters represen­ Avertia> Brooklyn 31, NY. Tel. HYacfnth to attend the meetings. of the hewly-redeeorated Mobile SIU hall. The Walls and ceilings 9-MSO. Entarad as tacond. class mattar tative, commehting on the situa­ at tlM Post Office In Brooklyn, NY« of the recreation deck were recently painted a dusky green shade; tion, added: "In view of the un­ under (he A t ef AUBUSt ..24, 191B House Body Favors New Tanker Bill Seafarers To Testify In Fatal Alcoa, Tug Crash In Venezuela Customs Cracks Whip Over Seamen In indo War Crisis SEAFARERS LOG t- • N;-' . I- ^ It's Lots Cooler On The inside Meeting Xighi Every 2 We^he �July 19g« SEAFARERS LOG Pac«HUM Congress Votes $$ For PHS WASHINGTON—The long fight of the SIU and other maritime unions to keep the Public Health Serv­ ice hospitals open has ended in victory as both houses of Congress voted $33 millions — for the hospitals in the coming secretary orthe Health, Education year. and Welfare Department, an­ The Congressional vote nounced that she would give her lopped off $40,000 from the full support to the budget request. Administration's fund request Obviously, this change of heart of $33,040,000, giving the-hospitals on the part of high administration $110,000 less than they had last officials was the product of the year. This, of course, means that strong protests made by all sectors there will be some small reduction of the maritime industry, by the in services but it is considered Seafarers and by the members of minor in jight of the fact that Gov­ their families who had so much at ernment economizers earlier in the stake in the hospitals. year had been out to close the hos­ However, the appropriations still had to hurdle the economy-con­ pitals altogether. As late as last January, the Bu­ scious House and Senate Appro­ reau of the Budget and the De­ priations Committee. In the House, partment of Health, Education and the committee took $40,000 off the (Continued on page 17) Welfare were of a like mind that the USPHS program for seamen should be given up and all but three specialized USPHS hospitals Convalescent patients on the lawn of the New Orleans USPHS hospital learn from SIU patrolman Herman Trrfxclair the good news that Congress has approved appropriations necessary to continue should be shut down. The only ones that would have been left present USPHS hospital services, ih the photo are (left to right) M. E. Sanchez, AB; L. W. Paradeau, open were the leprosarium at Carfireman, an out-patient; Troxciair; A. Quinones, wiper, and J. D. Dambrino, chief cook. "The Union did a great Job in going to hat to gave necessary hospital services for seamen," said Paradeau. "The ville, Louisiana; the narcotics hos­ pital at Lexington, Kentucky; and SIU deserves full credit for this accomplishment." the mental hospital at Fort Worth. Sounded Alarm Immediately Congress and the Administration were deluged with protests as the SIU and other mari­ time unions sounded the alarm. With the freight contract com­ Alerted by headquarters, hundreds pleted and the smaller dry cargo of Seafarers and ship's crews sent companies signing their agree­ resolutions and letters protesting ments, the SIU negotiating com­ NEW ORLEANS—Louisiana became the ITth state to deprive trade unions of the right the proposal to close down the hos­ mittee has settled down to serious business with SIU - contracted to negotiate union security clauses in their contracts with management when an anti-union pitals. Evidently the number of tanker companies. letters written was considerable, shop measure, given- the misleading label of a "right to work" bill, was enacted by the because Seafarers forwarded to the A few meetings have already state legislature. : LOG office a very large number been held with the tanker com­ The bill, previously passed ana took a big hand in the fight labor in other categories. of replies received from Senators panies including the Cities Serv­ by the Senate, was given against the measure, joining in an The bill, which outlaws the and Representatives assuring SIU ice Oil Company, at which Union House approval by a vote of 58 to extensive letter-writing campaign union shop, the closed shop or any men of their support on the issue. demands for wage increases and 41. It was signed into law quickly to parish legislators and otherwise other type of union security meas­ Consequently in February, the other changes have been discussed. Pay Differential Talks by Gov. Robert F. Kennon despite giving all-out support to labor's ures, provides no criminal penal­ Administration reversed itself com­ If the traditional pattern is fol­ a last-ditch appeal by a labor dele­ fight against the restrictive legis­ ties for its violation. It does pro­ pletely and submitted a budget re­ vide, however, for its enforcement quest for the hospitals. Subse­ lowed in these tanker talks, the gation headed by E. H. "Lige" lation. by the civil Injunctive process. Dire Effect Williams, president of the Louisi­ quently, Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, freight agreement will be followed in the tanker field as to percent­ ana Federation of Labor, for a veto After Governor Kennon signed age wage increases and changes of the measure. the bill, Williams issued a state­ in general and working rules. The bill was vigorously opposed ment in which he pointed out that Application of the same percentage by a coalition of all legitimate trade union members and repre­ increase to the tankers as won on trade unions in the state, including' sentatives were law abiding citi­ freightships would preserve the the AFL, CIO and independents. zens and would comply with its traditional pay differential in SIU members who reside in Louisi- provisions. He warned, however, favor of the tankermen. that its enforcement will have a Meanwhile, dry cargo ships are dire effect upon the general econ­ In another move designed to improve its services to the signing on at the new wage rata omy and wage structure of Louisi­ membership, the Union last week rearranged a number of of­ and the major shipping companies ana, fices at headquarters to provide greater space for recreational are making arrangements for retro­ Moreover, Williams pointed out, active wage payments back to big farm interests who sponsored facilities on the second deck. offices formerly occupied by the September 3, 1953. Payments are The Welfare Services De­ tlie law need not expect relief from Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, already'being made by Bull Lines partment, formerly on the sec­ SEATTLE—The continuing spurt AFL efforts to organize cane cut­ the switchboard and other facili­ mail, with Seatrain Lines also of shipping activity on the West ters and low-wage agricultural ond deck, has been moved to the ties. These have been moved else­ by having a full list of retroactive third deck and now occupies the Coast and especially here in Wash­ where on the third deck. payments ready for distribution. ington has resulted in the tem­ The two shuffleboard tables in Announcement will be made in the porary appointment of a joint the shipping hall, and the three SEAFARERS LOG when the other patrolman to split the work of this pool tables in the former pool shipping companies will have their port. room, next to the barber shop, back wage lists and machinery for Already on the job, former have been moved to the offices for­ payments ready. headquarters staffer Tom Gould merly occupied by Welfare Serv­ will assist Port Agent Jeff Gellette ices and the organizing department. who's been handling the increas­ Tentative plans call for installing Fiie Repair ing chores of the port on his own a fourth pool table, so that the Lists Early up until now. membership will have added facili­ West Coast shipping declined In order to expedite the ties, as well as added space, for considerably following the end of matter of ships' repairs lists, recreation. the fighting In " Additional Equipment ships' delegates and depart­ Korea, with a mental delegates on felU ships All of the present recreational consequent re­ facilities have been receiving con­ are urged to turn in repair duction In staff stant use, and it Is felt that addi­ lists a week before a vessel here at that time. tional equipment is needed. arrives in port. In addition, The downward The TV set formerly in the ship­ headquarters recommends that trend has been ping hall has been moved to the delegates making up new re­ . reversed now, former poolroom, and this room pair lists turn these in to the howevey, due to converted into a TV room, so that proper department heads on constantly chang­ the entire second deck now con­ the ship at least a week be­ ing conditions in tains recreational facilities with fore the ship is due to reach Gould the Far East to­ the exception of the barber shop, port, so that the companies can day, and increased movements of lavoratory and shipping hall, where take appropriate action when cargo to aid the French forces in the patrolmen will continue to the ship arrives. Early filing Indo-China. operate as before. of repair lists will facilitate Gould, who served as a patrolBesides the facilities already the procurement of new items ^man as well as chief dispatcher at^ It's basiueas as usual at tbe l$IU Welfare Services Department mentioned, there are of course the for the vessels and give suf­ office in headquarters, as Unlon^taffers remove office furniture to cafeteria and Port O'Call, where headquarters for some time in ficient notice when repairmen make room for additional recreational facilities for membership on 1853, had also worked both in the members may enjoy many pleasur­ are needed to board the ship the beueh. Welfare office was moved to the building's top deck able moments during their leisuro in port. Gulf and up north with the Union's brganizing department. . from fenaer leoation on same floor as shipping halL hours. Anti-Union Shop Bill Approved Over Louisiana Labor Protest Add Patrolman In Seattle Hall •v.'.- Hq* Office Shifts Add Space For Recreation Pact Talks Proceed On Tankshlps �4ic!r-' , ••. :;•:'V*/; Pace Poor S t^j^»RS(yl(O G Getting Membership Applications Boys' €lub Is Pet Project Of SlU Man BOSTON—A Seafarer in nearby Somerville is providing much of the spark behind a local campaign to get a newly-formed boys' club on its feet as part of a drive to curb possible "hoodlumism" in the area. Vincent Maffucci, a member of the SIU since 194B and a local restaurant owner, along with a fellow restaurateur, Phillip Tuccelli, organized the Union Square Athletic Club for the use of the boys and, with donations from other merchants and civic groups, outfitted a hall with a boxing ring, gym equipment and other gear for indoor and outdoor games. " . Designed to curb delinquency, the project has attracted nearly 100 boys in the area, who have Group of permitmen fn New Orleans hall are shown filling out applications for books With aid of dispatcher Joe Martelio. Head­ quarters committee will-make first month's choices shortly. Rigging Parted But Seaman'sLuckH eld Sparkplug behind drive to aid boys' athletic club, Seafarer Vincent Maffucci (right) is shown with Frank Fratalia, a pro boxer he manages. use of the hall until 9 PM every day. The rules forbid drinking, smoking and gambling on the premises and girls are "off-limits" at all -times except one night a week for jukebox dances. Manager of a professional wel­ terweight who has had quite a few bouts in the Boston area, Maffucci also serves as boxing coach for the youngsters and supervises much of the club's athletic program." A native of Somerville, he has sailed in the deck department on SIU ships for many years, and currently holds the rating of bosun.., , Seafarers on the East and Gulf Coasts who have been wondering where Erenchy Michelet took his culinary talents will be grieved to learn that the well-known stew­ ard is still) stick­ ing pretty closely to the Great Northwest and the Far East run. Those who want to sample 'some of his menus had better get up to Michelet Seattle because that's where he is at the moment, according to the last Seattle port report. . Michelet took over as chairman of the last Seattle port meeting, al­ though it was not noted whether he substituted a heavy iron skillet for the gavel. It's believed though, that once he rapped the table and called out "coffeetime" all hands immediately came to prompt atten­ tion. Seafarer Michelet, who is VKidely known throughout the ranks of the SIU, is one of the oldlime mem­ bers of the SIU. X. • . 'r.' NEW ORLEANS.—Luck was riding with Seafarer Cy Ken­ ning when a line rigged to a stage parted suddenly, dumping him 45 feet down the starboard side Of the Del Norte (Missis­ sippi) recently into the Mis-| sissippi River here. form until he could be pulled Tecrill Nesbitt, working safely back aboard the Del Norte with Henning at the time, was even by fellow members of the SIU more fortunate. He was standing shore gang. on the opposite end of the stage Equipped with paint buckets and and managed to hang onto the se­ brushes, Henning and Nesbitt were cure line at his end of the plat- lowering away down the side of the Del Norte when the line at Henning's end of the stage parted. Henning fell into the water be­ tween the ship and the Poydras Street wharf. Swims to Piling ' HeadquarteriT^galn wishes Although momentarily stunned to remind all Seafarers that by his head-down, impromptu payments of funds, for what­ plunge, Henning recovered in time ever Union purpose, be made to swim to a nearby piling where only to authorized A&G repre­ he hung on, resting until he felt sentatives and that an official capable of making his* way safely Union receipt be gotten at that the remaining distance to the river time. If no receipt is offered, bank. , . be sure to protect yourself by immediately bringing the mat­ "I was plenty lucky," Henning ter to the attention of the sec­ said. "If there had been high water retary-treasurer's office. in the river, the area between the ship and the wharf would have been jammed with driftwood and I w'ouldn't have had a chance of get­ ting out alive." * In addition to a ducking, the only ill effect he suffered was a severe rope burn on the inside of his upper arm. Henning and Nesbitt said they Also serving as a meeting officer inspected the line before, lowering at the Seattle session was Seafarer the stage' over the side. They Robert Johnson of San Jose, Cali­ theorized it must have been weak­ fornia. Johnson, who sails in the ened by acid which they beiieve engine department, was reading accidently -spilled on the rope in clerk for the membership meeting. the store room. The acid' is used to The 29-year-old Seafarer is a na­ remove rust spots from white paint tive of Louisiana and joined the on Mississippi passenger ships of SIU in New Orleans on June 4, the Del Norte's type: 1948. Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts Baltimore's last port meeting had Seafarer Donald Rood as chairman and an­ other well-known SIU man, Wiley Carter, as read­ ing clerk. Rood, a Nebraska native originally, joined the SIU in New York in 1945, and now comes out of Ridgewood, New Carter Jersey. He's 34 years old and sails on deck. Carter, 35, is a veteran SIU member, and joined the Union in Baltimore back on April 11, 1939. He too sails in the deck department and makes his home in the Port of Baltimore.., Push Action On Dope Bill WASHINGTON—A biU to re­ voke the papers of seamen con^ victed of narcotics violations moved closer to passage last week when it was favorably reported to the Senate by the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. The bill—backed by the SIU and other maritime unions^would give the Coast Guard authority to deny or revoke the seaman's papers of any person who, within 10 years prior, to applying for his papers, was convicted of violating any US Federal, state or territorial nar­ cotics law. ' YOUR UNION HAS MADE MENTION BEFORE IN THE COLUMNS of this newspaper of the spread of the anti-labor "right tu work" laws in the various states. Unfortunately last week the State-of Louisiana joined those who have passed a bill of this kind, with the result that one-third of the states have on the books a law prohibiting genuine union security clauses in union contracts. The Louisiana law did not pass without a tough fight. The trade unionists in that state, backed up by a large section of public opinion, really gave It a tussle over the last several weeks. Howeveiv the people backing this law, including the big industrial farm outfits in the sugar business and others, successfully sold a bill of goods to many of the legislators from the small town and farming areas of the state. The result was that they were able to pick up enough votes to push this bill through. Actually it appears that in Louisiana anyway, the people who run the lumber industry, the sugar in„dustry and other big farm operations in that state are out to keei^ the AFL from organizing the farm workers there. They hope to use this bill as a weapon to keep unions from improving the conditions Of, workers in these industries. Excuse To Weakeir Unions It's been pointed out in the past'that this kind of a bill, whether labeled "right to work" or by any other name, is a plain and simple excuse to weaken unions by making it virtually impossiMe for thenv to get 100 percent representation ih-any place of employment. The suc­ cess of the supporters of these bills, working from state to state, indi­ cates that its backers are operating with a well-organized machine. However, the labor unions have been fighting back, and as has been reported in the SEAFARERS LOG, won a notable victory in Alabama recently in electing a governor and other candidates pledged to repeal this, type of anti-union legislation. It remains to be seen what happens .when the Alabama state legislature goes into session. . Both in Louisiana and Alabama where these bills have come up, many Seafarers haVe put their shoulders to the wheel and helped the fight against this legislation. It's been a good fight, and those Seafarers viho have participated deserve credit for their efforts on behalf of the rights of working men and women everywhere. SINCE YOUR UNION MADE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SIU scholarship winners, we have received quite a few communications from the winners and from other^people interested in our program that have been complimentary ip nature. Judging from the correspondence we have received, the feeling is that the SIU has acted wisely and accom­ plished much by awarding these scholarships, which enable those who might otherwise have not been able to go to collage to pursue careers of their choice. What was particularly gratifying to your Union was the fact that thr^e Seafarers were able Jto take the prize along with the child of a Seafarer in the face of the toughest kind of competi­ tion. The committee of educators who selected the award winners made sjpecial mention of the fact that these Seafarers had done amazingly well on the qualifying examinations and had presented very fine records of past performance. As a matter of fact, the committee was of the opinion that the three brothers in question, Ed Larkin, Seymour Wallace, and Wallace Simpson, could have handled themselves very well in any kind of schoiarship competition which they might have entered. Certainly some eyebrows were raised when the Union first put forth this plan for scholarship competitions among its membership feeling that such activity was far removed for men who wjnt to sea for a living. The traditional picture of the sailor that people have in their minds doesn't jibe with ivy-covered walls, textbooks and cap and gowns.. It all goes to prove that the ranks of the SIU have contained men of all abilities and all talents, and that there is ample room and positive need for a scholarship program. SOME JMSTURBING REPORTS HAVE COME TO THE ATTENtion of h^dquarters to the effect that seamen going into Indo-Chinese ports, particularly Saigon, are being roughly handled by the customs officials there. The reports from official Washingto'n sources have it that the local customs people are confiscating the property of merchant seamen, even,though they have filed declarations on such property, and are fining the seamen additional sums of money merely for'owning personal possessions. ^ The particular targets of these Vietnamese officials seem to be cigarettes and US currency, which, they claim, are being used to pro­ mote a growing black market in that war-torn coun­ try. The successes of the Communist armies in .re­ cent months. It seems, have brought about a situa­ tion where the French and the Vifetnam officials are finding it very difficult to control the day to day operations of the local economy. It's understandable in light' of the difficulties faced in fighting the Cohimunists, that the Viet­ namese should want to take steps to strengthen their country. However, it seems quite clear that there is no justification for the kind of treatment being given to merchant seamen, particularly when they have followed all the rules and regulations on the books. Certainly it appears that our State Department, should find time to intervene witir the French and see to it that merchant seamen are not victimized. In the ineantlnie, pending official Washington action, all Seafarers are advised to put their personal possessions under seal when entering any Indo-Cbine8e-.port. , , Jt . ., : - 11 �mAfAmi^R9 LOG JMr t, l»M EISENHOWER. CHURCHILI^ URGE DEFENSE OF FAR EAST— At the^ meeting in Washington between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill the two agreed to "press forward" urgently to bui^d a defense system in Southeast Asia regardless of whether the French Indo-China armistice talks succeed or break down. They ac­ companied their agreement with a clear warning to France that they will press for,prompt restoration of sovereignty to West Germany this summer if France fails'^o approve the European army plan. * 0 * TRUMAN'S CONDITION IMPROVED—Former President Harry S. Truman's condition is reported as improved and his condition is somewhat less serious following an attack of enteritis, an intestinal in­ flammation. Truman's condition had worsened after emergency re­ moval June 20 of a gangrenous gall bladder and infected appendix at the Research Hospital in Kansas City. * • * SOVIET TANKER SEIZED; US BLAMED — The Soviet tanker Tuapse was seized" by a Chinese Nationalist destroyer as a, blockade runner to Communist China. Communist China and the Soviet Union have said that the US must take responsibility for the action, because the TJS Seventh Fleet controls Formosan waters. 0 0 0 ^ OPPENHEIMER LOSES APPEAL TO AEC—Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who directed the. making of the first atomic bomb, lost nis long fight for reinstatement as an adviser to the government. The Atomic Energy Commission announced it had voted four to one to deny him further access to secret government information. • • * OUSTED FHA AIDE HAD ARREST RECORD—Clyde L. Powell, ousted top official of the Federal Housing Agency, has a record of eight arrests ranging up to larceny, the Senate Banking Committee was informed recently. Powell's record came out as he refused for the second time to answer fjuestions by Senators investigating "windfall" profits for builders of Government-backed apartment projects totaling millions of dollars. * • • FORMER TAX OFFICIAL GUILTY OF TAX EVASION—Joseph D. Nunan, former US Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was found guilty of income tax evasion in Brooklyn Federal Court. He. had been indicted on a charge of cheating the Government of $91,086 in taxes for a five year period. Nunan was a top-flight official in both the Roose­ velt and Truman Administrations, from 1944 to 1947 when he resigned to return to private practice of law. * * * FRENCH ABANDON PROVINCE SOUTH OF HANOI—In Hanoi, a spokesman for the high command announced the order to evacuate Namdinh Province south of Hanoi. The move gave the Communists Namdinh, the third largest city in the Red River delta, without a shot being fired. Rumors circulated that Hanoi itself would be abandoned by the French. 0 0 0 CEASE-FIRE ARRANGED IN GUATEMALA — The Guatemalan radio has announced that a cease-fire has been arranged between a Guatemalan military junta'and the insurgents led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas. The broadcast further stated thhj: the arrest of all Communist officials had been ordered in accordance with Castillo Armas' instruc­ tions. Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz who had cooperated with Communist elements resigned the presidency. YOUamrffMSIU CONSTItUflON From Article X, Section 7 "Upon completion of negotiations^ the Committee shall submit a re­ port and recommendations to the membership of the Union dt* a regi'i'ir or special meeting." : 'i-' • •-t.' •' , Negotiotidni between the Union and the companids are complete only' when the elected committee makes its report to the member­ ship and receives approval* Only upon approvpl does the commit­ tee's action become union policy. :• Vcw# .faCSHTS ANO AS ^ Sly: MN. ARC <3SiA?A.NTH6D^ ,5V:: YGiiR coi^tturtc^,' .iHis ;:njR5 IS OESIOM^ voy • WnH,,"rH£SE , PWVIIEOES Pafffl Fir* State Dep't Bums Midnight Oil Over Onassis' Tanker Schemes WASHINGTON.—State Department officials are expressing much concern over reporti that millionaire Greek .shipowner Aristotle Socrates Onassis may be trying to parlay hie unique oil transportation deal with Saudi Arabia into similar agreements with Venezuela, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait m the^ Middle East. to that reached with Saudi Arabia any prospective charterers, a $2 The feeling is that the terms brought on a whole new series of million bill still due for work on of the Saudi Arabian contract nego­ tiated by the Onassis interests will eventually give him a virtual monopoly on petroleum cargoes from that country to all parts of the world and freeze American shipping out of the area. The deal might force between 50 and 75 tankers to be tied up on the West Coast alone, according to some estimates. Under the 30-year agreement reached earlier this* year, details of which are first coming to light, Onassis is granted the right to transport Saudi Arabian oil under a royalty arrangement guarantee­ ing that nation's government a payment of shillings (about 20 cents) "for every ton shipped by its tankers to any port in the world." A new company, the Saudi Arabian Maritime Company, Ltd., is being set up, and must maintain a minimum of 500,000 tons of shipping under the Saudi Arabian flag. 60 Percent Of Oil On the basis of those figures, it is estimated tha the Onassis com­ pany would be handling approxi­ mately 60 percent of all oil move­ ments out of Saudi Arabia, the remaining 40 percent being han­ dled principally by the ArabianAmerican Oil Company (Aramco), owned by four American concerns, which is operating under a much less extensive 1936 agreement with Saudi Arabia. Under these cir­ cumstances, that country stands to .gain a potential of $50 million in royalties each year from Onassis alone. The concern over the agreement with Onassis, stemming both from the opposition of Aramco and other shippers to its apparent monopo­ listic character and from govern­ ments, particularly the US and Great Britain, is over the manner by which it cuts off a considerable part of the world's oil transport from the world market and ear­ marks it for one company. New Protests The report that Onassis or others acting for him are already nego­ tiating with Venezuela as well as other oil producing countries in the Middle East with a view to es­ tablishing an arrangement similar protests against the original com­ pact which, it is felt, may violate international law in some of its provisions. The US, through the State De­ partment, is seeking assurances that the Onassis deal will not bar US tankers from carrying Saudi Arabian oil in the future, and has received some tentative pledges to that end. Meanwhile, an interesting side­ light to the activities of the wealthy shipowner, who describes himself as "Mr. Aristotle Socrates Onassis of Greek birth and Argen­ tine nationality, residing in Monte­ video and with his office in Paris," developed at Chester, Pa., at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Unclaimed Tanker Engaged for several years now, in competition with members of his own family and others, in a race to build bigger and better tankers, Onassis left a "lemon" in the hands of the Sun Shipbuilding concern, in the form of an $8 mil­ lion supertanker of 30,000 dead­ weight tons which is ready for sea duty—but with no owner to claim her. The vessel, known only as Hull 596, had been ordered by Onassis with the prospect of char­ tering the ship to some rfther op­ erator. The decline in the tanker market, however, left him without the vessel, and no one yet willing to buy the new vessel outright. The situation is possibly in retalia­ tion for his exclusive deal with Sairdi Arabia, which other opera­ tors will fight in every way possi­ ble. Prize Puff Winner of a special award in oil painting in the recent SIU art contest. Seafarer Georges L. Pitour, fireman, puffs away after lighting a cigarette with his contest prize, an engraved sterling silver cigarette lighter with an SIU emblem. Cornhusker Mariner Facing Scrap Heap Dock Strike Ties Up PR As a result of the strike for better wages and working condi­ tions now being carried on by AFL longshoremen in San Juan and other island ports, all ships of the Bull Line have been laid up in­ definitely. The Bull Line action came shortly after the island's long­ shoremen—members of the AFL Dock Workers Union—walked off their jobs a week ago to bolster their xlemands for wages and work­ ing conditions more comparable to those of New York and the Eastern seaboard. A considerable wage dif­ ferential of approximately $1 an hour exists between the islands and continental US ports. The island's dock workers went AFL late January, when nearly 8,000 longshoremen and checkers gave the AFL a 2-1 victory in an NLRB election over the old Inter­ national Longshoremen's Associa­ tion. Photo shows Cornhusker Mariner whUe she was on the rocks in harbor of Pusan, Korea. Indications are that ship will now bo scrapped. WASHINGTON—The House Merchant Marine Committee, acting on the fate of the wrecked Cornhusker Mariner, hag decided to leave in the h^ds of Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild the final disposition of the vessel. This able protest, and a subcommittee means that the vessel will was appointed to investigate tha probably be scrapped after dis­ mantling. Tl»e Cornhusker, which had been operated by Robin Lines, ran ^aground in the harbor of Pusan, Korea, in June, 1953. The ship had to be cut in half to get it off the rocks and was towed to Sasebo, Japan. The initial decision to scrap the $10 miiiion ship aroused consider­ possibility of salvaging the ship. Representative Thompson of Louisiaha, a member of the twoman subcommittee, disagreed with the final action declaring that it would be more desirable to re­ build the vessel, either in Japan or in a US shipyard. It would cost an estimated $11^ to $2 million to rebuild the ship in a Japanese yard. �rl'^ - _ ' SE AFA^iiti A^OG mm Own Tune SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON A Seafarer with 30 years of sea-going esro^ience behind him is trying something new and far afield these days: peddling his first effort at song-writing to a music publisher. Niel A. Winther, sailing SIU for the past three years as an AB, composed his initial song attempt, including both the-^ lyrics and music, while at sea and returned to his home port «f Mobile with it some time ago. The song, a romantic ballad called "little Darling," is a copyrighted number which has had only one really public showcasing so far. One of Winth^s friends, a piano player at Mobile's Carlton Hotel, plugged the song one weekend, and had quite a few people hum­ ming and whistling it by the time he was through. None of the audi­ ence was in the music publishing business, however, so that left things at a standstill. Reproduction of the opening bars of a romantic ballad composed Met Shipmates by Seafarer Niel A^ Winther of Mobile. Winther Is seeking to Now aboard the Alcoa Roamer interest a music publisher in the composition. (Alcoa), Winther visited SIU head­ quarters with his song while the writing effort. If he can click with give him a hearing for his musical ship was in New York and talked somebody in New York, he's all set. baby. about it with old shipmates. While In any case Winther is hopeful Although not a trained musician, In town, he's also launched inr quiries among ' members of the that he can have beginners' luck Winther has played the accordion music fraternity to see how he can and click with his song the first on his own for some time and ap­ get in touch with someone who time around—something that nor­ parently used this experience tp might be interested in his song- mally isn't done in the highly com­ compose his lyric. Although the petitive music-writing' business. song is not publicly dedicated to The fact that he is a Seafarer, he any person in particular, Winther feels, might Intrigue the curiosity confesses that it might be, but h6's of a song publisher long enough to not naming names. fi^- SIU Sea Chest Sweetens 'Em Up In Mobile Thanks to the SIU Sea Chest, life has been made a little sweeter for many needy residents of Mo­ bile. This came about recently when the Sea Chest distributed nearly 1,000 siurplus bags of hard candy to five Mobile charitable organizations. The bags of candy—all marked "compliments of the SIU Sea­ farers Sea Chest Corporation" — were donated to the Catholic Boys' Home, Zimmer Memorial Home, Allen Memorial Home, St. Mary's, and the Bureau of Catholic Chari­ ties. Other bags of the surplus candy were sent to the SIU hall in Mobile. The Sea Chest has made similar distributions in igaltimore and New Orleans, where the heat threat­ ened to destroy supplies of the candy purchased for shipboard distribution. ' ' . ' ' '=== ' •' =a Buring 1953, 608 seagoing ships of over 1,000 gross tons each, and totaling 4,579,000 tons were delivered by shipyards throughout the world. In terms of number and tonnage, last year represents the best year for deliveries during the eight-^ear post-war period since 1946. The 1953 deliveries were greater by 262 ships than the 1946 deliveries. According to Commerce Department records, the most significant facts were the predominance of tankers as compared with freight and combination ships; and secondly, the large volume of new construc­ tion delivered by Japanese and German yards. More than half of the total 4,579,000 tons of shipping delivered in 1953 were tankers; about 60 percent of Germany's output were freighters; 52 percent of France's were combination passenger-cargo ships; and 50 percent of Denmark's were freighters. These three for­ eign maritime nations, alone of the major building countries, con­ structed less tanker tonnage then freight and combination vessels. Shipbuilding and repair yards in the US have put on a tremendous effort in the closing weeks of Congress to have the Government ap­ propriate money to provide for the repair of abips in the reserve fleet andthus ke.ep the yards in business. There is a very slight chance the bill may go through. In the national reserve fleet, there are now at least 205 merchant, ships which would be urgently needed on Mobilization Day, and upon which an estimated $45 million dollars would have to be spent to put them in shape. If the nation's ship repair yards are successful in obtaining the approval of Congressional-sponsored work in this manner, the Depart­ ment of Defense has selected these 205 ships for inclusion in such an emergency repair program. These particular vessels* are, for the most part, presently converted or scheduled for conversion to naval auxiliaries. i t ^ The Mntoal Security bill now going through Congress would authorize the appropriation of around 3Vk billion dollars to be used in helping foreign nations,' or something under $800,000,000 less than appro­ priated last year. .^though, as reported to the House, there was no provision allow­ ing^ use of US merchant ships to carry 50 percent of the mutual aid cargoes, the House itself adopted the "50-50" shipping rule. Un­ doubtedly the "50-50" shipping proviso will be in the bill as it is fir^y signed by the President. However, on the other hand. Congress is refusing to insert the "5050" shipping rule in bills providing for the sale of surplus American agricultural products to foreign nations in exchange for foreign cur­ rencies. To this extent, a sharp distinction is being made—namely that Cobgress is willing to provide for the use of American-flag ships to carry at least 50 percent of the aid cargoes, but refuses to so provide in the case of surplus agricultural commodities. Simultaneously, the American shipping industry is attempting to push through Congress a bill to make permanent the idea that at least 50 percent of aid cargoes should be carried in US-flag vessels^ Even if this measure is passed by Congress, there is a strong chance it will be vetoed by President Eisenhower. The Chief Executive takes the position that other forms of aid, such as a direct financial pay­ ment to US lines, should be extended in lieu of a permanent "50-50" shipping principle. At the direct request of the President, Government agencies are conducting a 'study to determine whether or not additional direct support of US lines would not be advisable instead of having the permanent "50-50" shipping law. This report will not be released to the public before next January. Seafarer Niel Winther (center) shows mnsic and lyrics of his song to two of his shipmates, Allan Svenson, AB, (left) and WBlard Edwards, AB, who was also ship's delegate .<ni the Alcoa Roamer. Cartoon History Of The SIU : -If Jvitr% Mi . Contending that the potential danger to US ships fr'bm wartime niines was being exaggerated, in Sep­ tember, 1949, the shipowners made a new bid to bkve war bonus payments ended. The SlU charged the danger was not over, Itowever, as iiie Maritinjie War -igmergeney. Board called hearings sir the issne; Mine ^Danger Uuehmnged In October, the SlU-manned Maiden Creek stracK a mine in the North Sea. Although the crew escaped injury, the ship was damaged and vras.the second SIU vessel to hit, a mine ^that year; along • wtth 28 others. ' • Altogether, 304/ships hdd been siiiik br damaged by mines since the end of World War H. A. -X' Nn. 07 . The Maiden Creek incident sparked the SIU drive for continued bonus payments at the MWEB hearings, ' where the Union also callej^. for the end of the war-,, ' Umef bpard as ah unnecessary * Gpyerhmieht inter;ierehce .with collective 'bargaining/ ' New hearings / •were caned; but thd bbhUkeS cohtintiett • > �SEAr ARERS Inly t. 1»M Pare Seren LOG A -!» CASH BENEFITS :-.fc : .A' SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID No. Seafarers Receivine Benefits this Period n. ^3 GAveraRe Benefits Paid Each Seafarer . D ^ST ^7 Total Benefits Paid this Period | ' -IS WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD HUDIMI Benefit. Death Benefits Disabilicv Benefits A resident of China for eight years with his missionary parents, Wolloce Simpson received his first schoolmg in that conntry at the American School in Peking. Now 24 years of age, he's pictnred here when he was barely seven years old in a youthful poso with his bicycle. A little Chinese girl is playing in the background. Simpson's present home is in Riverbank, Calif._ II ^aa.r oo | oo 1 on oo 1 ' Scholarship Fulfills u. 'Seven-Year Dream' Vacation Benefits Total 1 let; • WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY HosDital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • Disnbilitv Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total 1 SaL. eSro ^7^19S Il * oc| r * Date Benefits Becsn "It's all pretty exciting. I've been hoping for this chanc® for seven years, and now the SIU has made it all possible," said Seafarer Wallace M. Simpson, visibly relaxed for the first time, as he learned he-^ was one of three working Sea­ signments by the church they rep­ farers awarded a four-year, resented, the Assembly of God oall VJ ' Is JT/ i/F II WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacacioo * il L*4L<itiA dCl Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable ^elfarT" US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS •TOCTPBI iLllLm im&B. isi£h1 I4S 12 3 tl COMMENTS RECENTLY, MANY OF THE MEMBER'S BENEFlCARY CARDS RECEIVED BY iHB WELFARE OFFICE HAVE BEEN CARELESSLY WRITTEN, 'AS WELL AS INCOMPLETE AS DATE AND OTHER DETAILS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EACH CARD BE CAREFULLY CHECKED, BEFORE SIGNING, TO BE SURE THAT ALL THE LINES ARE FILLED IN CORRECTLY. ALL ELIOIBLES UNDER THE PUN SHOULD HAVE BENEFICIARY CARDS ON FILE. -f • THOSE ELIQIBUS UNDER THE PLAN WHO MAVE HOSPITAL BENEFITS DUE THEM ON UAVINQ A HOSPITAL, MUST APPLY FOR SAME WlXMIN POMTEEN (ill) DAYS OF THE DATE OF MIS DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL. IP SUCH APPLICATION IS NOT MADE, THEN ic FORFEITS THE BENEFITS DUE HIM. r SukmitUd • '• 'b JUsA, A1 Ken, Aasistntt'XdmiHisMioir •All•these;• and, rsmember this «• • are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part—CoUecting SIU bene> $6,000- SIU college scholarship for 1954. Unable to contain himseif ionger, Simpson had found out the good news when he dropped up to the SEAFARERS LOG office at head­ quarters the morning of June 23. "They hinted over at the Weifare Pian office that I had won, but I wasn't sure," he declared. "I guess they got calls from a lot of us eager to find out the results and were waiting to send out the official no­ tice. One girl I spoke to said they were typing out the letters right then ... I couldn't wait anymore so I came up here to find out," he added. He was happy as a lark, but deadly serious about bis future plans. Sailing on SIU ships since 1948 as an AB and deck maintenance, Simpson, now nearly 24 years old, bad been ac­ cepted by Cali­ fornia's Leland Stanford Univer­ sity in 1947. He graduated from Sparrows <»*oint High School in Baltimore at the Simpson tender age of 16, but financial difficulties came in the way of bis continued schooling and be abandoned plans for enter­ ing college that fall for the time being. That was seven years ago. Will Study Journalism This September, Simpson expects to enroll at Stanford and pick up bis studies again after a long lapse. A much-traveled young man with a flair for writing, he'll be trying for a degree in journalism and eventu­ ally hopes to link up with a daily newspaper or magazine as a re­ porter or foreign correspondent. Born in Oakland, California, in 1980, Simpson' spent the first ye^ of his life' in the US and tha next •l|bt traveling around China with HI Church, kept them in a region near the Tibetan border for a time, but eventually he, his parents and five brothers and sisters born overseas settled in the capital at Peking. Simpson had his first four years of schooling in that city, at the American School, and alternated between speaking English and Chi­ nese through those years, although much of his familiarity with Chi­ nese is lost to him now. Then, just before the outbreak of World War This is the first of a series of features designed to acquaint the hiembership with the four winners of the 1954 SIU scholarship awards who will be entering college this fall under four-year grants pro­ vided by the SIU Welfare Plan. This article introduces scholarship winner Wallace M. Simpson. •a I I II, the family returned to the US, to a small town in California at first, where he jumped one grade on reentering school because of his advanced training in Peking. From there, periodic relocations of the Simpson family took him to Little Rock, Ark., back to San Fran­ cisco, to Houston, Tex., and finaiiy to Baltimore. As a result of ail this moving around, he attended five different high schools befoi-e graduating from Sparrows Point in 1947, but the experience apparent­ ly didn't affect his schoolwork any. He graduated with better than a "B" average over all fotir years. The shifts from one place to an­ other seldom gave him a chance te get involved in a lot of extra-cur­ ricular activities, but in his senior year in Baltimore, he managed both the soccer and lacrosse teams, worked, on the school paper and was editor In chief of tho_ first fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth; disability or- death—You get first-rate penonal h.ls'9«rents, iKHh inlaalonartea; As' (Continued on page 171 service hmediately through your Union's r^resentativei. ll �T'ft v-V'-U-W-:.' >. 5,^.^3 li-: m-- . SEAFARERS VaceEiglit /.'• •s-^- "• I I h'. m: p h:/ ll-- i: IW^-' liv': -• - K'-: 1;^ . % i, » t, t 4 t » Originally a sea term, the phrase "by and large" is used today to mean on the whole, over-all, or in general. To the seaman under sail, it means to turn the ship to the wind, within six points, just as "full and by" also means sailing close-hauled to the wind . . . The oldest sails, used by the ancient Egyptians, were of papyrus fibers. Later, canvas made of flax came into general use, but since the mid­ dle of the 19th century cotton has largely supplanted flax, particular­ ly in sails for racing vessels and smaller craft. The Chinese make sails for their junks and sampans of grass or fiber matting. The fin­ est and hiost expensive sail cotton comes from Egypt. Ecuador in South America was named after a circle around the earth because that country is actu­ ally crossed by the Equator. The Equator, in fact, is spelled "Ecuadar" in Spanish. Before it became an Independent nation in 1830, Ecuador was one of the three great departments of Columbia . . . Coastal shipping, the mainstay of the American merchant marine un­ til the beginning of World War II, had its beginnings in the US in 1831. In that year, Thomas Lowery Servoss outfitted five packet ships that ran regularly between New York and New Orleans, in the first coastal shipping service in the US. When a person is nonplussed, he Is in a state of perplexity or puzzlement in which he doesn't know how to proceed or what to say. The word nonplus comes orig­ inally from the Latin non plus ul­ tra or ne plus ultra, which meant lik k% ' * 'X ACROSS 1. Everything 4. Indiu or Arctic a. Azov or Caspian 12. CaU, in poker 13. Sea near Norway 14. Fiord 15. Where Amapala it 17. Move ship by hauling lino 18. Talks 19. Swiss river 20. Channel 22. County in N. Ireland 24. Short for m SA city 26. Fire residua 29. Good outfit for seamen SO. Navigation hazard 81. Reliever 33. On the ship 35. Prison 36. Three strikes 88. Come to terms 89. Printer's meastire 40. Cargo from South Seas 42. Indiana; Abbr. .43. Open a keg 44. Choose., by vote 47. Tampa or San Diego 49. It's paid for now KIlgM 82. 83. Pranks 84. SaUor 89. Vigor 84. Took seat agala •7. Befors DOWN Kind of trc4 a. Stretch out 4. BUmo 8. Removed center of 6. Expunges 7. Army Trans­ port Service: Abbr. 8. New Hamp­ shire: Abbr. 9. Region in Europe 10. Do wrong 11. Ampere: Abbr. 16. District attor­ ney: Abbr. 17. MoUon 1 12 15 . 2 19. Oil port 37. Keeps uprlsbt 20. Canadian In water peninsula 40. Cay oS Florida 81. Kind of tre« 41. Shipping Una 83. Creek 43. Voyage 24. Martin Van 48. Compaat 25. Computed direcUon 27. Vanishing 46. Cent: Abbr. sigbt in NY 47. Baby food 28. Vessel with 48. Swediah nick­ one mast name 30. Pert, to the sea 49. Contend 32. West Coast 80. It movea a union boat 34. Companion of 81. Compau point" Hagog 93. Doctor: Abbr. (PuzzI* Anawcr On Page 17) J ^1 SEAFARER "let there not be any more sailing beyond" Md is said to have been inscribed on the Pillars of Hercu­ les at Gibraltar, beyond which no ship could safely sail. The Pillars Question: How often do you of Hercules were the furthermost think meetings should be held on limit of safe navigation prior to board ship? Columbus. • MaroeUno Santiago, bosnnHf the t * * a month, meet­ Most sailors know about the taff- trip lasts more than ings should be rail log, that spinning fin linked to held every fifteen a registering device which indi­ days, at the con­ cates the distance a vessel has venience of the sailed, and which is fixed to the membership. The taifrail, or more correctly aft rail best time, I think, of the ship. The word apparently is between 6:30 became taffrail through confusion and 7 PM. If Jthe over the sound, as it was derived trip lasts loss from the Dutch tafereel, meaning than a month, a a panel or picture, usually exten­ general member­ sively carved and detailed. In the ship meeting should be held once, old sailing days the name was ap­ before the payoff. plied because the upper part of the 4> t , flat portion of the sterm was gener­ Joseph Fairell, fireman: On long ally heavily ornamented, with trips meetings Aould be held at gilded and painted carvings, and least twice a it remains right through to the month, and on present. coastwise trips i » just before the The grocer as we know him to­ payoff. In case an day is a corner merchant who sells emergency arises vegetables, -canned goods, dairy pertaining to the products and a variety of other ship or the per­ food items for home use, some­ sonnel, a special times even in a supermarket type meeting should of operation. Centuries a^.., how­ be called. Every ever, the grocer was actually a department should be represented, wholesaler, and was one who except men on watch. bought and sold in the gross (large 4^ $ S. Escobar, steward: I think it's quantity). In fact, about the year 1344, in London, the Company of enough to hold one meeting, just before arriving at Grocers was incorporated} They the home port. If were the lordly wholesale dealers a beef comes up in spice and foreign produce who while you're at sent the ships and seamen out to sea, it's up to the import their wares from the East ship's delegate to and helped shape early colonial call the three de­ history. partments togeth­ t t er in a special Unearthed in 1880, the Gokstad meeting to settle ship gave researchers much evi­ the beef. The dence of what the structure of the entire crew should know what is viking ships of 900 years before up on a beef. was like. Based on measurements * * * of the Gokstad, relic, they deter­ E. y. Eraio, AB: On a short trip, mined that a t3i>ical viking ship only one meeting should be held, was 80 feet long, 16^ feet wide the day before and nearly 7 feet deep. There on making port and was one 40-foot mast, and on each paying off. On side of the ship 16 oars projected longer trips, once through holes in the bulwarks. a month ought to Seafarers Puzzle 1>; . ' MEET THE IN THE WAKE The first lighthouse built In America to service shipping was a cone-shaped masonry tower erected by the Province of Massachusetts in 1716 on Little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston harbor. The lighthouse was maintained by a levy of a penny per ton which was placed on all incoming and outgoing vessels except those in coastal service. Constructed origi­ nally at a cost of £2,285 ($6,400), it was rebuilt in 1783 and is still in service. Joly t» 1954 LOG be enough, as long as there's no special beef. If there Is such a beef, a meeting ought to be called right away to take problem. * ^ Thomas jS. MoUer, chief steward: In my estimation, meetings should be called twice a month. On a short -trip there should be one going out, and one coming home. If there's a good beef, a special meeting of the de­ partment should be held, and if it's not settled there, a full mem­ bership meeting should bo called. GORDON T. BURFORD, bosun From coal passer to ship's master is a long climb but an interesting one. So says Seafarer Gordon Burford who received his masters license in 1952 after almost twenty years of sailing. Bom on a farm in Amherst, Va., which his father still operates, he ran away from home at 17 to make his way in the world and to escape the boredom and long hours of hard work on the farm. One of his first jobs was work­ ing in a soft coal mine in Welsh, West, Virginia. It was at this job that he perhaps felt he had left the irying pan only to sizzle in the fire. The coal mine was hot and damp and was located three miles back under the mountain. It was in the days before mechanical equipment and he got quite familiar with a pick and shoveL No Room To Sign For about six months he worked in the mine on a seam no larger than 26 inches. The coal would be blasted down, but since the seam was too shallow, the coal would have to, be shoveled from the prone posi­ tion since there wasn't enough room to stand. Loading 18 to 20 cars a day, Burford points out, was hard work and the pay was slim—40 cents a ton. Six months was enough of that. He next worked for a power com­ pany as a lineman, somewhat easier work, and at a succession of different jobs before he tried sailing. He first shipped out as, a coal passer out of Baltimore on the Red Star Line, on a ship bound for Hamburg, Germany. He smiles when he hears the old time seamen reminisce, of the good old days when It took a man to be a Sea­ farer. It certainly took a cast iron stomach for the food and the gen­ eral conditions aboard the ships then, Burford says. For the black gang, the trip was continuously hot and dipty both on and off duty. The black gang slept in a separate foc'sle but there was no such thing as rooms. There were no ventilators and no showers. Any bathing that was done was done out of a pail if and when the old man chose to turn the water on. The ship usually supplied an excelsior mattress or bag of straw, but no blankets or linen. Switched To Deck Burford has shipped, on deck since 1936 in just about every un­ licensed rating there is. But condi­ tions on deck weren't ideal either. An SIU man rrom the start of the Union, he served on the picketlines of most of the major 'strikes. The first time Burford remembers having fresh milk was while on thd Helen of the Bull Line in 1938 or 1939. While in port, the crew asked the captain for milk and threat­ ened to strike. The crew sat down and the milk was forthcoming. Whether the money for the milk came from the company or from the captain's pocket, Burford never found out, but since that time he has found that the Bull Line oper­ ates as good a ship as any company as far as the..geafarer is concerned. Burford started sailing as a bosun in 1942 during World War 11. Since he preferred to ship from the East Coast, he sailed on the Murmansk run bringing war supplies to Rus­ sia. Arriving in Murmansk after one trip from Halifax, one of nine ships out of a convoy of 54, his ship was bombed and strafed by the Ger­ mans, The ship had a huge, hole torn in its side and one of its boil­ ers blew up. Working his way up from coal .passing was a long hard climb. He held almost all unlicensed ratings in the engine and deck depart­ ments before trying for his mas­ ter's papers. Burford is married and the father of two daughters aged eight and four. He prefers the short runs so that he can get home and see his family as often as possible. This is especially true at the present time since,he expects to become a fa­ ther any day now with hopes for a boy. TEN YEARS AGO The Japanese laundied a general offensive northward from the Can-^ ton area and strove to join with forces driving down the CantonHankow railway through Hunan Province . . , Gen. Jorge Ubico resigned as President of Guate­ mala and turned the government over to a military junta composed of Generals Eduardo Villagran Ariza, Buenaventura Pineda and Federico Ponce. The train paUed "The Chief," on the. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R., . westbound, carrying 158 passengers, was wrecked 20 miles west of Flagstaff, Ariz. Company officials said four persons were ^ 4^ killed an.d more than 80 Injured. . Alvaro Vega, oiler: On long trips . . . German robot bombs droned there should be a meeting every over southern England and an un­ month. On short disclosed numbW of American trips it's enough soldiers were among the day's to have one the victims. day before the * * ship makes its A fire from an undetermined home port If a cause at the afternoon performbeef comes up jmce in Hartford. Conn., ignited before that, a the main tent of tiie- RingUng special merting of Brothers and Bamum & Bailfy the department Circus, in Which thwe were nearly should be called. There's no mood *0 utt tiie entire 7,000 i^rsons, mostly women and The fiMHaa: consumed erew on a small beei» the canvas witk great rapidity, killing 167 persons and injuring 174 or more ... Loss of the 13,050ton President Grant of the Ameri­ can President Lines, was announc­ ed by the War Shipping'Adminis^ation as creqr members, return­ ing, told of a vain three-month battle to save the ship after it struck a submerged reef in the South Pacific war zone. * t 4 « i- » Matthew Dusband, Washington representative of the SIU, offered testimony at the public hearing of the Coast Guard's Merchant Ma­ rine Council as to the suitability of various types of improved liferafts for merchant ships ... In Normandy the inland port of the city of Caen was taken by British and Canadian troops after a month of fighting and at the end of a 36hour push that overran the north­ ern two-thirds of the city. US. irooiw fought their way into the outskirts of St. Lo from the east, and combat patrols were in houserto-housa combat. Under counter-attack they withdraw to the subhrbs . . . The Deraocratio National Conventimi opened 1ft 'jr > �Itdr f, ItM SEAFARIttS LOG Pace Nine tmas 1 SEAFARERS^X06 Iriy f. I»B4 V*l. XVI, Na. 14 Published biweekly Iv.tbe Seafarers International Union. Atlantic Gull District, Al^ 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. TeL acinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HAIX, Secretary-Treasurer Mditor, Humaa BHAHSI Manouine* FcHtor, RAT Dnmoic: Art Xditor, Baanaa SIAMAM; Photo Editor, DAMIB MILVA; Staff Writert, HmMAir AmHua, lawn •nvACK, AL MAEumr, NoaacAir SMITB. Gulf Area Reporter, Biu. Mooor., Did If!' LETTER of the WEEK Score One Victory A resounding victory has been scored by Seafarers, the SIU and all sea unions in seeing the appropriations bill for the US Public Health Service hospitals through final adop­ tion by both houses. The bill, now in the hands of the Presi­ dent, provides a $33 million budget for the Operation of the marine hospital program until next Jtme 30. Since the fight started nearly a year ago, following indica­ tions that the Government might shut down the program altogether as an "economy" move. Seafarers and Union rep-' resentatives have been conducting a round-the-clock cam­ paign in which letter-writing played a' major part, in an effort to halt the closings. The result was that the administration backed away from its proposal to close the hospitals and Congress, in turn, voted the money to keep them going with some small, but not fatal, cuts in the budget ftom the previous year. The USPHS hospital program, nearly as old as the United States itself, has been providing medical care for seamen and others since 1798. Through all that time, it has emerged as a vital research facility, pacing much of this nation's medi­ cal research in a variety of diseases now no longer plaguing Americans or at least lessened in the degree of their severity and occurrence. Seafarers recognize the importance of the hospitals, both to themselves and to the nation. Thanks to their untiring efforts, the battle to save the hospital program from extinc­ tion appears to have been won. However, oiie word of caution should be sounded on this issue. Opponents of the hospitals in the past have succeeded in-whittling away at the scope of the hospital program. Sea­ farers can expect the same kind of attack on the hospitals next year and must be prepared to protect them with the same energy as they have displayed up imtil now. » « 4^ Hurricane Trip Lengthens Out To the Editor: Just a little news from the Hurri­ cane (Waterman) as we sit over here on the Far East run for the Army. It has been some trip since we left the Gulf in February with a full crew out of Mobile. We were to be gone about two months with Haiphong, Indo-China, for our port of discharge and back to the States, but four days out at sea on our return to the States, we got orders to go to Okinawa. At present we have made Okin­ awa twice, Pusan twice and Yoko­ hama twice, and we are now on our way to Guam. We never get any orders as to where we are go­ The Building Service Employes ters Joint Council. This is the ing next until we International Union has launched second year that the council has are ready to sail. a comprehensive safety program to made the awards. The Army has cut on-the-job accidents, and Presi­ ir if if just signed an­ dent W. L: McFetridge has told aU A new welfare program, b^eved other six month Hod^M locals in the US and Canada that to be the most comprehensive ever contract for us out here and we look to stay here the field of safety . . offers an obtained through collective bar­ opportunity to render increased gaining in Chicago, has been nego­ for some time yet. We have been out four months services to members and the ge*- tiated by the AFL Bakery Drivers, and three days now and we are eral public." He recommends a Local 734. The program covers lucky that we have a good crew. long-range program including about 3,000 members of the local, membership in the National Safety including inside workers as well Good Food Council and training classes in first as drivers. Drivers get $7,000 worth We are still eating good as we of group life insurance, $7,000 of now have enough food for a couple aid. accidental death or dismember­ t 4^ i of months but it is all Japanese The full support of the CIO has ment insurance, and a disability stores. A lot of the fellows may think they are lower grade stores been pledged to the Mexican Con­ benefit running to $55 a week for of Labor in its fight for 13 weeks. In connection with the good news from the capital, how­ but they are really first grade federation pay increases to offset a reduction stores. ever, there is a disturbing report concerning the fate of the I've just been made bosun as the in real wages caused by a devalua­ Anna M. iii. who holds the permanent "50-50" legislation, just .pdssed unanimously by bosun was taken off in the hospital tion of the currency. The pledge distinction Denham, of being the nation's the Senate and likely to face little opposition in the House, in Yokohama and I have found it a was made by CIO President only woman business agent in whose Merchant Marine Committee has already given it the job to do any work when you don't Reuther when-Mexican automobile organized labor, started her sixth union leaders visited Detroit re­ consecutive term as representative stamp of approval. have any thing to work with. The report that the President wiU veto such a measure, It has got to where there is noth­ cently. The delegation represented for Laborers Local 1207 in Tampa, even if it passes both houses by heavy majorities, reaches ing to work with, no paint, and no locals in Mexican branch plants of Fla., when she was unopposed in Motors, Ford, Chrysler, the general baUoting June 10. the shipping industry at a time when it is at a low point. grease. We can't do any chipping General Hudson, as we don't have any red lead or The encouragement and practical help which would be given jprimer to cover it with. The gear Willys. 5fash, Studebaker and Among others whom she "bosses" is her husband, E. B. Denham, who to maritime by the adoption of this bill is inestimable. It needs greasing but there is no * 4 4> is now rounding out his fifth term , would be proof to the industry that the Government is gen­ grease to do it with. When a guy After delaying wage determina­ as assistant business agent. uinely concerned about the long run future of American flag ts~ broken, all we can do is put a tions under the Walsh-Healey Act i i i shipping. The $20 million cooperative long splice in it because there is for over 18 months, more than 200 Any other course, despite pious announcements of an event­ no Une left. Nobody expected us cotton mills have lost a round in housing project of the International ual intent to aid the industry by direct subsidy, means further to be out this long when they their fight to keep the Labor De­ Ladies Garment Workers Union partment from putting into effect a has gotten under way with the surrender to foreign-flag shipping which will then be in a stored the ship. position to capture an even larger majority of US cargo We are using old runners. When $l-an-hour minimum wage for cot­ clearing of 13 acres of slums in the one gets bad, we just change it for ton, silk and synthetic textile firms Corlears Hook section of Manhat­ business than it now holds. another old one. The quarters are working on Government contracts. tan. Some 110 obsolete buildings 4^ 4^ getting in bad shape but there is The mills were set back when a have been razed and excavation no paint for them and it looks as district court dismissed their ob­ and foundation work on the project though every ship over here is out jections to answering Government has been started. Although not con­ of paint as we have tried to get questions about the Labor Depart­ fined to ILGWU members, occu­ Although it's a little early for a full analysis bf the situa­ some stores from other ships but ment's plan. Both AFL and CIO pancy will be limited to wage earn­ tion, it would appear, from present indications, that local have failed so far. textile unions filed briefs with the ers and salaried persons. military officials are reacting favorably to the recent De­ Clean SIU Ship court supporting the minimum. if i i> The first health and welfare plan fense Department order recognizing tiie right of civilian Wh are looking forward fo get­ ^ 4^ 4^ seamen on l/S ships to shore leave in areas under US mili­ ting stores so we can bring the Congressional and presidential for electricians in the Southwest Hurricane in as a clean ship, SIU approval of the seven percent pos­ has been negotiated by the Inter­ tary control. ^ style, if there is a little rust tal pay raise bill now pending has national Brotherhood of Electrical A key issue for many months, and the subject of offen and nobutpaint on her she will be been forecast by President Wiliiam Workers, Local 569, with contrac­ heated discussion between SIU representatives and officials clean of dirt and our quarters will C. Doherty of the National Associ­ tors in San Diego County, Calif. at the Pentagon, the shore leave matter seems to be work­ be clean because we still have soap ation of Letter Carriers, AFL. Post­ The agreement is effective Septem­ ing up to the satisfaction of all hands so far. At any event, powdei to clean her with if we master General Summerfield's as­ ber I. no beefs have turned up recently on the issue from SIU crews. don't have anything else. sertion that President Eisenhower it if Moreover, much favorable comment has come from at least I guess everyone ^ knows our will veto the measure, Doherty Settlement of a new contract be­ one ship in Korea, the Watermmi freighter Morning Light, messman, "Casey Jones."^ Well, we said, is without basis. Meanwhile tween the United Steelworkers of which reported the military police "very congenial," and have changed his name to "Com the National Federation of Post America and the United States pointed out that their reception was far different from that on Cob." It is funny how we got the Office Clerks told Congress that Steel (Mrporation is expected to new nickname. We had some com the Post Office Department is us­ set the pattern for the entire steel previous visits to the Far East. on the cob one day and- he saved ing pressure tactics to make the industry and other mass produc­ Thus, it would seem that, thanks to Union ^orts, the rights an the l egislators "abdicate their author^- tion Industries as well. The Steelcom cobs. . of Seafarers and'all seunen will be respected in the future on I'll close workers got a package estimated by saying hello to all ity on postal salary matters." this matter and any other involving the military. Meanwhile, my old shipmates around Mobile between nine and ten cents an $ 4^ the Union is continuing s survey of the membership return­ and New Orleans. I hope to be Three children of hat workers at between nine and ten cei^ts an ing from foreign ports to assure that the situation is the same around there soon. have been awarded $500 college hour, including five cents in wages scholarships by the St. Louis Hat- benefitSi Raymendl Hedges elsewhere and doesn't get out of hand again. ROUNDS Still In Doubt I m m I i •;y| Progress* Report rJiiV-S •' •^1 �P'-' • • • Ir- • . '•">• ^ Fare Ten SEAFARERS " I''" •' '• July t. U84 July f. 1954 LOG SEAFARERS I ••'I ( t-i- '11 m * Wmk ; '•.•: . , ' m i j'l- 0*^' •^;r • • m WM . f• ir^,: Fage Eleven LOG .• m m m iflii : " ;. :^--t w « it: I' w., •f, • i ••ft'-'-V . 1 Fibers are combed iand driwn into slivers for jspinning. Engineers check thg combs for the condition of the sliVers. Slivers are carefully checked to see they are the right weight for spinning of yarns of a certain diameter and length. The slivers are twisted from left to right to spin the yam. Just the right amount of twist is important for great strength. Inspectors check yarn for uniformity and balanced twist before it is sent to the - machines that form the strands. V P^.-, i> •. i:t,- - 5-' . rr 'S- • • m : : *'<'u ' Even though the day of wooden ships and sails is long past, the deck force is ever at work nandling the multitude of lines on a ship. In port or at sea, snubbing down equipment or just making things shipshape, the Seafarer must have intimate knowledge of ropes and knots. '1H- Sails, wooden mosts, hond-operoted copstons and much of the porophernollo of the soiling ship hove long since disoppeored from commerciol shipping operotions, but thot old stondby, monilo rope, is still used just os much OS ever. Wire rope hos token over sofiie functions on ships ond nylon is slowly creeping in for speciolized uses such OS fishing nets ond towlines, but mc^jlo still remoins the bosic stuff of which most cordoge is rnode. The uses of moni|o ore mony ond voried—for mooring lines, corgo slings^ nets, booms-ond foils, boot foils, heoving lines, towlines, borgelines ond other purposes. And todoy's AB just like the deck hond of yesteryeor, hos to know his knots ond splices, ond how to stow ond hondle rope properly. 9 •m I Ml Strands are formed by, twisting yarns in the opposite direction from which the slivers were twisted to make yarn. The strands are often called the "sinews" of rope. Pictured here ore the processes mvoK ed In monufocture of monilo rope for shipboord purpo: es. (All photos and illustrations, exce^ that in the upper left hand corner, courtesy Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts.) The starting point in manufacture is grad­ ing fibers before they go "into the works." The fibers are graded according to texture, strength, color and length. • Laying three or four strands—three ropes into cable— are the final production steps. The direction of the rope twist is the reverse of that for forming strands. A blend of fibers, stronger than a single grade or type, is fed into a breaker-spreader machine that assures a uniform product at all times. mi immmm , , , \ ~ jp ,• ' Vr I THE BASIC STEPS IN ROPE MANUFACTURE... mi- 12 3 J ^ 5 6 7 ilii t:'\ ^ ' ' • R: • R.'-R •;- Lubricated fibers pass through rollers (1) which distribute lubricant and (2) move on to be combed and drawn out to form slivers. Slivers when twisted produce yarn. The sliver (3) is then fed on a chain from which it enters a tube (4) where it is given Exactly the right twist by a revolving flyer and capstan. In combining yarns into strands, yarns get the proper pattern and twist by going through yarn plates (5) and a tube (6), in which ^ capstan provides the pull on the strands at the proper speed for the twist desired. Strands are wound on a reel (7) or fed directly to a laying tube'. Capstans pull the strands through a lay­ ing tube, (8) where they are twisted by a flyer. A giant rope for a giant's job. This 21" circum­ ference mooring line was made to provide off­ shore anchorage in South America. It weighs 12.7 pounds per foot.. A specifically designed rope is used in the manu­ facture of various types of cargo and save-all nets, where easy splicing and handling are of first importance; s /ft bow lines, stern lines, spring lines or breast lines, the slender manila ropes are used to tether the ships of the sea, large and small, at dockside. Tugs also make extensive use of manila line. �lNs« Twdve . SEAFAREkS LOG ^ •••••---->— lotrt. IH# PORT REPORTS.....^. .. . Men in the hospitals include San Francisco: other winners success in their new lake Chariest endeavor. Alexis Bankpri, Robert Lambert, It was also a pleasure to note, Algot Bogren, Otis^J. Harden, Rob­ that Hans Skalagaard won the spe­ ert Scales, Lorenzo Bridlda, War­ cial award in oils for the painting ren Whitmer, Albert W. Claude, of a sailing ship in the LOG John T. Watt, Thomas .^inherson, Shipping in the port has been Contest this year. We have aU Since my last report on shipping, Gorman Glaze, Richard Foust, Things are moviag along very I am sorry to state that sliipping Jesse A. Clarke, Paul Wilkinson, fair for the past two weeks and the seen his work hers and we value nicely at the present time with it very highly. Coifgratulatiotu are for the past two weeks has been Hinrich Wiese, Tony Mastantuno, future looks pretty good. aim in order for Hans Skalagaard plenty of watermelons, peaches even worse than the previous two Robert G. Cooper, Cornelius Pal­ -No ships were paid off in the and fish on hand, plus politicians. on winning this award. weeks. We shipped approximately mer and James Dodson. Tom Baiuing past two week period and only two As for us, well take the first men« 115 men and in the same period San Francisco Port Agent tioned. Shipping picked up a little we registered 294. So, fellows, you Our man of the week is Charles ships signed on. They were the somewhat here in the last two » » » can see what the score Is as far as Sianina, who has been a member Kyska (Waterman) and the Amerweeks, but don't come rushing shipping is concerned in this port. of the SIU since 1946. He sails at sea (Blackchester Steamship). New York down here. Brothers, for we still We have, at the present time, seven all ratings in the engine depart­ Ships in-transit were the Seamar have enough men to man all ex­ Bull Line ships tied up here and ment and has always conducted himself in the good old SIU and Massmar (Calmar), the Yaka, pected calls for some time to come. about six Libertys plus four tank­ ers and one Bobin,IJne ship. As manner. He had quite a rough go Fairland and Hastings (Waterman Calling into far as we can ascertain, none of of it several months back due to and the J. B. Kulukundls (Martis). this area and Oldtimers on the beach include Shipping for the_Port of New each taking a few these vessels will move in the the fact that he was an alien. All of that is now past history asjie L. Knickerbockmr, W. Pennington, near future. York is stUl holding its own. We men were, the We have one outstanding beef in has finally got himself squared A. W. Brown, C. Johnston, F. Mar­ sliip]^ approximately, the same Chiwawa, Gov­ the port at the present time which away and before long will obtain tinez, H. Skaalegaard. W. Ander­ ernment Camp, son, J. Cantin, A. Gurski, A. Wig­ number of men during this two Fort Hoskins, concerns 64 hours his fuil citizenship. At this time he would like to ex­ gins, A. Bernard, J. Curlew, J. Mc- week period as we did in the pre­ French for a utilityman Creek, press his gratitude to the officials Connell, R. Malone and E. P. vious two week period. However, Cantigny,- Brad­ on the Steel in the future, you can look for Rover (Isthmian) who have been such a great hqjp Votto. much slower shipping as the long­ ford Island, Win­ to him during his trouble. He said and which has ' Men in the marine hospital are shoremen in Puerto Rico have been ter Hill and PaGray been submitted that he thinks the SIU is second P. J. SL Marie, U. L. TaraUo, S. oU (Cities Serv­ on strike since last Friday and to none in the maritime industry. to New York. We Bunda, J. Perreira, H„Y. Choe, J. Bull Line, for one, is laying up all ice). Eari Sheppard are positive this ChUds, W. Singleton, C. Neumaier, their ships until the strike is over. Over in Beaumont, Texas, we Baltimore Port Agent is good overtime. P. S. Yuzon, and O. Gustavson. had the Golden City (Waterman) This of course is bad, but we have It Is with a lot of » » ^ Standby Pay pledged 100 per cent support to come in from France for payoff. satisfaction that Boston: She paid off in good shape thanks Slanlna these union brothers. There have been a few feUows I compliment the to her fine SIU crew. We had the coming into the office complaining We hear via the grapevine that crews on the few ships that we did about the rate of pay for standby shipping is really good on the West Bull Run (Mathaisen) in here at have pay off here for the excellent Lake Charles and the Del Sol of work. They seem to figure that we Coast at the present time. Job they are doing. So, just keep should be paid according to other During,the past two weeks, -we Mississippi came in over at Port up the good work, and before long ship contracts, such as shipyard paid off 22 ships, jdgned on six Arthur. things wiU get back to normal Shipyard people in this port are workers and other unions. Also July 27Ui l^rimary on foreign articles and had 14 in and everybody will be happy again. excited about the awardhig of they have been complaining about transit. On the political front the con­ Navy contracts for the construc­ no travel pay to and from the job. Payoffs SUpe Paid Off test is about to enter the home tion of 24 mine sweepers at j. tot^ Ships paying off were the Ines, Our existing contract as of now is The following ships paid off: ttie stretch with the first primary due Mae, Angelina, Suzanne and eost of over G26 million. .The 24 as follows: AB's and unUcensed on July 27 and the boys are really Evelyn (Bull); the Marore, Chibore, ships consist of 11 165-foot vessels personnel within that scope of pay, Rosario, Beatrice. Angeline, Kath- glad-handing every one in sight ryn and Elizabeth (Bull); the Val Santore, Feltore, Baltore and Chl- and 13 138-foot motor mine sweep­ such as oUers, FWT, etc., is $1.94 Chem (Valentine), Seatrains Louisi­ and are out beating the bushes for lore (Ore); the Strathbay (Strath- ers. Hedgdon Bros., Goudy & per hour and the higher rating Texas, New York, Georgia and votes. more), the John B. Waterman Stevens, of East Booth Bay, Me., $1.98 per hour. Overtime rate for ana, Jersey (Seatrain); Bradford We nominate for our Seafarer of (Waterman), the Chiwawa and Fort wUl build four of the smaller aU hands working standby is time New Island and French Creek (Cities the Week, Brother Herbert Gray, Hoskins (Cities Service); Pennmar sweepers and the Quinc:^ Adams and one half. Under the existing Service); Northwesteru Victory who hails from Tampa, Fla., and and Oremar (Calmar), ^ Repub­ Yacht Yard at contract there is no travel pay to Victory Carriers); Steel Maker and saift in the black gang as pump­ Quincy, Mass., lic (Trafalgar) and the Steel Rover and from work. Anyone wanting Steel Executive (Isthmian); Robin man. He is sticking around at pres­ WiU buUd three. (Isthmiafi). more details regarding this can go Tuxford (Robin); Wacosta (Water­ hoping to grab off a nice coast­ Signing on were the Marore, Cu- Frank L. Sample to his port a^nt who wiU be glad man); Bull Run (Mathiasen); Bar- ent, wise job. bore, Santore, Baltore, Chilore and of Booth Bay to explain it to him at any time. }ara Fritchie (Lilmrty Nav.), and Fejtore (Ore); the John B. Water­ Harbor, Me., GUIispie Chairman It has also been reported by the the Cracker State Mariner (South At our last meeting, G. B. "Tex" man (Waterman), the Chiwawa and will construct ship's officers and fmsuns in charge Atlantic). Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); and four of the larger Gillispie, who really comes from of the standby gang that the men Ships signing on were Hilton Texas, Beaumont, that is, was the Pennmar and Oremar (Cal­ vessels. -do not report to work on time. Re­ (BulD, Steel Maker and Steel Ex­ chairman. He sails as bosun or AB. Shipping has mar). member you men are working by ecutive (Isthmian), Robin Ketter­ Recording secretary was I. J. Tor>: Ships in-transit were the Antin- been pretty quiet the hour and being paid by the ing (Robin), Northwestern Victory re, who conies from Tampa, Fla« ous, Iberville and De Soto (Water­ in this port dur­ hoiir and the company can dock (Victory Carriers) and Cracker and sails in the black , gang. Beth man); the Steel Executive (Isth­ ing the past two weeks, with 45 you for being late to work: An­ State Mariner (South Atlantic). mian), the Bethcoaster and York- men registered and 22 shipped. other thing, a man will work one Those ships ih transit were An­ did a fine Job. mar •(Calmar); the Robin Tuxford The Seatiger (Colonial) paid off or two days and Our steady fisherman, J. Lin­ get enough money gelina and Frances (Bull); Seatrain (Seas Shipping), the Alcoa Roamer and signed on, and in-transits were to pay his room, coln "Grandpa" Fontenot, has etc., and then Savannah (Seatrain); the De Soto, and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); the Lo­ the Steel Rover (Isthmian) and the gone fishing again and has prom­ quit, not notifying the haU or peo­ Lafayette, Warrior, Arizpa and gans Fort (Cities Service) and the Wacosta, IberviUe and Chickasaw ple in charge of the gang so that Iberville (Waterman); Alcoa Part­ ised us he wUl bring back a string Suzanne (Bull). Waterman). they may hire replacements^ In the ner (Alcoa); Greece Victory (South of fish the like of which we have Once again the Seafarers have Among the men on the beach this of­ future, anyonei^committing Atlantic); Republic (Trafalgar); nevbr seen. However, knowing done their usual, outstanding job are L. Campbell, E. Dakin, A. fense wiU have to be dealt with ac­ Robin Gray (Robin); Steel Rover Grandpa" as we do, seeing is be­ when they were called on. We Hickey and J. Cash, and in the cording to our constitution. and Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Gov- lieving. We sure hope he does, for have been working on the election marine hospital are J. Penswick, We were pleased to hear that emnient Camp (Cities Service) and we sure dont. have any luck al­ for the past several months so that F. Alasavich and A. Yumul. though the boys tell me they are Wallace Simpson of Riverbank, the Portmar (Calmar). we could get our friends nominated catching them. James Sheehan Claude Siphnons Calif., won one of our $6,000 schol­ in the primaries, and at this time Leroy Clarke Boston Port Agent Asst. ~ Sec.-Trea8. arships and we wish him and the I am glad to report that all of our Lake Charles Fort Agent efforts have paid off. This goes to 4 rt prove that by a concentrated ef­ Norfolk: fort, you can obtain your objective if you work hard enough. Flying Colors I would like at this time to thank all of the members who particU Shipping Figures'June 17 to July 1 pated in this show of strength and BEG. BEG. BEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shipping has picked up consid­ fidelity, because as the various POBT ^ DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. ~ DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED erably during the past month, but nominees have admitted them­ Boston 21 18 6 45 7 22 9 6 the outlook for the future remains selves, without the help of the Sea­ uncertain. New York .* 148 ' 131 133 412 ^ 70 72 75 217 farers, they were not too sure that Philadrtphia 48 37 40 125 ' 57 During the last report period fhey would have gained the nom­ 120 38 80 we paid off tlm Royal Oak and inations By this show of strength Baltimor# na 95 83 294 37 115 47 81 Salem (Cities Service) ' on the part of the Seafarers, we Norfolk 35 28 12 75 15 8 30 and TheMaritime 12 Cabins (Cabins). These have not only done a good job, but Savannah 10 20 8 88" 14 v- - lOi^ 4 28 tiiree ships also signed on. we 'have also proved to the vari­ 4 Tampa 18 22 18 54 8 15 ous labor organizations that once 8- -• In-tnmsit here were the Joim again when the Seafarers were Mobile 41 , 25 27 93 48 " 85 37 118 B. Waterman; Alcoa Pointet and called on, they came through with New Orjeana 59 45 80 164 48 149 Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Bents Fort 68 flying colors. This wastdone by Cities Smvice); Steel Rover ahd Galveston 25 88 11 89 28 18 20 64 the members and their families go­ Steel Maker (Isthmian); Southstar Seattle .# 59 58 41 156 52 44 38 134 (South Atlantic); Longview Victory ing to the polls and voting. If these San Francisco 39 80 . 26 95 28 22 26 W same persons go to the polls this Victory Carriers), and Robin Ket­ coming November in the general Wilmington 14 12 11 87 , 8 9 tering (Seas Shipping). 2 election, there is no question in Ben Bees my mind as to the outcome. Totals - 631 552 474 1,657 404 342 1,097 851 Norfolk Port Agent : ; Baltimore: Coast Sliipping Is Holding Up Nkeiy Menbers Make GOIHI Showing At Primaries GOMM 6it| h Grosi Franco For PapoH Dock Strike is PR Mows SMppisg Here Shipyards Gai Some Aclioa From Navy A&G SHiPPmC RECORD •/; i-'li:' Skippisg Pieks Up; Fstsra is Uscortaie �jtiiy t, MS4 Mobile: Idle Tegs Seek Gaeal Deep Sea Tewleg Werk SEAF ARERS LOG Pare Tbkteea .^. .PORT REPORIS Heller is port captain of the Waterman Steamship Corp. in Mo­ bile. We nominate Brother A. J. Howard for oiur Seafarer of the Week. He joined the SIU in 1943 and has been sailing steadily out of the Mobile area since then as a deck engineer or oiler. Howard makes his home in Georgiamia, Ala., and is mailed and has thi'ee children. While? on the beach his hobby is raising chickens. Howard thinks that the dis­ ability-plan is one of the top bene­ fits of the Union's Welfare Plan as it assures a man that he will be taken care of in his old age. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent ^ ^ New Orleans: Pieale |s foslponed; Labor Day Dale Seen ule of ships due to arrive here, is much brighter. During this two-weeks' report period, this port handled four pay­ offs, five sign-ons and 15 ships intransit. Paying off were the Del Norte, Del Sol and Del Santos (Missis­ sippi) and the Antinous (Water­ man). Signing on were the Del Monte, Del Norte, Del Aires, Del Sol and Del Mundo (Mississippi). Ships in transit were the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cor­ sair and Alcoa Polarus (Alcoa); the Del Monte, Del Aires and Del Mundo (Mississippi); the Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana; the War Hawk, Gateway City, Claiborne, Fairisle and Golden City (Water­ man), and the Genevieve Peterkin (Bloomfield).. Lindsey J. WilUams New Orleans Port Agent Savannah: Lady Cops Are Giving Some S^en Jitters Shipping in the Port of Mobile The crewmcmbers of the Del One of the chief topics of con­ for the last couple of weeks was Bud (Mississippi) were almost as versation among Seafarers here a little on the slow side with a hot as the weather—and that was these days is the lady traffic cops total of 83 men shipped to regu­ plenty hot—when they returned to the city, of Savannah has put to lar jobs and 87 to various relief New Orleans from South America checking on parking meter viola­ jobs in and around the harbor. to learn that they would have to tions. These gals directed traffic We had a total of nine payoffs, postpone their annual picnic for at school intersections .during the five sign-ons and two ships In the second time. winter, but now they're spending transit for the last two week The picnic had been scheduled all their time checking the park­ period. . for July 3 at Audubon Park. But ing meters, and the men here of­ when the ship reached "New Or­ ten have some uncomfortable mo­ Ships paying off in good shape leans on July 1, the crew learned ments wondering if their red flag were the Alcoa Polaris, Partner, is up. a revised sailing schedule called Corsair, Ranger for departure the following day to and Cavalier (AlShipping here during the past take on cargo in Texas. A similar ' coa); the Fred­ two weeks has been fair, with 38 Galveston: occurrence forced postponement of eric C. Collin men registered and 28 men 'the first picnic late in May. (Drytrans) and shipped. The Southport (South Emil Herek, the chief steward the Claiborne, Atlantic) paid off and signed on. and a member of the picnic com­ 4; ^ Fairisle and Mon­ In-transits have been the Raphael mittee, had sent arch of the Sea Seattle: Semmes (Waterman); Seatrains out invitations (Waterman). Louisiana and Georgia; Southstar Shipping has been a little on the for both the Sign-ons were (South Atlantic); Paoli (Cities Serv­ the Alcoa Polaris, slow side in this port. However, Memorial Day ice); Southern Districts (Southern Howard the prospects are a little brighter and July Fourth Partner and Steamship), and Robin Kettering Ranger (Alcoa); the Frederic C, for the coming week. We had no weekends. It ap­ (Seas Shipping). Shipping has been very good for Collin (Diytrans) and the Fairisle payoffs and only one sign-on in pears he can now With us In this port now is the past two week period which (Waterman). Those ships in tran­ the past two week period, but set his sights on James H. Nelms, bosun, who was unexpected, due to the lumber sit were the Chickasaw and An- placed 64 men on the ships that Labor Day. joined the SlU in strike. All of the ships in this area The crew has were in transit, which was 14 in tinous (Waterman). 1943 in Charles­ found cargo except the Coe Vic­ number. $1,500 in its pic­ Good Prospeete Herek tory which will come out of tem­ ton. Before this nic fund, which Signing on was the Genevieve Shipping prospects for the com­ porary layup about July 15th. The he saUed NMU, should be enough to finance a real ing two weeks look fairly good Peterkin (Bloomfield). In transit wing-ding. The fund was deposited future looks fair although we do but the questions ships wer^ the with the following ships due in: that prevailed Lone Jack, Bents at the end of this trip in a New not have any expected payoffs at within the NMU the Golden City, De Soto. Clai­ Fort and Logans Orleans bank-4n an account en­ present. No doubt there will be the made him look borne, Lafayette, Morning Light Fort (Cities Serv­ titled "Del Bud Picnic Fund," and usual Waterman and Calmar inter­ around to see if and Iberville (Waterman) and the ice); the South- if the postponements of the picnic coastal in-transits. there wasn't ; Alcoa Pennant, Puritan, Clipper, ' Ships paying off wore the Jean something em Districts and keep on, the interest piling up better Pilgrim, Patriot, Runnti* and Cor­ Nelms Lafitte (Waterman), the Western should build the fund into a real Southern Cities in the way of sair (Alcoa). In addition, the An­ Trader (Western (Southern), The nest egg. unions. That's when he changed drew Jackson""will probably crew Navigation) and Cabins' (Cabins), HaU's Cool In Heat to the SIU. Today, after 11 years, up during this week under charter the Alexandra . Speaking of the weather, July the Coe Victory lie says he is 100 percent satisfied to Isthmian and there is a possi­ (Victory Car­ (C arras) and was ushered in by a scorching Oestman with the change, and has found the bility that the Citrus Packer Longview Victory week, with the mercury hitting riers). SIU to be evei^hing he had ex­ (Waterman! might also be diverted Signing on (Victory Camiers), the Seatrains 101.8 degrees on the last day of pected in a union. He also sayr' to this port. New Jersey, Savannah, Texas and June. -This was the second hottest were the Ocean there was never any question as to Willie Reynolds and W. G. New York (SeatraihT; the Golden Nlmet (Ocean day in New Orleans' recorded whether he would be union or not Moore are reported in the Ne^ City (Waterman) and the Excello Trans), the Seaas his father was a union man and weather history and the highest coral Orleans Marine HospitaL (Coral) and (Eycello). by the time he was old enough to temperature reading since June 22, Km.!* Due to a longshore strike in Oldtimers on the beach at the 1915, when the thermometer hit the Seawind (Sea start work he knew the score and Puerto Rico, the schedules of the present time include R. Delos San­ 102.2. The guys on the beach Traders). was union all the way. Today Waterman C-2s are slightly fouled tos, R. McCorkee, E. Gonza^s, W. didn't mind it too much, though, Those ships in transit were the Nelms' father heads the Teamsters' up. However, it is expected that R; Simpson, J. Tobin, J. Lee,'M. as they found welcome relief in the J. B. Kulukundis (Martis); the locals here in Savannah. the strike will be of short dura­ Hoy, F. Oestman, F. Reese, E. air-conditioned hall here. During Amerocean (Amerocean) and the Jeff Morrison tion and things will be back to Alverson, P. Ryan, G- Bales, W. the worst of the heat wave, we had Yaka (Waterman?. Savannah Port Agent normal in the near future. Once Jones, P. Rogosch, H. Moore, J. an unusually large number of There were few shipboard beefs ^ ^ t, the strike is settled, the ships will Glenn, F. Massey, A. Manuel, J. members aroimd the TV set and and they were all squared away start back dn their regular runs McGoldrlck, J. Brandon, W. Bright- the pool, shuffleboard and card due to the good work of our ships Philadelphia: well, B. Luna and J. R. Mathews. tables. delegates. HaU Painted Among the oldtimers on the Bhipping was off slightly during In the marine hospital are J. The painting and cleaning of our' Markopolo, Curt Decker, Murray beach are N. Townsend, J. Kackur, the past two weeks as compared hall is completed and we now have Plyler, Alfred Hancock, Crespin with the previous report period, J. T. Mismul, A. Michelet and C. a fine looking union hall and one Barbosa and Jack Slocum. but it was by no means critlcaL Engelsma. Shipping has been very good for that will stand up with any in the More-than one-third of the regular And in the marine hospitals are the past two weeks with 120 men About all that can be said about city. As long as we take care of jobs were taken by permit men as F. Fondila, S. Krohn, L. Ciaboli, being shipped in that time. Ship­ it, the union haU and its recrea­ the weather is that summer is many book men preferred to wait M. Olson, N. F. Plummer, B. Smith, ping for the future looks good for really here. We had 6 reading of tion deck wiU he an awfully nice J. Vander Ende, W. Gaddy and S. the next ten days or so with the place to spend the hot summer 95 degises on^June 30th which has for their favbrite runs. Johannessen. been the hottest weather so far. Outlook Is Brighter Portmar (Calmar) due to pay off days in. The weather has gotten Jeff GiUetU The outlook for the immediate Keith Alsop and a strong possibility that the to the 100 degree stage now and Seattle Port Agent future, as indicated by the sched­ Ariyn (Bull) will carry coal to Galveston Port Agent this air conditioned hall surely, Europe. A lot depends upon hits the spot. whether or not the longshore beef In this kind of weather it's easy in Puerto Hico is settled and if to see that the membership pre­ the Bull Line ships we have laid fers being on the inside, keeping up here crew up. In the event they eool. do, it will be terrific. A few of the oldtimers now on Ships paying off were the LongWILMINGTON. Calif.....SOS Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM.. 1.118H Syndicate Ava. view Victory (Victory Carriers), the beach are George Dean, Henry Ontario Phone: 3-3221 ^113, A&6 District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 Bishop, F. Anderegg, J. Fisher, BALTIHORB COLBORNB 103 Durham St. the Yorkmar (Calmar), the Winter 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS .. .673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Mulberry 4540 W. Zajanc, D. C. Lynann, O. C. Earl Sheppard. Agent TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Hill (Cities Service), the Dorothy Paul HaU BOSTON i 376 State St. EMpire 4-5719 Heuer, S. B. Campbell, L. Jack­ James Sbeehan. Agdht Blchmond 2-0140 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA. EC 817M Cormorant St (Bull) and the Steel Voyager Robert Matthews Jos Algina son, C. Steers, C. Montgomery, E. GALVESTON Empire 4531 (Isthmian). 31st A Mechanic Claude Simmons Joe Volpian VANCOUVER BC..T....565 Hamilton St. Gallaspy and L. Deason. Wimam Ball Keith Alsop. Agent Phono 2-8448 Signing on were the Longview Pacific 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La.....».141» Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St Victory (Victory Carriers), the We are presently working with Leroy SUP Phone 6346 Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 the towboat offices trying to- line MOBILE 20 Elgin St. Yorkmar (Calmar), the Winter Hill J Boutb Lawrence St. HONOLULU IS Merchant St. BAGOTVILLR Quchee Phone: 545, Phone 3-1754 up some additional work for the Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St (Cities Service), the Seagarden NEW ORLEANS SSS BlenTtUo St. PORTLAND 833 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 (Pennin. Nav.) and the Steel Voy­ tugs that are idle ih the port. This Undaey WUliama. Agent Beacon 4336 QimBEC US Cote De La Montague ager (Isthmian). Magnolia 6113-6113 RICHMOND. CALIF work will consist of some deep Quebec Phone; 2-7078 257 Sth St. 177 Prince WilUam St .873 4tb Ave.. BrooUya The following were ships in Phone 2999 SAINT JOHN sea towing and a little work-in NEW YORK NB Phone: 84332 HYaeiatb 8-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Haixiaon St. transit: the Ines, Suzanne and Dor­ the intercoastal canals that we NORFOLK .....137-128 Bank St. Douglas 34363 Ben Bees. Agent Phone 4-1083 SEATTLE othy (Bull), the Steel Maker, Steel haven't had before and we expect PBILADBCPBIA...837 Great Lakes District 2905 1st Ave. Market St. Main'0880 ALPENA to be able to report some favor­ Caadnllo. Agmt Market 7-1^ ....133 W. Fletcher Executive and Steel Rover (Isth­ .-«80autiaon^ WILMINGTON ..........80S Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W mian); the Pennmar (Calmar); able news in our next report. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY.. 180 Main St _ Phone: Cleveland 7391 Southern Districts (Southern), the NEW YORK..... .878 4tb ^e.^^BrtrnM^ Father Olea , CLEVELANP 734 Lakaalde Ave.. NB Robin Tuxford (Seas). and the Phone: Main 1-0147 Mobile branch wishes to Abeio DETROIT.... 1038 3rd St Wacosta and J. B. Waterman Canodian District Aga«t Phone 3-1716 «9dtad tiieir deepest sympathy to (Waterman). .EMOJst; Ava. MONTREAL.......ni Kt. Jamai St Wast ;tte family of Captain Paul Ifellw A. S. CaiAulle -aAUFAK, wKjiB caoMO.T^^J^ntMiaL on the death of his father. Captain PUIadeliiila Peri Agent 3-1333 Texas Coast Weather Del And Shipping Slew Liimber Sirike Falls To Slow Shipping ShipiHBg Very Good And PalBre Promising II SW HAI.L DIRECTORY * • 'A �SEjfFAREHS tOG By Seafarer In m't^ ••' Showing siens of ordeal are crewmen of tuna clipper Anna M., which burned and sank off California coast. Men—^mepiben of SlO-affUiated Cannery Workers Union—are shos^ here after pick-up by Maiden Creek. By SEJ^F*ARERS -LOG Photo Editor Remember the old circuit camera that took long rectangular pictures of school graduations? The camera turned slowl;^'' by clockwork mechanism from one end of the group to the other. If you were fast, you couldlippear at one end of the picture, then duck and run to the other end and be photographed twice. Well, the Panon Camera Co. of Tokyo has Invented a modern version of the old circuit camera. This camera has a fast anastigmatic lens which swings-Through.an arc of almost 140 degrees as the exposure is made, and the film is positioned in an arc-shaped "focal plane" with the same radius of curvature. Thus, the focus and image size remain constant as the image-forming light rays pass through a narrow slit which moves in front of the film at exactly the same speed as the lens. The effective shutter speed is determined by the rate of the lens and slit movement. Three settings are available: 1/2, 1/50, and 1/200 second. In use, the spring that drives the lens slit of the Panon Camera is cocked manually by swinging the cover plate on the front of the camera as far to the operator's left as it can go. As the shutter- is released, the lens and the opening in the cover plate move from left to right. The movement is fast enough to permit successful hand-held Exposures at ^1/50 as well as 1/200 second. , The lens is a 50mm f-2.8 which can be focused from 3 feet to in­ finity. The camera uses any type of 120 film and Voduces 6 exposures to. a roll, each negative being 214x4V4 inches. The weight of the camera is about four pounds, its height is 43/4 inches and width six inches. Most important of all, its horizontal angle of view fe 140 degrees and its vertical angle, 60 degrees. The only wide angle lens approach­ ing this angle of view is the Goerz hypergon, which operates at about f-40 and has the serious disadvantages common to all wide-angle lenses of a great decrease in illumination at the edges of the field. The Panon Camera with f-2.8 Hexanon lens is available in this country at about $495. A lower priced model with f-3.5 lens is promised. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Seaman's Story Anonymous To (he Editor: . ' Enclosed you will find a copy of the "Seaman's Story." I learned It from another seaman over a year ago. I do not know who wrote it, but I thought it would be a good thing to go into the LOG. Salvatore C. Ala Come and gather all around me. 4A,--' Listen to my tale of woe, Never tried to save my money. I've got some good advice to give. Now I've got no place to go. Something you ought to know. Met a little gal in Capetovm, Take a tip from one's who's Asked her to be my wife. traveled. Told her I was tired of sailing. Never start rambling 'round, Wanted-to settle down for life. Once you get that rambling fever. Then I heard a whistle blowing. You never want to settle down. Through the fog and rain. Left, tuna fishermen await pick-up by the Maiden Creek. Forced to abandon ship, which sank with 130 I've traveled all around this world, Left that gal just standing there. tons of tuna aboard, men took to dinghy. Right, men board Maiden Creek, which toidc them to Wil­ Been most everywhere, Never saw that gal again. mington. V Sailed with every steamship line. Listen to a seaman's story. Few amateur photographers have such a store of raw, dramatic material to work with as Never paid a nickel fare. Don't forgA the things I say. have those who follow the sea. Seafarers who are handy with a camera find the sea a con­ Been from Maine to California, My pocket book is empty. stant source of photographic subject jnatter which, for sheer interest, can hardly ever be From Capetown to Cairo, And I'm shipping out today. obtained by the landlubber. And, if these Seafarers are on Swayne, crewmember aboard the clipper which burned and sank off their toes, the results are ofteh SlU-contracted Maiden Creek the California coast. The clipper—crewed by mem­ attention-compelling, on - the - spot (Waterman). Swayne got his op­ shots such as those which accom­ portunity to take the photos on bers of the SlU-affiliated Cannery the afternoon of Juiie 16 when Workers Union—^was about 340 pany this article. The photos shown here are a the Maiden Creek picked up 12 miles southwest of San Pedro, few of those taken by Ronald A. survivors of the Anna M., a tuna Calif., when fire broke out in her engine room, according to the're­ ports which Swayne obtained from the survivors. Fire Fighting Futile The crewmen first released car­ bon dioxide, which smothered the (1) What is the difference between a- stalactite and a stalagmite? auxiliary engine, and then tried Which one is it that hangs from the roof of a cave? to fight the fire by hand.' This, (2) For what nuisical instrument were most of Chopin's compositions however, proved futile, and in less written; (a) violin, (b) piano, (c) harp, (d) clarinet? than 10 minutes they had to aban­ (3) If you were traveling by car and came to a signpost with arrows don the ship, which later sai^ with reading: San Francisco—2645; Memphis—775; Philadelphia—^300; Buf­ 130 tons of tuna aboard her. falo—225, would you be hear: (a) New York, (b) Chicago, (c) Bostbn, Due to the failure of all the (d) Pittsburgh? power, the crewmen lauched a (4) What number is missing from the following series: 6, 8, 16, 8, dinghy by hand, and remained in 10, 10? it for the next two hours until . (5) What army was led by General Evangeline Cory Booth? they were picked up by a vessrf (6) Which was the first major league baseball team to win a World belonging to the. Scripps Oceanic Series: (a) Boston (American), (b) New York (National), (c) New York Research Institute, connected with (American), (d) Chicago (National)? the University of Southern Cali­ (7) Which is farther north: Toronto, Canada or Augusta, Maine? fornia. (8) One-third of a number plus one-fourth of a number plus oneFrom the research ship, the men sixth of a number plus 12 equals twice the number less 3. What is the were then transferred to thie Maid­ number? en Creek, which took them to (9) The smallest of the major planets is nearest to fhe sun. Which Wilmington, Calif. . Is hi:,(a) Saturn, (b) Jupiter, (c) Mars, (d) Mercury? i*. Outside of the Port O' Call^ Jzck Dempsey's restaurant is his Tn the brat SltT tradition, (10) Who regretted that he had but one life to lose for his country: Swayne reports, the SI17 crewmen favorite hangout whenever he mts NY, reports Seafai'er Forrest C. mc*(a) Nathan Hale, (b) Patrick HehiT. (c) Thomas Jefferson, (d) Bebja- provide^ adrViydn? with clga^ King. Here King's jetting a sample of the Msnassa Mauler's left ntin: Franklin?"rettiefr^ and ' other idadorti until ' cross. Dempsep likes to talk' about the SXU, King says, and also i; ; ; ; (Quiz Answers On Page 17) V. ;f.. the^ - weir* landed ihife^>!.adi(n;*.W- r about'the hew'fljm,-the-''^a(^'!Deinpicy Story.''-' He Likes Taking it On the Chin Quiz Corner r-'.: - --.J'- �Mi S£jFl»BHS Face^iftete toG By Spike Marlin For some time now people have for a long time that both of these been wondering out loud whether men could have taken Marciano in Ever since the ship left New York for a Far East run, the crewmembers have been Rocky Marciano is really an out­ their salad days. Charles' fine having a hot time .aboard the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). And, as a result, they're plenty standing champion. It's beginning showing against Marciano was hot under the collar. But both the crew and the Union are taking steps to see that that to look more and more as if they added evidence to support that be­ will never find out. No heavy­ lief. situation won't last for long. + ^ Meanwhile Marciano is unde­ weight champion within memory According to reports from has suffered from lack of decent feated professionally, with little the crew, the ship's woes re­ competition as much as the cur­ ahead of him to worry about. The volve around the chief mate's scene is devoid of challengers of rent titleholder. antics and a fantail awning that On the face of it; Marciano has any merit, although the promoters Isn't there. And they have been fought and beaten two consider­ are working hard to build up a revolving ever since the ship left able fighters, Joe Louis and Ezzard couple. One of them is Don CockNew York on April 28. Charles. What the record books ell, an Englishman who is unknown won'^ show is that he caught Louis over here. He is being boomed on At that time, it seemed that all long past the day when he should the basis of wins over Roland La arrangements for providing the have hung up his gloves, and Starza and Harry Matthews. A lot fantail awning bad been taken care Charles a good three to four years of people who saw the La Starza of, and that the awning would be after he had reached his peak as fight in England were convinced put up as soon as the ship reached that Cockell got a home town de­ a fighter. Beirut. cision. In either case Cockell But the crew soon found out Far, Far Gone that this, was not the case. The Louis of course, was far, far showed nothing that would cause ship i^eached Beirut on May 11 gQne when Marciano caught up Marciano to lose as much as two and there was no awning. It pro­ with him, _ a clumsy, stumbling minutes sleep. The other "challenger" of ceeded on to Alexandria, the Suez shadow of a fighter who had once Canal and Jeddah, and still there been an engine of swift destruc­ course, is that ludicrous freak, was no awning. Nor was there any tion. Charles was another who had "Hurricane" Jackson. His buildup awnkig as the ship went on through passed his prime, but of course, he came a cropper when he was out­ 'the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, was in much better shape, compar­ foxed by Jimmy *Slade, who was the Gulf of Oman and filially into atively speaking, than Louis. He never more than a medium lightthe Persian Gulf. had been campaigning actively and heavyweight. The "Hurricane" Mate Doem't Cooperate Trying to. secure old tarpaulin which they were ordered to use as his reflexes stayed fresh longer, moved right back into the picture By this time It was obvious to fantaU awning during Far East run, crewmembers aboard Isth­ even though he had obviously lost when he was given a set-iip fight the crewmembers that the chief in Madison Square Garden with mian's Steel Fabricator find it necessary to slit canvas in order to some of his speed afoot. mate had no intention of cooperat­ This comer has been convinced one Charley Norkus. The latter put in lines to make it fast. Tarp didn't stay that way. ing with them. But when the ship never even fought any heavyweight reached Bandashapur, Iran, he reports, to sew up the rips in the of moderate distinction, let alone finally did take steps to see that tarpaulin, sweep the dirt off or beat anybody. an awning was provided—after a hose it down, or insert grommets Now Jackson is to face another fashion. He gave orders to .get out with which to make it fast. In­ mediocre heavyweight, Nino Val"the oldest, dirtiest tarpaulin" and stead, working hurriedly after the des. It he takes Valdes his manage­ bring it aft, but not to start spread­ coffee time, the crew was able only ment will begin trumpeting for a ing it until after cbffee time in the to stretch out the tarp haphazard­ title fight. Valdes' ability is indi­ Even if you're not a Seafarer, it pays to be a reader of afternoon. ly and tie it down at the comers the SEAF.^ERS LOG. In fact, it's virorth—^well, at least the cated by the fact that Harold John­ No attempt was made, the crew so that it could not possibly be son, the light-heavyweight con­ price of several pairs of good nylons. If you're a lady reader, tender, spotted him 30 poutids and expected to remain secure. took every round from him. To get a decent awning, the crew that is. JacRson and Marciano in the We have this on the word And how had the finder discov­ had even offered to make one same ring might not be much of a themselves, using a tarp for a base. of Marie Dwyer, a Brooklyn ered the identity and whereabouts boxing match but it would certain­ And since there are three experi­ gal who, although not a Seafarer of the owner of the nylons? Why, ly be tha biggest custard pie com­ All ships in Puerto Rican enced sailing ship men aboard—as herself, is known to all Seafarers by the name and address on the edy act since Laurel and Hardy. ports must be cleared by the well as the necessary twine, sail through her frequent sqntribu- LOG, of course. "Once again," Marie says, "the The cause of scientific boxing Immigration inspectors before needles, grommets and setting die tlons of poetrjr to the LOG. would be set back at least 50 years. LOG saved the day." Besides being a regular contrib­ , crewmembers can. go ashore, —there was no good reason why Once past these two "challeng­ Also, Marie reports, the reason utor, Marie iS also a stea,dy reader the same as in Continental this could not be done. ers," such as they are, Marciano the finder of the nylons waited of the LOG, and it was this prac­ United States ports. Crewmem­ Because of the mate's actions, tice, two days before returning them will have to dig hard to find any she reports, which recently bers should make sure that the crew is demanding that as soon saved her the cost of the aforesaid is— sort of competition. At the pres­ Immigration has finished its as the ship hits the States again, nylons, as well as the cost of sev­ He had to finish reading the ent rate, it could be that he would business before taking off. the company provide them with a retire from the ring undefeated. LOG. other articles. Otherwise the shipping com­ shoreside manufactured awning. eral It seems that Marie took the pany is subject to fines and It's expected that the patrolman LOG* to work with her one day to the crewmember can be penal­ will have, a few words to say on read during her lynch hour. On the ized accordingly. the subject when the ship comes way home she stopped to make in. some purchases, including the nylons. Then, having a number of The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, packages to carry, she slipped the -and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known LOG into the bag containing the .bakers cooking baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, nylons and took the subway home. suitable and for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Raul M. Maitin's When she got there, and looked recipe for pizza pie. over her packages, she discovered That it la anpposed. that the word consequent falling of rain, snow that she had left the bag of nylons In recent years beach crowds have had their palates tempt­ "monkey" in monkey-wrench' is a or hail. There are very few natural on the train. ed and challenged by a new taste treat which threatens the corruption of the proper name agencies on- the earth which pro­ They Turn Up pop'ilarity of the traditional hot dog. Hawked from numerous Moncke (pronounced Mun-ke)? duce water by combining oxygen Marie had given up all hope of stands and restaurants, it is There is a tradition that wrenches and hydrogen, or which decompose ever reclaiming the vanished hos­ should remain very light. After with moving jaws adjustable by a it into these elements. Consequent­ iery when, two days later, they the pizza or pizza pie. this has been achieved the dough It is originally an Italian screw were first made by a London ly there is supposed to . be about were returned to her. dish, but there are those who have .should be allowed to rise for about blacksmith named Charles-Moncke the same quantity of water on the sampled some so- two hours. and that the implements were orig­ earth today as there was 10,000 After the dough has risen, it is called pizzas and inally called Moncke wrenches. years ago. rolled very thin to about the thick­ claim it is the in­ Owing to popular ignorance as to t * vention of some ness of the pie crust and spread the origin of the . word, it was That the Amerioan Automobile disgruntled plas­ over two large size cake tins. naturally corrupted into monkey, Association recommends that pe­ The surface of the dough is then terer's helper. which is pronodnced in nearly the destrians for safety's sake keep to lightly daubed with salad oil or Raul M. Maitin, same manner. the left of on-coming traffic on chief steward olive oil. You then take two num­ highways and country roads where . ^ 4 who has sailed ber two cans _of tomatoes and That no Union hall can accppt there are no sidewalks Or paths? In with the SIU for spread them over the oiled surface delivery of any baggage where ex­ other words, a person walking is the past 10 or 11 of the dough. A half pound of Maitin press charges have not been pre­ advised to keep to the opposite years, has found grated cheese is then spread over paid? Men who send baggage COD side of the road from the vehicle pizza pie to be a great coffeetirae the tomatoes followed by a pinch to Uiiipn halls face the prospect iof "going in the same directioh. It is favorite on the §liips he has sailed of black pepper and a pinch of haying to go to a-lot of trouble easier for^ the pedestrian to keep marjoram. on. and red tape with the Railway Ex­ his eye on the velUcles coming to­ The ingredientjs are as follows, Pizza pie is baked in a hot oven, press Co. All COU-baggage—re- ward him in front;, but the talent lies in tlie baker's about 500 degrees, for from 12 to gtodless of the port—goes to the SEAmFTOSBUYTWflR hands in handling the dough. 15 minutes and is served hot, cut local express office, where it is That a horse When either gallojiA good pizza mix is made of in four inch' squares. SBAR AT TMBlROM" Iwld by the express company until ing or tmtting^has all four feet Mu-st Be Light Mix French dough, Maitin says. Take Maimed;- off ' the groimd ^paft of' the time? six pounds of flour, a quart of Caution should be taken in pre­ X lit a* • This has beeii' confirmed by scalded' water, two ounces of lard paring the dough, Maitin warns. It That the earth's > water supply :^otographs and moving'pictures or butter, an oim.ce of salt and an should be crisp hut not hard. Yet has had no appreciable change in of horses in motion. The only ex­ ounce of yeast for your French it should not be dough-like. The quantity wiUtln historic tilde? Wa­ ception to this. M in wHat is known ddu^h mix. • vsecret lies in making a very light ter is lost in the natural process as the shoirt trot, which really is The Ingredients should be thor­ mix and allowing it to rise the of evaporation, and replaced the hot a trotting giiit at alL ' ^ oughly mixed, but; tM*'d6ugh proper len^ of time. Leaves SIU Crewmen BoiIing Lady Poet's Stockings Stray, But LOG Again Saves The Day See immigration Before iMnding $ • r • ••• i -v-.ii ^1 i - .. m 6BEST r • I i*"' Itni'-l ii' ' ' Jm �• Pare Gives Thanhs Tar^ MJSPHS Siitati T» the Editor: Here I am just resting easy, get­ ting ready to be discharged. After shipping out of New York, I was yanked oflf the vessel before the payoff and was put under doctor's care at the Staten Island hospital. Due to illness in my family, I was shifted to the New Orleans hospital. I wanted to come home for a little rest, and I mean, broth­ ers, I had a rest after being In and out of the Crescent City Marine Hospital during the past year. During my stay in the hospital, I underwent four operations on the "breadbasket" and had nearly all of my stomach removed. One thing I must say is that all of the operations were a success. But, I was in a pretty bad stage for a while and had to have 14 blood transfusions. Korolia I want to thank all the members for the blood do­ nations and I hope I caxt repay them for their help at some time. Down here in the hospital we have our own blood bank and any SIU .Seafarer can get allthe blood he reeds. I think it would be a good idea if all SHJ branches started blood banks wherever there is a marine hospital nearby. I want to thank the doctors and the nurses that attended me during my operations and who were con­ cerned in helping me pull through. So once again I say hats off to the df»ctors and the rest of the staff at the New Orleans Public Health Service hospital. In the near future, I will be fit for duty and^ will be able to resume my livelihood by signing on some good SIU vessel. Until then, I will say "steady as she goes." Duska "Spider" Korolia I r' <r- it Aid After Wife^s Death invaluable To the Editor: I am writing you this short let­ ter, which I -hope you will publish in the LOG, because I want to pub­ licly express my appreciation for the fine service which the SIU Welfare Services Department gave me following the recent death of my wife, Henrietta. I want particularly to express my thanks to Walter Siekmann, Direc­ tor of Welfare Services, and to the members of his staff for helping me to rapidly straighten out sev­ eral matters which arose following my wife's death. John McWilllams ES-' mir-' il>v •. ||>;y ^ i t • Reports German Shipping Busy To the Editor: I finally found time to drop you a line to tell you what's going on in this part of the world. Over here in Germany it's the paradise of the "shipping tycoons." Busi­ ness is pretty good for guys who Burly '• te;>'' i^"'' - V: LOC *' L -E T 'T rEiMt.SW want to ship out on Panamanian or Honduran ships. A wide selection of jobs with pay ranging from $20 to $60 per month, but you must have your own mess gear and blan­ kets if you want a job. Perhaps you thought this was a thing of the past, but while work­ ing as a cargo supervisor Lhavf a chance to see many different ships, and nothing could be further from the truth. SIU Ships The Best I've found that SIU ships are the best and they are a pleasure since their crews are the best In the world. At present I'm working on the Wild Ranger (Waterman), but on a weekend you don't meet many of the boys. The Army doesn't recognize anything, as I have to work without any overtime. The next SlU-mapned ship I ex­ pect in will be the Show Me Mariner (Bull), a really fine ship with a wonderful crew. I've heard that shipping was pretty slow on the east coast and I wonder if I could go back to sea with the SIU, especially on tankers. My last ship was the Seadream, which paid off in Norfolk, Va., in February, 1952. I have been in the Army ever since. I have about another 100 days to spend over here, so if there is 'anything you wish to know about this part of the world, let me know. Robert J. Roty t t Asks LOG Sent Home To Wife To the Editor: I have been sailing SIU since 1945 and I would appreciate hav­ ing the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG sent to my home so that may wife may enjoy it. I sure .do like^to read the LOG and to see the pictures of my friends that ap­ pear in it occa­ Ardoin sionally. I sail firenian watertender and my new book number is A 222. Evlt Ardoin (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to your home regularly from now on.) Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letter or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs his name. Unsigned, anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request, but if you want it printed in the LOG, put your name on it Notes Death Of Wormefr Shipmate To the Editor: It was with deepest regret that I read in the April 16 issue of the LOG of the death of Seafarer Henry A. Core, better known as "Aussie"-by his many friends. It was my privilege to be a ship­ mate with "Aussie" once, and a better shipmate or union brother I never sailed with. Henry A. Core served with the army in Ko­ rea even though he was not a US citizen at the time and had trouble getting Costlow his cftizenship papers after he was discharged. I do not know if he ever got. them. I would like to get the address of HenYy A. Core's mother so that I might contact her. Is this pos­ sible? I would appreciate your help in this matter. C. G. Costlow (Ed. note: The information you requested is on its way.) while in the hospital. Without the Union behind*ine, I'm sure^I would have been behind the eight ball. Thanks a lot brothers. By the way, boys, if anyone has an accident on board ship, remem­ ber to keep your-mouth shut. This also is a good idea when you are in the hospital or in a bar or res­ taurant. One good reason being, if you have a case against a company the insurance Inspectors wUl check your past history very closely. After all, they are only doing their job, granted, but what happened to me reads more like fiction than fact. I will say no more, brothers, but if you have a case, be very careful of the company you keep. Christopher McBrien t t Army Training BeaUg Bugged .,; ./, V • • •'•^"Wip ^ »5* i^lainss Courtesy Gees A Long Way To'the Editor: , I would hereby like to sound oft on a subject which can mean a whole lot to our organization when it comes to contract renewals and the signing up of new companies. The ,subject I have in mind is courtesy. Some wise man once said, "Opportunity knocks but once." In my own humble estimation, courtesy opens that door. It costs nothing and it does the most good, just as a smile does. I don't mean the grandstand or showoff kind of courtesy, I mean the instinctive kind which comes from the heart and from prac­ tice. The kind which gets to be a habit and stems from a sense of consideration. Courtesy is the weapon of the Cousins diplomat. It wins wars without bloodshed and gives that "noble feeling" to the one that grants it. Courtesy, and pardon me if I keep repeating myself, is like coffee time, overtime, and the pay­ off all rolled in one. It's never out of style. For instance, to knock on a door before entering-^that's courtesy. Or, to take one's cap off upon stepping over the threshold. Respect for authority such as giv­ ing the Old Man a big Sir, the pilot a'Mister Pilot or-the mate a Mister Mate in answering -them, that's courtesy. These things w6 don't put down on"our overtime sheets, but believe me, brother, when I say. they pay off. Did you ever to stop to think of what headaches and distractions and just plain hell some people go through just to earn the privilege of human dignity? Here in this great country, we consider it as our just heritage. Let's not take these things for granted. Let's grant these "invest­ ments in the future" willingly and with no feeling of self conscious­ ness or inferiority. Try it and find out for yourself that in granting the concession of courtesy you are making no mistake. C. L. "Bud" Cousins To the Editor: I was inducted into the Army in Honolulu, Hawaii, after paying off the Steel Artisan. I am now sta­ tioned at the Hawaiian Infantry Training Center, at Schofield Bar­ racks on Oahu. t t I have always deeply appreci­ ated being a Seafarer, but I never realized how To the Editor: lucky I was to I would like the membership to have been a know how fine the Welfare Serv­ member of our ices Department of the Union is. fine SIU. HawaU I had a beef on collecting my is a fine place maintenance and cure money from and Schofield the Puerto Rico Marine Corp. after Barracks is sup­ getting qut of the hospital. I got posed to bo the the run-around and that did not finest and tough, help me feed my wife and kids." est infantry cen­ Carlin Also, for three weeks after I got ter in the Army. out of the hospital the doctor They really run you ragged here. would not let me ship out as I was I get down to Honolulu once in not well enough to work. a while on pass. Every time I After getting the run-around walk along the waterfront and see from the company, I "wrote to the the SIU ships at the dock, I long Welfare Services Department and for the life I have been forced to told them the whole story. Two leave behind. days later the company paid off I would appreciate* it if you like a flot machine. would send the LOG to me at my So, if any member who reads this new address. I want to keep in has any trouble like this, don't touch with Union activities and 4 4 4 argue with the company. Just sit what's doing with my ..lany friends down and write to the Welfare De­ in theism. When I have time partment right away. , That's the (time is strictly rationed around way to get results. here) I will write to the LOG and * Thomas M. Collins recite some of the woes of Army To the Editor: I have a good suggestion to make life for the- benefit of the member­ ship. in regard to the headquarters building. One day when I was Michael J. Carlin there it was nice and sunny- and • 4" I noticed quite a few of the sea­ To the Editor: men there sUting on the benches A few lines to let you all know in the parking lot next to the hir­ how much I appreciate being a ing hall. part of the SIU. Just spent a year To the Editor: Why not have the roof of the of being in and out of the marine Please be good enough to put me building converted into a suhdeck hospital after an accident on the on your mailing list. As it is, I'm where the seamen can get them­ good ship Stony Point. not always able to pick up a copy selves a nice suntan and relax I feel that I must thank Walter of the SEAFARERS LOG. on beach chairs while registered Siekmann for his skillful guidance' I work part time as a cashier in at the hall for a ship. A loud­ in regards to getting my main­ the San Francisco hall, but yoiir speaker could also be installed tenance and cure straightened put wonderful papei;, goes like hot on the roof for any shipping that and collecting my unearned salary cakes and leaves me empty handed comes up and also have a fence which I received In full. a lot of tim^ My husband loves installed ou the edges so no one I also wish to thank Toby Flynn to read it to^mow what's cooking. can fall off.' JadyOliveri Joseph Olinski and A1 Thompson for their help Welfare Services Gets Him Action Wants Outdoor Shipping Hull Beware Of Co. Spies if injured LOG Popular On West Coast The La»t iMugh By Bernard Seaman K V : Si'.iiai,' i. �ifV^ldj! SEAFA.RBRS 1$S4 Pare Seventeen LOG 4 V V DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... '*<•1 PORT H08KINS Scr'vlc*), Jun« disputed OT for delayed tailing from notify office in US by telegrams of de­ members and asked them to behave and port. Cots not to be left' on deck after ceased brother. ' General discussion of -not have any fights like the previous use. " 4—Chairman, K. Mailman; Sacratary, Dan- Tampa. lal Braff. Jtepair list will be submitted by the ship's delegate to the patrolman, and he will be requested to take necesaary action on this. Contributions for the ship's fund will be taken up at the pay­ off. One man missed ship in Baton Bouge. Crew was asked to help keep the messroom clean. Crewmembers were asked to discoHtinue throwing cigarette butts on deck, in heads and in passage­ ways. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), June <— Chairman, Stanley RuzyskI; Secretary, J. notifying relations for disposal of body trip. He will see that ship gets a library DE SOTO (Waterman), May 10—Chair­ and effects. Crew made collection and from the Union. Motion made and car­ ried that crew back up steward on any man, Max Byert; Secretary, Phil Reyea. sent telegram. Everything is in good order. Repair sug­ gestions should be turned over to depart­ ment delegates before the payoff. A few OT beefs will be clarified when the pa­ trolman boards the ship. Crew should buy an iron. Steward offered the crew an iron and asked them to return it when they are through. Crewmembers wiil donate at least $1 apiece to rent a ship's film. Steward and his department got a vote of thanks for the fine food. It was agreed that each member donate $1 to the ship's fund arid that a raffle be held every trip, using an article from the ship's slopchest for priz^ When the ship's fund has been buUt up enough, a televi­ sion set will be bought. L. Chastaln. A few stores, but not enough, were bought in Santos. Ship is not properly * stored for 30 days. Dis­ cussion was held and recommendations were made on this. Chief electrician will check on the ship's radio. Steward should check stores item for item, re: gardlcss of whether or not the"* ship is FAIRISLE (Waterman), June 19—Chair­ held up. Repair list was turned in. man, W. Blanton; Secretary, E. Davis. The ship's delegate saw the captain' about CANTIGNY (Cities Service), June 21— iifting Ipg on men. Captain refused but Chairman, V. Kickerillo; Secretary, A. W. suggests that if log was lifted the money Phillips. Questions on the coke machine should go for radio in crew mess. The will be referred to the port steward. Two crew was asked not to talk too much men missed ship. There was a discussion around the mate or the engineer on on the - lack of seasonal fresh fruit and watch as it ail gets back to the captain. vegetables aboard, as per contract. Let­ All hands were asked to strip their bunks ter will be sent to headquarters. There and turn in the keys for the rooms. was a question on the new mattresses. May 22—Chairman, Robert H. Graham; Secretary, D. L. Parker. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly with no beefs. Ship's crew well satisfied with condition's aboard. June 4—Chairman, Robert C. Drain; Secretary, D. L. Parker. Motion made and carried that each man contribute $1 for a floral wreath for deceased brother Adkihs who passed away on this trip. Clean up men would like to get a hose so they can keep the passageways clean. orders he puts in for food or anything that pertains to the welfare of the men on' board. Ship's delegate to contact hall in New 'York about slopchest on ship. All repairs checked and turned over to the deicgate. Steward to check all ship's stores promptly on arrival to see that captain does not cut order. Each depart­ ment to rotate in cleaning laund'-y .md recreation room, and crew to help kPcp cleai. at aU times. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), June 12— Chairman, Milton C. Robinson; Secretary, C. Crabtree. Men leaving ship to pay for pants ordered in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. There is a total of $37.45 in the ship's fund and there will be another arrival pool in Mobile which will increase ship's fund to a comparatively good size. Keep laundry clean at all times. Crew was asked to return cups 'and glasses to pantry when finished with them. A hearty vote of thanks was given to the steward's department. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), June 4— Chairman, -Bernard Kinter; Secretary, H. MAE (Bull), May 30—Chairman, Sid Stesel, Jr. Deck delegate reported beef Berger; Secretary, R. M. Hammond. .4t on water fountain which has been cleared the present there is $22.14 in the ship's up. One man jumped ship one half hour fund. Expenses were accounted for and found Sccurate. Suggestion made to pay for dogs hospital bUl out of ship's fund. Port passage to have decks scraped as well as the section in the crews messroom in front of the doors. Ring and bags to be ordered this -trip by steward and urn is to be used to make coffee for breakfast and coffee time. Port and star­ before saUing. Suggestion made to boy- board ladders to be scraped. eott Camel cigarettes becau.ie they -are PAOLI (Cities Service),. June 4—Chair­ not union made; membership 100 percent man, Mike Rossi; Secreiary, Leroy D. in accord. Ship's delegate to get .Sea­ Pierson. Delegates reported everything farer's library and take same back aft. running smoothly. Motion made and car­ Brother Swayne suggested that ail hands ried that ship's delegate see chief engi­ carry out cups and dishes from messhall neer about bad taste of water in drinking aito help keep tables clear. fountain. Chief cook sick with skin dis­ ease on hands and steward agreed to put him on another job until well. Anyone SEACOMET (Seatraders), May 30— else having this skin infection will stay Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, out of the galley and will hot handle any Frank P. Votto. The question ol firing saloon messman wiU be taken to port food. AU bunks checked at shipyard. Suggestion made to have sufficient linen agent in Seattle. Deck'delegate reported that one man was put ashore at anchor­ and dishes on board before trip and to have men read directions on washing age in San Francisco. machine before using. Members were a.sked to put butts in ash trays instead of PENINSULAR MARINER (Bloomf.etd), on deck in mess and recreation rooms. June 12—Chairman; Butts; Secretary, C. J. Nail. Ship's delegate reported several TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), June 4— complaints coming to him which wiil Chairman, Chester Jowers; Secretary, have to be straightened out with shore Hugh W. Eatherton. Washing machine patrolman. A vote was made that every-* not graining properly but will be taken one should wear proper clothes in mess­ care of immediately. Delegates were in­ hall during meal times, and bathing structed to make up repair lists. Steward trunks and undershirts would not be con­ promised to cooperate in getting a better sidered proper. There was a discussion quality of fresh fruit and a change in about the cooking and it was suggested variety of foods. Crew suggested that rethat the cooks get together and turn out j pair lists be checked more thorou.ghly some good dishes. There was a lot of dis­ I and definitely insist on repairs being cussion about the electricians being given ; made. a hard time by the chief engineer. CHICKASAW (Waterman), May 29— Chairman, Chuck Mulloy; Secretary, A. Danne. Ship's delegate reported every­ thing on boaiM running smoothly. Dele­ ANTINOUS (Waterman), June 20— gate siioke on discrepancy in last trip's HASTINGS (Waterman), June 5—Chair­ man, L. Thomas; Secretary, J. Walls. Chairman, Bill Varn, Jr.; Secretary, Ed payoff. Ship's delegate also explained to Larry Biondo was elected ship's delegate and deck delegate; E. M-. VUlapol. engine delegate: B. Buster, steward delegate. Repair Ust was tRken care of. There was TERSdNALS John'B. Swiderski " Pleas^ contact your wife. li i i Gervasio "Babe" Menendez, Jr. Asks that his friends* write to him c/o USPHS Hospital, Savan­ nah, Ga. t t Jack Smith Please contact Edna Eichelsderfer at 21st and Phoenix Avenues, Jacksonville, Fla., Phone 5-1224. Guiliermo Reyes , Important that you contact your family immediately. Wife's family allotment cancelled April 2. ^ Ralph B. Groseclose Please contact your sister Helen Immediately at Wytheville, Va. Willifm "Red" Bilger William J. Talley Get in touch with me as soon as possible. Ifoward Le Compte, 2622 Los Altos St., Tucson, Ariz. 4 .3; t Steward Hannah B. W. Jackson Roy C. Bru Will the above men please con­ tact" John P. Nelson, Jr., 709 Carondelet Bldg., New ^ Orleans, La., in regards to the illness of Spider Korolia now at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans, La. t 4" 5^ Thomas P. Kintner Anybody knowing of the where­ abouts of the"above, a- marine engi­ neer, please get.-in touch with his brothel*, Mr. S. H. Kintner, 220 So. Tacoma Avenue, Apartment -509, Tacoma, Washington. Callahan. Ship's delegate was elected. Suggestion was made to get repair lists from Ea Callahan, new ship's delegate. Treasurer reported $25.50 in the ship's fund. Discussion on repair list to be taken up with chief mate. Gangway wateir in all ports to keep outsiders from using passageways and scuttlebutts, espe­ cially longshoremen. _Suggestion to have ship's delegate call hall for clarification on -gangway watch men. EXCELLO (Excello),, June IS—Chair­ man, Jos Le Blance; Secretary, Clarence Edwards. Ralph Smith elected by acclaniiation as union representative to handle ail business between union and ship's personnel. Eh-erything running smoothly aboard ship and no beefs were reported. All hands looking forward to having a contract by the time of arrival in New Haven. A brief explanation of union procedure was given on how meetings are conducted. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), May t— Chairman, Mike Manning; Secretary, Frank Verner. Motions made and carried that the rooms and passageways should be sougeed after discharge of bulk cargo in Norfolk; that the ship's delegate be given authority to draft men to help write letters to congressmen for the whole crew. Letters should protest the closing of USPHS hospitals, and each man should, write his own letter; - and keep door closed while handling bulk cargo. Suggestion that all cups and glasses taken from messhall be returned after use. June •—Chairman, Brother F. Reld; Secretary, W. Edwards. Letters have been received from congressmen in re­ gard to the closing of USPHS hospitals. All rooms sougeed out this trip with the exception' of the steward department which is to be done next trip. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), June 11— Chairman, W. Bates; Secretary, T. Ullsse. There is a total of $1.50 in the ship s fund. TV set repaired in Honolulu. No beefs reported. ALCOA- PATRIOT (Alcoa), May 29— Chairman, Leon Kyser; Secretary, J. Aley- PELICAN MARINER (Bloomfleld), May S—Chairman, Nelt Larson; Secretary, M. Ashliegh. A special meeting was held and the subject of the meeting was coop­ eration of crewmembers during present foor shortage. Brother Larson explained to members that owing to beefs and con­ tinuous interference from captain on down, the steward has become ill, border­ ing on a nervous breakdown; that the steward has been under medical care since leaving Pusan. but . has not re­ sponded to treatment prescribed by doc­ tors. Aiso the steward claimed the cap­ tain ordered him to lock all boxes and storerooms and to dole out food as need­ ed; this necessitated his being on call from early morning to late at night. The coffee shortage was also discussed and the captain was requested to come down and clarify the situation. Deck delegate requested ail members work together and put a stop to the constant bickering amongst themselves and, thei-eby, help alleviate the tension that pvevails on board the vessel. All members were in accord that they were satisfied and pleased with the efforts of all the dele­ gates and the conclusions derived from their efforts. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), May 30—; Chairman, Parker; Secretary, Graham. SQQ BSSOSa HQ Qscms Hnis CSBSI • ••• ••BBGB\ 4^ B. •GBGBBGBBB^BGBBB eBGB ' Herman Ghuste Lloyd Raynor Please pick up your gear at New York Headquarters. i 4 4, Aubry L. Sargent Your discharge from the Steel Traveler dated 1/5/54 is being held in the SEAFARERS LOG office at SIU headquarters. Scholarship Fulfills Seven-Year Dream QBB aBBBG!] SSQ {SISIQDO QSEQ o SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY . I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nomeT on your moiling list. (Print information) WILLIAM CARRUTH (Transfuei), April 14—Chairman, B. Agoi; Secretary, Frank Suliison. Ship's delegate asked that aU repair lists from all three departments be turned in before the ship arrives in port. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard, Frank CtiUison and the chief cook, F. J. Fletcher and to the entire steward's department for a job weU done. TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), May 9— Chairman, Chester Jowers; Secretary, Hugh W. Eatherton. Minor repairs have been made and other repairs were not made because of ship not going to ship­ yard where same repaii-s were to be taken care of. The crew was cautioned about leaving the washing machine un­ KYSKA (Waterman), June 13—Chair­ clean. Steward requested to break out man, F. Aiena,- Secretary, Albert De cots, also to obtain fresh stores in next 'Rorest. Ship's delegate asked that linen be turned in for laundry at end of voy­ age. Suggested that repair list be read and discussed at good and welfare. Mo­ tion made and carried that the stores list be checked with the next steward and any shortages discovered should be taken up with the patrolman before sail­ ing. Repair list read and discussed: some repairs have been made already. The ship's delegate was asked to check with captain and try to have more items in the slop chest. Steward claims he has (Continued from page 7) put in a very ^mplete order and will give a copy to the ship's delegate to graduate year-dlook ever published check when stores are delivered for next at Sparrows Point. voyage. Puzzle Answer Edifor. NAME crew that he had made arrangements with master so that men could get ciga­ rettes at cost. Siopchest was discussed. One Brother spoke on food situation. slus Ryan. Ship's treasurer at the end GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), of the last trip reported $V.76 in the ship's fund, in addition to arrival pool June 13—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, donation which amounted to $15. bingo H. Krohn. -R. McDavitt talked to the games $2.25 and donations on payoff $6.04. Total in ship's fund at present $31.05. The crew wishes to give Brother James Harvey Thompson and Leon Kyser a hearty vote for sponsoring bingo games and taking care of the money collected. The steward's department was also given a vote of thanks for the fine chow and service given to all. Purpose of this special meeting was to LONE JACK (Cities Service), May 17— Chairman, David B. Albright; Secretary, Edward S. Gravlln. Repair list was turned in and work started. There is a reported $18.17 in the ship's fund. The steward department offer.* thanks to the crew for being prompt at eating meals and. thereby, their job is easier in galley over the hot stove. May 29—Chairman, James P. Philips; Secretary, Edward S. Graviin. - Ship's delegate reported that two men are be­ ing fired. Crewmembers were asked to turn off power on washing machine when not in use. HSBBBS QHSQQB SHIS SIBQ SGS 3g]QI3Q aSlB QQS SBSBii sasQ QQaQonss] QBD SnSSS [QQiS Quiz Answers (1) Stalactites hang from the roof of a cave. Stalagmites are STREET ADDRESS . formed on the floor of a cave. Both are icicle formations. (2) (b) Piano. CITY ...;... ZONE .t. STATE (3) (d) Pittsburgh. (4) 20. Signed ...... •.«.«• (5) The Salvation Army. (6) (a) Boston (American), over TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ere an eld tubicrlbar and have a ehanga Pittsburgh, in 1903. of addraiir ptaaia yiva your formar addrati Mjowt (7) Augusta, Maine," (8) 12. • . ' ; -ADDRESS eeeeeeeseeeeeaeeeaeee seaee; leseeaeeaaaaaeeiaa e«ai*e«eeeeaee«o*eeeeteete«e%eeBoe> (9) (d) Mercury, . V (10) Nathan Halst. -, ., CITY lONi GBBooUBoaaveeee STATl a ffaBeataaaaaasaeaet V. •aoMaaoBoBtB** .'.'T Pet Project The yearbook, "Pointer Mem­ ories," was a pet project and took up' many of his after-class hours and a lot of those in between. He acknowledged that his interest in it grew out of the fact that all the other schools he had attended had published year-books and that when he finally was dqe to gradu­ ate his own school didn't have one. Accordingly, Simpson promoted the idea among the senior students and developed enough support to approach school authorities on the subject and get the publication rolling. By all accounts, it was a huge success. After graduation, when he found he was unable to enroll at Stan­ ford, he began planning how to raisis the necessary cash in order to enter college later. A tugboat skipper he knew in Baltimore ad­ vised him to try and earn his way by going to sea. Recalling the experiences his two cousins had while sailing dur­ ing the war, even though one of them, sailing with the SUP, was killed on his second trip out, he decided to try it. Before long he was soling with Ore Line, Calmar and other SIU outfits out of Balti­ more, and later from the West Coast, where his family lives now, at Riverbank, Calif. He's been all over the world, a couple of times around since 1948, but never could put away enough to get him into school. Missionary pay being what it is, most of his leftover cash went to help out his folks and the younger kids at home. But classes start in the fall, and he'll be there this time. PHS Gets $33 Million (Continued from page 3) Administration request and then sent it on to the Senate where it was passed in the same manner. While the $110,000 cut from last year is considei'able, it is far smaller than the cut of over a mil­ lion that was made two years ago. That cut forced the closing of the Fort Stanton hospital. Previously, the Mobile hospital had been com­ pelled to shut its doors for lack of funds. Although the fight for this year's appropriation has been won, it is expected that the attempt to shut down the Public Health Service hospitals will be resumed next year. Since the end of World War 11 the scope of the hospital service has been reduced, year by year, and no doubt there will be more political battles on this score. -r/- I'll l �SE APA S July », 195# LOG Special List Still Proves Useful ^ The value of self-administration of a Welfare Plan was never better illustrated than by the existence of the SIU special list. Today, over four years after the operators and the Union first signed for a Welfare Plan, six Seafarers at the Manhattan Beach USPHS hos­ pital are still receiving their h(ospital benefits, in addition the W'elfare Plan first began, to The "hard core" of the special The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who to a number of other Seafar­ take eare of those Seafarers who list has always been the long .term are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. TB patients. The six men on the in the HOSPITALS ers in other hospitals. were already in the hospital at the The special list was set up when time and couldn't qualify for ben­ efits because they hadn't been on a ship after payments to the Plan got started. At the beginning, the special list numbered over a hun­ dred men but since then of 'course, it has dwindled as Seafarers-were Seafarers overseas who want discharged from the hospital or to get in touch with headquar­ passed away. ters in a hurry can do So by If the Welfare Plan had been cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW, handled through an insurance com­ pany, it would have been ipiposYORK. sible to set up a special list, be­ Use of this address will as­ cause no company would under­ sure speedy transmission on write benefits for any employee all messages and'faster serv­ for whom no insurance fiayments ice for the men involved. bad been made. Union Bao Cable Address r.>' All of the following SIU families June 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. will collect the $200 maternity Benjamin B. Abrams, 2723 South benefit plus a $25 bond from the 71st Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Union in the baby's name. •4 4^ 4* ii. X ^ . Donald Anthony Fisher, born Juan Eugenic Gonzales, born May 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and May 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ,Mrs. Donald K. Fisher, 3522 WoodMrs. Gilberto Gonzales, 133 Baltic mour Road, Baltimore, Maryland. Street, Brooklyn, New York. 4" i t 4" <4 4" ' 4^ • ^ 4^ list at Manhattan Beach, John Driscoll, Vic Milazzo, James Lawlor, Archibald McGuigan, Fred­ erick Landry, and John Keenan. Not a single one among them wobid have never received a cent under any insurance company plaii", but have been getting regular ben­ efits all along under the SIU's self-administered Welfare Plan. Of course, other long-term hos­ pitalized Seafarers not on the spe­ cial list who were eligible for benefits under the sea-time re­ quirements of the Plan are receiv­ ing their-weekly benefits for as long as .needed. 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clif­ ford A. Rushing, PO Box No. 126, Covington, La. Rhonda Rae Sinor, born Jun# 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ mond C. Sinor, 203 Power Avenue, Seattle, Washington. 4 4' 4- i $ 4 . Peter Francis Cash, bom June Laura Jean Leavy, born June 5, Roland Oliver Crews, born May 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1954.- Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Leavy, 130-22 125th Street, seph S. Cash, 75 Temple Avenue, Oliver Crews, 1716 E. 24th Street, South Ozone Park, LI, {iew York. Winthrop 52, Mass. Jacksonville, Fla. Renee Isabel Cardoxa, bom May Arden Karl Haigley, bom May Leon Joseph Campell, bom June 26, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Santos Cardoza, 1430 N. Sec­ Arden H. Haigley, 2421 Lakeview Solomon Campell, 4611 Nighthart ond Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Street, New Orleans, La.- 4' .C-*- gv.,-.' }^..- t 4> 4> t 4« 4" Carolyn Jeanette Clark, born Brenda Sue Manners, born May John Joseph Schiavone, bocn June 6,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Terrill (f. Clark, Route 5, Box Charles Manners, Route 2, Box 311, June 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stefano Schiavone, 40 Mystic Ave­ 85-A, Springhill, Ala. Panama City, Fla. nue, Medford 55, Mass. t t t 4> 4i Louis Charles Abrams, born Barbara Faye Rushing, born June 4^ i 4> Debra Arlene Mignano, born June 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Suzie Steals The Spotlight Mrs. Benjamin Mignano, 349 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. 4^ 4" 4l' Kathryn Mary Glen, born June 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nikodem Olen, 522 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4» 4' USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Samuel A. Baile/' Leo Lang Charlea E. Brady Harold A. Laumann William R. Burch Jean Lataple Charles Burton CyrU Lowrey Owen Butler James M. Lucky McKenley CampbeU Frank Martin S. Carregal George R. Mitchell P. B. Cogley William G. Moore S. Cope Joseph Muniti Clarence Crevler Jean Murna Joheph H. Oarce Arthur I. Nelson Ernest Deshotels A. Qulnones Gordon R. Dolan W. E. 'Reynolds T. J. Donaldson James J. Ruth Eric R. Eklund Edward Samrock Ragndr A. Erlcson Manuel E. Sanchez Thomas Fields John E. Sanders Nathan Gardner J. Santiago Frank Glbas Joseph L. SoUeau Henry L. Glllot A. Stauder. Jr. Jack H. G'eason Jack F. Thornburg John L. Hlnton Lonnle R. Tickle Lyle Hipp Joseph Traxler E. G. Knapp J. E. Ward p. Korolia , D. C. Weaver HARLEM VALLEV STATE HOSPITAL WINGDALE, NEW YORK Arthur Lomas VA HOSPITAL PALO ALTO, CAL. Harry W. Klgbt ' USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Simon Bunda Joe Perrelra Henry Chllds Luciano Ramos Ho Yee Choe W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen Vincent R. TaraUo George H. Leary Philip St. Marie C. J. Neumaler P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Yue King Fah Anthony Pinrnook William A. Gaddy N. F. Plnninier Floyde L. Jarvls J. Van Der Ende Sverre Johannessen William Vaughn Stanley Kurtlsh USPHS HOSPIT\L NORFOLK. VA. Norman Cohen Fred RaSl mbuel Joseph McAndrew. Anthony Scaturro USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS C. Barboza John E. Markopolo William BargoneJames R. Mathews James H. Brandon Murray A. Plyier Curtis G. Decker Richard H. Simpson Tomas Gutierrez Jack E. Slocum Alfred A. Hancock Herbert Strickland Calvin C. Lasslter USPHS HOSPITAI. MOBILE. ALABAMA Dawson Perry USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. T. L. Ankerson Ben Lawsan Alexis Benkori Tony Mastantino Algot Bogren C. E. Palmer Lorenzo Brlgda Patsy A. Pasquale Jessie A. Clarke Robert W. Scales Robert Cooper Robert W. Stanford James R. Dodson John T. Watt Richard Foust Warren Whltmer Otis H. Harden Henrich Welse WllUam Kenny . P. J. WUkittson Robert Lambert USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch John E. Sweeney J. A. McFerren Walter Tkach J. H. Penswlck Albert Yumul USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. W. C. Bedgood Jlmmle Littleton B. Blanchard Gervaslo Menendes Paul B. Bland J. T. Moore James Bush Ivey M. Peacock Lucius A. DeWltt James B. Sellers Robert J. Fagler Randolph H. Shedd Herman C. Kemp . C. C. Slater • USPHS "HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Lester McHugh Isaak Bouzlm John E. Brady John Maclnnes Julius Martin John J. Brcnnen Joseph Neubauer Charles CantweU Newton Paine Wayne Collard . T. Papoutsoglov Henry Currier Angel Passapera Domingo Diaz Eddld Drlggera Floro Regalado Amedlo Fedcle George Robinson Manuel Rodriguez Andrew Franklin George D. Rourke David S. Furman David Salgado Estell Godfrey Elnar A. Hansen ' Stanley Sargeant Joseph Hoifman • Thomas Thompson Samuel Howard James F. Thompson Clifton Wilson Vincent Jones James McDevltt HUNTS POINT HOSPITAL BRONX. NY H. L. Alexander KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL • BROOKLYN, NY Boje 5(lelsen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Percy Allred Kaarel Leetmaa Fortune Bacomo James R. Lewis Claude planks Francis Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Joseph G. Carr D^vld Mellreath Har Chong Frank Mackey John Driscoll Vic Mllazzo M. W. Gardiner Boje Blelsen Bart Guranlck George Shumaker John Haas Robert Slzemore Thomas Isaksen Ernest Smaliwood John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwlg Krlstlansen Henry Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato Vlllata James J. Lawlor VlrgU Wllmoth %URLY 4" Glenn Anthony Fletcher, bom June 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand J. Fletcher, 229Vi 42nd Place, Los Angeles, Cali­ fornia. ' Siffn Cheeks Right Awag Recent arrival Amy Lee De Poo (right) sleeps off all the excite­ ment while Suzie, now 16 months old, basks in the floodlights as an SIU Welfare Services representative delivers a $200 matemity benefit and $25 bond for Amy, bom May 28, 1954, to Mr. and Mrs John De Poo. of New York City. Suzie qualified her dad, formerly OB the Hodsler Mariner . (Isthmian), for the $200 benefit when she arrived l>ack on March 9. 1953. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time frr visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name oh the list, d. op in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Seafarers who purchase trav­ elers checks, either through the Union in the ports of New York and Baltimore or from any other source, are advised to take advantage of the pro­ tective feature of the checks by making sure they sign the i5hecks on the spot at the time they buy them. The safety fea­ ture of travelers checks calls for the purchaser to sign them at the time he buys them and then again when cashing them to enable a comparison between'the two signatures as a guard against forgery, theft or loss. Failure to sign them at the time of purchase is a waste of the protective feature for which the check fee is paid, according to the SIU Sea Chest, which sells travelers checks as a service to the membership in New York and Baltimore. - . v:-:;;':':" fJMUmr MATTm • U6M.Aa»li JIIANCIAI Aima • ummtam mims'iHiuTKmnmim msraumitAmt mtwmt'Stmtamftrimm - , SIU WELFARE SERVICES DEPflHTMENT- VOVR RftOBlCM IS OUR BUSINESS . .•'.r- �# July t, 19M Face Nineteea SEAFARERS. 10 G Disabled Men Collect f At HQ SEEDFTHE SEAFARERS (News about men fn the hospitals anci Seafarers receiving SW Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) All the boys in the hospitals, like everyone else in the Union for that matter, were certainly happy to hear that Congress has passed the hospital budget for 1954. This was a long, tough .fight ever since the Government started talking last fall about closing down the hospitals altogether and you fellows who have been writing letters to your Senators and Representatives certainly helped yoiu: Union a great deal on this issue. 4 4 » Among the Seafarers recently admitted to Staten Island who are benefiting from the fact that the hospitals will stay open is Stephen Zavadcson of the Seatrain Georgia. Zavadcson was an AB on that ship and is now under observation. Seafarer Herbert Libby from down east in Maine is in for an unusuM complaint—his tonsils have been bothering him. Herb is one of the former At­ lantic tankermen now sailing with the SIU. He came off the Steel Traveler. Harry Morton, who was chief cook on the Binghamton Victory is another patient at the hospital. A back injury popped up and laid him low. Joseph Hoffman of Tampa, Florida, came off the Christine Libby and went into the hosflital for observation. A case of rheumatic fever put Arthur Shaw off the Yorkmar into drydock for a while. Shaw comes from nearby New Jersey. Amadeo Fedele off The Cabins is being treated for stomach trouble. Fedele was night cook and baker on the Mathiasen tanker. Dave Furman, who was last steward on the Elizabeth, is in for quite a spell for observation and treatment. Finger Operation Now up and around headquarters again after a finger operation is Seafarer George Rourke, deck maintenance on the Afoundria his last trip out. Rourke hails from Holyoke, Massachusetts. A balky appendix put Eustace McDavid of Crawford, New Jersey, flat on his back. He had been messman on the Steel Executive. Bosun Kaare Sivertsen of the Andrew Jackson had to call a halt and report to the hospital when he suffered a hernia aboard the ship, while Wayne Collard of the Steel Maker had to be hospitalized after he injured his foot ashore Others in layup at the present time Include Jacob­ us Huisman, oiler, off the Logins Fort with an elbow injury, Samuel Howard, ut/iity mess off the Wild Ranger, and Isa^k Bouzin ot Chicago who was last on the Gateway City as wiper. Rourke Who HietH SMV Benefits ? Hospital: Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his hospitalization, providing he has wofked .a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contract0d vessel in the previous 12 months. MotTnity: Any Seafarpr who has become a father since April 1, 195! can receive'the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the marriage . certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a discharge from his l£{ ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds will b' given in cases of multiple births. — PisoblHty: Any totally disabled Seafarer, jegardless of age, who has Mven years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he- is totally unable to work. Daath: , O Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The beneficiary may be changed at any time. " \ Scholarship; Four college scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ dren of Seafarers who meet the educational requirements. Each scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. 'All candidates -must take the standard College Entrance Board examinaticrns given during the year prior to beginning their college study, iuid present discharges showing three years' -seatime for a. parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children of deceased Seafarer having three year^' seatime are also eligible. Applications and queries on-unusual situations should ho sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Heisidquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. "•4 Seafarer Thor Thorsen goes through process of collecting disability benefit from Welfare Services Representative Toby Flynn. Awaiting their turn are five other SIU veterans (left to right), Ernst Eklund, Burton Frazer, Edward Hansen, Alex Dudde and Samuel Gordon. Six old-time SIU members-now on the disability benefits list all showed up at the same time in headquarters last week to collect their $25 weekly benefit from the SIU'Welfare Services Department. This is the largest number of The six men, Thor Thorsen, receiving the weekly benefit paid Samuel Gordon, Alex^Dudde, to men who are no longer able to Seafarers receiving the benefit Edward Hansen, Burton work for a living. Seven other Sea­ since the plan was instituted a Frazer and Ernst Eklund, are a farers who were originally on the little over two years ago. Attended Meeting few of the 35 Seafarers currently list have since passed away. All of the disabled Seafarers who showed up Wednesday were at I headquarters to attend the regular SIU membership meeting which they make a point of making when they are feeling well enough to at­ tend. Several other Seafarers in the New York area on the list, who are unable to travel because of j their health, get their checks via, the mails each week. A Seafarer who injured his arm while on a ship and then For those men on the list who had to take a month and ten day tour of the Mediterranean are over 65, the .$25 weekiy bene­ receiving long-de- fit plus Social Security payments before he could get home is now finally 4 layed medical treatment of up to $85 a month for single However, if prompt repatria­ ing workaway as the agent offered rnen means they take home con­ tion had been arranged by the him no alternative form of trans­ siderably more in benefits than company's agents, chances are that portation, and make a month and they earned as active seamen be­ he would be back at work again ten day trip" without further treat­ fore the SIU was founded less than instead of having to face a lengthy ment before hitting the US at 16 years ago. Actually, there are a number of Jacksonville, Fla. stay on the beach. By this time Welfare Services Seafarers under 65 receiving the Seafarer Roland Roxbury was the victim of these circum­ had received word of Roxbury's benefit because benefits are paid stances which plight and made arrangements for to Seafarers at any age who are could possibly him to get his unearned Wages and no longer able to work because of have been transportation money when he ar­ illness or injury. Seafarers- who avoided had" rived in Jacksonville. He is now in have seven years of "seatime with h e a d q u a r t ers New York, certified "not fit for SlU-contracted companies are eli­ been notified in duty" and is receiving long-de­ gible to get on the disability bene­ fits list. the first instance,. layed medical treatment. His train of mis­ fortune began while his ship, the Lucile BloomRoxbnry field, was in Leg­ horn, Italy. While topping off a The deaths of the' following and sailed in the steward depart­ boom, one of the rope turns slipped off the drum and the boom Seafarers have been reported to ment. Burial was at the Olive fell about ten feet. Roxbury suc­ the Seafarers Welfare Plan and Branch-Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va. ceeded in avoiding the boom but $2,500 death benefits are being He is survived by his'wife, Martha Justice, 132 Maryland Ave., Ports­ in the process of diving out of the mouth. , way he painfully wrenched an arm. paid to beneficiaries. Seafarer Got Back Home The long Way Around' No Broken Bones He was sent ashore to a doctor who took x-rays, and finding no brokenNboiles, certified him fit for duty. However, the arm continued to pain him severely so at the next port of call, Genoa, he wenf to a doctor on his own who told him that he had a muscle injury. • However, the captain refused to put him ashdre for hospital treat­ ment, and it wasn't until he got to Gibralter aftfer a spell in which the captain had to feed him sleeping pills to get him some rest that Rox­ bury was finally put ashore for treatment. A few days later tiie company agent sent him over to the Alice Brown, in Casablanca, for repatria­ tion. He found to his dismay that the ship was first starting on ~a circuit of the Mediterranean in­ stead of going home as he thought. He had to .sign on as a non-work-. Bernard Carroll, 26: Sailing in the engine department on SIU ships since 1951, when he joined in New York, Brother Carroll died on June 2, 1954, at St. Joseph's Hos­ pital, Baltimore, Md., from a chest injury suffered when a jack slipped and a car fell on him at a gasoline station. Burial was in Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, gurviving is his wife, Ciara Elizabeth Carroll, 282J) Rosalie Ave., Balti­ more. , 4- t t Roy Lv Justice. 46: On May 17, 1954, Brother Justice died of a heart condition at the Bethlehem Steel Dispensary, Baltimore, Md. He had been a member of the SIU since 1948, joining in Norfolk, Va., 4" 4" •j!| ll ' "''I ».'^l 4. William C. Cathell, 48: Brother Cathell died of a liver ailment on April 3, 1954, at 314 - 3 St., San Francisco, Calif. He had been sail­ ing as a wiper on SIU ships since 1951, when he joined in Baltimore. Surviving is Mrs. Katherine Cat­ hell, 413 E. Hamburg St., Balti­ more. " "4 �SEAFARERS %• • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • :fK!» |i From This " ' ' • - • - T-tV": •••• fA. /"•* To This mIThanlcs to efforts by strong maritime unions like the SiU, the days of the cramped, grimy footsie, often doubling as a messroom and with a pot-bellied stove as a centerpiece, is a thing of the past. Of course, some seamen, notably those sailing on foreign-flag ships, still suffer the same conditions of 15, 25 and more years ago. Lacking the voice of a strong unipn, they are at the shipowner's mercy. ®- ' But today's crew quarters on SIU vessels are typical of the many changes in shipboard life in recent years. The result of ^nion gains and conditions spelled out in SIU contracts, they are a symbol of the Union's constant forward progress for the betterment of all seafaring men. li:"-.:' r ' 4.y_^iXr^ ' •'.' '-i-'.-r •;• .'•J-:.* . . ••-•,• y y • •• �\-M \ /I;' :' V i" ':- SEAFABBRS^LOG V«l. XVI, N0. 14 '• ^-I?' J, ',; r ••- _• r t}!- 4»•n Jyly 9. 1954 Comt. Snfip. ; >^V r 7 • .V' .'•-" •'i:r - A• -• V' -s^'-..--' .-.'TV: I ,..r' ,..• r> '•*• ' •' • . '••• ,••%- '- -' • • .'' ''. ' ;,••.-;vr-l^••^^l^'••'''^^^ ' i .V-:':• -v.;;^ ri-'C,. :. *• . '- /0 - • Jl. . : '}-'%:^-^-:: 'y^^ '• v '•••r-•v*^'-/;.n.v; '• •.•'-• r^. •"^V- • • * r"'••c-''|,.j--V •-;f/^^^-'''• '••"•-r •' "• • , --"t •>•-' .JL '• v^- •'-' • . •'^ -" . -•/':• -;,•: :-,Cl..;'r. .. ';•, - v'^ • •••; V •• •• T.' . ' "f'v. •;' ; •> ••[ -7- i v,'-j -v. ,i;-- • '.. • •- The strength of any organization lies in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is rj its constitution. In the 21 months since the. • membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply ful­ filled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in I the SEAFARERS LOG and distributed to I all Seafarers, ashore and on ship. I • , Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference • report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution .'^ every six months, so all Seafarers would have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thoroughly with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was reprinted in the July 10, 1953, issue,- again - on January 8, 1954, ond now, six months I later, is reprinted once again. \ ( ( J ( I 1 -•,«i^vr''r,'-- •:.-N..e-"-• •: • \ ' ••„ CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFt ' v; |v ;, -^T-- • : .-Tavi • ' " 'i, ,•• <• .• •• •s.-. ,. • • I I 1 I 1 I The new'SIU consHtufion has evoked considerable comment in ond outside maritime and reactions to the document:from members of Congress. mittee to hear charges against members, and Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.: "I wish guaranteeing the traditional American rights to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ to representation, cross-examination, and con­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to constitution. I believe that the more explic­ itly rules, regulations, customs and privileges note that your new constitution is drawn in aan be drafted and set down in documentary the spirit of democratic trade unionism." form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and Representative Herbert B. Warburton, Del.:, sailed with the merchant marine during the "You are to be congratulated upon the fine ujor." attempt to increase individual rights of the union members in the new constitution." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY: "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their atRepresentative Charles R. Howell, NJ: "I tempts to further rights of their members, think you have foVowed the right approach both within the unions and as part of the in stressing the need for protection of the total national economy. I find particularly civil liberties of the Seafarers, and in setting praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and forth in detail the rights of each member to the Declaration Rights contained in Jhe beparticipate in the activities of the union. A ginning of your constitution."^ union which stresses rank and file participa­ tion in the day by day business of the organ­ ization is operating on solid ground." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: . .. I have looked over the constitution and off-. hand it would appear to be eminently fair Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ and just. I was particularly interested in the lation of union's practices and usage is tre'fact that it was adopted in such a democratic ^mendously impressive. I was particularly manner by the full membership of your or­ struck by the Declaration of Rights . .. Also ganization." ,. of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. I would Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am hope that this kind of action will be generally . particularly impressed by the provisions of followed throughout the trade union move­ the constitution providing for a trial com­ ment ..." ( I 1I i ( I V I labor circles. Here are a few of the many | Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con- | stitution seems to me to be an extremely . democratic one and I am impressed with Ihe | emphasis which is.piaced upon ratificqtion by members. I also approve the provisions with I respect to providing for a trial committee ..." • Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative Robert H, MoMohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing, the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your sharing the constitution with rne and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." y .mmm mmmm mmmm 'mmmm mmm ummm iumi •••• ••••• '•••• mmmm mmm J .-M �SEAFARERS , July 9, 1964 LOG ^f, ; >^-:'. ' •••^,yf • •!'' • • -in :•;;;.; v'.- " .•^. t,'. -Mf t; . .= * m V""' / «3.'^ •• • . y. •'» '•J^-- -• .•-i di^- ' • . A EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED Protectioif of the rights and.privileges guaranteed hini under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a men^ber without > due process of the law of the Uniorr. fir'-I: II - The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an inlpartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. r' .. i The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. ^ The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. < . '. \ •I •• A. 1:^- E.-t' ^ fraction of the membership, that the absent members, PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH who are present may act for and in the interest' of all, AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North we have adopted this constitution. America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, ba<ed upon STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS the following principles; In order to form a more perfect union, we members Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit- . in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ men to receive their employment through their own fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the« following principles: Government. In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of oiir leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. duties and obligations as-members of the community, Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to of communism ^ and any other enemies of freedom and rest. the democratic principles to which we seafaring men Next, is the right to be treated *in a decent and respect­ dedicate ourselves in this Union. ful manner by those in command. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. voice to our views; we shall assist pur brothers of the­ Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we ses and other workers of all countries in these obligations are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ tq the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ and other legislation and policies which look to the at­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ based on race, creed or color. ance to cur employers in caring for their gear and To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind property. that most of our members are migratory, that their duties Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: carry them all over the world, that their rights must and , To use our influence individually and collectively for the shall be protected, we hereby, declare these rights as purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ members of the Union to be inalienable: ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the 1 United States, so as to render it more equitable and to No memlier shall be deprived of any of the rights or make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. the Union. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to Every^ member of this Union shall have the right to vote. maintain the knowledge of and interest in maritime No one shall deprive him of that right. affairs. ' III To assist seamen of other countries in the work of Every member shall have the right to nominate himself organization and federation, to the end of establishing for, and to hold, office in this Union. the Brotherhood of the Sea. IV To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ possible, in the attainment of their just demands. out due process of the law of this Union. No member To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals shall be compelled to be a witness against himself In the 80 as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable * trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official migratory, that our' work takes us away in different direc­ and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the tions from any place, where the majority; might otherwise rights of every member in accordance with the principles . meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a set forth In Uie Constitution of the Union. • Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of hi;, brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and Job holders oy the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Intematinifal Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, ai|9 execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of eijterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its Jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perform. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Federatidn of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted "to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2.. Candidates for membership shall be American cftlzens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is> a mem- • ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aitps, principles, and-policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he bas taken the following oath of obligation: ' OBLIGATION "I pledge my honor as a man, that I will be faithful to �Itily 9. 1954 V Mi! SEAFARERS LOG Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed Ihit Union, and that I wllV work for Its interest and will look upon every member'as my brother; that 1 will not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. ARTICLE VII work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all SYSTISM OF ORGANIZATION orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal Section I. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be govemedt in ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: O ^ (a) The Constitution and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (b) Majority vote of the membership Section "S. Members more than one quarter in ar­ Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears in dues, or more than three months in arrears in as­ sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus-' ministered by Headquarters and Ports. Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretarypended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ dismissed if. they are more than two quarters in arrears urers, the exact "number of which shall be determined by y in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the month of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. particularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time shall not run: Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and (a) While a member is actually participating In a strike Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall or lockout. (b) While a member Is an in-patient in a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the'Union's Port Offices are located. Hospital. 'Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While^ a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the-Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance iwltb custom and usage. at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further This definition may be modified by a majority vote of provided he applies for -reinstatement within 90- days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ partment to another except by express approval as evi­ after discharge from the Armed Forces (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mer-ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT cbant vessel. AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN ' Section 4. A majority vote pf the membership shall be Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, officers shall .be the Secretary-Treasurer and one or more. to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Poft Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to.decide such questions. Section I. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership ^shall be empowered to es­ tablish, from time to time, by "majority vote, rules under voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ which dues and assessments may be remitted where a tion: (A)*Meetj[ng Chairman member has been uhable to pay dues and assessments for (B) Delegaten * * the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, all members of the^nioia (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all rd) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union.* 'provided by a majority vote of the membership." Commit­ A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ tution. organizations are dual or hostile. ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of ELECTED jqB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ - Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer dence of membership in order to.be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ meetings. Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise lowed to vote. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE IV (b) He shall be' a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT i port or Otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of to-time, by a majority vote of the membership. the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union Section 1.. All jnembers shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ^r otherwise. He shall ter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, be those'payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. Section Z. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ mitted into membership without having pSd an initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to Insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the memSection 3. Paymrat of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance bersi^'p, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ with such rules as are adopted by a majority v6te of the ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports J . ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not Section 1. .Members may retire from membership by paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ retire, assessments, fines^ and other monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, quest, and dated as of the day that such member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities plishes these payments and request. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ riod of retirement, except that a retired member shall ship, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain^ in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of ment to act as such during the period o^ Incapacity. At the first regular meeting in August Of every election his right to reinstatement; Section'3.'Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ months or niore'^ shall be restored to membership.- ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant quarter, as well as all assessments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of levied during the period of retirement. If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. This recommendation may also specify, whether any - retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all does accruing during the said Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be period of retirement, including those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote * during that period. Upon such payment, the person in of the membership. (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his'mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port ' Section 4. A mSmber in retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of the membership after a two-year period of retirement only Agents' CpBderence and may cast one vote. by vote of the membership. Pa*« S—Three (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, for -the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by a majority vote of -he membership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ tion, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as well as those other duties iawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ tions set forth in this Constitution. (j) Immediately after assuming office, the SecretaryTreasurer shall designate one of the Assistant SecretaryTreasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ capacity. This designation may be changed from time to time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a vacancy in the office of Secretagp-Treasurer, as set forth in that section." ^ (k) Any vacancy fn any office or the job of Port Agent or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by temporary appointment except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of a replacement, or postponement cf a vote to a later date, by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and all measures, and employ such means, which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and public affairs. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance .with Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be determined as follows: That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, or Baltimore who received the highest numbijr of votes in the last regular election shall be the first in line of succession. The next in the line of succession shall b'e thatq Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes. The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the letter's duties as the latter'inay direct. (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote in that body. Section 3. Port Agents (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administration of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules, adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any, event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and e^enses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ structions, shall open each Port meeting- and shall deter­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein shall permit the Port^Agent to otherwise act as chairman of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a majority vote of the* members present at the said Port Meeting. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Agents' Conference. (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, regardless of the departmental designation under which the Patrolman was elected. (h) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. SeetioB 4. Port Patrolmen Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section. 5. Meeting Chairmen (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the~ presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership and,, tf none, then b:p �. f. '5i fi- 4 fPv- • Page S—FOOT SEAFARERS LOG July », 1954 go into session. It shall determine whether the person •uch rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the has submitted his application'-correctly and possesses the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. vote of the membership in each Port. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai^e a (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only In the tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ report listing each applicant and his book number under event of a tie. ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ sion of any religious subject. may repeal, or otherwise trea^jr dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated Section 6. Delegates all of a strike plan. / in the report. Where a tie vote has been rgpolved by a ARTICLE XI s ^ (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND the Union who are elected, under the- provisions of this noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers by all of the Committee members, and be completed and EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS International Union of North America. Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read be held for a term of two years: participate therein. and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Secretary-Ti'easurer (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, Bulletin Board in each port. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the (c> When an applicant has been disqualified by the Port Agent delegates to the convention. Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram Patrolman Section 7. Committees Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter (a) Auditing Committee those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue containing, the reasons for such disqualifications by air ' The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the cant shall have the right to take an appeal .to the mem­ writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The membership or-segment of the nnion, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular servini^ report, to which the same rules^as to certification and ones Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ any office or other elective job shal' be determined from mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant tirety shall then be presented to the membership with time to time by a majority vote of the membership. to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may membership. membership, all other classifications of employees of the appear in person before the Committee within two days (b) Trial Committee Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, after the day on which the telegram is sent, 'to correct The Trial Committee shall conduct trials of persons as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. his application or argue for his qualification. charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough as prescribed jn this Constitution. It shall be the special the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract to allow the applicant to .appear before it and still reach obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the specificaiiy state whether or not, in the opinion of the sary in the best interests of the Union. * Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do case of such appeals, be sufficient^-to overrule any dis­ Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, Constitution, were properiy safeguarded. in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or in which event, the one so previously classified shall then (c) Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, In passing upon the quarterly ithirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ .^majority vote of the membership shall be followed. ARTICLE XII qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec­ FATRfftMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS ommendations. Members of this Committee may make previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent ment)* of Section 1-A of Article XII. rate findings. 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee or Patrolman, provided: Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) He has at least three (3) years, of sea'time aboard an shall be completed within a reasonable time after the la) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet- a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general » information and instructive comments not inconsistent * Ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified recommendations. 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Comniittee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the'Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to certified under state law. ^ nomination, and write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined <d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Eath ballot shall be ^prepared as to have the id> Appeals Committee elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from be members of the Union. trial judgments, in .accordance with such procedures as Section - 3. All candidates for and holders- of elective number to be easily remoVed. On this removable portion are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature may be adop'rd by a majority vote of the membership, ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at .the direction of the Sec­ not inconsistent therewith. good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to 2 The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than hr ld such office -or job and shall constitute an incapacity retary-Treasurer shall be the only official,ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as one week after the close of the said hearing, make and with regard to such office or jo*!. indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num- < submit, findings and recommendations in accordance with ARTICLE XIII bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not AND PATROLMEN inconsistent therewith. Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and Section 1. Nominations *e> Negotiating and Strike Committee amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ Any member may submit his name for nomination for tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, .delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and terms and conditions of employment of the members of dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the this Union are involved. ' • over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall Immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. lowing: (a) The name of the candidaie urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ U» His home address and mailing address . ommendations and submit them to the membership at a amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify (c) His book number regular or a special meeting. , the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ (d) The title of the office or other job for whlth he is a ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself , provided permission by a majority vote of the membership candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the •oting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded has been obtained, in-such event, the Port Negotiating position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer (e) Proof of citizenship and Strike Committee shall forward its report and rec­ shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause ' candidates. at all times be available to any member asking for In­ The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ spection of the same at Headquarters. the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of, the Union at the earliest subsequent gust 12th and no later than September 12tb of the qjection (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, regiilar or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to- year. and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other Section 2. Credentials Committee • gether with any report and recommendations which the distinguishing mark, shall appear on ^Ahe ballot, except (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first that any member may write in the name or names of any Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two (d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union the same manner above .set forth. member's from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ tion of the date and of the fact of votiffg, both prior to tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to ner. without the approval of the membersliip of the retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in the member who shall thereupon sfgn his name on' a Union a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results 'Separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot ship shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot 5 A - Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide a majority vote ofithe membership at a special meeting number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the the time of entry into a strike, provided prior authority, called for that purpose at Headquarters Port roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site. a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the membership, is (b) After its election^ the Committee shall immediately (e) JSacb Port Agent shall be responsible for the cstab- �Jnly 9, 1954 lishment of a booth or oUier voting site where each mem­ ber may vote in privacy. (f* Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or v^ritten portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box. which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting sh4l commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Pojls Committees (at Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Afeent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. tb) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used vylth the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and ainount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Pbrt Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of- discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be* taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article I. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure mat ihe ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the. manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event th^ Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Conlmittee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation' of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the' balloting in any one Port, the following? procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to «ttend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number next to his signature. The Comrnittee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope datelHpr that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee the following morning. In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall Jteep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port,Agent/ shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to* Headquarters. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving, Section . 5. Ballot Colleotlon. Tallying Procedure. Proteata. and jSPMlal Votes, SEAFARERS LOG (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the first regular meeting after the close of voting at each Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each of the three departments of the Union. In the presence of any member desiring to ittend, provided he observes decorum, it shall open tlie ballot box or boxes, count the number of ballots thereii^ontained, and count the number of votes for each can(»Elate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ mittee that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with a cer­ tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certificat'on, signed by all mem­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ edge, information,-and belief of the Committee members. Wherever forwarding is not don" in person, forwarding shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air mail, special delivery. AH forwarding shall be to the Headquarters TaUying Committee, at the address of Head­ quarters. In the event a Port Tailing Committee cannot be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters Committee is charged with the tally of all the baltots and the preparation of a report setting forth in compmte de­ tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Bort Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these, discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protest invalid, it sHaU dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds tile protest valid, the Committee shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just,.J)ut which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and the designation as to the voting site of the Port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book number of the protesting member,-and a summary of the disposition of the said protest. (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent to its election and shall complete its proceedings within two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. ,The proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. (e) The report of the Committee shall be . made up in sufficient copies to comply ^with the. following^ require­ ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the close^of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, and shall be referred to as the "Election Report", meeting. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, the oth^r copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (fi At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the distrepancies, if any. referred to in Section 5-B qf this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the meml^ership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ on. if any, which action, however, shgll not be beyond ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee, which ap­ Page S—Five peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and his book number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section 5-C~of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals with the terms of such specie^vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the foregoing. Headquarters is charged with adequately and timely informing affected members of the decisions reached. A ma'jority of the membership, at the Election Report meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ senting report has been issued by one or more members of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g» A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ urer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn special votes, immediately after the close of such special voting, the Port Agen^ shall summarize the results and communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall'be mailed to Headquarters, all in the same package, but bound separately. An account­ ing .and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shaU be enclosed. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Port Agent or Patrolman. (a» The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved.* Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ didates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ urer under this Article, except those of the #olls Com­ mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers, ^rt Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. AH other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, and Patrolman shall take the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the Seafarers Internationa) Union of North America. Atlantic and Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union and the welfare of the membership." ARTICLE XIT OTHER ELECTIONS Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday of each week, at 3:00 P.M.. for the purpose of auditing the financial report for that week. These reports shall be submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for membership action. The Committee shall consist of three members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing Committee there shall audit the (inancial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar quarter for which the Committee is to make ^he required audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to decide at which of these meetings the election shall take place. The Committee-shall consist of six members, with two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or em- ::§• i'ii I �'•••i^-»; '--/..J'' SEAFARERS Pa?e S—Six ^;fev' •••. •.' I; *•.- ..'-• ; K"; ,; LOG. July t. 1954 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The — members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem* accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at the meeting-provided that any member the trial except that the accUsed shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any nAember to assist him In his defense at the missed. (el The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), thd3ald member is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial Is to take time of the trial,jmd (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committell shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, pr states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasiurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who Intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such'^mattere shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It.'shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every medfber to decline nomination If he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section '15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dls- by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected imder such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Ck>mmitteq, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced: sent therein, if any. If therjp is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. ' Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other ~Union action deemed desirable In Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply jo the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 18. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Conunlttee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, If the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of foHYarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. ' .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Seqfion 17. Each member is ^charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotlatlnf; and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwise, shall be composed of as the accused' under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, aqd of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as.;to, further appeal as provided tor therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any 'meeting- of accused, the accuser,^nd each Witness; shall describe each Decisions reaped thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ , • , this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used St the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers ot the Union. of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on guilt or innocence. If possible, all the'documents used at Unioh' to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19.- Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Secfloit 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. " Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -Postponement, the Trial As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer Is advised as to the date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be^resented, and entered Into the minutes, at the next Committee may bold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. - ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the recoil of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port X OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow- • generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port In time, for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: -4 Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in-any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that 'oe discussed. The meeting shall then vote. 'A majority the overthrow of the Government of the Unite'd States meeting, the election rules ^hall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership ot the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept'the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any qrganizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the reconunendar Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (C) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the -Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; id) Order a new triaLafter finding that substantial. Jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees. In the event the number of such . tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be' event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ SeeHon 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the' quarters is located alid, uijon application, the accused, tlje following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnf^es shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. ^ T|liALS AND APPEALS "penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 1. Any membe^ may bring charges against any Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Conkitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his- thereof, to be sent to each accuse>* and accuser. '(a) wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union'prop­ book number. The accus'er shalUdeliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Fort Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishment m^ appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of.pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, qtc.. for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He*shali also request the Port Agent to He may send or . deliver a notice of appeM to the (c> Wilful misuse of any ^office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after redeipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser „may withdraw his charges before the mieeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentatioiT of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or ' request to the Porf Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functipns: fhpse charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-^Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notite that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ until the morning foilowing the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be thereof, tions which fail within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time tor misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to htm. by registered mail ad­ peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villificatlon, with regard to the execu­ dressed to his last known mailing address on file with ot the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant^adtion of the duties of any office or job; the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and.book (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must joummehts and may request the accused or aocugers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with His witnesses, ready for trial the morning <j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial sideration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Com.mittee wjll be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union,, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents wiii be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to makeeauch orders during time quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be Informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee'shall be governed of strike.' Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: <a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following Offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee, shall pot make Its own find- ^ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witne.sses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence ^ " • , (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not, required by courts ot law but may receive all relevant mended. (c> A.new'trial shall be recommended If the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com-, tions required therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official proper defense. In the event th> Trial Coinmlttee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) thaF the ac­ beneath a' quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does . cused was not adequately informed of the details of the Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute charged offense,-which resulted in his not having lieen by conduct not provided for elsewhere-in. this-Article; exist. ' mmsm �-tC J0]y », 1954 SEAFARERS Page S—Seven LOG Jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected ^d) Refusal^r nagligent failure to carry out orders of therewith may be Issued and take effect only after ap­ those duly authorized to make such orders at any time.' Section 4. Upon proof of-tee commission of any of the proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping following offenses, members shall be penalized, up to a rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational pura^es, whether covered by or pay-offs; ^ (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ a contract or not. ARTICLE XXra tives at pay-off^ QUORUMS (c) Disorderly at pay-off or sign on; riy conduct cor Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a discharging their duties; Port' shall be six members. (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; shall be seven members. (g) Negligent failure to Join ship. ' Section 3. The quorum-for the Agents' Conference shall Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. tive of the Union. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member tions of any segment of the Union requiring ^ quorum to at once, and In this case, the findings and recommendation act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its members, shail not be ^ ARTICLE XXIV ddemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights MEETINGS to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided In a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 PJW. this Constitution. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the fense under this Article shall continue-to pay all dues following night. In the event a quorum is not present at and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ,.he pertinent port shall post­ members, officials and job holders. pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote ARTICLE XVII of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date PUBLl^CATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ of any future regular meeting. Section .2. A special meeting at a Port may be called papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, ia such manner as may be determined, from time to time, only at the direction of the Port Agent, No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. by a majority vote of tfie membership. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at ARTICLE XVni least'two hours in advance, on the Port, bulletin board. ,BONDS * ^TICLE XXV , Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, AGENTS' CONFEinSNCE as well as all other employees of the Union, nay be re­ Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' of the membership. Conferences during the year. The time and place of each ARTICLE XIX such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. to expenditures to be made or expenses to be incurred A majority, vote of the membership shall determine when shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in such' emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and 'existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the idut Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shail similarly ship shall make^ the provisions thereof^ binding Union apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned vote of the membership provided such recommendation with trials, appeals, negotiations; strikes, and elections. is not inconsistent with the provisibns of "this Constitu­ Section' 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ tion. sede. to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles ARTICLE XXVI X and XI. DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ARTICLE XX RELATING THERETO INCOME Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ illness or condition preventing the affected person from tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well asjncome carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence derived from_any other legitimate business operation or from the United States; or suspension from office or other legitimate source. membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ one job and/or office, in v^ich event no incapacity shall, ceipt. be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or ofSection 3. No assessments shall be levied except after . fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ time during which the circumstances exist. vided that: Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with (a) The ballot must be secret. herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy-not (b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, jority of the valid ballots cast. and shall include failure to perform the functions of any Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ sion from the Union with uo further right to appeal in ac­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean be calculated accordingly. the* majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an ARTICLE XXI official meeting of those ^Ports holding a meeting. This PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled capacity than membership, or in a capacity. other than meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" membership. By majority vote of the membership, the shall refer to a meeting ~or meetings during the time Union may provide for the rights and obligations Incident period within which a vote must be taken in accordance to such capacities or-flifjliations. These rights and obli­ with: gations may include, but are'not limited to: (a) the applica­ (a) The Constitution bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ (b) Union policy, and stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of (c) Custom and usage of the Union the Union to peremptory ternination of such affiliation in the indicated priority. and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and may anyone not a. member receive evidence of affiliation not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights and'not fot'ming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, over members, or be termed a member. "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any ARTICLE XXII meeting of the Port, regular or special. FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section 5. The term, "membership action" shall mean Section 1. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative task. Ship­ the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the ping rulesi governing./the details of the assignments of m holder therqpf, is set forth in tiiis Constitution, all refer­ ences thereto and-the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this ConstituUon," Md "this amended Constitution,'' shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer te the Constitution which .takes the place of the one adopted by the Dnion in 1939, asamended up through August 1951. Section 9, The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member." shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVn AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the' membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded, to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by' a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head-^ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department, and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as reconunended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIll, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIIl TRANSITION CLAUSE Section I. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hek-eof. Section* 3. Ali methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed In accordance with the provisions hereof. . Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage. In­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be'permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offites and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article Xni, only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the first election year. vi'--.. - • • xfit M m �-'' W^'- r!^?^ v;'•'H»^' '• «••• SEAFARmS LOG • GTFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AEL • of &:• £ * it'. • •K z• t;l' - • ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: ^tesX ARTICLE XlV-Other Elections: fST'Sj name of the union and defines its general powers. chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotfating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. A OTI/-ICII Provides for affiliation of the AtARTItLC M—Attlliation: lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers Internatfonal Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE ili-Membe^ship: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control-states the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE iV—Reinsfa^ment: statement of dismissed members. Gives the membership the right to set rules for rein- Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and IniHafion Fee: ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ARTICLE Vli-System of Organizallon: ments of the Union and provides ffir administrative authority. ARTICLE Vlll-Officers: urer. Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective JobsrSreifS^.'S.', det-" gates and members of certain committees ihust be elected by the membership. ARTICLE X-Duties of Elective Officers: M r. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides pi-ocedure for filling vacancies m office—Requires all Port Agents to file Weekly financial reportsEstablishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that ihe Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents and Patr(^men shall serve for two-year terms md that ^eir wages shall be set by a majority vote of the membership--Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: -•#; member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. * Lists in detail the procedure for bringing'^ charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation Ijy a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's' find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalfies: ["aKet?. fenses for which a member may be brought to'triah—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon'members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right tp waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course o meeting. Gives the membership the right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: ADTI/"IC V\/III Provides for bonding of officers AKI ILMLC AVMI—DOnaS: and employes oUhe Union under such conditions as raay .be determined by the membership. ARTICLE XIX-Expendifuresr ^if''^,^^^^^^^ cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. ADTI^I C VV Defines the Union's sources of inAKI I^LC AA inCOmO: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the. Union to derive income from dividends, intere.st and legitimate business operations. . ADTI^I C YYI Retains the existing requirement AM I^LC AAI reriTlirS: that rules for issuance of permits naust be determined by the members. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: a special meeting of any port shall be six members and the quorum tot a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ' ' ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a qudnuir. Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. ARTICLE XXV^Agent's Conference: ARTICLE Xlli ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: rr J# fl- ARTICLEXV-Trials and Appeals: , u EUrtir)nc. Describes procedure for nomina- "on to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes sateguMds for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —Retains the Union's existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member I^lls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elechons and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation 4)f officers. ence of Port Agents to .be called by the Secr^fcary-Treasurer. of the Constitution. ARTICLE-XXVII-AmendmenfsrSSi'lJLyof^^^^^ stitution by ^he membership. ARTICLE XXVIII-TransiHon Clause:fJ„°;;i''orii„S practices and procedures to regulation by proposed Constitution. 7mA � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 9, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 14 Description An account of the resource Headlines: PERMANENT '50-50' PASSAGE SEEN SURE, BUT VETO LOOMS HOUSE BODY FAVORS NEW TANKER BILL SEAFARERS TO TESTIFY IN FATAL ALCOA, TUG CRASH IN VENEZUELA CUSTOMS CRACKS WHIP OVER SEAMEN IN INDO WAR CRISIS CONGRESS VOTES $$ FOR PHS ANTI-UNION SHOP BILL APPROVED OVER LOUISIANA LABOR PROTEST PACT TALKS PROCEED ON TANKSHIPS ANTI-UNION SHOP BILL APPROVED OVER LOUISIANA LABOR PROTEST PACT TALKS PROCEED ON TANKSHIPS HQ. OFFICE SHIFTS ADD SPACE FOR RECREATION ADD PATROLMAN IN SEATTLE HALL BOYS' CLUB IS PET PROJECT OF SIU MAN RIGGING PARTED BUT SEAMAN'S LUCK HELD PUSH ACTION ON DOPE BILL STATE DEP'T BURNS MIDNIGHT OIL OVER ONASSIS' TANKER SCHEME CORKHUSKER MARINER FACING SCRAP HEAP DOCK STRIKE TIES UP PR SIU SONGMAN TOOTS OWN TUNE SIU SEA CHEST SWEETENS 'EM UP IN MOBILE SCORE ONE VICTORY STILL IN DOUBT PROGRESS REPORT SPINNING A 'ROPE-YARN' FINE PHOTO FARE FOUND BY SEAFARER IN RESCUE HOT TIME ON STEEL FABRICATOR LEAVES SIU CREWMEN BOILING LADY POET'S STOCKINGS STRAY, BUT LOG AGAIN SAVES THE DAY SPECIAL LIST STILL PROVES USEFUL DISABLED MEN COLLECT $ AT HQ SEAFARER GOT BACK HOME THE 'LONG WAY AROUND' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/9/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1959ba890339d3276eef8a7be82eaab2.PDF c540e71f7219715ccd70eff0f923ff94 PDF Text Text Vol. XVI No. 11 SEAFARERS LOG JHI]r 23 1^154 - • -.5 • ••4: • ... 4i •'SS iH • ' iV • ":-f5 i •V A . ... -Ail • -S story on Page 3 BeametTTo Germans, German maritime workers -anxious to learn about conditions under US flag get information on Seafarers and their welfare benefits from Claude Simmons, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer. David' Berger, editor of^^the German section of the Voice of America, recorded interview which was broadcast to stations in Ger­ man seaport towns. Subjects discussed included manner in which SIU Welfare Plan operates and how. various pay­ ments—hospital, maternity, disability, scholarship and death benefits — are handled. The broadcast is one of several which has featured the SIU, Seafarers and various officials of the Union. 4 -«i ^1 Wait Til Next Year. Among the youngsters who competed in the anm^il Soap Box Derby in New Orleans was Mark Schaneville, 13, whose entry was sponsored by the New Orleans SIU branch. Schaneville, who, like other competitors, built his motorless racer himself, ran second in his Class A heat race. He promised to be back with a winning mount next year. The Derby is sponsored by the New Orleans Recreation Department and the "New Orleans Item." In This Issue: Review Of SIU Trie's & Appeals January-June 1954 (See Page 6) „ i, „ „ „ .V. -.v . -S..-" Aw tA,,:;/, . , -.•Vv ... - r-- #A A ; A. finfii'j'ii i'A iin'iVi-'• >/ • i'.'.A - �Pace Tim SEAFARERS Congress Supports New Tanker Bills .fe \F - i; LOG J«|ly ?3. MM ; Double Winner Has A Problem Coast Unions Open Pacts; • Ask Raises SAN FRANCISCQ—Seeking a ~ WASHINGTON—Two major parts of the Government's six percent boost for all ratings, maritime program for this year have already cleared most plus an additional week of vacation legislative hurdles and seem likely to wind up on the statute time, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ books before the current sescific aiid the Marine Firemen, ment under this program would be sion of Congress winds up Oilers and Watertenders have retired to "the reserve fieet, and shortly. jointly reopened their agreements -would ^ovide a sizeable tanker re­ One, a so-called "trade-in-andwith West Coast shipowners. build" tanker measure, has passed serve Tn the event a sudden ship The SUP-Firemen's action -came both houses in similar form and "break-out" was required. after the companies agreed to give The second bill, passed by the requires only minor adjustments the CIO Marine Engineers and CIO before going to the President. The House last week in a form directly Radio Operators a pension plus an bill would permit private tanker opposite to that in which it pre­ additional week's vacation and operators to sell their old .T2s, to viously cleared the Senate, deals other concessions. The companies the Government and use the funds with a $150 million tanker program and unions involved will decide by thus obtained to build new ones. under which the Navy would build November 15 the contributions the Tlie object of the bill is to re­ and own 20 high-speed 25,000-ton owners will make to the pension place the war-built T2s, which are supertankers. Under this measure, funds. • " fast becoming obsolete, with larger outmoded tankers now operated by Last September, the SUP and and faster ships which would be the Navy or the Military Sea Trans­ MFOW negotiated a pension pl|in suitable for commercial operation portation Service would be re­ and a union-operated vacation plan and also valuable to the nation in placed and also put into the Gov­ in lieu of wage increases for their First Seafarer ever to win two awards in an SIU art contest, the event of a war or emergency. ernment reserve fleet. membership. The action of the ThuSr both tanker bills would Leif Hope (right) is pictured with his prizes, two award certificates The ships bought by the Governshipowners in giving additional provide a much-needed boost for and two engraved sterling silver cigarette lighters with an SIU concessions to the CIO radio .oper­ the declining US shipbuilding in­ c>mblem, for winning first prize for watercolors and tying for first ators and engineers' unions was dustry and, at the same time, cre­ i>rize in oils. In the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, NJ, he picked up citedJby the SUP as upsetting the ate a large tanker reserve. his awards during a visit to headquarters with a former shipmate, basic pattern on the West Coast The difference between the Alex Leiter, AB, who sailed with him on his last ship, the Afoundria and making necessary reopening of House and Senate versions of the (Waterman). Naturally, he doesn't smoke. unlicensed contracts. Navy tanker bill lies in the House provision for Navy ownership of the vessels to be built. The Senate NEW ORLEANS—A permanent approved a bill providing for pri­ political and legislative arm has vate coqstruction and ownership of Representatives of the SIU Sea Chest in all ports will begin stocking all contracted ves­ been created by Louisiana trade the new tankers; however, the feel­ ing in the House was that it would sels with new ships' libraries in the next two weeks, in accord with the'recommendations unionists with the formation of the United Labor Organization repre­ be more to the Government's ad­ expressed by the Union membership during a six-week poll conducted by the SEAFARERS — • senting more than 400 AFL, CIO vantage to keep the ownership of LOG earlier this year._ and independent unidns in this the vessels for itself. vote of confidence to the idea of ' The new library assort­ distributed through the facilities of Under the Heuse version, the state. ments reflect the changes the, libraries in the opinion poll the SIU Sea Chest under an ai> Establishment of the ULO fol­ ships would be operated by private urged by the membership in the which ended April 30, 1954. The rangement with Pocketbooks, Inc., lowed adjournment of the session companies on a long-term charter types of books supplied by the poll was designed to get a sampling one of the country's largest dis­ of the Louisiana legislature basis, and would be manned by civ­ SIU program, which was launched of membership opinion on the tributors of small, paper-bound which passed a so-called "right-to- ilian seamen. The Senate bill pro­ nearly a year ago, in August, 1953. quality and types of books sup­ volumes. work" law outlawing union secur­ vides for the ships to be time-chart­ Completely new 50-book library plied, as well as the idea of con­ ity clauses in contracts between ered to the Navy. tinuing the library distribution al­ A provision of the "trade-in-and packages are distributed on all together. labor organizations and manage­ SIU vessels every three months. build" measure gives trade-in pref­ ment. Only Two Votes Against The cost of the program is carried "Events of recent months taught erence to those tankers which have entirely by the Log Fund, at no Two lone votes were cast for us that political unity is essential been dociunented under the US extra cost to the membership. ending the program completely, flag for the three years immedi­ to survival of Louisiana's great la­ Seafarers gave an ^overwhelming while 42 percent of the Seafarers bor movement," said E. H. "Lige" ately preceding passage of the bill. who participated in the poll rec­ Williams, president of the Louisi­ ommended continuing the libraries ana Federation of Labor and chair­ as is, and the remaining 58 percent man of the new ULO's executive urged continuing it with slight committee. changes in the proportions of the In order to con dantly remind all SIU members of their con­ "By projecting ULO into a types of books supplied. stitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ The first convention of tha permanent aggressive arm of all ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the Accordingly, the 50-book pack­ American Federation of Labor's Louisiana labor, we are taking the nation. ages supplied from now on will first step toward a great statewide These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet­ contain 8 Westerns, 16 mysteries, longshore union, the AFL-ILA, organization that will represent ings: 12 novels, 8 non-fiction, 4 humor­ will open in Chicago Monday for 100 percent of labor's objectives Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who ous books and 2 books on sports. the purpose of drafting a constitu­ in political elections and legisla­ so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting The poll results showed a major tion and setting up an autonomous tive sessions," Williams explained. job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee demand for less Westerns and that may be elected at this meeting. more novels and non-fiction. The structure for the new union. The convention, meeting-at tha proportions were therefore ad­ Any member present in good standing has the right at any justed, from the previous break­ Atlantic Hotel, will be attended by time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or July 23, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 15 down of 15 Westerns, 15 mj'steries, delegates representing approxi­ ask for a division of the house on any sucii question^ Any member 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 humor­ mately 50,000 longshoremen and may also request a show of books of each man present who may As I See It Page 4 craft workers from ^ the Great ous books and 2 sports books. vote on any question. Brother Chairman Page 4 Copies of the minutes of, tonight's meeting will be available-in All books supplied are of the Lakes, rivers ports, Alaska, tha Burly Page 9 advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the handy, paper-bound size, and are Pacific Northwest, and locals on Crossword Puzzle Page 10 the Gulf and Atlantic Coast who benefit of any member -in good standing who wishes to read or Did You Know Page 17 have swung over from -the old Editorials Page 11 study same before the next regular meeting commences. In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ ILA. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 16 bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port Galley Gleanings Page 17 New York Represented is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 -In addition, AFL-ILA locals in meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ In The Wake Page 10 New York City are sending dele­ able to any member in good stapding who desires 'and so requests Labor Round-Up Page 11 to read and study same. SAN FRANCISCO —The AFL gates to participate in the de­ Letters Pages 18, 19 The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ Marine Cooks and Stewards won liberations. Maritime Page 9 ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will another NLRB election when stew­ - Although the major busiheki of Meet The Seafarer Page 10 be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. ard department crewmembers of thn convention is the' setting tilr,pf Notices, Personals Page 20 the Harpoon voted six to one in the physical apparatus of Ihb'new li The Union constitution. On The Job Page 9 favor of the SlU-affiliated union. union, a goodrdeal of planning is 2. Majority vote of the membership. Port Reports Pages 14, 15 If was one of several recent vote slated on the future activities of 3. Robert's rules for order. Quiz Page 16 the union in the Port of New York. victories by that union. If; in the opinion of any member in good staffding present, Seafarers In Action Page 9 Control of the port is still at stake, The Harpoon- is a Liberty ship he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, Ships' Minutes Pages 20, 21 the National Labor Relations operated by the Shepard Lines. .[AS he is requested .to call this to the attention pf the secrfetarySIU History Cartoon .... Page 7 Board has not yet completed its MCS-AFL was the only union on treasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ Sports Line Page 17 count of challenged ballots in the the ballot with Harry Bridges' sup­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretaryTen Years Ago Page 10 porters urging a "no-union" vote. last port-wide election. treasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such Top of The News Page 5 The ship was balloted by mail In Once the convention has com­ protest and a report on same to the membership at the following Wash. News Letter Page 6 Casablanca. pleted its^ worki the five man regular membership meeting for action thereon. Welfare Benefits Pages 22, 23 In order to establish whether or'not there is a quorum present, Welfare Report Page 8 Meanwhile, the Labor Board kas board of t^stees appointed by the thrown out objections to the re>- AFL to supervise the new. union, Your Constitution Page 5 will all of those members in good standing please hold their books up so that they can be counted. suits of the steamschooner. election will automatically pass out'of. ex­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. which MCS=AFL won by a count of istence. The AFL itself will no Publlthatf biwttkly at th« baadquarfan Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. •f (ha aaafaierv Intarnatlonal Union. At­ 20 to 2. Certifibation of MCS-i^FL longer have, authority over the lantic « Ou'J DIttrlct AFL, «75 Fourth "The first point on the agenda tonight will, be the election of as bargaining agent is expected in actions of the organization, al­ Avanua. •raoklyn-3X NY. Tai. HYacinth Entarad as sacand clau maHar officials for this meeting. a few days, after which the union though it is expected to Offer some at tha Pott OHIca in Braaklyn, NY., form of financi^ assistance. will negotiate a contract. wndor 'ha A-.i of Aiiawat 34. Itll Unions Form CroupingFor La. Politics New Libraries Co Aboard Ships AFL Dock Union Sets Convention Your SIIJ Meeting Rights SEAFARERS LO& MC5 Winner In Shin Vote •J./ A- ' �Jnlir t», 1954 SEAFARERS PIC* Thre* LOG Peninsula Mariner Provides Sea-Llff For Aircraft Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay An attempt by a major SlU^-contracted steamship company to fatten its treasury at the expense of unem­ ployed Seafarers has been defeated again through a Docked at the Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, the new Peninsula Mariner has a deck cargo of 17 jet fighters brought back from the Far East for repairs and overhauling. Peninsula Mariner—spe­ cially designed with deck that permits carrying planes intact—is operated by Waterman Steamship corporation for MSTS. Dry Cargo Companies Starting Payment Of Retroactive Wages unanimous New York State court ruling in favor of the SIU. The victory for the men of the SIU involved the Calmar Steamship Company, which attempted to deny un­ employment insurance benefits to any man who may leave his ship in accordance with membershipadopted Union rules. A similar at­ tempt by another SlU-contracted company was defeated several years ago. The current attempt by Calmar to deny a permitman unemploy­ ment insurance stems from the New York State law which grants rebates to companies that have low employee turnovers. By denyingseamen who pay off their right un­ der the unemployment laws Cal­ mar hoped to increase its annual rebate of money from the State. In ruling in favor of the SIU, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court unan­ imously held that the position taken by the SIU was "fair, rea­ sonable and just." The court ruling held further, that as far as New York State is concerned, any permit laid off a ship under the 60-day rule is en­ titled to his unemployment in­ surance in this state. This of course would apply only to com- Payment of retroactive wages under the SIU dry cargo contract is getting underway as SIU companies are setting up payrolls and office machinery for dispensing wages due. Some companies have already started to make-payments, while others expect to do so in the very near future. The-t task is a complicated one in and will make payment 'on presen- paying yet expect to begin pay­ light of the fact that retro- tation to any company agent of a ments sometime next month. Mis­ activity extends back to October 1, man's discharges, and filling out of sissippi Shipping Company is ready 1953. That means that the average a receipt for each vessel sailed on. to make payments, via the mails Seafarer will be receiving retro­ The company has a teletype system only, as of August 2 on its com(Contlnued on page 20) active pay checks from several which should make for speedy ships and in some instances from handling of checks. several shipping companies. 4U But Five Ships Among companies already pay­ Bull Lines has been mailing out ing are Seatrain, Bull, South At­ checks on all but five of its ves­ lantic and Isthmian. Seatrain Lines sels, them in alphabetical has payrolls ready for all its ships order.taking Ships remaining to be paid are the Mae, Marina, Rosario, Show Me Mariner and Suzanne. NEW ORLEANS—^Martin H. "Moon" Kouns, veteran Sea­ Crewmembers of any other Bull Line ships who have not received farer and a member of the Union staff at the New Orleans their checks should contact the company because of the possibility %IU branch died here July 17 of a heart attack. He was 42 that the .checks have come back in years old. came familiar to readers of the a change-of-address mixup. Any Kouns was stricken while SEAFARERS LOG through the ef­ Seafarers who have changed their address and have money coming^ to attempting to push his stalled forts of several brother Seafarers, automobile on Highway 11 at Irish With two companies already them should check with Bull Line's Bayou at about 7 PM last Saturday principally Percy Boyer, also of New Orleans, who appointed him­ main office. signed, the Union is making good The company reports that a He had served some time as a tem­ self "historian" on the life and progress in its current contract number of checks it has mailed out porary patrolman and was a door­ times of "Moon" Kouns, and peri­ man at the branch hall for about odically contributed anecdotes talks with tanker operators. The have already been returned be­ eight years. Before that he sailed about Kouns and ais fabulous cause the Seafarers for whom they two companies signed are the in the deck department, as an AB. career to the LOG Colonial Steamship Corporation were intended are no longer at the On Monday, July 19, at a special address given. Kouns is survived by two and Oil Carriers Joint Venture. meeting, the New Orleans member­ brothers, Frank, who sails SIU in South Atlantic Steamship Com­ ' Meanwhile, the Union is con­ ship requested the hall be closed tinuing its talks with the Cities pany has payrolls completed on its the following day, Tuesday, out of the steward department, and John ships apd the money can be ob­ (Continued on page 20) Service Oil Company and other respect for their departed brother. tanker companies. The old con­ tained by contacting the company He was buried Tuesday, following a Savannah. Isthmian Steamship tract with these companies ex­ in Company payrolls ready on funeral at Ransons Funeral Home, pired Septembet 30, 1953, and the four ships, has the Stefel Steel 7024 Elysian Fields Avenue, attend­ new contract talks call for all wage Admiral, Anniston Ranger, City and ed by a large delegation of Sea­ and OT gains to be retroactive to Hoosier Mariner, with more being farers and officials of sister unions October 1, 1953. in the area. The hall remained readied each week. . The new tanker pact is expected closed to business the entire day. August Payment Date to follow the pattern of the re­ A colorful figure, Kouns was The majority of companies not cently-negotiated freighter agree­ known to his host of friends in the ment in percentage pay and OT SIU and particularly in New Or­ boosts and changes in general and" leans, his home city, simply as working rules. Application of the "Moon." Only his intimates knew , same percentage increases won for his full name. freighter men would preserve the Early in his lifetime, he was a Regular membership meet­ traditional pay differential in professional boxer in the light ings in SIU headquarters and favor of tankermen. heavyweight division. He was famed at all branches are held every The freighter agreement calls locally for having fought a 20second Wednesday night at for wage boosts ranging from two round draw about 20 years ago 7 PM. The schedule for th* to six percent, and new OT rates with Kayo Baer on the West Bank, next few meetings is as follows: ranging from $1.51 to $1.98. The which was said to have been the July 28, Aug. 11, Aug. 25. agreement was ratified by the longest bout in the modern history All Seafarers registered on membership June 16 and the com­ Seafarer Martin H. "Moon" of New Orleans' boxing, the shipping list are required panies. are now paying the new Kouns Is shown as he spoke A master storyteller, he could to attend th* meetings. his piece dnring a membership : rates and also paying off on retro­ produce a yarn on any subject active pay. upon demand. His experiences be­ fete in New Orleans. SIU Vet Moon Kouns, 42 f Dies Of Heart Attack 2 Tanker Go's Ink New Pact -Others Due Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeh» panies that have their main office in the state. Calmar is now expected to try tn appeal the case to the Court of Appeals, the State's highest court, and eventually to the United States Supreme Court, nowever, ttie unanimous nature of the Ap­ pellate Division's decision and the strongly-worded contents of that decision make it doubtful that the company will have any success in overturning it. A.S a matter of fact, because of the unanimous decision of the Court, Calmar now will have to (Continued on page 20) SIU Witnesses To Crash Wait Tug Salvage MOBILE.—Two SIU members and three officers of the Alcoa Clipper (Alcoa), detained by Vene­ zuelan authorities in an investiga­ tion of a fatal collision involving the Clipper and a tugboat on June 26, are still waiting to testify pending completion of efforts to raise the sunken tugboat. Company officials here said Sea­ farers Joseph Busheed, who was quartermaster on the wheel watch, and Maurice Kramer, OS, who was working on deck at the time of the mi-shap, as well as Captain Yngvar Krantz, master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, and Sam White, first assistant engineer, had been moved from La Guaira, scene of the accident, to Caracas. The men were being allowed complete freedom in Caracas. where they, were being lodged in first-class hotels, but were not al­ lowed to' leave Venezuela, Alcoa reported. Salvage equipment was being rushed from another Vene­ zuelan port to raise the tug for ex­ amination. Meanwhile, the Alcoa Clipper was examined in drydock here at the completion of her last voyage and was found to be undamaged. The Clipper was able to resume sailing without interrupting her schedule and is now back on her regular run to Caribbean ports. The fatal harbor accident which i^ being investigated took the lives of three persons, two men and one woman, all of them on the tug. The woman was the wife of the tug engineer, who also died. The engi­ neer's child narrowly escaped death when the pilot who had been taken aboard the tug just before th* accident grabbed the child and swam ashore. Following the mishap, which oc­ curred in the early dawn, at about 4:30 AM, the Clipper was detained by Venezuelan authorities for five days, during which various mem­ bers of the crew were taken ashore for questioning in connection with the accident. Eventually the ship was allowed to sail, but the five crewmembers were still detained. A relief skipper, Capt. J. M. Cas­ tro, Was flown down from Mobile to bring the ship back. '. I •' I M Al s I '.41 ll 'A ::^l "'''l •f I •I I .•111 ' I �Fare Four SEAFARERS LOG JolylS. 19M THE THIRD REPORT ON UNION-CONDUCTED TRIALS AND appeals since the adoption by the membership of the revised Union constitution appears on page six of this issue. The membership will note that in the past-six month period there were very few instances in which SIU men have found it necessary to bring any of their brothers up on charges. Your Union, of course, is well pleased with this state of affairs, since it reflects a considerably, degree of self-discipline on the part of the membership as well as the smooth functioning of the Union's shipboard machinery for settling beefs. Offhand, headquarters believes it is proper to draw the conclusion that the shipboard meetings and our system of ship and departmental delegates has had much to do with this favorable development. It means that the Union brothers are settling dif­ ferences among themselves in proper fashion and SlU crewmembers, ship's officers and Robin Line officials take part in presentation ceremony as the few men who. might have a tendency to break duplicate of safety award presented to company is turned over to Robin Tuxford captain, for display out and perform are being kept in line by their own shipmates. aboard the ship. Pictured U-r) are: J. Berger, Isf asst.; L. Thomas, c^ief engineer; C. Wells, assistant port captain; J. Condon, personnel head; L. Pate, viee president (presenting plaqne); Seafarers O. i5afeguard Rights Bourne, carpenter, and C. lannoli, bosun; K. Chambers, master; S. Elan, chief mate; H. Wick, Ameri­ Of course, it always can be expected that from time to time some can Bureau of Shipping; Seafarer W. Marcus, steward; S. Crane, purser; B. Alewine, assistant port men sailing SlU ships will commit some breach of our Uhion rules Steward. The ceremony took place aboard the ship at its Brooklyn pier. and-regulations. . Seamen, being human beings like anybody else, are bound to have-some bad moments; When that does happen^the melt involved are assured that their rights are fully protected by the safe­ guards written into the Union's trials' procedure. Seafarers who shipped with Robin Line during 1953 helped pile up an impressive safety •Your Union has tried very hard to make it a point of carefully fol­ and accident prevention record on the company's ships last year, according to the National lowing the kind of procedure that every American is entitled to re­ ceive when he has his day in court. From experience, it appears that Safety Council. this attempt has been a successful one. The achievement in the field 1951-52 ratings and the industry's Additional recognition in the ^ it it ^ of safety prevention has been average for tlie same period. The safety field came to Robin in the AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, TOUR UNION HAS accident severity rate represents form of a certificate naniing it a recognized by the Council in the form of an "Award of Honor" days lost. The- frequency rate second place winner in the annuaL made some changes .in the selection of books placed aboard the ships. plaque presented to officials of the means the number of lost time ac­ competition among privately-owned After running this library program for a year on an e;Kperimental basis, company. Duplicates of the award cidents. Consequently, as the fig­ dry cargo and passenger ship lines it was found that the menvbership was very much satisfied by the way are being.placed aboard all Robin ures show, Robiii Line cut down as to annual accident frequency it was operating, but indicated that they would like a slightly different Line ships as they arrive in New very sharply on both the number of rates. The Matson Navigation Com­ selection of reading matter. Accordingly, arrangements have been made with the publishing York, with the Robin Tuxford first accidents and the more serious mis­ pany won first place and United house to give the membership the kind of books that they have re­ haps. States Lines took third position. to get its award. quested, and the new selections that will be going aboard from now on Each year the National Safety will reflect this. ' Council presents industrial organi­ These books, as you know, are supplied through the LOG fund, zations which demonstrate unusual and are put aboard by the Sea Chest representative when he visits the progress and significant improve­ ship. Each ship is entitled to a 50-book selection every three months. ment in reduction of accidents to As always, the membership is invited to let headquar^s know how personnel with the "Award of they feel about the kind of books being put on board, a'nd about the Honor." way the whole program is being run. Robin Line received the award in WASHINGTON—Both the permanent and temporary '50-50' the shipping field as a result of its it i 'it bills are within an eyelash of passing Congress as both Houses 1953 record showing a 94 percent MENTION HAS OFTEN BEEN MADE IN THIS bORNER ABOUT improvement in its accident sever­ attempt to wind up their business by the end of the month. the operations of the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the kind of programs ity rate and a 59 percent better­ With a favorable report from-^ that your Welfare Plan has been developing. One of the things your ment of its accident frequency rate the House Men irchant"Marine jonly remaining obstacle in the way Union has always been proud of is the fact that it insisted on setting as compared to the average of its Committee in it^ corner, the of a pemanent "50-SO" is a Presi­ up a special list when the Welfare Plan' was first agreed on with the dential veto. The bill has already operators, to take care of those ailing Seafarers who would not be cov­ passed the. Senate and seems cer­ ered otherwise. These were the Seafarers who were in the hospital at tain to~ go through the House of the time the Plan was negotiated, and consequently, had no money Representatives. paid into the fund on their behalf by the operators. Normally, under the kind of Welfare Plan administered by an in­ The -temporary "50-50" bill is the one that deals with this year^ surance company, these Seafarers would simply have been left out in foreign aid appropriations. A "50- the cold, but your Union could see no justification 50" provision was included in the in a situation whereby jthey would be in the saipe House version of the foreign aid ward in the same hospital with other Seafarers who In Wilmington, California, for •ing in the Port of New York on bill, and the Senate Committee on were receiving benefits—simply because they hap­ the moment, but probably not for October 25, 1948. He's 27 years Foreign Relations has reported the pened to get sick during the period prior to the bill to the floor of the Senate in plan's going into effect. long is Seafarer Lee De Parlier, of age. In the last four years that tiie Welfare Plan has pretty much the same shape as the who sails in the steward depart­ - Ilf 'it House did. Since "50-50" has been been operating, this special list has shrunk con­ ment, and who took a hand in the Serving as recording secretary acted on favorably in every year siderably as the Seafarers in question were dis­ running of the port meeting. De for the Baltimore port meeting is since the foreign aid program charged or went on their final voyage. But there Parlier, who served as recording secretary for the port meeting, can Seafarer William D. Kenny, who started, and the Senate has gone are still a handful of Seafarers today, more than be remembered as the man who sails in the steward department. on record for a permanent law, no four years after the Plan began, who are receiving their weekly hos­ stuck out a full 14-month rugged Kenny, who is a native of Scotland, trouble is expected in pushing the pital beneAl through the special list, just like all the other hospitalized Persian Gulf shuttle on the Fort joined the SIU in New York on foreign aid bill through in its brothers in the Union. November 28, 1945. He's 60 years present form. Certainly, these men, who have been confined for so long a period Bridger,When the trip ended he was one of age. The difficulty on permanent "50- of time, deserve the same consideration and need the same assistance, it it it • of two SIU men left aboard the 50" lies in the attitude of the or more, as the man who is in drydock for two or three weeks. The Down in the Gulf at Lake President and the adminlstsation Union considers that the establishment of the special list, together tanker. More recently his photo­ graphs of the mahogany loadifig Charles, Louisiana, Seafarer James in general. Spokesmen for the with the unlim^ed feature of our hospital benefits, is one of the sound­ F. Mapp ran the State Department, the Defense De­ est moves ever made under the Welfare Plan. operation on the Gold Coast were Lake Charles partment and other government found on the display pages of the » it it 'i . port meeting. A agencies had -attacked the bill, SEAFARERS LOG. OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE MARITIME UNloks, native of Missis­ principally on the grounds that it Congress has approved the sale of 12 Government-owned Cl-MAV-1 De Parlier, who is 28, comes sippi, he has his was objected to by friendly mari­ ships to Brazil. The reasons given for approving this action are thatoriginally from North Carolina, and home in the town time nations. Joined the SIU in New Orleans on It wjll help our relations with Brazil and t^ll help our ships down there of Lexington in August 31, 1948. Should the President veto the that are being discriminated against (>n berthing and in various other that state. Mapp bill, supporters of "50-50" would ways. l" t t . mwii sails in the en­ have to muster enough strength Elected chairman of the Savan­ One of the conditions "of the bill is that these ships are to be used gine department in both House and Senate for a in the local coastwise trade of that country, which means they irill nah port meeting last week by a Mapp and has been a two-thirds vote to override the not be competing in any way with American fia^ member of the President. In an election year, it's margin of 23 to operators. However, your Union's position, and that 20 was Seafarer SIU since May 10, 1941, when he Mt believed -likely that Congress of the other maritime unions, was that the sale of James Chasse- joined up in New Orleans. He is wqiild do so. ships to a foreign nation is going to increase the reau of Mount 62 years old. Further, with th^ isession draw­ pressure by other countries that are out to get,US Pleasant, North Serving as recording secretary at ing to a close, the President might surplus tonnage, and some of these other countries Carolina. Chas- the meeting, along with Mapp, was be able to veto the ^ bill after would be using ships bought from the US to com­ sereau, who sails Seaf^er Arthur A. Baker of Ma- Congress has gone home for the pete with our operators. in the engine de- dill, Oklahoma. Baker joined the summer. Consequently, the Union Intends to keep a par tmeqt, has Union In New York oti June 2, Both the maritime unions and weather-ey^ peeled dh futnrd developments dfbng been i^n SIU 1944. He celebrated his 29th bilth- the shipp'inii industry are solidly these lines. It remains to be seen if this parUcu- jaember forheai-Iy nix years, Jdin- day this past Wedhesday. ' Ut)ite<Fin suipport^'f the'blil, ^ ^ ' 4ar sale wili have any bearing on future actions by our-Governmlent. Jl;; • vi"'' Robin Crews Get Safety Award Permanent, Temporary '50-50' Bills Gain Ground In Congress I!S- k'.V |S/ It p'^' '• • I Wi/V. ... • ;,-i I."?'!" ., �WR July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS IXDO-CHINA ARMISTICE IS SIGNED—The Indo-China armistice was signed in Geneva after eight years of bitter warfare. The cease­ fire will split the big coastal state of Vietnam between pro-Western and Communist-led regimes. It will also halt the fighting in Laos. French Gen. Georges Deteil signed the two accords—one covering Vietnam and the otber Laos—on behalf of the French-Vietnamese and the French-Laotian commands, while Gen. Quang Buu signed them for the Communist-led Vietminh rebels. The signing was a signal vic­ tory for French Premier Mendes-France who had staked his govern­ ment, dedicated to making the French live within their means, on ob­ taining a truce by midnight of the day before the signing. ti i> t> US RECOGNIZES NEW GUATEMALA REGIME—The" US granted formal diplomatic recognition to the new anti-Communist government of Guatemala, following that country's orderly return to peace. Defeat for the Communist regime of former president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman by insurgent forces proved a diplomatic victory for the US, with peace once more restored in the Western Hemisphere and the sole pro-Com­ munist government In Latin America out of business. The governing military junta led by insurgent leader Lieut. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, meanwhile, moved to ease political tensions in the country by pledging fair treatment, including land reforms, to peasant and labor groups. EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHIPPED ON HEALTH PLAN In Washington, the House of Representatives by a vote of nearly 2-1 turned down the President's recommendations for stimulating the growth of private and non-profit hospital and medical insurance plans. Liberals termed the program "inadequate" and "poorly drawn," while conservatives, bolstered by the strenuous objections of the American Medical Association to any form of aid for medical and hospital in­ surance plans, attacked It as a form of "socialized medicine." The de­ feat for the Administration came forur days after a national broadcast from the White House urging passage of the legislation. 4" 4" 4> LID OFF ON BEEF FOR BRITAIN—After nearly 15 years of gov­ ernment control, fresh meat—the last food to go sinc^ wartime con­ trols went into effect In 1939—went off the ration lists in Great Britain. The day decontrol began prices rose almost to the US level, but quickly tapered off as British housewives immediately shied off from buying. The weekly ration of fresh meat had been about a pound per person and, at one time, as low as a half pound. 4i 4 4" . WORLD COURT RULING AGAINST US STIRS NEW ANTI-UN FEELING—On the heels of a mild Congressional revolt against the United Nations on the issue of admitting Red China to the UN, the In­ ternational Court of Justice at the Hague stirred new resentment against the world organization by rulirig against the US on the ques­ tion of indemnity awards to 11 UN employees dismissed for having refused to answer the questions of Senate probers concerning possible Communist ties. The awards, ranging from $6,000 to $40,000 back pay and other penalties, would be paid by the UN, about a third of whose funds are supplied by the US. 4 4> 4> MCCARTHY ISSUE HEADS FOR A SHOWDOWN—with final re­ ports on the stormy McCarthy-Army hearings still weeks away. Repub­ lican Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont continued to press his case for etripping Wisconsin GOP Sen. Joe McCarthy of his Senate committee chairmanships unless the latter purged himself of questions raised by another Senate unit two years ago on McCarthy's financial transactions. Meanwhile McCarthy was forced to yield to the insistent demand for a staff housecleaning and accepted the "resignation" of Roy M. Cohn, chief counsel of the subcommittee on investigations. He also transferred the controversial assistant counsel, Don Surine, from the subcommittee staff to his personal payroll. YOU oiMf ffAe 8IU CONSTITUTION nge tnrm LOG Ask US Pay Channel Costs For Runaway-Flag Ore Ships En-route to the States via Venezuela, a giant 63,000 deadweight ton foreign flag ore carrier, tHe Ore Chief, is likely to become the center of much controversy in the next few weeks. The huge vessel, 794 feet long and 116 feet in the beam, is one of three ships built, or being built, in Japanese^ shipyards to carry ore from deepening the channel to 40 feet is being asked to spend almost $93 US Steel Corporation's new so that the huge foreign-flag ore million largely for the benefit of iron ore mines in Venezuela to its plants In the United States. The ships are owned by National Bulk Cargo Carriers Inc., which operates mostly under the Liberian fiag. As such the Ore Chief falls into the pattern under which many ore carriers, tankers, and other new vessels are placed under for­ eign flags in order to avoid US taxes, wages, manning scales and other stiff operating requirements. What makes the Ore Chief more controversial than other foreign flag operations is the fact that Uncle Sam is being asked to foot a whopping bill for deeper ship channels so that runaway flag op­ erators can bring their giant ore carriers fully-loaded into the ports of Philadelphia and Mobile. Draft Is 40 Feet The draft of the Ore Chief, fullyloaded, is 40 feet. The present chan­ nel up to the Fairless Steel Works, US Steel subsidiary, is approxi­ mately 25 feet. Uncle Sam is being asked to spend $87 million on boats can come in to Fairless Steel. US Ships Don't Need It No American-flag dry cargo ship­ ping at present has any need for the 40-foot depth up to Trenton, since the Delaware River is 35 to 40 feet at the ports of Philadelphia and Camden, ample depth for American fiag dry cargo operations. Dredging Recommended The Mobile Channel bill, recom­ mended by the Army Corps of En­ gineers and approved by a House committee, calls for enlarging the bar channel to a depth of 42 feet and a width of 600 feet from its present 36 by 450 dimensions, and deepening the Mobile River chan­ nel to 40 feet, plus the addition of two turning basins. Here the announced purpose of the work is to make it possible for US Steel's Tennessee Coal and Iron Division to bring large foreign-flag ore boats into Mobile. The company recently opened a new ore terminal in the harbor. In other words, the Government Leaky Raft, Seasick Crew=Cancelled US Lifts Ban, Okays 12-Shlp Sale To Brazil ;fRIGHTS -ANb: fSHVaEOSSi M' f'M !ARE^< ii#!: From Article XIII, Section 6 "Before assuminei office, ever/ officer, port agent, and patrol­ man shall take the following oatht 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the SlU, and I will, to the best .of my ability, protect and preserve the Consti­ tution of this Union and the wel­ fare of the membership'." Every elected official upon ossum-, ing office must take~ this oath, which he is required to obey com­ pletely. Any violation of the oath would lead to immediate disci­ plinary action under the terms of the Union Constitution/ , • WITH THESE: runaway fiag operations.. Very lit­ tle of this harbor work has any im­ mediate benefit for American-flag operations. US Steel's Fairless plant is al­ ready being. supplied by foreign flag ore carriers of considerably smaller dimensions than the Ore Chief. Obviously a ship drawing 40 feet fully loaded could hardly op­ erate economically in a 25-foot channel such as the Delaware River now has at the site of the Fairless plant. Wants Co. To Pay To add an odd note to the pro­ ceedings, US Steel had been having a year-long argument with the Army Corps of Engineers on whether it should foot part of the bill for the Delaware River project. The Corps of Engineers had rec­ ommended that the work be done, but since US Steel is the only ben­ eficiary, the Army thought that the the company should foot half of the bill. The company indignantly re­ jected the idea that it should pay even half of its own way. Clifford Hood, president of US Steel, has been quoted as saying that to do so would be to "extend special sub­ sidy to a Government project," a statement which ignores the fact that the giant steel corporation is the only beneficiaiy of the project. As the matter stands now, all US Steel is being asked to do under the current bill in the Senate is to provide a terminal and transfer fa­ cilities, as well as a turning basin, if necessary. The rest of the bill, $87 million, would be footed by Uncle Sam, so that the Ore Chief and its siBter ships will be able to take full loads into the Fairless Steel works. fTii • Odd-looking raft on which five amateur sailors hoped to drift from San Francisco to Hawaii Is shown outside the Golden Gate on her second day out, with one of her crewmen holding up a fairsized fish caught in the Pacific. After six days and a drift of only 62 miles offshore, amid frantic radio messages for someone to "get us off this damn thing," all five were rescued by a passing freighter and returned to port. SAN FRANCISCO—Amid conflicting reports as to whether or not they were In grave danger, five amateur sailors who had set out to float to Hawaii on a raft were rescued by a United Fruit Company freighter, the-*Metapan. In six days they had it. They were always following drifted only 62 miles off shore. us." What the amateur expedition The search was on for the ship when the Coast Guard started re­ ceiving franctic radio messages from the radio operator calling for someone to "get us off this damn thing." The five men, under the leader­ ship of a 38-year-old Mormon preacher, Devere Baker, were out to prove that the raft could drift) to Hawaii and her passengers could subsist on the resources of the sea alone. . Of food • there was -plenty—all small sharksi As Bakeh ^d, "^e had shark any time we wanted failed to consider was two impor­ tant factors—the seaworthiness of the raft, and of the sailors them­ selves. The raft sprung a leak and water started coming in faster than it could be bailed. And the radio oper­ ator as well as other crewmembers became very unhappy, seasick sailors. At last , reports the Coast Guard was out to destroy the craft as a menace to navigation, although Baker declared that all he had to do was "caulk that .'seam &nd: We could try it again." The first major sale of US ships to foreign nations since a mora­ torium on sales was declared March 1, 1948, has been virtually completed. Both Houses of Con­ gress have approved legislation calling for the sale to Brazil of 12 Cl-MAV-1 ships for use in that country's coastwise trade. The bill was solidly backed by the Administration and the indus­ try on the grounds that sale of the ships to Brazil would help improve relations with that country, and would also help eliminate discrimi­ nation against US ships in Brazil­ ian ports. Maritime unions opposed the bill because it would set a precedent for the sale of ships to other for­ eign nations. The Ship Sales Act was passed in 1946 to permit both foreign fleets and American shipowners to replenish fleets that had suffered heavily from war losses. In renew­ ing the act on March 1, 1948, Con­ gress struck out the section dealing with sales to foreign nations, whila the entire Ship Sales Act expired on January 15, 1951. Consequently, the sales to Brazil will be the first US ship sales from the Govertim.ent-owned fleet in mor? thz?? six years. • -.'i �Pase Six SEAFARERS LOG MA Okays Another Transfer I'-" July 23. 1954 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON WASHINGTON—The muddled situation regarding foreign-flag transfers of US dry cargo vessels took a new twist this month, with,the disclosure that the Maritime Administration has given permission for another ship transfer despite a previously-announced hold-up on new transfers pending comple­ tion of a Congressional in­ earlier this year, led by the SIU The latest ship for which ap­ Here's the way the emergency ship repair program would work if and other maritime unions, helped proval to transfer foreign has been Congress approves the idea before it adjourns. quiry. bring about the .temporary halt. granted is the Nicholas C. H., oper­ The Government ship agency had previously okayed transfers for three other dry cargo vessels, and has applications for 80 more still pending. Protests against the relaxation of the restrictions on transfers ated by the SlU-contracted Trident Transport Corp. which is going Panamanian. Trident, however, has promised to buy another ship as a replacement. The first three applications ap­ proved were for the Omega, oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Omega Shipping Corp.; the Amerocean or Amersea, only one of which will be permitted to transfer, both oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Amer­ WASHINGTON—Advised to use his own discretion on the ocean Steamship Co., Inc., and a disposition of the stern section of the ill-fated Cornhusker third vessel, the Paul Revere, Mariner, Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild has operated by a non-SIU company. again ordered that the ship be-* The box score on transfer appli­ scrapped. She is now at with a report putting the whole cations, according to present in­ anchor in Sasebo, Japan. matter back in the Administrator's formation, is as follows: Applica­ Rothschild's decision calling for lap. He took it from there, order­ tions have been filed for the trans­ the dismantling of the vessel fol­ ing dismantling of the ship and fer of 89 vessels, but applications lowed on the action of the House salvage of as much of her ma­ covering five of these, all SIU Merchant Marine Committee, which chinery as possible for use as ships, were later withdrawn. With the four already approved, this left the disposal of the Cornhusker spares. completely in his hands. Earlier, One of the alternatives called leaves a total of 80 applications when he first proposed scrapping for rebuilding the ship at a cost of still pending. of the $10 million ship, the Com­ about $2 million, but this was re­ Names of the five SIU ships for mittee had asked that he hold up jected. which applications were later with­ any action pending an inquiry of The Cornhusker, which had been drawn are the following: William the situation. manned by Seafarers and operated H. Carruth (Transfuel), and Albion, A two-man House group explored by Robin Line, ran aground in the Catherine, Cecil N. Bean and the possibilities of salvage and re­ harbor of Pusan, Korea, in June, Frederic N. Collin, all operated by iDrytrans, Inc. pair of the vessel, and came up 1953. Maritime committees in both the House and Senate held hearings on the issue. A subsequent report by the Senate Committee said it would be premature to approve transfers until the question of tramp subsidies was disposed of. Junkmen Get Mariner This third review of trials and appeals con­ ducted under the SIU's new constitution shows a steadily diminishing number of such procedures since the. constitution went into effect on October 15, 1952. The review, cover­ ing a six month period from January 1 through June 30, 1954, shows just six trials and two appeals. The small number of cases is indicative of a high degree of self-discipline and responsibility by SIU crewmembers on the ships. Regular trials and appeals reports, giving the membership and the readers of the SEAFARERS LOG a full accounting of the workings of trial com­ mittees, are believed to be without precedent in the labor movement. The first report was carried in the July 10, 1953 issue, and a second report was run in the LOG of January 22, 1954. Carefully-designed trial procedures provided for in the SIU constitution call for the election of rank and file members for each trial at special member­ ship meetings. Officials are barred from service on these committees. The conduct of the trial itself follows closely the well-known pattern of American courtroom procedure. All accused members must get proper notification of charges, and the charges them.selves have to be read at the membership meetings to determine their validity under the con­ stitution. The accused member has full right of crpss-examination; as well as the right to confront accusers and to call witnesses. And he can call on other Union members who are willing to aid him for assistance in preparing his defense. The constitution also specifies certain headings under which charges can be filed as well as maxi­ mum penalties for offenses. Then each member found guilty has the right of appeal to a rank and file appeals committee elected in the same manner as the trial committee, and finally, an appeal to the international convention. Of the six cases which came up in the SIU within the six-month period just ended, the accused were found innocent in just one of the six. Two cases were appealed. In one the verdict was upheld and in the other the sentence was reduced. For purposes of publication, names of individuals involved are not used. 4 4 4^ January 28. 1834 Accused: S-365; Accuser: J-lOl. CharoK: Accused pubUcly announced to his shipmates that be would not abide by the established rules of the Union. Trial Committee: M. Whale W-30, E. B. Flowers F-118 V. H. Benner B-244, C. Palmer P-13. A. CampbeU C-217. •Jf 2 •» charged. Six months' suspension and 9vO nnCe ^ ^ » Febnuur SB, 1854 Accuseds F-188S Accusers: F-285, L-ll^ D-311. Cliargee: Accused carried sterles to eidef engineer and first gigliMer his SMB and actfAasrttfCraMr Attinst craw and la heh^i; ef eempanyi Be threatened pcnaU holders witb loss of permits and hardtiming when ship got back to the States. Trial Committee: J. Lucas L.4, A. Johnes J-57, J. Burns B-191, H. Anderson A-13. J. Falasca F-48. Findings: Guilty as charged. Six months suspension for each violation on first count; one year suspension on second count. (SEE APPEALS). 4" t> April 8, 1954 Accused: H-408; Accusers: H-1, V-l, A-1. Charges: After Union's membership officially pledged fuU support to AFL in its drive to organize longshoremen in Port of New York accused acted as informer against Union and consorted with officials of old ILA. Accused, for money or other considerations of personal gain knowingly gave them false information to be used to defeat the policies of the Union and to injure the interests of the membership.. Trial Committee: William Morris M-722, Lawson Evans E-26, Harry Nelson N-34, Arthur Gilliland G-lll, Robert BeUveau B-85. Findings: Guilty as charged. Expulsion on first count, twoyear suspension and $50 fine on second count. 4" AprU 16. 1954 Accused: V-41, S-392: Accuser: C-1. Charges: As members of standby gang on Sea Cloud, ac­ cused jeopardized Union position in obtaining future standby work when, along with rest of standby crew, they tried to coerce company into paying week-end penalty rates to get work done and caused replacement of standby crew by shore gang. Trial CommlHee: Steve Bergeria M-179, Thonlas Murphy M-648, Michael Burns B-717. Elbert B. Brown B-255, E. B. Herst H-472. Findings: Not guilty. Recommendation that guilty man or men be sought out and brought up on charges. t May 6, 1954 Accused: M-259; Accusers: S-840, L-237, D-176, W-36. Charges: Accused gave orders to BR not to clean engineer's room because of personal beef with engineer: accused carried Ules topside and threatened crewmen with losing permits or being pulled off at payoff; accused agitated crewmembers against each other by telling tales and refused to answer crewmembers' questions at shipboard meeting. Accused threatened 3rd cook with charges if he did not transfer to pantryman. Trial Committee: Richard D. McManus M-j72, C. A. Gardner G-^, Herbert D. Braunstein B-481, Daniel D. Butts B-628, Thomas Bolton B-609. Findings: Guilty as charged. Prohibited from shipping as rtief steward for one year and fined $100. (Motion made New York membership meeting June 2 to* reduce fine to $58. Carried in ali ports). 4" 4" April 22, 1954 Accused: C-419; Accusers: G-76, G-419, B-100. Charges: While steward on standby pay, accused willfully painted two utility cabinets in crew messhall, as weU. as accepting transportation to Mobile and then remaindng on board ship. Accused deliberately violated Union agreement to the detriment of the Union. ir """i;'" ®' Gfosecloso G-63, Francis W. Keeley K-24. CharUe A. Gedra G-372, Luke A. CiamboU C-12S, •Albert W. Tacey T-301, James T. Nicholson N-52. Findings: Guilty as charged. Thirty-day suspension plus $50 fine for each violation, $100 in alL ^ t. ^APPEALSgTO HEADQUARTERS APPEALS COMMITTEE Appealer: F-188. Nature of conviction: Six months suspension for each viola-, tion on one count, one year suspension on second count for informing on crew and threatening permit men with loss of permits and hardtiminEa c CommiHeoiR. G. Cowdrey C-380, John J. Cook wlSi" D ®' K-209, J. Falrcloth f. Li, Motcnan 11-839. Findings: Trial committee's verdict upheld. March 18, 1854 Appoaler: L-433 Nature ef oonvictloni oonvf lure •» Six months suspenslea and $50 Ene for ^ure to turn to to aervo meala and far tuenlng to in drunken condition. -Ai^it Comn^oot O. Paynr P>MS,-W. <F. ScSMalMni After a review by Government agencies of the latest mobilization requirements for vessels in the national defe'hse reserve, the ships deemed most desirable for repair are those presently converted to mili­ tary auxiliaries or scheduled for wartime conversion. Based on early full mobilization needs, there are about 205 ships which would be in­ cluded in any reserve fleet repair program. In this group of 205 ships, only 17 are Lihertys; 46 are large V4 sea­ going tugs; 76 are Victory-type vessels; 42 are S4s; and the remainder are made up of 2 Pis, 8 small tankers, and 2 distilling ships. The repair and conversion work, including the breakout and towing cost of these 205 ships, would cost about $45 million. The government would hand out the repair contracts to private repair yards on the basis of the lowest competitive hid. However, if particular repair yards need work and their bids are not competitive, the Government would retain authority to negotiate contracts without competitive bidding. i 4" t The move to place the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy on a par with the Armed Service academies probably will he defeated by Congress, or, if approved by Congress, may be vetoed by President Eisenhower. The project is being pushed by shipowners. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, and Alumni Associations, as well as the entire New York dele­ gation in Congress. However, on the other hand the Departments of Navy and Commerce and the Conference of American Maritime Unions are opposed to the move. Maritime unions recently told Congress that instead of wasting money on training of merchant marine officers, it could well he spent for ship construction and ship operations. Instead of being used to provide free college educations, the unions took the view that the money for the upkeep of the Academy could be used to help the Ameri­ can merchant marine which is sinking fast. The Commerce Department, opposing the Academy hill, believes that* a survey should he made of cadet training programs in relation to other comparable US Government supported programs, such as the US Coast Guard Academy. Commerce feels that such a survey may point the way to consolidation or other changes which would reduce the Govern­ ment expense of maintaining federally-assisted facilities for educating merchant marine officers. The position of the Navy Department on the bill to place the Mer­ chant Marine Academy on a par with West Point and Annapolis is simply that Navy, neither requires nor desires the operation of any maritime academy for the sole purpose of producing Naval reserve officers. The Navy is particularly opposed to a feature in the hill that would require that cadets at the Academy be appointed midshipmen in the naval reserve upon graduation from Kings Point. 4i 4i 4i Since World War II about 109 tankers went out from under the American flag to the Panamanian flag, of which number 72 constituted sales of Government-owned ships foreign. Thirty-seven were private transfers; eight Have been placed under the Greek flag, of which seven were sales of Government-owned ships, and one constituted a private transfer. While information is scant on the advantages of registration under the Honduran flag, information is available as to Panamanian registry. Panamanian maritime legislation is designed to encourage ship documen­ tation and provide a number of incentives in the form of tax benefits. Shipping is granted preferential treatment in the Panamanian In­ ternal Revenue Code and income obtained from internatiohal operations is not subject to taxation. Panamanian flagships engaged in interna­ tional services are consequently not concerned with depreciation rates, treatment of capital gains or losses, excess-profits taxes, or any other similar income-tax matter. As of June 1,1954, there were a total of 29 oceangoing tankers under construction in the United States. Of this number 13 are for US flag operation and seven are for foreign-flag operation. All hut two are scheduled to he completed in the next five months. ft 4 4 Once again, the Interstate Commerce Commission, which has juris­ diction over railroads, airlines, trucks and doihestic steamship lines, has shown that it is dominated by the powerful rails. ICC has turned thumbs down on a plea by intercoastal water lines to reduce freight rates on a number of commodities which would have made them more competitive with transcontinental railroads. The water carriers had insisted that the reductions were necessary to meet rail competition for westbound'intercoastal traffic, but ICC went along with the rail argument that the reductions would create destructive competitive conditions. 4 4 4 Congressional hearings on the competftion encountered by private operators from the Military Sea Transportation Service have been con­ cluded. The situation shapes up something like this—an interim report probably will he filed by the special House subcommittee which has been conducting the probe, followed up later by a full-scale report. .. Back in 1951 the Departments of Defense and Commerce approved a so-called memorandum of agreement which stated the priority in which merchant ships would be* used by the military branch of the Govern­ ment. The House subcommittee undoubtedly, as one of its major recom­ mendations, will suggest that this working arrangement between De­ fense and Commerc be reviewed and brought up to (date, in an effort to majce 'more use of private shipping by the military. In the absence of this, the subcommittee may introduce legislation to compel the Defense Department nqt to overlook the merchant marine in its broad overseas operations. Plnd^ av$»e»$tMs ndaecd *• tbiM RtotflA ( Ajf-i.w-,.; �mm m JTvIy 23. 1954 SEAFARERS ^OVf^DOJULAR'S WORTH || = LOG Fage Seven HQ Recreation Facilities Popular SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG hy Sidney Margolius, leading expert on buying. Toothpaste And Your Teeth Working families frequently have seriously bad teeth. The fact that many comparatively-young men and women you meet already have full dentures is one of the tragic aspects of the inadequate health care wage-earners often get. One reason, of course, Is the big expense of dental care in relation to a working family's earnings. But another is that the public has. been oversold on the idea that miracle toothpastes can save teeth, and there­ fore doesn't practice the proper hygiene and care that are the only possible ways of preserving teeth. Working families often tend to rely heavily on sugar products in their diets; sweets are a cheap way to fill up. Heavy consumption of candy, cakes and soda beverages are be­ lieved to play a large part in hastening tooth decay, especially among children. Dr. Willard Fleming, head of the dental college of the University of California in San Francisco recently commented that, "It's like cigar­ ettes and lung cancer. Although we have no proof, we have a guilty conscience that sugar in combination with other factors, is the cause of tooth decay." He believes that if sugar were reduced or eliminated In diets, 85 per cent of the people would have a reduction in tooth decay. Miracle Dentifrices Because serious dental troubles are so widespread, toothpaste manu­ facturers and their advertising agencies have been having a field day at the public's expense by continually introducing new "miracle" den­ tifrices. The public has been led on a costly chase from ammoniated dentifrices, to chlorophyll, then anti-enzyme pastes, and now, "sur­ face-active" detergent pastes. The truth is, no toothpaste can save teeth, no matter what chemicals It contains. Dr. Sholom Pearlman, spokesman for the American Dental Association's testing committee, charges that "the public is being led to believe that a dentifrice will prevent decay or gum disease. There Is no acceptable evidence to support such claims, and they are a seri­ ous danger to health." What's important is not what you put on the brush as much as how often and thoroughly you use that brush. The mechanical action of your toothbrush is the more important factor in preventing decay. According to Dr. Fleming, the ammoniated dentifrices, and to a smaller extent, the anti-enzyme ones, may be relatively small factors in helping to reduce decay (if the more important factors of proper brushing and other care are followed). Your dentist can teach you the proper brushing method. Basically it consists of cleaning two or three teeth at a time with a down and outward motion that cleans the spaces between the teeth, as well as the front, rear and top surfaces. You can use any inexpensive powder or paste. At one time the American Dental Association used to list acceptable dentifrices, and its list always included such low-cost prod­ ucts as baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) and sodium chloride powder available at drug stores. After Every Meal Besides using the proper brushing inelliod, it's important to clean teeth after every meal. The bacterial action of food particles can begin causing decay in as little as 20 minutes. In toothbrushes, dental ex­ perts recommend the professional style with the small level head trimmed straight, that reaches all parLs of the mouth. So you .can save both mouth and your teeth by staying away from those 50-cent tubes of miracle toothpastes. A nickel's worth of soda bicarb (baking soda), a thorough wielding of the brush, and regular visits to the dentist himself to catch cavities and pyorrhea, are what will prevent big dentist bills and loss of teeth. Actually pyorrhea robs us of more teeth than does decay. Pyorrhea is an inflammation of the sockets of the teeth, leading usually to a loosening of them. It's gen­ erally caused by malocclusion (badly placed teeth which rock and jar each other), missing teeth and tartar accumulation. Sometimes ex­ cessive smoking and drinking may cause injury to the gums and sub­ sequently pyorrhea. Being put to good use by Seafarers are the expanded recreational quarters which have been made available on second deck. Rooms formerly occupied by offices now each contain two pool tables, as well as shuffleboard taibles. PR Dock Tieup Still On, No Break Seen SAN JUAN—^Puerto Rico's longshore strike, which began June 25, neared the end of its first month this week, with still no settlement in sight. Involved in the beef are some 8,000 AFL dock workers seek--*-" — ing higher pay and improved The employer group involved in the negotiations is the Steamship conditions on the piers. The tie-up of cargo handling has also halted all shipping to and from the island, as all companies serving Puerto Rico stopped oper­ ations the day the strike began. Principally affected by the strike. Bull Lines *has laid up all of its ships indefinitely. In addition. Waterman and Alcoa service to the island has been sus­ pended. Two other companies not contracted to the SIU, Lykes Brothers and Pope and Talbot, are also affected by the dock shutdown. The Claiborne and Azalea City, both Waterman vessels, were caught in the islands by the strike. At issue in the strike are the longshoremen's demands for a 25cent pay boost retroactive to Janu­ ary 1, 1954, the date the old con­ tract expired, plus revisions in the size of gangs working sugar ship­ ments and other cargoes. Current pay rates range from. $1.23 to $1.48 per hour, considerably below the scales in the States. Association of Puerto Rico, com­ posed of Bull Line, Alcoa, Water­ man and Lykes Brothers. Some of them have been accepting cargo destined for Puerto Rico in New York and other ports, pending the end of the walkout. Otherwise, all are bypassing the island at this time. Factories Close Although some factories have been forced to shut down and workers laid off as a result of a lack of supplies and, in some cases, heavy stockpiles of finished goods which can't be moved off the island, Puerto Rico is not expected to feel any real pinch for another few days. However, if the strike should continue beyond that time, short­ ages in several commodities, in­ cluding food-, will really be felt in many communities. The strike is being conducted here, in the ports of Ponce and Mayaguez and in sev­ eral smaller ports. Cartoon History Of The SIU After much debate on the subject in the SEAFARERS LOG, in December, 1949, the SIU opened a drive for a shipowner-paid welfare fund as part of an all-out effort to win greater economic protection for the membership. The negotiations began December 2 un­ der a reopening clause unique in SIU agreements. The Union proposal called for eiiiployer contributions of 26 cents per man for each day worked beginning January 1, but left details on the type of benefits and other items hanging pending agreement on the prin­ ciple of the plan. An operator's' committee imme­ diately begali studying the merits of the idea^ Work Starts To Prevent Panama Slide BALBOA—Seafarers on vessels passing through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal this week had the chance to look in on the be­ ginning of a mammoth face-lifting job, which, got underway Monday. The work is being done to avert a potentially dangerous landslide which could block all traffic through the Canal. The $3.4 million operation is de­ signed to remove an estimated 2.5 million cubic yards of earth and rock froin the top and face of Con­ tractor's Hill in the Gaillard (for­ merly Culebra) Cut of the Canal, about a dozen miles from here, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Contractor's Hill has the second highest elevation, 325 feet, along the 50-mile Canal route. The level of the Canal is 85 feet above sea level at this point. Fifteen-Month Job Rigs, power shovels, dump trucks and other heavy-duty ex­ cavation gear have been moved in to the site for the estimated 15month job of digging out the dirt and rock from the face of the hill. The aim is to relieve the pressure from behind a huge 60D-foot crack which could cause the face of the hill to topple right into the Canal. Heavy rains during June caused the crack to widen still further and are said to have been the cause of three minor earth slides last week on the opposite bank of the Canal south of Contractor's Hill. One of them blocked the east half of the channel in the Cucaracha Reach for a time and another one later dumped earth and rock into the Canal. Fortunately, no ships were passing these points at the time. With reasonable care, the major excavation job which started this week is not expected to interfere with normal ship traffic through the Canal. Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. An SiV Welfare Plan .Vo. 63 Signing of a welfare plan agreement by nine" compa­ nies on December 28 made the SIU the first sea union on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to win a companypaid welfare set-up for its members. Eventually, all SlU-contracted operators signed the pact, which in­ corporated every one of the Union's demands. I �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS 51U Award Winner Aiming For MD Tag p % "When I •first heard of the SIU's Scholarship Plan, I was amazed that such an opportunity existed," said Seafarer Seymour Wallace. "After knocking myself out trying to make ends meet while going^ to school on my own, this fall was once again aroused and upoiL inquiry Into the matter he found will seem like a breeze." Wallace, recent recipient of an SlU scholarship, this June com pleted his second year of pre-med fit Long Island University in Brooklyn capping it off with an A- Shipmate took this shot of Seafarer Seymour Wallace on deck of SIU ship. minus average. An early interest In medicine and a shipboard injury he suffered helped him make his decision to go to college. He is attending St. John's Uni­ versity in Brooklyn this summer to study physics and plans to use his scholarship to enter Columbia College this fall for further premed study. This is the second in a series of feature articies on the four 1954 award winners under the SIU Schoiarship Plan. Pii , tf." Wallace was one of the three Seafarers and the son of a Sea­ farer who was chosen for the four $6,000 scholarship awards. When he resumes study this fali at Columbia he will be on the scholarship, which should ease the financial burden of going to school and supporting a family. Wallace was born in New York and raised in the British West Indies where his father still oper­ ates a plantation of sorts. "It isn't actually a plantation," Wallace says, "for he has only about 33 acres planted in cotton." Wallace attended St. Vincent's .Grammar School at St. Vincent, British West Indies, and dreamed of going to medical school. Of course, as with so many others, lack of funds prevented him from pursuing his dream. Started Sailing In '48 Only 24 years of age, Wallace started sailing early with the SIU having joined six years ago. He sailed - as an AB in the deck de­ partment mostly on Mississippi and Buli Line ships. His fgvorite run was to South America where he found good shore leave and a climate to his liking. Married now and the father of a two-year-old girl, Wallace met his bride in Argentina in 1951. He gave a lot of credit to his wife for •helping him over the rough spots of College and he says that there werie. plenty of them. Once while crossing the Atlantic on a light Liberty, Wallace broke his'arches and had to go to a po­ diatrist. His interest in medicine that if he could save enough money from his seafaring, he might be able to make a go of medical school on his own. His original intent upon enter­ ing school under his own funds was to become a podiatrist or foot doctor. The reason for this he candidly explains, was the fact that podiatry requires only two years of pre-med study and four years of medical studies. With limited funds at his disposal, he decided he could afford only the shorter course to become a podi­ atrist than a general practioner. Wallace says that even in his short stretch of seafaring things have changed a great deal. There were no such welfare benefits as there are today a short six years ago. Like Gold Mine 'When I first heard about the SIU's Scholarship Plan, it was like finding a gold mine," he says. "I couldn't imagine such a thing as a $6,000 scholarship. It was like pie-in-the-sky. When I see some of the fellows at school knocking themselves out over grades to make themselves eligible for $200 and $300 grants, really appreciate this wonderful opportunity offered me," Wallace says. Some of the fellows can't be­ lieve it when I tell them of bene­ fits offered by our Union, especial­ ly the educational benefit." With the winning of the scholar­ ship, Wallace now plans for a full medical course to become a gen­ eral practitioner. His plans for the future are somewhat indefinite but the winning of the scholarship will enable him to fullfill his child­ hood ambition. He can't thank the membership enough for the op­ portunity they afforded him. for SIU MEMBERS! E\/ef?iimf)Gybu NEBVIHSSAGBK ANPSHCWWEARFfiQMATDOjHBftlSH TOy^SOUWE&IERyU-LATSREOAU S£49(Kr PRICES July 23. 1954 LOG SBASCASH BENEFITS 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Xo Froin • •••• No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafaref Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total la. {70P f a S±2AL i. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * | 0€>\ Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * || Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * ^9^ ^ Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • fcg/-? Total 2Z Date Benefits Be£«n WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable- Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ZL LCiVli SX. 1,1??,^ 2^ n4t>U £2l COMMENTS The amount of •276.10 listed under death*benefits paid in the two freek period represents a partial payment of one Seafarer's death benefit. This happens when the benefit is paid in ihs-ballments rather than in one lunp sum, as is often requested. Total deaith benefits paid since the start, slightly over A years ago, are approaching one (1) million. your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR t SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675 -4tli AVE . BROOKLYN /iZg SubmitttA AI Kerr, Assistant Administmt ... and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part —Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get first-rate personal service immediately, through your Union's representatives. �Joly 2S, 1954 SEA'F ARERS. LOG Page Sine SEAFARERS Latest addition on the ran between England and Australia, tbe 20,000-tou passenger liner Southern Cross will be launched by Queen Elixabeth II at Belfast, Ireland, on August 17. Built for the Shaw Saviil Line, the ship is of unusual construction, with jnachinery and stack at the stern... An electronic selector dcTice that rings bells to alert olT-duty marine radio operators to emergency calls as well as reralar messages has been demonstrated by the Breico Electronics Anybody who has shaved on a Corp., NYC. The House of Representatives is considering a bill that would make this .type of device mandatory on virtually all merchant hot, humid day knows how the skin can become irritated from ships. perspiration afterwards. This is . . >4" ^ 4" Reflecting the drop In deep-sea shipping, Great Lakes vessels carried - doubly so for the black gang men 17.5 miilion.tons of iron ore, coal and grain during May, the lowest who have to go to work in a hot tonnage for that month since 1946. This year's flgure^was 5.5 miUion engine room. Ship's delegate Bob Anderson , of tons below last year's... Dutch truckers plan to start a special ferry service from Rotterdam to Britain to carry loaded vehicles in both the Robin Sherwood has an idea directions aboard former wartime landing craft. Fresh vegetables, that could help deal with the prob­ fruit, cheese, butter and bacon would thus be moved all the way from lem. He suggests that camphor ice Netherlands farms to London markets in one truck. Rotterdam has be stocked for use by the black gang so that they can shave before already built an embarkation point for the new ferries. going on watch without getting . 4. ' . A five-year, 537.5 million project to build a large drydock suitable their necks all sore. Of ^course' the only permanent for both naval and merchant vessels is being launched by the Vene­ zuelan government near the port of Puerto Cabeilo. Large savings for .solution to the problem is. to grow Venezuelan shipping interests are expected when the job is completed, a beard while on board the ship, since ships in need of repairs now have no similar facilities at home... something which many Seafarers Named for the present Secretary of the Treasury, the ore carrier are loath to do because it would George M. Humphrey has been launched at Lorain, Ohio. The 710- cramp their style. Anders o n, a Massachusetts foot vessel is only five feet shortec than the longest ship on the Grbat i^akes, but has the widest beam, 75 feet. She will, have a capacity of native, joined the SIU in the head­ quarters port of New York. 21,000 to.ns in a 24-foot draft. 4' 41 4> 4^ 4" 4" The business of television on Passengers on the" Italian freighter Andrea Gritti had' a fiew bad moments in Havana recently when oil'floating on the water caught fire board ships is getting to be quite and flames reached the ship. All jumped overboard but were quickly a major project with the Seatrain picked up. No injuries were reported .. A deep-sea diver has located New York also putting a set on board recently. a sunken Japanese aircraft carrier with about 20 planes still intact on Most of the regher deck from World War II—80 feet below the surface of the harbor u 1 a r coastwise at Rabaul, New Guinea. A New Zealand syndicate has disposal rights ships have sets for all salvage in Rabaul and Bougainville harbors. purchased by the 4" S* 4" crews out of the Largest ocean-going dry cargo ship ever built in Canada, the 12,700ship's fund, and ton. Sunrip, featuring an aii-welded aluminum superstructure, was launched at Quebec last month. She will carry refined bauxite from a few of the off­ shore ships are Jfamaica to British Columbia on Canada's west coast and return with getting into the cargoes of grain, flour, lumber, fish and newsprint to the Caribbean .. . act as well. The new Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo is due to arrive in New York Peck On the New tomorrow on her maiden voyage from Genoa. The 29,100-gross-ton vessel will remain in port a week before leaving for home on July 31. York, Seafarer-Gordon Peck, who was the electrician on board the 4" 4* 4" _ Forty-four crewmembers of the 7,346-gross-ton Panamanian freighter vessel, took care of the installation San Mardeno were rescued by a US tanker and an Indian coastal vessel of a TV speaker so that the crewin the choppy waters off Jaifrabad on the Indian coast last week. The* members could get the sound loud San Mardeno sprung a leak after she grounded and sank soon after. and clear, along with the picture. Peck, who is a native of Canada I^oring appeals to leave the doomed ship, Captain C. H. Turner, 55, went down with the ship>.. .Three ships said to have been bought at originally, how makes his home in prices well above the prevailing market price are now in service for the States. He's 29 years old, mar­ the S,oviet Union which, for the past year, has been busily building up ried, and joined the SIU in New its merchant fleet by construction and purchases of available tonnage York City on October 19, 1949. Anpther member of that same all over the world. The three new additions are a six-year-old steam turbine Norwegian freighter of 7,180 deadweight tons and two British Seatrain ship, baker Lewis Riviere, also came in for special mention cargo ships, one of them launched only four months ago. from the crew. They mentioned 4^ 4* 4' • A 10,000-ton "floating exposition" of Turkish products made with that he hadJ}een US aid has arrived at Charleston, SC, after a visit to Miami, and is doing a very fine atiii due to visit Baltimore, Washington and New York. The Turkish job 'as baker, ship'Tarsus is also carrying some 500 representatives of Turkish cul­ putting out cakes tural, social, industrial, business and government activities on its good­ and pastries that will mission... Completion of this year's construction program will give were to the sat­ Western German^ a total of 2.5 million gross registered tons of shi]^ isfaction of the ping in its merchant fleet, bdf official estimates indicate at least an­ entire gang. other million tons are needed to meet the requirements of the German Riviere c e reconomy. tainly has ex­ perience in his 4> t Riviero One of the greatest salvage operations in maritime history is near corner, since he completion, following the refloating of the burned-out liner Empress has been sailing as baker with the of Canada in Liverpool. The ship, which-burned and capsized 17 months Union ever since it was founded. ago had been lying crippled at Gladstone dock while salvage crews He joined the SIU in Boston on worked continually to get her seaworthy again.' She was righted and November 30, 1938, and has been moved to a drydock for final hull repairs recently. The job has cost a Seafarer ever since. The 63-year-old SIU man was a about $1 million to date.. .The 30-vessel fleet of Flota Mercante Grancolombiana will gain foiur more ships next year, when construction is native of the British West Indies completed on them in yards at Hamburg, Germany. The vessels are originally, but now makes his designed for speeds of 14 knots and will be able to carry 5,000 tons of home in New York City and ships cargo each. regularly out of this port. AcflON Buriy Somebody'g Gotta Lose Life Preservers It's been a little over 100 year& that maritime law has required ships to carry life preservers. The first legislation in the Steamboat Act of .\ugust 30, 1852 provided that vessels carrying passengers "shall also be provided with a good life preserver, made of suitable material or float, well adapted to (the purpose, for each and every passenger..' In the years that followed, additional regulations were written speci­ fying the kind of preserver that would be desirable. The Board of Supervising Inspectors specified that shoulder straps be provided for all preservers and subsequently, in 1855, that inflated life preservers are "not reliable that ftom various causes they become in a short time life preservers in name only." Cork Block Favored In 1857 the inspectors condemned tin or other metal for use in pre­ servers because of oxidation damage or fragility. From the outset, the inspectors favored the cork block type pointing out in 1855 that all aboard the Steamer E. K. Cbllins were rescued when the ship burned the previous year on the Detroit River. Accordingly the inspectors recommended that cork filling in the form of blocks>and pieces be used in preservers but that cork dust or cork shavings were not satisfactory. The cork block preserver was the only type used up until 1902, al­ though a number of changes in design were incorjJorated through the years. Then the kapok preserver was introduced and approved, only to have approval withdrawn two years later because it burned easily and lost its buoyancy in storage. Slocum Disaster The General Slocum disaster of 1904 in which 955 lives were lost focused considerable attention on the life preserver problem. Strict inspection of many excursion vessels which followed found that large numbers of preservers had rotted, were not accessibly located or were fastened so that they could not be removed easily. , \ Also discovered was' the fact that a number of preservers were made illegally. Instead of having the required weight of cork block, the preservers were made of compressed. #-anulated cork (in itself illegal) and were weighted down with iron bars to bring them up to minimum weight requirements. The result was that strict regulations were instituted outlawing gran­ ulated cork in any shape or form, and kapok preservers as well. Con­ gress, in turn, enacted legislation calling for a $2,000 maximum fine and up to five years imprisonment for weighting preservers with metal. Standardized testing procedures on new preserveis were set up calling for submerging the test equipment in fresh water for 43 "hours after which the jacket had to support a submerged weight of 20 pounds. The 1915 Seamen's Act, .which was the core of so much beneficial regulation for seamen, combined and spelled out all the regulations and added that jackets should be placed at readily-accessible locations which are plainly indicated. Kapok Restored Kapok came back into use as a preserver material in 1918 when under wartime conditions it demonstrated that softness and pliability were distinct assets, particularly when a man bad to jump overboard. Further, the kapok preserver was reversible and held the wearer up­ right in the water if unconscious. Shipping losses in thd first World War made it apparent that a good preserver should hold an_ unconscious person's face and head out of the water. The British made this a requirement for their ships and subsequently it was adopted by the US. The US regulations specified that the preserver should be made reversible' and the main buoyancy should be under-the shoulders and around the body in such a manner as to hold a person wearing it "In a slightly backward reclining posi­ tion when in an inert or unconscious condition." Subsequently, in 1920 the regulations were further altered to sub­ ject kapok preservers' to shipboard inspection each year. Those which did not pass muster were to be condemned. That same year, the balsa wood preserver came into use. The Vestris disaster of 1928 renewed the controversy over kapok versus cork preservers. Many bodies were found after the sinking wearing cork preservers and floating face downward in the water. There was a demand that kapok preservers be made mandatory. The result was increased use of , high grade kapok types. In 1942, during World War II, the Coast Guard which had taken over the safety function, added the 25 percent additional rule. This provides for an extra 25 percent supply over and above the minimum of one preserver for each person on board, to be stowed on the boat deck. During war years, the wearing of a kapok preserver at all times at sea was recommended. In recent years preservers have been improved considerably through use of mildew-resistant cover materials, glass fiber filler, and periodic inspection and testing of every pi-eserver on board. Additional'experi­ ments and tests are going on to develop further improvements. By Bernard Seaman '^iL yl i •:-^l �SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE gtc-'' ^fe:• . p''f • • -. w M:U. tf' ' A- • • iXt. -. '^k^r 7 LOG Jill# 2S. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Because of its extensive occur­ wood, rats often gnawed holes in ROY G. WILT, FWT rence throughout the globe in na the wood and then instinctively Born in Rockingham County, Va., few bucks to spare or had connec­ live form and the ease with which rush^ away ^hen water began to Roy G. Wilt has been sailing' off tions, but not everybody had. It it can be hammered or drawn into pour in to avoid being drowned. Question: Do you prefer coast­ and on for the past 18 years, and certainly was a far cry from the a desired shape, copper was known Mdreover, ifsince the rodents invari­ wise or off-shore runs? (Question for the SIU, since Match of 1946. square way the Union has of hand­ and used even in ancient times ably settled right in the bottom of asked in MobUe hail.) Wilt's first trip was on the Man- ling things now. Wilt says. Alloyed with tin into bronze, it was a vessel to avoid contact with hu­ gore (Ore) out of Baltimore. He .• During the war. Wilt worked for the first metallic compound, so mans, they \vere always the first F. A. Widegreen, eheif st^ard: sailed as wiper and ordinary sea­ a time as a crane operator in a commonly employed before the to know when a ship was begin­ I'm an off-shol-e man, myself. I man down to the Gulf. steel mill near Harrisburg, Pa., days of recorded history that an ning to draw water and would im­ It was nearly his first and last where he has lived for the past 30 never did like extensive period of early civiliza mediately seek a means' of escape those coastwise trip. Lousy foOd, bed bugs, and years. tion is known as the "Bronze Age. "by rushing to the upper decks and But the lure of the sea held and runs where you his first trip at sea made for a The Greeks called it chaikos; the often right over the side. had to be in'and rought beginning for a young fel­ it was not long before he was back sailing in the engine department to Romans named it aes and used it out of port every low of 18. i 4" 4 northern Europe and to North Af­ from early times for making coins, "We had commeal mush or oat­ day. or so. Give The foundation of a permanent rica. Wilt admits there was plenty The Roman supply came chiefly US Navy came 160 years ago when me a long voy­ meal every morning for breakfast of action on both runs, but he with an occasional piece of bacon from the island of Cyprus, in the President Washington, approved age, where thrown in for good measure," Wilt never lost a ship, although the con­ eastern Mediterranean, and to dis­ an act granting the Government have a,chance to says. "I never saw an egg served voys were plagued by submarine tinguish it from other sources, sup' authority to acquire six frigates. get some -rest to the crew, although we knew they raiders. plies of the metal from Cyprus be­ It was decided to construct new and can draw Wilt's last ship was the Wild Were In the chill box and were in­ came known as aes cyprium, and ships instead of buying and patch­ little more money to take home to tended for topside." Ranger (Waterman) which paid off later just cupnim, which eventu­ ing up old ones, and the final de­ the wife. The Union has changed all that in Mobile: He expects to ship out ally led to the present-day word. for good. Wilt says, and it certain­ soon and prefers the northern Eu­ signs provided ships that were fast i 4" t Leroy Gulley, chief cook: I pre­ ly helps to know that you are going ropean runs, especially those that sailers with high maneuverability, t 4. take in Bremen and Bremerhaven, The first ship built in the United yet strong enough to carry ord­ fer off-shore work. When I'm in to be fed well and taken care of Germany. when you start out a voyage now, States to cross the Atlantic Ocean nance which matched or outweigh­ port regularly, I His favorite stop is Bremen he added. is said to have been a pinnace, a ed any craft of equal class that just can't seem where he has. made a number of His first trip was capped with an light sailing vessel built by the they met. First of the six ships to save any additionayncident that might have good friend* that make him at Huguenots at Port Royal, South launched was the Constellation, money. On an ended his sailing days. Since it was' home when he is shoreside. The Carolina^ in 1562. They used it to now the oldest warship in exis­ off-shore run , I his first trip and he wanted to town was about 90 percent leveled return to France in the winter of tence except for Nelson's flagship, draw a larger make some money to show his by bombing raids during the war 1562-63 ... As time went on, wood­ HMS Victory. She continued in ac­ pay check, and folks, he was especially anxious to and is almost a new town now. make good and worked very hard Shipping is busy there and the dryen ship construction made it ob­ tive service until after the Ci^l have a chance to save my spendto get the position and worked docks at Bremerhaven are especial­ vious that to have the building War and now lies at Boston. This even harder when he was aboard. ly activp these days. ships roofed in was a very' great month Congress voted to return in g money- I Wilt is married and makes his Engineer Had Nephew advantage. Although it had been her to Baltimore, where she was guess it's a little in Harrisburg, Pa. He has You can imagine his disgust, home the usual custom in Venice for originally built in 1797, to be main­ hard on the family but they seem three and a daughter. The to expect it of me. when he-arrived back in Baltimore birth ofsons nearly a century, and the Swedes tained as a national shrine. his youngest was occa­ to hear from the chief engineer sion for receiving theson 4f 4' 4^ had found the practice valuable, Welfare De­ 4> 4^ » that the second assistant had a George N. Kasprzyk, electrician: the custom of building ships under partment's maternity benefit which An oddity to many people is the don't have any preference. I'd nephew that wanted to sail. Natur­ was a real help. cover was not introduced in Eng­ fact that the flag of the Secretary just as soon ally, Wilt was out of a job. land until the end of the 18th cen­ of Commerce, head of the US De­ Wilt said he can never fully ex­ The news really threw him. He make a short run had tury. Before that it had been cus­ partment of Commerce, features a given up a good job as a ma­ press how he feels about the nuas a long one. chinist's helper in a steel plant and iherous benefits afforded the Sea­ tomary to build a light roofing over white crest on a field of blue show­ What I look for had banked on making good at this farer under the SIU. His oldest the ends of the ship to protect the ing only two things: a three-mast­ boy, he pointed out, just graduated • is the type ship change of occupation. heels of the forward and after tim­ ed sailing vessel and a lighthouse. I'U be on! and For some reason that escapes from grammar school and will en­ bers while the frame was season­ Founded in 1903 as the Depart­ the men I'll be him now, he returned, and has ter his first year of high school ing. Then, when the ship was ment of Commerce and Labor and working with. been sailing since. Wilt's memo­ shortly. The boy has an interest in launched, the light roofing was re­ split ten years later to provide for mathematics and he has been talk­ There are .good ries of the old days are in sharp ing moved. to him about the SIU's scholar­ separate Department of Labor, contrast to today's conditions. and bad points 4- i t Looking around the hall. Wilt said ship plan. There are plenty of good the Commerce Department is con­ about both coast­ it was sure good to have a comfort­ technical schools near Harrisburg Seafaring people have long be­ cerned with among other things, wise and offshore runs. To me, able place to hire from, secure in and this is certainly an opportun­ lieved that rats never board a ship air and rail transport as well as the knowledge that when your book ity for the boy that he wishes he, that will have an ill-fated voyage, shipping. Yet the flag, obviously they are equal. 4> 4i 4^ gets old enough a job will come up. had. and there is another universal originated at a time when the rail­ Horace G. Sanford, oilen I defi­ Such things as the maternity In the old days a buck or two superstition that rats always de­ roads were certainly operating in sert a sinking ship as though the full swing, gives recognition only nitely like -Offshore work. . Let's handed to the shipping agents benefits, scholarships and the like, helped get a job. If you knew one fought for and gained by the SIU rodents could foresee an impend­ to shipping and coastal port activi­ face it, we have of the key ratings on a ship that for the membership, he concluded, ing disaster. Actually, in the early ties, as symbolized by the light­ to have money to came in, you could get a job also. help spell security for the working live .and on a days, when all ships were made of house. This was only okay if you had the man. nice, long off­ shore voyage I can save the maority of my pay and have a nice bundle to take ACROSS 2. Russian Inland 20. Cape at 42. Persian Gulf President Roosevelt, in a radio the iTbrth coast of Norway, known 1. Narrow Latin home. I -just sea Florida's tip port ' country 3. Washington • 21. Jumps broadcast from his special train at as "suicide alley." 44. What we can't do that 7. SIU member ballplayer 23. Lad sail on 13. 4. Manager Lopez 25. Small: Scot. ' when I'm in a different port every the Marine Corps base in San t 4) 4) 46. Close . rWaterman) 9. Full of sub27. Declares Diego, Calif., accepted his nomina­ 48. Port on Honshu few days. After announcing the loss of the 14. Colony, stance 28. Signal from 49. Duluth ship­ tion, by the'^ Democratic National Island of Saipan, Tokyo geid the W Africa 6. Swiss river 4i . 4> 4i bridge ment 19. Foe of wooden 7. South America; 29. A sighting of 90. Come ashore James M. Foster, bosun: I'll take Convention at Chicago for a fourth Premier Tojo had been succeeded ships Abbr. shore 91. Former Govt, 16. Mariners' 8. Land's either one. I love the sea and like term . . . Admiral William F. Hal- by General Yoshijiro Umezu as 30. Drift agency hobby 9. "Rock of " 31. Prober 32. Compass point to sail. A long sey, Jr., was succeeded as Com­ Chief of Staff of the Japanese 18. Discourage 10. Kind of ship 34. Be in debt 84. Wood sorrel 19. Avenue; Abbr. 11. Island chain in 36. Allow voyage doesn't mander of the South Pacific Allied Army ... Russian forces are within 96. Touchdown: 20. Director N Pacific 39.. Con, <Bs the Slang bother me at all. Forces by Vice Admiral John nine miles of Lwow and within 95 (Isthmian) 12. Near: Dialect water 58., Arrive: Abbr. Newton. miles of Warsaw . . . Adolph Hitler 22. French coin 17. Rip On the other (Puzzle Answer On Page 21) 23. of Whales 4) 4^ was slightly burned and bruised at hand, I like a lit­ 24. Old Roman The Vichy radio announced the his headquarters by a bomb which coin tle fun as much 26. Routes: Ahbr, as the next guy, assassination of Georges Mandel, an assassin, one of a group of Ger­ 28. Sloppy man 30. Kind of and therefore I former French Minister of the In­ man military officers, flung to­ freighter can enjoy a stop terior . . . United States warships ward him at short range. 32. Iowa: Abbr. 33. 12th US in most any port. and carrier aircraft of the Pacific t 4^ 4 • president Allied troOps which landed on Just give me a Fleet blasted again at Japanese39. Betting com­ ship going anywhere and I'm held Guam, shelling and bombing Guam July 19 established beach-' bination 37. Upon enemy gun position and the air­ heads on either side of Port Apra, happy. 38. Jugs field at Orote ... In Italy, Uhited blew up the Japanese defenses and 40. Coins in Japan 4i 4^ 4" 41. Symbol for Wilbur E. Coutan, bosun: Give States troops occupied mountain drove toward a range of hills in the swiftly me a coastwise trip anytime and positions within three and one-half Interior. 43. Compass point 44. What the miles of Leghorn. the shorter the » 4> t • ocean is voyage the better 49. It keeps you 'The city of Philadelphia was vir­ 4^ » » cool I like it. I The master of the William Moul­ tually paralyzed with businesses 47. West African wouldn't say I port trie of Seas Shipping Company's halting operations due to a flare 49. Symbol for get homesick, but Robin Line, manned by a full SIU up strike in Philadelphia's traction illinium I like to get 31. Made of oats crew, was awarded the Russian system. The widespread strike of 83. Horse code home to that Medal for Distinction in Actioii. 6,000 or more employees in th*. symbol sweet wile of 34. The mouth The vessel, ran into a force 8 gale traction system came about after 39. Flexible mine as often as and carried on ai running battle the hiring of eight Negroes to 37. Lighthouse possible. I just with a wolf pack of submarines and make trial runs after a training 30. Han's name Mission don't care for enemy aircraft, destroying eight period. Negotiators burned tha' • DOWN You can call me those long ha.uls, 'eneihy planes and scoring direct midnight oil in efforts to settle the C mouth. a family man.* ' ' Amazon 'hits on at least twelve others near strike as quickly as ppssible. > TEN �WU. . .. July 2S. MS4 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS Jaly 23. 19S4 rare Eievea LOG 'Dig My Ditch' LOO Vol. XVI, Na. 15 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic & Gulf District, -AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Addi-ess: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Paul H^L, Seeretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor/'BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor/ DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SnvACK, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH, Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY. ISO Foreign Flag Subsidy As every one knows, American maritime has its troubles and one of the reasons is the competition suffered from run­ away flag operators. As a result, the US section of the in­ dustry has had to fight hard for some kind of Government aid so that it can keep its head above water. It's a little astonishing then, that huge billion-dollar cor­ porations like US Steel can get Congress to vote, millions of dollars for their own personal port projects designed to service their giant ore-carriers under the runaway flags. The latest word is that the Senate is considering an $87 million dollar channel improvement project on the Delaware River that for all intents and purposes is solely for the benefit of that one corporation, while the House is set to pass on a similar, but less costly project, for Mobile, harbor, also de­ signed to accommodate these same foreign-flag ore carriers. As far-as-can be determined, US ship operations have little or no nee^ for the 40 to 42 foot channel extensions involved in these expensive projects. As a matter of fact, at one time US Steel was asked by the Army Corp of Engineers to pay half the cost of the Dela­ ware project, anchwas outraged at the thought of paying half its own way. The result is that under the present Delaware bill, the company only has to provide a terminal and transfer facilities at its Fairless^ plant. Of course, every maritime body, the SIU included, is in favor of improving our port facilities. It appears though, that if Congress is beihg so kind to US Steel, the least it could ask is that the company register its ore boat subsidiaries under the US flag. 'Fair and Jnst. ' The unanin\ous decision just handed down by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court defeating an attempt by Calmar to deny a seaman unemployment bene­ fits represents a major legal victory for the SIU and the men who sail SlU-conitracted ships. This decision, however, is more than simply a legal tri­ umph. The legality of the rules adopted by the membership governing hiring had already been established in a previous court test. What the court did was to emphasize without a shadow of a doubt that the SIU way of doing business is "fair, reasonable and just" and that Calmar had no right whatsoever to deny- a Seafarer unemployment benefits.^ Its been mentioned many times before in the pages of the LOG and at membership meetings that the steamship oper­ ator will not give up trying to find some way, somehow, of cutting corners on the Seafarer. In this case, to keep a Jew dollars in its treasury, the company fought with might and main to keep a Seafarer from collecting money enough to keep him in food and shelter until such time as he caught another ship. That the company was willing, almost anxious, to assure that the Seafarer involved went hungry so that it could collect a rebate, simply reflects an ever-present atti­ tude in the steamship industry. V Seafarers recognize that this attitude still exists. But it will not prevail as long as they maintain a strong Union. Defying The Sea With far greater frequency than we care to see, stories keep appearing in the newspapers regarding men who jeopardize their own lives and the lives of others by their disregard of the nature of the sea. Such a story is the one reported elsewhere in this news­ paper -regarding the five men who left San Francisco in an attempt to drift to Hawaii on a raft. Seafarers, like all professional seagoing men, know that the sea is no plaything. They know that safety at sea demands a knowledge of the sea, and constant vigilance, even while aboard a 1.0,000-ton ship, let alone a raft. There have been men, including members of this Union, who have braved the sea in small boats. But they had sea­ worthy craft, and years of seamanship at their beck and call. Those amateur sailors on the raft symbolize the abysmal ignorance of many shoreside people about the destructive powet-CKE poean waters; . .. . • Magazine Article Boosts SIU lAIG To the Editor: I recently came upon an inter­ esting. article in Nation's Business entitled "Labor Tells Its Story" by Booton Herndon. Mr. Herndon mainly discussed the press in the labor movement and the impor­ tant role it serves for organiza­ tional and other purposes. Being a member of the SIU, I was happy to see that our ownLOG was put in the spotlight by the author. It said, In part: Distribution Problem "The labor paper which probably comes the closest to being all things to all men is the SIU SEA­ FARERS LOG. This paper has seemingly incredible problems of content and distribution. An SIU member might ship out of an east coast port for the near east, for example, and then spend two years on-the Persian Gulf-European run without ever see­ ing an American newspaper. The Union feels it is responsible for getting to this man not only the news of this Un­ ion, but news of his country and n e w s- of the Goncalves worlds "This the LOG does. But after getting all this material in the paper, how will the Union get the paper to the man? In the case of the Persian Gulf tanker, SIU air mails ten copies to the ship at an intermediate port, say Port Said. It also airmails copies to American embassies and consulates and, to overlook no bets, it puts copies in taverns in ports all over the world." Take Notice of SIU... It's wonderful to .know "that the outside press and thus the Ameri­ can public, as well as big business, are taking notice of, and learning what goes on in a union such as the SIU. We should all be proud of this fact and thank those re­ sponsible such as our officials and the LOG staff for a job well done and wish them continued success. I can remember wha^a pleasure it was to get the LOG in a foreign port, particularly if the ship hap­ pened to be in a place where there were no English-language news­ papers available. There always was a fuss about who would be able to get hold-bf the newspaper first and find out what was going on in the Union and in the States generally. To all my past shipmates and friends in the SIU I would like to say that I just got through taking my 16 weeks of -training and am now stationed in Washington, DC, with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the oldest outfit in the Army prob­ ably better known to you as the Honor Guard. I'm sure anxious tp get out of this Army and go back to the SIU. Oh, well, only nineteen more months to go. Pvt. Antonio Goncalves : Co. B 8rd inf. Reg. Fort Myer,- Va. - AFL printers in New York have chipped in $35,000 to provide a home for Carmine Fanelli, a lino­ type operator who was crippled in World War II. Local 6 of the In­ ternational Typographical Union has broken ground for the new home in Englewood, New Jersey, with ramps instead of stairways, and other special equipment so that Fanelli can get around in his wheelchair. i t New attempts to settle a strike of AFL and CIO lumber workers that has shut down the industry in the Northwest are now underway. The strike has been going on for several weeks in the United States and British Columbia on money matters. Business magazines have indicated that lumber interests are happy-to let the strike run on be­ cause the price of lumber has fall­ en quite a bit ^ in the past year. i i ^ labor troubles recently. Last week, two CIO unions struck the plants and then went back to work as President Eisenhower appoint­ ed a fact-finding board under the Taft-Hartley law. A few da\s later, AFL laborers at Oak Ridge went out on a brief strike at two Oak Ridge construction projects in a dispute with contractors over wage scales. The men returned to work after an appeal from union leaders. A last minute agreement be­ tween Mohawk Airlines and the Airline Pilots Association averted a strike of 73 pilots against the New York State carrier. The agreement provided for substan­ tial wage increases and changes in off-duty scheduling. The settle­ ment covers 73 pilots. 4 3^1 4^ AFL post office unions lost an­ other round in their fight for wage increases, when the House of Rep­ resentatives ' turned. „down a five percent increase for one million postal workers. The bill repre­ sents an agreement between the administration and the Post Office unions. Airline mechanics, members of the International Association of Machinists, AFL, are now taking a national strike ballot. Approxi­ mately '20,000 ground service workers at six major airlines are now voting. The Union has 4 4. charged that airline representa­ New York City's subway system, tives have refused to-negotiate on operated by the New York Transit union demands. Authority, has reached agreement with the CIO Transport Workers A 77-year-old cigar maker from Union on a two year contract. The Joliet, Illinois, estimated recently agreement followed a representa­ that he has turned out four million tion election in which the CIO hand-rolled cigars in 64 years at union won an overwhelming ma­ the trade. Cigar maker Michael jority. It provides for official rec­ A. Glennon has been a member of ognition of the union and wage the Cigar Makers' International increases as well. Previously the since 1893, three years after he authority held that it could not started work as an apprentice in sign labor contracts because it was the trade. a government agency. 4" 4i t 4 4 4 Complaining that the company A strike by 10,000 members of was trying to double the work load Dodge Local 3 of the United Auto­ for oilers in the maintenance de­ mobile Workers, CIO, has idled partment, 4,000 members of the 25,000 additional Chrysler employ­ CIO Packinghouse Workers uKion ees in petroit, due to a shortage have shut down the Ai-mour and of parts caused by plant shut­ Company meat-packing plant in downs. The walkout was called Chicago. The men are members of over the firing last week of two Local 347 of the ..CIO union. A UAW members who refused to per­ union spokesman said that the form new jobs as demanded by load doubling was part of a newly- the company. The other 25,000 established company ineentive workers became directly affected system. by the strike when drivers of inter4> 4> ^ plant trucks, who are members of Atom plants at Oak lUdge. Ten­ the striking local, joined the walk­ nessee, and Paducah, "Kentucky, out, causing parts shortages ia have been having their share of other plants. .5 �Fas* Ttrehm SEAFARERS LOG " JnlyXS. 1984 July 28. 1984 SEAFARERS Pas* Tblrteea LOG < . -.-•j.ft <. It; - • : > ' Vv-:^ 's;:,!'-?;!. V ••. ^ • J,. i ^ .. ' " >r H: US'" THE "k: v ffTS^Pfn) / -\- .' . ? % ''V0 The father oi the stern-wheeler, Jonathan Hull's steam-tugjvas tried out on the Avon in England in 1737. It had a single-acting steam cylinder; a ratchet-gear linked to the piston gave continuous rotation to the stern paddle-wheel -i On July 15, 1783, the Marquis de Jouffroy's paddle steamboat traveled for 15 minutes against the" current of the Saone River in France. The 150-foot boat had two paddlewheels turned by a single horizontal steam-cylinder. k-)T . • •• Patrick Miller's double-hulled paddle-boat, built in Scotland (1787). Five paddlewheels driven by capstans, in tandem between hulls, could be raised out of the water when sails alone were used. The speed was 4.3 knots with 30 men at the capstans. »:r ' In 1788,. a double-hulled boat fitted with a steam engine by Patrick Miller did five knots. The engine had two vertical open-topped cylinders with pistons connected by a system of chain^ and pulleys to drive the single paddle-wheel. The Charlotte jfjundas was tried on the Clyde Canal in 1801. William Symington's 56-foot steamboat had a ten hp engine with a single direct-acting cylinder driving the stern paddle-wheel. It was operated as a tow-boat for a time. • -.rs • •• - Tried out on the French river Doubs in 1802, Desblancs' steamboat had a barge-like hull whose cylinders' horizontal motion was mechanically converted into circular motion. Arranged on chains, the paddle fioats "traveled like the buckets of a dredge. Courtesy, of ••I [BOl PROPRIETORS THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS A SKETCH. Lt4. (REPRODUCED FROM ISSUES DATED MARCH 29. NDi TO JUNE S, tM«) "J. ^ The first commercially-successful steamboat in the US was Robert Fulton's Clermont, Wiuch made a 150-mile voyage up the Hudson to Albany in 32 hours, ou; August 11/ ISO?. In an 1803 exj^riment, a smaller vessel sank immediately^ - i; - Henry Bell's Comet appeared in 1812 and ran out of Glasgow a passenger-freight - steamer until she was wrecked in 1820. The 30-ton, five-knot vesselhad a four hp en«nd four jpaddle-whi^ls^^ Second steamship to cross the Atlantic, the Royal William (1833) made the vOyage from Quebec to Gravesend, England, in 25 days. She followed the American Savan­ nah, which used steam only a short part of the way across in 1819, —f ma �SEAFARERS Pare Fonrteen I?-•'• •*i. '••• Juir ies. 1954 LOG PORTKEPORW......... steer the younger members on a Lake Charles:' We have a large part of the Bull Baltimore: 'Line fleet tied up here due to the true course. longshoremen's strike in Puerto He has sailed at every rating in Rico and that has added quite a the deck department and for quite a number of years has been ship­ few men on the beach here. I: . V-'..Laynps Coming Out ping as bosun. "Shorty," as he is These men are all registered to We had-the Bull Run (MathiasThe sympathies of all the men At long last, I'm glad to report known to his shipmates, has seen at the Union hall are going out go back on their respective ships that shipping has picked up con­ our organization grow from ob­ en) in here for a couple of days to Mrs. R. E. Peck of Green Har­ and will be sent back as soon as siderably and registrations have scurity to its present high rating before she sailed for Argentina, and again we had a hassle with bor, who^ husband died recently the strike is over in Puerto Rico. fallen off. This is largely due to the in the maritime industry. our noble friend. (???), Captain aboard the Robin Trent In Africa. We had one Liberty ship come out fact that we crewed up the Edith, Earl Sheppard RachaU, over OT. We had some Mrs. Peck is the of laj^ip this week, the Transat­ Mae and Carolyn (Bull), and the Baltimore Port Agent trouble with this bird last Febru­ only policewom­ lantic (Pacific Waterways), Ship­ William A. Carruth (Transfuel) and ary and the Union won then. But an in Green Har­ ping should remain good 'for the had quite a few replacements on this time he again' thought he bor and has been coming period as there are quite a the Compass (Compass). Seattle: could get away with it just by say­ on the force for few ships due in and also a couple Even with this spurt in shipping, the past 20 years. more are expected to be pulled out we still have a few more ships ing "That ain't overtime." But he One of her fa­ of layup. finally saw the light and paid thearound here idle and several of We paid off a total of 16 ships vorite diversions OT so he could sign on. Maybe these, we unqlerstand, will be is reading the in the past two weeks, signed 14 crewin^ up within the next two some day this bird will learn to LOG. We are on foreign articles and serviced 16 weeks. Here's hoping this is true. quit disputing good OT, but we I; ^r' still awaiting in-transit ships. The boom in shipping seems to doubt it because his type never \ c :• reek There have been well over 200 have dropped off this past two Payoffs word from the learns. There is a fine crew of SIU men that have shipped in the past Ships paid off were the Beatrice, Robin Line on what ship and what week period and shipping is more men on this ship and they swear two week period. or date her husband will arrive back Evelyn and Show Me Mariner back to normal. At the they will bring her in clean if it This is approxi­ timeless in the States. We are hoping he (Bull); the Seatrain Savannah (Seaof this we do not know is within their power to do so.« mately 100 more of any morereport, ships coming out of will be brought back to Boston so train), the Val Chem (Valentine), Besides the Bull Run, the Coun­ men shipped than layup, but it is very likely that a Mrs. Peck can make arrangements the Bradford Island, Chiwawa and cil Grove (Cities Service) also sail­ in the previous Liberty or two will come out for for having him buried in Massa­ Government Camp (Cities Service); ed for Argentina, and other shipstwo week period. the Transatlantic (Pacific Water­ of lumber for the east coast tailing in here were the Cantigriy, chusetts. Paying off in aorload ways), the Robin Wentley and Rob­ Japan. R. M. Churchill was taken sick Government Camp, Logans Fort, the Port of Balti­ We had no ships pay off during Bradford Island, Winter Hill and while working as cashier on the in Goodfellow (Robin); the Choc­ more in the past this last taw (Waterman), the Steel Flyer two week period. The Lone Jack, all of Cities Service. Evangeline. He got off the ship in two "weeks were Young America (Waterman) was Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and when (Isthmian), the Seatiger (Colonial) Pumpman In Chair the Cubore, Santhe Excello (Excello Corp.). MiUer diverted to Sari Francisco, the New he was brought back to Boston he and At last week's meeting we had tore. Baltore, Ve- York of the west coast. Those ships signing on were the was so ill he had to be taken off Robin Brother J. F. Mapp, chief pump­ nore, Feltore, and Marore (Qre); Tuxford (Robin), the Bar­ We slgqed on the Coe Victory the ship in an ambulance. The bara Fritchie man, in the chair. He hails from Navigation), the Bethcoaster and Aiamar (Cal­ (Victory Carriers), that is we marine hospital ambulance was in the Show Me (Liberty Mississippi and joined the Union mar), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) Mariner (Bull) and her on "coastwise articles back in the early days. The Re­ Providence so Eastern SS Com­ the Lawrence Victory and the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ signed (Mississippi). only because the shipping company cording secretary was Brother A. pany ordered a private ambulance In-transit ships were the Sea- ice). said they were not going to store Baker, FWT, and both men did a to take him to the Brighton Marine trains Sign-Ons Louisiana, Texas, New York the ship in Seattle, but would store fine job. Hospital. and Georgia (Seatrain); the Calmar Sign ons were the Cubore, San- her in San Francisco for the voy­ We have no men in the hospital * Besides Churchill, we have J. and Alamar (Calmar); the Steel Penswick, F. Alasavich and J. Chemist and Steel Voyager (Isth­ tore, Venore and Marore (Ore); age. A bit of advice to all con­ here at this time. , Topa Topa - and Fairland cerned: you can't feed a crew on Garello in the marine hospital. For our Seafarer of the Week mian); the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa), the (Waterman), the Edith and Mae promises, therefore, when the we nominate Brother H. J. Abel, Shipping StiU Slow the Southport (South Atlantic) and Shipping here continues to be the Topa Topa, Antinous and Fair- (Buli), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) "victualer" says he has plenty of better known as "Baltimore Whitand the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ stores, then, and only after that, ey." He has been a Union member slow. During the last report period isle (Waterman). is the titne to sign, and of course, for a long time, sailing in the deck ice). . ' - we had the Alexandra (Carras) and Claude Simmons don't overlook the linen, washing department, and he says the SIU Royal Oak and Paoli (Cities Serv­ Those in transit were the Alcoa Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ice) paying off and signing on. In Partner and Alcoa Ranger (AlSda), machine and general repairs. benefits its men in so many ways Ships in transit were • the Ra- it is hard to say just what its transit were the Robin Wentley the Chickasaw, Wacosta and Anti­ (Seas Shipping), Antinous and nous (Waterman); the Steel Flyer •phael Semmes (Watermani and the greatest benefit is. Choctaw (Waterman), Steel Flyer (Isthmian), the Portmar (Calmar) Marymar (Calmar). Our noble Karl "Swede" Hell(Isthmian) and The Cabins (Cab­ and the Robin Wentley of Seas ^eattle has had plenty of sun- man went fishing the other "night slHne and the temperature has and reports he caught a tubfull. Seafarers with beefs regard­ ins). Shipping. • been between 60 and 80 degrees. He didn't say a tubfull of what, ing slow payment of monies We had a few beefs on the Alex­ The political scene in Maryland Another reason may be that some due from various operators in andra but these were all settled at the present time is in a turmoil, of the boys are feeding the ponies but we suspect it wasn't fish. back wages and disputed overto the satisfaction of the crew. The particularly on the Democratic §ide, at Longacres. (These few generally ' All is quiet on the labor frorit tim.e should first check wheth­ Evangeline has been running due to the fact,that Mahoney, the ship out pretty quick.). Finally, here at present, but we are on the er they have a proper mailing smoothly without any beefs so far. man who ran in the primaries some of the members have found alerTfor the bosses to start trou­ address on file with the com­ The delegates are "Shorty" Melanagainst Byrd, does not want to second homes for themselves. Sev­ ble now that they have got the pany. SIU headquarters offi­ son, engine; Ollie "Orion Comet" concede defeat, although it is ex­ eral got together and rented a boat "right-to-scab'^ bill passed. cials point out that reports Olson, deck, and W. Grant, stew­ pected Byrd will be ruled the win­ Leroy Clarke on beautiful Lake Washing­ received from several opera­ ard. All of these boys are doing ner. The AFL went all out in sup­ house Lake Charles Port Agent ton and are havini quite a vaca­ tors show checks have been a very good job. porting Byrd and there is no tion. 4^ Luckily, the vacationers are mailed to „ one address while We are finally getting some sun­ question that the great help that a mixed Savannah: lot. I am told they had a beef on the same score is shine after two months of rain and many Seafarers gave in this cam­ quite a port list last week and'had sent from another, thus creat­ hope this good weather will con­ paign was an important 'factor. To pump the bilges. After check­ ing much difficulty in keeping tinue. Real Old Timer ing a bit, it was found to be not accounts straight. Seafarers James Sheehan are urged to use one perma­ Our man of the week, Brother a leak, but the ice box. The ice Boston Port Agent nent address for mail so that John O. Miller, has been a member box is on the port side and need­ 4" t" i Shipping has been fair in this claims can be checked speedi­ of the SIU since 1938. A real old- less to say, it was full of beverages, New York: port during the past two weeks. causing the list. ly and payment made right timer, he has been a credit to the The Southwind and Southland away. Jeff Gillette SIU, not only "in performing his (South Atlantic) paid off and Seattle Port Agent own duties, but in his ability to Signed on, and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Fairport (Waterman) and Seatrains New York can boast of having Louisiana and Georgia. The Sea­ some of the finest weather in the train Georgia called here twice. country for the past few weeks— Men in the marine hospital are no rain and temperatures in the John H. Morris, Leslie F. Swegan. low 80's. Just what the beaches, <3. F. Wilson, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shipping Figures July race tracks and amusement park REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shedd, P. Bland, J. Littleton, W. C. operators dream about. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ^ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Bedgood, J. B. Sellers, C. Slater, The boys on the beach here have Boston L. A. DeWitt, B. Blanchard, J. C. 28 18 13 46 7 5 33 8 certainly been able to enjoy Moore and G. Menendez. New York 181 150 452 81 80 121 63 224 some outside recreation and with Jeff Morrison Philadelphia 31 31 16 14 . 11 9 34* the additional facilities we have Savannah Port Agent Baltimore 87 added in the hall, those who enjoy 61 93 63 211 87 ' 73 252 indoor recreation has found plenty Norfolk 29 11 13 7 11 91 4 24 to occupy their time. They can now Savannah 16 8 t 8 10 32 9 S 24 enjoy shooting pool, playing ahufTampa 11 16 19 46 6 9 7 18 fle board, cards, chess, checkers, Mobile 43 36 38 28 49 123 43 109 reading from a well-stocked library or watching the shows or ball New Orleans 67 65 71 79 107 253 199 V 63 - games in the television theatre. 'Galveston 24 34 32 21 23 . 81 21 74 These facilities are open to the Seattle 39 24 16 14 11 30 41 93 membership from eight o'clock in San Frandsco ....... ¥t '1, the morning until midnight. 46 32 89 27 ' 119 24 86 41 Wilmington ..... 10 6 Shipping for the past two weeks 10 28, 8 • • • e e.*« 8 ' ' has b^n fairly good for all three Total»;^^•• 612 ^ -•374^^' 491 • 457 ;• 1,960 . 419 departments,, but you would not think ro to look in the ball h?re. *Pii>rl shut down by longshoremen's strike. Boston: Lady Cop's Husband Dies On African Run Skipper Deefs Go OT Dal Ha Apis Pays Up . Shipping Improves Nearly 100 Per Cent Doom ApiMars Over As Shipping Slows :' • % MJse Only One Mail Address SoHtb Atlanlic Ships PayOffandSlgaOn ^ Shipping Fair Despite Dnil Line Fieet Laynp A €1 VByfiiDjniitfs n w?rHt%n n n %l/RLY Says: - Jn [ �July 23, 1954 Nfiw Orleans: Pelicans Kick Mcbile's Bears All Over Lei SEAFARERS LOG rag* Fmeea PORT ItEPOKJS of ships coming into Hampton Roads. Although" most of them were under foreign flags, some of them were our own contracted ships and the shipment of men was getting better. Paying off during the last two weeks were the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). Ships signing on were the Wacosta (Watermanl, the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). In-transit ships were the Coun­ cil Grove and Logans Fort (Cities Service); Southport (South Atlan­ tic), the Steel Advocate, Steel Rover and Steel Chemist (Isth­ mian); the Wacosta (Waterman) and the Alcoa Ranger and Partner (Alcoa). James A. Bullock, patrolman, re­ ports that oh his weekly visit to the USPHS hospital to pay the sea­ men their weekly welfare benefits, that only one man, Anthony ^caturro, is in the hospital at the present time. ' Philadelphia: Fori Shut Bown With Longshore Lookout signing on the various ships around the area seem to have forgotten that they have delegates aboard the ships to take up their beefs with the patrolman, but instead of that they come individually with their various beefs. A lot of times the patrolman checking on the beefs finds just a little personality complaint among the crew or some­ times against the officers ^ the ship. Personalities are things that we should not be involved with while we are discussing ship's business. You are not only making it hard on your shipmates and delegates, but also on the patrolman who has to settle these beefs. If everyone will cooperate and take their beefs to the ship and department dele­ gates they will present the beefs to the boarding patrolman. Men riding in-transit ships seem to have forgotten the procedure. Men coming into port have quite a few beefs like repairs, and other items that should have been taken care of at the last pay off and sign on. Of course, it is the same old story from the crews, they were busy ^oing home to their wives or families and did not have time to take care of them. The "next thing they know the ship has sajled and the repairs were not done. Most of these in-transit ships do not have officers out here, only an agent who is generally not authorized to spend sums of money for repairs that should have been taken cbre of on the other coast. ' Crew To Blame Most of the negligence has been due to the crew paying off without leaving an adequate repair list for the boarding patrolman or new crews. Therefore, when the ship gets out to sea the new crew does not have all the things done that should have been done. To the old crew leaving the ship, see that an adequate repair list is left to the new crew signing on, check before you sign on and see if you need any repairs. Also see that the work requested has been done. If re­ pairs have not been made, prompt­ ly report same to the boarding pa­ trolman who is to sign on your ves­ sel. He will get the repairs done for you. Oldtimers on the beach include F. Yotto, F. Martinez, W. Kramer, W. Bause, C. McKee, J. Worley, J. Early, W. Harris, C. Newton, F. Kustra, J. Lefko, P. Robertson, P. Cheklin and G. Bane. Men in the marine hospitals in­ clude G. H. Leary, S. Bunda, H. R. Fall, J. Levin, W. Singleton. P. S. Yuzon, C. Neumaier, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, J. Perreira, V. L. Tarallo, W. Johnson and P. J. St. Marie. With the usual summer dol­ Shipping has been'slow, for the drums having set in, the principal past two we6ks due to the long­ topics of conversation here just shore strike In Puerto Rico which now are shipping, the New Orleans has tied up most of the Bull Line Pelicans, the weather and politics fleet. We are also the victims of a in that order. shut down port due to the local Shipping has picked up some­ employers locking, out the long­ shoremen over the letter's refusal what since our last report and the to work a ship where there was an outlook for the immediate future unsettled beef. The outlook for fu­ indicates it will continue to be fair. ture shipping depends on the out­ As for the Pelicans, they are come of the Puerto Rico longshore even hotter right now than the beef and the local longshore beef. weather. The birds won eight of We are sorry to their last nine games on the road report the fatal and now are only a half game out accident aboard of first place in the Southern As­ the Barbara Fritsociation. chie ("Liberty Over the weekend, tljey swamped Nav.) in which the Mobile Bears to sweep a four Joe Lupton was game series. For some reason, our instantly killed. Mobile brothers seem to have lost Joe, a former of­ Interest in baseball recently. They ficial in the Port don't even want to talk about it. of Norfolk, will Well, Mobile is still in the league, Lupton Ben Rees be sadly missed even though the Bears are in sixth Norfolk Port Agent by his many friends in the SIU. place 16 games Soon after we had received all off pace. 4. i t. the Retails on this accident, and The weather had left the ship, we were notified continues to be Galveston: that anotheT serious accident had hot with the mer­ occured on the same ship when cury hanging be­ Present' Spinney, deck engineer, tween-95 and 100 was knocked into #3 hold. Brother degrees on most Spinney was taken to the Frankdays. An occa­ Shipping has been good here ford Hospital in Philadelphia and sional afternoon shower makes It during the past two weeks, with the next day was visited by repre­ Cope • bearable at night, 79 men shipping out in the three sentatives of the SIU Welfare Serv­ departments. However, the Neva ices Department, who made sure however. West (Bloomfield) went into idle that his family was notified and Quiet Primary also saw that he had enough money A primary election will be held status after she paid off. to take care of anything he might The Alexandra (Carras) and in Louisiana July 27, but from all ^ indications it will be an unusually Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) sign­ want. Here's wishing Brother Spinney ed on, and inquiet election. The-principal races a speedy recovery.' to be decided involve the US Sen­ transit were the A. S. Cardullo ate seat occupied by Senator Allen Southern States Philadelphia Port Agent SS), J. Ellender and the Congressional (Southern office held by Representative Hale Alice Brown i t i • Boggs. Ellender is opposed by (Bloomfield), Del San Francisco: Frank B. Ellis, an attorney, and Santos (Mississip­ Maurice B. Gatlin will oppose Rep­ pi), The Cabins (Cabins), V a 1 resentative Boggs. Among the Seafarers who have Chem (Valentine been in dry dock at the USPHS Tankers), Steel Lee hospital here for extended periods, Navigator (Isth­ Shipping for the Port of San but are now reported to be con­ mian), Paoli and French Creek valescing in good style, are D. Kor- (Cities Service) and Seatrains New Francisco has been fair for the olia, E. E. Brady, S. Cope, A. Qui- Jersey, Savannah, Texas and New past two week period but the out­ look for the future looks poor. nones, L. R. Tickle, William G. York. In the marine hospital are C. Ships paid off were the Madaket Moore and E. Samrock, Hannison DesHotels, and Young America (Waterman) Those recently admitted include Barbosa, P. G. Goodman, C. W. Barnett, J. F. V. Davis and M. P. McDonald. and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Sign Ons On the beach are J. Lee,, R. M. McDavitt, R. L. Skinner and J. Ayers, J. Lippincitt, N. Baker, Ships signing on were the Mada­ J. Adams. L. T. Bacon and T. Fields are O. L. Fleet, W. Jones, F. Ryan, S. ket and Jean Lafitte (Waterman) back in the hospital for further Sikes, W. R. Simpson, D. Molina, and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Ships in-transit were the Steel treatment after being recently dis­ W. Brightwell, F. Pedraza, B. Luna, M. Plyler, R. Meadows, W. Slade, Maker (Isthmian), the Ocean Ulla charged. G. Bales, J. Glenn, E. Puntillo and (Ocean Trans.), the Marymar (CalPayoffs mar) and the Gateway City, Yaka Ships paid off here in the last P. Rogosch. Tom Banning and Raphael Semmes (Waterman). Keith Alsop two weeks were the Steel Scientist San Francisco Port Agent Lately, crews paying off and Galveston Port Agent (Isthmian), the Del Sud, Del Alba and Del Oro (Mississippi); the DeSoto, Iberville, Citrus Packer and Morning Light (Waterman) and the ^ Ml Alice Brown (Bloomfield). Ships calling in-transit included the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Clipper and- Alcoa Pilgrim WILMINGTON. Calif .. 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM . . 118t& Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 (Alcoa); the Andrew Jackson and 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORE . . 14 North Gay St. Ontario Phone: 5591 Steel Rover (Isthmian), the Del Earl Sheppard. Agent SECRETARY-TREASURER Mulberry 4540 TORONTO. OnUriO 272 King St. E. Paul HaU Sud, Del Santos and Del Oro (Mis­ BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. sissippi); the Lafayette (Water­ James Sheeban, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 Claude Simmons Joe Volpian 2l8t & Mechanic man), the Alice Brown (Bloom- GALVESTON VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. William Hall Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 PAific 7824 field), the Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ LAKE CHARLES. U .... 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 SUP Phone 6-5744 ice), the Seatlger -(Colonial) and Leroy Clarke. Agent 20 Elgin St. ...: 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec the Seatrains Georgia and Savan­ MOBILE Phone: 545 Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. nah (Seatrain). NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvlUe St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Lindsey Williams. Agent Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Lindsey J. WUliams MagnoUa 6112-6113 RICHMOND. CALIF Quebec Phone: 2-7078 257 5th St. New Orleans Port Agent 177 Prince WiUiam St. NEW YORK . 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacinth 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ^ Neva West Is LaU Up, Bui Shipping is Gooll Crews Asked To Take Beefs To Delegales Norfolk: Hamptoii RMds fidls Shipping was slightly better for Ibis past- tw0 week period and liiere winw^ah Increasing number NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison St. T, Banning. Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast RepresentaUve PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH . 2 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE . . 2700 1st Ave. JeB Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W., Fletcher WnjiuNGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL ..... 624 St James St. West DULUTH i PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 3261 E. 83nd St. HALIFAX. NJB... 128U HoUls St SOUTH CHICAGO Phonoi Essex 6-84M . .. i Pbonet 3*911 SEATTLE t Mobile: •i -II' I I _ il Everybody Happy With Relroaefive Pay News Shipping in the port for the past couple of weeks was not good, but kept pretty steady with approxi­ mately 109 men shipped to regular jobs and 87 men shipped to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this last two week period we had a total of eight pay­ offs, five sign ons and seven ships in-transit. Ships paying off, all in pretty good shape, were the Alcoa Pen­ nant, Puritan, Clipper, Pilgrim and Corsair (Alcoa); -the Monarch of the Sea, Lafayette and Morning Light (Waterman),' Signing on again were the Alcoa Pennant, Puritan, and Pilgrim (Al­ coa); the Andrew Jackson (Isth­ mian) and the Lafayette (Water­ man). Mississippi In-Transits In-transit ships were the DeSoto, Golden City, Iberville and Citrus 1 Packer (Waterman); and the Del Sol, Del Oro and l^el Santos (Mis­ sissippi). Brothers Willie Reynolds and William G. Moore are in the New Orleans marine hospital. Oldtimers on the beach include Charley Long, H. Kirkwood, R. Beswell, F. Kyser, G. Lewis, F. Kouns, C. Trippe, J. Waith, G. Gon­ zales, C. Prevatt, B. Locke and J. Edlund. / Retroactive Pay A report from two of the major companies made the membership on the beach feel a little better. Alcoa said that they would be ready to pay the retroactive wage increase by the first of August and Waterman said that they would be ready by t ht 15th of August. When and how to collect this ret­ roactive pay will be announced in the SEAFARERS LOG. Mobile has one of the Waterman ships presently Pisani held up in San Juan, PR, due to a strike in that area by the longshoremen. Head­ quarters is looking after the inter­ ests of the Union during the course of this strike to see that the mem­ bers and their interests are pro­ tected. 'Duke of Bourbon Street' For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Anthony Pisani who joined the SIU in New York in 1947. He originally hails from New York, but usually ships out of the Gulf in the various engine room ratings. Tony, or the "Duke of Bourbon Street" as he is better known, says he likes this area bet­ ter than New York and that he in­ tends to make his home here. His favorite sport is bowling and walk­ ing and he usually spends about five or six hours a night walking around the town. He is single, but says he lias prospects. — In his opinion, the best of the Welfare Plan benefits is the dis­ ability benefit. Although a young man himself, Tony says it gives him something ID look forward to and the assurance that he will be looked after in the event of dis­ ability. Carl Tanner MobUe Port Agent ^1 �;5S^v'-^'- • \w^ • •.•« *.:'ri7R(;Tii;':;,- , rag* SbcteCB SEAFARERS • •*-••;•.'."'iS;' -'* Jidr 9.t, 1954 LOG France Is Host To Colden City I J |i 1^ V" V- :^r 4- The Golden City (Waterman) on a recent European run again saw many familiar scenes of World War II. Top, left, is a shot of a sunken German transport in the harbor of La Pallice, France. -Top, right, an amphibious landing craft is hoisted aboard the ship. Bottom, left, are (left to right). Sea­ farers Joe Hunt, A1 Arnold, Jim Flanagan and Henry Bilde, of the Golden City. Bottom, right, French workmen prepare cradle on the deck of the ship for the 100-ton landing craft's trip to the States. Moonlight Ship Provisioning Is Calmar's Latest Caper BJTSEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor tvill be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) Ever since Daguerre uncapped the first lens to re<rord successfully a photographic image, scientists have been looking for better and fast­ er film emulsions. For many impatient photographers who expect each emulsion to produce amazing feats of sensitivity over preceding films, progress may be slow. But it's not. In the characteristics where progress should be measured—^greater, shadow detail, unblocked highlights, finer grain structure and tonal range, plus higher emulsion speed—the scientists have done an amazing job. The two newest emulsions just introduced, Kodak Royal Pan Sheet Film and Du Pont Superior Press Film, are important steps in film progress. Both arp rated by the manufacturers at a speed of 200 day­ light and a tungsten rating of 160. Both are designed for the profes­ sional photographer who 4s limited by the relatively slow lens of press cameras as compared with the speed lenses of 35mm cameras. DuPont literature suggests that ratings up to 1000 can be obtained and.^ives methods concerning development for such, high speeds. While Kodak's information contained no such reference to higher ratings, practical tests proved that both films could yield equally amazing results with under-exposed and special development. The most significant feature of both these films is the almost start­ ling refusal to block highlights except under the grossest over-exposure and over-development. This is a key to the possibilities of increased working speq^s with the new emulsions. Negatives exposed with an estimated film speed rating of jlOOO were printable. Under normal ex­ posure conditions both films gave negatives of remarkably good quality with a grajn structure apparently jao greater than films of slower ratings. Jest quality was obtained from fully exposed Superior Press with 16-D and seven minutg development time while five minutes in DK-50 produced best results tinder similar conditions with Royal Pan. Tests made under dark green safelights' showed that one five-gecond inspec­ tion is possible without fog but any exposure to a safelight for longer periods w^ injurious. The manufacturers recommend total darkness, and if you're not used to working under a green safelight it's best to use the time and temperature method. There's no doubt that both Royal" and "Superior" will prove to be valuable additions to those who a.re after maximum speed and good quality. LOG-A-RHYTHM: LifHe Things By M. Dwyer Think of her face when you're Through starry nights or a sunset's far away, ^ glow. Tell her you haven't forgot, Remember, she hasn't forgot,Calmar ships now and then pop up with a new twist in the handling of ship's stores. A thought a day till you're home There'll not be another if you The crew of the Calmar reports the latest one is storing the ship under cover of darkness. to stay. say you love her. At a recent ship's meeting, the crew brought under discussion the topic of stores and Little things mean a lot. Little things mean a lot. the>vay they are handled on the Calmar. During the last after and thus there wasn't any are good or bad and if there is Send her a gift, a card or two, way of knowing what stores were enough. Pretend that you're swell if trip, the stores were brought put on, whether or not there was Calmar's latest after-dark storing you're not. down to the ship by moonlight and enough stores and whether they maneuver, the crew believes, is an And if you should, miss her in they were not checked by the stew- were good or bad. The telephone numbers of attempt to evade the stringent kind dreams you can kiss her. arcTbecause it was nearly midnight all New York headquarters The crew went on record to have of check-ups that these ships have Little things mean a lot. before the stores were safe in the the stores on before they sign on been receiving to make sure~ that phones were changed recently ice box. by the telephone company. All and in the daytime so that the their storing is up to SIU stand­ Long for the day you'll be sail­ Seafarers calling headquarters The ship sailed shortly there­ steward can check and see if they ards. ing back. are asked to use the new num­ Though other arms may embrace bers to get faster service. you. The new headquarters tele­ Yearn for the port you can call phone number is HYacinth your home. 9-6600. For it will never desert you. , New Numbers For Uq, Phones V- lluit Cortiei' vessel is fruit products. If there are 400 tons in the entire shipment, how many tons of canned vegetables are included? (2) Which city is the capital of Australia: (a) Sydney, (b) Canberra, (c) Melbourne, (d) Brisbane? (3) If a Fahrenheit thermometer reads 212°, what does the Centi­ grade thermometer next to it read? (4) Abner Doubleday and the Marquess of ,Queensbury played prom­ inent parts in the early history of two famous sports. With what sport was each of them connected? (5) What is the meaning of the word emolument: (a) fnedicine, (b) celebration, (c) profit, (d) tom^b. (6) Where is the Morro Castle: (a) Rio de Janeiro, (b) Havana, (c) Manila, (d) Madrid? (7) A ship leaves port at noon Tuesday and at the end of 24 hours covers 300 miles. A aecond ship heading in the same direction leaves the same port at 9 PM Tuesday and intercepts the first one .at noon Wednesday. How fast was the second ship going? (8) Which is the most densely populated state in the US:, (a) New Jersey, (b) New York,- (c) Rhode Island, (d) Illinois? (9) In what continenl is Turkey, Europe or Asia? , (10) If you cut 45 yards of cloth into one-yard pieces, and cut one yard a minute, how long will it take? (^qix Answers on Page 20) W: • K''' ft J Colden City Has Near-Miss (1) Twenty-nine percent of a mixed shipment of canned goods on a • Speaking of arriving in the States on a ship without a beef, the crew of the Golden City (Waterman) nearly arrived in the States without any beefs and with­ out a ship. While in the Straits of Dover proceeding towards the English Channel, the Golden City almost collided in the fog with a Greek coastal vessel laying at anchor. The Greek vessel lay at anchor and the Golden City was approach­ ing on her starboard beam when she was spotted Just in time. A hard right was given and then a hard left to keep the stern from swinging into the Greek ship as the Golden City passed the Greek vessel's bow. A miss is as good as a mile though and the Golden fcity headed for Mobile with the crew thanking their lucky stars. ' ~ Top Steward Dept. Poses .'"f"H Three members of the WacoSta's steward department compli-'' mented for their good food are (left to right) Peter Gonzales, Peter Loleaq and the night cook and baker, photo by tuia Ramirez. = _ -J' . '• �m July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS HurriGane Sails Again and Again; Crew Never Knows Where, When The crew of the Hurricane has dedicated the song "Blues in the Night" to the ship as their travels never seem to end. From Mobile to San Pedro to Okinawa to Haiphong. Indo-China, and back to Okinawa and then to Pusan and on to Yokohama and back to Pusan and'on and on and on.-f When they arrive in the where they may go next. Same old "That may be so, but it sure looks land of the Nipponese their stuff, it seems, awaiting the orders like Mother Nature kicked it queries to the military, company agents and MSTS are merely answered with the reply that it is a mystery to them where the Hur­ ricane is headed next. The ship is well named it seems, for it is dif­ ficult to plot the course of a hur­ ricane. The crew is at a loss to dope out their next move. No secret cargo is carried and if they had on board a load of smoked sausage, they could have guessed their destination to be Baltimore, if baked beans, it might be Boston; red beans or rice, perhaps New Orleans; corn, surely Savannah; and last but not least, perhaps a load of grits for Mobile. Lieutenant's Orders However, the ship has not had any of the above categories and yet no one knows why, when or rare sevenieen LOG By Spike Marlin Baseball, fortunately, is one sport in whieh pre-season form doesn't always hold uo. at least not this year. For the first time in six seasons there is a possibility that the American League will have a new titleholder, a welcome development. And there have been a number of other equally startling developments. The big noise this year, of course, is being made by the New York Giants who, at the moment, are snrartly out in front of the pack, with only Brooklyn close enough to make a race of it. The Giants are where they are princi­ pally because of the return of Willie Mays, who is living up to all the adjeetives lavished on Mickey Mantle a few seasons back, and a very profitable trade; the one in which they picked up two pitchers, John Antonelli and Don Liddle, from Milwaukee in return for Bobby Thomson. Antonelli has de­ veloped as the solid man of the Giant staff, living up to his early promise. Typical Brooklyn Team Brooklyn, of course, has fielded a typical Dodger team, good hit, excellent field, shaky pitch. The league's disappointments have been the St. Louis Cardinals, and to a lesser extent, Milwaukee. The Cardinals have been doing amazingly well at the plate, but the complete collapse of their pitching, with Gerry Staley the principal culprit, has mired them in the second division. Milwau­ kee's goose was cooked by the An­ tonelli trade and a broken leg suf­ fered by Thomson in spring train­ ing. In the American League, Cleve­ land has surprised by' showing strength all along, although New York is pressing the Indians hard. The Indians always featured strong pitching. This year they are being helped quite a bit. in that depart­ ment by a resurgent Bob Feller and rookie Don Mossi. The Yan­ kees are, of course, the team to beat, but a tipoff on their chances is that fact that Rizzuto, their key man, is definitely showing signs of wear. For the rest of the league, there is Chicago, an outside chance on hustle and good pitching, and five other clubs who are all battling it out for last place. It's a very weak and unbalanced league that has been further undermined by the astonishing collapse of the Red Sox. This team started the season with s.uch aces as Williams, Good­ man, Kell and Pamell, plus bright young players like Piersall and Sammy White. But it has folded completely under the impact of in­ juries and some very questionable trades. from some second lieutenant. around a bit." Lotus "Wheelchair" Stone has A new wiper was shipped to re­ decided to take a long vacation and place "SJugger" Ott, who headed may even apply to the Welfare for home under doctor's orders. Fund for a pension. If that should The new wiper had been on the fall through, he plans to open an beach so long in Yokohama, he was Oriental crockery and rug business giving his food orders to the messin the deep south. Red House, Jhe man in Japanese. He's doing better man with the platinum choppers, now, he speaks a little English has applied for the manager's job now, and his profanity is picking up. in the said establishment. Everything has been running Cigarettes are now being given smooth as possible on the ship con­ to the crewmembers at the rate sidering the fact that it has been of one carton a week and when more than three months in Asiatic some of the boys protested, they waters and so far no one has gone were informed that they should native yet. Mostiof the brothers are read the papers, wherein some doc­ getting very short financially, tors said that smoking causes cer­ though. tain illness. Holy Cow, now these It seems the captain is really C-2s have started carrying medical tight when it comes to draws and advisors. cigarettes and if he continues as Winter time is still on in Korea he has in the past, quite a few of and from the looks of things no the men will be able to buy that sun has or will shine for some time chicken ranch that all seamen to come. The crew doesn't know dream of, but so few ever see. when, but it hopes to see the. sun The crew sends their thanks for and the States soon, but they are Seafarers who purchase trav­ the receipt of the April LOGS for not taking any bets that it will in elers checks, either through it is the only way and means that the near future. the Union in the ports of New they have of keeping In touch with York and Baltimore or from their union. any other source, are advised Morning Inspection to take advantage of the pro­ Raymond "Corncob" Hodges had tective feature of the checks to go to the Army hospital because by making sure they sign the of an unfortunate accident and checks on the sPot at the time after five days he returned with a they buy them. The safety fea­ tale of woe. The patients were ture of travelers checks calls Are you underweight? Always hungry? Does nothing seem to fill you up until you fear awakened each morning at 5 AM for the purchaser to sign them you are suffering from malnutrition? for inspection. at the time he buys them and Here's sage advice for you if the above symptoms are yours: ship the Chickasaw. We then again when cashing them One merchant seamaa had both to enable a comparison be­ ankles in casts and the medics gave have it from our fat corre-4tween the two signatures as a him a large dose of salts. At last spondent that this ship is a reer, and is well versed in the culi­ aboard the Chickasaw, and before guard against forgeryj theft or report, he had two sprained wrists hamburger bandits paradise. nary art. McPherson is married, you know it you'll be doing setting loss. Failure to sign them at from doing hand springs to the Food on the ship has improved to the father of four children, and up exercises to reduce the pound­ such a degree that the mere men­ makes his home in Mobile, Ala. the time of purchase is a waste head. age after you have sampled some of the protective feature for During the story hour, Oscar tion of the word causes the crew So we say once again, if you are of the delicious chow served by which the check fee is paid, "Easy Money" Lee was telling a to start worrying about their diets feeling run down, grab your bar Brothers McPhferson and Cain, tops according to the SlU Sea bunch of the youngsters how he and the conversation turns to talk bells and set your sights to ship in the hash throwing business. Chest, which sells travelers kept young and healthy. During of the best means of losing weight. Cause of all this waist line bulg­ checks as a service to the the conversation he stated that membership in New York and Father Time had treated his face ing and pleased smiles are Broth­ Baltimore. with care. This provoked Willy ers Renshaw McPherson and Earl Egan, chief electrician, to remark. Cain who hold down the jobs of chief cook and second cook respec­ The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, tively aboard the well-fed Chicka- bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's William Smother's recipe for stewed tomatoes and potatoes, and glazed carrots, as well as A. Moshers' Korean chop suey. That Florida has the longest use the new numbers to get faster Nothing will ever replace mother's cooking it seems, and coastline of any state in the service. this is especially true in cooking for large groups. The indi­ Union? According to the method $1 i 3^ employed by the US Coast and That the custom of wearing viduality and little niceties are impossible. Geodetic Survey, the general coast engagement and wedding rings on However, each cook or^' line of Florida, exclusive of islands, the fourth finger of the left hand baker has something up his and put in a hot oven for about 20 is 1,197 statute- miles—399 on the originated in an ancient belief that sleeve that he can offer that minutes. Atlantic and 798 on the Gulf of a very delicate nerve runs directly A. Mosher, who happens to be a -*• will help. Mexico. from that finger to the heart? William Smothers, 2nd cook, sug­ bosun but has his own ideas on 4" cooking, would like to see more of That as as part of the permanent That it is estimated that there gests a dish that the Korean type of chop suey. record, NY headquarters, as well are from 14 to 18 square feet of he can remem­ Chop some pork up into small as the other ports, maintains com­ skin on the average adult human ber as a boy and cubes and braise them 6n the top plete reports of all committees and body? Of course the surface asrea that smacks of of the stove. officials? On file in headquarters of the Body, which is practically home cooking. and the SIU port offices are" rec­ equivalent to the number of It's a simple Then take a head of lettuce, Chief Cook McPherson (Left) thing. Instead of ords of all reports made in the square feet of skin, varies with chop it fine as and Second Cook Cain study Union. a side dish of sex, age, height and weight of the you would for a menu. stewed tomatoes individual. slaw. Add a stalk i" t 4 That because of' an age-old su­ saw, now engaged in the coastwise prepared in the of celery and one 4i t perstition, many persons will not That there is more copper in the trade and being run on the side as usual manner or two good sized Smothers kill a praying mantis, for the United States five-cent piece, com­ health camp for Seafarers with with bread, he carrots cut very suggests using potato instead. reason that it is holy and bad monly known as the nickel, than extra-heavy appetites. thin i along with luck will befall the one who ex­ there is in the United States oneBrother Cain has been sailing as The potatoes are prepared as one large onion. terminates it? It is also believed cent piece, commonly known as cook and baker for the past 25 whipped mashed potatoes, but are After the pork that this insect bears a charm the penny? > The five-cent piece years and has been an SIU member allowed to be a bit harder and bits have been against evil. contains 75 per cent of copper and since 1943. He is originally from buttered. Then they are added to braised, the vege­ Mosher 25 per cent of nickel, that is, 57.87 Alabama, but now calls Miami his the stewed canned tomatoes with tables are added 4 $ That the present telephone num­ grains of copper and 19.29 grains home. and the whole is simmered in a a little sugar. ber for the NY headquarters is of nickel; while the one-cent piece The Chickasaw's chief cook. Glazed carrots are another one frying pan until soft. Then chopped HYacinth 9-6600? The telephone contains 95 per Cent of copper, 2.5 Brother McPherson, is a relative of William Smothers favorite mushrooms and salt and pepper numbers of all New York head­ per cent of tin and. 2.5 per cent newcomer to the SIU but a wel­ dishes. Just slice carrots length­ are added and the mixture is al­ -•Jl' f. quarters phones were changed by of zinc, that is, 45.6 grains of come one. He joined the SIU in wise as you would French fried lowed to simmer again for about the telephone company. Seafarers copper and 1.4 grains each of tin 1952, having beemin the restaurant potatoes. Place them in a pan and 15 minutes more. Then it is ready calling headquai-ters are asked to 4nd zinc. business before starting liis sea ca- bt-ush them with sugar and butter to serve. Sign Checks Right Awag Crew Raves About Chow On Chiwawa; Recommends Ship To Ambitious Eaters �SEAFARERS Page Eighteee Uses OT Sheet . As Army Pin-Up To the Editor: I just had the pleasure of spend­ ing a three day pass with my brother and the gang on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans.) on Its last trip to Inchon. It sure was a w": relief from this darn Army to eat some good SIU chow again. They, have a darn good gang on the Ocean Lotte with a steward de^ partment that's hard to beat. Anderson Headed by stew­ ard Fred Sullins, and with chief cook Charlie Foster and baker Bud Williams, this stewards de­ partment puts out chow in the typical SIU fashion. I wish to say hello to all my shipmates and tell them to keep on writing. The LOG has been coming right on time and I sure look forward to it ever two weeks. By the way, when aboard the Ocean Lotte I took an OT sheet and now have it for a pin-up. Pfc. Jack Anderson 97th Engr. Co. APO 971 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. 4- l" t Should Radio In For Rraw Money To the Editor: I think that the Union should make arrangements with the con­ tracted companies that when a captain radio's the estimated time of arrival, he also wires in the amount of money needed for a draw in case Sufficient funds are not aboard. In addition, a draw should be given out at the earliest opportu­ nity for the men that are off watch instead of at 4 PM. We arrived here at Long Beach, Calif., at 6 AM and at 2 PM there was no money yet. We will leave at 8 PM and the captain had prom­ ised us a draw. He' did not radio how much money he wanted (at least the agent had to go back after money LOG July S3. 1954 LETTERS' when he arrived here at 6 AM) and you can guess how the crew feels, especially since we are on oiur way to Saigon, French Indo­ china. I also think that the same thing should be done in the case of for­ eign ports when travelers checks run out and there is no American money aboard. At 2:30 PM the agent finally ar­ rived and said he left the money for the captain aboard the J. B. Waterman. At 3 PM the captain still hadn't shown up. M. McNabb, Jr. 4" 3) 3) Mate Tarns CooU To Save On OT To the Editor: This may be a new record for ships being tight on overtime the deck department of the Cecil N. Bean, in fact, all departments have been talking a'bout the captain, mate and chief engineer being tight on overtime. At about 2 AM on June 29th, the chief mate wished me to do him a favor by cooking for six Koreans, who were working in the ship's holds, some rice. Two hours, minimum overtime was too much to save ship's time and money by keeping them on ship. I finally ggave him, at his suggestion, about three pounds of dry rice to see ' what he was go­ ing to do with it. He later asked for a number 10 Marsh can, two five quart pans and a cover for one of the pans. He asked the gangway watch how to cook rice, etc., and he cooked it in his room for the six Koreans and brought the pans back all cleaned at about 4 AM. I told him that it might cost him two hours overtime anyway, and he has not spoken to me since. Edmund H. Marsh 'The Galleon' Almost every person unfamiliar with ships who sees a model or picture of an oldtime vessel calls it a galleon, probably be­ cause the galleon is the type of vessel most celebrated in litera­ ture. It was primarily a war vessel, and enjoyed its greatest suc­ cess during the 16th and early 17th centuries. One of the dis­ tinctive marks of the galley build was the form of her head. In­ stead of the long projecting forecastle of many of the larger ships of her time, the galleon's forecastle ended at her stem, British Seaman Reeails US Days To the Editor: I have been receiving the SEA­ FARERS LOG for some months now and eagerly look forward to each issue. I am pleased to see the tremendous improvement that has taken place aboard American ships, during the last twenty years. I only wish I could say the same for British ships. I sailed on the old George Washington end the America and numerous other American ships when conditions were really bad. Most of the old timers will remember big Paddy Brennan, Jimmy Taylor and Paddy O'Hare, who sailed in the above named ships as engineers at the time. There were different rates of pay that some ship owners paid, sometimes a difference of $10 a month. Seafaring did not appeal to na­ tive born Americans and most American ships were manned by foreign seamen. I left the US in 1931 and have been sailing in British ships up until 1950 with a few shore spells in between. I have since tried to get back to sea, but to no avail. The National Union of Seamen (most British seamen call it the National Union of Shipowners), has refused to allow me to join the union-and therefore I cannot ship out like many hundreds of other British seamen, whose only crime was trying to improve conditions aboard ship. I think we are the only maritime nation where the 44-hour-week is not in force. Instead, they give you a Sunday at sea. If you have 12 Sundays at sea, 12 days must elapse before a man can make a claim in the labor exchange. This is a great hardship for a married man. I am at present unemployed-and the outlook looks pretty black. I wonder if it is possible to become a member of your great union. This would enable me to get a relief job aboard American ships entering this port and maybe get a chance to ship out. The port of Liverpool has always been a black spot for unemployment and more and more people are becoming unemployed here. I was glad to see the stand you took in behalf of the British sea­ men who were recently sent to prison in Canada because they wanted an increase in wages. The NUS refused to do anything to help these men who are members of the* NUS, so you can see for your­ self what a phony outfit the NUS is. Incidentally, the operation of British ships on the Great Lakes and along the American and Cana­ dian coasts should, I imagine, have a definite effect on American seamen. If shipowners can operate British ships, which are consider­ ably cheaper to run, they will do so. Edward J. Kelly 3J' 3) cerned. The man in question stay­ ed on the ship and changed to the watch he was entitled to. After failing to fire the man in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engi­ neer thought he would make an­ other attempt and he again fired the man while the ship was on its way to Edgewater, NJ, little know­ ing that at that time word of the chief's underhanded tactics had already reached our New York officials.' Before the chief had time to gloat over his second attempt, the beef was again settled by our Un­ ion officials in New York. The engine room delegate wants to thank all the delegates and crew members for their concern and participation in this beef. J. Flannery Ship's delegate 3) 4> 3) Seafarers Like No. Europe Bun To the Editor: Well, here I am writing again to the LOG after completing a trip to the Mediterranean on the Southstar (South Atlantic). We are now bound for London, our first port after leaving Newport News, Va., on June 26 on our regular northern Europe run. We will stop at Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp. This sort of trip makes everyone happy although we also had a fine trip last voyage when we hit Casa­ blanca, Algiers, Tunis, Ryika, Pireaus and Leghorn. While in the port of Casa­ blanca, a few of the crew mem­ bers got taken over by the Arabs which isn't at all unusual. Otherwise, we had a fine trip. One of our Eriksen oilers. Tommy Cooper, got married in Rijeku, Yugoslavia, and we wish him all the happiness in the world. The trip was a very pleasant one and everybody was happy upon arrival in Charleston, SC, our first port and payoff port, to learn we were going back on our regular run. We were in London on July 6 and ex­ pect to be back in the States by the middle of August. I have asked before about send­ ing the LOG to my home in Savan­ nah, Ga., but so far I haven't re­ ceived it, so I'm enclosing my address again.. I would also like to obtain a copy of Seafarers in World War. II. Edmund K. W. Eriksen (Ed. note: Your requests are be­ ing taken care of accordingly.) Disabled Man Praises Welfare To the Editor: As you and the membership know, I am receiving the disability benefit for which I am very grate­ ful as it permits me to lead a happy normal life. I wish to thank Walter Siekmann and his assistant, Toby Flynn, for their kind and courteous treatment and at the same time 1 wish to thank all of the office staff of the Welfare Services Department," as they all did their very best'to help me. I once thought that the- only place a person could find sympathy and understanding was in the dic­ tionary, bjit since I have been on pension, I have changed my mind about that. I could never get the sympathy and understanding I get from the welfare board of the SIU anywhere else in the world. The SIU has made great strides since it was located on Stone Street. At^ that time, no one had any idea that the SIU would ever be the best sea­ man's union in the whole world. As the member­ ship knows, their officials are con­ stantly on the Frazer alert to better their conditions regarding wages, overtime, food. living conditions and welfare benefits. So, I wish to say to the member­ ship, just as long as we have the present officials we will continue to be the best seaman's union in the world. I have always been very proud to be a member of the SIU because there is not another seaman's union in the world that *s anywhere near as good as the SIU. Best of luck to all the officials and to the mem­ bership. Burton J. Frazer 3?" 3) 4' Ex-Seafarer Praises SIU To the Editor: - I am a retired member of the SIU and have been receiving the SEAFARERS LOG since my re­ tirement in 1949. I wish to congratulate the SIU on their fine achievements and the victories they have made in the past and I wish them even more success in the future. I am more than confident that the SIU shall set the pace for all labor unions as it has done in the past and maintain the high stand­ ards they haVe gained for their membership. I also wish to have the LOG sent to my new address. Peter Desposito (Ed. note: Your new address has been noted and the LOG will be coming along as usual every two weeks.) Seafarers Relax On Curacao 3) Chief Fires Twiee^ Draws 2 Blanhs (From "The Book of Old Ships" (Doubleday). by Grant and Culver.) while a slim long beak, similar to that of the galley, projected far forward. The transom of the stern was square, the poop nar­ row, and clench work or skids strengthened the sides, although in English ships this feature passed out of use at an early date. The fore and mainmasts were equipped with round tops and car­ ried courses and topsails. Galleons also had one and sometimes two lateen mizzens. To the Editor: The crew of the Seatrain Louis­ iana (Seatrain) went on record at the ship's meeting to have these minutes inserted in the LOG: During the last trip, while the ship was in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engineer saw fit to fire the engine room delegate after the chief engineer denied the delegate the right to change over to a va­ cant watch even though he had seniority enough to do so. A call was sent to the Ne-w Or­ leans hall and Whitey T&nnehiU came on board ship and settled the beef-to the agreement of all con­ Three happy Seafarers enjoying the beach are, left to right, Feliki Jaroclnski. Chino Soso and A^onane Benavidest - . �July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS Greenland Gi Requests LOO To the Editor: I would like very much if you could arrange to have the LOG sent to me. I was an active meniber in the Union from 1944 to 1953 when I got drafted into the army. My book is now retired, but I will be out of the army in Octo­ ber, 1955. I am at present an engineer on a Pickett 65-foot tug up at Narraskak, Greenland. We' plan to be up here until December and the LOG is one way to keep in touch with what is going on in the ship­ ping outfits. Maybe you can send a few back LOGS as I am behind the times. Pvt. Lavaiscia L. Pickett 373rd TPC Det 5 APO 858 c/o Postmaster New York, NY (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published.) 4" 4> 4" Does Set Seafarer Off on Wrong Foot To the Editor: I'd like to add my two cents to the campaign to require accident forms on all SlU ships and to back up my argument with an example of what often times happens to those injured on shipboard. Brother James M. House was in­ jured in a fall from a ladder that was used as a gangway on the Southern Districts (Southern) at San Juan, PR, on the evening of May 28th. The outpatient clinic at USPHS hospital at San Juan diag­ nosed the case as a slight fracture and told Brother House to stay off the foot for a few days. At Paramaribo, House was sent to the agent's doctor (I presume) who told him after x-raying the toot to rest the foot for eight days. House followed the doctor's in­ structions and was back on his feet« again three days before entering Corpus Christi. Arriving in Corpus Christi, House had more x-rays taken which this time, showed a definite fracture. The doctor then ordered him off his feet from three to four weeks. Varied opinions of the doctors PoKT-rme ^ PiSOiARSe/ Fage Nineteen LOG LETTERS' involved probably hindered House's recovery and added to his confusion, so I urge the member­ ship to agree and recommend the idea of accident forms. Walter Browning Ship's deiegate 4" 4' 4" Crew Tahen To The Cleaners To the Editor: I'd like to call to the attention of the rest of the membership an experience I and several others on the Calmar (Calmar) had recently while in the Port of New York. The ship was contacted by one of these sharp-shooting laundry outfits which also does dry-clean­ ing work for ships in Brooklyn and the guy who collected our dirty gear from us was specifically told we didn't have any dry-clean­ ing work for him. As that is a more expensive operation, he was more interested in that anyway. He picked up the clothes and returned them okay, but the big kicker was getting our old dunga­ rees and wbm-Out cotton pants back pressed out like fancy dress pants and with a fancy 65-cent tab on each to boot. Of course, when we reminded this character that we had told him no dry cleaning and didn't intend to spend 65 cents to wash out a pair of pants he just looked at us like we spoke a foreign language and that was that. We got stung all right, but there's no need for others in thesame position to do so. The name of the outfit is Half Moon Valet, 921 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY. Watch out for this character next time you're in Brooklyn. John H. McEIroy t 4" 4" Thanks Company For Promptness To the Editor: Many allotment checks have a habit of arriving several days late, but those sent to us from the South Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc. of Savannah, Ga., are happy excep­ tions. We receive our checks almost on the day they are due, via air mail, and we think the company -should be commended for its efficiency and thoughtfulness. Evelynne Slebert SET CREDIT WARD VACAHCW PAY FORALLTIME WORKED ABCARD SHIP VOl/ MUST SET PISCHARSES FOR PORT T/ME . THESE AREOViyGIVEA/ U?CN RBQUFSf. TO SAVE YOURSELF TIME AND TROUBLE LATER. A5K FOR A PORT TIME. DISCHARGE WHENYCU LEAVE A SHIP. .4ir Replacement Beef On Wacosta To the Editor: The time has come when a man ships. It seems that this joker has to be a sort of a sea lawyer to sailed with MSTS, so I told him be a good delegate aboard any one he ought to be used to this lou.sy of our. ships, and it will come as chow by now. Now, this GI won't no surprise to me if most of the To the Editor: It would.please me and I'm sure even give nie the right time of major unions will come out with a a great many others in our Union day. practical course in the necessary as well as other unions if every­ The Army it seems has its share schooling for handling not only one was made aware of the ex­ of boot-kissers and brown-nosers. beefs, complaints and the tricks istence of the place I write to you While I was at Fort Dix, NJ, a that are part of dealing with un­ about. sergeant asked me why I didn't ion labor, but also important tech­ The place is Bond's at 151 Mar­ try for a stripe. I told him, "Sarge, nicalities as well. This is especial­ ket Street here in San Francisco. I came into this army without a ly true when in foreign ports. It is run by a gentleman by the stripe and I won't brown nose to For instance, while aboard the name of Tom Sullivan. He is get one, so I guess I'll leave the Wacosta (Waterman) in Japan, a known to be a gentleman by all way I came in." key man was about to be replaced Well, enough of that for a vvhile. by a Japanese, who^turned out to Seafarers as well as by all others who know him. Any cards or letters sent to me be a better union man than the Tom hag a jar on the bar of his will not only be appreciated, but man he was to replace. He had resfaurant-bar for donations for a I'll try to answer them all, believe sense enough to come down and stew pot and let me tell you, this me. check with me before starting Pvt. Albert M. Pietrowski work. money is used Hq and Hq Co. 1st Bn. The man the Japanese replaced for just that 278th Reg. Combat Team claimed to have been an SIU man purpose. Fort Devens, Mass. When you come a lot longer than myself, although in, you are not if it wasn't for the Japanese, I 4 4 4 never would have known that the asked for a nickel key man had been replaced or or how much what work had been done. money you have As it was, I did not oppose the in your pocket. To the Editor: You are only I would like very much to re­ replacement although it seemed strange to me. asked to sit down ceive the SEAFARERS LOG as I I merely asked .and eat all you am a seaman's wife and I don't the first assistant want. know too much about this kind of if the newcomer To my amazement, I found that life. in my depart­ the girl who waited on me was a , I have only been married to my ment was order­ working nurse who draws no sal­ husband six months and I have ed by him or had ary nor wants any. To top it all found five of them very lonely as his approval. The off, her husband is a captain of my husband is making that Far first assistant act­ a T-2 tanker. Something like this East run aboard the Hurricane ed as though he you don't run into everyday and (Waterman). I find it an awful knew nothing something like this should be more lonesome life, but I have memories Ramirez about the matter to keep me content and a most appreciated. although he admitted in front of The girl's name is Mrs. Penny wonderful husband to wait for. So, please send me the LOG as witnesses that he did not order Murry and her assistant in the cooking and dishwashing depart­ it will help to keep me company the replacement. However, as long ment is a chief engineer named as well as keep me in contact with as another man was there to re­ place him on the job, he gave the Jerry Awlsman. 'There are a few the news of shipping. SIU man the day off. Mrs. John J. Knowles others who I have not met as yet The Japanese, not having been (Ed. note: The LOG trill be but I intend making their ac­ sent to you regularly, 'every two authorized by the first assistant, quaintance. had no business in my department# Gentlemen, we of the SIU look weeks, jrom now on.) and I told him so. Had the first for and-appreciate places like this 4 4 4 assistant authorized or ordered the as it has always been an SIU pol­ Japanese replacement I could do icy to help everybody. When peo­ nothing about it. ple help us, we certainly let them Is this possible? I later was know, so I am asking you to please To the Editor: told by the same SIU man that I print this in the LOG and send Thought I'd drop you a line to was taking the delegate's job too this gentleman copies of the LOG see what you think about an idea seriously and that I stunk to him as a great many of our men stop of mine. because my action stopped his be­ there. On the last couple of trips, I ing replaced by the Japanese sea­ Dave Barry have been thinking of a way to man for that day. I honestly was 4 4) have us put our not too concerned about the mat­ Sea Chest to bet­ ter if the man could prove to me ter use for the he had some official permission menibership. because then it would be out of This can be my hands. To the Editor: If it is okay to replace this man I am writing this letter to ask done by having a without the first assistant's author­ you to send the LOG to me regular­ system worked ization or knowledge, I would like ly now. I am a little short of cash out for men on to see that we have it officially at present but as soon as I am the beach to be printed in our agreement so that •&/ able to send in a donation I'll able to buy any , everyone can benefit from it. I be­ try to send in a donation each of the stuff they Maehel need while lieve that if one man can do it, month. In case some of my former ship­ ashore. I mean a way whefe a man everyone should be able to. I have been told there have been mates are wondering where I am, can buy the same way as he does I signed two years articles with in the majority of stores today. In­ many cases such as this that have good old Uncle Sam in November stallment buying is what I am get­ passed the scrutiny of many Union representatives because no com­ 1953 and I have been in various ting at. This could be done without very plaints were registered topside. camps until they stuck me up much more added work then is be­ I'd like to have some opinions here at Fort Devens; Mass. I can't exactly beef too much as ing done already. A brother could on this, not because I have any­ I am a truck driver (Teamsters buy some of the stuff he needs while thing against the man involved, Union take note), but what a dif­ on the beach, either for himself or but before Hhe matter is forgotten, ference in the pay line. It is cer­ for his home, without having to I would like to know if this is tainly unlike any SIU payoff where buy the things he needs from right or wrong. This would help you walk up to the paymaster and "Mark-It-Up-Double Harry" on the any SIU delegate know where he skipper, give your name and corner. stands if this thing is repeated. Since the Sea Chest buys the Z-number and receive a few hun­ If we accept the few cases when dred bucks after a month's trip. better brands, I think this would the officers approve of these prac­ Here you have to walk up and work out fine. I think a few para­ tices for the benefit of one or two salute these 90-day wonders, give graphs in the LOG would help bat members, it is easily seen that this your name and serial number and this idea around the halls to see if situation would get out of hand. pick up a lousy 80 or 85 bucks. the membership would approve There has always been some non­ Since I joined this non-union such a setup. I also think that the union practices going on with outfit, I have bumped into several brothers should set a limit on the favoritisfh at play, but we have NMU has-beens and they were amount of credit which can be always been fighting just this type glad to see an SIU man suffering given at one time. of thing. along with them. I hope you can print a couple of Let's hear some other opinions I have been shifted around so lines on this subject as I think it on this subject. much, I don't even unpack my is a sound idea for furthering the Luis A. Ramirez duffle bags. I know when I do, Sea Chest service to the member­ VEd. note: As a general policy, ^ . they'll decide I am needed .else­ ship. time off should not be taken with- ' ' ' where. M. A. "MlkeV Maehel out approval beforehand of a de­ The other day I heard « GI (Ed. note: This problem is now partment head, and replacements, beefing about the chow. I told him under consideration, because of. if any, should be ordered through a union hoR.) I'd aeoa better chow too. ea SIU many requests.) Seafarer Finds A Sailor^s Rest Wife Lonesome^ Wants LOG Sent Urges Credit Buying Setup Ohi This Is The Army9 Mr, Jones �SEAFAkERS rac« Twen^ k . July S3,1954 LOG ^.. DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... /I r Cups should be put back In pantry after being used. Ship's delegate to see chief engineer about hot water situation and fixing coffee urn. Library books to be put back in recreation room after being read. rather than th* customary two. Motion carried not to dispose of television set in case the ship is inactive and crew is laid off. Steward department to keep recreation room clean. Deck department and engine departments to keep laundry room clean. June 13—Chairman, Vic Cover; Secre­ tary, A. Veyeuotskl. Vote of thanks to the men who instsdied television. Steward to check fruit when it is brought aboard. Ship's delegate has extra key for laundry in case one is lost. Arrival pool to be held twice a trip. Letter sent to head­ quarters regarding possiblity of men be­ ing excused from Philadetphia to Balti­ more shift. ared tl the stores, and he checked the list and it seemed all right. Steward said that he could not take the responsibility of throwing the eggs over the side. The chair then stated that he would throw them over and take the responsibility, CHOCTAW (Watermen), June 3t—Chair­ and that this was the lousiest feeding man, Pat Robinson; Secretary, J. SImlnFORT HOSKINS (CltKi Service), June ship he had ever been on. At this point, son. Ship's delegate reported ail beefs 19—Chairman, Malcolm Louney; Secre­ there were so many people talking that settled in San Francisco. Repair lists tary, M. Cllllipie. Motion made and car­ the secretary reminded the chair that it discussed. Vote of thanks given the ried for the foUowing: Submission of re­ was about time to return to proper busi­ steward department for good chow and pair lists to Include, request extra fans ness. The meeting was adjourned. service. in foc'sles, check medicine chest con­ June 20—Chairman,. C. O. Stroud; Sec­ CHILORE (Ore), June •—Chairmen, P. tents, see that slop chest is adequately retary, G. V. Thobe. G. Thobe was elected ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), June 13— Pritx; Secretary, O. Stone. Motion made stocked, enough cots to accommodate ship's delegate. There is no hot water that Wiliie Frank Coppage and Joseph L. Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, M. Simon. crew, mil situation to be discussed with in the 12-4 deck foc'sle. Suggestion was Redd, steward department men, be rec­ patrolman in Lake Charles. AU crewmemmade to try to get some cots in Gal­ ommended to the agent and patrolman bers should. obtain proper medicinal OREMAR (Calmar), May 3S—Chairman, veston. In Baltimore for permits. Both these shots before leaving the states. The Elmer C, Barnhlll; Secretary, R. Martini, July S—Chairman, R, Hasklns; Sacrawashing machine needs new agitator and new washing machine should be wringer needs repairing. Discussion was The taken care of. Crew asked to turn in undertaken by ship's delegate, bookmen right after knocking off to avoid and other brothers stressing the impor­ overtime tance and continued value of regular beefs. Juna 13—Chairman, Elmer C. Barnhlll; One man missed ship in Port of Balti­ ship's union meetings. Secretary, R. Martini. Ship's delegate more. Ship's delegate having trouble will see the chief engineer about heavy SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), May 39— valve with the mate to see patrolman in Puerto Chairman, for washing machine. There is too Carl C, Lawson; Secretary, S. men shipped through the hall. They do Rico. All hands asked to wear shirts into ZygarowskI Zygle. Needed repairs were much noise in the passageway. Steward their work properly and conduct them­ messhail at' ail times. Suggestion made not taken care of in port. Cooks wiU put department given a vote of thanks for tsry, C. V. Thobe. AU repairs have been taken care of, and this is a pretty good selves in a proper Union manner. Laun­ to see inspector about station bills. out more night lunch. Crew was asked to the food served. trip. Pumpman asked if we could get a dry should be kept clean. Request the put coffee cups back in sink after they better grade of ketchup and have less CUBORE JOre), June 13—Chairman, Union for a new Sea Chest library FELTORE—(Ore), June 1(—Chairman, get through with them. Ship's delegate R. Colyer; Sacratary, W, Cain. Recreation grease on the eggs. Chair suggested more aboard. Discussion on starting ship's Bill spoke about SIU slop chest and read the Sharp; Secretary, Frank Pagane. Mo­ room to be cleaned up after all night variety in the menu. One man wanted fund. Leonard A. March and Richard made to see patrolman about insuf­ letter from union headquarters. Unauthor­ poker games. Crew asked to be more more buttermilk. Electrician was told by Foust both Union members were picked tion ized persons are to be kept out of the careful and not overload washing ma­ men who repaired ice box that it was ficient food supply and keys for foc'sles. up in the Panama . Canal and brought messroom and crew foc'sles. The deck back to Baltimore as workaways. Ihey More cups should be put in night mess. gang and the engine gang will do the chine. Steward department given unani­ not worth fixing any more. After a gen­ eral discussion on the South American want to thank the members of the wash room every other week and the mous vote of thanks lor good preparation stores, the steward was asked to see the Chiiore for their cooperation, cigarettes, steward department will do the spare of food. patrolman about having some of this etc. room every week. BALTORE (Ore), Juna 31—Chairman, stuff replaced with Stateside supplies. Washing machine in the black gang show­ TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), WINTER HILL (Cities Service), June 3« Charles Kellogg; Secretary, George Prota. er will be used for working gear and the Discussion concerning starting a ship's June 24—Chairman, George Hays; Secre­ —Chairman, F. Adklns; Secretary, Dan fund to buy a radio for the crew's recre­ machine in the steward's shower for tary, Dargan O. Coker. The crew was Sheehan. Ship's delegate reported no room. I. W. Tanner was appointed whites. Pumpman complained about the asked to take better care of the present beefs pending and would like to resign ation take up a collection of SI per man un- cold drinks not being cold enough. Ho toaster due to the fact it had been rough and elect a new delegate to keep on the to tU it is paid off. This ship stUl hasn't had told the steward to put more Ice in them. ly used and it had Just been repaired. Job. Jess Gindhart elected new. ship's The chair reminded him that he brought Requests were made for better ventila­ delegate. Chief cook spoke on ship's any success in obtaining a ship's library. the ice up himself, and It was enough, tion in the steward department toilets. fund, building it up and reported $20 in •nie complainer's reply: "Yeah, it is MAE (Bull), June 30—Chairman, Wil­ There should be a fan placed in the the fund at present. Suggestion made to Morris; Secretary, R. M. Hammond. enough ice in, but it is not cold enough." laundry. Repairs are to be noted and have a delegate take up collection of SI liam Someone should invent colder ice. All beefs have been squared away. There lists are to be made and given to the per man for same. is 035.64 in the ship's fund. Five deck proper authorities. Thanks was given to (Continued from page 3) ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), June the sanitary men who are keeping the WESTERN TRADER (Western Navlga- chairs to be bought out of ship's fund. laundry clean, but the crew was re­ request that its appeal be heard, tien). May 30—Chairman, C. P. Aycock; Lower passageway screen doors to be re- 37—Chairman, John Nash; Secretary, W. J, Walsh. Ship's Ubrary wUl be turned quested to help concerning this matter. and the Court of Appeals could Secretary, L. W. Pepper. G. D. Sims over to the ship's delegate for distribu­ Words of appreciation were given to the elected ship's delegate. Discussion about tion. Ship's delegate wiU contact the steward department for the preparation deny the request. If there was a crew ice box. Some of the heavy ciga­ chief mate about having security racks and, serving of the food. The steward is rette smokers asked the ship's delegate made for the crew and PO mess, to keep to take charge of the slop chest for the split decision, the appeal would be to see the captain about getting extra condiments in place during rough weath­ ne.xt voyage. He is to inquire at the New automatically accepted on the com- cigarettes to tide them over while in the er. If chips is too busy, they wiU be York office concerning this matter. port of Otaru, Japan. The crew messman parTy's request. made by^ the shoreside carpenter. One said that he would take care of the rec­ man paid off in Capetown. If the com­ reation room if he would be given the THE CABINS (Mathlasen), June 17— paired or replaced. Ship's delegate is to Company Challenged Claim overtime sougeeing same. The washing see the captain about the painting of pany exterminator is too buiiy to service Chairman, J. R. Mesres; Secretary, J. the ship, the scow should be fumigated. The case began several months machine should be secured to the deck rooms and passageways. There are still There Shorten. Motion made that each man do­ was no service on the last voyage nate S2 to start a ship's fund; motion ago when the permitman in ques­ to keep from sliding around. a few of the crew that are a little lax on in any port on the Atlantic seaboard. June 19—Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Sec­ takirg chances on the arrival pool and it carried. A steam iron will be purchased retary, L. W. Pepper. Vermin was found seems they are the first ones in the mess Locks on doors are to be fixed so they tion applied for unemployment in­ in galley while at sea and a request was hall every night to watch the teiovision can be locked in overseas ports. surance. The company challenged made for the ship to be fumigated when pi (grams. These members were asked to it arrives in U. S. port. A motion was give a donation to help meet expenses. his claim, but the unemployment made YORKMAR (Calmer), July $—Chairman, the steward that if he did not Karl Chrlslansen; Secretary, S. WImpler. insurance referee found that he make by another trip the new steward be YORKMAR (Calmar), June 37—Chair­ Captain was given the brand name and informed about checking his stores be­ man, A. Lutey; Secretary, C. Boguckl. number of the washing machine, to get was entitled to payment in New fore signing on again, and if not satisfied John Jeliette elected ship's delegate and spare parts in Long Beach. If this is not York State because the regulations to contact the SIU agent. Engineers seem he asked that ail beefs first be referred done, agent will be contacted in San very lax in their duties concerning re­ to the department delegate and if not Francisco for immediate action when wo specify that a man should not be pairs the extent that most Jobs were settled then be brought to the ship's get there. Deck engineer has the dope penalized for abiding by union done to in a school-boy manner. It was delegate. New agitator needed on the on the electrical work being done by top­ suggested the officers of the deck washing' machine. Ventilator mushrooms side and will contact the Long Beach rules with respect to taking jobs. and enginethat department be informed to need to be loosened. (Continued from page 3) ^ agent. Captain has keys for crew foc'sles: Calmar appealed the case to the stop doing crewmembers work. Each delS.50 deposit is required. There is enough pany-owned ships. Payments on Unemployment Insurance Appeals MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), meat*for the usual length trip on hand. June 20—Chairman, Clarx; Secretary, Bill Steward is making requisitions for wet Government-owned ships will be Board and lost. Then they went to Stark. Brother Clark reported that re­ and dry stores needed. Mushrooms men­ made at a later date. The company the Appellate Division and lost pairs will be made and painting of en­ tioned at the last meeting have been gine quarters was okayed and will be opened. Wash basin faucets in the stew­ requests that Seafarers send for there. Finally, the company ap­ done this trip. Steward asked that men ard department have been repaired, as applications to its New Orleans pealed to the highest court, which be careful with linen this trip as there requested. There is $94.20 in the ship's was too large a shortage in inventory fund, from the raffle, and $23 from the office, in the Hibernia Bank Build­ said that a determination would last trip. Brothers a.shcd to dress prop last trip. Locker in 4-8 foc'sle will prob­ egate will explain to the patrolman the erly ing. ably not be finished. Linen and cots in messroom. have to be made back at the low­ of cooperation by (he deck and en­ should be taken off deck before reaching Other companies that will start est level, whether the permit sys­ lack gine department heads. A vote of thanks BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service). Long Beach. Iron and ironing board will making payments on or about the tem was reasonable and fair, and was given to the steward department for June 18—Chairman, Thomas Cummlngs; be bought. Secretary, Vincent L. Ratcllff. Ship's first of the month are Alcoa whether the 60-day rule was rea­ very fine service and good chow. AMERSEA (Amerocesn), July 7—Chair­ STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Juna 30— delegate reported that request was made Steamship Company, Calmar sonable and fair. Chairman, Charles Bush; Secretary, to tiie port steward to have the recrea­ man, Al Kassen; Saerelary, George Steamship Company and the Ore tion room fixed up. Doors should not be FInkles. Both the gashounds are to stop, Charles Heppdolng. Motion made and slammed in.the engine room, so men and will be given one more chance. Jack •fhe result was a brand new carried to have chief engineer have re­ Steamship Company. August 15 is sleeping wiif not be disturbed. Fan re­ Curlew was elected ship's delegate by ac­ pairs made In the galley and if these re­ hearing before the Unemployment the target date for the start of pairs aren't taken care of the ship's dele­ moved from the 8-12 engine foc'sle should clamation. Washing machine should be be replaced. All fans should be checked given a good overhauling and some spare payments by Waterman and Bloom- Insurance Appeals Board at which gate will see the captain about same. and repaired. There is $19 in the ship's parts ordered for emergencies. Crew is On arrival in New York ship's delegate statistics were introduced by the field. Robin Lines is aiming at a very much pleased with the steward and and department delegates will go to head­ fund. September 1 date for its retroac­ Union to show the variations in quarters with a view of having someone SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Ssatrsln), his department. Ship's delegate will call for the library and the steward has or­ employment in the industry which represent the SIU members on the beach June 13—Chairman, Dan Robinson; Sec­ dered tive payrolls. cots. in Honolulu. Steward wiU see about hav­ Reports on other SIU companies made the permit rules necessary. ing the benches in the mess hall paded. retary, A. Wllburn. One black gang beef was taken care of by Union officials in Washing machine is in bad shape and SEAMAR (Calmer), May 33—Chairman, will be forthcoming as soon as As a result, the Unemployment In­ crew needs a new one. Several arrival no time at all. There is $190 now in the W. Sibley; Secratary, N. Maffle. There ie ship's fund. headquarters receives notification surance Appeals Board found that pools to be made for the purpose of buy­ $23 in the ship's fund. John Sullivan wae the Union rules to be fair and rea­ ing a television set for the unlicensed VAL CHEM (Valentine), June 7—Chair­ elected ship's delegate. Chief engineer from them. personnel. was thanked for his special help on re­ sonable. man, not listed; Secretary, Richard V. pair matters. Recommendation was made Gelling. Comment was made on the im­ STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), May 29— Unwilling to concede, the comto see if the Union could extend the Wel­ Philip Rubis was fare Chairman, Aussie Shrlmpton/ Sacratary, provement in food. to help men financially as they ! pany again appealed the case to Charlas J. Hartman. Ship's delegate re­ elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks leaveFlan the hospital. Cleanliness should be and confidence went to the baker, R. I the Appellate Division, this time ported a sum of $61 in the ship's fund. Geilino. He stated that, as steward dele­ maintained in passageways and messhail. made that the ship be fumi­ Men were asked to be careful of cots. testing the fairness of the permit Suggestion gated for rats when ship returns to New gate, he wanted to know any beefs about Hole in a new mattress was brought te the food, instead of beefs being kept a the steward's attention. system. The result was that the York. Juna 7—Chairman, Aussia Shrlmpton; secret until it was too late. He also said 4-^halrman, W. Sibley; Secretary, court held that the permit system Sacratary, Charlas J. Hartman, Meeting he would try and take care of special N.July Maffle. There is $20.60 in the ship's The. man who bought the cards is, in fact, fair, reasonable and called at the suggestion of the New Or­ requests. One man missed ship in Panama. union patrolman in order to make last trip will be I-eimbursed from the fund. (Continued from page 3) His gear was checked and sent on to the just, and further held that the per­ leans public aU the facts of the bosun being ship's fund. There is a total of $146 in proper authorities. Matter of fresh stores the ship's fund. The plaque has been B., both of this city, as well as two mit system in no way violated the fired in New Orleans. Vote of thanks ex­ purchased and sent on its way. was explained. Steward was thanked for tended to Charlie Tannerhill, New Or­ his efforts in this matter. Ship's fund will sisters, Mrs. Charles Hanning, New Taft-Hartley law. leans patrolman, for his handling of the SEATIGER (Colonial); June $—Chair­ be turned over to the Baltimore agent for Orleans, and Mrs. Alvin Blount, The SIU A&G District was rep­ beef in general. Delegates to make sure man, safekeeping if the ship is laid up. Mo­ D, Dickson; Secretary, G. Thobe. uncompleted repairs are taken care resented by General Counsel Sey­ that tion was passed to renew the crew's de­ Oakland, Calif. of in New York before is-ling on the O. Dickson was elected ship's delegate. mand for Seafarer slopchest, and to com­ Chairman said there was a lot of things new voyage. At Tuesday night's Ralph Dupas- mour W, Miller, pare Seafarers' prices with the ship's cur­ to be straightened out on this ship, such June 27—Chairman, W. MHehell; Sec­ slopchest prices. Vote of confidence Armand Savoie fight at municipal ratary, Charles Hartman. Suggestion that as, why isn't there some other ketchup rent went to the steward, his department and all delegates rewrite their department in the messroom and why isn't there any especially auditorium here, attended by 5,000 the baker for a Job well done. repair lists as they now stand. $80 re­ American meat aboard the ship. Stew New garbage cait is needed for the pan­ persons, the crowd stood in a mo­ ported in the ship's fund. Motion made and veal were lousy. Steward said he try. Repair lists be made out in and carried that each member write to Just Joined the ship and there were only advance. Special should ment of silence in tribute to Moon, went to the tlie union slop chest advocating that about 60 pounds of veal aboard from captain for going to thanks bat to get stores that In announcing Moon's death, South America. Chairman asked the stew­ credit be granted to dependents of sea­ With Congress now in ses­ men and their families while they are ard to tthrow some of the South Ameri­ were needed for the return trip at VanDuke Durel, official announcer, sion, Seafarers are urged to serving on board ships. Su.qgestion made can stores overboard, but the . steward couveur . said, "Moon Kouns, a boy who al­ that permit men who wish to apply for said he was not authorized to do' so, and keep on writing their Senators Electrician reported that GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), books do so in writing to headquarters. would not. ways gave his best in many a pier and Representatives in favor A working arrangement ghoul 1 be made thefe was only one spare fan abokrd, and April 8—Chairman, Thomas T, NIeholsf six brawl, to the delight of the . of retaining the US Public Secretary, Eitel Robertsen, Getting a new by all bands whereby aU unauthorized that one was DC. June ls;-Chalrman, D, Dickson; Secre­ washing machine was discussed, as the persons are kept out of all crew quarters fans, and who never in his fighting Health Service hospitals. The and messhalls while the ship's in ports. tary, O, Thobe, Ship's delegate reported old one is getting troubleebme. Motion career went down for the count, that there were two logs, which he hopes was passed to raffie off the whole TV set flow of mail has been heavy INES (Bull), May 3$—Chairman, W, B. .will he, lifted in port. He personally has and (ise the proceeds to purchase a radio has been given the final count by up to now, but from now on. in Saylors; Secretary, H. . R, - Long. Ship's not seen the eap.tain, but heard that he and record player. Ship's delegate wee thd great referee, God bless ypu, - is the time that : it really delegate reported $378 in ship's fund and is a good, then to stay away from. Engine aske<| to see If he can get the messhail all Is. well. Repair lists to..De- turned in didegate ordered three toilet seat's and painted; There have been several comMoon. - You will never be for­ • counts, • t . . by each department.' Motion made and three toilet paper rollers. Other. items gotten." carried to have en* aaeetlng per payoC wlU be l^t on the repair Hit, iteward LONI JACK (CItIti Itrvlc*), Jun» •— ehalrman, Jamat A. Phillips; Secratary, Edward S. Cravlln. Engineer wiU begin to work on repair list on the trip south. $18.12 reported in the ship's treasury. Motion made and carried that sougeeing in gaUey, steward department and living quarters be done and disinfected. Sug­ gestion that fantaU be washed down more Often and that sanitary work be done properly. Library be requested in next port. in Norfolk. Repair lists to be made out by department delegates and turned in before arrival in ptfrt. After present soap powder is used up captain has agreed to order some of a better quality. •lie a Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay Go's Readying Back Payments 'Moon' Kouns Dies Af 42 Keep Those Letters Coming .(ConUnued on page 2i) �"c.-sr^sm i W::July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS VOG Psc* Twenty-one ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 20) as he didnt like the ship or the officers aboard. June 10—Chairman, nons; Secrefary, none. Night cook and baker was reported to have failed to perform his duties in Pusan, Korea. He failed to Join the ship and it sailed shorthanded. June 30—Chairman, Brown; Secretary, M. E. Pappadakls. The ship's fund was disposed of to the satisfaction of all. The food situation was discussed at the meet­ ing and it was decided to report the mat­ ter to the Union agent at the port of The department delegates are to STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), July 4— payoff. draw up a list of all repairs and hand Chairman, E. 6. Tasko; Sacratary, T. H. same to the patrolman. Cordon. Two electric fans were lost or taken from the electrician's room. Mem­ COE VICTORY Carriers), June bership Is to cooperate about aerials for 30—Chairman, J.(Victory Johnson; Secretary, radios. Crew messman promised to im­ George B. Dunn. Deck delegate reported prove his Work. Captain will be con­ that mate had work done by shore gang tacted about draws in foreign ports, in. Korea. He has kept a list of this work which should either be in US currency or and will check the patrolman in travelers' checks. Patrolman will be con­ Seattle. The shipwith needsi fumigating. Port tacted about stores. Members should re­ hole screens requested.' New cots should place the top of the washing machine and ordered as summer is here. Fresh make sure that it is clean, after use. Ma­ be chine should be run for only 20 minutes water tanks should be inspected and at a time. Machine needs a new hose. cleaned. Automatic, Shut-off was suggested. Lava DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), June 30— soap will ° replace present pumice soap. Ed Delaney; Secretary, B. E. More fresh milk is to be ordered for the Chairman, Phillips. Disputed overtime reported on passengers. Canned fruit juice is to be delayed sailing Paranagua. Change left out for members who miss breakfast. brand of beer atatnext shrimp party. All . Potato machine is to be removed. More of those who have not received checks fish was suggested for meals. Delegates from the Mississippi Shipping Company will check steward's requisition. on back wages were asked to sign on plalnta about poor chow terved aboard this ship. May 31—Chairman, 6. O. Nichols; Seeratary, E. Robertson. Brother McLaugh­ lin was elected delegate: Brother Prlmeaux, ship's treasurer. There have been complaints on the milk received in Lake Charles. It soured before we had been at sea two days. Ship's delegate asked the men to report any Items that should CO on the repair list. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 3B —Chairman, R. Hunt; Sacratary, T. Stevanson.' Suggestion, was made that the Union send more LOGs to ships in for­ eign ports, so that we may know more about Union activities bac khome. There is a balance of $40.20 in the ship's fund. ROBIN TUXFORD (Saas Shipping), Juna IS—Chairman, Elbert N. Monahan; Secre­ tary, yyaltar Marcus. Repair list will be turned over to boarding patrolman in . New York. Night cook and baker will be given $35.25 from the ship's fund to get the record player repaired and get some new records. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), June 30— Chairman, J; Hanmer; Secretary, M. Masek. Steward delegate reported a beef* about pantry man being fired and had to pay $34 for being off on the day. Wind chute to be given to rooms since they are on board. Delegate to see about the mate standing behind men while they work. Passenger utility to put down over­ time If he has to make up passenger's room' after 1:00 PM. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), May 4— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Cap­ tain sent for the chief steward and told him that the saloon messman changed places with the crew messman due to the fact that saloon messman had been drunk for the past few days and was unable to serve the officers. After the beef was discussed by all the saloon messman was asked if he had anything to say. He stated that he wanted to get off the ship NOTICES J French Creek Crewmen French Creek crewmen who par­ ticipated in the salvage o{ a Ger­ man vessel in 1950 can collect their salvage money from the Union's at­ torney, Seymour W, Miller, Room 603, 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY. ^ if • Heber B. Guymon Your international inoculation and vaccination certificates may be picked up at the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU headquarters. i i> Jack Lovett Pick up a package containing your overcoat at the baggage room, SIU headfiuarters. •• if t t Graciano Marllla Contact the Welfare Services De­ partment at headquarters regard­ ing your son."^ Edifbr, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY bulletin board giving names and amount. The purser will request check for same. Keep ' recreation room locked in port. Ship's 'fund has a total of $19.20 in it. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isjhmlan), May 33 —Chairman, L. Lewis; Secretary, C. A. Kress. Ship's delegate reported captain's warning concerning logging for excessive drinking and'performing. Letter read to crew from the Sea Chest on cigarette distribution. Steward requested that cots be removed from the deck in port when not in use. Ship's delegate to see about garbage removal in port. Complaint of inadequate ventilation in messmen's foc'sle. Crew requested periodical serving of cold supper. ^ SOUTHERN STATES (Southorn), June 37—Chairman, Robert Kyle; Secretary, F. Johit Johnson. Screens for doors and port holes should be- repaired as flies were very bad last trip in Guanica, Puerto Rico. PAOLI (Cities service), July 3—Chair­ man, A. Fricks; Secretary, A. L. Hahn. Motion made and carried to refer the situation of roaches and fumigation of ship before sailing foreign to boarding patrolman. Motion to speak to new stew­ ard about qew deck cots. An electric iron will be bought out of ship's fund. WACOSTA (Waterman), June 19—Chair­ man, Luis Ramirez; Secretary, Peter Gon­ zalez. Three men missed ship in Kobe. Captain logged them and later dropped log. Motion made by the bosun to collect enough money to pay the radio officer to whom a previous bosun refused to pay $7.75. The mail should be handled only by the ship's delegate or any other dele­ gate who is not btisy. Ten men were paid off in San Francisco at the US Commis­ sioner's office and all pains and efforts were taken by the ship's delegate to have a patrolman present but they clainred they were too busy to take care of same. For the second time this trip the stew­ ard's department was complimented for the good food they prepared. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), June 14—Chairman, W. H. Harrel; Secretary, Dan Beard. Patrolman will see if a better brand of soap powder can be obtained. Some men are still coming into the mess­ hall in their shorts. $40 reported in ship's fund. Motion made and carried that the company put a new washing machine aboard for the crew. Depart­ ment delegates were asked to make up a repair list and turn four copies into the ship's delegate. Radio speaker in crew mess needs fixing. Suggestion made that minutes be posted after each meeting. Clarification needed on the rate of over­ time when deck department goes below gratings in pumproom. Vote of thanks given the steward department. Crew shouid take better care of messhall at night. Extra fans needed In some foc'sles. , . ' • " " I would like fo receive the SEAFARERS LOG—-please put my name on your mailing list. . (Print Information) Crew asked ship's delegate to contact the Boston hall for a new library and help in getting a new washing machine and the messhall radio repaired. "Yoko," the ship's dog. attended fire and boat drill today equipped with a made to order genuine life jacket. was passed to set up an arrival pool, rival. Vote of thanks went to the officialg with half of the proceeds going to the for getting us the raise in pay. ship's fund. Chief mate is to get fantail BARBARA FRITCHIEE (Liberty Nav.), decks washed down twice a trip for the benefit of crewmembers aft. Ship's dele­ May 33—Chairman, Robert Miller; Secre­ gate will take up this matter with him. tary, G. Everett. Enough stores should Steward thanked the crew for their coop­ be taken aboard at storing time to make eration in keeping the messhall clean and 1000 extra meals, as that many are fed in returning cups to the pantry. Crewmem­ the Philippines. A letter on the sorry CHICKASAW (Waterman), July 3 — Chairman, C. D. Mulloy; Secretary, A. bers gave a vote of thanks to the steward siopchest brought aboard in Norfolk will be sent. Ship needs fumigation. Repair Danne. Department delegates will ask department for services rendered. lists will be made out before reaching the each man if he wishes to help support a West Coast. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), June 37— movie fund. New crewmembers were June 30—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec. brought up to date on the purchase of Chairman, Duke "Red" Hall; Secretary, cigarettes through the Sea Chest. In­ J. "Blackle" Connors. Mate stated that retary, Joseph Lupton. AU repairs were taken care of except the drinking foun­ there would be plenty of OT for anyone spection will be made to see that fans are installed as per the new agreement as who wanted to work, as the ship has to tain, Chief cook.is still not doing his job, be cleaned, up after being laid up. Vote and persists in sending choice cuts of well as the condition of the mattresses. of tiianks went to J. Lee, ship's delegate, meats tp the saloon. Deck delegate has I for a fine job. Chief stewards should see had no cooperation from the mate in tryPAOLI (Cities Service), June 35—Chair­ that night lunch is put out. Slop- 1 ing to get the OT evened up, as per conman, W. Reck; Secretary, Arthur Fricks. chest more hours should be changed, so as not I tract. One gashound deliberately missed $40 on hand in ship's fund. Suggestion to interfere with cofleetime and mealtime i ship in Wilmington, Cal. Several men made that this money be used to buy a and for everyone's convenience. I have had to do his work when he took radio or for some other worthy purpose. hours should keep the laundry and wash­ I time off. No one is to pay off until the Foc'sles and passageways left dirty by Crew Six new mating machine clean. No food should be water fountain is fixed. shipyard workers. given to native kroo boys, whose food is I tresses should be ordered. Vote of thanks went to chief steward Canonizado aiid provided by the company. SEA CLOUD (Seatraders, Inc.), June 30 ' night cook and baker Araies for a job —Chairman, James Elchenberg; Secre­ DEL RIO (Mississippi), June 4—Chair­ well done, as well as a vote of thanks to tary, R. Sanderlin. Captain to give SIC man, W. Champlin; Secretary, Carlos ! ail delegates. Crew was reminded to draw in Suda. Water to be conserved in Ibrain. George Dabronich was elected leave foc'sles clean and orderly. the laundry. Letter read from the SIU ship's delegate. Request was made for Sea Chest about Slop Chest. Most of the wind scoops for thp messhall and pantry. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June crew think' that there should be some A regular coffee pot is wanted, as the 30—Chairman, E. H. Searcey; Secretary, one from the haU to check the old in­ silex type is inconvenient. Hatrack is A. Salty See. Everything possible shouid ventory. " needed at -the messroom entrance. Pas­ be done in port to keep out mosquitoes. sageways and mcssrooms should be ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), June SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 13—Chaltman, Elbert N. Monahan; Sec­ 30—Chairman, Aubrey Smith; Secretary, retary, Walter Marcus. Motion made to Edward J. Riviere. No crewmember is to give the night cook and baker $35.25 from go into the messroom in underclothes at the ship's fund so the record player can any time. There is a total of $25.86 in be repaired and new records purchased. the treasury. Washing machine and messroom should be left a little more tidy. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), June 30— Dishes should be returned to - the messChairman, Clement Do Hospedales; Sec­ room. Spray guns should be left in the painted. Discussion was held on the up­ retary, Yt. Martinez. Deck in passage­ passageeways so that all crewmembers ways was not painted •In Mobile; all other keep of the laundry. Ship will return to can use them when needed. Repairs were made. Patrolman will be hoihe port next month and will be taken ANGELINA (Bull), no date—Cfi-airman, contacted on arrival. Men were warned care of then. about not drinking aboai-d ship. Sugges­ Richard W. McCarty; Secretary, Harry tion was made to leave milk in the crew , Thrasha, Porter was elected ship's deieFRANCES (Bull), July 5—Chairman, I gale. Discussion was held on OT for ice box. and that the steward get fresh Robert Bowley; Secretary, Monsenato niilk in Puerto Rich if possible. No fresh Saliva. Someone went to the patrolman i working in the chain locker. AH hands j agreed to donate $3 toward payment of •fruits were taken on in New York. Pa­ about the second electrician being a pertrolman will be contacted in Mobile. Sug­ mitman and having been on the ship for TV set. .Juice should be on (he table gestion to start a ship's fund will be over the alloted time. This was done every morning.^unless there is grapefruit. taken up at the next meeting. Cups without the knowledge of "the ship's dele­ KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, should be returned to the sink. gate. It was later found that this man Anthony Gonzales; Secretary, Mike Zehas a book pending or applied for. Matter DE SOTO (Waterman), June 13—Chair­ will be taken up again in New York. Icnka. Longshoremen should be kept out [ of the messhall Rico. ' Sugges­ man, William D. Burke; Secretary, Phil Recommendation was made to the .stew­ tion was made into Puerto write to the Union Reyes. Leonard Crodock was elected ard for a cold supper once in a while, about opening a Union hall in San Juan. new ship's delegate by acclamation. Mo­ the ship is in Santo Domingo or tion was passed to affirm our confidence when very warm places, to give the men in our leaders and urge them to continue other in the galley a chance to escape some of givhig every possible help to the AFL-ILA the terrific heat. Chief mate has objected untfl their organizational campatgn in to putting up an awning over the fantail every Gulf and Atlantic port is success­ because the hurricane season is so near fully terminated. All brothers were urged at hand. Matter will be taken up again to emphasize to every longshoreman they with the mate, and if no action is taken talk to the advantages they will gain the matter will be turned over to the Fred D. Lynum from joining the AFL-ILA. Crew was patrolman. Ship's delegate will see the Thomatra Scott reminded of the motion passed at the chief engineer about having a hole cut last meeting, establishing a ship's fund in the port side fidley door on the main Contact B. B. Henderson. 635 by raffling off an article from the Sea deck so the air hose can be led out on Chest, and using the profit to start a the deck without having the hot air from Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY. ship's fund, steward agreed to provide the engine room flowing into the crew's if i i cold drinks in addition to fresh milk at quarters. We will try to get a new wash­ suppertime; he said there will be iced ing machine. James £. George tea or cold fruit-ades. Members were Contact your son, James F.. at asked to turn repairs over to delegates. Vote of thanks went to the steward and SHOW ME MARINER (Bull)-, July 3— 503 Seward Street, Watertown, NY.' his department for very good service and Chairman, Nick Swokia; Secretary, M. food served, as evidenced by many in­ Sterne. Wringer for the machine was creasing waistlines. checked and should be ready for the next Teofilo Garcia trip. Repair list should be checked. List for laundry detail Will be posted. Dis­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), Contact Timothy Walsh at 222 July .1—Chairman, Alphan Fruge; Secre­ cussion was held on attaching shelves to tary, Vincent Ratcllff. Toasters have not the bunks for the convenience of the West 77th Street, NYC. been fixed and nothing has been done crew. Lack of Tresh fruit was discussed. 4" 4" t about the recreation room. J. S. Capps There is a lack of cigarettes and other was elected ship's delegate; P. Ratcliff, items. Patrolman will be asked to Benjamin W. Sumski straighten this out. Injured seaman ship's treasurer. There is a $19 balance Contact your wife at 41 Marvin thanked the crew and captain for the in the ship's fund. quick treatment he received this trip in Street, Buffalo, NY. France, where he was injured and had IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair­ if if if man, W. C. McCuistlen; Secretary, George to be taken ashore. Injured seaman from Suarez. Treasurer reported $28.58 in the two trips hack still had not been con­ Morton Trehern ship's fund at present. Motion was passed tacted by the Union. Washing machine Contact your mother at 1105 El­ to get two swings for the fantail for should be kept clean. Locks should be the crew from the ship's fund. Motion put on screen doors to try and keep der Street, Moss Point, Miss, shorcside personnel out. I if if if IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 33— L. W. Don'ille Chairman, Charles Lee; Secretary, E. Contact your mother in Florida. Kresy. Special meeting was called to bring to the attention of the crew the 4* 4 4 antics of the third mate. This character recently got a radio and was too lazy or Victor E. Johnson too cheap to buy and install his own an­ Contact Seamen's Church Insti­ tenna. He cut the aerial leading to the crew's radio in the messhall saying it tute, 25 South Street, NYC. was his and put it on his radio, making if if if it impossible for the crew to use the radio. Boarding patrolman w-ill be no­ William D. Swain tified. to see if he cannot be kept in a Contact Mrs. E. Swain at 168 third mate's place. This man has also made anti-Union remarks. Potter Drive, Mobile, Ala. i ^. 'i'- i'. - . ' i> % .;v Puzzle Anewer I '^ SBHHUH HGOSSHH sassa sam QDS SBSi] D[2S!S]S DQ SS3 m\i\m SQSl BSSiaQS DB S&aDSIS SSD SBiiQiSja (DSQass] liuiz Augwere (1) 284 tons. The fruit products account for the remaining 116 tons, NAME which is 29 percent of the total. • • • • g^B * • • • •. g^B • i (2) (b) Canberra. (3) 100°. STREET- ADDRESS (4) Abner Doubleday (baseball). Marquess of Queensbury (prize­ fighting). CITY .V .;....r:.....t..ZONE .STATE (5) (c) Profit. (6) (b) Havana. Signed-.. ;'.v. .• (7) 20 knots. It covered the same ,' .TO AVOID'PUPI.ICATION:. if yog arg an old lubicribar and-hava a- ehangg distance in 15 hourjs that thie first one did in a full day. ' of addraM,''pl%atg qlvg your formar addrati baiowi (8) fc) Rhode Island. • .',,.'j_^^PDRES$ . •••I,, . (9) It is , li<- both. Europe and .-Wi,wv i-f:! '••••' -v-'.-tl; T----,.-; >4.' •, -..i, Asia;-' - CITV-v -.or,«i • * Ar;;. -WMI , • ' . ' • -' . • - i '•31 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), June 3$—Chairman, T. Fales; Secretary, M. Chapman. Retroactive pay will lie given out at the payoff this trip in Edgewater, NJ. One man missed ship in Edgewater. There is $29.16 in the ship's fund. Brother Darcey thanked the entire mem­ bership for the $77 which was given to him at a special meeting, when he left the ship due to his mother's death. More fans are needed in the messman's fbc'sle. Vote of thanks went to Brother Fales. for the good job he did as ship's delegate. S. ELIZABETH (Bull), June 37—Chairman, FotI; Secretary, Robert Rivera. R. Rivera was elected ship's delegate. Tenday rule wiU remain in effect in case of lay-up. Repair list will lie made up before the payoff. Repair items should be turned over to the delegates. Individu­ al salads will be served. Spray guns should be ordered, as well as enough milk and rye bread. Night lunch should be more varied. Card players were asked to make less noise at night. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), June 34—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Sacra­ tary, John .'Monast. Patrolman will be contacted about getting the messman's foc'sle painted. Mate has been giving the bosun and gang a hard time and using tools on board.' iBosun saw the captain about this; There aTe complaints about the blowers not functioning which will bg taken up with thg pgtrmman on at- if if ^ if George D. Smith Contact Mrs. J. C. Smith at Route 2, Box 23, Adrian, Ga. 4' 4" 4" €. Mohat George Shea George W. Owen, Jr. Contact Robert F. Reynolds, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, re­ garding injury to ^artin Prisamcnt aboard Steel Admiral in August, 1953. 4* 4' 4 4« 4* Martin Brack Contact your wife at 1645 84th Street, Brooklyn, NY. , . Thomas Yarbrough Contact Mrs. Frances Smith at Box 76, Denton, Ga. Tom D. Gieorge Contact Stephen R. Mehringer concerning your debt, .. J " . �SEAFARERS riffs Tweatr-tw* LOG ^ it. 1954 Alien Visa Rules Eased By US WASHINGTON—Some slight changes in the rules covering visa requirements for alien cirewmembers entering the US have been made by the Justice and State Departments in order to ease hardships. Under existing law, a 11 alien seamen entering the US either on American or foreign-flag ships-^will have to present visas for there is no US consular officer, panies are subject to a $1,000 fine admission to the States after and where there is no office at a for bringing aliens into the US July 1, 1955. However, most of the changes are for the benefit of seamen- on foreign-flag ships, and will be of little use to men sailing under the American flag. Consequently, aliens are still advised to make every effort to get either a visitor's visa, or a residence visa, in the near future. Some Waivers Permitted A waiver of the visa require­ ments will be permitted where the crewman is on a vessel proceeding to the States from a port at which f: without visas. Certain other waivers are per­ mitted between West Indian Islands, Puerto Rico and' the Vir­ gin Islands, as well as between Mexico, Cuba and tAe United States. All alien seamen not now in pos­ session of either a visitor's visa or a residence visa, are advised to make application for one as soon as possible because it usually takes several months to acquire a visa laying the ship. rv. The Immigration Service has and complete the necessary docu­ made it clear that shipping com­ ments. nearby port to which a crew list could be submitted without delay­ ing the vessel. Special Provisions Waivers will also be permitted where a vessel is not headed ^or the States but is diverted to a US port temporarily, or where a crewmember w signed on as a replace­ ment after che crew list visa was obtained and a supplementary visa could not be obtained without de­ Jimmie Michael Ailen, born Mrs. Leiand Hall, 704 Madison March 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Orestes Allen, General Deliv­ 4 4.4 ery, Sulphur, La. David Robert Alonzo Figuerea, born May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^ 4' Daisy Anavitate, born June 9, and Mrs. Jujio Alonzo Figuerea, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clau- 1115 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, dio Anavitate, 60 Walworth Street, NY. Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 i t • 'Wayne Richard Griffith, born Victoria Terraiea Greeff, born 4i 4" 4 Joseph Mattioii, born June 28, June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand C. Greeff, 4712 1954. Parents,^ Mr. and Mrs. Gae- Mrs. Ray R. Griffith, 48 Emerson Aldgate Green, Baltimore 27, Md. tano Mattioii, 2461 East First Avenue, Copiague, Long Island, NY. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4" 4" Guy Loring Peck, bom May 23,' 4 4 4 4 4 4 John Robert Stangenberg, bom 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gor­ Joseph Charles Wysocki, born don L. Peck, 124 South Miro, New June 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Orleans, La. Mrs. Charles Wysocki, 519 East Mrs. Charles P. Stangenberg, 4204 30th Avenue, Astoria, Long Island, 76th Street, New York, NY. NY. 4 4 4 4-4 4 Benjamin Harrison Kimberiy, Linda Marina Ladd, born Jone born March 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Kimberiy, PO 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ladd, 1818 Donovan Ave­ Box 1018, Galveston, Tex. nue, Ballingham, Wash. 4 4 4 4 . 4 4, Miguel Gonzalez Aivarado, born Bruce Michael Spivey, bom June April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Genaro Gonzalez, Saint Thom­ 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Spivey, 350 Soufli Dal­ as, La Playa, Puerto Rico. las Court, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Roger Leiand Hail, Jr., born Jamie Ann Harnett, bom June June 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bamett, 313 Chatham Street, Mobile, Ala. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the boby's name. Rebecca Diane Cook, born June 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cook, 809 Keys Road, Ya­ kima, Wash. 11 !• Ii'''- • 1" It?- Wd.' [•%' - Who Gets SMV Beaetits ? J K' Hospital: Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his hospitalization, providing he h|is worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. Maternity: Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the mar­ riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a discharge from his last ship should Be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. Disability: Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is totall;^ unable to work. 4 4 4 Kathryn Grace Wray, bora July 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ liam J. Wray, 2643 Somnie Avenue, Norfolk, Va, in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAI, MANHATTAN BEACH. NV Fortuno Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant. Joseph McGraw Joseph G. Carr A. McGuigan Jar Chonx , David Mcllreath John J. DrlscoII Frank Mackey Matthew Gardiner Vic Milazzo Bart E. Gurnaick Eugene Nelson John B. Haas G. E. Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttie Ludwig Krlstiansen Renato Villata Frederick Landry Virgil Wllmoth James J. Lawlor John T. Edwards USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Isaak Bouzin JoJtin Maclnnes John E. Brady Perfecto Manguel John J. Brennan Julius Marton Charles Wangle Charles CantmeU John ConnoUy William E. Neef Henry Cur.-ier ' Joseph Neubauer Eddie Drlggers T. PapoutSoglov Amedio Fedelle Floro Regalado Jozsef Ferenc Alejandro Reyes Andrew Franklin George H. Robinson David S. Furman Manuel Rodriguez WiUiara Gardner George D. Rourke Horace GasklU Edwin T. Rushton Estell Godfrey Mattl RuusukalUo Corolos Gomez Luis Salazar Joseph Hoffman S. A. Sargeant John Horn Jerome Secrao Samuel Howard Arthur Shaw Walton Hudson Kaare Silvertsen Jacobus Hulsman James R. Thomson Vincent Jones Benjamin Trottie Nils H. Lundquist Clifton Wilson E. W. McDavid Stephen ZaVadcson James McDevitt USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank ALAMEDA COUNTY HOSPITAL ALAMEDA, CAL. William J. Gillick NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA. MD. James H. Harker SAILORS: SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY* Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEX. Harold W. Simmons TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. William J. Turk PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL LONG ISLAND. NY Arthur-Loraas EAR AND EYE HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Walter Gritskl VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Allan S. Ritchie D. J. York GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL PORTLAND. ORE. Howard R. Harvey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch Joseph GareUa James H. Penswlck Seafarers Share In 9G Salvage Award Eleven Seafarers who were members of the crew of an SIU ship which participated in the salvage of a disabled German motorship back in December, 1950, have shares ranging from $235.21 to $106.41 still coming to them, following the successful settlement of their salvage t claim. The claim arose out of a tow the Cities Service tanker Daath: Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The 1)eneficiary may be changed at any time. Scholarship: r' ;• / Four college scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ dren of Seafarers who meet the educational requirements. Each scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. All candidates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children of deceased Seafarers having thre.e years' seatime are also eligible. Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 82, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. William C. Bedgood G. Menendez Bothwell Blanchard J. T. Moore Paul Bland James B. Sellers Lucius DeWitt Randolph Shedd Herman C. Kemp C. C. Slater Jimmie Littleton Leslie F. Swegan Avis Meadows Gilbert F. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. '' Walter L. Compton Anthony Scaturro Arthur W. Wroton , USPHS HOSPITXL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barbosa M. McDonald T. A. Cousins John E. Markopold •Frederick V. Davis Murray A. Plyler H. Deshotels Blllie C. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Simon Bunda C. J. Neumaier Henry J. Childs Joe Perreira Harry R. Fall W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen PhiUp St. Marie Walter A. Johnson Vincent R. Tarallo George H. Leary P. S. Yuzon Jacob J. Levin . USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Luke Ciamboii V. K. Ming F. Fondila Max Olson William A. Gaddy Norman F. Plummer Sverre Johannessen B. L. Smith James Krohn J. Van Der End# USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Thomas ^Ankerson Otis J. Harden Alexis Benkorl Robert Lambert Aigot Bogren Tony Mastantlno Cornelius Palmer Lorenzo Brigida Colon Rose George H. Bryan Robert W. Scale* Samuel Doyie John Talbot Jessie A. Clarke George Warren Albert W. Claude John T. Watt Robert Cooper Warren Whitmer James R. Dodson Henrich Wiese •Tohn G. Flynn Paul J. Wilkinson Richard Foust John R. Wilson Eddie S. Game Gorman. Glaze USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cyril Lowrey James J. Adams Frank Martin C. W. Barnett George Mitchell Nicolas Bastes J. C. MitcheU Charles Brady William G. Moore William R. Burch Arthur Nelson Charles Burton William D. Ott Owen Butler McKenley Campbell Stanley L. Palfrey Harry L. Parrot S. C. Cat regal Harry G. Peek R. B. Carrillo A. Quinones S. Cope John C. r.chm Clarence Crevier W. E. Reynold* J. D. Dambrino James J. Ruth Emile P. Davies Edward Samrock T. J. Donaldson Manuel E. Sanchei Eric R. Eklund John E. Sanders Thomas Fields J. P. Shaughnessy Oliver S. Flynn Andrew Stauder Frank Gibas J. D. Thomas Jack L. Gleason Roy R. Thomas John L. Hinton Lyle Hipp Jack F. Thornburg E. G. Knapp Lonnie R. Tickle D. Korclia Faustina Torres Thomas Landa Joseph P. Traxler Leo Lang J. E. Ward Jean Lataple D. C. Weaver Harold A. Laumann John P. Ziinmer First two S^eafarers to pick up their share of salvage booty earned aboard the Ffcuch Creek (Cities Service) from tow supplied a dis= abled German motorship in December, 1950, collect their checks after learning of award. Both Eduardo Martinez, fireman (ieft),^ and William Lane, FWT (center), got $125.60. Attorney I. G. Seeger, on staff of Union connsel presents checks. French Creek supplied the Ger­ man vessel when the latter lost her propeller in heavy seas some 300 miles from Aruba three and a half years ago. $9,000 For, Crew Nearly $9,000 is being divided among the ship's crew, both li­ censed and unlicensed, with the heaviest shares going to the mem­ bers of the deck department. Each man's share is proportioned ac­ cording to his rating on the ship at that time. The paperwork and details of collecting the money for the men was handled through the SIU Wel­ fare Services Department in con­ junction with the staff ot the Un­ ion's attorney, Seymour W. Miller. Men who have monej^ coming to them include the following: Erling H. Anderson, W. B. Blankenship, Joseph Dodge, Edmund L. Erikson, Robert Eschrich, Edward Farrell, Joseph P. Glavin, Leo F. Gwalthney, John Kozar, James Logan. John B. Tierney. - �m 23, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEDP TME SEAFARERS iWM LOG Page Twenty-three Seafarer Plans Quiet Rural Life NEW ORLEANS—Ernest E. Gross, veteran Seafarer who recently qualified' for the SIU's $25 weekly disability benefits, is looking forward to spending the remainder of his life in the rural Mississippi area from which he departed 17 years ago to go to sea. Gross now lives in Newt Orleans. He plans to remain here until doctors at the With WALTER SIEKMANN USPHS hospital release him from the frequent periodic medical (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Wei check-ups now required of him. fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Now he wiles away his time be­ Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes tween hospital appointments by his rounds In his post as Director of Welfare Services.) visiting friends at the SIU hall When a man gets' hurt on a ship and statements are taken by the here, chatting with acquaintances officers as to what happened, it's the normal thing for the man's ship­ in his neighborhood at 435 Baronne mates to feel a little, anxious about the injured brother. Consequently, St. and "going to the movies," his sometimes members of the crew in their eagerness to be helpful will- principal recreation. One of the first members of the give exaggerated statements about what they saw and what happened. The result is that- contradictions will,pop up after two or three men SIU, Gross came into the Union in 1038 from the old ISU which he have given their statements. had joined a year earlier. He start­ A considerable amount of doubt is cast over the whole thing by ed his seafaring career in the stew­ these contradictions and the injured brother may wind up being de­ ard department and shipped in prived of benefits that would rightfully be his in the first instance. various ratings in that department It's been shown time and again that in the excitement of an accid§pt, until his sailing days were ended witnesses aren't always able to spot just exactly what happened. That's by recurrent illnesses which in­ v;hy it's so important to be careful about your statements and to put capacitated him from further ship­ down only those facts that you are positive of. And with some of the board duty. mates you have aroimd who are more out to confuse than get at the Started On Railroads Latest Seafarer to receive benefits under the SIU disability benefits facts, this is very important. Although a member of seamen's program, Ernest Gross, 65 (left), is informed that his application Be Careful What You Sign unions for 17 years, he has been for the weekly 525 disability benefit has been approved, by SIU . Under no circumstances should any crewmember sign anything he an AFL member since 1909 when Welfare Services representative Bill Fredericks, in New Orleans. doesn't understand or any statement that doesn't contain the accurate he started "railroading." He was a A veteran Union member. Gross had been sailing in the steward fact of the case. Remember that in 99 cases out of 100 the shipowner member of the old Order of Rail­ department until illness tripped him up. has some kind of responsibility to the injured brother. Once the exact road Telegraphers until he left facts are gotten into the record, you can be sure that the Seafarer will Mississippi and came to New Or­ found sailing was a far more fas­ ing." leans for his trip to sea in 1937 be­ cinating occupation than life as a get all that he is entitled to.' Last May 16 when he reached cause of mounting unemployment station agent and railroad teleg­ the age of 65, Gross started draw­ 4" ;'4> _ 4i in the railroad industry during the rapher. "I must admit," he ssid, ing $54 a month in Federal Old Currently drydocked in the Stamen Island marine hospital is Seafarer depression years. , "that going to sea is to some extent Age Benefits. That amount plus Carlos Gomes, fireman off The Cabins. Gomez, along with Fete FerOnce he started going to seaj he a little wilder life than railroad- the $25 a week he receives in dis­ chief cook on the Steel Chemist, and Robert ability payments from the SIU Bosworth, AB, is in for treatment of a hernia con­ Welfare Plan has him, in his words, dition. Looks like some of the boys have been run­ "all set financially." ning into trouble lifting heavy objects. "I have seen many improvements Seafarer Warren Smith, recently off the Lawrence in wages and working conditions Victory, went into the hospital on July 17 for obser­ since I started going to sea, but the vation. He was AB on that Mississippi ship. Steward disability progi-am is the finest Abram Goldsmit of the Tagalam, had to call it quite A Seafarer who mysteriously dropped out of sight leaving thing the SIU ever won for sea­ to sailing temporarily while he gets treatment for a bladder condition. He's been in the hospital about a wife and five children behind was discovered unconscious men," Gross said. "It assures a man that he doesn't have to worry four weeks now. Buhl in a Philadelphia hospital after a search by the Welfare about money matters, and that is a Joseph Pasinosky, utility man on the Rabin Hood, wonderful thing for someone in my ^ has been in the hospital since July 14, while Francis Buhl of Weymouth, Services office. As a result,"* Mass., formerly AB on the Steel Surveyor, beat him in there by a day. steps are being taken to assure scious in the hospital and the fam­ situation." Gross has no dependents other Had To Return ily destitute, Welfare Services the Seafarer's family of some helped the wife get the necessary than himself and his only living Two Seafarers who had been out of the hospital kind of income pending the out­ documents to give her authority'^fo near-relative is a sister, Mrs. Kate had to go back in again for further treatment. They are Frank Napoll and Raymond Myers. Napoli had collect hospital benefits due her Clayton of Houston. come of the husband's injury. "As soon as I can go back to Mis­ to have his shoulder put back in a cast because it The Seafarer had shipped out on husband. Other steps are being didn't knit properly from injuries he suffered while Calmar line vessel, and after taken to get her additional money sissippi I can live in fine style on fixing the television aerial on the Golden City. going ashore in Philadelphia dur­ due her, and meanwhile the family my income, although I am doing all Seafarer Harvey Morris, who lives in Brooklyn, ing a stop at that port, had disap­ will have the hospital benefit in­ rigjit now," he said. "I can take it easy, have any little extra comforts reports he is feeling better now after having to go peared without a trace. All efforts come to go on. Financial responsibility for the I want and I'll have plenty of time in-for treatment for kidney trouble. Etseban Morales, to locate him were fiuitless. AB on the Gateway City, is in for a spell of treat­ After a " couple of months, the accident has been established, and to get a cdne pole, head for the NapoU. ment for a heart condition. desperate family appealed to Wel­ legal proceedings will be under­ nearest creek and drown a can of fare Services to please try and lo­ taken by the wife to obtain x*edress worms w henever the mood strikes cate the husband, as they were from the driver of the automobile. me." without funds for the necessities of life. A notice was first placed in the Union newspaper, but with­ out results. Shortly afterwards from another source. Welfare Services learned that an unidentified seaman was in liiiiii a coma at a Philadelphia hospital Spring and summer are the seasons when the idea of a as the result of an automqbile acci­ - ^ new automobile strikes the fancy of many a citizen, be he dent. The seaman had been picked * At up and taken'to the hospital, but a Seafarer or shoreside dweller. Several SIU men have been had no papers other than a year bitten by the auto bug in re-> old SIU dispatch card with the cent weeks, judging from the and explains that the Seafarer is name of an SIU ship on it. Ap­ number of credit rating re­ entitled to ship out of the hall on parently he had left his Union quests handled by Welfare Services the ships of any SlU-contracted company. book, his seaman's papers and all during that period. The letter is usually enough to other Identification in his locker In buying a car, like In the pur­ do the trick, and the necessaxy on the ship. chase of any commodity on the in­ From there it was niatter of stallment plan, Seafarers run into credit is extended to the Seafarer getting the wife dowg to Phijgdel- the usual difficulties arising from without further delay. The x-esult is that quite a few of phia to Identify the seaman, which the fact that they do not work for the membex's may be seen riding was done. any one company. ax'ound in their new buggies which With the seaman still uncon­ In these instances. Welfare Serv­ they might otherwise have been ices writes a letter to the dealer, upable to purchase because of the the bank or whoever is involved cx-edit restrictions on seamen. •^ll "M Missing Seaman Turned Up Unconscious In Philadelphia ; -:p • : Auto Bug Bites, Welfare Services Locates 'Scratch' FAMILY SIU WELFARE SERVICES KMItMER yOUk FR081EM IS OUR BUSINESS Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. FINAt DlSPATCl The death of the following farer has been reported to Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefit is being to his beneficiary. Sea­ the the paid a heart condition in Baltimore, Md., and was bux-ied in that city. A member of the SIU since 1938, Brother Anderson joined the Union in Nox-fulk and sailed in the deck department. His estate is admin- Carl Olof Anderson, 66: On May istered by Orbin Isaac of 1420 East 20, 1954, Brother Anderson died of Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. * ' �'ii ' -\-r* •. W' -v^ir \* ^.;" .-^,^• Mi ,'• ft::'-: ::^;, •• 1 >^'''-: Formed two years ago to service Seafarers in ail matters pertaining to benefits under the Wel­ fare Plan, and to assist them in a variety pf other problems of personal concern, the Welfare Serv­ ices Department has proven its value to the mem­ bership rhony times over. As such it is a fitting counterpart to the SlU Welfare Plap which pro­ vides cosh benefits for Seafarers, Wherever and whenever a Sepfqrer getj^ into difficulty, or needs help on any of a score of per­ sonal matters, contact with the Welfare Services office will produce results that are generally un­ obtainable by the individual Seafarer with limited time and resources at hfs disposal. The large number of Seafarers who received help from Welfare ServiPes at one time or another in the past two years is the best testimonial to the value of this unique Union service. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource July 23, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 15 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESS SUPPORTS NEW TANKER BILLS COAST UNIONS OPEN PACTS; ASK RAISES NEW LIBRARIES GO ABOARD SHIPS UNIONS FORM GROUPING FOR LA. POLITICS AFL DOCK UNION SETS CONVENTION MCS WINNER IN SHIP VOTE UNION WINS FIGHT FOR JOBLESS PAY DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT TUG SALVAGE SIU VET 'MOON' KOUNS, 42, DIES OF HEART ATTACK 2 TANKER CO'S INK NEW PACT-OTHERS DUE ROBIN CREWS GET SAFETY AWARD PERMANENT, TEMPORARY '50-50' BILLS GAIN GROUND IN CONGRESS ASK US PAY CHANNEL COSTS FOR RUNAWAY-FLAG ORE SHIPS LEAKY RAFT, SEASICK CREW = CANCELLED TRIP US LIFTS BAN, OKAYS 12-SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL MA OKAYS ANOTHER TRANSFER JUNKMEN GET MARINER WORK STARTS TO PREVENT PANAMA SLIDE PR DOCK TIEUP STILL ON, NO BREAK SEEN FOREIGN FLAG SUBSIDY 'FAIR AND JUST' DEFYING THE SEA THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAMSHIP FRANCE IS HOST TO GOLDEN CITY MOONLIGHT SHIP PROVISIONING IS CALMAR'S LATEST CAPER GOLDEN CITY HAS NEAR-MISS HURRICANE SAILS AGAIN AND AGAIN; CREW NEVER KNOWS WHERE, WHEN CREW RAVES ABOUT CHOW ON CHIWAWA; RECOMMENDS SHIP TO AMBITIOUS EATERS ALIEN VISA RULES EASED BY US SEAFARERS SHARE IN 9G SALVAGE SEAFARER PLANS QUIET RURAL LIFE MISSING SEAMAN TURNED UP UNCONSCIOUS IN PHILADELPHIA AUTO BUG BITES, WELFARE SERVICES LOCATES 'SCRATCH' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/25/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9d554d1e6a423d94f8629fd1d4bb04df.PDF c0fa191e950cfd0d3b50666e31b16ff5 PDF Text Text .i^mm SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL* M rV I SOVTHCS Story On Page 3 PR Dock Strike Ends: SIU Crews Return To Ships : V; ,./• • :• • Story On Page 3 ' -r-i. 'i'i 4\ 11 \ n\ -y.v CfCWiny l/p In operations after the end of the long­ shore strike in Puerto Rico, Seafarers haul their gear aboard the SS Kathryn, a Bull Line^ship in New York. The Kathryn was one of over 2Q SlU-contracted^ ships idled as a result of the AFL longshore union's strike for an improved contract. SIU crews were also dispatched to Bull Line, Waterman and Alcoa ships in other East Coast andHjrulf ports asT mountains of cargo were loaded for ship­ ment to the Island. (Story on Page 3.) •t - • .I V. • ' ' *' K*. r/" Th^ Indo-China Truce — And You! A SEAFARERS LOG SPECIAL REPORT Story On Page 2 [rfl �mr fi" hh" ' Page Two The Indo- ^'E'AFAnERS %&a AMuti t. 1954 Trnce—Ahd Yon! What effect will the Indo-Chlna truce have on: # The number of SlU ships calling In Indo-Chlna? • The possibility of Communist attacks on SlU ships? e The cargoes slated for other southeast Asia countries? The effects of the recently-ended Indo-China war will be felt everywhere for years to come. And the American merchant marine, which has been a major strand in the Indochinese lifeline—as a matter of fact in the lifeline of all Southeast Asia —is right in the middle of the storm. Briefly, this is what the loss of northern Indo-China under the truce means to the world in general and to the men who crew America's merchant ships. • The trade, land and resources of 14 million people have been lost to the West, with every possibility that 12 million people in the southern parr of the State of Vituoan around Saigon will eventually go"* a far richer prize than Korea that- the harbor is completely Communist, along with mil­ ally over which Americans fought so jammed with US ships because lions more in Laos and Cam­ bitterly for three years. From the the Defense Department has di­ Seafarer Eye-witness Report By Peter Prevas—SS Seacomet Saigon, Vietnam, Indo-China—"Tlie ammunition docks'' (where many ships unload first) "are fourteen miles from here and the only transportation available is at 0800 hours and 1700 hours because the road is blockaded at both ends. At various points on the road there are forts with barbed, wire strung around them. In the night the Communists come out of .the jungle and there have been . . . several acts of violence... "Aboard the ships discharging ammunition there are about 15 legionnaires who are on 24 hour guard duty. Coming up the river to Saigon, soldiers rig up machine guns on the fantails of all ships ... The French are unable to give us the proper security." VIETNAM— Country 41vided Touchly along tht 17th Parallel. South- ViitRam compriMt an area of 30,000 iq..RU., with a popu­ lation of 10,000,000, a large rice iurplut and the ehief port and urban center, Sai­ gon. North Vietnam in­ clude* an area of 77,000 aq. mi., with a population of 12,000,000; it is a food-deficit area despite its rich rice fields, but it has important export resources in iti an•thracite coal mines, tin, lead, sine and wolfram. bodia, the two other Indo-Chinese point of view of the military man, verted all arms deliveries to the states. Result: eventually no more Indochina is the military key to South for fear that the supplies SIU ships will carry goods to these a very large part of Southeast Asia. would fall into Communist hands If the Communists do manage to at Haiphong. Just how long Saigon areas. seize it all (which is expected in will hold out is anybody's guess. • Other huge, populous and im­ the long run) they would be follow­ It's expected though, that for the portant southeast Asia areas are ing in the footsteps of the Japanese directly threatened including the in 1940. The Japanese occupied time being, the US will continue Philippine Islands and the port of Indo-China first before Pearl Har­ to pour aid into southern IndoChina, and step up its assistance to Manila; Malaya bor. Thailand and Malaya. A lot de­ and the island of Indo-China Is also a rich prize pends on whether the US can Singapore and Thailand CSiam). to the economy of the Communist succeed in forming a line extend­ As a matter of world, because it is one of the few ing from the Philippines, to Malaya LAOS^ThB Bon-CoBifact, the entire places in Asia that has a surplus to Thailand to become the new of rice that will now go to feed a barrier in case Saigon goes Com­ muniata hold entire area of southern part of hungry 91,000 aq. mi^—with popula­ China. munist. Asia, including tion of 1,200,000- except fbr These are the long range pros­ such vast countries as India, Pak­ two aalientt in the north. One Seafarer who recently re­ The Communiets agree to istan, Burma and Indonesia is un­ pects. The immediate problem turned from Indo-Chlna reported recognlic the Frencn-apender the lengthening shadow of the faced by Seafarers on their ships that the atmosphere and the mood aorcd Government of Laoe. is one of going into ports like is the same as when he saw the Communist threat. Saigon and Haiphong that are in­ • To Indo-China alone the US fested with Communist sympathi­ countries of Europe one by one fall CAMBODIA-The nonsent 2.5 billion dollars worth of zers and active Communist agents. under the control of Hitler before Coramuniata hold entire area World War II. "Everybody over goods in recent years. US mer­ Haiphong, the port of Hanoi in the of 54,000 aq. mL with a pop­ INOOCHINAt chant ships and the seamen who north, will be evacuated within the there has the jitters," he said. "It ulation of 4,000,000. Cctm CMnmwmt 4(44*1 looks like we seaman are again in munifte agree to recegnire man ships there now will continue next ten months. As the French French-aponiered regime. a front seat to history." NMXMMMIIKII aceti to operate at the very edge of the troops withdraw, the underground no man's land between the Com­ Communists can be expected to be­ munist and non-Communist worlds. come increasingly bolder. , In doing so, these ships and men Nor are conditions in Saigon, in are exposed daily to a variety of incidents, each one of which could the Southern part of Vietnam have grave consequences. An at­ much better. Theoretically, under tack on a single US merchant ship the terms of the truce, the Com­ could touch off another Korea- munist guerrilla forces are sup­ posed to leave the southern section type war or more. of the divided country and move • Thailand is likely to become north in the same ten-month period the key front in the south of Asia, that the French evacuate Hanoi. just as South Korea is the key front in the north, and US aid Communist Move to Take Over shipments that formerly went into Communist leader Ho Chi Minh Haiphong and Saigon can now be has already called for Communist expected to flow in increasing occupation of Saigon and his sup­ amount to Singapore and Ko Si porters are already hard at work, Chang, the port for the Siamese aided by corrupt politicians. The capitol of Bangkok. conservative US publication "Busi­ ness Week" quotes a Saigon busi­ Country Of Rich Resources as saying "Everyone is Of itself a land largely unknown nessman Vietminh (Communist) here: the to Westerners, Indo-China is actu- coolies unloading our ships, the pedicab.boys even the secretaries in my office. Why shouldn't they be? What have we ever done for Aug. 6. 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 16 them?" As I See It Page 4 Further, "Business Week" goes Burly Page 16 on to say, the black market is be­ Crossword Puzzle ..; Page 8 ing deliberately cultivated by Seafarers check the back pay list of Scatrain Lines at SHJ headquarters for money due under the Editorials Page. 9 French interests at the expense of retroactive provlsioa of the new freight contract. Other SlU-oontracted fkelght eompanies were Galley Gleanings Page 15 the population. The French, it readying similar lists which will net Seafarers thousands of dollars in back pay. Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 charges, are now milking Saigon Labor Round-Up Page 8 for whatever they can get before A sizable group of SlU-contracted freight companies are nearing completion of back wage Letter of The Week Page 9 they have to pull out. And local lists while other SIU companies are now ready with thousands of dollars for the men who • Letters Page 16 Vietnam politicians, the magazine •f" Maritime Page 8 declares, "are more likely to work manned their ships. operators. Companies not listed in New York or in Mobile of his Meet The Seafarer Page 8 with Ho's agents who are now mov­ In many cases the back below have not yet set a specific new address. Notices, Personals Page 17 ing more and more into the open." owned to crewmembers has date and procedure for handling American Merchant Marine SS ' Off Watch Page 14 is the kind of situation that already been sent out. The back wage payments. Corp.—^Payments will be ready in Port Reports Pages 1.1, 13 theThis Seafarer finds when he comes bulk of the companies that have In all cases when writing a com­ three to five weeks. Seafarers Quiz Page 14 to Saigon. Seafarer Peter Prevas— not begun payments are expected pany be sure to give the name of should contact the., company at 17 Ships' Minutes Page 17 in the accompanying eye-witness to swing into action within the the ship, the dates of sign-on and Batteigr Place, New York City. SIU History Cartoon Page 6' report—describes the conditions next couple of weeks. payoff, your rating, social security Bloomfleld Steamship Company Sports Line ...Page 15 now prevalent in Saigon. Inasmuch as retroactivity ex­ number and Z number. —August 19 will be starting data Top of The News Page 6 Seafarers in the port at the time, tends back to October 1, 1953, the Alcoa Steamship Company: for payments. Inquiries should ba Vote of Thanks Page 9 Prevas reported, including crew- average Seafarer will receive Checks have already been put in addressed to the company- at PO Washington News Letter.. Page 7 Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 members from the Steel Admiral, checks from more than one ship the mails to the Jast-known address Box 1450, Houston, Texas. of the Seafarer, except if a man is Bull Steamship Company — All Welfare Report ..Page 18 Alcoa Pioneer,.Seacomet and Beau­ and company. Tho following is a partial list still aboard an Alcoa vessel. Those checks have since gone out in..tht Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 regard, had a meeting about these problems including the difficulties of companies and their plans men on the ships will get their ^nail. Seafarers who have not PublfshMl biwMkly at tho haadquartars of tho Saafarars Infarnational Union, At­ they have been having with local for handling retroactive payrolls. back pay at the next payoff. Any received payments from this com­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, «75 Fovrth authorities over possession of Tanker companies are not included iSeafarer who worked for Alcoa and pany should get in touch with the Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HVaeinth 9-fMO. Entered as second class matter American currency. in this round-up as negotiations are changed his address since last New York office, 115 Broad Street, at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY., The latest word from Saigon is still in progress with some of the October should notify the company (Continued on page'17) < » under Nie Act of August 24, 1*12. mCML REPORT Co's Ready Back Pay Lists SEAFARERS LOG A't; �ill!#. Aivust 6. 19S4 SEAFARERS Pase Three LO€ SO US-Flag Ships Given Transfer OK Mobile SIU representative Louis Neira hands shipping card to a waiting Seafarer while other men await their dispatch cards. Men were among 70 crewmembers shipped to the Waterman ships Monarch of the Seas and Morning Light to resume service to Puerto Rico at end of longshore strike. WASHINGTON—^The already weakened Ameri­ can merchant marine was dealt a stunning blow with the^nnouncement this week by Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild that approval had been granted for the transfer of 80 American-flag Liberty ships. Included on the list of ships seeking ships of the American merchant to fly "runaway" flags are marine." Hall stated that this not means the loss of thousands 26 ships now under con­ only of jobs in the industry, it also tract to the SIU. SIU Secretary - Treasurer Paul Hall termed the Roths­ means setting these ships up in business against us. "In a short time such transfers could drive all but the subsidized American ships child move "a torpedo to the midright off the seas." Acted Alone Rothschild acted apparently sin­ gle-handed although both the House and Senate maritime com­ mittees had previously requested delays on the transfers until Con­ gress had a chance to set policy on the US tramp shipping fleet. These CHICAGO—Windings up a requests had held up the transfers Holds bulging with cargo, SIU ships on the Puerto Rican run were back on the sea lanes since May, but now with Congress three-day convention at the Atlantic Hotel, delegates rep­ as the government of Puerto Rico seized the docks to end a 35-day longshore strike. Sixty- in its closing days, the Maritime resenting 50,000 AFL' longshore­ five hundred AFL longshoremen went back to work after the island's legislature hastily Administrator seemingly felt free to go ahead with the transfers men completed the business of set­ passed a law permitting Gov->' ting up a new autonomous union, ernor Munoz Marin to seize and a fourth Waterman ship, the posals by the union call for a 20- without much possibility of inter­ Morning Light, has been put on cent wage package to be spread ference from Congress. the International Brotherhood of the docks. the run temporarily to take care over a two-year pediod. Rothschild has specified that Longshoremen (AFL). Most directly affected by the such transfers should go only to In the course of the convention, tie-up, of course, was the SIU- of the cargo that piled up during the flags of Panama, Liberia and delegates drafted and approved a manned Bull Line which concen­ the course of the walkout. Honduras, the three runaway flags constitution for the union, elected trates on the island run. Two Bull Alcoa was the least affected by known for their low-cost competi­ a president, sec­ Line ships, the Hilton and the the tie-up since its ships all by­ tion with American ship operators. retary - treasurer Marina, were in Puerto Rico at the passed San Juan and made their Appearing on the back page and 15 vice-presi­ time of the strike, but both were regular island-hopping stops Wires To Companies of this issue is the full text dents, and made able to sail after the strike began. throughout the Caribbean. When The Maritime Administrator has of the amendments to the SIU plans for a spe­ The rest of the 17-ship fleet was the strike ended, the Alcoa Run­ wired all the applicants setting the standard dry cargo agreement cial convention laid up, with the exception of one ner in New York was loaded to full other "conditions" for the trans­ as signed by SlU-contracted next year. Nor­ ship put on the Santo Domingo capacity, over 11,000 tons, and sent fers as follows: dry cargo operators. Money mally though, the run. With the strike over, all Bull on her way to San Juan. • They must not trade with Iron items of these amendments union will meet Line ships are now operating. One other SIU ship, the Barbara Curtain countries. are retroactive to October 1, once every three Frietchie, is still tied up in Puerto Waterman, another major oper­ • The ships must remain under 1953. years. ator in Puerto Rico, had the Clai­ Rico as a result of a dispute over Lonr American ownership. Also in this issue is the new Meanwhile, the borne and Azalea City in San Juan the hiring of longshpremen for her • The owners must post bond to wage and overtime scale in ef­ AFL cut into the vote lead of the throughout the strike, while the operations. It's expected that this show that they would pay mort­ fect on SIU dry cargo ships old ILA as the National Labor Re­ Monarch of the Seas was laid up will be cleared up within a day or gages that they owe the US Gov­ under the terms of the lations Board started its tally of in Mobile because of the tie-up. two. ernment. amended contract. Negotia­ disputed ballots in the May elec­ All three ships are now moving Meanwhile, negotiations are still The last requirement is the only tions with tanker operators for tion for New York dockworkers. in progress over the wage issues new "condition" for the transfers. changes in the tankship agree­ The new union picked up 56 votes of the strike with a settlement re­ As was pointed out in an article ment are still going on. as the Labor Board countetf 670 ported close at hand.' Present pro-V in the May 14 LOG, these opera­ disputed ballots and now trails the tors were in hock to the Maritime old ILA by 263 votes. Still to be Administration for the sum of $16 disposed of are 1,097 more disputed million since many of them had ballots. never paid a cent on mortgage The New York regional office has principal owed to the US Govern­ recommended that all but 630 of ment. Under the original transfer the remaining ballots be thrown proposals they would not even out" as? in valid. The 630 votes con­ Nominations for all SIU At­ have legal obligation to pay off sist pi the ballots their mortgages. lantic & Gulf District offices of hatch" bosses SIU Opposed '' will be open on August 12 fol­ whose eligibility The SIU and other maritime Is still in dispute. lowing presentation of the secre­ unions have been bitterly opposed The AFL-IBL tary-treasurer's ballot report to to the transfers on the grounds convention was the njembership on August 11. that they only worsen the prob­ attended by 212 Under the terms of the Union lem of remaining US-flag ships delegates includ­ constitution, the ballot report will which have to meet more and more ing several rep­ contain the secretary-treasurer's of the low-wage, low-cost runaway resenting AFL recommendations on the structure flag operation. At the very least, longshoremen in Slaughter of the SIU election ballot, that is, the SIU held that the Maritime the New York the number of offices that are to Administration should require re­ area. Aside from adopting its con­ be filled by election, the titles of placement of transferred ships stitution and changing the name the offices and the division of of-, with equivalent tonnage under the of the organization, the delegates fices between headquarters and US flag. made plans for intensive organiz­ the various outports. The latter requirement had been ing efforts on the Great Lakes and If approved by the membership, a general rule with the Maritime in the New York metropolitan area. Administration until it "relaxed" They received assurances from the recommendations will form the its transfer policy last January. AFL President George Meany that basis under which Seafarers can Since then pressure has been grow­ full support would be given to fur­ nominate themselves for the vari­ ous elective offices. Nominations ing from tramp operators to ap­ ther organizing in New York. prove transfers under the most Among those elected at the con­ will run for a full month, from lenient circumstances. vention were Larry Long of St. August 12 to September 12; Full details on the number and Already transferred this year un­ Louis as president; E. L, Slaughter, Duluth, Minnesota, secretary-treas­ type of elective offices as well as der the "relaxed" policy are sev­ In New York the Bull Lines Kathryn took a full erew and resumed eral Liberty tankers as well as four urer; and John Dwyer, Vincent on the nominations and election regular serviee to Puerto Rico. Here A. Veya, Oiler, prepares to dry cargo ships. Three of these Erato, Chester El and Carlyle procedure will be carried in the turn to by" turning over shipping card from SIU to A. Oquendo, had been under contract to the Bums from the New York area as next issue of the SEAFARERS engine department delegate. SIU. LOG. four ofi the ,15 viicerpresidents. AFL's Pier Union Maps Tie-Up Ends; Bull, Alcoa, New Drive Waterman Sailing To PR LOG Prints Pact Changes SIU Ballot Report Set �• ^•r-v.;^.;'^;v twu 'S^EAFAnERS LOG Ancul f, MS4 Roadway Truck Takes Bite From NO Hail \ i-- '•. UNDER OUR AMENDED FREIGHT AGREEl^ENT, THE OPERAtors are now putting travelers' checks aboard the ships to be Issued to the crews when they get draws in a foreign port. When all the kinks have been worked out your Union Is hopeful it will put an end to beefs that have arisen over currency exchanges. Without being a specialist in international finance, the seaman knows that in many countries the American dollar is the only kind of dough that commands any purchasing power. In a lot of places, the local cur­ rency comes in thousand-note units but it seems the bigger the units are, the less the local currency is worth. Now going into this matter a bit further, a great many of fiiese coun­ tries have two different rates of exchange. One rate is the "official" rate, which is usually way out of line with what the current^;^ ls worth. The other is the "free" rate. For example, if you were vtO -take a look at a currency exchange rate list you would find that on the official rate the Seafarer in Brazil is entitled to only 18 cruzeiros to the dollar. These same currency exchange charts list a free rate on which you could get about 60 cruzeiros for your dollar bilL It's quite a pain­ ful difference, if the skipper or the company agent has issued cruzeiros to the Seafarer at the official rate. When your Union asked the shipowners to issue draws in dollars to keep Seafarers from getting skinned on these deals we found that in Examining truck damage to the canopy in front of the New Orleans SIU hall, are (left to right) some instances the operators could not, or would, not, obtain the dol­ Seafarers George Neyrey, DM, John Stewart, DM and Lee Massicot, AB. The canopy was knocked lars in certain ports. Now as you well know, the travelers' check is loose from its moorings when a haulaway truck pulled too clo^ to the curb. as good as the dollar anywhere in the world, and a lot safer to carry around. That was why the Union set up this special travelers' check clause in our amended agreement. * ! Naturally with something brand new like this, never before attempted in the maritime industry, there might be a few snags along the line before the whole thing is working smoothly and all the ships are prop­ WASHINGTON—^Both House of Congress are pushing toward adjournment with some erly supplied. Headquarters would certainly appreciate hearing from major maritime bills passing the final test but others, notably the permanent "50-50" bill, the membership how they feel the clause is working out. getting lost in the shuffle. t t 4 ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THAT Already approved by both built by them would get ten year permanent "50-50" bill, eagerly the House and the Senate is charters, while the Navy would sought by maritime interests and of shore leave at certain military bases, seems to be working out: as a build five on its own and charter unions, but opposed by result of the SIU's action in winning a new Defense Department rule. the bill calling for construc­ them out to private operators. All maritime the administration and the State The original regulation issued in November,. 1951, gave the head of tion of 20 high speed tankers, five by the Navy and 15 by private in all, 30 new tankers woulcj be Department, is bottled up in the the Eighth Army in Korea authority to decide whether or not civilians to the US fleet. House Rules Committee. The bill could come ashore in Korean ports. The result was that even after operators for long term charter to added Other bills going through are had already passed the Senate. the Korean truce, local commanders were issuing orders prohibiting the Navy, as well as another tanker one calling for conversion of four Maritime interests are convinced leave to merchant seamen. The practice spread and before long Sea­ trade-in bill. The second bill Government-owned Liberty ships would provide for private con­ to modem-type propulsion as part the House would vote for the bill farers were being denied shore leave in a variety of other places far struction of 10 more new tankers of an experimental program, 100 if the Rules Committee would al­ removed from Korea. As a result, your Union got together with Defense Department offi­ in return for which the Govern­ percent mortgage guarantee for low it out, but chances are con­ sidered slim that this would be cials in Washington and a new order was issued advising the local mili­ ment would take a "trade-in" of construction of special type ves­ done. The Rules Committee de­ tary people that every effort was to be made to provide shore leave for 20 T2s. These older ships would sels, apparently on the line of Sea- termines the order in which leg­ merchant seamen. go into the Government reserve train-type ships and authorization islation reaches the floor of the Just a few days ago, headquarters received a report from the SIUfleet. for the Defense Department to buy House. manned Seamonitor while it was iir the small port of Pohang, Korea. The Navy bill gives the opera­ The Kings Point bill, as passed It appeared that when the ship arrived in port, the crew was in­ tors assurance that 15 other ships or lease six rail car carrier ships. Another bill deals with the con­ by the House, would provide for formed that no shore leave was permitted. But a few days later, mili­ struction of new passenger liners a permanent merchant marine tary headquarters in Korea informed the officer in charge of the port for American President Lines and academy with status similar to that all restrictions should be lifted and seamen should be permitted conversion of Mariners for that that of West Point or Annapolis. to land. company. This was the first instance of shore leave restriction called to the This bill is also opposed by the Bills that have run into a snag administration and is not expected attention of headquarters since the new regulations went into effect. are the permanent "50-50" bill and to make any headway ..in the The lifting of the restrictions in this instance indicates that all is working out well on that score. the Kings Point Academy bill. The Senate. Hope Dims For ^50-50' Law R.Sweeney, Former SIU Patrolman Winner A !$tar in Studies. Athletics The SIU lost one of its old-time Gulf district members when Ray W. Sweeney, former patrolman and port agent, passed away aboard the Seatrain Louisiana on July 6. He was 51 years of age. An engine department man throughout his Sailing days, Swee­ ney joined the SIU in Mobile on March 15, 1939, a few months af­ ter the SIU A&G District was char­ tered. For sev­ eral* years he served as e n gine patrolman at headquarters, Sweeney and at Galves­ ton. He also served as temporary port agent in Galveston for a brief period. In 1947 Sweeney went back to sea, sailing "regularly on the coastwise ships of the Seatrain Lines.In accordance - with his last wishes, Sweeney's remains were cremated and his ashes placed aboard the Seatrain Louisiana to be cast on the sea. The ceremony was carried out in the port of Savannah on Tuesday, July 27, at 4 PM. Crewmembers and Seatrain Lines sent flowers, as, did the •Upion, to pay respects, to the de­ parted brother. "It's SO wonderful that I still can't believe that it's true," said 18-year-old Jack Game, son of Seafarer lEddie S. Game and one of four 1954 SIU scholarship award winners who will be studying at college this fall+ with the aid of a four-year $6,-' hand in these matters, since the 000 grant provided by the SIU rest of the family, his mother, dad, and younger brother and sister, Welfare Plan. The youthful scholarship win­ figure he can manage very well on ner, whose home is in Bryson City, his own. Game piled up an enviable North Carolina, is the only child record throughout his schooling, of a Seafarer to win the coverted both in the classroom and out of award this year. The remaining it, and graduated first in his class three awards in the annual com­ of 73 at Swain County High School. petition went to active Seafarers. Bom in Pine Level, a small In 1953, the year the SIU scholar­ town near Raleigh, NC, he also also ship program began, all four win­ lived for a short while in both ners, three girls and one boy,-were Norfolk, Va., and in Wilmington, children of active SIU men;. NC, before the family eventually moved to Whittier, NC. Whittier is a small place nestled among the This is the third in a series of feature articles on the four mountains near. Great Smoky 1954 award winners under the Mountain National Park in the SIU Scholarship Plan. western part of the state, where he entered grammar school imd Still very much excited over his spent all of his childhood years. good fortune, young Game intends In high school he took a college to enter- the University of North preparatory course and crowded in Carolina in September, .but hasn't a lot of extras besides. He was yet decided exactly what course elected president of his cl^s for he'll pursue over the four-year four straight years, was vice-presi­ period. Although he admits to a dent of the student council in his great interest in mathematics, he junior year, president the last year, isn't quite certain whether he'll and served as co-editor of the shoot for a degree in accounting, school yearbook. engineering or something else Although these. various posts completely afield, of those courses. kept him busy,, he-alsq managed to' Apparently he's to haye a free sandwich .flito his; reg.ula)i school. Jack Game courses some subjects on the distinctly practical side, such as typing and bookkeeping, . which helped him in part-time and sum­ mer jobs. He spent the. last four summers working either at a serv­ ice station or motor, court and -tbis year has a job in the accounting department for, the - Indian drama "Unto These Hills," which is being produced at the nearby village ot Cherokee. . With all of this, and the ability to , maintain nearly ;a. straight "ik". average in all courses. Game was not idle on the athletic field either. A three-letter man, he won his spurs in baseball (1st base), foot­ ball (right halfback) and basketball (forward), and was captain of both the baseball and basketball teams which won the Ipcal jppjrterence championship in those sports. He also made the ajl-cbnference tournament basketball team in both his junior and senior years, gen­ erally averaging 20 points a game. In baseball, he finished his last season with a' batting average of .480. The family has another fine athlete tod. Jack admits to many hours of practice in the gym with his younger brother, Bobby, 16, who has also been a three-letter man each year he's been in high school. Bobby, who has hopes of playing pro baseball someday, hasn't lost a single game in high school and has what Jack calls "a tremendous strike-out record" as a pitcher. All in all. Seafarer Eddie Game has a stand-out family and is proud of the fact that his Union made it possible for his son to win a four-year college scholarship. Sail­ ing in the steward department on SIU ships since-1946. the elder Game has-been sailing regularly for the past year on Ore-Line ships out-.ef-<fialUiDfil«b// u. �a>iSS62: irr"'fTliiiria»ii tT:,7rT.viJJ !J Ancmt 6r If 54 SEAFARERS LOG ^Pare Five Canada Loses Ocean Fleet MONTREAL—Once the possessor of the fourth largest ocean-going merchant fleet in the world, Canada now has only 19 deep-sea dry-cargo ships operating under the Canadian flag, and the largest of these, a 9,000-ton immigrant liner, is up for sale. All vessels sels were manned by members of the-*' SIU's Canadian District. No Canadian-flag shipping is Alarmed over the situation, advo­ The disappearance of the cates of an immediate buiid-up of operating out of the major port of Canadian-flag merchant fleet, which had as many as 600 ships in 1945, is accounted for largely by whole­ sale transfers to foreign flags. Over one million tons of Canadianowned shipping is now under-Brit­ ish registry and lesser amounts under other flags. the country's merchant marine point out that government subsidy policies are far too inadequate to match the lure of foreign wages and standards. Although Canada exports about one-third of her total production, most of it is now mov­ ing on foreign vessels. Your SllJ Meeling Rights A group of Argentine unionists in Buenos Aires take seats as Del -Mar crew prepares to show film depicting operations of the SlU. Ship's Delegate Mike Casanueva served as interpreter for the film's commentary. Argentine Workers 'See' SlU-Crew Shows Film NEW ORLEANS—From Seafarers aboard the Del Mar (Mississippi) a group of Argentine maritime workers received first' hand information recently about how the SIU secures and maintains the top condi--*SIU contract, said Casaneuva, ^ho tion ih maritime. as interpreter for the com­ More than 60 officers and served mentary in the SIU film. Many members of the Asociacion Maritima Argentina (Argentine Marltime Association) visited the Del Mar while the ship was in B'uenos Aires and saw a showing of the Union's color documentary film, "The Seafarers." The meeting was arranged through the cooperative efforts of Albert Pinaranda, a former Sea­ farer now living in .his native Ar­ gentina, Eduardo Brown, an offi­ cial of AMA, and Mike Casanueva, ship's delegate, and Dick Martinez, BR, on the Del Mar. The Argentine maritime workers showed great interest in the Sea­ farers' Welfare Plan and in wages and conditions guaranteed under questions also were put to the Sea­ farers about membership rights guaranteed under the Union's con­ stitution and shipping rules, invited Ashore The Del Mar crew was invited by the officers of the association, which represents some 70,000 waterfront workers, to be guest of the AMA and its members at a barbecue and tour of AMA head­ quarters during the Del Mar's next stay in Buenos Aires. "We made many good friends during this affair who will help to make our future visits to this port even more enjoyable," said Mar­ tinez. In order to constantly remind all SIU members of their con­ stitutional rights in SW membership meetings, the following state­ ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the nation. These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet. ings: Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee that may be elected at this meeting. Any member present in good standing has the right at any time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or ask for a division of the house on any sucn question. Any member may also request a show of books of each man present who may vote on any question. Copies of the minutes of tonight's meeting will be available in advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the benefit of any member in good standing who wishes to read or study same before the next regular meeting commences. In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of ali SIU meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ able to any member in good standing who-desires and so requests to read and study same. The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. 1. The Union constitution. 2. Majority vote of the membership. 3. Robert's rules for order. If, in the opinion of any member in good standing present, he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, he is requested to call this to the attention of the secretarytreasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretarytreasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such protest and a report on same to the membership at the foilowing regular membership meeting for action thereon. In order to establish whether or not there is a quorum present, will all of those members in good standing please hold their books up so that they can be counted. The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. The first point on the agenda tonight will be the election of officials for this meeting. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Finance Company 'insurance' Nowadays three out of five 'cars are bought on time payments. Judging from the reports by the SIU Welfare Services department. Seafarers too tend to do their ear l^uying on the installment plan. In buying a car on time, often the finance company or dealer provides the insurance and adds the co^t to your monthly payments. This may seem like a convenient way to secure auto-insurance, and in fact, sometimes the finance company insists or high-pressures you to buy it from them. But this could turn out to be both expensive and dan­ gerous. For one thing, the rates charged by a finance company or dealer for insurance are generally higher than charged by many mutual companies and other low-cost insurance sellers. But even more important, often the finance companies provide only enough insurance on the car to protect their own interest in it. That is, they insure the car against fire, theft and collision damage so if the car is damaged they are sure to be reimbursed. But they do not provide liability insurance to protect you from being sued. Now of bourse you could go out and buy liability in­ surance in addition, so that if your car hurts someone else the insurance company will pay the amount of damage up to the limit of your policy. But often the buyer of a car on time payments does not even realize that he has no stich liability protection.- The New York State Insurance Dept. last year reported that mahy buyers are completely Unaware that insurance policies supplied by finance com­ panies provided no liability insurance. Now that state at least requires finance companies to prominently say so on the policy form if it does not include bodily injury or property damage liability insurance. -Nor does New York any longer permit finance com­ panies to compel borrowers to buy auto insurance from them when equivalent or better coverage is available from other companies. In that state, at least, you can shop for your insurance when you buy a car on time. Seafarers living in other states should watch these points too. Actually the liability insurance is more important for you to carry than collision insurance reimbursing you for damage to your own car, especially if yours is an older one. In fact, it doesn't pay to carry collision insurance on an older car because of the high rates for this type of coverage. Note that any non-reimbursed damage to your vehicle is always tax deductible if*you itemize your de­ ductions. If you do feel you want collision insurance to protect a comparatively new car, than consider buying the $100deductible type instead of the $50-deductible. Because more owners buy the $50-deductible, the companies tend to charge disproportionately more for it, since there are then many more claims, and it costs them as much to handle a small claim, as a larger one. The $100-deductible policy costs 28 to 45 per cent less than the $50 tj'pe, de­ pending on the company and your area. Shopping For Insurance • As you see, it pays to shop for your own insurance. The lowest-cost companies; some of whom sell insurance for as much as 35 per bent below standard rates, are generally tnofe selective about whom they will insure. "iThey tend Vancouver at all these days and even in the coastal trades the Brit­ ish flag is becoming more frequent than the Canadian. About half the normal Great Lakes tonnage is idle and construction for this service as well as deep-sea operation is nil. Few observers hold out any hope for a revival of the industry. 'Runaways' Seen Threat By British For some time now, US maritime interests in general and the SIU in particular have been complaining of the deadly threat facing the American mer­ chant marine by low-cost, lowwage operations under the runaway flags. Now it appears, the flight of shipping to the runaway flags of Panama, Liberia and Honduras is growing so great as to cause Brit­ ish shipping considerable concern. This of itself is an indication of the low level on which the run­ away ships operate because few nations have been more successful at low-cost operations than Great Britain. While no British ships have been transferred foreign yet (although that too may comet a recent pub­ lication of "The Seaman," organ of the National Union of Seamen of Great Britain, expresses concern over the decline of British shipping and the growth of Panamanian and Liberian operations. Where once Great Britain had one-half of the world's merchant ships, it now is down to 20 percent. Few ships are on order for Brit­ ish-flag operations, the magazine added, and shipowners are com­ plaining that they cannot pay for new ships. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying to avoid the very young and very old drivers, and try to select those with good safety records. But you should try them first. Here is a list of iow-cost companies, with the least expensive ones listed first, together with addresses of their home offices if you can't locate their local rep­ resentatives: Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Providence, RI; California Casualty Indemnity Exchange, San Francisco; Auto Club of Southern Calif., Los Angeles; State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., Bloomington, 111.; Farm Bureau Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., Columbus, O.; Government Em­ ployes Ins. Co., Washington, DC; California State Auto. Assn., San Francisco; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Boston; Hardware Mutual Casualty Co., Stevens Point, Wise.; American Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Boston; Keystone Auto Club Casualty Co., Philadelphia; Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Wausau, Wise.; Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., Chicago; Allstate Insurance Co., Chicago; Detroit Auto. Inter-Ins. Exchange, • Detroit; State Auto Ins. Assn., Indianapolis; Utica Mutual Ins. Co., Utica, NY; Employers Mutual Casualty Co., Des Moines, la.; Ameri­ can Motorists Ins. Co., Chicago, 111.; California Compensa­ tion Ins., San Francisco; Auto Owners Ins. Co., Lansing, Mich.; Merchants Mutual Casualty Co., Buffalo, NY. Younger Drivers As you may know, auto insurance rates for younger drivers are highest of all because of the bad accident record of this group. But one company. State Farm Mutual, has only one rate for all classes of drivers, including the youngsters. While State Farm Mutual makes no extra charge, it is selective and won't accept all young drivers. Still, it Is worth trying this company first if you are in this situation. -<^1 •-^1 >>1 '^1 m �'v-- rase Ite SEAFARERS Aesm* t, 1*84 LOG HINT BLOOMFIELD PLANS MERGER Reports in maritime circles late last month concerning a ^ssible merger between the SlU-cpntracted Bloomfield Shipping Company and States Marine Lines remain unchanged AGREEMENT NEAR ON IRAN OIL—All details of an international this week, as the projected link-up has apparently not gone beyond the talking stage. agreement to bring Iranian oil back into production are on verge of — ^ Bloomfield, which currently completion. The Iranian government has been negotiating with eight ...And Another jWp' Flies 'Runaway' Flag large oil companies to arrange for producing, refining and selling of them active at this time and Iranian oil on the world ihatket. If the agreement goes" through it v.- b:. ir t 'manned by Seafarer crews, began will end a three-year paralysis of Iranian oil fields brought about operations just three years ago when the Iranian government seized the properties of the Anglowith five Victory ships and three Iranian oil company. Libertys. It has since added the Si t Pelican Mariner, which it is operat­ DROUGHT SEARS MUCH OF US-^An extremely dry summer with ing on charter from the Govern­ rainfall far below normal is producing drought conditions through­ Shipping sales, London, July 15—The French Liberty SS Cher­ ment. out much of the country, particularly in the Middle West and South. bourg (ex Moses Austin) carrying about 10,717 tons deadweight, built The company recently was suc­ Severe drought is reported In parts of New Mexico, Colorado, all of in 1943 ond managed by the Cie. Generate Transatlantique, Paris, cessful in a bid for a Government Oklahoma and Askansas, most of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and on behalf of the Ministere de la Marine Marchande, acting for the subsidy for cargo services from the Missouri. Also affhcted are Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, French Government, has been sold, through Messrs. Barry Rogliano Gulf to the east coagt of Great Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky. Salles, Paris and Marseilles, to Grenville SA of Panama, for US Britain. Efforts to secure a subsidy $515,000, payable in full in cash on delivery at Marseilles. The KOREA PRESIDENT VISITS WASHINGTON — Syngman Rhee, vessel is to be transferred to Liberian registry and renamed for its Mediterranean service met with failure. president of South Korea, has visited Washington on the invitation Antonios. of the US Government to discuss the future of his country. He pre­ . Larger Fleet The above item, reprinted from to a Panamanian company for sented his expected demand that steps be taken to unify North and A much smaller operator than a shipowner's magazine which cir­ $515,000 and is to be immediate­ South Korea, but it is not believed that the/ US Government will do culates among shippwners through­ ly transferred to the Liberian reg­ States Marine, the SIU company is much to change the situation there. apparently providing serious com­ out the world, is in a capsule the istry. Result: the French economy ft Si 4 story of the decline of the Ameri­ is propped up by $515,000, the Li- petition for the oldeir and larger PLANE INCIDENTS INCREASE TENSION WITH CHINA—Two outfit, which comprises 21 US-fiag can merchant marine. berian-flag fleet gains an addition; First the ship was given to the the US is out one more ship and vessels, several more operated un­ encounters with Chinese Red warplanes in which a British transport French government by our State the US merchant fleet has another der Government charter, and sub­ was shot down and two MIGs downed have greatly increased ill-feel­ Department in 1947 to help re­ ship in competition. Multiply this stantial additional tonnage under ing between the US and Red China. The first incident took place when Red Chinese planes shot down a British commercial airliner with the build the French economy. Now by several hundred and you have a foreign flag. The object of a merger, as inter­ loss of ten lives, including three Americans. Three days later, US the ship, managed by a French major cause of the US merchant preted by maritime observers, Navy planes searching the area off the South China co.ast for survivors steamship company, has been sold marine's illness. would be to integrate competitive .shot down two Chinese MIGs that intercepted them. The action took services to the advantage of both place at the same moment Red China was broadcasting an apology to companies. States Marine operates Great Britain. on all 'US. coasts, offering cargo 4i "3< t service to the Far East, Mediter­ HAWAII, ALASKA STATEHOOD PUT OFF AGAIN—The House ranean, Northern Europe, Persian of Representatives Rules Committee has tabled legislation calling for Gulf, South and East Africa and statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. Previously the House had voted Great Britain, plus an intercoastal statehood for Hawaii and the Senate had approved statehood for both, service between Gulf and Pacific but the Rules Committee refused to send the differing bills to a joint There can be no mistake that we're now living in the era coast ports. Bloomfield conducts ats Senate-House conference. This kills the legislation for the year at principal operations out of Texas of the H-bomb. Insurance companies are now scurrying to ports, and maintains home offices least. 4 4" it write into their policies a clause freeing them from atomic in Houston. URANIUM TUNNEL 'CURES' DRAW FIRE—Wisconsin authori­ Speculation concerning the mer­ ties are investigating a Lone Rock, Wisconsin, farmer, Kenneth Crook, or hydrogen damage to mer-ger centers around the question who has been charging fees up to $10 to visit his "uranium tunnel." chant ships. which denies payments "for loss whether a merger would mean a Hundreds of people with chronic ailm'ents have been visiting, the The lead-off has come from or damage caused by nuclear reac­ loss of identity for one of the com­ tunnel and holding "radioactive" bags against the disabled parti Japanese marine insurance com­ tion or an atomic disintegration." panies, with the combined outfit of their bodies. The State Medical Society has asked the state at­ panies who are now writing in Apparently the Japanese in­ operating all the ships of both com­ torney general to determine if Crook is practicing piedicine without their policies an escape clause surance writers have taken their panies as one fleet and the buzzle a license. action as a result of Japanese fish­ of what would happen to the sub­ 4 4 4 ing boats being caught in a radio­ sidy contract. BRITISH AGREE TO ,OUlT SUEZ—An agreement to pull .80,000 active "fall-out" following US Union Has Critic of Subsidy Policy British troops out of the Suez Canal area has been reached between hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific While it is believed the merger British and Egyptian negotiators. The withdrawal will end 72. years Cable Address early this year. If any of their would carry the subsidy agreement of British military occupation in Egypt. Part of the agreement specifies insured ships get caught in similar with it, the fact is that States Ma­ that military bases in the area will be available to Britain again should Seafarers overseas who want circumstances, the company wants rine has long been a critic of exist­ the Arab States or Turkey come under attack. to get in touch with headquar­ it speUed out that they're not ing Government subsidy policies. ters in a hurry can do so by 4 4.4 gonna pay the bill. cabling the Union at its cable FILIBUSTER ENDS, ATOM BILL PASSES—A bill to provide for However, despite this long-held be­ The move by the Japanese may lief, States Marine earlier this year peacetime use of atomic energy and exchange of information with address, SEAFARERS NEW become standard for all insurance indicated) its intent' to file for sub­ other countries passed the Senate after two weeks of de<bate and fili­ YORK. writers shortly and then we'll all sidy aid from the Government. buster. The main purposes of the bill were not at dispute but the Use of this address will as­ have another item to look out for Meanwhile, neither company has debate was over provisions calling for private development of atomic sure speedy transmission on when we scan the small print of elaborated any on the merger re­ power and electricity as against public development. Democratic Sen­ all messages and faster serv­ the policy oflfered by the Super- ports circulating through the in­ ators from the Tennessee Valley states led the fight on the bill, term­ ice for the men involved. Atomic Insurance Company. dustry. ing the bill the "biggest giveaway in the nation's history." New Marine Ins. Policy: No 'Atomic Damage' Pay Cartoon History Of The SIU mm CMeg Service Bows No. SS li i:^.- Although the SIU won NLRB certification to repre­ sent Cities Service seamen in December, 1949, after winning two elections, efforts to negotiate with the company were rebuffed right from the start. Mean­ while, the discredited CS company union^ CTMA, sud­ denly • moved t»^ beve- the first eleetisa' thrown out. The company union bid to keep itself alive was promptly squelched by the NLRB, but CS continued staUing on opening pact taUu. Trying a sew tack, the SIU took its case directly to company stockholderevia full-page newspiqucr ads waaning that a strike war imminent unless CSciMBii(|« ltetune. Btung by the SIU action, CS officials agreedto meet with the Union less than VZIiours aftW its attitude was ma^ public. Talks began, but strike preparations continued. Finally, on Marck 1^ ISSO, an interim agroonmt was reached, endlnff of the longest and MtWeet anOruidon camiudjiMf e» recerdi •' �SEAFARERS Amgmt 9. 1»54 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON LOG Pace SeTca Del Mar Plays Host to Liberian Ambassador IT NOW ;SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT CONGRESS WILL approve a supplemental appropriation of $82,600,000 to strengthen and improve the merchant marine. This amount was requested by President Eisen­ hower but .completely ignored by the House Appropriations Committee when the bill was reported out on the House side of the Capitol. However, by a vote of 123 to 41, the House of Representatives restored the $82.6 million for merchant marine activities, which favorable action was quickly followed by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The action gives positive support to the principles of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 in that it will allow (1) $44.6 million for payment of construction subsidy and national .defense allowances on four passen­ ger-cargo liners for two American companies; (2) $26 million to initiate the trade-in-and-build tanker program; (3) $11.1 million for the pro­ gram wherein the Government wiil experiment in the modernization of four reserve fleet Liberty ships as a basis of developing plans to modernize the remaining Libertys in the event of an emergency; and (4) $1 million for Maritime Administration administrative ex­ penses during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954. t BECAUSE RUSSIA SEEMS TO BE AGREEABLE TO RETURNING some 90 ships to the US acquired under Lend-Lease during World War II, she is now engaged in a substantial effort to replace this tonnage. Russia is attempting to place orders in Europe for upwards of 200 merchant ships, but most nations are very cautious in accepting these orders because of p.*st difficulties with that nation. Another angle is that Russia does not want to pay in cash but wants to pay for the ships in terms of goods. 4" • t 4* THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NEW high­ speed tankers did not 'turn out exactly as the US Defense Department had hoped for. In the beginning, due to the . acute shortage of tankers available for emergency purposes, the military had supported a bill in' Congress that would have called for construction of this tonnage entirely by private enterprise, with the Military Sea Transportation Service then to charter the tankers for 10-year periods. However, on the House side, the legislation was amended, so that, as it went to the White House for approval, it provided for construction of 5 of the tankers by the Government and 15 by private industry. The 20 tankers, when built, will be operated by private operators under charter agreements with MSTS, on the basis of the lowest re­ sponsible bidder. Under terms of the proposal as it cleared Congress, the charter contracts would be made by the Government with those operators who do not operate foreign flag ships. In addition, another important aspect is that during the 10-year charter period the operators will not be able to transfer ships to foreign flags. These provisions will help those lines who are really interested in developing the American merchant marine. 4" • 4" 4" SINCE 1938, THE US HAS SHIFTED FROM A NET EXPORTER of petroleum .products to a net importer. For the past eight years, we have been exporting monthly between 500,000 and 800,000 long tons of. tanker-borne products. Between 1946-50, US ships carried about one-third of this trade, but in 1951, 1952 and 1953, we carried only 24, 19 and 17 percent respectively. The first few months of this year show a further decline of US par­ ticipation, with 16 percent for January and 15 percent for February. The bulk of the American tanker fleet engages in coastwise and intercoastal trade. Latest figures show that tanker tonnage in our foreign trade was only about 1,300,000 deadweight tons, a drop of more than 30 percent in one year; during the period 1949-1952, about a million tons of our fleet was in the foreign to foreign trade, but with increased foreign-flag competition and reduced cargoes, this dropped to 546,000 tons by July of last year and 269,000 tons by July of this year. In contrast, the petroleum tonnage in our domestic trade was over 3.8 miliion deadweight tons in July of this year; the tonnage in our non-contiguous trade since 1949 has averaged about 100,000 deadweight tons; and in. mid-1954, only 95,000 tons were operating as compared to 130,000 tons in mid-1952. ... 4" 4" Clarence L. Simpson, Liberian ambassador to the United States, is greeted by Mississippi Shipping Company president H. X. Kelly following Simpson's address at shipboard dinner party. Ship's steward department turned to in true SIU style to make affair a big success. Here Waiter JCenyon Parks heads for main dining saloon with food. 4" CONGRESS HAS MADE PERMANENT THE AUTHORITY OF this Government, in time of emergency, to acquire, either through requisi­ tion, purchase or charter, foreign-flag vessels lying idle in our ports. In time of war, legislation of this type is good in that it makes foreign-flag tonnage and foreign seamen available for use. For example, such~a law was in effect in World War II, and it enabled the US to acquire some 715,000 tons of shipping from our allies, with foreign seamen making a substantial contribution in the manning of our bottoms. On the other hand, we furnished our allies with more ships than they made availabie to us. We delivered to foreign nations, in the last World War, 5,500,000 gross tons of ships. t i '4i IN WHAT AMOUNTS TO THE LARGEST SHIP ACQUISITION PROGRAM OF any single line, the American Presidents Line, Ltd. had agreed with the Government to build two new combination passengerfreight vessels, purchase four Mariners, and purchase the passenger ships President Cleveland and President Wilson from the Maritime Administration.' This will result in almost - complete replacement of the company's fleet now in the 'round-the-world service. Inaugurated in 1924. APL is expected to pay around $53,000,000 in acquiring three vessels, while the Government's share in the cost of new construction and modification of the Mariners under subsidy law will be in the neighbor­ hood of $12,800,000. End Panama Crew Beef SlU-Style The Greek crew of a Pana­ manian ship, the Ionian Skip­ per, got rid of a hard-timing captain and got all the money that was coming to them at pa^yoff in Tokyo thanks, in part, to the aid given by a Seafarer on the spot in Japan. In a letter sent to head­ quarters, crewmembers expressed their thanks to Seafarer Kenneth Collins for assisting them on their beef. Second steward Henry Gerden supervises as Waiter Bill Presley According to "Nippon Times" newspaper clippings and the text readies tray of dessert. Dinner was held on July 28 in New Or­ of the letter, the Ionian Skipper leans. Company operates four SlU-manned freight ships that arrived in Japan destined for the regularly call at Liberia and other West African ports. scrap pile. The captain so in­ formed the crew when the ship got there and told them they would be repatriated on a freighter and would get their full pay "later." Led by the first mate, the crew refused to pay off until they were guaranteed their full five months pay to date as well as separation pay under Panamanian maritime Two major accidents within the space of a couple of hours, law and decent repatriation on a one of them fatal, marred the outbound voyage of the SIU- passenger ship.^-The captain retali­ by howling "mutiny" and cut­ manned Barbara Frietchie from Philadelphia last month. ated ting off their food supplies. Seafarer Joe Lupton, former-^ Met SIU Man dispatcher in Norfolk, was supporting the hatch boards was of place. Desperately looking around for killed instantly when he was moved out somebody to help them out, the Beam Fulled Out dumped accidentally into the hold. The result was that as far as eye­ crewmembers went to the United Shortly afterward, while local witnesses could tell, the 'hatch Seamen's Service and happened to Coast Guard and city police were boards on which Lupton was stand­ run into Collins there. He supplied still taking evidence aboard, deck ing fell into the hold because of them with needed advice, and with engineer Prescott Spinney was the shift in the position of the the assistance of the Seamen's severely injured by the hook on hatch beams dropping the un­ Service, and an attorney, Collins a slack runner that swung free fortunate bosun to his death in went to work on the company agent and the Panamanian consul. from a cargo of pipe. the bottom of the hold. The upshot of it all was that the Brother Saw" It Lewis and another AB lowered a owner sent his nephew to Tokyo Luptoh's death was all the more stretcher into the hatch and painful because his brother. Dee brought the body to the deck. by air to straighten out the situa­ Lupton, was AB on the same vessel Lupton was carried ashore and tion. He fired the captain and chief pronunced dead as soon as the engineer, dismissed the mutiny and witnes>sed the accident. charge and agreed to pay the crew Ship's delegate Thurston Lewis police ambulance arrived. all they lu-'d asked for—and more. Lupton who was 35, is survived reported that Lupton, who was As the crew put it in their letter bosun, was standing on some hatch by a wife and two small sons, both boards trying to maneuver a sling of them under five years of age. to headquarters "he (Collins) got load of traSh out of the hold when Crewmembers took up a collecUon things organized . .. and we got all the accident happened. The hatch and sent flowers to Mrs. Lupton. that we were supposed to get. "I will close wishing that we beams had not been removed, but After the two accidents the ship the boards had been taken off the sailed for Puerto Rico, only to get could have a strong union like trapped there by the longshore­ yours and .. . we are glad that one after two sections of the hatch. In the course of maneuvering men's strike. At last word it was of your members helped us as we the sling load out of the hold, it still being held up by a dispute ourselves would never stand a was reported, somehow the beam over who should unload the ship. chance . . Jinx 'One-Two' Hits Ship; Bosun Killed •i (\ �Pace EieM; SEAFARERS LOG MARITIME I Figures released last month by the Port of New York Authority Indicate that New York held its own in the handling of the nation's water-borne foreign trade last year. The port dispatched 19.7 percent of the country's total foreign commerce in 1953 as against 18.9 percent for the year before. Its share of the general cargo business amounted to 32.6 percent of the national total, only one-tenth of one percent off the 1952 figure . . . Battered by rising costs in every other direc­ tion, ship operators who use the Suez Canal got a break when tolls Question: Would you welcome a went dbwn eight percent on July 15 to the lowest level since the canal photography contest for Seafarers? opened 86 years ago. About 35 ships a day use the short-cut waterway most of them tankers. August C. Horbac, 3rd cook: I 4' Japan's Kawasaki. Steamship Company will launch a new route certainly would like to see one, and since I have serving the Caribbean and West Africa this fall when the Nikko Mam p::'! a camera myself sails in October for US West Coast ports. From there, the vessel will I would submit call at Caribbean ports in Colombia and Venezuela, then cross the some of my owp Atlantic to Gold Coast, Nigeria and Belgian Congo. Three other Japa­ pictures if nese companies are also working up a service to West Africa, which thought they would entirely by-pass US ports and handling in the US for trans­ w e r e g 0 o shipment ... A former New England fishing vessel, the 78-foot Monte enough. Anyway Carlo, has been turned into a research ship and is on her way to a contest would chart the exact location of the earth's magnetic North Pole "once and make the men for all." With an 11-man scientific expedition aboard, the ship is head­ try harder to take ing for "somewhere around the northwest area of Prince of Wales better pictures and give us all island," about 1,200 miles north of li^nipeg, Canada. something to learn.- 4- 4" 4" " Latest statistics on the French merchant marine show that 737 ships with a total tonnage of 3.5 million tons ai'e in service today, including 248 ships totalling 1.4 million tons built within the last five years. Seventy-four ships of nearly 600,000 tons are on order or already under construction . . . The US Coast Guard's International Ice Patrol is expected to end its season's work shortly, following the an­ nouncement that trans-Atlantic shipping can once again use Track C, the northernmost and shortest of the North Atlantic routes to Europe. The announcement indicated the end of the danger from floating ice which, at the end of May, had penetrated as far south as 1,100 miles due east of New York, forcing shipping to deviate from Track A, the most southerly route, to steer clear of the hazard. The patrol season began in February. • t) Laid up for the last 20 months In the Government-maintained re­ serve fleet at James River, Va., the 18,000-ton liner La Guardia, built during the war as a P-2-type transport and later Converted, is expected tc go into tourist service between California and Hawaii if two bills before Congress don't run into trouble. She would be operated by the newly-formed Hawaiian Steamship Company, Ltd., which is chaK Icnging the virtual monopoly on the route held by Matson for the last 70 years. The 574-foot vessel has an operating speed of better than 20 knots . . . Bids on the first major construction contracts for the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project have been requested by the Ontario Hydroelectric Commission, with work expected to get undenvay in September. The job calls for the building of two temporary dams near Cornwall on the US-Canadian border. The entire Seaway development Is expected to be completed by 1960. 41 4' West Germany's boom in ship construction, which has knocked Japan out of second place among the world's biggest shipbuilders, is giving real concern to British shipyards and the more than 200,000 shipbuilding workers in Great Britain. The West German industry, aided by lower wages in. the shipyards, has been furnishing keen competition to Great Britain in the post-war years . . . Following her third hull check in two years, the liner United States sailed on time for her scheduled Atlantic crossing after a four-day stay in drydock at the New York Naval Shipyard Annex, Bayonne, NJ. Normally examined at Newport News, Va., her birthplace, the speed queen by­ passed Newport this time to save the two-day round trip down there. 1. 5. S. 12. 13. 14. 15. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 27. 29. 30. 33. 35. 36. 38. 40. 41. 44. 46. 48. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. ACROSS Cloak Sooner than They run the «hip Region Heavy weight Old Norse letter One of the Bahamas Plant stem Thought Affirmative Large truck for moving Place to buy things Batting prac­ tice fly Russian moun­ tain range Food fish Propellers On the ocean La . ex­ plorer "Bone in the '• King: Fr. MacArthur'a nickname Tight Dora Girls Isthmian ship One in debt Unit of work Man from Copenhagen Rowboat Kind of whisky Kill DOWN ' i; Garden flower 3. Rugged crest of^biU 3. 4. « 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 16. 17. Clark's partner 22. in exploration 24. Man from Lapland 25. Ike's "theatre" 26. in Europe, 1944 Wandering 27. Girl's name An animal 28. Trip Enclosure: 30. Abbr. 31. Tiny 32. Stage show Moines. Iowa 1 2 3 4 1 12 15 18 20 16 Insects Cargo from Duluth Uncooked Raised rail­ ways: Abbr. Cape on Juan de Fuca Strait Capital of Norway Cushion Avail Southern general 34.- Abrupt rise of . land 37. It carries blood 39. Man's nickname 41. victory 42. Sports ring 43. Andy , Yankee infielder 45. Employer 47. Boys 48. Turf 49. One and one 50. Ever: Poet 51. Years of life (Puzzle Aniswer On Page 17) 4 t 4 G. H. Dingle, chief steward: It seems that almost everybody takes pictures now, and a lot of men would like to enter a contest. I think it should be an open con­ test, judged ac­ cording to tech­ nique and the quality of the picture, rather than the subject. That would tend to improve pic­ ture-taking. 4i 4i ft O. M. Jones, chief pumpman: think its a good idea.-1 have a good camera and would be glad to enter. A contest should be open to all types of cam­ eras and both color and black and. white. It should be judged on ability and imagination in using a camera. Certainly seamen have lots of good chances to take unusual and interesting photos. 4" 4" 4" D. W. Kimbrell, chief electrician: I would like the kind of a contest in which the pic1 ures are classi­ fied according to subject matter and judged that way. That's the fairest way of do­ ing it. For my­ self, I prefer tak­ ing pictures of machinery and equipment. t 4i D. D. Lupton, AB: I guess it would be a good idea. I have no interest in it my­ self, but you see lots of men on the ships with cameras all the time. They would probably be in­ terested in show­ ing off some of the stuff that they take on the ship and in the ports. I'd enjoy seeing their results. August 8. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER RAY HAMMERER, AB One of many Seafarers who a Navy blimp appeared overhead started sailing during World War and the submarine did a quick dis­ II and then decided to make it a appearing act. That was the closest lifetime occupation is Ray Ham­ he came to any real excitement. merer. At the age of 17 Hammerer As far as he was concerned, it headed for saltwater in 1944, and, was rather a dull war. liking it, has stuck to it ever since, Sailed Tankers the last thfee years on SlU-conWhen the war was over. Ham­ tracted ships. Although he started sailing at merer kept on sailing with the the height of the war. Hammerer tankers mostly and later, hooked found life at sea relatively tame up with the SIU in the port of Since and harmless, and unlike many Lake Charles, Louisiana. seamen, has no exciting experi­ then he has been sailing all kinds of ships but prefers the Far East ences to relate. Actually, by 1944, the worst of runs which are traditionally popu­ the German submarine and plane lar with SIU men, one reason being meance was under control and that on those long runs a Seafarer well-anned and well-protected con­ can come home with a nice juicy voys were getting through un­ payoff and save himself a good scathed in large numbers. Most of chunk of dough if he has a mind to. His favorite shore spot, though, the loss of lives and ships came during the harrowing days of 1942 is in a different part of the world that's not touched too often by SIU and ,1943. "Nothing really happened to ships—the Azores. The towns are me," he said, "I was on a hospital clean. Hammerer says, and the transport going to Italy and Eng­ prices are reasonable on both solid land picking up the wounded from and liquid refreshments. the invasions of northern France The Azores haven't been ruined and the Itaiian campaign. On a by the military yet," he said, "al­ hospital ship little or nothing hap­ though the US has some Armed pens because they are well pro­ Forces bases there." The islands tected by other ships and well- are Portuguese possessions, but marked so that they are not fired have a large number of English on by enemy vessels." settlers which make it easy for Fair Game English-speaking Seafarers tq get On a couple of occasions, though, around. he recalls that some hospital ships Maternity Benefit drew a few shots while running Hammerer, who is married, has with their lights out. "Then they two' small children at home, a girl, treat you us fair game." The only time he came near to and a baby boy, Raymond Jri The any trouble, he recalls, was on latter came under the SlU's $200 the motor ship Syracuse, a tanker maternity benefit, which helped a operated at the time by the So- lot when the hospital and doctor cony-Vacuum Company. The ship bills came in, When not on a ship, Ray can be was making a short run from New York to Paulsboro and was just found at home in the Bay Ridge off the New Jersey coast when a section of Brooklyn. But if it's a German submarine surfaced nearby weekend, he can be seen out on the road with what one Seafarer and ordered them to stop. friend jokingly • referred to as -a Fired Shot The sub came to the surface, "houseboat," a big Cadillac lim­ he believes, because it knew that ousine that he picjted up used. the tanker was not carrying any "When you go on a weekend armament. It fired a shot across with two small childen, a crib, a the bow of the tanker to halt it, .play pen and all .the other stuff and then using a blinker light, you need, a large car comes in very asked the tanker crew where they handy." He added that he is plan­ were going and what they were ning a large family, and maybe in carrying. the long run will have to buy him­ Before the chit-chat got very far. self a bus. A union loan of $250,000 is keep­ ing a large eastern millinery man­ ufacturer in business. The loan, made by the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union, went to the Kartiganer Hat Cor­ poration, employing 1,500 people at three plants. 4- 4" The AFL has asked the Senate to vote a seven percent increase to all US employees. An AFL spokesT man said a pending bill to give that much to" Post Office employees should be broadened to include all Government workers. ^ $ Countering a trend whereby clothing manufacturers have been Gar^nd Haga, bosun: Ifs a good moving to non-union areas to oper­ idea because we seamen take lots ate low wage plants, the Interna­ tional Ladies Garment Workers o f pictures in Union, AFL, is building a plant of foreign ports and its own to compete with a runaway get a first hand operator. A $40,000 factory is be­ view of things ing erected in Appomattox, Vir­ other people ginia, which will then be turned don't see. I tHink over to a union manufacturer to be a contest should operated under a union contract. divide pictures on the basis of the 4^ 4> 4^ type of camera Blind broom makers who had and then int6 gone on strike against a proposed smaller groups ^y. subject. cut in rates by the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind are back at work in Pittsburgh. Arrange­ ments were worked out with the Association to assure a guaranteed maintenance of take home pay even if the rates paid were reduced. 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" A strike that has been running for more than 17 weeks is still on at the Hohler Company, manufac­ turers of plumbing and bathroom fixtures in Hohler, Wisconsin. The United Automobile Workers (CIO) which Js conducting the strike charges that the company has re­ jected all mediation and arbitra­ tion offers including one from Governor Walter Hohler, nephew of the company's president. An Oregon union official who was serving on a local jury had to go hungry because he wouldn't cross a picket line. Lee Estling, business agent for Painters, Local 1277, in Eugene, Oregon, was called for jury duty in that city. At lunch time the jurors were marched across the street to a local hotel that was being picketed by the Building Service Employees Union. Estling refused to cross the line— and'was locked up in the jury room for the lunch hour. Ji; ; �•>y-h Aurust «. 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS 0 LOG Ae«etl^ «, 1954 Wonder What Hit Him ...! !' Vol. XVi, No. 14 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEBT BRAITO; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BEHNAIID SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN BPIVACK, AL MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO Page Nine LOG LEnER of the WEEK -••J III Death Of A Fleet ^ Nine years ago a major maritime nation with a tremendous export trade owned 600 ocean-going ships. Today that same country, whose economy has grown immensely in the last nine years, owns a mere 19 ships, and some of these are due to go on the block. The other 581 ships have been transferred to foreign flags. That nation is our northern neighbor, Canada. What's happened is that in nine years the Canadian flag has virtually vanished from the high seas because Canadian operators were permitted to run away to any convenient flag where operating costs are cheaper. "The harsh reality of the 'situation is that US shipping is following the same course, although at a slower rate. The only factors that have kept US ships from speeding the process are the protected coastwise, intercoastal and islands trade, subsidies for a limited number of operators, and the effects of the 50-50 provision in our foreign aid bills. Canadian ships_ had none of these protective devices. The rapid decline of the Canadian fleet is startling. The peak of 600 ships in 1945 dwindled to 65 ships in June, 1953, to 44 ships in November, 1953, and to 19 ships today. Canada doesn't have a single ship operating off the Pacific Coast. Its only passenger ship is idle and its largest single company is 'operating at a deficit. Yet this is a country which lives on trade and exports one-third of its entire national product. As long as major maritime nations permit transfers to runaway flags this decline will continue. Even Great Britain is feeling the pinch. And here in the US the Maritime Admin­ istration, which is charged with responsibility for US ship­ ping, is once again opening the door for transfers specifically to runaway flags despite many protests against this practice. Recently, another major maritime nation, Greece, took steps to deal with the problem by passing legislation requir­ ing all ships owned by-Greek citizens to register under the Greek flag. It's time Uncle Sam sat up and took notice. t J. Next 111 Asia The shift in military fortunes in Indo-China has had a profound effect on our merchant fleet, proving once more the intimate connection between world events and US maritime. As in Korea, US ships are once more being called upon to help shore up defenses against Communism. Now it is Saigon that is jammed with ships and soon the muddy river that leads up to Bangkok will see more and more American flags. Military experts declare that the US and its allies must hold, all the lands at the edge of the continents. Since the US is'the major power in the western alliance, it means that US merchant ships will be called on to do a major part of the job. • Certainly it's generally understood that the United States is going to have to supply practically all of the equipment, training and other assistance that will be needed by the people of Thailand and other countries if they are to resist Communist aggression successfully. It makes no sense then, .to permit the depletion of the merchant marine in the regular commercial services while the country, is depending so heavily on this same merchant marine to maintain lifelines of defense abroad. 4" Thanks To Del HI ai* ilifc; i'S'&H A group of Argentine maritime leaders who knew of the SIU only through hearsay are now better acquainted with the, operations of the Union, thanks to the alert Seafarers aboard the Del Mar. Crewmembers of the Delta Line's cruise ship made arrangements for a special showing of the SIU film, "The Seafarers" when the ship was in Buenos Aires on its last trip. Although many of these Argentine representatives have been in contact with Seafarers before and had heard much about the operations of the SIU, the crew felt that showing the motion picture of the Union in its day to day functions would carry much more of an impact than the written or spoken word. Consequently they requested that a print of the movie be forwarded for them specifically for showing to our South American neighbors. They report that the Argentine maritime representatives were considerably impressed with what they saw, and now have a much better idea of l^ow a union like the SIU operates. A vote of thanks should go to the Del Mar crew for helping another part of the world learn about the activities of the Notes Problems in Steward Job To the Editor: I am writing you this letter, which I hope you will publish in the LOG, because some questions have been troubling me for some time, and I would like to find out what the members, and also the officials of the Union, think of them. Perhaps this letter will draw some reaction. In the first place, it seems to me that the Union has become more and more interested in the effi­ ciency of the men on the jobs. Now, doesn't it stand to reason that, all other things being equal, the man with the longest service record should be the most efficient man for a job? MOST SEAFARERS SEEM TO It doesn't seem Franklin want a ship's fund (although there right to me to go are strong voices raised to the con­ aboard a ship and see a young man trary) but the fly in the ointment who has been a member of the SIU is always how to finance it without for four or five years supervising fuss and annoyance. Usually the oldtimers who have been members crew gets together at a shipboard of the Union for 12 or 15 years. I meeting and votes that every man have seen men with excellent rec­ should drop a dollar or so in the ords as stewards serving as cooks kitty. Then one crewmpmber who or bakers under a much less quali­ incautiously accepts the job ol fied individual. treasurer has to go around try­ What is the incentive for a sea­ ing to collect, something which man to make this rating his goal, may or may not be an easy task. and to work and study to attain it, Arrival Pools if fie has no assurance that all his Consequently Seafarers have ability and experience will count? No matter how you look at it, an come up with a variety of painless oldtime steward who serves as a methods of extracting the small chief cook or baker on a ship is a change that goes into a ship's fund. On some ships an arrival pool demoted steward. serves the purpose, with a nice Outsiders Make Slurs I have heard many slurs made pot for the man who comes closest by shore laundry drivers, ships to the moment of dropping the chandlers' representatives, drivers hook. Others look to collect the for the various food companies, money at the ship's payoff. longshoremen, shipping company The newest, and most pleasant employees and licensed personnel. method to come to light recently These slurs have been directed was devised by against the men I have just writ­ Seafarer James ten about by these outsiders who H. Thompson do not understand how our Union while aboard the operates. Alcoa Patriot. Also, I say that a man cannot be Thompson ran a a good steward and a good cook bingo game for at the same time. The jobs are not the crew and similar enough. turned over the There is also the problem of the profits to the congestion in the ranks of stewards ship's fund, pro­ Grice caused by upgradings. Like many viding Seafarers critics, I can't offer any really con­ with a little leisure-time recrea­ structive suggestions, but perhaps tion in the process. a good stiff examination would A more direct method of collec­ help remedy this situation, or per­ tion was employed aboard the haps a requirement calling for six Winter Hill (Cities Service) where years of sea time. chief cook Ben Grice was detailed Perhaps it would help to have a to get $1 per head from the crew. Group 1 in which only stewards Everybody knows a happy chief could register and a group lA ex­ cook is essential to good shipboard clusively for the two senior cooks. feeding, so chances are that I think that would cause many men brother Grice accomplished his to register in Group lA, where mission without too much dif­ their chances of getting a job ficulty. ^ould be twice /is good, and leave Thompson, who lives in Mobile Group 1 for those men who sin­ cerely desire to improve their and ships out of that city, is an abilities as stewards. Many times I engine department man. He has have seen cooks take a steward's been a Union member since March job because it was open and not 1, 1951, joining in New York City. He's 25 years old and married. because they really wanted It. These questiqns, as I say, have Grice Is an oldtimer in the ship­ been troubling me for sonie time, ping business and has held SIU and I would appreciate hearing membership for 11 years, joining whatever tlie members have so say in New Orleans on June 5. 1943. about them. The 56-yeaivold Seafarei' was-born Harry L Franklin in the State of Mississippi, but now Vote has home and family in Haynesville, Louisiana. Speaking on the subject of the ship's funds it should be reported that Leon Kyser of the Patriot took jurisdiction over the cash af­ ter Thompson got through collect­ ing it. Crewmembers gave both Kyser and Thompson the tradi­ tional hearty vote of thanks for a job done in proper style. WHILE WAITING TO SHIP out on his favorite run, the Bull Line to Puerto Rico, Seafarer Red Campbell took a hand in the work of the quarterly financial commit­ tee elected at headquarters every three months. Campbell kept one eye cocked for the end of the Puerto Rico longshore strike while checking the Union's financial status along with the other mem­ bers of the quarterly committee. IT'S A LONG WAY FROM Scotland to Seattle, but not too far for Seafarer Robert McCulloch, who made it with time to spare. McCulloch served as chair­ man for the last Seattle port meeting where, incidentally, ship­ ping is still hold­ McCulloch ing up very nice­ ly as it seems to have become the center for Far East operations. McCulloch as the name shows, is of Scotch ancestry. He was born there just before the first World War, on April 28, 1913. He's been shipping SIU for the last 11 years though, joining the Union in New York on June 12, 1943. He works out of the galley. • >; Permits Apply For Membership The membership has voted to admit 15 permit card hold* ers each month to membership in the SIU. Permits who wish to apply for membership can get their application forms in any SIU hall. The fifteen men will consist of five from each ship's department and will be screened by a membership committee in headquaiiers. I �^ "''' ^mm SEA-fiOme SWEATSHOP Face Tea P-r-'-4>'' • I' fi"' • ' • ,.Mm^ L The hval kla, or "grab" reachesf skidway to seize a whale's tail the animal inboard. V ^ Except for a handful of old sail­ ors who may once have been on a whaling expedition, most Seafarers are completely unaware of the kind of seagoing life led by the whale­ V- man. What Herman Melville did to ac­ quaint the outsider with the life of the old-time New England whaling man in "Moby Dick" has been duplicated in some degree by a Scotch medical man in "Of Whales and Men," an account of a modern whaling voyage in Antarctic waters. Reading this book makes it clear why the American whaler, once the leader of the industry, no longer exists. No Amer­ ican seaman of this century would tol­ erate the conditions under which whal­ ing men live. And the bountiful produc­ tion in this country of soy beans, peanuts and other sources of vegetable oil make it unnecessary to rely on whale oil, the chief product of a whaling expedition. However, for Great Britain and other land-poor European nations the whale is a prime source of margarine, vitamins, fertilizer and other essential products. The result is that every year the whal­ ing ships go south, mostly from Scotland and Norway, for an eight-month trip to the South Atlantic that makes a summer­ time Persian Gulf tanker shuttle look like a picnic excursion. From the day the factory ship takes on bunkers at Aruba (no beauty spot, as Seafarers well know) until its return to the home port, the whaleman sees no glimpse of civiliza­ tion. The whale factory ship's only other stopovers are one outbound and one inbound stop at the foul-smelling whaling station on bleak South Georgia Island where only penguins and seals lived before. There the crews can have the pleasure of wading through huge stagnant pools of stinking whale remains - which are about everywhere. It's not deemed necessary at the station to dis­ pose of whale garbage other than to dump it on the ground. •'i'vi.'r • Aocnst e. 1954 SEAFARERS I.OC .r- Five Months At Sea For the five-month period of the whal­ ing season, December through April, the factory ship and its fleet of catcher ves- *els are constantly at sea hunting the whale in an area known fqr its winds and storms. Shore leave comes at the home port at the end of the voyage, after which the whaleman can look forward to four months of idleness. Except fbr certain key ratings, such as the gunners, the whaling man is poorly rewarded for these months of backbreaking and dangerous work. His earnings depend on equaling or passing a quota set by the shipowner. The gim­ mick is that the number of whales that can be taken in a single season is fixed by an international board so as to pre­ serve the whale from extinction. Conse­ quently the size of the pie that can be sliced up by the whaleship crews is lim" ited, and if one factory ship has a good season and exceeds its quota, it is at the expense of a fellow whaleman on another ship. No wonder then, that the whaleship man is known contemptuously as a "Nprth Sea Chinaman" by better paid merchant seamen who regard whaling wages "hs fit only for the half-starved oriental. Nor does the shipowner in the whaling business show much solicitude for the health and welfare of his crews. The author, as the ship's medic, had good reason to protest the inadequate treat­ ment accorded injured men who had to lie in the sickbay for months, or ashore at South Georgia waiting for repatria­ tion. The concern of the shipowner does extend to depriving the whaleman of al­ cohol, a ban which is gotten around by many ingenious moonshining devices. Floating Slaughterhouse Actually, the whale factory ship is nothing more or less than a floating slaughterhouse and its catcher ships are the high-powered ocean cowboys who go out to "lasso" the wild bull or cow whales, big blue and finback monsters aibout 90 feet in size. Once caught and brought back to the factory, the whale is hauled up the skidway in the stern by powerful winches. There in the stern section some 30 tons of blubber are skill­ fully, cut away by the flensers who oper­ ate in much the same manner as their forerunners did on the old wooden whal­ ing ships, except that in Melville's time the flenser had to do his work while the whale was lashed alongside the ship. Once the blubber has been stripped, the winches go to work again and haul the now "skinny" 70-ton remains to the foredeck where the meat land bone are hacked and sawed apart and then dumped into appropriate open manholes. Below decks, giant pressure cookers and other devices process the remains into fertilizer, oil and edible whalemeat. To carry on this entire procedure day by day for five months running without a single break, requires a massive fac­ tory ship capable of handling immense amounts of supplies, and a crew of 700 men. The factory ship is best described in the author's own words as follovvs: Two Tankers Stuck Together "Imagine two large oil tankers stuck together beam to beam, so that their funnels are abeam and not ;fore and aft. Place the two in an immense bluntbowed hull, with a wide shallow draft and a freeboard of prodigious height. Then cut off the stern... carve a great obscene-looking hole where the stempost was, and run a tunnel that could ac­ commodate two railway trains from the waterline between the two screws at a gently sloping angle up to the main deck, just forward of the funnels... "In her superstructure, a factory ship is divided In two—the reason being that two vast areas of deck space, each capa­ ble of accommodating two or more ninety-foot whale carcasses, must be left clear in the middle of the ship; below this clear space is the factory, a maze of machinery occupying three decks... and below that again are the tanks, capable of accommodating 20 thousand tons or more of oil, and reaching down to the bilges..." ' The factory ship, is, of necessity, geared to handle whales in an unending stream because the regulations require that every whale killed with the excep­ tion of the one used as a fender must be aboard and cut up within 33 hours of capture. When the catcher ships are bringing them in hot and heavy, the crew goes on a 24-hour schedule to proc­ ess the carcasses. But despite the speed of handling, the stench of the dead whale is a formidable thing to reckon with. Consequently when the voyage is over the ship is given a complete bath throughout with strong caustic cleanser, live steam and seawater, followed by plenty of fresh paint. But when all is done, the ship and the men who sail it, still stink far and wide. Impressive Measurements Nothing however in the strange and fascinating story of a whaling trip is more fascinating than the whale himself. The huge mammal who turned to the sea many ages ago when it could no longer survive on land, is a never-ending source of wonder, even to the profes­ sional whaleman. Measurements that were taken of one good-sized blue whale are impressive. The particular whale in question was 89 feet long, ten feet high and 46 feet around the beam. It pro­ duced 26 tons of blubber, 56 tons of meat and 22 tons of bone. Its tongue alone weighed three tons and the carcass comtained eight tons of blood compared to the puny six quarts of the human body. The total weight of this particular whale was 120 long tons, from which 27 tons of oil were extracted. Here again, the best way of describing the whale is to quote the author: "The length of the beast U that of a railroad car, and its height and girth are about the same. An elephant could walk under its upended jawbone without touching at any point. Its fins are the size and weight of a pretty large dining-table and its flukes would make an excellent pair of wigs for a fighter aircraft... Its blub­ ber. . .would keep all the votive candles burning in St. Peter's, Rome, for a cen­ tury or more; and its meat would supply a hamburger.. .to every person in Bos­ ton, Mass." (That would make about 800,000 hamburgers). "Its tongue would overload a fair-sized truck and it would take six very strong men to lift its heart." Burned By Decay What happens when the cax "vss of ths monster starts to age also makes for in­ teresting information. At the conclusion of the season, the factory ship took on a carcass that had been used as a ship fender ^or nearly a week. The whale'f belly had since exploded from the ac­ cumulation of decay gases in its intes­ tines. The outer flesh on the whale, un­ derneath the blubber, had decayed into a liquid mess, but a foot further down the heat of the decaying carcass had been so great that the meat was actually cooked and blistering hot. Perhaps then it's the wonder of the whale that draws the whaleman back to the Southern Ocean year after year, to hunt it in the face of incredible hardship. . (O/ Whales And Men by R. ». Robe-4. ( son. Alired A. finopf, $4.50.) iiWfl "I rnMmrnV 1 wmsk iiiiiillf lliSiill /iiiililll iw \ M ff"""* Yjrfigjf ' •mM JT* " V ^lili r . , J �Ancnst e, 19S4 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Elevea ;1I out on the )r dragging Secured by the grab, a fin whale is hauled up the skid for flensing. These whales make the best whale steaks. V B* m Fleet of fast catcher ships lies at anchor off South Georgia Island, waiting for whal­ ing season to bjegin. The small vessels can do 15 knots, speedy enough to catch up with whales that swim at 12 or 13 knots themselves. . /• Whdle gunner sights along his harpoon gun while await­ ing his prey. Harpoons have explosive warheads de­ signed to maim or kill the whale. • I:?-; • • -. f ^IliliiSi'^ f-t > f I b::i^ ii X ' ^ • '" •* |. ' Jl -..Ik" • I -1 .•u.. I _ • -J , <* This harpoon was idle while black gang carried but major repair on crushed bow at sea. There's no time or place for drydocking vessels. lilii i V - ,' ,• 5. ' ' P^irx-xixo:-:'': ^ ?" =• J I Close up of the "grab" shows its size in relation to man. Claw-like apparatus is a Norwegian invention which helped make modern whaling possible. '.•j| ••'-I •'ll • 3 isl "•'il Crewmembers stow hunks of whale meat down through manholes into cookers below. Large photo at left shows entire slaughterhouse eperiation on foredeck. Four typical crewmem­ bers on whaling expe­ dition are shown above.. ^1 �te:. . . • SEAFARERS Pus* Twelva Adtfnstr S. 1954 LOG PORT JtfiPOAIS.. Lake Charles: Shipping, Polllieaf Situallons Are Good From down here in the garden spot of Louisiana we can report that things are beginning to move along nicely. Calling in here during the past two weeks have been the Brad­ ford Island, Chiwawb, Sal em Maritime, Royal Oak, Government Camp, Winter Hill and Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ Connell ice). The Chiwawa spent a week here due to the fact that her tanks needed cleaning very badly, and the boys really cleaned up on her in, money, too. We also had the Val Chem (Val­ entine) in port at nearby Orange, Tex. This ship has a* fine bunch of SIU men on her. We signed the Government Camp on for Japan and her crew was happy to get offshore after running coastwise for so long. On/the labor front here, all is well at present now that the elec­ tions are over. Most of labor's friends were elected and from here we put in office a district attorney, a Court of Appeals judge and a congressman friendly to labor. A number of smaller offices were also filled by people friendly to la­ bor so we didn't do badly, even though we lost the US Senator's race. Helhnan In Hospital At this writing we have one man in the hospital here. He is Karl A. (Swede) Hellman, who broke his kneecap when his car collided with two others. He is now in St. Pat­ rick's Hospital and will be trans­ ferred to the marine hospital in Galveston as soon as he can be moved. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Henry M. Connell, better known as "Tampa Red." A long­ time member of the SIU, "Red" is now sailing coastwise as a chief cook because, he says, that way he doesn't get too far away from his sweet milk. We never knew, though, that Budweiser put up milk. Red says that SIU men en­ joy so many benefits it's hard to pick out a special one, but he sure likes the idea of paid vacations. At the last meeting here, T. J. Moore was chairman and I. W. Thompson was recording secretary. Both sail in the deck department and both did a fine job at the meet­ ing. The way the rain has been com­ ing down here for the past 20 hours, we may soon be able to go fishing out of the hall windows. In fact, even while I've been writing this the water has risen about five feet, so I think I'll go check my fishing gear now. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent I;-- • i t Philadelphia: Puerto Rico TIe-Up Hits Shipping Here 1^:-' Although the longshoremen and employers here reached an agree­ ment in the beef which tied up the port for two weeks, shipping dur­ ing the last report period remained at a low ebb. This was primarily due to the longshoremen's beef in Puerto Rico, which resulted in Bull Line laying up itis entire fleet and cutting off one of our main ship­ ping arteries. The overall picture in the port'^loolaf^ vern nrqmisiilB, though, as we have two of Bull's ships here, and as soon as the strike breaks—which should be at any moment at this writing—we can expect at least several days of a boom. Three Ships Pay Off Paying off here during the past two weeks were the Republic (Trafalgar), Cantigny (Cities Serv­ ice) and Seamar (Calmar). These three ships also signed oti. In transit during this period were The Cabins (Cabins); Fairhope, Andrew Jackson and Iber­ ville (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Artisan and Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Seatiger (Colonial), and Greece Victory (South Atlantic). A. S. Cardnllo Philadelphia Port Agent i, $. t. Seattle: Grew Balks At Sign-On, Likerty Bell is Stored Shipping has been good in this port during the past two weeks and we expect it to continue that way. Paying off here were the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo), Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans), George A. Lawson (Pan-Oceanic) and John C. (Atlan­ tic Carriers). On the Liberty Bell the com­ pany tried to chisel on the stores and the crew wouldn't go for that, but after a requisition for addi­ tional stores was filled, they signed on for the Far East. Food Beefs Squared Away In transit were the Pennmar and Yorkmar (Calmar). There were a few food beefs on these ships but these were squared away. On the beach here are Frenchy Michelet and G. Sims. Sims is studying for his third mate's ticket and hopes to get it in about three weeks. We know that if he ever sails topside he will do a good job. In the marine hospital are F. Fondila, H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, J. Krohn, V. K. Ming and B. Smith. Jeff Gellette Seattle Port Agent Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks , Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Aug. 11, Aug. 25, Sept. 8. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. Curley Byrd emerge the winner. This has now become a fact. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Baltimore: 'Very Bood' Shipping Is Seen Conlinuing Galveston: Shipping in this fair city of ours has been very good during the past two weeks, and it should stay that way during the next two weeks. During the last two weeks we shipped 208 men on regular jobs and 17 men on stand-by work for a total of 224. We registered 218 men, but quite a few of these were permit men and the bookmen- in this port have been well taken care of. The following ships paid off dur­ ing the last two weeks: Compass (Compass), Cal­ mar (Calmar), An­ drew Jackson and Fairland (Water­ man), Albion (D r y - t r a n s), French Creek (Cities Service), Carolyn (Bull) Baltore, Chilore, Cubore and SanLlppy tore (Ore), and Oremar (Calmar). Ships signing on were the Com­ pass (Compass); Calmar, Alamar Oremar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Carolyn (Bull); Andrew Jackson, Fairland (Waterman); French Creek (Cities Service); Trojan Seaman (Troy), and Baltore, Chilore, Feltore, Cubore and Santore (Ore). In transit were the Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans.), Steel Scientist and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa), Robin Goodfellow and Robin Locksley (Seas Ship­ ping), De Soto, Madaket and Iber­ ville (Waterman), Bethcoaster (Cal­ mar) and Marina (Bull). New Hall Progressing Work on the new hall is progress­ ing rapidly, and we are sure we will take over this hall in from four to six weeks. In carrying out the policy set down by headquarters to reduce operating expenses, there have been some slight changes made in this port, but these changes will affect only the operating expenses and not the efficiency of the port. There are still a few oldtimers on the beach here, including John Taurin, Albert (Piccolo) Solberg, Danny Lippy and Harry Johnson. In the hospital are Robert A. Stokes, Jesse A. Shonts, Albert Willis, Samuel Doyle, Joseph T. Torra, August A. Smith, Jesse A. Clark, Heinrich Wiese, Samuel H. Mills and Richard Foust. . As I stated in my last repojjt, I was sure the final outcome of the Democratic primaries would see Weather And Shipping Fair In Texas Port They have been having a heat wave all over Texas but as usual the temperatures here in Gal­ veston have been the lowest in the Southwest. Southern breezes from the Gulf keep the mercury down and make it ideal for fishing and swimming, and also for observing the local bathing beauties. This is a mighty interesting pastime, especially for a man who has been out at sea for a while. Shipping has been fair here dur­ ing the past two weeks. Paying off were the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and Steel Advocate (Isthmian) and signing on were the Margaret Brown and Government Camp (Cities Service). In-Transit Ships Intransit were the Edith (Bull); Cantigny, Government Camp and Bents Fort (Cities Service); Topa Topa and Lafayette (Waterman); Seatiger (Colonial); Southern Cities (Southern Trans.); Del Viento and Del Campo (Mississippi), and Seatrains New York, New Jersey, Savannah and Texas. There were a few minor beefs on some of these jships but they were all squared away to the satis­ faction of the crews. Joe Atchinson is on the beach and J. Watt is back here after being put ashore in Florida for hospitalization. He is just about ready for action again. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent i" 3) Wilmington: 4" Shipping Up; Pianfer Pays Off And Signs On Shipping picked up in this port during the past two weeks, due primarily to the fact that the Alcoa Planter, which was originally sup­ posed to come into Seattle, came into San Pedro instead, and so she paid off and signed on here. With this payoff and the in-transit ships we shipped 35 men during these two weeks, but the future remains uncertain. The in transits here were the Golden City, John B. Waterman and Raphael Semmes (Waterman), Pennmar (Calmar), San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern), Alcoa Pegasus (Al­ coa) and Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers). ISrnest Tiiley Wilmington Port Agent RECORD Shipping Figure's July 17 to July 31 REG. DECK 17 102 28 76 13 11 10 62 • •• • T5 32 34 30 24 PORT Boston New York ..... 1 Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah •Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston Seattle. San Francisco Wilmington • •TotaM':.v.:;/-n • i REG. REG. TOTAL ENGINE STEW. REG. 14 11 42 85 83 270 24 14 66 80 62 218 14 7 34 27 10 6 40 13 17 54 54 170 §9 66 210 86 32 22 . 80 25 21 89 26 . 33 45 11 , 10 1,377 ^ j • ' , ift - • . A; - SHIP. DECK 5 127 10 81 9 5 3 34 57 23 39 25 13 431 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 10 19 4 97 333 109 7 28 11 55 208 72 5 4 18 7 19 7 9 2 4 33 104 37 78 55 190 53 14 16 103 30 34 81 25 31 35 12 10 395 374 .1,200 Boston: Shipmates Pay Hoaor To Deceased Brolhers The SIU crew of the Seatiger (Colonial) collected $34 and pre­ sented it to Mrs. Catherine O'Con­ nor, mother of Francis P. O'Con­ nor, who died in Florida. Brother O'Connor, who was stricken while sailing oh the Seatiger, died at the Key O'Connor West Naval Hos­ pital on July 20. A wreath was sent by the Union. The Union also sent a wreath to the funeral of Ralph M. Chur­ chill, who died at the Brighton Ma^ rine Hospital on July 19. He was stricken while working as cashier aboard the Evangeline (Eastern). Shipping is still slow here in "Beantown." We paid off and signed on the Winter Hill and Sa­ lem Maritime (Cities Service) and in transit were the Republic (Tra­ falgar), Steel Vendor (Isthmian) and Iberville, Wacosta, Madaket and Chickasaw (Waterman). Among the men on the beach here are J. Cash, C. Moss, E. Rob­ erts and J. Rubery, and in the ma­ rine hospital are J. Garello, F. Alasavich, J. Penswickand W. Beohner, James Sheehan Boston Port Agent ii 4> Norfolk: « More TaPkers Gail, Bringing Mora Jobs Things are looking up in this port, with the increasing number of tankers coming into Hampton Roads furnishing a number of jobs for us. During the last two weeks the Royal Oak (Cities Service) and The Cabins (Cabins) paid off and signed on. In transit were the Fairporf (Waterman), Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa), Andrew Jackson (Isthmian), Jeffer­ son City Victory (Victory Carriers), Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans,) and Southland (South Atlantic). In the hospital are Hugh L. Meacham, Anthony Scaturro, Char­ lie Horton and Henry Riley, Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent �0^ Anciut 6.1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Tbfrteca ......... PORT MtEPORTS New Orleans: Death Benefit Cards Shenld Be Filled Ont pleased to learn that they have been discharged from the hospital and expect to be ready to ship out soon. William E. Murphy, Sam Marinello, R. L. Kelly, F. Pastrano, H. E. Humphrey, R. E. Hommel and M. E. Alexander are among Sea­ farers recently hospitalized. It is hoped they will be ready for duty again by our next report. Since the last report the Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Del Mar.^ Del Viento and Del Campo (Mississippi), and the - Chickasaw, Antinous and DeSoto (Waterman) paid off here. The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel Advocate (Isthmian) and Del Oro, Del Santos, Del Alba and Del Mar (Mississippi) signed on. Ships calling' in-transit were the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Polarus (Al­ coa), the Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian), the Del Alba (Mississippi), the Seatrains Louisiana and Geor­ gia (Seatrain Lines), the Topa Topa and LaSalle (Waterman), the Margarett Brown (Bloomfield), the Southwind (South Atlantic), South­ ern Cities (Southern Steamship Co.) and the Mae (Bull Lines). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent The importance of the member­ ship filling out Welfare Plan bene­ ficiary forms was demonstrated here this week when Oscar Norm, one of the real oldtimers in the Union, died of a heart attack. Brother Norm, who had a host of friends among the membership here, left no surviving relatives, nor had he filled out the necessary form to designate a beneficiary in case of his death. As a conse­ quence, a muddled legal situation was ereated regarding disposition of the $2,500 death benefit to which every man who sails SIU is en­ titled. Of course, this is an extreme case, but occasionally difficult situ­ ations have been created for wid­ ows or relatives because the de­ ceased had neg­ lected to fill out the form which would have re­ sulted in auto­ matic payment of 4- 4" l" the benefit to the Parrott person who he Savannah: would bave preferred to designate as his beneficiary. These forms are available in the hall here just as they are in all of the other branches. It takes only a few minutes to fill in the Shipping has been average here necessary data, and members who during the past two weeks. The have not done so should avail Salem Maritime (Cities Service) themselves of this opportunity on paid off and signed on while intheir next visit to the hall. transit were the Steel Advocate Members shipping out of this and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), port are being reminded that re­ Southland (South Atlantic), Robin tail merchandise can be purchased Wentley (Seas Shipping), Yaka in the Seafarers Sea Chest outlet (Waterman) and Seatrains Louisi­ located at the rear of the first floor ana and Georgia, which each called of the SIU building in New Or­ here twice. leans. First class merchandise can Ray Sweeney, well-known Sea­ be purchased here by any member farer and former Union official, at a saving. passed away aboard the Seatrain Senator Is Reelected Louisiana July 6. Voting was orderly and rather "50-50" Bill Backed light in the recent election in Loui­ At the last meeting of the Cen­ siana. US Senator Allen J. El- tral Trades Council here, the coun­ lender was re-elected by a big ma­ cil went on record as supporting jority over his two opponents, the "50-50" ship bill and has sent l^nator Ellender's principal oppo­ out communications accordingly. nent, Frank B. Ellis, carried New On the beach here are R. J. FalOrleans by 4,000 votes, but lost ger. Jack Nelms, A. H. Smith, Roy the remainder of the state by a big Nash, A. D. Edenfield, J. Rosa, total. Leo Weeks and I. Peacock. Representative Hale Boggs of In the marine hospital are G. New Orleans, whose record in Con­ Menendez, C. C. Slater, L. A. Degress has proved him to be a Witt, J. Littleton, P. Bland, J. T, friend of the working man, also Mobre, R. C. Shedd, A. F. Mead­ won re-election with ease. ows, C. H. Kent, J. H. Morris, L. Shipping continued fair during F. Swegan, H. C. Bedfood, L. F. the last two weeks. About one- Weeks, R. Carrollton, W. C. Sand­ third of the men who shipped were ers and W. J. Wolf. permit men, indicating that the Jeff Morrison job situation is not too rough for Savannah Port Agent bookmen. Seafarers D. Baker, A. Phillippille and M. Perez are to be com­ mended for donating blood to the Seafarers Blood Bank at the USPHS hospital here. It is through the contributions of such unsel­ fish members that we are able Stu, A&G District to maintain an adequate supply to BALTIMORE 14 North day St. Mulberry 4540 take care of hospitalized brothers Earl Sheppard. Agent BOSTON 276 State St. who may be in need of blood. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Friends and former shipmates of GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Phone 2-8448 J. M. McDavitt, G. R. Mitchell, H. Keith Alsop, Agent 1419 Ryan St. L. Parrott and J. J. Adams will be LAKE CHARLES, La Shipping Is Average; '50-50' Biii is Backed How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. ^ • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the i babY was borh; Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey Williams. Agent JdagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent..: Douglas 2-5475 Marty Brelthoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2700 Ist Ave. Jeff GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA ,1809-1811 N- Franklin SL ttay White. Agent Phone SM323 Mobile: Three Inactive Ships Schedaled Tc Crew Up With three inactive ships due to take on crews and sail, shipping should show considerable improve­ ment here during the next two weeks. Also, the next two weeks should be pretty busy because the following ships should be in here for payoffs or in-transit: Arizpa, De Soto and Iberville (Waterman) and Partner, Ranger, Pennant, Pil­ grim, Corsair, Cavalier and Patriot (Alcoa). During the last two weeks ship­ ping, while a little on the slow bell, was satis­ factory, with 103 men shipped to regular jobs and 117 sent to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around . the harbor. We had nine payoffs, seven sign-ons and three ships Sullins in transit during this period. All of these ships were in ex­ tremely good shape and there were only minor beefs. Outside of the pickup in ship­ ping, the big news here is about the "big pay-off" and all the gang here are waiting for Waterman and Alcoa to start their retroactive wage payments soon. According to our reports, Alcoa is slated to get started about August 1 and Water­ man about August 15. At this writing the AFL long­ shoremen's strike in Puerto Rico has not heen completely settled, and this has resulted in the tying up of some Waterman ships, but in the meantime the SIU has repre­ sentatives on the island protecting the interests of the Union and the membership. Shipmates Aid Sullins The members here wish to ex­ tend their deepest sympathy to Fred Sullins and his family on the recent death of his mother. Mx'S. Sullins passed away in Hamilton, Ala., while Fred was steward on the Ocean Lotte in Korea, and the crew of the Ocean Lotte donated some $200 to help him fly back to attend the funeral. He wishes to extend his thanks to -all his ship­ mates who were so kind to him in his troubles. A few of the oldtimers on the beach here are J. T. Morton, W. J. Anderson, W. Phurrough, F. L. Verner, F. Stevens,' D. K. Nunn, E. Webb, M. Oswald, H. Young, J. Dixon and F. Reid. In the hospital here are Willie WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tllley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volplan William HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn STerling 8-4671 Canadian District MONTREAL.......634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 HALIFAX. N.S 128tt Hollls. St. PhonO! 3-89n Reynolds, Fred Sullins and W. G. Moore. On the labor front, the building trades workers are striking against the contractors for a wage in­ crease and we are sure our friends will win out. Another lahor dis­ pute involves the taxi drivers of the Teamsters Union and the De­ luxe Cab Company. We are urg­ ing all our members to be careful of the cabs they select because of this beef. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent New York; Three Ships Ceme Out Of Lay-Up, Mere Due New York is still enjoying fine weather and good shipping, and who could ask for anything more? The boys are all taking advantage of the added recreational facilities here in the hall and from all the comments I have heard they are well pleased with the new set-up. ^Shipping has been good in all departments and all ratings dur­ 4" 4" 4' ing the last two weeks. In fact we San Francisco: had the biggest turnover in men that we have had since the first of .the year. Most of the ships pay­ ing off had a big turnover in the crew and on top of that we had Lately we have found that som6 three ships that came out of laycompanies are getting lax about up and took on full crews. They were the Ann Marie and the Eve­ calling in replace­ lyn (Bull) and the Ocean Betty ments, and we (Ocean Transportation). There have had to were no ships put into lay-up dur­ speak to some of ing this period. Jhem about this. Shipping should be equally good At any rate, we during the coming period as we would like to have a couple of more ships com­ stress this point ing out of lay-up and a number of to all the mem­ ships due in for payoffs from long'' bers— make sure, runs. This usually means a good you let the Union Lefeo Turnover in the crew. kndw when you leave a ship, so we can make sure Paid Off 15 Ships the company orders the necessary During the last two weeks we replacements. paid off 15 ships, signed 9 on for­ If a man quits a ship without eign articles arid serviced 14 innotifying the Union, and if a com­ transit ships. pany is lax about ordering a re­ The following were the ships placement, that ship may sail paid off: shorthanded. This not only results Choctaw (Waterman); Val Chem in the loss of a job to a man who (Valentine); Jeffei'son City iVicto­ could be working, but creates a ry Carriers); Lone Jack and Brad­ hardship for the crewmembers who ford Island (Cities Service); Hilton remain on board. and Mae (Bull); Ocean Nimet Transportation); Mary Shipping here has held its own (Ocean during the past tw o w eeks. We had Adams (Bloomfield); Crack-no payoffs hut three ships signed er State Mariner and Greece Vic­ on—the Coe Victory (Victory Car­ tory (South Atlantic), and Seatrains riers), Alcoa Pegasus (.\lcoa) and Texas, Georgia, New Jersey and New York. Young America (Waterman). Signing on were the Ann Marie In-transit were the Afoundria, (Bull); Robin Wentley and Robin Raphael Semmes, John B. Water­ man and Bienville (Waterman), Goodfellow (Robin); Jefferson City San Mateo Victory (Eastern), Robin Victory (Victory Carriers); Steel Gray (Seas Shipping) and Pennmar Scientist (Isthmian); Peninsular Mariner (Waterman); Ocean Nimet (Calmar). and Ocean Betty (Ocean Trans­ On the Pennmar we had some portation), and Cracker State Mar­ beefs, but these were all settled iner (South Atlantic). before the ship left here. In-transit were the Seatrains Oldtimers on the beach here in­ Savannah and Louisiana; the Alcoa clude F. Schmiedel, T. Moriarity, Ranger, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa W. Kramer, W. Bause, F. Kustra, Runner; Iberville, De Soto. MadaJ. Lefco, V. Johnson, J. Thomas, ket and Lafayette (Waterman); H. Johnson, C. Mazur, J. Bright, Seamar, Massmar and Bethcoaster R. Ferron, F. McCall, W. Parks (Calmar); Edith (Bull), and Seaand G. Fournier. tiger (Colonial). In the hospital are S. Bunda, J. Have Very Few Beefs Childs, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, All of these ships came in with J. Perreira, W. Singleton, P. S. very few beefs, mostly for minor Yuzoir and M. E. Folts. repairs. Tom Baitning The majority of the ships are San Francisco Port Agent now beginning to pay off under the new pay scale which gives the men quite a few added dollars to take home. In the very near future we expect to have all the companies paying off under the new contract but it will take some of them more FORT WILLI AM... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. time than others to make up the Ontario Phone: 3-3221 POPT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. retroactive pay. We will keep you Ontario Phone: 5591 posted as to when they will be TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 ready to pay off, so just be patient VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. as this is like money in the-bank. Empire 4531 Claude Simmons VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. PaclBc 7824 Asst. See.-Treasurer SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Members Leaving Ship Shonid Notify Union Phone 6346 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 62 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St, NB Phone: 2-5232 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1238W BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone; Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 93nd St, Phone:-Ssfea 6-341* Tampat Port's Business Slow; Four Ships In Transit Shipping was very slow in this port during the last two weeks, with no payoffs, or sign-ons. In transit were the Del Alba (Mississippi) and Chickasaw, DeSoto and Antinous (Waterman). . . Ray White . .TaihiiA:;Poci Agent . ^ •4=55 I �J:.^{^'•^i i-:- ,. SEAFARERS Pks* FoniiecB ;p •• K-fe- Anrnst «. 1M4 LOG ItV Heave Ho, Awaaay We Co' OFF For San Mateo, Aground In Korea WATCH This is a new feature designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, products, developments, publications and the like which "At last the word was passed from the bridge and the winches began turning. The Seafarersnew mc.y find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both wires from all 14 sets of beaching gear grew as tight as fiddle strings, the tug heaved on the ashore and aboard ship. -Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFAR­ hawser, and the old girl began to move. Once she started, she never stopped. She kept ERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. right on going until we were-*^ out in deep water where the For the benefit of boating enthusiasts, and many Seafarers are like TV Star Entertains On The Florida anchor was dropped and we everyone else in their enjoyment of a sort of "busman's holiday," rode like a duck, slightly down at the Outboard Boating Club of America (OBC) has an attractive 16-page the head but otherwise fairly evenbooklet called "Outboard Handling," which can be obtained free of keeled. A rousing cheer went up charge. The subjects covered include a description of the common and everyone retired to the messboners that cause accidents and how to avoid them, the installation hail for coffee and a bull session. and handling of the motor, trimming and maneuvering the boat and And so the San Mateo Victory several others. Copies can be obtained from the club, at 307 North (Eastern Steamship!, which went Michigan Avenue, Chicago 1, 111. aground April 5, during a run to Sasebo, Japan, was towed off the rocky beaches of Cheju Island, Seafarers who dabble in metal handiwork, furniture antiquing, glass Korea, according to the graphic working, jewelry soldering, copper fitting and casting may find a new account of salvage operations sent clean-buming, lightweight propane torch a handy tool for their to the LOG by Seafarer H, C. Mcpurposes. The Bernz-O-Matic master torch, designed for amateur Curdy, the steward. use, weighs less than four pounds and is less than three inches in "The day after the accident, diameter. Easy to light, without pumping, priming or pre-heating, the McCurdy writes, "the Navy salvage torch produces a hot (2300 degrees F.), easily adjustable flame. Ask ship Grasp came out from Sasebo about it next time you visit your hobby shop. to survey the damage and consider salvage operations. Several other salvage ships were used as well A word to the wise: Don't become your own clay pigeon! If your as a number of smaller boats. pleasure is to pile off the ship while in port or on the beach and head There was also an average of 50 for the woods to hunt game with your shooting iron under your arm, Navy salvage mgn working around don't try to make a shooting gallery out of your foc'sle. The Institute the clock. Our own deck crew was for Safer Living of Boston just published figures showing that indoor on call at all times, while we of shooting accidents—many of them of the didn't-know-it-was-loadcd the steward department stood variety—took more than 1,000 lives in the United States during the ready to feed the salvage men in past year. Most" of them, occurring while the victim was cleaning or case a storm prevented the small examining his gun, might have been prevented. Such accidents also boats from taking them back to Enjoying snack with crewmen of SlU-contracted Florida is NY taused non-fatal wounds to nearly 50,000 other persons in 1953. their ships. TV comic Larry Storch (seated, left). Storch was star entertainer in Florida's cocktail lounge on trip to Nassau. Others in photo On Rocks Ode Month are (1-r) utility Gonzales, steward delegate Lopez, waiter Suarez, "A lot of hard man hours," Mc­ Acclaimed by the critics from near and far, the movie "On The cruise director Martinez. Curdy reports, "were put into the Waterfront" which is just making its appearance around the country seemingly impossible task of pull­ should tempt movie-going Seafarers who are familiar with plight of ing three-quarters of the San Ma­ and to the crewmen on the Sah a collector of Japanese works of racket-bossed longshoremen and the effort to clean up the docks. teo's weight off the volcanic rocks. Mateo. Nevertheless, after a month art. Featuring the familiar figure of Marlon Brando and a talented cast It was not until May 5, one month at Cheju Island, the crew was Also, McCurdy says, there was of both Hollywood and television players, the movie also offers a after we hit, that the ship made mighty glad to reach Nagasaki, so good news waiting for the men glimpse of former boxing and wrestling headliners Tami Mauriello, its first move, about 15 feet. Then, much so that it "went Japa­ when they finally did get to Sasebo, Abe Simon and Tony Galento, playing the roles of waterfront "hoods." before the beaching anchors could nese," with three crewmen becom­ for there they learned of the sign­ be reset, the high tide we had ing serious students of the Japa­ ing of the new freighter agreement waited a whole month for began nese language, one becoming a with pay gains for them retroactive Shutter-bugs who haven't tried out the new "sub-midget" flash-bulbs to drop, so that the next night. student of judo, and one becoming to last October. for both indoor and outdoor lighting are in for a treat, as all reports May 6, had to be the final effort, indicate the "midget-midget" lamps do an all-purpose job for both because the tide would not be high amateur and pro photographer, and are at the same time easier to enough for another month." LOG-A-RHYTHM: carry and use. Sylvania's Bantam "8, the Dura-Mite "8" and-the We The May 6 effort, as previously inghouse Number 8 all offer similar advantages, plus the feature of stated, was successful, and the fol­ a lower cost than larger lamps like the Press 25. They're said to be lowing day was spent preparing to safer and less likely to suffer damage when carried loose in a pocket get the San Mateo under tow to or camera case, which makes them desirable from the shipboard the Mitsubishi graving docks in By Anthony Wayne Phillips photographer's point of view, who is. faced with a special storage Nagasaki. There, McCurdy reports, problem for his camera gear. the ship spent the next 47 days, You're here beside me having more than 200 plates re­ Thank you, Daddy, Every single day. placed and having considerable For being a pal to' me, work done on her deck machinery Even while you're sailing And when you're here and in her engine room. For, in The highest sea. There's lot's to do. addition to ripping a huge gash Every day are my pal. in her port side when she hit the You There's something new.. Yet you're so far away. rocks, the ship had been subjected I pretend you are here Sometimes we go fishing to the incessant Jarring of the Both night and day. Twice a week, blasting under her hull during the A proud man these days is Seafarer B. F. (Bill) Lowe, Right in our private. salvage operations. Some fellows, I s'pose, chief steward aboard the Julesburg (Terminal Tankers). Make-believe creek. Navy, Crew Work Well Can not understand And good reason he has to be, too, for Bill's nephew, young Throughout the month-long sal­ How making believe The biggest fish vage operations, there were only Would be so grand. Billy Newt Lowe, age 11, re-"^ In this creek are caught. minor differences in Navy-mer­ And our greatest battles cently became the local hero with both hands, dragged him into chantmen relations, McCurdy says, It's 'cause. Daddy, Here are fought. ditch and rolled him on the of Fouke, Ark., when his quick agrass. paying tribute both to the Navy When I play this way. "I had to hold him with thinking and fast acting prevented We also have one hand roll him over with death or serious injury to a 6V6- the other,"and Our mountain lodge— he explained. year-old playmate. I mean, of course. Someone asked why he Our old garage. Young Billy and his playmate, pulled the child intoBilly the ditch? Ray Dale, built a fire in a hole saw the grass was green there," When we are there hunting they dug near - (1) Which of the 48 states has more mineral springs than any other: We have such luck. he replied, and adults marveled their homes. (a) California, (b) New York, (c) Arkansas? at his quick thinking and prompt We always come home Then they got (2) What is a remedy for counteracting a poison and stopping its With an elk or a buclj. action.. some fuel oil to action called? Had No Time To Think feed the flames. (3) Working .together, two men can do a certain repair job in 18 Then at the seashore "I didn't have time to think," Some of the fuel hours. One of them, working alone, can do it in 22 hours. How long We romp, swim and dive. Billy said. "I ju^ knew I had to oil got on Ray's would it take the other man, working alone, to complete the job? And pick up seashells put out that fire in a hurry. Why, shirt, and when (4) In sports, what is known, as "The House that Ruth Built." {From our neighbor's drive). he was blazin' all over." he bent over the (5) If you suffer from pj/ropbobia, of what are you afraid? I know that my playmates flame it licked at For several days after that Billy, (6) If you had some sweetbreads would you: (a) broil them, (b) Would, snicker and sneer the oil and set who is the son of Newt Lowe, a spread them with jam, (c) eat them with ice cream? B. F. Lowe If they knew I pretended his clothes afire. Red River farmer, went to school (7) Who is reputed to have been the oldest human being ever to That, you were here. Panic-stricken, he started running. with seared hands and wrists and have lived? "He was running pretty fast," dime-size blisters on the ends of (8) Earl Warren is now Chief Justice of the United States. Who was But is it silly Billy said later, "and I had to his fingers. But there wa-s a glow the last Chief Justice: (a) Tom Clark, (b) Charles Evans Hughes, (c) For a Seafarer's son To pretend-there are two Fred M. Vinson? chase him. I caught him once and in his "heart and that came from threw him to the ground, but he the knowledge that he had prob­ (9) Many Seafarers who have visited the Far East are familiar with Instead of just one? the liquor known as sake. From what is it made? jumped up and ran again, and so ably saved the life of his little Now the day's ended a- i": playmate. . " (10) If one-half a number is added to twice the number plus one- And I'll go to bedi ^ I had to chase him again." half, the result is 48. What h; the number? And there Is a glow in the heart The second time Billy caught But all of these dreamsK., ; the younger boy, he grabbed him of his uncle. Seafarer Bill Lowe. i Answers on Page 17) Will stay in my head.- Daddy, My Pal Playmate Saved From Fire By Seafarer's Nephew, 11 ls»» ^ •'' • • •• r^"• P5-3 ' Qiiiz Corner �A«ffiut f. 19S4 SEAFARERS With Beer Over Buck A Bottle, Masan Trip Is A Real ^Dry Run' With beer seUing at over a buck, a bottle, a trip to Masan, Korea, is a real "dry run," according to Seafarer D. D. Story of the Morning Light (Waterman). The Morning Light recently returned to New Orleans after carrying the first US relief cargo of codfish and grain to-^ Masan. The rate of exchange in Masan, Story reports', is 180 won* to the dollar. And so, with beer selling at 200 won a bottle, and with the cost of entertainment running along the same lines. Sea­ farers hitting this port might just as well stay aboard ship and play poker, he says. Good Launch Service Making the situation even worse. Story says, was the fact that the crewmen got really good launch service to shore.- But once they got there— "For once," Story writes the LOG, "we got a. good break from the Army, and during the 21 days we laid at anchor in Masan we had the best launch service I think any SIU ship ever got. But with those prices the way they were, we would have been just as well off if we'd been paid with rope yarn." Aboard the Waterman C-2, Morning Light, in Masan, Korea, mayor and police chief of Masan, together with US Army officers, inspect cases representing first US relief shipment of food to this port. Morning Light carried^codfish and grain to feed Korean people. US Help To Philippmes Pays Off As a result of the economic and moral aid given by the United States, the Philippines are being completely overhauled, internally and externally, so that they bid fair to become the chief fortress of Western democracy in the Orient. This is the report to the LOG made by Seafarer Harry Kronmel. As a crewmember Awningless Persian Run Burns Up Artisan's Crew . Pace FIfteea LOG Bv Spike Marlin Whenever the appetite gets jaded it's the customary thing to try a little imported delicacy to perk it up. The same seems to be true in the fight game. And If like in the grocery store, the fancy-sounding import turns out to be just another herring, the customer is only to blame for buying. Imported fighters have long been a standard gate-stimulator in the boxing business. They are even more in demand now because of Ihe admitted scarcity of home­ grown talent. * However, looking over some of the stuff that the outlanders have been sending us recently it seems that the foreigners are a little thin on talent too. Or else, they are keeping the anchovies and caviar at home and sending us all the herrings. French Production Most of the recent imports have come from France which is finding it just the way to get some more American dollars. Among them have been Pierre Langlois, Mickey Laurent, Jacqdes Royer (a noble­ man no less but somewhat roughhouse in the ring) and an Algerian named Hocine Khalfi. The latter was the most impressive of the group on the strength of a wellfought upset of featherweight champion Sandy Saddler, but he has been taken into camp by fight­ ers far inferior to Saddler. None of the others.are worth a look-see. All of these French imports seem to fight along the same lines, some­ what approximating Paddy DeMarco. They usually seem tireless and in excellent condition, but they are purely and simply spoilers, who go in there to push, maul and wrestle. Langlois is the best known of the group because he has been here the longest and has fought practically every top-notcher in the middleweight division. Win, lose or draw, he just isn't impressive. The Germans have sent us one likely - looking fighter, Gustave Scholz, who punches very hard, but has yet to meet anybody of dis­ tinction. Several Italian fighters, in­ cluding the Minelli brothers, fea­ ture slick defensive boxing more in the European tradition. An ex­ ception is Italo Scortichini who goes out and gets his lumps like any Red Hook club fighter. Then there is Don Cockell, an English heavyweight who is making a career of fighting Harry Matthews. The best looking of the imports to come around recently is an Argentine middleweight named "Kayo" Lausse. The nickname is not misplaced because when he lands a punch there is an unmis­ takable thud of authority that goes with it. However, he fights a bit too slowly and deliberately to match two or three of the better middleweight; around. Big Fisherman aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian), Kronmel recently visited the islands for the first time since A recent trip which Seafarer 1947. He found that the" physical A1 Thompson made to Louisi­ features of the islands, particular­ ana didn't prove fruitless—or The crewmembers of the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) may ly in Manila, have been given a fishless—as this photo shows. have been boiling during their Persian Gulf run, but the face-lifting, and also that the A1 hooke4 this 23V^-pound crewmembers of another Isthmian ship, the Steel Artisan, government has been stabilized so catfish at Pine Grove in St. that the Communist menace has are really burned up over-^ Helena Parish. With A1 is his On the Steel Artisan, the crew been greatly reduced. theirs. brother, Ralph. Both of these things Kronmel The Steel Artisan crew re­ reported on their return to Phila­ attributes to the $2 billion which ported their reactions to the LOG delphia, there wasn't any kind of the US allotted for the islands' following the recent publication of an awning to protect them. And, say the crewmen, imless post-war reconstruction and re­ an article telling how the Steel Fabricator crewmen sweltered un­ Isthmian provides them with an habilitation. Manila Docks Rebuilt der the Persian GuK sun because awning, many of them may not be The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, keen on the idea of heading back As a seaman, Kronmel was most bakeve and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known their chief mate made them use a dirty and ripped old tarpaulin as to the Gulf. The hottest days are interested in the waterfront. He cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, yet to come. found that since .1947 Manila's en­ suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Juan Sanchez' recipe a fantail awning. tire dpck area has been rebuilt, for chicken asopo {chicken with rice). and that work is progressing Asked about a recipe for the LOG, one of Juan Sanchez* swiftly on additional piers. The only reminders of the war days, he fans suggested chicken asopo (chicken with rice). says, are the hulks of many Juan says that chicken and rice is very ixice and although sunken ships that still litter the a popular Puerto Rican dish,** harbor. somewhat expensive to make. More water may be needed in Great advances have been made A restaurant will offer it on order to cook the rice. Three ,F Vbu ARE SlCk OR INJURED too, he reports, in the construction its menu for from $2.50 to $2.75 pounds of rice, no more, is finally AND ENTER A PRIVATE NOSPIJAL added to the chicken along with of homes, streets and roads, and per serving. schools. the vegetables and sufficient NOTIFY TNE UNION AND THE^ For chicken asopo, take one water. The whole is allowed to Kronmel recalls that in 1947, U.S.P.H.S. -PROMPTLY/ after the Japanese occupation bunch of chopped celery, three or boil for about a half hour. The ended, civil war raged between four cloves of garlic chopped very recipe serves about 27 persons. the government forces — marked fine, two green peppers cut in Juan has sailed in tlie stewards by corruption and broken promises small pieces, two chopped onions, department for the past 15 years —and the Huks, whom he calls a small jar of spanish olives, one and prefers sailing to any type of "well-meaning but ill-advised pa­ small can of pimentoes, several work on the beach. He has been bay leaves, six sliced fresh toma­ with the SIU for about 13 years, triots." Taking advantage of the unrest, toes, if available, a small can of having joined the Union in 1941. He sails the Kathryn of Bull the Communist; infiltrated the tomato puree and about two guerilla fox'ces to the point where pounds of uncooked ham cut into Lines on trips to his native Puerto the Huks were taking their orders chunks. These ingredients are put Rico. He" is married and the father with two or three tablespoons of of four children, two boys and two directly from Moscow. It was at this stage that the olive oil in a ten gallon pot and girls, and makes his home in San Filipino people appealed to the allowed to simmer for about five Juan, PR. US for help, and it was this help minutes. ^fter the vegetables have been which enabled them to establish a simmered, the pot is filled half new democratic government under full with water and the chickens President Ramon Magsaysay. This government instituted a are added. The amount of chicken series of reforms which cut the needed for the dish is perhaps the Huk menace to a trickle and with reason it is not regular fare on it the threat of Communist domi­ ships. Take 12 three-pound chickens nation. And, as this threat of Com­ and cut each chicken into six munist domination was reduced, pieces. The chicken is added to the the Filipina peojde^ were able vegetables and cooked for .about steadily to increase" the strength two hours or until the chicken is ef th^r demoeratie isstitutionsi .fen<teL...; ™ -S j;i r I.'., 'p • :J i •J r �Page SMfceH < S.EAFARERS L E T T E R S ' Persian Gutt Hun Very Hot And Dry ^ J To tit Editor: As anyone who has ever made the Persian Gulf run before knows, even under the best of conditions this run still smells. However, add a few extra unpleasantries and you have a teal stinkeroo. After leaving New York, we be­ came suspicious of things to come when our good master. Captain C. A. Ryan, neglected to put the wheel on the "Iron Mike." We were informed by the ship's dele­ gate that the captain on a previ­ ous voyage through the Suez had only two AB's aboard who were capable on the wheel and he wanted us to get some practice. Thus, we reasoned, after clear­ ing the canal successfully, we had proved our worth as helmsmen and we would be rewarded by a respite from "Mike." How wrong we were. Suez past and no mishaps, but still the same old grind of handwheeling. ' That the company would go to the trouble and expense of install­ ing automatic steering on these ships and then not use it is beyond our comprehension. No Fish At Damman, our only form of recreation was either fishing or trying to promote beer from the various foreign ships tied up along the pier. Since the fish weren't biting, we concentrated our ef­ forts on beer using money, clothes and small favors to bargain with. We were doing very nicely when a few jealous heads topside did their best to stop this. One of the ships alongside (a Dutch ship with good Heinikens beer) had no cold water for drinking purposes, so at meal time we allowed them two pitchers of ice water, which was no strain on the cooler. However, the chief engineer and the first assistant, not having the ingenuity to promote anything for themselves, issued orders that no more drinking water was to go across the dock. The next day, we resorted to the next best thing and gave the Dutch ship's crew two blocks of ice. Everyone who is aware of the heat in this part of the world knows how a person ap­ preciates a drink of ice water once in a w hile. It is noteworthy that during the time that we had Stateside beer on board we were allowed an un­ limited quantity of ice available to us with no apparent strain be­ ing made on the ice making ma­ chines. However, now two blocks »f ice a day for drinking purposes couldn't be spared. Air-Cooled Room Incidentally, the chief engineer has a room that is air-cooled by be­ ing tapped into the reefer system. The logical conclusion is that the -powers that be topside were trying to discredit us, the unlicensed personnel, in the eyes of our Dutch friends and they were going to show them that they were running the ship, union or no union. At our next stop, Basrah, we were allowed to blow our respec- 'AtgMk C. 19S4 LOG tive tops although it proved to be quite expensive. Our next stop was at Bandrashapour, a place so hot it consists of almost nothing but the heat. Flies and mosquitoes, however, ^are in .abundance. There are only two local gin mills that sell beer, if it can be called beer, and other concoctions. But because of the terrific beating we took in the rate of exchange, we couldn't even en­ joy these two miserable spots. The official rate of exchange is 32 rials to the US dollar, a fact which is nof recognized anywhere except aboard the Steel Artisan. At the American embassy in Te­ heran the personnel receive 80 rials for one dollar. Elsewhere the exchange is 90 to one US dollar. On .a Norwegian ship here at the port, the crew received 100 rials to 9 kroner ($1.25) through their agent. Add to this the price of a bottle of beer — 35 rials — and you can see the hosing that we took. When we approached the ship's delegate as to why'' we were not getting a reasonable exchange, our good captain was offended. He af­ firmed that he would have no part of any such transactions and we of course believed him. At any rate, he received most of this valueless currency back. Clarence W. Owens Ship's delegate Ex'SMU Man Meets Ships At Pusan To the Editor: First, I should like to express my appreciation for the fine way I was treated aboard SIU ships that have visited Pusan. I try to get aboard every one of them to see if there is anyone I know or just to sit around and "shoot the breeze." I have never been refused" a cup of coffee iand many times I have been invited to stay for a meal. That means a lot to anybody who has to eat Army chow and drink Army coffee. The Ocean Lotte was shut­ tling out here for a while and she Moran really had a swell crew on her. T got to know, the crew on her through an old ship­ mate, D. Van Alstine, who is day­ man on her. We have a few exSIU men here in my outfit, the 501st Harbor Craft. Thomas J. McGuinness and R. Weaver are members of my outfit. Just a bit of advice before clos­ ing. All seamen that come to this port should beware of the MP's. Any and all seamen are fair game for them. I think they have a daily contest to see who can bring ^ if if in the largest number of seamen in one day. No matter who wins, it is' the seamen who a^w^ys lose. Pvt. Elmer P. Moran* 501st H/C&M/M Co. To the Editor: APO 59 c/o Postmaster I should like to express through San Francisco, Calif. your paper my heartfelt thanks to i> if if the SIU, the Welfare Services De­ partment and most especially to Leroy Clarke, agent at Lake Charles, La., for their help to mother and I during a time of To the Editor: despair. I was shocked recently when I When my read in the New Orleans news­ brother Edward papers that Brother Moon -Kouns W. Parsons was died of a heart attack while enlost off the Alaroute to his camp at Pearl River. wai this past De­ And I know that all of my SIU cember, Leroy fellow-patients at the marine hos­ Clarke became, pital here in New Orleans felt the in every respect, same way. a friend of the I think I can safely say that family. The hour Brother Kouns was known through­ was never too Edw. Parsons out the world. He was well known late or the de­ in Europe and South America, and mand too great for him to be of of course he was a familiar figure assistance to us. in every US port, from San Fran­ To the membership, I would like cisco to New York. to say that you are part of a great Here in the Crescent City he organization, and with men like was known by nearly everybody, Leroy Clarke behind you it should young and old. ease your minds concerning your Were Children Together loved ones, as they do, believe me, I will miss Moon as I would a put forth every effort to be a real brother, because he was like source of comfort in a time of a real brother to me. We were grief. children together, some 35 years We were surprised to learn that ago, and the two of us, together such a large outfit would devote with his brother Frank, sold papers so much time and interest to the together before World War I. We loss of one of its members. It is went to school together and played now possible for us to understand hookey together and swam to­ why Ed was such a devoted mem­ gether in the Mississippi, and we also boxed many times on the same ber of the SIU for so long. card when we were both amateurs. John G. Parsons Thanks SiU For Brother^s Sake Burly Pays Tribute To Moon Kouns A MM Carte In fact, only a few weeks before his death I sent a story into the LOG about' the fights he had in his heyday. Moon is gone now. He has taken the final count. May his soul rest in peace. Spider Korolla i. i. if Oldtimer Asks For SiU LOG To the Editor: Would you place my name on your mailing list so that I chn read and enjoy your up to date news about the things that are happen­ ing on "our seas," and let us hope they continue to remain our seas. I have been reading any and all publications concerned with the sea and shipping for the past sev­ eral years and I can truthfully say that your paper is at the very top of the list. Whenever I get the chance to read your paper, which is very seldom, I read it over and over. Times have certainly changed a lot since I first went to sea. Changes for the better I'm glad to say. Joe Dewey (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published.) Death Ot Kouns tsGreatLoss To the Editor: I hope you will be good enough to publish this letter in the LOG as I would like everyone to know how sorry I am to learn about the death of Moon Kouns. I knew Moon very well as a friend, as a sea­ man and as an official of ' the Union, and he was tops in every McCann' way. I would also like Moon's family to know how sorry I am to learn of his death. Perhaps they will find some consolation in the knowledge that he will always be remembered by the men of the SIU. P. J. McCann Wants LOG Sent To Korean Post To the Editor: . I would appreciate it very much if you would have the LOG sent to me. I have 16 more long months of duty here in Korea and the LOG will help me keep up with the news of the Union. Pvt. Glenn E. Walton, Jr. US 51273675 HQ Btyy 8th FA Bn APO 25 c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been I wish in this manner to con­ to the mailing list and you vey to the SIU membership and added will receive the LOG regularly the Welfare Serv­ from now on.) ices Department if if if my heartfelt thanks for the aid without which I could not have To the Editor: won my recent I am now serving a hitch in Ko­ custody case and rea, and I am writing to you to say regained custody "hello" to all the Union brothers of my son, Bruce I sailed with for three years be­ Edgar Cousins. Cousins fore starting my Army duty. When all others I want all the members to know failed me, the Welfare Services that I miss the sailing, and the Department came through, and the chow, and the good old SIU spirit. SIU legal staff retained counsel for I would appreciate it very much me in my home town of Butler, Pa., if you would send me the SEA­ and saw my case through to a suc­ FARERS LOG so I can keep up cessful conclusion. This is just an­ with what's going on in the Union. other instance of the wonderful I would particularly like to be service given to SIU members by remembered to Don Hall, feed their Welfare Services Depart­ Brady and Allan McArthur. ment. Pfc. J. M. Blanco, 51234264 Clarence L. Cousini 49th Trans. Trk. Co., HPO 358 c/o Postmaster, San Frandisco, if i Calif. (Ed. note: Your name has been added to our mailing list and you will ^receive the LOG regularly.) To the Editor: it it if I would like to take this oppor^ tunity to thank the officers and crew of the Evelyn (Bull) for con­ tributing to the donation taken up for me by Dave Rivers and "Moe" To the Editor: I wish to extend my deepest Mahoney. I think .it was a wonderful ges­ thanks to my shipmates on the ture the way the officers and crew Ocean Lotte fpr their generous contributed and I sure appreciate contribution, following the death of my mother, which enabled me to the help that was given to me. I hope to be a shipmate of all of fly home to her funeral. This crew donated $200 for this these men' again as soon as I am released from the marine hospital purpose and I will always remem­ ber and appreciate their kindness. here in Baltimore. Fred Sullins Johnny Talbot Court Fiyht Won Wiith SMU's Help From Korea^ He Greets SiU Pais Crew^s Donation is Appreciated Shipmates^ Gift JFins Gratitude By Bernard Seaman 0(BV/WMATA PAY-I'M HUNG/2Y-J COCLP ;-/.S �Page Serenteea SEAFARERS HOG JMffvil f; ItM ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... Ship's delegate re­ Three messmen asked that ni^t lunch fired In Long Beach and replaced In San JOHN •;.' WATERMAN (Wattrmin)/ time on deck standing over the men. Michael MIchsllfc. July 5—Chairman. E. Hansan; Saeratary, There are a few complaints about the ported that cots wlU be Issued by steward or snack dishes be returned to the sink, Francisco. Motion made and carried by A. Parkin*. Motion made and carried to aee patrolman about rearranging deck maintenance and cook'a quarter*. The agent in San Francisco will be contacted about getting a variety of brands of cigarettes. Discussion on sea chest sup­ plies that will be available at the payoff In Baltimore. Ship's delegate warned that any member performing while on the West Coast will be reported to the Union. Any crewmember with a beef will contact ship's delegate or speak up in the meetings. $31.30 was reported In ships fund. steward's department and the crew agreed that the chief steward should make his rounds each and every meal to see that his department Is running like It should be. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Robert L. Carriss; Secretary, Gerald E. SInkes. Larger coffee pots to be purchased. Draws to be put out any time between ports. A repair list will be made out by eaOh department. and each member will have to sign for same. All garbage should be dumped off fantall and not aft of midship house. Engine utility reported missing. Replace­ ment will be picked up in Yokohama if possible. Discussion about steward de­ partment not keeping laundry and gear locker clean according to schedule that was posted. Captain J. P. Sterrltt, who is In command of this vessel, was unani­ mously praised by the crew for the services given to them. THE CABINS (Cabins), July IS—Chair­ man, Bernard Kimberly; Secretary, C. S. Smith. Motion made and carried that a patrolman be present at the next payoff. All crewmembers will donate $3 to the ship's fund. Bunks need fixing. Ship's delegate issued a warning about drinking aboard the ship and asked that the crew be quiet and have respect for the other STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), July IS— crewmembers who are trying to sleep. Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, Ed McInis. Motion made and carried to have patrolman check on domestic water, and rates of exchange In Iran. Medical at­ tention Insufficient. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for a Job well done during voyage. Suggestion John E. (Jack) Rossi made to build up ship's fund, and to ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), July Get in touch with your sister, Chairman, Jo* M. Cash; Secretary, J. F. have awning stanchions built aft. Ceiia E. Harris, at 2319 Arthur Castronovor. Ship's delegate asked that ALCOA RUNNER (Alcos), July 13— Ave., Silver Spring, Md. a repair list be made up and for each department delegate to look the Items Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secretary, over. Washing machine to be rebuilt or Clement Hospedales. Sailing hour put up a new one Installed. Library to be ex­ only four hours before sailing. Patrol­ Edgar Luzier changed as the one aboard has been on man will see mate about putting same up Contact your mother at Route 2, two trips. Steward department was eight hours before sailing. Motion made given a vote of thanks for a Job well and seconded to give the negotiating Box 89, Webster Springs, W. Va. committee a vote of thanks for a Job done. well done. Motion carried to have ship's ALCOA J>ATRIOT (Alcoa), July 14— fund amount to $2 per man for one trip Steward, Santore only. Chief cook was asked to cut the Chairman, Cloud* Holing*; Saeratary, E. Contact Mrs. Martha Justice, in M. Baaslay. Letter concerning shore steak a Uttle thicker. leave in San Juan to be turned over to Portsmouth, Va., regarding your ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), July 18 the patrolman upon arrival In Mobile. Brother Holing* to check on price of rec­ —Chairman, William Dunham; Secretary, shipmate, the late Roy Justice. ord player. $44.43 reported in the ship's Louis D: Guellnlss. Crewmember logged for failing to show up for shifting ship fund to date. Walter B. Haliett in Mombasa, and another member logged JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), for missing ship in Mombasa previously. Contact Mrs. James R. Burns at July 14—Chairman, L. Curry; Secretary, Section 34 and 40, Article 2, General E. Hansan. Ship's delegate reported Rules of Agreement discussed In present 129 Forest St., Wilmington, Mass., things not running smoothly: lots of situation. Motion made and seconded to regarding the death of your troubles with the captain. Crewmembers cable SlU Welfare Department aid In have no business topside except on ship's continuing hospitalized member's allot­ mother. business. Patrolman will be contacted ment terminated due to Indisposition. about cleaning meat, vegetable and chill Members were asked to return cups and Michael Toth boxes. The captain will not let anyone glasses to the pantry. All hands were asked to cooperate with the messman In work overtime. Contact your brother James. keeping messhall and pantry clean. Vote STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), July S— of thanks given to the steward depart­ Anyone knowing the whereabouts Chairman, James Hsnnars; Secretary, ment for doing a fine Job. of Michael Toth, of East Pitts­ William E. White. Everything Is running $EA COMET II (Seatraders), June 36— burgh, Pa., is asked to contact smoothly except there is a little trouble with the chief mate spending too much Chairman, Roy Tallakscn; Secretary, James in New York at VA 3-2274. FORT HOSKINS (CH|*s Service), July 17—Chairman, Denial Brsuex; Secretary, H. W. Schneer, Ship's delegate com­ mented broadly on handling of previous repair lists by topside. Some minor re­ pairs are being completed. Suggestion made that firemen and oilers foc'sles be rearranged so that an entire watch can be called at one time without waking those men not on watch. 'Ship's delegate cautioned all watches to be present when their tour of watch Is due. primarily so that no Individual Is stuck for someone else's watch while In a foreign port. CHICKASAW (Waterman), July 33— Chairman, Jack Farrend; Secretary, A. Danne. Ship's delegate will contact the patrolman pnd find out If the crew Is entitled to homogenized milk. Washing machine should be cleaned after using. Ship's delegate will take up list for ciga­ rettes to be purchased In the Sea Chest. 'EERSGNiiii: 4" t Go's Ready Back Pay (Continued from page 2) and find out if check was mailed . to proper address. Calmar Steamship Corp. — Pay­ ments are getting underway now. Company office at 25 Broadway, New York, iS handling all details. Dry Trans, Inc.—Payments are being made now to men on the ships paying off. Men no longer on the company's ships should write to the company at 25 Broad­ way giving all data and chetks will be sent out in the mail. Eiam Shipping Corp.—Payments are ready now. Contact company at 44 Whitehall Street. Apply by mail. Isthmian Steamship Co. — Pay­ rolls are ready on the following ships: Steel Admiral, Steel Ranger, Anniston City, Hoosier Mariner, Steel Apprentice, Steel Age, Steel Advocate, Steel Architect, Steel Artisan, Steel Chemist, Steel In­ ventor. Martis Shipping Corp.—Payrolls are ready. Write company at 44 WhitehaU Street. Missiisippi Shipping Co. — Pay- ments started this. week. Mail applications only are handled. Compapy-owned ships are being handled first, with Government charters (Mariners and Victorys) taken care of at a later date. Send for applications to Mississippi, Hibernia Bank Building,. New Orleans, La. Ocean Carriers—Payments ready in three to five weeks. Write the : company at 17 Battery Place, NYC. Ocean Transportation (Maritime Overseas Corp.l — Company is working on payrolls now and will have them ready In a few weeks. More definite information will be Available later on. Ore Steamship Corp.—Payments are beginning : now. Contact com­ pany at 25 Broadway. Paoifie Waterways Corp. — Pay­ rolls; will, be ready about Augdst ;15. . Write " ^ at 30 iJBro(ul .Street, New. York. . . Pan Oceanic Navigation Corp.— All payrolls should be ready within two months. Company requests that Seafarers write to 270 Park Avenue and list dates on dis­ charges and other data that will aid in speedy settlement of claims. Puerto Rico Marine Corp. — Money is ready now. Write or call in person, at Puerto Rico office, Ponce, PR, or at 61, Broadway, NY. Seas Shipping Co.,'^All payrolls will be ready inside one month, with September 1 set as a definite starting date, possibly earlier. Seatraders, Inc.—^Money will be ready in three to five weeks at company office, 17 Battery. Place, NY. Seatrain Lines—All payrolls are ready. Contact company at 15 Broad Street, NY. South Atlantic Steamship Lines Inc.—All payrolls complete. Con­ tact company at Savannah Bank Building, Savannah, Georgia, if you have not received your check as they were sent out to last known mailing address. Southern Steamship Co.—Retro­ active wages have been mailed out to last listed address of Seafarers. Men who have not received their money should con­ tact the company's offices at 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, Delaware. Waterman Steam^ip Corp. — August 15 is definite starting date for payments. Seafarers in Mobile can apply in person, or else write to the company at 61 St. Joseph Street, Mobile. Western. Navigation Corp.—^Will mail checks out in September. Seafarers are requested to send the company a correct address for mailing purposes. The rest of the SIU companies were unable to give a specific date at this time. Further, information on their back wage payments will be T-giveir in future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG. i 4. i t 4. t 4< 4> 4 4) 4^ 4 4" 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Douglas Eugene Your mother asks touch with her at Ave., New Orleans, 4> Claussen you to get in 2932 Tulane La. Joseph Saxton Contact your mother at Box 125, Robinson, Pa. Hans P. Bluhm Contact Douglas Picking at 2933 Madera Ave., Oakland, Calif. Eddie Fields Contact Eddie the Swede at 673 Chin St., Mobile, Ala. Vic Coner Get in touch with Jim Kelly at 717 Delaware Ave., Glen Burnie, Md. 4 4 4 John S. Stanley Regarding Sandra, who has scar­ let fever, contact Mrs. Joan Parker at 409 Portor Court, Orange, Tex. ^ i i W. E. (Bill) Thompson Contact your mother at 1734 28th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, Fla. 4 4 4 O. W. Rosenberg Mildred and "ow live at 9210 Pembrook, Houston, Tex. Phone Myrtle 0979. 4 4 4- Friends of Frank Timmons Catherine V. Timmons, beloved mother of Frank A. Timmons, now sailing on the Steel Seafarer, passed away August 2, 1954. Puzzle Answer also that butts not be thrown on the all hands to give a big vote of thanks to headquarters for obtaining the new wage messroom deck. Increase. All stores will be checked be­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), July fore signing on. Men caught spitting on 18—Chairman, A. W. Cowder; Secretary, deck and in water fountains wiU be A. Lambert, Motion made and carried to brought up on charges. paint black gang's foc'sles. The washing machine now on board is three years old - GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), Kime 20— and a new one is needed. The matter of Chairman, James C. Flanagan; Secretary, the captain sailing ahead of posted sail­ Jimmie Colder. The repair Ust from the ing time will be taken up with the patrol­ last trip was settled at the payoff in man. The patrolman will also be asked New York and aU work to be done on Brother Jimmie Golder, to put an SIU library aboard. TV set this voyage. steward, presented to members beef he voted out. had with captain regarding requisition of HILTON (Bull), July 17—Chairman, E. necessary stores in the port of Bordeaux. Guszczynsxy; Secretary; V. L. Meehan. He also asked crew to turn In any linen Each department delegate was asked to they might have in excess of standard turn in a repair list. Suggestion made issue by Wednesday for purposes of in­ that ship's delegate go to the haU and ventory. Cots wUl be issued to those re­ them after this meeting. Some see about the logs in Puerto Rico. En­ questing regarding ship being diverted gine department shower is very dirty and discussion to MobUe and possible lay-up of ship. needs painting badly. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), July 5— Chairman, L. Blizzard; Secretary, Bob Porter. Washing machine needs repair­ ing. Crew to notify ship's delegate if any man misses ship. Innerspring mat­ tresses to be replaced and the same goes for mattresses. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 38 — Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, T. Stevenson. Suggestion was made that the Union send more LOGs to ships in for­ eign ports so that .they may know more about the Union activities back home. Treasurer reported $40.20 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), July 18—Chairman, Doak; Secretary, Lee. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), July 11 —Chairman, Joe Justus; Secretary, Joe Seiby. Ship's delegate reported that fotir men missed ship during the trip. Crew agreed to let the patrolman handle the men who missed ship and performed during the voyage. Beef discussed be­ tween steward and the chief cook. Chief cook claimed there wasn't enough meat to last out the trip and the steward said there was plenty. A committee was formed or the steward, chief cook, baker and the fdur delegates to inspect the meat box and report to the crew. Committee reported that there was enough meat en hand to reach the United States and the steward said that he would order addi­ tional meat in Capetown to make sure supply didn't run short. Loose Leaf notebook bought out of the ship's fund to keep shipboard meetings minutes in. Gangway to be put on board ship aft and to be used by crew to pro­ tect their clothes. Steward asked to get a larger variety of dry cereals, and he agreed. Discussion on preparation and method of keeping food hot squared away. Ship's fund has a total of $29.86. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), June 20 —Chairman, R. Siiva; Secretary, Charles W. Cothran. Company installed a sink near the butcher's block. Sink in the galley still has to be installed, but this will be done later. Ship's delegate will contact the port captain about the drain board. Ship's delegate will contact the Coca-Cola company about buying a vend­ ing machine for the crew, to be paid for ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), out of the ship's fund. May 16—Chairman, James Chew; Secre­ tary, F. Albne. Engine delegate reported NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory someone working is polishing floor plates Carriers), June 13—Chairman, Maurice on ,watch and he wants it stopped. AU Kopenhagen; Secretary, Angel Slivestri. hands were asked to bring cups and One room was painted out; there are only glasses back to pantry. five gallons of paint on hand. Depart­ ment delegates will make out repair lists SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), July 18— and turn these over to the patrolman. Chairman, Clyde Kreiss; Secretary, C. W. Ship should be fumigated. Washing maCothran. Motion made and carried to chipe pump will be repaired by the elec­ have ship's delegate contact Coca Cola tricians. Vote of thanks went to the company regarding placing a machine cooks for their good service during the aboard. Treasurer will post on the bul­ voyage. Ship's iron and linen will be letin board a monthly financial report caUed to the patrolman's attention. Each regarding kitty funds. Ship's delegate department will clean up the laundry for put a blower on the repair list for the a week at a time. galley. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), PENINSULA MARINER (Waterman), June 24—Chairman, George Hays; Secre­ July 18—Chairman, C. E. Martin; Secre­ tary, George Hays. Crew was asked to tary, C. J. Nail. Discussion on last trip's take belter care of the toaster, since it slop chest and draws. It was suggested has just been repaired. Fan is needed in that the ship's delegate check with the the laundry. Repair lists will be made shore patrolman on these things. The out and given to the proper authorities. ship's delegate will check with the shore Sanitary men who are keeping the laun­ patrolman about getting two fans put in dry clean were thanked, but the crew crew's quarters. Crewmembers asked to was asked to help. Steward department keep the laundry room clean. There was was thanked for preparation and serving a discussion on delayed sailing in Mobile. of food. Vote of thanks went to Norman Leknes for cleaning up the messroom and CALMAR (Calmar), June 27—Chairman, recreation room before messmen turned Thomas Lowe; Secretary, Chuck Hostet- to in the mornings. Steward will take ter. Ship's delegate stated that the stove charge of the slopchest for the next voy­ will not be cleaned out until it is found age. He will make inquiries at the New out who is supposed to do this work. York hall on this matter. Deck engineer Two men got off ship on the west coast was thanked for the splendid work he and were replaced in Seattle. Oiler was did during this voyage to make things more comfortable and enjoyable. Quiz Answers (1) tc) Arkansas. (2) An antidote. (3) Nearly two and a half weeks (based on a 40-hour workweek), or 99 hours, to be exact. He's a slow worker. (4) Yankee Stadium in New York City. (5) Fire. (6) (a) broil them. They are meat. (7) Methuselah (969 years). (8) (c) Fred M. Vinson, who died in 1953. (9) Rice. (10) 19. FAIRPORT (Waterman), July 5—Chair­ man, M. E. Gross; Secretary, A. Isaac. No­ body is to pay off until all beefs are set­ tled. Membership would sure appreciate it if the shipping companies would air­ mail special delivery the allotment checks to crewmembers' families. Ship's fund will be used for ship's use only. Repair list will be handed in to the ship's dele­ gate. If at all possible, an extra foc'sle should be built aft for the crew. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment. Shower pressure, hot and cold water, should ba regulated midship and aft. Innersnring mattresses should be bought for the erew. Fan size should be checked in foc'sles. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), July 11—Chairman. M. Morris; Secretary, Bob McMichaei. Ship's delegate will see mate about wind sheets. Crew will check with patrolman in Lake Charles about wiper's disputed overtime. v - Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prinf Information) SQllB SQS asssi NAME sanas nasQ Qsa QQ[S SDSQIi .afflcaas ffiaani [ZilmiiBaQ saaacas HSSH BEHHS' Qsnas] !z;!Ea ; QEDQa aaaas sasanssEaEQais saaia aaa aaiaii aass ijdsss asEa STREET ADDRESS - CITY Signed Z'^NE v.. : - • K - - . .. . STATE . V. . .. . TO AVOID DUPLICATION; 11 you are an old tub*erib*r and hava a change of addre**, pfeste give your format addra** below: ADDRESS .y .r- •OfTY ..........tlvx.'rhrr.r.r.^STAYC' ... -- ..'WA Y �PJiffe Eiffht«eii SEAFARERS LOG Aoffust 9. 1954 /•i WELFARE BENEFITS Reports Aid In Allotment Beefs 5 One new provision of the SIU freight contract that is certainlywelcomed by the member­ ship is the one calling for family allotments to continue when a man has to leave a ship be­ cause of illness or injury. Before the provision went into effect, the Welfare Services De­ partment had been able to ar-^ Such action can work consider­ showed that the man had to get range for continuation of allot­ able hardship on the family of a off the ship because of illness, but ments in some individual in­ Seafarer, if the family is depen­ that nobody had been notified of stances. Now the practice Is to be a general one under the terms of the Union agreement. Because of this, it becomes necessary for dele­ gates to notify the Union when men leave the ship. Of course, if a man gets off a ship for wilful misconduct, misses a ship or leaves his job for some other cause that has nothing to do with illness or injury the allot­ ment can still be cut off. If the company and the Union have no in­ formation as to the circumstances, the company involved is able to de­ lay payments. I- S; dent on the allotment for income until the Seafarer pays off the ship. , Up until now in the short time since the agreement was signed there hasn't been much difficulty on that score, but one or two cases have arisen in which dependents got into difficulty because the com­ pany had no information on why a man got off the ship. In one instance the mother of a Seafarer who depended on her son for support complained to the Union that her allotment had sud­ denly beep cut off without expla­ nation. Investigation by the Union his reason for leaving the ship. This case is now being attended ^o by the Welfare Services Depart­ ment. These kinds of situations can be avoided and the allotment'system made to work perfectly if the crew and its delegates will inform head­ quarters as rapidly as possible of the circumstances under which a Seafarer leaves the ship. Once the Union knows the circumstances and can so inform the company, the man's family will be assured that it will have money coming in to take care of its basic needs. 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From.......7..-. To .CiK No. Seafarers Receivine Benefits this Period 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period Ls S3 7o.Sya- WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pisabilitv Benefits Maternity Benefit! Vacation Benefits Total 00 1 /. fSo 00 11 i Jaa oe |jfL/3 3L ii 1 II 7o J'-7jr SC WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY All of the following SIU families Robert P. Marion, 4639 Bright will collect the $200 maternity Street, New Orleans, La. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4> 4' 41 Union in the baby's name. Laura Lynn Sypher, born May Alan Edward Whitmer, II, born 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. June 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Carroll C. Sypher, 211 Hawley Mrs. Alan E. Whitmer, 1810 Ave­ Street, Miles City, Montana. nue Nl'a, Galveston, Texas. 4- 4* 4' Herbert R. Lynn, 1210 S.W. 25th Avenue, Miami, Fla. 4> 4^ 4) Ann Marie Cummings, born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Cummings, 20 Wise Street, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. 4" 4" 4" 4) 4) 4) Kathleen Ann Forden, born May Jacqueline Ellen Talbot, born 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Lynch, born June 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and James F. Forden, 1818 Tulip Street, June. 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Talbot, 5208 Bellville Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. David T. Lynch, 1071 BankAvenue, Baltimore, Maryland. head Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. 4> 4* 4' 4> 4' 4» Barbara Ann Rambo, born June 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John William Rambo, 812 Penn Pine Blvd., Clifton Heights, Pa. 4' 41 41 * Martin Michael O'Toole, born April 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. O'Toole, 15 Sellers Point Road, Bundalk, Maryland. 4' 4" 4" 4> t> ii> Fred McDonald Easter,' born William Donald Griggers, born June 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Easter, 813 Athania May 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Griggers Jr., Route D, Parkway, New Orleans, La. Evergreen, Ala. t- t- t. Jimmy Glen Stanford, born June 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stanford, General Delivery, Picayune, Mississippi. 4^ 4> 4?' Kathleen Devlin, born July 13, Don Lee Webb, born April 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ L. Webb, 364 Harrison Street, Mo­ ward Devlin, 3050 Edwin Avenue, Fort Lee, New Jersey. bile, Ala. 4" 4" 4^ Carol Lynn Roberts, born July 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Roberts, 2626 E; Mura Street, Baltimore, Maryland. 4- 4i 4i • Haroline Patricia Piehet, bom June 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Piehet, 4227 Burgundy Street, New Orleans, La. 4* 41 4i Tracey Ann Marion, born June 26, 1954^ Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vf . ' §:'• •feki. 4' 4^ 4' - Baby Kathleen Anne Fordeq, daughter of Seafarer James J. Forden, is well-hidden as she sleeps in her mother's arms (rear center) following her ^aptism. Dad is standing, ^left. Kathleen Anne eame into this wd)rld on May 31, 1954. TotJ 11'' WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand • Vacation _ . , , _ • . .. Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Otber Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOUAL ASSETS "" LSn94(, ft I9.5U1 09 MlJiSlo 0<9 1,977,93? 9.? •)7ZjtSl 7-f 1/9 aU 97 1 1 OmiEHTSt NOTICES 4> i 4^ W. Gardner You can collect two days' pay due you from Orion Steamship Company by calling at the com­ pany's office at 80 Broad Street in New York. 4" it 4" Mail is being held at the Bos­ ton hall for he following men: if:: Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • H Sao vonioJ Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950• |l ooV9o« <9^ Disability Benefits Psid Since May 1. 1952 • ' Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 • | AUCteio oa Vacatibn Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • 57394 7/.S- t.3- During the month of June the Plan paid out 12 Death Bene­ fits, making a total for the year, so far, of lOA. The Plan 4" 4J' 4/ also paid out 882 Hospital Benefits during the month of Norma Lee Okray, born July 15, J'une making a year-to-date total of 5415. The amount of 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ Maternity Benefits paid for the month of June was 50, which man Okray, 1320 Cambria Street, gives the Plan a year-to-date total of 273. There were I40 Baltimore, Maryland. Disability Benefits paid during the month, which gives a year-to-date total oSf 740. Applications are novi being received for next years scholar 'nip benefits. Anyone having applied for the previous bene­ fits, but failing to receive one, is ejigibj/f to try for next years scholarships, W. W. Pozen Contact the Welfare Services Nina Marie Fontenot, born July 12, 1954.' Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Department at SIU headquarters. Clements Fdhtenot, Route 1—^Box 4" 4" 4i 2D, Mamou, La. Robert Henry Graf 4^ 4^ 4> Your Coast Guard card and Larry Jacks Jr., born May 11, other papers may be picked up at 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU Jacks, General Delivery, Hunter, headquarters. Arkansas. 4!i t it 4" 4" 4* John M. Thompson Robert Adaire Lynn, born June Your Coast Guard discharges 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. from the Ames Victory may be picked up at the SEAFARERS LOG office, headquarters. Center Of Attraction Won't Show | Agostino, Vincent P.: Blackwell, David S.; Carey, Riley W.j Carmel. Ernest; Cor­ nell, David; Cousins. C.'L.; Cozier, James; Demuth, Jos. E.; Devaux. Gerald R.; DlMaio, Nick; Dolan, John J.; Foley, Charles F. Fontaine. Arthur J.; Gabaree, Harold F.; Goldnian, Jos.; Grimes, Wm.; Gustafson, James; Hammond, Martin; Harring­ ton, Wm. F.; Houlihan, . John; Hubay, Eddie; Hunt, Danny; Jaynes, Harold; Johnson, Earl; Johnson, James A.; Ken­ nedy, Wm. C. LaFrenier, Emile; Lane, John; Lapham, S. E.; Londy, Joseph: MacDdnald. F.; MacDonald, Wm. F.; McCannon, Roy L.; Mc­ Donald, Henry; McLaughlin, Wm.; McMullin, John; Moran, John; Moore, Norman; Murray, C. E. Newman, John; Nogueira, Jos.; Oliver, Irving; O'Malley, Austin J.; Parsons, Irv­ ing H.; Petrin, Arthur; Pozen, Woodrow' W.; Reardon, Anthony R.; Bobbins, Frank­ lin; Roberts, Francis P.; Sceviour, Ste­ phen; Shatter, Edison C.: Shandl, Frank J. Sieger, Eddie; Smith, J. B.; Stewart, Wm.; Stone, R.; Snares, Louis; Sutton, Charles B.; Thomson. John A.: Violanto, Anthony; Vlodek, Emanuel; Wareham. Leopold; Webber, Howard: Williams, John J.; Mitchell, Paige. Sttbmilted AugUSt..2,..I954,K A! Kerr, Assistant Administrator Past 27? Don'f Relax Yet —Army Still Needs Men iEven though a Seafarer happens to be oyer 27, the draft board is still in business as several Seafarers have found out recently. The fact that a seaman might have been exempt during the Korean emergency^ — because of his usefulness in ' call them back even though they the defense effort doesn't had passed their 27th birthday. mean that he cannot be drafted now. In fact. Welfare Services warns. Selective Service keeps jurisdiction all the way up to 35 years of age. In the past couple of weeks. Welfare Services has gotten pay­ offs for three Seafarers who were asked to leave their ships some­ what abruptly and headed for the Army. - v What has'happened Is easily ex­ plained. The Seafarers received deferment as essential to the de­ fense effort in the days when the Government was desperately scrap­ ing the bottom of the barrel in its hunt for trained merchant mar­ iners. Once the deferment was issued, they assumed they no longer had to be in touch with their draft board, particularly vvhen they were on the borderline age, of 27, when drafting normally halts. Drafted Later On What they didn't realize^^is that all the draft board actually gave them was a postponement. Once the emergency was considered over, the draft board could then At present, there are no occu­ pational deferments issued for sea­ men no matter what rating or li­ cense they might hold. Conse­ quently, Seafarers should be in constant touch with their local draft boards at all times. And if Uncle Sam's Army calls, they should notify Welfare l^ervices at headquarters or the headquarters record clerk in the event they want to retire their SIU member­ ship books. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message.From now on, If the number is not included, the excuSe can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. �Ancust «, 1M» SEAFARERS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SiEKMANN (SIU Director of Welfare Services.) Some of the men who have been looking for the Welfare Services office at headquarters might have gotten a little confused when they didn't locate us in our usual spot. The Union has been moving things around a bit at headquarters, so if you are looking for this department, you will now find it in the shipping hall on the second deck, « 4 t it As sometimes happens. Seafarers who go in for one tour in the drydock don't always get matters cleared'up completely and have to come back for more treatment. This seems to have happened quite a bit in the past couple of weeks with several familiar faces back in the various wards at the Staten Island hospital. Among the brothers who have had to be readmitted for further treatment is Seafarer Hendrik Swartjes of Brooklyn, who was AB on the Alcoa Runner the last time out. He went into the hospital in June, was discharged, and then had to come back in on July 19 for further treatment for an eye infection. Also there was brother Regnauld Hansen who's been having some trouble off and on with a skin condition. He's been discharged again though and is up and around now. Another brother who has been readmitted recently is Herman Sampson of Brooklyn. He was OS on the Battle Rock, a tanker, the last trip out. The hospital has gotten a few new patients too. Swartjes Lorenzo Agon of Brooklyn, who was utility messman on the Steel Navigator, entered the hospital for observation July 19. An attack of arthritis has put Seafarer Nora! Jorgensen out of cir­ culation for the time being. Jorgensen, formerly fireman on the Carolyn, comes from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seafarer Ervin Crabtree's complaint Is a balky gall bladder that's been troubling him. He had to leave the Andrew Jackson for treatment. He'd been messman on the ship and he lives in Crichton Station, Mobile, when he's not sailing. Herbert Lege of Brooklyn, who was AB on the Steel Scientist, had to call it quits because of chronic appendicitis, and the doctors are trying to see what they can do about it. Pete De Vries, who comes from Mount Vernon, NY, is having a cyst removed. Jorgensen He was 3rd cook on-The Cabins. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Robert A. Barrett Noral Jorgensen Birdie W. Biggs NUs H. Lundquist Rol>ert Bosworth Perlecto Mangual John J. Brenncn Julius Martin Francis J. Buhl Esteban Morales Charles CantweU Harvey W. Morris John E. Brady Raymond C, Myers Charles A. Can Charles Nangle John ConnoUy Francis R. NapoU Eddie Driggers Joseph Neubauer Andrew Franklin T. Papoutsoglov David S. Furman Joseph Pasinosky William A. Gardner Pete R. Perrotti Horace B. GaskiU Floro Regalado Estell Godfrey Charles W. Rhodes Abram Goldsmith George H. Robinson Daniel Guerrero Mattl RuusukaUio Hans R. Hanssen Herman J. Sampson Alfred Hanstvedt Stanley A. Sargeant John Horn Arthur Shaw Walton Hudson Kaare Sivertsen Jacobus Huisman Warren Smith Alfredo Irizar Robert J. Sojka Chester B. Jensen James F. Thomson Vincent Jones • SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. J. B. Humphries USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Julius Parks USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Anton Prusaitis USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J. Toolan USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Frank W. Bemrlck William Nickel William BrewerWiUiam Odum George H. Bryan Cornelius E. Palmer Robert A. Stikes Jessie A. Clarke Benjamin J. Davis Warren Whitmer Samuel Doyle -Henrlck Wlese Rickard Foust Albert L. WiUis Gorman T. Glaze John R. WUson Nicholas M. Korsak Albert G. Yumal Samuel H. Mills PHILA. GEN. HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nielson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. James J. Adams Jack H. Gleason Albert Ayler Curtis Hancock Lloyd T. Bacon Blrgll L. Harding Samuel A. Bailey John L. Hlnton Lyle Hipp James H. Bales WilUam R. Ballard Janies H. Judson Nicolas Bastes E. G. Knapp Leonldes Billkas D. Korolla Charles E. Brady Thomas Lands Charles Burton Leo Lang Cyril Lowrey Owen Butler Jesse Lyles S. C. Carregal Joseph H. CbapeUe PhlUp McBride Lawrence Cdbts John M. McDavitt S. Cope Oscar F. Madere Thomas J. DaUas George R. MltcheU J. D. Dcmbrino J. C. Mitchell Emil# P. Davles WUliam G. Moor# T. J. Donaldson Arthur I. Nelson Wm. A. Du Rapau O. Norm Eric R. Bklund . WUUam D. Ott Ragnor A. Erlcson Stanley L. Palfrey Thomas Fields Harry G. Peek Claud# H, GllUam William T. Presley A; Quinones Andrew Stauder John C. Rehm James Stickney W. E. Reynolds J. D. Thomas James J. Ruth Roy R. Thomas Edward Samrock Jack F. Thornburg Elvin J. Saucier Lonnle R. Tickle William E. Scott J. E. Ward J. P. Shaughnessy Elroy Webb R. L. Skinner USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BKLYN, NY Fortune Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Thomas B. Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph G. Carr Joseph McGraw Jar Chong Archibald McGuigan John J. Driscoll David McHreath John T. Edwards Frank Mackey M. W. Gardiner Vic Milazzo Bart E. Guranick G. E. Shumaker John B. Haas Robert Sizemore Thomas Isakscn Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttle Ludwig Kristiansen Renato A. Villata Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth James J. Lawlor JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. Jose Rodriguez ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOSPITAL ELIZABETH. NJ Vincent J. Stefanick USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST, FLA. Edwin Davis VA HOSPITAL MIAMI. FLA. L. A. McLaughlin USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Cecil Betts Anthony Scaturro Henry B. Riley Arthur W. Wroton USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Simon Bunda Elwood V. Rost Henry Childs James C. Sheldon M. E. Folts .W. S. Singleton Olav Gustausen Joseph E. Thomas Kenneth S. Krienke P. S. Yuzon C. J. Neumaier John ZohU Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. William C. Bedgood J. T. Moore Paul B. Bland John H. Morris R. Carrollton WUlle C. Sanders Lucius A. DcWitt James B. Sellers John E. Floyd Randolph Shedd Herman C. Kemp C. C. Slater Claud Kent Leslie F. Swegan Jimmie Littleton Leo F. Weeks Avis E. Meadows WilUam J. Wolf# Cervasio Menendez USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. John Andringa James Krohn F. Fondlla Robert McCuUock William A. Gaddy V. K. Ming Howard R. Harvey. Norman Plummer Sverre Johannessen USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavlch C. A. McCarthy W. W. Beohner Carter Myers Joseph Garcllo James Peiiswlck USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barboza Duane R. Fisher George Chang Joseph A. KozlowskI Frederick V. Davis M. McDonald H. Dcshotels Murray A. Plyler Donald K. Fisher' John J. Tobln Page Nineteen LOG No Benefit Lost Froih 'Vacation' Recently mention was made in the LOG of the value of the special list in caring for long-term SIU hospital patients. Particularly interesting along these lines is the case of Seafarer John Edwards, who shuttles in and out of the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital. Edwards, like a large num-| ber of other Seafarers, was put on the special list when the SIU Welfare Plan first began four years ago. These were the men who were in the hospital when the Plan was negotiated and who would not have been eligible for benefits otherwise. In Edwards' case, it became ap­ parent that chances were slight that he woiild ever get a "fit for duty" slip. It seemed that treat­ ment would have to be continued indefinitely. . Consequently, the veteran Seafarer, who has been sailing SIU since the very early days of the Union, m,ade arrange­ ments to spend a few months of each year living with his daughter in Cocoa, Florida. Saves Benefit In the winter months, when pa­ tients at Maphattan Beach seldom get outdoors, Edwards heads south for the Florida sunshine. He saves Back at Manhattan Beach hospital after Florida sojourn. Seafarer most of his $15 a week union al­ John Edwards (right) goes back on hospital list. Welfare Services lotment while he is at the hospital Representative Milton Flynn pays SIU benefit. so that he will have enough money to get by on his Florida visit. Then when it comes time for him to go runs out, he returns to Manhattan in Edwards' case by the SIU to see to it that he remains on the spe­ back, to the hospital for further Beach. Arrangements have been made cial list even though he has been treatment and when his money discharged from the hospital for a temporary period. The benefits are not paid, of course, when he is in Florida, but as soon as he gets back to Manhattan Beach hospital he begins collecting his union ben­ efit again. Under an insurance companyoperated plan it would have been Twenty-three New Yorkers, including 16 attorneys, have impossible for Edwards to be on been indicted by a New York County grand jury on charges the list in the first place. And even if he had been eligible at the be­ that they were part of a city-wide "ambulance chasing" ring. ginning, his benefits would have long since run out, particularly if The indictment is the culminaers, nurses and other hospital he had left the hospital at any tion of a five-month investi­ employees. time. Indict 16 Lawyers, 7. Others in Ambulance Chasing Probe gation that started out as a police check on a waterfront mur­ der case. Ambulance chasing has been a periodic problem at the US Public Health Service hospitals, and hos­ pital administrators have been mak­ ing vigorous efforts to eliminate the evil. Seafarers in the hospi­ tals have been warned by the Union from time to time to steer clear of any person or persons soliciting business for an attorney. The seven people in the group who are not attorneys are accused in the indictment of being runners on behalf of the alleged ambulance chasing ring. The District Attor­ ney was quoted as saying that hun­ dreds of cases were solicited by the seven accused, during a twoyear period from August 1, 1952 to June 9, 1954. The 16 attorneys under indict­ ment, are as follows: Jerome Golenbock, 225 Broad­ way, NYC; Manuel Katz, 61 Broad­ way, NYC; Louis I. Rothenberg, l(j Court St., Brooklyn and 61 Broad­ way, NYC; Morton L. Panken, 277 Broadway, NYC; Philip Weintraub, 50 Broad St., NYC. Also, Philip Brown, 16 Court St., Bklyn; David Fay, 209-33 39th Avenue, Bayside," Queens; I. Jesse Winter, 277 Broadway, NYC; Joshua S. Lev, 140 Nassau Street, NYC. Also, Morton S. Schorr, 150 and 225 Broadway, NYC; George L. Bickler, same address; Irving Levine, same address; Morton P. Cowen, 1756 Lexington Ave., NYC; Alan Buxton 103 E. 125th Street, and Albert Trepel, 141 Broadway. It was not indicated whether any of the accused men had been in­ volved with patients at the Public Health Service hospitals. The Dis­ trict Attorney did say, hov/ever, that the alleged ambulance chasing ring worked through hospitals that had ambulance services and re­ ceived tips from ambulance drivft!'- The deaths of the following sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries. High Duffy, 60: Brother Duffy died of coronary thrombosis on July 9, 1954 in Berwyn, Pa. He had joined the SIU in Philadelphia on August 11, 1941 and sailed in the deck department. He is survived by his sister Margaret Duffy of Ber­ wyn Avenue, Berwyn, Pa. 4" t i" Paul Abel Griffith. 24: Pneu­ monia caused the death of Brother Griffith at the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on Oc­ tober 27, 1953. Burial took place in the city of Baltimore, at the Balti­ more National Cemetery. t t Elgia Leroy Powe, 30: An injury suffered while greasing a dragline was fatal to Brother Powe on July 8, 1954. A member of the deck de­ partment, he had been sailing with the SIU since March, 1951. Burial took place at the Pearl River Cemetery, Pearl River, Covington, La. He is survived by his mother, Maude Powe, Pearl River, La. tit Ray W. Sweeney, 51: A member of the SIU since its earliest days. Brother Sweeney died aboard the Seatrain Louisiana of acute coro­ nary dcclusion on July 13,1954. Out of respect for- his last wishes his body was cremated in Savannah and his ashes scattered at sea. Brother Sweeney joined the SIU in Mobile on March 5, 1939 and sailed in the engine department. His wife, Mary R. Sweeney of 2817 Av­ enue N, Galveston, survives. , Niels T. Kaasirup, 58: A cerebral hemorrhage proved fatal to Brother Kaastrup while he was an in-pa­ tient at the Baltimore City Hospi­ tal, Baltimore, Md., on July 13, 1954. Burial took place at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville. Md. Brother Kaastrup was another of the earliest members of the Union, joining in New York on November 25, 1938. He sailed in the deck department. t t t Alvin Morris Keller, 53: A bron­ chial infection proved fatal to Brother Keller on May 12, 1954, while at the San Francisco USPHS hospital. A resident of San Fran­ cisco, he had been sailing with the SIU in the engine department since October, 1952. Surviving is his wife, Pura W. Keller, 1400 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Calif. t t t Eail G. Boutelle, 62: Brother Boutelle died of a heart ailment on May 26, 1954 while ashore in Boston, Mass. He had been sailing as cook and steward with the SIU since September, 1951. Burial took place in the West End Cemetery, Milford, New Hampshire. His wife, Ruth E. Boutelle of 57 Orchard Street, Fisherville, Mass., survives. $ 3^ >• t' Lewis F. Cauble, 40: Brother Cauble lost his life through drown­ ing while his ship, the Northwest­ ern Victory, was in Iskendrun, Turkey, on April 12, 1954. He had been an SIU member for 15 yeai-s, joining in Savannah on February 2, 1939, and sailed in the deck de­ partment. Brother Cauble was buried at the Christian Cemetery in Iskendrun. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. J. L. Cauble of 727 Egst Liberty Street, Siijisbury, NO. II �\'r'. •fe SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S ! N T E R N ATI O N A L U N I O N • ATLANTIC A N D' G U L F D I S T R I C T • AFL • freight Contract Supplement Following is the full text of the con­ tractual conges negotiated and ap­ proved by the SIU membership in the standard SIU freight agreement Upon completion of meetings with the oper­ ators on clarifications of these and other clauses in the basic freight agreement, the full agreement—^with these features incorporated—^wiU be published in the SEAFARERS LOG. f' 55^ Pt:.. if- r- SUPPLEMENTARY UNLICENSED PERSONNEL AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 7th day of June, 1954, by and between the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, (hereinafter referred to as the "Union"), and the undersigned Company, (hereinafter referred to as "Company"). WITNESSETH: The Unlicensed Personnel Agreement between the parties, dated November 18, 1952, is hereby reinstated and continued with the following amendments: 1. (a) The effective date of the changes herein agreed shall be October 1, 1953, as to all wages and^ overtime, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. As to changes in the working rules and conditions, the effective , date shall be the day following the next termination of Articles, either domestic or foreign, after the date of this Agreement. (b) This Agreement shall continue until September 30, 1955. (c) This Agreement is signed subject to the ratifi­ cation of the membership of the Union. The Union agrees to notify the Company promptly of the acceptance or rejection. 2. Article II, Section 14 (a) is amended by adding at the end of the first sentence the following: "and advances equalled to allotments, if any, shall continue during such repatriation, provided he has sufficient moneys due him from the Company to cover such advances." 3. Article II, Section 28, is amended by changing the first sentence to read as follows: "Monies tendered for ^draws in foreign ports shall be in United States currency failing which, travelers' checks shall be issued at the Company's expense." 4. Article II, Section 49, is amended by adding at the end of item "6" the following: "As mattresses now on board wear out, they shall be replaced by innerspring mattresses." and by also adding a new item "11" to read: "Two twelve-inch fans shall be furnished in fore­ castles occupied by two or more unlicensed personnel, and one sixteen-inch fan in all forecastles occupied by one member of the unlicensed personnel." 5. With reference to Article II, Section 57, 1 (f) and 2 (f), such wages and subsistence shall be paid promptly and the Company shall furnish an order therefor at the time the transportation is paid, which shall be signed by the Master^ or Company representative and by the seamen. 6. Article II, Section 58, is amended to read as follows: "In the event a ship of the Company is sold, interned, lost, laid up, run aground or is stranded and the crew is required to leave the vessel by reason thereof, the crew shall be given transportation back to the port of engagement with subsistence, room and wages, as per Article II, Section 59 of this Agreement. When room and subsistence is not furnished aboard the vessel, room and meal allowance will be paid as prescribed in Article II, Section 43, until crew is furnished repatriation by train, vessel or commer- , dally operated airplane, equivalent to the equipment of a regularly scheduled airline, or in the event such airplane transportation is not equivalent to a reg­ ularly scheduled airline, they shall be paid the dif­ ference in cash." 7. Article III,. Section 12 (d), is amended by adding . at the beginning thereof: "Routine soundings shall be taken on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at sea." 8. Article III, Section 12, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: "When the Carpenter is requiied to remove old paint or varnish preparatory to'repainting, and repaint the •isr same, he shall be paid overtime for such work per•formed." j 0. Article lU, Section 1^. is amended by changing the New Dry Cargo VIage Scale DECK DEPARTMENT Rating Bosun (Mariner) Bosun Carpenter (Mariner) Carpenter AB Maintenance Quartermaster Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman ; Wage Scale $447.00 400.68 *386.00 *375.08 343.98 314.41 314.41 244.19 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Electrician (Mariner) .... 518.09 Chief Electrician 499.25 2d Electrician 465.09 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day) 403.83 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) ... 361.18 Plumber-Machinist 414.42 Deck Engineer 380.88 Engine Utility 366.72 Evaporator. Maintenance 334.32 Oiler 314.41 Oiler-Diesel 340.22 Watertender. 314.41 Fireman-Water tender 314.41 Fireman ;.... 314.41 Wiper...; ^294.30 Reefer Engineer ^ (When 1 carried) 465.09 Reefer Engineer (When 3 carried) Chief 428.97 First Assistant 381.54 Second Assistant ;..... 346.70 STEWARD DEPARTMENT, Chief Steward (Mariner) ...... Chief Steward Chief Cook Night Cook & Baker Second Cook **Third Cook .'. Messman Utilityman 390.25 390.25 361.18 361.18 325.27 310.43 242.32 242.32 Overtime $1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.98 1.98 » 1.98 1.98 . 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.51 * Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. **When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and be paid wage of $325.27 per month. heading to read "GARBAGE", and by adding a new sen­ tence at the beginning to read: "Garbage shall be.stowed away from crews' diuarters." 10. Article III, Section 34, is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read:"Non-permanent transient or irregular foreign shore labor shall hot be employed to perform any of the work in the licensed or unlicensed quarters, store rooms, passageways, galleys and mess rooms, except in those instances where the Company uses estab­ lished shore labor." 11. Article IV, Section 18, (c), is amended to read as fpllows: i "On vesselsv with small cargo refrigeration plants, oilers shall oil plant. When the oiler is required to take reefer cargo box temperatures, he shall be paid one hour overtime for each watch. On vessels carry­ ing watch freezers, oilers shall not handle refrigera­ tion plant." 12. Article V, Sectldn 27 (e). Is atnehded by adding at the end thereof "except when the vessel Is sailing between conti­ nental United States ports." ' IS. Section 2 of the War Risk Insurance-Area and At­ tack Ronoaes Agreement - is amended by providing that War Risk, Insurance benefit covering loss of personal effects shall be increased from $300.00 to $500.00. 14. The Company shall furnish the Union with a list of all seamen entitled to retroactive pay. 15. The Union shall have the right, upon written notl- ; ficatlon to the Company, to renegotiate vacation and wel­ fare plans, or to negotiate new plans 'such as pension, etc. Upon receipt of such notification by the Company, , the parties of this Agreement shall meet within seven (7) days for negotiation on these issues. This shall apply subsequent to September 30, 1954. 16. The basic monthly wages for firemen shall be in­ creased to $302.32 and shall further be subject to the Increases hereinafter granted. 17. The basic monthly wage rates and overtime rates are increased as follows: (a) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $340.73 or above shall have their wages Increased six percent (6%) and their overtime rates shall be $1.98. (b) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $298.49 or above but not In excess of $340.72 shall have their wages increased four per­ cent (4%) and their overtime rate shall be $1.94. (c) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $298.48 or below ishall have their wages increased two percent (2%) and their overtime rate shall be $1.51. (d) Mariner-Type Vessels: effective October 1, 1953, the wages for the following ratings shall be 1. Bosun . ....$447.00 2. Carpenter 386.00 3. Chief Electrician ...... 518.09 4. Chief, Steward ,. 390.25 All other ratings on this type vessel shall receive the same increases as provided In 17 a, b, and c, above. 18. Effective the day following the next termination of Articles either domestic or foreign, after the date of this Agreement, the special rates for work specified in the following sections of the Agreement shall be raised by applying the same percentage increases in the special rates .to the same wage brackets as specified in item "17" above: Article II, Section 31—Standby Work Article II, Secjion 32—Longshore Work by Crew Article III, Section 32—^Tank Cleaning 19. The wages on Government operated vessels shall be paid retroactive to October 1, 1953, when the Com­ pany receives approval for such payments from the Governmient Agency concerned. 20. All other terms and conditions of the Unlicensed Personnel Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as therein provided, and this Supplement shall be con­ sidered a part thereof. . Signed: . ^ SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, AFL. MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE. The following forms shall be used to comply with the.: contract provisions covering transportation, travel sub­ sistence and wages. STEAMSHIP COMPANY RETURN TRANSPORTATION RECEIPT NAME OF VESSEL: i _ NAME OF SEAMAN RATING:..... ' PORT: ...................... DATE: ORIGINAL PORT OF ENGAGEMENT........,;..,... , ; CASH AMOUNT PAID..........: RECEIVED: ^ VOUCHER TRAVEL SUBSISTENCE & WAGES ^ The bearer ;..... Z# whose signature! appears below was paid off the above vessel on the date indicated and is entitled to........ . days travel subsistence @ $...... per day^ and ,....... days wages @ $...... per month, less taxes, upon prea- ; entatlon of satisfactory identification to (Cojoipany or Agent) located- at ' .1... i (address) ..,• within thirty (30) days from the date of payoff. Seaman , Master, or Company RepresentativG Received Payment * ' > ^ "Yt--S! I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 6, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 16 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE INDO-CHINA TRUCE-AND YOU! SEAFARER EYE-WITNESS REPORT CO'S READY BACK PAY LISTS 80 US-FLAG SHIPS GIVEN TRANSFER OK TIE-UP ENDS; BULL, ALCOA, WATERMAN SAILING TO PR AFL'S PIER UNION MAPS NEW DRIVE SIU BALLOT REPORT SET HOPE DIMS FOR '50-50' LAW WINNER A STAR IN STUDIES, ATHLETICS R. SWEENEY, FORMER SIU PATROLMAN CANADA LOSES OCEAN FLEET 'RUNAWAYS' SEEN THREAT BY BRITISH ARGENTINE WORKERS 'SEE' SIU-CREW SHOWS FILM ... AND ANOTHER SHIP FLIES 'RUNAWAY' FLAG NEW MARINE INS. POLICY: NO 'ATOMIC DAMAGE' PAY END PANAMA CREW BEEF SIU-STYLE JINX 'ONE-TWO' HITS SHIP; BOSUN KILLED THE WHALER: SEA-GOING SWEATSHOP IT'S HEAVE HO, AWAAAY WE GO' FOR SAN MATEO, AGROUND IN KOREA PLAYMATE SAVED FROM FIRE BY SEAFARER'S NEPHEW, 11 WITH BEER OVER BUCK A BOTTLE, MASAN TRIP IS A REAL 'DRY RUN' US HELP TO PHILIPPINES PAYS OFF AWNINGLESS PERSIAN RUN BURNS UP ARTISAN'S CREW REPORTS AID IN ALLOTMENT BEEFS PAST 27? DON'T RELAX YET - ARMY STILL NEEDS MEN NO BENEFIT LOST FROM 'VACATION' INDICT 16 LAWYERS, 7 OTHERS IN AMBULANCE CHASING PROBE FREIGHT CONTRACT SUPPLEMENT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/6/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d8abc0fbb042ba45cabcd4cfdaaa786c.PDF c360e9f6914181d9d0edc96fc064ad37 PDF Text Text g',»jr^,'-'-sn.-;;--^.r~-f •''^v., SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • '50^ BILL PASSES SlU WINS 7-YEAR RGHTFORCARGOES -Story on Page 2 Nominations Open For 49 Elective Offices In Union -Story on Page 3 Union To Probe Georgia Tax Levies On Seafarers "• ^^ ^ -Story on Page 2 'Ml-'-. M",' • .•v.'Vii �ihiffs Tw* SEAFdREnS lOG SIU Hails As 'SO-SO' Passes Aucusi 30. 1954 Union Probes Georgia Income Tax Garnishees Action by the State of Georgia in slapping tax garnishees on Seafarers sailing South Atlantic ships is now under study by ' WASHINGTON — The SIU and other maritime groups have scored a surprise the Union counsel to see if any redress can be obtained for upset victory to end a seven year fight for a permanent "SO-SO** law. The bill now the membership. Four Sea-" the men were paid off. ' The com­ farers sailing with the Savan­ pany had no choice but to comply awaits President Eisenhowers signature. steamship company for otherwise the men would not Passage of the bill by the House of Representatives came after strong pleas from nah-based were the victims of the garnishee be able to get their pay. union and shipowner groups succeeded in shaking the bill loose from the House procedure instituted by the local The case was called to the atten­ Georgia tax collector. tion of the Savannah port agent Rules Committee, where it^ gress, some countries require 100 been passed year by year, because What happened was that the and was referred to Welfare Serv­ appeared doomed to die. percent of Government cargoes to it also applies to overseas pur­ state tax collector put a lien on ices in headquarters to see if any­ chases by the Armed Forces. Up the company for state income tax thing could be done about it. Since The action of the Rules be carried on their own ships. The permanent "50-50" law is in until now, such purchases had claims. The lien was to compel it was a legal matter. Welfare Committee came after a-direct been free to move on the ships of the company to deduct back taxes Services has turned it over to the appeal to the White House by some respects more far-reaching any nation. plus penalties and Interest before attorney for study. than the temporary bills that have maritime spokesmen. It was a Federal Law Question major triumph for US-flagFederal laws governing the pay­ More Runaway Competition For IIS Ships shipping and the SIU over the offs of seamen list certain, head­ stiff objections of the State ings under which money can be Department, the Defense Depart­ deducted from seamen's wages, ment and other administration such as for family allotments and representatives. other items. The law says that the Ends Yearly Battle money can be deducted only for The success of the permanent the specific purposes listed in the "50-50" bill climaxes a seven year statute. fight by the SIU for the principle The purpose of the law is to pro­ that American flag shipping is en­ tect seamen from all kinds of titled to at least half of cargoes shady deductions from theicpay; a bought and paid for by the US practice which flourished for many taxpayer. Each year since the Maryears in the old days. ehall Plan began, followed by While the law on deductions other economic and military aid from seamen's wages is quite programs, the SIU and other mari­ stringent there is at least one Fed­ time groups have had to battle eral Court ruling, issued by a fierce opposition in Washington to Court of Appeals, which holds that get a "50-50" provision attached to the law was never Intended to de­ foreign aid bills. prive a state government of its From now on, once this new bill right to collect 'taxes. Other rul­ is signed into law, ttie principle of ings by lower Federal cpurts have "50-50" will be firmly fixed in fu­ held the opposite. Of course, the ture maritime dealings. Its im­ Court of Appeals ruling would portance to the well-being of mari­ tend to take precedent over the time is indicated by the fact that lower courts. US-flag shipping for the past year has been carrying less than 30 per­ Up uptil now though, the num­ cent of all commercial cargoes en­ ber of such court cases is limited tering and leaving this country. so it would be hard to draw a con­ That includes oil cargoes. clusion one way or the other. As one maritime spokesman said Residence Question in effect in testifying for the bill, Another factor at issue is the "Subsidies are fine but subsidies in question of the seamen's residence. themselves don't provide cargo. Another 60,000-ton runaway ore ship presently a-building for US Steel is the Ore Transport. She's The Seafarers involved dispute the This legislation goes a long way shown here under construction in a Kure, Japan, shipyard. Like her sister ship, the Ore Chief, she claims of the State of Georgia that toward assuring US merchant will be registered by the company under the Liberian flag. they are residents of Georgia. If ships of cargo for their opera­ they are not, the state has no legal tions." right to collect state income taxes International Lobby from them. Through the years, the most Since this kind of case can af­ vigorous opposition to "50-50" leg­ fect a considerable number of Sea­ islation has not come from any farers sailing out of the port of domestic source but from foreign Savannah, for the time being Sea­ shipowners who have utilized their farers in that port who reside in diplomatic services in this country Georgia should make sure that to lobby extensively against the WASHINGTON—The often cussed overnight waits by crews arriving in US ports before their state taxes are taken care of. bill. The State Department has carried the ball for them on the clearing Quarantine appear to be at an end. The Senate has completed action on a bill per­ Otherwise they can be socked with grounds that it is to the Depart­ mitting shipp'iiig companies to pay overtime for inspections between 5 PM and 8 AM. The the same kind of penalty pro­ ceedings. ment's interest to maintain friend­ bill was supported by all ship--*' ly relations with foreign nations. However, the State Department's ping companies and port in­ cers requested by shipping com­ The latest bill has already been arguments were overcome by two terests as a means of eliminat­ panies in off hours are already passed by the House and is ex­ paid by the companies .under simi­ pected to get speedy Presidential Aag. 20, 1954 majon considerations: The obvious Vol. XVi. No. 17 lar bills passed several years back. approval. need of US-flag ships for a "50- ing expensive delays in port. As I See It.. Page 4 Up until now, any freighter or 50" law to prop their operations Burly Page 16 and the existence of similar legis­ tanker that failed to make port by Crossword Puzzle Page 8 lation in other maritime countries. 5 PM had to anchor out and wait Editorials Page 9 As witnesses pointed out to Con- overnight for Quarantine inspec­ Galley Gleanings Page 15 tion the next morning. Even more Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 affected were ships that came into Labor Round-Up Page 8 port on a Saturday night since Letter of The Week Page 9 'EUis island' they had to hold over until Mon­ Letters Page 16 morning. Then gangs of long­ Going Ashore? day Maritime Page 8 shoremen hired to handle the Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Ellis Island, a familiar New ship's cargo would be idle until the SAN FRANCISCO—Beneficiaries of the 45 lost crewmem- Notices, Personals Page 17 York harbor landmark for Sea­ ship docked. It's been estimated bers of the ill-fated Pennsylvania have received $520,000 in Off Watch Page 14 farers and for over 60 years that 40 percent of the shipping en­ Port Reports Pages 12, 13 tering New York harbor is affected settlement of their suit against the States Steamship Com- Quiz the chief immigration station Page 14 4 by the delays. pany. The Pennsylvania, a for the US, may become a Ships' Minutes Page 17 Passage Long Sought Victory ship, went down in dio reports from the ship were that SIU History Cartoon Page 6 municipal version of the Fed­ Consequently shipping interests the Pacific on January 9, 1952, it was out of control and had suf­ Sports. Line Page 15 eral Government's Alcatraz fered a cracKfed hull. It was be­ Top of The News for the last four years have urged with loss of all hands. Page 6 Prison in San Francisco Bay if - passage of this kind of a bill which As a result of lawsuits filed on lieved that crewmembers aban­ Vote of Thanks Page 9 present plans go through. The would do away with these expen­ behalf of beneficiaries, the com­ doned ship as the Coast Guard Washington News Letter. .Page 7 Immigration and Naturaliza­ sive delays and permit more flexi­ pany took legal action in the courts later found two overturned life­ Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 Welfare Report Page 18 ble scheduling. The cost of paying to limit its liability. This action boats in the area. tion Service, an agency of the The Pennsylvania was manned Your Dollar's Worth led to the lump sum settlement Page 5 the overtime is considered slight Justice Department, has asked in comparison to the savings in­ which will be allocated among the in the deck department by the Publlthtd biwtckly at fha haadquarUr* permission to transfer its oper­ volved in having the ship cleared beneficiaries. Sailors Union of the Pacific and be­ of tho Seafarorx Infarnational Unian, At­ ft Gulf DUtrlcf AFL, 675 Fourth ations inland to its offices in and at the dock the same evening The Pennsylvania was caught in low decks by the Marine Firemen, lantic Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth 9-6600. Entarad as lacond class mattar Oilers and Watertenders, both'af­ it arrives. a severe winter storm 700 miles upper Manhattan. at tha Post Offica In Brooklyn, NY., undar tho AOt of August 24, 1912. .Customs and Immigration offi­ northwest of Seattle. The last ra­ filiates of the SIU. OK Near On Bill To End Long Quarantine Delays SEAFARERS LOG $520,000 Paid Kin Of 45 Lost On Pennsylvania p.'" Il- �m 20, rosi SEYFI^^W the' ^=.n~ • — • Page Thre* - i/ 'StSesear'^ybposJi. (The following intefoiew never took place, and, fortunately. Professor Entwhistle doesn't exist, but the line of thinking followed in the story could conceivably arise if we were to take seriously the suggestions re­ cently offered' by the former head of thp Maritime Commission and apply them to the entire nation. We hope no one will take "Professor Entwhistle" seriously A proposal by Vice-Admiral Emory S. Land (retired) that US merchant ships ought to transfer to foreign flags because it costs less to run them that way has inspired a super-duper plan to revamp the entire American economy. Dr. Frabjous R. Entwhistle, professor of economics at Secaucus University, has submitted a draft of the plan to the SEAFARERS LOG. In short, it involves transferring all of American industry to the Panamanian, Honduran and Liberian flag, abolishing all subsidies, tariffs, throw­ ing'out union contracts and getting rid of all the high costs that plague our country. "The possibilities are terrific," Dr. Entwhistle said at a press con­ - New Orleans port membership meeting of August II votes overwhelmingly by show of books to ap­ prove secretary-treasurer's report and recommendations for number and posts of elective offices in ference called to reveal the plan. "By cutting costs to the bone we can the Union. Similar votes in all ports paved way for opening of nominations on August 12. assure the most, profitable era in the history of our flourishing Ameri­ can economy." The economist admitted that one prospect that was troubling him was the fact that our productive resources might not be readily avail­ able to us in time of war and might even fall into the hands of the Communists. But he said# "in the words of Admiral Land this is a 'calculated risk' we.have to take to assure higher profits for our in­ dustry." Admiral Land has stated that we might not get our ships back in a national emergency# but that's a "calculated risk." When qheried by one reporter as to how this would affect the Gov­ ernment's tax income, the doctor snorted that he had that problem licked too. "Everybody realizes," he continued, "that the bulk of our Govern­ ment expense is for defense purposes. All we have to do is transfer our Army and Navy too. In other words we will set up a big foreign legion and be able to hire soldiers, sailors and airmen for a few cents a week. The savings will be immense." Entwhistle gives fullest credit to Admiral Land for his proposals. The Admiral will be remembered by Seafarers as the war-time head of US shipping and the' old Maritime Commission. He is best known fur his famous statement that he would like to shoot union leaders be­ fore sunrise for calling strikes. Admiral Land said in brief, "The high costs of operation (of US ships) are brought about by American wage standards, repair costs, taxes and stricter inspectiqp laws." Hence the need for transfers. A strong merchant marine, *he Admiral said, was impossible without Government subsidy—and subsidies cost money. ^ Carrying Land's ideas a few steps forward. Dr. Entwhistle called for abolition of all subsidies, minimum wage laws, tariffs, restrictions on foreign labor, safety laws and other regulations that might hinder lowcost operations. "Look at the airlines," he said. "The Government spends millions each year to keep American planes running. Foreign-flag planes can do just as well,, and we're sure that they woiild be available in times of defense—at least we hope we're sure." Then, he went on to explain, there were people in the Government spending thousands- each year to catch Mexican "wilbacks" and send them back to Mexico. "It's ridiculous," he exploded, "Here we have people who will work for 15 or 20 cents an hour and we're chasing 'em awav! We should invite them in with open arms." ^ Enlarging on his subje«t, the doctor tleclared: "Let's take US Steel for an example. There's a good sized company that really could operate if it wasn't subject to all sorts of foolish red tape and r^trictions like union contracts, minimum wage laws, taxes and all kinds of, expenses. These eat up all but a part of the profits and the shareholders aren't getting anywhere near the amount of money they should. "But I have high hopes for t^e company," he added. "They're finally beginning to wake up to the economic facts of life. For example they are putting all their brand new ore ships under the Liberian flag. The savings are tremendous! Now if the company could only transfer all -^ts rolling mills, blast furnaces and blooming mills to Liberian registry can't you imagine the profits that would roll in! I'm sure we could get workers to man the mills fur 40 or 50 cents an hour. It would be a boon to the economy." "But Dr. Entwhistle," called one reporter from the back of the room, •-'if all that you say is true and we follow your suggestion, what will happen to the nation's purchasing power and our American standard of living and the millions and millions who wijl be out of work?" "No comment," he said. "Conference closed. No further questions, gentlemen." . • Nominations Open In SIU Elections Nominations are now open for all qualified SIU members who desire to run for Union officeJn the SIU's biennial election. The action by membership meetings in all ports Wednesday night approving a total of 49 elective posts cleared the way for nominating to begin the morning of August 12. The nominating period will end at midnight, September 11. In accordance with the Union's constitution, the nominating procedure is simple. All a Seafarer has to do to nominate himself is to write to headquarters stating the office for which he wishes to run. With this letter he is required to submit proof of The membership - adopted resolution opening the elec­ tions for SIU 4>fficials and the qualifications necessary for nomination are on Page 5. three years' seatime as an unli­ censed man, proof of citizenship and of two year's continuous mem­ bership in the Union. , Four months of the seatime must be in the current year ex­ cept in cases where the candidate has already been serving as a Un­ ion official. 100-Word Statement ^ In addition, each candidate is re­ quested to send in a passport photo of himself and a statement of ICQ words or less summarizing .his Union record. The photograph and the statement will be published in the SEAFARERS LQG before the election gets underway. Candidates' qualifications will be examined by a credentials com­ mittee that will be elected at a later date. Voting will begin on November 15 and run for two months through January 15, 1955. The newly-elected officials will take office on midnight, March 31, 1955, for a two-year terra. The number and distribution of elective posts in this year's voting will be the same as it was two years ago with but one change. In­ stead of electing six joint assistant secretary-treasurers three will be elected representing the shipboard departments and three will be joint. This step has been taken to assure that every shipboard de­ partment is represented at the headquarters level. Consequently the roster of posts open is as follows: Headquarters: One secretarytreasurer; one deck assistant secre- 1 I Reading clerk Buck Stephens reads report and recommendations on SIU election procedure to attentive New Orleans membership. tary-treasurer, one engine assistant West Coast officers will continue secretary-treasurer and one stew­ to be appointive as has been tradi­ ard assistant secretary-treasurer; tional in the Union due to the three joint assistant secretary- fluctuating nature of SIU shipping treasurers. on that coast. Boston: One port agent, one joint In urging qualified members to patrolman. nominate themselves, SIU Secre­ New York: Three deck patrol­ tary-Treasurer Paul Hall declared, men; three engine patrolmen; "Large scale participation by the three steward patrolmen; six joint ^membership in the activities of the patrolmen. SIU has been one of the pillars of Philadelphia: One agent, one our Union's strength. To maintain joint patrolman. the vigorous activities of our Un­ altimore: One agent, four pa- ion, every qualified Seafarer is men (one deck, one engine, one urged to participate in the eiecsteward, one joint patrolman). tion of officials, just as these Norfolk: One agent, one joint members have been elected t» patrolman. serve as delegates aboard ship and Savannah: One agent, one joint as Union committee members patrolman. ashore. i Tampa: One agent, one joint "All Seafarers who want to con­ patrolman. test for office are urged to get Mobile: One agent, four patrol­ their nominations in so that their men (one deck, one engine, one names can appear on the official steward, one joint patrolman). A&G election ballot." .New Orleans: One agent and In 1952 there were 75 candidates four patrolmen distributed as in running for the 49 offices open. Mobile. This was the largest number of Galvestpn: One agent, one joint candidates ever to file for an elec­ patrolman. • tion in the SIU. S �.. ^/ i,fTTr.-.i", ^ SEAFARERS r»ce Four IE. f/i.: '• rv-"V.".'-"'. ^>-r. • LOG AvffWt <#,1954 Hope Fades For Hospital Reopening MOBILE—Any possibility that the old marine hospital here, now operated as a USPHS out-patient clinic, ever will be reopened as a full-fledged hospital will be a dead issue pro­ vided plans now under consideration are put into effect. The Sixth District Tubercu-"^ losis Sanitorium Assn., repre­ clinic. Tentative plans call for re­ two dentists> a dental hygienist, two nurses, a pharmacist. X-ray senting six South Alabama locating the out-patient clinic in technician; physical therapist, ad­ the old US Court and Customs counties, has been seeking the hospital building for use as a dis­ Building at St. Francis and N. ministrative personnel and a fourtrict sanitorium, a proposal which Royal Streets In downtown Mobile. man maintenance staff. Mobile Seafarers requiring hos­ Closed For Z Years would require relocation of the out-patient clinic. The Marine Hospital was closed pital attention must go to New Frank S. Keeler, Mobile, presi­ two years ago after more than 100 Orleans, site of the nearest USPHS dent of the Association, said the years of continuous operation. hospital. Emergency cases are ad­ General Services Administration, Since then, limited space in the mitted to local hospitals. The out-patient clinic has per­ which administers public buildings, building has been utilized by the had approved transfer . of the USPHS as an out-patient clinic formed a worthy service for Sea­ building to the association as soon staffed by four medical officers, farers living in Mobile. It enables as it can be vacated by the USPHS including the director of the clinic. them to obtain adequate medical care while living among family and friends once they have been placed on out-patient status. Other­ wise they would be required-to remain in New Orleans or com­ mute the 154-mile distance be­ tween the two port cities. BuUdlng Is Old The proposed relocatip.n plan would require other governmental offices in the old Customs Build­ ing to vacate to provide adequate space for the clinic. The clinic staff would prefer to be located in some other building,-preferably a new one designed for efficient clinical use. Services provided by the clinic will not be curtailed by the shift, provided adequate space is pro­ vided to house all present facili­ ties, staff members said. New Orleans Shuffles Offices, Ups Services Keep Draft Board Posted At new patrolman's office behind. dispatch counter in NO SIU hall. Seafarers Thomas "Whitey" Plunkett (left) and Andy "Schnozz" McCloskey get interpretation of clause in new SIU freight contract supplement from Patrolman C. M. Tannehill. NEW ORLEANS—^In a move designed to improve service to the membership, several departments have been shifted to new quarters in the New Orleans SIU hall. SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards, furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board Informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW THE SIU HAS BEEN FIGHTING, YEAR by year, to make sure that US ships would receive at least half the cargoes Uncle Sam sends to his allies overseas. .After seven years the fight hSs come to an end because Congress has passed a law which says that "50-50" will be permanent from now on.. This fight is as good an illustration as any of the value of seeing a good beef through to the bitter end. If at any time during the past seven years the SIU and supporters of "50-50" had backed away from a fight, the issue would be dead and buried for all time. As it is right now, "50-50" appears far more important to the jobs of seamen and the well-being of US shipping than it did when the beef first started. That was when the Marshall Plan administrator threatened to throw "50-50" out the window because the rates offered by US operators were not to his liking. At that time, nobody expected foreign aid programs to- last ^s long as they have. It was figured all around that two or three years would do the trick and put jvartime allies back on their feet again. Now though, it looks like the foreign aid programs will continue indefinitely. For that matter, the carriage of Government cargoes wasn't as vital to US ships then as it is now, because then US^fiag operators were carrying a respectable share of foreign commerce.. Today it's another story. The foreign flag operator has taken-over the great bulk of commercial cargoes, over 70 percent of them. So looking back at the situation from today's point of view, the fight the SIU put up on the issue from the very beginning has paid off year after year for Seafarers and will continue to pay off for an indefinite number of years to come. The membership will agree that seven years is a long time to fight a beef through. It goes without saying that your Union could not have been successful in this issue if the Seafarers in the first instance seven years ago had not^ taken this up as a personal beef of every member of the Union. The result was that your Congress and your Government was thoroughly impressed by the fact that this issue is of vital concern to the well being .of a large number of Americans. 4 4 4., IT'S A GOOH THING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR THE Union brothers to remind themselves of the valuable services per­ formed by the shipboard delegates. The job of a ship's delegate is not an easy one, but itris a key cog in the functioning of the Union and the successful settlement of shipboard beefs. Since the shipboard delegate is elected by the membership on board the ship to represent them, he can do the very best kind of a job for his shipmates when they back him up'all the way. That way the skipper and the other officers know that he represents the entire crew and will be less likely to try to pull any fast ones. And of course, the companies know that the Union will back up the i delegate on every legitimate berf. With an efficiently-functioning; system of shipboard delegates, crewmembers tend to get along much better and are a lot more satisfied on the job. That helps the membership in niany ways because smoothrunning, clean ships meam-more jobs for the, entire membership. It's been the Union's-experience that where a delegate has the con­ fidence and support of his shipmates that the ships come in for payoffs a lot cleaner than otherwise. That's why with the Union's delegate system well established qn board ship, most SIU ships have only minor problems tcdispose of when they reach that payoff port. The patroUnan's office was"* moved from "the third down to the second deck and in­ stalled behind the dispatcher's counter for the greater conveni­ It's been a long roundabout trail to a college diploma for ence of the membership. All vacation applications and Seafarer Ed Larkin but after detouring via several years at other welfare services are now sea, Larkin is now assured of his goal. One of the four being handled over the dispatch­ winners of the SIU's $6,000' er's counter on the second floor, .scholarship award, the 28- the. Lakes that he had his first which is the shipping floor, instead year-old Seafarer intends to taste of sailing. By the time he of from the third floor as was the return to his studies this fall at graduated grammar school in 1939 former practice. Cornell University's School of In­ his father had passed on and two Service Consolidated dustrial and Labor Relations after years later, while he was a student Forms which the .membership completing a summer's shipping as at a trade high school his mother may use to apply for retroactive chief electrician on the SIU- died, leaving him on his own. pay due them from various compa­ manned Wacosta. Variety of Jobs nies under the new freight con­ In the years since 1941 when For the 'next year and a half tract supplement are available at he left high school in mid-stream, he drifted in and out- of a variety the new patrolman's counter. Larkin has been knocking around of tough, low-paying jobs. They The biggest advantage to the as sawmill hand, ranchhand, oil included a six-month stint on an membership resulting from the field worker, construction worker, Iowa farm just for room and board. move is that members now will be seaman and shipboard organizer, He worked for a while on Civilian • able to attend to welfare applica- always with the idea of complet­ Conservation Corps projects and tiohs and all other Union business ing his education somehow. He served as a woodworker and ranch at one place without the necessity hand in the northern Middle West. of climbing the stairs to the third In September, 1942, he ,took This is the fourth and last in a floor. The compact arrangement what he described as "the most Ed Larkin series of feature articles on the also will add to efficiency in the important step in my life" when four. 1954 award winners un­ operation of the, New. Orleans the he shipped as coalpasser on the without; incident, and der the SIU Scholarship Plan. branch. J. E. Upson, an ore-carrier out of fighting was over he answered the An office for stenographic per­ Duluth, Minnesota. He returned to SIU's c^l for volunteer organizers sonnel .was established in the of­ took a big step in that direction the Lakes for a;while the follow­ in , the Isthmiane S.teanjship .Comr fice previously occupied by patrol­ when he won a labor scholarship ing summer, later in the year goi pany drive. All the while though, men on the third floor. The port to Coleg Harlech,' Wales, in 1952, ing. to Baltimore anff stalling -qn he still hung .onto the ddeg. of .re­ agent's office remains on the third and now this second scholarship deep sea ships! .'.'The following turning to .school..... ; ^ deck, but was moved into the space award will fulfill the, long-held year," he said,. "I joined what was "The*Wprst post-war shock I re­ .fonnerly used as stenographer's ambition. ...... .. then » small iitilon (after making ceived" he says, "was that all mer­ r office. The Gulf Area LOG office. Larkin was born in the Great a trip to the.^Fa^ East. That uniop, chant seamen were to be excluded was_set .uB. in the office siiace for-, Lakes port of; Milwaukee,: on the, SIU, -wM my .turning; .point". from the- GI BilL of.(JUghts and dts meriy occupied by the MSmUi t vember/ 11, .1925, and it was oi EetJtiB Shipped 41Vough,;the .waredM5)t,tional,jirngrathSg .1 -Jiad, # few SIU His Reason For College Aims m fcrvv. years of high school to -make up, not to mention college and the cost was terrific." However, he managed through correspondence courses to win a New York State high school equivalency diploma in 1948, only to find that the admis­ sion jam caused by veterans and shoreside , high, school graduates made it next to impossible'to get into school. Disgusted, he signed a two-year contract as electrical foreman for an oil company in Venezuela. He*" returned to New York in 1950 and made a round, the world trip on the <Eteel Age. A brief interlude working on a US Air Force-Base in Casablanca followed. Finally in 1952, Larkin got his first major break when he was accepted by the Institute of In­ ternational Education as a labor scholarship winner for a one year course , in Coleg Harlech^ Wales. Tbe good news: came to him while he was aboard the Robin Eberwood in lifombassa., "I'm studying labor relations now at, Cornell,'!, he concluded, "but U.wasr.ten.years ago in the SIU that the. meaning of unionism dawned oil me. When I complete my schooling t bope to b,e able itp.aa^t the-cause thot'S:done so 0!uck^,fue,V. �Aatust 2«, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Cr0w Finds 33-Day Stay In PR 'Okay' Pare Fire Ask US Probe Of Onassis Oil Crab MOBILE—The SIU crew aboard the Claiborne (Waterman) returned to Mobile August 6 after a. 33 day tie-up in the Puerto Rican long­ shore strike with a clean ship and in good spirits. "Sure, some of the guys were in convenicnced by the long stay in San Juan," said Chief Steward Charles "Red" Turner. "But every­ body was in good spirits, morale was high and the crew took the tie-up in typical SIU style.' Every­ body knew the Puerto Jlican long­ shoremen had a good beef and we knew it was for a good cause." The Claiborne and the Azalea City, also a Waterman ship, were caught at dockside when the strike began. Although the ships had stores for only a normal 14-day trip, feeding Checking unclaimed luggage is Frank Bose, in charge of head­ was not too great a problem. Tur­ quarters baggage room. Under Union rule of long standing, bag­ ner said. gage not claimed in 90 days is forwarded COD to Seafarer's last No Food Problem address. Seafarers should make sure to fill out luggage tickets The Ciaiborne had j)lenty of fully and retain their half of stub so that they will havve no dif­ meat, chickens, canned goods, rice ficulty in claiming their property. and a quantity of fresh fruit in her reefer cargo, part of which was used to supplement the stores on both ships. The fresh fruit and vegetable cargo oh the Claiborne included lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, peaches, plttms, watermelons and cantaloupe. "We got plenty of work done and came back with the cleanest ship The skillful and dramatic rescue of 26 crewmembers of a we have had in many a trip," said Liberian-flag tanker by the SlU-manned Claiborne last year •"Andrews. AB, who wasn't too con­ has been retold in the October issue of the magazine "For cerned with the length of the tie-up Men Only." It was in March, • * since his wife resides in Puei^to 953, that the Claiborne came The magazine story is told by a Rico. upon the stern half of the Greek AB aboard the Angy who, tanker Angy and successfully took as it turned out, was an old friend off the remaining crewmembers. of Lazzaro's, having known him The Angy had broken in two in the from previous shoreside meetings course of a severe North Atlantic in Germany. Took Photos storm with the loss of ten lives. One of Lazzaro's photographs Appeared In LOG The story of the rescue first ap­ was ufed to illustrate the story of peared in the aSAFARERS LOG the rescue. Crewmembers of the of March 20, 1953. In a subse­ Liberian ship had been drifting quent issue of the LOG Seafarer helplessly for three days without V Augie Lazzaro, who was on look­ power or radi<^ when the stricken out at the time, submitted photo­ vessel was sighted by the Clai­ borne. graphs of the rescue operations^. Magazine Features Rescue By Claiborne pi A US Government investigation of the agreement between Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis and the Saudi Arabian government has been proposed as a means of blocking a potential monopoly of Saudi-* ^ Arabian oil shipments. Other ment on charges of illegally dis­ maritime nations are actively posing of Government surplus protesting the agreement which in tankers,- but there is some ques­ the long run would freeze all SlU- tion as to when he would ba manned tankers from the Saudi brought to trial as he has not been Arabian trade. in the United States for severad The terms of the agreement months. would give Onassis the right to The wealthy shipping magnate transport all oil not handled by the .has claimed that he only made the Arabian-American Oil Company. deal with Saudi Arabia to beat Aramco has been transporting his competitors to it. He was last about 40 percent of the Saudi Ara­ reported to be in Monte Carlo bian oil with the rest carried by where he owns the famed Mont# independent tankers from all na­ Carlo gambling casino. tions. In recent years, a good number of SlU-manned tankers have been utilized in the Saudi-Arabian trade, and have provided a considerable amount of employment for Sea­ farers accordingly. * See Law Violated The initiative for a Government investigation came from Repre­ sentative Emanuel Celler, Brook­ lyn Democrat, who charged that the Onassis agreement was a viola­ tion of US anti-trust and shipping MOBILE — A shipside import laws. Celler pointed out that the Onassis agreement, in his view, cargo storage warehouse to accom­ was a conspiracy in restraint of modate an increasing volume of im­ trade by persons or corporations ported goods is being constructed engaged in importing articles into as part of a half-million dollar e.xpansion and modernization pro­ the United States. A very large percentage of Saudi gram at the Alabama State Docki Arabian oil is hauled to the US here. The warehouse will be used for and consequently its importation falls under US laws and regula­ storage of such imports as crude tions. At present the rate for such rubber, copper ingots, peat moss, haulage is $4.90 a ton. The Con­ canned goods and jute bagging, gressman estimated that the On­ said J. P. Turner, general manager assis agreement will nearly double of the docks. It will provide the haulage rate, to $9.26 a ton, 1,100,000 cubic feet of storage thus increasing oil prices to con­ space and will have -rail sidinge and truc^ platforms for 4iandling sumers in this country. The US State Department has freight. Other improvements will include already announced that it has pro­ tested the Onassis agreement to roundhouse expansion and modern­ the Saudi Arabian Government. ization of the docks terminal rail­ Similar protests have been made way, a machine and repair shop by Great Britain, Finland, Norway for the bulk material handling plant and a new crane for moving and Denmark. Onassis already is under indict­ genera]^ cargo. Build New W'house For Mobile Port -f- YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Women Worst Fed in Family This is a column about wives, but addressed to the husbands too. Judging •from pictures of Seafarers after a trip, and letters to the LOG, Seafarers are fairly wellnourished, at least while aboard ship. But if the wives are like those of wage-earners' wives in general, the story is quite different. In most families, nutritional surveys have found, the babies are best fed, then the small children and the father, with the older children and mother gelling the least ade­ quate meals. , ' . One reason seems to be that when food costs are high, especially protein foods like meat, women tend to cut down on their own needs first. A survey by New York State health authorities found only 40 per cent of the housewives eating enough protein, compared to 83 per cent of the men. Furthermore, only 33 per cent of the housewives drank enough milk, and 20 per cent of the pregnant women (who especially need calcium), as com­ pared to about half the men. Wrong Fpods No Help But keeping down expenses is not the only reason for the poor eating habits of many women. Lack of nutritional knowledge is another, and so is plain indifference. Among adolescent girls and some Womein iob, the de,sire to keep slender is a big factor. ' (Actually, however, fat is no sigh you're well-nourished either. Stout people too often suffer from mainourishment, nntritionists point-oqt.) "jThe most urgent nutritional leswh women haye to learn is the importance of PCoteinf food like ni(eat, chee;5e,. f ggu and fish.;. For one thingit 'hciP you better utilize thh iron you get froni'your food; P^egnSnt wmnen Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying If you're concerned about high costs of meat at this and adolescent girls particularly need iron, but all women require it because they lose a certain amount of iron dur­ time, as you should be, use more eggs and cheese to ing menstruation. A high-protein diet helps the body supplement the protein in meat in dinner dishes. Eggs better utilize the iron it gets from other foods too. In have been comparatively reasonable in price this year. fact, a weli-balanced diet in general is necessary, because . US Agriculture Dept. nutritionists recommend families the calcium in milk and the vitamin C in fruits and vege­ try combinations of eggs or cheese with meat for main dishes. You'll also do better if you use other meat than tables also help your system utilize iron. x. Much of the malnutrition found among women is trace­ bacon at breakfast. able to insufficient breakfasts, nutritionists report. Many Other foods that are excellent sources of protein at com­ women eat only toast and coffee, and some just coffee, paratively low prices are canned pink salmon, canned when actually breakfast should supply one-quarter to one- corned beef hash, smoked beef tongue, dried skim milk third of the day's food intake, and besides should include in powdered or fiuid form. In cheese, cottage cheese and liberal portions of the protein foods. Cheddar give you the most nutrition for your money. As a matter of fact, breakfast is an inexpensive meal Suffer 'Hidden' Hunger at which to get a good ration of protein. A combination How is it people can be undernourished without feeling of a whole cereal with milk gives you a good helping of protein at low cost. Cereals themselves only supply what hungry? The reason is that most of us satisfy the hunger are called "incomplete" proteins, as compared to the com­ pangs withirhigh-calory snacks like coke and candy. But plete proteins from animal sources, but the milk roi^ds such snacks do not give us the vitamins and minerals we need for best health. Rather than an open hunger for food out the cereal nutritionally. as is often found in countries where food is scarce, we More Milk Necessary in this country. often have a hidden hunger because we Most women urgently need to drink more milk, and eat sugar products so abundantly. Men too often do them­ older women most of all. In general, older women eat ' selves injustice in this manner. A recent survey in New even more poorly than the younger ones.^ Jersey of 600 industrial workers found the men tended The average-sized, moderate-active women needs about to skimp on their regular meals, especially breakfast, when 60 grams of protein daily (the average man needs, about they were likely to eat only a sweet bun and a cup of 70, more if he has to do much manual work). A third of coffee. Then they would ease their mid-morning hunger this requirement shopld be supplied by your breakfast. with candy bars. While most men do drink more milk .When you consider an egg has about six, grams of pro­ than women, the survey found about a third don't get tein, a slice of bread two, grams,-, three-quarter of a cup . the pint of milk or its equivalent in milk products which of cereal with half a cup of milk'six .to eight, you see how is recommended for an adult man. About one^fourth of hearty a breakfast you iie^« ' ; the men surveyed were i jund to be low in calcium, which • Teenrage children heed; even ipoi^ protein than their they needed for sound bones and tseth, and proper func­ parents; about 75 to 90. gramSia dajr. • :; tioning of muscles and nerves. :3 1 �ras« Sis SEAFAtlERS Ancnst 2«. 1984 LOG Resolution On SIU Elections WHEREAS, under the constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, Article X, Section 1 d, the Secretary-Treasurer shall sub­ mit a pre-ballcting report; and WHEREAS, the office of the Secretary-Treasurer has carefully appraised the needs of the Organization in all ports and in Headquarters, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the following offices be placed on the next referendum ballot of the Union for the election of the Officers of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, as per the Constitution: f- HEADQUARTERS. 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Deck) 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Engine) 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Steward) 3 Assistant Secretary-Treasurers (Joint) NEW YORK 3 Deck Department Patrolmen 3 Engine Department Patrolmen 3 Steward Department Patrolmen 6 Joint Patrolmen ' ^ BALTIMORE I Agent 1 Deck Department Piatrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman ~ . , V MOBILE 1 Agent 1 Deck Department Patrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman NEW ORLEANS 1 Agent 1 Deck Department Patrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman • BOSTON 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman PfflLADELPHIA 1 Agent '• 1 Joint Patrolman *ONE OF DIONNE SISTERS DIES—^The famed Dionne were reduced to four with the death of Emilie Dionne at age. The cau|^ of her death was listed after an autopsy complicated-by lung congestion. It was revealed that she ing from the disease for a great many years. NORFOLK 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman SAVANNAH 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman TAMPA 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman ^ GALVESTON 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that in addition to the regular constitutional requirement, each candidate for office be requested to furnish with his acceptance for office a regu­ lation passport picture of recent taking as well as a statement of not more than 100 words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the SEAFARERS LOG just prior to the commencement of voting. This to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, faces, and records of all candidates for office. i-! i' 'i' -^ , ~ PAUL HALL Secretary-Treasurer I r * hi-' Qualifications For Nomination In A&G Election K- . ^tAN OIL TO FLOW AGAIN—^Agreement has been reached be­ tween Iran and eight major oil companies providing for production, shipping and refining of Iranian'^oil. The big terminal at Abadan will go back into business within three months. British,^ American and Dutch oil companies participated in the a^eement. Iranian oil pro­ duction and distribution was cut off in 1951 when Iran seized the propnties of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. quintuplets 20 years of as epilepsy was suffer­ NEW COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE MCCARTHY—The McCarthy iSfeue remained very fnuch alive as the Senate adopted a pr.oposal call­ ing Tor a new six-man body, three Republicans and three Democrats, to investigate charges made against the Wisconsin Senator. The charges were an outgrowth of a censure resolution submitted by Senator Flan­ ders, Vermont Republican, who asked the 'Senate to rebuke Senator McCarthy for his past..conduct. y t .REH NATIONS ACCEPT FOOD OFFER —An offer by President Eisenhower to supply free food to victims of Danube River floods has been accepted by the East German government and Czechoslovakia. Similar offers made to other Iron Curtain countries have met with-no response to date. The offer was.made after disastrous floods all along the course of the Danube destroyed homes, communications and crops. 4^ 4^ $ JAPAN'S PLIGHT WORRIES US—A severe drop in Japanese trade since the end of the Korean War has US officials worried that the Japanese will be forced to turn-to Communist nations to sell their products. Japan is buying far more abroad than the country can sell and may be forced into bankruptcy unless drastic steps are taken. 4 4> . 4i KEFAUVER VICTORY HEARTENS DEMOCRATS—An overwhelm­ ing primary election victory for Senator Estes Kefauver has heartened Democratic Party regulars. The Tennessee Senator defeated Repre­ sentative Pat Sutton by better than two to one in his race for re­ election. The nomination of Senators Kefauver, Sparkman of Alabama, Kerr in North Carolina and the failure of Governor Shivers of Texas to win a clear-majority for reelection are viewed as rebuffs to South­ ern backers of Eisenhower in 1952. 4" i 4i' ITALIAN TEAM CLIMBS K-Z-^An Italian mountain climbing ex­ pedition has reached the summit of Mt. Godwin Austin or K-2 as it IS known, in the Himalayas. The 28,500-fOot mountain was one of the two major Himalayan peaks that had not been climbed before. Its conquest, following the successful Everest climb, leaves 28,000-foot Kanchenjunga as the last major Himalayan peak not climbed by man. 4l' 4" 4" BALKAN DEFENSE PACT SIGNED—Turkey, Greece and Yugo­ slavia have signed a 20-year agreement pledging mutual assistance in Qualifications for candidates for A&G elective offices are as follows: the event of An attack by a foreign power. Signing of the treaty is 1. The candidate must be a citizen of the United States^ considered another victory for the West and assurance- of Yugoslavia's 2. The candidate must have held an SIU meihbership book for a miniihum of- two years permanent break with the Soviet Union. r J.,7:*^^ -:.ii\- ' . •^,- prior to the election; ' • 3. He must have served a mfliimum of three years' actual sea time in any imlicensed capacity aboard ship; 4. Four months of that sea time must be in the jurrent year, except that service as a Union official in the current year is considered the equivalent of this requirement; 5. The candidate must submit a recwit reflation-size passport photo of himself, plus a statement of 100 words or less summarizing his record since joining the Union. Cartoon History Of The SIU 4" 4? , 4" CHICAGO GANGSTER FREED, JAILED —Roger "Terrible" Touhy, leader of a prohibition-era mob and rival of A1 Capone, was freed briefly, after 20 years in prison. A Federal judge threw out a total of 298 years in sentences on the grounds that Touhy was "framed" by the Capone liiob in a kidnaping and wrongly sentenced to 199 years after an escape attempt. Two days later, legal action by Illinois jailed him again. Fishermen For SiV No. 70 wm Early in 1949, the SIU of North America had char­ tered two new affiliates, the Marine Allied Workers and, Brotherhood of Marine Engineers. Then, in, December, the SIU of NA gave a strong push to the AFL drive for "One Million M«nbees in '50" when 4,090 Gulf Coast fishermen voted to go SIU. & • Allied now with thousands of other SIU fishery craft workers, the 4,000 nbw members of the "Brotherhood of the Sea" had belonged to the Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oystermen's Ass'n. The organizing success.was paced by the leading jrole played by SlU-A&G Dis­ trict officials in the merger talks. •.-*7 -i; In the spring of 1950, the AFL drive got another big book, when 4,000 Missiskppi flshemen voted unani­ mously for a link with the SIU of NA. Also aided by SIU-A&G officials, the afiUiation of the inde­ pendent Oyster Shuckers Aes'n meant a total of 8.000 SIU members in less Uiah six months. �Aurnst 20, 1954 SEAFARER S LOG^ Pacre Sevea SIU NEWSLETTER from WJ^HINGTON ' • ' —I THE OUTLOOK IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS FOR THE SHIPbuilding industry in this country has completely changed. Whereas just a couple of months ago the future for American shipbuilding and repair yards was bleak indeed, recent Congressional appropriations of more than $160,000,000 for the repair and building of vessels prom­ ises to produce a boom In that Industry, the likes of which thd nation has never known in peacetime. Under the emergency ship repair program. Congress is earmarking money for the repair of many ships now in our laid-up fleets—an emergency security move to. put these vessels in shape for any future emergency. The repair contracts will be entered into within 24 months, and/spread among the yards on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts. It's estimated the whole job will cost upwards, of $45 million, so that more money for this purpose will be requested of Congress next year. Two tanker programs approved by Congress call (1) for the trade in by industry of tankers 10 years of age or older, and construction - by private operators of about 10 new tankers, with the traded in tank­ ers to go into the Government's reserve fleet, and (2) construction of 20 new, high'^speed tankers. 5 by the Government and the remaining 15 by private operators, with the latter to be chartered by the Navy. Art editors" E. P. Eckhardt, USCG, and J. L. Abston, tugboatman Commenting on these two new tanker Acts. President Eisenhower (I-r, standing) discuss new publication of patients at USPHS Hos­ said that they will help to modernize our tanker fleet, reduce our se= pital in New Orleans with SIU member Spider Korolia, acting rious mobilization deficit in such .tonnage and create a Governmenteditor. » owned and maintained tanker reserve for defense purposes. In another program, involving construction of combination passen­ ger-cargo ships by two American lines, the Government will advance its share of $44.6 million dollars in construction subsidies. . Additionally, Congress has approved an appropriation of $11 million for the experimental modernization of four Liberty ships now in the reserve fleets, with the idea of increasing their speed to determine their suitability in event of any future emergency. American shipyards also can look forward to substantial Naval NEW ORLEANS—^Beginning with an eight-page mimeo­ construction as well as construction by the Military Sea Transportation graphed edition distributed in August, patients at the USPHS Service in private yards of about 4 special-purpose type cargo vessels. hospitaLhere have published the first of what is intended to 4" 4" 4" be a series of monthly publi^— IT WAS A COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED MOVE WHEN BOTH cations. notes of interest about various pa­ Senate and House recently passed the permanent 50-50 bill, under which The inaugural issue was tients and contained news about at least 50 percent of US Government cargoes moving abroad must be named simply "First Edition" and members of the hospital staff. carried in American-flag vessels. The successful fight, in which launched with a cover page draw­ This bill had been held up in Congress chiefly by the US State De­ ing by E. P. Eckhardt, a patient, the SIU took a leading part, to pre­ partment. Foreign lobbyists, principally Great Britain had forcefully of a ship in full sail. The publica­ serve the Federal budget for attempted to have our own State IJepartment block passage of this tion is conducting a contest among USPHS hospitals, was referred to major maritime law. For a while, as reported earlier in this column, the» patients for selection of a name in an editorial comment that "the it looked as though the foreign lobbyists would be successful in their for future editions. unions and all seafaring men put efforts. , ^ up a terrific fight to keep the hos­ Packed With News pitals operating."' Due to last-minute pressure by American maritime unions and steam­ The first issue, edited by SIU "This same fight will come to us ship lines, the permanent 50-50 shipping law was approved by both Houses of Congress on August 12, 1954 and sent to President Eisen­ member DuskaJ>. "Spider" Korolia* next year, so keep in touch with hower for approval. with Mrs. Miriaqi Phillips, hospital your Senators >and Congressmen The legislation has met with White House objection in the past so recreation director, serving as staff urging them-to keep all USPHS that it remains to be seen whether the President will approve the advisor, was packed with personal hospitals open," the editorial said. 50-50 bill. PHS Patients Begin Own H/lontltly Paper 4' SINCE 1939, SOME 13 NATIONS WHICH DID NOT EVEN HAVE merchant fleets have sincejentered the maritime scene. . Even land-locked Switzerland noy^ has a 30-ship merchant mar^e^ 4> 4 3^ - . MOVING TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF US CITIZENS, CONgress has approved a bill under which the Secretary of State, in cases where our vessels are seized by foreign countries, will take action to attend to the welfare of the vessels and crews while so held by the • foreign nations, and to secure release of the vessels and crews.' The new law will apply to any private US vessel documented or certificated under our laws, but does not apply to a seizure made by a country at ymr with the US or a seizure under the provisions of any fishery convention or freaty to which this country is a. party. While thus far seizures of vessels upon assertion of lerritorial claims not recognizedv..by the US have been limited to fishing vessels, the danger of expansion of such assertions of right to other US-flag ships must be recognized. ^ 3^ 4 4 STATE DEPARTMENT SOURCES INDICATE THAT MOSCOW IS planning to pool the whole shipping of the East Block nations, as well as the shipbuilding industry of those countries. According to State, the plan is to standardke all shipbuilding in the East Bloc nations to the point where repairs and equipment of the whole East Bloc fleet can be carried on without loss of time in the ports. In the Soviet Zone of Germany alone, there are some 17 large yards employing over 60,000 personnel.' , 4 , 4 4 WITHIN'THE NEXT 24-MONTH PERIOD, AND PRESUMABLY IN the fah'ly near future, this country will again open up the 1,946 Ship Sales law, covering war-built ships (long since expired) in order to sell 8 C-I's to the Republic of Korea. This liberal move, adopted by Congress recently as an amendment to the Mutual Security Act, eventually will be a Ijlow to US ship lines. The ships probably'will be sold, or chartered, to Korea without any trading restrictions, meaning that they will be free to compete wth American-flag ships in the Pacific, and hot be confined to Korean costal waters. In the past Korea has purchased some C-I's from private US oper­ ators and these ships, under Korean flag, have competed in the Pacific. Under the new law,, although President Eisenhower has authority to impose comhiions on the sale of the 8 C-I's to Korea, it is not ex­ pected thsiX he will confine their use to the domestic whten «f that country. • « t' i a j y aha a'a »' « a » «- 4 a r * 9 4 k 4 « h i * e tt;» n t t ^ f P t Your SHJ Meeting Rights In order to constantly remind all SIU members of their constitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the nation. These are the democratic'principles which guide all SIU meet­ ings: Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting job in this meeting. This also applies t^ a place on any committee that may be elected at this meeting. Any member present in good standing has the right at any time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or ask for a division of the house on any sucn question. Any member may also request a show of books of- each man present who may votb on any question. Copies of the minutes of tonight's meeting will be available in Sdvance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the benefit of any member in good standing who wishes to read or study same before the next regular meeting commences., In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ able to any member in good standing who desires and so requests to read and study same. The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. 1. The Union constitution. 2. Majority vote of the membership. 3. Robert's rules for order. If, in the opinion of any member in good standing present, he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, he is requested to call this to the attention of the secretarytreasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that, the secretarytreasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such protest and a report on same to the membership 4t the following, regular membership meeting for actfon'thereon. In order to establish whether or ndt there is a quorum present, will all of those members in good standing please hold^ their books . up so that they can be counted. The membership count shows that there Is a quorum present. Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. The first point on the agenda tonight will be the election of oflidals for this meeting. Rule Eases Absentee Fed. Voting New federal regulations on vot­ ing provide that the Maritime Ad­ ministration will supply merchant seamen with the necessary infor­ mation and forms to apply for ab*'sentee ballots in their home states. Designed to make voting easier for merchant seamen and members of the Armed Forces, the regulation makes it possible to vote on a State ballot only. As part of the procedure, the SIU is being supplied With the necessary application cards, which require no postage, and a voting information bulletin. Seafarers interested in qualify­ ing to vote in the fall Congressional and State elections should write to Mr. Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administration, Washington 25, DC, for their ballot application forms. Or they can get them through the SIU headquarter^ of­ fice, which has received a limited number of these applications from the Maritime Administration. Name NY Lawyer To M'time Bd. President Eisenhower has ap­ pointed a Brooklyn attorney, G. Joseph Minetti, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Maritime Board. Minetti succeeds Robert W. Wil­ liams, as the lone Democratic member of the three-man board following Williams' resignation. The law provides that no more than two members of the board come from any one political party, requiring the appointment of an­ other Democrat to take William's place. Minetti was formerly Commis­ sioner of Marine and Aviation in New York City and also served on the city's Board of Transportation. He is a resident of Brooklyn and is considered a strong supporter of US flag shipping. Approve $ For Mobile Ship Depot MOBILE — Congress has ap­ proved an appropriation of $6,152,000 for start of construction of a new ammunition depot and ship loading facilities at Point Aux Pins, In South Mobile County near Grand Bay. The new installation, expected to serve many SlU-manned ships, will replace similar facilities at Theo­ dore which the Defense Depart­ ment considers inadequate. The appropriation will be for the acquirement.of land and the dredg­ ing of a ship channel during 195455, the US District Engineer's of­ fice here said. When completed, tha depot is expected to cost $26,951,000 and will occupy 15,380 acrei of land. ^ I •J M -•_v, I ' -^1 �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS Aocast 20, 1954 LOG msiiSiJi jiiiJBi SKivlr AKKII hp. The Port of New York Authority has under consideration a $14 mil­ lion project for construction of a 50-acre terminal at Point Breeze, Jersey City. The projected terminal would provide eight vessel berths, railroad sidings and other cargo-handling facilities... The Federal HARALD WESTPHAL, Steward. Maritime Board has approved two new passenger-combination vessels It may bp only for public con­ kets, soap and other necessities of for the Grace Line. The ships will replace the existing passenger ves­ sumption, but most seanien who life with him. sels Santa Paula and Santa Rosa. They would carry 300 passenger Question: .Do Americans who have bepn sailing ships will be By 1919, Westphal was sailing berths and cruise at 20 knots.. .The government of Israel has placed visit foreign countries help or hurt heard loudly proclaiming the vir­ regularly on American ships,' and orders in German shipyards for construction of seven vessels, two of. tues of canvas as against steam. consequently, he joined the old In­ them passenger cargo ships, at a coist of $17 million. The ships will the US? Not so with Seafarer Harald West- ternational Seamen's Union. He toe built as part of German reparations to- Israel. Most of the present Anthony Maniere, OS; Most peo­ phal. Although he started, fioine to still has his old book home, al­ Israeli fleet consists of vessels built in the 1930's. ple in foreign countries are glad sea on sailing., vessels and spent a though shortly afterwards the' to see us because couple of years-on th«n, he's all union disintegrated under a com­ School children in Gladwin, Michigan, have "adopted" the Ameri­ it means money for progress, particularly when it bined Government-shipowner qtcan President Lines freighter Lightning as part of a program to ac­ 11 for them from means more sPaworthinecs. better tack. He sailed on a variety of quaint the nation" with the work of the merchant marine. The children selling food, liq­ equipment and supplies and par­ ships until he went to jvork for will write monthly letters to the ship and will receive regular answers uor, souven i r s ticularly good chow for the steward Moore-McCormack in 1927 and as to developments on its transpacific run.. . The Kings Point Mer­ and other things. department to work with. stayed wifh them for nine years as chant Marine Academy graduated just 60 cadets, its smallest class in But when we go 12 years... Yugoslavia has completed five 4,200 to 4,700 ton freightWestphal concedes that, his last cook and steward. overseas it also trip on a sailing vessel had more ships as part of a ten year building program to revive that nation's Hog-Island Conversion hurts us, because than a little to do with his change merchant fleet . The last Mariner cargo vessel, the Silver Mariner, Most of the time he was on the the American of heart. It was an American ship Scanmail, a Hog Islander that had has been deUvered and will be operated by Moore-McCormack for six money, we spend going out of the Gulf for a trip to been converted into a combination months before being put into the mothball fleet. winds up in the black market and Fremantle,' Australia, carrying a passenger-freight ship. It went to J" t 4" Passenger cruises to Spitsbergen and North Cape will be offered is used for Commie purposes. cargo of oil iq small drums. What Baltic Sea ports like Copenhagen for the first time in 15 ^ears when the new Norwegian motorship statted out as a long voyage to the and Leningrad, carrying up to 130 J. Cruz, 2nd cook: I think it other side of the world came to a passengers and taking wood pulp Meteor goes into service next summer.. .Testimony has resumed in helps a great deal because it gives swift end four or five days oi^ on the return trip. "Those Hog Is­ the 3rd month of Arnold Bernstein's suit against the Holland-America Line. Bernstein charges he was forced to sign over his Red Star Line the people there when the ship ran into a hurricane. landers looked like cigar boxes but to Holland-America while a prisoner of the Nazis in 1937.. .Vacation a chance to see Among the casualties were two they were good sailors, and this trips on the installment plan (no down payment, two years to pay) what we are like, masts and all the captain's chick­ one had been pepped up so it could are being offered by American Express to prospective cruise travelers and how we live ens. "The old man tried very hard do 151/6 to 16 knots." ...A fire wrecked the Japanese freighter Asahisan Maru in thb'port in America. Most to save his chickens but they got In 1938 the SlU was formed and of Karachi, Pakistan. The ship was carrying a cargo of rubber, cotton of them don't Westphal was one of the first to washed overboard." know what free-; and rice. After that Westphal say's, he de­ join, getting his book in Mobile on dom is. They can if i> if cided to go modern and sail under November 23 of that year. For a The first cargo of iron ore from Labrador was unloaded at Buffalo understand it a steam. He's never run into much while he sailed pretty steadily out ^ from the Canadian freighter, John H. Price. It followed shortly after lot better when of the Gulf but in the last couple sailing trouble since. unloading of a cargo of .ore at Philadelphia from the same source, the we show them of years has shifted to New York Potato Diet newly-developed Ungava range on the Quebec-Labrador border.. .The the things we have and, can ^joy runs, coming off the Mankato Vic­ The bill of fare on that last sail­ tory his last trip out. Norton-Lilly company has added the 3,250 deadweight ton freighter in the US. ing ship was enough to discourage it Valencia to its South .^erican run out of New York . Salvage ex­ ' Has Four Acres Tom DriscoII, AB: One thing the him both as a professional cook , Westphal has a home and about perts are examining the wreckage of the 1,177 ton British freighter Spanker off the Netherlands coast to see if the ship can be saved. people in foreign countries don't and as a man who likes his food. four acres of land in Satsuma, Ala­ under stand i5 "The menu was the same eaci} bama, roughly halfway between The Spanker went aground off Hook Of Holland, Netherlands, and was what Aitiericans day," he said. "There were two Mobile and Birmingham. There he abandoned by its 18-man crew.. .The Anglo Iranian Oil Company re­ are like. They potatoes for breakfast, two potatoes grows enough vegetables for home ports that 10,000 tankers have 'taken on cargoes at Kuwait, Persian only know about for dinner, and if there was any­ use and keeps a few chickens. His Gulf, in the .last ten years. us from some old thing left over, the-crew could have wife is quite proud of her huge t t movies and what it for supper." The Navy has asked all ships in the Pacific to keep watch for a 35flower garden which is an absorb­ their -papers tell foot balsawood sailing raft, the Siete Hermaaitas. _ The raft is manned Westphal, who was born in Den­ ing hobby. fhem. When mark 56 years ago, started goipg by William Willis, 60-year old New Yorker, who is attempting a trans-' "Usually," 710 said, "1 stay home Americans go to to sea in 1917. His first ship was a about 2'/6 or 3 months a year at a pacific drift from Peru to Polynesia in the path of the famed Kon-Tikf . other countries, Norwegian three-masted barquen- time, -which is easy enough to do expedition... MSTS has ordered 100 lifeboat radios for lifeboats on they build a lot tine in the coal and ore trade. He because l ean make a good living Its troop transports. The radios can automatically send distress signals on two wave lengths...A $500,000 modernization program is under of good will and help explain our recalls it took 59 days from Den­ on SlU ships. So 1 have a real va­ way at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile. A new storage warehouse way of life 4o others. mark to the Delaware breakwatfer. cation and don't have to do any­ for import cargo is included in the program.. A 10,000-ton- Norwegian 4 4 From there they went to Norfolk, thing. Charles Stambull, chief electri­ picked up. a load of coal for Rio tanker, the Austanger, went aground on the Elbe River while headed "1 tried working ashore a few for Hamburg.. Test runs are planned in the near future for the Iberia, cian: It seems to me. we build g and then from Rio a cargo of ore times in hotels, restaurants, baker­ a new 30,000 "^ross ton liner under construction in Belfast for the lot of good will for home. ies and different places, but it Peninsular and Oriental Line. The new ship is 718 feet long and will in other coun­ Westphal was one of a two-man never worked out and 1 always carry 1,400 passengers on a i-un from England to Australia... Monte­ tries. Most sea­ steward department on the ship. gave it up. This way 1 have much video harbor operations were halted briefly last week by a 24-hour men today are He had to bri^g his own tools of more time off, I enjoy my work educated and stoppage of longshoremen seeking higher wages. the trade, knife and a fork, blan­ and travel all over the world." have some school­ ing and know how to act with other people. Be­ sides, we bring ACROSS DOWN IL Idle talk in everything to 34. Where the''New York trucking interests and The agreement between the Hotel 16. A European Liffey flows 1. Dame 1. Go to right them: food, equipment and even AFL Teamster Union locals are Trades Council, AFL, and the Ho­ country 36. Painting stand 4. A shipping line 2. New England 17. Fruit drink our own dough that we spend there. attempting to negotiate an area- tel Association of New York City 39. Dress 9. Navigation cape 20. Where Abadan 42. Eggs hazard wide agreement covering 30,000 calls for 25 years of service and 4 4 4 ' Parts of a is 44. Drive forward 12. Compass sailing race 21. Sufficient G. Wade, 2nd cook: When we drivers. The agreement would set age 65 as the minimum qualifica­ 47. What the trop­ hearing 22. White bear The Yokum ics have lots of 13. Loop rope go visiting other countries it helps up uniform contract terms through­ tions for the' pension. 24. Helps 49. Tht Fleet boy around pin 26. Curved people in those out New York City, Long Island, 50, Greek island Sheltered spot 27. Bright signs 14. Old Danish 4 4 4 . " 51. Wartime Swabs places to get a Northern New Jersey and the Hud­ coin 29. Another name agency Merger talks, are underway be­ Rowers 15. Member of b frt t e r under­ son valley. Fourteen local unions for the 53. Reguiation: An exclamation crew Marianas Abbr. standing of Amer­ and 18 employer associations are tween two Gift afdliates with a It carries the 17. God of war 31. He killed 54. Born fore-skysaU 18. Sault ica. - They only meeting regularly on the problem. view toward strengthening their or­ Hamilton 55. Greek letterMarie 10. Cargo from ganizations and coorcUnating op­ Duluth know what they 19. Away from , (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 4 4 4 erations. Leaders of the CIO Oil center read about us - 21. A news agency All American Airlines planes Workers. International Union and and that's not 23. Island off have been grounded by a strike of the Gas, Coke and Chemical Work­ Donegal really enough. 1 25. Put new crew ers Union are in favor "of the step pilots in a dispute over working think we improve aboard hours. The dispute revolved about which would eliminate overlapping 28. Girl relations rather 30. Log house in jurisdiction and give them a com- ^ than hurt them by showing others the length of time of certain trans­ Russia continental flights which run 8V6 bined membership estimated at 32. Part of "to be" what Americans are like. 33. Frolicked hours. The striking pilots are 180,000. 35. A UN agency 4 4 4 members of the AFL Airline Pilots 37. Boy 4 4 4 Louis H. Goldberg, OS: It helps 38. River flowing Association. Studebaker auto plant workers in some ways and hurts in others. into Danube 4 4 4 . 40. Egyptian solar have approved a' company re­ For one thing, it disk Lumber workers in the North­ quest for a wage cut on premium shows us how 41. Mistake west US have been out on strike pay to bring rates closer to levels 43. Mr. Speaker of good we have it baseball for nearly two months in g dispute at "Big Three'' auto plants.' plant here, and helps 45. Doctor of over .yirages. Some settlements employeesj members of the United Science: Abbr. those overseas fi­ 46.. Open to view have been madp on . the basis of Automobile. Workers (CIO) voted nancially because 48. Crew members increases ranging from five to 12V6 down the cut but the plan was 80- Navy depot in the money we • Hudson cents an hour, but most employers accepted later when the company spend is needed S2. Flying machine Have refused to sign new contractis. said it would cancel its contract 56. Be in debt ' there. But it also 57. Funeral music 4 • 4. 4 with the union. A similar cut was hurts us because 88. Ex-G.L Pensions of :|40. a month' have approve^' some months i ago at ^ the foreigners make 59. Girl's nickname «... Part of -flsfa^ a profit on us and get the dough been negbtiated' for 35ibO,0(. workers Kaisec^Wlilys plant in« Toledo,: ^ book n. Yes vote .iht •that lwit'A*ft«Wei#S«.here. LABOR ROUND-UP i �|^»^;M-ly^/ y«_^, 5P«v«,.;3 Auriul 2«» 1954 SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS #L06 Aagait 20. 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 17 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 92; NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, CaWe Address; SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALI., Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HZRBERT Bitiitra-,. Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BESNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ^ Pagre. Nine The Open Door! LETTER of the WEEK I^ominations Open This coming November 15 Seafarers will begin voting on 49 Union elective posts for the next two-year term. But be­ fore the voting starts, there is a one-month period of nomina­ tions, now open, in which those Seafarers who want to run for any Union office can do so simply by submitting their own names in writing to headquarters. •• - The SIU nominating procedure, is unique in that it is one of the few arrangements anywhere in which a man can nom­ inate himself. This is done, purposely to make it as easy as possible for a Seafarer to run for office. There are no compli­ cated slates and no involved nominating systems whereby a candidate has to get somebody'else to put up his name at a shoreside meeting. As a result o| this procedure, SIU elections have always attracted a sizable number of candidates, and in past years there have been a number qf new faces in the official family, . year by year, as rank and file Seafarers get chosen by their brothers for elective office. Now is .the time then for those Seafarers who want to run to put in their bid. The simple qualifications for the candi­ dates and the posts that will be up for election are listed in the pages of this issue. The rest is up to the membership. Wants US Flag For US Ships To the Editor: / The recent visit to New York harbor of the new million tanker, the W. Alton Jones, thrilled the people of this great port—par­ ticularly the seafaring people. Soon the Alton Jones' sister ship, the Statue of Liberty, will make her maiden voyage here and the public will again be told by ex­ pensive newspa­ per advertisements and fan­ \ fare what a mar­ velous feat of American inge­ nuity this vessel WHEN SUMMER'S HEAT farer comes from Australia and represents. really strikes on the Atlantic and joined the SIU in New York back Yet, I wonder Gulf coasts, all the fans in the on April 4, 1943'. He sails in the if the thrills and world don't seem to be of too deck department. e X c i t ement of much use. That's why Seafarers Rushton seeing these two Stanley Johnson and Allan W. McIT LOOKS AS IF THE ftlAKEnew ladies of the sea would not Arthur are out hunting for an air- up of the crew of the Yorkmar on turn to bitterness if the public conditioning unit for the mess- its next voyage is going to depend knew that these vessels, with their room of the Seatrain Savannah. a great deal on whether chief cook Cities Service stacks, fly the Liber­ iif it if Johnson and McArthur were Antonio Lalli stays on board. If ian flag and are manned by foreign elected a committee of two by the crew's -aves about the cooking crews. their shipmates are any indication, it appears that Also I wonder if the lavish ex­ after a thorough a number of men are likely to pile discussion at a off and follow him wherever ho It would be hard to exaggerate the importanc^-^of the per­ penditures on the advertisements shipboard meet­ goes. which appeared in the metropoli­ manent "50-50" bill that has been passed by both Houses of tan To put it briefly, the crew re­ ing on the pros newspapers, extolling the won­ Congress. While by itself no'cure-all for the ills that beset ders of the Alton Jones, could not and cons of air- corded in the ship's minutes that conditioning the Lalli should be "especially com­ the maritime industry, it should form part of a solid founda­ have been put to better use in crew mess. It was mended for fine food,preparation. equalizing the difference in wages tion for sustaining US-flag shipping on the higb seas for years agreed that after The crew indicated unanimous de­ between an American and a for­ ~ to come. the two Seafarers sire for him to be reshipped as eign crew. look into the chief cook." I wonder if Cities Service would Johnson There's no doubt that had there been no "50-50" legislation Lalli has been pleasing Seafar­ matter the crew tacked on to foreign aid bills in recent years, US-flag shipping not have found it far more advan­ would decide what, if anything, er's appe.tites for three years, since tageous to be able to say in its ad­ would be far worse off than it is now. As it is. Government- vertisements that "this vessel flies would be done. Generally speak­ he first started shipping out of in May, 19.51. He's owned cargoes have been the bread and butter for'^a good the American flag ana carries an ing though, the concensus of Philadelphia 48 years old and a native of the opinion was that each crewmemAmerican crew." I wonder if the segment of the industry. Keystone State. ber would make a sizable donation goodwill thus gained would not 4" 4- 4From the very beginning of the "50-50" issue, back in the have offset by far the wages saved at the payoff to cover all or part of the cost of a machine. PORT MOBILE HAD A Si^IALL days of 1948-49 when it was hotly fought over in Congress, by using a foreign crew. Johnson, who sails in the stew­ problem in membership discipline Asks Public To Awaken the SIU and its membership has been active up front On be­ ard department, has been an SIU which was settled to the satisfac­ I wonder when the American member for two years, getting his tion of all conceitied through the half of US-flag shipping. Membership action time and again public will finally awaken to the book in New York on July 24, 1952. action of a five-man membership ' in letting individual Congressmen know the feelings of Sea­ fact that greedy companies are 27 years bid and comes orig­ trial committee. The difficulties farers and their families undoubtedly had a great deal to do registering their ships under for­ He's inally from Georgetown, British arose because of the actions of an with the outcome. The words "well done", certainly apply to eign flags and stop patronizing Guiana. oiler on one of the Alcoa ships, Seafarers who took part in this fight. them. And I wonder if such an ac­ McArthur is a native of Tar-off who, it was charged, was repeated­ tion will make these companies Wellington, New Zealand, a distant ly getting gassed up on the job t t change their greedy policies. port that sees few American-flag and by his actions causing consid­ I wonder when the stockholders shigs. He joined the SIU in New erable unhappiness aboard ship. of this great company. Cities Serv­ York in May, 1947, and recently Left His Post A strangely fatalistic attitude toward the US merchant ice, will rise up in protest and celebrated his 27th birthday, The specific violation with which j; marine which almost seems to welcome foreign-flag transfers shout, "Stop this foreign registra­ the man was charged by all four tion of our ships!" I wonder when A TRIP TO KOREA IS QUITE shipboard dele­ was expressed recently by Vice-Admiral Emory S. Land (re­ these stockholders will realize that a different experience than most gates dealt with tired) who was head of the World War 11 shipping program. American prosperity depends on because it means entering one occasion The gist of Admiral Land's^ statement was that foreign-flag American employment, that their avoyages country that's still technically at when he left his registration by American shipowners is the only way out of petroleum sales depend on Ameri­ war and under military control. in mid-watch the present maritime situation. Otherwise, he says, US flag can labor, on American buying "Briefifig sessions" to acquaint post ostensibly to get shipping will disappear. power, on America's ability to con­ new men with what to expect some cigarettes The Admiral admits that there is a certain "calculated risk" sume. I wonder when they will ashore are certainly in order under and never re­ in^all this because crewmembers of ships under Panamanian, realize that their dividends come those circumstances, and that was turned. He was from a prosperous American labor what crewmembers of the Sea- later found sleep­ Liberian or Honduran flags might not be very friendly to the front. monitor received from Seafarer ing in the messYoung US and could be members of a Communist-dominated union. Carl Lawson on the outbound leg hall and one of Finally, I wonder when all of Along these lines, the Admiral could take note of the fact that these people will realize that a of the last voyage. the wipers had to take over for him right now a Panamanian freighter, the Amaryllis, is under a strong American merchant marine for the remainder of the watch. Union Procedurea 24-hour Coast Guard security watch in the port of Chacrleston, is one of the surest safeguards of While he was at it, Lawson dis­ As is the regular procedure, th« South Carolina. our liberties, and that the transfers cussed some of the procedures of Mobile membership elected a fiveThe "calculated risk" in'Admiral Land's outlook seems to of ships to foreign flags could deal the-Union, the way the delegate man trial committee consisting of be mostly risk and very little calculation. A few moments our national defense a stunning system works and other matters- H. B. Bette, Johnny Johnston, for the benefit of men who hadn t Wille A. Young, Johnny Ward and calculation should convince anybody that such a course would blow; Yes, I wonder about all these sailed much with the SIU before. H. Hurlsione to hear the case. The ^ be potentially disastrous to this nation. things. But at the same time I Lawson, of course, was,well ac­ committee look evidence and then There is an answer to US shipping problems but it does not hope—^hope that tht future will quainted with his subject-matter decided that it would recommend lie in abandoning the US^flag. That is an admission of defeat. see the c^apges made that are nec­ since he at one time had served as a $50 fine plus six months' proba­ The answer lies in more programs like the p«-manent "SOrSO" essary. For L still have faith in Union patrolman in San Franeisco tion on good behavior. The ae- « law and other legislative assists to US shipping, BB well as a America. and in other portobefore returning cused agreed that the findings had halt to redeless and self-defeating transfers to runaway Hags. - . BiiHh T. Bvahfoa to wiiUn»4b>TJi>R4> yean-old 5ea~ been-iiiMwe tihan-falr. ,7! Vote <m Thanks *50-50' Victory Flag Of Surrender '•i •J • 1 '•'i \ 'A 3 �SEAFARERS Fatre Ten LOG Aucust 20, IDS* IfeiiiiiiiSi': -• '\ mwrnmii i Traditional blessing of Father Herbert J. MulliJ Church, while standing! ing shrimp boat is spr p--' I K " best grade of shrimp down from $67.50 for a .210-pound barrel a year ago to $45. Prices of all grades werewolf about one-third, said Joe Murray, president of the SlU-afliliated Shrimpers and Oystermen's Association. . . • S Shrimp fishermen have been beset by difficulties since tha Federal gnti-trust division in April, 1952, charged the union with operating in violation of anti-trust laws. One trial of the case ended in a mistrial. A second trial is expected to be held this fall. Meanwhile, said Howard A. McDonnell, attorney for tha fishermen, the union is "pursuing, the same policy it has pursued since it was organized. "The union always has complied with state and Federal laws," he said. "There has been no violation of^'^Federal anti-trust laws. The action of the fishermen's union and its position is, and always has been, that of a labor union which has the right to bargain collectively for a fair return for the labor of its members." Some Feel Market Pinch b fe-*' Heralding the start of the 1954-55 shrimp fishing season, the biggest of the celebrations has just concluded in this Mississippi fishing and resort center. Several thousand SIUalfiliated fishermen along with cannery workers joined witH management and Biloxi civic groups to present the threeday Biloxi Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fishing Fleet. The fishing industry, amply supported by a thriving beach resort trade, is the backbone of the economy of -this longestablished Gulf Coast community. t- y f .: " ^ • i-.i:-::,-, riT j/,5v.'i3''-i :riW ^ r. Both fishing and resort industries put forth their best efforts to contribute to a joyful three-day festival that included a street parade, coronation of the 1954 Shrimp Queen, shrimp boat races, public merrymaking and the annual shrimp boat parade and blessing of the fleet. Thousands of visitors were- on hand to take part in the festival, sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and the Slavonian Benevolent Association of St. Nicoli, an or­ ganization of descendants of Slavic forebearers who were attracted to this region by its excellent fishing resources. Thousands On Parade' The big day for the fishermen was Sunday, closing day of the festival. Then they put out intathe Gulf—^the families • and friends aboard their gaily decorated trawlers to parade for hours close to the beach, jammed with an estiipated 20,000 spectators, and then pasr in single file to receive the,! ^blessipfr-of-the/.priest. J.,,,. !'!,!• Tbe funmakiftg wks - not: ifoticeably daippened by V de-: y. As for the fishermen, who often are at sea as long as 15 days on trips of up to 120 miles info the Gulf in search of shrimp, the declining market has resulted in hardship for some. „ .. . All, however, are hopeful that the beginning of the new season, which .is-expected to produce n-catch of hgarly Ifl. million pounds, will bring pCospeiity to skippers and crews who operate aboutrwiO trawlers oh a hasis of shares M)f the yield of each boat. ; . '! • The fleet supplies about 30 processing plants which can, freeze and prepare, the crustaceans for the fresh shrimp •..itnhirket. The'fishing and canneiy . workyiB done by the loeel im No fiesta or other^cej floats like the one ab| ; ; .ixi lliiiiipii ifc iiifc �'• / / August 20, 1984 SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG ith- ' ) i1//' If ' ; /i I •Jr . ••?;;• .• :| vt:'m f .... . / t % I t» Mm ilpPI .J L ^ IsSgSSSsf? : m-MMi .. -1• M "J •l P;s • 'S :ii . - ,;i ••i\ the shrimp fleet is" offered by 1, pastor of Biloxi's St. Michael's' m anchored trawler. Each passikled with holy water. Visitors examine elaborate apparatus for de-veining shrimp. Newly-developed machine which featured ex­ hibit at Biloxi Community Center removes back veins of shrimp before they are put in deep freeze. 1954 Biloxi Shrimp Queen, 'Miss Kay Freeman, left, lends a hand at preparing shrimp barbecue. S Judges in huddle smile in agreement on prize-winning shrimp boats. Rear, right, is R. Matthews, SIU. pbration is complete without floats a nd a few pretty young maidens. Street parade featuring /e took place on the opening night of the three-day Biloxi Shrimp Festival. iv X iiiiiii V ^ t Joe Murray, head of SlU-affiliated Shrimpers and Oystermen, chats with SIU Asst.-Sec.-Treas. Bob Matthews. J 1 , IBg" j iiiSiilS iiiiliii:': ' - : . liiiiiP JV k ''s J ^ |S,0< ^iXnri Ed by JqhttiBoUrgeoiSi won. thejVdgesV hcK^ias shrhnii^^l^ Elabbrjately-decorated with pennants flying gaily in the i';| " wind, the trawler Steve M. Sekul passes the. judges., « . ^.v < M �JSEAF4RERS FW Twelve 'W- tOG PORT REPORTS Mobile: Dnion's On The Ball In Pnerto Rico Strike in Mobile, and recently he worked for the Sea Chest here, but is now planning on going back to sea. His favorite sport is boxing and he attends all the boxing shows in and around here. Although he has never cashed in on the mater­ nity benefit^ he thinks it is one of the greatest gains made by the Union. In the hospital here are Willie Reynolds and W. G. Moore. On the beach are H. S. Wilson, W. Matthews, D. McCorvey, M.. D. Hibbs, E. Aedoin, F. H. Haynes, J. O'SuUivan, L. Jackson, W. L. Kitchens, J. R. Bradley,' J. Hicks and H. Pizatowski. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent* Lake Charles: Crew On The Excello Is A Happy SIU Gang here are figuring out how much back pay they have ^omMg'under the new contract and are sendirig> in for it as fast as the lists come out. And the smiles are plenty big on their faces. ' • The fishing continues to be good here and. big catches are reported every day. However, our luck is best in the fish markets. ^ Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent Baltimore: Men Awail Opening Of New Baltimore Hall •Things have been running along One of the ships we paid off dur­ Our new hall has shaped up to smoothly down here in the bayous ing the past two weeks was the the extent that the members can of Louisiana, but there has -been Claiborne (Waterman). This ship now^see what the fellows coming no shipping to speak of during the was one of the seven that were laid Into this port will have. I have past two weeks. up in San Juan during the recent talked to a lof" of the brothers on Calling into this area but only longshoremen's strike in Puerto the beach here, who have been taking a few men were the Cities keeping an eye on the progress of ' ^ Rico, arid the crew report that dur­ Service tankers Salem Maritinie, the hall, and all of them are anx­ ing the month they were down Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Winter Hill, Boston: iously awaiting the day when there everything went fine with Lone Jack, Bradford Island and they'll be using it. As things look them, due to the on-the-spot repre­ Cantigny. now, this should be around Oc­ sentation the Union gave them.. We also had the Excello of the tober 15. Judging by the small number of Excello Corporation in here. There replacements on the ship, the crew sure was a happy Shipping here cqoled off con­ must have had quite a field day as crew on the ship - The crew of the Evangeline siderably during the past two most of them had very little dough except for a cou­ (Evangeline) dbnated $30 for a weeks, and there are no signs that ^ ple - of diehards coming at the payoff and stayed on it will improve during the next Seattle: who still think wreath for the funeral of Brother two weeks. ' for another trip. the company can Frank Burns, anil also donated All in all, shipping in this port During the last two weeks the do more for them $34.50 to his widow, Brother following ships paid off: Massmar Jiasn't been too bad during the past than the Union. Burns, who had been sailing as and Bethcoaster .(Calmar); Cathe­ two weeks, ^^th 154 men shipped How stupid can quartermaster on the Evangeline, rine (Drytrans); Yaka (Waterman); to regular jobs and 93 men sent ydu get? ' 5 left the ship July Edith (Bull); Steel Age"" (Isthmian), to various relief jobs in and Shipping has been slow in this The outlook for 30 to see a doctor and Felto're, Venore, Chilore, Maaround the harbor. Pritchett port during the past two weeks, the next two because he wasn't rore, Baltore and Oremar (Ore). Paying off and signing on were due mostly to the lumber strike feeling well. On the Pennant, Corsair, Pilgrim, here and the fact that wheat has weeks is just fair as we expect Signing on were the Steel Vendor August T he was (Isthmian), Yaka (Waterman) and Cavalier, Patriot stopped moving to the Far East. only about eight ships to call here. taken to the Feltore, Venore, Chilore, Marore, and Ranger (Al­ We have several ships laid up and However, three of these are com­ ing in from offshore and may pay Brighton Marine Baltore and Oremar (Ore). coa) and the Clai­ the future does not look hopeful. off here, so that could give a few Hospital and borne and Wild During this last report period men jobs. In transit were the Robin Locksdied 30 minutes Ranger (Water­ ley and Robin Kirk (Seas Ship­ we paid off the Kyska (Waterman); All is quiet on both the labor later of heart man). ping); -Seavictor (Bournemouth); Liberty Flag and political fronts. We have no failure. In transit were Bums (Gulf Cargo)>Sea- men in the hospital here at present. Shipping has Steel Vendor and Steel Architect the Steel Advo­ (Coral), coral For our Seafarer of. The Week been fair in this port during the (Isthmian); Alcoa Pointer' and Al­ cate (Isthmian), S e a w 1 n d (Sea- we nominate Brother A. T. (Ted) past-two weeks. We paid off and coa Roamer, (Alcoa); Bethcoaster De Soto and traders); Alcoa Weaver, who joined the Union in signed on the Cities Service tanker (Calmar); Chickasaw (Waterman); Iberville (Water­ Linch Pioneer (Alcoa); 1948 during the Cities Service or­ Lone Jack and In transit were the Evelyn (Bull), and Bents Fort man), Del Viento Trojan (Trojan); ganizing drive. He rode those tubs Afoundria, Wacosta and De Soto (Cities Service). and Del Bio (Mississippi) and Western Trader through to the successful conclu­ (Waterman); the Robin Kirk and In the marine., hospital here, for Southwind (South Atlantic). (Western Naviga­ sion of the drive and is now riding Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); the minor or extensive repairs, are Prospects for the coming two tion); Seamonitor them under the best conditions in Steel Age and Steel Architect Samuel Doyle, Antonio ' Johnson, weeks do not look too bright as (Excelsior), and the maritime industry. Ted suf­ (Isthmian); the Ann Marie (Bull), Tony Mastantuno, Steve Boides, Nicholson many of the offshore ships schedJohn C. (Atlantic fered a bad accident last year and the Western-Ranger (Western Gorman Glaze, Jesse Clark, Eugene - uled to hit this port are in the when his car left the road and is Navigation). Plahn, Samuel Mills, Adolph Sadlaid-up status awaiting cargo. Carriers). enwater, Algot Bogren and Jess Signing on were the Kyska just now able to ship again. As These include the Alawai, Morn­ James Sheehan Brinkley. These men in drydock ing Light, Arizpa, Golden City and (Waterman); George A. Lawson he puts it, there-is only one place Boston Port Agent to go, and that is to, sea on an do get lonesome sometimes and (Pan-Oceanic), and Alcoa Pioneer City of Alma (Waterman) and the SIU ship. He sails as pumpman always appreciate hearing from 4^ (Alcoa). Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa). their buddies. In transit were the Young but figures tp take an oiling job Wilmington: In addition, the following ships until he gets the feel of a ship The address is are due to hit the port and go back America and Fairland (Waterman), under his feet again. But when­ USPHS Hospital, •= out again: Chickasaw, Monarch of and the Portmar (Calmar). 29th and Rem­ Our man of the week is Seafarer ever and wherever he goes there the Sea and Fairisle (Waterman^ will be a good man on board. He ington Ave., Bal­ and Polaris, Clipper, Pennant and J. (Nick) Nicholson, who is 31 years says it is a real Measure to be timore, Md. . old, single, and plans to stay that Corsair (Alcoa). able to tell the same men who Among the men way. He has been shipping out Shipping was very slow in this Del Rio Shorthanded used to order him to do work that on the Ipeach here the West Coast for the past two When the Del Rio was in transit wasn't his that. "this is an SIU port during the past two weeks, are George Nutt­ years, but says he prefers the with no pay-offs or sign-ons. How­ here we found out there were two ship now, and we get paid for ing, John Taurin, ever, we had 11 ships in transit men missing—a bosun and a mess- European ports for shore leave. that." Charles Kellogg, He says his vacation money is the Fox and were able to put 14 men ton man. None of the delegates or the - Moore Is Chairman Harry Johnson, feature of the SIU that appeals ship's delegate reported this to the At the last meeting. Brother T. these as replacements. The outlook George Fosset, Norman T. Jack­ most to him. for the coming, two weeks is poor. Union and the ship was scheduled J. Moore, Jr., was chairman, and son, John Flynn, Alfred Sjoberg, On the beach here are W. E. Brother Walter (Whitey) Pritchett to go to New Orleans for payoff, so In transit were 4he Portmar, Pete Solberg, Danny Lippy and Weddle, R. L.,Welch, G. Sims, H we told all the delegates it was a was recording secretary, and both Pennmar and Alamar (Calthar); Paul Strickland; part of their job to report all short­ C. Wirtz and C. Aycock. men did a fine job. Brother Moore, Steel Chemist and Steel Scientist This week we would like to give Men in the hospital are G. W. who sails on deck as AB, hails (Isthmian); Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), ages to the hall and see that the special mention to Patrick Fox, Flint, H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, company ordered all necessary re­ from Massachusetts but now is a and Fairland, Bienville, Topa Topa, J. Kackur, V. K. Ming, I. Peder- dyed-in-the-wool rebel from Texas. John B. Waterman and Kyska who has been sailing on the Atlan­ placements before sailing. tic and Gulf coasts as a full bookBrother Pritchett comes from Mon­ (Waterman). The Ore Chief, US Steel's phony sen and G. Rasson. member of the SIU" since 1942, Jeff Gillette Ernest Tilley tana and sails as pumpman. flagship, called at this port last and who has participated in all Seattle Port Agent Wilmington Port Agent All the boys around the hall week with a partial cargo, being the activities of the Union sihce unable to bring in her full cargo that time. of 83,000 tons as the harbor here Earl Sheppard is not deep enough. The news­ Baltimore Port Agent papers gave her quite a write-up ^ 4i but what they failed to play up ~ was the fact that she was sailing Galveston: under a foreign flag, paying coolie wages and beating American sea­ Shipping Figures July 28 to August 10 men and the American public in REG. REG. BEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL general out of their jobs. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Both Waterman and Alcoa are Boston , 19 10 12 50 ^2 13 35 19 Shipping is still holding Its own now paying their retroactive wages. New York 117 149 85 308 134 111' 394 106 here, and the next two weeks Alcoa has paid most of its back pay Philadelphia should be good for us, whh the and has mailed~the balance to the 31 . 83 42 33 101 .33 19 26 Alexandra (Carras) and Lucile last known addresses of the re­ Baltimore 128 76 79 .75 53 333 204 126 Bloomfield due in for payoff. cipients, while Waterman is cur­ Norfolk 17 4 8 18 11 40 12 rently paying off either in person Paying off xnd signing on during Savannah 8 5 19 7 . 4 19 or by mail. the last two weeks were the SeaTampa 14 21 5 19 ^ .. 2 • 18 51 For pur Seafarer of the Week cliff. (Coral) and Genevieve PeterMobile we nominate Eugene J. lilnch who 59 46 , 33 154 30 100 kin (Bloomfield). In transit were 37 joined the Union in 1942 and has the Southern Districts (Southern New Orleans ...i, - ' 66 57 147 63 167 40 47 shipped steadily out of the Gulf Galveston •• ' 28 • 28 35 82 -84 " Trading); Bepublic (Trafalgar); 24 23 since then. He is qualified in The Cabins (Cabins); Mae (Bull); • 80 Seattle —....... 38 77 19 87 54 188 57 engine room ratings hut lately he Val Chem (Valentine); and Sea28 33 San Francisco 36 30 32 98 v"'., T;;. ; ^^9 has switched to ':the ateward de­ trains Savannah, Texas and New partment and sails in various pasT V- .4 . ... 14. . 'Jers^.' Wilmington 11 11 f -/• 91' senger ship ratings out of this port. KeHk Alse#- ^ He is married and miUtei ills home f Gsteoilsu SB3 /Iijm 1,558'^ 928 : - Evangeline Grew Aids Widow Of SIU Brother Lumber Strike Slews West Coast Shipping I- e;" 11 Ships In Transit Take On 14 Crewmen <-t. Good Shipping Seen For Hoxl Two Weeks" ' 'Xm :<• • U- I . n n •X .i • "f �SEAFARERS Anffust 20. 1954 Page Ttalrteea LOG ..PORT REPORTS New York: * Port Shipping Record At New High For Year We h'hve again set a record high for the year in shipping in the port of New York. There have been plenty of jobs in all three depart-^ ments. This, of course, makes ^us all happy, and is a big boost for the morale. Shipping has been especially good for rated engine department * men,/with jobs on the board for several calls, with no takers. Pumpmen and machinists are at a premium—in fact, they are as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. So all of you tankermen who have the qualifications should go up and secure those endorsements. During the past two weeks we paid off 20 ships, signed four on foreign articles and serviced 16 intransits. We had two ships come out of lay«up during this period and three- ships went into tempo­ rary lay-up. The ships coming out of lay-up were the Rosario (Bull) and Western Rancher (Western Navigation), while those going into lay-up were the Seatiger (Colonial), Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) and Seavictor (Orion). Ships Paying Off The following were the ships paid off during this period: Steel Navigator, Steel Vendor and SteelArchitect (Isthmian); Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Cantigny and French Creek (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Mankato Vic­ tory and Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers); Afoundria and Wacosta (Waterman); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Seatiger (Colonial); Seavictor (OWon); San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern), and Seatrains Sa­ vannah and Louisiana. The Chi­ wawa paid off twice. The ships signed on were the Steel Artisan and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping) and Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). In transit were the Chickasaw, Arizpa, Wacosta, La Salle, Madake^ DeSoto and Antinous (Water­ man); Steel Age and Steef Vendor (Isthmian); Dorothy (Bull); Brad­ ford Island (Cities Service), and ' Seatrains Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New York and New • Jersey. Increase In Performers Now that we have given you the good news, we will give you some that is not so good. If you have been reading the New York re­ ports, you have probably noticed that for a long time we have not said anything about gashounds or performers on ships paying off here. The reason has been that we were not bothered with any of these men.' The crews have been carrying'^on in good SIU fashion, and where there were one or two performers or gashounds on a ship, the crews took care of them. In the last couple of weeks, how­ ever, we have paid off several ships with an^ over-abundance of drunks 'and performers and men who have been failing to perform their duties properly aboard ship. These men were dealt with accord­ ingly at the time of payoff, and we are again putting the few men who persist in continuing these prac­ tices on notice that they will be dealt with according to the Union constitution. The members of the SIU enjoy the best contracts and. conditions in, the maritime industry, and they are not going to let a few men who don't care tear dovrh what it has taken them so long to build. As in the past, most of this perform­ ing has bepn dpne^aboprd Isthmian and,Bit^^ibifisaiii)lMla«ire on long runs, so my advice would be that if you can't stand these long hauls without going off the deep end, you should take a ship on a short run. \ Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer 4^ 4. 3^ Miami: Foreign Operations Peso Threat To Pert Shipping has been fair in this port during the past two weeks, but tAe future looHs somewhat better. Foreign flag operations, however, are reaching menacing proportions here. , During the last report period we paid off and signed on the Florida (P & O). In transit were the Iber­ ville, Yaka, Alawai, Azalea City, Chickasaw and Raphael Semmes (Waterman), the Ponce (Ponce Cement) and the Florida (P & O). . We have succeeded in getting standby men aboard a small survey ship, the Coptic, being fitted out for a Red Sea and Persian Gulf s e i s m ographic survey, and nego­ tiations for sup­ plying a crew are now underway. We also have a few standby men Mu^o aboard an LCM fitting out for the Caribe Ferry Company. Mike Muzio, storekeeper on the Florida, is taking a two-weeks vacation. He has sailed SIU ships of aR companies .since the Union was chartered. His hobby is fish­ ing. Cabrera Is Buried Regina Cabrera, who died at sea aboard the Del Norte (Mississippi), waS buried in" Miami on August 7 with rites under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge. Edwin Davis is in the Key West Naval Hospital, while L. McLaugh­ lin and Clayburn Reed are in the Miami Veterans Hospital. William Gregory is in the Jackson Memo­ rial Hospital here. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent 4^ 4 t Tampa: De Solo, Chickasaw And Iberville Gall Shipping has been slow here during the past two weeks, with no payoffs or sign-ons. In transit were the Waterman ships De Soto, Chickasaw 'and Iberville, the last calling here twice. Ray White Tampa Port Agent New Orleans: Alcoa And Mississippi LisLDrydecking Dates Of interest to memben in this area is the drydocking schedule for Alcoa and Mississippi passenger ships. Schedules recently supplied by the companies call for drydocking on the following dates: Alcoa Clipper, September 6; A1CO9 Cavalier, September 20, and Alcoa Corsair, October 4. Del Sud, October 7; Del Mar, October 28, and Del Norte (all Mis­ sissippi), November II. Recently a number of ^ requests hgve gone from this branch to the Union's Washing­ ton office for sign-on clearance for men who have lost their papers. The SIU's Washington rep­ resentative has been successful in obtaining this ap­ proval in all such Bambrino cases. He reports, hpwever. that the Coast Guard is showing signs of adopting a more rigid policy toward men who are overly careless and lose their papers. Dambrino's the Loser Brother Donald D. Dambrino is still in the USPHS Hospital here. From all reports, he is doing fine, but his friends may not recognize him when he comes out. , He has been on^ a reducing diet and has discharged some 30 pounds of sur­ plus cargo. Other Seafarers still in the hos­ pital and reported to be con­ valescing in good style include Eric R. Eklund, Andrew Stauder, Mon­ roe Gaddy, John Rehm, James D. Thomas, Edward A. Saul, Virgil L. Harding, Thomas Fields, Milford E. Alexander and Jesse M. Lyles. C. E. Brady and Duska "Spider" Korolia recently were discharged to outpatient status and hope to obtain their "fit. for duty" slips soon. Others who have" been dis­ charged and hope to be ready to ship out soon include Salbata Serio, H. Ledbetter, Francis Pastrano, B. W. Tingley, Claude Gilliam, Sam Marihello and Arthur J. Nelson. Shipping Is Fair Shipping during the last report period was fair and the outlook for the immediate future is about the same. During this period we had six payoffs, four sign-ons and 16 ships in transit. The Alcoa Partner (Alcoa), Del Norte, Del Rio and Del Valle (Mis­ sissippi) and the Iberville and Chickasaw (Waterman) paid off. San Francisco: The Alcoa Partner and the Del Campo, Del Viento and DeL Norte (Mississippi) signed on. The Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair apd Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa), Del Campo and It has come to our attention that Del Viento (Mississippi), the Sea­ when ships lay up in Portland or trains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines), the Monarch of the Seattle men who have one day's Seas, Choctaw, Wild Ranger, Mada- pay and subsistence coming are ket and Claiborne (Waterman), not collecting it. We would like to Evelyn (Bull), Queenstoh Heights! remind these men that they have (Seatrade) and Southwind (South this money coming, and if they Atlantic) called here. 'continue to overlook this pay and Lindsey J. Williams subsis4pnce the shipowners may New Orleans Port Agent want to leave it out of the contract at the next negotiations. So be 4 4. 4^ sure you get your money when you Philadelphia: have it coming. We would also like to remind all permitmen making application for books to,be sure to get their ap­ plications signed Now that peace has once more by the port agent been established on the waterfronts in the port of ap­ in Philadelphia and Puerto Rico, plication. Some things have been considerably better here. Two Bull Line ships permitmen are that were laying idle in this port turning in appli­ because of the Puerto Rico beef cations signed by have recalled their crews, and we bookmen, but. had one Waterman ship In for pay­ Skaalegard these applications m'ust be signed off. This event—a rarity—enabled us to put quite a few replacements by the port agents. on the ship and this was a great Shipping in this port was slow help. during the past two weeks and the Besides this Waterman ship— future does not look too hopeful. the Alawai—the Republic (Trafal­ We paid off the Mother M. L, gar) also paid off here. These two (Eagle Ocean) but had no sign-ons. .ships signed on and so did the In transit were the Portmar (CalDorothy and Arlyn (Bull). • mar). Steel Chemist (Isthmian), In transit were the Hilton, Su­ and City of Alma, Fairland,, J. B. zanne " and Evelyn (Bull); Winter Waterman and Topa Topa (Water­ Hill (Cities Service); Chickasaw, man). There were no beefs on any Fairland, Afoundria, Yaka, Antin­ of these ships. ous and Azalea City (Waterman), Sailing 18 Years and Southern Districts (Southern For our Seafarer of the Week Trading). we nominate Dave Barry, who has A. S. Cardullo been sailing for 18 years and has Philadelphia Port Agent . been with the SIU for approxi­ mately five years. Brother Barry 4J' * 4 4 was one of the first men to join Norfolk: the NMU, in 1937, but says that after two years he realized that the NMU had nothing to offer. For a couple of years he sailed with Esso, then switched to Cities Service and During the last two weeks we got his SIU book during the Cities had two payoffs here, one sign-on Service organizing drive. He says he knows now that he belongs to and eight ships in transit. Paying off were the Show Me the best union in the maritime in­ Mariner (Bull) and Salem Mari­ dustry, and that the benefits of its time (Cities Service). The Salem Weifare Plan are unexcelled. The paid vacations especially appeal to Maritime also signed on. him. In transit were the Alcoa Point­ In the hospital here are S. er and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Hawaiian Banker and Steel Ven­ Bunda, C. Mize, J. Childs, O. Gusdor (Isthmian); San Mateo Victory tavsen, J. Perreira, W. Singleton (Eastern); Southern States (South­ and P. S. Yuzon. ern); Robin Locksley (Seas Ship­ On the beach are H. Skaalegaard, ping, and Southland (South Atlan­ T. Moriarity, W. Kramer, H. John­ son, G. Fourn'er, P. Robertson, C. tic). Ben Rees McKee, A. Brown, B. Talbert, J. Norfolk Port Agent Simon, V. Valencia and J. Batson. ,Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Coiiect Snbsisfence When Ship's Laid Up Shipping Up As Peace Conies Te Waterfronts Biiii, Cities Service Ships Are Paid Off 4 Savannah: SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1,4 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-574^ MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. Lindsey Williams; Agent ' Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW yORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK °. 127-129 Bank St. Ben'Rees. Agent • • Phone 4-1083 PHlLADELjPlnA...., 337 Market St. S. CarduHo, Agent" Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450, Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent UOilglas 2-5475 Marty BrelthoR. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Jeff-Morrison. Agent .Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ' 2700 1st Av4. Jeff GUlette. Agent ' EUiott 4334 WILMINGTON. Cam.....505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Ternunal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4thKAve.. Bklyn. SECRETARV-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUllam HaU SUP HONOLULU.*...; FORT WILLIAM....llBti Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario » Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BO 617H Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVCLLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone; 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. » CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN .177 Prince William St NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 lUCHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO.; 450 Harrison St. Dougias 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE ... 250S 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone; 12:i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY , 180 Main St. ^one: Cieveiand 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn *734 I.akesido Ave.. NE STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 1038 3rd St. DETROIT Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL «94 Stl James St. West UULUTH Phone: Meirose 2-4110 . „ PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St HALll. AX N A..., V,... laa'A «0UiS St. SgUTH CUICAGO. .. Phone: fissgs !.5-34W . -J" Phonei 3-8911 4 'x • fi J j M 4 Shipping Is Average; Twe Payeffs Are Une Shipping here during the past two weeks has been average, with 19 men shipping. During the next two weeks we have the Sduthstar and Southport (South Atlantic) due in for payoff. The Royal Oak (Cities Service) paid off here during the past two weeks and we had no sign-ons. In transit were the Fairport and Arizpa (Waterman); Carolyn (Bull); Southern Cities (Southern); Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping), and Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia, which both called here twice. Jeff Morrison V "''Mi �Face Foorteea SEAFARERS LOG Aacnst M, 198i In Saigon, Seafarers Talk Over indo-Cinna Truce ^ With the Communist threat still hanging heavily over the. city. Seafarers met recently in the Con­ tinental Palace in Saigon to discuss the Indo-China truce. Left, crewmen of the Steel Admiral, Alcoa Pioneer, Seacomet and Beauregard listen intently while (right) chairman Ray Queen addresses them. Flanking Queen are reading clerk Jimmy Hanners (left) and Edward Mattison, who served as secretary.- ^DonfV Outweigh ^DoY For Seafarers In Korea For the Seafarer in Korea, the "dent's" still far outweigh the "do's." In other words, a Seafarer hitting a Korean port such as Inchon or Pusan still finds himself prohibited from doing a lot more things than- he is allowed to do. So says Max Lipkin, chief steward on the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield). "In the port of Inchon," Lipkin reports, "they issue a pass the size of a newspaper, list­ ing all the 'do's'and 'd o n t' s.' William MacDonald is an oldtimer in the SIU who's been Come to think of sailing the seas for a good many years. But he's convinced it though, I can - now that there's a lot to be said for travel by air. remember only , MacDonald was particularly one 'do' in a sea impressed by the efficiency men's papers and other important of 'dont's.' That was one which displayed by Eastern Airlines papers. "Believe me," MaoDonald says, allowed us to in getting back to him the sea­ Lipkin breathe the fra­ men's papers he los^ pn one of "I was plenty worrie'd there for a little while after I looked over my grant aroma of garlic and kimchi, their planes. ^ MacDonald's difficulties occurred things when I got home and dis­ which is a native delicacy of ques­ a couple of weeks ago when the covered my SIU book and seamen's tionable-origin and quality." Writing to the LOG from Pusan, Del Mar (Mississippi), on which papers were missing. Fortunately, I didn't lose any money, but losing Lipkin says that the American he sailed as en­ those other things could- have merchant seaman still has a very gine utility, caused me a great deal of incon­ tough time of .it in Inchon, regard­ reached New Or­ venience." leans and he got ing shore leave, and in Pusan it is even worse. off to visit his Turn Up In Newark home in Wood "In Pusan," he writes, "three MacDonald called the airport in lyn. Pa. Philadelphia, and the airport con­ merchant seamen were arrested by MacD o n a 1 d tacted Eastern which, in jig time, the military authorities, tried in a caught an East­ discovered that the papers had court martial, and given the choice ern Airlines been brought to Newark Airport of 30 days at hard labor or a $75 plane in New Or­ by the plane MacDonald left in fine—because they had violated the MacDonald leans apd went as curfew by exactly 10 minutes." Washington. far as Washington. Then he had to "I got my papers back in ho time Black Market Flourishes transfer to a United Airlines plane at all," MacDonald reports,- "and which took him to Philadelphia. Eastern even paid the postage for The black market In Korea, Lip­ kin says, is still flourishing, and When he reached home in Wood- sending them to me." lyn, near Philadelphia, he discov­ MacDonald feels that for this American beer and whiskey are ered that somewhere along the line fast service Eastern deserves some plentiful—^if one is willing to pay he had lost his SIU book, his sea- sort of a pat on the back. This is it. the price. American beer costs over '$l a can in Korean money, whiskey is of a comparable price, and in the bars black market prices are freely quoted on all items. Yen, script, dollara and Korean won are all interchangeable, and__many (1) If you were a diva would you probably be; (a) physically ill, (b) items there is a bartering of prod­ in opera, (c) looking for lost treasure, (d) a piece of furniture? ucts without any exchange of cur­ (2) What relation is the son of my* father's nephew to me? rency at all. For a carton of ciga­ (3) If Johnny has twice as many marbles as Tom, Harry has three rettes, for instance, one can obtain times as many as John, and Charlie has three times as many marbles as a pair of GI shoes worth at least Tom, and there are 108 marbles altogether, how many does each have? $7, Lipkin reports. (4) What vitamin is available to the human body through sun­ Overall, Lipkin says, the Army bathing? is doing a good job of representing (5) Which state in the Union has the smallest population: (a) Dela­ the US, but there dre individuals ware, (b) Rhode Island, (c) Nevada, (d) Arizona? in the Army who create conditions (6) Prior to 1930, what was the tallest building in the world: (a) that could stand investigation, par­ Woolworth Building, NYC; (b) Washington Monument, (c) Eiffel Tower ticularly in the treatment of Amer­ (d) Statue of Liberty? ' ican merchant seamen. (7) What figure represents Great Britain just as "Uncle Sam" rep­ "It's about time," Lipkin writes, resents the US? (8) In what continent are the ten highest mountains in the world- "that we An^erican seamen were fa) Europe, (b) Africa, (c) Asia, (d) North America? * treated with the same respect that American citizen and taxpayer ^(9) If a man "walked one mile at the rate of two mlWs per hour, and any has right to expect. I have rode 15 miles at 45 miles an hour, how long would it take him to seen the incidents occur to American cover the 16 miles? merchant seamen L don't (10) What prize-fighter gained fame as the "Wild Bull ofthe Pampas"? believe ever would which have occurred (^uiz Answers on Page 17) •s ft i H i I, .. . : f IB to. /ipy, pthey, A»ej^<ian. .citizens." Seaman's Papers Wan<der But Airline Finds 'Em Fast WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours,<both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS .COG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will- be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4— ^ right there in the partlcular'coun. .While tiiey may not make every­ body sit up and take notice the try. Customs regulations have to same way the now-famous Marilyn be watched, however. 4i. 3; J* Monroe calendar art did. Seafarers Established stamp collectors and who've had-some success in-color photography may be interested-in would-be philatelists may be in­ trying to sell their transparencies terested in the fact that the US to calendar publishers, as sea and Post, Office Department will be • ship scenes are always populw. A issuing four new stamps in coming handy "Guide to Calendar Tub- weeks—a Ic, 2c and 4c regular * lishers," available from the Loft- issue and a 4c airmail (for post­ house Co., Box 832, Binghamton, cards), all of which are, being NY, elaims to have the up-to-date issued in sheets of 100. The green has a portrait of Washington and ' details on the specific needs of will have its first-day sale at Chi­ each company and their prefer­ cago On Aug. 26. The 2c red ences pn subject matter. features Jefferson and will be sold ^ Si Si first at San Francisco on Sept. 15, Those who like their sea lore on while the 4c lavender design fea­ wax, either to take with them on tures Lincoln and will bow in at the ship to or send home to the New York on Nov. 19. The blue folks to help them understand airmail issue will have its first what seafaring is all about, should day sale in Philadelphia on Sept. get some pleasant listening from a 3. Those who want first-day can­ new long-playing record release cellations of these stamps should called "Poems and Songs of the send self-addressed' envelopes Sea," on the Audie Masterpiece (cards in the case of the 4c air­ label. It has Bill Forrest alternate­ mail), plus a money-order to cover ly reciting the poems and Oscar the cost of the desired stamps, in Brand . singing the songs, with an envelope addressed to the post­ Brand also providing a light guitar masters of the fitst-day cities. Re­ background for the poems. member that postal rates require at least three one-cent stamps or . 4) 3) 4 . With an opportunity like few fwo two-cent stamps on the en­ other people to pick up odd stamps velopes. and new issues in all comers of the world, many Seafarers take A new aid to the hobbyist who advantage of their calling to pursue fashions his own pottery is a small, the hobby of stamp collecting^and practical pottery .wheel which can make a beeline for the local post operate on the power supplied by office every time they hit a strange an electric food mixer. It weighs port. Valuable collections for only four pounds, measures themselves or for the kids are built 7"xll"x9", is readily demountable up this way, particularly with the and easily stored. Its manufac­ savings made by buying up lopal turers claim it can be used right issues cn the spot and - thereby in the kitchen or practically any­ cutting out the middleman's "take." where else and that no workshop is In addition, those who have the needed. Thus, for shipboard en­ inclination and the ener^ to do thusiasts of this craft, it could be jso can build up a mighty profitable ideal. The wheel lists at $14.95 and sideline in the way of a mail-order is made by the Mecce Division, stamp business, since foreign Marine "Enterprises, Pasadena 56, stamps can be purchased In bulk Maryland. It can probably be at handsome savings when you're prdered through any hobby shop. LOG-A-RHYTHM: St. Nicholas Bells By Edward Joseph Kelly St. Nicholas bells are chiming out Across the windswept sea. They are sending out a message Calling you back to me. •j.V' f" B< , Jv-:' ii- ' • You are in my every thought. No one can take your place. The day is slowly davming And I shall see your smiling face, I kneel in St. Nicholas Chapel And to God I pray To guide your ship home safelyHome safely to the quay. Quiz Corner m • \ Your ship sails home so .slowly Across the windswept sea. But very soon our parting, dear. Will be a memory. ^Cati'Shahers^ Have 2Vo OK At New York's Jones Beach, Seafarer Frank Boyne tries diving practice. Frank's been down 80 feet; Hydropak has 200-foot limit. The membership is ag'aln cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza-i tion from SIU head.quarters to' collect fun^s. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitablei organization which has re^ ' ceived. membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this caus# are collected through nonnal Union channels at the pay-off,^' Receipts are issued on the spot' ' �w '' i: ^^Trr-rrTT-: Anetui 20, 1954 "T;ry^.7p^-?scr;-rpr.-r^ SEAFARERS LOG Lure Of The ^Open Road' Can't Match Call Of Sea Once a seaman gets the yen for salt water in his blood, it's pretty hard to get it out of his system, even when he's on dry land and is trying to see a few shoreside sights. One Seafarer who has learned this is Edwin S. Harris, who has been on a cross-country motorcycle tour ever since he paid off the .Cities Service, tanker Paoli in Houston a . month ago. Like almost every other seaman, at some time in his life, Harris got the urge, while sailing as pumpman on the Paoli, to see a few shoreside sights. And so, when the Paoli hit Houston,' he paid off, bought himself a motorcycle, and started off on his cross-country trek. But the so-called lure of the open road is no match for the call of the sea, Harris soon learned, and instinctively he found himself heading his 'cycle ior cities where there are SIU halls, and then to the halls themselves! "• As a result, when he wasn't actually traveling, Harris spent much of his time at places like the SIU halls in New Orleans, Mobile and Lake Charles, . where he could swap stories with the other SIU men he found there. Reunion With Family Harris disrupted this pattern only long' enough Astride motorcycle, which he bought after pay­ to stage a brief reunion with his family in Crawfordsville, Ga. Then he headed for New York and, ing off Paoii in Houston, Edwin Harris poses in naturally, made his first stop SIU headquarters in front of SIU Haii in Mobiie. Harris also visited Brooklyn; where he reported on his trip to the LOG. SIU halls in New Orleans, Lake Charles and If Harris goes on with his present plans, he'll New York during his trek. continue on up the East Coast to Toronto, and then go all the way back across the country to ^he West when a seaman has been on dry land.for a while, Coast before shipping out again. and in the middle of his jaunt Harris may very well But even he himself is not certain these plans will decide to trade in his 'cycle for another pumpman's work out. The call of the sea gets mighty strong berth. Speak Your Mind At SIU Meetings ^Give Credit Where Due' Is Seafarer's Philosophy . Under the Union constitu- " tlon every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at Seafarer Dave Barry is a guy who believes in giving credit the meeting—chairman, read­ where credit is due—and he thinks everyone else ought to ing clerk and recording secre­ do the same. * = tary. l^our Union urges you Barry put his philosophy workers in the place are volun­ to take an active part in meet­ into practice recently when he teers who are interested only in ings by taking these posts of sat down and wrote a long seeing that the customers are well service. letter to the LOG telling about taken care of. And; of course, all members That letter, printed in the LOG, Bond's, a bar and restaurant run have the right to take, the floor created quite a stir, Barry now re­ by a gent named Tom Sullivan at and-express their opinions on J51 Market Street, San Francisco. ports, and many other Seafarers any officer's report or issue At Sullivan's place, according to wrote him about it. That set him under discussion. - Seafarers Barry, no one is asked how much to wondering why these men had are urged to hit the deck at money he has. He's just told to never bothered to write about the these meetings and let their sit down and eat all he wants. place themselves, and he came to shipmates know what's on There's a "Jar on the bar for stew- the conclusion that it is human na­ their mind. pot donations, and most of the ture to be quick to condemn the bad but slow to acknowledge the good. "In so many of the letters I've read," .Barry says, "there always seems to be some sort of con­ demnation. Either some laundry has gypped somebody, or some dry cleaning place has ruined some­ body's suit or somebody has taken somebody else over the hurdles. WARD VACATCW Some Places Help PAY FOR AULTIME "Yet many of these same men," Barry says, "have also been in WORKED A8CARD places where they have been helped SM\P YOU MUST —where they have been fed and made comfortable in many ways. SET PISCHARSES However, there is a tendency to FOR PORT TIME . take good things for granted and THESE ARE OVtYSlVEAl then promptly forget about them, I don't think this is.^the right way. UPDM REQUEST. TO So how about a few less letters SAVE YOURSELF TIME griping about the bad things, and a few more praising the good ANDTROUBLE LATER, ones?" ASK FOR A'PORT TME. . 'We think perhaps Seafarer Bar­ ry has a point. DISCHARGE WHEHYOU 6tryOOR POKT'TiMB , MOtAKSe/ SET CREDIT LEAVE A 4^: ':;i'f^vi-y!-l!t;»?^«ii^-:l Fare FiftecM :| v.-,,-' •«->v.j,isr Spike Marlin When something goes wrong have to leave town. This announce­ with a baseball club and the ment was greeted with a monu­ empty seats far outnumber the mental shrug of indifference. full ones there are a few tried The sorry part of the whole story and true procedures which are fol­ is that moving to another city won't lowed, none of which may have necessarily help the ball club. The any bearing on the situation. The move will give it more cash to first, and most ineffective, thing spend but while cash is a necessary that's done is to fire the manager. ingredieift to success, it isn't the The second is to fire the general whole answer. manager, who usually bears a little It's pretty obvious that if teams more direct responsibility. Then like Philadelphia are to amount to the new manager and general man­ anything, some new way of dis­ ager get together and announce tributing minor league talent must "We'll trade anybody. Everybody be found. The A's have bera on this team is expendable." The second division stuff with few ex­ trouble is the rest of the league ceptions for the past 23 seasons. feels the same way about the trad­ With a record like that no city is ing bait—they don't want any of it. going to support them for very If things really get serious, the long. question of control of the ball club always comes up. The ~ existing owners try to peddle their lemon to some businessman so wealthy that the club will help sjlve his tax headaches. Or they may an­ nounce that "unless the fans pa­ tronize the club it will have to le^ve town." None of these moves offer any real solution. The only way a bad Seafarer ^Antonio Goncalves ball club can be helped is with always knew that the SEA­ good ballplayers. But since its FARERS LOG is a popular easier to , dilly-dally around than newspaper, but now he has good „ , , , find good ballplayers the dilly-. reason to believe it's even more dallies come first. ' popular than he had thought. * Pay The Morigage Goncalves, who is now serving Something of that sort is hap­ in the Army at Fort Myer, Va., pening down in Philadelphia. The came to this conclusion when a Athletics, who showed some signs copy of the LOG, which he had of rejuvenation in 1948 and again been receiving regularly, mysteri­ in 1952, have sagged hopelessly ously disappeared. the last* two seasons. Their good "Only recently," Goncalves ballplayers, like Ferris Fain, writes the LOG, "I returned from George Kell and Harry Byrd, were two weeks in the field and asked sold off to pay the mortgage, while our mail clerk if he had received Bobby Sehantz, their ace in the my copy of the LOG. After search­ hole, went bad with a sore arm. ing around for about 10 minutes, The result is a colorless, inept club he sheepishly told me that he had that has-"been doing very badly at received it, but that somehow it the gate and on the field. had gone astray." * Obviously Connie Mack, that Goncalves believes his copy of baseball ancient, is in no position ,the LOG didn't just get up and to breathe fire into the club. But walk out of the mail room by his two sons are breathing fire at itself. More likely, he thinks, it each other trying to get control exercised a fatal fascination for of the half-dead horse. The man­ someone who was in a position to agerial and front office shifts were lay his hands upon it. made last year in Philadelphia. Goncalves suffered no loss be­ All that remain's now is the move cause new copies of the LOG were to %nother city, with Kansas City mailed to him. And as for. the spoken of as the site. Phila- present owner of his missing LOG delphians have . already been —well, Goncalves is sure he is en­ threatened that the Athletics will joying good reading. .<1 .-:v| Who Cut Caper With His Paper, Seaman Asks -1r' i\ I The LOG opens this colvmn as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Bob Lambert's recipe for home-made potato salad. It's the traditional custom in American cookery when the summer heat comes up to turn to such side dishes as potato salad and cole slaw to accompany both hot and cold meats. They are easier to take than' hot, steaming vegetables and about ten pounds of potatoes which for this purpose are -boiled with if properly made sit lightly their skins on until tender. After on the stomach in warm weather. Potato salad can be made in dozens of different ways. Bob Lam­ bert's recipe is more unusual than most since it makes use of tabasco, an ingr e d i e n t that is usually re­ served for sea­ food seasonings such as shrimp sauce. Tabasco undoub t e d 1 y tends to make the salad a good deal tangier than the bland concocLambert tion that often passes for potato salad In restau­ rants, but he warns that the ta­ basco had better be put on with a light hand. Otherwise there's bound to be fire-eating-responses from the customers. Lambert starts hit salad with the potatoes are thoroughly cooked, they are peeled and diced. Five good-sized onions, chopped very fine are added as well as five cups of diced celery. The-whole mix­ ture is seasoned with salt. Added next are 323 cups of may­ onnaise and then comes the spicy part of the concoction—5 tabl^ spoons of wine vinegar, 5 table­ spoons of prepared mustard and VA teaspoons of tabasco. The en­ tire salad is turned lightly with a fork with care to be taken not to break the diced potato sections. When chilled before sei-ving, the salad is, the traditional accompani­ ment of frankfurters, cold tongue, cold roast ' chicken and similar dishes. Lambert has been sailing with the SiU for ten yeai*s in the stew'ard department, joining the Union in the port Tampa. • "?f. itsw'i • - ••'»=••- r- •"" -" n I .1 • :ll - .41 vll - .'••r .'.'ia �Pake Sfattedi 'At W^st Pointf He Wants Mail SEAFARERS Aukiut %»; 1954 LOG L E T T E R S Food Sittiation OK On Torkmar To the Editor: To the Editor: if any of the brothers could write After sailing for a good many This is the first opportunity I at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. and answer them, I'd sure appre­ years with various companies, and have had to write to the LOG and "The job pays fairly well, but there's no such thing as.OT and again ciate it. First, how do I go about always being able to stay away it is a pleasure to do so. getting a 21-months or early dis­ from Calmar and Ore ships. I am I'd like to get on the mailink there's no job protection. If the To the Editor: Due to circumstances beyond charge? Second, would I be sub­ list, since the armed guard supervisor doesn't now on the Yorki LOG is the only like the way you comb your hair my control, I'm now in the Army. ject to the draft again? I've tried mar. and I find way I now have he can fire you, and there's noth­ I thought that at 27 I would be too- getting the answers here but all I that the food sit­ old for this sort of thing. But the get is buck-passing. of keeping up ing you can do about it. uation is very I am constantly bragging to my Army didn't think so. I am enclosing a small donation with tt® news of good. This is be< Before getting in here, 1 was for the LOG and again I would the Union and friends what a great union the SIU cause we have a the gn y s I've is, and about the fine agreements chief electrician on the Morning like to say it is the best labor very good SIU we have. But when I tell them Light. Our ship got into New Or­ paper there is. sailed with. steward and very The reason I about such things as penalty -pay leans from Korea and Japan and good cooks. If all Pvt. A. M. Pietrowskl * the next week I can't pick up the and the living conditions aboard men could pre­ US 52335913 was running LOG myself is our ships, they think I am handing pare food the Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 278 RCT )Voodruff Skonberg around In OD's that Uncle Sam them a line. If at all possible, I way these men Fort Devens, Mass. decided the Army couldn't do would appreciate it very much if at Fort Leonard do, it would be a very big help in ^ is, is, yoju could send me a copy of the Wood, Mo. You without me. sailing on the ships of so-called I was drafted last .January for agreement.- I want to prove to my talk about it be­ bad-feeding" companies. The chief two years. Then for 16 weeks they friends that I am telling the tilith ing hot in the steward on this ship is John Jelput me through the mill, trying to about the SIU. Persian G u 1 f— lette and the chief cook is Anthony LaUi. make an infantry soldier out of it's been 120 de­ To the Editor: Anthony Thomas We, the crew of the Steel Maker me. They didn't do a bad job, but grees here on Our ship did have a food beef on (Ed. note: Copies of the SIU after ail that training they stuck freighter and tanker agreements Peterson several occasions. (Isthmian) feel that when our ne­ it, but due to the cooperation of me behind a typewriter. I suppose have been mailed to you.) As everyune gotiating committee sits down to our steward and the Union agent I shouldn't complain, though. It's knows, we get 'plenty of OT—18 talk about our next contract, it, in San Francisco we got the stores better than an M-1 rifle. hours or more a day in basic. Any­ should include on the agenda a we needed. I think they deserve Don't get the idea that because way, we only have to pay $4 a plan for hospitalization and group credit for' fixing up what could I'm up here at West Point that I'm month in income tax. And the soap insurance under which a seaman have been a bad situation. a cadet. I'm just a private making situation! I wish I had some of the could be taken care of in his own , S,-L. Woodruff 85 bucks ^ a month with no OT. To the Editor: stuff that used to lie around in my, town and by his own doctor. j/ 4 4 Many members of pur great However, the chow up here is locker. This' Army life makes me I am now with my parents in Union do not come frorh cities pretty good compared with the appreciate more and more the usual Army grub. But ifs nowhere South Africa, waiting for my visa good conditions that the SIU got where there is a marine hospital, so I can get back to the US and and it would be a great help and near SIU standards. for us, on the ships. To the Editor: comfort to them to be able to go I'd also appreciate it if you'd start Sailing SIU ships again. Has Sailor-Pal I'd like all my old shipmates to So far I have/ been getting the print my address in the LOG so There's a seaman from the NMU to a hospital of tlheir own choice, know I'm stationed in Korea. I've my old -shipmates can see if and LOGs from the SIU ships that here in my barracks, so I at least where their families and friends got 16 months to pull here and I have called at Capetown, but I have someone to shoot the breeze could easily visit them. maybe write to me. was ready to leave after the first Should Include FanMles Pvt. Kenneth M. Skonberg would like very much if you would with. I don't think the rest of week. There's nothing like being put me on your regular mailing We also suggest that the plan US 51298231 these guys know what a seaman is. on an SIU ship with an SIU crew list. include the seaman's wife and chil­ Combat Arms Detachment After basic I'm going to try to Reading'the LOG of June 25 I- get into the marine operations dren, if he is married, or his par­ under an SIU contract, and I'm 1802nd Special Regiment looking forward to the time when came across a story about the West Point, New York branch of the Transportation ents, if he is single. I'll be sailing again. McCarran immigration bill. All I We feel the Government is still (Ed. note: Your name has been Corps. I've got a license so that Would you please send me the can say to the alien brothers is to anxious to close the marine hos­ added to the mailing list and you might help. LOG while I'm here and also the will receive the LOG regularly put in for their visas as soon as I'd like to hear from some of my pitals, and we would feel more se-.. last couple of issues since I haven't possible as they take a long time from now on.) old shi{unates if they can find time cure if something were done about to get. I have been waiting two to drop me a couple of lines or this group insurance and hospitali­ seen the paper since the June 11 t 4issue. years for my residence visa and *Ven a postcard. Also I'd like to zation plan as-soon as possible. Pvt. Henry J. Kowalski the consulate tells me I still won't We would like to see ail the have the LOG sent to me so I can US 51294117 get it until the end of this year or keep up with the news of the brothers think over this plan and Hq. Btry., 955th the beginning , of next year. write their ideas into the LOG. We Union. F.A.Bn., APO 264 To the Editor: Anyway, I hope that by next also suggest that- all ships dele­ Pvt. Richard J. Peterson r/o JPostmaster, I am a retired member of the year I'll again be sailing SIU ships, gates take the matter up-and send US 55455898 San Francisco, Calif. SIU, but I still keep in touch with and in the meantime I'd like very in reports to headquarters. Company A, 3rd Pit. (Ed. note: The back issues have Union affairs^ via the LOG, which much to hear from some of my old 6th QM Bn., 6th Af-m. Div. Edward G. Tesko been sent to you and your name I enjoy very much. I'd like to ded-, shipmates. The last ship I sailed Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Ship's delegate has been added to our regular mail­ icate this letter to the SIU mem­ on was the John Kuiukundis, and (Ed. note:Your name has been ing list.) ^ * bers who may not realize just how I'd especially like to hear from the added to the mailing list and you 4 4 4 wonderful the SIU is, or who may men who were on that ship with will receive the LOG regularly.) ® take the benefits it has gotten for me. them for granted. Arthur Ronald McCree 72 Dublin Street I was an active SIU man for five To the Editor: Woodstock, South Africa years, and enjoyed . sailkig very I am very much interested in To the Editor: much. I retired my book when I . (Ed. note: Your name has beenyour SEAFARERS LOG, being - I recaU'reading an article in the was drafted, but now I am out of added to Our rnailvng list and you To the Editor: secretary of an-association. dealing} LOG recently gbout Lubie, the service and am looking forward to villi receive the LOG regularly Thanks for'so promptly sehfting with different capacities of seamen. manageress of the Wilmington Ho­ the day when I can go to sea again. from now on.) tel, extending credit to SIU men. me the first LOG I've seen in three In India our $eaman's unions are I always thought the SIU was a 1 know a few gu.vs who did' not months. Not only did I read it is, is, having financial difficulties, but fine union, but like a lot of other thoroughly, but so did nearly still we are doing our utmost to come back and nay u^. To these guys I used-to take a lot of things guys I say, "Why don't you get everyone else in my barracks, and continue bur services. i back there and square off?" for granted. Since getting out of they all agreed it is the best labor Under^ these circumstances I service, though, I've learned what . Pete Walsh newspaper they ever saw. I was request you to be good enough to To the Editor: the scor^really is. 4 4 4 especially interested in the article favor me by sending me the For instance, I worked in a con­ I was deeply shocked to read of on runaway US merchant ships. SEAFARERS LOG regularly. I struction crew on the Pennsyl­ Brother Moon Kouns' death. He One Saturday recently I got a vania Turnpike for about six helped me when I came into the three-day pass, so I went into Bos­ intend to study it in the hope that months, where I joined a union. SIU in 1939, and he also taught ton and visited the hall there. On I may rentier better service toHhe To the Editor:^ Nobody seemed to care anything me what a union really is—some­ Monday I was in Philly so I went seamen of India. I am writing this letter from St. about our beefs, and finally I was thing I've never forgotten. Joseph N. Chatterjee, Secretary Vincent's Hospital, and I hope you into the hall there and ran into laid ofif by the foreman so he could Indian Saloon Workers' Associa­ will publish it in the LOG, as I I want Moon's family to know some of my old shipmates, includ­ give my job to a friend of his who that I've lost a good personal ing Johnny Flanagan, Joe Fusella tion, Calcutta, India. would publicly .like to thank the was out of college for the summer. friend and the SIU has lost a fine and Joe Kologzewski. It sure was (Ed. note: Your name has been SIU Welfare Services Department I am now working for the State union man. good to see them agaim added to our mailing list and you for the fine work they are doing. of Pennsylvania as an armed guard John J. Flynn I have some questions to ask and will receive the LOG regularly.) Joe Pllutis Life in Aring Not Like SiU Crewmen Seeking insurance Plan Old Shipmates Ashed To Writef 'Si' Iff Armg^ Would Re Rack in SiU Sailing SMU Tops ^horeside dobs !;• IK-- • LOG Rates High With Army Men . : iu' Wants IHG For . Seamen in india Credit Extended^ Pag I7p, He Says Kouns^ Passing Real Union Loss Writes To Thank Welfare Services u ^- ' 10-"• IP' Burly •' P': fe' • I |:T- I ^ -r- • 'i y- • • SggSiiSS--'-" Fame Ot fli« Own 'By Bernard Seaman 1. �-VV : u Angwt SEAV ARERS 1954 Pasc Seventeea • LOG .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... OOLDEN CITY (Watarman), July IS— men were in the habit of coming in the Repairs have not been completed. Motion and all torn or damaged Unen issued Pthe repair list from the former voyage. CIralrinan, Jasia. L. Oraan; Sacratary, L. messhaU in their underwear and this made and carried that a letter be sent them, and he wiU turn It over to the Most of these repairs were not taken care • P. Hagmann. The ship's delegate re­ ported that the captain advised him that if crew had not received enough fans In Mobile to comply with the new agree­ ment he would see the chief engineer and have him get the rest. The captain Bald he. would get blank money orders so as to give draws in foreign ports. Motion made and carried to give the negotiating committee a vote of thanks for the swell Job done on the new freighter contract. Delegate will see the chief mate regard­ ing the painting of the steward depart­ ment rooms. The chairman complained about the whistling In the passageways as men are trying to sleep all the time. He also brought out the fact that several PERSONALS Elwood Louis Hempton tfrgent you contact your ifiother Immediately at 1425 16th St., Two Rivers, Wis. » 4^ 4- t . Julius Rosen Contact your wife at '3919 Bon­ ner Rd., Baltimore 16, Md. 4" Richard Dineen Contact your wife at 6 Canal Lane, Somerville, Mass. Elmer (Ted) Wheeler Get in touch with Pvt. Albert M. Pietrowski, US 52335913, HQ & HQ Co., 1st Bn., 278th Regimental Combat Team, iFort Devens, Mass. X, ^ • t, Jimmy McGuffey Urgent you call or -write Ruby. 4> 4i 4" 4" 4" , 4> 4> 41 ilf if if if Ossie Telefer Anyone knowing his where­ abouts, please contact his wife at 88-73 Scott Rd., Surrey, Canada. - practice should stop. These two com­ plaints by the chairman are generally on all ships and it was suggested that an article be written in the LOG about same. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), June 27—Chairman, Ray Brault; Secre­ tary, A. J. Tursl. Ship's delegate re­ ported that Brother PhlfEer will be ex­ amined by the doctor in Capetown to establish Itis fltness for duty. JVashing machine has been repaired. Since the refrigerator was repaired in New York it has not worked properly. SuggesUon made to have more of a variety in the night lunch. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 13 —Chairman, Al Larson; Secretary, August Souza, Jr. Crew should get keys to their sleeping quarters before going into the shipyard. When any member has a beef he should go to the delegate and not the crew. The ship's delegate is to inform the steward about sougeeing the passage­ ways and the messhall. Milk will be served for breakfast instead of every day three times a day. $33 reported in the ship's fund. A Vote of thanks went to Ben Brice lor handling the fimd. MARSARETT BROWN (Bloomfield), June 13—Chairman, John Hanks; Secre­ tary, Raymond L. Perry. it was sug­ gested that the tubs in the wash room be kept clean, (jrew was asked to put dirty linen on deck where dirty linen locker is located. It was decided that the laundry would be kept clean one week by the ordinary seaman on sanitary and one week by the - wiper on sanitary. The steward's department will keep the rec­ reation room clean. , July 17—Chairman, E. C. Hill; Secre­ tary, Raymond L. Perry. All minor re­ pairs have been taken care of that could be done aboard ship. Complaint tha't no midnight lunch was served leaving Ant­ werp. It was suggested that the ship's delegate try to get American money for draws in foreign ports. Vote of thanks given to the steward's department. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), June 2i —Chairman, Charles P. Moore; Secretary, A. G. Anopal.- Motion made to build a ship's fund, which now stands at $25.50. Anybody wishing to donate to the ship's fund see their respective department del­ egate. All screen doors to be kept closed in foreign ports. Crew members were asked not to leave the washing machine running longer than necessary. Members asked cook and baker to put out some kind of pastry for coffee time at least three times a week. Charlie Muscarella Get,-in touch with A1 at the New Orleans hall. SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), July 11— Chairman, John C. Reed; Secretary, M. t 4i i . .Sterne. Ship's delegate tried to straighten Gerry Dwyer out shortage of fresh fruit through ball. Albert Leahy wishes to contact you. His address is ,7420 Boyer St., Philadelphia 19, Pa. NOTICES , Lester Jenkins Arthur R. Hindman. Call or writer for your seabag at Contact Mrs. L. Jenkins at Route 2, Smithdale, Miss. the SIU hall. Mobile. 4 4 4 John J. iKshun The retroactive pay checks for Contact Mrs. Adele Leshun at the following men have been re­ 38 S. Catherine St., Shenandoah, turned to the "Bull Line office be­ cause of incorrect addresses. These Pa. checks can be claimed by writing 4> 4> 4> Robert Delmont or calling at the office at 115 Broad Walter Szepanek wishes his suit­ St., NY 4. NY: Hubert J. Andrews, Valentin Acabeo, case, left in your car in Baltimore, PAnce James R. Boone, Denhis. H. sent to him at 524 N. 10th St., Brazell,Baker, Brigido Flgueroa. Alfred W. Flatts, Julio Flores. Reading, Pa. Selig s: Freilich, Ramon Galarza, Wal­ i. ^ if ter Gustavson. Thomas N. Johnson,. Melvin E. Jones, Raymond .W. Kaboska, Ver­ S. L. Wilson non E. Keyne, Clifford A. Kintoade. Jr., L. C., at Red Bay, Ala., wishes to Leo Koza, Antonio Melendez. Juan Nieves, Julio P. Rey, Antonio hear frpm you. ' if Lawrence G. ReaYour wife wishes you to contact her at once. 4i • 4> 4" John W. Bigwood'' Contact your mother'at 68 Rob­ ert St., Roslindale 31, Mass. if if 4" ' C. Woodrow Pritchett - Your relatives are having a re­ union at the Jarrett Club on Sun­ day, Aug. 22. Try to attend. -1 • • 4 4' 4« Allan W. McArthur Your father has sent an impor­ tant letter to you c/o the Seatrain Savannah. 4 4 Rivera, Carlos Rodriguez, James E. Rose, Miguel Salcedo, Andres Sanchez, Efrain R. Sierra, Joseph A.. Stevens. Eloris B. Tart, Angel Valdes, Leopold Wareham, Henry Watson, John R. Bailey, Joseph F. Billiot, Jr., George R. Black, John A. Blaine, Julin Blomgren, Carl £. Chandler. Melburn W. Clark, Raymond R. Crane, George P. Crimmins, Frank P. De Las Reyes, James Doyle, Robert W. Duff, Wil­ liam J. Dwyer, William Etty. Guillermo Garcia, Isabelo Garcia, James H. Griffin, Grady Halty, Charles F. Henry, Thomas C. Hickey, Robert S. Jerigan, Charles R. Johnson, William J. Keenan, Newell Kgyes. William F. McDonald, Teraal McRaney, William Norris, Oliver Valle Ortiz, Julio F. Pacheco, -William J. L. Peters, Juan Pola, Jr., Ellis D. Poppesco, N. Burton Potts, Jr. Jerbert Reeve, Jose Rodriguez, Robert P. Rogerson, Jose Ross, Clair A. Rothman, Fred R. Ryder, Richard J. Smith, Harold Steve;-, William Vander Xist, Kenny R. Warren, Julio C. C. Zamora. 4 Oswald Smith Contact K. K. Hansen c/o SIU hall, Baltimore. -•.lliji.vl Puzzle Answer to the Union, in the event that the ship should sail again, to have a wringer in­ stalled or have the old one repaired, inasmuch as three trips have passed since the wringer was broken. Discussion about American money draws. -Motion made and carried that union, accident reports be put aboard all SIU vessels to help in­ jured seamen coUect compensation easier. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), July 13 —Chairman, A. E. Gi'oovar; Secretary, C. P. Moore. Chief engineer discriminat­ ing against men that refused weekend overtime. Delegates will sec the captain and clarify once and for aU launch serv­ ice schedule. Cots should ' be made up during working hours and any man fail­ ing to dq this be fined $10 and have pa­ trolman collect same for LOG. Motion voted down. Brief discussion on food situation. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), June 2t— Chairman, F. Keller; Secretary, H. C. Kilmon. Captain will have crew sign draw and slop chest receipts before hitting port. Motion made to donate $5 from the ship's fund to the American Merchant Marine Library Association in port. Cap­ tain offered extra cigarettes to some crewmembcrs and not to the others, but this was actually to have been a personaL loan from the chief mate to some mem­ bers of the deck department. The paint­ ing of the showers, toilets and rooms will be put on the repair list and turned over to the patrolman at the payoff. The logs in the steward's department were dis­ cussed and it was decided that the is­ sues involved will have to be derided with the patrolman at the meeting in port. Ship's delegate sug.gested that all disputed overtime be listed on a separate sheet for convenience at payoff. DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), May 16— Chairman,. Wilson Thomas; Secretary, John R. Tllley. There is a total of $77 in the ship's fund. One member de­ clared that aU hands should b'e more careful about reporting on board one hour before sailing as per requirements of our working agreement. The steward asked the membership to turn in any Quiz Auswe^ wm ansaii QSD mum mmmm 4. r.-rij'r of as the ship had been laid up. ANTINOUS (Waterman), July 18—Chair­ man, Eddie Callahan; Secretary, Frank Keelan. Captain wants aU hands aboard one hour before sailing. Washing ma­ chine to be repaired in Mobile. AU dele­ gates were reminded to make out repair lists and turn them In. Ship's treasurer suggested that crew send flowers to de­ ceased mother of crewmember, and the money to be taken out of the ship's fund. Paul Carter wiU coUect donations for fund. Men taking water from coffee urn wcke asked to replace same. FAIRLAND (Waterman), July 14—Chair­ man, Fete Walsh; Secretary, Louis B. Thomas. Ship's - delegate elected. Crew messman commended the crew for good cooperation in the messroom. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), Juno 20 i —Chairman, J. Gavin; Secretary, A. M. Branconl. Notice posted on fire hazards. Ship's delegate or department delegate will make sure that any man being hos­ pitalized wUl get his gear, pay voucher and a copy of overtime. The launch service at Yokosuka is out of Une.. WACOSTA (Waterman), July IS—Chair­ man, C. Wallick; Secretary, J. J. Guard. Ship's delegate wiU see the first mate concerning gaskets for port holes in after crew quarters. The entire crew voted the chief steward and his crew a vote of ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), June 4— thanks for the fine way in which the Chairman, Douglas Claussen; Secretary, department is run. Charles T. Dyer. Linen locker door will fixed. Missing oiler will be replaced DEL MAR (Mississippi), July 18—Chair­ be in Seattle if possible. Crew was asked man, Blackle Bankston; Secretary, R. E. to stop bothering the captain for money Svough, ir. Ship's delegate reported that going south one man went to the ho^mi- as the delegates handle all draw sheets. tal in Rio and was given $50 out of the SEACLIFF (Coral), April 12—Chairman, ship's fund. In Buenos Aires the SiU's movie was shown to the local seamens Harvey O. Mesford; Secretary, H. R. Hutchins. Special meeting was called to union and we are going to try and help them. A vote of thanks was given to the discuss bringing . crewmember up on bakers and cooks for the fine paslrv .--n-f charges for performing. He threatened a they prepared. $49 was coUected brother's life at sea in the messroom. PENNMAR (Calmar), May 2—Chairman, fond for-the movie fund and given to d-" • Sam P. Drury; Secretary, Julian Dedlca- ond and third electricians. Motion made SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), May 9— torla. Motion made that all rooms and carried that $25 worth of magazines Chairman, L. Blizzard; Secretary, R. Por­ messrooms be insulated. AU port holes and are to be bought by Brother Mouton. arc to be furnished with wind scoop and Brother Spina wiU contact patrolman in ter. Deck delegate spoke about mates screen. Request for toaster In the mess- order to get more chairs on sliip for doing unlicensed personnel's work. De­ layed saUing disputed. Cooking and prep­ room for men going off and on watch Motion made and carried that the aration of meats could be better. Black­ and others of the crew-who desire toast .crew.. agents be told that men on the beach in board in mqssroom needs painting. Lock between meals. foreign countries are entitled to $8 per on messroom door and locks on crew's day instead of 100 cruizeros. Crew was FELTORE (Ore), June 4—Chairman, asked to check with the purser to see quarters wiU be repaired. Jim Keavney; Secretary, Frank P.vgano. that a .sufficient amount of cigarettes, LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), June 12— Jim Keavney elected as ship's delegate. all. brands except Camels, are on board. Chairman, G. Glennon; Secretary H. R. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Fan Hutchins. on draw in Ameri­ to be fixed in. recreation room. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), July 1— can-ports. Discussion Money is hard to get in Long Chairman, H. Whismanf; Secretary, D. MARORE (Ore), June 13—Chairman, Sicry. There was a discussion over the Beach and Portland. Messman wiU take .toe D. McPhee; Secretary, Bert Shannon. shortages in the slop chest and the stew­ care of the recreation room and engine deck departments will take care of Steward was .asked to serve cold suppers ard department stores. Suggested th.-;t and the laundry room. Recommendation made now an dthen while in the warmer lati­ new crew be sure to see that ade­ to have our own slop chest on the West tudes. All hands wiU help to keep p.mtry the stores are aboard before leaving Coast as.it is badly needed. The companyand laundry clean and will cut down the i quate the port of signon. supplied slop chests have nothing that noise in the passageways. July 11—Chairman, Joe D. McPhee; GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), fits or that you can really use. Secretary, Bert Shannon. Motion made 24—Ch-lrman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, and carried to see the patrolman about July CHICKASAW (Walermr-n), May 1— H. Krohn. Ship's delegate asked all crev!a fight involving two crewmembcrs. Cap­ members stay sober for the oaycfE. Chairman, Ralph Burrieed; Secretary, A. tain gave one man the choice of getting New fans to wiU be put in foc'sles for the Dsnne. W. Cunningham elected ship's off ship er being logged. All hands will next voyage, and the washing machine delegate. Motion made and carried that return coffee cups to pantry when they will be repaired. There is no protecti'>n department delegates and ship's delegate are through with same. ) on .the flying bridge for the men on be changed every trip. Discussion on watch and it was suggested that dodgers putting SIU slop chest aboard. Brother CHILORE (Ore), June 2£—Chairman, J. be put up. A new library is needed on Darley was requested To wri'.e to the Sea P. Crowder; Secretary, W. Trolle. Ship's board and the old one should be taken Chest in New York concerning same. Dis­ delegate to see about new books for off. Crewmembers were asked to return cussion on cold water, ice box, and keep­ crew. all cots to the steward. Members gave ing the pSntry and messroom clean at steward departinent a vote of thanks for night. BALTORE (Ore), July 2—Chairman, the excellent food served. Eddie Eriksen; Secretary, George Prota. KYSKA (Waterman^, June 26—Chair­ June 27—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ Ship's delegate elected. Discussion con­ tary, H. Krohn. Library will be locked man, Gilbert G. Parker; Secretary, John cerning the playing of the radio in the in foreign ports or books transferred to J. Doyle. Captain asked crew's coopera­ recreation room late at night. Everyone another locker. The steward's department tion in keeping all quarters clean. Dis­ agreed, to a 10:00 PM curfew. Water WiU watch garbage and see that it is cussion on the pressure in the deck, en­ cooler in the port passageway is to be put in Us proper place. Captain is to gine and steward department toilets. repaired before leaving port. give draws-in American money and each Ship's delegate to see'the chief engineer member should 'declare the proper abobt t^s and to get same fixed. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), June 19— Chair­ amount on his customs sheet. man, Steve Fulford; Secretary, Tony STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), July 8— waslluk. Delegate to see that each room VENORE (Ore), July 9—Chairman, W. Chairman, Robert Foy; Secretary, Thomas has the proper amount of fans in it, and Glick; Secretary, S. J. Hutchinson. Me.ss- McAifrey. Ship's delegate suggested that in good working condition. Each foc'sle halls and galley need painting. All h<vnds all crew cooperate with foreign customs. to have the proper number of buckets were asked to keep washing machine Cots are to be kept off deck. Port screen for laundry purposes. Departments to elean at all times. Water in afterpeak of doors should be closed and locked while -take turns in cleaning the laundry and ship has been rusty and has ruined sev­ in port except for the one near the gang­ therecreation room. Vote of thanks was eral crewmembers clothes. way. Ship's delegate will try to obtain a giv^n to the steward's department for June 20—Chairman, W. GlIck; Secre­ date schedule of ports for mailing pur­ the fine job they are doing. tary, Tex Jacks. It was suggested that poses. Gangway watchman will keep na­ July 12—Chairman, Sieve Fulford; Sec­ crew messman try a little harder to sat­ tive workers out of midship housing. retary, Tony Waslluk. Motion made and isfy the men. The bosun gave an inter­ Safety meeting was held by order of carried to have the minutes of the last esting talk on the. advantages of buyin.g skipper and some enlightening sugges­ meeting .posted. All departments have working gear and sundries from the Sea tions were made. The meeting was con­ disputed overtime for not having a launch Chest. Brother Sheldrake gave an educa­ ducted by the second officer. while iiT Leonardo. Ship was in»port over tional talk on the advantages of unionism eight hours overnight and..was waiting to in general and the Seafarers International ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), July 11— load cargo. Motion made to write patrol­ .Union in particular. " Chairman, E. Yates; Secretary, J. E. Hanman in Norfolk and let him know about non. Extra ^mons are needed for next the man who paid" off in New York. The CCE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), July trip for fresh lemonade instead of using" reefer in the*crew's pantry has been fixed 16—Chairman, Albert De Forest; Secre­ concentrated juice. Crew will contact the several times and still is not in working tary, Johnson. After considerable discus­ Sea Chest to see if members can't charge order. Screen doors have to be fixed. All sion Brother Johnson agreed to act as through the Union. .Steward will put hands to kebp out of the pantry messhall temporary delegate whUe the ship is in three pounds of coffee out each night and the recreation room in their under­ port. It was decided to hand in again after supper. clothes. The slop chest that was ordered in New York was delivered and everyone is satisfied. ' (1) (b) in opera. A diva is a dis­ SEH BHaaa ea® tinguished female singer. [DgHESa asB (2) Second cousin. 4 4 4 (3) Johnny has l8: Tom 9; Harry •vBenedicto T. Tagle . 54 and Charlie has 27. , Contact your daughter in the >(4) Yitamin D. The sunlight Philijppines. , . B[d BraBGD BUCaBII] comlpnes with a substance present 4 • 4" 4 ... , in the; bO!fly to form Vitdhiin p. - Harold ThOmpisoh (5) (c) Jfevada (160,000). ' Get JIQ touch with Mrs. George HH® naEEi . - (ei^'ia) jydolworth Building! The Harville'. . sEmplre Building in New 4 4 4 'York was'completed fti 1931. Leslie R. Perry (7) "John Bull," Anyone knowing the. where(8) (c) Asia./. aboutli ol this man, please contact (9) 50 minutes. Franli Kifer, 3013 Madison St., i UQ). Luis i. -t ' WUijjfagto^ Hel. mum Bsnas raami assB BSS company as condemned and get new linen. It was explained that in the past there had been an arrival pool set up by both north and south bound. There were sixty chances at $2 per. The win­ ner received $60 and the two adjoining winners received $20 each, and the re­ maining $20 went into the ship's fund. The fund in the past was used to hold a shrimp and beer party in South America. This was discussed and a hand vote de­ cided the same would be done this trip. July 17—Chairman, Harvey Share; Sec­ retary, .John R. Tllley. The deck delegate cautionfed the crew that now is the time to bring up any beefs if they have any, and not wait tiU the patrolman is on board. 'The repair list calls for the instaUation of night latch type locks on nine rooms of the unlicensed crewmembers that stiU have old type locks that can be opened with almost any key It was decided that the engine delegate and the ship's delegate get together on the black gang beef before arrival. Edifor, -I •:«l •'I41 •m , SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY • ^ I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME • •ti •••I STREET ADDRESS CITY .^i.. .. .v.: ZONE ..... STATE Signed . . ..n TO AVOID DUPLICATION: H you^are «n old tubscribar and hava a chanqa of addrats, plaasa giva your formar addrass below: ADDRESS CIT*. ...^.>...1. .....i...... ..ZONE- • aaaa a MoaaaaMaaavaaaaaaaa••••••••< .. STATE. 3^1 i] �-•:;> i, . , '<_j ••• T*. ^... Pare ciahteeB '.•v.iiiw sET/lPliiCiW^ twd'' ' ;;^":";1^--"'^-''--" Helping Hand In Jhe Hospital Aarm^ 26; i$!i4 SEA FARE R S :C.ASl <>;• , 5 V 5" " SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS If:. "'U" • REPORT OH BENEFITS PAID T. NQ, Seafarers Receiving Benefit, thim Pyyjyl Averaite Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period m .31 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarer John Brennan gives a light to Frank Napoli while Seafarer Nils Lundqulst looks on. Bed­ ridden patients get assists from those weU enough to walk around on little items that doctors and nurses can't attend to. ifaiBitai Benefit. DeuhBenefitn -DisnUlitv Benefit. Matcniitv Benefit. YacMloo Benefit. aL 9,1 aa »o _Jbwl '7 1' Ls-liX A* WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 -maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Denise Katherine Boyle, born July 10, 1954. Parents, lAr. and Mrs. Neil J. Boyle, 143 E. .97th Valley Street, Sunrise Acres, Las Street, New York 29, New York, Vegas, Nevada. it ^ Michael Gordon Adams, born Willard Walter Bickford, born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Adams, 2711 June 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard W. Bickford, 7204 Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California. III Wife Of Seafarer Receives Best of Care t> 'i, Hi, Richard ' Charles Paquette, born June 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Paquette, 4416 Paris Avenue, New Orleans, La. Seafarer Wincenty Gontarski doesn't get to the headquar­ ters port of New York very often, but when he arrived here ^ recently the first thing he did was to hustle up to headquarters David Allen Doucette, born July and thank Welfare Services 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. for the help the Union had connected with clearing Mrs. Gon­ M^le Doucette, 7 Horton Street, given to his sick wife. tarski through Immigration. Then Newburyport, Massachusetts. Gontarski Explained that his he took her into New York and 3^ wife had been quite ill for some saw to it that she was put up in a time as a result of which she was unable to walk. He had sent her back to Scotland for treatment after which she was to return to New York. However, ps it turned out, his wife's plane was due to arrive from Scotland while he was en-route from Louisiana to New York on the tanker Bull Run. Consequent­ ly, he got in touch with Welfare Services asking them if they could meet his wife at the airport, as she was unable to get around her­ self. A Welfare Services representa­ tive went out to meet the plane and took care of ail the details Dolly White, boi'n July 5, 1954. local hotel. "It was a tremendous relief to Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Derreli W. me" Gontarski said, "when I found White, 3441 Newton Avenue, Port -out that my wife was met at the Arthur, Texas. plane and all these details were 3^ 4 tak^n- care of. I don't know how Daniel James Sullivan, born she could have managed withouM July 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. atjd the Union's help." The incident took place some Mrs. John Sullivan, 128 E, 9th months ago, Gontarski explained, Street, New York, New Yorl^. but he hadn't had a chance up to '444 now to come -to headquarters per­ Mary Nora Vaughan, born May sonally and thank Welfare Services 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mss. Wil­ for their help. liam F. Vaughan, 520 W. 175th "I've been around a long time Street, New York, New York. he concluded, Vbut there's no un­ ion I've seen anywhere that does 4 4 4 as much for the men as the SIU," Joyce Marie Takacs, born July 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Takacs, 167 West Norris Street, Philadelphia^ Pa. TUB- SIU s^cffEsr /« cioni(}h^y •ioanz. ptomu^ UEBtsh Hoipital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 10S0» Death Benefits Paid Since Tuly 1. |OTO« Dioabilitv Bencfita Paid Since May 1. 10S2' Maternity Benefits Paid Since AtwrU 'l. lOSZ* Vacatioo Benefits PaiASinr, ^eb. 11. 10S2» Tptaj * Dste Benefit. B..... tiUiUsS -S^MS .jOiVtfii £2. zz Rn*F5rfii WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ajLumuuJ ^.nsuou ii.ua ^relfnre ki ®0 US iiovermnent Bonds (Weifwe) Renl Escue (Velfue) Otiier Aysets - Training Ship (WeU^e) TOTAL ASSETS lai nvt KVo Vlt AO m .in /f9oCi 97 #!r noMM?.HT.q, For some time it has been the practice, for a great many of the eligibles under the plan, to sign a new Welfare Plan beneficiary card each time they sign on for a new voyage, regardless of the fact that they do not change the name of the beneficiary, • t is only necessary to fill'in and sigh a new beneficiary card when it is the intention of the eligible to change the name of the beneficiary or when he has never filled out a card before, A great deal of time and filing space will be saved for the Plan if eligibles under the Plan will keep this in mind. S^ttud 8-16-54 At Kerr, Assistma'Xdw^ dwUmistrator Injury Heported, 4-Month Delay Just Melts Away A Seafarer who originally faced a four-month stay in a German hospital is back in the States instead because his ship's delegate made sure to report his injury to W.elfare Services at headquarters. Sea--*^ farer Willam Sargent is now dowm.to the ship before it sailed recuperating from a broken and came back to the States in a 4 4 4' leg qt Slaten Island, having re­ few days instead of the several Sara Lynn Watford, born June ceived immediate repatriation at weeks' delay he had been expecting 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy the Union's request. up until then. Alton Watford, V 921 Smith Street, Sargent, who was a erewmember Prichard, Alabama. of the Show Me Mariner, suffered his injury while in, the port of 4 4 4, Dorothy Robinson, born June 27, Bremerhaven, Germany. He was Seafarers with beefs regard­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. taken to a local hospital and his ing slow payment of monies Thomas A. Robinson, 1941 Whit­ leg put in a cast. There the com­ due from various operators in pany agent was informed that it ney Avenue, Algiers, La. back wages and disputed over­ would be*31^ to 4 months before 4 4 4 he could get discharged from the time should first check wheth* er they have a proper mailing Beverly Kay Little, born,July 1, hospital. address on file with the com­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. BelIV^anwhile the ship's delegate pany. SIU headquarters offi­ don N. Little,-PO Box 247, Auland- had notified Welfare Services at cials point out that reports er. North €!arolina. headquarters of the nature of the received from severM opera­ accident. Welfare Services • con­ 4 4 4^ tors show checks* have been MichaKI Ivan Mesford, born July tacted the company on the matter mailed to one address while and was informed that the doctors 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. a beef on the same score is Harvey Mesford, 5055--7 Street, at the hospital would not release sent from another, thus creat­ Sargent for repatriation.. NW, Seattloi Washington. ing much difficulty in keeping Further investigation showed > 4 4 4 accounts straight. Seafarers that nobody had informed the are urged to use one perma­ Gordoih Hall Grimes, Jr., born hospital of the Seafarer's desire nent address for mail so that July 4, 1954. Parents; Mr. and for immediate repatriation. Once claims can be checked speedi­ Mrs. Gordon .K. Grimes, 1041 the hol^pital authorities were no­ ly and payment made right William Street, Baltimore, Mary- tified, they readily agreed to move away. land. him, cast and all. He was sent Vse Only One Mail Address '.4. 4 �SEAFAREnS Aociist *9, 1954 (SIU Director of Welfare Services.) We would like to Insert here Just a word of reminder to the brothers about a subject we have made mention of before: letting the Union know when a man has had to leave a ship. As was reported In the last issue, the new Union clause on continuing family allotments makes this all the more important, as the allotment can only be con­ tinued when it is known definitely that a crewmember left the ship because of illness or injury. And as all the brothers know, notifying the Union is a big help in getting a man repatriated as rapidly as possible. The little effort made in writing an airmail letter to Wel­ fare Services at headquarters is worth its weight in gold to a sick or injured brother. » » Among several new patients recently admitted at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital is Seafarer Vernon Manuel from down in Mamou, Louisiana, the town a song put on the niap. Manuel was pumpman on the Bents Fort and had to get treatment for some foreign matter that got into his eye. Seafarer Paul Albano of Boston, Mass., a fireman on the Seatrain New Jersey, had to call it quits for a while because of stomach trouble. Rocco Albanese, who had to be treated for a head Injury in April, w?is readmitted for further care, while Robert Ellis, chief cook On the Seanah was O'NeiU laid low by an attack of diabetes. A couple of hernia cases^ under treatment are Frank O'Neill and Chester Jensen. O'Neill, who is from New York City, was oiler on the Tagalam his last trip out while Jensen was utility messman aboard the Captain N. B. Palmer. He's from Wor­ cester, Mass. An accident on board the Mankato Victory put Seafarer John Doherty out of action for a while. He's now getting treatment at the hospital. Sea­ farer Flemming Jensen also got hurt on a ship. He lives in Brooklyn while he's ashore. Two other brothers who entered the hospital re­ cently a.<i. Leo Burino of Staten Island and Michael Lesko of Brooklyn. Burino was OS on the Steel Albano Flyer while Lesko was working as oiler on the Seatrain New Jersey. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Charles Neumaler Simon Bunda Joe Perreira Henry J. ChUds BUwood Rost Myron Folts W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen Vigio W. Sorensen Anthony Kuberskl P. S. Yuzon Cyril Mize USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Alvah H. Jones Henry B. Riley Hugh Meacham Anthony Scaturro USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Stephen Buzskey Svcrre Johannessen James Krohn Calvin G. Durham V. K. Ming George W. Flint G. Rosson F. Fondiia Howard Garvey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Aiasavlch Joseph Garrello Frank Albano Charles McCarthy Wilfred Beohner James H. Penswick James R. Frotton Joseph Petrusewicz USPHS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nlelson USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Gervaslo Menendez Paul Bland J. T. Moore Benny Brinson John H. Morris •' R. CarrolUon Lucius DeWitt Willie C. Sanders John C. Hughes Randolph Shcdd 'Claud Kent Leslie Swegan Albert WCLima Leo F. Weeks Jimmie Littleton William J. Wolfe Avis Meadows USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Algot Bogren Samuel Mills Steven Boldes Oscar Payne ' Jessie Brinkley Eugene Plahn A. W. Sadenwater Delvini Brodeur Jessie Clarke Jesse A. Shonts Samuel Doyle August A. Smith ' Robert Stokes Wendell Ellis Joseph Torra Richard Foust Gorman T. Glaze Warren Whitmer ' Antoine Johnson Henrlch Wlese Tony Mastantino Albert WlUls Charles W. Mathews Wesley Young USPHS HOSPITAL • NEW ORLEANS. LA. Milford Alexander S. Cope WUlinm Aplin D. D. Dambrlno William Austin Joseph Darce Samuel Bailey Emile Davles C. J. Beck J. L. Dlosco Charles Brady Thorn. J. Donaldson Charles Burton Eric R. Eklund Owen Butler Ragnor Erlcson Sebastian c: CarregalAlexander Fabricant Richard Clark Thomas Fields P. B. Cpgley M. C. Gaddy Nathan Gardner Claude Gilliam Jack Gleason Raymond F. Gorju Curtis L. Hancock Virgil L. Garding John L. Hinton Lylc Hipp Robert Hommel James Hudson Henry Humphrey E. G. Knapp D. Korolia Leo Lang Jesse Lyles John M. McDavitt Oscar Madere S. Marinello George Mitchell. William Moore William Murphy Arthur 1. Nelson William D. Ott Stanley Palfrey Francis Pastrano Harry G. Peek William Presley John C. Rehm W. E. Reynolds M. J. Rodriguez Edward Samrock R. L. Skinner J. M. Smith Andrew Stauder J. D. Thomai. Jack Thornburg Lonnie Tickle B. W. Tingley J. E. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Lorenzo Ajon Robert A. Barrett Birdie Biggs John Brennen Charles Cantwell Ho Yee Choe Ervin Crabtree France DcBeaumont Peter Devries Robert Ellis Frederick Fa'rrell Andrew Franklin David Furman Horace Gaskill Estell Godfrey Abram Goldsmith Carolos Gomez Hans Hanssen Joseph Hoffman John Horn Walton Hudson Jacobus Huisman Chester Jensen Vincent Jones Noral Horgensen Herbert Loge Nils Lundquist Perfecto Mangual Julius Martin Esteban Morales Harxey W. Morris Raymond C. Myers Charles Nangle Joseph Neubauer T. Papoutsoglov Joseph Pasinosky Charley Rhodes George Robinson Matti Ruusukallio Herman Sampson Stanley Sargeant Warren Smith Hendrik Swartjes James Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Fortunato Bacomo Frank W. Bemrick Claude F. Blanks Robert Booker Thomas Bryant Joseph Carr Jar Chong John Driscoll John Edwards Matthew Gardiner Bart Guranick John Haas Thomas Isaksen John Keenan . Frederick Landry Pat* mnctecB Welfare Services Has The Answers SEEIN' THE SEAFARERS USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Barboza Duane R. Fisher George Chang M. McDonald William D. Crawley James F. Owens Frederick Davis Jack E. Slocum Robert Davis CecU E. Strickland LOG James Lawlor Kaarel Leetmaa James Lewis Francis Lynch Joseph McGraw Archibald McGuigan David Mcllreath Vic Milazzo Eugene Nelson George Shumaker Robert Sizemore Harry Tuttle Renato VlUata VlrgU Wilmoth KNICKERBOCKER HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Rafael Caraballo USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Edwin Davis USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Anton Prulsaltls PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL LONG ISLAND. NY Arthur Lomas ; . Ordinarily, under the procedures established by the Seafarers Welfare Plan, collection of death benefits by a designated beneficiary is a relatively simple matter. All the benefi­ ciary has to do to receive the benefit is to present a death certificate and a notarized appli­ cation form certifying that he"^ or she is, in fact, the benefi­ will help speed prompt payment of just a matter of the beneficiary benefits to a family deprived of its performing certain routine actions. ciary named by the Seafarer. breadwinner. Welfare Services will explain just Obviously it isn't necessary to hire Welfare Services can be of con­ how the procedure works. an attorney for this kind of thing. siderable help on a variety of de­ In any case, it's wise to consult The Welfare .Plan purposely estab­ tails such as these. Where it's nec­ Welfare Services before hiring an lished the procedure in that way essary to get legal assistance. Wel­ attorney because such action can so that no part of the death benefit fare Services will inform the bene­ often save the family a consider­ would be siphoned off in legal fees. ficiary accordingly. But where it's able slice of the Union benefit. Aside from the actual collection of benefits, there are additional de­ tails to be dealt with. Welfare Services can usually be of help on these as well. Disposing of Gear For example,, if the death takes place on a ship, there is the ques­ tion of disposition of personal possessions and gear. The regular procedure is for the master of the ship to take inventory of the Sea­ farer's gear and then turn it and the gear over to the shipping com­ missioner. In turn, the shipping commissioner has to hand the prop­ erty over to the Federal District Court in that particular region. If the value of the gear is small, the beneficiary can obtain title to it by filling out a form. But if the property is worth more than $200 then a more complex procedure has to be followed. Some families and beneficiaries often find it difficult in time of stress to make funeral arrange­ ments and are often bewildered by Information about her uncle's gear is obtained by Mrs. Edward the whole thing. As such they could H. Keegan from Milton Flynn, headquarters Welfare Services be fair game for unscrupulous representative. Mrs. Keegan is the beneficiary of the late Sea­ members of the undertaking pro­ fession. Welfare Services often will farer Joseph H. Wilkin. arrange funerals at the request of the family as well as pay funeral bills out of the death benefit. The amount that will be paid out is held within strict limits so that the major part of the benefit will go William Mettair Lawton, 35: A 1954, while-in San Francisco, Cali­ to the family instead of going as funeral expenses. heart disorder caused the death of fornia. He had been a member of Brother Lawton in New Orleans on the SIU since May 16, 1942, join­ Under-Age June 30, 1954. A member of the ing in the port of Boston. Before Another problem that comes up on occasion is one in which the engine department, Lawton was that he had spent several years on beneficiary is under age. In such one of the Union's earliest mem­ the Great Lakes. He was buried circumstances a guardian has to be bers, joining in the port of Miami at Holy Cross Cemetery, San Fran­ appointed by the courts before the in September, 1939. He is survived cisco. His sister, Mrs. William by a brother, Milton W. Lawton, Elliott of 123 Sylvan Terrace, Harbeneficiary can be eligible. risburg. Pa., survives. When the Seafarer has not des­ of Washington, DC. 4 4 4 ignated any beneficiary, then it is Henry Arthur Currier, 41: Joseph HaroM Wilkin, 62: up to the court to appoint some­ body to act as administrator of the Brother Wilkin died of a cardiac Brother Currier died of natural estate. Normally the closest kin in ailment while a patient at the causes while receiving treatment the eyes of the court will be so USPHS hospital in Baltimore, on as an in-patient at the Staten named. Even if a Seafarer has not June 26, 1954. He had been sail­ Island USPHS hospital on July 19, with 1954. He started sailing with the designated a beneficiary with the ing as fireman-watertender Welfare Plan, he may have a will the SIU since April 23, 1951, start­ SIU out of New York in March, on file which will simplify matters ing out in the Port of New York. 1951, holding ratings in the engine Burial took place in the Cedar department. Burial took place at all around. Questions of Social Security Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, NJ. the Evergreen Cemetery, Brook­ benefits that may be available for A niece, Mrs. Nancy Keegan of lyn, NY. He is survived by his the wife and children of a Seafarer 102-09 186th Street, Hollis, Long mother, Marie C. Jennings of 401 also have to be taken into consid­ Island, NY, is beneficiai-y of his Suydani Street, Brooklyn. eration. Welfare Services can sup­ estate. 4" 4 4 Joseph Marshall Israel, 33: ply information on these which 4" 4" l" John Thomas Edwards, 66: Brother Israel lost his life when an Brother Edwards, a long-term airplane he was aboard crashed patient at the Manhattan Beach into the sea south of Elba, Italy, on USPHS hospital, died of natural January 10, 1954. He was a resi­ causes on August 11, 1954. He had dent of Sulphur, Louisiana. joined the Union in Baltimore on 4 4 4 Francis P. O'Connor, 44: A heart May 3, 1944, and sailed in the deck department. Burial took place at attack while aboard the SIURose Hill Cemetery, Linden, NJ. manned Seatiger took the life of A daughter, Mrs. Annie E. Pecken- Brother O'Connor on July 20, 1954. paugh of 1233 Peachtree Street, He had been an SIU member for 11 years, sailing in the deck depart­ Cocoa, Florida, survives. ment. He was buried at Boston 4 4 His James Clyde Battle, 36: While a Cemetery, Boston, Mass. crewmember aboard the Atlantic mother, Mrs. Catherine O'Connor Water, Brother Battle died of of 8 Cornelia Court, Boston, Mass., drowning in the Pacific Ocean just is his beneficiary. off the California coast on June 28, 4 4 4 Esper Durant Tate, 37: A crew­ 1954. He joined the Union in New York on July 16, 1942, and sailed member aboard the Santore in the in the steward department. He is deck department. Brother Tate survived by his wife, Irene Battle, died of a heart ailment on July of 1525 Bryant Avenue, Bronx,' New 2, 1954. He had been sailing with the SIU for a little over two years, York. starting in Lake Charles, Louisi­ 4 4 4 Paul T. Cassidy, 45: An oiler in ana, ill March, 1952. He is sur­ Here's what Joseph P. Moore the engine department on SIU vived by his wife, Bessie Lee Tate looked like to his dad, Seafarer ships. Brother Cassidy succumbed of 315 E. 'Virginia Ave., Bessemer J. S. Moore, shortly after his to a . liver ailment on July 8, City, NC. birth, July 25. FINAL DISPATCH Father's-Eye View r �SEAFARERS^ LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I NTE R N ATI O N Ai UNION : • •: MOBILE—The USS Hartford, Yankee Admiral David Farragut's flag ship in a crucial Civil War naval engage­ ment here, is the center of a hot controversy that is becom­ ing recognized locally as the Second Battle of Mobile Bay It was from the deck of the Hartford in the historic Battle of Mobile Bay that Admiral Farragut uttered his now-famous command: "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead." The Hart­ ford led the Union fleet up the torpedo-infested channel and engaged the ships of the Confederacy in a battle that resulted in completing the blockade of Gulf ports during the War Between the States. It appears the Hartford also will be victorious in the present warfare which erupted two years ago when the American Legion and Knights of Columbus here proposed that the old warship be restored and berthed permanently in Mobile for use as a historic shrme. Recently President Eisenhower signed into law a bill prorestoration and perpetual care of the Hartford, USS Constitution and the USS Constellation. *An Insult to the South* men efforts to station the Hartford at Mobile first became public, the United Daughters of the Confederacy here rose to artillery, contending that the wnnM n vfi 1 Semmcs, Confederate Naval chief, Jf ?he Old South traditions Rm?i? should rise up in arms." militant UDC members. "The South On April 17, 1862, Farragut, aboard the Hartford, led the Union fleet up the Mississippi River to attack New Orleans. For a week the guns of two Confederate forts guarding the river approach to the city kept the Union forces at bay. ^^'^^.^eut's patience was worn thin and he ordered ° run the gauntlet. The Union ships were camouflaged iirp w pilot houses arounrSSeM. and sand were piled Hartford signaled the advance and the fleet steamed forward under a haU of Confederate shell^ An Incmdiary raft Jammed the Hartford, but the flames were brought under control. New Orleans fell despite a valiant defense, and later the Hart­ ford took a leading part in the bombardment of Vicksburg, As the war went on. Mobile became the sole Confederate strong­ hold in the Gulf. The port was defended by the Tennessee, an ironclad ship launched at Selma, Ala., and described as "the most powerful warship afloat." After completing his mission at Vicksburg, Admiral Farragut turned his attention to Mobile and the Union fleet was assembled outside the entrance to the bay. Early in the morning of August 5, 1864, he gave the. order to attack. When his staff reported the entrance to the bay was a virtual death trap of torpedoes, Farragut uttered the command that has become an oft-quoted part of US Navy tradition and the Union fleet steamed into the bay to engage the Confederate ships under the comniand of Admiral Franklin Buchanan. Battled With Ironclad The Tennessee attacked the Hartford. Farragut ordered a con­ centration of fire on the Tennessee. The Hartford was set ablaze briefly as the Tennessee pulled alongside, but one by one the gune on the Confederate ship were silenced. Her plates began to fall off and finally her flag came down. The battle ended In the surrender of Buchanan's squadron and resulted in Union occupation of forts guarding the bay. The Hartford was decommissioned in 1886. She was rebuilt, bark-rigged and her tonnage increased to 2790 tons. She was fitted as a training ship and served the Navy until she was final­ ly decommissioned in 1926. It is planned to berth the Hartford at the new Meaher Stats Park on the Mobile Bay Causeway. There the old ship would be open to the public and would be. a shrine for safe-keeping and di^ay of historic relics associated with this,area of the Gulf. The storm that arose when the proposal to move the Hartford • to Mobile was first advanced has subsided somewhat. It is sus- ^ pected locally, however, that thA nnnnsitinn hao nniT, ' -i '-i;''-'-... • "V;'' pi ^ > ; : i??' " ' •f '"r^t• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource August 20, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 17 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU HAILS VICTORY AS '50-50' PASSES UNION PROBES GEORGIA INCOME TAX GARNISHEES $520,000 PAID KIN OF 45 LOST ON PENNSYLVANIA NOMINATIONS OPEN IN SIU ELECTIONS HOPE FADES FOR HOSPITAL REOPENING NEW ORLEANS SHUFFLES OFFICE, UPS SERVICES SIU HIS REASON FOR COLLEGE AIMS CREW FINDS 33-DAY STAY IN PR 'OKAY' ASK US PROBE OF ONASSIS OIL GRAB MAGAZINE FEATURES RESCUE BY CLAIBORNE RESOLUTION ON SIU ELECTIONS RULE EASES ABSENTEE FED. VOTING PHS PATIENTS BEGIN OWN MONTHLY PAPER NAME NY LAWYER TO M'TIME BD APPROVE $ FOR MOBILE SHIP DEPOT NOMINATIONS OPEN '50-50' VICTORY FLAG OF SURRENDER BILOXI SHRIMP FESTIVAL OFF WATCH 'DON'T' OUTWEIGH 'DO'S' FOR SEAFARERS IN KOREA SEAMAN'S PAPER LURE OF THE 'OPEN ROAD' CAN'T MATCH CALL OF SEA WHO CUT CAPER WITH HIS PAPER, SEAMAN ASKS 'GIVE CREDIT WHERE DUE' IS SEAFARER'S PHILOSOPHY ILL WIFE OF SEAFARER RECEIVES BEST OF CARE INJURY REPORTED, 4-MONTH DELAY JUST MELTS AWAY WELFARE SERVICES HAS THE ANSWERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/20/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f162ad4df3606c5763a58f7cd55cbe1c.PDF 27b337694fc646f08b1f66a3b60735f6 PDF Text Text Th«^ AUti-IJnioii Medicine Show -See Page 4-r SEAFARERS LOG o F F I C I Al ORQAN OF THE S E AFAR E R S I NTER N ATt O N AL*-U N I O N • ATlANTiC AND GULF DtSTRiCT • AFL j''7 'sm' :'.U - •.t . ' ' ^An#Ar Seafarers Sea Chest warehouse employees in Brooklyn dfO|#CflC5F ^Cflf Cr• check in another shipment of first-quality brand-name merchandise for use aboard ships' slopchests. Sea Chest success in servicing ships with quality goods at low prices to seamen has caused dismay among private slopchest dealers leading to Government civil suit charging SlU-operated corporation with "monopoly." (Story on page 3.) * "Andy Furuseth sails again." SIU Welfare Fund's training l/riICrS« ship named in honor of founder.of maritime unions, gets : . ready to weigh anchor and sail out of New York,boat basin for outports where it - . Will serve as key unit in Union's training and upgrading program for Seafarers. •; ,v- --• (Story on page 3.) �SBAr'AKBRS Fit* Tw» IOC Half Of US Tramp Fleet OK To Transfer WASHINGTO-N—Despite strong objections frbin the SIU and other maritime unions, the US Maritime Administration is proceeding with plans to allow half of all US tftimp ships to transfer to foreign flags. Operating on the questionable theory that if half the US-flag tramp fleet of Liberty"*" ships is allowed to go under proved for a total of 461 privatelyforeign flag those Lihertys re­ owned vessels totalling some 2.3 maining under the-Americah flag million gross tons. .On top of this will be in a better position to com­ figure, of course, ;are more than pete for cargo, the Maritime Ad­ 1,100 ships sold by the Government ministration has added a new for foreign-flag operation under regulation to its already liberalized the .1946 Ship Sales Act. Right now approximately 100 applica­ sliip transfer policy. A portion of the idled Boston fishing fleet is shown tied up at the tions ai-e pending at the Maritime The latest MA ruling enables Fish Pier-in Boston as members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Administration for further transshipowners to transfer one out of Fishermen's Union continue to stay away from the boats. With every two Lihertys they own, pro­ fers; with more coming in, and fish prices at new lows, and wages affected accordingly, fishermen approval can be expected for about viding they meet the conditions prefer to stay on the beach until conditions improve. announced earlier. On the basis 60 of them. of this requirement, a flock of mergers by small outfits can be -expected in the near future. This would enable a company which owns one ship to merge with an­ other in the same condition so that between them- they could transfer BOSTON—Virtttal^Hhe en­ one of their vessels. tire Boston fishing niet- has The arithmetic of this system Continuing the ioyward progress of Union welfare services for seamen, the .SIU this been idle for the past two could likewise by applied in the case of a one-ship company and. week revealed plans under which the SIU Welfare Plan will operate the cafeteria at the weeks as fishermen, members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ another owning three ships. A Baltimore hall exclusively fpr seamen. men's Union, have simply stopped Thus, both New York and , merger would enable them to put a foreign flag on two of them. One Baltimore will soon feature been caught in the net. As-seamen of its ideal location adjacent to the working because of the low price With haddock down to of the few limitations in the MA cafeterias, but each run under know, by virtue of their transient- Union hall, has been sold' to the of fish. policy concerns the foreign coun­ slightly different set-ups on an ex­ type work, they are often caught Welfare Plan for the hotel site, so three cents a pound on,the whole­ tries to which transfers will be perimental basis. In New York, the up in police dragnets through no that this project now looms nearer. sale market, the .fishermTen say it does not pay for them to bother All Recently-Won permitted. . Only Honduras, Pan'a- Welfare. Plan underwrites a por­ fault of their, own. These facilities These services, along with the to take the tmats out. -> ?• ma and Liberia will be considered. tion of the expenses of the' SIU at the SIU hall are} of course, sep­ traditional list of SlU-atranged arate from the rotary hiring baU Fishbfmen work on the 'shar* Port of Call corporation forop­ Six Already Gone for dispatching men lo jobs, which cash benefits, all seemed unattain­ Six Liberty • dry-cargo , vessels erating the cafeteria as a service the Union provides. But the Union able a few years back. Yet today system, getting a certain percentag* of the value of the cargo. Cpnto seamen. The headquarters unit were approved for transfer in midwill not stop there. As part of the our seamen have the security of a sequently the rock-bottpn^ price-of is open to the public. Plans are also August, bringing the boxscore so continuing welfare program for sea­ $15 cash benefit paid by the Wel­ far under the MA's relaxed rules afoot for operating cafeterias in men, future plans call for the con­ fare Plan for as long as they are fish has made it impos$i|le for them to earn a living on the Ashing other SIU port cities. to ten vessels transferred. The Announcement of the new serv­ struction of a hotel in NY under hospitalized for any illness Or in­ boats. latest six includes the formerly the auspices of the Welfare Plan. jury. Asking Minimum SlU-manned General Patton of the ice for Baltimore launches one Property purchased by the SIU for Another of several cash benefits, more of the many welfare services The fishermen are trying, to get National Waterways Corp., which , (Continued on page 7) of the' SlU-contracted Welfare expanding Union services, because the owners to guarantee them went Liberian.., shares based on a - minimum of Despite the fight paced, by the Plan, all of which are unique in six cents a pound, but with the SIU and other maritime unions trade union operations. Most un­ current depressed state of the here, aided by several Senate and ions generally stick to the conven­ market, only one fishing fleet House lawmakers unwilling to see tional welfare benefits such as operator, with five boats, has still more US shipping leaving the those for accidents and sickness. agreed to the guarantee. The other country's already weakened mer­ But even though the SIU has many 50 to 60 boats in the Boston com­ chant marine, the MA bowed to of these too, due to the unusual mercial fishing fleet are inactive. the pressure applied by trampship occupation of sdamen and the operators and devised an escape transient nature of their work, the A union spokesman in New York The volume of mail addressed to the "Credentials Com­ said hatch policy tailored to their needs. services instituted by the Seafarers that the chief cause of the From July 1, 1945, to February Welfare Plan go far beyond the mittee" a£ SIU headqi^ters this week indicated a heavy doldrums in the trade is the usual benefits. response to the opening of nominations in the Union's regular upsurge in fish imports, particular­ 23, 1954, transfers have been apThe program of direct aid -to the biennial election. Eight days ly frozen fillets, from such places members when they need it most remain for Seafarers to'nomi­ as Newfoundland, Iceland, Scan­ Urging the membership to run is welfare in its purest form, and the wisdom ot this type of service, nate themselves or others for for the various Union posts open,' dinavia and other foreign coun­ Sept. 3. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 18 has been demonstrated many times any of the 49;. elective-posts, with which include all elective ofiEices tries. Fishing interests here have As I See It Page 6 over. The most recent occasion the deadline set for midnight, Sep­ at headquarters and in the 'but- been, pressing for import quotas, / ports, SIU Secretary - Treasurer but without much success. Burly Page 16 came in the recent shipping slump, tember 11. The opening of nominations on Paul Hall noted that "large-scale New York fishermen too, have Crossword Puzzle . Page 8 when each week the Welfare Plan Editorials ; ...^Page 9 w^ able to offer facilities assuring August 12 followed the procedure participation by the membership been hard hit by the slump and Galley Gleanings ,.. v. .. .'Page 15 seamen meals and sleeping quar­ prescribed in the Union constitu­ in the activities of the SIU has have abandoned regular commer­ Inquiring' Seafarer ....... Page 8" ters while awaiting a ship. As tr tion and followed' in the last gen­ been one of the pillars of our Un- cial fishing operations to concen­ Labor Round-Up ........Page 8 result sei^ral hundred seamep are eral election two years ago. -All a ion's strength." A record total of trate on scallop ^heries. At pres­ Letter of The Week ..Page 9 provided sleeping, laundry . and Seafarer has to .do to nominate 75 candidates ran for the 49 offices ent there are a dozen scallop boats active in the metropolitan area. Letters Page 16 shower facilities.*^ Initiated in New himself is tp submit a letter stating open in 1952. The qualifications of all candi­ Maritime .Page 8 York, this service is now spreading the office for which he wishes Meet The Seafarer. Page 8 to other SIU port areas and will to rim, along with proof pf three dates will be studied by i^ creden­ Notices, Personals Page 17 eventually be available throughout years' seatime as an unlicensed man, tials committee to be elected at proof of citizenship and proof of headquarters fbllbwing the end of Off Watch Page 14 the Atlantic and Gulf District. two yearsL continuous membership the nomination period. The actual Open 24-Hours A Day Port Reports Pages 12, 13 election will get underway for two In addition, the Baltimore hall,~ in the Umon. Quiz Page 14 Four months of the seatime must months starting Novennber 15, 1954. Ships'. Minutes Page 17 like NY,^wili be open 24 hours a The 49 posts open are the same SIU History Cartoon .... .Page 6 day. The'SIU offers the use of the be in the cflrrent year, except in GENOA,-' Italy—Five .-hundred Sports Line Page 15 modem, air-conditioned hall for the case of candidates iatlready as those on the ballot two years Vote of Thanks Page 9 recreation, television-viewing, card- serving as Union officials. In addi­ ago except for one change. In or­ pounds of bronze from US shipf Washington News Letter . Page 7 playing, reading and lounging. tion, each candidate should submit der to assure all departments of sunk in baffle was flown here for statement of 109 words or less representation'at the headquarters a shrine to all those who have lost Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 Thanks to this type of welfare pro­ summarizing his Union record and level, the practfoe of electing six their lives at sea. gram, sCamen don't have to choose Welfare Report Page 18 The palvaged bronze' will be Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 between a depressing hotel room a passport photo of himself to be joint assistant secretaiy-treasurers and the street. An indication pf published in the SEAFARERS will be varied to enable the elec­ made into a memorial plaque on Publfshod MwMkly at tha haadooartari of tha Seafarars Intarnatianal Union/ At­ the success of this idea is the fact LOG before the ele-ction gets un­ tion of one assistant secretary each the Ligutian coast; opposite, an 8(K lantic A Cuff District AFL, 675 Fourth- that in'^he current NY* police derway, in order to familiarize ithe for the deck, engine and. steward ton statue of Christ that was sunk Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *-6600. Entered as sacond class matter roundKip of drifters and "unde­ membership \vith those running departments plus three joint as­ in 52 leet of water 500 yards' off­ at the Post Office in Brookivn, NY., sirables," not a single SIU man has for pffica,^ sistant secretaries. shore qn Av^ust 29. under the Act of August 34 1*11 Welfare Plan Will Run Balfimore Hall Cafeteria pr i; Loki Rates Tie Up SIU Fish Fleet ,. Many Seek SIU Office; Nominations Near End SEAFARERS LOG $A Shrine Noriors ^r i- t. ..aTt �SEAF'AHEHS L&G >Bptibi9rer'S;':''l954 PUge Thi'ite Union To Expose Ship Chandlers' Slopchesf Abuses Full proof that the SIU Sea Chest exists to service the membership and protect it from unscrupulous and mercenary slopchest dealers is being offered in answer to a legal challenge to its existence. The Sea Chest, SlU-owned and operated service that supplies slopchests to ships on a competitive basis, is confident that the facts of its operations will serve to defeat a G overnment suit obviously inspired by the complaints of ship chand-t= lers and slopchest dealers. The civil suit, filed in the What Is A Slopchest? Testing one of his stern lines while the SlU Welfare Plan's training ship Andrew Furuseth was moored at a Brooklyn yacht basin, A1 Urbelis, veteran bosun and skipper of the trim vessel, finds all shipshape. The Furuseth will be used to upgrade seamen. 'Andy Furuseth' To Sail Again NEW YORK—^The SIU Welfare Plan training ship, the An­ drew Furuseth, is preparing to hoist anchor and put to sea as part of the SIU training program to upgrade Seafarers. The Andrew Furuseth will head for SIU ports in the Atlantic & Gulf District where it It's Final! '50 50' Now Cargo Law After keeping the entire maritime industry in suspense for over a week. President Eisenhower signed the permanent "50-50" bill into'law. His action came just two days before the deadline for signing, which would have meant a pocket-veto for the measure. In signing the bill, the President disregarded strenuous objections from both the State and Agricul­ ture Departments 'to the "50-50" principle. It is believed that these objections were responsible for the President's delay in acting. • SIU Victory • The President's approval means a complete victory for the SIU, which has fought for seven years along with other maritime groups to put "50-50" into foreign aid appropriation bills year after year. With passage of a permanent bill, the "50-50" principle in foreign aid is now firmly established, which assures American shipping 50 percent of all Government .car­ goes falling into that category. Since US shipping is now carrying less than 30 percent of commercial cargoes the bill is an extremely importahL prop to private operations, particularly to non-subsidized ship­ ping companies. The President did say thtit in his opinion Congress should change the provision covering offshore purchases for the Armed Forces as well as some other minor pro­ visions of the law. While the sighing was a victory for the SIU and US flag shipping, it was a setback to foreign-flag operators who spearheaded the opposition to the measure, using their countries' diplomatic mis­ sions and the US State Department Jaa^pjaurseJlfinrSO''.^ every turn. will initiate a year-round training program. The activity undertaken by the Andrew Furuseth will carry on the training program initiated by the SIU when it moved into its new Brooklyn headquarters in 1951. The SIU at that time began a training program which resulted in the Union being in a position to man much-needed ships for the Korean war at a time when the entire nation was woefully shorthanded of rated men. Hundreds of men trained at the SIU's head­ quarters training school were up­ graded into the skilled ranks thus enabling the shipowners to meet their committments in the han­ dling of military cargoes. Trustee Survey ' At the time the SIU headquart­ ers training school was opened, a study was undertaken to improve the training program, with the re­ sult that a committee of shipown­ ers and Union Weifare Plan trustees undertook a lengthy survey which resulted in the decision to operate a training ship where facilities are similar to an actual merchant ship. The vessel which is now the An­ drew Furuseth was chosen when it was found she closely paralleled the "Avenger," the ship used by the Sailors Union of the Pacific in its shipboard training program. After selection of the Furuseth, the Welfare Plan trustees mapped out a full program of fitting out the vessel with first class equip­ ment to provide the best in train­ ing facilities. By the time the vessel was fitted and ready for sea service, the ac­ tual training was delayed because of the SIU's full-scale participation in the AFL drive on the New York waterfront. Maintain Rated Strength Despite the fact that the Korean war has ended and the industry is now in a slump, the current lull will afford the opportunity for men to upgrade themselves and im­ prove their earnings. Likewise, the upgrading' of SIU men will en(Continued on page 4) Brooklyn Federal District For those readers who have never sailed and are curious as to Court by the Justice Depart­ just what a slopchest is, the following quotation from the US Code, ment on Au^st 20, charges Title 46, is self-explanatory: "Every vessel mentioned in Section 666 of this title shall also be that the Sea Chest is maintain­ provided with a slopchest which shall contain a compliment of ing a "monopoly" and that the clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, in­ Union is using its economic cluding boots or shoes, hats or caps, underclothing and outerpower to "coerce" ship operators clothing, oil clothing and everything necessary for the wear of a into purchasing supplies from the seaman ..." Union-operated service. The clause goes on to say that the contents shall be sold from Price C. Spivey, general mana­ time to time in the course of a voyage at a profit not to exceed ten ger of the Sea Chest corporation, percent "of the reasonable wholesale value of the same." ridiculed the charge of "monop­ Slopchests were first put aboard ships under the law beginning oly," pointing out that the Sea June 26, 1884. They apply only to offishore vessels on voyages to Chest has never, at any time, serv­ ports other than the American continent. (Alaska is excepted in iced all SIU ships. "There are a certain instances.) good number of SlU-contracted ships that have never taken on a Sea Chest slopchest even though through the years have been those supplying ships early last year, the in every instance, the Sea Chest about shoes whose uppers split ship chandlers and slopchest deal­ has offered quality supplies at from the soles after a few watches, ers have been out to cripple the prices below the competition. And the shirts and dungarees that Union-owned service. An organiza­ those ships that have taken our shrank several sizes after one tion calling itself the Slop Chest offers have done so on a competi­ washing or fell apart after several Dealers of America was formed tive basis. They are free to accept wearings, the waterproof gear that specifically for the purpose of com­ or reject them at any time. leaked and so on. In most in­ bating the Sea Chest. The first impact of Sea Chest stances this was because the sup­ Non-Frofit Operation . "The success of the Sea Chest plies were the poorest quality competition after its formation available or were seconds or re­ was a sharp" break in shipboard is due solely to one factor. (Continued on page 17) "Inasmuch as profit is not the pri­ jects that had been cast aside by mary reason.for existence, we have "the manufacturer because of defec­ been able to service seamen with tive workmanship. These supplies the best quality brand merchandise were funneled to the ship chan­ at reasonable prices. We have dlers and sold to seamen at prices never made a nickel in profit. The of first-quality goods or higher. The hurricane "Carol" which Cost Seamen's Lives high quality of Sea Chest goods swept up the East Coast this It is firmly believed by the has enabled seamen for the first past Monday and Tuesday, time to free themselves from the Union that these vicious practices indicting heavy damage in some grip of the unscrupulous ship undoubtedly cost the lives of many coastal areas, didn't appear to chandler who has victimized them seamen during the years of World affect shipping any, but it did War II. This was particularly true for years. taken swipe at the SIU hall in "We consider the current suit a in North Atlantic waters where Boston. The big blow belted welcome opportunity to expose the suitable cold weather gear was a the Union building there and sordid kickback and price-padding must for survival in case of a ship lifted a four-foot hatch right system whereby ship suppliers sinking. The many complaints off the roof and dropped it have been milking seamen for the about vOartime slopchests, and the four floors to the ground. No last 70 years. It was the endless unsuccessful attempts of Govern­ injuries were reported, how­ complaints of seamen themselves ment agencies to maintain their ever. There was no damage to about these practices that led to quality are sound basis for this any of the other SIU branch the formation of the Sea Chest in belief. halls along the Atlantic sea­ From the very beginning, Spivey the first instance." board. Typical of these complaints down said, when the Sea Chest started l-l ^ i\ I 4 ^CaroP Raises RostotPs Roof m , v| •h Commies Dig In As Gov't Ok's ILA Government certification of the AFL-expelled International Longshoremen's Associa­ tion as bargaining agent for pier workers in the Port of New York signalled a major victory for the Communist Party and the New York waterfront mob last week. Announcement of the certi--*" fication order by the National ture campaign. "We must now all the New York local of tugboat men, Labor Relations Board in unite behind the ILA ... to con­ formerly part of the ILA and now Washington August 27 was seen paving the way for the Communist Party to go all-out in its efforts to dominate the uneasy waterfront situation. In the face of this, the new AFL International Brother­ hood of Longshoremen made plans to continue unrelenting its 11month fight to drive the old ILA out of the port; The role of the Commies in the dock picture was symbolized by the gleeful reaction of "the "Daily Worker" to news of the certifica­ tion order. The sentiment of the CP organ was echoed on Monday in a special edition of the dis­ credited "Dockers News" which set the tone of the Commie's fu­ solidate this victory," it declared. Neither publication made mention of the mob or the shortcomings of the old ILA which they had freely criticized in the past. Bridges $10,000 The reaction by Commie West Coast longshore leader Harry Bridges followed the same pattern. In the closing days of the election campaign. Bridges provided thou­ sands of pieces of campaign litera­ ture for the old ILA, in addition to a $10,000 gift to the mob cause. John L. Lewis, another benefac­ tor of the old union, provided $100,000 or more to the ILA cam­ paign fund and has already re­ ceived his reward in the form of affiliated with his United Mine Workers. Action by the Government in declaring a winner to the May 26 pier election between the AFL union and the outfit expelled from the Federation a year ago for mob domination was based on simple arithmetic. As a result of the May balloting and the disposal of vari­ ous blocs of challenged votes, the AFL emerged with 9,144 votes, 263 short of the margin held by the old ILA. Then, with 666 challenged bal­ lots remaining, 491 were thrown out on-the ground that they were the votes of supervisory employ(Cpntinued on page 4) •I �THE ANTf'UNION MEDICINE Mention the word "shipowner" to a union seaman and chances are he will get his guard up right away. After years of defending his union against the ship­ owner, the seaman automatically figures it's best to keep on his toes anytime one of that breed coipes ^thin ten f feet. But today there's a new coalition of anti-union chicken hawks trying to torpedo seamen's unions. Taking advantage of the periodic slumps of the maritime industy, a traveling medicine show of "me firsters" ~ is swooping here and there to where, organized mobs who want inflame the minds of seamen an in on unions are a handy~ me­ • over the difficulties that their dium of operations. Whatever the local circum­ unions face in adjusting to stances, the pattern of operation is conditions in the industry. pretty much the same. The key is At the moment one —- of -- the fa the publication of an "opposition" vorite targets of these birds of prey newspaper, or bulletins supposedly •_ the A.u^ SIU's CTTT»« Canadian TriRfrirt. i_ is District put. out. •by certain rank andJ file That organization has severer prob­ members of the union or by sopie lems than most maritime unions so-called "committee." And if a because Canadian deep-sea ship­ few union m^n can be suckered ping as a result of cut-rate foreign into fronting for the operation, so flag competition has gone to pot much the better. All of these completely, and on the Canadian papers and hand-biUs have a cer­ side of the Great Lakes a dual tain sneery, negative flavor, some-' union outfit headed by a skipper thing like an egg that was fried in who once ran a company hiring last week's r^cid oil. Rather than hall is attempting ta monkey- offer any positive suggestions for wrench the district's operations. the problems that beset the union, But at one time or another nearly they prefer to swing a meat hook every maritime imion has been at personalities. All of this swing­ sidelines and the difficulties of the dive-bombed by this traveling ing is from downstairs: the lower maritime industry in Canada, the troupe—the Sailors Union of the the better, and if family members Canadian District has been making Pacific, the Marine Firemen, Oilers or other innocent bystanders get real progress by sticking to union and Watcrtenders Union and the hit below the belt in the process, business. Recently it took one of McMaster's biggest companies National Maritime Union in par­ it's just the breaks of the game. away from him by a SVis to one ticular. Public Smear Sheets vote. Line-Up Always Same Seafarers in the past have re­ Commies Attack SUP The personalities in the ceived the publications of these Out on the West Coast, its an traveling circus may change people, the "West Coast Sailors story that for many years the their spots from time to time, Journal," the "Black Gang News," old Communist Party has been putting 'and may pick up some odd the "Rank and File Pilot," and company on the way, but similar such slime sheets. With the the blast on the Sailors Union of Canadian District currently the the Pacific. ' The "West Coast basically the line-up is the same everywhere. The troupe favorite plaything of the combine. Sailors Journal" was its medium is composed of three elements, Seafarers have been "treated" to of operations for quite some time some real vicious mailings .on their and it concentrated, like all these the Communist Party, always willing to put a burr under ships, bearing the lofty name "Sic other sheets, on personal vilifica­ tion of SUP leaders as well as the saddle; lawyers whose pro­ Semper Tyrannus." members of their families. Of fessional ethics are on the One thing that the hit and run course, the waterfront section of skimpy side, commonly known troupe overlooks, though (and this the Party has had considerable aid to rank and file seamen as may be due in part to their un- and comfort from Harry Bridges shysters, and an odd assort­ familiarity with the workings of who is always happy to do the ment of phonies that can be maritime unions), is the fact that Sailors Union a bad turn. It got found at the fringe of the la­ the average maritime union, more so that in the last economic beef bor movement. The latter in­ than ynions in other industries, clude unsuccessful ex-officials, has a tradition of bringing beefs of the Sailors Union with the shipwould-be officials without tal­ out in the open and dealing with ent, and a few fastbuck boys them through membership action. who heard from someone that The practice of secret elections, unions are a good business to referendums on important policy matters and other democratic, pro­ look into. (Continued from page 3) The Communist Party's motives cedures are well established in the able the Union to furnish men in of course, are well-known to sea­ maritime field, which makes things important ratings should the need men by now. They are simply to a little tough for somebody on the for ships suddenly mushroom, a disrupt and destroy democratic outside trying to work his way in. situation very possible in light of Today's favorite target, Canada, unions, take them over and then offers a lot of interesting angles. current world crises. use them as instruments of the For one The Andrew Furuseth will estab­ thing, there is a nucleus Soviet Union's foreign policy. They of unhappy lish an itinerary throughout the ex-officials of the old aren't famous for being fussy over Canadian Sea­ A&G District so as to allow the whom they pay up with in the Commie-controlled men's Union aroimd. was the men in all ports to have the oppor­ process. The shysters also have a Communist-dominatedThis outfit that tunity to use its training facilities. simple and clear-cut motive. Com­ was put out of business by the SIU Normally the ship has a crew of petition between the ambulance Canadian District. There are peo­ one, the skipper being A1 Urbelis, chasers always gets rough when the ple in Canada who will never for­ a veteran bosun who has been with shipping industry.slumps and there give Canadian Seafarers for that. the ship since it was purchased by aren't enough injured seamen' to Then the SIU Canadian District is the Welfare Plan. While a training go around, a young union which just recently class is aboard, the ship will carry The phonies are another breed got its automony, so the promoters a full crew. altogether. They aren't smart figure that it could be an"easier In naming the training ship, the enough to go to school and become touch. Plan has honored the father of shysters, they (don't understand -In the main though, the Unholy maritime unionism and one of the what the Communists are talking trio has found a comfortable home founders of the Sailors Union of about but-they sure would like to in the arms of Captain McMaster, the Pacific, the founder of today's piecard it the rest of their lives. who ^aduated into the union busi­ SIU. It was Furuseth who singleIt isn't the base wage that attracts ness all on his own. Since McMas­ handedly broke the bonds that them, its all the sidelines they ter has been more active of late, held seamen in virtual slavery. could develop if they were "in." the CSU people have stopped try­ The fruits of his labor were the Local situations may vary of ing to operate on their own and Maguire Act, the White Act, the course. Up in Canada, the group have formed a working alliance Seamen's Act of. 1915 and the has found it convenient to make with him. Using a few ex-C^adian Jones Act of 1920. In keeping with the traditions goo-goo eyes at a dual outfit run District seamen as a front, they by a certain Captain McMaster. On have been frothing at the mouth, established by Furuseth, the train­ the West Coast, Hairy Bridges is on paper, and sending free samples ing ship will serve to carry out always their handy boy, for after in the mails to ships not only in part of the. SIU program to conall, he's gpt a few friends of his Canada, but in the States as well. stailtly improve conditions and; the Despite the sniping. from the livelihood of all Seafarers. own who can be usefuL Etee- Furuseth... i ' ; ! ' 'i • owners, both Bridges and the "West Coast Sailors Journal" did their best to break the strike How they figured this would make the membership friendly to them is something of a mystery. The shysters' activity on the West Coast has been considerably stepped up in recent months, the idea being that if the SUP can't be attacked on the ships, it might as well be harassed in the courts. Many of these same attorneys, by coincidence, can be found in the corner of one of Bridges' asso­ ciates, when they or their runners aren't chasing down a potential case. The SUP newspaper "West Coast Sailors" recently noted In referring to one of the sev­ eral devious schemes of shy­ sters: ''The point you should remember is: They (shysters) are not looking out for your interests. Their prime motive is to get their hands on you so they can make a big fat kill­ ing so they .can pay off their ambulance chasers." Another West Coast union, the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union, was the target of a particularly frantic attack when its members were about to vote on affiliation with the SIU. This was natural, because the MFOW move sent shivers up and down Bridges' back and his allies jn the nowdefunct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Somehow though, the "Black Gang News" was unable to convince the mem­ bership that joining the SIU would weaken the union and exile them to slavery. The Commies are now waging a campaign to get the MFOW to disaffiliate from the SIU. Vincent Malone, president of the MFOW, has proved to be one of the mbst effective fighters against the combine and has kept the MFOW strong internally. CIO unions aren't exempt from this kind of stuff either. The pages of the "Pilot," official publication of the National Maritime Union, have noted many times that some of the legal "talent" on the East Coast thought the NMU member­ ship was just the group they ought to cuddle up to. The "Pilot" noted in a recent issue that the anti­ union shysters were also ac­ tive in their camp. The paper reported: "This smear Utera- • iure . . . comes from a group of lawyers, 'ambiilance-chasers,' no less, who would like to get their hands 6n some union business, and through that victimise seamen for the profit of a few. "A good part of the Uterature printed for the disrupters is being printed on the type of paper usually found around a lawyer's office, and we as­ sume that they are borrowlug the presses of printers who / work for lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers in this con­ spiracy is clear enough." In the SIU, Atlantic & Gulf.Dis­ trict, while these matters have not been problems, the fact remains that A&G members have been subjected to a barrage of the smear-type literature aimed at the SIU affiliates and other maritime unions. Seafarers have become used to this and treat it as the ranting and raving of union-bust­ ers. However, to keep aware of the doings of the anti-union medi­ cine show, it bodes well to keep a weather eye cocked on these char­ acters. They haven't made any headway anywhere, but the old saying "know your enemy" still holds true. Old lU... (Continued from page 3) ees. The 175 ballots left there­ fore could not affect the outcome and the certification foiiowed. The old ILA victory came in the sec­ ond pier election in the port in five months. An earlier vote, in December, 1953, was voided on the ground of intimidation and co­ ercion of longshoremen by the old ILA. IBL 'Watchdog' The immediate affect of the NLRB certification order was a bid by old ILA officials to reopen ne­ gotiations with the shipowners for a new agreement to. replace the one which expired last September 30. Meanwhile, the IBL indicated it would watch the proposed talks carefully to assure that the inter­ ests of its mors than 9,000 sup­ porters would not be undermined. It also assured AFL longshoremen that any attempted discrimination against them in favor of old ILA mbn would be fought in every way possible,., - - �SEAFARE:RS LOG September S, 1954 Pace Fire Waterman Idles 15 Ships^ 'Runaways' Rates Blamed MOBILE—^The crippling effect of runawa y foreign flag shipping on the US merchant fleet was brought home sharply to Seafarers on the Gulf Coast last week when Waterman Steamship Corp. began laying up 15 of its SlU-manned off-shore ships. First of the Waterman C-2 * ships can move ore at one-half the vessels to be laid up were the organizations, to get together for cost of US-flag ships," he said. an industry-wide conference to see Arizpa, Alawai, Golden City, what can be done to relieve the Foreign Yards Busy City of Alma and Morning Light. situation." To add to the generally dismal Ten other ships were expected To illustrate his point, he said outlook, more tankers are being to go to the boneyard on their it costs Waterman, a financiaily built in foreign yards for opera­ return to Mobiie by mid-Septem­ sound company with a long experi­ tion under foreign registry than ber. They were the Citrus-Packer, ence of successful and profitable "the United States built during Lafayette, LaSalle, Maiden Creek, operation, $60,000 more to operate World War II," he said. Mobilian, Warhawk, Wiid Ranger, one of its ships on a 60-day for­ To these examples. Captain Warrior, Wacosta and Kyska. The eign run than it does a Dutch Nicholson, might well have added company owns 33 of the C-2-type operator to make a comparable the action taken by Maritime Ad­ ships. voyage. That figures out at an ministrator Louis Rothschild who Cut-throat competition from low- average of $1,000 a day competitive during the first week of August wage, cheap operation foreign flag advantage held by the foreign ship­ announced approval had been Mysteriously freed after beingr detained for 52 days in Caracas, granted for the transfer of 80 ships was blamad by Capt. Norman owner in operating costs. while Venezuelan authorities investigated the cause of a fatal As an example of what is happen­ American-flag Liberty ships to Nicholson, Waterman president, collision involving the Alcoa Clipper, Seafarers Joseph Rusheed, ing to the US merchant fleet. Cap­ "runaway" flags. for the wholesale lay-up. QM (left), and Maurice Kramer, OS (center), describe their stay tain Nicholson cited the case of As pointed ouC^by SIU Secre­ "We want to keep our ships run­ In the Venezuelan capital to New Orleans SIU Port Agent Lindsey 60,000-toa ore carriers being built tary-Treasurer Paul Hall, this ning," said Captain Nicholson, - Williams, after they flew back to the States. "but we can't keep operating them in Japanese-yards for operation action meant the loss of thousands under the Liberian flag. One, of of jobs in the industry and re­ at a loss." these, the Ore Chief, already is in sulted in setting the transferred Only unusual circumstances of operation under Liberian registry. ships up in business against legiti­ an emergency nature will make it "Manned by foreign crews, these mate American operators. possible for ships on the lay-up list to put to sea again any time in the near future, he added. Face Grave Period NEW ORLEANS—Glad to be home after 52 days of cool­ "American shipping is facing the ing their heels in a Caracas, Venezuela, hotel, were Seafarers gravest period in its history," Cap­ Joseph ilusheed and Maurice Kramer who returned to New tain Nicholson said. "It is neces­ sary for shipowners and represen­ Orleans August 22 after being •detained by Venezuelan au­ City of Caracas and were billeted tatives of all maritime unions, thorities in the investigation at company expense in Caracas including the various longshore Seafarers who were prisoners of war, either as civilians or of a fatal collision between the hotels, but were not permitted by members of the Armed Forces in World War II and the Alcoa Clipper and a tugboat at La Venezuelan officials to leave the Korean War, may be entitled to cash benefits under a new Guaira on June 26. municipal limits of Caracas until War Claims Act passed by-* August 21 when Rusheed and ' When the Clipper sailed on June 30, Rusheed, who was quar­ Kramer were told they were free Congress. A bill amending Philippines, Guam, Wake and Mid­ . SIU headquarters urges all Islands and excluded from termaster on the wheel watch at to leave Venezuela. White was per­ the War Claims Act has broad­ way draft-eligible seamen to be previous benefits; disability and the time of the crash in which mitted to leave at the same time, ened benefits of the original Act sure they keei>. their local Se­ medical benefit claims by civilians three persona aboard the tug were but Krantz and Eddy were held of 1948 and covers many individ­ lective Service! boards posted billed, and Kramer, OS, who was pending 'further progress of the uals not affected by the original as a result of detention and mis­ on all changes of address investigation. treatment in World War II as well working on deck, were held pend­ legislation. through the use of >the post as claims of American citizens who ing completion of the investiga­ Grabbed Plane The bill provides for eight dif­ cards furnished at all SIU served in the armed forces of an tion. Taken ashore at the same Rusheed and Kramer, who ferent kinds of claims, including halls and aboard ships. Allied nation during World War II. time were Captain Yngvar Krantz, caught the first available plane out one specifically covering merchant Failure to keep jour draft master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, of Caracas for New Orleans, were It's expected that the new act seamen who were detained during board informed of your where­ and Sam White, first assistant en­ at a loss to explain the Vene­ World War II but were unable to will bring in an additional 14.000 abouts can cause you to be gineer. zuelans' sudden decision to free claim benefits under the 1948 act. claims and call for the payment of listed as a delinquent and be Since then the men were de­ them. Neither could they explain Other provisions call for $2.50 $25 million in indemnities. drafted into the services with­ Any Seafarers who believe they tained in Caracas despite an offer why Krantz and Eddy were still per day indemnity to Korean war out a hearing. The Union in by Alcoa Steamship Company to detained. Alcoa officials also were prisoners and benefits for Ameri­ might be covered by-the new act such cases can do nothing to can civilians interned in Korea by should contact the Foreign Claims post bond to permit their return unaware of any decision to release aid Seafarers who fail to com­ the Communists; detention benefits Settlement Commission, Washing­ to the Unite<| States. They were the men prior to their return to ply. for US citizens captured in the ton 25, DC. allowed complete freedom of the New Orleans. 4-i- 5A Crash Witnesses Free—Sfill Puzzled j 1 "i • New Claims Act To Aid War-Imprisoned Seamen Keep Draft Doard Posted YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Small Insurance Policies Costiy "Industrial insurance" Is what the insurance industry calls the policies on which wage-earners pay weekly or monthly, generally 25 or 50 cents at a time. (The fam­ ilies themselves often call it "burial insurance.") Each family generally has several policies covering papa, mama and the children, and the insurance dgent comes to the house every week or month to collect the premiums. Because the weekly or monthly payments are low, such insurance seems cheap. Actually it's by far the most ex­ pensive of all insurance. The millions of families who buy it generally pay from 25 percent to 400 percent more than if they bought the same insurance on an annual basis. And while the cost of each policy seems little, by the time a family is paying on several of them it's paying out a substantial amount but has very little real insurance to show for it. One wage-earner's family this writer interviewed had a number of these little policies. We added up the cost and found this family was paying out $130 a year for insur­ ance. The insurance was split among all four members of the family, and thwe was actually only $1,000 of insur­ ance on the breadwinner himself. That much genuine family protection ($1,000 of insurance on the breadwin­ ner) the family could have had at a cost of-$10 or less a year. This family was making three mistakes in handling its insurance: 1. It had scattered it among all members pf the family instead of concentrating it on the breadwinner. If any of the other members of the family die, the burial ex­ penses would be a financial blow, but not financial catas­ trophe. But, if the breadwinner goes, then the mother and children really are in trouble.' 2. It bought poorly-chosbn insurance on a weekly in­ stallment basis, and thereby further added to its cost. 3. It bought ordinary life insurance which has a cash refund value, but does not provide as much family pro­ tection for the same price as low-cost term insurance, and this family with young children needs maximum protec­ tion at this period when its kids are young. Actually, if the family had spent its $130 a year for term insurance on the life of the breadwinner, bought on an annual basis, he could have about $13,000 worth of insur­ ance, which would give his family some real assistance if anything did happen to him. High Administrative Cost Here's how expensive weekly or monthly installment in­ surance is: The New York State Insurance Dept. discov­ ered that several companies selling it were using more than 58 cents of each premium dollar paid in by the pol­ icy-holders for sales and administrative expense. These companies thus were paying back in benefits only 42 cents of each dollar people paid them for insurance. That's mighty poor insurance. This compaies with the more iisual 20 cents of each dollar expended by other compa­ nies for administrative expenses on industrial insurance, which is still a costly price to pay. Why is industrial insurance so expensive that at least 20 percent of the price you pay must go for administra­ tive costs? Well—the salesman must come to your house Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying to collect the 25 or 50 cents for each policy, and the com­ pany must make a separate bookkeeping transaction for each transaction, all of which you must pay for. Insurance companies argue that if they didn't sell pol­ icies on a weekly or monthly basis, many people wouldn't have any insurance, because they wouldn't put aside the money to pay the bill annually or semi-annually. That certainly is an expensive service, and any family with the knowledge and character to do even a little budgeting can avoid it by dropping the same quarter into a budget box every week and paying the insurance themselves once a year. To make it easier for yourself to buy insurance on the less-costly annual basis, instead of one large policy, take out several $1,000 policies spaced some weeks or months apart. But be careful that you don't space the policies so far apart that you go into a new highe; age rate on some of them. The SIU Welfare Plan itself pr,ovides a Seafarer's family with a $2,500 death benefit in case of his death (or any beneficiary he may design.^t'j). What additional insur­ ance a family buys should also be concentrated on the breadwinner. The only reason to buy insurance is to replace the breadwinner's earnings in case he passes away and leaves a dependent family. Often families will buy endowment policies for their children on this same weekly or monthly installment-in­ surance basis. But if you put that same money into Gov­ ernment "E" bonds, the savings will pile up faster, since there are no sales and administrative expenses deducted from the earnings of your investment. ^i Hi: 1 -.•! M ] Hi n �SEAFARERS Pare Six I4' i' flcpteabcr S. 1*54 LOG House Group Urges Curbs On MSTS WASHINGTON—Confirming virtually «very charge made by maritime unions and ship operators, a House Merchant Marine subcommittee has assailed the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service for competing directly with privately-owned US shipping. Further, the committee indicated that the+ ' ANOTHER UNION OBJECTIVE OF LONG STANDING WILL BE MSTS fleet is far larger than maintained a consistent policy of Hoover, Is also surveying the realized in the near future when the trim two-masted schooner Andrew agency. refusing to allow disputes to inter­ necessary and the bulk of its Furuseth slips her moorings in New York harbor and heads out to Ship operators have long con­ operations could easily be turned fere with the movement of military sea. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth will mean that the Seafarers tended that privately-owned ves­ cargoes." over to privately-owned ships. Training School will have a fully-equipped sailing vessel on which At the same time the committee Meanwhile, MSTS Is already the sels could perform practically all unrated men can leam the rules and skills of seamanship. of the services now maintained by target of further Investigation as debunked a favorite MSTS argu­ It's long been a dream of the Union to be able,some day to provide ment that the ships were needed in the General Accounting Office is MSTS at less cost, and at the same a complete training course in deck seamanship. As in the past, such time keep ships running and pro­ taking a good look at its operating case labor disputes interrupted the as during the Korean War shipping emergency of early 1952, the SIU flow of military cargo in an emer­ expenses and the Hoover commis­ duce tax income for the Govern­ did establish shoreside instruction for unrated men with the result ment. They point to excessive gency period. "In fact," the com­ sion on Government reorganization, that a large number of men were upgraded and helped meet the urgent mittee said, "seagoing labor has headed by ex-President Herbert MSTS manning scales and the high need for seamen at the time. In addition, the Union has for some time overhead costs of a Government agency that doesn't have to worry now made available printed booklets that are of considerable help to men who are preparing for Coast "Guard examinations <or the various about profit and loss. The House subcommittee interim unlicensed ratings. Placing the Andrew Furuseth into service means that seamen no report raked MSTS from stem to stem in the strongest terms. For longer will have to shell out dough to private schools in order to get example, the committee pointed their ratings. Fiurther, it is insurance against revival of Governmentout that MSTS was in the habit of sponsored maritime training, which no matter how Well it might be conducted, always threatened the security of maritime unions and The hope for speedy nighttime and weekend clearance of operating over the same trade the Union hiring haU. routes as berth dperators, carrying Quarantine has been killed by President Eisenhower's pocket- cargoes that berth operators could Your Union has held from the beginning that it could, and would veto. The bill would have permitted off-hour inspections by easily handle. The result was that supply to the operators, all the trained, capable seamen they needed the Quarantine Service in all "private berth operators often to man their ships efficiently. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth "major US ports. The bill pro­ sailed with less than full loads" is assurance that the Union's pledge will be met, and that the SIU will vided that when a ship came while "competing vessels of the be prepared for any shipping emergency that might arise. Since this ship is a key cog in the Union's program to strengthen into port after 6 PM or on week­ MSTS fleet have likewise been less itself and improve the status of its membership, it was only natural ends and the company wanted to than fully utilized." clear Quarantine, it would pay for In many instances, the Govern­ that it would be named after the father of all US maritime unions. the Quarantine officers services ment has had to make up the dif­ t 4" out of its own pocket at overtime ference to private operators CERTIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S rates. through its subsidies. MSTS com­ Association as the bargaining agent for dockworkers in the Port of petition also cost the Government New York has rightfully been described as a temporary setback to . Would Save Money AFL objectives on the waterfront. The chortles of glee with which The purpose of the bill was to possible recapture of subsidy the "Daily Worker" greeted the news is further proof, if any more put an end to time-consuming and profits. were needed, of the strong position which ' the Communist' Party Domestic Competition Philip Levine, well-known Sea­ costly delays that held ships up to now enjoys in the old ILA. The committee was especially farer and a member of the main­ the following day if they could not critical of MSTS competition in the In the course of the pre-election campaign between the AFL and tenance staff at SIU headquarters reach port during regular working domestic trades. It recommended old ILA in this port, there was plenty of evidence that in the closing for the past year, died suddenly hours. Paymeni of overtime to a that a rigid rule be adopted bar­ stages the Commies had moved in and made an unholy alliance with Quarantine officer would save S a t u rday, Au­ ring Government-owned ships from the waterfront mob in this port. Out on the West Coast Harry Bridges money for the operator. gust 28, of a the coastwise and intercoastal publicly lent* a hand, and quite a few thousands in cash, to couriers In refusing to sign the bill, the services as well as on runs to US sent there by Tony Anastasia. Practically from the day that the new heart attack. He President objected to the fact that territorial possessions. would have been AFL union was chartered, the "Dispatcher," Harry Bridges' publication, it would give Quarantine officers 41 years old on Among its other recommenda­ the "Daily Worker," and the "National Guardian," another Party mouth­ preferential treatment on overtime tions the committee proposed that piece, devoted a considerable amount of effort to lauding the mob December 19. over other Federal officers. He the Department of Commerce have that runs the old ILA and knocking the AFL union in the head at every Levine, who conceded that Customs and Imm^ a say in determining the size of the turn. lived at 475 Howgration men were already receiving MSTS nucleus fleet as well as the ard Avenue, To top the whole thing off, the "Dockers News," an old-time publica­ such treatment but said he didn't Department of Defense, assuring tion of the Commimist Party's waterfront section, reappeared on the Brooklyn, c 0 mwant to extend it to any other that private shipping needs would scene. And later on when the ILA ran out of the funds it had received plained of feel­ Levine group of Federal workers without be considered. It also called for a from the sell-out of the tugboatmen to the UMW, the Communist ing ill shortly after he returned home Saturday overhauling the entire Federal pay complete review of MSTS cargo Party's faithful were put to work as can-shakers for the mob. evening, and'died before he could structure for all kinds of inspec­ handling, a study of passengerSome uninformed people maintained that the reason the Commies tors. be rushed to a hospital. carrying capacity and of ways to were attacking the AFL was that they had no love for the waterfront Interment was the following day Since Customs and Immigration get more passenger ships, and mob, but hated the AFL more. However, since the AFL lost the elec­ in Baron Hirsh Cemetery, Staten officers already operate under pro­ steps to change handling of mili­ tion by the extremely narrow margin of 263 votes, the love feast be­ Island. He is survived by his wife, visions similar to the vetoed bill, tary cargo in conformity with nor­ tween the Communist Party and the mob if anything, gets chummier Yetta, and a daughter, Ellen shipping interests felt that ap­ mal commercial practices. by the day. Lee. 5. proval of the measure for Quaran­ In the hearings that preceeded All of which again proves that the AFL and your Union in helping Levine joined the Union in New tine officers would speed up ship­ the report, union and shipowner New York longshoremen who wanted no part of the old ILA were York on July 29, 1949, and sailed ping services and make them more spokesmen carried the ball for the taking positive, constructive action. The SIU has always been proud of for several years as second cook economical to operate as well as industry, with Government Bepre- the fact that it has fought every attempt by the Communists to move on the Sand Chief before joining eliminating the long and often tire- sentatives generally supporting in on the New York waterfront. The temporary victory they have gained the headquarters staff last spring. some^waiting periods. MSTS. in no way alters the justice of that fight. Eisenhower Vetoes Speedy Quarantine Death Takes Phil Levlne Of Ha. Staff Cartoon History Of The SIU New Headquarters For StiJ No. 71 yi .a':,,-.;. , :.,J ) i, . a: Late In 1949, the continued expansion of Union serv­ ices and membership facilities at SIU headquarters In New York made it obvious that the present site was inadequate. Accordingly, surveys of the port area were made to in# the besi pnsslble spot for a brand-new SeafarenT Mi The location of a suitable site across the river in Brooklyn was followed by membership approval in all ports on May 10, 1950, of the proposed new head­ quarters. Architects and builders were called in to plan the remodsUng of the threerstory former sehoUl and factory building ieicctetb A far cry from its predecessor at 91 Beaver Street, the new hall was to be a model union showplace with all possible comforts and conveniences for the mem­ bership built in. Construction get underway slowly, however; as war broke out in Korea ia June anit building: •chedulee bad to be thrown out the window. �• ., Selrt^ber S; 1054 SEAFARERS LOG Pacre SeveB .'f SIU NEWSLETTER SIU Hits Military Bans from WASHINGTON Favoring MSTS In Korea Over 65 steamship lines are pounding at the doors of the Maritime Administration in an effort to transfer their vessels to foreign registry. Most of these are the owners of Liberty dry cargo ships. Recently, the MA drastically liberalized its transfer policy so that of the approximate 130 Liberty tramp ships under the American flag, probably one half, or some 65, will be transferred to the flags of Liberia, Honduras and Panama. The new transfer poUcy of MA covering Liberty dry cargo ships is this: For every two ships owned by a company, one will be eligible for transfer. There are expected to be a number of mergers of tramp operators because those owning but one vessel must first merge with another company owning a ship so that one will be trans­ ferred and the other will remain under the US flag. Transfers of privately-owned vessels over 1,000 gross tons approved varied greatly from year to year, reaching the peak of 136 in fiscal year 1947, and dropping off to 50 in 1949, 25 in 1950 and 37 in 1951. While no statistics are kept on those transfer applications denied, it is understood that about 23 were denied during a,recent two-year period. For a while, the Government was imposing restrictive con­ ditions on transfers which tended to cut down thd applications re­ ceived. However, the doors are now wide open by the recent liberaliza­ tion of the transfer policy by the Maritime Administration. Whereas in the past, by far the largest proportion of transfer ap­ plications involved small vessels—pleasure yachts, tugs and fishing boats—the trend now has changed to the larger ocean-going class. One thing the Government is forgetting—ships are run by men as well as by machinery. Skilled maritime personnel driven from their employment will turn to shore jobs and it will be very difficult, in in times of emergency, to bring these men back to the sea. ^ Because of the age of the merchant fleet of Russia, that nation has ordered well over 50 ships in yards of Western Europe since the be­ ginning of the war. A merchant vessel, ordinarily, is supposed to have a life span of 20 years. At least 70 percent of the Russian fleet is overage, that is, more 4han 20 years old. The tanker fleet*X)f Russia amounts to 176,144 gross tons, or only 0.8 percent of the world tanker tonnage. For the benefit of American steamship operators, measures of ut­ most importance from the standpoint of the operators are (1) the socalled "50-50" shipping bill, assuring that at least 50 percent of US aid cargoes is carried in American vessels, ana (2) the private financing bill, under , which the Government assures 90 percent of the money loaned by private lenders in connection with construction and recondi­ tioning of vessels. t 4" 4" 4" 4 3^ • American shipbuilders and repairmen are swelled with pride these days. They were victorious in their efforts to have Congress ap­ prove both new ship construction and repair programs amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Actually the favorable Congressional action came as a surprise to the ship builders who did not believe that they would be successful in their campaign, but many bills slip through in the closing days of Congress that would not stand a chance otherwise. Although Congress approved, and the President signed, a bill au­ thorizing Government appropriations for the repair of many merchant ships in the national defense reserve fleets, the Department of Com merce will not find it smooth sailing to put this program into effect. The reason is that once again lobbyists are at work to have this work performed in their local port areas. The Commerce Depart­ ment is besieged by many members of Congress who are exerting pressure to have the ship repair work aone in their own port com^ munities. The final decision will be up to Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Admin­ istrator, who is expected to assign most of the work as a result of competitive bidding. 4i 4> 4> In addition to its liberal ship transfer policy, the Maritime Admin­ istration continues to follow a 2-for-l policy in connection with new ship construction. That is, for every one new ship an operator agrees to build, the MA will allow the transfer to foreign flag of two older vessels. The newest cast in point involves the Sinclair Refining Com­ pany of New York. The MA formal anqpuncement merely states that Sinclair has en­ tered into an agreement to build a new large tanker, but fails to men­ tion that two of Sinclair's tankers will be allowed to be transferred to foreign flag in exchange. ^ MA states that the new i,- ^ker to be constructed by Sinclair will im­ prove the competitive picture of the privately owned US-flag tanker fleet. 4> 4> 4> Practically everyone in-Government, legislative and executive, agrees that we must have a merchant marine. It is also well known that some form of Governn^ent assistance is necessary to maintain our ships on the seas. The House Appropriations Committee now is studying the general subject of operating subsidies paid to steamship lines and will have a report on the subject ready for the 84th Congress convening next January. The philosophy of the Commerce Department on the subject of ship subsidies is that the method by which a subsidy could be arrived at might be subject to alteration from time to time, but that another subsidy system would not significantly change the amounts of money involved. Discriminatory practices by US Armed Forces in Korea that give special privileges to MSTS crews but deny them to Seafarers are being attacked by the SIU. A stronglyworded Union protest is being forwarded to the Department of Defense against regulations which impose several un--* called-for restrictions on mer­ 'But Touch Not A Hair .. chant seamen. Previously, the SIU had been succf^sful in obtaining a new di­ rective on shore leave for mer­ chant seamen which eliminated many of the absolute shore leave bans that had confined men to ships for weeks on end. However new regulations in Pusan, issued in February of this ye.ar, impose currency restrictions and limits .on the movements of merchant sea­ men that are clearly discrimina­ tory. Copy Sent To Headquarters Seafarer Adam R. Lorenz, who was a crewraember on the Jean Lafitte, sent a copy of the regulations to headquarters. The crux of the regulations are that merchant sea­ men are treated like members of the Armed Forces in terms of "off limit" areas, passes for shore leave and other military regulations, but these same merchant seamen are treated like civilians by being de­ nied access to post exchanges and military scrip. MSTS crewmembers who are also civilians, do not have to get special passes to go ashore and are allowed to have military scrip and to use military post exchanges and entertainment facilities. The result is that Seafarers are only able to take Korean hwan ashore, which are worthless at the legal rate ef exchange, 180 hwan to the dollar, and consequently they have to pay extravagant prices for any of their j^prcbases. As Lorenz put it, if the seamen are to be treated as civilians and denied access to post exchanges and other military facilities "they should be left to themselves and governed only by the laws of the Republic of Korea." Must Have Pass Under present regulations, a crewmember of a ship operated by a private shipping company has to get a pass to go ashore and has to register with US military police on the pier. Korean hwan is the only currency he may bring ashore. He is not allowed to enter any areas that are off limits to military personnel and is suuject to arrest, fines and jail sentences for viola­ tion of these rules. If a crewmemiber is carrying a package ashore the MP's can open the package, but they will take no action if it is being carried by a ship's officer in uniform., The Union is asking the Defense Department to issue military scrip to all civilian crewmembers, not only men on MSTS ships, and to make post exchanges and military places of entertainment available to Seafarers. Throw In For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. I • { .. •".'M V: Don't be misled by this photo because after climbing into that barber's chair at SIU headquarters. Seafarer Joseph C. Cyr changed his mind and decided to save those flowing locks and chin whiskers until he got home to Lewiston, Me. Year's growth represents time Cyr was FWT on Waterman's City of Alma. Other Seafarers, shorn and otherwise, cast admiring glances at Cyr's heady growth. The barber seemed a little disappointed. Welfare Plan To Run Balto. Hall Cafeteria (Continued from page 2) the SlU-won disability benefit is by far the broadest such benefit in the entire trade union movement, paying $25 a week to any disabled Seafarer for as long as he is unable to work. Seafarers as young as 35 and as old as 85 are currently re­ ceiving this benefit, which, in ef­ fect, amounts to a pension. The qualification of seven years aboard SIU ships is the most lenient in the maritime industry. Maternity Benefits In addition, the Welfare Plan provides a $200 maternity benefit to any eligible seaman upon the birth of a child, while the Union provides a $25 bond for the child in its own name. At the other end of the string is a guaranteed $2,500 death benefit payable to any bene­ ficiary with a minimum of red tape. Apart from the -seven year re­ quirement for the disability bene­ fit, the seatime requirement for all these benefits is one day of work aboard an SlU-contracted ship dur­ ing the previous year. In addition to the ('iher family benefits, the Welfare Plan also pro­ vides four $6,000 college scholar­ ships each year for which the children of eligible seamen or sea­ men themselves who are under 35 years of age may qualify. Eight such scholarships have been awarded, three of them to active Seafarers, in the two years since this benefit .went into effect. The record of payments made by the Welfare Plan shows a stagger­ ing total of benefits paid out and individuals aided. In hospital bene­ fits, for example, 30,731 payments totalling $549,600.00 has been paid this pioneer lienefit went into ef­ fect on July 1, 1950. Death bene­ fits amounting to $1,046,557.71 have been paid to the beneficiaries of 527 seamen since that same date. A total of 1,342 maternity bene­ fits amounting to $275,400.00 have been paid out, some of whom have collected twice under this program since it began on April 1, 1952. In­ augurated on May 1, 1952, the dis­ ability benefit program has guaran­ teed seamen, young and old, a mea­ sure of security they could not otherwise enjoy, through the me­ dium of $55,120.00 already paid out under this benefit. 1,369 such pay­ ments have been made. Special Department The size and scope of the welfare program inevitably leads to prob­ lems in administration and every­ day processing, but here too the Union has filled the gap, by the creation of a specialized SIU Wel­ fare Services Department. This unit aids in the processing of claims, answers questions and han­ dles much of the day to day pay­ ment of benefits at hospitals and at home as the situation demands. No seaman need feel that his prob­ lem is too big or too small. Other typical figures of welfare services are detailed in the operat­ ing figures for the cafeteria at headquarters, whose tremendous benefit to our people is shown by a record of 899,101 sales at an aver­ age price of $.46^i cents during the years 1952-53. All of these figures mean bene­ fits and service for seamen at the time when they're needed most and point up the advantages of the SIU Welfare Plan, first established in July, 1950. There are no "forgotten men" among our seamen, thanks to this pioneer Union service program. •3^11 |« �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS MEET THE SEAFARER The Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., has just received the first order given to any American yard in almost two years to build a new US merchant ship. The order, from the Sinclair Refining Company, is for a 25,200-deadweight-ton, fast supertanker to replace two 12,000-ton tankers just approved for transfer ta foreign registry.. . President Eisenhower has signed into law a bill giving the Government permanent legal power to take over ships of foreign nitions in US waters in the event of a national emergency. Similar leg­ islation was enacted during World War 11...Seeking to build up its merchant jleet, Turkey now has a four-man commission here in the US to buy five freighters, two of which will probably be Victory-type ships. . t t Si Forty-four ships from 12 countries caused a complete jam-up of docking and unloading facilities in the port of Rosario, Argentina, last month, when the number of ships lying in port set a new post-war record.. . The Swedish-American Line is dickering with shipyards in Ei.\ Western European countries for the construction of another 22,000gross-ton luxury passenger ship, similar to the eight-month-old Kungsholm. The ship will have a speed of 19 knots and be adaptable for warm weather cruising as well as North Atlantic service.. Latest new addition scheduled for the West African run is the 6,440-ton motorship Aquileia, built for the Lloyd Triestino. Line. Just launched: at Trieste, she will run between that city and West African ports. JOHN L. RIVERA, Electrician At 34 years of age Seafarer John L. Rivera looks like anything but a grizzled veteran of the sea, but he has been around a long time, as the saying goes. He first started sailing out of Baltimore 16 years ago, and before he went aboard his first ship he was toting an SIU membership book. It was in November, 1938, Rivera recalls, that he came into Balti­ more looking for a ship job. The SIU A&G District, just a few weeks old at the time, was already moving to protect seamen's rights. It was waging a vigorous battle against the old Shipping Board hiring halls, known popularly then as the "Government fink halls." When the Bull Line ship Lillian called for a crew at the SIU hall, Rivera was Johnny-on-the-spot. He signed up for his Union book, shipped out, and has been an SIU member ever since. Prefers Sailing • :*i .\i:. explosion blew me off my feet and I went up in the air until my head hit an overhead cable. When I came down I landed with my face first on the anchor windlass." Question: If World War III comes, would you choose to stay in the merchant marine? 9 The-crew took to lifeboats and Harvey Alexander, wiper: I'd was picked up three days later stay because you never know and landed In Cuba. Rivera was what's safe and badly cut up and lost his hearing it's best to stay in one ear as a result. with something you know. I don't After he recuperated he was know personally taken into the Army but was sub­ what it was like sequently discharged because of in the last war the injuries he received in the tor­ because I've only pedoing. It was then that he went been sailing to work in a Brooklyn shipyard. about eight years. In 1946 he went back to sea and But I guess a has been at it "most of the time 4. .4i ship is as good a place as any to since except for some spells ashore, A House Merchant Marine subcommittee headed by Rep. Thor C. be in a real shooting war. during one of which he worked C. Tollefson of Washington has scheduled hearings in West Coast ship 3^ 4" 4" in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Edward Surmeian, AB: Yes, I centers beginning in Seattle Oct. 1. The House unit will also con­ "Shipyard work when I was in think so; I don't think that would duct an inspection tour of Government-owned shipyard and reserve it was very tough," he said. "In the be any reason to fleet facilities in the area . . . Slated for scrapping, eight ships—^vic­ change to some­ first shipyard I worked in they tims of World V/ar II sub warfare—have been bought for $1,500 from thing else. I can't would keep count of how many the IMaritime Administration by the American Salvage Company of give any special times you went to the head and Brooklyn, NY. The vessels, lying in depths of up to 300 feet, were Today Rivera sails regularly as give you a bawling out if you went reason.. why I'd sunk off Florida, Virginia's Cape Henry and in the vicinity of Cape stick with the electrician and chief pumpman on" too often. Now though, I hear Hatteras. Included among them are the old Chilore and Santore, both formerly manned by Seafarers. merchant marine, SIU ships. Although he is a skilled they have a union contract in of course, be­ shipyard worker, holding a rating there." t 4" . 4" cause this sort of of ship rigger, first class, he pre­ The signing by the President of a bill authorizing a $25 million Rivera's last ship was thb Show thing puts a guy fers to sail SIU ships because as modernization program for ships in Government reserve fleets is ex­ Me Mariner which was laid up by he put it, "When you have a grow­ on the spot. I pected to give a much-needed boost to idle US shipyards. FouAeen the Government after its six of the 50 ships affected will go to NY and Boston yards, 13 more to suppose it all depends on how you ing family like mine, there's no job months' trial run. Most of the time ashore that can match going to sea other East Coast yards, 15 to the Pacific Coast and eight to the Gulf feeL with the SIU for making a living." he prefers to sail as cfaitf pump­ ... Norwegian shipowners are experiencing, on a much smailer scale, 4» t 4" man on a tanker, if he can get Milton Trotman, night cook and the same type of discomfort about the future of the industry as their Rivera came to the sea naturally one, because the overtime is al­ baker: Yes, definitely. I took an US counterparts. Norwegian laid-up tonnage comprised 55 vessels o'n because he was born in the Puerto ways good on tankers. Aug. 1, over a quarter of a million gross tons.. . New entrance rules oath when I beRican seaport town of Ponce and Overtime is an important con­ for the fall term at the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy enable came a citizen of grew up within sight of the water­ all qualified alternates for West Point and Annapolis whose appoint­ this country to front. Subsequently, he came to sideration, Rivera explains, be­ ments have not come through to be considered, as well as those who bear arms in de­ Texas where he was issued his first cause with eight children at home, passed the entrance exam for the US Coast Guard Academy last fense of. the US, seamen's papers, and then he making ends meet could become when necessary, February. headed East to Baltimore where hb a problem without those nice SIU and I feel that caught the Lillian. He recalls that payoffs. However, shipping out 4" 4" 4" Construction of a 37,500-deadweighk-ton tanker, largest ever to be sailing a ship she was later sunk in a collision poses certain other problems for the family man, especially if the built in France, will get underway shortly on order by a US company, through a mine with a German ship. children get sick while he is away. Afran Transport of New York. She will feature steam-turbine engines zone or waters Blown Off Feet and will be able to develop a speed of 16.7 knots.. .East Asiatic Line's loaded with subs Right now, Rivera has 'an apart­ direct service between Copenhagen and New York will soon feature amounts to that, It won't be safe It was on another Bull Lines ment in downtown New York but anywhere; it's our duty to stay. two new 9,000-ton motorships, the Poona and Sibonga. They, are re­ ship, the Claire, that Rivera was he is looking forward to tlie day 3^ 4" 4" placing the familiar Falstria and Jutlandia, now in the company's torpedoed in May, 1942, and was when he can get a. place outside the Robert Friedman, AB: I would, service to the Far East for which they were built... A civilian referee lucky to come out in one piece. city that will be big enough for has cleared the skipper of the Great Lakes ore boat Henry Steinbrun- because I'm more qualified to serve "I was the lookout on the ship at his family. And the only way he in the merchant ner of all charges of negligence in the sinking of his ship 15 months the time," he said, "as I used to marine than any­ sail on deck then. We were would be able to swing it, he says, ago. A Coast Guard board of inquiry earlier had found the master is by continuing to go to sea for where else and guilty of poor seamanship in the handling of the vessel when it sank torpedoed without warning. The a living. would be doing in Lake Superior. more for the country by rem a i n i n g here than by going in­ to the service. I ACROSS 57. Make lace 33. Good buy In 9. Belonging to A temporary settlement has been Freight operations on three rail-^ MMmmrnSMiiii sailed in the last S«. God of war mariners the Sea Chest war and I know reached ending a three-week-old roads were halted 1 y the strike. 59. Creator of 10. Palestine port 34. Support for I. Stop on the SA run Demecratie 11. Chalcedony mast it's not particularly safe at sea, strike at American Airlines. The i, % donkey 19. Hit the gong 87. Light brown B. Where Bang­ Free burials for deceased mem­ 21. Summer, in 39. Large island In but at least I'd know what I'm Air Line Pilots Association (AFL) kok is doing. DOWN France Marianas and the company agreed to re­ bers have been arranged by the Diego B. 22. Give off • 42. Tropical vino 3> 4i 4i sumption of regular services while CIO Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ 1. Corn on 12. Norse port 23. Foreign: comb. 44. Port N of Jose FIgueroa, cook: Yes, I would differences are submitted to medi­ ment Store Workers, District 65. the form. Naples 13. Polish name 24. Member of 45. Gone by for Oder river 2. Custom continue sailing as I have been do­ ation. The chief issue at dispute The union purchased five acres in 3. Explode crew 46. Thought 14. Former relief ing for the last 4. Port on 27. The man in 47. Copies was the length of working assign­ a cemetery and has arranged for agency Mutsu Bay charge 50. kUneral earth 14 years. Sea­ ments on transcontinental flights. complete burial service including29. Watch face 15. Widest part of 5. A few 52. Streets men are needed ship 6. Girl's name 30. Certain 53. Three strikes The strike had grounded all of the undertaking«osts and grave main­ 7. Incoming ships 16. Kind of earth anytime there Is company's flights. • tenance. The costs will be carried 8. Mediterranean (Answers On Page 17) 17. Arrive: Abbr. a war because island by union death benefits. 18. Angry: Slang 4" 3r 4" they have a spe­ . 4. 3> 4. 20. Listed A bill calling for a five percent cial job to do A conference on labor problems 22. Additional increase for 1,750,000 Federal em­ and they are al­ 24. Egg-shaped ployees, including 500,000 postal at the Government's atomic energy" ready trainecSfor 25. Pronoun employees, has been "pocket- plants has been, called by the In­ it. Of course, 26. Where Madras vetoed" by President Elsenhower. ternational Association of Machin­ is the conditions are ists in Los Alamos, September 9-11. 28. Finishes The President said that new rev­ Representatives of the Los Ala­ better on a ship than in the Army, ai. Interest: Abbr. enues should have been provided mos atomic energy installations but there is more to it than that. 33. What «sh to make the wage increase pos­ 3> 4i 3> "breath" with and from other "atom cities" sible. AFL and CIO spokesmen Robert Stewart, OS: If there Is 35. Initials of a around the country will attend. good union a war I would stay in the merhant criticized the veto as disregarding t t 36. Blow v.tilstle marine because the needs of Federal workers 38. Pauses Further moves to cut wages in 40. Arabia: Abbr. we'd all have to whose last increase was three years the automobile industry wer# 41. Lighter in be where we're ago. color reported as the Chrysler Corpora­ 43. Our national 3^ ^ t needed most. Sea­ tion, one of the "big three." asked bird men will be need­ Railroad workers in Atlanta, the United Automobile Workers 45. Outdoor meal 47. Port • of Upolu ed the same as Georgia, who had quit work in a (CIO) to consider reductions. Pre­ 48. Commotion fsat-soldiers, of dispute over crossing picket lines, viously the union's membership 49. Above 51. Sloney in course, , but at are back on the job. Approximately had approved cuts at Kaiser-Willys Madrid least we already 1,000 men went out after, one and Studebaker to enable these Body of water Estuary of the have the training. svvitching gang had been suspended companies to meet competitioa I'd do .{letter by remaining right In foif refusal to deliver cars to a local. from the ''big three''—General Mo-. > ^lalit that Is now on ^jitrike. tnri i 1 V i September 3. 1954 LOG •' 'ill! : •V • - * •••<•'.-' • _. r- ".»- �September S, 19M SEAF4RERS LOG Pare' Nine SEAFARERS^LOG teptefflber 3, 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 18 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 0-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. re. .•If. a:'. PAUt HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ^1' •3 :h' /e! Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, Ai MABKIN, Gulf Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. je' 130 of! d-> I • le: Sea Chest Enemies Egged on by the howls of the waterfront ship chandler who finds the working seaman slipping off his hook, the De­ partment of Justicfr<has filed civil suit against the SIU's Sea Chest on charges of "monopoly." There is no question but that these charges are the baby of an association known as the Slop Chest Dealers of America, a group which was created for the sole purpose of combating the SIU Sea Chest. The bieef of the slopchest dealers is easily understood. After all the years that ithe slopchest dealer pawned off seconds, rejects and off-brand shoddy merchandise on sea­ men at outrageously inflated prices, the existence of an or­ ganization that actually gave seamen good merchandise was a threat to his way of doing business. The Sea Chest did not ask for this fight, but now that it is in it, welcomes the opportunity to put into the record the vicious kickback system and the. victimization of seamen through the years, that is part and parcel of the slopchest business. In short, the only "monopoly" enjoyed by the Sea Chest is a "monopoly" on quality merchandise and honest-to-goodness service for the seaman. ^Seaman Of Year^ Award Suggested To the Editor: I was very interested recently in reading Paul Hall's "As I See It" column in the SEAFARER'S LOG. This was the column in which our secretary-treasurer spoke about the SIU - scholarship program and pointed out that "the ranks of the SIU contain men of all abilities and all talents." Certainly this fact has been at­ tested to time and time again in the columns of the SEAFARERS LOG. Anyone who has read the LOG regularly during the past couple of years knows, for in­ stance, of the Seafarer who un­ selfishly donated ^ his eye to another Seafarer, and of the Seafarer who BACK IN ACTION ABOARD because they insisted on reelecting braved the North the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield) is him by acclamation. Atlantic to cross the unofficial "ambassador to News that the Baltimore hall will soon be ready for busi­ A Georgia native who makes his to Finland alone Yokohama," Seafarer Max Llpkin. home in Brunswick, Darley has ness will be welcomed by all Seafarers. But in addition to Haras in a small boat, Max spent quite some time ashore been an SIU member since March, the. modern facilities for Union business that the hall will also been many in that Japanese port city recuper­ 1947, joining in San Francisco. There have provide, it will also serve to expand the services of the Sea- stories about the hundreds of Sea­ ating from a broken leg suffered i 4. 3. forers Welfare Plan to the membership. farers who have donated blood or last December, and in the course A FEW OTHER STEWARD For example^ in Baltimore the Plan will undertake the made other generous, contributions of his sojourn there it appeared department men come in for entire operation of the Baltimore hall cafeteria. Consequently, to worthy causes, and about the that he was becoming a perma­ exceptional praisehave from their ship­ the cafeteria will not be open to the general public. This will thousands of Seafarers who, in war nent fixture. However, he is in mates recently. On the Seagarden assure good quality feeding at low prices for Seafarers on the and in peace, have gone down in service again now on the Far East (Peninsular Navigation), the crew history as unsung heroes. beach. , • run (naturally). went beyond the formal vote of Evidently his long period of thanks for the steward department Further steps to be taken in the future involve plans to It has long been my feeling that the attainments, and the unselfish idleness hadn't caused him to lose and singled out John J. Schaller provide clean, comfortable rooms ashore for Seafarers. In addition the Welfare Plan will continue to provide its contributions of men such as these his touch because the crew made for special praise for a "really su­ receive some, official recog­ a point of thanking him for the perior baking job." On the Alex­ regular benefits for men in ihe hospitals, for families of de­ should nition or reward. Therefore, way his department had operated andra (Carras) the ship's minutes ceased Seafarers, scholarships for Seafarers and their chil­ would like to suggest to the mem­ even though the ship was on short were fulsome in their congratula­ dren, disability payments for men no longer able to work bers, through the columns of the rations for a tions to the galley gang. Both offi­ and maternity benefits. LOG. that we establish another while. Then when cers and crew, the minutes said, The Welfare Plan thus performs two functions — assistance program to accompany our present he got sufficient heaped praise on the steward de­ supplies aboard, partment for excellent food with in time of medical or other emergency needs* and service to SIU scholarship program. steward L i p k i n chief cook Tom Beatty and night men waiting to ship out. Would Be Another 'First' had his gang cook and baker Bill Hand "espe­ The SIU scholarship program, turning out chow cially to be given a vote of con­ as everyone knows, is the first of that kept every­ fidence." its kind in the maritime industry. body happy. Schaller has been an SIU mem­ And the new program of which After all these ber for 13 years, joining up in The folly of the Maritime Administration's policy of per­ speak would, I believe, give us nice words were Baltimore on August 4, 1941. He's Llpkin mitting transfers to runaway flags is underscored this week another "first," and strengthen our said about him, a Philadelphia native, 41 years of by the announcement that Waterman Steamship Company position as the real pioneer and Lipkin got up and thanked the age and has his home in the will have to lay up 15 of its ships because of foreign competi­ leader in the maritime labor field. crew in turn, for the cooperation Quaker City. tion. At the same time, Maritime Administrator Louis Roths­ Furthermore, I have found from tliey had given him on getting sup­ Beatty is 29 and lives in Kentchild has gone blindly ahead with plans for transferring talking with many people that de­ plies up to snuff. If there are going wood, Louisiana. He joined the tramp shipping, despite repeated complaints and warnings spite all that has been done to to be any beefs on the Pelican SIU in Mobile on November 24, counteract this idea, many persons Mariner this trip, it's pretty cer­ 1947. Hand, a Florida native, has from the SIU and other maritime unions. still look upon seamen as drifters, tain that none of them will concern been with the Seafarers a little ~ Rothschild's latest gimmick is to permit the transfer of one drunkards and undesirable char­ the work of the steward depart­ over a year now, starting out in out of every two tramp ships. No matter how you add it up acters. I think Lake Charles, Louisiana. that publicity about ment. it means more competition for the American flag. Lipkin, who is 34, joined the the seamens' many individual at­ As a rough rule of the thumb, every ship transferred will tainments and many contributions Union in New York on October 18, EACH MONTH AT HEADtend to put another American ship out of business. And every to society would help to correct 1947. He is a New Jersey native quarters the membership elects a and was a resident of that state new six-man committee to pass on time a US-flag ship goes out of business, there are more ap­ this false impression. applications for peals for transfers. It's the old vicious cycle with a vengeance. What I have in mind is a pro­ before he took off for Japan. SIU membership 3) t 4 As Maritime Administrator, Rothschild's actions are sup­ gram to honor some Seafarer for posed to strengthen the merchant fleet, not destroy it. His an outstanding achievement. This SHIP'S DELEGATE'S CHORES, and to choose the as any delegate knows, sometimes 15 men a month policy clearly recalls the story of the man who stepped into Seafarer would be chosen once a add up to considerable additional who are best year by a committee similar to the a brand new convertible, threw it into gear—and then went jurden on a Seafarer, and even if qualified to get one which chooses the winners of backward at top speed tbrough a plate glass window. the SU scholarships. He would be things are running smoothly mean Union books. It's » ir named the "Outstanding Seafarer a certain amount of extra work. a job which re­ of the Year," and a suitable award Consequently most men don't care quires a good would be presented to him by the to be delegate for more than one deal of work and Palmer members at a meeting at head­ trip running, preferring to rotate careful searching through an appli­ the Job. A considerable number of Seafarers have already sub­ quarters. mitted their nominations to headquarters for the 49 offices I further suggest that this awand Sometimes though, the crew cant's record to determine if he is that will go on the SIU-A&G election ballot. With the nom­ be given in memory of the father feels that the delegate has done an qualified. For the month of August job and doesn't want the committee was composed of ination period ending September 11, there is still a little over of American seamen's unions and outstanding to let him go. That's what hap­ Seafarers Charles Palmer, Johnny a week left for candidates to get their names in. be called the "Andrew Furuseth pened to Seafarer Bill Darley Ziereis, Charles Stambul, Leonard Those who intend to run and have not yet submitted their Award." currently aboard the Southland Marsh, Juan Oquendo and Walter Peter Karat names are urged to do so at the earliest possible opportunity South Atlantic). Darley wanted to Retdy. Their report, as submitted Deck delegate so that they cah make the deadline and avoid being left at legate but his tqjthe membership at headquarresign as ship's delei ^ ^ .ij* J j . i 'c* t • '*11 ^ , J V 1 I' iI shiiM)Stfei-«(>am-!iav« ave ndne' bf It lonr ifts tliaeir approved. ' ' e. rle tn it le ? New Welfare Services §hip Transfer FoUies Nominations Reminder i a •* I -i ^1 •I X • 0 i: -•I �I«.'v ..-r: Fade Tea SEAPAHERS September 3. 1954 LOG September S, 1954 SEAFARERS Fage Elevea , LOG if--' ii-^v ,.vet .<;V . .i-or;!'--,> ' ' , vi, >>S. r- m it le M ' , chandlers who have :-t-:-t-:-; tt; > iili V '.. S-S:-'"• Actual the fact •' t- the lowest poss^e ^°®^.jj^^"andlers who il# iP •« "the opportunity . , gfes-z-irtiii,;:-; Pictured here are Wlant'O »"<'Jf"' .{ slopohests to Deliv.ery truck unloads supplies at Sea Chest corpora­ tion warehouse in Brooklyn. No matter what the item, Sea Chest buys well-known name brands only. Salesman's sample, in this instance foulweather gear, is carefully examined by purchasing agent Sid Selzer. Price lists are constantly checked to assure- that they aVe fully-competitive. Regular audits keep abreast of market. Office staff keeps abreast of necessary paper work on requisitions, financial records and-oUtport reports, assur­ ing fingertip control of all Sea Chest operations. -r'f i>5<; three elements eliminate the evils that plag Kfi'' the slopchest business, - . 1 r - ' 5 tJ t , ''. •:y " •^;?-' f. "..- \^ t . General manager Price Spivey keeps weather eye cm reports from all quarters, including membership requests and sug­ gestions. sw < iiiil 1 Clean, modern, roomy New York ware­ house is ideal for efficient operation and neat stowage of all necessary supplies. It stocks wide selection of goods. Plenty of open warehouse shelves make it easy to fill slopchest orders, and offer fast check when inventory gets low. Sea Chest prides itself on speedy service to ships. Fleet of pick-up trucks handles slopchest deliveries to and from ships. Sea Chest also takes care of seamen's personal orders like this record player attachment going aboard truck. ft •n liiiS Sii#: »i sgp-i piii ii mm / * i pass:?' 2' till II, fSMi mm iiSI ipll lir I a?®;w^aa:®!;sss; a mmm wmam- mmi ilili itifoijiii;;:;:; * 1 i mi-''' iiC- K:- -' / i ^ 1 f iili; .» * V V, . _,., I.'.*Ij •• ' •Y.-.>,:yf ; ' •' •. V . • rp ,• • ' ' ; 1 ..'.ji ,•• i 1 III! .Mi.iigni '•'iil-l A>iLh.aU'''?i i/f> ; jSWAA Sea Chest representative goes aboard .. - with sample case to take orders for gear • not ordint|xijlY.£9rncd ill slopchwt* Slopchest items, meanwhile, are checked by steward to make sure that they match : sMt iiijby ship.^« ' •'I Crewmember's life is not all work, so Seafarers here look over dress gear, watches, records, wallets and other iJLtem^that the>ii^l-dressedman willvweMnrand owm iiL �. . .*• September S. 195<i SEAFAJtSRiS tot Pace Twelve PORT REPORTS... a diet and Is walking aroimd show­ San Francisco: Rio (Mississippi); Marie Hamill Galveston: ing off his new slim figure. (Bloomfield), and Frederic C. Col lin (Drytrans). Keith Alsop Ships In Transit Galveston Port Agent In transit were the Alcoa Cava­ » » lier, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper Savannbh: Shipping was very good in this We are still keeping longing and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Sea- It sometimes seems to me a sea­ port during the past two weeks 'es on our new building here, and trains Georgia and Louisiana (Sea- man has more problems than any­ with four payoffs, three sign-ons ost of the scuttlebutt around the train); Steel Fabricator, Steel Ap­ body else. Every day the officials and ten in-transits. The payoffs ring hall concerns this topic, prentice and Steel Architect (Isth­ in all ports and the Welfare Serv­ took practically full crews and the veryone of course is highly en- mian); Afoundria and Monarch of ices representatives are asked lusiastic as they await the biggest the Seas (Waterman); Del Valle many questions, but it seems to Shipping picked up in this-port in-transits all took some men. On some of the ships that are ling that has happened to the port and Del Rio (Mississippi), and me that one of the brothers here during the past two weeks with the f Baltimore in a long, long time. Marie Hamill and Genevieve Peter- came up the other day with the Southstar - and Southport (South coming into this port I notice that jackpot question'. This brother Atlantic) paying off and signing on the crews are bringing on board : Among the fellows we spoken to kin (Bloomfield). men who are not crewmembers About the only thing going on came into the office and wanted to again. jout the hall have been W. Huneyknow how much itt, Joseph Gill, Connor Allen, down here that is hotter than the In transit were the Southern Dis­ arid who in some cases are not money he had tricts (Southern); Wacosta and Mo- even members of the Union. As ohn Roberts, Thomas Hoar, Wil- weather or the New Orleans coming from the bilian (Waterman); Hilton (Bull); all the members should know, this am C. Biskas, Ned Remley, Dom Pelicans is the beef brewing be­ Welfare Plan for Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); South- is a bad policy because as soon as ovosa, James Warmack, Grant tween factions on the east and west getting married. port (South Atlantic); Excello (Ex- something is missing aboard the /ilson, Elmer Kent and William banks regarding the building of He had recently cello), and Seatrains Georgia, Lou­ ship the first thing the crew does /armack. new docks on the Algiers side gotten spliced, isiana and Savannah (Seatrain). is to call the hall and tell them Things, including the weather, (west side) of the river. and had the doc­ The Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ something has been stolen. So in ave generally been in pretty good This is only in the talking stage uments to prove ana each called here twice. ; h a p e around the future, when a ship is in port, but so far there has been a lot it, and he had lere during the of talk, pro and con, and this is When the Southport came in she the crew should not take on board read in the LOG was as clean as she could be, and anyone who is not a crewmember. last two weeks, Wallace an issue to be watched. Of course that ho could col­ the delegates shipping, h 0 w This will eliminate a lot of beefs. we are not interested what side ' '? •ver, has been Also, on a couple of ships I have of the river the docks are built on lect money when a baby was born really did a bangomewhat slow seen longshoremen who belong to so long as they are built and the and couldn't see why he shouldn't up job on her. collect for getting hitched. I had The delegates are nd doesn't look the ILWU in the messroom eating ships hit 'em. to tell him that marriage is a cal­ H. E. Pierce, s if it will imand drinking. This food is for the Lindsey J. Williams irove very much crew only. New Orleans Port Agent culated risk he had to take strictly ship's; A. J. Buion his own. uring the next Will Notify Permitmen engine; W. » I would like to report that since lard, wo weeks. I would also like to remind per­ W. Splvey, stew­ Wilmington: we moved to our new location we Paying off here mitmen who are getting books ard, and W. R. have not been bothered by the uring the last two weeks were the through thie Admissions Member­ winos and gashounds who used to Parker, deck. The .zalea City and Raphael Semmes ship Committee that they will be only beef on this Spiver hang around our old hall. The local iVaterman); Marymar and Yorknotified at their last address by a people thought these winos and ship was that lar (Calmar); Robin Trent (Seas letter from the secretary-treasurer some of the meat was rotten. Some gashounds were seamen, but they .hipping); Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Shipping has been average in were strictly neighborhood char­ of the rotten stuff was caught at headquarters. If you receive lantigny (Cities Service), and when the stores were received, but one of these letters do not fail to "eltore, Chilore, Baltore, Cubore, this port during the past two acters and since we moved we have some of it got by, and the stew­ come into the hall so we can con­ weeks. Although we had no pay­ not been bothered by them. antore and Venore (Ore). ard was instructed in the future tact New York and tell them you Signing on were the Raphael offs, we did have 23 jobs for the Shipping Remains Fair to send back any meat that he is are ready to pick up your book men who were ready to ship, and ammes (Waterman); Bethcoaster and send in your identification Shipping has been fair in this suspicious of. The company also photos. id Yorkmar (Calmar); Edith although we had 70 men on the stated it would change its pur­ shipping list we had jobs on the port and it looks as if it will con­ lull), and Feltore, Chilore, BalGetting back to shipping here, chases if there were any more de­ board for as many as three calls. tinue that way for a while. .,ire, Santore and Venore (Ore). during the last report period we It must be this beautiful Southern liveries of rotten meat. During the last report period we In transit were the Suzanne and paid off the Jean LaFitte, Kyska Performers On Mobilian tes (Bull); Antinous, De Soto and California weather that makes the paid off the Lucile Bloomfield and and Gateway City IWaterman) and ' men not too anxious to leave here. When the Mobilian wias here in Alice Brown (Bloomfield) and the lerville (Waterman); Southern For about four months we. did Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). We transit there was quite a bit of the Longview Victory (Victory cates (Southern); Alcoa Partner not a man in the hospital here signed on the Afoundria (Water­ performing aboard. The Coast Carriers). id Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), and but have The Jean LaFitte and Gateway now I am sorry to say that our man) and Seacloud (American Guard stepped into the picture .hilore (Ore). City signed on and so did the luck has changed and we have and as usual, because of one or two Some of our ailing brothers who George Quinones in the Sea Side Merchant Marine). Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean). bad actors, several other crewmen In transit were the Del Valle and :e collecting welfare benefits Memorial Hospital in Long Beach In transit -.were the Hastings, hile convalescing in the marine and J. W. Simmons in the* Vet­ Del Rio (Mississippi); Seatrains that weren't far out of line got Choctaw, Fairland and Fairport New York, New Jersey, Savannah racked up. ospital are Edward Spooner, JoHospital in Long Beach. and Texas (Seatrain); Afoundria On the local labor front, the Re­ (Waterman); Alamar and Calmar ;ph H. Roberts, Franciscp^Cuellar, erans' (Calmar); Steel Scientist (Isth­ However, both are doing fine and (Waterman); Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ tail Clerks Union 1604 conducted mian); teven Boides, Franklin ^Oilman, hope to be out soon. Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); Peli­ ice), and Marie Hamill (Bloom­ a successful strike against the heodore Phillips, Algot Begren, can Mariner (Bloomfield), and Brothers Run Meeting field). Golden Commissary, and here in Southwind (South rank S. Paylor, Samuel H. Mills, Atlantic). At our last membership meeting At the Steel Fabricator payoff the hall the membership welcomed ugene Plahn, Jessie A. Clark, Longview Victory Fouled Up we had three rank and file mem­ there was a beef about restricting the good news about passage of dolph Sadenwater, Russell Sim­ bers as chairman, reading clerk The Jean LaFitte, Kyska and the crew in Jeddah, Arabia. The the "50-50" bill. ons and Gordon Glaze. and recording secretary and they captain could produce no proof of Men in the hospital are R. F. Gateway City paid off without any Earl Sheppard really did a bang-up job. Under the need for restriction and was Roberts, L. F. Swegan, J. H. Mor­ trouble but the Longview "Victory Baltimore Port Agent good and welfare we had the open made to pay 14 hours of OT in ris, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shedd, was really fouled up, with every­ from performers to men letter from the Sea Chest up for lieu of shore leave. i t J. T. Moore, W. C. Sanders, R. Car- thing missing ship to food beefs. Before discussion and it was well taken by On the Seacloud the company roUton, J. Littleton, P. Bland, C. lew Orleans: all the members. was reluctant to put inner spring G. Truesdale, B. W. Brinson, A. this ship signs on again, however, a lot of the beefs will be squared Oldtimers on the beach at this mattresses and fans on board and W. Lima, and W. J. Wolfe. away and there will be new inner time are E. A. Lane, T. J. Shaw, so we held up the sign-on until Oldtimers on the beach are J. spring mattresses for ^the crew William Starke, W. K. Yerke, C. this beef was squared away. Floyd, J. Brown and C. Bennett. which should make the next cruise Brown and W. J. Carey. Among the men on the beach a little more pleasant. Ernest B. Tilley Jeff Morrison Things have been running along here are H. P. Lopez and E. C. In the hospital here at present Wilmington Port Agent Savannah Port Agent petty smoothly here with not (Tiny) Wallace. Tiny has been on are P. S. Yuzon, W. Singleton, any beefs reported, and those reJ. Perreira, B. M. Foster, J. irted of only a minor nature. Childs, S. Bunda and C. D. Ander­ .Shipping here has been holding son. J own. We were just about to reOn the beach are B. Toner, H. »rt a slump, but then we heard M. Murranka, H. Monahan, M. e are getting some ships in here John, J. W. Floyd, R. W. Ulmer, i t load grain for Brazil, and this J. Kackur, R. G. Vance, C. E. Walill help out. shipping Figures August 11 to August 24 lick, S. B. Marshall, G. Chambers, This report is not one of those REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL W. J. Westcott, E. Warren and R. ,imors that sometimes starts and POET DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Theiss. len ends in nothing as we now Boston Tom Banning 16 7 46 9 9 10 28 ave the Transatlantic (Pacific San Francisco Port Agent New York 105 95 332 80 62 65 207 '^aterways) in here and the Com,1 Philadelphia ass (Compass) is definitely due 38 37 115 12 8 8 28 I here around the first week in Baltimore 64 56 205 52 51 45 148 eptember to go on this Brazilian Norfolk 13 11 2 44 3 3 8 in. The membership has voted Savannah 15 9 24 31 21 12 57 ^Paying off here during the last to admit 15 permit card hold­ Tampa 10 12 4 12 34 8 4 11 fjport period were the Alcoa ers each month to membership Mobile ' egasus and Alcoa Runner (Al­ 68 56 60 184 29 42 29 100 in the SIU. Permits who wish ia); Del Sud, Del Monte and Del New Orleans ...... 75 78 74 81 70 222 224 to apply for membership can ires (Mississippi): City of Alma, Galveston 38 37 26 23 99 18 -20 • 61 get their application forms in ntinous and De Soto (Waterany SIU hall. The fifteen men 87 38 15 25 100 Seattle .*. 4 • 2, 21 lan), and Frederic C. Collin will consist of five from each 61 36 20 41 30 San Franclsce ........ ...... 126 40 120 •Drytrans). ship's department and will be 13 13 «.*... 14. 6 : 33 S ' 6 23 TYilniingtoa . . .i. i Signing on were tlie Alcoa screened by a membership *egasu$ and Alcoa JRunner (Alji;picuBiUes la headquaiiterg. 8t6 ' 453 1,571 Md • iS"' joa); Del Valle. Del Sud miil Del altimore: Crews Urged Te Keep Onfslders Off Ship Marriage is One Risk Yea Take On Year Own ew Hall Still Major 'opic Of Sculllebult Delegates Gemmended For Job On Sontbperl Weather Here AlmosI Toe Good To Ship Out Irain Ran To Brazil . 0 Slap Up Shipping A » C SHtPPme RECOBO Permits Apply For Membership :n • �September S, 19M SEAFARERS LOG Fage Thlrteea ......... JH>JRrjR£POJRrS Mobile: Uy-U|is By Wafarman On 'Ready' Slalas though he has shipped on the pas­ senger vessels as well. Jimmie, as he is known to his friends, can boast of 30 years of seatime, of which approximately half have been with the SIU, and he says that the difference between sailing Union and non-union is almost un­ believable. He says that the SIU has been the pacemaker in the maritime field in getting benefits for its men, and he thinks the best benefit is the maternity bene­ fit. Jimmie's favorite sport is baseball and when he's on the beach he sees as many games as he can. On the beach now are George Stroecker, Lee Kane, Terrence Jones, E. Beasley, Martin Haggerty, Frank Gomes, Albert Lee, George Saucier, .George Thayer, Fritz Widegren, Leroy Gulley and William Oliver. In the marine hospital are Wil lie Reynolds and William G. Moore. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Lake Charles: SIU Crew On Bull Rnn Keeps Skipper in Line of offshore runs- for awhile and wants to stay close to the beach. He says there are so many good points in our contract it is hard to decide which feature is best, but he sure likes the vacation plan and the hospital benefits. He also says he intends to buy a farm and settle down there when he gets older. All is quiet on the labor front right now, but labor here is busy forming a league to work through­ out the state to defeat the clowns who are responsible for the socalled "right-to-work" law. Elect­ ing to office people who will knock this anti-labor bill to death is going to take money and hard work. But it can be Bone and labor here intends to do it. The hunting season will start here next month and maybe we can get us a meal or two. At least we will try. New York: ^•1 -reil elfi- Seagarden Crews Up; Job Turnover 'Fair' Shipping in this port for the The shipping boom we experiShipping here picked up a little past couple of weeks has been a enced during the early part of Auduring the past two weeks, but we little oh the slow side with approxi­ gust came to a halt during the last are still not having any grand rush, mately 100 men shipped to regular two weeks, but we still have a fair ' so we are advising the brothers in offshore jobs. However, we didn't turnover in jobs and only about other ports to stay where they are. suffer too much as the Marine half as many men on the beach as s Calling into this area and each Workers Division took up the slack we had two months ago. Also, durtaking on a few. men were the with some 102 men shipped to re­ ing this period, we had the SeaCities Service tankers Salem Mar­ lief jobs in and around the harbor. garden (Peninsular) come out of '®*j : itime, Bents Fort, Paoli, Winter Ships paying off during the last temporary lay-up and take on a Hill, Lone Jack and Bradford Is­ report period were the Monarch full crew, so this helped somewhat. land. We also had two Waterman of the Seas, Morning Light, Arizpa, All of the ships entering this ™ ships call in here. These were the Alawal, Fairisle, City of Alma and port during the past two weeks Golden City, re-routed back here Golden City (Waterman); Alcoa were in pretty good shape, with no from Saigon, and the Madaket, Clipper, Alcoa major beefs other than for repairs _ bound for the Far East. Polaris, Alcoa on any of them. V/e are having to (;;oming in from Argentina for Puritan, Alcoa put pressure on some of the com- 7 payoff was the Bull Run (Petrol Corsair and Al­ panics to get needed repairs, fans, ' . Tankers). This coa Pennant (Al­ mattresses and other items, so if ' ship is under the Leroy Clarke coa), and Seayou come in with any beefs of this command of Cap­ Lake Charles Port Agent cloud (Seatradtype let us have them as soon as tain Rachall, of ers). t 4 4 you arrive. Don't wait until the whom we wrote The Polaris, ship is ready to go out again. Also last February Seattle: Puritan, Pennant, make sure that the captain and when he was 3) J- 4" chief engineer have copies of your Fairisle and Seaskipper of the Boston: cloud signed on repair list before the ship gets into Julesburg and Hifham port. again. gave us a rough 20 Ships^ Paid Off In transit were the Alcoa time at the pay­ Williams During the last two weeks we Pegasus (Alcoa); Chickasaw Shipping was very poor here off. (Waterman), and Steel Architect We also paid off the Bull Run during the past two weeks, and the paid off 20 ships, signed 7 on for­ and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) outlook for the future is poor due eign articles and serviced 19 in The word here- is that there is from a coastwise trip and then to the lumber strike and the Gov­ transit. The following were the All payoff, sign-on and in-tran signed her on for South America sit ships were in good shape with a very good possibility that the on .July 6, and as we reported at ernment moving four Army divi­ ships paid off: Kathryn, Beatrice and Elizabeth comparatively few beefs on any of Evangeline (Eastern) will run that time we again had some sions out of Korea. out of Florida this winter. During this report period we (Bull); Ocean Ulla fOcean Trans.); them. trouble with the captain. But at Shipping has been fair in this paid off the Amerocean (Black- Seagarden (Peninsular); QueCnston Out of the seven Waterman Cport during the past two weeks this payoff the ship was in fine chester) and this Heights <Mar-Trade); The Cabins 2s which paid off here, five were shape and we had only a few hours (Mathiasen); Bienville HVaterman); laid up. These were the Alawai with the Republic (Trafalgar) and of disputed OT which were settled ship then went Hill and Salem Maritime Bradford Island, Cantigny, French into lay-up. We Morning Light, Golden City, City Winter before the payoff. (Cities Service) paying off. Creek and Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ of Alma and Arizpa. Furthermore Before this ship left here the had no sign-ons. These three ships signed on and ice); Alexandra (Carras); Robin In transit were the majority of ships due in here crew swore they would bring her so did the Western Rancher (West­ Sherwood (Seas Shipping); Crack­ the Alamar (Calfor payoff during the next two ern Navigation). back clean and they did just that, er State Mariner (South Atlantic); mar). Pelican weeks are also Waterman C-2s which is a credit to themselves and In transit were the Robin Mow­ Lawrence Victoi-y (Mississippi); Val Mariner (Bloomwhich are slated to lay up How­ bray (Seas Shipping) and Wacosta, to the SIU. This captain is very field) and GhocChem (Valentine), and Seatrains ever, we will have the Puerto handy with the log book, but he Iberville, Bienville and Chickasaw Georgia, New York and New Jer­ taw and Jean Rican and passenger runs plus the was up against an SIU crew that (Waterman). sey (Seatrain). LaFitte (Water­ coastwise ships in transit and a gave him no chance to throw the Peck's Body To Arrive Signing on were the Queenstoii couple of other offshore ships that The Robin Hood (Seas Shipping) book at them. It goes to show how man). Heights (Mar-Trade): Robin Kirk For our Seafarer of the Week will go back out, so we should be is scheduled to dock here August a bang-up SIU crew can make these log-happy skippers bite their we nominate D. A. Hutto who and^Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); able to make the next two weeks 28 and should have on board the without too much trouble. nails when it conducts itself in a joined the Union in New York in Steel Age (Isthmian); Cracker body of Brother R. E. Peck who 1944. He wtis born in Tampa, Fla., State Mariner (South Atlantic); No Policy On Lay-Ups real Union manner. died in Africa. Funeral arrange­ and has been sailing out of West Bienville (Waterman), and Seagar­ Launey Is Meeting Chairman Waterman, which plans to lay up ments for Brother Peck have not At the meeting here on August Coast ports since 1950. Single, den (Peninsular). 15 to 17 C-2s within the next 30 In transit were the Marymar, been completed as yet. 25, Malcolm Launey was chairman. with no plans for getting married, days, says there is no set policy The niembers of the Atlantic He hails from Mamou, La., and Hutto sails as bosun and his last Bethcoaster and Yorkmar iCal- | on the lay-ups but that these ships Fishermen's Union have tied up ship was the Trojan Trader which mar)'; Iberville, De Soto and Wild sails as pumpman. Willie Walker, are being laid up under a ready their vessels in Boston harbor. The cook and baker who hails from recently laid up here. He says that Ranger (Waterman); Seatrains | status and are able to go back the entire Welfare Plan is very Texas, Louisiana anad Savannah fishermen are up in arms because into service within 24 hours if so much fish is being brought Tennessee, was the recording sec­ good and that 'its wide variety of (Seatrain); Robin Trent iSeas • retary and both men did a fine job. benefits aids everybody. there is cargo available. Shipping): Frances, Elizabeth, Ar- j in from foreign ports and is sell­ We have no men in the hospital The lay-ups'can be blamed on ing much cheaper than the fish In the hospital we have S. lyn and Ann Marie (Bull); Alcoa ^ here at this time. slow shipping, foreign competition, caught in American waters. Burskey, W. Drake, G. W. Flint, Partner and Alcoa Roamer (Al­ For our Seafarer of the Week the end of the Korean war and Men on the beach here include we nominate E. W. Williams who H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, V. K. coa); Coe Victory (Victory Carri­ the cease-fire in Indo China. There ers), and Cantigny and Lone Jack I J. Lapham, A. Ekiund, C. Karas sails in the engine department, Ming, G. Rassen and B. Smith. is no telling just how long the layMen on the beach include R. (Cities Service). i and B. Gordy. In the hospital are generally as an oiler or,-as he puts ups will continue, but we will keep Olson, R. We are still enjoying fine weath- : G. Perry, J. Penswick, F. Alasa- it, a "lubricating engineer." At Welch, R. Lonce, the membership advised via the Vickerman and A. Aycock. er in this big city. In fact, for a vich and J.^Petrusewicz. present Brother Williams is sweat­ LOG when things start moving. few days last week it was almost • Jeff Gillette ing out a good coastwise run be­ James Sheehan Another bad feature of the ship like winter, with the temperature Seattle Port Agent cause he says he has had his fill Boston Port Agent ping picture right now is the fact down to 55 degi-ees, which is some that Alcoa is sending its C-2s over weather for the middle of August. to Baton Rouge with high-grade Claude Simmons bauxite. -Alcoa is planning to have Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ' several ships run into this port for a while, until a storepile of bauxite Phifaclelphia.-^ * is built up, and this could take several months. A much brighter side of the pic­ WILMINGTON, Calif. .. 909 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM... 118H Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 ture is the fact that there has been BALTIMORE 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn PORT COLBORNB 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER quite a bit of loot in circulation Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul Hall 276 State St. during the past two- weeks, with BOSTON EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews VICTORIA BC .. 617V4 Cormorant St. During the past two weeks this Joe Algina Waterman and Alcoa paying their GALVESTON Empire 4531 Joe Volpian ..21st & Mechanic Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. port hit a slump, and the brief retroactive wages. As these are Keith Alsop, Agent William Hall Phone 2-8448 Pacilic 7324 boom that we enjoyed during the the two main companies in this LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. SUP Phone 6;i46 last report period was shattered Phone 6-5744 area, most of the Mobile member­ Leroy Clarke, Agent BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. by the Alawai (Waterman) laying MOBILE 1 South' Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Alerchant St. Phone: 545 ship had money coming from one Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 - Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, OnUrio 52 St. Davids St. up in Mobile and the entire crew •or the other. Mississippi in Louisi­ NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC ..... 113 Cote De La Montague returning to this port and getting ana is also paying now and quite Lindsey Williams. AgentMagnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 back their shipping cards as per RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St a few Mobile boys are riding Mis­ NEW YORK 177 Prince William St. 679 4th Ave., Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 the shipping rules. HYacintb 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. sissippi ships and have money com­ NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 During the last two weeks we ing from them, too. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Great Lakes District .. 2505 1st Ave. paid off the Barbara Frietchie PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE Higbam Sailing 30 Years Main 0290 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher (Liberty Nav.), Bents Fort (Cities 905 Marine Ave. 450 Harrisun St. WILMINGTON For our Seafarer of fHe Week .SAN FRANCISCO Phone: I238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 180 Main St Service) and Hilton (Bull), and w6 nominate Brother Armon Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK Phone: Cleveland 7391 s.gned on the Barbara Frietchie and 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PUERTA de TIERKA. PR Pelayo 51—La 5 CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave., NE STerUng 8 4671 Higham who joined the Union in Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 Phone: Main l-OM? Bents Fort. We also serviced 14^. 1938. Brother Higham, who is SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6657 ships in transit. married and has three sons, sails SEATTLE P70n 1st Ave MONTREAL . 634 St. James St. West UULXrrH ... 531 W Michlg.-in St Elliott 4334 I'Lateau 8161 -steadily out of the Gulf; usually Jeff Gillette. Agent Phone; Melrose 2-4110 A. S. Cardullo 1281 um Hollls St. SOU TH CHICAGO. . 3261 E. 02nd SI »5^sfewasd K.Diit 4he .ireighlMSii^l- jm^y^^nite, Ag^® "" '^^,^dSne"a"i^ HALIFAX, N.S Phlladetphia Port Agent " W' 3 891^ !M I 8-1a .(»a •'.-.i (««)>• Evangeline May Make Runs Oni Of Flerida "I - m US Troop WHhdrawais Hit Wosiern Shipping MiFMiL JT Shiiiping In Port Nil As Alawal Is Laid Up ?' 'I �SEAFARERS LOG PaiEtt Fourteen Vacosta Shipboard Meeting Gives Zrev/ A Bel yful-Of Watermelon or r- September 1. 19M WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and rsIU shipboard meetings don't always have to be serious affairs. With ® Ifand sometimes a little generosity—they can really be made merry events. So reports aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column . iafarer Ed Larkin of the Wacosta, a Waterman C-2. or by mail, tcherever possible, 4Recently, for instance, the Home or shipboard craftsmen tors, specialize in hunting around , Vacosta crew combined their for envelopes and postcards bear­ '®gular shipboard meeting who've been hunting around for ing different slogans from all parts. o.«th a watermelon party. The an easy way to remove layers of of the country. Postmasters in most ritermelons were purchased at old paint and wax finishes from localities periodically issue new slo­ vteir own expense by chief steward furniture pieces before refinishing gans commemorating local events lUter Loleas and chief cook Peter anniversaries, which are used 'bjnzales. And, says Larkin, the them again may find a new liquid and on all outgoing mail. All that is . f itermelons were but one of the product just the thing they've been to obtain the slogan is to 4ny little extras supplied to the looking for. Working on the princi­ needed send a addressed en­ liiew by these two unselfish inple of expanding the oil and resin velope tostamped, the Postmaster, Mystic, film of paint so that it loses ad­ itviduals. Conn., and request it. hesion and can be picked right ''^At any rate, after a brief period off with the fingers, this liquid is cutting up—the watermelons, said to be able to Rubble paint off ®,at is—the crew settled down to Radio hams now have a new form any finish in a few minutes. The of diversion and have branched le business of putting them away manufacturer also claims it can out of the cubbyhole shack at /jid a good time was had by all, ith no bellyaches or other ill Knife in hand, chief cook Peter Gonzales Is ready for the kill daring work through 12 coats and leave home into even more cramped wood grain like new. Priced at quarters. Mobile ham stations are %ects reported. recent shipboard meeting and watermelon feast on Wacosta. Crew- $1.29 a quart, it's made by Star no longer a novelty to many who Won SIU Scholarship men looking on include D. LeTourneau, H, J. Sperling, M. LnbieBronze, Box 568, Dept, PP, Alli­ have found radio operating from jweski, E. O. Karlsen, J. C. Codsie, V. D'Amato, O. N. Seim, T. ,a Larkin, chief electrician aboard Lee, C. E. WaUlck, chief steward P. Loleas, M. Hansen, F. X. ance, Ohio. Ask abput it at your an automobile a brand-new chal­ jpe Wacosta, is one of the four j>aint store or order it direct. lenge. A useful reference for the •vurrent winners of the annual SIU Keelan and K. J. McCullough. experienced ham who is looking college scholarship awards, and has reen sailing during the summer Although it's a fact well known to to try his skill on the open high­ jgreparatory to resuming his studies the more experienced photogra­ way is called the "Radio Amateur ,riis fall at the School of Industrial pher, beginners may ignore the Mobile Handbook," and was pub­ iind Labor Relations at Cornell fact that one of the most "dan­ lished just a short time ago. Writ­ w'niversity. gerous" places for a camera is in ten by William I. Orr and pub­ An SIU member for the last 10 the overheated glove compartment lished by Cowan Publishing Corp., uears, the 28-year-old Larkin got of an automobile. The heat just 67 West; 44 Street, New York 36, J rough shock right after the last What's the life of a seaman from New Zealand like? doesn't help things and, needless NY, it is solely devoted to the problems of setting up a mobile Aar when he found his hopes of Some comments on this, as well as some comparisons to say, this especially applies when ham shack, which greatly differ ifitering college dashed by the fact there's film,in the camera. Aboard hiat the GI Bill of Rights was not between the life of New Zealand and American seamen are ship, it's wise to keep camera gear from those of a home station. In­ ;txtended to seamen. In 1952, how- contained in an interesting away from overheated or sweaty cluded are how-to-build-and-oper"tver, he won a one-year labor letter recently sent to the LOG "In New Zealand," the captain bulkheads and lockers near heating ate data and photos. The 187-page acholarship to Coleg Harlech, by Captain M. M. McArthur, writes, "a merchant seaman is ex­ of any kind. Keep this in mind if volume is priced at $2. Vales, and he hopes the current who is the father of Seafdrer Allan empt from all military service. In you want to have "cool" pictures. iU scholarship will enable him to W. McArthur. fact, we speak of our merchant Colt has a handy 44-paKe "Shoot­ ^ lomplete his studies at Cornell. fieet as our 'merchant navy,' and Captain McArthur, who lives in Seafarer-philatelists who may ing Manual and Handbook Catalog" 1 Larkin joined the Wacosta last Wellington, New Zealand, is the a merchants seaman who has seen ,iune 23, just after she arrived master of the latest addition to war service, is entitled>to all the have missed out so far have until which the Nimrods in the SIU rom Japan via Panama. And ever New Zealand's coastal fleet—the various benefits of the Returned Sept. 15 to obtain a slogan cancel­ may find interesting to read be­ lince, he reports. Waterman has Holmwood, a 1,000-ton vessel with Servicemen's Rehabilitation Act— lation from the postmaster at Mys­ fore the fall shooting season really iieen trying to keep the ship in a speed of about an act very similar to your GI Bill tic, Conn., reading as follows: sets in. The booklet contains valu­ "Celebration 300 years/ Seafaring able information on handgun shoot­ bperation on what he calls the 12 knots. " of Rights." imarginal non-profit" paper run. Pointing out that American mer­ History/ 1654 Mystic 1954." Mystic, ing and safety rules and may pro­ On this vessel 1 The paper run is one from Port the crewmen are chant seamen did not get such now a resort town, used to be vide a few pointers you previously Jewark to Georgetown, SC, and housed in twobenefits after the war, the captain known for its clipper ships and overlooked. To get a copy, write .•facksonville, Fla., to load paper be r t h cabins, says he believes that the American whalers and currently is the site Colt Manufacturing Company, 35 'or Boston and Port Newark. merchant seaman is not given the of a marine museum. Postal slogan Van Dyke Avenue,, Hartford 15, each with a wash collectors, like matchbook collec­ Conn. honor to which he is due. I Worse Than Tanker Run basin with run­ • "The run itself," Laridn writes, ning hot and cold I'is worse than the average tanker water. There is 'un because we arrive in every also a good McArthur Sort in the morning and leave shower room and \round 6 o'clock at night. Besides clothes-washing faciltties, although 'laving no ^hore leaves, one-third there is no automatic washing ma­ »f a cargo and weekends at sea, chine on the ship. ve are also told that each trip is The working conditions of New he last one. «.nd only when we Zealand seamen. Captain MCAJ> irrive back in Port Newark do we thur states, are generally very jcnow whether or not we're going good, but wages are far below There's.very frequently comedy—and sometimes there's pathos—in the goings-on aboard SIU ships. •:o have another week of security." those for Seafarers. The difference In any event, there are invariably small, colorful items of human interest which can be culled from the The company last week put the in living costs between New Zea­ ordinary routine of shipboard life. The SEAFARERS LOG, which welcomes reports of all unusual inci­ land and the US compensates dents, here presents a few such items, gleaned from recent reports of shipboard meetings; ship in temporary lay-up. > Outside of the "lay-up blues," somewhat for this, however. We now have new innerBut although the New Zealand however, Larkin says, the Wacosta spring mattresses on this ship and seaman is paid less than his Ameri­ is a good ship, with good officers, Aboard Isthmian's Steel Director fio beefs, an excellent steward de­ can counterpart, his profession is this is fine. However, we have a partment and an understanding honored more than it is in the US, problem. Eitiher the old sheets are too short for the new mattresses Captain McArthur believes. skipper. or the new mattresses are too long for the old sheets. Since the mat­ tresses are new, we suggest that the agent In tee payoff port see it longer sheets cannot be obtained. —Southland (South Atlantic) (1) At the time of their marriage 18 years ago, the husband was three times as old as his wife. Today he is only twice as old. How old $ i was his wife when they were married? ... On this ship the skipper is (2) What was the name of the Norwegian who discovered the South so bucko that if he should happen Pole: (a) Amundsen, (b) Byrd, (c) Peary? (3) If you are a Hofosier, where do you come from: (a) Ohio, (b) by some chance to go to Heaven, he'll sure be surprised to 'find Pennsylvania, (c) Indiana? there's another God besides him­ (4) By what more familiar name is legerdemain known? (5) What Smith Is: (a) a lady US Senator, (b) a famous singer, (c) self. —Ocean Nlmet (Ocean Trans.) remembered for his friendship with Pocahontas? (6) What is the name of the "canal" which is made up of the parts $ 4) 4^ of the body through which food passes? .We telnk that more care "(7) Which ship held the speed record of the Atlantic for over 20 should bo taken In regard to the years, the Mauretania or the Lusitania? (8) Who ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket In 1952? length of time used In washing Crewmen aboard Isthmian's Steel Director include (rear, 1-r): A. (9) If a farmer wanted to plant two seeds in every square foot of clothes. Also, we have a real Crawford, OS; A. Mir, carpenter; D. Moore, messman; Martin mystery on hoard. Who threw the ground In a field ten yards square, how many seeds would he need? Vallie, DM; Bill Brabham, DM; (center): A. E. Groover, second (10) According to Shakespeare, where was there something "rotten": single seek In the washing machine cook; Joe Brill, BR; A. Won, OS; C. P. Moore, bosun; Y. Tallberg, and washed it for hours and hours? (a) Denmark, (b) France, (c) Germany? AB; (front): C, Johnson, AB. —FeUcan Mariner (Moomfleld) '<Quig Answers on Page 17) Seamen From New Zealand Get More Honors, Less $ P Life Upon That Bounding Main Can Be A Sweet Or Sad Refrain Quiz Corner' . • '•m •Sift �ifeer S. 19S4 SEAFARERS Softball, Scooters Help SlU Men $f Not War Are Concern In Saigon Although the threat of Communist domination hangs heavily over their heads, the people of Saigon are largely indifferent to their fate. This is the report to the LOG made by Sea­ farer Harry Kronmel who, as a crewman on the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian), spent several .-••days, in this southern Vietnam port and spoke to many of the LOG-A-RHYTHM: native population. By M. Dwyer If you can't find a respectable bar at all. Try the Port O' Pall in the Seafarers Hall, Where you don't have to worry, 'bout seating your wife. Your sweetheart or mother. You can bet your life She'll be treated with pleasure and served with care. And as for being insulted—no one would dare. Oh, the atmosphere's great and the lights are dim. The entire ploc? is neat and trim. And the food is fine and the service swell. As seamen the world over tell. And the carved figurehead at the end of the bar Can't be matched near or far. Here you'll greet old buddies and clasp a hand Of someone you've met in a distant land. You'll enjoy the pictures on the wall Of foreign places and ports o' call. You'll remember this bar as all seamen do. For it's a place that leaves an impression on you. SEAFARERS ARE (^/OPERTHE BELIEF IWAT -THEY A\UST SISM A/EW VJELFARE PLAN BENEFICIARY CARDS AT EVER/ SIGN OAI, FILLING om* A BENEFICIARIT CARP IS NECESSARY CiNCE / UA/LESS-IWE SEARARvYlSHES TO CffANSE NlS -BEAIEFICIARV. -4l Time In Italy In Livomo, Italy, crewmen on the Lucile Bloomfield enjoy a lively game of Softball while (left) Bob Spencer, chief cook on the ship, tries his hand at navigating a rented motor scooter. Recreational facilities were provided by United Seamen's Service. Port O' Call Page Fif•Uaf LOG Under the terms of the recent Indo-China truce, the southern part of Vietnam, including Saigon, is to be evacuated by the Commu­ nist guerilla forces while the French withdraw from the north­ ern part of the country, which in­ cludes the port of Haiphong. Communist leader Ho Chi Minh, however, has already called for the Commiuiist occupation of Sai­ gon, and his'followers are report­ edly hard at work to attain this end. Don't Uare Who Wins This possibility seems to con­ cern the Saigon people very little, Kronmel reports. Jhey are well aware of the critical situation, but they feel they have very little to gain whichever side eventually wins out. Instead, their primary concern is in trading and in making as large a profit as they can at black market prices. The legal rate of exchange in Saigon is 34 piastres to the dollar, but the black market offers 65 to 75. Cigarettes, soap and electrical equipment, Kronmel says, are particularly in demand, and in return for these the people offer women, liquor and hashish. During his stay in the city, Kron­ mel tried to talk to people from as many different walks of life as he could. The French he found to be generally confused, with the average French soldier not know­ ing exactly what he was doing in Vietnam, except that he had been sent there by his government. The natives, as reported, were pri­ marily indifferent. But on one point Kronmel found almost all parties agreed—that if Vietnam falls, then all of IndoChina and the associated states of Thailand, Burma and Malaya are doomed. Meeting IVight Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Sept. 8, Sept. 22. Oct. 6. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. By Spike Marlin Every once in a while along came from the Giant's side wherelcomes a ball game that sends the Leo Durocher injected himselfil spectator home satisfied that base­ into the picture to yank his starter,'-' .1 ball can still be well-played. One Sal Maglie, after six innings. The result of all this unusuaht of the best of such contests was a recent Giant-Dodger get-together efficiency and pitching skill was a'" fast-moving tight ball game whichy in the Brooklyn ballyard. There have been many com­ proved that baseball doesn't have'j plaints in recent years about ball to be a high scoring contest to beii games that drag, about pitchers exciting. It was all over inside of| who can't get the ball over or two hours—unusual speed for mod-^s . | waste too much time on the em-day ball games. Oh yes. The Dodgers won thef mound, about managers who make many changes or spend a lot of game, 3-2, by scoring two runs^ time in public "discussions" with after Maglie was lifted, not before.i the umpires. Giant-Dodger games, So much for managerial interfer-r if anything, are usually worse than ance. But since the rest of the' most in this respect, so that it's Brooklyn pitching staff seldom f not unusual for such contests to manages to resemble Erskine, it crawl past the three-hour mark would surprise us if it was in thecards this year for Brooklyn. : before they are over. One-Man Staff This particular game was re­ What's In A Name?! freshingly different. For ane thing Csirl Erskine was having one of 'i his better nights. Erskine is pretty '' ' • JL" much the beginning, middle and llllillll'••'"••• end of the Brooklyn pitching staff. There are better pitchers in the business for the long pull but when he is fit he is one of the best around. He was fit as a Stradivarius that night. It was a pleasure to watch him work in true storybocdc pitcher fashion. He was putting the ball on the corners where it's supposed to go. He was equally efficient with his fast ball, curve and change of pace, so devilishly so that Giant hitters were positively helpless. What was most delightful was that he didn't waste time between pitches—all business and no ba­ loney. Unnecessary Interference Erskine's performance seemed to infect both ball clubs with the We can't swear to this, but result that managers interfered according to Seafarer William with the game as little as possible. Kleimola, these are pol-ak There was just one mild argument fish. He hooked them oil Ice­ which lasted about a minute and a land while on a reeent trip half and few conferences at the pitcher's mound. The only unnec­ aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). essary managerial participation The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Simplicio Mansan's recipe for "Chicken.a la King." Sonietimes utilizing leftovers the day after a chicken or turkey dinner but prepared at its best when the meat is still fresh off the bird, "Chicken a la King"—as are all forms oY chicken—^is a well-liked dish-i of many Seafarers. You have cooked mushrooms, Va cup sliced to be partial to a white or pimentoes, 1-2 eup sliced ripe cream sauee, of course, because it's usually a specialty of ladies' luncheons more than anything else. According to Seafarer Simplicio Mansan, cook and baker, who's had a tour of nearly 30 years in the galley on US ships, the dish is also a favorite of seamen wlienever it turns up on the menu. Mansan, a member of the SIU for the past year and a half, Mansan has found it goes over very well with Seafarercrews, and they're used to good eating. As an assist to the house-holder who may want to try it, the recipe here is for six persons. It can be increased as necessary depending on the size of the crew. Here's what you need, providing all these ingredients are available aboard ship: 2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey, 1 cup chicken broth or milk, V* cup melted but­ ter, cup flour, 1 cup light cream or top milk, 1 teaspoon salt, dash pepper, Vk teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaqpoon lemon Juke^ Vs cup V olives, and hot eooked rice, toast or biscuits for when you serve. Heat the broth. Melt the butter in a heavy pan, add flour and stir until combined. Gradually add the broth and cook about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cream and season to taste. Now add the chicken and heat it thoroughly. Just before serving, beat 1 eggyolk combined with a little of the chieken mixture and return it to the saucepan. Cook about 3 min­ utes more and serve, with lemon, mushrooms, pimento and olives added, on the hot rice, toast or biscuits, whichever is available or preferred. Union Has . Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in toueb with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmissioa on all messages and faster smnrtee for the meft la'vrtved. M ; • .A-a i -J ' >"^1 J vi �..,^V •..7v;tfil*--yv.-%.- Page Sixteen He Bluat» Mjueh ^Ot UeOieM Aid SEAFARERS September S. 1954 LOG L M T IE R S • Write Congress, Stop ^Runaways' To the Editor: To the Editor: ' I thought I'd never be on an active wages it owes under the new been bucking a lot of slanderous 1 see the Government has okayed American ship where a seaman dry cargo contract. My husband stories which have hurt me con­ the transfer of more ships to for­ 1 would have to beg for medical at- has a considerable amount of siderably. These stories make me eign flags. It would be a good idea z! tention but that's the way it's been money coming from this company To the Editor: out to be a real performer In ports if all Seafarers and all members 1 •' on the Steel Traveler on the Per- and has not received any of it yet. 1 saw the article in a recent issue outside of Baltimore, and they of other unions would write letters JC sian Gulf run. Is there any way that he can col­ of the LOG about the West African even say 1 got into trouble which to their Senators and Congressmen I ! First the secopposing any further sales and lect this money? 1 wish vou would mahogany run and you really did caused me to lose my ticket. The Coast Guard has taken care transfers of US ships to foreign Oj o n d electrician print something about it in the a fine job on it. got an infected of that last charge, but 1 would ap­ flags. 1 also think it a good idea LOG. You really put Vi eye but all he preciate it if any of the men 1 to ask them to pass a "50-50" law Mrs. A. E. Molier the true story (Ed. note: Since your letter wOs across. sailed with, either licensed or un­ to cover all cargo, foreign aid or Qj| got was boric ? acid and smart licensed, would write about my ac­ any other kind, so that half of it written. Waterman has begun pay­ 1 am in the Air ^ remarks from tivities. They can send the letters is carried on US ships. ment of its retroactive wages. Force now, in vet the chief mate. to me at 1217 Gleneagle Road, Bal­ Making these payments is some­ How about it, brothers? Your Texas. It was lU timore 12, Md. times a complicated matter, and it either this or the letters to your Senators or Repre­ lis Then the junior third became Edward P. Healy has taken the large companies Army. 1 am 10 sentatives might cause such a law Mitchell •ft sick and when he some time to set up the necessary years older than to be put on the books. 4 4 4 h L. Evans the next oldest ;>(), was spitting up blood the captain machinery.) de Parlier said he must have been chewing 4 4 4 member in my It, 4., 4 4 beetle nuts. There was a Dutch flight, and hoping to get assigned al ship in port with us and it is the to Scott Field, 111., so 1 can stop by To the Editor: ai' interne on this ship we can thank the hall in New Orleans. O; For the past three years I've for saving this man's life and get­ To the Editor: 1 certainly was sorry to hear been doing my shipping in the US To the Editor: ting him to an Army hospital. I'd like to pass the word along about the death of Moon Kouns. Navy. However, 1 expect to be get­ 1 am writing you to thank the The only sensible remarks I to all the brothers on the "romance Tell all the guys "hello." ting out soon and I'd like to be in­ SlU for the money 1 received after ;i ever hear from the captain and run" that they can get treated roy­ A/B Edouard Lee de Parlier formed about what's going on in the death of my husband, Henry mate is when they call each other ally,at a new bar that's opened up AF19 506 945 the Union and on the waterfront in Bechmann. • clowns in front of the crew and in Santos, Brazil. Flight 784, 3706 BMTS le gbneral. So please send me the ,1 would also like to know if I passengers. This place is the Gold and Silver Lackland Air Force Base la LOG. W. (BiU) Mitchell am entitled to anything in the way Bar and it's right near the Wash­ San Antonio, Tex. >h Robert S. Taylor of pension money because of my ington Bar. Recently the owner 3^ t 4. • rVU .4 4 4 (Ed. note: Your name has been husband. An early answer to this threw a party for the combined 00 added to our mailing list.) question will be greatly appreci­ crews of the Del Mundo and Del nfi ated. Sol, and 1 know he would do his sr (Mrs.) Elizabeth R. Beckmann best to make all SlU men happy. iri To the Editor: This is just a small place, but To the Editor: i.UD 1 wish to take this means of (Ed. note: Your letter has been 1 ^ould like to thank you for w'l thanking Captain Bailey and the it's a good place to get together for referred to the SIU Welfate Serv­ the issues of the LOG you have ices Department for reply.) crew of the Alcoa Puritan for their a few sociable drinks and listen to been sending me regularly. 1 To the Editor: ue kindness and thoughtfulness dur­ some good American music, and certainly have enjoyed reading This is to ask you if you will 4 4 4 .z ing my recent sorrow. My infant it's definitely not a clip joint. please send the next issue of the each and every one of them. John (Zero) Fedesovich ffi son arrived shortly after the death Here in England 1 have met a LOG to my mother's address. 1 am t 4 4 m of my wife and we named him number of SlU men in the armed leaving here for New Orleans or hi. Terry Lee. forces. All of them seem to be Miami and I'd sure hate to miss To the Editor: •,ix It is wonderful to have such gen­ anxiously awaiting the day when any issue of your fine newspaper. 1 would like to respectfully sub­ "ev erous friends in one's hour of need they will be out of service and 1 certainly get a lot of enjoyment mit a suggestion whereby we Union ac and words cannot express my ap­ To the Editor: from it. This is to thank the SlU Welfare back on SlU ships. And 1, too, V preciation. The SIU deserves a lot of praise members can brighten up the lives Services Department for standing am hoping for the day when 1 for being such a fine and out­ of our brothers who are in the a 1 also wish to thank the Alcoa service of their country—many of w Steamship Company for working by my little girl, Maria Ann, while can be on an SlU ship. Shipping here has been very standing organization. 1 think it's them in distant lands. » so hard to get the message to me 1 was sick. the champ in the maritime indus­ It is good to know that you have dull and 1 am hoping some day to try, and 1 hope it enjoys many •it and for arranging for me to Hy Mostly these men are there be­ p home. somebody to stand by when you be a member of your great Union. more years of good sailing. cause they have been drafted, and Fihiiik R. Sibelie need it, and an SlU member lii Robert Lee Noweil the least we can do is write them Robert Adams doesn't have to worry because he »ie 4. 4 4 letters to cheer them up when the 4 S* 4" (Ed. note: Your request has will always have someone. mail call sounds. We have no par­ been taken care of.) W. E. Swilley ir donable excuse for not doing this, 1 4 4 4 especially when these men send in h To the Editor: 1 would appreciate it very much their service addresses and they _ if you would send me the SEA­ are published in the LOG. We, the crew of the Steel Scien­ !o tist, feel it is our .duty to report FARERS LOG. Let our motto be: "A letter a day My husband has been on the To the Editor: to our Union brothers the outra­ To the Editor: drives those G1 blues away." 1 want to thank the Welfare It might interest you to know Beauregard for the past 2V& years, geous prices charged by the Wilm­ Clarence L. Cousins Services Department for aiding me ington Cleaners and Laundry of that Wallace Lowther passed away and has been in the Far East for in a personal problem which 1 !'i August 6 of a 4 4 4 the last three months. 1 don't 'I Long Beach, Calif. couldn't have concluded without heart attack at his know when he will get home and We don't mind paying more than home in Strat1 would like to have the LOG so their help as quickly as 1 did. The \r the average price for a fast and ham, NH. He had 1 can read it and save it for him. whole set-up of the SlU Welfare •u good job, but this place really Department enabled me to get been sailing on Mrs. Ramon Ferriera if gives you a cleaning. We think all the Fairland, but through this situation quickly and To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been without any great expense on my Seafarers ought to boycott this VI In every port a seaman hits there when he got to added to our mailing list.) h place until its prices are brought San Francisco he part. 1 wish to thank them for their are people out to get him, espe­ ir into line. cially if he has just paid off a ship. consideration in helping me. 4.4 4 must have had a T. Jackson We often read about these people, Robert F. Dalla feeling he should Deck delegate •;o but how about the guys who help 4 4 4 return home, so Lowther 4 4 4 us out? he left the ship Such a man is George Pokwick, To the Editor: and took a plane back. It is smali I a cab driver in San Francisco. To I would appreciate it if you consolation, but at least it is some­ h( count the men that George has thing to know he reached his would print this in the LOG so To the Editor: is To the Editor: "home port." perhaps it will be seen by some of 1 want to express my apprecia­ taken out to ships in Frisco and 1 wouid like to inform you of my 1 watched the LOG grow from a the members who sailed with me tion and thank the SlU for its Oakland, on the cuff, would re­ P£ change of address so that 1 can very small publication to its pres­ at any time, between 1922 and kindness and assistance, especially quire a private secretary. ak continue to receive my copies of ent size, and 1 want you to know 1943. During this time 1 shipped for the $2,500 check I got from the 1 know that if you print this it the LOG, that reading it gave me much en­ on around 50 different ships, Welfare Fund. will interest a great many SlU Also, 1 would like to know why joyment while Wallace was away mostly out of New York and Balti­ 1 want the SlU members to know men, because so many of them the Waterman Steamship Corpora­ at sea. more. that my thanks go to all of them. know and like this cab driver. tion has not paid any of the retro(Mrs.) Dorothy Lowther For the past several years I have (Mrs.) Martha Justice. Dave Barry Liked LOG Story On Mahdyany Ban Will Soon Leave Navy^ Wants IHG Widow Grateful For SHI Benefit New Santos Bar Wins His Favor 'I' 'I Appreciates Aid <Given By Alcoa British Seaman Would Sail SIV Gets Biy Kiefe Out Of The LOG Keep That Mail Goiny To Army Welfare BepH ^Friend in Need' Laundry^s Prices Called Too High Heath Comes To Seaman At Home Seaman's Wife Wants LOG Sent Welfale Dep't. Gives Quick Aid Cabbie Rates Pat On The Back s th w P. P rc ol y g b Seeks Payment Of Back Wayes Burly Wants Shipmates ToVouch For Him Grateful To SiU For W^elf are Aid There'g No Dotibt About It By Bernard Seaman �fielttembcr S, 19S4 SEAFARERS Page Sevenfeea LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... . • SOUTHERN CITIES (SeuHitrn), July 11 -^halrman. J. Pratii Sacratary> W. T. Strlcklln. Repairs made to commode in deck department. The washing machine was fixed. made and carried for the ship's delegate to see headquarters-authorities about pos­ sible compensation for clothes ruined from deck cargo of asphalt. All members were asked to return cots, dirty blankets and linen to the steward. Vacation forms DEL NORTE (Mlsslttlppl), June 27— will be obtained in Boston. Voluntary Chairman, Harold Crane; Secretary, Bill contributions will be collected to help Kaiser. Ship's delegate reported that two workaways. Brother Guggino was really very sick when he was left in St. Thomas last voy­ EXCELLO (Exctllo), July 24—Chairman, age, He >s stlli a patient in the Public Joe Le Blanc; Secretary,' 6. S. Hansen. Health hospital. Brother reprimanded tor Milk is to be served at breakfast and taking the movie projector ashore. Ship's dinner. Steward has agreed to get a bet­ treasurer reported $28.70 in the ship's ter assortment of vegetables. A patrol­ fund after expenses were taken out. Any man will be contacted about getting complaints on the food should he made enough linen aboard for regular changes to the chief steward and not to the galley and putting cots aboard. All delegates force. Any member having a beef was were asked to turn in their repair lists asked to go to his delegate and if he before ship reaches' Lake Charles. can't settle it then go to the ship's dele­ gate. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no data—Chairman, Vernon L. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), July 2S—Chair­ Porter; Secretary, M. L. White. Motion man, William Brightwall; Sacretary, Clar- made and carried to get a patrolman on anea A. Collins. Ship's delegate reported board for meeting about stores. The com­ that there is a good bunch of men on pany win not put on the supplies that board. The captain is very cooperative are needed. Several crewmembers com­ and a good man to talk to. Suggestion plained about the food. made that ail brothers keep their feet off July 4—Chairman, Jos Wallace; Secre­ the messroom chairs, and for the steward tary, William H. Mason. All hands were to see that ail chairs are washed down asked to keep the mesShall neat and before entering port. More safety pre­ clean. Only the galley crew is allowed cautions to be used in laying out work in the galley. for men cleaning tanks and using me­ July 23—Chairman, none; Secretary, chanical wire brushes. The steward asked Marvin L. White. Captain bought twenty for the cooperation of ail brothers in pounds of butter in England. The bad turning in their soiled linen and whatever taste in food comes from the butter. surplus clean linen they have in their Captain sent mate and cadet in steward possession. storeroom to take inventory. thins that pertains to the welfare of the crew. Ship's delegate to contact hail In New York about .the slop chest on ship. Each department wiU rotate In cleaning laundry and recreation room. July 24—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ail members were asked to stay sober for the payoff. New fans are needed in the foc'sle for the next • oyage. Washing machine has to be re­ paired. Dodgers should be put on the fiying bridge as there is no protection there for the. men on watch. Crewmem­ bers were asked to return aU cots to the steward. The steward department was given a vote Of thanks. June 27—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ship's delegate reported everything going along smoothly. Crew was asked to keep their quarters clean and make bunks when not in use. Library will be locked in fore^n ports or the books will be transferred to another locker. Captain wiU give draws in Amer­ ican money, and each member should declare the proper amount .on his cus­ toms sheet. MAE (Bull), July 12—Chairman, Hipp; Secretary, Berger. Repairs made except for the holes in the deck. Painting of quarters wUi be started in a few days. The purpose of the ship's fund was ex­ plained. Motion made and carried to contact New York for information on the new agreement. VENORE (Ore), August 4—Chairman, William Cluck; Secretary, Red Harris. Ship's delegate reported that he will try to get gaUey. messhaiis and recreation STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), July 30 GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), hall painted this trip. Request made to —Chairman, J. Rass; Secretary, C. Kress. June 13—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, keep door of the ship's laundry closed Ship's delegate read communication from assistant secretary-treasurer, Joe Aigina. concerning slop chest prices and ration­ ing of cigarettes. Brothers who violate Union constitution and agreement will be referred to the payoff patrolman. Motion H. Krohn. Ship's delegate gave the meet­ ing a little pep talk and told the mem­ bers to behave and not have any fights as on the previous trip. Motion made and carried that crew back up steward on any orders he puts in for food or any- SlU To Expose Abuses By Slopchest Dealers (Continued from page 3) slopchest prices everywhere, and a marked improvement in quality. The cozy arrangement whereby slopchest dealers, year after year, had been victimizing seamen with shoddy, low grade slops at extrava­ gant prices was brought to an end. Today, more than a year later, the private slopchest dealer is still . unable to meet the competition. A typical slopchest for a crew of 38 men for a 70-day voyage is offered by the Sea Chest at $849.48. New Orleans private deaiers charge $929.79 for the same items. Mobile dealers, $975.56, and Baltimore dealers, $1,070.65. Offers Guarantees Further, the Sea Chest is the only organization to offer name brand items and a solid moneyback guarantee. Such guarantees are unknown from private dealers. As an example, the Sea Chest re­ cently turned back to manufactur­ ers an entire stock of work shoes which had not proven satisfactory and offered full rebates to all Sea­ farers who found that the work shoes were not up to par. The reasons for the failure of the slopchest dealer to improve his services to seamen lie-in the Gov­ ernment regulations and in the fact that each ship captain or purs­ er handles his own slopchest. Since prices are limited to a 10 percent mark-up by Ifiw, a vicious kickback system has grown in the industry to obtain preference on sales. The costs of the "com­ missions" to company men are passed on to seamen in the form of higher prices or lower quality slops. Actually, under the 10 percent mark-up rule, it pays the skipper to buy from the most expensive source, not the cheapest. The higher the wholesale price, the more the skipper or purser makes in dollars and cents. And the crewmembers on the high seas who need some gear are In no position to argue. Kickback Freely Acknowledged The existence of the kickback as a standard method of doing busi­ ness is freely acknowledged in the Industry. A recent meeting of the National Associated Marine Sup­ pliers, representing both slopchest dealers and other ship suppliers. dealt with that very subject. As a matter of fact, members of the NAMS asked if there weren't some way in which the Government would recognize these "commis­ sions" (kickbacks) as deductible for income tax purposes! In discussing the question, the organization's general counsel stated that in January, 1954, the Bureau of Internal Revenue issued a ruling that commissions were de­ ductible if they met three stand­ ards: a) that payments are normal, usual and customary, b) are ap­ propriate and helpful in obtaining business, c) are made with the knowledge and consent of the customer. The spokesman agreed that the first two standards existed through­ out the industry but it was the third that caused the difficulty. "No one doubts," the record reads, "that the owners know and consent to the commissions custom, but NAMS' problem was: how to prove it." Violating Bribe Laws Further, the counsel lamented, unless suppliers could get such proof they were violating the "bribe statutes" of practically every state in the'union which state that payment of "commis­ sions" to an employee of a cus­ tomer is illegal unless the customer consents. It was under this same bribe law that the president of a large stevedoring concern was re­ cently convicted. The SIU Sea Chest then, by en­ tering the field, is undermining the kickback system that has preyed on seamen for so many years, just as the SIU rotary shipping system did away with crimp halls and kickbacks for obtaining jobs aboard ship. A spokesman for the slopchest dealers admitted the facts of the situation as stated above—^Incleed based the dealers' case against the Union Sea Chest on them. In dis­ cussing the matter he declared that the dealers, individually or col­ lectively. were unable to eliminate the kickback: thai'tJIie Union could and would do something about it. Since the Union could eliminate the kickback, he argued, it would sell quality merchandise at a lower price. Theiiefbre, he said, the Sea Chest had an "unfair adyant^ge'^ and was a monopoly. after midnight washed. if clothes are being STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, John Hoggie; Secretary; V. C. Orenclo. There is at present $43 in the ship's fund after deducting expenses for keys. Repair list has been turned in and approved. Valve for drinking fountain in cross alleyway has not been fixed. Grey paint was dumped for the second time into crew's laundry sink. Crew was asked to turn in room and shower keys to de­ partmental delegate on payoff day if they aren't planning to sign on for another trip. April 23—Chairman, John Hoggie; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. Special meeting was called by the ship's delegate to dis­ cuss what should be bought in Long Beach or San Francisco with the money in the ship's fund. After many sugges­ tions a motion was finally approved that each crewmember may buy a record or records and donate same to the owner of the phonograph. April 18—Chairman, Joe Falasca; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. On hand in the ship's fund $50. Most major repairs have been taken care of. Suggestion was made to provide a njaii box for outgoing mails. Laundry room should be kept clean by ail crewmembers and each department should dump the garbage. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern) August 3—Chairman, Jose Prats; Secretary, Ro­ land C. ReusHe. Ship's delegate will con­ tact the captain about new mattresses and secure cots for men who do not have any. General discussion about repairs. Sugges­ tion made that galley be sougeed and painted so as to keep roaches down. As the company gives little or no coopera­ tion in regard to repairs all delegates will get together and draft a letter to next US port agent before leaving Puerto Rico. LA SALLE (Waterman), August 1— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Discus­ sion about fans for foc'sles. Electrician reported that ail fans that came aboard have been installed. Cold drinks put in crew's ice box to be left alone. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), August 1— Chairman, Chino Soaa; Secretary, B. Kai­ ser. The captain thanked the crewmem­ bers for their fine cooperation with the ship's safety program. He thanked each one of the crew for using the proper exits going on deck. He also passed on the compliments from the passengers for the crew's many fine courtesies and the way Quiz Answer in which the crew conducted themselves. "Sea Lawyer Supreme" and that patrol­ There is now $119.70 in the ship's fund. man at payoff should enlighten him. Stew­ ard will order black pepper and will noti­ LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), fy Ship's delegate if imitation pepper July 31—Chairman, M. Rogalaki; Secre­ comes aboard, also if quantity and qual­ tary, G. Marbury. A discussion was held ity of other stores are not up to par. Re­ on repairs, what has been done on board pair lists to be made up by department and what will be fixed in port. Sugges­ delegates and turned in to ship's delegate, tion made that ship should order an au­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), July tomatic egg boiler. 25—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, S. U. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), July 11— Johnson. All brothers ^were warned that Chairman, Percy Boyer; Secretary, Orvllle the chief mate and the first assistant wiU Payne. Ship's delegate reported every­ not stand for any performing or foul-ups thing working fine. Clapper valve to be while on duty. Five men were fired since fixed to toilets aft. Steam valve in aU the last meeting for various acts. Ship's showers will also be fixed. Chief mate fund now stands at $26.19. Motion made and first assistant had a fight and nothing and carried to set up a committee of one was said about it. Vote of thanks was or two to investigate the possibility of given to the steward department for a obtaining an estimate "of capacity and price of an air conditioning unit for the job weU done. messhall. A lengthy discussion was had NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory by entire membership concerning the air Carriers), July 29, 1954—Chairman, John conditioning unit, and the membership Catral; Secretary, Joseph Obrexa. The fol­ decided that they would contribute very lowing motions, after considerable discus­ generously towards same at the payoff sion, were carried unanimously: 1—We coming up. urge that the negotiating committee con­ VALCHEM (Valentine), June 30—Chair­ clude negotiations and submit same to the membership for approval on or be­ man, none; Secretary, Richard Gelling. fore the deadline of October, 1955, and if Ship's delegate reported that the captain the shipowners do not accept our de­ passed some very favorable reports on mands before that date that a strike vote the behavior of the crew. The captain be taken to force their hand: 2—That the in making an inspection of the ship found negotiating committee hold out for an it to be in a dirty condition, especially overtime rate no lower than the highest the crew's messroom. The steward dele­ paid any other union and that the nego­ gate wiU see about having a cool drink tiating and/or clarification committee for colfee time. A question was raised drop the present clarification regarding as to why crew had no cool water for gangway watches. There is a lot of dis­ two days. It was pointed out to the crew cussion ahout the steward and why he that the water cooler is connected direct­ doesn't give soap powder and disinfection ly to the refrigerator below, and the box for sanitary cleaning. was being defrosted. The engineers had trouble with the lines when they tried to SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July start it up again. No date—Chairman, (not given); Secre­ 25—Chairman, Walter E. Beyler; Secre­ tary, Aaron Wilburn. Report made on tary, Richard Gelling. The steward re­ men missing ship and turned in to Union ported that there will be cots for all. hall. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother Sparks thanked the members for the Roy Ayers was elected. Ail hands were flowers for his wife. There is n balance asked to keep the laundry clean and not of $139.90 in the ship's fund, and a mo­ leave old mops around. tion was passed that everyone donate $1 to the fund. Quite a bit of thieving has ROBIN KIRK (Robin), July 25—Chair­ been going on lately, much to the disgust man, Joe Justus; Secretary, Dewey Mar­ of the members. A suggestion was made tin. Purser has disputed some overtime that the Union look into this matter and that was okayed by steward. This will be see what can be done. July 27—Chairman, none; Secretary, turned over to the patrolman. AU hands agreed that the purser considers himself Bever Walts. Suggestion made that linen be changed the day before arriving in port. Radio to be fixed wliile in shipyard and same to be paid for out of the ship's fund. Treasurer reported that there is a balance ef $163.50 in the ship's fund. wmrnwum Eugene T. O'Mara Your mother is ill and needs your assistance. Contact your sis­ ter, Mrs. W. C. Lyons, Apartment 4, 108V^ W. Main Street, Florence, Colo. i. ^ t John J. Williams Your mother is anxious to hear from you. Contact her at 101 Pem­ broke Street, Boston^ Mass. 4" 4" t Nicholas Bachoudakls or Bahountakis Get in touch with Gabrielle Umsted, 217 Mason Court, Baltimore 31, Md. i t t t 4* 4" 4i Rudolph Mixon Contact S. Diamond, 122 Mich­ igan, Detroit 26, Mich, Blackie B. Meet Chuck in Baltimore when you get off. t J. C. Arnold Your ex-shipmates on the Calmar would like to know your whereabouts so they can send your pants back to you. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), July 24— Chairman, John Schowpstik; Secretary, J. Ronald Comeaux. Crewmembers were re­ minded not to put their feet on messhall chairs and they were also asked to take better case of the washing machine. Sug­ gestion made to have a different grade of pork brought aboard next time. JOHN C. (Dover), July 17—Clialrman, J. L. Grimes; Secretary, Earl P. McCaskey. One man missed ship in Saigon due to hospitalization. Motion made that one crewmember be brought up on charges of conduct unbecoming to a union mem­ ber. He WiU be placed before the board­ ing patrolman and left up to his discre­ tion. Steward department given a vote of thanks for a job weU done with the stores they had. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), June 27—Chairman, Thomas King; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. Shower heads taken off in deck department showers. Cold drink um to be kept out of recreation room and cold drinks to be put in pitch­ ers in the ice box. All doors to be kept locked while in port July 18—Chairman, Fred Israel; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. New washing machine to be ordered as old one is beyond re­ pair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to' crew. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department for the good work they did on this trip. NOTICES : Anthony Jastreliski Contact Welfare Services headquarters. at (1) 18 years old. 4" 4» (2) Roald Amundsen. Paul W. Ball 4i t 4. (3) Indiana. W. J. Donald Your father is worried about you (4) Sleight of hand. You are asked to write the Wil­ and asks you to write him at 5 (5) Margaret Chase Smith, Re­ Marston Avenue, Alabama City, mington hall which is still holding publican of Maine; (b) Kate Smith, Ala. your Union book and gear. (c) John Smith, early settler of Virginia. Edifor. (6) Alimentary canal. (7) Mauretania. SEAFARERS LOG. (8) Senator John J. Sparkman of 675 Fourth Ave., Alabama. Brooklyn 32, NY (9) 1800. (10) Denqiark. Puzxie Answer iaas] ssisB asQ gsss ODIlSadlE fim oGssnQ sisBgi DGSD saBBS sam aSSlD SSSQS ESS BQBBS [ISglBS QnamnB ESSDQ ESIES) QOSIS sssa giUQ [sass BflDB &UU ESSdS glBBB I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE STATE r.i.a Signed ' ^. .. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old subserlbar and havo • chanq* of a.ddrass, plaasa qiva your former addrest balowt _V .ZONE STATE . V �S. 19S4 SEA FA EEK9 tOC Elgb'te^n Dad In Coma, FalnUy Gets Aid 8 E A FA R E R 8 of It Vj 'e( osj A Vf( lU- lib. ft- 4 jd, It, al i ai I l" le >a Jh •vu 00 ne •sr in un w'l ue •z; Ala. lai to: :tx It's far from a happy ending for the family of a New York Seafarer,, but things are much better today for Mrs. Jose Rodriguez, and. her five children. Her husband is still struggling for life and in a coma, but at least his family is now receiving some financial assistance and can see him" • regularly. As reported previously in tKfe SEAFARERS LOG, Rodriguez dropped out of sight several months ago in Philadelphia after going ashore off a Calmar vessel. All efforts to locate him were fruitless until Welfare Services learned, that an unidentified sea­ man was in a coma in a Philadel­ phia hospital as the result of an automobile accident. Welfare Services arranged for" Rodriguez' wife to go to Philadelphia, where she identified the seaman as her husband.. Got Big Draw Subsequently, Welfare Services took steps which gave Mrs. Rodri­ guez the legai right to coliect her husband's hospital benefits. Then the Union office secured a twomonth draw on Rodriguez' pay. Both steps were urgent since the family was completely penniless and had no money for food. As a final step, Welfare Services arranged to have Rodriguez trans­ ferred to the US Public Health Service hospital in Staten Island. An ambulance was sent all the way to Philadelphia for this purpose. There his wife can visit him reg­ ularly although he is stili in a coma and, of course, is unable to recog­ nize or communicate with anybody. Doctors hesitate to predict the outcome of Rodriguez' injuries. He has been in his present condition for several weeks now. As long (ii »e bp rr 1 11 lo ( 3 i'i •I s. \r St )f VI :h ir •;o I h( is P< pi th w P« P rc ol REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T» From No. Seafarers Receivinc Benefits this Periodll Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefita Paid thia Period 1 1 Death Benefits Disability Benefits Vacation Benefits Total Report liOst Baggage Cheek Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you 'to. do this immediately to avoid ioss of your • gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you <notify the ball where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check. OA 1 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY c liii liii - Mrs. Jose Rodriguez and two of her children leave home to visit husband in Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital along with Welfare Services representative, Mike Colucci. as he is hospitalized and unable to respond, his family will continue to receive the hospital benefit. Meanwhile his wife is undertak­ ing legal proceedings against the driver of the automobile that ran her husband down and it is ex­ pected that in the course of time she wili be able to obtain compen­ sation for the accident. All of the following SIU families •26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Pridlb, '55 E. Mosholu will collect the $200 maternity Johnson, Star Route B, Box 341, Parkway, Bronx, NY. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Atmore, Alabama. t> it Union iri the baby's name. 4« 4^ 4Katherine Lilian Davis, born • Kenneth Kirksey Brittain, Jr., Mark Prancis Loriz, born August August 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born May 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Herbert Wesley Davis, 1434 and Mrs. Kenneth Brittain, 116 S. Fernando Loriz, 288 Ryerson St. Andrew Street, New Orleans, Prospect Avenue, CatonsviUe, Street, Brooklyn, New York. La. Maryland. 4" t 4" $• i 4" Katherine Darlene Culp, born Elizabeth Elaine Bryant, born Tony Ronald Johnson, born June June 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and July 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie C. Bryant, Rhodhiss, Mrs. Joseph Culp, 1122 No. Bodine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. North Carolina. SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Ken­ neth R. Nelson has taken charge of the San Francisco PHS hospital as chief medical officer under as­ signment from the US Public Health Service. Dr. Nelson will be remembered by many Seafarers as chief medical officer at the Staten Island, New York, hospital where he served a three year tour of duty. Before that. Dr. Nelson was at the Boston USPHS hospital as well as at many other hospitals in the USPHS system. He did a pre­ vious stint in the San Francisco hospital back in 1934-1937. J A07S oo S oe>t> oo II 37 JJLbSJL J * Hosoitai Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0 * 1 .SVWLoo oo Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • 1 7/ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * oo .}75^VbJ oo Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * 23. r 5Ssf*/Ao Total r • Osce Bcnefii* Becaa WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS Vacatioo t 4" t 4^ 4> ^ Patrice Erlene Cronsell, bom Zada Minerva Singletary, bom July 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl V. Cronsell, 4858 Park Mrs. J. Edward Singietary, 2244 Avenue, Bronx, New York. Front Street, Siideii, La. 4' 3^ t Lee Diane Mitchell, born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Walpole, NH. $!$•$> Kathleen Margaret Doyle, bom July 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Doyle, 1242 Com stance Street, New Orleans, La. 4. 4> t Joseph P. Moore, born July 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moore, 1306 E. 35th Street, Savan­ nah, Ga. 4^ 4- 4> 4^ 4. Al Cash on Hand Estimated Accounts Receivable Nelson Heads Coast Hospital n id WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 10 p 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS ev ac V d » •iv 5 Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS r" — r /y/.09/ oo ihSo-yiL tjr fULjS //VOLo fl COMMEMTS t Some applicants for hospital benefits are not qualifying for benefits due to their failure to get notice of claim into the Welfare Office. Payment of benefits will only be made provided that the applications for benefits are presented in writing not later than fourteen (lif) days from the date the employee is physically discharged from the hospital as an in-patient, or personally contacts an SIU agent within the four­ teen (1^) day period. The assets of the Plans con tinue to grow with the present assets of the Plana combined, totaling 4^,619,21^^^^ SuhmitUi ^.1^3.?/^.........-..-..—. Al Km, AaalalM* AdmimiaMUor New Resident On Burgundy Street 4^ Juliana Peralez, born August 1, 1954.. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam­ uel D. Peralez, Jr., 521 E. 19th Street, Port Arthur, Texas. 4^ 4" 4^ Donna Lynn Edwards, born Au­ gust 4, 1954. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Edwards, 1309 Warren Street, Whistler, Alabama. 4^1 4^ 4^ Robert Dianne Schuler, bom July 20, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Schuler, 1967 Green Street, Mobile, Alabama. Charles Denver Perkins, born July 17, 1954. Parents; Mr. and 4^ 4 4^ Mrs. Floyd Perkins, 508 E. State Eric Lawrence Libby, bom Au­ Street, Savannah, Ga. gust 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libby, Linconviile, 4' 4i 4" Diana Marie Layko, bom June Maine. 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> t ^ Robert Layko, 4820 Roland Ave­ Aurelio Reyes, Jr., born July 15, nue, Baltimore, Md. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4i 4^ Aurelio Reyes, 1018 Aline Street, Kim Lee Brown, born July *9, New Orleans, La. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George t t R. Brown, 5410 Bella Vista Ave­ Jeffrey l^ott Desbotels, born nue, Baltimore, Md. August 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 41 Mrs. Jeffery Deshotels, Route No. Julio Cesar Artega, born'Janu­ 1, Box 66, Westlake, La. ary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. i t t Pedro^ Artega, 1823 Wallace Street, James Robert Thompson, bora Philadelphia, Pa. August 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and . Ji ' 4' 41 Mrs. James Harvey Thompson, Patricia Ann Priolo, born July Route 3, Box 172, Crichton Station, 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mobile, Ala. mmmm Haroline Patricia Piehet seems to welcome her new surroundings in the home of her parents in New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Piehet. Family received the standard $200 maternity benefit plus $23 US savings bond. �1 S*»tember «. 1$M SIU Has Fine Blood Donor Record SEElN* THE SEAFARERS A r f. With'wALTER SIEKMANN *»» >: .§11 Recently it seems that quite a few of the brothers ashore in New York have been the victims of automobile accidents. The same holds true for the outports because more often than not the deaths we get reports on are from the same cause. It appears, that after being on a ship for a couple of months, the brothers are not used to city traffic and are a little out of practice with their driving too. f i.11 ^ I iliiiili iiiiiillfe ' V 1/ ' As anybody who has been in this city knows, traffic is pretty heavy all around. So if you've just come off the^hip and especially if you've just lifted a couple of cool ones, watch your step when you are cross­ ing the streets around here. ' N J -a ••-'V Over at Staten Island hospital three of the new admissions in the last couple of weeks were automobile victims. George Flood of New •' f York, who was mcssman on the Alcoa Pointer the last time out, was hit by- a car while, crossing a street near his home. He was taken to a city hos­ pital and then transferred over here. Charles San­ derson of Butler, Pennsylvania, who was utilityman Preparing for operation, Seafarer Isaak Bouzin (right) poses with three fellow Seafarers who donated .on the Robin Tuxford, was also hit by a car and blood for him, and USPHS doctor. They are, left to right. Seafarers Y. A. Yarborough, D. Gardner admitted for treatment on Aug. 23. The same was and Hansen. In front, center, is Dr. Martinez of Staten Island USPHS staff. true of Klement JutrowskI of Brooklyn who was wiper on the Steel Designer his last trip out. Although the SIU has no blood bank at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital, p /1 Some gallstones that have been acting up put Seafarers at the hospital are assured an adequate supply of blood for any emergency need. Sanderson - Delaware Eldemire of Port Arthur, Texas, out of The same holds true atxity and private hospitals elsewhere in New York. action for a while. His last ship was the Greece The reason is that the hos-' Victory, wher? he was deck maintenance. Estuardo Cuemca of the pitals and the Union have an problem at Staten Island lies in needs is for emergency operations, French Creek had to be taken off the ship and rushed to the hospital the other day for a gall bladder operation. He was FWT on that vessel. understanding that all blciod Government funds to provide the it would be wise if ,SIU Welfare used by Seafarers will be replaced necessary storage and handling Sei-vices were notified in the case James Waldron, who was in the hospital for quite immediately, and the Union has facilities. With the Government of emergeucy, no matter what hos­ a spell, has been readmitted for further treatment, maintained its reputation by living tending to cut back on PHS ap­ pital in the city that the Seafarer while John Doherty is recovering from a shipboard up to its commitments. propriations year by year, it is might be in. In many in­ accident. He was working down on the hold of the The question of a blood bank unlikely that such funds will be stances, emergency treatment, is Mankato Victory when a hatch board fell on his was raised at the last headquarters available in the near future. given in a city hospital before the head and laid him low. A slipped disc in his spine membership meeting when a mo­ Since the major cause of blood man is moved to Staten Island. has put George Coleman of Lynn, Massachusetts, out tion was offered from the floor of action. His last ship was the Del Santos. and passed by the membership Others now in the hospital are Hussein Ahmed. that the Union take necessary OS on the Robin Trent; George Pitour. Seatrain steps to see if an SIU blood bank Savannah engine uUlity; Horace Caskill.^B on the could be established at the PHS Robin Kettering; Felix Miranda off the Show Me hospital. Several months back, the jyiariner and Earle Goosley, who was nfessman on the Ann Marie. SIU Welfare Services Department The deaths of the following sea­ Frank B. Burns, 71: An SIU had discussions with hospital offi­ farers have been reported to the member since December 5, 1938, cials over the possibility-of setting Seafarers Welfare Plan and the sailing in the deck department, up a special SIU blood bank. Brother Burns died of a heart con­ USPHS HOSPITAL WILLS EVE HOSPITAL $2,500 death benefit is being paid dition on August 1, 1954, in Bos­ Faculties Limited ^ NBW ORLEANS. LA. PHILADELPHIA. PA. MiHord ^cxander Eul L. Hodgea Unfortunately, the hospiti^ offi­ to their beneficiaries. Dpsan Deduisin ton, Mass. His place of burial is t. L. Ankerson " " - Hommel Robert E. William E. ApUn cials informed .the Union that James H. Hudson not known. Surviving is his wife, VA HOSPITAL Charies H. Bean Henry E. Humplvey Robert E. Peck, 53: Brother Peck, Annie K. Burns of 8 Armandine blood bank facilities at the hospital MIAMI. FLA. C. J. Beck £. G. - Knapp were too limited to store more who sailed in the engine depart­ Street, Dorcester, Mass. Lionel McLaughlin Claburn E. Reed Charles Burton Leo H. Lang Owen Butler H. Ledbetter than a small amount, of blood re­ ment and was a member of the JEFFERSON HOSPITAL 8. C. Carregal Jesse Lyles 4v 4 4 PHILADELPHIA. PA. serve and consequently would be SIU since December 5, 1938, died Lester J. Carver Oscar F. Maderc Jose Rodriguez Ralph Murray Churchill, 77: G. W. Champlin S. J. MarineUo unable to handle a large reserve of heart failure on June 28, 1954, Richard W. Clark William G. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL specifically for the SIU. Accord­ at Port Louis, Mauritius. His place Brother Churchill died of a heart 6. Cope Gregore Morejon MEMPHIS. TENN. D. D. Dambrino Billy Russell Arthur I. Nelson ingly, the Union has had to fall of burial is not known. Surviving ailment on July 19, 1954, at Boston, Emile P. Davis William D. Ott back on the practice of donating is his wife, Lillian Emely Peck of Mass. A member of the steward USPHS HOSPITAL Scrio M. Dedoso John C. Rehn GALVESTON. TEXAS Eric R. Eklund blood when needed and is able to Bay Avenue, Green Harbor, Mass. department, sailing on SIU ships W.- E. Reynolds Hubert CanlweU M. N. McQuiddy A. Fabricant Edward Samrock since May 11, 1951, he was buried meet the need this way. G. K. Ekelund James R. Mathews rhoraas Fields John E. Sanders i 4" E. H. Emery at St. Patricks Cemetery. Lowell, Mtrrray A. Plyler M. C. Caddy ^Hospital authorities at Staten Edward V.' Saul Duane R. Fisher H. E. Rosecrans Nathan Gardner Salbata Seric Island also make it a practice of Antonio Dans, 56: A resident of Mass. He is survived by his wife, Karl A. HeUamn E. A. Spaulding Claude H. Gilliam R. L. Skinner A. G. Knighton asking patients to give blood dona­ Charles B. Young New York, Brother Dans died of a Gerti'ude May Churchiil of 1 Jack H. Gleason Andrew Stauder. Jr. Jose E. Leston Raymond Gorju Fred O. SuUlns tions if they are in condition to do circulatory. ailment at Governeur Chauncy Street, Cambridge, Mass. Ray M. Green J. D. Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL so. They find that few patients will Hospital, NYC, on March 23, 1954. Seifert Hamilton Jack F. Thornburg 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Curtis L. Hancock Lonnie R. Tickle refuse such requests, and that Sea­ C. D. Anderson He had been, sailing in the engine Charles Neumaier Joseph C. Lupton, 33: A former VirgU L. Harding B. W. Tlngley Simon Bunda Joseph Perreira farers have an excellent record of department since November 24, official of the SIU, Brother Lupton John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Henry J. Childs W. S. Singleton Lyle Hipp Ernest H. jVebb ' compliance in this respect. Benny M. Foster 1945. Burial was at the Ferncliff died in Frankford Hospital, Phila­ P. S. Yuzon Olav Gustavsen The solution to the blood bank Jemetery, Hartsdale, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL delphia, Pa., as a result of multiple STATEN ISLAND, NY USPHS HOSPITAL Paul Albano injuries suffered when he fell into Michael Lesko SEATTLE. WASH. Roeco Albanese Nils Lundquist Stephen Burskey V. K. Ming a hold aboard the SS Barbara Birdie W. Biggs Fillip Madsen A. Lawrence Craig Rene! Palmer Frietchie. A member of the SIU John J. Brennen Perfecto Mangual Woodrow Drake Ira Pedersen 1-eo D. Burino Felix kliraiKla since June 6, 1941. sailing in the F. Fondlla , . G. Rosson Ervin Crabtree Raymond Myers Sverre Johannessen Anthony Sakellis deck department, - he was buried I ranee DeBcaumont Francis O'Neill John B. McCurdyJohn J. Doherty T. Papoutsoglov at Riverside Memorial Park, Nor­ Robert Ellis U'SPHS HOSPITAL " Florq Regaldo folk, Va. Surviving is his wife, F. E. Farrell BOSTON. MASS. Charley W. Rhodes Andrew Franklin Frank Alasavich Gilbert L. Parry G. H. Robinson Annie Lorraine Lupton of 6106 Horace B. GaskiU Frank Albano J. P. Petrusewlcz Edwin Rushton Herbert Street, Norfolk. Estell Godfrey James Penswick Robert O. Smith Mattl Ruusukallio ' I ' Seafarers In Hospitals Shipmates' Gift For Sick Daughter John Horn James Hough^ Walton Hudson Albert Jarrell Chester B. Jensen Vincent Jones Noral Jorgensen Herman Sampson Ira JSandt Stanley A. Sargeant WUUam G. Sargent Warren 'Smith James F. Thomson James-^Waldron SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. James H. Babson USPHS HOSPITAL H. Jon^er'^^*^' . ^ USPHS HOSPITAL ^JANHATTAN BEACH. NY James Lawlor p Leetma. i.'A'"'* ?• Blanks James R. Lrels Robert L. Booker Arthur Lomas ^omas Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph 0. carr Joseph McGraw Wo Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong David Mcllreath John J. DrIscoU' Frank Mackay Matthew Gardiner Eugene Nqlson Bart E. Guranlck G. B. Shumaker John B. Haas Robert Sizcmore -v "Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smitit Johh'W. Keuian Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Virgil B. WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Algot Bogren Samuel H. Mills Steven Boides _ Frank S. Paylor Jessie A. Clarke T. R. PhiUips Kenneth L. Collins Eugene G. Plahn F. A. Cuellar Joseph H. Roberta Samuel Doyle A. W. Sadenwater Franklin D. Gilman Russell Simmons Gorman T. Glaze Edward S. Simoner Bienvenido V. Ledo F. V. Thommen Tony Mastantuno C.' W. Mathews USPHS HOSPI^AL S.WANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland John H. Morris Benny W. Brinson Richard F. Roberts Willie C. Sanders R. Carrollton Randolph Shedd Lucius A. DeWitt Leslie F. Swegan Albert W. Lima Jimmie Littleton G. C. Truesdeff William J. WoU« Avis E. Meadows J. T. Moore CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA NEIV ORLEANS, LA. Edward. H. Buckley S. V. Kilpatrick Jack N. Oows VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sidney S. ,.lrby • 4^ - Illllp® JiiliilliPili fr' ' \ Crewmembers of the Peninsula Mariner are represented by ship's delegate Jim Tanner (left), carpenter, in presentation of $77 gift to J. P. Crawford, AB, and Mi-Si: Crawford for their ill daughter, Rosemary. The 14-year-old girl was stricken with polio while her father was on the Peninsula Mariner in the Far East. 4 4 Ray W. Larson, 54: A heart ail­ ment was the cause of death for Brother Larsen on January 7, 1954, at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md, He had been sailing in the engine department on SIU ships since May 4, 1951. Burial was at the Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, Md, Designated as-his beneficiary is a friend, Charles Hoofnagle of 1635 Chilton Street, Baltimore: 4 4 4 Armando Pimentel, 30: Brotiier Pimentel died of visceral conges­ tion on November 11, 1953, in New York, NY. He had been sailing in the steward department on SIU ships for a short time in 195S. Burial was at the Municipal CemeSan Juan, Puerto Rico. • --4 -M • Vfl •'?1 f <•! :M �SEATARiaaS 4t LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OUl> D t S T R iCt • A f I T le' i Vj I'®! o"t A Vt( lU- lib ^3 10, itv |3l ar o': lies heavily on shipboard ,dele-' gates to keep the ships up to snuff. That in a Way puts the delegare on a little bit of a spot, because the crew looks to him to get them satisfaction. So if the plumbing leaks, if the old man doesn't put out a draw on time, if the coffee runs low or the mate works oh deck, the delegate is the one who has tq^ answer the question, "What are we going to do about> it?'f The worried-looking fellow you see above sometimes has reason to frowrt, because un­ like the chairman of the appleblossom festival, his is far more than an honorary job. t • ^ e - • -T- '- ;r isv Your ship's delegate has, to represent you, the crew, some­ times thousands of miles from^ home. He has to be an expert on the Union contract with,its ^ numerous clauses (and many of your delegates know that doC' ument backwards and forwqrds). He has to be a pretty good hand dt keeping all kinds of records, and has to be. able to stand up to "ship's officers and state his case with firmness . and tact, to get you, the crew, what's your^ue without alien­ ating topside. " •*. . •" • > - . •.•A .'.l.-V -JV \\ v-5; A" , Most delegates take their ' jobs seriously and bring in''V good clean ship.' . It helps them/:;\ \ ' v'| considerably if/the crew dn-^ A derstands their problems' and " ^''/; v'-If stands-'with them at all times. Remem^r, while he'eyour del/JJ e^ate, he's also a working Sha- ' -//.f 'fdr^r, doing his part on his own to make shipboard living more , ^ cohifbrtghll^ -.for everybody. Tjie Union has never made any secret of the fact thajf jt re•J •«i; -• - * --Ft I '• 6 : .W'r, 1 ••. T-r-'- ' • * '• •* . ^i''V "'• • - • • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 3, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 18 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALF OF US TRAMP FLEET GIVEN GOV'T OK TO TRANSFER WELFARE PLAN WILL RUN BALTIMORE HALL CAFETERIA LOW RATES TIE UP SIU FISH FLEET MANY SEEK SIU OFFICE; NOMINATIONS NEAR END SHRINE HONORS LOST SEAMEN UNION TO EXPOSE SHIP CHANDLERS' SLOPCHEST ABUSES 'ANDY FURUSETH' TO SAIL AGAIN IT'S FINAL! 50 50 NOW CARGO LAW COMMIES DIG IN AS GOV'T OK'S ILA THE ANTI-UNION MEDICINE SHOW WATERMAN IDLES 15 SHIPS, 'RUNAWAYS' RATES BLAMED SA CRASH WITNESSES FREE--STILL PUZZLED NEW CLAIMS ACT TO AID WAR-IMPRISONED SEAMEN HOUSE GROUP URGES CURBS ON MSTS EISENHOWER VETOES SPEEDY QUARANTINE DEATH TAKES PHIL LEVIN OF HQ STAFF SIU HITS MILITARY BANS FAVORING MSTS IN KOREA SEA CHEST ENEMIES NEW WELFARE SERVICES SHIP TRANSFER FOLLIES NOMINATIONS REMINDER SIU SEA CHEST WACOSTA SHIPBOARD MEETING GIVES CREW A BELLYFUL OF WATERMELON SEAMEN FROM NEW ZEALAND GET MORE HONORS, LESS $ LIFE UPON THAT BOUNDING MAIN CAN BE A SWEET OR SAD REFRAIN $, NOT WAR ARE CONCERN IN SAIGON NELSON HEADS COAST HOSPITAL SIU HAS FINE BLOOD DONOR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/3/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/110dc41fa292fd27b027fe0c49da8d8f.PDF 6352e8f10ef069bf884f3ea0817bdeff PDF Text Text ;v!.-i>.;-yi^ ] SlU'S POSITION •Story on Page 2* SEAFARERS LOG '•Al•i • .. > OFFICIAL.ORGAN OF TH E 8 E A PA R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N AI UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * ATTT^* i •-Js i ^ '• 5 SUICIDE f Story on Page 3 r i \-':ri. '• .} .V'f' "• *''v.' f i- •i r-i' f 3::i# :^i- '^S'vi'-* P-iii.". r lnt'4 . I' School Days. •.;W- m''! .'•;>•.,' ftAV I Ki. ,i , sity in upstate NY to pick up his studies under a 1954 SIU scholarship award, Sea­ farer Ed Larkin ^ight) visits Union headquarters with D. B. Wodhriger. di­ rector of the US Student Program iqf the Institute of Int'l Education, to show ofij! wbrkihgs of SIU hiring hall. Larkin re^ cently completed study under HE grant at Coleg Harlech, Wales. He is one of three Seafarers to win the $6,000 SIU award this y6ar. A member's son won the fourth one, '': ' RA##Af* Lafc Thon T'wlce postponed, the annual Del Sud picnic finally came . * off as planned with scores of Seafarers and their families in New Orleans taking part. Sponsored by the SIU crew on the Del Sud, the affair featured music by Papa Celestin's famed jazz band. (Picture Story on Pago 4.) �m \ ' • SlU Welfare Plan Is 'Best In Industry' SEAFARERS Tag* Tir» LOG NY State Study Of Welfare Proves SlU Fund Benefits High, Cost Low The Seafarers Welfare Plan scored an impressive victory this week when its program of benefits to seamen was proved to be the most far-reaching and unique in the maritime industry and its administrative costs among the lowest. This striking achievement in behalf of the men aboard SIU ships was the re­ sult of an intensive study of 135 union welfare plans, including the Seafarers Wel­ fare Flan, by the New York ^Union was leaving no stone un­ aries are in all major US ports, State Insurance Depart­ turned in its drive to bring even inland and sometimes abroad. benefits to seamen. Among Prior to the. public hearings the ment. The Seafarer Plan greater the pioneering provisions are the superintendent of insurance stated cooperated fully in the study headquarters recreational facilities, that the general average of admin­ despite the fact that there the lowcost meals in the Union- istrative expenses seemed to be exists a serious question as to owned cafeteria, the facilities for 10 percent and any fund that ran whether the State body had a legal right to do so. The announced pur­ pose of the study and the public hearings this week was to present a report to the New York State legislature. Out of the study , came the revelation that the beneficiaries of the SIU plan receive what is probably the broadest and most complete program of benefits in union welfare. Probably the most striking aspect of the Seafarers Welfare Plan revealed at the state's hearing was the unusual type of benefits for seamen under the plan. In addi­ tion to the benefits of $2,500,000 for death, disability, maternity, scholarship, unemployment and hospital, the new and pioneering area of direct aid to seafarers was obviously a surprise to the State. Moreover, it was clear that the laundry, showers and sleeping— all of which are in process of being extended to the other SIU halls throughout the District. In accordance with the pol­ icy of the SIU on all matters involving the membership and the Union, this matter will be presented in full at the next regular biweekly meeting on September 22 for discussion and action. In the four year period since its inception the plan has averaged a cost of 7.7 percent in administra­ tion expenses, despite ever expand­ ing its field of coverage. In addi­ tion the Plan has unusual problems peculiar to only a maritime union inasmuch as its seafarer-benefici- The Press Reported I'^r11^:1'\ The State opened ite hearings to all newspapers and wire services. The hrief proceedings on the Seafarers Welfare Plan was treated in a variety of ways by the various newspapers in accordance with their respective attitudes toward unions. Inasmuch as the daily newspapers were unahle to obtain the full story of the Flan because almost none of the facts were allowed to be brought forth at the public hearing, the SIU's story has been printed. The facts and figures in the story were sworn to by Union and management trustees in private hearings held by the State Insurance Department prior to this week's one-hour public hearing. Because of its traditional policy of objectivity and avoid­ ance of sensationalism, the New York Times account of the hearing was the most accurate. Here is the complete verbatim report relating to the Seafarers Welfare Plan carried in the NW York Times of September 16. "... a union accountant testiunion's own treasury and its tied that the Welfare fund main­ welfare fund came in for criti­ tained by the Atlantic and Gulf cism from Mr. Gelb. He disclosed district of the Seafarers Inter­ that the union had bought land national Union, A.F.L., had spent adjacent to its Brooklyn head­ $4,583 la.st year to buy member­ quarters for $125,416 and sold it ship in four golf and luncheon to the Welfare fund at a profit clubs for its administrator, form­ of $59,584. The property is to er Assistant Secretary of Labor serve as the site of a hotel for Robert T. Creasey. seamen on the beach. "Mr. Creasey, who became "Mr. Gelb also questioned an bead of the fund covering 13,000 arrangement under which the seamen at the beginning of last welfare fund pays a union-owned year, served for two years as a corporation $3,000 a week to un­ member of the sub-cabinet in the derwrite losses in the union res­ Truman Administration. Before taurant and $1,500 a week to accepting the Federal post in maintain a television, card and October, 1950, he had been an pool room next door to the union international vice president of hiring hall. the Communications Workers of Union Sold Land to Fund America, C.I.O. "The testimony showed that "Union officials defended all the Seafarers' fund had paid the arrangements as necessary $2,600 to the Winged Foot Golf- to meet the unique requirements of unemployed workers in the Club in Westchester, $603 to the Congressional Country Club in maritime industry. They said the Washington, $698: to the Down­ fund had distributed $2,557,710 in benefits since 1950, had a town Athletic Club in this city surplus of more than that amount and $682 to the Whitehall Lunch and had spent only 7.75 per cent Club here. In addition, the fund on administrative costs. This is allowed Mr, Creasey $2,439 for travel and other incidental ex­ less than one-quarter of the ratio maintained by most of the funds penses. His basic salary was not that have been under state scru­ brought out. tiny this week.*' "The relationship between the ••ptoiAer 17. I*ft4 What Is Adniiliistrative Ex|iense? The cost of operating a welfare plan li called the administrative expense. There are two types of welfare plans: 1. The self-insured plan, which performs all of its own administra­ tive functions and maintains its own adequate reserves. In the selfInsured plan—such as the Seafarers Plan—the administrative expenses are a true and accurate picture of the actual costs of operations. This is not the case in plans insured by insurance companies. 2. The insurance company type of plan also has administrative expenses, similar to the self-insured plan, but in addition, the plan pays, in the form of premiums, a portion of the insurance company's own administrative expense—a profit for services rendered. The administrative expenses of the self-insured plan cannot be compared with the insurance company plan without keeping these principles in mind. For example, if a self-insured plan has adminis­ trative expenses of 10 percent, this is the actual expense of operating the plan. However, if the insured plan reports four percent for adminis­ trative expenses, you can safely assume that its administrative expenses would be in excess of 14 percent inasmuch as the insurance premiums, brokerage costs and other expenses of Insured plans must be added to the original administrative costs for a true picture. Also, in a self-in­ sured plan, the plan itself retains the benefits of the nionies it has and can Invest them for income, such as in the case of the Seafar­ ers Plan, which has earned $99,000 from its investments. In an insupd plao an insurance con^pany would haye gotten this money. above 25 percent was "not well administered." The 7.7 percent adminstrative expense of the Sea­ farers Plan is therefore consider­ ably below this average. required him to meet and associate of maintaining recreational facili­ with people in the maritime in­ ties. These facilities provide es­ As an example of the Sea­ dustry as well as visiting various tablishment and maintenance of farers Welfare Plan's excellent plans in several cities for compari­ small apartments and dormitories set-up, certified public ac­ son purposes. He also incurred for sleeping, laundry rooms con­ counts estimated that had the part of these expenses in visiting taining washing machines and plan allowed the funds pro­ many areas of the country to view ironers, plus shower rooms for sea­ vided for seafarers to be put proposed sites for new welfare farers at SIU headquarters. In into the hands of an insurance projects. addition, other facilities main­ company, the additional cost The management and union, tained are pool rooms and shuffleper year would have been trustees felt that these expenses board plus other recreational items $110,000 and represents an in­ were necessary for the fulfillment for the use of seafarers on a 24crease of SO percent in admin­ of his job and directed him to hour a day basis, seven days a istrative costs. take these steps. The union trus­ week. tees said that these expenses were State Raises Question The furnishing of recreation fa-^ At the public hearings this week proper. We felt that Mr. Creasey's cilities to union members it admit­ one hour was devoted to the Sea­ role as impartial administrator re­ tedly not new and peculiar to our farers Welfare Plan. Despite the quired that he meet and associate Union. Other unions have built a complex, broad and unusual set-up with shipowner representatives in range of such facilities, including of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, the the places where they congregate. hotel quarters in union-owned State would only permit the three We also felt he should visit as structures, although they are sus­ issues of which they were critical many plants as he possibly could tained and erected by welfare to be discussed in the open hear­ to study their method of operation. funds and recognized as legal and ing, although the complete records Likewise, we expected him to properly in the scope of welfare and all aspects of the Plan were com^to the Union halls and meet benefits. studied by the State staff. Sub­ with the Union officials and mem­ Union trustees further point­ sequently these three issues were bers at the place where they were ed out that to anyone not fa­ the sole basis for newspaper re­ always available. This he has done. miliar with the maritime in­ ports of the Seafarers Plan, a The trustees feel that the issue of dustry,. and the way of life for situation which did not allow in­ the recorded and authorized ex­ the seaman, tiiat these facili­ terested parties to become ac­ penses of the administrator was ties are a sailor's dream come quainted with the extensive provi­ irrelevant in light of the fact that true. These mean that a sea­ they were incurred in carrying out sions and benefits seafarers receive farer—whether one of the oldthese job-connected functions. from the Plan. timers on pension or a man On the purchase of the prop­ many miles from home—^if he The three issues criticized were erty for the hotel site, which so desires, can have a place a profit of $59,584 made by the lies behind the SIU headquar­ ..to live and sleep, shave, show­ SIU membership-owned Seafarers ters, the shipowner trustees er, wash and iron his clothes, Building Corporation, a Subsidiary pointed to the fact that they . meet his friends and enjoy top owned solely by the SIU mem­ had approved the purchase of recreational facilities — all bership. The profit came in the this property at a fair market through the provisions of the the sale of property adjoining the value of $185,000—which was Welfare Plan. These facilities Union hall in New York to the home out by real estate ap­ are constantly available to at Welfare Plan for the purpose of praisal. (Continued on page 17) erecting a hotel and housing The Union's emphatic position on project for seafarers and their families; 2) the weekly underwrit­ its sale was that it will continue ing by the Plan of $4,500 for serv­ to act in the best interests of its ices arising out of recreation, membership and will certainly see Sopt. 17, 19S4 Vol. XVI. No. 19 welfare and cafeteria operations a profit that will accrue to the benefit of the Union and its mem­ for' the membership, and 3) ex­ As I See It . ..Page 6 Page 16 penses which were allowed to the bership wherever, It can—as , long Burly . . .Page 8 impartial administrator by the as the purchaser gets full value Crossword Puzzle received. The Union is of the Editprials . Page 9 Board of Trustees. opinion that where a profit for the Galley Gleanings ......... Page 13 The latter item" concerned Ro­ membership of the Union is due, bert Creasey, the Fund's adminis­ the Union would not be fulfilling Inquiring Seafarer ...... Page 8 trator, who had served as assistant its obligation to its membership Labor Round-U°p ......... Page 8 secretary of labor under former unless it realized such profit', as in Letter of The Week....; .Page 9 Letters ..Page 16 President Harry Truman. Mr. this case. Maritime ............... Page 8 Creasy had been chosen for his There is nothing unique about Page 8 post by the board of trustees of this attitude in theory or in prac­ Meet The Seafarer.. the Plan. "The trustees went out­ tice. The State did not claim that Notices, Personals .......Page 17 ...Page 14 side the industry to select an im­ any individual connected with the Off Watch . Pages 12, 13 partial administrator. Although union or with the shipowners re­ Port Reports ..Page 14 Creasey has never been an official ceived any personal gain as a Quiz or a member of any seafaring result of this transaction. The SIU History Cartoon .... .Page 6 Page 15 union, nor has he been connected State'appeared, to base this criti­ Sports Line. ...Page 9 with any steamship company, his cism on the- fact that a union Vote of Thanks job as Assistant Secretary of Labor membership -owned corporation Washington News Letter.. Page 7 Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 made him well qualified. had made the profit. . Welfare Report .Page 18 Question Job Expenses Recreational Facilities Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 In the remaining criticism con­ Publlshtd biwaekly at tha headauartara The State questioned $7,000 in expenses incurred by, the adminis­ cerning the Welfare Plan, the of tha Seafarars International Union, At­ A Oulf DUtrict AFL, »7S Fourth trator at se\en hotels, clubs and Union trustees pointed out that lantic Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth restaurants and in various cities in $1,500.00 per week was underw,^ 9-MW, Entered at tecond class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., fulfilling that part of his job which ten by . the plan for the purpose under the Act' of August 24, 1912. SEAFARERS LOG �1- -v.-"' I", Septeqil^'eit': SE AF iUERS SlU'ilCrews Help Build Korean Hospital Fund. Seafarers on ten ships that were in Pusan up to the latter part of July have contributed $1,630 to a $100,000 fund-raising campaign designed to improve hospital facilities in the LOG '[ ./''•V \ ' '. ' -• "- ' Pare 'are* Maritime Unions B Ask US To Stop transfer 'Suicide' Korean port. The drive, initiated-f ^^— . by the Army Transportation Corps, million people. Only 16 of the collected approximd^Iy $45,000 beds are' for general medical care, from the thousands of US troops the rest 'being for maternity cases stationed in the area and $6,978 or children. The average Korean WASHINGTON—Bitterly assailing the Maritime Adhiinistration's easy trans­ from 43 ships that were in Pusan citizen then, has no chance what­ harbor. soever to get in-patient hospital fer policy which has enabled 20 dry-cargo Libertys to go ui^der foreign flags since Analysis of the figures shows care when seriously ill. mid-August, the SIU and other sea unions in the Conference of American Mari­ that SlU-manned ships were the As a result of the drive and other most generous contributors to the assistance being given by the US time Unions have appealed to President Eisenhower for direct intervention be­ fund, particularly in light of the it is hoped to increase the number fore it is too late. Under a recent ruling by the US Maritime Administration fact that the list included several of hospital beds to 551 by next half of the entire US tramps large MSTS transport ships that year. have crews of several hundred SIU ships that have contributed ship fleet is now fre^ to trend" of foreign-flag trans­ Bluestar, Purplcstar and Greenstar men. to tlm hospital drive as of July 26 fers before the US merchant (Traders). All are going under The drive was initiated ibecause are: Ocean Lotte, Afoundria, Coe transfer to foreign registry. marine is completely crippled. either Liberian or Panamanian The request to the White Noting that six formerly SIU- registry. Pusan has only 166 hospital beds Victory, Hurricane, Madaket, Alaoutside of facilities maintained by, wai, Cecil Bean, City of Alma, House demanded that the Gov­ manned ships were included in the the military for a population of a Bienville and Alcoa Planter. ernment halt the ^'suicidal total, SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall pointed out that some 40 more Libertys, several of them, crewed by Seafarers, were likely to be approved for transfer in the next few weeks. "This notion that the condition of the US merchant fleet can be built up by encouraging the ship­ owners to operate their vessels under foreign conditions and in open competition with American •m tonnage is one of the worst the In an apparent effort to 'deep-thinkers' in the Maritime bolster its strength in its feud Administration have come up with the SlU-affiliated Broth­ with." Hall declared. erhood of Marine Engineers, the "They'll drive US ships right out of US ports and hand over all CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial the traffic to foreign bottoms. Association has moved to ally itself They've already got most of it with the corrupt old International Longshoremen's Association, ousted now," he added. from the AFL last September. Critical Report MEBA, beset by unemployment The Union criticism of the MA and other difficulties, took the first transfer policy was bolstered step September 8 when MEBA earlier when the Georgetown Uni­ Local 33 gave an outright donation versity's School of Foreign Service of $20,000 to the old ILA, and at issued a project report on US the same time Earl King, the lo­ maritime needs and urged an out­ cal's business manager, announced right halt of transfers to Panama. he expected other locals to follow The University study cited tne fact suit during the MEBA convention that Panama • had become the opening this Tuesday in St. Louis. fourth-ranking world power in The Local 33-ILA alliance, both "merchant shipping, completely out King and the ILA's president. Cap­ of proportion to its size and re­ tain William V. Bradley, said, was quirements, at the expense of the for the purpose of "mutual help Biggest tanker ever buillrin the US, the 45,000-deadweight-ton World. Glory pays a courtesy call at US-flag industry. on the waterfront" and both an­ New York before sailing to the Persian Gulf on her maiden voyage. Dwarfing the tugboat at the far It noted too that when "World nounced they would seek to extend left, the giant tankship is larger than the liner Anaerica. and will be. operated under Liberian registry War II broke out, nu.ny countries it by creating a new portwide mari­ by World Tankers Co., owned by Greek shipping magnate' S. Niarchos.' She is typical of the new sea­ which had counted on foreign time council. going supertankers which are outclassing the US-flag fleet, tonnage Jieing available to serve Thumbs Down By CIO their defense needs first had to But at the moment, except for build their own vessels because no foreign tonnage was available. As MEBA, no support of the plan has a result, 16 nations have developed come from any CIO group. NMU their own merchant fleets since president Joseph Curran has mad# no comment, while CIO president the last war," the report added. In defending its transfer pro­ Walter Reuther—who once said the gram, MA officials contend that the ILA could not get into the CIO US would not suffer at the out­ with an M-4 tank—announced that WASHINGTON—A study just completed by Georgetown University's School of Foreign break of another war, because for­ he intends to look into the alliance that "I will do everything in Service has added new fire to the mounting battle over the Government's ship transfer eign tonnage could be utilized in and my power to drive the unholy ele­ the place of American bottoms. policy. ments out of labor." in the past would seem The report urged the~US to emergency. The MA view has been |:egistration.of foreign ships under Experience At the same time King an­ to refute that idea, the Georgetown that ships could be mustered her flag was to "increase state nounced that there were no strings bar American-owned vessels quickly to serve US defense needs revenues." It pointed out that the study indicated. to the local's gift, so it is likely from going under Panamanian out of available foreign tonnage. Panamanian fleet is way out of 'Not Responsible' that the old ILA, still financially registry and served to bolster the In its appeal to the President, strapped, will use most, if not all, Countering this idea, the George­ proportion to its size and needs demands of the SIU and other and that few of her ships are CAMU charged that the MA "is of this money to carry on its fight maritime unions that President town groupjtraced the growth of owned by her own citizens. not fulfilling its responsibilities" against the AFL's International Iherchant shipping in Wotld War Eisenhower take a good look at the A large portion of the report effects so far of the Maritime Ad­ II,'when many countries which had was devoted to a discussion of the to develop and maintain a strong Brotherhood of Longshoremen, ministration's easy ship transfer no shipping of their own were un­ ways and means utilized in 66 na­ US merchant marine under the which is continuing its fight to bust 1936 shipping law and declared the ILA from the port. The MEBA able to recruit foreign tonnage for policy. tions with active merchant, fieets that the State Department was membership's Junds are thus a their own needs and thus first had Twenty Okayed to support the growth and develop­ actively lobbying "for the foreign Operators of 20 dry-cargo Lib­ to start building at that critical ment of their shipping industries. merchant marines and against our subsidy*to such ILA leaders as Tony Anastasia," who once broke a time. erty ships have been given the Its conclusions on this score un­ fleet." CIO strike in New Jersey. The result, the report noted, derlined the fact that the US was green light to transfer their ves­ Figures relied on by the unions The IBL immediately announced was that 16 countries which had sels since. mid-August and permis­ one of the few countries to pro­ in their message to the Chief Ex­ it would have no part of an alli­ sion for 40 more to swing over to no merchant fleets before the war vide outright subsidies to ship­ ecutive noted that while in 1946 ance with an organization expelled foreign-flag operation is expected today have substantial tonnage, ping, and was one of the compara­ the US fleet represented 51 percent by the AFL, and James Egan, sec­ and 14 others have increased their .shortly. tive newcomers- to the subsidy of the total world deadweight retary-treasurer of the IBL's port In announcing its conclusions, fleets considerably. Competition in field. tonnage, by the end of 1951 it had council, said: the University group which took the world shipping market has France and,Great Britain have a dropped to 32 percent. Today, "This is a boughtlfriendship. It part' in the shipping study took thus been increased accordingly. history of subsidies for shipping US-flag ships in active service is a smart move by the Marin# Revenue Is Sole Concerif what amounted to a hard swipe at in . some form dating back 150 account for only about ten percent Engineers to buy picket lin# the Maritime Administration's con­ Detailing the growth of the years. The tone of the report hint­ of the world tonnage figure. strength from the racket-ridden tention that despite the transfers Panamanian fleet to its present ed that it might be well for the US SIU ships involved in the trans­ ILA. But the engineers better which were now. depleting the state as the fourth-ranking world to consider the aid provided by fer operations to date include the watch out that they're not being ranks of the US merchant fleet, power in merchant shipping, the other nations for their shipping in­ following: General Patton (Na- betrayed. The ILA will take their the US would have sufficient ton­ report said that Panama's only ap­ dustries if it hoped to revive its tiojial Waterways), Trojan Seaman $20,000 but how long will they stay nage to call on in the event of an parent interest in fostering the own. (Troy), Strathport (Strathmore) and out if the engineers go on strike?" She's US-Builty But Liberia Claims Her Union Fight On Transf^ers To Panama Wins New Ally MEBA-ILA Pact Faces CIO Probe •'M -ifi -• '".''alL . �if0'!)HSSlBBM!||jjsiBiSiiftRP!®E!?^j'^S?^"'«^ Fiffe Fov t' •.' • "' ' '" , "••5,., ; » * Sevlember. ScBlemlK 17. 1954 SEAFARERS lOG NEW ORLEANS—After twp previoxis There were games, prizes, rides in the postponements caused by unusual sched­ public Aniusement park, hot dogs and soft uling that sent their> ship coastwise ttf drinks for; the children. The adults had Texas ports,-crewmenibers of the Del Sud • itheii- sharp of fun, too. The program in(Mississippi) held their annual picnic at dAided dancing to the music of Papa CelesAudubon Park here August 21. tih*s famed Dixieland jazz band and a base­ With mpre than $l,p00 fccumulated in ball game between the SIU Beachcombers the ship's fund for tlie -aiTair, nothing was - and the New Orleans Police Department, lacking in the way of refreshments and with thp Beachcombers scoring an 8 to 3 entertainment, for friends and" families of victory. Of course, there was beer, sand­ the Del Sud crew and Seafarers on the • wiches and fried chicken a-plenty for all beach who attended the picnic. hands. - What's a picnic without prizes? Here James E. Noonan-, ship's dele­ gate, rewards Gail Bourgeois with doll for winning foot race, while other contest winners proudly-display trophies. With Lou Anderson as starter, the McCloskeys, M.H. and A.A., are set to go—somewhere. Henry Kirsch heads for home in Beachcombers' 8-3 victory over NO Police Department team. f'"' ApparenUy mighty pleased with results of their efforts are the committee on arrangenients for the picnic. Left to right, are Joseph Laeu liOius OLeary, Emil Herek and James Noonan. , ^7 • ' • "7 '• ' • • • • • -7 'iui' • • • ' Even at 2,. Debra,. daughter of_ crewman J. A. Bernard, is in her, cups—Dixie;, of courae. ^ f;-"! j;'' ri : • AsV'. 'And this armful is 18-monthsoW BettyJo, having a time with 7 |v ^ 77 ^ >'lV '7"A/7 ''7 ojv.vjiri V :-V "'.A' �I -iC/I-•^^.'iepteiart^ MM&P Pact SEAFARERS pel Norte Crew Resumes 'Navigator' To Pension .Seeking greater economic secur­ ity in lieu of wage increases, the East and Gulf coast members of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, A^, have begun contract negptianons with 4he shipping, com­ panies. The present contract expires at midnight, September 30. • The MM&P's chief target this year will be a pension, according to Captain C. T. Atkins, union president. Also on the agenda will be union proposals for reclassify­ ing personnel on Mariner ships, tightening working rules and im­ proving working conditfbns, and increasing security in the hiring hail program. ' The union is also seeking an in' .crease in the present 21 days of vacation annually. The negotiations cover 40» com­ panies operating passenger and dr>'. cargo vessels on both coasts, and set the pattern for virtually the entire American-flag cargo and passenger fleet. i 'Page ilv* LOG IIS Boosts Old Age $; Seafarers To Benefit Significant increases in bid age benefits under the Social Security law, particularly for people who retire after this year, are provided in the amendments to the Social Security Act passed by Congress. The-* — increases in benefits range of them will get $162.80. The fol­ frorn a low of $5 a month for lowing are some sample charts on Aboard the Del Norte (Mississippi) SIU crewmembers edit the first edition of the "Navigator," crew's newspaper which is'resuming pubUeation after having been suspended for a year. Members of^ the staff are (i-r), Chino Sosa, BR; Editor Jack Dolar, BRj and Harold Crane, 2nd cook. Pfa, 'Siren' Seen, Not Heard MIAMI—Probably most of you guys in the SHJ have heard of the sirens. They're the beautiful gals who supposedly take sunbaths on the rocks, and who wreck ships by luring the sailors toward them with sexy- songs and come-hither looks. Well, maybe you think this ^ business about the sirens is one, at that, to hear them tell it. just another legend of the sea. At any rate, passengers, crew But it ain't, and you can take it from the SIU crew of the Miamiberthed Florida (P & O). 1954 Model The Florida crew's siren is a streamlineol model wearing .bikihi bathing' suit. She didn't do any singing"—except later to a judge—and she didn't make the Florida founder. But she sure did rock the boat. . This episode happened one night twcr weeks ago when the Florida, •cruising up Biscayne Bay toward hdr berth in Miami harbor, passed the M^cArthur Causeway, one of the major links between Miami and Miami Beach. And there, frolicking around in cording to the spectators, must the water, was the siren, clad only have been made from Ihe skin^of in a leopard-skin bikini which, ac­ a leopard baby—and an incubator and officers all scrambled for the railing, so that eyewitnesses in the crowd which had meanwhile gath­ ered on the causeway swear the vessel actually listed. Later, after cops and a life­ guard had gotten the moonlight mermaid ashoi'e, she turned out to be a 26-year-old strip-tease artist, named Patrona Bugg, who decided on a swim after finishing her stint at a Miami Beach nightclub. Modestly draped in a blanket, Patrona later appeared before a judge who told her she'd get 10 days in jail if she continued with her antics, so it's doubtful that the Florida crewmen will see her again. However, some of them are stiii Bugg-eyed. men already retired at the lowest rate of pay up to a maximum of approximately $35 a month in­ crease for a man and his wife re­ tiring in 1955 or later. Ceiling Increased Increases are also provided for widows and their children from the present ceiling of $168.90 a month to a maximum of $200 a month, making a comfortabie an­ nuity for a famiiy. Further, the new law favors the man working in a fluctuating in­ dustry' like seafaring because it discounts the five worst years a man may have had as far as total earnings go^^ This tends to boost the monthly rate of benefits. Can Still Work For those oldtimers who like to keep an oar in the business, the new law has a feature which per­ mits them to earir up to $1,200 a year without loss of their benefits. The old law limited them to $75 in any one month. In other words, thie oldtimer can now make a cou-, pie of trips a year and still collect every cent due in Social Security benefit, providing his gross pay­ off doesn't go over $1,200 in the year. SIU disability pay does not count toward this $1,200 ceiling. Single men now on the rolls used to get from $25 to $85 a month. Under the new rate, start­ ing in September, they will get from $30 to $98.50 ^ month. ' The increases are''$5 a month for most men, up untii the $70 figure. If a retired man has a wife over 65, he used to get anywhere from $37.50 to $3.27.50 a month. Now he will get from $45 to $147.80 or a raise of from $7.50 to $20 a month. The same types of in­ creases go all the-way down the line for widows and children. Future Retirements The biggest increases in bene­ fits go to men who retire from 1955 on,-provided their average earnings were $350 a month or better. They will get a maximum of $108.50 compared to the old top of $85; ~And if they are married to a woman who is over 65 the two YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips On Washing Machihes iss^k the new rates. Worker (Single) Already Retired Old New $25.00 $30.00 40.00 45.00 55.00 . 60.00 70.00 78.50 85.00 98.50 Worker And Wife Already Retired Old New $37.50 58.40 80.00^ $45.00 67.50 90.00 105.00 117.80 127.50 147.80 Seafarers already on the retire­ ment roils will get their increases automatically with their Septem­ ber checks. Men who have not yet retired can find out what they are entitled to by contacting any So­ cial Security field office. 700-Ton Ship Going Overland To Vt. Miiseum .SHELBURNE, Vt.—If all goes well, the 700-ton steamship Ticonderoga — the last sidewheeler to operate on Lake Champlain—will shortly move overland for two miles to its finai resting place in a museum. . Due to be scrapped three years ago, she was saved when a civic group intervened and a museum operator here bought her. Plans now call for the ship to bd moved into the. mouth of the LaPlatte River, on Lake Champlain between the Vermont-NY border, where a basin will be dug large enough to float her. The ship will be raised to land level by pumping in water from the river, then floated onto a "cradle" built on railroad tracks. From there, the Ticonderoga' will be propelled by motor winches mounted on trucks and moved to the museum. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying many people is to use too much. You don't need as much chines, thus bringing their cost down to $240 or less. of a synthetic detergent as you may have been accustomed Otherwise, there are several private-brand automatic A good washing machine can be a boon to a Seafarer to use when using soap powder. Using a little more washers of good quality that sell for $240 or less. These on board ship and to his family at home. But judging detergent not only does not make the suds more efficient. are the Sears Roebuck Kenmore, which is made by and from letters to the LOG, sometimes these back-saving but in fact reduces tl\e efficiency of the determent. Con­ is identical to the costlier Whirlpool, the Montgomery machines seem to act like temperanaental devils, with trary to popular notfon, a lot of suds do not make a Ward Wardamatic and the AMC washer ^old by many frequent breakdowns and costly repairs. Hofisewives, too, cleaner wash, and may damage the machine itself. In department stores. Too, some of the nationally-advertised encounter these difficulties. ^ some drum-type automatic washers, heavy-sudsing deter­ makes have a deluxe and a standard model, with a price To get successful service you need to (1) select an gents should not be used at all. 'This type of machine difference of $20 for what is basically the same machine efficient make, especially in the case of automatics which creates so much siids that they tend to wash the grease except for the trim and a few other relatively unimpor­ are more complicated and more subject to breakdown off the motor bearings and other parts. Heavy-sudsing tant features. than wringer machines, and (2) follow certain procedures detergents should be avoided especially in homes tha^ Of the so-called "apartment washers" for small homes, J(n using the machine, both to avoid repairs and get have septic tanks or cesspools. / most complete is a special Whirlpool automatic which is maximum cleaning ^efficiency. Comparison-Shopping Washers only 24 inches high but has eight-pound capacity (manu­ Much of your silccess with a washer depends on your Wringer machines are becoming obsolete though they facturer's rating). Amorife smalier but non-automatic own handling of it. It's particularly' important not to do a good washing job, since they have the agitator, and washers are the Monitor, which can fit under a sink or overload and to follow the manufacturer's instructions thpj wringer itself helps to get the wash clean. But most in a closet and has four-pound capacity, and the similar |s to operating time for, the washing process, and also, people sinnply prefer the greater convenience of the auto­ four-pound washer sold by Montgomery Ward; td use the proper type of detergent. You sometimes have . matic, even though an automatic requires a greater hot For small families, washers of 7 to ^ pound capacity •to take with a grain of ^alt the., manufacturers' claims Water supply and entails more repairs. may be satisfactory, but for larger famines *the 9- or 10. as to capacity of their machines. Tests hav# shown that Among the autoniatics, those that use aii agitator for pound sizes are advisable, especially since it is important automatic washers wash cleaner and'vdth less strain on washing generally get clothes cleaner, although they are .imot to load washers to the full capacity claimed. ' . the machine if the load contains no moire than tw64arge harder on the articles being washed than the tumbler or For home use, unless you have a 50-gallon hot-water or heavy articles like-dungarees and sheets, with the drum type washers. #nls for an automatic washer, it may be advisable to balance, small articles. The load should be kept down >Most of the good automatics with agitator mechanism get the "suds-saver" feature with an automatic since you to no more than .7 to 8 pounds even though the manu­ carry iist prices of about $300, including Maytag, Whirl­ can. reuse the suds water. facturer sayS the capacity is eight Jor'nine pounds. Make sure any washer you buy has been approved by>. pool, Apex, ABC, Hamilton, Norge, Thor and Easy. Now­ Synthetic detergents are generally mor^ effective than adays you can often get discounts of 20-30 per cent from and carries the seal of Underwriters Laboratories, show­ soap powder 'tvr v, joshing machines, but the tendency of independent dealers and discount houses on these ma­ ing it has passed safety tests. 'ii . �pawstt . ' SEAFARERS LOG • > r^.. - ^K.cri. GOVERNMENT OUTLAWS COMMUNIST PARTY: How New Laws Affect Communists of native-born Communists are not contemplated because it is not likely that any other country wduld agree to take them. THE COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED WEST COAST LONGSHOREThere are many other penalties resulting from men's union and its leader, Harry Bridges, are following up their sup­ loss of citizenship. A man who is expatriated be­ port of the so-called Independent International Longshoremen's Asso­ comes, an alien. Like all aliens, he must ciation by tightening up the lines between the two organizations. This legal political party. It has been outlawed. His at­ register,inbeeffect, fingerprinted and keep the Government is in accordance with the step-by-step procedures of Communist party tempts to control labor unions face new stumbling advised of his whereabouts. He can't get a pass­ plans for influencing the destiny of the East Coast dockworkers who blocks. He risks death if he becomes a spy, and port to travel abroad. Many professions are limited are not in the AFL Internaticnal Brotherhood of Longshoremen. prison for sabotage. As Seafarers and others who followed the organizing campaign of by state laws to citizens, so he would be barred. He It's going to be harder for a Commimist to hide cannot vote, run for office, or hold most public jobs. the AFL longshore union will recall, the Bridges union poured heavy and when he's caught he may lose his US' citizenCommunists who flee are going to-have more trou­ money into the old ILA and produced and distributed thousands of I = ble hiding, beeause the penalties for harboring a pieces of slick, .expensive propaganda smearing all the forces which fugitive have been increased by the new laws. *When were in the fight to provide longshore workers with a decent, demo­ In the final days of Congresii several laws two Communist leaders fled Vecently, the heaviest cratic union dedicated to serving the best interests of its membership. were enactc^d restricting individual Communists punishment that could be given fpur persons ac­ The SIU, which played a prominent role in this important battle, came and the Communist Party of USA. In the com­ cused of harboring them was only six months in in for a m^or share of the smears from the pens of the Communist ing months these laws will be the subjects of prison. Now, harboring a fugitive can bring up to party propagandists. much debate and legal action as to whether or On the day that the 'old ILA was certified as bargaining agent, after five years in prison. not they violate the Constitution. Here is a sum­ squeaking through by some 200 votes out of approximately 18,000 cast, If a Conununist jumps bail, he now. not only for­ mary of these new laws. Reprinted from US feits his bail money, but also can be tried for jump­ officials of the Communist-dominated Bridgea union went to work im­ News & World Report, an independent weekly mediately to solidify their-relationship with the old ILA. The date was ing bail, which is made a separate crime. news magazine published at Washington, DC. . Communists who won't talk, who inyoke the Fifth August 27, when Bridges representative Pete McGoldrick met in New Copyright 1954. Amendment when called to, testify before a con­ York with representatives uf the Brooklyn section of the old ILA. . Mc­ gressional committee, a grand jury, or a court, can Goldrick pledged continued, complete support of Bridges organization ship. He can be made to talk, or go to jail, if he to the old ILA, and the ILA officials told McGoldrick they wanted the tries to hide behind the Fifth Amendment. A Com­ now be compelled to talk or risk prison. This can closest working relationship between the ILA and Bridges' outfit. be accomplished, under the new laws, by granting a munist must register with Federal authorities. In addition, the ILA officials promised that if the West Coast union With all these new laws coming suddenly into reluctant witness immunity from prosecution. With had" to call a strike to win a contract for the stewards they are seeking force, many people have come to expect sudden and this immunity, he no longer , can incriminate him­ to represent, the old ILA \rauld support it 100 per cent. dramatic results—a quick and sweeping round-up self so has no legal i-ight to keep silent and .can be Not the least significant of^thd exchan;ge,of support between the two of Communists throughout the country. This, how­ punished if he does. groups was the statement by th^ ILA leaders that they had "the high­ Department of Justice officials consider this im­ est respect for the ILWU international officers," which, of couise. In- , ever, is not going to happen. Although the Communist Party bas been out­ munity procedure one of their ^strongest new eludes Harry Bridges, The top official. lawed; it still is no crime simply to be a member. weapons. The best .source of information about Com­ The authority for these meetings is the Bridges union itself which Eveiyone who joined is not to be herded into jail. munist conspiracies is one of the conspirators.. If recorded it in a special supplement of the ILWU publication "The Dis­ Nor are a lot of American-born Communists going •one of a ring can be induced' to talk, the rest of patcher, and circulated only among shipboard .personnel. , to be deported. And the Communist newspaper, the the ring may be convicted. In the partnership with the old ILA the Bridges organization and Pension Loss Posslblo Daily Worker, probably will not stop publication. the ^ommunist Party see an opportunity that they have not had a Federal employes who try to hide-behind the Fifth chance to enjoy since the SIU smashed their Committee for Maritime Tougher Penalties Amendment now can be cut off from their retire­ Unity in 1948. They see now a chance tqxiause tie-ups with a guarantee What will happen to Communists is simply this: —by ILA officials at least—that East Coast long^bremen would go out It's going to be harder for a Communist to operate, ment pensions, as well as their jobs. Pensions, under the new laws, also are denie^ to and support a cause sponsored by a Communist-dominated and con­ from now on, and the penalty will be greater if he Federal employees convicted of crimes involving trolled maritime union. is caught conspiring against the US. Bridges has long been seeking to corral West Coast steward de­ Death penalties are now provided for spies, even their official positions or disloyalty to the US. This in time of peace. Formerly, only wartime spying re­ provision hits directly at Algqr Hiss, former State partment personnel into his longshore union in a move'to solidify thesulted in capital punishment. The Rosenbergs could Department official who was. convicted of perjury Communist position on the waterfront. He has been bitterly resisted not have been executed if their spying hadJiot been in dep ing that he passed information to the Soviets. by our West Coast affiliate in the Seafarers International Union, the done in time* of war. -The new law, moreover, elim­ Hiss will soon be eligible for parole-^-and without AFL A{arine Cooks and Stewards organization. While Seafarers and others who are elert to the maneuvers of the inates the old 10-year statute of limitations and this law would draw a Federal retirement pension. Communist Party on the waterfront have viewed Bridges role of acting Saboteurs face new and tighter laws, brought up makes it possible to prosecute a spy any time he is as a guardian for the old ILA In its proper perspective, it is un­ to date to include sabotage by. means of radioactive, likely that veryangel discovered. many people outside of the seafaring or maritime fields biological or chemical agents. Sabotage laws now For many other offenses likely to be committed have paid too much attention to this development. It is now becoming by Communists, the statute of limitations has been apply in times of "national emergency" as well as clearer and clearer that there was nothing casual about the Bridges de­ extended from three years to five. This not only in times of war. sign, that this was cold-bloodedly a party maneuver to strengthen Printing equipment used by Communists must Bridges pqsition against its most vigorous and successful opponents— gives the Government more time to apprehend a criminal, but permits officials to hold up his arrest now be registered, and its location disclosed. This our own Seafarers International Union-^-and all of its affiliated mari­ if they are not yet ready to disclose the identity of requirement was-passed after Investigations by Con­ time districts. This is obviously a situation that will bear close watch­ their informer. gressional committees reyealed secret, underground ing. The SIU has fought too long and too hard to crack all Communist. printing facilities. Can Lose Citizenship Party efforts to disrupt the very vital US maritime industry, '^e can Red-led labor unions are hit by one of the'major all watch for continued proj^ganda barrages.against the SIU by the Citizenship can be taken away from a Communist convicted of advocating the overthrow of the US new anti-Communist measures. Now, when any la­ Communist Party and its agencies, such as the West Coast Longshore­ Government by force and violence. This can be done bor union is found to have been Infiltrated by Com­ men's Union and their new-found allies In the old ILA, oh the theory • even if the Communist was bom in the US. munists, it can be barred from using the National that if they can discredit our union they will strengthen their own posiCan he be deported, then, as an undesirable alien? Labor Relations Board to -obtain a bargaining elec- tiot). Unfortunately for them our organization can stand on its record. Theoretically, yes. Actually, however, d^rtations They can not (Continued fn page 17) Life for a Communist in the United- States is going to become more difficult and more dangerous, as a result of new laws passed by Congress. The Communist now finds himself with no Cartoon History Of The SIU Demoeraey lu Jketion N0.72 ll' 2--' In December, 1949, after informal discussions by ^ SIU. members, the Union threw open the pages Of the SEAFARERS-LOG for a full-scale membership discussion ef men aboard ship taking a vacation after one year M the same vessel This provided for han^g the 1»^ in truo Scafarcni' fashloiL The debate continued until April, IMO, when the' Although temporarily tight shipping was given as proposal was put before the SIU membership in all one of the reasons for the proposed rule, opponents branches. The outbreak of the Korean War even. pointed out the SIU Job situation was better than in unions which had such a ride. Meanwhile, Seafarers;<4| •lA^iually killed^most'of the support for the rule, but the democratic procedure followed had kept all Sea* and their families pitenedrlnto tko . debate and iarerr well informed about die vacatioa issue. argued the merits ef tbo jtfbjK>scd plan pro and con- �iMeinber 17, ItM I;"';:'/, •• SEAFARERS LOG - . . ^ '/ ,\if- ^ • " • • - Page Seven SlU NEWSLETTER Sea Today Is Tame To Oldster from WASHINCTON NEW ORDEANS—Looking back over more than a half-century of seafaring, William Johnson, newly qualified for the SIU's $25 weekly disability plan, says life at sea today is "peaches and cream" compared to the old days^ "It has been a long, hard"*"! •«,';• I struggle to get what we have' In the postwar period the domestic seinnent of our merchant marine today," Johnson recalled. has been particularly weak, failing to recover its prewar standing. This "Now things are the way they has been an important foss^inasmuch as the domestic fleet formed a large part of the merchant marine before the war and was most readily available for emergency mobilization. However, on the other hand, the tonnage of dry cargo ships employed In the noncontiguous trades (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Midway, Wake) has increased steadily and prospects of continued" grrfwth are considered good. should be and we should work hard through the Union to keep what we have gained." Johnson, who lives quietly here with his wife in their comfortably furnished home, says he is "sitting pretty" on his disability pay, which t t it figures out - to around $108 a A special Congressional subcommittee is about ready to look Into mbnth, plus his $68 monthly in the matter o^the termination of US passenger ship operations to Alaska. Federal old age benefits. After many years of service, the Alaska Steamship Line is ready to take Nevertheless, he finds it hard to Its two passenger ships out of service. adjust himself to a life of ease One reason for this is competition from Government-owned vessels after many active and exciting operating to Alaska. The company would be in position to. continue years of following his profession its passenger ships if the Military Sea Transportation Service and aboard a variety of ships, both sail other Govei'nment agencies would divert more passengers from, Gov-, and steam. ernment ships to the vessels of Alaska Steamship Company. However, Gets fidgety For Sea the government agencies are flatly refusing to cfo this. ; "He frets all the time about The situation* eventually attracted the attention of Congressmen for shipping," said his wife, "but 1 tell the Paciflc Northwest area and resulted in demands for a Congressional him he has earned the right to look-see at the problem. settle down and enjoy life ashore." Seafarer William Johnson, recently-qualified recipient of the Sea­ A native of the Virgin Islands, 4 t Sfarers disability benefit, poses with Mrs. Johson at^.their New As of the beginning of this year, some 346 ships, owned by Americam Johnson signed on his first sailing Orleans, home. Johnson figures he's "sitting pretty" with the $108 companies, were operating under foreign flag. Seventy-two more ships, ship while still a boy. His early per month from the Welfare Fund and his $68 per month social as of January of this year, were being constructed by these same com­ years at s^a were spCht on deck. security benefit. He finished out his sea-going ex­ panies for foreign-flag operation., • These 418" vessels are 34 percent df the privately-owned US-flag fleet. perience in the steward depart­ Of the 418 ships under foreign iflag, 340 are tankers. Of these 340 ment aboard SlU-contracted ships. "We had to know more seaman­ tankers, -285 are owned by the 5 large American oil companies ship in the old sailing days," John­ Gulf, Socony, Standard' Oil of NJ, Standard Oil of California, and Texas son recalled. "We also had to Oil Company. ^ , endure some miserable conditions and working hours that began be­ Between 1948 and June 1953, American-flag ships in our liner services fore dawn and kept a man out on^ (scheduled opei'ations) received $274 million for the carriage of for­ deck until long after sunset," eign aid commodities. The majority of ships in liner services are mem­ Keeping cool in the summertime is no trick for one Sea­ The 72-year-old Seafarer is bers of steamship conferences of which member owner's of foreign-flag proud of his record as a trade vessels charge the same rates as American lines. Therefore, if all of unionist. He had been a member farer out of Alabama—^he's just gone off and gotten himself these cargoes were carried in foreign-flag liners the cost to our Gov­ of the old ISU for many years a horpestead in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. Seafarer ^ ernment would have been the same. Thus, the shipment of foreign-aid before transferring over into the J. A. Mcintosh paid off the-t cargoes aboard our liners does not in any way increase the cost to our SlU as one of its pioneer members. Greece Victory in San Fran­ extreme continental climate of the Government. He proudly points to a scar over cisco on May 28 and has' been interior." Of the $267 million paid for carriage of liquid foreign-aid cargoes his left eye, reminder of a wound a-settin' on his claim in the Chu­ In terms of hard, cold facts (and since 1948, $138 million was paid to American-flag tankers. However, suffered in supporting an ISU beef gach foothills ever since. they are sort of cold), the Weather only $17 million of these Cargoes originated from US ports. The re­ in 1919, as a badge of his militancy The 24-year-old Seafarer," who Bureau record shows that the maining liquid cargoes carried by American ships originated in for­ in helping win the conditions en­ sailed with the SlU for two years, January average temperature in the eign ports and, therefore, American tankship owners lifted them at joyed by Seafarers todaj'. wrote the LOG Anchorage area is 11.2 above zero the world market rates. that he is staking Fahrenheit while in June the aver­ • iCt tSi> 4" out his property age is 57 degrees, with the lowest Government'agencies have determined that a shipbuilding program with the help of reading ever being 36 below zero. a good-sized pay­ _pf about 60 ships a year is necessary to keep the shipbuilding industry In other words, in the wintertime off .and special at sufflcieht str^gth to provide a nucleus of manpower capable of ex­ the temperature averages far be-? pansion in case of war. preference given low the freezing levei which should to veterans under be cool enough for anybody. It is estimated that such a program would cost about $400 million Acts'of Congress. yearly, excluding national defense features, such as added speed, etc. Cool Enough Normally, a per­ Probably a substantial part of this cost would have to be borne toy the Writing in the balmy days of son has to live on midsummer, Mcintosh makes the Govei-nment in thfi..form of construction subsidies and allowances for Mcintosh the homestead national defense featured, place sound most attractive. His plot for three years to acquire title description of the homestead is Even if the Government's total share were to amount to $200 million to his 160 acres, but since Mcin­ enough to water tlifi, month of any •nnually, this would be less than 1 percent of current and projected tosh did a two-year hitch in the ambitious rod and gun man. Fish annual expenditures for all other programs of national defense. Those Seafarers who muttered The shipping and shipbuilding industries still have a long way to to themselves at one time or an­ Navy he can get full title to the and game abound and apparently there's little to worry about in the go to get proper attention to their needs and importance in any other "now if 1 owned this scow property with a year's residence. Consequently, Mcintosh expects way of game wardens, licenses and emergency. • ^ wiii be iirterested to know to go back to shipping when his limits. if 4" 4" that there are 11 ships afloat.owned year's residence requirement is "1 have been doing some fishing Skips in active operation under the US flag declined by 292 during by the seamen who man them. met, although as he writes "Alaska for rainbow trout," he writes, the year ending June 30, 1954. These are Italian-flag vessels will be my permanent home." which are really fine eating, and ! Of this number, 167 were privately-owned and 125 Government- owned by the. Garibaldi Societa Homesteading in Alaska is pret­ you have-to run the moose out of Cwned. — Cooperative di Navigazione, a co­ your camp. It is considered com­ ty much the same as it's been since ! This slackening in shipping activity closely followed the ending of operative that is owned solely by the Homestead Act was passed by monplace-to find fre^h bear tracks 4he war in Korea in July 1953 and had not been entirely arrested by merchant seamen. One of the cooperative's ships, Congress in 1862 to settle the wild around your cabin in the morning June 30, 1954. the 26,000-dead,weight ton super­ and wooly West. Fees for the land and to stop and blow your horn on 4. • 4 o 4^ selected for homesteading by the the back roads to make the young Since enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 down to the tanker Giuseppi Giulietti, was in Interior Department are purely spruce chickens get out of the New York harbor last week on a end of 1952, a total of 247 ships were built under the construction sub­ nominal—$10 for making an ap­ way." sidy feature of that law. The total subsidy amounted To about voyage from Aruba. As indica­ plication and $1.50 for each 40Mcintosh comes originally from tion of the cooperative nature of $426,185,833. the ship's ownership it carries a acre tract entered. That plus some Gulfport, Mississippi, where frost However, under existing conditions, the'provisions of the 1936 Act manning scale of over 50 men, lesser costs is the whole thing, in mid-winter is an uncommonare not now proving very effective in encouraging ship construction whereas most foreign-flag tankers coming out to slightly more than enough occurrence to rate front in this country. At the present time not one ship Is being built under page prominence in the local news­ of that size would .get by with at 10 cents an acre. the construction subsidy provisions of the 1936 Act. Seafarer Mcintosh's homestead papers. His family lives in Ala­ least ten men less. " 4" 4" 4" All shares in the cooperative are is situated west of the booming bama now. It must have been one . Latest offlcial tabulation on the strength of our merchant marine owned by seamen. The organiza­ Alaskan town of Anchorage, a cen­ of those Alabama July heat waves shows that on, September 1 the US privately-owned fleet totalled 1,215 tion's board of directors consists ter of the fishing industry on the that made him think of moving to vessels (1,000 gross tons and over only), of 15,157,999 deadweight tons. of officers and men of the mer­ south-central coast. It's not too Alaska. This total was divided into 788 dry cargo and passenger-carrying ves­ chant fleet. far from the famed Matanuska Val­ sels of 8,246,162 tons and 427 tankers of 6,911,837 deadweight tons. Aside from the question of own­ ley development that was opened I Twenty-six privately-owned US ships currently are under time char­ ership, the ship is operated under up by the Government in 1935 as ter t^-the MSTS, while another 25 Government-owned ships are being the authority of The captain as any a means of aiding destitute US ten­ If a crewmember quits while fperated by private companies for^he account of MSTS. privately-owned ship would be, and ant farmers looking for their own a ship is in port, delegates i As of the same time, there were 29 Gbvemment-owned vessels under the crewnaen are members of the land. are asked to contact the hall The Department of the Interior bareboat charter to private operators with 4 scheduled for redelivery Italian seamen's union. The only immediately for a replace­ basic difference in mode of opera­ describes weather conditions in the to the Government, leaving a net of 25 vessels. ment. Fast action on their part tion is that a shipboard commmlt- Anchorage area as "relatively will keep all jobs aboard ship tee has to approve food provision­ mild" in winter, and goes on to say filled at all times and elimi­ ing lists, which makes for better "tlm climate is a favorable com­ nate the. chance of the ship provisioning thim t$ available on bination of the temperate coas^tal sailing shorthandedL. other foreigii-flag ships, ' climate of southern Alaska .and the 5— 'Bama Seafarer Stakes Land Claim in Alaska Crews Live It Up, Man Own Ships Fill That Berth •i i I 'ij •I �PateEislits ''! ]j" I I' '^'i •• I' SEAFARERS LOG An English company has just revealed the sale of its third ship this year to the Russians. The latest addition to the Soviet merchant marine is the 10,000-ton Stanburn, built in 1951. Earlier, the Stanhope Steam­ ship Company announced the sale of the Stanhope, also built in 1951, and the Stahpool, a new ship . . . Five ships operated by Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese outfit, will-launch a new cargo service be­ tween Yokohama and West^Africa late this month . . . Traffic through Question: What's your idea of a the Suez Canal reached an*all-time high during the first six months of 1954, as a total of over 50 million net tons of shipping used the water­ good bosun? (Asked of deck de­ way. British shipping accounted for one-third of this figure; US tonnage partment men.) for about three percent. . ^ • Tony Bender, AB: I think a good ' 4" 3^ l" The Greater Baton Rouge Port' Commission has'announced plans bosun should know how to perform every job on the for a new 2.5 miliioq^ bushel.terminal grain elevator as part of extensive deck. He " should new port facilities for Baton Rouge, La. The grain terminal toget^r be able to show with a new dock for grain ships and barges is expected to be compleud a man what to by next July , . . Seven lives were lost when the escort tug Abeille No. do, if necessary, 4 was swamped by the 'Panamanian iiner Atlantic in the port of Le and he should be Havre, France, last month. The mishap occurred when tugs guided able to do any­ the 20,553-ton Atlantic into the harbor entrance. She was en route thing he asks an­ from Rotterdam to Quebec .. . The Navy has launched.the USS Glacier, other man to do. largest and most powerful icebreaker^'ever built in the US, at Pascagou-, He should also la, Miss. The 8,300-ton vessel will be a model for future vessels of Its Mm know how to keep type. the mate Ifi his place. This last is . 4i • 4> Cunard Line's giant Queen Mary did an unexpected turnabout in very important. I 4 4 4 mid-ocean on her last trip to New York when a lookout at the stem S. F. Manard, AB: 1 think that thought he spotted someone struggling in the water. Several turns in the area and 4 count of the passengers and crew indicated an error, experience and tfte ability to han­ however, so the liner continued on its course . . . Rear Admiral H. J. dle men are the .^ Tiedemann is retiring Oct. 1 as chief of the Office of Mai-itime Training two chief _ re-' of the Maritime Administration. He supervised the training of thou­ quirements for a " sands of seamen during World War II . . . September 8 marked the good bosun. How­ 20th anniversary of the fateful fire on the cruise ship Morro Castle, ever, simply be­ \off Asbury Park, NJ, which cost 124 lives. The major tribute to the cause a man has disaster has come' in the development of the many ship safety laws a long record of seatime under his which followed in its wake. • belt doesn't nec­ 4 •4 ' President Eisenhower has signed a bill to deepen and widen the essarily give him Hudson River as far north as Albany,-NY, at a cost of nearly $32 the ability to Biiilicn. The work cn the 145-mile route from New York city to the state 4iandle men. Thes,e two things are ' capital v,ill deepen the -present 27-foot channel to 32 feet to accom- not always relatecf 4 4 4 mod.-'te more deen-sea shipping . . , The French Line will place the John Janbeyi, AB: The ability He de Eranre and tlie Fi.andre on the profitable Caribbean run for to handle men is the No. One re7 seven special cruises out of NY this winter. In addition, the Antilles quirement for a b:;s been scheduled for one cruise out of Galveston and another from good bosun. I New Orleans . . . With nearly 300 ships already under its house flag, should know be­ ll:e -Tnglo-Iran'an Oil Company has just added two more, just launched cause I sailed as in Great Britain. The duo are the 32,000-ton British Sovereign and bosun myself on the lC,OGG-ton Eriiish Patrol. three ships dur­ ... 4 '4 4 ing the war, and Idled in mid-ocean about 810 miles southeast of New York, the 2,062I know that a tcn Norwegian tanker Elisabeth Amlie has been taken under tow by a good bosun must NY tug whiclr went out to meet her and bring her into Newport News. know how to han­ The vessel, bound from Houston to a European port, was disabled by dle the men work­ a broken camshaft ... An American seaman who confessed under questioning to having jammed a wrench and a connecting rod into ing on deck and he must^ also know the steering mechanism of his ship, the 10,000-ton Liberian freighter how to handle the mate. 4 4 4 Cris, has started serving a year's term at hard labor in the Canal Zone Christopher Karas, AB: A good, penitentiary. The sentencing judge commented that the sabotage was probably committed under the influence of liquor . . . Recognizing\that bosun needs "a good personality. the US merchant marine is our "fourth arm" of national defense) the His job is mostly recent American Legion convention iir Washington added its support a matter of un­ to the campaign for a strong, modern US merchant fleet to replace derstanding men,, and handling obsolete World War II .vessels. them, and that is why personality is so important. It is the bosuns with good per­ sonalities who ACROSS DOWN 16. Ugly old 38. Salnte: Abbr. understand their woman The Baltic 1. Uncle 42. Garbage men the best, and who are able to 20. Ceylon export Member of 2. Period of time 44. Born deck dept. 21. Con.secrated handle them the best. 3. Rainbow 46. Island off Gailiard 4. Arrive: Abbr. Informed 5. $1 bill 6. Member of engine dept. 7. 8. 17. Headed the line 9. " 18. "Call me 19. Aleutian island 10. 11. SI. Where Antwerp is Near East 12. 13. 14. 15. North Dakota: 22. Taking water from dory 23. Possess 24. Kind of 25. monkey 27. A constellation28. Made of mesh 31. Eisenhower's 35. plane One: For. Williams of baseball Spooky On the docks Jap herbs Female horses Island in NY Bay Requires Bottom of ship .Subversive group: 2 wds. Scotland Allen of baseball 49. Lake cargo 51. Burmese tribe 52. Part of a fish 53. Household god 54. Kind of cargo 55. Obsei^ve 48. (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) '9 14 17 Sea eagle Bart of "to be" 10 M 4 4 4 Frank Natale, AB: A good bosun must understand two things. He must understapy his job and he must understand the men. It's hard to say which of these things is more Important, since they both go hand in hand, but I know that any man "who wants to be a gopa bosun must possess both of these qualities. September 17, 1954' -• MEET SEAFARER /. ' GENARO A. LOPEZ, W^per When Genaro A. Lopez first man ^ips. On .these ships he. landed in New York from his na­ made runs to the Persian Gulf and tive Puerto Rico, in 1939, he had the Mediterranean without en­ one ambition—to see as much of countering real danger. But final­ the world as he could. ly, in the Caribbean, the war That «mbition has since been caught up with him .with a ven­ largely fulfilled. For, thanks to his geance. membership In the SIU, Lopez has Lopez, was at this time sailing as since beep in everj^fjuarter of the fireman ^aboard the Afobndria, and globe. when Ibis ship was torpedoed just What's more, Lopez has the SIU south of Cuba, Lopez found himto 'thank for benefitting him In ^'elf adrift for a day and.a half in other ways. When, for instance, his a lifeboat, along with other Afounfirst daughter. Myrtle, was born dria crewmen. almost two years ago, Lopez and Finally, the crew was picked up his wife collected the usual mater­ by the Coast Guard (kn^ brought to nity benefit of $200 plus a $25 US Havana, but because of the war­ savings bond in the baby's name. time transportation difficulties they And right now Lopez has just ap­ could not immediately be returned plied for his second maternity ben­ to the States. As a result, the en­ efit, thanks to the' birth of another tire crew was'put iip in a hotel in daughter, Olga, on July 19. Havana for three weeks, until they Lopez, whose childhood love for could be flown to Mobile. ^ the sea was sharpened by his first Promptly Ships Out Again trip to New York, as a passenger, Upon his arrival in Mobile, Lo­ didn't have long to wait before starting to fulfill his dream of see­ pez went down to New Orleans, ing the world. Soon after his ar­ promptly shipped out again, and rival in this country"^ie went down continued to ship steadily through-oyt the war years. to the SIU hall in Baltimore and In 1951, Lopez left the sea long obtained a trip card, and a^er that he made a number of short runs enoi^gh to get married and estab­ lish a home in Bayamon, Puerto on the De Soto and other ships. Rico. Then he went back to the Obtained Book In 1940 ships again and sailed without in­ The following year, 1940, Lopez cident until his last trip aboard the obtained his full book membership Bull Line Liberty ship Arlyn, when in the Union, in New Orleans, and he developed a severe pain in his he's been sailing steadily ever since side and leg and had to get off the —to South America, to Europe, and ship in Puerto Rico and seek treat­ to Asia, in peace and in war. ment at the USPHS out-patientLopez' first runs, after he re­ clinic in San Juan-.ceived his book, were primarily After a month of "treatment with the Mississippi Shipping Com­ there, he was discharged as fit-for pany, and on the Del Norte, Del Mundo and other Mississippi ships duty arid returned to New York to he made numerous runs to South ship out again. A short, stocky, energetic look­ America, shipping at that time in ing man with a youthful appear­ the steward department. After about two years of this ac­ ance which belies his 43 years,. Lo­ tivity, however, Lopez decided a pez talks animatedly about the sea change was in order, so he re­ and his love for it is apparent in turned to Baltimore and began his conversation. When asked, for instance, if he shipping out of that port in the was looking for a coastwise or an engine room. The US was already ihvolved-'ln offshore run, he shrugged. "Coast­ World War II by that time, and ^o wise, offshore," he said. "What's Lopez found himself sailing in the the difference as long as it's on the war zones, primarily aboard Water­ water?" UUIOR ROUNDA strike by 150 bus drivers and mechanics tied up ^transportation in Spokane, Wash-, last week, as members of the AFL Street, Elec­ tric Railway and Motor Coach Op­ erators stood firm on demands for an 11-cent hourly pay boost and other benefits from city lines... The CIO United Steelworkers Union has won a five-cent wage hike plus improved insurance.<and pension benefits for 20,000 workers in 36 plants of the American Can Co. 4 4 4 similar increase from Westinghouse on the eve of a strike in 20 cities. 4 4 4 4 4 4 » , Back In the air after a 25-day strike by 1,200 pilots in the Air­ lines Pilots Association (AFL), American Airlines is now threat­ ened with a walkout by 6,300 main­ tenance workers and stock clerks in the CIO Transport Workers Union. The dispute is over the layoffs of ground crews at the end of the pilots' strike. The American Federation of La-bor is due to open its 73rd annual convention in Los Angeles on Mon­ day, Sept. 20, with President Eisen­ hower expected to be among the featured visitors." Although there is no precedent for the President's attendance at a labor conclave, he is likely to make an appearance anyway, as he will be in the city the same week addressing a GOP group. . Meeting in Atlantic City, the AFL United Textile Workers con­ vention voted to raise monthly un­ ion dues and to wage an all-out or­ ganizing drive in the South. Dele­ gates amended the UTW constitu­ 4 4 4 James Tarrant, AB; I think that tion to boost dues to $3 for each of experience and the ability to han­ the union's' 100,000 members. They had been set at $2 to $2.50 per dle mep are the month, depending on the local. two main require­ Union president Arithony Valente ments of a good said the increase was an Vorganibosun. In particu­ . ' "4. • 4 ''4 zational, necessity" because UTW The ' governors of Washington lar, the bosun was operating Ih the. red. and Oregon have put for vard- c must know how to handle the • , . , -4 - 4 4 . - proposal..to end. the Pacific North' Sonie 100,000 General Electric Ws't. luipber i^trike, in which .somh mate. I think that workers have gained a pay boost 100,000 AFL and CIO loggers went a good part of averaging five cents an hour and but on June 21, but the plan to set the success of other benefits following four up a fact-finding board not any rpn, for a .months, of pegotiations by the CIO. met..with much favor. Principal wor^pg .^eaman,, depepdg how well the bosun can handlp il^iteopa^tionaLtUnjon.; ef „E1^9trjiciEil , imlon jidemand' js la fwage iiikez of 'Workers. Meanwhile, IUE.-y?^n •/ �:z->: gieirtemttef 19M^ StApAkkkS LOG Fa**' Can'hha See We're Busy?!! SlBAFAlllWS^tOG ^ptwniMf 17,-1«54 •' Vol. XVI, Mo. IV Publi^ed filweekly by tbe Seafarers loternational Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL,.675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYaclnth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer V"-• J ' .'i Editor, HERBEBI. BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISO;^; Art, Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, At MASKIN, Gut/ Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ' ; Appeal To The President .ViJ, •iff- iM'- .;E • lit- fi-' I' :%. Unable to head off the Maritime Administration in its blind r attempt td "save" the US merchant marine by permitting fat chunks of it to go under "runaway" foreign flags and still compete with Arnerican shipping, the SIU and other sea uhion^ have put the issue squarely in the lap of President Eisenhower. • > An appeal for direct intervention by the White House has already been dispatched by the Conference pf American Maritime Unions in the hope that the Chief Executive will act before it is tdO late. Twenty dry-cargo Liberty ships have been okayed for transfer to foreign flags since mid-August and the list is due to get much longer in coming weeks. The Union argument is that the Maritime Administration is pursuing a peculiar course which, if unchallenged, will cut the US-flag fleet down to a size which imperils not only possible emergency defense requirements but the continuing life of the shipping industry altogether. The Government ship agency has not even imposed a ban to keep the trans­ ferred ships from re-entering US ports and competing with American-flag operators for cargoes. •" Intervention by the President would indicate a genuine ~ interest in'maintaining a strong US merchant fleet. Commis­ sions and boards to study ways and means to build up the US-flag industry may find nothing left to build on if the present suicidal trend is allowed to continue. 4" 4" t ^ Backs Stewards^ Shipping Set-Vp To the Editor: Recently, in its "Letter of the Week" column, the SEAFARERS LOG printed a letter by Harry L. Franklin about various conditions among SIU stewards. I am writing this because I do not agree with many of the state­ ments that Brother Franklin made in his letter. For instance. Brother Franklin says it stands to reason that, other things being equal, the man with the longest service should be the most efficient man for a job. % take this to mean that Brother Franklin thinks the steward who JUDGING FROM THE LATEST on as "chief librarian" and "assist­ I has been in the ship's minutes from the Cubore ant librarian." The steward depart­ Cullison SIU the longest (Ore), all is well on that vessel, ment has put it to Sweeney to is the most efficient steward. check with headquarters on how I do not agree with this. Because with special mention of the fact the "extra passenger money" called a man has been going tp sea for that "all departments agree on for by the contract should be split a good many years does not-neces­ keeping the laundry and recreation up among the galiey gang and he's sarily make him the best qualified rooms clean." These items are dutifully done so. man for a key jvb aboard ship, often a point of dispute on some A deck department man, sailing vessels, but the Cubore apparently as AB, Sweeney hails from NW No seaman takes his pleasures lightly, and the Seafarers and in my many years of seafaring has the problem licked. I have seen both good and bad Favibault, Minn., and was born on the cruise, ship Del Sud who finally staged their annual men Ship's delegate W. W. Cain also there 35 years ago this past Juno. in these key jobs. picnic recently—after not one but two postponements due Also, Brother Franklin says that noted briefly that "everything is 4 4 4 to unprecedented changes in sailing schedules—are obviously when a steward ships as a cook running very well BESIDES A HEARTY VOTE OF no exception. By all accounts, the festive affair in New or baker, "he is a demoted stew­ in all dep^trtOrleans was a huge success and will likely be repeated for ard." This is something'else I do ments," and this thanks to the steward department years to come. agreeable state of "for meals well prepared and good not agree with. Under our rotaryaffairs is not only service to go with them," the Sea­ These "little things" are important, since Seafarers, after shipping rules, a man is entifled to ship in the rating he is qualified a credit to him farer-crew of the Sea Comet II all, are like everybody else. Nobody likes to see the best- for. If a member is a certified and his fellow (Seatraders) had a special note of laid plans laid low, and the Del Sud crew acted accordingly -steward and wishes to ship as A delegates Steph­ praise for the skipper of the vessel in seeing them through. en R. Wagner also. steward, he registers in Group One Minutes of a recent ship's meet­ (deck), Harry The Del Sud, affair, as it finally came off, gave evidence and waits his turn for a job. If he ing reported that the "crew went ships as a cook or baker that Is Schultz (engine) of the care, resourcefulness, thoroughness and enthusiasm Sweeney and Wflliam T. on record to give with jvhich it was planned and executed. And for this much his choice, and he ahould remem­ a vote of thaiiks credit is due the members of the committee on arrangements ber that he wasn't Shipped as a Rose (steward) but to the entire and appreciation critic, but to do the "job he took crew. and the crewmembers who wholeheartedly backed them-up. off the board in the hall. to Captain SterCain's success* also possibly stems ritt for his full But it is one thing to plan and another to maintain faith Should Cut The' Mustard from the fact that he is living up cooperation with when it seems that through the quirks of chance those plans I also say that a man should not to his name ("W. W." stands for the crew." Such may never materialize. That sort of setback is the test of as a steward If he cannot cut Woodrow Wilson) • and is carrying outright praise perseverance which turns the plan—the blueprint—into the ship the mustard in all steward depart­ on the tradition of one of the from the unli­ reality. ' ment ratings. This is in reference better-known US presidents and crew for The moral here is that the spirit which finally produced to Brother Franklin's -statement statesmen. He hails-from Balti-- censed the master of a Hughes the affair is typical of that exhibited by-Seafarers for the that a good steward does not make more these days and began ship­ vessel must be ping with" the SIU from there in deserved, although the minutes did many more momentous happenings which helped shape the a good cook, and vice versa. Brothers, many certified stew­ February, 1952. Cain sails on deck not provide any bill of particulars. SIU of today. Years ago only a dreamer—or worse—could conceive of things as they are now, of the benefits and con­ ards at times ship in lesser ratings and was born 31 years ago tomor­ 4 4 4 in the steward department, and I row, Sept. 18, in the state of Ken­ ditions that are almost commonplace today. Now they are think THE LAST MEETING OF THB that the present rotary lihip- tucky. very real, and the future—it is hoped—will be even brighter. ping system is a good SIU policy. Savannah SIU branch had an allii, 'X> Hats off, thenj to the undaunted Del Sud picnickers. Little If a man wants a steward'^ job, let Savannah crew of Seafarers on the PUTTING HIS KNOWLEDGE rostrum handling the reins as things mean a lot. him buck the shipping list or else it it 4" register in a group where there is of the SHf .contract to use where officers of the meeting. Heading up it can dp a lot of good, John R. the regular bi-weekly membership a faster turnover. Brother Franklin also mentioned Sweeney has been unanimously gathering in the port was J. E. that there is now congestion in elect^ ship's delegate on the Floyd as chairman, R. B. Bennett, Seafarers have a tradition of generosity and offering help stewards' ratings. At present you George A. Lawson (Pan Oceanic), secretary, and J. C. Hughes, read­ to others that is already commonplace dn many parts of the will find congestion in all ratings which is enroute to Sasebo, Japan. ing clerk, all of whom were cred­ world as well as on their home shores. A recent instance —deckt engine and steward—but A relative newcomer to the SIU, ited with a fine job. of this was unfolded in the far-off port pf Pusan, Korea, where even.so we SIU meq get jobs. It who joined in New York, in April, Floyd, who sails on deck, was 27 Sweeney left the Atlantic Re­ years old last month and was born authorities are in the midst of a fund-raising campaign that may not be a job in the highest 1953, fining fleet last year to become a in the nearby state of South Caro­ rating we are qualified for, but it's seeks to improve hospital facilities in the area.. shoreside SIU organizer in the lina. He joined the SIU in New a job. A progress report on the drive, which is about half over, I say keep the present shipping tanker drive. York in May, 1948; One of tho indic-.es that the crews of ten SlU-manned ships which were system in the steward department. His contract know-how is appar­ early members of the Union, who in Pusan during July reacted generously to the fund appeal. I also say that in my many years ently coming inltandy, and Swee­ joined up in Savannah in Decem­ Despite their compai'ative small numbers, their contributions of seafaring I have seen many ups ney, as a former Atlantic tanker- ber, 1938, Bennett was bom March surpassed those of several large MSTS transports with crews and downs in the maritime indus­ man and onetime member of the 1, 1919 in the state of Georgia. Ho of several hundred men each, and this undoubtedly added try, and I confidently believe that Fleet Council, governing body of also sails in the deck department, our SIU rotary shipping system is Atlantic's "company union," well shipping as AB. Immeasurably to the pleasure of helping, the cause. Hughes is onother South Cara» the" best system for getting seamen appreciates the opp<frtunity to air , The main point, however, is that Seafarers take it upon jobs I have ever seen, not only for a beef when Ih* occasion calls for lina native, who was born there IS themselves to help out others whenever they can. To a sea- stewards but for men in all depart- it. A current sore point on the ves­ years ago. He ships as chief .cook naan» almost rmybody can be classed as an "unfortunate" if menti. sel Is tho fact that the two lady and joined tho SIU in Mobflo la work out >ut his years on land. • Frank Cullisoa • pasaengers being carried are signed 1946. Vote ^ Thanks •'-'A I \ Picnic And Progress ^ m" j;i'. II- W-y^' Ife- m- P |g|;i||;:^^,has;t9v An SIIJ Tradition '^1 •^1 <. I �Wage Ten •• - - -'l"' • ,v uv \ ••' ":: ir i., SEAFAMEAS LOC ••*•'•••. . ' - aeptembgr.lT.'MM'/. • 1#-: • If-',. La •fc'- • ' •- - • • • I ..-•"I'v/-' '• > '' : B'v;: The last 16 years, since the birth of thi^ SIU, has seen a profound change in the sea­ faring man. While previously he was char­ acterized as a "drifter" with* no roots or ties to" the land, today — and for several years' now — he has come to be recognized as a responsible citizen of the community, with a family, a good job and very often a home of his own. ' • Seafarers credit this change in their way of life to their Union. Improvements and increased wages on the ships have had their effect on conditions ashore. Years ago, his payoff — small as it was — was drained away on transient pleasures and he was forced to ship again as the only means of survival. Things are much different today. The greiCt majority of Seafarers, like 28-year old Jim Lamb, AB, are married men who regard the seagoing life as the best way to provide for themselves and their families. Nearly 1,400 of them have received the $200 SIU maternity benefit paid by the Union upon the birth of a child in the nearly two and a half years since this benefit began. Some have already collected it twice in this .period, and plan to go on and raise large families. Typical of the seamen of today. Lamb and his wife, Jeanne, own their own small home in the suburban community of Levittown, Long Island, 4n New York Stater Married but five months, they just recently, moved in and are decorating the place on their own. Garden, young trees line the home of Seafarer Jim Lamb, AB, and his wife, Jeanne, in the pleasant Shipping for the past 12 years in the deck suburban community of Levittown, Long Island, in New York. department on SIU ships, Jim is putting his on-tbe-job skills to work at home as far as painting and minor carpentry jobs are con­ cerned. His wife, now completing training . as a nurse,, helps aut. Between thern, they expect to see the job through with little trouble. ** Lamb doesn't like the hurried life of the city. When he's ncft working — l^e's on the^ Yorkmar (Calmar) right now — he^Spends • his leisure time fixing up his garden or just relaxes in the pleasant surroundings of his home. Moreover, he admits this place is just a stop-gap. One of these days he hopes to buy a piece of property in the country somewhere and build it up just the way he wants it. Mean­ while, he's happy where he is. Born in France and raised in England, Lamb first began sailing from England. After Painting the bathroorn is easy when both An AB, with lots of painting know-how, Jim he wound up hospitalized in Canada one trip, Jeanne and Jim turn to 'on the job. finds the job at home a cinch, N he got a berth on an SIU-A&G ship, the Ironclad (Waterman), bound for Russia in March, 1942. The ship was lost on the rocks near Archangel, but he sailed the rest of the 'War without incident, living in NY between ' trips. He shipped out of New Orleans for . " • three years, but prefers to sail with Isthmian on C-3s so he came back to NY. Originally he bought the house in Levit­ town as an investment and rented it out, but when he. married Jeanne they took the place over. Although she's not too keen on his going to sea all the time and would rather - he'd take a shoreside job. Lamb acknowl­ ife-i'edges that most of the things he has today fe-- are due to his being a Seafarer, so he intends to keep sailing for a while yet. , , He lik6s sailing. 'TVs a good, easy life, es9 pecially when ^y^ single^, and it's nice to have a couple of grand after a payoff," he : - Outside of house get»a gding-oycii4ooj«He'e »'«'<^»r^' '*^i^' -^offeetime'> oomes: fashci^^ anj- provides ^a fS-v' - .r- not^. ."I^ dioii't^ think I'th. be iquitting for - a .^n,^^-ewned.thepkee-for--tWo>yeai^f'f«fi^?i4ac4^^^.«*¥iid*««4M»akria«th«^««deeoi«tkJ^^ . J... :-V.- 'V'-' -• MJ-:.. 'Jm- �foong peach tree in garden of the Lamb home gets Jim's careful attention. Inside house, Mrs. Lamb turns attention to regular house-cleaning tasks. He checks mail book for letters from his former shipmates and friends. .' ^ 'M •r. a I'S '-Ix rrunks; ^oxes- irt foripeb living quartws' ere^moved into the house end stored ewey.' Jipi^Snd Jeanne rtv )iiun^b.a{«<<t^cal-of. many' H^wlyt-mamed deaferas w have their own homees^^^ f« siv,-,v^, Lamb turns in baggage check .for his gear. inHe't now on the Y^orkmar • (C«lmar)4 •• �• ••' • • ^ :"•;. -•.t' 8«|ieBi0er 1T< 19M' PR-' PQltr ttEPORlS. >....... Baltimore: py '^' Pr' Shipping Levels OK But Beekmen Get Jobs to protect the Union In the current lawsuit against the Sea Chest.* During the past two weeks we had no payoffs or sign-ons here, but in transit were the Alcoa Puri­ tan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Robin Mowbray and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping), and Warrior (Water­ man). All of these ships were in good shape. In the USPHS Hospital at pres­ ent we have C. R. Flowers, Earl Congleton, George Leckler, Her­ bert Bumpas, Russell Jackson and James Armstrong. Ben Rees Norfolk Fort Agent Mobile: Bwlarkfiig tabor Day In New Orleans LafayeHe Will Garry Inda-Chiaa Bafagaas Shipping In this port during the Shipping in this port levelled off during the past two weeks and I past two weeks can be considerec believe we have now reached fair, with some 173 men shipped to ebbtide. During this period we regular jobs and 124''men shipper shipped 166 men to regular jobs to various relief jobs in and aroimd and three men to standby jobs, the harbor. Despite six ships lay­ but registrations for the period exceeded this amount by about 100 ing up, we stilT managed to get men. Even so, however, there was quite a few offshore jobs out of the no hardship on bookmen, and haU. there were jobs available for all ^ Ships paying off and signing on those who regis­ during this last report period were ' ti tered and who the Claiborne, Lafayette, Monarch cared to get out. Lake Charles: of the Seas and Warhawk (Water­ During the last man); Pelican Mariner "'(Bloomtwo weeks we field), and Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa had the following Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa ships paying off: Boamer and Al­ Suzanne, Mae coa Clipper The affairs of this port are and Ines (Bull); (Alcoa). running along smoothly. We had a Chiwawa (Cities In transit dur­ payoff for the Council Grove Service); Robin Sjoberr ing tbis period (Cities Service)- on September 8, Mowbray -(Seas were the Del with one beef sent to headquarters Shipping); John B. Watei-man Monte (Missis­ (Waterman); Steel Worker (Isth- for a ruling^ an^ also an article sippi) and . De beef on the Bull Run (Petrol mlan); William H. Carruth (TransSoto, Bienville Tankers), but all other beefs were fuel); Pennmar, Oremar (Calmar), .and Iberville and Marore, Chilore, Feltore and settled before the payoffs. We also (Waterman). • had a little misunderstanding with Cubore (Oi-e). One of the Signing on were the Oremar and the skipper of the Warhawk (Wa­ ships that, we paid off here— terman) over filling out the crew. " Marymar (Calmar); John B. Water­ the Lafayette—was chartered by man (Waterman); Chiwawa (Cities He wanted to take the ship out the MSTS to be used as a mercy short to Mobile to lay up, but we Snapped at the Labor Day celebration of the AFL Central Trades Service), and Cubore, Marore, convinced him that this was not ship hauling refugees out of the and Labor Council in New Orleans are Paul Barker (left) and A. Chilore and Feltore (Ore). Indo-China area, and will probably P. Harvey, Council president. Barker, chief speaker at celebration, In transit wfere the Steel Fabri­ the thing to do, and the ship/went be in this service from six months is attorney for New Orleans SIU, which Ts affiliated with Council cator and Steel Seafarer (Isth­ out with a full crew. to a year. The Lafayette left here Besides the "Council Grove, along with Marine Aliied Workers, SUP and MFOW. mian); Mobilian, Chickasaw aiid in ballast headed for In(io-(5hina, Antinous (Waterman); Robin Sher­ which paid off and signed on again, where she is scheduled to go into wood (Seas Shipping); Alcoa Pu­ and the Warhawk and Bull Run in drydock andjie fitted out to carry transit or for payoff: La Salle, Seattle: ritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); transit, we had the following ships the refugees. There is also a possi­ Mobilian, Citrus Packer, Warrior, Southern Cities (Southern); Evelyn, in transit here during the past two bility that- in the near future the Wiid Ranger, Chickasaw and An­ Ines and Marina (Bull); Santore weeks: MSTS vOill charter several other tinous (Waterman) and Alcoa Salem Maritime, Bents Fort, ships for this same kind of semce. Patriot, Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa Po­ (Ore), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Paoli, Bradford Island, Logans laris, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Corsair Receiving Hospital Benefits First Payoff fot Pelican • Fort, Winter Hill and Chiwawa Shipping in this port during the In the hospital, receiving bene­ (Cities Service), and Del Aires When we paid off the,Pelican and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa). For fiur Seafarer of the Week past two weeks has be£n fair, and fits, are Elmer Lamb, Vincenzo (Mississippi). Mariner here, it was for Her firgt Russo, Elmer Hansen, Steven trip since coming out of the ship­ we nominate E. L. (Jack) Bates, although the outlook for the future Leroy Clarke Boides, Robert Wingert, Anthony Lake Charles Port Agent yard at Pascagoula and making a who is known to his friends as is not too good, it looks as if the Maiello, Clyde Ward, Franklin six-months run to the Orient. 'Gator Mouth." Bates. This nick­ lumber strike here is about over 4" 4 3) Oilman, Gorman Glaze, Eugene There she lost approximately a name comes from his, booming and that may improve the situation. During^the last report period Plahn, Edward Yeamans,- Jessie Tampa: third of her original crew from voice which can be heard from Clarke, Frank Palyor, 'Samuel sickness and accidents. When she bow to stem on any day of the we signed on the John C. (Atlantic Mills, Jimmie Heifer, Edmond paid T)ff here, however, she was in week. Bates is married and makes Carriers) and paid off the Amersea Cain and Delvini Broduer. pretty good shape. There were his home in Louisiana but is ship­ (Blackchester), Liberty Beli (Tramp some beefs and some performing ping out of Mobile for a while. He Cargo) and Seacomet II (Ocean -We also have quite a few old• Shipping has. been pretty good in the steward department, but usually ships as chef on the pas­ Carriers). timers on the beach at this time, -In"transit were including Lou Brown, one, of in this port for the past two weeks, these were all settled in SIU style senger ships, but. will ship as stew­ ard or chief cook on the freighters the Longview with one payoff and sign-on and at the -payoff. The ship is tenta­ our better-known stewards; John Victory (Victoiy tively sche.dbled to go to a ship­ as well. While on the beach his Taurin, our ace quartermaster; the usual run of coastwise ships. Carriers), FairPaying off and signing on was yard in Texas and there is some favorite pastime- is fishing in the Pete Solberg, FWT deluxe, and port .. and Yaka Alfred Sjoberg, one of our real The Cabins (Mathiasen) and in doubt abmt her making another Louisiana swamps and he claims (Waterman) and oldtime bosuns. There are also transit were the Southern States trip. However, in view of the trou­ he is pretty good at it. Calmar, Alamar Oldtimers now -on the beach quite a number of others who make (Southern) and Iberville, De" Soto bled situation in the Formosa area and S e a m a r Baltimore their regular port to and Chickasaw (Waterman). The anything can happen, and she herb Include L. Smith, M. J. 'Kar(Calmar). Iberville called here twice. might go out again instead of lay­ levec, H. Graham, Robert Broadus, ship from. For our' Sea­ E. C. Vitou, D. Bissett, F. Reyes, The Cabins signed on with no ing up. Earl Sheppard farer of . t h e S. Word, G. Perdome, H. S. Curry, trouble and the in-transits were Baltimore Port Agent As far as shipping prospects for Barton Week ,we have also in good shape. C. B. Ivey and Henry Koppersmith. the coming two weeks dVe con­ • $1 ^ J, selected Seafarer Jesse L. Bar­ Ray White Cal Tanner cerned, we have the following ton, who joined the Union in Tampa Port Agent Norfolk:' ^ Mobile Port Agent ships due to hit the port either in May, 1946, in Galveston. Barton,' who is 50, worked as a long­ shoreman in Houston before be^ ginning to ship, and now sails as bosun.- He is married and makes At the last membership meeting his home in Bellingham, Wash. in this port, the port agent spoke Besides Bartbn, men on the about the effect of the "50-50" bill beach-here now include R. Vicker^ on coai shipments, in the port of man, S. Cqllison and Jack Stough.. Shipping Figures August 25 to September 7 Hampton Roads, from which most In" the hospital are B. Burk, E. of the • 10 million tons will be REG., REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SKIP. TOTAL Cannon, H. Harvey, H. Harrell,^;; shipped. He pointed out that al­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED K. Ming and G. Basson. Boston 19 6 12 37 12 8 10 30 though the bill signed by President Jeff Gillette Eisenhower does not become a law New York m 1I8 110 349 102 97 77 278 Seattle Port Agent until January 1, 1955, this coal Philadelphia 19 20 25 64 15 ^10 14 39 must be delivered by June 30, Baltimore 109 , 91 46 246 68 . 57 41 166 1955. He also said activity in the 9^ 8 10 27 1 ^ 3 7 coal charter market, even by for­ I Norfolk Savannah ..;.... 6-. ; *8 9 28 8 4 3 10 eign ships, wiU boost the charter Regular membership meet­ price for coal to the point where Tampa 14 ' 20 18 62 6 » 4 ^15 ings in,.8lU headquarters end, American ships can compete. Mobile 54 47 60 ' 151 A8 88 62 173 at all branches are held every. • Back Up Sea Chest New Orleang 77 50 62 ^189 48 46 44 ^ i38 second Wednesday night at , At the meeting, the members Galveston 84 25 'S4 83 - 21 21 7 49 7 PM. The schedule for the. also discussed the Itea Chest. They next few meetings Is as follows: Seattle 80 ' , 22 10 62 28 ' 11 13 52 unanimously-gave a-vote of thanks Sept. 22, Oct. 6. Oct. 20. SanPrancisfo 51 « 8iliw 21 19 5 4» and cpnfldence to all the Union All SeaZareni registered OA officials who made the Sea- Chest • Wilmington 9 8 ' 5 19 . 8 ^ li 20- ' the shipping list are required possible^ and tw'yowered them to to atteng the mceltngs, IR ' take whatever dtMa mra neceswiy Port Affairs Smooth; CS Tankor Signs On Lumber Strike's EnJ May Improve Shipping Goaslwisa Ships Keep Port's Business Good Members Back Up SlU In Sea Chest Aetien A & G SmPPMNG RECORD Meeting Night Eveng 2 Weeks tlSf" '.'t-"'• .'Vi �~m^-. Sewtembcr 17, SEAVAkERSLOC .... PORT REPORTS Boston: Hall Recnperatiag Affar'Carol'liifs Our SIU hall here Jn Boston Is DOW recuperating froin the effects of the recent Hurricane Catdl, thanks to the help 6f Brother E. Olson who helped us restore the hatch on the roof after Carol sent it spinning to the street. Brother James Penswick passed away in the Brighton Marine Hos­ pital oh August 29. The SIU/ sent a floral wreath to his services and the port agent attended them. The Union also sent a floral wreath to the services held for Brother Robert Pebk, who died in Africa while aboard the Robin Trent.' Brother Penswick Peck was buried in "Winslow Cemetery with full military honors as he had Ibeen in the Navy and was a member of the American Legion. Shipping Slow Shipping continued to be slow in this port during the past two weeks with only the. Ann Marie (Bull) and Winter Hill (Cities Service) paying off and signing on. The Ann Marie is on continuous articles. , ' In transit during this period were the Steel Seafarer and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Robin Hood and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping), and Antinous, Hastings and De Soto (Waterman). Brothers Donate Blood Brother Tom Fleming called the hall aij^ asked me to express his gratitude to the brothers who do­ nated blood to his wife, who is very iff. The ^rothejs who gave blood were J. Rubery,'G. Williams, T. Cummings and C. Meloon. Among the men on the beach now are J. Rubery, whose last ship was the Orion Comet; P. Gradozzi, whose last ship was the Seatiger, and W. Cutter, whose last ship was the Queenston Heights. * In the marine hospital are J. Petrusewicz, F. ' Alasavich, W. O'Brien, A. Snider and J. Herrold. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent to the mid-section of the dis­ credited old ILA and coiild be a step in the right direction for the. ultimate reorganization of workers not in the AFL along the Philadel­ phia waterfront. Paid Off Four Ships During the past two weeks we paid off the Marina and Dorothy (Bull), Republic (Trafalgar) and Logans Fort (Cities Service), and signed on the Republic and Logans Fort. In transit' were the Southern Cities (Southern); Steel Fabricator, Steel Seafarer and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Suzanne (Bull); Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Marymar and Pennmar (Calmar), and Antinous, Hastings and John B. Waterman (Waterman). A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent 4" $1 4* Savannah: Happy Grewmen Foaad On In-Trapsit Ships Bull Run, OS Tankers Pay Off And Sign On Shipping has been slow in this port during the past two weeks. We paid off the Bull Run- (Petrol Tankers) and the Council Grove and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) and signed on the Bull Run and Fort Hoskins. In transit were the Alexandra (Carras); Afcoa Pegasus '(Alcoa); Seatrains New York, New Jersey, Savannah and Texas -(Seatrain); City of Alma, Bienville and Arizpa (Wa­ terman); Steel i Recorder (Isthmian); Mae (Bull); Council Grove ^Cities Service), and South­ Laffoon ern Districts (Southern). There werg a few minor beefs on some of these ships but ^ they were all squared'away to the sat­ isfaction of the crews. E. La Soya is waiting here for^a Seatrain, while J. Mathews is out of the hospital and ready for action again. Bill Laffoon will be ready for action in a couple of weeks after .an operation. Still in the hospital are D. Fisher, W. Edwards, S. J. Smith, J. Leston, C. B. Young, K. A. Hellman, M. A. Plyler, I. J. Torre and W. W. Currier. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent Shipping has been average here during the past two weeks. We paid off and signed on the Cai'olyn (Bull) and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic); Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia (Seatrain); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Wacosta (Waterman), and Southern Districts (Southern). The Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia each called here twice. When the Robin Kirk was.here in transit she SjUre had a happy crew aboard her and the crews of the 4" 4» other ships seemed just about^as New Orleans: happy, with not a beef among them. ' , Joined Union In '45 For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate J. E. F'oyd who joined the Union in December, 1945, after finishing a year of col­ lege. Floyd says he thinks the No. 1 feature of the Union is the Wel­ fare Services program, and that this fact was brought home to him recently when he broke his leg aboard the Southwind and found the collection of his maintenance and cure made easy because of the Welfare program. On the beach here are J. H. Maxey, R. W.- Thomas, L. A. Dewitt, G. G. Parker and J. Brown. In the marine hospital are R. F. Roberts, L. F. Swegan, J. H. Mor­ Plii/ode/phio.-* ris, A. F Meadows, R. C, Shedd, J. T. Moore, W. C, Sanders, E. Carrollton, J. Littleton, P. Bland. C. G. Truesdell, B. W. Brinson, A. 'W, Lima and W. J. Wolfe. Shipping in this port has been Jeff Morrison below level, and there are no pay­ Savannah Port Agent offs or sign-ons in sight that might possibly relieve the situation In the near future. During the past week, however, we have had a few tankers and we hope this will be the beginning of the tanker movement in the port. We feel reasonably sure that we SIU, A&G District may get a fair share of these tank"- BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. ers hauling their winter fuel car­ Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4S40 276 State St. goes. We are also watching with BOSTON James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 interest the progress of our nego­ GALVESTON ....' .21st Mechanic tiating committee's current talks Keith Alsop, AgenC. Phone 2-8448 on tanker contracts, and have LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Phone 6-5744 every hope that our committee will, Leroy Cldrke, Agent 1 South Lawrence St. bring these talks to a successful MOBILE Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 conclusion. NEW ORLEANS : 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent ' Tugboat''yictpry t Magnolia 6112-6113 We would also like to inform NEW VORK...'.. 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 the^ membership that the IhternalSi7-129 Bank St. tion'al* Brptherhhod of Longshore- NORFOLK ten Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. meUj^ AFL, has met wit^ success in S. Cardullo, Agefnt ' Market 7-1635 their .origanizational -drive among SAN FRANCISCO 45Q Harrison St. T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 the tugboat workers in this area. Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative This victory for the AFL long­ PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 shoremen, in conjunction with the Sal SAVA.NNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jell Morrison, - Agent Phone 3-1728 Br^herhqod of jjarine Engineers, SEATTLE .. ' 27on 1st Ave. make the tugboats in'thi^aSga ,?«- Jeff GiUette, Agent Elliott 4334, .. 1809-1811 N., JFranklln .SI, tjggjy.AFJl'r^ tnisJa a^nkher. blow TAMPA Hay White. Agent -^Pnoae 2-i3a» mmm. i> • w i wwn Tankers Herald Start Of Winter Shipping Galveston: 41 ing Plek-Uii Sssn in§ Hexl 2 Weaks Shipping has been generally poor in this port during the past two weeks, but it has not been too bad for bookmen. During the next two weeks, however, we expect things to pick up considerably, as we have nine ships due in here for payoffs. We have learned that the Alcoa Clipper and other Alcoa passenger ships are going into drydock, and that the company intends to call the men back in accordance with the shipping rules, so that the old crews can go back to the ships. Payoffs And Sign-Ons During the past two weeks we paid off the Steel Recorder (Isth­ mian), Del Sol (Mississippi), Iber­ ville (Waterman) and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). We signed on the Del Aires and Del Monte (Mississippi) and Transatlantic. In transit were the Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Del Monte am] Del Aires (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain), and Claiborne, Fairisle, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville, Mobilian and Morning Light (Wa­ terman). All of the payoffs and sign-ons were good, with only minor repair and other beefs reported. Llndsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent 4 San Francisco: Good Outlook Is Seen For Western Shipping Shipping in this port during the past two werfts has been slow. The outlook for the future, however, is good. Although we had no payoffs dur­ ing these past two weeks, and al­ though we had ./.isauiaafc'* only one sign-on, we did have six in-transits which all took some men, and today the Kyska (Wa­ terman) took crew, w h i c ir helped out con­ siderably, so that Johnson the bookmen in this port have been able to move pretty rapidly. We are supposed to have two or three ships coming in' here this week but they may possibly be diverted. As far as we know the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans.) and Young America (Waterman) are due in here now. The ship we signed on during the last two weeks was the Longview 'Victory (Victory Carriers) and in transit were the Seamar (Cal­ mar), Steel Vendor and Steel Age (Isthmian) and Fairport, Madaket and Yaka (Waterman). . Brock First Bookman The first book issued by the Ad­ missions Committee on the West Coast went to Jack Dempsey Brock. This brother was obligated at our last meeting and we all offer him our sincere coiigratulations. Men on the beach here now are H, Johnson, W. Parks, P. Robert­ son, C. McKee, J. Sheldon, J. Syrles, C. Lawson, V. Valencia, D. Pierce, H. Hutchins, G. Gates, A. J. Begg and W. Brown. In the hospital are Charles Brown, R. Rivera, P. S. Yuzon, W. Singleton, J. Perreira, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, B. M. Foster, B. A. Eerman, J. Childs and A. Flores. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent New York: Political Winds Blow -So Does Hurricane The hottest thing in New York right now is the political situation and, as usual, we are doing what we can to help out our friends m their respective bids for election or reelection. There is some keen competition for a lot of the local and national offices. We had an unwelcome visitor up this way last week. One of those Florida hurricanes hit it up in this area and left a half billion dollars in damage and 27 dead. Most of the damage was in Long Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, but there was considerable flood damage and lights and telephones out in New York City. Shipping has continued to be good here in New York for all ratings except stewards, who are moving slowly. Rated black gang men are able to ship at will, with the dispatcher having to plead with firemen and oilers to take the jobs. All of the ships hitting here in the past two weeks have been in good shape with a minimum of beefs. Keep up the good work, boys, as this is the way We like to see them come in. Paid Off 24 Ships During the past two weeks we paid off 24 ships, signed 7 on for­ eign articles and serviced 17 intransits. The following were the ships paid off; Warrior, Hastings and Penin.sula Manner (Waterman); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers); Lone Jack, Beats Fort, Salem Maritime, French Creek, Paoli and Bradford Island (Cities Service); Steel Fabricator, Steel Seafarer, Steel Apprentice and Steel Archi­ tect (Isthmian); Rosario, Angelina and Franee.s (Bui]); Robin Hood (Seas Shipping); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Mary Adams (Bloomfield); Barbara Frietchie (Liberty Navigation), and Sea­ trains Savannah, Louisiana and j Texas (Seatrain). Signing on were the Lawrence 'Victory (Mississippi): Steel Fabri­ cator, Steel Apprentice and Steel Architect (Isthmian); Robin Mow­ bray (Seas Shipping); Jefferson _ City Victory (Victory Carriers), and Mary Adams (Bloomfield). The in-transits were the Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Chickasaw, Mo­ bilian, De Soto and Antinous (Waterman); Kathryn, Beatrice and Ann Marie (Bull); Seatrains New York, New Jersey and Georgia (Seatrain); Bull Run and The Cabins (Mathiasen); Steel Worker and Steel Rover (Isth­ mian); Alexandra (Carras), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer J" JWilmington: 4 V WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn SECRETARY TREASURER Paul HaU ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina. Claude Simmons Joe Volpian William HaU SUP HONOIUL.0 FORT WILLIAM 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. 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Phone; £»ek 5-3414 Alcoa Planter Sign-On Helps Shipping Here During the past two weeks ship­ ping was not too good in this port, but we did have the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) pay off and sign on here and this helped us out consider­ ably. This ship was due to pay'off in Seattle, but due to engine trouble they sent her here. The payoff was clean, and when she signed on again it was for a run back to the Far East. In transit here during the past two weeks were the Steel Vendor and Steel Age (Isthiriian); Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Seacliff (Coral); Yaka and Gateway City (Waterman), and Massmar (Cal­ mar). — / ... Ernest:-.Tjllcy • ' Warouigtem Port Agent ' "-•4: 1 •;v| • - Si .cS •m •J .. iil '• �{I'. Fan FrartecB ' SEAFARERS ' LOG Kicking In To This Ships Fund Is A Reaf Lip-Smacking Pleasure ——:— •( September 17, 19S4 OFF WATCH This feature is designed io offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers There are some SIU ships where accumulating a ship's fund is a pretty painful process, may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and frequently with some unwilling crewmember saddled with the task of chasing after his aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, shipmates to collect a buck or so. And on these ships, the-ship's fund generally veers 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. •' ' pretty close to the red when"*^ Seagoing Jazz enthusiasts with has often wondered how to dress it isn't actually in it. an LP phonograph at their disposal up the sometimes-unattractive end•This isn't so on the Seatrain ipay find their pleasure in any or grain of a plywood table or cabinet Louisiana. Not only is the ship's all of four 12-inch long-playing without a great deal of work will fund substantially in the black, records -issued recently featuring be happy to learn that a Seattle and not only have the crew figured the work of Duke Ellington. One firm has come up with an answerout a painless process of kicking in disk, "The Music of Duke Ellington to the problem. "Wpod Tape" is a —they've even made the process Played by Duke Ellington (Co­ finishing material for plywood enjoyable. lumbia)," contains reissues of some edge^ that is supposed to go on as According to Walter Mueller, of his best work from 1928 to 1949, easily as a band-aid. It is actually the ship's treasurer, the Louisiana's including his original recordings of a thin slice of veneer three-quar­ fund—^which now "Sophisticated Lady," "I Let A ters of an inch wide and as Ipng stands at over Song Go Gut of My Heart" knd as you want it, and is made in fir, $250 — comes ''The Mooche." The others are birch, walnut, oak and Philippine from the pro­ more current items: the "Duke mahogany. The stuff comes with' ceeds of a coke Ellington Seattle ^Concert (Victor)" its own pressure sensitive adhesive; machine which dating back to March, 1952; "Elling-' and stays on for good, making the the men bought ton '55 (Capitol)" featuring virtual­ plywood look like clean solid wood. early last year. ly the same band, and "Memories And it can be painted. You can Even with cokes, of Ellington (Norgran)," headlin­ buy it at retail lumber yards for selling for a ing Johnny Hodges, who' was a aljout 12 cents a foot, or order Nick Wuchina, who took this photo, didn't identify the sleeping nickel a bottle, Mueller mainstay of the Ellington group direct' from Puget Modem, Inc.^ Seafarer, but he's shown here aboard the Waterman C-S|i AfoUndria, the machine not Seattle. some years back. during a recent run to the Far East. only provides enough to keep the " is, is, is, ^ X ship's fund solvent, but also Photography fans who are shop­ Here's a tip from a reieent "Field enough for extras for the men and Stream" for those who carry ping for a new tripod may be from time to time. maps of their fishing and hunting interested in a new gadget called Last Christmas, for instance, the territory vnth them on trips. You the "Shoulderpod," which is a crew voted themselves a two-weeks can make them last a lot longer camera-steadying device fitting bonus of cokes for free—an enter­ by giving them a coat of water­ right on"'the shoulder. Operated prise which resulted in the con­ proof varnisli, which will protect by a pistol grip, it features an, suming of s6me 54 cases. Film them from rain and atmospheric adjustable platform, a curved, From time to time the LOG receives stories about Sea­ moisture and keep them crisp and aluminum piece shaped like a half! rentals for the movie projector, a new electric iron, and flowers for farers who claim to be champ fishermen, but we think this readable longer. U, which can taken apart for the funeral of a deceased brother one tops 'em all. It concerns Frank Wald of the Yaka (Waterstowing in a gadget bag. As such, , is, ^ are some of the other uses to Seafarers who went through it might be .just the thing for the — t^man), and according to one of which the money has been put. Japanese submarine attacks in Seafarer with little storage room Where's H is Visa^ shipmates, Frank lands the World War II might find some aboard ship. The item has been Originally Cost $250 big ones without even hook­ ing them. In fact, they hop right fascination in reading about what put on the market for $7.75 by The coke machine, Mueller re-, went on at the dishing-out-end of Monu Inventions, Box 11, Engleout of the water into his lap. ports, originally fost $250, of which . . .. Writing from Cristobal, Canal things during the Japanese . sub­ wood. Col. half was paid for through dona­ marine campaign from 1941. to Zone, oiler Tom Scanlon, of the tions - and the rest through the A neat trick on howJ:o~ make Yaka, relates Wald's exploits as 1945. "Sunk" is the brief title nf profits made on it. The coke costs a book written by Mochitsure your tools make life easie1r*for you follows: about 80 cents a case—80 cents in "We have several. fishermen Hashimoto, who is said to be one is for the carpenter who uses'a steel Galveston, 81V^ cents in New Or­ aboard this Waterman rust bucket, of the only four Japanese U-boat rule for measuring lengths of board leans—and the crew pays a man but we have one who takes the commanders to survive the war. or the like,-.'You tan make a steel 20 cents a case to handle it and cake for a fish story that really The book will first be published on riile easier to read by rubbing 'it take care of the machine. That Sept. 27 by Henry Holt and Com­ with a piece of chalk and then happened. makes about a buck a case.pany and can probably be obtained wiping it with a cloth. The chalk "While tied up at the dock Jn Mueller estimates the crew buys Miami, Frank Wald, the electrician, or ordered through any bookstore. will remain ' in the depressions around 50 cases orcoke every two made by the niimerals and save a is, ^ a, decided to try his weeks during the winter and about The do-it-yourself craftsman who lot of eye strain. luck, so he went 70 cases, during the summer. At a onto the dock nickel a bottle, this figures out to during his lunch about $14 of clear profit every two LOG-A-RHYTHM: hour. weeks. ~ "He was fishing Mueller says the Louisiana's with a thin glass scheme wouldn't be possible with­ 4 hole, small hooks, out the cooperation the crew gets a 10-pound test from their port engineer, captain By M,. Dwyer line and no gaff, According to Manuel R. Costa, and chief mate. But as it is, the and no one paid this pup was picked up by Scanlon Idea is a real money maker. crewmen of the French Creek much attention to Also, Mueller says, the idea isn't him until someone saw him kicking (Cities Service) in Yokosuka, private property, so any of the a good-sized kingfish around on the fellows on coastwise ships who Japan. Appropriately enough, dock. want to pick it up are at liberty to he's named "Yoko." Note the "Anyway, In a few minutes he do so. life jacket "Yoko's" wearing. had a good-sized audience, but no­ body could figure out how he could hook a three-foot fish, weighing about 30 pounds, with such light gear. "Finally Frank admitted that he (1) Mr. Brown gave a .party for 100 employees. He promised to didn't hook the fish — it jumped give $5 to every woman present and $10 to every man. Half of the right out of the water onto the men did not come, but all the women did. How much money did Mr. dock. 'And It almost scared the daylights out of me,' he said." Brown give away? This may sound like quite a tall_ (2) Vice President Richard Nixon is a former US Senator from the fish story, Scanlon writes, but it state of: (a) New York, (b) California, (c) Alabama, (d) Illinois? actually happened Just that way. (3) We all have a patronymic. Wbat is it? (4) If you lived in England, when would you prefer a pram to a tram? (5) What territory is the largest possession of the US? (6) An artillery battery which divided its fire between two targets For obvious reasons the LOO recorded three times" as many hits on target one as on target two. If Sit beside a firelight, hold your loved one close tonight. cannot print any letter or ten percent of the shells fired failed to hit either target and a total For you've sworn no more to roam and she's happy'cause you're home!. other communications sent in of 280 shells were fired, how many shells hit the second target? Watch the embers twist and turn, telling your soul not to yeam^ by Seafarers tmless the author (7) Which is heavier: a pound of cork or a pound of balsa wood? , For the carefree sailing-days and the seaman's merry ways. • signs his name. Unsigned, (8) What Spanish explorer discovered Florida: (a) Hernando de Think not pf a distant shore calling you forevermore, ianonymous letters will only Soto; (b) Vasco de Gama, (c) Ponce de Leon, (d) Ferdinand MageUan? 'iSeacon liglits that gleani and shine—you'll forget all these tn time. wind up in the waste-basket Seagult cries and foam and spray, watches stood and sailing day. (9) What heavyweight who defeated Max Baer combined the study If circumstances justify, the Dawn at sea, clear blue sky you'll remember with a sigh. of Yoga with his regular training? LOG will withhold a signature Sit beside a firelight, hold yourjoved one close tonight. on request, but if you want it (10) What Government agencies do these initials refer to: (a) GPO As quietly ypu sit and stare, yoU will see your ghost-ship there. printed in the LOG, put your (b) FDIC, (c) ICC, (d) FTC? . ' •And your telltale heart will yearn for the day when you return^ , game. Ml it , <Qaii Answers on Page 17^ For your heart's no longer free once it's given to the sea,. J ^ Seaman Doesnt Co Fish, They Co After Him \ Yearning Quiz Corner Sign Name On LOGEieiters r? si V)".'- d �-Sevlember 17. 1954 SEAFARERS Pate Fifteen LOG Gets Royal Boot As Queen's Yacht Hogs The Dock If you hear anyone these days referring to the crew of the Lawrence Victory as "dis­ placed persons," it's because the Mississippi Victory -ship was nearly booted out of her berth at Goose Bay, Labrador, by the royal yacht of England's Queen Elizabeth. Bv Spike Marlin Unless there is some radical change between now and the end of the season, it's quite obvious that the leading batsman in the American League will be Ted Wil­ liams. But because of a technicali­ ty in the regulations and because American League pitchers fear him so much, Williams will not get the official batting championship. The rules book says that a man must have at least 400 at bats to be granted recognition as a batting champion. Ordinarily it is a fair enough rule because it judges a champion on the basis of a full season's performance and at the same time makes allowance for games missed because of injuries or illness. Normally, the average hitter will have his 400 at bats in about 110 to 115 games. Broke Collarbone In Williams' case, a broken collar­ bone he suilerea on his first day oi spring training kept him out of action for the first month. Then hardly had he gotten back into shape when a siege of pneumonia caused him to miss many more days of playing time. The result is that Williams has missed 37 games, or approximately 14 of the season. That alone would not be sufficient to keep him from the batting title. The irony of it is that he has been walked over 100 times this season by opposing pitchers, and since bases on balls do not constitute an official time at bat, he will -lose out on the championship accordingly. Almost any other ballplayer in the league appearing in the same number of games would be certain to have the minimum 400 at bats needed to qualify for the title. Can't Hurt Williams isn't helped either by. the weakness of the Boston line-up this season. With the Red Sox pitching failing to hold up, oppos­ ing teams are happy to put Wil­ liams on base, figuring that the free passes can't hurt them too much. All this points to an oft-stated fact—that the method now used in figuring batting averages is far from an accurate presentation of a hitter's worth. Anytime a man gets on base 100 times a season through walks it should be refiected in the batting figures. It would be only justice for Wil­ liams to get the formal recognition of the title because of his remark­ able comeback after a second tour of duty in the Marines during the Korean War. Despite his injuries" and his age, he still remains base­ ball^ best and most dangerous hitter, barring no man in either league. „ The Red Sox, who are going nowhere this year, are trying to give Williams a better crack at the title by batting him second in the line-up. But chances are extreme­ ly slim that he will pick up the necessary at-bats that way. Al­ though he was never the most popular ballplayer in the game, it's too bad that Williams won't get the recognition he deserves in the twilight of his career. This, according to crewman Pedro Garcia, took place as 'Round-The-World Bound the result of an unscheduled encounter between the Lawrence Victory an^ the royal yacht, which was carrying the Queen's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on his reApparently "cent visit to Canada. enjoying their "While cruising into the harbor 'round-t h e-world at Goose Bay," Garcia writes, "the Lawrence Victory was brought to trip .aboard the a n unexpected Steel Recorder halt by the (Isthmian) Queen'^ royal " are (front, 1-r): yacht, escorted W. Masterson, by a British cruiser. carpenter; AB "Anyway, we Russo, deck . is dropped the hook delegate, and and stood by Pettipas, bosun; , while the "sea­ going Cadillac" (rear, 1-r): Garcia tied up, but we AB "Frenchy" didn't realize^ then the events thatMartineau, ship's Shadow Boxers were, about to take place. The delegate, and yacht took up a little too much dock, and when we tried to dock, AB G. DeGreve. we found that the Lawrence was about 10 feef too long. "Then," Garcia reports^ "it start­ ed. As we eased up alongside,the dock, our stern tore off part of an old extended wharf. And . since we were smack up against the dock, we couldn't maneuver the vessel away from it without the-, help of tugs. For about two hours we tried to get the ship in and finally the captain, who no longer had any hair to pull, asked the -There may be seamen sailing under the SIU banner who skipper of the royal yacht to kindly have fallen into the habit of taking for granted the gains shift 15 feet further up. Silhouetted in the light of a " 'Why,' asked the yacht's cap­ their Union has gottea for them over the years, and who Hawaiian moon. Seafarers B. tain, 'are you leaving already?'" believe that the evils their Small (left) and D. Diaz make .The reply of the Lawrence Vic­ Union has successfully elimi­ recent letter to the LOG by Franz an interesting picture as they Pietrak,. who describes himself as tory's captain, Garcia reports, is get in a little boxing practice unprintable, but the skipper of the nated are now as extinct as a a Bremen-born seaman who has aboard the Wacosta (Water­ sailed on German and other Eu­ royal yacht must have gotten the nickel glass of beer. man) off Honolulu. Photo was idea, because he finally shifted the The fact is that the evils elimi­ ropean-flag ships for many years. taken and submitted to the yacht and the Lawrence Victory nated by American maritltne trade . Bremen, Hamburg and other LOG by Luis Ramirez. was able to dock properly. unions still exist in other parts German ports are real paradises for Garcia says that he has nothing of the world, and give ready proof the German shipowners and ship­ against the Duke of Edinburgh, that shipowners are always ready ping interests, Pietrak says. But but he dobbts that the meeting be­ to take advantage of seamen when for German seamen the German tween the royal yacht and the there , is ^0 strong trade union to waterfront is a veritable hell on earth, and the German seaman has Lawrence Victory did anything to oppose them. improve /% glo-American relations. This fact was brought hbme in a only the choice of shipping out for The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, from $20 to $80 a month or starv­ bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known ing to death on the beach. cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard arid/or home use. Here's Seafarer George D. Trade Unionism Weak The plight of the German sea­ Hudson's recipe for "flank roll." man Pie^ak attributes directly to Foreign-type cooking doesn't always go over big with those the lack of trade union strength in who are strict in their liking for strictly American food, but the German maritime industry. Either the seamen are not organized there are lots of exceptions. One of these is obvious by the at all, or they are members of the favor shown for an ItalianGerman / Seamen's Union which style "flank roll" which Sea­ small amount of meat tenderizer gives them no protection at all. farer George D, Hudson, chief can be used also. Then take the The German Seamen's Union, cook, usually dishes out nnce a trip. raisins, meal and pickles, and "You can't serve it much oftener spread them over the meat as you Pietrak says, is very sihiilar to the old, corrupt International Long­ than that," Hudson, an SIU mem­ roll it. After the rolls are tied, roast shoremen's Association in this ber for the past them slowly in a 350 degree oven country. ~ The members are re­ 14 years, com­ for about 45 minutes. While this is quired to pay dues, but . they get ments, _ "because going on, make a sauce with some no reports on finances, they have you've got to save of the olives, the chopped up no real voice in the union's affairs, up the flank beef onions and peppers by first brais­ and there are very few membership that you cut out ing them in oil and then adding from time to time meetings. the tomato puree. Now add the until you've got In Bremen, for instance, he says, meat to the sauce and simmer for there has not been a membership enough to feed a about 90 minutes more. Top with hungry -crew." A meeting in the past two years: • the rest of the sliced olives when veteran of 18 Hudson Pietrak's advice to American sea­ years at sea, Hud­ serving. men is twofold: (I) Be apprecia­ son says the following recipe will tive of the gains their American do quite well for a crew of 40. Union Has trade unions have gotten for them, Here's what you need: 32-35 and (2) be vigilant to guard these pounds of flank beef, 2 lbs. of Cable Address gains, for eternal vigilance is the raisins, 1 box of cracker meal, 14 Seafarers overseas who want price of liberty. lb. of chopped mixed pickles, 1 to get in touch with headquar­ American se^en also, Pietrak quart of green olives, 6 onions, 6 ters in a hurry can do so by thinks, should fight to their utmost green peppers, and Worcestershire cabling the Union at its cable to prevent the transfer of US ships sauce and tomato paste to suit the address. SEAFARERS NEW to foreign flags, or they may flnd taste.^ YORK. those ships being manned by crews To make It, first soak your'meat Use of this address will as­ who work for the same coolie in Worcestershire sauce for sev­ sure speedy transmission on wages and under the same sub­ eral hours, turning meat around all mess^es and faster serv­ standard conditioBS that the Ger-. now and then 'to make-sure the ice for the men involved. man seamen do. flavor la evenly distributed. A The German Seaman's Lot — It Ain't A Happy One 4^ rial1 •"i -i: -r't ' �n^'5|T.C^, rase iSlxteeiS :5 SEATARERS LOG ,• ifc •t ••:;•, ' r-' r & r- j;- t^rew Maheo SMU Ship Clean Ship -j-:' ;-^ -v-' ', ^ • L E T T EES CreetiSiV th'Xemtemitdiand To the Editor: To the Editor: On Friday, August 20, we, a full I am stationed at an Air Force new crew from the Mobile hall, base in Newfoundland dnd wish arrived at the ore docks to take you would send the LOG tome. I over the Seacloud (Seatraders) had the LOG sent to mo-j/ihea I But as we stood on the docks and To the Editor: was drafted last To the Editor: looked at this rusty, brokendown Just thought I'd drop you a line fall, but I've Recently I have been hearing refugee from the boneyard, some to let you know the SIU shipboard and reading quite a few comments been transferred of the guys wanted to go back to libraries are great.-They are well asking the SIU to start a hospital­ around so much the halL, diversified in content, are both ization plan which would cover a that it's lost Finally, however, we got to­ educational and entertaining, and seaman's entire family at a rate track of me. gether and decided to take a look they help many men to pass away he could pay monthly, quarterly or However i expect at the^topside and quarters first. their leisure hours in a manner to spend the rest yearly. Believe me, this ship wais the that is really productive. of my time in the Since 1946 this family has car­ worst I'd seen since 1936. The Army here. I think my former shipmates, ried a hospitalization .policy on messroom, which at one time was John CIrrosa, Fred Bruckner and I don't'get a which we paid $52 a year for six painted pea chance to s e e Jerry Messaris also must enjoy years, or $31.^ through 1952. In green, looked many of my bid SIU buddies up these libraries very much, because MILEFSKI AND REO 1953 the-rate was increased to $78 like the fire room I have seen them do considerable a year, making a total of $448 we here, but las'tVeek the San Mateo on a limey coal Victory was in and It sure was reading on long trips. have paid to date. burner, and all good to have someone to talk over I have also seen Ynates and en­ Only $15.50 Is Used the rooms and the old—and better—days with. gineers who like to read these During this period we only had passageways George A. Burke' books, and I think that having To the Editor: $15.50 worth of hospital expenses, were in the same I am sending you a picture of (Ed. Note: Your change of .ad­ them on • board helps promote so you can see that $442.50 of-what shape. ^' harmony between the licensed and me and the Reo truck in which I we paid in has heen/unused. Now, dress has been noted.) Anyway, after made a trip from New York to Unlicensed personnel. 4> 3^ I r-. looking the ship Phoenix, Ariz., which I am now if this were an SIU hospitalization Johnston Sir Charles over, we went making my home. I had a wonder­ fund, this money could be working into a huddle and decided to let ful trip and saw some pretty^ capital for Seafarers and their 4> 3) <4 families. the skipper know in no uncertain country. . 7t there are other fathilies as To the Editon terms that "an SIU ship is a clean Please print this picture In the I believe that we of the SIU have fortunate as ours has been, this .ship." LOG and tell all my old shipmates As a result, we all made, plent>' I am now making the cactus coun­ unused money could grow into a" now advanced so far in our wages of dough per man cleaning the To the Editor: try my home, but I'll be in New large amount, and the premiums that in our future negotiations we hold from Friday to Monday, and York sometime this fall for a visit.. miglit be lowered periodically. But should concentrate on more im­ I was shocked indeed to learn4-' the fund would remain for the use provements on the ships On which there was also work for anyone Until then, I'll say, "Adios." of all patients certified by the we have to live six or eight months who wanted it on the way to Gal­ about the death of "Moon" Kouns, Alonzo M. (Tiny) Milefski and I know we have lost a fine a year. Union. veston. brother who was always on the For one thing, I think we ought Our SIU, Which has always been In Galveston we got new innera leader and pioneer, is just the to have better rooms, with larger spring mattresses and an agree­ union side of any beef. A number of oldtimers in the union to take this progressive step. lockers.'and dressers to 'put our ment to start sougeeing and clean­ clothes in, and I don't think there ing for the rest of the year. So if SIU have now passed away, and Evelypne Y. Siebert To the Editor: ought to be more than two men any of you Seafarers see a ship I think that we I hope you will print these few 3) 4) 3^ in a room. that's shiny and bright out in the can best remem­ lines to let-my friends and old Says Men Need Rest Far East some day, you'll know ber and honor shipmates know 1 will be back with them by keeping I also think all the ships should it's the Seacloud. them around October 1. It's been up the good fight be air-conditioned, especially those L. S. (Johnny) Johnston a long time since May 24, 1953, for the things that run to the tropics. I say a 4" 4- 3^ when I paid off the Coe Victory. To the Editor: they stood for. man will work better if he gets a I want to Jhank Welfare Services I sure would appreciate it if good night's rest, and he can't do It was mostly for helping me, but time was the you'd send me the LOG, since I've this in a place like the Persian these oldtimers only factor that " could really heard practically nothing about Gulf if the ship isn't air-condi­ who taught us straighten out my troubles. So, the Union since I retired my book tioned. To the Editor: the meaning of Booth until I register, good sailing to when Uncle Sam sank his hooks It was gracious of you to com­ real trade un­ As far as money goes, remember mend the members of our Eastern ionism and without them there all. into me. Right now I'm on that it costs money to wait on the William Frank Air Lines' family for the help they would liave been no OT, paid vaca­ Okinawa, ajid according to the beach for a ship that's running tb were able to give Seafarer Wil­ tions or other benefits. ' 3^ 4> 3^ ' Army brass this a cool climate. Also, although liam MacDonald when he lost his is the "keystone many men don't want the hot In signing off, I would like to seaman's papers on one of our of the Pacific." weather runs, the Union has to fill say to you, "Moon," wherever you planes recently. But I sure wish these jobs and it would make it may be, that we country boys from Such a fine expression of appre­ I was off it. a lot easier if the ships were airTo the Editor: ciation for the kind of service we Homewood all loved you, apd we I remember conditioned. I wish to extend my most heart­ will always be good union men and hope we give all of our passengers W. (Bill) Mitchell felt thanks to the SIU Welfare the days when I will, I am sure, encourage all of do our share in carrying on the Services Department, and also to used to run down fight. our staff members to do a better John Arabasz, SIU representative Calmar and Ore Alton Booth job for all of our customers. in Baltimore, for the financial and for being such We would like to reprint your 3) ' 4' 3) personal assistance given me in the bum feeders, but Olvero LOG article in our own house or­ recent deaths of my infant son I know now that To the Editor: gan so that all of our employees and my husband, Bernard Carroll. even an ore boat is. paradise com­ I would likq to express my grati­ concerned can get l;hat "pat on the I would appreciate it If you pared "to the Army. And when I tude to the crew pf the Atcoa Piiback" that Seafarer MacDonald would publish this letter in the get back to sba I'll be the easiest- grim, but it is hard for me to put suggested. To the Editor: LOG so that I may publicly extend going guy you ever saw, and never my feelings into words when I am William Van Dusen beef about the food again as long so choked with emotion over the « Speaking for th(^ officers of this my, sincere thanks. as I live. 3) 4* 4> (Mrs.) Clara E. Carroll ship, as well as ourselves, we would recent death of my mother. Typhoon Grace just had us like to give credit to the steward 4< 4< 4> Had it not been for this crew of cooped up here for four days, and fine Seafarers, whom I consider to department for the excellent meals I can tell you those C-rations be real shipmates, I would not served during this voyage. weren't very appetizing. To the Editor: have been able to fly home from Chief cook T. W. Beatty, cook Incidentally, I'm anxious to find San Juan, Puerto Rico, to be with We, the crew of the French and baker Bill Hand and third cook To the Editor: out if they've finished the new hall my family ia bur hour of sorrow. Creek (Cities Service), would like Percy went all out in preparing the I wish to express my apprecia­ to inform you of the fine service very best, and messmen Seims, La tion and thianks to ship's delegate in Baltimore because that's where I think there has never been a given to us by the White Top Cab Barbere and Smith served all meals Angelo De Amico and the crew- I generally ship from, finer gang of men than thosePfc. Manuel L. Olvero Co. of Linden, NJ. This outfit is in an atmosphere of real SIU con-' members of the De Soto for their aboard, the Alcoa Pilgrim, and I - V • \ courteous and on the ball, and geniality, under the supervision of donations and expressions of sym­ • (Ed. note: Your name has been only hope I am able to spend the rates a vote of thanks. that well-known oldtime steward, pathy following the death of my added to the LOG mailing list. It rest of my sailing days shipping William Adams Tom Toma. mother on August 18, ia, hoped the new Baltimore hall with crews such as this one. Ship's delegate Crew of Alexandra Patrick C. Flaherty mil be ready for iisejn October.) J. E. Roberts, Jr; ^ Hails Shipboard Library^s Value Hospital Plan Given Support Cactus Country is His Home Now Ivs-' .. l-^-- l ' Air-conditioned Ships Are Asked Work For Union To Honor ^Moon^ Will Sail Ayain After Lony iMpse i:;:. I-,I- Even Ore BoaCs Food Tops Army's . Airline dhes Article Mh LOG Widow Thankful For Welfare Aid SIU Crew Helps Ease His Sorrow J Alexandra Meals TopSi Crew Says Taxi Co* Rates With CS Crewmen Burly Cites Kindness Of De Soto Crew The Lonq And Short Of it By Bernard Seaman �•cvtonbcr 17, ItSi . (Continued Irom page 2) _. least a thousand unemployed seamen at any liven time. Also questioned by the State, because of its unfamillarlty with the industry, was the $3,000 per week which the Plan provides to underwrite the losses of operating the cafeteria at SIU headquarters. Through this set-up the seafarer is able to obtain a meal "on the cuff" when he is unable to pay. "When he is able to pay he can pur­ chase a low-cost meal, further re,duced by a 25 percent discount if ..he purchases a meal book. This same discount applies to a seaman receiving a meal book "on the cuff." The result of this program is. that never again will there be tl^e need for a seaman to go hung^, for even though SIU shipping is the best in the industry, there are times when a man, through circumstances, is unable to take a ship. The SIU maintains that it is the providing of benefits such as this that makes the SIU outstand­ ing the field of welfare benefits. • "The Union further libted that it is currently extending benefits to eligible seamen in Boston, Phila­ delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savan­ nah, Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans, Lake Charles, Galveston, Seattle, San Francisco and Wilmington. The highlighting of the Welfare Plan's sound administration, its low cost of operations, its superior­ ity over insurance company admin­ istered plans and its unparalleled benefits for the membership is a isource of great pride to seafarers. Claude Simmons, SIU As­ sistant Secretary - Treasurer and Chairman of the Welfare Plan's Board of Trustees, said, "If there was any question in anyone's mind up to now, that the SIU had the best Plan for SEAFARERS IPG ft>g« Plaii Is 'Best In Industry' Table Shows Seafarers Plan Has Low Cost, High Benefits •oafaroro' Walfaro Plan Cemparatlvo Schadulo of Contributlena' Rccolvod and Banofitt Paid 1950-1954 VZAR 1850 ' CONTRIBUTIONS 8 492,628.25 1951 1952 1953 >•••••••••••• 1954 to 8/31/94 aooeoileaaa* •'•••••••• 842.763.79 t.... 2,054,720.79 .. 2.096,957.89 .. 1,161.988.80 Total .. 86,649,059,44 Typo noath Hospital Unemployment DiaabiUty ....', Maternity Training School Echolarship 1950 .910.000.00 21.733.00 .0•<>-O-O-0- 1951 8138,166.66 79,790.00 29,875.00 -0-081,179.29 -0- 831,733.00 8279,010.99 . , ADMINISTRATI V« EXPENSES 8 23.316.63* 39,351.99 159,043.23 205.323.17 88,431.44 BENEFITS 9 31.733.00 279,010.99 724,286.34 889,676.60 633,004.07 82.557.710.96 Racapltulatlen of Banaflft Paid PERCENTAGE 4.7394 4.6794 7.7494 9.7994 7.6194 8515,466.46 1952 8312,118.15 176.202.00 163.771.19 4,195.00 68,000.00 , -0-0- 1953 1330,811.15 163,165.00 230,571.40 24.525.00 136,600.00 -04,004.05 87^4,286.34 9689,676.60 7.7594 1954 to 8/31/54 8268,842.83 108.685.00 153,000.00 26.425.00 70,800.00 Total $1,059,938,79 949,575.00 677,217.59 55,145.00 275,400.00 31,179.29 9,256.29 -O8,251.24 8633.004^)7 * In 1950 tha flrat payments wera allowad to build up for a reserve and initial equipment was purchased. Payment of benefita began late in 1950. ASSETS OF SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ON AUGUST 31, 1954 Ossli .Assets US Govt Bonds......; 1,980,707.82 Real Estate ............ ..... 942,916.57 Other Assets, ......... 119,060.97 Total Assets 3,790,826.21 aeamen in existence, the final proof is In. "We all have a right tp be proud of tijis., tremendous accomplishment," Simmons said, "and what we have learned as a result of the welfare study is a solid. endorse­ ment of the SIU's vigorous pro­ gram and campaign for a system of benefits for SIU men that would be second to none, in maritime, at least. Once again, the SIU estab­ lishes that men aboard its ships enjoy the best in the industry, "We will continue to push for the expansion of benefits and to pioneer for the maximum in wel­ fare : protection for 'our people," Simmons declared,, "We don't re­ gard the payment of a hospital or death benefit as the only thing of concern to a welfare fund. We believe that we should provide benefits for seafarers beyond the very narrow scope of helping a man only when he's sick Pr his widow when he's dead. "Just because some people may not regard an empty belly as the problem of a union, doesn't mean that our Union will ignore this as a problem that must be met. Even the shipowner today has recog­ nized this as a welfare prob­ lem by voting unanimously to provide these benefits," On a point generally rigid in most welfare plans—the matter of eligibility—the Seafarers Union in­ sisted at the time the Plan was formed that an absolutely lenient arrangement be established. As a result, a seafarer needs only one day of work aboard an SlU-contracted ship in a period of one year to become eligible for the many benefits, and only seven years aboard SlU-contracted ships for the $108 per month old-age disability-tpension benefit. This benefit was won for all seafarers —regardless of age 'because of the high accident rate amon^ seamen. Unlike any other union, the SIU Plan is paying old age or disability to men in their early 30's and up to 92 years of age. This benefit is paid as long as a man is unable to work—the rest of his life in most cases. Likewise the hospital bene­ fit is paid as long as a man is hospitalized—whether 13 weeks, 413 weeks or forever—a provision no other known plan provides. With very few exceptions, all plans administered by insurance com­ panies limit benefits to 13 weeks. The Plan's scholarship provision —four scholarships per year at $6,000 each is the highest in the nation. As a result, seafarers or their children are now studying to be doctors or . lawyers when they otherwise would have been unable to afford a higher education. The maternity benefit of $200.00, plus a $25 bond from the Union, is the highest and the first of its kind in the maritime industry; Under the rules insisted upon by the Union, no official or em­ ployee of the SIU can qualify for any benefits of the Plan by virtue of his association with the Union. Every man must qualify as a work­ ing seaman in order to be eligible for the Plan's benefits. As was reported in a recent issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, soon to be ih action, will be another aspect of the Seafarers Welfare PlaUr-, the training ship Andrew Furuseth -—which will enable seeifarers to train for upgrading themselves and improving their earning capacity. It is significant to note that of the 113 unions reported at the AFL convention last year, the SIU was in the top 16 in total money paid in welfare benefits to its members. This despite the fact that the SIU is among the smallest unions in the AFL and was being com­ pared with unions some of roVERNMENT OUTLAWS COMMUNIST PARTY: 1 geyftetp ^ How New Laws Affect Communists .11 (Continued from page 6) tion. Twenty per cent of the workers In a shop can force an immediate election to oust the infiltrated union and select a.new one. The effect of this is to enable loyal worker^s to get rid of the Communist leaders who have taken over their union. The possibilities of sabotage In llefense industries are greatly reduced,"" ! Department of Justice officials have announced ihat they plan early moves against four suspected unions, > .General outlawing of the Communist Party, while getting -the most public attention, tiSSikely to turn^ out to have little immediate effect. How this law may work ifi practice is still in doubt. It was whipped up hastily without Administration backing , in the dos­ ing days Of the sessions. >. ' ' The law' declares thst the SO-called Commuhlst ^wty is no real political pady at all, hut "sh ciiL'^ -a? m 92.557,710.90 The above figures show the tremendous payments paid by the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the low administrative cost, which is approximately only one-fourth that which would be' charged by an insurance company. No SIU official or trustee received a penny of these funds; they all went'for benefits to seamen. which have between a half million and a million members. The State Insurance Depart­ ment's study of welfare plans in­ volved approximately 135 union plans, one of which was the Sea­ farers Plan. Presiding over the study is Alfred Bohlinger, State Superintendent of Insurance. Chief Counsel to the department in the current study is Sol Gelb, an as­ sociate of Governor Dewey for the past 20 years. The SIU has been among those unions which has. publicly taken a position supporting studies of welfare plans designed to improve their operations. The trade union movement has acknowledged that some union funds are not welladministered. However, the scope of investigations into unions gen­ erally, is broadening. For example, the Seafarers Sea Chest corpora­ tion, which at its inception was hailed far and wide for taking steps to curb ship chandler abuses in the sale of inferior slopchests to seamen at high prices, now finds itself the target of an anti-trust «ERSONAX.S Tom Richardson Contact Tore Wickstrom at 1035 S. Beacon St., San Pedro, Calif. 4" ifc Richard Norgren Frank Ron Edward J, Leitch Contact Joseph F. Mannion, at­ torney, at 690 Market St., San Francisco, regarding Lester B. Knickerbocker, late seaman on the Maiden Victory. iif t) B, O, Carpenter Urgent you contact your cousin, Nola Poythress, at 6019 5th St., Norfolk 2, Va, i i if Ray Oswald Tillett Your mother, in Wanchese, NC., is very anxious to hear from you. suit by the Department of Justice, The political atomsphere at pres­ ent indicates that the pressure is being put on trade unions and will take form in the shape of increased investigations by various bodies, from the East to the West Coasts, As a matter of fact, a Congres­ sional committee has announced that it will begin combing unions in hearings scheduled to open shortly in Los Angeles; As a result of the New York State study of various union welfare funds, which was the first in which the SIU was a partici­ pant, it has been firmly established that the Seafarers Welfare Plan is outstanding both in pioneering new benefits and in giving to sea­ farers the maximum in welfare coverage. The Union is encouraged by this fact and will continue to devote its energies to further ac­ complishments for seafarers in the area of welfare benefits. John F. Castrononer Get in touch with Welfare Serv­ ices at headquarters immediately, 4" 4' 4 The following men are asked to contact the Sea Chest at SIU head­ quarters as soon as possible: Ron­ ald Barnes, B-528: Julio Colon, C-629; James H. Walker, W-376: William Walker, W-207; H. Wil­ liams, W-92. i if i Quiz Answers (1) $500. (2) (b) - California. (3) A family name. (4) When you were small enough to require the services of a baby carriage. A tram is a bus. , (5) Alaska, (6) 63. (7) Neither; they each weigh a pound. (8) (c) Ponce de Leon. (9) Lou Nova, (10) (a) Government Printing Jimmy Office, (b) Federal Deposit Insur­ Ruby is now living at Lilla's, 505 ance Corporation, (c) Intersfate Adele St., Apartment B. Commerce Commission, (d) Federal i if if Trade Commission, Lyle (Bill) Williams Get in touch with Henry Peace at 25 Peyton Place, San Antonio, Puzzle Answer Texas. strumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Gov­ ernment of the United States." It takes away the par­ ty's legal rights. So the party can't nominate candi­ dates for Congress, But no avowed Communists have been elected to Congress in recent years, anyway. 4" 4" 4Even if the party can't own property, the Daily Robert J, Golder Worker, although an organ of the party, has separate Your mother is ill and asks you ownership. to write her c/o M. Fanelli, 228 All Communist Party members, under the new New Britain Ave., Hartford, Conn. law, are made subject to the Internal Security Act of if ' if if 1950 and required to register their* names with the Wlllibm Malcolm Federal Government. However, the Communist Par­ Contact Mrs. Dolores Adamsbn^ ty already, has been declared' a '^Communist action" t 4i 4i group under the Internal Security Act and ordered William Glick to register the names of its members. Contact Howard Glick. The party still is fighting this order In court, and i. if i, Hans Kelleneck no names have yet been registered. Communist lead­ Get in touch with Mrs. Hershey ers have served notice thd they will make a similar regarding your person^§£Lects. court light against the hew Tawii • SSQ SgJSiilBD aiSD QQIS QCSBiaS SUSS [siQaisnsinsD BSB •B . QDQB . SSBanifiCZS QS!Z]111S BBS ISBBIB QBBS SSd SSQSS DBS snsis ssss (snB aSSDS SBQBSlSaS QDSB&Q SS izasis). asasDSBBS SQS SBQDO& ^SS BSS SBDCS^ [^BiS •i �' Pace Eiirihteea SEAFARERS '!^l>teuliier'^i7ri$54 - i LOG E A A R E R S 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON lENEPITS PAID Ta Prap No. Seafyre Receivine Benefits thi. Period Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefira Paid ihia Period WELFARE, VACATiOM BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Recoverinc now at Staten Island USPHS hospital. Seafarer Matt! Ruusukallio recalls Memorial Day outinc which led to mishap. Error in Judciny depth of lake caused him broken neck. hr' USPHS Has Uast Say On Duty Slip -:•"' ';^-r.1 -• Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check yvith the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Decided To Take Swim Before long, though, Ruusukallio decided swimming was in order and apparently either neglected to ask about the depth of the adjacent lake or figured it looked safe enough. It wasn't, however. He leaped off the diving board and landed in only a couple of feet of water, breaking his neck in the process. Rushed To Hospital His condition was found to be serious enough to require speedy hospitalization, and Ruusukallio was taken to Monmouth Hospital. A few days later, with the pros­ pects of a long hospital stay and a husky hospital tab facing them, his wife called the Union hall in New York to ask if the SIU could help them out of their fix. sentative told her over the phone, and advised her that, as a seaman, her husband was eligible for treat­ ment at US Public Health Service facilities. A few phone calls later, the Union had arranged with hos­ pital officials at Staten Island to have a USPHS doctor at nearby Cape May examine the injured Seafarer. He in turn recommended that Ruusukallio be transferred to the Staten Island facility. Ambulance Came Shortly thereafter, a USPHS am­ bulance ^cked him up, and af­ fected the transfer. RuusukalHo is now recovering from his injury in the company of SIU shipmates, but his experience emphasizes once again the importance of contacting SIU Welfare Services immediately in sucH cases. The Union is con­ stantly alert to act in these situa­ tions, but it can't act unless it's advised of the circumstances right away. f-- ' m-:l m ":i^nr". All of the following SIU families 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus George Williams, born will collect the $200 maternity Eddie Melone, 839 Ainslie, Chi­ July 25, 1954. Parents, Joseph F. benefit plus a $25 bond from the cago,, Hi. Williams, 2318 Royal Street, New Union in the baby's name: Orleans,*La. " ' .4" it 4» Mary Costin, born June 23, 1954. Robert Dennis Fioyes, born Au­ t 4^ it gust 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ronald Lester Jenkins, born Mrs. Robert Fioyes, 813 Wells- Costin, 25 Albion Placb, Charles- June 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and town 29, Mass. worth Street, Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Lester Jenkins, Route 2, t Smithdale, Miss. Diane Gregorowicz, born July Johnny/ Wayne Bartram, born 4> 4^ 4> July 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Romie Gardner, bom Au­ Mrs. Virgil Lee Bartram, Box 1703, Felix" Gregorowicz, 49 Quincy gust 7, 7954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Passaic, NJ. Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Hobert L. Gardner, 15V^ Vine 4> it 4^ Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Bernadette Marie Kennedy, bom William C. Price, born August 4* 4^ 4^ 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. July 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Steven Kostegen, born July 26, William H. Price, 332 Mt.' Vernon Mrs. Wjliiam Kentredy, 1 Old 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avenue, Portsmouth, Va. Annapolis Road, North Linthicum, Stefan Kostegen, 22 Talbot Street, Md. 4" 4" Maiden, Mass. Karen Jane Wo'rsley, born July 4^ 4^ 4^ 4^ 4i> 4i 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Albert Kreiss, born June Patrick Henry Donnelly, born Joseph W. Worsley, 104 Delmar, 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and San Antonio, Texas. Clyde Kreiss, 178 Edgewater Park, Mrs. Henry B. Donnelly, 4131 Bronx, NY. t 4> Prytania Street, New Orleans, La. Jenney Annie Puchalski, born -it 4i 4^ August 14, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Richard Schulz Jaynes, bom . Mrs. Kasimir Puchalski, 108 W. July 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4Sth Street, New York, NY. Mrs. Harold Jaynes, Box 346, 4" 4" t North Woodstock, Grafton, New Joyce Helen Parker, born June Hampshtre. 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4> 4> James W. 'Parker, RED 5, Box Wilson Jicklong Chiang, born 414A, Muskogee, Okla. May 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and t i. t, Mrs. Ling.S. Chiang, 1553 Leaven­ Sherry Jean Carl, born August worth Street, San Francisco, Calif. 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4^ 4> . Jerry L. Carl, 605 Ercoupe Court, Kenneth Michael Greggs, born Midwest City, Okla. July 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" "4 Mrs. Clarence Greggs, 702 East Eva Margaret Melone, born July Street^ Sparrows-Point* McL' V. ,, La ygtitiaeJisoEtiuL. leal Ik WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Since lulv 1. 19i0' Death Beacfita Paid Siace lulv I. lOTO* Diaabilitv Benefita Paid Siace May 1. 1952 * Maternity Beaefita Paid Siaca April 1. mi Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1W2 » Total « Data BeaeKti B«..- 0eH 4S£tite -a^asE SSL AS. S-CoSKo- 3A WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare _ . , Vacation Estimated Accounta Receivable — US Government Bonda (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS oo /9A//a SS f.9S'o.ya SA. St Josis ix CIESBZGB COMffiNT^t Slnee the Ino^tlon of the Welfare Plan, a total of 30731 hospital benefits had beaa.pald aa of July 1954* Brokoi down by years, they are aa foUowai »50 benefita 3104, baiefita for '51 waa 5707i fdr «52 it vaa 8lt)4j for '53 it vaa 7415 and for the period of Januazy thru July 1954 it ia 6401. Death benefita aiime the inoeption of the plan have been 527. Mitemity benefita paid by the plan ainoe the Ixb* oeption of the benefit total 1342, SukmiUsd i; /.•JAS- 0^ Msfefnitv Benefif It's wise when taking a "jump in the lake" to make sure there's enough lake there in the first place for'swimming «nd diving. Those of us who neglect this precaution generally have reason to regret it, and the situation of Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio, now at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, is a"^~~ ——; case in point. they decided to spend'the holiday Surely enough it could, a Wel­ How Ruusukallio got to the weekend in proper fashion at a re­ fare - Services Department repre­ sort. Since Long Branch is close by, they journeyed there easily enough and prepare'd to enjoy a three-day stay. Pteth Beoefiitt. Diaabilitv Baaafif Dip In 'Lake' Proves Costly hospital is obvious by now, but how he got to Staten Island is another matter. He originally started out at the Monmouth Memorial Hos­ pital in Long Branch, NJ, after he suffered his mishap and that's where SIU Welfare Services came inlo the picture. It all began when Ruusukallio, who lives with his wife in Hoboken, NJ, came off the Seatrain Texas (Seatrain) about two weeks before last Memorial Day, May 30, and Hoipital BeneBf 9::13.T.S4..~......»..»......> AI Kerr, AtsfslMt Administrmtoe �SEAFARERS S«piciiib«r 17, 19S4 SEEDC THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Everybody who has been sailing with the SIU knows that the Sea­ farers take care of their own. That's one of the reasons why the Wel­ fare Services Department was established in the first place. But aside from the services that are given the membership by the department, you can be sure the crewmembers on the ships don't let any grass grow under their feet when it comes to helping shipmates In need. At -Welfare Services we hear many times how Seafarers have gone out of their way to assist one of their buddies. Just in this particular Issue we have two items about the crew of the Robin Hood and the men of the Valchem which go right down the line in this tradition. We certainly think these brothers rate a bow for the trouble they have taken and the consideration they've shown. $ ^ Our new arrivals in the Staten Island hospital these days include a number of brothers who have had to be readmitted for further treat­ ment. Brother Dave Furman, who sails as cook and steward, has spent quite some time in the hospital in recent months. He's had to go back in to get additional care. Seafarer Luis Salazar went back in on August 24 to have another operation on his right arm and see if the doctors can't put it back in topnotch shape again, while Brother Francis Beaumont 3vas readmitted for further care and treatment on August 26. , • Seafarer Isaac Antonio injured his back while working in the galley on the Seagarden and had to Furman be taken into the hospital for repairs. Antonio, who makes his home in New York City, was galley utilityman on the Liberty ship. Santo Lanza, who was AB on the Robin Sherwood, came down sick on that vessel and went in for treatment on August 25, 1954. Harold Moore, steward on the Alcoa Partner, had to leave the ship and go into the hospital on August 27 for a little surgery. Moore comes from St. Paul, Minnesota, way out where the Missis­ sippi River begins. Frank Collins, who was utility messman on the Alice Brown, had to get off and go in for treatment on August 31. Collins is a New York City resident. Convalescing from a bad cut on the leg, Joe Novo. sel, who was carpenter on the. Robin Hood, is home in NY drawing his $56 a week in maintenance and cure. Meanwhile, he's a regular visitor to the hall with his young son. Guillermo Nunez, one of the Union's top-notch electricians, had to get off the Lanza Steel Seafarer in NY and is now convalescing from a sprained back suffered aboard ship. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAI, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Milford Alexander Seifert Hamilton Thomas Ankerson Earl Hodges WUliam Aplln James Hudson James H. Bales John Kennedy Charles Bean DecU Kerrigan Perry Bland E. G. Knapp Charles Brady Leo Lang William Brewer Jesse Lyles Charles Burton Oscar Madere K. McCrary Owen Butler Sebastian Cartegal George Porter Lester Carver John Rehm W. E. Reynolds George Champlin S. Cope Edward Samrock John E. Sanders Emile P. Davies Edward Saul Serio M. Desoso Joseph Dionne John Silkowskl Jack N. Dows R. L. Skiimer •Walter Smith Eric Eklund Andrew Stauder Thomas Fields Ml C. Caddy J. D. Thomas Lonnie R; Tickle Nathan Gardner Jack Gleason Faustino Torres George Graham J. E. Ward Ray Green Ernest Webb Luis Gutierez USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Hubert Cantwell Jose Leston Warren Currier Murray Plyler Walter Edwards Harold Rosecrans Stanley Smith G: E. Ekelund E. Spaulding Duane Fisher 1. J. Torre Karl Hellman Charles B. Young A. G. Knighton USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. C. R. Flowers Alvah Jones RusseU Jackson George Lechler USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Edward Cannon John Kackur Woodrow Drake V. K. Ming Gilbert EUer 'Bruce Monroe F. FohdUa N. B. PhUlips Howard Harvey G. Rosson Sverre Johannessen SEASIDE iwEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIF., George Quinones ' VA HOSWTAL LONG BEACH, CALIF, James W. Simmons USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NV Horace Gaskill , Hussen Ahmed EsteU Godlrey Paul Albano Earle Goosley FeyrI Ammoni John Haas Isaac Antonio John Horn ; • Ottho Babb Christopher Bobbe Fleming Jensen.. Jsaak Bouzim Noral Jorgensen , Vincent Jones George Coleman Klement Jutrowskl Ervin Crabtree Santo Lanza Estuardo Cuenca France DeBeaumont Nils Lundquist James MaeCrea John J. Doherty Delaware Eldemire Perfecto Mangual Paige Mitchell Frederick Farrell George Flood Harold J. Moore Andrew Franklin Harvey Morris David Furman Raymond Myers Nicolas Nomikos Charles Sanderson T. Papoutsoglov Stanley Sargeant George Pitour William Sargent Alfredo Rios George Shumaker Jose Rodriguez Warren Smith Matti Ruusukallio James Waldron Luis Salazar USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bncomo Frederick Landry Frank Bemrick James J. Lawlor Claude Blanks James R. Lewis Robert Booker Francis Lynch Jar Chong Joseph McGraw John Driscoll A. McGuigan Matthew Gardiner David Mcllreath Bart Guranick Frank Mackey John Haas Eugene Nelson Thomas Isaakson Harry Tuttle John Keenan Renato Villata. Ludwig Kristiansen Virgil WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich William F. O'Brien Frank Albano Joseph Petrusewicz John Herrold Andrew Snider COOPER HOSPITAL CAMDEN, NJ Julius Fekete USPIIS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Charlie Brown Charles Neumaler Henry Childs Jow Perreira Bernard Eerman Robert Rivera Aurelio Flores W. S. Singleton Benny Foster P. S. Yuzon Olav Gustavsen ST. LUKES HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Marcie Boyles VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA, MD. James H. Harker SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILL. Anton Prusaitis USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul Bland John Morris Benny Brinson James Powell R. CarroUton Edward Searcey W. Gilbertson Randolph Shedd William Lee Leslie Swegan Albert Liriia G. C. TruesdeU Jimmie Littleton G. W. Wilson J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. William Anerino' lohnis Loukis Algot Bogren Tony Mastantino Steven Boides Samuel H. Mills Jessie Brinkley Frank Paylor Jessie Clarke Eugene Plahn Thomas Cox Joseph Roberts Francisco Cuellar Vincenzo Russo Franklin D. Gilman Adolph Sadenwater Gorman Glaze Russell Simmons Kenneth Lewis Robert Wingert Daniel W. Lippy tag* Nineteen LOG Crew Gives Record Player To Hosp. Patients at the Manhattan Beach Public Health Service hospital are now enjoying an assortment of popular record items on a Webcor record player presented to them by the crew of the Robin Hood (Seas Shipping Co.). Seafarer Bill Liston, galley- ^ over their ship's fund to tients at many hospitals to enjoy man on the Hood, turned the turning the hospital membership in the extra comforts and conveniences player over to the Welfare event of their ship laying up. they would not otherwise have been Services Department for delivery to the hospital with the best wishes of Seafarers on the Hood. Liston explained that the crew purchased the player and records for its own amusement in leisure hours. When it appeared that the ship was going into lay-up tempo­ rarily, a shipboard meeting was held on what to do with the prop­ erty. Decided At Meeting It was decided then that it should be turned over to the men at Manhattan Beach to help them pass the time at the hospital, and Liston undertook to deliver it to headquarters. The player Is a self-contained unit with its own speaker and a three speed changer which can handle both long-playing and standard speed records. The whole unit is enclosed in a carrying case and the records have a carrying case of their own, which means that it can be set up anywhere in the hospital. Other Donations A number of other SIU crews in the past have made a practice of donating similar gear to the hospitals or, in many instances. The practice has enabled pa­ able to have. 4\ '^1 ,v-)l <'"i - ^1 1 Seafarer Bill Liston (right) shows Walter Siekmann, director of Welfare Services, three-speed automatic record player that Robin Hood crew has donated to patients at the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Honor Deceased Shipmate In Plaque Sent To Mother It's been five months since Seafarer Henry Core died of injuries received in a fall from the Val Chem (Valentine), but his shipmates have not forgotten him. This week Wel­ fare Services, made arrange-— ments to deliver a bronze bourne, and got the necessary plaque to Core's mother in clearances to have his body cre­ Melbourne, Australia, expressing the sentiments of the crew about their late shipmate. The plaque is simply inscribed, "In Memory of Henry Core, a good friend and shipmate. Crew of SS Val Chem." The Val Chem was at its New York terminal when Core fell off Reproduction of the plaque pre­ sented by shipmates of Henry Core to Core's mother In Aus­ tralia. . the ship onto a barge and suffered severe injuries. He was rushed to the hospital, and although he re­ ceived several blood donations from SlU Welfare Services, the doctors were unable to save him. Subsequently, Welfare Services contacted Core's mother in Mel- We Goofed! An error in the hospital re­ port- furnished by the SIU Welfare Plan office for the Sept. 3 issue of the LOG had Seafarer Edwin Rushton listed among' the patients -in the Staten Island USPHS hospital, although Rushton has been out of there since Aug. 13. Apologies to him for the error and any inconvenience caused by it. mated and his ashes scattered at sea in accordance with his last wishes. The last rites took place aboard the Steel Vendor (Isthmian) on an outbound voyage from New York City. Since there was no regular fu­ neral in the conventional sense, crewmembers of the Val Chem de­ cided that the best way to commemoratq their former shipmate was by having a plaque made up and sent to his mother in Aus­ tralia. The crewmembers de­ signed the plaque themselves, and then asked the Welfare Services office to have the work done on their behalf. Arrangemen t s were made to Core have the plaque made up in the style that the crew wanted it. It is being shipped to Core's mother as evidence of the fact that Core was a good Seafarer and a good shipmate during the time he sailed SIU. Core, who was 26, was a member of the deck department and had been shipping on SIU ships out of Galveston since 1952. for SIU"! MEMBERS! ANPSWOReWeAK- ffmATtxmmm ToASouWKdERALLATSRBCIAU Se40J^PRICES your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR t SEA GEAR SEA GEAR i SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675-4th AVE. BROOKLYN The deaths of the foUoicing sea­ his wife, Dorothy Lowther of farers have been reported to the Bunker Hill Ave., Stratham, NH. J, if Seafarers Welfare Plan and the George John Piraino, 34: A $2,500 death benefit is being paid member of the engine department, to their beneficiaries: sailing on SIU ships since Nov. 14, Wallace Lowtlier, 58: Brother 1951, Brother Piraino died of acci­ Lowther died of a heart condition dental gunshot wounds at Kann Hospital, Marshall, at Stratham, NH, on Aug. 7, 1954. Memorial A member of the SIU since Jan. Te.xas, on July 4, 1954. His place 26, 1946, he had been sailing in of burial is not known. He is sur­ the-deck department; His place of vived by his wife. Hazel Piraino of burial is not known. Surviving is Box 82, Holly Ridge, Miss. L-li' TiXj* �f, • SEAFARERS : s SI;: • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • . ; • ^ I' • iU i- ' i if' ' hi y iHifiyyvyy: • • 'J » J ^ 1- : i1 f • • ' - 1 . • • ' :; V ^ n<y-riy ' ' • I• J - ;ii i : ^ ' J 1 v!: N': • i-(-: V • H . - J s ' '-•'y • K; . •y. -Ip-:! . ^ :• h rr' .; • ? its' • J . J.-" - ^•' ^. r 7*. > -•' DISABILITY Under the SlU-negothted and SlU-won disability benefit, you are the best-protected seamen in the world. Whether you are an oldtimer or have only a few years in the industry, you are cov­ ered by the finest disability provision—and the only one of its kind—in the maritime industryi Your disability benefit pro­ vides— • HIGHEST PAYMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY As long as you are unable to work you will receive $108 per month—the highest paythent in the industry, • BROADEST COVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRY All men who qualify—regardless of age—shall receive the benefit for as long as they are unable to work, y • SHORTEST SEATIME REQUIREMENT i I- I „ " l-V; You need only, seven years seatime aboard SlU-contracted ships to qualify—the easiest requirement in the industry. 1 ; ..f- • AND. AT NO COST TO YOU u V The enHre cost of the Seafarers Disability Benefit is. borne by contributions to the Welfare Fund by the! SlU-contracted steamship companies. You do not hove to contribute one penny of your wages for this protection to you. The Seafarers Disability Benefit—nalong with the many other benefits of the Seafarers Welfare Plan—makes you the best-protected seamen in the maritime industry* " Seafarers Int'l Union � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource September 17, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 19 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WELFARE PLAN IS 'BEST IN INDUSTRY' THE PRESS REPORTED SIU CREWS HELP BUILD KOREAN HOSPITAL FUND MARITIME UNION ASK US TO STOP TRANSFER 'SUICIDE' MEBA-ILA PACT CIO PROBE UNION FIGHT ON TRANSFERS TO PANAMA WIN NEW ALLY ANNUAL DEL SUD PICNIC MM&P PACT TALKS KEYED TO PENSION US BOOSTS OLD AGE $; SEAFARERS TO BENEFIT FLA. 'SIREN' SEEN NOT HEARD 700-TON GOING OVERLAND TO VT. MUSEUM HOW NEW LAWS AFFECT COMMUNISTS SEA TODAY IS TAME TO OLDSTER 'BAMA SEAFARER STAKES LAND CLAIM IN ALASKA CREWS LIVE IT UP, MAN OWN SHIPS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT A PICNIC AND PROGRESS AN SIU TRADITION SEAFARER-HOMEOWNER KICKING IN TO THIS SHIP'S FUND IS A REAL LIP-SMACKING PLEASURE SEAMAN DOESN'T GO AFTER FISH, THEY GO AFTER HIM SIU SHIP NEARLY GETS ROYAL BOOT AS QUEEN'S YACHT HOGS THE DOCK THE GERMAN SEAMAN'S LOT - IT AIN'T A HAPPY ONE SIU WELFARE PLAN IS 'BEST IN INDUSTRY' DIP IN 'LAKE' PROVES COSTLY CREW GIVES RECORD PLAYER TO HOSP HONOR DECEASED SHIPMATE IN PLAQUE SENT TO MOTHER Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/17/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8bb4f4d6bf88f17bf188703220fea638.PDF 1ed99800eed4d3974eb40a839e14db60 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC J 'j!"''- lu'r- Ih^'rt^.. AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • SEEK 49 POSTS IN A&G ELECTION C' -'J -Story On Page 3 Alien Tanker Co's Get OH Easy -Story On Page 3 AM An \Mnririna sifting the qualifying data submitted by fflCfl WOfffLffly* Seafarers vying for 49 Union elective posts, members of the credentials committee elected at the last headquarters meeting prepare their report for SIU membership action. Panel members (1-r) are: W. Reidy, C. King, P. Mitchell, J. Levin, W. McDonald ar^ A, Velasco, representing two men each from the three ship­ board departments. (Story on Page 3.) \r- 'S' '-"1 • l! IV' Yf'' i-'. ¥ y I �_ _ l^llf Page TWO I: - <v<* SEAFiki.R^S^^ib G •\ )(.» , October i;'Asi Ask 3-Dep't Vote On Coast Ships To Beat Bridges AFL Confab Reaffirms Dock Aims LOS ANGELES.—The AFL adjourned a free-wheeling 73rd annual convention this week, spicing its sessions with SAN FRANCISCO—In a move designed to crush the last sharp criticism of the Eisenhower remnants of Communist influence on West Coast ships, the Administration's record on legisla­ Seafarers International Union of North America is prepar­ tion affecting the wage earner al­ ing to petition for a three-department election. The proposal, though President Eisenhower him­ self was a featured speaker at the if approved by the National Labor Relations Boafd, would gathering. place the names of the Sailors • Harry Lundeberg, President of Union of the Pacific, the Ma International Seamen's Union for the SIU, headed the International's rine Firemen's Union and the bargaining rights on West Coast delegation. j. , Marine Cooks and Stewards, ships. As a result, the Government held With SIU-A&G Assistant'iSecreAFL, jointly on the ballot un­ election with tary'^Treasurer Bob Matthews at­ der the name of the Pacific athethree-department Sailors Union of the Pacific, tending as part oYan SIU.of North District, SIU of •North America. the Marine Firemen's Union and America delegation, the conven­ Last spring the Labor Board held the Marine Cooks an(j Stewards tion also adopted a strong endorse­ a vote to determine the bargaining Union on the ballot under the ISU ment for a continued fight by the agent for steward department men label as opposed to the MWIU. new AFL InterhatiOnal Brother­ on West Coast ships. On the ballot The Communist • outfit received Long-term patients at the New Orleans US Pnblic Health Service were the MCS-AFL and the now- only a few hundred votes and went hospital read SEAFARERS LOG story about New York State in-' hood of Longshoremen against the discredited independent Interna­ defunct National Union of Marine out of business shortly thereafter. vestigation which showed the SIU Welfare Plan to be "tops in the tional Longshoremen's Association. Cooks and Stewards. With the industry." Patients (1-r) Leo Lang, James Ward and L. Fontenot Subsequently the old ISU dis­ The old ILA was expelled from the Communist - dominated NUMC&S integrated, leading to the forma­ have been receiving SIU hospital benefits regularly during periods Federation a year ago at the St. thoroughly discredited and bank­ tion of the SIU of North America, ranging from several months to more than five years. Louis convention, which set in mo­ rupt, Harry Bridges picked up the and giving the Communist Party's tion the seesawing battle for con­ ball and campaigned among stew­ waterfront section its opportunity trol of the New York waterfront ard department men for a "no to move in on the steward depart­ over the past year. union" vote. The result was 743 ment. votes for MCS-AFL, 1,285 votes for Officers Reelected- • Five To One "no union" and only 14 votes for In other action, the convention, West Coast SIU unions are con­ NUMC&S, showing that the West reelected all top officers, including Coast Communists were able to fident that in a three-department President George Meany and Sec­ Two SIU hospital patients hit the deck at the last head­ lead a disciplined phalanx into the vote the SIU would win by a mar­ retary-Treasurer William iSchnitzgin of at least five to one or better. quarters membership meeting on behalf of their brothers in ler, set in motion a plan to settle "no union" column. Meanwhile the Marine Firemen's the hospitals in reply to what they felt was a totally unfair disputes on jurisdiction tod simi­ No Union Protection Union membership crushed an­ treatment of the Seafarers+ lar questiqns among member Un­ Since then. West Coast steward other Bridges-inspired move to Welfare fund. The Seafarers a buck here and there from old ions of the AFL, urged a new Fed­ department men have been without withdraw the MFOW from the SIU. formal union representation al­ The motion, stampeded through Welfare Plan on Sept. 15 was shipmates because some insurance eral minimum wage of $1.25 . and though MCS-AFL has been active one small port where the opposi­ the subject of a one-hour hearing company says that after 13 weeks launched a campaign to make the they can't get benefits anymore If 35-hour-week the prevailing work­ in New York. on their behalf. tion was,well organized, called for Both men strongly defended the they die, there isn't even money week fti the nation's industries. The proposal for a joint, three- a new referendum on the question. Plan as being far superior to any for a coffin." department vote would give the The "convention body also Itcwas voted down by better than other in the hospitals. Not Helpless steward department men a union pledged that the AFL would assist to one in a poll of all MFOW In contrast, Driscoll said. Sea­ in every way possible .with all Seafarer John Driscoll, speaking of their own and would undoubt­ six ports. for Manhattan Beach ^hospital pa­ farers at Manhattan Beach have in probes of union welfare funds, but edly put an end to the present tients, told ,the ihembership that many instances been able to fulfill urged that the inquiry spotlight be divisions aboard West Coast ships. the Seafarers Welfare Plan "stands financial obligations they under­ thrown on insurance companies Meetings of the SUP in all ports for exactly what the title says, the took before they were hospitalized. and brokers who are allowed by earlier this month got the ball roll­ Another disabled Seafarer, James welfare of all Seafarers.' ing by going on record for a threelaw to reap thousands of dollars "I've been a patient for five Hamilton, came to the microphone from welfare funds without per­ department vote, and the member­ years," he said, "and every two in a wheelchair as the result of ship of the AFL Marine Firemen's forming any services. weeks without fail the Union rep­ amputation of both his legs. Cur­ Union also went on record over­ Other recommendations, from resentative has come around with rently at the Staten Island USPHS whelmingly in favor of the pro­ my hospital benefits. Meanwhile, hospital, Hamilton is on the SIU's the convention body and the AFL posal as did the MCS-AFL. Executive Council were that the members of other unions have been disability benefit list. Earlier Vote US must re-examine its "handout" "As far as I'm concerned," Ham­ penniless because they are at the The SIU of NA has a valuable ilton said, "the issue is very simple. policy in the field of foreign aid, mercy of an insurance company. precedent in its petition for a Without the Welfare Plan I'd be face up to the problem of unem­ "Some of these men are veterans three-department election in that out in the gutter or have to depend ployment apd put in effect a "real­ Seafarers on Calmar ships are of the big waterfront beefs oiE the just such an election took place in istic" program to fight it. on somebody's charity." again calling at the lumber ports 1930's. Yet they have to panhandle the early '30s. Following the 1934 strike, the Communists organized in the Pacific Northwest and Can­ the Marine Workers Industrial ada to pick up cargoes, as the AFLUnion to invade the maritime field. CIO woodworkers' walkout appears •They challenged the then-existing to be over. Cargoes are once again piling up at ports all along the line, accord­ 'llili ing to the company In New York, >''' / and the ships have resumed regu­ Oct. 1. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 20 lar service to most of them. . As I See It Page 4 In Grays Harbor Burly I^age 16 Grays Harbor, Wash., for exam­ Crossword Puzzle Page 8 ple, greeted its first lumber Editorials Page 9 freighter in almost two and a half Galley Gleanings . Page 15 months when the Calmar arrived Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 there Sept. 7. She was the first Labor Round-Up . Page 8 one to enter the port since the Letter of The Week Page 9 Portmar loaded lumber cut prior Letters Page 16 to the strike and cleared the har­ Maritime Page 8 bor on June 27. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 The loggers' strike, which began Notices, Personals Page 17 June 21, saw some 100,000 lumber Off Watch Page 14 workers In the AFL United Broth­ Port Reports Pages 12, 13 erhood of Carpenters, CIO Inter­ Quiz ..Page 14 national Woodworkers of America Ship's Minutes Page 17 and some smaller unions go out in SIU History Cartoon Page 6 support of wage demands. Sports Line Page 15 The beef seesawed one way and Top of The News Page 6 another throughout the summer, Vote of Thanks ..Page 9 when several "back - to - work" Washington News Letter. .Page 7 movements were started. At the Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 present time, most of the workers Your Dolla^'.'s Worth Page 5 are believed to be back on the job SIU crewmemberi off the Hurricane pose in Pusan, Korea, in front of a huge billboard graph showihg the contributions by various groups and organizations, including merchant seamen, to a local hos­ pending final settlement of the fublishod bIwMkly at tho htaeawarlars pital drive. Gifts to the fund by seamen (far left) were the highest of any group at the time the •f tha Saafarart Intarnattaoal Wnian. At­ issues. lantic A eulf DMrlct AFL. n» Paurth photo was taken, and the crews of ten SIU ships, including the Hurricane, led the field there. Pictured Lumber cargoes have always Avanua, araaklyn n, MV. Tat. HYaFintli 9.MM. Intarad at aacand aiata mattar been a mainstay of intercoastal (l-r) .arei Seafarers Eddie Morris. AB; Irwin Sudduth, electrician; Floyd Peavey, galley utUity; Wil­ at tha Paat Offlo* In •raoktyn. MYt Vfltfar shipping.' liam Levey, FWT, and Frank Ballard, OS. ^ \ tha Act at Aiffltii* U. itlA Patients Laud SIU Weltare. Hit Critics Calmar On WC Lumber Run Again Seafarers Help Swell Korean Fund i.'VI '. SEAFARERS LOG .. .... "V-TT'iV.. -."V- �SEAF ARE^nS , LOG . 4lctober 1, J951 Pare Thre* To Seek 49 Union Posts Boxseore On Ship Transfers WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's easy ship transfer policy provided another new addition for the growing foreignrflag fleet of American vessels late this week; The Government ship agency gave its okay for the transfer of another Liberty dry cargo vessel on September 29. Half of the US tramp fleet is eventually expected to be swallowed lip in this manner* The latest ship! to go is the Transamerican, which was owned by American Unibn Transport; Inc., of New York. It is being transferred to an affiliate, the "Transamerican Navigation Co., a Liberian outfit, for registration under the Liberian flag. Three other Liberty ship transfers were approved last week. The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: SIU Ships* Other Unions ^ Total Transfers (6) (18) (24) •The SIU ships allready transferred are the General Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, Purplestar and Greenstar. Credentials Camm. Report To Co Before Membership A rank and file membership elected credentials committee has found a record total of 78 candidates eligible to vie for the 49 union posts to be voted upon in a two month period commencing November 15. The committee's findings and recom­ mendations .will be placed before the Union membership for action^at all port meet­ ings on October 6. The number of candidates who qualified is three more than the old record total of 75 in the*" rank and file credentials com­ McAuley, Keith Terpe, Ernest 1952 elections. All told a man mittee that was elected at the last Tilley, Charles Stevens. total of 92 inen threw in for headquarters membership meet­ Philadelphia agent (1): Steve jobs, but 14 were disqualified for failure to submit proof of sufficient seatime or failure to be in good standing over the past two years as required by the Union constitution. ing. lists the thw The report of the committee the qualified candidates and disqualified ones as well as reasons for disqualification. 14 Men Disqualified Of the 14 candidates disquali­ fied, six did not submit evidence Qualifications were, determined of the required three years' seaon the basis of Article XII, Sec­ time, one failed to submit four tion 1, of the constitution by a six- months' seatime in the current year, four were not in good stand­ ing for two years previous to nom­ ination and three had their books in retirement for two years previ­ ous to nomination and consequent­ ly were not in good standing under the terms of the constitution. Two of the above disqualified members were also ineligible un­ der a second count. In addition, the committee re­ ported that two other Union mem­ bers filed for election, but one failed to indicate what post he was To better acquaint Seafar­ ers with the candidates for election the SEAFARERS LOG will carry pictures and biographies of all candidates in its October 29 issue, ZVi weeks in advance of the start of the balloting. Seafarer Walter Reidy (left) raises his hand to identify himself as headquarters membership meetins votes on members of the election credentials committee. Other steward department members who vied for two of the six committee spots are, (left to risht): F. Gardner, A. Velasco, S. Chiavone, J. Wendt. Alien Tanker Go's Get Off Easy WASHINGTON—Despite the huge profits netted by the illegal operators of six war surplus tankers bought from the old Maritime Commission in 1946 and 1947, the Government will I net less than $2 million in, a recently-announced settlement of its claims against the vessels' lowners. The cases stemmed from I the purchase of the T-2s by New Paper Spurs IBL Pier Fight J affiliates of the United Tanker Corp. which were financed almost entirely by Chinese investors, al­ though the laws under which they were sold required operation by j companies controlled by citizens. I Accordingly, th« Government" Defeated by the narrow margin of little more than 200 votes I seized the Vessels at different times during 1951 and 1953" and in the New York dock election the AFL's International Broth­ erhood of Longshoremen is resuming publication of a weekly [proceeded against the owners. newspaper to spearhead its re--^^ Previous Settlement hewe^ drive on behalf of rank the "Waterfront News" will lead The settlement in this second th^ fight on abuse and mistreat­ and file dockworkers. I group of cases involving surplus Called -the, "Waterfront News," ment of rank and file dockworkers I tankers followed by several months the paper will pick up where the by the mob-controlled outfit. J a previous accord reached between "New York' AFL Longshoreman" Will Fight Commies I the Justice Department and asso* left off. That publication was the In addition, the publication de­ I dates of millionaire'- Grebk ship- spokesman of the A^L in the fight clares it will fight attempts by the I owner Stavros Niarchos concerning to oust the ILA from the port. Commimist Party to exploit its prfr 120 surplus tankshlps bought under The reason for the revival Of the election alliance with the old ILA 1 similar \ circumstances. Other newspaper, its first issue states, IS and any effort of the old ILA to cases are still pending involving because the "ILA leadership is sell out the membership in the I nearly 50 other wartime tankers. bent on raw revenge," against the Port of New York. CommunistOf the six ships involved in the nearly 50 percent of the men in front outfits were, active on beha(f ' latest proceedings, one, the New the harbor who are prorAFL. With of-the old ILA in the campaign and I London, owned by Arctic , Tank- the. ILA certified- as officbl bar­ have helped finance the leadership, [ers, Inc.'i was an SlU-manned ship. gaining agent for longshoremen. of that organization., . (Blackie) Cardullo Philadelphia joint patrolman (1): Stephen M. Bergeria, John Hetzell, Howard Webber. Baltimore agent (1): Earl (Bull) Sheppard Baltimore deck patrolman (1):', William A. Hendershot, Leon (Blondie) Johnson Baltimore engine patrolman (1): Flaye (Al) Stansbury Baltimore steward patrolman (1): Joseph (Joe) De George, A. W. (Andy) Gowder, G. Frank Hazen, Arthur (Artie) Kavel, Jr. Baltimore joint patrolman (1): RexforjJ E. Dickey, Richard May Norfolk agent (1): C. D. (Bo) Anderson, Glenions (Glenn) Lawson, R. W. (Bob) Miller, Ben Rees. Norfolk joint patrolman (1): James A. Bullock, Joseph W. James Savannah agent (1): Jeff Morri­ son Savannah joint patrolman (l)t John S. Bragg. Nevin Ellis Tampa agent (1): Thomas (Tom) Banning, George M. Everett Tampa joint patrolman (1): Belarmino (Benny) Gonzales Mobile agent (1): Cal Tanner Mobile deck patrolman (1): Wil­ liam J. Morris Mobile engine patrolman (1): Robert Jordan Mobile steward patrolman. (1): Leo Patrick Marsh Mobile joint patrolman (1): Har­ old J. Fisher New Orleans agent (I): Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans deck patrolman (1): Charles M. (Whitey) Tannehill New Orleans engine patrolman (1): C. J. (Buck) Stephens New Orleans steward patrolman (1): George A. Riehm, Herman M. Troxclair New Orleans joint patrolman (1): Paul A. Warren Galveston agent (I): Keith Alsop, Raymond E. Vaughan Galveston joint patrolman (1): Charles Kimball, J. A. King, Van (Continued on page 17) running for and the second failed to list any of ' his qualifications. Thus both men were ruled out. The committee noted that the nominations had been announced well in advance in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG and repeated several times. Qualification requirements had also been listed in the LOG for the information of potential candidates. The posts to be filled, and the candidates running for them are as follows: Secretary-treasurer (1): Walter (Rusty) Beyeler, Paul Hall, Ray White. Deck ass't secretary-treasurer (1): Joseph Algina Engine ass't secretary-treasurer (1): Joseph Volpian Steward ass't secretary-treasurer What^s Going On (1): Edward (Eddie) Mooney Joint ass't secretary-treasurer in Washington? (3): William Hall, Robert A. Mat­ • Will the US Government thews, Claude Simmons. set up a system of subsidies Boston agent (1): James Sheefor US tramp ships? haii; • What SIU - contracted Bosfon^ Joint patrolman (1): company is seeking a subsidy? James E. Sweeney > o What SIU - contracted NY deck patrolmen (3): Adelbert company is nearing a merger (Al) Arnold, Ami Bjornsson,- Mi­ with another US-flag oper­ chael (Mike) Colucci, Louis (Lou) ator? Goffin, Thomas (Tom) Gould^JoFor the answer to these seph Pasinosky. questions, read this week's re­ NY engine patrolmen (3): Theo­ port from your SIU reporter dore (Ted) Babkowski, Peter Bush, in Washington, whose column Thomas (Tom) Clark, Walter Siekappears on Page 7. mann. The LOG-exclusive column NY steward patrolmen (3): Paul ^Washington Newsletter ap­ Gonsorchik, Howard Quinler, Fred­ pears every issue to keep all die Stewart. NY joint patrolmen (6): Robert • Seafarers abreast of Washing­ ton happenings that affect A. Barrett, Frank Bose, Martin your jobs and Nthe American (Marty) Breithoff, Leoppld. Bruce, merchant-marine; James Martin. Dawson,. . Reed Ilumphdes, Allan L. Lake, £. B. a :• '•'•4 -I m • �SEAFAnSRS V A- -••• - - • '• AsISeelt... f- • . Ii&?-^;'-'' : • (fUhtM t?V'j '.n;-- • p; m. . w%' Tbe SlU-manned Ibenrille (Waterman) panes under the newly-completed central span of the "Sun­ shine Skyway" across Tampa Bay between St. Petersburg and Bradenton on |he Plorlda mainland. Tampa-Sf, Pete' Span Opens ' ^/•• i-y' -^ I • X-c i'S^: I. P[r.'/- •• f '<••- • lil. '•fep " %" 'Righf-To-Work' Law: Union-Busfing Tooi ?.'• • i.".' ?j>. -'v :. ' t'' TAMPA—^for. four years, Seafarers entering this harbor aboard SlU-manned ships have watched a series of causeways and bridges creep from the opposite shores of Tampa Bay toward the main ship channel. Last month (September 6) the spanning of the harbor entrance became an accom­ plished fact when the world's be provided on the causeways. The took the trouble to figure out the longest continuous over-water five miles of bridges have catwalks bridges and &useway vantage bridge, across the channel, was for fishermen over "some of the points will accommodate 30,000 best fishing waters in Florida," St. fishermen at once without danger opened to vehicle traffic^ For months now, SIU men have Petersburg boasts. Someone even of snarling lines or tempers. had a "mullet's eye" .view of con­ struction of the "Sunshine Sky­ way's" mammoth central span which crosses the main ship chan­ nel 155 feet above the surface of Members of the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Marine En­ the bay and provides a horizontal clearance for ship traffic of 800 gineers began voting today in a two-month ballot for their IT'S BEEN CUSTOlilARY EVER SINCE YOVR UNION OPENE| feet between the two £iant 250its headquarters In Brookyn for people from the outside to come arourj union's officers. This is the second general election in the foot towers that support it on and take a look at how we operate. Most shoreside people are quil BME since the union was^ either side of the channel. surprised to. learn how a seaman's union functions and having seen tq tive board seats are non-salaried granted autonomy by the SIU positions. World's Longest SIU change a lot of their old ideas'about seamen. Last week your Union had a group of visitors that was more unusu| The new "Sunshine Skyway" of North America at its con­ Also on the ballot is a proposed connects the Gulf Coast resort cen­ vention last year. amendment to the BME constitu­ than most, since they consisted of 15 European workers who have be ter of St. Petersburg, on the west There are seven offices at stake tion which would extend the term brought to this country by the State Department under an exchan^ shore of the bay, and the mainland in the election and 12 candidates of office from one to four years. program. These people spend a year in the United States working city of Bradenton, on the east and The amendment will have to be ap­ shoreside Jobs, while this country in turn sends a few workers evej ta the south of St. Petersburg. Its on the ballot. The incumbent presi­ proved by two-thirds of the engi­ year to live in foreign countries and become acquainted with the way of doing things. central span, said to be the world's dent, Wilbur Dickey, has been neers voting to go into effect. longest continuous over - water nominated without opposition and All members of the Union re­ One of the first things that the Gpvemment does when it gets vij bridge, is more than a mile long. is assured of re-election. Other ceive their ballots via the mails. itors of this kind is to show them around and usually the SIU is pick^ It is the principal link in a 15-mile posts open are two vice-presi­ The voting period ends on Novem­ as one of the stops on the "tour." Your Union is always happy to wt system .that includes 10 miles of dents, a treasurer and three ex­ ber 30, and new officers will be come such visitors so that the outside world can see how Seafarel causeways and five miles of ecutive board members. The execu­ sworn in on January 1, 1957. man the ships and supply facilities for men ashore betweep Jobs. bridges. The Skyway, completed at a. cost of $21,500,000, shortens the high­ way driving distance between St. Petersburg and points south on the Flushed with their success in three states this year, sup-"*Florida mainland by 49 miles. To Once the non-union people in slush fund by soliciting contribi touring motorists, it offers the porters of the anti-union "right to work" laws have set their added advantage of unusual and sights on five more state legislatures. High-powered, expen­ the place of employment form a tions from employers. The moni large minority or possibly a ma­ is going to full-page newspaper a) sweeping views of seascape on the sive, propaganda drives and-* ^ sparkling Gulf of Mexico with its behind-the-scenes wirepulling Today's "right to work" law jority of all the people employed, vei-tisements and other propagan^ bays, keys and islands just outside already ieature activity in the works the same pitch from a dif­ it's easy enough for the employer rapping union security and aski of the mouth of the bay. states of Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, ferent angle. Under the law, a to turn a deaf ear to the union or for more contributions. The objel is to get'enough citizens to siif St. Petersburg, the famed Oklahoma and Washington. union is simply not permitted to simply lock it out. petitions to put the proposition 1921 Lockout Pattern "Sunshine City," it means the end Nor do the "right to work" boys sign any contract which requires of a waterbound existence. Situ­ intend to stop there. With 17 states all or any of the workers covered The whole pattern is a reminder the state ballot. In most states, the "right ated on a peninsula bounded on in their trophy room and possibly by the contract to be union mem­ of what happened to seamen's un­ the east by Tampa Bay and on the more coming, they intend even- bers. In other words, as the law ions in 1921 when the shipowners work" crowd operates its wel south and west by the Gulf of tqally to push for enactment of a is twisted by its backers for pop­ got themselves^a pool of non-union heeled steamroller at the state le| Mexico, St. Petersburg was the Federal law along the same lines. ular consumption, non-union work­ Government trainees and then sim­ islature's session. But in Missoi "end of the line" for motorists. If If that ever happens, the future ers have the "right to work" any­ ply locked oiit the union men in labor defeated such an attempt la they wanted to visit St. Petersburg would be dark indeed for all,trade where, even where there is a union the old International Seamen's Un­ year, compelling the employl to use a more difficult ai[ and then continue on to Gulf Coast unions and union members. contract in existence. Iii effect it ion. The result was that wages for group expensive approach, In any ca| resorts to the south or to Miami The American Federation of opens the way to the destruction of seamen were sliced in half in the there always seems to be plenty 4ind Key West, it was necessary Labor years that followed. has described the ''right to the union. In other words: your either to make the long trip around work" drive bluntly as "a serious right to work for lesS pay. money available''from employeJ The "right to work" law usually the bay, through Tampa, or to avail threat to the future of our move­ And there is only one reason ei| says that it recognizes unions but Once an employer is assured themselves of a tedious ferry cross­ ment" and "designed to destroy that ployers would contribute to such) he can operate with non-union that a worker is free to Join, or not drive—^to weaken or cripple t( ing. unions." ' help it is an easy thing for him to to Join a union if he pleases. It's Uninterrupted Drive The Old 'Yellow Dog' bring the old "yellow dog" back. like telling people that taxes are union movement. Look To US For Law "Now, motorists may follow the What is a "right to work" law? Every replacement he hires he will good and necessary to support Gov­ Gulf Coast Highway from the Despite its catchy title it's simply make sure is someone who is ernment functions but that peoplS Seafarers of course, being cc northern boundary of Florida to the reverse of the old "yellow dog" either ignorant of unions or hos­ are free to, pay or not to pay as* ered by Federal labor legislatic St. Petersburg and continue their coin. The "yellow dbg" was a very tile to them—or' both. The only they please. are not yet affected by this "rigl journey uninterrupted across the popular union-busting device of 25 thing he can't dp is put the old Who Is Behind Drivft? to work" drive. But its backers al "Sunshine Skyway" to Gulf ^nd years ago until it was outlawed by "yellow dog" down on paper. 'With Who are the people behind this hopeful that once they get enouJ Atlantic points on the South Flor­ Congress. It was simple and sweet. a union shop of-course, he couldn't "right to work" drive and how do states lined up, they can go do\) ida mainland. All a worker had to do to get a do this,kind of thing since all his they operate? The current cam­ to Washington with a strong ar Tourist-wise St. Petersburg is Job was sign a -contract saying he employees would either be union paign in Missouri offers a typical ment. And if they do, their targe) capitalizing on the bridge in an­ would never Join a upion. No con­ members to begin with or would example. Here the Missouri Cham­ will be the Seafarers and' pve) other way. Public parking, picnic, tract, no Job. That was the "yel­ have to Join the union after a wait­ ber of Commerce is spearheading other legitimate American tra) bathing and boating fiicilities will low dog." the drive. It has raised a $250,000 union. ing period. BME Votes On Officials I ti..', • [ WHAT'S BEEN SUSPECTED AND FEABED ALL ALONG Bl American maritime unions came olbt into the open this week wheV Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks made it clear that Amerlcaa shipowners will be permitted, even encouraged, to register their ve| vels under runaway flags. Ii. answer to a protest^ Weeks said that far as he is concerned, it is, Government- policy to permit the transfd of a "reasonable" number of Liberty ships. And he added that theij was no ceiling imposed on the number of ships whose owners will allowed to scuttle the US flag and throw US seamen on to the beach, j This same Government official made quite a speech some montlj ago about what the people in Washington were going to do to strengtlj en the US merchant marine. It appears now'though, that the future US shipp^g and the Jobs of American seamen count for less in WasI ington than the opportunity for some shipowners to dodge US tax4 and- wages. Already the latest Government giveaway program has taken its tol of 24 Llbertys. Although this program is supposed to apply only to Liif ertys, it's quite clear that any shipowner who cries loud enough get a friendly hearing in Washington. For example, the Eastern Steamship Company has Just switched familiar ship to Seafarers, the old excursion steamer Acadia, to a ru away flag. Several oil tankers have gone the same way -in recei months. And as Seafarers well know, practically all new tonnage ownt by US companies is being registered foreign from the very beginnin The-inroads of the runaways are becoming so serious that they a even damaging the operations of European-flag shipowners. As mar Seafarers know from, first-hand experience, these operators have a lor way to go before they could approach conditions on US ships. Yet, was reported in yclir Union's newspaper a few weeks ago, the Britir have been complaining about the runaway problem. Just recent[ Norwegian shipowners put up their own beef about the way the Panl: manian, Liberian and Honduran-flag tankers have been torpedoi Norway's taqker operations. ' It's bad enough that the American-flag operator has had to strugg; along for years agaiiist this kind of competition without having his ou) Government kdd to his difficulties. The seaman tm the beach can't e^ the speeches and the operator can't fill up his cargo holds with thei| All the speechmaking won't help a bit, but a little positive action bottle up that runaway leak will do a world of gqod. ' KvP?:- : V?' 'Man--! :.:^i ,/ • . •4. itJ.wu-:;:- , �October 1. 1954 :-!?|P-; ' •- •' • .v!^-;-;•'" Soviet Sub Build-Up Is Ship Threat SEAFARERS Fate Five LOG KEY WEST, Fla.—Anothert American-built Americanowned; American-o p e r a t e d ship is going into service un­ der the Panamanian flag. This time it is the City of Key West, a converted LSM that will operate Although Soviet Russia got much of its merchant ship as a carferry between Key" West Cardenas, Cuba, and offer fur­ tonnage in the last war from and ther runaway competition to Amer­ the US, the story is likely to be ican-flag operations in that service. altogether different if and when The launching of the new ship there's a new one. took place under unusual circum­ Aside from the fact that much of this tonnage is still under the stances. Although technically a thumb of Moscow and in the wake Panamanian vessel,-the owners had of reports that the Russians are thoughtfully neglected to buy her buying up wholesale lots of hew a Panamanian flag. Instead she was or almost-new vessels overseas, flying red, white and blue bunting. comes; an estimate of what is ac­ Nor was there any Panamanian tually keeping her native ship­ representative present at the building industry so busy these christening and the ship dripped champagne from the bow to the days. tune of the Star Spangled Banner Six Cruisers Per Tear and the Cuban national anthem. British Admiralty figures indi­ "Loyal Panamanian cate that the Soviet shipyards have All of this might tend to pro­ the facilities to construct at Recent launching ceremonies for the SS City of Key West, a Panamanian-flag carferry, in that Flor­ least six cruisers, 60 ocean-going duce a state of disbelief in suspi­ ida city, featured many tributes to the virtues of that vessel although she is about as unseaworthy in submarines and a flock of small cious minds that Panama had any­ terms of US safety standards as anything afloat. Adorned with ^ed. white and blue bunting in an craft every year. In addition, al­ thing to do with it. It is on record, apparent effort to confuse the celebrants about her real identity as a foreign-flag vessel, the converted though the Admiralty survey however, that after a nominal sum doesn't say it outright, it's obvious changed hands, the City of Key 'LSM boasts less than half the lifeboat capacity required of a US-flag ship. that the Russian yards have to be West swore that she would be a making use of the service will be vage operators had to come to the that's normally found on a runa­ doing something, since it's well- true and loyal Panamanian for the ignorant of the registry of the ship. scene and remove passengers and way-flag ship. known that the Soviets have been rest of her living days. In this connection, there have This ship was formerly the In contrast to these mishaps is placing'large-scale building orders Of. more interest to Seafarers, been a number of unpleasant inci­ crew. New Northland, which operated ef­ the operating record of the SIUfor merchant ships in foreign ship­ and especially to the passengers dents recently on foreign flag ships ficiently for many with a manned Florida iii the same serv­ that ride her, are the City of Kdy in the ferry service. Just this past Canadiiin SIU crewyears yards.. . before the The reasoning is, therefore, that West's seaworthiness and safety month the formdr SlU-manned owner? thought they could do bet­ ice. In 25 years the Florida has never run into any serious diffi­ if they're not building cargo ships provisions. The 203-foot vessel is Yarmouth, operating under the ter with the rag-tag type of crew culties. behind the Iron Curtain„they must supposed to carry as many as 250 Liberian flag as the Yarmoutb.^ be mighty active building up passengers and 40 automobiles, in Castle, arrived in Miami with threeNavy surface and underwater fire­ addition, of course, to crew per­ fourths of its passenger list ill power to put everybody else's mer­ sonnel. Her lifeboat complement from food poisoning. Several of the chant fleet out of commission if for travel in hurricane waters con­ passengers had to be hospitalized. sists of one motorboat and two Lib­ the occasion for that develops. Quick Name Change erty ship lifeboats-^total cajpacity 20,000-Mile Range Fearful of the bad publicity, the London estimates, moreover, 100 passengers, or far less-than operators have hastily changed the that the Russians can turn out an the one lifeboat seat per passenger ship's name to Queen^of Nassau, ocean-going sub with a range of on. ea?h side of the vessel that is hoping no doubt to identify, her Seafarers are not the only ones who have difficulties with 20,000 miles in six^ months, com­ specified fbr US-flag passenger with the highly-successful Britishwaterfront peddlers and shoreside ship chandlers when it operations. pared to the construction time of flag Furness passenger ships, the Safety Margin Lacking about 30 months for a modern Monarch of Bermuda and the comes to buying gear. Indian seamen too, have had the same cruiser. Thus, U-boats are likely Of course, US passengers taking Queen of Bermuda. The rechristen- kind of worries with the re--* getting the big emphasis and the foreign flag ships like this can ex­ ing of the ship attracted the usual suit that the seamen's union many difficulties was reorganized Russians are expected to have pect a considerably smaller margin quota of speechmakers, all of in Bombay has been support­ early this year and is now showing about 500 of them within two or of safety than they will get on a whom conveniently forgot about ing a shoreside stores cooperative. a modest profit. The store does not cater to the The,atore is located in the Sea­ US ship. That goes for fireproof- the sick passengers in the hospitals. three years. Another similar operation, the ships, but sells clothes and other men's Canteen Building at the All of this again points up the ihg, ship seaworthiness'and other inferior condition of the US mer­ factors affecting safe operation. Nuevo Dominica, ran aground fol­ items, does laundry and dry clean­ Alexandra Dock, Fort Street in chant fleet, which would have to That is part and parcel of a cut- lowing a general engine breakdown ing, handles pictures and sells film Bombay, and is open to all seamen defend itself against such a men­ rate runaway flag operation. The and exhaustion of fuel* and water and repairs clothes. It was organ­ in the port, including Seafarers and' trouble is that many Americans supplies. The Coast Guard and sal­ ized in 1951 originally, but after other Americans on US ships. ace. Seamen's Store Fights India's 'Gyp-Chandlers' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING 'Mi • •4M 7 y| ,•5 iij ••r Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying earned in self employment in a year, gets you credit for they can get the payments if the breadwinners had as few four quarters, as long" as you report and pay Social Se­ as six calender quarters of coverage under Social Security. Your Social Security rights may be worth as much as curity tax on self-employment earnings. Once you are Also, some older retired men drawing comparatively small a $40,000 combined insurance policy and lifetime annuity "fully insured," you or your family qualify for benefits Social Security checks because their benefits were pulled to you. On the basis of the new rates of payments, if any-, even if ypu are no longer working. You are "fully in­ down by periods of disablement or unemployment, in thing happened to you, your wife and children could sured" as soon as you have one quarter of coverage for some cases can have their benefits recomputed under the collect as much as $200 a month. Or when you reach 65, every two quarters that there are between the first half new regulations. If you fall into any of these groups or you and your wife can get as much as $1,950 a year )n of 1951, and the quarter in which you reach 65, or in know anyone who does, go to the Social Security office^ Social Security payments, and you can still work part ' which you die. The maximum anyone needs is .40 quarters. in your town, and see if these new rules help yoli. time. If you had to buy an insurance-annuity policy from Any quarter worked under Social Security since 1937 Keep a record of your own wage credits, and support­ a commercial company which would pay these benefits, counts, including Armed Forces service in World War II, ing evidence, to make sure there is no slip-up, or book­ it would cost you from. $1,000 to $1,500 a year for the or since. keeping error in reporting and recording your credits, premiums, depending on your age. A family man should always make sure he has had a either by an employer or the Social Security Administra­ The most iinportant thing <.for a man and his family year and a half of some kind of work within the last tion. You can get your record to date by getting Form . to understand, is that Social Security benefifts are never three years, to keep his wife and kids eligible for the OAR-7004, at any Social Security field office, filling it • paid automatically. If you are entitled to them, you must Insurance payments, until 'be has enough quarter; at his out apd sending it to Social Security Administration. age, to be fully insured. Candler. Bldg., Baltimore 2, Md. Or just 'write a letter apply for them. • Also, if you ever get sick for a long stretch, be sure you stating your name and address, date of birth, and Social You should make your ifamily aware, that Social Security does include insurance payments for a'famil}^ if anything apply for the "disability freeze" now allowed. You won't Security number. Always give your name to an employer for payroll pur­ get any cash payments while sick. Congress repeatedly ' happens to its breadwinner. has been urged by the unions to permit. Social Security poses, exactly as on your Social Security card. Sometimes .. Must Work 'Quarters!' • to ^pay benefits for long disability, but has always refused. a man will use a middle initial or name, tuen later drop Seafarers particularly^ because of a certain quirk ih the But if you do become totally disabled for six months or it, which increases the risk credits may wind up . credited Social Security law and the fluctating nature of their more, now you can apply td ha^e your earnings record to someone with a similar name. emploj>ment,'may be susceptible to loss of rights. To be "ffAnen" during that period, to . protect your benefit rights Be sure your wife has a record of your Social Security eligible for family insurance or retirement benefits, you and benefit amount. number. If you lose a Social Security card, make sure any need to be either "currently" or "fully" insured. You are new one issued you, has the same number as before. New Beneficiaries "currently insured" if you have at least some employment Right now the Social Security Administration is seeking A wife who has dependent children under 18, or is 65 in six calendar quarters during the three years imme­ some 115,000 widows, 120,000 dependent children and herself, or dependent parents 65 or older, are eligible diately preceding death, or retirement. Calendar quarters about 5,000 elderly parents, who have become eligible for for monthly insurance payments. But there is also-a lump are Jan.-Mar., Apr.-June, July-Sept., Oct.-Dec. Even $50 payments under the new rules. They were previously de­ sum death benefit of up to $255.. If you are not married, of earnings in a calendar quarter, from any employment nied benefits because their breadwinners at that time had this is paid to whoever pays your funeral expense, so «n ship prssihore, iaive%yq'* credit for that quarten t i4Citt wovkedi suffiqienUy kl0pgit|B4qr, Social .Security. Now , fliert | ^, Guard Social Security Rights f U.. i 1 I •"j I �SEAFARERS lOJi October 1. 1954 Cruise Run Again Proves Popuiai'ity WESTERN DIPLOMATS DICKER OVER GERMANY—With the col­ lapse of the European Defense Community, western diplomatic leaders are how trying to patch up the pieces and come up with a new plan that will permit German rearmament and at the same time satisfy the French. A meeting of the nine members of the North Atlantic Treaty 'Organization, is now being held in London to consider a variety of plans for dealing'with Germany. Tt's expected that rigid limitations will be. placed on the number of troops and military equipment that Germany/Will be allowed to possess. us LEADS FIGHT ON RED CHINA IN UN—With the United Na­ tions General Assembly back in session, the Soviet Union again moved for consideration of Red China's membership application. The pro­ posal was voted down by "postponing" the issue until next year with the United States leading the opposition. The Assembly then went on to consider several disputes between colonies and occupying powers in such places as Morocco, Cyprus and the East Indies. 4" \m -• SIU hall in New Orleans was a bee-hive of activity one day last week when the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa -passenger ship on the Caribbean run, crewed up after a two-week lay-up for repairs. Here Port Agent Lindsey Williams (far right) calls deck department job? while Patrolman C. J. "Buck" Ste­ phens examines shipping cards. Job calls for the other departments on the popular run also had eager audience. ' ' ' ' ' " ^ I m Opens Bar—Buf He's Still SIU SAVANNAH—Take it from Mervin O. "Moe" Brightwell, vetermi bosun, the SIU is tops in maritime for Union representation and a contract that guarantees the best in the way of earnings, conditions and security. "That is why I am keeping^ my membership book active," said Brightwell, who open^ bis own shoreside business in Savannah last June. "My SIU book always will be my ace in the hole." Brightwell decijled to try his b^nd at operating a neighborhood tavern here after saving enough money during seven months and 11 days of shipping aboard the Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping). Savings Invested During his last trip as carpenter, he paid off at" the end of a voyage cf three months and 29 days with $2,335. A typical case, which Brightwell called "an example of real repre­ sentation," involved collection ^re­ cently by the Union of $225 due him in maintenance and cure. Brightwell was having difficulty collecting what was coming to him until SIU Welfare Services and Union representatives in the Savannah SIU Port Agent Jeff Mon^n (left) delivers a check' for Savannah SIU branch went to $225, representing maintenance and core payments collected by bat for him and- achieved a satis­ SIU Welfare Services for former Seafarer Mervin O.- (Moe) Brightfactory settlement of his case. welL Cartoon History Of The SIU 4' - i » ELECTION PACE STEPS UP—Democratic and Republican big guns are dueling over the fall Congressional election with the Democrats heartened by an upset victory in Republican Maine. Democrat Edmund Muskie won the Governorship and other Republican candidates were hard pressed. The Republican campaign tone as set by Vice-President Richard Nixon was to assail "Trumanism" while the Democrats have been attacking the performance of the Eisenhower administration, and the internal split in the Republican Party. 4" 4" 4" 4 4. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 • RUSSIANS DETONATE NEW ATOM BOMB—The Soviet Union an­ nounced that it had set off new atoni explosions in further tests of atomic weapons.; The announcement occasioned no surprise in the US. Meanwhile Australia started mining'uranium ore on a large scale for export to the US and Britain. . DC SCHOOLS END SEGREGATION—In accordance with the Su­ preme Court's decision, schools in Washington, DC, have eliminated segregation l^etween negro and white students, with the change taking place quietly. Difficulties were reported from other areas in the na­ tion, and the Mississippi legislature took steps to abolish the publid school system. The Supreme Court is expected to issue further rul­ ings clarifying its intent on how school segregation is to be ended. ' ' ITALY OFFICIAL'S SON ARRESTED—Minister Attilio Pkcioni of Italy has resigned to defend his son, Piere Piccioni, who has been ar­ rested in connection with the death of an Italian "party girl," Wilms Montesi, last year. Charges of dope traffic and police corruption are involved Jn the case, and the police chief of Rome has been ordered to appear for questioning concerning attempts to hush up the case. CANADIAN OIL SWINDLE CHARGED—A $5 million oil stock swindle was charged by the New Yprk State attorney general, Nathaniel L. Goldstein,' when he asked for a court order to keep four Canadian companies from selling stock in New York. The attorney general iden­ tified Gaspe Oil Ventures, Ltd., and Quebec Oil Development Ltd. as the major operations in the swindle. He pointed out that the compa­ nies owned lands, in areas where 100 years of drilling has failed to produce a drop of oil, yet investors were told that the company had fabulous gushers under development. STALIN MURDER IMPLIED—Strong evidence that the late Josef Stalin, Russian dictator, was murdered by his associates has been pre­ sented in' the "New York Times" by its Moscow correspondent, just returned after five years in Russia. The correspondent points to evi­ dence that Stalin was planning a massive purge of his closest asso­ ciates and was reported by all observers to be in excellent health, just before he was finished off by a "stroke." JfoitBt SMaritime Action 2Vo. 73 f;-- ife: F II > I'l:-'. 0 . ^ »4-. In April, 1950, East and Gulf Coast ship operators decided to take on a major sea union in what ob­ servers saw as an attempt to smash the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots.. Meeting the threat, the SIU and other AFL maritime tihiops^liqed up,squarely with the, MM&P and got set for a full-scale shipping tie-up. Exposing the operators' claims, the Mates challenged their refusarto sign dn the same terms agreed to on the West Cbast. by some of their affiliated outfits. Seafarers pledged full support to the beef, aware, that an attack on a sister union, if unchecked,. would be followed by attempts against others. Faced by the combined strength of seamen and all other marine crafts as well as a complete tie-up of the industry, the operators, signed up 36 hpurs before' strike deadliiie^.6n April 22. The hew pact gave the^ Mates several conditions never before obtained and again proved the power of Joint union action. • a:i ;e e K �ctober 1. 1954 SEAFARERS laC Ptee Severn SIV NEWSLETTER ^om WASHINGTON 8 Winners At Schools -Via SIU phe 50-50 permanent shippinir law passed by the 83rd Congress will provide enough cargoes to meet the necessities of American tramp Jrators because Government-sponsored cargo movements are becomless and less. Therefore, US agencies are studying the matter of ether they should recommend to the next Congress that tranjp lines Imade eligible to receive Government operating subsidy aid. In the past, tramp operators have held that the Govemment should laidize well over 150 tramp ships. However, it is expected that US jncies next year will go along with a modified program to subsidize Ihe ncLTiiborhood of about 40 tramp ships. btlier US operators, in general, will not oppose subsidies to tramps Ivldod controls are put in to protect their own operations. the past few years, CongVess has indicated that it is not in the t)d to appropriate more subsidy for American shipping, so that a Congressional fight over tramp subsidies can foe expected. 4" 3» Jj* lumors are that Louis S. Rothschild, Chairman of the Federal Marile Board and Mai'itime Administrator, will get a higher post in the ^nhower Administration. The talk is that he will be promoted with|the Commerce Department or even to an ambassadorship abroad. 4* 4** *4* tere's the latest group of American steamship lines aspiring for l^ernment subsidy: Isbraiiiitsen Co., Inc., South Atlantic SS Co., and es Marine Corporation. Of the three, the most outstanding and aspected is Isbrandtsen, heretofore known in the trade as the ged individualist and opponent of subsidies. The company is ex­ ited to apply within the next few months for operating subsidy on round-the-world service going out of US North Atlantic ports, east|nd through the Mediterranean, across the Pacific Back to the US. the case of South Atlantic, this Company actually qualified for' sidy before World War II but refused at that time to give up its foreign-flag agency arrangements in the US Gulf and southeast, k^owever. South Atlantic, after all these years, is pushing once kn for its subsidy. |he foreign-fl^ agency tie-ins of South Atlantic probably will be subject of a .separate extensive probe by the Federal Maritime Ird. Under existing Jaw, a subsidized line (which South Atlantic les to be) cannot have foreign-flag tie-ins, such as agency arrangppts, unless specifically approved by the Government, till another company which had hoped for operating subsidy, nameStates Marine Porporatibn, has been appointed berth agency for the sidized operation of Bloomfield Steamship Company put of the Gulf |he United Kingdom and. Continental ports. The Maritime Admination will pass very soon on the option of States Marine to pur^e controlling interest of Bloomfield. However, it is not expected States Marine will exercise its purchase option immediately, hence appointment as agent for Bloomfield. 4* 4* 4* longress Is expected to appropriate money next year to provide delion benefits to seamen who were captured or interned or held by I Governments of Germany or Japan in World War II for any period |ime after December 7, 1941, during which the seamen were held prisoner, internee, hostage or in any other capacity. |his is provided for in a bill passed by the 83rd Congress amending |War Claims Act. The 1948 War Claims Act did not cover merchant fien in that the seamen were not captured or detained within the hs specified- by the Act or by the Japanese Government. However, •lie Law 744, 83d Congress, amended the 1948 statute to include Ing the eligibles merchant seanlen who were captured or interned jield by the German or Japanese Governments during World War |This new law was enacting in the closing days of the 83d Congress, unfortunately, there was not time to authorize expenditure of the ^ssary appropriations. is anticipated that an appropriate request for money to carry out new law will be made early in the next Congress, convening in jary of next year. / eamen entitled to detention benefits under the law are those emed as seamen or crewmembers of any vessel registered under the of the US, or under the laws of any government friendly to the iuring World War II, and who were citizens of the US on and after ember 7, 1941. eplications for the above benefits should be filed before August 1955. 4* 4* 4* atest statistics indicate that the merchant fleet of Japan consists of to 945 vessels,, which includes some 20 passenger ships and about Itankers. [le plan of the Japanese Government is to encourage the construcof another 180,000 tons of shipping in the near-future. Three Seafarers and the children of five SIU members prepared to resume schooling in the US and Puerto Rico this month under four-year, $6,000 scholarships provided by the SIU Welfare Plan. The eight include the children of four Seafarers who won tha 1953 awards and have already com­ pleted their first year of schooling paid by the Union benefit plus the quartet of 1954 winners whose edu­ cational needs for the next four years are likewise being financed by the SIU welfare program. • In the living room of his home in Tampa, Clarence B. Brundage (left) chats with Mack Patterson, AB. They were shipmates on the Antinous (Waterman). Disabled Seafarer Lolls In Sunshine TAMPA—Sunny Florida is a long way from Archangel and it is a lot more conifortable in the winter time, a fact well known to anyone who knows anything at all about geography. Clarence B. Brund-f : ^ age has been both places in "We were on an old lumber the winter. ship, the Minator (Waterman). Now, the 71-year-old retired Sea­ farer is spending the remainder of his days in Tampa, resting in the shade of his vine-covered porch in the summer and sunning himself on the lawn in the winter—thanks to his weekly disability benefit check from the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Brundage has plenty of stories to tell, as does any seaman who sailed all through World War II as he did. He sailed FWT and before making his first trip abq^rd the Norwmk (Eastern Steamship Co.) out of Boston he had done an eight-year hitch in the navy. His last ship before coming ashore to go on the SIU disability roll was the Antinous (Waterman). .In On Invasions ^ His -favorite stories have to do with the ships and the men with whom he sailed during the war. He took part in all of* the major Eu­ ropean invasions and got in on a few of the big Pacific operations for good mieasure. None, however, stands out in his memory like the trip he made in ah ill-fated convoy on the Mur­ mansk-Archangel run. There were more than 100 ships in that convoy and only six of us came back," he recalled. With the engine room back aft, she looked like a tanker. We were a' prime target and the German bombers were comipg out at us all the time, day and night, in waves of 10 to 25. Dynamite-Laden As if the bombers didn't make life intere.sting enough, the ice breakers which were supposed to be clearing a path for* the convoy froze fast, he said. The Minator was one of the ships chosen for ice-breaking duty. "We had 700 tons of dynamite in the forward hold and every time she would ride up on the ice and bang down, we wondered if it would be the last," he said. The Minator made it back to the States safely, but it "was her last complete voyage. She was the vic­ tim of a German U-boat on her next trip out. Now that he no longer js able to sail, he lives comfortably with his wife in their modest bungalow on his $25 weekly SIU disability benefit plus his Federal old age benefit. The income, he said, is adequate to meet his needs. "I don't know what we would do without the SIU welfare benefit," he added. Meyer This year's winners. Seafarers Wallace Simpson, Seymour Wal­ lace and Ed Larkin, and Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddie Game, led the field of 16 competing for the coveted awards, which were announced in June. Simpson is attending Stanford University, while Wallace and Lar­ kin are continuing studies begun earlier. Wallace is resuming his pre-medical training at Columbia lis Larkin Who Is This Man ? BOSTON—Efforts to Identify a 10-year amnesia victim at trie Boston USPHS Hospital were intensified when a news­ paper offered a $500 reward for the positive identification i 4» . 4* of "Mr. X." The reward was4lie action of the Government of Greece to have Greek-owned ton- offered by the "Boston Post" return to that flag ig, proceeding with favorable results. , long other .things, the Greek Govemment has passed legislation after the patient for the first- time started * responding to ques­ |ncourage this flag return, including better tax treatment for ship- tions. \ uhder the Greek flag. The story of "Mr. X" began on 4* 4> 4) February 11, 1945, when he was liere may be a hitch In the Commerce Department program to en­ brought to the hospital suffering gage building of new tankers, by accepting older tankers as trade- from a serious bone disease. -• Congress appropriated some $26,000,000 for this tanker trade-inThe bone disease pardlyzed him Ibuild program, and the Government had hoped to purchase up to and "Jameson" was also suffering •Ider tankers in exchange for the building, by private industry, of from amnesia. Jew and faster ships of modern design. In recent weeks, "Jameson" has owever, the US Navy had-indicated that it would want, fon na­ begun to respond. He has consid­ si defense purposes, to have 18 knot speeds put ih the 10 new erable knowledge of British navy ters'. The hitch is tBat this is too much speed for many tanker com­ and merchant marine terms in­ ics. It is expected that the 'Commerce Department wiii confer with cluding English sailors' slang. in an effort to have this top speed decreased to about'16 knots, The mystery man is about 65, six Ihich case Commerce hopes to bo able to sell the program' to the feet tall, slender, brown-eyed and per industry. grey-haired. •Any Seafarers who believe they can help identify him are asked to communicate with the editor of the SEAFARERS LOG. ,V>'j til ii'vi I t jjli-i' ''V iJMi aU; tnnjla ic^ I..- Oiostaa Pott Photo) •• Simpson Game College, NY, after a stint at Long Island University, and Larkin is returning to the Cornell Univer­ sity School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Game is at North Caro­ lina University. The 1953 scholarship \\'inn.ers, all of whom easily qualified to receive the second year's installment of the $6,000 award by maintaining above-average grades,, are; Eliza­ beth Lomas, daughter of Seafarer Arthur J. Lomas, attending New Rochelle College for Women, New Rochelle, NY; ,Charlene Holden Meyer, daughter of Seafarer Stan­ ley A. Holden, attending Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, Va.; Alma JimCnez, daughter of,. Seafarer Pedro Jimenez, Who is at the University of Puerto Rico's medical school, and Robert Good­ win; soA of Seafarer Eugene Good­ win, now attending- the Dental School of the University of Oregon. J-. -i )'J-. i-i 1 Jot, �Pace Eiffht te'; • 1^; .;'• . ' ; i.'' i'j .- • i'.' "ly'4:- /-{• . ••• Ir: : • ifi:§•|'"'':•; =,:v; - •' •i r f -Sl' '• •f'-r I (totoW 1. 1954 Completing the first maiden voyage in more than 20 years of a ship built specifically for the St. Lawrence passenger trade, the 22,000ton liner Saxonia is now in service between Liverpool and Montreal. Designed principally for the tourist trade, the Cunard vessel has a CHARLES L. STEVENS, Steward distinctive funnel of a unique pear-shajped design... Three representa­ Most people would hardly. con­ do other heavy work in the engine I tives of the Mitsubishi enterprises of Japan who came to the US sider a broken leg a turning point in room. Instead, he put his experi-| to propose the building of one or more large tinkers for the Tidewater Question: Wha^ do you think is Associated Oil Co. in the Far East have succeeded in getting an $11 the best unlicensed job aboard their careers. But for Seafarer ence as a cook to work and signed| miiiion contract for the construction of two 45,000-ton tankships. ship? (Question asked In Savan­ Charles L. Stevens it worked out up in the galley. Stevens got his Union book bnl nah SlU hall.) just thafr way. The injury finished May 16, 1940, and two years later! • British Navy and police vessels, recovered a 40-foot tug stolen from Lucius A. Dewitt, steward: Night off his activities below decks as got his endorsement as chief stew-l Rochester, England, after an all-night search in nearby waters. Police cook and baker is the best Job on member of the black gang and re­ ard. From that time on he has! said two men had stolen the tug,^worth nearly $50,000, and had prob­ the ship. It pro­ sulted in his switch to the steward sailed regularly as chief steward on| ably headed for the Continent before abandoning her 20 miles from vides time off in a variety of SIU ships. department. Rochester.. Total foreign cargo volume through the Port of San Fran­ foreign ports. At When World War II broke out,| Today, the 57-year-old Seafarer cisco reached a record post-war high in 1953, according to an annual sea, you are Stevens was aboard the West is chief steward on SIU ships and report just issued by port officials and the Department of Commerce. through with is quite satisfied with his occupa­ Kyska on a lend-lease run tol The 6.5 million short tons was more than 900,000 tons above the 1952 your work by 10 tion. The job, he points out, makes Russia. German bombers attackedl figure. PM, or a little no great physical demands on him, the'ship and he caught a piece of 444 after, and can be so he expects to be able to keep at shrapnel in his left leg. "The only The Maritime Administration has awarded a contract for the produc­ off until the next reason it happenecf," he said, "was it indefinitely. In your tion of a new type marine power plant, known as a free piston gas gen­ day. because I was foolish enough to Portuguese Native erator-turbine, to the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division of General home port, you out on deck watching the actloni Motors. The free-piston ehgine and several other experimental power are on day work and can go home Despite his English - sounding instead of being where I belonged." plants will be tried out on four Liberty.ships to find the best plant to nights. name, Stevens is a native of Por­ He went through the rest of the 4 4 4 use for the conversion of the war-buitt ships to' present-day needs... tugal and spent the first 17 years war unscathed. Charles W. Thompson, FWT: of his life in the Portuguese capi­ An American-built, Panamanian-flag motor tanker, the 14,540-ton Ion­ Sails Any Runs ian Mariner, is due in Japan shortly for scrapping in tow of the Brit­ Electrician or pumpman are the tal, Lisbon. In 1915, he left the top jobs. Not little European country to seek his ish tug Golden Gate. The 25-year-old vessel suffered a serious engine Stevens' most recent SIU shipl only is the pay fortune and came to the United was the Frances of Bull Lines. UnH breakdown last year but the owners decided not to repair her. good in these rat­ States. like some chief stewards, or other 43« ^ ings, but as an ratings for that matter, Stevens has "I was a legal immigrant," he electrician, there A Coast Guard icebreaker, the West Wind, is stiil sitting tight fast no particular preferences as tc is only one man said, "for which I am very thank­ companies or runs. He agrees that in the ice of the Lincoin Sea, 450 miles from the North Pole. Although ful today. Of course it was a lot over you, the in no special danger, since shifting ice pressure is expected to release some companies are a lot easier for chief engineer. easier to get a visa in those days." a steward to deal with when it the vessel, the West Wind has the problem of a broken blade on one Stevens became a full-fledged citi­ I've sailed on of her propellers. . New York's'Mayor Wagner has appointed a 12comes to requisitions, but doesn't tankers and I zen of the US in 1926 and has been care who he works for. "I've fount man group, of the city's financial and maritime leaders to help promote know the pump­ living in the States ever since. the Port of New York and guide its future development. No labor rep­ that if you put up a fight on the Stevens first started sailing in requisitions whert you have to, yoi resentative is included on the panel, although the Mayor said he may man has good pay and good con­ the black gang with the old Fall get the support of the crew and thf ditions, too. appoint one later. River Line, whose excursion runs Union, and the company has tt 4 4 4 4' 4» 4> v' James E. Brannen, MM: I had are nostalgic remembrances to come through. With a couple o| The Danish-built A. P. Moller Co. cargo ship Sally Maersk has made rather sail fireman-watertender many an old-time Seafarer, Then outfits it means battling with the her maiden appearance in New York as the 63rd ship in the Moller than any other in 1917 he went to work on Panama port steward all the time but >^oi fleet. The 9,700-deadweight-ton motorship is fitted to carry both liquid rating. I sailed Canal Company ships that were can get results." and bulk cargo at a speed of 18 knots.' A feature of the new vessel is wiper before being used as Army transports. He Stevens is married and whil< a separate cabin for each crewmember at the stern of the ship.. .The transferring to was torpedoed twice in that war, ashore between trips makes hia 3,197-ton British freighter Grosvenor Marindr was reported safe in the steward's de­ was bombed in World War II, but home in New York's Greenwicl] Communist-held Foochow last month after defying a Chinese National­ partment and I none of his mishaps at sea were as ist warship's warning not to enter the Chinese mainland port. The ship once sailed FWT serious as the automobile accident Village section. At one time, bad! in 1948, he came off a nine months was en route from Shanghai to Foochow to pick up a cargo. for five » days that laid him low in 1925. trip with a good-sized payoff an( when we were 4 4 4 Skidded On Ice decided he would like to open short-handed. I A report on Port of New York ship activity during August revealed hope to sail in A skid on an icy road did the little neighborhood eating place sij that more than twice as many foreign-flag ships—527—arrived during the engine department again when damage and for the next 21^ years he could stay ashore. • ) the month compared with American-flag ship arrivals—230.. . The shipping picks up. Before he got through though, hr Stevenis was laid up part or all of Government closed Venezuelan ports and airports to ships and planes the time. When he was able to re­ says, the place had eaten up thay 4 4 4 from Trinidad in mid-September following, an outbreak of yellow fever William T. Cooper, FWT: I've turn to woyk, he stayed ashore payoff and more. Since then, h| on that island ten miles from the Venezuelan coast...US shipyards been sailing since 1947 and I think holding various jobs as a cook in sdys, he has been content to R scattered on all coasts will feel the first real spurt of activity in many the oiler has the restaurants, and hotels. Finally in the shipowner worry about prof months following the awarding of Government contracts for the repair best job. He has 1935 he decided to go back to sea. and loss while he sticks to the busli of 13 ships in the reserve fleet. Funds for the program were authorized weekends off m With his bad leg, he could no long­ ness of running a galley deparj by Congress 4his year to help keep skUled shipyard labor on the job. port and is not er make It up and down ladders or ment. confined to the ship as much as some of the other ratings. Of course, the fire­ ACROSS DOWN 11. Western outfit S4. Member of crew man makes more A New Jersey committee has rec­ ardous to make men work moij 36. Lengthy Mr. Slaughter Texas—,in Re- 1. What Musial OT, but money Russian 37. rlvec. cife ommended repeal of that state's than eight hours on a flight. uses 18. Existed ^ 39. Recover from a isn't everything. I like a littie 4. Where Donald The v^allaba 20. Places to sit public utility anti-strike law by a setback 4.4 4 Duck Bar is 41. Member of deck recreation. Fish that cling 22.' Untrue The giant CIO Steelworkei vote of eight ta one. The commit­ a. Nautical initials dept. 4 4 4 to sharks 33. Sore 43. Plays court to 13. Gorilla Edward F. Cettl, bosun: The tee, appointed' by Governor Rob­ Union indicated a'decided coolne.^ Apple juice 34. Hits 45. Corrupt 13. French river electrician has the best deal. He ert Meyner, said that strikes have to its parent organization-^at its A Bone 26. Export of Spain *®- High note increased since the law was first lantic City convention. No tc 14. A good outfit Main hatches: Meadow 27. Observed makes niore Abbr. 15. Toned down passed in 1946. Instead of restrict­ CIO officials were invited to spea River in France JO. A majpr crime 49. Kind of cargo money and has a 17. Belgian port ive laws, the committee suggested at the meeting, and rumors weij ex- 50. Chowed Radio hook-up 33. Norwegian skilled trade that port 53. Rupee: Abbr. 19. Si bills Employers that the state rely on traditional that the Steelworkers will event c an be used 31. Jug Title of respect collective bargaining methods for ally part company with the CI (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) ashore. I would­ S3. Commotions and go independent. The rift d settling disputes. n't swap jobs; 25." —Welles, actor veloped after Walter Reuther 4 4 4 38. An exclamation though. I sail -Last ditch efforts' are under way the United Automobile Worke. knowl': 39. Having bosun sometimes, edge of in the New York metropolitan area won the presidency of the CIO. but I prefer sail­ SI. Behold! to hold off a possible strike of 4 4 4 ing as AB. I like of 83. Letters 30,000 truck drivers. Negotiations Several persons were injured credit: Abbr. the' work and libhity between trucking companies and a clash between pickets and sirik 33. Unadorned there isn't so/much responsil 11 locals of the International breakers at the Square D Compai 34.. In good shape attached to it. 35. Compass point Brotherhooii of Teamsters buckled in Detroit. A strike has been 4 4 4 36. Endures Daniel O'Donnell, OS: Deck down to around the^ clock bargain­ at the plant since last June, und 37. Reside maintenance is the best job. You ing sessions tb avert the strike. this lea(}ership of the United Ele • mis38. Fielder's play are off every Contracts had already been ex­ trical Workers, independent, 40. Recovered from night and can go tended a full month to permit more though the union has been oustc a drunk / r from the CIO as Xommiinist-co: home when you time for negotiations. 43. No lfs,-M>r buts trolled, the strikers have the foac: are in port, ^ 4 4 4 44. Not any 45. Important' sea­ Nef^. meetings arc scheduled be­ ing of Detroit organized labor. which is an -adfaring country 4 •, 4' 4... Vahtagk over the tween the AFL Air Line-Pilots.As­ of Europe Island at about CIO Textile Workers ^h aski regular watcJi sociation and^ .American Airlines171- W long. standers; It Is over the dispute which led .fa a fior ten cents, iiin hour increases f< •1. Everything •3. India's" ' Prime more like a; reg- -24-day pilots' sti'ikd recently; IThe 10,090 employees pf. thc<Americi • 'Minister-'; ' ; .lilar/ job.,ashore;, core of the dispute is that vcer-tain yiscose Corporation, revorsing14., ;A,: hobby- et ..v-Seafarera ' •'. " ' , piit lii'Yoiir jeight of the company'ii; tHhscoiitliientai treiid in the in^stry during wk •B.-.a4 Rofira-tft! hoprk .and YOpr/time. Is your- own flightfl'were running '8*^ he^I;8, isnd •wage cuts sor renewals without the 'unien eontehde<i >it .wiki'-ihaa* «riskset«wil?e<ithev f IIill mifiiiVTii H Vlil JMIJP id |-?,V.; I ^iv^; •;'''• i.> •^.v/ MEET THE SEAFARER .1- i- SEAFARERS LOG v";;-: iVS*'?' �ii'S'v October 1. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pagre Nin* •Me, Too!' SEAFARiStS^LOG October 1, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 20 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAut HALL, Secretary-Treasurer . Editor,, HERBERT BRAko; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, Ai MASKIN, Culf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. Room For Ambition That standardized American dream about accumulating Ashs Breahdown a stake and then buying a piece of property or a small busi­ Of Messman-Jobit ness for future security is now reality for many men in the To the Editor: SIU. There was a time, of course, before the Union took a It is my conviction that wher­ hand, 'when seajnen-^lived a hand to mouth existence—ahd ever possible the Group 3 steward soriiefimes the hand didn't have much in it for the mcipth' jobs should be broken down into either. "This was the traditional way of life for seafaring men the particular jobs called for. And before Union conditions and Union contracts enabled them I also believe that the definitions to hold up their heads and changed their trade from a dump­ of "messman" and "utility" should be clarified, since they appear to ing ground to a desirable way of m^ng a living. have been altered in recent years. The majority of professional seamen are content to work Now these might seem like their trade and use their earnings to assure themselves the trivial issues,, especially to men comforts of life. Those who have other ambitions find by who are not in the steward de­ going to sea they can accumulate the necessary "nut" in the partment. But I think that any form of hard cash. So we see them going into business, improvement in our working con­ buying farms and homes and in other ways utilizing their ditions, however slight, is well worthwhile. And let's not forget seagoing as a means of accomplishing their aims in life, that the satisfactory standards we 4. enjoy today are the sum total of - >'f? *•' .'"rl "•HI I Vote Thanks many small changes. The average seaman, I think, might point out that the various The record number of 78 qualified candidates for 49 posts mess jobs all call THE SHIP CHANDLER - IN­ sails in the deck department. open in'this year's SIU elections is vivid proof of the mem­ for the same rat­ bership's active participation in the workings of the Union. ing .and provide SPIRED attack on the SIU Sea Williams, a North Carolina native, the same pay, Chest for putting an end to the joined the Union this year in Bal­ • It is also a tribute to the Union's simplified nominating and that there­ victimization of seamen by un­ timore. procedure whereby each' candidate may nominate hjmself i 4. t fore a messman scrupulous slopchest suppliers has without having to get off a ship and appear at a meeting. This found Seafarers quick to reply in SEVERAL SEAFARERS should be able to procedure was purposely designed to make it easy for any perform any" of defense of the Union-owned opera­ AROUND headquarters were, and member of the Union to run for office if he so desired. are, busy on the duties re­ tion. Among crews going on record in elected headquar­ The number of candidates wdqld have been even higher quired. But I would defense of the Sea Chest against ters membership were it not for the fact that some applicants failed to submit Sterne like to point out a Government anti-trust suit is the committees. The proof of seatime or specify the post for which they wanted gang on the Steel. Surveyor. The last meeting to run. On such matters, the Union constitution is very that there is.a world of difference crew here expressed itself as com­ chose a six-man ih the duties pertaining to the specific. pletely satisfied with the slopchest credentials com­ various mess jobs, and this results It's been traditional practice in the SIU ^o encourage the uj which definite preferences on the part supplied by the SIU Sea Chest and mittee membership to run for Union office. Full participation is of most messmen toward the job hopes "it may continue to the fur­ passes on the ther benefit of our Union broth­ qualifications of assurance of democracy in Union affairs and also gives the they are called on to do. ers." candidates for voter a chance to choose the best possible candidate for a Goodman Five Kinds Of Jobs given job. Once the credentials committee report has been Breaking down the various mess In the process this crew really office in the SIU. to the heart of the matter, be­ Chosen for this committee by acted on and the ballots prepared, the next step will be for jobs, I think we find five distinct got cause run there is no their Union brothers were W. every SIU member to exercise his right to vote for the candi­ kinds: 1) the waiter (saloon and answerIntothethelong kind of slopchest Reidy and A. Velasco, steward de­ crew messman); 2) the pantryman; dates of his choice, supplied by the Union corporation partments; J. Levin and W. S. Mc­ 3) the galleyman; 4) the bedroom other than another slopchest equal Donald, deck department: and P. 4. 4. steward (steward's utility), and 5) to it in quality and competitive in Mitchel and C. King for the black the passenger utility. price. gang. Now, the waiter has contact with 4) 4i i the people he serves, but the pan­ Another committee that recently Long-time complaints about waterfront peddlers and ship tryman is behind the scenes, cut A SUGGESTION THAT COULD completed its job was the monthly chandlers aren't confined to the US. Indian seamen too have off from the give-and-take of per- be taken to heart by many crews membership admissions committee. found it necessary to protect themselves by establishing their .sonal contact. It is easy to see is one offered by The last one had on it Frank Lamown supply store for personal gear. that a "good mixer" would prefer Seafarer Robert berti, R. McCarthy, R. Gedding, P. Marion, cur­ William M. Todd, Theodore Good­ So far it seems, nobody: has sued the Indian seamen's the personal contact, while another rently on the man might prefer to remain in man and Allen-Friend. union for doing so, probably because the seamen's own store the background. And it is also Alcoa Cavalier. 4" 4" 4has been a small and struggling operation. If it becomes suc­ easy to see that each man would Marion proposed THE WORKINGS OF SIU mem­ cessful, it is likely that the Bombay blood-brothers of our be more content if he could have that crewmembership-elected committees amply bers take better Stateside waterfront dealers will put up a similar fuss. the job of his choosing. demonstrate Union democracy in , It's bad enough when the "gyp-chandlers" soak the work­ I know some men who prefer care of the ship's action, and one of the best e.xing seaman here in the States, through their excessive prices galley jobs, while others I know library, the books amples of this is the weekly finan­ and reading mat­ have little use for the potatp-peelMarion and shoddy goods. Those who, do so to Indian seamen, how­ cial committee elected every Fri­ ter put aboard by iiig and pot-walloping chores in­ ever, should have especially uneasy consciences, because the volved. I also know men who con­ the SEAFARERS LOG for the day in all ports to go over the rec­ Indian seafarer, has a constant struggle on his hands to keep sider a steward utility job a plum crewmembers' leisure-time relaxa­ ords of each branch. body and soul together. . A recent such committee in Bal­ worth hoarding an ancient ship­ tion. Just as seamen everywhere have a common bond, it seems ping card for, while pthers find Marion, who sails in the steward timore was composed of Seafarers that those who prey on seamen are pretty much the same the that sack-making and sanitary en­ department, has been an SIU mem­ G. R. Suit, R. T. Milton and Peter world around. We hope for the seamen's sake, that Indian gineering chores go against their ber for nearly ten years. He Losado. This trio performed its joined in the Port of New York duties well and noted every ex­ grain. seamen make good in their cooperative venture. I think the solution to this prob­ on December 15, 1944. The 30- penditure by the Baltimore branch, 4 t t lem is fairly simple. Through a year-bld Seafarer is a native of even down to an item of 70 cents "for fuses." Little things mean a little cooperation between the Pennsylvania. lot, as the committee members 4- 4- 4" steward, company personnel man «SEAFARERS HAVE A FINE noted. and dispatcher, the jobs could be The foreign-flag transfer trend continues unabated with the specifically designated and listed reputation for coming to the aid Suit, an AB who now lives in growing carferry service out of Florida the latest hot-spot. accordingly on the board. of their brothers in trouble, par­ Houston, Texas, was born in that A new carferry, the City of- Key West, was recently chris­ 1 think that such a .change ticularly in family emergencies. state 33 years ago and joined the tened as another runaway operation in that service. wouldn't impose any strain on Up in Boston recently, one of the SIU in Jacksonville In 1941. Mil­ ^ Here is one phase of the transfer problem that directly- those involved, and tbat the bene­ brothers, needed help in the" fdrm ton, who also sails on deck.-ship­ coneerns the American public, for the City of Key West and fits would far outweigh the. incon­ of blood ddnaUons for his sick wife. ping as bosun, threw in with the other runaway-flag ships in the service carry mostly Ameri­ veniences In the paper-work de­ Several brothers at the Boston hall SIU ten years ago in Norfolk. He can passengers. Since these outfits are always at great pains partment. The results would promptly answered the call: John hails from Mobile and was born for more harmonious and Riibery, G^oi^g^ Williams, Tqln in the state of Georgia in 1902. to conceal their foreign registry, it would be a good'idea if make Losado, FWT and a resident of efficient food-handling teams, and Cummings and C, Meloon. Baltimore, became 53 years old 't • " • the public were informed that these ships simply do not in turn make for more simoothly- Rubery, Who was pn thj |.:i- - m^et. American-flag standards as to safety, ship construction running ships. on Sept. 15 and was boiii in Puerto ' -. Comet his last time out, and manning,scales. The American,travefer who take's these Aqyway, that's the wjay] 1 see it. member since Rico. He joined the SIU 13 years •agt^last month->iii New*¥ork. shifs ddesRSO iatJils own peijil. : J ,^ .. . • 940| qe i^fajyea Choice Of C^'andidates The World Over •V. mr Forewarned * • '.'i �Pare Ten SEAFARERS :®8issS N-. V ' ^ i October 1. 1954 LOG i;;* : IBli / Jii® iiiiil|iliiiiliiil®iiiis liim liWMsp -^ ' ' ' V i ''<^i ' As each SlU ship completes its voyage the Union's shoreside machinery swings into action. Union representatives go aboard to take care or the payoff and settle beefs on ihe spotw The shipping hall fills cqlls for replacements for the new sign-on. Those crewmembers who are leaving the ship pack their gear while others keep the plant going so the ship can handle cargo, and the galley force can ready the next meal. ' Soon the ship, in this instance the Robin Sherwood on the South African run, will head to sea again, all squared away as the new crew takes over and elects delegates for the coming vbyaige. mm&m .:|||i|y|i|^^^gM * ~ ^ - va illili I r I] r still on duty, Ray Brault, elec­ trician, tests a motor winding. ;• ' /i'. Chief cook Oliver Thompson pre­ pares cho'w ioi next meal. Up on deck, ship unloads cargo from its African run and then takes on new csurgo oiUerings for the outbound voyage.- Messman Ray Galarza counts out . dishes fot next meal's set-'up.' 'j �October 1, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pa;e Elevea •M "d -p. " M. -Ml Jnion patrolmen head up gang­ way to handle payoff and beefs. . Contract is studied to dispose of some disputed OT. Ship's crew holds last meeting with patrolman before payofT Patrolman (standing) and com­ pany rep check overtime sheets. I J iii^ 1 I Iilliilp : i ' l4j^>yv' prewmembers sign off and regive their official discharges. Retroactive pay due under con­ tract is issued at the payoff. Customs officer goes through crewmembers' declarations. Seafarer Anthony Tursi counts the cash rewards of the trip. •1 ilBHIiiiP ISeafarer Joe Roll grabs a fast I shave before heading shoreside. Robert "Andy" Anderson cools off under lu refreshing shower. On way off ship, Crawford meets and greets his replacement, F. Adkins, who was dispatched to job from the Union hiring hall. y. ''S • A rear all packed, Bill Crawford all set to close, up.ai^d leave. A1 Piontek, ship's delegate, posts ininutes for the nekt crew. Two more replacements,go aboard to complete ship's complement as she prepareiS to weigh anchor and head for Soi^th Africa once more. I �SEAFARERS Pare Twelve LOG October 1, 1954 PORT RRPORXS.. (Alcoa) and Afoundria, Yaka and New York: the operators to giv# us a break Lake Charles: on this work. Raphael Semmes (Waterman).' Joined Union In '42 Therefore, the Union urges all For our SIU man of the week hands that when they see one of we have selected Seafarer S. L. these standby jobs on the board, Woodruff, who is better known to they shouldn't throw in for them Shipping in this port remained unless they intend to go down to We haven't been exactly booming his friends as'"Woody" Woodruff. Way down here In the swamps of He sails in the engme room in all pretty much the same as in the do a job and stay there until it's southwestern Louisiana things are up in the Hub but shipping has ratings, hails from Geary, Okla., last period: not booming but not completed. moving along very nicely although been doirfg fairly well and we are and joined the SIU in New Orleans too slow. Three ships went into Nineteen Payoffs shipping hqs been a little on the hopeful that the coming cold in 1942, after having been with the" temporary lay-up, the Robin Hood In the past two weeks we paid slow side, with 35 men registered weather will provide further pick­ MFOW. He thinks the SIU has the (Seas ' Shipping), Ocean Betty off a total of 19 ships, signed 8 on and 23 shipped during the last re­ best welfare set-up in maritinie, (Ocean Transport) and the Wacosta foreign articles and serviced 13 In- port period. ups on the tanker runs. and is especially enthusiastic about -(Waterman). To balance these off, trahsit vessels. Calling In here during these last We had four payoffs for the the vacation pay. In fact, he says however, three ships came out of Ships paid off included the fol­ two weeks were the French Creek, period of this report and three Bents Fort, Paoli, sign-ons. Paying off were the the vacation pay he has gotten lay-up and took full crews. These lowing: Kathryn, Beatrice, Edith Logans Fort, Chi­ Queenston Heights (Seatrade); through the SIU has been the first were the Mankato Victory (Victory (Bull); Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate Carriers), and the Rosario and (Isthmian); Robin Doncaster, Robin wawa, Winter Logans Fort (Cities Service); Evan­ in his 23 years of going to sea. Oldtimers on the beach here at Angelina (Bull). Kettering (Seas Shipping); North­ Hill, Council geline (Evange­ In connection with the laying up western Victory (Victory Carriers); the present time are J. Kackur, R. Otove, Bradford line!; and Ann G. Vance, J. L. Nicholson, O. Pow­ of the Robin Hood, however, there Alexandra (Carras); Ocean Betty Island and ConMarie (Bull); ell, iR. E. Palmer, J. E. Eubanks, is a point that has to be brought (Ocean Transport); 'Bents Fort, tigny, all of Cities The Queenston R. Montcaln, C. T. Nangle, E. S. to the membership's attentioh. The Paoli, Chiwawa (Cities Service); Service, and over Heights, Logans Schroder, A. Kessen, H. Arling- Union was successful in' getting San Mateo Victory (Eastern); John in Orange, Tex., Fort and Ann the company to take a 21-man Kulukundis (Martrade); Seatrain haus and H. Krohn. wa had the Val Marie signed on standby gang to work the ship Georgia, Seatrain New Jersey Chem (Valentine Marty Breithoff, Acting Senak on continuous ar­ while she Js laid up as a result of (Seatrain); Seatiger (Colonial), Tankers), which San Francisco Port Agent ticles. assurances that we would furnish and Val Chem (Valentine). has.a fine group of SIU men doing 3^ i i. Our in-transit them with competent men who Signing on were the Steel a bang-up jbb on her. Savannah: ships were in fair would do a fair day's work. In turn, Worker, Steel Admiral, Steel Sea­ Prince We shipped a few men to eiach of number with the we were told that if it worked out farer (Isthmian); Peninsular Mari­ Southern States (Southern); Steel okay on this one, Robin would fol­ ner (Waterman); Greece Victory the above ships so .things were not Advocate, Steel Designer (Isth­ low the same practice on any (South Atlantic); Robin Sherwood too bad. mian); Iberville, Gateway City and At our last meeting here on Sep­ future lay-ups. (Seas Shipping); San Mateo Victory tember 22, the pumpmen took over Chickasaw (Waterman) calling at Important Job (Eastern) and John Kulukundis with Brother "Whitey" Pritchett Shipping here has been good this port. (Martrade). So, after explaining to the mem­ during the past two weeks with the serving as chairman and Brother J. The payoff of the Evangeline put The following were the ships in an end to her regular summer run Southland (South Atlantic) paying bership the importance of doing a transit: Elizabeth (Bull); Seatrain Mitchell serving as recording sec­ to Nova Scotia, and we are happy off and signing on and the follow­ good job, we shipped the men Savannah, Seatrain Louisiana, Sea­ retary. Both meij. did a fine job. to report that for the third year in ing in transit: Peninsular Mariner down. However, we then ran into train Texas (Seatrain); Alcoa Run­ Cheer Tanker Pacts a row the ship operated without (Waterman); Carolyn (Bull); Robin the damnedest headache we have ner, Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Pointer When the announcement was any serious beefs of any kind. Del­ Sherwood and Robin Mowbray had for a long time. (Alcoa); Steel Admiral (Isthmian); made tliat some of the tanker com­ The company's port captain be(Seas Shipping); egates in all departments certainly gair calling us the next day to Alamar, Portmar (Calmar), and panies have signed the hew con­ are to be commended for the fine Steel Surveyor complain that some of the men Maiden Creek, Gateway City and tract there was much loud whoop­ job they did in holding beefs down (Isth m i a n); ing and cheering, and now the wouldn't work, that they found two Arizpa (Waterman). Southland (South to thf vanishing point. members are waiting for Cities Claude Simmons men sleeping when they were sup­ Right now, the ship will go into Atlantic), and Service to sign up SQ they can start Asst. Sec'y-Treas. posed to be working and that men lay-up for necessary repairs and Seatrains Geor­ to collect that back pay. Some of were quitting every day, some of 4. t4. overhaul. The current rumor is gia and Louisi­ the tankermeh will have consider­ them without even completing the Philadelphia: that the ship will s^il in December ana, which each able amounts, coming. day's work. on the Florida cruise run. This is called here twice. For our Seafarer of the Week Some of the men even said they The Southland a very good possibility as we we nominate Brother Steve Senak, were not told they had to put out understand it but there is nothing had a very clean who rode Atlantic Refining Com­ Darley a day's work when they went down payoff and credit definite on it yet. pany^ ships through to the-end of there. TTie result was that the com­ for a bang-up job can be given to that drive and did a very good job Welcome Home pany began raising hell and threat­ the ship's delegates. These are Shipping in this port has been We were happy to welcome back Billie Darley, ship's; J. C. Laseter, ening to lay off all hands and get slow during the past two weeks, due for us all during the campaign. Senak comes from Illinois and sails the Queenston Heights to its old deck; William J. Morris, engine, a shoreside gang to do the job. But we finally talked them into mostly to Calmar shijis paying off in the deck-department. He has run. Portland to Venezuela. This and R. F. Fields, steward. ordering more men and promised in Baltimore and entering the ship­ just completed an offshore run on past summer the ship had been yards there to install conditioning one of the Cities Service tankers, Sea Chest Praised to straighten things out. running regularly into Montreal. systems in their holds. However, on which he did a fine job as ship's For our SIU man of the week we So we shipped more men for the The boys on board were glad of we expect the Hastings (Water­ delegate, and is now waiting for have selected E. B. McAuley who jobs, and' things have gone pretty the change, since the ship is a man) to crew up again at the end a good coastwise run. "home away from home" for a lot sails as FWT and oiler. McAuley, smoothly since then. The only kink of this week and this should im­ On the* labor front here all is who joined the SIU in 1943, thinks was when one of the replacements of local Boston Seafarers. This ves­ sel has a reputation as a happy one of the best things about the went up first thing and asked lor prove the situation. Also, the Cal­ quiet with the exception of one ship which is justified by the fact Union is the Sea Chest. For years, the day off. You can imagine what mar conditionings should be com­ small beef that the Building Trades pleted in the not-too-distant future Council has with one of the con­ that there is fine cooperation at all he says, the waterfront parasite he was told. so we should again have a share tractors, but we believe it will be "took" the seaman. But now, times between officers and men Could Mean Other Jobs squared away by the time this is in of these payoffs. • and beefs seldom amount to any­ thanks to the Union, a man can get IVith ships laying up every day print. During the last report period we decent gear at a fair price aboard the Union would like to get more thing. That's about all except to say paid off the Hastings (Waterman), ship. of the companies to use our men On the beach are a few of the that the hunting season has opened, Republic (Trafalgar) and Winter Besides McAuley, men on the for standby work. It's a good deal men who just got off the Evange­ and some of the boys are trying to Hill (Cities Service), and signed on beach include J. H. Maxey, J. F. for some of the men who are wait­ line after a pleasant summer. They bag a few-birds, and we- are also are: W. Prince, P. Vroom, P. Nor­ Lee, A. L. Fricks, F. G. Wesley ing to ship, but if the word gets the Republic and Winter Hill. We looking forward to the circus com­ also serviced ten ships in transit. and C. West. ton and J. Scully. around that this is the manner in ing to town. Jeff Morrison A. S. CarduIIo which some of our people perform Janies Sheehan Leroy Clarke Savannah Port Agent Philadelphia Port Agent the job we certainly can't expect Boston Fort Agent Lake Charles Port Agent Boston: Standby Jobs Call For Day's Wortc, Too Evangeline Reported En Route To Ftortda GS Tanl(ers, Vat Gtiem Gall And Tatce On Men Sblpping Stays Good; Sontbtand Pays Off Crew-Up Of Hastings To Improve Stitpptng 9 San Francisco: 2 Payoffs Tatie Crews, Keep Beetcmen Moving m mt wniN A& e smPPOfG RSCOKO Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been very PORT Boston good, with more men shipping than New York were registered. During this pe­ Philadelphia riod we had two payoffs that took Baltimore full crews and six in-transits that Norfolk took quite a few men off the beach. Although there are still quite a Savannah few men on the beach, bookmen Tampa have been moving steadily. ...Mobile The shIpsSve paid oifduring the New Orleani last two weeks were the Young Galveston America (Waterman) and Ocean Seattle Loite (Ocean Trans;). The Young America signed on and so did the San Francisco Kyska (Waterman). •Wiimin^ii ' In transit were t^.l^smar and Yorkn^w Shipping Figures September 8 to September 21 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 18 9 ^ 12 39 13 39 15 11 308 146 113 125 384 118 93 99 28 18 20 66 8 21 10 3 86 :..... S2 64 55 201 92 86 264 3^ 9, 8 20 3 5 1. . 9 .,.1 30 19 • 26 75 15 46 14 17 3 16, . 10 . 15, 24 49 8, 5 67 Y5 72 ^ 74 221 21 . 23 23 238, #17 74 119 284 ' < 81 54 103 15 12 47 32 23 7 20 77 , 20 64 17' - 28 \ / 23 <10 61 25 38 35 25 . 33 32 90 49 •)/49 ';;7;:, 8 ', ••:"4 7V' "•3-, 15 A ,*t DonPt Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. Np Union hall can accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid.. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to.go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. seafarers who want tp be Taure od getting theiir baggage when they want it, can send it to~ any Union ball provided they 'prepay -Vie.' Shipping 'chargee.*., ;! S^SI �SEAFA^RERS LOG October 1. 195i Page Tbirteea ...^..... PORTMtEPORTS Kr-, New Orleans: Red Tape Is Hurdled, Hail Gels'New Leek' The' New Orleans hall is finally getting a face lifting after hur­ dling more red tape to get the job done than they have in Washing­ ton. Not only do you have to get a city permit to get work done, but p ' since the hall is in the famous Vieux Carre you have to get a permit from the Vieux Carre Asciation to do any work on the outside of the building. Memberjs coming to New Orleans will notice that the canopy over the front door has been removed, due to a truck knocking it down and our not being able to replace it as it was illegal, according to the association. The cementing work will be complete shortly and the sign painting will start soon to 'complete the face lifting of the -front to go along with the recent inside paint job. Since our last report shipping has been good here and is expected to remain that mmsi way for at least another two weeks. The Al­ coa Clipper (Al­ coa) crewed up after being in drydock for two weeks. Most of the original crew r V went bacli; to Harvilla their jobs on the Clipper, but we were able to ship 15 new men to jobs that were not filled by former crew members. . If the same trend is followed on the Alcoa Cavalier, it will be a further aid to shipping here., , The Alcoa Pioneer has been laid up for more than 10 days and is expected to take a full crew soon. Job Situation Aided Another break in the job situa­ tion was provided when the AFL Machinists' and Boilermakers' locals here called the SIU hall for 44 men to,work on the Alcoa ships that were in drydock. This was a big help to some of the brothers. We expect to have more job calls from these unions in the near future as they were more than well pleased v^ith the high quality of work turned in by. the men shipped to the Alcoa shipyard work. The men who went but on this work knew that future jobs de­ pended on their ability, so they turned to in typical SIU fashion and got the job done. They de-serve to be commended for build­ ing a good record in this respect. Friends and former shipmates of Duska "Spider" Korolia will be pleased to learn that he has been discharged from the USPHS hos­ I 4-- . •; ' ' h-' <•' pital after a long stay and given a "fit for duty" slip. "Spider" was in the ball to register the day he was discharged from the hospital and hopes to make a job soon. We also are happy to report that f. James "Red" Gleason and James H. Bales have been discharged from the hospital and pronounced r fit for duty. '•• • ' r"'- -• Among those recently admitted i;t' ;••"" to tbe hospital are Gilbert "Big • Mamou"Tiersall, Andrew Harvilla, Clarence "Red" Cobb, Leonard ICay, Marcus Evans and Vincent .Michel. We hope these brothers \' --''r ' ?-:••• "v •?' v.'--;/' will be well and ready to ship 'U:.:.. again soon. , - * Samuel Cope and Oscar Madere i-t.t:' '•••'• are reported to he recovering? 'In> good shai*e-after recent surgbry: •1' I'S iv!';--' •i ? V;-:' and are looking, forjyard to tbieihg - able , to come to the hall to get their, haih''?^ sh'lppinii list.! >• During the last report period :we. Bj^V" Jl-il l"?^- I'VO'- •' M'/i I i^ lgna,fili»nr'E'«btf ^1- •?:s. coa Pioneer (Alcoa); Steel Director (Isthmian); Del Mundo, Del Mar and Del. Santos (Mississippi); Chickasaw and Antinous (Water­ man), and the Compass (Compass). The Del Mar, Del Sol, Del Mundo and Compass signed on. Ships that' called-in transit in­ cluded the Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian); Del Sol and Del Mundo (Mississippi); the Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ ana (Seatrain Lines); Arizpa, Clai­ borne, Monarch of the Seas and Morning Light (Waterman), and the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Galveston: 4. Ships And Jobs Scarce; Gullook Not Exciling Shipping out of this port is really in the doldrums with noth­ ing in sight promising much in the way of relief. In the past two weeks we had just three payoffs and one sign-on, with 16 in-transit ships giving us most of our action. Our payoffs were the Fort Hoskins and Government Camp (Cities Service) while the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) paid off and signed on again. Ships touching this port in transit were: Seatrains Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York (Seatrain); Seatiger (Colo­ nial); Del Mun­ do (Mississippi); Lone Jack, Brad­ ford Island, Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Bien­ ville, Arizpa, City Hill of Alma (Water­ man); Alexandra (Carras); Steel Recorder, Steel Surveyor, Steel Director (Isthmian). While shipping action was light on these vessels,~ they had their good points too since they came in clean with just a few minor beefs that were squared away^ with­ out difficulty. On the "beach with us here is E. C. "Pappy" Hill, who was vaca­ tioning for the past two weeks up in Oklahoma, while Brother P. Lusk is also looking for a scow after attending Mexico City col­ lege for the past two months. Oh the beach in the hospital are Brothers William Walker, M. A. Plyler, D. R. Fisher, B. F. Grice, A. N. Salas, J. Arras, W. Currier, B. C. Seal, E. A. Hellman, C. B. Young and I. J. Torre. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Asent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 376 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 21»t 4c Mechanic Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent . Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Wiliiahis, Agent ' Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK..... 675 4tb Ave.; Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK ..127-139 Bank St. .Hen Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market. St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO ....., 450 Harrison St. SaV^CoHs. Agent SAVANNA.H' ' - . J4ff Mortlso .AgentSBATTUe. ' .: Jeff. Gillette. It - ilayL . Phone 2-5996 t Abercorn St. ;r Phome 3:1728 SffOWaat Ave. . CUlott 4334 Mobile: Shipping Slays Peer As Lay-Ups Ccnlinne Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been bad, with some 65 men shipped to regular jobs and 93 to relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had 13 payoffs', 5 signons and 5 ships in transit, but out of the 13 payoffs we had 5 of the Waterman C-2s lay up for an in­ definite period. Waterman is planning 4;o put two of the eight ships now laid up back into service during the next couple of weeks. However, two other Waterman ships due in here dur­ ing the next tWo weeks—the Citrus Packer and Maiden Creek—are due to go into lay-up, so there will still be eight ships in idle status waiting for cargo or charters. There were no major beefs at any of the payoffs here, but we did have one beef on the W i 1 d Ranger (Water­ man). On this ship, instead of having a d^y man replace a watch stander who was missing, the mate used the deck cadet instead, and as a result we had an overtime beef of over $300 which was collected and divided among the deck depart­ ment men who normally would have done the work. Getting Unemployment Pay Since the Waterman fleet has been laying up in this port, we have had quite a few requests from members on how to go about col­ lecting unemployment compensa­ tion. First, each crewmember laid off should get a notice from the company stating why he was laid off; second, each member who applies for unemployment com­ pensation should make sure that in the last fiscal year preceding his application he has worked at least 20 weeks for the company or companies he is making his claim against. These two steps are,|mlghty im­ portant, and members' unemploy­ ment claims will be processed more quickly and correctly i| they follow them. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate' Brother Gibson Coker. Coker, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Mobile and ships steadily out of the area as bosun or deck maintenance. His last ship was the Claiborne on tbp Puerto Rico WILMINGTON, Calif... 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tiiley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn - SECRETARY TREASURER Paul Hail ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Aigina Claude Simmons Joe Voipian * WUiiam Hall SUP HONOLULU run. A member of the Union since 1943, when he joined in New York,' Coker has seen many of the Union's gains made and his favorite is the vacation plan since, he says, it assures a man that he will be able to draw his vacation pay no matter how many companies he has worked for. A few of the oldtimers now on the beach here are Frank Edmonds, J. Dimas, L. 6. Hanson, D. Harri­ son, N. Davis, J. Williams, W. Brown, W. Kyles, P. R. Simmons, J. Karlsen and B. Faulk. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent ' 4. Baltimore: 4 4. Shipping Shows Rise But Don't Rush, Boys Shipping in this port picked up somewhat during the past two weeks, but it can still be consid­ ered only fair so we are not ad­ vising a stampede here as there are stiU plenty of men on the beach to take care of the jobs that are available. During the last two weeks we had the following ships pay off: Lone Jack (Cities .^Jirvice); Steel Rover, Steel Ad­ miral and Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Arlyn (Bull); Bull Run (Petrol Tankers); North­ western Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Trojan Lamb Seaman (Troy); Fairland (Waterman); . Portmar (Calmar), and Santore, Chilore, Baitore, Feltore, Cubore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Azalea City (Waterman); Pennmar fCalmar); Steel Rover and .Steel Flyer (Isthmian), .and Chilore, Santore, Feltore, Cubore, Venore and Baltoi-e (Ore). Ships In Transit In transit were the Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Doncaster and Robin Kettering TSeas Shipping); De Soto, Maiden Creek and Iberville (Waterman); Suzanne and Mae (Bull), and- Steel Flyer (Isthmian). In the USPHS hospital now are Coley Crockett, Elmer Lamb, Vincenzo Russo, Einar Hansen, Jesse Brinkley, James Connhr, Jessie Clarke, Thomas Cunningham. Ed­ ward Neamans, Kenneth Hum­ phrey, Edison Brown, Julius Kekete, Frank Paylor and Samuel Mills. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent FORT WILLIAM 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-571!) VICTORIA BC . 617t4 Cormorant St. Empire 4.531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St Phone (i."4b BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario ... 62 St. Davids St CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De Lc Montague . Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT .lOHN .... 177 Prince William St NB PhoneT 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 POHTLAISp......i 532 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALir 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO...... 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE...... ...l.......; 2505 1st Ave Main U390 ALPENA .. 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON .......... SOS.Marine Ave. Phone: l2;i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK ,. . '675 4th Ave;. Brooklyn CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE . . -STerUng 8-4B71 Phone:' Main 1-0147 DETROIT ..... . 1038 3rd St. CcifUNlMin District • Ilea'dquartera. Phone: Woodward 1-6857 . 831 W. Michigan St. . .:;6N tt.' Jamer St. Wast UULUTH . MONTREAL . , Phone: Melrose k-AllO soirm CHICAGO K Wiia sr Seattle: Sea Unions Picket In ProtesI On Transfers Shipping hae been nothing to blow your top about out here but it has been holding up fairly well because two of our Libertys came out of lay-up. We had both the Ametsea (Blackchester) and the Amerocean (Ameroeean) coming out and taking full crews for a wheat, run to Brazil out of Seattle. The future looks pretty encouraging because the Seacomet II ((^san ^il^rriers) is supposed to come out shortly and load for another Far ®ast run while the Seacoral (Ckirall will load lumber for the East Coast. All of the unions out here in­ cluding the deck and engine offi­ cers, radio operators, the NMU and our West Coast affiliates are pretty hot under the collar over Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild's action in approving the transfer of two more US-flag Libertys. Five-Day Picketline Since the ships were docked at Todd's Shipyard and- the Ballard Oil Docks here, eight maritime unions, including the SIU, put up picket lines on them to protest the transfers. We had the line on for five days. Unions participating were: Masters, Mates and Pilots, Local -90; NMU, Seattle branch; American Radio Officers Associa­ tion, Seattle branch; Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, Local 38; Marine Firemen's Union; Sail­ ors Union of the Pacific and Ma­ rine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. It's quite clear to everybody ex­ cept Rothschild that everytime he approves one of these transfers he is making it that much toughej:.p£Qr the remaining ships under tne American flag. One Payoff 'The two Libertys coming out of lay-up were our only sign-ons. We had one payoff here, the Cecil N. Bean of Dry Trans. In-transit ships were the Afoundrla' and' Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Al-^ coa Planter (Alcoa) and Yorkmar (Calmar). With the meal ticket system go-; ing into effect oyt here, the mem­ bership has gone on record to. pa- :; tronize the Kilowatt Restaurant be- ; cause of the fair treatment the : management and the employees:: have given the Seafarers and the / decent prices on their menu. Oldtimers on the beach include:' H. Parks, M. Olson, J. Barton and J. Goude. In the marine hospital at the moment are C. G. Archer, B. Bork, W. J. Fick. R. J. Heilig, E. H. Harrell, S. Johannessen, R. L. Morrow, V. K. Ming, W. M. Pennington, R. L. Welch and O. R. Ware. Jeff Gillette " Seattle Port Agent i Use Oniff One ail Address Seafarers with beef<! regard­ ing slow payment of'monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus Creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so tijat claims can ba checked siieedliv and payment madis right awahi. • J �Pww FMurfeoi SEAFARERS October 1, im LOG OFF WATCH NM :«i aifli At tl|p left, Seafarers Lai« Nielsen Oeft) and Walter Scblecht, off the Steel Fabricator, pose at Cher* ry and Company In Bombay with ^be proprietress, Mrs. D. Farkes. At the rlfbt, some of the objects d'art which the shop sells are examined by (1-r) DM Sipsey, cb. elect. Adamson, steward Martin and second mate Salami. Shop- specia%es in selling souvenirs and ciarios of wood, brass and ivory. N^acy's Basement Has l^lothing On Shop n Bombay, SlU Bargain Hunters Find There are many things in this world which don't live up to their advance notices. But his isn't true of a certain souvenir and curio shop in Bombay, India, reports Seafarer L,ars Nielsen of the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). This shop is Cherry and-*cator crew in the shop was first Fabricator men that they resolved ilompany, which specializes in aroused by a letter written to the to see for themselves the next ndian articles made of brass, LOG last March by Charles Col­ time they were in the Indikn city. /cod, and ivory. And, as far as oth price and service are conerned, the place is ail it's cracked p to be, Nielsen reports in bealf of his fellow crewmembers, The interest of the Steel Fabri­ lins, delegate on another Isthmian ship, the 5teel Admiral. That letter — in which Collins praised the prices and service in the shop—so interested the Steel LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sea Voices Gordon L. Peck Tell me not a seaman's lot is dirty and dull and hard. That his back is bent and his pay is spent at the turn of a greasy card. That the seas that roll from pole to pole only death and despair foretell. That his roll is blown and his hopes are flown in some foreign dockside hell. Through gale and breeze I have sailed those seas where the mermaids and tritons play, I've burned out my guts and been rolled by sluts in the fever that lasts a day. In the sober morn many oaths I've sworn to cut, out women and booze. But two months at sea work wonders with me and I can't seem to quit when I choose. 'Neath the Southern Cross where the whitecaps toss and the moon sparkles right out loud. There's a different kind of joy, I find, than comes wrapped in a satin shroud. Where the dolphins play and the Milky Way's like a barrel of diamonds that broke. The worries of Man and his money-mad clan seem remote, half unreal, and a joke. So when I'm on the beach jand home's within reach and I'm tempted by comfort and ease, There's a maddening lure I can never endure in a whiff of the salt sea brbeze. Quiz Cdrtier (1) Is Los Alamos in the US tamed as: (a) the site of a Texas liattleground. (b) a national park, (c) an atomic laboratory and jesting ground? "• (2) What is the number which when added to 1,000 gives a higher |«sult than if it were multiplied by 1,000? (3) What young girl led the French army against the English in 11 major war? (4) The quotation, "He leadeth me beside the still waters" is Jrom: (a) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, (b) the 23rd Psalm, (c) IVinston Churchill's latest book about World War II? (5) Seafarers should know this one. Which two South American I ountries have no seacoast at all? (6) A man has a total of $5.90 in nickels and dimes.* If the num[)er of dimes is one less than h?lf the number of nickels, hgw many 'if each does he have? 47) What roads in Virginia are always wet? (8) What famed American'writer and lecturer lost her sight, hear­ ing and speech at the age of 19 months? I (9) According to the US Constitution, how many members are injiluded in the President's cabinet? (10)' Is an anemotnetep-use;^; (a) to test the bipod, (b) to measure I he velocity of the windi (•p) .tiir' i»eawr<^^ of color? ^_ (Quia Answen on Page 17) And what they found was that Collins^ praises had not been sung for nothing. "We are happy to state," Nielsen now writes the LOG, "that we vis­ ited this concern and were delight­ ed with the excellent behavior, cordial attitude and charming man­ ners of the proprietress, Mrs. D. Parkes. This lady gave us all pos­ sible assistance in purchasing all sorts of articles which we wanted for our comfort. Articles Called 'Superior' "The articles- we purchased at Cherry and Company," Nielsen writes, "were decidedly of superior quality, and nowhere else in the city of Bombay could we obtain such articles at such a remarkably reasonable price. "Unlike other shops in Bombay, we found that in this one no un­ due pressure or persistence was exhibited either Jjy Mrs. Parkes or her salesmen. On the contrary, they made every effort to make us feel right at home and at ease, and to browse around ali we want­ ed to without 'disturbance." The- address of the shop is 2, Annes Chambers, 3,. Camac'Road, Bombay *!. The place is recom­ mended to all of their fellow Sea­ farers by the Fabricator crewmen. Another Seafarer, Louis Hale, who has made many trips to the port, in a recent report to the LOG also echoed the crew's sentiments as to the quality and prices of the goods. •4i This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Series addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Ubill be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4— — workshop tip from "Better Homes Stamp collectoni specializing in US issues still have a chance to ob­ and Gardens" which others may tain a first-day cancellation of the find useful. In tight places where new 20-cent special delivery stamp you can't swing a hammer, you which will be released Oct. 13 in can drive a nail with a Cr-clamp. Boston. The design of the stamp, Start the nail by pushing the-point which will be printed in blue in into the wood with pliers. Adjust sheets of 50, shows a special deliv­ the clamp so that the flat gripping ery letter being delivered hand to head will press against the nailhand to the recipient. Collectors head to force it into the wood and may send a limited number of self^ slowly tighten the screw. To avoid addressed envelopes with a money damages to the wood, slip a scrap order to cover the cost of the of wood or a putty-knife blade un­ stamps desired to the Postmaster, der the screw. Boston 1, Mass., for first-day can­ 4. 4) cellation. Remember that each en Those who are in the market for velope must bear a 3c or 6c stamp a not-too-expensive 35 mm camera to prepay the postage, since special for limited picture work may find delivery stamps alone are not valid the $36.95 Paxette, a German im­ for postage. port, just about right. The cam­ era has automatic film transport t ^ Seafarers who dabble at carpen­ and shutter cocking, plus doubletry when home ashore have prob­ exposure prevention, built-in ex­ ably found the quarter-inch drill a tinction-type exposure meter, with handy tool for all kinds of jobs. a corresponding exposure scale on Now a new inexpensive attachment the $6.95 eveready case, depth-offor the portable electric drill en­ field scale, film rewinder and body ables you to saw, rout and drill release. It is equipped with a lumber, plyboard, plaster, plaster­ f/2.8 45mm Kalaplast lens and syn­ board, masonite and leather. A chronized Pronto shutter with short drill bit at the end of the speeds to l/200th of a second and tool makes the hole, and the stick­ bulb plus a built-in self timer. In­ leback surfaee enlarges or routs terstate Photo Supply Corp., 28 it. The attachment comes in two West 22d Street, New York, NY, is sizes: 2% inches long at $1.50 and the importer. 4V^ inches long at $1.80. If your 4 t t ' hardware store doesn't have it, An item for the seafaring-phila-, write Benrich, Box 64, Dept. PP, telist who may be ashore in Phila­ Jamaica 35, NY. delphia these days Is a special t 4^ stamp exhibition which opened A LOG reader passes on this last week at the National Phila­ telic Museum, Broad and Diamond Streets, to mark tHe 25th anniver­ Pick Up'Shot^ sary of the State of Vatican City the current Marian Year. Tho Card At Payoff and display will include the entire col­ Seafarers who have taken lection of Francis Cardinal Spellthe series of inoculations re­ man of New York, the show's spon­ quired for certain foreign voy­ sor, as well as material sent by tho ages are reminded to be sure Vatican Postal and Philatelic Mu­ to pick up their inoculation seum and entries by others invited cards from the captain or the to loan portions of their,Roman purser when they pay off at States, Vatican and "religion" the end of a voyage. stamp and cover collections. Tho The card should , be picked exhibit will be carried over through up by the Seafarer and held Nov. 2, 1954. so that it can be presented 4 4 4 when signing on for another A pocket level with a pocket clip, voyage where the "shots" are described as "handy as a fountain require. The inoculation pen" for the home craftsman, is be­ card is your only proof of hav­ ing marketed by Stanley Tools, and ing taken the required shots. retails at under $1. The five-illch Those men who forget to level, weighing less than an ounce, pick up their inoculation card is made of heat-treated aluminum when they pay off may find tubing, has machined flats on the that they are required to take sides and a solidset proved glass all the "shots'.' again when they with bubble set true to the working want to sign on for another surface! such voyage. •- .' .:>V ' • • T*;. . I.-.. .• . . ••-J.' , i• '•, ml -rel in., G St I su| li N ? h( m ly si ll is cl tl it s tt| 8tl ;4- d| i-j Cold Beer Helps Make For A Warm Time In Yokohama tii Obviously enjoying their shore leave In Yokohama are these SIU crewihen. At Yokohama Seahien'a -I- .if Club are (1-r) ; Clifford Eubanks and Norman Phlllipaof tiie Mother M.L. (Eagle Ocean) and Jimmy Williams, Joe Logan and Pedro Villabol of the Pelican idarlner (Bloomfield). At the right is Jjmmy '.••-J,/-:, Knight and his, attractive Japanese wife, llicliilMii. . '' . • �jC'frf^t':::;^', October 1, IbM SEAFARERS r^^iaT-' F•i^^^-'fv-^ '•F''T''•'-•';?•• -'•.; Pate Fiftoea LOG In Spain If's 'SI, Si' For Seafarers—See? By Spike Marlin Helping promote Spanish-American relations among the local senoritas are these crewmembers of the Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways), shown here during a recent stop in Bilbao. Spain. Left to right are J. Rogers, wiper; J. Landron, DM; W. McBride, bosun; Bill Doran, OS; Robert Leavy, OS, and Francisco Agosto, Jr., chief cook. Photos were sent by Tom Maynes. who says he also had a good time. Letters In Bottle Take Their Time — But They Get There Just The Same It may take a little longer than modern-day postal deliveries—or even the Pony Ex­ press—but the mariner's time-honored method of sending letters in bottles is still good. This is reported tp the LOG- by O. S. Flynn, former crewmember of the SlU-contracted Strathbay (Strathmpre), who-*discloses that ten letters forwarded to the original ad­ "posted" in a bottle off the dresses. coast of Brazil last January, were delivered to their recipients within three months. Just to make sure everything was legal, Flynn says', the Strath­ bay crewmen enclosed, money to cover the cost of postage for the letters. They also enclosed a book written by Jack London, and then tossed the bottle overboard, at a point approximately 700 mTTes west of the Brazilian coast, on llast Janu­ ary 8. On February 22—six weeks later —the bottle was found just off the Brazilian coast by an unidentified fisherman who brought it to the American consular agent at Sao Luis, Brazil. He sent the letters to Belem, Brazil, where the Ameri­ can consul sent them to the US Navy Hydrographic Office in Wash­ ington, DC. From here they were Used For Many Years In a letter commenting on the incident, the Hydrographic Office points out that "for many, many years, drift bottles containing mes­ sages have been used to determine and verify the circulation of oce­ anic waters, and as late as the turn of the 20th Century, the drifts of bottles thrown overboard by mar­ iners" were the prinf'.ipal means of determining the sets and drifts of ocean currents. "However," the office points out", "the data derived''by this^, means were only general and not alto­ gether reliable, due to the many variable forces influencing the pas­ sages of the bottles. In recent years more scientific and precise methods for the determination of ocean currents have been devel­ oped." ^Jbr A SVSSBSTICN iveAaoivMAi,AA/ MTCIB, OR A rswee lUTHsios? isrs-tfsyz ABOUT IT- riHE ws IS AlMAtS TISTI^ TO SETTSe SEKviS THff /^MSms^ip: 7m rm EorrcR/ Crewmen Mark Labor Day At Sea Services The SIU crew of the Seacloud (Seatraders) may have been all at sea at the time, but this didn't prevent them from duly observing |he Labor Day holiday, reports ship's delegate L. S. (John­ ny) Johnston. Bound for the Far East, the crew decided that since they couldn't parade or otherwise note the oc­ casion ashore, they would do so by holding a shipboard meeting. And so, Johnston reports, a meeting was held at the No. 5 hatch and a number of the broth­ ers gave tolks on Labor Day and what it„ means. At the conclusion of the talks, the members all voted to send their best regards to all Union brothers and officials on this day dedicated to labor. Ship In Poor Shape When" the crew was first sent to" the ship from the Mobile hall on August 20, Johnston says, they found it to be quite a mess. In fact, Johnston says, the ship was in the worst shape he'd seen since 1936, with a "messhall which looked like the fire room of a coalburner" and all the rooms and passageways in about the same shape. ' " The ship, lobked so bad that some 0^ the men wanted .to im­ mediately return to the hall. But cooler heads prevailed, and the crew went into a huddle . and de­ cided to let the skipper know in no uncertain tefms that "an SIU ship is' a clean ship." As a result of this firm stand, the crew made plenty of OT per man for cleaning, and also got new inner spring mattresses and an agreement to start: sougeeing and cleaning for the rest of the year. "This,'^' Johnston says, "is a good example of how working men can improve the conditions under which they work and Uvb through firm, collective action. Thanks to such action by its SIU crew, the Seacloud is becom­ ing a decent ship to live on, and I think this collective action sym­ bolizes ,;.the iTeal .spirit ofv Labor J Day." Right now as this is being read the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants are locked in valorous battle for the baseball champion­ ship. It seems strange indeed not to see a JYankee uniform on the field, but" the" presence of the Giants in the contest makes it a partial New York affair for the sixth straight year. ^On the face of the won-lost rec­ ord they compiledi the Indians would rate as all-time terrors, hav­ ing won more ball games than any other ball club in history. How­ ever, a second look should con­ vince that the Indians, while a good team, are no super ball club. Their astonishing total of games won was rolled up against one of the weak­ est second divisions the American League has had in years. Against the only ball clubs that offered a stern test. New York and Chicago, Cleveland was only a .500 per­ former. Good Retreads The Indians' success stems more than anything from adroit use of pitchers by manager A1 Lopez. By spotting Bob Feller and Art Houtteman against second division ball clubs he got the most mileage pos­ sible out . of these retreads. And that policy enabled him to reserve his big three. Lemon, Wynn and Garcia, against the two contending clubs where he at least got an even break out.of them. The lamentable weakness of the AL's second division is emphasized by the fact that the runner-up Yan­ kees also won over 100 games, more incidentally, than they won in any of their five preceding championship seasons. Staggered Through On the other side of the fence, the Giants showed a good deal of early strength, but there were times in the later stages when they were distinctly wobbly. How­ ever, whenever Milwaukee and Brooklyn came close, the Giants had enough strength to stand them off, which is where it counts. As series contenders the Giants have two obvious drawbacks. The club leans too heavily on relief pitching with only Johnny Antonelli reliable as a nine-inning pitcher. And it has two All-Amer­ ica outs in the line-up, 2nd base­ man Williams and catcher Westrum. With these men and the pitcher bringing up the rear, it puts a heavy burden on three or four ballplayers to deliver all the runs. Cleveland's strong pitching, above all, has made the Indians distinct favorites to take the series. If the Indlms are to be taken, it will require.. some more superhu­ man feats by Willie Mays and very sound pitching by the veteran Sal Maglie. On The Afoundria •::3- • •Al -I Aboard the Afoundria (Water­ man) during a Far East run, popular Seafarer Percy Boyer (front) poses with a couple of his shipmates. Photo was Sub­ mitted to the LOG by Nick Wuchina. The LOG opens this column as an exchange Jor stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-knovm cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Antonio Goncalves' recipe for "Vichyssoise." Recalling the life and «good times aboard the SIU ships he sailed on for over four years as chief cook, Seafarer Antonio Goncalves, now a GI at Fort Myer, Va., has taken time out to submit a couple of recipes which he found to be "the the stock, parsley, celery, sliced favorites of many Seafarers potatoes and seasoning, and cook during my career with the SIU." Goncalves, who originally hails from Portugal and entered the I e r V i c e last spring, apparent-, ly had an "in" on French - style dishes, because "Vichyssoise" is one of "several • recipes from over the other-side" of Pyrenees Moun­ tains w h i.c h Goncalves he submitted. Vichyssoise" is a French-style po­ tato soup "originally made in the town of Vichy, famed for its min­ eral springs. To make It, -here's., what, you need; % lb. butter, 24 leeks (white part only), 6 onions, 2 ga.llons chicken stock, sprig of parsley, 5 celery sta'lks," 12 large potatoes, 6 cups heavy cream, and salt, pep­ per,- nutmeg and Worcestershire sauce to taste. Mince the onions and cut the leeks fine. Melt the butter in the soup pot and add leeks and onion. Cook very slo^y until the mix­ ture is tender but not brown. Add '•m until the potatoes are tender. Put everything through, a very fine sieve and add stock if neces­ sary. Stir in cream before serv­ ing. If evaporated - milk is used in place of heavy cream", the soup should be thickened slightly "with a roux made of butter and flour. "Roux" is the culinary term for a mixture used for thickening soups and sauces. "Vichyssoise" is also favored when cold and in this, ctfse should be. weii-chilled before serving. Top with a delicate sprinkling of finely chopped chives or parsley just before serving. (Serves 48.) ATTVE <510 MLL �y-i-TtCi'Miji -..v " SEAFARERS Pace Sixteen I: SMU Sea Chest Service Haited LOG L E T T October 1. 1954 R S Welfare SetdJp. Gets His Thanks To the Editor: ' To the Editor: Union brothers will stand by ttie. The story in a recent issue of before I started sailing out of San I would like to express my ap­ Waiting Te Ship Again • the LOG about how the chiseling Francisco and Seattle in 1952. preciation for the many fine serv­ I am waiting and praying for I want all the members to know slopchest operators have bulldozed the day I can start shipping again ices I haye received through our the Government into filing a I will never forget this, and I will To the Editor: In reading our ship's newspaper, because I sure miss the feel of a Welfare (Services Department, such monopoly suit against the SIU Sea always be ready to help the SIU Chest really burns me up. These no matter where or when I am the "Del Norte Navigator," I came ship under my feet and the good as the recent maternity benefit times I used to have with my SIU which my wife and I received after across an article characters really have nerve to called on. Isaak Bousin buddies. It's been 29 months that by Wilson Monbeef. They've been getting away the birth of our daughter. — I've been laid up and the call to tero, and I think with everything but murder for as I would also like to make men­ » »go back to sea is getting stronger a few sentences many years as I can remember. tion of the wonderful spirit of every day. from that article I remember one time I bought bear repeating for I would also like to, have the help and cooperation shown by the a pair of shoes from one of these LOG mailed to me so I can keep men of the SIU. I know what- it the benefit of waterfront operators who was han­ means to be in a hospital in a for­ other SIU men, up with the Union's activities. dling the slopchest on the ship and To the Editor: eign country with }>ronchial pneu­ William (Smoky) Grabenauer such as: In the September 3 issue of the the first time we hit more than a "If a union is (Ed. note: Your name has been monia and have my shipmates and mild sea the bottoms almost came LOG I read an interesting article delegates visit me to see if there only as good as added to the LOG mailing list.) King off. Those shoes must have been about the fine blood donor record was anything I needed. put together with glue, and lousy which the SIU has, especially at its members I'm 4) 4) ^ sure that the SIU ranks, with the Having been a seaman for the . the Staten Island USPHS Hospital glue at that. best. Everyone I've spoken to has past 13 years, and having been all This is very true, but I would like Made It His Fault over the world, I've found that to cite an experience I had at this, been ready to give me advice on how to make my work easier . . . there is no seamen's organization When I beefed about it I was told hospital. anywhere -that" can begin to com­ I must have done something wrong I was a patient in this hospital Now that I'm a member of the SIU Te the Editor: After 13 years of sailing with pare wjth the SIU. with them because "they were first from June 16, 1954, to July 2,1954, I want to tell the world I'm proud the SIU, I thought I at least knew of it." I would also appreciate it if you quality work gear." That ended for a hernia op­ Incidentally, Montero tells me how to throw in my card for a job. wuld put my- home address on that, and I was out six bucks and eration, and five his father gets copies of the LOG But recently an incident occurred your mailing list as my family cer­ still needed a pair of work shoes. days after my op­ regularly at his bar; "Sharkey's which has me wondering if I know tainly enjoys reading the LOG . Thanks to our Union, that's been eration my doctor the shipping rules, artd I'd like while I am away. Bar," in Norco, La. changed and we now get even more asked me to doF'orrest C. King some clarification. Bob Ladd Tiate a pint of than we pay for from the Seafarers While waiting for the 4 o'clock ,(Ed. note: Your address has slopchest on the ships. The stuff is blood because I . 4) 3; 5) call one day at headquarters, I no­ been added to the LOG. mailing top rate, the prices can't be beat had" the right ticed, a card thrown in for an AB list.) and when something goes wrong type for another job, which is in Group 2. This card 4) 4) 4) with an item we know we can get a patient they had. was older than mine,' so I held I donated a pint Salazar fair shake. To the Editor: back. But when the dispatcher an­ The only thing that is a "monop­ of blood and on I am writing this to thank the nounced-that the card thrown in August 13, when I had come back oly" about the SIU slopchest serv­ SIU for the death benefit I re- was in Group 1, I immediately ice is that it seems to have cor­ to the outpatient clinic for treat­ received after my son, Henry A. threw my card on the desk and To the Editor: ment of my right hand and elbow, nered the market on the best gear Currier, passed away last July 19. asked for the job, since I was reg­ I am now working at the Oak and stilt gives it to us at a low I decided to ask the hospital for a I would also like to express my istered in Group 2. The dispatcher certificate showing my blood dona­ Ridge atomic plant in Tennessee, price. appreciation to the Union for its said it was too late as my card w^s tion. and through an ex-SIU seaman Good riddance to the old days wonderful letter of consolation. not on the desk.' No Record Kept when the slopchest operator had I hope you will continue tp send I always thought a man ship­ working with me I have seen the Well, to make a long story short, us under his'thumbs and milked I was sent from one office to an­ me the SEAFARERS LOG, as ping in the group he was regis­ SEAFARERS LOG and hope you us for "new, first-quality gear" that other until finally, in the last of­ reading it makes me feel my son tered in had preference over a was just second-hand junk cleaned fice, I was told that the hospital is still out there with his ship­ man-shipping in another groiip, but will put me on your regular mail­ ing list as I certainly enjoy read­ up a bit. in this case I lost the job. doesn't keep a record of blood do­ mates. Joe Hudson ing this fine newspaper. (Mrs.) Marie Jennings I might add that later the man nations. (Ed. note: You mill continue to who got the job offered to let me From 1939 to 1946 I was with In my opinion, our Union should X % have it, but T declined because the the Army in the Canal Zone, do­ ask the hospital to keep such a rec­ receive the LOG regularly.) dispat(iher told me I was wrong. . ing guard duty on ships of all ord and give certificates to the men t » X Fred T. Miller types and nationalities that passed who donate blood. We don't ex­ (Ed. note: The shipping rules through the canal. In fact, I was pect any real reward outside of the provide that a job shall remain on the last Japanese ship to pass To the Editor: knowledge that we have helped a open' for three calls .by the dis­ through the canal before the war I am writing this because I want fellow human being, but I think it patcher. If .a man does not throw started. So you can see that news the members of the SIU to know would be good if we who have To the Editor: This is the first chance I have in his card in that time, the job of ships and seamen is of great how grateful I am for the wonder­ given blood at least had a cer­ had to write you about my brother, can be given to a man registered in interest to me. ful treatment which the SIU Wel­ tificate to show for it. George (Dusty) Espalla, who died another group.) fare Services Department gave me S. R. Thornton Luis Salazar In Mobile, Ala., last January 16. (Ed. note: Your name has been when I was hospitalized recently af­ X, I want you to' know that reading i; $ t added to the LOG mailing list.) ter sufferitfg an accident on the the LOGs, which come to me regu­ Gateway City. larly, makes me feel close to my t X, X When I was hurt while working brother. in the storage room, f got in touch To the Editor: Marie Le Gault with SIU Welfare Services and To the Editor: I'm returning to sailing in the ^ 4) 4) they gave me temporary assistance I enjoy reading the LOG and Union again after serving in the which enabled me to sign off the would like to let you know how a Army and I want To the Editor: ship and begin to get out-patient landlubber feels about a seaman's to say how happy I have just gotten back to -Snug treatment at the Staten Island paper. I am to again be marine hospital. The port reports are especially To the Editor: an active member Harbor after two more months in .1 I I hope you will print this letter interesting and' full of inforraatidh, of our fine organ­ the Staten Island hospital Seafarers Donate Blood and I also like the articles explain­ in the LOG because I want to ization—the SIU. sure was sorry to hear that "Moon" Later on I had to enter the hos­ ing the work of the Welfare Serv­ thank Mickey and the rest of my Please p r in t Kouns is no longer with us. Omar pital for an operation and all dur­ ices Department. Union brothers who have donated this in the LOG Khayyam was right when he said ing this time I received the regular My one complaint Is that I can nine pints of blood to be given to explain, my ab- of man that "he is but a tent in SIU hospital benefit of $15 a week, never solve your crossword puzzles if I need it when I am operated .sence during the which he takes his one day's rest, and Welfare Services also got five but I guess they are for true sea­ on for a floating disk in my back. last two years to a Sultan to the Realm of Death Panton Seafarers to donate blood to me. This is a major operation and I men. I also like the Quiz Corner. my old shipmates. addressed." , Woixls can never express my It helps me Write questions for have a 50-5(1 chance of coming put I hope to be meeting some of them I get a little restless here and gratitude about this wonderful radio quizzes and I have lots of of it paralyzed from the waist soon again. sometimes knock off a few original service to someone who is not a fun with it. down. But I have great cofifldgnce I'm registered at the Norfolk jingles which I hope you will be bookman or even a permitman in Thanks a million for your friend­ that my doctor will bring me out hall and am hoping to ship out able to use in the LOG sometime.. this great Union, although I was a ly and really informative paper. of it so I can go back to sea, and soon. -strong union man in other fields James (Pop) Martin <Mrs.) Gabrlelle Umsted I also have confidence that all my A. Edsel Panton Del Norte Story Worth Repeating iBlood Donation Records SoMtght Holding Card Can Cost dob LOG Perpetuates ^Memory Of Son Even Read in Atomic Plant Grateful For Aid Given In Injury (/> I w I I p ' T: ..n?! LOGs Remind Her Of Dead Rrother Happy To Sail After Army Duty Lady Landlubber Lihes The LOG Operation Duet He Gets Rlood oon V Death Touches ^Pop' - I �:' SEAFARERS 'Iktobef 1, • 1»54 ragt'S^kUeaf LOG .. . DIGEST of SmPS^ MEETINGS .. I •••:f: '^.•. • • V:;;p'-v;:V y'^:^ ') '' .. ••• ROIIN KITTERINO (tM« Shipplnfl), July 4—Chairman, L. Naplai Sacratary, . Jl. T. Whitlay. Discussion on fan in laun­ dry. and on serving milk three times a day. Men were asked not to take things from the lea bpx that do not belong to them. , all poislblc, crewmen would like plaatic pillow covera for the hot run. Dlicuaaion. held on waahing machines. Since both machines are in need of repairs and both were bought by former crews K was deemed advisable to put in for one new machine. .STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), July ItChairman, Dutch Kaafar; Sacratary, , Frank A. Kallar.tShip's delegate reported that the ' payoff went very smnotbly. Most of the repairs were taken care of. SS was donated to the Merchant Ma.rine Library. The steward was asked for'ash trays. Discussion was held on Issuing clean linen, and a satisfactory arrangeanent wiU be made with the steward. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), June 11 —Chalrmam-J. B. Garrlssn; Secretary, A. Therne. Suggestions made to keep screen doors- shut in port. Crewmembers were asked to keep some cigarettes to smoke instead 'of selling ail of them. A Uttle more cooperation was requested In using garbage cans. July 25—Chairman, Roland Leneve; Sec­ retary, Allan Therne.' Ship's delegate spoke to the chief mate about having the laundry Soogeed and the showers and toilets pamted. The chief mate said he would take care of this when he got the chance. Repair lists were distributed to delegates and department heads. They were asked to get same in early so that the repairs can be started. Chief cook says more reefer space is needed for SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Saatrain), July 25—Chairman, Jehn Monast; Secre­ tary, Herman Kirk. Motion made and car­ ried to advise the negotiating committee that the crew would like to have the time off on the Seatrains extended until one hour before sailing. Motion made ta air condition messhall or to Increase ven­ tilation, and motion was passed. There was a complaint about the mate working. CANTiCNY (Cities Service), August 1— Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Secretary, M. C. Ohstrem. Treasurer reported donations of S4 to ship's'fund increased same to a total of $45.50 on hand. Repair lists have been submitted and some of the repairs stares. All tables must be 'set up in have been completed with the rest to be messroom. , taken care of in the riilpyard. Brothers were urged to clean oht'the washing ma­ IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 30—Chair­ chine after using it. man, Charles Lee;. Secretary, Rudolph Tuthrls. All previous beefs were taken SnrCEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July up and settled to everyones satisfaction. SI—Chairman, J. M. Hand; Secretary, T. Discussion dn man in steward's depart­ F. Martens. Ship's delegate requested the ment who had fouled up. It was decided cooperation of all brothers and asked that this crewmember be brought before that they stop talking behind one an­ the payoff patrolman. There is no ice other's back and work together. The available during mealtimje- The steward ship's awning has not been taken care of. was asked not to accept any stores unless Motion made and carried that tepair lists they were brought on board by SIU shore be turned in now so that all minor re­ gangs or regular men in the deck depart­ pairs may be made before arrlvaL If at ment. Shoreside workers have been bringing stores aboard. The ship's dele­ gate asked that regular men who take garbage aft take it themselves and not to rely on others as this practice usually brings about a filthy fantail, EERSGNAX.S R. E. Jackson Roy C. Brn Contact C. Paul Barker, at 709 Carondelet Bidg., New Orleans, regarding illness of Duska (Spider) Korolia aboard Golden City. * 4^ Jerrell L. Neel Ffiends of this man are re­ quested to get in touch with him at R. q. R. 390 Dixieview Motel, Elizabethtown, Ky. i; a; Harry C. Scott Contact Mrs. Louella Scott, Box 922, Cordova, Alaska. 4. 41 Bubba Beal Get in touch with Donald £. Grime, Box 711, Menard, 111. , t t i Eugene Wilson Get in touch, as soon as possible, with your mother at 508 W. Manheim St.^ Philadelphia. 4i 4> 4> Robert H. Bullock "Red," 8-lf^ rWT on the Feltore, wishes you to write him at Box 411, Baltimore, Md. 4^ 4> 4^ Sidney L. Wilson Mrs. L. Wilson wishes you to write her at Box 207, Bruce, Miss. 4> • 4) 4> 4i i Alexander James Mike A. Yiera Harry N. Schorr has snapshots he wishes to send you. Write him c/o SS Bull Run, Matliiasen Tank­ ers, Public Ledger Bldg., Philadel­ phia 6, Pa. "r- • . '•••'•. h:-' 4,; , •>{> w STEEL MAKER (Isthmlann July 31—Chairman, E. C. Tcsko,-'^Secretary, Tom Cordon. Ship's delegate stated that the agreement on American money for draws in foreign ports goes in effect on ship's signing on July 7 so it <does not apply to this ship. Unauthorized persons are to be kept out of the crew alleyway. Iron door to be kept closed leading from galley deck to engine room. Deck'department showers and toilets need painting in addi­ tion to the rest 9f the steward depart­ ment rooms. DEL SOL (Mississippi), July 12—Chair­ man, Joseph Blanchard; Secretary. Wil­ liam R. Cameron. Ship's delegate elected. AAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), July 24—Chairman, William Logan; Secretary, Edward Robinson. Motion .made and car­ ried to start a ship's fund and have each crewmember donate SI at first draw on West Coast. Bosun talked on throwing garbage overboard and not on deck. Ship's delegate discussed care of washing machine and crewmembers were asked not to overload it. He will see the chief NOTICES Thomas Lindsey Contact the baggage room at SIU headquarters or the Railway Expresr office in San Francisco. Your baggage was sent to San Francisco and is unclaimed there. It will be disposed "of by Railway Express unless-they are notified otherwise." « 4i 4i 4i Norman 1. West Frank Cogswell Tom Richardson Pick up your baggage checks in Contact Tore Wickstrom at 1035 the baggage room, SIU headquar­ S. Beacon St., San Pedro, Calif. ters. 4^ . ^ Raymond Reid 4 4. i The followi.'Ti men are asked to Contact Local Board No. 18 Dunn County, 143 Main St., Meno- contact the SEAFARERS LOG of­ monie. Wise. It is going to re­ fice at SIU headquarters to pick classify you if you do not report. up Coast Guard discharges and other papers and personal articles 4i> 4? i which are being held for them: William G. Ryan Pick up your gear- at the Isth­ Aubry L. Sargent^ Jacob Elizondo, Samuel Curtis, Joseph Francis mian Steamship Co. Dahkoski, John M. Thompson, 4f 4 t HebeT R. Guymon, Samuel LangWarren E. Frye Urgent you contact your family ham, William John Donald, Bill «r sheriff's office, Dare County, Baton, Albert Edward McKlnstry, Angel C- Diaz, Americo Medeiros. NC. 4i ^'•V. • ORION COMET (Oil Carriers). July IS— Chairman,. W. O'Connor; Secretary, W. O'Oonnell. Ship's delegate reported on water analysis in Ceylon. It was suggested that men clean up afternight lunch. Hoarding of linen must be stopped. Re­ pair list requested before arrival in ship­ yard in Japan. Ship's delegate will see about ordering spare cots. Soap is ship's property and is not to be taken ashore. There was a discussion on the washing machine and safety equipment. Report by delegate on next draw in Japan. ' 4i J^es McGuffey Your wife is anxious to hear frorrf you. - Contact her at Apart­ ment B, 505 Adele St., New Or­ leans, or call Raymond 4018. "l-'- COMPASS (Compass), July 25—Chairman, • Pete Plasclk; Secretary, Ken Oristensen. Vote of thanks given to Pete Piascik, steward, and his department for really putting out good chow. There were some questions and answers pertaining to the ship and its next port of call. 4 i about low pressure on drinking fountains. linen should be replaced as most of It Is Steward department was given a vote of so old that it must be handled with care. thanks for good chow-and fine service. Carpenter suggested that on the next trip wooden matches be supplied. April 25—Chairman, B. Gary; Secretary, ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping) August 1—Chairman, Martin Laas; Secretary, J. S. Secsenger. Crewmembers were asked to take care of the new washing machine. H. Hennlng. Disputed overtime to be taken up with the palralman. Motion It was suggested that meetings be stag­ made and carried to ask the hall for stew­ gered so ail men can attend. Suggestion ards to help ship's steward to check made for the ship's delegate to see the stores coming aboard to insure sufficient captain about opening a sea chest. quantity and quality for the. next trip. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ Further discussion criticizing the food, menu and the chief cook using suet for lantic), August 15—Chairman, Joe Bracht; cooking purposes. Vote of thanks offered Secretary, Walter Hantysch. Captain will to the ship's delegate for helping to pro­ spedlr with Maritime Commission on se­ vide the ship with an exceUent library. curing ladders for upper bunks'to help Repair list to be posted on bulletin board. lessen chances of slipping and falling. August i—Chairman, J. H. Hennlng; Carpenter to buiid shelves for library Sacratary, Martin Laas. Repairs only soon. Food-,boxes are still spoiling food partly completed. The chief mate stated which gives off bad taste. Crew asked to that the policy of the company is such watch that coffee doesn't drip on deck that painting the Uving quarters of unli­ while carrying it up to the bridge. Stew­ censed personnel is done only once a ard department was compUmented en the year. The captain instructed the engine much improved food. department messman to have only one bottle of ketchup and one box of tooth­ SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), picks left out for the use of three tables. Motion made and carried that the dele­ gates go to the storerooms and iceboxes before arrival to United States to. take inventory in order to prove that the ves­ sel was inadequately provisioned for the voj'age. All hands were asked not to throw any cigarette butts en the deck. Delegates will check and report to the steward how many new cots are needed June 24—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Secre­ tary, John Monast. The mate has been in each department. giving the bosun and gang a hard time. Improper ventUation in the crew's niessqUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Sestrade), Au­ room. and it appears that the blowers are gust 1—Chairman, R. Murphy; Secretary, functioning. This will be taken up C. Dwyer. Motion made and accepted that not with the patrolman upon arrival. A vote delegate make ont repair lists. Discussion of to the officials for getting us on getting a sufficient supply of cots. Fur­ the thanks raise in pay, retroactive to October 1. ther discussion on past and future be­ havior on ship. • VAL CHEM (Valentine), July 27—Chair­ Richard V. Celling; Secretary, Bever EVELYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, A. man, Waits. Suggestion made that linen be Bryant; Secretary, D. Livingston. Wiper changed day before entering port and will take coffee down in engine room for that.the the radio be fixed whUe in shipyard. black gang. Ship's delegate will see chief Same to be paid for out-of ship's fund. mate about port hole screens. TV set needs repairing and a TV repairman will ELIZABETH (Bull), August 22—Chair­ be down to fix same and show the crew S; Fetl; Secretary, C. J. Oliver. how to operate the set. Ship's delegate man, Ship's delegate asked for a little more stated that he thinks a patrolman should cooperation in cleaning the laundry. Mo­ Qk tion made and carried that all delegates see the patreiman about storing, the ship in the proper way before sailing. Chairs need varnishing in the crew messroom. Discussion on installation of larger fans in rooms. a hpve a talk with the captain and remind him he is no God and is only a human being, and crew is the same and expects to be treated as such. Ship's delegate to contact Union hali for iibrary and also Merchant Marine Library for books as crew is in real need for reading material. July 25—Chairman, Robert Prideaux; Secretary,-John F. Tealc. Suggestion made by bosun and passed by membership that each crewmember will donate $2 to the ship's fund at the payoff. The steward department will take care of the recrea­ tion hall and the deck and engine depart­ ments will alternate in cleaning the laun­ dry. Delegates to see department heads about sougeeing and painting foc'sles im­ mediately. Steward will see about cots for sleeping on deck. Puzfte Anawmr nssss saiE aisiss sciiiQ STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), August 22—Chairman, Allan S.- Thome; Secre­ tary, H. Krenmel. Repairs on the repair list have been taken care of. Ship's dele­ gate will try to get a new washing ma­ chine in New York. Motion maded and carried that remainder of ship's fund be turned over to repatriated SIU seaman as there will be a few days before he gets his money. Arrangement made for more coffee to be brought up as engine room has been running short. Members cau­ tioned to leave rooms clean. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), August •—Chairman, D. Giangiordano; Secretary, R. Hernandez. Ail beefs while in Puerto Alco to be turned over to the patrolman when ship arrives in New York. Crew mess refrigerator is in a use­ less'condition and should be replaced. No catwalks were built aft and forward to climb over deck cargo. The • mate was continuously complaining all during the trip that he could not give out any over­ time, but every time the crew did any [SBiaai!] ROSARIO (Bull), August 22—Chairman, A. AAontemarand; Secretary, J. Evans. Ship's delegate reported everything nor­ mal with information from the captain about regular draw next trip. Deck dele­ gate asked for cooperation from the crew in keeping the laundry clean. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Au­ gust 12—Chairman, Ed Taylor; Secretary, Lee Bruce. Washing machine needs a new roller and the tub leaks. Steward was asked to have more variety for the night lunch. Laundry te be kept clean by steward department and the engine and deck departments will alternate in keeping the library clean. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), August SiChairman, E. G. Tesko; Secretary, T. S. Hanks. Master refused use of the life­ boat to crew. Only one door-- will be kept open in port. CALMAR (Calmar), August ISs^halrman. Chuck HesteHcr; Sccretaryr^enry Batagewskl. Ail repairs were taken care of in shipyard. Washing machine was fixed up and extra fans were put in every room as per agreement. Suggestion made that medical supplies be checked 'in first port. A discussion was held on various happenings aboard ship. Stores Were brought dcwn as requested in the day­ time. Thanks again to our officials at headquarters for straightening this out for us. KATHRYN (Bull), August 2—Chairman, C. A. Andresen; Secretary, Mike R. Ze- / i| lonha. Crew elected ship's delegate at this meeting. It was suggested that the washing machine be fixed. Crew would like more of a variety Jn the baking. BIENVILLE (Waterman), Chairman, Charles Demers; Secretary; James B. El­ liott. Fresh water and double bottom tanks were cleaned and coated. Washing machine has been replaced. Vote of thanks extended to the steward depart­ ment for the meals and serving of same. Crew in need of foc'sle door keys. 78 Vie For 49 Offices' (Continued from page 3) Whitney, Keith (Honolulu) Wins- A ley. ' The 49 official posts at stake In the election are the same as thosej that were voted on in 1952 with one small change in the headquar­ ters line-up. Instead of electing six joint assistant secretary-treas­ urers, three will be chosen on the basis-of their respective, shipboard departments and three will be joint. The proposal to fill 49 posts was made in the secretary-treasurer'sj'eport to the membership on August 11 and was approved by the membership in all ports at meetings of that date. Members of the six-man creden­ tials committee elected at the headquarters membership meeting of Sept. 22 are: Walter Reidy, Paige Mitchell, Albert Velasco, Ja­ cob Levin, William McDonald, Charles King. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY • . I would like fo receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) hl^^KdE . STREET ADDRESS ; QBQgl QZSQQS as CITY ; BBS gQQQia [^no SB BQBQS BEBOB Signed BBBaa sasBaaa sisEia oaaaa BBBsnfflca SHiaaa overiime work he waa continuously watch­ ing the clock. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), August 15—Chairman, A. Gowder; Secretary, J. Moore. Request made to obtain better type of spam for breakfast. Discussion about previous motion on washing, ma­ chine repairs; new wringer already instailedd. Ship's delegate te see the chief JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), July engineer about rusty water used far wash­ 10—Chairman, Jack Procell; Secretary, ing. Ship's delegate expecting library Clarence Faust. Balance in ship's fundd from patrolman in very near future. $3.09. Ship's delegate elected. August It—Chairman, Jack Procell; Sec­ retary, Clarence Faust. Motion made to use all first grade-meats until we run out. Stores received in Turkey are ..not satisfactory. Motion made and carried to keep place clean by ice box and keep garbage can clean at all times. STEEL APPREHTICE (Isthmian), August 1—Chairman, Robert W. Fcrrandiz; Secre­ tary, Bondt Nielson. Motion made and carried to have first patrolman investigate who is responsible for the unsafe working ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), August conditions on deck. A suggestion was made that an outside faucet for drinking 22—Chairman, Juan Reyes; Secretary, water be fixed. Fans need replacing, not Louis D. Cuellnlti. Requests that booms repairing. Ship's delegate reported that be lowered and secured before leaving Capetown. This request was refused by the chief mate and captain despite re­ minder of previous incident of broken Quiz Anawerg boom collar. While at work on deck relieving watches, various members (1) (c) an atomic la^'oratory and of the crew were attacked and bitten by and testing ground. passenger's dogs. Discrepancy between price tags on some articles and that (2) One. charged by slopchcst to be brought to (3) Joan of Arc. the patrolman's attention. Vote of thanks given to steward department for good (4) (b) the 23rd Psalm. service and well prepared menus. (5) Bolivia and Paraguay. (6) 60 nickels and 29 dimes. (7) Hampton Roads, one of the finest natural harbors in the world, including the ports of Nor­ folk, Portsmouth and Newport News.' (8) Helen Keller. (9) None. The cabinet is not provided for in the Constitution. It has grown on the basis of pcecedent and the requirements of the executive branch of the Federal Government. It now has ten members. (10) (b) to measure,the velocity of the wind. •••'-Ml .. .Z^NE ..... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ere en old aubtcriboi end heve e chgnqG 11 of addretz, please give you^former address below: ADDRESS ^ ZONE CITY ............ • e\ 's 4- • '* t«.(A « V te* tr-* : STATE . �Pare Eiffhtedr ••'' '' " • SEAFARBRS Oetober 1, 1954 LOG iFurniture Store Barks its Shins S E A F ARE R S A New York credit furniture store that tried a fast shuffle.on a Seafarer's wife was forced to pull in its horns after SIU Welfare Services got on its tail. As a result, the Seafarer's family got its deposit back and was able to get out of an installment con­ tract that would have cost" them a considerable sum in that it couldn't be sent until she asked for her deposit back the store refused a refund. paid some more money first. interest. Her next step was to visit Wel­ The dispute arose after Mrs. Benjamin Mignano put a deposit down for some furniture at an in­ stallment house. After waiting a few days for the furniture to come, Mrs. Mignano put in a call asking why it hadn't been deUvered. She was informed then Read Fine Print "IJhen on reading the fine print of ihe installment contract and figuring things out, she discovered that the interest payments under the cpntract actually doubled the sale price of the furniture. But when she called the. store and fare Services at headquarters. Welfare Services put in a call to the store with the inevitable re­ sult. Mrs. Mignano was invited to come down and pick up her refund right away—no questions asked— and that was that.^ 5 •: r;: 6 A SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANl REPORT ON BINEFITS PAID No. $eaflifcrs Receivine Benefits tkis Pcriei]| Averaac Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period J V. i s 1 • U 8¥/ >4 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD af the follotving SIU families Harr, 120V^ Logan Street North, will collect the $200 maternity Texas City, Texas. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 444 . UniotJi in the baby's name: Robin Arlene Rawlings, born Beverly Gordon Borford, bora August 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and July 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rawlings, 312 First Mrs. Gordon Tinsley Burford, Am­ Avenue South, Texas City, Texas. 4 4 4 herst, Virginia. Walter Wayne Jones, bora Au­ t Shirley Ann Pino, bora July 30, gust 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beltran Mrs. Walter Jones, 224 1st Avenue, Pino, 1519 Polymnia Street, New Texas City, Texas. 444 Orleans, La. Jaan Alan Lorents, born June 2, 4- • 4- 4" Norman Glen Geno, born July 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorents, 990 Bronx Park So., Norwood Geno, 1121 Old Shell Bronx, NY. 4 S* 4 • Road, Mobile, Ala. K Rose Frances Chuong, born July 4. ^ 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ah Larry George Bames, born Au­ Fah Chuong, 127 Allen Street, New gust 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and York, NY. Mrs. William J. Barnes, Irvington, 4 "4 4 Ala. Danny Gonzalez, born August 21, 4- 4" 4" 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mari­ Alfred Jordan, born July 8, 1954. ano Gonzalez, 55 E. 110th Street, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Jor­ Apartment 9, New York, NY, dan, 717 S. Cedar Street, Mobile, 4 4 • 4' Alabama. Mark Joseph Gunnells, born August 16, 1954. Parents. Mr. and hr Timothy Harold Buckless, born Mrs. Lloyd Gunnells, 1231 BloomAugust 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and field Street, Hoboken, NJ. Mrs? Clarence H. Buckless, 253 444 Manuel Lawrence Hoffman, bora State Street, Mobile, Ala. August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Jennifer L. Bridges, born July 2, Mrs. Eugene Hoffman, 2732 St. Ann 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4Bridges, General Delivery, c/o Philip Perez, born August 16, Lylees, Port Wentworth, Ga. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pedro .444 Perez. 168-69 92nd Road, Jamaica, John Antoniou, born August 15, LI, NY. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aggelis 4 4 4 Antoniou, 116 Linwood Street, Judy Ann Phifer, born August Somerville, Mass. 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Robert D. Phifer, 745 Lincoln Laurier Joseph Arbec, Jr., born Place, Brooklyn, NY. May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Laurier J. A. Arbec, 47 Francis Joseph Pinkowski, born Plymouth Street, Springfield, Mass. August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Frank Pinkowski, 1318 Spring Victor Roland Kothe, born June Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 August R. C. Kothe, 149 East State James Michael Sumpter, born Street, Baton Rouge, La. July 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Sumpter, 4215 4 4 4 Hugh Levelle Stewart, III, born Holly Grove Street, New Orleans, August 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and La. Mrs. Hugh Stewart, Jr., 2404 Cal­ 4 4 4 low Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. ^ Louis Ernest Tilley, born August 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Richard Dwyane Faircloth, born Louis O. Tilley, Route 602, Welch's April 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Trailer Park. Laurel,' Md. Mrs. James L. Faircloth, 2718 Mill 4 4 4 Street, Crichton, Ala. , Leon Joseph Wetzei, borh June 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4• 4- 4 Mary Ann Duggan,'bora August Lloyd J. Wetzel, 2107 N. Miro 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Street, New Orleans, La. Alfred Duggan, 653 Riverside 4 4 4 Street, Portland, Maine. Connie Yvonne Filiingim, born August 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Linda Yvonne Reinsch, born Mrs. William Filiingim, 619 Sixth August 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Mrs. Stanley Reinsch, 1917 22nd 4 4 4 Street,, Galveston, Texas. Charles Fleck, born September 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Robert Eugene Hull, bora Au­ Jerome C. Fleck, 23-30 Broadway, gust 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Astoria, NY. Mrs. Howard K Hull, 5515 36th 4 4 4 Avenue, NE, Seattle, Washington. Agar Clifton Thomas, born Au­ gust 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and *4 ,4-4 Laura Leigh Vasquez, bora Au­ Mrs. Samuel B. Thomas, PO Box. gust 26. 1954. Parents, Mr. and 453, Thomson, Ga. Mrs. Telesfaro Vasquez, 620 SW 4 4 4 Jamie Benedict, born August 20, 12to Street, Seattle, Washington. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. . John 4 4 4, Kaylin Spe Harr, bora July 17, Benedict, 1115 Beliecastle Street, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney New. Orleans, La. Chert Kay Hill, born June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud J. Hill, 58 E. 58th Street, Savan­ nah, Ga. ' 4*4 S3 Vacetlaa Benefita Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 Benjamin Valies, born August 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Valles, 229 Union Street, Brooklyn, Jackie Gail Burke,^ora August 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vack E. Burke, 658 B. Garden Homes, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Maxine Sue Paul, bora August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Paul, 200 Sycamore Drive, Florence, South Carolina. Gilbert Louis Callahan, Jr., born August 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Callahan, 1001 7th Avenue, Gretna, La. k '¥ WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY 4_ 4 James Francis Xavier Crawford, born August 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, 350 43rd Street, Brooklyn. NY. NY. 7VAS: "^'*1 JJL 4 Sharon Lee Alleluia, born Au­ gust 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luigi J. Alleluia, 105-35 84th Street, Ozone Park, NY. 4 Hoaeital Benefits Death fiensfita nt..Mii.|. neacfii. Haaoital Beaefiis Paid Since lulv 1. 1930 • Death Bcoefitt Paid Since ltd* 1. 19)0* Diaabilitv Baaefica Paid Since Mnr 1. 1992 * ^ernitv Benefiia Pnid Since AorU 1. 19)2 • Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. It. 19)2 • Total • Date Benefit* B«i*a 1 ^ • 1 • oa Ad' AO PO IjVoA yoS /•r \ WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacacioo Cash 00 Hood Welfare ^ Vacarion Eaciiaaied Accoiwta Receivable — us Govetniaeiit Booda (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS mr&wn I /y/ oa\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 During the sionth of iugnat the Han paid out ei^tean DEATH BENIFITS, Biaklng a total for the year^ as at the end of iuguat, of 137* The Plan aleo paid out eight hundred and seventy hospital benefits walfing a year to date total as of August of 7319. The anount of Mstcrnity Benefits paid for the aonth of .logust vas thirty^tvo, whioh gives the Flan a year to date total of 341* There were thirty-five DISABILITT BENEFITS paid during thd nonth, whioh givM a year to date total of 936. 4 4 4 suMtted 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Kehrly, born August 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kehrly, 814 9th Street, Port Ar­ thur, Texas. Raymond Guitson, bora Septem­ ber 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guitson, 309 E. 92nd Street, New York, NY. Terry Doian Filiingim, born September 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ray Filiingim, 717 6th Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala.. Olga Esther Lopez Perez,' born July 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Geraro A. Lopez, Calle Millones 35, Bayomon, Puerto Rico. Ate /wf ...... At IECR, Assfsioor Admimistrator Sails Three Ships, Gets SiU Benefits 4 Years Although he had sailed on only three ships under contract to the SIU, David Mcllreth has just completed a four year hospital hitch during which he received his hospital benefits week in and week out with-> ^ 1 4 4 4 out a break, Mcllreth is«one be certified as fit for duty again Toni Jean Aifano, born June 3, of many working seamen who after a period of treatment as an 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Biag- Robin Pamela Leslie-Lee Bullard, born August 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bullard, 313 E. 54th Street, New York, NY. have benefited from a hospital gio Aifano, 721 Madenville Street, l^nefit of unlimited duration. New Orleans, La. Mclllreth's troubles began while 4 4 4 he was aboard the Dorothy in Octo­ Roselee Ventre, born September ber, 1950. The ship ran into a 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vin­ storm of hurricane proportions. cent Ventre, 132 29th Street, Mcllretlji,- who was just going on Brooklyn, NY. watch at the time was badly In4 4 • 4 1... jured and suf­ Sandra Emily Aiida Scully, bora fered paralysis of August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and his arm and neck. Mrs. Adrien L. B. Scully, 4720 Subsequently, Dryades Street, Netv Orleans, La. while under 4 4 4 treatment at the Mary Lee Sikes, born August 4, S t a t e n Island 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har­ Public' Health old Sikes, v28A Memorial Drive, Service Hospital SW., Atlanta, G^i, doctors discov­ ered that he was Patricia Kay Moldtyre, born Sep­ Mcllreth a 4't o suffering tember 3, 1954. Parents,. Mr. and Mrs. John?^. <M^tyre, 83 Island :£rbm a lung infection. He was transferred to the Manhattan City Hom^ Galveston^ Texas;. Beach Public Health Service Hos­ 4 4 4' Toni Ann. Daniel, born Septem­ pital, where he stayed under treat­ ber 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ment until he was discharged re­ Winfred, S. Daniel, 416 E. Macon cently as an outpatient'. • Mcllreth is hopeful that he will Street, Savannah, jia. - , " • 4 4'r • outpatient. "I certainly am thankful," Mc­ llreth said, "that the SIU set up the hospital benefit under the Welfare Plan in such a way so as to take care of fellows like my­ self. It was a relief from strain and worry to know that I would be getting the money, week in and week out for as long as I^was in the hospital. Getting the benefit, he pointed out, made for peace of mind, and gave the doctors an easier job when it came to treatment. Along these lines he had high praise for Dr. Roy E. Whitehead and Dr. Ran­ dall Hess, both of the Manhattan Beach staff. Mcllreth, who holds all ratings in the engine department as. well as a 2nd assistant's license, has been going to sea since 1941. Ha hopes to return to-sailing just as soon as that precious^ "fit for duty" slip comes throttg^ .'. -i, V f| �October 1,' i95i < f I .• t SEAF:fttE'RS*V&.^ Shipmate$ of Seafarer William Sargent will be happy to leam that he is up and around now and out of the hospital although he still has a cast on his broken leg. Sargent is the brother who was hurt while on the Show Me Mariner and carted off to a German hospital where he was expected to stay for several weeks if not months. Fortunately though, a heads-up ship's delegate notified headquarters of hisr plight, with the result that he was hustled back to the States in a hurry where he wanted to be. Not So Fortunate Another Seafarer who was not quite so fortunate is Hussein Ahmed. This brother, who was OS on the Robin Trent, had a leg injury over in East Africa. Judging from the information at hand, it appears that the matter was not properly taken care of so by the time the brother got back to the States, infection had set in. The result was that the leg had to come off in the hospital. This kind of l^hing points up the difficulty that a man has on ships in getting proper treatment for injuries. Sometimes because of the delay in getting to a marine hospital, injuries can turn out to be far more serious than they might seem at first. Seafarer Arthur R. Kavel, off the Mary Adams, Ahmed had to check in recently for treatment of a diabetic condition. A couple of other Seafarers, Ira Sauit and Charles Cantweli, were readmitted recently and both may be operated on shortly. Cantwell broke his leg on the Elizabeth and the doctors want to see how it has healed up and whether any surgery will help him recover fuller use of the leg. Another broken leg case, (there seem to be a flock of them recently) is Brother Fredrick Hauser. He slipped on the sidewalk one of those rainy days we've been having in town recently. At first he was taken to the Columbus Hospital but was trans­ ferred to Staten Island. Hauser was an oiler on the Robin Hood last trip out and usually works out of Seattle. Seafarer Florencio Letie off the Suzanne Is re­ cuperating from injuries he received at the galley when the ship took a sudden roll. He was second Letie cook aboard her and lives in Roxbury, Mass. Sea­ farer Joe Stanton of Philadelphia is laid up with a broken pelvis suf­ fered in an auto accident. Stanton was asleep in the car at the time and a friend of his was driving when the first thing he knew they were in a wreck. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J.'Toolan J. R. Alsobrook USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MIAMI, FLORIDA William Gregory USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. James Armstrong Russell Jackson Earl T. Conglclon George Lechler C. R. Flowers P. Spinney USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. C. D. Anderson Henry J. Childs M. Meduissoglu Thomas Dawes Charles Neumaier Bernhard Eerman George Noles • Benny Foster Mack O'NeiU Joe Perriera Olav Gustavsen Robert Rivera Glenn Hines W. Singleton Isadorc Levy Wilfied McLaughlin P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas Ankersoh John Kennedy CecU Kerrigan WiUiam ApUn E. G. Knapp James Bales Leo Lang Charles M. Bean Jesse M. Lyles William Brewer Charles Burton « Oscar F. Madere D. MoCrary Owen Butler Sebastian Carregal .William Moore George W. ChamplihJohn C. Rehm S. Cope W. E. Reynolds Robert W. Croto Edward Samrock Emlle Davies John Sanders Serio M. Desoso Henry Sosa Joseph Dionne J. D. Thomas Thomas Fields Lonnie Tickle B. D. Foster ' J.. E. Ward Nathan Gardner Ernest Webb George Graham Aubrey WiUlams Boy M. Green V. Zamblto James H. Hudson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Joe Baer Sverre Johannessen Bernard Burke G. Rosson Howard R. Harvey David Sykes USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Warren Currier Charles SUcox John Donaldson Adam Slowik Walter Edwards Stanley J. Smith Duane R. Fisher WlUlam J. Smith Benjamin Grlcc I. J. Torre Karl Hellman Richard WUbum W. Laffoon Charles B. Young Murray Plyler USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Isaak Bouzim Brvin Crabtre*' Raorge Coleman Estuard* Quanca } Page Nineteen' The close teamwork between SIU Welfare Services and the SIU headquarters staff in handling a beef growing out of an injury was well-illustrated by recent events aboard the Pennmar. As a result, the Calmar Line ship is now under the command of a chastened skipper, and two injured Sea--* ^ farers are getting their full established safety practices. For on rigging an oversize stage for one thing, the crew complained, he two ABs to work on. due. With WALTER SIEKMANN France DeBeaumont John J. Doherty Delaware Eldemire George W. Flood David S. Furman Horace B. GaskiU Estell Godfrey Eard B. Goosley Flcmming Jensen Vincent Jones Noral- Jorgensen Klemcnt Julrowskl Santo S' Lanza Nils Lundquist T Hq, SlU Welfare Team Up On Beef SEEnH* THE SEAFARERS VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAUF. James W. Simmons' ;i Perfecto Mangual Vic Milazzo Harold J. Moore Harvey W. Morris Leonard G. Murphy Raymond Myers T, Papoutsoglov Jose Rodriguez Mattl Ruusukallio Luis Salazar Charles Sanderson William G. Sargent James Waldron USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Forlunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrick James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas. Bryant Joseph McGraw Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Honyee Choe David McUreath John J. Driscoll Frank Mackey Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Haas George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemore John. W. • Keenan Henry E. Smth Ludwig Kristiansen Harriy S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. ViUata James J. Paylor VirgU WUmoth The difficulties on the Pennmar arose out of the insistence of Cap­ tain "Windy" Gayle on interfering with the work of the deck depart­ ment and being casual about well- sent a man over the side to plug up scuppers while the ship was at sea. But the incident that brought the whole business to a head was the captain's insistence SIU representative Herman Troxclair presents $490 hospital check to Seafarer Ernest H. Webb now at New Orleans USPHS hospital. Money had been chasing Webh around in series of hospital transfers. Lump Sum Hosp. Benefit Is Seafarer's $490 Kitty NEW ORLEANS—Good news in the form of a check for $490 in accrued SIU hospital benefits was delivered here this week to Ernest H. Webb, FWT, ,who said he will use the money "to live on until I-*' am able to ,go back to work." Steamship) on a North Atlantic The check represented week­ voyage in the early spring of 1953. ly SIU hospital benefits at the rate of $15 a week, plus the annual $25 Christmas gift to hospital patients, which Wehh missed in a series of transfers between the Jacksonville Naval Hospital and the USPHS hos­ pitals at Savannah and New Or­ leans. Webb's left leg was amputated just above the knee. He lost thd limb, he believes, as the result of suffering frozen toes on his left foot while working as oiler aboard the San Mateo Victory (Eastern 3 Months Young USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Steven Boides Samuel Mills Edmond Cain Frank Paylor Jesse A. Clarke Eugene Plahn FrankUn Gilman Vincenzo Russo Gorman Glaze Clyde Ward Binar Hansen Robert Wlngert Jimmie Heifer Edward Yeamans Elmer Lamb USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich William F. O'Brien John M. Herrold Andrew J. Snider Leaky Stern Gland Water was pouring into the shaftalley of the San Mateo Victory from a leaking stern gland, Webb said. He had to work in icy water while attempting to tighten pack­ ing to reduce the fiow of water into the shaftailey. His foot was examined at a Ger­ man hospital and he was pro­ nounced fit for duty. On his re­ turn to the US, however, the foot became so painful that he again sought medical attention. Exam­ ination revealed gangrene had set in under a toenail and it eventually became necessary to amputate his leg to stop the spread of infection, he said. "Our hospital benefit is wonder­ ful," Webb said when he received the check. "I don't know what 1 would do without it. 1 expect to be discharged from the hospital soon. I'll go back to my home in Jacksonville and I am sure that with careful budgeting 1 can get by until I \ learn to walk well enough on my artificial leg to go back to work." The ABs had been assigned to sougee the forward part of the midships house. Normally when Seafarers go up on a stage they rig it themselves, with the idea being that the man on the stage is the one who should set up his own rigging. The stage then is usually inspected by the mate or bosun. In this instance though, the skipper insisted on rigging a mon­ ster of a stage, .25 feet long. Ap­ parently the theory was that the ABs would get twice as much work done in half the time since the stage would not have to he shifted as many times. In practice, the 25foot stage is far too cumbersome and difficult to handle than the normal stage of around 12 feet in length. The result was that when the ship took a roll, both ABs were spilled. One of them was pitched off the stage altogether and was severely injured. The other one fell in between the stage and the bulkhead hut was able to grab with one arm and hold on. Both men, who came off the West Coast, were put ashore in Panama for treatment and then repatriated to New York by error. Here headquarters and Welfare Services took over. Headquarters went to bat with the company, with the result that the skipper is expected to act more discreetly from now on. In any case, head­ quarters will keep a sharp eye on the skipper's performance from now on in. Welfare Services on its part saw to it that the men got the necessary medical care, their full payoffs and transportation money back to the Wdst Coast. It also took up the beef with Calmar s insur­ ance claims agent, pointing out the faulty working conditions on board the ship. At last report, the men were headed back home and the com­ pany was bracing itself for a stiff lawsuit. File Repaif Lists Early In order to expedite the matter of ships' repairs lists, ships' delegates and depart­ mental delegates on SIU shipr are urged to turn in repair lists a week before a vessel arrives in port. In addition, headquarters recommends that delegates making up new re­ pair lists turn these in to the proper department heads on the ship at least a week be­ fore the ship is due to reach port, so that the companies can take appropriate action when the ship arrives. Early filing of repair lists will facilitate the procurement of new items for the vessels and give suf­ ficient notice when repairmen are needed to board the ship in port. FORT HOWARD HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Delvlnl R. Brodeur VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Anthony Maiello USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Jimmie Littleton W. H. Gilbertson J. T. Moore WlUiam C. Lee John H. Morris Albert W: Lima Randolph thedd USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Edwin Davis VA HOSPrrAL MIAMI. FLORIDA JUohel McLaughlbi The deaths of the following sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: Diane Marie Layko is now old enough to hold $25 bond SIU sent her along with $200 benefit. Dad Is Seafarer Rob­ ert Layko of Baltimoro. George L. Brownell, 52: Brother Brownell died on August 8 of nat­ ural causes at his home in New Orleans. One of the first members of the SIU, he joined in Baltimore in 1938 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. Burial took place in Watertown Cemetery, Lapeer, Michigan. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Frank Wiletts of 915 Madi­ son Street, Lapeer, Michigan. i t 4» John Howard Johnson, 47: Brother Johnson died on May 6 in New Orleans as a result of gun­ shot wounds. His last ship was the Chickasaw (Waterman). Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Vera Smith Johnson of Lee Road. Covington, La. . '• >1 - 'j 4 'i ' 1 •^. •i I i �SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT • AFL • Star Spangled Business American business firms spend millions of dollars every year in advertising {the cost is tax deductible) their support of the "American Way of Life" and their undying devotion to building a better America. They often picture themselves as "misunderstood" people who really have the interests of their employees at heart, but those bad, bad unions are keeping the two apart. Actually, however, when the "American Way of Life" convicts at any time with a chance for some business guys to use a loophole and pick up a fast buck, they suddenly take a much different attitude {not advertised). Picture in your mind what your reaction would be if the following were to take plpce under the "American Way of Life." A group of American businessmen move into your town and erect a large factory using materials and workers they have picked up at low cost in a foreign country. Then they make an arrangement—with Government ap­ proval—whereby they pay no American taxes nor conform to the American building codes and building inspection laws. Following this they use in their factory only those workers they brought with them, pay them $1 a day and feed them low quality food while quartering them in crowded, sub-standard barracks. This they are able to do by virtue of their approved freedom from minimum wage laws, health laws and labor laws. 1^- fe'- • The firm then goes into production, sells its products abroad at a slightly lower price than other US companies, with the result that legitimate firms are quickly driven out of business and their American employees laid off. If this happened, you say, you'd blow your top and de­ mand that these guys be pulled in for attempting to smash the American standard of living. Well, brother, its hap­ pening—not once, but in scores of cases—and you can save your breath because it has the full approval of the US Government. Who are they? They're a sizable number of American shipowners. With the band playing the Star Spangled Ban­ ner and their claims that this is "good for Arherica" they're putting their ships under foreign flags while they keep control of the vessels. They're arranging to hire foreign low-cost crews, escape American wages, taxes and ship safety laws and then heading those same ships directly into US ports to compete directly with American-flag ships. Ironically, the ships they are transferring were sold to them at bargain basement rates by .the Government and these companies still owe the Government millions of dollars. This may not be taking place on main street in your town, but it is having just as much effect on you as if it were. American shipyards are idle, American seamen are-unem- •* ployed and hundreds of companies related to Americaiv shipping are laying off personnel. ' So, the next time someone tells ydu that the unions are ruining the country, tell them about the Star Spangled Businessmen. .•u te-"' s^'-• The Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL r;-.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource October 1, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 20 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ASK 3-DEP'T VOTE ON COAST SHIPS TO BEAT BRIDGES AFL CONFAB REAFFIRMS DOCK AIMS PATIENTS LAUD SIU WELFARE, HIT CRITICS CALMAR ON WC LUMBER RUN AGAIN 78 SEAFARERS TO SEEK 49 UNION POSTS ALIEN TANKER CO'S GET OFF EASY NEW PAPER SPURS IBL PIER FIGHT TAMPA-'ST. PETE' SPAN OPENS BME VOTES ON OFFICIALS 'RIGHT TO WORK' LAW: UNION BUSTING TOOL SOVIET SUB BUILD-UP IS SHIP THREAT SEAMEN'S STORE FIGHTS INDIA'S 'GYP-CHANDLERS' 8 WINNERS AT SCHOOLS - VIA SIU DISABLED SEAFARER LOLLS IN SUNSHINE WHO IS THIS MAN? ROOM FOR AMBITION CHOICE OF CANDIDATES THE WORLD OVER FOREWARNED END OF A TRIP MACY'S BASEMENT HAS NOTHING ON SHOP IN BOMBAY, SIU BARGAIN HUNTERS FIND LETTERS IN BOTTLE TAKE THEIR TIME - BUT THEY GET THERE JUST HTE SAME CREWMEN MARK LABOR DAY AT SEA SERVICES FURNITURE STORE BARKS ITS SHINS SAILS THREE SHIPS, GETS SIU BENEFITS 4 YEARS HQ, SIU WELFARE TEAM UP ON BEEF LUMP SUM HOSP. BENEFIT IS SEAFARER'S $490 KITTY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/1/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c1ce09d81428702a523a62102345de01.PDF c88508b735214afe0f88a686e065d39e PDF Text Text U?!-- : •• LOG J;:lf I ^ i.. j-.ll • OFFICIAL OHOAN O F THI IlAFAKiR t INTIR KATIO N Al ONION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT > AFL • \ :: ,r>'; I irl'-'' I •J ' New High For 51U Pioneer Plan -Story On Page 8 -s '-'Si si ••2 i3| lirj:-.- •ll i-y- - ::e i v"1^ �nActdberaSi 1954 S'E A FA R EAR S' L O'G SlU Up Tanker; Crew Pickets By Boat BALTIMORE—Seafarers from the crew of the SS Bull Run (Petrol Tankers) have been manning a 24-hour seagoing picketline around the ship here since Sunday, as the Company continues its refusal to renew' its full work agreement with ing maintained at local hotels in the city while off watch. the SIU. Operators of the ship, Petrol r, f n... The vessel, which arrived late Saturday under tow from Norfolk, had been covered by an SIU con­ tract for several years. Members of the crew originally left the «hip in the Virginia port, after the Union acted on prior strike authoi-ity voted by the membership and called the crew out on strike. At present only two SIU fire­ men are aboard the Bull Run, (acting on instructions from the Union), along with her full comple­ ment of mates and engineers. How­ ever, the various officers' unions involved have indicated their will­ ingness to back the SIU position in the beef. CIO shipyard workers at the Maryland Drydock Company have also pledged a "hands-off" policy in the dispute. Man Picket Boat . The seagoing SIU picketline is being maintained in a trim cabin boat topped with a large banner reading "SS Bull Run On Strike — Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and . Gulf District, AFL." Members of the crew have been manning the boat since they arrived from Norfolk over the weekend in 12-hour watches 'round the clock. The picketboat is provisioned with sandwiches and soft drinks supplied by the SIU branch in the port, and all crewmembers ai'e be- Seatrain NO In Transfer To Liberia Tanker Industries, Inc., one of several SIU companies under the Mathiasen banner,' have not indi­ cated what their next move will be. Meanwhile, the ship is berthed out in the bay and the SIU picketboat continues its vigil. 51(1 CoiiiMf^e^lSiirviys'C*'" Steward D^p't Steps to assure high quality feeding, attractive service and smooth steward department operation on all SlU ships are being taken-by a recently-formed Seafarers ^steward de­ partment committee. The committee, which is workipg jointly with shipown^$, will strive to assure that Seafarers re--^"~ '' ^^ ceive the very best fbr every and iheSsroom as well as providing Side by slde ^ith the standardi­ food dollar spent by the op­ a variety of palatable meals served zation of stores on a high level of erators and at the same time will seek to eliminate waste and un­ necessary expense 'resulting frpftl use of unsatisfactory stores, pr lack of planning in steward department operations. , T , . The formation of the coriiihittee is the outcome of an SIU proposal that a standard stores list be es­ tablished for all SlU-contracted ships. TJiis proposal has now been broadened to include improviement of operating procedures In the steward department wherever pos­ sible with the double objective of assuring a .smooth-running galley in an attractive manner. Stores First Consideration Several meetings with, shipown­ er representatives have already been held by the Union committee. The Union representatives, Joe Algina, Claude Simmons and Eddie Mooney, chairman of the commit­ tee, have made Improvement of stores the first order of business. The committee has emphasized thai high quality stores are the most economical for the shipowner on a dollars .and cents basis be­ cause the better-quality foods mean less spoilage and waste. Ga/e Claims Ship, 37 Seamen A small boat from the freighter Maritime Trader bearing six victims of the capsized freighter Mormackite pulls alongside the USS Eaton to transfer bodies to the Navy ship. Twelve bodies of crewmembers were recovered from the Atlantic two days after the ship capsized and sank In a gale 150 miles off Cape Henry, Va. NORFOLK—A toll of 37 lives was taken by a fierce Gulf Stream gale when the NMUmanned ore carrier Mormackite capsized suddenly and sank 150 miles east-southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia. So sudden was the sinking that crewmembers had no time to •'take to lifeboats or radio for-*help. SEAFARERS LOG Only 11 crewmembers of Latest casualty to the US mer­ chant marine resulting from the Maritime Administration's easy ship transfer policy is the formerly SlU-manned Seatrain New Or­ leans, which is going under LibeVol. XVI. No. 21 rian registry. It is the 27th ship Oct. 15. 1954 transfer approved by the Govern­ As I See It .Page 4 ment in the past two months. .Page 16 Idle for the last four years, the Burly New Orleans has been sold by the Crossword Puzzle Page 8 SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines to Editorials Page 9 the West India Fruit and StearnGalley Gleanings Page 15 ship Co. Inc. of Norfolk, Va. It is Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 expected the ship will go into the company's railroad carferry serv­ Labor Round-Up ........Page 8 ice between West Palm Beach, Letter of The Week Page 9 Fla., and Havana, Cuba. West India Letters .Page 16 already has four other carferries Maritime Page 8 on this run. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 The 7,636-gross-ton New Orleans, Notices, Personals Page 17 built In England in 1928, is 452 Port Reports Pages 12, 13 long and 62 feet in the beam. She Ship's Minutes Pages 16, 17 has a capacity of 90 fully-loaded SIU History Cartoon Page 6 freight cars and a speed of 14 Sports Line Page 15 knots. Top of The News Page 6 She had been manned by SIU Vacation Plan Feature Pages 10, 11 crews in the service between New Vote of Thanks Page 9 Orleans and Havana until four Washington News Letter. .Page 7 years ago, when she was with­ Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 drawn as a result of a dispute be­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 tween Seatrain Lines and the Cuban government. Six other Sea­ Published biweekly et the heedovertere train vessels, the Georgia, Louisi­ of the Seafarers Infernatlenal Union, At­ ana, New Jersey, New York, Sa­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, S75 Fourth AVenuo, Brooklyn M, NY. Tol. HYaclnth vannah and Texas, are still operat­ 9-StQS. Entered as second class matter ed by the company under SIU con­ at the Paet Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tract. the Act of August 24, 1*12. the ship were saved after floating in lifejackets and clinging to de­ bris for 48 hours before their cries for help were heard by a passing Greek freighter, the Macedonia. Other ships which aided were the Maritime Trader and the Monroe Victory. Like Southern Isles The Mormackite disaster closely parallels the fate of the SIUmanned Southern Isles which broke in half and sank off Cape Hatteras just three years ago in another October storm. On that occasion, 17 of the 23 men on the 3,300-ton converted LST were lost. The Southern Isles was also carry­ ing a cargo of ore when disaster struck. Fortunately, the survivors of the Southern Isles were picked up im­ mediately. The Mormackite men had 48 hours in the water during which several were attacked by sharks and others went imder from exhaustion and submersion. First accounts from crewmem­ bers said that there was a sudden shift In the 6,000-ton ship's ore cargo following which the vessel turned over and sank. quality, the committee will seek to develop standard operating pfdcedures, for all steward departnients to follow. It is the objective of the committee to draft these pro­ cedures in clear and concise terms and then distribute them in the form of an operating procedures booklet to all stewards. In order to accomplish Its job, the committee welcomes sugges­ tions from steward department men and all other crewmembers who have ideas as to how the op­ erations of the department can be improved. Stop 'Merry Go-Round' One of the things the committee Is out to accomplish is to get away from the "merry-go-round" type of menu in which the same main dish is served on the same day of the week, week In and week out. A lit­ tle more change of pace in this di­ rection, it Is felt, will go a long way toward eliminating the feeling of monotony and consequent waste of food that tends to arise, particu­ larly on long voyages. Both preparation and serving of food will get equal attention from the committee. Good food coming out of the galley, the committee emphasized, merits attractive and palatable serving in. the messrpom. As an example, the committee cited the practice of serving a big chunk of butter "family-style" to a whole group of men. After the crewmembers have gotten through slicing pieces off, the rest of the butter has to be dumped. This un­ necessary waste could be avoided simply by cutting butter down into individual patties. That way each Seafarer could have as many pat­ ties as he wanted for individual consumption and the remainder of the butter could be put back into the dairy box for use at the next meal. Once the committee has arrived at certain practices and proce­ dures, it will continue to serve as a watchdog body to assure that superior practices are maintained, and it will meet periodically with shipowners to consider suggestions for dealing with shipboard feeding problems. Statement Of Ownership statement of the ownership, man­ agement, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, as amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) of SEAFARERS LOG, published every other week at Brooklyn, NY, for October 15, 1954. 1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Pub­ lisher: Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic & Gulf District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Editor: Herbert Brand, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Managing editor: Ray Denison, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Business manager (none). 2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. • If not owned by a corpora ration, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address as well as that of each in­ dividual member, must be given.) Seafarers- International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Paul Hall, Secre­ tary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brook­ lyn 32, NY; Robert Matthews, Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. 3. The known bondholders, mort­ gagees, and other security holders owning <w holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so atate.) None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or se­ curity holder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the state­ ments in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and secur­ ity holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a ca­ pacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months proceeding the date shown above was: (This information is required ftom daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.) This Information not required. (Signed) Herbert Brand, Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of September, 1954. Mairion Kaplan, Notary PUblic. (My' commission expiresr-April 28, 1955.) - �•OtMkm U, US« SEAFARERS Av* Tfcre* LOG Baek Wages sm WINS NEW HIGH I/Ready At 4 $176 VACATION PAY More Go's 'pi iiu h.i'i Seafarers who have, retroactive wages coming from any of four SlU-contracted companies whose back pay lists are now ready can now collect the monies due them by writing the companies involved. The companies concerned are the following: J. H, Winchester & Co. (Liberty Navigation)^ 19 Rector St., New York, NY; Southern Steamship Co., 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington,. Del., and the Trojan Steamship Co., and Troy Shipping Co., both of 21 West St., New York, NY. The back pay stems from the re­ troactive feature of the supple­ mentary SIU agreement negotiated this past June, which made wage boosts retroactive to October 1, 1953. Most of the other companies have paid out the back pay during the interim. The Seafarers International Union, A&G District, pioneer of all maritime vacation plans and constant leader in benefits paid, swept far ahead of the field this week by establishing a new record high in vacation pay of $176. The increase—^which apiounts to a 19 percent boost for every Seafarer—was voted this week by the trustees of the Seafarers Vacation Plan following negotiations with the SIU. The increase from the present $148 in­ dustry-high annual level will go into effect for 90 days or more of seatime accumulated after December 1,1954. Stretching That Dollar? The rise in benefits does not involve any increase in Seafarers anxious to stretch that dollar and get top qual­ contributions by the ship­ ity for their money can find the answer to their buying would receive more than any other )roblems in the column "Your Dollar's Worth," on page ping companies, although seamen in the industry, and the ive. The column appears in every issue of the LOG and it does require their signa­ entire SIU crew would receive over IS written exclusively for Seafarers by Sidney Margolius, the leading expert on buying. Topics covered range from home buying (see this week's column) to shipboard gear, patent medicines and Jiome appliances. Whatever your buying problem, the LOG has the answer. If you have a particular sulsject you would like to have covered, drop a line to the LOG. $1,000 more than a crew of the same size under other plans in the industi-y. Before the SIU Vacation Plan was negotiated, very few seamen had ever received a penny in vaca­ tion pay. By basing Vacation pay directly -fi on the number of days worked and then having all contributions from all companies placed in a central fund, the SIU was able to assure vacation benefits to Seaferers for An analysis of the Seafarers the first time. Vacation Plan showing its The December 1 starting date superiority to all others in the from which seatime can be counted industry and a full explanation at the new, higher rate means that of its operations appears in the Seafarers should accumulate at centerfold of this issue. least 90 days seatime after that date before filing for benefits. operations of the Vacation Plan. Filing before those 90 days will The study showed that |jenefits mean that the Seafarer will be paid could be raised to the maximum of at the old rate of $148.a year.. $176, thanks to the low cost and efficiency of the Plan's operations. This is the greatest amount that could be paid based on the existing rate of contributions by the ship­ owners. , Already the Seafarers Vacation Plan, the first industry-wide plan in maritime, has paid out a total of $3 ^4 million in benefits to Sea­ farers since payments got under way in February, 1952. Under the existing rate of payments, account­ ants' figures show the $148 benefit "With voting due to begin a is the highest in the industry. Un­ der the new rate. Seafarers will be month from today, Seafarers receiving, on the average, $30 more in all ports last week approved than seamen in the National Mari­ the report of the membershiptime Union, which has the next elected credentials committee Steel fragment is removed from the eye of a Dutch seaman transferred to the SlU-manned Del Mar Ijest plan. which recommended a record total from another ship at sea, in the cruise ship's hospital as Dr. Schindler of the Del Mar (right) admin­ Actually, since the NMU plan is of 78 candidates qualified to run isters emergency treatment. The success of the operation, which took place in South American waters, based on a sliding scale according for the 49 Union posts in a twowas credited in part to the ingenuity of Seafarer Peter B. Oppedahl, electrician. to wages, most men sailing an month referendum. NMU ship get less than the $146 •Retired with a vote of thanks, NEW PRLEANS—The ingenuity, of an SIU electrician aboard the Del Mar coupled with average for their plan. Or putting the six-man panel was elected at a doctor's skill saved the eyesight of the crew member of a Dutch freighter. An electromag­ it another way, in a typical crew the headquarters branch meeting net rigged up by Seafarer Peter B. Oppedahl and operated by the Del Mar's physician. of 34 men, 30 of the 34 Seafarers Dr. Schindler, removed .the' To better acquaint Seafar­ ers with the candidates for piece of steel from the eye of .election the SEAFARERS the seaman. ' LOG will carry pictures and Ship's delegate Vic .Miorana re­ biographies of all candidates ports that the emergency treat­ The SIU signed another new company — with a potential of six ships — to the list of in the next issue, ZVi weeks in ment took place in South Ameri­ advance of the start of the can waters off RiO de Janeiro «on Union-contracted operators this mohth, as the Norlo Shipping Co. of New York agreed to balloting. the full SIU agreement for dry cargo operations. Currently operating two ships, the Ragnar Saturday, September 25. The radio 1 operator o£ the Delta Lines pas­ Naess and the i^arbara Mi--*^—= ^ N senger ship received an SOS early chel, the company has indicat­ Negotiations which led to the quarters staff, led by Assistant on September 22, in accord with in the morning from the freighter ed that it will add four more signing were handled by the head- Secretary-Treasurer Joe Algina. the procedure established in the Aagtedyk of the Holland-Ameri­ ships to its fleet before long. Both ^ 1, ^ SIU constitution. It scanned th« can Line that a crewmember of its present vessels are Libertys. nominations of a total of 92 Sea­ aboard needed immediate medical farers, of whom 14 were disquali­ An SIU crew from the Seattle attention. 'The Del Mar responded fied for failing to meet one or. more hall boarded the Barbara Michel by changing course and heading of the constitutional requirements. to the Dutch ship, arriving along­ in that port this week, but no Ballots Being Printed crew has yet gone aboard the SAN FRANCISCO—Hope rose last week that the drive of side at 8:40 PM. Ragnar Naess, which is idle in the SIU of North America to wiit bargaining rights for West Thus, ballots are now being Crew Made Transfer Baltimore. The Michel is slated to Coast steward department personnel will be crowned with printed in time for the official Crewmembers of the Aagtedyk come around to the East Coast on start of the voting on November 15 lowered the injured seaman into a her maiden voyage under the SIU. success before long. The at all SIU branches for a period lifeboat and the Del Mar's deck Previously under SIU contract tional Labor Relations Board shall represent the cooks. of two months. gang brought him aboard. Mean­ while operated by the Seatransport has scheduled a hearing for With the old Communist-domi­ The ballot will be virtually the while Oppedahl readied an electro­ Corporation, the Ragnar Naess Oct. 20 on an SlUNA petition for nated National Union of Marine same as the one voted on in the magnet for use by the ship's doc­ was sold earlier this year to a com­ a three-department vote. Cooks and Stewards out of busi­ previous election in 1952, when tor. pany under contract to" another The petition for a three-depart­ ness, the only obstacle to SIU suc­ there were also 49 Union officei The doctor operated immediate­ union and then purchased by the ment unit was made jointly by cess is Local 100, the catch-all unit at issue. However, this time Sea­ three SIU affiliates, the Sailors organized by Harry Bridges to take farers will be called upon to vote ly and by 9:55 PM it was all over. newly-formed Norlo concern. The company has signed the full Union of the Pacific, Marine Fire, over .the steward department. In a for three joint assistant secretaryThe steel .splinter was removed from the injured seaman'| eye and SIU .working agreement, which will meii. Oilers and Watertenders and three-department vote, it is ex­ treasurers plus one each to repre­ he was put back aboard his ship provide the regular wage scale, the Marine Cooks and Stewards- pected that the votes of the^eck sent the deck, engine and steward amid the cheers of the Del Mar's overtime and working conditions in AFL, acting as the Pacific District and engine men, along with those departments. In the previous elec­ of AFL stewards, will be far more tion, six joint assistant secretaries passenjgers who had been anxious­ force on other SlU-cpntracted of the SIU. • ' were voted upon. The action was taken to try and than needed. ly watching the proceedings. ' vessels. T eamwork 5 avesM an*s E ye tures in order to go into effect. It is expected that all SIUcontracted companies will approve the increase within the next few weeks, well in advance of the time that new payments will be made. The SlU-sponsored plan for in­ creased payments came after a thorough accounting study of the Credential Report OK'd By Members ,/•;: New Co. Signs SIU Pact WC Vote Hearing Set 1 •3 Bir'' �SEAFAWERS XO^v 0«|#ker, 18.19$4: Nears I6th Birthdiiy Solid Financial Shape Ait It. ^ HM.:' With the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, about to celebriate its 16th birthday on November 1, the men of the SIU can look back on a trade union record of accbrhliishments for Seafarers unequalled in maritime history. The men of the SIU now enjoy ipis in working conditions, contracts, wages, welfare, vacation and shoreside facilities. Equally as impre^ive is the SIU's record of accomplishment in building-a strong financial structure while at the same limje establishing a district-wide program of modern halls with first class facilities for. the men of the SIU. In yiew of. the fact that the current rank and file quarterly finance committee's examination of the Union's assets comes at this anniversary time, the committee requested that the Union's solid financial position be brought to the attention of the men of the SIU, with a breakdown of the Union's assets in cash,' bends, real estate. Union corporations and equipment. The committee's full report will, of course, be prbaented to the membership a£ regular meetings in all ports on October 20. E Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities October 13, 1954 Cash and Bonds Fund Cash in Bank General O& L Casta on Hand $212,235.61 $4,000.00 5,578.54 SOO^iOO I *........ "• :Casta " . Depository Assets ; •• . Total ' ;jr... 1227,7^5.61' $11,500.00 fiOg 11,004.12 11,004.12 Building 14,217.70 14,217.70 Property 2:800.89 2,i«)0.89 Strike ................ 46,523.48 $292,360.34 •Present Value of Bonds Accounts and Advances Receivable $197,609.00*'^ ••i," $4,300.00 $11,900.00 $197,609.00 ^ 244,192.48 $505,769.34 , ....V......... $114244.76 Investment In and Loans to Wholly Owned Corporations from Various Funds.. .k.... •*$423,531.84 (Seafarers Sea Chest Corpora^ tion; Seafarers Port O'Call Cor• ' , ' '' tion; Seafarers Sea Stores Cor' ' -1' poration; Seafarers Building .. , • - i Corjioration; Seafarers Baltimore r• i . ,5 t / > j Building Corporation; Log Press, ' . . • . r ' : > . ;V Inc.; Seafarers Baltimore Port ' - • : O'Call Corporation.) ^ ^ Land and Buildings—Union Halls .7.'T. Automobiles, Furniture and Fixtures 1 $1,639,667.73 126,638.32 Other Assets 14,959.75 Total Assets $2,721,211.74 Less Liabilities Total Net Worth $18,845.17 $2,702,366.57 ....: *• Of this sum, $400,000 represents investments made since March, 1953. Report prepared by Buchbinder, Stein and. Company, Certified Public Accountants, New York, NY. 1^^.; l;S'--" P' II- THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY AS A RESULT OF STEPS UNdertaken by the West Coast unions affiliated with the SIU of North America that the Communist Party's last remaining pipeline on West Coast ships will be destroyed. At present the National Labor Relations Board is considering a petition from our brothers in the Sailors Union, the Marine Firemen and the Marine Cooks and Stewards for a joint,, three-department vote on the West Coast. The idea is that the name of the SIU of North America would appear on the ballot and sailors, fire­ men and' cooks would all vote under the single label. If this procedure is approved by the Labor Board it will mean that all three shipboard departments would fie standing together against Harry Bridges front stewards' union, Local 100, which he organized to swallow the steward department. As the membership will recall, there was an election a few months ago on West Coast ships in which only members , of the steward de­ partment voted. In that election, the MCS-$.FL, affiliated with your International Union, attracted a very sizable number of votes. The old Commie-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards fell by the wayside, but the waterfront apparatus of the Communist Party tufned pn the heat and swung a big bloc of votes into the "no union" colunin. s Entire Apparatus Put to Work It was no secret that this Was accomplished by turning the entire apparatus of the West Coast longshore union to this task and by or­ ganizing the stewards into "a local of^the longshore Union. The result is that the cooks on West Coast ships^have been' left without any union since then. • • It's^been apparent to all that Bridges' aim through, the years was to swallow up the seagoing unions on the West Coast: Up until now he had attempted to set up his pipelines within the existing unions. The old NUMC&S was a perfect tool for that puqmse. Now with NUMC&S destroyed Bridges has had to come out in the open where all can see his power grab in operation. • However, as usual, it's J)een the SIU of North America that has proved to be the biggest stumbling.block to Bridges' ambitions and the ambitions of the waterfront Cpmmie clique. If it were not for the formation of the SIU of NA and the fight that the SUP principally, your own union here on the East Coast and other JSIU affiliates haVev carried on against* Bridges down through the years, there is little doubt that he would have succeeded in gaining a stranglehold on the sea­ going unibns: ' • Sefinen Drew The Line : •:*, Bridges has been under attack for a long time from many qiiiirters including the Government and the press. But none of these attacks iiave hurt him half as miich as the fact that seamen (MI the West Coast stood up against him and drew the line. Every time he's/tried to cross the line he's been driven back. Bridges himself is well aware that the SIU and its affiliates are the biggest obstacles to his ambitions. That's why the SIU of NA in general and the SUP in particular have been his favorite target and that's why he will ally himself with any forces In attempts to binder the progress of the SIU. It wasn't so long ^go out on the West Coast that our brothers in the Sailors Union stood almost alone in this fight.. Time and time again Bridges and the operators tried double-teaming' the Sailors with the help of NUMC&S. Now it's a different story. The Marine Firemen are with the SIU and the cooks, given the opportunity, will join the ranks tQO. When that happens it will be the end of the long fight to eliminate the last traces of Communist influence from US seagoing unions. In light of current world conditions, this Is more desirable and necessary than ever. The Quarterly Finance Committee's findings as to the Union's net worth and totel assets, as shown above,^ permit an interesting comparison of the Union's financial strength and growth over the years rtnce its inception. The following figures therefore are reprinted from the A&G District's report to the 1953 SIU Convention, at which the Union makes reports of all -its activities, including financial state­ ments: Year Total Net Worth 1942 76,754.46 1944 ..........................................,.................... 241,898.74 1947 .....................,.,..........-.................... a...... a: 618,450.02 1949 1,383,014.65 1951 1,429,671.95 1953 .^....... f....... ...... 2,890,913.42 The figures above, along with those of the Union's current financial standing illustrate that the SIU has experienced a steady accumulation of assets and net worth and is today a solid, robust organization. 'This picture is particularly significant because the period 1953-1954 is one of retrenchment and recession In the maritime industry. The heavy layups of ships and transfers to foreign flags have resulted in tl5 loss •f income to the Union of some 4,000 dues payers who have left the indus^y during this period. This fac­ tor has had only minor effect on the union's financial position, as illustrated by the net worth figure of >2,896,913.42 in 1953, and the $2,702,366.57 of today. Additional Membership Financial Resources In addition to the assets Seafarers possess in their Union proper, the Quarterly Financial Committee noted that SIU men have a tremendous reserve of assets in the form of the Seafarers Welfare and Vaca­ tion Plans. At the present time, these funds have combined assets .of $4,768,223.55, which guarantee that Seafarers will receive their Union-negotiated welfare and vacation benefits. These funds are exclusive of the $5,729,316.95 already paid out in benefits to Seafarers. Thus the combined assets standing behind Seafarers amount to almost $71^ million. SIU A Job For Every Membership Book in The SIU In addition to providing its membership with the many facilities necessary for the comfort, relaxation and conduct of their business, one of the most important functions of a seafaring union is to protect the employment and job opportunities of its people. On this issue, the Quarterly Committee's report shows that the SIU has maintained one of the most favorable ratios of jobs to men in the industry—one contracted job for every SIU book member. This ratio of one book for every job is even more Impressive in light of the tremeridous loss of jobs to all American seamen in the past two years through lay-ups and trans­ fers to foreign flags of American ship^. In job protection the SIU man is the best fed, best protected In maritime. The SIU man therefore has not mnly the knowledge that his union is strong and sound financially, but that he himself enjoys the highest degree of individual economic security of any seagoing man in the world. %;-ivr!f>Sv J— • - ''' ' f .•-'''.''---'•is y0Ult.Flt08f.iM IS BUSINGS* WELFARE SERVICES PEPAPTMENT �-; '• *F^ Af-' i--' -••'••-' • V '"•• 06fober^lSrl954 V-, *"' rsii 1PMAf StSAfARERStOG ILA Phony Tie-Up Ends On Employers' Terms Opening Neat Tipping off their inability to stampede the stevedores and shipping compsnies into giving them anything better than they were offered six months before, officials of the old Inter­ national Longshoremen's As-* : sociation (independent) balled Shipping Association voluntari y off a hastily-called portwide came up with an offer of ten cenls stoppage last week and allowed New York longshoremen to go back to work. » In the process, New JTork's 25,000 longshoremen lost two days' wages, harbor activity was thrown into a turmoil and the dockworkers wound up no better off than when they~ walked off the job. They "gained" a ten-cent' pay package including eight cents more per hour in wages retroac­ tive to October 1, 1953, and an additional two-cents an hour in the employer contribution of five cents per hour to the ILA Welfare Fund, retroactive to- April 1 of this.year. However, the employers had bettered that offer six months ago, when it was rejected by the deaders of the AFL-ousted pier union. Shippers Offered More At that time, with the harbor tied up in the midst of the wrangle beween the new AFL Internation­ al Brotherhood of Longshoremen and the old ILA for control of the port's dockworkers, the New York New 'Prop' The largest controllable-pitch propeller ever designed for a US oceangoing vessel has been order­ ed by the Maritime Administration and will be installed on a Liberty ship as part of an experimental in­ stallation of a gas turbine propul­ sion plant. According to the MA, the con­ trollable-pitch propeller is the most promising-means of maneu­ vering and reversing the gas tur­ bine ship. It provides a means for reversing the ship from full power ahead to full astern in a very short time, without changing the direction of rotation of the main engine, and also enables the gas turbine to operate most efficiently for all loading operations. The 17'6" prop will be Installed on ajjiberty selected from the Na­ tional Defense Reserve Fleet. —eight in wages and two for wel­ fare—all of it retroactive to Octo­ ber 1, 1953, in an effort to settle a month-long-walkout. . The old ILA leadership, how­ ever turned it down, and the dock­ ers went back to work a week later anyway—with no contract im­ provement. In the interim, because of the rapid depletion of the ILA Wel­ fare Fund, the employers again came forward and, for the past six months, have been voluntarily pay­ ing a total of seven cents an hour per man'to the welfare kitty. This is the same two-cents "gain" figure incorporated in the settlement which ended last week's two-day strike. The peace pact also- contained a vague "promise" bj>^ the employ­ Drawing shows exterior of new SIU Baltimore port office, which will be ready for use within the next ers that they might some time in few weeks. SEAFARERS LOG will carry fuii photo layout when hail opens. the future boost the weifare contri­ bution and exacted a pledge from The brand new Baltimore port office, finest Union hall of its kind in the industry, will be the ILA leadership to hold off "open for business" br} or about November 1. Contractors are now putting the finishing possible future strike action for at touches and installing furnishings preparatory to turning over the property for full and least 45 days while negotiations permanent occupancy. 'When-* ^ gp on. From 'the sidelines, meanwhile, the hall is completed the SEA­ lation. Since it is four stories high supplied with ample space and de­ the AFL-IBL, which still holds the FARERS LOG will carry* a an elevator has been installed for signed for speedy service to meet allegiance of slightly less than half full picture and story layout on its the convenience of the member­ Seafarer's needs. The SIU Vaca­ ship as well as for ease of hand­ tion Plan and the Seafarers Wel­ the harbor's dockworkers, made no operations. attempt to work the harbor areas The opening of the Baltimore ling equipment such as furniture fare Plan have been provided with all the necessary facilities for their controlled by its membership in an hall will mark the second mile­ and files. As in New York, the lower levels functions. The hall is surrounded effort to let the old ILA officials stone in the SIU's long-range "hang themselves." progress to provide modern halls of the hall are devoted to eating at the side and rear by a good-sized ^or Seafarers in all ports where and drinking facilities and the Sea parking lot for use by the member­ 'Sweetheart' Settlement Chest. A modem cafeteria with a ship. The rooftop solarium is glass "We knew they couldn't come the SlU operates. glass-walled kitchen and a spacious enclosed on all sides and offers an Seafarers who considered the up with anything better — and cafe are provided, with more space excellent view of the harbor and might lose out — if they pulled a Brooklyn headquarters hall the for table service than in New York. city of Baltimore. last word in union facilities when strike," declared James Egan, secretary-treasurer of the IBL's it opened three years ago will find These facilities will 8e reserved Port Council, "and they ran true the Baltimore hall surpasses head­ exclusively for Seafarers. The Sea to form. While 25,000 longshore­ quarters in many ways—in space, Chest retail outlet has far more men lost two days' pay, ILA lead-, layout and variety of facilities for space than at headquarters, permit­ ers wrapped up their 'sweetheart' men on the beach. In planning the ting it to carry a wider selection of pact with the shipping association Baltimore hall the Union and the goods. A barber shop, bootblack Headquarters again wishes and left the men holding the bag. architects had the advantage of stand, laundry drop, baggage room, to remind all Seafarers that "On top of losing the retroac­ experience in operating headquar­ library, lounge, television room and payments of funds, for what­ tivity in welfare contributions that ters. Accordingly Baltimore will other recreation facilities are also ever Union purpose, be made they could have had six months contain many features that were available, some of them on the only to authorized A&G repre­ ago, they did nothing about the not installed in New York. Then, fourth deck recreation level. The modern shipping hall is sentatives and that an official real problems of actual working too, the existence of an additional Union receipt be gotten at that conditions on the docks. There's story made possible the construc­ similar in design to that at head­ time. If no receipt is offered, still no guaranteed eight-hour day, tion of a solarium and rooftop re­ quarters, containing the same type be sure to protect yourself by paid holidays and all the other creation area offering an excellent of shipping board. It will double in brass as an ample and com­ immediately bringing the mat­ items of real concern to the men place to relax between job calls. To . begin with, the Baltimore fortable meeting room for port ter to the attention of the sec-^ working on docks. These provisions retary-treasurer's office. have gone by the board," he hall ig completely air-conditioned meetings. Administrative offices have been throughout with a built-in instal­ added. Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING those built under Title 1 of the National Housing Act. These are generally to be found in the outskirts of cities The housing problem has become the toughest puzzle •and the more rural areas where land is cheaper. They are for a family to solve on a moderate income. Housing has small, with generally less than 800 feet of living space, so become the football of the speculators—one of the juiciest select carefully with an eye to expans\pn possibilities if melons, of this era, with increasingly upsetting effect oni you have a growing family. They also have low taxes, working families' plans and hopes. From 1950 to 1954 which is, why some towns are refusing to permit any more housing costs rose an average of 14 per cent, but the'jump Title 1 houses to be built, claiming that the low taxes has been eyen bigger for renting families, who on the don't cover the cost of schooling for the children living average now pay 19 percent more rent than five years ago. in these houses. Many families who always rented now find^ themselves You may be able to locate such "Title 1" houses for forced to buy houses to escape rent gouges. sale in your locality by asking the FHA office in your city, But costs of individual homes have remained at high local banks or the real-estate editor of your local news­ levels too. A house which cost $7,000 to build (not to buy) paper. in 1945, wept up to approximately $12,000 in 1952 and by Older Houses Cheaper this year had come down to about $U,000. Another possibility for finding reasonably-priced hous­ But you couldh'^t buy it for $11,000 near a large city, ing is in older hous^. These were overpriced in recent because there is a growing shortage of improved land years, but as more new houses are built, prices of older around cities', and builders are tending to use remaining houses are being forced down. For one thing, they gen­ plots for larger and costlier houses. erally require a larger down payment, so a family with Thus you have to move further out from town nowadays a little capital is in a better position to get a favorable to find the better values in housing. This discourages men price. Also, an older house gives you an opportunity to who must travel to work, but Seafarers don't have that invest some -"sweat equity'" by renovating it. "Sweat problem and may have a^ advantage there. equity'' is the value you add to a house by the labor you Among the lowest-priced dew houses still ivailabie are invest in it. But an older house should be carefully se­ Ways Of Cutting Housing Costs •1 c Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying lected, particularly as to adequacy of electrical wiring, heating plant and insulation, and the future of the neigh­ borhood. Note especially how well nearby property owners maintain their houses, and signs of the encroachment of stores and factories into an older neighborhood. Many men who never before had any experience in carpentry these days build some or all of their own homes, or expand or complete them. One growing trend is to have a contractor build a shell which you finish your­ self—not an intricate job if you use dry walls. Other families have had some success buying ready-cut mate­ rials—airthe materials are sized and ready-cut. One family in Wisconsin reports that with an experienced carpenter as ^guide (he put in 66 days of work) the husband built a fiTe-room "ready-cut" house at a cost of about $5,000 including a full concrete basement. Because of the accumulation of mortgage interest, tha 30-year mortgages ^ith low down payments now per­ mitted by the Government are not necessarily a boon to the home-buyer. We advise that on any mortgage you make sure that the lender gives you a right of prepayment without penalty. On a $10,000 mortgage at five per cent running for 30 years, you will repay a total of $19,000 with interest. If the mortgage is paid up within 20 years, you will repay $16,000, which is plenty at that. x-.i.J-V.'-:'-! •ill'I '•'•a.Si a .'S '"a •C.'f �SEAFARERS October 15, U54 IOC Norfolk Sea Uniono Protoot Tranofors WEST GERMANY TO GET ARMY—-Agreement has been reached between the US, Britain, France and other western nations to grant full sovereignty and the right to rearm to West Germany.. ^The agree­ ment came at a nine-power conference In .London after months of bickering over the rearming of Germany. The German Army will be limited to 12 divisions and an 86,000-member Air Force. No atomic arms, guided missiles or other "pushbutton" devices will be permitted. 4 • Dramatizing the fight of US maritime unions against the Maritime Administration's ship transfer policy, members of the SIU and other sea unions demonstrate in Norfolk,to protest the transfer of the SS USO to Liberian registry. The ship is one of 27 approved by the Government for transfer to for­ eign fiags in the past two months. Seafarers who took part in the beef-were J. Anderson, J. Hodges, M. E. Walker and Cecil Saunders. r I«^ I i-P-'-. i? S"'- I K, lit; Scholarship Applications Opened Applications are now open to qualified Seafarers under 35 or the children ©f Seafarers who wish to compete for four SIU scholarships worth $24,000 which will be awarded in 1955. Eight college scholarships each worth $6,000 have been granted by'the Union's Welfare Plan in the past two years. high school class and three Princeton, NJ, which conducts the The awards, believed to be their testing program. letters of reference. the largest of their kind in the Needn't File Early All candidates will also have to US, provide for four years of Interested applicants for the SIU schooling in any course of study at take one of the standard College any college or university in the Entrance Board examinations scholarship'awards need not sub­ US chosen by the winning candi­ which are given at regular inter­ mit their qualifying material to the dates. They are generally an­ vals Jthroughout the country and in SIU Welfare Plan in advance ol nounced in June of the year in some foseign lands, the first of taking the examination, but must which study is to be begun to en­ which is scheduled for December do so by the time the last exam able the successful candidates to 4, 1954. The cfosing date for fil­ is given. As In the past, the winning can­ make final arrangements for en­ ing applications to take this exam didates will be selected by a panel tering school that fall. The; Union is November 13. program, another SIU^ •"first in Other dates for the examination of college administrators on the maritime," was launched in 1952. are January 8, March 12 and May basis on their performance on the 21, all in 1955. The closing dates college entrance exam and their Need Three Years' Seatime In order to qualify, applicants for these are December 14, 1954, past records. Applicants must be must produce records of three and February 19 and April 30, accepted by an accredited college years' seatime aboard SIU ships 1955. Arrangements can also be or university before they are elifor themselves or, in the case of made for a special exam for those gibfe to receive an award, but not children of Seafarers,- for a parent. who live more than 75 miles from before taking the exam. Further information can be ob­ In addition, they must furnish a a city in which the regular test is high school transcript showing a given. All exams are graded by tained from the SIU Welfare Plan, standing in the upper third of the Educational Testing Service, 11 Broadway, New York City. Cartoon History Of The SIU MCCARTHY CENSURE INDICATED—The senate will go into spe­ cial session after the November elections to consider the report of the six-man special Senate committee which recommended censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy on two counts. The committee unanimously found that the Senator merited censure because of his refusal to ap­ pear at a Senate committee hearing early in' 1953 and his abuse of wit­ nesses at Congressional hearings. All signs indicate that the fuli Sen­ ate will adopt the report by a convincing vote. Pro-McCarthy forces in the Senate Indicated they would put up a strong fight against cen­ sure. They lost one of their strongest backers when Nevada Democrat Pat McCarran died at the age of 76. it it if POLLSTERS SEE DEMOCRATIC GAINS—Opinion polls and sur­ veys on the coming elections see the Democrats regaining control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate-as well. Evidence points to a swing back to the Democratic column, although previous elections have shown that such evidence is not always reliable. Re­ publicans are taking the trend seriously and party workers have been warned that the GOP faces an uphill fight. Territorial elections in Alaska this week gave a clean sweep to the Democrats. Observers pointed out that the results in Alaska for the past 40 years have clearly forecast which way tho rest of the country would go in November. 4.4 4 FRENCH RED SPY RING REVEALED—^Three top national officials of the French Govemmept have been arrested, as well as other indi­ viduals charged with espionage on behalf of the Communists. Tho officials are accused of handing over details of French defense plans in Indochina to an* intermediary who, in turn, delivered them to the Communists who used them.to advantage in the Indochinese fighting. French Communist Party leaders are involved in the charges. 4 4 4 NEW ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION PLANNED—The Navy will send an icebreaker to Antarctica and establish temporary bases for a year, in­ cluding one at the South Pole itself. One of the announced purposes of the expedition is to determine how the melting of Antarctic ice is effecting the level of the world's oceans. It is widely believed that military considerations are also part of the picture. 4 4 4 ITALIANS TAKE OVER TRIESTE—The Governments of Italy and Yugoslavia have settled their dispute over the major seaport fcity of Trieste with the Italians taking control of the city proper. The set­ tlement means that American and British troops will leave the city in a couple of weeks and permit the Italians to incorporate the city into their national administration. 4 4 4 DIMAGGIO TAKES THIRD STRIKE—One of the most publicized Hollywood marriages of recent years has come to the inevitable Hol­ lywood ending with the announcement that Marilyn Monroe would divorce ex-baseball great Joe DiMaggio. The marriage began with a blare of trumpets nine months ago and the couple has been very much in the limelight since. 4 4 4 HISS PRISON RELEASE DUE—Alger Hiss, former State Depart­ ment official who was the central figure in sensational spy ring charges and was later convicted of perjury will be discharged shortly from the Federal penitentiary. Indications are that he will again be sum­ moned before Congressional committees for further investigation of Communist operations in Government agencies. . -Panmnantan Boycott NIK. 74 Ifew- • IIK ;• I#;; t-i fj'- "J'- Although a world boycott of Panamanian shipping had been set up in 1948, in Oslo, Norway, at a meet­ ing of delegates to the Int'l Transportworkers Federa­ tion, it was slow to go into effect. Meanwhile, ships ilwpt transferring to Panama to escape safety ruleo enforced in regular maritime nations. Finally, in April, 1990, after many postponements, amid efforts to settle the problem amicably, delegates from unions in the ITF, including the SIU, met in Amsterdam, Holland, to get the boycott underway. The competition of substandard Panama shipping had become too gr?i(t a tbrrat The SIU and SUP spearheaded the campaign in the US and met with their first success in July,-when the sup established American conditions and wages on a Panamanian-fiag ship. The victory iocused worid at­ tention on itho union against cut-throat competelidn to US shipping from "runaway" flag nations. : �Sg^FiiRgHg t&O Par*'Seres '50-50' Law Boosts Coal Shipments SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON A alzable proportion of new workers were brouvht under the oldage and survivors insurance system by Public Law 761 enacted by the last session of Congress. Approximately 7 million persons heretofore excluded from the program are now brought within its scope. In the maritime field, two new classes are brought into the program, (1) employees engaged in fishing and related activities, on vessels of 10 net tons or less or on shore. It's estimated that some 50,000 fishermen are involved in this category—(2) American citizens employed by Amer­ ican employers on vessels and aircraft of foreign registry. jj, ^ One ot the hottest maritime cases for the past few years involves the so-called dual rate system of steaniship conferences, a subject that has been in and out of court several times. For the. past several years, a team of three, Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., the Dept. of Justice and the Dept. of Agriculture, have teamed up in an effort to have the dual rate system outlawed. To date, these protestants have had considerable success in prevent­ ing steamship conferences from establishing two levels of rates. The whole issue is coming to a head very quickly now, and the final answer is expected to come—^not from the Federal Maritime Board—^but from the Supreme Court. " t t Steamship operators in the US coastwise and intercoastal trade have not been eligible in the past to receive Government construction sub­ sidies, principally on the ground that these trades are "protected" from foreign-flag competition. However, this' particular segment of the American merchant marine now can anticipate that the new Con­ gress convening here next January will at least give consideration to subsidies -for these domestic trades. Transcontinental rails and truck operators will oppose construction subsidies for domestic ship lines. Because this would be quite a de­ parture from existing law, there is considerable doubt that Congress will go along with the idea at this time. A ship construction subsidy for domestic shipping companies simpiy means that the vessel could be purchased by the US operator at what it would cost if built abroad. X ^ X The outstanding maritime policy of this country is to have a strong merchant marine (1) for national defense purposes, but also (2) to move the foreign and domestic commerce of this nation. Here's how the Eisenhower Administration has failed thus far to carry out this pojicy. Although the major US shipping laws emphasize the necessity of having a strong fleet to carry cargoes (as well as for defense purposes), the Republic Administration believes that the over­ riding interest of the Federal Government in its reiatioh to maritime matters lies in the national defense aspects—that the Government's Interest in shipping should be largely limited to the nation's needs for defense planning. The result of this kind of thinking is that the Republic Administra­ tion is in favor of a limited merchant marine capable of expansion in time of war, but not in favor of a merchant marine strong enough in peacetime to move all of our domestic cargoes, and at least one half of our foreign trade. ' . 4" i t For many years now, the US has been encouraging Its allies to re­ frain from trading with Russia—particularly in articles that could be turned into war materials. However, one of the biggest offenders of this understanding proves to be Britain: ^'or example, your reporter has learned from State Dept. sources that Russian interests have about completed the purchase of their third British vessel, the 10,000-ton MV Stanbui*n, from the Stanhope Steamship Co. In addition. Ministry of Transport authorization is considering sale to Russia of the 10,000-ton Queen Anne owned by Thos. Dunlop & Sons, and negotiations are believed to be under way for the sale of other British ships to Russian Interests. 4> <4 The total number of merchant ships registered under the. flag of Panama is somewhat small—mostly US and Greek, and they very sel­ dom touch Panamanian ports. Panama does not possess a fleet of- its own but its government now is planning a fleet, government-owned, pri­ marily to engage in trade between that country and the US. . Some 311 vessels in Panama's merchant fleet, as of the end of last year, were formerly under US registry, and 116 under British registry, out of a total of 847 vessels registered under Panamanian flag. Last year, the Panamanian National Treasury collected $324,781 from •hip registration fees, $136,487 from the property tax applicable to the vessels, and about $500,000 from consular fees collected for providing •ervices to Panama's merchant fleet overseas. ' • 4 - 4"' - 4" The two tanker bllla enacted by the last Congress, designed to en­ courage the construction of new tonnage, may be a complete flop. At ' this stage, the feeling is that the program lacks sufficient attractive­ ness—that there will not be an overwhelming response from industry, but merely a token response by certain major oil companies. Under the tanker-trade-ln-and-build program, it was ^loped that In­ dustry would be encouraged to turn in to the Goverment up to 20 T-2's, in exchange for a credit on the construction of some 10 new and larger tankers. The other program involved construction of still other tankers with the Military Sea Transportation Service agreeing to char­ ter them for periods up to 10 years. Some Companies may turn in bids under the program merely to ghow that there is nothing possible that could be accomplished under the laws, as they stand, and that Congressional clarification will be necessary in the next Congress. For example, on the MSTS charter proposal, many of the private tanker^ lines are against the provision giving option to MSTS to purchase the tankers at the end of the 10year charter period. In addition, private industry dpesn't particularly like the idea of having to build new tankers with an 18-knot speed. ' Taking a crack at-working ashore for a while. Seafarer Jimmy Boyles is shown at work in his television repair and service shop in Norfolk as h*e tries to figure out what's wrong with a customer's TV^recelver. Boyles sails as an electrician. Parlays SIU Savings Into TV Repair Co. NORFOLK—The best way to save a bankroll with which to launch a shoreside business is to ship out via the SIU, in the opinion of Jimmy Boyles, who parlayed the savings from five and. a half years at sea"*^" into one of this city's leading the money and save a good share of it than is provided by sailing television sales and service on SlU-contracted ships," he ex­ establishments. After sailing for five years as an electrician and six months in the licensed ratings of second assis­ tant and chief engineer, Boyles came ashore in November, 1953, to enter the television business. His last ship was the Longview Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). With his partner, Marion Crank, an experienced TV technician, they started doing business as the Econ­ omy Television and Appliance Co. in a small one-room shop. They operated their pick-up and deliv­ ery service, as Boyles put it, "out of the back end of a 1946 Chevro­ let sedan." Business Booming Since then the business has thrived and expanded. Concentrat­ ing 'on the repair end of the busi­ ness rather than selling new sets, they have obtained contracts to service all sets sold by some of Norfolk's leading TV sales com­ panies. Their shop has been moved into spacious three-room quarters occupying more than 3000 square feet of floor space apd the delivery end of the business has been speeded up by the addition of two shiny, new panel trucks. A third truck is on order. Both. Boyles and his technicianpartner service the sets. The elec­ trical know-how which Boyles em­ ployed aboard ship gave him a good foundation for the complexi­ ties of television work, he said. Boyles, who is married, likes the iife of a businessman ashore. "I have a word of advice for any­ one . who wants to come ashore and go into business," he'said. "It pre­ sents an interesting challenge, but the guy who thinks he wants to run his own business should bear in mind that to make a go of it he must be willing to put plenty of hard work into it. There is no overtime and no limitation on the hours you work." Boyles gives full credit to the SIU for enabling him to get off to a good start toward saving the cap­ ital he' needed for his initial in­ vestment. "I know of no other plflce where a<.man bias,the opportuiiity to^earn plained. A brisk but temporary revival of American shipping on the coal run to Europe is seen in the coming weeks as the result of a Govern­ ment program to ship 10 million tons of coal to Europe this fall and winter. Under the terms of the perman­ ent "50-50" law passed at the last Congress after a vigorous fight by the SIU and other maritime un­ ions, US ships will be entitled to carry at least half of the coal cargoes or 5 million tons in all. This could figure to as much as 700 voyages by American ships, as­ suming that Libertys will handle most of the coal shipments. Rates Raised One effect of the Government announcement has been to raise rates on commercial coal ship­ ments near to the point where USflag ships might be able to par­ ticipate ~ in some of the regular commercial trade *this winter. The 10 million-ton shipment was sponsored originally to help out the soft coal industry which has been declining year by year in the face of competition from other fuels. Coal-poor countries such as Spain,. Italy, Greece and Yugo­ slavia will be recipients of most of the shipments. The ports likely to prosper mo^t from the flurry of coal traffic are Norfolk and Baltimore. Disability $ 'Lifeline' To Seafarer Under 65 For disabled men over 65 the SIU Welfare Plan's disability benefit usually more than doubles the money provided by the Federal Government in old age payments. But for men under 65 it is far more impor­ tant. It's the lifeline that and to the local seaman's club near enables them to keep their his home. Every once in a while heads above water. * if the weather and his health per­ One such Seafarer who up un­ til now has been living solely and exclusively off the $25 a week benefit is Thor Thorsen. Thorsen has been on the list since last November follow­ ing a severe at­ tack of , arthritis and a number of heart attacks. Thorsen Just last week he passed his 65th birthday, but as he put it, "I'm still waiting for my first Government check, but the disability money has been coming in every week." Extra Margin Thorsen figures things will be more comfortable with the Gov­ ernment money coming in, giving hilh that extra margin for buying new clothes and other irregular ex­ penses. He'wonders though, what he would have done in the last yeardf the Union Welfare Plan had not stepped into the breach. The veteran Seafarer, who has been sailing since back in 1908 in the deck department, has lived in Brooklyn for the last 26 years in the Bay Ridge section. These days his arthritis and heart condition compel him to take life easy, but he does manage to get around a little bit to the local Methodist church of which he is a member. mits he will make the short trip to SIU headquarters to keep in touch with old friends and ship­ mates. One Lakes Season . A native of Norway, Thorsen started sailing US ships back in 1917 whe.n he caught an oil tanker out of Vancouver. He tried one season on the Lakes in 1922-23 but didn't care~for it. "We were in and out all the time just like a ferryboat," he said. "You hardly had a chance to complete your watch and go ashore when the ship sailed again." For a time in the 1920's when shipping was bad he worked ashore as a carpenter, -painter and as a salesman in Chi­ cago department stores. Around 1929 Thorsen became a member of the old International Seamen's Union when that outfit was attempting to organize the ' Isthmian Steamship Company. He spent quite some time on Isthmian ships in those years, but more re­ cently has preferred Robin Line runs to South Africa. Thorsen's last trip was on the Robin Trent in the spring of 1953. He had to be hospitalized in May because of pleupisy and since then his arthritis has worsened consid­ erably. keeping him from working. The 65-year-old Seafarer has only one living relative, a sister in Oslo, Norway. He expects to con­ tinue staying on in Brooklyn where h'e has his closest friends, however. • .i �SEAFARERS PaccGtdit LOG October 15, 1954 I ti« Passengers Staged a stormy sitdown strike aboard the HollandAmericah liner Maasdam last week, after it suffered considerable bow damage in a crash with a French freighter and had to return to the pier in Hoboken,. NJ, from which it had sailed for Europe a few hours earlier. The tourists beefed that the company had failed to make adequate provisions for them as a result of the cancelled sailing . . . Choosing to maintain its Gulf and Caribbean services with foreignQnesUon: As » seaman, are yon flag vessels, the Ward Line has sold another ^air of its US-flag C-1 cargo ships, the Plandome and Short Hills, better known in recent In favor of burials at sea7 • years as the Siboney and Oriente. The sale leaves only two US-flag Theodore Gerber, carpenter: I'm vessels in the company's fleet. against graveyards; they're a waste i.- a. i of good space Conversion of the former Matson liner Mariposa, now Mhe Home that could be put Lines' Homeric, into a modern trans-Atlantic cruise ship, is nearing. to bettpr use. Its final stages at Monfalcone, Italy, where the rebuilding of the 26,000Besides, it makes ton vessel is being completed. She is due to make her maiden appear­ no differance in NY, on Feb. 11, to launch four special Caribbean cruises . . . ence where they Lack of cargoes has already idled more than 100 ore carriers on the put you after Great Lakes, although the normal shipping season there still has you're gone. One about six weeks to run . . . The Navy's Military Sea Transportation place is as good Service celebrated its fifth anniversary on Oct. 1, stilF under fire from as . another and private shipping companies and maritime unions for posing direct. Gov­ the sea where a ernment-sponsored competition to the weakened private industry. guy has worked all his life is as 4« 4" i • good as any. Soviet Russia and Sweden have signed a mutual aid treaty governing 4 4 4 all rescue operations for ships and aircraft in the Baltic Sea, under Charles Meloon, FOW: ^That's which continuous liaison between the maritime rescue services of both countries will be provided. Up to now, the Russians hbve consistently hard to say. I'm not in favor of refused to answer SOS signals from non-Soviet ships, even when the sea burials unless vessels were in sight of each other . . . All but two of a Norwegian they're really coastal liner's 300 tourists and crewmembers were saved when the necessary like Nordstjernon ripped its hull on a reef and sank in 20 minutes off the when a ship is far from port Borthern coast of Norway late last month. and that's t h e 3^ 4" The 26,950-ton tanker Socony Vaccum was launched for US-flag only thing that operation by the oil company of the same name in Quincy, Mass., last can be done. week and is due to make her maiden voyage from Texas to NY this Most guys have a December. The 6e4-foot vessel has a speed of 16¥2 knots and a draft family of some of 33 feet ... All segments of the maritime industry In California kind. A man's are united in a campaign to win the voters' support of a constitutional family is entitled to something bet­ proposition in the coming election which will codtinue the state's 40- ter that will give them a chance year exemption of US ships from property taxes. Backers of the measure to pay their last respects. 4 4 4. point out that the tax exemption is a key item in enabling US ships to Cecil C. Rush, chief pantryman: compete with foreign vessels which would not be subject to the local Burials Ht sea are very solemn taxes anyway. affairs because 44" t — there's nobody G. Joseph Minotti, Brooklyn lawyer and former Commissioner of there from the Marine and Aviation in New York City, has been sworn in to fill a vac­ family of the de­ ancy on the Federal Maritime Board in Washington. The other members ceased to pay his are Maritime Admini strator Louis Lothschild and E. C. Upton, Jr., who respects and no has just tendered his resignation . ,. . The Army has demonstrated a new real grief. I 51-foot barge designed for inland waterways, which is believed to be wouldn't want a the world's largest plastic vessel. Specific advantages of 1*^0 craft, which sea burial . for can transport five tons of dry cargo with a draft of oniy 21 inches, is myself because I that It is made of non-critical materials and would require little main­ don't want a tenance. watery grave for any reason. A 4 4 4., man's family should be there at Lykes Brothers has begun a new service from Glasgow to Gulf ports that final stroke of the belL In an effort to capture some of the heavy traffic in Scotch whisky imported to the Bourbon country for the year end holidays. The Dick Ellis De Angelo, AB: I'd rather Lykes cleared the Scottish port last week and will get eastbound service come home for a shore burial. I'm underway on Oct. 25 from Brownsville, Texas ... The new 10,188deadweight-ton Yokohama Maru is due to sail from NY today on the not for burials at second leg of her maiden trip to launch direct service between East sea unless they're Coast ports and Japan for Nippon Yusen Kalsha, a Japanese company. absolutely neces­ sary. It's unfair to a man's fam­ ily to have him go that way, without them having a chance ACROSS DOWN Lake cargo 33. Long knife to pay their last X. Subject of Ar- l. Gentle blows Progress 36. Newport — tide V of SIU 2. Single thing respects. If Coin of Iran Constitution 3. Old Norse 38. Capital of Patron saint something happened to Texas poetry «. De of sailors want a shore buriaL (Waterman) <• Way of doing Take oS 46. Hits S. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Far down Amos' pal Place to tie up A cons^teUation Invites British Channel island 18. Isiand off NJ 20. Port Egypt 91. BPOE members 93. Dizzy Dean's brother 96. Drops straight down SO. Noted French composer 31. Make a voyage 32. Hoot used in medicine 34. Rumanian coin 35. Port in N Africa 37. Wigwagger 99. Where Cardiff is 41. Suffix meaning "lung" 42. Boring tools 44. Bother 48. Portia's lover ^ In "The Mer­ chant of Ven­ ice" 91. Kind of floor covering 92. Old ship 83. Spoils • •"S?" to. 86. •7- beach • Portuguese / area in India Quarrel Require • g B. _ s. », ' things Fore-and-aft saiis Cargo from Aruba Williams and Kiuszewski Mountain nymph A sighting of shore clothes 43. teeak Run away 45. It rises and "It's falls move" Ship's bow (6. French pronoun Girl's name 47. Hospital in Naval base at Washington Dutch Harbor 48. Sack. Guide for a 49. African tribe motorist 50. Man's name (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 4.4 4 MEET THE SEAFARER - .J ft' i* ' >: JOHN BUCCI, AB A firm believer in fresh air and home in a hurry and will take the sunshine is Seafarer John A. Bucci. 'round-the-world trips if they are Sporting a sunburned complexion available. in October, Bucci says that if you Bucci had one experience sail­ have to work, being out in the ing with a non-union tanker outfit fresh air on the deck of a ship is which- convinced him for all time one of the best ways there is of that he was better off on an SIU earning a .buck. With the over­ ship. He shipped but on Esso tank­ time that sailors get on SIU ships, ers and found out flrst-hajid why he adds, even a man who doesn't most seamen want no part of that care for fresh air can be satisfied." kind of company set-up. "There The 27-year-old Seafarer has are some seamen who like the idea been on deck with the SIU for the of working for one company and past four years. His Seafaring life getting a regular one-month vaca­ began when he caught the William tion each year. But to get that Sturges, a Government-owned Lib­ they have to take low pay and erty, down in Norfolk. At the time bum working conditions. Anyway she was under charter to the SIU- there's no job security working contracted Robin Line on the coal for an outfit like that. ^ run to Europe, which was quite a "I like to take a trip and come booming one^ until European coal off with a good payoff so I can mines caught' up with most of their take as much time off as I want local demand for fueL when I feel like it. I don't have Now On'Seamar to wait for any company to decide Currently aboard the Seamar when they are going to give me (Calmar) on- an intercoastal voy­ my free time. age, Bucci took advantage of his "Besides sailing with the SIU off-watch time to come up to the means that you don't have to de­ hall and pass a few sociable hours pend on one company to make with friends and former ship­ your living. After what's happened mates. to Esso in the last couple of years Bucci served an apprenticeship I'm not sorry I gave them up." on a seagoing career when he did a Aside from tjie money angle, four-year hitch yith Uncle Sam's Bucci finds sailing with the SIU Navy from 1944 to 1948. After in the deck department has social his discharge from the service he compensations. "I enjoy working decided to try his sea legs ashore with a group of men. It's usually for a while. It didn't take long much more pleasant than working before he was headed back to the on your own." sea again, this time in white cap More Action In NY and dungarees instead of the bell bottom trousers he had worn A native New Yorker, Bucci now before^ has his home in Wantagh, Long Likes Long Runs Island, and prefers to ship out of Since going back to sea, Bucci New York City. There's generally has kept pretty close to the freight- more action going on around head­ ship runs,, with the Isthmian line quarters, he says, and while he's being his particular favorite. He ashore waiting to ship the big town prefers that company's runs to all offers plenty to do to pass the time. others f6r several reasons. "First In addition, there's always some­ of all," he said, "on a long trip thing to take care of around/tho you can come home with a good- house. sized payoff and spend plenty of "I'm certainly happy that I time ashore before you throw in threw in with the SIU when I first for another job. You don't have, started sailing,", he concluded. to spend too much on the run "The conditions can't be beat. You either, because the ports are most­ get good representation all around ly cheap ones, even though Isth­ and good payoffs. Having an SIU mian makes quitef a few stops." book is the kind of security that Since he is single, he isn't par­ is pretty tough to match in any ticularly concerned about getting other outfit, at sea or ashore." LABOR ROUND-OP AFL leaders Indicated there was very little chance for affiliation by the International Fur and Leather Workers Union. Tho union, ex­ pelled from the CIO as Commu­ nist-controlled, has reshuffled its top posts with the resignation of President Ben Gold, who .is under conviction for perjury on charges of falsely denying Communist Party membership. The Fur and Leather Workers have been dick­ ering to get an AFL' charter. A possible merger with the Amalga­ mated Meat Cutters was also ruled out recently. . James Martin, FWT: I'd want a sea burial tnr myself; it's the best way for a sea­ •lii man, It's the quickest end easiest way, and there's no sorrow and moaning af­ terwards thai/ funerals on land always cause. A sea burial is a decent burial 4 4.4 An eleven-month old strike of and there's no funeral expenses to Pittsburgh department store work­ worry about. ers neared its first anniversary as A! Sacco, DM: It's all according new attempts to settle the walkout to the length of the trip the guy's collapsed. Members of 12 AFL un­ ion, 2,500 people in all, are in­ been on when it volved in the strike which includes happens. If the teamsters, building service em­ ship is only a ployees, clerks and office workers. week or so 'from Five major Pittsburgh department port, he's en­ stores are Involved in the strike titled to be which began last Nov. 27.-A series brought home so of proposals and counter-proposals that his family by both sides was put forward this can handle things week to end the dispute. in a regular man-' ner. I Wouldn't 4 • 4 • 4'" Long Island construction wdrk-' V ilb4''hWifial for myselfj ers have donated labor towards tho building of a new wing for treat­ ment of cerebral palsy cases. Mem­ bers of several AFL building trades unions turned out and donated ovM $100,000 in work for construc­ tion of the wing at the Nassau Cerebral Palsy Association's center. Expansion of the center will en­ able the Association 'to treat a growing number of cerebral pal­ sied children with new methods, developed in recent years. 4 4 4 Paterson, New Jersey, textile dyers have returned to work after a two-day strike af 90 dyeing, fin­ ishing and textile printi.?g plants. The 5,000 members of Dyers Lo­ cal 1733 (CIO) voted to accept a new one-year contract without any wage increases. Hourly wage rates under the contract range from $1.58 to $1.88. 4 4 4 Hollywood's motion plctur* workers are now covered by an in­ dustry wide. pension plan provid­ ing a n^inimum of $20 a month in .pensions for 18,000 workers. Forty different' unions ai% parties to the agreetneht which goes into effect on October 24. i �bcifober 15. 1954 SEAFARERS Pace .Nin*, LOG SEAFARERS^ LOG '—And Still The Champ!' Vol. XVI. No. 21 Oetobar 15, 1954 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL. 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. .• PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT,BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DAtma. NXLVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWW BPIVACK, At MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. ^4rAr\Q^ IM Vacation Increase One program of which the SIU has always been proud is the Union's Vacation Plan. When it was introduced it marked the first time that any maritime union had overcome the paid vacation problem. Before that the only way a seaman could hope for a paid vacation was to stay on one ship for as long as a year. It was the SIU which broke new ground for the industry by coming up with a central vacation fund, Union-adminis­ tered, into which all operators contributed. It was this which made it possible for seamen to collect vacation pay in the exact amount to which they were entitled. And by paying a flat rate to all seamen, irrespective of wages, the Union immensely simplified the administrative task. Almost $4 million has been distributed to date. As a result of the efficient and simple system set up under the Vacation Plan, the trustees find they are now able to approve an increase in vacation pay even though there will be no increase in shipowner contributions. Seafarers, in consequence, will be getting considerably more vacation pay than any other unlicensed seamen in the industry. That fact is eloquent tribute to the superiority of the SIU Vacation Plan. Stores And Feeding Good feeding has always been an SIU watchword. Through the years the Union has fought for adequate manning in the galley, sufficient stores, high quality and other practices that added up to eating pleasure. Now to further improve mat­ ters, the Union has set up a committee to meet with the operators on shipboard feeing. The committee is out to demonstrate how the use of su­ perior stores is actually cheaper through elimination of waste and spoilage. The committee will also assist steward depart­ ments in efforts to get maximum mileage out of ship's stores and to put out a variety of appetizing meals, attractively prepared and served. Needless to say, the committee feels that Seafarers them­ selves in all departments can contribute valuable ideas toward this goal. Accordingly, it welcomes all suggestions on this score. * 1. Welcome Forecast A West Coast maritimejjublication has a cheerful predic­ tion for union members. The source says that the GOP will take a severe setback this fall with the result that the work­ ing guy will regain some voice in Washington. The publication bluntly states that the GOP's anti-union, ro-big business position is responsible for the pending events, t declares that the GOP handed the "heavy sugar" in tax reductions to the wealthy, messed up the farmers, killed wage increases for Government employees and stacked the cabinet with big business spokesmen. This kind of talk sounds like the AFL and CIO speaking. Actually it comes from the "Pacific Shipper," a weekly pub­ lication which makes no bones about its Republicanism or its pro-employer viewpoint. The "Pacific Shipper" should be congratulated on its frankness. With its confession in the record, nothing more need be said. it S. f In Excellent Health As the SIU-A&(jr District nears two important milestones— its 16th birthday and the opening of the new Baltimore hall— a glance at the current balance sheet of the Union gives every Seafarer good reason for self-congratulation. In two im­ portant categories—jobs and financial reserves—the SIU is on very solid footing. Here is indivdual security, meaning jobs, and collective security, meaning a solid financial basis. This issue of the LOG (page four) reports that your Union has $2.7 million in assets, despite a rough two-year period of ship lay-ups, transfers to foreign flags and loss of revenue caused by over 4,000 men dropping out of the SIU. Moreover, the heavy loss of ships has not affected the SIU's ratio of a job for evry bookmember, a position no other seaman is in. So, despite rough weather in the maritime industry, the men of the SIU can pat themselves on the back, secure in the knowledge that the.SIU nears its 16th birthday in excellent health. li to i-.l ,i v ;'i> li, m. it j ji t .. Marine Exhibit Poses Questions To the Editor: I am now in the Army, stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., and so I was able to get into Washing­ ton during the recent convention of the American'Legion there. While, in the capital, I visited an exhibit about our merchant ma­ rine which was displayed in the lobby of the Department of Com­ merce building. I was happy to note that, among the other flags, those of our own SlU-contracted Seas Shipping and Alcoa com­ panies were re­ presented. I was also happy to note that the ex­ hibit, as a whole, was very interest­ ing and informa­ tive. At the en­ trance to the Goncalves building there were a spool of rope, an anchor and a propellor, and inside the ex­ hibit were many ship models and also many photographs with cap­ tions explaining the functions and importance of our merchant fleet. Not Entirely Pleased There were, however, many things about this exhibit which did not make me so happy. For in­ stance, I was very interested to see displayed statements such as these: "American merchant ships pay American seamen American wages" and "The American merchant ma­ rine is our fourth line of defense— vital in peace, indispensable in war." Also there were exhibited personal messages from President Eisenhower, Secretary of Com­ merce Sinclair Weeks and Mari­ time Administrator Louis Roths­ child. Now, apparently President Eisen­ hower agrees that the American merchant marine is an indispensa­ ble part of our defense system. But, If this is so. why isn't our "fourth arm of defense" getting the attention and support from our Federal Government that it de­ serves? Public In Dark I think that the real answer lies in the sad fact that the American people as a whole are either un­ aware of the vital importance of our merchant fleet or else are un­ aware of the fact that it could easily be led to the brink ot dis­ aster by the failure of our Govern­ ment to back it up the way it should. Also, as Seafarers, we know how much Ameriqan maritime labor unions like our own SIU have done to preserve and strengthen the merchant fleet, but it seems that very little is being done by the shipping companies. It seems that all they are interested in is in transferring as many of their ships as possible to foreign flags so that they can obtain cheap labor and avoid US tax and other laws and thus show as big a profit as pos­ sible. I would like to lu-ge all seamen to write as often as possible to their Senators and Congressmen. I think .« steady flow of letters could do a lot toward making sure the merchant marine gets a break. ii: .1 i Vot( Seafarer Thomas A. Scanlon ap­ parently made good in the tempo­ rary assignment of ship's delegate aboard the Kyska (Waterman). H e was serving as acting delegate until the crew got to electing a reg­ ular one, and there was no competition for Scanlon the post when it came up, with Scanlon being chos­ en unanimously. Further, the crew went on record giving him a vote of thanks for the good job he had done as acting delegate. Scanlon, who sails in the engine department, is a native of Connec­ ticut, but he now calls New Or­ leans his home. He's 43 years old and joined the SIU in New York on July 23, 1947. $ Two valuable suggestions that could be followed by all Seafarers aboard ship were offered to the crew of the Steel Flyer by Sea­ farer Michael J. Pugaczewski. For one thing, he proposed, and the crew agreed, that an inventory should be taken of all gear on board the ship that had been purchased by the Pugaczewski crew. Since many crews are in the habit of buying record players, games, even TV sets, Pugaczewski pointed out that unless they were listed as belong­ ing to the crew it might be assum­ ed in the future that they were company property. The result in such instances would be that a lot of effort and expenditure by Seafarer crews would go by the board unless the property was properly tagged as belonging to the unlicensed men aboard the ship. With an inventory on hand, ev­ ery crew would know what had been purchased by previous crews and in the event a ship was laid up, the gear could be turned in to the Union for use by the mem­ bership shoreside or in the hos­ pitals. Thanks when the ship paid off the outgo­ ing crew should leave a copy of the last ship's minutes to be read at the first meeting of the new crew. If there were any matters hanging fire, the new crew would be aware of them. Both suggestions were adopted by his shipmates. Many crews already follow the latter practice, making it a point to post a copy of the minutes on the crew bulletin board before paying off so as to leave a record of their activity behind them. If this were followed as a gen­ eral rule by all crews, both on minutes and repair lists, it would make life easier all around both for the new crew and the patrol­ men at the sign-on. Pugaczewski, a native of Balti­ more, joined the SIU in that port on November 3, 1945. He's 27 years old and still lives in the Maryland port city. l" t 4» Crewmembers of the Choctaw (Waterman 1 left a little bit of mys­ tery hanging in the air when they cited Seafarer George Johnson for his good work and went on rec­ ord to give him a vote of confi­ dence. The crew didn't specify e?^actly what it was Johnson. that Johnson had done, but in any case it was clear they were pleased with it. Since Johnson sails in the steward de­ partment, chances are they were talking about the cooking. Johnson, who comes from War­ ren, Indiana, received his SIU membership book in Norfolk on September 12, 1947. He is 27 years of age. i 4" A little bit of speechmaking aboard the Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ ice) won a round of applause for Seafarer James Murrell, who was serving as chairman of the ship­ board meeting. Murrell made some points that are always good to keep in mind—how present conditions aboard SIU ships were obtained and the steps that are necessary to maintain and improve them. The crewmembers' response shoyved that the- statements were well ,...1 ••I �skAPjinEns W^h€»M,UBi I fi'V- .; W'y,, p;i Si •k!p -•.-S, : AT* •>*: .-H- ?;. '•!/ ••• -., ^ti t v^' M> u--''"-».J V ' :C^'' U ' r. fi.: SlU I: .,.• • •: • Kf.' •••vM .1 ••ifj:;, / FIRST IN THE INDUSTRY •J -,:;-.f.^ c- I; , . 'y-..:. y,,; ^H,.|. ,; '5 I f ^rf.hv:^-: PLA Each shipowner pays the r<oRK-riM0s-i^same amount into the SlU Vacation Fund for VACATION PAYMENTS each man •»day worked BEGUN BY SEA UNION aboard his ships, regardless The Seafarera' International Unlon'a Atlantic and Gulf Dietrict, of a man's rating. The sea­ A. r. L., will begin paying today 93,900 000 in vacation money to Ita man makes no payment to •Mmbcra Thla fund, which waa contributed the fund. by eighty-seven ateamsbip compa­ nies under contract to the union, The payments are made I a^epresents thejirstjgiaranteedanri'Bl vacation sUowanceTonetT into a central fund where lieainen, esPljlaJly iiniijjHSed inspection is made con­ st a n 11 y of photostatic copies of all company crew lists to insure that correct payments are being made to the fund. •t--' • •t ' ?•'' ' I' Under the SIU administration of the fund, facilities are maintained at S'lU halls in all ports for handling applications by Seafarers. To collect vacation pay a Seafarer makes out an ap- plication at any SIU port office and submits his dis­ charges as proof of his seatime. A Seafarer can col­ lect on his vacation pay accumulated after a minimum of 90 days. The Seafarer's application is spot-checked in the local port and immediately air-mailed to SIU head­ quarters. If headquarters has any questions, the man can be contacted immediately in the port where he made application through the Plan's teletype network. The Seafarer's application at headquarters is first processed through an IBM department where it is checked against the seatime the employer has credited in his behalf. Once cleared here—an operation taking only a few minutes—his application is turned over to the administrative office and a check is written and air-mailed out to his SIU port office the same day his application was received. Often, where time is short, the teletype network is used in the major ports to further speed up an applica­ tion. In th( typed to he^ ately. Here doubt and aj plication laj now this pi minor hitch! Where a ters, his clail his vacation] As an ex£ Seafarers ceive a disci day. All t^ correlating record and farers will also the best , S;.;. \ < 1 • . r.. X?: The highest vacation payments in the industry, the speed in processing ond the efficiency of operation are all the result of the Union's deter| the best. More money for more men through the Seafarers Vacation PlanI i ,• ... ' •w • ,';;f • • i' •: , .y' - • �• X'Kt- ti PLAN SPEEDIEST SERVICE WORKS cases the man's application data is teleJlquarters iand the check written immedilie Union gives the man the benefit of the liumes all risks pending a check of his apIr through regular channels. Up until jcedure has worked very well with only Is. feafarer makes application at headquaris processed immediately and he receives bay in less than one hour. Iiple of the high efficiency and speed of the pation Plan, a man can pay off a ship, rej rge and collect his vacation pay the same Is is possible through the rapid receipt, lid recording of every Seafarer's seatime Ihe Union's determination that the SeaIt only have the best plan in benefits, but lin administration. /V>,. •) II i.i'' '..^i.ii MORE MONEY FOR MORE MEN Listed below are the payments of the three highest vacation plans in the mari­ time industry—lyith the Seafarers Vacation Plan way out in front. Here is a typical ship—a G^Z—with 34 unlicensed crewmembers. As the figures prove, the Seafarers Plan 7 gives more money to more men—without any gimmicks. Some plans offer additional pay if a seaman stays on a ship a year. The Seafar­ ers rejected this set-up in favor of spreading the benefits among all men, because only a small percentage of seamen stay on a ship over a year, which is one of the reasons the SIU fought for and set up the first industry-wide plan below. Iteting Seafarers PkiB Botun Plan 'Y* $176 $187.04 $176.40 D^ck MaifiL 176 160.58 154.42 SiU Deck MainL: .......... 176 160.58 154.42 SiU Deck Maint. 176 160.58 154.42 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB' 176 146.72 140.98 SIU AB 176 146:72 140.98 SiU 176 146.72 140.98 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU Oh. Elect: 176 232.96 219.80 2nd. Elect. 176 217.00 204.82 Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Ch. Steward 176 182.14 171.78 176 168.56 159.04 SiU ^It. Cook-Baker 176 168.56 146.02 SiU [nd Cook 176 151.76 146.02 SiU S/lessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU VIessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU Vlessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU S/lessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU Jtility ................. 176 113.12 111.02 SiU 176 113.12 111.02 SiU 5984 4983.08 4784.64 SiU 176 146.56 140.72 SiU AB . •* •• • Galleyman total Crew Payment Drew Average /• . /> »• Highest Benefits Pkui -X' Ch. Cook nofron that the men of the SiU always rate Par*. Elevca SEAFARERS IPG October Uk ltM •-J These figures prove that a Seafarer receives an average of $30 per year more than a seaman covered by the next best plan and an SIU crew receives a thousand dollars more per ship. By taking 100 ships, for example, with 3,400 crewmembers, the deference becomes almost $100,000 more in the pockets of the Seafarers. So, Seafarers aboard the hundreds of SlU-contracted ships every year re­ ceive several hundred thousand dollars more than seamen covered by any other vacation plan. I �SEAFARERS Par* Twelv* 'OitoUr 15. 19^4 L6G PORT REPORTS Savannah: Port's Business Fair; 7 Ships in Transit Shipping In this port has been fair during the past two weeks, and it looks as if it wiU continue that way for a while. During this period we had no payoffs or signons, but in tran­ sit were the Antinous and DeSoto (Waterman): Steel Director and Steel Recor­ der (Isthmian); Seatrains Geor­ Maxey gia and Louisiana (Seatrain), and Carolyn (Bull). Oldtimers on the beach here are J. B. Farrow, R. C. Shedd and J. H. Maxey. Men in the marine hospital are W. H. Gilbertson, William C. Lee, A. W. Lima, Jimmy Littleton, James T. Moore, Paul Bland, James D. Cannady, Gilbert F. Wil­ son. James F. Lee and Rufus L. Fields. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent ii New Orleans: Shipping Makes Up For Loss Of 'Extra' Johs tum, Jr., James £. Noonan and Charles W. Magee. The members here are pulling for the speedy recovery of Brother Oscar (Buck) Madere, who is in critical condition in the USPHS hospital following a stomach oper­ ation. Knud Larsen, John C. Vieiro, Oscar Bird, Clarence Lomax, Wal­ ter Makin and John Carolan were recently admitted to the hospital and are looking forward to being discharged soon. Duska (Spider) Korolia and Leonard Kay were readmitted to the hospital after be­ ing discharged recently. George Champlin and Jesse M. Lyles are convalescent patients and are also looking for their discharge slips soon, and back at the hall after treatment, and waiting to ship out, are John Sanders, Kenyon Parks, Marcus Evans, Lonnie Tickle and Clarence (Red) Cobb. The municipal authorities are taking steps to crack down on ships that dispose of garbage improperly and follow the practice of blowing their tubes while in port and spraying soot over many parts of the city. City Councilman Paul Burke said a "serious" problem has been caused by dumping garbage direct­ ly into the river and creating a rat problem on the waterfront. He said he favored "sending the cap­ tains to jail if that is what it takes to stop such practices." Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Boston: ^Sa-SO' Bill Is Topic At Norfolk Orewmen Filling Up On Queenslon Heights The boys on the Queenston Heights may soon be ordering new dungarees and shirts from the SIU Sea Chest as they are all get­ ting too fat for their old clothes. The steward on this -ship has been serving very good meals and the way the crewBuckley men have been packing them away they all soon will be in the heavyweight class. Oldtimer Mike Buckley, who has been In the hospital for quite a while as he has been unable to walk/ has been transferred to the TB building at Boston City Hos­ pital. Shipping here during the past two weeks has been slow. We paid In Norfolk hall, Norfolk port agent Ben Rees (center, behind desk) off and signed on the Queenston calls regular bi-weekly branch meeting to order. At Rees' right Heights (Seatrade), Logans Fort is patrolman James A. Bullock. Among other items on agenda, (Cities Service) and Republic members discussed effect of "50-50" bill on the port. (Trafalgar). In-transits were the Robin Tuxford (Seas Shipping) and Antihous and DeSotO (Water­ State Mariner and Greece Victory Son Francisco: (South Atlantic), and Barbara man). Fritchie (Liberty Navigation). J. Sheehan Signing on were the Mankato Boston Port Agent Victory (Victory Carriers); Hast­ 4> 4) 4^ " ings (Waterman); Cracker State Mariner (South Atlantic); Steel De­ New York: Shipping in this port slowed signer and Steel Surveyor (Isthmi­ down quite a bit during the past an), and Robin Kettering (Seas two weeks but stayed pretty even Shipping). with registrations. In transit were the Alcoa RoamDuring this period we had one er and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); De­ payoff and sign-on—the Jean LaShipping in this port during the Soto, Chickasaw and Antinous fitte (Waterman)—and seven ships past two weeks was a little slower (Waterman); Kathryn and Eliza­ in transit: the Bienville, Raphael than during the previous two beth (Bull); Calmar, Seamar and Semmes. John B. Waterman and weeks, with 16 ships paying off, 6 Bethcoaster (Calmar); Seatrains Choctaw (Waterman); Marymar signing on foreign articles and 14 Savannah, Georgia and New Jer­ (Calmar); Orion Star (Oil Car­ in transit. We crewed up the Man- sey (Seatrains), , and Alexandra riers), and Steel Worker (Isth­ mian). kato Victory and Coe Victory, both (Carras). Claude Simmons Gates Sails As Bosun of Victory Carriers. Asst. Sec-Treasurer Our Seafarer of the Week is Ce­ Shipping during the coming two 4' 4- 4" cil Gates, who joined the Union in weeks should pick up a bit. The Mobile in 1941 and sails in 'the Maritime Overseas Company is Miami: deck department as bosun. Gates, taking out two ships in the next who recently got married, says he couple of days and it looks as likes all phases of the Welfare though we may also crew the Rob­ Plan, but thinks the maternity ben­ in Hood (Seas Shipping), on which efit is the best. He also says that an SIU standby gang has been During the past two weeks in this vacation pay is very popular With working for the past four weeks. It looks as if the spell of unsea­ port we paid off and signed on the all the men on the ships he has sonably hot weather which we had Florida (P & O) and had the fol­ sailed on. Gates says he believes here has finally broken and cool lowing ships in transit: Fairpoft, his 13 years with the SIU qualify Iberville and Chickasiaw (Water­ him to say it is the best union in weather is on the way. man), Ponce (Ponce Cement) and maritime, barring none. The ships paid off during the On the beach here are A. Florida (P & O). past two weeks were as follows: Meadows, A. Macapagai, C. Carl­ Since the Florida has come out Steel Designer (Isthmian); Lone Jack, Government Camp, Bents of drydock She is on a two, instead son, J. Callaghan, F. Votto, P. Fort, Cantigny, Paoli and Bradford of three-trip schedule, and this Nash, J. Jacobson, L. Ciamboli, J. Island (Cities Service); Elizabeth, gives the boys that much desired Sampson, B. Tombocon, J. Doyle and M. Prisament. Hilton, Frances and Suzanne (Bull); long weekend in Havana. In the marine hospital are Eddie Parr Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Charles Brown, B. Stalsworth, J. Miami Port Agent Seatrain Texas (Seatrain); Cracker Perreira, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, B. M. Foster, J. Childs, P. S. Yuzon, William V. Shaffer and H. E. Ailinghaus. Marty Brelthoff, Acting San Francisco Port Agent Shipping Slows Oown Bnl Piek-Up's Soon Shippiag Slows Oown Bnl Piek-Up Is One t t 4. Strife on the labor front has af­ Norfolk: fected SIU men In this port be­ cause of the loss of the extra ship­ yard jobs to which Seafarers on the beach were being sent through the AFL Boilermakers' Union During the last two weeks we here. The New Orleans boilermakers paid off one ship in this port, are supporting a five-state strike to signed on two and had five in enforce their de­ transit. The payoff was the Coun­ mand for in­ cil Grove (Cities Service) and the creases In wages sign-ons were the Council Grove and payments to and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans­ the welfare fund, portation). In transit were the Al­ and work on four coa Ranger and Alcoa Partner (Al­ big construction coa), Steel Advocate and Steel Re­ projects and a corder (Isthmian) and Southland number of small­ (South Atlantic). At the last meeting the port er jobs has been halted. The boil­ agent discussed the possible effect Madere ermakers are the "50-50" bill would have on this therefore sending their own out- port and pointed out that the crewof-work members to the extra jobs ing of the Ocean Nimet was indi­ which had been going to the SIU. rectly due to the passage of that This slack, however, has been bill and that the port could look taken up by lively shipping here for more such activity. In the USPHS hospital at this during the past two weeks. Paying off in this period were the Alcoa time are Herbert Bumpass, PresCavalier and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); cott J. Spinney, George Leckler Del Norte, Del Oro and Del Alba and Lonnie Hall. (Mississippi); DeSoto and Iberville Ben Rees (Waterman), and Frederic C. Col­ Norfolk Port Agent lins (Drytrans) and signing on were the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pioneer and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa) and the Del Norte and Del Santos (Missis­ sippi). In transit were the Alcoa Pen­ 4^ -4' 4^ nant and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Steel Rover, Steel Director, Steel Wilmington: Shipping Figures September 22 to October 5 Surveyor and Steel Recorder (Isth­ REG. REG. ftEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL mian); Del Santos (Mississippi); DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana PORT 10 3 Boston 13 15 13 41 , 3 4 (Seatrain); Monarch of the Seas. City of Alma, Maiden Creek and 211 73 New York 83 90 84 257 74 84 Claiborne (Waterman); Genevieve During the past two weeks we 61 14 Philadelphia 25 19 23 67 28 19 Peterkin and Neva West (Bloom162 had the Orion Star (Oil Carriers) in 56 Baltimore 84 70 68 222 51 55 ' field), and Evelyn (Bull). 36 and it was a pleasure to pay her 8 Norfolk 18 11 11 37 14 14 off. She has a fine SIIJ crew Dies Aboard Del Sad 3 15 Savannah 9 7 4 20 5 7 aboard her, and she came in hei'e The members here were sadden­ 1 10 without a beef and signed on again Tampa 9 10 9 28 4 5 ed by the death of veteran Seafarer with no trouble for the Far. East. 184 59 Mobile 58 52 48 158 64 61 Charles Merritt, who died at sea In transit during this period 281 130 New Orleans 96 92 135 323 80 71 aboard the Del Sud (Mississippi). were the Marymar (Calmar); John 69 16 Brother Merritt, who was engine Galveston 27 19 23 69 27 26 B. Waterman, Raphael Semmes utility on the Del Sud, suffered a 63 and Choctaw (Waterman), ' and 23 Seattle 20 90 19 59 21 19 fatal heart attack on September 19. 56 28 Steel Worker and Steel Seafarer San Francisco 29 21 29 79 14 14" Funeral services were conducted (Isthmian). 28 8 Wilmington 12 • . 11 ' 12 35 9 11 - • in New ^Orleans on October € and Ernest B. Tilley pallbearers were his sblpmat^, '' > KWUniaiiMMi •Port>Affent <429 0' dylOO' ' "• 4»T " " 978'-^'li93it.a,nsefri I ' "-S Walter J. Smby. Willi«a A. Ocean Nimet Grewed, '50-50' Bill Is Oiled Florida Makes Switch To Two-Trip Sehodnio A&Gsmppme RECORD Orion Slar Signs On, Doparis For Far EasI �Oeieker 15.1954 * SEAFARERS Page Tbfrteoi LOG .... PORT itEPORTS Mobile: Bnilding Is Obialned For Sea Chest Outiel a big^ football game between Ala­ Lake Charles: bama and Vanderbilt at Ladd Sta-* dium and, to top off the picture, both fresh and salt water fish are really biting around here. Brothers On Beach At present the Port Authority, Among the brothers on the beach who have been enjoying some of which runs the affairs of this port, these things are G. Coker, C. Rod- is engaged in an expansion pro­ riquez, J. W. Smith, Jack Oossee, gram, and is trying to get more Clinton Mason, Chester Steers, freight tonnage in here. We, of J. B. Harrison, James Jones, H. course, are hoping that this will Smith, Otis Lehman, William Guil­ take place, and that more SIU ford and W. Yarbrough. freight ships will make this a port In closing, we would like to ex­ of call. tend our deepest sympathy to the Other than that, things have family.of Brother Henry Kopper- been pretty quiet here as far as smith on the recent accidental t'he SIU is con­ death of his young son—one of a cerned, but there set of twins about two years old. has been some Brother Koppersmith was on the trouble on an­ Maiden Creek at the time his son other labor front. was run over by a truck, but was The AFL Boiler­ reached at his first coastwise port makers are hav­ and flew home for the fuiieral. ing a beef with the construction Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent contractors and all industrial con­ Gordano i 4. 4 struction has Galveston: stopped except for one job. The one company which has signed up is the Industrial Construction Company, owned by State Senator Guy Sockrider, who led the fight against the "right-to-work" bill and Shipping has been very slow in who has always been a good friend this port during the past two of labor. weeks. We paid off the Genevieve Shipping here during the past Peterkin (Bloomfield) and South­ two weeks hit a low spot. We had ern Districts (Southern Trading) a number of ships in,-but the crews and signed on the Southern Dis­ are all staying on and awaiting tricts and the Neva West (Bloom- the outcome of the tanker contract field). talks. In transit were the Del Oro and Calling in here during this pe­ Del Santos (Mississippi); Seatrains riod were the Cantigny, Paoli, Lo­ Texas, Savannah, New York and gans Fort, Chiwawa, Bradford Is­ Louisiana (Seatrain); Mae (Bull), land, Council Grove, French Creek and City of Alma (Waterman). and Bents Fort (Cities Service); We had a few minor beefs on Del Oro (Mississippi), and Excello some of these ships but they were (Excello). Over in Orange, Tex., all squared away we had the Val Chem (Valentine to the satisfaction Tankers). the crews. of Television Set Installed There, has also To perk up things, and service been a beef here by the old ILA, our members better, we installed a but this has not television set and were able to done much to watch the World Series. This port hold up shipping. is now hooked onto the coaxial The only ship cable, so we can get some good live held up was the programs. Lee Seatrain Texas, At our last meeting the black which was delayed about 24 hours. gang again took over the platform J. Lee is now on the beach en­ with W. L. Pritchett serving as joying the balmy weather and chairman and J. Mitchell as re­ hitting some of the local night cording secretary. Both are pump­ spots, and W. H. Whipple is also on men and both did a fine job. the beach. We have no men in the hospital . In the marine hospital are B. F. here at this time. Grice, Joseph Arras, A. N. Salas, For our Seafarer of the Week B. C. Seal, W. W. Currier, C. B. Young, K. A. Hellman, E. T. we nominate George Gordano who O'Mara, Felix Botello and T. hails from Pennsylvania but now calls New Orleans his _ home. Gutierez. George is one of our oldest mem­ Keith AIsop Galveston Port Agent bers, haying Joined the Union Port Hoping To Gel More Frolghtor Galls ^ In line with the Union's policy of making things as convenient as possible for the membership, we h^ve obtained the building next to the hall for use.as a Sea Chest warehouse a n d~ possibly a retail outlet for the Sea Chest if present plans materialize. The building is now being sur­ veyed for renovatidns that will provide the great­ est convenience Anderson for the member­ ship and the progress of this will be reported froni time to time in the SEAFARERS.LOG. Shipping in this port during the past two weeks can be considered good, wilh, some 184 men shipped to regular offshore jobs and 9b sent to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. The ships paying off during this period were the Citrus Packer, Monarch of the Seas, Maiden Creek and Morning Light (Water­ man) and Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Pil­ grim and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). The Maiden Creek, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Pilgrim signed on again. In transit, were the Mary Adams (Bloomheld)'; Del Santos (Mississip­ pi); DeSoto and Iberville (Water­ man), and Steel Rover, Steel Direc­ tor and Steel Advocate (Isthmian). All beefs on these ships were settled with a minimum of trouble. Picture Could Change Prospects for the coming two weeks do not look too good at this writing, but the picture could change at any moment, due to the world situation, because nine Waterman ships are still laid up here and these ships will be ready to sail any time there is cargb available or an emergency crops up. In addition, we expect to have the following ships in port either for payoff or .in transit: Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Po­ laris, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa) and Claiborne, Monarch of» the Seas, Chickasaw and Hastings (Water­ man). On the local labor front every­ thing is quiet now. The Teamsters have settled their strike with the DeLuxe Cab Company, and the building trades' strike has been settled, and there are no beefs now pending by any labor union. Joined Union In '43 For our Seafarer of the l^eek we nominate Brother Walter J. Anderson who joined the Union in 1943 and has sailed steadily out of Gulf ports since then, usually out ^ Mobile as bosun or deck main­ tenance. Brother Anderson, who SIU, A&G District makes his home in Mobile, is mar­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Mulberry 4540 ried and' has three children, and Earl Sheppard, Agent BOSTON 278 State St. he thinks the best welfare, benefit Jamea Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 is the maternity benefit. Brother GALVESTON 21st tc Mechanic Phone 2-8448 Anderson's favorite sport is base­ Keith AIsop, Agent ball and during the World Series LAKE CHARLES. La....... 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 he could be seen on the top . deck MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. every day, sweating it out. How­ Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 523 BlenvUIe St. ever, he says he knew all along NEW ORLEANS Lindsey WiUiams. Agent that it would be the Giants. Magnolia 6112-6113 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn During the last couple of weeks, NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 incidentally. Seafarers on . the NORFOLK ;...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 beach here have had plenty of 337 Market St. sporting events to occupy their PHILADELPHIA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. time with. First we had the World SAN Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Series on TV on the air-condition­ Marty Brcithoil. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR. Pelayo 31—La 5 ed top deck. There were about 150 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 2 Abercorn St. , men watching each -^ame and judg­ SAVANNAH Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 ing from the groans .there must SEATTLBF 2700 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette. Agent miiott 4334 have been quite few Cleveland . ,, . rTiu«_ TAMPA lAttirA ..... 1808-1811 wuv-roii «. N. Franklin rranKim ai. St. Ji|r*|«ter»^«BWMik'tl)i8fQA^Then we ||iia<V.SRay whitAtAgcnl {>,V PhqaiM 2-1323 SoHlhern Districis, Neva West Sign On away back in its early/ days, and he sails as AB. He is now riding coastwise tankers but for many years he sailed offshore ships and he says that nowhere in the entire world can a seaman find the rights and benefits that the SIU assures its members. He also warns the younger members to be watchful that none of these rights and bene­ fits^ are lost, because he knows what it means to sail under rot­ ten conditions. That's aboutit except to say that the hunting season for dove and squirrels is now on, and some of the boys ha\7e been doing some shooting, but so far all we have heard about is the ones that got away. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent t Baltimore: i* 4" Three Ships Crew Up; Hall Ready Hovemher i Shipping in this fair city of ours has taken a turn for the better and we have just completed crewing up three ships that have been idle here for some time. Naturally, the members went all out to grab these jobs for, as you know, shipping has been on the slow bell here. During the past two weeks we had 13 ships pay off, 9 sign on and 10 in transit. The following were the payoffs: Evelyn and Marina (Bull); Alamar (Calmar); Winter Hill and Chiwawa (Cities Service); Robin Wentley (Seas Shipping); Fairport (Waterman); Oremar (Cal­ mar), and Marore, Chilore, Cubore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Fairlapd (Waterman); Marore, Chilore, Cu­ bore, Santore and Baltore (Ore) "and Oremar (Calmar). In transit were the Steel Advo­ cate, Steel Designer and Steel Ex­ ecutive (Isthmian); Alcoa Partner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Ines (Bull); Southland (South Atlantic); Chickasaw and Kyska (Waterman), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Hsdl Ready In November At this time I am pleased to be able to report definitely that we will .take possession of our new hall no later than November 1. The following men are now in the USPHS hospital: Clyde Ward, James Chew, Vincenzo Russo, Einar Hansen, Michael Jablonski, Elmer Lamb, Robert Lambert, Francisco Mayo, Jessie Clark, Thomas Cunningham, Samuel Mills, Frank. Paylor, Charles Ross and Anthony Tursi. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent SrU HALL OIRECTOn Y 10: :K 0f--. 0i^o WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. 679 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Voipian WUiiam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB..-. 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario J .272 King St. E. , EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS . 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnai 7-3203 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUiiam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 18 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 523 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 ,5th St. Phone 3599 SAN FRANCISCO ...450 Harrison St. , -Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE. .2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA..;.'. 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn" 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerUng- 8-4OT1 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District' Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-8857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 894 St James St. West DULUTH Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 HALIFAX. NA... ^3814 HoUt»__St. SOUTH CHICAGO...... 3261 E. 93nd ^ J Phone|.j^ll Seattle: Two More Libertys Coming Qui Of Lay-Up Shipping has been fair in this port during the past two weeks but the outlook for the future is better, with two more Libertys coming out of temporary lay-up. We had no payoffs during the past two .weeks but we signed on the Sea Coral (Coral) and Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers) and in transit were the Southwind (South Atlan­ tic), Yorkmar (Calmar) and John B. Waterman (Waterman). On the Southwind we had a beef about stores. The captain, it seems, struck out about 80 percent of the stores the stew­ ard had ordered, mostly fresh fruits and veg­ etables, but when we showed hfm he would need the items he had struck put the Menville beef was settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected J. A. Menville. Brother Menville, who was born in Houston, Tex., sailed in the Navy from 1916 to 1920. After a variety of jobs he joined the Union in 1943 and made his first run on the Bien­ ville in an 80-ship convoy which took some 110,000 troops, nurses and others over to Ireland. Men­ ville, who sails as steward out of West Coast ports, is 56 years old, single, and says he intends to stay that way. Men On The Beach ">-• Men on the beach here include Tex Ringo, H. Parks, F. Cullison, G. J. Quint and D. Butts. In the hospital are C. G. Archer, C. R. Becraft, Brigido Figueroa, W. J. Fick, R. J. Heilig, H. -E. Harrell, S. Johannessen, M. Michalik, William Pennington and A. L. Welch. or Man Winter has already blown in here, and also the hunting season, and some of the boys have already headed for the tall timbers. When they go hunting in this neck of the Northwest they go with pis­ tols, rifles and hunting knives and really rough it, and I often wonder on a cold, wet night if they think about the comforts of a messhall or foc'sle. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent i t Philadelphia: t Shipping Keeps Pace With Registrations Shipping in this port is still not good, but it has picked up some­ what and during the past two weeks we shipped almost as many men as we registered, aj?d we hope that this is an indication of future improvement. During this last report period we paid off four ships, signed on three and had eight in transit. The payoffs were the Bull Run (Mathiasen), French Creek (Cities Serv­ ice), Dorothy (Bull) and Seatiger (Colonial), and the sign-ons were the French Creek, Seatiger" and Hastings (Waterman). In transit were the Ines and Rosario (Bull); Chickasaw, Fairland and Antinous (Waterman); Steel Designer and Steel Maker (Isth­ mian), and Southern Cities (South- em); r. .A . > A. S. CardulloBt • phUa.'Fort Agent .,v,<io8 I niefr :^l m II �ov^^'iisi.. Spoilt Spuds Qet Heays-Ho On Steel Fabricator Bv sftike Marttn •li- i According to the announcements. In his fight with Carmen Basilio,' Kid Gavilan is supposed to lay his an awkward-looking but somehow welterweight title 'on the line In effective left - hooker,.. Gavilan Philadelphia October 20 in a bout found himself on the seat of his with Johnny Saxton. The next day pants and had to struggle to eke Saxton is suj)posed to go to jail— out a dubious decision. He an­ nothing serious, just a dozen traf­ nounced afterwards that he no fic violaticn tickets. Chances are longer could make the weight limit , that the jail sentence abd the fight without trouble and was hence­ 0*0 both pretty certain items, but forth a middleweight. Following just how the fistcuffs will turn out that pronouncement he signed for i.s somewhat of a puzzle. .a test with Bobo Olson in which' Also a puzzle on the face of it is Olson trounced him without undue the fact that Saxton is in the ring difficulty. with Gavilan in the first place, Since the Olson fight, Gavilan since by all ratings he certainly decided he was a welterweight doesn't figure as the top contender. again and signed with Saxton. But It has been obvious <all along that the fight has been postponed twice Saxton has been treated with un­ with Gavilan coming up with in­ due deference by the Maharajahs convenient (or convenient) ail­ of the fight game. He has been- ments shortly before posttime. * cultivated tenderly and provided Gavilan used to be at one time witji one soft touch bout after an­ close to the best pound for pound other. Still the effort to build him fighter in the business.'' If nothing up into a major attraction has not else, the Saxton test should show been. a howilng success, which whether or not he still retains his makes one wonder why be is stili old speed and skill. being treated so favorably. While nobody seems to be over-' Has Nothing To Lose "Operation Potatoes" was what the skipper logged this unscheduled activity aboard the Steel Fabri­ excited about the coming bout it In any case, Saxton has nothing will certainly be watched with cator (Isthmian) as she returned recently from a Far East run. Here (l-r) SlU crewmen "Red" Windell, Leo Loony and Carl Javis prepare to toss the spuds, which were rotten, overboard. The potatoes to lose by mixing it in the squared keen interest by the people up in had been transferred to the Fabricator from the Steel Surveyor, which picked them up in Egypt for circle and will gladly serve out his Syracuse who are firmly convinced 15-day-sentence if he takes the that their boy Basilio is the real delivery to Colombo. Seafarer Lars Nielsen snapped the photo and sent it to the LOG. title into the lock-up with him. champion. Chances are that BaOrdinarily Gavilan would figure to silio's backers will'be hoping that take this match with the greatest Saxton cops it, because they don't of ease. But the'last couple of have much hope of ever luring times out he was hardly over­ Gavilan back into the ring with With a few notable exceptions, of course, getting started in college is pretty much powering. Carmen again. like signing on for a run aboard an SIU ship. So reports Seafarer Wallace M. (Wally) Simpson, who last month embarked on his college career at Leland Stanford University LOG-A-RHYTHM: in California, thanks to win-^ ning one of the SIU's four- This ship has its good points. It that he was able to nfake his long­ year, $6,000 scholarships for never leaves port. What's more, a time dream a reality—after a wait good part of its complement is of seven years. the current year. "Well, today I signed aboard the composed of the fairer sex. One is Simpson, however, doesn't con­ By M. Dwyer SS Leland Stanford University," supposed to study?" sider the time spent at sea wasfed Simpson reports in a letter to the The 24-year-old Simpson, who in any way. He feels it has been Oh sailor boy, the ships, the ships are calling, ... LOG. "The sign-on took three hails from Riverbank, Calif., is one a vital part of his education, and From the bay, they're stvorigly calling thee. Tfours and it took another three of three Seafarers to win the four hopes some day to use the knowl­ The time has come'to pack your gear and wander, hours to pass the doctor's exam. SIU scholarships for this year. edge of foreign lands and peoples And sail far off to ports across the sea. This is the largest vessel I've ever Originally he was accepted in Stan­ he has gained as a Seafarer to get been aboard. The replacements, ford in 1947, but financial difficul­ a job as a foreign correspondent You cannot help this ever-burning feeling. only, number 1,200, and this rep­ ties prevented him from entering for some newspaper or magazine. Which makes you roam like seagulls in the air. resents only one-quarter of the un­ at that time. In­ At any rate, Simpson is extreme­ Your restless soul, must quench its thirst bj) seeking. licensed personnel. stead, to earn ly grateful for the opportunity to And yet you know not what awaits you there. money, he went Meets The 'Skipper' complete his education the SIU has "The entire first day," Simpson to sea, and from given him. "I'm tickled to death So go your way while lights of distant harbors writes, "was spent in signing on 1948 to last to be here," he writes, "and I'll Forever gleam, and seek you what you may. month sailed as and passing the physical, so no never, be able fully to thank the The time will come when your roving days gre over. work was done. We also went AB and DM on membership of the Union for mak­ And you'll sail- home once more to port to stay. SIU ships to all through the ceremony of meeting ing this wonderful opportunity the skipper. His cabin is a palatial parts' of the possible." affair, a veritable mansion, com­ world. What's more, Simpson says, he plete with swimming pool. Tea Family obligadoesn't want to lose contact with Simpson and crumpets were served and a tions, however, his former shipmkes and buddies good time was had by all, that kept the Seafarer from putting now that he's in school, and asks is, who sneaked off to the beer away enough cash to make college them to write him at Room SB, The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks,' gardens. possible, and it was not until he Building 214-B, Stanford Village, bakers and pthers who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known "Watches will be set at a AM. won one of the SIU scholarships Stanford, Calif. cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Ben Bailey's recipe for "beef pie." SIU Dining Room Staff Poses On Evangeline He's Making That Old College ^Run^ Sailor Boy m ill ."4 : iii ' illi miii *111 wmmiemm JI-. ri-i 'I I ' I Surrounding their veteran headwaiter, Walter Grosvenor (seated, front), is the dining room staff of the SlU-contracted passenger ship Evangeline (Evangeline) which recently completed her third summen of regular runs between Boston and Nova Scotia without a serious beef. After repairs and over­ haul, the ship is expected'to'salt'ltt'Decem^eryn^ the Fjbrida cruise 1:1)11, "How it looks and the way you serve it" is always half the job for a cook, according to Seafarer Ben Bailey, veteran of many years as the mainstay of* the steward departments on a desire to utilize leftovers. Bailey SIU ships and a seaman of 50 recalls^ how he often prepared in­ dividual small beefsteak pies foir years' standing. his crews a^ an .entree before the Backed by long years of experi­ main dish. The result was always ence in the galley. Bailey sub­ received happily, the extra meat mitted a couple wasn't wasted and the job didn't of his ideas on mean too much additional work for .cookery during a him -in the galley. . recent visit to * The best time to make a beef SIU headquart­ pie, of course, is after a main dish ers. No longer of steak the day before, when the active, he's been leftover steak meat is stili in its receiving the prime. Cut about 10-12 pounds of weeicly $25 S.IU the steak meat into small squares, disability bene­ and saute it with a couple of onions fit for over a Bailey in enough meat stock to cover it year. for about 30 minutes. "The looks of a dish very often Then, add in a large can of peas counts most with a ^seaman," he and a bunch bf carrots sliced and stated, "because he's seen all kinds 'put the mixture into individual pie in many parts of the world. Yon dishes or sma'! casseroles.- Season can prepare the finest old-fashion­ to taste with salt, pepper, Worces­ ed stew for him and he'il flinch at tershire sauce or other spices and it because it looks like every other cover the whole with a thin pie kind of stew that's been served to -crust, Bake for about 20 minutes, him for as long as he can;,remem--i then serve with a sprig bf parsley .ber.'^ — ; /. on top and perhaps a smaU amount .Cbippining this khhwlelige^ with nf rice on the side. . r si �' OeMMr il, 19M Old Seatnan WUfuah Sailing SEAFARERS r*tt f ifteea LOG L E T TEE S • To the Editor: I am writing this from the Phila­ of tho men In the SIU who might delphia State Hospital to let you have sailed with me would get In know how much I enjoy reading touch with me at Building N-7, the LOG. I have an old friend and Philadelphia State Hospital, Phila­ shipmate by the name of H. Bjork delphia. My right name Is Karl who sails as bosun in the SIU, and Emanuel Ellefsen but they might he supplies me with copies-of the know me better as Charlie Beechpaper. wood. At any rate, I am an oldtime K. E. Ellefsen union sailor myself, and I thought that perhaps some of your readers might enjoy reading about some of my experiences. To begin with, I'm 68 years old To the Editor: and I was a member of the old I have just been released from International Seamen's Union. I' the Staten Island USPHS hospital was born and raised in a small after six weeks of treatment for a town in Norway and-my father was heart condition, and I am writing a sea captain—the master of an old this to express my appreciation brig he owned himself. But luck for the wonderful treatment I re­ was against him and one stormy ceived both from the hospital staff night in 1888 the brig hit the rocks and from our own SIU Welfare off Denmark and sank. The rest Services Department. of the crew was saved but my This was the first time I was ever in a hospital and I must con­ father went down with his ship. Went To Sea At 14 fess that I was I myself went to sea when I was scared to death 14, aboard one of those leaky old when I first went sailing ships that used to be in in. But I soon got the North Sea and South America over that, thanks trade. It was a life that really made to the wonderful a sailor out of me, but It was and friendly rough and the pay was very poor, treatment I got and so I resolved to come to Amer­ from the doctors, nurses. Internes ica. Anyway, I got my chance In 1905 and everyone else Norwood when . I shipped aboard an old on the staff. I want to say "thanks" especially > barque to Canada, and ^nce there I leaped overboard one night and to the staff members in Ward D-2, and to Dr. Henley and Dr. Burke, swam to shore. After that I sailed Canadian who were never too busy to talk schooners for about a year, and to me awhile and cheer me up. . -Gets Hospital Benefit then began to sail American ships, As for the Welfare Services De­ and it was at this time that I partment, a..-Eepresentative visited joined the old ISU. In those days trade unionism me regularly and of course I got didn't mean much to seamen, and my regular hospital benefit of $15 it was hard to even get the men a week. I came into the Union when the to come to meetings. But I went, SS Florida was organized and SIU and it was there I niet Andy Furuiseth and learned the meaning of, headquarters were still on Stone Street, so you can see I've been an trade unionism from him. However, it continued to be a SIU man for quite awhile. And you can take it from me that no one is rough go for a union seaman in exaggerating when they call the those days, and finally in 1913 I SlU'the "best in maritime." went up to the Great Lakes and Nelson E. Norwood shipped out as a bosun for $60 „a month. In those days the Lakes were controlled by the Steel Trust, and it was practically impossible to get the seamen organized. To the Editor: Helps Organize Tugboatmen I would like to Inform you that After World War I, I went up Frank A. Brekke passed away in to Port Richmond, outside of Phil­ the USPHS hospital in New Or­ adelphia. The Philadelphia and leans on August 15. Frank was a Reading had a big fleet of tugs former permitman in the SIU and and barges there and I helped or­ the stepson of Seafarer Bill ganize the sailors and* firemen and Graeneveld. get the company to recognize the Brother Graeneveld, who has union. been aq SIU member since 1938, Well, after that, I kept on sailing is known to most of the brothers and doing union work until 1931, in the Gulf area, having been when I began to get sick, and in storekeeper on the Alcoa Cavalier 1935 I entered the Philadelphia for the past five years. General Hospital. Some time later He wishes to thank the men of the I was transferred to this place and Cavalier, from the skipper on I am still here. down, for their flowers and expres­ Right now I'm confined to a sions of condolence when Frank wheel chair after a five-year bout died. with TB, and although I manage I also want to say I attended the to gqt along, there are many small Del Sud's annual picnic and I think things I could use, but since I get all the men concerned deserve a no welfare benefits or anything, hand for putting on such a fine naturally I can't buy them. shindig. Duska (Spider) Korolia I sure would appreciate it if any Praises hsPHS, Welfare Dep^t |)rt. •:- v=:";<a»--••- •- - • . rf!. Ex'Permitman^s Death is Noted Tributes Touch ^MooitV Sister To the Editor: I am writing this to thank the SIU and all its officials and members for their many kind­ nesses when my brother, Martin H. (Moon) Kouns, passed away. It made me realize the Sfu is the finest union In the maritime, in­ dustry, and I am proud that both Martin and my brother Frank be­ longed to it. Martin's funeral procession was five blocks long and there were two truckloads of flowers sent by the SIU and other organizations and individuals, so that I hardly know where to begin to express my thanks. I-do want to thank the SIU branches in New Orleans, Lake Charles, Galveston and Mobile for their wreaths and sympathy cards, and also the SUP, the Mississippi Shipping Company, Local 1418 of the ILA and the Electrical Main­ tenance Social Club. ^ Crewmembers Thanked I must also thank the crews of the DeSoto, Alcoa Clipper and Alcoa Runner, and also the crewmen who sent flowers from Seattle through Jeff Morrison. Lindsey Williams, Buck Stephens and the New Orleans officials who closed the hall to observe -Martin's funeral also deserve thanks. I cannot thank everyone In parti­ cular, but I would like to say to all- those who contributed, "God bles^ you all." (Mrs.) Anna Mae Hanning l" t l" Sags One Paper To Another'-^ To The Editor: We, the staff of "White Sails," wish to thank the SEAFARERS LOG for its story and picture about us in the August 20 issue. As_ you know, "White Sails" is the monthly publication of patients at the New Orleans USPHS hospi­ tal. We are trying to build it up into something really fine, and are grateful for the notice you have taken of our efforts. G. W. (Bill) Champlin Editor, "White Sails" 4" 4" Chiehasaw Crew Praises Skipper To the Editor: It was Samuel Gompers, first president of the American Federa­ tion of Labor, who made the staj;ement, "We reward our friends and punish our enemies." We, the crewmembers of the Chickasaw, also feel that our friends ought to be rewarded. And so we take great pleasui*e in commending Captain Samuel G. Wonson, the master of this vessel, for being a fair and impartial skipper and an all-around good shipmate. Captain Wonson has run a tight ship but has always lived up to the agreement and has respected each individual as a fel­ low human being. Captain Wonson is now being re- lieved of command of this ship, and it is with dteep regret that we see him go. In closing, we wish him the best of luck in whatever he may undertake, and want him to know we would consider it a pleas­ ure to serve under him at any time in the future. Crew of the Chickasaw 4> 4 place The Face, Brother Advises To the Editor: I enjoy reading the SEAFARERS LOG very much, but I have a sug­ gestion to make which I think would improve the paper. I sug­ gest that when you print the "Final Dispatch" column you also print the photo­ graphs of our brothers who have passed away. The r^son I make this sugges­ Stockmarr tion is because many of the brothers do not know other brothers by their full nam^. Often they know them only by their nicknames or by tTOir faces. Therefore I think it would be a good idea to print the pictures. Outside of that, I think you are doing a wonderful job with the LOG. ^ven Stockmarr 4* 4' 4 Vote Democrat, He Urges Labor To the Editor: I have just heard the President of the United States on a nation­ wide telecast tell the American people that we are presently en­ joying a wonderful prosperity under the guidance of the Repub­ lican Party. The spectacle of Mr. Eisenhower tell­ ing us to our jf a c e s that we never had it so good while Mr. Hoover stands in the wings _like a Greek chorus and echoes the senti­ ments is so utter­ ly ridiculous that Michelet I would like to express my indignation in these columns. For the past six months I have been forced to go to almost a dozen cities on both coasts to try to keep working at my job as a chief stew­ ard, because this Republican ad­ ministration has just about put the American merchant marine out of business. During these months I have made it a point to talk to people in all walks of life in these cities and I am consequently fn a position to report to you that things are bad all over and getting worse day by day. 'Prophets of Gloom' Mr. Eisenhower and his stooge newspapers, whose editorial com­ ment and newslanting are dictated by their big-business advertisers, (Continued on page 17) Vol Chem Crew, Skipper Aid Him To the Editor: I vyrould appreciate it if you would publish this letter in the LOG as I wish to express my ap­ preciation to Captain Rainbow-and the crew of the Val Chem for their wonderful help to me. I am crew messman on the Val Chem and I have a wife and three children. Recently my wife needed an emergency operation, and when I told Captain Rainbow about it he advanced me money on my next month's wages. What's more, the crew voted me the ship's fund to help me out. While I did not need this gesture to make me proud of being SIU, it showed me once again the kind of men that sail on SIU ships. My wife, children and I ask God to bless each df these men. Francisco R. Moldonado 4 4 4 Hospital Stag Eased Bg SiU To the Editor: I hope you will_print this in the LOG as I would like to thank the SIU Welfare Services Department, and especially the Seattle repres­ entative, for the wonderfui treat­ ment I have gotten. I have been in the USPHS hospital here for the past year, and the SIU has helped me in every waj it could. S. Johannssen 4 4 4 Crew, Officers Beadg With Aid To the Editor: I am writing this because I wish to publicly thank the officers and the crew of the Monarch of the Seas for their generous "contribu­ tions of money to aid my daughter, who has polio. Everyone on this ship, from th% '.kipper on down, has been most generous and sympathetic, and my most heartfelt thanks go to all of them. James P. Crawford 4 4 4, ^Transfer Blues^ Hit Calmar Crew • •« i To the Editor: Just a few lines before we sail to let you know I'm now bosun on theCalmar, which is now at Long Beach, Calif., enroute to the East Coast, after loading lumber in the Northwest. This is a good ship and so far we have had plenty of food and no Hostetter beefs. We of the crew- were certainly sorry to hear about the Bluestar, Greenstar and Purplestar being transferred. Most of us were on one or another of these ships at some time and I myself was on the Purplestar for nearly a year. Chuck Hostetter vn; . Burtv ThaCa Getiing The Bnainese ^ By Bernard Seaman A KI -M �PMPe SEAFARERS LOG Oell^r^lS; 18iM> .. DIGEST of SHlPSrMEETINGS pipe connected from, washing machine to drain to stop water from running on the possible and tolreaftect brothers steeping, deck of the laundry. All members aboard ship were asked to be properly attired be­ fore entering the messhali. Crewmem­ ' # ALEXANDRA (Carres), August t — bers were asked to make as little noise as Chairman, T. W. BeaHy; Secretary, W. •TEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Septem­ McHand. Crew requested cigarettes and cigars: Delegate wUl send wire to patrol ber 5—Chairman,, Drury K. Waters; Sec­ man in Galveston asking that the ship's retary, A. G. Arfopol. Motion made and library be renewed The officers and carried to contact patrolman and let him crew aboard this ship heaped praise upon investigate why crew can't get launch the steward department for the excellent service in foreign ports. Crewmembers will not sign on until two 14 inch fans are food served on this voyage. put in each room with two men, and one 16 inch fan is put in rooms containing PAOLI (Cities Service), August 15— Chairman, Rox Piarsoni Secretary, A. one man. Hahri. Motion made and carried to have PELICAN MARINER, (Bloomfield), ship fumigated for roaches. Discussion about dissension and logging of 4 to 8 August 24—Chairman, M. LIpkIn; Secre­ Three men missed oiler and FWT, and offers changing tary, P. Ashlolgh. watches with no overtime Involved. En­ ship in Seattle. One man rejoined upon A vote of gineer suggested that this matter be re arrival in San Francisco. thanks was given to Swede Larsen. the ferred to the boarding patrolman. July II—Chairman, Anthony Alleman; ship's delegate, for a job well done and Secretary, A. L. Hahn. Meeting called to to the steward department for good elect ship's delegate and various depart­ food served. Crewmembers were asked ment delegates. Suggestion made to to turn in any excess linen on hand. speak to chief engineer about fixing deck LAFAYETTE ' (Waterman), September and engine department toilets also about repairing all strips under bunks. A sug­ 5—Chairmen, Floyd i. Sterkey; Secre­ gestion was also made that linen locker tary, E. R. Ray. Crew suggested that be opened at 8 AM and 4 PM on Fridays the ship's delegate write a letter to head­ in order that every man may get his quarters about the. insufficient alopchest put aboard in Mobile. Crew pantryman linen and soaps. is incapable of serving and helping messman serve and it was suggested tha> he be changed. •EATRICE (Bull), Augutt 1l-^h«irman, A. Campbell; Secretary,. L. Vigo. Ship's delegate elected. No beefs reported. Dis­ cussion held on galley men to be covered by wearing suitable coats. 'f fife ft-. |f' 11 ••r* Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the .com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several operaltors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to iise one perma­ nent address for mail so. that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. cusMon by several brother members about shipboard welfare. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Wsterways), August 15—Chairman, Gaorgo L. Hayas; Secretary, P. Irck. Ship's delegate re­ ported bad water shortage. Medical sup­ plies and the slopchest will be checked. Discussion on getting dodger rigged on flying bridge. The crew agreed not to sign 'on until all beefs were settled. CHILORE (Ore), August 1—Chairman, O. Stone; Secretary, C. Patten. A motion was made and carried that the company either discontinue (he practice of using a solution of Oxalic add to sougee paint work or furnish rubber gloves, as sev­ eral crewmembers have acid burjis on their hands. Ship's delegate will contact the proper people to see what has hap­ pened te the Sea Chest- library. Several members stopped by the hall to pick up a set of books and were informed that the ship had already had its quota. ANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), August. JS—Chairman, Paul Morris; Secretary, Al­ exander Brodle. A letter will be sent to the Mobile port about the man that was taken off the ship in Alexandria. Brother Sanford asked for some shower curtains for engine department showers to prevent water from running over shower room decks. All delegates will see about hav­ ing crew's quarters painted. Vote of thanks given to the steward (lepartnient for excellent food and good service. The chairman complimented the steward on the slopchest that was put on board in MARYMAR (Calmer), August 7—Chair­ New York by the Sea Chest, saying that man, Roy J. Barker. Secretary, J. Smith. the crew said that it was the best they Three ABs were fined S30 each for neg­ have seen on any ship. lect of duty on board diip. Patrolman should be notified that the ship was not DEL VALLE (Mississippi), Augutt 30— stored with sufficient stores for the voy­ Chairman, Sam Bailey; Sacretary, Ramon age. Black gang reported that the 1st Irlxarry. Crewmembers were asked not assistant shows favoritism in distribution to throw cigarette butts on the deck in of overtime. All men getting off the steward department bathroom^ A sugges­ ship were asked to strip their beds and tion was made that when purser has (a turn linen in to the stewgrd. Ship's gather seamen's papers for the purpose fund of S18 to be turned over to the of identification in the South American patrolman at the payoff for donation to run that each man be responsible for hie the March of Dimes from the crew of own papers. pork on the menu, Severeal complaints the Marymar. AMERSEA, (Amerecean), Augutt 1< Chairman, A. Kessan; Secretary, George about rusty water. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), August 31 FInklea. Engine delegate reported a few —Chairman, W. L. O'Donnall; Secretary, beefs and some disputed'overtime which STEEL DBSmNElt asthmlan), August F. Murray. Money from the ship's fund will be taken up with the patrolman IS—Chairman, W. Foy; W. Pedlar. Wash­ will be used to wire company or union as MOBILIAN (Waterman), August IS— when ship reaches port. All hands were ing machine will be put. on the repair to destination of ship and length of voy­ Chairman, J. Preseott; Secratary, J. asked to be sober at payoff. list. A report will be turned in to the age. A vote of thanks was given to Joe Strongfallow. Ship's, delegate discussed patrolman on the two men who missed Algina, assistant secretary treasurer, for payoff in Savannah and said that he GEOI^B A. LAWSON (PaH Ocaanlc), his prompt answer to a letter about ship­ would see captain about lifting logs. Mo­ August' i—Chairman; John - Swfeeney; ship. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), August IS yard workers working on ship after hours —Chairman, J. Swafford; Secratary, T. tion made and carried for members not Secratary, J. Brooks. New washing in and about crew's quarters. SEAMAR (Calmar), February 13—Chair­ to sign off. before a new refrigerator is machine has a too high-powered motor Clough. It waa pointed out to the crew August 1—Chairman, A. M. Brencehl; that thif vessel is due for the shipyard installed in the messroom. The old wash­ and will burn out in a few days if used. man, John Marshall, Secratary, Norman ing machine should be repaired and the It will be exchanged as soon as possible. Wexlar. Captain ordered no card play Secretsry, N. W. Kirk. Deck delegate in the near future and that it isn't a bit new _one checked. Discussion about the Stove, top in galley has to be replaced ing after 11 PM. Delegate explained let­ reported two men missed ship in Sasebo too early to start a repair list instead of ter being sent to union hall about man and engineers are doing crew's work. En­ waiting until the last minute. The pres­ man left in Saigon. The steward depart­ as It °is cracked. who missed ship in Aberdeen. Men in gine room men are not relieving watches ent water cooler In the crew-mess shouM ment was goven a vote of thanks. FORT HOSKINS (Cities . Service), underwear were asked not to enter the on time. Suggestion made that men stop be replaced with a larger one or a lino messhali. Action should be taken about bickering in passageways and bring up should be installed from the cooling sys­ DEL MONTE (Mississippi), August 15— August 25—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart, four men living in one room. A vote of their grievances at the meetings. The tem directly below. The Sea Chest was Chairman, C. Tex Wclborn; Secratary, C. Secretary, R. J. Ferguson. Blocked up thanks new ship's delegate asked for cooperation discussed. -Tidiness of the mess hall and M. Dowllng. The crew was informed drains previously reported to the chief ment. was given to the steward depart­ from the crew. laundry brought up. about the beef on the shortage of food, engineer will be brought to his attention August 22—Chairman, T. Clough; Socroand a letter was written to the New Or­ again. Ship's delegate will request cap­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Au tary, Edgar A, Johnston. The ship's dele­ DOROTHY (Bull), no date—Chairman, leans agent about same. The ship's dele­ tain to put out a list of draws and slops gust 29—Chairman, H. L. Pruitt; Secre­ gate reported that he was trying to get Dick Cummlngs; Sacretary, William H. so that any descrepancies may be cleared gate remarked that the repair list for this For the past Thompson. A motion was made and car­ tary, D. H. Collins. Steward department as many items as possible on the repair voyage was the same as it was for the up before payoff time. missing from ^ha shower. Cigar­ list taken care of before entering the last three trips and that nothing had been two months ^ chief engineer and first ried to put electric fans in the foc'sles as clothes are short. Launch service reported shipyard. He also congratulated the dele­ done so far. It was duly moved that ail assistant have . been doing unlicensed ler the new agreement. Due to the ettes gates and the crew for their cooperation delegates get together with the ship's personnel work such as chipping, wire lard feelings that now exist between very bad. in bringing the vessel in for a clean pay­ delegate and discuss the actions of the brushing, scraping, etc. Due to various the Bull Line and the longshoremen in off. Discussion on various items of inter­ captain and the findings to be discussed illnesses, injuries and fatigue some of San Juan the ship's delegate WiU write a est to the membership in general. letter to headquarters explaining the with the patrolman. A vote of thanks the members turned down excessive situation in full so that action can be was given to John Addams for the man­ overtime on a Saturday. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Sep­ taken to eliminate this feeling. The 3rd ner in which he took over for a brother tember 1—Chairman, J. D. McGoldrick; assistant engineer is making repairs on during his attack of malaria. Sacratary, Dan Beard. Ship's delegate the washing machine. Department dele­ reported that crew may lose two hours gates were asked to make out repair BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Naviga­ delayed sailing because of a technicality. lists and turn same over to the ship's tion), August I—Chairman, Les Ames; FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), August Crew should take better care of the new delegate. Secretary, Thurston Lewis. One brother 29—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secretary, washing machine. Men were asked to asked for roach powder, and was told R. J. Ferguson. Blocked drains previous­ wipe black oil off shoes before going into STEEL AGE (Isthmian), August 24— that the exterminators would be aboard Chairman, W. O. Wandoll; Secretary, ly reported to the chief engineer will be the mess-hall. A funeral wreath was sent in Philadelphia. Steam which had been brought to his attention again. 'Vote of CHIWAWA (Cities Service), September backing up into the radiator in the cook's 7—Chairman, James Murrell; Secretary, Louis Johson. The ship's fund of S21 thanks was unanimously given to the to a crewmember's family. Donations to be collected for NMD workaway picked was turned over to the ship's delegate. room was stopped off. Red Clough. Discussion on various Laundry will be cleaned by one man steward department for a fine job done up In Venezuela. Arrival pools will ba topics concerning the good and welfare each week from each department. The during the trip to Japan and back. Ship's' made up to booster ship's fund. YOUNO AMERICA (Waterman), June 15 of the membership in general. The ship's laundry should be kept locked while the delegate requested that a new repair list —Chairman, W. ZaIeskI; Secretary, N. H. delegate reminded the membership that a ship is in port. Steward department was be submitted by each department by the DEL SOL (Delta Line), August 22 — Lambert. Steward reported linen short­ notice of less than 24 hours was not asked to cooperate and dump garbage time the ship reaches Panama Canal so Chairman, Joseph Blanchard; Sacretary, that the captain can't say such lists William R.'Cameron. -A few fresh vege­ age. Ship's fund now stands ^ $16.50. an acceptable excuse for missing a aft of the house. weren't-turned in on time. The engine tables were bought in Santos after seeing Men were reminded to turn off washing vessel. machine when finished. Suggestion made CUBORE (Ore), August 15—Chairman, room delegate brought to the attention that food was so low. Mate informed tha STEEL KING (Isthmian), August 3— Troy Thomas; Secretary, W. Cain. Pas­ of the crew the black gang beef. For ship's delegate that the steward depart­ that ship's delegate see master about getting draw in coupon books in Pusan. Chairman, Joe Cantin; Secretary, W. sageways. recreation rooms and pantry the past two months the chief engineer ment foc'sle would be painted on next Schoenborn. Ship's delegate repprted to • be kept cleaner. ' The steward de­ and the 1st assistant have been doing un- voyage. Delegates should check with tha GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), August that no action has been taken so far partment was given a vote Of thanks for liccensed personnel work. patrolman about the rusty water for 15—Chairman, Don Collins; Secretary, on the dirty water tanks. Crewmembers the good preparation and service of food. washing. Most of the foc'sles have one Hugh Wells. A vote of thanks was given were asked to take care of cots and ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), August 30— fan at present instead of the two as per to the steward department for a job done put them away in port. Vote of thanks CHOCTAW (Waterman), August I— Chairman, John A. Davis; Sacratary, the agreement. Money for playing cards as only SIU men coiffd do it. General extended to the steward department for Chairman, J. Jacobson; Secretary, G. Jamas F. Byrno. A motion was made and magazines was taken out of the ship's discussion on the crew as a whole—one getting fresh fish and fruit. Johnson. Ship's delegate contacted hall that the crew give a donation to the fund, and at present the fund stands at of the best. Any repairs needed should in New Orleans about repairs. Ship's March of Dimes, but the motion was S2.10. be placed on the repair list by crewJOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), fund discussed. Everyone agreed that voted down by a majority. Instead it was members. August 28—Chairman, A. Reld; Secretary, there is no need for a ship's fund, and suggested that the ship's delegate con­ DEL NORTE (Mississippi), August 15— Hansen. Motion made and carried if money is needed a special meeting will tact crewmembers at payoff for voluntary Chairman, Calahan; Secretary, ZImmer. OCEAN BETTY (Maritime Overseas), to spend part of ship's fund for playing be called. Crewmembers were asked to contributions. This voyage promises to The ship's delegate told the brothers that August I—Chairman, Joe Wagner; Secre­ cards and games. The delegates will take cots off deck before arrival in port. be a very good one at the present time. the' captain complimented him and tary, Ralph Ewing. Washing machine form a committee to handle the fund. There is a pretty good crew aboard and through him wanted to convey his comchecked by delegates and the only thing The ship's delegate will see a patrolman the food is excellent. pUments to the crew for the fine perform­ wrong with it is that the chief engineer about putting a Sea Chest aboard. $51.30 ance of their duties. Treasurer reported took agitator to prevent using. Each de­ in the ship's fund. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), August 8 that there is a cash balance on han partment to take turns cleaning recrea­ —Chairman, L. Blizzard; Sacratary, C. amounting to $71.70. Brother McCarthy, tion room and laundry. <^CAROLYN (Bull), August 29—Chairman, RIea. Fans and mattresses needed. Mo­ athletic director, reported that S33 was Steve Musco; Secretary, A. Aragones. tion made and carried to store ship for spent for equipment and baseballs and SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), August 1 Plate in coal bin should be removed at least 73 days and not to sign on until the balance in the kitty stands at S16. N® ..—Chairman, BUlic B. Darley; Secretary, for proper ventilation in the galley. crew is satisfied. A new washing ma­ announcement of scheduled games wa E. B. McAuley. Brother Darley reported Complaints about, insufficient milk on FAIRISLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair­ chine is needed as the old one is in bad made at this meeting. Brother Thiemong that all needed repairs were taken care board ship. The baker was given a vote man, Fred Shala; Secretary, W. Blanton. shape. Medical exam will be held some gave a straightrfrom-the-shouMer talk on of and that the new porthole screens thanks. An arrival pool was held The steward requested the crews coop­ place else instead of the messroom. Re­ the phony "Louisiana State Right To and the new innerspring mattresses are and half of it goes in the ship's fund. eration in pointing out shortages, as he pair lists to be turned in. -Port ageht Work BiU." now on board. Request made that engine department came aboard ship on sailing day. The working on beef of canned milk and toilet and showers be painted. need for innerspring mattresses will be Snow Boy soap powder. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), August 1— OCEAN NIMET (Ocean Transportation), taken up with the Mobile patrolman on Chairman, L. Handley; Secretary, R. E. August 13—Chairman, J. L. Hodges; Sec­ ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), August SO— return trip. Brother Davis was injured BALTORE (Ore), August 15—Chairman, Mitchell. Motion made and carried to retary, C. J. Quinnt. Special meeting Chairman, J. Tanner; Secretary, L. B. and taken off ship at Key West. H. R. Zorn; Secratary, J. Oliver. A mo­ turn 3rd cook over to the patrolman and called in regard to a steward department Moore. Motion made and carried to August 15—Chairman, Charles Sim­ tion was made and carried to post a re­ let him do as he sees fit with him for beef. This beef stemmed from third cook have filters installed on blower for rooms, mons; Secretary, Fred Shala. Ship's dele­ pair list in the recreation room. J. Foley performing. A vote of thanks was given performing aboard ship and of his as rooms are hot When closed up for gate reported that the trip has been, was elected ship's delegate. «> to the steward department and to the malicious and derogatory remarks against loading and discharging cargo. One pretty smooth with, no beefs or logs.' captain and first assistant for cooperating the union and union brothers. At first member missed ship in Baltimoi-e and was Doors need repairing and the entire hos­ EVELYN (Bull), August 17—Chairman, with the crew. this beef was solely in the steward de­ reported to the union hall. pital needs painting. Men were requested J. Chew; Sacretary, M. Burns. Motion partment and then it began to grow and to be a little more quiet while washing made and carried that the new Baltimore REPUBLIC (Tl^falgar), September 3— now involves the deck and engine de­ ALAMAR (Calmar), September 4— clothes late at night. A suggestion was hall bar should sell draft beer. AU dele­ Chairman, Emel Grotsky; Secretary, B; partments as well. It was then that the Chairman, James R. McPhaul; Secretary, made that no one refuse any overtime gates were requested to make up repair Padgett. Ship's delegate bought an iron ship's delegate decided to call this special Robert Hammond. Motion made that when such overtime work is for the lists. Members were asked to pledge for the sum of $16;S0, out of the ship's meeting. fireroom ventilators be relocated. Re­ safety and welfare of the vessel. money for TV repairs. Twenty members fund. Several complaints aboht the stew­ pair list requested. Members were asked pledged at least one dollar apiece, which ard department from the crew. PELICAN MARINER (Bloomfield), Au­ to be sure that clutch is disengaged be­ ANGELINA (Bull), August 23—Chair­ sum is considered sufficient. August 15—Chairman, William Brightgust 24—Chairman, Nels Larsen; Secre­ fore starting the washing machine's time man, Ben Lawson; Secretary, Mike Kamwell; Secretary, C. Collins. Discussion of tary, M. Ashtelgh. Two crewmembers, clock. Inskl. Motion made and carried that a FELTORE (Ore), August 22—Chairman, beef between the chief engineer apd tha including the chief cook, were sent home new washing machine be installed and Clarence Jacks; Secretary, Carlle White. chief pumpman will be takeh up wRh ' from Yokohama for hospitalization. One ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), August 29 that the galley be equipped with a mix­ New SIU library, unmber 4; placed the boarding patrolman. Repair lists will brother suggested that the steward-de­ Virgil S. Afford, jr. Motion made and ing machine. A motion was passed that aboard this trip. Orders will be taken for be made out and'turned Into the patrol-. , ) partment rated a vote of thanks for the carried to start a ghip's fund. Steward patrolman be notified of captain's disre­ slopchest before arrival and delivery man on arrival in Portland. All brothera way in which they labored during a pe­ was asked to see that table cloths be spectful attitude toward crewmembers will be made the day the ship sails, "fte present at meeting agreed to donate to- ''' riod of short' rations. The Seaman's Club changed more often. when putting out money draws and ciga­ shipis delegate was instructed to inform ward a ship's fund. , in Pusan got plenty of action from the Chairman, George E. Odom; Secretary, rettes. The captain gave no assistance the patrolman that no fre.sh fruit was crewmembers of this scow. Prices are when 8 crewmeinber was injured in St. taken aboard this trip, and the ventila­ OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Transportation), right and the beer is cold and the band BEAUREGARD (Waterman), June 27 Croix. . tion system in tim crew's quarters i^ .not September 6—Chairman, Charlie Foster; Is loud, if nothing else. It's really an Chairman, F. Spruill; Secretary, T. Scott. operating. All hands were reminded' to Secretary, Robert Walton. Six men left oasis in the midst of a desert of clip .Steward requested to see if he can ob­ STEEC RECORDER (Isthmian), August turn off wa.shing machine when finished the ship due to illness and pne man joints. tain a decent brand of i/bap powder for 21—Chairman, Frank Russo; Secretary, with same. A hew steam iron was pur- mi.sscd ship in Yokohama. Cots, fly swat­ the crew. Discussion on steam lines in W. A. Masterson. Ship's delegate re, cha.sed with the ship's fund and placed ters and the required food was brought MARY ADAMS (Bloomfield), August 8— crew's quarters. quested each department delegate to in the custody of the steward. aboard in Guam, but porthole sci-eens Chairman, A. Bjornsson; Secretary, Bill August 12—Chairman, M. C. Cooper; post repair li.st on bulletin board, A sug­ were r.Jt avaiU\bIe. Brother Williams sugMay. Motion made and seconded that Secretary, Fred Spruill, |r. A sugges­ gestion was made that recommendation SANTORE (Ore), August 22—Chairman, gested that the linen shrinUago problem ship's delegate see captain .ibout having tion was made to the steward that when be given in writing for brother, who was Charles H. Starling)) SecretJry, Ralph O. be brought up before the patrolman on steam line put from steam pipe to wash­ the ship is in port and when the heat ho.spitalized and inlssed ship, iri Japan, King. • patrolman yvitl he contacted in re­ arrival in .San Francisco.: -.All- orewnwnrt; : ing machine and to have r,wage drain is BO inten.sc t-s please try to have less on the last day. Motion made and carl-led gard to fans and B-.aitresses. Ccnorul dis- born Were aslced to be sober at the payoff. :^__£ j'j'V ' fe Use Ontfg One Mail Address for a Toluntarjr donation of SS for re­ pairing the washing machine so that the crew can have two machines operating. Patrolman will contact the company In regard to having worn out water coolers replaced. Notation to be put on bulletin board for individual needs in slop chest for next voyage. Vote of approval went to the steward department, and attention was also called to clean and efficient messman. X£ N- �15, 1954 SEAFARERS Pac* SeTcnteea LOG ,.. DIGESI^ of SHIPS' MEETINGS... NlAtSMAR (Calmar), July II—Chairman, Rad Cibbs; SecratarV, Frank NIgro. Roaches seen In the galley, pantry, and messrboms. In addition to deck and en­ gine tiuarlers. This trljl the stores are holding out and so far steward hasn't run out' of any main Items. A vote of thanks was' given to the new steward and his department for • the good food served. Ship's fund stands at S3S. FELTORE (Ore), .July 14—Chairman, Frank Natale; SecrAary, Frank Pagano. Repair list turned In and everything taken care of. $40 In the ship's fund. New iron and Ironing board cover will be purchased from the ship's fund. Com­ plaint to. captain about chief engineer man-handling member of black gang. Crew to get overtime for delayed sailing. Clothes, should be taken from drying room, as soon as possible to make room for other members' clothes. SIEAMAR (Calmar), August 3—Chair­ man, J. Barnetf; Secretary, T. Brennan. Ship's delegate reported $20.60 in the ship's fund. There was a disciuwion on the slop chest, and a motion was made and carried to insist en same. Discussion on fresh fruit being obtained at first port on West Coast. ALCOA RUNNER (AlCOa), August 3— Chairman, Clement Da ttospedales; Sec­ retary, T. C. Beatrous. Ship's delegate asked for help from the steward and deck departments for baseball equipment. The captain will be asked for a price list on the slop chest. $10 was received from the engine department for the ship's fund. Steward and deck delegates will collect for same. FONCE (Pence), August $^-Chalrman, Breegg; Secretary, Knowlas. Motion made and carried to write, a letter to New York hall and find out if crew is due pen­ alty cargo money after the jumbo boom Is put on next time In' Ronce. Electrician explained' ilew fans wOre ordered and will be spread aroiind. ' 'CrOwmembers were aske.d to turn off washing machine starling. Captain advised crew that he will give out draw before arrival in Mo­ bile. Ship's delegate asked that each de­ partment delegate turn in his repair list. Motion made and passed that the patrol­ man checlif the slop chest prices. Crew CATHERINE (Dry Trans), July 7}— was reminded not to give away or take Chairman, B. Snow; Secretary, J. Howard. home reading matter. Ship's delegate talked about keeping the CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ ship clean at payoff. Crew was askgd to turn in all linen early so steward de­ lantic), August S—Chairman, C. W. Wil­ partment can count and bag same. Vote son; Secretary, Walter Hantusch. Ship's of thanks was given to the chief engineer delegate reported that beefs were taken for his fine cooperation. All, crewmem- care of In New York satisfactorily. Mo­ bers were aslred to stay sobOr at payoff. tion made that ladders be made for June 37—^Chairman, f. Fox; Secretary, Upper bunks because crewmembers find J. Howard. Discussion about .the noise in them high and want to avoid accidents. Discussion on fixing a place for a library. the passageways. May 2S—Chairman, J. Howard; Secre­ Crew Complimented the. steward on the Improvement of the fojpd. tary, S. Pac.ewici. All repair .lists to be turned over to. the delegates . ai)d all bed springs are .to be checked before arrival CANTIGNY (Cities Service), August 19 in Galvestom ' —Chairman, J. Henry; Secretary, M. G. Chstrom. Captain will see about exter­ . YORKMAR Icalmar), July 3^—Chair­ minating the ship In 'the shipyard. Sani­ man, none; Secretary, none. Iron and tary men were Issued poison to be used Ironitig board were purchased' out of the in foc'sles. Motion made tlTat rotary ship­ ship's fund. Fatroiman visited the ship ping with a 60 or 90 day limit for permitat Newport, looked over the stores with men on tankers be recommended to head­ the steward and agreed that ship needed quarters. Motion voted down. Crew was some more provisions before leaving for asked to take care of the empty coke the East Coast. Cash on. hand in the bottles and not to leaVe them Ih'messship's fund $23.13.' room or lounge.. ; . - . after using It. Deck delegate fays that in Ponce the shorcgang has been eating In messroom after crew finished. The • cap­ tain has stopped 'this and requested that shoregang be notified to thet effect. ' ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), Augiist.'l— Chairman, Lawrence O. Russell; Secre­ tary, George E. Odom. < .The crew was asked to keep'' the laundry roopi clean after washing mops. Reading of old business posted in crew's messroom. SEATRAIN NEW YO'RK (SOatraIn),'Au­ gust 14—Chairman, Jesus Ayala; Soorotary, Leon Baker. Ship's delegate asked the different departments to cooperate «nd there woUld be less friction aniong the crew. One brother delilierately. walked off the ship without notifying the YORKMAR (Calmar), July 31—Chair­ deck delegate failed to call for a man, S. L. Woodruff; Secretary, John relief. Stewardand delegate told. the crew Jellette. Vote of thanks extended to the that if there were any beefs concerning steward department for .excellent meals. menus to bring theni up immediately. The chief cook was especially commended ^e 'Deck department to aboard until for the fine food he prepared.. Crew com­ the mate gives the remain due to the plained that the mattresses oris hard and inspection. There is all-clear in bad shape. Matter rof Vancouver draw In the ship's fund. 0 balance Of $38.86 was brought up by Brother Woodruff. FRENCH CREEK (Cltlas Service)/ Au­ GOLDEN CITY (Waterman) August * 17—Chairman, Roy Arnold; Secretary, -Chairman, G. L. Greon; lecrotaryf H. gust Dan Beard. The steward seems to be do­ ing a good Job. So far he Has ordered cots,-new. toaster, better washing powder and has Improved chow. Crew asked the chief engineer to check the washing ma­ chine or have a repair man work on it It's like getting mad with your dog as machine Is continually out of order. and substituting a wolf to watch Cots should not be left out on deck. Voie Ifemoerat^ He Urgee iMhor M': wk (Continued from page 15) call people who predicted what would happen under a Republi­ can administration "prophets of gloom." They; are quite right. Like my­ self, these prdpheta ef gloom lived under Republican administrations before. They found it a gloomy experience indeed because they damned near starved in the process. The Republican Party has and always will represent the monied interests of this country. Under Hoover the wealthy lived like Old World princes while the laboring stiff got barely enough to feed his family. He frequently couldn't even get that and had to hit the long, long breadlines for soup and "coffee-and." The Eisenhower bunch has al­ ready started the ball rolling to get back to the triie good old Re­ publican days of the 1930's. They are almost daily taking away some gaih made by labor underHhe Dem­ ocratic administrations. Every so often now the Republican majority of the National Labor Relations Board decides that it no longer has jurisdiction in this or that beef; and, as a consequence, anothier group of union-minded employees are clouted over the head by their employer and fink conditions prevail in another would-be union ship. They Take—And Give While they take away our con­ ditions on the ene hand, they are already busy giving it back to those whom Roosevelt so aptly dubbed the "economic royalists" of the nation. They Just passed a tax bill with a little joker about reductions in taxes on dividends; They even have the effrontery to tell us that the dividends on Joe Blow's two Bhares of Sioux City common was what they had in mind when they wrote the provision. How stupid can we get? How can we vote for the boss candidate and expect a fair shake from the guy after he gets in there? We must have put the Republicans in there because there sure aren't enough bosses around to do the trick. What really happened is that a lot of us got disgusted with some of the Democrats who were steal­ ing us blind and voted Republicans in instead. What we should have done was to vote in some hon­ est Democrats Instead. Certainly for the laboring man to put in his boss, representative is no solution. your sheep. FDR Helped Workers If you are too young to remem­ ber, ask your Dad who made it possible for him to earn a living with a decent wage under decent working conditions and he will tell you it was Franklin Delano Roose­ velt. When Roosevelt took over from the bewildered and pitifully incom­ petent Hoover the working man's affairs were in a hell of a shape. I was booming around the country on freight trains picking up a cou­ ple of bucks now and then as a house painter while waiting for a job on a ship at 40 bucks a month, six-and-six watches, no overtime and grub that would make Shuler seem a chef in comparison. I was one of the fortunate guys because I had two trades to hustle and the unlimited vitality of youth so I managed to get by. But there were millions of others who just gave up and-let the state and their rela­ tives feed them. Changed Taxes. NLRB FDR changed all that. He rigged the tax laws so that million-dollara-year jiet incomes were shaved down to a sum where a guy could still live handsomely as befits a captain of industry and the rest was left to trickle down in the economy in public works and so on until we all got a piece of Ihe cake. He fixed the labor laws in order to force the employer to bargain collectively with his employees and to give the employees a fair share of the profits of the enterprise. He set up the Social Security Jaws to guarantee the working stiff enough to live on when he got too old to work. Sure, he made mistakes. But they were honest -mistakes. -Hethought we could do business with the commies on a live-and-lettlive basis. But, remember, it was a delusion shared by thousands of cowards who nov) spit on his grave. After all, everybody makes mis­ takes. Even Christ got fouled up by Judas. Fellows, we have got to get out there and beat these Republicans this time or they will have us all working for "coffee-and" again. Lefs also enlist the aid of our friends. Remember what Sam Gompers used to teU the laboring man: "Reward your friends and punish your enemies." rrenehy Mlehelet SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), August 22—Chairman, S. Phillips; Sccre1*rv, J. Monast, Stop longshoremen from taking books and keep bookcase locked up. Steward wants all linen turned In on Saturday.' The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a Job well done. JEAN LAFITffE (Waterman), August 7 —Chairman, Frank D. Otvos; Secretary, *• Loreni. A motion was made and carried not to sign on until proper repairs have been m.ade on the hot water heater in the crew's quarters. Crew expressed llttif better than It- has been taken 'care of. All handa were asked'to return cupg and glassea after using them as there Is a shortage. Shlp'a delegate reported that It Is quite apparent that we are getting a runaround from the company and the captain. A lot of Important re­ pairs were not taken care of and the capr tain says he has no authority to have any repalrs done which may involve over­ LOGANS FORT (Cities Service),'August time. 1—Chairman, Bill Thompson; Secretary, 6TEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), August A. Rummcl. All departments reported running smoothly. Fumigating needed In 11—Chairman, A. Caldelras; Secretary, R. all quarters. Crew's quarters will be Oevlrgllao. Crew expressed regret for painted during voyage. Delegates were Brother John Hull who passed away on asked to make up repair list before August 10th departing Calcutta. Fan beef to be referred to the patrolman at pay­ reaching France. off. Suggestion made that the ship's fund be . replenished by voluntary cooROBIN WENTLEY (Seat Shipping), Au­ gust 1—Chairman, Walter Walsh; Secre­ tributlons of crewmembers. tary, Frank Crldcr. Ship's delegate COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Au­ caUed the Savannah agent in regard to passenger waiters. The captain Insists gust 5—Chairman, M. Townsend; Secre­ tary, Albert DeForest. A special meeting that passenger men either eat their meals standing up in passenger pantry, or take was held regarding the quality of foodthem to the crew mess. Motion made served, poorly cooked and sometimes half and carried that a standby buzzer be in­ raw. The chief cook claims that with stalled in the crew mess to enable man. several range failures daily it is Impos­ on standby to know when he is wanted sible to do a better cooking job. .Mem­ bers of former voyages claim that there on the bridge. has been range trouble before but thatSTEEL FLY,Eg (Isthmian), August 1— the company has refused to buy a spare unit. There are at present no Chairman^ ..Bush; Secretary, Fred. C. range parts or spares. A motion was made and Litsch. Pantryman asked brothers to try carried to ask the Union to push the and keep pantry cleaner. Brothers agreed to cooperate. . Suggestion made to move company for several badly needed el.ectric radio to the PO mess so that men who fans. don't care to watch TV may listen to the WACOSTA (Waterman), Ajgust 7— radio. Brothers feel that there should be an SIU representative In . Honolulu. Chairman; Ed Larkin; Secratary, H. O. Fitzgerald. Ship's delegate reported cap­ OCEAti NIMET (Ocean Transportation), tain told delegate to compliment crew in August II—Chairman, Quinnt; Secratary, his behalf for a very smooth running Joe Pugllri. Crewmembers were asked ship. Old ship's library to be exchanged to take care of the washing machine a in New York. Vote of thanks given to ship's delegate, Pete Gonzales, for a Job weU done and handled in SIU fashion. that tha food If way below par. Thf lack of variety In vcgctablea and menus was also brought up, and the steward was asked to supervise his department a little more closely regarding their work. The steward was advised that he would have the backing of the crew In any attempt he made to better the situation for the next trip. PERSONALS Joseph A. Rocco Iniperative.you immediately con­ tact Jerry Cunningham at 5318 Avenue pi/i, Galveston, to avoid legal proceedings against you. tit Robert O. Smith Your sister asks you to get in touch with her at Bessemer City, N.C. Your father is critically ill. j/ Crew of Winter Hill The Greater New York March of Dimes wishes to express its sincere thanks for your contribution of $58 to the campaign against infantile paralysis. NOTICES ^ ^ $1 ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), August 5, 1954—Chairman, Bob High; Secretary, Cha Irman. Dissatisfaction voiced about' the way the ship is feeding. Ship's dele­ gate warned the crew about leaving the rooms clean and being sober at payoff. Question raised about sougee work in main deck passageways. The new innerspring mattresses are a poor quality. July 12—Chairman, F. Collins; Secre­ tary, S. L. Robblns. Discussion on the cleaning of the recreation room and the laundry. The delegates will decide how it wiU be worked. Discussion on draws in foreign ports. SEAGAROEN (Peninsular Navigation), August t—Chairman, R. Sullivan; Sacretary, J. Burns. Captain suggested that men stop gambling. Stores ought to be checked by crew before sailing. Repair list to be posted and checked as neces­ sary. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department, and especially to Brother J. J. Shaller for reaUy superior baking. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Au­ gust 1—Chairman, R. Stough; Secretary, H. C. McCurdy. Report on letter from New York company office to captain say­ ing crew's claim to lodging while ship was aground is not good. One MCS-.4FL man picked up in Honolulu to replace wiper who was hospitalized. Ship's dele­ gate to get all information on emergency work permits getting off the ship sick. Donations to the ship's fund to be given at earliest convenience. SUP replace­ ment from Hawaii was joined by two other men from our affiliated unions in giving a vote of thanks to the entire crew for fine treatment and congeniality. Edward W. Ketschke is inter­ ested in buying a modest home in Peter Christopher California from a fellow SIU or Get in touch with Welfare Serv­ SUP member. Contact him at 421 ices at SIU -headquarters, East 76th St., NY 21, NY, j/ 3" 3< t Thomas Lindsey Joseph HaroiR Edin Contact the baggage room at Your wife wishes you to contact SIU headquarters or the Railway her immediately. ALEXANDRA (Carras), August 11— Express office in San Francisco. Chairman, T. W. Bcatty; Secretary, W. 3» t t Hand. Special meeting held regarding Your baggage was sent from NY to Robert H. Bullock message received by captain. Men who San Francisco and is unclaimed "Red," 8-12 FWT on the Feltore, are to get off in Corpus to receive pay there. It will be disposed of un­ wishes you to write him at Box 411, increase. July 24—Chairman, nont; Secretary, less Railway Express is notified Baltimore, Md. Tommy Beatty. Discussion on the slopchest, about old cigarettes and very lit­ Otherwise. 3> 3/ 3< tle of anything else. Repairs and paint­ Jerrell L, Wee! ing are being taken care of. Man missed ship and will be reported to the union The Boston hall advises that This man, now in the Army, on arrival in the States. The steward will there are Cities Service checks for would like to receive mail from order milk, vegetables and fruit in Ger­ D. Sheehan, V. Siso and D. Gabriel, his old shipmates. Write him at many. Draw will be in marks, but mem­ can turn in before sailing. who were on the Winter Hill when R.O.R. 3 c/o Dixieview Motel, Eliz- bers July a—Chairman, Reld; Secretary, T. W. BcaHy. Boston patrolman at payoff it laid up in Baltimore. There are abethtown, Ky. in Maine got almost all of the overtime also checks from the Seatrade Cor­ 3/ 3/ . i okayed. Talk on a ship's fund bitt most of the members feel it-'s better to take poration for the follevyingmen who Major E. Reid up money when needed. A big vote of were restricted to the Qutenston Your wife is ilL Contact her thanks to a wonderful steward depart­ Heights in EI Salvador: G. Murphy, immediately at Apartment 6, 73 ment and all hands say they never had such fine food. Steward asked men get­ M. McKenven, B. Boudieau, W. Gates Ave., Brooklyn 38, NY. ting off ship to turn in linen and cots. Safford, J. Thompson, J. Gox, W. McKenna, A. Ahearn, J. Finn, P. Choplinski, A. Jerauld, J. O'Byrne, EdUor, J^. Lapham, A. Blanchqtte. There SEAFARERS LOG. are voucjiers to be signed by the 675 Fourth Ave., following nien for transportation money to the Trinity on March 30, Brooklyn 32, NY 1954: J, Preshong, W. Whitford, H. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please Clement. ^ put my name on your moiling list. Puxxle Anawmr ansB SHHdsinan SBQB [EQSaQ aHfflraasoB HHiiai arara SBsnB mmm BHBai BaafflQHsa nanaB afflaoa onna naiaa BHian aaa® (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ..ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: It you org gii old tubicrlbot $011 h«vo • chingo of «ddrttt', plooto givo your formor addroit boiow: ADDRESS CITY .20NE • $ ••twg«9$$$$$**« ....STATE .'4 ••i '.TJ �'•'•T^y'^/->T''>'': SEAFARERS •I'-" "••'" •fe'' if.v- LOG Oetfl^er IS. 1*54 Repafrwtian Betoming Easier Thanks to the cooperation of ship's delegates and Seafarers, the Welfare Services De­ partment seems well on its. way towfird licking the repatriation problem once and for all. If Seafarer-crews keep responding on this problem as they have in the past, no injured or ill Seafarer will have to spend a day longer in a foreign port company agent for service. While notify headquarters immediately than is absolutely necessary. repatriation procedures were writ­ whenever a -crewmember had to 'DN-;- i:V; K •. - f,-- In the past two-week period alone, 11 Seafarers who were laid up overseas were started on their homeward voyages just as soon as they were deemed physically fit to" travel. This Is quite a change from the situation as it used to be when repatriation was a slow process to be undertaken at the whim of the operator's overseas agents. The traditional difficulties over repatriation have always arisen out of the fact that the injured or ill Seafarer when put off overseas for treatment was at the mercy of the ten into the contract, the Union had no way of assisting the Sea­ farer unless the Union was notified in some way where he was and what had happened to him. Ordinarily it was up to the Sea­ farer himself to let the Union kqow where he was. Sometimes due to the circumstances of his condition he was unable to com­ municate with headquarters until weeks after he went ashore. Consequently, Welfare Services some months ago made a point of asking shipmates and delegates to leave a ship in a foreign port. Once Welfare Services knew where the man was and what was wrong with him, it could arrange for proper care and repatriation according to the contract. The response of Seafarers to this appeal has been such that most Seafarers are now getting imme­ diate repatriation. If this kind of good work continues on the part of SIU crews. Seafarers will no longer face~the repatriation head­ aches that confronted them in the past.' •— 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON •INEPITS PAID F»«B No. Seafarwe Rcceivine Benefit* thi. Benefict Piid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid thie Period .5>l7e 1 WELPARi, VACATION RENEPITS PAID THIS PERIOD IJtieaeiuLfisnafiujjBeaiLBMetiia. Diaablliiv '•J!--: itfaiiY BtQtfiH. All of the following SIU families and Mrs. Robert Lasso, JY2 Apt. will collect the $200 maternity 13, Caparra Terrace, San Juan, benefit plus a $25 bond from the Puerto Rico. Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4Armanda Ortega, born August Bruce Matthew Todd, born Sep­ tember 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. "and Mrs. Mrs. Williani Todd, 29 Laidiaw Armando Ortega, 79 N. W. 37th Street, Miami, Fla. Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. 4 4 4 t' t- tAna Joaquina Colon Ortiz, born Milton Paul Maillho, Jr., born August 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and August 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio R. Colon, La Loma, Mrs. Milton P. Maillho, 1117 North Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. White Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4" 4 4" Gardenia Luisa Barboza, born ^ederico Billo, born September August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Crespin Barboza, PO Box 631, Carlo E. Biilo, 1806 Spain Street, Hitchcock, Texas. New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4> 4 4 11Martha Petroff, born September Craig Donald Benoit, born Sep­ 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and George Petroff, 318 Knickerbocker Mrs. Leo Benoit, RED Route 12, Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Danielson, Conn. 4 4 4 Patrick Scott Paylor, born Au­ 4 4 4 Thomas Benjamin Simmons, III, gust 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born September 19, 1954. Parents, Mrs. Frank S. Paylor, USPHS hos­ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Simmons, pital, Baltimore, Maryland. Jr., 101 Nelms Avenue, Nor­ 4 4 4 folk, Va. Monica Ray Johnson, born Sep­ tember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Robert Lasso Calderon, born Mrs. Woodrow Johnson, 1807 Ryan September 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. Street, Lake Charles, La. Waiting For Dad To Come Home Gerard Thomas Maher. bom September 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Maher, 442 61st Street, Brooklyn, New York. 4 4 4 Clifford Price Thompson Iff, born June 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford P. Thompson, 1045 N. W. 30 Place. Miami, Fia. 4 4 4 Virginia Sue Trenholm, born September 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Trenholm, 1059 Savannah Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Barbara Ann Cole, born Septem­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Cole, 1121 N. Dupre Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Ada Florence Ros* Sapp, born July 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Sapp, PO Box il4, Vi­ enna, Georgia. 4 4 4 Jennifer Ruth Moss, born July 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moss, 302 West Street, Fulton, Kentucky. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Liaue Mary Leavey, born Sep­ tember 24, "1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Leavey, 282 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. I Vacatiaa Total I WBLPARE, VACATION BENEPITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hypiial PtBCfiU PaicI Since lulv 1. I9S0* oks 'au Death Bcaefita Paid Since Tulv 1. IQSC » I Disability Benetita Paid Since May 1. 10S2 • ncraitv Benefita Paia Si,,., Apr^i Vacatloo Benefit! PaiJ Siar> Feb. 11. 1Q« Jk^JUa /2£ JEaial * Patt B«««a WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ... ... Vacation v..aau uu luiMi * • . . «... Vacation Ub Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Otber Assets - Training Sbip (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS corner 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 22 MLS fA.|j .CUIS^ -P— oo f9/j //« oo • 0^7 V I Total Death Benefita paid since the start, slightly over I four (It) years ago, have just recently passed the one million (11,000,000.00) dollar mark. I The Trustee's of the Seafarers Vacation Plan have voted to increase the vacation benefits, at their meeting of October 5th, 195U. At the time of this*report being made, the Vacation Plan has oaid out its 59»OOOth vacation benefit check. The check was drawn to the order of ADREAM DBCENA in the amount of $131.13. Cynthia Bussell, born September 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph Leroy Bussell, 2509 Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 I S9 LLF At Kntr, AMtistmit'XSmMstrmtor Charles Davis McLaren, bom September 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph McLaren, 107 Marlin Street, Galveston, Texas. Jesus Rodriquez, born Septem­ ber 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Juan Rodriquez, 5606 AvenUe L, Galveston, Texas. Martha Carol Thompson, bom July 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Thompson, Flomaton, Afa. Steven Charles Kissel, born Sep­ tember 14," 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Kissel, 656 Ander-i son Avenue; Cliff side Park, NJ. 4 Paul Raymond Davis, Jr., born September 20, 1954. Parents^ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raymond Davis, 49 Allard Blvd., New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Denise Hope Callahan, bom September 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Callahan, Routd 1, Irvington, Ala. Anita Raye Williamson, born Au­ gust 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson, 207 Ogden Avenue, Crichton Station, Mobile, Ala. is(- Charles Denver Perkins sits contentedly on his mother's lap after receiving $200 SIU maternity benefit and $25 US defense bond from the Union. Father was aboard Mobilian a's wiper when Savannah port agent Jeff Morrison delivered benefits. 4 4-4 Judy Leigh Wroton, born Sep­ tember 19r 19$4. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Wroton, 4016 North Highland, Norfolk, Va. AT SIU HEADQUARTERS 4tliAv#.«20lhSt.*irMlyH Swop yarns or watch the fight* on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Coll—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by th« SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT A^A. "SI �h OcmienU^ M64 SEAFARERS ga^e Ninetjya LOG Lupton Family Gets Union Benefit SEEIN* im SEAtAlUeRiS — f With WALTER SIEKMANN One of the brothers who is very satisfied with the manner in which bis hospital needs were taken care of is Seafarer Joseph Stanton of Philadelphia. As was reported here last issue, Stanton, was in an automobile accident last August 23 down "in Atlantic City. He was taken to a local hospital for a couple of weekS: and then switched up to Staten Island, September 10. As soon as he got there, the hospital representative of the Union had" his benefits ready for him ifrom the date of the accident on. The Welfare Services-Department also helped see to it that he got transferred to a Public Health Service hosjpital as soon as he could toe moved. Ordinarily getting something in your eye isn't too much to worry about, provided you can get it out right away. Brother James W. Parker of Muskogee, Oklahoma, can tell you that something in your eye can be a mighty serious and annoying problem. He got some foreign matter there back in August while he was AB on the Robin Trent and ever since it's been troubling him. We hope the doctors can clear up this problem for him in short order. Door Accident Brother John Hannay of Jacksonville, Fla., got in the way of a door and it put him out of action for a while. Somebody slammed the door on his finger while he was aboard the Steel Flyer and did quite a bit of damage. Hannay was chief cook on the ship and came in for treatment on October 5. Lloyd E. Wilson, who comes from Cedarville, Ohio, is now under observation at Staten Island for a possible heart ailment. His last ship was the Ocean Betty, and he was messman aboard her. A spot of kidney trouble has put Angel R. Carrasquilo on the hospital list. Angel was electrician Hannay Northwestern Victory the last time out. Another electrician in for treatment is Robert Walker of Union City, NJ. He was aboard the Alcoa Puritan. Stomach Trouble Brother Santos Pizarro of New York City was in for a short stay recently but has now been discharged. He was passenger utility on the Frances (Bull Line) when stomach trouble laid him low. Another victim of stomach trouble was Peoro Ciaudio, who was-oiler on the Jefferson City Victory. Pedro Viliabol, steward utility on the Pelican Mariner, is getting his varicose veins taken care of while William J. Benson, wiper off the Steel Flyer, Is being treated for a head injury. Two other broth­ ers who have come in for treatment recently are William Maicewicz, FWT on the Robin Kettering, and Vincent Fitgzerald, who was messman on the Ciaudio John B. Kulukundis. Seafarers In Hospitals Edward Samrock Henry Sosa USPHS HOSPITAL John Sanders J. D. Thomas BALTIMORE, MD. Wade Sexton Lonnle R. Tickle Jessie P. Brinkley Robert Lambert Durand D. Shaw Ellas Walker Jesse A. Clarke Francisco Mayo Wilbur Sorenson J. E. Ward James L. Conner Samuel H. Mills T. J. Cunningham Frank S. Paylor USPHS HOSPITAL Gorman T. Glaze Vincenzo Russo SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Einar A. Hansen Douglas Turner Harold Arlinghaus Joe Perreira Jimmie M. Heifer Anthony J. TursI Robert Rivera. Jr. Charlie C. Brown K. L. Humphrey Harold B. Vincent WUUam V. Shaffer Henry J. Childs Michael Jablonskl Edward C. Yeamans Benny M. Foster W. S. Singleton Elmer E. Lamb Bobby R. Stalworth Olav Gustavsen Charles Neumaler P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MA^S. GALVESTON, TEXAS Frank Alasavlch Maurice Lavoi* Joseph Arras Jose E. Leston Joseph W. Carey Vincent Tocco FeUx Bottello Eugene T. O'Mara John T. Kecgan Warren W. Currier Murray A. Plyler PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Walter R. Edwards Abel N. Salas SAN JUAN. PR Duane R. Fisher Benjamin C. Seal Joaquim J. Marques Benjamin F. Grice I. J. Torre USPHS HOSPITAL Charles B. Young Tomas Gutierrez MOBILE. ALA. Karl A. Hellman W. R. Walker Charles Saranthus Elroy Webb' Edward Jeanfreau USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. NORFOLK, VA. Paul B. Bland Jimmie Littleton Herbert Bumpass George F. Lechler J. D. Cannady J. T. Moore Earl T. Congleton P. Spinney W. H. Gilbertson E. R. Snedeker USPHS HOSPITAL William C. Lee Gilbert F. Wilson STATEN ISLAND. NY. Albert W. Lima Hussen Ahmedd Arthur Kavel USPHS HOSPITAL William H. Benson Florenslo F. Letle SEATTLE, WASH. Charles CantweU Nils H. Lundquist Claudius G. Archer Robert L. Morrow Angel CarrasquUlo Perfecto Mangual Bernard P. Burke W. M. Pennington Pedro Ciaudio Paige A. MitcheU Robert J. Hellig David F. Sykes Patrick Cleary Vincent Navarrete Sverre Johannessen WiUiam F. Vaughn George T. Coleman loseph Neubauer Mike MicheUk Otto R. Ware, Jr. Frank Collins .Velson E. Norwood V. K. Ming Richard L. Welch France DeBeaumont Mikade Olenchik SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSP. John J. Doherty T. Papoutsoglov LONG BEACH, CALIF. Samuel Doyle M. RuusukaUlo Edward H. Murar Thomas DriscoU Luis Salazar SAILORS* SNUG HARBOR George W. Flood C. R. Sanderson STATEN ISLAND. NY. Estell Godfrey Ira Sandt Joseph Koslusky Earle B. Goosley. R. Scotti INSTITUTE OP HEALTH F. Hauser Jose Vasquez BETHESDA, MD. Vincent Jones Pedro VUIabol Warren Whitmer Norai Jorgensen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN EYE & EAR HOSP. NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW YORK, NY P. L. Ankerson Lyle Hipp Haroid McKenzie tVilllam E. Aplin Leonard Kay VA HOSPITAL Charles E. Brady Charles F. Kelso MIAMI, FLA. Charles Burton E. L. Kirkpatrick F. Fernandez L. A. McLaughlin Owen Butler E. G. Knapp USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Sebastian Carregal D. Korolia .George Champlin Ben Ladd Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Leo.Lang Frank W. Bemrick James R. Lewis Clarence W. Cobb Clarence Lomax S. Cope Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Jesse Lyies Robert L. Booker Francis: F. Lynch William Cothran Emlle P. Davies Oscar Madere Thomas B. Bryant Joseph D. McGraw Serio M. Desoso Vincent Michel Ho Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Frank Mackey Joseph Dlonne WiUiam G. Moore John J. DriscoU Vic MUazzo Eric R. Eklund O. J. Morgan Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson Matthew Eurasa Francis T. Osetek John B. Haas Marcus N. Evans Kenyon Parks Pedro Peralto Taib Hassen Thomas Fields AmeUo Patingo James C. PoweU Thomas Isaksen Leo Fontenot George Shumaker GUbert J. Piersall Hurlburt M. Free B. D, Faster Robert Sizemore R. A. Ratcliff Nathan Gardner John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith John C. Rehm John Gersey Ludwig Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttla W. E. Reynolds Roy M. Green W. E. Roberts Frederick Landry Renato A. VlUata' Andrew HarviUa James J. Lawlor VlrgU WUmoth Henri J, Robin "3 Widow of Seafarer Joe Lupton, who lost life in shipboard accident, receives $2,500 death benefit from Norfolk patrolman, James Bullock. Lupton was bosun on the Barbara Fritchie at time of his death. He was formerly dispatcher in Norfolk- Children are Graylan Leigh Lupton, 2V^, and William Allen Lupton, one year old. . 'free Transfer' Is PHS Policy A little-known fact about the Public Health Service hospitals is that under certain cir­ cumstances the PHS will pay a seaman's hospital bills for the time he is in a private in­ stitution. These payments will be made in the event that a seaman is compelled by cir­ cumstance to seek treatment-*--: ; in a private hospital, and so only in instances where the sea­ had suffered a sudden attack of ill­ notifies the Public Health man would be qualified for Pub­ ness and had no opportunity to get lic Health Service treatment under to a PHS hospital. When Welfare Service immediately. the standard rules and regulations Ser\'ices received notice that the i men were hospitalized it arranged of the service. In the past few months SIU Wei- ; with the PHS to have them transfare Services has been instrumen- i ferred to the Staten Island hospital tal in arranging at least half-a-; and have their original hospital dozen such transfers in the New ; bill taken care of. Then Welfare Services saw to it York metropolitan area alone. In each instance a Seafarer had been that the men got their hospital injured in a shoreside accident, or benefits as of the day they en­ tered the private hospital. It also covered them for the period that they were traveling from the pri­ vate hospital to the USPHS. In some instances such travel could involve a couple of days. There have been cases of sea­ men having paid private hospital Seafarers at the Manhattan Beach hospital had a graphic bills, not knowing that they could demonstration of the difference between the SIU Welfare have transferred to a PHS hospi­ Plan and that operated by an insurance company when one tal and had their bills taken care of. Even a couple of days in a pri­ of their fellow patients died at vate hospital can prove p.etty ex­ quirements set up by the insurance pensive, particularly if there is any at the hospital. company. The rest with a few ex­ surgery involved. As reported in "The Port­ ceptions have long since exhausted Of course in order to be transhole," publication of the hospital the 13 weeks' benefit supplied by fen-ed, a seaman must have proof patients, the brother who died had the insurance company. of eligibility in the form of dis­ been a charter member of the Na­ Seafarers at Manhattan Beach, charges and seamen's papers. tional Maritime Union and had served in all strikes, picket lines of course, have no worries along Sometimes a man who has been and other beefs. However, because this line since either through the ashore doesn't have any discharges he was a long-term patient and in­ special list, or the one-day eligi­ with him when he goes to a hos­ eligible for the insurance com­ bility rule they are all receiving pital. Welfare Services can get pany's life insurance, thei-e was no their hospital benefits for as long as verification that the man is elig­ death benefit for this veteran sea­ they are in-patients. And, of ible by checking his record of course, all of them are covered by service on SIU ships. man and union man. Formerly members of the NMU the Welfare Plan's $2,500 death had been covered by a $125 burial benefit which is ample to provide benefit, but this was discontinued for a decent funeral and leave when the NMU's welfare plan went something over for survivors be­ into effect on January 1, 1950. sides. Applications tor the mater­ At last report, following re­ Since the plan was under contract nity benefit must be supported to an insurance company, there was peated complaints by the NMU by the following documents: no way of setting up a special list Manhattan Beach patients as to • Your marriage certificate. to take care of the oldtimers who their plight, the national office of • Baby's birth certificate dat­ were already in the hospital, or the NMU was trying to find some ing birth after April 1, 1952. went in shortly afterwards without way out of the impasse of insur­ • The discharge from the last having picked up the necessary ance company rules so that the ship you sailed on before the seatime requirements to be cov­ union's members could get some baby was born. relief. ered by the insurance company. Six-Month Requirement Unlike the SIU, which requires merely one day on a ship in the previous year to be eligible for hospital and death benefits, the in­ surance company plan called for a six months' period before cover­ The deaths o/ the following sea­ tery, Boston, Massachusetts. Sur­ age went into effect. farers have been reported to the viving is his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth The result was that the NMU Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Galvin, of 38 Mozart Street, Ja­ membership in the hospital dug' $2,500) death benefits are being maica Plain, Massachusetts. down for nickels and dimes and paid to their beneficiaries: » » managed to come up with $25 be­ Ragnar August Erikson, 59: On tween them to send to the next of John Joseph Galvin, 35: Brother kin of the deceased brother. This Galvin died on May 12, 1953. He August 14, 1954, Brother Erikson was quite a sacrifice for the NMU has been sailing with the SIU in died of a heart ailment in New patients since many of them have the engine department since Orleans, La. A member of the never received any hospital bene- March, 1952, out of Boston. Burial steward department, he joined the fits because of the eligibility re- took piace at Mt. Benedict Ceme- SIU in New York in June, 1952. Furthermore, in such Instances PHS will provide for transporta­ tion of the seaman from the pri­ vate hospital to the nearest PHS facility. The Seafarers Welfare Plan in turn, pays the man's hos­ pital benefit from the first day that he is hospitalized. Ail this will apply, of course. Hospital Patients See Samp'e Of insurance Company's Rig How to Apply For Birth Pay FINAL IIISPATCH •• ;) •iM '-v iia.'.li.*:;:.' •••AA' -Jl . �m •• - • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • THE SHJ HAS WAGED A NEVER-ENDING FIGHT TO GUARANTEE UNION RIGHTS TO ITS MEMBERS • k.. <5.[5 'i i: , . I..; .. y i ! r .I f-- i '•-'S • I < •-/p The right to secret elections .1 » t f'l / In a five year period, Seafarers have voted in six elections—four for Unioriy. officers and in two referendums—one on the constitution, the other on the builds- [ ing program. All votes were by secrH ballot over 30 to 60 day periods, giving every member an opportunity to vote. The right to run for office Each week Seafarers are elected to posts of responsibility. Since the new constitution's adoption two years ago, close to 2,200 meeting officers have been elected at membership meetings and 4,700 Seafarers have been chosen for committee posts. Another 153 Seafarers have run for general Union offices. The rights of membership Possession of an SIU book is a guarantee of the best in maritime. Union policy is to maintain a ratio of one job for every active member, plus the best conditions, broadest benefits and highest take-home pay in the industry. Members can also retire or reactivate their books, as 451 have done since January 1. The right of control over officials Each year Seafarers take part in 364 reguUir port membership meetings and over 700 special meetings. They pass final judgment on financial audits am? other written reports detailing acts of SIU officials in discharge of their duties. The right of a fair trials and appeals system In the past two years the membership has elected 39 trial committees and nine appeals committees to act on charges against Seafarers. These rank and file committees have disposed of 50 charges and 11 appeals. In all these^ only five men—guilty of grave offenses—have been expelled from membership. protect the hard won rights that you have won w ' • •- ••^•.7 • • • .r I--.. • ^• >r' i&v ! -P J P'" M m4'i' : •< ift y : I' j -i:yv- t;. '^5 :> .i-;:'-,"V i.y > .^1 A , - •• * r f • A". - ^rAV";I.A.I-: y* .V AA.r.'i AA: A:~, Every Seafarer should do his bit to 'maintain democracy by participating democratic processes of his union. Keep th^ SlU a union of, by and for seame^A it is by voting ia the secret clecliQh fpr^ One of the ways you can which begins in all ports Novemberjr 15,.A 15 " i.A •. •ik- Li2:'" :• 1 • • -p yy-yy - • :;•• a- -? Aia yyyyyyyyyyyyyy'-' •I -;- I •- -.-ai' *• a;:•:a � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource October 18, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 21 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU STRIKE TIES UP TANKER; CREW PICKETS BY BOAT SIU COMMITTEE SURVEYS STEWARD DEP'T STANDARD SEATRAIN NO IN TRANSFER TO LIBERIA STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP BACK WAGES READY AT 4 - MORE CO'S SIU WINS NEW HIGH - $176 VACATION PAY CREDENTIAL REPORT OK'D BY MEMBERS NEW CO. SIGNS SIU PACT SIU NEARS 16TH BIRTHDAY IN SOLID FINANCIAL SHAPE ILA PHONY TIE-UP ENDS ON EMPLOYERS' TERMS NEW 'PROP' EXPERIMENT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPENED '50-50' LAW BOOSTS COAL SHIPMENTS PARLAYS SIU SAVINGS INTO TV REPAIR CO. DISABILITY $ 'LIFELINE' TO SEAFARER UNDER 65 VACATION INCREASE STORES AND FEEDING WELCOME FORECAST IN EXCELLENT HEALTH YOUR SIU VACATION PLAN HE'S MAKING THAT OLD COLLEGE 'RUN' REPATRIATION BECOMING EASIER 'FREE TRANSFER' IS PHS POLICY HOSPITAL PATIENTS SEE SAMPLE OF INSURANCE COMPANY'S RIG Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/18/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/51faeed0a8c7c3301b42b4e17b5926c1.PDF aee4d5ba20daf8426ed318438e57f572 PDF Text Text ,•& mm SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL �Fair«Tvr« I: oMKM-fiasnMSfitor... S E AF ARE R 3 LOG October 29, 1954 ;Vr.. *TtmTIOM! ui 5j2COA«MlTr« JusricT?! •w»o, /jT 1.1. - ^5J\1 DJO The charter Issued on October 19 by the AFL-expelled International Long:shoremen's Association to the front "union." Aim is to disrupt legitimate sea unions and return seamen to conditions of 25 years ago. IF |F' le' "Captain" BelibasaldB sits before picture of one of his "angels," Captain Bradley, head of ILA. Right, Aristotle Onassis, international shipowner, who has used the outfit's low-cost seamen. Typical of a crimp joint oper-. ation is the office of the front "union" set up in an'at­ tempt to disrupt the legiti­ mate American maritime un­ ions. Access to the dingy^three room set up is by way of the dark doorway at right. Bunt­ ing over the windows is to an­ nounce its chartering this week as Local 1824 of the mob-dominated International Longshoremen's Association. Inside, the crimp set-up spe­ cializes in supplying seamen— at $60 to $500 per man to lowcost foreign flag ships, and has announced that it seeks to move in on AFL and CIO ships when contracts expire. all ISSUES -IBS W n -vnIT !, .. - fAlU ® Scurrilous leaflets, such as above,- are typical of type being ciroiila^drhy anonymous "committees" made up of outside elements. Currently aimed at SiU, leaflets of same tone have been used in attempts to disrupt other legitiv. mate maritime unions. Who's Behind The 'Front?' This week an outfit bearing the label United International Seamen's Union opened a shabby crimp Joint over a store in New York's West 28th Street. It's program, is an ambitious one. But more significant than the crimp Joint itself is the curious array of elements for which it is a front: • The discredited International Longshoremen's Association, which was expelled by the American Federation of Labor in 1953. Said AFL Presi­ dent George Meany; "The ILA in no way resembles a trade union." He designated the SIU to lead the fight in establishing a decent union for longshore workers. • Elements in MEBA Local 33, New York, which met with attorneys and ILA officials to set up the front organization as another phase of their disruptive activity. • Individuals within the various legitimate sea unions whom this group "paid off" to serve as Trojan horses. Installed in their dingy NY westside offices, the front men for the new­ ly opened crimp joint shake hands in an­ ticipation of the fat fees they expect to collect from seamen they supply to ' cutrate shipowners. At left is "Captain" George Belibasakis with Louis LeDoulx, "union presid e n t," who until recently ran his own crimp joint at the saihe ad­ dress for runaway flag ships. • -•^ �• iV, • . •'' •* - . i ;'; '''" '• ' " " ^ ' SEAFARERS Pare Hire* ..dn»«« <I08S &CR3^ Crimp Rig Seeks To Scuttle Sea Unions' Wages, Conditions A Trojan Horse conspiracy to destroy American maritime unions across the land was uncovered by the SEAFARERS LOG this week. Intent on operating under a protective covering, a sordid collection of long-time enemies of US sea unions are attempting a new disruptive tactic hy setting up a crimp joint bearing the de­ ceptive laM of "United Interna-"^ tional Seamen's Union." Chartered by the discredited and AFLrexpelled old International Longslioremen^s Association, the new ''union^' was the brain child of a collection of designing maritime law­ yers, grasping union officials and mob elements backed by funds from vari­ ous qu^tionable sources. •fcv LOG The fantastic attempt to undermine American maritime unions was brought to light when the front men for the crimp outfit, sitting in their dingy second-story head(p]arjers on New York's West Side, bragged of their aims to a Door to newly-opened crimp joint reporter and photographer proudly proclaims its relationship they believed were from to AFL-ousted International Long­ a national magazine but shoremen's Association. "For Mem­ who, In fact, were from bers Only." means anyone who can the SEAFARERS LOG. get up from $60 to $500. The leaders of the rig identified themselves as men's Benevolent Aid Society" which was "Captain" George Belibasakis and Louis a hiring pool for runaway-flag ships, among LeDoulx. They made no bones about the which were the ships operated with cut-rate identity of one of their principal bene­ crews by international ship owner Aristotle factors. They proudly pointed to the wall Onassis. On the wall of his office, LeDoulx behind Belibasakis' desk where hung the has a testimonial letter from Onassis prais­ picture of Captain William Bradley, head ing his efficiency as a shipping master. Onassis currently is under fire for a deal of the mob-controlled old ILA. whereby he is attempting to squeeze out all Latest 'Front' Move tanker operations in the carrying of oil from The thinly-veiled attempt to move in on Saudi Arabia. and undermine the legitimate American Sale Of Jobs maritime unions by the use of "front men," The actual sale of Jobs by LeDoulx-Belisuch as Belibasakis and LeDoulx, is only basakis takes place in their furniture-bare the latest move in a series of such efforts. office at 112 West 28th Street. Usual practice In recent months, almost all US sea unions of any crimp operation is the payment by have found outride groups attempting to the steamship company of so much a head nibble, from within and without, at their for every low-cost seaman supplied, as well union jurisdictions, internal elections and as the constant maintenance of a blacklist operations. This has taken the form of anonymous committees, purporting to speak The story this week by the SEA­ In the name of the membership and scurFARERS LOO of one more method riious and libeious ilterature attempting to being used to undermine legitimate disrupt and weaken legitimate trade unions. American maritime unions does not The elements pushing the. anonymous end with this article. The LOG is leaflet campaigns against all unions are now gatheringi more evidence on this con­ unmasked as the manipulators behind the spiracy and will present the facts to false front "United International Seamen's Seafarers in coming issues. Union." Brag Of Support of men who show dissatisfaction with sub­ LeDoulx spoke in glowing terms of the standard shipboard conditions. "big support" his new."union" had. He told The crimp set-up is already in operation. of the people behind his union. Meetings Belibasakis and Le Doulx boast they have were held with top officials of the ILA', in­ supplied men to foreign-flaff ships, includ­ dividuals in the Marine Engineers Bene­ ing those flying the Liberian flag, at wage ficial Association (CIO)', trying tq seize con­ scales ranging from $100 to $125 a month trol of that organization and attorneys. At­ for AB's down to $70 a month for messtorney for elements in the MEBA, Local 33, men. in New York, is Benjamin B. Sterling. The •We'll Take US Ships' prospect of cashing in on this scheme ap­ The plan to put a knife In the back of all pears to be the motivating force for all legitimate seamen's unions was revealed parties concerned. when LeDoulx told the LOG reporter, Belibasakis and LeDoulx told the LOG "when the AFL and CIO contracts run out, reporter of . their dream to bring all sea­ we will Jump in and sign the ships. They men of all nations under their control—at will have to sign with us because If they from $60 to $500 a head. Their plans in­ don't the ILA and Bridges won't work the clude a seamen's "boarding" house," with ships." the usual crimp trappings, to accommodate Further, LeDoulx said he will take every­ 800 men for which each man would haye body (who can get up the tab) into the out­ to pay a dollar a night for a fibp. ; fit, including, licensed ship's officers. Since Louie LeDoulx is an old hand at crimping. the "union" is chartered to operate in "all He previously ran the "International Sea- ports of North America" he is eyeing the I Regular readers of the SEAFARERS LOG won't be surprised to find that a new attempt—in the form of a crimp joint—is being made to disrupt American seamen's unions. In the September 3 issue of the LOG a full report of the activities of anti-union forces at work pointed to their cam­ paign of disruption inside and outside US maritime unions. At that time the LOG revealed that a coalition of mob elements, grasping maritime attorneys and greedy, disgruntled union officials were waging campaigns, by leaflet and newspaper, to weaken maritime unionii arid pave the way for their greedy designs. The opening of a front "union" this week is but •one more move in this direction. jurisdiction of all other unions, including the disrupters is being printed on the type the Masters, Mates and Pilots, the AFL and of paper usually found around a lawyer's CIO radio operators, the Brotherhood of office, and we assume that they are borrow­ Marine Engineers, the National Maritime ing the presses of printers who work tor Union, the SIU, the SUP, the MEBA, the lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers Marine Firemen's Union and the Marine in this conspiracy is clear enough. ' Cooks and Stewards, AFL. • . The Sailors Union of tne Pacific has Their plan for an all-coast. operation is long been a target of the Trojan Horse enhanced by the current relationship be« group. Anonymous publications and lit­ tween the old ILA officials and Harry erature have been put aboard SUP ships Bridges' West Coast longshore group. Le- and mailed to the union's members. The . Doulx was enthusiastic about meetings be­ SUP newspaper, "West Coast Sailor," re­ tween ILA officials and representatives of cently said, speaking of certain maritime Bridges. He also referred to meetings be­ lawyers, who went in for this type action, tween TLA representatives and other union "their prime motive is to get their hands representatives in an effort to strengthen on you so they can make a fat killing so the crimp outfit's position. they can pay off their ambulance chasers." Signing of American-flag ships is only 'Grab For Union* one aspect of the crimp rig. The othef phase contemplates the signing of cut-rate • The Marine Firemen's Union, now en­ deals with foreign-flag operators. LeDoulx gaged in an election of its officials, is wit­ mentioned specifically that he is receiving nessing a barrage of smear literature di­ active support from several port captains, rected to its membership by the usual anon­ who obviously are attracted by the oppor­ ymous "committee" sources. E. G. "Red" tunity to obtain crews at one-fourth the Ramsey, NY agent for the MFOW, said, wages of organized American seamen and "as was__expected, we've seen the usual to rid themselves of the "interference" of anonymous literature hitting our members, union representation and contracts. and not surprising, it is evident the groups Raid On Foreign Unions behind these leaflets are outsiders attempt­ The legitimate foreign-flag operations ing to make a grab for the union." are currently under contract to foreign • On the West Coast, defamatory and seamen's unions, such as the Norwegian, Swedish, Dapish, British and Greek sea­ libelous literature of an anonymous nature men's organizations, all of which are affili­ has descended on the SlU-affiliated Inland ated with the International Transport- Boatmen's Union In Seattle. workers Federation. This tactic is traceable to the NY ILA LeDoulx has been issuing 'membership mob and their recently-found ally, Harry books to anyone who comes to his office, Bridges. After Bridges' organization gave American or alien,'with no questions asked, $10,000 to the old ILA to help finance its provided the applicant comes up with the fight against the AFL there was a meeting required fee in cash. This is doing business in New York between Pete McGoldrick, ILA-style with membership books sold to Bridges' ILWU representative, and Tony ail comers, creating terrific competition for Anastasia of the ILA. (McGoldrick is one jobs. of Bridges' top hatchet men against the It was this style of doing business that SlU-affiliated MC&S [AFLl and is currently led to the ILA being kicked out of the engaged in trying to stop the MC&S [AFLl AFL. effort to drive the communists out of that The ILA always has-supported the shape- department on West Coast ships.) At this up which deprives longshoremen of any meeting a pledge of mutual support was semblance of job security and requires made. Captain John Fox, business man­ them to compete for work every day with ager for the Inland Boatmen's Union, said any transient who wants to work on the "all of the legitimate maritime unions here in Seattle are conscious of the significance waterfront. With the "United International Seamen's of this move and the threat upon their own Union" operating as their front set-up, the unions. This clearly is one more example anti-union elements behind the move are of outside elements attempting to seize continuing to promote Trojan Horse activi­ control of a legitimate maritime union so they can milk it for their own personal ties in the various marine unions. gain." Pattern Always The Same ILA 'Committee' The pattern is clear: in ail legitimate In the case of the SIU, A&G District, the unions in which they see the hope for profit from their illegitimate activities, the New York World-Telegram and Sun re­ schemers turn on their campaigns of anony-. ported that a combination of opponents of mous, scurrilous literature, supplemented the Union, including the old ILA, was in­ by outside publicity sources. In several in­ jecting itself into the campaign preceding stances, they have used names of indir the coming SIU election. The article called viduals with or without their knowledge or attention to leaflets, signed by an anony­ permission. In case after case, they have mous "Committee for Justice," and being been aided and abetted by persons they distributed on ships and in SIU halls. have "reached" within the organization This, then, is the rotten structure behind under attack. Where has this combination the false front erected this week on West of scheming maritime lawyers, grasping 28th St. in New York. It is composed of union officials and mob elements been at self-seeking individuals brought together work? by a common desire for an easy dollar at • Early this year, the National Maritime the expense of the ideals and conditions Union's membership was bombarded by vil- which have been achieved by the American lifyin^ leaflets from sources outside the seaman through years of bitter struggle union signed by a phony "committee" sig­ against these same forces—^the crimp, the nature. Joseph Curran, president of the finic and the shyster. These are the forces NMU, stated in the union's newspaper. The which the American seaman whipped and Pilot: left behind in his successful rise to a place "This smear literature ... comes from of dignity and first-class citizenship. There a group of lawyers, 'ambulance-chasers,' is nothing to indicate the American seaman no less, who would like to get their hands is inclined to throw himself,on the mercy on some union business, and through that of these outside leeches from whom he has freed himself by united action through his victimize seamen for the profit of a fev. "A good part of the literature printed for recognized trade unions. m I • �Fate Four SEAFARERS LOG October X9. 19S4 CollecH 3rd 5IU Baby $ r MOBILE—A record for ma-ternity benefit collections was established last month when Tommy Ray Fillinglm, second cook, of Chickasaw, Ala., was paid the $200 cash benefit, by the SIU Welfare Plan plus $25 Government bond from the Union for the third time since the plan was established in 1952. The most recent addition to the Fillingim-family was a boy, Terry Dolan Fillingim, bofn ISeptember 6. The other youngsters for whom Fillingim was paid maternity bene­ fits also were boys — Tommy Ray Jr., bom April 9, 1952, and Dewey Edward, bora September 10, 1953. Although about 100 Seafarers have collected maternity benefits twice for single births, Fillingim is believed to be the first to have collected on three separate occa­ sions under the plan, which is less than three years old. Needless to say, Fillingim thinks First SIU family to collect three times under the Union's mater­ the maternity benefit is tops among nity: benefit program, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ray Fillingim of the various categories of the SIU's Chickasaw, Ala., are shown with their three youngsters, all boys. Welfare Plan. "The $200 cash benefit was ade­ Seated on his dad's lap Is Dewey Edward, who celebrated his first quate to pay the hospital and doc­ birthday a month ago, while the newest addition, Terry Dolan, born tor's bills for the birth of each of Sept. 6, 1954, Is held by Mrs. Fillingim. Tommy Jr., two and half my sons," he said as he posed with years old. Is fianked by his parents. his family for the LOG photogra­ pher. „ "I don't know what we would have done without the maternity benefit," Mrs. Fillingim recalled. "The benefit checks certainly came at a time when we needed them most." Filhngim's total collections have been exceeded only by Robert G. Long of New Orleans, who had Seafarers throughout the A&G District this week paused one child two years ago and who became the father of triplets last to pay their last respects to James L. "Blackie" Carroll, wellDecember. Louis £. Hudson of known Seafarer and former Union employee, who passed Mobile matched Fillingim's total away in Hattiesburg, Miss., on* by becoming the father of twins in Oct. 25. deck and engine departments and 1953 and another child this year. Carroll, who would have had a clear Union record on all "If we have another child, I 57 years old this coming major beefs, hope it is a girl," Fillingim said. been Carroll died at the hospital in "I also hope it Is a good while be­ January, had been receiving SIU disability benefits for the past two Hattiesburg a few days after Sea­ fore we have another one." years because he was no longer farers at membership meetings in able to work. He had been an active all ports on Oct. 20 approved the cost of providing emergency oxy­ gen equipment for his use in con­ nection with- hospital treatment. He had been ill of various respira­ tory ailments for some time. He is survived by his wife, Bar­ bara, of 307 North Tipton St., Hattiesburg. 'Blackie' Carroll, SIU Oldtimer, Dies At 57 6 More Go's Ready With Back Wages SIU headquarters received word this month that six more SlU-contracted companies are now ready to pay back wages to Seafarers in accordance with the terms of the supplementary SIU agreement ne­ gotiated this past June. Seafarers who have retroactive pay coming can apply for it by writing to the companies involved. The operators concerned are the following: Coral Steamship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Eastern Steamship Liqes, Inc., 40 Central St., Boston, Mass.; Excelsior Steam­ ship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Pacific Waterways Corp., 30 Broad St., New York, NY; Peninsu­ lar Navigation Corp., 17 Battery Place, New York, NY, and Seatransport Corp., 80 Broad St., New York. NY. V Clarify Weekend Gangway Watch t''- Some ship's crews have raised questions as to who is entitled Jo stand gangway watch on weekends. All members of the deck department are entitled to stand these watches with the exception of the carpenter. ' The overtime received for weekend . gangway watches should be divided equally '* among all the members of the deck department entitled to stand these watches. ' r LAST YEAR, THANKS TO A TERRIFIC SCRAP PUT UP BY Seafarers themselves, and by your Union in conjunction with other maritime outfits, the Public Health Service hospitals were saved from plans of Government economizers to close their doors. At the time your Union was of the opinion that those who wanted to close the hos­ pitals would not give up this fight but would come bade for another round. Now the word is that the Bureau of the Budget is going to propose another cut in .the hospital appropriation when it comes up with its budget recommendations a few weeks from now to be presented at the next session of Congress. The attack on the marine hospitals has been, going on for quite a few years now, with the result that a number of the hospitals have been closed already and the hospital budget is pretty much at rock bottom. It's agreed by the people running the USPHS that even a small cut in their appropriation from now on in would have a serious effect on the quality of medical service they could give to sick and injured seamen. Administration Reversal When last year's budget recommendations came along, it appeared that it was the official administration viewpoint that the hospitals were no longer needed. It was not explained just how seamen were to ob­ tain proper medical care in light of the fact that there were no other facilities available in many areas. By the time the rank and file Sea­ farer and the unions had been heard from, there was a reversal on the administration's part, which apparently came from the very top, in the White House. And in Congress itself, the supporters of USPHS had enough strength to push the funds through even though the Adminis­ tration had not requested them in the first instance. This year it appears that a slightly different tack will be employed by the economizers. Instead of trying to shoot the hospitals the;y are out to starve them to death in slow stages. Burden On Shipowner What these economizers, fall to figure on is the fact that the burden of caring for sick or injured seamen is going to fall on the shipowner if the Public Health Service is curtailed. And when that happens Uncle Sam. will in the end wind up with the greater part of the bill. It's been pointed out many time? before that the Public Health hos­ pitals are one of the oldest institutions that this country's Government has, having been planned when George Washington was president and set up soon after he left office. It's also been pointed dut that these hospitals have trained thousands of nurses and doctors and have pioneered a considerable number of developments in medical treatment that have benefited every person in this country, not only seamen. Further, they are continuing to do so. All of these facts are knolvn to the econ^izers but they prefer to dis­ regard them on the excuse that Uncle Sam can't afford the dough. In the end, despite what the economizers in the administration Jiave to say, it will be the Senators and Representatives in Congress'who will decide the question. Your Union has no reason to believe that the next Congress will be any less sympathetic to the hospitals than the last one was—if anything it might be more so. In this respect, as in the past, the rank and file membership of this Union can help a great deal by letting their Senators and Representatives in Congress know their feelings on the subject. Your Union will have more information on developments in the near future. Just as soon as the time comes. Seafarers can expect their Union, as in the paist, will put up the best scrap it possibly can to keep the hospitals operating on a decent budget for the benefit of all seamen. Union Opens New Houston Hall Carrying out the recommendations of the 1953 port agents' conference as approved by the membership, the SIU has established a new hall in Houston, Texas, to serve shipping in that port. tivate-the recommendation derived Opening of a hall in Houston facilities in the Houston area. had long been contemplated Subsequently the recommenda­ from a resolution submitted at the New Orleans membership by the Union in view of the tion, along with others made by the last meeting and. approved in a dis­ One of the early members of the SIU, James L. "Blackie" Carroll, 57, died this week In Hattiesburg, Miss. Seafarer for many years and served as a Union employe in variops capacities in the Port of Mobile over a four-year period from 1948 to 1952. Early Member One of the earliest members of the SIU, he joined the Union in December, 1938, in Mobile, and held Gulf book No. G-14. He was one of many veteran Seafarers who came into the Union on a transfer from the old AFL Seaman's Union, which disbanded when the SIU was formed in 1938. A familiar figure to many Sea­ farers, lie had sailed in both the SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 29, 19S4 Vol. XVI, No. 22 Publlihad biwackly at tha headquartart of tha Saafarar* Intarnational Union, A^ lantle & Ouif District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenua, Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth *-66M. Bntarao as tacond class mattar at tha Post OMca In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act at Ausbst M, ItIL fact that the Texas metropolis had port agents was approved by the been taking mor'e and more ^ship­ membership. The decision to ac­ trict-wide vote. ping play away from Galveston is­ land. With Houston approximately 40 miles from Galveston, it made it inconvenient for the member­ ship in that port which had to WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's travel back and forth between the easy ship transfer policy provided several new additions two cities. The situation also made, it difficult for the Union to service for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels ships properly., late this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay for the transfer of the 32nd Liberty dry cargo vessel Mlchelet Named Agent on October 27. Half of the US tramp fleet is eventually The new hall is located at 4202 expected to be swallowed up in this manner. Canal Street, telephone Preston 6558. Frenchy Mlchelet, wellThe latest ship to go is the Sealife, owned by the Sea­ known SIU steward, has been ap­ farer Steamship Corp., which will be transferred tO| pointed agent for the port. Marineros Sociedad Armadora, SA, a Panamanian com­ The Galveston hall will continue pany, for registry under the Liberian flag. The transfer to function «nd the membership of seven others including two SIU ships, were okayed there will have the option of stay­ during the past two weeks. ing on the Galveston shipping list, or transferring to the Houston ship­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: ping list. , . In the 1953 .agents' conference SIU Ships . Other Unions Total Transfers the SIU Galveston agent noted that (8) (24) " (32) the trend of shipping was toward Houston and away from Galveston, The SIU ships already transferred are the General and declared that it was evident Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar,. Purplestar; that the affairs of the Union could Greenstar, Western Rancher and Sea Wind. . be handled much more efficiently and satisfactory by.-opening. SIU Boxseore On Ship Transfers �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Ffre MIU Celebrates Travelers' Check Draws 16tii Birthday Popular With Seafarers Favorable reports on the workings of the travelers check system have been received at headquarters from the first SIU ships to be supplied with them. While the experiment Active on many fronts during the past 12 months, the SIU with travelers' checks is in its early stages, the first response has been an encouraging one. A&G District closed out the year with a new milestone in SlU-contracted ships start­ maritime urtion history and will celebrjite its 16th birthday ed putting travelers' checks this coming Monday in top" aboard as a result of a new condition—aright on the eve of sels, the Union won agreement to contract provision written into the recent contract amendments. opening what is recognized as man several new vessels and broke The checks are issued to crewone of the finest union halls in the back of one operator's company union set-up to add new ships and members in foreign ports, putting the country. jobs to the roster of work oppor­ an end to . the vexing problem of The November 1 anniversary of tunities open to the SIU men. varying exchange rates for local the Union's birth finds the SIU On the other hand, the hardcurrency. With two rates, an offi­ still the most militant and vigorous fought Atlantic tanker campaign cial rate and a "free" rate, pre­ organization in the maritime indus­ was nullified by the margin of vailing in many ports of the world, try, weil able to ride out the past cast by company supervisors, crewmembers used to find them­ 12 months of a slump in shipping. votes the AFL-backed drive among selves on the short end of the stick For, despite this, the other side and New longshoremen spear­ on money exchanges. of the ledger is crowded v^ith headedYork by the SIU got just a few Crewmembers of the Frederic - achievements and improvements votes short of a majority. C. Collin report that the travelers' geared to the welfare of the SIU The year likewise featured the checks made a hit with them the man. One, announced two weeks completion of work on the new first time they were issued while ago, is the unparalleled success in Baltimore SIU port office, exten­ in Lisbon, Portugal. Ship's delegate which the SIU won a new high ot of the Union's varied welfare D. D. Story declared "We had no $176 in vacation pay for its mem­ sion program to all ports and trouble getting them cashed . . . bership, which provides most Sea­ service the beginning of a new seagoing and we had the satisfaction of farers with more in vacation bene­ SIU training school aboard a re­ Displaying traveler's checks which they drew in place of US cur­ knowing we were getting all the fits than any other union in the furbished sailing vessel honoring rency in Lisbon are some of SIU crewmen of Frederic C. Collin money coming to us." industry. the founder of the American mari­ (Drytrans). Crew reported themselves pleased with method of During this 1953-54 period the time No Left-Over Currency union movement. draws which SIU initiated in contract talks last summer. Union also reached . agreement Similar reports were received with the shipowners on two to six from crewmembers of Isthmian percent increases in wages and ships on the other side of the overtime retroactive over a nineworld. One Seafarer reported that month period to give SIU men in some ports the crew had no peak earning power and demon­ BALTIMORE—Seafarers in this port, through SIU Port Agent Earl Sheppard, this week difficulty in making purchases di­ strated conclusively that its pioneer offered their full- support to CIO shipyard workers here in their beef with the Maryland rectly with travelers checks, with­ Welfare Plan was second to none out having to change them into Drydock Company. t in benefits, coverage and cost per local currency. "If we had money dollar of the more than $2.5 mil­ The pledged support con­ workers already laid off for lack dispute relied on apparently is the left over from a draw," he said, lion in different benefits paid out. tinued the tradition of SIU of work a chance to collect state stalemate over a new contract. "it was in travelers' checks which Officials of lUMSWA Local 31, we could convert back into dollars aid down through the years unemployment compensation. Al­ Saved Hospitals though the right of the workers to which is directly involved in the The ye^r was marked also by the to the CIO Industrial Union of collect the money has been upheld beef, point out that most shipyards as soon as we got back to the US. Before this I used to be stuck with Marine and Shipbuilding Workers success of an SlU-spearheaded by examiners for the Maryland all over the country are working all kinds of foreign currencies, and of America, which was climaxed in j;ampaigh to save the US Public Employment Security Board, pay­ with reduced staff due to few con­ Health Service hospital program 1947 during the CIO union's 131- ment has had to be held up pend­ tracts and that Maryland Drydock I have a whole boxfuL of the stuff at home." day strike against major US ship­ from'extinction by Congress and ing company appeals to higher is no exception. Some snags were reported in one ^ the formation of a working alli­ yards. After winning the beef, authority. The contract beef, according to or two instances because of local ance between all non-Communist lUMSWA officials presented a The company's action has also Charles A. Russell, local e.xecutive regulations. In the Philippine US sea unions on matters of mu­ commemorative plaque hailing the drawn the fire of the Baltimore secretary, arises from the com­ Islands the checks have to be SIU's assistance Which is stili tual concern. In another field of concern to seamen, the SIU waged displayed at SIU headquarters City Council, which unanimously pany's "complete indifference to issued at sea because there is a adopted a resolution demanding seniority rules and its efforts to regulation prohibiting issuance of a vigorous campaign against the today. abusive policy of military officials At issue in the current dispute immediate action on the-pending bypass men with years of seniority US travelers' checks while in a in one department by transferring Philippine port. India, too, has regarding shore leave for merchant is the company unwillingness to cases from -the state board. Attorneys for Maryland Dry- them to a. hew one where they some regulations which have seamen in foreign ports and suc­ yield on terms of a new contract caused difficulty. ceeded in winning a ruling from despite 16 negotiation sessions. dock, meanwhile, contend that must start at the bottom." Both Russell and lUMSWA Re­ the Defense Department guaran­ Talks are now recessed indefinite­ there was an actual labor dispute Headquarters would like to hear teeing the right of seamen to un­ ly, pending a management change on and after July 23, 1954, and gional Director Jack Gerson visited from other SIU crews on the sub­ that the workers laid off since the SIU hall here recently to ject. Seafarers are asked to Write restricted shore leave in virtually of heart. all cases. An. added bone of contention is then have actually been away from outline the situation to Sheppard. in notifying the Union how the .Even with a decided dip in ship the company's legal maneuvering their jobs for that reason, and not He assured them whatever finan­ travelers' checks are being received traffic and the lay-up of many ves­ which has worked to deny 300 due to any lack' of work. The cial or other support they needed. in various foreign ports. , SIU Socks Ship Workers' Beef YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Lowdown on Food-Freezer Plans -'it- ' ^;r- \§''SK.ri "Are the food-and-freezer plans I hear about on TV any ' good?" asked Mrs. I. L., of Bronx, NY, a reader of the SEAFARERS LOG. This is a question of interest to many families seeking some way of reducing food expenses in this time of steep living costs. The sales spiels of the television pitchmen and house-to-house canvassers are very beguiling; too niuch so, as some families who are now the disillusioned, not-atail-proud owners of freezers can testify. Buying a freezer is a dubious investment for a city family. You can rarely make it pay for itself, even though the promoters claim you will be able to buy food, from them at reduced prices if you buy a freezer. The chief exaggeration is the claim that the plan supplies you with food at much lower than retail prices. The "plan" may advertise some very low prices on certain items. But in many cases it has been proved this is only bait. Short-Weighted Meats For example, in Nassau CountyTNY, there have been many complaints about short-weighting of meats sold by the food plans at what seemed low prices. County weights and measures authorities warned the public that many food-plan companies advertise that you can buy.meat at 59 to 63 cents a pound. But they bill you for 150 to 180 ' pounds, (the wholesale weight of the meat) while you . actually get only 100 pounds after the wholesale .cuts are .. trimmed down to the usual retail cuts of meat. Thus you may pay an average price of 85 cents for meat, which may be cheap for the porterhouse you get In your meat order, but expensive for the stew meat you also get. Even if a food plan is operated honestly, as some of the long established reputable ones are, and does give you a discount for quantity'purchases, the costs of buying and operating a freezer may well cancel all such savings. Owning a freezer is generally an economy only' for families who grow some of their own food, or live in rural areas where they may be able to buy food cheaply for freezing (even then, processing the food for the freezer entails a lot of work for the housewife.) A freezer also offers certain conveniences, like bulk buying and fewer shopping trips. But for most families living in larger towns, a large-enough refrigerator perhaps with a fullwidth freezer compartment, would be sufficient at much less expense. Costs of owning a freezer are surprisingly high. They include amortization, of the freezer itself, interest charge for time payments, repairs, electric power and packaging (which becomes surprisingly expensive). Government ex­ perts Estimate that the cost of owning a freezer comes to about $100-$120 a year. Depending on how much you use the freezer, its operating and ownership expenses thus add on 11 to 25 cents per pound to the cost of the food. The gimmick used by many food-plan promoters is to tell you that "food for a week" will cost you only, say "$20 a week for a family of four." But this only includes meat, poultry, fish and frozen produce. It does not include the milk, cheese, eggs, bread, dry groceries,- etc., that make up oyer hair ^.yow; iood bUL • ' Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margoiius, leading Expert on Buying Buying a freezer through a "food plan" is especially dubious because you must also pay installment charges for buying the freezer on time, and in some "plans" you pay an installment interest fee on the food too. Beware 'Tie-in' Price The worst feature of some "food plans" is that you pay $600 for a freezer you could buy for as little as $400 in any of the reliable private brands, or from retailers. Espe­ cially avoid any plan which makes a flat weekly price for the payment on the freezer and the cost of the food, and whose salesmen refuse to state how much the freezer it­ self costs. Too, there are seasons when you don't want to use frozen produce, when nearby fresh produce is reasonable or fresh fish is in season and very cheap. Or you may prefer some­ times to buy canned vegetables and fruits, which are gen­ erally cheaper than frozen foods at any season. If you do raise much of your own food (which city dwellers- don't), a freezer may save time and conserve food values better than home canning, and also save some money. For example, some small-town dwellers buy chicks during the summer for a few pennies and raise them to broiler size for the freezer. Others buy meat at bulk prices in the winter and freeze it for the warm months when the price is high. They buy a quarter of beef or a whole porker. Or they make a batch of applesauce in the fall, when apples go begging, and have it for months. But for city families, the best bet is still to look for the *cut-4:ate specials.offer.eji|.by local.supecmarkets....^.,. �SEAFARERS Page Sis K• H:- Stiffen CG Control of Dope Raps Former Diplomat Visits SlU Hq •BOSS' CRUMP DIES AT 80—One of Anierica's most powerful po­ litical leaders, £. H. Crump of Memphis, Tennessee, died of a heart ailment at the age of 80. Crump had ruled Memphis, and Tennessee, politics with an iron hand for 50 years. He suffered his first political setback in 1948 when Estes Kefauver won the Senatorial nomination over his opposition. 3) WASHINGTON — Broad power to deny or revoke sea­ men's papers of men con­ (i victed of any kind of narcotics violation have been given to the Coast Guard under the terms of a law passed in the last session of Congress. From now on the Coast Guard will have authority to pull the papers of men convicted of shoreside narcotic offenses in any Federal, state or municipal court in the land. Up until now the Coast Guard has had authority only over nar­ cotics violations- committed while the seaman was in the employ of a vessel. It could not act against a holder of seaman's papers who was involved in narcotics use or traffic while ashore. Further, the Coast Guard will have authority to deny new docu­ ments for entry ratings to anybody convicted of a narcotics crime. The discretion of the Coast Guard will cover convictions taking place on or after July 15, 1954, and the agency can deny the documents, or pull the papers, anytime within ten years of such convictions. As far as current holders of sea­ men's papers are concerned, the Coast Guard is given broad author­ ity under the law to revoke papers. Convictions for possession, sale, transportation or use of any kind of narcotics, including marijuana, in any court anywhere in the United States or its territories wUl be grounds for the Coast Guard to call a hearing. The revocation of the man's papers will be for a minimum pe­ riod of three years. After that, the man can apply for new seamen's papers which the Coast Guard may or may not issue at its discretion. The main objective of the legis­ lation was to impose drastic limita­ tions on the ability of merchant seamen to participate in narcotics smuggling — either on ship or ashore. Of course, it 4oes not apply to seamen on foreign-flag ships who are not required to carry US seamen's papers. October 29. 1954 LOG 4 LONE SEAMAN REACHES SAMOA ON RAFT—Following in the path of the famed Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, a 61-year-old New York ' seaman, WiUiam Willis, reached Samoa from Peru after 115 days of drifting on the Humboldt current. During most of the journey on the 34-foot raft he lived on raw dolphin fish. Discussing improvements in seamen's conditions in recent years, Edward R. Dudley, former US ambassador to Liberia (right), talks with SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paiil Hall (center) as Seafarer John Clark, steward, looks on. The onetime Government official visited SIU headquarters recently with Clark, an old friend. Log Reader Offers * Mystery Man' Clue NAVY PLANS ATOM CARRIER—with one atom-powered submarine virtually completed and a second one under construction, the Defense Department announced it was preparing to develop an atomic power plant for an aircraft carrier. Sea trials for the Nautilus, the Navy's atomic submarine, have been delayed because of defective steam pip­ ing which is now being replaced. $• •HAZEL' THROWS TEMPER TANTRUM—The season's most de­ structive hurricane, "Hazel" by name, caused over 300 deaths and hun­ dreds of millions in property damage all the. way from the island Re­ public of Haiti to Toronto, Canada. Beginning around October 5 off the island of Grenada in the Windward group. Hazel headed due west and then turned northward across Haiti. From there it went northwest, hitting the South Carolina coast at Myrtle Beach and cutting through North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York state and the province of Ontario, Canada. Storm and flood damage was severe for 200 miles on either side of the big blow. 3) . 4* 4" DEMOCRATS BAG A CABINET MEMBER—Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was treed by gleeful Democrats on the scent of an elec­ tion victory following an untimely analogy between people and dogs. In discussing the unemployment problem the Secretary remarked he preferred bird dogs to kennel dogs because the latter just sit on their As a result of a story which appeared in a recent issue of fannies and yelp for feeding. The implication that the unemployed are the LOG, a possible identification of "Mr. X," an amnesia lazy and the "people to dog" comparison was pounced upon by Demo­ victim at the Boston USPHS hospital, has been made by a crats and made a key issue in campaign oratory. seaman who is himself a pa--^' tient at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. The man is AB Joe McMurray, of the NMU, who reported that he had seen the LOG story in the hos­ pital and believes that the mystery seaman was a shipmate of his aboard the P. W. Sprague during a run to Antwerp in 1944. McMurray says he believes the man's name is Tompkins, and thinks he may have lost his memory during the buzz bomb attack on the Belgian port. Efforts to identify the amnesia victim were intensified recently when the "Boston Post" offered a $500 reward after "Mr. X" for the first time started to respond to questioning. "Mr. X," who was brought to the IHister X' hospital early in 1945 suffering from a bone disease, is qbout 65, erable knowledge of British navy six feet tall, slender, brown-eyed and merchant marine terms. In­ and grey-haired, and has a consid- cluding English sailors' slang. Cartoon History Of The SIU It took a war, the Korean action which began in June, 1950, to give shipping its first real boost in many months. The US, through the United Nations, was committed to. a major role in the fighting, and Seafarers, as in World War II, pledged overwhelm­ ing to keep the/ahipa.meyiiui and the Ktpply linear ^ » 4i 4> 4* GOV'T RAPS COFFEE EXCHANGE—The Federal Trade Commis­ sion charged the New York Coffee Exchange with responsibility for the drastic increases in the price of coffee which reached $1.45 a pound at retail earlier in the year. The Government agency said that trading practices of the Exchange, and speculation, were largely responsible. t i J RUSSIANS LEAVING PORT ARTHUR—Agreement has been, reached between the Communist Chinese, government and the Soviet" Union for Russian forces to evacuate Port Arthur in Manchuria. The Russians had occupied the base at the end of World War II. In addi­ tion the two countries have agreed to build two new railway lines link­ ing the Soviet and Chinese railway systems. The agreement is con­ sidered a sign that Red China and Russia are sticking closely together as equal partners in an alliance. 4 OWEN LATTIMORE INDICTED AGAIN—A key figure in Senator McCarthy's charges of Communists in government. Far East expert Owen Lattimore has again been indicted on perjury charges dealing with his testimony before a Senate committee. The US attorney try­ ing the case has asked Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl to dis­ qualify himself from hearing the case on the grounds that he is biased in favor of the defense. Judge Youngdahl had previously thrown out a key count in the Government's original indictment and was upheld by the US Court of Appeals. He refused to disqualify himself. War la Korea In July, the US began the Job of reactivating some of the more than 2JIXM World War U ehips in the reserve fleet for private operatlonr Meanwhile, with plenty of American abips atiU idle, the SIU charged tlut the Navy's Military Sea Tranq>eftatioa Servicet was still chartering 'toreign toanage to carry US eargoea No. 75 The SIU also went to bat with tiie shipping com­ panies and won war zone ooverage for Seafarers .go­ ing to the Far East. Although no one was hurt, the shelling of the SlU-manned Steel Rover near Hmig Kong in Am^ pinpointed the need to..^a88ure se­ curity lor Seafarers and their Sr^uiiUes in the midst ft m shiiotinf WW. . •^ �, .-.y yjw yy Ootober 29. 1954 SEAFARERS , ' Pagre Sevea Balfo SIU Port Office Nears Formal Opening SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON I LOG .|l i1 ii I Last year, due to the campaign put on by maritime unions, Congress appropriated about $33 miilion for marine hospitals. This was after the Bureau of the Budget had threatened to eliminate Government ap­ propriations altogether. Once again, the Budget Bureau, which passes on all Government appropriations before they are submitted to Congress, is thinking in terms of a substantial appropriation reduction for the marine hospitals. The Budget Bureau recommendation on this matter will go to Presi­ dent Eisenhower within the next six weeks. 4" t t 4> 4> 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 .f '•i Since the Greek Government eased many of the difficulties which Greek shipowners formerly met in placing their ships under that flag, more than 120,000 tons of shipping have gone back to the Greek flag. The Government of Greece has taken steps to inform interested parties abroad of all the legislative measures introduced up to this time in order to encourage the return to Greek registry of Greek-owned ships now under foreign flags. Some of the leading maritime nations of the world, particularly in Europe, are losing no time in planning for the opening of the St. Law­ rence Seaway. Unfortunately, up to this time, American lines have not shown too much interest in the subject. This is probably because US shipping companies were opposed to the Seaway project in the beginning. Whereas in the past many foreign shipping lines have gone only as far as Montreal, they are now making plans to es^tend their service beyond into the Seaway itself. Those who have indicated a desire to participate in this traffic include most of the European maritime powers. Contrary to some thought, it still will be a long time before mer­ chant ships will be propelled by atom power. Many obstacles remain to be conquered in this new field, including protection of crews and passengers from radio-activity. The maritime industry will need all the support it can get during the coming Congressional session to insure the success of shipping legislation to be introduced. This is so because maritime undertakings, like all others, are costly, and there are bound to be strenous objec­ tions raised. For example, it now appears that the keystone of the 1955 merchant marine legislative program in Congress will be a program to provide for replacement of the US merchant marine. Our fleet, in general, is more than middle-aged, and if not replaced according to a planned program, wjll become obsolete all at once. One of the big programs that will be considered by the next Con­ gress, convening, in January, will be one to authorize the construction of 60 large, modern dry cargo ships each year for 20 years. This new program probably would cost in the neighborhood of at least $400J)00,000, of which the industry itself would spend somewhat more than $200,000,000, with the Federal Government appropriating the balance. There will be substantial opposition to this program, both within and without Congress, even though the Government's share in the program would amount to less than one percent of our annual outlay for defense purposes. The main reason for opposition to maritime proposals is lack of un­ derstanding, lack of public prodding of the Congress, also a mistaken conviction, born of the costly emergency ship construction of the two World Wars, that we do not really need all this new construction, when already so many vessels are either in active service or in the reserve. Yet the Defense Department itself freely admits that the merchant marine, no matter how large it may be, and regardless of any emer­ gency construction program, will be woefully inadequate in case of Worid War III. Seafarers give the hew SIU Baltimore port office the onceover as work is rushed to complete the build­ ing in time for a scheduled opening in November. Behind them is tlje rotary shipping board for the main floor hiring hall, which duplicates the one at SIU headqijprters but is somewhat smaller. When completed, the building is expected to be one of the finest union halls in the US. SIU Strike Keeps Bull Run Tied Up BALTIMORE—^An attempt by the operators of ihe struck tanker Bull Run to get the ship worked on in the shipyard here was met with stone-wall opposition from CIO ship­ yard workers who refused to lay a hand on the vessel. Meanwhile, with the ship idled in the shipyard, picketing by^ members of the SIU crew has was later towed to this city and timore and manned the seagoing idled in the bay whiie a seagoing picketline for several days before been called off. Originally struck by the SIU in picketline manned by former crewthe Port of Norfolk, the Bull Run members circled the vessel in a cabin boat. Then, later this month, she was moved by tug to the facil­ ities of the Maryland Drydock Company. The shipyard workers, however, wouldn't touch her be­ Under the rules of the Va­ cause of the pickets. cation Plan as set forth by the The dispute is over the refusal trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the- of the company. Petrol Tanker in­ payoff date of his oldest dis­ dustries, Inc., one of several SIU charge in order to collect his companies under the Mathiasen banner, to renew its SIU contract. full vacation benefits. If he The company had been under con­ presents any discbarge whose tract to the Union for several payoff date is more than a years. year before the date of his va­ As a result of the operator's atti­ cation application, he wiil iose tude, the SIU called the strike in out on the sea time covered Norfolk and the crew walked off by that particular discbarge. Don't sit on those discharges. the ship. Strike authority had 4 4 4 Bring them in and collect the been voted earlier by the member­ Thirty-five countries have accepted the 1948 International Conven­ money that is due to you. ship. tion for Safety of Life at Sea. Crewmembers later came to Bal­ The last nation to accept the safety convention was Poland in the middle of this year. The US, back in ^950, was the third country to accept the conven­ Puerto Rico Labor Chief Visits SIU tion, and in the last four years, the various other nations of the worid gradually have filed their acceptance. 4 '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 DonH Waitf iSet Vacation Pay In the future, all applicants for merchant mariner's documents will be required to indicate on the application whether they ever have been convicted of violation of the narcotic drug laws of the United States. If the answer is "yes," the applicants will be required to state the place, date, and particulars of such conviction. Similarly, applicants for documents also must Indicate whether they have ever used or have been addicted to the use of narcotics. Failure to answer such questions, under new law, will be considered as one of the reasons for refusal to issue documents. The new law covers persons applying for any kind of Coast Guard license, certification, and documents issued to merchant mariners. Latest figures On the American merchant marine show a further drop in tonnage—21 ships less than the number in operation Just one month ago. The fleet today is 146 less than the active fleet in operation a year ago. This is the time of the year when shipping interests In the nation's Capitol are engaged in thinking of legislative programs for next year. Some have been, in talking the situation over with Commence Depart­ ment officials, but the latter take the view that it might be well to wait until the f/ovember elections before putting final touches on a legislative pro^am. On the other hand, at least one segment of the industry feels that the maritime industry has received about as much as it can get from the Government, and that it is up to the industry itself to carry on. Visiting the SIU hall in New Orleans, Fernando Sierra (wearing bow tie), secretary of labor for , Puerto Rico, chats with Seafarer Max Pitre (third from right), oiler on the Alcoa Corsair. Sierra was accompanied by Pedro E. Anglade (third from left), Puerto Rican attorney. , the ship was moved to the ship­ yard pier. She continues to be idle now and the company has indi­ cated no further move. No attempt to crew her has been made. Isthmian To Add Piers In B'klyn Seafarers shipping with the Isth­ mian Steamship Company in the Port of New fork will next- year be operating rut of one of the larg­ est'and most modern terminals on the Atlantic coast. The SlU-contracted operator has just completed arrangements for a ten-year lease on an additional ^09,000 square feet of waterfront property which wili connect with Isthmian's present breakwater ter­ minal in Brooklyn. When it is completed, the new facility will permit the simultaneous loading or unloading of six vessels, compared with the present accommodations for only four. Leaving Staten Island As part of its pier modernization program, Isthmian expects to give up its piers in Staten Island and eventually concentrate all opera­ tions in Brooklyn. The site, which extends into the Upper- Bay from Columbia Street, will house a new transit shed 750 feet long by 140 feet wide and will give Isthmian a terminal with an over-all area 3,250 feet long and up to 325 feet wide. The property's owners will undertake the actual construction. Isthmian currently operates 24 C-3 freighters and one C-2, the Andrew Jackson, on a bareboat charter from Waterman, another SlU-contracted company, in its world-wide cargo service. �m I I '.J'v • I Pare Eirht SEAFARERS LOG MARITIME All 29. crewraembers of the Llberian freighter Travel, Star were rescued last week when the ship caught fire after grounding on a reef near Okinawa. Army and Navy craft handled the rescue job . The Maritime Administration reports that the active US-flag merchant fleet suffered a decline of 21 ships during September. Only 1,308 ships of over a thousand tons were working on Oct. 1, representing a drop of 146 vessels in the last 12 months. The active privately-owned fleet Question: How do you like to has 59 fewer ships than a year ago. Government-owned ships accounted spend your time when you're on for the remainder. the beach? (Question asked in the 4 t Galveston hall.) The world's biggest tanker, the 47,000-tpn Al-Mallk Saud AI-Awal • Johnny Rielly, chief steward: I has completed her trial runs in the North Sea, following completion of construction in a Hamburg shipyard. She is going into operation try to plan my shipping so I will be on the beach shortly for the Saudi-Arabian Tanker Co., owned by millionaire ship­ during the hunt­ owner Aristotle S. Onassis . . . The Swedish-American liner Stockholm ing season., I like became the first trans-Atlantic liner to sail from a North Carolina port any kind of hunt­ when she left Morehead City this month on the first of four short ing, but shooting cruises. ducks and geese .44 4 is my favorite Efforts to salvage the 14,000-ton German liner Monte Cervantes have sport. During the ended in failure after 11 years and an expenditure of $1.2 million. season, you can The ship, with 1,200 passengers aboard, sank off the tip of South Ameri­ , always find good ca, in 1930, with no loss of life. After finally being refloated this month, . \ shooting along however, she sank once again while being towed by three salvage tugf the Texas coast. . . . Fire which raged aboard the 3,099-ton Norwegian steamer Folga 4 4 4 after she struck a mine in the North Sea caused no loss of life aboard Nick Magash, AB: I go fishing the vessel, thanks to the help of the Russian ship Tartu. One officer occasionally, but my favorite pas­ was killed when the -mine exploded, but 27 other cCewmembers were time is swim­ safe. ming and renew­ 4 4 4 ing acquaintances A total of only 16 vessels are under construction or on contract at with my. friends US shipyards on all coasts and the Great I^akes for future delivery. in Galveston. I The figure is made up of nine tankers, three dry cargo ships, two ore like to take time carriers, one passenger-auto ferryboat and one auxiliary cargo-attack off in the sum­ transport. All but six of them are scheduled for completion before 1955 mer when I'm . . . After making what is likely to be her last visit to New York, the not concerned British liner Georgic is expected to resume her old job of carrying with shipping. troops in the British Far East service. The 1932-built, 27,469-ton ship, Then I go out to currently under charter to the Cunard Line, served as a troopship dur­ the beach every day and visit with my friends in the evening. ing World War II. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hafford W. "Red" Roberts, FWT: The Government will get $1.6 million in an out-of-court settlement Of course, I like to go home to arising from the loss of freight aboai'd the Jacob Luckenbach, which Oklahoma City sank near San Francisco on July 14, 1953, after a collision with the occasionally, but Matson freighter Hawaiian Pilot. The Luckenbach, operated by Pacific I always find Far East Lines, was carrying 12,000 tons of Army and Air Force cargo friends in any plus 87 tons of mail bound for Korea . . . The Sun Oil Company's 19port 1 happen to ship US-flag tanker fleet gained a new addition when the 30,000-ton be iff. I like to Western Sun was launched at Chester, Pa. The 641-foot sh'ip has a renew old ac­ speed of 16.5 knots and will be put in the coastwise service from quaintances and Texas to Marcus Hook, Pa. travel around with guys I know. 4 4 4 The other day I An all-time ore tonnage record for one cargo was reported at met a* shipmate I sailed with 11 Superior, Wis., after 21,762 tons had been loaded on the George M. years ago. Humphrey on its maiden trip. The new high is 705 tons more than the 4 4 4 old record set in 1953 by the Ernest Weir. Both ships are owned Henry P. Lopez, AB: I like to be by the M. A. Hanna Coal Co. The Humphrey is named after the present Secretary of the Treasury, who was a top company official before join­ ashore in the summer-when I can ing the Eisenhower cabinet . . . Forty Newfoundland seamen have quit go swimming in working ships operated by the Furness-Withy company because of the daytime and a change from Canadian to English .wage scales. A company .spokes­ go to the fights wrestling man said the switch was made In an "economy" move because the and matches at ni^t English scale is much lower. Of course, it is always fun to sit aroimd with your friends; drink a beer- or so, and watch television. ACROSS DOWN 11. Pitcher •34. Vigor I'm single, so my time is pretty Morean 36. Masterful 1. The Queens, 1. Heavy swell much my own. 19. Florida Island, 39. Spree 4. Kind of achest for instance 8. The finest 12. Ugly old 2. Consumed 3. Capital of woman Guam 13. Marbles 4. Wire to 14. Nor.se port support mast 15. Filipino 16. Money used in 5. Swedish district Bombay 6. Ship operators 17. Particle 7. Sacred song 18. Copper 8. Dory 20. Best part 9. Unexpected Values highly 22. obstacle 10. Warning sign 23. Weapons 24. Greek letter 1 Z 27. Yale foot­ ballers 29. Extent 12 31. SIU member 34. Ship 15 35. Island in Firth of Clyde 36. Endorsement IS on a passport 37. River in 22 England n. Yankee pitcher to. Port in Palestine (4. The Yanks, this year 46. Sharp tasting Kind of buoy 47. 49. Stringed instrument 51. Miss Gardner 52. The best quaUty . . 53. Island be­ tween Corsica and Italy 54. Temporary;, Abbr. < 55. .Marrlesf 56. Hawaiian . . * wreathes • 87. Bitter vetch 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. 32. 33. off Guadalcanal 41. Shipping of Shoals container Make public 42. The Orinoco Moor Atlantic: Abbr. 43. Dutch cheeses 45. Native earths Hankers 46. Cry of despair Father of Jacob and Esau 47. Cutting tool Not so happy 48. Author of Part of "to "The Gold be" Bug" Atlantic Island 50. Jap sash (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) ,444 William Hightower, FWT: Just relaxing with the guys I know on the beach is my idea of a gO|od tinifr. You can always find' some­ one around the hall or in the neighborhood to swap sea stories with. A little feminine c o mpanionship is in order, too, and I usually run into someone I know in Galveston. October 29, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER HARVEY GUENTHER Orleans in a new role—that of an Electrician AFL organizer. His experience in (Interviewed in the Galveston hall.) organization work among laundry One experience with what he workers in the Crescent City describes as "management's idea brought him in contact with SIU of union" led Harvey Guenther members and officials with the re­ on a somewhat roundabout route sult that he became so interested to his first trip to sea aboard an in the SIU that he started ship­ SlU-manned ship out of New Or­ ping out. leans in 1946. Since his first trip early in 1946, This same experience introduced Guenther has ^aken part in a num­ Guenther to what he now calls his ber of major and minor SIU or­ chief hobby—studying and prac­ ganizational campaigns, including ticing trade unionism, with partic­ a successful SlU-affiliated Marine ular emphasis on the SIU brand. Allied Workers drive and the camr It all started in the early days of paign which brought the Cities World War II when Guenther was Service fleet under the SIU ban­ personnel director for a large St. ner. Settled In Houston Louis manfacturing concern. The Guenther eventually settled in St. Louis corporation took over operation of an automobile assem­ the Galveston area. He recently bly plant there for use in manu­ bought a house in Houston where he lives with his wife and 18-yearfacture of military goods. "Of course," Guenther recalled, old daughter. Another daughter "the men who had berti employed is married, and when Guenther is in the automobile assembly plant ashore some of his happiest mo­ were union members, which In the ments are spent visiting with his eyes of my employers made them three grandchildren. The SIU electrician and pump­ undesirable for work in the new operation. No one in manage­ man isn't the only member of his ment seemed to be concerned family who has more than a pass­ about the fact that conversion of ing interest in trade unionism, the automobile plant had thrown both as a vocation and as a hobby. His wife is an organizer, for the these people out of work." When Guenther was called on International Printing Pressmen the carpet for hiring too many of and Assistants' Union (AFL). "When I'm ashore it is a real the out-of-work assembly plant men, that was the last straw. pleasure to me to help Mrs. Gu­ Guenther resigned. enther in her organizational work," he said. "That, to me, is my re­ Management Double-Talks "The public shouldn't be misled creation." Both are avid readers of, the by management interests who ex­ press such grave concern for the LOG. "We get a lot of ideas from individual's 'right to work,'" Gu­ reading the LOG and studying the enther said. "What they really SIU's militant trade union policies mean is they want to deprive which we can adapt to other trade working people of the prjvilege of union lieljfls," Guentber explained. Gu'enlJiAr believes every SIU organizing legitimate trade unions: They want to put us in a position member should devote more time where we will have to belong to, to studying the tJnion'B contracts, their union of ideas to have the constitution and policies. "Every member should know the right to work." Guenther, believes his St. Louis rights that are guaranteed to him experience was a stroke of good under our constitution, contract and shipping rules," he said. "We fortune in disguise. His personal experience with should realize that along with management put him in search of a these rights, there is also an ob­ place where he could employ his ligation to do our part to help talents and knowledge of labor- maintain the fine orgainization we management relations to the best- now have. It is an organization advantage. Shortly thereafter, he which has won for us the highest was projected over to labor's side rewards in the industry in earn­ of the employe-employer relation­ ings, conditions, welfare benefits ship and found himself in New and internal union democracy." l^OUND^ A S^trike of 30,000 truck drivers in the New York City area quickly brought several hundred local and over the road truckers to terms on the basis of a 25-cents-an-hour in­ crease. Employer-negotiators had attempted to maintain a solid frcmt but the Teamsters; Union cracked it easily and .in five days .Aigned virtually every trucking operation in the area. union demands for a voice in the plan's operation. 4 4 4 Ten-thousand Ford Motor Com­ pany employees at the company's Ontario plants have gone out on strike for wage increases after sev­ eral months of negotiation between The United Automobile Workers and the company had failed to pro­ duce an agreement. The workers are employed by Ford's Canadian 4 4 4^ A "no-overilme" protest by subsidiary. Staten Island, New York, bus driv­ 4 4 4 Renewed efforts to. settle the ers slowed bus service for a few days. The men, members of the strike of Pittsburgh department Amalgamated Motor Coach Union, store employees were ^eemed un­ AFL, objected to the transfer of likely after members of Teamsters 4 4 "~-4 Leonldes Lopez, chief cook: I 29 (Irivers to other sections of the Local 249 (AFL) "rejected a five just loaf around the hall and visit city without i;eplacement. Union cent offer by a vote of 661 to 84. spokesmen contended that the The strike has been on for 11 friends in places transfers would leave Stated Is- months with inside unions affected along the coast, as well as teamsters. but I don't like lajid lines shoi^handed. to spend < much ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Employers who have stock pur­ New York laundry workers have time on the chase plans for their workers piust opened a $l,300,0Qp .ipedical cen­ beach. I've been bargain with the upion. on the ter which .will provide outpatient^ going to sea for operation of such plans, the Na­ services for lSiOOO workers,jn thq"^ 14 years imd I tional Labof Relations Board has industry, "The center was opened like to be out on ruleid. A three to one vote of the by the Amalgamated Clothing a ship... For that NLRR instriic'ted the Ric^el'd b'il' Workers^" bl Ameiiba (ClOl^urider, reason, ,1 don't get ofl[ unless <! drc'ujiistances le- Ciim^tany tfe bargain vidtli the OH its cbnfrtict-»gAfembhtil witli Iflun-, qUlre'lift»':tt't--^»i.t-v!yO(.y kiz! WbrkeMxattt^ttlitlttgill *Uftlbil»loir^(dvy'bMplbjfbts �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina SEAFARERS « LOG October 29, 1954 •Beffer Sfay Buried!' Vol. XVI, No. 22 Published biweekly by the Sebfarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAXJL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ' Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARO SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, iRwm SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Don't Try It* This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG carries a detailed ac­ count of a would-be conspiracy sponsored by the old ILA and elements within the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO) to "take over" US shipping and put the SIU and other genuine trade unions in maritime out of business. The operating plans of the ILA-chartered "United International Seamen's Union" bare all the earmarks of the crimp-hall, boarding-house methods of shipping seamen that were so popular with shipowners before strong mari­ time unions came into being. While the LOG is devoting a good deal of space toward the conspiracy, the Union is not alarmed over its future pros­ pects. The purpose of the display is to call the attention of Seafarers and all other unions in maritime to the fact that - the enemies of maritime unions are still active. They still dream of the days when seamen had to crawl to get a job. The membership should note as well that among the people involved are the elements who were exposed in the LOG of September 3 as the cast of "The Anti-Union Medicine Show." Up until now these elements have been active-against indi­ vidual maritime unions. Now with the help of the ILA, they plan to attack all maritime unions at once. The SIU is confident it will be able to handle this threat as it has handled others in the past. It knows that Seafarers will-not..stQmach any attempt to return to conditions the Union overcame years ago. It knows it can count on the active support of the rank and file membership of the Union to Tneet this threat with all necessary measures. In closing the SIU has three words of free advice to the "United International Seamen's Union"—don't try it. Attacks Apathy To Blood Appeal To the Editor: Lately I have beep reading some articles in the SEAFARERS LOG about the fine blood donor record which SIU members have at the Staten Island USPHS hospital and elsewhere. But recently something happened in the shipping hall at headquarters which I would like to comment about. I believe in giv­ ing credit where credit is due. but I also believe in giving criticism when it is needed. And I think it is needed in this case. What happened was that re­ cently, while I was in the shipping hall. the dis­ patcher asked for 15 blood donors to go over to the Staten Island hospital and do­ nate blood for some of their fel­ low Union mem­ bers who were going to undergo CoiliiM There was a time when all who will be 52 years of age this operations. This blood, we were all told, was badly ship's delegate had to worry about December. He makes his home in was beefs on food, overtime and Harbor City, California. needed. Some of the other rank and file Despite this, only nine members, repair lists. Sometimes, of course including myself, responded to the these can prove a tall order. But brothers who took over meeting appeal—and tliis only after the dis­ with life on shipboard becoming posts in the various SIU ports last patcher had m^de the appeal threi more complex, a delegate can have meeting were A. G. Alexander and other things on his mind like S. C. Slaid in Lake Charles, Leo times over the loudspeaker. Now this is a sad state of affairs, ship's library, recreation supplies De Loach, who was recording sec­ As Seafarers know it has been standard SIU policy down because when a man is in the hos­ a record player and even the in­ retary at the Mobile meeting. Bill through the years for the membership to assist other trade pital and needs blood he needs it ner workings of a television set. Neehan in Norfolk, and A. Ander­ unions both in and out of maritime in winning their beefs. right away—not tomorrow or the son and F. Votto in the West Coast TV Troubles That policy has won us the close friendship of many unions next day. What's more, it takes Television troubles were dropped port of San Francisco. who have been glad to give us a hand in any way they could. only about five minutes to give a at the doorstep of Seafarer Sid 41 4 4 One such union with whom the SIU has had close and pint of blood, and it doesn't hurt The role of rank and file trial Berger aboard friendly relations is the CIO's Industrial Union of Marine the donor in any way, and so there the Mae (Bull committees in dealing with viplais no reason at all why the mem­ and Shipbuilding Workers. Line). Like many tions of the SIU constitution was bers should not have responded other coastwise pointed up by a recent trial of a Some years back the shipyard workers had a strike at better than they did. and intercoastal Seafarer in the Port of Baltimore. major shipyards which dragged out over several months. Sea­ Against Personal Experience ships the crew- The Seafarer was brought up on farers helping out on the picket lines, particularly in Balti­ What surprises me especially members of the charges after he had "invaded" the more, were instrumental in helping the shipyard workers about this whole situation is the Mae had chipped Union hall in a drunk and disor­ fact that I know, from personal win that beef. in for a TV re­ derly condition and interfered Now Local 31 of the shipyard union is engaged in a serious experience, that SIU men are in­ ceiver, but were with the orderly dischai-ge of hassle over job rights with the Maryland Drydock Company variably ready to donate blood having their duties by Union needed, even when that blood Berger in which the SIU is again giving all the assistance it can. when troubles getting officials, refusing is not for members of their Union. In return the shipyard workers have been of considerable For instance, I was in Yokohama, it to work properjy. So ship's dele­ to leave peace­ when re­ assistance to the SIU on several occasions. At the present Japan, on August 19, 1952, when gate Berger, at last word, was scout­ fully quested to do so. moment the SlU-contracted tanker Bull Run is being struck the Army doctors from the Tokyo ing out somebody ashore who could A membership by the Union because its owners have refused to renew the Army Hospital contacted all the adjust the receiver to suit the dis­ committee con­ taste of the crew. contract. The Bull Run is drydocked at the Maryland com- ships in the harbor and asked the criminating Berger, who sails in the steward sisting of James crews to donate blood to the hos­ , pany's yard, but as far as the shipyard workers are con­ Corcoran, VI npital's blood bank. And—except for department, has been a member of eent Quinn, A. cerned the barnacles will stay on her bottom. They're not one NMU man—every man who the Union for five years, joining in Bearden, Ray touching a "hot" ship. * Pomerlane responded to this appeal was an the Port of New York. He is 42 Nicholson, The Bull Run is further proof, if such were needed, that SIU member. years old and lives ashore in Balti­ Charles Moss and Robert Pomerthe SIU policy of aiding other unions pays off time and again What we should do here, I be­ more. lane heard the evidence and upheld Another delegate who has doiie lieve, is build up a blood bank the to the benefit of the membership. the charges. They recommended same as Seafarers have built up a "bang-up job"—to quote his ship­ that the defendant pay a $50 fine 4" i 4elsewhere, to draw against in time mates—is John H. Emerick aboard and apologize for his actions. the Steel Traveler (Isthmian). The of need. Thomas M. Collins ship's minutes noted that excellent 4 4 4 (Ed. note: Last month, after care was given two men who had This Sunday marks the end of the 16th year since the SIU A series of informative educa­ A&G District was chartered. It completes another year in the passage of a resolution by the been hospitalized during the course tional meetings on the Waterman which the SIU has been able to make headway in the face membership, the Union attempted of the voyage and the delegate saw coastwise ship De Soto got under­ to set up a special SIU blood bank to it that their interests were prop­ way recently on the suggestion of considerable obstacles. the Staten Island hospital. The erly safeguarded. made by steward Phil Reyes. It Despite the shipping slump of the past year which has at Union was informed at that time was agreed that a whole series of 4i t hit the entire maritime industry the SIU has been able that blood bank facilities at the Serving as an officer of the last meetings would be held both to to absorb the shock and press ahead for new contract, vaca­ hospital are too limited to store Wilmington membership meeting acquaint new men aboard with the tion and welfare gains'for the membership as well as more more than a gntall reserve supply. was Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett. A operations and structure of the new progress on the legislative field; And at the same time Therefore^ the Union has had to veteran member of the SIU (he's Union and to serve as a "refresher" it stands firm against attempts of enemies of the SIU to rely on having Seafarers donate been with the Union since 1944), course for all Seafarers aboard the blood when and as it is needed. Puckett originated the Idea of vessel. shake or weaken it in any way. However, the Union has an under­ cooks and bakers exchanging their The first meeting was held on The SIU, as i union, was born in a time of difficulty and has had to fight every inch of the way against the shipowner, standing with the USPHS hospital favorite recipes and food special­ the spot with Seafarer Otto Calla­ —and also with city and private ties through the columns of the han presiding. It dealt with Union the waterfront Communist, and other enemies of maritime hospitals elsewhere in New York SEAFARERS LOG. He's contrib­ methods of settling beefs, unions. It has survived all attacks and made tremjendous —that all blood used by Seafarers uted a few of his own to the Union history, provisions of the Union contract headway through the years in the face of them. The strength win be replaced immediately, and newspaper in the past and again and other items. It proved to be of the SIU and the secret of its success lies in the fact that the Union has always liv^d up to this week. . of considerable interest TO tiie it has always Jbeen, and i ixmtinuea; to be^ a fighting, union. Ms part of the understondiniL) Puckett is,a «l|^ve^^ Callfpin(4^'ewmembers. Lending Al Hand 16th Birthday I Vot< Thanks 'I '"f\ 1 1 rY I M I �I 1 fJ}-- VMTC Tea SEAFARERS LOG October 30. 1954 ISK- There are SlU men who ha'j years, and who are as much at pore OS they are in San Francl of the world which still remaiif complete mystery. That area US Navy expedition to Antarctic in 1946-47 (above) was largest, most mechanized ever made. Here, moored to bay ice, are three of 12 naval vessels used. Even, the frigid Arctic sec commerce. This was partici when Seafarers made runs t< the Antarctic waters—and t| sweeps of the continent of day commercially untouched] Still, scientific expeditions] tion of 1946-47, shown on the secrets of this heel of the technological advances being] Some day, in the SlU ship( question may be: "Anyone E >'••' e ^.' iff &-':• ?!••••• ;r- ;, iivi^ Although expedition was mechanized, dogs and sleds were invaluable, penetrating areas no machine could sled i» lpad«d loa,d«d M megs helJi ; J The penguin's called a funny duck, he's always dressed for a ball; but the funniest part about him is-r-he ain't, a duck< at alL Si-Cl lot Breaking ice in Bay of Whales is UJ Antarctic^—5-6 million square milei Kally aouth«rmnost aeaa of Atlantic Sftia'MH^ �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Elevea m ' "•iL " Being-towed by tractor from bay ice to shelf ice is Navy observer plane. Rear Admiral Byrd, expedition leader, pioneered air exploration of Antarctic. • Huskies, such as one shown here, were as important to success of expedition as were men. Here Navy man rigs dog in place in line-up to draw slied. •i |» sailed the 5even sees for lome in Soigon and Singa0. Yet there is one area for Seafarers a region of the Antarctic. have seen their share of liriy true during the war, [ports like Murmansk. But vast, silent ice-covered jntorctica—remain to this ••and untouchable. Almost buried in snow is this Husky. Antarctic has severest climate on earth, with temperatures of 80 be­ low, or about 15 degrees colder than the Arctic. \ ^ s..\ Moored at Bay of Whiles is USS Ediste. Besides 12 surface vessels and planes. Navy used subs in expedition, which it designated as "Operation Highjump." - fke the US Navy expedipages, are revebling the [rid. And with the rapid [lade by man—who knows? jg hall of the future, the Little America?" L ' J' r.' * /^ General view of expedition camp at what Rear Admiral Byrd called "Little America." Unlike Arctic, which is frozen, landlocked sea, Antarctic is land mass. Quonset huts, built by Seabees, also formed part of camp. Expedition had in it over 4,000 Navy men plus many civilian scientists and technical experts. iiiiiiili: L . in Northwin<i. 'Patera surrounding l)f' land' around Southr Pole^ar* iPacific, Indian oceans. Tested under Antarctic conditions, emergency survival [ear, here shown being inspected, later helped save es of many Navy men in other situations, ' j.Kjftvv 'r.»rT fi-j Huk J With pipe and tobacco for comfort. Rear Admiral Byrd huddles near stove in shack. Byrd led four expeditions to AntarcUe—in 1929, 1933, 1939 and . • »v i • v*-« • �SEAFARERS Pace iSrd^ LOG October 29^ 19S4 PORT JtCPORXS Norfolk: Shipping Is Showing 'Signs Of New Life' During the past two weeks in this port we paid off the Bull Run (Mathiasen) and San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern) and signed on the San Mateo Victory. In transit were the Ocean Betty (Ocean Transpor­ tation), Steel Designer (Isthmian), Yaka (Waterman) and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers). At the last regular meeting the port agent said shipping in t.his port is showing*signs of new life with the crewing of the Oceon Nimet (Ocean Transportation) and the payoffs of the San Mateo Vic­ tory and Bull Run, but said it was a little too early to attribute this to the "50-50" decision applying to shipments of coal from this port by the US Government. He also stated that authority had been given to paint and repair the Nor­ folk hall. . Patrolman 'James Bullock re­ ported that in the USPHS hospital at present^are Herbert M. Bumpass, George F. Leckler, Lonnie Hall and Jesse P. Brinkley. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent paid off the Del Sud and Del Campo (Mississippi); Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Chickasaw and Antinous (Waterman), and Salem Maritime (Cities Service). Signing on were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa) and the Del Sud and Del Oro (Mis­ sissippi). In transit were the Alcoa Pa­ triot, Alcoa Clipper and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Steel King and Steel Executive (Isthmian); Del Oro and Del Alba (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain); Hastings, Monarch of the Seas, Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), and Neva West (Bioomfield). 'SpideF Recuperating Duska (Spider) Korolia is back in the USPHS hospital and doing well after another operation, while Hal Ellis, Oscar Bird and Jesse McElreath have be6n discharged from the hospital and are waiting to ship out. Recuperating nicely, and hoping to be able to ship out soon, are Clarence Lomax, Henry Jeffrey, George Champlin, Aurelio Patingo, Samuel Cope and John (Red) Carolan. Men recently admitted to the hospital are Melvin C. Foster, Albert Volloton, George Gordano, Dixon Stroup, Edward J. Stevens and James (Blackie) Mason. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Wilmington: The Gahlns Pays Off, Signs On For Far EasI Shipping was not too good in this port during the past two weeks but We did have The Cabins (Cabins) come into San Pedro for a payoff and it was a clean one. This ship also signed on for a run to Japan with Navy cargo and we are hoping she will make a few trips to the Far East from this coast. In transit during this period were the Choctaw, Azalea City, Gateway City and John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Seacomet 11 (Ocean Carriers); Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar), and Southwind (South Atlantic). Ernest B. Tllley Wilmington Port Agent S. S St New York: Shipping Hoids Up, Joh Tnrnover Steady The ships we paid off during the last two weeks were the Steel Ex­ ecutive and Steel Maker (Isth' mian); Edith, Beatrice, Arlyn and Frances (Bull); French Creek Paoli, Chiwawa, Logans Fort, Brad ford Island and Lone Jack (Cities Service); Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Penin sula Mariner (Waterman); Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi); Seatrain New Jersey (Seatrain), and Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ tion). • Signing on were the Greece Vic­ tory (South Atlantic); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Ocean Betty (Ocean Transportation); Robin Wentley (Seas Shipping), and Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi). In transit were the City of Alma De Soto, Kyska and Iberville (Waterman); Massmar (Calmar) Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Seatrains Savannah, Louis­ iana, Texas and New York (Sea­ train); Elizabeth and Dorothy (Bull), and Steel Director, Steel Recorder and Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian). Claude' Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer St i Sonth's Shipping Good, Soon Staying Thai Way Lay-Up Heel Jdned By Peninsula Mariner The latest addition to the laidup fleet in this area is the Penin-^ sula Mariner, which arrived in this port a couple of days ago. This is the latest of the Pascagoula-built Mariners which have been sailing under the Waterman banner. Despite this, prospects for ship­ ping during the coming two weeks look fair, with the following ships due to hit the port either in transit or for payoffs: Arizpa, Beauregard, Fairisle, Claiborne, De Soto and Iber­ ville (Waterman) and Alcoa Cav­ alier, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Part­ Nickerson ner and Alcoa Patriot (Alcoa). Some of these ships might lay up but there is a good possibility that the Waterman jobs would be replaced by some of the ships that Philadelphia: are laid up here, and that have al­ ready been repaired and are ready to go, so we shouldn't lose anything on the lay-ups. Shipping here slowed , down, Shipping in this port has been somewhat during the last couple of moving along fairly well during weeks with some 54 men shipped the past two weeks and we have to regular jobs and 111 men sent shipped just about as many men as to various relief jobs in and we have registered, which of around the harbor. During this period we had eight payoffs, four course is a healthy sign. We had the Calmar (Calmar) in sign-ons and three ships in transit. here for payoff—the first since the The ships paying off were the company started air conditioning Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Al­ the holds of their ships. Also, we coa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer and. may be fortunate in having-these Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa) and the ships in here regularly for payoffs Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne as we understand there has been and Peninsula Mariner (Water­ a change in thein operations. man). The Alcoa Patriot, Polaris, Pointer and Pennant signed on Julesborg Takes Crew again. We also had the Julesburg In transit were the Chickasaw (Mathiasen) in hwe for payoff and Antinous (Waterman) and the after a four-month trip and we Del Campo (Mississippi). shipped a full erew on her. So. Mobile Bay Boy all in all, things were pretty good in this port, with seven payoffs, For our Seafarer of the Week, five sign-ons and six ships in we nominate Terrell T. Nickerson, transit. who joined the Union ^ 1948. Besides the Calmar and Jules­ Brother Nick," as he is known to burg the payoffs were the Steel lis friends, is married and makes Director (Isthmian), Cantigny (Cit­ his home down on Mobile Bay a ies Service), Angelina (Bull), few miles outside the city limits. Southern Cities (Southern) 'and He usually ships in one of the pa^ Republic (Trafalgar). senger ratings in the steward The Steel Director, Cantigny, department, and right now is on Southern Cities, Calmar and the beach waiting for a spot on an Republic signed on, and in transit Alcoa ship. When he's on the were the Ines (Bull), Steel Maker beach his favorite sport is catch­ (Isthmian) and De Soto, Kyska, ing soft shell clams and flounders Yaka and Iberville (Waterman). in front of his house, during the A. S. Cardullo . summer. As for the Union, Nick Philadelphia Port Agent says the Welfare Plan is tops, and he thinks the disability benefit is the best feature of the Plan. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent X s- St It looks as if all of these hurri­ canes we've been having have blown away our warm weather here in New York and it has been pretty chilly during- the past few days. 4. The only thing hot around here New Orleans: right now is the political situation and the politicians are really going at it. We only wish that shipping i> St t, around here would pick up as much momentum as these political cam­ Savannah: paigns. If it did, there would be This port has been getting its no men left oh the beach. fair share of shipping during the Shipping during the past two past couple of weeks, and from all weeks, however, has been holding indications shipping should stay up very well in this port and there good here at least for the ne.xt Shipping has been good in this has been a steady turnover in all couple of weeks. The Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa) has port'and it looks as though it will departments. .#The .only; slow ship­ ping,' in fact, has beeh for stew­ crewed up and that completes the continue that way for a while. ards. These boys seem to be hold­ We had no payoffs during the drydocking period for the Alcoa passenger ships. The Del Sud was past two weeks but we signed on ing down their jobs So I would not advise any one who is in a hurry the first Mississippi passenger ship the Royal Oak to get out in that rating to come to to go in and come out of drydook (Cities Service) New York to registw. and will be followed by the Del and had seven During these past two weeks we Mar and Del Norte, When these ships in tsansit: paid off 18 ships, signed 5 on for­ ships complete their- drydocking, the Steel Trav­ eign articles and serviced 16 in shipping will settle down to nor­ eler (Isthmian), transit. All of these ships were in Robin Kettering mal here. good shape with very few beefs on Alcoa now has the Alcoa Runner, (Seas .Shipping), any of them, and the credit for Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Ranger Lone Jack (Cities this of course goes to th« ships' Service) and Searunning into New crews and delegates for doing Orleans every trains Georgia bang-up jobs in real SIU style. two weeks with and Louisiana, Week, bauxite, and of which each called here twice. Ocean Betty Crews Up course we hope Oldtimers on the beach are J. B. We had two ships go into tem­ they will con­ Farrow, A. Mackin, A. D. Eden- porary lay-up during this period— tinue with this field, C. B. Bennett and Leo F. the Edith (Bull) and Robin Tuxford schedule as they Weeks. In the hospital are J. (Seas Shipping). However, the will be a big help Littleton, A. W. Lima, J. T. Moore, Ocean Betty (Ocean Transporta­ to our shipping. P. Bland, James F. Lee, G. F. tion) came out of lay-up and took With two pas­ Bourdonnay Wilson, J. D. Cannady, W. C. Lee a full crew. We also expect two senger ships in and W. H, Gilbertson. more ships to come out of lay-up port at the time, our last meeting Jeff Morrison during the next two weeks so ship­ was like old home town week, with Savannah Port Agent ping should continue to be good. quite a few oldtimers around wait­ ing to get back out again on their respective ships. Among these were Sloppy Creel, Shorty Moise, Baldy Bolliiiger, Jack Bates, Major Costello, Zeke Bonura, Alton Booth, Mike Rossi, Buddy Voorhees, Frank Vivero, Pete Garza, D. D. Story, Frenchy Blanchard, Shipping Figures October 6 to October 19 Charley Crosland, Louie BourdonBEG. BEG. BEG. ^TOTAL SfflP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL nay, Frank Russo, Joe Cave, Heavy DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Hutcherson, Red Truly, Scotty PORT Boston 12 8 6 26 3 0 Malvenan, Gus Brosig, Leonard 1 4 Munna, Humela Fluence, George New York m 119 113 353 81 TS 73 227 Curry, Tony Di Nicola, Whitey Philadelphia 40 17 27 84 83 28 18 79 Plunkett and many others. Baltimora iig 79 86 283 ' 118 01 76 285 Luck Isn't Good Norfolk 23 17 10 50 8 4 4 ' IS Out at Magnolia Park in Jeffer­ Savannah 15 9 2 28 10 12 13 44 son Parish the trotting races have Tampa 18 13 24 55 12 5 3 20 been in full swing for some time Mobil# 30 21 23 74 13 18 26 now but from all indications none of the brothers has been Setting New Orleans .99 70 138 807 88 <» 127 278 the world on fire out there. Maybe Galveston 21 7 10 38 81 It 18 73 the holies they've been betting on Seattlp .18 16 14 48 65 44 37 138 aren't even trotters—Just walkers. SanFrancisca 28 17 35 80 26 19 78 28 .Or maybe they'll do better when the season opena at the Fair Wilmington ........... 12 8 2^ , 1^ 8 .••8 • •••••19 Grounds here in New Orlean*. Duringiithe past twoi-weeks we • ^428'" , .Alcoa Drydoekiiig Ends As Corsair Crows Up Mobile: Port Hoping To Got Calmar Ship Payoffs A & G SHiPPnfG RECOBJO h I- m Miami: . Talks Wilh P 8 0, New Bempany Under Way We had no payoffs or sign-ons in this port during the past two weeks- but we had seven ships in transit, as follows: Ponce (Ponce Cement); Antinous, De Soto and Yaka (Waterman); Wyoming Quaker), and Florida (P Se O). The Ponce eaUed here twice. Negotiatlims with the P & O are now under way and we are also talking with a new company which adll operate three ships out of here and Key West. We hope t» be able to make a favorable report on . them soon. .BddloPaiv - �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS Paire Thlrteea LOG PORT MtRPORTS.. Lake Charles: Tanker Visits Keep Port's Stiipping Fair well to be prepared for a slack period. During the past two weeks we paid off 19 ships, signed on 15 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Hilton, Mae, Kathryn, Marina and Evelyn (Bull); Steel Recorder (Isthmian); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Seamar (Calmar); -fiull Run (Petrol Tankers); Yaka (Water­ man); Jefferson City Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers); Chilore, Marore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore, Venore (Ore), and Oremar (Calmar). Signing f on were the Alamar, Oremar (Calmar); Catherine, Albion (Drytrans); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Trinity (Carras); Yaka and Fairport (Waterman); Sweetwater (Metro Petroleum), and Chilore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore and Marore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Runner (Alcoa); Antinous, De Soto, Iberville and Choctaw (Waterman); Alamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Rosario (Bull); Steel Maker (Isthmian), and South­ ern Cities (Southern). I am very pleased to be able to report now that we definitely will be in our new hall soon after November 1 as we are now putting the furniture in it. The following men are now in the marine hospital: Robert Scales, James Temple, Gilbert Wright, John Jung, Edward Dooley, Albert Coles, Basil Earl, John Shaw and Andrew Prodey. I'm sure all of them would appreciate hearing from their shipmates and other Union brothers. Ear^ Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Son Francisco: Ask For Replacemenls, Ship Delegales Told October 21 on this petition, which involves the SUP, MFOW, and MCS-AFL. Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been slow, but the future looks brighter. We paid off the Madaket (Waterman) and signed on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transportation). In transit were the Gateway City, Azalea City and John B. Waterman (Waterman); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers); Southwind (South Atlantic), and Pennmar (Calmar). For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Jack Surles. Brother Surles, who joined the SIU in 1946, says there is no com­ parison between sailing conditions then and now. As far as the Wel­ fare Plan goes, he does not have any favorite benefit, but says he believes every phase of it is tops. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent During the past two weeks the We have noticed lately that following Cities Service . tankers delegates have been lax about called at this port: Paoli, Chiwawa, calling in for replacements for Council Grove, Logans Fort, Brad­ permitmen who have been on their ford Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, ships over 60 days. There are French Creek and Salem Maritime. times when we are unable to make The Del Canipo (Mississippi) also a ship and' check on these men, called at this port, and over in and so it is up to the delegates to Port Arthur, Tex., we had the Del notify us. It is a good policy for Alba and Del Sol (Mississippi). In the delegates to call the hall when they arrive and let us know how Orange, Tex., we had the Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). many permitmen they have, and their ratings, so we will be able As a result of these calls, ship­ to contact the company and replace ping here was fair during the p^;st them. As bookmen know, if these two weeks and jobs are not called in they may the boys man­ be on the beach waiting for a job aged to get out. on a particular ship, and the job At our last does not materialize. meeting here, deck department We have also been having con­ i t 4. men took over versations with officials of the the platform with ; SUP and have learned that Broth­ Seattle: Brother Alexan- ii er Kim, who had been operating an der serving as g office for the SUP in Yokohama, chairman and Weems no longer has any official capacity Brother Slaid in that port to send replacements serving as recording secretary and aboard .our ships or - settle our both men did a fine job. beefs. If a man misses a ship or Shipping has been very good in " Brother Alexander hails from is left in that area, he should first this port during the past two Arkansas but is generally known report to the company agents end weeks, with four Libertys coming as "Tex," although sometimes he's the American consul. We under­ out of lay-up. called the mayor, or rather exstand they will carry a shipping Three of these mayor, of Highway 90 West. list to fill any vacancies that might have gone inter• Brother Slaid comes from coastal with lum­ occur in that area. ber and wheat to Louisiana. _Three-Department Vote the East Coast. For our Seafarer of the Week Another thing of great interest As for the fu­ we nominate Brother Leonard here, of course, is the petition by ture, the only Weems who comes from Alabama. the SIU of - North America for a thing in sight at Weems joined the SIU in 1949 dur­ three-department vote for repre­ the moment is ing the Cities Service organizing sentation on West Coast ships. the Mother M. L. campaign. He rode ' those tubs Michalik NLRB hearing's got underway (Eagle Ocean) through to the successful conclu­ which is due in here for a payoff sion of the drive and now continues this week. to ride them to enjoy the condi­ We had no payoffs during the tions that he and the others helped past two weeks but signing on to get. In fact, he says that al­ were the Cecil N. Bean -(Drytrans), though he'll sail anything that Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo), Trojan floats he'll always prefer the tank­ Trader (Trojan) and Barbara ers. He also says the SIU cannot Michel (Norlo). . be topped for the protection it In transit were the Pennmar gives its members. (Calmar) and the Jean LaFitte and Other Men on Beach Azalea City (Waterman). Besides Brothers Alexander, Sign-On Is Okay Slaid and L. Weems, we also have The Barbara Michel, which be­ the following brothers now on the longs to a hew company which re­ beach: T. Weems, E. W. Copeland, cently signed the full SIU working M. (Fingers) McNabb,:Swede Hellagreement, signed on okay, with man, F. Reese, Ben Grice, E. Wil­ the company agreeing to install liams, R. Lyle, S. S. Lyle, Red fans and inner-spring mattresses Henry, A. (Frenchy) Hebert, Bill on the East Coast. Lowe, E. Lerma and a number of The Cecil N. Bean sign-on was Others. held up until electric fans were We have no men in the hospital installed, and on the Trojan here at this time. Trader the crew has refused to Meeting for the first time in the SIU's air-conditioned New Or­ On the local labof front, the AFL sign on until fans are installed as leans hall, delegates to the New Orleans AFL Central Trades and Boilermakers have finally settled per the agreement. Labor Council, posed for the LOG photographer. Accepting an their beef and all construction Jeff Gillette invitation extended by SIU members in New Orleans, the Council work here is in full swing again Seattle Port Agent will make the hall its regular bi-monthly meeting place. and everybody is happy except the contractors. The boilermakers got just about everything they asked. None of the other unions in this area have beefs at present and so everything is running along very smoothly. On that note I will sign off now WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT. WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave and get out and try to get a few Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District El-nest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT COLBORNB fowls off the trees. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 Leroy Clarke TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul HaU BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Lake Charles Port Agent James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Four Liberly Ghips CoffleOulOfLay-U|i . SIU Host To New Orleans AFL Council sm • mm-mmcrmm i t 4. Baltimore: Shipping Hits Peak; Hall Gets Fnrnilure Shipping in the port of Baltimore is still very good, and during the past two weeks; we shipped six more men than we~ registered. I think, however, that we have now reached our peak, and 1 would ad­ vise any men here-who want to ship out to do so at their fii*st-opportunity. I dbwH lilt#^to have to make'tlfife'statbilfenVf'biff it's always GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Frenchy Mlchelet, Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1410 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent . Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey. Wllliama. Agent • MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave,-, Brooklyn HYacintfa 9-6600 NORFOLK ;,.... 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA..-. ..337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .. , 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, Wes est Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo51—La5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH ^ "7ANN,'" 3 Abercurn St. . JeR Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 . 9700 1st Ave SEATTLE Jefl Gillette, Agent Elliott 4.834 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WiUiam HaU SUP HONOLULU Empire 4531 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY, NS ...304 Chariotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLB, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, OnUrlo 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam .St. NB Phone: 2-5232 VANCOUVER, BC 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALIF.. 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO........450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lokes District SEATTLE... V. 2505 1st Ave. • ' • Main U290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON .....805 Marine Ave. Phone: 12;{8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK .... 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn J34 Lakeside Ave., NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadiao District : Headquarters Phone: Woodward l-6857> 331 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 SL James St. West UULUTH PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 ;teyTH CHICAGO... E. •( PORTLAND ""P^hofef^ti Boston: Office Workers' Drive Gels Assisl From SIU Local 6, Office Employees Inter­ national Union, has been conduct­ ing an intensive drive here in Bos­ ton and the surrounding towns to get new members, and we have been handing out leaflets and as­ sisting them in their organizational campaign. The drive covers fac­ tories, business offices and stores. Also, we are watching the elec­ tion situation with keen interest, and are hoping the voters will vote right so that we can keep Ameri­ can ships for American seamen in­ stead of having them transferred to foreign flags. Shipping in this port has been very slow during the past two weeks, and the outlook is rough, since no ships are sched­ Higgins uled to come in here in the near future. During the past two weeks we paid off the Greece Victory (South Atlanticl, Alexandra (Carras) and Council Grove (Cities Service) and these three ships signed on again. The Southern States (Southern) paid off in Bucksport, Me., about 350 miles fi'om here. In transit were the Ann Marie (Bull), Steel Maker (Isthmian), Robin Locksley (Seas Shinping) and Kyska. Iberville and Chicka­ saw (Waterman). Sailing Is Delayed On the Alexandra, all repairs were settled with the exception of a few chairs in tlie messhall which were broken. This ship was de­ layed in sailing from the Mobile shipyard because the shipyard workers were not finished with their repairs on the throttle. When the Council Grove signed on she was short one man, a deck maintenance. The port engineer or skipper would not call in for a replacement until the ship was ready to sail and it was too late to clear the replacement through cus­ toms and the Coast Guard as the articles were closed. They were informed that they had better call in for replacements in time for us to get the men aboard, as we will not have these ships sailing shorthanded. For our SIU Man of the AVeek we have selected Brother Jack Higgins who is more commonly known as "Shipwreck" Higgins be­ cause he was bosun on the Cornhusker Mariner when she ran aground in Inchon, Korea. Hig­ gins, who really knows a bosun's job, just became the father of a baby girl and all the fellows in the hall are now waiting for the cigars. Welfare Benefits Given Higgins, of course, is now due to get the regular SIU maternity benefit, and another man who has jugt gotten a welfare benefit is James Galvin, who received the death benefit following the death of his brother, John Galvin, Oldtimers now on the beach in­ clude W. Canty, D. Downey, C. Krause and T. Ritson, In the Brighton marine hospital are A.. Oyhus, J. Carey, M. Lavoie, J. Keegan, C. Dudley and F. Alasavich, I guess that's all for now except to say that we are no longer hav­ ing Indian summer here in Boston. In fact, for the past couple of days it has-been real wintery. . James Sheehan sw valvj-Boston . I • 'i J •1 "1 '4 -A'i 'I i i(.:- ' "• • - J �Pace Foarteea III; SEAFARERS LOG In A Litt e Town, SIU Ship's Stopover Is A Big Event ' October iSf. IWt OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and'information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers In Gijon, Spain, an American ship is a rarity—so rare, in fact, that the arrival of one may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and is the signal for virtually the entire native population'to start celebrating. And that, ac­ aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch." SEAFARERS LOG, cording to crewmember Luis A. Ramirez, was just about what happened when the Western 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4_____ Rancher (Western Navigation) hit the port With color virtually supplanting walk, try this if you have a prob­ on the Bay of Biscay, on Spain's northern black and white photography as coast. the full-time- specialty of many lem setting bolts in concrete. Drilf .. The Western Rancher, Ramirez points out, is to the depth you want, then camera fans, Kodak has come up asethole an old Liberty ship, and not much to look at. Never­ your bolt in the hole—head with Ektacolor rollfilm which can down. Hea,t theless, it was only the second American ship to hit some yellow sulphur be processed directly by the user. in a small metal Gijon in many years—and the first to hit it in the remembering The film is offered in 127, 120, 620, to shape one endcan, past three years—and its arrival was the signal for of the for a 116, 616 and 828 rolls at prices pouring spout. Then, whencan the senors and senoras to roll out the welcome mat. the sul­ ranging from 80 cents to $1.50 and phur becomes fluid, pour it into The senoritas, too. is available in both daylight type In fact, Ramirez says, the natives were keenly dis­ the hole. It hardens to the strengin and type A (tungsten). It can be of appointed over the fact that the skipper wouldn't you'll avoid the mess processed in the same chemicals as of concrete, convert the vessel into a floating museum, and let handling the actual concrete, Kodak Ektacolor sheet film. them roam it and inspect it at will. and do the job faster at the same Strikes Up Friendship ill time. If^ou can, melt the sulphur One of the highlights of his stay, Ramiree reports, Stamp collectors _wlll sanqtle the outside "so you won't get the fumes was the friendship he struck up with Don Rodrigo sixth new US issue in recent in the house. Fernandez, the impresario or manager of the Salon months when the five-cent blue in ill ill ill Srieta. This place, Ramirez says, is a sort of com­ the new regular series—featuring Seafarers who up until now have bination cafe and theatre, and one may sit at a a portrait of James Monroe—has shied away from everything except table, have a few drinks, and enjoy a vaudeville its first day of sale on Dec. 2, 1954, a plain box camera with readyshow, with a minimum charge of only 6 pesos, or at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 2 was made settings to take pictures at 15 cents. selected for the first-day sale be­ work oi'"candids" of the family Through his friendship with Senor Fernandez, cause it was on that day in 1823 while, they're home could probably Ramirez and the deck delegate, Tony Ferrara, were that Monroe first expressed what make good use of a new 35-cent allowed backstage one night and met the show's has come to be known as the Mon­ Eastman Kodak booklet. Employ­ star performers—dancer Angelines Jiminez and roe Doctrine in his annual message ing the easy-does-it approach, flamenco singers Carmen Aparicio and Jose Luis to Congress. Fredericksburg, in its "Snapshots Exposed" explains pho­ Campoy. Later the entire cast put on a special show Flamenco sdngera Jose Luis Campoy and Car­ turn, is the place where the fifth tographic fundamentals in simple, President of the US practiced law. popular language and offers guid­ dedicated to the Rancher's crew. men Aparicio were among theatre-cafe per­ Another feature of the stay, Ramirez reports, was formers who entertained Western Rancher crew­ Collectors who wish covers com­ ance on such basics as exposure, a trip which the crewmen took to nearby Oviedo, memorating the event can send self- sighting and focusing, as well as men with special show while ship was at Gijon, which is the capital of the province of Asturias. addressed envelopes, with cash or the use of filters, close-up lenses, Spain. Here they witnessed a bull fight—and returned with money order to cover the amount flash techniques and other practi­ a bull's ear as a trophy—and also witnessed a local two kinds of wine, dessert and coffee. However, to of the stamps to be affixed, to the cal details. More than 100 pictures celebration called "America Day," featured by huge afford such a meal, the average worker would have postmaster at Fredericksburg. and charts illustrate the various to work at least two days, for an average worker floats representing New York and Brooklyn. points made. If you don't need one, ^ ^ $ Low Living Standard makes about 60 cents a day and it is not unusual to The next time you come home maybe you have a youngster who The 15-cent minimum charge in places like the find people working for 28 cents a day. from a trip and the wife latches would benefit from a( guide like Salon Srieta, Ramirez says, is typical of the price "Seeing things like this," Ramirez writes, "makes on to you to reset a fence or rig an this. Ask about it at any photog­ scale prevailing in Gijon, where the standard of me realize that in America we live like kings, and outdoor clothesline in a concrete raphy shop. living is much lower than it is in America. For 50 it is mostly due to our labor unions like our own pesos, or $1.25, for instance, one can obtain a meal SIU. Why, an SIU wiper or messman makes more LOG-A-RHYTHM: consisting of soup, salad. Paella' Valenciana (rice money and lives far better than even the so-called with chicken and clams), a meat dish, vegetables. 'rich' people here." SIU Lights Way For All Seamen The Seafarer's • O " Lillian Logan After sailing in the SIU for awhile, and then returning to his native Norway about four To the Editor: months ago to observe cqnditions there and elsewhere in Europe, Waldemar Knutsen is My son. Seafarer A. W. Phillips, has the LOG sent to me and I cer­ convinced that the conditions obtained by the SIU for Seafarers "shine like a beacon light tainly enjoy reading it Very much. Enclosed is a poem I have written for seamen everywhere. In^ about an incident which might have happened to some Seafarer's wife. fact, he says, foreign seamen of living, Knutsen writes. Never­ ever hope to obtain a decent stand­ (Mrs.) LiUian Logan would need years of intensive theless, the Norwegian seaman is ard of living. This is the important organizing before they could hope to gain even half of what SIU members enjoy. In an interesting letter written to the SEAFARERS LOG, Knutsen pays high tribute to the SIU and contrasts the conditio>ns it has ob­ tained with those of the foreign seamen he has known. In his native Norway, for in­ stance, the people have fought long and hard, sometimes against steel, to raise their wages and standards still in a state of virtual slavery, while Norwegian shipowners get fat by chartering their ships for US dollars and manning them with Norwegian crews at coolie wages. A Norwegian AB, for example, is offered about 385 kroner a month, or .$55 in American currency. Need Collective Action "Only by firm collective action and unceasing organizational ef­ forts can the unorganized searrien of Norway and the rest of Europe Quiz Corner (1) What was the name of the premier of Norway who was executed as a traitor in October, 1945? (During World War II, his name was virtually synomymous with traitor.) (2) A man sold a machine for $45 plus one-third the amount he paid for it. If he gained $12 by the two transactions, what did he pay for the machine originally? (3) Mt. Kosciusko is the highest mountain peak on the continent of: (a) Africa, (b) Australia or (c) Asia? (4) Which of these furs is the most expensive: (a) mink, (b) sable or (c) chinchilla? (5) Who owns the Gold Coast of Africa? the Ivory Coast? (6) A wooden pencil containing the softest lead is stamped- (a) No 1, (b) No. 2, (c) No. 3? (7) The Roman numerals MDCCXXVI stand for the year in which(a) the Civil War ended, (b) the American Declaration of Independence was issued, Cc) Columbus discovered America? (8) Which is the only state in the US which is split completely in two parts: (a) Louisiana, (b) Michigan, (c) Delaware? (9) A, who was talking to B, remarked: "C'a son is my father's grandson, and I am an only child." What was the relatlon'of A to C 10) What Jire considered the oldest architectural structures in the world? . oa.ffiKt lu s n iHi • thing that I learned while sailing in the SlU," Knutsen writes. Knutsen writes that he spoken to many people—and only seamen— since he returned to Norway, and when he .tells them about the accomplish­ ments of the SIU they find them al­ most impossible to believe. "I want you Knutsen to know," he writes, "that 1 consider it a great honor and privilege to have been able to sail on SIU ships and work side by side with SIU men. 1 know that in its internal structure the SIU is one of the finest examples of democracy in action I have ever seen. And I also know that the ac­ complishments which the SIU has scored for its members shine like a beacon light for unorganized sea­ men throughout the world." Oh. pity the maiden so young and so fair Who waits at the pier in utter despair. The ship has been docked, the crew came ashore;. And she has been standing an hour or more. But there's no sight of him, the one that she wed-' To think how she hurried, the way that she sped Just to be near him, to see him a whileWell. that kind of treatment wasn't her style. With a toss of her head and a twirl of her heet She started away, her tears to conceal. The dock master called her, a message he had— The tank had a leak, her husband was sad. - i :- ' V V i- He couldn't leave till the leak he repaired. Now site regretted the anger she'd aired. So. home she went dashing, sat down by the phone. For hours and hours she waited alone. Tired of waiting, the gateman she called. She asked for her husband, then loudly she bawled. Because what he told her no young bride should hear: "Mr. Phillips checked out with some dame on the pier." The maiden was heartsick but lots madder still. She dashed for a taxi, went off for the kill. The taxi pulled up'to the pier with a grind And the maiden jumped out. with murder in mind: 0 .•' ' '' Up to the gateman she ran with a shout: . ,; '• "Just shoro me the place where my husband signed outPi ^ He gave her the time sheet and to her surprise 3'' The name that she saw made her temperature rUte. The last name was the same; but what do you knouh^fj^ In place-of A.W.. the first name was Joe. , Ashamed of herself, conMte as can be, ^^ She lowered her head, saying, "Please, can't i^ou see, "It's been all a mistake. I've been such a heel.". I ;; 3^1%^ So the gateman agreed that he wouldn't squeal. ' i ] i 1 That night as beside her her husband j ..,. ,^he toy rery Stat �October <9, 1954 SEAFARERS Curfew For Choctaw Crew Doesn't Get Them In A Stew, Chief Cook Reports Despite the Army curfew, which makes them be indoors by iO PM, the Seafarercrewmen of the Choctaw (Waterman) are still finding Pusan, Korea, a pretty good port ^to enjoy themselves in. This is the report made in a letter to the LOG by the Choctaw's chief .cook, Eladio Grajales, who says the Choctaw men are finding Pusan very enter­ taining, thanks to American beer at 25 cents a can at the United Sea­ men's Service club and to the hos­ pitality of the Korean "beUa." As for the 10 PM curfew, many merchant seamen hitting the port may object to it, but he thinks it is a good thing in many respects, Grajales says. Living it up a little in Pusan, Korea, crewmembers of the Choctaw (Waterman) pose with some of the local belles. Left to right are MM G. de Jesus, chief cook E. Grajales, steward S. Escobar, R. Bauzan and L. Nunez. Man In Army uniform is Sgt. Quinones. PiekUp'Shoi* Card At Payait Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. Fate Fifteea LOG "In Pusan," Grajales writes, "al­ most anything can happen to a sea­ man in a dark alley on a dark night. And so the curfew is really for the seaman's own protection." Besides, having to be indoors by 10 PM really isn't so bad; Grajales says. It depends a lot on who you're indoors with. -J By Spike Marlin We had a visitor this morning from just north of the MasonDixon line. It was that Loyal Son of Philadelphia, Del Aware. Peo­ ple in New York and other upstart cities -including Boston, are not aware of Del, but his fame is con­ siderable in the Quaker City. It seems Del is one of the few left alive who can boast of having seen the Athletics win a pennant. (One of the others, of course, is Connie Mack). "It really isn't so long ago" Del said. "Only 23 years. There must be lots of Athletic fans around who saw the team in 1931." Died of Grief We supposed that a good num­ ber of them must have died-in grief watching the latter day team or simply buried the whole affair deep in their subconcious. "Could be" he admitted, "I do recall seeing an inscription on a Bucks County tombstone which read 'suffered a fatal stroke when Bobby Schantz got a sore arm.' But- that must be a rare case. Most Philadelphia fans have learned to endure the Athletics just like the Schuylkill River ^Florida^ Hurricane?—It AM We didn't mean to do it, of course, but it looks as though the SEAFARERS LOG has unwittingly stirred up a small Florida hurricane—whoops, we mean a little tempest in the state of Florida. We did this, it seems, by tion to an article on page 13, himself hails from Tampa, so at recently referring to Hurri­ column 5, in the September 17th least Mr. Ramos cannot chalk this up as another damyankee plot. cane Carol, which kicked up issue of the LOG. "I strongly object to the term her heels quite a bit here in the New York area, as one of those 'Florida hurricane.' Being a native "Florida" hurricanes. And this has caused a number of Seafarers and others, who make the Sun­ shine State their home, to rear up on their hind legs and shout, "It just ain't so!" The spokesman for this group of indignant Florida drum-beaters is Earl Ramos, who describes himself as a retired bookmember of the SlU-affiliated MFOW, and who, in a letter to the LOG, states the feelings of his constituents as follows: Sonny, however, has an out, too. He claims he fell victim to a fasttalking ex-press agent from Los Angeles who assured him that Florida is where hurricanes really come from. Sonny says he is in­ clined to believe now that hurri­ canes are really manufactured in California, then smuggled down to the Caribbean or South Atlantic, wound up, and sent seudding to­ wards Florida in the hope that they'll wreck the joint. And he wants all Seafarers to know that— all, that is, except those shipping out of Wilmington or San Fran­ cisco. •m water which all of them drink." What, we asked him, did he think of the proposal to sell the Athletics for transit to Kansas City? Del's lips curled in scorn. "Kansas City," he sneered, "was an Indian village when Connie Mack won his first pennant. Sending the Athletics there would be like selling the Liberty Bell to Levittown or Oak Ridge." Liberty Bell? we asked. What would Oak Ridge do with a Liberian-flag tanker? The Cracked One "Not that one," Del said in an ex­ asperated tone. "The one in Philadelphia. You know, the one that's cracked and can't ring any­ more." A great light dawned. In other words, we said, Philadelphia cher­ ishes a bell that can't ring and a ball club that can't play—merely for their past glories. "Exactly" said Del with enthu­ siasm. "We have a sense of his­ torical perspective in Philadelphia. When the Athletics become too painful to contemplate we Philadelphians can glory in Lefty Grove's press clippings. You know of course that he was the last American League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. And there Was Rube Walburg, a real lefthanded speedster, and George Eamshaw, and those mighty fore­ arms on Jimmy Foxx. and AI Simmons, how he could hit, and . . ." Just a minute, we interrupted. Isn't there anybody on the present team that can arouse such enthu­ siasm? Too Painful "Well to teU you the truth," Del said, blushing, "I haven't been out to see the club in the last few years. Too painful. Much easier to catch a train to New York and watch some major leaguers." If that's the case then, we sur­ mised, the Athletics §ren't likely to do any more business under their new ownership in Philadel­ phia than they have been doing. "Oh sure," Del agreed. "No­ body wants to look at the club but we just like to keep it around for old time's sake. That will teach those Kansas City people not to tamper with tradition." • The LOG ope7is this column as an exchange jor steioards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking ynd baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett's recipe for "baking powder bread." A frequent contributor to this column, Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett, steward, has now come up with a series of recipes for making bread with or without yeast or baking powder, and for making yeast or bak--^ flour, teaspoons salt, II2 level of that wonderful Sunshine State ing powder themselves. According to Puckett, who's teaspoons lard, 6 level teaspoons and a former member of the Junior been sailing with the SIU since Chamber of Commerce there, you can understand my posltioh. "As you should know, these 'blows' do not originate in Florida 'or anywhere near Florida. They usually form in the Caribbean or South Atlantic, a hell of a long way from the Peninsula. "There are many good Seafarers as well as other trade union mem­ bers living dowi\ here who resent such unfair and adverse publicity, and I'm sure that as one of the most constructive and leading labor papers in the field today you will see fit to correct your statement." 1944 and has a sailing career dating back 30 more years before that, he's often heard a holler from the galley — usually at the worst pos­ sible time — that the cooks were running low on yeast and what do they do? Puckett Well, says Puckett, you can make loaf bread, out of baking powder and other in­ gredients, without any yeast at all. This recipe will make two small We've Get An Excuse loaves or one large loaf, but Well, aU the SEAFARERS LOG Puckett suggests that small round can say in its def«ise is that the loaves baked in cake or'pie tins article to which Mr. Ramos re­ turn out the best. (The recipe can ferred was a New Yerk jKUt report be increased proportionately for as written by SlU assb*^^ ««eretary- nwuy loaves as you want.1 tmnunr floany . 8MiMnr..-Klia. Here's what you need; 4 cups baking powder, 2 cups milk. Sift the baking powder, flour and salt, then add the milk and lard and mix. Work the combination into loaves, put them into pans and bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes. You can use Graham flour instead of white flour in this combination also. Always on the look-out for something different, Puckett, in­ cidentally, hopes someone who reads this can provide him with a recipe for "Vinegar Pie." He says he's heard of it all his life and has talked with people who claim tO; have eaten it but no one seems to know how it is made. Just to show he means business, he'll trade his recipe for "Carrot Pie" AND "Carrot Cake"—both very tasty items en their own—for tiie secret to the elusive vinegar concoetieD. .oy 1 '4 \ •4 �SEAFARERS Pagre Stxteea Says Joining SiV Was ^Lueky Bay^ LOG October L E T T E Jl S ' 1954 Musie Peps Up !SF PHS Patients To the Editor: To the Editor: I'm sorry to say that this is the LaPallice, the agent there is really with them right now, I wish all my I am writing this letter to you first time I've ever written to the tops. friends many happy voyages, and on behalf of all the fellows at the LOG, but I think it's high time I I also would like to ask any of San Francisco marine hospital be­ The agent arranged for us to wrote and said that the luckiest visit the town of La Rochelle, sev­ them who know the whereabouts cause we all want to say "thanks" To the Editor: . day of my life was August 14, 1947, en miles away, and he also sup­ of two SIU members to let me to Ralph Baker Through the columns of the when I joined the SIU. know. These men are R. C. Bru of plied us with baseball equipment One of the things I like most and we played two games against LOG I would like to express my Mobile and R. E. Jackson of New and his Knights about the SIU is the way an SIU the Army guys. We tied one game heartfelt thanks to my shipmates York City, and I would certainly of Rhythm for man can walk 6-6 and won the other by a real and to the Union representatives appreciate it if they would contact the wonder f u1 music they played j for their many into any SIU "football" score—24-22. my attorney regarding my illness for us the night kindnesses when hall and always The agent not only arranged my two-year-old aboard the Golden City. His name of September 3. feel like he is is C. Paul Barker, 709 Carondelet This music these games and supplied us with son was struck Bldg., home. He can New Orleans, La. sure boosted our the equipment but he also supplied by a truck and always meet a *Duska (Spider) Korolia morale, and we a bus for round-trip transportation killed on Sep­ couple of his i, ^ ^ between the ship and the Army sure hope that Dawes tember 29. old shipmates or Charles H. Ken- • The ship I was buddies, spin a baseball field. nedy, president of Musicians Local on — the Maiden . "They Get Sore few yarns and i ' '• f No. 6, San Francisco, keeps it up. Creek — was 12 have a few beers, V.'e "old men with young ideas" Brown To the Editor: hours out of Mo­ The band was composed of and it's a good enjoyed very pleasant relation­ Koppersmith I'm now in the Army, in the 4th bile enroute to Ralph Baker, guitar; A1 Mariucei, feeling. ships with the Army boys and the I also think that there isn!t an­ -only thing wrong was the miserably Galveston when this, tragedy befell Signal Battalion, and I'd like to accordian; John Abbaticola, trum­ other contract that can compare sore muscles we had after the my family. Union representatives say "hello" to all my old ship­ pet; Vic Greene, saxaphone, and in Mobile immediately notified me mates. I think about them a lot Hank Micelli, drums, and our with ours. From time to time in games. by radio through the Waterman and I'm looking forward to the warmest thanks go to all of them. the LOG I have noticed members We feel that this work the USS T. J. (Aussie) Dawes talking about the part of the con­ agent is doing in LaPallice is the Steamship Co. and my shipmates day—about 101-^ months from now tract they like best, but I think best we have seen in a long time, made it possible for me to fly home —when I'll be back with them again. from Galveston. every feature is tops. and hope it will continue as long Every time I walk into the chow The Welfare Plan is another as American ships call at this port. Everyone joined in giving me a hall here I also think of the good SIU feature that is really tops. I haftd during this time of bereave­ And, incidentally, if any of you know only one welfare representa­ ment and I want all concerned to iood I used to get on SIU ships. I tive personally—Johnny Arabasz— other guys are expecting to call at know their efforts are appreciated. can't honestly say that I'm being To the Editor: undernourished, though, because but I know the SIU couldn't have LaPallice soon you'd better have Henry Koppersmith Just a few lines to let you know I'm still the same, weight I always found a better man for that kind your football team ready for a I am now on the Mankato Victory, tough tussle with the Army. was. t t of work. which has just reached Bremer­ The inspections here are really If you don't care for football the Also, a lot of credit should go to haven, Germany, after a run from something, too. We have about USS agent will make all arrange­ our newspaper, the SEAFARERS New York via Iceland. From here three or four a day. LOG. for being the finest paper of ments for you to go shopping or we go to Liverpool, England, and Well, anyway, it should all be Its kind. I know every SIU man sightseeing, and he'll see to it that To the Editor: then back to the States. enjoys reading it, whetlrer he's the "sharks" do not "lower the I am writing this to express my over by next spring and I hope I thought I was an "old hand" aboard ship, in some foreign port boom" on you or take you for a appreciation to the Welfare Serv­ then I'll have the feel of a deck in Bremerhaven, but it's been 25 under my feet again. "one-way ride." or at home. years since the Harry H. Pierce Marvin L. White ices Department and also all the Raised Seamen's Status last time I was Steward delegate members and officials of the SIU ^ 41 ^ Finally, I say ,"hats off to the here and there for the many things they did for 4have been so my husband Robert, both during SIU" for raising the seaman's many changes his lifetime and after his death status the way it has. Thanks that I have to rely largely to the SIU, seamen can no aboard the Robin Trent in Africa. To the Editor: on one of my longer be called v/aterfront bums. Proud of SIU I am writing this to let you shipmates — Al­ They own homes, raise families To-the Editor: I remember how often Robert know it is a real pleasure to read len Friend — to and rate respect the same as men I want to extend my sincerest used to say that the SIU is the the SEAFARERS LOG, which I show me how. to in shoreside occupations. thanks to the SIU Welfare Services get around. Even In closing, I would like to say Department for the prompt and best labqr union in, the world, and generally obtain at the British Na­ Litardi Allen, in fact, is this about our Union: Where else courteous service they gave me re­ how proud he was to be a member. tional Seamen's JUnion hall here can a seaman get so much for so cently. What happened was that I He never left the house without in Manchester, England. I want amazed by the vast changes that his SIU button, and when he was you to know that I think the SIU little? bought some furniture I wasn't buried I pinned the button to his is a fine example of what a good have taken place here since his last visit in 1948. Clyde C. Brown satisfied with and the store refused old Navy uniform and had it labor union should be. Incidentally, I saw the port doc­ to refund my money. But thanks to placed on top of the casket, as he Right now I am taking a four- tor here this morning and learned the Wejfare Services Department, wished. year course in how to pull teeth, I have a hernia, so it looks like I'll I got my money back in 20 minutes. I would also like to say that the but I still have the same ambition be back in the Staten Island hos­ I am a seaman's wife who is new Robin Line has treated me won­ —to make another trip on ah SIU pital again—this time for surgery. To the Editor: in this country, and I have no derfully, and that Bob often told ship. Say "hello" to all the boys in I would like to let you know that friends or relatives to turn to, so me the Rot)in ships were the best I would like to inform all. Sea­ the hall for me. this voyage on the Cracker State words cannot express how much he ever sailed on. farers hitting Manchester that Victor Litardi Mariner has been a very pleasant of a comfort it is to have the SIU they'll always find a warm wel­ (Mrs.) Lillian E. Peck one for the crew. We made our to turn to. t 4" come and plenty of cold beer in 4" 4" t first stop in St. Nazaire, France, the icebox at my address—8 West-: I have two young sons and I am and then went on to Bremerhaven, hoping that they also will be SIU minster Ave., Whalley Range, Man­ Germany, where chester 16. men. we spent a week­ Arthur W. Barrett Mrs. B. Mtgnano To the Editor: To the Editor: end. We then re­ i t I'm* now a patient'in the Seattle Well, I sure thought that by this turned to Bassens marine hospital after being hurt time I'd be on a ship again but it and LaPallice, on the Seamonitor, and I am writ­ France, for an­ seems I was wrong. After spend­ ing this to say that I think the other weekend. ing 15 months in the marine hos­ To the Editor: To the Editor: When we got pital here .in New Orleans I finally I would appreciate it if you SIU is the greatest union in the into LaPallice, I want to take this method of got out and did get a job on a run would send me the LOG as my country. we did not think saying "thanks" to the SIU for the to South America. But when I husband is aboard ship most of I've been sailing in the SIU as this port had maternity benefit check and US went to take my physical exam the time and reading the LOG a permitman, but the treatment I White much to offer us savings bond which I and my hus­ the doctor told me I had a stomach makes me feel as if I am with got from the SIU representatives in the way of entertainment, but band received recently. hernia. I told him I had just had him. here in Seattle couldn't have been to our rescue came the United Sea­ I especially enjoy reading the better if I was a full bookman. Our daughter, Diane, is now a hernia removed,-, but anyway I men's Service agent who made our three months old and I know that, had to go back to the hospital and ships' minutes. Also, that $15 a week hospital stay there very pleasant and en­ if she could, she would thank you sure enough they found out I have benefit I'm getting sure comes in Mrs. L. B. Cook joyable. another hernia. (Ed. note: Your name has been handy. too. Although the USS has no club in Ed S.. Cannon Mrs. Robert Layko Anyway, although I can't be added to the mailing list.) Shipmates^ SIU Aid Him In Need GVs Anxious To, Get Back To Sea Finds Biy Change In Bremerhaven Cites SIU Help To Her Husband Welcome Awaits In Manchester Gets Money Back^ Thanks To SIU WISS Agent^s Aid To sstr Men Told Coast Hospital Patient Aided i ^Spider^ Back On His Back Ayain Mom^s Grateful For SIU Baby $ Burl^ She Sattg, Too —Via The LOG By Bernard Seaman Welt, Looho Ain't Everything f, to tiyi: ^ ^ �Oetaier tt, 1*54 SEAFARERS LOG Page ScTentcea ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. ALCOA POLARIS (AICM>> SapUmbtr ia—Chairman. •. A. Yatat; Sacratary, R. Hannon. If any member haa a com Vlaint about ahoea return them and they will be taken carejof by the Sea Chest. Ship's delegate wai called to a safety meeting in the captain's room. A vote of thanks given to the ship's delegate for a -Job well done. BIENVILLR> (Watarman), Sapfsmbar U —Chairman. Oil Barge; Sacratary. J. on the northern-end of the trip. Fresh fruit and vegetables were not ordered In Houston by the captain as he was follow­ ing orders. Bosun suggested that another request to have his quarters moved to the main deck be made. ROBiN KETTERING (Sees Shipping). August 19—Chairman. Fred L. Travis; Secretary. David W. Ciark. Discussion concerning natives and stevedores coming into passageways and hanging around. Ship's delegate reported that the ship is running pretty smoothly although minor problems required calling this general meeting. September 12—Chairman. Frad Travis; Secretary. R. T. Whitiey. A few small beefs squared away to the satisfaction of all concerned. Motion made and carried to contact right parties and have them be sure that drains in laundry and toilets are fixed. The steward asked that all extra linen be turned In. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for fine food and oervice this trip. Keep Draft Board Posted SIU heaiiquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with'out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to cojaply. tary. Bob Weils. The steward was asked about new mattresses and informed the membership that same had been put aboard last trip. A member of the black gang noted thai) the first aid kit in the engine room wax in bad shape. A hearty vote of thanks was voted to the steward department for the fine manner in which the department was being conducted. COMPASS (Compass). September 5— Chairman. C. Stack; Secretary, P. Piascik. Repair list discussed. Mattresses should be renewed and- the quarters should be fumigated. The steward department was given a • vote of thanks for their efforts during the voyage. ii Blackis Wsgner. Hat racks should be put outside the messhall. Larger blower fans in the galley need to be fixed. Ship's delegate reported two electricians were put ashore in Key West, Florida, for be­ ing UI. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ lantic). August 29—Chairman, none; Sec­ retary. Walter Hantuseh. Motion made and carried to close doors tight on the inside to keep out persons not belonging in passageway. Motion made to start a ship's fund by coilecting $1 from each crewmember. Money left over when ship ties up should go to the March of Dimes. Telegram was sent to headquarters about rationing cigarettes. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Cbips for building a bookcase and shelves for ship's library. Shuler. Ship's delegate reported that all beefs have been settled. Motion made and carried to instruct steward to con' tact captain and condemn ail eggs and . replace them with new ones in the next •; port. ' Crew decided to have meetings QUEENSTOWN HEIGHTS (Seatrade). '' inore regularly... Lengthly discussion on September I—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ \ the cleaniine'ss of quarters and the coop man; Secretary. Henrik Hansen. Ship's oration of all men in keeping them ciean. delegate reported that union death bene­ August 17—Chairman. J. P. Schulari EXCELLO (Excello). September 12— fit cards are available for those that Secretary. O. Falrcloth. A motion was haven't fiUed any out yet. He also re­ Chairman, J. R. Sofaurent; Sacretary. made and carried to have deiegates check John Morrison. Overtime will be taken ported on mentaUy silk crewmember. Sea Chest when it comes aboard. Crew Proposed use of ship's fund if necessary care of when Union officials-come aboard compiained about the tomato Juice aboard to contact physician in Puerto La Cruz in New Haven. The crew voted for a ship and requested steward to try and to see that patient gets proper treat­ ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the .stew­ ' get another brand. Bosun warned all ment or gets sent home. Brother Thomp­ ard and the chief cook for the fine stores hands not to leave cots and Unen on the BENTS FORT (Cities Service). Septem­ son read an article from the LOG about they ordered and the way in which they fantalL One brother complained long and ber 15—Chairman. D. Wiiiiams; Sacratary. the proposed new issuance of union made prepared the food. bitterly about the undercooked vegetables George Hatgimlslos. A suggestion was accident report cards. and other food. made that crewmembers donate to the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern), Sep­ ship's fund at payoff. Ail donations will SEA CLOUD (Sea Traders). September tember 17—Chairman. James Sellers; Sec­ CHICKASAW (Waterman). September 11 be turned into the' department heads. A 4—Chairman. L. S. Johnston; Secretary. •tailed until he receives orders from the retary. Raymond Perry. It was suggested —Chairman. Jack Farrand; Secretary, new ship's delegate was elected. company office. A suggestion was made James Eichenberg. The ship's delegate that the sliower curtain be drawn inside David Sacher. Vote of thanks given to and the captain made a list of what the the shower when being used to keep the that the ship's library be locked up while Red Darley for a good Job done as ship's SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain). Sepmen wanted from the slopchest and sent water from going on the floor. Addi­ delegate. Suggestion that rooms be kept lember 12—Chairman. A. Gowder; Secre­ In port. the list to Pedro from the Panama Canal. tional spray guns requested. Crewmem­ cleaner and buckets placed In all rooms. tary. A. Lambert. Ship's delegate re­ Talks on Labor Day and what it stands bers requested a new ship's library. The FLORIDA (Peninsular and Occidental). for. ported everything okay and' he will try crew was asked to help keep the messhall ' THE CABINS (Cabin Tankers). Septem to get more meat this payoff. A better August 21—Chairman. H. Higgins; Secre­ cleaner at night. bar It—Chairman. 6. Everett; Secretary, fly spray is needed, as there are plenty tary. E. L. Myers. Ship's delegate re­ SEA TIGER (Colonial). September t— L. Carabedian. Frlgldaire in crew mess- of flies and bugs around. Crewmembers ported that ail beefs that could not be Chairman. A. J. Oueary; Secretary. H. handled aboard ship were turned over to YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman). Septem­ room will be repaired. Ail hands were were sked to wash feet In shower. Peterson. Beef about too many men in the patrolman. Members of steward de­ steward asked to cooperate in keeping the messdepartment sleeping in one room. ber S—Chairman. W. Cressman; Secretary. partment were asked not to remove pil­ N. Lamberi. Captain and steward have a room clean. Crewmembers were asked FRANCES (Bull). September 13—Chaii'- lows from each others beds as some of Crew wants fnesh bread in next port. to pick cups, cots. ^c. off the deck. man. Walter Newberg; Secretary. W. Or­ the •Wash water is too rusty. Each depart­ beef about the stores that were ordered. crew have two pillows, their own. One man jumped ship in Japan one hour tiz. Motion made and carried to put a ment delegate WiU get a repair list ready for next port. New mattresses wiU be ac­ before sailing. Two requcsis were made REPUBLIC (Trafalgar). September 7— lock on the messroom door to keep un­ *1.0 have patrolman board in Seattle and STEEL MAKER (Isthmian). September 4 quired in New York. Stores aboard Chairman. J. Doris; Secretary. William F necessary persons out. were not answered. Repair list has been -Chairman. E. G. Tesko; Secretary, S. Barth. The last repair list was not turned this trip very poor. Motion made and lurned in to the masccr and chief enHanks. Ship's delegate reported several in. therefore, a new one will be made up carried to get large size soap. DEL RiO (Mississippi). September 5— ;.uicer. Steward requested that hospital beefs concerning the food in general. Ail and presented before payoff of this voy­ Chairman. J. J. Harries; Secretary. be cleaned but master refused. Vote of SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). hands were asked to cooperate and keep age. The crew was asked to put dirty thanks given to the cooks and messmen. cups and dishes in the pantry sink when September 19—Chairman. J. M. Monast; longshoremen out of quarters. Secretary. N. A. Kirk. There is $14.09 in finished with same. the ship's fund at present. Everyone is WARHAWK (Waterman). June 20— ROBIN KETTERING (Se-.s Shipping). helping to keep the laundry room clean. Chairman. Joe Wraad; Secretary. Dexter PORTMAR (Calmer). July 14—Chairman, August 19—Chuirman. Fred L. Travis; H. K. Piarca; Secretary. C. R. Johnson, Former beefs were taken up with patrol­ Warrail. A letter will be written to the Secretary, David W. Clark. S.iip's dereUnion in Wilmington to have fans ready Linen situation was discussed. Ail hands man. gate reported thai the ship is running Herbert Mclssac on arrival. The new washing machine preiiy smootbiy. One man missed ship agreed to help keep the messroom clean SANTORE (Ore). Saptambar 3—Chair­ on board wiU be used when needed. at night. The steward was asked to get Please contact your daughter, in Durban but rejoined in Beira. Dis­ cussion concerning natives, stevedores, table cloths for the crew mess, and he man. R. O. King; Sacratary. J. C. Arnold; Crew was asked to please consider men said he would order same in New York Delayed sailing time and men reporting sleeping when playing cards in messroom. Mrs. Eleanor White, at 6 Harvard etc., coming into passageways and hang­ back to the ship late was discussed. Stew­ The blower system was explained by elec­ Ave,, Wilmington, Mass. ing ai-ound water fountain, ladders and galley. Engine department brother lost STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). Saplem- ard reported that he ordered four new trician. a suit in Durban. Discussion of ovcrsupi bcr—Chairman. K. Roberts; Secretary, refrigerators and would try to get a piy of" certain canned fruits. A vote of R. DeVirgilao. The crew was asked to large coffee urn for the pantry. Crew­ Reginald R. Paschal STEEL KING (Isthmian). June 25— thanks given to the galley force. members were asked to keep their feet cooperate with delegates. Motion made Chairman. P. Prokopuk; Secretary. P, James L. Yarbrough « and carried that the crew go on record off the chairs. Harford. Ship's delegate will see the as completely saUsfled with ship's slop Urgent that you advise me what ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), engineer about the dirty, oily wash ORION STAR (Oil Carriers). July IS— chief chest as supplied by the Sea Chest and August 3—Chairman, Frank Albcrne; Secwater. A new washing machine is needed. hopes that it may continue. Permitmen Chairman, G. Ruf; Sacratary. A. W. Crewmembers were asked not to leave port you are in and how long yo"j reiary, Eric Klingvall. Ship sailed shortwere warned to cooperate further with Brown. Crew suggested that bookcases cots on the deck in port. A vote of expect to stay ashore as soon as handed one man in the deck department. be furnished for the recreation room. AU thanks was given to the steward de­ possible. crew's general welfare. Volunteer will clean the ship's librarv. Wire collect to J. D. Laundry agreed that each department wiU clean partment. will be cleaned by deck, engine Vance, New World Life Building, ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa). March 19 the recreation room and the laundry and steward departments alternately. AU August 31—Chairman. P. Prokopuk; —Chairman. Curley Myoed; Sacratary, room for a period of one month each. hands were asked to cooperate with the Secretary. P. Herayo. Motion made and August 1—Chairman. R. L. Abbey; Sec­ carried to report to the Union the con­ Second and Cherry, Seattle 4, crew mes.sman in keeping the messhall Harry Huston. Captain's compliment ac­ and pimtry ciean. cepted for improvement of fire and boat retary. E. L. Ramsey. Safety measures dition of the water on ship. Crewmem­ Wash. drills. Crew was asked to take better to be taken by crew on fire precaution. bers wearing shorts or a bath towel were care of library books. A vote of thanks First of all. crewmembers should know asked to stay out of messroom. their fire stations, and no smoking on GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield). given to the steward, department for Charlie "Red" Hall August 22—Chairman, W. Stockman; Sec­ fine Labor Day dinner. A collection was launch alongside of ship, j^eetines in fu­ FELTORE (Ore). September 2—Chair­ Write me at once. Walter Sib­ retary. J. F. Elliott. All repairs were not taken for Brother Naylor who had to ture to be held on first Sanday in month. September 5—Chairman. V. D'India; man. Jack Wise; Secretary. C. M. Bar- ley, 1305 Cambria St., Baltimore, taken care of while in port due to the leave ship sick. The balance of the movie Sacratary. J. Kosmas. Motion made and ietta. Captain and mate working on deck fact that some items were to be done fund will be added to this collection. accepted that deiegates be changed every and they were reported to the patrolman. Md. at sea by the mate. Suggestion that soap, three months. Poker table will be put Discussion on complaints- of sanitary matches, etc., be placed in a locker by TROJAN TRADER (Trader). July work. There is $27.65 in the ship's fund. In the recreation room this trip upon ar the steward so that anj-time the crew Chairman. W. Denelay; Sacratary. D. Conwants an.vthing the gang could help them­ Richard C. Johnson roy. Motion made and carried that agent rival in Yokohama. BEAUREGARD (Waterman), August 31 selves. Draws in foreign ports were dis­ check slop chest and medicine chest. The Please get in touch with me as —Chairman. M. C. Cooper; Secretary. J. cussed. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfual). pillows that were supplied smell and July IS—Chairman. J. Rudolph; Secretary. F. Austin. Master "refused to buy milk soon as possible. George Gurdon should be replaced by new ones. S. Pierson. Crew agreed on policy of unless he had a letter from the American OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas). having deck and engine departments Consul, stating the quality of the milk Fay, 2324 Lincoln-Liberty Build­ clean laundry and the steward depart­ and its sterilization. Such a letter was ing, Philadelphia 7, Pa. September 12—Chairman. H. L. Hodges; a) Vidkun Quisling. Secretary, C. J. Oubint. A repair list wUl ment clean the reccreation room. A new obtained, but it wasn't satisfactory to the 4« 4» 4» be made up at tills meeting. Will see washing machine will be installed shortly. master and he still refused to buy milk. (2) $49.50. Letter wiU be sent to headquarters on captain about cleaning recreation room. Discussion of stale cigarettes sold in the The following-named men ai'C (3) Australia. It's in New South A few minor beefs will be squared away slop chest. Due to the fact that the daip situation out here as we ha"ve been di­ was laid up and then recrewed there was verted from cargo to a troop carrier or asked to write Norm Cohen, PO before reaching next port. Wales in the Australian Alps. no time to check the slopchest. but grew its equivalent. Box 902, Denver, Col., as soon as will make sure that they have Seafarers (4) (e) chinchilla. BULL RUN (Patrol Tankers). Saptambar VENORE (Ore). September 3—Chair­ possible: Gil Arnett, Charles CorS—Chairman. .John J. Kulas; Secretary, slopchest next trip. (5) Gold Coast—Great Britain; man. William Glick; Secretary. Charles A. H. Anderson. Ship's delegate reported STEEL WORKER (Isthmian). August 1 Thorpe. Mention made to repair leak in rent, Lee Parker, Fred Smith. Ivory Coast—France. that a wiper missed ship in Bridgeport, and one messman was taken off sick —Chairman. Leonard Wright; Secretary. the coffee urn. Crew requested that more (6) (a) No. 1. P. Corticllle. Suggestions were made drinking glasses be put aboard. Deck causing the ship to sail two men short. (7) (b) the American Declara­ All crewmembers agreed to donate to take care of ship's library. Messhall delegate reported that everything is run­ The following men are asked to twenty-five cents each toward a ship's will be cleaned by the standby man, ning smoothly and in a shipshape manner. get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at tion of Independence was issued. and the steward reported that he will The galley, recreation room, laundry and fund. inspect same to see that it gets cleaned. pantry were painted last voyage. St. Vincent's Hospital, 7th Ave. and The year was 1776. WESTERN TRADER (Waslarn Nsviga- It has been agreed that the distributoin (8) (b). Michigan. 11th St., New York, NY: "Citizea. of overtime will be equalized. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman). Septem­ tion). July S—Chairman. Al Oromaner; August 21—Chairman. L. Wright; Sec­ ber 5—Chairman. Charley Masur; Secre- Joe," Steve Massaros, Eugene Ci(9) Husband and wife. Secretary. L. W. Pepper. Discussion about steering from flying bridge instead of in­ retary. G. C. Reyes. Suggestion made (10) The pyramids of Egypt. cato, Frank Pescarek. side the wheel house. All members were that the names of brother members who asked to check fire and boat stations. Ice­ do not attend shipboard meetings be turned in. A suggestion was made that box needs repairing very badly. the steward put out more of a variety of Edifor, cold meats for the night lunch, and he LIBERTY FLA6 (Dover). July 2S— Chairman. Guy Whitahurst; Secretary. H. should prevent quick spoilage of fruits Albert A. Albu SEAFARERS LOG, R. Hutchins. Repair list read off. Motion and vegetables by having somebody re­ The papers left in the Welfare 675 Fourth Ave., made and carried that the captain should arrange the vegetable box soon as the be straightened out by the agent or pa­ foreign trip starts. Repair list was dis­ Services office at SIU headquarters trolman about passes in foreign ports as cussed. are being held for you there. Con­ Brooklyn 32, NY he is not cooperative with the crew. ROBiN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping). tact that department so that they BEATRICE (Bull). September 14—Chair­ August IS—Chairman. James Rose; Secre­ I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please man. 6. McAlpina; Secretary. Roger Hall. tary. Edward Vernon Smith, Motion made can be returned to you. Men were asked not to diunp garbage on and carried that new mattresses pnd fans put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) the deck next to quarters, 4-8 OS wants be put In all rooms. Water fountain on to know why he can't stand wheel watch port side should be taken care of. Re­ pair list was turned in and some of the as others do. A repair list was read. epairs have been taken care of. NAME OCEAN BETTY (Ocaan Transportation). WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfuel). Saptambar S—Chairman, none; Secretary. R. D. Ewlng. Beefs taken up a-lth purser August 22—Chairman. S. Furtado; Secre­ and chief engineer not properly taken tary, F, Holland. Repair list from last STREET ADDRESS % care of. This will be turned over to the trip was brought to the attention of the boarding patrolman on, arrival in port. crew and many of the repairs on it have Repair list made.up abd a copy will be not been taken care of. The captain said CITY ..ZONE STATE given to the captain, chief mate and chief he would do as much as possible and promised to have the cre^s quiUrters -engineer. painted. •. " •• • . 3« 4- 4" 4" i Quiz Answers 4" 4« NOTICES Puszle Autuver ssB mm [iidSQ fflSH OHSSa SSHK SSESSOD SBIIDS saas Bn[z;][ia ) EDITH (Bui)),. September 7—Chairman. .^jKennath Bewig; Secretary, Charlas Gedeil. MAE (Bull).:.S«ptmiber.l-^halrmaii, F; -Motion made and carried that each man Hipp; Secretary. C. Stansbury, Heavy jdohate-SI for TV repairs. - A new icebox duty washing machine la needed.. A new ship's delegate was elected. At pres­ fs needed in the crew pantry. ent there is $19 in the Miip's ^hd,' . ^ ALEXANDRA Oolin M.«al;ras). Seplemser 12—Chairman..Fred Miliar; Secretary. .^. E. La'Bartera.' Statyatd informed the • iclrew that ;the cqii»a»y-b'ar(^a6lng agent 1uuij«queBtad 4M^jMlM, with the ex­ ception of milk and bread be obtained MARORE (Ore). August 37—Chairman. Bert Shshnoni Seciftary. Frank. Savoie, Motion made to see the patrolman about iuatitfUtion of jiew fans. Fan* are aboard but captain says they are not to be in- Signed EggBssgis EsafSiBasg HasnB mum EfflE ESDEg; @BEE • OSGS ^ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an old subseribar and hav« • cbtng* of addraiz, plaasa giva your former address below: .ApDPbSS CITY .J*.. .a**... . 2bN6 STATE iStsfc ii: �T»-ie Elrlite« :!< • f.- SEAFARERS LOG October i», lASli Seafarers accustomed to the hem 'n haw attitude of many shipowners when it comes to taking care of seamen's needs would have been astonished to see the speed flashed by one operator in an injury case recently. Once the. home. off ice; of the company received word of the accident, it got to work*^ on the case immediately—to repatriated to the United States. Obviously the company was fear­ do whatever it could to ward Meanwhile though, the ship went ful of the financial obligations it off claims by the injured Seafarer. Seafarer Donald MeShane, OS, was the victim of the accident which took place while his ship was in Iceland. Although weather conditions were extremely bad at the time, McShane had been or­ dered aloft to take the lashings off cargo booms. While he was atop the resistor house a strong gust of wind toppled him to the deck causing a variety of internal injuries, a broken arm, fractured heel and an injury to his back. Line ITp Statements McShane was taken ashore and hospitalized. Subsequently he was on to its next port of call in north­ ern Europe. Waiting on the dock to greet the crew were two company representatives whose first con-, cern was to line up as many cTewmembers as possible for statements as to the nature of the accident. Apparently the company had gone to no small expense to see to it that they beat the ship across. After making its European stops, the ship returned to the States, making Baltimore its first return port. On the dock, to nobody's sur­ prise, was another set of company representatives intent on picking up any information that the first two had missed overseas. might incur as a result of the acci­ dent and wasn't sparing the horses when it came to covering its ex­ posed flank. It is doubtful ih circumstances like these, whether any crewmember is obligated to issue written statements about a shipboard acci­ dent. In any case, crewmembers giving statements to anybody should make sure in the first in­ stance that they were personal wit­ nesses to the accident. They should also make sure that any statement they sign is in their own words and describes the facts as they saw them, not as they are inter­ preted by any other person. 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Pfoia To No, Seafarers RecetTinf Benefito thio Period Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS FAID THIS PERIOD Hoaoital Benefita Death Benefits Diaabilitv Benefits J UOf ool Y S-ao t.9oa Qg pa St-.njY Vacation Benefits Total All of the follovnng SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Lisa Blanchard, bom October 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Blanchard, 1337 Lesseps Street, New Orleans, La. Mrs. Robert W. Collins, 276 Sum­ Mrs. John Crowley, Box 327, Alli­ son, Pa. mer Street, Somerville, Mass. 4' 4' * it 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Keith MacCammond, Myra Aline Armstrong, born August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr, and born October 10, 1954. Parents, Mrs. James Rudolph Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. James L, MacCammbnd. Box 518, Nederland, Texas. Jarvisburg, North Carolina. 4 Stephen Eugene Martin, born Victor Manuel Castellon, born Donna Marie Gladwell, bom September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. August 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Jose A. Castellon, 221 and Mrs. Eugene B. Martin, 7811 Mrs. Rudy Gladwell, 222 B. 95 Hyacinth Street, New Orleans, La. Daniels Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4* David Custodio Mena, bom Sep­ i> O'Pete Terry, born September 2, tember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Louis Randolph Williamson, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Julio Custodio Ruiz, San born September 27, 1954. Parents, Charles L. Terry, 1818 Valence Lorenzo, Catano, PR. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Williamson, Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 5304 Magazine Street, New Or­ 4 4 Johnny Roy Nichols, born Au­ leans, La. Neil Nagle, born August 22,1954. gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence t 4i Mrs. Thomas T. ^ Nichols, Route Paula Louise Blanchette, bom M. Nagle, 134 President Street, No. 1, Box 353, Westlake, La. August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lynn, Mass. 4 4 4 Mrs. Robert Blanchette, 1567 An­ 4 4 4^ Carolyn Janette Byrd, born Sep­ nunciation Street, New Orleans, La. Sonia Justina Rios, born Septem­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mi-, and 'if Mrs. John F. Byrd, 6210 Aif Line Mrs. Alfredo Rios, 358 Henry Wilfred Davila, born September Drive, Houston, Texas. 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Juan Davila, 3805 3rd Avenue, 4 4^ Terry Lee Nowell, born August Bronx, NY. Nancy Lee Thompson, born Sep­ 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Robert L. Nowell, 2240 Jungle 4« 4" Robert Allan Prime, born Octo­ Mrs. W. Thompson, 91-22 187 Street, Lakeland, Fla. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Place, Hollis, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4> Allan Remick Prime, 92 Dudley Carol Ann Slay, born March 8, Street, Medford, Mass. Paul James SumskI, bora Sep­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Gerald Slay, General Delivery, t 4i i Luis Antonio Gonzalez Monroig, Mrs. Benjamin Sumski, 41 Marvin Semmes, Ala. born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. Street, Buffalo, NY. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Luis Gonzalez, 720 Vine­ 4 4 4 Emalie Calhoun, born Septem­ Stephen Joseph Barry, born ber 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and yard Avenue, Madera, Calif. July 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Calhoun, 116 D 4> i Robert William Collins, Jr., born Mrs. Arthur S. Barry, 7224 10th Silsey Street, Prichard, Ala. July 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. _ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wendell George Harwell, bom Walter Michael De Grey», bom August 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and August 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E.'Harwell, 807 3rd Mrs. George E. De Greve, 159 Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Arlyn Drive West, Massapequa, 4 4 4 NY. Tommy Ray Kelley, bom Octo­ Despite the best efforts of 4 4 4 ber 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. the authorities, the Public Carlos Lozano, born August 20, J. F. Kelley, PC Box 91, Theodore, Health Service Hospitals are 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Ala. still plagued with ambulance Lozano, 1803 N. Calvert Street, chasers. Seafarers approached Baltimore, Md. Berry Wayne Ayler, bom Sep­ by these characters or their 4 4 4 tember 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and front men are advised for Jose Martinez, born August 23, Mrs. Albert Ayler, 1307 McGee their own good to give them a 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Street, Whistler, Ala. fast brushoff. Martinez, 107 Amsterdam Avenue, It is well known that the 4 4 4 New York, NY. ranks of the ambulance chasers George Stevie Petrantes, born 4 4 4 contain many who will charge October 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and David James Crowley, born Sep­ Mrs. Stavres Petrantes, 810 S. excessive fees or simply sell tember 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and out their cliehts to the com­ Carolina Street, Mobile, Ala. panies. Most of them are _ _4 4 4 known to be pretty poor law­ Harry rairick Long, bom Sep­ yers or else they wouldn't be tember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and digging for business the way Mrs. Harry K. Long, 1420 Robert they do. E. Lee Street, Mobile, Ala. The time to choose a lawyer 4 4 is not while you are sick or Anthony Kennedy, born Sep­ injured and being hypnotized tember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and by a fast line of chatter. Wait Mrs. John J. Kennedy, Hotel until you are recovered and Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Fla. then if you need an attorney 4 4 4, go out and shop around for the Robert Molls, bom September best attorney and the best deal 28, ^954. Parents,. Mr. and Mrs. you can get. Antonio Molis, Jr., 14 C Magnolia Homes, Galveston, Texas. 4- t $ Ifd. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFIH PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoaoital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * Diaabilitv Benefita Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * Matcmitv Benefits Paid Since AorU 1. 1952 • Vncation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total 5*7* srj/i ooB/.OL9 SSi i 1 • Dace Benefit! Becaa 1' 1 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash oa Hand Welfare Estimated Accounta Receivable us Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Asset* - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS lEfWfPRI: 1 \mm?m 53JL CAAtJIiiJna '•jaonts of all bonoflto naintalti a atoadjr lowal, poaalblj Bided ty UOIOD piiblleltj throui^ the meaxw of the Seaflarm and the attmtlon that ie giwen to the Plana in the Dhion Mmberehip •eetings* Che aesesta of the Plana continue to grow, even thoo^ new Wieflt%are added frcai tlM to tine* Present aaaets of the Plane conblned are Inpone dealrlng Infozaatlon oa benefits due under the Plana ahould oontaet the nearest 8IV Port Agent vho will be able io aupplj than with the infomation^^^^ Smhrnitui A1 Katr, Aaaiattet'XSmMttTmtoT Beware Of Case Chasers SIU WEIFME SERVICES mnnnn YOUR PROBUM IS OUR BUSINESS m �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEW THE iSEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN We've made mention before of the system of hospital delegates that the SIU has so that all of the hospitalized brothers can have assurance of somebody around to cheer them up and take care of little things for them. And of course, there's the Union hospital representative dropping in regularly with the weekly benefit and some pleasant chat­ ter. Ail of that doesn't mean though that the men in the hospitals wouldn't welcome a visit from their shipmates once in a while. So if you happen to be on the beach here and have a friend in the hospital why not grab that ferryboat over to Staten Island and spend an hour or two with him? It's still only a nickel on the ferry and a real nice ride on these sunny autumn days we've been having. The same goes too for the hospitalized brothers in the various outports. it Three brothers who all sailed on the Greece Victory (South Atlantic) wound up in the hospital recently. Brother Oscar S. Olsen of Phila­ delphia went in for treatment of a double hernia on October 5. He was 2nd electrician on the ship. Also hospitalized off her were Abe Portner with a heart condition and Albert Morse. Portner was utilityman and Morse was messman on the Greece Victory. Brother Donald McShane was the victim of a ship­ board accident on the Jefferson City Victory recent­ ly. He was unlashing booms on October *16 when a gust of-wind blew him down. McShane was OS on the Victory Carriers ship and lives in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Graddick Ramon Olivera of Brooklyn, who was firemanwatertender on the Alcoa Runner last time out has been having trouble with diabetes and Is getting treatment at the hospital accordingly. Clif­ ford Womack who was messman on the Robin Goodfellow was laid low by a spot of stomach trouble. He's from South Bend, Indiana. Brother Norman West of Sebago Lake, Maine, ran into come real tough luck when the doctors had to amputate his left leg. He was FWT on the Steel Apprentice on his last trip. All of the brothers are hoping that he pulls-through in good shape. Another hernia victim in the hospital is Gustav Holgerson, oiler off the Mary Adams. He went in for treatment on October 12. Jose Algado, who was fireman on the Seatrain New Jersey is having his leg treated. His home is back in Spain. Other Seafarers who were admitted to the hospital recently include Peter King, who was chief cook on Holgerson the Mary Adams; John Graddick, off the Steel Maker; John Karplnsky who was messman on the Kyska and BUI Logan, AB, who took the Raphael Semmes out on his last trip. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Blarcelo Arong Robert Lambert Edward Cantoral Francisco Mayo James Chew Samuel H. MUla Jessie A. Ciarke Frank S. Paylor T. J. Cunningham Eugene G. Plahn John B. Giiiespie Charles B. Rosa Gorman T. Glaze . Vincenzo Russo Einar Hansen Douglas Turner Michael Jablonski Antony J. Tursl Edward Jarrowskl Clyde B. Ward Elmer E. Lamb VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Fulton Hendrix USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Harold Arllnghaus Carl R. Johnson Henry J. ChUds R. T. MUton Leo Cronsohn Charles H. Neumaier Benny M. Foster Joseph Perreira Olav Gustavscn P. S. Yuzon Gleen W. Hines USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Jessie P. Brinklcy Lonnie HaU Herbert M. BumpassB. Spinney George F. Lechler USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas L. AnkersonThomas K|;yser Oscar R. Bird E. G. Knapp Perry Bland D. KoroUd Charles Brady Leo l.ang Charles Burton Knud Larsen Owen Butler Clarence Lomax John Carolan ' Jesse Lyles Sebastian Carregal Oscar Madere George W. Champlin Walter Makin Clarence Cobb Vincent Michel S. Cope William Moore WiUiam C. Cothran Francis T. Osetek EmUe Davies Amello Patingo Serio Desoso . Fred D. Peterson Robert Dewey Gilbert J. PlersaU Joseph L. Dlonne Elijah Piatt: Hal R. Ellis Randolph Ratcliff Thomas Fields Warren Reed Leo Fontenot William Biobcrts B. D. Foster Henri Robin D. Gamvrogiannis James Ruth Nathan Gardner Edward Samrock F. Green John E. Sanders Boy M. Green Wade Sexton Clifton Gullet Durand Shaw Harry Hankee Wesley Snelling E. T. Hardemahit Henry Sosa Andrew HarvUla D. R. Stroup Paul Hebert Lonnie R. Tickle Joseph Hinchey John C. Vieira Lyle Hipp J. E. Ward Leonard Kay USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Joseph Arras Frederick E. Otto Joseph Busalacki Murray A. Plyler A. P. Copa Abel N. Salas Warren W. Currier Benjamin Seal Benjamin F. Grice William Trice Tomas Gutierrez Franklin Webb Karl A. Hellman James Winget Ernest Kolenovsky Charles B. Young Eugene T. O'Mara USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Claudius Archer Robert Heilig Rex C. Becraft Sverre Hohannessen Bernard P. Burke Mike Michelik Roland Dean W. M. Pennington William J. Fick John W. Powers Brigido Figueroa Richard Welch USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hassen Ahmed John Maclnnes Charles Cantwell William Malcewics Angel Carrasquillo Harold J. Moore George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer John H. Doherty Mikade Olenchik Samuel Doyle Oscar Olsen V. J. Fitzgerald T. Papoutsoglov George W. Flood Abe Partner Estell Gpdfrey Santos Pizarro John H. Hannay Kalle Rankonen Fred Hauser Matti Ruusukallio Gaitano Interdonato Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Charles Sanderson John Karpinsky Walter Sibley Theodore Katros Joseph Stanton Arthur Kavel Pedro Viilabol Peter King Robert WeUcer Fiorencio F. Letie Norman West William E. Logan Lloyd Wilson Nils H. Lundquist Clffford Womack USPHS HOWITAL BRIGHTON,' MASS. Frank Alasavich John T. Keegan Joseph W. Carey Maurice Levoie Clarence E. Dudley Arnfin A. Oyhus USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul Bland . Albert Lima J. D. Cannady Jimmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore R. L. Field J. D. Thomas William Gilbertson Gilbert F. Wilson James F. Lee USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS J. R. Alsobrook USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke , VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY ~ Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemriek 'James R. Lewis .Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant : Joseph D. McGraw Ho Yee Choe ' Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Frank Mackey John J. Driscoll . Vie Milazzo Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Haas Pedro Feralto Taib Hassen James C. Powell Thomas Isaksen George Shumaker Hurlburt M. Free Robert Sizemore John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwig Krlstiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata James J. Lawlor VirgU Wilmoth Tage Nine(eea. LOG Seeks Care, Is Called 'Deserter' A Seafarer who suffered neglect of a serious injury and then was charged with "desertion" on top of it when he sought proper medical treatment, is now getting a different kind of reception from the ship operator. Back in the States and under the care of the Public Health Service, he has re­ ceived payment of his earned injury consisted of a badly crushed the doctor merely wrapped it up and unearned wages and will finger tip suffered in a shipboard without cleaning the wound and get maintenance and cure until such time as he is fit for duty again. Further, it's conceded all around that the "desertion" charge is not likely to stand up, and Welfare Services is hopeful that everything will be squared away on that score within the next few days. Refused Treatment Seafarer Robert G. Varnon's accident. When he went to the skipper and asked to be sent to a doctor at the next port, the skip­ per didn't deem it necessai-y and refused him medical treatment. After several protests and much pleading on Varnon's part, the skipper finally relented and sent him ashore to a doctor selected by the company agent in that port. Although the finger was crushed, Happy Father And Namesake Seafarer William H. Price of Portsmouth, Virginia, is the proud -ather of William Charles Pi-ice, resting comfortably in mother's arms at home. Price holds daughter Carol, 3, after receiving $200 SIU maternity benefit plus $25 US defense bond from the Union. Payoffs Rigtit In Hospifals Just Another SIU Service Welfare Services deluxe "special delivery" service on pay­ offs to injured seamen did the trick for three men who are now patients at the Staten Island hospital. " Arrangements were made in all three cases | ^ for the men to get paid off diately, completing all unfinished right in the hospital, where­ business on the spot. upon the Welfare Services repre­ sentative cashed their checks for them on the spot. Since payoffs have to be made in the presence of the shipping commissioner. It usually means The deaths of the following sea­ that the man in the hospital has to wait until he gets back on his farers have been reported to the feet again to get paid. And if he Seafarers Welfare Plan and the has a family to take care, of, this $2,500 death benefits are being can work considerable hardship. paid to their beneficiaries: Eddie T. Driggers, 47; A mem­ Consequently when Seafarers John Graddick, Theodore Katros ber of the SIU since July 21, 1942. and Jose Rodriguez entered the Brother Driggers died of natural hospital with payoffs coming to causes on Sept. 26, 1954, at the US them, the Welfare Services De­ Public Health Service hospital in partment got to work to get them Staten Island, NY. He had been sailing in the deck department. their money. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery. Send Vouchers Brooklyn, NY. Surviving is a In Katros' case the payo.ff brother, Paul M. Driggers. of 2521 consisted of a couple of days of Lewis St., Jacksonville, Fla. unearned wages. Arrangements 4" J* i were made for the company to Regino D. Cabrera, 42: Brother mail the check directly to the Cabrera died of head injuries on hospital. Graddick, who was off Aug. 2, 1954, at sea aboard the SS the. Steel Maker and Rodriguez, Del Norte. One of the early mem­ who had been aboard the Lawrence bers of the SIU, he had been sail­ Victory, had full payoffs coming to ing in the steward department them. The companies involved since he joined the Union on Jan. agreed to send the checks and 14, 1939. His place of burial is not vouchers over to the hospitals, and known. Surviving is his father, the Shipping Commissioner's office Bennie Cabrera, of 843 NW 4 St.. sent a representative to the ward Miami, Fla. to take care of the payoff. t 4" 4* • When the checks were handed Edward W. Decker, 36:, On June over, the Welfare Services hospital 20, 1953, Brother Hecker died of a representative cashed them imme- heart condition at Belem, Para, sent the man back to work. After a day or two the pain be­ came unbearable and the Seafarer again asked to be sent to a doctor. He was again refused by the skip­ per. It was on'y after repeated protests on his part that the skipper sent him ashore, this time in an­ other port to another doctor se­ lected by the company's agents. Infection Sets In This second doctor merely put the finger in a plaster of paris cast. The result was that infection set in and the finger became badly inflamed. Varnon went back to the skipper once more but this time couldn't budge him. The captain declared that he had sent him to two doc­ tors already and that was enough. Fearful of the spread of the infec­ tion, the Seafarer asked the cap­ tain for $100 draw and informed him he was going ashore to seek treatment on his own. The captain issued him the draw, and crewmembers helped him pack his gear. Once he left the vessel, however, the skipper turned around and entered a "desertion" charge in the log. When Varnon got to a doctor of his own choosing, the physician was indignant at the neglect of the injury and immediately took steps to clean the wound and treat the infection. Not Fit for Duty Subsequently, he was repatriated on the very same vessel he had shipped on. He checked in to Staten Island hospital where after seven weeks of treatment he still was not fit for duty. Upon learning the facts of the case, the company back-pedaled from its skipper's actions and read­ ily agreed to handle the matter as it would handle any case where a man had -to leave ship in a foreign port for treatment. Of course under normal condi­ tions sick or injured men are put ashore by the captain without hav­ ing to leave a ship on their own. Desertion is a pretty serious charge, and only the obvious neglect of this man's health and the failure to provide him with proper treatment justified his leav­ ing the ship in this case. -ti I II • Yi J § -'4 Brazil. An ordinary seaman, he had been sailing with the SIU since January, 1953. His place of burial is not known. He is survived by his mother, Marie Schmidt, of 615 West Poplar St., San Antonio, Tex. t 4* 4" Peter Ley, 73: One of the early members of the SIU. Brother Ley died of hardening of the arteries at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on July 5, 1954. A member of the deck department, he joined the SIU on Dec. 28, 1938. Burial was at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore. His beneficiary is Lotlie Bullock, 2402 McElderry St., Baltimore. USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duly. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a i-uling. • '•rM 1 �i:: • Keith Alaop. A-3 • Raymond E. Vaughan, V-IM SAVANNA AGSNT Vol* for On* • JMMoxrimm.Vlr3 • • • • GALVESTON JOINT PAIBOUUN Vol* for On* Charles Kimball, K-2 J.A.gin9,K-308 Van WMtaoy. W-ll Keith (Honolulu) WliMtoy.W-gSS �'•-^•.•r'^y.'j}^r''ii^}^'iri-,f{-f'yif»:^,C^/^y:y.A^.r^.ji'i^.VSliry"r;;i:y-rrf'j,^^-^^^^ ^^^SEAFARERS LOG •friAl ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • As provided in the constitution of the Silly Atiantie & Gulf Districty the foiiowing men have nominated themselves for union offices, and have sub- mitted the required credentials. A brief biography of each candidate with his Union experience appears on these pages to acquaint members with their backsrounds. Secret voting on the candidates will get underway Novemher 15 and run until January 15. A sample ballot appears on the back page. Candidates For 1955-1956 A&G Posts For: Secretary— For: Deck Ass'f Treasurer Secrefary-T reas. (Vote For One) (Vote For One) O WALTER (Rusty) BEYELER— No. B-81: Joined the SIU A&G District in 1942 and sailed throughout the war in every war zone. Was active In the 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and the 1947 Isthmian Strike, and holds clearances for all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined. Has served on"every type of ship under SIU contract. 'Has served on various rOmembership committees ashore, and has also served as department llhui i oe • - • or' ship's delegate on a number of SIU vessels. JOE ALGINA—No. A-1: Trans­ ferred to SIU from old AFL Seamen's Union when SIU was formed. Sailed ac­ tively in WW II before becoming Union organizer. Served as NY deck patrolman, acting port agent, before being elected NY port agent 1948, 1949 and 1950. Elected hq representative for 1951 and 1952; asst. secretary-treasurer for '53-'54. Participated in 1946 General, Wall Street and Isthmian Strikes. Union negotiating committee member for past eight years. eral Strike. Assisted the SIU dur­ ing the Canadian beef, and repre­ sented the SIU in last spring's ILA beef in San Juan. Actively participated in Wall Street Strike and many other Union beefs. For: Boston Agent (Vote For One) For: Jf. Ass'f Secrefary-Treas. For; Eng. Asst Secretary-T reas. ooo p<^-. i)\ ;V •I I For: Boston Joint Patrolman For: New York Deck Patrolman ooo -fj ARNI BJORNSSON—No. B-34: Native of Iceland but now US citi­ zen. Sailed in all combat zones in World War 11 o n foreign-flag and WSA ships. Started shipping with SIU nine years ago and has been in good standing ever since. Elected dele­ gate and meeting chairman by shipmates on many occasions. Elected to many headquarters membership committees and active in behalf of Union in other mat­ ters. Served as master at arms in headquarters. Sails as AB and bosun. JAMES SHEEHAN —No. Sr3: Member of SIU since beginning. (Vote For Three) Served as organ­ izer in Gulf dur­ ing 1 9 3 8 and 1939. Elected to Union office in WILLAM HALL—No. H-272: 1944 and to vari­ ous Union posts Joined the SIU since, including A&G District in NY deck patrol­ 1944, in the Port man, 1947 and 1948, and Philadel­ phia agent, 1949. Returned to sea of New York. in 1950 and sailed to July, 1951, Served actively when appointed Boston agent to in many of the replace resigning official. Has Union's major MICHAEL (Biackie) COLUCCI— sailed since 1924 as AB and bosun. strikes and beefs, Holds clearances for all SIU No. C-3: Joined strikes. Elected Boston agent for the SIU in 1944 including the in New York. 1952, 1953 and 1954. 1946 General Sailed during Strike, the f94'7 war to various Isthmian Strike, the Wall Street war zones. Strike and the Canadian beef. Served as dele­ Elected asst. secretary-treasurer gate on many 4) for '53-'54. Has been elected deck ships. Served as delegate and ship's delegate on PAUL «ALL—No. H-1: Original (Vote For One) Union organizer (Vote For One) most of the ships he has sailed throughout the member of SIU. on and has represented the crew. Isthmian drive. Served as picket Holds all strike Holds clearances for all Union captain during 1946 General Strike clearances. Ac­ actions. and 1947 Isthmian Strike. Also tive in all Union JAMES E. SWEENEY—No. S-6: served as picket captain during t 4) 4JOSEPH H. VOLPIAN—No.V-1: Is Boston joint organizing since Wall Street Strike and many other Started sailing in ROBERT MATTHEWS—No. M- patrolman at beefs. Worked as New York dis­ earliest days. 1922. Active in 1: Joined SIU present. Has patcher for 1952. Elected NY Elected secretarymaritime labor when it was char­ been appointed deck patrolman for '53-'54. many years be­ treasurer 19 4 8. tered. Served as and reelected to fore joining SIU patrolman and Served on all this post for nine LOUIS GOFFIN—N o. G - 7 I in 1940 in New port agent in Mo­ consecutive terms Transferred into SIU negotiating Orleans. Served bile and later as with the excep­ SIU from old committees since as NY engine paport agent in tion of a brief AFL Seamen's then. Helped initiate Welfare, Va­ t r o 1 m a n from Jacksonville and lapse in 1948-49 Union in 19 3 9. cation Plans. Participated In fight 1943 to 1947. San Francisco. while at sea. First Participated ac­ Assigned in 1946 went to work for the Union in tively in 1941 Which broke Communist hold on While patrolman served as special services repre­ 1941. Directed General Strike ac­ bonus beef, 1946 Canadian waterfront. Named by sentative in charge of membership to NY as hq rep­ resentative. Has been on every tivities in 1946 in Portland, Me. General Strike AFL as trustee in fight to bring problems. Elected assistant secre­ Union negotiating committee from Also served as joint patrolman in and Isthmian good unionism to longshoremen. tary-treasurer 1948, 1949, 1950, 1946 to present. Was elected as­ New York in 1943. He has been a Strike. Served secretary-treasurer for member of the SIU since 1938. Union as patrol­ Sailed in all war zones during 1953, 1954 and hq representative sistant for 1951 and 1952. Has strike-clear 1948, 1949 and 1950, 1953 and Has played an active role in all man and agent in Philadelphia and second World War. record for all SIU strikes and 1954. Was elected hq representa­ Union activities. Jacksonville and as assistant sec­ beefs. tive for 1951 and 1952. Partici­ retary-treasurer. Elected deck pa­ 4« 4» .4) pated in all SIU strikes and job trolman in NY for every year from actions. RAY WHITE—NO. W-2: Trans­ 1947 through 1952. Elected NY joint patrolman for '53-'54. Par­ ferred to SIU in X X X ticipated in contract talks. Has all 1938 from old CLAUDE (Sonny) SIMMONS— clearances. AFL Seamen's No. S-1: Member (Vote For Three) X X ^ Union. Helped of old ISU in TOM GOULD —No. G-267t 1935,then worked organize P&O (Vote For One) Joined SIU in with US light­ Port of New Or­ line, one of SlU's house dept. until leans on Decem­ earliest beefs. joining SIU in ADELBERT (Al) ARNOLD—No. ber 23, 19 4 2. Was NY patrol­ 1939. Sailed untU A-147: Joined Sailed regularly man six months EDWARD X. MOONET — No. August, 1941, the SIU A&G through war when appointed M-7: Now serv­ District in 1944, and Norfolk years. Active in Tampa patrol­ ing as elected and holds clear­ Union's post-war agent for three man. Shipped joint patrolman ances for all organizing cam­ years. Active in Isthmian organiz­ again, August, 1942, and sailed strikes and beefs in New York and paigns at Isth­ ing-drive and strike at that com­ as manager of the through war. Appointed NY pa­ since that time. mian and Cities pany. Served as hq representative Port O'Call Bar. trolman, Feb., 1945. Elected Tampa Has been ship's Service. Took part in 1946 General agent for 1946 through 1948. Re­ delegate on a Strike and other major Union beefs, participating in deckT. departinent Joined the SIU in signed July, 1948, and shipped un- number of differ­ through the years. Elected to vari­ negotiations. Elected Tampa poii 1945. Served as tU Nov., 1949. Elected NY engine ent ships, includ­ ship's delegate or ous^ rank and file committees. agent ior 1949. 1950. 1951. 1992, patrolman for 1951, 1952;'elebte(^ ing freighters, tankers and Se^ Served as welfare services repre­ steward delegate 1953 and 1954. Stidke-clpw for alb on majority- of Assistant secretary-treasurer'^ for trains; and has brought in many df sentative, dispa'tcher and pa^olmaa . » . i * . » i these vessels- elefar'df atny beefs' at y.nio» stgifces/andvbetrf*,, •j.H. y ships. Was member of Food and '53-'54. ' Alsi served' as Housing Committee for 1946 Genall. Has sailed in various ratings joiju patrolman in Seattle. For: Sfd. Ass'f Secretary-Treas. SJ; . : in the deck department on all the different types of ships. At preseiit, he is serving as bosun on the Steel Scientist (Isthmian). J �Supplement—Page Two SEAFARERS Elected NY engine patrolman for FRANK BOSE—No. B-4: Joined '53-'54. Active in every beef since JIU in Baltimore joining SIU. Now serving as direc­ in 1944. Active in tor of SIU welfare services. all major Union beefs including 1946 General Strike, Wall Street Strike, Coos Bay beef (Vote For Three) and other actions. Served as organ­ izer in Union's successful campaign against Cities W; PAUL GONSORCHIK —No. Service Oil Company, and in other post-war organizing drives conduct­ G-2: A&G mem­ ed by the Union. Utilized in vari­ ber since Union ous other capacities at headquar­ was founded in ters including acting patrolman. 1938. Sailed stew­ Sails in engine department as chief ard, chief cook electrician. and baker. Mem­ JOSEPH PASINOSKY—No. 68: Joihed Sea­ farers Interna­ tional Union in Port of New York on October 27, 1941. Sailed steadily through­ out the war years to various war zones. Following war, assisted in SIU organizing drive at Isthmian Steamship Company. Took part in many Union beefs including active role in 1946 General Strike and Isthmian Strike. Holds clearances for all Union beefs. One of five brothers who hold SIU books. Sails regularly as bosun. For: New York Sfd, Patrolman For; Hew York Eng. Patrolman (Vote For Three) o -o- o TEDDY BABKOWSKI—No. B-1: Joined SIU in 19 41 and sailed in all combat zones during WW II. Was volunteer organizer in Isth­ mian drive and various tanker drives. Served on New York Isthmian Strike committee. Active in 1946 Strike, Coos Bay and shipyard beefs. Served on Baltimore committees aiding shipyard and telephone workers. Elected joint patrolman in New York for 1949 and NY en­ gine patrolman for years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. t 4" 4" PETER BUSH—No. B-9: Started with SIU when Union was founded and re­ ceived his mem­ bership book in February, 1939, in the Port of Baltimore, Has been in good standing ever since. Has clean record with all strike clearances. Assisted in Union organizing drives and participated in numerous SIU beefs. Has total of nine years seatime on SlU-contracted ships and for two-year period was employed in various capacities at the Union's New York headquarters. LOG ber of Union ne­ gotiating commit­ tee, 1940 and 1941. Assisted in drafting original SIU constitution. Member 1941 Bonus Strike committee. Returned to sea in 1943, then elected NY dispatcher. Served as NY steward patrolman from May, 1951, until elected Baltimore steward patrol­ man for 1952. Elected NY steward patrolman for '53-'54. if HOWARD GUINIER—No. G-3: Joined SIU at its start. Served as organizer in vari­ ous drives from 1938 to 1941. Rep­ resented Union before National Defense Media­ tion Board on contract dispute in 1941. Served as chairman of headquarters Bonus Strike committee. Was chairman of NY branch food and housing com­ mittee for the 1946 General Strike. Secured 3,000 berths for members during strike. Elected steward patrolman in NY every year from 1946 to the present. i i t> FREDDIE STEWART—No. S-8: Was volunteer or­ ganizer for SIU when it was founded. Partic­ ipated in all ma­ jor strikes includ­ ing Bonus Strike, Isthmian, 19 4 6 General Strike and other actions. Was leader of direct action to secure milk, good 4> 41 4i provisions and decent shipboard TOM CLARK—No. C-5: Has conditions for all Seafarers. been with Union Served as steward patrolman in for past nine NY in 1947 and joint patrolman years, joining in 1948 and 1949. Elected steward SIU A&G Dis­ patrolman in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 trict in New and 1954. York, 1943. Sailed during war in all combat zones. Served as black gang delegate and ship's dele­ gate aboard many vessels. Partici­ pated actively in 1946 General (Vote For Six) Strike, Isthmian Strike in 1947 and all other Union strikes. Was elect­ ed engine patrolman in New York for 1950, 1953 and 1954. Holds clearance for all SIU strikes since ROBERT A. BARRETT—B-86: becoming a member. A member of the 4" 4" 4" Seafarers Inter­ WALTER SIEKMANN—Ntr. S-7: national Union Member of the for 11 years, he SIU for 11 years. joined the Union Served on numer­ in New York Oc­ ous ships as dele­ tober 25, 1943. gate. Sailed Since then he through last war has taken part in all combat in all strikes and zones. Served as other beefs in temporary patrol­ which the Union has been involved man. Elected and has volunteered his services at Boston port agent all times for all Union assign­ in 1948. Active on strike commit­ ments. He sails regularly in the tees for 1946 General Strike and engine department, holding a chief Isthmian Strike. Served as shore- electrician's rating among others. side organizer -in Isthmian drive. He Is 45 years of age. for; New York Joint Patrolman O o -O- i i i October 29, 1954 ALLAN L.. LAKE—No. L-41; Joined SIU in 1943 and has been sailing regularly in steward de­ partment ratings. Had shipped on various ships on and off for 18 years before that. Has deck and en­ gine experience. Served as ship's delegate or depart­ ment delegate on most ships. Holds all strike clearances. Was on Val Chem strike committee. Served as organizer for AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1953 and was elected delegate to NY AFL Cen­ tral Trades and Labor Council. t> it ii E. B. (Mac) McAULEY—No. M 20: Member of the SIU since 1943. Sailed all zones during World War II in both steward and engine depart­ ments. Was an official SIU ob­ server during 19 4 6 Isthmian election. Was acting Savannah agent in 1946. Has been ship's del­ egate and engine delegate on numerous ships. Was patrolman dispatcher in Savannah during 1952-53. Served as headquarters organizer 1953-54. New York dis­ patcher 1954. Has clear record on all Union strikes and beefs. For: Phila. Agent (Vote For One) OOO A. (Blaokle) CARDULLO—No. C1: Since Joining the SIU he has been active In all Union strikes and beefs. Was Marcus Hook agent until that hall was closed. Served as patrol­ man in Philadel­ phia, as West Coast representative and as NY hq representative. During war sailed in all combat zones. Has cleai-ances for all Union actions. Active par­ ticipant in Isthmian organizing and strike. Elected Philadelphia agent for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Active in Phila. port affairs. MARTY BREITHOFF—No. B-2: Started sailing with SIU in 1942 and sailed dur­ ing World War II in all combat zones in both en­ gine and steward depart ments. Served on griev­ ance committee in Tampa during 1946 General Strike. Was ship­ (Vote For One) board organizer at start of Cities Service Drive, in 1946. Served as. chief dispatcher. Port of New York, in 1951 and 1952. Elected NY joint 4 4 4 patrolman for '53-'54. Currently STEVE BERGERIA—No. B-179: serving as SIU West Coast repre­ KEITH TERPE—No. T-S: Sailed Has served a s sentative. throughout Woi-ld ship's delegate War II on West 4. 4. 4 Coast in both and deck dele­ LEOPOLD BRUCE—No. B-158: deck and steward gate on most of Has been SIU depart ments. ships he's sailed member since he Joined the SIU in oined in Port of since joining the 1949. Was head­ New York in Union. Was pick­ quarters organiz­ April, 1946. Took er during 1949-51, et dispatcher and active part in active in winning member of clear­ numerous Union successful Cities beefs and actions Service drive. Also served as act­ ance committee including 1 9 4 6 ing port agent in Lake Charles dur­ in 1946 General General Strike, ing 1950-51. Helped organize sev­ Strike in Philadelphia. Also was Isthmian Strike, eral other non-union companies. picket captain and dispatcher in Wall Street Strike and Val Chem Was New York patrolman, contract beef last year, among others. negotiator and headquarters rep­ 1947 strike against Isthmian. As­ Served as ship and department resentative 1951-52. SIU Director sisted in Isthmian polling. Wide experience in negotiating on ship­ delegate on various ships including of Organization since 1952. board beefs and other troubles. Alcoa Polaris, Andrew Jackson, Active in Phila. BME organizing. Fairland and San Mateo Victory. 4 4 4 Sails regularly in steward depart­ ERNEST B. TILLEY—No. T-2: 4 4 4 ment as cook and baker. Joined SIU A&G JOHN HETZELL — No. H-6t District in Balti­ 4) 4 4> Has been a book more, 1939. Ap­ member of the JAMES MARTIN DAWSON- pointed engine SIU since 1947. No. D-82: Became patrolman for Has served a s member of the Baltimore in hip's delegate Seafarers Inter­ 1945. In 1947, ap­ and departmental national Union in pointed P h i1 a delegate on many 1946 in the Port delphia patrol­ ships. Has taken of New York. man and later an active part in Holds clearances served as Phila­ Union beefs on for all major delphia agent. Elected Philadelphia the West Coast, Union beefs such joint patrolman for 1948. Was act­ the Commercial Telegraphere as General Strike ing agent in Boston. Served as Wil­ Union strike, the Isthmian beef of 1946 and Isth­ mington agent in 1949 and as pa­ mian Strike, 1947. Participates ac­ trolman in Savannah. Elected Sa­ on behalf of the AFL Marine Engi­ tively in shipboard affairs and has vannah agent for 1951 and 1952. neers and the Operating Engineers' been elected many times to repre­ Elected NY joint patrolman for strike in 1952. Was appointed joint sent his shipmates either as depart­ '53-'54. Now serving as Wilming­ patrolman in Philadelphia in 1951. Elected Phila. joint patrolman for ment delegate or ship's delegate. ton agent. 53-'54. Sails in deck department as AB 4 •• 4 4 4 4 4 and bosun and is 33 years of age. CHARLES L. STEVENS—No. SHOWARD WEBBER—No. W-365t 4 4 ,4 Started going to 366: Has been REED HUMPHRIES—No. H-4: sailing all types sea during World Joined SIU in of ships in both War II on De­ July, 1944, in NY. the engine and cember 17, 1943, Sailed continual­ steward depart­ and has been ly in World War ments since 1916. sailing ever since. II in deck de­ Joined the Sea­ Became Seafar­ partment. Active farers Interna­ ers International in 1946 General tional Union on Union member in Strike and Wall May 16, 1941, in New York on treet Strike the Port of Bos­ August 15, 1946. where he served ton. Shipped to all zones and sailed Has sailed on almost every type of on the grievance steadily throughout World War 11. ship under contract to the Union committee. Active in many beefs Holds all ratings in the steward de­ and has been repeatedly elected as where SIU helped other unions. partment and has been chief stew­ ship's delegate or departmental Served as shipboard organizer on ard on the ships of numerous SIU delegate by his shipmates. His last Mar-Trade tankers. Appointed NY companies for 13 years. Has a clear ship was the Steel Maker. He sails patrolman in 1952. Elected NY record on all SIU strikes and beefs regularly as AB or bosun. Has oint patrolman for '53-'54. Is now since he joined the Union. . > • clean record in Union. in charge of SIU hq maintenance. For: Phila. Joint Patrolman OO O �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS egate on ships. Was appointed dis­ patcher for Baltimore in 1049. Was elected Baltimore engine patrol­ man for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Balfimoro Agont (Vote For One) EARL (Bull) SHEPPARD—No. Sl: One of SIU's original members. Active in P&O strike and other early Union ac­ tions. Directed field work in Isthmian organ­ izing drive. Par­ ticipated in Great L ak e s organiz­ ing. Directed NY waterfront ac­ tivities in 1946 General Strike. Ap­ pointed New Orleans port agent in 1947. Elected New Orleans agent for 1948, 1949, 1950. Elected as­ sistant secretary-treasurer for 1951. Appointed Baltimore agent in 1951. Elected Baltimore agent for 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Baltimore Deck Patrolman (Vote For One) o WILLIAM A. HENDERSHOT— No. H-327: Joined the SIU in 1944 after serving in the US Army and Navy. Sails bosun and is thoroughly f a miliar with all -deck department jobs and contract provisions cover­ ing his depart­ ment. Has served as ship's delegate and deck delegate on many occasions and as­ sisted in settling beefs on various ships. Participated in all Union strike activity since 1945. Has been active in SIU organizing drives and other Union beefs. iii t> LEON (Blondie) JOHNSON — No. J-2: One of first to join SIU when it was formed in 1938. Took part in major beefs such as P&O Strike, Bonus Strike, longshore beefs and other impor­ tant actions. Served as patrolman in many SIU ports such as New Orleans, Galves­ ton, New York and Norfolk. Elect­ ed Galveston patrolman for 1948. Elected Baltimore patrolman for every year from 1949 up to the present. Sailed in all combat zones during World War II. For: Baltimore Eng. Patrolman (Vote For One) AL STANSBURY — No. B-22; Member of SIU since it was or­ ganized, joining in Port of Balti­ more. Taken ac­ tive part in all strikes and or­ ganizing drives since Union be­ gan. Sailed dur­ ing the war into most combat zones. > Served SIU in various appointive capacities. Was often elected black gang del- For: Baltimore Sfd, Patrolman (Vote For One) JOE (De George) DI GIORGIO— No. D-Z: Member of SIU since 1941, joining in Port of New Orleans. Sailed to all areas in World War II. Active in all major Union beefs such as 1941 bonus beef, 1946 General Strike, Isthmian Strike and other Union actions, serving on numer­ ous strike committees and other rank and file bodies.'Elected ship's delegate and steward delegate on numerous occasions. Currently employed by SIU Sea Chest as representative. 4" J" A. W. (Andy) GOWDER—No. G - 352: Became member of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District in Savannah in 1944. Since that time has been ac­ tive in all Union beefs, strikes and 0 r g a n i z ation drives. Partici­ pated in 1946 General Strike and in Isthmian organizing drive and Isthmian Strike. Served on nu­ merous committees In the Union's branches. Elected delegate, chair­ man and recording secretary on many SIU ships. Sailed during World War II and Korean War. G. FRANK HAZEN—No. G-386: Union man since 1937 and joined SIU in Balti­ more, February, 1939, shortly af­ ter the A&G dis­ trict was char­ tered. Has been a member i n good standing ever since then. Was appointed patrolman in Nor­ folk, 1946. Sails in steward depart­ ment and holds all ratings for the galley gang from chief steward on down. Sailed through World War II and has been active in various Union strikes and beefs since the SIU was first founded. LOG For: Baltimore Joint Patrolman Supplement—Page Threo times by his shipmates as ship's delegate as well as department del­ egate in both deck and steward de­ partments, having sailed in both. 4 (Vote For One) 4 4 (Vote For One) R. W. (Bob) MILLER—No. M360: Been sailing since 1937 in various ratings in the engine department. Be­ came member of Seafarers Inter­ national Union in May, 1949, in the Port of New York. Took part in Wall Street Strike, garment cen­ ter beef and other Union actions since starting with SIU. Has been elected ship's delegate and depart­ ment delegate on many ships in­ cluding the Longview Victory, Northwestern Victory and Atlantic Water. Maintains home in Norfolk REX E. DICKEY — No. D-6: Elected deck pa­ trolman for the Port of Balti­ more for ten terms from 193848. Sailed active­ ly on a leave of absence in the war years, 194243. Served as patrolman-organ­ izer during the Isthmian drive and returned to this position on ap­ pointment in May, 1952. Has played a key role in the Atlantic tanker organizing drive. Was ac­ tive in the 1946 General Strike. Sailed consistently as AB between 4 4 4 1948 and 1952. Has been cleared BEN REES—No. R-2: Joined SIU in all of the Union's strikes since he joined in the year of SIU's in 1938. Appoint­ birth. ed patrolman-dis­ patcher for Nor­ 4 4 4 RICHARD MAY—No. M-872: folk in June, 1945. Served in Has been sailing that post until SIU since 1943. elected Norfolk Holds both deck joint patrolman and engine rat­ for 1947. Reelect­ ings and has ed in 1948. Ap­ shipped in both pointed port departments. Has agent for Norfolk, March, 1948. been departmen­ Elected Norfolk agent for 1949, tal delegate on 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. In various occasions charge of feeding and publicity for in deck and en­ gine departments. Served on vari­ Norfolk strike committee in 1946 ous port committees in Baltimore. General Strike. Active for strike Participated-in New York Maritime committee in Isthmian Strike and Trades Council beef and served in Wall Street beef in 1947. on picketline for SIU affiliate in Baltimore. Sailed on SS Evestar until vessel was organized. Has clearance for all strikes since join­ ing Union. For: Norfolk Joint Patrolman For: Norfolk Agent (Vote For One) o^ C. D. (Bo) ANDERSON—No. A-22: Joined SIU in Port of Tampa, June, 1942, and has been member of Union ever since. Sailed to all zones throughout World War II. Held several ap­ pointive posi­ tions in the Union in various ports, the last one being dispatcher in Port of Baltimore. Actively par­ ticipated in the major beefs and or­ ganizing drives conducted by the 4 4 4 Union through the years. Sails in ARTHUR (Artie) KAVEL, JR.- deck department in all ratings and No. K-79: Became holds endorsement as bosun. a member of the SIU in Boston, 4 4 4 June, 1946. Took GLENIOUS (Glenn) LAWSON— part in the 1946 No. L-27: Joined General Strike the Seafarers and was also ac­ Inter national tive during the Union, Atlantic Isthmian Strike and Gulf District, the following in Port of Nor­ year. Holds clear­ ances for all major SIU strikes. folk on Novem­ Has been ship's delegate or depart­ ber 4, 1944. Has ment delegate on almost every ship been active mem­ he has sailed on including those on ber of Union ever organizational status. Was ship's since then, tak­ delegate on Mary Adams last trip. ing part in the Union's major Sails various ratings In steward strikes and other beefs as well as in the Union's successful post-war dep't. organizing program. Elected many For: Savannah Agent oo JEFF MORRISON—No. M-3: Served Union in various capaci­ ties on all coasts and active in ma­ jor Union beefs and strikes. Was on strike com­ mittee in Norfolk for 1946 General Strike. Elected joint patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and 1948. Elect­ ed joint patrolman in Galveston for 1949. In mid-1949 went to San Francisco as West Coast represen­ tative. Served as Wilmington port agent, 1950-51, and Seattle agent in 1952. Elected Savannah agent for '53-'54. For: Savannah Joint Patrolman (Vote For One) JOHN S. BRAGG—No. B-313t Joined the SIU in March, 1944, in San Francisco. Served on pick­ etline during 1946 General Strike in Port of Savannah. Has shipped in deck, engine and stew­ ard departments at different times since starting to sail. Has sailed in the engine de­ partment for the past six years. Has been elected by crewmemberi as engine department delegate and ship's delegate on various ships. Fully familiar with all Union regu­ lations and contract provisions. 4 4 4 NEVIN E. ELLIS—No. E-70: Is a charter mem­ (Vote For One) ber of the SIU, A&G District, transferring t o the SIU when it organ­ JAMES A. BULLOCK—No. B-7: was first ized. Sailed a 11 Joined the SIU during the war, in May of 1939, visiting all of the various war and has sailed zones. Served as steadily since. dispatcher in the Port of Tampa in He was appoint­ 1949 and 1950. Has been active in ed patrolman-dis­ all SIU strikes and beefs. Elected patcher in the Savannah joint patrolman for '53'54. He has been elected and has Port of Norfolk served as department and as ship's in 1946, and has delegate on many of the ships he since been elect­ has sailed. ed to that posi­ tion. Has been active in all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined the Union, and holds clearances for all of them. During the Wall Street Strike, he served in the capacity of (Vote For One) area captain. He was also active in Isthmian and Cities Service cam­ paigns. For: Tampa Agent 4 4 4 JOSEPH W. JAMES—No. J-183: Has been a mem­ ber of the SIU for the past 11 years, getting his book in the port of New York in September, 1943. Was in New York during 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and took active part in it. Has served as ship and de­ partmental delegate on many SIU ships. Sails regularly as electrician with the engine department and is currently 2nd electrician and en­ gine department delegate aboard the Mississippi cruise ship Del Sud. OOO TOMMY BANNING—No. B-12i Has been an acyve SIU member since joining the Union in 1938. Took part in the early organizing drives in various shipping compa­ nies. Served for several years in the US Army in World War II. On returning, was appointed SIU representative in Puerto Rico. Worked in head­ quarters of the New Yoi-k hall in 1951. Appointed joint patrolman in the Port of New York in 1952. Elected NY deck patrolman for .'53-'54. . :v �Soppleinent—^Pa^e F«iir SEAFARERS Oetober M, im LOG Alcoa passenger ships andjreight- and ship's delegate on -sarious ers, as well as the ships of other ships. Fully familiar witK terms iSIU-contracted companies. Is pres­ of Union contracts, constitution ently sailing on the Alcoa Clipper. and other Union rules. Has clear Has clear Union record in all beefs record on all strikes and beefs (Vote For One) since becoming a member of the since joining SIU. SIU. » » ^ LINDSEY WILLIAMS — No. HERMAN TROXCLAIR—No. TW-1: Joined SIU 4: Joined SIU in (Vote For One) A&G District in March, 1941, and January, 1942, in (Vote For One) has been aotive New Orleans. in Union since Sailed in the that date in all deck department strikes, beefs ROBERT J. JORDAN—No. J-1: during the war in and organization­ Sailed since 1938 practically every CHARLES KIMBALL—No. K-2: al campaigns, war zone. Served in engine depart­ serving on many Active mem­ as Gulf area or­ committees. Dur­ ment. Was organ­ ber of SIU since ganizer during ing World War izer in Gulf area Union drive to organize Isthmian. II sailed widely in many combat Union was first for Isthmian ships Led drive on American Trading and areas. Always sailed in stewards organized in Producing. Director of organization and tugboats 1938. Sailed at for Cities Service drive and was department. Was first elected stew­ from September, all times in deck responsible for .bringing many ard department patrolman for New 1945 on. Served department until (Vote For One) new companies under contract. Orleans for 1948. Was re-elected as Mobile engine Elected New Orleans port agent for 1949 and 1950. Elected steward 1944 when ap­ patrolman, Feb­ since 1950. patrolman in same port for '52, '53, pointed patPoIruary, 1946. Was man for Mobile. '54. Strike clear. acting dispatcher and organizer in Acted as Assist­ BELARMINO (Benny) GONZA­ that port. Was . elected engine ant West Coast representative in LEZ—No. G-4: patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and San Francisco in 1945. Elected Joined the SIU reelected in 1948. Elected joint Mobile port agent in 1946 and ap­ in 1938, in Tam­ (Vote For One) patrolman in Mobile 1949-1952. pointed patrolman and dispatch­ pa. Active in or­ Elected engine patrolman for '53er in 1947 in Mobile. Sailed 1948 ganizing P& O (Vote For One) '54. Active in all SIU drives and to 1951. Elected Galveston joint Line and in sub­ has clear record in all strikes. patrolman for '52, '53, '54. Clear­ sequent P & O C. M. (Whitey) TANNEHILL— ances for all Union strikes. Strike. Helped or­ No. T-5: Joined the SIU A&G ganize Florida 4 4 4 PAUL A. WARREN—No. W-S: District in June East Coast CarOne of the oldJOHN A. (Blackie) KING—No. of 1943. Since time members of ferry in 1940. that time he was K-308: Joined the SIU, getting Was New York dispatcher in 1946active in the Isth­ (Vote For One) his book in the SIU in Tampa, 47, steward, department patrolman mian organizing Port of Mobile In 1948. Elected Baltimore steward 1949. Served as drive, and also in on November 16, patrolman in 1949. Sei*ved as AFL shipboard organ­ the Cities Service 1938. Has been organizer in Florida. Was patrol­ organizing cam­ izer during active member man in Tampa, patrolman and dis­ paign. He holds Union's drive on LEO MARSH — No. M-9: Has since that time. patcher in New York during 1953clearances for all SIU strikes and Shipped to all Cities Service 54. Has clearances for all Union been a member beefs since he joined the Union. areas in deck de­ beefs and strikes. of the SIU, A&G In 1948, elected Boston joint pa­ partment during World War II. ships and also participated in trolman. Elected joinf patrolman District, since it for Galveston '59-'51. Elected New Participated in all Union strikes organizing drives was formed and Orleans deck patrolman for '53-'54. and beefs and took part in SIU's on harbor tugs he has always post-war organizing drives in non­ such as Biscol and Terry Smith sailed in the union companies. Served in vari­ tugs. Took part in major Union steward depart­ ous appointive Union posts and is strikes and beefs. Elected by ship­ (Vote For One) currently acting patrolman in New mates either as department dele­ ment, sailing in Orleans. Has clear strike record. gate or as ship's delegate on most a 11 ratings on ships that he has sailed on. Sails almost every (Vote For One) in deck department and has bo­ type of vessel sun's endorsement. CAL TANNER—No. T-1: Charter under SIU contract. He holds member of the clearances for all SIU strikes and 4 4 4 SIU since the beefs since the Union was organ­ VAN WHITNEY — No. W-11: very beginning. C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS—No. S(Vote For One) ized and has taken an active part 4: One of early Sailed actively Joined the SIU in during war see­ 1944. Holds in all of them. Was appointed as members of SIU, ing service in Union clearances steward patrolman for the Port joining in Demost combat for all strikes and of Mobile in December of 1951. c e m b e r, 1938. zones. Active in beefs since then. Active in 1939 Elected Mobile steward patrolman Isthmian Strike, KEITH ALSOP—No. A-3: Has 15 Picketed in Jack­ Isthmian organ­ years sea time to izing drive both sonville, F1 a ., for •53-'54. 1939 Bonus his credit, most on ship and during the 1946 Strike, 1946 of it in the en­ ashore as organizer. Elected Mo­ General Strike, General Strike gine department. bile port agent for every year and was an or­ and 1947 Isth­ Sailed to all parts since 1947. Participated in vari­ ganizer during mian Strike ous A&G District organizing drives the Cities Service campaign. Sailed when company was signed. Served of the world dur­ of past years. Active in all SIU in all ratings in the engine depart­ A&G District in many capacities ing the war. Served as port beefs and holds clearances for all ment. Sailed to all war zones. Took from dispatcher to agent in New (Vote For One) strikes the Union has engaged in an active part in the SUP strike of Orleans. Sailed in all combat zones agent in Charles­ since it was first organized. 1951. Now ship's delegate on Seaduring WW II. Elected New Or­ ton, SC, and Gal­ train NY. Was on hq tallying,com­ leans engine patrolman since 1947. veston. Served as patrolman in NY, Norfolk and New mittee for Baltimore Building Orleans. Was member of general Fund Resolution. HAROLD J. FISCHER—No. F-1: strike committee in Norfolk during 4 4 4 In SIU since 1938. 1946 strike. Served as chairman of the Isthmian strike committee, in Sailed steadily in • KEITH (Honolulu) WINSLEY— Galveston in 1947. Elected port No. W-269: Has engine depart­ (Vote For One) agent in Galveston every year from been a member(Vote For One) ment during war 1948 down to the present. of the Seafarers until December, Inter national 4" 4 ,4 . 1943, when ap­ Union, Atlantic RAYMOND E. VAUGHAN—No. and Gulf Dis­ pointed Mobile WILLIAM J. (Red) MORRIS — dispatcher. Was GEORGE A. RIEHM—No. R-343: V-129: A mem­ trict, since join­ ber of the Sea­ No. M-4: Sailed Has been sail­ ing up in Octo­ drafted into US farers Interna­ ing since 1937 in since 1939 and ber, 1945, in the Army in 1944 and tional Union, the steward de­ through World Port of San FranAtlantic and Gulf partment. Served War H until d.isch ar ged in Cisco. Has sailed District, since appointed acting regularly since then in the engine 1946. Returned to sea. Served again in the Armed September, 1947, agent for Jackdepartment and holds various en­ in Mobile as patrolman-dispatcher Forces from 1942 wheii he joined sonviile in March, gine department ratings including for four years from 1946 to 1950. to 1945 and in the Port of Gal­ 1945. Was later sailing that of electrician. Has a clean rec- • Has clear record on all strikes. started veston. Has been assigned to New ord in the Union, holding clear­ Served as SIU West Coast repre­ SIU in 1946. Re­ shipping, ever York and then do ances for all SrU strikes. ' Is 35 sentative and San FrahclicO agent. ceived book,mem­ since in Hie' deck department on> Years of ^ge afid' a resident of Al- ^ Norfolk as pabership in ,the Elected Mobile joint patrolman for trolman. Served as acting ,int in :n,;,typea;j|, shiij^icohtraRted 14 ifiers, Louisiana. IIU in 1948, in the « Charleston, SC. Appointei iatriilWk. Has sailed Delist Line and le SIU. Has been deck delegate GEORGE M. EVERETT—No. E87: Has been a member of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, since joining in the Port of Norfolk on July 12. 1947. Sails regularly in deck department ratings. Has a clean record on all Union beefs with all necessary strike clearances. Is a resident of the port for which he is candidate and is 30 years of age. man for Mobile in 1947, Was elect­ ed deck patrolman in Mobile for 1948, joint patrollmart in '49 and deck patrolman for 'dS-'Sd. Has clear record on all Union beefs. For: Mobile Eng. Patrolman For: N"^ Orleans Agent O O For: Galveston Joint Patrolman O For: Tampa Joint Patrolman -cxp- -o For: N' Orleans Deck Patrolman For: N' Orleans Joint Patrolman o cy O For: Mobile Std. Patrolman For: Mobile Agent I • For: N' Orleans Eng. Patrolman O O -Q?- OOO For: Galveston Agent For: Mobile Joint Patrolman For; Mobile Deck Patrolman OOO I V For: N' Orleans Std. 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Title A name given to the resource October 29, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 22 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CRIMP RIG SEEKS TO SCUTTLE SEA UNIONS' WAGES, CONDITIONS COLLECTS 3RD SIU BABY $ BLACKIE CARROLL, SIU OLDTIMER, DIES AT 57 6 MORE CO'S READY WITH BACK WAGES UNION OPENS NEW HOUSTON HALL TRAVELERS' CHECK DRAWS POPULAR WITH SEAFARERS SIU BACKS SHIP WORKERS' BEEF SIU CELEBRATES 16TH BIRTHDAY STIFFEN CG CONTROL OF DOPE RAPS SIU STRIKE KEEPS BULL RUN TIED UP ISTHMIAN TO ADD PIERS IN B'KLYN DON'T TRY IT LENDING A HAND 16TH BIRTHDAY THE ICY SOUTH LAND: EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN, SIU SHIP'S STOPOVER IS A BIG EVENT SIU LIGHTS WAY FOR ALL SEAMEN CURFEW FOR CHOCTAW CREW DOESN'T GET THEM IN A STEW, CHIEF COOK REPORTS 'FLORIDA' HURRICANE IT AIN'T COMPANY REPS OUTSPEED SHIP SEEKS CARE, IS CALLED 'DESERTER' PAYOFFS RIGHT IN HOSPITALS JUST ANOTHER SIU SERVICE CANDIDATES FOR 1955-1956 A&G POSTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ff0af614f8f694149e0051c56ab4ed00.PDF 03cfe4648aa04ae2cbe0385bb0066a03 PDF Text Text 3 ri i Voting Begins For A&C Officials Story on Page 2 Vol. XVi No. 23 SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 12, 1954 ' 1 <1 • ••I 1 • '1 m O/flClof IVs/cOnifflO. Taking part in the dedication ceremonies open^ ing the new Baltimore SIU offices, Mayor Thomas D Alesandro extends the congratulations of the city to the men of the SIU and presents Hall with the key to the city. Mayor D'Alesandro termed the building "an outstanding example of forward-looking trade unionism and a welcome asset to the city." Standing at right is SIU Baltimore Agent Earl Sheppard. } '• *>.-» • fi,i ; V In photo at right a group of Seafarers enter the new building for the special meeting and celebration. Among the more than 1,000 persons present for the ceremonies were Seafarers and their wives, public officials and representatives of various maritime and other AFL trade unions^ (Story on Page 3.) "•M fc I �Pae«Tw« SEAFARERS LOG A&G Balloting Begins Monday; Seafarers Vote On 49 Posts November 12, 1954 Vofe Closes Galveston In Hall Change - r- • •ii • 5 it All operations in the Hous­ ton-Galveston area have been With 49 A&G district offices at stake, Seafarers will begin voting Monday morning in the Union's 60-day shifted to the Houston SIU secret ballot elections. Voting booths have been set up in all SIU outports and at headquarters where Sea­ hall as the result of a resolution passed by the membership at last farers may register their choices for the various posts open in the two-year election. Wednesday night's headquarters A total of 78 candidates, the largest number ever to run for office in the SIU, are appearing on this year's and outport meetings. ballot. This is three more than the old record of 75 who qualified for the previous election in 1952. Actually The resolution, introduced si­ multaneously in all ports, pointed a total of 92 men nomi-^ out that since the opening of the Houston hall, Houston has been nated themselves under the handling more than 75 percent of SIU's simple nominating the shipping out of the area. This procedure, but 14 had to be was not unexpected in view of the disqualified because they did shift in shipping in recent years from Galveston island to the city not meet the minimum re­ of Houston proper. quirements for holding office Accordingly, the resolution asked as specified in the Union's membership approval for concen­ constitution. tration of all Union activities in Office Requirements Houston, permitting the closing of The basic requirements are: two the Galveston hall. years' consecutive good standing, Under the terms of the resolu­ US . citizenship and three years* tion, the Galveston and Houston seatime, four months of it in the shipping lists have been merged, past year. Men serving the Union with men from Galveston carrying in official or employee capacity are the same date of registration onto e.xempt from the four-month pro­ the Houston list. vision. Patrolman Charles Kimball and Mickey Wilburn, dispatcher, have Voting in the elections will con­ been assigned to Houston to work tinue until January 15 under the under acting port agent Frenchy supervision of rank and file ballot­ Michelet. Galveston agent Keith ing committees elected in all the Alsop has been assigned to the ports. At the first membership port of New Orleans to work under meeting after the close of the vot­ Lindsey Williams, port agent for ing six-man rank and file tallying that city. committees will be elected in all The Houston hall was opened in ports to count the votes. The accord with the recommendations headquarters tallying committee of the 1953 Agents' Conference, will count votes cast in headquar­ concurred in by all port agents at ters and will also serve as a districtGetting set for the two-month district-wide referendum on Union officers, which opens Monday, an that time, which acknowledged wide tallying body to check the SIU headquarters maintenance staffer paints a voting booth which can accommodate three Seafarers the shift In shipping importance tallies made by outport commit­ at one time. The secret ballot vote will be conducted at ail SIU halls through January 15, 1955. from Galveston to Houston. tees. The results of the election and the official report of the tally­ ing committee will then be printed agent and joint patrolman; Tampa agent and joint patrolman. in the SEAFARERS LOG. Also a Mobile agent and four The 49 posts to be filled include: one secretary-treasurer, the rank­ patrolmen and a New Orleans ing officer of the district; one as­ agent and four patrolmen assigned sistant secretary-treasurer for the the same way as in Baltimore, and deck, engine and steward depart­ a Galveston agent and joint patrol­ ments respectively and three joint man. assistant secretary-treasurers. Alerteii by the October 29 SEAFARERS LOG expose of a phony maritime "union" which Full biographies of all candi­ dates on the ballot, with their pic­ has been chartered to undermine legitimate unions, both American and foreign flag seamen's Posts To Be Voted tures, were printed in the October unions are preparing to deal with the disruptive outfit. Meanwhile, further information re­ Port officers to be chosen are: 1 issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. en agent and joint patrolman in A sample ballot appeared in the ceived substantiates first re­ Boston; nine patrolmen for the October 29 LOG and copies of It ports that the ILA-chartered SIU, has also Indicated it would representing both officers and un­ affiliate is merely a front for take steps against the new "ui^ licensed men, have made it plain deck, engine and steward depart­ are available in all ports. a revival of large-scale crimp-type ion's" program, that they would not sit by and ments (three in each) for New There are no referendums on operations on the waterfront. York as well as six joint patrolmen lis sea unions on both coasts, (Continued on page 17) As reported in the last Issue of for New York; a Philadelphia constitutional amendments appear­ the LOG, the discredited Interna­ agent and joint patrolman; a Balti­ ing on the ballot in this election. tional Longshoremen's Association more agent and four patrolmen, recently chartered an outfit in New one for each department and a York called the "United Interna­ joint patrolman; a Norfolk agent tional Seameh's Union." The ob­ and joint patrolman; Savannah ject of the outfit, as stated by Its president, Louis Le Doulx, is to raid established unions under both American and foreign flags and with the help of the ILA take their Nov. 12. 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 23 Another SIU - contracted com­ ships away. Le Doulx has a record As I See It Page 6 pany, the Transfuel Corporation of of supplying cut-rate crews, to Burly Page 16 25 Broadway, New York City, is Aristotle Onassis and other for­ Crossword Puzzle Page 8 now prepared to pay retroactive eign-flag operators. Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 wages under the terms of amend­ Backed By Seamen's Foes Editorials Page 9 ments to the SIU dry cargo con­ Aside from the old ILA, the new Galley Gleanings Page 15 tract. operation has the active support of Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 The company asks f.iat seamen elements in the Marine Engineers Labor Round-Up Page 8 employed Ijy it notify the com­ Beneficiai Association as well as Letter of The Week Page 9 pany's office of a proper mailing admiralty lawyers and others who Letters Page 16 address. Checks will be sent out have been active in attacking the Maritime Page 8 in the mails accordingly. SIU and other legitimate unions Meet The Seafarer . .Page 8 by leaflet and newspaper. The Notices, Personals Page 17 AFL-expelled ILA, according to a Off Watch Page 14 New York daily newspaper, has Port Reports Pages 12, 13 announced. it is also working to Quiz Page 14 defeat the SIU leadership in the SIU History Cartoon Page 6 A&G elections beginning Monday. Regular membership meet­ Sports Line Page 15 Representatives of several legi­ ings in SIU headquarters and Vote of Thanks Page 9 timate foreign-flag trade unions ip at all branches are held every Washington News Letter.. Page 7 New York have already called the second Wednesday night at Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 attention of their home offlces to 7 PM. The schedule for the Welfare Report Page 18 Typical of crimp Joint operations, ,t|ie ^'tJnited Int'I Seamen's the LOG story and indicated that next few meetings Is as follows: Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 Union", has dingy office over a store on .New York's West 28th a strong stand would be taken Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 15. Street, from which attempt will be staged to disrupt legitimate against any raids. The local office Publiihcd biweekly et the heedquarters All Seafarers registered on of the Seafareri International Union, At­ US maritime unions. Chartered by the discredited old ILA, the of the International Transportlantic A Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth the shipping list are required outfit specializes in supplying seamen at cut-rate prices to foreignAvenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth workers Federation, an organiza­ to attend the meetings. 9-6600. Entered as second class matter flag ship operators and has announced plans to move in on AFL tion composed of both US and at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of August 34, 191Z and CIO ships when contracts expires foreign-flag unions, including the All Sea Unions Keeping Watch On Crimp Outfit SEAFARERS LOG More Back Pay Ready Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks �®..^^-:?.--'^';; '* -• _'-v•"•^-'S •' ' '• •'' • • '-"^ jrwember 1«, MM SEAFARERS LOG t*ge Thre* Mew Baliimore Hall Open; Tops InSeafarer Comforts, Services With*appropriate fanfare and iwelcoming ceremonies, Seafarers in Baltimore formally opened the finest union hall in the A&G dis­ trict and one of the best of its kind anywhere on Wednesday evening, November 10. The sparkling new hall, another major step for­ ward in the Union's building program, is without a doubt superior in design, facilities and membership conveniences to the SIU's alreadyfamed New York headquarteis. Opening ceremonies before a. throng of several hundred Seafarers, their wives and other guests got under way with a special member­ ship meeting at which Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, — Congressman Edward Garmatz and others extended their congratulations to the men of the SIU for making the new building possible. Afterwards Seafarers and their guests enjoyed an eye-filling buffet, followed by music, dancing and entertainment. Came From California Groups of Seafarers came from. Philadelphia and other nearby ports to participate and one SIU man came across At 6 PM, Seafarers, their wives, the continent from Wilming­ friends and guests started drifting ton, California. "I was top in. They wandered through the man on the Wilmington ship­ building from the basement cafe­ ping list," he said. "But I teria and kitchen to the rooftop wouldn't have missed this for any­ recreation deck and game room admiring the facilities and the thing." tasteful decoration of the building. .. While the official opening took Many brought cameras to take a place at 7 PM Wednesday night, picture record of the opening. Seafarers in the port had been Key To City The special meeting got under­ way at 7 PM with an invocation Features Of and the presentation of the key of The old and the new. Seafarers at the old Baltimore Baltimore Hall the city and a few words of wel­ SIU hall wait for the last job call before moving come by Mayor D'Alesandro. A ail operations to the new SIU offices. Above, Sea­ The following are the ma­ warm message of congratulations farers look over the new hiring board during a jor facilities of the new SIU was read from SIU President Har­ tour of inspection of new hall. The Baltimore hir­ Baltimore branch office: ry Lundeberg, and personal greet­ ing board is identical to that in the Union's New • Modern hiring hall and ings were delivered by spokesmen York headquarters. meeting hall for the Baltimore Federation of • Union offices Labor, the Masters, Mates and • Cafeteria One flight up is the modern Pilots, Brotherhood of Marine En­ assured it was so he shook his in design to New York headquar­ head unbelievingly. One Seafarer ters, the resemblance ends right • Bar and dance floor shipping hail, with a shipping gineers, and other union organiza­ • Barber shop tions. Congressman Garmatz, who present, Steve Emerson, AB, wait­ there. For one thing, the Balti­ board similar to that in New York. • Shoeshine Stand represents the district in which ed patiently camera in hand, for more hall, with five levels, has far A patrolmen's counter ^as been •""Laundry drop the hall is located, also spoke- a his son Paul Emerson, MM, to more useful space than the three- set up in the rear of the hall. The make his way around the buffet story New York hall, and its de­ floor also contains the port agent's • Sea Chest retail shop few words of welcome. table. "I'm taking pictures of him sign has utilized that space to great office and several other adminis­ • Air conditioning and soundOne speaker at the meeting in­ here," he said, "so we can send it advantage for the membership. trative offices. • proofing throughout terpreted the event this way. "The to our home town newspaper in The installation of built-in air-con­ • Parking lot Shipping Hall maritime industry today," he said, Arkansas." ditioning, thermostatic controls, • Pool room On the next deck are the two "may 'be beset by .fears and un­ • Game room While the buffet was going on, tiled and papered walls and su­ shipping hall balconies, one of certainties, but the SIU certainly perior lighting throughout also en­ • Elevator isn't holding back. Your Union is the shipping hall was cleared for hance the beauty and servicibility which will serve as a recreation • Television rooms dancing. Live music was supplied room. A TV set and other game going ahead with a vigorous, ag­ • Open sundeck and several acts followed for the of the building. equipment have been installed gressive program for the benefit Beginning at the basement level, • Shower room of the membership.. I think that entertainment of the guests. the hall features a cafeteria re­ there for the convenience of men • Piped music and public ad­ More Spacious an alert, intelligent membership served exclusively for Seafarers, waiting to ship out. Affiliated dress systeln and the Union's forceful leader­ and a modern galley, as well as unions such as the BME, the The big star of the evening was ship, working together, are setting the building itself, which drew roomy storage space. A truck Marine Firemen, the Sailors Union, loading dock and a conveyer belt will be tenants there as well as shifting Union operations bit by a fine-example for. the rest of the running upstairs will simplify han­ the MM&P and the Baltimoro bit all week long.^ A one o'clock maritime industry and the trade union movement." dling of supplies. The basement Federation of Labor. This deck job. call at the old North Gay Buffet Dinner level also contains one floor of a also features a tiled shower room Street hall was the last order of The new Baltimore branch duplex Sea Chest retail store, for the convenience of Seafarers. business. 'The dispatcher notified After the meeting, the ggests office of the SIU is just a few The rooftop, however, is th« which will carry sea gear and shore the men present that Gay Street headed for the rooftop recreation blocks from the waterfront area that drew the most admiring wear for Seafarers. was closing "as of now" and the deck where the buffet had been and near the old hall on North remarks and with good reason, fhs Seafarers went home to get laid out. Steward Thobe and his Spectacular Bar Gay' Street. Seafarers going entire rooftop area consists of two dressed in their Sunday best for assistants had outdone themselves On the street level is the upper huge recreation rooms surrounded to the new hall simply have to the opening. with a centerpiece consisting of a story of the Sea Chest, a three- on all sides by glass walls which go six blocks eastward from Meanwhile, workmen were clean­ roast suckling pig surrounded by chair barber shop and bootblack oiler a striking view of the down­ Gay Street on East Baltimore ing up and putting the finishing platters of whole turkeys, hams, stands, a laundry and dry-cleaning town Baltimore area. There is Street. The address is 1216 touches on the ^ew building—hang­ veal roasts and roast beef, all art­ drop and the Baltimore Port O'Call ample space here for Seafarers to East Baltimore Street. City ing Venetian blinds, checking fully sliced up and put back to­ bar. While the last-named is not relax and enjoy themselves, sup­ busses stop at the door. thermostats, mopping and waxing gether again, plus assorted cold yet complete, it promises to be the plemented by an outdoor sundeck The telephone number of halls and stairs, setting up furni­ cuts, shrimps, salads, fruits and most spectacular feature of the for those who want a suntan. the new hall is EAstern 7ture and .cleaning up the residue of other delicacies. hall with a large stage, dance floor 4900. Cool Comfort construction. In the gleaming One guest was so overpowered and ample seating space. The bar Men familiar with Baltimore's kitchen below,' Seafarer Gustave by the buffet that he refused to is being paneled in gray oak and Thobe,,-chief steward, and his as­ believe it wasn't the work of an "oohs" and "ahs" from those who will be decorated with fancy knot summer heat will be pleased to sistants were climaxing three days outside catering firm. "You mean_ hadn't seen it before. While the work, fishnets and tljree huge know that the building is air-con­ of preparation for the buffet. seamen did this?" he asked. When exterior of the building is similar tropical fish tanks built in the wall. ditioned from top to bottom. The building features plenty of aluminum, asphalt tile floors and special composition walls, all cheap What do you think of the new hall here in Baltimore? and easy to maintain and requiring Joseph A. . Prodey, steward Stanley Kudlick, FOWt Just Robert A. Doyle, DM: Boy, it's Stanley Krawczynski, AB: It's no paint. It is within walking utility: The new place is easily as from what I'vq^seen from the out­ tops. I've been through the place' beautiful. There's nothing like it distance of the Pratt Street dock good as the New side, it looks area and accessible to all parts of from top to bot­ in the world as York headquart­ better than our the city by bus or taxi. An outdoor tom and it has far as I'm con­ ers hall, prob­ hall in Brooklyn. parking lot provides safe and everything that a cerned. The hall ably better; I've I'm looking for­ ticket-free space for Seafarers' sailor could wish is twice as good seen New York ward to seeing care. for in the way of as our head­ so I can compare the Inside facili­ comforts and con­ quarters. The Seafarers are reminded that th» them. I was up ties and shipping veniences. As far sundeck and the next regular Baltimore port meet­ at the new hall out of there. Our as I'm concerned, recreation dqck ing on Wednesday evening, No­ yesterday looking Union certainly I'll take this hall are particularly vember 17, will take place at th* around, the place has jnade a lot of over our New nice and will be new SIU Baltimore hall. Shipping and believe me, progress c o m York headquar­ welcomed by the out of the hall got underway with it's got them all beat for style. pared to conditions 10 years ago. ters anytime. It's bigger and better. men on the beach waiting to ship. this morning's job call. '•i How to Get There >1 THE INQUIRING SEAFARER: !s&V ft.-- -xifl •t (il �• •. i-if • >r-:- Pac» Voor SEAFARERS November 12. 1954 LOG New Orleans Hall Gets A Face-Llfting Operation NEW ORLEANS—Plying paint brushes in facfe-iifting operation at NO hall, workers give the SIU New Orleans hall a shining new exterior. Renovations to exterior of building also included remov­ ing canopy over main entrance and laying new sidewalk in which ornament-topped posts are imbedded to prevent cars and trucks, which broke down old sidewalk, from parking there. X. Budgef-Cutters Plan New Attack On PHS Hospitals CREWMEMBERS OF A COUPLE OF |5IU Sl( ^S'ARE , GyiNG TO be $18,000 richer," with other Seafarers in line for gdded doug.i as well, because your {Union was successful in fighting a rlstrictionrtoship beef imposed by the Armed Forces. Men on two ships, the Lawrence Victory and the Cabroll Victory, can qualify W;the cash on the grounds that restrictions, ordered by brass hats at a Newfoundland military base were unjustified. Before the beef, is wound up at least one more ship and possibly otLiiers will be .added to'this list. The $18,000 didn't'come to Seafarers by accident. It was the result of a year-long fight by your Union, strictly on its own hook, to do something to stop the military from putting the squeeze on merchant seamen. When your Union saw the authorities restricting Seafarers to their ships in Korea, Labrador, Newfoundland, the Philippines and ot'.ier places where there are US bases, it decided that action would have to be taken to put a stop to this interference with the traditional freedom of working seamen. Your Union immediately took steps to deal with this b^f on llie top­ most level in the Pentagop. The result was a new shore leave order which put an .end to a lot of the unnecessary 'hardship imposed on the Seafarer In Korea and elsewhere. Furthermore, your Union was suc­ cessful in winning admission In the txecOrd, from- a top Government official, that the restrictions of Seafarers -in Bt. Georges Bay, New­ foundland, were without any justification^ . ;i The next step wps an obvious one. Headquarters made application for disputed overtime for two ships whose prews had been denied shore leave by the military. Tnis overtime has been approved all the way down the line with the result that the companies involved are now prepared to shell out the dough. ""Here was a case where it was generally agreed all around that the SIU .had a good beef, but where It was thbught t.ie Union would get nowhere fast in attempting to make headway with the military. That wasn't the way your Union looked at it. Its .action in this case was in line with the membership's policy to fight a good beef throug.i to the end, regardless of the odds and the time it takes. Ji 4i THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW GOING AHEAD WITH AN EXPERImental program to increase the power of four Liberty ships and try out a -variety of new gear on deck. The latest information is that the Government is aiming at a 15-knot speed for these ships, which is not'.iing to get anybody excited as far as day-to-day shipping operations are concerned. All this may or may not have a bearing on what happens to the 1,500 Libertys in the reserve, or on any other program for modernizing the merchant fleet. Certainly, while the program has experimental inter­ est, it will, have no immediate benefit for US-flag shipping. As far as your Union is concerned, it is still waiting for a practical, present-day answer to the difficulties faced by American-flag shipping. WASHINGTON—Seafarers who paced the successful fight of -US maritime unions to save the US Public Health Service hospital program at the last session of Congress may have to do the job all over again when the 84th Congress convenes in January. Present plans of the Bureau'*" of th^ Budget, which passes President submitted a budget re­ die the patients who would have on all money requests before quest to Congress covering the to be transferred from the marine they go to Congress, call for a hospitals in answer to appeals for hospitals, which hav% provided free heavy cut in the appropriation for his intervention. The budget bill medical care for seamen and the hospitals in the next budget was passed in June after Congress others since 1798. The hospitals The $33 million appropriation this lopped off $40,000 from the Ad­ themselves, down through the year gave the hospitals $110,000 ministration's original request of years, have served as an import­ t 4" J" ant training ground for thousands less than they had the year before $33,040,000 for the hospitals. A FEW WEEKS BACK YOUR UNION SET UP AN SIU STEWARD and resulted only in reductions in During the long months between of doctors, nurses and specialists some seiwiees. Two years ago, a the news of the proposed closings in various fields of medicine, pio­ department committee for fne purpose of drafting standard procedures budget cut of over $1 million in the summer of 1953 and the neered-cures for several communi­ tor galley gangs and for the storing of ships with high quality food forced several hospital closings: final signing of the bill by the cable diseases and developed new supplies. Along these lines youif Union knows that the working members of President nearly a year later, techniques which revolutionized • More Closings SIU shipboard steward departments can contribute a great deal to the the medical profession, and thus Seafarers on ships and ashore A substantial cut in the $33 mil­ have been a boon to the general work of this committee. The committee would like to hear steward swamped their Senators and Con­ lion hgUre would probably mean a department men and others sound off on the subject. public as well as seamen. gressmen with requests to keep shutdown of additional hospitals, with only 16 now operating, includ­ the hospitals open. Sent Petitions ing three which treat specialized diseases only. The budget slash Petitions circulated by many which was defeated largely by Sea­ ships' crews found their way to farers' protests this year was the capital in support of the "WASHINGTON—Seventeen insurance outfits specializing in selling accident and health aimed at the closing of all but the USPHS program, as the fight see­ specialized institutions. sawed one way and another policies have been hauled on the carpet by the Government. The Federal'Trade Commission Ten hospitals have been closed throughout the Congressional ses­ has filed complaints against these companies, which do a business of about $350 million yearly, In recent years. Including the spe­ sion. A large part of the credit on grounds of false and mis-"' cialized TB unit at Fort Stanton, for the final passage of the bill leading advertising. cnnpany would provide. nesses derive from conditions NM, and hospitals in Mobile, San was given to the individual and While the charges against the existing before the policy is sold. As SIU men know, the Sea­ Juan and Portland, Me. collective efforts of SIU men to farers Welfare Plan is self-insured companies are serious ones, they The advertising gives the impres­ Although no definite informa- alert Congress about the dangers and has nothing lo do with any in­ involve no court action. At worst, sion that all illnesses are covered, tion is yet available on the exact of any hospital shutdown. surance company, thus making pos­ if the charges are upheld, the 6om- ho matter what the cause. figure which will be recommended Many communities would not sible a lower operating cost and dhnies will be ordered by the FTC Various other complaints were for the hospitals in the 1955-56 have large enough facilities to han- higher benefits than any insurance to "cease and desist" from making also entered into the record by the budget. Budget Director Rowland false advertising claims in the fu­ FTC. R. Hughes has indicated the pi-oture. This is the only penalty the Among companies involved are gram will be sharply curtailed. Commission can enforce, in the four of the biggest, including Mu­ Hughes was Deputy Director of the absence of proven fraud. tual of Omaha, Bankers Casualty Budget Bureau under Joseph M. The specific charges include the of Chicago, Reserve Life Insurance Dodge, who initiated the idea of following: • Company of Dallas and Unitqd In­ shutting down the hospitals alto­ The companies misrepresented surance Company, Chicago. ' gether as part of a Government termination dates on policies. Ac­ Complaints by thousands of "economy" program devised in the tually, jiealth and accident policies working families that fhey had summer of 1953. Dodge resigned NORFOLK—Bids have already been opened on a $63 mil­ sold to individuals can be dropped been swindled led to the Govern­ "earlier this year. lion project providing a tunnel-trestle link across world- >y a company any time it feels ment investigation. Early this year, The fight which broke out when news of Dodge's plans became pub­ famous Hampton Roads between this city and nearby like it, which makes the promised in the SEAFARERS LOG column 4 protection mostly an illusion. "Your Dollar's Worth," Seafarers lic was spearheaded by the SIU Hampton. Although the water crossing "32 feet thick. and helped lead to the formation The. companies' advertising is were alerted to beware of the of the Conference of American of the Roads is only four miles An island will be built at-each worded so as to create the impres­ many phony health and accident Maritime Unions last January as long, the completed job will pro­ tunnel entrance, and on each island sion that all acci^nts and ailments Insurance plans as being "full of the. spokesmen for the nation's vide a roadway 23 miles long. It a wall 14 feet above sea level will are Covered. Actually, coverage gimmicks" which destroy the ad­ vertised benefits. non-Communist sea unions on this would be completed in three years be erected to keep high waters is strictly lirnited. and other issues. The SIU, through from the time work gets underway."* from flowing into .the tube. The Benefits payable under their ;CAMU, carried the fight to ConThe entire project will'consist of trestle approaches will be 30 feet plans were also exaggerated. Juici­ ,gress and before various Govern- a tunnel '7,475 feet long, with wide. est benefit amounts are reserved inent agencies involved, particular­ 6,753 feet under water, flanked on Hampton Roads serves the ports for a very few instances. The ad­ ly the Department of Health, Edu­ each side by a roadway trestle ap­ of Norfolk^ Hampton, Portsmouth vertising left the impression that AT cation and Welfare, under Secre- proach. The tunnel will contain a and Newport. News, and is probably c o V e'r a g e- begins immediately, :tery Oveta Gulp Hobby. 23-foot two-lane roadway, which at the principal coal export center in whereas in most cases it starts only Mrs. Hobby later also reversed its lowest point would be 101 feet the US. At present, ferries pro­ after several months. iierself and promised full support below sea level. The tubes will be vide the only means of transport ' The companies also refuse to piy for tbS hospital program when the steel and reinforced concrete shells across the Roads, benefits if they can prove that ill. Health insurance Outfits On.US Griddle •I'^-V Q- • If it 4 vC'i-'. v^:C S:; Plan Tunnel-Road Link Across Hampton Roads •.kSi.nu smc? Hi ; i-r^zK feiii i ?U' ft. •/i;:' . »•!( I r . i'!' . • •:v ' -".'.'•"i .i'- �NoTembcr 12, 1984 SEAFARERS Jndustrlal Democracy Group At SlU LOG Fare F1T« SlU Win$ Leave Dispute; Two Crews Due $18^000 A whopping $18,000 in disputed overtime is now ready for payment to crewmembers of two SIU ships, as the result of the Union's successful fight against shore leave restric­ tions in foreign ports. Crewmembers of the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and Carroll Victory (South Atlantic) willt" receive the unexpected bonus leave restrictions in St. Georges contracted ship also have a shor* as a result of the Military Sea Bay, Newfoundland, were unjusti- leave beef pending on the same Transportation Service admitting, tified. under SIU pressure, that shore Crewmembers •V 3 ST grounds, and it is expected that a third SIU- this one, too, will be settled in fa­ vor ^ the crew. The shore leave beefs arose orig­ inally in Korea where, after the end of the hostilities there, the mili­ A belated full-scale investigation of Maritiifte Administrator tary authorities continued to deny Louis Rothschild's "two for one" ship transfer policy is slated for shore leave to merchant seamen. next year, according to information received from ttoe SlU's Wash­ Before long, the practice started to ington reporter. It's feared though that the investigatiqp will com^ spread to other military bases es­ too late to save the bulk of tae US tramp shipping fleet which is tablished by the US on foreign fast slipping under runaway flags. soil. As reported in the "SlU's Newsletter from Washington" resent­ SHJ Took Lead ment is building up over the administration's high-handed action Taking the lead in protesting on transfers as well as changes made in the tanker trade-in these practices, the SIU brought program. the problem to a head in a meet­ F^urther details, and other information on the latest Washington ing with officials of the Defense De­ developments of importance to the maritime industry will be found partment. The result was an ad­ in the Washington report on Pag^ 7. mission by a Government spokes­ man that there^was no justification for the restrictions at St. Georges Bay. The conference also led to a new shore leave order greatly relaxing restrictions that had been 2,000 jobs for American seamen. sel under American registry. The in effect in Korea. Claims Then Filed The Liberty ship transfers alone*'other "is then free to transfer unThe Union's next step was to file end about 1,500 jobs for both un­ der the "one for two" rule an­ claims with the Mississippi Ship­ licensed and licensed seamen. nounced last August. ping Company and the South At­ Added to this are thousands of jobs Greece Wants Ships lantic Steamship Company for and business opportunities for US Now Greece, unhappy over the overtime covering shore leave at ship suppliers, repair yards and sudden maritime prosperity for Li­ St. Georges Bay. ^ince both ships other shoreside adjuncts of the beria, Panama and Honduras— were Government-owned vessels maritime industry. which are the only countries to out on charter, the claims were "One For Two" Policy which transfers will be permitted passed on to the National Shipping The MA transfer policy permits —is seeking MA approval of Itself Authority and to MSTS where they the shipowners to transfer one as a haven for American shipown­ were approved. out of every two ships they own ers. Greece at one time received The claims for the Lawrence to foreign registry. This rule has the lion's share of this traffic un­ Victory cover the ten-day period made possible a lot of convenient til the other countries discovered from September 1-10, 1953. The arrangements between owners of how profitable it could be and bo- Carroll Victory was restricted for just one ship or any other odd gpn encouraging it. a 13-day period in August. Both number of ships. By the loosest Of the seven Libertys approved companies involved have checks possible "partnership" arrange­ for transfer this month, five were ready for disputed overtime. Crew­ ments, two companies with one SIU vessels, including the Tainaron members can claim them by get­ ship each can put one ship under (Actium), Captain Nathaniel B. ting in touch with the companies' foreign flag and maintain one un­ Palmer (American Waterways), main offices in New Orleans and der the US flag with the Govern­ Anne Butler, Christine (Tini) and Savannah, respectively. ment's blessing. Mississippi Shipping can be Lucile Bloomfleld (Elam). Previous­ Sometimes the "partnership" ly, the General Patton, Trojan Sea­ reached at the Hibernia Bank consists of no more than a letter man, Strathport, Bluestar, Purple- Building in New Orleans; South from one one-ship operator to an­ star, Greenstar, Western Rancher Atlantic at the Savannah Bank Building in Savannah. other saying he'll maintain his ves­ and Sea Wind all went foreign. Locking The Barn Door .... Getting some information about SIU from patrolman Teddy Babkowski are some members of League-for Industrial Democracy. League inspected headquarters, reported themselves impressed with Union's constitution and democratic way of operation. Transfers Kill 2^000 Jobs^So Far WASHINCrON—^]^ll-bent on pursuing its easy ship trans­ fer policy regardless of the cost, the Maritime Administration this month gave its okay for the tranter of seven more dry cargo" vessels, bringing the> total transfers over a 90-day meet up with her former sister the Yarmouth, which is now period to 39 Liberty ships. Of ship, the Queen of Nassau under Pana­ these, 13 had been manned by Sea­ farers. Tin's flgure does not take into ac­ count a variety of other types .of vessels approved for tranSfer to Liberian, Panamaifian or Honduran registry, the latest of which was the SlU-manned passenger ship Evangeline. In this case, the switch was from one Liberian cor­ poration to another over which tlie original owners, the Eastern Steam­ ship Corp., have no control. Thus, Eastern, once one of the largest coastwise passenger ship operators, now no longer has any vessels in active US-flag service. The Evangeline is due to be op­ erated in the growing Florida-West Indies trade, where she will likely manian colors. Both vessels had been operated until recently under SIU agreements. The oniy condi­ tion placed by the MA on the transfer of the Evangeline was that it cannot be used in the MiamiHavana run, in competition with the US-flag P&O passenger ship Florida, an SlU-contracted vessel. Half-Way Mark These developments thus indi­ cated that the MA had no intention of slowing up the pace of approved transfers which.^three months ago, were predicted would reach a total of 60-70 dry cargo ships—about half of the US-flag trampship fleet —^before it would peter out. The half-way mark is now passed, and with it, more than YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER^ BUYING get you to phone in your name so a salesman can visit you. Then when the salesman has discouraged you from Wage-earners and their families are often victimized your original intention of buying the advertised special, these days by an advertising practice known among busi­ he works on you to buy one at a very high price, like $80. Bait sellers have also been active in the furniture renessmen as bait ads. This is the trick of advertising a product at what seems like an amazingly low price. But upholstery business. Some firms have been advertising when you go down to the store to buy it, or the salesman that they will reupholster any thfee pieces of furniture comes to call on you, you find that either they don't have in your living room for a low price' like $39, or $59. the advertised special or the salesman claims it just isn't Naturally a family grasps, at what seems like a chance any good, and he tries to sell you a higher-priced version. to solve a furniture problem for little money. But when Bait ads are particularly widespread on television nowa­ the salesman arrives," his fabric samples for the lowdays. The pitchman demonstrating an aluminum storm priced specml are obviously shoddy quality and unattrac­ window for only $10 is actually trying to hook you with tive colors and patterns. His real aim is to sign you for a bait offer. When the salesman comes to your house, for an expensive job that may cost as much as $200. Installment furniture stores have long used bait ads. the window turns out to be a battered, poorly-made prod­ uct which the salesman himself criticizes. He then tries One of their favorite devices is to advertise a mattress at a low (Irice. But when you get to the store the salesman to get you to buy good-quality storm windows for as much as $40. If you aren't wary, you may find yourself signing tries to sell you mattresses in fancier coverings at prices a contract for several hundred dollars to buy storm win­ of $10, $20 and $30 or more. Often these mattresses have dows at a high price, all because you thought you were the same contents as the advertised special; the only difference is the covering or ticking. going to get an unusual bargain. I Beware TV Pitchmen Attempt 'Switch-Selling' Television has ^gjven bait sellers a new, successful Bait ads are also often used to sell vacuum cleaners. The dealer advertises rebuilt or,used models of such method of practicing their tricks. The pitchmen can well-known cleaners as Electrolux and Hoover at very, demonstrate their products with high-pressure patter and low prices. But When you go down to the store to buy the offer of free gifts if you telephone right away. Be one, the salesman doesn't want to sell it to you at all. He especially wary about buying storm windows with the uses such tricks as reversing the fan blades on the adver-. proniise of storm doors thrown in "free," or a fancy grill Used bargain so the cleaner doesn't have proper suction. • given "at no extra chai-ge." Or he' Stuffs tissue paper in the tube, or loosens the bear­ Another form of baiting has been used by some auto ings so the machine is ve^ noisy. The whole idea is to dealers recently. This is the practice of "bushing." You get you to come down to the store prepared to buy, or come out to your car and And « card stuck under the Don't Get Fooled By Bait Ads Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying windshield wiper, offering you a fantastic price for your jalopy on a trade-in. Or you find a postcard in your mail offering a very high trade-in allowance. There have been cases of dealers offering as much as $1,300 trade-in allowance on a car actually worth only $300. But when you call at the showroom, all set to take advantage of the offer, you are subjected to all kinds of tricks and pressure to get you to take much less. Watch For 'Up-Selling' Actually it is the siqiplest thing in the world to protect yourself from the bait-and-switch game. As soon as a salesman starts criticizing his own advertised special, you know immediately that is only bait offer and the real intention is to sell high a high-priced article that almost always you can buy for less from a legitimate retailer. In the case the $10 storm windows often promoted on TV, the $35-$40 storm windows they really want to sell you can often be bought for as little as $25 from more reliable installers, and that is all they are worth.-When you see you are being traded up, simply leave the store or ask the salesman to leave your home if that is the case. - Then report the incident to the newspaper, radio or television station the promoter used to make the bait offer. The newspapers and radio and television stations are not innocent parties. They have all been warned by the Better Business Bureaus and their own associations about the spread of bait selling. If they did not accept such advertising, bait offqrs would soon die out instead of flourishing as they now are. If the newspaper or radio station pays no attention to your complaint, it's worth reporting the incident to your local Better Bbsiness Bureau, or the local law-enforcement authorities who hav* been getting after these tricksters in some cities. I �. I.'".-' y race SIX ' 5;V, - ' , ;- SEAFARERS vKeranber 12. 1984 LOG She's First Lady Patron Of Headquarters Parber Shop F)":- Women these days are Invading every sphere of what used to be a BATISTA UNOPPOSED IN CUBA VOTE—The withdrawal of opposi­ man's world and Fran­ tion candidate Ramon Grau San Martin left General Fulgencio Batista ces Pasalak is doing unopposed in last week's Cuban election. The opposition charged that her part In this fem­ government troops and rigged election regulations made a free elec­ inine revolution, as tion impossible. Batista, who seized power by force of anns in 1952, this photo shows. Fran­ had been a heavy favorite to win before the withdrawal. ces is getting her hair cut by barber John Rubino in the barbershop . NEHRU RETURNS FROM RED CHINA VISIT—Western diplomats at SIU headquarters, were keeping an anxious eye on India's prime minister, Jawaharlal and thus becomes the Nehru, after a ten-day visit to Red China. Nehru also stopped off at" first gal to crash the Hanoi to see Indo-Chinese Communist leaders and^it Saigon where an gates of this formerly anti-Communist government still holds sway. The Indian prime min­ all-male sanctum. Fran­ ister declared that the Red Chinese regime had too many internal ces is the daughter of projects to deal with to become involved in war. Jt was also reported Seafarer Frank Pasalak. that he attempted to soften Red China's views on dealings with other . •Both the barlaer and nations. the customer took the * ^ » event In stride, but OIL STARTS FLOWING F^OM IRAN—Iranian oil started moving several Seafarers out­ side in the hiring hall in western tankers under the agreement to, redpett ^production at were muttering about Abadan. The industry had been idle for two years since Iran seized the "nothing being sacred property of the Anglo-IrSnian OjJ Company. Eight international oil companies are now operating the property under a 25-year agreement. anymore." t 4^ - Bridges Attacks Sea Hiring Haiis ONE OF FIELD BROTHERS RELEASED—Hermann Field, a Cleve­ land architect, who wa's^arrested by the Polish Communist government in 1949,-as a spy, has been released from prison and all charges against him dismissed. It was the first that had been heard from him since he SAN FRANCISCO—An attack by Harry Bridges' longshore union against the hiring halls disappeared on a search for his brother, Noel Field. The latter and. maintained by two SIU affiliates clouded developments this week at National Labor Re­ his wife had disappeared earlier and may now be dead. Noel Field was lations Board hearings on an SIU of North America petition for a three-department vote on at one time reputed to be part of the Alger Hiss "ring" In the Govern­ ment. , West Coast ships. . - * t ^ nevertheless threw anoHier The action came as the tober 21 have developed testimony he monkeywrench into the proceed­ REDS EXPEL US DIPLOMATS' WIVES—Two wiv^s of US embassy upholding this view, and have an Bridges' union moved to keep important precedent in a *4934 ings by filing a petition on behalf officials, in Moscow have l^een ordered by the Soviet Government to a grip on the last Communist-in­ of a so-called "Steward Depart­ filtrated segment of the US mer­ West Coast election in which all ment Organizing Committee" of leave the country after a dispute over picture-taking. The State Depart­ chant marine. At issue is the ques­ three ship's departments balloted his own International Longshore­ ment charged the. tw/» women were forcibly detained by Russian secret tion of who shall represent stew­ as one unit in a vote between the men's and Warehousemen's Union police in violation of their diplomatic immunity, after trying to take a ard department personnel on West old International Seamen's Union for a separate representation elec­ picture M a group of Russian women. Coast ships, many of whom belong and a Communist-dominated enter­ tion among steward department to the Marine Cooks and Stewards- prise known as the Marine Wort • personnel only. BRITISH DOCK STRIKE ENDS—A month-long dock strike involv­ ers Industrial Union. The MWIU AFL, an SIU affiliate. ing 44,000 workers and tying up 340 ships was settled by an agreement In the wake of the hotly-con­ lost the vote and soon after dis­ on voluntary overtime. The strike tied up all major British ports and tested stewards' election last banded. In its turn, the ISU dis­ was led in many areas by "wildcat" committees. Charges were mads integrated a few years later, a de­ spring, whose results were incon­ that many of the strike committees were supported or led by the British clusive because of the heavy "no velopment which led to the forma­ C^munist Party. ' * tion of the present SIUNA in 1938. union" vote recorded at the urg­ 4^ 4^ . 4^ Charges 'Discrimination' ing'of Bridges' outfit, the Sailors Under the rule^ of the Va­ BABY SWAP HAS MOTHERS AGOG—Two mothers in an English Bridges' attack against the hir­ Union of Jhe Pacific, Marine Fire­ cation Plan as set forth by the town^ finally agreed to exchange their five-week-old baby sons after men, Oilers and Watertenders alfd ing hall came in the form of trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ blood tests upheld doctors' contentions that they had been given each the MCS-AFL recently petitioned charges filed against' the Pacific ply within one year of the other's babies when leaving the -hospital. At first the mothers insisted the NLRB in the name of the SIU Maritime Association, the West payoff date of his oldest dis­ that each had-her own, but later reluctantly agreed in the face of Pacific District for a three-depart­ Coast shipowners' group which charge in order to collect his the evidence, to give the other baby a try. ment vote to settle the question. negotiates with the SUP and full vacation benefits. If he The current hearings are an ef­ MFOW, that the SUP .gnd MFOW presents any discharge whose 4> t ^ ^ _ hiring halls were "illegal" and that fort to deal with this petitira._ payoff date is more than a ELECTION ENDS IN TANGLE—The bitterly-fought Congressional the employers were discriminating year before the date of his va­ 'Historical Precedent' and state elections came to a surprising finish with neither Republicans favor of the union seamen at a cation application, he will lose nor Democrats able to claim a convincing margin of superiority. Demo­ The SIUNA position is that a in time when a petition for a repre­ out on the sea time covered crats recaptured the House of Representatives but suffered wme un­ vote by the sailors, firemen and sentation election was pending. by that particular discharge. expected setbacks in the Senate. On the other hand, the Democrats had cooks and stewards as one unit Don't sit on those discharges. Bridges' Monkeywrench more success in state gubernatorial races and Republicans surprised would follow the historical prece­ Bring them in and collect the by taking a few seats in the "solid South" notably one in the TampaHowever, although Bridges thus dent in maritime union elections mdhey that is due to you. St. Fetersburg area. On the whole, Demodrats did not do as well as Involving all unions on all coasts. recognized that a three-department the "experts" and opinion polls predicted. The hearings which opened Oc­ election petition was in the works. p lur;- V"y I y- -• 1^' W — DonH Wait, Get Vacation Pay Cartoon History Of The SIU Weliare BenetUs Begim 70 w i Although the SIU, in 1949, became the first Atlan­ tic and Gulf Coast seamen's union to win an employerpaid welfare plan, benefits did not begin right away. Even with the employers-contributing 25c per day for each SIU man on their ships since Jan. 1, 1990, the 'Union moved cautiously, letting ^he reserve fund grow. Meanwhile, -agreement was reached on joint Unionshipowner administration of the plan—although the operators were sole contributors to the fund—to cut out the high cost of insurance company administra­ tion. Eligibility rules were made simple, enabling a man with Just onrday on an SIU ship to qualify for' bfocfits. Finally, in July, 1950, the SIU plan began paying out benefits. Starting modestly, the plan guaranteed SIU men a $7 weekly hospital benefit for as long as they were hospitalized, plus a $900 4eath benefit for their beneficiaries. An enthusiastic SIU membership hailed the event as a high point in tihe Union's history. Benefits were later increased sev>i»tal tlr>es; �. >«%.• It. MM SEAFARERS^ LOG < M r . Fare Sevea SIU NEWSLETTER Ready New Beneficiary Card from WASHMSGTOS * - _ •" ' ' Look for a full scale probe by Conrress early next year into the ship ' transfer policy of the Maritimo Administration. Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administrator, adopted a policy last August of allowing transfer foreign of Liberty dry-cargo ships on a 2-for-l-basis—that is, for every 2 ships owned by a company, 1 could be transferred from the US flag. There are some on Capitol Hill who are reisenting t'ae fact that MA did not clear this first with the appropriate Congressional committees before putting it into effect. Another resentment, from some quarters on the Hill shapes up from a decision made recently by MA in connection with the tanker tradein-and-build law. When this proposal was being pu^ed through Con­ gress, the understanding was tnat the new' tankers to be constructed would have a speed of 18 knots. Subsequently, the MA and the Navy decided to reduce this speed factor to 16 knots. One of the big factors behind the ship transfers has been the cam­ paign put on by US tramp ship operators. With this in mind, the chances are tnat next year Congress, in probing the matter, will look to the financial side of the picture, to determine just how much the tramps have realized from the transportation of Government cargoes, and how much of this went into their own pockets or was put back into the industry. . Between Jply 1, 1953, and October 15, 1954, a total of 132 pri­ vately owned US-flag ships, each over 1,000 gross tons, .have been transferred to foreign flag, including some for the purpose of scrapping. Since October 15 of this year, an additional 12 ships have gone to for­ eign flag. Speculation is that the boom might be lowered on the MA unless it keeps in closer touch with Congressional committees before adopting such policy changes. ^ . 4- 4" As reported earlier in the LOG, a move is afoot again this year to cut Government appropriations for marine hospitals. The Conference of American Maritime Unions has sent out letters to members of^Congress seeking their support to defeat the move. Response to date has been good with many Senators agreeing to fight reduced Government appropriations for such hospitals. 3^ 4 4 Reproduction, above, of new beneficiary card now being printed by Seafarers Welfare Plan shows important information that is required of all Seafarers. A new beneficiary card, containing some slight changes from the old form, is now being With the Democrats in control of both Houses of Congress once again, one of t.ie first noticeable improvements, so far as the maritime indus­ printed by the SIU Welfare Plan. As soon as the cards are available in sufficient quantity, try is concerned, will be the appointment of Representative Rooney, they will be distributed to all SIU ports for completion by Seafarers. New York, to head the Appropriations Subcommittee, which will handle ^ t The main reason for dis­ all maritime affairs. tributing the new card is the In the last Republican-controlled Congress, the .Subcommittee had been headed by Representative Clevenger, Ohio, who proved to be anti "act that a considerable num­ merchant marine. ber of cards now cA file are im­ 4 4 4 properly filled out. The SIU Wel­ The organization of both the-Senate and House by the Democratic fare Plan office estimates that majority in Congress will place the Democrats in a very strong posi­ about 25 percent of the beneficiary tion to negotiate with President Eisenhower on all legislative matters. At the moment, it appears that the-chairmanships of the various cards are lacking in important in­ committees, in most cases, will go to Southerners. WASHINGTON—Results in the national elections last week, formation or are improperly filled One of the exceptions is that Senator Magnuson, Washington, will wijh a shift to a Democratic 84fh Congress in the midst of out in other respects. become *.iead of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com­ a Republican Administration, are not expected to have any Accordingly it was decided to mittee, which considers maritime affairs on the Senate side of the serious effect on new legislahave new cards distributed which Capitol. Senator Magnuson has pro;^d to be ver^ close to the mer­ merchant marine wielding the wpuld be filled out by all men sail­ chant marine in the past. Senator Johnson, Colorado, ranking Demo­ tion and policies affecting US can gavel ing on SIU ships. In the process, crat on the committee, who would have become its chairman, droppe^ shipping. In the elections generally, with the form was changed slightly. Optimistic forecasts by some out to take over the job as Governor of his State. Under Senator Mag­ the final results still in dispute in nuson, the next ranking Democrat on tie Committee is Senator Lyn­ maritime observers, hoWever, hint some Important Points areas because of the narrow at the prospect that the Demo­ don Johnson, of Texas. Seafarers will be notified through margins between victor and loser On the House side, the'House Merchant Marine Committee, when it crats, again in a majority position in the pages of the LOG when the important contests, the Demo­ is organized itext Jauvary, will be headed by Representative Bonner, after a two-year lapse, may at­ crats new card will be available. Of will control the House 232North Carolina, with "Representative Boykin, Alabama, being the next tempt to affect some check on the 203, and the Senate by a split of particular importance in filling out maritime policies of the Admin­ ranking Democrat on this group. Both of these men are sympathetic istration. This may be felt in a 48-47, with one acknowledged in­ the card is. the Seafarer's social to a strong merchant marine. closer scrutiny of the activities of dependent, Sen. Wayne Morse of security number, book or permit The outlook for tne Labor Committees in Congress looks like this: a Republican who backed number, signature and date on Senator Hill, Alabama, will become chairman of the Senate Labor Com­ the Maritime Administratidn and Oregon, Democratic presidential candidate which the card was filled out. the Federal Maritime Board, the mittee, succeeding Republican Senator Smith, of New Jersey. The beneficiary cards determine in 1952. The House Labor Committee is expected to be headed up by Repre­ Government shipping agencies re­ Adlai Stevenson who will receive the $2,500 death Governors Go Demo sentative Barden, North Carolina, who will succeed Republican Con­ sponsible for the much-criticized In the gubernatorial races benefit in the "event of the death ship transfer policy and what is gressman lilcConnell, of Pennsylvania. of a seaman covered by the SIU around the country, the Democrats criticized'as a dangerous lag.in 4 4 4 took 19, and the Republicans 15, to Welfare Plan. As such it is impor­ new shipbuilding for the weakened The legislative program for the maritime industry, although initiated make the line-up of governors now tant that all Seafarers fill them within a Republican-controlled administration in the past few. months, US merchant fleet. 27-21 in favor of the Democrats. out, particularly men who have Committee Changes is not expected to change muc'.i next year even though the Democrats In most of thew upsets and shifts dependents. control Congress. The shift in Congressional con­ from'one party to another in all When they're printed, they'll be At the moment. It appears that some of the major proposals before trol will naturally cause changes these offices, local issues played a available at all halls and at SIU the next Congress, convening in January, will center around the fol­ in control of the maritime commit­ major role, although serious un­ headquarters. Filing of a new card, lowing: tees in the House and Senate, of employment in some industrial of course, T^ill void the old one, Operating subsidy aid to tramp operators; simplification of the meth­ course. In the House, Rep. Thor areas, fluctuating farm prices and just as it has in the past. od of determining subsidies; authority for vessel owners to accelerate C. Tollefson, Republican of Wash­ the twin issues of public vs. private depreciation; permission for non-subsidized ship operators to place ington, will have to make way for power and Federal conservation vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax deferred Democratic Rep. Herbert C. Bon­ policies had their effect on a broad basis; reactivation of the ship construction revolving fund, first author­ ner of North Carolina as the new national level. ized under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act; development of a shipbuild­ chairman of the Merchant Marine Despite the setbacks, which ing program designed to encourage up to 60 dry cargo staips eahh year and Fisheries Committee, but the President Eisenhower viewed with With Seafarers in Baltimore to replace our aging fleet; and auti.orlzation for the Commerce De­ change here is considered one of more alarm while campaigning be­ readying a move to the new partment to sell Government ship mortgages to provide'funds for party label only. Both men are fore the election than he did after ship construction. As to the latter, the sale price for the "mortgages felt to be strong advocates of the it when realities of the situation Union office in that port, sea­ probably would not be less than the mortgage indebtedness existing US shipping industry. closed* in on him, both parties men who have gear in the pres­ at the time of sale, and in addition such mortgages would be guar­ Decontrol of the Republicans in pledged full cooperation and bi­ ent hall are urged to pick it anteed by the Government. the Senate will probably find Sen. partisan policy on most foreign up as soon as possible. In addition-, special consideration is being given to the serious con­ Warren 0. Magnuson of Washing­ and some domestic issues. dition of the US domestic trade. It's not known at this time just what ton assuming chairmanship of the Once the move is made, the_ tiie legislative recommendations will be, but they may include sub­ water transportation subconunittee Union will have to clean out sidies for domestic lines, improvement of cargo handling facilities, of the Interstate and Foreign Com­ the baggage room. Seafarers and development of specialized types of carriers. merce Committee, replacing Sen. who pick up their gear will John M. Butler of Marylehd; a Re­ help ease the problem of shift­ publican. Here again, at in the ing baggage. House, the change still finds a lead­ ing supporter of a strong Ameri- Elections Bring Shift in Congress And States t / - Pick Up Gear In Baltimore m •Ah 1 �SEAFARERS Pare Elsht 11: L OG MARITIME October's hUrricane "Hazel" left a knotty problem for authorities In the Canadian province of Ontario, where an admiralty court will have to decide whether a $40,000 tug is the salvage prize of a tanker captain and his crew. The tug broke lines and was adrift in Lake Ontario during the storm when the tanker Blue Cross came along, put a crew aboard and brought" the tug back in to a Hamilton dock . . . Work on a $48 million canal project that will enable deep-sea shipping Question: Do you have any dcfrom the Caribbean to enter Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, is advanc­ ing to completion. The 20-mile canal will eventually be 30 feet deep. i^e to obtain and sail on a license? An important oil shipping center, the lake can now be traveled only (Question asked in Tampa hi^.) by ships drawing 13 feet or less. . Mack Patterson, AB: I've never 4" 4> 4^ had any desire to sail on a license. Attention on US maritime problems will be focused in Miami, Dec. It isn't just a B-10, when the American Merchant Marine Conferencje will meet in question of not conjunction ^with the 28th annual convention of the Propellor Club wanting to take of the US . . . The North German Lloyd liner Gripshoim, a former on added respon­ Swedish liner, will soon be renamed the Berlin. She is in service be­ sibility. 1 think tween Bremerhaven and New York . . . The SlU-manned Isthmian the men in the freighter-Steel Designer sailed from San' Francisco last month with unlicensed r a t a shipment of Government and private exhibits for the World Trade ings have better Fair at Bangkok, which begins Dec. 8. conditions. It is 4 4" t much easier to The Government will pay $5 million for five World War II Esso change jobs when tankers as an allowance credit against the building of two modern you get tired of sailing on one 35,550-ton supertankers. Esso is expected to spend an additional $16 ship. million on the replacements, which will be th^ first to be constructed 4 4 4 under the "trade-in-and-build" law passed last summer. The older Charles Kirby, chief cook: I've ships will go into the reserve fleet . . . Traffic reports for the Suez been sailing 13 years and every Canal for the month of August showed Liberian-flag shipping activity more than double what it was in the same month a year ago, a develop­ now and then I ment attributed to the large number of newly-built Liberian-flag super­ like to get off and take a vaca­ tankers passing through the waterway. According to the canal com­ pany, they carried three-fifths of all oil shipments to the US from the tion. That isn't easy to do when Persian Gulf. you're sailing in 4* 4 41 a licensed rating, Work on the first phase of a six-year port improvement program Is because then the getting underway in Philadelphia with the construction of a new apron company tells for Municipal Pier 3. Two other city-owned pi^rs are also due to get you when you can new aprons to improve loading' facilities in the port . . . The Italian get off. I like to freighter Santa Elisabetta, which ran aground on Smith Island Shoal, get off when 1 feel like it. seven miles east of Cape Charles lightship on the Virginia coast, was 4 4 4 ^ refloated without major damage. The 7,300-ton vessel had been en route Jack D. Brown, AB: I would' to Baltimore from Monrovia, Liberia, with a cargo of ore. have tried to qualify for a license 4 4 4 long ago if I ever had any de­ sire to sail top­ side. There is no question about it; conditions are better for unli­ censed meki. We don't have to take any abuse from the com­ 4 4 4 ^ pany^ because the SIU backs us Oceanic Steamship Co., a Matson Line subsidiary, is awaiting Gov- 100 percent in any legitimate beef. erriment approval of its plans to renew passenger service between 4. 4 4 California, New Zealand and Australia by converting two MarinerKoland Yelasco, second cook: type cargo vessels for passenger travel. The company says the two I'd rather sail unlicensed so if new ships could be ready by mid-1956. Its outlay would be $22 million I become dissat' and the Government's an additional $18 million ... The first Moroccan- isfied with one flag merchant ship to call at New York in many years, the 3,805-gross- ship, I can get fon Djerada, was originally built at Superior, Wis., in 1945. A major off and ship out item in ship's stores was the 400 gallons of Burgundy wine* taken on on another during the NY stay for her crew of predominantly French seamen. through the SIU's rotary shipping system, which just can't be beat. To sail on a license, you «MLCROSS DOWN 11. Trinidad 33. Leaning, as a have to be a good boy for the com­ product ship 1. What cook 1. Port S of pany to hold your job. % 17. Jack-in-the36. Cries heard at Trieste does to spud The Navy's Hydrographic Office has issued a publication indicating that floating mines are still a menace in the waters of the western Pacific, nine years after the end of World War II. The bulletin consOiidates data on mi^s and other hazards left by the war in six lar^e areas of the. Pacific Ocean and will supplement^broadcast information. The six areas are: (1) Indonesia, Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, Aus­ tralia; (2) Marianas, Solomons, Fiji Islands, Carolines, Marshalls, New Caledonia; (3) Vietnam, South China, Philippines; (4) North. China, Korea, Yellow Sea, Siberia; (5) Japan (except for tl^e Inland Sea), Nansei Shoto, Iwo Jima; (6) the Inland Sea. a. S. I Nv''; ••iv.- , 1/ V If-;;.-, Go by Kind of poker 3. band 4. 12. N. African 5. ^ port 6. 13. Bread spread 7. 14. Room in a harem 8. 15. Go ashore S. 16. SIU member 18. Kidnap 10. 30. Having a sharp taste 31. Replace 23. Put to -work 26. Bundled 39. The weather. in general 31. High note 82. Mel, of base­ ball 34. Incorporated: Abbr. 35. Port in Oregon 37. WeU known name in ' photography 39... Ruffle - Designer 40. (Isthmian) ' 42. J Try out 44. Ascended 48. Prisoners with privileges 51. Valley 52. Help 53. Single time 64. Island near Corsica 65. Author of "The 'Telltale Heart" Native of Mecca S. African gold Selds Survive Stations Brew Washington port Article of furniture Suez Canal port Fruit drink 56. Oriental chiefs .swiifA illv pulpit bull fight Aromatic wood 38. Exports from Notoriety Spain A sight on 41. Moves gently Sicily 43. Greek portico 25. Part of the 45. Bargain day ship 46. Hamburg's 26. Chi footballer river 27. Too 47. Clos< 28. It's measured 48. Open^a keg in degrees 49. S. A. port 30. Worker with a 50. Former relief pen agency (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 19. 22. 24. 4 Jack Woods, oiler: There was a time 1 thought I would like to sail on a license be­ cause of the ex­ tra • money. It takes four or five years to get sen­ iority with a com­ pany, though, and a man can'i have the freedom of shipping ha has in the unlicensed ratings which, I am now convinced, is the best deal. 4 , , ^ s ILC-M tl 4^4 4 4 s :• NoTemlier 12, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER ANTHONY DENDDO, Steward Utility After years of worki in the an< thracite mines, service in Siberia with the United States Army and a short spell in the French Foreign Legion, life at sea with the SIU might seem'a bit tame to Seafarer Anthony Denddo. It dlso seem^s, and is, a good deal more pleasant and comfortable, to say nothing of paying better.^ But money isn't the only differ­ ence between a coal mine and an SIU ship, for as Denddo puts it, "I wouldn't go back .to the mines for $100 a day. It just isn't worth it." Worked At 14 The 54-year-old Seafarer ha^ his taste of coal mining at an early age. He was born in the anthra­ cite country of Eastern Pennsyl­ vania, like thousands of coal miners' sons before him. He fol­ lowed his father's footsteps into the coal mines at the age of 14, go­ ing to work for the Hudson Coal Company. His first job was to op­ erate the engine of the one track underground railway, that hauled the coal through the mine tunnels to the point where it could be loaded for its ride up to the surface. A couple of years' work in the coal mines convinced Denddo that maybe he had better try some other kind of life. As soon as he was old enough to get past a re­ cruiting officer, he joined the Army. This was in 1916, just in time for the first World War. The following year found him with the American Expeditionary Force in France. War Went On Officially the war ended in 1918, but unofficially it continued for at ieast two years after that in vari­ ous corners of the world. From France Denddo was shipped to eastern Siberia where he took part in the combined expedition of American, British and Japanese forces *againt the Bolshevik armies in that area. He recalls that Si­ beria was every bit as cold as it was cracked up to be, with the armies spending as much time fighting the cjimate as the enemy. Finaliy in 1923, Denddo and the Army parted company for the iast time. He went back to work in the coal fields for a while, this .time as a fuil-fledged coai ihiner. Then he got restless again and signed up with the French Foreign Legion for a hitch in North Africa that iasted a year. Returning home, Denddo found conditions in the anthracite mines getting worse year by year as the demand for hard coal 'decreased continually. The use of oil and then the depression "put the busi­ ness on the skids. Finally in 1939 he decided he would try his hand at going te sea. . "I'd been on quite a few Army transports when I was in service," he said, "and the sailors would keep telling me how nice it was to go to sea. So I decided to give it a try." ' First Trip His first trip convinced him that seafaring life was far superior to any kind of work he had done be­ fore. Of course he was just in time for another war. One ship he was on, the Simon Willard, took a beat­ ing in an air attack off North Af­ rica, but managed to stay afloat. Before the war was over he made a coupler of Pacific island'invasions as well. Denddo became a member of the SIU in 1942, and has been sailing as a Seafarer ever since, most of the time in the steward depart­ ment. Once he got a taste of life at sea, he never worked ashore again. And being single, he doesn't bother spending too much time ashore between trips. "Going to sea is a much better life , all aroui)^ than anything I'd ever done before," he concluded. "I'm certainly happy I decided to give it a try because I'm a lot bet­ ter off today than if I had stayed in the mines. '{The work is a lot cleaner and easier, and of course, the pay and conditions are better all around. Of course, it was a little more exciting being In the Foreign Legion, although that probably gets tame after a while also. But going to sea was the best move I ever made," he stated. ' 4 LABOR ROUND-UP Removal of a Taft-Hartley in­ junction was ordered by a Federal judge in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, leaving 4,500 atomic production workers free to strike. Officiais of the Gas, Coke and Chemical Work­ ers Union (CIO) indicated that no strike would be called until further talks were held on contract prob­ lems. The Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation, which op­ erates the facilities for the Gov­ ernment, has offered a six cent an hour wage increase after six months of unsuccessful negotia­ tions. 4^ 4 4 A new plan to utilize commis­ Mike Manning, chief electrician: sions from a union group insur­ Back in 1946 I thought I was in­ ance fund has peen drafted by terested in get­ Local 802 of the American Federa­ ting a license. We tion of Musicians (AFL). The union, paid off in San representing musicians in the New Francisco and the York area, will devote all commis­ third assistant sions toward sponsorship of free asked the ,pomconcerts and other cultural bene­ pany for trans­ fits. The step was taken because portation back to in New York State copimissions P h i 1 tt d e 1 must be paid under the law. phia. What he got . '4 4 4 was a permanent Publidters of New York City vacation. 1 decided then and there I would sail SIU ancl not be 4t the daily newspapers came to agreewith Aewjsp^pqr truck drivers mercy of the company. ,sil4«e<'i iJ for a $5.80 package increase. The agreement averted a strike sched­ uled for election eve. Approximate­ ly 4,300 members of the News­ paper and Mail Deliverers Union (independent) are covered by the agreement which provides for $4 in increases in two installments^ on a two year contract, as well as pension and welfare increases. 4 4 4 Shoreside seafood workers struck briefly last week at New York's famed Fulton Fish Market, but a truce agreement ended the walkout after three days. The strike in­ volved 450 members of the United Seafood Workers (AFL) against saltwater fish handlers. Wage set­ tlement details are still being worked out. • . 4 4-4 A "runaway" electrical equipment plant that had moved to Co­ lumbus, Mississippi, has been suc­ cessfully "organized -by. the CIQ Electrical Workers Union. The union won an election at American Bosch-Arma by 121 to 74. The plant moved to Mississippi when the town gave it a free land site and built roads and water mains for4t9 - ; , " • �'• SR^:f'-"• s •' '"- rl" ,{({ ,( t J I I't November It, 1954 ' 1-•; 5x*i', SEAP 4RERS LOG Paffo NIB* SEAFARERS #t.OG ^ -;S-i Vol. XVi. No. 23 Novembor 12, 1954 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Guif District, AFL. 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NV. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAVh HALL. Secretary-Treasurer I'-H-r-.i 1 r • '•^'" I •JI M Editor, HMRBOtt BBAMo:t Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BotiiAin SEAMAN: Photo Editor. DAHUL INUVA; Staff Writers. REBMAN ABIHUB, IBWXH SPIVACK. At MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. :??v rt- IfV; On Loyalty' The .illustration on this page originally appeared in the LOG when the NY headquarters building was formally opened three years ago. The drawing is just as symbolic today as we open the new Baltimore hall as it was then.' The LOG said editorially then—and it says again today— "Brick, cement and steel went into its making, but it was the membership's devotion to trade union principles and to the welfare of the SIU that made it all possible." A strong membership with loyalty to its union made the SIU Building ' Program possible and as a result this week we open a modern ' hall in Baltimore that is without peer in the industry. The new hall boasts more space and more facilities than are available in headquarters, in itself hailed at the time of its opening as one of the finest halls of its kind. But that was three years ago, and in the interim, the Union's experi­ ence at headquarters has been put to good use in designing and building the Baltimore hall. It is the long term objective of the Union to provide modern, comfortable halls with all facilities in every SIU port. Of necessity, the process is a slow one. Locating suitable prop­ erties is not easy and expense is always a consideration. Con­ sidering the Union's modest beginnings in New York's Stone Street, what the Union has today gives an idea of the tremen­ dous progress made by the men of the SIU in their determi­ nation to maintain the strongest and finest Union—and facilities—in the world. . Get Ont And Vote! It's hardly possible to exaggerate the importance of the • elections for officers which take place in the SIU every two years. Of all the participation by the membership in Union affairs, aboard ship, at membership meetings and in commit­ tee, the Union's elections and other referendum votes top the list. As is alwSys the case in the SIU, there are a considerable number of candidates running for the various posts—rthis • year a record nuftiber of 78 for 49 positions on the ballot. This is made possible by the SIU's simple nominating pro­ cedure which makes it easy for any qualified Seafarer to get his name on the ballot: •The candidates are on the ballot, the voting booths have been set up, and voting will begin Monday morning. From now on it's up to the individual Seafarer. By casting his vote, he and he alone decides who will conduct the affairs of the Union for the next two years. U On Insurance Co's It's no secret that there are many insurance companies around .v^ho would love to lay violent hands on the SIU's self-administered Welfare Plan. One of the tactics used by. the'se companies is tq imply that they can do the job better. A quick check of benefits paid by private outfits as compared to the SIU Welfare Plan debunks that argument. Another claim put forth is that the companies are most reputable and carefully-regulated, and can be trusted to do best with funds put in their care. That may or may not be so. In this respect the SEAFAR- ERS LOG carries a story in this issue on how some bf these health and accident cpmpanies operate. It's not calculated td inspire much confidence in the operations of insurance companies. « Hospital Cuts Again? 1".' •N.. ' . . It appears right now that the "economy bloc" in Wash'^gton is intent on cutting down the US Public Health Service hospital program, despite the overwhelming demonstration by the maritime unions earlier this year against such a move. Successful in past years in cutting down the scope of the vital Government hospital program which provides medical care for seamen, this "economy" group will find that if its success continues, it will be dropping the whole problem of seamen's medical care right in the lap of the shipowners. ^ Accordingly, it would be smart if the ship operator^ raised their voice a little louder against any cutbacks in hospitals or hospital sendees. Although the SIU and other sea unions led ^the fight Ih. time, a united shipping industry could be Hfe' V even more eflebtivt. Defendg Stand On Steward Shipping To the Editor: I am writing this in reply to the "Letter of the Week" which ap­ peared in the September 17th is­ sue of the LOG. This letter was written by Brother Frank Cullison and in it Brother Cullison had quite a few comments to make about my previous suggestions forchanging our stewards' shipping set-up. In the first plafcq, Brother Culli­ son writes that I think the steward who has been ia the SIU the long­ est is the most efficient steward. Now that is not exactly what I said. (Reprinted from the Nov. 30, 1951, SEAFARERS LOG) I distinctly said that "all other things being equal, the man with the longest service record should be the most e^ficieilt man for a job." In simple English that means that if two men have the same am­ bitions, abilities, qualifications and Although the LOG poll ja SIU storing practices on SIU ships. It health, the .most efficient one libraries wound up several months may be one of those extraordinary should be the man with the longest ago, poll forms continue coming in coincidences, but ever since the service record. from Seafarers reading old copies formation oif the committee • was of the LOG for the first time. announced, crews of SIU ships Good and Bad in Jobs The results of the poll, of course, have been lavish in their praise' Brother Cullison also writes that in his many years of seaftirlng he gave a solid vote of confidence to of the quantity, quality and serv­ has seen both good men and bad the library iirogram, although ing of the food. To take one example, the Mar.vmen in key jobs, such as stewards' some changes in each 50-bpok as­ mar (Calmar) noted that it was a jobs. Well, what about the recom­ sortment were made. One good idea, not instituted at happy ship, a condition it attrib­ mendations I made for making the that time, called for including a uted in large part to the feeding. .requirements for a steward's rating world almanac or similar book of The crew went on record for an stricter? I believe stricter re­ facts in each library package to "overwhelming vote of apprecia­ quirements would provide us with settle the endless bickering ovpr better stewards on the ships, and issuei^ like which school won the tion and thanks to steward Andy also help solve the problem of con­ Rose Bowl in 1937. This week, Reske and his gang who did a gestion among stewards caused by one of these post-poll returns bang up job and gave best of serv­ ice. "No one," the recording sec­ upgradings. from an anonymous Seafarer also Among other things, I suggested urged having an almanac in each retary noted, "goes hungry on this possibly having a good stiff exam­ library and started the wheels roll­ scow. First class food and plenty of it (Ritz style)." Well the Maryination, or .possibly having a re­ ing. mar may not exactly he the Ritz quirement calling for six years of At the time the idea was first sea time. And probably some of put forward, the distributor who but you can't tell that by the crew. The Alcoa Patriot crew passed the other brothers have other sug­ supplies the LOG with books for gestions. . the libraries did not have an al­ the compliments all around noting Another thing brother Cullison manac among his offering, so the that "A hearty vote of thanks was questions is my statement that a idea ended right there. But now, given to the steward department man cannot be a good steward and the Union is attempting to make fof their fine chow and excellent a good cook at the same time be­ other arrangements to get one, be­ services rendered." The Patriot's cause the jobs are not similar cause there's an obvious demand minutes noted further that the gal­ ley gang gave the enough. A man. Brother Cullison for it. ^ writes, should not ship as a stew­ Seafarer "X" doesn't know it deck and engine ard unless he can "cut the mus­ yet, but he will probably go down men a vote of for tard" in all steward department in history blessed as the one who confidence their wonderful, ratings. helped settled shipboard argu­ ments on fact vs: fancy for once cooperation with Around Awhile Himself the steward de­ Well,-all I can say is I have been and for all. partment. around quite a while myself, and • 3^ 4^. 4" It appears then, I have seen quite a few men who As is the usual practice in the on these ships at were good cooks Or bakers but SIU, quite a few rank and file Dncote pretty poor stewards. And if a man Union brothers were elected to least, all is well like that gets a job as a steward, it meeting posts at the headquarters as far as feeding means some crew has lost a good and branch membership meetings the crew members is concerned. Another Calmar line ship, the cook or baker and another crew is 'of the Union last week. In Norfolk, "stuck" with a poor steward. That's Seafarer James Meehan served as Oremar, came up with much the same kind of not my idea of efficiency. recording secretary of that branch's comment about Unfortunately, the age of special­ meeting. In Miami, that well known the food and serv­ ization has not yet really arrived bosun Johnny "Bananas" Zieries ice. They made in the maritime industry, but I be­ was in the chair along with Bill particular note of lieve we ought to start getting McCuiston and R. Doran. J. Raw­ "excellent the away from the "jack-of-all-trades" lins and C. Ducoto were up front way the food is idea as soon as possible, especially at the Galveston -port meeting prepared and in the steward department. Our while Seafarers Vln Capitailo and served by Charles SIU crews are deserving of real B. A. Qranberg served in Wilming­ J e y n e r, chief specialists in the preparation and ton. Several other SIU ports also Joyner Ch«ri«s ». serving of their meals, just as ofte had rank and file members sitting Leoke, nightcook will flnli in the best hotels, clubs in the chair. and our cheerful and ever smilinfi and restaurants ashore.^ 1 think t » » my si^estion about having a . Just of few weeks ago, the SEA­ messman, Fred." Fred wasn't Group 1 fbr stewards and a Group, FARERS LOG announc^ that the identified further for the informa­ lA for the two senior cooks would Union was setting up a Seafarers tion of the LOO. be a step in the right direction In steward department committee to' - Joyner incidentally, is one of giving SIU crews what they exam <ne- operating procedures in the newer members of the Union, steward departments Mid take Betting, his membership beak in deserve. steps to ^ro a high level of Savannah last August. Harry L. FrankUa. ^Vote Thanks •M •-•<1 I 41 '41 �^ai^-(->'^,r SEAFAttERS • • ., .V, •.•:•• • LO^ •s\ ^•'*. .K^ss|:j;;5|r'y-ft • .• : ?f"n: sr —- »r-. , •. 1 - '.-%M*''-Z' * - •• «-v:Ti^ •••., '- . "• • •'•'•.• '- - ' , >i > ''. f 'n 1*5 .1 .,'. (ii''!!piJ I .-"''r' '"' 'X 'J The new showplace of Baltimore, the SIU Baltimore branch hall is shown here in architect's drawing.. Port agent Earl Sheppard (left) chats with group of Seafarers before the meeting. Seafarers V. Greef, S. Musco, Bill Baker and Mrs. J. A. Smith tune in one of TV sets. Game room features three new pool-tables, shuffleboard and a television set (not shown). Touring Seafarers look into shipping hall (rear)-. Corridor is lined with offices. Trying out barber chair is Harry Smith while Elvyn Bussell and Bob Stanford look on. With five stories, counting basement and rooftop facilities, elevator comes in handy. , ^' :Seafarers :aiu} quests, at special.meeting applaud - fccmgratulatojqrjyeiessa^ tO: the^Unipn. vi; > 7^. v- • ^ I ry>L\;y.A-- .•*•' vtaI.'Once'OyeF:dt«m.>two<Seafai*r&''-7f,';'i,':A«tii?<f^^^ ': 'V r: ': ;.,William Hartloys starts on salads'while'steward 4.>y»us.tay« .Thobe,:, (rearl\calls'ior'-suppl^^vt^^ | . �'J?'•' /'f'r N«T«nber lt> MM SEAFARERS Pare Elerea LOG ;Ef| •El •;iPl ."r-'t 3 I'readent of Baltimore Fed of Labor, Francis S. rilb^, praised SIU leadership in port. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, windup speaker, recalled old days of Union on Pratt Street. Crowd of several hundred Seafarers and guests filled Shipping hall and two balcony areas. -iiieiVnirr-.v TA i iw • * ^ dayor D'Alesandro (1.) and agent Sheppard isten to benediction by Brother Johns. One of many to greet SIU was Moe Weinstein, MMP agent. Mates will have office in hall. Balto Customs chief Ray Dempsey and Congress­ man Ed Garmatz pose with SIU's Bob Matthews. ^' y.-vPy|ii E•I : r ^ IE; • • S-; Ifter meeting «n<i bidfet} tables and ehairs were aet up on dhe sides' of the meeting hall anid'on tht^' Tad Thomas, wiper; John Watkins, AB, and -s'':"''-'' ^ liuoDnies -wherai-'^upsts could enjoy program'ef -i»ntertainment^4trranged for the evening, i -: v^ii" ^ ^Jaihes Banaskicwicz/MM, "fill 'er up'' at buffet. . ^ \ . »•' ;.EAV- - ... •'- v^t ^ y'' -- f '.fii '« • ' ' • ' - .r. ' • *. — - • -- ' �•.'• - •••^•^^• '• ' ? V'Tagt Twehrm SEAFARERS M-"-:-,'^- •-•y-1>.;.-;.;•»• f»r • -^ LOG . , • • .• . • . •-. • . yoTfcmber It. HU ^ - . '••• , /.. ,. "*^'0:1 (•;': • f ,• • - ,).B- • '«'4ll-" Seattle: . Laid-Up Ames Victory Set For European Ren Shipping has been good here, and the future also, looks good, with the Ames Victory {Victory Carriers) coming out of lay-up this week for a trip to Europe and the Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean) set to sign on for another run to the Far East providing the company puts additional electric fSns on board. Several ships have come out of lay-up and others have called here with no fans as per the agreement, and this has stepped up the sale of 12" fans to the point where ship chandlers are having difficul­ ty supplying them. Other Beefs Settled The Mother M. L., when she paid oflf here, had a couple of other small beefs but these were settled to the satisfaction of the crew. In transit during- this period were the Pennmar (Calmar), Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and Hastings and Fairland (Water­ man). Men on the beach now include M. W. Townsend, C. A. Gardner and Tex Ringo. In the hospital are William E. Ellis, W. J. Fick, J. M. H. Hudselm, S. Johannessen, Les­ ter C. Long and M. Michalik. Jeff GUlette ^ Seattle Port Agent ^ ^ Baltimore: Shipping Holds Good; Two Grownups Sialod W |fe;. Iff. 1 I to invite all of the members and New Orleans: their friends who can possibly make it to come and see bur new halL I hope that they take advan­ tage of the services they can get at our cafeteria and Port O' Call bar, and,I am sure that they will Considering thg slow shipping be more than pleased with their we had previously, and the slow visit. shipping in general, shipping in At this time I would also like this port during the past two weeks to thank the members for their has been good. Also, the coming whole-hearted cooperation during two weeks will be'good as the the elections. The members have rumors about Libertys coming oul already been congratulated by the of the boneyard have now become successful candidates, and by suc­ a realTfy. We already have orders cessful candidates I mean the ones for men for the Sunion (Kea) and we gave our backing to, who were the Frederic C. Collin (Drytrans)? all elected. Thanks again, fellows, and both of these ships will com­ for a bang-up job. plete crewing up around Novem­ Brothers In Hospital ber 8. The Sunion will take a full Men in the marine hospital at load" of wheat to Brazil while the present are Harry Thrash, Henry Frederic C. Collin will carry soy­ T. Miller, Gus Sanchez, George beans to Formosa^ Meltzer, Earl T. Erickson, Roy M. Also helping shipping here will Hawes, Jack Morrison, Julianus be the re-crewing of the Del Mar Blancor Clyde Leggett, Robert L. (Mississippi). This ship is now Lambert, Melvin Mjison, Francisco undergoing repairs and only 18 Mayo, Clouise Coates, Jessie A. men were kept Clarke, Leslie Aaron, Samuel C. on board out of Hudgins, Michael Rugaczewski, Jeff a crew of 103, so Davis and Walter H. Sibley. How there will be 85 about dropping a card to those un­ jobs open here. fortunate brothers while they're We also have laid up? You might be in their eight payoffs shoes yourself some day. scheduled here# We still have a few oldtimers during the next left on the beach including A1 two weeks, so Sjoberg, chief quartermaster John Lirsen Taurin, Maxie Steinsapir, one of this is another our better-known stewards, and a factor in the few others who are still absorbing good shipping outlook. Paying off here during the past as much of the. Baltimore climate two weeks werd the Alcoa Ranger as they can before shipping put. (Alcoa); Del Viento, Del Rio, Del Earl Sheppard Mar and Del Valle (Mississippi), Baltimore. Port Agent and De Soto, Beauregard, Iberville i. t, ' and Hurricane (Waterman). Signing on were the ..Alcoa Norfolk: Corsair and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Del Alba and Del Campo (Missis­ sippi); Beauregard (Waterman), and Paoli (Cities Service). In transit were the Alcoa There was a slight pick-up in Pioneer, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa shipping in this port during the Cavalier and Alcoa ' Pilgrim past two weeks and we feel opti­ (Alcoa);. Steel Traveler (Ishmian); Del Campo and Del Viento (Missis­ mistic about the future. sippi); Seatrains Georgia and During this period we paid off Louisiana (Seatrain); Kyska, Mon­ the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), Seaarch of,the Seas, Arizpa'and Clai­ garden (Penn. Navigation), and borne (Waterman); Marie Hamill Bents Fort and Government Camp (Bloomfield); Soothem S t a t e.s (Cities Service), and these four (Southern); Val Chem (VMentine ships signed on again. Tankers); Paoli (Cities Service), In transit were the Alcoa Roamer and Evelyn (Bull). (Alcoa), Southport (South Atlan­ The Del VaUe paid off h^re tic), Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans.) November 1 and we must extend and Steel Maker and Steel Trav­ a vote of thanks to, the crew for eler (Isthmiaf). bringing in a fine ship. Outside All of the payoffs, 8ign-ons..and of one crewmember fouling up, in-transits were in good shape. this ship was in perfect shape, In the USPHS hospital at the with no trouble during the entire present time are Herbert Bum- trip and not an hour of disputed pass, George Leckler and Lbnnie OT. It was really a pleasure for Hall. the boarding patrolmen to pay her Ben Rees off. Norfolk Port Agent The Del Mar will stage a party Litiertys Quit Lay-Gp^ 2 Tat(C On Hew Orews for President Tubman of Liberia this Sunday, November 7, and from all reports this will be a gala affair. Previously there were parties staged for other high officials from Liberia and the men who took part in serving these parties were highly commended by the company for a job well done. The ship is now on idle status due to dodocking, but 22 men will, be added to the 8 now on board to take part in preparing and serving .the food, and the party will prob­ ably last until the wee hours as the men have been told to be ready to work past midnight. Dewey Shaw, Nicholas Tala, John Naugle and Knud Larsen were recently discharged from the marine hospital here, while Melvin Foster, Nick Mutin, John Carolan and Leonard King are still a little under the weather but hoping to be able to ship out soon. Benjamin Seal, Paul Signorino, Gus Brosig, Harry Schuler and .Victor Bonura were recently ad­ mitted to the hospital. Llndsey J. William New Orleans Pert Agent * Stjvannah: * X- Sonlti Atlantic Sttips Pay Off And Sign On Shipping was fair in this ^ort during the past two weeks. '^We paid off the Southstar .and Southport (South Atlantic) and signed on these two ships and also the Royal Oak (CiUes Service). In transit were the Rosario (Bull), S t e e 1 Director (Isthnyan) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. On the Southport there was a beef about rotten Kagelmacher meat being put aboard, and on the Southstar there was a beef about the ship being short on some items. These beefs were taken up and disposed of by seeing to it that the meats will be more closely inspected when they come aboard, and also increas­ ing the stores on the Southstar. Men now'on the beach include W. Parkir, R. J. Nash, F. Kagel­ macher, j. Floyd and M. J. Akins. In the marine hospital are J. Little­ ton, A. W. Lima, W. C. Lee, W. H. Gilbertson, J. T. Moore, P. Bland, E. Snedeker and J. D. Cannady. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent Lake Charles: Stiippiag Up Briefly ' But Slows Bown'Again During the past two weeks ship­ ping in this port picked up for a few days but this proved to be « flurry and then things settled down again. Calling in here during this pe­ riod were the Cities Service tank­ ers Chiwawa, Salem Maritime, Lo­ gans Fort, Bradford Island, Lone Jack, Government Camp, Bents Fort, French Creek and Cantigny. Over in Beau­ mont, Tex., wo paid off the San Mateo Victory (Eastern) and this ship then went into lay-up, and in Port Ar­ thur. Tex., wo had the Del Campo (Missis­ Boyd sippi) and Re­ public (Trafalgar). All of these ships took On a few men, so we were able to ship-'^S2 men alto­ gether. '; We expect several ships in hero during the next two weeks but don't advise any of the brothers to, run down here as we have enough men on hand to handle any ships expected for a while. Among the men on the beach are A. G. (Tex) Alexander, K. Hellman, H. Lee, S. Cantrell, J. Alsobrook, W. Johnson, GeofTge For­ rest, A. I. Hebert, C. Young, B. P. Grice, J. Dixon, B. J. Martin, J. Mitchell, F. J. Smith^ Jesse Maloney and Roy (The Goon) Boyd. We have no men in the hospital at this time. The AFL Laundry Workers are bipy lining up the laundries in this city and doing a job that has been . needed for a long time. Reports from the organisers show an over- . whelming desire for a union, and we are keeping our eye on the sit--: nation to help out if needed The LSke Charles Labor Council, AFL, has already gone on record to give the Laundry Workers all-out sup­ port. Elsewhere on the labor front things are quiet and no trouble is expected. The Metal Trades Coun­ cil, AFL, having won an NLRB election by a large majority, is now having contract talks with one of the chemical companies here, and these talks are goiqg along smooth­ ly and should result iu'the signing of a contract very soon. The hunting season is still on here full blast and every day some of the boys are telling about the ones they saw, but we don't hear much about the ones they bagged Leroy Clarke Shipping in the port of Balti­ more has been very good for the past two weeks—in fact, it has been good for the past five weeks and I base this statement on the fact that during this period we shipped more men than we regis­ tered. During the past two weeks, for instance, we registered 249 men and shipped 251. Furthermore, we expect shipping here to continue good and tomor­ row we will crew up two ships that have been laid up here for some time-7-the Strathbay (Strathmore) and the Ragnar N a e s s (Norlo). The Strathbay is heading for Yugoslavia and the Ragnar Naess is going on a Steinsapir tramp run which will probably take the crew around the world. All this is very gratifying to me as it proves that the SIU is still on a sound basis and I am positive Lake Charles Port Agent that this shipping is not just a spurt but. will continue at least through­ out the remainder of the year. . Philadelphia: During the past two weeks the foliowing ships paid off here; Steel Voyager and Steel King (Isthmian); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Mae and • •••(i Shipping Figures October 20 to November 2 Hilton (Bull); Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Bents Fort (Cities There is now a lockout in this ' REG. BEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. Service), and Santore, Feltore, PORT port, due to a beef by the old ILA DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Cubore, Baltore and Chilore (Ore). with the employers, and as a result Boston 15 28 3 8 13 5 8 2 Signing on were the Steel Voy­ no ships are moving iH' or out of New York » 0e 112 118 76 88 229 87 317 69 eo e0 ager (Isthmian); Bethcoaster and the port. We have three ships Philadelphia » e0 24 . 20 96 7 '8 16 oe o• 12 1 Seamar (Calmar); Julesburg (Ter­ affected by this lockout and we minal Tankers); Evelyn (Bull); Baltimore -108 cannot hope for any action until 83 88 59 ' 251 249 71 Raphael Semmes (Waterman), and it is ended And at this writing Norfoik 39 19 8 4 eo 0e oo00• 34 '12 16 6 12 Feltore, Vcnore, Cubore, Baltore, no ending is in sight. Savannah ........ #17 9 38 13 39 • ,12 9 12 ' 0 e'n • Chilore and Santore (Ore), During the past .report period' Tampa IS " 13 49 9 ^ . 39 11 6 28 • eeo o0 00 •0 In transit were the Angelina, we paid off the Dorothy (Bull) and > Mobile 17 50 24 16 57 Ines and Kathryn (Bull); Calmar, 31 39 120 had no sign-ons. In transit were Bethcoaster and Seamar (Calmar); the Robin Lodcsley (Seas Ship­ New Orleans .... »•/# e 0 0 0 79 "18 99 87 299 220 78 72i Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Pointer and ping), Chickasaw and Raphael Galveston 16 17 68 19 28 18 • UO 19 ceo onoo Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa)," Steel Ex­ Semmes (Waterman), Carolyn Seattle .......... ceo n««o 87 SO 97 19 '20 7 ecutive and Steel Chemist (Isth­ (Bull), and Seamar, Yorkmar and 39 68 19 14 San Francisco .... ! • • e 0 0 o 20 11 19 24 mian); Chickasaw' (Waterman); Marymar (Calmar). rAll of these Robin Trent. (Seas Shipping), and 5 . .8. , ship' were in good Aiffie. / Wilmington 19 2• 11 con oooo Sea Coral (Coral). , A. 8. Caadin*""^:.' 1 want to take this opportunity Totala' ' 289*" 1,029 \ nuadelplila rti Agent 519 412 419" 1,84B ^' 884' ; 892 Optimistic View Held Abeul Future Stiipping A&G SHIPPING RECORD we.,•-•••• B, Lostioai Of Old tUt Hits Stiippisg Hm �>5L'iprrv;.-Tv'"' November 12. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Tbfrteea • A'---'' ......... PORT REPORTS Son Francisco: Shipping Is Slow, No Improvemenl In View Shipping In this port was very slow during the past two weeks and it looks as if it will continue that way for a while. During this period we paid off the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and signed on -this ship and also the Madaket (Water­ man). In transit were the Steel Designer (Isth­ mian), Hastings, Azalea City, Fairland and Fairport (Waterhian), Wallick and Portraar (Calmar). ^ At our last meeting it was moved, seconded and concurred in that the anonymous leaflets circu­ lated among our members are hostile to the interests of our Union. Men now on the beach include A. .J. Surles, C. E. Wallick, R. Montcaln, A. Kessen, J. Jackson, P. Votto, F. Wonsor, J. Stuntebeck, J. Sheldon and F. McCall. In the marine hospital are J. Childs, P. Yuzon, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, L. CronsohOi C. R. Johnston and J. Perreira. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Mobile: Oi' Man Winter Hits Bnt Halt's Cozy Place Well, or Man Winter has Tnoved in on this port, with the tempera­ ture getting^down to the freezing mark for the flrst time this yea-, and the hall is a mighty cozy place to be in. We had our air condition­ ing system moved from cooling to heating this week ^nd from the looks of things the changeover was none too soon. Our plans also call for running an additional duct from the air conditioning unit over to the combined "Sea Chest-recre­ ation room next door when the renovation plans are completed. Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks can be considered only fair, with some 57 men shipped to regular off­ shore jobs and 105 men sent to various relief Jobs In and around the har­ GaUo bor. • During this period we paid off the Arizpa, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Partner, Al­ coa Pilgrim, Alcoa Patriot and Al­ coa Clipper (Alcoa). The Arizpa, Partner, Pilgrim and Patriot signed on again and in transit were the Iberville and De Soto (Waterman) and the Del Viento (Mississippi). Future Outlook Fair Prospects for the coming two weeks look,fair, with the following ahips due to hit the port either • for payoff or in transit: Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa I%laris, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa) and the Hurricane, Beau­ regard, Chickasaw, Fairisle, Mon­ arch of the Seas and City of Alma (Waterman). In addition, we have 10 Wate^ man C-2s laid up in this port awaiting cargo, and all of these are subject to go out on short notice as soon as the company can get cargo commitments for them. On the political, front, -this 'staunch Democratic state has Boston: elected a complete Democratic slate, including a new Democratic governor, senator find representa­ tive. The Republican party here, however, put up its stiffest fight since the Yankee carpetbaggers Patterned somewhat after the moved down from the North, es­ one in New Orleans, an interna­ pecially in the governor's race. tional trade center, designed to King Is SIU Oldtimer promote shipping in the port of For our Seafarer of the Week JBoston, is now being planned in we nominate Brother A. R. (One this city. The promoters of the Round) King, who joined the project have already selected the Union during its flrst year, 1938, top flood's of the Harbor Building and.has shipped steadily since that for the enterprise, and foreign time in all deck department rat­ trade and finance leaders havo al­ ings. Brother King makes his ready met with Mayor Hynes and home in the Tampa area but on his heard Wilham G. Zelzmann of last few trips shipped out of Mo-/ New Orleans explain the success bile. His favorite pastimes, while attained by, the International on the beach, are boxing, baseball House in that city.. and Falstaff, and he says his favor­ Another item of interest here -is ite SIU benefit is .the vacation pay the formation of the Boston Coun­ which gives him eating money cil of Seamen's while he's on the beach. Agencies. This Also on the beach now are G. council is deChandler, Bf S. Vatis, Luigi Gallo, -signed to bring F. James. E. Vitou, Otha Bryars, about a united Chester Spinks, C. Merritt, J. Nor- and cooperative fleet, G. Menendez, W. L. Kitchens effort by all sea­ and C. B. Ivey. men's iigencies The hunting season is now open here, and is com­ here and some of these boys on posed of the Sea­ the beach are taking advantage of men's Club of Rubery it. Boston, Ameri­ Cal Tanner can Merchant Marine Library As­ Mobile Fort Agent sociation, Baptist Seamen's Bethel, tit Boston Seamen's Friends Society and Women's Seamen's Friends Tempo; Society. On the political front, a Repub­ lican governor. Christian A. Herter, and a Republican senator, Leverett Saltonstall, have been reelected, Shipi)ing has heen holding its and the Republicans have gained own in this port during the past control of this, state for another two weeks and we expect it to two years. stay just about that way in the Shipping in this port continued immediate future. to be slow during the past two During this period we paid off weeks but we expect things to pick and signed on the Alcoa Pioneer up somewhat in the near future. (Alcoa), and in transit were the During the last two weeks we Kyska, Iberville and Chickasaw paid off the Cantigny, Logans Fort (Waterman). and Lone Jack (Cities Sjervice) and On the Iberville there was a the Ann Marie (Bull) "and these beef about the food by the officers, four ships signed on again. In but none from the crew. transit were the Steel Chemist Bennie Gonzales, Acting (Isthmian), Robin ffent (Seas Tampa Port Agent Shipping), Republic (Trafalgar), Sweetwater (Metro Petroleum) and tit Antinous, Choctaw and De Soto Miami: (Waterman). When^ the Sweetwater came into the Portsmouth Naval Yard she was badly in need of repairs, but due to extremely strict security During the past two weeks we regulations no outside workmen had no payoffs or sign-ons here were allowed to enter the yard. but serviced six in-transit ships, The ship, which is expected to sign as follows: Ponce (Ponce Cement), on foreign, is going down to Nor­ Florida (P & O) and Iberville, De folk where we have been assured Soto, Yaka and Topa Topa (Water­ the repairs will be completed. man). For our Seafarer of the-Week Eddie Parr we nominate Brother John S. Ru­ Miami Port Agent bery, better known to his friends Trade Center Planned Te Increase Shipping Stiipping 'Holds Its Own,' Ho Chango Soon 6 In-Transit Ships Aro Sorvicod Horn and shipmates as "Fish." Brother Rubery, who has been an SIU member since its'beginning in 1938, sails as bosun in the deck depart­ ment. His last trip was a sevenmonth run to the Far East aboard the Orion Comet. Also on the beach now are D. Downey, J. Patrice, J7 Sabella and W. Prince, while in the Brighton marine hospital are F. Alasavich, E. Broussard and A. Oyhus. Brother Michael Buckley, who had been sick and unable to work for the past year, died on October 31st in the Mattapan Sanitarium. The Union sent a floral wreath and the pallbearers were brothers J. Beresford, F. Bobbins, T. Fleming and J. Sheehan, Boston port agent. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4" t 4" Houston: Robin Gray Pays Off, Tatces Grew For Italy Since this new hall was opened we have paid "off the Robin Gray (Seas Shipping) and the Lafayette (Waterman). On the Robin Gray, which was in from a four-months run to the Orient, there were a number of beefs, but these were all squared away to the crew's satisfaction, thanks to Leroy Clarke and ship's delegate Steve Fulford, who kept detailed notes on the circum­ stances of each individual beef. The Robin Gray took practically a full crew for a run to Leghorn, while the Lafayette proceeded to Mobile and may possibly be laid up there. .We have quite a large shipping list here but could use electricians and pumpmen. A. (Frenchy) Michelet Houston Port Agent 4 4 Wilmington: 4> Port's Business Slow; 10 In-Transiis Gail Shipping has been very slow in this port for the past two weeks and the outlook for the next two weeks is not good. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during this period, but we serv­ iced 10 in-transit ships, as follows: Mary Adams (Bloomfield); Fairland, Maiden Creek, Madaket and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel De­ signer (Isthmian); Pennmar and Portmar (Calmar), and Ocean Betty and" Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans­ portation). Ernest B. Tilley Wilmington Port Agent SrU HALL DiREClORY SIU, A&6 District WILMINGTON. Calif 80S Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volplan WUUam HaU BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 SUte St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La...;....1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent i Phone 6-5744 SUP MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 NEW ORLEANS 823 BlenvUle St. PORTLAND 822 N. W. Everett St. Lindaey WUliama, Agent Beacon 4336 MagnoUa 6112-6113 257 8tb St. NBW YORK .678 4Ui Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CALIF Phone 2599 HYacinth 9-6600 450 Harrison St. NORFOLK U7-139 Bank St. SAN FRANaSCO DougUs 2-8363 Ben Reea, Agent ' i^hone 4-1083 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA. 337 Market St. Main 0290 S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 805 Marine Ave. SAN FRANCISCO 480 Harrison St. WILMINGTON Terminal 4-3131 Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn Marty Brelthoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—Laj Sal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-59w SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Canadian District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 634 St. James St. West SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. MONTREAL PLateau 8161 Jeff GiUette, Agent EUlott 4334 I28qi Hollls St. TAMPA ... 18091811 N. Franklin 81. HALIFAX. NJ8. Phone) 3-8811 Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323^^ '•» 153: tai., ti'V • . FORT WILLIAM.... 118t4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone; 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617Vi Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. PaclOc 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebee 20 Elgin St. Phone; 545 THOROLD. OnUrlo 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De LavMontague Quebee Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. NB Phone; 2-5232 Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher • Phone; 12,38W 180 Main St. Phone; Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone; Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd. St. Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 OULUTH . 531 W. Michigan St. Phone; Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St Phone) >4^' BUFFALO, NY New York: Close Gonlesis iWark Voling Aronnd Perl Well, the big day for. the politi­ cians has come and gone. They say bad weather is Democratic weather, and we had plenty of rain here in New York City and snow in some parts of upstate New York. As for the Democrats, New York has elected a Democra­ tic governor for the first time in 12 years—Averell Harriman. The race between Harriman and Sena­ tor Irving M. Ives, the Republican candidate, was close however, and the official decision is still pend­ ing a re-canvass of the votes which has been ordered by Governor Dewey. Most of the other races here were also very tight with the Re­ publican and Democratic candi­ dates battling it out neck and neck right down to the wire, and at this writing some of these races are still unsettled, pending re­ counts or the counting of absentee ballots. We only hope that the final re­ sults of these elections will show the successful candidates to be people who will give favorable consideration to the problems of labor. We in the maritime in­ dustry, of course, are especially concerned about this election be­ cause of the fight merchant sea­ men are making against the pre­ sent Washington policy of allow­ ing American-flag ships to be transferred to foreign flags and other acts which are doing away with the jobs of US seamen. Shipping Picks Up Shipping in this port picked up considerably during the past two weeks, and we had more than the usual number of payoffs and also had two ships come out of lay-up, the Wacosta (Waterman) and the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transportation). During the next couple of days we expect to crew up the Robin Tuxford (Seas Shipping) and the National Freedom (American Waterways), so shipping should continue to be good for the com­ ing period. The National Freedom is a former NMU ship that has just been signed to an SIU contract. During the past two weeks we paid off 24 ships, signed 7 on for­ eign articles and serviced 14 in transit. All of these ships were in good shape with the crews and delegates handling their jobs in true SIU fashion. The following were the ships paid off: Seatrains Georgia, New Jersey, Savannah, Louisiana, Texas and New York (Seatrain); Western Rancher (Western Navigation); Frances, Elizabeth and Kathryn (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Bradford Island, French Creek, Paoli, Salem Maritime, Chiwawa and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Robin Trent (Seas Ship­ ping); Steel Executive and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Choctaw and Topa Topa (Waterman); Mankato Victory (Victory CaiTiers), and Massmar (Calmar). Ships Signing On Signing on were the Steel Maker and Steel Executive (Isth­ mian); Seatiger -(Orion); pcean Ulla (Ocean Transportation); Rob­ in Locksley (Seas Shipping); Wacosta (Waterman), and Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). In transit were the Warrior, Chickasaw and Antinous (Water­ man); Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pi­ oneer and Alcoa Pointer (AlcDa); Steel King and Steel Voyager ^Isthmian); Yorkmar and Massmar (Calmar); Kathryn (Bull); Alex­ andra (Carras); Seatrain New Jer­ sey (Seatrain), and Seatiger (Or­ ion). Claude Simmons Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer |<lica) ic€« fiilt -.v l'£A"l i- 41 4 -•i I I ' I �'I »-i j r i • (- SEAFARERS LOG " i t ii Nmnmbcr It, 19M ( I rr OFF WATCH Discussions of SIU agreement are important part of shipboard meetingrs on Locaihs Fort. Here are some typical meeting shots taken by William Rapp. oiler, and Shadrack Manuel, pantryman. Left: AB Willis Thompson, deck delegate, .cives his report. Centen "Frenchy" Herbert serves as recording secretary at meeting in messroom after sapper. Right: Ship's delegate Thurston Lewis addresses the members. Hair's Long But Beefs Are Short And Logans Fort Grew Is Happy The Cities Service tanker Logans Fort is a clean and smooth-runnL^ ship. What's more, it's a happy ship, reports Thurston J. Lewis, ship's delegate. And this, Lewis says, is primarily due to two factors: to the familiarity of the crew with their SIU agreement, and to the close cooperation of the-^ crew with their delegates. chest and SIU library—two fea­ they enjoy, the crewmembers at­ As for the first factor, Lewis tures which make the men's ship­ tribute to John Crawley, former points out that discussions of the board life a great deal happier, ship's delegate, Lewis says. Besides Lewis, the present dele­ SIU agreement are vital parts of Lewis reports. Much of the good relations they gates are Willis R. Thompson, shipboard meetings. What's more, the crewmen are currently writing enjoy with their officers, as well deck; V. D. Becker, steward, and up suggestions for improving or as the good shipboard conditions Anthony McGee, engine." clarifying the agreement and these will be submitted to the Union's negotiating committee for consid­ eration. Regarding the second factor, « Lewis points out^ that the crew's policy of working through their elected delegates has kept rela­ tions between the crew and officers Hurricane Hazel really rocked the boat for a while, but cordial, and has kept beefs at a thanks to her officers and SIU crew the San Mateo Victory minimum. At a recent payoff,, for instance, the only beef was three (Eastern) escaped serious damage although she was driven into the bow of another ship> hours of disputed OT. while anchored at Norfolk. mate George M. Foster, to bosun Crew Are 'Longhalrs' This is reported to the LOG John B. Swiderski, and to our The crew, in fact, has only one real gripe, Lewis says. Currently by crewmember Leo Bruce who SIU crew. Every man did his full they are on a schedule which writes: "The clock struck 1500 on share and more in saving our ship makes them hit port both North the afternoon of October 13 and from further damage than she and South on Sundays. "Heads of Hazel struck with violent force and suffered when a" big gust of wind hair have been growing profusely fury, sending all craft heading for dragged our anchors and drove her into the bow o£ the Bahia Del due to the lack of contact with shelter. • barbers," Lewis says, "but occa­ "Our skipper. Captain Horsley, Mariel. "It is officers and crews like sionally Jim the messman comes gave us orders to secure thorough­ ly, and each man this," Bruce writes, "which make to the rescue of some especially tensely waited for me proud to be an SIU seaman on long-haired son of the sea with Hazel's arrival. an old pair of rusty scissors."^ an SIU ship." "All Navy ships But offsetting this dearth of tontook to sea, leav­ sorial treatment are things like the new foam rubber mattresses ing only a few merchantmen .ly­ which Lewis describes as the "cat's whiskers", and the fantail ing at anchor in area-recreation space which is the port of Nor­ being painted and equipped with folk. Then some­ benches for after-supper bull ses­ one cried, 'Here Bruce sions or other pastimes. she comes!' and "Bourey," Lewis says, "is a very come she did with all her power In its last issue the SEA­ popular card game on the ship and speed, like a hungry monster FARERS liOG carried a story although some of the men prefer seeking revenge. describing the visit of the rummy or hearts." "I think full credit must be Also, there are the SIU slop- given to Captain Horsley, to chief Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ tion) to the-port of Gijon, Spain, and the warm virelcome given to the SIU crew by the local popu­ lace. And now, it seems, there is a sequel to the story. These additional events were (1) Who was the first US President to speak over the radio: (a) Wil­ related by crewmember Luis R^mison, (b) Harding, (c) Roosevelt? irez when he visited headquarters (2) How much do you know about your own anatomy? What parts upon the Western Rancher's re­ of the body are referred, to as: (a) pulmonary, (b) cerebral, (c) renal? turn to the States. (3) Harry, now 39, is three times as old as Jack was when Harry was The Western Rancher was the as old as Jack is now. How old is Jack? first American jdiip to hit the little (4) Excluding Florida, the first letters of the names to the other Spanish port in the past three states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico combine to form the name of a years, and not only did the towns­ substance used in making beer, ale and other beverages, as well as people really roll out the red car­ the slang term for a much less potent drink favored at soda fountains, pet and treat the SIU men royally, lyhat is the word? but the local newspaper—£1 ,Commercio—also made quite a fuss (5) Which country is the setting for Kipling's poem "Mandalay"? about them, Ramirez reports. (6) Which event in American history was commemorated by the In an interview with one of the opening of the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs in 1939? paper's represeptatives, Ramirez, (7) How much does, a diamond of one carat weigh? on behalf of the crew and the (8) One-third «f a number plus twice the number plus seven equals Union, warmly thanked the resi­ j40. What is the number? dents of Gijon for their hospitality. (9) Is Salem or Portland the capital of Oregon? He -also stated that he hoped the (10). What is the American term for what the English call "crossword Western Rancher's visit would be pancakes"? , only the first of many visits by US (Quia Answers on Page 17) ships to this port. ^Hazei' Whoops It Up But San Mateo Rides Her Out Rancher Crew Makes News In Spanish Port Quiz Corner Cv lA- -l": This /cdtur# is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both Ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off-Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the tolumn or by mail, wherever possible. 4Oldtime Seafarers with a nos­ LP records under the coUectivo talgic remembrance of the days title of "Fats," by Victor, which when New Orleans was the cradle were pressed from recently-discov­ of jazz will probably relive a few ered transcriptions of the work of happy moments in reading "Satch- the late "Fats" Waller. The record­ mo: My Life in New Orleans," the ings are unique offerings of Wal­ autobiography of that impresario ler's work, since the numbers are of the horn, Louis Armstrong. Al­ played mostly in medleys, with the though "Satchmo" is still very piano man himself introducing much an active jazzman and his them briefly in his own colorful, records stand out as his Tiiost elo­ style. Some are backed by a rhythm quent autobiography, the 240-page band and others feature just "Fats" volume is a lively chronicle of his himself singing and playing. . The eafly years, in the days before he package totals 38 numbers, includ­ journeyed north to Chicago to join ing two different' versions of King Oliver's Jazz Rand at the "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't MisLincoln Gardens. The book is pub­ behavin" and a flock of other Wal­ lished by Prentice-Hall, Inc., of ler trademarks. New York, and retails at $3,5(1 4 4 4 Those amateur house-painters ^ Those who are beyond the begin­ and home craftsmen who long ago ner's stage in philately and are look­ discovered the virtues of using a paint undercoat before ap­ ing for a specialty field in stamp- special plying enamel to wood or other collecting may be interested in an surfaces may be interested in offer by the Precancel Stamp So­ knowing that there also several ciety, 1021 Province St., Pittsburgh preparations on theare market for re­ 12, Pa. This group will send to in­ moving the gloss from old enamel terested collectors a booklet ex­ to produce a good bonding surface plaining some of the high points of the new-paint. The special ma­ this specialty and 20 different pre- for terial is used to wipe down enam­ cancelled stamps along with it. walls before repainting.'Typi­ Only a stamped, self-addressed eled of these preparations is on# envelope need accompany requests. cal called "Wil-Bond," which is made ^ ^ t, by the Wilson-Imperial Paint Co., Backing up its product all the 115 Chestnut St., Newark 5, NJ, way, the Westinghouse lamp divi­ andean probably.be obtained at sion offers to replace every one of any paint store. its new flashbulbs that fails to flash with a neSv bulb—^no ques­ tions asked. Regardless of the age or cost of your camera or flashgun, if a bulb ever misses, simply re­ turn it to the place where you For obvious reasons the LOG bought it and exchange it for a new cannot print any lett^ or one on the spot. The company says other communications sent in^ it can make this guaranty because by Seafarers unless the author' of four "sure-fire" features built signs his name. Unsigned, into its bulbs, which assure full anonymous letters will only flashing power, operation even wind up in the -waste-basket. with weak batteries, super-sensi­ If circumstances justify, the tive triggering element and a preLOG will withhold a signature polished base for positive socket on request, but if you want it contact. printed in the LOG„ put your 4^ 4' 4" name on it . Another item for the jazz enthu­ siasts is a package of two 12-inch SignXameOn IA0GLetter9 LOG-A.RHYTHM: The Rebel Seaman By M. Dwyer There once was a seaman, a rough sort of guy. But one who could look you straight in the eye. A little wild was he—a rebel, I fear,. I'll tell you about him—just lend an ear. Well, he grew up, as young Seeking adventure—a thrill When old enough, he took For. reasons unknown, even lads do. or two. to the sea to me. He fell in love with the seaman's life. The sea to him was like a wife. Then soon he became top man in. his crew. And this isn't bilgewater I'm handing you. He left broken hearts in every port. And had scars to show for the fights he fought. In port he enjoyed the life that he led. But he'd go back to his-ship with an eager tread. He'd kiss alt the girls, then away h3'd skip. For before any woman he placed nis ship. He'd stand' his watches, perform his task. And never a favor would he ask. . He'd, stick up for a shipmate through thick or thin. And many a buddy counted pn him. W Alone at night, he'd lean on'the rail. And dream of home as the shiji would sail. He'd remember^the girl who Set him free. To journey far on the distant sea. For be she sweetheart, mother or wife. A smart wonian won't change d seaman's .•'•11,1 ft,. �J,.; •;..y* I • hii^' ':-• • November 12, 1954 SEAFARERS ^U-Drive-lt'Firm Helps SlU Crew See The Sights There's not too much point in.hitting a port if all you're going to see is some more of the sea, Seafarer Nick Wuchina points out. What you've got to do is get around and see the sights, says Nick, who is a crewmember on the Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers). A recent Jefferson City Vic--^ tory run to Bremerhaven, Germany, for instance, was a particularly enjoyable one, Nick reports, thanks to the crew's dis­ covery of a German "U-drive-it" establishment where they could rent cars, complete with radios and heaters for only 27 marks or $6 a day* Soak Up Scenery Because of this reasonable and convenient method of transporta­ tion, Nick says, the-Jefferson City Victory men were really able to get around and soak up a good deal of the local scenery. The "U-drive-it" establishment, which is also, a taxi service, is run by Albert Wilking at Lange Strasse 31. Bremerhaven. These photos, taken by Nkk Wuchina during a recent Jefferson City Victory run to Bremerhaven, show (left) crewman Logan in the ship's engine room, and crewman Spicey, who seems to have found something nicey at the Studebaker Bar. Greeks Say 'Thanks' To Seafarer Posing aboard their ship are the Greek crew of the Panamanian vessel Ionian Skipper, who say "thanks" to Seafarer Kenneth CoUins in a recent issue of the magazine Angyra (The Anchor), published by the International Society for the Aid of Greek Seamen. Last summer, when tbe Ionian Skipper was in Tokyo,' the crew was told by the skipper that the vessel was being scrapped and that they would be repatriated on a freighter and paid off "later." When the crew protested the captain howled "mutiny," but Seafarer Collins, after hearing the stoiy, promptly went to work on the company agent and Panamanian consul. As a result the hardtimIng skipper was fired and the crew got aU the pay due them. Seafarer Sam Says ^yr A swssEsnov ^AODLUMMIAM Agrcu=,oitA vemse (A/we/OS? t£rs4eAfi. ABOUT IT- THSiOS IS AIM/AVS THrihiS TO 8£T®e saevfe TH? num &rm! rage Fifteen LOG Agent Safe, Crew Citeid For Action Bv Spike Marlin Before World War II when a lot of people were poor, 40 cents and a high school pass could get you a fairly decent seat at a professional football game. For most games the guard at the gate wasn't very fussy. Anybody who didn't have gray hair and had the sense tb take a clean shave and wear a sweater could get in on the 40-cent tab. Most of the time there were three teams operating in New York, all living off short rations. The football Giants used to man­ age to make a buck somehow. The Chicago Bears were always solvent as were the Green Bay Packers. Other teams in the pro league looked slightly moth-eaten and played the same way. Fortunately, 'st?aks were reasonably cheap in those days so the players could be kept in food if nothing else. Bad Balance There were teams then that were as good, or better, than the best around today. But on' the whole, the league was sadly unbalan6ed. The Packers and the Bears took turns winning the Western title, while the Giants and Red­ skins completely dominated the eastern half. The good teams were very, very good indeed but the bad ones were just a couple of cuts above a good college club. By and large your pre-war pro teams showed a lot better running game than teams of today. It was the pro football people who discovered, out of necessity, that shifting teams around some­ times paid off. The Redskins went hungry for years until they quit Boston well ahead of the Braves and moved to Washington. There they became one of the strongest teams in the business. But pro football's biggest boom came when it went to the West Coast. : The pros discovered what the baseball people failed to see in time—that there was no big time professional sport in the West. They can give the Pacific Coast League any title they want but it will never be more than a refuge for worn out major'leaguers and ballplayers who can't make the grade in theliig time. Today professional football is solidly established as the only really sound professional sport outside of baseball. There are a lot of people who would like to see the professionals do a little more running and a little less pass­ ing, but is awfully tough to run against the big defensive lines that all pro teams have today. Otherwise, though, the profe.ssionals seem certain to take the play away from the collegians in the next few years. It's all to the good because then the colleges can go back to the business of teaching and people who want to see a foot­ ball game can do so without buck­ ing the college alumni crowd. Here's His Proof What might have been a fatal accident was prevented by the quick action of, the SIU crewmen aboard, and thus the run of the Frederic C. Collin (Transfuel) to Lisbon, Portugal, was kept from being maryed, re­ ports ship's delegate D. D. Story. "We had a good run," Story writes to the LOG, "but just before we left Lisbon the company's He's always considered him­ agent, Mr. Norton, was leaving the self the best fisherman east of ship and at the foot of the gang­ the Mississippi, Seafarer way he fell overboard, hitting his "Frenchy" Hubbard writes the head on the fender that held the LOG,' and he has submitted ship away from the dock and this photograph to prove it, knocking himself unconscious. especially to his competitors. Natives Don't Help , "Frenchy," who is an oiler on "The natives on the dock did the Ann Marie (Bull), reports nothing to "help theJnjured man," he caught this kingfish on a Story reports, "but the deck dele­ recent run to Puerto Rico. gate quickly lowered a line down and the chief engineer went down and made the line fast, and we pulled the agent back on the dock. Then we got a taxi and got him to a hospital, and later on—after the ship had left port—^we were noti­ The LOG opcjis this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, fied by radio that he was out of bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known danger and on the,road to recov­ cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like ery. It was the quick action of the crew that made this possible." suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Harold Thompson's recipe for "French onion soup." Liberty's Lady TWs Is one of the best "shofc^ of the Statue of Liberty he's ever taken, reports Tohi Collins, ship's delegate on the Bradford Island (Cities Serv­ ice). Ordinarily, Collins says, CS tankers don't anchor so close to the lady with the torch, but he got .tiiis photO from the deck of The Cabins (Mathiasen) at the Tankport, NJ., oU Although the quick-and-easy way of doing things is often most desirable, in cookery, at least, this is not always the case. One who takes pains with his work in this field will generally wind up with the"* most compliments, and will prolonged simmering will general­ also find that the extra time ly boil off some of the soup mix­ ture, when you're cooking in quan­ spent is well worth it after all. This is often true in the case of tity for a ship's crew, this isn't soups, for, as moi^t home-makers much a problem. You generally start out with know but few admit, most canned, packaged or quick-frozen varieties more than you need anyway, for don't come up to snuff. Care with who can tell when there'll be a run ingredients, and low-flame simmer­ on the stuff, with 40-odd different ing turn the trick when you're appetites calling the turn. According to Thompson, here's making soup, in the opinion of Seafarer Harold Thompson, chief what you need for a good Frenchsteward on SIU ships for the past style onion soup: 2V2 gallons of three years and a cook for many stock, 1 cup flour, 1 pound butter, 24 large onions, croutons or toast years before that. This is not meant to disparage bread, 1 pound grated Italian the soup-packers, Thompson con­ cheese. Slice the onions thin,- add tends. It's just that while the man­ to melted butter and cook very ufacturers may take a lot of pains slowly about 20 minutes. Blend in with their product, you can't make the flour for a minute or two and it come out first-rate at home just then combine with the stock. Sim­ by heating it up with sink water mer under a low flame for about 40 minutesr for a couple of minutes. Set aside for a couple of hours Of course, SIU cooks don't use the prepared mixes anyway. Ships' —^make it the night before, if pos­ cooks always have a couple of ^- sible— so the flavor can really lons of good stock and the fresh develop, then heat slowly again be­ fixings for almost any kind of soup fore serving. Serve with croutons ypq could uf^e WhtLioJ)^ toast sprinkled with cheese. •" I S':! • I:' -6 �1 Sl^AFARERS Pagre Sixfeea Hospitai Plali ' Vote Ms Ashed m, To the Editor: In reading the SEAFARERS LOG I have come across many let­ ters from Seafarers containing rec­ ommendations and suggestions for establishing a hospitalization insurartce plan so that Seafarers and their families can be assured of adequ^e protection' in case of need. I, like many other Seafarers, feel there is a vital need for such a plan, and I believe it ce^uld be set up in conjunction with our already-excellent Welfare Plan.. All seamen know how the Gov­ ernment; has cut down the USPHS program, and that the Government has little real interest in us sea­ men. Even now, when shipping is bad, men who have been on the beach more than 90 days are re­ fused treatment, and sometimes have to seek help at some chari­ table institution. What's more, if a seaman's wife or children become ill and need hospital care, his savings are often swallowed uj) by hospital and doc­ tor's bills, leaving him in desper­ ate financial straits. Matter Under Consideration I know this matter hai been un­ der consideration by the Union for some time as I .have already spoken to our Welfare Services director and been told that surveys have already been made. How­ ever, I was told, it would take money because many hospitals and clinics would have to be contacted in order to assure the members proper treatment and service. I say that if necessary we should bring the matter of a hospitaliza­ tion assessment to a vote on the floor, I believe such a vote would pass because I feel sure that many other-brothers share my views. John Jellette t; - I'ii •itr T'-^: f- It 4" 4" t He-s Organizing '—'Even The Army To the Editor: I just received my copy of the LOG and reading it certainly made me homesick. I also showed the LOG to some of the other GI's here in my company and they could hardly believe the good conditions and benefits that SIU men enjoy. Several of these boys re^d the LOG through from front to back, , and now hardly a day goes by when someone doesn't approach me and ask me how he can get his seaman's papers and join the Un;on. Believe me, I think, if I had some pledge cards I could organize this whole outfit, and it reminds me of the time we were organizing Isthmian. Well, in about another month I should be getting back to the States, so maybe then I'll be able to see some of my old pals. Mean­ while, I hope you'll continue to send me the LOG as it's certainly a real morale builder. Cpl. M. L. Olvera US 56206870 sue Co. 29 RCT Fort Buckner APO 331, San Francisco, Calif. PJ- K te Burly Ci Bachs Minion Mn VIeJLfare Probe To the Editor: I am now in the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital, and I am writing this to say "thank.s" to the SEAFARERS LOG for the fine article in a recent issue about the New York state investigation ' of our Welfare Plan. I think the LOG article gave a good, clear explana­ tion of what this was all about and just what the SIU's position is. I read most of the New York newspaper articles about the probe. And, although I found nothing in these articles which I consid­ ered to be a real indictment of our Plan, r did find some of the arti­ cles pretty con­ fusing. However, I think the SEA­ Lomas FARERS LOG story cleared up that confusion and Confirmed our knowledge that our Union is doing everything it can to promote our best interests. As for the expenses in connec­ tion with Mr. Creasey, this man has an important position, as head of the welfare fund, and must con­ duct himself accordingly. He is doing a fine job, and I believe that whatever expenses were incurred were kept at a minimum. Those of us who have been, or are being benefitted by the Weifare Plan, either in the hospital or elsewhere, must say, "You are do­ ing a swell job. Keep up the good work." . Arthur J. Lomas % t - 4^ Wants More Mnfo On MMomesteading To the Editor: I have just finished reading the September 17th issue of the LOG containing an article about Brother Mcintosh homesteading in Alaska. I am quite interested in this sub­ ject and would appreciate it if you could tell me where I could ob­ tain further information. Jack D. Anderson US 55-408-173 97th Engrr, Co. APOU971 San Francisco, Calif. (Ed. note: Any brothers inter­ ested in this subject can obtain, information by writing the US De­ partment of Interior, Wdshington, DC.) ii. i, Seehs Contact With Old Pals To the Editor: I am writing this from the Rut­ land State'Sanatorium in Rutland, Mass., to let you know how much I enjoy reading the LOG, which I receive regularly. I am an oldtime sailor who made his first trip in 1919 on the Kisnop out of Boston; and after that I sailed with many outfits. I was a member of the old ISU, LOG Novembec^S» 19M r T E R S ' and then In 1938 I joined the SIU when it was chartered, and con­ tinued to ship, mostly out of Bal­ timore, until 1944 when I made my last trip on the Cape Corwin of the Bull Lines. Lacks 'Little Things' I was pretty scared when I first got into this place, but I have got­ ten wonderful treatment, especially from the people in Ward A, and with their help I manage to get along. However, I get no welfare benefits so there are many .small things that I lack. I certainly would appreciate hearing from any of the oldtimers who might have sailed with me. My address is Ward A, Rutland State Sanatorium, Rutland, Mass. Wiiliam H. (SUm) Love."" t t t Applauds Boost Mn Vacation Pay To the Editor: I'm writing this to say "thanks' not only to the best maritime union in this country but in the world. Yes, I mean the SIU.' I've just finished reading in the LOG about the vacation pay in­ crease, and I think that's proof enough of the above statement. At present I'm in the Army at Fort Devens, Mass., quite a few miles from the nearest SIU hall. However, I .get the LOG regularly so I can keep up with the Union's affairs. About two weeks ago I wept into Boston with an Army buddy of mine, Cpl. Edwin R. Game, and showed him around the SIU hall. Eddie is a nephew of Seafarer Eddie Game who ships out of Bal­ timore, and whose son. Jack, won one of this year's SIU college scholarships. - Learning To Be Cook Incidentally, I'm now receiving on-the-job tt'kining as a cook in the unit mess, which was chosen as the cleanest and best-run mess at Fort Devens by the First Army in­ spection team. Our mess sergeant is Harvey Jones and the best com­ pliment I can pay him Is to say he does his job in real SIU style. I've also been reading lately about how the Maritime Adminis­ tration is selling US seamen down the river by letting the companies transfer their ships' to monkey flags. It seems to me that our Gov­ ernment takes pretty good care of its war veterans, but forgets about the men w^o served just as well by keeping the ships sailing. My suggestion is for us to keep the ships and transfer Louis Roths­ child to Liberia. Well, anyway, I have another year to go in the Army and then I hope I'll be back sailing on an SIU ship again. Meanwhile I'd like to say "hello" to all my old shipmates and I hope some of them will write me. Pvt. A. M. Pietrowskl US 62335913 Hq, Co. 1st En., 74th RCt. Fort Devens, Mass. LOG ^brightens Hitch MnArmy To the Editor: I have been receiving the LOG regularly here in Germany, where I am now stationed, and I want all the members to know I appre­ ciate the consideration which the SIU shows to us beached brothers who havfe been caught in the draft. Getting Jhe LOG helps mg keep up with the latest happenings in the Union. ^Statiogied in Mountains I had hoped to be stationed near a port where I might see some of the brothers from time to time. But as luck would Have it I've been sentenced to 18 months in the mountains. Instead of sailing I now plod through mud, and Instead of smelling the sea I now smell cow manure-^ven right in the center of town, on the main drag. ' Well, I still have lOVi long, mis­ erable months to go, but at least I can look forward to getting back to a couple of cool ones In the Port O'Call and then to a nice clean SIU ship with plenty of that good old SIU chow. Pvt. E. "Red" Flnk US 51260317 Hq. & Hq. Co., 12th Inf. Reg. APO 39 c/«r PM NY", NY. 4" 4* 4" Shippert Steward Aid Sich Seaman To the Editor: Speaking for the crew of the Seagardeil (Peninsular Navigation) I would like you to know of the wonderful treatment given to one of our sick members by our skip­ per, Captain John Faraclas, and our, steward, H. R. Hanssen. The sick man is Brother John Blizzard, who developed appendi­ citis and-had to be rushed to the General Hospital In Rijeka, Yugo­ slavia. Five pack­ ages containing atticles of food and other items were sent to this man, and in fact Captain Faraclas took up the last and largest pack­ Sarkus age himself, after saying that what had already been' taken up was not enough. Among the articles which were taken to Brother Blizzard were canned foods, Fruits and fruit juices, j'ams, crackers, ihilk, bacon, eggs, towels, soap and matches. ~ ^he crew very much appreciate the} attention given to Brother Blizzard by Captain Faraclas and Steward Hanssen and wish there were many more men like them. We also wish Brother Blizzard a speedy recovery. Philip Sarkus - Ship's Delegate Amerocean Crew^ ^4 4 4 Officers Tops Old News Story To the Editor: After being in two hospitals, I'm Shows SMMJ Gains now on the Amerocean, and I thought I'd drop you a few lines to let you know about this ship and some of my shipmates. First of all, this ship is, a "feeder." The cook, baker and messboy are all on the ball, and the steward, L. B. Denley raomas, makes every effort to please. Our bosun, Packert, is a good Joe, and we also have a good chief mate, Mr. O'Neill, who looks some­ thing like W. C. Fields. Our skip­ per, Captain Morrisey, and our chief engineer, Mr. Hilberg, are okay, too. As for the crew, they're all tops. Be seeing you. ' Jack Denley (The Baltimore Kid) 4 4 4 LOG Makes Him Happy Mn Korea To the Editor: For the past year I have been receiving the LOG here in Korea and it was good of you to send it. There are a couple of other sea­ men here in my outfit and they also enjoyed reading the LOG and think the SIU is a fine union. I should be returning to the States very soon and am looking forward to visiting headquarters and seeing some of my old ship­ mates again. Cpl. P. D. Fato Thai's Why We've Got A Sea Chest To the Editor: y-l recently came across an old newspaper clipping reporting that seamep's representatives asked for minimum wages of $72 a month for sailors and the ship­ pers' representatives offered $48. What a difference between this and reading the SEAFARERS ' LOG, which points out the wonderful wages, working conditions and welfare benefits which SIU men enjoy. Take the recent headline, for Instance: "Win Vacation Pay Increase To $176." That certainly rates congratulations! As a retired bookmember of the Union I ^ow how much the ^lU does for its men. Only lately, in fact, one of the SIU Sea Chest men helped me get a discount oii a new Ford, and I am certainly thankful for that. 4 4 Paul Tribbia 4 Shoreside Minion CanH Match SMMI To the Editor: Just a few lines to let you know I have been working ashore since I got out of the Arm^. And be­ lieve me, this shoreside union has nothiqg to offer. I certainly envy, the men in the SIU. I generally enjoy reading the LOG} but I certainly was sorry to read about the death of Moon Kquna. Well, I certainly hope to be back with the men of the SIU some day. Meanwhile I am keeping busy rais­ ing a growing family. Joe Curran By Bernard Seaman �November 12-, 1954 • -r. SEAFARERS LOG' Pare S«TeBtees i . ^ DIGEST of SHIPS' BfEETlNGS .«. JOHN C (Devar), Sapfambar S—Chair­ man, Bab McCullachf Stcralary, liana. Mo­ tion made and carried that all hands con­ tribute 500 yen to ship's fund in Yoko­ hama to be used for purchcasing electric iron, magazines; etc. Steward requested the crew to conserve on coffee and not abuse the linen as this might be a long trip. in the crew pantry. Crewmembert were asked to keep toilets and showers locked while in port. The carpenter requested the baker make a variety of pies. chief cook. wants an electric grill and the steward suggested that it be requisi­ tioned and see what action the company takes before it is referred to the union. Several brothers complained about sailing PENINSULA MARINER (Walerman), board not being posted on weekehds on August 3*—Chairman, C. E. Martin; Sec­ time. retary, C. J. Nail. Discussion about dis­ charges which were given for coastwise ANN MARIE (Bull), August 34—Chair­ articles which had been written in red man, Biakely; Secretary, Bowder. Ship's pencil for vacation only. Several suit­ delegate reported that one man was left cases were damaged by fuel oil coming -in San Juan hospital. A new ship's dele­ from vents into port holes. gate was elected. From now on crew will see department heads about winches, etc. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), August IS—Chairman, Ray BrSult; Secre­ tary, A. J. TursI, |r. Chairman %skcd that mention be made in the minutci of MARY ADAMS (Bloomficid), Augud 15 the terrible condition of the crew's roKATHRYN (Bull), June 4—Chairman, A. frigerator. Attempts have been made to —Chairman, A. Kavel; Saeratary, J. Farrepair same to no avail. The-box has not nalT Several compli^ts about the food. Gonzalez; Secretary, Paul A. Emerson. The patrolman will check menus. Patrol­ The. crew complained that they have had operated right all trip. ^ man will also check aU mattresses, pil­ NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory lows and linens. Sheets are too small for . Carriers), September 11—Chairman, John bunks. Catrel; Sccrefaryr Joseph Obrega. The water still has oil in it. Ship's delegate asked the crew to recognize the delegates after the crew votes for .them and to cooperate with them when beefs come'Up. Patrolman will ask the captain about a written statement saying the ship is lay ' ing up so crew can collect vacation moqpy and unemployment benefits. ROBIN DONCASTER (Robin), August 1 —Chairman, Gene Flowers; Secretary, Hemsley M. Gulnler. All members were asked not to dump garbage midship as same must be taken aft. Motion made and carried' that wipers should clean thp .passageways by the bakers quarters. ' KATHRYN (Bull), September J—Chair­ man,. A. Gonzalez; Secretary, P.. Aponte. Outside people should not, handle food PEESONAXiS Claude W. Prltchett Contact your father at Peters­ burg, Va. t Samuel J. Anderson Your wife wishes you to contact her at Holmdel. ^ t • ir John S. Davies Contact your mother, Mrs. Eliza­ beth Davies, 311 Main St., Childs, Pa. Urgent. . 4 Isidore Ostroff . Urgent you contact Mrs. Lillian Ostroff immediately, i t John W. Bigwood . Contact Mrs. Mary L. Cusato at 08 Robert St., RosUndale 31, Mass. t t t t .William R. Dixon .. Because of illness at home you are asked to contact S. F. Dixon, 68 Pershing Terrace, Uniontown, Pa. i Rudolph R. Cefarattl Urgent you contact your mother as soon as piissifole. ^ ^ A. F. Morris Contact Mrs. Lucille Leland, 700 Michele Drive, Martinez, Calif. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), Saptambar 2—Chairman, Don Hall; Saera­ tary, Norman Waxlar. Discusaion on re­ stricted shore leave on Bluejay run. A beef between two brothers was dis­ cussed, and the matter will be taken up with the patrolman. Recreation room will be locked in port. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for the ex­ ceptional food and extra Items of fare. August 7—Chairman, Tax Krohn; Sec­ bad" water, for the last two trips. The retary, Don Hall. Two men- missed ship condition of the washing machine used in New York. Ship's delegate elected. by the crew is in bad shape. Crew dis­ cussed-why they lose a day's pay on each HASTINGS (Waterman), July II— payoff. Chairman, L. Thomas; Secretary, J. Walls. Ship's delegate spoke on drinking. Dele­ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatroln), Augusf gates were asked to havo repair lists ready before payoff. Milk will bo ob­ 2t—Chairman, S. Frciiicch; Secretary, Charles W. Gothran. Motion made and tained in Kobe. carried to concur with motions made on ' SALEM MARITIME (Cltloa Service), Seatrain New Jersey regarding time off September 1—Chairman, F. Smith; Secre­ for all hands, air conditioning messhalls tary, J. U. Wau. Ship's delegate reported and welfare funds to include immediate that fans are not available for deck de­ family. These motions are being sub­ mitted to the Negotiating Committee. Steward requested that all soiled linen be turned in before New Jersey arrivals. t 4 4 t Si 4 4 4' Francis E. MHler This man, formerly employed aboard the George H. Pendleton, Is asked to contact Herman N. Rabson, 15 Park Row, New York, NY. Quiz Ansiverz (1) (b) Harding (1923).' (2) (a) The regions of the (a) lungs, (b) brain, (c) kidneys. (3) 26. ; ^ (4) M(ississippi), Ad a b a m a), ^^iousiana), Ttexas) produces malt. (5) Burma. (6) The inauguration of George Wahington as President 15P vears earlier, in 1789. • .(7) One carat. A carat is the unit of weight used for measurfng -diamonds', (8) 57. t ; (9D Salem la the ca|dtal. (iW/Waffies. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), September 34—Chairman, Trussel C. -Beftrous; Sec­ retary, John W. Picou. Food beef ex­ plained by ship's delegate ahd steward. Crewmerabers were asked to stop drop­ ping cigarette butts on the deck. MARIE HAMILL (Bfoomfield), Septem bar 5—Chairmanr R. E. Kiedinger; Sec­ retary, B. Messerall. Ship's delegate re­ ported that most of the repairs have been completed. Innerspring mattresses will be put aboard for everyone next trip. Repairs wiU be made on crew ice box. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department for a job weU done. A vote of thanks was also given to the ship's delegate and the electricians. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), September 21—Chairman, James Murrell; Secretary, none, '^'here is a balance of $1.89 in the ship's fund. Voluntary donations will be coUccted from members who have not 4 a; t t 4 New motor was placed in washing ma­ chine. ""Letter on file concerning Sea Chest and information as to what may be purchased with ship's delegate. Men were asked to return cups to pantry from deck and recreation room after using same. NOTICES Ezra-R. Swarti Get in touch with Ezra N. Swartz at 11 Washington St., Carbondale, Pa., or Tom Banning, San Fran­ cisco port agent. Chee Mohat You are asked to contact your wife in Philadelphia. CHILORE (Ora), September S—Chair­ man, A, Swartz; Secretary, H. G. Leiby. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Au­ gust 22—Chairman, Jim Lippencotta; Sec­ retary, Aaron Wliburn. Mattresses and old bed springs will be checked. All hands agreed to have the iron repaired. Crew voted not to serve milk tiU Satur­ day night so it will last longer. Crew- Yet contributed to the fund. Brother members to buy radio aerials for Murrell gave a pep talk on our present partment head. Bailey was elected to the ship Idecided ut of the ship's fund. conditions, pointing out how they were take the crew's rqdio for repairing. Dele­ obtained, step.? neco.5.sary to rrtaintain gates will get all the information on the JEFFERSw>N ciTT vicTORT (victory these with the idea of bettering them slopchest for foreign voyage. Carriers), July 24—Chairman, R. C. Lund- when and where possible. quist; Secretary, E. Joseph. • Crew was BENTS FORT (Cities Service), August asked not to throw garbage outside messHURRICANE (Waterman), September 5 1—Chairman, J. Busslack; Secretary, D. E. room. Personal grudge between fireman Williams. Ship's delegate elected. All and wiper to be handled outside of —Chairman, D. E. Jones; Secretary, S. Zubovlch. Motion made by bosun to delegates were asked ta make up their meeting. repair lists. All beefs should be brought August 23—Chairman, A. Goldfarb; Sec­ write headquarters requesting informa­ before the department delegates before retary, V. Hall. Motion made and carried tion pertaining a bonus in this area, and going to the ship's delegate. to have all repairs taken care of before whether there is any kind of bonus or signing on. First aid kit will be installed penalty overtime for carrying refu.sees FRANCES (Bull), no dato-rfhalrman, G. down below. Mattresses will be replaced or for cleaning holds after refugees leave ship. Electrician told all hands to Bonatont; Stcretary, E. O. Rourko. The by inner springs. turn off all fans when not needed as there are no extra parts.' SEATRAIN SAVANNAH TSeatraIn), August 22—Chairman, Mack Chapman; CHOCTAW (Waterman), September 18 Secretary, S. Johnson. Ship's delegate —Chairman, John Gacobson; Secretary, reported one man fired since last meeting. George Motion made and car­ Motion made and carried that anyone en- ried to Johnson. a letter to the Sea Chest ,tering the mcsshall in undershorts, or to see ifwrite suitable slopchest could be without a shirt to cover his jrm pits be put abbard.a The excuse that the ship is Clint Pannell fined $5 which is to be payable at the going to lay ui> has usbd for the first draw and contributed to the ship's last couple of trips. been Your Personal property, off the fundi A vote of thanks The Negotiating Committee was was given to the delegates for a good Golden City.Js being held-and will advised that the crew aboard the Sea job done. Repair lists to be made up. trains would like to have time off where be sold at auction on January 20, men off are not expected back until one KYSKA (Waterman), September 25— 1955, at Appraiser's Stores, 201 hour before sailing time. AU brothers Chairman, S. Anderson; Secretary, P. L. were asked to donate at the payoff to Whitlow. Discussion Varick St., New York, NY. Con­ the on the preparation ship's fund. of- food and lineup of the menus which tact Welfare Services at headquar­ are the poorest quality. There is no LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), variety in the menus. Suggestion ters for "notice of sale of mer­ August'14—Chalrn..<m, that W. Hammock; Sec­ more cigarettes be put out and that a chandise." retary, J. Carlo. Ship's delegate saw the new slopchest list be posted in tjie messcaptain about the repair list. Crew's mess hall. Suggestion that the steward order be painted. Electrician advised crew sufficient sprayers, fly spray, deodorants The following men still have un­ to to take better care of fans. and buzz bombs for use by ail depart­ claimed retroactive wages coming ments. ELIZABETH (Bull), September 22 — from the Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany, Inc. Requests for payment of these wages should be made to Mr. W. C. Gegler, Jr., Marine De­ partment, Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany, Inc., Ppst Office Box 1568, Mobile 9, Ala.; or to Alcoa Steam-? ship Company, Inc., 17 Battery Morris Richelson . Important you contact J,ulio D. Place, New York 4,^NY. Louis L. Arena. Franklin Andrews, Ed­ Delgado at Sox 307, Guayanilla, ward A. Barry, Robert L. Brock. Ralph Puerto Rico. J. P. Burke. Joe R. Bryan, Guy O. Bar- t their lockers duetto the fact that some department was thanked for meals well articles have been missing. A few new prepared. mattresses will be ordered each trip. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Septem­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sestraln), ber 23—Chairman, J. C. Keel; Secretary, September 12—Chairman, B. Friedman; Adolph Capote. All delegates were re­ Sccratary, S. U. Johnson. A copy of -the quested to make up repair lists. Sugges­ letter sent to the negotiating committee tion that all hands get slip from mat* read. Donations to the ship's fund will showing reasons for being laid off. be accepted at th payoff. Repair list made up and anyone having additional repair items should notify his delegate. Chairman, M. Morrison; Secretary, ~W. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Septem­ Leohance. Proper storing of ship taKen ber 27—Chairman, J. E. Buralack; Sec­ retary, George Hatgimlsson. The chief engineer will order a new agitator for the washing machine. Crewmembers were asked to be a little more quiet when men are sleeping. Suggestion made that patrolman inspect mattressc.s with ship's delegate in order to see if same need to be replaced. SEA COMET II (Seatraders), August < 22 —Chairman, Ed Nooney; Secretary, L. Freeman. Discussion on steward being up with union officials and port steward. brought up on charges. Crew went on Variations in menus suggested., record to give .vote of thanks and ap­ preciation to Captain Sterritt for his full CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ lantic), August 24 — Chairman, C. V. cooperation with the crew. The steward Magette; Secretary, A. Novak.' Ship safe­ ty meeting report made to the men. Motion made to call merchant marine Edifor, library to come and pick up old books and exchange same for new ones. Mo­ SEAFARERS LOG. tion made and carried that part of the ship's fund be used to purchase a steam 675 Fourfh Ave., iron. field. Fred D. Bentley, Emmet Barrios, Jack L. Chastain, Jr., Enoch Collins, Charles C. Collins. Harry E. Dorer. Beverley E. Dunn. Roscoe B. Dearmon. Joseph I. Decastro, Salvatore Di Bella, Robert E. Duncan, Billy G. Edelmon. John H. East. John R. Epperson, John E. Eubanks, Tlobert Eschrlch. James P. Faulkner. Rufus P. Flynn, Jr., Roy A. Goddard. Crisanto Garfin. Michael T. Gatto. Roht SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Sep­ G. Guerrero, Homer W. Gill, Schrader tember Aaron Wliburn, O. Hunter, Raymond Hodges, George A. Secretary,12—Chairman, John M. Galas. Ship's, dele­ Hawkins. gate suggested that men keep locks on Rufus G. Hurley, Jr.. Phllbert Hinds. Walter J. Jarrett, Ralph R. Jernigan, Fletcher Johnson. Robert K. James. Har­ old O. Keith, Eddie M. Klker, Jimmy A. Knight, Thomas P. Lind. Pierre C. A. LeBlanc, John T. Morton. Gasper Martinez, Margaret Morsette, Ray­ mond C. Miller, Fernando Martinez. Mar­ vin E. Miller, Clayton Mullis, WUiiam C Miller. Horace C, Mccurdy, Arthur P. Nickels. < Puzzle Answer Ld!;;3[£[l siaeff] saas aaa €>tja£cnoA a^aaa aaaiZii^as QaasLS Dsna !^0Qsaas tassQca aano i^aaaa ummu aaaaonas tasaa sns amaa aasH asa QSQS saaa r. 'X-i-i IRC *W» p? Sea Unions Alerted To Crimp Rig (Continued from page 2) permit the ILA or anybody else to. undermine present contract con­ dition and attempt to take away ships. Rank and file Seafarers, upon learning of the 'new organization, uniformly expressed their scorn of any ILA efforts to raid SlU-eontracted companies. The concensus of opinion tvas that any serious at­ tempt to get a foot in the door would meet with a very hot recep­ tion from the SIU's membershio. As one Seafarer put it: "We came from that kind of crimp hall set-up years ago and we aren't go­ ing back to it. There isn't a single SlU man who would back off from this kind- of a beef. The Commies on the waterfront tried the same thing years ago and couldn't lake us then. They won't be able to take us today." Another Seafarer added, "We can take care of every­ thing that comes along. When the day comes that the Union asks for men to handle the beef there will be more than enough to do the job." Meanwhile the "United Interna­ tional Seamen's Union" l^s been occupying itself by peddling mem­ bership books and shipping sea­ men to foreign flag operators at $100 a month. Men coming to the UISU office have been given "let­ ters of reference" to Standard Oil, Tidewater, Black Diamond and other companies with foreign-flag operations. In some instances men have not even been able to get jobs at the $100 figure. In addition the "union" has placed want ads in New York daily newspapers asking for licensed deck and engine officers for for­ eign-flag ships. This, it appears, is in line with its plans to estab­ lish a pool of low-wage seamen for the convenience of the operators. Thus far, despite its boasts, the new "union" has made no effort to sign any contracts, even with runaway-flag operators for whom Le Doulx has been crimping for years. However, any seaman who has the cash to buy himself a membei'ship book has been welcomed with open arms. •if-1 '•H -^ Brooklyn 32, NY « I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS ................................ CITY Z^NE ......STATE ,..... Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubscribar and hava a ching* of addrass, plaasa qiva your formar addrass balowt ADDRESS CITY ...... •a*««aa*a22 2aM2aaaaa*4aaa2«a»a»2ga*•**•••••••••••••t2aa««a«»*«*a2aaaaaa»aaaB Ma4aaMaBa*a4aaaaaaaaaaaa»agaaa«BO a..*. ZONE STATE. •aaaaaaaB^MBBBO : --'s .-'"[I �SEAFAREKS tOG November 12, 1954 Wolcomo Bearer Of SIU $S TIdinse - • f:# .• S E 5 & SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS REPORT ON BENEPin PrMi../«.::.,iX...dr:-/., .-To...;.//f;-;«:.r..Cy. No. Scafy,a Receiving Avcfaae Benefits Paid Each Seafarw Total Benefits Paid ibis Period 2^ WELPARE, VACATION BENEPITS PAID THIS PERIOD libuital Btnefita i Seafarex* Christopher Flowers, OS, signs for* his $15 weekly SIU hospital benefit at the Norfolk USPHS hospital while Patrolman James Bullock (center) holds receipt book. Waiting their turn are (left to right) Prescott Spinney, deck engineer; James R. Armstrong, galley utility; and George Lechler, messman. ^ W.: if All of the will collect benefit plus Union in the following SIU families the $200 maternity a $25 bond from the baby's name-. • Lon James Gooch, born August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonis B. Gooch, 669 Central Ave­ nue, Broaklyn, NY. 3) t 4" Claude Ledfor^ Atkins, born Oc­ tober 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Atkins III, 3001 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Ala. 4" c: E i Ja|^t Hamby, born September 30, :ra54. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hamby, 202 Michigan Avenue, Mobile, Ala. 'ber 5, 1954. -Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Higgins, 59 Boston Street, 4 4 4 Sharon June Harris, born Au­ Somerville, Mass.' — gust 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. James M. Harris, 106 Bennett Sandra Lee Swearlngen, born Road, Baltimore, Md. September 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4 .4 4 and Mrs. Barney E. S'weafingen, Linda Jean Oakley, born Sep­ 5427 Broward Road, Jacksonville, tember 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Fla. Mrs. Oliver P. Oakley, 2918 So. 4 4 4 Union Avenue, Tacoma, Wash. Barbara Brent Hellebrand, bom 4 4 4 Nancy Miiagros Oliveras Corniel January 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born October 16, 1954. Parents, Mrs. Paul G. Hellebrand, 304 E. Fairview Avenue, Gaffney, SC. Mr. and Mrs. Braulio Oliveras, 20 4 4,4 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, NY. William Steven Smith, born Oc­ 4 ,4 4 Katherine E. Higgins, born Octo- tober 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith, Route 1, Attalia, Ala. ^ HisHead-On Meeting With Hatch Board Lays Him Low 4 4 4 David Lee Wheeler, born Sep­ tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wheeler, 222 Elmer Street, Vineland, NJ. One Seafarer who is thankful that he is still alive is John 4 4 4 Doherty, who was OS aboard the Mankato Victory. An acci­ Michael Hamlin, born July 23, dent he suffered while working down in the hold of the ship 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ came close to taking his life,-*^ ward Hamlin, 186 Green Street, but today he is up and around regular weekly service from Brooklyn, NY. again and making progress the SIU Welfare Services repre­ 4 4 4 sentative on ail personal needs. toward full recovery. " Grace Marie Case, born October Lightening the burden of being That's in addition, of course, to the hospitalized with a broken neck is SIU's weekly $15 hospital benefit 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Case, Jr., 2015 Avenue the fact that Doherty is receiving which he receives in cash as do Q^, Galveston, Texas. all the other hospitalized Seafarers 4 4 4 at Staten Island and in other Terry Sue McGoldrlck, born Oc­ USPHS hospitals. Several of his former shipmates on the Mankato tober 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Victory have visited him to help Mrs. John David McGoldrlck, Jr., 803 Ackerman Street, Rockdale, him pass his stay in the hospital. Despite the best efforts of Texas. the authorities, the Public Cleaning Dunnage Health Service Hospitals are 4 j4 4 Doherty was working down in still plagued with ambulance Dennis Alan Doyle, born June the hold with several other crewchasers. Seafarers approached members at the time of the acci­ 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. by these characters or their dent. They were cleaning up dun­ Billie E. Doyle, PO Box 128, Essex, front men are advised for nage after cargo had been un­ Conn. their own good to give them a loaded, and-a windlass was being 4 4 4 fast brushoff.' used to cart the dunnage out of Theresa Yolanda Maldonado, It is well known that the the hold. On one trip up, the born October 15, 1954. Parents, ranks of the ambulance chasers dunnage load got caught on a hatch Mr. and Mrs. Manuel 6. Maldona­ - contain many who will charge beam with the result that some do, 511 16th Street, Galveston, excessive fees or simply sell hatch boards were knocked loose. Texas. ^ out their clients to the com­ One of them, falling in the hold, 4 4 4. panies. Most of them are struck Doherty on the back of the Annie Lea Gllmore, born Octo­ known to be pretty poor law­ head. yers or else they wouldn't be ber 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Doherty was virtually paralyzed Mrs. David C. Gilmore, RFD 4, digging for business the way by the blow which he took across Dunn, NC. they do. the back of his neck. He had to be The time to choose a lawyer 4 4 4 Is not while you are sick or' rushed to the hospital where he Martha Kelm Spear, born Au­ was placed in a special neck brace injured and being hypnotized gust 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and by a fast Une of chatter. Wait" used for the treatment of such in­ Mrs. Boyd W. Spear, 443 W. Main juries. Now he is out of danger until you are recovered and and gets around quite freely, sub­ Street, Greenville, Tenn. then if you need an attorney ject to the limitation that his head 4 4 4 go out and shop around for is held rigidly in the neck brace. ' Bonnie Ann Guarlnd, born Octo­ the best attoniey and the best He is hopeful that he will be able ber 21„ 1954. Parents, Mr. and deal you can get. to recover fully from the injury Mrs. Bennie Guarino, 803 Third and be as good as new again. . Avenue, New Orleans, La. Beware Of Case Chasers yyys- ,|0® /vn/A Ss. JZiiahUity Benefita iktCfaitv Benefita VKStltn Benefita I7JC rt O '7.ooa TAEAI , il a tfc, oi WELPARE, VACATION BENE PI TSFAIB PREVIOUSLY fl'- ••J : 11 ieaiitil Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0 • S8li,is )eaih Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1940* IAU\LI lability Benefits Paid Since Hav 1. 1942 • Ld 69S• »TiRy lfel»nitY Benefits Paid Since Anril 1. 1942 * ieatloo Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1942 • Ik 0 ja ve. Total W A AA 1 ^ ^ Mi ^ ^ III. - I^sr9,?u h H WELPARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacuioo Sfh ss Hssi Welfare Estimateil Accounte Receivable Welfare IS Goverament Bonds (Welfare) Leal Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS } 7«»,7 ££ JLLZ&A& 97 f If «1»); JL In as much as many of the beneficiary carda now on file at the office at the Welfare Plan are not properly completed, we anticipate Issulnlg new cards to new members. When you receive a oard read It oarefidly before completing si After being bompleted, check for possible errors and omissions. CAUTIONt Beneficiary card which Is not properly completad may deprive your beneficiary of Welfare benefits. Suhmitled A1 Kerr, Aaais$tmi'''XSminiatrMt0r •••••••••Mvaaaaaaaai ^ * let OS Know... if you're in trouble youR pnoBuM is OUR BUSINESS SEE THE SlO WEIFME SEMCES DEPUnKIT �Nerember 12, 19S4 SEAFARERS SEEDC THE SEAFARERS Pace Nineteen LOG Landlord Got Too Ambitious This one could be called "The Case of the Greedy Landlord." Thanks to the landlord's desire to get more than was coming to him, and to the help of SIU Welfare Services, one Seafarer is on the road to recovering a big chunk of dough in rent overcharges. Were it not for the fact that^ the landlord applied for a rent Volkerts is a resident of Brook­ building were paying similar sums. increase legally. Seafarer A. R. lyn, where a State rent control One day Volkerts got a notice Volkerts never would have discov­ law is still in effect. He was pay­ All of the brothers in and out of the hospitals will remember the ered he was paying better than $70 ing .$100 a month for his apart­ ment, and other tenants in the big beef that your Union and its membership put up in the last Con­ a month over the ceiling rental. gress over the money for the US Public Health Service hospitals. As Mas reported in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, it looks like the Government is fixing to take another slice out of the hospitals. Well the new Congress has been elected, and Seafarers in the hospi­ tals know M'ho their Congressional representatives will be for the next couple of years. If they don't know, the Union can find out for them. Just as soon as these Government proposals on the hospitals come through, or maybe even before that, it will be a good idea for all the men inside the hospitals, and the Seafarers outside too, to sharpen up their pencils and let their particular Congressman and Senators know what the score is. We'll have more information on this before long. t. 4. It seems lately that the men around the New York area are staying healthy or not getting caught in a bight, which is a good sign. At any rate, we are happy to report that there aren't too many new admissions at the Stateh Island Hospital. Among the brothers admitted recently is veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen, who has been on the SlU disability bene­ fit for some time now. Thorsen went into the hospi­ tal for a check-up and hopes to be out again in the near future. A spot of sinus trouble laid Seafarer R. J. Koch of New Jersey low. Koch was machinist on the Logans Fort. He entered the hospital on October 29. Seafarer Chang Son, night cook and baker on the Alcoa Partner the last trip out, is getting treatment for gland trouble. Santos Pizarro, passenger utility on the Frances on his last trip, is in for a stomach De Nobriga ailment. Another ailing Seafarer is William Rackley of Bayonne, New Jersey. Rackley was steward on the Northwestern Victory before going in for treatment on O^ber 21, 1954. Doctors are giving him the once-over now to find out what's wrong. Some of the other men who have entered the hospital in the last couple of weeks are A. Hanstvedt, deck maintenance on the Northwestern Victory; Joseph Malone, who was steward on the Carolyn; Abraham Mander, steward utility on the Julesburg, and Ir\'lng De Nobriga, AB on the Alcoa Runner. It appears that they'll all be spending ThanksgivRackley Jng holidays in there, so write or pay them a visit if you can. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Boyd Amsberry Leonard Kay Perry Bland John D. Kelly E. G. Knapp CeorKe W. Bookl Charles Brady D. Korolia John E. Brady Leo Lang Auaust Brosig Knud Larsen Owen Butler Pierre Leblanc John Carolan Clarence Lomax Jesse Lyles Sebastian Carregal Oeorfie Champlin J. McElrcath Cloise Coats James Mason, Sr. S. Cope Clarence Mazoue Lesley Courtney Vincent Michel Clarence Crowder Nick Mutin J. Naugle EmUe P. Davies Serio Desoso William Ott AureUo Patingo Joseph Dlonnc Hal R. Ellis Randolph Ratcliff Thomas Fields Warren Reed Henri Robin WiUlam J. Fisher Edward Samrock Leo Fontenot Melvin Foster Wade H. Sexton Durand Shaw D. Ganvroglannis John W, Smith Nathan Gardner Wesley Sneliing George Gordano Roy Green Henry Sosa Edward Stevens Clifton Gullet D. R. Stroup Niel Hansen Nicholas Tala Paul Hebert Lyle Hipp J. E. Ward A. J. Wonlger Henry Jeffrey MONTELEPRE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leonardo Munna USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. H. M. Bumpass George F. Lechler Lonnie Hall USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Lester Long Claudius Archer Mike Mlchelik ; Bernard Burks William Ellis Robert N. Oman ' T. Raines William Flek Robert Heillg Donald Ruddy Sverre Johannessen Richard Welch USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Henry J. Childs Carl R. Johnson Luke CiamboU C. J. Neumaier Leo Cronsohn Joe Perreira Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed William E. Logan Peter Arthurs NUs Lundquist Charles Cantwell Donald McShane Angel Carrasqtiillo John Maclnnes William Malcewicz George Coleman Joseph Malone Irving Denobriga Abraham Mander John J. lioherty Vincent Fitzgerald' Perfecto Mangual Paige MitcheU George Flood • Albert Mdrse Estell Godfrey Joseph Neubauer John Graddick Romon Olivera John Hannay Oscar Olsen Alfred Hanstvedt T. Papoutsoglov Prcd Hauser Abe Partner GusUv Holgerson •William Rackley Vincent Jones Jose Rodriguez Theodore Katros Jose Rodriguez Arthur Kavel Richard Kovh Mattl Ruusukallio Jose Salgado Leo Kulakowski Salvatore Labarbera William Saltarez Florencio Letie C. R. Sanderson Joseph Stanton Robert F. Welker Chong Sun Norman West Pedro Villabol Clifford Womack BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY John Hamilton USPHS HOSPITAL MANH.ATTAN BEACH. NY Fortunate Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrick Hurlbut Free Claude Blanks Francis Lynch Robert Booker Joseph McGraw Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Joseph G. Carr Frank Mackey Ho Yee Choe Vic Milazzo Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Gutanick Pedro Peralto John Hass James C. Powell Taib Hassen George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemore John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwig Kristiansen Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry S. Tuttle James Lawlor Renato Villata Kaarel Leetmaa Virgil Wilmoth James Lewi.s MEDIC.AL CENTER . JERSEY CITY. NJ Salvatore Marone USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PR Sergio Rivero USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Marcelo Arong M. G. Madarang Joseph Calender Frank Maher Jessie A. Clarke Samuel Mills Oswald Ergle R. J. Montena John B. Gillespie Frank Paylor Gorman T. Glaze Eugene G. Plahn John R. Henchey Thomas Scanlon Francis Sullivan Michael Jablonski Douglas Turner EdwaM Janowski Neweli Keycs J. C. Whatley T. E. Lanphear Paul Wilkerson USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavicir • John T. Keegan Edward Bruussard Maurice Lavoie Joseph Carey Arnfm Oyhus Clarence Dudley USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Eugene T. O'Mara Joseph Arras Abel Salas Joseph Busalackl Joseph Soileau John S. Sweeney A. P. Copa John E. Tillman Thomas Dawson William G. Trice Jack Ferguson John R. Mailman Franklyn W. Webb Ernest Kolenovsky Charles B. Young Joseph Montpcller USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, OA. James F. Lee Paul B. Bland J, D. Cannady Albert W. Lima H. Carrollton Jimmie Littleton Rufus L. Field J. T. Moore W. H. Gilbertson USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J. Toolan W. A. Meyers PHILA. GENERAL HOSP. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Warren Nielsen USPHS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. W. M. Bankhead J..' " • . i:' -y-yV ' y •" y ' jgyyyjyy^^ Still able to smile after his long ordeal, Seafarer Hussen Ahmed is comforted by his wife. He's now receiving further treatment following amputation of bis left leg. 'Just A Bruise/ Co. Doctor Said; Leg Amputation Follows Another instance of unreliable medical treatment in foreign ports, coupled with neglect by ship's officers, has come to the attention of Welfare Services recently. As a result, a Seafarer has had to suffer a leg amputation and is still the States. undergoing treatment at the When the ship got to Boston, the Public Health Service Hospital. Seafarer Hussen Ahmed, M'as the victim of neglect and careless treatment after he had hurt his leg severely M'hen a heavy moor­ ing line slipped off a bit and struck it. At the time of the accident the ship was in a foreign port, several thousand miles from home. Although Ahmed was limping badly, he had to go ashore under his own steam to a doctor selected by a company agent. "The doctor examined him and sent him back with a report that it was "merely a bruise," Mrapping the leg up In a bandage and leaving it at that. Had To Climb Despite the fact Ahmed was obviously in pain, the ship's officers refused to move him to the sickbay. Instead they as­ signed him to a spare engineers room. In order to get to the messhall for his meals, he had to climb up and down a ladder. And he had to clean his own room, make his bed and the like. : This situation continued even though a doctor in another port said that there was definite evi­ dence of a fracture and the man was not fit for duty. The only thing that was done was to permit Ahmed to miss his watches for the next 20 days. No steps M-ere taken to hospitalize him or treat him for his injury. As a matter of fact, it was re­ ported that the mate often ridi­ culed Ahmed and intimated that he M'as faking all along. Back On Watch After 20 days, Ahmed was put back on a regular watch although it M'as obvious that the leg M'as in bad condition with a big knot on it above the ankle. Despite this he was M'orked all the May back to first Stateside port of call, Ahmed immediately M'ent to the local Pub­ lic Health Service hospital M'here he was marked as "not fit for duty" after examination. He was sent on to New York and had to take his own gear off the ship M'ith no one to help him. At Staten Island doctors discov­ ered that infection had set in and the only thing that could be done M'as to amputate, a situation which could have been avoided if he had been treated properly in the first instance. from the State Rent Control Com­ mission to the effect that his land­ lord had applied for a reiit in­ crease. The commission notice, sent to all the tenants, informed Volkerts that the legal rental for his apartment was nowhere near $100, but was actually $28.75. And the rent increase that the landlord was asking for could at best be an­ other 15 percent. What had happened, apparently, was that the landlord had some tenants in the building living at the old legal rental and M-as trying to jack them up, by jacking the legal ceiling for the M'hole build­ ing. He didn't figure that the rent control board M'ould send copies of his petition to the tenants them­ selves. Contacted Union When Volkerts got the notice, he hotfooted it to Welfare Services at headquarters. Since he had been living in the apartment for 17 months^ it meant that he had been overcharged over $1,200. Fur­ ther, the law provides additional penalties in the event a tenant successfully sues a landlord under the rent control laws. Welfare Services gave Volkerts the necessary information as to how to proceed in the matter. The result was that the landlord had, at last word, agreed to pay back the overcharge. And of course, from now on in, Volkerts Mill be paying the legal rental and not the $100 a month he had been shelling out up until now. Right Leg, Wrong Man Charles Merritt, 52: On Septem­ ber 13, 1954, Brother Merritt died of natural causes aboard the SS Del Sud M'hile at sea. He joined the Union in New Orleans in April, 1942, and has been sailing in the steward department out of that port ever since. He is survived by his M'ife, Mrs. Isabelle Merritt of 2133 Audubon Street, New Orleans, La. 11 As the result of a mix-up in the last issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG, Norman West was mistakenly identified as having had his left leg ampu­ tated recently in the Staten Island hospital. West had an amputation some time ago and had merely entered the hospital for a brief period of further treat­ ment. The Seafarer M'hose leg was amputated recently was HuFsen Ahmed. Further de­ tails on his case appear on this page. Our apologies to both brothers for the error. FINAI DISPATCH The deaths of the foUowlng sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: ' Ir %\ Oscar F, A. Madere, 43: One of the first members to join the SIU in 1938, Brother Madere died of natural causes in New Orleans on October 11, 1954. He had sailed M'ith the Union in the engine de­ partment out of New Orleans since 1938, Brother Madere is survived by his M'ife, Mrs. Edith Medere, 2903 43rd Street, Metaire, La. 4 4 4 Ephriam M. Adkins, 64: On IVIay 29, 1954 Brother Adkins died of a heart attack while aboard the SS Alcoa Pilgrim. He has been a member since February, 1951; he joined the Union in Mobile. Brother Adkins is survived by his $ 4 4. Theodore Kioussis, 58: Brother brother, V. G. Adkins, of Route 1, Kioussis died of natural causes in Tlieodore, Alabama. La Serena, Chile, on September 4 4 4 Louis Fishman, 22: While sailing 8, 1954. A member of the stcM'ard department. Brother Kioussis aboard the SS Petrolite, Brother joined the union in 1945 and has Fishman Mas lost at sea on May been sailing out of New York. He 14, 1953. A resident of Brooklyn, is survived by his daughter, IMiss he had been sailing as Miper Karmelia Kioussis. of 807 South aboard the vessel Mhen the acci­ dent occurred. Oldham Street, Baltimore, Md. 1 II sI M m �• • 'V'" -i-.^.'-"* t./Tr\ SEAFARERS LOC » OFFICIAL ORGANOF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION s ATLANTIC J Nov. 12, 1954 AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL 7 v-S'-, - vv,i-. • ' ;:y^> -' -r"J ;: ' I'l' . • • ••• : • :•••-. .-:'i ^ - 'n • -: . r :-f.... Summer in North Pacific is real cool so lookout Patti, AB (left), don* parka. Below, the Cecil Bean dock­ ing at Keelung, Formosa. !•: -". I.; - •: !; i• v «•• • . .! Deck gang is hard at work as the ship maneuvers into port. That's Dan Butts, bosun, supervising from a high perch. &• • • &!' ' 1"^'' ' , •• Deciding on menu is half the job. Gardner, steward (left), and Doheze, chief cook, ponder the choices. Coffeetime on deck provides • break in the day's work as crewmembers sip, sun, swap stories. The Seafare'r facing camera seems con­ cerned, as viewed through the lens of Seafarer Don Ruddy. Markham (left) and Roche, ABs, greet boarding pilot at Port Angeles. He's been through it often, seems bored. "Lefty" Parks holds forth at ship's meeting to spin a tall tale to th® evident delight of his audience. This meeting was one of several dur­ ing two-month trip, which began July 22 In Seattle. :,C . ii - ( '...I. c \ • ,3 iiT" • v., ' ? fc' ^ Seafarers have always had a front-seat on history, although such things are commonplace to the . seaman, whose work takes him all over the globe. Thus, the trip to Formosa by the Seafarers on the Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans) was not espe­ cially out of the ordinary, de­ spite the history-making events . going on all around them in the Far Pacific. Crewed up out of the Seattle SIU hall on July 22, the vessel was joined by her crew in Port­ land, Ore., picked up a valuable cargo of wheat and proceeded to Keelung, Formosa, both pic­ turesque and dangerous. The port is one of the last. "bonus ports," and the fact that. crews sailing there qualify for a 100% bonus added to their reg­ ular pay while in the area points up that it is about as close to being a war zone as you can get. But through it all, work goes on. In time, the cargo wa,s de- livered, the crew wenf ashore for sightseeing and eventually returned with the ship to the lis. All the photos are by Sea­ farer Don Ruddy, a crewmember. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 12, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 23 Description An account of the resource Headlines: A&G BALLOTING BEGINS MONDAY; SEAFARERS VOTE ON 49 POSTS VOTE CLOSES GALVESTON IN HALL CHANGE ALL SEA UNIONS KEEPING WATCH ON CRIMP OUTFIT MORE BACK PAY READY NEW BALTIMORE HALL OPEN; TOPS IN SEAFARER COMFORTS, SERVICES BUDGET-CUTTERS PLAN NEW ATTACK ON PHS HOSPITALS HEALTH INSURANCE OUTFITS ON US GRIDDLE PLAN TUNNEL-ROAD LINK ACROSS HAMPTON ROADS SIU WINS LEAVE DISPUTE; TWO CREWS DUE $18,000 TRANSFERS KILL 2,000 JOBS - SO FAR BRIDGES ATTACKS SEA HIRING HALLS ELECTIONS BRING SHIFT IN CONGRESS AND STATES 'BUILT ON LOYALTY' GET OUT AND VOTE VOTE OF THANKS HOSPITAL CUTS AGAIN? WELCOME TO THE BALTIMORE HALL HAIR'S LONG BUT BEEFS ARE SHORT AND LOGANS FORT CREW IS HAPPY 'HAZEL' WHOOPS IT UP BUT SAN MATEO RIDES HER OUT RANCHER CREW MAKES NEWS IN SPANISH PORT BREMERHAVEN 'U-DRIVE-IT' FIRM HELPS SIU CREW SEE THE SIGHTS AGENT SAFE, CREW CITED FOR ACTION HIS HEAD-ON MEETING WITH HATCH BOARD LAYS HIM LOW LANDLORD GOT TOO AMBITIOUS JUST A BRUISE, CO DOCTOR SAID; LEG AMPUTATION FOLLOWS CARGO TO FORMOSA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/12/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/17df734b5d384d08e8e317db7ea159bc.PDF e568a1fad76db032354f9b863052cb19 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • com HIMO PLOTS S AM N eUCX ST -Story on Page 8 ^-1 I: PI*'-- ir"':- •' > . •rsi' \A~ • -. t.- • rj\ • Wv... Yh^Sm Seafarers began voting by secret ballot on November 15 in all Union halls to determine who among the 78 MriUMKMny f fiefr WflOrCva* candidates will be elected to 49 headquarters and branch posts in the Union, Early voting was brisk through­ out the district with Seafarers on ships in the various ports piling off to cast their votes along with men on the beach. The two-year election balloting will continue for 60 days, until January 15, 1955, after which votes will be counted by rank and file tallying committees. Day by day balloting h conducted by three-man rank and file committees elected by the membership at the start of each day's business. (Story on Page 2.) • lit �5 psee tn § ?t Noi^Ae^ Gov't Agoncy Revives Drive Against '50-50' fe' - > I.' Newly-opened Seafarers cafeteria in Baltimore hall Is now providing low-eost meals for Seafarers on the beach. Unlike the New York cafeteria, it is not open to the public. Cafeteria Is on basement level, just below the Port O'Call eafe which is now In the process of completion. A new attempt to nullify the operation of the "50-50" prin­ ciple in foreign aid shipments has been made by a Govern­ ment agency. Paralleling the unsuccessful attack on American shipping under the original-^ Marshall Plan, the Foreign he would accept the American bids Operations Administration has unless they are "obviously unfair tried to drive American coal- and unreasonable." handling rates down to the level The current squabble over coal of foreign operations. rates is a replay of a much bigger If successful, the attempt would fight back in 1949, when the Mar­ have the effect of barring US ships shall Plan first swung into opera­ from carriage of coal relief car­ tion. At that time, the Marshall goes. The administration is ship­ Plan administrator threatened to ping ten million tons of coal to by-pass all American cargo ships coalshort nations sucn as Korea unless US shipowners cut their rates to the levels of foreign-flag and Japan. The FOA move against "50-50" operations. Foreign flag operators took the form of refusing all but got into the act by cutting their one bid by US-flag operators for rates to the bone in the hope of carriage of coal on the grounds putting US operators out ot nusithat they were not "fair and rea­ ness. The SIU led a vigorous and suc­ sonable." The FOA contended that cessful fight against the move. the US-flag bids should be about the level of foreign-flag carriers, and arbitrarily set a ceiling on the rates it would pay. Revise Position Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Industry spokesmen immediately Regular membership meet­ protested the move charging that ings in SIU headquarters and they could not operate under the at all branches are held every FOA ceiling, since it would mean second Wednesday night at carrying cargo at a loss. As a re­ 7 PM. The schedule for the. sult, the FOA backed down from next few meetings is as follows: its original stand and announced it Dec. 1, Dec. 15, Dec. 29. would open new bids on six car­ AU Seafarers registered on With the opening of its low-cost cafeteria, barber shop and recreation deck, the Baltirnore goes of coal. the shipping list are required Arthur Syran, who Is director of branch office of the SIU is virtually in full swing. All of the facilities of the brand new hall to attend the meetings. transportation for the FOA, and are now complete with the exception of the Port O'Call cafe and the Sea Chest retail store. The fully - air - conditioned' Baltimore "hall opened two more Federation of Labor. The weeks ago with a special mem­ Marine Firemen, Oilers and Waterbership meeting and party for Sea­ tenders Union will move in short­ farers in the port. The five-deck ly and other tenants are in pros­ Voting in the SIU's A&G District election for Union officers got off to a flying start hall is easily the best in the A&G pect. Work is now going forward on during the first two weeks of balloting with heavy voting reported in all ports. District, surpassing the famed The balloting, which got underway November 15, outdistanced the pace of the 1952 headquarters hall in space, com­ completion of the cafe and the Sea Chest. The Union already has a voting, which ran up a total-tforts and conveniences. liquor license for the Port O'Call Shipping out of the new hall be­ operation so it should be open for vote of about 5,700. Seafarers gan two weeks ago today but some business in the near future. Orders ashore on vacation or waiting oi the furniture and equipment for are also going out for stock and to ship swelled the total, along its subsidiary services had not yet fixtures for the Sea Chest retail with hundreds of others on Inbeen installed. However rapid store which will have ample space transit ships who came ashore to progress was made on these items to service all Seafarer's needs. vote at the first opportunity. SIU in the past two weeks. Pool table men heading out on offshore runs The Sea Chest has been operat­ and shuffleboard equipment have ing its slop chest supply service to also hurried to cast their votes been provided, a barber and boot­ on the chance they wouldn't return black were hired to put the barber to the States before the end of the shop in operation and final touches two-month voting period, on Janu­ were put to the cafeteria, enabling ary-15, 1955. it to open for business fully-equip­ At issue are 49 offices, including ped and staffed. all regularly-elected offices in the The following are the ma­ Tenants In Union. A record total of 78 can­ jor facilities of the new SIU didates is competing for these Baltimore branch office; Several of the Union's tenants posts, three more than there were • Modern hiring hall and are already operating in the build­ on the 1952 ballot. Fourteen other meeting hall ing, including the Masters, Mates nominees were disqualified from • Union offices and Pilots, the Brotherhood of running by a six-man rank and file • Cafeteria IMarine Engineers and the Balti­ credentials committee for failing • Bar and dance floor to meet the constitutional require­ • Barber shop ments for holding office. • Shoeshine Stand ® Laundry drop Tallying Committees Nov, 26. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 24 • S&a Chest retail shop Following the end of the voting, • Air conditioning and sound­ As I See It Page 6 rank and file tallying committees proofing throughout Burly Page 16 will be elected by the membership Voting in the election for 1955-56 SIU olHcials gets underway at • Parking lot Crossword Puzzle Page 8 in each port, including headquar­ Union headquarters as Seafarer J. Pola (standing) gets his ballot • Pool room Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 ters, to count the votes in that and prepares to step into the voting booth. Officiating as a member • Game loom Editorials Page 9 branch. The headquarters tallying of the Polls Committee elected that day was Red Stams. • Elevator Galley Gleanings Page 15 unit will also serve as a district • Television rooms Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 tallying committee and check on each department as well as six the photos and biographies of all • Open sundeck Labor Round-Up Page 8 the counting and results In each joint patrolmen in the Port of New candidates was published In the • Shower room Letter of The Week Page 9 port. Its report will certify the York, and an agent, Joint patrol­ October 29 Issue of the LOG, along • Piped mu.sic and public ad­ Letters Page 16 winning candidates subject to a man and one patrolman for each with a sample ballot on the back dress system Maritime Page 8 vote of the membership In all department In the Ports of Balti­ page. Copies of these can be ob­ Meet The Seafarer Page 8 ports. The full text of this report more, Mobile and New Orleans. tained at any SIU hall. Notices, Personals Page 17 the ships for some time out of a will be carried In the SEAFARERS There are no constitutional amend­ All Seafarers who have not yet Off Watch Page 14 warehouse at 1023 East Baltimore LOG. ments or propositions to be voted done so art urged to vote Just as Port Reports Pages 12, 13 Street. As soon as its lease expires soon as they can get to the nearest upon In this election. Offices Voted ' Quiz Page 14 the Sea Chest is planning to move A special supplement containing SIUhalL Offices at stake In the election SIU History Cartoon Page 6 this service into the hall as well. v.. Sports Line Page 15 Other features of the new hall Include the posts of secretaryVote of Thanks Page 9 include a modern hiring hall and treasurer, three joint assistant sec­ Washington News Letter..Page 7 meeting hall, ample space for Un­ retary-treasurers and one assistant Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 ion administrative offices, a laun­ secretary-treasurer each for the Welfare Report Page 18 dry drop, outside parking lot, deck, engine and steward depart­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 game room, television rooms, open ments. In addition, the membership will sundeck and shower room. The Publishtd blwMkly at tba headquartars is air-conditioned and choose an agent and joint patrol­ of lha Seafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ building lantic A Golf District AFL, 475 Fourth soundproofed throughout and con­ man for the Ports of Boston, Phila­ Avenua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYacmth f-44M. Entered as second class matter tains a built-in piped music and delphia, Norfolk. Savannah, Tampa at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under public address system. and Galveston; three patrolmen for the Act of August 34. 1912,. Balto Hall Services Hum —Cafeteria Makes Debut Vote Heavy In All Portf Features Of Baltimore Hall SEAFARERS LOG �SEHFytRERS *haG ' Pir« ThfM 511/ To Fight CC Power Move Superman Brain-Body Test Bared As Scheme To Pull Seameu Papers Under the guise of setting up a physical standard system to improve the health of America's merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard is attempting an outright power grab for iron-fisted control of all seamen, which could result in the black­ balling out of the industry • they gave to the industry, corresponding improvement in his of any man now sailing. service and contain standards that could treatment of seamen. The SIU has declared that be used to flunk and revoke the Commenting on the proposal, it "will fight the Coast Guard's scheme all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head." The physical and mental tests proposed in a 60-page document recently released by the Coast Guard could be used against all merchant seamen, no matter how many years of satisfactory CG Power Move: GG Orlglual Role: Ships, Not Seamen In the eyes of the public the Coast Guard's major functions are ship safety, rescue work and control of smuggling. As a matter of fact, the Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and US Life Saving Services. Later the US Lighthouse Service was added. Through Jhe years, the Coast Guard has been concerned with iceberg patrol and ice-breaking, law enforcement on the high seas, maintenance of lighthouses, naviga­ tional aids and ocean weather sta­ tions, inspection of the safety fea­ tures and equipment of ships. Since ship safety is a major con­ cern of the Coast Guard, it would appear to merchant seamen that a much more energetic effort could be put forth to make the ships themselves safer and more com­ fortable places to work on. Time and again, the SIU has had to take action to remedy dangerous condi­ tions on board ship. An example is the case of the Christine, a Liberty ship, which attempted to put to sea in the spring of 1953 although it was showing a 12 degree list. It was only on complaint of the Union that the Coast Guard entered the picture. Subsequently, the Coast Guard ordered reinoval of excess cargo to assure stability. It was only Union action in this instance, that kept the ship from sailing in an unseaworthy condi­ tion, and risking the lives of all crewmembers aboard. Each year a large number of merchant seamen file suits under the Jones Act charging shipowner negligence as cause for personal injury or illness. These suits reflect the degree to which the shipowner is responsible for un­ safe or unsanitary conditions aboard ship. If the Coast Guard was primari­ ly concerned with ship safety it would be proposing stricter super­ vision and control over shipboard living and working conditions rather than stricter controls over merchant seamen themselves. The way to fix a leaky scow is to repair the leak, not to buy a stronger pump. papers of virtually every Ameri­ can seaman. The far-fetched nature of the document makes it obvious that it is a cover for establishment of sweeping new bureacratic con­ trols over the livelihood and ship­ board actions of seamen. The proposals also represent an under­ handed attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipowners since, if put in effect, they would effec­ tively discourage seamen from filing negligence suits against shipowners responsible for injuries or illness. Finally, the new proposals could be converted into a Union-busting weapon with the greatest of ease, since they are broad enough to bar anyone who vigorously presses a shipboard beef as a "complainers" and unstable personalities. Seven Tests The Coast Guard proposals can be summed up as follows: All working seamen would have to pass seven separate tests as out­ lined by the word "Sailors." These would be Strength, Arms (arm function). Incapacitating diseases (past and present). Legs (leg func­ tion), Observation powers. Recep­ tion of sound. Stability (mental and emotional). Men would be rated by numbers on each of these seven tests and the numbering system could make up his "pro­ file." The profile for an AB would be 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1. Failure to pass any one of the seven could be taken as proof that the man is a seagoing "security risk" and un­ fit for duty. The Coast Guard would then ask him to "voluntarily" surrender his seamen's papers, since it has no legal right to pass on his phy­ sical qualifications except when he goes for a rating or a ticket. How­ ever, once a man has been brand­ ed "unfit for duty" under the above system, he could easily be blackballed off every Americanflag ship. How Many Tests? If a Seafarer should pass the test once, he has no assurance he won't be called on to do so two, three or a dozen times. Nor is any provi­ sion made for an appeal from the "unfit" ruling, once it is issued. This profiling procedure for mer­ chant seamen has been seriously questioned by a psychiatric spe­ cialist to whom the LOG referred the Coast Guard proposal for study. He concluded it has "no scientific basis," pointing out that there are no verified facts or sta­ tistics to determine which per­ sonality traits and physical quali­ ties are most desirable in a sea­ man. Army and Navy standards do not apply, he emphasized, as statis­ tics were based on many men who were draftees and may have de­ liberately courted failure to get medical discharges. Further, he added, the whole procedure obviously discriminates against a seaman since it demands superior performance of him un­ der conditions imposed on him by the shipowner, while making no demand on the shipowner for any "j -i SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall declared: "Clearly this is the most vicious and unjustified attack on seamen ever made by a Govern­ ment agency. This test isn't de­ signed for human beings. It's for Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick. There are grounds here for flunk­ ing every sailor that ever stepped on a deck. "But whether the tests are practi­ cal or not, the fact remains they are an excuse for the Coast Guard to move in and shackle working sea­ men. The SIU fully intends to fight this all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head. Our Union is composed of men who were competent and qualified enough to man the ships in wartime and to meet the highest peacetime operating stand­ ards of any merchant fleet. We are not going to stand by idly while a set of gimmicks is put into action to deprive them of their (Continued on page 7) CG Power Move; strict Test Could Bar All Seamen Under the new Coast Guard proposal for mental and phy­ sical examinations for seamen, a man could lose his right to con­ tinue making his living as a sea­ man for failure to meet a wide variety of standards so strict that only a superhuman could pass. A few of the scores of reasons for which he could be denied an okay are the following: • Defective sense of smell. • Speech defects, stammering, stuttering and the like. • Non-contagious skin diseases that are unpleasant to look at. • Parents or ancestors who were alcoholics or criminals, had nervous breakdowns, or were di­ vorced or separated. • Lack of educational advan­ tages. • • Any record of juvenile de­ linquency or coming from a "broken home." • A record as a "beefer" or "complainer" abroad ship. . (The captain's opinions would be given great weight on this score. This could include shipboard activity on behalf of the Union). • Outbursts of rage. • Allergies. • Being hostile or uneasy in the presence of the examining doctor. • Attitudes toward sex. • Past head injuries. • Failure to answer questions in a manner that is satisfactory to the examining doctor. • Religious attitudes; ethics, opinions. • Frequent changing of jobs. i' �SEAFARERS Pii* FOOT I fe I- Jitaventer ZC, 19S4 THERE'S MUCH CRITICISM THAT COULD BE MADE OF THE Coast Guard proposal to regiment seamen under a type of military con­ trol that went out of fashion 50 years ago. But there's just a couple of things here that should rightfully be called to the attention of the public. The first is the fact that the Coast Guard is trying to make its quack proposals respectable by associating itself with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Before anybody falls for this cover-up they ought to consider one thing—that powerful people in- this depart­ ment are out to cut the throat of the Public Health hospitals. Since this Department was established two years ago, it's naade a prac­ tice of cutting down health and welfare services. Your Union knows from past experience, that the Department has no love for seamen and little concern for their problems. Otherwise it would be fighting for more health services, not less. Your Union believes that the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare could well be called to account for associating with this report. As people who are supposed to be ex­ Former Seafarer Herman F. Webber is shown (right) working as bosun aboard the Army tug LT 1960 perts on physical and mental health they have a good deal of explain­ (left) in the harbor of Pusan, Korea. A ten-year Union man, Webber now spends his days docking ing to do. SIU ships. Bosun Webber holds the rank of private and drags down $92 per month. Coast Guard Humbug 4 ; The second is that the Coast Guard presents this proposal with ques­ tionable purpose. Your Union questions the sincerity of the Coast Guard's proposal. Your Union believes it is pure humbug. To begin with, the Coast Guard presents a deliberately distorted pic­ ture of the life and outlook of a seaman. It's a picture that was true when the seaman was under a military-type control such as the Coast Anti-union regulations that have been promoted by em­ Guard would like to reimpose today. A seaman had no way of pro­ his rights. He could be lashed by the skipper, given the boot by ployers in several states appear to have reached their peak tecting the mate and charged with mutiny or desertion for any protest. That in the little town of Baxley, Ga. Two organizers for the was the way ships operated before the seamen won the rights of firstInternational Ladies Garment class citizenship, rights which the Coast Guard is trying to take away Workers Union (AFL) have today. As far as one Seafarer is been arrested for entering the The Coast Guard weeps crocodile tears about the life the^pbor sea­ concerned, the SIU is truly town and told that they must each man has to lead, about the poor living eonditions, the lack' oT recreation pay a fee of $2,000 a year for an international union. Be­ operating and comforts, the cramped living space, the dangers of working in the within the town limits. cause when an SIU ship pulls in holds, over the side or aloft in bad weather. Further, the organizers were in­ to Pusan, Korea, it has a good Where was the Coast Guard when the Union fought for white linen, chance of being towed to the dock formed that the town itself would soap and matches? Where was the Coast Guard when the Union de­ by an Army tug whose deck gang collect a $500 "initiation fee" for manded fresh milk, washing machines, decent messrooms and recrea­ every worker that the organizers is under an SIU bosun. tion rooms? Did anybody ever hear the Coast Guard demand reading The bosun is Seafarer Herman signed up. material, adequate slopchests, and bigger foc'sles for seamen? Did the Interpreting these regulations r. Webber, a ten-year Union man, Coast Guard ever come down to your ship to see if it was stored with who had to retire his book through as outlawing any kind of union Grade A meats and a wide variety of satisfying foods? Did you ever Hong Kong will again be a hear the Coast Guard put up a beef about manning scales or about the no fault of his own. Uncle Sam's activity in Baxley, the two organiz­ Army tapped him on the shoulder ers asked the Georgia Supreme monthly port of call for Isthmian old two-watch system? And has anyone ever heard a Coast Guardsmen one day, with the result that Web­ Court to throw out the ordinance. ships making the line's westbound say seamen should be paid decent wages? ber now helps dock the same SIU The court refused to do so on the round-the-world runs, it has been Union Fought For Safety grounds that the organizers have announced. ships he once sailed on. As a private in the Army, Web­ not yet been tried for violating the No you didn't hear it, and your Union, never heard anybody who did. .Resumption of the Hong Kong ber writes, he drags down $92 per ordinance. stops is expected to start with the It is the unions that have done more for the safety, the spirit, the com­ Small Town month. He takes a lot of kidding, sailing of the Steel Admiral from fort and the sense of pride or the seamen than any Coast Guard direc­ he says, especially when the tug Baxley itself is a small county New York on December 23. The tive ever written. The unions fought for the eight-hour day, good food, is called on to shift ships on a seat town in Appling County, Steel Admiral will be followed by safe and sanitary shipboard conditions, decent representation and the weekend and the SIU men aboard approximately 75 miles west-south­ the , Steel Recorder and Steel other benefits now in union contracts. them are getting a minimum of west of the port of Savannah. The Maker, which will sail from New The Coast Guard says that seamen are a group of strangers having lit­ four hours' call-in-time. 1950 census figures give it a popu­ York January 22 and February 19, tle in common. It appears that the Coast Guard may object to the fact lation of 3,400 which means that respectively. Keeps It SlU-Style that ships are manned by men of all races and religions with their, own at the best it would have a couple The Steel Recorder and Steel individual opinions and outlook on life. The Coast Guard apparently Since he is a long time Union member, Webber finds that hardly of small-sized plants. Evidently Maker will sail from Long Beach doesn't like the idea of a man being different than his neighbor and an SIU ship pulls into the harbor the local council passed the ordi­ and San Francisco on the sixth and expressing himself accordingly. without at least one or more of his nance to attract more industry to eleventh day of each month, re­ If the safety, the morale and the physical and mental well-being old shipmates aboard. "I've had the town so that the employers spectively, and arrive in Hong of the seamen are to be improved it will be by extending and strength­ many nice comments by SIU men could operate in open shop fashion Kong 22 days after leaving San ening the union gains of recent years. The surest way to create fear, Francisco. on the condition of the tug," he with low-paid labor. suspicion and discord among civilian seamen and to shatter their Headquarters of the Interna­ says. "I just tell them I'm keeping This is the only A & G company morale and functioning is to put these Coast Guard military proposals the tug in SlU-style, even if it does tional Ladies Garment Workers to call at this port. into effect. Union regard the ordinance as belong to the Army." Webber writes he is particularly clearly unconstitutional and intend thankful to some of the, Waterman to go ahead with a test case. Of ship gangs and to the company for course, the case will take several ••• the help they have given him in months to decide, during which period the employers in Baxley keeping his tug spic and span. "I The SIU continued to keep a weather ey e peeled this week on the activities of the have asked for and received some will have clear sailing. "United International Seamen's Union," the ILA-sponsored crimp rig. Thus far, the outfit The Baxley regulations are an used articles like paint rollers, old wire brushes and a little hard-to- extreme example of the kind of and its leaders have been promising much but accomplishing little of their announced anti-union legislation that has plan to raid both AFL and^ get paint now and then. made headway, particularly in the CIO maritime unions. Conse­ apparently unaware of this pro­ kickbacks from ship chandlers; "I think iPs a fair exchange be­ The outfit at present is prepar­ cause we manage about one Water­ South, in the last couple of years. quently, observers believe that posal and continue to glow, con­ The spread of state "right to work" ing to move its offices to 33 White­ man ship a week and our tug gives laws which forbid any kind of it will have little success in any versationally, with future plans. As part of its expansion pro­ hall Street in lower New York attempt to seize power in the them a lot of service." union security has had a serious industry but will serve the ILA's gram, the crimp outfit has printed City where Le Doulx-Londos for­ Webber writes that he makes it effect on union membership in the up a batch of-^ "unfair" picket merly operated. He also speaks a practice of visiting as many SIU affected states. In at least one attempt to harass and provoke signs and has sent men to contact of opening halls in other US ports legitimate trade unions. In any ships as possible. Seafarers hitting state, Virginia, the backers of companies having both American around the first of the year. Pusan can find him aboard Army "right to work" legislation have case, the SIU is fully prepared to and foreign-flag ships in the hope Meanwhile, applicants at the meet the threat. tug LT 1960. And when his two- been busy putting more teeth into of cooking up some kind of a deal outfit's 28th Street office are told year hitch is over, Webber is it.. Now any individual guilty of Change Of Leaders with the shipowners. Le Doiulx- that Le Doulx-Londos can get thinking of following the footsteps violating the law is subject to a The latest reports on the organic Londos boasts continually of being them seamen's papers if they don't of Seafarer J. A. Mcintosh and personal fine of $500. zation's "progress" reveal that a "near" a contract with an Ameri­ have any. One applicant paid his staking himself a homestead in The "right to work" laws and program for expansion is contem­ can-flag carrier, but no contracts fees and was sent to the Coast Alaska. the local regulations such as the plated. As part of the program the have materialized as yet. Guard with a letter from Le Baxley ordinance are also designed organization would dump its pre­ The only jobs that have materi­ Doulx-Londos requesting a vali­ to attract "runaway" plants from sent leaders. Captain George Beli- alized out of the outfit are typical dated document. The Coast Guard areas that are well-organized by basakas and . Louis Le Doulx- of a runaway-fiag crimp hall. Jobs refused to issue one to him. unions. A very large number of Londos and replace them with have been offered to ABs at $81 a It is the normal practice of the plants, particularly in the textile "American" seamen. Evidently month with 40 cents an hour for Coast Guard to honOr such re­ industry, have taken advantage of the feeling is that Belibasakas and overtime. One chief steward was quests from legitimate sea unions, this kind of law to get away Le Doulx-Londos have outlived told he could get a job at $220 a provided, of course, that the man from union contracts. their usefulness. Bqth men, .arfe security..plearanee..,. ' SIU Army Man Docks SIU Ships Ir I J- LOG Ca, Town's 'License' Bars Union Activity Isthmian To Call At Hong Kong Crimp Rig Promises—Buf susfiai acsis Mnim/ts i-'- • '• '*• tif rfiU'i �K* -nlfivy* tMI ' Navember t§, 1954 » 1 I * , '-f » 1 I SlEAF ARERS LOG rage FIT* Future Of Reserve Fleet To Hinge On Conversions The big question of the fate of the US-owned reserve Liberty fleet will be answered in the not-too-distant future. Work has started on experimental conversion of four Liberty ships to step up their operating speed, improve their cargo-handling gear and modernize them in other respects. — Contracts have been award­ gear, if successful in cutting the that modified Liberty ships would ed by the Maritime Adminis­ turnaround time, would have genu­ be used in convoy . . ." Inspecting the installation of plumbing in the elaborate new recrea­ tion room under construction in the New Orleans SIU hall are Port Agent Lindsey Williams (left) and veteran Seafarer Carl McCranie. Work on the layout on the ground floor of the hall is due to be completed by January 1, 1955. NO Hall Adding Laundry, New Recreation Facilities NEW ORLEANS—Seafarers in New Orleans soon will have at their disposal an attractive recreation room in which to wile away their time between job calls. Workmen are busy convert­ ing the ground floor of the will be provided in the lavatory SIU hall here to recreation room. facilities which are expected to be ready for use by January 1, 1955. Now being installed in the spaci­ ous room (40 by 60 feet) are thr^e combination dressing rooms and showers, a laundry room and toilet facilities. The laundry room will be equip­ ped with an automatic washing machine and drier and an ironing board and electric iron for mem­ bers who desire to launder their gear while on the beach. Automatic electric hand driers The air-conditioned room will have terrazo floors, a sound­ proofed acoustic ceiling and at­ tractively painted plaster walls. The combination showers and dressing rooms will be partitioned separately to afford privacy while in use. The room will be equipped with three pool tables, a shuffleboard table and a television set. At present, two pool tables are provided on the hiring hall floor on the second deck. tration for installation of two gas turbine power plants, a steam tur­ bine system and a geared diesel system. In addition, brand new cargo handling rigs of an experi­ mental nature will be installed above decks. There is a lot of doubt though, whether these experiments will have any real value in terms of utilizing the 1,500 ships in the re­ serve fleet. For one thing, the Maritime Administration has given up the idea of developing an 18 knot ship and is now aiming at a 15 knot speed. Maritime Admin­ istrator Louis Rothschild said that the IB-knot speed was abandoned on the grounds that the Libertys were not constructed to take the strain of an 8,500 horsepower plant. A power plant of that kind would require hull reconstruction at considerable additional cost. Both in terms of commercial op­ erations and in terms of Defense Department objectives, 15 knots is not considered sufficient speed. And with the American merchant fleet dwindling day by day be­ cause of transfers, the reserve fleet is the only possible source of extra shipping which the country could turn to in times of a shipping emergency. It is believed by some authorities that expensive conversions aiming at a 15-knot speed would have little practical effect in terms of bring­ ing a Liberty ship up to date. The cost of the four conversions now planned will run more than $2 million each. New Cargo Gear Of more practical importance, perhaps, are installations of experi­ mental cargo handling gear. Roth­ schild estimates that the average cargo ship spends 60 percent of its time in port loading and discharg­ ing cargo. New cargo handling ine practical value both for regu­ lar commercial operations and for emergency cargo needs. Aside from the new powerplants, the experimental Libertys that will have gas turbines will be equipped with controllable pitch propellers. These are believed to have great advantages in maneuvering a ship without having to change the di­ rection of rotation of the main en­ gine. The decision to concentrate on a 15-knot target, Rothschild said, was made in the face of conflicting opinions. "The more moderate scheme," he said, "was considered particularly since it was assumed WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration and the SlU-contracted Cities Service Oil Company have completed arrangements for a swap of seven of the company's T-2s for three new 32,000-ton super­ tankers. a third super-tanker. The first two The swap is the first to tankers will be completed early in be made under the tanker trade-in program approved by the last Congress. The program was de­ signed to provide modern tonnage for the American-flag tanker fleet and at the same time give the Gov­ ernment a reserve of useable tankers. The contract calls for the imme­ diate construction of two super­ tankers by Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Sparrows Point, Marj'land, at a cost of $8 million each. In turn Cities Service will turn in five T-2s to the Government for $4.8 million. Third Supertanker Next April, the company will trade-in another two tankers for SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Here's one tip for Christmas: You don't really have to shop "early" as the stores say, unless you need to mail gifts. Otherwise, you'll find better buys after Dec. 11 when the stores start cutting prices on gift items. Here's another: Beware the novelties and gadgets man­ ufacturers and merchants feature for Christmas on the theory that the public is not as value and utility conscious A floating flshing knife with a cork handle Is a use­ ful gift for a man who likes to fish. It costs about $3.50 and will be well appreciated by an outdoor man. during the gift-giving season as usual. At this time of year stores push sudi short-lived gifts as fancy- lighters, humorous salt and pepper shakers, expensive mechanical toys, extra-fancy lingerie, etc. But you give .the most for your money when you seek out basic playthings for chil­ dren, and useful gifts for adults,- like well-made clothing and household equipment. About: ao percent of the playthings chlldten get during rr^ytxe twicwKcfP/TVowes CS To Trade 7 T-Ts For 3 Supertankers YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Tips For Christmas Shopping Whatever the outcome of the ex­ perimental program, the Govern­ ment will be faced with the prob­ lem of what to do with 1,500 Lib­ ertys which have little or no use at the present time. a year are those given them for Christmas. The test of a toy you buy ought to be: Is it interesting enough to the child and durable enough so he'll play with it, for months to come? Here are suggestions for gifts that have enduring value: Gifts for Children PLAY FURNITURE: Experts recommend simple "school" furniture in natural finish, like Phoenix brand sold by some toy stores. Avoid play furniture that is highlydecorated or has extra gimmicks like a musical chair, at an extra price. Simple play furniture can also be constructed at home, from packing cases, or "bought" lumber sanded down smoothly and given a natural finish. BLOCKS: Whether you buy blocks or make them your­ self, avoid the traditional cubes and instead get sets of large blocks in varied shapes. These have more play value because they can be arranged into different objects like bridges, tunnels, etc. You can make them yourself from one and three-eighths inch lumber, preferably a hard wood so they don't splinter. The set should have paired blocks of the same size and shape so they fit together and make a third block. The large hollow wood blocks used by nursery schools are good, but costly to buy. The large Blockbuster blocks made of corrugated paper are surprisingly durable and cost only $6 for a set of 12. PAINTING MATERIALS: Double easels are best but costliest. If you can't afford a good easel, make up a kit of newsprint paper, brushes and colors that will have good play value. • MODELING MATERIALS: One of the best play ma­ terials for young children is the elastic plastic which doesn't stick to surfaces and mak^a: housecleaning prob­ lems. But. don't buy tlie set-With little jars and molds! Buy a big jar of'elastic plastic and provide your own 'Jats ahd? molds; Another good type of modeling clay, for 1956. Aside from size, and a speed of better than 17 knots, the new tank­ ers will be the first built to carry a wide variety of petroleum prod­ ucts. Each tanker will carry up to 18 different grades of oil and gaso­ line. The new ships will have a man­ ning scale of approximately 48 men, licensed and unlicensed. They will be 650-feet long nd carry 13,340,000 gallons of oil products. Individual rooms will be provided for each crewmember. The tankers will run between the Cities Service terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and East Coast ports. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying older children, can be baked in a home oven. For a more elaborate gift, you can also include glazes. SCOUTING EQUIPMENT: One of the best sources for well-made children's equipment at reasonable prices is :i| M •I Assemble a painting set for a child with a pad of newsprint and a variety of colors and brushes, for a gift with good play value at reasonable cost. the Boy Scout Trading Posts. You can find these in each town. The equipment is suitable for other children besides scouts. For example, they have camp shovels at low prices which are superior to the shovels usually sold (Continued on page 17) •m �f •??> Kwwbw 2«. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG rv Sis Freighter's Stern Rides High After New Yoric Crash MAJOR HELD AS KOREAN COLLABORATOR—Major Ambrose H. Nugent has been charged by the Army with collaboration with North Korean Communists while a prisoner of war and will be court martialed. Two of the charges involve treasonable offenses. The major, who was captured the first day US troops took part in the fighting, admittedly broadeast for the Communists but claims he did so under duress. He is the third US officer to face such charges. ^ AIRLINE SCHEDULES POLAR FLIGHTS—Scandinavian Airlines became the first commercial company to fly over the polar area with the opening of a new service between Los Angeles and Copenhagen on a four-trips-a-week basis. The new route is 535 statute miles shorter than the old one via New York and will save three to four hours flying time. » ^ ^ FIFTEEN SEALED IN BURNING MINE—Unalble to proceed with rescue work, state and United Mine Workers officials agreed to seal off the Farmington, West Virginia, mine of the Jamison Coal and Coke Company with 15 men still trapped below. The sealing off of the mine was agreed on after repeated explosions and underground fires had made rescue work impossible. It was hoped that the steps taken would bring the fire under control. The unfortunate miners were trapped by a gas explosion just 30 minutes after the mine had been tested and certified as gas-free. - j< Pf ii "i» 4 Riding high above New York's East River after a collision with the Japanese freighter Meirinsan Maru is the stern of the Panamanian-flag freighter Lake Charles. Bow of Lake Charles, operated by Garcia Line, sank to bottom of river in 20 fteet of water, after collision on November 18. The ship Is shown here on the Manhattan side of the river just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. 4 4 EGYPT'S PRESIDENT GIVEN BOOT—General Mohammed Naguib, a leader of the revolt against King Farouk's former government, was ousted from the presidency as the aftermath of an attempted assassina­ tion of Premier Gamal Nassar. Witnesses have linked Naguib to the assassination attempt. Nagiub and Nassar have long been rivals in Egypt following the overthrow of Farouk. It is expected that Naguib will be put on trial for his part in the conspiracy. South Atlantic May Get Subsidy 4 44 REDS SINK CHIANG SHIP—Soviet-<built torpedo boats sank a Natinalist Chinese destroyer-escort ship off the Chinese coast in the con­ tinued sparring for control of several small Nationalist-occupied islands. WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted South Atlantic Steamship Company won the open­ Repeated artillery duels, air raids and other belligerent acts have mads ing round in its bid for operating subsidies when the Federal Maritime Board gave tentative Formosa the hottest spot in the world at the moment. approval to its application. 4 4 4 ATOMIC FUEL TO GO ABROAD—The US announced in the United The subsidy, if granted, Nations that it has allocated 220 pounds of atomic fuel for use in atomic would apply to Trade Route furnaces and power plants in other countries. The fuel will be allocated 11, which covers South At­ WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's to a proposed international agency that would operate experimental lantic ports from Hampton Roads easy ship transfer policy provided a new addition reactors for peacetime purboises. The offer is part of the "atoms for and Key West here in the States, for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels peace" program put forth by President Eisenhower in December. and runs to continental Europe and this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay the British Isles, including Scan­ 4 4 4 for the transfer of the 42nd Liberty dry cargo vessel dinavia under certain circum­ TWO MORE FIELDS RELEASED—The government of Hungary fol­ since mid-August on November 23rd. Half of the US stances. Spain and the Mediter­ lowed up Poland's release of Hermann Field by releasing his brother tramp fleet is eventually expected to be swallowed up ranean are excluded from this Noel Field and Noel's wife, Herta, from imprisonment. Noel Field was trade route. in this manner. a former State Department employee whose name was mentioned in The latest ship to go is the John W. Powell, owned Once before, in 1948, South At­ connection with Communist spy rings in this country. He and his wife lantic was found qualifled for an by the Anchor Steamship Corp., which has been sold disappeared on a visit to Europe, and his brother Hermann, disappeared operating subsidy, but the company to Seacarrier Corp., a Panamanian outfit, for operation while searching for him. All three, it is now revealed, were imprisoned chose not to enter into a contract by Communist governments on charges that they were US agents. under the Liberian flag. So far, transfers are being with the old Maritime Commission 4 4 4 approved only to the Liberian, Honduran and Pana­ at the time. MCCARTHY CENSURE SEEN LIKELY—senate censure of Wiscon­ manian flags. In granting approval, the FMB sin's Senator Joseph McCarthy for conduct unbecoming a Senator ap­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: points out that company received peared likely despite an 11-day delay in the special session called for SIU Ships Other Unions Total Transfers prior approval for this run, was op­ that purpose. The delay was causbd by McCarthy's hospitalization for (13) (29) (42) erating on the run and was quali­ an arm ailment. While efforts were being made to effect a compromise, fied under the provisions of the most observers agreed that McCarthy deliberately invited an adverse The SIU ships already transferred are the General 1936 Merchant Marine Act. vote by calling the Senate session a "lynching bee" and describing the Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, Purplesix-man Senate committee that investigated him as the "handmaiden" Companies or individuals having star, Greenstar, Western Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, of the Communists. Facing defeat in the Senate, McCarthy was at­ an interest in the operation are Captain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, Christine and tempting to mobilize public opinion through a petition drive in hia given a period in which to file ob­ Lucile Bloomfield. favor. jections to the grant of a subsidy. Boxscore On Ship Transfers Cartoon History Of The SIU CUieg Service Battle Baqes No. 77 >; i-N' P: •fci,. ; An interim pact with Cities Service was reached in March, 1950, but the SIU fight to improve con­ ditions on the tankers was not over. Talks continued on working rules to go with the wages already agreed ' Meanwhile;-unfair labor charges based on dompaiqr firings of men still bad to be settled. In June, the NLRB opened hearings on the ehargeSi The SIU produced evidence showing that CS had used every trick, including an elaborate labor si^ apparatus, to try and whip the Union, despite the tankermea's 9-1 vote fbr the SIU. .'After fbw days •f damagiitf tcstiiMnjr, CS threw inv lb*, sponge. The settlement produced reinstatement for over 100 ex-CS tankermen plus over f150,000 in back pay. < It also upheld SIU charges, clearing the way toti renewed bargaining. By the end of July, however,;. CS was still stalling. Tired of these tactics, Sea- ' dewmsiiyoted' taristt^.tt eoatinueit �November it, lfS4 SEAFARERS Pes* Sevea LOG CG Power Movet CG Super Brain-Body Test Bared as Blacklist Scheme The SEAFARERS LOG submitted the Coast Guard's proposals for study and appraisal to a physician who is a psychiatric special­ ist certificated by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Here, briefly, are some extracts from his remarks. "Statistics for profiling ... on the basis of personal history and predicting . . . functioning under stress at sea are not available . . . Army and Navy statistics ... are not applicable . . . there was a factor in these cases of secondary gain (removal from stress and danger to life) in the armed services for a man who would not function well . . ." "There might be some basis for such a plan where there is unanimity of purpose . . . among all parties concerned. But where a difference in basic interests may exist as ... . between the own­ ers .. . and the seamen, this plan could be used against the indi­ vidual seaman . . . the proposed draft could be . . . discriminatory against the seamen while it leaves the owner . . . free of any cor­ responding obligation . . ." ". . . the Coast Guard's proposals can have a negative effect and can induce a low morale . . . subjection of civilian workers to . . . control by a military agency is not desirable . . ." ". . . tbere is no scientific evidence to support the theory that histories of alcoholism, criminality, etc. have any bearing on an individual's ability to conduct himself normally in society . . . this is a highly controversial subject . . . consultation on the subject with 20 psychiatrists could result in 20 different opinions." "There is danger ... of licensing the Coast Guard to label com­ plainers as psychopaths, the danger being that the man who com­ plains can be removed via a psychiatrist's diagnosis. As a matter of fact complaining ... is considered a healthy outlet . . . Where there is a remedy, complaining can lead to constructive action." "The Coast Guard says, 'abnormal personal traits . . . not appar­ ent ashore, become a problem at sea' . . . this is a highly question­ able conclusion and as a matter of fact it can be demonstrated that the reverse is true." or industrial relations consultants, relations between crewmembers in (Continued from page 3) Jobs. We have opposed, and will who are totally ignorant of the the face of active shipowner oppo­ oppose, any scheme of this kind facts of life at sea outside of the sition. "The next thing the Coast Guard covers of a book. The description Actually, the LOG consultant . may propose is a new breed of of life at sea and relations between pointed out, there is a grave dan­ robot seamen of a certain height, seamen at work is an insulting ger that the Coast Guard will muscle development and brain and untrue picture. "The crew of abuse the term "chronic complain­ structure. They would like the kind the average merchant vessel," it ers" to the degree that all of them that would do what it's told with­ states, "are a group of strangers will be rated "unstable" and bar­ out asking questions." having little in common," ignoring red from shipping. "Complaining Demand Pensions the close working and living rela­ and griping is a healthy outlet, "If any proposals like these should tionships developed among crews he emphasizes, and "can lead to ever go into effect in any shape for the common good. It speaks constructive action." While un­ or form whatsoever the Union is also of "chronic complainers about stable persons may be chronic prepared to reopen its contract conditions for which there is no complainers, the reverse is not and negotiate a pension plan spe­ remedy," overlooking the Union necessarily true — chronic com­ cifically to protect Seafarers who system of shipboard meetings, plainers are not always unstable are deprived of their livelihood by ships' delegates and shoreside con­ persons. the Coast Guard scheme." tract enforcement in all ports ex­ In further justification for its Detailed examination of the isting solely to deal with shipboard power grab, the Coast Guard ar­ Coast Guard proposals reveals beefs. It overlooks the close asso­ gues that the design and function­ their ridiculous nature. Men could ciation of seamen in their various ing of merchant vessels is inher­ be knocked out of jobs for lack­ union facilities. ently defective. Involving such ing a sense of smell, for coming Actually of course, it is the ship­ danger and peril as to require men from broken homes, having a ju­ owner who has preferred to have ol supreme physical and mental venile record, a speech defect or a disgruntled and suspicious group condition to handle the job. Such similar far-fetched reasons. of crewmembers aboard, and it has phrases as "dangerous and hazard­ The LOG consultant termed been the unions who have acted to ous conditions . . . slippery decks particularly unsound in the pro­ promote close and harmonious . . . narrow, steep, or vertical stair­ filing system the references to a way ladders . . . extremes of heat seaman's family history as a basis and cold, . . . poor footing . . for disqualifying him. "There is dangerous operation . . . exposure no scientific evidence to support to extreme cold for long periods the theory that histories of alco­ . . . living quarters limited . . holism, criminality, etc. (in par­ sanitary conditions unsatisfactory ents and ancestors) have any bear­ ..." are scattered throughout its ing on an individual's ability to description. It is obvious from the conduct himself normally . . . tenor of the report that much As a matter of fact, the Coast should be done to adapt ships for Guard admits that "none of the more comfortable and safer opera­ several profiling systems in cur­ tion, which is a function of the Since 1947, the net ship operating subsidies paid by the Government rent use (in shoreside industry) ap­ Coast Guard. have averaged out at about $41 million each year. Is this a cheap price pears to be quite suited to the par­ Little Or No Value ticular needs of' the maritime inThe whole "profile" system, as to pay for the merchant marine? This question will be among the top dustry^ hence an adaptation of the Coast Guard admits, has been issues to be debated early next year by Congress. The new Coast Guard power borrowed from practices in cer­ Right now, special studies are being conducted by Government several was developed for this purpose." In other words, the pro­ grab, if successful, would be tain big businesses of applying sources to determine whether this is a cheap price to pay. A report on posed tests are a true catch-all an additional bur(ien on the psychological tests to job appli­ this should be issued in a couple of months for Congressional review. It is expected that the new Congress will determine that, despite stewpot consisting of a little of backs of the country's most cants. How near this "profile" this and a little of that, none of heavily-controlled and regulated mumbo-jumbo comes to outright widespread criticism from time to time, such amount is not too much civilian worker, the American quackery was shown in a recent to appropriate for the well being of America's subsidized shipping com­ which applies to maritime needs. seaman. Motive Is Clear "Fortune" magazine study. After panies. Already the Coast Guard, a careful eexamination, "Fortune" Regardless of the defects of these 4" 4" Although the past Congress enacted a permanent 50-50 shipping law proposed tests or any others, the military service, has four major concluded that personality tests clear motive remains to give the controls over seamen. It screens have little or no value in determin­ providing that American lines will transport at least 50 percent of all Coast Guard full military control all seamen for security risks. It ing a man's ability to perform un­ Government-financed cargoes, the tramp operators and the Foreign conducts hearing units which der pressure. If anything, they are Operations Administration continue at odds over the interpretation of over seamen. this statute. The new law states that the carriage should be at fair and The imposition of such controls, operate like a court martial to often misleading. according to the specialist consult­ discipline civilian seamen for As proof, "Fortune" took the reasonable rates. Although the tramp lines and FDA now have temporarily reached ed by the LOG, will if anything, behavior aboard ship. Seamen "profiles" of 14 of the country's have a negative effect on the mo­ seeking ratings in the deck or most successful business execu­ a truce as to the meaning of "fair and reasonable rates." it is now rale and performance of seamen. engine departments, or lifeboat- tives. The conclusions? "Not one clear that the 50-50 shipping law once again will be before the next "Control of civilians by a military men's tickets, must pass Coast corporation president had a pro­ Congress for action as to a proper interpretation. Initially, FOA took the position that the bids submitted under the agency is not desirable in a free Guard examinations. The Coast file that fell completely within the and democratic society. We need Guard also has complete control usual acceptable ranges and two new law by American tramps were not fair and reasonable and was look only to the Soviet Union . . . over the licensing of ship's offi­ failed to meet the minimum pho- rejecting such bids. In effect, what FOA wanted to do was to take the for evidence of the influence of cers. And finally, the Coast Guard file for foreman." Many of the lowest bid and throw out all the others. The temporary agreement reached between the tramp lines and FOA military control over civilians on has special powers over seamen people who did well on one stand­ the morale of segments of the who are convicted of narcotics ard test did very badly on an­ is that the latter now will accept the lowest market bids up to the num­ population." violations. other. No doubt Coast Guardsmen ber of ships actually needed, unless the bids on their face are obviously Now the Coast Guard Is asking themselves would fail to meet unreasonable. Already the Coast Guard holds Congress very likely will be asked to determine whether the perma­ a variety of powers over seamen for power to deprive seamen of many of the standards set for sea­ nent 50-50 shipping law is a good one. When the law was signed by through its security clearances, up­ their livelihood if they fail to meet men. grading tests, disciplinary hearing a wide variety of physical or Fortune" says that the tests are President Eisenhower several months ago, he did it reluctantly, with units on the style of court martials, mental specifications, many of a convenient way of firing men no the idea that additional studies would be made to determine whether narcotics controls and licensing them far-fetched and ridiculous longer wanted. "If business de­ the merchant marine should not be supported by more direct means. in the extreme. tests. t t t clines tests may also be applied to The effort of States Marine Corporation to buy out the subsidized For years seamen's unions, cut down the work force." One Present contract terms covering manning of Union-contracted ships under Andrew Furuseth, fought to psychological testing service ad­ Bloomfield Steamship Company will run into a further hitch in the call for physically fit men to man free seamen from harsh controls vices "there is no better , place to near future. Other such ship merger deals were quickly approved by the ships. It is the practice for over their lives and their freedom direct the ax than, in the worker the Maritime Administration, but in the case of Bloomfield, protests company doctors to examine candi­ of movement Seamen, who were category," and there is no better are coming in from other American operators. The principal protestant of the States Marine-Bloomfield proposed dates for jobs. Where there is dis­ considered by the courts "neither way to do it, it adds, than to merger Is Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., which is seeking a full scale agreement on a man's fitness, the among the living or the dead," give everybody a test. Public Health Service has the final were subject to beating and fiogOne of the very few men actual­ probe into the facts of the transaction. In any event it Is expected that the MA soon will pass on the matter. word. A seaman who has been hos­ ging at the discretion of ship'is ly in a position to talk about the 4« 4" 4' pitalized is not dispatched unless officers, and charges of desertion personality requirements of a sea­ Since the middle of 1952, there has been a continual reduction in ^he he has a "PHS fit for duty" slip. if they sougbt to leave a ship. It man's job is the psychiatrist Dr. Constant Union Effort was not until the 1915 Seamen's R. B. Robertson, author of the construction of vessels throughout the world, with US yards having The Union, through contract Act that seamen could be con­ book "Of Whales and Men." Rob­ felt this reduction more than any other major maritime power. The United Kingdom, with orders for almost 39 percent of the world's amendment and enforcement, is sidered free Americans. ertson made a lengthy trip to sea constantly endeavoring to improve Seamen were under civilian con­ as doctor on a whaling ship and total construction, had a decline of 30 percent in the tonnage of new safety practices and remove ship­ trol through the years except for observed conditions at first hand. orders booked last year as compared to 1953, and over 8 percent as board discomforts. Shipowners World War 1. In World War 11 He had this to say on seamen's compared to 1952. The world's shipyards now have on order or under construction who have men working over the the Coast Guard obtained control physical qualifications. "For a tough job one chooses 16,156,000 deadweight tons of oceon going shipping, or almost 6 million side in bad weather, securing ships over the merchant marine and while at sea or who indulge in hung on to its authority when the not the carefully-nurtured athlete tons below the postwar peak of 22,146,000 tons in 1952. The USSR with an increase of 41,000 tons of new orders was the other risky corner-cutting prac­ war ended. It has sought, to ex­ to whom disease is but a name, tices are natural targets for Union pand that control continuously in but the man who has encountered only major maritime country with any sizeable Increase of new con­ the years since World War II, and every one of man's morbidities and struction in the last six months. action. Careful examination of the Coast the current physical and mental has survived." In other words, pick Guard proposal indicates that it exam proposal is only one of sev­ the -man who has been through the was prepared by an outside outfit eral Coast Guard maneuvers to wringer and is still doing a day's r 'i•&' '"J * ^or»; possibly some psydR^ieab t^stittg rule' civUian ^seamen. CG Power 3iove: Seamen Now Under Heavy CG Bnrdens ^g||' A Psychiatrists Opinion... • —« from WASHINGTON �SEAFARERS Pace EicM LOG MARITIME The 25th new ship to enter the world-wide cargo services of the Japanese Mitsui Line since 1950 has made her maiden appearance in New York—and with a bang. After spending several days in the port, the 10,858-deadweight-ton motorship Meirinsan Maru collided in a mist with the Panamanian freighter Lake Charles, in a. mishap which wound up with the Lake Charles practically climbing up the city's East River Drive. No one was injured, however. An indication, inci­ Qucation; Have recent reports dentally, of the low wage bill necessary to operate the Japanese ship linking tobacco to cancer had any is the fact that she is manned by a crew of 53. effect on your smoking? J, J, • Designed for use aboard small craft, a miniature Gyro-Compass has Bob Bowley, chief steward: I been developed by the Navy's Bureau of Ships and the Sperry Gyro­ haven't changed my smoking scope Co. The device is expected to get widespread use aboard land­ habits any. I ing craft and will enable crewmen on such craft to find true north usually smoke without any specialized training . Already virtually depleted as a re­ about a pack a sult of ship transfers, principally to British-fiag operation, Canada s day while I'm merchant fleet suffered another setback this month when the 9,000-ton ashore and half immigrant ship BOaverbrae was sold to an Italian concern. The 800a pack a day at ' passenger vessel was the last passenger ship operating under the sea because you Canadian flag. can't smoke in t 4 4the galley. While Turkey's merchant fleet will grow by almost 70,000 tons and 11 ships I'm busy I don't within the next 20 months under the terms of agreements just signed. need to smoke as An outlay of $14 million is being used to buy five cargo ships here much. I expect to keep up that and build one 21,000-ton tanker and five medium-sized cargo vessels way. in Japan. Included in the purchase are two Victory ships... Battered 4 4" 4" by an Atlantic storm w'hich cracked her deck plates, the 7,111-ton William J. Benson, wiper: I'm a Panamanian freighter Stork was towed into a Newfoundland port last week, 60 hours and 150 miles from the spot where a Gulf of St. Law­ reformed smoker. I had been smok­ rence gale nearly swamped her. Although after 30 hours the order to ing very heavily '•abandon ship" was given, it was later cancelled as four ships raced before and I started to get a to aid the disabled vessel. pain in my chest. J" 4" 4I quit smoking Under ah agreement between the Greek government and the Home and the pain went Lines, the liner Atlantic will be renamed the Queen Frederika on Dec. away. I don't 22 in Piraeus, when she will raise the Greek colors. Now operating think the stories under Panamanian registry, the 22,000-ton ship will enter service as the largest, fastest Greek passenger ship between Greece and the US. about cancer and tobacco had any She is now running between English Channel ports and Quebec . .. The special effect on Maritime Administration has been asked to okay the purchase of the passenger sliip Aleutian from the Alaska Steamship Co. by the Carib­ me though. bean Atlantic Lines. The new owner will use the ship on cruise runs from Washington to Bermuda, Nassau and Havana. t 4. The first Israeli ship to be built by West Germany under the restitu­ tion agreement covering Jewish property confiscated by the Nazi re­ gime has been delivered to the Zim Israel Navigation Co. Altogether, 12 ships will be built under this pact. The initial one is the 7,000deadweight-ton cargo ship Dagan . .Four explosions wrecked a water­ front warehouse, injured six persons and jolted half of the city of Memphis awake before dawn one day last week. The cause of the blasts was unknown. 4" 4- 4" Joining the Liberty dry-cargo ships allowed to be transferred for­ eign by the US Maritime Administration are two US-flag tankers, the John Good and the Pan Maryland. The two ships will be registered under the flags of Liberia and Venezuela, respectively... Sixteen deck and engine officers on the Egyptian cargo-passenger steamer Moham­ med Aii el Kebir held a one-day strike protesting a cut in their usual draw of $50 in American dollars to $25 in Hoboken, NJ, last week. It was called off after the vessel's owners restored the cut in shore al­ lowances. The beef postponed a scheduled sailing to Baltimore for 24 hours. 4^ 4^ Harvey Alexander, wiper: That's a good question. I'm one of those who switched from cigarettes to a pipe as a result of the cancer re­ ports. I've been smoking the pipe for a couple of weeks now and I'm satisfied with it. Before that I had been a regu­ lar pack-a-day smoker. if November 28, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Maurice Kopenhagen, MM Seafarer Maurice Kopenhagen's Kopenhagen says he has no spe­ sailing experience follow a fami­ cial preferences as to ships "or liar path taken by many before runs, with one job pretty much like another as far as he is con­ him—that of a shoreside worker cerned. But like many Seafarers who turns to the sea as a better he would rather take a tropical way of making a living. Kopen­ run in the wintertime and a North hagen was 37 years old when he Europe trip during the summer first started shipping out in the months. That's one of the advan­ tages of seafaring, he pointed out. steward department, because he You can pick your climate to suit heard from many seamen about yourself. the superiority of sailing as a way By and large, he finds the ports of making a living. Once he in Spain, Italy and Germany the got started, he never gave it up. most hospitable, offering a wide It was early in 1941 that Kopen­ variety of shoreside recreation. hagen grabbed his first ship out Kopenhagen's last trip out was of Baltimore. He found that he on the Ocean Nimet which ran to couldn't get on US ships without Yugoslavia. On the way back the experience so he caught a Latviancrew had a little unscheduled flag vessel that was being operated excitement when they turned up a by American shipping interests. stowaway a couple of days out. After a trip of six months on a "The Yugoslav police had gone South American run, he came back to the States and caught his over the ship very carefully be­ first ship out of the Union hall. fore we left," he said, "looking It was the old Raphael Semmes, through all the lockers and any­ which later was lost to the enemy place else that somebody might be hiding." Evidently, too many of in World War II. Kopenhagen the local citizens would try to skip got his SIU book a few months out for greener pastures if the later and has been with the Union government didn't clamp the lid ever since. on them. Worked Ashore Hid In Hold A native of Poland, Kopenhagen The stowaway eluded the police came to the United States in 1920. Over the next 20 years he worked search by concealing himself in ashore in a wide variety of jobs in one of the cargo holds. He turned offices, chain stores and factories, up when the ship was a couple of none of which seemed particularly days out at sea. The captain ra­ rewarding, either in terms of ex­ dioed the information ashore and perience or the amount of money the stowaway was transferred to a Yugoslav ship off Gilbraltar, a they paid. "From the time I started going ticklish operation in a rough sea. Kopenhagen, who is unmarried, to sea with the Union," he said, "I found that the wages at the makes his home in New York end of the month came out where his mother and other rela­ better than the money I could tives live. Except for a period of earn ashore. But that wasn't the illness when he had to stay ashore only reason I had for going to sea. he has been sailing steadily with I found that on ships you can the Union since he caught that learn a great deal and have ex­ first SIU ship. periences that somebody living "Going to sea was a very good ashore would never have. At the decision for me," he said. "As far same time it's a lot more fun. as I'm concerned it's the best way "Going to sea for a living" he there is to make a living, particu­ concluded, "is an education all by larly with SIU wages and condi­ itself. It's not college but it's an tions. I intend to keep at it for ai long as I can." education just the same." Willie Williams, AB: No, those stories haven't changed my smok­ ing habits at all. Generally speak­ ing I will smoke a pack a day, but when I'm on overtime and the money's coming in I'll go up to two packs a day. Legislation to halt "runaway" "Employees Collective Bargaining I've been smok­ companies has been proposed by Association," and then tried to ing steadily for the AFL for consideration by the keep AFL building trades unions about 20 years now and I don't next Congress. The AFL proposes from picketing. The court threw, intend to change. increases in minimum wages, re­ out the company move. 4> ( 4> peal of tax exemptions for munici­ 4 4 4 John Gibbons, chief cook: I pal bonds issued to lure industry A narrow margin of 2,105 votes smoke and I don't know whether from other areas and repeal of kept the Nevada "right to work" to put much stock the Taft-Hartley provision that en­ law on the statute books in a state­ in the reports. ables states with "right to work" wide referendum. The proposition Smoking may or laws to enforce them in preference to repeal the law got 36,286 votes may not have bad to the milder union security regu­ but fell short of passage as 38,391 results, but I'll lations of Federal laws. votes were cast for the "right to leave that up to 4 4 4 work" act, the doctors. What Demands for a guaranteed an­ 4 4 4 about the men Smoked fish processors ended a who used to chew nual wage will be put forth seri­ tobacco all the ously this year by the United Auto two-week-strike in New York with time? I never Workers (CIO) as five-year con­ an increase of $6 a week for 250 heard any reports about them tracts expire with major automo­ men. Fish and Sea Food Workers tive producers. The guaranteed an­ Local 635 (AFL) signed the agree­ getting sick from it. nual wage has long been a plank ment with an employer group. The 4" 4" 4" in the UAW program but the ex­ starting minimum in the industry R. Beach, bosun: I'm still going perience of the past year in which is $62.50 but skilled workers re­ to smoke the same way as before. many workers were hired early ceive far more than that. When you go to in the - year only to be laid off 4 4 4 , ' sea and work on by droves in midsummer has The troubled atomic labor pic­ ships, smoking is stimulated interest in the proposal. ture was clarified slightly when just about the 4 4 4 1,250 AFL electricians went back last thing that A California construction firm on their jobs at Oak Ridge, Ten­ you would give that tried to use a state ban on nessee. A supervisory dispute was up. I don't think jurisdictional strikes to block or­ the cause of the six-day walkout. anything that's ganizing has lost its case in the As in previous instances, union been reported state's superior court. The Bau- difficplties were with construction would majce me man-Rpbert9' Company signed a contractors and not the Atomic change my mind ' about si^igjiipft .lyheji; I .wajjt j qpntraot /With a idummy lunlon, thd Bner^y Ctithmls^bn. _ 'i ff.'l-)/' )J'- ^.11 ItC jhoV ,iehhr,'ri(l J- ' LABOR ROUND-UP P; h ACROSS 57. Period of time 58. Remain upright Zernial. of 59. Bank. NJ baseball XJKJ W IN 4. Had picture taken 1. Gambled ». Baseball rooter 2. Hivei 3. Port in Masi. 12. Macaw 4. Cushion 13. Island off 5. Cargo carrier Venezuela on lakes de France 6. Certain 14. 15. Allen of sports 7. Flowed out. as tide 16. The Run for 8. Hudson River the Roses Line 17. Aleutian 9. Member of the Island group 18. British statesman I 2 20. Honey maker 21. Beginner 22. Half mask 12 24. Theatre shows 27. Dory 15 29. Famed battle in Texas Harbor, 30. 18 NJ 33. Part of the 22 ship 35. Short sleep 36. Got up 38. Race horses: Slang 40. Bows head again 42. Hitch-hiker on a shark 46. Put on 47. Oriental napie 49. Where Salt Lake is 50. -Former Japa-nese statesman 50 61. Calm down, as waves iS3. Moor 54 34. Norte (Miss.) 57 i 55. Any jane 36. , Former Gov't agency , 1. loLiI) v'ij j:f* 10. 11. 19. 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. crew 32. Boat used In Where Grand Venice Bay is 34. River in NJ Device to 37. Turf catch 6sh 39. College in Pen point Dallas Daimatia: 41. Wooden shoe Abbr. 43. Device to Moved in sweep mines slowly 44. Pay boost A line of 45. Signal to direction engine room Soak up 48. Tibetan priest A number 50. Small fish Hearing organ 51. Exclamations Antilles 52. Finish (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) : i Kflf'ii.fl ) kbc ii» i»'M i *1'.' �rji-j-'tr,- November 26, 1951 SEAFARERS Pace Nfn* LOG 'You're Nexf!' SEAFARERS ^ LOG Novembor 2«, 1954 B Vol. XVI, No. 24 Published biweekly by the Seafarers Internationa] Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAOI HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Vfi I I 120 Coast Guard Ambush The livelihood of every merchant seaman, no matter how long or how well he has served the industry, has been en­ dangered by the Coast Guard's latest proposal for physical and mental "examinations" of seamen. This program is a poorly-disguised power grab by a group of ambitious and cynical Government officials who would make merchant sea­ men unwilling puppets of their power manipulations. If this program should ever go through, the Coast Guard and the shipowner could use it to make every militant Union man walk the plank. They could use it to destroy the Jones Act which was passed to protect seamen from the negligence of the shipowner. Finally, the Coast Guard could use it to bring civilians in a civilian Jndustry under what amounts to a military dictatorship. The SIU does not think the Coast Guard can get away with it. Fortunately, the democratic processes of our Government prevent the Coast Guard from sneaking this program through in the dead of night. Public hearings will have to be called, and Seafarers can rest assured that the SIU will make its voice heard at considerable length. Other maritime unions are planning the same action. Among unanswered mysteries concerning the birth of this new program are two: First, how the Coast Guard ever expects sensible human beings to swallow the ridiculous pseudo-scientific quackery that it has pawned off as a valid test of a plan's ability to do a job at sea;—second, who is really Responsible for the 60-page proposal. It is so chockfull of scientific error as to cast serious doubt on the pro­ fessional competence of the nien who drafted it. The cover of the proposal declares that it is "published by the US Coast Guard with the concurrence of the US Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Wel­ fare." That department should be asked to explain its re­ sponsibility for this proposal. It should also be asked whether or not it is "concurring" with the Coast Guard so as to have an excuse for closing down the Public Health Service hos­ pitals. This, of course, brings up the subject of the againthreatened USPHS hospitals ... 444« Hope For The Hospitals What now seems to be an annual effort in Washington to cripple the vital US Public Health Service hospital program through budget cuts hasn't gotten underway officially yet, but many Seafarers are wisely not holding back their fire until that time. It appears that several SIU ship's crews have already con­ tacted their Senators and Representatives on the importance of keeping the hospitals open. Individual Seafarers and their families ashore have also taken up pen and pencil to speak their mind to Congress on the issue. This initial response is encouraging and means that Sea­ farers are aware of what is at stake for themselves, their families and the nation if budget "cuts in the name of "economy" can end or hamper what has been a responsibility of the Federal Government for 156 years. Meanwhile, it is important that more Seafarers bombard the Capitol with messages favoring letting the hospital budget alone. Efforts in this direction were successful earlier this year and they can be repeated again. .4' 44' Late Starters Can Apply 5^," ll-i f . Although the first group of tests which will help determine the winners of the four annual $6,000 SIU college scholar­ ships for 1955 have already been given, the door is still open to interested Seafarers or their offspring. Several other test series are scheduled to enable as many potential Candidates as possible to compete for the coveted awards. The next examinations will be given on January 8 and March 12. Closing dates for applying to take these tests are December 14 and February 19, respectively, but late starters can apply by January 1 and March 5, and still get under the wire. In the hope, that as many candidates as possible will go out for these awards, those interested are urged to get busy right away. Detail^ ihfprmation can be tobtained by contact­ ing the SIU Welfare Plai\ 11 Broadway, New York City, -^11 I Calls Sea Chest EMWsuit ^Phony^ m To the Editor: I am writing this because I have some comments to make about the phony lawsuit which has been brought against our Seafarers Sea Chest. What a lot of gall the jokers who . brought this suit against the Sea Chest have! For years they had a Roman holiday, putting their inferior crap on the ships, and generally putting it on at the last minute so no one had time to argue about it. And now they have the nerve to yell "foul!" I have been going to sea since 1912 and I have really seen some lousy merchandise come aboard the ships. I have seen cigarettes with worms in them, shoes that fell apart after a few days, pants Just how busy a ship's delegate that busted at the seams and items that looked as if can be in defense of his shipmates' they had lain in interests is shown by Herman R. a warehouse for Whisnant, delegate aboard the years. Steel Admiral. In the course of a And now these couple of weeks same interests who unloaded all Whisnant got on ;he captain's tail that worthless for wind scoops, junk on seamen discussed ration­ come along and ing of cigarettes charge, the Sea­ with the skipper, Seeberger farers Sea Chest and was ordered with being a "monopoly." That's by the crew to a real laugh! write to h e a d I think that the quality of mer­ quarters concern­ Whisnant chandise supplied by the Seafar­ ing natives eat­ ers Sea Chest is tops. At present I ing in the messhall and the be­ am chief steward on the Arlyn havior of the ship's officers. In (Bull) and believe me when I say addition, Whisnant made regular that I am proud to go down and reports to the shipboard meetings, open up a Seafarers Sea Chest gave a talk on the contents of the slopchest at any time because I SIU contract, said he would keep know that all the merchandise is a record of the anti-union behavior top quality. of certain of the ship's officers and As I say, I have been going to also spoke to the crew about proce­ sea since 1912, and I have handled dure in backing up a delegate on quite a few "crapchests" in my beefs. time. In fact, on several ships the All of that gives an idea of how merchandise was so bad that I much of a load a conscientious would not handl? it at ail, and the ship's delegate carries and how im­ job fell to the third mate. And so portant it is for him to have solid for me now to be able to handle support from his shipmates. a Seafai-ers Sea Chest slopchest is a Whisnant, who sails' in the deck real pleasure, and I can certainly department, carries a bosun's enappreciate the difference between "dorsement. He's a native and the way things are now and the resident of Lincolnton, North way they used to be. Carolina, and joined the SIU in Items Are 'Name' Brands 1948 in the port of Norfolk. I -might call attention here to 4 4 4> the fact that all the items In a Sea­ farers slopchest are "name" brands Crewmembers of two SIUand that in itself show$ how much manned ships aren't letting any things have changed since the Seafarers Sea Chest was started. I grass grow un,der their feet when can remember the days when a it comes to defending their inter­ seaman was lucky if he could find ests in Washington. The red-hot is­ any name on an article he bought. sue of ship transfers, and the pend­ In conclusion, I would like to ing appropriations for the Public propose a vote of thanks to our Health Service hospitals are get­ Union for bringing about the Sea­ farers Sea Chest. I believe that as ting the attention of men aboard a result of the SIU efforts the sea­ the Barbara Michel and the Orion man has finally come to his own. Comet 'respectively. Also, I want to say that if this Now that a ne%v Congress has phony lawsuit ever comes to court been elected, the minutes of the I know there are many, many oldBarbara Michel report that crewtimers who have been made to pay through the nose for inferior junk members are making letter's to put aboard their ships, and who their Senators and Representatives would be only too glad to stand up in Washington the first order of and say what a good deal they have gotten as a result of the ef- business. The letters deal with the transfer prbttem'and the legisla­ fotts bf the SedfaVeYs' SOA Chest. Geofga II. Seeberger tors are being notified in strong 1 •i\ • -<ll • 'iiI Vat • '~ ! I terms of the feelings of Seafarers on their subject. Tlie Orion Comet crew has gone on record to send a wire to Presi­ dent Eisenhower on behalf of the Public Health Service hospitals. Although the new budget hasn't been reported as yet. the word from Washington is that another attempt wiTl be made to cut the heart out of PHS appropriations. The Comet ci'ew feels, rightly so, that there's no time like the pres­ ent to act on this problem. Minutes of both ship's meetings failed to identify the authors of the shipboard resolutions on these sub­ jects, so our "vote of thanks" this week will have to go to the crews at large. 4 4 ,.4 As Seafarers know, voting in the SIU's elections began on Novem­ ber 15. Before the voting could get underway. Seafarers in all ports had to elect rank and file polling committees to supervise the conduct of the elections. This procedure is followed each day for as long as the balloting continues as called for under the Union con­ stitution. A special meeting is called each morning and three Sea­ farers are elected before voting begins. It's the responsibility of the committee to see to it that the carefully-specified voting proce­ dure is followed, that the ballots and ballot boxes are not tampered with in any way and that only qualified members are permitted to vote. In other words, the com­ mittees are keys to the proper conduct of the election. Seafarers in these all-important posts serve without compensation except for meal money. Among men elected at the start of the two-month voting in the various ports were Walter Reidy, Starns and W. McDonald in New York; D. E. Jones, Santos Garcia and G. C. Metting in Hous­ ton; Eli Hanover, T. LaBofia and Salty Dick" Martinez in Bal­ timore; B. A. Datzko Granberg, J. C. Jilurden and William Datdro in Wilmington and other rank and fila members throughout the district. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG November 26, 1954 AMTlCtM Iff ^ mini ^ . .. O. • •• •••.. 57.50 m»r m. .L 40.00 » 2"'* C.r,.C"" • • sa; ttv.v.;;--;: tp: : S^i-:y'S:SS-!"»- / Cramped foc'sles gave the seaman the room and the privacy of a goldfish. Clothes lined the walls, since lockers were a luxury. The ladder (right) led to an "emergency" hatch, which took 214 hours to open. 57.50 57.50 •• wVpir'"" • • "-'••w':;;;.- ^ •Mfinn ^ _ • "• • •• • • • y'so » a: I. 55.00 ••• 57.50 " AMWfic • ;®S 571 [JJ "'•'Jong, This was a messroom for engine department personnel 20 years ago, where the men in the "black gang" ate their meals. Running motors a few feet away provided them with continuous "dinner music." ifSfaslSiMiSl 1 * I ^ ^I "Sanitary facilities" they were called, and a constant debate raged over whether they were cleaner than the spaces where the crew ate and slept each day. ^ » i : J- r• . •—• - Crowded sleeping quarters doubled , as recreation room, since the messroom—with all the engine clatter like the one above—wasn't always popular. Leisure activity was limited to reading, letter-Writing or ah bcca- ' • br-i-. , , s j^xvaacii. .ucu-u • Giw.#t 4 6 H fr.f 4 •; * 1. 4 V . ' ' ^ Life preservers were jumbled in a heal an alleyway. between two watertight! did not find It easy getting at them inl �' November 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG •;^#i Page Elevea .4 •• • " , - — TT "'Cult It is a paradox for most veteran seamen that the conditions shown on these pages seem 100 years old in the light of today's benefits, while conditions today seemed more than a century away just 20 years ago. For these were the days before the birth of strong maritime unions which, because of their strength and the membership support they enjoyed, brought changes in the shipping industry viewed by many as'plainly "miraculous." These were the days of crowded, grimy foc'sles, two-pot feeding, heavyhanded officers who knew no bounds and working conditions which were so embedded in tradition that there seemed to be no escape from them. Safety regulations, of course, mattered for nothing; every­ thing—including the crew—could be sacrificed as long as the cargo got to its destination. A lot of changes have come about since those days. The SIU and other strong, democratic maritime unions have developed and grown, and with them the whole face of the industry has been remade. Ad­ mittedly, there's a lot that can be done yet—and will be done—in time. But the SIU and other modern seamen's unions have made great strides, and seamen today—those who remember those days anyway—can really say; "We've come a long way, brothers, we've come a long way..." -M ['• 1934 ll si fLl93s ^1 .'•51 rilSSiW: telfgiiilsill I' rlBiiiiii •iilailiSI ^IIIIIB ..- I » '' I •^ ^ 'i Mililiiir 4 in a locker in ioors. Seamen emergency. Firemen's foc'sle contained oil sounding pipe leading to the fuel tank. Soundings were taken day and night. The noise and fumes always interfered with sleep. Every seaman was his own "automatic washer" as long as he had a bucket. He washed himself and his gear in the same way, sometimes in the same water. �SEAFARERS LOG Pa*® Twicl*® •: . ' • Nwrember 29, 1954 POBTHEPOBXS..... made the grade after being con­ Baltimore: of the balloting which began this Lake Charles: < fined to the hospital for more than week for the election of Union a year. His friends and former officials for the next two years. At shipmates will be pleased to hear this writing balloting is brisk and that "Spider" has shipped as it appears that all records will be galley utility on the Alcoa Runner broken for the number of ballots Government statistics plus the (Alcoa). Since our last report to the cast in this port. We are urging Voting for officials of the Union During the last two weeks, this SEAFARERS LOG, shipping In every man who has a book to make for the next two years is now in experience we have had in the Port of New Orleans in the last two port handled seven payoffs, eight this port has maintained just about it his business to cast a ballot, progress in this port as it is in since that is one of the important all the other Union branches, arid weeks show that, even in this sign-ons and had 14 ships call in the same level, with the nuniber ways our members have to help we are hoping and expecting to period of slack shipping, this sec­ transit. tion of the Gulf is one of the best The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel of men sluppcd slightly below decide the policies of the Union cast a heavy vote here. We be­ shipping areas in the country. lieve it is our duty to advise, all the Scientist (Isthmian), Del Monte the number registered. There have for the next two years. At the present time the follow­ members that it is not only their and Del Norte (Mississippi), Chick- been no more ships taken out of The US Department of Com­ merce reported that during the a.saw and Antinous (Waterman) drydock at this writing, but there ing brothers are in the marine hos­ privilege but also their duty to first six months of 1954, the dollar and Southwind (South Atlantic) has been a rumor that additional pital here: William D. Kenny, cast their ballots for the men they ships will be taken out of the laid- Chambers Winskey, Pete Lannon, wish to serve them and the Union. volume of shipping through the paid off here. mid-Gulf ports of New Orleans, As for shipping around the.se The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), the up fleet and reactivated, so all in Oswald Ergle, John Castro, Max Lake Charles and Gulfport, Miss., Del Vlenlo, Del Mar, Del Rio and all shipping here is not shaping up Felix, Michael Jablonski, Carl parts, it has been very slow during Chandler, Herman Glaze, Jesse increased 24.9 percent as compared Del Valle (Mississippi), the South too badly. the_ past two Clark, Robert McKew, August with the first half of last year. By wind (South Atlantic), Frederic C However, since we do have a weeks. We had comparison, the total value of all Collin (Drytrans) and Sunion (Kea) backlog of brothers registered here, Smith, Hugo Jeffcoat, Tommy 33 men registered Lamphear, Mercele Arong,- John US exports increased only 4.3 per­ signed on. I do not advise but were able to Stanford, Louis Firlie, Bobby cent. members to come ship only 22—10 Ships calling in transit were the Stalsworth and Ed Janowski, in the deck de­ Increased shipments of rice, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa here in the hope I am sure all of these brothers of shipping out partment, 5 in wheat, oilseeds, cotton, sulphur, Corsair and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa) would appreciate hearing from the the engine de­ industrial chemicals and iron and the Del Rio and Del Valle (Missis­ quickly. But, of members, particularly those who partment and 7 steel mill products accounted for sippi), Seatrains Georgia and Lou­ course, all mem­ sailed with them. The address is in the steward the comparative prosperity of this isiana (Seatrain Lines), Monarch bers are invited USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park department. How­ port, according to the New Orleans of the Seas, Topa Topa, Fairisle to come here to Lowe Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. enjoy the facili­ ever, we did get Board of Port Commissioners. and Claiborne (Waterman), the ties of our new a call here one day for 4 men for In conclusion, in behalf of the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and SIU Shipping Brisk building and ship entire Baltimore membership- I standby jobs, which is very unusual the Southern Districts (Southern As for SIU jobs, shipping has out of here when Jeffcoat would like to thank all the mem­ in this port. We were able to fill Steamship). "been brisk since our last report, jobs are available. bers of the SIU for our wonderful these jobs with no trouble and also Lindsey J. Williams with more men Speaking of our new building, new building and all the other have enough men on hand now to New Orleans Port Agent being shipped we do not have all of our furniture privileges that have been given to fill any jobs that we can foresee in than were regis­ or equipment yet, but hope to soon the men who ship out of this port. the near future. tit tered. The out­ be enjoying all the facilities of this I can assure you that everyone CS Tankers Call Savannah: look for the shipping out of this port is deeply big, beautiful new hall of ours. Calling in here during these past immediate future grateful. Special Meeting Held two weeks were the Bradford is not so favor­ Earl Sheppard Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, As you know, if you read the able, but the Baltimore Port AgentGovernment Camp, Council Grove last issue of the SEAFARERS slack will be t- tand Winter Hill, all of Cities Serv­ LOG, we formally opened the hall .taken up some­ ice. The Bradford Island also at a special meeting last Wednes­ Houston: what by the Shipping has been good in this Barrett stopped here on her return trip day night and I feel certain that crewing up of port during the past two weeks and from Florida. the Del Norte (Mississippi), which the outlook for the future is fair. everyone who attended had a fine We have no men in the hospital is coming out of the shipyard after During the past two weeks we time. at this time, but recently we re­ Getting back to shipping, since her annual repairs. paid off and signed on the Rosario ceived word that one of our mem­ our last report we have paid off Of interest to Seafarers here Is (Bull) and servthe following ships: Steel Chemist This port has been experiencing bers, Sam Paralez, was killed in an a change in Seatrain schedules. iced 10 in-transit (Isthmian); Edith, Ines and Frances its usual pre-holiday lull and ship- automobile accident. He sailed in Beginning with the December 9 ships, as follows: the steward department as a mess(Bull); Yorkmar and Oremar (Calvoyage, the Seatrain Texas will go Southstar (South "ping has been on the slow bell. As man. mar); John B. Waterman" (Water­ Atlantic); Salem oft' the New York-New Orleans run man), and Feltore, Cubore, Baltore, a result, we had no payoffs or For our Seafarer of the Week and will ti'ansfer to the New York- Maritime and sign-ons during the past two weeks we nominate Brother Bill Lowe Chilore and Marore (Ore). Texas City run. The Seatrain Archers Hope Signing on were the Steel Chem­ and the only men we were able to who sails as chief steward or chief Georgia will follow suit on the (Cities Service); ist (Isthmian); Ragnar Naess ship were replacements on the in- cook. Brother Lowe sailed for December 16 voyage. Other Sea- Seatrains Geor­ Cities Service during the organiz­ (Norlo); Oremar (Calmar); William transit ships which we serviced. trains are scheduled to replace gia and Louisiana H. Carruth (Transfuel); Strathbay These in-transits were the Can- ing of that company and is now these ships on the New Orleans (Seatrain); Raph(Strathmore); Hilton (Bull); J. B. tigny (Cities Service), Steel Vendor enjoying the benefits that he aei S e m m e s run. Waterman (Waterman), and Fel­ and Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Del helped to win. He knows that no­ (Waterman); Steel Scientist (Isth­ Since the last report, five men have gone into drydock at the mian), and Southern States (South­ tore, Cubore, Baltore, Chilore, Monte (Mississippi), Seatrains where else can a seaman get the Texas and New York (Seatrain) benefits and privileges he gets in USPHS hospital here. They are ern). The Seatrains Georgia and Steelore and Marore (Ore). The Feltore and Cubore each and Southwind (South Atlantic). the SIU, and he says that we must George S. Dean, Charles R. Nichol­ Louisiana etch called here twice. always be alert to see. that no one son, Julian (Red) Barrett, Donald Among the men now on the paid off and signed on here twice. Over in Beaumont, Tex., we laid takes these privileges and benefits up the Cracker Stat# Mariner Alt and George Curry. We hope beach are E. M. Bryant, B. SweatIn transit were the Topa Topa, from us. these members will recover quick­ ington and H. Galphin. In the Antinous, DeSoto and Choctaw (South Atlantic). On the local labor front, the AFL ly and be ready to ship again. On each of the ships which marine hospital are E. Webb, (Waterman); Bethcoaster and MassMetal Trades Council has just called here, we held special meet­ A. A. Turlington, R. Carrollton, mar (Calmar); French Creek (Cities John (Red) Carolan, William Roberts, Albert Nelson, Marcus A. W. Lima, J. Littleton, J. T. Service); Robin Tuxford (Seas ings and the crewmembers dis­ signed the Davidson Chemical Co. Evans and Louis L. Arena were Moore, P. Bland, R. L. Field and Shipping), and Alcoa Partner and cussed the anonymous literature to a new contract and got just Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa). The Beth- which is being placed aboard them. about everything it was seeking. discharged recently and expect to J. F. Lee. Political Rumblings ship out soon. coaster called here twice. Jeff Morrison A. (FrenChy) Michelet Other than that, things are quiet Savannah Port Agent Houston Port Agent I am sure that everyone Is aware Still confined to the ho.spital, on the labor front but on the po­ but reported to be convalescing in litical front we are beginning to good style, are Victor (Zeke) hear the first rumbles of the ap­ Bonura, Samuel Cope, Harry L. proaching race for the governor­ Schuler, Theodore Lee and Charles ship. This is still quite a few E. Brady. months off yet but down here in Duska (Spider) Korolia finally Louisiana we believe in getting an early start on things. Right now we have four candidates in the Shipping Figures November 3 to November 16 race, but by the deadline for REG. REG. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL entries we expect to have about 15, REG. TOTAL SHIP. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED because down here in Louisiana we Boston 11 7 29 8 26 11 9 9 Under the rules of the Va­ also believe that the more the New York ... cation Plan as set forth by the 95 84 252 100 84 87 271 73 merrier. trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ Philadelphia . 14 13 42 IS 13 40 15 14 The hunting season is still con­ ply within one year of th« Baltimore ... tinuing around here, and we are 96 83 68 247 101 87 52 240 payoff date of his oldest dis­ hoping that some of our boys bring Norfolk ..... 12 9 27 9 7 2 14 •charge in order to collect his home a full bag. Savannah .... full vacation benefits. If he 21 . 13 42 20 14 8 14 48 Leroy Clarke presents any discharge whose Tampa 6 29 5 7 14 14 2. Lake Charles Port Agent payoff date is more than a Mobile 33 26 27 107 32 82 24 4T year before the date of his va­ New Orleans 88 73 261 100 95 74 102 271 cation application, he will lose Houston .... 66 46 165. .11 53 9 - • 13 33 out on the sea time covered Seattle by that particular discharge. 28 29 28 85 27 26 73 20 Don't sit on those discharges. San Francisco » e e • e e • < 15 20 49 14 11 34 Bring them in and cdilect the . Wilmington ., 12 26 9 5 If money that is due to you. New Orleans: Balloting Is Brisk And So Is Shipping Port Area Ranks High, Govt. Figures Shew See Geed Veilng Mark Being Rolled Up Here Shipping's Good; Ton in-Transits Sorvicod Pre-Holiday Lull Hits Port, Slows Shipping AmBmanppwGRmxMD Don't Wait, Get Vacation Pay .•:» AT 1 (•'.J C't'tk't 'i'xI'tiZ '• iW vi't.)M' -^ e » o '•w- > r ty* r, , .; ./..Vx' 419 U58 ' 883 niUd �SEAFARERS November 29, 1984 Page Ttafrteca LOG PORT JREPOXTS Mobile: Shipping Fair; New Voting Record Seen Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks has been fair, with some 82 men shipped to reg­ ular jobs and 170 men sent to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had nine payoffs, five sign-ons and four ships In transit. The ships which paid off here were the Hurricane, Monarch of the Seas, Lafayette and Claiborne (Waterman) and the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Signing on were the Fairisle and Topa Topa and Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Pennant (Al­ coa). In transit were 'Cayton the Antinous, Beauregard and Chickasaw (Wa­ terman) and the Del Valle (Missis­ sippi). All payoffs, sign-ons and in-transits were contacted and all beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews. Future Outlook Fair Prospects for the coming two weeks look fair, with the follow­ ing ships due to hit the port either for payoffs or in transit: City of Alma, De Soto, Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Bienville and Iberville (Waterman), and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Cor­ sair (Alcoa). The LaSalle, one of the Water­ man C-2s which has been lying idle in this harbor for some time, will take a crew within the next week, so this is also a factor in our future shipping. Arriving here late yesterday, after a voyage from New York via St. Petersburg, Fla., was the SIU training ship Andrew Furuseth. This ship will be berthed in Mobile for some time, and exact arrange­ ments will be announced later as to her schedule and how she is going to operate. Voting for the 1955-56 Union of­ ficials is now in full swing here and from the beginning of the bal­ loting all signs have pointed to a record vote for this branch. Vot­ ing booths have been built accord­ ing to the constitution and have been located on the second deck, Story Stirs Interest Besides the voting, something of great interest to the members here this week was the story in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG about the $18,000 restriction beef which was won by the Union after a long and bitter fight. This was of interest because some of the brothers shipping out of this port will probably have some of this money coming to them. The members here wish to ex­ tend their deepest sympathy to the families of brothers H. Trawick and Daniel W. Alexandre. Brother Trawick's father died while he was at sea and he is to fly back from San Juan to attend the funeral. Brother Alexandre died at the USPHS hospital in Lexington, Ky., and was buried here in Mobile on November 16 with some of his shipmates serving as pallbearers. He is survived by his wife, four children, parents and other rela­ tives. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Louis Cay­ ton, who joined the Union in 1944 in Galveston but who has sailed steadily since then out of Mobile, generally as second cook. Brother Cayton, who is married and has one child, makes his home in Mo­ bile and when on the beach can generally be found fishing or troll­ ing for shrimp. He thinks that the vacation plan which SIU members enjoy is tops in the industry, and is looking forward to the vacation pay increase which is coming up the first of the year. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4Seattle: Four Ships Scheduled Te Ceme Out Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this port during the past two weeks and the future also looks very good, with four ships due to come out of lay-up—the Western Trader (Western Navigation), Irenestar (Maine), Seamonitor (Ex­ celsior) and Seastar (Mercador). During the past two weeks we paid off the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) and signed on the Alcoa Planter and Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Car­ riers). In transit were the Fairland and Maiden Creek (Water­ man) and Portmar (Calmar). For our Sea­ farer of the Week we have selected Brother M. M. Cross who joined the Union in New York in 1944. Brother Cross, who is 39 years old, sails all ratings in the deck department and pre­ fers intercoastal runs. He says that he is very happy to be a member of the SIU, which he sincerely be­ lieves is the best-administered un­ ion in the maritime field. Men now on the beach include E. M. Pappadakis and Tex Krohn. In the hospital are T. J. Connell, W. E. Ellis, F. J. Fletcher, H. E. Harrell, S. Johannessen, L. C. Long and M. Michalik. Jeff Gillette Seattle Fort Agent Boston: Boslon-Yarmoulli Run Has Doubtful Fuiure Eastern Steamship Lines, which last spring sold the steamer Yar­ mouth to a Florida company, has now also sold the Yarmouth's sis­ ter ship Evangeline, it has been reported. The Evangeline, which covered the Boston-Yarmouth run last summer, has been sold to the Volusia Steamship Company of Jacksonville, and sailed from Bos­ ton for Florida last Tuesday, No­ vember 9. She is expected to enter the cruise service between Florida ports and the West Indies. This leaves Eastern with the steamer Acadia, but so far the com­ pany has made no announcement about the Boston-Yarmouth run next summer, and it remains to be seen if this run will be abondoned or made by the Acadia or a chartered ves­ sel. Another item of interest here concerns the stowaway who came into Boston Lane on the Steel Chemist (Isthmian). He got on the ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and while the ship was docked in Bos­ ton he got off by pretending to be a mate checking the drafts upon arrival. As soon as he got off the ship he hightailed it up to the city and the Immigration authorities have been looking for him ever since to find out if he is an Ameri­ can citizen. If the man does not check with the Immigration de­ partment the company will have to pay a fine of $1,000. Shipping in this port picked up quite a bit during the past two weeks and the outlook for the fu­ ture is fair. During these past two weeks we paid off the Cantigny and Royal Oak (Cities Service), Seacoral (Coral), Queenston Heights (Seatrade) and Alexandra (Carras) and these five ships signed on again. In transit were the Ragnar Naess (Norlo), Strathbay (Strathmore), Steel Rover (Isthmian), Southern Cities (Southern), Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) and Iberville, Madaket and Chickasaw (Water­ man). For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected William (Billy) Prince. Billy, who is a handy man with a wrench, sails in all ratings in the engine department and sailed on the Evangeline last sum­ mer as engine maintenance. On a number of his runs he was also ship's delegate. Naturally, Billy is very sorry to see the Yarmouth and Evangeline go under foreign fiags as he sailed these ships for many years while they were under SIU contracts. Among the men on the beach now are R. Johnston, J. Hanson, K. Smith, M. Dusevitch and C. Karas. In the Brighton Marine Hospital are F. Alasavich, A. Oyhus, E. Broussard, M. Stabile and J. Senneville. Brother John Lane passed away on November 10. The patrolman attended the funeral services and the Union sent a fioral wreath. James Sheehan Boston Port Asent t San Francisco: ti Proles! PHS Closings, Brothors Hore Urged Now that the balloting has begun to elect the officials of the Union for the next two years, we are urging all the members here to be sure to get their votes in and make this the biggest vote that has ever been cast in a Union election. We are also urging our members to write or wire their Senators and Congressmen about the closing of USPHS hospi­ tals, since this issue has come up again. As for ship­ ping, it has been slow in this port Just during the past two weeks but we think the future looks much brighter. We had no sign-ons during the past two weeks but we paid off The Cabins (Cabins) and serviced six in-transit ships, as follows: Fairport and Kyska (Waterman); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), and Portmar, Calmar and Alamar (Calmar). Men On The Beach Among the men now on the beach are R. Montcalm, J. F. McGonel, F. Wonsor, J. Batson, C. Just, L. B. Knickerbocker, V. John­ son, M. Landron and A. Beck. In the marine hospital are C. Brown, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, A. A. Kessen, C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. Perreira, P. S. Yuzon, W. Timmerman, A. A. Franklin and F. D. Gilman. In conclusion, we would like to congratulate all the members and officials of the Union on the com­ pletion of the fine new Baltimore hall and wish our Baltimore broth­ ers the best of luck' and good shipping in it. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Stu HAtL DIRBCXORY SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Afent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Jamea Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent - Phone 6-9744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 Bienville St. Llndsey WiUlama. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK ...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH I Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE .2505 1st Ave Jeff GiUette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA .... 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. IK Phoni^8-;333 WILMINGTON. CalU 808 Marine Ave. Ernest TiUey. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 678 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECREH'ARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WilUam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 11844 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 61744 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St, Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quchee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 83 St. Davids St, CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam S., NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. , Phone 8-8777 PORTLAND 833 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CAUT .....257 5th St, Phone 2599 SAN FRANQSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE ...2508 1st Ave. Main 0390 ALPENA W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone; 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 834 St James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St UAUFAX NA.-.19844 HoUis St SOUTH CHICAGO Phoney. 8-3419, New York: Voling, Good Shipping Make Hq A Busy Place Everything is humming these days in the port of New York. Shipping has continued to be good dur­ ing the past two weeks and there has also been much activity in the hall regarding the election of offi­ cials which is now going on. Everyone this year seems to be taking a great interest in the vot­ ing, which will determine the men who will serve as officials of the Union for the next two years. And, in fact, we set a record here on the first day of voting with 323 men casting their ballots. This voting will continue'through January 15, 1955, and we would like to remind every member that it is not only his privilege but also his duty to go into some hall while he is in port and cast his ballot for the men of his choice. 3 Ships Out Of Lay-Up As I have said, shipping in this port continued to be good during the past two weeks as we had three ships come out of lay-up and also shipped a full crew on a Lib­ erty ship that we signed a contract for last week. The ships coming out of lay-up were the Massmar (Calmar) and the Robin Tuxford and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping). The Liberty that we crewed was the National Free­ dom (American Waterwaysl, wnicn was formerly contracted to the NMU. During these past two weeks we paid off 15 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 20 in transit. The follow­ ing were the ships paid off: Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Navi­ gation); Suzanne, Evelyn, Beatrice, Arlyn and Angelina (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Traveler and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Crack­ er State Mariner (South Atlantic); Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping), and Lone Jack, Government Camp and Bents Fort (Cities Service). Ships Signing: On Signing on were the Robin Trent and Robin Tuxford (Seas Ship­ ping); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Massmar (Calmar), and National Freedom (American Waterways). In transit were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Frances, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Mae (Bull); Steel King and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Arizpa. Mada­ ket, De Soto and Iberville (Water­ man); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Seacoral (Orion), and Seatrains Savan­ nah, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain). Shipping should continue good during the coming period as there are quite a few ships due in that make the long runs. There is gen­ erally a good.turnover on these ships at this time of the year, as many of the boys like to hit the beach and spend the holidays with their friends and families. Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer •A •,SI -^1 I Report Lost Baggage Check Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make , sure you notify the hall where the. bRggage was checked as soon as you find out you've^ lost the check. % k m �Pve Psufoca Norember X«, 1954 SEAFARERS hOG WATCH Snapped By Shipmate At iWeetlng On The Pertmar Snapped by crewmember Blaine Boxwell during recent intercoastal run are some of SIU crewmen of Portmar (Calmar) shown here at shipboard meeting. Photo at left includes Frank Wherrity, "Red" McCullough Leo Wills, Bob Ingram. Charlie Johnson. At right are crewmen Singh, Bileck. Southern Fried Chicken, Rough Seas Prove Bad 'Daily Double' On Madaket Southern fried chicken and heavy seas proved a bad combination recently for the SIU crew of the Madaket (Waterman), crewmember Roy S. Theiss reports. These two things, Theiss says, combined to bring to vivid reality one of the seaman's greatest fears—-fire at sea. In a letter to the LOG, engineer, who smelled the smoke, were finished the electrician, W. Theiss writes; "While some also came on the scene and got a Busch, went to work. As a result Southern fried chicken was being fire extinguisher, and the two men we ate a standard breakfast and prepared in the deep fryer, the managed to put the flames out for a few minutes. But they burst out ship took some again, reached up to the exhaust unusually heavy vents, and then swept through the rolls and the hot whole exhaust system. grease spilled Current Cut Off over the side of "As the alarm sounded the chief the fryer. As It electrician cut off the current to hit the hot plates the galley, several C02 extinguish­ of the range, the ers were discharged on the range, grease burst into and a fire hose was run in and flame, and then the hot plates cooled off. In a mat­ it ran down un­ Theiss After fire in galley of Mada­ ter of minutes the fire was put out. derneath and be­ ket, MM E, Goo and utilityhind the drip plate of the range, "Within minutes after the em­ man R, Bni clean up crew where it is impossible to clean, ergency was over the steward de­ pantry. partment, under the direction of and ignited some old grease. "B. Rucker, the steward, was in steward Rucker, went to work after that had no interruption of the galley at the time and he grab­ cleaning up the mess In the galley our regular meal schedule. bed a fire extinguisher. The chief and pantry, and as soon as they "As ^own in this instance," Theiss says, "with alertness and training an emergency can Alcoa Pioneer Men Pose For Photo proper be met and handled with a mini­ mum of time and danger to all hands." Union Bos Cable Address Topping off their gear before arriving in Havana, some of the SIU crewmembers of the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa) pause long enough to have their photograph taken by shipmate Oscar Rosenfelt. iQiiiz Corner r--" »Vr„ (1) Which is the longest river in the world: (a) Congo, (b) Nile, (c) Yangtze, (d) Danube? (2) Two men can complete a certain job in 10 days. One of them, working alone, can do it in 15 days. How long would it take the other one to do the job by himself? (3) Which state was settled first: (a) Florida, (b) Massachusetts, (c) Delaware, (d) New York? (4) If a baseball player wound up the season with a batting average of .300 after 500 times at bat, how many hits did he have? (5) What was' the only tree which was forbidden in the Garden of Eden? (6) In British peerage, which ranks higher, an earl or duke? (7) How many kings sat upon the English throne in 1936: (a) none, (2) one, (3) two, (4) three? (ff) Rearrange the letters in "trechacar" to spell a word meaning reputation. ^ (9) What did Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk have in common? (10) Three times a cprtain number plus two equals five times the number less 14, What Is the number? j _ ....(Qnis,Answers'Oa Page 17>-— Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with, headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK, Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARER'S LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. •' With the Christmas gift-giving lished by Ives-Washbum (NY), is season coming up, photography 236 pages, and lists at $3.50. 4 4 4 enthusiasts who are iooking for Seafarer-philatelists still have a something novel to give as a gift may wish to take advantage of a chance to obtain a first-day-of-isnew import from Japan, in the sue cancellation Dec. 10 when the form of photosensitized seven and United Nations Postal Administra­ nine-inch round and square china tion issues its 3c red-orange and 8c plates called Paloma Photo China. olive "Human Rights" commemorSensitized with a chloro-bromide atives at UN headquarters in NY. enlarging emulsion of medium Collectors are invited to send~"a speed and contrast, they are pro­ reasonable number" of self-ad­ cessed in a manner similar to dressed covers, with money order photographic paper. A picture of a or certified check to cover the ship, native figures or a family- amount of postage desired, to the portrait on a China plate might be UN Postal Administration, United a dandy gift for someone on your Nations, NY. Requests for mint list. With wooden display stands stamps should be sent separately, and test strips of the same emul­ 4 4 4 sion used on the china, the plates Dads who have access to photoare $2.25 and $4.50, depending on enlarging facilities can make a the size. They can be ordered real hit with the junior members through any camera store or from of the family by making up simple the importer, Spiratone, Inc., 49 picture puzzles for the kids to play West 27 Street, NYC. with. The idea is to print an in­ teresting photo of your youngster ^ Another item from Japan, for 8x10 or larger, and then back up the stamp collector this time, is a the photo with a small piece of 32-page illustrated book describ­ thin plywood, composition board or ing all Japanese stamps since sturdy cardboard. Next, cut the re­ 1871, which was issued by the sulting sheet into a dozen or so Ministry of Posts about a year ago, odd shapes like any other picture for sale to collectors. A copy of puzzle—a coping saw can do the the book can now be obtained at trick here—assemble the pieces no cost, by requesting one from flat in a box or scramble them In the Philatelic Agency in Tokyo. a drawstring bag, and then watch All that is required is that each the fun and recognition. request contain one international reply coupon, available at any postoffice, to cover mailing costs, t 4" 4" The popularity of the Herman Wouk novel "Caine Mutiny," which led to a successful Broad­ way play as well as a movie based on the book, has also caused a re­ vival of interest in another mutiny over .100 years ago. Although orig­ inal advertising blurbs for the "Caine" book and movie claimed that there never was a mutiny in the US Navy, the facts are just the opposite. There was what pass­ ed for a mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which-was led, it was claimed at the time, by the son of the then Secretary of War, in Washington, who was a mid­ shipman aboard the vessel. In any event, the Somers episode pro­ duced several books, the latest of which, the "The Captain CaUed It Mutiny," by Frederic F. Van de Water, has just appeared. Seafar­ ers whose reading tastes run |o history and especially naval his­ tory would probably find the story an absorbing one. The book, pub- LOG'A'RHYTHM: The Ocean Tramp By John Bunker There's a freighter down the harbor. She's a-swinging with the tide. Bottom mud upon her cable. Sea rust streaked along her side. See her steaming down the harbor. She's no liner with the mails. Riding deep she is with scrap iron And two thousand tons of rails. She took the North Atlantic route Through a February gale. The fireman heaved on slicing bars When the steam began to fail. The coal caked on the firing grates But she won't stay long in harbort And when the steam line btew. Soon they'll charter her away ? They tried to turn her with the the wind With d load: of coal from Cardiff To ride the norther through. For the fires down Rio way. See her fretting down the harbor. But she'll carry no more cargoes All her stdepiates red ^nd black. To the ports of many lands— Steam is rising front, the boilers,. They've posted, .heir as "overdue" CotU-mtokete-rolUng-up the-staeh, -And-"missing' •with dll ftandf^ • There are ten thousand miles behind her. Sure, ten thousand miles before, 'Till she's home again and empty. Briefly hobbled to the shore. Top Skipper Rates A Pat, Seaman Says Human nature being what it is, there's a tendency for SIU men, like other men, to beef about the bad things but for­ get about the good ones, says Sea­ farer Luigi lovino, crewman on the Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion). Like Samuel Gompers, first president of the AFL, lovino be­ lieves we ought to "reward our friends and pun­ ish our enemies," and that goes for skippers as well as others. When­ ever SIU crews get on a ship that has a hardtiming skipper they soon pass the word along, he says, lovino but when they get a ship with a topnotch captain they rareiy find time for praise, "I've been aboard the Barbara Fritchie for six trips now," lovino writes the LOG, "and- usually I don't make more than a couple of trips on any ship. But on the Bar­ bara Fritchie we have an excellent skipper—Captain Bob Ransom, who's tops In cooperating with the crew and making the trips smooth. He stands up for the company, of course, but he also recognizes the crew's rights and the terms of the contract. "Every run I've mad^ on this ship has been free of b»,efs, and it's a pleasure to know the crew and delegates can concentrate on their work and not have to wrestle with a bucko, skipper. "So, if you ever ship on the Barbara Fritchie under Captain Ransom, you can be sure of a good ship with everything in SIU style," Tovinosaysr' — .,,.V : : �• ••".•-,prr • N«v«mber tt. 19M SEAFARERS Gi is Concerned About Transiers To the Editort About four months ago my friends and neighbors chose me to serve Uncle Sam, so I gave up my career as a chief electrician in the merchant marine to become a private in the Army. I took my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and there I used to receive the SEAFARERS LOG, but now I'm going to school. at Fort Monmouth, NJ, so I wish you would note my change of address. I certainly enjoy reading the LOG and iearhing about what's going on with my old shipmates. But from what I read about those foreign transfers, it looks as if there may not be an American merchant marine for me to come back to after I finish my Army service. Learning Electronics The Army is teaching me elec­ tronics so I really can't kick too much. But the closest I get to sailing is over a bar with an old shipmate once in a while, and it's pretty rough being drydocked after eight years of going to sea, I'll sign off with my best wishes to the Union and its efforts to save the merchant marine and the Job I'd like to come back to. Pvt. Richard J. Peterson US 55455898 Co. R. 9404-TU Fort Monmouth, NJ. (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted). 1(1 it t, iAberaee^ Krupa Cheer Patients To the Editor: We, the brothers in the Brighton Marine Hospital in Boston, would like to tell our other brothers that if they must get sick, this is the place to be in. For entertainment, for instance, we have had such well-known per­ formers as Liberace, Gene Krupa and many other celebrities. We would also like to give credit to Miss Colohan here. She is very good at giving shots. M. A. Stabile, Jr. it it it Given Good Care in Si Hospital To the Editor: I want you to know that while • patient.at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island for seven weeks I received the best of care and treatment. I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the SIU Welfare Services repre­ sentatives for all Tillabol they did for me during my stay. I also want to thank the nurses and staff members in Ward CD 2, and especially Dr. William Smith and Dr. W. H. Proudfoot who were most generous with their time and patience. Pedro VlUab^ LOG rkc»nftM» L E T TEE S and introduce yourself as a Union brother and Charlie and 1 will see that you're treated royally. Sorry 1 can't be on a ship with you boys right now but happy sailing to all of you. Eddie Kacsur if if J, She Has Beeipe For Vinegar Pie Eddie Kacsur o injured Brother Now Bar Owner To the Editor: I realize that you probably get a good many letters sent into the LOG and cannot devote as much space to them as you might like, but I certainly would appreciate it if you would print at least some of this letter, and also the photopraph 1 am enclosing which shows me at my new place of business. Rest assured that if you print this story and photo you will be doing a great service for a disabled Seafarer who is now unable to work due to a shipboard accident. You would also let all my friends at sea and on the beach know my whereabouts, and 1 would be very grateful to you. The point is that for the past year I've been aching to ship out again—^1 used to sail in the deck department—but it looks as if my sailing days are over, for the pres­ ent anyhow. The doctors say I'll be unable to work for quite a while, due to an accident 1 had aboard a Waterman ship, the old Stonewall Jackson, and have ad­ vised me to find something else. And so I've taken the money I've saved from sailing and, together with my brother Charlie, have opened a bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. Brother Also Sailed My brother Charlie, incidentally, also sailed with the SIU for about three years, and also was injured. At any rate, 1 am really happy to state that 1 can finally repay the Union in some measure for all the good it has done for me, because I feel sure that this is the kind of bar that all seamen will love. It's just like the ones we found in Bremerhaven and other good ports, and anything you want can be found in it. I'm sure that any seaman who is fed up with the clip joints that are found in New York will go crazy over this piace, which is called the Club 28 and is located at 28 Cornelia Street, near 6th Avenue and West 4th Street Just come in To the EditorRecently in the SEAFARERS LOG I read a "Galley Gleanings" article about steward Jesse W. Puckett, who said that all his life he had heard people talk about "vinegar pie," but had never met anyone who knew how to make it. Well, here's my recipe: Take one cupful of sugar, one cupful of boiling water, five teaspoonfiils of vinegar and two of lemon extract, also two level table­ spoons of cornstarch and two eggs. Mix the sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and flavoring and slowly add the hot water, strirring constantly on the stove until it thickens. When the mixture is cold, stir in the yolks of two eggs and pour into a pan lined with pastry. Make a meringue of the beaten and wellsweetened whites, and spread over the top after baking and brown. (Mrs.) Alice Smith 1^ i it Disabied^ He^s Aided By Union To the Editor: 1 would like to thank all the brothers at headquarters, from our secretary-treasurer on down, and including the staff of the Welfare Services Department, for helping me get on the disability benefit list. I'm going to be 72 years old next February and am no longer able to work because of a hernia operation and a heart condition. 1 used to be a member of the NMU at one time and worked for Cities Service for a great many years. There I met an SIU or­ ganizer who sold me on the SIU and 1 have been a Seafarer ever since. From the time 1 started with the Steinmann SIU in 1947 I've seen the SIU make progress until it is the best union in the whole United States. I know quite a few men in different shoreside unions, and you can believe me, their un­ ions can't compare with ours. A lot of the brothers will re­ member me from Cities Service ships where I sailed deck engineer and machinist. My last ship was the Nikoklis which I was on last January. Aofiut Stefaunann Overgioeked Bfirly League Praises SiU Demoeraeg To tte Editor: The New York Chapter of the League for Industrial Democracy is indebted to the SIU for a most stimulating and enjoyable visit to its headquarters on November 6. The courtesy and patience of your representative in answering our numerous questions were truly commendable. 1 only regret that more LID members could not take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the SIU and its earnest attempt to foster well-be­ ing for its membership and demo­ cratic methods in its administra­ tive set-up. (Mn.) Isabelle B. Friedman President, New York Chapter League for Industrial Democracy i Carroll and William Seafarer^s Wife Proud Of Sons i i Val Chem Men Protest PHS Cuts To the Editor: We thought that you might be interested in publishing the text of the radiogram which we, the crewmembers of the Val Chem, have just sent to President Eisen­ hower: "S.S. 'VAL CHEM' CREWMEM­ BERS REQUEST THAT BUDGET DlRECnrOR NOT CUT FUNDS FOR MEDICAL CARE OF AMER­ ICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN IN USPHS HOSPITALS." We have also sent copies of this radiogram to Hon. John Rooney, Warren G. Magnuson, Herbert Bonner and James Murray. John Latimer Ship's delegate i it i To the Editor: 1 am the wife of Seafarer Woodrow W. Reid, who is now chief cook on the Monarch of the Seas, and 1 hope you will publish this picture of our two sons in the SEAFARERS LOG. They are Car­ roll, 15, and William, 11, and 1 think they show what fine, healthy families Seafarers can raise, thanks largely to the economic and other gains" they have made through their Union. Incidentally, we motored down to Mobile recently to meet my husband and ~ checked in at the Seamen's Club. The dining room serves excellent food, and the en­ tire place is nice to be in, and other seamen's wives might find it To the Editor: 1 have no words to fully express a good place to go if they are visit­ my appreciation to the SIU for ing their husbands in this port. its kindness and help to me dur­ Mrs. Woodrow W. Reid ing the recent death and bui-ial i i i of my brother, Eddie T. Driggers. To all of the Union's officials, welfare representatives and mem­ bers 1 wish to say, in memory of my brother, "The SIU has once To the Editor: When 1 arrived here at the Frere again proven itself loyal and de­ serving of the deepest faith of the Hospital in East London 1 was brothers and their families." under the impression that South Paul M. Driggers African hospitals are inferior to i i i American ones, but 1 soon found out that I was wrong. 1 received a fine reception and was promptly To the Editor: and adequately cared for by Dr. I would like to take this method Naude of the casualty department, of expressing my appreciation to and then 1 was taken to a semi- the Seafarers private room where 1 was attended Welfare Plan for by some remarkably pleasant approving my acnurses. The doctor told me he plication for ben­ thinks 1 have a slight case of efits for the dis­ malaria, which 1 may have con­ ability I suffered tracted in Madagascar, but I have 14 months ago been so well treated that today I when I had to be feel much better. taken off my ship I would especially like to thank which was head­ my roommate, Mr. Goldsmith, and ed for Japan. Trottle nurses Dyks, Kieser and OosthuiI wish to thank zen, as well as the other nurses everyone concerned in this matter and doctors who have all been so for their cooperation and great kind to me. help to me. Benjamin F. Trotilc Ray Brault '<^1 :.r| Brother's Death Brings SiV Help ;S| al African Hospital Treats Him Well Welfare Plan Thanked For Aid OR Bernard Seaman •HI,, •h' >/ . .. �I-; 7s6«f.TsS?^->-?.-; w ^siAhkkkkiifdG ' .. DIGEST of smps IV frV t'.';7' i^- I STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), October 3 —Chairman, E. C. Teske; Secretary, S. Hanks. Launch service beef will be set­ tled at payoff. A new washing machine is needed. Mate thanked deck gang for the fine work they did during the voy­ age. Socrotary, Albert Do Forest. The engine delegate read an article in the LOG about performers and noted that the Coast Guard is sometimes called in on this type of beef. The ship's delegate will try to get numbers 5 and 6 SlU libraries aboard. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), August ItChairman, Pugacieski; Secretary, Fred C. Litsch. Ship's delegate reported that repairs will be taken care of in New York or Baltimore. The chairman made a motion that meeting minutes be read at the first meeting of next voyage so that the new crew will know what rules and suggestions were made to promote a smoother running ship. In case of layup, equipment will be turned into near­ est SlU hall. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), September 25—Chairman, James Flanagan; Secretary, Alexander Janes. The steward gave a report on stores. Library will be put out after leaving New York. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oc­ tober 4—Chairman, James Meaves; Sec­ retary, none. Thirty glasses have disap­ peared in ten days and the crew was asked to try and find out where they have gone. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 28—Chairman, John Garrison; Secre­ tary, Ed Gordon. Wringer for washing machine will be fixed or a new one will be purchased in Long Beach or San Francisco. Several crewmembers com­ plained about the soft icecream being served. A suggestion was made that all hands keep the screen doors locked while enroute through the Panama Canal. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Septem­ ber 25—Chairman, James Allen; Secre­ tary, Charles W. Cothran. Steward will request a better grade of beef. Ship's deiegate wiii contact captain about giv­ ing time off to all hands while in port until one hour before sailing time. Crew voted not to buy TV set for messhall. There is a balance of $55.10 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), September 28—Chairman, M. Masley; Sec­ retary, Frank Flanagan. Several for'sies painted and sougeed as requested at last meeting. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Transfuel), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, D. D. Story; Sec­ retary, H. Cordes. Deck delegate sent a letter to the New Orleans hall about the deck maintennce missing ship. Everyone DEL AIRES (Mississippi), September 12 aboard is satisfied with the travelers —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. checks. Motion made and carried that Hall. Most of the ship's repairs have the ship be fumigated before it goes out on the next voyage. Sheets are too small for new mattresses. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for their cooperation with the crew. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), October 10— Chairman, Hugh W. Eatherton; Secretary, Gerald Sinkas. First assistant wouldn't check overtime sheets to show depart­ ment whether or not there is any dis­ puted overtime. Motion made and car­ ried to have flush valves in deck and been taken care. Members were asked engine department toilets repaired. to be more quiet in the passageways in the afternoon in consideration of men MADAKET (Waterman), September 6— sleeping. Only two cartons of cigarettes Chairman, W. Busch; Secretary, B. Ruckbeing issued per week. er. Ail delegates were asked to make up a rep'>ir list and turn same in to the DOROTHY (Bull), September 25 — ship's delegate. Chairman, Jack Kain; Secretary, Peter October 12—Chairman, W. L. Busch; Patrick. Toaster in crew messhall not Secretary, B. Rucker. A vote of thanks working. Steward asked the crew to was given to the crew mess and elec­ cooperate and turn in soiled linen. trician for good show. Drinking water should be controlled in Puerto Rico as it always seems warm ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), July during the day. 25—Chairman, Walter Fitch; Secretary, Walter Marcus. Chief engineer will flx ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), September water fountain. Purser will be contacted 15 — Chairman, O. Sandal; Secretary, to see if he will open the slopchest after James F. Fyrne. The 12 to 4 watch leaving port in order that crewmembers missed two watches. A deck department may buy cigarettes. member raised a beef about the captain September 19—Chairman, Harry J. not permitting the crew foc'sles to be Acesta; Secretary, Walter Marcus. In the painted. future no union pocket books should be giving away in any port. Books are put CHILORE (Ore), September 26—Chair- on board for the crew to read and not man, Eli Hanover; Secretary, D. Stone. for foreign people. Crewmembers were For the past three or four trips the -asked to keep the washing machine in a washing machine has been on the repair dean condition after using same. list and each time some part of It has been replaced. The steward department ROBIN WENTLEY (Stas Shipping), will keep the recreation room clean and September 26—Chairman, E. Cantoral; the OS will keep the laundry clean. The Secretary, J. Howlson. One brother was steward department was given a vote of hospitalized in Beira and he wrote a let­ thanks. ter to the SlU Welfare Services depart­ ment regarding same. Motion made and LOGANS FORT (Citias Service), Octo­ carried to attend safety meetings and if ber 2—Chairman, Thompson; Secretary, suggestions are not used, then crewmem­ A. Hebert. Motion made and carried bers will not attend any of the future that men wearing underwear will not be meetings. All rooms need painting. permitted in the messhall. Wipers foc'sle Books and magazines are not to be given was painted. Ship's delegate said that away in foreign ports, and the new li­ he will try to get benches on fantail for brary will be placed in the custody of crew's beneet. the ship's delegate or the steward. Vol­ untary contributions to the ship's fund QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), Sep­ will be collected at payoff. tember 26—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ August ' 1—Chairman, Walter Walsh; man; Secretary, K. O. Smith. Motion Secretary, Frank Crider. The captain in­ made and carried to draft a letter ask­ sists that passenger men either eat their ing that a former ship's delegate and meals standing up in passenger pantry or deck delegate be made to account for take them to the crew mess. Motion made ship's fund from . the last trip. Sugges­ and carried that a stand by buzzer be tion was made to take chairs out of installed in the crew mess to enable man messhall and replace them with benches. on standby to know when he is wanted on the bndi dge. ALEXANDRA (John M. Carras), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, Fred Miller; Sec­ ROBIN $HERWOOD ($eas Shipping), retary, W. M. Hand. Chief pumpman September 21—Chairman, Ray Brault; didn't get--clothing allowance and failed Secretary, H. Berkenfald. Special meetto notice it until after the payoff. Ship's ing was called concerning old refrlgerdelegate contacted the patrolman again ator. Ship's delegate reported that one about making sure that fresh provisions man missed ship in New York. are provided at each port. October 10—Chairman, W. Kerby; Sec­ retary, Tommie Williams. Master refused COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sep­ to let crew send cablegram to the Union tember 19—Chairman, L. A. Ciamboli; and asked the ship's delegate to give .'v p' Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) fv' NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ••••• •••••••• • • • •• ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID pUPLICATIONi if you are an old tubseribar and hava a ehanga •f address, plaaaa giw your former address balowt ADDRESS ciTir « f BDGMMtFMf Biaaa/el ZONI . iaeseeeeaaee^ STATI him 24 hours to get the box fixed. A new refrigerator wUl be installed If the pres­ ent one breaks down again. Suggestion that some old books be given away in various southern ports to merchant ma­ rine library. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (TransfucI), Au­ gust 28—Chairman, H. K. Smith; Secre­ tary, H. Cordes. The steward department will take care of the recreation room and the deck and engine departments will take care of cleaning the laundry. Cap­ tain informed delegates that we would put the draw out in Lisbon in travelers checks. made and passed directing the ship's deiegate to write a letter to the secre­ tary treasurer and the editor of the LOG outlining the crew's recommendation for a change in sailing board clause and rest period clause in the tanker agree­ ment. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Octo­ ber 9—Chairman, J. A. Sullivan; Secre­ tary, B. W. Buster. New mattresses and springs are needed on vessel. Lockers and fans are also needed as agreed in contract. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), geptember 24—Chairman, Dempsy Nicholson; Secre­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), tary, Harry C. Kllmon. A special meet­ October 4—Chairman, J. MacLaughlin; ing was held to elect a ship's delegate. Secretary, V. RatcllH. Dispute on room Suggestion made to have a union patrol­ allowance as captain only wants to pay man look at the beef that was put three days to some of the crew. Ven­ aboard in Trinidad to decide if the in­ tilation system cut off in shipyard so spector should be called in to check it. that the entire system is now blocked off. Recommended that shipping not be JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Sep­ done for a period of longer than four tember 22—Chairman, S. Gondzar; Secre­ hours around foc'sles while men are tary, McCall. Discussion about fruit sleeping. juices not being served often enough. At the present there is S47.70 in the ship's SUZANNE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, fund. H. Orlando; Secretary, R. M. Godwin. Messroom will be sprayed after each EVELYN (Bull), September 19—Chair­ meal. Each department repair list will be turned in on the way down south. man, W. Bunker; Secretary, M. Burns. Motion made and carried to have the Washing machine needs repairing. port agent or his representative come down especially to see about the food GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), September 26—Chairman, M. Gattschalk; beef and the repairs. The steward says that the captain is constantly interfering Secretary, Frank J. Shandl. Motion made and carried to ask for innerspring mat­ with the steward department. tresses for the entire crew on arrival ROBIN KIRK (Robin), September 5— in port. Discussion on sougeeing rec­ reation room. One brother would like to Chairman, Thomas Vessel; Secretary, Matthew Gehereaux. A suggestion was know if crew is entitled to transportation to New York in the event ship is laid up. made to hold meetings between 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Bad milk will be checked. FRENCH CREEK (CItias Service), Oc­ Steward is to notify delegates if captain tober 10—Chairman, William Adams; Sec­ refuses to order all stores. Suggestion retary, Dan Beard. Two new lockers are made to report all performers at ship's available for the crew and they will be meetings to decide upon action to be installed. The crew feels . a coastwise taken. Results will be turned over to a tanker should have a prompt payolf. patrolman. Unnecessary delays and company redtape ANTINOUS (Waterman), October 9— penalize crew when delegates bring in a clean ship. Minor food beefs explained Chairman, Ernest Gerace; Secretary, J. De Poo. A new ship's delegate was satisfactorily by chief cook and messman. eleeted. Each crewmember will donate There is $35 in the ship's fund. SI to the ship's fund at payoff. Voted to DE SOTO (Waterman), August 22— keep TV set in present location and to Chairman, Bill Burke; Secretary, Phil have Joe PagoUa responsible for same. Reyes. Steward reported that the rest Bosun will see about having messroom of the innerspring mattresses will be tiled. placed aboard this trip. Deck delegate DEL VALLE (Mississippi), October 9— thanked members of the crew who do­ nated sums of money to a former brother Chairman, Joe Scramuzza; Secretary members .whose mother just died. Stew­ Ramon Irazarry. One crewmember re' ard reminded the members of the nom­ ported fowling up continuously. Motion inations for Union officials currently go­ made and carried that a letter be writ ing on and the provision of the Union ten to Congress complaining about turn constitution giving the right to every ing American flag vessels over to foreign member to nominate himself for office. flag. A letter from the Sea Chest was Several members discussed the quality of read to the membership concerning qua! ity of skoes and other articles in slopthe food and suggested improvements September 19—Chairman G. Callahan* chest. Secretary, Phil Reyes. Motion made and DEL SOL (Mississippi), September carried that a certain portion of every meeting be devoted to educational di» Chairman, K. Lopez; Secretary, William R. Cameron. Motion accepted that each, cussion of our union constitution, conman donate $1 to the ship's fund. All hands were asked to clean the laundry room after using same. tracts and union history. All the necessry repairs should be submitted to the respective delegates before the ship docks at payoff port. It was agreed that the engine and deck departments will stag­ ger in keeping the laundry clean. Movies are being showed aboard -ship, by Sidney, the messmaii, and the ship's delegate urged every member to donate one hour's overtime for the renting of the films. $TEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, W. Mitchell; Secretary, Charles J. Hartman. The sum of $80 is now in the ship's fund. This amount has been built up by arrival pools. Mention made that two members of the deck depart­ ment have been logged for failure to pass the port doctor prior to Karacchi de­ parture. Delegate stressed that port medical inspections are important and that crew must attend them. Ship's dele­ gate took the deck and spoke at length about sundry matters of union import­ ance that require more coopertion from the crew. Because of repeated complaints that letters mailed In Saudi Arabia sel­ dom reach the States the ship's delegate urged the adoption of a plan to send ail mail in one envelope to a US, postmaster who would open it and repost all the American stamped letters. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), July 18—Chairman, Frad Isrsal; Sacratary, J, E, Brooks. New washing machine will be ordered as the old one Is beyond repair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to the crew and steward. CUBORE (Ore), ;tptambar 5—Chairman, W. Cain; Sacratary, James Archie. All departments agreed on keeping laundry and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for their fine work. One man was left in Baltimore. MARY ADAMS (Bloomtlald), Septem­ ber 29—Chairman, Al Wile: Sacratary, Bill Hay. Ship's delegate was elected. Cots will be checked before satlinv. Bosun-asked all steward department to diimp garbage back aft In the garbage drums instead of by number 4 hatch. Ship's delegate asked all members to take their , beefs to their own department delegate first and if beef cannot be set-' tied then coma to him. CANTIONY (Citias Sarvica), Dctabari 9 —Chairman, D. RaynoMst Secretary;. M. O, Ohstrom.' Captath - is.: trying-'to, get crew'fitalpvWon rapaiyad. :A"Dotto]F. was jnembers agreed on the suggestion. Stew. Md asked the men getting off to strip their bunks and leave the foc'sles clean. PENINSULA MARINER (Waterman), September 18—Chairman, J. H. Fisher; Secretary, J. B. Jaianng. Old minutee will be posted on the bulletin board. A tray should be placed on the washer so that the water will go in the sink in­ stead of on the deck. October 7—Chairman, C. Martin; Secretary, T. Lindbery. Steward department was given a vote of thanks for excellent food and service. Motion made that rooms be checked. CALMAR (Calmer), September 22— Chairman, Chuck Hostetter; Secretary, Henry E. Batogowskls. Meeting was called so that repair list could be taken up. Crew agreed not to sign on until new mattresses are put aboard. Medical sup­ plies will be checked before signing on. Arrival pools in the Canal Zone and New York will bring the ship's fund up to $40. The crew was asked not to open letters that are addressed to the ship's delegate. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), September 15—Chairman, B. Fimovicz; Secretary, S. Rivera. Two men missed ship in St. John, New Foundland. Repair lists to be made up and turned in. Crew­ members were asked to stop making noise while men off watch are sleeping, and to keep the laundry and recreation rooms clean at all times. October 10—Chairman, W. Hammock; Secretary, S. Rivera. All repairs have been turned in and most of them have been taken care of. A new library will be put on board for next voyage. Sug­ gestion was made to keep recreation room locked in port: ALCOA PIONEER (Alcos), October 21— Chairman, John Fsdesovlch; SecretaVy, John R. Tllley. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the groceries they put out in spite of the fact they fed breakfast the same day they came aboard and sailed the next. A patrolman will check the slopchest before crew signs on to make sure it is complete. BALTMORE (Ore), October 10—Chair­ man, John Peacox; Secretary, James Oliver. Fans recently installed are not working properly. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ROBIN LOCK$LEY (Seat Shipping), no —Chairman, Steward; Secretary, H. Burge. Bosun suggested keeping the washing machine clean. Engineers will fix STEEL KINO (Isthmian), September 19 all repairs as they occur. Fans will be —Chairman, W. Schoenborn; Secretary, installed in foc'sles. Deck showers need R. Harford. Letter sent to headquarters painting. October 11—Chairman, Smith; Secre­ about cleaning tanks. All delegates were Two men given repair list. One man missed ship tary, John N. Thempsen. missed ship in Durban. Engine depart­ in Honolulu. ment complained about water and lack ANTINOUS (Waterman), September 12 of soap in engine room. This matter will —Chairman, W. Wallace; Sacratary, C. be turned over to the patrolman. Achoy. Captain warned crewmembers to SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Oc­ be aboard one hour before sailing. In the future all beefs or communications tober 17—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported to the Union will be handled through the Friedman. ship's delegate. It was agreed that TV ship's fund now stands at SB7.25. He also set be raffled off among the crew. $47.06 spoke on a survey being made by the Union and company concerning ventil­ in the ship's fund. ation of messhalls. Former ship's dele­ OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), gate given a vote of thanks for a job March 22—Chairman, R. Edan; Sacratary, well done. F. Sulllns. Each department will help SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatralnl, clean the laundry. Washing machine October 17—Chairman, E. Cols; Secretary# needs repairing. E. Jonas. Ship's delegate saw the pa­ April 10—Chairman, J. Stevens; Sacra­ supposed to have a tary, Robert Walton. Captain -said slop- trolman and is chest will be open as often as Is conven­ meetting with company about air con­ ditioning. Beef about cleaning laundry. ient. Brother Williams made a motion to have the linen checked for shrinkage Cots to be taken off deck. The relief as soon as possibie. Brothers were mate was using tools on deck. warned to be more watchful for out­ ALEXANDRA (Carras), October 17 — siders coming into Individual foc'sles while in port. Each department dele­ Chairman, Vssser SzymsnskI; Secretary# Galveston patrolman gate was asked to have a financial re­ W. M. Hand. port of ship's fund. There is a total of called and instructed captain to put out $13 in the fund, and a collection will be a draw. Chief pumpman brought to the taken after the meeting. August 6—Chairman, Stevens; Secre­ tary, R. Walton. There is a shortage of porthole screens. Shrinkage in the linen has not been taken care of. A collection was made to help Brother Sulllns with traveling expenses. He flew home from Inchon due to his piother's illness. Port­ hole screens, cots, milk, fly swatters, and of the members the slanderous other essential needs should be ordered attention propaganda being put out by "Justice by the captain upon arrival in Guam; Committee' against the SlU. Chairman Brother Foster who is steward will ac­ cept any constructive sugg'estions crew­ informed permits that they had the right to express themselves in a ship's meet­ members make about the food. ing. October IS—Chairman, V. SzymsnskI; PENNMAR (Cslmar), no date—Chair­ Secretary, W. M. Hand. Discussion about man, J. Samsel; Secretary, J. Dedicatoria. captain's decision not to put out a draw Two men hospitalized and left behind in Corpus Christi. Captain will see that for treatment in Panama. The captain is items on repair list are taken care of. very disagreeable to the crew and he A suggestion was made that each man does not recognize the ship's delegate or contribute to a ship's fund to take care any delegate on the ship. Motioh made of phone, calls, etc. that from now on foc'sles that have been painted should be dated and stamped on BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), the wall so that crew will know when to Dcteber 16—Chairman, Jehn C. Mitchell; expect painting again. The chief steward Secretary, V. F. Ralcllff. Motion made requested that excess towels and sheets and carried that a new iron be bought be turned over to him. out of the ship's fund, and that the crew radio in the messhall be left Off during STEEL NAVIGATOR - (Isthmlsn), Au­ meal hours. Ship's delegate will see the gust 13—Chairman, Charles Sceflefal;. Sec­ chief engineer about getting a new agi­ retary, F. Delapenha. Brothers spoke of tator for. the washing machine and- he understanding in regard to abuse and will also see the patrolman in New York dissention among the- departments. Stew­ about having the recreation room fixed ard promised to cooperate and Improve up, food situation. BREBCE VICTORY (South Atlantic), SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Oc- October 14—Chairmen, >)*. Oottschelk; teber S^hslrman, R. Miller; Secretary, Secretary, D. Gemelner. Di.:cussion on L, 'Bruce. The ship's- delegate said in the best means to get required fans And case the s>ilil lays up ti^ shlp'F lUQd 'should' be turned OveT to m needy cause U wap deciditd to refer the matter t» the v(Continued on p^e -such as the HarOb- ofi-Dinies.:. eirew-l , •« M H �Norembw Sf>'lt54 SEAFARERS LOG P«(« SCTClltCCB ... DIGEST of SHIPS' BIEETINGS.. Sims; Sacrstary. Stavo Musce. Motion made and carried to give ship's dele­ gate fuU purchasing power where recre­ ation facilities are concerned. The ship's delegate will sea the captain about using the ship's phone to call agent in Savannah, and find out whether or not the captain has the right to keep the MARINA (Bull), September 7—Chair­ creW on board while the ship is along­ man, F. Fletcher; Secretary, Burns. side the dock clearing immigratioin. Fans have not been put in ail the rooms according to the latest agreement. The MASSMAR (Calmar), August 28 — ship's delegate requested that each de­ Chairman, Red Giggi; Secretary, Guy partment settle its own beefs with its Walter. Philadelphia agent said there • own delegate. He spoke on the neces­ was not much that could be done about sity of working in harmony with ail the mattress situation at the time, but members. if nothing is done about it when the September 29—Chairman, K. Hatglmt vessel returns to New York then action sios; Secretary, Burns. One crewmember will be taken. Comment was made on took time off without first seeing the noise in alleyways after watches turned head of his department for permission. in. Laundry will be kept clean by Discussion regarding longshoremen in the wipers. galley, toilets and passageways. The ship's delegate agreed that they should MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ be kept out of messhails. galley, etc.. but riers), October 3 — Chairman, James the passageways are another question. Flanagan; Secretary, Alex Janes. Water cooler was fixed, and repairs not taken OREMAR (Calmar), September 25—Chair­ care of yet will be attended to. Vote man, Elmer Barnhiil, secretary, Clyde of thanks was given to the steward de Kent. It was suggested that pantryman partment. wash coffee cups in night pantry. A vote of thanks was given to the galley WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 12 crew for the swell food they have put —Chairman, Al Parker; Secretary, August out. Souza, Jr. The steward delegate wishes to pass on the delegate job to another CUBORB (Ore), September 28—Chair­ member, and he thanked the crew for man, W. Cain; Secretary, O. Bell. cooperating with him. Rails leading to Scrubbing brush will be kept in laun the crew quarters need painting. Ship's dry. AU hands were asked to keep the fund has a total of 853. laundry clean, and not to wash mop in the tubs. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), July 2S— (Continued from page 16) patrolman at payoff for further action. Five copies of repair list will be made up and distributed to the port engineer, chief engineer, patrolman, captain and one copy will remain aboard. Chairman, Jenkins; Secretary, T. Ulisse. CAROLYN (Bull), October 4—Chairman, Crew to go on record to have stores checked by the Union to see if they come up to par with other ships owned by the company. A variety of night lunches re­ quested; steward requested to cooperate. Crew was asked to take care of cots and put them away when not In use. Cups should not be left out on deck. John Leys July 11—Chairman, Ray Ellison; Secre­ tary, T. Ullsse. There is S249.9S due on Please get in touch with your TV set. Crew to continue S3 donation at wife at once. flrst mainland draw on return trip. $24.50 now in ship's fund. ^GRSONAli 3) t !• Edward F. Woods Mother worried about you. Write home soon. Fritz. J" i" 4" Leslie N. Pearsall Please get in touch with me as soon as possible. My new address is 1122 53 St., Oakland, Calif. M. Oschitzki. t 3i 3) Bill Tacey Please contact me aboard the French Creek, c/o Cities Service Oil Co., 70 Pine St., New York, NY. Ed McMaster. 3« I" 4" Richard Suttle I got the stuff out and it's nice. Thanks a lot. Good luck. Mel. 3> t 4 Richard Brown Contact Allen Myrex, 4 N. High St., Baltimore 2, Md. ALAMAR (Calmar), August 8—Chair­ man, Herbert - Braunstlen; Secretary, James B. McPhaul. An improvement seen on fresh fruit over last trip was dis­ cussed by ship's delegate. Lights to be turned off on starboard while men off watch are asleep. Lockers and sink stoppers will be ordered and repaired. Wiper's foc'sle needs painting. All re­ pairs to be turned in to department dele­ gates. DEL ORG (Mississippi), July IS—Chair­ man, J. R. Tauart; Secretary, J. Smythe. Ship's library was explained by ship's delegate and he will check with purser concerning books in his storeroom. Ques­ tion on cups and glasses being left around the decks. Members decided that everyone bring his own cup and glass back to the pantry. FELTORE (Ore), August 9—Chairman, Quiz Anawerz Jim Keavney; Secretary, Ray Lavolne. (1) (b) Nile. It is almost 4,000 Part of the repairs have been taken care ef and the repairs pending will be in­ miles long. cluded in the new repair list. Ship was deiayetl when leaving .the shipyard for (2) 30 days, several hours after posted sailing time. (3) (a) Florida (1565). Patrolman informed the crew that they cannot collect overtime. Union library (4) 150 hits. (5) The tree of knowledge of expected aboard the ship this trip. Ship's good and evil. (6) A duke. (7) (d) three. George V died on Jan. 20, was succeeded by his eld­ est son, Edward VHI, who abdi­ Stanley Dean Turner cated the throne on December 11, and was himself succeeded by his Please get in touch with the brother George VI, father of the SEAFARERS LOG office at SIU present queen. headquarters in New York. (8) Character. 3^ 4 4' Charlie King (9) All were Presidents of the Get in touch with Joe Volpian US. (10) Eight. at headquarters. Important. NOTICES delegate requested a price list from the Sea Chest. Crewmembers complained that ice cream is served too soft and the steward informed the membership that the ice cream starts to melt the first day out of port, and there is nothing that can be done to remedy the situation. Mem­ bership requested that adequate refrig­ eration be obtained. Donations to the ship's fund will be collected at payoff. John Parker will buy an electric steam iron out of the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ gate to see the patrolman about chief refusing to obtain cleaning gear for the wiper assigned to sanitary work. Machinist missed ahip intentionaUy owing ferad a menu of a little mora variety money to 2nd mate, one 3rd assistant and plus extra service. others. A motion was made that the Union give a double fine to this brother. GOVERNMENT CAMF (Cities Service), SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Septem­ ber 5—Chairman, E. B. McAuley; Secre­ tary, D. T. Morrison. Several beefs about the meat served. It was brought out that the boxes marked strip loins were nothing but a poor grade of dog meat and not fit for any SIU crew. Motion carried to contact the union hall regard­ ing larger sheets to cover the new innerspring mattresses. Lack of keys for crew's quarters. The bosun pointed out that in the event that a man loses his keys to inform the mate on watch to open the room and not use a. fire axe to open the door. Discussion about use of money in the ship's fund. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), August 3—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secretary, H. W. Schnoor. Ship's delegate cautioned all brothers about smoking beyond safety barriers. He will see the chief engineer concerning replacement of new drain plugs in messroom. Men relieving watch TOPA TOPA (Waterman), September t were asked to relieve on time. Vote of James K. Sheets; Secretary, thanks given to the steward department. —Chairman, Gerald Sinkes. Suggestion that ship's delegate see captain about notifying the MOTHER M. L. (Eagle Ocaan), August 1 crew when he is ready to close siopchcst. —Chairman, H. Kanflich; Secretary, Nor­ Crewmembers were asked to return ail man Phillips. No beefs reported. Ail re­ cups to the pantry. SEAMAR (Calmar), August 19—Chair­ man, Barnett; Secretary, John Bucci. Ship's delegate will try to get Sea Chest in New York. Motion made and carried to turn deck engineer over to the patrol­ man for working off hours without pay­ ment of overtime. Mate will be asked to furnish new station bill and muster list pairs requested during the trip okay. Few as present one is confusing. hours disputed overtime, June 14—Chairman, Michael F. Dellane; TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), August 1— Secretary, Norman Phillips. Motion made and carried that each department help Chairman, Red Baron; Secretary, H. Sanderiln. Steward suggested that new cots keep the laundry room clean. be ordered. Fans in several rooms have AZALEA CITY (Waterman), August 8— to be repaired. Chairman, Tex Suit; Secretary, Frank BALTORE (Ore), August 29—Chairman, Walker. Steward asked ail crewmembers to return surplus linen. The ship was B. O. Wilson; Secretary. J. J. Foley. De­ partment delegates were asked to turn held in Puerto Rico five weeks due to the longshoremen's strike. Ship's delegate in repair lists to the ship's delegate be­ fore going to shipyard. Discussion on elected. the most suitable thne for meetings. Steward was requested to have a variety CHILORE (Ore), no date—Chairman, D. Stone; Secretary, C. Patton. Before ac­ of salads other than tomato and lettuce. The night lunch could be improved. cepting the nomination of ship's dele­ gate. D. Stone stated that under no cir­ STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), August 31 cumstances would he accept if the crew expected him to go to bat for anyone —Chairman, James Hanners; Secretary. Ray Queen. Steward was asked to check who did not live up to the agreement and constitution. Linen will be changed each the stores more carefully when they Saturday morning. Agitator and wringer come on board. Crew agreed not to sigii on until repair list has been completed. broken on the washing machine. .Messmen don't get up at the proper time STEEL AGE (Isthmian), July 18 — in the morning to do their work, and Chairman, James W. Barnes; Secretary, the steward has been asked to crack and see that their work is done on John W. Barnes, Ail hands restricted down on board ship after doctors ex­ time. amination. Motion made to have better SANTORE (Ore), September 11—Chair­ lockers installed in foc'slcs. Motion made to get Lava soap only instead of Klex. man, R. King; Secretary, Frank Okwcrian. Delayed sailing discussed. Steward in­ Motions .accepted. Ail repairs should be checked by those crewmembers that are vited delegates to Inspect bo.es at any staying on for another trip, as they know time. what to look for, and be fixed before TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), September sailing. Payroll slips should be broken down to show exactly how much over­ 11—Chairman, Thomas Foster; Secretary, time, how much base pay and how E. J. Whelan. A feU; hours overtime to much taxes amount to instead of a total be settled by patrolman at payoff Stew­ amount of wages and taxes taken out. ard asked crew not to waste the coffee. When leaving New York the mortal re­ The captain will be contacted about mains of Brother Henry Core were re­ fumigating ship and severance slips as the ship is laying up. MAE (Bull), September 19—Chairman, HIckey; Secretary, Williams. .411 repairs have been taken care of and fans are being installed as soon as possible in ail rooms. The ship's fund has a balance of $23.40. Ship's delegate will see that new drinking water pump is installed before ceived aboard ship. -His last wish was leaving Baltimore that he wanted to be buried at sea. CECIL N. BEAN (Dry-Trans), Septem­ OREMAR (Calmar), August 9—Chairman, ber 12—Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William Mac Arthur; Secretary, L. Blank- N. McGuire, Overtime for chief mate enbechler. Ship's delegate reported that doing deck department work has been all repairs are being taken care of. Wind turned in. A unanimous vote of con­ scoops are being ordered this trip. One fidence was given to the steward depart­ man reported hurt and, was not allowed ment. if parts are available to fix the to see doctor in Canal. ' This will be re­ top of the galley range it should be re­ ferred to a patrolman. Ship's delegate paired before arrival in next port. reminded those men leaving ship to turn in linen and keys to foc'sle. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Sep­ July 24—Chairman, Jack R. MIsner; tember 12—Chairman, Frank Brodzik; Secretary, William Mae Arthur. . Beef Secretary, Leo Bruce, A motion was ! about rusty wash water discussed. Stew­ made to spend some of the money from ' ard will see about dividing Canal transit the ship's fund for games. One brother crew between the two messhails evenly. suggested locking the messroom in port' Steward to see that his entrees for Fri­ to safeguard the books and put the key days include nreatless meals for Catholic where it can be found. , members of the crew. Deck and engine departments will clean the recreation SUZANNE (Buli), November 2—Chair­ room and passageways, and the steward man, P. Bush; Secretary, Remaud. The department will clean' the laundry. baker on the ship claims he is overtaxed ; with work due to extra passenger request' MARORE (Ore), July 31—Chairman, and variety of crew menus. He requested Henry Shepeta; Secretary, Manuel A. that the passengers be fed the same food RIndudes. Suggestion made to the stew­ as the crew and no extra additions. Stew- 1 ard to put some extra night lunches out. ard stated that passengers should be of- ' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING (Continued from page 5) for children; Indian beadcraft and other handicraft outfits; reasonably-priced cameras, telescopes and other equipment Gifts For Adults For older children and adults, many clothing items are less costly this year than last and will make welcome gifts. Items made of the newer synthetic materials like nylon, Orion, Dacron, etc., are noticeably less expensive this year. Here are other specific value-wise suggestions: SWEATERS: To be sure they'll wear well, check the tightness of weave. The seams should be bound with ribbon to keep their shape and withstand strain, or at least be very firmly sewn. ROBES: Most men actually don't like tl^e expensive, fanpilyrtci(nmed rayon isatin robes^ widely sold fov Ghrist-> mas giving. They are not warm, and wrinkle quickly. More preferable are flannel, corduroy or terry-cloth. In buying flannel robes, for man, woman, or child, hold the material up to the light to make sure it isn't thin in spots. LINGERIE: Buy well-made tailored lingerie instead of the fancily-trimmed but non-durable things the stores promote for Christmas giving. In slips, nylon tricot is a useful type at a reasonable cost this year. HOUSEDRESSES; A simply-made housedress of basic­ ally good material like 80-square percale is always an acceptable gift for a woman. Look for durable con­ struction details like generous seams and hem rather than fancy trimming. SP0RT;SMAN'S KNIVES: A !'Sportsman's" pocket knife is one of the most versatile and rugged tools a man can own. .It.hasi.Ariarge .spear> blade^'-sra'all'pen. blade, tait*^ October 7—Chairman, W. Orr; Secretary, J. Block. The new washing machine or­ dered by the captain will be installed on this trir north. There is S18.92 in the ship's fu.nd. Ship's delegate was author­ ized to buy aerial for the radio. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no date—Chairman, S, -Novak; Secretary, MIsterne. Repair lists should be turned into respective delegates. The steward department was given a vote of thanks. VALCHEM (Valentine), November 4— Chairman, L. Hagmann; Secretary, R. Geiiing. The crewmembers will draft and, send a telegram to the President of the US protesting the proposed cuts in the USPHS hospitals, as this would deprive merchant seamen from aid when needed. There is $112.07 in the ship's fund and the loan to Frank Maidanado has been paid. Repair lists will be made up. BARBARA MICHEL (Norto), October 38 —Chairman, E. Mmercelau; Secretary, Frank Cuilison. Motion made and car­ ried that crewmembers write a letter of protest to their congressmen to oppose the transfers of American-flag ships to a foreign flag. Discussion on use of the washing machine, and the crew was asked to exercise caution and considera­ tion in emptying tubs, and turning off machine when finished with s- mc. < i BEATRICE (Bull), November 8—Chair­ man, Red Campbell; Secretary, J. Ber­ nard. The chairman talked about the ILA and how they are trying to foul up the union. A vote of thanks given to the cooks for the fine meals they prepared. A little cooperation fr-jm the crew would be appreciated when dumping garbage. STEEL ARTISAN ilsthmian), August 14 —Chairman, Thomas Lowe; Secretary, A. Gaspar. The steward suggested that ail hands take good care of the linen, cots and cups. The three departments will take turns rotating in keeping the laun­ dry clean. September 24—Chairman, R. Beach; Secretary, F. P. O'Leary. Patrolman will be contacted to get in touch with the company about receiving mail. Sugges­ tion made that awning be placed on poop deck Had a little trouble getting trav­ elers checks cashed but when people see there Is nothing else to do they will cash them. Thanks given to the steward de­ partment for three good feeding trips. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), November 7—Chairman, M. G. Ohstrom; Secretary, D. Aguiia. Boston patrolman is contact­ ing .New York concerning new mattresses. Engine delegate will see the chief en­ gineer about a new hot water hose for washing machine, repairing latch on lower port engine room door and inade­ quate hot water in deck department showers. Puzzle Answer QSB DBS SIBB SSa [2]S!2ia[Sg) . [saBD : ESBQizaa sss .sDssia Hiaseii GOH@@ QBSiaas ^ QsizDssQ Esaa BBD [SDQC] ••a ODB Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying opener, screwdriver, cap lifter, corkscrew and awl— everything a Seafarer might need in one compact knife. SPORTS LANTERNS: Two interesting and useful battery-powered lanterns, for men who like hunting, fish­ ing and outdoor camping, are the Chest Light and the Head Lantern, sold by sporting goods stores and the large mail order houses like Montgomery Ward. The Chest Light is the size of a pack of cigarettes. You wear it around your neck on a strap. It was designed especially for night fishing so a man could use both hands for baiting hooks, etc. But it's even useful for changing a flat at night. The head lantern is designed like a miner's lamp and also frees a man's hands for fishing or other night activity. It can be worn on your head, carried as a hand lantern or used as a stationery light. It weighs only a quarter of a pound and has a long cord running to a four-cell battery case which you carry in your belt^ or pocket . ty �SEA^VxAiRSRatL^OtC 1_L Pare-EiffktecB.^^ ^ f 5IU Aids More PH5 Transfers *(»> SEAFARERS Several more Seafarers who have been treated in private or city hospitals have had SIU Welfare Services arrange transfers for them to a Public Health Service facility in recent weeks. One of them is Seafarer Victor Shavroff who suffered a severe compound fracture of his right leg enroute to his ship. As reported previously in the LOG the Public Health Serv­ ice will provide transportation for seamen from a private hospital to a Public Health facility in the event circum­ stances compel a seaman to seek treatment in a private hospital. Shavroff Further, PHS will pay the hospital bills in many instances, provided that PHS is notified immediately that the sea­ man seeks transfer. Welfare Service has been instru­ mental in arranging a good num­ ber of such transfers and seeing to it that the seamen's needs are met and that he has the necessary dis­ charges and seamen's papers on hand to qualify for admission to a PHS hospital. Ambulance Called In ShavrofC's case, he was on his way back to the Steel Artisan when he tripped and fell over an obstruction and was badly hurt. An ambulance was called, and Shayroff was rushed to Kings County hospital, a city institution, for immediate treatment. As soon as Welfare Services learned of the Seafarer's misfor­ tune, a Union representative head­ ed for the Kings County hospital to make necessary arrangements for his transfer. Because he un­ derwent extensive surgery on his fracture, Shavroff could not be moved immediately. What Welfare Services could do at the moment was to make certain that he was eligible to enter the Public Health Service hospital. Proof of his eli­ gibility was obtained, clearing the way for his transfer. ' After several days at King Coun­ ty, doctors in charge there notified the Union that Shavroff was in condition to make the ambulance trip across to Staten Island. The Public Health Service hospital was notified accordingly by Welfare Services and an ambulance sent to pick Shavroff up. Like other Seafarers involved in similar situations, Shavroff is eli­ gible for his SIU hospital benefit from the day he entered Kings 'County hospital. The hospital rep­ resentative will see to it that he collects -all money due him from the time of his injury. 0 (3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Je From 1 No, Seafarers Receivina Benefits this PeriodH 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer \ 1 Total Benefita Paid this Period | 1 ca WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hosoital Benefita Death Benefita Disability Benefita Maternity Benefita Vacation Benefita 1 Total Wvn .S-islI S Ooo 1 A M|| /. tfTS 00 AJ 3i mL I I 11 VP. rjir fA WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY following SIU families Henry James Gable, 1301 W. 7th the $200 maternity Street, Whistler, Ala. a $25 bond from the 4 4 4 baby's name: David Lee Hartline, born Sep­ Michael Ellis Prudhomme, born tember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Hartline, 2115 and Mrs. Joseph H. Prudhomme, Gaylord Drive, Dallas, Texas. 4 4 4 Covington, La. Debra Rae Casanova, born Sep­ 44> Keith Lee Ballance, born Octo- tember 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ober 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Casanova, 4303 CarMrs. Winfred N. Ballance, 218 W. tier Avenue, New Orleans, La. 16th Street, Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 Christopher Paul Achoy, born 4 Evonne Marie Richardson, born October 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Charles P. Achoy, 149 W. and Mrs. Hubert E. Richardson, 179th Street, Bronx, NY. Route 1, Box 35, Sulphur, La. 4 4 4 James Mitchell Black, bom Oq4 4 4 Deborah Anne Harbman, born tober 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and September 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James Black, 2058 Washing­ and Mrs. William H. Harbman, ton Avenue, Bronx, NY. 9027 W. Shorewood Drive, Mercer 4 4 4 Island, Wash. America Morales Muniz, born July 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Sharon Denise Juzang, born Oc­ Mrs. Jose Morales Vega, 263 tober 25, .1954. Parents, Mr. and Buenaventura Street, Villa PalMrs. James B. Juzang, 405 Calhoun meras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Delia Luz Perez, born August 27, 4,4 4 Marva Jean Gable, born August 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perez Negron, 334 Providencia All of the will collect benefit plus Union in the Operation Was Successful Street, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. 4 4 4 Jan Van, born October 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ching Z. Van, 134 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 4 4 4 4 Catherine Mary Rogers, born October 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick I. Rogers, 344 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Edward Michael Molineaux, born October 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Molineaux, 525 Pfiffer Street, Camden, NJ. Roberto Principe, Jr., born Octo­ ber 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roberto A. Principe, 514 £. 145th Street, Bronx, NY. Pedro Galarce, born September 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Galarce, 11 St. Marks Place, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 sasttd 3o — 00 f/ 00 22. S.ti99or4t 7f •Oi #1 • Date Benefits Beaaa WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 4 Marcus Webb Garrett, born Sep­ tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. Garrett, Route 1, Box 145, Fairbanks, Texas. 4 Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1930 * Death Benefita Paid Since luly 1. 1950 • Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 • Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total Cash on Hand Vacation (»Sl //J .sx. Bt/qy-r Of lS33at 9Q Vacation 00 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 'j ffa 707 rjt f fse //9OC0 ?7 CBJTBgiTI SQiBHS* Duclng th« Bonth of Cotobor tho Plan paid out ton DEATH BENEFITS oakihg a total for the year, aa at tho ond of Gotober, of 152. Tbo Plan alao paid out nlno-bundrod and thirty-two HOSPITAL BENEFITS'aaklBg a yoar to data totals aa of Getobor, of 9166* Tho aaount of MATBRNITI BEIEFITS paid for tho nonth of Gotober woro fifty-two, which glToa tho Plan a yoar to data total of A76e Thora woro thirty-olght DI3ABILITX BENEFITS paid during tba •onth, which glvoa a yoar to data total of 137Ge 1 %mhmine4 At Kcrfg Azuiumsf'KiminiRtrmteir Craig Philip Price, born October 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Price, 4611 Touro Street, New Orleans, La. James Lee Francum, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Francum, Route 9, Box 251, Lenoir, NC. Charles Wesley Stansbury, born October 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Stansbury, 19 Jeffry Street, Baltimore. Md. Judith Lynn Brookshire, born October 17,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire, 463 D Riverdale Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Tk Sharon Elizabeth Arscott, bom October 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Arscott, 1464 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Evelyn Vazquez, born October 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Polo Vazquez, 106 E. 116th Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ernest Jeffrey Harris, born Oc­ tober 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emest E4ison Harris, 3138 W. Solano Drive, South Phoenix, Arizona. y-.- ' ' "' , ' n Seafarer Bill Neef smUes happily from hii hospital bed after op­ eration to correct a long-standing eye-muscle defect Maik Darley, born August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mllburae Darley, 358 Drummond Park, Panama City, Fla. I SIU WELFARE SERVICES lEnunrar VOUft PR08UM IS OUR BUSINESS _ | �r-y^'-m Npir»r>i6;iAM<«W Group Off Seaffarers On The Mend SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Brothers, it looks like the Coast Guard is cooking up a little scheme on physical tests which would make it very tough on Seafarers. It appears they are out to hardtime all seamen, but especially the men who wind up in a hospital even though it was the shipowner's fault that they got hurt in the first place. The brothers in the hospitals can rest assured that the Union will fight this one all the way 4pwn the line. Watch the LOG for further details. Among the Union brothers hospitalized recently is Frank Strelitz of New York, who suffered an accident on the Seatrain Louisiana. Strelitz was night cook and baker aboard her, and was work­ ing in the meat box along with the steward when a heavy package of meat fell from the top shelf and hit him in the leg. .The result was a broken leg and a spell in the hospital for Brother Strelitz. Seafarer James Parker, AB off the Robin Trent, had to go in the hospital on November 18. Eye trouble has got him down. A double hernia put bi'other Joe Keelan out of action. Keelan was AB on the Chickasaw and entered the hospital on No­ vember 15. Leiner Seafarer Alexander Leiner of Brooklyn was laid low when his appendix started acting up. It appears that the doctors may operate on him in the near future. Leiner was carpenter on the Steel Fabricator his last trip out. Sam Jonas' troubles come from kidney stones. He's been in the hospital since November 15 getting treatment. His last ship was the Seagarden. Fred Delapenha, chief steward on the Steel Navi­ gator, had to go in the hospital for treatment of a skin rash that's been bothering him. Fred lives ashore in New York. A touch of high blood pres­ sure is keeping Seafarer Frank Fandino out of action for a while. He was fireman-watertender on the Alcoa Roamer his last trip. Among the other brothers now in the hospital are E. Ramirez off the Beauregard; John Quigley, who was messman on the Steel, Rover; Thomas Maher, who was oiler on the Steel Traveler; Albert Delapenha Willis, oiler on the Bethcoaster on his last trip and George Robinson who was readmitted with a heart ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Joseph F. Adams James Hudson Thomas Ankerson Henry Jeffrey Leonard Kay Louis Arena Wini.nm D. Austin £. G. Knapp WUliam R. Bates D. KoroUa Paul Laborde Perry Bland Leo H. Lang Victor Bonura Pierre Leblanc George Books Tbeo E. Lee Charles Brady Jesse Lyles John E. Brady James M. Mason August A. Brosig Vincent Michel Owen Butler Nick Mutin ^hn Carolan Sebastian Carregal Albert W. Nelson WillUm D. Ott C. W. Champlin Aurello Patlngo Cloise Coats Randolph Ratcllft S. Cope WUliam Roberts £mile P. Davies Henri Robin Joseph Denton M. J. Rodriguez Serio M. Desoso Clarence Dyer Edward Samrock Harry L. Schuler John Emory Benjamin Seal Marcus Evans Luther Seldle Thomas Fields Wade Sexton WUliam Fisher Paul Signorlno Olever Flynn Warren Simmons Leo Flntenot George Glerczie Nicholas Tala J. Vonholden George Gordano Roy M. Green J. E. Ward Paul Hebert Milton Wetzell Lyle Hipp WUUam Witty USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. WUliam E. Ellis l.estcr C. Long Jack M. Hudson Mike Michellk S. Johannessenn Richard L. Welch USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Albert DeForest USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong G. M. Gonzales Lyles D. Brunson Abel N. Salas W. S. Connors « Joseph Solleau Thomas Dawson Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Carl R. Johnson Henry J. Chllds Aloyslus Kessen C. J. Neumaler Luke Clamboll Leo Cronsohn Joe Perreira GUbcrt Promutico Andrew Franklin Franklin Gilman W. Tlmmerman Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Arthur Botelho George F. Lechler B. M. Bumpass JERSEY CITY POLY HOSP. JERSEY CITY. NJ Ssteban Morales USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSP. MIAMI. FLORIDA William O. Gregory SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Feseph Xoslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Woodrow A. Meyers Edward J. Toolan PHILADELPHIA GEN. HOSP. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nlelson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed , A. H. Mander George T. Coleman WUliam E. Neel ' Irving DeNobriga Joseph Neuhaucr John J. Doherty Oscar Olsen Joseph P. Farrell Abe Partner Brigido Figueroa John Qulgley George W. Flood W. L. Rackley David S. Furman Jose Rodriguez EsteU Godfrey Mattl Ruusukallio Fred Hauser Jose Salgado Vlncent Jones WiUiam Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Chong Sun Richard Koch Pedro Vlllabol Nils H. Lunsquist Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrlck Hurlbut Free Francis Lynch Claude Blanks Joseph McGraw Robert Booker Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Frank Mackey Joseph G. Carr Vic Mllazzo Ho Yee Choe Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Pedro Peralto Bart Gutanick John Hass James C. PoweU Talb Hassen George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemora John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwlg Kristiansen Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry • Harry S. Tuttle James Lawlor Renato VlUata Kaarel Leetmaa Virgil Wllmoth James Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alassvich Arnfin A. Oyhui E. F. Broussard J. £. SennevUle Walter E. Gordon Matthew A. Stabile USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Jlmmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore Rufus L. Field A. A. Turlington James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb Albert W. Lima JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. FA. Royal Hargraves USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Marcelo Arong Hugo B. Jeffcoat Thomas B. Bryant T. E. Lanphear John Castro Peter Lannon Carl E. Chandler Robert G. McKnew Oswald M. Ergle Roscoe T. MUton Max FeUx Eugene G. Plahn Louis Flrlle Thomas A. Scanlon Gorman T. Glaze Weldon C. Wade Michael Jablonskl J. C. Whatley Edward Janowski Chambers Wlnskey ;v! Recuperating from a variety of injuries at the Staten Island USPHS hospital are these five Seafarers. Standing, left to right, are: George Coleman, John Doherty, and Norman West, Seated, George Flood and Matty Ruusukallio. Lobster Tail Tainted, Co. Blames Victim Rock lobster tails are considered a delicacy by many people but there's one Seafarer who will have no part of them from now on. He is Edwin Christian, who went through a lengthy bout of food poisoning after dining on the South African specialty while aboard the Robin Trent. ' Piling insult on injury, the that he get further medical treat­ obligation over and. above apy company tried to get Christian ment. He checked in at the Staten maintenance and cure that was due to sign a statement, which declared, Island hospital where his ailment him. The .statement declared, was diagnosed as severe food among other things, that Christian among other poisoning. things, that he knew the food was bad when he Since he is still not fit for duty ate it. was aware the Christian came up to the headquar­ food was tainted Christian wisely refused to sign ters Welfare Services office for the statement and hotfooted it before he ate it. advice on how to collect mainte­ back to the M'elfare Services office. Christian hasn't signed the pa­ nance and cure. The company Welfare Services gently reminded pers, and SIU office was contacted and Christian the company that he would not was sent there to pick up money have to sign any statements of this Welfare Services due him. has made it clear kind to collect his maintenance to the company When he got to the company money. At last word, Christian had Christian that he would not office he was first asked to sign a not signed the paper and wa& well have to sign them to collect his statement which would iiave re­ on his way toward receiving full lieved the company of financial compensation for his ailment. maintenance and cure. Out of Action Christian's troubles began aboard the Robin Trent after the lobster tail dinner in a South African port. He and several other crewmembers became violently ill with all the standard symptoms of food poison­ ing. While he was given medica­ A Seafarer who was suddenly stricken seriouslv ill had his tion, he failed to recover and was wife rushed to his bedside from Houston, Texas, with the out of action all the way back to assistance of SIU Welfare Services. Further, as soon as he the States. was well enough to be moved,• — On the ship's arrival in New the Union arranged for him to i Houston branch office and asked York, Christian was examined by a be transferred from a local the agent there to get in touch "ompany doctor who recommended hospital to the Public Health Serv- with Eklund's wife. Once she was ice Hospital on Staten Island notified, Welfare Services made arwhere he is now given a decent rangements for her to fly to Eklund's bedside. chance of pulling through. „ , „ „ in a few days, Eklund started to Seafarer Gustave Eklund was ij-espond to medical treatment. Despite the best efforts of aboard the Seatrain Savannah when Meanwhile, Weifare Services was the authorities, the Public he suddenly suffered a severe re­ in constant touch with the hospital. Health Service Hospitals are currence of an old ulcer ailment. As soon as the Union office was still plagued with ambulance He was in serious condition and notified tliat Eklund could be chasers. Seafarers approached had to receive immediate medical moved, it made arrangements with by these characters or their treatment. Fortunately, the ,ship the Public Health Service for an front men are advised for was docked at Edgewater, New ambulance to pick him up and take their own good to give them a Jersey, and Eklund was rushed to him to Staten Island. fast brushoff. the Englewood Hospital for emer­ Eklund was transferred on No­ It is well known that the gency aid. vember 15, and is still on the criti­ ranks of the ambulance chasers Welfare Services was notified cal list. His wife stood by him for contain many who will charge from the hospital that Eklund was two weeks and then, satisfied that excessive fees or simply sell in critical condition and miglit not he was receiving the best possible out their clients to the com­ survive. It contacted the SIU's care, returned home to Houston. panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or The deaths of the following Sea­ rence, Massachusetts. Burial took injured and being hypnotized farers have been reported to the place at Immaculate Conception by a fast line of chatter. Wait Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachu­ until you are "recovered and $2,500 death benefits are being setts. Brother Lane joined the then if you need an attorney Union in June 1940, in New York paid to their beneficiaries: go out and shop around for and has been sailing as an AB. He the best attorney and the best John D. Lane, 50: On November is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vena deal you can get. 10, 1954, Brother Lane died of na­ Lane, 210 Arlington Street, Law­ tural causes at liis home in Law­ rence, Massachusetts. Seafarer Seriously Ailing, Wife Flown To Bedside Beware Ot Cane Chasers 1 �u SEAFARERS^ LOG Nov. 26, 1954 * OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND QULf DISTRICT > AFL 7 •1 Seafaring men have a unique sef of customs for all occasions, and the sea burial is very much a part of their tradition. Whether it is performed because of a dying wish, simple sentiment, or for health and safety reasons, the burial at sea is a singu­ larly solemn affair. The flag dips to half-mast, ship's engines come to a halt and the ship's log records the time, place and cause of the event while his shipmates gather on deck to pay their last respects. Ship's flag (above, left) stays at half-masf for as long as the deceased remains aboard the vessel. Here, Bosun H. Knaflich (left) and L. Tyburczy, DM, sew up the canvas. For his passage to the deep, the departing seaman is entombed in a weighted canvas bag or casket draped with the flag and a solemn prayer is intoned. Soon after, engines resume, and' the work of the living goes on. -«> m 11"' • • • The photos on this page record the burial of Seafarer Peter Cheklin, 56, a member of the SlU for the past ten years, who died of a heart attack on August 31, 1954, aboard the SS Mother M.L, enroute from San Francisco to Korea. pn day of funeral, engines stop and crew gathers to pay last respects. Chief Mate reads Bible as ship's delegate A. Anderson (short sleeves). Captain, others bow heads. r In mid-ocean, orew observes two minutes of silence In tribute to their departed shipmate after prayer is read at short burial service on dech. end of service, make-shift platform holding flagaped coffin is dipped towards sea and the weighted g drops into water. The ceremony performed at that time was typical of those which ships' crews are called on to perform on such occasions and which seamen have been taking part In for centuries. After the deceased is given to the sea, orew lines rail to pay last tribute as first and third assistant engineers oarefully fold the fiag. iinglnes start up again and ship circles buoy dropped to mark the place of burial three times. This is "last look and foodby," as ship's work and voyage rssumes. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource November 24, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GOV'T AGENCY REVIVES DRIVES AGAINST '50-50' BALTO HALL SERVICES HUM CAFETERIA MAKES DEBUT VOTE HEAVY IN ALL PORTS GA. TOWN'S 'LICENSE' BARS UNION ACTIVITY ISTHMIAN TO CALL AT HONG KONG CRIMP RIG PROMISES-BUT... FUTURE OF RESERVE FLEET TO HING ON CONVERSIONS NO HALL ADDING LAUNDRY, NEW RECREATION FACILITIES CS TO TRADE 7 T-2'S FOR 3 SUPERTANKERS SOUTH ATLANTIC MAY GET SUBSIDY COAST GUARD AMBUSH HOPE FOR THE HOSPITALS LATE STARTERS CAN APPLY 20 YEARS AGO SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, ROUGH SEAS PROVE BAD 'DAILY DOUBLE' ON MADAKET TOP SKIPPER RATES A PAT, SEAMAN SAYS SIU AIDS MORE PHS TRANSFERS LOBSTER TAIL TAINTED, CO. BLAMES VICTIM BURIAL AT SEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3b094e82d6019bf595460e08d27fb0fe.PDF 832e42f0e4c388242ad0d0cf46f9a5e9 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG D«e. 10, 1954 • OFFICiAl ORGAN OF THE S E A FA R E R S I N T E R N AT I O N A I UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL ,VC M :¥-\ M •u: I Tramp Aid -Story on Page 3 New Orleans Sets Mark, Making it official by signing a Union receipt for his check, Seafarer Floyd H. Smith, FOWT (left), receives SIU vacation benefits of $40.53 for about ICQ days' work less taxes from Patrolman Herman Troxclair at the New Orleans hall. The payment to Smith put the total paid out in nearly three years by the port's SIU branch over the half-milliondollar mark. Payments throughout the A&G District since the vacation benefits began in February, 1952, total $3,885,581.77. y< Lighf Goes Out. I' ;M'- • '• : 'H. -if:'" (iSf. fate A familiar landmark to Sea­ farers sailing to Europe, the lightship South Goodwin is shown after she became a vic­ tim of a coastal storm which took the lives of her seven• man crew. The vessel wound up resting on a sandbank „ near Deal, Kerit, England, af­ ter hurricane-like winds over­ turned her on Nov. 29. Here, frogmen from a British frig­ ate use acetylene torches to try and cut into her hull and . search for the missing crew-. ; men. Raging seas also caused -'severe' damage elsewhere in ' the area. '-V-: "'S| ''4.1 �. SlU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOUBlETALK <««l«4UbwnM|ilft4 Training snip NOW jn iwobii* Taken aback by the SIU's point by point demolishment of its proposed superman brainbody exam program aimed at ironclad control of all merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard was deep in doubletalk and confusion this week. At Coast Guard headquart--^ ers in Washington action on satisfactory physical examination necessary to flght any attempt to put clvlUan workers under military the proposed plan was report­ set-up. edly at a standstill and spokesmen "The admiral should be reminded controL" were hastening to assure all call­ that the improvements that have The proposals, which have now ers that the plan was just a feeler changed merchant ships from un­ been punched full ef holes by the and was nothing to get excited safe, foul, disease-breeding holes to SIU and the SUP, consist of a 60about as the Coast Guard hasn't relatively decent places to live and page "profile" system of physical even submitted it to its legal de­ work were brought about solely by mental and emotional examina­ partment for a study of its future. the unions. The Coast Guard never tions of seamen. Any seaman who Taking the totally opposite posi­ once has been on the side of the failed to satisfy the examiners on tion, the commandant of the Coast seamen. a wide variety of qualifications, Guard told a maritime meeting in such as sense of smell, education, SS Helen Case Florida this week that it will go family background, clearness oi "Perhaps the admiral remembers speech, ahead with its project despite a and a long list of other far­ storm of criticism. yice-Admiral the SS Helen case, to give but one fetched reasons would be flunked A. C. Richmond said the criticism example. In that instance the crew out of the industry as being unsafe of the proposals by maritime refused to shift the ship because for duty. The proposals were unions resulted from "general mis­ she was undermanned and unsafe drawn up in such a way as to per­ understanding of the project, to leave the pier. The Coast Guard, mit blackballing of men-who took which is to benefit the average instead of seeing to it that the com­ the lead in beefing about shippany put the proper number of beard conditions, or participated Now in Mobile following a run down from New York, the Sea­ seafarer." farers training ship Andrew Furuseth is shown plowing her way Admiral Richmond's rema^ men aboard, hauled the crew be­ in union actions. southward with a full crew of SIU men aboard. JFrom all accounts, were immediately termed a "phony fore one of their courts and at­ Two-Point Criticism both ship and crew weathered some heavy blows during the trip, bleeding heart routine" by SIC tempted to bar them from work­ The Coast Guard's varied reac­ but no damage was suffered. ing as seamen. Here it was the Un­ Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. tions came after the SIU and SUP ion and only the Union that step­ "This is the old military alibi," Hall said, "that workers need more ped to the defense of these men analyzed and exploded its proposals and more bureaucratic controls, against unsafe working conditions. on two counts: 1.) the attempt to while completely ignoring the fact "We haven't misunderstood the impose additional military controls that the unions, the companies and Coast Guard's proposals one bit. on civilian workers, without justi­ A. the USPHS already have a totally We're going to take every action fication of any national emergency, second, the far-fetched and ridicu­ lous content of the tests which were so drawn as to offer grounds The SlU-contracted P&O Steamship Company, operators of for flunking out every human be­ the Florida, have purchased the Denali from ,&e Alaska ing that was ever bom. Steamship Company, for pse oh the Florida-Cuba run. A Coast Guard's sudden discovery skeleton SIU crew from Tam-' that the proposals have not even pany will place the Denali in serv­ been passed by its own legal de­ pa and Miami has been flown ice between Florida's Gulf Coast, partment came despite the fact Co Seattle to take the ship Key West, and Havana. This has around to the East Coast. become an increasingly-popular WASHINGTON—Apparently anxious to complete its strip­ they were printed and distributed The Denali was operated for run with tourists headed for Cu­ as an official Coast Guard docu­ ping of the US merchant fleet before the end of the year and in advance of the shift to Democratic control of the Congress ment. Nor has the Coast Guard many years in the Seattle to Al­ ban and Caribbean ports via claimed it has the legal right to aska passenger service. Recently Florida. in January, the Maritime Ad--*put these proposals into effect the Alaska Steamship Company Negotiations are now in progress ministration this week gave the registries of either Panama, Li­ without specific authorization from abandoned its passenger opera­ between P&O and the SIU as to its blessing to the 52nd for­ beria or Honduras. tions and the ship has been idle contract terms. Further details Congress. eign-flag transfer of a dry cargo At the time the MA declared its Further investigation by the SIU since. will be carried in the next issue of Liberty ship since mid-August. Of policy on the issue, it was expected SEAFARERS LOG. Reports are that the P&O Com­ (Continued on page 17) these, 18 had been manned by that about half of the US-flag Seafarers. trampship fleet would be involved The transfer balance-s h e e t in transfers, and that is the pre­ showed 13 new transfers in the diction which seems to be coming past three weeks, five of which in­ closer to reality with every new volved SlU-contracted vessels. Ob­ report of an approved switch in servers believe now that the peak registry and flag. of 60-70 transfers which was pre­ Bull Line Switch dicted four months ago will now Meanwhile, the lone bright spot definitely be reached before Janu­ for Seafarers in the whole transfer ary 1. scramble came when Bull Lipe This figure was based on the ex­ sold and transferred two of its pected effects of the MA's "one for Libertys in a deal which added two" transfer rule, which permits two C-2s to its fleet. The exchange a shipowner to transfer one out provides a few additional jobs for of every two vessels he owns to Seafarers since the SIU manning scale for the C-2s is higher than that for the Libertys. The transaction involved the sale of the Marina and Rosario to Dec. 10, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 25 Isla Colon Naviera SA of Panama As I See It Page 6 for operation under the Liberian Burly Page 16 flag. In r'itum. Bull will operate Crossword Puzzle Page 8 the Plandome and Short Hills, Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 both C-2s and formerly the Ward Editorials Page 9 Line's Siboney and Oriente in Galley Gleanings Page 15 Cuban service. The exchange in­ Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 8 volved a cash payment of $175,000 Labor Round-Up Page 8 by Bull Line for the more valu­ At left. Seafarer William O. Alston (standing) receives a $19 meal book from patrolman Louis Neira Letter of The Week Page 9 able C-2 tonnage. at the Mobile SIU hall. Later, at the dining room in the nearby Catholic Maritime Club, Alston has Letters Page 16 The SlU-contracted company breakfast and hands book to waitress V. Evans, who will clip out tickets for the amount of his cheeky Maritime Page 8 also gained some 70,000 cubic feet Meet The Seafarer Page '8 of refrigerated space on each of its Established recently as the newest SIU welfare service, the meal book program for SeafMNotices, Personals Page 17 newly-acquired vessels, which will Off Watch Page 14 get good use on the line's New ers waiting to ship has already proven extremely popular. The program enables SIU men to obtain a l^ok ot tickets good for $10 in meals at recognized eating places in all ports on a Port Reports Pages 12, 13 York-Puerto Rico service. Quiz Page 14 In addition to the Rosario and six-month loan. SIU History Cartoon Page 6 Marina, other former SIU ships in­ Originally tested at the SIU the tickets, which are printed in in Six months. Sports Line Page 15 volved in the latest transfers were headquarters Any SIU seaman meeting the cafeteria in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 Vote of Thanks Page 9 the Christos M. (Mariner Ship­ New York, the propam was ex­ cents, to pay for their meals, and simple requirements, and who has Washington News Letter. .Page 7 ping), Holystar (Intercontinental tended as soon as arrangements the restaurant or cafeteria operator been on an SlU-contracted ship for Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 Steamship) and Barbara Michel could be made in other ports with subsequently redeems them for at least one day in the previous Welfare Report Page 18 (Norlo Shipping). Earlier transfers local restaurant operators. The cash from the Union or directly 12 months qualifies under the plan. Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 included the General Patton, Tro­ meal book tickets can be used as from the SIU Welfare Plan. Loans can then be repaid at the next payoff. The six-month limit Apply At SIU Halls jan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, cash at the cafeterias in both the Publlthod bIwMkly at Hi* hMdquarfar* of ttio Saafarar* Intamatlonal Union, At­ Purplestar, Greenstar, Books can be obtained at all will be extended in cases where Western NY- and Baltimore halls, and in lantic A Culf District AFL, 475 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, Cap­ other ports at specified eating halls by an application stating a men enter a marine hospital for f-6440. EntaraO as sacond class mattar tain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, places close to the halls. man is registered and waiting to treatment or are on a ship when at tha Fost Offfca In Brooklyn, NY, undar ship, and will repay the cost with­ payment is due. Christine and Lucile Bloomfield. Seafarers waiting to ship, use< fha Act of Aufust- 34, 3213. MA Speeds Transfers; 52 Libertys Flee US P&O Buys Alaska Ship For Cuba Seafarers Hail Meal Book Plan SEAFARERS LOG �SKAPft REKS1 tO€ \ •' " .^r. ',. Tramp Subsidies^ Vessel Trade-ins ":-trr Amonr Seafarers and family members who celebrated Thanksrlv In; Day in SIU halls was rroup In Baltimore cafeteria (above) and in New York headauarters (below). Faclnr NY camera is Seafarer Lionel Abrainson, with Seafarer Henry Simmons across table. WASHINGTON—A freightship trade-in program and other aids for the con­ struction of new US cargo ships have been proposed by the administration as part of its lOSS-legislative program for the merchant marine. In addition, the administra­ tion intends to give official support for the first time to subsidy proposals for tramp ship operators. While containing several proposals designed to stimulate the US flag merchant marine, both^ tanker trade-in bill adopted at the Butler explained, would make it subsidized and unsubsi- last session of Congress. In the a lot easier to push a ship con­ dized, the administration tanker bill, privately-owned ships struction program because it program makes no mention of the continuing transfers of Liberty ships and some pas­ senger vessels to runaway flags. The Liberty transfers have now reached a total of 52 ships. On the positive side, Senator 4ohn Butler of Maryland, Repub­ lican, chairman of the Senate Wa­ ter Transportation Subcommittee in the last Congress, has revealed proposals which the Department of Commerce intends to make at the coming legislative session. Some of these proposals are still getting a look-see from the Bureau of the Budget. Ten Proposals The entire Commerce Depart­ ment program is a broad one, in­ volving ten proposals. The trade-in plan, while not spelled out in de­ tail, apparently would parallel the SIU Host At Turkey Day Feeds Seafarers on ships at sea, ashore in SIU halls and at their homes made it a happy V ir ten years of age or more are be­ ing traded in to the Government in return for a generous allowance toward construction costs of new vessels. The traded-in ships go into the Government-owned re­ serve fleet. A dry-cargo program would tend to upgrade the "Gov­ ernment reserve fleet considerably by adding numbers of C-type ships to the current stock of Libertys and, at the same time, giving both subsidized and non-subsidized op­ erators an opportunity to moder­ nize their ships. Nothing has been said yet as to how many ships the Government proposes to accept^ in these tradeins. Operating subsidies for tramp operators have long been talked about but never submitted to Con­ gress with administration backing. The Commerce Department propo­ sal speaks of subsidizing "certain" tramp operators, indicating a lim­ ited number would be involved in any case. Construction Funds Another proposal would author­ ize non-subsidized operators to set up special vessej construction funds which would receive more favorable tax treatment. Owners of new ships would also be per­ mitted to accelerate depreciation, a bookkeeping gimmick which would reduce taxes considerably. An important part of the pro­ gram would be reactivation and replenishment of the ship con­ struction revolving fund. This is considered essential to any longrange construction program. It was authorized originally under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, but has been inoperative in recent years. The fund would be established by appropriations and receipts from Government mortgages as well as the" sale and charter of Govern­ ment-owned vessels. The revolving fund. Senator and festive Thanksgiving Day with traditional holiday dinners the first order of business. All SIU ports put aside the roatine of job calls and other Union business and devoted themselves to turning out holiday dinners for Seafarers, their wives and. chil­ dren. Over 300 dinners were serv­ Del Sud crew had lively time at shipboard Thanksgiving party. Here ed in the headqubrters port of stewardesses and beautician enjoy horseplay with other Seafarers New Yqrk, with the younger "gen­ in passenger ship's steward department. eration very much in .evidence and doing their share. Baltimore prop­ erly inaugurated its new cafeteria by holding open house for Seafar­ ers, while other SIU halls arrang­ ed for temporary set-ups to take care of the partying. As in previous years, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved a $25 special Christ­ mas bonus for Seafarers in the hospitals during Christmas week. This $25 is in addition to Festive Shipboard On board ship SIU cooks and the standard $15 weekly benefit paid all year round by the Welfare Plan. bakers vied with each other to The bonus is payable to all turn out memorable dinners for Seafarers who are hospitaliz­ during their regular weekly visits meet from time to time to alter the crews. The SIU>-manned pas­ ed for more than one day dur­ to the hospitals. Seafarers eligible the hospital benefits if circum­ senger ship Del Sud came up with ing the week of December 19-29 for the bonus who do not collect it stances warrant it. The practice an elaborate menu of more than inclusive.^ on the day of the representatives' of voting a Christmas bonus was 60 items, featuring such attractions Normally there are 200 oi^ more visit can get their money by noti­ instituted Initially to give hospital­ as seafood cocktail, egg nog, broil- Seafarers in the Public Health fying Welfare Services in SIU ized men a little extra cash around '•i pompano, turkey, roast beef Service hospitals at any time. As headquarters. the holiday season for personal ex­ and baked ham. Seven vegetables, such the $25 bonus amounts to The trustees' vote on the bonus tras and any gifts they might want three salads, plus an assortment of $5,000 or more in additional bene­ is in line with their authority to to buy. cheese, mince pie, ice cream and fits for hospitalized Seafarers. other desserts and beverages. The Aside from the. hospital gift, the whole dinner was topped oif with trustees also voted to provide boxes of cigars. Other SIU ships Christmas dinners for men on the put out equally attractive holiday beach in the various ports, simi­ fare. lar to the Thanksgiving Day The shoreside Thanksgiving din­ dinners. ners are unique with the SIU Distributed At Hospitals among maritime unions and have been standaid^ Union practice for SIU hospital representatives will many years. • r .distribute tbe bonus, money in cas|i Vote Xmas Bonus To Sick would reduce the amount of appro­ priations that would have to be voted by Congress each year. In other words, the Government would be able to go ahead with its construction program without hav­ ing to rely on each Congress to vote appropriations for the entire cost of the program. Other aspects of the program include revision of, methods for figuring construction subsidies, a proposal for permanent authority to provide marine war risk insur­ ance, authority to do experimental work on merchant ships such as the current Liberty modernization program, and legislation verifying (Continued on page 17) Co's Can't Blackball SIU Men e An imsuccessful company attempt to deny a Seafarer employment because of a maintenance and cure claim high­ lights an important safeguard in SIU hiring practices. The prevail­ ing practice in the SIU is that a company cannot refuse to accept a man dispatched from the hall be­ cause of any lawsuits, past or pres­ ent, or any past medical record. The only ground for rejection is the man's current medical condi­ tion. At one time it was common prac­ tice for many steamship companies to "refuse employment to Seafarers involved in lawsuits against them. Now such cases are extremely rare. In the latest instance, the Val­ entine Tanker Company, operator of the Val Chem, attempted to deny employment to a Seafarer who had left the ship previously for medical treatment. The Sea­ farer had a maintenance and cure claim pending when he was again shipped to the Val Chem, but he had not filed any suit. Union rep­ resentatives immediately went to bat for the Seafarer, pointing out he had been cleared by the Public Health Service as fit for duty. The company reversed its stand and has also paid the maintenance money due the Seafarer. Some Seafarers have been under the impression that shipping com­ panies still follow the practice of refusing to hire men vrtio have been injured on their ships in the past, or who have filed suits against them, past or present, for any reason. Consequently they have not been throwing in for jobs with those companies. Seafarers are assured they can feel free to throw in for jobs with any SlU-contracted company, as long as they are deemed fit for duty by the Public Health Service. �New Bustling With Activity Seafarers d-owd patrolmen's counter at rear of spacious shipping hall to query patrolman rni fa­ cilities of new building as well as prospects for future shipping. Behind counter, patrolmen A1 Stansbury (left) and Rex Dickey handle flurry of"~questions as men register, check rotary shipping list and get job assignments. r a THERE'S BREN QUITE SOME TALK RECENTLY; AND SOME activity as well, on the matter of niodernizing old Government-owned ships. It appears that the Maritime Administration is going ahead rapidly with plans to remake at least four Libertys into higher-speed vessels with new power plants and engine rooms and with, experimental cargo-handling equipment and other new gear on deck, ' . .. J Now andther Government proposal has come to light for ti trade-in of dry , cargo ships. Naturally If this proposal is to be seriously con­ sidered it will be welcomed by all unions. But it does raise a ques­ tion as-to the kind of ships the operators will build under this,Gov­ ernment-sponsored program. Unions Not Consnltcd So far neither your ^ion, nor any other organization i%presenting the men who actually work on the ships has been invited to give any views on matters affecting the interests of crewmembers.- The same situation existed -when the Mariner ships were built, with the result that while the ships are modern and superior in design in most re­ spects there are some obvious drawbacks, such as splitting up watchstanders in separate foc'sles, which could have been avoid^. And on some of the Mariners, Seafarers reported the profusion of equipment on deck was such as to make it extremely difficult to work cargo. Your Union wonders then whether in modernizing the Libertys the MaFitime Administration has given any thought to modernizing them for the men who will work them as well as for the cargo- they will carry. Will any changes be made in the foc'sles, galley and messrooms and will the new cargo-handling gear be safer and easier to work with? Haa anybody thought of air-conditioning the ships, a big asset to crew comfort and efficiency? And since the Coast Guard says it's so worried about the dangerous and unpleasant conditions existing on ships today, have the admirals submitted any plans of their own to make the converted Libertys safer, more pleaShnt and less of a strain on the seamen that sail them? Your Union would certainly be-pleasahtly surprised if the;^ ; v ^ Another view of the two-deck combination shipping and meeting hall in the Baltimore building, which features balcOny set-up for extra seating as well as some of the building's recreational facili­ ties. Shipping board (not shown) is identical to the one at New York- headquarters except that it is somewhat smaller. . y It. liC^. te"' \fk'- |4If ts I. SOME NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE. ill-fated Mormackite which went down with 37 of her nien. Ih this in­ stance survivors have reported that the cargo of iron oMidiffted be­ fore she went down.. Further testimony has it that the ship was loaded in a Brazilian port by chutes and nobody was sent into the hold to trim and level off the ore so that it would not shift at sea. The practice of hand-trimming bulk cargoes like ore, coal,-phosphate, and the like is a well-established one in most places where cargoes of this type are handled. For some reason though, it has not been done in this particular Brazilian port, although many cargoes of ore are loaded there regularly by the operators of the Mormackite. "nie Mormackite sinking recalled for Seafarers the Southern Isles loss in similar circumstances three years before. In that instance there were also lengthy Coast Guard- hearings and testimony was given to the effect that the ship was overloaded. Urew 'Profile' Wouldn't Help It appears in the case of the Mormackite as in the case of the South­ ern Isles there was nothing the crew on board could have done to save the ships from disaster, but that something might have been done to see that they were properly loaded in the first Instance. It didn't mat­ ter much, oncethe ships were loaded as they were, whether any crewmember could or could not pass a Coast Guard "profile" test. In any event no matter how carefully a ship is prepared for sea, the possibility of accident always , will exist, just as the recent disaster in a coal mine in West Virginia, which blew up a half-hour after it had been inspected and approved for safety. It's for protection against the unforeseen that seamen have a Jones Act which allows them to recover for their suffering in such instances, a protection which the Coast Guard plan could eliminate. i t NOT ALL OF OUR UNION BROTHERS CAN LOOK FORWARD Recreational facilities on top deck of modern SIU building get full play from SIU men waiting to ship and killing time between job calls. The hall also boasts a television room and writing room and the innovation of a glass-enclosed sun deck on this same floor offering a good view of the en­ tire city. L- to the best of holiday seasons, but. this year as |n the past your Union's Welfare Plan Is going to do its part to smooth matters for men in the hospitals. They will be getting $25 extra In thefr Christmas stocking this year as In the past to help out over the holidays. Your Union wishes them a speedy recovery and smooth sailing for all hands in 1955. -« '/ Barber shop and shoeshine stand (not shown) are popular fea­ tures 6f building, as are shower room and laundry drop elsewhere In hall. Here, Seafarer WiUiam Monway is getting a tonsorial operation at the hands of barber John Battaglia. • ' Modem cafeteria provides meals for hungry SIU men at moderate prices, under auspices of SIU Welfare Pjan. Kitchen will also serve needs of the still Incomplete Baltimore Port 'O Call Bar, Which will be styled somewhat after the original Port '0 Call in NY, btit will be much larger, conJ -^ "• 'NJ-'I talning i roohjy stage and a dahce,floor as well as tables for sdrviie. �:D«neiiiber.]«».l«H S'E}4FA»R'EfR»3 te Mark r»g$ riv* NLRB Speeds WC Vote Bid SIU west coast affiliates moved a step closer to a three-department bargaining election when the National Labor Relations Board threw out unfair labor practice charges inspired by Harry Bridges. The charges, while ostensibly aimed at the shipowners, were an at­ tempt to wreck the hiring-' halls of the Sailors Union of ber voted "no union" under in­ by filing "unfair labor practice" the Pacific and the Marine structions from "Local 100," which charges. Normally the Labor Firemen's Union as part of an ef­ failed to get on the ballot. Board would handle these charges fort to forestall a general bargain­ The result of the "Local 100" before going ahead with an elec­ ing election on West Coast ships. tactic was to deprive steward de­ tion, and the Bridges' maneuver The SUP and the Firemen, in partment men of a union contract was obviously designed to tie mat­ conjunction with the AFL Marine for the balance of the year. ters up indefinitely. Cooks and Stewards, have filed for Once the SUP Pacific District However, in this instance the an election as the SIU Pacific Dis­ filed for a new vote. Bridges at­ Labor Board disposed of. the trict. If the vote is held, it will tempted to stall off certain defeat charges in short order. settle the union ' affiliations of steward department men on West Coast ships and eliminate the last Communist foothold in the Ameri­ can merchant marine. ^ There is no doubt that the SIU Pacific District would win such an election overwhelmingly. Opposed By Bridges The Pacific District's election petition has been opposed from the start by Bridges' longshore union which has been attempting to or­ ganize steward department men into "Local 100." The West Coast longshoremen entered the field af­ ter the collapse of the Commun­ ist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, now virtually defunct for all intents and purposes. In a previous election held last winter, the NUMC&S appeared on the ballot opposing the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards. In that vote MCS-AFL won a clear majority of those choosing between the two unions, but a larger num­ SUP Annual Poll Opens Depositing his ballot in the ballot box at SIU headquarters, Sea­ farer G. DiGirolopio became the 1,000th voter to cast a ballot in NY on November 30, just two weeks after voting in the Union's 1955-'56 election for officers began. Polls committee member Wil­ liam "Tiny" McDonald stamps "voted" in DiGirolomo's member­ ship book. Voting continues until January 15. in Plan Sets Rules For Reapplying Union and shipowner trustees for the Seafarers Welfare Plan this week issued a reminder to those Seafarers or chil­ dren of SIU men who lost out in. previous bids for SIU scholarship benefits and who ' are interested in applying for Board examination and ' submit the four 1955 awards worth proof of at least one day's seatime aboard an SlU-contracted ship in $6,000 apiece. Candidates who are reapplying the current year. The next College Entrance Board for the awards do not have to submit the full set of credentials tests scheduled will be given on required of original applicants, January 8 and March 12. Late •such as high school transcripts, applications will be accepted up letters of reference and records of until January 1 on the first exam seatime for themselves or a parent. and until March 5 on the second. However, they must notify the The regular closing dates on these Administrator of the Welfare Plan tests are December 14. and Feb­ that they are competing again. . ruary 19. Further information can In addition, they wiU have in­ be gotten from the SIU Welfare take another College Entrance Plan, 11 Broadway, New York, NY. Be Sure To Get Travel Vouchers SUP member S. A. Beard casts his ballot In New York as Sailors Union of the Pacific's annual election for officers got underway In all ports on December 1. Arnold Steinberg officiates at SUP voting booth as members of polls committee. Seafarers paying off at ports other than the port of sign-on should make sure to get a re­ turn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher if they are to collect trans­ portation money. The receipt and the voucher should be presented to the home -office of the company within 30 days so that Seafar­ ers can coillect their trans­ portation under Article H, Section 27 of the agreement. This does not apply in cases where a ship is sold, lai'i up or lost. The annual election of officers for the Sailors Union, of the Pacific got underway in all ports on December 1. There are 17 official posts on the ballot as well as the election of seven delegates to next year's SIU|"^ convention and five SUP SIU president, Harry Lundeberg, building corporation trustees. is running unopposed for secre­ As in the A&G District, the SUP tary-treasurer of the SUP. Other vote will run for two months. In posts on the ballot are one assis­ the latter instance, voting will end tant secretary-treasurer, four pa­ trolmen and a dispatcher for San on January 30, 1955. All told there are 48 names on Francisco, one agent and one pa­ the ballot, although some appear trolman each for Seattle, Portland more than once, as a candidate and New York, an agent for Hono­ can run both for union office and lulu, and an agent and two patrol­ for convention delegate or trustee. men for Wilmington. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Finding Out About Pubiic Lands Can you still get homesteads and public lands from the Government? Seaferers have asked this question, and at least one already is homesteading in Alaska. The answer is that there is still Ignd available which a man can buy or lease for little money. There are still some 175 million acres of public domain in the States, plus 270 million more'in Alaska. But all of it fs not developed enough for use yet, and-the Government puts it in'the market a few thousand acres at a time as roads are laid out or irrigation completed. Most of the available public land is in the Far West, Pacific Coast and Alaska, but there is also some in the South arid Southwest, and a few tracts in the mid-West. However, you should know that much of it is in com­ paratively undeveloped country. Some of it makes good vacation sites, but there is less land available that can make suitable homesites. In fact, the Government won't classify a tract as a hotnesite unless it's near a town, schools, has access roads and a potential water supply. Land In Oregon Some of the puiblic land is in the Klamath Falls basin of Oregon, near the mining town of Baker, and also around the former range country of Lakeview and Prineville. Iii the state of Washingtonrthere are cabin and camping sites in the big public-power reservations, which have ex­ cellent facilities.for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. In Utah there are some ti'acts available near the DiMe National Forest, not far from Salt Lake City. There ate also tracts located near the Idaho Primitive Area (which by law is kept in itf pf^tural i^tate with,,n^ ^ iii,.;;;-. dwellings permitted). There are other sites in Idaho near the national forests. In Colorado, there are some tracts in Red Mountam, overlooking Aspen (a ski resort). Other Colorado areas where tracts are available or will be soon, are near Shadow Lake, and in Grand County, located in the Colorado River valley. Perhaps the greatest number of available tracts is in Alaska, with some of them in the warmer, more accessible coastal areas. There are a number of sites in California, but they are mostly in the dry desert in Southern Cal, and along foot­ hills of the mountain chains. All are fairly accessible. In Nevada, there are some- small-tract areas near such popu­ lation centers as Las Vegas and Reno. The only trouble is, some of the tracts do not have their-own water supply. There are also some small tracts in Florida and Alabama, but these are usually sand, with a small amount of brush cover and occasional trees. Here water is available from wells, and there is a comparatively good network of avail­ able roads. There are two general classes of public lands: —Cabin or camp sites, which are generally leased for three to five year^, with option to renew, for $5 a year. Soinetimes campsites ai-e sold outright for $10 depending on size and location. Largest tracts are five acres. You can put up a cabin if the site is classified as suitable for one, or just temporary shelter for vacations or weekends. —Home and business sites, which are sometimes leased for small rentals with an option to buy, and in other cases are sold outright. Purchase prices vary according to value, with some tracts of non-mineral land listed for less than $1Q an acre, and others in more developed areas, priced as much, as ^5jb |in acr?., th^ generally lim­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LQG. by Sidney.Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying ited to five acres, but sometimes go as high as 80 and even occcasionally, 160. Farmsteads by this time are scarce, except in Alaska. Some farmlands are made available as the US Bureau of Reclamation completes irrigation projects. Chief agencies in charge of leasing or selling public lands are the Bureau of Land Management and the Bu­ reau of Reclamation, both in the US Interior Dept., Wash­ ington 25, DC. The reclamation bureau disposes of newlyirrigated lands as they become available, mostly in the Far West. Y'ou can also lease campsites in National Parks and Forests. Agencies in charge are Nationai Park Service, US Interior Dept., and National Forest Service, US Agri­ culture Dept., both, Washington 25, D.C. But it's the Bureau of Land Management that has most of the available small tracts for sale or lease. If inter­ ested, first write to the bureau for a copy of its booklet, "Facts on Small Tracts," which outlines the procedure for applying. Also ask for a list of regional land offices. You next have to. write the land office in the region you are interested in, asking for information® on tracts now or soon to be available. Then you have to visit the area, at which time you can stop in at the land office. You have to inspect the site, tell the office what specific tract you want, and sign a statement that you have seen it. You then sign a lease and pay a deposit which you get back if: for any reason the deal falls through or the land office turns down your selection as unsuitable. There are no residence requirements for campsites; you come and go as you please. But for homesites you must agree to build a habitable residence, move in within a certain time^ lJ^ve, there greater part of the year, etc. �SEAFARERS VmcBiber' LOG >7 500 5IU Jobs Ahd 16 Vessels At Stake In US-Onassis Duel HISS RELEASED, REMINGTON MURDERED—Two major figuras Over 500 SlU-contracted jobs are linked to the latest US Government suit against multi­ in charges of Communist iiifiltration into the Government were in the millionaire Greek shipping operator Aristotle Onassis, because of his interests in two SIU- news within a few days of each other. Former Commerce Department contracted companies, Victory Carriers, Inc. and US Petroleum Carriers, Inc. Between them, economist William Remington died after an attack by fellow prisoners at the Lewisburg, Pa., Federal penitentiary. Robbery was the apparent the two outfits operate 16 motive. Former State Department official Alger Hiss was released remainder are Victory-types. All ous maritime nations. The com­ after serving 31^ years of his sentence. Both men-had been convicted ships. plaint of the former agent, Spyri- of perjury as an outgrowth of Communist espionage charges. The newest Federal suit are idle but the Ames Victory, Coe don Catapodis, is that Onassis (em­ Victory, Longview Victory and against Onassis and some of his as­ ^ ^ ployed him to handle the negotia­ CHINA IMPRISONS 13 US FLYERS—US Mankato Victory, all operated by relations with Red China sociates is the latest in a string of and signed an .agreement to reached a boiling point after the Chinese announced troubles for the Greek shipping Victory Carriers and manned by tions they had sentenced pay salaries, commissions and 13 captured US airmen to long prison terms, up to li15, for spying. magnate which have developed in Seafarers. other benefits totalling $560,000. The men had been shot down during the Korean war. US protests were "Monopoly" Deal Attacked the past few weeks. Subsequently, Catapodis charges, rejected by the Chinese government leading to demands for sterner He is currently being sued in The swindle suit against Onassis Onassis' signature started to dis­ action, including one call for a blockade of the China coast and an­ Paris for allegedly swindling a for­ is an outgrowth of an exclusive appear from the contract and mer agent out of $560,000 by sit­ contract he signed with the Saudi Onassis failed to re-sign it after other for cancellation of the Korean armistice. The Government's an­ swer was a new treaty with Nationalist China for defense aid. ing a contract with disappearing Arabian government that would promising to do so. t t ink. Just recently, Onassis be­ eventually give his tankers a com­ Catapodis has also accused came involved in an international plete monopoly on the transport of Onassis of paying a million in SMOG PLAGUES LOS ANGELES AGAIN—Los Angeles had its incident of some proportions when all Saudi Arabian oil. The con­ bribes to Saudi Arabian Officials in second major bout with severe smog in the past month when a blanket the Government of Peru bombed tract, signed eai;lier this year, set order to get the Saudi Arabian oil of smoke and fog covered the Southern California coastal ai-ea for several days. Traffic accidents went over the 2,000 mark in the murk, and seized five of his whaling ships off a storm of protest from varl- monopoly. airlines were grounded and crime rates soared as policemen vainly for operating Off its coast. -e^ tangled with traffic jams and accident calls. The whaling vessels were reg­ t i 4" istered under the colors of one of US PLANS SPECIAL DOPE STUDY—President Eisenhower has set the several countries in which up a special committee of five cabinet members to study the menace Onassis nominally locates his of drug addiction. The committee has been directed to' come up with various enterprises — the flag of recommendations that could be used as a basis for stiffer. action against Panama. dope peddling. Committee members are Attorney General Brownell, US CivU Suit Secretary of State Dulles, S^retary of Defense Wilson, Treasury Sec­ retary Humphrey and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, In the US action, which is in the Education and Welfare. form of a civil suit against Onassis SAN FRANCISCO—SUP members have thrown down the and nine others and is filed bythe 4" 4^ Government in the US District gauntlet to Harry Bridges and the Pacific Maritime Associ­ 'FATHER' OF ATOMIC REACTION DIES—World-famed scientist Court for the Southern District of ation by refusing to work port overtime imtil a Bridges' raid Ernico Fermi, who supervised _ the construction of the world's first atomic reactor, died of cancer at the age of 53. Ferrhi's construction New York, the Justice Department on the Sailors' jurisdiction is+ is seeking the return of $20 mil­ repulsed. As a result, no the Sailors first choice on the hatch and operation of an atomic pile in the University of Chicago which pro­ duced the first controlled chain-reactor paved the way for the atom, lion as earnings of 16 war surplus West Coast ships are being to be worked by deck hands. bomb and other atomic developments. Fermi was originally a native ships allegedly illegally bought worked or shifted in port after 5 Employers Hem And Haw of Italy but left to escape Mussolini's rule. from the Government by corpora­ PM or before 8 AM on Saturdays, tions controlled by Onassis and his S jndays and holidays. 4" t 4^ As soon as the Pacificus was tied SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL BRAWL SEEN—The choice of associates. The Sailors voted this course at up, the Pacific Maritime Associa­ Johannes Gj Stirdom to succeed Dr. Daniel F.~Malan as prime minister SUP membership meetings Novem­ tion was notified of the violation of the Union Weren't Citizens of South Africa is regarded as certain to produce a split of the agreement by tbe longshore­ The Government complaint de­ ber 8, as the consequence of a men. The PMA was either unable between Dutch and English-speaking residents. Stiydom is an advocate clares that, the former Maritime cargo handling beef on the Pacifi- or unwilling to take action against of an independent republic wliUe the English want to remain in the Commission made the sales '— at cus of the Coastwise Line. Fire­ British commonwealth. different times between 1948 and men, members of the Marine Fire­ Bridges. 4' • 4" t The SUP membership vote re­ PLAN MORE $$ FOR ASIA—The 1952 — following representations men's Union, have been cooperat­ Government is planning expansion that the purchasing corporations ing by refusing to provide steam fusing to work overtime followed of economic aid to Asia to help contain communism there while cut­ were bona fide citizens of the US for loading and discharging during failure of the PMA to act on the ting military aid to Europe, which is considered pretty well back on beef. and under control of American overtime hours. its feet economically. Approximately $1.2 billion is being spent in Asia Started In LA Under the Sailors' contract, the this year, a sum which will go up considerably for the year 1955-56. citizens, which was legally re­ quired of purchasers of surplus Tl;e SUP tookv action after the membership Is not compelled to t 4> 4 ships after March 1, 1948. But it Pacificus tie-up was precipitated work port overtime since the con­ MCCARTHY 'CONDEMNATION' VOTED—The great debate on Sena­ noted that at the time the repre­ by West Coast longshoremen in tract specifies a 40-hour week, tor Josefih McCarthy came to a temporary halt when the Senate voted sentations were made,. the actual Los Angeles, October 26. The long­ Monday through Friday, from by wide majorities to condemn him on two counts, McCarthy himself control of the corporations was in shore union, in an attempt to in­ 8 AM to 5 PM while ships are in moved for an early censure vote when it became apparent that he could the Onassis group, all of whom vade the Sailors' right to work port. not rally-enough strength inside or outside the Senate to change the were aliens. hatches on coastwise ships, refused Pressure is Increasing on the results. The biggest pro-censure vote was 67 to 20. Moreover, according to the Gov­ to supply the front men for unload­ PMA to take a stand on. the beef, 4i 4i t ' ernment, title to the affected ves­ ing a hatch being worked by SUP with big West Coast passenger lin­ US WILL ADMIT POLYGAMOUS KING—An American immigration sels and all their earnings ^ince men on deck. Under the coastwise ers and other ships having delayed law againsf polygamy threatened to hold up the visit of King Tribthen should be declared the prop­ contract, the Sailors can work car­ sailings because of the no overtime huvana of Nepal, mountain kindom in the Himalayas. The King has two erty of the US. Of the vessels in­ go in any hatch when directed by policy forced on tbe sailors by wives, and is coming here to consult heart specialists. He was assured that the law would not bar his visit as a non-immigrant. volved, seven are tankers and the the shipowner. In effect, this gives the. Bridges' action. Sailors Ban Port OT To Fight Bridges' Raid I' h 1 jj; I 'l Cartoon History Of The SIU With the Korean War on, in July, 1950, the SIU and other maritime unions drafted a voluntary plan with Government officials for a waterfront security pro­ gram. The plan gave the Coast Guard power to bar the sailing of any seaman suspected as a subversive, but safeguarded his^ri|Alt.to appeal. Coast Guard Power Grab In approving the security program, the unions did not retreat from their basic dislike for a system giving the Coast Guard or a . similar agency strict control over civilian seamen, ^e SIU pointed out tl^at while its ranks were clean of Commies, they were still ac<( 2Vo. 79 When the CG assumed new, broader powers over sea­ men, which was Just what the unions-had hoped to avoid by their voluntary action, the entire screening 7 ^ program came tmder lire. Finally, in Deeemb^, tho ^'' - y;; BIU got some (sf tbe ivgfdatlontveMed and avoide#? : ^ 1 further friction for a tlmew 1J �December 10, 1954 tV>i,v- Seafarers Houston Hall is A-Hummin' SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON •i . ' ' . . ' " I It now appears that the comint year will he one of constructive mari­ time legislative activity in Congress. This will be with the view of not only consolidating galQS already made, but attempting to achieve a still firmer basis of Government aid designed to help stabilize our merchant marine. The Department of Commerce, for example, will recommend that non-subsidized steamship lines be authorized to place vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax defeiTCd basis, designed for future replacement of their fleets. In addition, that agency will recommend that the ship construction revolving fund, under the juris­ diction of the Maritime Administration, be reestablished. Into this fund would go appropriations for ship construction, and receipts from Government mortgages, as well as receipts fi'om the sale and charter of Government vessels. Still other proposals to be advanced by th^ Commerce Department for'the consideration of Congress deal with authorization forhhe Gov­ ernment to accept dry-cargo vessels ten years of age or more for an allowance of credit on the construction of new vessels; permanent authority to provide marine war risk insurance; authority to continue experimental work on Liberty-type ships; and authority to complete the reserve fleet ship-repair program. T^ese are but a few of the maritime proposals that will be advanced, and, if enacted, will be of great aid in attaining the basic needs of many operators. Government aid to tramps is still under discussion within the Com­ merce Department, an3 it's not yet known whether Commerce will be in favor of this. ^ Over a period of many years, many within Congress have been criti­ cal of the size of the annual maritime appropriations. Reactivation of the revolving fund, mentioned above, will definitely reduce the amount of shipbuilding funds required to be included in the annual budget, and thereby soften such criticism of maritime appropriations. 4 4" J" Big like everything else in the State of Texas, sign alongside SIU hall in Houston makes it plain this is location of Seafarers' branch in the port. The site is at 4202 Canal Street, a choice comer loca­ tion close to all port facilities. Rumors cannot be confirmed here that Mr. Onassis, owner of one of the largest' tanker fleets in the world, is thinking of transferring hii^ ghips to the. Italian flag. Most of the ships are now flying the Pana­ manian flag. The rumor was that he., had been offered substantial tax benefits if he would change the flag to Italy. The wholesale transfers of Liberty dry cargo ships have reached 62. Since mid-August of this year, the Maritime Administration has approved the transfer to foreign flags of that many ships. It's expected that another 10 or 12 will be approved for transfer before the new Congress comes in next month. The new Democratic Congress will certainly take a hand in the matter but it may prove too late. At the moment, it's not known whether this Congressional probe will be made by Senator Magnuson, Wash­ ington, who will head the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, or by Representative Bonner, North Carolina, who is to be Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Although it has never been officially announced by the MA, this Government agency, as of last August, had in mind that it would allow up to about 60 Liberty dry cargo ships to go foreign. Applications covering 52 already have been okayed. The MA will be called upon by Congress to give a fuller acccTimting ' of its reasoning for allowing such wholesale ti'ansfers. 4" t 4 Fix Price On Mariner -S" South Atlantic Steamship Line is gettuig nearer to its subsidy award. The Government already has found that the company qualifies under the main provisions of law. The only <|rawhack at this stage are the exten­ sive foreign-flag agencies in which Strachan Shipping Company, parent - company, is engaged in. Under law, the Government must first pass on these agencies before subsidizing South Atlantic. 4> ' 41 The downward trend in employment among US flag vessels continued during the latter part of this year, with a further net reduction of 6() vessels as compared to the period April-June 1954. Of this number, 32 ships (27 privately-owne^ and 5 Maritime Administration owned) were relegated to inactive status; the remaining 28 were among those ships sold or scrapped. On Septetnber 30, 1954, freighter vessels in the US flag fleet totalled 2,614 ships, a decline of 22 ships during the quarter. Actively employed freighters showed a net decrease of 42 ships since the last quarter period, a reduction largely the result of a sub­ stantial contraction in the number of freighters engaged in overseas foreign trade. During the three months ending in September 30, 1954, fifty-two freighters, all privately owned and comprising 12 percent of the total number of US freighters operating in foreign trade, were either transferred to other operations, sold for service under foreign flags or consigned to inactive status. . At the end of the quarter (September 3(J, 1954) the number of privately-owned temporarily inactive vessels had risen to 130, an in­ crease of 15 ships oyer the previous quarter. The tanker fleet declined by a net of 6 vessels during the third quarter of 1954. Eleven ships were lost to the fleet as a result of sales to foreign operators and scrapping, and 5 new tankers entered the fleet from construction. 4 The- response of private Industry to the MSTS and Maritime Admin­ istration for building new tankers has more than exceeded expecta­ tion. MA had estimated that its tanker program would result in the construction by oil companies of 10 super-tankers, with the trade -in to the Government of 20 older tankers. Already MA is pasf the half­ way mark on this program. Congress authorized MSTS to charter, for 10-year periods, under separate legislation, up to 19 new tankers to be built by private industry. Already the oil companies have exneeded this by offering to build up to 23 new tankers for long-term charter to MSTS. ' ri Pate Seymi SEAFARERS' LOG Interior view of newly-opened SIU hall in Houston shows some of the branch membership enjoying a game of cards with inevitable "kibitzers" looking on. TV set is at far left and meinbership polls committee is seated at table just below it. A iiniform sale price of $4,183.571 for Mariner ships has been approved by the Gov­ ernment's General Accounting Office. Originally the FMB had set a scale ranging from $4,120,000 up to $4,424,000 for Mariners de­ signed for use as cargo ships. The difference in prices represented differences in construction costs for ships contracted for at a later date. The new uniform price repre­ sents what the General Account­ ing Office calls a "weighted aver­ age" of the three previous figures. Since most of the ships would have sold at the lowest figure, it represents no reduction in price for the greatest number of the Government-owned vessels. I ^I •a -13 SIU Years Best Of His Lite When Father Time and the effects of a shipboard Injury in 1951 finally brought an end to his sailing career, retired Seafarer Ben Bailey reflected that his record of 50 years of sea­ faring was well spent, especially the years since 1938 when he belonged to the SIU. However unaccustomed he^' may have been to it before. as bad—or worse—he returned to the sea. That was when he worked Bailey found himself thrown on the New York subway, which into a life j)f ease, but "free from opened that year, and he was put­ care about his future security. The SIU Welfare Plan provides him ting in a 12-hour day for a prince­ ly $9 a week in wages. with a comfortable cushion in the form of a $25 weekly disability Sailing through World War I ^benefit for as long as he needs it and into the thirties, Bailey joined and Social Security payments by the SIU in November, 1938, becom­ the Federal Government are added ing one of the Union's original to that. At 74, Bailey's needs, how­ members in its drive to improve ever small, are well taken care of. the lot of American seamen. Lives In New York When World War II Came, he was a fixture on the old George A New Yorker since Ijie turn of Washington as chief cook and the century. Bailey lives with his spent most of the war years on wife in the city he has known most what came ' to be known as "the of his life in a small Brooklyn workhorse of the Ajtlantic." His apartment. His married daughter Ben Bailey luck held out as far as subs and lives nearby, and if he tires of the small talk of his landlubber neigh­ about 1902 and managed to catch torpedoes were concerned. In 1951, however, while aboard bors, he knows he can visit the a job on the old Morgan Line SIU headquarters building and al­ freighter Almonte. Those were a Robin Line freighter as chief ways find friends and former ship­ "different days," he points out, steward, he took a bad fall which mates with whom to swap stories and few will argue the matter. caused him to be hospitalized in A couple of years later, in 1906, Saudi Arabia, and he knew that of the past. Bailey first caine to the US froin he tried work hi n ashore, but find- time and long years of working-had Barbados, .British' 'West'"indies,' Ing that conditions'iher4^wi^44ust rftfialiy;liiken their tcdL •a 'i. I �c. MARITIME F IH-'Iv. Ie J J '- • 1''^ < •;\- Italy's merchant fleet now totals slightly over four million gross tons, the highest in its history and eight times what it was in 1945. Before the war, the fleet totalled 3.3 million tons, and by the end of it, less than 500,000. The current figure includes 680,000 tons of liners and passenger-cargo ships, two million tons of cargo ships and 1.2 million tons of tankers . . . The world's largest whale factory ship, the 44,000ton Willem Barendsz II, has been launched in Holland. The vessel was named after a 16th century Dutch whale hunter and Arctic explorer. : Questiont What's yom' view of 4> 4" Coast Guard's superman brainDamaged in a storm at sea late last month, the cracked freighter P&I Hie' body proposals? Trader finaily reached a haven in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, after several days of limping shoreward. The vessel had split across the deck and down the port side . . . Greek shipowner Stravros S. Roland St. Marie, AB: I can't Niarchos has pulled a switch. Reversing the usual practice, where dry see an^ legitimate point to the whole scheme, cargo ships, particularly Liberty-types, have been converted to tanker but one thing I operations, Niarchos has placed an order with a Hamburg, Germany, really don't like shipyard, for rebuilding the tanker Myrtpho into a freighter. In addi­ is screening out tion, two new 12,500-ton freighters will be built for him at Kiel and guys as "beefdickering over the construction of two more there is underway. ers" or complain4> 4> ers aboard ship, A successor to the former Swedish-American liner Gripsholm is still in a free coun­ on the drawing boards, but model tests will be started in Rome Very try you're sup­ soon. The new shijp will be built along the same lines as the company's L posed to be able latest addition, the Kungsholm, at a shipyard in Genoa. The old Grips-^ holm, a frequent visitor to the US during World War II when She to do that with­ served as a refugee ship, is now operated by the North German Lloyd out being called dovm for it. Line . . . Plans are afoot for a multi-million-dollar modernization pro­ '44 4 gram for the Lake Michigan shoreline of Chicago, in view of the pos­ George Liebers, steward: I think sibilities for ocean commerce that will be created by the completion they're awful. They probably won't of the St. Lawrence seaway project. At the same time efforts will be go into effect made to build new beaches, a sea harbor for pleasure craft and other because of all recreational facilities. the opposition to them anyway, * 4 it 4 The Cities Service Oil Co. has shipped a $2 million "city" aboard but I think tbe the Egyptian freighter Mohammed All El Kebir for delivery to Oman whole idea In SE Arabia, where the company will explore for new sources of oil. smells. During The "city" includes 23 knock-down houses, farm mafchinery, tools, auto­ the war when motive vehicles and even flower seeds for planting . . . The second of the chips were four cargo ships built for the Westfal-Larssen Company's service be­ down they took tween the US West Coast and South America has been launched. It everybody and is the 7,610-deadweight-ton motorship Nordanger, whose sister ship, didn't look twice. the Hardanger, entered service last July. The vessels are 441 feet long 4 4 4 and operate at speeds of 15.5 knots. Alexander Boyle, vdperi They would probably affect the old4 4 4 ' A shipment of 44,000 tons from the Black Sea is the first cargo of timers most of Russian crude oil delivered to Port Said under the new Soviet-Egyptian all, and that is petroleum supplies agreement. Following delivery, the Egyptian tanker one hell of a A1 Hurriyeh returned for another shipment . . . Now that the Dutch note. It doesn't owners and Lloyds of London have both abandoned efforts to try to seem' fair for raise the Prins Willem V, which sank about three miles off Milwau­ them to want to kee's harbor entrance two months ago, the vessel is "fair game" for knock out the anyone who wants to try. The ship went down in 80 feet of water after giiyi "Vho've colliding with an oil barge towed by a tug. SShe was valued at $1.2 mil­ given their best lion and carried a cargo worth another $750,000. to the industi^ and can still hold 4 '4 4 Port authorities at Brest, France, gave up hope of'saving the 6,908- their own, Tm not worried for ton Swedish freighter Los Angeles, after she made port with her num­ myself though; I just passed an ber three hold on fire, and had her towed outside the harbor to remove Army physical the danger from other ships. The ship had been Mazing for 60 hours 4 4 4 up to that time . . . Work on a $45 miiiion improvement program th'at L. 8. Johnny Johnston, AB: It calls for widening and deepening the Suez Canal along its entire 100- sounds like a pjiony set-up to pae. miie-route is expected to get underway next year for completion about The whole plM 1960. The work would expedite the passage of ships drawing 36 feet. sounds like a The rapid increase in the size and draft of the new supertankers n«tng scheme to put the canal is believed responsible for the launching of the program, seamen under since there have been several cases in recent months when tankers in the same type of the 40,000-ton class couldn't ease through the canal while fully loaded. military Jurisdic­ tion that Navy men and Coast Guardsmen liave. ve had my share of Navy ACROSS 3. Where 16. Sand hiU experience and 1 know I don't 39. Came ashore They man a Guayaquil is 18. What cook 40. Island off ship want any more.' • doea 4. Girl's name Corsica INizzle a. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 19. 21. 22. 24. 28. 29. 31. 32. 34. 35. 37. 38. 41. 42. 44. Wr:- r> rJ?vS^':V/ 46 47. 49. S2. 55. 56. 58. 59. «0.. 1fL The SIU has 5. Go by the best welfare 6. Pound: Abbr. The Navy 7. Bit of charity Costa 8. What washer A kind of should be seaman A kind of buoy 9. The SIU Sheltered 10. An oil bodies of water company A sea soldier 11. Bearing of Dried up with Bahamas from heat Miami Also Kind of auto Mrs. FDR A labor group Fielder's bloopers An exclamation Kind of stone Period of time home pay And: Fr. Girl's name Number: Abbr. You can't beat SIU on this Peruvian animal ' Chicken . Port In Fr. Morocco The Log wins these Site of a canal US soldiers Long fish Bible character Literary collection International Line Look for DOWN December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS IPG PUvEifU 20. Boston U. 43. City in Tibet footballer 45. What steamers 22. Tendon follow 23. Make happy 48. Part of church 25. Allow use of 49. Oriental title 26. Calking fibre 50. Gain victory 27. A word, or 51. What we term follow 30. Stern 83. Miss West 33. Postpone 54. Sea bird. 36. A form of 57. Long ton; mineral Abbr. (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) r 10 II 4 4 4 4 4 4 Charles Thomas; night cook and baker: I've beon sailing quite a few years now, righi through World . War II and the Korean IVar, and I nevef saw them pull anything like this in wartime, where it might possibly do some good. And this plan has almost no restrictions to it. '• Duska "Spider" Korolia, MM: The Coast- Guard should stick to inspecting ships. Seamen already have enough controls over them^ when they go up for their papers, and then there's the physi­ cal you have to take . when you sign on a ship, The whole idea recalls sh ! MEET THE SEAFARER JIM DAVIS, Steward A restless curiosity about how the other half of the world lives has long been a motive for men to take to the sea. Seafarer Jim Davis has been satisfying that curiosity for the last 11 years, but still finds it a powerful lure. Between that and the fine conditions and takehome pay sailing SIU, Davis con­ siders the life of a sea-going man just about the most satisfying he could think of. Davis jK'as born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which he stiil calls his home. But he has a second- "home" In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where he has made fast friends with several local resi­ dents. Right now he's hoping to grab another Robin Line ship on the South African run so he can hold a reunion and pick up the skin of a lion he bagged on a safari when last there. . The lion skin will join a house­ ful of other mementos and souve­ nirs he .has accumulated In his years of sailing. Davis started out going to the University of Alabama where he studied for. a journalism degree. On the side he got involved in radio broadcasting and did a few hitches with small local radio sta­ tions as announcer, engineer and scriflt man. In 1943, Davis left school to ship out, catching the Paul Shoup out of Wilmington, California, as galley boy. Liked To Cook "I always liked to cook" he said, "so I put it to use on a ship." Now he holds chief steward . endorse­ ments, having worked at all ratings in the steward department. Davis neverr did get .back to school again, although he managed to complete another year's study via correspondence courses. He is hopeful though of getting that de­ gree some day by taking a year off and going to school at the worldfamed Sorbonne in Paris. Davis sailed through the war years until 1946. Then he thought he would try living ashore for a while. He went to work as a sales­ man for a Hollywood outfit that specializes in elaborate leather al­ bums for wedding photographs. The outfit whs, and is, thriving and the job was a good one but after nine months he decided that goinff to sea was what he really wanted. He's been sailing steadily ever since. His particular liking for Port Elizabeth stems from the warm hospitality of the port which is proud of its reputation as a friend-^ ly city. One local family, the "Mandy gang," as Davis fondly de­ scribes them, are his hosts when­ ever he gets there. "Tiiey are avid readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, ' he says, "which really gets around in that city." Four-Day Safari On his last visit, Davis went on a four day safari with a profes­ sional guide. The first night Out they put up at the hunter's camp, a collection of thatched roof huts in the bush. Davis was sitting back enjoying his coffee when he was jolted out of his seat by the roar of a lion just outside the camp. Al­ though the hunter assured him that the lions would never invade the camp, Davis is not ashamed to admit that he barricaded the hut door that night. Subsequently ho evened the score by downing one of the bushy-maned cats. Experiences like these, he says, and meeting up with all kinds of people all over the world are what make going to sea such an inter­ esting life. All Have Problems "After you get around to quit# a few countries," he said, "you'll find that people evei-ywhere are pretty likeable. They have differ­ ent customs and ways of doing things, but they all have their problems and headaches and they all want to get along with their neighbors. "Someday in the future," he con­ cluded, "I'd like to see the SIU Welfare Plan set up an exchange program, so that each year two or three children of Seafarers could go live abroad with Seafaring fam­ ilies and their children could come .to live here with some of our peo­ ple." Something like that, he feels, would be the basis for a genuine, world-wide brotherhood of the sea. LABOR ROUND-UP After one year, the deadlock has been broken in the strike of AFL Teamsters at five Pittsburgh de­ partment stores. The members of Teamsters Local 249 voted to ac­ cept a settlement on the basis of an immediate five-cent wage in­ crease and a change in the rules igiving the stores the rights to as­ sign helpers and use parciel post. A second Increase, is provided at il later date. The settlement cleared the way for other store unions to return to work. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Abolition of the independent Transit Authority in New York City was demanded by CIO Trans­ port Workers Union president, Mike Quill. The city-owned transit system was turned over to the au­ thority via legislation passed by the state legislature. The union is seeking repeal of the legislation. An interim increase of five per­ cent 'has been negotiated for 5,000 Montgomery Ward employees in Chicago by the AFL Warehouse & Mail Order Eniployees Local 743. •The increase waf the first break in year-long hegotiations after Local company are negotiating on other contract clauses. 4 4 4 •4 4 4 4 4 4 . A complete tie-op of all Chrys­ ler Corporation production was averted one hour before deadline when agreement was reached on a union shop for 850 Chrysler office workers. The CIO United Aiito Workers union wrested the agree­ ment from the company at 6 AM, ^ permitting the day's work to go oh. ' Repeal of the so-called "right to work" laws in the 17 states where they have been passed has been urged by the convention of the Na­ tional Council of Catholic Women. The convention, meeting in Bos­ ton, criticized the "right to work" legislation as forcing conflict be­ tween labor and management "^by striking at the right of unions to organize. Limits on admission of alien ac­ tors to the US have been urged by the AFL Screen Actors Guild. The group said that alien actors should be admitted only for starring or feature roles and that an actor on a temporary permit.be allowed to ipnesr in only one picture. Simi­ lar restrictions ^xist in Great ill �Dumber 10,, lOtt . - -.. ' .' SE^AFARERS SEAFARERS # LOG Deeembtr 10, 1954 Pace NIM LOG 'Dragging The Anchor!' Vol. XVi, No. 25 Published biweekly, by tbe Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 82. NY. TeL HYacinth 8-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEIIT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DemsoN; Art Editor, BERNABB SCAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HIUMAN AmavB, IRWIN SPIVACK AL MASKIN; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO First Step News of new Government proposals to strengthen the mer­ chant marine is sure to be welcomed by everybody in the in­ dustry. The proposed freight-ship trade-in program, if prop­ erly set up and administered, could go a long way toward modernizing the merchant fleet, while other aspects of the administration's plans would certainly be of considerable aid, particularly to non-subsidized sections of the industry. Tramp ship operators, too, would come in for a share of assistance under the new program. In light of these proposals, which by the way, come from the Commerce Department, it seems even more astonishing that the Maritime Administration (a Commerce Department subsidiary) should be proceeding as rapidly as ever with transfers of US-flag Libertys to runaway flags. The Mari­ time Administration has permitted 52 ships to use this tailormade escape hatch. Only a handful of Libertys remain in pri­ vate US operation. Regardless of the Maritime Administration's argument that these ships could not operate under the US flag, the inescap­ able fact is that every transfer means more cut-rate com­ petition for US ships. The free and easy transfer policy will make it alTthe more difficult, and expensive, for the Govern. ment to come lip with a workable maritime aid prograni. The very least that could be done, as a starter, is to call a halt on any further transfers as of now. 4 ft 4. 2lid Round Coining The US Coast Guard has been tripped up in its attempt to smuggle through so-called "physical exam" proposals that could be used to deprive seamen of their livelihood. Although the sneak attack was spotted and upset by the SIU and the SUP, the Coast Guard has not given up by a long shot. Further, Cbast Guard brass have the gall to claim, accord­ ing to newspaper reports, that there is "general misimderstanding of the project, which is to benefit the average seafarer," whose life is endangered, the Coast Guard says, by his own shipmates. The Coast Guard's wool-pulling act will fool nobody. It's well understood that these plans are to benefit the Coast Guard itself, the insurance industry and the shipowner, who, as to be expected, agrees with the Coast Guard. Just recently the Coast Guard in Boston gave a sample of its attitude when it went aboard an SIU ship and scanned tile log from front to back to find something it could use against the crew. As a result nine men, civilian seamen all, were hauled before a military hearing panel. No other civilian American is subject to the exercise of so much military power. But that doesn't stop the Coast Guard from grabbing for more control iuntil it can regiment the seaman 100 percent. t t Blackball Scheme "mTS la It's been the practice of non-union companies as well as operators who did business with other unions to blackball any seaman who sued the company for maintenance or other compensation under the Jones Act. Fortunately for Sea­ farers, the Union has energetically stamped out every effort by SIU operators to do the same. Every once in a while though, an attempt to blackball a Seafarer will pop up and have to be dealt with accordingly. However, Seafarers can feel free to throw in for any job with any company, with the assurance the Union will protect them against any blackball. All this would be changed if the Coast Guard were able to put over its physical exam program. If the Coast Guard plan goes through, all the shipowner would have to do is blow the whistle. The Coast Guard would come down and do the rest. That's just one of the many reasons why the Union is fight­ ing this Coast Guard proposal tooth and nail. If the Coast Guard can, in effect, repeal the Jones Act singlehanded withr out benefit of Congress, every legal safeguard for the seaman Is imperiled. * * i Holiday Greetliigs The Christmas Holiday is still two weeks off as the LOG goes to press. But lor many LOG readers on shil» at sea and in porta the world over, this will be the last issue of the paper they receive before the holiday season. To all the Union-^xtonds bt«f tfte hdMfeyi^nd l&M." Union ^Rescueo^ Stranded Seamen To the Editor; I flm writing this letter because we, the crewmembers of tbe Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, would like all our SIU brothers to know how efficiently the Union serves its members if they , get into difficulty. The Incident I am referring to particularly occurred in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on November 19, when seven crewmen of the Logans Fort were caught ashore fogbound and without money. As ship's delegate, X asked the captain, who was also ashore, for money for the men but a draw was r e - \ fused. Then la­ ter, after it became apparent that the launch Despite what the Coast Guard could not return may think, Seafarers on the ships to the ship, an­ are on the ball when it comes to chored eight taking measures for shipboard miles down the safety. These measures, of course, Lewis Saguenay River, depend on the willingness of the 1 made another attempt to see the shipowners to cooperate and take captain but this also failed. the trouble and expense to run a Brother Willis Thompson, the clean, safe and comfortable vessel. deck delegate, and I then contacted Coast Guard opinion to the con­ the Union in New York, by. tele­ trary, ships can be made safer, so phone, and were assured that the that average human beings (not company would be told how mat­ superman) can work them without ters stood and. the captain told to unnecessarily risking injury. take care of his men. For example on the Dorothy (Bull), Seafarer Ed Abualy pro­ Captain Comes'Throngh Of course, we do not know the posed that the contents cff any message sent to company see to it the captain by the company, but we that lifejackets do know that the next attempt by are placed on the delegates was successful and a launches when draw was issued in the lobby of the ship anchors in Fajardo, Puer­ the Chicoutimi Hotel. All the hotel employees were to Rico, so that keenly interested in the happen­ seaman going ings and were amazed that a few ashore will be as­ Cummings Seafarers, through their Union, sured of neces­ could bring sufficient pressure to sary protection against capsizing or other accidents bear to win their demands. The following day, Novenj,ber 20, to the launches. Another crewwas also foggy, and the captain, in member, Seafarer Richard Cummlngs pointed out that the wiring order to get the men back to the on the ship was in dangerous con­ ship, called the vessel by radio­ dition and recommended that a telephone and ordered a crew to shoreside electrical specialist be bring a lifeboat into Chicoutimi to brought aboard to give the ship's pick up the stranded men. electrical circuits a thorough in­ Unfortunately, the lifeboat's an­ cient engine broke down four times spection. Here then, are two sound safety and after five hours of futile ef­ suggestions from the crews them­ fort in a bitterly cold rain, the life­ selves, which if followed by the boat crew had to return to the Lo­ company, would serve to reduce gan's Fort. the danger of accidents without About three o'clock that after­ the necessity of taking every noon the fog finally lifted enough crewmember's "profile" and test­ so that the launch skipper agreed ing his family background. to take the captain, his wife, the Abualy is a Mobile boy, making steward, second mate, radio opera­ his home in that city. He's 27 tor and sevhn SIU brothers back years old, and comes originally to the ship. from Mississippi. He sails as AB. These brothers, besides Thomp­ Cummings holds both bosun's and son and myself, were McGinnis, carpenter's endorsements. He is AB; Fielding, wiper; Manvel, pan­ 51 and hails from Minnestota but tryman; O'Shaughnessy, machinist- now lives ashore in Philadelphia. pumpman, and Fusilier, OS. -^ ^ ^ To top It all off, we discovered If you happen to run into any when we got back to the ship that crewmember of the Robin Kirk and we had run out of cigarettes, so note that he is wearing a spotless tempers were pretty short all set of dungarees c>«dit it to the around. Nevertheless, we on the efforts of chief electrcian Carl Von Logans Fort feel that if we can Herman and 2nd electrician continue to face things with an SIU Francis W. Edwards. smile, and continue to work It seems that the washing ma­ through our Union to make things chine on the Kirk was giving a better, we can still claim the Lo­ little bit of trouble to all hands, gans Fort la a happy ship. until the two Seafarers went to IVe bpen Thurslqii .wprkfon dt. , Sluuutiieis ItW b Shfp^B hibibltatfii!'along fine s' clisrm'(and V0t( WBmi -3 I Thanks providing everybody with properlycleaned gear. Crewmembers of the Kirk voiced their appreciation accordingly by thanking the two men for the "splendid job" they were doing in keeping the machine in order. Von HeiTman, who is 37, has been sailing with the SIU for two years, starting out of Seattle in De­ cember, 1952. He comes from Cali­ fornia. Edwards, a Union member for nine years, just recently passed his 65th birthday. He makes his home Edwards in Milton, Mass­ achusetts. 4< i 4- 4* 4 4* All seems to be going well aboard the Steel Navigator with Seafarer Joe Kramer, ship's dele­ gate, in charge. According to the crew, Kramer has done a bang-up job in that spot and they gave him a hearty vote of thanks for his efforts. Kramer has been around quite a while with the Union and obvi­ ously knows the score. He joined the SIU over 11 years ago, on October 1, 1943. Pittsburgh is his home town. Kramer is 46 and sails in engine department ratings. Ship's delegate Luther V. Myrex of the Alcoa Patriot underscored an important point when he urged all Union members aboard the ship to make sure that they cast a vote in the Union's elections. As Myrex put it, "get up to the hall and vote for your favorite candi­ dates at the end of this voyage" so that every member will have a voice in deciding who will run the Union for the next two years. Myrex has been a member of the SIU since 1945, and holds all deck department ratings including bosun. He lives in Gardendale, Alabama. Speaking of the elections, the three-man rank and file commit­ tees are still being elected daily so that the voting can go forward under their supervision. Some of the members serving on these com­ mittees recently include B. F. Lowe, J. Henry and B. Giice in Lafi i/.irles; Lcn Dwyer, E. Hrelll and V. Capltano in WilmingIMU Jobd^YUr^iorana, D. ClaiuseR and H. joiiea in New Orleah^. I ,:y •J �•-^ip'fw^fm^ Pare Tm SiBAtAkEn^^taC- DeS^itber lOt 1954 mr' Back in the ^'good old days" before World War 1, a row of stacks was the symbol of royalty for tha >; i i queens # the seas. The yi'lated Tit^i^c boasted of four» v • l|^ >-)ri. , , J i jr^'ilVn * J'V^ ^*"*'» * �•' •^rf. December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven • :a- w jrwin stacks of the superliner United States also lold air-conditioning units. ^ I IHigh stacks used by coal-burning tugs provide •good draughts for the fires. . , Diesel-powered ships, which do not need big draughts, require only thin pipes. • Historic steamship Savannah was first ocean­ going vessel to have smokestack. To most landlubbers a smokestack is {ust o smokestack. But Seafarers and other seamen know that smokestacks are as varied as are women. They know that smokestacks, like women, hove their particular personalities, their particular shapes and sizes, and their particular functions to perform. There ore, for instance, the thin, spindly smokestacks of the modern diesel-driven ships which do not require a big draft or uptake for their boilers. And then there ore the stacks of ample girth, generally the hallmarks of the passenger superliners, which sometimes measure over 50 feet "fore and aft, and can contain in them machinery weighing up to 125 tons. There ore those stacks, like the sky-rakers of the coal-burning tugs, which are a throw­ back to the old "steamboat" days, and which are designed strictly for utility, and never mind the appearance. And then there are those stacks, like the-"dummies" which may be found on some passenger liners, which are primarily decorative in nature, and which serve little useful purpose except to improve the vessel's lines. As the science of ship design and building has advanced, the need for huge stacks has declined, as evidenced by the stacks of the diesels. Yet it is likely that stacks will always remain in some form—even if only for dec­ oration. For ship designers seem to feel— and most Seafarers, we think, will agree—that a ship, like a woman, is not much to look at unless she is well-stacked. .N • m ; it \ In C-3 converted to passenger use, real stacks are aft, make for smooth lines. ; •rJ f Old stem wheelers always sported two funnels Just forward of pilot house. • Stack of 34,000-ton Cunard liner Caronia is said to be largest ever built. - In old "steamboat" days, no vessel was well dressed without real "sl^ ral^or." �Pace Twelve 5EAFARER9-to 19,198# PORTItEPORXS you would take time to drop them a line: Chester Wilson, Max Felix, Ed Cznasnowski, M. Jablonski, F. Taylor, Roy Bell, Gorman Glaze, B. Deweese, Robert McKnew, Os­ wald Ergle, John Castro, Earl Mc~ Kendre, T. Lamphear, C. Chandler, John Schultz, J. Clarke, A. Smith and Lester Long. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent pital are Lonnie Tickle, Frank Boston: Catchot, Julian Barrett, George C. Murphy, Thomas Fields, Theodore Lee and Nicholas Tala. Five Ships Pay Off During the last two weeks, five No one should get the idea that ships paid off in this port, four Shipping was fair in this port Shipping in this port was slow there is a manpower shortage in signed on and 18 called in-transit. during the past two weeks with during the past two weeks and the Payoffs were aboard the Del only the Salem Maritime and New Orleans, but shipping here outlook for the future is about the has continued at a brisk pace dur­ Aires and Del Sol (Mississippi) and Bents Fort (Cities Service) paying same. ing the last two-weeks' report the Afoundria, DeSoto and Ibeiv off and signing on here. In transit During the last two weeks we period, as we shipped out 50 ville (Waterman). paid off the Southland (South were the Anne Marie (Bull), Steel ^ # The Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Navigator (Isthmian), Ocean Lotte more men than were registered. Atlantic) and Tampa: As we pointed out during our Del Norte and Del Monte (Missis­ (Ocean Transportation), Robin signed on the last report, shipping has held up sippi) and the Afoundria signed on. Kirk (Seas Shipping) and Trojan Archers Hope Ships calling in transit were Trader (Trojan). in New Orleans despite a general and C h i W a w a slump in the industry because of the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, (Cities Service). When the Steel Navigator came the continued prosperity of the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim (Al­ in here the Coast Guard boarded In transit were coa), the Steel Vendor and Steel her and subpoenaed nine men to port. the Steel Scien­ Shipping in this port during the Scientist (Isthmian), the Del Monte appear at a hearing for various During the first half of 1954, tist and Steel past two weeks was pretty good, New Orleans took over first place (Mississippi), Seatrain Georgia and Vendor (Isth­ reasons, such as missing ship and and we expect things to be even in the nation's Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain mian). Robin not securing ship. better during the coming two ports in several Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Choc­ T u X f o r d and The CG is pick­ Paul weeks. taw, City of Alma, Claiborne and Robin Hood (Seas new import and ing up the log We had no payoffs or sign-ons export lines. Shipping) and Seatrains Georgia Afoundria (Waterman), Genevieve books and check­ during this last report period, but and Louisiana (Seatrain). The two Peterkin (Bloomfield), Southwind Among the items ing them for any Seatrains each called here twice. we serviced eight (South Atlantic), Southern Districts in which SI (J loggings, and Men now on the beach include in - transit ships (Southern Steamship) and Archers men are particu­ any performers as follows: Alcoa D. K. Waters, L. B. Paul, J. B. Hope (Cities Service). larly interested on these ships Christy and Mike Kavanaugh. In Runner (Alcoa), because these will he sub­ Lindsay J. Williams Del Aires (Mis­ the hospital are James Lee, R. L. cargoes are car­ poenaed to ap­ * New Orleans Port Agent Fields, Paul Bland, J. T. Moore, sissippi), Steel ried in SlU-conpear before a King # # # Carpenter Albert Lima, Ronald Carrollton, Vendor (Isthmi­ tracted ships are hearing. Houston: an) and City of Ernest Webb, Jimmie Littleton such import commodities as sugar, The Trojan Trader came Into Alma, De Soto, and George Chance. molasses, sisai and burlap. First Portsmouth, NH, and the ship's Iberville, Afounplace ranking was captured by delegate called the hall and asked Jeff Morrison dria and Choc­ Brancato New Orleans in exports of com, Savannah Port Agent to have new mattresses and fans taw (Waterman). put aboard. The company was con­ When the Steel Vendor was in wheat flour, cotton and agricultural t. t. Shipping in this port picked up tacted and promised to put these here, it sure was good to see some machinery. Baltimore: During this period. New Orleans somewhat during the last two items on board either in New York of the boys on her, including Aldo took the first place ranking in agri­ weeks but is still on the slow bell. or Philadelphia. Perini, OUe Johannsson, N. K. cultural machinery, bananas and During the coming two weeks We also contacted the Eastern Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker sugar away from New York and we expect things to be even better SS'Co. about G. Weddell, who re­ and Tony Matosky, better known displaced Galveston as the fore­ because we expect to pay off the ported that the leg he injured on as "Champ." most cotton export port. Neva West (Bloomfield) and also the Evangeline last summer is still Anyway, we all spent some time Shipping here in the port of expect to have the usual amount bothering him. Weddell was sent Voting Is Heavy Baltimore has been on the "fuli at the Old Fort, a well-known bar of men getting off the in-transits to the company, which gave him a ahead" bell and it looks as if it here in Tampa, and we know the As in other ports. Seafarers here for the holidays. letter- of admittance to Brighton will continue that way through the boys all enjoyed the floor show are voting in the biennial election During the past two weeks we Marine Hospital. holidays. During the past two and will remember this visit for a of Union officials. Voting has been paid and signed on the Gene­ weeks we shipped 209 men in all long while to come. If any of you heavy during the first weeks of the vieveoffPeterkin Also In Hospital (Bloomfield) and departments, which shows that this other boys are in this area, drop election and a big vote is antici­ had the following ships in transit: is still a very good port. Also sent to the hospital was into the hall and say "hello." pated here. Royal Oak (Cities Service); Alex­ To those members who have not Ray White Several brothers who have been andra (Carras); Edith (Bull); Sea Brother J. Fawcett who became ill yet seen our new Baltimore hall, Tampa Fort Agent confined to the hospital have re­ Nan (Stratford); Lawrence Victory, in the hall and was found to be ' *< would like to ^ ceived their "fit for duty" slips and Del Aires and Del-Sol (Mississippi), suffering from extremely high say that you are Norfolk: are putting in daily appearances at and Seatrains Savannah, Texas and blood pressure. missing a real Ortier men now in the hospital the hall, waiting their turn to ship New Jersey (Seatrain). showpla'ce. Our are J. Herrold, F. Alasavich, M. out. Among these we Vfctor (Zeke) Beefs Squared Away solarium is now Bonura, who missed the Thanks­ The Genevieve Peterkin had a Stabile, J. Senneville and G. Dunn. open, along with giving Day opening at the Fair few minor beefs at the payoff but For our Seafarer of the Week our recreation these were all squared away to the we have selected Brother Alvin C. Grounds, but who now is reporte^I room, and our During the last report period cafeteria is also we paid off and signed on the "fit and fast" and ready to make c-w's satisfaction and the ship Carpenter. Brother Carpenter, who ships in the steward depart­ open now and is French Creek (Cities Service) and up for lost time. Other brothers signed on with no trouble. Among the men who have been ment, is very proud of his baking, on the fit for duty list are Leo serving excellent Felix Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and food. We expect had in transit the Alcoa Runner Watts, Thurston Dinglear, Eaden on the beach here lately are "Tex" and says he would rather be' a the bar to be open in about two (Alcoa); Amerocean (Amerocean), King, Donald Alt and George Metting, "Red" Rhoades, J. Crep- night cook and baker than any­ pon, Santos Garcia, Johnny Byrd, thing else. Brother Carpenter weeks, and the Sea Chest will be and Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate, Dean. Joe Ranieri, "Horse" ' Grosclose made the seven-months maiden Luther Seidle, Arae V. Olsen, operating in the sales room in the Steel Rover, Steel Vendor and George Curry, Frank Martin, Vin­ and "Casey" Jones. In the hospi­ voyage of the Orion Comet and is very near future. Andrew. Jackson (Isthmian). cent Kane and Manuel Church re­ tal are James Hawkins, Robert now cook and baker on the Ocean Shipping Picture In the USPHS hospital at pres­ cently were admitted to the hos­ White, Shirely Poole, W. G. Trice, Lotte. Getting back to the shipping ent are Robert J. Caldwell, Jesse pital. We hope they are up and C. B. Young, M. A. Plyler, T. Daw­ Among the men now on the son and A. W. Keane. picture, during the past two weeks P. Brinkley and Isaac Duncan. around soon. beach are A. Eklund, E. CaUahan, we had 16 payoffs, 12 sign-ons and Ben Rees Still convalescing and looking A. (Frenchy) MIchelet W. Foster, H. Ryan and A. Vetu. 15 ships in transit. The payoffs Norfolk Port Agent for early discharges from the hos^l Houston Port Agent James Sheehan were as follows: Oremar and BethBoston Port Agent coaster (Calmar); Edith (Bull); Sf i - . it Madaket and Azalea City (Water­ man); Andrew Jackson (Isthmian); Wilmington: Amerocean (Amerocean); Govern­ ment Camp (Cities Service), and Chilore, Venore, Feltore, Steelore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Santa Shipping Figures November 17 to November 30 We had no payoffs in this port Venetia (Elam); Amerocean (Amer­ REG. BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL during the past two weeks but we ocean); Azalea City (Waterman); DECK ENGINE STEW. BEa DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED had one sign-on and had 12 ships Steel Rover (Isthmian); Oremar PORT Boston 12 8 7 27 6 2 7 15 call in transit, and on these we (Calmar), and Chilore, Venore, were able to place 11 men. We New York 93 ' 78 78 249 82 68 57 205 Feltore, Steelore, Santore and also sent 7 men up to Seattle, Baltore (Ore). Philadelphia 15 13 15 43 24 28 20 70 which had Jobs for all of them In transit were the Robin GoodBaltimore 131 100 89 800 99 78 32 209 upon arrival. fellow, Robin Hood and Robin Norfolk 16 10 8 34 12 2 8 22 Kirk (Seas Shipping); Pennmar, Signing on during the last re­ Savannah 25 11 15' 51 18 11 12 41 Marymar and Bethcoaster (Cal­ port period was The Cabins (Cabins) while in transit were The mar); Iberville and Chickasaw Tampa 13 12 17 4H 19 11 14 44 Cabins (Cabins); Alcoa Pioneer (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Mobile 38 32 32 100 57 55 80 172 and Alcoa Planter TAlcoa); PortRover, Steel Navigator and Steel New Orieana 98 57 9% 188 75 85 92 232 mar, Alamar and Seamar (Calmar); Advocate (Isthmian); Ines (BnU), Houston 28 20 12 55 30 12 7 49 Raphael Semmes and Yaka (Water- . and Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Run­ Seattle ~ 39 29 31 99 88 47 39 152 man); Micfaaei (Carras); Steel King ner Alcoa). (Isthmian); Sweetwater (Metro)i The following brothers are now San Francisco 27 28 29 82 8* 28 29 89 and Orion Comet (Oil Carriers). in the USPH3 hospital on Wyman WUmington 18 # 12 39. -4 1 8 11 Park Drive, here in Baltimore, «nd EmeatB. TUley 1 knoijr^bFy -wottl(ii«iniMl9te It U tt luiadhitMi Piorl A|fefilr4;.;;'.;;; Savannah: 'Fair'Shim Expected To Cenlioae New Orleans: Port is Prosperon And SMpping's Brisk CS Taakere Sign OB Bat SUpplBg's Slew Happy Tims Enjoyei By Steel Vender Men Shipping Picks Up, Sees GeHIng Belter Shipping Is Reported On'Fnll Ahead'BsH CS, Mississippi Ships Pay Off And Sign On m&GSHWpme RECORD 12 iB-TraBsils Call, Provide Jobs For MOD �;---•; - '^s-'-yrr;^, Deeember 19. :1§84 SEAFARERS Pace Thlrteea LOG . . . . PORT KEPORTS Mobilei Five Laid-U|i G-2s Puf Back In Service m. Shipping in this port during the past two wee'ks Vvas good, with 172 men shipped to regular jobs and 226 men sent to various relief jobs in and around the'harbor. We had 8 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 3 In-transits during this period, with ^ the payoffs as follows: City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, .Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). • - , • Signing on were the La Salle, City of. Alma and MobiUan (Water­ man) and Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Al­ coa Roamer (Al­ coa). ' In transit were the Southwind (South At­ lantic) and . De Soto and liierville (Waterman). This shipping York during the past couple of weeks was boosted by the fact that Waterman put five of its laid-up C-2s back into serv^ ice. Four of these have already crewed up and there is a possi­ bility that a couple of more C-2s will be taken out of lay-up within the next few days. Waterman had 11 ships laid up here for quite awhile, but the boys on the beach got quite a lot of relief work on them and that helped take up the shipping slack. Prospect For Future Good Prospects for the coming two weeks also look good, with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or In transit: Afoundria, Warrior, Chickasaw, Antinous, Claiborne and Monarch of the Seas (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Voting fot the election of Union officials has been going on at a brisk pace ever since the polls opened November 15.-'- This is a very healthy sign as it shows the brothers are interested in the elec­ tion of officials to run their busi­ ness for them. The voting will continue daily, as per the Union constitution, until January 15. Another thing of interest here is the repair and renovation of the building adjoining the hall, which is now going on, in fine' style. We are going to make the recrea­ tion half of this building a firstcla^s place for the members to relax and enjoy themselves in. Thanksgiving Dinner Seryed And speaking of enjoyment, . many of the brothers on the beach enjoyed a fine Thanksgiving din­ ner through the courtesy of"^he Seafarers Welfare Plan. This dinner was served at the Catholic Maritime Club and was really a good meal, according to the brothers who partook of it. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Terrill D. York, who joined the Union in 1948 and has sailed steadily out of the Gulf area since that time, generally as steward or cook. Brother York, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Toulminville, a suburb of Mo­ bile, and when he's not shipping he's spends quite a bit of time fish­ ing. Brother York highly praises the disability provisions of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. He says * he has seen some of his old ship­ mates taken care of by this benO'^fit, and that it gives a man a won­ derful feeling of security to know that his Unipq vs«l)-,take care of have to depend on charity if he is disabled. Lake Charles: A few of the oldtimers now on the beach are Robert Drain, Nils Larsen, Tage Roslund, M. Wadlington, Donald Pool, Joe Denton, Mal­ colm Cieutat, Leon Jordan, Robert Thomas, P. R. Simmons, Leonard Down here in Louisiana, things Smith and Joseph Green. have been running along smoothly Cal Tanner both as far as shipping and as far MobUe Port Agent as the elections are concerned. Many brothers are casting their votes here and it looks as if a Seattle: heavy vote will be rolled up. As for shipping, we shipped more men . than we registered in the engine department, and as many as we registered in the stew­ Due to the fact that several ard department," so we had a Liberty^ came out of lay-up, ship­ pretty fair two weeks. However, ping was exceptionally good in this we still have quife a f,ew men here, port during the past two weeks so we don't advise any of the broth­ and^we had to send to Wilmington ers to come down here if they are and' San Francisco for about, 25 anxious to get out in a hurry. men. Calling in here during these past During this period we paid off two weeks were the Government the Young America (Waterman) Camp, Council and signed on the Seamonitor (Ex­ Grove, Bents celsior), Western iigiss® Fort, Archers Trader (Western Hope, Bradford Navigation) and Island, Winter Irenestar Hill and. Cantig(Maine). In tranny (Cities Serv­ sit were the ice), and over in Raphael Semmes Orange, Tex., we (Waterman), Al­ had \he Southern coa Pioneer (Al­ Cities (Southern) Grice coa) and 'Alamar, and Val Chem Seamar and Cal(Valentine Tankers). All of these Spuron mar (Calmar). ships took a few men. P & O Buys Ship For our Seafarer of the Week We have learned that the SlU- we nominate Golden B. (Tex) GilContracted Peninsular and Occi­ lispie, who is really a native of dental SS Co., which operates the Texas and makes his home in near­ Florida, has purchased the Denali, by Orange. Tex sails in the deck formerly on the Alaska-Seattle department,' and about three run, from the Alaska SS Co. months ago he took a Waterman Men now on the beach include ship bound for the Far East, but J. Spuron and O. P. Oakley, while now he's back with us again and in the hospital are S. Johannessen, keeping busy reading farm and M. Michalik and T. C. Riley. poultry journals. Tex says that as Jeff Gillette soon as he makes his stake he is Seattle Port Agent going into the butter and egg busi­ ness on a big scale, but so far he has only, one hen and no cows. Miami: However, he's hoping. Also, he's pitching in hard as far as the Un­ ion is concerned, and he says he knows the value of the SiU and is determined to help keep and im­ Sliipping has been on the slow prove what we have gained. Was Meeting Chairman bell in this port and during the Tex served as .chairman at our past two weeks we had no sign-ons and only one payoff—the Florida last regular meeting, and J. A. (P & O). In transit were the Phillips, also of the deck depart­ Florida (P & O); Ponce (Ponce ment, was recording secretary, and Cement); Ocean Lotte (Ocean both men did a fine job. Trans.); Bradford Island (Cities Besides these two men, we now Service); Steel Vendor. (Isthmian), have on the beach Sam Evans, "Big and Iberville and Azalea City Jim" Canard, "Red" Henry, p. F. (Waterman). Lowe, A. Fruge, Ben Grice, E. We expect the P & O to get an­ Lerma, "Woody" Johnson, Mont other ship soon—the Denali—but McNabb, C. Young, J. F. Mapp, we don't know just when she will Ted Jones and B. McMichael. arrive from the West Coast. We have no men in the hospital Eddie Parr at this time. • " Miami Port Agent On the local labor front all is Heavy Yolo Forocasi In Union's Eloction Uberfys Leave Lay-Up, Shipping 'ExifeptienaF P S 0 Is Expeeled To Gel Another Ship mMmJ ' SlU, A&6 District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ....... 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey Williams. Agent . MagnolU 6112-6113 NEW YORK......670 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth S-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCJSCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent / Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUraTA de TIEBRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent . Phone 2-5896 SAVANNAH , : 3 Abercorn St. JeR Morrison.. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ....V 2505 1st Ave. JeS GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 Samte-Air-"" WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECROTARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUliam HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 883 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CAUr 357 5th Si Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ......3505 1st Ave. Main 0390 WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK......678 4tll Ave.. Brook HYaclnth 9 Canadian District MONTREAL....:^..634 SL James St. West PLateau 8161 quiet, but the political situation is picking upland each day more men announce their candidacy for the governor's office. It looks as if by election time we will really have a gang running for this office. The quail hunting season will open here soon and a number of the boys are looking forward to it. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent A, 4. New York: ^ $• Members Show Keen Interest In Jleelien Son Francisco: Union Acllon Saves Comet Seward's Job We had no payoffs in this port during t^e past two weeks, but we signed on the Orion Comet (Oil" Carriers) and in transit were the ^ Seamar (Calmar); Steel King (Isth- ' mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior), and Yaka and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man). When the Orion Comet paid off here we had a beef with the mas­ ter, who tried to fire the steward. The master re­ fused to give us any information as to why he was firing the stew­ ard, and so we checked with all the crewmembers, including Taylor the licensed per­ sonnel, and found this steward was a topnotch man and fed above the average during the run. Check­ ing further, we learned the master personally disliked the steward, and, of course, personalities have no place aboard ship. At any rate, this beef was settled to everyone's satisfaction, with the steward re­ maining aboard the ship. Deliver Maternity Checks During this last report period we also delivered two maternity checks, of which one went to Brother R. O. Brown. Brother Brown's baby was born in a hospi­ tal in San Francisco and when the time came for him to take his wife home he owed the hospital $98, so they released his wife but held the baby. We immediately got in touch with the welfare department at headquarters and the check was sent immediately, and we are happy to say that through this speedy action we were able to have the baby home in a few days. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected Brother Charles Taylor, who joined the Union in 1944. Brother Taylor says that he likes the conditions on SIU ships very much, and also likes the va­ cation pay. Voting here at headquarters in New York has been going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that the members are taking an active and interested part in the elections. As we have mentioned before, every member who has not yet voted should do so as soon as possible, as this ^voting is to elect the men who will serve for the next two years. Shipping in this port is still holding its own but 1 would not advise any of the brothers to come up here with the thought of getting right out. What they will get is a lot of real cold north winds. During the last report period we paid off as ships, signed on 3 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Geor­ gia, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Republic (Traf­ algar); Bradford Island, Cantigny and Council Grove (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Arti­ san, Steel Advocate and Steel Nav­ igator (Isthmian); Robiir Kirk (Seas Shipping); Kathryn (Bull); Bien­ ville (Waterman), and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). Signing on werf the Sea Nan (Stratford), Steel Artisan (Isthmi­ an) and Robin Hood (Seas Ship­ ping). Ships In Transit In transit were the Pennmar and Bethcoaster- (Calmar); Carolyn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoal; Barbara Michel (Norlo), and Chick­ asaw, Choctaw, Fairisle, Fairport and Antinous (Waterman). We find in the past couple of Tom Banning weeks that some of the crews have San Francisco Port Agent not been cooperating with their department and ship's delegates. Philadelphia:^ ^ The brothers should not forget that these delegates are their repre­ sentatives until the shoreside pa­ trolman comes aboard, and it makes for much quicker and easier payoffs if they cooperate with Shipping in this port picked up them. a little during the past two weeks Claude Simmons and the outlook for the future is Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer fair. During these two weeks we paid off 9 ships, signed on 6 and had 10 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Marina and Hilton (Bull); Win-, ter Hill (Cities Service); Southern States (Southern); Maryniar anS Pennmar (Calmar); Queenston FORT WILLIAM 118VS Syndicate Ave. Heights (Seatrade); Republic (TraOntario Phone: 3-3221 and Barbara Michel PORT COLBORNE ...103 Durham St. fallar), Ontario Phone: 5591 (Norlo). TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 The Winter HiU, Southern VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Marymar, P e n n m a r^ Empire 4531 States, VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Queenst^ Heights and Republic Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. signed oni and in transit were the Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebce 20 Elgin St. Robin Goodfellow and Robin Kirk Phone: 545 (Seas Shipping); SteeJ Chemist, THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 Steel Rover and Andrew Jackson QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague (Isthmian), and Chickasaw, Bien­ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. ville, Azalea City, Madaket and NB Phone: 2-5232 Antinous (Waterman). The Hilton paid off with the pos­ Great Lakes District sibility that she may go into idle ALPENA.. 133 W Fletcher status. The Marina has been trans­ Phone: '1238W BUFFALO. NY.../ 180 Main St. ferred to a foreign flag, but we un­ Phone:. Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave.. NE derstand that Bui; has purchased Phone: Main 1-0147 two C-^ to replace her and the DETROIT. . 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Hosario! . DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. ' A. S. Cardullo v Phone: Melrose 3-4110 SOUTH rniCAGO . saoyt ,9«nd st M » omUdMphtaf Poirt 'Agentf ) 11/4\ -SI m Shipping Sbows Gain, Fuiiire Onllook 'Fair' Phone; KMek ' 5-a4U> f ^ �Pafe r«iirte«l SEAFARERS tO^ Wage, Vacation JPay Booste Wilt Help Pay For This i»- I JMeendiier 11, OFF WATCH This featurs is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like tohich Seafarers may find helpful in spending.their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible, -f———— which these strains always Cameras and photographic equip­ sponse draw from Southerners everywhere," ment are not the only sure-to- With-this thought in mind, and a please gifts for the amateur lens- ready markqt in schools and such men; books on allied subjects often places where the historical signifi­ are just as much favored.' In any cance of the Civil War period can, event, what anpears to be a good help make a"best seller," Colum­ bet in this field is a volume titled bia Records recently came up with "Hints, Tips & Gadgets for the a new album called "The Confed­ Amateur Photographer," (London: eracy." "The Fountain Press; Philadelphia: -Available on one 12-inch LP disc Rayelle Publications, $2.95). It's a an^ in other speeds as weli, the collection of 120 how-to-do-it and record offers a colorful, sphited how-to-make-it ideas Sflected from The SEAFARERS LOG recent picture story, "Seafarer-Homeowner," has prompted Seafarer J. T. a popular feature in the Ikigllsh collection of music and words from, Spivey, Jr., to submit these photos of the new home which he and his .wife have just completed in weekly "Amateur Photograplter. the years 1861-65 and is packaged Shreve'port, La. A feature of the house, Spivey writes, is the cabinet-lined galley which is over Instructions for each item are spe­ with a speciaUy-produced histori­ 18 feet long and 14 feet wide. Also, he says, his wage boost, under the latest SIU contract, and his cific and detailed, and many are cal brochure describing the songs and the period. Hicluded are songs increase in vacation pay wUi come in mighty handy in helping to pay for this set-up. illustrated with drawings. like "General Lee's Grand March," ^ 3) All Quiet Along the Potomac To­ The Post Office Department has night," "The Yellow Rose of already announced its "Christmas Texas," "Lorena" and several present" for philatelists," with the others. disclosure of part of its 1955 pro­ 4) 4" 4" SIU crewmen who may be having a little difficulty putting zip into their shipboard meet­ gram of commemorative stamps. Some among the thousands of ings might take an object lesson from the crewmembers of the De Soto (Waterman). Re­ Designers of first-day cover en­ Seafarers who live along the route velopes and album publishers, as cently, for instance, the De Soto crewmen conducted a meeting at which « wide variety of well as the collectors themselves, of the Ocean Hiway between New York and Jacksonville, Fla., and are always Interested in such also know. how to use a camera, topics pertaining to the Union ^ attended, according to Phil cited a number of cases in which things. • Although the denomina­ may bo able to cash in on a photo were discussed. Many of the ever certain crewmembers, who were tions, colors^and designs, together contest vchich is already going on Reyes, who served as secretary. brothers took the floor to state For one thing, Reyes reports, not familiar with the agreement, with dates and places of first-day and will end finally next October their opinions on these topics, and Brother Lukas took the floor and lost out on their transportation it was agreed by all that this was gave a brief history of maritime money when the skippers of .the sale, are yet to be decided, the sub­ 1. The competition is sponsored by the Ocean Hiway Association the best shipboard meeting they unions, comparing the much im­ ships ' they were on discharged ject matter is now known. The four stamps, all of which which Is offering $400 in prizes for proved wages and working condi­ tlTem for cause. will probably be for domestic use,, the winning entries. tions of Seafarers with those of When several of the members will commemorate the 150th anni­ "The contest is open to all; there Seatrain Drill seamen 30 years ago. Brother disputed these statements, and versary of the Pennsylvania 'Acad­ are' no entry fees, no entry blanks Lukas urged the members not to questioned the payment of trans­ emy of Fine Arts—"oldest art in­ and no special requirements .for take all these gains for granted, portation money to men discharg­ stitution in the US," the 100th an­ entering, except that the photos but to be ever alert to keep them, ed for cause, Brother Reyes read niversary of the natioi^'s "first land subhiitted must have been taken to abide by the .contract and to the section of the agreement per­ grant colleges (Michigan State and along or near the official route of be loyal to the Union. taining to transportation money, Pennsylvania State), the 50th an­ the Ocean Hiway. A simple leaflet and said the payment of such niversary of Rotary International and highway map outlining all de­ Settling Beefs Brother Burke also took the floor money, even to men discharged for and the 100th year of the Soo tails of the competition can be ob­ and outlined the SIU method of cause, had been settled by Union Locks—the "world's busiest canal," tained by writing Dept. 3, Ocean on the Great Lakes. Hiway Association, PO Box 1552, settling beefs aboard ship. He officials and ships' captains. Brother Reyes warned, howevel:, Wilmington, Del. Entries have to pointed out that- no individual 4" t 1> . crewmember should directly ap­ that this does not give a man There are few people today, re­ be submitted to the Ocean Hiway proach his supei'ior officer on any liberty to perform aboard ship. gardless of where they hail from, Photo Contest, PO Box 267, grievance but should submit the Such a man, he pointed out, can who can't be stirred by the march­ Charleston, SC. No photographs be tried and disciplined by a fine ing rhythms of "Dixie" or the re­ will be returned. beef to his de­ or loss of his shipping rights ac­ partment d e 1 ecording to the Union constitution. gate. If neces­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: sary, he said, the Back Educational Program department dele­ All the members voiced the gate will turn opinion that more emphasis at the. beef over to shipboard meetings should be laid the ship's dele­ upon education and becoming more By M. Dwyer The Seatrain New Jersey pro­ gate, and if the familiar with the agreement, and J s h i p's delegate vided the setting for this a motion made by Brother Reyes photograph by Seafarer cannot obtain Home is the sailor, home from the sea. Reyes was i^econded and carried to devote Charles Oppenheimer, who's satisfaction from Safe from the wind and the rain, a portion of each meeting to a the officer or captain, he will sub­ discussion of the Union constitu­ much better known as "Sir . • k'.;, r!' His adventurous heart is at peace for awhile ' • - -..''-''if'' •' mit the beef to the proper shore- tion, contract or history. Charles." It shows some of his Till the day that he sails again. side Union official for action. shipmates during a fire and Such action, it was felt,'would Brother Reyes, who also spoke. help not only the permitmen on boat drill aboard the vessel. Home is the sailor to fires bright --'i board, but also oldtimers in the And the loved ongs who hold him so dear, Union whose familiarity with jhe 'Yet the sound of the ships in the harbor constitution and contract may be Forevermore. he will hear. getting a little rusty. •w -of: The meeting, which Was presided Home is the sailor,-home fo^ awhile. over by Brother^ G. Callahan, As the hunter comes home from" the hill. closed with many individual crew­ , (1) The largest city on the European continent is: (a) Rome, (b) Ber­ men, including permitmen, asking The time will pass, then he's off again lin, (c) Paris, (d) Moscow. various questions about their rights, With a craving that he"ll never still. i'r.. (2) An American, Florence Chadwick, has been in the news in re­ and benefits, and the oldtimers cent times because she successfully swam the English Channel. Who aboard answering these questions Though he kindles the fire of roaming. was the^ first woman to perform this feat? and pointing out that the rights To ashes the fire will burn. (3) Four hundred passengers boarded a cruise ship in the ports of and benefits of SIU men make the And the hearts that he leaves behind him Boston and New York, bound for three ports in the Caribbean. If 15 SIU second to none among mari­ percent of the passengers got off in Havana, and 28 percent were due time unions. • >r.'- ' Must be patient until his. return. to leave the ship in Ciudad Trujillo, hovv many were bound for San Juan? (4) In what country was Mata Hari shot as a spy in October, 1917? (5) What was the biggest real estate deal in history? (6) Is anthracite or bituminous coal more common in the US? (7) How old is a'person who is now as old as three times his age three years from now iess three times his age three years ago?. (8) Where is the famous village of Waterloo located: (a) France, (b) Belgium, (c) England,..(d) Germany? It was the site of an epic battle in the Napoleonic wars. (9) What were the names of the three ships which went on Columbtis' first expedition to the New World? (10) Which cities are Involved in >€aiarles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities"? ' ' • - \- Ships Meeting-De Soto Style Home Is The Sailor \ iv ' V' v" 11 I2|iiz Corner [[if- Iif- IM ^-fs-: • • • • - ft I �Deeember 10; 19S4 SEA^FARKRS LOG V f By Spike Marlin Out Of Seafarer-CI, And He Likes It There's a lot to be said for shipping as a crewmember on an SIU ship. But there's also a lot to be said for enoying the comforts of being a passenger, ^ven if you've got to get into Photogenic, Huh? I 'iV: - • I .?r:r-'v; This might not be the kind of makeup Marilyn Monroe would use, but it didn't stop wipers D. Flynn (left) and Sam K. I^eed from posing for FWT Everett Hord aboard the Steel Scientist (Isthmian) in Cal­ cutta. Hord got this shot right after Flynn, and Reed had fin­ ished cleaning out the ship's boilers. "Army khaki to do so. • This is the word from Sea­ Johnny, his address is: John But­ farer Johnny Butler, who's ler US 51298538, 81st Trans. Co. now serving'Uncle Sam, and (BOAI), APO 217, c/o Postmaster, who writes the LOG that a "one- New York, NY. ia-a-million" chance made him a passenger on the SlU-contracted Cracker State Mariner (South At­ lantic) when the Army sent him to France, eight months after be en­ tered the service. "Naturally," Johnny writes, "this was an exceptionally enjoyable ex­ perience for me since it gave me the opportunity to renew acquaitrtances with some of my old ship­ mates such as Myles Sterne, Henry Robinson, Eddie Van Wyck and that old belly robber. Cliff Wilson. "Everyone in the crew," Johnny says, "extended us Army boys every courtesy, from Ramon, the passenger utility, to Chips Nilsbeck, the ship's delegate, and our crossing, to La Pallice, France, was Swapping a few reminiscences really great. with an old shipmate. Seafarer "Nevertheless," Johnny con­ John Butler (right) gets to­ cludes, "I can hardly wait until my gether with Henry Robinson, Army sentence is up, and I'm sail­ second electrician on Cracker ing as a crewmember myself on an State Mariner. Butler, now SIU ship again." a GI, was Mariner passenger For those who want to write on run to LaPaiiice, France. SE Asia Seen ''Well Worth Saving' Is Southeast Asia worth saving? For the Western democracies, that area of the world is well worth protecting from the ravages of Communism, believes Seafarer Harry Kronmel. Kronmel makes this observation as the result of a four-months run to the Far East aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian). During this pe­ nine years ago that thousands of seem completely indifferent to riod he visited many of the Filipinos were slaughtered and their future fate, despite the fact tinder boxes in the current -struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy, and talked to many of the native in­ habitants of these places. And from these talks he is convinced that Southeast Asia is worth sav­ ing because the majority of the people there, although not neces­ sarily pro-Western, are definitely anti-Communist, and do not wish to be ruled either by Moscow or Peiping. Here, in capsule form, are some of Kroiimel's impressions of the ports and countries he visited: MANILA: The people here still bate the Japanese. It was only i - nil;; .«• gA:V:.V-v,,' their relatives refuse to forget. The Filipinos fear an atom bomb attack but feel more secure with US bases on the islands. Inter­ nally, the people are cleaning house under the direction of a firm but liberal government; and—bar­ ring attack—they hope for a more stable future. SAIGON: The natives talk very little about the war. They simply accept the fact that their city is dying. The French servicemen and merchant sailors generally believe the US is "okay," but also feel the US should let France act in Indo-China as she pleases. , BANGKOK: Here the people CMMSIP 30ly/e UMO/i AflD^Pc^/i. BR0THm, BYNOMIHATING -^oUFSeifiM£enN& ft>STS Atio coMMffBe joe&. ev0fi^ QeAfARB/z sHoom Mine CAFfiAfOA 0F4SMOA. - v.'. \ •r. - 11 ,1 I that Thailand seems to be next on the Communist timetable of con­ quest because it is rich in rice and oil. For th> past century the teaching of English has been com­ pulsory in the public schools—a practice dating back to the days of "Anna and the King of Siam." Is 'Problem ChUd' INDONESIA:'This young repub­ lic is the problem-child of South­ east Asia, with civil war plus Com­ munist pressure causing it to "go around in circles." In the port of Jakarta there is a martial law set­ up which is strictly "bahoo"— which means it smells bad. Most of the business places are owned by Chinese and decorated with photos of the Russian and Chi­ nese Communist leaders. ~ "SINGAPORE: Here, where more order and cleanliness prevail, the population is about 90 percent Chi­ nese and 10 percent Malayan, and about the only Europeans or Ameridans to be seen are seamen. The many Chinese, however, consider themselves to be citizens of Malaya, not China, and are predominantly anti-Communist. In summing up, Kronmel says that in the seven. Southeast Asia countries" he visited he found strong nationalist feelings.. Most of the people desire independence, but right now the Communist pro­ gram is a threat to their future in­ dependence, and therefore there is an opportunity for the US to build up a strong pro-American feeling. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration ^ number of their chipping card in the message From now on. If the number Is not included, the excuse can­ not b» «ecep(M kar tlie dis­ patcher. It may be coincidence, or it may be that there is no other city of a million population handy on the eastern seaboard, but Baltimore has become the dumping ground for the humpty-dumpties of the sport world. Up until now, it's been assumed that Baltimoreans would crave some big-time action and come out to see it even though the home-town representative was slightly on the moth-eaten side. The promoters are discovering to their horror that it just isn't so. Of course It's always possible that Baltimore isn't the red-hot sports town it's been cracked-up to be. Nobody has really found out up to now, simply because Balti­ more has never been given an entry that could inspire anybody's enthusiasm. The tipoff on the indifference of Baltimore to second-rate goods was the failure of the Baltimore Bullets, the cellar-dwelling pro basketball club. The Bullets were in. debt for a few thousand dollars, nothing that would strain the pockets of any well-to-do business­ man. The owners of the club at­ tempted to peddle it for about two weeks but couldn't find any takers even though it doesn't require more than a couple of good play­ ers to turn a lousy basektball team into a decent one. Home atten­ dance of less than 2,000 at a few home games discouraged all com­ ers. Never Struck Oil The pro football entry, the Bal­ timore Colts, isn't fracturing, any attendance records either. The Colts found a home in Baltimore only after some extra-curricular wanderings that carried them as far westward as Dallas. There they drew as much applause as a dry-hole oil well. Texas was aban­ doned one dark, moonless night and Baltimoi-e chosen out of des^peration more than anything else. The change of air hasn't done the club much good. While cap­ able of putting up a fairly-decent front, the Colts haven't been win­ ning many ball games. The most talked-of trek to Balti­ more was last year's shift of the St. Louis Browns. The quick change of uniform and name didn't alter the dreary aspect of the club's performance. In this in­ stance though, the club did very well in the turnstile department, and even better after the season in snagging Paul Richards as gen­ eral manager. Richards promptly set the town buzzing with his daring and pos­ sibly preposterous trade of pitch­ ers Turley and Larsen for a slew of New York Yankee second-string­ ers. Despite all the brave talk about building for the future, this kind of a trade looks like a dis­ tinctly short-run investment. Rich­ ards knows very well that another season like the last would put the ball club in the deep freeze. He's hoping to get one or two years' breathing space out of old pro Woodling and pitchers Byrd and McDonald to give him a chance to develop a decent club. Real Romance Run •• , 4 • I I I .(SI I I 1 c 41 Sailing on the Evangeline proved to be the road to ro­ mance for George Svenningsen, as this photo shows. George met his bride—Marie Surette of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia—while he was on the ship last summex'. •^1 41 :^l 4i| m i The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Frank Mailory's recipe for "Hawaiian HollandaiAe." Feelings on special sauces to be poured over meats, fish or vegetables are generally split into two well-defined camps. Some people are very partial to them, and others like their food unspoiled by anything but natural juices. Even in the face of this, however. Seafarer Frank Mallory. is willing to present the recipe for a sauce he picked up while in Hawail. Those who like this sort of thing really like it, and those who don't 'wouldn't want it anyway, so you can't get through to them, anyhow. Mallory, inci­ dentally, has Mallory been shipping for just a few years now as a cook and also worked ashore in some big-city eateries. But he finds cook­ ing for a hungry ship's crew really has its Tewards—aside from the good SIU pay and conditions. Naturally enouji^h, the Hawaiian recipe has some of the Island's principal export in it, and here's what you need to prepare it: 1 pound butter, 12 egg yolks, 4 ounces lemon Juicti 4 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 pint un­ sweetened canned pineapple juice. Firet cream the butter, then add the yolks a couple at a time and beat well. Next, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Then, just before serving, add hot pine­ apple juice, a little at a time, beating continuously. Cook in a double boiler arrangement, stir­ ring constantly, until the sauce thickens {ike boiled custard. (Should yield nearly two quarts.) Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at/all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Dec. 15, Dec. 29, Jan. 12. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend tiie meetings. J - .... M �S^E*AfAWWW%t>V^ Turkey Day Fare Wine Applause I t-; a- - To the Editor: , We, the crewmembers of the Steelore, would like to give our heartiest thanks to our steward de« partment for giving us one of the best Thanksgiving Day dinners we had in many years of SIU sailing.* The men who were responsible for this wonderful meal were Ed­ ward J. Debardelaben, chief stew­ ard; Joseph J. Padelsky, chief cook; S. S. Disharoom, second cook; E. C. Brown, third cook; Wil­ liam Matthews and Winston Jack­ son, messmen, and J. B. Malenke, chief pantryman. As you know, the Steelore is one With the kinks out of their system, and some good chow under of the oldest ships still to be in their belts, men picked up by Steel Director look happy now. service under an SIU contract. 4 The ship was in mothballs for some time, and was practically eaten up by rust, but going at her in real SIU style we have gotten her back To the Editor: in shape again. Crew of the Steelore Just thought you might be in­ terested in getting the enclosed Ji J" photo and also some information about two fishermen who were rescued by the crew of the Steel Director two hours before we hit To the Editor: Barring the outbreak of a war Singapore. These men got caught in a squall within the next two weeks, and ex­ cluding the Mau Mau terrorism in and their boat was overturned. When we finally Kenya and the constant sniping picked them up between the Chinese nationalists they had been and communists. Seafarers this sitting on the year will observe Christmas in overturned hull peace. This will be the first Christ­ for two days, and mas in 20 years told us that no­ when there has Robert E. Quinn body else would not been an ac­ pick them up. tive battlefield But anyway we somewhere or other, and it is a JBoyer P"* « lifeboat over the side and sobering thought. As a matter of got them, and I might say that we To the Editor: fact, there have got a nice compliment from the I'm a retired bookmember of the been few peace­ skipper for our seamanship. SIU, and I'm writing now to ask Incidentally, the photo I am ful Christmases Brault since 1914, be­ sending was taken by F. E. Hagin, if some of the brothers can see their way clear to give me a hand. cause for the past 40 years wars FWT. Guess that's all, so will close by As a result of three operations I have been waged on a greater or lesser scale in some country in the saying "hello" to all the boys and have had on my broken hip in the hoping everything Is mighty fine world. last few years, it appears that I You may remember that it was with them. won't be able to go to sea again. Percy Boyer not long after the end of the "war Right now I'm on crutches and still to end wars" and the birth of the 4" 4" League of^Nations that Poland got getting treatment. I'm also facing into trouble with the newly-born an operation for k catqract on my Communist Russia. Then Japan right eye. moved into Manchuria and soon To the Editor: I broke the hip in a shipboard after that long conflict ended I have been receiving the SEA­ Japan invaded China proper. Then FARERS LOG for almost 14 accident in 1949 and it didn't heal properly. The last trip I was able came the Italian war in Ethiopia, months at my to make was back in 1952 on the the Spanish civil war and the outfit here in Sea Gale. » fighting between Russia and Fin­ Pusan, and 1 want to 'thank land. Doesnt Qualify Pot Kept Boiling you for a good Unfortunately, because I had These wars—interspersed with job well done in very little seatime in the past five odds and ends of fighting in Pales­ keeping those years due to the injury, I wasn't tine, South other LOGS rolling. able to qualify for the SIU dis­ areas—kept the pot boiling until There are half ability benefit. the outbreak of World War II. a dozen ^lU men I know that many a time in the Surely, this is a dismal record, in my outfit—the pe Marco past I dug down along with but the picture has been made 501st Harbor even more depressing since 1945 Craft Company—and they all agree the rest of the gang to give an by the scientific developments the LOG is doing a great job of unfortunate shipmate a hand when he needed it. ' I'm hoping I can which might very well cause the repjirting the Union's activities. destruction of humanity if we ever Despite this, the one thing I've count on a little help myself now had another major war. been waiting for is the time when that I'm In a spot. Any of the At any rate, let us Seafarers be I could tell you to stop sending the brothers who feel they can help thankful that this Christmas, at* LOG to me. And now I can be­ me can get in touch with me at least, is one which we can enjoy cause I'm coming home. Oh, happy home, 101 West 69th Street, New York City. Thanks to all. day! in peace. Robert E. Quina Ray Brault Pasquale E. De Marco Storm \ictims GetSiU'LiW Seafarer Hopes > For Xmas Peace f t'.- fev It K" J r- ®^ Brother In Need Asks Assistance His Happy D'Day Is Diseharye Day ' '-'i. • H s- '' Fort Knox IsnH End Of Rainbow, DMtofbkr MK'IW Mother Grateful For Scholarship To the Editor: I am sending you my new ad­ dress and I hope you will continue to send me the LOG there as 1 certainly enjoy reading it, par­ ticularly , when my husband is at sea. As you know, our son. Jack, was one of the winners of this year's SIU college scholarships and is now attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I could hardly believe it when I learned he had been named one of the winners, and I want to thank all thdse concerned in his selection. Mrs. Eddie S. Game (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) To the Editor: Well, here I am at Fort Knox, Ky., where there's supposed to be gold in them thar hills. . But if you think that makes me happy, it doesn't. All I keep wishing is that I could return to sea on an SIU ship, because those days were heaven compared to this Army life. There we had plenty of good food, prepared by good SIU cooks, good bedding, and peaceful nights with the roll of the sea to lull you to ... 4> 4 4> sleep. There's nothing like that here. I think that the trouble with this man's Army is that there's no organization. You can't get To the Editor: enough guys to stick together to • Thanks very much for sending get anything decent, and when I me the LOG.; Although I'm now talk unionism to retired, due to a disability, I cer­ these boys, and tainly do like to keep up with tell them how what's going on in the Union. much good it Here in San Diego, where I live, does, they don't we are getting quite a few SIU believe it a n d wagons and I- try to visit them think it's all a whenever I can to see who I know joke. on them. I live only a couple of blocks from the watei'front and They think it's can see what ships are in the har­ a joke, that is, bor from my window.. until I show them Corriveau Thanks again to the SIU for all my copies of the LOG, and then they get real inter­ its past favors. Robert E. Van Dom ested and start shooting questions at me. 4 4 4 Speaking of the LOG, I hope you will note my new ad^ess and make the necessary change in your mailing list. I have a good buddy here, whose address I am To the Editor: I would like to advise you of enclosing, and I also hope you will the death of an old bookmember send him the LOG so he won't be of the SIU—Chester Kuplicki. swiping my copy. Brother Kuplicki, who died No­ Discharge Denied vember 1 of a heart condition, When i first got into this Army I sailed SIU ships throughout the made an application to get a hard­ war, but was obliged to retire after ship discharge as I had been sup­ a near-fatal accident aboard the porting my family while going to William Ryder in 1945 in Gran. I feel sure his old shipmates sea. Both my mother and father will be concerned to hear that this are ill, and my father, who is 60 years old, only makes $25 a week brother has passed away. Edward Hodge and cannot support the two minor children who are still at home. 4 4 4 But the Army refused to pay any­ thing because my father still made a little money, and today they turned down my application for a discharge although I had letters To the Editor: I am writing this to express my from doctors, priests and others. It's a lucky thing for me that I wils sincere appreciation to the crew of the Robin able to save a little money while Tuxford for their I was sailing SIU. kindness to me Anyway, I guess I'll just have when I was hos­ to sweat it out in the Anpy for a pitalized in Mom­ while longer. Meanwhile, I'd like basa. to isay "hello" to. all my old bud­ I would also dies ' and'' shipmates and wish like to express them happy holidays and good my sincere apsailing. preoiation to the Pvt. Joseph C. Corriveau purser and crewPanette US 54159386 xhembers of the Co. A, 240th Const. Eng. Robin Kirk, on which I was sent Fort Knox, Ky. back to the States, and would like Likes To Watch Ships Come In Reports Death Of Old Bookman He^s Grateful To Robin Crews mess, for his wonderful service. �I«/UM Pao. Serenteesr -'v . ^ .. DIGEST of SHIPS^ MEETINGS... fit NORTl (Mlululppn, OetoMr l- Chilrman, Cranai Swratary, Callahan. Traaaurcr reported fSS.BO In the ahip'a funid. Brother Acy asked the crewmemberk to please cooperate with blm and put their dirty linen in the linen bags that he had placed in strategic places gor their convenience and his. There wai a discussion about the ship's tund and what It should be used for. of thankg wag glvon to tho Itgward de­ partment. Dlacuaalon on varloua Itcmi of intereat for the good and welfare of the crew and the Union ax a whole. A dlscuxsion wax alxo held on emergency driUx, xhipboard cleaninexx, etc. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cltlef Service), October 29—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secretary, V. Ratcllff. Messhall wlU be painted. Dis­ cussion on ship'x library. The drainx are CAROLYN (Bull), October 37—Chair- stopped up in the deck department toUet. mad, Donald Rood; Secretary, Staphen New iron purchased for crew out of Muico. Ship's fund totals t42.80. Sug- xhip'e fund. - gestlon made that steward put out better MARYMAR (Calmer), October 34 — menus and meats. Also the steward aholild make sure that steak meat is Chairman, T. Suit; Secretary, A. Retko. grade A. Ship's delegate and steward A overwhelming vote of appreciation del(^gate will see captain about getting and thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the bang up job they did. Crew steward department showers painted. reports that first class food le served. IBERVILLI (Waterman), October 33— Brother MUton Carp was taken off the Chairman, A. Varn; Secretary, Paul Cox. ship and hospitaUzed in San Francisco Motion made and. carried that delegates in September, and If any brother saw check hospital and see that it is clean. him Injured he should contact Brother Suggestion made that all beefs be taken Carp or the payoff patrolman. Chief to the department or the ship's delegate steward Andy Besko wiU contact the and not to . the hall by the men them­ port steward about obtaining new mat­ selves. tresses before signing on. CHIWAWA (Cities Ssrvlce), October 30 —Chairman, P. Hammel; Secretary, T. Cloygh. Motion made and carried to in­ struct ship's delegate to check with headquarters on payoif; status of ship when sha.. goes to the' shipyard. A vote PERSONAI.S Thomas Y. Loian Cjret in touch with your sister, Mr$, Phyllis Plasio, Box 166, Renton, Pa. Family is anxious to hear from you. : i i t John H. Murray Please contact your wife at 271 Maleleu Place, Staten Island, NY. 3« 4" ' Richard Leikas Your mother is seriously ill and in hospital. Write or call your aunt, Mrs, Victor Kauro at 1463 W. 6th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, phone 4-8393. There is also some important m^ waiting for you at your brother's home. 4" I> 4 3^ Telly (Shorty) Vasquez Oontact Robert J. Barger, 220 North 5th Street, West Dundee, 111. •if '4" 4" John Phillip Hayward Please contact Mrs. K. Hayward, at HR 3, Verner, Ontario, Canada. ~ . .3) 3) 3) Gilford Simms Ed Lu?ui; asks you to get in touch with him through the Balti­ more hall and give him your address. . • Puzzle Anzwer DEL MONTI (Mississippi), Sepfombsr 4—Chairman, N. Funken; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Motion made and carried to post previous . minutes on, the bulletin board. Sugestion that the delegates con­ tact the first assistant about having aU scuppers and drains checked and opened. Soiled linen should be placed in laundry bags hanging in passageway. Secrstary, Thomas A. Royholdt. A hear­ ty vote of thanks was given to the crew for tho care they gave two men who were hospitaUzed during tho voyage. A certain amount of conflicting personality beefs present In the deck department, but they can be taken caro of by hold­ ing a' special deck department meeting. Motion made ibat the Union make an aU out effort to obtain air conditioning throughout all SIU contracted vessels on steady tropical runs. October 10—Chairman, A. Shrlmpton; Secretary, T. Reynolds. - Ship's fund to­ tals $40. Brother Mitchell spoke at length regarding the carrying of tales topside. Beef with steward department over painting tO bo referred to the patrolman. LIBERTY FLAO (Dover), October 32— Chairman, J. McRac; Seereiary, N. ,McGulre. A new ship's delegate was elected. Ordinary and wiper wiU take care of the laundry room and the steward depart­ ment will take care of the recreation room. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), October 24 —Chairman, A. W. Phillips; Secretary, M. G. Ohstrom. Television set is going to be repaired. New mattresses are on order. Donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the ship's treasurer at payoff. AU brotners were urged to con­ tribute about SI each. SAN MATEO' VICTORY (Eastern), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec­ HASTINGS (Waterman), October 17 — retary, L. Bruce. A cable was sent to Chairman.' Crawford; Secretary, J. Wells. the Union hall about paying off and lay­ Motion made and carried to start a ship's fund, and crewmembers will give on a voluntary basis. A vote of thanks was given to the radio operator for putting out news every morning. HILTON (Bull), October 14—Chairman, Henry Herklnhelns; Secretary, W. Ben- nerson. Request for a new Ubrary made. Soap dishes are needed in aU showers. Crewmembers suggested that a new washing machine be installed. YAKA (Waterman), August 33—Chair­ man, T. Scanlon; Secretary, Cross. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held con­ cerning lack of consideration on part of some men. Crewmembers were asked to bring eups back to the messhaU after us­ ing same. Steward asked aU hands to stow cots away when not in use. KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, A. Oonzalex. Motion made and carried to contact patrolman about lava soap situation, and the food problem. A suggestion was made to make six copies of the repair list and give same to different department heads. MAE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, A. Bokan; Secretary, C. Stansbury. Ship's delegate reported that the new fans are being installed and all other repairs are being taken care of. The timer for the washing machine was sent to the Suzanne by mistake. There la a balance of 326.70 in the ship's fund. Rods for aerial will be purchased In Baltimore. YAKA (Waterman), October 10—Chair­ man, Morgan; Sacrotary, Tapman. One man missed ship in San Juan, and one walked off the ship In Miami. Motion mSde and carried to see about new fans, ice box and the crew's drinklng-fountain. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 19--Chalrman, Ausslo Shrlmpton; Ifuiz Anewerz . (1) ((d) Moscow. (2) Gertrude Ederle (1926). (3) 228. (4) France. (5) The Louisiana Purchase (1803). The US paid France $15 million for the territory, which was made up of all or part of 13 of the 48 states. (6) Bituminous, or soft coal, is much more common. (7) 18 years old. (8) (b) Belgium. (9) The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. (10) London and Paris. ing up the ship. Balance of the ship's fund wUl be turned over to the patrol­ man for the March of Dimes. The iron and poker chips were raffled out free of cost. The Steward department was given a vote of thanks. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), October 24—Chairman, E. J. Bender; Sec­ retary, R. Hernandez. Crew was asked to take care of new mattresses and the new washing machine that was put aboard. Steward department lockers are in very bad shape. Crew mess and. rec­ reation room need painting. town. -Motion nude and carried that and were not reported to the Union. Mo­ aufficient atores be put on board to last tion made and carried to give the stew­ ard department a big vdte of thanks for at least four months. the food they served as well as their ILIZABETH (Bull). October 4—Chair­ cooperation. man. W. Lacbance; Sacratary, Robert FELTORE (Ore), October 10—Chairman, Rivera. Beef concerning firing of crew mess without being told why. Second T. Jacks; Sacratary, P. Smith. The crew cook missed ship in New York. Discus­ was in favor of contacting a patrolman sion concerning food and quality of same. to make up a price list of articles car­ October 20—Chairman. R. Barret; Sec­ ried in the slopchest. The crew voted retary* C. Oliver. General discussion on on having a sanitary list posted starting keeping laundry, working gear locker with the next trip. Each watch will be responsible for thd cleaning of the night and wash room clean. pantry. DEL ALBA (Mississippi). October 31— ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), October 10— Chairman, G. Duncan; Secretary. W. Gals. Chairman, R. Kelly; Secretary, J. Pursell. Phonograph wiU he kept locked in all Deck delegate reported that if any per­ ports. Discussion on the ILA beef. forming is done the captain will not al­ low "extras" to be brought on board. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Oe- Discussion on instaUing washing machine, tobar 31—Chairman, J. Howin; Secretary, and clearing drains in the laundry. October 28—Chairman, J. Davis; Secre­ R. Kianask. Repairs and requisitions for new equipment required in all quarters, tary, J. Pursell. Messroom should be and must contain pertinent details such painted and on arrival in port this will as location, type of repairs required, etc. be discussed. Talk on proper setting up Scupper in laundry will be cleaned and of tables and of messman serving proper­ ly. A vote of thanks was given to the buzzer instaUed for the man on watch. steward and his department. A vote of thanks from the crew was given to Cap­ YAKA (Waterman), October 31—Chair­ man, M. Cross; Secretary, J. Mackenzie. tain Bulla for his consideration to a A lengthy discussion was -held on what crcwmember who needed medical at­ happens to the cups that the pantrj-man tention. leaves out for coffee at night. The crew DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), October 31— was asked to cooperate a litUe more and Chairman, Pat TruarasI; Secretary, M. bring cups back to the pantry. Macdonald. The steward was asked to WACOSTA (Waterman), November 9— put out more night limch. A new ship's Chairman, A. Prentek; Secretary. J. Bed- delegate was elected. nar. Patrolman wiU be contacted for two TROJAN TRADER (Seres), October 27— fans in each room. Motion made to see captain and have messroom used only by Chairman, N. R. Nutchlns; Secretary, W. crew and not engineers. Slopchest will N. Thompson. A motion was made and be checked in next port for additional carried that the ship's delegate and three department delegates see the captain articles. about the repairs needed now, and those STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), November that were carried over from last voyage. 7—Chairman, Dava Barry; Secretary, V. They wlU also see that the necessary Grande. The second electrician "Jumped stores and slopchest needed for this voy­ ship in Kahului and the chief cook took age are put aboard before saiUng. Stew­ sick in the same port and was hospital­ ard department wUl take care of the ized there. Twenty dollars was collected recreation room and the deck and engine from the membership to cover cost of departments will take turns keeping the telegram sent to New York hall. Out of laundry room clean. this money only $10.80 was spent and the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), October 7— remaining $9.20 will be tlonated to the ship's fund. Several complaints about Chairman, C. A- Case; Secretary, L. B. the mate aboard ship. A vote of thanks Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A ^ in the bosun's' was given to the steward department dishwater canary flew and especially to Mike, the best crew foc'sle aroimd coffee time; the bosun de­ cided to let him stay as mawot. but the messman. bird died in the afternoon. JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), Octo­ ber 17—Chairman, C. Tobas; Secretary, S. Harris. Motion made and carried to in­ form Union headquarters of slow allot­ ment checks and draws. Laundry clean­ MARORE (Ore), Odober 17—Chairman, ing detaU arranged between deck and en­ gine department sanitary men. The oiler B. Colyer; Secretary, E. Harrison. Two was t^ken off in Cuba with an injured men missed the ship in Baltimore and WiU be turned over to the patrolman. The finger. steward department got a vote of thanks GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), for 100 percent improvement in the food October 24—Chairman, J. Burns; Secre­ and baking. November 4—Chairman, R. Colyer; Sec­ tary, Demelner. In the event ship makes another voyage requested fans wUl posi­ retary, E. Harrison. Ship's, delegate re­ tively be put on. Ship's delegate in­ ported that all repairs are being taken formed crew that captain is wilUng to care of, and what repairs cannot be com­ obtain merchandise out of bond as usual pleted will be finished up in the yard. Pantry should be kept cleaner in the if they so desire. future. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Novem­ November 7—Chairman, P. Marlnelll; Sec­ retary, A. Knowlton. Engine department ber 2—Chairman, S. Vindui, Jr.; Secre­ man was logged for missing ship in Cape­ tary, J. Merder. Two men missed ship primarily responsible for dream­ ing up this proposal and what out­ side agency was broughyn to draft the "profile" system, ^he "pro­ files" bear all the earmarks of a shoreside testing service that has no direct knowledge of conditions of work at sea. Further the SIU is still attempt­ ing to determine the role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the drafting of these proposals. Further infonnation as to the background of the Coast Guard plan is now being processeiL In the meanwhile. Seafarers are urged to write members of House and Senate maritime committees as well as the House and Senate Labor Committees notifying them of the Coast Guard's plans and motives. Members of these com­ mittees, who are expected to hold the same committee posts in the new Congress, include the follow­ ing: Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee: Senators John Butler, Maryland; Charles Potter, Michigan; Warren Magnuson, Washington; Lyndon B. Johnr son, Texas; George A. Smathers, Florida. House Merchant Marine Com­ Sigiied, t .-f •#: . » «• ^ • D (t • V* mittee: Thor C. 'Tollefson, Wash­ to AVOID OUPLlCAtlON: tf you aro an eld subscribgr and hav» a ehanga ington; John H. Ray, New York; of at dress, please qlva your former addrais barowt ' " Samuel Curtis Edward A. Garmatz, Maryland; Tjjour discharge from the Can- John F. Shelley, California; Don *£SS . .. tigny, dated. August 19, 1953, is be­ Magnuson, Washington; Eugene J. ing held in the SEAFARERS LOG Keogh, New York. Senate Labor Committee: Irving office. #CiTY ZONE . StATI (soQca sinHSES sHGaacaH sna ssBs ssaog •[sa Eaos SBBQ cn «' 0 NOTICES • **tsesssaeats* • •?s| -"I'l •-II m ••iii ^1 KYSKA (Waterman), October 24—Chair­ man, P. Whitlaw; Secretary, E. Kuudisslim. Steward asked that all dirty linen be turned in. Crew agreed that the food has imprdved since the new steward and chief cook have come aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will see if a Sea Ctsest can be put aboard before leaving for Far East. SEAXRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 20—Chairman, B. Steward; Secre­ tary, John M. Galas. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see chief mate about painting rooms. Ship's treas­ urer's report was read and accepted with a total of $79.33. Ship's delegate re­ signed and Brother Clark was elected. •^JBI ...rl SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOOBLETALK (Continued from page 2) makes it obvious that somebody in the Coast Guard hoped to sneak this one through by dead of night. Very few individuals or organiza­ QBlSSa Q3S tions receit'ed copies of the propo­ SSBBCS [IBUQSiaQ sals, including shipowner SIU DBS SSBSSa QOa headquarters got a copy only SIQQB [ISQ DQISS through a secondary source and SO SBESnSDS [ZIBfZI even the New York office Of the [laSBSQSB BBQfZilS! Coast Guard pleaded ignorance, dlKS SBSQQ referring all queries to Washing­ ton. Clearly, little attempt was made to put Copies into the hands of those most concerned with the proposals. In fact the first an­ nouncement of the ^oposals was made by the Coast Guard before Editor. an insurance group's convention. SEAFARERS LOG, While the current Coast Guard 67s Fourth Ave., proposal has been pretty well de­ molished by the SIU's exposure of Brooklyn 32, NY . its numerous and glaring defects, I would |ikMQ receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please it Is apparent by Admiral Rich­ mond's remarks that the general (Print Information) Coast put my name on ypuir mailing list, Guard objective — that of imposing new controls cn seamen, has not been abandoned by a long NAME • 9 • • • • shot. In the Union's continuing inves­ STF EET ADDRESS • •• • • tigation several questions are still unanswered. The Union is anxious to find out which bureaucrat is . . .. .ZONE STATE QoaQ •Ti Ives, New York; Herbert Lehman, New York; James Murray, Mon­ tana; Lister Hill, Alabama; Paul Douglas, Illinois. House Labor Committee: Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey; Graham A. Harden, North Carolina and Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsyl­ vania. Announce Govt's '55 Ship Aims (Continued from pagfe 3) a imiform sale price for Govern­ ment-owned Mariner ships. Senator Butler, who is consid­ ered an outspoken supporter of Government assistance to the mari­ time industry, expressed approval of the Commerce Department's program as aiding both shipbuild­ ing and shipping. He made special point of the experimental program designed to reduce turnaround time, and of th^ tramp shipping subsidy. Of course, all aspects of the De­ partment of Commerce- proposals will have to pass the hurdle of the next Congress; Chances for Con­ gressional approval of the entire program are slight, although some of it Is likely lo go through. -J �^Wttgtr BlflMM VV AF-n'R'BH 3'HOC Dfshini; Out Th# Matern^^ , SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS 4''"- Fr«" REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Te../fs5t.:i^..r..>irif., No. Seafarefs Receivirip Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer ; Total Benefita Paid this Period Ao WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD JkuBiuLBtASfiUL 1?^" -• ^ • SlU representative Benny Gonzales (right) counts out the $200 maternity benefit while Seafarer John Keimedy signs receipt. Tampa Seafarer is shown with wife and new son Anthony, who also received $25 US defense bond from the Union. AJJL£. Aa ^9,D0Q oo Death Beneflra DliabUltv Beaefita Maternitv Beaaflta VacatlBa Benefita IfiUL 2£ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Siace Tulv 1. IPSO ' Death Benefita Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 DiaihiiitV Benefita Paid STace May I. 1W2.' £SSL Mrs. Robert Musselwhite, 4531 Pen Mrs. Patrick O. Thompson, 2314 All of the following SlU families i2&za will collect the $200 maternity Annunciation Street, New Orleans Lucy Rd., Baltimore, Md. benefit plus a $25 bond from the La. 4> 4> 4 Feb. II. IW • Union in the baby's name: Ella Laura Waldrop, born Octo­ Vaeathwi Benefit. jji ^ Toial IISraSiHRfl James Allen Milton, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. anc Judith Janice Finnell, born No­ vember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Waldrop, 129 East * Date Benefita B«..a Mrs. Arthur P. Finneli, 7837 Ford Mrs. Dewey Milton, 2227 Roanoke Avenue, South, Panama City, Fla. WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Avenue, Roanoke, Va. 4 4 4 Street, Houston, Texas.. Richard Orlanda Scarborough, ir it il> t> • 1 Vacatioo Guadalupe Rivera, bom Febru­ born September 9, 1954. Parents, Richard NOrman East, born Octo­ 97 Cash oa Hand Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarborough, ary 14,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. f.r Vacaiioa Harry East, 450 Harrison Street, Bernardino Rivera, 288 Atlantic Box 76, Wanchese, No. Carolina. bflttlBKCeCI ACCOUOtS KCCCIVAOIC Wmiimrm Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. oo 4 4 4 San Francisco, Calif. Robert Delgado, born November us GoTcrnmeat Bonds (Welfare) $> 4" 4 Ji !• Ftf Real Estate (Welfare) Santo Fiffueroa, born November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Marie Kotich, born No­ «:•? Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) vember 2,^954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado, 128 - 35tl^ Street, 97 Mrs. Stephen George Kotich, 1555 Oscar Figueroa, 58 E. 107 Street, Brooklyn, NY. 1 TOTAL ASSETS || New York, NY. 4 4 4• Jay Drive, Mobile, Ala. • COlMEMTSt Sharon Gail Ames, born October 4 4" 4" In our report of November 18, 1954, mention was made of « i Patricia Ruth Musselwhite, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Charles Thompson, born new type beneficiary card that would be put out by the October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^d October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Omar L. Ames, 106-17 101st Ave­ Plan in the near future. The new type beneficiary card ii nue, Ozone Park, LI, NY. to MM. Seafarer Unable Tp Sign Off, Union Gets Money For Wife V'-- tl f&-' Sometimes it happens either through severe injury or sud­ den illness a Seafarer is not mentally competent to sign off articles or take other steps to dispose of his assets. The result can be severe hardship for a**^ man's family under such tir- transferred to Bellevue Hospital cumstances. In one instance, from w]|ere it is expected he will Welfare Services was able to take be committed shortly to a state the necessary steps to protect the institution for an indefinite period family, subject to the approval of of care and treatment. All of this left the Seafarer's the membership. The Seafarer involved in the wife without any source of income. The Seafarer had about $500 in incident suffered a sudden nervous breakdown aboard the Warrior earned and unearned wages com­ (Waterman) while on a European ing to him from the company but run. When it became apparent was not in condition to sign off that he needed treatment he was articles. The wife had begun pro­ put ashore in Turkey and confined ceedings to be named administra­ tor of his financial affairs but these to a mental institution there. usuaiiy take some time to com­ Indefinite Period plete. Welfare services was notified by Paid To Wife the ship and took steps to have Welfare Services contacted the him repatriated. After some delays company the situation and difficulties, arrangements and askedexplaining if the company could were made to repatriate the Sea­ pay the money due directly to the farer and send him to the Staten Seafarer's wife. The company Island USPHS hospital for obser­ agreed, provided the Union would vation; Subsequently he was stand good for the sum involved in the unlikely event that any sec­ ond attempt would be made in the future by the Seafarer to collect that payment. Welfare Services won approval for this coiurse of Headquarters again wishes procedure from the headquarters - to remind all Seafarers that membership at the December 1 payments of funds, for what­ meeting and it is expected it will ever Union purpose, be made be approved in airports at the only to authorized A&G repre­ next membership meeting. sentatives and that an official In addition to the $500 in wages, Union receipt be gotten at that Welfare Services is making ar­ time. If no receipt is offered, rangements to pay the Seafarer's be sure to protect yourself by hospital benefit to his wife. This immediately bringing the mat­ benefit will cover the period from ter to the attention of the sec­ his repatriation until the time he retary-treasurer's office. was transferr'vi Qi tlie Staten Island ho»>:)itaL . . . ,,, Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts 4 4 4 4 4 4 Franklin Gary Brazell, born Sep­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazell, No. 3 - 4th Street, Tatnal Homes, Savannah, Ga. Gloria Hilton, born J^ovember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph S. Hilton, 102 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, NJ. 4 4 ,4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 now out and all eligiblea under the Plan are requested to fill one out as soon as possible.- These cards have been -sent to all of the offices" of the S.I.U. and are being put aboard ships so that the men-can mail them directly to the Welfare Plan office or turn them over to the Union for forwarding to the Plan office. Suhmlnti November 6, 1954 AL A1 Kerr, AasMma Admtniattaibr' Alice Faye Sanders, born August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders, Box 27, Kitty Hawk, NC. « Rita-Sue Sandagger,. born Octo­ ber 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sandagger, 185 Ninth Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Thomas Prendergast Marshall, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Marshall, 36 Chapman Street, Hartford, Conn. GregOry^Paul Gaddls, bom Au­ gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Gaddis, 219 Temple Trailer Village, Alexandria, Va. Vina Marie Vtolante, born Au­ gust 4,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Violante, 743 Haustey Street, Honolulu, TH. Albert Raymond Guidry, Jr., bom October 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Guidry, 1436 Aztec Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 David Alan Sienii, bom October 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik L. Stems, 100 JeweU Street^ Garfield, NJ. Stephen Paul Mntoon, born Octo­ ber 16, 1964. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, Jr., Hamilton Apt. No. 2. 17 Street, N. W, CleyeJan4 SIU WElFAiE SEITICES tmniBiR yOOft PROBIEM IS PPRfUSfNiISS �'- 'liMcdiMrf ' ^mAFURERS-^iLOV SEEDr THE SEAFARERS The Christmas holidays will be coming in two weeks which makes things a little tough for the Seafarers who are hung up in the hospitals. Being in a hospital for the holidays is no great fun no matter how you add it up. The SIU hospital representatives will do their best to cheer up the gang, but the very best Christmas present they could get is that good "fit for duty" slip. Here's hoping that all men in the hospitals get theirs soon. t It _ * Not too many newcomers have been admitted to Staten Island re­ cently which is good news by itself. One of the new admissions is Brother John W; Williams of Lynbrook. Long Island, who was oiler on the Robin Mowbray his last trip. Williams went in on Novem­ ber 18 to get treatment fbr a skin condition. Brother Victor Shavroff, who broke his teg coming back to his ship, is on the mend nver at Staten Island after he was transferred there by Welfare Services, as reported in the last Issue of the LOG. Shavroff was on the Steel Artisan. Samnel Doyle, who was 3rd cook on the Andrew Doyle Jackson before he got sick, is in for a spell of treatment for a stomach disorder. He entered the -hospital the day be­ fore Thanksgiving. Also in the same ward is Edward Hillman. He was OS on the Del Sol. Brother Pedro Ancieto of New York City ran into some hernia trouble and is under treatment now. Pedro was fireman-watertender on the Robin Goodfellow. Also admitted recently were Francis Wail of Brooklyn, who was wiper on the^ Seatrain Savan­ nah, and Frank Colnan, utilityman on the Robin .,entley. Down at Manhattan Beach hospital we have Brother Daniel Ruggiano as a recently-arrived pa­ tient. He was aboard the Angelina until he took Ruggiano sick and had to go in for treatment at the Brooklyn USPHS institution. Broken Neck No Citizenship Bar Seafarer Matti Ruusukalllo still has a long way to go in his recuperation from a broken neck, but he's feeling much jjetter these days because he successfully completed his quest for US citizenship. Ruusukalllo was sworn in as an American citizen on November 24, at a "last chance" appointment ar­ ranged for him by Welfare children. It was the first time he uled to take his citizenship oath on had been home since his accident June 2, but obviously was in no Services. condition to do so. Subsequently Since Ruusukalllo is still an-in­ last May. Immigration notified hini of new Holiday Weekend patient at the Staten Island Jiospital and is confined to a wheelchair, Ruusukalllo nad been taking dates on which he could get sworn getting him over to the oath-taking things easy at home after coming in, but each time Ruusukallio had ceremony at Newark's Immigration off the Seatrain Texas when the offices presented some difficulties. family went down to the resort But SIU Welfare Services saw to it town of Long Branch for the Deco­ that he got transportation, wheel­ ration Day weekend. His nearchair and all, to the ceremony. And fatal accident took place when he while the Union had Ruusukalllo dived into shallow water. He had out of the hospital for the day, the to be rushed to the Monmouth Welfare Services representative" Hospital, and subsequently he was ran him over to his home in Ho- transferred to Staten Island. boken for a visit with his wife and Meanwhile, he had been sched- SIU Welfare Builds Fire Under 'No-Heaf Landlord Rtmsnkallio in hospital. Seafarers In Hospitals VSPHS HOSPITAI, BALTIMORE. MD. Tonuny Lanphear Marcelo Arong Roy W. CampbeU Peter Lannon Lester C, Long John Castro Earl McKendree Carl B. Chandler Robert McKnew Jessie Clarke Edward Czosnowskl John A. Schultz Buford DeWeese August A. ^mith Frank W. Taylor Oswald M. Ergle Chester B. Wilson Max Felix Chambers Winskey Gorman T. Glaze Michael JablonsU Robert A. Yeager Edward Janowskl USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. u ' •l-} 1 Frank'Alasavlch Arnfin Oyhus George B. Dunn Joseph Senneville John M. Herrold Matthew StabUe USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Abel N. Salaa Lyles D. Bninson Joseph Lollean Thomas Dawson EmU J. Spodar William Fassett WllUam G. Trice James H. Hawkins Robert R. White James Yarbrough A. W. Keane Charles B. Young Murray Plyler Shurley Poole USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Rufus F. Field R. CarroUton James P. Lee George S. Chance Albert W. Lima Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts of the* authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued witli ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or theit front men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. ft is well kmov^ that the '"ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or'else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or Injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and' then if you need an attorney go out and shop around for the best attorney and the best deal you can get « Jimmle Littleton Ernest H. Webb J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian B. Barrett Lyle L. Hipp James J. Battle Harold Keith Perry Bland E. G. Knapp victor Bonura Leo Lang Charles E. Brady Theo Lee John E. Brady John McDavltt S. C. Carregal Vincent Michel Frank Catchot Steve ModzelewsU G. W. ChampUn C. R. Nicholson Manuel Church William Padgett S. Cope Randolph RatcUff George Curry MitcheU Rodrlgues Emlle P. Davles John Ruszklewlcz George S. Dean Edward Samrock Joseph Denton Harry Schule'r Thurston Dingier Luther Seldle John H. Emory Wade Sexton Thomas Fields Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot Lonnle Tickle Gerald Fowler Arthur Vlpperman Stanley Freeman James E. Ward Paul Goodman Leo Watta Joseph Green USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed Vic Mllazzo Angel Carrasqumo WUllam E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer Fred A. Delapenha Oscar Olsen John J. Doherty James W. Parker Frank Fandlno Abe Partner Joseph P. FarreU Pedro Peralto Brigldo Figueroa John Quigley George W. Flood WlUlam L. Rackley David S. Furman Ik-nesto Ramirez Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Fred Hauser Mattl Ruusukalllo Samuel Jonas Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez J. Frank Keelan Frank B. Strelltz Richard Koch Chong Sun Ludwlg Krlstiansen Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack Abraham Mander USPHS HOSPITAL JfANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Fortunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrlck James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Francis Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Joseph Carr Archibald McGulgan Ho Yee Choe Frank Mackey Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranick Daniel F. Ruggiano John B. Hass George Shumaker Talb Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry Tuttle James J. Lawlor Renato VUlaU VirgU Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Albert H. Blrt Olav Gustavsen CharUe C. Brown C. J. Neumaler Henry J. ChUds Joe Perrelra Leo Cronsohn GUbert Promutlco Andrew Franklin W. Tlmmerman Franklin Gllman P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Thomas J. ConneU Lester C. Long F. J. Fletcher Hike Michellk Sverrb Joh^nnessen Linus E. Twlto JOHN DIEBERT CHARITY HOSP. NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cold, cold radiator hasn't enough in it to warm the tips of Seafarer Car! Adams' fingers. Ovbrcoat comes in handy as next best thing. The standard procedme for a New York City landlord when he's looking to cut corners is to cut down on heat, hot water and other services he's supposed to give to his tenants. When that happens, the ten­ ants start hollering, though fire under the landlord who is go­ often they can't do anything ing to find things pretty hot for about it. But if the tenant happens him from now on in. to be a Seafarer, the landlord hears about it in short order from SIU Welfare Services. Seafarer Carl Adams was one Union brother who was faced with this kind of a problem. The apart­ ment house he had lived in for The deaths of the follomng Sea­ many years was sold. The new farers have been reported to the owner, seeking to improve his Seafarers Welfare Plan and the earnings, turned the heat down to $2,500 death benefits are being the vanishing point. The result was paid to their beneficiaries: the Adams family was facing chill November days by wearing sweat­ Frank J. Devlin, 73: Brother Devlin died from drowning in San ers and coats indoors. Francisco in a fall from a pier. He Personel Attention Adams of course, raised the roof was one of the Union's earliest over the lack of service, but it got members, getting his membership him nowhere. Finally he decided book in New York on November to toke up his beef with SIU Wei- 22, 1938. He sailed in the engine fare Services. Welfare Services in department and held an electri­ turn called up the landlord who cian's rating. Surviving is a niece, suddenly decided he had better Emily Devlin, of 2463 Tremont take the complaints to heart. He Avenue, Bronx, New York. ran over personally and saw to it that the heat was turned up. John N. Hull, 45: "While aboard Things went along smoothly for the Steel Surveyor in the port of about three weeks, after which the -Calcutta, Brother Hull suffered a landlord evidently decided every­ fatal heart attack on August 10. body had forgotten about the He sailed in the engine department whole thing and went back to his and had been a Union member old ways again. In addition, the since June 24, 1942. His sister, landlord fired a part-time janitor Mrs. Gladys Powell of Box 434, who had kept the halls, stairways Warrenton, NC, survives him. and front of the building clean up t> t> Samuel D. Peralez, 22: An auto until then. Adams promptly went back to accident outside of Port Arthur, SIU Welfare Services again for Texas, proved fatal to brother Per­ further help. At last word Welfare alez on November 9. He had been Services was building a nice warm sailing for three years in the stewr. $> $• to postpone action because he was in no shape to leave the hospitaL Last Chance Finally on November 16, Ruusu­ kallio was informed that he would have to take the oath on the 24th of the month. If he failed to do so, he was warned there would be an indefinite delay, something the Seafarer didn't want to risk. How­ ever, while he had been removed from his cast, he was able to get around only with the aid of a wheelchair and it looked as if he would be disappointed in his long quest for citizenship. When the SIU hospital represen­ tative learned of his difficulties, arrangements were made with Welfare Services to pick him up at 8 AM on the morning of the 24th and take him over to Newark. He arrived in plenty of time for the oath-taking with the result that Seafarer Ruusukallio is now a citi­ zen of the USA. ^la ojejuM CUSSMHim{]5 ard department. Burial took place at the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Port Arthur. Surviving is his wife, Mary Ellen Peralez, of 521 East 19th Street, Port Arthur. t 4" Jose A. Guerra, 64: A heart ail­ ment caused the death of brother Guerra while he was under treat­ ment at the Savannah Public Health Seivice hospital. A veteran Union member. Brother Guerra joined the SIU on November 21, 1938, and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Eunice Guerra, 509 Howard Street, Savannah, Georgia. VSPHS Haa Last Say On Haty Sttp Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST SIRTS WAVE OF CG DOUBLETALK MA SPEEDS TRANSFERS; 52 LIBERTYS FLEE US P&O BUYS ALASKA SHIP FOR CUBA RUM SEAFARERS HAIL MEAL BOOK PLAN GOV'TS '55 AIMS: TRAMP SUBSIDIES, VESSEL TRADE-INS CO'S CAN'T BLACKBALL SIU MEN SIU HOST AT TURKEY DAY FEEDS VOTE XMAS BONUS TO SICK NEW BALTIMORE SIU HALL BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY NLRB SPEEDS WC VOTE BID SCHOLARSHIP PLAN SETS RULES FOR REAPPLYING 500 SIU JOBS AND 16 VESSELS AT STAKE IN US-ONASSIS DUEL SAILORS BAN PORT OT TO FIGHT BRIDGES' RAID FIX PRICE ON MARINER SIU YEARS BEST OF HIS LIFE FIRST STEP 2ND ROUND COMING BLACKBALL SCHEME SHIP'S STACKS SHIP'S MEETING, DE SOTO STYLE LONG SHOT MAKES SIU SHIP PASSENGER OUT OF SEAFARER-GI AND HE LIKES IT SE ASIA SEEN 'WELL WORTH SAVING' SEAFARER UNABLE TO SIGN OFF, UNION GETS MONEY FOR WIFE BROKEN NECK NO CITIZENSHIP BAR SIU WELFARE BUILDS FIRE UNDER 'NO-HEAT' LANDLORD BEWARE OF CASE CHASERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/345cdaec7f2425743ba7581384dedbab.PDF 7c00f32fdcc88555c0913ac9adc4e432 PDF Text Text '." ' J'- • Vote; SlU Win Seen '%.V iL-f^ Vol. XVi No. 26 e-S ! ^ii-Vk -k' I •:.• •M'' -Story on Page 2 ! ->v:'!-' r», • r-' r^v •' • * SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • • -iiy • ^-y •;, •:• • rkS &:• •• -J 22 ABOARD Districts 12 Days Overdue m 1 •Story on Page 3 •:|l -iy, '•^1 m •Wt "••'I'Sg liif: 'iii^ ^W«W-, J.; , • . Jtc/lGlf a a • And DoSOoif ^lye today through a chance of fate that kept them from sailing aboard the ill-fated LST Southern Disw!r nUo!^ JoTfl! 1 f T \ medical treatment, Seafarers Thomas Blackledge, MM (seated), and Marion " Sn iien ftr 1® }! ^ on the missing ship. Wife and children of Thomas T. Nichols of West Lake, La. (top row), mainJif P f n1Sn?rPnT.te^ ^ shows family of Lake Charles, La. Seafarer Louis B. Cook. Left to right, Mr. frir tim ch^ ?n/S^P • daughter and son-in-iaw; Mrs. Copk; L. B. Cook,,Jr., a son, and Glenda Hooper, a granddaughter. A Coast Guard search lor the ship and survivors among the 22-man crew was given up this week. The ship has bwn missing since Dec. 6. (Story on Page 3 ) �liK; Itef-V'- lW«Tw« SMAF ARE R S toe \ fc Orders f' WC Vote .v.»v , , iteeember 24. liBM -:0m NO lAWnrERS IIEEPED Tfat SIU Welfare Plan office wishe* to remind Seafaren and their families that no lawyers are needed to collect apy SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in rebent months ip which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in coUe(^ tlon of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers"fees. It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment bf all benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, at 11 Broadway, NY, NY, toy the individual involved. SAN FRANCISCO—^A National Labor Relations Board order last week for a three-depart­ ment vote on West Coast ships appears to hate cleared the way finally for a Seafarers International Union victory in the long fight for representation of steward department per­ sonnel. Over 2,000 steward*^^ department men are covered stewards' representatien once and Christmas Cheer For Hosflltalized Seafarers for all. Both Bridges and the by the order. NUMC&S sought to defeat this bid, The board action from Washing­ ton is a dear defeat for Harry and complicated the proceedings Bridges and his International with a stack of unfair labor charges Longshoremen's and Warehouse­ and petitions of their own for a men's Union and for the tattered new vote among steward depart­ remnants of the Nationd Union of ment men only. Both these actions Marine Cooks and Stewards, both were upset by NLRB rulings. Details of the West Coast elec­ independent and both ousted from the CIO in 1950 for Communist- tion will still have to be decided among all the parties concerned. domination. The SIU is expected to win over­ Meanwhile, the NUMC&S has the whelmingly in a three-department added problem of proving its eligi­ vote which would include not only bility to be on the ballot because the cooks aqd stewards, but deck of a question regarding its filing of department personnel in the Sail­ finandal reports. It has until ors Union of the Pacific and engine January 17, 1955, to qualify undof department men in the Marine labor board rules. Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union. Both ihe SUP and MFOW are affiliated with the SIU aniTthe votes of their members would far outweigh those of the galley per­ sonnel, whose ranks include the Regular jnembership meet­ last segment of pro-Communists on ings in STU headquarters and US-flag vessels. at all branches are held every No Union Now second Wednesday night at The cooks and-stewards are cur­ rently without union representa­ 7 PM. The schedule for the tion of any kind as a result Of the next few meetings is as follows: inconclusive results of balloting Dec. 29, Jan. 12, Jan. 26. Walking patients at Staten Island hospital line up for distribution of extra $25 Christmas bonus, earlier this year. The voting gave All Seafarers registered on arettes and cigars from SIU Welfare Services Representative, Tom Gould. .They are, left to right; Sea- V the SlU-affiliated Marine Cooks the shipping , list are required ' farers Harry Morton, Kendall Kelly, Roger Cowperthwaite, Morris Siegel, John Doherty, Olai^iSeim,!^! and Stewards-AFL a clear major­ Sidney Turner and George Robinson. Bonus is in addition to the regular $15 weekly beneflL All: ity over the NUMC&S, but pro­ to attend the meetings. hospitalized Seafarers throughout country received bonus. duced the most votes for "no union" at the urging of Harry Bridges "Local 100," which was un­ able to get on the ballot. MCS-AFL was organized a, fewyears ago by rank and filers fed up with conditions within the NUMC&S, who obtained a charter from the SIU of North America. The battle has been see-sawing since then -between the SUP, The SIU served formal notice on the Coast Guard this week of its total opposition to the Bridges. MCS-AFL and the Coast Guard's attempt to inject itself into a civilian industry and establish sweeping physi­ NUMC&S. • cal and mental controls over seamen. In a letter to Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard, ' Sfiigle Unit As a result of the NLRB order, head of the .Coast Guard's Of- * WASHINGTON—American unlicensed men in all departments fice of Marine Safety, SIU specific authorization from Con­ of physical examinations, a system on West Coast ships will now have Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall gress. In its release of the pro­ which meets with the approval of merchant seamen who were an opportunity to vote for a single outlined th» Union's opposition posed program, the Coast Guard the SIU. The president of the com­ held by Germany or . Japan/ bargaining unit known as the SIU and asked that the SIU be notified evaded the question of its author­ pany, Harry X. Kelly, happens to as prisoners, internees or hostagesbe chairman of the Merchant Ma­ at any time during World War II Pacific District, composed of the of the time and place of hearings ity to impose these controls. SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL. The on the proposed system so that the The Coast Guard program was rine Section, National Safety after Peaii Harbor now have an ILWU and NUMC&S wiU also be SIU can spell out in detail the pro­ presented originally at a meeting CoupcU. opportunity to apply for war claims gram's "inconsistency with accept­ of the Merchant Marine section of on the ballot. Strict Exam benefits under a new.law passed ed labor-management relations in the National Safety Council. The Under Mississippi's physical ex­ by the last Congress. The three SIU affiliates orig­ private industry." / major weapon in the Coast Guard amination program, instituted this inally petitioned for a three-de­ Detention benefits are payablo partment election in an effort to The letter declared that the Un­ arsenal was the argument that at summer, all seagoing personnel the rate of $60 for each calendar settle the issue of the cooks and ion is "unequivocally opposed" to present, the industry does not have take a strict examination. The ex­ at the Coast Guard's plan as a mili­ a good system of examining indi­ amination includes chest x-ray, month during which a seaman was tary invasion of a-private industry viduals with physical and mental urinalysis, electro-cardiogram in at least 18 years of age, and at the rate of $25 for each calendar to impose controls over civilian defects. some instances, and other tests at month during which he was under workers' rights to jobs. Further the At the very same meeting, the the discretion of the examining 18. Survivors of seamen who Dec. 24, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 24 SIU challenges the methods the Mississippi Shipping Uompany Men sailing with the would otherwise qualify for these Coast Guard would employ in presented an outline of its system physician. As I See It. Page 6 screening (Continued on page 17) benefits are also eligible. men for physical and Burly Page 15 Eligibility is based on service attributes as "absolutely Crossword Puzzle ........ Page 8 mental aboard a US-fiag vesseL or a ves­ unscientific." Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 sel which was registered under the Congress Interested. Editorials Page 9 laws of any government friendly Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 Meanwhile there were indications to the US during World War H, Labor Round-Up Page 8 that influeptial members of Con­ August 31 Deadline Letter of The Week Page 9 gress—as a result of maritime un­ Claiins must be filed by August Letters Page 15 ion protests—^were disturbed by Maritime Page 8 the Coast Guard's attempted pow­ The SlU-contracted Sandcaptain, sand dredge operated by 31, 1955, and must be filed even Meet The Seafarer Page 8 er grab. Senator John Butler, Construction Aggregates, sailed from New York on Decem­ by those who filed a similar claim Notices, Personals Page 17 member of the Water Transporta­ ber 14 for an l^month "tour of duty" at a Venezuelan con­ with the former War Claims Com­ mission, which was not paid.Off Watch Page 14 tion Subcommittee of the Senate, Port Reports Pages 12, 13 has shown marked interest in the struction project. • A 41-man^ who stick it out for more than Seamen or their survivors who Quiz Page 14 dispute and has informed SIU of SIU crew is aboard the ship nine months will receive a bonus served, gave aid to, or collaborated SIU History Cartoon Page 6 NA headquarters that his commit­ which will be dredging sand amounting to 25 percent of their with hostile governments, members Vote of Thanks Page 9 tee was anxious for the Coast in the mouth of the Orinoco River. base wages. Thereafter, they will of the Armed forces and those who Washington News Letter. .Page 7 Guard and unions to settle the is­ There are Indications that the receive additional bonuses month are entitled to^ or received civilian Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19* sue. If no such agreement is company may assign its two re- for month, for as long as they stay detention or other benefits as a Welfare Report Page 18 reached. Senator Butler implied mainihg sandboats, the Sandchief on the ship. civilian US citizen under another Your Dollar's Worth.. .i. Page & that a Congressional investigation and the Sandmate, to the same All three of the sandboats have law, are not eligible to file for operation in the near future. ' would be in order. been idle since the ear^ part of these benefits. Published' biweekly at the headquarters ef the Seafarers Imernatlenal Unloii, Ah In any case, examination of the The 18-m(mth sign-on is covered 1952, when they worked on land­ Applications and further infoi>: lantic a euir District AFL. «7S Fourth .1 i.^reaklvrt 3S, MY. Tel, MYsiinth regulations makes it clear that the by a spwlal SIU cciitraet to fill operations in Newark Bay for mation can be obtained from the r-»*00. Entereo as second class matter Coast Guard does not have author­ keep the crev on the job and keep construction of the New Jersey Foreign C^ims Settlement ^o^ . at the Pest Offlce In Brooklyn/ NY, under ity to impose its program without replacements at a nainimuin. iMTSh turnpike. mission. Washington 25, DC. the Act of Ausust M, IflS. Meetimg Night Everg 2 Weeks SIU Re/ects CG Proposal; Seamen Can Congress May Probe Plan Now Apply For POW $ iftf;' !i< SEAFARERS LOG Sandboet Signs For 18 Months In SA i^;l. I fr t Ki :'••' i:' •' I- • • •, fx �ilB:: December 24. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Fate Three Southern Districts Feared Lost With Crew Of 22 Aboard Hope has virtually been abandoned for the 22-nian crew of the SlU-contracted Southern Districts which disappeared wit hout a trace somewhere off the East Coast and has not been seen nor heard from since December 6. An intensive Coast Guard air-sea search, underwayt since December 11 with a one day interruption, was Two years agro crewmembers of Southern Districts commemorated loss of sister ship Southern Isles with special shipboard ceremonies •t site of disaster. Now Southern Districts is feared lost in same Ceneral area. MA Halts called off on December 21 af­ ter failing to turn up a shred of evidence as to the fate of the vessel and her crew. While the ship has not been officially given up for lost, chances that survivors would be found were described by a Coast 5 i To : ' ' ; A Day Brandon Nichols Guard spokesman as "very re­ mote" particularly in view of severe weather in the area. Never­ WASHINGTON—After approving transfer of 57 American- theless merchant ships have been flag Libertys to "runaway" foreign flags, Maritime Admin­ asked to continue to watch all istrator Louis Rothschild turned off the faucet—only to turn along the vessel's route from Port Dreary Christmas is outlook for family of Frank Famiglio, Jr., 18, Sulphur, Louisiana, to Buckpoiir, it on again under pressure^ who is missing on Southelm Districts. Here Famigiio^s aunt, Mrs. Maine. from the tramp shipowners. a shortage of tramp shipping was Margi Maiorana, and his grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Famiglio, con­ the 13 unlicensed men aboard, Further, just before Roths- developing. The SIU's Washington 11Ofsailed fer with SIU patrolman Herman Trexciair in New Orleans. Frank's with the SIU A&G Dis­ ehild announced he was "halting" correspondent reported that the trict and two were members of uncle, Blaise Famiglio, is currently aboard Del Sud. transfers, his office approved the shortage reached such proportions the SlU-affiliated Sailors Union of Savannah, and Victoriano R. Mar­ Southern Isles, which broke in two shift of five more Libertys, includ­ that the Foreign Economic Admin­ tinez of Norfolk. oft Hatteras and went to the bot­ ing the SIU-«ontracted Ragnar istration was -almost ready to de­ tom October 5, 1951. Only six men The two SUP men were Herman Naess. clare that there were no American survived that disaster, which came Klotz of Jackson Heights, NY, Rothschild's "halt" to transfers tramps available to carry Govern­ so rapidly that the ship did not and Billie Nolan, Miami, Florida. came last week on the grounds that ment cargo under the "50-50" law. have time to radio for help. Other crewmembers were; Cap­ "there was a growing demand for> This would dump much of this Similarly no SOS was ever re­ tain E. M. Rowe, Norfolk; T.' B. cargo into the laps of foreign op­ American flag shipping space." He Roane, 1st mate, Norfolk; J. B. ceived from the Southern Dis­ had been shifting Libertjrs. from erators. Downing, 2nd mate, Virginia tricts, indicating that the ship may Operators Act American registry so rapidly that Beach; D. C. Hudson, 3rd mate, also have gone down so rapidly No sooner had Rothschild "halt­ Portsmouth, Va.; G. C. Falle, radio as to preclude any emergency calls. • ed" transfers, with 57 ships al-' The verifiable facts of the case operator, Baltimore; W. H. Jenready gone, than tramp ship oper­ Famiglio Thomas nette, chief engineer, Scranton, are as follows: The ship left Port ators put the squeeze on him. NC; E. Opffer, 1st assistant. Pala­ Sulphur, Louisiana, on December After meeting with their repre­ the Pacific. Two other Seafarers, tine, Cuba; M. L. Carder, 2nd as­ 2 with a cargo of 2,659 tons of sul­ sentative, Rothschild announced he Thomas Blackledge, MM, and sistant, Newport, Ky.; L. L. Par- phur ore for Bucksport, Maine. was "clarifying" his order so It Marion Vestor, oiler, escaped the rish, Jr., 3rd assistant, Richmond, would not apply to six pending ap­ fate of their shipmates when they Va. plications. This means another six were , left behind in New Orleans News that the ship was missing ships will be transferred after for medical treament. Rothschild called a "halt." Seven­ Seafarers aboard the ship were: ; teen more ships may get a green James H. Brandon, 38, of Tampa, light via this route. Florida; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Originally the transfer policy Charles, La.; Thomas Nichols, 29, The former Alaska passen­ was announced to assist shipown­ of West Lake, Louisiana, who is ger ship Denali is now headed ers who were unable to find em­ the father of four children; Frank toward the Gulf Coast where ployment for their vessels under J. Famiglio, 18, of New Orleans; it will operate on the Tampa to the American flag, because of com­ Samuel B. Thomas, 35, father of Martinez Sellers Havana run. The Denali will petition from "runaway" opera­ two children, living in Thomson, operate in addition to the P&O tions in the first instance. Subse­ Maximum capacity of the vessel is Steamship Company's Miami to quently, the policy became a de­ 4,000 long tons of ore. She was Morris Cooper Havana run now being handled by vice for operators to get better reportedly sighted by another ves­ the SB Florida. sel off the Florida Keys on De­ prices for their ships than they and overdue cast a pall over SIU cember 6, and was due in BucksA skeleton SIU crew wOs could under the American market, membership meetings on Decem­ port on December 12. placed aboard the Denali in Seat­ and to make "partnerships" with ber 15. SIU Secretary-Treasurer tle, where she had been laid up other owners for purposes of put­ 72-Hour Notice Paul Hall declared: "We're hoping by the Alaska Steamship Company ting more and more tonnage under Normal company procedure against hope that some men may before being sold. The ship then foreign flags. have survived but it looks extreme­ called for her to notify the South­ picked up a payload of lumber for Actually the "hardship" plea has ly doubtful. Our heartfelt sym­ ern Steamship Company, her own­ transport to the Gulf Coast. no validity today, ^'it the tramp pathies go to the families of these ers, 72 hours before her estimated The Denali will operate under operators still prefv. foreign flags Union brothers who—we fear-^ time of arrival on December 12. Hinc Daniels the same P&O passenger ship con­ for obViou» reasons. have been victims of one of the The company then was due to hear from the vessel on December 9, tract as the Florida. There are To date, 19 SIU ships, one third Georgia; John Daniels, 36, of Con­ tragedies that beset seafaring." possibilities that the Denali will of the total, have been lost way, South Carolina, father of The Coast Guard has announced but when she did not report the touch at one other Florida port through transfers. Rothschild is ex­ three children; Wladslaw Hinc, 46, that a hearing into the vessel's dis­ company apparently assumed that besides Tampa, possibly SL Peters­ pected to push through a few .more of Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, appearance will open in New Or­ she was delayed by bad weather. When nothing was heard for 48 burg. Present plans .call for the before Congress gets a chance to 30, of Fordyce, Arkansas; William leans on January 3. ship to operate on a year-roiuid ask a few questions about' the T. Cooper, 27, of Savannah; James The Southern Distncts, an LST, hours after that, the company basis as.doejs the Florida. whole arrangement. Benjamin Sellers, 29, also of is a sister ship of the ill-fated (Continued on page 17) -r.. » Til'.-.i'!'; New P & 0 Ship Heads For Tampa ••'51 -^1 �p«c« FMT 2 SlU Go's Face Gov't Lawsuits SEAFARERS ICC Bceember ti, 19S4 WaeliMl 50 Feet Alone Catwalk THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING UP FOR THE WEST COAST affiliates of the SIU of North America, and turning up the other face of the coin it's a glum Christmas for Harry Bridges and his cohorts. The National Labor Relations Board has approved the petition filed PHILADELPHIA—The owner­ by the SIU Pacific District on behalf of sailors, firemen and cooks for ship of another SlU-contracted a three-department election on West Coast ships. vessel, the Gulfwater, came under A victory in this Government-ordered crew election means fire as the Justice Deparment that for the first time all three departments on the West Coast will filed suit against its owners charg­ be together in one international union, the SIU of North America, ing the vessel is alien-owned. and the Communist Party's waterfront section will no longer have any Federal agents seized the vessel foothold on American-flag ships. as the Government suit claimed Just a few years back, few people would have given a nickel for the that Metro Steamship Corporation, SIU of NA's chances of bringing all Shipboard departments under its the vessel's owner, is controlled by banner. .An important development in this direction came when the the Kulukundis family, prominent Marine Firemen's Union voted in 1953 to affiliate with the SIU. From Greek shipowners. Under US then on it was the SUP, the MFOW and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, shipping laws, the ship could only AFL, against the Communist-dominated National Union of Marine be sold to American-owned cor­ Cooks and Stewards, itself largely a creature of Harry Bridges long­ porations. shore union. Once Bridges is beaten on this issue, as it surely appears Meanwhile, the Government's he will be .he will be confined pretty much to sniping at^the SIU from suit against the Philadelphia Ma­ the outside. .) i rine Corporation, owners of the Seafarer Thurston If^wis, AB (right), gets a light for his cigarette SlU - contracted tanker Potrero 5 ii * from a crewmember of a Coast Guard patrol boat which transferred YOUR UNION HAS TIME AND AGAIN CRITICIZED THE MARIHills, got under way in Washing­ him and Henry Vansen, bosun (center), ashore at Little Creek, Va., ton. The Government charges that time Administration for its transfer policies. This week the Maritime after both suffered injuries aboard the tanker Logans Fort (Cities Administrator outdid himself in proving that the transfer policy Manuel Kulukundis owns a major­ Service) last week. The mishap occurred while both were on their ity of the stock in the corporation. is no policy at all, but a pattern of confusion, expediency and weakway to a paint locker and huge waves coming over the bow washed Other Government suits include kneed sacrifice of US shipping to the greed of a handful of operators. them nearly 50 feet along the catwalk. Both later entered the the SlU-contracted US Petroleum As a result of the transfer of over 50 ships, things got so tight re­ Norfolk USPHS hospital. (Official US Coast Guard photo.) Carriers and Victory Carriers. cently that there were hardly enough Libertys available to take Gov­ ernment cargoes. The Maritime Administrator consequently suddenly reversed himself and called off all transfers. That situation lasted just about 48 hours. The tramp ship operator's representatives in Wash­ ington got to work, with the result that the Administrator reversed himself again and cleared the way for six more ships to dump the American flag. All this pulling and hauling one way or. another doesn't add; up to much of a maritime policy. Your Union believes, to paraphrase a famous quotation, that the Maritime Administrator was not appointed •Dpcnite the manv. difficulties which beset the maritime industry, the SIU rode out the to preside over the liquidation of the American merchant marine. ^ 1. 4 , storms in the troubled days of 19M The year's end found the SPEAKING OF SHIP TRANSFERS BRINGS TO MIND an interest­ TTninn in sound shaue and ready to take on any task that might arise. ing question. The US Government has been taking legal action against Among the major accom--* number of companies and agencies who own or operate tramp plishments for Seafarers in meanwhile, passed the $3 million Libertys among other ships. The Government charges that these com­ the past 12 months were the mark in benefits paid out since it panies are alien-controlled in violation of our shipping laws. negotiation of a new contract and first started functioning in Februa­ If this is the case, how does it affect the ships already transferred? an increase in vacation payments, ry, 1952. They are supposed to be under American control even though they are success in combatting shore leave . The permanent "50-50" law was under the Panamanian and Liberian flags. But do Americans really restrictions in Korea and at US a major feather in the Union's cap own them, and can they be counted on in a national emergency? military bases, and the completion since the SIU had battled for this of the fine new Baltimore hall, legislation for seven years, since CONGRESS GETS BACK INTO BUSINESS VERY SHORTLY WITH plus addition of recreation facili­ the start of the Marshall Plan. It a lot of important items on the agenda. One of them is a program for ties in other ports. In the legis­ gave assurance that from now on new freight Ships and for assistance to various sections of the industry. lative arena, the passage of the 50 percent of all Government The new program is broader than anything that has been proposed the permanent "50-5()" bill realized a cargoes would be carried on Ameri­ last few years and it appears to have the backing of the administration. Union objective of many years' can flag ships. If a substantial part of this program should go through, it would Longshoremen in the Port standing, while the enemies of The opening of the new Balti­ really make 1955 a big year for the Industry. Your Union will speak of New York caught leaders the Public Health Service hospitals more hall just a few weeks ago out in support of any new proposals for the aid of the shipping indusr of the old ILA flatfooted were set back on their heels. try, which in turn mean pork chops and sectulty for Seafarers. (Continued on page 16) when they voted down a pro­ SIU progress in 1954 was made posed two-year agreement which in the face of a drop-off in ship­ failed to correct a sizable number ping particularly in the early of longstanding waterfront griev­ months of the year and repeated ances. The agreement had been attempts in some official quarters warmly endorsed by Captain Wil­ to deprive seamen and their unions liam Bradley, ILA president, and of past gains. These included the lauded by the employers. effort to sandbag the Public Health NEW ORLEANS—Oscar "Papa" Celestin, one of the most noted musicians ever, pro­ Another stunning setback to the Service hospitals which was sound­ ILA this week was the re-entry ly defeated, but which is due for duced in this city that is the cradle of jazz and who was a great favorite among New of the 3,500-man tugboat union a revival in the coming months; Orleans Seafarers, died at his home here December 15. into the AFL. The tug union was the transfer loophole so conven­ The venerable Negro trum-"' Bradley's home outfit until he was iently opened to tramp ship opera­ peter was 70 years old. He appearance to provide the music served as business manager of the made ILA president. The tug move tors by the Maritime Administra­ was stricken ill last August for dancing under the tree-shaded band. cuts Bradley from any union base tion; and the Coast Guard's current and his condition had grown pro­ Audubon Park grounds. The band "Papa" Celestin was born in the and greatly weakens any ILA attempt to clamp tight-fisted con­ gressively worse since then. will continue to play under the di­ cane and bayou country of As­ attempt to gain a stranglehold on trols on every working seaman. rection of Bed Pierson, close sumption Parish in 1884. At the "Papa" Celestin was well known New York harbor. age of 10 he decided to be a mu­ New Features to SIU men who ship out of New friend of the leader who had sician, selecting the comet as his Still Pro-AFL In negotiating a new agreement Orleans, particularly to those who The large contrary vote to the providing two to six percent in­ Instrument. agreement was considered solid creases in wages and overtime, the sail regularly on the Mississippi Pertiaps the most triumphant proof that the AFL still has a very Union added several new features passenger ships, the Del Sud, Del moment of his career was his ap­ strong following in the port de­ heretofore not found in maritime Mar and Del Norte. pearance at a "command perform­ spite its narrow defeat in a collec­ contracts, as well as subsequent On sailing day, "Papa" and his ance" before the White House Cor­ tive bargaining election last May. clarifications. Among items in­ Dixieland jazz musicians always respondents' Association's annual The "Waterfront News," publica­ cluded in the contract was a provi­ were on hand at dockside to en­ 'banquet at the White House. On tion of the AFL Longshore Com­ sion for money draws in either US tertain crew members and pas­ this occasion, he was warmly com­ mittee, had been highly critical of dollars or travelers checks, while sengers lining the rail with such plimented i/y President Eisen­ the agreement, calling it a sell-out other features were strengthened spirited numbers as "Way Down hower who said: "Mr. Celestin, you of the basic needs of all longshore­ and improved. Yonder in New Orleans," "Bill are a fine gentleman and a credit men. "Waterfront News" also urged to your race and our country." ' The SlU's successful shore leave Bailey," "When the Saints Go longshoremen to be alert to an beef with the Defense Department Marching In," "Bourbon Street Many musicians went on to ILA attempt to sell them the same resulted in $18,000 of disputed Parade," "Muskrat Ramble" and fame in the entertainment world package again with a slight change overtime payments to the crews many other old standards at which after playing for Celestin. Among in the trimmings. those was Louis Armstrong who of two SIU ships, and greater his talented musicians excelled. While all sections of the port freedom of action in many ports many years ago supplied him with At SIU Affairs voted against the agreement, the where seamen were restricted be­ One of "Papa" Celestin's last the appellation of "Papa" which biggest "no" vote came from fore. remained with him through the public appearances was at the an­ Brooklyn longshoremen. Brooklyn remainder of his life. The vacation increase, which nual picnic given by the crew of Only recently "Papa" Celestin had been an AFL stronghold was voted by the trustees of the the Del Sud. This affair always was One of the mainstays of SIU throughout the campaign to organ­ SIU Vacation Plan, had the effect considered an annual, engagement port celebrations in New Or­ estimated he had performed before ize a new longshore union. leans, jaTxman Oscar "Papa" 40 million persons and had played of putting Seafarers' vacation pay for the Celestin troupe and no The proposed contract had pro- above any other unlicensed group Del Sud picnic would have been^ Celestin died last week at the for about 1,000 funerals during his. lifetime. in the indust5-y. The Vacation Plan considered opij(U>leUb;MUihQUfc;.his agRvef;90. Continued on page 16) V' SIU Wins New Gains Despite Stormy 1934 ILA Men Nix 'Sellouf Agreement 'Papa' Celestin, Jazz Great, Dies !•: �DMctnber S4, 198i SEAFARERS Page FIT« LOG SKI Movie Being Shown To Woridwide Audience 4 Seafarers don't only go around the world by ship—they and their Union are doing it on celluloid, too. That's the progress report on the SIU's third and most ambitious movie film—^"The-* Seafarers," in both color and' sands of trade unionists in the US sound—which has been circu­ have had a chance to enjoy a lating a little more than a year filmed chronicle of present-day .throughout the US and all over the conditions in the SIU plus a bird's globe, through the facilities of the eye tour of SIU headquarters. The United States Information Service, iilm was completed in the summer an agency of the State Pepartment. of 1953, and depicts how the Union Stateside, the 30-minute SIU oper^es ashore and aboard ship to movie is circulated by the Union represent and service the member­ itself and also by the Workers Edu­ ship. cation Bureau of the AFL, with the Covered US And Canada result that hundreds of audiences, According to a report of the including Seafarers in all branches WEB, it has been shown from and crews on many SlU-contracted "Maine to California and from ships, have viewed it, Idaho to Florida. It has been pre­ This means that tens of thou- viewed by the National Film Board of Canada in Ottawa and shown Members of galley gang of Kathryn, one of ships involved in new feeding experiment, relax in 'messat Manhattan College in New York room after serving lunch. Seated around table clockwise,.beginning at left, are: Pedro Jimenez, MM; and Pennsylvania State Univer­ Juan Rodriguez, MM; Angel Seda, passenger MM; Jimmy Jones, saloon pantry; Jose Torre, baker; sity." Daniel Seda, galleyman; standing, left to right, Manuel Rodriguez, chief cook; John Giordano, 2nd cook; Typical union groups which have Louis Vila, night cook. Not present were Mario Familla, eheif steward, and Frank Hernandez, pas­ viewed it include the Retail Clerks senger mess. local in Los Angeles, American Federation of Government Em­ ployees in Oklahoma City, Coopers Union in Memphis, Beet Sugar Re­ finery Employees locals in South Once again the Christmas Dakota, Kansas and Idaho, Ken­ season is upon us. And, as is tucky State Federation of Labor, usual at this time of the year, West Virginia Federation of Labor the SEAFARERS LOG has re­ and the 1953 AFL convention in A "new look" in shipboard meal preparation and service has been hailed as a complete ceived many Christmas cards and St. Louis. Reactions have been extremely success after a two month experiment with one SlU-contracted company. Plans are now expressions of goodwill. From brothers on the beach in favorable. The Oklahoma Council afoot to extend the set-up to other companies' ships. The "new look" is an SlU-sponsored the States, from brothers at sea of Government Employees consid­ outgrowth of Steward Depart-•and brothers in faroff foreign ered it "one of the very best of the ment Committee meetings be­ roast and then letting the slices We believe we've proved that the .ports, from friends of the Union labor films." The WEB report also tween the SIU and the com­ dry to leathery texture on a steam proper approach is simply to re­ and from many persons who are noted that "The Seafarers" is panies and is aimed at revamping table, cutting bread as it is need­ gard the crew as being a good sized not connected with the Union in booked well into 1955 already. steward department practices to ed, serving vegetables in side family and not as a crowd in a The international audience for any way, but who enjoy reading bring about personal service and dishes, making coffee to order in cafeteria." the SIU movie has consisted main­ about its activities in the columns eliminate the mass feeding ap­ percolators and similar practices. Also hailing the plan is Charles ly of trade-union groups with the of the LOG every two weeks, the O. Minot, port official for the Bull proach. As a result. Seafarers will showings handled exclusively by LOG—and the Union for. which it Line Company and a mem­ enjoy fresh-cooked, tastier meals For a complete picture story speaks — have received these the USIS. To facilitate the film's ber of the joint union-operator and superior service while main­ presentation, the sound track has greetings. of the SIU experiment aboard Steward Committee. "The success taining the high quality of food a ship of the SlU-contracted to date of this plan is a tribute to To all of the brothers and been translated into a dozen or supplied to the ships. others who have sent these cards more foreign languages. Bull Lines, see this Issue's labor and management cooperation. the LOG says "thanks" and heart­ Seafarers in many faroff ports The recently conducted tests centerfold. The preparation of the food and iest best wishes for a merry Christ­ have reported to the LOG of re­ were carried out abc rd several the service is much better this way ships of the Bull Line, where a actions to the film by native work­ mas and a happy New Year. and the crews are happier. The Eddie Mooney, of the SIU, a noticable improvement in meals ers. In these cases the feelings The LOG staff and editors, difference now is that all the food member of the stewards depart­ and service have resulted. were not only of admiration for speaking for the Union, sincerely is eaten and the waste is at a min­ ment committee, termed the plan Basically the changes put into hope that all of the brothers, con­ the Union's statui-e, but outright imum. If a saving results to the "an effort by the Union to make effect consist of preparing, cutting awe over what it has been able to tinuing to work together for the it will be as a result of conunon good through the ma­ accomplish during its short history. and serving food to individual or­ meals for Seafarers aboard ship acompany Other films produced by the SIU der as much as is possible. This second to none. A crew is small cut in waste, which everyone is chinery of their Union, will enjoy happiness, prosperity and good date back several years to "The means cooking steaks and chops enough to give each man individual interested in eliminating. The sailing throughout 1955 and the Battle of Wall Street," first pre­ to order, carving roasts to order attention at mealtime and make same high standards of quality and (Continued on page 17) instead of cutting up an entire his meals aboard ship enjoyable. viewed in May, 1949. years to come. Thanks, Men, For Those Xmas Cards 'New Look' In Ship Meals Hailed After l-Mos, Trial YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Preview Of 1955 Living Costs I Seafarers and their families can expect a little lower cost of living in the first few months of 1955 than now, but with a new upswing in prices due by mid-Summer. It would be wise to adjust your financial planning and tniyjpg accordingly. The break you get this Winter, in the form of slightly lower living costs, is due to the abundant supplies of meat and consequently lower food bills. But by Summer, meat will be costly again, some new price increases are sched­ uled for clothing, and with housing and medical costs at peak level.: and still climbing further, your family wilt feel the price pressure. The quietly but steadily rising costs of medical care have gotten little public attention, but have become one of the most serious living-cost prob­ lems for moderate-income families. The combined'cost of doctor, medicine and hospital fees has risen 20 per cent In the past four years, more than any other item in your cost of living. The rising cost of rents has been running a close- second to the jumping medical bills, and will con­ tinue to be one of your most serious problems this year. This situation means that moderate-income families will have to closely watch their other spending, and particu­ larly, take advantage of the currently lower food and clothing costi, to set aside more money for housing and medical bills. In other words, you won't be able to spend AS much, for food, furniture and dothing la ^55 aa in other years. s Here are suggestions, to' help- your family inatntsis, .its living standard in face of the shifting price movements, and the higher living costs expected later this year: FOOD: This Winter, you will find your best values in beef (in heavy supply at this time); pork (more reasonable than last year); eggs (which are unusually reasonable now and will be even cheaper by Spring); cheddar cheese (un­ usually low priced nowadays) and fish (which is in abun­ dant supply). Lamb and veal .are also a little more rea­ sonable at this time. But as meat prices go up with the arrival of warmer weather, rely more on eggs and cheese to give your family nourishing meals at reasonable cost. Keep down your milk bills by buying fresh milk cash-andcarry at-stores in the nefw half-gallon and gallon con­ tainers, and by using dry skim milk for cooked dishes and beverages too. CLOTHING: Clothing prices are expected to go up a little later this year. Wholesale prices have already been Increased on some work clothes, and retail prices will be higher soon. Fill in your family's clothing needs at the January and February clothing clearances. You will have to pay higher prices for the same clothes this Spring-than you will right now. Especially take advantage of the Jan­ uary shoe sales to anticipate your needs at reductions of 10 to 20 per cent. Shoes have gone up more than other clothing items and represent your family's costliest cloth­ ing purdiase. HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS: You wiU find widespread price-cutting ibis yew on household appliances. Maniuac-turers* list prices or sHmdlurd retail pricea are now pretty much a thing o| the past since many stares now offer dis­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying counts of 20-30 per cent on such appliances as refriger­ ators, washing machines and others. Look for clearance sales of small appliances and housewares in January, and clearance sales of refrigerators in July. HOUSES: Prices of older houses have come down a little, but the downturn has been small compared to the rise. They rose on the average 244 per cent from 1945 to 1952, and since then, have dropped an average of only 7 per cent. Continued large-scale building of new houses this year will force down prices of older ones still fur­ ther. But houses near the large cities will continue to command an exaggerated price because of the scarcity of suitable land for building. As previously pointed out in the LOG, families will have to look further and further oiit to find reasonably-priced housing. AUTOS: The 1955 cars are about the same price as last year, but retail prices early in the year may be a little higher because dealers are not offering as large discounts and over-allowances on trade-ins. The auto industry is attempting to keep up its prices by cutting production. But by mid-Summer, after the first interest in the new cars has worn off, there will be more price competition and larger discounts. Generally car dealers start cutting prices after July 4. Most 1955 cars are featuring higher horsepower and V-8 engines. With the trend to V-8's, the 1953 and ^54 six-cylinder models have lower resale value, and present a buying opportunity for families satisfied with less power and more interested in lower (^iterating costs. The longer, heavier, more powerful 1995 models -win c-o&t.yott more to fuel and repsdr. �iPace'tts S E AP ARltRS P«<»mber 24, 1954 LOG Admit Huge Seafarer's 'Baby'— Rakeoff in New Gangway Rig Ins. Sales m m .Ui: ^••S.' $•. ^ HOUSEWIFK HIT BY METEORITE—In the first such accident in recorded history Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, was A new, simplified rig for hafidling gangways, onie which bruised on the hip by a ten-pound meteorite from outer spa'ce. The its Seafarer-inventor claims will eliminate many of the diffi­ meteorite crashed through the roof of her house and struck her while she was catnapping on the living room couch. Mrs. Hodges intends to culties of rigging and handliiig, is now in the US Patent Of­ make good use of her ill wind by selling the meteorite for a reported fice awaiting $20,000 after first having to hire a lawyer to get it back from the Air WASHINGTON — The in­ approval. Sea­ Force which spirited it away. surance industry practice en­ 4 "t abling brokers to siphon off farer William DETAINED ALIENS "SPRUNG" FROM JAIL—After strong public huge profits in arranging policies V. H. Susikari, protest the Immigration Bureau has halted its practice of lodging alien covering members of labor unions AB, who in\'ented detainees in local lock-ups around New York City and is quartering took a vi^hipping before a recent the rig, is' hope­ them in a midtown hotel. The practice began when the Immigration ful that its fea­ House Labor Committee hearing. Bureau recently abandoned the Ellis Island immigrant center. tures will prove An insurance company executive attractive to ship­ admitted to an arrangement by ping companies ACCUSED RED JUST ANOTHER FBI MAN—R. J. Hardm, a Penn­ which one broker received com­ and seamen alike. sylvania coal miner, has told a Congressional committee that things missions of over 27 percent of the went badly for him after he was denounced as a Communist iiy FBI premiums paid in on hospitaliza­ , Basically, the undercover man Matthew Cvetic in 1950. Hardin, himself an FBI in­ new rig consists tion policies covering members of formant, had his home stoned and lost his job, finally being run out the AFL Hotel & Restaurant Em­ of two shafts, of town. But he continued to work for the FBI. The incident prompted one a horizontal ployees and Bartenders Unions In one wag to remark that FBI plants appeared to outnumbcv. genuine Atlantic City, NJ. The company shaft which is at­ Communists and consequently could be the main source of the Party's tached to the top official further admitted the prac­ edge of the deck funds. tice was totally unsound, but is railing . and the widely in force throughout the in­ other a curved POPE RECOVERING FROM SEVERE ILLNESS—Pope Pius was re­ dustry. ported on the mend after suffering a severe setback from a recurrent shaft attached to Some states, such as New York, digestive disturbance. The nature of his ailment has been diagnosed horizontal legally require welfare contracts the as a hernia of the esophagus. Doctors said that the Pope was still not one. The gang­ which are to be administered by an way rotates in­ out of danger. Insurance company to be placed side of the curved through a broker and in most shaft and moves ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL ON MURDER RAP—Attorney others the practice is followed any­ up and down General Silas Garrett of Alabama has been charged with first degree way. The arrangement, which with the aid of murder as an outcome of the Phenix City clean-up campaign. The in­ means high commissions for the tumbuckles. dictment charged him with responsibility for the assassination of brokers for little or_no work in­ Albert Patterson, who was elected to succeed Garrett as of January 1. 180 Degree volved, generally results in either Patterson ran on a vice clean-up platform, Swing higher premiums or fewer benefits l" t Susikari claims for union members under insured "TEST-TUBE" BABIES CALLED ILLEGITIMATE — "Test tube' welfare plans. The unions who that this rig per­ babies, conceived through artificial insemination' are illegitimate if the wish to have their welfare plans mits the gangway mother's husband is not the donor of the seed, a Chicago judge has handled through an insurance com­ to be rotated ruled. The ruling came during the course of a local divorce suit, and through a 180pany have no alternative but to raises the question of legitimacy for thousands of children conceived degree arc from accept the arrangement. Photo of new gangway rig invented by Seafarer through artificial insemination because of the sterility of the mother's one side to an­ William Susikari shows shaft and turnbuckle ar­ husband. Seafarers Plan Better other and also The situation differs sharply in permits easy ad­ rangement. Gangway can be rotated 180 de­ it the case of the Seafarers Welfare justment for grees and handled by one man. EISENHOWER OFFERS '55 PROGRAM—President Eisenhower has Plan, which is self-administered by height. The rig eliminates tackles Susikari, who has been sailing taken the lid off domestic proposals he intends to place before the a joint committee of shipowner and falls and permits the gangway since 1913, has taken out one other next Congress in 1955. The proposals call for increases in postal rates, and Union representatives and to be operated by one man, a dis­ patent for a shipboard device pay increases for Federal employees and continuation of present tax thereby bypasses heavy payments tinct advantage. which however, did not prove too rates on corporations and on various commodities such as liquor, cig­ to insurance companies completely. Another advantage of the gang­ successful. Once his gangway arettes and gasoline. Also under consideration is a proposal to in­ The net effect is to insure maxi­ way, Susikari says, is that it can patent comes through he will at­ crease the present Federal minimum wage, now 75 cents an hour, mum benefits for SIU men at a •be very easily secured once the tempt to interest shipping com­ cost much lower than would be ship is ready to leave port. UN CONDEMNS CHINA ON US FLYERS—Red China's trial and panies in the device. possible if the Plan were admin­ imprisonment of Korean POW's has been condemned by an over­ istered by an insurance company. whelming Assembly vote" in the United Nations. UN Secretary-General In the case of the Atlantic City Dag Hammarskjold has been requested to seek their release in the unions, further testimony before name of the UN. Meanwhile there were reports that the Chinese would the House investigators developed release the flyers and other imprisoned Americans if exit visas were is­ that the insurance company had sued in the US to 35 Chinese students who want to go back home. abandoned its original arrange­ 4" t ment with the broker under which "SAFE DRIVING DAY" ONLY PARTIAL SUCCESS—A death toll he got 171-^! percent of premiums, somewhat lower than usual was the only concrete result of "safe driv­ the company got 20 percent, and ing day" December 15. The year before, 60 persons were killed in then they split any profits above traffic accidents on that day. In some areas such as New York City the total of percent. driving accident totals were higher than usual. Cartoon History Of The SIU Sttf Sets Pay Pattern iVo. 79 ;i I? It fe; M/' IA ^;W- In accord with the unique reopening clause in SIU agreements, enabling the Union to call for a wage review at any time, in September, 1950, the SIU called for new "pact talks. The Union keyed its deaiiands thp steady tjtS0 in living costs since the itart of the Korean War a few months earlier. The operators came up. with the wage "pattern" agreed to earlier by some West Coast unions, which > seemed to be ^setting the pace for all others. How-\ yer, SIU-negjotiators warned they.,woul4 not hie hound -bjy any 'Tormula" adopted' diywhire. Two^^^^^^ -ageeentcnt was reached on a higher ^gure. Agreement on a 6.38% increase provided $13-24 more in base pay per month, plus similar boosts in over­ time and other items. The SIU "pattern" was quickly ; ..«^jpt>d hy-a^other m^l» Coast, iwhmen's unioh and uppcd d^ges for ABi to two and a half times \ivhat they were in 7 �tWrli. ItM 9EAFARERS LOG SIU NEWSLETTER SIU f^ WASHINGTON **«• Bmm . Aids In Tug Sestue mcxsssssssssss ' _ , 1 ; I AlthoDch th* Maritime Administration annoonced a halt to further transfer foreign of Liberty dry cargo ships, the damage already has been done as to the tize of the merchant marine. Since liberalization , of this transfer policy In August of this year, 57 Libertys were trans­ ferred and 21 more applications will be approved. The Maritime Administration says that the ban on further transfers was put into effect because there has developed a growing demand for shipping space, occasioned by both normal improvement in the commercial market and by an increase in our aid programs. The fact remains that in a few days the 84th Congress will convene, and al­ ready it is apparent that the subject of ship transfers will be thoroughly explored on Capitol Hill. " The MA has been transferring ships so fast that the Foreign Eco­ nomic Administration was nearly at the point of having to declare the non-availability of US-flag tramps to carry aid cargoes under the 50-50 shipping provision. Although US-flag tramps were physically available for thie aid cargo movement, so many of them were under notice of transfer that FOA could not accept them as American-flag vessels under thd 50-50 shipping rule. ' .ill As 195'4 !iipproaches an end, the privately-owned American merchant marine grows smaller and smaller, due to the economic situation, policies of US Government agencies, such as competition fropi the' Military Sea Transportation Service, and the policy, up to -the recent halt, of allowing the large-scale transfer to foreign registry of American ships. At the end of the year, the total of 1,162 vessels was divided into 749 dry cargo and passenger carrying vessels of 7,828,091 tons and 413 tankers of 6,712,564 tons. The fleet on December 1 was 17 vessels Three survivors of the tug Bertha R., which sank in the Gulf recently, reach for lines tossed from and some 187,000 tons below the November size, this resulting from USCG cutter Cartigan, one of the rescue vessels. Hie SlU-marmed tanker Bradford Island aided In removsj of 14 dry cargo and 3 tankers by-transfer foreign. the rescue of four others and the cutter recovered the body of one man who died of exposure. A The number of ships in reserve amounted to well over the 2,000 crewmember on the tanker. Seafarer Tom Collins, later provided photos and an eye-witness account to mark. On December 1, there were 1,970 World War II built ships in newspapermen,. reserve, of which 1,505 were Libertys and 259 were Victorys. The others itlClUded Mariners and tankers. Seafarers on a routine tanker run into Lake Charles, La.,,had ringside seats for an un­ The latest picture.>as to US-flag participation in foreign trade is not expected sea drama recently in which seven men off a sunken tug were rescued. One too good, showing that American vessels are carrying only-29.1 percent of the commerce, exclusive of where the 50-50 shipping proviso applies crewmember, Seafarer Tom Collins, provided the an eye-witness story featured in daily newspaper accounts. . to US-aid cargoes."" The events occurred mid­ up an, SOS from the stricken tug­ was the outboard ship, was first t(f i a; t . way between Mobile and boat Bertha B. reach the rafts and immediately The Coast Guard is finding that it has a real hot potato on its hands in connection with its .proposed rules on medical examination and Panama City, Fla., with the SIU- Being the closest ship to the lowered a boat. Crow's Nest View physical standards for licensing merchant marine personnel. If-the manned Bradford Island (Cities disaster scene, the Bradford Is­ .Coast Guard persists in its view of issuing the rules. Congressional Service) en route to Lake Charles land rushed to answer the SOS Collins, who^ said he was watch­ from Linden, NJ, when it picked and arrived there about two and a ing the entire'operation from the committees will investigate the matter. half hours later, according to Col­ crow's nest, using field glasses, re­ 4. lins. All it found, however, was ported that this was the place Newest applicant for a steamship service under the American flag is the barge which the tug had been where "our captain executed a the Hawaiian Steamship Co. which wants to charter a-Government towing. There was no trace of the pretty piece of seamanship, for the passenger ship for a' service between San Francisco-Honolulu, with tug's crewmembers. wind was still blowing very hard, the privilege of carrying some cargo. It therefore continued to search making maneuvering difficult." The probability is that the Government will okay the venture but for two rafts which had been drop­ Soon after, the Helen Lykes' life may put in some restrictions on carrjage of cargo. ped to the men from the tug by a boat picked up four men off one Other Pacific Coast lines showing interest in the Hawaiian cargo Coast Guard plane shortly after raft and the Coast Guard cutter Include the |>acific Far East Line and American President Lines, Ltd. they abandoned their vessel. But Cartigan gathered in three more This will prove to be a real figbt with the opposition coming primarily the search dragged on although off the other plus one man who had from Matson Navigation Company, the existing operator in the trade. the midnight to daylight effort died of exposure during the night. i. i 4> proved unavailing, Collins recall­ Collins pointed out also that even Application forms are now available to merchant seamen seeking Seafarers and members of with the tanker shielding the rafts, dftention benefits as a result of internment during World War II. As other US trade unions are ed. By dawn, however^ several other rescue was difficult. The Cartigan previously reported in the LOG, American seamen captured or held again invited to compete for during World War II, after December 7, 1941, by Germany or Japan foiur one-year scholarships for ships, including the Helen Lykes, had to make three passes to pluck as prisoners, internees, hostages," or in any other manner, are entitled labor study in Great Britain made reached the scene and moved to the men off the raft. Eventually aid in the rescue efforts. A search winding up its rescue mission, the to benefits from the US Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. available annually through the pattern was set up and the sweep SIU Bradford Island remained to Eligible survivors Of such American seamen may-file claims. Institute -of International Educa­ Detention benefits are payable at the rate of $60 for each month dur­ tion. Two Seafarers have won of the area continued until a CG search for the drifting barge which plane located two rafts about eight the tug's crewmen had unsuccess­ ing which a seaman was at least 18 years old and at the rate of $25 such awards in previous years. miles away and fired bombs to di­ fully tried to board and took it per month if under 18 years of age. The law was passed so late in Three of the scholarships provide the last session that Congress did not'appropriate the money. This for a year of study at Buskin rect the ships. The Lykes, which into tow a few hours later. appropriation will be approved within a few months. College, Oxford, England, and the t 4^ t fourth for a year's study at Coleg Legislation will be introduced quickly in the next Congress conven­ Harlech, Wales. The awards cover ing January 5 to subsidize American tramp ships. In order to 'protect tuition, room and board, and existing American lines, of the so-called liner group, the tramp subsidy provide a small sum for personal bill will contain suitable safeguards to avoid competition with other use. American steamship companies. Candidates for the awards must It's expected that such legislation will not be actively opposed by be members of US unions and be SAN FRANCISCO—^Under unrelenting pressure from the other segments of the merchant marine. Neither will it be opposed between 20 and 35 years of age. Sailors Union of the Pacific to enforce agreements on work­ by US Government agencies. The main opposition will come from many They must be capable of doing members of Congress who will express alarm at the cost of supporting work on the college level in the ing cargo, the Pacific Maritime Association has appealed to the merchant marine. field of trade unionism and labor the Government to get it ouf^ of a fix arising from the tie-up he pointed out that they have 4. it relations. Norway is rejecting the US offer to sell surplus coal for counterpart The two Seafarers who won of the Pacificus. The Secre­ lived up to the letter of their funds because of the condition that at least 50 percent of the shipment awards in the past are Irwin Suall tary of Labor, James P. Mitchell, agreement, as admitted by the be transported in US bottoms. The Norwegian Government takes the and Ed Larkin. Suall, who had has been asked to appoint a fact­ PMA. Wouldn't Supply Men view it cannot consent to an exporting country determining who will served -as an organizer on Isthmian finding panel to resolve the beef, handle a commercial shipment. The Pacificus blow-up began ships and as a member of the which has led to delayed sailings Union's publicity committee dur­ of other passenger and cargo ships. when the longshoremen refused • ^ t Six groups have offered to construct tankers for the Military Sea ing the 1946 General Strike, won The Pacificus has been tied up to supply front men for Sailors Transportation under new law. These will be chartered for a 10-year a Buskin Scholarship for the year in Los Angeles, harbor since Octo­ working cargo out of No. 4 hatch period. However, the whole program is in jeopardy.. Up to the time 1948. ber 27 as a result of the refusal of on deck. Bridges contended the of this writing, the Maritime Administration refuses to recognize such Larkin, winner of a scholarship Harry Bridges' longshore union to Sailors only had the right to work tankers as "special purpose" type ships. If they are recognized as special to Coleg Harlech in 1952, and who supply dock men for Sailors work­ No. 3 hatch (which was empty) de­ type ships, the builders would- be eligible to ask for 100 percent Gov­ was also a Union organizer in the ing cargo on deck. In return, the spite the provisions^of the Sailor's ernment insurance on the construction cost. successful Isthmian campaign, re­ SUP has been refusing to work contract giving Uiem first call on The matter is being fought bitterly'behind closed doors, and unless ceived one of the four four-year, port overtime on all PMA ships any hatch assigned to them by the the Maritime Administration gives in, and thus allows the 100 percent $6,000 scholarships awarded by the until the Pacific Maritime Associ­ shipowner. insurance, the matter once again wiil be brought before Congress. If SIU Welfare Plan this year. ation got Bridges to abide by the The SUP immediately notified the PMA of the violation of tho the latter takes place, the Maritime Administration will be condemned Applications for the Buskin or agreement. for'its stand against declaring the tankers to be special purpose type Coleg Harlech awards must be SUP Secretary-Treasurer Harry agreement by the longshore union, forthcom­ vessels. made by April 1,1955, to the Com­ Lundeberg said, he had no objec­ but when no action mittee on Labor Scholarships, tion to a fact-finding panel that ing, the membership decided to Institute of International Educa- would investigate the failure of apply the , pressure. Membership iBridges to. live up,to^,its^contract' meetings on November 8 voteci with the l^MA. As to the Sailors,- th^ "no ^ort overtime'' goUejr; ; i',« T.' I '^1 I •^1 •^1 '4\ ••ill J M Open Int'l Awards To Union Men PMA Yetps For US Action On Paciticus f •r'VB '••j - J 'V: vY, -| �V.;^^;LTT.7««4t^-' V'vV' raeeElckt December 24, U54 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER il:£ JiiSv/, |;'V SRAFARERS m-: 1^- Fourth new tanker to join Tidewater's fleet this year, the $6 million Flying A Washington has been delivered to the company for use in the foreign and coastal trade in the Pacific. The 16,000-deadweight-ton NICHOLAS P. LIAHOFF, wiper ship will join a sister ship, the Flying A California, -in that service... Figures revealed a week later show the Port of New York had a record Most shoreslde people would re­ last long. In November, 1948, Chi­ day on November 26 "when more ships entered and gleared the harbor gard going to sea as adventurous nese Communists captured Muk­ than on any day since the end of World War II. Curtoms officials han­ •Question: What kind of a year in itself, but for Seafarer Nicholas den, giving them control of all of dled 145 vessel movements in and out of the port during the day. Dur­ do you think 1955 will be for you Liahoff, it must seem like a peace­ Manchuria. In the months that ing the war, 140 ships were considered a heavy day's work. ful interlude in a life that's been followed their armies started to as a seaman? overloaded with adventure. . • work their way southward. Four $> $ Dennis McCarthy, 2nd cook and ^ Born in Harbin, Manchuria,. of days before the Communists seized The Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service chartered 24 pri­ vately-owned and operated US-flag vessels during November for use bakerri don't think shipping and White Russian parents who had Tientsin In May, 1949, Liahoff fled jobs will be any fled the Bolshevik Revolution, Lia­ the city. As he was a former State In its operations, including 19 tankers and five dry cargo At too good in 1955. hoff lived in China through the Department ertfployee, the Com­ the end of the month, 43 private vessels were operating for MSTS .. Nobody wants an­ Japanese occupation and the post­ munists would have given him Orders for 37 vessels have been placed with Japanese shipyards since other war which war years. He fled the country short shrift. last April by foreign companies. Sixteen tankers, 14 freighters and right, how looks 'just a few jumps ahead of the Communications had been torn seven ships of other types to be built will cost an estimated 585™"like the only Communist Chinese armies, came up all ever the country by Commu­ lion. Orders have come from companies registered in the US, Liberia, thing that would to the United States, joined the nist guerrillas so Liahoff ' had to Panama. Denmark, Turkey, Hong Kong, Sweden, ThaUand and the give shipping a Army, went back across to Japan make his way southward by foot, Netherlands. boost. And if and then returned to the States except for short strejtches where l" 4* 4 the Coast Guard before starting to sail with the the railroad was stiR running. He First ship built in West Germany for the-'Soviet Union, the 3,000-ton takes over, a lot kept moving by day and night for fish-factory ship Pushkin is the first of 24 ships on order, at a total of us .seamen could be thrown out SIU. 35 days until he arrived safely in Liahoff was born in Harbin in cost of about $45 million. She was launched two weeks ago at a Kiel of the industry. 1927. His parents, an engineer and Shanghai after a trek of some 700 shipyard .. The Moore-McCormack passenger liner Brazil had to in­ ^ t a'liallerina, were members of the miles. terrupt its normal 38-day voyage to Buenos Aires last week only 100 Got US Visa Rafael Matos, AB: The way large White Russian community in miles south of New York when a short circuit disabled half of the things look right now it doesn't Subsequently Liahoff got a visa that city. When he was a year ship's 18,000-horsepower twin-screw engines. The captain elected to to enter the United States and got appear as if it old, his parents moved southward bring her back to port rather than travel at reduced speed. All but to Tientsin in North China where out of Shanghai ahead of the Com­ 13 of her 326 passengers remained aboard, using the ship as a hotel will be an out­ he was to spend most of his early munists. He joined the US Army until she was ready to sail a few days later. The others chose to fly. standing year. Shipping isn't after arrival in the States and was life. 4"' t 4" too bad now but sent to Japan with the occupation Japanese Move In A record in foreign water-borne commerce was rolled up by the it's nothing to forces. His tour of duty during the Delaware River port area during the first half of 1954, according to a get excited about. Shortly afterward in the early Korean War eased his path toward report just filed show rug an Increase of 13.1 percent over the same I don't think that 1930's the Japanese started assum­ full US citizensbip. period in 1953. The report said other major North Atlantic ports, by anything will ing gradual control of much of Liahoff returned to California comparison, showed decreases ranging f^om 2.9 to 12.2 percent... come along in North China. In 1937 open war eariy in 1952 and went to work Ocean movement of loaded truck trailers between NY and Puerto Rico the next few broke out between the Japanese ashore in San Francisco for. a brief got underway last week when the Liberty ship Transunion unloaded months to change matters either and Nationalist Chinese. Japanese period. While there, a -co-worker the first shipment of inbound trailers at Port Newark, NJ. The vessel, way. forces" soon occupied all of North advised him to go to sea.- Since he due in the NY area every three weeks, is also used in -a similar service ' < and Central China's coastal areas had made two trips previously on $ 4i 4> between Norfolk and San Juan. G. Morales, oiler: I expect things and ^mained in control until the US ships out of China .he decided to be pretty good for seamen next end of World War II and Allied to give it a try. 4" 4" 4" . year. There's still victory in 1945. Shipped On Marymar The 22,000-ton Cunard liner Ivemia, sister ship of the Saxonia which plenty of trouble The White Russian community ' His first SIU ship was the Marymade her maiden trip to New York earlier this month, has been in Asia and the in China was not molested during launched near Glasgow, where she is being built. Both she and the He has been sailing with the Gov e r n m e n t this period of occupation as they mar. Saxonia, which is on a special cruise service from Liverpool to NY Union ever since in the engine keeps sending welcomed the Japanese as allies right now, will be used primarily for the Canadian trade for which department. stuff over there. against Communist Russia. When they, were built and designed... November freight shipments through "When I first started sailing," he It looks as if this Liahoff got older, he worked for the Sault Ste. Marie locks decreased to 6 million tons, compared with recalls, "I still had the idea that will keep up for the Japanese occupation on a job 8.6 million tons in the same month last year and 13.7 million tons in a while yet and he got through the White Russian the officers were absolute rulers 1952. Ore shipments for the entire season totalled 60.7 million tons as shipping seems community, and his parents car­ and it was my job to do their bid­ against 95.8 million tons in 1953. to be picking up ried on their professions without ding come what may. After a few trips I began to realize how much » » * over anyway. , hindrance. the Union meant for the seamen." Train ferry service between New Orleans and Havana resumed this 4* 4* 4* -• At the end of World War II, Liahoff's future plans are indefi­ month after a lapse of several years. The West India Fruit and SteamJames Alston, chief cook: Well I Japanese forces withdrew and the nite but one thing is certain. His ahip Company's earferry Sea Level renewed the service from Belle- think 1955 will be a very success­ Chinese Nationalists took over mother escaped from Shanghai and chasse, its terminal in the New Orleans area. The SlU-contraeted Sea- ful year for sea­ with the help of US foreign aid Communist rule after he left train Lines formerly operated on this run... The Korean Bear, second men in the SIU. agencies. Since Liahoff knew both China. She is now living in Sao of three cargo-passenger ships being built for the Pacific Far East I think shipping English and Chinese, he found em­ Paulo, Brazil. "As soon as I can," Line under contract with the MaritimeAdministration, was launched will keep on pret­ ployment with the State Depart­ he said, "I hope to go down there two weeks ago in San Francisco. The three ships are Mariner-type ty much the ment and with US China relief for a lengthy visit. Then I'll de­ vessels modified for PFE's requirements in the Pacific trade. The first same level it has agencies. cide whether or not I'll keep on one, the Golden Bear, will undergo sea trials next month. been the last few This state of affairs wasn't to sailing." weeks. Things have been pick­ ing up recently and I'm hoping they will stay that way through ACROSS 4. Island NE of 16. Showered next year. 37. Channel bet. Cancellation of the so-called "es­ New York have approved new two19. Sand bar Kind of pokor Java and Fiji 4> 4i ^ calator clause" has been agreed on year agreements with major news­ 20. Everything Sumatra hand 5. Thin 21. Contend 38. It makes you R. Gustafsson, carpenter: I don't- in a settlement between 15 non- paper publishers. The agreements 4. Strike with 6. Blood vessel 23. One hot land cry open hand rightly know what the future will operating rail unions and the na­ call for $5.80 weekly package in­ 26. , Border 7. Noted writer' 39. Cast off 8. Kind of chest 27. Chowing 41. Docks „..bring but it tion's railroads. The escalator creases. Unions Involved were the 8. Bobby 29. Not important 43. Beliefs 12. Man's name Thompson looks fairly good clause tied railroad workers' earn­ Newspaper and Mail Deliverers 31. City in Libya 45. Olive genus 13. Aircraft 32. Bit lor a horse 47. Black: Fr. 0. Part of coat now. Shipping ings to the cost-of-living index (independent), and AFL unions of 14. Ann or Race 33. Years: Abbr. 48. Black Uquid 10. Carmen or has been holding with the result that there had been stereotypers, paper handlers, and 35. Zealous 49. Sheep 15. Companion Aida . up pretty ^ood some small declines in wages over mailers. sea 11. 17. The Grove. NJ (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) recently. I fig­ the last few months. The settle­ 18. Sierra • t 4) 19. Rear ure it will con­ ment, covers 825,000 railroad men. Chicago lathers, who signed a 2 20. Indian infielder tinue to hold up ' <4 4* 4* three year contract last December 22. Kind of tide the way it is Vegas .24. Ground has been broken for a providing for continuation of the 12 25. Bits of dust with hot much new Washington headquarters for 26. Eagle's nest 15 change — and as the International Association of existing $3.30 hourly scale, havo 28. Fable 30. Cheer of en­ an SIU man I shouldn't have much Machinists (AFL). The $2.5 million been granted a 10" cent hourly in­ couragement crease by employers. The increase trouble. S4.. "Jumping Joe" ten-story building will be com­ came as a result of wage gains by , ex-Yank ^4 $ if pleted early in 1956 and will have other building trades unions. iniielder John Wright, FWT: It all de­ several stories of office space for About 1,000 members of Local 204 38. Rip 37. Distress call pends what will happen -with all rental to outside tenants. 40. Irish sea god are affected. the ships that 41. yi quarts 4i 4^ 4* 42. Up to point of 4i i4 4^ are being trans­ The National Labor Relations ' 44. Acting ferred on that 46. Island vr of Board continued to turn part of Old time members of Typo­ Sumatra "one for one" its jurisdiction over to the states graphical Union, Local 6, in New 47. He solves plan. If they your problems when it refused to consider a dis- York were honored at special cere­ 00. Place to live keep OB trans-., pute involving a California radio monies recently. One retired print­ 01. Smart man: ferring the ships Slang station and the AFL Electrical er, 96,-got' a 70-year pin while 02. Old joke I don't think Workers Union. The Board deci­ others were honored with 50 and 03. Insects things will be sion was based on the grounds that 60-year pins. One of the 50-year 04. Stations: Abbr; 05.. Anger too good, but if the station does less than $200,000 members still employed is Carl O. DOWN : the Government business annually. Felbel, who works in the shop Fathers puts a stoft tia Jtd jS^Bping-aJkouid Jil J 4" • • whicht'iprints '.>th«j;.SEAFABERS tma .of woo«" ."fs-; 'Xii FoUowing be okayv, A ' ' ^ Four craft printing unions in LOG. .'.U!- - LABOR ROUND-UP • m - ip- r • p' �Deeenlier «i. IfM SEAFARERS fWMbOT 24. 1*954 SEAFAKEkS P»s» NIM LOC LOG TAe Long Vol. XVI, No.^« Published biweekly by the Seafarers international Union. Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. HV. Tel HYacUith »-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. pAut HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HenBBHT BRAMD; Managing Editor, RAY DENISOM; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writcr«, HERMAN ARTBUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Cutf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. Another Tragedy .^ At this writing it appears there is no hope for the officers and unlicensed men aboard the SlU-manned Southern Dis­ tricts. A ten-day search has failed to produce a single trace of. the ship, which vanished somewhere off the Southeast At­ lantic :Cpast on a routine coastwise voyage. All Indications are that whatever happened to the ship, the 22 men aboard did not have a chance. There was no SOS or any other word of warning from the radio operator that the ship was in trouble. The search for survivors turned up no lifeboats, rings or jackets, or any other sign that the crew abandoned ship. The only surmise that can be drawn is that the Southern Districts met the same fate that befell her sister ship the Southern Isles just three years before in the same waters— that she broke in half and went to bottom before anyone had the time to launch a boat or call for help. If this is the case (soniething that may never be known) it indicates that the extra strapping ordered by the Coast Guard on these warbuilt ships, after the Southern Isles sinking is not the full answer. It's too easy in this year 1954 to be lulled into complacency because. designers and engineers have devised all kinds of built-in safety features and because radios, radar networks, helicopters, seaplanes and rescue craft are available in emer­ gencies. Somehow in the face of all precautions the sea finds a way to smash a ship. The'22 lost seamen aboard the South­ ern Distr cls. like the men the Mormackite, the Pennsyl­ vania arid the Southern Isles before them, are heart-breaking reminders of that fact. i" "t 4" r.'Ti I I CG Power Grab Draws His Fire To the Editor: • I've been reading the stories in the last couple of issues of the LOG about the Coast Guard's latest move to grab more power and tighten the screws on seamen by drawing up a set of wacky "physical requirements." In the first place, I thing I know as much about ships and the sea as any of the Coast Guard brass in Washington because I've been sailing for 40 years—since before World War I. In that time I've seen a lot of things. For one thing, I've seen the ships change from the fiithy, stinking places they used tp be 'to the clean, comfortable, sanitary places they are now. And I know that all the things that were done to make the ships healthier places to Jive on were done by maritime unions like our own SIU—and not Being sick while at sea is no fun by the Coast Guard. under the best of circumstances, particularly on a freight ship SIU Fought For Safety For another thing, in all my where there is no doctor aboard. years of .sailing I saw many in­ The best that can be done is to stances when shipowners tried to keep a inan as comfortable as pos­ send out ships that were over­ sible and see that his personal loaded, undermanned or otherwise needs receive attention. unseaworthy or in dangerous con­ Aboard the Amerocean (Amerdition. And I know that in these ocean) Seafarer Tom Jones made * cases it was action by the SIU it a point to see to it that sick that made the ships sail in proper crewmembers were attended to It is ironic that the Southern Districts tragedy should come condition. I saw' many cases with all possible kindness. Crewwhere the Coast Guard took no members of the ship declared that at a time when the Coast Guard is devoting considerable en­ action until the Union put up a Jones deserved a hand and per­ ergy toward putting over new bureaucratic controls under strong beef. sonal recognition for his services As almost%ny shoresider knows, to his sick shipmates. the guise of safety. While Coast Guard spokesmen were busy the Coaikt Guard was originally set plumping for their "profile" system as some kind of magic up to^take care of safety on the 4" 4" 4 cure-all which will weed out unfit seamen, other Coast ships, to do rescue work at sea The Waterman ship Fairland is Guardsmen were frantically and unsuccessfully combing the and to watch for icebergs. As far a safer placfe to work on thanks to waters of the Atlantic for survivors of the ship. For their as taking care Y)f the safety fea­ the crewmembers who saw to it tures—^well, as I say, that's been that necessary precautions were search efforts they deserve full praise. done almost entirely by the SIU taken. The' ship had taken on a The SIU maintains that the Coast Qpard can do more ^r and other maritime unions. And deck cargo which made crew navi­ shipboard safety by concentrating its efforts on making ships now the Coast Guard, has the gall gation on deck hazardous and dif­ safe and seaworthy than it can do by any "profiling" system. to come along and try to stick its ficult. Consequently crewmembers Profiles aren't much help if a ship breaks in half. No matter nose into something that doesn't got in touch with the Wilmington Port Agent and as a result it was how high a seaman rates in arm and leg strength or in ex­ even concern it. cellence of family background, he can't swim 200 miles to \ What's more, the Coast Guard is agreed to erect a catwalk over the going about it in a way that's deck cargo. The crew made no shore. completely ridiculous. Under the 'mention in its minutes as to The fate of the Southern Isles, the Southern Districts and Coast Guard plan a seamen could whether the Coast Guard had the tecent sinkirig of the Mormackite point up that much re­ lose his papers-because he stutters, taken any hand in this matter of mains to be done in the field of ship design and safety. And because his grandfather was a gas- ship safety. ^ in this area of operation, the Coast- Guard will find it has the hound or because he got into a 3^ 4 4" wholehearted support of every segment of the maritime little jam when he was a kid. Good service was the keynote of industry. Could Kill Union the crew mess aboard the Robin Worst of all, a guy could get the Sherwofod on the last voyage, judg­ tit boot if he just beefs about ship­ ing from the crew's action in vot­ board conditions. ^In that case ing thanks to the messman. He was the Coast Guard could call him a Ai4uro Mariani, who has been sail­ By any standards 1954 has not been the best year for the "chronic complainer." Just think ing regularly in the steward de­ US maritime industry. Yet despite many difficulties and ob­ of what this could do to our Union! partment since joining the Union don't think*" it's hard to see in New York in 1944. stacles, the SIU has been able to make a very considerable the1 reason behind all this. If you degree of progress in the past 12 months. 4 4> 4i look at the record of the Coast ^ This year has seen the passage of the permanent "50-50" Guard, you'll see it has been try­ When a ship is out on the Korean law, a Union objective of long standing, and a successful fight ing to sandbag labor unions ever shuttle run for several months and to.save the Public Health Service hospitals from destruction. since it got its power over seamen there isn't too much to do the It's seen the Union make further gains in wages, overtime ^from the Department of Com­ ship's library will get read from and other contract provisions, and break into new high merce and this is just another step cover to cover that direction. and back again. ground on vacation pay. It's witnessed the opening of a in This move is another way of Eventually Union hall in Baltimore which surpasses anything seen in the helping the big boys like the ship­ though there industry, and further improvements in other halls around owners and insurance companies, comes a time the ports. not only slugging the unions but when the ship The year 1954 has had its quota of headaches too, among by making the individual seaman simply runs • out them a severe shipping slump in the earlier part of the year, afraid to sue the company, even of reading mat­ when the company is definitely ter and that's and the Maritime A(^inistration's ill-advised and suicidal responsible for him getting sick or that. ship transfer policy. Nor is the future free of problems for hurt. Since there was Mlohalskl the industry and the Union. But the outlook is that whatever I think all of us Seafarers, no way for the 1955 brings, the men of the SIU are the best-protected and through our Union, must fight like Liberty ship George Lawson to ibest .equipped on thei^aoari^e union: field tof weather any hell 4b kill tttls thing. get a newiW library aboard'. Sea­ storms. . . <>iv« • WilUam Rechler farers Antbony Michalskl and Bab- Ship Safety Pretty Good Record ••li Wote^ :'v:| . I . iI NI ert Aumiller did the next best thing. They arranged a library swap with another SIU shin in the vicinity much to the pleasure of the avid readers aboard. Aumiller is a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who joined the Union in New York on June 28, 1943. He is 31 years old and sails in the steward department. Michaiski, a Philadelphia resident, has been a member of the SIU for eight years. He comes from Poland originally and sails in the engine department. He's 33 years of age. » 4 4 4 A sound suggestion* that would add a bit of comfort to shipboard living was offered aboard the Robin Mowbray by Seafarer Earl Foe, AB. He proposed that a small medicine chest be put up in each crew foc'sle where a crewmember could keep those little odds and ends like shaving gear, toothpaste and the like. His shipmates agreed that the proposal would be 'elcome. It has often been pointed out that Seafarers these days carry lots more personal gear than they used to at the time when it was customary for many men to ship "schooner rig." Hence the need for more storage space in foc'sies. A native of Michigan, Poe sails regularly in the deck department. He joine'a the SIU in New York on November 6, 1946. 4 4 4 Good feeding starts with good stores and the steward who keeps his eye on what comes aboard is getting a head start in that di­ rection. Aboard the Sunion (Kea) veteran steward William "Scotty" Malvenan was Johnny - on - thes p 01 when the Malvenan stores came aboard. The crew voted him their thairks for the excellent quality of the stores on the ship and the whole steward department was., praised for really fine feeding. Malvenan, who is a native of Scotland, has been sailing SIU since it was founded back in 1938. He is 48 and lives ashore in Qatpn Rouge, Louisiana. < > •4' �jjjrdJSjil-i^ U. »«>*: 7—— approach to ship! • S!"Tt "pripirs'tPedro 'at table, first requireKr',Brant«.'taf___^ iars arc — day's cookiug use. use^ •fav's^ooking * plan to improve the P P put into effect ^ of'shipboard m®®| giu-ccntracted Bull on several ships of the s reSteamship ^°"P;?y,tVie progress of the pilot suits. ts now in the '^Jh_ Tflj I,^ ' Mm " ^\ : •f-' -' •« *' ••-V .. .» : :•. ^ ^!SaSrgit""^reWS of other stea^^^ ^ V -•tr- . - •:•• •"- away from * ::fm -v >> •**•* r I •mmiM ' V' 1 ;!SS'! in waxed Pa^ feiiiiiR Cateiol rh«''',"V*Sraoce'l'tat steward ^ are on hand for • V box tor lunch. 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'MMM0MMMMMMMMMM .. ii®iiiPiliiiiiiiSiiii^^ Siis II mmmmmmMmm 0y00000>>000--^:00< ^ "*• WiisXf® f'l iSSiWWsW^ - hvvh>,x,.v'.-xv;%-:-'.v---;.vv;;.v:-;v;>>v>:;.;.v;-;v>.;.;-;li:-.:. •v;/:-v.-"hvvh>,x,.v'.-xv;%-:-'.v---;.vv;;.v:-;v;>>v>:;.;.v;-;v>.;.;-;li:-.:.: .•;vx;x><x;x;?>x;;i^^ V ii' gets packaged ice littR fiy -m ' lillK ^ I M - - - x;-;y;vx>^;-";.y;v:ix X lliiiSsi® F«sh pastry. :xx^v.- -sxxv'xv ' • I, "• -- Sx �SEAFARERS LOG Dectsmber 1951 PORT REPORTS... . .. . .. and George Curry are convalescing Mobile: hall and has served on many SIU New Orleans: in good style and expect to be dis­ committees. charged from the hospital soon. Also on the beach npw are A. Eklund, D. Hines, L. Nagle and P. Shipping It Slow DeMinico. In the Brighton Marine Shipping has been on the slow Hospital are F. Alasavich, G. Wedside of late. In the last two weeks Work is proceeding on schedule we had only 9 payoffs, 4 slgn-ons Shipping In this poit during the Down here in Louisiana things deU and J. Hunt. James Sheehan on conversion of the ground floor and 15 ships in transit The out­ past couple of weeks has been ex­ are running along very nicely and Bostop Port Agent. quarters of the New Orleans hall look for the Immediate future is tremely gobd, with soihe 230 men shipping is holding good. It looks shipped to regular jobs and 200 to an attractive and comfortable somewhat brighter, however. as if all the boys are getting off » » recreation room. the ships for the holidays except Houston: The Del Sud and Del Mundo sent to various relief Jobs in and At the ratq the work is progress­ (Mississippi), the Alcoa Ranger around Hie harbor. those in the steward department. ing, there is a good chance that (Alcoa) and the Chickasaw and During this period we had eight Calling into this port during the the new room will be ready for Antinous (Waterman) paid off here. payoffs, six sign-ons and seven past two weeks were the Chiwawa, use by the New Year, or shortly Government Camp, Council Grove, The Alcoa Ranger and Del Sud, ships in transit. The payoffs, thereafter. ' Bents Fort, Royal Oak, Bradford Del Sol and Del Aires (Mississippi) which were all in good shape, were While there has been some slight signed on. as follows: Claiborne and Mon­ Island and Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ Shipping in this port has been arch of the Seas (Waterman) and ice); the Excello (Excellol; Val very good. In fact, it has been so inconvenience to.- the membership Ships in transit were the Alcoa Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Al­ Chem (Valentine Tankers), and good that we have" been crewing as a result of the work that has Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cava­ coa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Queenston Heights (Seatrade). The the ships with a^^raajority of per- been going oh in the building, lier and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa), the Clipper and everyone is aware that it is for a Alcoa Pennant ' Bradford Island made a sliort rijn mitmen. good cause and that the finished Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Alcoa). to Florida and called ^ere again During the last report period we product will be well worth the time (Seatrain Lines), the^Der Sol and Signing on were the Patriot, on her return. paid off the Catherine and Albion and effort that is being put into it. Del Aires (Mississippi), the Citrus Polaris, Partner, Clipper and Pen­ Have Small Boom (Drytrans) and the Neva West and It already is apparent that be­ Packer, Monarch of the Seas, nant, all Alcoa, and the Citrus All of the above ships took on Marie Hamil (Bloomfield). These sides providing an attractive place Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), Packer (Water­ a few men so we had a little boom four ships signed on and in transit the Steel Rover (Isthmian), Evelyn in which the . -A man). In transit around here. In fact, we have no were the Mae (Bull) and Salem Maritime (Cities membership can were the Afounpumpmen or machinists here now (Bull), War­ Service). spend the time dria, Chickasaw and very few ABs and FWTs. rior (Waterman), liindsey J. Wililanu between job calls, and Antinous At our last branch meeting. Ocean Dlnny New Orleans Port Agent work that is be­ (Waterman), Sea Brother J. A. Phillips of the deck (Ocean Transpor­ ing done on the » if t Nan (Stratford), department was chairman. Brother tation) and Seag'round floor Steel Rover Ezeb Manuel of the steward de­ trains Louisiana Savannah: room will greatly (Isthmian), Del partment was recording secretary. and New York improve the ex­ Oro (Mississippi) Both men did a fine job. (Seatrain). terior appearance and National For our Seafarer of the Week Eden The payoffs all of the building. Freedom (Ameri­ we nominate Holger Pedersen who came in in good Fields The annual Metting can Waterways). comes from Iceland, and who sails shape with all Christmas dinner .-and party for Shipping prospects for the com­ in the steward department. Ac­ hands happy. Shipping has been good in this SIU members and their guests will port and it looks as if it will stay ing two weeks also look good with cording to his shipmates, he al­ Among the men shipping out of be given, as is customary, on that way for the next two weeks, the following ships due to hit the ways does a fine job. here recently was Tex Metting, on Christmas Day. These affairs with payoffs scheduled for the Ar- port either in transit or for pay­ We have only a few boys on the heach here right now and none in Jhe Del Bud, and we were-sorry to always have been popular with Ijm and Angelina (Bull) and South- off: Arizpa, Bienville, Monarch of see him go, although we wish him SIU men in New Orleans and all star (South Atlantic). tl)e Seas, Claiborne, De Soto and the hospital. good sailing. Tex worked unstint- Seafarers in this port -have been Leroy Clarke ^ louring the past two weeks we Iberville (Waterman) ' and Alcoa Lake Charles Port Agent ingly to help usr get this new hall invited to attend and bring their paid off the .Natioqid Freedom Puritan, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Cor­ on a going basis. He painted the families. J. t a> (American Water­ sair, Alcoa Patriot and Alcoa Pilplace, swept it, polished the bright Fear For Southern Districts ways) and in grffn (Alcoa). ^ Boston: work, ran all over town getting the Most of the improvement in Needless to say, we have been transit were the necessary gear, and was a regular gravely concerned here over the Azalea City (Wa­ shipping in this port can be at­ chief cook and bottle washer for fate of the Southern Districts terman); Robin tributed to Waterman taking its six weeks. which has been reported missing Kirk (Seas Ship- C-28 out of idie status. "Seven of on a coastwise, voyage from Port Already Repaid pi n g); Queens- these have already crewed up and ton Heights (Sea- we expect to crew upjwo moi-e Eastern SS Co., the Boston com­ ' Tex wouldn't 'take any thanks Sulphur to Bucksport, Me. The trade); Edith and in the next week or so. These pany which sold the passenger ship when he shipped out, either, but crew included relatives and close Arlyn (Bull); are the Hurricane and Golden Evangeline, is continuing to sell told us that being an SIU member friends of New Orleans Seafarers its holdings and last Wednesday, had repaid him many times over and all hands have been anxiously Steel Advocate City. In addition, the Lafayette Bumsed awaiting some favorable report December 15, put its Pier 18, for what'he had done. and Steel Archi­ (Maritime Overseas, Corp.) should from the search for the ship. North River, New York, up for tect (Isthmian), and Seatrains be out of lay-up in about the next Besides Tex, guys like Bill Three of our oldtimers are back Georgia and Louisiana, which each 10 days. public auction. The . high bidder MitcheU, "Casey" Jones, "Speed" in the USPHS hospital here. Clar­ 'Scotty* On Sick List was F. William 'Zelcer, president Walker, A1 Prescious, Ted Shultz, ence (Red) Cobb was re-admitted called here twice. We had no sign- " For^our Seafarer of the Week of Skyports, Inc. It was reported ons during this period. Josh Lee, Bill Blanton and many after making only one voyage since that Skyports bid $100,000 and The Steel Architect has a hard- we nonainate Brother Ronald A. plans to convert the old pier into others pitched in to help us get he. was last discharged. J. C. (Red) timing skipper on it who has given Eden, who is better known to his the hall going and are really work­ Carolan is receiving hospital treat­ the delegates 4. rough time. friends as "Scotty." Scotty joined a parking lot for some 300 auto­ mobiles. The next highest bidder ing hard to keep the SIU the best ment agaih after being on out­ Men now on the beach include the Union in 1944 and has sailed was reported to be the Dollar Line. union in maritime. As "Speed" patient status for sometime. Ben­ E. M. Bryant, R. Bumsed, J. B. steadily since then, generally out Also up for sale at the same time Walker said when he picked up his jamin Foster was re-admitted for Christy, M. O. Brightwell, J. B. of Gulf ports as chief electrician. ' was Eastern-owned property in vacation check: "If it gets any a check-up. Farrow, C. E. Joyner, G. Bell and He is married and makes his home better my wife wUl never let me Victor (Zeke) Bonura, Charles R. L. Strickland. In the marine in Springhiil, Ala., a few miles Norfolk. E. Nicklson, Thomas Fields and hospital are James F. Lee, R. outside of Mobile, and during the As far as shipping is concerned, get off the ship." In closing we would like to wish Manuel Church have been dis­ Fields, J. T. Moore, A. Lima, R. past several months he had been it has been good in this port durall the brothers a Merry Christmas charged from the hospital and are Carrollton, E. Webb, J. Littleton, on the sick list due to diabetes. ing the past two, and good sailing throughout the now receiving out-patient treat­ George Chance, A. McLaughlin Scotty's favorite sports are hunting weeks, and we New Year. ment. They hope to be able to ship and J. T. Kerns. paid 4)£f the Seaand fishing and he thinks that the A. (Frenchy) Michelet soon. tiger (Colonial); vacation pay is tops among the Jeff Mon4son Houston Port Agent Charles E. Brady, Lonnie Tickle Ann Marie (Bull), Savannah Port Agent many benefits which the SIU has and Cantigny, obtained for its members. Government Speaking of benefits, the Wel­ Camp, Logans fare Dept. is going ahead with ar­ Fort and French rangements for Christmas and Creek (Cities New Year's dinners for all brothers Service). Johnston on the beach and their families. The Seatiger, This is going to be a first-class Cantigny, Logans Fort, Govemaffair at a local place. ment Camp and French Creek Shipping Figures December 1 to December 14 Among the men now on the signed on and in transit were the beach are R. Vaughn, J. D. MorREG. REG. REG; TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL DeSoto (Waterman) and Robin PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED ban, Charles Hanners, Joseph " Sherwood and Robin Mowbray ' Boston ... Curtis, Huber Wilson, S. Sceviour, fl » 10 13 31 14 12 7 33 (Seas Shipping). H. House, A. L. Johnson, H. A. New York > eowoooooooeoi 103 . 94 88 285 99 76 72 When the Government Camp 247 Fossett, Jimmy Carter, P. E. Ker30 26 paid off here the crew had a de­ 12 68 35 24 22 81 foot, H. Nichols, J. Thompson and layed sailing beef fojr time spent 138 119 94 351 104 94 78 271 W. McNeil. in Lake Charles, and this was set­ Norfolk 6 In closing, we would like to ex­ 14 4 • 24 3 3 2 8 tled and will be paid at the next tend our sympathy to the family Savannah ..., 12 12 10 34 7 14 6 27 payoff. of Brother Claude Walker, who Tampa 3 6 8 17 5 4 7 16 Pays Off In Providence died in San'Juan, PR,, of a heart Mobile 37 • 41 55 133 79 80 The Chiwawa (Cities Service) 71' 230 attack. Brother Walker was a paid off In ftovidence. This was New Orleans 69 -52 - 63' _ 184 71 48 second cook on the Alcoa Patriot 51 170 a clean payoff with no beefs re­ for a long time and was on articles Houston ..... 25 . -25 25 75 . / 33 34 31 98 ported. when he died. His. body is to be SeatUe ...... 31 33 18 40 104 26 a•••oe* 20 58 Our Seafarer of the Week is Roy returned to Mobile and funeral 16 > . .23 San Francisco ••••••••••a 21 62 •;:,9, • 9' 7 25 Johnston who sails in the engine arrangements- will be announced Wilmington .. 7 ^ " 4'^; • : .:16 departc^fsrf and whose last ship 6 4;/ 14 later. wag the Et{<ing®Une». japyjhas nl-450'-. '•4BSbeen «,gi^t t|^ Sf..375„»,^ .1,278 -.f-l Lake Charles: Mora Watarain B-2s ~ ComeOalOf Lay-Up New Recrealioa Boon Nearing Cempleiiini In-Transils Take Men, Creale A Snail Boom Ghrlstnis SUniing Reported 'Very Geed' - if SMppisg Fslsra Gdod; Fosr Payoffs An Baa I Eastern Sells Pier 18 In NY, Norfolk Land »v"- C" T^' W' J ilii' 'xt::-:- rf;^" • m: fcl Si- '.:.x �Deoetnber 24, 1954 i New York: Xfflas Shipping Good; Bull Trades Add Jobs Shipping and business has been very good in the port of New York during the past two weeks, with a good-'turnover in jobs in all three departments. The holiday season is with us now and a lot of the boys are get­ ting off their ships to spend some time ashore with their friends and families, so the ones who have been on the beach for a while are finding it easy to get out. W|iat's-more, we have been hav­ ing some real winter weather here, with the temperature down to 15 degrees at times, and this probably gives a lot of the boys the urge to take off. During,^the past two weeks we paid off 14 ships, signed 11 on for­ eign articles and serviced 16 in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Elizabeth, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Bradford Island, Archers Hope and Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice); Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Val Chem (Valentine); Robin Sherwood and Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo); Michael (Carras), and Steel Admiral (Itshmian). Ships Signing On Signing on were the Andrew Jackson and Steel Vendor (Isth­ mian); Jefferson City Victory, Northwestern Victory, Greece Vic­ tory and Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Amelia (Bull); Transatlantic (Pa­ cific Waterways),'^ Bienville (Water­ man), and Sandcaptain (Construc­ tion Aggregates). In transit were the Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, Georgia, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Kathryn (Bull); De Soto and Iberville (Waterman); Repub­ lic (Trafalgar); Santa Venetia (Mar-Trade); Winter. Hill (Cities Service); Steel Navigator and Steel Age (Isthmian) and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Most of these ships came in with very few beefs as far as OT and re­ pairs were concerned, but a couple of them were in bad shape where the Brews were concerned. On two of the ships there had been quite a bit of performing and fight­ ing among the crewmembers, and there was one case of a crewmember attacking a couple of men with a fire ax. There are a number of these men up on Coast Guard charges and a couple of them will be very lucky if they don't lose their papers. All of these actions put your Union and its officials on the spot, as the companies concerned keep a complete record of these things and throw them into our laps when we meet with them. CG Cracking Down As all of you know, the CG Is now cracking down on merchant seamen and considering even tougher laws to deal with these cases. We are opposing these proposed laws but actions of this kind by our members certainly will Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure STJccs'y transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the meh involved. SEAFARERS \ LOG Pac« TtalHcca ^ PORT REPORTS not help us in our fight against them. We must have the coopera­ tion of the members who are sail­ ing the ships to keep these per­ formers in line if we hope to keep the conditions we now have and avoid the conditions that would exist under the CG proposals. And so it is up to the members to see to it that our constitution and con­ tracts are lived up by all brothers, ashore and at sea. The Bull Steamship Lines have traded in two of their Liberty ships for two C-2 type vessels and this gives us a few more jobs in ^that fleet. The ships traded in were the Marina and Roisario and the new ones have been renamed the Amelia and Jean. The Amelia has crewed up and sailed out of New York and the Jean is crewing up in Norfolk. Sandcaptain Crews Up We have also had another wel­ come addition to the SIU fleet during this last report period. This is the Sandcaptain, a dredge boat belonging to Construction Aggre­ gates. This ship, which was laid up for about three years, came out and t6ok on a full crew, and is now going down to Venezuela on an 18month job. We were successful in increasing the manning scale up to 41 men on this job, and also obtained consid­ erable raises for all ratings. In ad­ dition to their wages, all men who stay on the job nine months or longer will get 25 percent of their base pay as a bonus. The voting to elect officials to serve the Union for the next two years is going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that most members are taking an active in­ terest in this event. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer t PhUadelphia: 4 fort's BHsiness.Up As Goal Ships Move Shipping has picked up consid­ erably in this port with some of the coal ships beginning to move. We had three coal ships in for pay­ off and. sign-on and we expect this to continue as the Government al­ location for coal shipments gives the Pennsylvania area quite a jarge allotment. The ships paying off during the last report period were the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transportation), Portmar (Calmar) and Seacloud (Amer­ ican Merchant Marine), These three ships signed on, and so did the Compass (Compass). We also had eight ships in transit. A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent Baltimore: Shipping Holds Good; Hall Is Shaping Up Shipping in the port of Balti­ more- can be considered good, al­ though the exceptionally high registration does not necessarily reflect the job potential as far as the past two weeks are concerned. The payoffs and sign-ons during this period were generally in good condition and all beefs were squared away to the satisfaction of the crews concerned. About the only beefs were on Ore ships pay­ ing off here. The payoffs during the past two weeks were as follows: Amersea (Blackchester); Compass (Com­ pass); Mae, Ines and Evelyn (Bull); Fairland and Fairport (Waterman); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion); Trojan Trader (Trojan); Steel Vendor (Isthmian); Council Grove (Cities Service), and Marore, Santore, Cubore, Baltore, Steelore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster and Y o r k m a r (Calmar); Steel Vendor (Isthmi­ an); Fairpcrt (Waterman); Gulfwater (Metro); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion), and Marore, C h i 1 o r e, Santore, Cubore, Mastantuno Baltore, Steelore and Venore (Ore). • In transit were the Antinous and- DeSoto (Waterman); Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transporta­ tion); Robin Sherwood (Seas Ship­ ping); Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Steel Admiral (Isthmian). Our new hall is really shaping up'in fine style now, and once again I would like to extend an invita­ tion to all brothers to visit us and enjoy our new facilities. We are making every effort to get our Port O'Call bar open as soon as possi­ ble, and will make every effort to operate this club so members and their families and friends can en­ joy the maximum in entertain­ ment at a reasonable cost. Voting Is Brisk The voting for the election of Union officials for the next two years has been very brisk in this port, and it looks as if we will set ^/o KiCTOtf L, .B. .. oases an all-time high in the number of ballots cast here. At this writing we have already reached the num­ ber of ballots cast in previous elections and there is still a month of the voting left.. Any time in the hospital is a lonely time, and that's particularly true during the holiday season, so we hope you brothers will take the time to send notes of cheer to those in the'hospital. The address is USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, Md.; and the men now hospitalized are as fol­ lows: Harry Johnson, James C. Glisson, O. M. Ergle, Michael Hanyes, T. Ankerson, M. Jablonski, Earl McKendree, Daniel Hutte, T. Mas­ tantuno, Thomas Mungo, Philip Korol, T.' Lamphear, P. Lannon, M. F. Kramer, G. Glaze, J. Clarke, A. Smith, J. McKreth, R. McKreth, T. Less and J. Castro. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent t it San Francisco: I'' ProlesI CG's Plan, Groihers Here Urged Here in San Francisco we are urging all of the members we come in contact with to be sure to read the- article in the November 26 is­ sue. of the LOG about how the Coast Gdard is trying to get con­ trol of merchant seamen through its plan for physical examinations. We are also urging all the broth­ ers to write nr telegraph the Sena­ tors and Congressmen listed in that issue of the LOG and protest this plan. In-Transits Call We had no payoffs or sign-ons in this port during the past two weeks but serv­ iced seven intransit ships, as follows: Jean LaF i11 e, Raphael Semmes, La Salle and John B. Wa­ terman (Water­ man); Steel Chemist (Isthmi­ an); Massmar O'Connor (Calmar), and Western Trader (Western Naviga­ tion). Men now on beach include F. Votto, H. Skaalegaard, L. C. At­ kins, V. Johnson, H. Forbes, C. Lawson, R. Hassey, W. O'Connor, James Pulliam, F. Kustura and A. Begg. In the hospitals are M. Byers, C. Brown, L. Cronsohn, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, J. Promutico, J. Perriera, P. Yuzon and O. Klein. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Seattle: Men Gel Onl Qniekly As Ships Qnii Lay-Up Shipping was very good in this port during the past two weeks and we expect it to remain that way during tl^e . immediate future, at least. Diking the coming two weeks, for instance, we have the Coeur d'AIene Victory (Victory Carriers) coming out of lay-up, and also ex­ pect three payoffs—the Ocean^ Betty and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Transportation) and Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers). The Coeur d'AIene Victory is the 12th ship to come out of lay-up here in the past 7 weeks, and this has boosted ship­ ping to the point where our motto, for the present, at least, is "Come to Seattle if you want to ship quickly." During the past Mercereau two weeks we paid off the Jean LaFitte (Water­ man), and signed on this ship and the Eugenie (Ore), Oceanstar (Dolphin), Young America (Water­ man), Denali (P&O) and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). In transit were the La Salle and Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and Massmar, Calmar and Seamar (Calmar). Sailing Since 1946 For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Jack D. Brook, who has been sailing SIU out of Galves­ ton since January, 1946, and who made his first trip on the Cyrus W. Fields, a Liberty ship which carried a'cargo of horses to Trieste. Jack, who is 28 years old and un­ married, sails in the deck depart­ ment, and prefers foreign runs, although he has no particular preference as to ports. Recently Jack got his full book through the admissions committee at headquarters and is very happy about that, because he says he is confident the SIU will always have jobs for its full bookmembers. Among the oldtimers now on the beach are R. B. Barnes, Leo Movail, B. Yonce, H. Murphy and E. L. Mercereau. In the hospital are B. Granberg, C. Edwards, S. Johannessen, 'C. M. Michalik and F. Gilman. We will close by hoping all Sea­ farers had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. Jeff Gillette Seattle Fort Agent Please Parden Us... SiU BAJLt OiRECfOMY SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La ,.1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS S23 BienvUle St. Lindsey Williams, Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 NORFOLK '....127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Dougias 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—La 5 Sai CoUs, Agent Phone 2-5996 .<tAVANNAH S Abercom St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette. Agent EUiott 4^ TABIPA ..... 1800-iaU-N. FrankUn 8k Bay White, Agent ^ Phone 3-1323. WILMINGTON, Calif 605 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. .675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WiUlam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM....liavi Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC.;....61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. PaciBc 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. . Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebeo 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebeo Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince Wiiiiam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 ...623 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALOr 257 Sth St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Dougias 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Great Lakes District Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 605 Marine Ave. Phone: 12.38W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 875 4tb Ave., Brooklyn 734 Lakeside AVe., NE HYacintb 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETTICTT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Hba<muarteri Phone: Woodward 1-6857 MONTREAL 834 St. James St. West DULTTTH.... 631 W. Michigan St. PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 3361 B. 93nd St -»¥So«^ SOUTH CHICAGO . Phone'; Esses 6-2419 PORTLAND In the last issue of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG, a "Patro.lman Says" article, written by Tampa patrol­ man Bennie Gonzales, was incor­ rectly added to the Tampa port re­ port of port agent Ray White. The portion of the article, which should have appeared over Patrol­ man Gonzales' name, and as a separate "Patrolman Says" report, is as follows: "When the Steel Vendor was in here, it sure was good to see some of the guys on Jier, including Aldo Perini, Olle Johannsson, N. K. Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker and Tony Matosky, better known as "Champ." "We all spent some time at the Old Fort, a well-known bar here in Tampa, and we know the boys all enjoyed the floor show and will reinarnber this visit for a long while to cume. If any of you other boys are in -thteaTea; drop into'the haU dncr. g8y 1 Mi ; �Camera Catckes A Few HI-J Inks bn The S II ', 'M'; V';i' ii I » OFF WATCH This jeaturt is deti0nrd to o/fer hints and Information on hobbies, hew products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarara may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4 —— The first of four commemorative the popularity of the paperbound stamps scheduled for issue next books which have revolutionized year will be placed on first-day the p.ublishing industry In recent sale in Philadelphia, January 15, years. They have helped make the to honor the Pennsylvania Acad­ SIU ship's library program suc­ emy of Fine Arts on its 150th birth­ cessful, providing entertaining Having his camera handy enabled FWT F. E. day. The 3c stamp will have as its reading in a handy compact pack­ Hagin of the Steel Director (Isthmian) to get design a reproduction of the acad­ age, and Seafarers and seamen ev­ these shots of his shipmates during a run to emy's painting titled "Peale in His erywhere seem to especially favor Far East ports. At the left, AB Boyer (left) » Museum" — an original self-por­ jthem. trait by C. W. Peale (1741-1827), a A handy and useful volume of does a little clowning with MM Kumrow while painter best known for his like­ the paperbound variety is 'a guide DM McAndrews looks on.. At the right—posing nesses of George Washington, who to some of the world's best writ­ with an unidentified gent who looks like a local gendarme—are (kneeling, 1-r) Wiper Dugan, .Bosun was a director of the academy from ing, both new and old. "Good Johnes, Wiper Givas and Second Electrician Winsley. All the boys seem to be having a fine time. 1805-10. Collectors who want the Reading" (Mentor — 50c) is a first-day cancellation may send classified and expanded reading addressed covers, with check or list of more than 1,250 titles, with money order to cover the cost of the added feature , of a^sizeable the stamps to be affixed, to the checklist of the best to be found postmaster at Philadelphia. The in paperbound editions. Each of the stamp is being printed in sheets of books listed in the volume is ac­ companied by a brief description; 50. and each of the lists of varying t 4 It may be hard to realize, but little Rita McWilliams is now all grown up and re­ Seafarers who have adv;inced to subject matter is followed by a cently got married. producing 8 mm or 16 mm amateur brief comment by an editor. The This statement may mean nothing to some Seafarers, but it should certainly ring a bell sound movies may find one of their whole is a guided tour through the — for the men who sailed onf~~ on major problems solved by a new world of books that can be useful the Bull Line's old cruise ship, cause they "adopted" the "Chicks' shaking their heads and muttering, long-playing record of 16 selec­ for everyone. •jj, ^ « . the Puerto Rico. These men back in the spring of '52, and sup­ "My, my, how the time does fly." tions for dubbing in as mood back­ ground. Priced at $9.95 by the should remember that it was only plied them with baseball uniforms Introduced a little late for Audio-Master Corp., 17 East 45 St., Christmas this year, but equally a little over two years ago when and equipment. New York, NY, the record includes useful for year-round service — Bita was cavorting around the Rita's dad. Seafarer John McWil­ musical themes suitable for a wide especially for spur-of-the-moment sandlots of Jackson Heights, NY, liams, was then BR on the Puerto variety of subjects and ranging' in celebrations aboard ship—is a new as captain of "The Chicks"—a Rico, and through his efforts the time from 23 seconds to three min­ paint product that can be> removed crew collected enough money to teen-age girls' baseball team. utes and 25 seconds. Lacking this simply by peeling it off. Packaged The Puerto Rico men will have buy baseball uniforms—^with the or similar dubbing material, the with brush, patterns, and. red, good reason to remember this, be- SIU emblem on one sleeve—^for amateur movie-maker would be re­ green and white paint, the stuff the entire team, plus an extra $100 stricted to finding appropriate se- is dandy for painting decorations for bats, gloves-and other equip­ lectiona for his purposes from clas­ for all types of occasions and for ment. sical or popular recordings for the special projects in nurseries and Presented At Meeting general - market. These gifts were presented to children's rooms. It costs $1.49 the girls at the headquarters meet­ d) it ppd. from A-Peeling Paint Co., ing of June 4, 1952, by Thurston Little has to be said to explain 3463 Ashton Ct.,.Palo Alto, Calif. Lewis, who was then the ship's delegate. The girls responded by promptly tackling all teen-age LOG-A-RHYTHU! teams—of both sexes—^in the Jack­ son Heights area, and compiled a pretty good record, so 'tis said. But that was 2Vi years ago and Rita has given up baseball dia­ By M. Dwyer monds for a wedding ring. On November 27th, Rita was God bless you, merry merchantmen, who sail your ships tonight married ta Donald Werdann of Co­ Through calm or stormy wetther, with hearts so true and light. rona at the Lutheran Church of God bless you, merry merchantmen, and make your futures bright. the Atonement in Jackson Heights. Abide^ now in comfort and Joy. The couple will make Jackson Heights their home. God bless you, merry merchantmen, who risk your lives at sea We are sure that all Seafarers In tithes of war, as well as peace, to keep our country free. who know Rita or her dad wish God bless you, merry ' merchantmen, wherwer you may be. the former captain of the "Chicks" Abide now in comfort and Joy. good sailing on the seas of matri­ mony. Now if your homes seem far away and you are feeling blue. Yet we are sure there will be Sea­ Remember, with a trusting heart, your loved ones there are true. farers, particularly the men who Though miles away, upon this day they fondly think of you. sailed on the Puerto Rico, who will BUa and husband Abide now in comfort and Joy. feel a note of sadness upon reading Bita as a "Chick" this article. We can see them now. It's Now Ring, Not Baseball Diamon(d For ^Adoptee' of Puerto Rico's Crew i- ' ;':i- Seamen's Christmas Seafarer Is Raising This Big, Happy Brood -.t'-. :i • •. 1 • •(• t - s:- . •. • Vi Quiz Corner (1) There was only one occasion in US history when the son'of a President later became President himself. Who were they? (2) The team of Lewis and Clark was famed as: (a) vaudeville per­ formers, (b) explorers of the Western US, (c) part of a baseball doubleplay combination, (d) early airplane designers? (3) What is the name of the largest city in New Mexico? (4) A man who was giving a party had an invitation list of 80 per­ sons. If half of them came, and 60 percent of those were women, how many men came to the party? (5) What Englishman was called the uncrowned king of Arabia? (6) What four-ljetter word is formed by the initials of the main points of the compass? N^ewspapers would have a hard time without it; (7) What city is known as the "furniture capital of the United States"? (8) Who was the man who made his fortune explaining the game jcalled, whist to Londoners? (9) If a train which could travel twice as fast as another train couid do 80 mjU^|>er hour, and both trains started out at noon Headed In opposite apart were they after 90 minutes? ; : "^^/l' Wftlnfi' evetydoy us#i^i|[|iiS9fi3wbnly made of i •' This happy b|-QOd belongs to Seafarer Teodoro (Teddy) Ruiz, who's been an SIU member since ifs first » Clift year—at their home in Fajaydo^ Puerto Rico, are (l-r) Ri^ael, 3;,Feirna94Q, 12; Ana Pelia,<^ WilUe, I; ! 1^; Blanca Iris, 13, fiJid 8. pr chllK; the iaie^them to;.the 'i �Decemtter 24, 1954 Guam^VS PrUseo Alike, He Says To the EdOiton I ans- writing this because I thought you might be interested to know that this ship, the Fort Hoskins, is now on its way to the Persian Gulf from Guam. In Guam, our draw was in US currency and we found prices just about the same as in the States, Clothing, for instance, is just about as expensive as in the States, Incidentally, I have received the letter containing the list of area bonuses and would like to thank the Union for it, even though we did not touch any of thesfe areas. In Japan we left one man — Claude Davis—but the crew does not think that this man was at fault. One crewmember knew where he was ashore and'was going after him, but the captain forbade him to do this and said there was not enough time, although the crew thought that there was. L. J. Brilhart Ship's delegate it 4> Cecil Mlean Trip Called Good One To the Editor: I am writing this from Formosa to let you know that we here on the Cecil N, Bean (Drytrans) had a pretty smooth trip this time and consider ourselves fortunate in several respects,' In the first place, our steward department has done a bang-up job and supplied us with plenty of chicken, good steaks and a wonder­ ful Thanksgiving Day dinner. Our chief cook has been laid up since Pusan, but the other boys in the galley have doubled up and are doing a fine job. Skipper Good On Draws . In the second place, we've had smooth relations with topside all along, and Captain R, W, Walton has been very good about giving out draws. We also have a wellstocked slopchest, AB Roland Heinz is deck dele­ gate on this trip, and third cook Hugh Fritts is the steward dele­ gate. I've heard several of the guys say this is the best crew they've sailed with and the same goes for me. Well, the longshoremen have taken off the last of the cargo now, but weather conditions are holding us in the harbor here for another day. However, the old man just put out another draw so we can look forward to another good night of shore leave. Hope to be seeing some of you boys in Seattle around Christmas, Robert L. Andrews Burly SEAFAR LOG ./. Pace Fifteeii^ L E T IE A S * iLikes Patriot, Rum 'if' Coke Run To the Editor: Thought I would drop you a line to let you know I'm still aboard the good ship Alcoa Patriot on the "bauxite, rum, coke and gals" run. The Patriot is realiy a good ship, with a fine relief skipper by the name of J. W. Tanton, good of­ ficers, and a topnotch crew. Ail the crewmen are full bookmen and the second, third and fourth offi­ cers on deck are also SIU book­ men in good standing. Our permanent skip­ per, who is now on vacation, is Captain Robert H, Perry, and Ryan he's also a fine gentleman to ship under. We expect to be down in the Islands for the Christmas holidays, but none of the crew seem to be getting homesick and none are get­ ting off. Last night we had a shipboard meeting and voted to take a little loot out of the ship's fund, buy some cokes and Seven Up in St, Thomas, and celebrate the holiday at sea. Delegates Capable Incidentally, the very capable delegates we have here are E, A, Grady, ship's; A, K, forp, deck; J, Ott, engine, and C, Halings, steward. As for myself, I'm just a "new­ comer" on this ship, with only 13 months aboard, but I've seen enough to be able to tell you guys to try to hop aboard if you're ever down Mobile way. That's all for now except to wish all of you—on behalf of the rest of the guys—a hearty Christ­ mas and a happy New Year, Joseph A. Ryan 4" 4" 4" Has Two Recipes For Vinegar Pie To the'Editor: A few issues ago, in the LOG, I read about steward Jesse W. Puckett wanting a recipe for "vin­ egar pie" so I looked through my cookbooks' and found two of them, I hope you will print them in the LOG so that Mr. Puckett, wherever he may be now, will see them. The first recipe, called the "pioneer recipe," calls for one cup of brown sugar, two cups of water, one cup of vinegar, two tablespoons of butter, one-half cup of fiour and plain "pastry. Combine the sugar, water and vinegar and bring to a boil, then add the butter and stir until it melts. Mix the flour with a little cold water until smooth, add to the boiling liquid and stir until thick. Line a pie plate with the pastry, pour in the filling and cover with strips of pastry in lattice fashion. Bake in a hot oven (450' F) for 10 minutes; reduce heat- to moderate (350* F) and bake 25 minutes. This recipe makes one 9" pie. Recipe No. 2 The second recipe calls for two tablespoons of butter, one-half cup of sugar, three tablespoons of flour, one teaspoon of cinnamon, onequarter teaspoon of cloves, onequarter teaspoon of allspice, oneeighth teaspoon of salt, one egg, two tablespoons of vinegar, one cup of water and plain pastry. Cream the butter and sugar, then add the dry ingredients, egg, vinegar and water. Cook in the top of a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Line the pie plate with pastry, bake in a mod­ erate oven (350° F) for three minutes, then pour in the filling and continue baking until the crust is brown. This recipe makes one 8" pie. My son, Robert, is steward on the Paoli and through him I see the LOG and certainly enjoy read­ ing it, Mrs. John McNeil 4" 4" 4" Oldtiwae Seaman Hits Crimp Rig To the Editor: I am an oldtime seaman who is now empioyed as a waterfront patrolman on South Street, and al­ though I am not a member of the SIU I certainly enjoy reading the SEAFARERS LOG, Recently I was really burned up when I read the article about the phony seaman's "union" on West 28th Street, In fact, 1 went over there to see the place for myself. It's certainly a dump and I am sure that all it wants is to bring back the conditions seamen escap­ ed from years ago, as a result of the efforts of real maritime unions like the SIU. Sailed In 1919 I myself was sailing during the Shipping Board days of 1919-20, and I can tell you a merchant sea­ man's life was a pretty miserable one. The food was terrible, we call­ ed, the coffee "lye water," and the chief steward alloted one can of evaporated milk to be mixed in a bucket of water and put out for the crew mess, I was a messboy in those days and, believe me, I know all about what went on on those ships. Im­ agine being able to sleep on innerspring mattresses, and have bunk lights, baths, washing machines, radios and all sorts of conveni­ ences! Thirty-five years ago we all went below up forward, and had one bucket of salt water to wash in, tin plates and cups, and no OT, believe me. All I can say about this crimp joint is that a seaman would have to be awfully hard up, or awfully anxious to get out of the country to pay to ship out of there, Albert H. KIsch It Worked! Awaits Return To ^Rest Uitioii' To the Editor: It's been over a year since I last wrote to the LOG, but there's a reason. The reason is that I've been in the Army—for the past one year, 14 days, 12 hq^irs and 13 minutes, to be exact, I sailed in the SIU in the black gang" from June 19, 1946, to August 28, 1953, So naturally, when I got into service, the Army decided that I would make a very good cook. Their attitude about food seems to be: throw it in, mix it up, cook hell out of it and let 'em eat Still :t, OT conditions are also great on this job, with cooks working an average of 17 hours a day. Oh, well, only 35 more days and then back to the SIU at last. Be­ lieve me, I certainly am proud to be a member of it and I know from personal experience that it's without a doubt the best labor union there is. Recently, for instance, SIU Wel­ fare Services gave me excellent service when I was injured in an automobile accident here on Long Island, and I don't know of any other organization which would give a retired bookmember such fine service after he had been away from it for over a year. Until I get out, how about some of you guys dropping me a line, particularly Dutch Van Alstine if he's around? Meanwhile, Happy New Year and good sailing to all of you, Pfc. Clyde L. Still US 5414796 52nd Brigade R & R Section Montauk, LI, NY. 4> 4 4> Logans Fort Men Like LOG Story To the Editor: I am writing this to let you know that we on the Logans Fort find it an ever-increasing pleasure to read the SEAFARERS LOG, and we certainly are proud that we have such a fine Union news­ paper. The entire crew was delighted with the LOG article of Novem­ ber 12 about our "long hairs and short beefs," Since then we have had a few beefs, as related in the "Letter of the Week" column of December 10, but we still feel we're a happy crew. And just in case any crewman does look glim, a reference to that recent LOG article is sure to bring a broad SIU smile. I am enclosing some poetry t have written and I hope you will be able to use it in the LOG sometime, Thurston Lewis Ship's delegate Steel Rover Men Aided On Beef To the Editor: We, the deck department of the Steel Rover, would like to give a hearty "thank you" to the Balti­ more officials for the very capable way in which they handled our beef while we were in that port. While we're handing out the laurels, we'd also like to give one to Toby Flynn of Welfare Services at headquarters for a nice assist to a Seafarer with real troubles. With other union welfare set-ups under fire, it's comforting to know our own , welfare department is really on the ball. This is one sailor who knows that the word "brother" is more than just a word in the SIU, Blaine Boxwcll 4 4 4 SiV Sckolarships Draw His Praise To the Editor: I would like to state that the college scholarship awards made under the Seafarers Welfare Plan are a wonderful thing, and I am sure that all the members are happy to see so many of their brothers and their families striv­ ing to win one of these awards. Does this plan, at present, in­ clude the wives of Seafarers? If not, I would like to suggest that their inclusion be seriously con­ sidered, I would also like to suggest that the SEAFARERS LOG begin a new column listing articles which Seafarers want to buy, sell or swap, Fred Miller (Ed. vote: At present, SIU col­ lege scholarships are open only to Seafarers under 35 or the children of Seafarers or deceased Seafar­ ers.) 4 4 4 Top Crew Sailing On Archers Hope To the Editor: There's been no news in tjie SEAFARERS LOG about the Archers Hope for some time now, but that's because this ship was laid up for 10 months before she went back to sea on November 18. At any rate, we want you to know we had our hands full but we are getting this rust-bucket shipshape again. We have a swell SIU crew aboard this ship. The pumpman, machinist, one oiler, one FWT, second cook, third cook and two ordinary seamen came out of the Lake Charles hall, while the rest of the crew came out of Savannah. H. E. Richardson 4 4 •v;S 4 Sends Greetings To SiU Brothers To the Editor: I'd like to take this opportunity to send greetings to the Union and to wish all the officials, the editor and staff of the LOG, and the members a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. May all of us enjoy an even more prosperous and powerful union during 1955, George H. Seeberger BU Bernard Seantau -\ �Faf« SixtecB Ulrr: 1^- SEAFARERS LOG ... DIGEST <>f SHOPS* BIEETINGS... STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Octebar 14—Chairman, E. Johnson; Socrotary, W. Nlchtar. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept traveler's checks and there will be a discussion on same after members have had a chance to use the checks. The old washing machine will be Exed from the ship's fund, as soon as possible. Sug­ gestion made that everybody take a turn in keeping the library in order. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), October 17—Chairman, Frank Keller; Secretary! M. Bruno. Motion made to donate $5 to the Merchant Marine Library when the new books come aboard. Chairman asked all members getting oS ship to leave their keys with someone who Is staying on. Patrolman will be contacted at pay­ off to see if a new washing machine can be purchased. MASSMAR (Calmer), October 1<—Chair­ man, Red Cibbs; Secretary, D. Fansler. Ship's deiegate will check about getting new mattresses when ship docks in New York. Repair lists will be made up and turned in to the ship's delegate. Cold drinks were not served for a couple of days due to the fact that the ice box was being cleaned out. DOROTHY (Bull), October 23—Chair­ man, E. Abualy; Secretary, P. Patrick. Drinking water warm in Puerto Rico. Suggestion made that mate get locks for all screen doors. Present exhaust ven­ tilator in galley inadequate and a sugges­ tion was made that a new one be installed. ANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 16—Chairman, T. Deale; Secretary, A. Brodie. Ship's delegate gave a short talk on crewmembers confining their drink­ ing to off duty hours. He also is going to speak to the chief engineer about keeping the engine room doors closed as the heat comes into the crew quarters and makes it impossible to sleep at night. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), October 35—Chairman, T. Nichols; Secretary, J. Beres. Captain has offered to buy cigar­ ettes for the crew and sell them at $2 a carton, which wUl enable the crew to avoid the high state taxes in the south­ ern states. The steward directed that linen be given out on a piece for piece basis. A. December 24. 19S4 SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, A. Fricks; Secretary, T. Bowers. There is $41.60 in the ship's fund. Two crewmembers refused to move out of the 4 to 8 engine room so it could be painted. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), October 23—Chairman, Sir Charles; Secretary, W. Cothran. The crew gave a vote of thanks to all the delegates aboard. The steward a.sked the crew to cooperate in keeping the miik crates available for loading fresh miik. Chickens and ducks should be cooked a Uttle longer before serving. The chief electrician was badiy injured by a fall aboard ship an hour before .sail­ ing time. Jerry was well liked aboard the Seatrain Texas and his shipmates wish him a full and speedy recovery. LONE JACK (Cities Service), October 16—Chairman, J. Phillips; Secretary, Wells. Wipers asked for clarification on who should give them their orders. All departments to get repair lists and turn same over to the ship's delegate. LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Octo­ ber 14—Chairman, W. Thompson; Secre­ tary, T. Lewis. Fans need cleaning. All crewmembers were asked to keep messhaUs clean and to use ashtrays and put cups away. Motion made and carried to see patrolman about getting new mat­ tresses before signing on. CHOCTAW (Waterman), June 26— Chairman, Robensen; Secretary, J. Slmlson. Repair .lists discussed. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for good chow and service. August t—Chairman, Jacobson; Secre­ tary, Johnson. If money is needed for a ship's fund a meeting will be called. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY Crewmembers wera asked to remove cota from deck in port or during rainy weath­ er. Slopchest additions will be made by individuals needing same,. September It—Chairmen, Jacobs; Beerotary, Johnson. One man missed ship. Motion made that letter be written to hall asking why ship is always laying up at end of trip but never does. The ship's delegate was given a vote of thanks for a good iob. Discussion on laundry room cleanliness. October 17—^Cttelrman, T. Scott; Secre­ tary, C. Jrtinson. Motion made that slop chest be examined by patrolman in New York. Discussion on drain in laundry room. All crewmiembers requested to no­ tify their delegate of any necessary re­ pairs. All hands getting off ship re­ quested to clean their foc'sles. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Robert L. Carriss; Secretary, Gerald E. SInkes. Larger coffee pots will be purchased. Draws to be put out any time between ports. Coffee urn in the crew pantry should be fixed. September 4—Chairman, James Sheets; Secretary, G. SInkes. Motion made that deck maintenance men have a larger foc'slc on these Waterman type C-2s. Suggestion made for the ship's delegate to see the captain about notifying the crew when he is going to close slopchest, so as crewmembers may purchase last minute necessities before ship reaches port. The crew was asked to return all cups to the pantry. October 10—Chairman, H. W. Eatherton; Secretary, G. SInkes. First assistant wouldn't check overtime sheets to show department whether or not there is any disputed overtime. Flush valves in deck and engine toilets need repairing. Motion made and carried to install clock in rec­ reation room aft. ^Can'Shahera^ Have No OK. The membership is Rgalq cautioned to beware of persons solifdting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile, Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the payoff. Receipts are issued on the spot was given to the steward department for their fine chow and excellent service. The steward department gave the deck and engine departments a vote of con­ fidence for their wonderful cooperation. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), No­ vember S—Chairman, Carlsen; Secretary, G. Raid. A letter of thanks was read from Father Walsh from Philadelphia and is to be sent to the LOG for pub­ lication. Discussion on men getting drunk and leaving a mess in living quarters. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Oc­ An attempt will be made to improve tober 24—Chairman, C. Lee; Secretary, cooking. F. Flanagan. Motion made and carried to get an additional library of stiff OREMAR (Calmer), October »—Chair­ backed books aboard, besides regular SIU man, Harold B. Thomas; Secretary, C. pocket books. $5 of the ship's fund will Kent. Suggestion made to have crew's be contributed to the driver who brings radio in lounge fixed and each man chip these books aboard. Crew complained in to pay for the. repairs. One man that menus lacked variety from week to missed ship on departure from Sparrows week. There is now $50.36 in the ship's Point. fund. October 24—Chairman, H. Thomas; Sec­ retary, L. Van Evera. Any repairs that MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car- have to be taken care of should be riers), October 24—Chairman, Rex Coots; placed on a regular repair list and for­ warded to the ship's delegate. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for the excellent way in which the food was prepared and served. quartera wera palntad thia trip and the reat wUl ba- painted next trip. A letter waa aent to SIU Welfare about two men left In hoapttal. Ship'a delegate auggeated that each man take care of hla seamen'a papera, as these papers are the means- of his livelihood and the loss or misplacement of these papers would keep him from working. The steward depart­ ment was given a vote of thanks. •obor payoff and to leave quarters clean. The steward department was thanked for a job well done. October 3—Chairman, W. Yorko; See* rotary, F. Fletcher. One man went to hospital In Seattle. Discussion about keeping the Japs out of the passageways, messhalls and laundry. A vote of thanks to the steward department for excellent food served. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), October 7—Chairman, Herman Fruge; Secretary, T. Jackson. Cbrew suggested that liquid cool drinks and apple jelly and butter be supplied for next voyage. Ship's dele­ gate reported that there is S40 in the ship'a rund. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Novambar 14—Chairman, S. Barryman; Secretary, O. Fayne. Repair Usts made and wUl bo given to the patrolman at payoff. The steward was asked why there was not 40 gallons of milk on board on the day of departure from Yokohama. The chief electrician was told that painting the STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Soptombar -26—Chairman, Jim Hannors; Socro­ tary, A. Barbaro. The porthole windscoops which were ordered have not been delivered as yet. Measures nere discussed and plans were agreed on to keep the laundry clean and the washing machine in good order. The proper con­ duct for crewmembers in Arabian ports discussed. October 17—Xhalrman, J. Hannor; Soc­ rotary, A. Barbaro. Ship's delegate dis­ cussed his meeting with the captain on cigarette rationing. Captain insists that two cartons per week is sufficient. Mo­ tion made and carried that a letter be written to headquarters about natives crowding the messrooms and insulting the crewmembers. Herman Whisnant gave a talk on the SIU agreement. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Novam­ bar 14—Chairman, 6. Lawson; Sacretary, W. L. Glllospla. A new washing machine is needed aboard, also a new slop sink for deck department locker is needed. PAOLI (CItlas Service), November 7— Chairman, D. Collins; Secretary, W. F. Walker. Practically none of the repairs have been taken care of. Motion made that slopchest be supplemented In San Pedro. No cold weather gear aboard, or rain gear of any kind. DESOTO (Waterman), October 17 — Chairman, E. B. McAuley; Secretary, Phil Reyes. Father Bluitt of Philadelphia who is traveling round trip on the DeSoto was invited to the pieeting. Several members felt that it' would be a fine idea to have a man who is active in labor circles, . especially the waterfront. deck In his foc'sle. uras the wiper's job and not his. EXCELLO (Excello), November 21 — Chairman, J. Christy; Secretary, D. Keddy. A motion was made and carried to give Brother Christy and the steward (Continued on page 17) '54 Stormy, But Union Won Gains (Continuea fTom page 4) was a night of celebration for many Seafarers, with the Union now possessing in New York and Balti­ more two of the finest halls that could be found anywhere. Mean­ while work is going ahead on im­ provements in New Orleans and Mobile to provide the most up-todate facilities possible for those two major ports. The SIU's pioneer college schol­ arship plan, only one of Its kind in the industry, made news with the award of three of its four annual scholarships this year to working Seafarers: Ed "Larkin, Wallace Simpson and Seymour Wallace. Although the lay-ups and trans­ fers of ships foreign meant a con­ traction in shipping, the Uhion successfully obtained agreements for manning of several new vessels, adding more jobs to the SIU's roster. Of dramatic interest to manyonlookers was the SlU-spearheaded fight on behalf of the AFL to organize a new union for long-* shoremen. While winning tremen­ dous support, the AFL'drive fell short by the narrowest of margins. Subsequently timely SIU exposure put the skids under an ILA-sponsored attempt to set up a seaman's raiding outfit and infiltrate legiti­ mate sea unions. OCEAN BETTY (Msritlma Overseas), October 30—Chairman, R. Ewlng; Secratary, K. Collins. The stove is not giving out the heat it should and captain said a man from the stove company came down to the ship and could find nothing wrong with it. All the screen doors need repairing. There is a very good steward Secretary, Aiex Janes. Report was sent on board and the boys gre really eating. a witness at first hand to see what makes to headquarters in regard to galley stove General discussion on food and menus. the SIU the progressive, militant and FAIRLAND (Waterman), October Si- most democratic maritime labor union. Steward told the crew that all beef is fourth grade. All department delegates Chairman, Lee Curry; Secretary, H. Motion made and carried that the union will hand in repair lists to ship's dele­ Pierce. Meeting was called to order and officials make an intensive study of the gate. Laundi-y room will-be taken care of there was no old business. All depart­ Blue Cross group insurance that will in­ by deck and engine departments and the ment delegates reported everything run­ clude our dependents. Means of keeping recreation room will be taken care of by ning smoothly with no beefs. All hands the laundry clean discussed and crew­ were asked to flush toilets. the steward department. members were asked to return coffee cups after using same. Father Bluitt ANN MARIE (Bull), October 27 — spoke ROSARIO (Bull), October 30—Chairman, on his mission as a labor priest L. Gadson; Secretary, R. Aguiur. Ono Chairman, E. Dalln; Secretary, J. Laphan. and what he wiU strive to achieve for The washing machine has been repaired man missed ship in San Juan as the cap­ the laboring class. tain told the men the ship would stay and crew must take better care of it. in port until Monday at least. Less There is a balance of $21 in the ship'a ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), October grease should be put on the food. Mo­ 31—Chairman, A. Branconi; Secretary, J. tion made that a fan be installed in the Mann. Messroom taglcs are overcrowded washing room as it is too hot while In and the crew would like to know if one port. more table could be put In the crew'a mess. Discussion on the men who missed BETHCOASTER (Calmar) October shifts. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ 26—Chairman, C. E. Nelson; Secretary, ard department. L. E. Williamson. Steward department November 7—Chairman, H. Waller; appreciates cooperation of crew by com Sacretary, W. O'Donnell. Motion made ing to chow in first half hour. Foc'sles and carried that a delagation see the are in bad shape, however crew under­ captain about dropping logs. Crewmem­ stands that they are to be painted. bers will send a wire to President Eisen­ hower about the marine hospitals. The THE CABINS (Cabin Tankers), October asked that all linen be turned in 20 — Chairman, Braunstein; Secretary, fund after S3.50 was spent oil radio re­ steward at next change, and he will order new Harris. Quantity of night lunch will be pairs. A vote of thanks was given to mattresses. increased. Repair list wiU be turned in Sparks for repairing same. Ship's fund at least ten days before arrival home­ to be donated to some charity in case ORION STAR (Orion), Novambar 7— ward bound. Fans will be cleaned by ship lays up. Chairman, H. Knowlet; Sacretary, Bill ordinary seamen and wipers on sanitary. Stark. Ship's treasurer gave a report of All hands were asked to - cooperate in GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), the ship's fund. There is a total of keeping messroom clean. Saptambar 6—Chairman, J. Brooks; Sac­ $99.11 in the fund. The steward depart­ retary, J. Sweeney. Letter was sent to was commended for their fine ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), October 27 hall on passengers. Captain has been ment work. —Chairman, J. Aioyslous Ryan; Secre­ notified about repairing screens and has tary, B. Kelley. Arrival pool arranged said that he will try and get screens in ANN MARIE (Bull), November 13 — to swell ship's fond. A few minor beefs Japan. Chairman, Eugene Dakliu Secretary, J. wili be referred to the- boarding patrol­ September 20—Chairman,' M. Sharpe; Lopham. A gift was presented to Sparks men in Mobile. A hearty vote of thanks Secretary, Louis Coffey. Mate kept a list for fixing the radio. Crewmembers were of those men who went ashore during asked to turn In all soiled linen. A vote restricted hours. One man missed ship in of thanks was given to the steward de­ Sasebo. Discussion about drawing Ameri­ partment. can money in Japan. Screens were bought In Japan. ANDREW JACKSON (Ifthmtan), No­ vember 13—Chairman, F. Morrit; SacraPAOLI (Cities Service), October 17— tary, A. Ereffie. Deck delegate will aee Chairmen, C. W. Ely, jr.; Secretary, R. the patrolman about gear not being aeMcNeil. Ship's delegate will see the pa­ cured for tea on leaving India, A hand trolman about getting messhaU painted, vote waa taken on having traveler'a (Continued from page 4) ship fumigated, new mattresses pur­ checka on board and the decision waa chased and all rooms painted before agalnat it. A letter will be sent to head­ vlded for a seven cents an hour leaving the States. quarters on this matter. Brother Guthrie wage increase this year and aix gave • talk on crewmembers cooperating Four ROEIN TRENT (See* Shipping), with one another, and not rushing thingi cents- an hour next year. tember S—Chairmen, Joseph Capelll; Sec­ at the payoff when there are beefs to be more cents would have gone Into retary, I. Buckley. Brother Eddie Mc- settled la other departments. pension and welfare funds, without was elecbed as ship's delegate. • ••••BE • ••••#« Mamar No beefs reported in any department. EAREARA MICHEL (Nerlo), Nevamber providing for any increase in bene­ October 10—Chairman, J. Capelll; Sec­ 20—Chairman, F. Culllton; Sacrstary, A. retary, I. Buckley. Steward department Waddle. The ship's delegate told the fits paid to the longshoremen. Also day workers were told by ship's delegate crewmembers that the captain was going included was a no-strike clause t to use seats In messhall of men go- to clamp down on men who are late for J on watch. Crewmembers reported woric and taking coffee ttma In excess for the two years of the agree­ slackness In medical treatment received of the alloted time. Repair Usta were ment. on voyage. turned in to the captain. "Waterfront News" pointed out lU Men Nix Seliout I wouW like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) •fc. STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ......STATE ROYAL OAK (CItlas Service), October 30—Chairman, I. Peacock; Secretary, James Wilson. Bapeir list wll be turned in before airlval. Motion made to see TO AVOID DUPLfCATtONr If you «r« an oM siibwrtbs; aid IIBVG B ehBii«B patrolman about having two. fans in each foc'sle 4M per agraeraent. Lengthy dip •f BMrMA-plHiB ftvB ya«ir IbfRMT «d4r«g MGWI cuasien concemlnE peer condltloa eC mattresaes. Some of the mattreasea are toe larfe for the -bnnlM. Signed . ADDRESS Giry .lONI ... STATS RAPHAEL lEMMBS (Waterman), Ne­ vamber IS—eiMlrman, Reffaal lAarHnl; Eacretary, D. Graaii. A laundry bag wtUbe placed In paaaageway ao that no mora tolled linen will be thrown down Into the Mielter deck. Ship"* dalente will: aee «bont repairs on' aresr^ wwibinE maehlM and toaator. The atamant waa elected to heedle ahip*! Mad, ML M0NT4 (MlwmtiiBH. Nevaipbar 7 MCUA^kANMR UUcoeb taptgiiiNr dMlraMMb Cecit fL IMMitaM Oeera-.- 16—Chatnmm, K. Yeaiiei EeeMtary, w. iaryv Ctisrlae OewHns. f art of the cr<9w'f AdaffiA Ship'a SelegateUi' » that the contract contained none of the longshoremen's basic de­ mands such as those for an eighthour day, paid hoUdayt, limited sling leads, Improved wcUbxe and pension benefits, adequate -sani­ tary iaelHtIca, 28-maa gangs apid other:pcg«UiMU irf lb# gram. : '-M:, �Pare Serenteea SEAFARERS IOC SMcmber 14. 19S4 . DIGEST o( SHIPS' MEETINGS . tacrstery, •. Whale. A lively discussion (Continued from page 16) was held about what kind of money ecpartmant a vota of thanks for the very craw should ask the captain for at draw flno work- they have been doing to ^ep on arrival in Capetown. One crewmemup the morale of the ship. ber was admitted to the hospital in Capetown on November 20th suffering aiLTORB (Ore), November 14—Chair­ from appendicitis. men, L. Hopkins; Secretary, T. Jacks. Discussion to exchange the AC current Iron for DC iron. Discussion about stew­ ard department caring for laundry and the unnecessary noise while watch below la sleeping. Vote of thanks given to the galley force for excellent performance. The ILA and SIU situation was discussed fully. SWEETWATER (Metro), November < Chairman, J. Meeres; Secretary, F. Paylor. Each member of the crew will do­ nate SI to the ship's fund. Motion made to have an arrival pool once a month and a 'certain percentage of kitty to be donated to the ship's fund. Suggestion made to give a vote of thanks to the agent in Norfolk for the fine job he did in getting repairs straightened out. Crewmembers were asked to return all books to the library. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), Novem­ ber 21—Chairman, T. Wessel; Secretary R. SIrols. Motion made and carried that there be no payoff until all beefs are settled In each department to the satis­ faction of crew. Vote of thanks given to the chief electrician and second electri­ cian for their splendid job of keeping the washing machine in order. ANGELINA (Bull), Tfovember 11 — Chairman, Creenwald; Secretary, Freilich. Some repairs have not -been taken care of. One FWT was hospitalized in San Juan. Washing machine will have to be fixed or replaced. All hands agreed to chip in tl for TV repairs. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Novamber 14—Chairman, Roy Joplin; Socratary, S. Johnaon. Brothers were aU sorry to learn ot the death of Brother Chapman's father and extended their deepest sympathies to him. All hands were urged to go up to the SIU hall and vote. They agreed that a vote of thanks should be extended to the headquarters staff for the very fine job they have done during the past year. CANTICNY (Cities Service), November 20—Chairman, A. Phillips; Secretary, M. Ohstrom. Port steward in New 'York was contacted by telephone from Bos­ ton and assured us the new mattresses would be put aboard at our next port. General discussion on TV set and im­ portance of refraining from meddling with back of set. Brothers were urged to contribute generously to the ship's fund. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping), SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), No­ November 13—Clielrman, A. Coldfarb; vember 21—Chairman, C. E. Mosely; Sec­ Hail Ships' 'New Look' in Feeding retary, John Cole. Ship's delegate re­ ported that stiff-backed books have been sent for. Crewmembers were asked to keep washtubs clean. Financial report, $52.36 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Novem­ ber 2#—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, C. Cothran. Motion made and carried to have steward get a different brand of soap instead of octagon face soap. Few complaints on food. this trip. Member* of the crew should suggestion was made to donato all at tbebe more respectable to each other. oU books to a wertby cause «ith«r in Japan or Korea upon arrival. FAIRPORT CWatermsn), November IS —Chairman, B. Hoods; Secretary, J. EastTROJAN TRADER (teres), November erllng. There is S31 In the ship's fund. 24—Chairman, H. R. Hutchlns; Secretary, Brother Oilman, who was hurt aboard H. K. Hull. Mattresses and fans wiU be ship before arrival at San Francisco, put aboard in Boston. Treasurer -re­ sent word from the hospital that anyone ported $11 in ship's fund. A patrolman aboard ship who saw the accident please will be consulted as to who orders forward a statement in his behalf. All stores. fountains need repairing. eOE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Oc­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), No­ tober 17—Chairman, J. Golder; Secretary, vember 14—Chairman, Robert Kehrly; L. Hall, Jr. Motion made to hold ship­ Secretary, P. F.rango. Several complaints board meetings every two weeks on Sat­ regarding steward and the food he urday providing ship is at sea. The serves. No one wiU payoff or sign on pump on washing machine is not working before patrolman okays suggestion to properly. Crewmembers were asked to have steward put ashore. return all books to the Ubrary. INES (Bull), October 10—Chairman, Vic Courr; Secretary, A. Voyesotsk. Baker is short of material for baking. All mem­ bers WiU donate $1 for TV antenna. The washing machine should be checked when crew finishes using it to see that it is turned off. November 7—Chairman, D. Martin; Secretary, H. Long. There should be more of a variety on night lunches. Gar­ bage to be dumped aft. At the present time there is $28 in the ship's fund. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), November 14—Chairman, E. Grady; Secretary, B. Kelly. AU book men were urged to get to the haU and vote for their favorite candidates at the end of this voyage. Crewmembers were asked to take better care of the record player in the messhall. AU Uterature received ~on board this vessel from headquarters has been posted in the crew messhaU to keep the crew up to date. November 20—Chairman, J. Aloysius Ryan; Secretary, J. Meeks. Mail service in' the islands will be discussed with the captain. Crew was asked to be more considerate of shipmates sleeping and eliminate noise in the passageways. A hearty vote of thanks was given to the entire steward department for a fine holiday dinner and excellent service given by the cooks and mes.smen during the entire voyage. DEL MAR (Mississippi), November 13 | JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Novem^hairman, . Eddie Stough; Secretary, ber 21—Chairman, R. Parady; Secretary, Eddie " Caudill. Motion made "" " " ' ^ and ^ carried "• J. Thomas. One shipmate was left in to continue movie fund. Chief cook the hospital in Yokohama. There is a shortage of stores this trip and the food is not up to par. Crewmembers were YORKMAR (Calmer), October 17 — asked to put aU garbage into the cans Chairman, E. BuzalewskI; Secretary, D. aft. Warrington. A train ticket was bought for the old carpenter to the East Coast STEELCRE (Ore), November 14—Chair­ from the ship's fund. Motion made for man, Winston Jackson; Secretary, E. the patrolman in New York to find out Gilford Sinuns Debardelaben. Each department was why the coffee is being rationed aboard to make up repair lists, which will Please get in touch with me asked ship. be taken care of in the Port of Balti­ through the SIU hall in Baltimore. more. The messroom should be kept CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), October Ed Luzler. clean by aU brothers. The chief engineer 24 — Chairman, L. Hodges; Secretary, win be contacted about shower heads Louis Potter. The captain wiU be con­ for showers. tacted in regard to American money J. W. Hinson draws in foreign ports. The ship's dele­ AMEROCEAN (Biackchcster), Novem­ Please contact Robert Floyes at ber 21—Chairman, Thomas King; Secre­ gate was asked to see about a fresh water line being installed on the out­ 2020 Selman Ave., Mobile, Ala., tary, J. Pendleton. The company has side passageway for the use of the long­ ignored the repair lists for the last two shoremen. This would keep them on the immediately concerning the car. trips. An inferior grade of meat was outside of the ship and away from the sent aboard in Seattle. Tom Jones was 4» 3» crew's quarters. The men on sanitary given a vote of thanks for showing kind­ William R. Dixon of the deck and engine departments to ness toward sick crewmembers during alternate weekly in keeping the laundry Contact your wife immediately. this trip. Five men were logged, two in clean and the steward department utility the engine department and three men There is sickness at home. to clean the recreation room. in the deck department. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 19—Chairman, Joe Kramer; Secre­ tary, C. Scofield. Repair list to be made up as soon as possible. New ship's dele­ gate elected. Motion made and carried DOROTHY (Bull), l--v*mb*r 21—Chair­ to give a vote of thanks to steward de­ man, L. Gwalthney; Secretary, P. Patrick. partment. Motion made by ship's delegate to have November 19—Chairman, J. Chatte- new fans placed aboard. Due to danger­ reau; Secretary, C. Scofield. Crewmem­ ous conditions aboard ship It was rec­ bers were asked to make less noise in ommended that a shoreside electrician the early hours of the morning due to come aboard to check wiring. Food is watches sleeping. A hardy vote of thanks not up to par. Brown laundry soap to was given to Brother Kramer for a job be issued as well as Lifebuoy, Men that well done. missed ship have been entered in log book. A vote of thanks was given to the SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), No­ ship's delegate for a job well done. vember 21—Chairman, J. Long; Secre­ tary, A. F ricks. Beef regarding deck de­ BIENVILLE (Waterman), October 3— partment overtime will be cleared be­ Chairman, J. Conners; Secretary, R. fore payoff. Sheets too small, and stew­ Walton. Ship's delegate stated that all ard said he does not get same pieces stores beefs were settled while the ship back from the laundry that he sends. was in San Francisco. Captain said that the draw money will be given out any SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), way the crew would like it, providing it November 29—Chairman, P. Kirk; Secre­ conforms with the laws at hand. The tary, E. Jones. Steward spoke about the steward reminded the crew to bring ail linen shortage. Library will be changed their soiled linen down every week. A (Continued from page 5) quantity laid down by the Union will, of course, continue." In the Bull Line experiment, this approach has led to fresher, tastier meals and has also led to consider­ able improvement in night lunch since the remainder of uncut roasts, fresh bread, fresh butter patties and the like are now left for the night lunch instead of the con­ coctions that often make up a night lunch. None of these practices, the committee emphasized, will in any way serve to cut down in the qual­ ity of food a Seafarer might want to have. What they will cut down is overcooking and overpreparing in advance of meals with the result that huge quantities of leftovers re­ main in such condition as to be virtually useless for subsequent (Continued from page 3) meals. called toe Coast Guard which The Bull Line pilot project got started a search with planes and underway about two months ago. ships out of Quonset Point, Rhode The Union sent a veteran passen­ Island, St. Petersburg and Miami, ger ship steward, Louis Guellnitz, Florida, and South Carolina. as traveling observer on two Bull The search continued without Line ships. His recommendations let-up until Thursday, December were coupled with those of the 16, when the Coast Guard an­ joint Union-operator committee nounced that it was abandoning and put into practice, after meet­ special search procedures but ings aboard the ships with the men would continue to hunt fdt survi­ involved. vors on its routine patrols. Rela­ Seafarers aboard the Kathryn, tives of some of the survivors ap­ one of the ships involved in the pealed to Washington for a contin­ pilot undertaking, expressed their ued search which was resumed warm approval of the change. They Saturday, December i8. It has were particularly pleased with the been called off a second time early practice of cutting roast meats to this week. order. William Ekins, carpenter on The Coast Guard in New York the ship, recalled there used to be reported that it had mamtained many complaints about meat being its search by sea and air all along cut up and put on the steam table the route of the vessel from Loui­ where it dried up long before it siana north. However, the search was served. Ed Slintak, AB, de­ had been hindered by extremely clared that there was a consider­ heavy seas and bad weather which able amount of waste under the has been general along the Atlan­ standard system of feeding which tic Coast for the past month. was of no benefit to the crew. The failure to get any report Ship's delegate F. Aponte re­ from the ship since site left Loui­ ported complete satisfaction with siana raised a question as to pro­ the improvements made to date. cedures in maintainn'ig contact "The food and service is much with ships. Some companies re­ better this way and the crew is quire ships to report in daily by happy. The difference in the way radio. Others call for reports at we are doing things now is very regularly stated Intervals in the course gf a voyage, depending on great." "• Since plans are afoot for expan­ the nature of the trip and the lo­ sion of this program^ Seafarers cation of the vessel. But there are who have suggestions for it are no regulations on this score, and ^asked to get in touch with Eddie the Coast Guard itself does not 'Mooney, SIU Steward Department track merchant ships. In view of the (jottthwfed Yadio Committee, at- headquarters; .'I J' • SEACORAL (Orion), November 24— Chairman, S. Bayne; Secretary, W. Clegg. Ship's delegate will ask mate to please stop chipping between 12:30 and 1:30 PM. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a job very well done. asked that crew keep out of galley while passengers are being served. Treasurer reports $88M In the ship's fund.. AU hands were asked to keep laundry room clean. ' 4; 3» 4" 4» t t Ralph W. Wilkins Get in touch with your draft board in Lorain as soon as pos­ sible. Mother. Gene Sinclair Please contact Danny Kaim at the Staten Island, NY, marine hospital. I Samuel Erlitz Your seamen's papers left aboard the Camas Meadows are be­ ing held for you in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG office at SIU head­ quarters. 4i 4 4« Melvin Baumgardner A port time discharge from the Calmar is being held for you in silence of the ship it is believed the SEAFARERS LOG office at she may have encountered trouble SIU headquarters. early in the voyage soon after be­ ing sighted off the Florida Keys on Quiz Anzivers the 6th. A severe storm struck (1) John Adams, the second the area where the ship was sched­ President, and his son, John uled to be on December 7th. Quincy Adams, the sixth President. The Southern Districts case has William Henry Harrison was the many parallels to that of the grandfather, not the father, of Southern Isles. The latter ship Benjamin Harrison. was also carrying an ore cargo (2) (b) explorers of the Western when she broke up in a storm off US, sent on an expedition by Hatteras. She too did not have a Thomas Jefferson. chance to send any radio messages (3) Albuquerque. or launch lifeboats because of the (4) 16. rapidity with which the ship went (5) T. E. Lawrence. down. The only reason there were (6) N-E-W-S. any survivors was because a Lykes (7) Grand Rapids, Mich. steamship happened to be in the (8) Edmond Hoyle. Today we immediate vicinity and saw the still use the expression" ... ac­ Southern Isles' running lights dis­ cording to Hoyle ..." to describe appear. a game played according to the Subsequently, the Coast Guard rules. (9) 180 miles. ordered all remaining LSTs to add (10) Glass. extra belly hands to prevent fur­ ther accidents of this type. Since toe Southern Districts Puzxie Answer was equipped with the extra belly bands, her disappearance raises a question as to the seaworthiness of all LSTs for cargo purposes. The ships were designed originally for one-shot use in wartime but many of them have since been converted for commercial purposes with the addition of watertight bulkheads and the belly bands. The operators of the vessel have already taken action in Federal Court in Wilmington, Delaware, to limit their liability in the event of lawsuits by families of crewmembersi-'^ Fear For 22 Men Lost On Southern Districts ssiD sass saas •SQ QSQa asss SElDQCaSaS (1]Q[§[2[] . aaacoa EsranaQ ass anmo asasns . aaaaooa QDsasQ HfflSGSGn OSBS gas aas BDSIQS fflEDOa HBDICllgi . isQEsa {EaBaaQda Basin asiis SQiis QSDS aoQa Dsa CANTIGNY (Cities Service), December 3—Chairman, A. Phillips; Secretary, H. Storm. The ship's delegate will see about getting a better grade of coffee, and wash powder aboard. He will also set up a complete repair list in cooperation with department delegates and tuvn same over to the captain. SIU Vetoes Power Grab Plan Of CO (Continued from page 2) company have to pass the examina­ tion at least once a year plus a_ spot check each time they sign articles. Mississippi has found about ten percent of job candidates unaccep­ table, hut many of these have un­ dergone treatment and are back on board the ships. All this has been done smoothly and efficiently, without putting seamen under the control of the Coast Guard or any other military agency. By contrast, the Coast Guard would put seamen Ihrciigh a wringer consisting of an exhaus­ tive and apparently unrelated series of tests including checks on family background, juvenile delin­ quency records, sense of smell, ex­ amination of a man's shipboard record (as seen by the captain) and other requirements which in the eyes of medical authorities have been sharply questioned as having any hearing on a man's fit­ ness to sail. Further the Coast Guard proposal would represent an extension of its already consider­ able controls over civilian seamen The Union's contention that the Coast Guard should show more concern for its present function, that of seeing that ship's them­ selves are safe and safely-operated, was pointed up by two more recent incidents. In one instance the crew of toe Fairland had to go to the Union port agent to get a catwalk constructed over deck cargo. In the second, the crew of the Doro­ thy requested that the ship's elec­ trical system receive a thorough going-over. In neither instance has it been reported that the Coast Guard showed any active concern over conditions aboard these ships. , • I ' I •m '•t>i �SEAFARERS Pace Elcfctecm Over^as Hospital Visitor iA0G Weieqmes Stories9 PiASR Readers of the LOG always welcome news from the ships. In all editions there is room for stories, photos and letters sent in by the Seafarers. Several pages of each issue are devoted to the experiences of Seafarers and the ships they sail as they describe them themselves. If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or just want to let your friends know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG. Don't worry too much about literary style. We'll patch it up if it needs patching. And of course, photos illustrating the incidents you describe make them more interesting for the readers. Send your stuff to the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ thing returned after we use it, we'll do that too. r SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATI6N PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Ffom No. Seafaicrs Receiving Benefita this Period ATerage Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period Hosoital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Jose Carmeas of the Steel Voyager gets a welcome visit-while laid up in Bombay's Beach Candy hospital from Seafarer Bill Whalen. Bill was oft the Andrew Jackson which hit the Indian port after the .Voyager. Photo was taken by another Seafarer, Merwyn "Doc" Watson, electrician. vember 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Smith, Galveston, Texas. Earl Joseph Fence, born Novem­ Mark Alexander Zalenski, born ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. October 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lloyd Pence, Rosenberg, Texas. Mrs. Lawrence Zalenski, Balti­ 4 4 4 more 11, Md. Daniel Edward Freedman, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4. 4» Valencia Thompson, born Sep­ and Mrs. Max Freedman, Balti­ tember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and more, Md. Mrs. Oscar Thompson, Jr., Los 4 4 4 Beverly Lorraine Causey, bora Angeles, Calif. November 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4" 4" 4" Dawn Ann De Grushe, born Sep­ and Mrs. Leon Causey, Crichton tember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Station, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Mrs. Averil F. De Grushe, Jr., James Patrick Kelly, born No­ New Orleans, La. vember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 4 Brenda Leonie Baker, bom No­ Mrs. James Kelly, Maiden, Mass. 4 4 4 vember 5, 1954., Parents, Mr. and Ralph Allen Lewis, born Novem­ Mrs. Edgar Leon Baker, New ber 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orleans, La. Jesse S. Lewis, Norwalk, Calif. Jonathan Kirk Creppon, born November 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Creppon, Houston, Texas. 1 4 4 Jane Grinnell Lambson, born October 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lambson, Boston, Mass. 4 4 4 David Francis Finigan, bora Au­ gust 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Finigan, New Or­ leans, La. 4 I: ^ tl':' 4 4 Luis Antonio Viera Aleman, born November 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Viera, St. Rio Piedros, PR. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Alice OUva Witherington, born December 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthim Witherington, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9A WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * | 4o». Mes Death Benefits Paid Siace Tulv 1. 1950' Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * | Maternity Benefits Paid Since AotU 1. 1952 * Voo £6 Vacation Benefits Paid Siace Feb. 11. 1952 * f»i Total « Oate Benefits Beaaa WELPARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacatioa to srypTi/ ^ . .. Vacation US Goyernment Bonda (Weifaie) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS . Hlf tJF 4c |/"i O 7// 37 i in.rca VP H " I COMMENTSi The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Flap 188 again approved a resolution providing for a hospital ChristBias bonus of twenty^five ($25.00} dollars for aqr eligible under the plan vho is hospitalized for a period of more than one day during the period of December 19thy 195A throuc^ Deceidber 26ths 195A. This is In addition to additional recreational facilities being establidied in the ports of Mobile and New Orleans. Suimitled /K /Wf A1 Ken, AsaietrntCXSwdmUtreter 4 4 4' 4 Sharon Ann Gribble, born No­ Miguel Gonzalez Alvarado, born vember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gribble, Galveston, Mrs. Genaro Gonzalez, Barrio San- Texas. tomas No. 14 Playa Ponce, PR. 4 4• 4 4 4 4 Sally Anne Gentile, born Decem­ Donna Incerto, born October 14, ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miiio Salvatore Gentile, New Orleans, Incerto, Brooklyn, NY. La. ' 37 5:;^ 3A|| 4 Cynthia Louise Young, born De­ cember 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Route No. 3, Box 17, Moffet Road, Crichton, Ala. 4 oo 4 Lettie Almeda Roberson, bora August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberson, Mobile, Ala. 4 CO Vacation Benefits Tots! 4 Walter Anthony Wallace, born November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wallace, Nor­ folk, Va. Jeanmarie Cunningham, born Gary Stephen Buzalewski, bora November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. November 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cunningham, and Mrs. Edward Buzalewski, Philadelphia, Pa. Reading, Pa. 4 4 4 Jo Ann Galardl, born November Rafael Del Valle Suarez, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ November 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. seph Galardi, Hammonton, NJ. and Mrs. Bartolome Del Valle, Bo. 4 4 4 Michael Anthony Faircloth, born Obrero Santurce, PR. July 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Joseph Torres, born November Grady Faircloth, Philadelphia, Pa. 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bias Torres, Astoria, NY. 4 Claire Erlksen, bora November Carol Ann Swafford, born Oc­ 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ tober 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and mund Eriksen, Route No. 1, Box Mrs. Joseph Swafford, Cedartown, 33, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 Ga. Robert Glover Farrar, Jr., bora 4 4 4 William John Prince, Jr., bom November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. November 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrar, Chaland Mrs. William J, Prince, Dor­ mette. La. 4 4 4 chester, Mass. Ronnie Truett Smith, born No­ 4 4 4 Anthony Gates, bora November vember 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Raymond Smith, Murkei, Howard Gates, New Orleans, La. Texas. 4 /a WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THiS PERIOD All of the following SIU families vember 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Kenneth Hogan Kristensen, benefit plus a $25 bond from the Baltimore, Md. Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4' Cathy Lynn Connor, born No­ Geoffrey de Witt Brown, born November 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. vember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Robert Brown, San Fran­ Mrs. Robert H. Connor, Natick, Mass. cisco, Calif. 4 S E A FA RE R 8 5 4 r- December 24, 1954 LOG 4 ^J^ijin Bernard Smith, born No- Paid On The Job Pick Up'Shop Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be suro to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculaUon card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. Armando Ortega (right) collects $200 check and $25 bond from SIU representative Eddie Parr aboard the passenger ship Florida. Payment represented maternity' benefit to nejw Seafarer-father,, . -s, ; Photo .was taken by Ortega's shipmate, Seafarer Hector Reyes. ? 5: �(.>• r.--- 1.1 •• ^ y:: Deeemlier fl. ''• • ••' • - • —- --.y- 5E'^F-ARE R S^ X 0 G Pace Nlneteca -1 '-''I . SEBIN' THE SEAFARERS -I With WALTER SIEKMANN SIU hospital representatives were busy this week dishing out the $29 Christmas bohus from the Union Welfare Plan along with the regular hospital benefit. You could see from the response that the money certainly was welcome. Since the Christmas dough was given to any man who was in the hospital for more man one day between the 19th and 25th of December, Its possible that some of the brothers were missed during the regular weel&y visit. Anybody who didn't get hiis Christmas bonus and believes he is entitled to it should contact Welfare Services and they will be taken care of. 4^ '$1 Seafarer Adolph EUasson is finally back in the States after five weeks in the hospital out in Honolulu. Eliasson was splicing wire on the Steel Seafarer when one of the wire strands flew up and hit him in the eye. He had to be hustled to the hos­ pital and spent flve weeks put in the islands before Seafarer Alberto Espino (right) consults with SIU Welfare Services representative, Milton Flynn, he came back to Staten Island for further treatment. at headquarters, while Charles AUardice and Chang Sun wait their turn. Welfare Services is seeing to Tt that he gets all his back hospital benefits to cover his hospitalization in Honolulu. Seafarer William Gardner is on the mend at Staten Island after being in pretty bad shape. He had the doctors working on him all night when he One of the busiest ancJ most active Union departments, SIU Welfare Services, wound up first came in off the. Lavrrence Victory (Mississippi). Barcfcy Now though it seems as if he will pull through okay. another year of service to Seafarers ^d their families. Operating for the membership out of New York headquarters, the department handled approximately 10,000 individual re­ Gardner was messTnan aboard the Victory ship. One brother who ran into real ^ough luck was Kendall Kelly, AB quests for assistance in the 12-' on the Sandcaptain. He was all set to go south with the sandboat on a month period. These were in his job and what his probable earn­ Another area of Welfare Serv­ long trip when he got an attack of appendicitis. He addition to Welfare Services ings are. ices operation, partciularly in large had to be^ taken off and go into the hospital to have disbursement of SIU hospital and The sizable alien membership in cities like New York, is on housing it taken care of. disability benefits. the Union means that a consider­ problems. Some of the other brothers now up at the hospital While Welfare Services operates The requests for assistance, able number of problems arise on are Sam Vandal, night cook and baker off the Seacoming from both the men them­ Immigration matters. Here Wel­ out of New York headquarters, it train Texas, and Percival Barclay" who was baker selves and members of Seafarers' fare Services has been of consid­ can service the outports speedily aboard the Lone Jack (Cities Service). Barclay's com­ families, covered a wide variety erable help in getting shore leave and efficiently through the Union's ing through an operation in good shape. Charles of personal difficulties. In most extensions for alien members wait­ teletype communications system. Allardice» FWT, who also came off the Seatrain instances Welfare Services was ing to ship and on clearing the way Representatives in the outports can Texas, is another hospital patient. Finally i^e have able to provide valuable assistance for qualified aliens to receive resi­ then take necessary action to as-, veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen in for a Iheck-up dence visas toward US citizenship. sist the Seafarer. Kelly in resolving these problems. and further treatment. Brother Thorsen is one of A large number of tliie items the brothers getting disability benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan. dealt with through the depart­ ment deal with services to Sea­ farers who become ill or are in­ jured in the course of employment. USPHS HOSPITAI. Taib Hassen Frank Mackey Welfare Services is particularly The deaths of the following Sea­ hospital in Staten Island, NY: BALTIMORE. MD. Thomas Isaksen Vic Milazzo valuable to Seafarers who are put farers have been reported to the Burial took place at Cypress-Hills Jdhn W. Kdenan Eugene T. Nelson Roy W. BeU Michael Kudik Ludwig Kristiansen Pedro Peralto ashore overseas for hospital care. Seafarers Welfare Plan and' the cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Harry N. Byrd Tommy Lamphear Frederick I.andry Daniel Fuggiano John Castro Peter Lannon In previous years it wasn't unusual $2,500 death benefits are being Brother Centero joined the Union James J. Lawior George Shumakey Carl E. Chandler Earl McKendree Kaarel Leetmaa Robert Sizemore for men to have to wait ashore for paid to their beneficiaries: BttCord N. BeWeesc Robert McKnew in 1952 and had been sailing in James R. Lewis Henry E. Smith Oswald M. Ergle Tony Mastantino weeks or months until the company the steward department out of Francis F. Lynch Harry S. Tuttle Max FeUx Thomaa Munao Joseph D. McGraw Renato ViUata got around to repatriating them. Daniel W. Alexander, 32: On Louis .FirUe John A. Schultz New York. He is survived by his Archibald McGuigan Hurlburt M. Free Gorman T. Glaze August A. Smith Such cases are becoming rare today November 8, 1954, Brother Alex­ wife, Lee Yeng, of 48 Ludlow Feriand C. GreeS Frank W. Taylor LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSP. because SIU ship's' crews, under ander died of a lung ailment in Street, New York, NY. Michael D. Hynes Winston L. Vickera BROOKLYN. NY Michael JablonsU C. O. Winskey Jose M. CasteU the urging of Welfare Services, are the USPHS hospital in Mobile. His 4" 4> 4" "PbiUip KorolUSPHS HOSPITAL making it a regular practice to no­ place of burial is not known. August Jockei, 60: Brother JocSAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO USPHS HOSPITAL tify the Union office whenever one Brother Alexander joined the kel died in the Staten Island J. Colon SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. of the crew is taken off the ship Union in November, 1942, in Mo­ USPHS hospital on November 13, LINCOLN HOSPITAL ' Charles Brown N. Mellls BRONX. NY Max- Byers Charles Neumaier in a foreign port. bile, and has been sailing out of 1953, of natural causes. He joined Carmelo Reyes Henry Childs Joe Perreira VA HOSPITALthe steward department since that the Union in Philadelphia in 1946 Gilbert Pronutico Leo Cronsohn Family Allotments BROOKLYN. NT Colon Rose Antonio Diaz timfe. He is survived by his wife, and was sailing in the steward de­ Robert P. Rogerson W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen It was out of Welfare Services Mrs. Nettie Alexander, of 556 partment. Brother Jockei was USPHS HOSPITAL William E. WUcax Francis F. Horak ' DETROIT. MICH. experience with such cases that the State Street, Mobile, Ala. Oliver F. mein P. S. Vuzon buried at; St. Michaels Cemetery Tim Burke F. A. Lord Union wrote a new clause into its USPHS HOSPITAL $• ti in Jackson Heights, New York. He VA HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. contract providing for family al­ • Benito Centero, 63: Brother is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ber­ OTTEN, N C Charles Burton lotments to" continue where men Centero died of natural causes on tha Jockei of Queens, New York, USPHS HOSPITAL Leonard J. Frank STATEN ISLAND. NJT have been removed from a ship be­ September 2, 1953, in the USPHS NY. USPHS HOSPITAL Hussen Ahmed Donald McShane GALVESTON. TEXAS cause of illness or injury. C. H. AUardice Joseph Halone Thomas J. Dawson David L. Palla J. P. Barclay Perfecto Mangual Maintenance and cure questions R. F. Gatlca WUUam G. Trice Ivan Buckley G. Mihalopoulas Benjamin F. Grice John T. Watt also contribute considerably to the Frank Calnan . WiUiam E. Neef James H. Hawkins Robert R. White Jar Chong Joseph Neubauer department's activity. Prompt pay­ A. W. Keane Charles B. Young George Coleman James W. Parker ment of maintenance and cure is USPHS HOSPlTAt. Fred Delapenha Abe Partner # SEATTLE. WASH. Irving DeNobriga Aniceto Pedro assured Seafarers through Welfare John Quigley John J. Doherty ' Clarence Edwards Mike Michellk Samuel Doyle William L. Rackley Services. Sverre Johannessen C. Eagleson Ernesto Ramirez USPHS HOSPITAL The department also gives a G. E. Ekelund George Robinson NORFOLK. VA. Joseph Farrell variety of aid to hospitalised Sea­ MatU RuusukalUo Jessie P. Brinkley Isaac B. Duncan Brigido Figueroa Jose Salgado Robert J. Caldwell Samuel L. Warren farers. Men laid up in private hos­ George W. Flood WilUam Saltarez USPHS imSPiTAL David S. Furman Victor ShavroS pitals can have transfers arranged NEW ORLEANS. LA. Esteii Godfrey Frank Strelitz to the nearest Public Health Serv­ Henry Grzegorski Chong Sun Donald A. Alt Frank Martin ice facility and various personal Fred Hauser Samuel Vandal Julian Barrett Vincent Michel Edward R. Hillman Francis Wall Thomas Blackledge Steve Modzelewski and emergency needs can be taken Vincent Jones John W. Williams Perry Bland George C. Murphy care of by Union representatives. Frank Keelan Albert L. Willis Victor Bonura C: R. Nichols A1 Leiner V VlrgU Wilmoth George W. Books Arne V. Oisen • In the event of a Seafarer's death, Arthur Lomas N. D. Wilson Charles E. Brady William A. Padgett Welfare Services is often called NUs Lundquist ClUford Womack John E. Brady Randolph RatcliS USPHS HOSPITAL Sebastian Carregal M. J. Rodriguez upon to arrange for the funeral. FORT WORTH. TEXAS Frank Catchot Tage H. Roslund B. F. Deibler Edward J. Toelan Manuel Church But Welfare Services work goes Edward Samrock Woodrow Meyers JSamuel Cope S.' Schieffler far beyong caring for sick and in­ CITY HOSPITAL Warren W. Currier Henry Schuler MOBILE. ALABAMA George Curry jured Seafarers. Any Seafarer who Benjamin Seal WiUiam J. Hanlon Eniile P. Davles Luther Seidle runs into difficulty ashore can also SAILORS SNUG HARBOR Robert Dewey Wade H. Sexton STATEN ISLAND. NY get help. A common request, for Thomas Fields Henry Sosa Joseph Koslusky Leo Fontenot Nicholas Tala example, is one for a credit refer­ USPHS HOSPITAL Stanley A. Freeman Lonnie R. Tickle SAVANNAH. GA. ence so that seamen can purchase WUliam Grimes Marion C. Vester. Paul Bland James F. Lee Lyie Hipp A. C. Vlpperman furniture, appliances, automobiles, R. CarroUton Albert W- Lima Vincent E. Kaiie PhUUp R. Wagner homes or other items via the in­ George S. Chance Jimmie Littleton B. G. Knapp James A. WaUer J. B. tihriaty A. G. McLaughlin teo H. Lau James E. Ward stallment plan. Seafarers usually Rufus Field' J. T. Moore Theodore E. Lee Harry Wolowitz run into difficulties on credit be­ James T. Kem E^est H. Webb. USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL cause of the nature of their-em­ , MANHATTAN BEACH. NY BOSTON. MASS. Fortunato Bacomo Ho Yee Choe ployment. Welfare Services *can Frank Alasavich J. E. SenAevUleFrank Bemrick John J. Driscoll George B. Dunn Matthew A.-StabUe often overcome such difficulties by Claude Blanks Bart E. Guranick John H. Herrold George A. W^ddeU Joseph Carr John B. Haas explaining how the Seafarer gets John Hunt Slli Welfare's Tally: 10,000 Assists 'i\ Seafarers In Hospitals '-4 • 'I r-'-c"'.1 �-•( /•['• • • . 4 SEAFARERS D«c. 24. 19S4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I NTE R N ATI O N A t U N I O N > ATI Jk N Tl C A N D -G U L F DISTRICT • API '• -.. H • n—~ SlU WINS New HIGH SI76 VACATION PAY^ U^^i ifniAii. A&G Dbtrict. District pioneer til Union. MG ptei»«« of »n I . •'; • J?-' • " '' * ' : life's??] Tlfltilil''^"" '"MBI Wer V'i"*"* '«'* BMhday (£g??fcf 'Suicid^ lUl^'."! Fimntial Shape iWsllBji<W!^g'**"Mn'.<""Stt« Maritfnm Adminiifa.*^ S Winners At Schools -ViaSIU Thr«« Seifarera children ofT „ji»n To Kpose \hip Chandlers I' fi" ' ^ages vf-:. -i. ' .-r ^_.._...^,,iiBiil >iadl.d JWgWg *=^ — 1 k* *— -• TS Seafarers To Seek 49 Union Po^ in Riree and. A '^Credentials Comm. Report Go Before Membersljir In Ship Transfers ^ rttim# AdministraUon'f W.^oeer '!f\'' ' •"-' F I-: •- -"Sia^Ss. "SCI 'IB&C Dodge Union W/iisr|SoorBadi Fight Far JoUessP, An iiemiiy "• 11 / SIU Balks -r r. *vt Ahonw uncl^ !70^?^' L f5*S*i-L^ "*® BirtMai , ' :0 \ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource December 24, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 26 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEE SIU WIN AS NLRB ORDERS 3-DEPT WC VOTE SIU REJECTS CG PROPOSAL; CONGRESS MAY PROBE PLAN SEAMEN CAN NOW APPLY FOR POW $ SANDBOAT SIGNS FOR 18 MONTHS IN SA SOUTERHN DISTRICTS FEARED LOST WITH CREW 22 ABOARD MA 'HALTS' TRANSFERS - FOR A DAY NEW P & O SHIP HEADS FOR TAMPA 2 SIU CO'S FACE GOV'T LAWSUITS SIU WINS NEW GAINS DESPITE STORMY 1954 ILA MEN NIX 'SELLOUT' AGREEMENT 'PAPA' CELESTIN, JAZZ GREAT, DIES SIU MOVIE BEING SHOWN TO WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE THANKS, MEN, FOR THOSE XMAS CARDS 'NEW LOOK' IN SHIP MEALS HAILED AFTER 2-MOS. TRIAL ADMIT HUGE RAKEOFF IN INS. SALES SEAFARER'S 'BABY' - NEW GANGWAY RIG SIU SHIP AIDS IN TUG RESCUE OPEN INT'L AWARDS TO UNION MEN PMA YELPS FOR US ACTION ON PACIFICUS ANOTHER TRAGEDY SHIP SAFETY PRETTY GOOD RECORD TO ORDER: A NEW APPROACH TO SHIPBOARD MEALS IT'S NOW RING, NOT BASEBALL, DIAMOND FOR 'ADOPTEE' OF PUERTO RICO'S CREW SIU WELFARE'S TALLY: 10,000 ASSISTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/24/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f445a1f58b83fa29257d4c76a717b8f0.PDF 51e58a6c6db379f76e80bbe3bdcb201d PDF Text Text -Story on Page 2 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICiAl ORGAN OP THB SEAFARERS t N 7 E R N AT f O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL LOST SHIP UNSAFE CG HEARING TOLD T I Clampdown Bars All LSTs From Sailing -Story on Page 3 i I I Huddle Jk§ CG Hearina J^scussmg a point in the investigation of the disappearance of the LST Southern Districts, outside the Coast ™ Guard hearing room in New Orleans where an official probe is going on, Israel G. Seeger (2nd from left), associate of SIU general counsel Seymour W. Miller, talks with Seafarers Charles P. Johnsen (left), Charles E. Collins (2nd from right) and John • Flanagan, who were on the ship until her last voyage and testified .at the hearing. The missing ship had 23 men aboard. (Story on Page 3.) �Pare Two SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Grand Jury Begins Probe Of Plot To Murder Hall BpiBSiiBil HACKENSACK, NJ—A special Bergen County grand jury here began taking testimony this week in investigation of an alleged conspiracy to murder Paul Hall, secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District, SIU, at his home. The FBI, the Bi-State Waterfront Commission and law enforcement officials in four states are busy following up leads in the case in which five men have already been indicted and five other "John Doe tioned in connection with the case The money was in $100 bills and indictments have been are: was found wrapped in Tampa bank handed down. • Ben Sterling, 42, New York wrappers. Cobb told police that after the attorney, who was picked up by New York police and taken to the shots were fired he was to have Hillcrest Avenue station. He was abandoned the car and was to be I questioned there by Queens Assist­ driven by Taffe to Suffem, New Frank Green, who has reportedly ant District Attorney Thomas P. York, just over the Jersey state confessed that he was the "trigger line. There he was to catch a train man" of the alleged conspiracy. back to New York City, subse­ • Edward Taffe, 65, of West Milquently returning to Tampa by ford, NJ, indicted as a co-con­ plane. Double-Cross Seen spirator. Detective Carl De Marco of the • Carmen Priore, alias Thomas Balloting in the SIU's general election for officers .continues at prosecutor's office told newspaper Hodges, 52, of New York, indicted a near-record pace throughout the district, as in New Orleans, reporters, "If he (Cobb) had gone as a co-conspirator. where the crew of the Del Mar arrived in port to push the total through with the job and gone vote over the 1,000 mark. Here, Seafarer John R. Vazquez signs • Ray White, Tampa port agent back for his big payoff he'd have register to become the 1.000th voter in the port as membership of the SIU, who, according to Ber­ been done away with — his lips balloting committee of (1-r) Harold Jones (seated), Bill Mitchell and gen County prosecutor Guy Calissi, would have been sealed. They Vic Miorana look on. has been named by Cobb as the in­ wouldn't let him run around with dividual who hired him to do the this spending money and their job for $15,000. White is running names on his lips." against Hall for the post of secre­ Cobb himself was reported as tary-treasurer in the SIU elections saying that he had driven north which got underway November 15 earlier in the month but had got­ and will end January 15. ten cold feet and left his car with • White's brother. Steely Taffe. However, he alleged. White White, now being sought in Nor­ told him he had better go back and folk. Others who have been quesJames E. Cobb do the job. Police said Cobb told With all indications of a near-record turnout, voting in tlji them he had been warned he would Cullen. Subsequently, Sterling be "taken care of" if he failed to SIU A&G District's elections is rapidly drawing to a clos appeared for questioning before go through with the slaying. Just one week remains for Seafarers to vote' in all ports, Bergen County authorities and is Commenting on Cobb's confes­ fore the close of the balloting" scheduled to appear before the sion, Calissi declared that he was Bergen County Grand*Jury. Seafarers aboard vessels satisfied that Cobb had given a on January 15. • William Higgs, former member factual account of the plot. calling at Bangkok, Thailand, The heavy turnout was of the SIU, who was expelled for are urged to avoid losing or Cobb's arrest touched off a wide­ prompted by a record number of aiding the old ILA in its fight with spread investigation involving the candidates, 78 in all, for the 49 misplacing the so-called "land­ the AFL longshoremen's union. FBI and police of New York, New posts ing permits" issued to seamen open in uie election. Ap­ Early last year Higgs was placed Jersey, Virginia and Florida. by local authorities, at the parently the total vote will surpass on the ILA payroll and appeared risk of being denied shore Subsequently, assistant prosecu­ the 5,700 votes cast in the 1952 with ILA President William Brad­ tor Fred Galda of Bergen County election. leave while in port. Author­ ley at ILA meetings, where he went to Tampa to question White ities there report some diffi­ Committees To Be Elected culty caused by permits which attacked the SlU's role in the AFL and Higgs. White has refused to Membership meetings in all ports have been lost and have ex­ waterfront drive. He also aided waive extradition proceedings with the ILA in the preparation of the result that Governor Meyner on January 26 will elect tallying pressed concern that unau­ With the aid of clerks, cooj thorized persons may obtain scurrilous literature. of New Jersey has formally signed committees which will count the ers, checkers and other votes cast in their particular port them. For this reason, there ILA President Bradley has been papers requested his extradition. is a possibility that duplicates called to appear before the Bergen A hearing has been set for January and then forward their findings cellaneous crafts not coveV^ may not be issued and thus County Grand Jury for question­ 13 in Tampa. Meanwhile, White and the ballots to headquarters. by a longshore agreement, lea The headquarters tallying commit­ ers of the old ILA finally dr cause cancellation of shore ing. iSradley will be asked about is free on $5,000 bail. tee will serve as the tally commit­ gooned a favorable vote on ra leave for the affected seaman. funds purportedly given by him Bradley Credit Card tee for the entire district and head­ fication of a new two-year loii Seafarers who lose their land­ to Higgs and White, and about Galda reported finding evidence quarters, with the final results to shoremen's agreement. The c^ ing permits should report the Cobb's use of an airline credit card loss to the police immediately issued in Bradley's name. He will of frequent travel between New be reported to the following mem­ tract is virtully identical with agreement that longshoreii or at least before the vessel also be asked about lists of long­ York and Tampa by many of the bership meeting. | The majority of the vote was cast themselves rejected December sails. The permits are being shoremen allegedly found in principals. Airline schedules show that White and Higgs flew to New by a vote of 6,199 to 4,590. early during the balloting period, issued to provide seamen with Cobb's and Priore's possession. York on December 17, Cobb on which began on November 15. AFL forces on the docks local identification while they Shotgun In Car critical of both versions of December 18, Steely White on At stake in the election are the are ashore. According to Bergen • County December 19 and Cobb again, re­ posts of secretary-treasurer, six as­ contract because they did not prosecutor Calissi, a report was turning to Florida, on December sistant secretary - treasurers, nine vide the guaranteed eight hd received at his office on Thursday, day, 23-man gangs, sling Iq port agents and 33 patrolmen. (Continued on page 17) December 23, at 3:30 PM, that limits and other important clauq Hall was to be murdered within The only immediate gains Jan. 7. 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 1 an hour. Police and detectives im­ longshoremen were a seven ce As 1 See It Page 4 mediately rushed to Hall s home an hour wage increase. Burly Page 16 in Montvale, New Jersey. At 4:30 ILA leaders also declared Crossword Puzzle Page 8 PM, Calissi said, Cobb was arrested if the membership failed to Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 in front of Hall's home in a 1951 prove the contract on Jan. 5 tl Editorials Page 9 Chevrolet with Georgia license would be voting for a strike. Wf Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 plates. Detective Charles Fromherz the first vote was conducted:^ Members of the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Marine En­ Labor Round-Up Page 8 and Captain John Ducotf of the the Hone.st, Ballet Association, Letter of The Week Page 9 Bergen County police found a gineers have reelected incumbents to office and approved a second t. • ly was left largely, in: Letters Page 16 double-barreled shotgun and two four-year term for officials in -he union's 60-day secret ballot hands of individual ILA l<j vote. The constitutional Maritime Page 8 shells on the seat beside Cobb. unions. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Voting ran for 60 days from According to Calissi's tiffice, amendment on the ballot, in­ Meanwhile, a final breach Notices, Personals Page 17 Cobb talked freely about the plan. creasing the term of office October 1, to November 30, 1954, tween former ILA tugmen Off Watch Page 14 Cobb was quoted as saying he was from one to four years, was ap­ with ballots delivered to eligible Captain Bradley appeared wh Port Reports Pages 12, 13 originally approached by Ray proved by a majority of almost four voters in person or by, mail. Bal­ Joseph O'Hare, head of the Quiz Page 14 White two months ago, and was to one, well over the necessary lots were counted by a rank and local that recently returned to SIU History Cartoon Page 6 promised $2,000 down and $13,000 two-thirds required for ratifica­ file committee at the union's De­ AFL, revealed Bradley was cember membership meeting in tempting to break up the ut Vote of Thanks Page 9 to be paid later on by Sterling in tion. Washington News Letter. Page 7 Tampa for the assassination. On O'Hare charged that "Bradley| BME President Wilbur Dickey, New York' headquarters. Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 subsequent occasions, Cobb said, who was unopposed, was elected to Approximately 90 percent of the preached some of our deleg Welfare Report Page 18 he came to New York to discuss his second term. Others elected engineers eligible to vote took part with lavish promises of mone Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 the matter with White and with were Raymond McKay and John W. in the election. they would desert Local 333 Taffe and Priore. organize for the ILA." Bra Regan, vice-presidents; Raymond The BME was chartered by the Published biweekly at the headquarters Calissi said further that police Doell, treasurer; and an executive SIU of North America in 1949, and confirmed the breach by peti of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth found $2,000 in Taffe's home which board of three rank and file mem­ was granted its autonomy in 1953. ing the tug owners for a con 9-66I*. Entered as tecend class matter Cobb said was given to Taffe for bers, Gordon Small, Leon Berlage It held its first election in the. faU iii the name of the now-de| at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under |L^. maiine divisioq., tijjs pqrt In the abortive consij^racy. the Act of August 24, 1912. . - • Those indicted thus far in elude the following: •James Cobb, 33, alias SIU Election To End Jan. 15; Voting Heavy DouH Lose That Bangkok ^Visa^ ILA Rigs Pact Okay In 2iid Voti SEAFARERS LOG BME Votes Officers For Four'Year Term r V- �SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet* Ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9. All Seafarers reglsiered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. Page Three 'Districts' Probe Opens; Cancel All L5T Sailings NEW ORLEANS— Damaging testimony by Seafarers that the missing LST, Southern Districts, was an unseaworthy rustbucket, was underscored by Coast Guard withdrawal of ocean-going certificates for all other LST-type ships. Further, evidence was offered at Coast Guard hearings here that the ship was carrying far more tonnage than was originally reported and the question has been raised as to whether or not the ship was overloaded. The Southern Districts was en route from Port Sulphur, Louisiana, to Bucksport, Maine, with a 23-man Suez Canal Blocked By Tanker Crash crew aboard when it vanished without a trace some­ where between Florida and Maine. An intensive air-sea search begun on December 11 was called off on the 21st without turning up a trace of the ship. It was not until January 2 that a lifering of the missing ship turned up off the Florida Keys. A sister ship, the Southern Isles, was lost three years ago off Cape Hatteras with 17 of her crew. — kin in this country is an uncle liv­ The Coast Guard's ac­ ing in Norfolk, Va. Previously, 11 tion was viewed as virtually other Seafarers and two SUP mem­ Radiophoto shows Liberian flag tanker World Peace jammed up against railway swing bridge at El Ferdan in Suez Canal. Tanker ran into bridge on December 31, causing a three-day jam of ship­ ping at both ends of the vital waterway. Dad Lost, Family Of 5 Faces Uncertain Future Lake Charles, La.—Like 23 other families struck by tragedy in the loss of the Southern Districts, Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols faces the New Year with a heavy heart—and the future of providing for her four small children without their father. Seafarer Thomas Nichols, 29, was AB aboard the ill-" fated ship. For the present, Mrs. Nich­ ols plans to remain at her resi­ dence near Lake Charles until the oldest of her children, nine-yearold Winston, completes his present school term. After that, she said, she may move to Birmingham to live with a sister. The first word Mrs. Nichols had that the ship with her husband aboard was missing was when an account of the search for the Southern Districts appeared in the daily newspapers. Since then she contacted the company offices of the Southern Steamship Company, operator of the ship, in Wilming­ ton. SIU representatives have been constant contact with her since It first became known the ship was missing. At first, Mrs. Nichols was In dire financial circumstances. Then, SIU Welfare Services ad­ vanced her $100 and now the com­ pany has sent to her $153.80, repre­ senting the new amount of wages due her husband, plus $500 as his clothing allowance. Decision to Come Questions concerning what may have been the fate of the missing Southern Districts are holding up payment to Mrs. Nichols of the SIU's $2,500 death benefit, a $1,000 double indemnity insurance policv which her husband had in force Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols is shown at home with her four children, Winston, 9; Thomas T. Jr., 2; Johnny Ray, four months and Freda Gai^ 3. Loss of husband aboard Southern Districts has left her with virtually no financial resources. and insurance which would pay out the balance due on a 1954 automo­ bile which Nichols purchased re­ cently. These questions may be settled by the Coast Guard ruling expected to result from a hearing in the Southern Districts case now being conducted by a Coast Guard investigating board in New Orleans. Meanwhile, Mrs. Nichols i^ fnak- ing ends meet on the sums she has received to date. Won't Abandon Hope Of course, she and the children, Winston; Freda Gail, 3; Thomas T. Jr., 2 and Johnny Ray, four months, will be the last to give up the final ray of hope that some clue to the missing Southern Districts and the fate of the crew'will'bd UhcoVer^d: confirming charges that the Southern Districts was an un­ safe vessel for seagoing pur­ poses. An announcement handed to the press at the start of the hearings stated, "The commandant of the Coast Guard has withdrawn authorization for unlimited ocean and coastwise routes for LSTt y p e vessels." Coast Guard in­ spectors are al­ ready boarding LST's upon ar­ rival in port and picking up their ' Gelardos certificates, jjending further action. Indications are that the ships will be severely restricted in fu­ ture movements if allowed to sail at all. Ten LST's still sailing are affected by the order including four other SlU-contracted ships: the Southern States and Southern Cities, sister ships of the South­ ern Districts; the Bethcoaster (Calmar); and Excello (Excello). Other ships affected are the tend­ ers S-21, S-23, S-24 owned by the California Company, New Orleans; the R. W. Mcllvain, owned by the Pure Oil Company; the Coos Bay, owned by H. W. Irwin of Oregon; and the Eagle, owned by Gulf Oil. SIU Represented Hearings on the loss of the Southern Districts and her 23-man crew opened with SIU representa­ tives in attendance, and participatRepresenting the office of SIU General Counsel Seymour W. Mil­ ler at the hearing is Israel G. Seegar. Three members of the Sea­ farers Union who had sailed with the ship testified as to the poor condition of the vessel. Numei'ous leaks, malfunctioning cf pumps and steering gear, rusted, nearly rotted-through decks, doggeddown "doorways to crew quarters, and wooden plugs in holes below the waterline were cited as con­ tributing to the unseaworthiness of the missing ship. Victor Matukas, loading foreman at Port Sulphur also testified, stat­ ing that he had put 3,900 tons of ore into the hold at the direction of the captain. First repoi'ts had it that the ship was carrying only 2,659 tons. This raised the'ques­ tion, of an overload, and subse­ quently, there was doubt indicated that the ship had sufficient free­ board. Meanwhile, the Southern Steam­ ship Company, operators of the Southern Districts, belatedly added another name tq the list of miss­ ing crewmembers. He, is Sotlrios Gelardos; OS; 22,' whose next of bers were listed as missing along with nine officers. The hearings heard the ill-fated ship described by Seafarer Charles E. Collins, AB, as "one big bucket of rust" at the time he got off the vessel in the Todd Shipbuilding Company yards here just before she sailed on her last voyage. The vessel was put in drydock here for repairs after having run aground in Tampa. •Afraid Of Ship' Collins testified he had been going to sea since 1939 and the Southern Districts was the "first ship in my life 1 was ever afraid to ride." Explaining he left the ship after being a member of the crew about three months, Collins said he just didn't want to make the trip North "in the rough weather you find up there at this time of the year. "She groaned and creaked too much for me," he testified. "She was a terrible steering ship. If the weather got just a little rough, she would fall off as much as 10 to 15 degrees and nobody said anything because nobody, the officer on watch or anybody else, could do any better." Patches Over Holes Collins said it was the practice never to do any chipping aboard the Southern Districts, but to paint over the rusty deck and hull plates. On four different occasions, he said, he saw the mate welding patches over holes on deck. Once, he said, the chief mate (Continued on page 17) Boss Still Chisels Pay You think the bosses today are any better when it comes to chisel­ ing their employees on overtime and other items than the employers of years ago? Not according to the US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Divi­ sion, which investigated 6.600 firms in the New York-New Jersey area during the year just ended. The Federal ageney found that one out of every two employers investigated had violated either the overtime, minimum wage or ehild labor requirements of the law. The Federal wage minimum is now 75 cents per hour. Viola- • tions on this score alone were found in 450 cases. On the good side, the division also reported a collection totalling $1.2 niillion in back wages for 16,000 workei's throughout its jurisdictions ' �raie Four I15;'-^' SEArARBRS January 7. 195S tOC 'Right-T«-Work' Laws REVIEW of TRIALS and APPEALS # CONDUCTED JULY-DECEMBER 1954 f This is the fourth review of trials and ap­ peals conducted under the SIU's constitu­ tion and printed every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG. This review covers the period from July 1, 1954, through December. 31,1954. Once again, the limited number of cases reflects the determination of the membership in all but a handful of instances to abide by the standards adopted by the membership in the Union's constitution. The first trials and appeals report, believed to be\inique in the labor movement, was is­ sued on July 10, 1953, and subsequent reports have been issued at the six-month intervals. As specified in the SIU constitution, all trials must be conducted by elected rank and file trial committees from which officials are barred. Standard courtroom procedure is followed as closely as possible, with proper notification of the accused, cross-examina­ tion, presentation of defense witnesses and similar procedures provided for. The consti­ tution also specifies ah appeals procedure to a rank and file appeals committee, as well as a final appeal to the international convention. All such steps pass for review before Union membership meetings. In the last six months there have been six trials, all of which resulted in findings of guilt. In one trial the membership non-con­ curred in the findings, turning down the trial committee's recommendations. There were no appeals made during the period. Names of accused individuals and of their accusers are not used for purposes of publica­ tion. September 9, 1954 September 23, 1954 December 2. 1954 Accused: B-770, Accuser: S-3. Accused: Z-33, Accusers: S-2, S-33. Accused: S-823. Accusers: T-5, W-1. Charges: While a crewmember aboard the Steel Seafarer, accused was found to have marijuana in his possession and was taken off ship by Customs officials. Trial Committee: Peter Jomides J-65, D. B. Moon M-664, George Fleming F-138, Michael Dusevitch D-433. J. T. Higgins H-43. E. A. Olsen 0-37. Findings: Guilty as charged. $100 fine and one year's probation. (Above findings were non-concurred In by the memberahip as penalty levied was In violation of the SIU constitution.) i t November 18. 1954 4" Accused: C-221, Accuser: M-1. Charges: On evening of November 10, 1954, in the course of special dedication ceremonies for new Union Hall in Balti­ more, accussed became intoxicated and used violent, abusive and obscene lan­ guage in presence of members, officials and guests. Trial Committee: C. Bedell B-139, G. Perry P-371, R. Musselwhite M-293, W. B. Baylors S-633, H. Wheeler W-179. Findings: Guilty as charged. Suspended 90 days and a $50 fine. Charges: Entered Baltimore hall on Sep­ tember 20 in drunken condition and inter­ fered with agent's discharge of duties by invading port agent's office and disrupt­ ing conduct of Union business. Behaved in a disorderly manner in the Union hall. Trial Committee: James Corcoran C-18. A. Bearden B-204, Charles Moss M-502, Vincent Quinn Q-10, Kay Nichoison N-161, Robert Pomerlane P-437. Findings: Guilty as charged. "$50 fine and an apology to the port agent. 4" August 12, 1954 t 4" Charges: Came into New Orleans hall badly ^Intoxicated. When asked to leave hall by authorized official refused to do so. Had to be removed from hall on four separate occasions when intoxicated and caused disturbance in the process. Trial Committee: S. Mancino M-386, C. Lewellyn L-194, C. Wright W-239. W. Mitchell M-22, H. Gunther G-174. Findings; Guilty on both counts. $fOe fine. $ 4^ jr December 2, 1954 Accused: F-216, Accuser: W-1. Accused: 0-12, Accusers: D-136, B-137, Charges: Accused, without authoriza­ C-95, L-285. tion from the membership, employed an Charges: Left watch in engine room temporarily but failed to return and was found sleeping in quarters under influ­ ence of alcohol. On various other occa­ sions turned to under influence of alcohol causing general disturbance aboard ship. Trial Committee: H. B. Belts B-395, J. Johnston J-225, W. A. Young Y-5, J. W. Ward W-4, H. H. Hurlstone H-375. Findings: Guilty as charged. $50 fine. outside commercial photographer, and at­ tempted to get him into the New Orleans hall to take photographs of special Union proceedings and information, for the pur­ pose of unauthorized and unlawful dis­ closure of such private Union business and proceedings. Trial Committee: Same as above. Findings: Guilty. Expelled from mem­ bership. Crew Blasts Transfer 'Piracy' NORFOLK—Crewmembers aboard the former SIU ship Seacoral dramatized the protest of all American seamen against the Maritime Administration's ship transfer policy last week when they hoisted the traditional flag of piracy—the skull and crossbones—on their vessel to emphasize that it was pirat­ ing American wage standards ship's American registry was actu­ "Jolly Roger" on the ship's stern. and stealing American sea­ ally surrendered on Dec. 25, the The vessel's career as a "pirate m... ji,(.,... men's jobs. The Seacoral and six other ves­ sels were approved for transfer to foreign registry during the past two weeks in a "clarification" of the MA'S earlier-announced "halt" on trainpship transfers. The Gov­ ernment ship agency completely reversed itself one day after de­ claring no more transfers would be permitted, when US tramp opera­ tors raised a howl. Fifty-seven dry cargo Liberty ships had been okayed for transfer to Panamanian and Liberian regis­ try when the short-lived "halt" in transfers was called last month. Now the "clarification" has already given the green light to seven more. It is explained by the MA as a move to enable vessel owners whose applications for transfers were already processed to take ad­ vantage of the Government escape hatch transfer policy. 23 SIU Ships Gone Nineteen former SlU-contracted vessels have already been trans­ ferred, in addition to the Seacoral and three others of those just okayed, the Taddei (Shipenter), National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Marven (Interna­ tional Navigation). Thus, a total of 23 SlU-manned ships are involved cut of 64 US Libertys which have switched registry altogether. Reports indicate that there are up to 12 more transfer applica­ tions pending before the MA, some or all of which still may be ap­ proved. About one-third of these are probably SIU ships also. Meanwhile, events aboard the Seacoral, which arrived here De­ cember 31 from Yugoslavia to load coal for Japan, caused somewhat of a sensation. Although the ' Opening gun in AFL-CIO efforts to block adoption of anti-labor "right-to-work" law in Maryland was fired recently by Father William J, Kelley of Catholic University, noted authority on labor legislation. The clergyman called "right-to-work" laws "immoral.** His remarks kicked off rally for Maryland labor held in hiring hall of new SIU Baltimore hall. new Liberian registry did not ar­ rive until six days later-. Thus, with the ship in port and officially no longer entitled to fly the US flag, SIU crewmembers hoisted the ship" ended soon after, however. The Liberian registry papers and a new crew of Greek seamen ar­ rived to take over, and she became just another "runaway" instead. Travelers Check Draws End Exchange Rate Loss A favorable response toward the SlU-sponsored use of travelers checks for issuance of draws in foreign ports has been reported from the Steel Apprentice. Although the- ship stopped in obscure ports where currency exchange can tain went ashore and dug up some be a real headache and where local exchange. Better Money Exchange travelers checks are not wide­ ly known. Seafarer Leon White reported that the checks proved their worth. White, who was chief electrician aboard the Apprentice, said that the only difficulties came in a few shoreside shops where local people were not familiar with the way travelers checks work. He predict­ ed though that once their use becomes general. Seafarers will have no difficulties on that score. Used In Basra Among ports in which the travel­ ers checks were used satisfactorily were such out-of-the-way places as Basra in Iraq and Massawa, Eri­ trea. Of particular advantage. White noted, was the fact that draws could be issued the night before arrival in port, eliminating the alltoo-common aggravating delay in issuance of currency. Under the old system, the crew often had to wait for . the draw while the cap­ The travelers checks meant that crewmembers were receiving the equivalent of US money, which they could exchange themselves. TR most places this meant getting a better rate of exchange than they would get otherwise and con­ sequently more purchasing power for the dollar. The advantage of carrying the equivalent of American money was underscored by the experience of the Steel Artisan crew last sum­ mer at an Iranian port. The com­ pany agent in the port gave the crew Iranian rials at the rate of only 32 to the dollar. The legal rate of exchange at the time was 80 to 90 rials to the dollar. The Union has since taken this matter up with the company, and the Seafarers involved are now en­ titled to receive the difference between what they got and the legal exchange rate, amounting in some cases to as much as $100 a man. MENTION OF THE WORDS "TAFT-HARTLEY" TO LAWMAKERS and other interested parties usually stirs up a dust-cloud of argument and controversy. However, despite the emotional nature of the issue, the incoming Congress could perform a great service to the nation if it set afoot a move to examine just how the law has been working in certain areas. After all, Taft-Hartley has been on the books for VA years now. Leaving the legal technicalities and the political slogans out of the picture, there is a good opportunity now to examine how the law has been administered in certain areas and how it has worked out in various industries. Such an examination would determine, among other things, whether the law has worked to stabilize management-labor relations in any given area. The examination would be of particular value if it took a long hard look at various vital industries, including the mari­ time industry. Your Union cannot vouch for what is happening elsewhere, but it is the contention of the SIU that the administration of T-H in maritime has served to hurt legitimate unions in this industry and promote the interests of the waterfront section of the Communist Party. This is a serious charge, but your Union is convinced that it is in a position today to offer definite and very real evidence on that score. The manner in which the law is being administered by the National Labor Relations Board is opening the floodgates to the Party and on the verge of giving it a field day in maritime. All parties will agree, including the Seafarer, the shipowner and the administration in Washington, that the worst thing that could happen is to let any section of the industry fall into the hands of the water­ front Communists. The chaos and instability that would result would be a severe blow to our merchant marine, which is already plagued by numerous problems. Yet the narrow, legalistic outlook employed by the Labor Board is in effect promoting the chaos that the law seeks to avoid. The sittiation today calls for a realistic approach to what could be­ come a major national problem. This organization is ready and willing to make its case before any interested Congressional committee. Your Union believes that there is a genuine opportunity here for interested Congressional groups, to put a halt to developments that could be detrimental to this nation's security. 4' 4" t YOUR UNION, AMONG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HAS BEEN putting up a beef for quite some time about the use of "runaway" flags for ship registry. While this has been of considerable concern to the maritime Industry, those on. the outside have not felt the impact and consequently have shown little interest in the problem. Now, it appears that some people are trying to interest other corpo­ rate enterprises in registering a dummy front outfit in Liberia as a means of escaping US wages and taxes, just as the shipowner does. It has been suggested, seriously, that motion picture produ-'.-on com-j panics be incorporated in Liberia. The production companies would be created as dummies for the purpose of making films overseas in other countries for the American market. Neither the country in which the film was made, nor the US, would be able to tax the profits made by the production company which would be a "Liberian" concern. All this, of course, would be quite different from the practice of cer­ tain Hollywood outfits of making pictures "on location" overseas,! since these companies are still US firms and subject to US taxes. YetJ even this practice has been cause for concern for craft unions in thef industry whose employment is affected accordingly. It appears then, that Liberian registry possibly offers a threat tc far more than the maritime industry, and the practice should rightlj become the concern of'all of the'dabor'movement. �rr JmaUmrr 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Pain» Fhr* Movie Go's Also Eye $ CG Playing 'Possum As Under Flag Of Liberia Seafarers Rap Test Plan . Professor Frabjous J. Entwhislle's dream is coming true. .J'he apparent reluctance of the Coast Guard to announce open hearings on its proposed A New York attorney and accountant has suggested, seri­ system of physical and mental tests for screening seamen has failed to halt the snowballing ously, that US motion picture companies should incorporate opposition to the plan this week as Seafarers in all ports echoed the SIU's formal rejection oi the scheme. in Liberia to escape US taxes• A resolution adopted unani­ sist of an exhaustive series of ex­ industry late last year. Following and wages, after the fajhion pany pays no taxes tP Liberia be­ mously at the New Orleans aminations to check mental and the publication of a story in the of US steamship companies. cause all its business is done out­ branch meeting December 15 and physical characteristics such as a LOG on the subject, a spokesman Readers of the SEAFARERS LOG will remember that Professor Pntwhistle, a handy figment of the imagination, put forth a grandiose theory of mass transfer of Ameri­ can industry to runaway flags. His theoix as appearing in the August 20 LOG, was simple enough. If all of American industry followed the e.xample of shipping companies and transferred to runaway flags, their profits would be tremendous because they wouldn't- have to worry about wage standards, safety provisions, taxes, strict inspection systems and the like. Of course, under the non-existent professor's system, millions of Americans would be unemployed and the US standard of living would go to pot, a slight handicap that doesn't seem to worry the transfer addicts. Straight From Shipowners Now an attorney named Julian Weiner actually wants to translate this fantasy into the real thing. Weiner learned all about it by working for a shipping company— naturally. In a headlined story in "Variety," show business bible, he says that American film companies "have neglected to investigate the possibilities of Liberia, to his know­ ledge the world's only democracy where native corporations aren't required to pay taxes in income derived from outside the country." In other words, shipping com­ panies incorporated in Liberia don't pay any income tax as long as they stay away from that coun­ try—something which isn't too hard for a busy shipowner tp do. Movie companies, says Weiner, can do the same thing. It's all very simple, says Weiner. The movie company, organizes a Liberian corporation. The Liberian corporation makes the picture somewhere outside of Liberia. The picture is sold to a US distributing company, with the sale taking place outside the US. Consequently, the Liberian com­ side of that country. And it owes npthing to Uncle Sam either. Even if the company was incor­ porated in Liberia but had to make its picture in the US it would not have to pay taxes on earned income from showing the picture in for­ eign countries. "Ultimately," Weiner concludes, "the earnings of the Liberian com­ pany, accumulated tax-free, could be distributed to its stockholders via a corporate liquidation taxable as capital gain." —Move over Professor Entwhistle. Make room for a real-life rival. concurred in by the district-wide membership at the last meeting pointedly supported the SIU dec­ laration of Nov. 26 that "if any proposals such as that advanced by the Coast Guard go into effect in any shape or form whatever, that the Uhion is prepared to reopen its contract and negotiate a pension plan specifically to protect Sea­ farers who are deprived of their livelihood by the Coast Guard's scheme." There has been little favorable comment so far on the CG's pro­ posed brain-body tests, which con­ man's sense of smell, family back­ passed off the, entire affair as ground, shipboard record (as seen something very tentative and a by the captain) and similar items. matter which was yet to be put 'Questionable,' Says Expert before the Coast Guard's legal de­ Many medical authorities, in­ partment. cluding a psychiatrist who renThe "maritime unions" had comdered an opinion on the proposals ; pletely misinterpreted the intent of at the request of the SEAFARERS the CG, he said. Most observers LOG, sharply question the value of were inclined to discount the ex­ the entire procedure for determin­ planation that CG attorneys hadn't ing the man's fitness to sail. even seen the proposals as highly Meanwhile the Coast Guard con­ unlikely in the case of such an ex­ tinues to maintain silence on what plosive matter. Pressed to name it plans to do regarding the draft a date and place for a hearing on of physical and mental standards the proposals before they are put which it began circulating in the into effect, the CG still remains miute. Attack On Jones Act In line with SIU members' de­ nunciation of the scheme as "an outright power grab which could result in blackballing out of the industry any seaman now sailing" and "an underhanded attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipown­ ers," an analysis of the entire Coast Guard draft by a man who has been sailing as a master for years and who has suffered from diabetes for 30, is particularly in­ teresting. Preferring to remain anonymous, the captain, now a harbor pilot, notes how the regular meal hours and steady life aboard ship have aided him immeasurably in his affliction and adds that under the CG scheme of things he, as a dia­ betic, would not be allowed to sail. He adds that the same could apply to such sea immortals as Matthew F. Maury, a diabetic who later also •suffered the loss of both legs. An outstanding seaman a century ago, Maury's discoverie.S^n ocean cur­ rents and similar data are still vital to navigation many years after his death. Also cited as being unac­ ceptable under the Coast Guard's plan would be George Washington Explanation of how SIU shipping system works is presented by Union headquarters representative because of facial smallpox scars Keith Terpe (right) to group from New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cor­ and John Paul Jones because of nell University. They are, (left to right) Joseph Risluccia, Professor Maurice Neufeld, Seafarer Ed his background of illegitimacy. Larkin, who arranged for the visit, and Miss Naomi Spatz. Larkin is currently attending the school. If' College Group Briefed On Rotary Shipping YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Vacuum Cleaner Deals So many workingmen's families are buying expensive vacuum cleaners from house-to-house canvassers on the installment plan that it's time we have a frank airing of this problem before many .Seafarers' families get involved in these costly deals. Buying a vacuum cleaner solely on the basis of a home demonstration without comparing other makes is definite­ ly not the way to shop. Some families who can ill afford the expense, have found themselves signed up to pay as much as $250 for a cleaner with a lot of extra attachments. Some other makes of cleaners sold house-to-house cost $00-$100. "This is not as steep as $250, but even so, you should know that you can go to a store and buy one of several makes of excellent cleaners for as little as $50-$60, and often, less. The lower prices do not mean these vacuum cleaners are inferior. In fact, some of the lesscostly cleaners are actually more efficient than several of the most expensive makes sold by canvassers. In one case, 'the canvassers gain admittance to the homes by representing that your name has been picked out for a TV quiz. As one woman reports her experience: "You get a phone call stating that your name has been picked, and would you be home on such and such a night;. In order to verify that, the caller says, they will have a man call the same day and he will tell you about the quiz, ^ut when he calls, he has the cleaner." • In the first place, the Government home economists have recommended, don't buy a cleaner for the attach­ ments. Dirt-removal capacity .and convenieiice oL use are more important. You can generally add attachments as you need them. The $250 set mentioned above has such varied attachments as one for polishing or waxing floors; another for polishing silver, shai'pcning knives, etc.; a sprayer and other attachments. But if you really did need all these tools, you could buy separate ones, plus an ex­ cellent vacuum cleaner, for much less than the cost of this set. Tips on Buying Cleaners Canister-type vacuum cleaners have become popular because they are compact and easy to emptly. They have no dust bag but use paper disposal bags or dust containers which are easy to empty. Too, many of the canister clesfners are more powerful than tank or cylinder-type cleaners, and thus'more efficient for cleaning large rug areas. In shopping for a cleaner, one of the points to compare is the motor capacity. Some of the more powerfui tank and canister-type cleaners have one-half to one horsepower motors. Here are other points to check; Try out the various makes of cleaners to see which clean well and are convenient to handle. See if the dust contain|r or bag is easy to remove, the cord is long enough, the attachments are easy to insert, and the rugcleaning nozzle is adjustable to different heights of rug pile. One of the most reasonably priced of all the canistertype cleaners is the Eureka Roto-Matic. Even at its list price of $69.50 it sells for $20-$30 less than other national brands, and many discount houses and independent re­ tailers sell it at net prices ranging from $41 to $54. It is an outstanding value, and is S convenient and efficient c^aner. ... • . - . Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Among other well-made canister vacuum cleaners are the Lewyt, Apex and Universal, although they cost more than the Eureka. Among the more reasonable and well-made tank-type cleaners, the Hamilton Beach is well-constructed and one of the most convenient to use. It moves on swivel wheels instead of skids like most tank cleaners. Hoover cleaners are generally powerful and well constructed but are among the costlier makes. The mail-order houSes—Sears, Montgornery-Ward, Alden's and Spiegel—also have their own brand vacuum cleaners at reasonable prices. The Montgomery-Ward cleaners are made by Eureka and are excellent quality. For a small home where there are no large rug areas to clean, and where the cleaner is used largely for gen­ eral household cleaning, a light but efficient low-priced make is the Regina Elektrikbroom. It weighs only six and one-half pounds and can be hung in a closet like a broom. It lists at $49.40 but is available at discounts for $40 or less. Beware Bait Ads As this department has warned before, avoid being caught by bait ads on television and in newspapers for rebuilt cleaners at fantastically low prices, like $12.50 or $15. These offers are generally a ruse to get you down to a store .where the salesman disparages his own "bar­ gain" cleaner and attempts to high-pressure you into buy­ ing a much more expensive one. If the salesman is reluc­ tant to sell you the advertised special and attempts to get you to buy a higher-priced cleaner, you will be safer shopping elsewhere., , n 's • - n, --"•I • 4 �JsBuarr 7, idte itlFiiREkk idc W' Union Host At Holiday Feasts m m: m FIELDS TO STAY IN HUNGARY—The mystery of Noel Field ap­ parently will remain unsolved. The Hungarian government has an­ nounced that Field and his wife had asked for and received asylum In that country. Both had recently been released from Hungarian jails after disappearing behind the Iron Curtain five years ago. Still to be heard from is Hermann Field, brother of Noel, who was imprisoned by Poland and recently released. si- ii> S> t> DRAFT CUTS ANNOUNCED—A scheduled reduction in the Army from 3,300,000 to 2,815,000 was announced by the Defense Department. Further draft calls will be cut in half from 23,000 to about 11,000 a month and draftees will have their term of service reduced to 23 and 22 months as against two full years at present. it NEW MOSCOW PURGES—Four more Soviet officials have been shot after a military trial on charges that they were associated with the conspiracy of the late Lavrenti Beria, former secret police head. West­ ern observers, on the basis of evidence available, conclude that mili­ tary leaders are gaining more and more control in the Soviet Union. 4i Sparkling new Baltimore cafeteria had full house for Christmas Day dinner. 4 3) INSECURE SECURITY CLEARANCES—Security clearance methods of Government agencies will undergo Congressional L vestigation as the result of contradictory treatment of a veteran Federal employee. The employee. Wolf Ladejinsky, has worked in Japan for several years as a land reform expert and was given full clearance by the State Department. Recently his job was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and he was then dismissed as a security risk on the basis of his personal file in the State Department. FRENCH REVERSE SELVES ON GERMAN ARMS—After first voting down German rearmament, the French Chamber of Deputies reversed itself and finally approved proposals to bring West Germany into the European military alliance. The first vote on Christmas Eve caused anxious concern in the US and Britain. Despite the subsequent re­ versal the whole episode emphasized France's dubious outlook toward German arms. 4" i 3) HOLIDAY DEATH TOLLS SOAR—A two day Christmas weekend chalked up a record of 391 traffic deaths with another 123 deaths from other causes. Officials were busy toting up New Year's weekend traffic deaths, a holiday which usually produces large numbers of auto accidentf COLD WAVE GRIPS ALASKA, SIBERIA —Fort Yukon, Alaska, shivered from a chilly 66 degrees below zero last week while radio reports from Siberia spoke of temperatures of 88 below zero. The coldest weather recorded is 90 below zero, a reading, taken in 1892, Family of Seafarer Robert Banister (left) celebrated holiday in New Orleans. in a Siberian village, but it is believed that Antarctica's interior can On the heels of the successful Thanksgiving dinners served to Seafarers on the beach outdo that performance, in all ports, the Union again played host to the shoreside membership on both Christmas and New Year's Day, Turkey was king on both occasions as Seafarers toasted the holiday season in proper style. —— The Christmas dinner also tained on New Year's day. The sahdwiches on New Orleans French served to inaugurate the new­ new Baltimore hall cafeteria was bread, plus cases of ice cold beer. .t IV' ly-refurbished recreation room in the SlU's New Orleans hall. Only finishing touches and installation of equipment remain to be done in the new room which will serve as the recreation center for Seafar­ ers on the beach in that port. At headquarters, 286 Seafarers, wives, children and other guests enjoyed the Christmas dinner of turkey and smoked ham, while a smaller number, 238, were enter- host to another large group of Sea­ farers, with other halls setting up for meals in the hiring hall or in nearby eating places. Monday Treat :New Orleans Seafarers got some extra kicks out of the holiday fes­ tivities when they showed up for the Monday morning job call, two days after Christmas. They found a supply of leftovers on hand in the form of turkey and ham 4> All hands enjoyed an Impromptu snack right after the 11 AM job call with the patrolmen doing the honors. The holiday dinners have been traditional with the SIU for the past few years, and always attract a good number of Seafarers who have gotten off their ships to be PARIS TO PERFUME SUBWAYS—The llibway system in Paris will home for the holidays, or who are be perfumed with woodsy scents in an effort to make underground on the beach waiting to ship out. travel more attractive. Thus far there has been no word from New during the holiday week. York, Philadelphia or other US subway towns on plans to follow suit Cartoon History Of The SIU Due to the fighting in Korea, in July, 1950, the drafting of men into the armed forces was speeded up. Deferments were given men in some essential 4ndustries, but seamen weren't included in this cate­ gory. The SIU warned of the dangers if any real shortage of skilled seagoing manpower developed. 4i STOPS ON DIME AT 632 MPH—An Air Force officer came to a dead stop from a speed of 632 miles per hour in IVi seconds in special Air Force tests. The only ill effects suffered were two black eyes re­ sulting from his eyes being thrown forward against his eyelids. The test was conducted on a rocket sled mounted on rails. Air Force scientists estimated that the officer was subjected to pressures equal­ ling 35 times his own weight. * ^ ^ ^ PERU LOTTERY HUNTS FOR 325G WINNER—Officials of Peru's national Christmas lottery are still looking for the holder of the win­ ning ticket, worth $325,000 in American money. No one has turned up to claim the cash. Bran Call The problem grew serious as more ships came out of the mothball fleets. The Union got deferments for some rated men, but the practice's of local boards varied. Some men were deferred, while others sailed into the ^ar zone with troops and sup­ plies and then were drafted off the ships. No. 80 Since there was ho firm national draft deferment policy, tffe SIU took its case to the draft directors in each state. Still the confusion continued. Final­ ly, in December, the Maritime Administration called • a m'eeting of all sea unions on the issue. The draft­ ing of ^skilled seamen continued unchecked, however. �January 7, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG page Seven SIU NEWSLETTER Tips For Seanieii On Filing 1954's Revisrd Income Tax It now appears that most of the maritime legislative proposals to be considered by the 84th Congress which just convened in this city will ^ be those sponsored by the Government, rather than by industry. These measures are those included in the so-called Murray Report, put out some time ago by the Commerce Department. They will include recom­ mendations which will be of aid to both subsidized and non-subsidized American steamship lines. Many of the Commerce Department proposals will prove to be more or less noncontroversial. HoVrever, one in particular, and incidentally one of the most important, will be subject to criticism by the General Accounting Office and possibly the Bureau of the Budget. This is the ship construction revolving fund which both the Commerce Department and steamship lines want to restore to existing law. Such authority originally appeared in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act but subsequently Congress refused to appropriate moneys for the fund. Into this fund would go appropriations for vessel construction and certain receipts from Government mortgages and sales of vessels. 4^ 4. t With the going getting a little tougher for some lines, US-flag com­ panies can be expected to push for Congressional sapction, or for Mari­ time Administration permission, to continue to transfer vessels to foreign flag, and without restrictions which have been imposed in the past by the MA. The flrst'shot in such a campaign was fired recently when a group of companies took the position that restrictions imposed in recent years by the Government on transfers appear open to challenge. Thus, not only will they seek the right to transfer, but want the privilege of doing so without any strings tied to the deal. ' 4" 4- The White House* is thinking in terms of crippling the 50-50 shipping ,law passed last year under which at least 50 percent of aid cargoes would be carried by US-flag vessels. The strong possibility is that President Eisenhower will ask that this law be amended so as to exempt , from its application US surplus agricultural commodities sold abroad for foreign currencies. In addition, he may ask for exemption in the various off-shore routes, engaged in by (ramp lines—foreign-to-foreign . ports not involving US areas. The 50-50 law passed last year specifically included agricultural com­ modities and foreign-to-foreign trades. President Eisenhower, after signing this measure in the last Congress, asked the Justice Department for a special report on its vai-ious features. However, many quarters here feel that it is doubtful whether such a report will be made at all in that the President now would rather have no such opinion at all than a written adverse (to him) report from Justice. 4" 4" 41 Many steamship interests in this city, contacted by this reporter, appear ready to sit back this year and not suggest too much in the way of maritime legislation. However, they are very much interested in, and will watch closely, the action of Congressional Appropriations Committees to attempt to prevent riders and strings being tacked on to maritime appropriations. For example, there is a good chan^ again this year that the House or Senate Appropriation Committee, in connection with appropriations for the Foreign Operations Administration, will attempt a rider to the effect that no funds shall be used for ocean transportation in an amount higher than the world market rate—which means simply that American tramps would get little of the FOA aid cargoes, with foreign tramps carrying the vast majority. Such a move on the part of the Appropriations Committees, if suc­ cessful, would completely emasculate the 50-50 shipping law. t 4. 4" adopted during 1954 as well as many of the general tax pro­ visions that apply to seamen. Generally, with very few excep­ tions, seamen are treated no dif­ ferently under the tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non-resident alien sea­ man must also file a return, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Those un­ der 65 years of age earning over $600 and those over 65 earning over $1,200 must file a Federal tax return. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns must now be filed by April 15, 1955. The new law extends the reporting deadline another 30 days. Previously, it was March 15. How­ ever, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such instances, the seaman must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an af­ fidavit stating the reason for filing late. Another tax rule specifically .af­ fecting seamen governs situations where a seaman signs on in one year, signs off the next and gets a statement of his wages and the tax withheld TW-2 form) from the shipping company when he signs off. Under such an arrangement, it is possible for a seaman to have no income in one year and the equivalent of two years' income in another. In order to alleviate this situa­ tion, the seaman can report the total of his allotments, slops, draws and other cash items as in­ come in the first year, and then deduct this amount from the total income reported on the W-2 form he gets in the second year. He cannot claim any tax with­ held in the first year either, but 4i The "piggy-backing" by water of trucks and rail cars carrying freight will be looked into by Congressional Committees in the next few weeks in an effort to see whether something cannot be done to encourage the use of this system more. Three well-known domestic companies are negotiating right now with the Interior Department for i-ail car/truck ferry,-ights on the US West Coast between Puget Sound and points in Alaska. These com­ panies are Luckenbach Steamship Company which would like to enter into the picture jointly with the Coastwise Line and Alaska Steam­ ship Line. However, Interior feels that there is room for such a service only for one company so that eventually Alaska Steamship or Coastwise-Luckenbach may have to drop out of the picture. The ships to be used in this Puget Sound-Alaska service would carry up to 100 rail cars each. National Bulk Carriers also wanted to institute Such a service but ' its proposal submitted to Interior was deemed to be not responsive. In the meantime, on the US Atlantic Coast, Sea Trailers, Inc. has applied for the right to institute a truck-ship service between NoiTolk and New York. Sea Trailers wants the Government to advance a loan of over $8,000,000 to finance construction of two vessels, each of which would carry 160 trailers of 30 feet in length at a rate of $67.50 per trailer. 4" Now that 1954 has departed and 1955 has arrived to take its place, most, of us are beginning to realize that the income tax collector c an't be far behind. Accordingly, since several Seafarers have requested information on the application of the new tax laws to seamen, the ' LOG has compiled a digest of er's wife, and can aiso be claimed , gross income for drugs and medj icine can be deducted. the most important changes by both of them. 4» A question that is continually raised by Atlantic Coast steamship lines Is the extent to which East Coast ports may suffer from Great Lakes competition when the St. Lawrence Seaway project is opened up for business. The seaway will open up for big ships in about four years^ with completion of work expected in the fall of 1958. When constructed, the canals and channels connecting the seaway project will be a minimum 27 feet deep. Those in charge of . its construction insist that the St. ^ Lawrence geaway will not hurt the competitive standing of old established East Coast ports. They say that both the US and Canada, as a' result of the completion of the seaway, will experience a vast expansion of wealth; and that the areas to be served by the seaway are to become more in­ dustrialized as the consequence of cheaper bulk transpoi'tation. .i-.-f'.lli'i.-. OOiiMr'. JO go Wiiican claim all of it for the second year when he files his return along with the W-2 form. HOW TO FILE. The wageearner who has average expenses (amounting to ten percent or less of income) and an income of under $5,000 is advised to use the short form. Those with income of un­ der $5,000 but with higher than average expenses can use either the long or short form and those with income of $5,000 or more must use the long form. A husband and wife should file a joint return on either the long or short form to take advantage of the split income provisions, even if the wife has no income. Single persons should use the long or short form depending on their deductions and/or income. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a taxpay-JiU '.-Ill In cases where .a man's wife lives in a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her as his wife. However, if she has income in the foreign coun­ try, it cannot be taxed by the US. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grand­ parent, brother, brother-in-law. sister, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him. The dependent must have received less than $600 gross in­ come, and be a resident of the US, Canada, Mexico, Panama or the Canal Zone. A change ih the law permits a child under 19 or a student over 19 to earn over $600 and still be eligible as a dependent if the tax­ payer provides more than one-half of his support. Another change in the law en­ ables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that individual, provided the other contributors file a declara­ tion that they will not claim the dependent for that year. Previ­ ously, a taxpayer had to provide more than half the support in oi'der to claim the exemption. Deductions DIVIDEND INCOME. If a sea­ man has income from stock divi­ dends, he can exclude the first $50 he receives as dividend income from his gross income, and then take a tax ci-edit of four percent of all dividends received after July 31, 1954 (less the $50 previously deducted), after he has determined what his tax would otherwise be. CONTRIBUTIONS. Previously, a taxpayer could only deduct for contributions of up to a flat 15 pei'cent of gross income. Now he can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institutions, and an ad­ ditional ten percent of gross in­ come in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institu­ tions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. State and city retail sales taxes, property and school taxes, state stamp taxes on securi­ ties, state gasoline taxes, auto li­ cense and drivers' license fees and state income taxes are all deduc­ tible. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EX­ PENSES. All expenses over three percent of gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nui-se care and similar costs can be deducted. All expenses over one percent of .".ii, , i'it; ••J'*!!.' '1, ; • ;.1 !•! : However, deductions of all ex­ penses for medical services, drugs and medicines are limited to a maximum of $2,500 for each ex­ emption claimed, up to a total of $10,000. The three percent rule on medi­ cal services does not apply in cases where a taxpayer is over 65, but the one percent rule on medicines and drugs does. This entire section was rewritten last year, since the law previously limited deductions for medical and dental expenses only to those over five percent of gross income. CHILD CARE. This is a brandnew provision allowing a deduc­ tion of up to $600 to a widower, divorced or legally separated tax­ payer toward the cost of providing care of a child under 12 or a person physically or mentally incapable of support, regardless of age. This expense is deductible only if its purpose is to allow the taxpayer to remain gainfully employed. It cannot be claimed if the pa.vment for child care went to a person who is already claimed as a de­ pendent on the same return. ALIMONY. Periodic payments of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. Previously, only alimony which was required by a court decree was deductible. CASUALTY LOSSES. The rea­ sonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storms, ves­ sel damage, etc., for which the tax­ payer is not otherwise compen­ sated, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by in­ surance. LOSSES DUE TO THEFT. Per­ sonal items the loss of which can be proven are deductible. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and a m MI ::1 • .'Ji I '^1 -'i • 3 J J work clothes which ordinarily can­ not be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protec­ tive work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by greasd or paint, plus tools bought for usq on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connec­ tion with work. UNION DUES. Dues and initia­ tion fees paid to labor organiza­ tions or professional groups, and most union assessments can be deducted. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIRE­ MENT INCOME. A tax credit of up to $240 is allowed for individ­ uals against retirement income such as rents, dividends and earn­ ings at odd jobs. This is a new provision important to retired sea­ men or their widows. Federal payments of Social Security bene­ fits and SIU disability benefits ar« not included. J I I i il �Tast Eiffbt MEET THE SEAFARER ^y - • W-' '"i-i ., 'ft' • •t' . viS?"-' Kr January 7«' 1^55 SEAFAR Ems LOG After burning for three days in the outer roads of Singapore, the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk was beached by tugs in 23 feet of water. A fire of unknown origin broke out on the vessel, whose cargo included 1,800 tons of rubber. The 62 persons on the ship, including 12 passen­ MAURICE "DUKE" DUET, Bosun gers, were all taken off safely ... A new city-built pier replacing one on the same site which burned in 1947 has been turned over to Grace One of baseball's most loyal from them and from people in the Line for its Caribbean passenger liner service out of New York. The devotees is Seafarer Maurice game." $12 million Pier 57 is a double-decked affair resting on three buoyant Before Duet knew it he was neck Question: Do you think Ameri­ "Duke" Duet. Introduced to the deep in baseball as a combined cement boxes that jut out into the Hudson and are themselves usable can ships can be made safer for game at first hand by shipmates field manager, schedule-maker and as a huge underwater cargo-storage area. the crews? aboard the Mississippi cruise ship business-manager. "I went to the e 44» Victor Litardi, MM: One thing Del Norte, Duet rapidly graduted company," he recalls, and got them The highest monthly traffic volume In the history of the Snex Canal we ought to have on all ships is a to the managerial post of the Del to chip in 50 percent toward the cost of uniforms and equipment. map showing the used the waterway during the month of October, 1954. The number of position every Norte Stars. From there he went We raised the other 50 percent chips was 1,154 with a total of 9.1 million tons. Petroleum shipments day. Then if on to head the SIU Beachcombers ourselves and were in business as accounted for 5 million tons of the total . . . Due to be ready for her something hap­ and now he has plans to run a team a fully-equipped club." Pacific run in May, the Canadian Pacific Railway's train ferry. Princess Under Duet's tutelage the Stars pens^ and the men in Little League competition. of Vancouver, is being completed in Glasgow, Scotland, for an early are in a boat, launching. The 15.5-knot vessel is designed to make three round trips In between it all, the 28-year old won trophies in Argentina, playing they can have an Seafarer has sandwiched in his local clubs. Subsequently after rid­ daily between Vancouver on the mainland and Nanaimo on Vancouver idea which' direc­ regular work as a Seafarer and ing the ship a while, he got off and Island. She will be fitted to carry 800 passengers and 28 boxcars or tion to- go in. I right now he's deck maintenance one of the Star's pitchers, Leroy 115 automobiles or a combination of both. hear of plenty of on the Antinous, a Waterman coast­ Seals, got off the ship with him.. ,4. t cases of men wise run. "Seals was a good pitcher," Duet New York harbor extended its traditional welcome to 163 new ships heading in the wrong direction said, "so I got the idea of starting Started On Shrimpers totaling 1.4 million tons last year. Of the total, only 14 flew the US when land is only a few miles away. a shoreside team." That was the Baseball was the furthest thing beginning of the SIU Beachcomb­ flag. Norway led the list with 26 new ships, Germany followed with 24, 4" it 4i Fred Lewis, MM: All we need from Duet's mind when at the ers, a Union - sponsored group Japan with 20, Liberia with 16 and Great Britain with 14. Tankers accounted for the largest segment of new tonnage, comprising 62 new are some modem ships that can tender age of 12 he first started to which played semi-pro teams go to work on shrimpers and tug­ around New Orleans and attracted vessels of 808,968 tons . . . The stern part of the 80,000-ton. Liberian do the job which boats out'of New Orleans. For a quite a bit of attention to the tanker World Concord, which broke in two during a gale in the Irish these old work­ few years he worked summers and Union. Sea last month, has been towed into Belfast, Northern Ireland, from horse ships we other odd times on the boats until Duet made,a point of scheduling Scotland, to be put into drydock. The forepart of the tanker now is have now are do­ he was old enough to get his sea­ games for the Beachcombers in all anchored off Belfast waiting for experts t& decide whether to try to ing. The LSTs men's papers. That was in the parts of the city so that many New and other ships join the sections. midst of World War 11, and Duet Orleans natives who had never built for emer­ 44* 4* spent the next couple of years on gency purposes A new shipping line will enter the fiercely-competitive trans-Atlantic have no business various SIU ships out of the Gulf. heard of the SIU became acquaint­ service next April as the Europe-Canada Line. It will offer regular sail­ being on the open When the war ended Duet ed with the Union for the first time through the ball club. ings from Bremerhaven, Le Havre and Southampton to Montreal during sea. That LST settled down as a regular on the The Beachcombers had a lot of the summer months and to New York via Halifax during the winter. that was lost last month with over Delta Lines' South American run The firet crossing will be made by the 11,734-ton motorship Seven Seas 20 men aboard is a typical case. both on the passenger vessels and fun, he recalls, because his man­ ... The 4,037-ton English^ Channel ferryboat Cote d'Azur crashed into the freight ships. It was there that agerial methods were a little on 4' 4" 4) a jetty in Calais harbor, but the mishap apparently caused no severe he was first introduced to baseball. the unorthodox side. "I've-figured Abraham Mander, MM: Ships all along that the team would do injuries. Thirty-one passengers and 63 crewmen were badly shaken can be made a lot safer even As Duet recalls it, a fellow Sea­ its best if we had a good time and up, however. though US ships farer, Tex Melting, talked him into enjoyed ourselves. So we used to 4> 4* iiiis• probably have a trying out for the Del Norte Stars throw a party after almost every Shipping in the international waters of the Danube River finally better safety rec­ in 1950. "I had never played base­ game. It worked out fine for us." appears to be reviving after a lapse of many years. For the first time ord than in most ball before" Duet recalls, "but Just recently. Duet became th# since the war a Hungarian boat crossed into Germany as a German tug other countries. I Tex had an idea that I could pick proud owner of a new home in towing three barges arrived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia . . . The second wouldn't be able up the game and be of help to New Orleans. "I bought a place Norwegian ship transferred to Turkey in less than a week has been to say which item the team." right in back of a baseball dia­ turned over to her new owners at Halifax, NS, and renamed the Seyhan. is more important Duet didn't get much encourage­ mond," he said, "and I'm going to The former Norviken, a 3,097-ton fi-eighter, is one of several vessels than another, but ment from the Stars manager, so try to set up a kid's team. If things acquired by the Turkish Marine Bank as a result of a recent purchase there sure is subsequently he and some other work out, I'll convert my garage negotiated in the US. something wrong crewmembers organized a scrub into a dressing room for-the team. when a ship like that LST with 23 team to challenge the regulars. It will be pretty convenient that men can just disappear. When the manager got off the ship, way, Although ore and grain tonnage dipped sharply, throughout the 1954 4i 41 4* crewmembers elected Duet to take "I would never have been able to season, coal movements on the Great Lakes during November, 1954, Pat Mulholland, OS: There his place. do all this," he concluded, "if it were a half million tons greater than in the same month of the year ought to be more attention to fire weren't for the fact that the SIU before ... In Baltimore, however, the situation was reversed. Graip and boat drill, Bought Some Books made it possible for me to earn a shipments nearly doubled during October, while coal movements regardless of the "At the time I didn't know any­ good living going to sea. I've dropped 20 percent . . . Storms in the South Atlantic battered several weather, even thing about baseball" he confessed, certainly had a lot of fun over the vessels, including the Panamanian grain ship Vori. Leaking, but re­ though it's a "so I went out and^bought myself past few years and I think all the ported to be in no danger, the vessel received a Coast Guard escort nuisance some­ some instruction books and picked boys who were with me enjoyed it into port. She was 95 miles off Bermuda. up as much information as I could as much as I did." times. On one recent trip we could . hardly lower the boats and then it took six men to crank ACROSS 3. Country W of 19. Where Mobile 35. Kidd or Teach them up again. Kenya is 36. Titles The CIO International Union of the company's stock to keep an­ 1. Our union 37. Girl's name 4. 4» 4" i Cut 21. Strife and span 4. Electrical Workers won another other company. General Tire, from 38. Malicious 5. Through 22. It's served in Sellg Freilich, oiler: They cer­ 8. Curves burning Sloppy Mol's 6. That is: abbr. 39 Festive 12. Crewmember tainly can be made a lot safer. round from the independent gaining control of Motor Products 23. Shade tree 43. Nude 7. Island near 14. The cook . The Maritime United Electrical Workers Union through stock purchases. It is 24. Child 44. Paid notices Greece serves it 26. Part of the 45. Precious ' Admi; trati o n in an election at a Magnavox plant feared that the latter move would 8. Friend, in 15. Morocco port ship stone loss of contract benefits and Paris or the Coast in Greenville, Tenn. The CIO got mean 16. Emigrant 29. Tower in Fla. 48. Job for 9. Get back jobs. 18. Short sleep 30. S bill Moran 10. Freight Guard or who19. boy! 31. Harbor 47. Part of "to 11. Part of ship 4 4 4 soever is re­ 847 votes to 743 for "no union." 20. Agriculture: 32. Army issues be" 13. Girls' names abbr. 33. Nova 50. River in Italy The independent union is the one 17. Island H of sponsible ought Seven locals of the Internation­ 21. Large rolls of Ccbu (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) to see to it that which was expelled from the CIO al Brotherhood of Teamsters bills 23. When we they are built ac­ as a Communist-dominated organ­ (AFL) will receive wage increases choose officers cording to more ization. 25. Alabama: abbr. of 35 to 66 cents an hour in two 26. Florida: abbr. rigid standards year agreements effective January 4" 4* 4" 27. Unit of and get better, weight 28. Musical note A four-month period of grace 1. Approximately 20,000 members inspections. I just came back on are involved. The locals represent Peddler's a C-2 that split a couple of plates was given to the Norwalk Lock teamsters in Philadelphia, Norris- i craft 31. In this manner Company by the Government after on the way over. 33. Boy an appeal by Machinists Lodge town and Chester, Pa.; Wilming-i 34. Cape in Mass. ton, Del.; and Camden and At-j 4" 4 4" 35. Cushion Charles Shirley, 2nd electrician: 1294 on behalf of 500 workers at lantic City, NJ. 36. Joe or Whitey 39. Admiral's It's mostly in the design of the the plant. The company had filed boats 4 4 4" , a bankruptcy petition and was ships, in items 40. African native operating on a month-to-month 41. Period of time like having your Part of New York's product 42. Underwater basis when the Goverment de­ supply has been cut'off by a five-j motors and mo­ hazard cided to liquidate its operations. tor parts mote 43. Hard day old strike of 1,200 produc substances accessible ii: an handlers and truckmen, member 45. Seaport suburb 4 4 4 e m e r gency so of Istanbul of Teamsters* Local 202. " Chaii] 48. Girl's name A novel tactic to keep their jobs store supplies are not affected that you can 49. Ship^ owner has been undertaken by members the strike. The produce men ar work on them. 1 31. Seven Club, Glascow Everybody of Auto Workers Local 1217 em­ asking for the same kind of io 32; City in Alaska ployed at the Deepfreeze plant of crease as other Teamster loci knows that it's S3. Sheep always the Motor Products Corporation in unions received recently. Mediatoj DOWN Chicago. Approximately 1,100 are attempting, to resolve the wrong part that breaks down at ir The Baltic 3r Word ending just the wrong., time. " , vyorkers in the plant, are buying. pute. . 'O'i, - •• •;f«''!nC7fA fir!) "h; >!fa.. ffiiiTl^tl* 'rrlfii ihi'tTV'iiVii'lT'ii ' �•» January 1, 1955 SEAFARERS SE;AFAliERS^I.06 'Hey, Waif For Us!' Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LETTER Paul HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Janaory 7. 1955 Vol. XVIf. No. 1 Editor, HIRBEJIT BRAND; Managing Editor, HAY DENIEON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Cull Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 110 Page Nin* LO.G WEEK J I New Angles American maritime unions, who have been voices in the wilderness in the fight against transfers, may be getting a helpinf hand"soon. Indications are that other American busi­ nesses are showing an interest in the advantages of corporate registration under the "runaway" fiags. If such developments do take place, the transfer problem is going to assume im­ portant dimensions in American industry as a whole. At any rate, efforts are being made to interest motion picture companies in the tax advantages of Liberian registry, and other outfits are no doubt studying the gimmick to find out if there's anything in it for them. Meanwhile, shipowners are sailing merrily on their way through the wide-open loophole provided by the Government. Th& Government is taking no action whatsoever to block the loophole, and some of the operators are demanding that tlTey be able to transfer without the annoyance of having to get any Government approval at all. It's to be expected thiat operators of standard cargo ships will be next in line once all the Libertys are gone. Anytime somebddy waves the stars and stripes, some ship­ owners are the first to pop up like so many jacks-in-the-box and sound off with sonorous phrases about the American Way of Life. But as soon as they see visions of a fast buck, the haste with which they will abandon the flag is positively indecent. This IS old stuff to Seafarers who have seen it happen time and again. It's about time that shoreside individuals and organizations started taking a long, hard look at the meaning of all these transfers and their implications. , : t i Unseaworthy The Coast Guard's action in pulling the certificates of sea­ going LST's is pretty convincing evidence that the seaworthi­ ness of these vessels is open to serious doubt. Unf(#rtunately, it took two sinkings and the loss of 40 lives before the Coast Guard took such affirmative steps. These were wartime ships built for one-shot landing operations, and in the light of ex­ perience the makeshift strappings and other devices used to strengthen them were of dubious value. If there are to be final conclusions on the LSTs they will have to come out of the hearings now being conducted by the Coast Guard in New Orleans. The results of these hearings are of considerable importance to the families of the missing men who will look to them as a basis for claim­ ing compensation from the company and its insurers. But it should be understood that the Coast Guard does not rate as a disinterested outsider in these proceedings. Since it has authority and responsibility over a ship's seaworthiness, it would be difficult for the Coast Guard, with the most earnest intentions, to remove all tinge of self-interest from its con­ clusions. Looking back at the sinking of the Southern Isles three years ago recalls some interesting facts. At those hearings James B. Robertson, a naval architect, testified that the Southfern Isles was overloaded on four" separate occasions. He got the figures on the overloads from the Coast Guard itself, in Puerto Rico. Apparently the Coast Guard at the time merely registered the fact of overloading but did nothing about it. In the Southern Districts case, testimony has been offered showing numerous instances of patchwork repairs, malfunc­ tioning of vital equipment and other practices hardly con­ ducive to vessel safety. Here, too, there is no evidence that the Coast Guard made use of its powers to enforce safer pro­ cedures. ' Of course. Coast Guard inaction does not excuse the com­ pany which must bear primary responsibility for the condi­ tion of the ship. But the Coast Guard, which has spoken so much rec-^tTy of its concern for shipboard saftey, seems all too ready slough off responsibility to marine underwriters and the operators themselves. ^ It all points to a cynical, but nevertheless factual conclu­ sion—when it's a choice between the dollar and the safety of the crew, the dollar wins out &V often. That's one of the reasons why so many operators pr( !er a "runaway" registry where they can ovefload, Underman and undfer-fflaintaih their ships to their hearts' content without interference. •4 m J-m SIU's'54 Gains Worthy Of Pride To the Editor: I am writing you this letter and I hope you wiii pubiish it in the first issue in January because I think that is tlie logical time for ail of us Seafarers to look back and see what we accomplished dur­ ing 1954, and also to look ahead and try to figure out what we want to accomplish during 1955. First, looking back at the old year, I think that we Seafarers have every right to be proud of the gains which our Union has made. The increases we have gained in wages, overtime and va­ cation pay are just a few of the things I can name offhand. What's more, our Union has con­ sistently been a leadeK in the fight, not only to keep our own Union strong, but also to keep the ent i r e American merchant marine strong and to help seamen everywhere. Our Union, for instance, carried Korolia Uie fight to Wash­ ington for passage of the "50-50" bill, and after seven long years of struggle we finally won out last year. And as a result of this we not only helped ourselve.s, but other American seamen as well, and also the US shipping industry as a whole. The fight against letting US companies transfer their ships to runaway flags is another fight which our Union carried right to Washington. Fight For IJSPHS Program ' I I X'\I I Vot< One of the penalties of doing a good job as a ship's delegate is that the delegate is likely to be stuck with the post seini-permanently. At least that's what seems to have happened to James Flana­ gan, who is aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). Flanagan was delegate for one trip and then re­ signed so that somebady else could get a crack at the job. But his shipmates "double-crossed" Flanagan him by reelect­ ing him/ Flanagan, who sails in the deck department, usually as AB, has been a Union member for a little over eight years, joining in New York on October 24, 1946. He lives in Huntington Station, Long Is­ I might also mention the fight our Union has waged against cut­ land, when not sailing and is 44 ting down the USPHS hospital years old. 3) 3) program. We waged this fight suc­ cessfully once, but now it looks An anonymous member of tjje as if the Government is at it again crew of the Archer's Hope got a and we must take up arms once hanji from shipmates because of more. his continuing efforts and coopera­ Right now our Union Is en­ tion in making repairs and keeping gaged in two other fights, and I her shipshape. The ship's pump­ am confident our efforts here wiii man-machinist was the one who also meet with success. First, our got the applause. He indicated his Union is fighting the phony crimp eagerness for more of the same by rig which has been set up in New promising he would do his best, York and is selling books to any­ with the cooperation of the engi­ body who has a couple of bucks neers, to fix the crew washing in his pocket. And, second, our machine and see that it suds up Union is fighting the phony Coast crew gear in approved fashion Guard proposals which would give fi-om now on in. the CG iron-fisted control over 3) t American seamen. Seafarer Lewis Riviere is one I think one thing we Seafarers Union brother who has appeared should remember is that our Union was alert to these dangers and got in this corner before, being dited right on the bail in the fight by his shipmates for taSty pastries. against them. It can never be said Riviere, who sails exclusively as night cook and baker, got the that we were caught napping. accolade again, this time from, the Well, that's a brief review of crew of the Seatrain New York on 1954. Now, how about 1955? I the coastwise run. think -that for 1955 each one of Riviere has been around "for a us Seafarers should resolve to be while" as the saying goes, joining ever alert and vigilant to the dan­ the SIU way back when, on Novem­ gers which beset our Union and ber 30, 1938. A native of the Brit­ to continue to work together ish West Indies, he now makes shouldei; to shoulder, as we always New York City his home town. have in the past, to safeguard the He's 63 years of age. gains we have made and to keep 3) 3) 3) the SIU "the best union in mari­ time." Crewmeinbers of the Aieoa (Mer) Korolia Boamer are some of the m: Thanks d Seafarers who are fired up about the Coast Guard's ambitious plans to put all working seamen on a physical and mental exam griddle. Seafarer R. W. Miller, chairman of the last shipboard meeting, put in a few minutes discussing the Coast Guard scheme and reminded the membership present that the way to lick it was to get busy writing Senators and Representatives in Washington, giving them the lowdown. Miller comes from North Caro­ lina, but now makes his home in Norfolk, Va. He joined the SIU in New York on May 24, 1949, and sails in the engine department. He's 34 years old. ^ i!! if Men aboard the Mississippi cruise ship, Del Mar, also were urged to write to their represent­ atives on the Coast Guard prob­ lem. The chair­ man of the last shipboard meet­ ing, Jack Bates, known affection­ ately to his ship­ mates as "Gator Mouth" told the crew to get on the ball if they wanted to keep Bates the Coast Guard from putting the screws on the Union membership and imperiling the seaman's right to work ships and earn a living. 'M t i 5. The holiday season is always a busy tim^5 for cooks everywhere, and steward department men on SIU ships are no exception to the general rule. Thanksgiving, Christ­ mas and New Year's Day are ail occasions for something extra special in the way of shipboard feeding, with each galley gang tiying.to outdo the other in putting up the best possible holiday feed. Among crews that made a point of noting the quality of holiday meals were the men aboard the Steel Rover (Isthmian) and the Frances (Bull). The Steel Rover crewmen called the Christmas dinner "wonderful." The Frances gang said that the food was "ex­ cellent." The adjectives might be different, but. the end result was the same, 9 well-fed end COU" tented crev , •1 :| :|| �W' January 7, 1955 Pace Eleven SEAFARERS LOG January 7. 195S Mi Not too long ago ^ jm- .m Seamen's defense committee waterfront office provided legal aid for arrested strikers. Seamen picket NY pier in 1936t Minutes before, police rode down 30 pickets. ' ^ New York Police give rush act to group of pickets in 1936 strike to clear way to pier. s illislliii sjiiiiii: "'Hi iiii iii F . III sliaiSiS || r ^ L I' 'V " ' r '"i % 11^- M'i Bitterest and hardest-fought waterfront (Strike was the now-famed walkout of seamen and longshoremen of 1934 on the San Francisco docks. Here p< SMiiia ise A vivid reminder that sea­ men's unions were torn on the picketlines Within the last 20 years are these photos of water­ front beefs before World War II. Between 1921, when the Government and shipowners broke the back of the old ISU, and 1934, when West Coast sea­ men led the way to a union re­ vival, seamen's conditions sank to rock bottom. Wages started at $22.50 a month and work­ aways made payless trips for the privilege of getting a job the next time around. Crews were turned to on "field days" and blue linen was the rule all around. Old union men either were blacklisted out of the in­ dustry or were careful to hide the fact that they once packed a union book. In the depths of the depres­ sion grumbling grew and out of desperation crewmembers took to job actions. Here and there the remnants of once-strong maritime unions kept halls open. The spark that touched off the rebirth o'f strong unions was the 1934 general strike when seamen walked off the ships in support of longshoremen. There wgre no funds and the men were ill-equipped for an ex­ tended strike but thepicketlines went up and stayed there de­ spite guns, gas and blackjacks. Subsequently, in 1936, East Coast seamen followed the lead of their West Coast brothers in a general upheaval of the mari­ time industry. From then on maritime unions were here to stay, although many a battle was fought in the years that followed and will be fought in the future. No doubt many readers of the SEAFARERS LOG took part in these strikes and some may recognize themselves or old shipmates in these photos. It was the sacrifices of these men, some of whom paid with their lives, that made it possible for seamen.to turn the tables on the shipowner., after. year|.. , bucko rule on the ships. M This 1940 photo from San Francisco shows SUP Sailors fighting on American President Lines pier. off Bridges-inspired raid hy shoreside union n A Not all strike scenes were furious. Idle lumber car­ rier sits peacefully at dock in '36 tieup. 1 Soup kitchens were essential to strikers. This one was in San Francisco in '36. iiil t > I 1 9 \ I % ' i ^ mmmmm k .«<r' ' Bedlrd 'hafd iW' W»UI»*kitch-e'A thn'in 1936. They were operated hy Maritime Federation of Pacific representing seamen and longshoremen. Federation broke up when Communists took it over. > �\w: • -it Pace TwelT* January 1> 1955 SEAFARERS idG PORTttEPORTS New Orleans: New Recreation Roem Makes Christmas Debut and Del Oro (Mississippi), and Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas). The following ships called in transit: Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Pilgi-im (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Stfeel Architect, Steel Age and Steel Worker (Isthmian); Del Mundo and Del Oro (Mississippi); Morning Light, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville and Claiborne (Waterman); Marie Hamil (Bloomfield); Evelyn (Bull); Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas), and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Lake Charles: Port Affairs Smooth During Tho HoiMays Things have been running along A big Christmas party and din­ quite nicely in this port during ner was given in the New Orleans the past two weeks. hail on Christmas Day and all hands Calling in here during this agreed it was one of the most suc­ period were the Bradford Island, cessful affairs of the kind ever Council Grove, Salem Maritime held here. Bents Fort, Government Camp The dinner, which included tur­ Chiwawa, Winter Hill and Cankey, ham and all the trimmings, tigny (Cities Service); Val Chem was served in our new recreation (Valentine Tankers), and Excello room on the ground floor. Work (Excello). on the recreation room is nearly ^All of the above ships took on completed and it will be ready for 4" it 3) a few men so shipping picked up use as soon as paiiiting of the walls, quite a bit during the holidays .and final trimming and equipping the Boston: we were able to ship 40 men, most­ room is completed. ly in the deck department. Ship­ The pleasant atmosphere of the ping has now slowed down again new room contributed a great deal however, and we have enough men to the success of the Christmas on hand to handle any expected party, which was attended by many . New Orleans Shipping was fair in Boston dur­ calls. Voting to elect officials of the Union for the next two years is ' members and ing the last report period and the For our Seafarer of the Week proceeding at a brisk pace in San Francisco, with more than 200 i II their families and outlook for the future is pretty we nominate Brother Jack M. men already voting. Here Roy Alston drops his vote in ballot box 1. members from good. Johnson who sails mostly as third while members of balloting committee look on. Committee members I elsewhere who During this period we paid off cook, although he sometimes ships are (1-r) J. Ramos, Hans Skaalegaard and Luke A. CiamboH. were here on the the, Alexandra (Carras) and Bents as OS. All the benefits SIU men •f beach or aboard Fort, Council Grove and Logans enjoy were only obtained by hard San Francisco:. C. N. McKee, W. O'Conner, C. ships in port. Fort (Cities Service). These four work, Broth'^r Johnson says, and Gates, A. Begg, F. Votto, H. Skaa­ There was ships signed on and in transit were we must always be alert to see legaard, J. Thomas, E. Martinez, plenty of turkey the Chickasaw, Antinous and De that no one takes these benefits William Bause and T. M. Moriariand ham for all. Soto (Waterman), Robin Kettering from us. Hartlii t.v. In the hospital are M. Byers, In fact, there was (Seas Shipping) and Steel Vendor C. Brown, O. Gustavsen,,0. Klein, Men On The Beach such a plentiful supply that on and Steel Seafarer (Isthmiah). Although shipping has been only C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. On the beach here now are A. G. f.*xir here during the past two weeks Monday after Christmas we were All the payoffs were clean and PeiTiera, P. Yuzon, W. Center and able to serve turkey and ham sand­ there were no beefs of any kind (Tex) Alexander, Jimmy Phillips, the outlook for the future is ex­ P. E. Hugglns. J. A. Coyne, Tom Bolton, Red wiches and cold beer to all those iljf on any of the Kehrly and a number of others, all ceptionally good. Tom Banning who were present for the 11 AM ' above ships. San Francisco Port Agent During these past two weeks we spending the holidays with their job call. Everybody agreed the Ou^ selection paid off and signed on The Cabins t 4 4 post-Christmas "lunch" was some­ of a typical SIU families. But after January 1 they (Cabins) and iii transit were the will be ready to go again. Houston: thing like eating turkey hash at man this week is have no men in the hospital Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); home, only better. Anthony J. Me- at We Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and this time. Beefs have ail been of a minor lanson, who is Choctaw, Azalea City, Hastings and nature here of late and the crews At our last meeting the deck known to his John B. Water­ m&mmm r of the Del Alba, Del Mar and Del department took over, with Te.x friends and ship­ man (Waterman). Oro (Mississippi) were accorded a mates as "Shorty.' Alexander serving as chairman and Lately we have Shipping has been very good in vote of thanks by the patrolmen J. A. Phillips as recording secre­ Shorty sails as Melanson been getting com­ this pox-* dui'ing the past two here for bringing in exceptionally engine utility, tary. Both men did a fine job. plaints that men weeks as the dispatcher's records clean ships. pumpman or (uler and his last ship On the local labor front things have'been refus­ show. Steward Given Thanks was the Queenston Heights. Dur­ are very quiet now, and the local ing orders aboard However, we do not expect this The steward of the Del Oro was ing the holidays he has been work­ political front is also quiet. It the ships. This pace to hold because we have no given a vote of thanks by the crew ing ashore, driving an Army truck, looks as if all the candidates are is definitely con­ payoffs scheduled during the next for a job well done on this ship's but now that the holidays are over waiting until after the holidays to trary to the two weeks. most recent voyage to West Africa, he intends to ship out again. start blasting their opponents. agreement, as We had no sign-ons during the McKee Everybody who ever has sailed this Also on the beach now are D. From all the members around there is a clause last two weeks but we paid off the run knows it creates plenty of Hines, R. Johnston, W. Canty and headaches for the steward, so W. Foster. In the Brighton Marine here to all the other brothers, in the agreement about obedience Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and afloat and ashore—a Happy New to the master. If you think that had 14 ships in transit, as follows: Alexander Martin, the steward in Hospital are J. Fawcett, F. AlasaRepublic (Trafalgar); Seatiger question, certainly deserves a pat vich, G. Weddell and A. Hanpock. Year and good sailing during 1955 the orders given to .you are wrong, to one and all. carry them out anyway and when (Colonial); Logans Fort and French on the back and our nomination as James Sheehan Leroy Clarke you arrive in the payoff port you Cx-eek (Cities Service); Seatrains "Seafarer of the Week." Boston Port Agent Lake Charles Port Agent will be compensated if they are Texas, SaVannah and New Jersey Shipping has been proceeding at wrong. (Seatx-ain); Del Oro (Mississippi); a steady rate since our last report. Alexandra (Cax-ras); Steel Architect Shipping for permitmen has been 204 Men Cast Votes' and Steel Age (Isthmian), and particularly good. Bookmen have The voting for Union officials Golden City and Bienville (Water­ preferred to wait until after the is coming. along fine in this port man). holidays to throw in for jobs. It and at this writing 204 men have There were a few minor beefs on appears that competition will be voted. Anyone who has not voted the Steel Age and Margaret Brown keen in the immediate future, yet and wants to do so should do but these were squared away. though, as everyone will be anxious so quickly, because voting will end A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet to get out and we have only six January 15. Houston Port Agent payoffs scheduled for the coming Men now on the beach Include 4 4 4 two weeks. From the USPHS hospital here Tampa: we have received news that Samuel Cope and Benjamin Foster have been discharged to outpatient treatment after long confinement to the hospital. W^e hope they will We had no payoffs or sign-ons qualify for "fit for duty" slips sopn. in this port during the past two Arne V. Oisen, Jack Peralta and Shipping Figures December 15 to December 28 weeks but five Waterman ships Nicholas Tala also have been dis­ charged from the hospital and are REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL called in tx-ansit. These were the expecting to ship in the near fu­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Golden City, De Soto, Chickasaw ture. Boston 99 11 2 29 9 8 19. and Iberville, which called here 2 twice. Among patients recently ad­ New York ..' 123 . 75 96 294 91 71 68 230 All the ih-translts were visited mitted to the hospital are Kristian Philadelphia 23 24 26 73 10 16 35 and found to be in good shape, 9 Gunderson, August Brosig, Darrell with 'no beefs pending on any of Baltimore 114 92 75 281 70 54 Riley, Fred Fagan, Earl Garberson, 167 43 them. George Nichols and Enoch Gaylor. Norfolk 16 17 16 49 15 17 15 47 Cux-rently we ar8 receiving esti­ 8 Ships Pay Off Savannah 28 12 17 .57 20 9 47 mates 18 from contractors on improv­ During the last two weeks, 8 12 Tampa 12 9 15 36 5 5 2 ing the hall here. ships paid off here, 6 signed on Mobile 33 ^3 49 115 38 32 48 118 In closing, we would like to take and 19 called in transit. The Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Steel 62 199 this opportunity to wish all of the New Orleanu 62 64 48 164 76 61 Architect (Isthmian); Del Oro, Del 64 brothers, afloat and ashore, a Houston 42 23 , 24 89 27 21 16 Happy New Year. We sincerely ^Santos, Del Mar and Del Alba 35 109 Seattle 37 35 32 104 38 36 hope they all enjoy good sailing (Mississippi), and the DeSoto and 9 47 throughout 1955 apd the years tol San Francisco 27 . 12 13 52 25 13 Iberville (Waterman) paid off. 6 come. • 4 Wilmlngtoh 7 6 6 19 2 0 Ships signing on were the Alcoa Benrde Gbiiiales, Aetinr^^:' Planter (Alcoa); Steel Advocate •Totala: • ^ 'l' 540 ' (Isthmian): Del Mundo. Del Mar ••'Tni Good Shipping Soon For Next Two Wooks Future Oullool( Seen 'Exeeptieuaiiy Geed' Shipping 'Very Good' Dui Drop Is Expected Dids Deing Received On Hall improvemente ii!:;?;.- li - 7' �-'i;^.-^..-;--.' - January 1955 -•' ' SEAFARERS L r Pare Tbirteoi LOG .......PORT REPORTS Savannah: SoHlh Atlantic, Bull Slilps Pay Off, Sign On Shipping has been mighty good in tills port during the past two -weeks. The outlook for the future is fair and we expect nothing out of the ordinary. During the last report period wc paid off the Angelina (Bull) and Southport and Southstar (South Atlantic). These three ships signed on^and in transit were the Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping), Steel Admiral (Isthmian) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. There were a few minor beefs on the Angelina when she paid off but these were all squared away. Men now in the hospital are James Lee, R. L. Field, J. T. Moore, A. W. Lima, R. Carrollton, E. Webb, J. Littleton, George Chance, J. T. Kern, A. G. McLaughlin, J. B. Christy, J. D. Cannady, Frank Nel­ son and Fred Buckner. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent 4* 4" Baltimore: Shipping Slow; Port O'Cali Being Readied Shipping in the port of Balti­ more has been on the slow bell during the past two weeks and the near future does not look too bright. We registered 281 men dur­ ing this period and shipped 167, which leaves quite a large nuniber of men on the beach. During this period we had 15 payoffs, 10 sign-ons and 8 ships in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Frances, Mae, Suzanne and Edith (Bull); Steel Age (Isthmian); Salem Maritime (Cities Service); Bethcoaster and Oremar (Calmar); Yaka (Waterinan), and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baitore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Trojan Trader (Trojan); Oremar (Calmar); (Bull); Frances Yaka (Waterman), Sjoberg M a r o r e, and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore and Venore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Mow­ bray (Seas Shipping); Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Alcoa Part­ ner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), ^and Iberville, Chickasaw and Yaka (Waterman). Our new hall is proving a-won­ derful place to be in. Otir cafeteria is doing very well and our Port O'Call bar should be ready to serve patrons within the next two weeks, Wc"are expecting to make this one of the show spots, of this city. Voting Is Brisk Voting to elect the officials-of the Union for the next two years has been going on at a brisk pace here and I know that all records for this port will be broken. Per­ sonally I am gratified to see the members taking such an active in­ terest in their affairs, Our Seafarer of the Week is Brother A1 Sjoberg, who h^s been an SIU member from the very beginning and who has always been active in all our beefs and in all things concerning the welfare of the Union. His advice to the newer members is to always conduct themselves as gentlemen. In that way, he says, they will always be respected as gentlemem We cer­ tainly wish AL good sailing at all times in the future. In conclusion, don't forget te drop a line to the boys in the USFHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. They are: Harry Johnson, Allen Myrex, George Bexton, Thomas Mungo, Daniel . Hutto, Thomas Ankerson, John Rekstin, Philip Korol, Walter Denley, Carl Chandler, Jesse Clarke, Roy Bell, W. Moore, Louis Firlie, Edsel Malcom, Timothy Less, Joseph Kozlowski, Joe McKreth, Robert McKnew and Harry Byrd. Happy New Year to all. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent 4 t^ Norfolk: Foreign Transfers Hit Shipping Here During the past two weeks the Chiwawa (Cities Service) paid off and signed on in this port and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Bienville (Waterman) and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). All of these ships were found to be okay. At this writing two ships are pay­ ing off in Hampton Roads—the National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Seacoral (Coral). These two ships will sign on for­ eign crews hnd our checking shows that these foreign crews came out of- the phony New York crimp rig that the SEAFARERS . LOG ex­ posed. Coal Loadings Up Coal loading in Hampton Roads has been higher than it has been in many years, but is being carI'ied in foreign-flag ships. With all this, the outlook for the future here is not good. In the hospital now are I. E. Taylor, Isaac B. Duncan, Thurston Lewis and Colon Boutwell. These men received the Christmas bonus as well as the regular weekly hos­ pital benefit. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent $ « Wilmington: t in-Transits Expected To Provide More Jobs Shipping was very slow in this port during the Christmas holidays but tomorrow we expect to have two Waterman and one Calmar ship in transit so we may get a few jobs. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during the last two weeks. In transit, were the Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); Citrus Packer and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). Ernest B. Tilley Wilmington Port Agent New York: Robin Sbip Comes Qui; Dredge Takes Mere Men We are happy to report that shipping and business in the Port of New York remains good, and after everyone enjoyed a big Christmas we are all looking for­ ward to a happy and prosperous New Year for all hands. Although we did not have as many ships coming in for payoff as we normally have, shipping held up good. Permitmen had good shipping because a lot of the boys wanted to stay ashore until after the holidays. Shipping was given- an added boost when the Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) came out of layup and took a full crew, and we also flew an additional 20 men down to Venezuela to the Sandcaptain, a dredge belonging to Construction Aggregates. Those boys have a steady job for the next 16 months if they stick it out for the duration of the contract. Ships In Good Shape All of the ships coming in here during the past two weeks-were in good shape, with their crews do­ ing a bang-up job on them. Dur­ ing this period we paid off 14 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 17 in .transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Beatrice, Emelia and Elizabeth (Bull); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Seatrains New Jersey, New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Mankalo Victory (Victory Carriers); Archers Hope, Bradford Island and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Queenston Heights (Seatrade), and Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping). Signing on wei'e the Robin Sher­ wood, Robin Mowbray and Robin Money Exchange Rates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of Janu­ ary 4, 1955, and are subject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, South Af­ rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy: Average closing rate of lire to the doUar in Milan and Rome. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 10.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela: 29.85 cents per hoiivar. SW HALL Goodfellow (Seas Shipping); Steel Admiral (Isthmian), and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo). In transit were the Wild Ranger, Arizpa, Chickasaw, Warrior, Antinous and Fairland (Waterman); Kathryn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Seatrains Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); Cantigny, Winter Hill and Government Camp (Cities Service); Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Calmar (Calmar), and Re­ public (Trafalgar). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4 4 4 Seattle: Tagalam Is Sehedttled To Come Qui Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this Nortljwest port during the past two weeks and the outlook for the future is bright as we have the Tagalam (Seatrade) cOming put of lay-up and the Alcoa Pegasus is due in for payoff in Portland, Ore. Paying off here in Seattle during, the past two weeks wereM:he Seacomet H (Ocean Carriers) and the Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans). SigniM on were the Seacomet II and thF Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), and in transit were the Pennmar, Massmar and Marymar (Calmar) and the Azalea City, Citrus Packer and John B. Water­ man (Waterman). The Calmar ships, incidentally, are giving us one of our biggest headaches here, because nearly every week we have to request ad­ ditional stores for them to make the return trip to the East Coast. We generally have to request such things as coffee, night lunches and large quantities of meat, and the crews and delegates are very hot about this. This is a situation which we believe should be rectified and at our last meeting a motion was made and carried unanimously that headquarters look into the storing of these ships on the intercoastal runs. Guess that's all except to say that the severe cold and snow we had last year seem to be bypassing us this winter. We have had some rain, but who can complain about that when shipping is so good? Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Mobile: Ariiiia Will Crew Up, 11 Ships To ?ay Off Shipping in the port of Mobile was good during the past two weeks and we shipped 118 men to various ships. We also sent 139 men to relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had 8 pay­ offs, 6 sign-ons and 4 ships in transit. The payoffs, which \ver« all in good shape, were as follows: Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne and Arizpa (Waterman) and Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Run­ ner and Alcoa * Cavalier (Alcoa). Signing on were the Golden City (Waterman) and Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Cava­ Nail lier (Alcoa). In transit were the Del Aires (Mississippi), Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian) and De Soto and Ibeiville (Waterman). » Coming iiy here for payoff dur­ ing the next two weeks are the Monarch of the Seas, Chickasaw, Claiborae and Antinous (Water­ man) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). In addition, we expect to crew up the Arizpa (Waterman) which paid off here December 28 and laid up for about 10 days. This ship should take a full crew around January 8. Sails As Chief Steward In the spotlight, as Seafarer of the Week, is Brother Clarence Nail, who has been a member of ^ the Union since its beginning. Brother Nail, who sails as chief steward, is married, and has two grandchildren. He thinks that our Vacation and Welfare Plan ben­ efits are the best in the industry. Members currently on the beach include G. Troche, Marion Green, Walter Whitten, ChaHes Spencer, D. L. Parker, J. Wread and a num­ ber of others. In closing, we wish,to extend our sympathy to the family of Brother Robert Shell, who died since our last meeting. He is survived by a wife and other relatives. We also extend our sympathies to the fami­ lies of the crew of the Southern Districts and hope that some news about the men on this ship will be forthcoming. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent Philadelphia: Shipping Rise Noted; Standby Jobs Obtained Shipping picked up quite a bit in this port during the last report WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FOHX WILLIAM.... 11814 Sj-ndicate Ave. period and it looks as if it will Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SiU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. continue for some weeks to come. ...673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORS^. ...1216 E. Bkltimore St. HEADQUARTERS. Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppafd, Agent EAstem 7-4900 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Moreover, we have been fortunate Paul HaU EMpire 4-5719 BOSTON 276 State St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS . 617V4 Cormorant St. in picking up the standby work for James Sheehan, Agent Rlctunond 2-0140 Robert Alatthews Joe Aigina " VICTORIA, BC Empire 4531 one of our contracted companies. Joe Volpian HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BO 298 Main St. WiUiam HaU A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 During the past two weeks we Pacific 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. paid off the Carolyn (Bull). SeaPhone 6346 Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 SUP BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. tiger (Colonial), Alamar (Calmar), MOBILE : 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 54.5 Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. Michael (Carras) and Republic NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND CAnal 7-3202 (Ti-afalgar). 532 N. W. Everett St. Lindaey WUllanu, Agent 113 Cote De La Montague Beacon 43.36 QUEBEC The Seatiger, Alamar, Michael MagnoUa 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2'707a 257 5th St. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. and Republic signed on and in NEW VORK......67S 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CALIT...... Phone 2599 NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacintb 9-6600 transit were the Chickasaw, Fair450 Harrison St. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 2-8363 Ben Rees, gent MAdison 2-9834 land and Gateway City (Waterman) Great Lakes District 2595 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA ....837 Market St. SEATTLE and the Frances and Edith (Bull). Main 0.290 .4LPENA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher All the payoffs and sign-ons WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY :. .180 Main SL were clean and all the ships gen­ Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Phone: Cleveland 7391 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn Marty Brelthoff. west Coast Representative NEW YORK 734 Lakeside Ave., NE erally were in good shape, with HYaclnth 9-6600 CLEVELAND PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Phone- Main 1-0147 only a few minor beefs which Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT. 1058 3rd St. SAVANNAH 8 Abarcorn St. Canadian District Headquarter* Phone; Woodward 1-6857 were all squared away. JeS Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1788 531 W. Michigan St. .Ot St. Jam* St. West DULUCT SEATTLE ....2S«aast Ave. MONTREAL S. CarduUo Phoner Melraae 2-4110FLateau 8161 Jeft-eSlette. Agent Elliott 4334 3M1 B. Mnd ^ TAMPA imm-mi N. rramuin a*. HALiEAX. NJ.....,.....12I^^0^I^ SOUTH CmCAaO PhOBKi . Philadelphia Port Agent Bnc* 8-auS tUf , Whit*. A^l 0 none a-uaa •i •[ -• i-rrV '• • .1. ' �January 7, 1955 r Irl On Logans Fort, The Crewmen Sport Real Sill Smiles ii'' P l-i, v'l •' • j'r • w.", •Cf' •, |v • Sporting real SIU smiles as they pose for the cameraman are some of the crewmembers (left) of the Cities Service tahker Logans Fort. In the usual order are AB Pinnel, ship's delegate Lewis, wiper Brenanides, wiper Fielding, OS Alexander, wiper Copado and engine delegate McGee. At the right is a typical messroom scene. Photos were taken by Wm. Rapp, oiler, and S. Manuel, pantryman. Santo Domingo s Tops For A Flingo Even If Yc)u Gan't Speak Tfie Lingo (Ed. note: The following article was written by one of the LOG's roving correspondents. Seafarer Angus C. (Red) Cdmpbell, We think it speaks for itself.) During my recent literary absence from these pages I have been filling in as fashion editor on the "Hobo News." Nevertheless, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer some advice to readers of the LOG regarding mid-winter vacations. Personally, I can think of no finer place than Trujillo^ City, better known as Santo world that features neon-lit poetry the many beaches will offer you a pleasant day. You may even be Domingo. You can get there in the men's room. • :U • 1-- either by ship or plane. Air travel is quite safe, but you still have a cab ride from the airport. The speed limit here is 35 miles an hour—25 on the ^sidewalks. The selection of a hotel natural­ ly depends on your financial "buckground." If you're in the higher income brackets, like bookies and T V repairmen, you'll take up residence at "The Jaragua" where super - cleanliness is the rule. Here they don't change the linen — they throw out the whole bed. And nowhere else are, Campbell the chambermaids so well bred — or badly buttered. Just think how nice it would be to sit nightly on your own private balcony with a tropical moon shin­ ing down on your varicose veins. If you're looking for a cold one, the bar features "50 Mixed Drinks and How to Swallow Them." The bartenders are strictly tropical— they've always got their palms out. And this is the only bar in the Try "Mike's Place" Of com-se, this is not the only hotel in town. There's another nearby with 200 rooms and no baths. It's closed on Saturdays. As a last resort, if you're the kind of person who can stand anything, like a Pirate fan, you Ct.n stay at "Mike's Place." When you register don't be surprised if you have to make your own bed—but he'll give you a hammer and saw. For two dollars you get a room with an adjoining towel. Every building in the city faces the ocean — Mike's faces the incinerator. Room No. 7 doesn't have any ceil­ ing but that's okay—the guy up­ stairs doesn't walk around much. As for the bathroom, make sure you're a loud singer—there's no lock on the door. But some rooms have radio and television—boy, it would be great if they had elec­ tricity! As for air conditioning^ the porter comes around every half hour and blqws through the key­ hole. If he ever brings you a tele­ gram you'll never get him to stick it under the door. It's always on a plate. But no matter where you stay, in time to see "Miss Surfmaid elected. The only contestant I ever backed wound up as "Miss Sand­ bar." When the judges saw her they all wanted to know how long the body had been in the water. OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publication, and the like which S^mfurers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. Fans of the off-beat in record­ enced photographer can make per­ ings will probably enjoy one of the fect exposures without figuring out latest offerings of a company called the compensating F-stop adjust­ Cook-Sounds of Our Time which, ment for every change in shutter in the absence of burlesque in speed. Introduced last year with many places, has taken the trouble a conventional Synchro-Compur to bring, it _righ.t .in.to_.the J.iyin.g. shutter, the Super Regent is now room—for your listening pleasure, available with the new Compulf anyway. The company set up its LVS (Light Value Scale) shutter. A change in the siiutter speed equipment in the pit of a New automatically changes the dia­ Jersey burlesque house and recorded the sounds of the pit- phragm to a correctly compen­ band playing music for the strip­ sated F-stop. Another feature of pers, the comedians' gags and skits the new model is a delayed action and the audience howling, stomp­ mechanism for self-timed pictures. ing and whistling. "Burlesque Un- It is synchronized at all speeds for censored" ($5.95) is a rare find both flash and electronic flash and that will be enjoyed by many. It lists at $89.50. t> t> ti may not make too much of a hit with the ladies, however, A different type of sea story in its own right is "The Blue Conti­ iSr t> . Ansco announces a new version nent," a chronicle of actual under­ of its Super Regent 35 mm coupled sea adventures by an Italian scientific-sport expedition of skindivers in the Red Sea. Wellstudded with photographs, the book provides a good accounting for the growing popularity of skindiving as a sport—both by itself and combined with underwater photography or offshore fishing. Seafarers who are enthusiasts for this sort of thing will doubtless find the reading entertaining and val­ uable for their own purposes. Writ­ ten in an exciting style by an actual member of the expedition, Ansco Super Regent Folco Quilici, the book is priced rangefinder camera with a boast at $5 and is published by Rinehart that now even the most inexperi­ & Co. LOG-A.RHYTHM: My Seafaring Son By Lillian Logan know a lad who went to sea. So this young lad who was so smart He went because the food was free. Got his papers and did depart. To work all week, then have to pay For his own keep was not his way. He sailed the seas, saw sights galore. One day he said, "Can'tcha see, Then one day met a gal ashore. mum, Now this same lad can't sail afar From a life like this no fortune'll Or spend his pay in the nearest come. bar. I gotta go where, come pay day. The dough's all mine and. I can Nor can he take time off at will. play He has to work to pay some bill. And he hasn't saved that "pile" yet Cards if I like, or spend it all 'Cause all his plans became upset. On one night's spree in some port The butcher man, the baker, too. o' call. Or, if I want, I'll work a while. Want their money when it's due. Then take off and live in style. And now there is a little boy "You may have to make your bed . . ." Who always wants .another toy. . If it's hot music and ton-id danc­ And when I'm tired I'll start to save. So Daddy still sails on the sea. ing yoij,'re looking for, this is the Then come home and never slave. But not because the food is free. place. If the dances were ever interpreted, the whole Kinsey report «.would have to be revised. (1) Members of what religion use a mosque as a place of worship? The music is so hot that the TV sets are equipped with asbestos (2) What was the motto of The Three Musketeers? screens. (3) What is the Earth's nearest neighbor in space: (a) Mars, (b) Take it from me, you'll love Saturn, (c) Moon, (d) Jupiter? Santo Domingd. Just leave the (4) After a card-game, a man winds up with $10.25 in nickels,,^ wife at home. dimes and quarters. If the number of quarters is one more than the number of nickels, and the number of dimes he has is twice the number of quarters less two, how many of each does he have? (5) Before the US went off the gold standard, what was the value of a double eagle? For obvious reasons the LOG (6) What is the name of the Indian chief who completely routed cannot print any letter or and destroyed the forces of General Custer? other communications sent in (7) Two men who later became Presidents of the US signed the by Seafarers unless the author Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of them was John Adams. signs his name. Unsigned, Who was the other? Was it: (a) Franklin, (b) Hamilton, (c) Jackson, anonymous letters will only (d) Jefferson? Things .jwere a lot different for a seaman in the days before the wind up in the waste-basket. (8) What famous building is located at Agra, India? SIU, says veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen, who submitted the alcove If circumstances justify, the (9) Three cigars and one pipe will exactly balance 12 boxes of photo. This is the Christel Vlnnen, built in 1890, on which Thorsen •LOG will withhold a signature matches on a scale. One cigar and eight boxes of matches will exactly made a 13-month trip in 1913 before quitting the ship in Australia. on request, but if you want it balance one pipe. How many boxes of matches will balance one pipe? The first mate issued him a draw a handful of shillings before printed in the LOG, put your (10) How many men were op a dead man's chest? he left—and that was all the pay he ever got from that voyage, name on it; . (Quiz Answers On Page 17). Thorsen reports. ' IllllilPo Pay? 'A Handful Of Shillings' Sign Name oh LOG Letters •1 ' .i w,. d 'yeni �» Mixup Gives Crew Draw/ But In lOU's When a shipping company has its headquarters on the East Coast, and one of its ships comes out of lay-up on the West Coast, there's apt to be some coniusion. This Is what happened when the Oceanstar (Triton) came out of lay-up recentlj'. And, in fact, there was so much confusion that the crewmen found themselves getting part of a draw in lOUs, according to ship's delegate Wil­ liam J. Anderson. "This ship was taken out of the boneyard in Portland, Ore.," An­ derson reports. "But the company is a New York outfit and so there was a lot of confusion. In fact, when the ship got to Coos Bay, and we asked iof a draw, the captain didn't have enough money to cover it. We must say, to the captain's credit, that he used his own money to cover as much of the draw as he could, but the re­ mainder had to be given out in lOUs. "While it certainly was decent of the captain to do this, it must be noted that giving out a draw in lOUs is uncommon, to say the least," Anderson says. * M f a V • I. • ^ 8SAFARSRS 104 Jaasar? 1, 1985 ttlght Now Hofo A Cowboy By Spike Martin Seafarer Al Page, DM, proudly shows off his five-year-old son Steve as a "future deck maintenance man," during a recent visit to SIU headquarters. Steve, who is obviously a rootin'-tootin' cow­ boy right now, hasn't committed himself for the future yet. Broom-Swinging Bosun Goes Into Gear Ancd There Are DeacJ Ducks On The Mae During the fall and early winter months, when the hunting season is on in various parts of the country, the SEAFARERS LOG gets a lot of letters from brothers who think they're pretty handy V(^th a gun, and who like to report on what they've toted home from the hills.. broom. After landing, the ducks Apparently, however, ^one ing to Ralph's shipmate, third cook were hemmed in by the bulwarks Sid Berger, Ralph recently dem­ brother stands in a class by onstrated his ability with a broom and were unable to take off again. himself. In fact, he doesn't even need a gun to bag himself a bevy ^of birds. Just as old broom is good enough. This seagoing Deadeye Dick Is Balph Ruff, a Union oldtimer who generally ships out of Baltimore, and who's lately been sailing as bosun on the Mae (Bull). Accord­ by bringing down a pair of goodsized wild ducks while the Mae wa.s''crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Cementing Hawse Pipe , Ralph was cementing the hawse pipe when the ducks came in for a landing on the forecastle head, Sid reports to the LOG, and so he promptly knocked them off with a '\ - Just because Otto 6raham is the neighbor of a certain MD who was recently convicted of disposing of his wife was no^reason, in the eyes of patriotic Detroiters, for him to behave with such homicidal intent towards the world champion Lions. If Graham is wise he will stay out of Detroit hereafter. Local pride was cut to the quick by the Cleveland Brown's 56-10 drubbing of the Lions and revenge would be the order of the day. Actually Graham had a motive of sorts. His club had never beaten Detroit and he had never thrown a touchdown pass against them. Since professional football is, at best, little short .of legalized mayhetn, Graham could be excused for emulating his neighbor. Nimble-Footed Graham is justly famous for his passing skill but he showed real art as a runner fti the title game. As a matter of fact, he was the shiftiest runner on the field. The lumbering giants- of the Detroit defensive line had him trapped several times in the first half when there was still time to turn the tide. But Graham skipped away from them as nimbly as an ante­ lope outfooting a herd of ele­ phants. It must have been terribly frustrating to the outsize defensemen who were out to crush him if they could, or at least tear a liga­ ment in his throwing arm. Half of the battle in a pro foot­ ball game is to keep key men from getting hurt. The T-formation quarterback's motto is "he who passes and runs away lives to pass another play." Graham has'always been pretty good at self-preserva­ tion although he usually' has con­ siderable help from some of his burlier teammates. Ojiher quarterbacks in the league haven't been quite that fortunate, with corresponding effects on their team's fortunes. In the past season alone. Tittle of San Francisco, Conerly of New York, Finks of Pittsburgh, Krekorian of Balti­ more, Blanda of the Chicago Bears and Layne of Detroit have all been on the shelf for one game or more becar«? .of injuries. But Graham seems to lead a charmed life. It's reminiscent of the time Sid Luckman played with the Chicago Bears. He went through many a game without getting the seat of his pants dirty; Graham vs. Baugh Some sportswrlters have taken to comparing Graham with Sammy Baugh, generally rated the best ever. It's hard to make compari­ sons because Baugh played double duty, offense and defense. Offhand though, Baugh could do everything Graham can, and more. Aside from his passing and running skill, Baugh was one of the best punters pro football has ever seen, and he was a fine safety man as well. But since the Browns have Horace Gillom to boot the ball, they are per-, fectly happy with Graham the way he. is, Bagging A Buck A recent hunting trip in Nova Scotia proved very successful for Seafarers John MacPherson (left) and Eddie Derhak, as this photo shows. The buck whose antlers they are holding weighed 225 pounds after it was dressed. The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like • suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Louis Gome's recipe for-"Veal Scalopine a la Cream." It cannot be denied that veal is not popular on American ships, according to Seafarer Louis "Frenchy" Corne, al­ though the US has by far the best quality of veal in the world. In his experience, the rea-+ —— — son for this is the lack.of care pounds of veal, cut it up like cut­ and attention given to it dur­ lets, and then cut these pieces in- After knocking off this pair of wild ducks with a broom, bo­ sun. Ralph Ruff of the Mae proudly poses with prize. n order to collect transportation Inoney, when paying off In a port other than the port of sign-on, make sure you get a rSturn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher ••• AMD present it to the company's home office within 30 days, they were really sitting and ducks—but that's beside the point. 15id' doesn't say what happened to the ducks }ater but we have lit­ tle doubt that the crewmembers of the Mae had a lip-smacking time in the messhall, thanks to Ralph's broom-swinging prowess. ^t3^4cl[Se4CY' At ing preparation. This is in sharp contrast with conditions In Europe, where veal Is, to use Corne's own expression, the "plat de luxe"—"the real stuff." "Scalopine a la cream," which is a good standby dish, is quickly prepared. A good chef can turn it out in 25 minutes, and Corne has found it to be a top succ 6 s s whenever he's served ~ it aboard ship. Corne Corne, inciden­ tally, is a seagoing veteran whose first trip dates back to 1913 and who has been sailing SIU ships since 1942. The only break in this stretch was from 1926-41 when he operated a well-known place in New Jersey on his own. In, order to make the Vecalopine," here's what you do: take 20 two. Flatten the meat with the palm of the hand instead of ham­ mering it to death with a "per­ suader." Salt and pepper on both sides—heavy on the black pepper —and dip lightly in olive oil. Next, saute the veal in butter and keep it hot. Then, whip or stir the melted butter — including whatever sticks to the pan (which is the best part)—and work in 4 or 5 cans (pints) of milk, 1 table­ spoon each of A-1 sauce and Kitchen Bouquet sauce or Bovril and tablespoon of Worchestershire. Stir this mixture until the sauce is thick like a good beef gravy, strain and keep it in a bain marie (double boiler). At mealtime, serve 4 or 5 "scalopines" per per­ son' covered with sauce. "Frenchy" adds that if there's a good skipper aboard, try to get a pint of sherry or port wine to use instead of one pint of milk. It's even better that way. �rare Slxteoi Army Could Use Ship Know'tiow SSAPARERS Januan 1, ISSS LOG L E T T E R S Son Gotten Home In Emergency To the Editor: To the iSditor: of the Ij^iion, and so I would appre­ all. conversations pertaining to I hope you will publish this let­ As one of the many Seafarers ciate it very much if you could ter in the SEAFARERS LOG as I who has shipped to Europe via ships and their operations. send the LOG to me over here. Then one day I happened to pick would like to thank the SIU repre­ his local draft board during the sentatives in Philadelphia for the Harlan K. Hall past year, I would like to take up a copy of the SEAFARERS To the Editor: this occasion to wish one and all LOG. I started to read it, became (Ed. note: Your name has been wonderful help given to us when We, the crew of the Arlyn, were we were trying to locate the ship added to our mailing, list.) happy and safe voyages during very interested in it, and found the answer to my problem, I can so overwhelmed with grief and my son was sailing on. 1955. 4 4 4' now talk about the sea and I owe it shock upon reading the October 7 Because of this help my son was I would also like to say "hello" all to the LOG. I look forward able to get home in time when to the many friends, too numerous eagerly to receiving each copy and minutes of the Alcoa Roamer, his father was being operated on, to mention, with whom I had the can't put it down until I have read about the death of the dishwater ,and he was also there when his pleasure of sailing. canary, that we decided to do it through from cover to cover. father failed to survive the operas To the Editor: Dui;ing the past year I have something immediately. Liked Log-A-Rhythm read many letters in the LOG from I'm out of the hospital now, tion. I would like to comment espe­ We just can't have gooney birds It is a comfort to me to know Seafarers in the waiting to ship from New York, cially on the Log-A-Rhythm in the dying and do nothing about it— how effort the SIU made to Arnvy- Vv ha • - -ar e "11. SeptenTBef~ IT" Issue^'Tearifihg iraf "as, tlie- gatiant—crevr- of• t-hl; but I can tell you it would have locatemuch my son, and '.vs can never looking forward bemi one rough Chris"tmas up at by M. Dwyer. I thought the poem sleek craft of Liberty-ship design. to sailing again the Brighton (Mass.) marine hos­ thank the SIU enough. was just beautiful. (Mrs.) Margaret Graf when they are pital without that greeting card We formerly lived in St. Peters­ discharged. For from the Union, plus the $25 , ALCOA NOAMER <A|CM), Ac»«b*r 7—1 4 4 4 burg but now we are back in good I Chairmam. C. A. Case; Secretary* L* B.! myself, I'm hop­ bonus benefit voted to hospitalized 1 Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A J old Mobile again. I am sending you Fdiiihwater canary flew in the bosun's ^ ing there will Seafarers. our new address 'and I sincerely 1 foe'sle around curi'ee time: the bosun de>i / I elded-to let him slay as mascot, but tho; still be some A lot of other guys ih the hos­ hope you will continue to send us I bird died in (he afictiioon. American- flag pital weren't so lucky, and didn't To the Editor: the LOG as I enjoy reading ii so ships left sailing get any messages much. I am writing this because I have Krier when I get out in Was this bird murdered? Or did from anybody. Mrs. John R. Roberts not been getting my SEAFARERS April, 1956. (Ed. note: You will continue to he, perhaps, get a whiff of that The extra $25, of LOG lately anM I certainly hope Right now I'm in an Army boat receive the LOG regularly.) evil-smelling Island DDT? And course, really you have not.taken my name off company and I will say that, in did the crew wire the Coast Guard came in handy, 4> 4i 4> your mailing list. my opinion, there's a crying need for instructions as to a fit burial along with the I have been laid up for the past for men who know something for the little creature? regular weekly six years, but the call to go back about operating the boats. If there After ail, this canary must have $15 benefit -I've to sea is still very strong and I ace such things as navigation laws, been getting for been a rare bird to hog the entire have been praying for the day proper lights and simple safety To the Editor: the past seven I would like to use these col­ space of the ship's minutes. when I could start shipping again. rules, they don't seem to know weeks. I had And now, for the most important Stabile I certainly miss the' feel of a deck about them over here. I have been umns of the SEAFARERS LOG to details concerning this bird, Was been in the thank each and every person who under my feet and the good times amazed at some of the happenings Brighton hospital for a liver ail­ so generously contributed to the the flag flown at half mast? Did ment. I used to have with my old ship­ I have seen. success of the Christmas dinner the captain read the Bible for the mates. Wants LOG Sent Now that's all cleared up and I last rites? And was the crew in in the New Orleans hall. I hope you will publish this came down to New York to pick If possible, I would like very Since I know your space is lim­ full dress for the last rites? letter in the LOG so my old ship­ up a ship and visit old friends, much to receive the LOG over ited, I will not try to name all the Want Mote Info generally sail carpenter and was mates can see it and mayhe write here. Copies are now sent to my people who de­ We, the crew of the Arlyn, are last on the Steel Traveler (Isth­ to me. The address is Louis Kellar, home address, but my mother is serve thanks in­ very concerned about these things, mian). 86953, Box 69, London, Ohio. a regular LOG reader and I don't dividually. But and if the crew of the Alcoa Roam­ Louis Kellar want to deprive her of this pleas­ I do want to say Thanks again to the SIU for er will fill us in on the details in (Ed. note: You will continue to ure. to all the people their next minutes, they will re­ thinking of guys like me in the receive the LOG regularly.) hospitals and for making our holi­ I'll close with best wishes to all. who devoted lieve our great anxiety over this 4 4 4 Pvt. Barney L. Krieg day a lot cheerier. their time and terrible tragedy. US 54144222 effort to prepar­ Matthew Stabile Meanwhile, we have this bit of 81st Trans. Co. (BO.^) ing and serving counsel to offer the Roamer crew­ 4 4 4 APO 217, NY, NY. this dinner that men: In case another dishwater To the Editor: this event would Miorana <Ed. note: Your service address bird enters your fbc'sle, make sure I have just, finished reading the has been added to our mailing not have been it is fi'ee of all foul odors, put him possible without you. list.) article in the November 26 issue on a special diet, give him books The port agent and Union offi­ out of the SIU library to read, To the Editor: of the LOG about the Coast Guard 4« 4" 4« cials here also pitched in to make teach him a few manners, and you This Is to let you know that the plotting a seamen's blacklist. What this dinner a real old-fashioned will have a happy bird— not a Seastar (Triton) is finally out of the LOG says about this move be­ family affair, and they also de­ dead one. la fact, he may even lay-up and is making her first ing a power grab is true, but I serve thanks. help you chip paint—and without voyage in 14 months. After 14 would like to remind the mcmbcra To the Editor: It was really a pleasurb to see OT. months in the boneyard, as you that this plot is not a recent I am writing this on behalf of our Seafarer brothers and their can imagine, it's quite a job for thing. Under the Government's And so, we who were so sorely i my fellow crewmembers on the families all gathered together in "security program," for instance, Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, real SIU style, swapping reminis­ struck by this tragedy, send our all hands to get things going 'right. any seaman can be brought up on However, we have a very, very and wc hope that it will be pub­ cences and enjoying themselves. sincere condolences—to the bird, good crew on board and we hope charges by the Coast Guard, classi­ lished in the LOG. It made me realize again how for­ that is. to have this ship fied as a "security risk" and sus­ Fraternally, We, the crew of the Logans tunate I am to be an SIU member. in real SIU order pended indefinitely without a ' Crew of the Arlyn Fort, wish to thank Thurston Victor Mtorana in a short time. chance to defend himself. Lewis for his untiring efforts in 4 4i l* ^ It seems to me that certain peo­ There are nu­ our behalf and the fine job he has merous things ple in Washington are trying to done as our ship's delegate. the company will use the Coast Guard to wreck US We wish him a speedy recovei-y have to take care maritime unions and all the gains from his recent injury and a happy To the Editor: To the Editor: of and we are they have made. In fact, it seems New Year. sure these things to me that the present Republican T am writing this to let you Joseph P. Saide, Jr. I have been a member of the will be done as administration is bent on wrecking know I am now working as an SIU since 1949, shipping mostly soon as we hit the entire labor movement, and is operations agent for National Air­ out of Seattle. But right now I am Reid Baltimo,re. Mean­ going along with "big business" all lines at International Airport in working on a shoreside job here in Miami, and am joining the branch Adana, Turkey. I am working for a while, as I say, every man in the the way. Giiy W. Newman of the Airline Pilots' Association. construction firm from Boise, crew is doing his full share to get To the Editor: I am a former SIU bookman Idaho, and I am an excavation this vessel shipshape. When my husband and I were and I certainly would appreciate superintendent on this dam and Before closing, we would like married I knew nothing about ships it if you would print this in the power house project for the Turkish to extend a vote of thanks to our or the sea. And since my husband SEAFARERS LOG so all the government. steward department for serving —who is now on the Alcoa Corsair brothers may know where I am I have always enjoye^ reading really topnotch food. —has been going to sea for 17 and what I'm now doing. the SEAFARERS LOG and would Vance A. Reld years, I felt completely left out of William T. Scott like to keep up with the activities ShipTg delegate But Who Killed Cock Canary? Thanks SIU For Cheerier Xmas In Lay-UPi HeUl Weleome Letters Says ^Thank You^ For Xmas Dinner Sdys Power Grab By CG Isn^t New Seastar Sailing After 14 Months Ship^s Delegate Thanked By Crew He Goes From Ships To Planes On Turkish Job, Wants LOG Sent LOG Makes Wife Hep To Sea Talk acB& Burlv - C> m-! • For AU Uanda By Bernard Seaman �SR 4P ARERS SsBussyl, 1058 Pase Seventeen LOC ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... day of'arrival to make certain that fresh stores are put on each trip. Chief engi Pantry will be cleaned. Quarters and to vary menus more often in the future. neer will be notiffed of water cooler be­ ing out of order. Members were asked to return coffee galley should be sougeed and painted. Ail hands were asked to keep the laun­ cups to the sink. FAIRLAND (Waterman); Dscemtier 2— dry and the washing machine cleaner. MOTHER M. L. (Eagle), December 1— Chairman, G. Conrad; Secretary, H. Chairmen, J. Nance; Secretary, Nell Fierce. .Ship's deiegate reported that the COViRNMENT CAMP (Clfle* Service), November 35—Chairman, L. Parker; Sec­ Metthsy. Most of the repairs have been crew had to get the port agent in Wil­ retary, J. Block. Steward department taken care of. Ship's delegate was asked mington down to the ship in order to was complimented for a very nice to have a draw list ready one week be­ have a catwalk erected over the deck fore arrival. Crew agreed that Thanks­ -cargo and lashings. Repair list will be Thanksgiving dinner. giving dinner just couldn't be beat. made up before payoff port. OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), Fresh frozen strawberries will be served November 28—Chairman, R. Palmer; Sec­ Christmas and New Year's. There are a CALMAR (Calmar), December 5—Chair­ retary, p. Wasmer. A special meeting fine bunch of fellows aboard and every­ man, H. Pcdersen; Secretary, P. St. was cailed to eiect ship's deiegate. Gen­ one agrees that there will be a clean Marie. Repair lists requested from de­ eral discussion took place reirtive to payoff. partment delegates will be mailed from improvement of steward department MASSMAR (Calmar), Novamber 30— the Canal Zone. No beefs reported. quarters, installation of fans, renewing coils on bunks and painting. There was Chairman, A. Kavel; Secratary, W. Dun­ DEL NORTE (Mississippi), November 28 a great deal of discussion pertaining to ham. After a discussion was held on the arlicies signed in San Francisco and the coffee situation a motion was made —Chairman, Brother Munna; Secretary, , J.—..CaUa.—r-. carrfesl that •tJre-Taiiare**i5i 'tiie "capiain wj* t«ks"Cin?e" letter to the company and have the that the captain had decided after a of repairs. brand changed. Chairman talked on the conference with the delegates to revoke BALTORE (Ore), no date—Chairman— subject of the ship's fund and made a his prohibition of no beer for the crew C. Reier; Secretary, Charles Henschke. motion that the fund be used oniy for at the beginning of the new voyage. He relief of our needy brothers. Crewmem- warned the delegates that he would in­ bers were urged to vote in the SIU stitute the prohibition again if any mem­ bers of the crew showed any signs of election. performing. Treasurer reported a cash WARRIOR (Waterman), October 14— balance on hand amounting to $12S.G0. Brothers were requested to be more Chairman, C. Garner; Secretary, M. El­ liott. Some of the repairs from last careful with the new washing machine. trip were not completed. Future meet­ DEL SLID (Mississippi), November 28— ings will be called after 6:30 PM or at 1 PM on Saturdays or Sundays. Suggestion Chairman, T. James; Secretary, C. Pamade that telegram be sent to New Or­ torno. Motion made and carried that the leans about windchutes and fans that crew go on record of supporting our union officials one hundred per cent with have not come aboard as yet. November 28—Chairman, J. Crews; |r.; a vote of thanks. The men were re­ Secretary, M. Elliott. Something should quested not to use face bowl for laundry. be done about the vegetables and pota­ A vote of thanks was extended to the toes, and steward agreed to do some­ steward department for a job well done thing about same. Everything abcMird in handling the Thanksgiving dinner. running smoothly. FLORIDA (P * O), December 4—Chair­ BENT'S FORT (Cities Service), Novem­ man, G. Taylor; Secretary, D. Birming­ (Continued from page 2) ber 14—Chairman, E. Hamaty; Secretary, ham. A letter from secretary-treasurer J. Beres. Machinist made a motion that to the crew was read to the member­ 20. On some of these trips aliases soap be changed to national brand. Port­ ship. Due to the shortage of time avaUwere used. Cobb stated he had hole dogs and gaskets to be put on re­ pair list. Ail men to put needed repairs used an airline credit card be­ on a list. Prolonged discussion on the longing to Bradley. current SIU election. November 28—Chairman, R. Hammond; Bradley admitted to reporters Secretary, J. Beres. Ship's radio is still he had a card but that he "lost it" in the repair shop. The ship's delegate held a discussion on the use of elected and has since gotten another one. delegates for all requests to department Cobb said, according to Calissi, heads. VINORI (Ore), Nev«mbir «—Chair­ Motion made and carried to get a new man. •. Halla; Secratary. H. J. Lakyn. washing machine. Steward was requested Grand Jury Probes Hall Murder Plot that Ray White made arrangements SEATIGER (Colonial), November for him to use Bradley's card. Chairman, T. Bestty; Secretary, A. Har­ rington. A talk was held on getting Galda further reported that in American money. The chair­ Higgs told him Bradley gave him draws man asked members to donate, money for a check for $6,000, which Higgs extra washing machine motor. Ship needs exterminating as there are roaches cashed in a Tampa bank. Accord­ in foc'sles and lockers. ing to Cobb's story he got $2,000 KATHRYN (Bull), November 28—Chair­ two days after the date Higgs was man, none; Secretary, Mike Zelonka. supposed to have received the Ship's delegate reported everything ship­ shape. The repair list should be made check from Bradley. out earlier than in the past. Galda added that Bradley had ELIZABETH (Bull), November 28 — given at least $40,000 to Ray White Chairman, R. Barrett; Secretary, Rueland concluded that there was "big llnga. All crew's quarters locks will be and/or renewed if necessary money floating all over the place overhauled by shore locksmith. News carried top­ down there." side and this must be stopped. Steward to attend in crew messhall during meal While White's e.\tradition is hour. pending, Priore has waived extra­ BALTORE, (Ore), October 31—chair­ dition and , gone to New Jersey, man, R. Stahl; Secretary, A. Nelson. Mo­ where he is being held in $50,000 tion made by one brother that ali dele­ gates check with steward on or before bail. He has admitted knowing Cobb and TalTe, Calissi reported, but has refused to talk further. Bradley was due to be questioned by the grand jury on January 4, Andrew Kinney but his appearance was postponed. Your brother Michael asks you Steely White has not yet been to write him at USNS Upshur, c/o found. FPO, New York, NY. Quiz Ansivers (1) Mohammedanism. (2) "One for all and all for one." (3) (c) Moon. (4) 20 nickels, 40 dimes and 21 quarters. (5) Twenty dollars. (6) Sitting Bull. (7) (d) Jefferson. (8) Taj Mahal. (9) Nine boxes of matches. By simplifying the information we have, we find that one cigar will balance one box of matches. Since one cigar and, eight boxes of matches balance one pipe, it follows that nine boxes of matches can also balance one pipe. (10) 15. Puzzle Answer gQDQ SQUa Bisas giaanGasss IHIIQO ESIQS QDQ Has [SiQas SBsaDnaGs HHH HHH [HDQfzaaaBQ @a[s SESiE anas QSa HBH @00 !Z:!ga0HS @09000 SG!oa@ [s:0i00Da0 s[i0s seas able to the crew, many of whom were on a new library aboard. Watertight doors duty, a moUon was made and carried into passageways leak. There is a bal­ that all reports be dispensed with and ance of $5.10 in the ship's fund. the meeting be conRned to new business. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), IBERVILLE (Waterman), November 26 November 25—Chairman, E. Luzier; Sec­ —Chairman, C. Copper; Secretary, R. retary, W. Tregembo. Beefs about prep­ Guthrie. Ship's delegate reported that aration of food. A vote of thanks went there was too much horseplay on ship, to the crew messman. A suggestion was and reported that steward was neglect­ made that if a man doesn't do his job ing his job, and the galley and stove are properly he should be replaced. filthy. A motion was made that two dele­ gates and the steward inspect the galley BEATRICE (Bull), December 5—Chair­ every week to see that everything is SIU man, J. Bernard; Secretary, R. Hull. shipshape. A new ship's delegate was Ship^s fund amounts to $12. All hands elected and the old one was given a were asked to cooperate and keep the vote of thanks for a good job done. laundry clean, and to turn in ali extra linen. Gangway watch will keep keys to WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ pantry so as to keep longshoremen out. tion), December 3—Chairman, C. Murray; Secretary, H. Krohn. While in Raymond, PONCE (Ponce Cement), December 7— Washington, one of the brothers in the Chairman, E. Mooney; Secretary, P. Mer_d^k department was injured while on M.'Jt'sn..raa.45t.ai?Jt carried .to .have "waicK' and was'taken to the' TfibspitiaT."" AS' a meeting at least once a month while soon as the longshoremen heard about ship is en this run, and to stagger meet­ same they offered their help. Their co­ ing arid time to give men on watches a operation was appreciated by ail. Ail. chance to attend. The ship's delegate hands were told to bring oups to pantry. was given a vote of thanks for a job well Chairs in recreation need repairing. done. £ DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), December 5 —Chairman, T. Beatrous; Secretary, J. PIcou. Ship's deiegate explained about the logs to everyone's satisfaction. Broth­ er uncker asked all brothers to keep off his freshly painted deck for about one hour. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), De­ cember 2—Chairman, J. Mitchell; Secre­ tary, H. Richardson. All departments were asked to turn in repair lists as soon as possible. The icebox is out of order and will be repaired upon arrival in the next port. PAOLI (Cities Service), December S— Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary, J. Fisher. Ali hands were asked to be sure to shut off washing machine. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment and each and every man for mak­ ing the trip across a pleasant one. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), November 20 —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. Hall. Quite a few beefs aboard regard­ ing chow, penalty cargo, disputed over­ time, etc. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see the patrolman about having the ship fumigated for rats as they have been seen everywhere. The drinking water is rusty and it was rec­ ommended that the fresh water tanks be recemented. A letter was sent to the New Orleans port agent regarding food beef and other beefs mentioned. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), November 14—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secre­ tary, V. Ratcllff. Discussion on crewmember who missed ship. A telegram will be sent to the patrolman to ask for Southern Districts Probe Opens; CG Canceis Saiiings Of All LSTs (Continued from page 3) and the chief engineer patched a hole in the hull below the waterline, by passing a bolt over the side on a line and using it to secure a big washer used to plug the leak. John Flanagan, oiler, who signed on last August 12th and got off in the shipyard here "because the engines were in too bad condition to make the trip" said lines in the engine room were patched with friction tape and wooden plugs. Pump Burned Out On one trip from Houston to San Juan, Puerto Rico, he testified, it was nece.ssary to keep the bilge pump running 24 hours a day be­ cause of a leak in the No. E3 cen­ ter tank. As a I'esult, the bilge pump was burned out and never was put back in working order, he said. Other pumps aboard would not suffice to take care of the in­ flow of water in event of a serious mishap, he said. Flanagan also told of the steei'ing gear going out of commission twice while he was aboard. Once, he said, both engines were stopped while repairs were made at sea to the steering engine. The voyage was continued with the steering apparatus jury rigged, he added. On the other occasion, the steering gear jammed and the ship cruised in a circle until it could he tem­ porarily repaired. When Flanagan joined the ship August 12, he said, the steering engine was powered by curreni conducted by ah ordinary exten­ sion cord leading from an AC out­ let in the messrooin. He said this jury rig was installed after gen­ erators supplying current to the steering engine burned out. There were no spare parts aboard to re­ pair the generators and when he left the ship in New Orleans, November 28, this arrangement for supplying electrical power to the steering apparatus was still in use. Plugging Leaks Charles P. Johnsen, DM, related two leaks in the bottom shell plat­ ing of the No. 3 center tank were patched with wooden plugs in San Juan and the ship continued on to Jamaica where a cargo of bauxite was taken aboard for Corpus Christi. Rust on deck was "a good halfinch thick" and "we weren't al­ lowed to do any chipping, just painted over it," Johnsen testified. Johnsen said when he saw the ship in drydock in New Orleans just before he got off along with Flanagan and Collins the bottom of the ship "looked like a shower" i 4" from water spraying from leaks Charles .W. Brinton amidships and forward. This man is seeking witnesses He recalled he left the Southern to his accident November 30, Isles, a sister ship of the Southern 1953, while on a standby job in Districts, shortly before the Oakland, Calif. Contact Ivan PechSouthern Isles went down off ner, 225 South 15th St., Philadel­ Hatteras, and the "Districts was in phia, Pa. far worse shape than the Isles." i t 4" "At least, they made an attempt James Ahern to keep up the Southern Isles," You are asked to contact J. Suhe said. fryd, 3 Tudor Gardens, W. Auton, "The Southern Districts was London W3, England. always leaking and they were 4. 4. always taking soundings, eight or Henry Waller ten times a day," he said. Duke Duet asks you to get in Once, after a sounding, he tes­ touch with him c/o the Antinous, tified, the mate dropped the sound­ Waterman SS Co., Mobile, Ala. ing rod and "it went right through 4" 4" 4" the rusty deck near the No. 1 John Kucharski hatch." The hole was patched with ex-SS George A. Lawson a sheet of steel welded over the Contact. Pan-Oceanic Navigation hole, he said. Corp., 270 Park Ave., NYC, re­ Both Collins and Johnsen said garding your retroactive wages, the Southern Districts habitually J. Coleman 4 4> 4' George Glennon Your gear off Council Grove is sailed "down by the head." They also testified that in rough Your mother asks you to write at headquarters. Get in touch with weather it was necessary to dog her in Hillsboro, ND. Welfare Services. down the only doors leading from 4" 4» 4" 4" 4" 4" Stanley D. Turner Will the following men contact the crew's quarters so tightly that Get in touch with Pfc. W. R. heaUquarters record clerk. Your it could take four minutes in Col­ Weidmann, 4006 ASU Enl. Det., pictures in hook ledger are fading lins' estimation and "from five to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. and have to he replaced: Jesus ten minutes" according to Johnsen, Araya, John Anton, Lewis Almeida, to free them to permit escape in an 4" 4" 4" John F. Dixon Marty Amad, Daniel W. Alexander, emergency. The Coast Guard action in lifting Your wife asks you to contact Alex Anegnoston, Robert W. AIher at 124 W.. Bryan St., Savan- hertson, Robert M. Beliveau, John the certificates was without parallel •<^^ll>4^l»enV4n{tpHime-^i8tbi'i^ • After .V-V-A' Biaw' ^«iewe«d-.-£Ma'4>.-<Bftdoih-'^' the Southern Isles sinking in 1951 the Coast Guard ordered LST's to be strengthened with additional belly-bands. It did the same when two T-2 tankers broke in half one winter. In the Southern Isles case, the ship broke in two and sank so, rapidly that crewmembers never had a chance to launch lifeboats. All indications are that the same fate befell the Southern Districts which was doubly unfortunate in that, there were no other ships in the vicinity at the time to offer any help. The Southern Districts had left Port Sulphur, on December 2, with a cargo of 3,900 tons of sulphur ores. She was due in Bucksport on December 12, but was supposed to report in 72 hours before arrival time, or December 9. When nothing was heard from on the 9th or for 48 hours after­ wards, the company notified the Coast Guard on the lllh. A search was begun which proved unsuc­ cessful. Consequently, it is fairly certain that the ship sank some time be­ tween December 6, when she was sighted off the Florida Keys, and December 9 when she was due to radio the home office but failed to do so. Seafarers lost aboard the ship ii>/<. addition to Gelardos were: James H. Brandon, 38, Tampa; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Charles; Thomas Nichols, 29, West Lake, La.; Frank Famiglio, 18, New Orleans; Samuel B. Thomas, 35, Thomson, (ia.; John Daniels. 36, Conway, SC.; Wladslaw Hine, 46, Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, 30, Fordyce, Ark.; William T. Cooper, 27, Savannah; James B. Sellers, 29, Savannah; Victoriano R. Martinez, Norfolk. Two SUP men lost were Herman Klotz, Jackson Heights, NY. and Billie Nolan, Miami. Officers aboard the ship were Captain E. M. Rowe, Norfolk; T. B. Roane, 1st mate, Norfolk; J. B. Downing, 2nd mate, Virginia Beach; D. C. Hud­ son, 3rd mate, Portsmouth, Va.; G. C. Falle, radio operator, Balti­ more; W. H. Jennette, chief engi­ neer, Scranton, NC; E. Opffer, Ist^ assistant, Palatino, Cuba; M. 1J»' Carder, 2nd assistant, Newport, Ky.; L. L. Parrish, Jr., 3rd assistiant,-Rlehmond.- Va. -^1 i\ �• f 1 •• ••• • • T Page Eighteen SEAFARERS January 7, 1955 LOG Here's How You Collect M&C SEAFARERS Keeping down maintenance and cure payments to Seafarers is obviously in the interest of the shipowner and the claim agent. One asset to the shipowner in this respect is the absence of any accident or sickness report from the ship. If the company office has no ' report, that puts the burden tained by the crewmember. The to the Seafarer if he is called on of proof on the Seafarer. It next best thing is have have a to show proof that he left the ship means days, and sometimes weeks of digging up the necessary in­ formation so that the Seafarer can collect his dough. When a man is on the beach and not fit for duty, delays like that aren't welcome. File Report The best way to assure that pay- ments . will be- me-t-promptly is to see to it that the skipper or the purser takes down a report that the crewmember is leaving the ship for medical reasons. Ideally rhie report should be filled out in duplicate, signed and a copy re­ shipmate witness, the fact that a report has been made. After the report has been made, the crewmember should get a med­ ical certificate from the master. This is further proof that he left the ship for medical reasons, whereas an ordinary discharge simply shows he paid off the ship .without indicating the .r£.a.?.on for leaving. The master's medical is used to gain admittance to the Public Health Service hospital. It be­ comes part of the official hospital record which is readily available -m All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: James Hilton Babson, Jr., born November 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Babson, Enfield, North Carolina. 7"ll for treatment. Welfare Services has two in­ stances on record of men leaving ship by ambulance, yet having dif­ ficulty collecting maintenance be­ cause the claims agent had no re­ port from the skipper. In any case, it's wise for the Seafarer to contact SIU Welfare Ser-vis£.s. on any •n&aintea.a-nee-aihd cure item. It will save the Sea­ farer a good deal of time and will make it easier for him to collect in the event the .company wants to stall him or deny him.his bene­ fits. ZL 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs Kurt Walls, New Orleans, La. MMZ,,""',; - 4" 4* 4' Elizabeth Ann Zechenelly, born Robert Rodrlquez, born Novem­ November 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. George Zechenelly, Pearl John Rodrlquez, Brooklyn, New York. River, La. 4^ $> 4« 4" it David Charles Griffith, born Steven Kong Wong, born Decem­ 4 t Darlenc Walls, born November November 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Kong Wong, Brooklyn, New York. t 4^ 4» t Teresa Jo Sheffield, born De­ cember 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheffield, Mobil?, Ala­ bama. 4« 4^ 41 Michael Battle, bom November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Battle, Mobile, Alabama. ing all necessary arrangements. It 4> 4> 4i has found that the cost of a most David Calvin Byrd, born Decem­ elaborate ceremony is very rarely over the $600 mark, yet there have ber 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. been reports in the paper's of Willoughby Byrd, McLain, Missis­ undertakers charging far more sippi. it 4i' t than that to working men's fam­ Judy Lynn Jones, born Novem­ ilies. ber 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burials of a family member is a Raymond Jones, San Antonio, grievous task, and in the general Texas. upset following a death, it is easy 4i it 4i for the unscrupulous members of Olga Marina Resales, born De­ the undertaking profession to play cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and on the family's desire to give the Mrs. Orlando Resales, San Fran­ deceased a fitting tribute. cisco, California. Should any doubt arise as to the 4> ^ 4i legitimacy of funeral charges, SIU Antonio Cruz Lopez, born Octo­ Welfare Services should be con­ ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tacted on this score. Antonio Cruz, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Pop's Handing Out The Cigars No Sea,faT8rs-R-i^£et?k^-g5g6-fks^-:-ht£ Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 4> t 4> 4< 4* 4< 4i> 4> 4« T.... 9^-. M. ££l i WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD /Or/fS- aoll fosl. oo 11 3 oan \ ^t ! LL SO I tS- 933 Ho*pical Benefits Desth Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total ss-f /V WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLYHospital Benefits Paid Since Tulvl. 19S0 * Death Benefits Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952* Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19i2 » Total ' Date Benefif Began /, //ft 9f, 7/, 77c <00. li. 4.0gV,-?Tf JL WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Vacation 4^ New reports of unscrupulous undertakers preying on fam­ ilies of deceased union members have come to light recently following an investigation undertaken by the Attorney-gen­ eral of New York State. The investigation, centering has assisted many families of Sea­ Rh New York City, concerns farers in handling burials and mak­ those undertakers who hike up the price of funerals when they dis­ cover that a union welfare fund is paying a sizable death benefit. So far, SIU Welfare Services re­ ports that no such cases involving Seafarers have been called to the attention of the Union office in recent months. However, this prac­ tice is widespread, judging from previous complaints made on this score in various parts of the coun­ try. The CIO United Auto Workers Union has turned up such cases in the past, and the United Mine Workers Welfare fund also re­ ported many instances of similar abuses. In the past. Welfare Services REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID lo From t Sarah Fay Foster, born October 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Foster, Mobile, Alabama. 3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATiaN PLANS and Mrs. Thomas Griffith, Indian Head, Maryland. 4" i 4" NY Scans 'Gyp' Undertakers Who Rake In Union Benefits 5 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 33 SSt! 3<H /9 lU >143 HfT Vff t,13o^L* i.iLi 7// .$7 yp 1 ORimnnEn] COMMENTt During the aonth of November the Plan paid out six DEATH BENEFITS making a total for the year, as of the end of November, of one-hundred and fifty eight. The Plan also paid out eight-hundred and fifty three HOSPITAL BENEFITS making a year to date total, as of October, of ten thousand and nineteen. The amount of MATERNITY BENEFITS paid out for the month of November were sixty, which gives the Plan a year to date total of five-hundred and thirty six. There were thirty-nine DISABILITY BENEFITS paid during the month which give a year to date total of one thousand fourhundred and nine. Aie Submllted ...?:T^."5.?. AI Kerr, AsslslMf Administrator Assurance Of A Happy New Year James Alan Zuzov, born August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zuzov, Los Angeles, Cali­ fornia. Jeanne Colleen Edwards, born August 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Edwards, Gulfport, Mississippi. 4» 4* it Elizabeth Marie Alexander, born October 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Alexander, Dor­ chester, Mass. 411 4' 4" Richard Steven Lacoste, born December 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lacoste, Mobile, Alabama, Vivian Ellen Jansson, born De­ cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sven Jansson, Brooklyn, New York. |T«'*aMP tWKW. tCESfWYOURS '^'$2x-Seafarer Russell Hinkel, now an Army corporal, is all smiles and cigar as he poses with wife and new daughter Sandra Lee. Hinkel's last trip before going into service was on the Yaka in March, 1953. Wilmington Port Agent Ernest Tilley (left) congratulates Seafarer Henry A. Ferree after latter receives his first disability benefit check from SIU. ...... .. '..a,' .. . .i.» i- • �SEAFARERS January 7* 1055 SEEDP THE SEAFARERS We're still toting up the figure on the amount of money that was paid out to the brothers as a hospital bonus this Christmas, but the total has already gone past the $5,000 mark, besides the cigarettes that were distributed to keep the brothers in smokes for a while. Your Union is proud that it was the first to start the practice of paying a holiday bonus, as well as being the first to pay benefits for an unlimited period. Now some of the other unions in the industry "are swfn1gfrig~woufia to thlf 'SiU way doing tilings; • whkh proves It has been the best way all along. 4^ 4" Among the brothers who spent the Christmas holiday at the hos­ pital was Seafarer Olav Seim. Brother Seim was oiler on the Steel Admiral on his first trip, but he had to take off for Staten Island on December 12, when he suffered a malaria attack. Andrew Mnller, who was AB on the Wacosta, faces a pretty long stay in the boneyard. He was badly hurt by a fall aboard the Wacosta (Waterma i) while the ship was in Guartanamo Bay, Cuba. He was taken to the Jacksonville Navaf hospital at first, but was transferred to Staten Island when he was in shape to be moved. Talk about tough luck, William Home has had a share. He was all set to go with the Sandcaptain on that 18-month sign-on, when he fell and broke his leg in a shoreside accident. He was taken first Home to Methodist hospital in Brooklyn until the Union had him moved across the bay. We were happy to see that Donald McShane is rapidly on the mend. He was pretty badly smashed up in a fall from a boom over in Ice­ land, but it appears now that after a long spell of treatment he will be as good as ever. Brother Fred Harvey, bosun on the Steel Archi­ tect, came into the hospital during the holiday week. He's suffering with an abdominal strain and had to leave the ship in New Orleans. He went into the hospital there, but then came up to New York as he lives here. Other brothers who have been admitted recently include Morris Siegel, messman on the Greece Vic­ tory, Antonio Colon, steward utility off the Seatrain Savannah; Leon Ryzop, who was on the Evelyn Ryzon last trip out, and Joe Malone, who is back in for further treatment of his troublesome stomach ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian Barrett Vincent Michel Thomas Blaekledge George C. Murphy George Books C. R. Nicholson Charles Brady Alfonso Oln/Tuibel John I. Calamia Arne V. Olsen John Carolan Jack Peralta Sebastian Carregal Randolph RatcliS Herman Carson Joseph Richard Clarence Cob DarreU RUey Enoch Collins M. Rodriguez Samuel Cope Tage Roslund Warren Currier Lemblt Saar George Curry. Edward Samrock Robert Dewey S. Schieitler Fred Fagan, Jr. Benjamin Seal E. H. Fairbanks Luther Seidle Leo Fontenot Wade H. Sexton B. D. Foster Durand D. Shaw J. T. Gehringer Henry Sosa Harvey L. Graham A. Stevenson Richard Gralicki Albert Stout Francis Green Nicholas Tala Wiliiam Grimes Lonnie R. Tickle Kristian Gunderson Eusebio Velazquez E. T. Hard>-?man James E. Ward E. G. Knapp V. L. Williamson Leo Lang A. C. Witherington August Michel USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS II. M. Bumpass Murray A. Plyler Troy Cousins William G. Trice Thomas J. Dawson John T. Watt Benjamin Grice Robert R. White A. W. Keane Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Frank O. Airey Bjorn A. Granberg Clarence Edwards Sv«rre Johanessen L. A. Forgeron .Mike Michelik F. D. Oilman V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Oliver F. Klein Alax Byers C. J. Neumaier Wayne T. Center Joseph Perreira Henry J. Childs G. Promutico Olav Gustavsen Joseph R. Wing F. J. Haigney P. S. Yuzon Paul E. lluggina USPHS HOSPFFAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Alfred A. Hancock George B. Dunn Jose E. Leston Joseph C. Fawcett M. A. Stabile Robert H. Fields George A. WeddeU USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Frank Bemrick Joseph D. McGraw Claude F. Blanks A. McGuigan Robert L. Booker Vic MUazzo Joseph G. Carr Melyin O. Moore Ho Yee Choe Eugene T. Nelson John J. DriscoU Pedro Peralto Bart E. Guaranick D. F. Ruggiano John B. Hass G. E. Shumaker Taib Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith L. Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. ViUata James J. Lawlor Virgil E. Wilmotb Kaarel Leetmaa Hurlbert M. Frso James R. Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NV Hussen Ahmed N. H. Lundquist Harvey Alexander Donald McSbane C. C. Borealino Perfecto Mangual C. F. Boyle A. 1. MuUer Jar Chong William E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer C. W. Cothran James Parker R. Cowperthwaite G. H. Robinson John J. Doherty Jose Rodriguez Adolf Eliasson M. Ruusukallio George W. Flood Jose Salgado David S. Furman William SaXtarez WUliam A. Gardner Olav Seim Estell Godfrey Victor Sbavroff Henry Grzegorski Morris Siegel Fred Hauser F. B. Strelitz Edward R. Hillman Sidney D. Turner Vincent Jones Samuel L. Vandal David B. Kaira Francis WaU K. W. Kelly Albert Willis A1 Leiner Clifford Woqiack BKLYN EYE & EAR HOSP. BROOKLYN, NY Alberto Espino USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Albert W. Lima Fred Buckner Jimmie Littleton J. D. Cannady A. G. McLaughlin R. Carrollton Angelo J. Martins George S. Chance J. T. Moore Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb SEASIDE MEM. HOSP. LONG BEACH, CALIF. Harry M. Hankee TerriU D. York USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Isaac B. Duncan USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francis J. Albore Philip Korol T. L. Ankerson J. A. Kozlowskl Marcelo Arong Marvin F. Kramer Roy W. Bell T. E. Lanphear Harry N. Byrd Timothy Less John Castro James McFarUn Carl E. Chandler Earl McKendree Jessie A. Clarke Robert G. McKncw Oswald M. Ergle J. G. McKreth Louis Firlie Tony Mastantino Gorman T. Glaze W. W. Moore Arthur J. Hiers Thomas Mungo Daniel A. Hutto Allen M. Myrex Michael C. Hynes John Rekstin Michael Jablonskl August A. Smith Frank Hon A. Stracciolini USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSMTAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler J. Santiago Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan W. A. Meyers VA HOSPITAL OTEEN, NC Leonard J. Frank SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky .jy., Page Nineteen LOG Ship In Hurry So Crewman Suffers The hazards of falling ill at sea were Strongly pointed up by the experience of Seafarer Charles Cothran, Although he was on a coastwise ship within range of numerous US coastal cities, Cothran suffered through three days and nights aboard ship with what later proved to he a ruptured ap--^ pendix. Only emergency sur­ be transferred ashore either by one on board who was qualified to gery and 26 days of hospital cutter or helicopter. The nearest treat him. treatment pulled him through. He still has three weeks to go at the minimum, before he will be fit for duty again. All this could have been avoided, Cothran believes, if the skipper had taken the time out to have him transferred and put ashore when he first started showing sighs of illness. Cothran was aboard the Seatrain Texas as 3rd cook when she left Texas City, Texas, about noon, November 30. The ship was leav­ ing earlier than usual and was making time so it could get into Edgwater, New Jersey, on Sunday, December 5, unload, and go into the shipyard the next day. Slight Bellyache Tuesday night, Cothran reported, he was awakened with a slight bellyache but thought nothing of it. The same happened the follow­ ing evening, but again it didn't seem anything to get alarmed about. Thursday morning, though, Coth­ ran really started to feel sick. After breakfast he headed for his bunk and took a little nap. When a ship­ mate came in to wake him at 11 for the noon meal, he found he was unable to get out of bed Cothran because of crip­ pling pain in his abdomen. He asked for the skipper, who came down and looked him over. Feed­ ing sicker by the minute, Cothran asked the skipper to contact the Coast Guard and see if he could Solid Comfort city at the time was Key West. No Hospital "The skipper said there was no point in doing it because there was no hospital in Key West," Cothran said. "But even so, I could have gotten to a doctor. And in any case, there were opportunities later on to transfer me where I could go ashore in Miami or some other city. "I have an idea he didn't want to lose any time on the way up because the ship was on a tight schedule. But after all, ships are delayed all the time if a person's life is at stake. Two of three hours would not make that much differ­ ence." Instead, the captain got in touch with the PHS hospitals by radio for information on how to treat Cothran. That night the mate gave him two shots of penicillin. By the following evening, Friday, he was in such distress that the mate had to give him morphine, but the effects wore off in just a few hours. Cothran agreed that he was given all possible attention while aboard ship but obviously there was no It was 10 AM Sunday morning before Cothran finally got ashore. He was taken over to the Staten Island hospital where the doctors operated almost immediately. They found his appendix had ruptured at least 48 hours beforehand if not more and gangrene had set in. It wasn't until December CI that Cothran v.as able ta leave the hospital, subject to further exam­ ination and treatment. Gels Wages Plus M&C Since Cothran won't be fit fo? duty for a while yet, Welfare Services is making all necessary arrangements for him to collect wages due as well as maintenance money. "The doctors told me," Cothran concluded, "that I was really lucky to pull through this one alive. Lucky or not, there's no reason in my mind why I or anybody else in the same spot can't be put a.shore as rapidly as possible under such circumstances. On a coast­ wise ship there's no good reason for any delay in medical treat­ ment. At least the seaman should be given the benefit of the doubt." The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: hospital in Staten Island, New York. He was buried in Sil­ ver Mount Cemetery in Staten Island. Joining the Union in 1939, in Savannah, Brother Mar­ tins had been sailing as watertend; Thomas A. Bryan, 67: Brother er in the engine department. His Bryan of 67 Macombs Place, New beneficiary is a friend,® Antonio York, died of natural causes at Vleera Cardozo of New York City. the Kings County hospital in 4> 4 4 Brooklyn on December 2, 1954. He was buried at Wryodlawn Ceme­ Harold James Pitts, 52: Brother tery in New York. Brother Bryan Pitts died of heart trouble on joined the Union in New York in July 6, 1953, in the Rhode Island 1944 and had been sailing in the Hospital. Place of burial, North steward department. He is sur­ Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode vived by his niece, Vera Smith Island. He joined the Union in Green of Brooklyn, New York. Boston in March, 1952, and had been sailing in the deck depart­ 4" i 4" Manuel Martins, 59: On Decem­ ment. Brother Pitts is survived ber 15, 1954, Brother Martins died by his wife, Margaret Pitts of of natural causes at the USPHS Providence, Rhode Island. Life seems placid for Reinaldo Antonio Cruz Lopez, son of Seafarer Antonio Cruz. New addition arrived on October 81, 1954. Speak Your Mind At SiU ^Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue . under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. Sin WELFARE SERVICES YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS �" tL SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ f $ $ Ifoiir Dollar's Mh $ s $ fo sai® mney $ $ I Isit:-- $ $ ISf.'. i&.., IK- $ I??..: h- m $ r $ N EVERY issue of the SEAFARERS LOG "Your Dollar's Worth"—a column written exclusively for Seafarers—^gives aid in helping you get the best quality merchandise at the lowest cost, plus tips on how to avoid swindles, gimmicks and shady practices often used to bilk the working guy and his family. These columns are written by Sidney Margolius, the nation's out­ standing expert on consumer buying. At right are 45 ways you and your family can get the most for your money. These columns originally appeared in the LOG and upon request are available to you for your guidance. 1. Financing a Home 2. Perils for Home Buyers 3. Are Co-Op Houses Good? 4. Your Buying a House. 5. CuHing Housing Cosfs 6. Save on Properly Ins. 7. Buying Gooa Work Clothes 8. Men's and Women's Coats 9. Money Values in Shoes 10. How to Buy a Raincoat • 11. How to Buy a Suit • 12. Save on Car Expenses • 13. Save on Car Needs • 14. What' Car Owning Costs • 15. Beware Finance Co. Ins. • 16. Savings in Cleansers • 17. Buy Quality Furniture • 18. Tips on Wash Machines • 19. Those Food-Freezer Plans • 20. High Cost of Loan Co.'s • 21. Up to Date on Gl Ins. • 22. Loons for Seamen • 23. The Most for Savings • 24. Life Insurance I • 25. Life Insurance II • 26. Budget for a Family • 27. Phony Health Plans • 28. Small Insurance Costly • 29. Guarding Soc. Sec. Rights • 30. Beware Costly Vitamins • 31. Eat Better for Less • 32. Household Drugs Gouge • 33. Private Brands Save • 34. The Truth on Cold Cures • 35. Beating the Milk Gouge • 36. Facts on Toiletries • 37. Toothpaste and Teeth • 38. Women Worst Fed • 39. Buying at Discounts • 40. The Lowdown on Watches • 41. Are Synthetics Useful? • 42. Save on Eyeglasses • 43. Tips on Buying Jewelry • 44. Costly Hearing Aids • 45. Best Buys in Luggage • • • • • • • • • n In the future the SEAFARERS LOG will continue to assist Seafarers and their families by reporting the best in buys and the pitfalls to avoid. Any Seafarers having questions or sug­ gestions for topics they wish covered are asked'to drop a line to the LOG editor. $ $$$$$$$$$$• $ $ $ M Editor ^ SEAFARERS LOG ^ 674 Fourth Avenue ^ Brooklyn 32, N.Y. Send me columns No Name ^ Street ^ ^ W R J • t ^ ' City Zone State.... ^ If you wish to receive copies of one or several of the columns listed above, fill out the coupon at left, giving the column num­ bers, and they will be mailed to you without cost» �;• •'': '-i -1. ^1 SEAFARERS*LOG Vol. XVII, No. 1 Jan. 7, 19S5 I Const. Supp. 120 The strength of any organization lies,in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. In the 27 months since the membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply ful­ filled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in the SEAFAREBS LOG and distributed to all Seafarers, ashore and on ship. Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution every six months, so all Seafarers would have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thoroughly with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was reprinted in the issues of July 10, 1953, Jan­ uary 8, 1954, July 9, 1954, and now, six months later, is reprinted once again. L. CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL '• .1 "V. S ^ -• « •: The two-year-old SIU constitution has evoked considerable comment in ond outside maritime and labor circles. Here ore a few of the many reactions to the document from members of Congress. Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.; "I wish to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted constitution. I believe that the more eseplieitly rules, regulations, customs and privileges can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and sailed with the merchant marine during the war." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY; "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ tempts to further rights of their members, both within the unions and as part of the total national economy. I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ ginning of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash,: "... I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and just' I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your or­ ganization." Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the provisions of the constitution providing for a trial com­ P<aj» noma smm ^ mittee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to representation, cross-examination, and con­ frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and 1 am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Representative James A. Byrne, Pa.: "I feel sure that your organization, operating under its revised Constitution which embodies the • fundamental concepts of our democratic sys­ tem, is contributing to the welfare of all Seafarers and of the nation." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative John J. Rooney, NY: "I firmly believe that you have achieved a masterful job in rewriting your Constitution and the fact that it was adopted by a membership vote of over 90 percent demonstrates that they are apparently well satisfied with the provisions contained therein." Representative Robert H. MoHohan, West Va.: "1 dm particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ mendously impressive. I was particularly struck by the Declaration of Rights . .. Also of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. I would hope that this kind of action will be generally followed throughout the trade union move­ ment Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." ,iw,. yT'tv ^•-vTb - �EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED pu jl r V,' ' r • • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed ' him under the Constitution of the Union. - 't • g; Kr ^• .4' ® The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. f i' . •Vr 'I::'' PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North America, Canada, Alaska, and the Temlodes, based upon the following principles: Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing In the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ men to receive their employment through their own Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ ance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knovvledge of and interest in maritime bffairs. To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals 60 as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise aseet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this constitution. .STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS In order to form a more perfect union, we members of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look tc the at­ tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable: I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed hini under the Constitution of the Union. II Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. No one shall deprive him of that right. III Every member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and to hold, office in this Union. IV No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ out due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any proceeding iiT which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an' impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union, VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perform. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fcd= eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION •T pledge my honor as a man, that I will be faithful to •V ..KJ QJti* »-vii.r .AtAs? ifLulj: fsn.p.f.v- A-"/ti- p'S*'' waawtgjgCi!. , iiiiC .Ta&ir.rtlHSt m yiur.'iJg �January 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Three Ithli Union, and that 1 wUl woik for its Interest and will Section 5. Tbe period of retirement shall be computed (g) He be responsible, within the limits of hit look upon every member as my brother; that I v?ill not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all ARTICLE Vn policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by a majority vote of -he membership. Within, the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be governed^ in tion. and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat-me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b> Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears In dues, or more than three months In arrears In as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretarypended. and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by dismissed if. they are more than two quarters In arrears set forth in this Constitution. In dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time shall not run: Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary In­ Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and (a) While a member is actually participating In a strike capacity. This designation may be changed from time to Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall or lockout. (b) While a member Is an In-patient in a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaEy-Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance (with custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by This definition may be modified by a majority vote of at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further provided he applies for -reinstatement within 90- days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mera replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall , sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne or more all measures, and employ such means, which he deems Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ tion: which dues and assessments may be remitted where a ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegaten the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, fd) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti- ' Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the next highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evito be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer denee of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of tlie laller's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE rV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. in aeeordance with sueh rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Fort Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of eaeh quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ..r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except, as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership without having paid an initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in aeeordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with sueh rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and , weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accounting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer, RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting and shail deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum e.xists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a quest, and dated as of the day that sueh member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. majority vote of the-members present at the said Port The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities plishes these payments and request. Meeting. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. riod of retirement, except that a retired member sliall ship, the Secretary-Treasurer stiall designate, in the event (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At tbe first regular meeting in August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under which bis right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. ih) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ quarter, as well as all assessments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Section 4. Port Patrolmen ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said Port^ Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, iijciuding those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment, the person in of the membership. (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under Section 4. A member In retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of tbe rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a membership after a fwo-year period of retirement only majority vote of the membership and. If nose, then byf Agente* Conference and may cast one votCi. by majority vote of tbe roembersbip. ;l| ••'••Mj I •m •'iji -ij •?(l •v .'4 �. i;p-; !?.- IS; iM- .- i: Sr-' ^u "^v': ».., • t' pv Ife' P"fgifs;,.. Page S—Four such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event, of a tie. (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therei.i. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) trial Committee The.Trial Committee shall co::duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c* Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec-. ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. . 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. ' 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forwai? its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same mariner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approval of the membership of the Union a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into, a strike, provided prior authority., evidenced by ii. ,tma vote,of the membership, is' SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai^e a tion and execution of a strike plnn which shall be bind­ report listing each applicant and his book number under ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated ail of a strike plan. in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a ARTICLE XI special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS. UNION by all of the Committee members, and be completed and EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read be held for a term of two years: and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Secretary-Treasurer Bulletin Board in each port. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Patrolman Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram Section 2. The term of any ^^lective jobs othc-r than at his iicted addresses. He shall also be sent a letter those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ membership or segment of the fTnion, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the ones serving. appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ any office or other elective job shal' be determined from mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant time to time by a majority vote of the membership. to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may membership, all other classifications of employees ox the appear in person before the Committee within two days Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, . after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. his application or argue for his qualification. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ election. sary in the best interests of the Union. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do case of such appeals, be suffidient to overrule any dis­ not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or in which event, the one so previously classified shall then creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a be deemed qualified. majority vote of the membership shall be followed. le) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the ARTICLE XII qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE'jOBS previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. or Patrolman, provided: Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not Inconsistent partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to iioinination, and write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective number to be easily removed. On this removable portion offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hf ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as with regard to such office or jo'j. indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ ARTICLE XIII bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each AND PATROLMEN Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and Section 1. Nominations amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ Any member may submit his name for nomination for tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ amount and numbers li.sted by the Secretary-Treasurer quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall lowing: immediately ejiecute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ (a) The name of the candidate urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the (b> His home address and mailing address amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify (c) His book number the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer le) Proof of citizenship shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall candidates. at all times be available to any member asking for in­ The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ spection of the same at Headquarters. gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, year and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other Section 2. Credentials Committee. distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except (a I A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first that any member may write in the name or names of any regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist job of Port Agent or Patrolman. of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two -(d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in the member who shall thereupon sign his name on' a order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the caUo^i, for. that purpose at ftead.quartBra .Rortf/ vFostet and the member shall proceed to the voting site n.».4a. -r (b'» After lU ejBietiQO.,tbAshall'*«bnt»haii te'^ponri^ �January 7, 1955 ' lishment of a booth or other voting site where each mem* ber may vote in privacy. (f) Upon compietion of voting the member shaii fokt the baiiot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-siotted ballot box. which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day. a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall-~sonsti4yte • s-qtissivn - for - e.acbuSc'rt. .Jf:.shgJJL.ha.ihA.. responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall t'.en be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article 1. (ci The Polls Committee shall also insure tnai ihe ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. fd) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e> In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the Balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with h>s book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place t^ie date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day o-^ly were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee tb-- following morning. In addition, the Polls Committe ,iall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of me roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. SeoUon 5, Ballot Golleotio»i Tallyinf Procedure; PrvleslB.. and Special'Vetet: SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Fiv® (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing first regular meeting after the close of voting at each a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal of the three departments of the Union. In the presence from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes his botJk number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the the number of ballots therein contained, and count the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein in a seaied envelope, together of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with with a certification signed by all members of the Com-, this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the mittee that the said box or Isoxes were opened publicly, claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote octhat all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and cuiTed. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall 5-'J of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shali officially notify Headquarters, imme­ bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack- of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the .age,, but. bound separately, the Committee shall forward foregoing. Headquarters is charged v/ith adequately and fo Headquarters all unused ballots, together "with a"cer-~' 'TirnelyiriformTng "afl'ecied'~iihembeTJ'" or" cilV" utcisrcfiio tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same senting report has been issued by one or more members * package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the urer shall make a sulTicient amount of the usual balloting Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ special votes. Immediately after the close of such special edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and Wherever forwarding is not don^ in person, forwarding communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining fo mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the. the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ the same package, but bound separately. An account­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ tions. quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the Port Agent or Patrolman. same with the rosters, verification iists, and receipts of (a) The person elected shall be that person having the the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amount.^, and with each total broken down into largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected ancies discovered, and shali contain recommendations for for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of didates receiving the successively highest number of votes the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ however, to the right of any member thereof to submit retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas- — a dissenting report as to the accuracy df the count and urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c> The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Sec­ finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and 80 inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume the designation as to the voting site of the Port most his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote of the membership may grant additional time for the vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure these terms shail apply, notwithstanding any provisions of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ be made only in writing and must be received by the cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its does not assume office within 90 days, the iine of succes­ proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other a brief summary of each protest received, ihe name and cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as book number of the protesting member, and a summary decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, of the disposition of the said protest and Patrolman shall take the following oath: (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ "1 do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent the duties of of the Seafarers to its election and shall complete its proceedings within International Union of North America. Atlantic and two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ and the welfare of the membership." aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall ARTICLE XIV oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. OTHER ELECTIONS (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in Section 1. Auditing Committee. sufficient copies to comply With the following require­ Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the reguiar m eting scheduled to take place subsequent to the financial report for that week. These reports shall be close of th ommittee's proceedings or, in the event such submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from membership action. The Committee shall consist of three the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election ing applies shall be desigiiated, by date, in the report, shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, Committee there shail audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. (fi At the Election Report meeting, there shail be taken The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ quarter for which the Committee is to make tlie required on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated decide at which of these meetings the election shall take by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with apply-to all'members appealing from denials of their pro*' two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards teilts bv the Headquarters Tall}ling^^ Cominlttbe, which a if* < D«pBEtiQeiffs. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or emr A -ii - II • �Page S—Six SEAFARERS LOG Jahuanr 7, 1955 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guUt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which tho finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any nflember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member Is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which three such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committer, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Conunittee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ JPort where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom- vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendation.s shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwise, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -"ostponement, the Trial date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send - the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the memb rship during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meetin.g, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b> Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company ^next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse«* and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Uni'on property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Uniop for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting -of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions; those charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action m.ay be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or eleclioii material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days tliereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accased is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ u-ntil the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ dressed to his last known mailing address on file with peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- tion of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journmefats and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike: Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union propSection 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence (b) Assuming any office or job. whether elective or not required by courts ot law but may receive all relevant mended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ Rstimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac­ beneath a quorum^ It shall adjourn until quorum-doer- cused 5ya,s,..HQt,,a4?qu?tely..ip£pp!XveA ofi.tti.e .4eta.ils.>i>ft.jlw- Un}w. pr()e^eding„,qf,.bi:^t}giqg.jy,9, vpioo. inte, ^wptfte,, 0Xist. irou'T't!-? if'ftl charged |fip,»«lpeiii(hetf.,ju, this, AEtipJe^j,,.,, �January 7, 1955 (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon pvoof of-the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a flne of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs: (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Uniqn representa­ tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the ma.ximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as If the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its rnernbers, shall not be deemed to waive any ciaim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVII PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may he determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVIII BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expen.ses to be incurred shall he determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authoHty conferred upon him by Articie X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned With trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section' 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. lb) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied succe.ssively to the mone­ tary obiigations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of siich obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than ihembership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but ar§ not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d)-the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXII FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative-task.-' Ship" ping rur^- governing thr details Of ' thb ra^^nUiieh^ 'of-'^^ SEAFARERS LOG jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXIII QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shail be six members. Section 2. The quorufh for a regular meeting of a Port shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations," or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the follrwing night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advauce, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and plaee of eaeh such meeting shall he fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when such • emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the memhership shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided s.uch recommendation Is not inconsistent with the provisiuns of this Couslilution. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in aecordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a meeting or meetings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution lb) Union policy, and (c) Custc.'n and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership." shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action" shall mean the'Same as-the term'"majority vote-of the membership." Page S—Seven holder thereof. Is set forth in this Constitutiofi, all refer­ ences thereto and. the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted fay the Union in 1939. asamended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall * mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting i or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by * a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department and shaU be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if ton lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the V amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices'or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be'permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents' and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Conslilulion, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration^i date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article XIII. only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the first election year. �*!F SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF D I STR I CT • AFL • CONSIIIUIION SUMMARY of ARTICLE XIV-0»her Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: nate^tie election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A BTi/"i c 11 A Provides for affiliation of the AtAKI ILLt i I—AttHiaflOn; lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers Internatfonal Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XV-Trials and Appeals: momber to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuser= Gives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE ill-Membership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: "u ARTICLE IV-Reinsfatement: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by" meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. statement' of dismissed members. Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: Gives the membership the right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ADTI/"IC V\/lll Provides for bonding of officers AKIIV-LC AY III DOnaS: and employes oLthe Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE Vll-Sysfem of Organization: ARTICLE XIX-Expendifures: ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. APTin F VIM designates the following as elecAKIIt^LC YIII urncers: tlve officers: the Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. A DTI^I C VV Defines the Union's sources of in- bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:.^7eha?rmt'S: gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the member.ship. ARTICLE X—Duties of Elective Officers: SuSS^ of ADTir'l F YYI Retains the existing requirement Al\l IVMLC AAI rGrmilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: shall be six members and the quorum for a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the membership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-Agent's Conference: SnS'cJS^^^^^ Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. APTin F yill FUrHrtnc. describes procedure for nominaAKI n-LC AIII ciecrions: tion to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —^Retains the Union'is existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member 'Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation of officers. , . I,. AKI IV„LC AA—income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. ARTICLE XXVII-Atnendments: stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIIi-TranslHpn Clause:^^?^™ by proposed C<msUtution. ,. , > ; ^ : X-i'l htrs, *= � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 7, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GRAND JURY BEGINS PROBE OF PLOT TO MURDER HALL SIU ELECTION TO END JAN. 15; VOTING HEAVY ILA RIGS PACT OKAY IN 2ND VOTE BME VOTES OFFICERS FOR FOUR-YEAR TERM 'DISTRICTS' PROBE OPENS; CANCEL ALL LST SAILINGS DAD LOST, FAMILY OF 5 FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE BOSS STILL CHISELS PAY CREW BLASTS TRANSFER 'PIRACY' TRAVELERS CHECK DRAWS END EXCHANGE RATE LOSS MOVIE CO'S ALSO EYE $ UNDER FLAG OF LIBERIA CG PLAYING 'POSSUM AS SEAFARERS RAP TEST PLAN UNION HOST AT HOLIDAY FEASTS TIPS FOR SEAMEN ON FILING 1954'S REVISED INCOME TAX NEW ANGLES UNSEAWORTHY "NOT TOO LONG AGO..." SANTO DOMINGO'S TOPS FOR A FLINGO EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SPEAK THE LINGO MIXUP GIVES CREW DRAW, BUT IN IOUS BROOM-SWINGING BOSUM GOES INTO GEAR AND THERE ARE DEAD DUCKS ON THE MAE HERE'S HOW YOU COLLECT M & C NY SCANS GYP UNDERTAKERS WHO RAGE IN UNION BENEFITS SHIP IN HURRY SO CREWMAN SUFFERS SEAFARERS IN HOSPITALS SIU CONSTITUTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/7/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/93e969abb3110fe2814c1286fb93a223.PDF 4b925ec37dbf7770be2259d1645c9c44 PDF Text Text • yT-'i''- r. '•--•*^-;i7'' 7 CG Ok'd Districts Safety Code Evasion Story On Page 3 / ! SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • f -1 DISABlfD ORE SHIP 5-Day Battle Saves SS Steeiore -Story On Page 3 A five-day battle by its SIU crew to keep the Steeiore afioat met with success when the 22,000-ton ore carrier safely reached Morehead City, NC, under tow. The 32-year-old ship had been taking water in a ballast tank because of a broken vent pipe and it was feared she would have to be abandoned. She is shown here enroute under the watchful eye of a Coast Guard cutter before the fully-loaded ship was taken in tow by the tug Curb. (Story on Page 3.) Crew Wins Fight. _ :l �rm. -fc Paie two JanUaiT ?1, 1955 SEAFARERS 106 The Two - Headed Monster A two-headed monster is on the loose in Wash­ ington these days and its bodes no good for Sea­ farers. One head is the US Maritime Administration, which shapes and enforces the Federal Govern­ R' r-' ment's, shipping policy. The other is the Foreign Opera­ tions Administration, which has the responsibility of man­ ning the many far-flung aid programs sponsored by the US. This modem-day monster, however, has a very disturb­ ing problem. Its heads are moving in opposite directions. •fhe facts of the dilemma are simple. For the past five months, the MA has given American-flag trampship own­ ers the green light for the transfer of 66 Liberty dry cargo ships to the registries of Panama and Liberia. This means, in plain terms, that a US Government agency has allowed the nation's trampship fleet to be cut right in half. Many other ships, including freighters, tankers and passenger vessels, have also been allowed to transfer, but they, for the moment at least, do not com­ plicate the present picture. And while the Maritime Administration last month in­ dicated a halt in the transfers, it quickly reversed its field in a hasty "clarification" of its "stop" order. This enabled eight more Liberty ships to become "runaways" up to last week and at least one more has joined the stampede since then. So much for the MA. Enter the other monster. FOA right now is In the midst of a program to ship ten million tons of coal and huge quantities of agricul­ tural surpluses overseas. To do this, it needs shipping space, lots of it. Therein lies a problem. American tonnage is pretty well tied up these days. Freight rates for exports to Europe are going April 1, so that cargo movements for that area are being rushed. In addition, the Government is already making bulk ship­ ments of goods abroad on berth cargo liners, (the trampships' opposite number), adding to the general tightening In available tonnage. This brings up the question of usihg trampships to move the FOA shipments. Over the past few weeks, even as some of the latest trampship transfers were being processed and approved by the Maritime Administration, there have been persis­ tent reports from Washington that the MA and FOA were jointly developing plans for a breakout of idle Govern­ ment-owned tonnage from the various reserve fleets. This likelihood is based on the fact that the amount of available tonnage for FOA needs is shrinking, and that shipping space must be found somewhere—and soon—^for handling the FOA's cargo movements. Thus, even as the head of the American Tramp Ship­ owners Association, whiph represents the bulk of the re­ maining tramp shipping under the US flag, was protest­ ing—as late as last week—that there is plenty of private tonnage availabre to handle the traffic, the country was being presented with another one of those Invigorating spectacles which periodically spotlight attention on Wash­ ington. The comedy of errors this time arises In the spectacle of one Government bureau—the Maritime Administration —rushing headlong into wholesale transfers of US ships to foreign flags, while another—^the Foreign Operations Administration-^yisualizes so serious a shortage of that saine type of tonnage fof its own needs that it Is forced i:' i ? to call on the party of the first part to take some, of thaV same type of tonnage out of mothballs at terrific expense to the Government. The situation is one which leaves the SlU and the thou­ sands of seamen it represents—many thrown out of work because of these ship transfers—mumbling under their breaths about "fouled-up mess.. .bumbling Government officials . . . people whose left hands don't know ^ what their right hands are doing." Many other rational people both in and out of the maritime Industry are likewise wondering what is going on In Washington, and not. only for this reason. Ship Transfer.<: Continue Ship transfers are still being permitted at the same time that other Liberty ships will have to be taken out of the reserve fleets to do the same jobs the "runaway" ships could have done in the first place. The taxpayer, of course, will have to foot the bill for breaking out these ships and overhauling them. The taxpayer, of course, al­ ways gets stung in these situations. The matter is also somewhat complicated by the fact, reported in The New York Times one week ago, that "only a few Liberty ships are available in near-by East Coast reserve fleet anchorages. Most of the Liberty ships In the Hudson Hiver (NY) and In the James River (Va.) are being used for grain storage. Breaking out these vessels for ordinary ocean transportation would Cntail discharge of the stored grain before they could be moved into the shipyards for survey and overhaul." Where the displaced grain would go, of course, nobody knows. It will be Interesting to see If Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild and FOA Director Harold Stassen can supply the answers. Port O' Call Opened In Balfo: SlU On TV SEAFARERS LOG art editor Bernard Seaman (left, rear) takes breather while putting finishing touches on Baltimore Port O' Call mural. Looking over work are Baltimore Port Agent Earl Sheppard, SlU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Bob Matthews and A1 Tanner, Port O' Call manager. Packed house celebrates opening of Fort O' Call cafe in new Baltimore halL Cargo netting separating bar proper from seating area and brass lanterns are two of many nautical touches. LOG Artist 'Muralizes' Baito Among the most striking features of the Port O' Call bar just opened in the new Baltimore hall are the original murals behind the bar and stage, both painted by Bernard Seaman, art editor of the SEAFARERS Another luxurious unit of the gleaming new Baltimore hall,-^ ••"LOG and member of the SIU. * the Port O' Call cafe, opened for business Monday, January The mural behind the bar old-fashioned sailor's straw hat. SEAFARERS LOG is 38^4 feet long and 5 feet The entire layout, design and 17, to an overflow crowd of Seafarers and their friends. Like Jon. 21, 1955 Vol. XVii, No. 2 high. In a striking color combina­ painting of the murals were the the rest of the hall the Port O'-* tion of black, gray and terra cotta, work of Bernard Seaman, who, in Call is bigger and better than three huge 60-gallon fishtanks set As 1 See It Page 4 it depicts the various shipboard addition to being LOG art editor, back into porthole enclosures in its counterpart in the Union's Burly Page 16 jobs performed by Seafarers, who is one of the best known labor the walls and featuring an assort­ Crossword Puzzle Brooklyn headquarters. .Page 8 are portrayed In two-dimensional, and political cartoonists in the Local interest in the new hall and the Union was stimulated further by the appearance of Port Agent Earl Sheppard on a local TV show, "Inside Baltimore." The show featured filmed shots of the hall's facilities and an explana­ tion of Union operations. Nautical Flavor The new Port O' Call unit is a spacious, square-shaped oak pan­ eled room, decorated with appro­ priate nautical embellishments. A large cargo net separates the bar proper from the seating area and dance floor which faces on a stage running the length of the room. The walls behind the bar and the stage are decorated with murals portraying Seafarers at work and old time ships. The bar itself is shaped like a pier with pilings run­ ning its entire length. Adding to the nautical flavor are i ment of exotic tropical fish, while mounted on the walls are barracu­ das and dolphins. Brass ship's lanterns and other familiar ship­ board gear round out the dec­ orations. The room can handle 150 guests at tables and at the bar. A three piece orchestra provides music for dining and dancing during the evening hours. The TV appearance of the new hall on station WAAM was the first time any Baltimore union had been featured on the program. The show normally deals with indus­ trial and commercial developments In the thriving Maryland city. Sec­ tions of the building featured on the show included the shipping hall, cafeteria, galley, barber shop, recreation deck, and the vacation and administrative offices of the Union. i Editorial Cartoon .......Page Editorials Page Galley Gleanings Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Round-Up Page Letter of The Week Page Letters Page Maritime .Page Meet The Seafarer Page Notices, Personals Page Of! Watch Page Port Reports Pages 12, Quiz Page SlU History Cartoon Page Vote of Thanks .........Page Washington News Letter. .Page Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, Welfare Report Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 9 9 15 8 8 9 16 8 8 17 14 13 14 6 9 7 19 18 5 Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act at AuBust 24, 3912. geometrically-patterned figures. The entire mural is done in a light vein with a modern, stylized manner. Mermaids And Seafarers In addition to the mural, the wall behind the bar contains two aqua­ riums built to resemble portholes. At the back of each of the tanks is also a painting which continues the theme of the murals. A third tank is in the opposite wall. The mural behind the stage is 23 feet long and 9 feet high. Sim­ ilar in coloring and style to the mural behind the bar, it depicts the transformation of merchant shipping from the days of the old Norse vessels of the ninth cen­ tury to the present. Near the center of this mural is a painted version of a porthole, which frames a white-capped Sea­ farer beside a seaman wearing ah country and has worked in practi­ cally all types of graphic arts. In the general field of design, he has Illustrated numerous film strips, books, pamphlets and other literature In the field of labor. He has also done poster work for the National Tuberculosis Associ­ ation and National Heart Fund, and has served as art consultant for both the Treasury Department and the War Production Board. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune, Busi­ ness Week and many other nation­ al magazines, as well as in most of the major newspapers through­ out the country. For his work he has won 10 of the AFL's annual cartoon awards and a special Page One award of the Newpaper Guild of New York in 1952, the only time a labor ar­ tist ever gained this honor. �Januarj 21, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Far* Three NY Lawyer Handled ILA $ To Fight Hall ••'1 '-tea J HACKENSACK, NJ—A Bergen County grand jury tak­ ing testimony on the murder plot against SlU Secretary-Treas­ urer Paul Hall reportedly was told by New York lawyer Benjamin B. Sterling that he handled between $26,000 to $27,000 of the money put up 3-Dept Vote Hits Snag by the old ILA for the election campaign of Ray White. White, Tampa port agent of the SIU, had been running for the secretary-treasurer's post in the Union elections which ended Jan­ uary 15. He is one of five men SAN FRANCISCO — In a under in the alleged desperate, last-ditch maneuver murder indictment plot. to stave off a certain SIU Bradley Put Up 40G's Pacific District victory, the de­ Also testifying at the grand jury funct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards has tempor­ hearing was ILA President Cap­ arily blocked the start of the tain William Bradley. It is reported three - department representation that Bradley admitted giving as vote on West Coast sliips. The much as $40,000 in an attempt to unseat Hali from his SIU post. Communist - dominated union, Bradley was also questioned about which has withdrawn completely the use of his airplane credit card from the balloting, has asked the by James E. Cobb, who is accused Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to of being the triggerman in the plot. order the National Labor Relations Meanwhile Cobb and Edward Seafarer-members of the stricken Steelore's deck gang take aboard running line from Coast Guard * Board to limit the vote to steward Taffe, accused as a go-between, cutter Cherokee and start pulling in submersible pump. Leak from broken vent pipe in ballast tank department members only. All in­ both pleaded not guilty and are threatened the ship. Deck department members according to crew list are: Harry Ti Collier, >bosun; dications are that the court will being held in' $50,000 bail. Also John A. Morris, Gerald W. Calendine, Henry Shepeta, QMs; Harold T. Spicer, Hipolito Ramos, Claud* not intervene. under indictment are Ray White, Fowler, ABs; Lawrence Johnson, John S. Simpson, Thomas C. Moose, ordinary seamen; William TlMKiSIU Pacific District, repre­ his brother Steely White and Car­ Mitchbll, Geoffrey Mills, Ed Atkinson, DMs. senting the Sailors Union of the men Priore, a New Yorker. Pacific, the Marine Firemen and Extradiction proceedings against the Marine Cooks and Stewards, Ray White are now underway in a AFL, had petitioned for a three Tampa, Florida, court. Steely White department vote to settle once and has not yet been found by police. for all the question of union rep­ resentation on West Coast ships. The Labor Board had approved the petition and scheduled an election »to begin on Monday, January 17, and end March 14. Regular membership meet­ ^Opposing the Pacific District is ings in SIU headquarters and Harry Bridges' International Long­ at all branches are held every shoremen's and Warehousemen's second Wednesday night at Union which has attempted to or­ 7 PM. The schedule for the ganize the shipboard steward de­ next few meetings is as follows: partments as a unit of the long­ Jan. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 23. shoremen. The court petition by MOREHEAD CITY, NC—The calm finally arrived late Tuesday for 32 em­ All Seafarers registered on the NUMC&S was seen as . a battled Seafarers and nine officers on the storm-battered, 22,000-ton ore carrier the< shipping list are required Bridges - inspired maneuver to to attend the meetings. block the inevitable. Steelore following their dramatic, five-day fight to save their 32-year-old ship and Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks '•:7m SIU Crewmen Win 5-Day Battle To Save SS Steelore 'D/s/ricfs' Ruled Lost; Ship Safety Code Evaded With CC Okay^ Co Admits themselves from destruction. The lull came as the vessel dropped anchor here after being towed from a point appearance of the LST Southern 300 miles east of Charles­ Districts nearly two months ago ton, SC. She was still tak­ with a crew of 23 men The Dis­ ing; in water through a broken vent pipe that sent a torrent of water rushing into her port side ballast tank and had her riding at a 15 degree list in the midst of a fierce At­ lantic storm. Ship's pumps—supple­ WASHINGTON—^An official Coast Guard statement that the Southern Dis­ mented by extras put aboard ffom tricts is considered lost and her crew of 23 presumed dead has cleared the way for a Coast Guard vessel—worked around the clock to keep the ship payment of SIU death benefits to beneficaries of deceased Seafarers. The SIU Wel­ afloat. fare Plan office is speedily| Thanks to the ingenuity with which her crewmembers hastily processing death claims in­ fashioned a plug to patch the dam­ volving payment of $35,000 age, an SOS disti'ess call sent out about 9 AM last Friday, Jan. 14, to beneficiaries of 14 lost un­ was cancelled by noon. But the licensed seamen. Steelore's troubles were far from Meanwhile, company claims over then. Monday, while under that the lost .ship was sea­ tow.of the tug Curb, and with her worthy were dealt a stunning deck reported to be less than two blow at the wind-up of Coast feet above the waterline, 19 men Guard hearings in New Orleans. were quickly transferred to the Under questioning, E. F. Railsback, tug and the ship was again thought operating manager of the South­ to be going down. ern Steamship Company, admitted Grim Moments existence of an agi'eement be­ The twin scares made for grim tween the operators, the Coast moments for the families of many Guard and the American Bureau of the crew, which originally sailed of Shipping to "get by" with from Baltimore to pick up a load patched plating under the power of Venezuelan ore and was due plant instead of renewing the back in that port fully loaded last plates, as specified in the safety Saturday. directive drawn up after the sink­ News reports last Friday morn­ ing of the Southern Isles. The two ing that an SOS had been received agencies agreed to this early,in from the ship, due to the time lag 1954, Railsback said, because re­ in some areas, made for an agoniz­ placement of worn and damaged ing three hours for the men's plating under the main engine and families and friends ashore until generator rooms would have dis­ Coast Guard hearings into the disappearance of the LST Southern the "cancel" order came through. torted equipment alignment. Such Districts wound up in New Orleans this week. Israel Seeger (left) The first shock over the impend­ distortion would require expensive •f SIU General Counsel Seymour-W. Miller's office questions CG ing disaster immediately brought inspector Alice (2nd left) as members of panel listen. (Continued on page 17) to mind the still unexplained dis­ tricts was carrying a bulk sulphur cargo and vanished somewhere north of Florida enroute to Bucksport, Me., in an earlier storm. SOS On Jan. 14 Trouble on the Steelore was fii*st reported by radio at 2 AM Jan. 14 when she messaged that she was slow ed down in a heavy storm. By 9 AM the torrent rushing into the ship through the leak brought the SOS and help was rushed to the area. The Curb and two Coast Guard cutters left from Norfolk and nearby vessels, including two other company ships, the Cubore and (Continued on page 17) • VTl Fired? Call Hail . Seafarers who have been fired aboard ship for any rea­ son are urged to contact the nearest SIU hall as soon as their ship reaches port. There have been cases where the company orders replace­ ments for the fired men and the replacements are sent out from the hall only to learn that the fired men have been rein­ stated after an SIU patrolman has arrived aboard and investi­ gated the case. This often causes inconvenience or hard­ ship to the men sent as re­ placements. Fired Seafarers are urged to contact the hall so that re­ placements will not be sent before a patrolman arrives. ^ " ••45 .-5:1 �\...; - • Taffc Few -. B';V>!'5rr-- SEAF4RBRS Gets Lowdewn On SlU Cenditions '•' • 'rr:' ^J-"-^'- • r^r- • • • >'•• ;r ^•-.•>-;f;.!ij,<v?»^ LOG SlU-Crewed SS Cuba To Begin Run TAMPA — The SIU ~ hall here is now putting a 115-man crew abroad the new P&O SIU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joe Algina (left) describes how 6IU shipping rules work to Captain S. Tsukada, former director for the Mitsui Line in Tokyo, during his visit to 'SIU headquarters to study how American maritime unions operate. The Union's Brooklyn hall was a major stopover on his official tour. • —^ i— Sea Chest 17 Percent Cheaper On Slops An average price saving to Seafarers of 17 percent on ship­ board slopchests compared to prices charged by other ship chandlers was reported by the Seafarer Sea Chest Corpora­ tion for the year 1954. As a-*^ result, the operations of the those ships supplied with SIU slopSea Chest have meant consid­ chests. In addition, the Sea f- If-: W-ry' t-m:: erable cash savings to Seafarers on Chest has continued to supply branded, high-quality merchandise to the ships. Unlike most ship chandlers, the Sea Chest offers full money-back guarantees on its merchandise and refuses to handle any seconds or irregulars. Ship chandlers have long made it a practice to palm off on seamen shoddy goods at high prices. These abuses led to the SIU forming the Sea Chest Corportion for the pro­ tection of seamen. The saving to Seafarers is all Government action against the more striking when it is con­ the Kulukundis shipping in­ sidered that 60 percent of all terests moved in two direc­ slopchest sales consist of tobacco tions at once this week. While products which' are standardized the Justice Department seized two in price. Consequently, the big more SlU-contracted vesisels as savings arfe on work clothes and alien-owned, a Federal judge dis­ other personal gear purchased by missed three indictmenls against the Seafarer during a voyage. Big Sea Chest Savings Manuel E. Kulukundis arising out Examination of a typical slopof earlier ship seizures. The indictments were voided by i T ,Laws. chandler to one SlU-contracted Federal Judge Bolitha J. They involved charges that Kulu­ vessel shows a total price of $1,kundis falsified records of corpora­ 183.87 to the ship. The same sloptions owned by him and his asso­ chest could be supplied by the ciates to make it appear that they Sea Chest corporation for $986.47. were owned by American citizens. When the 10 percent markup is The corporations involved had pur­ added, the gap widens with the chased several tankers from the Sea Chest slopchest retailing at $1,085.11 compared to $1,301.81, a old Maritime Commission. difference of $226.70 on one ship Two More Seized alone. Meanwhile, Justice Department Of course, prices vary from ship representatives seized two SlU-con- to ship and port to port, but the tracted ships, the tanker Tagalam above sample comes close to the In Los Angeles and the freighter average in the industry. ' Shinnecock Bay in Norfolk, both Comparisons of individual items on charges that they were fraudu­ show some startling price differ­ lently purchased from the US Gov­ ences. A khaki chino shirt sup­ ernment. The Shinnecock Bay was plied by the private ship chandler permited to sail after the captain for $3.50 is sold by the Sea Chest and first mate were deputized as for $2.75. The Sea Chest shirt, US marshals for the purpose of incidentally, is superior in qual­ retaining the vessel under seizure. ity. Raincoats sold for $7.75 by All told, the Qovernment has the private^ concern go for $5.95 seized 43 ships in attempts to re­ from the Sea Chest. cover vessels which the Depart­ The record of the SIU Sea ment of Justice claims are con­ Chest's performance and average trolled or owned by alien shipping price savings to Seafarers, along Interests. with evidence of the continuing The dismissal of the Kulukun­ abuses fostered by other ship dis* indictments were ordered on chandlers supplying Americain ves­ the ground that he had testified sels, will he brought into play before a grand jury in connection when • a dealer-inspired anti-trust with the case. By so doing, he ac­ lawsuit against the Union opera­ quired immunity from prosecution. tion comes to triaL ^ Ship Suits Piague SIU 'Alien Go's' Jaaiiary 21. 1055 SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BY YOUR UNION in recent weeks toward its long-term objective of providing comfort­ able, well-equipped facilities for men on the beach in all ports. Just this past week, the Union-owned Port O' Call corporation was able to start functioning in the new Baltimore Port O* Call. In New Orleans, the outfitting of the new recreation room is just about com­ pleted, while in Mobile work is starting to convert a building next door to our present hall for a variety of Union functions which will allow more space for additional services for Seafarers. The SIU has pioneered in these facilities for the same reasons, that it.has inaugui-atcd so many other services that are unique for Seafarers. The working seaman, who is in any one of a doze^ ports between job.s, needs more than just an office for his union. He heeds a place to ship out of. Most men working shoreside do not have these same needs be­ cause they do not go from job to job, and have, homes in the same cities they work in. When your Union was just getting underway, the best that could be done was to find a room somewhere on the waterfront with a few tables and chairs. It's been a long uphill climb from those days to the modern facilities we now have or are establishing in many of the ports. The job isn't done yet, but your Union intends to keep pressing forwaid until Seafarers everywhere have the kind of shoreside facilities they need. passenger ship, the Cuba, which will run out of Tampa to Havana and Key West. The Cuba, formerly the Denali of the Alaska Steam­ ship Company, ^arrived from the West Coast for payoff on January 18 and goes into the new twice-aweek service on January 24. An SIU crew brought the ship around from Seattle. The 3,365-ton twin-screw turbine vessel will carry 200 passengers in berths out of Tampa plus addi­ tional passengers out of Key West for the 61i hour daytime run into Havana. There are 70 passenger rooms aboard the ship. The present schedule calls for ALL REPORTS ARE NOT YET IN ON THE TROUBLES THAT BEthe Cuba to leave Tampa 4 PM fell the Steelore in last week's Atlantic storm, but from -what has been on Mondays and Thursdays, arriv­ learned at headquarters it appears that the crew gave a very good ac­ ing Key West 8 AM the next mor­ count of themselves. While it seemed for a while that the ship and ning. A bus from Miami will make her cargo would be lost, the officers and crew got to work and success­ Key West connections in the morning with the ship scheduled fully effected temporary repairs under very difficOlt weather dHiditions. to leave Key West 11:30 AM for a As a result the ship was kept afloat and has been towed into port. 6 PM arrival in Havana, 26 hours .Offhand it would be safe to say that among the officers and crew of that ship there are probably many men who would not be able to make in all. the grade according to the testing scheme dreamed up by the Coast Northbound 23 Hours Guard. When the chips were down though, all of th^e men -delivered Northbound sailings will be 23 hours, leaving Havana 11 AM and did the job that had to be done for the safety of the ship. The'basic test of any professional seaman's ability is not a set of Wednesdays and Sundays, stop­ ping at Key West 6 PM and then gimmicks dreamed up by some self-styled shoreside "consultants" who into Tampa at 10 AM the following don't know the difference between a funnel and a hawse pipe:: It's simply his day-to-day performance on the job.' morning. Further, the Steelore incident points up another fact:that the Coast The service is to be integrated with the existing P&O Miami to Guard seems all too ready to overlook. This is a 32-year-old ship. Like Havana run served by the Florida so many old ships now in service under the US flag it may possibly by arranging for passengers have been properly maintained and serviced, but eventually it was to go from Miami to Tampa via bound to show the effects of wear and tear and age when the going got .tough. The need of the merchant marine is not new seamen but Havana and Key West. The Tampa to Havana run has newer, better built and safer US-flag merchant ships. not been serviced since before THE SERIES OF QUALIFYING TESTS FOR THE 1955 SCHOLARWorld War II. Unlike the Florida, the Denali will not carry automo­ ship awards given by the Seafarers Welfare Plan are already under biles. It has a very limited amount way. The Welfare Plan reports that several candidates have already completed all requirements while others are getting ready for the ngxt of space for cargo. Despite the growing popularity set of college, entrance examinations. Intere"kt is nmning pretty high in these four-year $6,000 scholar­ of air flights between the Florida mainland and Havana, the leisurely ships which were, first started by your Union's Welfare Plan two years travel offered by the P&O services, ago. Eight successful candidates are now^ at school under the Plan, with comfortable sleeping accom­ three .of them rank and file Seafarers. Any Seafarers or children of modations added, clicks with many Seafarers who want to take a crack at one of these awards are advised to get their applications in now. vacationers and tourists. Philadelphia Hall Host To Seafarers' Children Group of Seafarers' children wHO Were present at Christmas eve party in Philadelphia are all smiles after receiving Christmas stocking from "Santa ClaUs," William (Little'Buck) Piezczezuk. Fami­ lies of SIU men' got turkeys, fruft cake and other' fixings for use*in Christmas dinner at Dome. �aSps?-W." ' January 21, 1955 i. _ , • _v •*ijv-' • .. ., SEAFARERS LOG SiFedal Aid Response Shows , Weifare Fund Adaptabilty The SIU Welfare Plan this month once again demonstrated its versatility as a self-in­ sured operation which can respond quickly to the needs of Seafarers and their families. Acting on an appeal for specialized aid not provided for by existing benefits under the Plan, Union and shipownerstrustees voted funds for the purchase of a special type of End of the voting in New York in the SIU's biennial election for •fficers is signalled by a final test of the ballot box lock before the box is sealed with tape by members of the polls committee. The trio (I-r) includes Seafarers Edward Puchalski, Tom Bucci and John A. Ziereis. The box will remain sealed in the vault until a rank and file tallying committee is elected January 26. SlU Vote Tops Record; Tally Begins Jan. 27 Voting in the SIU A&G District's election came to an end on January 15, with a record total of 6,419 votes in the ballot boxes. The heavy turnout surpasses that of all previous A&G District elections in the Un--*—— ion's history. lots, used and unused, to the head­ The two-month election be­ quarters tallying committee. 'Die gan on November 15. Seafarers had a choice between 78 candi­ dates, in itself a record figure, to fill the 49 official posts in the Union. Two years ago. Seafarers cast 5,700 votes in the last election. As provided for in the constitu­ tion, counting of the ballots will begin after the election of rank and file tallying committees at the next membership meeting, January 26. The tallying committees will be elected in each port, and will forward their coun^ and the bal­ New York committee will rechcck the count of the outport commit­ tees and then file a report for ap­ proval at membership meetings in all ports on Feb. 9. Voting^in the election was espe­ cially heavy in the early days of the voting period with the ma­ jority of the vote being cast at that time. At stake in the election are the posts of secretary-treasurer, six as­ sistant secetary - treasurers, nine port agents and 33 patrolmen. wheelchair and leg braces for Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio to aid in his recovery from a broken neck and other injuries. Ruusukallio is currently at the US Public Health Service hospital on Staten Island, New York. The unusual situation created by this case, meanwhile, prompted ac­ tion by Union trustees to determine whether the Plan can create a for­ mal benefit of some kind to deal with sipiilar situations. To Study Situation Specialists employed by the Plan will now seek to find out whether aid in unusual cases of ill­ ness or injury, with a view to spe­ cialized treatment or rehabilita­ tion, can be linked to the welfare benefits now prbvided. The rapid-fire action by the SIU Plan is in sharp contrast with what would have happened under a plan run by an insurance company. In the latter instance, it would be necessary to rewrite the entire in­ surance contract and reassign all of the premiucs in order to cover the new benefit, a procedure which would take months. Ruusukallio's problem arose in that "no man's land" in which the USPHS had no facilities to provide the specialized equipment he need­ ed and the Welfare Plan did not cover such situations. The Staten Island hospital doesn't carry the appliance he required and had nothing in its budget with which to buy it. The Welfare Plan, ac­ cordingly, stepped in to plug the gap by voting funds for its pur­ chase. Hospitalized 8 Months A New Jerseyite, the injured Seafarer suffered his mishap dur­ ing a pleasure trip last May 30, a few weeks after he paid off his last ship. He has been hospitalized ever since. Now it is hoped that Ruusukallio will be able to leave the hospital for home later this year, aided by the appliances fui-nished by the Welfare Plan. This latest development in a long series of SlU-sponsored bene- • 5 -J Voted special aid by the SIU Welfare Plan trustees to help in his recovery and rehabilitation from a broken neck. Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio eets the good news from SIU Welfare Services Rep. Tom Gould (center) at the Staten Island USPHS hospital. The Welfare Plan is buying Ruusukallio a special wheelchair and leg braces which the hospital cannot provide. Looking on is Emma Wiest, hospital social service aide. fits and services amply demon­ strates how the flexibility of the SIU Welfare Plan has enabled it to pioneer in the field of Union welfare benefits. Regular benefits now provided by the Seafarers Welfare Plan in­ clude a $15 weekly hospital bene­ fit, $25 weekly disability benefit, $2,500 death benefit' and $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond in the baby's name from the Union. The Plan also provides funds an­ nually for four college scholar­ ships worth $6,000 each which are good for four years of study for Seafarers or their children. YOUR SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips On Portable Power Tools Seafarers, being handy men, are naturally interested in the growing use of power tools for home jobs. But their wives have an interest in these tools, too. In fact, a portable electric drill, with its many uses around the house, actually is at least as useful an accessory for a womaii as a man if she gets acquainted with'the ways it can help her. With various attachments, such a drill can be used for waxing and polishing furniture, wood­ work, counter tops, hardware and leather, personal items which need ^ax like hand^gs and luggage (using a special non-smearing wax); sharpening cutlery and garden tools; scouring pots; sanding; removing rust and old painty mixing paint, and of course, drilling holes—its primary use. You can now buy a good portable electric drill for family use for $20 and less, and the accessories which extend its uses are available at moderate cost. For general household use, a quarter-inch drill is rec­ ommended I'ather than the half-inch size. Because ol its faster revolutions it is npire efficient for waxing, and a wider variety of attachments is available to broaden its usefulness. Also, it is less bulky and lighter thian a halfinch drill, and thus is easier for a woman to handle aswell as her husband. ^ Come In Three "Types Quarter-inch, drills generally come in three capacities: light, standard and heavy duty. For most home needs, a light or standard-duty Willis generally adequate rather than the. costly heavy-duty models. The low-cost lightduty models can do many household jobs. But if the tool will be used often for drilling metal or for heavy jobs like extensive sanding a standard-duty type does supply more power. You can compare the power of vari­ ous models on the market by the manufacturers' ampere ratings. Generally geared-key or hex-key chucks, which you tighten with a key, are preferable to the hand-tightened ones. They cost only a dollar or so more, and are easier to tighten and unloosen. If you already have a handtightened model, and have encountered the occasional trouble they cause in unloosening them, yOu can buy a geared chuck with a threaded adapter to replace the hand-tightened one. Be sure any drill you buy bears the seal of Under­ writers Laboratories, indicating it has been tested for electrical safety, and read the directions carefully, espe­ cially for lubrication. Many ^a portable power tool has been burned out by neglect of lubrication. Don't buy too many attachments all at once. It's wiser to start only with those you know yoti will need and add utliers as you find uses fur them. Most useful attachments for general household use, besides drill bits for drilling, are a lamb's-wool bonnet and cotton buffer for polishing, knife grinder, paint mixer, sanding attachment and hori­ zontal stand. Tips On Buying As with many other goods, you don't have to depend on a famous name or pay the list price to get a satisfactory Put dumber On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to- be excused from attending headquarters ihembership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on. If the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying electric drill for household or hobby use. Many inde­ pendent retailei's now give discounts of 20-25 per cent on the nationally-advertised power tools such as the Skil and Black & Decker brands. Also, both Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward have their own brand power tools at lower cost than the list prices of the national brands. In the larger cities, downtown hardware stores also often offer price concessions on power and other tools. Another good source for tools and power equipment for families, and hobbyists, is the big semi-wholesale electronics sup­ ply house. Allied Radio Corp., 100 N. Western Ave., Chicago. It would hot pay to use Allied for-very small purchases, but for larger purchases, you can get their catalog by writing. Pool Your Orders As with many other purchases, if you can pool your orders with neighbors and friends you can cut your costs sharply. At least several supply houses of which this writer knows will give special prices on group orders for power and other tools. Scott-Mitchell House, Inc.. 611 Broadway, New York, sjpecializes in better-quality tools for hobbyists, with discounts on group orders. Write for price lists. Silvo Hardware Co., 108 Market St., Phila­ delphia, is a semi-wholesale supply house handling wellknown brands of tools. You have to pay $1 for its catalog, which is credited to yo.u when yoU order. Other jobbers or large distributors offering low prices on tools and special discounts on bulk orders, include Anco Tool Sup­ ply, 12957 Hamilton Ave., Detroit; Alexander's, 58 Read* St., New York; Norton Berger, 108 Market St.,. Phila­ delphia. " ' '•^tl �•SB .;•% ' :; Face Six SEAFARERS •ammi LOG Mobile Plans Dorm, Snack Bar :^l3' • • EISENHOWER OFFERS iDONGRESS PROGRAM—In his "State of the Union" address. President Eisenhower asked Congress for legisla­ tion reducing tariffs, increasing minimum wages and wages for Federal employees, including Congressmen, a broad highway program and a new program of assisting local school boards to provide enough edu­ cational facilities. He also requested a Federal health "program that would aid voluntary health plans, as well as an extended draft law, and continuation of the Point 4 program among others. -The foreign trade proposal is likely to come up early in the session and open a battle over tariffs. il^:' • i / ill % 4" i 4 4" t 4" RUSSIANS FREE TWO AMERICANS—Two Americans, one a civ­ ilian, one an AWOL soldier, were freed by Russian forces after years in slave-labor camps. The civilian, John H. Noble of Detroit, had been picked up in Germany in 1945. The soldier. Pvt. William Marchuk of Norristown, Pa., had been AWOL since 1949. Both men complained that they couldn't get used to the soft beds in the US Ariny hospital where they were staying. A third American, AWOL Pvt. William Verdine, will be released shortly. i Work is underway at building (left) adjoining Mobile SIU hall. Added space will be used for Sea Chest retail and wholesale facilities, snack bar, TV room, and dormitory with laundry and shower facilities. ••• t PANAMA PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED^A machine gun gang as­ sassinated President^ Jose Antonio Remon at the Juan Franco race­ track near Panama City. After an investigation aided by New York City detectives, Panamanian police arrested Remon's successor, first vice-president Quizado, and other prominent citizens on the basis of .'^ome confessions. But the motives for the shooting remained unclear. ALAS POOR GINA!—Italy, the home of Gina Lollobrigida and other sultry temptresses who have made motion picture history, has sud­ denly decided to go mid-Victorian. Police have revived an old law of Mussolini's day prohibiting necking in public and are inaugurating a nation-wide campaign against the practice. The campaign started in Turin where movie theaters were raided and 35 bewildered couples hauled off to the clink. Observers agreed that Italy would survive it all. MOBILE—Provision for shoreside living facilities for Seafarers on the beach highlight Improvements being made in a building recently acquired next door to the Mobile branch 4* 4^ ^hall. ' STOCK MARKET BOUNCES AROUND—A wave of heavy buying The building, adjoining the hallway with windows along the that moved stocks up to 1929 levels caused the Federal Reserve Board present hall at the intersec­ rear of the floor will connect with to increase the down payment requirement on .stocks from 50 to 60 tion of Dauphin and Law- recreation facilities and the li- percent. The news upset stock market speculators with the result that 90c Pay Base Fight rence Streets, will be joined phy- brary-to-be in the second floor of nearly $8 billion ip paper stock values was wiped out in a two-day drop. Experts agree though, that stocks are going to stay high, which makes I IHIIL sically with the existing hall by the existing hall. Laundry Too • breaking through the walls on the people who bought in before the elections last November very happy. The third deck dormitory will WASHINGTON— A proposal for street and second deck levels. In HANSEL AND GRETEL FLEE CAPITALISTS—Czechoslovak Com­ an increase in the minimum wage addition to a dormitory, the build­ have sleeping facilities, showers, a law from 75 to 90 cents an hour ing will contain a Sea Chest retail washing machine, drier and elec­ munists have rewritten the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale to illustrate will soon be put before Congress store and warehouse, snack bar, tric irons. All three floors will be the "evils of capitalism." Instead of being caught by a witch, the in­ at the request of President Eisen­ television room and additional air-conditioned. The present hall nocent children drift across the border to the capitalist west while has been air-conditioned for some their parents are busy fulfilling work quotas. There the children be­ hower. The present wage mini­ office space. In turn, the existing time. port agent's office will be convert­ come exploited workers. They flee eastward again where they are mum under Federal law is 75 cents The first floor of the existing rescued, by a Communist border guards from the pursuing capitalists. ed into a library and writing room. an houi\ hall will be unchanged, with the 4. 4. 4. Work Proceeding Rapidly The minimum wage proposal is patrolmen's office, dispatch coun­ NO RELEASE OF US PRISONERS SEEN—A non-commital com­ expected to touch off a sharp fight Remodeling work is already go­ ter and shipping board remaining munique from UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and China's in Congress with some groups, in­ ing ahead rapidly. The Sea .Chest as is. foreign minister,- Chou En Lai, indicates that no agreement was reached cluding unions, supporting a figure will be located on the ground floor "Plans for work now underway of at least $1 an hour and other ex­ front, with its warehouse to the will provide much needed addi­ on release of H US Air Force men jailed by Red China as spies. Indi­ pected to fight any change in the rear. Also on this floor will be the tional space in the Mobile hall as cations are that the Red Chinese are using the flyers as one of many present minimums. the snack bar and television room well as attractive facilities for the levers to attempt to win admission to the UN. Another lever is in­ If passed into law, the new which will -be ponnected with the greater comfort and convenience creased military pressucfeon offshore islands held by Nationalist Chi­ minimum wages would have con­ shipping hall through a doorway of the membership," Cal Tanner, nese with Red aircraft stepping up raids on Nationalist positions. 4> if siderable effect on such low wage in the existing wall. port agent, said. COSTA RICA CHARGES INVASION—Fighting flared in northern industries as textiles and other The second deck of the building The expansion will also make soft goods trades that have been will have offices for the port possible better service to the mem­ Costa Rica as Government forces came to grips with a small fdrce of "running away" from union con­ agent, the SlU-affiliated Marine bership in the port through pro­ revolutionaries. Before the fighting broke out, Costa Rica accused tracts by establishing low wage Allied Workers, SIU Welfare vision of needed space for Welfare Nicaragua of plotting an. invasion and asked the Organization of Amer­ ican States to act to keep the peace. Costa Rica and Nicaragua have plants in the south and west. Services, and the Sea Chest. A Services and the Sea Chest. long been rivals for Central American leadership. • dCcS Cartoon History Of The SIU StU Wing 4'Year Fi^ht iVo. 81 •: uv-' : •' i'-' - I la ifr^ li i' • lii -fc •' fjjr • i |i«r .: }'. '^-'P Although the membersJiip had authorized a strike In Cities Service, SIU negotiators kept trying for a peaceful end to the contract stalemate. But fruitless sessions continued Into September, 1950. Mean­ while, the Union made ready to lay its case against CS before a special hearing of a Senate Labor sub­ committee in Washingtoib Less than 48 hours before the Senate hearing was to convene, CS capitulated on the terms of an SIU agreement. The pact brought a four-year battle to establish Union wages and conditions in the CS fleet to an end. SIU men in the fleet and Seafarers .everywhere hailed Che end of a long,, bitter and costly organizing battle. At the hearings, SIU witnesses documented a strong case against CS. Later, the Senate group's report de­ clared: "It is almost unbelievable that any uijion ^could continue in existence in the face of this com­ bination of legaLstalling and violent anti-union ac­ tivity, Certainly a smaller, poorgr and less persistent union would have been destroyed..." > �SEAFARERS JuUry 91, 1»» P«*e Sivwr' LOG SIU NEWSLETTER SIU Seeks Improved Mail Service from WASHINGTON Seeking to unravel the kinky roblem of poor mail service for Seafarers aboard ships proposed a solution in a new appeal for cooperation both here and overseas, the SIU from the shipowners. In a letter to all contracted THE OUTLOOG FOB AMERICAN SHIPPING IS MUCH BRIGHTThe Union does not have th* •r than a few monthi ago, both from the atandpoint of tramp and regu­ operators, the Union pin­ ed, however, except in special lar berth operators. For example, the 10,000,000 ton coal program pointed ways in which letters cases. In most instances it is sent facilities for sending thousands of and packages from home can be to a particular hall because a Sea­ pieces of mail to men aboard ship, speeded on their way to the crew- farer is expected to arrive there since it generally has no way of members aboard ship. The action shortly at which time he can pick knowing where a man is at a par­ ticular time. was prompted by numerous recent it up. complaints from Seafarers of diffi­ culties in getting mail, particular­ ly holida.v messages and Christmas packages. Mail, as always, is a strong morale-boostdr for seamen away from home. The SIU request to the ship­ owners for their aid in getting mail to crewmembers was directed principally to some of the small companies who often are~lax in handling this matter properly. Most of the major operators have been cooperating for some time in trying to deal with the problem of mail. Accurate Lists The proposals center around the cooperation of the ship operators in providing accurate lists of their agents for all ports where a ship is scheduled to go at the time of the sign-on. In this way, crewmem­ t 4" ' ONE INTERESTING ANGLE OF THE 50-50 SHIPPING RULE THAT bers can notify,their families and has come to light involves a so-called three-way barter deal—for ex- friends where mail can be sent and cmple, US coal to Denmark, Danish manufactured goods to India, paid be assured some regularity of de­ for by India out of FOA dollar aid. FOA is adopting a policy of let­ livery. Crewmembers are urged to ting US ships participate 50-50 on the cargo from this country to report to SIU patrolmen when Denmark in exchange for a waiver of the 50-50 rule on the move­ addresses are not provided at the time of sign-on. ment from Denmark to India. A key element in this, however, FOA feels that the NSA rates established in 1951-1952 are higher the SIU noted. Is the delivery of than "fair and reasonable rates" for US-flag vessels because (a) John Henry, a cinammon-colored, white-faced ringtail acquired by they were admittedly established at levels substantially above commer­ the mail to the ship when it ar­ Seafarer George E. Annis, DM, in Brazil, thinks nothing of it as he is the' center of attraction in the New Orleans hall. Annis, cial rates in order to avoid Government competition with private in­ rives in port. This hinges on efforts dustry, (b) they included the cost of very substantial break-out re­ being made by the agents abroad shown here catching up on the SEAFARERS LOG, picked up his pet while aboard the Del Viento. pairs as well as normal break-out costs, and (c) they included esti­ to put the mail aboard the vessel on arrival. mated cost of lay-up. , Companies To, Speed .Mali In the case of mail sent directly THE TALK AROUND TOWN IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE of the House Merchant Marine Committee is not nearly as strong as to the companies' home Offices, It should be. After Representative Jack Shelley, California Democrat, efforts can also be made to see to announced that he would quit the Committee in favor of joining the it that it is forwarded properly House Appropriations Committee, he was besieged by industry to and promptly and will arrive in change his mind. In deciding to join. the. Appropriations group, Shel­ port by the time the ship gets ley is taking the position that he still will be in a position to aid the there.'Mail is frequently allowed WASHINGTON—^President Eisenhower this week sparked merchant marine. Besides, the Appropriations Committee is con- to pile up at the company offices hopes for- a revival of the nation's declining merchant marine sidered, after Rules, to be the tbp unit on the House side of the Capitol.s when the ships are only • low The House Merchant Marine Committee as a whole also is weak this days travel away. The result is and shipbuilding industry. In his budget message to Congress, year—one reason being that the Democrats haye lost seven of their that crewmembers either never he asked for amounts totaling"* ^ former members, either through defeat in the elections or change see it or get it several months late, $241 million for shipping ac­ only $33 million last year. over to other Committees, while the Republicans on the Committee particularly when a ship is out tivities in the fiscal year be­ Shipbuilding and ship conver­ have lost three of their former members. This wiil mean many new on a long voyage. sion take up $102.8 million in the ginning July 1, 1955. Complants about mail service to faces on the Committee, which is so important to^the merchant marine, Continuation of the US Public proposed maritime budget while date have not involved the facili­ new members with little or no knowledge of US-flag shipping. Health Service hospital program operating differential subsidies for ties provided at all SIU halls for a. 4 US ship operators account for an­ THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCE- handling Seafarers' mail address­ was also forecast by a request for other $115 million, $30 million over nearly $34.5 million for these in­ ed in care of the Union. Mail de­ ment soon on the option held by States Marine Corp. to buy sub­ what was asked last year. The sidized Bloomfleld Steamship and' subsidiary Gulf Star Steamship livered to the halls is not forward- stitutions. The hospitals received remainder is taken up by $15.1 mil­ Company. The purchase price being negotiated is $2V^! million. In lion for the expenses of the Mari­ addition to this price, Bloomfleld would collect 50 percent of net time Administration, including profits of Bloomfleld and Gulf Star, after taxes, accruing to either costs of operating the reserve fleets company from date of the agreerirent, June 4, 1954, to the date States and other MA facilities, $6 million Marine exercises its option to buy. Also, Bloomfleld will get 50 per­ more for the repair of reserve fleet cent of additional net profits that would have been realized by Bloomvessels and an. item of $2 million field and Giilf Star from capital gains on the sale of any Liberty-type for the US Merchant Marine Acad­ ships owned by the two companies in the event bona fide offers are emy at Kings Point in New York. received and permission for such sale is refused by States Marine. Hundreds of dollar-wise Seafarers and other readers of the No funds were requested to aid 4 4 4 four state officer training schools ANOTHER PIECE OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE US MERCHANT SEAFARERS LOG have swamped the LOG with requests for in Maine, Massachusetts, NY and reprints of 45 selected columns of the popular feature "Your fleet is tfle decision of the Attorney General that the 50-50 ship­ California, as the Government in­ ping rule applies to surplus agricultural goods sold abroad for for­ Dollars Worth" offered in the-^ dicated all emphasis on ship officer booklet. eign currency. This huge program wiil involve expenditure of hun­ last issue of the LOG. training would be concentrated in dreds of millions of dollars, and American-flag ships, under the rul­ As a result of the enthusias­ Pleased by the strong interest In the Kings Point institution. the LOG feature, the Union es­ ing, wiil carry half of it. The surplus agricultural progam will involve tic response, a specially-designed a three-year period, and goods will move out in all directions—Western booklet containing the entire set timates that the heavy tide of re­ 20 New Ships Europe, SOuth America, Middle East and Southeast Asia. of '45 columns,is already on the quests will continue for some time The budget would provide for presses and will be mailed free of with readers responding from all the start of construction on 20 ^ * over the country and throughout TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM OF HELPING TO BRING the mer­ charge to all who write in. The new ships during the year, includ­ the world. chant fleet up to date. Congress will soon consider the White House ing two prototype dry cargo ships The 45 columns from the LOG request for ship construction funds of 103 million dollars for the fis­ Readers who may have missed series cover a wide iange of sub­ and a prototype tanker designed cal year beginning July 1, 1955. These funds, if approved on the Hill, the coupon and offer on the back would continue the trade-in-and-build tanker program begun this year; page of the last issue can obtain jects from the popular LOG ex­ for possible mass production in continue essential research and development work on ship design; fi­ the booklet containhig 45 "Your clusive written by Sidney Margo- an emergency, five additional C-2 nance construction of two cargo ships and one tanker as prototypes Dollar's Worth" columns by lius, the nation's outstanding ex­ or C-3 freighters for sale to pri­ for mass production in any future emergency; start orderly replace­ merely addressing a request to pert on consumer buying. Subjects vate companies, two new passenger ment of cargo ships built during or before World War II; and provide the Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, covered include home financing. In­ ships for American President surance and maintenance, tips on Lines and ten ships under the for the construction or conversion of four passenger-cargo ships. 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, buying clothes for the entire fam­ tanker trade-in-and-build program President Eisenhower's budget for the fiscal year 1956, for the first NY. • ily, the costs and care of automo< adopted last year. The latest bud­ time, fails to include any federal money requests for operation of biles, appliances, furniture and get, however, makes it possible the four state marine schools. The feeling on this is that the States other items for the home, hints on for dry cargo ships as well as tank­ original plan was to furnish indi­ of Maine, California, Massachusetts and New York should bear this vidual reprints of the 45 different buying food, drugs and jewelry, ers to be traded in for credit on cost alone, without US Government support. columns, but the very pleasing how to save on insurance and loans the building of new ones. Among response and the requests by in­ and many other subjects. "Your other projects, existing experi­ dividuals for almost the entire Dollar's Worth: Seafarers Guide To ments fvith Liberty ships to con­ iC/u, listing have brought about the Better Buying" has been a regular vert them to higher speeds would be continued and expanded. decision to print the full series as LOG featune since Jply, 1952. announced by the White House last fall is rapidly shaping up. This is a crash program in the light of three factors: (a) The need of foreign countries for coal during the winter 19541955; (b) The strategic desirability of minimizing the purchase of Iron Curtain coal by the free nations; and (c) Pressure from the American coal industry to get the movement started and to have it continue at a substantial pace. The Elsenhower Administration is most anxious to move all of the 10,000,000 tons of coal, or as much as possible, dur­ ing fiscal year 1955, On the basis of 10,000 tons of coal per ship, this movement would Involve 1,000 shiploads. Because of the transfer of American-fiag ships to foreign countries, the Foreign Operations Administration, as of a recent date, indicated that it would be able to handle only about 20 cargoes of coal per month, • even if there'were no demands made upon American tramps for*hauling grain. Therefore, FOA\is expected to use up all American-flag space available at "fair and reasonable rates"; thereafter to declare non-availability for purposes of the 50-50 shipping law and then re­ sort to foreign-flag shipping; finally, under FOA plans, after all for­ eign-flag shipping space available at reasonable rates has been used, then to call upon the US reserve fleet. In the light of the impending shipping shortage which FOA esti­ mates might last for at least six months and probably longer, FOA will try to put as much grain, and to get the Agriculture Department to do the same, on American-flag berth lines, using tramps primarily, if not entirely, for the coal movement. 'Well, ril Be A Ring-Tailed.. . "-k • m m m I SI '•i •:4 $241 Million Asked For Maritime In '55 'Your Dollar's Worth' To Be Issued As Book • r' 4-s : ^ '•rv ^ .. ••'I 1 .a �; •- 1. \t: I w hv F f I v: j;: & S'. • 'iV'- - SEAFARERS Tage Elffht Due to be launched early this summer, a new Empress of Britain Will replace her namesake lost during World War II, and is expected to make her maiden voyage a little over a year from now. Now under construction at Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co the 22 500-vessel will be placed on the Montreal-Liverpool run She will have accommodations for 1,050 passengers... Two tank­ ers owned by Oljmipic Lines of Panama collided in the Bay of Suez Question: What's your feeling about this month, one of them catching fire in an explosion caused by the gambling aboard ship? Impact. The 17,722-ton Olympic Thunder and the 21,200-ton Olympic • Honor were involved in the mishap, during which the Thunder caught Bill Nuckols, AB: As long as a fire. Only slight damage was suffered by the ships. guy has money to spend, it's okay to toss a little of it away now and Figures reported by the Maritime Association of the Port otJiew then on a game York showed that New York handled almost one-fourth of the 102,113 of cards. It's just shins that entered and left the country's major ports last year. New bad when guys York worked nearly twice as much as the nation's second most active start losing the port, Philadelphia. US ships accounted for slightly more than half payoff before ®f New York's outbound traffic.. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, the they get it; that's Joint shipping venture owned by Colombia and Ecuador, has an­ when you start nounced plans for expansion of its services between US ports and having trouble. I Latin America which will actually double some of its services. The like pinochle concern, which now owns 20 ships and has 10 others under charter, is mostly. It's a good way to pass the due to add 4 new ships to its fleet this year. time aboard ship. $. 4. Si ^ ^ Membership of the Federal Maritime Board was completed early Mike SpaUuto, MM: A little so­ this month when Ben H. Guill, former naval officer, former member of Congress from Texas and former executive assistant to the Post­ ciable game on the ship is alright master General, was sworn in as third member of the board. Earlier, every once in a G. Joseph Minetti of New York joined the only remaining member, while. We Louis S. Rothschild, board chairman and the Maritime Administrator, haven't got too on the panel.. .Twelve out of 14 crewmembers were lost when the much to do be­ Grimsby trawler Evelyn Rose of 327 tons sank near Oban on the tween ports and western coast of Scotland. The vessel struck a reef and sank while an as long as a man isn't playing attempt was being made to launch the lifeboat. away his last dol­ 4i 4 ^ The 19,105-ton liner Gripsholm, ex-flagship of the Swedish Ameri­ lar it's a good can line and a repatriation ship for refugees in World War II, has way to spend the been officially rechristened the Berlin. The 29-year-old liner is on in­ time. I don't like definite charter to the North German Lloyd Line.. Operation of the to make it a habit, but I go for a 18,000-ton liner La Guardia in passenger service between the US West little pinofchle now and then. Coast and Honolulu moved another step closer to reality following 4 4 4 Henry Watson, cook: When ybu the decision of a Maritime Administration examiner to allow the Hawaiian Steamship Co. to charter the ship from the Government. have a good crew and everybody gets along okay, She is idled right now in the James River (Va.) reserve fleet. there's nothing 4 t i wixmg with play­ Two shipyards in Kobe, Japan, launched new vessels last week, one ing a little cards of them a 38,750-ton supertanker for a Panamanian company. The on the ship. giant petroleum carrier is the Chrysanthy I, owned by the United Everybody has a Shippers Co. of Panama. Less than a third her size is the new 11,300good time and ton Philippines Maru, built for a Japanese company.. .Members of a the money keeps volunteer lifeboat crew on the Furness liner Queen of Bermuda who going back and performed an heroic rescue of ten Newfoundland fishermen this month forth so that no­ were honored at special ceremonies in New York after the liner arbody really loses vived back in port. The men took men off the floundering fishing out. I don't play as much as I boat Student Prince II about 200 miles NE of Bermuda. used to in the old days though. . 4 4 4 4 4 4 This country's two largest liners were filled to more than 90 per­ Francis E. Miiler, wiper: It's a cent of their passenger capacity on their trans-Atlantic voyages last year, according to the United States Lines. The company disclosed good pastime on a ship when you that the liners United States and America carried 94,456 passengers have nothing between New York and Northern Europe during 1954. The United else to do. Every­ States, largest and fastest ship in the US merchant fleet, accounted for body likes to 67,577 passengers out of the total.. The Military Sea Transportation gamble a little Service chartered 14 privately-owned and operated US-flag ships dur­ when there's a ing December, bringing the total of the Government shipping agency's small game going on. As long as chartered vessels to 36 at the end of last month. the stakes stay low and nobody ijllt!|ii.i ...J can win or lose too much, I like to play whenever I get a chance. , DOWN ACROSS 1. Vehicle Victory 1. (Victory Car­ 2. Lake cargo riers) 3. Crewmember 4. Balto has a new 4. Came to a stop one 5. Pie mode 8. What we sail in 6. Whole bunch 12. Governor of 7. Bloodsucker Kansa.s 8. Marksman 13. Kind of lily 9. Small mountain 14. Animal's skin 10. Thought 15. Control, as il. A fruit sliip's speed 16. Three famed 17. Olive £enus initiala 18. Follower of 19. The SlU helps 1 2 him 21. Stack 24. Bingle 12 25. Grow old 26. Worked with 15 shovel 28. Flat tablelands 32. Valley 34. Girl 36. City in Nevada 37. Country N of Lebanon 39. Ceylon export 41. Politician; Slang 42. US intelligence outfit 44. Palmyra is one 46. Ceylon seaport 50. Weight of India 51. Captain in Moby Dick 52. Judge 56. Actress Hayworth 57. An exclamation 58. Product of Trinidad 59. Man of action 60. Port on Kyushu 61. Compass bearing 20. 21. 22. 23. 27. 2?^3. So­ SB. That man 40. Birthplace of Wearies St. Francis Unsightly 43. Beside the ship Square sail 45. Man's nick­ Channel name Apart 46. St. Louis Soon ballplayer Exchanged for 47. Large river money 48. Not on time Island group 40. Baltic stop NW of Sumatra 53. Mahal, Hawaiian of India wreath 54. Cure leather Point a gun 55. Before (Punle Answer on Page 17) 4 4 4 January 21. 195S LOG Jerome Pine, MM: I'm for it; whoever wants to play a game of cards should be able to. Of course, I'm not in favor of gam­ bling when it means a man is going to throw away all h 1 s dough and be broke all the time. Then it means hard feelings and resent­ ment among the crew and makes a lot of trouble all around. MEET THE SEAFARER ALLEN J. FRIEND, MM. Looking over the headquarters at going to sea. He caught an shipping board for a European run Army Transport Service ship In December, 1946, and made two this past week was Seafarer Allen trips with it. Then, looking for J. Friend of Brooklyn. Bom and greener pastures, he switched over raised in the borough. Friend to the SlU in March, 1947. He'a started going to sea late in 1946 been sailing with the Union ever because as he put it, "I got itchy since. In 1948, Friend got a lengthy feet and wanted to see different taste of picketline action when the places and the way other people now-famous Wall Street strike lived." The novelty of viewing the broke out. Stock Exchange em­ other half of the world has long ployees struck for a contract and since worn off but Friend is con­ with the help of Seafarers kept vinced he made a wise choice of mass picket lines going for several weeks. Friend himself spent three vocation, if only by accident. weeks on the line in what he re­ As the father of two chUdren, calls as one of the -wettest spring ages two and four, and the owner seasons New York experienced in of his own one-family home in many a year. Brooklyn, the 31-year-old Seafarer Subsequently, Friend ^became a sees going to sea as the only sure c^ewmember of the Bull Line way he can meet all the financial cruise ship Puerto Rico on which obligations involved. he spent two happy years. The "Next to my family and home," cruise run was a popular one, he he said, "my SIU membership is recalls, with men home in New my most important possession be­ York a couple of days every two cause it means bread and butter weeks. The attraction of running for all of us." to a semi-tropical land, particu­ Enlisted In Army larly in the wintertime, was an­ Going to sea was not exactly other strong point of the run. It what Friend had in mind at the was a sad day when the company beginning. He had gone to school finally laid up the ship and later at the Food Trades Vocational sold her for foreign-flag operation. High School in New York City, "I'm stiU grieving for the old but war clouds were looming in Puerto Rico," he sighed. Europe, and here in the US, Uncle Close To Home Sam had put the Selective Service Since he's a family man. Friend system into motion. On his 18th likes to stick to those nearby for­ birthday, February 26, 1941, Friend eign and European runs which enlisted in the US Army for what mean no more than a month away turned out to be a 4V4-year hitch, from home at most. He did take considerably more than he bar­ one Far East run in the last year, gained for at the time. He was which had its quota of harrowing still in high school but managed moments. He was aboard the to get leave to graduate in uniform Greece Victory carrying a cargo that June. of ammunition when the ship's Friend was mustered out of propeller fouled on a buoy chain service on November 11, 1945, re­ in Kurihama, Japan. "The wind turning to the States with the 66th startecU acting up and it looked Dmsion after three years in Eu­ like the vessel was in for real rope. For the next 12 months he trouble. Tugs were called to help kicked around with the "readjust­ and fortunately, the ship was able ment blues." He had wanted to go to get off the next morning and to veterinary school but circum­ proceed for repairs. stances didn't work out in that di­ Friend's last ship was the Manrection. # kato Victory, recently back from Sailed ATS Europe. He intends to keep on After a considerable spell with sailing for the indefinite future, be­ the old "52-20" club. Friend de­ cause he finds its the best way he cided that he would take a crack knows of paying the bills. Efforts afoot to merge the Inter­ national Fur arid Leather Workers Union with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AFL) will be subject to approval by the next meeting of the AFL Executive Council. The Fur and Leather Workers is one of the unions which had been ex­ pelled from the CIO as Commu­ nist-dominated, ancl AFL officials indicated the union would have to show proof of an Internal clean­ up. Two leaders of the union; Ben Gold and Irving Potash, have both been prosecuted under the Smith Act. 4 4 4 Produce strikers In New York went back to work after a week's Arthur Mandick, wiper: There's tie-up with a $9.50 p'ackage in a nothing wrong with it as long as two-year agreement. The package you're not provides an Immediate increase of a fanatic about $6 in wages, plus improvements in it. There's quite fringe issues. Produce handlers a lot of gambling are members of Local 202, Inter­ in small games national Brotherhood of Teamsters. on the ships be­ 4 4 4 cause the guys The United Mine Workers Union haven't got much is planning to encourage the set­ ting up of local union health cen­ else to do. A ters in remote mining communities small-stake game so as to make more efficient use helps pass the time and makes things interesting of its Welfare fund. The Union is hopeful that 'the local centers while you're at it. 4 4 4, V'-f would help reduce the burden of hospital bills on the fund. Fund in­ come has been cut sharply by the decline in coal production. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4. A telecast of negotiation sessions between AFL Paper Make^S and the Rogers Corporation of Rogers, Connecticut; is planned for next month. The telecast will be sent out over a closed circuit, and wit­ nessed by industrial relations spe­ cialists attending a conference of the American Management Asso­ ciation in Chicago. A 35-hour week has been negoti­ ated for 3,000 sportswear em­ ployees, members of AFL Ladies Garments Workers Local 226 in Los Angeles. The new agreement represented a 2i/i-hour work week reduction and means that 35 hours is now standard for nearly all ILGWU members in Southern California. Construction of US bases in Newfoundland has led to the chartering of a local of the AFL Common Laborers Union. The workers Involved are building a Naval Base at Fort McAndrew, Ai;gentia, Newfoundland. �January 21, 1955 SEAFARERS Pare Nina LOG In Time Of Need!' SEAFARERS^LOG JoBBory 21, 1955 Vol. XVII. No. 2 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NI'LVA: Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SJPIVACK At MASKIN; Gull Area Reporter, Bm. MOODT, LETTER of the m /.i I 'M\ mmhr' :iffl pfp. -if WEEK ' '41 [ Ilisaster Insurance The Southern Districts disaster, involving the loss of 23 ; Wi^ht On lives, 14 of them imlicensed men, sharply points up the tre­ Shipping Threats mendous importance of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Many of the families of the victims are in serious financial plight To the Editor: I am writing this letter and I after the shattering blow of losing the breadwinner. It's true sincerely hope you .will publish it they are entitled to file for damages, but lawsuits have a way in an early of the SEA­ of dragging out over months and years. Meanwhile the Wel­ FARERS LOGedition because it concerns fare Plan is giving them immediate assistance in the form a matter which I believe is of vital of a total of $35,000 in death benefits, just when such assis­ concern to every SIU member. tance is badly needed. Any expressions of opinion or As a matter of fact, it was at the urging of the Union that any suggestions which other broth­ the Coast Guard issued an official statement that the crew ers might care to make will be was presumed lost, paving the way for payments of benefits. warmly welcomed by this writer. Recently, the American Mer­ Normally such a statement would not come until the conclu­ chant Marine Institute issued sion of Coast Guard hearings and fidng of a report. startling but true figures showing The death benefit is one of several SlU-sponsored benefits that this great nation of ours is repeating a costly which offer speedy financial assistance at critical moments. eiTor which hurt In the centerfold of this issue are the photos of the many our economy .and Seafarers who can no longer work but who are well taken impaired our na­ care of through the SIU disability benefit. Each issue of the tional defense in SEAFARERS LOG carries reports of other benefits such as the past. This maternity and hospital payments, all of which run into hun­ error is the ne­ dreds of thousands of dollars every year. glect of the American mer­ It was just a few years ago that the Seafarer and his family chant marine. had little or no relief from misfortune or disaster. A small Latest to be bitten by the ship­ These figures burial benefit existed that was just enough to pay for a burial. Rushton board television bug is the Alcoa show that the Men in hospitals got $3 each week to keep them in cigarettes. transfer of American ships to Roamer crew. At the last ship­ All that has been changed thanks to negotiation of a sound foreign registry has reduced our board meeting crewmembers elect­ and far-reaching Welfare Plan, total tonnage to 15 million tons, ed a committee of three consisting The Welfare Plan is one of many aspects of Union activity leaving our merchant fleet at the of R. W. Miller, C. J. Beck and Blanco (first name not given) to over the years that has radically changed the way of life of lowest point in 30 months. Also, despite the declared policy look over the pros and cons of the a seaman. It offers assurance that the Seafarer and his family and come back with a re­ is protected against unforseen disaster such as befell the of transporting 50 percent of for­ question port. eign aid cargoes in American bot­ Southern Districts. Primarily the committee will be toms, only 29 percent of all Amer­ I liispection C|uestioiis Speaking of the Southern Districts, the Coast Guard has concluded hearings into the reasons for the mysterious disap• pearance of the ship. While final conclusions will not be drawn until all the evidence is in, some sharp contradictions emerge from the testimony already given. The several in­ spectors who looked over various parts of the ship at various times are in considerable disagreement with each other as to her condition and in disagreement with Seafarers who sailed the ship, before and during her final voyage. Even more startling is the information given in last minute testimony by the company's operating manager. He revealed that both the Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping had gone easy on basic safety requirements because they would have been a heavy expense to the company. In other words, the safety of the ship and crew took second place to the company's financial well-being. Three Seafarers who testified to patching holes below the waterline with bolts and wooden plugs were followed to the stand by inspectors who said they saw no such items. Then along came two other inspectors who said they saw fish bolts and wooden plugs in the hull. One Coast Guard inspector said his "inspection" of the engine room consisted of asking the chief engineer and the skipper how things were below. The chief told him they were shipshape, but one Seafarer witness told of a variety of temporary and makeshift repairs below and had his testimony confirmed by a letter written by. one of the Seafarer victims just before the ship's final voyage. Certainly there are plenty of inspectors going aboard ships. In the Southern Districts case there was an insurance com­ pany man. Coast Guard inspector, FCC expert, company inspector and an independent surveyor all taking look-sees 3t the ship. Perhaps all this overlapping and division of au­ thority defeats its purpose with some inspectors tending to let the "other guy" worry about it. In any case either the inspectors did not see the defects or were reluctant to take action that would have delayed the sailing of the ship. It boils down once again to a conflict of company profits versus human safety. For when the South­ ern Districts was last seen by a tanker December 5, she was headed at top speed into the heart of a storm which the tanker sought to avoid. In this case the attempt to make a schedule tick apparently contributed to the loss of the ship and crew. ' Vote Thanks Union book ever since. He is 34 years old and lives ashore in Phila­ delphia. !Sf if % Another baker who has been turning out top quality products is Chris Markris of the Alcoa Pega­ sus. Ship's minutes reported from the Alcoa vessel make a point of praising him for fine baking and his cooperation with hands on the ican exports and imports are car­ trying to find out whether a set ship. can be installed aboard ship in ried by American sliips. if if if such a manner as to give some de­ Other SIU steward departments Seafarers Must Act cent reception on the coastwise What can be done to stop this runs. The committee might do that received the four-star rating recently include the gang on the ridiculous situation, and what pai't we can play in encouraging a well to check the experiences of j Antirioiis (Waterman) and the Del some of the other coastwise ships Cainpo (Mississippi). The Antinous' strong and healthy merchant ma­ on this score. crew gave thanks for a "wonder­ rine is the immediate problem of Reactions Differ ful Christmas dinner" and added every man in this Union. This Some of the ships appear to be "meals in general are excellent." situation concerns our bread and well-satisfied but on other vessels Del Campo's department got "spe­ butter, and the sooner we get busy the reception has been a cause of cial thanks for wonderful tasty on it the better it will be for us. much aggravation. food" and the steward himself Our Union, as we Seafarers prai.sed the men in the galley gang Then, of course, there's the know, has played a leading role in the fight to keep our merchant problem of what kind of set to buy. for the fine cooperation they have marine strong against interests And while they are at it, shall it been giving him. 4" 3« J) which would let it be sold out for be color TV or old-fashioned black the sake of sliowing an immediate and white? It looks as if commit­ Seafarers at the last headquar­ tee-members have their work cut ters membersliip meeting elected profit of a few more dollars. a quarterly finan­ But, in addition to what our out for them. cial committee, Union as a whole is doing, what if % The vote of as x-equired by can we individual Seafarers do? dhanks to the the Union con­ For one thing, we can keep our feedbag depart­ stitution, to give pens busy, and keep writing our ment is standard the Union's finan­ Senators and Representatives in procedure where cial status its Washington. If we keep that the crew is well regular, thorough stream of mail flowing, perhaps we fed and content­ examination. The can encourage Congress to enact ed, but some of members, legislation that will really protect, the praise of­ E. Starns and W. preserve and strengthen our mer­ Stambul fered recently is McDonald for chant marine. on the lyrical the deck department; C. Stambul Hatgimisios Alert Public To Dangers side. Take the and W. La Chance, engine depart­ Moreover, each of us Seafarers can appoint himself a "committee Steel Flyer as an example. Baker ment; and W. Rcidy and R. Ewiiig of one" to see to it that the general Kosta Hatgimisios received quite a for the steward department, spent public is alerted to the dangers few accolades for what the crew several days going over Union which beset our merchant marine. called a "wonderful job of bak­ recoi'ds of all kinds in conjunction We should talk this matter up ing." They reported he made svilh Certified Public Accountants, among our families, friends and "pastries and pizza pie for coffee- taking inventory of Union property acquaintances as much as possible, time, as good or better than any and other steps required for the and see that they are made aware ever found ashore." We've heard i-eport. This of coiu'se, is a complete I'eof the disastrous policy this coun­ of bakers putting out a piece of cake or some doughnuts with cof­ porl on all the Union's finances, try is now pursuing. It is up to us who make our fee, but it's the first time that serv­ and should not be confused with livings by going to sea to keep the ing pizza pie at coffeetime has the weekly port audits which take wheels of this campaign rolling, been reported. No wonder the account of port income and outgo only each week. and to make every American boys are satisfied. 'The quarterly report will be Hatgimisios has been whipping realize that a sti'ong American merchant fleet is a valuable eco­ up batter for quite a few years presented at membership meetings nomic asset in peace as well as a now. He joined the SIU in Provi­ in all ports January 26 for ap­ dence, Rhode Island, on February propriate action by the member­ necessity In war. 10, 1939, and has been packing a ship. Edwin T. Rushton �Page Ten •.(: SEAFARERS January 21, 1955 LOG '£• ~ Benjamin Bailey, 74 Lives in Brooklyn, NY John E. Bellard, 67 Lives in Newjport, NY Clarence B. Brunda^^e, 71 Lives in Tampa, Fla. Joseph Germane, 70 Lives in Brookiyn, NY Sidney W. Ghale, 62 Lives in Charleston, SC Nick Giosue, 59 Lives in NY, NY Younggters and oldsters alike, all Seafarers who receive disability benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan, have the security of knowing that the $25 weekly payments to them will continue for as long as they may need them, whether months or years. Many of them have worked as seamen their entire lives, some for as many as 50 years. Others are rela­ tive newcomers to sailing, Wt the sea knows no bounds of age, race or religion and takes its toll of all men. The SIU disability benefit was established for this reason. Its purpose was to provide a cushion of se­ curity for Seafarers who were unable for some reason of disability to continue in their profession and earn a livelihood for themselves and their families. First launched in 1952, the disability benefit orig­ inally provided weekly payments of $15 to each qual­ ified seaman, regardless of age. Ten Seafarers qual­ ified at that time, with eligibility based on proof of seven years' se£ participating ir A few mont] October, 1952, weekly. Six mo: to its level of $! ent. This is mo ships in the 19c Moreover, ne and qualifying ond anniversar; ting the weekly those who had under protectio Today, 43 on $25 weekly ben ing made at the to the total of n^ fit originally b( None of the \k il- William A. Kemmerer, 79 Lives in Pennsgrove, NJ William E. Lake, 6g Lives in Boston, Mass. Matthew Little, 92 Lives in Staten Is., NY Bernard Y.. Boll, 77 Lives in Seattle, Wash. Charles Schrunk, 68 Lives in Jacksonville, Fla. Ifr &• Pr. g. William Bochell, 69 Lives in New Orleans, La. �SEAFARERS Januarj^ 21, 1955 LOG Benito Candamlo, 66 Lives in Miami, Fla. Alexander Dudde, 67 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Ernst E. Ekiund, 66 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Leonard F. Ellis, 68 Lives irt Houma, La. William Girardeau, 74 Lives in N. Harwich, Mass. Samuel L. Gordon, 70 Lives in Brooklyn, NY William J. Gray, 52 Lives in Mobile, Ala. .Ernest E. Gross, 65 Lives in New Orleans, La. ime on ships operated by companies the SIU Welfare Plan. 3 after the benefit first began, in payments were increased to $20 ths after that, the benefit rate rose 5 weekly, where it remains at prese than they received for working on )'s. / men are constantly applying for or the disability benefit. On its seclast May 1, 27 Seafarers were getlenefit. This figure does not include een getting benefits and died while of the Plan. e-active Seafarers are receiving the fit. Accordingly, payments are be­ rate of $1,075 per week, in addition arly $75,000 paid out since the bene?an. nen recdving it, especially the old- timers, could have visualized years ago the blessing of security they are enjoying today through the facil­ ities of their Union's Welfare Plan. The state of maritime unions was such in those days that only a few "dreamers"-—men who "walked with their heads in the clouds"—could foresee even a small portion of what is reality today. Disability benefits from a seamen's welfare plan for which the seaman pays none of the cost were the pipedreams of long ago. And while much remains to be done in this area, and will be done in time. Seafarers who become disabled and are no longer able to work will always be assured a comfortable cushion for their future years. The SIU disability benefit eliminates the need for seeking help in the form of charity handouts. Men who have given their lives and health to an industry are assured its grateful thanks in the form of guar­ anteed aid from the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The SIU takes care of its own ... Eugene Milanesi, 26 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Francisco Molina, 66 Lives in Santurce, PR Grand W. Nutting, 75 Lives in Baltimore, Md. Joseph Piiutis, 40 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Earl F. Spear, 56 Lives in Portland, Me. August Steinmann, 71 Lives in Maspeth, LI. NY Thor Thorsen, 65 Lives in Brooklyn, NY George B. Thurmer, 42 Oliver Springs, Tenn. Benjamin Trottie, 66 Lives in Brooklyn, NY �SEAFARERS Pa*e Twelve # January 21, 1955 LOG PORT REPORTS sold by Waterman to the Maritime Savannah: ping), Ann Marie (Bull), Iberville Mobile: Overseas Corporation, will be in (Waterman), Michael (Carras) and service for her new owners by the Steel Worker and Steel Flyer first of next week. (Isthmian). Sailed On Ann Marie For our Seafarer of the Week For our SIU man of the week we nominate Brotber T. C. Deale Shipping in the port of Savan­ At this writing—^three days be­ who ships in various engine room Things have been going along we have selected Joe Lapham. Joe, very nicely here in Lake Charles who was the SIU agent in Provi­ fore the close of the voting to ratings and has sailed steadily out nah was fair during the last two and during the past two weeks we dence in 1947, is an AB and has elect the Union's officials for the of Gulf ports since 1944. Brother weeks and it looks as if it will stay shipped more men than we regis­ been sailing steadily since he took next two years—there are good in­ Deale, who makes his home in Just about that way during the tered. We only hope it keeps tip his book out of retirement. His dications that the balloting in the Birmingham, Ala., is married and coming two weeks. During the last two weeks we Mobile branch will go over the 600 has one son. He believes the ma­ that way. However, we have last ship was the Ann Marie. paid off the Ines and Arlyn (Bull). Other oldtimers now on the ternity benefit is tops among the mark, thus setting a new record enough men here to fill any ex­ These two ships signed on again Welfare Plan's many benefits. pected jobs, unless something very beach are E. Eklund, O. Headley, for tills port. This indicates a very healthy in­ unusual happens, so we don' W. Prince and C. Karas. In the A few of the oldtimers now on and in transit were the Steel advise any of the brothers to dash Brighton Marine Hospital are F. terest by the members in the se­ the beach are C. Merrill, H. New­ Worker and Steel Age (Isthmian), down here expecting to get out in Alasavich, G. Weddell, J. Fawcett lection of their 1955-56 officers, berry, Eddie Yates, H. Hurlstine, Southstar (South Atlantic) and and A. Hancock. and as long as the members con­ M. Nolan, D. Bissett, T. Dailey, C. Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana a day or so. Brother Allan G. Brown died tinue to display this interest it as­ Steers, J. P. Cox, W. Wilson, W. (Seatrain). Calling in here during the past For our typical SIU man of the two weeks, and taking on men January 10 aboard the Blounfon- sures the election of officers consis­ Hinton and J. Knowles. week we have selected Steward lein of the Holland-America Line, tent with the wishes of the SIU were the Seatiger There are no brothers that we Ivey M. Peacock. homeward bound from Africa. membership. (Colonial) and know of in either of the two local This well-known Brother Brown was on the Robin At this writing the exact date hospitals. Council Grove, " b e 1.1 y r o bTrent when he became ill. He was for the completion: of our com­ Bents Fort, Gov­ Gal Tanner b e r " with the transferred to a hospital in Africa bined recreation room and Sea ernment Camp, Mobile Port Agent South Atlantic and then to the Blounfonlein. His Chest building is still indefinite, Chiwawa, Winter 4« 4" 4) line is known to father has asked the Union to take However, the Hill, Logans many of the care of all the details about bring­ building is tak­ Fort, Cantigny, Philadelphia: ing his son's body back for burial. ing shape rapid­ members for his Bradford Island formula for a James Sheehan ly and we will and Archers Tom Collins. Pea­ Boston Port Agent know within the Hope (Cities Silcox cock admires the 4) 4< Peacock next two weeks Service). progress the just when we Over in Port Arthur, Tex., we Vilmingfon: Shipping has been moving along Union has made over the years will be able to had the Queenston Heights (Seaand is especially proud of the wel­ move in and get trade) and in Orange, Tex., we had on an even keel in this port. fare benefits it has obtained for things set up. the Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). During the past two weeks we its members. "These benefits are This is the first For our Seafarer of the Week Deale paid off the Republic (Trafalgar), really a blessing," he says. time a retail Sea we name Brother Robert M. Among the oldtimers now on the Calmar and Seamar (Calmar), Chest outlet has been combined Thompson, an SIU old timer who Shipping in this port has been generally sails in the engine de­ very good since the first of the with recreational facilities and we Gateway City (Waterman) and beach are H. E. Rountree, W; T. partment as oiler, although he is New Year and of course we are believe the members will get a lot Winter Hill (Cities Service). These Matthews, Walter Stoil, Mike of good out of the combination. now waiting for a firing job. hoping it will keep up that way. five ships signed on again and in Kavanaugh and John Sikes. In Shipping in this port was a trifle Brother Thompson can always be transit were the Edith (Bull); An- the marine hospital are Tommy Although we had no payoffs dur­ depended upon to pitch in wher­ ing this period, we did have 16 slow during the past two weeks tinous, Yaka, Raphael Semmcs and Moore, Rufus Fields, Jimmie ever th3 Union is concerned, and ships in transit. On these we were with 78 men shipped to regular Iberville (Waterman); Robin Good- (Georgia Boy) Littleton, Albert he is particularly always ready to able to put 39 men—and that jobs and 137 men sent to relief fellow and Robin Doncaster (Seas Lima, Frank Nelson, Angelo Mar­ help out the newer members. jobs in and around the barbor. Shipping), and Steel Architect, tins and John Morris. means a lot for this port. £. B. McAuIey At our last meeting. Brother As for the future, the outlook is During this period we had seven Steel Age and Steel Seafarer Hq. Representative J. E. Mitchell of the engine depart- pretty good, as we are hoping that payoffs, three sign-ons and three (Isthmian). 4) 4« 4> • ment was chairman and Brother ships in transit. A. S. Cardullo some of the Houston: C M. Silcox of the deck depart­ Payoffs In Good Shape Philadelphia Port Agent tankers that are ment was recording secretary. The payoffs, which were all in now in the Far 4) 4> 4) Beth men did a fine job. East will be com­ good shape, were the Alcoa Pa­ On the local labor front all is ing in soon for triot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Corsair Norfolk: quiet. There are no beefs outstand­ payoff, and then and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa), Ocean ing and all the local unions report we i)rill still have Lotte (Ocean Transportation) and Shipping continues to be veiy their members all at work. Monarch of the Seas and Clai­ the in-transits. good in this port and during the Leroy Clarke At this time, borne (Waterman). past two weeks we shipped more Lake Charles Port Agent The Ocean Lotte, Alcoa Patriot we are happy to There has been a slight improve­ men than we registered. say, we do not and Alcoa Pennant signed on 4. t Penner have anyone in again and in transit were the Del ment in US-flag ship activities in In our last port report .we did Boston: the hospital here—a fact which we Santos (Mississippi) and Claiborne this port during the past two not predict such good shipping, weeks and we are looking for this but the Seagai'den (Peninsular chalk up largely to our fair Cali­ and Chickasaw (Waterman). fornia weather. Navigation) came in here unex­ Prospects for the coming two improvement to continue. Among the oldtimers on the weeks look pretty fair, with the During the past two weeks we pectedly and took on almost a full beach now are John J. Flanagan, following ships due to hit the port paid off the National Freedom crew for a grain run to the Medi­ Right now certain interests are Joe Penner, C. C. Brown, W. K. either for payoff or in transit: De- (American Waterways), Seacoral terranean. Bloomfield, which now has the attempting to have a so-called Yerke, R. L. Lambert and A. Soto, Monarch of the Seas, City of (Coral) and Southern States Alma, Afoundria, Beauregard, (Southern). In transit were the Alice Brown in the shipyard, telld "right-to-work" bill passed here in Bokan. Brother Penner just hit town a Iberville and Claiborne (Water­ Raphael Semmes (Waterman), us that they expect to get a char­ Massachusetts and of course we are requesting all of the brothers few days ago and said he is real man) and Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Bi-adford Island and Cantigny ter for this vessel and will prob.abto write their local representatives glad to be back in sunny California Pilgrim, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cav­ (Cities Service), Alcoa Runner (Al­ ly call for a full crew in the next coa), Shinnecock Bay (Veritas) and few days. This, plus the fact that and ask them to vote against this after being laid up awhile in Bluff alier and Alcoa Clipper (Alcoa). Due For New Service we have two payoffs scheduled, Oceanstar (Dolphin). bill, which is really a union-bust­ Hospital, Yokohama. El-nest Tilley should make shipping continue There is a good possibility that ing measure. Ben Rees Wilmington Port Agent the Lafayette, which was recently Norfolk Port Agent good during the next two weeks. The new super highway, which During the past two weeks we is being built two doors away from paid off the Seagarden and the the hall here, is progressing nicely. William Carruth (Transfuel) and Several roads which were blocked signed on these two ships and the off because of the construction Margarett Brown (Bloomfield). In have been opened again, and this transit were the Del Alba (Mis­ artery, when completed, should re­ lieve much of sissippi); Michael and Alexandra (Carras); Margarett Brown and the traffic con­ Shipping Figures December 29 to January 11 gestion around Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Seatrains Savannah and New Jersey the hall. REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shipping here (Seatrain); Edith (Bull); Bents PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED in Beantown has Fort (Cities Service); Ocean Lotte Boston 19 20 18 57 4 7 7 18 been slow dur­ (Ocean Transportation), and Re­ New York lis 91 81 290 85 79 58 222 public (Trafalgar). ing the past two Philadelphia 25 19 16 60 21 22 15 58 weeks and the All the payoffs and sign-ons outlook for the were clean, with no beefs. Baltimore 80 60 58 198 47 34 38 119 future is only Also, I am happy to report that Norfolk 20 20 6 46 6 6 Brown 1 13 fair. Although we have made many friends in Savannah 19 14 11 44 6 2 6 14 tjie Texas we had four ships paying off here, labor movement in the Tampa 13 4 17 34 8 9 11 28 there were only a few men getting last few months. We have five Mobile 31 28 30 89 28 18 off and consequently we did not 30 delegates to the Houston Trade 76 ship many men. Council and we intend to get very New Orleans 53 37 52 142 48 41 131 42 The ships paying off were the active in the council and also the Houston 26 16 23 65 34 19 74 21 Alexandra (Carras) and French state federation. We feel that by Seattle 20 16 19 53 18 17 8 43 Creek, Cantigny and Logans Fort enlisting the aid of all organized San Francisco 19 23 13 59 31 20 27 78 (Cities Service). labor in Texas we will be able to These four ships signed on and 13 Wilmington 5 12 12 29 12 14 get a better deal for the SIU. 39 in transit were the Robin DoncasA. (Frenchy) Michelet 277 913 TotlOf 448 860 350 1.164 348 288 ter and Robin Wentley (Seas Ship* Honston Fort Agent Lake Charles: t \ik Bull Ships Pay Off; Shipping Slays Fair Voting Seen Headed For Reeerd High Mark Shipping Fignres Top Port's Roglsiraiions Shipping Moves Along 'On An Even Keel' 16 In-Translis Make or Busy Shipping Increase Is Reported In US-Flag Activity 'Righl-To-Work' Rill Faces Union Bailie !• Seagarden Crews Up, Alice Brown To Follow �SEAFARERS January 21, 1955 Page Thfrteea LOG ... PORT JHEPORTS San Francisco: CG's Physical Plan Discussed At Mealing This poi-t has been enjoying very good shipping and the future - looks bright. . During th"e past two weeks ,we paid off the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and signed on this ship and the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) and Lewis Emery, Jr. (Vic­ tory Carriers). In transit were the Seacomet II (Ocean CarriersT, Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers), Yorkmar (Calmar) and John B. Waterman, Hastings, Azalea City, Morning Light and Fairport (Waterman). At our last meeting there was a discussion about the proposed Coast Guard plan of physical ex­ aminations, and the steps the Union is taking to oppose this pw)posal were explained. The Union has formally pre­ sented its opposition to the whole scheme in a letter to the Coast Guard. Since none of the sea unions like it either, the admirals are reluctant to do anything about it right now. Digging Up Old Cases Lately we have had quite a few men coming in , with complaints about the CG dragging out old cases that happened as long as seven years ago. This looks like a deal to pressure union seamen because of the fight they are put­ ting up against the CG's medical plan, so we are advising the broth­ ers to make sure they keep their noses clean on the ships because those CG guys are evidently out to get seamen on anything they possibly can. Men now on the beach include F. Votto, e. Gates, K. Hansen, H. Mease, P. Huggins, H. Skaalegaard, A. Snider, A. Brown, A. Nottage and M. Lipkin. In the ma­ rine hospital are O. Klein, > G. Promutico, M. John, F. Haigney, P. S. Yuzon, W. K. Singleton, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, W. Cen­ ter and C. Brown. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent 4) $1 3^ Baltimore: Shipping Is Slow But Improvenient Is Seen During the past two weeks ship­ ping here in the Port of Baltimore has been slow. During the coming weeks, however, we are looking forward to considerable improve­ ment in the situation. The few ships that did come In here for payoff during the last two weeks had no beefs of any size on them and the crews were all satisfied. The ships paying off were the Suzanne (Bull), Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and Steelore, Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore, Santore and V enore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster (Calmar), Shinnecock Bay (Veritas) and Klemowicz Steelore, Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore, Santore and Venorc (Ore). In transit were the Alamar, Cal­ mar, Seamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Antinous and De Soto (Waterman); Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Archi­ tect and Steel Seafarer (Ishmian); Seastar (Merckdor); Oceanstar (Dolphin); Robin Kettering and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping); Bents Fort and Winter Hill (Cities Service), and Kathryn (Bull). Opening Port' C Call -At this writing we confidently expect our new Port O' Call bar to open on Monday, January 17, and the retail division of thq Seafarers Sea Chest to open February 1. Everyone is striving to make the F'ort O' Call a place of entertain­ ment to which the members will be proud to bring their friends and families, and we are also obtaining adequate supplies of all needed merchandise for the convenience of the members in the Sea Chest. Our cafeteria is doing fine and has increased its volume consider­ ably since it opened, meanwhile fully continuing its high standards of service. Incidentally, our beautiful new hall was on television last Tuesday at 10 AM on the program entitled "Inside Baltimore." We are the first union to be so honored on this program and Miss Todd, the nar­ rator, did a splendid job in ex­ plaining our welfare benefits and in describing the building aqd its many features and functions. Of course, we were very glad that the people of Baltimore got this oppor­ tunity to see just what we are doing in this port. At this time, however, we would like to ask the members to be careful and not congregate in front of the bulding or in the corridors. We don't want our neighbors com­ plaining about this and, besides, it's much warmer in the building than outside. This summer it will be much cooler inside because of our air conditioning. Parking Lot Kept Open We would like to thank the mem­ bers for their cooperation in keep­ ing the parking lot open so that it's possible for cars to come and go without having to wait for some­ one to move his car. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent $> $• Miami: Everything Is PlacM Where The Palms Grow During the past two weeks we paid off and signed on the Florida (P & O) and in transit were the Raphael Semmes, Chickasaw and De Soto (Waterman), Seastar (Mercador), Florida (P & O) and Ponce (Ponce Cement). There were no serious beefs and everything was settled to the sat­ isfaction of all concerned. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent SlU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet. Agent. .Bresluu 6538 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Lcroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lisdsey Williams. Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdiaon 2-0834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoil. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Peiayo 51—La 5 Sal Coils. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUiette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA .. 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 New York: New Year's Shipping Slarls Off Wilh Bang We started off the New Year with a bang here In the Port of New York, with the largest num­ ber of ships paying off and sign­ ing on articles that we have had for some time. During the past two weeks we paid off 23 ships, signed 10 on for­ eign articles and serviced 10 in transit. The Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) came out of layup during this period and the Ragnar Naess (Norlo) and Ann Marie (Bull) went Into lay-up. All of the ships calling here were in very good shape with no major beefs on any of them. This is what we all like to see, for a smooth-running ship means a satis­ fied crew and a good trip, short On Pumpmen Shipping continued to be good in all departments and especially in the engine department, with pumpmen at a premium. We have had to call on our affiliates, the MFOW and; SUP, for pumpmen during the past two weeks, and with more tankers coming out of lay-up"and more being built under the new Government shipbuilding program, I would advise all tankermen who are qualified to go up and get their pumpmen's endorse­ ments. This is a good paying job on any ship and we should not haye to call' on outside men to fill these jobs when we have many men in our own ranks who can qualify for this rating. As this Is being written, this is the last week of voting to elect the officials to serve the Union for the next two years, and from all indi­ cations we will have a record vote. The voting has been heavy in all poi*ts. This we like to see, because it Indicates that the membership is taking a great deal of interest in the internal affairs of the Union, which is as it should be. Ships Paying Off The following were the ships paying off here during the past two vveeks: Kathryn, Evelyn, Bea­ trice, Ines and Ann Marie (Bull); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Navigation); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Seatrains Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin Doncas­ ter and Robin Wentley (Seas Ship­ ping); ValXhem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Queenston Heights (Seatrade); Ragnar Naess (Norlo), and Salem Maritime, Archers Hope, WILMINGTON. CaHf 805 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian - WUUam HaU SUP HONOLULU...., Council Grove, Government Camp, French Creek and Royal Oak (Cities Service.) Signing on were the Steel Ap­ prentice, Steel Seafarer, Steel Architect and Steel Age (Isth­ mian); Lawrence Victory (Missis­ sippi); Ines (Bull); Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping); Northwestern Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers); Greece Victory (South Atlantic), and Gate­ way City (Waterman). In transit were the De Soto (Waterman); Seatiger (Colonial); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Irenestar (Maine), and Seatrains Georgia, Texas, New York and New Jersey. (Seatrain). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4, t i Seattle: Shipping 'Very Good' For Prosont, Fnluro Shipping has been very good in this Northwest port during the past two weeks and we had to send to San Francisco and Wilmington for about 15 men to complete crewing up the Tagalam (Seatrade), which came out of lay-up. We also expect shipping to con­ tinue good during the next two weeks as we Have the Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean) and Wacosta (Water­ man) coming in for payoff, and we expect both of these ships to load again for the Far East. Dui-ing the last two weeks we paid off the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) and signed on the Tagalam (S e atrade) and Cecil Noack N. Bean (Drytrans). In transit were the Paoli (Cities Service), Yorkmar (Calmar) and Fairport (Waterman). Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Gil $ i4> Tampa: 6 In-Transiis Call; Few Beefs Reported All of the ships hitting this port during , the past two weeks were in-transits, and there-was a mini­ mum of beefs on them. The ships were the Antinous, Chickasaw and Arizpa (Watei-man), Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and Del Alba and Del Valle (Mississippi). Bennle Gonzales Acting Tampa Port Agent FORT WILLlAM....lieV4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Onurio 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BO 617Vt Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-.3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5233 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 622 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 6th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WIUHNGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 676 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 664 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 . PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St. HALUAK. N.S. 128V» HoUis St. SOUTH CHICAGO Phone: Essex S-34U Phone: 3-8911 New Orleans: Recreation Room Ready For Finishing Tonohes All but the final finishing touch­ es have been completed on the beautiful new recreation room iii the New Orleans hall. The two pool tables previously located on the second floor ship­ ping deck were shifted down to the new room on the first floor last weekend and a third table was in­ stalled to help accommodate the cue stick experts who always seem to be standing by waiting for a chance to display their skill be­ tween job calls. The shuffleboard also was moved down from the third floor and set up along one wall of the recreation room. Present plans call for locating the new television set, which is on order and should be delivered by the time the LOG goes to press, on the third floor where the present set is lo­ cated. The new set will be equipped with an efficient aerial to pick up both New Orleans TV channels instead of the one chan­ Holmes nel received on the old set. The new recreation room un­ doubtedly will provide Seafarers with a pleasant place to wile away their time between job calls and the whole plan of the new set­ up is intended for the greater com­ fort and convenience of all hands. Speaking of job calls, the ship­ ping board has been somewhat bare since our report two weeks ago. During that period, only 97 men were shipped to regular deep sea jobs, which is off from the usual lively shipping rate in this port. Discharged From Hospital From the USPHS hospital we have good news that L. Fontenot, Benjamin Foster, Joseph Gehringer, Bichard Gralicki, George Nich­ ols and Enoch Gaylor have been discharged to out-patient status and are looking for "fit for duty'' slips soon. Charles Jeffers, Walter Souby, Richard Johnson, Henry McKinney and William C. Wright were re­ cently admitted to the hospital. They have our best wishes for a speedy recovery. Charles Brady found it neces­ sary to return to the hospital for further treatment after being out for only a shoi-t while. William E. Alpin, Henry Sosa, Herman Holmes and Fred Fagan are still confined to the hospital, but are reported to be convales­ cing in good style. Since our last report we had six payoffs, three sign-ons and 11 ships in transit. The Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), Del Campo, Del Norte and Del Viento (Mississippi) and Chickasaw and Antinous (Waterman) paid off. The Alcoa Roamer and the Del Santos and Del Norte (Mississippi) signed on. Ships calling in transit were the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Patriot, Al­ coa Clipper and Alcoa Polaris (Al­ coa), the Del Santos (Mississippi), the Seatrains Georgia^ and Louis­ iana (Seatrain Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne and Golden City (Waterman) and the Margarett Brown (Bloomfield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent •M I �ifcf; H'i' It- Psre FonieeB Swrnxaxf tl, lift SEAFARERS tOC OFF WATCH Seafarer-GI Raises His Voice For Prize-Winning Army Quintet The Government's policy on foreign transfers had many Seafarers, who are now in the Army, worried for a while that, there would be no US ships for them to come back to when they get out of service. But one Seafarer-GI who didn't have to worry too much on that score IS Pfc Gerold D. Erlinger. Gerry — who sailed SIl Thij feature if defipned to offer Mntf amt information on hobbtea,' new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarert. map find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA* FARERS LOG, 875 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Amateur craftsmen whose home repair and remodeling Jobs never, seem to end can probably get lot of use from a new sandpaper­ ing outfit called the L'il Sharpy. It is a combination backing of foam rubber and metal plate that is sait to give the user high speed, ac­ curacy and control in numerous hand sanding Jobs. The outfit comes as a set of four pieces of different sizes, including a small flat file, which handle like a plane for leveling wood surfaces. The kit comes with a suspension rack an( is made by the Milwaukee- File Co. able number" of addressed addressed' en> velopes, with a money order to cover the cost of the stamps to be affixed, to the respective post­ masters. ships from 1947 until he entered service in 1953—is most anxious Seafarers who up until now to get back to them, he reports to may have been reluctant to fake the LOG. But meanwhile, he's advantage of the wealth of longcarving out a second career for playing records available to suit all himself as a member of an Army musical tastes or v^o have held singing group which has won honback on purchases because of the "ors all over Europe and is bidding high "list price" on most labels, for still further recognition. can Join "with the rest of the rec­ This group, called "The Full ord-buying public in enjoying the Sails," is composed of five Army recent cuts in LP "list prices." boys who specialize in singing Both Columbia and RCA Victor, spirituals. They got together to who have set the pace, have t 4" compete in the second all-Army In addition to those aboard the dropped the "list" on most of their singing contest. And, although at Cities Service tanker Bents Fort discs^ron\ $5.95 down to $3.95 or first they didn't think they'd get who will probably want to claim a less, and the bulk of the industry very far, they promptly took first copy for the ship's library, there can be expected to follow suit very place in their initial competition are many Seafarers and other air- soon. The 45 RPMs have also been at La Rochelle, France, near chair adventurers who will be in­ cut proportionately. Rochefort, where they are sta­ Up until now, "list price" hasn't terested, in the publication of tioned. Hitting a high one is Seafarer Gerry Erlingcr (second from left), Bents Fort; A historical account meant much in most localities any­ At Orleans, prance, the quintet shown with four other GIs who make m> "The Full Sails," quintet, of the Adobe Empire that shaped way, since m^any record shops have competing in second aii-Army singing contest, took top honors in copped another "first," then went the destiny of the American South- been selling at up to a third under on to Heidelberg, Germany, and Europe, is now in race for grand prize. v/est." Historians accord Bents "list" all along. But now, even took first place in the all-Europe Fort a critical place in the west­ those who haven't had. the benefit the the Army, after that it will be back ward march of the US, and this of this will find record prices more finals, competing against the best winning recordings firom to the SIU, if he has his way, Gerry 449-page volume by David Laven­ within reach. A real record-buying talent from France, Germany and States and the Far East. England. The men don't know what their says. And meanwhile he's keeping, der reads like an epic tale. Hun- spree throughout the country can reward will be, if they take the his hand in the water, so to speak, drum life aboard the tankship by be expected. Makes Tape Recording grand prize, but are hoping either by serving as coxswain of an Army the same name might well be After this, the group made a LCM in the 81st Transportation brightened by a reading of the ex­ tape recording of their two best for a trip back to the States or to Co. (BOAT). ploits of its namesake. Published spend the rest of their ' Army numbers — "Swing Low, Sweet Discharge Greece Victory by Doubleday, the book retails at Chariot" and "Heaven, Heaven"— careers entertaining the troops Recently, Gerry reports, the $5.50. and this recording was sent to overseas. landing craft discharged the But whatever comes to him in Washington to compete against the Greece Victory at Le Verdun, With the first of 1955's new US so he was able to meet some stamp issues oiit already—the 3c Seafarers who were around of his SIU pals, and he has brown commemorating the 150th also met some at the ports of anniversary of the Pennsylvania SIU headquarters during the Rochelle and La Pallice, which are Academy of Fine Arts made its early part of 1952 will un­ only 23 miles each from where he debut last Saturday in Philadel­ doubtedly remember Harry B. Anphia—collectors can . now begin trotter. He's the seaman-author is stationed, in Rochefort. Gerry, who started sailing SIU concentrating on the future. whose play, ''Slow Boat Across," The next one is the 3c issue for had its first rehearsals at Hq in when he was 17, sailed in all deck department ratings, out of San the centennial of the founding of preparation for its presentation at Francisco, and sailed Uiroughoul the first land grant colleges in the the Cherry Lane Theatre in New the Korean War in Far Eastern US, which will receive its initial York. sale on Feb. 12 at East Lansing, waters. Since then, his play has come He was drafted off the Steel Mich., sifS of Michigan State Col­ into quite a good deal of favor on Woi'ker in June, 1953, given his lege. Following that will be an 8c the West Coast, particularly around basic training at Fort Dix, then blue for the 50th anniversary of Wilmington, Cal., where he lives, sent to Bremerhaven and then Rotary International, which will Antrotter now reports to the LOG. Over the Labor Day weekend, Rochefort. His old shipmates who have its first-day sale in Chicago, wish to write him may address him Feb. 23. (Eight cents is the rate for instance, the play had a fouras follows; Pfc. Gerold D. Erlinger for an ordinary letter addressed to night run at the Labor Temple in US 51259163, 81st Trans. Co. most places overseas.) In either Long Beach, and other California (BOAT), APO 217 c/o PM, NY, case, collectors who want a first- showings are now planned, Antrot­ Wiper Bill Stevenson got this shot from the stern of the Val Chem NY. Mail is always appreciated. day postmark can send "a reason- ter says. (Valentine Tankers) when the Val Chem recently came to the aid Placed In Libraries of this little Panamanian ship whose diesel engine had failed, What's more, copies of the play leaving her adrift off Miami. At the request of the Coast Guard, have been placed in the American the Val Chem towed the drifter for about three h6urs until she Merchant Marine Library and in could be taken under tow by a CG cutter and brought into Miami. both the passenger and crew li­ The photo shows the Panamanian crew getting ready to make fast braries of the Lurline, a Matson the Val Chem's towline. Line ship on which Antrotter once sailed. Antrotter, who belongs to the Radio Officers' Union, AFL,'made his last trip aboard the SlU-contractcd Keystone I^ariner before she went into lay-up. (1) John James Audubon pictured in words and in paintings: (a) the The play, a comedy-satire, is Panama Canal, (b) the birds of America, (c) the Reign of Terror in based on a novel which Antrotter France, (d) great English gentlemen? wrote about a voyage from New (2) How large would a drawing be of a field 14 by 24 yards, if the Orleans to Venice, Italy. For this scale were one-quarter inch to the foot? novel the author was awarded an honorary membership in the Inter­ (3) In French money, how many centimes are there in a franc? national Mark Twain Society. (4) Which is lighter: oxygen or hydrogen? (5) Who is sometimes called "The South American Washington?" (6) Who was elected at the first national election in the US in which women participated: (a) T. Roosevelt, (b) F. D. Roosevelt, (c) Harding, Every SlU-manned ship is (d) Wilson? entitled to a 50-volume library (7) Who made the first solo flight around the world; (a) Charles assortment every three months Lindbergh, (b) Wiley Post, (c) Eddie Rickenbacker, (d) Amelia Earhart? from the SEAFARERS LOG, (8) Where do^ we have three small bones called the hammer, the The libraries are placed aboard anvil and the stirrup; (a) elbow, (b) knee, (c) nose, (d) ear? the ships by SIU Sea Chest representatives. If you haven't (9) A man spent the equivalent of one-fourth, one-fifth, one-sixth received your regular assort­ and one-fifteenth of his pay for rent, food, clothes and miscellaneous, Snapped aboard Jhe Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans) during a run to ment, contact the Sea Chest 'essentials and still had $28.50 left. How much did he start out with?' Formosa are (1-r) William A. De Lapp, bosun; L. W. Pepper, stew­ representative in the nearest (10) What is an ounce of prevention worth? ard, and J. Kissel, night cook and baker. Steward department got SIU hall. (Quiz Answers on Page 17) crew's thanks for topnotch meals served during run. m 1,® |5i |i.W' m f Salty Play Hit On WC Val Chem Tows Drifter liiiiilBliillliliiiililliiliiiiiMWii® Good Food Makes For Big Smiles Each Quarter iKi |i-- ...1- ^ J- • • ;• '• . �' - • •/ SEAFARERS JannuT t]« 1*59 Pace FIfteea LOG Steel Chemist Crewmen Are 'Reund-The-World Bound Now making 'round-the-world run sxe these Steel Chemist crewmen, snapped soon after ship left 'Frisco. They are (1-r) T. Acedo, F. Keller, C. Uribe, A. Blain, N, Wuchina. M. Escandell (center) is chief cook on Chemist. With him are Bill Jones (left), 2nd cook, and B. Baa, baker. Shipboard meeting night on the Isthmian ves­ sel finds (1-r) R. Schlagler, C. Ombao, N. Wuchina, J. Martinelli, M. Bruno, J. Powers, A. Stankiewicz, L. Ceperiano and F. Kscandell. Bob Beale (above), chief electrician, took these photos. Getting in some- bunk prac­ tice, oiler Stankiewicz (top) and FWT Blain take it easy. By Spike Marlin Ray Robinson, at 84, has proved the ring when the 'Jistering heat he is only human after ali. After of a record-breaking summer's day laying off for 2Vi years he re­ finished him off. Ray started off by toying with turned to the ring, and such is the poverty of the middleweight divi­ punchless Gene Burton in a Cana­ sion that he immediately became dian el&iibition. Burton is good mentioned as a contender for the practice for anybody. He can't hurt you and he'll make you move title. But age has taken its toll even and keep alive in the ring to catch from the likes of a ring marvel him. Then he teed off on Joe such as Robinson. On his third Rindone, who has become a handy outing he was solidly and methodi­ punching bag for middleweight cally beaten by Tiger Jones who contenders. has everything a good middleweight No Buzzsaws Here needs except one fatal lack—speed. You can be sure Robinson isn't Robinson insists that he will walking into any buzzsaws, mainiy keep on trying. It means he has because there aren't many in the fallen into the illusion of so many middleweight division. Olsen, of fighters before him, that he can course, is more than a match for regain the speed and timing he any middleweight now in the ring. once had in such extravagant quan­ When you look past him at the tity. rest of the division there isn't Lots of people are comparing much to see. There's Castellani Robinson's comeback with Joe who is plenty slick but a nonLouis. The parallel isn't exactly aggressor, Holly Mims the mysteri­ the same. Louis was a heavy­ ous Washington middleweight who weight who needed lots of work is supposed to be something spe­ and competition to keep him in cial and Giardello, a vastly-over­ trim. He didn't get it and he had rated fighter. Actually, Robinson's return is a tendency to be hog fat in be­ tween bouts. His reflexes dis­ the sympton of a desperate short­ appeared suddenly during the first age of ring talent. Another symp­ Walcott bout and never came back. tom is talk of matching Olsen with Robinson has been tap-dancing Archie' Moore for the light-heavy in night clubs ever since he quit, title. Neither man can find a which is just like doing roadwork worthy foe in their own divisions. indoors. Besides he had plenty of As for Marciano, the antics of pro­ speed and skill left in him at the moters in attempting to dig up time. He was plastering a much stiffs for him are positively heavier man, Joey Maxim, all over ludicrous. LOG-A-RHYTHM; He'll Get No OT For This Watch Acceptance By Thurston Lewis The scenery may vary, and people may dress differently, but human nature is pretty much the same the world over. And when a fast-talking pitchman meets a certain kind of customer—well, the results are usually the same whether the encounter is on Broadway in Manhattan or in faroff" and who wore an English-style mango on a tree does its neigh­ Cochin, India. tunic, suddenly said to me, in per­ bor. Because of this, and forget­ A good example of this is fect English: 'Will the gentleman ting my other children and my two hungry wives, I related to the LOG by Seafarer Sahib tell me the time, please?' will let you have 'J *l'm afraid not,' I said, T have Harry Kronmel of the Steel Sea­ this watch for no watch,'" Kronmel writes. farer (Isthmian). Just such an In­ only 130 rupees." With that, Kronmel reports, the cident, Kronmel reports, occurred gaunt stranger pulled several ex­ Calculating the asking price at to him in the bazaar in Cochin. pensive-looking watches from his $26 in American "I was standing on a street cor­ pocket and strapped them to his money, Kronmel arm. "You," he said, "are as my ner in the bazaar," Kronmel writes offered 50 rupees the LOG, "when a tall, gaunt man. eldest son, and resemble him as a instead. * , "You are' as Kronmel my own father and mother," the street vender said. "The watch is yours for 120 rupees." Kronmel shook his head. "I will not let profit stand in tHe way of our friendship," the watch seller said. "Take it for 110 rupees." Kronmel started to walk away but the stranger ran after him and grasped his arm. "This leaves me no profit at all," he said, "but the watch is yours for 100 rupee.s," Kronmel finally bought the watch ' for 85 rupees—$17—and then prepared to leave the bazaar. "But as I made my way through the twisted alleyways,'.' he writes the LOG, "I suddenly came upon a sight that made me stop. There, displayed in a jewelry shop, was -the same watch I had bought—and the price was 40 rupees." USPHS Has Last Say On. Huty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is .any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Cell walls a two-fold nature have And you hear, men speak about The way they keep some men within While others they keep out. In more than one respect. Men are confined upon the swells Though sober and circumspect. To many a man with years at sea, Lqnely and lost ashore, A friendly smile and hand may be Ships' hulls a two fold nature' Also have, of that there Is no His greatest treasure store. doubt. Their brave crews ' they keep And his acceptance, in a town. within Of a Seafarer who's on land Has proved a policy safe and And raging seas without. sound Yet ships are like the hated cells For any people's stand. The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Bob Ham­ mond's recipe for "angel food cake." One of those typically-American dessert treats that starts the mojuth 'watering almost as soon as the name passes the lips is the delight known as angel food cake. It even rates dictionary mention as "a deli--*cate white cake made without if cake flour Isn't available, you can get results that are almost as shortening." good with regular flour. And since Seafarer Bob Ham­ Here's what you need: cups mond has thoughtfully paid tribute egg whites, V/^ cups sugar, 1 cup to "Galley Gleanings" as "one of flour, VA teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon my favorite features in the LOG," cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. we are doubly Sift the sugar, add half of it to happy to return the flour and sift twice. Then beat the favor by the egg whites and salt until passing on his they're foamy. Next, add the recipe for one of cream of tartar and whip until our favorite foods stiff. which, he notes, Add the remaining sugar, fold­ is very simple ing it into the flour mixture by and "sells" very hand; The flavoring should be well. added last. Bake for 30 minutes at 275 degrees, then increase the Sailing as 2nd Hammond heat to 3?15 degrees and bake until cook and baker, Hammond has been a member of the baking has reached the point the SIU since he joined in Savan­ where if you lightly jab the surface nah a week after he passed his with a finger, the finger doesn't 20th birthday in 1947. He's been leave an impression. " Turn the pan upside down and at "it ever since, catering to the hearty appetites of Seafarers. His allow the cake to "sweat" out. For formula, incidentally, calls for more than one cake, multiply the cake flour, but Hammond says that ingredients accordingly.) �iS-V;,.,, . v.- S5B? SEAFARERS lOt Page Sixteen Widow Expresses Thanks To Union January 21, 1955 -tr Ex^Cpp Relates i Crimp Abuses L E To the Editor: My husband, , James Brandon, was a member of the crew of the Southern Districts and I would like to take this way of thanking To the Editor: all those who have been so kind I am writing this to express my during this trying period. sincere appreciation to the staff Most particuiarly I would like and doctors of to thank Bennie Gonzales who, as the Manhattan Tampa representative of the SIU, has done everything in his power Beach USPHS hospital. I espe­ to help me. Bennie recently helped immeas­ cially would like urably in arranging for James to to thank Dr. get off the Government Camp to Whitehead, D r. attend his sister's funeral, and now Haas and Dr. Long who have he has been most kind to me. have personally thanked Bennie helped me back McCann on many occasions, but I think on the road to They everyone should know that he is recovery. a man who can be depended upon have been wonderful both to me and to my wife, whenever she This is the three-masted full rigger Indymion, on which vet­ in time of trial. eran Seafarer Thor Thorsen was shanghaied in May, 1S14. 1 would also like to thank Sonny visits me. And so, both my wife 4 Simmons, who was more than an and I wish to thank them and wish A. DeKovessy. Both gave me ex­ ordinary friend to James in many them all success and happiness in instances, and Chai'lie Kimball of the future. cellent treatment. P. J. McCann Galveston for the same reason. I had been sailing on the Es­ To the Editor: 4) 4" 4" Also, I wish to thank Toby Flynn cambia and when I became ill the My recent stay in the Staten Is­ captain radioed for help. The of Welfare Services for his coop­ land marine hospital gave me MSTS took me off the Escambia eration and kindness, and the en­ plenty, of time to think about and an ambulance was waiting at tire SIU bi'otherhood for the beau­ things, particularly about my old the dock to take me to the hos­ tiful flowers sent to James' sister's To the Editor: I have been in the Navy since sailing days, and there were a good pital, where I was operated on. funeral and to James' memorial service. 1948 but I still receive the LOG many of them. I found the attitude of the en­ I guess what I am really frying at my mother's address, and here At any rate, I have jotted down tire hospital staff toward a seaman to do is to thank James for choos­ in the Canal Zone, where I am a few of my recollections and I to be very courteous and helpful. ing to join the SIU when he chose now stationed, I have just finished hope you will Myron E. Foils sailing as his life's work. I know reading all the issues from last publish them, in of no other organization which August through November. the SEAFARERS 4> 41 4> would do so many things, so often, I have always wanted to write LOG. I am also for a single member, and I know you a letter to see if I couldn't enclosing a few how James felt toward the organi­ contact some of my old shipmates, old photos and I zation. I hope to keep up with its and this is it. hope you will activities through the LOG, if I The men I would most like to also publish To the Editor: may be kept on the mailing list. contact are l^Jorman C. Barnard these. I am writing this to tell you Thanks again to all of you on and Sam V. Lindsay. The last ad­ Briefly, m y about a shipmate of mine on the behalf of James' family and my­ dress I had for Norman was c/o story is this: I Thorsen self. And thanks again, James, for the SIU hall in Mobile. That was started to sail in Mary Adams (Bloomfield). being an SIU member. I know that we have a lot of the end of 1948 and he was sail­ 1908 on the three-masted bark In(Mrs.)' Mary T. Brandon ing as FOW at that time. verdem, out of Norway, and in good athletes in the SIU but Duke (Ed. note: Yon will continue to Sam was sailing out of Mobile 1913 I shipped on the four-masted Livingston is one of the best ex­ receive the LOG regularly.) as a wiper the last I heard of him. bark Christel Vinnen out of amples I know of clean living— t 4« 4" Shipped With Waterman Bremen, Germany. and that's a must if one is to get As for myself, I got my permit I skipped the (^ristel Vinnen in in Mobile in 1946 when I shipped Newcastle, Australia. Then in May, anywhere in. the world of sports. on the Zebulon Pike, a Waterman 1914, while I was in Port Adelaide, Duke, who hails from Norfolk To the Editor: Liberty. At that time I was a Mari­ South Australia, I was shanghaied but does most of his wrestling I want to take this opportunity to time School graduate (FOW) and onto the three-masted full rigger around New York, toes the Tothanks the crew on the Beatrice just about as green as they come, Indymion, which was a Finnish ledoes at 218 and is as tough as (Bull), especially the bosun, Julio, but the crew took me in hand and ship built in 1875. they come. and the third assistant engineer, I think they did a pretty good job I'm a frustrated boxer myself, When this ship got to Vancou­ for taking, care of me and helping of cutting me in on the scoop. having trained while working in ver, BC, I managed to get off, and I'll close this by thanking you me along when I was repatriated then sailed Canadian ships until the steel mills in aboard the ship a while ago. for your courtesy in printing it. Pittsburgh be­ 1917 when I shipped on' an Ameri­ After I got hurt on the Elizabeth, Robert E. Guess £N1 (SS) can tanker. From that time on I fore I joined the I went into the hospital in San Box 424 Rodman h^ve sailed US ships. SIU during the Juan for 19 days Panama, Canal Zone war. And I've No one has to tell me what a and then came 4- 4' 3^ often thought good deal SIU men have, because back to the New that the Union I can remember back when. York on the Bea­ should sponsor a Thor Thorsen trice as a pas­ stable of boxers senger. I want ft 4 To the Editor: and wrestlers to say I got the Aboard the Alcoa Polaris the under the SIU best care possi­ Livingston bosun and deck maintenance banner. ble on the ship turned to work at 6 AM and I think such a move would en­ coming home and worked until 7:30 AM, then To the Editor: courage the spirit of good sports­ that everybody Colon knocked off a half hour for break­ I am writing this letter because manship and fair play among our was very good to fast and went back to work at me. In fact, at the payoff they 8 AM. Does this give the bosun I would like publicly to thank the members. I also think that our doctors and staff of Tripler Army boys would be inspired to win out collected $55 which they gave me and deck maintenance a penalty General Hospital in Honolulu for of loyalty to the Union. to help out. hour? Please answer this in the excellent care they gave me Tliat was a kindness from a fine meal I myself am past my prime, but the LOG. during the five months I was con­ I am hoping my son learns the art bunch of men which I appreciated Crew of Alcoa Polaris fined there. very much. I hope that I can help of self-defense well enough to note: The bosun and DM some of them out the same way ate(Ed. I would especially like to thank enter big-time competition when breakfast within the time speci­ sometime when they need it. fied in the contract and no penalty the two doctors who attended me he finishes his formal education. Julio Colon meal hour is allowable.) —Col. L. K. Mantell and Major C. Clarence L. Cousins USPHS Doctors Get Mtis Thanks Seaman Recalls ^The Old Days^ Seeking Contact With Shipmates Says SIU Should Sponsor Athletes Thanks iteatrice Crew For Aid Mealtime Query Is Answered Army Doctors Get ills Thanks Burtv •01-:-^ • • •:>•,.:! :r-!>'^m0;0: 'S; *My Aching Feet!* To the Editor: I'm a retired. New York City po­ liceman and a friend of Albert H. Kisch, an oldtime seaman who's now employed as a waterfront patrolman on South Street. I knew A1 as an ace niessman in the past, and I certainly enjoyed reading his letter about the -phony crimp joint on West 28th Street in the December 24 issue of the SEA­ FARERS COG. At any rate, I'm writing this be­ cause A1 didn't mention the days of 1920-37 when "Captain" Horn had an office on Front Street and Coenties Slip and used to hunt up live ones along South and White­ hall streets by buying them a meal and giving them a dollar or two to ship out. As soon as you boarded a ship Donaldson you were put to work holystoning the decks, pol­ ishing the bright work and doing plenty of painting and chipping— with no goggles. And there were always "Captain Bligh" officers who were anxious to find fault and work you extra. Coffee time was unheard of on those ships and we often had to swipe food from the passengers' pantry. When we docked, all the food was stowed away and we had to live and eat ashore. As for towels, we either had our own or used our shirts. 'Captain' Gets His Cut Then, when we were paid off— at $40 a month-—we never saw the money as the purser would take off the "captain's" fee for putting us on boai;d. After the payoffs the men never got their berths back, but ^yere left to shift for themselves, no mat­ ter where the payoff port was. What's more, crewmen were often thrown off the ship in for­ eign ports, and were replaced by foreign seamen who also paid the crimp. I know that it is unions like the SIU that made a seaman's job worth fighting for. John W. Donaldson 4> 4" 4" Wants Rain Gear Left On Ships To the Editor: I have a suggestion I would like to pass along to the other brothers for consideration. This suggestion is for men in the deck department, and I think it would save them weight and room in their baggage. My suggestion is for the crews to take up collections to buy rain gear and then leave it on the ship, so that a man ashore doesn't have to lug it around with him. The ships have washing machines so possibly this suggestion could be extended to other kinds of gear as well. E. R. Cretan Bg Bernard Seatnan �• SEAFARERS JanuaiT tit 1*55 ^'.^fis^J^y:f^^•.\';:r-,^ r^-'j •• • •. LOG Pag* Berenteea SlU Crewmembm Save P/sfr/cfs' Safety Rules Gale-Battered Steelore Bypassed With CG Okay she'd never make the Sparrows possibly not even to Cape Look­ out, so 19 men were taken off im­ mediately. The sea apparently quieted, however, and the tow con­ tinued into the harbor here. . The full crew is back aboard now, waiting for the company to decide what to do with the ship. It is expected she'll be closely ex­ amined by divers before being moved again. Seafarers aboard the vessel, ac­ cording to the company's crew list, were: Deck department—Harry T. Col­ lier, bosun; John A. Morris, Gerald W. Calendine, Henry Shepeta, AB quartermasters; Harold T. Spicer, Hipolifo Ramos, Claude Fowler, ABs; Lawrence Johnson, John S. Simpson, Thomas C. Moose, ordi­ nary seamen; William Mitchell, Geoffrey Mills, Edward C. Atkin­ son, DMs. Engine department — Eduardo Delapena, machinist; William L. Mason, deck engineer-utility; Livious A. Underwood, Charles Dorona, Juan P. Riviera, oilers; James P. Eller, Paul E. Saltz, Frank G. Ortiz, firemen; Norman R. Wright, Joseph F. Laughlin, Earl L. Brittain, wipers. Steward department—Edward J. Debardelaben, steward; Joseph" J. Padelsky, chief cook; Samuel Jisharoom, cook and baker; Ed­ ward A. Guerrero, William B. Matthews, Jacob B. Malenke, MMs; Wm. John Donald Joseph Williams, utilityman; Eu­ Your wallet containing dis­ gene C. Brown, 3rd cook. charges and other papers is being held for you at the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU headquarters. (Continued from page 3) Marore, several tankers and the Furness liner Queen ot Bermuda raced to the scene. It was the sec­ ond mercy mission in as many trips for the Queen of Bermu&a, which earlier this month rescued ten fishermen off a sinking New­ foundland fishing boat. Tlie Cubore arrived before noon with the crisis apparently over for the moment. She stayed with the Steelore until one of the CG ships, the Cherokee,, and the Curb ar­ rived to join the rescue planes fol­ lowing things overhead. Eventually, only the Curb remained until an­ other ship, the Baltore, later joined the slow procession northward, standing by the tow. After taking her tow the ship moved steadily at a plodding four knots, in the direction of Cape Lookout near here, where it would be decided whether the Steelore could make the remainder of the trip north to Sparrows Point, Md., her actual destination. Heavy with water, although her pumps were constantly working, the disabled ship proceeded this way until Monday, when the tug reported her in danger again be­ cause of the low freeboard. Indi­ cations at this point were that NOTICES $ s* t Roy Pierce You are asked to contact Leonard J. McLaughlin, secretary-treasurer, Canadian District, SIU, at 634 St, James St. W., Montreal 3, Quebec, Canada. ^ Manuel Garza Ray Morey F. L. Richardson The Boston office of the NLRB wishes to get in touch with you regarding back pay due from the Excelio Corp. as a result of the' SIU's successful action involving unfair labor charges against this company. PERSONALS Paige Mitchell Tony (Champ) Matosky Very important you contact Pedro Villabol by mail at*SIU headquarters. j) $ Friends of Russell Hinkel Cpl. Hinkel wishes his friends and shipmates to write him at 201 Fort Drive, Aiexandria,.Va. 3) 4^ James- W. Baldrldge Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of this man is asked to con­ tact his sister, Mrs. B. B. Davis, at Box 312, Vinton, La. Quiz Answers 3> (1)'(b) the birds of America. (2) lOV^ inches by 18 inches. •(3) 100. (4) Hydrogen. (5) Simon Bolivar. (6) (c) Harding (1920). The "Women's Suffrage" amendment to the Constitvition was first rati­ fied that year. , (7) (b) Wiley Post, in July, 1933. (8) (d) ear. (9) $90. 10) It's worth a pound of cure, according to a much-quoted proverb. Edward F. Woods Your mother is very worried about you. Let her know your whereabouts. Fritz. Puzzle Answer ass [SESBB adOB QBCa QBSS. Baas ^BSSIBBQDS SBSQ aso SaBSBBB BBBBSB BDO aisa IZISSESS SBSB aQB BSBS SQQDQ aSQ BSB ans nsBBBB BSBSIZISS SSB QBESS ssan!z;]E;sas aasB mm 3) 3) 3) L. S. Park John R. Ward The Isthmian SS Co. in Long Beach, Caiif., is holding your gear off the Las Vegas Victory. i 4. 3) Wesley T. Christianson - Urgent you get in touch with your wife as soon^ as possible. 3)i 3) 3) Friends of Wm. E. Hammond Pvt. Hammond (US 51265501) wishes his cx-shipmates to write him c/o 315th Engr. Co. (Port Constv.), Fort Baker, Sausalito, Caiif. 4. 3> '3) Harry (Hank) Keane Please write me at 345 Thacher St., Milton 86," Mass. This is im­ portant but not urgent. Eddie Cal­ lahan. 3) 3) 3) Carl E. Gibbs . Brother Gibbs asks his creditors to contact him at the SIU hall, 1216 East Baltimore St., Baltimore. (Continued from page 3) rebuilding of that portion of the ship. Consequently, the company, for a year, has been patching and darning the bottom of the ship by welding dqubier plates over the old ones. There has been much testimony during the hearing about repeated fractures and leaks in this area, as well as evidence offered that some .plates were worn thinner than minimum Coast Guard safety requirements. Further, Raiisback admitted that the company did not try to radio the Southern Districts until December 9, the day after it was supposed to hear from the ship. It continued unsuccessful efforts to contact the vessel for days, until it finally notified the Coast Guard the afternoon of the 11th that the vessel was overdue. Ironically enough, the Savannah station had tried to contact the ship December 6, without success. "The company was unaware of the attempted contact. Three other highly significant developments were revealed by other, testimony offered at the hearings: • There were "definite indica­ tions" that the Southern Districts was overloaded when she left Port Sulphur, La., December 2, enroute to Bucksport, Me., with a cargo of sulphur ore. • One of the lost crewmembers in a letter to his grandmother sub­ stantiated testimony by a Seafarer that the engine room was not up to Coast Guard safety require­ ments. • Another merchant vessel re­ ported seeing the Southera Dis­ tricts speeding head on into a se­ vere storm area on December 5. Hearings had been resumed Jan­ uary 17 after a six-day recess to permit Raiisback to appear and testify. Apart from the admissions about the company's "understand­ ing" with the Coast Guard, Railsback further conceded the exist­ ence of patchwork, jury-rig re­ pairs in the engine room and ad­ mitted the company undertook only "necessary" repairs in New Orleans as the ship was slated for annual inspection in Norfolk after one more trip. He stoutly insisted nevertheless, that the ship was seaworthy when she left on her fatal voyage. The Overloading question was raised by James B. Robertson Jr., Coast Guard naval architect. In­ formation available, he said, point­ ed to the fact that the ship's marks may have been submerged. Rob­ ertson is the same architect who testified that the Southern Isles was overloaded before she was lost three years ago. Earlier, Captain Kensr Jensen, representing the National Cargo Bureau, testified that he measured the Southern Disti'ict's feeboard when loaded at nine feet, eight inches. With the allowance for loading in fresh water, this figure would have put the ship at the borderline. However, doubt was cast on the accuracy of Jensen's measurements in a lengthy crossexamination. Israel G. Seeger, rep­ resenting the office of SIU General Counsel Seymour W. Miller, and others present questioned Jensen closely on this score. It was brought out that tlie ship's star­ board list, estimated at three degrees, could., have affected the accuracy of measurements by as much as* nine inches. The ship had been measured from the port, or higher, side only. Relaxed Changes Robertson had also testified that after the loss of the Southern I?les the Coast Guard called for struc­ tural changes in LST's and im­ posed additional limits on cargd" and the draft of the vessels. How­ ever, these were later relaxed, particularly those dealing with cargo density, on a petition of the ship operators "and a showing of loading controls of cargo weight on the tank tops." Robertson added that the No. 3 tank top had been replaced 'just before the vessel left Sulphur because it was rusted out. T' other tank tops were in bimilar shape, he said, they would have been -in "serious danger" of giving way. Testimony by Lt. Walton D. Alley, Coast Guard inspector, was also revealing. Alley had ordered the tank top replaced after he found it to be badly deteriorated. He said he went into No. 1 hold and had the sheathing removed fron^ the tank top and inspected its entire length because "holes in the bottom . . . indicated this was a logical place to start" his investi­ gation. He hammer-tested adjoin­ ing tanks but did not investigate them further because they "sounded good." Alley conceded he made no "in­ ternal examination" of the No. 2 hold, nor had he inspected the engine room. "I questioned the chief engineer," he said, "over a cup of coffee with him . . . and he said the engine room was in good shape." He admitted he could not positively say the engines and steering mechanism were sea­ worthy on the basis* of the chief's statement, but claimed that the hull was seaworthy. A far different picture of condi­ tions in the engine room was painted by Seafarer William L. Cooper, one of those lost on the ship, in a letter written to his grandmother, Mrs. L." F. Cleary, in Savannah, while the ship was in drydock. • "The chief is in a sweat," he wrote, "because the inspector will be in the engine room and will find all the salt water and bilge lines full of patches, which is not going to go over big with the Coast Guard ... all of those lines will more than likely have to be I'eplaced and they will find lots of other things that will not come up to the requirements ..." This description of conditions in the engine room was in line with earlier testimony • given by John Flanagan, oiler, who quit the ship in New Orleans, "because the en­ gines were in too bad condition to make the trip." Other SIU mem­ bers had testified to the presence of hull patches below the waterline with such devices as washers, bolts and wooden plugs, testimony borne out by Alley and Arthur B. Griant, independent marine surveyor. Both of these inspectors said they saw a "fish boit" and wooden plugs in the hull. Other inspectors testified they had not seen these. These wit­ nesses claimed that plates in, this condition were repaired in New Orleans. Judging from weather informa­ tion introduced during the hearing, the seaworthiness of the LST's hull and engines was put to a severe test on her last trip. At about 1:30 PM on December 5, the Southern Districts was sighted abeam of Jupiter Light on the Florida coast by John Wesley Rivers; chief mate of the Gulf Key, a tanker bound from Mobile to New York. "Four or five men were working on deck and the ship seemed to be proceeding at full speed," Rivers related. The Gulf Key passed the LST and proceeded northward into in­ creasingly strong winds and heavy seas. By the morning of December 6, -the going became so rough the Gulf Key had to reduce speed and leave the sea lane in search of quieter waters. "We had to siow down or pound everything to pieces," Rivers recalled. Wind in the area had reached a velocity of 65 knots an hour at midnight of the 6th and climbed to a peak of 75 knots (hurricane velocity winds) at 3 AM on Decem­ ber 7, bringing about "mountain'ous seas." The last radio message from the Southern Districts was received at Wilmington on December 5^ A Savannah station attempted to con­ tact the ship by radio beginning ajt 5:58 PM on December 6, but never was able to.Veceive any response. A similar fruitless effort was made by the station at Tuckerton, NJ, on December 7. The time element involved in these, reports added credence to the theory that the ship was lost after encountering the heavy weather reported by the Gulf Key and other vessels on December 6. Omit Minutes This Issue Because of the importance of the Coast Guard hearings on the Southern Districts to the future safety of shipboard crqws, it has been necessary to leave out the ship's minutes which normally appear on this page in order to carry a full report On the hearings. To make up for the omis­ sion, the next issue of the SEAFARERS LOG will carry two full pages of minutes in­ stead of the usual single page. All minutes mailed in to the LOG will, of course, continue to be printed in the LOG. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY , I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Signed ... TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubscrlber and hava a ehtnga of addrats, piaata giva your former addre» below: ADDRESS CITY ....... >aaaaaeeeaaaaaee**«aM xeaeaeeaeaa • aeeaaeaeaaaei .ZONE aMeeaeaaaaea** STATE �>are Eifhtera 1 I iWOS ' ft 'W SEAF ARERS JnittUT tt, 19S5 LOG Why Delay? nie Early For Benefits A Seafarer came into the New York Welfare Services office recently to inquire about collecting the -$200 maternity benefit. He had become a father 20 months ago but had neglected to apply for the money. He was informed, regretfully, that he was no longer eligible for the benefit and the-* $25 defense bond that goes The limit is one year after the desirable from the beneficiary's - * event in the case Of maternity and point of view. with it. 5 6 The hospitalized Seafarer has The regulations of the Seafarers death benefits, and .14 days,after another interest besides collecting discharge from a hospital, for the Welfare Plan limit the time in SEAFARERS WELFARE,. VA CATIOF( PLANS which benefits can be applied for. hospital benefit. The Seafarers' his benefit within a 14-day period. Vacation Plan also puts a one-year The shipping rules provide a man REPORT ON BENEFITS P AID limit on collection of vacation pay. must register within 48 hours of dis­ In addition, there are important charge from the hospital if he is To.JrJ.-.Y-s-jr regulations on shipping rules cov­ to get the 30-day shipping card. ering men in. the hospitals, which The card gives him a handicap of No. -Saafarara Raaaiyir.s Benefits this Psriedi /o It every hospitalized Seafarer must one day for every day spent In the 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer |' «/4 follow in order to get the benefit hospital up to a maximum of 30 1 Total Benefits Paid this Period i ' 1 » days so that he does not lose out of the 30-day shipping card. on time spent while hospitalized. Several Reasons WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS.PAID THIS PERIOD However, if he waits .onger than There are several good reasons 48 hours to register he loses out The wife and children of a Sea­ for imposing time limits on wel­ SSto oo farer who were faced with dis­ fare benefits. For one thing, the on this provision. roooo oo Death Benefits Fit For Duty possess action by a landlord are longer the peidod of delay, the Some Seafarers believe that Dissbilicv Benefits ioSa a a still in their apartment, thanks to more difficult it becomes for the they cannot register if they are y3,AOO oo the intervention of the SIU Wel­ Plan to check on proof of eligibili­ not fit for duty, which is one re^ason ay. ALs Vacation Benefits fare Services office in New York ty. Each year old records are filed why so many men fail to take ad­ a/ 1 Tots! ii \ II Vf away in storage to make room for The Seafarer had an under­ vantage of the . 30-day provision. standing with the landlord that he new ones, and under certain cir­ But the rules provide that men WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY would take care of some overdue cumstances the hunt for necessai-y register as long as they are* not rent as soon as he shipped out. information would be an expensive in-patients. Then when the Sea­ i Hosoital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1, 1950* | However, when he did ship the and time-consuming job. -F9 farer is fit for duty, his card is old Secondly, carrying over pending enough for him to ship out in landlord started putting pressure Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * lit /Jo 9 i7 tfr on his wife for the money due, al­ benefits from one year to the next hurry. oo Diaabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 • T li though the understanding was that would make for a bookkeeping Outpatients should register ac­ Matctnitv Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 • J •?» •/<>• oo everything would be taken care of headache of huge proportions. If cordingly, They ai-e subject to all oaf when the Seafarer completed the a large number of such benefits the rules of registration like any !|L 9/v 3g were pending, the trustees of the other Seafarer which means they voyage. * Date Senefita Beaan II Welfare Services was contacted Plan would have no way to judge are required to attend member­ by the anxious wife who feared the financial health of the fund, ship meetings while on the list. WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS that the family and all its posses­ and no way to tell whether or not Seafarers who have benefits sions would be put out in the it could support additional bene­ coming to them or who are in Vacation Lfli la-r A? street. The landlord was contacted fits. doubt about any of the above Cash on Hand JtA. and after some heated discussion, . The operation of the Welfare provisions should make sure to Vacation tiL 9'>f<| AO was persuaded to hold off action Plan has been geared to pay bene­ contact Welfare Services. In any Escifflated Accounts Receivable nt'iLo CO i for 18 days until the Seafarer fits as speedily as possible. This case, it's the smart thing not to US Government Bonds (Welfare) Lt 1 could be contacted. is also business-like, since it means delay. The sooner the procedure Real Estate (Welfare) (3n •/«/« 5i/| It's expected that he will then a smaller administrative expense is taken care of, the faster will the Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) tnios d-oll be able to straighten matters out and consequently, more money Seafarer receive the benefits from TOTAL ASSETS and take care of any payments due available for the benefits them­ the Welfare Plan and the benefit the landlord. CfM^ENTSl selves. Speedy collection is also of the shipping rules. Union Blocks Eviction Bid By Landlord All of the followmg SIU families and Mrs. Anthony Phillips, Mo­ will collect the $200 maternity bile, Alabama. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4> 4' 4* Union in the baby's name: Gilbert Lawrence Maldonado, Belinda Elise Long, born De­ born December 9, 1954. Parents, cember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Estaven Maldonado, Mrs. Charles Long, Mobile, Ala­ Alvin, Texas. bama. 4i 4i 4' John Andrew and Jean Marie t 4. Anthony Marko Phillips, born Rodowsky, born November 2, 1954. December 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ro- Victim Of Southern Districts dowsky, Baltimore, Maryland, . 4> t David Benton Pretlow, born May 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Pi'etlow, Snohomish, Washington. 4> 4" 4" 4" 4" a* 4« a* a* a* 4* 4" Barry James Guthrie, born De­ cember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Guthrie, Tampa, Florida. Robert Anthony Garrod, born December 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrod, Atlantic City, New Jersey. n as much as many of the beneficiary cards now on file at the office of the Welfare Plan are not properly completed, new beneficiary cards have been issued to all ports and offices. When a new card is received by an eligible of the Plan, he should read it carefully, before completing samca After a card is completed, it should be cheeked for possible errors or omissionsa beneficiary card which is not properly completed may deprive your beneficiary of Welfare Benefits that they would ordinarily be entitled tooa Submitted A1 Ketr, Assistant Administrator TO PROT^ YOUR CLAM fOR MAmBNA/^Ce At>tD CUR£. •. Ton! Elaine Daries, born De­ cember 22, 1954. Parents, Mi", and Mrs. Emile Davies, Covington, La. Elaine Pacheco, born October 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hermino Pacheco, New York, New York. He, I's \/eiy 'wpoyhyij-hdamnt:^ and cune-ihsf'ioa losisf-d sHipboand rejf>cjd' he made of iour acridenf'didihr ^oaane leauim-Hieohi^farrpdical r'eaec^. a Money Exchange Rates Eisted The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of Janu­ ary 18, 1955, and are subject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, Sauth Af­ rica: $2.80 per paund sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: 50 francs ta the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany; 4.2 marks ta the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.S guilders to the dollar. Italy: G24.9 lire to the dollar. . Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krana. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos ta the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela; 29.85 cents per boUvar. Til SID WELFJIBE SEITICES • iipinuff copY. >A(5Cmedical slip -fv&jTi -//le caplBm. If You ha^ anYoue&Viors, conrncd-Hie eiu WelfaveSerUice^,. �SEAFARERS Jmaary 21. 1058 (•THE SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nlneteea Seafarer Collects 3rd Baby $$ With WALTER SIEKMANN Among the new admissions to the Staten Island hospital recently was Brother Clarence Lord, who was messman on the Excello. Clarence has been having some ear trouble,.tout when he wanted to go to the hospital he found he didn't have his discharges handy. Welfare -Serv­ ices was able to supply proof of the fact that he had been sailing the required number of and got him in for treatment. Seafarers should know that the hospitals have tightened up on their admission procedure recently, and they want to see those discharges before they let a man come in. Sometimes this can cause quite a problem. The Public Health Service hospitals are a lot stricter than they used to be years back about proof of admission because they have to watch their budget pretty closely. It's the wisest thing to have the necessary documents handy when you have to go for treatment so that there's no delay or unnecessary difficulties on this score. " ; iCt Friends of Brother William Gardner will be pleased to know that he is on the mend now and Mrs. Jean Rogers is shown at home with family of four, three of whom have collected SIU mater­ doing very well. He was in bad shape for a while nity benefit. Left to right are: Jerry, Jean Marie, Catherine Mary, Patrick Jr. Dad was out at sea and the doctors really had to work on him to pull when picture was taken. him through. His last ship was the Lawrence Vic­ Mohamed tory. J. R. St. Laurent, who was an oiler on the Another Seafarer's family has collected SIU maternity benefits for the third time. SeaExcello, went into the hospital on January 6. The doctors are giving ^rer Pat Rogers was the second to qualify for three baby benefits when his daughter, hinij a check-up on his ticker. Catherine, was born last October 20. All told, Rogers has collected $600 and three $25 Varicose veins have been troubling Antonio Coion. defense bonds in the form oft who was steward utility on the Seatrain Savannah, SIU maternity benefits. lingim of Chickasaw, Alabama, Dolan Fillingim on September 6, so he is getting them taken care of. Robert Purvis whose third SIU maternity benefit 1954. At that though, Pat is one Rogers was nosed out for is in the hospital with an unusual complaint—he the top spot by Tommy Ray Fil- came from the birth of Terry up on the Fillingim family be­ has water on the elbow. Purvis was oiler on the cause his oldest child, Patrick Jr., Edith and went in for treatment on January 5th. was born before the SIU started A case of pneumonia put Lonnie Hall on his the maternity benefit in April, back. He was OS on the Lawrence Victory before 1952. he went in on January 7. Abdul Mohamed is re­ Not figuring in this tabulation cuperating from injuries he got aboard the Alcoa because of unfair advantage are Runner. He came in the same day. Colon Seafarers Bob Long of New Or­ Other new admissions are Carl Carlson, who was leans and Louis E. Hudson of Mo­ chief cook on the Lone Jack, and J. J. Vanos, AB on the Cantigny on bile. Long astounded the Crescent his last trip. Hardly had the SEAFARERS LOG printed a warning City when his wife gave birth to about the practices of unscrupulous undertakers as disclosed triplets in December, 1953, while by the New York State attorney general, than the wife of Hudson collected three benefits via the birth of a set of twins in USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL a deceased Seafarer came to-*-^ NEW ORLEANS, LA. MANHATTAN BEACH. NV 1953 and another child this year. latter had no next of kin in the William E. Aplin Leo Lang • SIU Welfare Services with a Fortunato Bacomo James J. Lawlor Julian B. Barrett August Michel Rogers' other children besides James R. Lewis Frank Bemrick tale of woe. She showed bills United States. August Brosig Vincent Michel Arthur Lomas Claude Blanks the two men­ It is obvious that the attorney Thomas Blackledge George R. Nichols for her husband's funeral amount­ Francis Lynch Joseph Carr Olaguibel Archibald McGuigan George W. Books Alfonso stood to rake in a handsome fee tioned are Ger­ Ho Yee Choe ing close to $1,100. ' Russell N. Boyett Thomas Peacock Vic Milazzo Jar Chong for his services—which in this in­ ard, born on May Fred D. Peterson Charles Brady Nor was that all. Since her hus­ Melvin Moore John J. DriscoU Randolph Ratciiff John Carolan stance were totally unnecessary. 11, 1952 and Eugene Nelson Bart Guranick band had died in Puerto Rico, the Joseph Richard S. C. Carregal Daniel Ruggiano Taib Hasseii Darrell Riley The simple and easy procedures es­ Jean, June 17, wife faces additional charges for George E. Shumaker Herman A. Carson Ernest Rogriguez Thomas Isaksen Clarence W. Cobb tablished under the Welfare Plan 1953. Renato Villata John Keenan preparation and shipping the de­ Mitchell Rodriguez Warren Currier When the LOG Ludwig Kristlansen VirgU WUmoth Tage Roslund make it possible for beneficiaries George S. Cutrer ceased back to New York—charges Frederick Landry Lembit Saar photographer ar­ Robert Dewey to collect the death benefit with­ which will total approximately USPHS HOSPITAL Benjamin Seal Fred Fagan DETROIT, MICH. out paying a cent to any outside rived at the Rog­ Luther Seidle Leo Fontcnot $300 or more. Tim Burke Earl G. Garberson Wade Sexton ers home, just a party. Antonio Solis Enoch Gaylor The shipping charges of course, USPHS HOSPITAL If anything, one of the functions hoot and a hol­ Joseph T. Gchringer Henry Sosa Rogers MEMPHIS. TENN. are unavoidable because of the cir­ of the Welfare Services office is to ler from the SIU Richard Gralicki Walter Soubry Charles Burton William Grimes Bob Spears cumstances. The funeral charges assist beneficiaries in collecting headquarters hall, he found that USPHS HOSPITAL ' Kristian Gunderson Alexander Stevenson FORT WORTH. TEXAS the widow paid at home were such benefits speedily. dad was out at sea picking up the E. T. Hardeman Albert Stout Benjamin F. Deibler J. Santiago Edgar Harman Nicholas Tala something else again. Welfare Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan This isn't the first instance in pork chops for Mrs. Rogers and Herman Holmes Lonnie Tickle Services has found as a general Woodrow Meyers George W. Huber Vernon Williamson which lawyers have gotten them­ the four children at home. Henry Jeffrey A. C. Witherington rule of the thumb that- $600 is selves an "in" on the collection of VA HOSPITAL Present plans of the Rogers fam­ Konstant Kain Edward L. Woods OTEEN. N. CAROLINA ample to provide for as elaborate E. G. Knapp Jacob Zimmer Leonard J. Frank death benefits. Seafarers should ily, according to Mrs. Rogers, do a funeral ceremony as any family be reminded that neither they nor not call for any further additions USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. STATEN ISLAND. NY would want to give the deceased. any member of their family needs to the family, but only time will Donald McShane Hussen Ahmed Frank Alasavich Alfred A. Hancock Too Late Joseph Malone Robert Booker Joseph Fawcett George A. WeddcU to pay lawyers for that purpose. tell. Ferfecto Mangual Carl Borealino USPHS HOSPITAL In this case, it was too late to A. 1. Muller Carl A. Carlson SAVANNAH. GA. Matti Ruusukalllo George Coleman Fred Buckner Angelo J. Martins do anything. But had Welfare Jose Salgado Antonio Colon J. D. Cannady James T. Moore Services been consulted before­ Olav Seim John J. Doherty George S. Chance John H. Morris Victor Shavroff Adolf Eliasson Frank F. Nelson Rufus L. Fields hand and asked to assist or at Morris Slegel George W. Flood Jack Nelson, Jr. James F. Lee least check on the arrangements, Prank Strelitz William Gardner Ernest H. Webb Albert W. Lima Sidney D. Turner Estell Godfrey Robert R. White Jimmie Littleton a considerable amount of the Un­ Samuel Vandal Frederick Harvey USPHS HOSPITAL The deaths of the following Sea­ department. He is survived by his ion's $2,500 death benefit could James Waldron Frederick Hauser BALTIMORE. MD. Francis WaU WUllam R. Home have been saved for its original farers haiw been reported to the wife, Mary Lee Walker of Mobile, Thomas L. Ankerson John R. Keemowlcz Thomas J. Ward Vincent Jones purpose, the care of the family of Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Alabama. Timothy Less Ernest Atkins CUfford Womack David Kaim George B. Little Roy W. BeU K. W. KeUy $2,500 death benefits are being the deceased. t 4> 4 Robert G. McKnew B. O. Buzbee SAILORS SNUG HARBOR paid to their beneficiaries: Harry N. Byrd Joseph G. McKretb James Fenswick, 62: Sailing in The incident took place just STATEN ISLAND. NY W. W. Moore Jessie A. Clarke the deck department on SIU ships Joseph Kosiusky shortly after the state's attorney Louis Firlie Thomas Mungo Albert P. Smith, 56: On Novem­ since 1939, when he joined in New PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Colon Rose Joseph Gill general announced he was investi­ SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO John R. Schultz Gorman T. Glaze gating the practices of unscrupu­ ber 20, 1954, Brother Smith died York, Brother Penswick died on Jose Rivera Raymond Smith D. L. Guerriero James Stathis Richard M. Harp lous undertakers. The attorney in Bermuda of pneumonia. His August 29, 1954, in Boston, Massa­ USPHS HOSPITAL Russell R. Henry Otis Townsend place of burial is not known. Broth­ chusetts, of a heai't ailment. Place NORFOLK, VA. Michael Jablonski Vlfiliiam D. Warmack general had said he had many Colon BoutweU William Mason er Smith joined the Union in 1944 of burial was Cedar Grove ceme­ complaints that undertakers were Isaac Duncan Irvln Taylor Thurston Lewis Norman Wroton taking advantage of death benefits in New York and had been sailing tery, Boston, Mass. Surviving is his USPHS HOSPITAL paid by union welfare plans to in­ in the steward department. He is wife, Helen Penswick of Boston, SEATTLE, WASH. Frank Airey Sverre Johannessen crease their charges considerably. survived by his sister. Miss Ada Massachusetts. Thomas Connell Mike Mlchelik In another instance involving an L. Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsyl­ 4 4 4 Franklin D. Oilman M. H. Whitehead Bjorn A. Granberg SIU death benefit. Welfare Serv­ vania. Joseph La Plante, 39: Brother Seafarers overseas who want 3^ 4" 4" USPHS HOSPITAL ices received a call from an attor­ La Plante was struck by a motor to get in touch with headquar­ GALVESTON. TEXAS car and died in Addington Hospital ney purporting to represent the Claude Walker, 41: Brother Wat­ ters in a hurry can do so by Benjamin Grico William Trice in Durban, South Africa, on Octo­ beneficiary of a deceased Seafarer. er died of a head injury on De­ A. W. Keane John Watt cabling the Union at its cable Murray Plylcr Charles B. Young The call came hard on the heels cember 14, 1954, at the Hospital ber 31, 1954. Place of burial is not address. SEAFARERS NEW USPHS HOSPITAL of the hospital death report. of the Capital in San Juan, Puerto known. He joined the Union in YORK. SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Naturally, the attorney was Rico. Place of burial is not New York in 1942 and had been Use of this address will as­ Charles Brown Oliver Klein Max Byers John Meletios keenly interested in how to col­ known. He was one of the first sailing as chief electrician. Brother sure speedy transmission on Wayne Center Charles Neumaier lect the death benefit, which in members of the SIU, joining in La Plante is survived by his wife, all messages and faster serv­ Henry J. ChUds Joseph Perreira Olav Gustavsen GUbert Promutico this instance was payaible to a November, 1938, in Mobile and Lucienne La Plante, of Baltimore, ice for the men involved. Francis Halgney W. S. Singleton friend of the deceased, since the had been sailing in the steward Maryland. Paul Hugging P. S. Yuzon Lawyers, Morticians Are Sill Benefit Scavengers Seafarers In llospitals ~ Union Has Cable Address �-; ;;i;r V'^ •-•:^:v!'.r-.>v'yr:'.,'-v '• • •- Z»'-' 1.4^'""-- SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF f; THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • On y. LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • oh.. i;- •i^ Qffy? In yGur union-..; V>G4I? p2i:3fed:ed/ SIU CONSTITUTION. Protects your right to participate by majority vote in the forma­ tion of all Union policies and decisions. Assures you a voice and full control of your job rights and the right to vote on all agree­ ments and rules affecting your livelihood. Insures your right and every member's to vote and participate in all Union elections and to take part and exercise your votes at all Union meetings. Guar­ antees control of your Union finances through regular rank-andfile audits. SlU CONTRACT Gives you the highest take-home pay in the industry in ail ratings. Assures the best working and living conditions aboard ship, many modeled after your recommendations and those of your shipmates who are periodically polled on contract issues. Provides for your job security and protection on the job by an experienced full-time Union staff of patrolmen and representatives in all major US ports as well as a system of crew-elected delegates aboard ship who represent you at sea. SIU WELFARE PLAN IP?'- 1 SIU VACATION PLAN . . SIU STRENGTH. KL-^: •- Full time protection for you and your family through a series of benefits providing broader and more extensive coverage than any other union in the industry. Operates at low cost on a selfinsured basis to assure the highest possible hospital, disability, maternity, death, scholarship and other benefits—and at no cost. Provides speedy payments with no red tape, and the aid of a specially-created Welfare Services Department to service you at all times. Protects you with the highest paid vacations in the industry on the basis of days worked each year. Assures you a paid vacation whether you work for one company or a dozen through a central system of accounting maintained at Union headquarters for which the shipowners pay all costs. Provides you and all SIU Seafarers for the first time with an opportunity to enjoy leisure tii^ie ashore with your families and friends through vacation pay which can be collected as often as four times annually. Guarantees you the backing of a trade union tailored to your needs and devoted exclusively to the security of you and your family, both on the jo® and off it. Offers you the best job oppor­ tunities in the industry and security in those jobs at all times. Operating on a solid financial footing, your Union provides a net­ work of halls and facilities in all major ports and special services for all your needs and problems on ship and ashore. Seafarers Int'l Union • A & C District • AFL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 21, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE TWO HEADED MONSTER PORT O' CALL OPENED IN BALTO; SIU ON TV LOG ARTIST 'MURALIZES' BALTO NY LAWYER HANDLED ILA $ TO FIGHT HALL 3-DEPT VOTE HITS SNAG SIU CREWMEN WIN 5-DAY BATTLE TO SAVE SS STEELORE 'DISTRICTS' RULED LOST; SHIP SAFETY CODE EVADED WITH CG OKAY, CO ADMITS SIU-CREWED SS CUBA TO BEGIN RUN SEA CHEST 17 PERCENT CHEAPER ON SLOPS SHIP SUITS PLAGUE SIU 'ALIEN CO'S' SPECIAL AID RESPONSE SHOWS WELFARE FUND ADAPTABILITY SIU VOTE TOPS RECORD; TALLY BEGINS JAN. 27 MOBILE PLANS DORM, SNACK BAR 90C PAY BASE FACES FIGHT SIU SEEKS IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE $241 MILLION ASKED FOR MARITIME IN '55 'YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH' TO BE ISSUED AS BOOK DISASTER INSURANCE INSPECTION QUESTIONS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN SEAFARER-GI RAISES HIS VOICE - FOR PRIZE-WINNING ARMY QUINTET SALTY PLAY HIT ON WC WHY DELAY? FILE EARLY FOR BENEFITS UNION BLOCKS EVICTION BID BY LANDLORD SEAFARER COLLECTS 3RD BABY $$ LAWYERS, MORTICIANS ARE SIU BENEFIT SCAVENGERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/21/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0a6c2a6b81ddc7e9aaa75be98d06b4f7.PDF 642982fcc40a931701a1b6fe2f185798 PDF Text Text II '"i-y: -Story On Page 3 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • •^41 WC SEAMEN BEGIN 3-DEPT. ELECTION •m4 > v Story On Page- 2 -41 m �•X - Page Two r.r'PiW--- SEAFARERS LOG 3-Depf. Vote On; Climaxes 20-Year Fight Against CP % Rank-&-File Units Check Vote Results SAN FRANCISCO—With the courts having Jbrushed aside delaying moves sponsored by Harry Bridges, the National Labor Relations Board this week began the three-department vote on West Coast ships. The vote is £xpect^ to result in a heavy victory for the SIU Pacific District, representing Sailors, firemen and Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. The expected victory will^ Union of Marine Cooks and Stew­ against the Bridges and defunct conclude a fight of 20 years ards, se|^oing ally of Harry Committee for Maritime Unity ef­ standing to eliminate Com­ Bridges, asked the ninth Circuit fort to use seamen for Communistmunist-line •unionism from of Appeals to alter the election the seagoing side of the indus- ground rules. The NUMC&S, which is not on the ballot, asked that voting be confined to steward de­ partment men. Unanimous Verdict The three Appeals jurists ruled unanimously in favor of a threedepartment vote in which the Pacific District will oppose the In- Harry Lundcberg try. The fight has been led by Harry Lundeberg, secre­ tary-treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, and Vin­ cent Malone, president of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union. Victory will repre­ sent a triumph for genuine trade unionism as opposed to the kind of unionism dominated by the political twists and turns which the Communist Party line dic­ tates. Balloting began on January 31 with the NLRB mailing bal­ lots directly to the ships. Five siips, the Lurline and the Presi­ dents Cleveland, Wilson, Polk and Monroe will be voted di­ rectly by NLRB representatives. Only men actually in the employ of the companies are being per­ mitted to vote. Men waiting for jobs on the beach are ineligible. Voting was originally scheduled for January 17, but the National SEAFARERS LOG Feb. 4, 1955 w- F(cbruary 4. 1955 Vol. XVil, No. 3 As I See It .Page Burly Page Cro-ssword Puzzle Page Editorial Cartoon ....... Page Editorials Page Final Dispatch Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Round-Up Page Letter of The Week Page Letters Page Maritime " Page Meet The Seafarer Page Notices, Personals Page Off Watch Page Port Reports Pages 12, Quiz Page Recent Arrivals Page SIU History Cartoon Page Vote of Thanks Page Welfare Benefits Pages 18, Welfare Report Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 15 8 9 9 19 8 8 9 15 8 8 17 14 13 14 18 7 9 19 18 4 Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers international Union, At­ lantic & Cult District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Vincent Malone ternational Longshoremen and Warehousemen's-Union, Bridges' shoreside outfit. The ILWU has picked up the ball for the disin­ tegrating NUMC&S and has at­ tempted to organize shipboard steward departments. The current election Is Just one more step in the duel be­ tween Lundeberg and Malone on the one hand and Bridges and his allies on the other, dating as far back as 20 years. Traditional­ ly, whether or not it was popuiar, Lundeberg and Malone consistently pursued a trade union policy in the sense of hewing to bread and butter is­ sues affecting the livelihood and welfare of seamen. That, as they see it, is the business of a sea­ man's union. Unionism First This has placed them squarely in opposition to the Communistline policy of placing political is­ sues ahead of trade union Issues. Historically, maritime unions that followed the Communist line, past or j?resent, have enmeshed themselves in a tangle of contra­ dictions. Back in the late 1930s they were for the Copeland "fink book" when other sea unions were against it. Then they whistled a different tune. At other times they have ap­ proved no-strike pledges in peace­ time only to utilize the strike weapon subsequently to affect US foreign policy. Typical of the party-line type of operation is their attitude toward various beefs that have sprung up from time to time. In the Mello Franco beef, the Aleutian beef of last year and the current Pacificus dispute, Lundeberg and Malone fought to preserve the livelihood of the seainen they represent, as. line objectives. This attitude has been roundly condemned in Communist-line lit­ erature as representing a back­ ward and selfish point of viewas if the employment and well-be­ ing of seamen should be secon­ dary to other purposes in a sea­ man's union. Actually of course, these beefs, particularly the" Mello Franco, hurt the Communist cause in maritime immeasurably. It was as a direct result of the attempted raid on the Mello Franco that the Coiftmunist-dominated CMU was subsequently destroyed by the AFL maritime unions. That buried the last Communist attempt to roll all the country's maritime unions into one basket. While the outlook is bright for an SIU victory, it's well under­ stood that this isn't the end-all of the problem on the West Coast. However, the assurance that all shipboard departments will be af­ filiated with one international un­ ion and be free from Communistline control is a sign of consider­ able progress. Seek Daily Ship Report For Safety WASHINGTON—A biU re­ quiring ships to report their positions by radio at least once every 24 hours has been Introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Daniel Flood, Dem­ ocrat of Pennsylvania. The meas­ ure calls for this requirement on ships of 500 gross tons or more that are already required to carry radio installations under the 1934 Communications Act. The Pennsylvania Congressman explained that the bill was moti­ vated by the loss of the Mormackite last October with 37 of her crew. In that instance, it was sev­ eral days before survivors were lo­ cated because there had been no regular radio contact with the ship and her sinking did not become known immediately. Districts Case Similarly, the SIU - manned Southern Districts apparently was lost with 23 men several days be­ fore a search was started for the vessel. The search was begun only after she was overdue on her esti-, mated-time-of-arrival report to the home office. Several SlU-conlracted compa­ nies make it a practice to have ships radio positions daily to the home office, but it appears* that the majority of companies have no such requirement or limit it only to those ships that are in US coast­ al waters. . . ,, ^ NEW YORK—^Members of the six-man tallying committee elected at headquarters to count the vote in the SIU's election for officers pair off to check the results on each ballot. Shown (1-r) are: Charles Stambull, William MacDonald, Walter Reidy, Edgar Starns, William Mitchell, who was paired with R. Ewing (not shown). This committee also conducted a district-wide taUy. NEW ORLEANS—Completing work. Seafarers on the tallying com­ mittee for this branch sign report after winding up count' of 1,237 votes cast in the Union's biennial election at the New Orleans halL They are (1-r): Fidel DiGiovanni, Louis O'Leary (signing tally sheet), Sal Mancino, Vic Miorana, A. L. Stephens, Charles King. Each port tally is checked by the NY committee. WILMINGTON, Calif.—Vote count proceeds at SIU hall in this West Coast port as Seafarers elected to the six-man tallying unit recheck their findings before winding up work. Committee mem­ bers shown (1-r) are: J. J. Flanagan (portion of arm visible at far left), J. N. Young, J. Ward, C. C. Brown, J. Paerels. One member is pot shown and was not identified. �:Fe%rdM7 V idSS SEAFARERS Page Tbre» tOd •'^;'.*<:t:^ 5dr:;:U' '^c'"f->b-jr;''?i-rf« ffpw tvillthe current crisis Qp.ef 'Formosa affect Seafarers?^ Will the threat-^Hhe island, by the ChMe^Compmmists^req'ime a mass breakout of merchant^hip8, frpm the reserve fleet to carry a flood of supplies to that Pacific base of wffldffe- shipping needs tlxerff be siich that they can-be han­ dled by ships alfeddr^ M At^ to supply merchant ships in a huimy if neeffed dhd nre^^ supply the crews? With these questions in mind, the SEAFAkERS LOG surveyed the current crisis with a view to determining the demands that may be made on American seamen as well as the availability of ships to meet ivhatever emergency may arise. Here are the LOG*s findings: Traditionally the first to be affected by an international crisis, the US shipping; - industry and the Seafarers who man the s hips are keeping their eyes on the troubled Formosa area. As a result of hot and heavy pressure on the area by Chinese Com­ munist forces, the US is stepping up assistance to the Nationalists and concen­ trating more guns, ships and planes in the vicinity. All that means a bigger job for the US merchant • mood is one of watchful waiting only eight percent of cargo was marine and possibly an in­ rather thant hasty action, and the hauled on foreign vessels. crease in the number of Maritime Administration declares In other words, Formosa, like ships in service. If so, Formosa would be fol­ lowing a pattern set many times before in which the American merchant marine quickly was involved in the forefront of a crisis. In the hos­ tilities of World War II, ships and the Seafarers who manned them were among the first to bear the brunt of the fighting. The 1950 blow-up in Korea placed a ^udden and unprecedented demand on merchant ships to rush huge quan­ tities of supplies and support such operations as the landings at Inchon ^gnd the evacuation of Hungnam. The near-collision in Indo-China saw "US merchant ships moving under sniper fire from hos­ tile Communist forces. Ship Breakout Seen In more peaceful operations, Seafarers were called upon to move mountains of supplies to war-stricken Europe and Asia un­ der various operations such as UNRRA, the Marshall Plan, EGA, and the many coal and grain pro­ grams. Now Formosa is the focus of a major Government opera­ tion. Since the US merchant fleet is already lugging considerable quan­ tities of Government cargo to 'Korea, Indochina, and Japan and has been depleted by transfers, any sudden good-sized pick-up in ship­ ping would mean a breakout from the US reserve fleet. Even be­ fore the current Formosa blow-up the Foreign Operations Adminis­ tration was talking about pulling Government ships out for coal and gi'ain- because the Maritime Ad­ ministration has transferred for­ eign about 90 ships in the past year. Nobody expects anything like the breakout of over 500 ships such as took place dur­ ing the height of the Korean War. That would only happen In the event US forces were Involved in direct action, in which case the book would have to be thrown away and everything that could float would be put tb use. A more likely. prospect would be a modest breakout between 50 and 100 ships, including 15 of the modern Mariner ships that were built since Korean war days. A breakout of these ships would require 2,000 to 4,000 seamen—licensed and unlicensed. Right now, the Government's that there are no plans of any kind to pull ships out of the reserve. Actually, it wouldn't take more than a week to whip the Mariners into shape. The usable- Libertys and Victorys in the reserve would take longer and shipyard capacity would be a big factor here. Each time one of these Far East crises boils up, it raises the ques­ tion of the fitness of our merchant fleet. Briefly this is the status of the US merchant fleet today. . • Ships available today are far less numerous than at the peak of the Korean war breakout (Februr ary, 1952). At that time there were 1,288 privately-owned ships plus 528 Government-owned ships oper­ ating. Today the privately-owned fleet has dwindled to 1,142 ships, a drop-off of 146 vessels from 1952. • Two hundred and eighfy-five of 500 useful Government-owned Libertys are now used for grain storage leaving 215 Libertys, the 15 Mariners and. a small number of Victoi*y ships immediately avail­ able. Consequently, the total of ships available right now is about 1,400 compared to slightly better than 1,800 in 1952. More Commitments • The US, with less ships, has more commitments in the Far East today than it had in '52 because of the collapse of the French in Indo­ china and the threat to all of Southeast Asia. That means that less shipping, proportionately, would be available in a Formosan emergency. • While the size of the fleet compares pretty well with what the US had in June, 1950, when Koi'ea erupted, there is no large reserve of idle private tonnage such as existed then. Idle tonnage has been permitted to transfer. • The Korea experience shows we cannot count on foreign ships for quick aid in an emergency. In the first three months of Korea, Meeiing Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and; at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at, 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Feb. 9, Feb. 23, Mar. 9. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required' to attend the meetings. any other international crisis, brings up the old contradiction between the merchant marine as the fourth arm of defense, and "that same merchant fleet as a private operation that's expected to make its way without top niuch Government help, even if it means transferring wholesale to foreign flags. IStrain On Fleet If the Formosa situation should lead to any large scale hostilities it would mean a terrific strain on tlie aging and dwindling merchant fieet. It would also mean that ships would face the threat of submarine and air attacks. Whether or not the Chinese Communists blow their corks, the US is pledged to long-term defense of the 300-mile-long island of For­ mosa and its 400,000 Chinese Na­ tionalist troops. Formosa is only about 100 miles from the Chinese mainland but a long haul of well over 6,000 miles from US West Coast poi'ts. ••'Ml '-^1 ,J I .1J ^1 Western Pacific defense hinges right now on keeping Okinawa (1) and Phillippincs (2), where bulk of SIU shipping activity is eoncentrated, open as supply points for Formosa (3). SIU ships are also calling at Formosa and may be going in there more and more. Non-Communist countries are in dark shading. Communist nations are in light shading, with Soviet Russia (not shown) meeting North Korea at its extreme northern tip. "il -'•1 ^1 -I Announce A&C Vote Tallyf New Balloting Record Set ' N. Counting up a record total of 6,423 votes, the six-man rank and file headquarters tal­ lying committee has completed its vote count and has issued a report announcing the win­ ners in the two-month SIU elections. Seafarers filled 49 posts in the elections, choosing among 78 candidates in the districtwide vote. A 79th candidate, Frenchy Michelet who received (3)—Ted Babkowski, To'm Clark, not on the ballot, was success^ 4,704 votes in the contest for port Walter Siekmann; New York stew­ ful in a write-in vote. The elections for a two year term began on November 15, 1954 and were completed on January 15, 1955. In accordance with the Union constitution the member­ ship, in meetings on January 28, elected tallying committees com­ posed of two rank and file Seafar­ ers from each of the three ship­ board departments. The headquar­ ters tallying committee served as the committee for the Port of New York and collated the tallying of the outports for the district-wide totals. Final Approval Awaited The full report of the commit­ tee, which appears In this issue, will be presented to the next mem­ bership meetings in all ports for final approval.^ At stake in the election besides the post of secretary-treasurer were six assistant secretary-treas­ urers, nine port agents and 33 pa­ trolmen in the various ports. The winning write-in candidate was agent of Savannah. ard patrolmen (3)—Paul GonsorReelected to the top post in the chik, Howard Guinier, Freddie Union was SIU Secretary-Treas­ Stewart; New York joint patrol­ urer Paul Hall who tallied 5,864 men (6)—Frank Bose, Marty Breitvotes in a three way contest. His hoff. Reed Humphries, E. B. Mcopponents, Ray White and Walter| Auley, Keith Terpe, Ernest Tilley. Philadelphia agent—A. Cardullo; Philadelphia joint patrolman— The full text of the Head­ John Hetzell; Baltimore agent— quarters Tallying Committee's Earl Sheppard; Baltimore deck pa­ report as well as a complete trolman—Leon Johnson: Baltimore tabulation of the district-wide engine patrolman—A1 Stansbury; vote begins on page 6. Baltimore steward patrolman—Joe DeGeorge; Baltimore joint patrol­ Beyeler, tallied 266 and 116 votes man—Rex Dickey. Norfolk agent—Ben Rees; Nor­ respectively. Other successful- candidates folk joint patrolman—James Bulwere: assistant secretary-treas­ lock; Savannah agent—A. Michelet; urers—Joe Algina (deck); Joe "Vol- Savannah joint patrolman—Nevin pian (engine); Eddie Mooney Ellis; Tampa agent—Tom Banning; (steward); Bob Matthews, Bill Hall Tampa joint patrolman—Benny and Claude Simmons (joint); Bos­ Gonzales. Mobile agent—Cal Tanner; Mo­ ton agent—James Sheehan; Boston joint patrolman—James Sweeney; bile deck patrolman—William Mor­ New York deck patrolmen (3)— ris; Mobile engine patrolman— Mike Colucci, Lou Goffin, Tom Robert Jordan; Mobile steward pa(Continued on page 17) Gould; New York engine patrolmen •Ml -I �. - J. 5 •• J:-.' Face FMHP . SEAFARERS .,F«|w«ait lOG Ask Court To Void Sea Chest Suit The SIU fired its opening shot last week in the slopchest dealerInspired Government lawsuit against the SIU Sea Chest with motion to throw the entire case out of court. Union action to upset the suit brought by the Justice Depart­ ment last August challenged basic theories in the Government's case and contended that an action against the Union-pwned slopchest operation could not be made under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Government charges the Sea Chest with being a "monopoly" under Federal anti-trust statutes. No Monopoly: SIU C. J. (Scotty) Kerrigan (left) and steward R. E. Stough of the Del The SIU has consistently main­ Rio display honors by Liberian President W. V. S. Tubman making tained that the lawsuit arose sole­ Stough "Knight Official of the Humane Order of African Redemp­ ly beeause ship chandlers were tion." Tubman, Del Rio passenger, sent Kerrigan letter of com­ resentful over the Sea Chest's low mendation. prices and high quality goods to Seafarers. In 1954 the Sea Chest saved Seafarers an average of 17 percent in tlieir slopchest pur­ chases. The SIU also maintains it sells only to steamship companies on a competitive basis. The Federal judge hearing the case in Brooklyn, Federal District Court indicated that as the motion NEW ORLEANS—In appreciation of a pleasant voyage contained many extremely techni­ home from a recent visit to the United States, President Wil­ cal and complicated points of law, liam V. S. Tubman of the Republic of Liberia presented offi­ the Union should not expect a cial decorations and commen­ quick decision. The Union was which transported him there from represented in court by General dations to various unlicensed Haiti; He visited Haiti after ah ex­ and licensed members of the Counsel Seymour W. Miller. tensive tour of the Eastern andOne of the main points in the crew of the SlU-contracted Del Rio Southern United States, which in­ (Mississippi). Union case is that the Sea Chest cluded New Orleans. Seafarer Rufus E. Stough. chief is a wholly Union-owned and oper­ The Del Rio arrived in Monrovia, ated corporation whose only cus­ steward, was appointed a "Knight Liberia, with President Tubman on Official of the Humane Order of tomers are Uie men on Union-con­ tracted ships. In fact seamen are African Redemption" and deco­ December 5. Seafarers who were members of in the category of ^'captive" cus­ rated accordingly. Seafarer Cecil tomers since they can't buy slop­ James "Scotty" Kerrigan, pas­ the crew during the voyage said chest goods anywhere else but on senger bedi'oom steward, was given that President Tubman displayed the ships. a personal letter of commendation. an active interest in their work and visited them frequently during the The question is further compli­ Master Cited voyage." He was highly pleased with cated by the fact that the opera­ Capt. William Cornforth, master, the hospitality shown him by the tion ot a slopchest on US-flag was appointed "Commander of the crew, they reported. vessels is required by law for the Order of the Star of Africa." In New Orleans, company offi­ benefit of the seamen. The general On instructions from the Missis­ cials said that the capable and public is not involved. Since the Sea Chest is Union-owned and sippi Shipping Co., the Del Rio put friendly manner in which Seafar­ therefore owned and operated by into Kingston. Jamaica, November ers handled their duties during the the only'ones who can benefit from 20, to take President Tubman and voyage, in typical SIU style, did •what it buys and sens, there is no his party of six aboard. President much to help cement the friendly "monopoly" situation involved, Tubman and his party had reached relations existing between Missis­ Jamaica by way of a British cruiser sippi and the Liberian Republic. the union maintains. Liberian President Honors 2 Seafarers ItllT; ' DESPITE SOME LJVST MINUTE DELAYS, the three-department vote on West Coast ships Is no«f underway and promises final solu­ tion of the problem Involving steward departments on West Coast ships. Unfortunately, for a great many years the basic job problems of steward department men on the Coast have^een pushed aside by political considerations Imposed by the Communist Party's water­ front section. The stewards have taken quite a pushing around during these years and the trade union issues have been hidden by all the dust kicked up-in the process. It should be a distinct pleasure for these, men, and for everybody concerned, to get down to doing business on the basis of trade union policies. Once this election is ovei-, the stewards, with the support of the Sailors and Firemen, can buckle down to the job of building a union that belongs to them alone and not to a political apparatus. IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, YOUR UNION'S NEWSPAPER CARRIED a story on the effects of the coming St. Lawrence Seaway on Ameri­ can shipping. It was concluded at the time that there is a possibility of benefit both for offshore and coastwise trade, provided US ship­ owners took action to get the necessary shallow-draft ships. Other­ wise, smaller Eurpean ships that can make use of the 27-foot St. Lawrence channel would monopolize the trade. Now the "Log," a trade magazine of-the shipping Ihdustry, has -come, to the same conclusion. In a lengthy editorial in its January, 1955, issue the "Log" points out, just as your Union did many months ago, that the Seaway trade will go by default to foreign flags, unless US operators bestir themselves. It is true that most US East Coast operators actively opposed the Seaway. But now that the Seaway is coming, the industry must live with it, and the best way is to take advantage of . whatever trade the Seaway will create. For as the "Log" points out, it could very well be that the smaller ships needed for Seaway operations could be utilized profitably on offshore runs to many of the less-developed ports of the world. THE LAST ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOG CARRIED PHOTOgraphs of most of the Union brothers who are currently receiving dis­ ability, benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. Just this past week the tru-stees of the Plan voted to add more Seafarers to the disability list. Three years ago there was no method for taking care of these men who could no longer work on the job. Today, while it is regrettable that these men no longer sail, at least they have the assurance of a regular income. Before this, the disabled seaman simply had to go on charity. There was no other way. Your Union's experience with the disability benefit has fully con­ firmed the belief that the test of a man's ability to work is fibt his age in years but simply his health. There are some,men op this list, pro­ fessional seamen all, who for one reason or another . were disabled at a comparatively early age — some of them under 40, As long as they met the seatime requirements and were unable to work, your Union believed It was more important to take care of them than to force the retirement of an old-timer who might still h? hale and hearty' and perfectly capable of doing a day's work along with his shipmates. Many people who are authorities on the problem of oldtimers have expressed concern about systems that compel a healthy man to retire and lose income when he can still earn a good living, and at the same' time, fail to take care of the man-who is disabled not by age, •but by circumstances. Your Union takes pride that its Welfare Plan was flex- ible enough to avoid this pitfall and provide help for men, young or old, who really need it the most. WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYINa Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Morgolius, Leading Expert on Buying m. I tr_. \t. ' jf.' , hr • Furniture Sale Values Can a Seafarer and his family save any money by shopping the midwinter furniture sales now going on in most .cities? Yes — if you avoid the trickier, higher-priced installment stores, compare values widely among different furniture and department stores and. select well-made pieces that are truly suitable for your needs. Prices of house furnishings are slightly lower this year than in the past few years, but beware the gaudy, massive furniture known in the furniture trade as "borax," which uses fancy styling to distract the buyer from its basic Shoddiness or high price. Recently manufacturers have been trying to push larger furniture: sofas with more seating space, bigger chests of , drawers, etc. But larger furniture is a good choice only if you have the space for it. In today's smaller houses, the need is more for moderately-sized pieces that ease house­ keeping and doesn't crowd up a room so it looks like an over-furnished model room in a store. Simple design gives you most for your money. Bulkiness may look impressive in a store but may be a : nuisance in your home. Foam Rubber Popular Living-room chairs and sofas upholstered in foam rub­ ber are available now at comparatively reasonable prices. Foam rubber makes satisfactory upholstery if properly handled; There are different qualities of it, with lowergrade foam rubber containing more air pores. You can Another way to tell if you are getting decent furniture tell by pressing the cushions between your hands which actually is the better-quality less-porous foam rubber. Too, for your money is to examine the backs and drawers to the foam rubber needs to be securely attached to the outer see if they have been finished or left "raw." In fairly wellcovering by a welt and possibly button tufts. Make sure made furniture, the backs and drawers are at least waxed. Plastic-surfaced tables and chairs with chrome legs' It is, else the covering will tend to wrinkle in use". Too, make sure the crimped-wire steel webbing underneath the have become widely used for dining as well as kitchen : foam-rubber upholstery is securely attached to the bottom furniture. Such furniture is very practical, and comes in of the chair or sofa. Such wire webbing should be attractive designs these days. But some is cheaply made. attached with round helical springs and not merely stapled For sturdiness, the table should be constructed so the directly to the chair bottom as it often is in mediocre apron touches the chrome legs. On cheaply-made chrome leg chairs,-the seats seem low because they are thinly furniture. The covering is important too, both for durability and ' filled. Better-grade chairs have legs spot-welded to the to ease housekeeping. It's best to avoid pile fabrics, espe­ seat pads, not merely screwed on, and the S-shaped chrome cially mohair, which are costly and collect dirt. In pile legs fully support the seat to its very edge. Also, some fabrics, velvet is a little better choice. The cotton uphol­ sets have only a thin chrome finish. Examine the chrome stery fabrics are durable and soil resistant, but avoid finish with your eyes and fingers for signs of peeling which loosely-woven fabrics sometimes 'found on modern furni- indicate, a cheap finish. In wood dining and living room tables, plastic top sur­ • ture. .. • • " \ faces are gaining popularity for their real advantages. Beware Fake Maple . They are heat and scratch resistant, easy to clean with Maple is generally a good comparative .Lvalue in furni­ a damp rag and don't need polishing like wood surface# ture, but beware of fafcery in- maple. Sbmetimies/gumwood do. These, surf aces come in wood grains which you hardly with maple finish is sold as solid maple. Tlieite is nothing tell from real wood veneer. wrong with maple-finish gumwood if the finish has been The wrought-iron legs now found on much modern'furniput on well (you can tell well-finished furniture by the ture are another help in housekeeping — no denjs or depth and smoothness of the finish). But you shouldn't scratches, simply wipe them clean, etc. The legs them- ' pay the solid-maple price for imitation maple. Any sales­ selves are now sold in many stores so you can attach ply­ man who assures you furniture ig solid iiiaple should he wood or other tops yourself to make coffee and corner willing to state so in writinig on your bilL tables. �SEAF ARERS Fejbruanr 4. 1955, LOG , SIU Seeks Pact With Mew Owners Of Pan-Atlantic In double celebration. Seafarer James Hand, electrician, cuts Vacation Plan's third birthday cake while ffettinc vacation check which brought Plan's total payments to $4 mUlion. Presenting check is ' SIU ass't. sec.-treasurer Claude Simmons while ass't. sec.-treasurer Joe Algina looks on. Girls (1-r) are Anne Carlin, Ruth Pechin and Dolores Grayson of Vacation Plan staff. $4 Million Vatation Birthday On the eve of its third birthday, the SIU's history-making Vacation Plan shot past the $4 million mark in benefits paid. Seafarer James Hand collected a check for $58.02 last week to put the Plan past the milestone slightly ahead of its February 12th birthday date. Hand got the money for^ by the SIU because very few sea­ time spent- 6u the Isthmian fits on the basis ol a new nigh fig­ men had ever collected vacation ure, $176 for each year's seatime. ship Steel Fabricator, just re­ money under the old system. Most turned from the Far East. Al­ though still aboard the Fabricator he took advantage of the, Vacation Plan provision which permits a Seafarer to cbllect as often as four times a year if he so desires. New Increase Adding to the 3rd anniversary celebration is the fact that the Plan recently started payment of bene- The increased benefit covers 90 days or more of seatime accUtnulated after December 1, 1954. The new high levei represents a 19 per­ cent increase over the former level of $148 and is the highest paid by any unlicensed men's plan in the industry. Although Vacation Plan , pay­ ments got underway on February 12, 1952, Seafarers collected money retroactive to July 1, 1951. The plan had been negotiated and won in May of J951. The time lag of several months allowed for tlie building up of sufficient cash reserves and sufficient sea­ time to make payments possible. The Vacation Plan, first of its kind in the industry, was devised Ed Moi^an Is New AFL Newscaster Emery Hit, Crew Safe A new nightly radio news pro­ gram over 175 stations of the American Broadcasting Company radio network is now being sponsoj;ed by the AFL. The program's commentator is Edward P. Morgan who resigned as director of new# for the Columbia Broadcasting Sys­ tem to take the AFL position. The program is broadcast from Washington and is heard at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time, which means 9 PM in the central states and 7 PM on the Pacific Coast. Formerly With CBS Morgan is weii-equipped for the job since he has been in the news­ paper business since 1932 and has been broadcasting for CBS since 1946. In recent years he has han­ dled several major radio and tele­ vision news assignments for the CBS chain. Among stations carrying the pro­ gram are' KCBQ in San Diego; KGO in San Francisco; WQAM in Miami; WSMB in New Orleans; WFBR in Baltimore; WVDA in Bos­ ton; WABC in New York City; KEX in Portland, Ore.; WFIL in Phila­ delphia; KXYZ in Houston, and WGH in Norfolk. The AFL-sponsor^d broadcast deals, largely with news of general interest to all listener^ as well as labor hews. . Just two weeks after she came out of a year-long lay-up, the SIUmanned Lewis Emery Jr. was struck amidships4n a collision with the Weyerhauser freighter George S. Long. The accident took place January 24 under fog conditions in Coos Bay harbor, Oregon, and buc­ kled in several plates on the port side. . The Emery proceeded under her own steam to Portiand, Oregon, where repairs are now being made. No injuries were reported as a re­ sult of the accident. The vessei had signed on for a Far East voyage with Yokohama as its first port of call. Repairs are not expected to take too long be­ cause it was rot necessary to un­ load any cargo to carry out the re­ pair work. The George Long, a lumber ship, bashed a hole in her bow eight feet above the waterline. It too made for safety under its own steani. The Emery had been laid up in Rich.mond, California, before crew- ing up out of the San Fi'anciSGO hall. seamen worked for several com­ panies in the course of a year and did not stay with any one company long enough to be entitled to vaca­ tion pay. Consequently, the SIU and its contracted operators set up a cen­ tral fund into which aii shipowners contributed so that seamen could collect vacation pay in exact pro­ portion to the number of days worked. Negotiations are under way for an SIU contract with tha McLean Securities Corporation, following purchase by Mc­ Lean of the SlU-manned Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation and seven C-2 ships operated by the company. Pan Atlantic is Waterman's subsidiary operating exclusively in the coast­ wise trade. •*" Indications are that an j tinue operating its remaining ships agreement will he signed in in the intercoastal trade and m the near future that will not only Atlantic, Far East and Puerto Rico cover these seven ships, but will runs. Along with Pan Atlantic, Water­ assure SIU manning of projected trailerships, vessels specially de­ man sold the Gulf Florida Ter­ signed to carry truck trailers on a minal Company at Tampa to Mc­ coastwise run. The trailerships will Lean. The seven C-2s involved in the supplement and not replace present Pan Atlantic operations, according sale are the Antinous, Arizpa, to Malcolm P. McLean, head of the Beauregard, Chitjkasaw, DeSoto, i Iberville and Warrior. company. Roll-On, Roll-Offs Some time ago, McLean, who was head of one of the country's largest trucking corporations, an­ nounced intention to start a rollon, roll-off trailership service with vessels that would carry 286 35foot loaded truck trailers. Purchase of Pan Atlantic, with its authority to call at East Coast ports, would j make it easier for McLean to put: the trailerships into service. j It is expected that the trailerships will be built for Pan Atlantic WASHINGTON—Plans revealed and then chartered to McLean Trucking Company. The latter last week to get Federal agencies firm has already asked the Inter-j out of businesses where private state Commerce Commission for operation is cheaper have not yet authority to purchase another firm, been e.xtended to the Navy's Mili­ S. C. Loveland, Inc., which oper­ tary Sea Transportation Service, ates barges, and to start its .trail­ although some MSTS activities cost the taxpayers more than six ership service. Sale of Pan Atlantic means times what they would in private abandonment by Waterman of ef­ industry. Accoidingly, Rep. Thor C. Tolforts to rebuild the coastwise trade into a major shijiping operation. Wson (R.-Wash.), head of the The coastwise and intercoastal House Merchant Marine Commit­ trades were badly hurt when ships tee in the last Congress, has intro­ were withdrawn during World War duced a bill to curb MSTS activi­ II for offshore runs. They have ties. The measure would direcLthe never succeeded in regaining their military to make gi-eater use of commercial ships in moving mili­ pre-war prominence. Ho'wever, Waterman will" con- tary cargoes and personnel over­ seas. The Government shipping oper­ ation has been sharply criticized by the SIU and all other segments of the maritime industry for com­ peting with private enterprise and taking cargoes which could be more economically handled by commercial shipping. Tollefson's committee last year urged drastid curbs on the agency's activities at a time when private-owned ship­ ping was in a slump. Auto Movements Criticized Figures cited by the Washington Congressman in support of his bill indicated that in 1954 MSTS mov­ ed 71,667 private, automobiles at a cost to the Government of $100 million,, or more than the total cost for the year of operating subsidies for the entire American merchant marine.- He further charged that he could not see how the shipment of private cars fell within the scope of MSTS resi)onsibilities in the first place. In another area, he* noted, MSTS movements of oil on its own tank­ ers cost $8.66 per thousand long ton miles compared to $1.40 on commercial tankers. On private tankers operating under contract to the agency, the cost was $2.33. MSTS Curb Asked, High Costs Cited Injured Seafarer Gets Special Aid Providing specialized aid not Vegularly called for in Flan, SIU Welfare Plan has presented. Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio this spe­ cial-type wheelchair, alsd leg braces, With Ruu3u]i;allio, in SI hospital with broken neck, is Welfare Services: rep. Tom Gould. # m �infcrir: SEAFARERS Page Six IPG A & G District Election Tabulation (CandidaU* with an astarlsk (*) bafera thair total* ara thosa who wara alactad) «';v K 11" Ifi • Sav a 4 2 259 56 2 17 8 0 4 8 0 0 64 -294 SP 7 228 8 2 7 0 252 W1I S«a • Sub-Total 116 a 2 •5A64 110 97 266 15 \14 46 6 4 129 0 0 2 0 0 6,423 117 133 585 1,084 27 150 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 59 1 4 0 64 276 8 10 0 294 230 22 0 0 2S2 112 125 S .1 4 0 0 0 117 133 72 6 1 0 79 575 1.052 37 182 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 58 3 3 6 64 266 23 5 0 294 228 24 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 73 5 1 0 79 571 1,049 41 185 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 263 58 26 3 5 3' 0 0 64 294 225 27 0 252 114 111 19 4 0 2 0 0 • 117 133 248 240 265 110 19 0 882 209 215 213 112 7 0 756 92 111 102 94 0 0 399 99 100 106 37 9 0 351 Bal 13 825 32 9 7 0 886 Nor 1 86 3 0 0 0 90 78 22 3 0 0 109 Ml 3 122 2 2 4 0 133 Back Assistant Sacratary-Traasurar J. Algina, A-1 136 1,689 497 No Votes 6 26 14 Voids 4 36 7 Write Ins 0 2 1 Totals 146 1,753 519 856 29 1 0 886 85 v5 0 0 90 96 12 0 1 109 131 1 1 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 Engine Assistant Secretary-Treasurer J. Volpian, V-1 127 1,674 489 No Votes t... 15 49 22 Voids 4 29 6 Write Ins 0 1 2 Totals 146 1,753 519 842 42 2 0 886 86 4 0 0 90 92 16 0 1 109 131 1 1 0 133 Steward Assistant Secretary-Treasurer E. Mooney, M-7.... 126 1,621 491 No Votes 15 99 18 Voids 4 28 9 Write Ins 1 5 1 Totals 146 1,753 519 829 55 2 0 886 86 4 0 0 90 91 17 0 1 109 129 3 1 0 133 Joint Assistant Sacratary-Traasurar (3) W. Hall, H-272 103 1,621 482 785 . H. Matthews, M-1.. 118 1,618 482 815 \ C. Simmons, S-1.... Ill 1,625 514 790 No Votes 82 293 55 262 Voids 24 97 21 6 Write Ins 0 5 3 0 Totals 436 5,259 1,557 2,658 80 80 84 26 0 0 270 73 85 82 80 4 3 327 126 129 129 9 6 0 399 Sacratary-Traasurar Bos NY W. Beyeler, 3 45 P. HaU, H-1 . 123 1,541 K. White. W-2 13 93 No Votes 3 11 Voids 4 62 Write Ins 0 1 Totals 146 1,753 Phi 5 489 7 1 17 0 519 Tsm Mob No 2 1 20 68 - 595 1,187 8 12 , 18 0.21 12 9 0 0 1 79 612 1,236 LC HOU 555 982 577 1,023 563 998 141 697 31 0 4 1 0 4 0 237 1,836 3,708 52 54 58 22 -6 0 192 68 68 e 111 3 ' 3 0 117 Boston Agent J. Sheehan, S-3.... 135 1,654 No Votes 7 73 Voids 4 24 Write Ins 0 2 Totals 146 1,753 499 11 » 1 519 822 52 11 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 90 10 0 0 109 130 2 1 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 568 1.060 44 174 1 0 1 0 612 1,236 60 2 2 0 M 271 ' 231 13 21 10 0 0 0 294 252 103 7 2 0 117 108 7 2 0 117 Boston Joint Patrolman J. Sweeney, SO.... 140 1,625 No Votes 2 107 Voids 4 21 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 500 14 , 5 ' 0 519 815 TO 1 9 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 15 0 1 109 129 3 1 0 133 68 10 1 0 79 556 1,045 56 190 1 0 0 0 612 1,236 58 3 2 0 64 260 16 9 0 294 229 23 0 0 252 118 15 0 0 133 104 10 3 0 117 New York Dock Patrolman (3) A. Arnold, A-147... 37 310 54 100 A. Bjornsson, B-34.. 31 300 37 89 M. Colucei, C-3 70 1,203 442 677 L, Goffin, G-7 98 1,437 446 734 T. Gould, G-267.... 77 1,340 429 734 J. Pasinosky, P-68 . 23 277 71 63 (No Votes 81 163 35 242 'Voids 21 228 42 19 Write Ins 0 1 1 0 Totals 438 5,259 1,557 2,658 8 6 77 82 75 9 13 0 0 270 39 21 50 78 50 26 57 5 1 327 3 5 129 126 113 5 6 12 0 399 112 11 53 84 6 26 62 534 958 63 557 1,014 63 547 1,001 9 31 83 382 19 76 72 4 12 0 0 2 237 1,836 3,708 9 2 50 51 54 5 6 15 0 192 60 34 203 235 207 39 73 31 0 882 40 31 170 202 191 36 77 9 0 756 50 36 70 84 83 17 59 0 0 399 31 22 72 90 87 21 16 12 0 351 Now York Engine Patrolman (3) T. Babkowski, B-1.. 90 1,379 462 730 p. Bush, B-9 49 482 05 Ifgl T. Clark, C-5 101 1,545 479 766 W. Siekmann, S-7... 101 1.523 463 750 No Votes 72 187 41 228 Voids 25 141 24. , 16 Write Ins 0 2 3 0 Totals 438 5.259 1,557 2,658 76 14 83 81 16 0 0 270 54 59 74 78 55 4 3 327 121 10 123 121 8 16 0 399 65 550 948 56 232 8 563 1,054 67 68 563 1,029 <13 22 92 7 12 30 0 0 2 237 1,836 3,708 54 11 56 54 10 7 0 192 220 73 251 245 74 19 0 882 195 53 210 208 84 6 0 756 93 49 101 95 61 0 0 399 90 41 97 94 20 9 0 351 Now York Stewards P. Gonsorchik, G-2.. H. Guinier, G-3 P. Stewart, S-8 No Votes Voids Write Ins Totals 82 83 85 20 0 O 270 83 84 82 76 0 2 327 131 127 127 11 3 0 399 564 73 565 70 560 70 138 23 9 1 0 0. 237 1,836 59 56 59 14 4 O 192 261 259 259 88 15 0 882 228 218 222 77 11 0 756 107 108 118 66 0 0 399 103 96 105 36 11 0 351 5 75 74 3 9 76 4 68 9 76 78 5 123 122 6 5 121 3 119 2 122 122 6 42 0 798 16 45 121 60 526 963 65 543 993 5 49 79 125 9 51 962 64 525 7 115 30 909 60 520 125 9 49 844 540 64 560 1,005 68 46 996 206 1 28 174 0 5 0 474 3,672 7,416 Patrolman (3) 115 1,670 490 783 117 1,662 489 773 Ill 1,662 495 792 85 178 52 294 10 82 28 16 o 5 3 o 438 5,259 1,557 2,658 1,021 1,003 1,015 660 6 3 3,708 New York Joint Patrolman (t) H. Barrett, B-86... 33 382 F. Bose, B-4 80 1,350 M. Breitholl, B-2..,. 88 1,444 L. Bruce, B-158 18 254 J. Dawson, D-82 33 331 R. Humphries, H-4.. 87 1,281 A. Lake, L-41 29 357 E. McAuley, M-20.. 70 1,237 C. Stevens, S-56 43 339 K. Terpe, T-3 91 1,352 E. TUley, T-2 102 1,413 No Votes 164 412 Voids 38 366 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 876 10,518 57 445 456 36 47 442 54 438 59 408 438 106 126 2 3,114 106 695 698 80 100 662 96 626 123 726 743 638 18 0 5,316 18 0 540 33 64 66 21 25 61 21 84 33 69 89 85 1 2 654 Philadelphia Agent A. Cardullo, C-1.... 115 1,608 No Votes 25 110 Voids 5 23 Write Ins 1 7 Totals 146 1.753 492 17 6 4 519 788 92 2 4 886 87 3 0 0 90 89 15 0 5 109 132 0 1 • 0 133 71 7 1 0 79 545 1,041 67 191 0 1 0 3 612 1,236 Philadelphia Joint Patrolman S. Bergeria, B-179 .' 15 167 J. Hetzell, H-6 72 1,215 H. Webber, W-365.. 30 261 No Votes 24 55 Voids 5 55 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 17 458 19 6 19 0 519 47 702 79 55 3 0 886 4 81 3 2, 0 0 90 11 52 31 13 2 0 109 3 115 5 2 0 133 13 50 8 7 1 0 79 Baltimore Agent ' E. Sheppard, S-2.., 125 1,647 No Votes 16 78 Voids 4 25 Write Ins 1 3 Totals 146 1,753 500 13 6 0 519 ' 849 34 2 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 94 13 0 2 109 132 0 1 0 133 Baltimore Deck Patrolman W. Hendershot, H-327. 21 259 L. Johnson, J-2 103 1,391 No Votes 16 .55 Voids 6 47 Write Ins 0 1 Totals 146 1,753 45 451 12 11 0 519 64 784 35 3 0 886 4 84 2 0 0 90 28 69 10 2 0 109 Baltimore Engine Patrolman F. Stansbury, S-22.. 119 1,021 No Votes 23 106 Voids 4 26 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 492 19 8 0 519 844 41 1 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 Baltimore Steward Patrolman jr. De George, D-2 . 65 1,202 A. Gowder, G-352.. 31 185 G. Hazen. H-386 .. 7 138 A. Kavel. Jr< K-79 . 8 120 No Votes 25 48 Voids 10 58 Write Ins 0 2 Totals 148 1,753 425 30 24 12 15 13 0 919 684 62 55 20 59 6 9 <86 77 6 2 1 3 1 0 90 , 45 68 5 48 45 36 49 209 186 72 . 67 212 52 220 92 100 4 28 16 21 11 43 8 34 31 34 228 50 161 74 70 6 45 36 22 28 52 210 163 74 58 49 5 40 33 49 57 230 187 85 83 54 237 212 116 97 35 175 136 42 190 7 24 19 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 384 1,764 1,512 - 798 702 57 4 2 64 270 19 4 1 294 222 120 26 13 4 0 0. 0 252 133 3 1 117 16 50 510 959 '40 114 104 36 9 10 0 0 612 1,236 3 52 4 1 4 0 64 24 200 39 20 11 0 294 27 182 25 17 1 0 252 21 67 35 10 0 0 133 10 73 28 3 3 0 117 68 10 1 0 79 577 1,090 35 143 0 0 0 3 612 1,236 58 4 2 0 64 273 . 232 15 20 6 0 0 0 294 252 124 8 0 1 133 109 5 3 0 117 4 126 2 1 0 133 30 91 558 1,033 22 108 0 4 2 0 612 1,236 4 52 5 3 0 64 40 224 20 10 0 294 27 208 16 1 26 4 1 0 79 232 98 9 0 0 133 16 86 1 4 0 117 94 15 0 0 109 129 3 1 0 133 68 10 1 0 79 561 1,040 51 196 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 264 23 7 0 294 226 26 0 0 .252 118 15 0 0 133 109 6 2 0 .117 45 -29 13 9 11 2 9 109 lis 60 527 986 2 31 67 6 15 41 0 13 27 4 25 104 1 1 11 O O 79. 612 1,236 63 4 1 0 3 3 0 64. 190 44 20 9 21 10 0 294 a f 5 1 2 3 7 0 133 (Continued on page 16) • 1 e 159 62 36 28 16 12 20 22 1^ 9 1 0 1 0 133r 252 105 a 59 25 10 11 4 2 e 117 Pebrnary 4, 1955 SHI, A&G Hq. Tallying Committee's Report February 3, 1955 certifications, with respect to ros­ Including Port of New York as ters, stubs, unused ballots, and used ballots. Including the open­ Well As All Others •6,033 316 To Be Read at "Election Report" ing of the ballot box. 69 Meeting of February 9. 1955 5 The breakdown of the total votes 6,423 We, the undersigned Headquar­ cast in the Port of New York is ters Tallying Committee, duly given in the Port by Port break­ •5,923 elected at the regular business down later in this report. 440 55 meeting of January 26th, 1955, at The Committee has checked in­ 5 6,423 Headquarters, submit the follow­ voice No. 7654 received from the ing report and recommendations: printer, Brandt & Brandt, Who We met with Claude Simmons, printed the ballots that were used •5,837 521 who is the Port Agent for the Port in the conduction of our Union 58 of New York under the terms of election for the Election of 19559 Union Constitution, who 1956 officers of the Seafarers In­ 6,423 our turned over to us the ballot box ternational Union of North Amer­ •5,575 for the Port of New York. At the ica, Atlantic and Gulf District. We •5,715 time of turning the ballot box over find that the bill was for 10,000 •5,709 to this Committee, he also gave ballots paid with our General Fund 2.051 204 each of us a copy of the Union check No. 5211, dated December 15 Constitution, as well as a letter 29, 1954. 19,269 that bad been sent to all Port tally­ Of the ten thousand ballots, one ing committees by Paul Hall. He thousand were set up to be used •5,9.18 438 suggested that we read those sec­ as sample ballots. The Committee 64 tions of our Constitution dealing has checked and we find that in ' 5 6.423 with the Headquarters Tallying -Headquarters there are still seven Committee in detail, as well as the hundred and thirty sample ballots letter of instructions sent to the that have never been used. We •5,837 537 Port Agents referred to above. have on hand in Headquarters of­ 43 The Committee then took over fices signed receipts from the fol­ 1 6,423 one of the pool rooms on the sec­ lowing ports for the following ond deck of our Headquarters amount of sample ballots, broken 917 building as the place in which we down, as follows: 730 would do our work while in ses­ •4,767 sion. Our sessions were open to FORT BALLOTS •5,297 •5,051 all membera. There were no in­ Boston 10 715 New York 1,305 stances of misconduct. 482 Our first action was to accept Philadelphia ,,. 3 from among ourselves, Walter Baltimore 19,269 Reidy, as Chairman of the Com­ Norfolk mittee. The Committee then des­ Miami •5,127 Tampa 1,300 ignated the Chairman to request 10 •5,570 Claude Simmons, the New York TVIobile 35 •5,473 New Orleans ... 1,383 Port Agent, to furnish us with 316 someone who would know where Lake Charles' .,, 10 Houston 19,269 all the files, election material, and so forth would be, in addition to San Francisco .. 10 having the combination to the Wilmington .... 10 •5,770 •5,710 vault so that we could lock the Seattle •5,762 ballots up for safe-keeping at any 1,818 196 time we so desired. In answer to TOTAL 240 13 this request, A1 Kerr, the Union 19,269 Office Manager, was assigned to The Committee was also shown work with the Committee, He car­ a carbon of the form letter that 1,005 was sent to Savannah on the •4,964 ried out our orders at all times. •5,225 We then received from the sample ballots, which was identi­ 631 885 Headquarters offices all of the files cally the same letter that went •4,864 relative to the conduct of the elec­ to all ports. The Port of Savannah 853 we found was sent ten (10) sample ballotts •4,694 tion. From the files, 967 signed receipts for ballots No. 6751 but they have informed Head­ *4,934 through No. 7500 and No. 7751 quarters that they never received •5;339 3,282 through No. 8950, which had been them, although all other ports have 886 issued to the Port of New York sent in signed receipts that they 9 38,538 and signed"^for by Claude Sim­ did receive their sample ballots. mons. We have also. seen a, letter. from The Committee then checked the,printer wherein he states that •5,742 597 the stubs that were in the ballot he took twenty (20) of the sample 57 27 box and found that they numbered ballots for his files. ,When taking 6,423 from No. 6751 through Nq. 7500 into consideration the samplg bal­ and No. 7751 through No. 875% lots that are on hand in Head­ 428 The numbers from the. stubs, when quarters, the receipts for sample •4,788 checked against the used and un­ ballots sent to the outports, and 721 335 used ballots, were found to coin­ the letter from the printer, we 131 cide with the numbers of the bal­ have accounted for nine hundred 0 6423 lots that had been issued to the and ninety (990) of the one thou­ sand sample ballots that were Port of New York. printed. If Savannah did not re­ Your Commute then checked •5,965 397 the dates of the voting rosters and ceive the ten (10) ballots previous­ 50 compared them against the min­ ly mentioned, then we, the Com­ 11 6,423 utes of.the special meetings for mittee, must of necessity presume the election of Polls Committees that the ballots were lost in the 667 in this port. We found in every in­ mail, and by so. doing we have# *5,343 stance that Polls Committee had accounted for the one thousand 317 93 been duly elected for the days on -sample ballots that were made up 3 which voting had been conducted by the pi-inter. 6,423 in the Port of New York, We, the Committee, have We checked the unused ballots checked the files of Headquarters •5,829 that were on hand that bad been offices and seen signed receipts 542 52 issued to the Port of New York. by the various Port Agents for 0 6,423 We found that unused ballots No. the official ballots that had been 8754 through No. 8950 were on sent to them by Heaquartcrs offices. hand in the Port of New York. As We. have checked these signed •4,715 585 stated before, the stubs for these receipts and the serial numbers 307 unused ballots checked out. on them against the loose stubs 274 Your Committee then com­ received, and against the stubs still 353 126 menced counting the votes that attached to the unused ballots. 3 6,423 had been cast during the election 9,000 ballots were sent to all Ports, in the Port-of New-York:. The the stubs on them bearing serial Committe« inserted the proper (Continued on page 16) �FebroMT 4. 1058 SEA¥ AREKS Page Serea LOG Report Sees US Vessels ITF Seeks Inter national Obsolete In Five Years Action Against 'Runaways' - - WASHINGTON—A forecast that nine out of every ten ships in the American merchant fleet will be unprofitable to operate after 1960 has already come true for many seamen and shipowners hard hit in recent years by stepped-up for­ and since they are newer, they eign competition and dwin­ also have the benefit of advances dling military cargoes. The report released by the American Merchant Marine Institute, a major shipowners' group, offered the somber prediction as part of a year-end statement. The problem of old age will also hit the US merchant fleet at th.e same time, since most active Athericanflag vessels today were built after 1940. A 20-year life span is the rule for most ships. Moreover, the average age of foreign ships is considerably less than that of American vessels, fc . Steelore In Drydock With the assistance of an es­ cort of tugs, the crippled orecarrier Steelore reached its home port of Sparrows Point, Maryland, last week after a near sinking in stormy Atlantic coastal waters. An engineering survey is now in process to determine the ex­ tent of bottom damage and the cost of repair work. The Steelore was in serious danger of capsizing after a severe storm led to a break in a vent pipe which sent tons of water cascading into her port side ballast tank. For five days, January 13 through 18, the crew fought the water with pumps after patching the damage as best as they could. A 15-degree list that threatened the ship and caused her to send out an SOS the morning of the 14th was corrected aud subsequently the vessel was towed into Morehead City, North Carolina, by the tug Curb. From there 4he Curb, assisted by other tugs, took the Steelore up the Coast to Sparrows Point. • The 22,000-ton ore carrier was enroute from Venezuela with a full load of iron ore at the time. She carried a crew of 32 Seafarers and. nine officers. GENEVA, Switzerland—A formal complaint that wage and safety standards on "run­ away" ships operating under foreign "flags of convenience" are killing the shipping indus­ tries of bona fide maritime nations has been put before the International Labor Organization here. The beef was documented ington. The MA has okayed a by the Seafarers' section of switch from American flag and reg­ in construction, design and ma­ the International Transportworkers istry for 68 Liberty-type ships in chinery which permit lower operat­ Federation which includes the SIU less than six months. Nearly 30 ing costs in today's market. Much and other sea unions in the US and more freighters, tankers and pas­ lower wage and safety standards throughout the free world. The senger vessels of various types have also widen the gap between US- problem of phony ship registra­ flag and foreign-flag ship operat­ tions has reachedi such proportions, been allo\^ed to shift to foreign registries during the same period ing costs. the ITF charged, that it will seek by the Federal ship agency. In its statement, the AMMI hail­ international action to enforce fair The policy has been sharply ed the passage in Congress last standards aboard the "runaways." year of the "50-50" law requiring Panama, Honduras, Liberia and criticized for creating a shortage WASHINGTON — Far-reaching at least half of all Government- Costa Rico were cited as the na­ of shipping under the US flag at interpretations of the law by a time when the US Foreign Opera­ financed cargoes to be moved in tions principally responsible for American ships and the policy of the situation. The ITF reported tions Administration requires huge Louisiana state • courts which en­ the Maritime Administration in that 845 ships are now under the amounts of tonnage for the move­ abled two huge sugar producing ment of 10 million tons of coal and and processing corporatfons to permitting transfers of many flags of these tiny republics. vast quantities of agricultural sur­ break a strike of Louisiana sugar­ American vessels to foreign flags, cane plantation workers could Lull in Transfers pluses overseas. as specific aids to the US industry*. have destructive effect on all un­ Action by the ITF highlighted a On the latter item, of course-, it The situation has raised the pos­ overlooked the added competition three-week period in which for the sibility that ships may have to be ions, according to the National to American ships posed by US first time in months, no ship trans­ taken out of the mothball fleets to Agricultural Workers Union, AFT'The ne^ affect of the state rul­ vessels now opierating as "runa­ fers were approved by the US meet FOA needs. It has also meant ings is to put the union out of Maritime Administration in Wash- that additional ships have been al­ ways" under foreign registry. business in its attempt to organize lowed to operate un^er below- the plantations. However,, the de­ standard conditions prevailing in cision handed down in the Louisi­ the foreign fleets, thus increasing ana Supreme Court on January 10 the slump in American shipping creates a precedent for barring due to undercutting practices by w orkers in many industries from foreign ship operators. striking or picketing their employ­ ers. Call For Probe Declare Emergency WASHINGTON—Non-immigrant alien seamen are again In pressing its complaint before The decision based on the reminded that they must obtain a visitor's visa by June 30, the ILQ, the ITF urged the world novel theory thatwas workers engaged labor agency to investigate what 1955, in order to re-enter the United States. The regulation can be done to "minimize the ad­ in an industry of primary impor­ applies to seamen on both^ ^ tance to a community may not American-flag and foreign-flag the sole responsibility for obtain­ verse effect" of the growing fleets hold a work ^ppage or picket for vessels, but not to resident ing the visa. Accordingly, non-im­ of llrunaway" ships on legitimate union recognition during an emer­ migrant alien seamen are urged to mai-itime countries. Nations which gency period of production. The aliens. Under the McCarran Act and contact the American consul where permit the "runaway" ship opera­ sugar cane plantation workers various rulings by the Immigration their applications are filed as tions do not impose any regulations struck the Godcuaux Sugars and or standards of their own on the South Coast Corporations right in and Naturalization Service, the quickly as possible. transferred ships. State Department and other Fed­ the pocketbook by walking out dur­ Takes Months ITF has for.several years been ing the harvest season of 1953. eral agencies, all non-immigrant Since issuance of a visa ordi­ alien seamen must have a visa narily takes several iflonths, be­ seeking to police the foreign ship The courts said this constituted from an American consul in order cause of the number of forms fleets which operate under wages an emergency and could not be to land in the US on or after July which must be filed and the in­ and conditions far below thase for permitted because of damage to 1, 1955. Failure to obtain one may quiries that have to be made, it is seamen in the US and in other the employers' property. Perma­ make the seaman subject to dc- suggested that an offer to pay the regular maritime countries. In nent injunctions against union portation. In^addition, the master, cost of cables, if required, might 1950, its campaign attracted- world strike and picketing activities were owner or opm-ator of the ship will expedite the necessary investiga­ attention when, in a drive by the granted on this basis. be liable to a $1,000 fine for bring­ tion. SIU and SlU-affiliated Sailors The NAWU, according to H. L. ing him to the US. Once obtained, the visa is valid Union of the Pacific, the SUP suc­ Mitchell, president, is readying a for two years from the date of is­ ceeded in establishing US wages speedy appeal of the rulings to the Union, Co's Cooperate While the SIU and some steam­ sue, after which it has to be re­ and conditions aboard a 'Panaman­ US Supreme Court. Last year the Louisiana state ship companies have cooperated in newed. In any event, resident alien ian-flag vessel, the Phopho. The assisting non-immigrant aliens in seamen lawfully admitted to the ship, later renamed the Harry legislature joined the anti-union obtaining visas by filing the neces­ US for permanent residence are Lundeberg, was wrecked off Lower parade by enacting a so-called sary forms with the- American not involved. No application has California last Feb. 8 with no loss "Right to work" law. The law out­ laws union security provisions. of life. consul, the men involved still have to be filed by these seamen. La. Strike Ban Threat To Unions Visa Deadline Near For Non-lmmigranfs Cartoon History Of The SIU - Bridges' ttaid Fails J| >• a '• -^1 No. 82 M . wccober, 1950, the West Coast longshore union led by Harry Bridges launched a new attack against the SlU-affUiated Sailors Union of the Paciflc. The SIU assured the SUP its full support in the beef, which involved the loading and unloading of lumber on ateamschbbners, traditionally sailors' work. When the Commie-led longshore group began pres­ suring the shipowners for the steamschooner jobs and - refused to supply men to do other work on the ships, the SUP retaliated by fi-eezing several of the lumber ports. It promised a total shutdown of ship­ ping if the raid was not called off. Unions in the area backed the SUP as Sailors began working ships without using longshoremen, and the dispute dragged into the courts and before the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board. In May, 1951, the SUP got the full backing of the AFL Executive Coun­ cil. It warned that nq raids would be tolerated. �• ,:t. • ' \' Paffe Eiffht MARITIME I K':": Ifv,,.' I. H^:'V :W-V Pebruaiy 4, 1955 SEAFAnERS tb^G MEEt THE SEAFARER The first Japanese sliip to come to Yugoslavia since World War II, the 7,730-ton Yokohama Maru, unloaded 1,200 tons of Japanese textile machinery at the port of Split last month. A second Japanese ship is on her way there... A maritime court in Hamburg has criticized JOHN B- SWIDERSKI, bosun a German sea captain charged with cowardice by members of his crew for not trying to rescue 12 men off the wreck of the Dutch The hard-up coal towns of east­ signed up with the Union an(J^ I'vecoaster Carpo near England last Nov. 27. The court ruled that Cap­ ern Pennsylvania have exported certainly been satisfied with that Quesflon: Do you'bave any sug­ quite a few of their sons to the big decision.'" tain Franz Krammer should have kept his Liberian tanker Casino gestions for improving mail service cities. A • good number of them standing by until all hope for sutvivoi-s had vanished. Swiderski got his membership to the ships? have wound up in occqpations such book in 1948, and like many other 4< . 4" . 4 as seafaring where the hard physi­ Seafarers stuck with the tankships A new attraction has been added to the many features of the liner D. Diaz, bosun: I think that mail cal labor they-becanae accustomed through the rest, of the four-year United States, in the form of two special CinemaScope motion-picture screens. The $12,000 wide screen installation makes the US Lines to the ships should be sent care of to in the mines serves them well. battle until Cities Service finally the seamen's club Among them is Seafarer John B. discarded its company-union rig speed queen the first North Atlantic passenger vessel to boast the new in the port, since Swiderski, formerly of Wilkes'- and threw in the sponge in 1950. movie aid.. Sole bidder for any of the five fffariner-type ships of­ there is a sea­ Barre, Pa. fered for charter by the Maritime Administration recently, American Far East Runs men's club al­ President Lines bid $33,850 a month for charter of the Oid Dominion Since then Swiderski has been John, who is -39 now, followed most everywhere Mariner, and will use the ship in its 'round-the-worid service. sticking to Far East freight runs, where we can the traditional pattern of the coal principally with Isthmian when he fields. His father had been a. 4 4 4 pick up our let­ Arrival in New York of the Israeli motorship Dagan last week ters and pack­ miner and at 14 years of age, he can get them. "I like to work" marked the maiden voykge of the first ship-built by Germany as part ages. Most of the went to work in the anthracite he said, "and if you put out the of a reparations agreement with Israel. Owned by the Zim-Israel time the company funnels on the night shift, while work there's usually plenty of Navigation Co., the 7,000-ton cargo liner was designed to carry fruit agents do not for­ going to school in the daytime. In overtime, which makes me happy. and general caigo and can do up to 15 knots. She will be joined ward mail when the ship leaves. those days before oil became king, I m willing to put in the time and fihortly by three sister ships. anthracite was still very much in the w'^rk if I get paid for it." This causes mucfl of the delay. demand in the big eastern cities When he gets on a ship, he said, ' 4 4 4 ^ 4 4 4 he likes .to stick with it a while, The Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service has shipped its Harold Orkofsky, MM: Since as a heating fuel. Three years later Swiderski went making two or three long-run trips 10,000,000th ton of cargo out of the Qiilf of Mexico aboard the Lykes there are only two or three key down in a mine one day and was before he calls it quits. That way freighter Norm'aU Lykes in New Orleans. According to MSTS, the ports on any run, great bulk of this cargo has been moved on privately-owned US ships the mail should lilSiiiiiflSIS lucky to come up alive. He was he accumulates a nice-sized payoff since the Gulf cargo area for MSTS was set up in October, 1949... be addressed to caught in a roof cave-in and was which allows for some time on the Now being fitted with stabilizer fins to counteract rolling at sea, the these places only, badly banged up. That decided beach if he wants it. Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth will be the largest ship to be fitted with instead of any him on trying his hand at some Hawaii Stop this device and the first to have a double set. The ship will have two one of a dozen other line of work where a man One trip proved longer than he fins on each side, one pair amidships and the other placed forward places on the had better chance of coming home bargained for. He caught the Steel and operated separately. The fins are about 14 feet long and 7 feet way. Then, if the for supper in one piece. ^ Flyer in 1951, for a run to Hono­ mall misses the wide and are operated hydraulically with gyro control. In the long run, the accident lulu which dragged out to 5'/i ship, it can be was a piece of good fortune in dis­ months. That was because several 4 4 4 guise because it led him indirectly Isthmian ships were hung up by Originally launched without a name, the 30,000-deadweight-ton su­ sent along to the pertanker Olympic Sun wiil finally be put to work in one of the fleets next key port in plenty of time for into the SIU, while the men who Harry Bridges in a beef over the scayed behind and worked the Isthmian engineers who had gone operated by Aristotle Socrates Onassis under the Liberian flag. The the seaman to receive it. mines are finding it increasingly over to the SlU-affiliated BME. It ship was withdrawn from sale after there were no takers for a re­ Peter Artour, ^B; ^ail to the difficult to make a living. wasn't much fun being stuck in ported offer to sell h^ at 25 percent below her cost of $8 million... Hawaii, which is an expensive port, Canadian Vickers LtdHast month laid the keel for a 4,000-deadweight- ships has always been loused up Worked on Docks because nobody so all hands were more thaif ton ore carrier designed to ply between Skagway, Alaska, and Van­ at some of these • John headed for New York and pleased when the ship pulled out couver, BC. The ship will carry lead, zinc and asbestos. It is one of companies both­ the docks, working for some time for the homeward voyage? a handful of new ship units under construction for the depressed ers to forward it as a longshoreman. One day a Canadian maritime industry. Swiderski was also aboard tlie ahead, or the United Fruit ship needed a man in Steel Apprentice when the ship 4 4 4 agents sit on it a hurry and Swiderski was hired embarrassed itself by running into Ward Line has taken over the management and agency of the Dom­ when It arrives off the dock. The company got a lighthouse down in Philadelphia. inican Steamship Line, known as Flota Mercante Dominicana C. por and then send it him seamen's papers and he was "We would have hit it head on." A. The company operates direct weekly sailings between New York back to the com­ all set in a new career. he said, "If it wasn't for Eddie end Trujillo City.. .The first excavation contract on the St. Lawrence pany office in the Swiderski sailed on NMU ships Kacsur who was OS'on the bow at Seaway has been awarded to the Badgett Mine Stripping Corp of MadStates. The whole for a while, but in 1947 that union isonville, Ky. - , problem depends on the coopera­ started having serious internal dif­ the time." As it was, the light­ 4 4 4 tion of all the shipping companies. ficulties so he got a'job as OS house was knocked over and the ship had a good-sized scar to show A "Maritime" item in the last issue reporting that Philadelphia 4 4 4 aboard a Cities Service tanker. for the encounter. was the "nation's second most active port" in vessel arrivals and George. Dackn, chief steward: Shortly afterward he was promoted departures last year apparently has one staunch Baltimorean Married and the father of four The best way to get mail to the to bosun. steaming. In no uncertain terms, this Seafarer called Philadelphia children, Swiderski lives down in ships is through an "upstart" which couldn't top Baltimore in anything. Figures "Tl.e SIU and NMU were both the Coney Island section of Brook­ the company supplied by the Maritime Ass'n of the Port of NY, however, hold organizing in Cities Service then," lyn. He finds sailing with tlie agents in the dif­ firm. Baltimore ran third, trailed by San Francisco and New Or­ he recalled, "and I Was contacted Union the best way of balancing " ferent ports. leans, in that order. The statistic used merely concerns ship arrivals by both sides to sign a pledge card. the family budget and getting good When they coop­ and departures. It didn't involve dollar volume of cargo cargo Johnny Arabasz, who was the SIU- conditions on the job as well and erate, we get the volume or anything else like that. New York, of course, was first. orgauizer, didn't have much of a looks back on the coal mine cavemail right away. job selling me on the SIU. I in as a lucky break. Most of the dei lays I've found have been on the G 0 vernment ships, where the agents just sat on ACROSS . Pi-sli Elm 41. Lecture the mail and didn't bring it aboard. 1. "As I It." The "YamaCreek 43. Where Bath is Under pressure from the Otis was covered by a Union contract, a Log column - Girl" 45. God of war Island group 4 4 4. 25. Mast 47. City in Pa. Elevator Company to give up cer­ compared to eight out of ten fac­ Collide with in Indonesia Fred J. Johnson, 2nd cook: What 26. Fight 48. .Symbol of a Things for the Ship's boss -27. Great French line we have to do is to get after the tain contract benefits, the CIO tory workers in those same cities. hold writer Final passage 49. North Sea Electrical Workers, Local 453, are In most instances, office workers Noun ending 28. Island SW of company agents negotiating several items with the were covered by the same union river Swears Efate 80. Trinidad Man's name overseas and company. The firm has threats that had a contract for factory Coastal port 30. Llgni Egg-shaped product Summer, in make sure they ened to close down its Yonkers, workers with the company. 33. Sally of the What they pay 81. Compass Paris fans off in direction bring it to the New York, plant and run away to 35. Courage 82. 17. City on the Bottom of Weight of India 4 4 4 ship. Sending the midwest if it did not get tax 38. Suit maker Channel harbor Takes a beating After 37 years, hat workers at A gas company mail to the com­ Voyage (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) relief and a better contract. Ap­ Canadian pany offices won't proximately 2,100 workers are af­ the Frank H. Lee Company, Dancapital bury, Conn, got union representa­ Take the helm help, because fected. Ship's timbers tion again. Workers voted 316 they first have to Steep 4 4 4 to 221 in an NLRB election to be Kind of tide send it to the A Ford Motor Company spokes­ 40 winks agents anyway. If man denied reports that the firm represented by the AFL United Clerk on a passenger slilp our people send mall to the agents would grant a guaranteed annudl Hatters Union. The union had a A canal ^ contract at the plant until 1917 direct, we sTiould get it. Past time wage to the CIO Auto Workers in when it lost it during a strike. Chow up 4 4 4 its new contract. The union has Composer of John Abraham, AB: I don't get already made clear that it would Lee is one of four major men's "The Merry Widow" too much mail on the ship, but present the demands as a key is­ hat companies. River, NJ 4 4 4 when I do it's be­ Titler sue. The company spokesman The battle against "right-tocause the agents Park on Mt. said no decision would be made un­ Desert Is. are on the job 46. Outmoded til contract talks got underway in work" laws which outlaw union security is being taken up anew as and don't hold it garment the near future. Singing voice state legislatures meet this winter. back. If the ship­ Type of ship 4 4 4 AFL unions in Pennsylvania rep­ ping companies Slant A number. Despite years of organizing ef­ resenting 300,000 members have will provide the Man's name forts, unions have persuaded very launched a campaign to block right addresses Cons A sea few white collar workers to join "right-to-work" legislation, while for the different Sooner than up, according to a US Labor De­ in Missouri the AFL State Federa­ ports, we will al­ partment survey. The survey tion and CIO Industrial Council DOWN ways get the mail. I don't think there is any showed that only one out of six of­ have joined forces to fight a proOver the —— fice^-SvioikeYs In Imajbr ' trS''Cities poseci refere'ndum move. Mr. Slaughter othdf "wiiytb'dlB'ii • • • ,• • • " • /•' .• • •' '• - •*. �Febrnary i, 1955 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS^ LOG Published biweekly by the'Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NV. Tel HVacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFABERS NEW YORK. LEHER PAui. HALL, Hearetary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVII. No. 9 February 4. 1955 Editor, HEHBERT BRAND; Manogir.g Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN: P.'icto Editor. DANIEL MLVA: Staff iVriters, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIM SPIVAPK AL MASKIN". Gun Area Reporter, Eiti MOODV. Ojliii Page Nina LOG IS OM Mrr.HSRel IRY geXTCcbs/ WEEK Aits^0*kM IIM MfflBits i The extent to which anti-union sentiments have penetrated is illustrated by a story out of Louisiana, a state which last Wants Magazines •< ear adopted a phony "right to work" lav.^ The Louisiana Placed On Ships State Supreme Court has ruled that the AFL Agricultural To the Editor: V/orh.ers cannot strike against ma. or sugar plantations during I am now aboard the Alcoa ' tae harvest season. Jn enjoining a strike against two large Planter, enroute to Bremen, Ger­ . plantations the court declared that strikes in the "emergency many, and I am writing this to pass period" were illegal because they "damaged the employers' along to you an idea I have bad for quite a while. property." ' ; Th's is a thinly-disguised rationalization that could be used Some time ago the SEAFARERS to" ban every strike that ever was called. Obviously, a union < LOG asked for suggestions about is f • 0 c? i. ' 1: "^a n " -MM production has improving the SIU libraries aboard ships. Many suggestions were . come to a halt and nobody is working. Under the Louisiana the given—such as including encyclo­ Court's ineory, evary sinke invoiving perishables could be pedias, almanacs, dictionaries and outlf"we:l for "d^-maplry rn employers', nrpnerty." To carry it books of reference—and these were to an extreme, it would apply if Seafarers hung up a ship excellent. and five nounds of but'ter spoiled in the dairy box. . However, I did not see anyone The AJ''L union involved intends to carry the fight to higher come up with a suggestion for put­ courts, where it is very likely the decision will be reversed. ting old maga­ But meanwhile, the exploited sugar workers have been de­ zines aboard the prived of their right to strike and possibly have lost their ships, and that is rajf idea. As for chance to get any improvement in their conditions. V I • M .'3 to ' e -"c s 0° goiierr . onti-unlon almosphere , the magazines be­ old— don't in which such decisions breed. If a state court can convince ing forget that no itself that such a finding represents the law of the land, it reading matter is reflects an unhealthy mood to say the least. really old to" us 4. 4. Sea gypsies. % Vote ^ Thanks It's normal for Seafarers who have been sailing for some-time to take some of the everyday pro­ cedures of Union operations for granted because they are used to them and understand their reason for being. Not so the newcomer, who often might be puzzled by something that might seem simple and obvious to the oldtimer. On the Hurricane for example, a newcomer raised a question about the practice of standing one minute in silence at every ship­ board meeting. Ship's delegate Raymond H. Ulatowski explained what the ceremony was about to the man's satisfaction. It might not be a bad idea from time to time for delegates to take up little points of meeting proce­ dure, particularly if the ship hap­ pens to be carrying crewmembers who are not too familiar with Union procedures or with Robert's Rules of order by which meetings are conducted. Ulatowski sails in the engine de­ partment, usually as electrician. He's 30 yeai-s old and joined the SIU in April, 1948. New Britain, Connecticut, is his home town, With all of the Araffues Union's activities At this writing the United Nations is attempting to corral to improve the well-being of the as college scholar­ the Chinese Communists into a conference room in order to members—such and art contests—I •ft'onder avi-Ive I . a 'oeacaLtu o. uvlon of ther' crmosa problem. Chances ships why the Union has not seen Rt to are considered fair that the UN will succeed, but in the mean­ provide the men on the ships with time the Chinese Communists are talking fight in very bellig­ the gold mine of information and erent terms. They are i-eported to have assured Burma and education contained in old maga­ India in full seriousness that they intend to take Formosa zines. Perhaps it is simply be­ • one way or another, by force if necessary. cause no one has thought of the This threat is being taken very seriously in Washington. idea.' At any rate, I. think most of the One way of meeting it now being employed is a show of strength by US Armed Forces in the area. Backing up this men on the ships would enjoy hav­ show of strength" over 6,000 miles from home requires the ing copies of such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Time, services of a large segment of the US merchant piarine. Newsweek, Reader's Digesi, Ameri­ It is no secret that plenty of ships and considerable quan­ can, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and tities of cargo have been going to Formosa in recent months. Argosy. , The pace is likely to be stepped up considerably from now I also know many men who ; on in. That means that American seamen will be sitting in would enjoy reading magazines like ' the ringside seat of another world crisis like so many that have True Detective and Detective ,gone before. \ Weekly. With most of us the oomic In one important respect the current crisis in the Formosa books also go over very big. Wants Technical Periodicals area differs Considerably from Korea as far as merchant ships go. Formosa and the other Nationalist-occupied territories Most important of all, I think are islands../Fighting already going on involves .ships and the crewmembers should be intro­ planes more than land forces. If the fighting steps up, US duced to the professional maga­ t 4" t merchsnt ships and ."^eamen will be in increasing peril from zines, such as those in the archi­ When a crewmember leaves ship tectural. engineering, mechanical for a variety of reasons, sometimes a potent Red China air force, land-based long-range artillery and electrical helds. and even a few submarines reportedly handed over by the Many of the women's and home because he is hurt or suddenly Russians. nciagazines contain excellent rec­ taken in, he often leaves,his gear behind him.. Un­ Seafarers have been in dangerous waters before this in ipes, and I think would aid the less the gear is other world crises. Formosa is just another in a series of such steward departments. dropped off at a troubles that began way back in the 1930's. In a troubled We deep sea sailors, as you Union haU some­ world, the exposure of merchant ships to danger has become know, are ambassadors to the peo­ where, it usually ple of the many lands we \isit. a standard hazard of the trade. becomes quite a And I think having these old'maga­ problem to track zines, to hand over to these people it down and have when we are through with them, it returned to its would help to promote goodwill. A sensible proposal has been offered in Congress by Rep­ owner. Take Up Procedure Seafarer Ola resentative Daniel F*lood of Pennsylvania. He has submitted We could also turn over copies Ekelund Ekelund, deck a bill that would require ships to report their positions eve^ of the magazines to the Gls in delegate on the Iberville saw to it day. Failure to report would be taken as a sign that the ship Korea" and Japan. is in trouble and immediate search measures could be I remember that when I was that ohe shipmate's gear got to the undertaken. in Malaya, the people could get no headquarters hall. Ekelund took time and trouble to lug the gear Representative {'lood's bill is the outgrowth of two recent American magazines except the the from marine disasters—the loss of the Mormackite with 37 men, overseas editions of Time and Life, lyn. Port Newark over to Brook­ and the disappearance of the SlU-manned Southern Isles and wre willing to buy all that Ekelund, who sails as AB, has with her entire crew of 23 seamen. In both cases nobody anybody had. been a Union member since No­ had any inkling the ships were in danger and searches did ' Incidentally, they are very ih- vember, 1950. He's a native of terested in American comic books not get underway until days after the sinkings. Neither over there, with "Superman" and Norway, 37 years of age, and liVes ship had a chance to radio for help. "Hopalong Cassidy" running far in Brooklyn. The daily report would go a long way toward assuring in the lead. t 4" prompt help in the event of emergencies. It is a simple and Well, that's my suggestion, and The spirit of Christmas was very inexpensive precaution. If the Government does not take I hope the members and the of­ much in evidence over the holiday measures to make it mandatory, the SIU intends to bring ficials of the Union will consider it. season aboard the Steel Scientist. Lopis B. Arague;, Three qf tB^^rew, E.' the matter up at it? next contract meetings with the^operators. Daily Reports the carpenter who was unnamed, and Benny Bengert, stepped for­ ward to volunteer their services for decoration of the messhall. TJie usual shipboard messhall drabness was brightened up for the holiday season with appropriate party-type touches. 4, Sliip's delegate Ed Zaniewski of the Wacosta was on the ball dur­ ing his term of service, according to crewmembers of the ship. Zaniewski got a vote of thanks for a job well done in "true SIU style." The 29-year-old Seafarer sails as AB in themeck department on SIU ships. He's been a Union member since October 21, 1944, and calls Cleveland, Ohio, his "home port." 4" 4« 4 The returns are still coming in from satisfied Seafarers on the Christmas and New Year's feeds put out by SIU steward depart­ ments. From the Evelyn comes a special vote of thanks to the steward and the cooks for a really swell Christmas dinner. The en­ tire crew said they appreciated the extra work and effort that went into the holiday affair. Crewmem­ bers of the Cubore also voted thanks to their galley gang for the good meals put out in the holiday sea­ son. 4 4 4. Savior The final re­ turns are in the SIU's elections which ended January 15. Vote counting was done by six-man rank and file tallying committees that were elected in all ports at the January 26 membership meetings. Then the committees forwarded the returns and ballots to the head­ quarters tally committee which compiled the results and will pre­ sent them to the next membership meetings for approval. Among men who served on the various tally committees were: W. Kramer, J. Gallagher, R. Graf, W. Carney, R. Savior and J. Hoggie in Philadelphia; A. R. Sawyer, A. H. Anderson, T. M. Gower, C. A. Moser. J. B. Harris, and W. Smith in Norfolk. Other rank and file members in the other ports carried out the same function. �^»|»?v^5:-';'V:;-:.'|/ Pare Ten PelmiAiT 4. 1955 SEAFAREk^ tdC OWERED BY a chunk of uranium weighing less than a handful of peas, the Navy's submarine Nautilus—first atomic-powered vehicle of any kind—last month demonstrated how the devastation unleashed over Hiroshima and Nagasaki nearly ten years ago can be' put to work to propel ships at sea. The slim, 300-foot Nautilus is a costly exppiment. Built at a reported cost of $50 million, she will be able to do things no other submarine has ever done. Unlike a combustion engine, her powerful atomic engine does not need oxygen for its operation. As a result, the Nautilus will be theo­ retically capable of crossing the Atlantic under the surface and at full speed—estimated at up to 28 knots, even while submerged. The energy driving the Nautilus comes from an atomic reactor utilizing the same material—uranium 235—that was the heart of the first atomic bomb. Pressurized water is used to conduct heat from a chain reaction in the reactor to a heat transfer system, which then uses the heat to pro­ duce steam for the turbines which drive the vessel's propellers. Whet, then, of an atomic merchant marine? . This much is certain. An atomic-'powered cargo ship will he built long before it will become commercially practical to operate one, probably as a supply ship or auxiliary vessel for the Navy. An atomic plant of any kind requires effective shielding against radio­ activity and sensitive "robot" controls to guard against leakage of any-of the potentially-ddngerous materials used. An atom-powered ship, therefore, is now a reality. It can be driven on the surface as well as under water by nuclear fuel. But its main job is to sink other ships. Peaceful adaptations based on the lessons learned from the Nautilus are surely on the drawing boards already. For one. thing, they won't need any smokestacks. Atomic fuel doesn't generate smoke or soot, and doesn't need any outlet to the air anyway. This will probably be the only outward difference noticeable in an atompowered ship. Like the NaUtilus, which also carries batteries and,electric motors for auxiliary power, prototype atomic ships will likely utilize nuclear power only as a fuel source to run turbines which are more or less conventional in engine design. But the design of below-decks spaces eventually will be considerably altered. A minimum of fuel storage space will be needed since a little bit of atomic fuel really goes a long way. In theory at least, the' potential energy in a two-pound lump of uranium the size of a golf ball is the equivalent of 460,000 gallons of fuel oil or 3,000 tons of coal. Ship designers see this leading to the end of the conventional double bottoms in ships because of the elimination of the need for fuel storage. One item on which there seems to be pretty general agreement among the experts is that conversions of conventionally-powered turbine-driven ships to atomic power are unlikely. Ships would necessarily have to be so redesigned within the hull shell to take advantage of the economies and power increases made possible by the new fuel source that conversions would be too costly. One survey on the application of this new source of energy to the C-4 Mariner-type cargo vessels came up with a figure of $5,2 million as the cost of a reactor plant which could produce the same amount of power now available on a 13,000-ton Mariner. The ships originally cost $10 million to build two years ago. The cost of fuel estimated in this same survey was from $11 to $20 per gram of uranium 235. On the basis of these figures and the theoretical operating figures for the Nautilus, a 2,800-ton submarine, the cost of fuel for taking the ship around the world submerged (two pounds of uranium) would be from $11,000 to $20,000. These figures, of course, are for a sub traveling underwater and the uranium cost figures are a year old. But one steamship company which has operated several of the Mariner-type ships estimated fuel costs per thousand miles as $2,350, at 21 knots. The same 'round-the-world trip for a Mariner would therefore cost $60,000 just for conventional fuel. P i' LkA. !A JUL UuL /A\II1 • 1 I I 1 10m i » L 9 I jp _ i Ill iiiil -m •> -V '-i " ji:i-ff : . Cutaway model of one of the new Mariner-type cargo ships showing how an atomic reactor would be used with the ship's existing power plant to furnish cheap fuel. Use of atomic power would eliminate the need for. a smokestack since no smoke or soot is produced by atomic fuel. The device would cost #5.2 million. Closeup of the model of a cargo ship propulsion unit using atomic power to at the rear right of the photograph. The rest is equivalent to the normal plai firebox and boilers^ using power from a chain reaction to produce «team and souriM would eliminate need for large fuel. storage spkce on thetship and will designed by the Newport ^ews Shipbuilding Co. . �IffiBp-:»-I.- '• SEAF ARERS February 4, 19{UI rage Elevea LOG, The submarine USS Nautilus launched the era of atomic tranportation by successfully using power ^rom atomic fuel in its first sea trials on Jan. 17, 19.'55. The ship is shown returning to her dock at Groton, Conn. I m^ti«i:ii|i liBiiiiiiilili ir^ »•' - if — [fciSfeg I liiiiiiil •V -m "••IH •-M TK:il :^H Irive the exieting power plant. The reactor is the portion of the plant shown It on this type of ship. An atomic device txpuW replace the conventional [turn the turbines which drive the vessel's propellors. Use the new fuel {eventually mean greater payload as i^ell as greater speed. The layout yvas r, ^ ^ Reactor of the atomic sub Nautilus is surrounded by a lead shield to guard agairist leakage of radioactive elements. A chain reaction in the reactor heats pressurwed water which is piped to heat exchanges. There the liert converts other, water to steam, whi<^ then goes, lo the suh s tprbmes which actually drive its propeUort,v;:-;j;,.i^ 'v • ^ - r'AkHliV-l.iSiAv ^-jiv i • *• ' j �<• ;^r-. 5* i• r. Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG February 4, 1955 PORT tUSPORlS.. m m m are convalescing in good fashion Boston: the Brighton Marine Hospital for Baltimore: and e.xpect to be discharged soon. x-rays of his leg. Had 7 Payoffs Shipping Is Quiet Since our last report we had 7 Shipping here during the past payoffs, 4 sign-ons and 18 ships in two weeks has been quiet and the outlook for the future is only fair. transit at this port. While shipping has been off of Death recently took the last of During the past two weeks we paid During the past two weeks we Payoffs were aboard the Alcoa late, plans for continued industrial a quartet of Seafarers well known off and signed on the Council paid off 14 ships, signed on 9 and expansion in this area and pro­ Ranger (Alcoa), Steel Surveyor in the Boston area. This occurred Grove (Cities Service) and in (Isthmian), Del Valle, Del Rio and had 12 in transit. This is poor for jected improvements of the harbor transit were the Chickasaw, Antiindicate that New Orleans will con­ Del Sud (Mississippi) and DeSoto on January 14 when Erother John nous and De Soto (Waterman); the port of Baltimore but we have M. Pinkus passed away in Boston Alexandra (Carras); Government hopes that the future will give us tinue to improve its position as a and Iberville (Watferman). The Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa) and City Hospital. The death of Brother Camp (Cities Seiwice); Eugenie some tankers to crew up and we major shipping center. The Freeport Sulphur Co. and Del Campo, Del Alba and Del Sud Pinkus, who was generally known (Oro); Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), are also looking forward to a good as "Spike," means that the four and Robin Trent and Robin Locksthe Federal Government recently (Mississippi) signed on. number of payoffs during the next announced plans to build a big Ships in transit were the Alcoa men who wex-e watchmen together ley (Seas Shipping). pilot plant to treat nickel-cobalt Corsair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa on the Evangeline and Yarmouth, A delayed sailing beef on the tv'o weeks. • ore from Cuba. The plant will be Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim both formerly owned by Eastern Government Camp was settled in All of the payoffs we had here SS Co., all passed favor of the crew and checks for built at the English Turn on the (Alcoa), the Steel Director and were clean, and there were no away within the the same have been sent to the east bank of the Mississippi River Steel Surveyor (Isthmian), the beefs on any of j past year. The Boston hall. This beef had been Del Campo and Del Alba (Missis­ near Braithwaite. the ships 'signing other three men pending since the ship paid off The plant, which will require sippi), the Seatrains Georgia and on or in transit. were James Pens- here December 11. about two years to build, will be Louisiana (Seatrain), the Fairisle, The payoffs^ wick. Michael For our typical SIU Man of the used in the study of a new process Arizpa, Monarch of the Seas, were the Mae, Buckley and Week we have selected Brother of getting nickel and cobalt from Madaket, Claiborne and City of Evelyn and Frank Burns. Oliver Headley, who ships as ore deposits at Alma (Waterman), Salem Maritime Kathryn (Bull); These men. all pumpman. Brother Headley usually Moa Bay on the (Cities Service) and Northwestern Bents Fort (Cities oldtimers in the ships out of Baltimore but for the northeast coast of Victory (Victory Carriers). i Service); WestUnion, had been Pinkus past month has been registered In Cuba. These Lindsey J. Williams ern Trader watchmen on Boston. His last ship was the Alex­ New Orleans Fort Agent metals are essen­ (Western Naviga­ Eastern ships for many years, and andra (Carras). Buzbee tial to the pro­ tion), Oremar and were well known end well liked James Sheehan duction of air­ Bethcoastet (Calmari; John B. throughout the Boston area. Boston Port Agent Seattle: craft, guided mis­ Waterman (Waterman), and BalThe Union sent a floral wreath siles and many 4« 4" 4" to Brother Pinkus' services and the tore, Santore, Cubore, Marore and other important port agent attended. Feltore (Ore). The Feltore paid Tampa: weapons for na­ off twice. Thlu 5 Men Injured tional defense. The Steel Flyer (Isthmian) and Bad weather, we aire sorry to say, Seafarers are familiar with the the Western Trader, Oremar, John Shipping has been slow in Seat­ was responsible for injuries to a Freeport Sulphur Co., which pro­ B. Waterman, Cubore, Santore and duces sulphur loaded aboard SIU- tle and the outlook for the future number of our men. Aboard the Marore signed on. The Feltore is about the same. Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) four contracted ships at Port Sulphur. The shipping picture was very signed on twice. During the past two weeks we men were hurt and were sent to good in this port during the past Already virtually completed and In transit were the Ocean Nimet in production is a new $30,000,000 paid off the Wacosta (Waterman) the Brighton Marine Hospital for two weeks due to the crewing up plant constiucted by the Lion Oil and Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean). examination. Three of the men re­ of the Cuba (P & O). We had (Ocean Transportation); Iberville Co. 14 miles upriver from the Huey The Wacosta signed on again and turned to the ship' but the bosun to call the outports for some stew­ and -Chickasaw (Watennan); Cal­ P. Long Bridge. The plant, which the Mother M. L. went under the remained In the hospital for fur­ ard department ratings and were mar, Massmar and Bethcoaster ther treatment. On the Robin also able to negotiate for three (Calmar)^ Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa has a daily capacity of about 300 Liberian flag. In transit during this period Locksley, one wiper was hurt duh- more ratings in the deck depart­ Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Wentley tons of anhydrous ammonia, uses -natural gas, air and water to turn were the Frederic C. Collins ing rough weather when he slipped ment—a storekeeper and two deck (Seas Shipping), and Suzanne and Ines (Bull). out chemicals for agricultural and (Di-ytrans), Bienville and Fair- or fell in the steering engine rooni. maintenance men. < port (Waterman), He was laid up in his bunk for a industrial use. > Hall in Good Shape In transit here were the Iber­ P o r t m a r and couple of weeks and then sent to ville, De Soto and Madaket Harbor improvements are going As most of you brothers who Yorkmar (Calahead steadily and the New Or­ (Waterman). have visited us know, the hall here mar) and Lewis leans Board of Port Commissioners Bennie Gonzales is shaping up in fine style. The Emery, Jr. (Vic­ recently authorized an outlay of Hq. Representative maintenance erew is doing a good tory Carriers). $152,909 for improving the Har­ 4" 4" 4) job in maintaining tlie building, At our last mony and First Street wharves. and we want to thank all of the meeting the fol­ The following is the latest Wilmington: This item was the first step in abrothers for cooperating in keep­ lowing tallying available listing of official ex* $10,000,000 wharf building pro­ ing the building shipshape. . committee was change rates for foreign cur­ gram. Also being considered by elected: M. Delrencies. Listings are as of In closing, we would again like Knaflich the commissioners is construction lano, L. Hodges, •February 1, 1955, and are sub­ to remind the brothers to write or of a new wharf at Nashville Ave. Spuron, M. Pappadakis, C. Tulject to change without notice. visit their shipmates who are laid Shipping Picks Up lia and J. Adams. Shipping in this port has been up in the USPHS hospital, Wyman England. New Zealand, Soutb Af­ We were very happy to learn rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Shipping has picked up some­ on the slow bell during the past Park Drive, Baltimore, Md. They Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. two weeks due to the crewing up are B.vrd O. Buzbee, Lee Dwyer, what since our last report, but it about the big votes rolled up in Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. all ports in the Union's recent Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. will pick up. still cannot be classified as boom­ James Walker, Raymond Smith, France: 350 francs to the doUar. We had no payoffs or sign-ons Russell Henry, Joseph GDI, T. Aning. Twenty-three more men were elections. It shows all the mem­ Germany; 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the bttt serviced seven ships in transit. kerson, William Simmons, A. shipped to regular jobs than were bers are taking a real interest in dollar. These were the Paoli (Cities Willis, T. Mungo, Ernest Atkins, registered during the last two Union affairs. Italy: 624.9 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Oldtimers now on the beach Service); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa); William Warmack, Jesse Clark, weeks. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. include H. Murphy, J. O'Neil, J. Yaka (Waterman); Steel Seafarer Gorman Glaze, R. Scales, Jesse D. Speaking of jobs, some men who Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. India: 21 cents per rupee. (tsthmian), and Alamar, Yorkmar Baugher, Robert McKnew, George have been dispatched to last-min­ Balderson, M. Dellano, H. Knaflich Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. and Calmar (Calmar). ute openings on sailing days for and E. Crelan. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Oliver, John Zehil, George Little Jeff Gillette BrazU; 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Alcoa ships bound to the Carib­ Ernest B. Tilley aiid John R. Schultz. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Seattle Port Agent bean have been turned down be­ Wilniington Port Agent Venezuela: 29.65 cents per bolivar. . Earl Sheppard cause they have not received yel­ Baltimore Port Agent low fever shots which are required on this run. On these last minute i. i. s. calls, the men dispatched don't Philadelphia: have time to make the trip to the hospital and report back to the ship by sailing time.. For that reason, all members in Shipping Figures January 12 fo January 25 this port interested in making Alcoa jobs are being advised to go REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shipping has not been too good to the USPHS hospital and get their POET DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK - ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Boston in this port during the past two shots at 3 PM on Tuesdays and 11 14 7 6 27 10 5 1 16 AM on Fridays. Those who pre­ weeks but we expect a pickup in New York .. 75 63 80 218 60 49 54 163 pare in advance will be able to the next couple of weeks when we Philadelphia 17 14 11 8 42 5 . 8 21 throw in for the Alcoa run with­ will have two Calmar ships coming 101 74 66 36 241 33 33 102 out having to worry about being in for payoff. Norfolk . 16 8 7 31 6 8 • turned down for this particular 4 18 Duri.:;g the past two weeks we Savannah 7 medical reason when they report 8 7 22 15 12 8 35 paid off the Queenston Heights to the ship. 14 21 44 15 12 44 71 (Seatrade), Massmar (Calmar) and David A. Wright, George St. Mobile 33 28 91 30 39 34 S3; 105 Suzanne (Bull). The Queenston Germain, Charles Barnett, Daniel New Orleans 68 42 165 Heights,' Massmar and Irenestar 55 46. 63 73 ' 182 Rucker,, William Tank and Goon Houston .... (Maine) signed on and in transit 22 20 13 , 55 32 15 21 68 Poy Thlu are aniong brothers who were the Steel Worker (Isthmian), Seattle 31 20. 11 62 15 have been admitted to the hospital 9 9 33 Winter Hill (Cities Service) and recently. San Francisco 19 15 13 47 13 7 12 32 Chickasaw, Antinous and John B. Edgar Harman, Earl Gaberson, Wilmington ••eoeoooe* 10 8 8 26 4 . 5 Waterman (Waterman). 3 12 William E. >lplin and Darrell Riley S. Cardullo ar« lidil M, the hospital list, .but Totals 422 ; w :321 328 •1,-303 V 262 V 859: Philadelpliia Port Agent • ii. Ui-. : i New Orleans: Industrial Expansion Boosts Port's Status Death Takes Last Of Wpii-XDOwn Quarlet Mother M.L Pafs Off, Transfers To Liberia Shipping is Slow Bnl Fnlnra Looks Botlor Shipping Very Good As Gnba Tokos Grow Mone^ Exchange Rates Listed Shipping Horo Slow; 7 In-Tfansits Gali I II V Shipping Pieknp Seen; Two Galmar Ships Due - �seAFittiSRS toe Febriiair PaceHiIrfeea PORT KEPORTS Mobile: Formosa Cutting Lajf-Up Flool of Brother Clinton K, Partelle, who died recently.' Brother Par­ telle had shipped out of this port in various steward department rat­ ings for the last several years, and was well liked by everyone who knew him. A niece^Mrs. Virginia Huck of Roanoke, Va.—is his beneficiary.' in closing, we would like to re­ mind all the brothers that income tax time has rolled around again. Withholding forms from the Sea­ farers yacation Plan are being mailed/out as fast as possible, and all hands should have theirs by the end of this month. Gal Tanner Mobile Fort Agent New York: Wealber SloWs Ships, Cuts Down Payoffs Antinous and Beauregard (Water­ Son Francisco: man); Winter Hill (Cities Service); Steel Recorder (Isthmian), and Re­ public (Trafalgar). Claude Simmons Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer Three Payoffs Due, Future is Drighler Although shipping in San Fran­ Shipping and business in the With-the troubled situation in cisco was slow during the past two Port of New York slacked off some­ the Formosa area, it looks as if weeks, the outlook for the future what during the past two weeks. A quite a few unscheduled ships AVill is brighter because we expect number of ships that we expected Lake Charles: . be calling at the Theodore ammu­ three payoffs next week. in for payoff were diverted to nition depot. It also appears that We had no payoffs or sign-ons other ports and several ships were If the Formosa situation gets .any during these past two weeks, but delayed due to bad weather. These, worse there is a good possibility we did have six ships call in trans­ however, should be in the latter that the Government will pull it and were able to put some men part of this week and first of next some of the ships out of the laidShipping has been holding up on these. These 'ships were the week, so the shipping picture up fleet in the Mobile River and Steel Admiral should be better in the coming pretty well here in Lake Charles put them into the Far East trade (Isthmian), Portbut we don't advise any of the period. hauling ammunition and supplies. mar and Alamar Shipping in this port during the At present we have quite a large brothers to rush down here expect­ (C a 1 mar) and ing to get out in a hurry. past couple of weeks can be con­ number of men on the beach so I 3» 3/ 4" Maiden Creek, sidered good, with some 105 men Calling in here during the past would not advise anyone to come Fair port and shipped to regular jobs and 91 Savannah: here expecting to get out in a hur­ two weeks were the Council Grove, Topa Topa sent to relief jobs in and around ry. Of course, this is a normal Government Camp, Winter Hill, (Waterman). Chiwawa, Cantigny, Logans Fort, the harbor. During this period condition. We always have a lot of Men now on we had seven payoffs, four signmen, who have been ashore for the Bradford Island, Archers Hope', the beach in-p on's and three ships in transit. Christmas holidays, coming in to Bents Fort and Salehi Maritime, all elude K. Hansen,The payoffs, which were all In of Cities Service'. Over in Port ship after the first of the year. HHb V. McMahon, C. Shipping in the port of Savan­ Neches, Tex., we good shape, were as follows: Al­ Any of you fellows who like win­ coa Cavalier, Alcoa Pilgrim, Al­ nah has been nothing to write ter sporfk or have a little Eskimo had the Michael Gates, T. tlrbina, A. Begg, F. (Carrasl and in Vqtto, J. Goude, F. Hills, W. 0. coa Partner and Alcoa Clipper home about but it has been hold­ in you probably wouldn't mind be­ ing its own during the past two ing here right now as we have had Orange, Tex., we Kennedy, A. Snider, A. Brown, A, (Alcoa) and Mon­ weeks. had the Val Nottage and K. Bryant. arch of the Seas, snow and plenty of cold weather. In the hospital are M. MeigusDuring this period we paid off Down in Venezuela, however, it's Chem (Valentine City of Alma soleloy, P. S. Yuzon, W. K. Single­ the Strathbay (Strathmore) and Tankers). and Claiborne ton, J. Perriera, C. Neumaier, J. G, Cantigny (Cities Service) and a lot different picture, and the Each of the (Waterman). ' signed on the Cantigny and the boys on the Sandcaptain are beef­ above ships took Kelly, F. Halgney, O. Gustavsen The sign - ons ing about how hot it is. But on Angelina (Bull). In transit were some men, so all and C. Brown. we re the some of these chilly mornings 1 the Robin Don-; Tool Banning together we were Ocean Deborah wish I were down there myself. caster (Seas Ship­ San Francisco Port Agent able to ship 25 (Ocean Transpor­ Daly Had 16 Payoffs ping), Seatrains men. ^ tation), Alcoa Louisiana and At our last meeting, on January During the past two weeks we Pilgrim and Al­ Skinner Georgia (Seapaid off 16 ships, signed 6 on ar­ 26, M. Launey was chairman and Houston: coa Partner (Al­ train), Raphael ticles and serviced 18 in-trahsits. Johnny Mitchell was recording coa) and City of Alma (Waterman). Semmes (Water­ The Ann Marie (Bull) went into secretary. Both men sail as pump­ The in-transits were the De Soto man) and An­ lay-up an4 the Beatrice (Bull) went men and both did a fine job at and Iberville (Waterman) and gelina (Bull). into lay-up but came out again a the meeting. Steel Director (Isthmian). The Strathbay few days later. Daly Sails On Deck Future Prospects Good came in with Lamb Shipping continues to be vei-y, The payoffs, which were all in For our Seafarer of the Week very good in this port, primarily Prospects for the coming two only a few hours good shape with no major beefs we nominate Brother Thomas J. due to the fact that unscheduled weeks look good, with the follow­ of disputed OT, which were set­ on any of them, were as follows: tled in favor of the crew, and we Daly, who sails in the deck depart­ ships are coming in here at the ing ships due to hit the port either Jean, Beatrice, Emilia and for payoff or in transit: Afoundria, would like to congratulate the dele­ Frances (Bull); Steel Worker and ment. Brother Daly is always rate of about one a week to load Claiborne, Hurricane, Monarch of gates for bringing in such a clean Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Madaket ready to help the Union any way grain for Europe. We don't know the Seas, Warrior, Chickasaw and ship. Edward F. Lamb served both and Hastings (Waterman); Brad­ he can while waiting for a ship, how long this will continue as the ^ Antinous (Waternian), Ocean Ulla as ship's and steward delegate, and ford Island, French Creek and and also does A good job afloat operators themselves don't have (Ocean Transportation) and Alcoa the other delegates were Thomas Archers Hope (Cities Service); Sea- as a department or ship's delegate. any advance information, but we We have finished tallying the do know that Ocean Transporta­ Corgair, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puri­ Faulkner, deck, and Paul R. Kiau- trains New York, Georgia, and votes cast here and have sent them tion will have one C-2 paying off sen, engine. Overall, the men re­ tan, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa ported, they had a very pleasant Texas (Seatrain), and Trinity and to headquarters for tallying. here and loading grain for Europe Cavalier (Alcoa). Michael (Carras). run to Yugoslavia. early next week. On the local labor front the AFL For our Seafarer of The Week The ships signing on were the Painters Union has just had an During the past two weeks we Men In Hospital we name Brother Jeff Skinner who Steel Worker (Isthmian); Mankato injunction thrown at it to stop paid off the Liberty Bell (Tramp joined the SlU in 1938 and has Men now in the USPHS hospital Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin shipped steadily out of the Gulf are Rufus L. Fields, "Georgia Wentley and Robin Doncaster (Seas them from picketing a new plant Cargo) and Genevieve Peterkin, area since then, usually as AB or Boy" Littleton, Frank "Jelly Shipping), Madaket (Waterman), that is going up here. This in­ and these two ships signed on. In transit were the Seatrains New bosun. Brother Skinner, who is Bean" Nelson, Angelo Martins, and Barbara Fritchie (Liberty junction has been slapped on them York, Texas and Savannah (Sea­ under the so-called "right-to-work" married and has one child, makes John H. Morris, A. D. Edenfield, Navigation). law and they have ten days to file train); Alice Brown (Bloomfieldl; his home in Theodore, a few miles G. Pena, John R. Bailey,- Elmer Republic (Trafalgar); Del Viento Ships in transit were the an answer.' outside of Mobile. While he's on G. Brewer and James T. "Tommy" (Mississippi); French Creek (Cities Frances, Elizabeth and Edith On the political front all is quiet, Service); Steel Director (Isthmian), the beach his favorite sport is Moore. (Bull); Seatrains . Savannah and but we expect big noises any day and Madaket (Waterman). fishing and he can generally be Moore, who used to tip the scales found around the Fowl River area, at 410 pounds, is now down to New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa Run­ now from all the boys who want Bloomfield Payoffs Due fishing until he gets ready to ship. a mere 180 because of the care ner and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); to get into the race for the gov­ , During the next two weeks, in Marymar and Massmar (Calmar); ernor's chair. Having been in the Union since he's gotten at the hospital. addition to the Ocean Transporta­ Eugenie (Oro); Northwestern Vic­ its beginning. Brother Skinner has tion C-2, we have two Bloomfield Leroy Clarke E. B. McAuley tory, Jefferson City. Victory and seen all the gains it has made. payoffs scheduled. Lake Charles Port Agent Hq. Representative Ames Victory (Victory Carriers); In his opinion, the top gain is the All of our delegates attended vacation plan which, he says, not the.^ Central Trades' meeting on only pays his yearly dues but January 18 and were very well re­ leaves him enough to tide him ceived Hy that body. over if shipping is tight. ' A. (Frenchy) Michelet Other brothers who are now on Houston Port Agent the beach are Jimmy Hassell, T. P. i> ti i" Yarbrough, J. C. Dunlop, G. AnWILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. SlU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3321 • thony, J. Sennerville, E. Torres, Ernest TUIey. Agent Tciiiiiiial 4-3074 103 Durham St. Norfolk: 675 4th Ave., Bkiyn. PORT COLBORNB 1316 E. Baltimore St. HEADQUARTERS F. Brugger, L. Jackson, C. N. John­ BALTIMORE Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 TORONTO, OnUriO 272 King St. E. Paul HaU son, Fred Neeley, F. Widegren and BOSTON EMpire 4-5719 376 State St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS H. Pizatowski. VICTORIA, BC 617(4 Cormorant St. James Slieehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 Joe Volpian HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Sea Chest Taking Shape WiUiam HaU A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 Paciflc 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St All hands now on the beach can Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 Phone 6346 SUP During the past two weeks wo BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. gee our new addition rapidly tak­ MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 545 paid off the Royal Oak (Cities Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 ing shape next door-'for our com­ Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 53 St. Davids St. Service) and Jefferson City Vic­ NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND CAnal 7-3202 623 N. W. Everett St. bined Sea Chest and recreation Lindsey William*. Agent 113 Cot* Do La Montague tory and Ames Victory (Victory Beacon 4336 QUEBEC MagnoUa 6112-6113 room. We expect that the annex Quebec Phone: 2-7078^ 257 5th St. These three ships .TOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. Carriers). 675 «tb Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND, CALIF will be ready for occupancy by NEW YORK Phone 2599 SAINTNB Phone: 2-5232 signed on and in transit were the HYacinth 9-6600 450 Harrison St. March 15. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 3-6363 Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and Steel MAdison 2-9834 At this writing we have no Ben Rees, gent Great Lakes District . 2505 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA .337 Market - St. SEATTLE. . Worker, Steel Flyer and Steel Re­ Main 0290 knowledge of any Mobile member S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA ...133 W. Fletcher corder (Isthmian). WILAHNGTON SOS Marine Ave. Phone: 12.38W now in the hospital. Brother Wil­ SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Although the "50-50" bill was Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 liam G. Moore, who was in the Marty • Phone: Cleveland 7391 Breitholl, West Coast Representative NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn supposed to go into effect Janu- ^ CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 HYacinth 9-6600 USPHS hospital in New Orleans, Phone: Main 1-0147 ary 1st, it has not affected the Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. has been discharged and is now SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 coal movement in Hampton Roads. JeR Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 on the beach here in Mobile. 531 W. Michigan St. 624 St James St. West DULOTH SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. MONTREAL Ben Rees Phone: Meirose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 „ EUiott 4334 .The Mobile branch, wishes to ex­ JeS GUlette, Agent 3861 E. 93nd St IM'A HoUis>St. SOUTH CHICAGO ...'•.1809-1811>(|4. Frankltit SL HAUFAX. N.K^;;... Norfolk Port Agent tend its sympathy "to the family TAMPA \ Phone: Esses 5-2419 V Phone; 3-8911 Bay White, Agent Phona 31333 1 Shipping Holds Up As CS Tankers Take Men Strathbay Pays (Mf, Delegates Gommended European Grain Runs Spur Port's Shipping Two Viciory Garriers Pay Off And Sign On A.: 's/-J �Pace FourtecB SEAFARERS February 4, 1955 LOG Thankssiving Day Is Happy Event On Gateway City WATCH f:f' If- lUi. l-lr' Thanksgiving Day was a happy occasion for the SIU crew of the Gateway City (Waterman) even though they were at sea, enroute from San Francisco to Pusan. Left, ham and turkey are prepared by (1-r) R. M. Peralta, ch. cook; F. Yoh, NO & B, and A. Sanchez, 2nd cook. Right, broad smiles of crewmen show how they welcomed Turkey Day fare. In back row (1-r) are Strickland, Yoh and D. Wagner. Seated are A. Rheingold, P. Geiitile and T. Hong. Photos were taken by Tony Nottage, electrician. l<' i>' If: 1' P If SIU Sailing Brings Happy Ending To Long Search For His Lost Love When Seafarer Charles E. Rawlings married Angelica Diaz in Puerto Rico, the ceremony marked the happy ending to a long search for love. And that happy ending was brought about largely because of his SIU sailing, Rawlings reports. In a letter to the LOG, Rawlings tells the tale as follows: "I enlisted in the Army in April, 1941, and because my father had spent many years in Puerto Fico as an engineer, I requested service there. As a result, I was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Battalion at Henry Barracks, where I briefly met Angelica Diaz, the daughter of a retired Army ser­ geant with 32 years of service. .,^."1 was only 17 years old then, and Angelica was Just a schoolgirl," Rawlings writes, "but time "went by and our friendship grew with the years. "In 1943 I was sent to England, where I volun­ teered for airborne service. Angelica and I ex­ changed many letters but this correspondence ceased when I lost all my gear in Belgium "Then the war ended and after a few months of honor guard duty in Berlin I came home. Joined SIU After War "During the war -!• had met many merchant sea­ men, and so upon my return to Baltimore I was very happy to be able to join the SIU and start sail­ ing myself with those swell fellows. "My trips at sea eventually brought me to my favorite 'Isle of Paradise'—Puerto Rico," Rawlings says. "But I could not find Angelica and for some years I searched the island for a trace of my lost love. "It wasn't until February, 1953, that I finally lo­ cated Angelica, and the reunion with her and her family was of course a joyous one, celebrated by a fiesta at which roast pig, Spanish rice and beans and many other Spanish dishes were served." Rawlings reports that he completed a trip around i/.y [i;- I'y.' Rev. Rafael Landron (back to camera) officiates as Seafarer Charles Rawlings is married to An­ gelica Diaz in Cayey, Puerto Rico. At extreme left is matron of honor, Senora Bruniida Nunez. the world* aboard the Steel Chemist last October, then rushed back to his "Isle of Paradise" to bring the long story to its happy ending. Married In November That ending took place on November 27 when he and Angelica were married in Cayey, PR, where the couple now lives. ' "The wedding itself was a quiet affair with only a few close friends and relatives present," Rawlings writes. "But after that there were five wonderful days of fiesta in San Juan where, from our window, (1) With what history-making events are the names Bikini, Eniwetok, we could see the ships coming Alamogordo and Yucca Flats associated? and going. It was really a dream (2) If you were driving a car and saw a sign reading "Boston—1850, come true." Chicago—960, Denver—*^0, Miami—1370," would you most likely be Also, he writes, he took many in (a) Dallas, (b) Detroit, (c) Los Angeles or (d) Washington? photos of the Steel Chemist's (3) The first talking motion pfcture—it was produced in 1927—wa.s voyage 20, from last July to last (a) Birth of a Nation, (b) Hell's Angels, (c) The Jazz Singer, (d) A 1 October, and will be glad to''send free enlarged copies to any of his Quiet on the Western Front? His (4 Five times a certain number plus four plus one-third the num­ shipmates who write him. address is P. O. Box 531, Bo. Palo ber totals 52. What is the number? Seco, Cayey, PR. (5) What ancient city was buried by ashes following an eruption of Mount Vesuvius? (6) Johann Gutenberg is generally recognized'as the inventor of (a) the cotton gin, (b) radio, (c) printing with moveable type, (d) the sewing machine? (7) What vegetable is also called gumbo? (8) What do the H's stand for in the name of the 4H Clubs? (9) By what other name is a tricycle known? . (10) A man walked one-half of a mile at the rate of three miles per 'hour, and then caught a bus which took him three miles more at the rate of 10 miles per4iour. How. long did it take him to make the en­ tire trip? ATlUE -SIU f^ALL • SEwYoW , (Quiz Answers on Page 17) This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA* FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. 4—: The recent National Motor Boat flag, 12 in. by 18 in., features a red Show in New York City was the battleaxe on a blue field, and sort of bqsman's holiday which all costs $5. •seamen—profesionals as well as 4 ^ amateurs—could enjoy. Bulging A new development aiding the with exhibits and new products growing popularity of amateur catering to all boating tastes, the boating is a sort of "pay-as-youshow featured knock-down, build- float" system offered by some 'em-yourself boat kits from under banks and finance companies to $100 all the way upwards to a appeal to folks unable to lay down 51-foot Wheeler "walk-around spot cash on a purchase. With the flush deck cruiser for close to boat field offering a new, virtually $90,000, fully equipped. Salesmen untapped source of business, the also filled a few order pads for men with the money are now will­ larger craft running into six fig­ ing to finance up to two-thirds of ures, in the purchaser's choice of the cost of a new or used boat and woods, metals, colors, engines and spread the payments out as much assorted gadgets. In the way of as three years. 4" 'i> 3) other figures, experts noted that there are some 5.3 million pleasure For the man who warns to build craft of all sizes in the US, of his own boat, the Douglas Fir which about 4.5 million are out- Plywood Asociation has issued a boards. directory telling where plans for over 400 boats may be obtained, including basic measurements and Gadgets galore adorned the Mo­ characteristics. The directory is in tor Boat Show's exhibit spaces. four categories. One is for tenders, For example, the sailor who is tired sailing dinghies, rowboats, outof sweating up the anchor could boards and outboard racers. An­ enjoy a fully automatic electric other has Inboard and outboard winch for weighing or lowering the runabouts and,j:ruisers; a third is hook which is controlled from a for sailing craft and a fourth for switch alongside the star steering kit boats. Any one of the indi­ wheel, ide'd never vidual list can be gotten for a dime, have to go on , . and the entire directory for a deck except to quarter. The addres is the Douglas wash off the Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma flukes. They 2, Wash. haven't invented Illiiiiiiiliii 4 a remote control Two novels, both dealing with gadget for that > operation—at least not yet. Ideal he problems of skippers of ocean Windlass Co., East Greenwich, RI, liners, will come off the presses is the manufacturer . . . The sport­ this month. On February 11, Haring goods firm of Abercrombie & court. Brace & Co., will publish Fitch came up with a "batlleaxe" the "The Captain's • Table" by Gordon—a humorous flag to signal when there's a lady Richard aboard, which some thoughtful story about a liner's captain whose boatmen cbuld put to e variety of previous command hjid been a uses. According to A&F's advertis­ tramp steamer. On February 28, ing blurb, the flag is an "affec­ Norton will publish an American tionate way of signalling she's edition of "The Liner," by the aboard. Could be the boys want French novelist Edouard Peisson. selected company only in her pres­ This is about a luxury liner ence ... or a language curb on "doomed" by pressures on its cap­ ship-to-shore radio." The nylon tain. LOG-A-RHYTHM: God Makes All By Daniel Taylor To the Editor; Some time ago I was a passenger aboard the Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and I was greatly impressed by the story of the bosun. Seafarer Julio Bernard who, as a child, had polio. I have written the following poem about Mr. Bernard, and I hope you will publish it in the SEAFARERS LOG for his Union brothers to see. Daniel Taylor There's a lad I know who works at sea Who's made a noble fight, His shriveled, tioisted limbs were once A most ungainly sight. Now, they say, he has his way With those who sail the sea— It must be so-for this I know: He had his way with me! So it would be unkind to leave behind As noble a lad as this,You'll never walk, they told him— And not say at least a word The fakers and the quackers. That all is not remiss'. You cannot grow, you wiU not live— For God makes all along the mall You're fust like crumbled crackers. Of life on sea or land. And if you're there, just anywhere. folks will ^inderstand. But he knew better. He knew God Most • was there So, bosun great, don't be late To help him on and on, When the Golden Roll is called, And though he cried 'till all For you know, as onward you go. thought he'd died That none need ever be appalled. His spirit was not gone. Thus I'd leave you this, like a Then one day as he did pray maiden's kiss: God raised His wondrous Hand, Forever hereafter think of me And the lad so bad no longer was When, before God, you're on some sad foreign sod For he walked around just grand! Or sailing on God's boundless sea. �\7 • SEAFARERS Febmai? 4, 1968 TeUs Of Death Of SMU Brather To tiie Editor: I am writing this to inform you that Brother Henry. Grant, crew pantryman on the Alcoa Pointer, passed away recently after being taken off this vessel while it was at sea, enroute towards Mobile. It was New Year's night and oiir skipper wired ahead to the Coast Guard for help. When the CG cutter arrived, the medico board­ ed us and after looking Brother Grant over he decided he was too ill to remain aboard the Pointer until she Bruce reached Mobile, so he had him transferred to the CG ship. Made Comfortable I would like to say that while Brother Grant, was on this ship our skipper, chief officer, chief engi­ neer and all the crewmen did everything they possibly could to make him comfortable. When he was transferred, his belongings were itemized and put aboard with him, and later, when we learned he had died, a letter was written and sent to his next of kin. Watching the care given to this man again made me feel very proud to be an SlU member sail­ ing an SlU ship. Leo Bruce L E GI Finds tOG Good Salesman To the Editor: Just thought I'd drop you a few lines to say "thanks" for sending the LOG to me here in Keflavik, Iceland, where I'm now finishing my third month of a 12-month hitch in the ^Army. I sailed with the SIU for four years and would still be with it except that Uncle Sam decided I should work for him, so I went into the Air Force. So far It hasn't been too bad but the^ wage scales and working conditio'hs I had in the SIU are certainly non-existent here. See Things Differently Some of these farm boys, how­ ever, don't see things the same way. Every once in a while they start talking about the advantages of being in the Army and they think it's wonderful that their wives can have babies in thO Gov­ ernment hospital at such low cost. When I tell them that Seafarers get a $200 maternity benefit, plus a $25 US bond for the baby, they only laugh—at least, they used to. But since the LOG has been com­ ing to me some of them have read it, and now they "ask me how they also can get into the SIU. I want you to know I enjoyed every day I sailed with the SIU i 4« and I hope to be back with my eld shipmates when I'm discharged. Thanks again for the LOG. A3/o Elton T. Hayes AF 14515224 To the Editor: 932nd AC & W Sqdn. I would like to thank ship's APO 81. NY, NY. delegate H. M. Connell and the crew of the Del Viento for answer­ 4. t ing my appeal for help; also Mrs. W. G. McChesney of Baltimore. As 1 wrote in the LOG once be­ fore, I am crippled, due to »broken hip which never healed properly To the Editor: and am unable to do any work. The sinking o^ the Southern Because of the length of time I Isles off Cape Hatteras three years was compelled to spend ashore, I ago with the loss of 17 men was do notr~have enough seatime to indeed a catastrophe to the families qualify for the disability benefit of these men. And now 23 more given by the Seafarers Welfare families cannot look forward to a Plan. reunion with their loved ones be­ I wish things were different and cause of the disappearance of the I could go back to work with my Southern Districts. old shipmates, but that will never Families have mourned for men be. lost at sea since the beginning of Any of the brothers who feel they could help me in any way history, and this was eloquently ex­ can get in touch with me at my pressed centuries ago by the fol­ lowing poem, probably written for home at 101 W. 69th Street, New the lost crewmen of some Greek York City. vesseL Robert E. Quinn The poem, entitled "An Inscrip­ $1 j;. tion By the Sea," was written by Glaucus, translated by Edwin A. Robinson, and appeared in Robin­ son's book, "Captain Craig," pub­ To the Editor: lished by the MacmiUan Company Just a few lines to let you know of New York: that Captain Iman, the skipper of No dust have I to cover me. the Bradford Island, is leaving this My grave no man may show; ship and we, the crew, think he My tomb is this unending sea, rates a pat on the back. We have And I lie far below. always found the captain to be tops My fate, O stranger, was tq drown. in seamanship, efficiency and fairAnd where it was the ship went nes. And, in fact, all of the officers doum on this ship are very good. Is iuhat the sea-birds know. Jim Merrell (Miss) Irene M. Molloy Ship's Delegate Gets Assistance^ Could Use More Old Poem Honors Men Lost At Sea Bradford Island Skipper Praised Burlv Pafc FIfteea LOG TEES Consoles Kin Of Lost Crew Johnny Baxter Hopes Dad Will See His Photo To the Editor: I am Johnny Baxter and I will be three years old on February 12th and I am sending you a snap­ shot that my mommy took so you can put it in the LOG and maybe my daddy, who is Merton Baxter, and who is now aboard the Alcoa Pioneer in Yokohama, Japan, will see it and get a surprise. JohnnyJlaxter4> 4i 4> Thanks SIU For Hospital Aid To the Editor: I was ' discharged from the USPH§ hospital in New Orleans on December 31 and I am writing this now to thank SIU Welfare Services for my Christmas bonus as well as my regular weekly hospital bene­ fits. I also appreciate very much the courtesy of WSjOISiMmm the Union's rep­ resentatives who visited me in the hospital. It is a pleasure and privilege to be a member of the SIP^' where any member can be assured of re­ Garberson ceiving the very best at all times. In return, I think that we mem­ bers s^uld give our best, to the Union at all times, and keep it the finest maritime union in the world. Earl G. Garberson 4" To the Editor: I would like to take this method of expressing my. sincerest sym­ pathy to the families and friends of the crew of the Southern Dis­ tricts. It is always heartbreaking to lose someone dear, but perhaps the families of these men will find some consolation in these stanzas winch I have written. I call the poem "They Have Sailed Away": They'had chartered a course which we all must sail Though our hearts are heavy and our courage fail. They have sailed to the Port of No Return Though their memory lingers and their loved ones yearn. So think of them not as dead, J ^say— They,have^ot died but fust sailed away. M. Dwyer 4" 4" i Wants To Keep Up Ties To Union To the Editor: Although I retired my SIU book on January 25 to work ashore, I "Still would like to keep in touch with the many friends and ship­ mates I had during more than ten years of sailing SIU ships. I would appreciate it if some of them would write to my new address, 102 Irvington'Street, SW, Washington 24, DC. I shall be managing the Pacific Restaurant, a bar and grill in Washington^ and can assure all my Union brothers of a warm welcome if they happen to drop in some time. Since the SEAFARERS LOG is always a good way to keep in touch, please put me on the sub•scriptioq list also. P. L. THantafillos (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to you regularly from now on). To tiie Editor: At present I am serving as ship's delegate aboard the Bents Fort (Cities Service) and I am writing this because tliere is something I would like to bring to the attention of the membership. I believe that all bookmen should" take- delegates' jobs and meeting positions at the meetings both aboard ship and ashore. In that way all the men would get an idea of these jobs and this would make it easier on the delegates Hammond or meeting offi­ cers who are serving at that par­ ticular time. I also believe that these men, by having problems brought to them, would learn how these problems can be handled or be avoided, and thus would be able to avoid these pitfalls themselves. No delegates would have to hold their jobs for very long periods of time if more men were willing to try their hands at them. Robert M. Hammond. 4 ^ Waists Spreading On The Antinous To the Editor: I am writing this because I thought that you might like to know that here aboard the Antin­ ous (Waterman) there is now a se­ rious discussion going on concern­ ing the hefty waistlines that are beginning to blossom out all over the place. And our crack steward and his cooks and baker show no signs of letting up. In fact, one of the brothers has recommended that we ask the company to put an extra boom^ the gangway so the boys can be lowered to the dock when they ar­ rive in New Orleans. "Jeep" Cole Snapped During De! Mar Voyage l" Ask Publication Of Poetry Book To the Editor: We, the crew of the Trinity (Carras), have a suggestion we would like to pass on to the other members. We suggest that all the poetry published in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG be published in book form, so that these books can be sent to friends and relatives. Crew of the Trinity Caught by the camera during a recent run of the Del Mar (Missis­ sippi) are (1-r) Eugene Leonard, second electrician; Clyde Miller, bosun; Peter Valentine, ship's delegate; Jack Bates, crew cook, and Jake Cuccia, deck delegate. Bir Bernard Seaman This One'9 Got A Punch WH^.-n^isisjusrA Uffie CWyfGcrm COMB MTU MB, TDJAlK UT%& SROTUB^Zm CAM TALK -to CH/VDRBH^ ill: -nrri^ Z< P«li Take Delegates* dohSf He Urges '--il �Faf« Slxteea S E A F 4 R E I^ S t aC^ February. 4. 195S SlU, A&G Hq. Tallying A & G District Election Committee's Report (Contiiiued from page 6) Bot NY Baltimore Joint Patrolman R. Dickey. D-6 96 1,357 R. May, M-872 27 295 No Votes 18 58 Voids 5 43 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1.753 i?"; Phi Bal Nor Sav Ml Tam 465 30 14 10 0 519 789 51 44 2 0 886 83 6 1 0 0 90 70 29 9 1 0 109 121 6 1 .5 0 133 64 9 5 1 0 79 557 1.038 25 90 28 106 2 2 0 0 612 1.236 ,0 3 1 85 1 0 0 90 13 23 13 47 11 2 0 109 3 2 4 112 3 9 0 133 5 5 5 67 6 1 0 79 41 50 23 47 9 52 518 970 17 100 4 8 0 0 612 1.236 0 3 2 53 2 4 0 64 89 0 1 0 0 90 75 24 9 1 0 109 119 7 2 5 0 133 65 7 6 1 0 79 546 1,011 35 103 27 117 4 4 1 0 612 1.236 8 4 4 74 90 78 8 3 20 109 6 4 13 110 133 19 4 10 46 79 70 172 17 77 14 3 522 973 612 1.236 Article XIII, Section 5 (a), of the (Continued from page 6) numbers 1 through 9,000. We re­ Constitution. Instead, they sent the Norfolk Agent ceived back stubs (including the roster for each day's voting in the C. Anderson. A-22.. 17 157 20 ~52 G. Lawson. L-27.... 17 111 17 55 ones on the unused ballots) num­ envelope with the ballots that had R. Miller. M-360 9 165 28 38 B. Rees. R-2 bered 1 through 9.000. The total been cast that day, 79 1.214 431 871 No Votes 18 52 14 67 number of unused and used ballots 5 53 9 PIIILA.: On Nov. 15th, one sheet Voids 3 equalled 8,999. All unused ballots of the five (5) sheets of the voting Write Ins 1 1 0 0 TotaU 146 1,753 519 886 are accounted for. In this entire rosters for the day, only had the election, therefore, only one used signature of two of the Polls Com­ Norfolk Joint Patrolman ballot is unaccounted for. Further mittee on it, but the other four J. Bullock, B-7 89 1,354 449 729 James. J-183 29 285 39 78 on, in this report, we give a de­ (4) sheets had all three (3) of the J. No Voles 24 71 20 72 tailed break-down of the ballots, Polls Committee signatures. Voids . ............ 4 40 11 5 Write Ins 0 3 0 2 * by ports and serial numbers, as 146 1.753 619 886 In addition to the above, the Totals well as the discussion of other discrepancies, in which will be in­ Port of Philadelphia voted Manuel Savannah Agent Morrisou. M-3.... 50 338 76 129 cluded the discussion of this one Caldas, C-385, on January 10th, J. No Votes 12 56 4ff 27 1955 and January 11th, 1955. As ballot. Voids 4 137 19 15 a result of this actio% by the Polls Write Ins 80 1,2.30 397 686 Your Committee has made a Totals 146 1.753 519 886 comparison of the voting rosters Committee, the Philadelphia Port Tallying Committee voided the of the various ports against the •• Write-in votes resulted in the election of minutes of the special meetings whole day s voting for the Port Michelet's vote: for the election of Polls Commit- for the day of January 11th, 1955 A. Michelet, M-14.. 78 1,227 395 686 teesr. We found in every instance on which three ballots were cast. Savannah Joint Patrolman J. Bragg. B-313 41 330 48 - 89 that a duly elected Polls Com­ MIAMI: On December 1, 1954, N. Ellis. E-70 76 1,320 445 735 mittee had been elected, with the no Polls Committee was elected in No Votes 23 50 14 59 Voids 4 46 12 3 exception of the Port of Miami, the Port of Miami, but a roster Write In 2 7 0 0 for December 1, 1954, and the for the day was submitted on Total 146 1.753 319 886 p'ort of Philadelphia, for Januarys, which was recorded the casting ,jof Tampa Agent 1955, with which we will deal later one ballot. This Committee has T. Banning, B-IS ... 100 1.376 461 729 in this report. Your Committee iiverett. £-37 .... 26 280 28 86 voided the ballot that was cast that G. No Votes 16 30 18 68 also found that some Port Polls day. Voids 4 45 12 3 Committees had failed to sign the Write Ina 0 2 0 0 146 1,753 519 886 daily voting rosters, which will TAMPA: On November 19th, Totals also be dealt with later in this 1954, the Port of Tampa had a Tampa Joint Patrolman report. Special Meeting for the election of B. Gonzales. C-4 .. 117 1.644 493 810 No Votes 24 78 14 75 We, the Committee, have made a Polls Committee called to order Voids 4 26 10 1 a check of the unused ballots that by Ray White at 8:30 AM. Under Write Ins 1 5 0 0 Totals M6 1.753 319 886 were returned to Headquarters to our Constitution, Articlp XXIV, this Committee and we find that Section 2, it says: that special Mobile Agent when checked against the stubs meetings shall be held between the C. Tanner. T-1 .... 124 1.663 493 820 No Votes 17 64 12 64 of the used ballots and the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Voids 4 26 11 2 Write Ins 1 0 1 receipts of Headquarters for the 0 Totals 146 1.753 NEW ORLEANS: On November 319 886 ballots sent to the Ports, that all unused ballots were returned to 16, 1954, the Port of New Orleans Mobile Deck Patrolman cast a total of one hundred and W. Morris, M-4 ... 117 1,6:32 ' 493 798 headquarters. No Votes 25 75 17 72 The Committee has counted the one (101) ballots, according to-the Voids 4 26 9 16 Q 0 0 0 ballots that were cast in each port rosters and stubs that were sub­ Write Ins 148 1,753 519 886 on a daily basis, compared same mitted by the New Orleans Port Totals against the rosters for that port, Tallying Committee. However, in Mobile Engine Patrolman and has found that all used ballots checking each individual day's vot­ R, Jordan, J-1 .... 118 1,650 501 837 • Votes 24 78 12 47 were returned to Headquarters to ing of the Port, this Committee No Voids 4 25 6 2 found only one hundred ballots in Write Ills 0 0 0 0 the Headquarters Tallying Com­ Totals 146 1.753 519 886 mittee, with the exception of one the envelope dated November 16, ballot in the Port of New Orleans, 1954, and found no extra ballots in Mobile Steward Patrolman Marsh, M-9 .... 116 1.658 494 801 referred to above, and to be dealt any other day's envelope. Inas­ L. Votes 26 70 18 82 much as the New Orleans Port Tal­ No with later in the report. Voids 4 25 7 3 Ins 0 0 0 0 The following is a breakdown of lying Committee had included this Write Totals 146 1.753 519 886 the balance that were sent to the ballot in their count, we, the Head­ Ports by Headquarters, for which quarters Tallying Committee, have Mobile Joint Patrolman 498 829 H. Fischer, F-1 .... 118 we have seen the receipts, as well reasoned that the ballot was prob­ No 14 Votes 24 56 4 as a breakdown of the unused ably lost in the packaging of the Voids 25 7 1 Write Ins 0 1 0 0 ballots returned to Headquarters, ballots. In any event, the one bal­ Totals 146 1.753 519 886 ballots used, ballots lost, ballots lot would not have made any dif­ New Orleans Agent ference in the outcome of the elecvoided, and total ballots cast. Port Boston New Y Baltimore. Miami Tampa Mobile Ballots Received From Hdqrs. ,. . 1-250 . 6751-7500 7751-8930 251-500 7501-7750 8951-9000 501-150(1 . 1501-17.50 . 1751-2000 ,. 2251-2500 . 2001-2250 . 2501-3500 . 3501-5000 . 5001 5250 ,. 5251-5750 6003-6250 6384-6500 6718-6730 fi: ft During the period of time in which the Headquarters Tallying Committee was- in operation, sev­ eral minor discrepancies on the conduct of the election have oc­ curred, but none of which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. However, for the benefit of the membership, we are listing them. Port by Port as follows: BOSTON: Failea to T>ack fosters 1B separate package as required in 0 0 0 (Continued on page 17) Galveston Agent K. Alsop, A-3 .... 55 407 R. Vaughan, V-129.. 67 1.250 No Votes 20 42 Voids 4 53 Write In 0 1 Totals 146, 1,753 LC Hou Sub-To)al SF Wll 52 226 6 38 4 23 2 7 0 0 64 . 294 210 26 15 .1 0 252 102' 24 7 0 0 133 95 17 2 3 0 117 ^6A23 21 22 16 212 15 0 294 19 22 24 168 19 0 0 252 14 21 15 75 8 0 0 133 10 18 17 68 1 3 0 117 422 389 398 •4.709 334 109 2 6.423 55 6 1 2 0 64 222 36 28 8 0 294 190 33 29 0 0 252 85 38 10 0 0 133 86 27 1 3 0 117 •5.164 747 418 83 6 6.423 10 1 0 53 64 84 15 15 180 294 47 13 5 187 252 46 13 41 74 133 37 4 4 72 117 1,170 303 246 ••4.704 6.423 A Sea •5,325 679 335 84 0 A. Michelet to the post of Savannah agent. Following is the breakdown of 74 20 109 45 520 973 52 .177 4 82 4 0 0 90 13 90 4 2 0 109 4 120 4 4 1 133 6 67 3 3 0 79 34 108 543 1,007 33 117 a 3 0 1 612 1,336 3 56 3 2 0 64 81 6 3 0 0 90 61 34 12 2 0 109 123 1 6 3 0 133 63 9 6 1 0 79 577 1.037 20 88 10 113 5 0 0 0 612 1.236 86 4 0 0 80 87 - 22 0 0 109 129 3 1 0 133 73 3 1 0 79 88 4 0 0 90 91 16 1 1 109 128 3 2 0 133 86 4 0 0 90 97 12 0 0 109 83 S 0 0 90 183 73 71 •4.683 44 221 21 8 0 294 35 38 192 . 83 24 9 1 0 0 1 252 133 28 64 1 4 0 117 825 •5,12.3 369 94 12 6.423 53 5 3 3 0 64 232 37 18 7 0 294 223 19 10 0 0 252 96 28 9 0 0 133 90 23 1 1 117 •5.302 688 343 87 3 6.423 573 1,060 39 175 0 0 0 1 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 265 23 6 0 294 227 23 0 0 232 120 12 0 1 133 111 4 2 0 117 •5.856 506 33 8 6.423 73 3 1 0 79 600 1,103 12 132 0 0 0 1 612 1.236 58 4 2 0 64 269 16 9 0 294 233 17 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 112 2 3 0 117 •5.97T 381 61 4 6,423 128 . 3 , 1 1 133 69 9 1 0 ,79 595 1,071 17 165 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 56 6 2 0 64 269 18 7 0 294 230 22 0 0 252 119 14 0 0 133 108 6 3 0 117 •5388 463 69 1 6.42S\ 04 15 0 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 600 1,069 12 167 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 56 6 2 0 64 260 26 8 0 294 229 23 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 112 2 3 • 0 117 *5.932 437 54 0 6,423 80 4 0 0 90 93 16 0 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 69 9 1 0 79 597 1,063 15 173 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 261 25 8 0 294 230 22 0 0 252 120 13 0 • 0 133 109 6 2 0 117 •5.883 485 55 0 6.423 66 2 0 0 80 97 12 0 0 109 130 2 1 0 133 72 5 2 0 .79 598 1.070 14 166 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 3 2 0 64 267 19 8 0 294 233 18 1 0 252 .122 11 0 0 133 108 7 2 0 117 •5.942 427 53 1 6,423 a « 819 65 2 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 14 0 2 109 131 1 1 0 133 74 4 1 0 79 595 1,135 17 100 0 0 0 1 612 1.236 58 3 3 0 64 273 13 8 0 294 237 13 0 0 252 123 10 0 0 133 113 1 3 0 117 •6,040 328 50 5 6,423 502 9 6 2 519 808 76 2 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 15 1 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 70 8 1 0 -79 585 1,104 27 128 0, 0 0 4 612 1,236 56 4 4 0 64 269 17 8 0 294 237 15 0 0 252 121 12 0 0 133 111 3 3 0 117 •5,959 396 58 10 6,423 499 823 13" 61 2 7 0 0 519 886 86 4 0 0 90 129 96 13 1 3 0 0 0 109. 133 73 5 1 0. 79 592 1,129 20 107 0 0 0 0 612 "1,236 58 3 3 0 64 271 13 8 0 294 235 17 0 0 252 122 11 0 0 133 113 1 3 0 117 •6.019 348 33 1 6.423 121 694 63 8 0 886 9 78 3 0 0 90 13 77 18 2 0 109 11 60 7 1 0 79 43 176 558 979 70 12 11 0 0 0 612 1,236 8 51 2 3 0 64 48 41 223 188 19 18 11 . 0 0 0 252 294 48 76 9 0 0 133 34 77 3 3 0 117 1,055 . •4,971 318 101 0 6,423 788 94 3 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 14 1 . 1 109 1,087 30 144 0 0 0 5 612 1,236 57 4 3 0 64 262 24 8 0 204 222 29 0 1 252 123 8 0 0 133 111 4 2 0 117 •5,881 473 53 14 6.423 1.59 668 53 5 1 886 14 75 1 0 0 90 28 60 10 3 0 109 42 122 555 894 12 310 2 9 1 1 612 1,236 6 52 3 3 0 64 54 205 19 13 3 294 58 177 15 728 44 33 28 48 - 4.. 1 686- 81 3 4 1 1 0 9 90 59 17 12 9 93 0 109 574 1,000 ' 10 33 11 46 '3 39 14 106 • 1- . 0 11 0 1 . 0 eia 1.236 79 57 0 253 194 6 21 9 10 5 11 11 18 -• 0 1 0 294 . 959- 0 0 0 ed the totals of the other one hun­ dred (100) ballots In our totals. LAKE CHARLES: The Port of Lake Charles at the start of voting instead of issuing their ballots to the voters from the lowest number up, commenced with the highest number and worked down. They continued this procedure for the full sixty day period of voting. This is not actually a violation of No 508 7 4 0 519 252 New Orleans Steward Patrolman 133 28 418 117 G. Rlehm, R-343 ... 39 469 H. Troxclair, T-4 .. 79 1,237 23 54 12 • This figure includes the three ballots that were voided by the Pliiladelphia No Votes Voids 5 46 10 Port Tallying Committee. Write Ins 0 0 ' 0 t This figure Ineludes the bailot that was voided by the Headquarters Tallying 519 Totals 146 1,753 Committee. New Orleans Joint Patrolman t This figure includes the one ballot that was lost in the Port of New Orleans. 497 liThis figure includes the four ballots that were voided by the Houston Port P. Warren, W-3... 119 1,653 No Voids 23 73 14 Tallying Committee. Voids 4 £2 7 Write Ins 0 5 1 Election Discrepancies tion, so this Committee has includ­ Totals 146 1.753 519 San Francisco. Wilmington ... Seattle ,. 5751-6250 ,. 6251-6500 . 6501-67.5(1 Ballots Used 1-146 6751-7300 7751-8733 251-500 7301-7750 8951-8969 501-1386 1501-1590 1751-1839 2251-2,50:1 2001-2079 2.501-3112 3301-4737 5187-52.50 5251-5540 5747-5730 5751-6002 6251-6383 6601-6717 L. Williams, W-l ... 125 1,669 No Votes 17 58 Ballots Unused 4 24 Ballots Ballots Ballots Voids and Write Ins 0 2 Returned Lost Voided Cast Totals 146 1.753 146 0 0 147-250 1753 0 8754-8950 0 New Orleans Deck Patrolman •519 C. Tannehill, T-5... 123 1,664 8970-9000 0 3 No Voles 18 60 Voids 4 26 886 Write Ins 1 3 1387-1500 0 0 Totals 146 1,733 90 1591-1750 0 0 109 1860-2000 0 0 2384-2300 0 1 •tl33 New Orleans Engine Patrolman 2080-2250 70 C. Stephens. S-4 ... 122 1,671 0 0 3113-3500 612 No Votes 0 0 20 57 47.58-5000 1 11237 Voids 0 4 24 5001-3186 0 0 64 Write Ins 0 1 5541-5746 T294 0 4 Totals 146 1.753 Mob 33 467 8 11 0 519 Oalvetldn Joint Patrolmen 442 C. K'mball. K-a .;.. 80 1.286 J. King, K-308 .... 7 137 22 V. Whitney, W-11. .. 11 131 19 10 K. Winsley, W-369... 16 87 12 No Votes ;.. 31 38 Voids .6 54 14 Write Ins ' 1* 0 0 Totala', 1.753 , .519 4 125 3 - 1 0 133 131 1. 1 0 133 67 10 2 0 79 2 123 5 1 0 133 17 58 3 1 0 79 m .1 21 a T 0 m • 63 3 6 1 5 \582 a ar 3 o 0 64 a 0 252 �'Sv'a" Fefcnuu^ 4. MUT PERSONALS F«ff* fcTcatooi SSAFAREttM LOG SIU Headquarters Tallying Committee's Report Angel BOM Paul Hall, Secretary-Treasurer of votes had already been cast. There­ hav« no evidence to indicate that (Continued from page 16)* Contact Philip Mltniek, 131 / the A & G District. Several arrests fore, apart from the fact that there anything but an honest mistake Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, the voting procedure of the Union were madb and people are being is not the slightest evidence, or was Involved. In any case, it was but as it is different from the NY. even the hint of evidence, or even a very small error of no real effect. ^ custom and usage of the Union, held. t 4" l" Following-the appearance of the a formal protest, with respect to We recommend no further ac­ wherein the ballots are ordinarily Nesbett L. Morrison used from the lowest number up, story in the newspapers, the Tampa any "plot," it would have been tion be taken with respect to the Urgent tfiat you contact your the Committee thought that it Tribune, on December 25, reported impossible for the vote on who failure of the Port of Houston to mother at 513 E. Brought Street, should be brought to the attention that one of the candidates on the was to be secretary-treasurer to have the Polls Committee sign the ballot, Ray White, stated that the have been affected. Savannah. roster on the dates of November of the Membership. 8. This Committee recommends 16th and November 24, 1954. We 4. 4i t HOUSTON: At the start of vot­ plot was "rigged" by Hall to find nothing wrong with the Janu­ ing on November 15th, the Port of smear him (White) and then added as follows: Francis Burley that the murder plot had "hurt his ary 12, 1955, procedure of the Port (a) No further action be taken Houston started issuing ballots Write your mother. She is wor­ chances badly." of Houston and recommend that with respect to the way that Boston from the top number down. After ried over not hearing from you. As a union member and one who packaged the rosters, inasmuch as no further action be taken thereon. four ballots had been issued from 4. 4> (h) We recommend that the pro­ the top, the Houston Polls Com­ ran on the ballot, I am interested this had no effect whatever upon George Wise mittee then realized that they were in knowing whether White filed any the balloting, or the validity of the cedure on write-ins followed by this Committee be upheld, inas­ Pick up your gear at the Railway varied from the custom and usage complaints with respect to the ballots cast. Express office, Seattle, Washing­ of th Union wherein ballots were election and its conduct with the (b) The fact that the Port of much as it is impossible to count ton. usually issued to the Voters from duly constituted and elected mem­ Philadelphia did not have uniform write-in votes where the name the lowest number up. At this bership tallying committee, and signatures on the voting rosters written in is illegible. If a man t 4" 4" point it was brought to'^the atten­ whether his statement that the for November 15, 1954, -is imma­ wants to write in a name, he ought Henry Doucette murder plot "hurt his .chances terial. In fact, there is no constitu­ to do so clearly, if he wants his Contact Jack G. Wilson, Hale tion of the Membership at the badly" have any validity. I am tional "requirement for that any­ write-in to be effective, Houston Hall at that timei and the Road, Route 1, Box 53, Forest 4. Finally, this Committee finds asking this question of the com­ how, and we cannot see how that four ballots already cast were Park, Ga. thereupon voided with the four mittee because it has all of the affects the voting. Therefore we that there have been no protests 4i 4> 4> men who had cast these votes be­ balloting data and reports and can recommend no further action be written or otherwise, with respect to the conduct of the election, that Ex-SS Chamborine ing issued new ballots and allowed therefore tell whether there was taken here too. any mathematical chance that the Any member of crew of the to vote again. We recommend that the-voiding the balloting took place in strict above vessel from September 1, In addition to the above, the results of the election could have of the whole day's voting for the accordance with the Constitution, 1919, to March 23, 1920, please Port of Houston failed to have a been altered or changed by any Port of Philadelphia, of January and that what errors were made, contact Henrik C. Jensen, Corps Polls Committee for the Port to development occurring on Decem­ 11, 1955, on which three ballots were all of no importance, and of of Engineers, US Army, New sign the roster on the dates of ber 23, almost six weeks after bal­ were cast, be upheld. Manuel no measurable effect, but, never­ York 33, NY. Urgent, November 16th and November loting began and when, based on Caldas—C-385, voted on January theless, were dealt with in accord­ 24th, 1954. On January 12, 1955, previous experience, the heaviest 10, 1955. His later vote on January ance with the spirit of the Consti­ 4" 4" t it was necessary for the Port of portion .of the vote would have 11, 1955, was illegal. He should tution, small as those errors were. Auto For Sale been cast. not have been allowed to vote, and This Committee wishes to thank 1953 Dodge Diplomat Coronet, Houston to hold two Special Meet­ I would deeply appreciate an the voiding of the three ballots the Employees at Headquarters for ings for the election of a Polls hardtop, gypsy green, cream top. answer from the committee to this cast on January 11, 1955, was, in their cooperation and assistance Has radio, heater, tint glass, direc- Committee. One meeting was held and wishes to congratulate this question which I consider has great our opinion, proper. at 9:30 AM and the other at 1 PM. tionals, 27,0C3 miles. Asking Union for conducting an orderly, importance. (c) We recommend that the ac­ honest and democratic election. $1,500. Gus Janavaris, New York. The necessity arose for the second Fraternally, meeting from the fact that one of tion of voiding a single ballot cast Phone Astoria 4-5888. 5. The Official Tally of this LINDSEY WILLIAMS. the Polls Committer members on December 1, 1954, in Miami, be Committee, including the official 4 4> 4" W-1 elected at the 9:30 meeting was upheld. The Constitution plainly breakdown of the write-in votes, . W. r. Elliot shippe^ during the meantime. Comments and Recommendations states that no voting shall take is annexed to this report and made Your mother is seriously ill. Ur­ Some write-ins will not be in­ gent that you contact your sister, cluded in this report, for two Pursuant to Article XIII, Section place unless a Polls Committee is a part of it. Subject to the appro­ Mrs. F. E. Lester, In Chatham, reasons, mainly. The fii-st, is that 5 (b) of The Union Constitution elected. Since no Polls Committee priate action of the membership at 1. With respect to the letter from was elected on that day, the ballot Virginia. this Committee was not able to Scofield, we find that his name should not have been cast ••'nd the "Election Repwt" meeting, it represents'the basis for the action make out the name written in in­ should have been included on the should be deemed void. called for in Section 6 of Article asmuch as it was not legible. The ballot. Further check reveals that (d) With respect to the voting second Is that some ballots con­ what happened was, in making out in Tampa on November 19, 1954, XIII of the Constitution. taining WTite-ins happened to be the stencil, some typist, unfortu­ Agent Ray White, of the Port of Dated: February 3, 1955. Fraternally Submitted voided because the ballot on which nately, left out his name. However, Tampa, called for the election of they were written was Illegally de­ in view of brother Scofield's letter, a Polls Committee, at a meeting By the undersigned Headquar­ faced. and his official withdrawal as a started at 8:30 AM. The Constitu­ ters Tallying Committee; CORRESPONDENCE: The fol­ candidate, we recommend that no tion requires that it be called no W. McDonald, M-921 — Deck lowing correspondence , was re­ further action be taken in this earlier than 9:00 AM. However, Dept. ceived by the Headquarters Tally­ regard, and that the thanks of the in view of the fact that no evi­ W. Mitchell. M-22—Engine Dept. ing Committee: W. Reidy, R-4—Steward Dept. membership be given Brother dence has been presented to indi­ E. Starns, S-728—Deck Dept. 1. A letter from Charles Sco- Scofield for his Unibn spirit. cate that anything was involved fleld—S-186, addressed to the Sec­ O. Stambul, S-578—Engine Dept. (Continued from page 3) With respect to the corre­ but an ordinary error, it is rec­ R. Ewing, E-128—Steward Dept. . trolman—Leo Marsh; Mobile joint retary-Treasurer, and turned over spondence from Brother Williams, ommended that the ballots cast on patrolman—Harotd Fischer; New to us,^ without comment, immedi­ this Committee does not feel that that day remain in the tally, as Orleans agent—Lindsey Williams; ately after our election. The letter it should answer individual ques­ they are now. Quiz Answer New Orleans deck patrolman— reads as follows: (e) In New Orleans, on Novem­ tions from individual members but (1) They all have been testing Charles Tannehill; New Orleans Dear Sir and Brother: should confine its actions solely ber 16, 1954, the rosters show 101 sites for atomic and hydrogen engine patrolman—C. J. Stephens; I recently paid off « ship and to the report, as provided in the ballots cast. Also, the New Or­ bomb explosions. Alamogordo and New Orleans steward patrolman— found out that because of some Constitution. However, the matter leans Port Tallying Committee Yucca Flats are in the US; the Herman Troxclair; New Orleans error, my name was not on the raised by Brother Williams is of tallies 101 ballots. However, when others are islands in the South joint patrolman—Paul Warren, ballot for New York Engine Patrol­ great importance. This Committee the ballots reached New York, Pacific. Galveston agent—^Ray Vaughan; man. As you know, I have been has no way of knowing what a this Committee found only 100 bal­ (2) Dallas. Galveston joint patrolman—Charles running for years, however, I member thinks of when he casts lots. We have no doubt that, since (3) The Jazz Singer, with A1 Kimball. no mistakes can happen and I don't his ballot, and does not officially 101 ballots were actually cast and Jolson. The first motion picture In its report' the tally committee want to raise any beef about this care about that, either. Therefore, tallied in New Orleans, the differ- with sound was Don Juan (1926) —in response to an inquii-y by a situation, or have any clerks fired, how the attempted murder affected ence in one is accounted for by which featured a synchronized Seafarer on the ballot—made note or anything like that. Therefore, those voting is not this Commit­ some packaging error. This one musical score, but no spoken dia­ of the fact that Ray White was I'm now withdrawing my name tee's concern. However, since this baUot could not possibly have any logue. quoted In newspapers declaring officially and I am not a candidate Committee has personal knowledge, effect, and we recommend that (4) Nine. his involvement in an alleged mur­ for any office or job in this elec­ by inspecting all the files and elec­ the totals of the other lOO ballots (5)' Pompei. der plot against Paul Hall, incum­ tion. Show this to the Headquar­ tion material, that the election was be included in the tally, as they (6) Printing with moveable type. bent secretary-treasurer, was a ters Tallying Committee when they run in a manner which should give are now. (7) Okra. (f) Lake Charles issued their "smear" against him so as to are elected and tell them I do not pride to every Union man, it will (8) Head, heai"t, hands and diminish his chances in the elec­ request to appear. There will be not let go unchallenged any com­ ballots from the highest number health. tion. The committee pointed ouW no need for any special vote be­ ment that reflects in any way upon down instead of from the lowest (9) Velocipede. the fact that, in this Union, every number up. We recommend that • (10) 28 minutes. It took him ten that at the time the news of the cause i withdraw as a candidate. membens guaranteed the right to no further action be taken on this minutes walking and 18 minutes alleged plot broke, just before Fraternally, Christmas, 85 percent of the total CHARLES J. SCOFIELD cast his ballot secretly and without because there was no other irregu­ by bus. pressure of any kind. We have no larity and the Constitution does ballots had already been cast. S-186 evidence to indicate anything to not provide for any particular way This is the normal pattern In 2. A letter from Lindsey Wil­ Puzzle Answer SIU elections whereby the bulk of liams, the Port Agent of the Port the contrary. We have had no of giving out the ballots. How­ the balloting takes place in the of New Orleans,- was also received. protests, written or oral, of any ever, it is recommended that, in kind, from anybody. We have no future general elections, instruc­ first couple of weeks. The last SQBDS evidence of any kind to suggest tions be issued by the membership OCSS month's voting generally consists That reads as follows: January 26, 1955. that anything but human errors to the^ effect that all ballots be of men who, haVe been out at sea Headquarters Tallying Committee entered into the very few and tiny issued fr-om the lowest number up. on long runs. (g) With respect to Houston, we discrepancies that were uncovered The committee also reported SIU, A&G District and these are dealt with as per the recommend that four ballots cast be that at no time in the course of 675^th Avenue constitution. With respect to the honored even though they are cast SfflBSSE SHGHQEIE the election, or during the tallying, Brooklyn, New York ballots cast, the votes received by a second time. The reason for this was any protest filed as to the con­ Dear Sirs and Brothers: ESa SEQ BSOOEB duct of the voting in any SIU port. On December 23, 1954, toward the victorious candidates for every is that the first four ballots were •S!Zt!S [ZlEfiQSB voided, and that it was not the Tallying committee members for the close of the balloting period office or job speak for themselves, EBEBDE QSSD headquarters were: Edgar Starns in the District wide elections, as do the differences in the votes fault of the voters that this situa­ and William McDonald, deck; Bill which began 6n November 15 last, received. We have no further com­ tion took place. The previous •SBSB BDBSBDD recommendation with respect to EGSSBB aSlB DEQS Mitchell and Charles Stambul, en­ and ended on January 15, news­ ment to make on that. As of December 23, 1954, our Lake Charles should take care of gine; RaHh £!wing and Walter papers reported that New Jersey Hcidy. police had nipped sa plot to mdfder I fcbunt shows 83.2% of' the such incidents in the future. We ».«f stiMAMC* oiawvvs that -•(J:-"; i : •M I - • •tl Winners In A&G Voting Announced ; siaas BSEsa a@a SBS PS® �r'%^'<..->V'r ;'^r"^'-V'' 'S E A PA REE ^ tW^- Paire Etffhteea rf: • •" S E A FA R E R S 'y.: M' 'j.. February 4, 195S • SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From ...../-<(7.- , J, Tq No. Seafarers Receiving Benefita this. Period| • Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer -Ve&jAL Total Benefits Paid this Period a '7 ^ dL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarer Niels Nielsen (left) cashes in $200 maternity benefit check at headquarters. At right is Niel­ sen's wife, Louise, and three "SIU benefit babies": Thomas, born July 18, 1952; Michael, January 6. 1955 and Robert, September 18, 1953. One Trip Paid Double Benefits Seafarer Niels Nielsen is the latest Seafarer-father to put in for his third maternity bene­ fit, with the birth of Michael K. Nielsen on January 6,1955. What's more, Nielsen collected two benefits on the basis of his seatime on a single SIU ship. Nielsen explained that he>born within a SO-month period. had shipped on the Steel Fab­ had to qualify for the benefit. ricator, August, 1953, and his At that, Michael's arrival came Nielsen is all squared away now, second son, Robert, was born in September of that year. When he got off the ship on January 18, 1954, he presented his discharges and collected the maternity bene­ fit. After that, Nielsen ran into some illness at home and has had to stay ashore in the past year. So when Michael came along this Jan­ uary 6, his old discharge from the Fabricator was the latest one he within 12 days of the deadline, since his eligibility under the SIU Welfare Plan would have expired on January 18, 1955. Was Early Qualifier Nielsen's oldest son, Thomas, was born on July 18, 1952, making him one of the early qualifiers un­ der the Union plan that went into effect as of April 1, 1952. The three Nielsen sons have all been All of the following SIU families Mrs. Niels F. Nielsen, Jr. Freeport, will collect the $200 maternity New York. 4' 4> 41 benefit plus a $25 bond from the Marsha Darleen Fiiiingim, born Union in the baby's name: December 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. Michael OrvU Collins, born De- and Mrs. Marshall Fiiiingim, Chick­ cember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and asaw, Alabama. Mrs. Thomas M. Collins, Pontiac, 4* 4" 41 Michigan. Valerie Lynn Keddy, born De­ cember 22. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Michael Kenneth Nielsen, born Mrs. Donald Keddy, Newark, New January 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Jersey. 4" 4" I mr r. IN ORDERTO ASSURE PROMPT FATMENTOFTHESIUWELFARE PLAN'S DEATH BENEFITTOTKE PERSON TOOJI/AMEASBENEFICj^^^ll^l^jJylARY.ALLSEAfARfRSAREURfi- Name Your tDTomommficm CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAIL­ ABLE AT AUSIUNAUB.IfYOO NASH TO CNAH6E TOUR BENEFIClARTfrol/CANNAMEAM wmHXfiLLouTmim AND DATE IT.THESARD MfnHDK UTESTDAIFBTHEONETHAT COUNTS. and expects to ship' out again shortly. Meanwhile he is hard at work fixing over a house he bought for the growing family out in Freeport, Long Island. The 27-year-old Seafarer, who sails as carpenter, has been sailing with the SIU since 1946. He's mar­ ried six years now, having met his wife, Louise, while he was a patient at the Staten Island hos­ pital and she was a nurse there. John Michael Singh and Harry Chandu Singh, born December 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Surat Singh, Philadelphia, Pa. 4" 4" .4" Harry Lopez, born December 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al­ bert Lopez, Miami, Florida. 4> 4. t s- f i S 6 oi b Ol II CVb • 3 ^ oa su-l Ob 1L i I- 1 IV WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * || LaOLS So Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0* l.'g.S,'^'! Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * -lEajLo SLSL Xaternitv Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19S2 * Total !IL aiq (Ltlt * Date Bencftta Sett a WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ^ , ... Vacation Cash on Hand ^ . a « .giO. .oLi .gd a Estimafed Accounts Receivable • VacaiioQ US Govecnment Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS COMMENTt — : >7J; ritiifn JiriJii /.rll //voLe 32] During th« aonth of Qoeeaber tho Plan paid out oi^t lEAlU BENEFITS aaking a total for tho year as of Oocsmber 31, of 166, Tho Plan also paid out 1,028 HOSPITAL BHfEFITS making a year to date total as of Doeeaber, oS ll.OU?. Tho amount of MATBRNITT BEWEPITS paid out for tho month of Dadomber was sixty-fivo mhich gives tho Plan a year total oT 601, There were 202 DISABILITY E0IEPITS paid during the month which gives a year to date total of 1,727, 4> Debra Lynn Allen, born Decem­ ber 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, Newport News, Vir­ ginia. ti t> Patricia Ann Rountree, born Oc­ tober 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rountree, Thunder­ bolt, Georgia. 4* Hospital Benefits _De,th Benefits Disabilitv Benefits Maternity Benefit, Vacation Benefits Total SuhmitUi A1 Kerr, As${3teiit''XdmMsMlor Ringing in The New Year 4" Brenda Ann Laird, born October 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Laird, Parksley, Virginia. t. t. t. Ricardo Gonzalez, born Novem­ ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Gonzalez, Texas City, Texas. 4> 4> 4i Deborah Dcon Barbour, born De­ cember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Barbour, Bayou La Batre, Alabama. 4> $1 $1 Patricia Lynii Anderson, born December 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, Prichard, Alabama. 4" 41 4" .Johnnie ^Michael Broadus, born December 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Broadus, Springhill, Alabama. 4" 4" 4" Douglas Charles Singleton, born November 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Singleton, Ozone Park, New York. 4 4i 4" Pamela Jean Murphy, born De­ cember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick Murphy, Cul­ ver City, California. New Year's Day gift to this Seafaring family was George Gilbert Glass, who first saw the light of day -the afternoon of Janudry I71955. George's dad, John, and mother, Helen, look on while he gives voice to his feelings. Dad missed out ..by a few hours on having another tax exemption for full-year of 1954, bmi $200 SIU maternity benefit plus $25 bond offered ample consn^doi. �February 4, 1938 SEAFARERS SEEIH* THE SEAFAliiRS With WALTER SIEKMANN There's good news from the Washington front for all Seafarers in and out of the hospitals. It seems this year the budget requests in­ clude money to keep the Public Health Service hospitals open. As a matter of fact, the Government is asking Congress for a little bit more than the hospUals got last year. This isn't the end of the matter by a long shot since Congress still has to vote the funds. There probably will be hearings on the matter but it looks pretty good from here, since the administration is now backing the hospitals. in any case the SIU will keep all the brothers posted on the latest developments, and if there is any future beef about the hospitals you can be sure that your Union will be in there swinging. 4^ 4 One of the brothers who has been in the hospital for a mighty long time is Estell Godfrey. He's been laid up at Staten Island ever since July. 1953. with a broken hip. Before that, he spent several months in a hospital in Yugoslavia... Now, the people at the hospital have built a frame for his leg so Godfrey can get but of bed and move around a little. He's able to get up for his meals which is a big relief after being confined to the sack for so long. Brother James Mitchell expects to be in the hos­ pital for a few weeks recovering from a slipped Godfrey disc in his spine. Mitchell got the back injury while splicing a mooring line on the Eugenie. He was bosun aboard her. Seafarer Charles Allardice had to get back in the hospital again. He was fireman on the Seatrain Texas when he developed an infection. One of those little bugs that the doctor calls a yirus put the skids under Seafarer Chce Mohat last week, but he ex­ pects to be as good as ever in a couple of days. Mohat was AB on the Angelina when the bug struck. Seafarer Domingo Guyal who was OS on the Steel Vendor went into the hospital January 13 to have his ticker checked up. A touch of arthritis has put Seafarer Ernest Ramirez out of action for the time being. Ramirez was deck maintenance on the Beauregard on his last trip. He went in on January 18. Ira Sundt, who was pumpman on the Queenston Heights is getting Ramirez a once over for his stomach trouble'. J. R. Velasquez hurt his hand around New Year's and went into the hospital on Jan­ uary 3. He was oiler on the Citrus Packer on his last trip. t 4^ • Death - benefit payments have already bee n made to the beneficiaries of eight Seafarers who perished on the Southern Districts, but t he other six are being held up because of fail­ ure of the men to fill out beneficiary cards. As a re.sult, the next of kin-^ have to secure appointments there is a Wife, the matter is clear The latest card filled out is'^the from the various states in cut. but where men were unmar­ one that determines who the bene­ ried. or possibly divorced, it is not so simple. Procedure for Change If' any Seafarers nave not filled out a beneficiary card in the past or want to change their beneficiary they should ask the Udion repre­ sentative in any port for the card. The two minutes spent in sitting down and filling it out properly are positive assurance of protection for the Seafarer's family. If for any reason the Seafarer wants to change his beneficiary— because of marriage, divorce, death of the previously - named beneficiary, birth of children or other reasons—all he has to do is fill out a new card and date it. ficiary is. Wives and other beneficiaries of Seafarers should know that once this card is filled out there is no need for any legal action to collect the benefit All that is required is a death certificate and a discbarge from an SIU ship in the 12-month period prior to the Seafarer's death. Wives should also know that they are entitled to a Sbcial Security benefit and a monthly pension for themselves and their children in the event of their husband's death. They can get information on this from any Social Security field of­ fice. Or if they prefer. Welfare Services can get the information for them. The deaths of the following Sea­ steward department. He is sur­ farers have bfien reported to the vived by his wife. Mary T. Bran­ Seafarers Welfare Plan and the don of* Galveston. Texas. $2,500 death benefits are being 4 4* 4 paid to their beneficiaries: Purdom A. Morris, 30: Brother Thomas T. Nichols, 30: Brother Morris was lost at sea aboard the Nichols was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was MY Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of 1954. Brother Nichols joined the the Union since 1944, joined in SIU in 1944 in New Orleans and New York, and had been sailing in had been sailing in the deck "de­ the steward department He is sur­ partment. He is survived by his vived by his mother, Fioyce Morris wife. Vondell Nichols of Mt. Olive, of Fordyce, Ark. Mississippi. 4 4 4 Hospital in Roanoke. Virginia. Place of burial is not known. Brother Partello joined the Union in 1944 in New York and sailed in the steward department. He is survived by a niece. Virginia Huck of Roanoke, Virginia. which they reside as administra­ tors of the estates of the deceased. Letters substantiating these ap­ pointments will have to be sent to the offices of the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan at 11 Broadway in order for the payment to be processed. The Welfare Services office is assisting these beneficiaries in ob­ taining appointments as admin­ istrators. but procedure differs in various states. In any case, the procedure means unavoidable de­ lay in collecting benefits. The de­ lay is painful to many families be­ cause they are in financial distress and need the money in a hurry. The failure to fill out beneficiary cards also raises the question of who is to be the beneficiary. If 4!" 4!" 4j' All of these brothers as well as anybody else in the hospitals, would welcome a letter or a visit from their old friends. So if you have time, James B. Sellers, 29: Brother don't forget to think of yoin: shipmates who are laid up. Sellers was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of USPHS HOSPITAL HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL the Union since 1944, joining the STATEN ISLAND. NY. LOS ANGELES. CALIF. Husscn Ahmed Joseph Malone SIU in New York, and had been Thomas F. Galvin C. H. AUardice Perfecto Mangual sailing in the deck department. Carl C. Borealino Abdul G. Mohamed USPHS HOSPITAL Carl A. Carlson Chee Mohat He is survived by his mother. Mrs, BALTIMORE, MD. Jar Chens A. I. MuUer Allie Lee Bargeron of Savannah, George T. Colemaii Robert Purvis TOomas Ankerson Joseph G. McKreth Antonio Colon George H. Robinson Ernest Atkins Ga. Thomas Mungo John J. Doherty Jose Rodriguez Jessie Baugher George OUve 4i 4 4j Adolf Eliasson Matti Ruusukallio Byrd Buzbee Colon Rose George W. Flood Leon Ryzop Jessie A. Clarke Robert W. Scales Samuel B. Thomas, 35: Brother Vgilllam A. Gardner Ira A. Sandt Leo Dwyer John R. Schultz Estell Godfrey Olav W. Seim LOuis Firlle WiUiam Simmons Thomas was lost at sea aboard the Lonnie HaU Victor Shavroff Joseph GUI Raymond Smith MV Southern Districts, which was Fred Hauser Joseph St Laurent Gorman T. Glaze James Stathis WilUam R. Home Sidney D. Turner RusseU R. Henry James Walker last heard from on December 6, Vincent Jones Samuel L. Vandal John R. Klemowicz William Warmack 1954. Brother Thomas joined the David B. Kaim Justo R. Velasquez Timothy Less . Albert L. WUlis K. W. KeUy James Waldron George B. Little John ZohU union in New York in 1951 and Thomas J. Ward Clarence E. Lord Robert G. McKnew had been sailing in the steward Clifford Womack Donald McShane USPHS HOSPITAL department. He is survived by his USPHS HOSPITAL SAN -JUAN. PR. SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. wife. Mrs. Lena Belle Thomas of Juan Soto Charlie Brown M. Meguissoglu Thomson. Georgia. Wayne T. Center C. J. Neumaier USPHS HOSPITAL Seafarers In Hospitals MANHATTAN BEACH. NY. Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrick Joseph D. McGraw A. McGuigan Claude F. Blank Robert L. Booker Vic MUanzzo Joseph G. Carr Melvin O. Moors D. F. Ruugiano John J. DriscoU G. E. Shumaker Bart BL Guranick Robert Sizemore Taib Hassen Thorny Isaksen E. |i. SmaUwood Henry E. Smith John w. Keenan Ludwig Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata James J. Lawlor Virgil W. w'Umotli Kaarel Leetmaa Chee K. Zai James R. Lewis USPHS HOSPFTAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Dudley William G. Tries Benjamin Grice John T. Watt Lee Parker Charles B. Young Murray A. Plyler Clarence Bertrand Harold W. Sweet USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. C. D. Anderson Frank HaU R. J. CaldweU Joseph Morgan ' USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. ,John R. Bailey Angelo J. Martins E. G. Brewer C. L. Middleton Fred N. Buckner James A. MiUer W. O. Cunningham J. T. Moore AUen D. Edenfieid John H. Morris Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson Albert W. Lima GuUlermo Pena Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Webb • USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich Alfred Hancock Joseph Fawcett George A. WecdeU -.i'V Olav Gustavsen Joseph Peryeira Francis Haigney W. S. Singleton Paul E. Huggins Pi S. Yuzon John G. KeUy USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. M. H. Whitehead William H. Kramer Lester J. Haag Mike Michelik S. Johannessen Roscndo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Diebler VirgU L. Harding USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. WUllam Aplin Leo Lang Mack J. Acosta Henry McKinney Charles W. Barnett Vincent Michel Julian B. Barrett Raymond Normlno George W. Books Alfonso Olaguibel S. C. Carregal William D. Ott Clarence Cobb Kenyon Parks Ernest N. Cochran Aurelio Patango ^ Warren- Currier Fred Peterson Randolph RatcUff George S. Cutrer Robert Dewey Darrell RUey Ekic Ekiund Mitchell Rodriguta Jal B. EUis Benjamin Seal, Fred Fagan Wade Sexton Antonio Soils Leo Fontenot MUes C. Foster Henry Sossa Richard Grailckl Walter Soubry William Tank William Grimes Kristian Gunderson Lonnie R. Tickle E. T. Hardeman James E. Ward Howard WiUiam| Earl L. Hodges L. R. Williamson Herman Holmes V. L. Williamson Charles Jeffers Edward Woods Richard Johnson W. E. Wright Konstant Kaim E. 6. Knapp Page Nineteen LOG 4> 4> $• William T. Cooper, 27: Brother Cooper was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. Brother Cooper joined the SIU in 1951 in Savannah and had been sailing in the engine depart­ ment. 4" 4" 4> Louie B. Cook. 53: Brother Cook of Mobile was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of the Union since 1953. when he joined the SIU in Mobile and had been sailing in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife. Lillie Cook of Mobile. Ala. 4 4" 4 James H. Brandon. 38: Brother Brandon was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6, 1954. He joined the Union in 1942, In New York, and sailed in the 4 4 4 John Daniels, 36: Brother Dan­ iels was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6, 1954. Joining the Union in 1953. in New York. Brother Daniels had been sailing as an OS. He is sur­ vived by his wife. Mrs. P. Daniels Vincent Jones, 54: Brother Jones' of Conway. South Carolina. died of natural causes at the 4 4 4 USPHS hospital in Staten Island. Durard Dewey Shaw. 46: On New York on January 13. 1955. He had been sailing as a chief elec­ December 24. 1954, Brother Shaw trician aboard SIU ships since 1951 died of pneumonia in New Orleans. where he joined the Union in Place of burial is not known. A Philadelphia. Place of burial was member of the SIU since 1939. Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, joining in New Orleans, he had New York. Brother Jones is sur­ been sailing in the steward depart­ vived by his son,,Vincent P. Jones. ment. He is survived by his wife, hfrs. Alma - Shaw of JJew Orleans, Jr. of Brooklyn, New.York. La. 4 4 4 4^4 Hurlbht McDonald Free, 37: Brother Free died on December 29. 1954, at the Maimonides Hos­ pital in Brooklyn of natural causes. Burial took place at the Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. Maine. Robert H. Shell, 40: Sailing in the deck department on SIU ships since 1951, when he joined in Mo­ bile. Brother Shell died in George. Mississippi, on December 19. 1954. • Place of burial was Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. Alabama. He 4^4 4 Larry Williams, 53: One of the is survived by his wife. Lucille first members of the SIU. joining Shell of Mobile. Alabama. the Union in 1938. in Savannah, 4 4 4 Brother Williams died on January Gustavus Ekelund. 57: Brother 19. 1955, in the Graduate Hospital Ekelund died in the Staten Island in Philadelphia. Place of burial USPHS hospital on December 1, was Charleston Cemetery in South 1954, of natural causes. Place of Carolina. He is survived by his burial was Rose Hill Cemetery in sister. Lucy Williams Cain of the Linden, New Jersey. Brother Bronx. New York. Ekelund joined the Union in New 4 4 4 York in 1951 and had been sailing Clinton Partello, 67: Brother in the steward department. He is Partello died of a head injury on survived by his wife. Mrs. Ruth December 24. 1954. in the Virginia Ekelund of Galveston. Texas. NO LAWYERS NEEDED The SIU Welfare Plan office wishes to remind Seafarers and their families that no lawyers are heeded to collect any SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in recent months in which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in cbllection of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers' fees. It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment of all benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, at 11 Broadway. NY. NY. by the individual involved. �SEAFARERS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT * AFL * ' 1 "• • c • •' i,4,,? -• < . -r ^ 4i^®®(®)<>(®)(5)(8) IHiiilfUI VACATION PLAN It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Seafarers today are $4 million richer than they would have been without the SIU Vacation Plan. The $4 million paid out since the SIU won the first industry-wide vacation plan three years ago vir­ tually represents the difference between it and the old-style vacation system. ^rr •»; Under the old way, Seafarers collected vacation money only if they stayed as long as a year in the steady employ of a single company. Since the overwhelming majority of seamen go from ship to ship, most of them never collected a nickel in vacation pay. Even those who were eligible found they had difficulty collecting from the company. All the short-changing of Seafarers has been ended by the SIU Plan. With the operators contributing to a central kitty for each day's work, the Union made sure that every Sea­ farer would get exactly as much vacation money as he had' coming to him. Further, the Union-administered Plan was set up so that seamen could collect vacation pay as often as four times a year. All a man has to do is present 90 days' worth of dis­ charges for sea and port time at any Union office and fill oiit a simple application. His check is forthcoming in short order. To top it off, the SIU Plan now offers the highest bene­ fits, $176 a year. No wonder the Vacation Plan's third anniversary means Happy Birthday" for all working Seafarers, pw ' m:- t^• Seafarers Int'l Union«A&C District-AFL / •' 1 j.*' ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 4, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 3 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 3 DEPT. VOTE ON; CLIMAXES 20-YEAR FIGHT AGAINST CP SEEK DAILY SHIP REPORT FOR SAFETY WHAT DOES THE FORMOSA CRISIS MEAN TO SEAFARERS ANNOUNCE A&G VOTE TALLY; NEW BALLOTING RECORD SET ASK COURT TO VOID SEA CHEST SUIT LIBERIAN PRESIDENT HONORS 2 SEAFARERS SIU SEEKS PACT WITH NEW OWNERS OF PAN-ATLANTIC MSTS CURB ASKED, HIGH COSTS CITED $4 MILLION VACATION BIRTHDAY MSTS CURB ASKED, HIGH COSTS CITED ED MORGAN IS NEW AFL NEWSCASTER EMERY HIT, CREW SAFE SIU, A&G HQ. TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT REPORT SEES US VESSELS OBSOLETE IN FIVE YEARS STEELORE IN DRYDOCK VISA DEADLINE NEAR FOR NON-IMMIGRANTS ITF SEEKS INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST 'RUNAWAYS' LA. STRIKE BAN THREAT TO UNIONS ATTACKS ON RIGHTS CLOSE-UP VIEW DAILY REPORTS AN ATOMIC MERCHANT MARINE? SIU SAILING BRINGS HAPPY ENDING TO LONG SEARCH FOR HIS LOST LOVE ONE TRIP PAID DOUBLE BENEFITS BENEFICIARY CARDS SPEED PAYMENTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/4/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log